The 'Mezuzah', which is affixed to the doorframe of Jewish homes, is inscribed with Hebrew verses taken from which book of the 'Torah' ('Old Testament')?

Mezuzah: The Jewish Lightning Rod before reading the Torah on this web site. Mezuzah: The Jewish Lightning Rod On the doorposts of every Observant-Jewish home, you will find a little rectangular case. Inside that case is a Mezuzah. It's there because the Torah commands us to affix a Mezuzah on each doorpost in our homes. What is a Mezuzah? In brief, a Mezuzah is two chapters from the Torah written (in Hebrew, of course) on a piece of parchment. The parchment is then rolled into a scroll, wrapped in paper or plastic, usually inserted into a hard-plastic or metal case, and affixed to the doorpost. We will, with Hashem's help, discuss this more at length below. First let us discuss the meaning of this Mitzvah. The essence of the mitzvah of Mezuzah is the concept of the Oneness of G-d. The very first verse written on the Mezuzah is the Shema: "Hear oh Israel, the L-rd is our G-d, the L-rd is One." When we pass a doorpost, we touch the Mezuzah and remember that G-d is One: a Oneness that is perfect and unique, a Oneness that is not one of many, nor one of a species. G-d is One without parts, partners, copies, or any divisions whatsoever. Moreover, Hashem is our G-d, Whom we must love and obey, and Who protects us. Every moment that the Mezuzah is on your doorpost is another merit in your favor, even though you are not actively doing anything! How a Mezuzah is Made There is a common tendency to call the box the "Mezuzah," and the scroll the "parchment." This is a mistake. The Mezuzah is the parchment scroll with the writing on it. The box is just a box. It's primary purpose is to protect the Mezuzah that is inside it. A Mezuzah must be handwritten. If it is printed, copied, photographed, or produced by any means other than writing, then it is invalid and may not be used. A Mezuzah must contain in Hebrew, in a special alphabet, the following two chapters: Deuteronomy 6:4-9, and Deuteronomy 11:13-21. Anything else, or anything more or less is completely unacceptable. There is only one way to write a Mezuzah. There are no alternatives. After the Mezuzah is written, it should look something like this: (Please note that all the Names of Hashem in the gif to the left have been intentionally created incomplete, to prevent any accidental desecration. However, it is still Torah, and should not be treated lightly.) This is not necessarily the actual size. A Mezuzah can be anywhere from two inches square to six inches square. However, it is inadvisable to use a two-inch square Mezuzah, as they are harder to write, and therefore more prone to errors and spoilage. There is also writing on the outside of the Mezuzah, including other Names of Hashem, one of which becomes at least partly visible when the Mezuzah is rolled. Of course, the Mezuzah will not look like this on the doorpost, because Jewish Law says that it must be rolled and placed in a case. The Mezuzah must be written on special, handmade parchment. If it is written on any other type of surface, it is invalid. The parchment must come from a kosher animal, such as a cow, or a goat, and must be prepared by means of specific processes. The ink used in the writing must also be made according to specific Laws. Among other things, it must be black. The quill used for the writing is also made a certain way (but that's mostly for practical reasons, not for legal reasons). And the writing of the Mezuzah itself must be performed according to many very exacting Laws. While the creation of a Mezuzah, tefillin, or Torah Scroll takes a great deal of work, that's not where the biggest effort goes. The most work must be put into the fashioning of the person who writes the Mezuzah! And the person who writes the Mezuzah is the only one who can do that work for him. The person who writes the Mezuzah is called a sofer (scribe). Since Mezuzah is a Commandment of the Torah, we must put the maximum holiness into it. This can be done only when a holy person writes the Mezuzah. A sofer must be fully trained in all the many Laws of writing mezuzos, tefillin, and Torah Scrolls. He must also love and fear H


"According to the opening line of T.S. Eliot's poem 'The Wasteland', which is ""the cruellest month""?"

April is the Cruelest Month (Especially on Tax Day) | Academy of American Poets Academy of American Poets The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. For over three generations, the Academy has connected millions of people to great poetry through programs such as National Poetry Month, the largest literary celebration in the world; Poets.org, the Academy’s popular website; American Poets, a biannual literary journal; and an annual series of poetry readings and special events. Since its founding, the Academy has awarded more money to poets than any other organization. browse poems & poets April is the Cruelest Month (Especially on Tax Day) Posted Listen to Poetry on Your Commute "April is the cruellest month . . ." begins the first line of The Waste Land, the signature modernist poem by T. S. Eliot . The 15th of April could easily be named the cruelest day of April, as it is the annual deadline for Americans to mail their tax returns, and checks, to the Internal Revenue Service. To mark National Poetry Month on past tax days, the Academy of American Poets and the American Poetry & Literacy Project distributed thousands of free copies of The Waste Land at selected post offices across the country to taxpayers rushing to make the deadline. Eliot's poem, a landmark of twentieth century poetry, was published in 1922 to a fire-storm of reviews—some praising the work for capturing the confusion of the "modern" age following World War I and some cursing its difficult, discontinuous voice. The poem's disconnectedness is clearly deliberate, but Eliot supplied guideposts for the reader in his extensive notes that accompanied the long poem (434 lines). A clue from Eliot about the poem was embodied in its original title, which was "He do the Police in Different Voices." The advice Ezra Pound gave, while making numerous deletions and editorial changes to the body of the poem, was to use instead "The Waste Land" as the title. Words and images in the first line and elsewhere in The Waste Land echo Walt Whitman 's great poem, "When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd." Whitman's poem commemorates the death of Abraham Lincoln, who was assassinated while lilacs were in bloom. The Waste Land also contains numerous allusions to the Holy Grail legend. Images of death and rebirth repeat throughout the poem, leading poets and critics to a continuing debate about whether this is a poem of despair or of salvation. more texts


If there are 100 pennies in a Pound, then there are 100 what in a Russian Rouble?

RUB - Russian Ruble rates, news, and tools First ruble 1500s-1921 The ruble remained the official currency of Russia until 1921, when it dramatically fell in value In 1710, the ruble was given its first subdivision, kopeks, with 100 kopeks making up one ruble Used a bimetallic standard of gold and silver In 1885, a new standard was adopted and the ruble was pegged to the French franc at a rate of 1 ruble to 4 francs Second ruble A redenomination was set at a rate of 1 new to 10,000 old rubles Chervonets were also used starting in 1922 Third ruble 1923-1924 The Soviet Union issued a redenomination at a rate of 1 new to 100 old rubles Fourth ruble 1924-1947 Known as the gold ruble, the fourth version was issued at a rate of 50 000 old to 1 new ruble Fifth ruble 1947-1961 Following World War II, another redenomination was set at a rate of 10 old to 1 new ruble Sixth ruble


Which Nottinghamshire-born stocking-maker was hanged after leading the 'Pentrich Revolution' of 1817?

Chapter Two Chapter Two        2. The Knitters' Union after Luddism                  3. The Pentrich Provocation of 1817            Luddism in Derbyshire:   The trend to the Luddism of the 1811-12 period developed against a background of trade depression, 20% unemployment, low wages and high prices. Before any knitting frame breaking, which was the hallmark of the Luddites, took place, ordinary people had flooded the authorities with letters and petitions complaining about the situation. Much of the hosiery trade was with the American and Continental markets and this dried up during 1811. Wages had already dropped phenomenally when the effects of the latter stages of the Napoleonic Wars began to be felt. Moreover, the stocking trade was hit by sudden changes in fashion and the effects of economic blockade.   The price of wheat averaged 107s 3 1/2d per quarter in the period 1800-1813, but it rose to the unprecedented peak of 156s 0d to 180s. 0d in August 1812. At that stage a worker in the hosiery trade could earn anywhere from 7s 0d to 14s 6d a week, although the bulk of earnings would be towards the lower bracket. A loaf of bread - a worker's staple diet - could cost as much as 1s 5d or 1s 8d for a day's ration. [1] So great was the poverty that half the local population were on poor relief. Felkin, a contemporary commentator, wrote that "for twelve months past many workingmen had swept the streets in ... Derby, receiving a scant eleemosynary (i.e. given in charity) pittance for their labour". [2] Felkin knew Derby, while writing from a manager's point of view, he recalled his birthplace of Ilkeston, then just a village, as being "dirty and unpaved" and "many of the houses were little better than huts, inside and outside, and noisome and destitute of most of the conveniences of life". [3]   This dramatic and distressing life experience could but only produce a savage response from the workers, newly made bold with republicanism and unionism. A contemporary song expressed the aims of the machine breakers - speaking of General Ludd, the mythical leader of the rebels; the song explains exactly the knitters’ concern.   "His wrath is entirely confined to wide frames And to those that old prices abate. These engines of mischief were sentenced to die By unanimous vote of the trade"[4]   General Ludd, the almost magical figurehead `leader' of the textile workers, gave his name to his `followers'. The origins of the name are shrouded in mystery. Felkin claimed it to come from the act of a Leicestershire lad called Ludham, "who, when desired by his father, a stocking maker, to `square' his needles... took his hammer and beat them into heaps". [5] The modern image of the Luddite has been cruelly distorted from reality, for the movement has to be seen not simply as a resistance to technological change, but more as a bargaining mechanism to resist excessive damage inflicted upon the workers during this period.   In the absence of a definite and clear workforce, with an established long-term defensive organisation, the range of tactics open to the framework knitters was limited. Ill informed, and often anti-union, modern commentators have devalued the word `Luddite' as a stupid, blind resister of change. In reality, of course, the modern worker faced with the kind of mass unemployment that micro-technology has raised, or even economic restructuring, resisted not technological innovation in itself, but the social effects of those changes. It was the same for the Luddites who grew only in part due to the fear of new machines. Luddism's prime target was not the machine, but the use by the masters of excessive numbers and excessively productive machines, in a time of dire economic distress, to maximise profit and keep wages deplorably low. For example, at Pentrich in December 1811, workers fixed notices to their stocking frames:                             "THIS FRAME IS MAKING FULL                              FASHIONED WORK AT THE                                        FULL PRICE"       [6]   That is to say, at the agreed rates. If it


If there are 100 pennies in a Pound, then there are 100 what in an Indian Rupee?

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"According to the closing line of T.S. Eliot's poem 'The Hollow Men',"" the world ends not with a bang but with a ..."", what?"

ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF THE HOLLOW MEN 1.1. Description and aims of the paper.   Eliot, a master of the written craft, carefully thought out each aspect of his 1925 poem The Hollow Men. Many differences in interpretation exist for Eliotï¿½s complex poetry, since we find an extensive range of facts to consider in this work. As Eliot often intertwined his writing by having one piece relate to another, The Hollow Men is sometimes considered as a mere appendage to The Wasteland. The Hollow Men, however, proves to have many offerings for a reader in and among itself.             Following the idea above, the poem will be treated in isolation in this paper, trying to unravel all the figures, symbols and meanings that Eliot wished to transmit through The Hollow Men, reading onto and between the lines.             Firstly, we will work on an intensive analysis, describing and explaining as accurately as possible all the linguistic, rhetoric and aesthetic devices found in the text, such as repetition, foregrounding, deixis, symbols and images, rhyme and rhythm. This is something that will help us understand in a better way the deep structure of the poem and its relationship with the meaning(s) involved. At this stage we will look at the poem as a whole, since similar devices are used all along, paying special attention to the last part (section 5), which is visibly different from the rest.             Secondly, and taking into account the previous analysis, we will perform an interpretation of the poem, this time working each part in isolation, revealing their meaning as if we were dealing with five different `chaptersï¿½ of the same story, in order to obtain and discuss the main ideas and senses contained.             In the conclusion, all the ideas explained before will be put in common, tracing a final outline of The Hollow Men together with a personal approach sketching my impressions about it.   1.2. The introductory epigraph.               Now, taking a quick look at the poem, we appreciate that it starts with an epigraph, which contains two pertinent references. Mistah Kurtz ï¿½he dead. A penny for the Old Guy.  First, Mistah Kurtz ï¿½he dead is an allusion to Conradï¿½s Heart of Darkness. In his novella, Conrad portrays the empty nature of men. Mister Kurtz, an European slave trader who had travelled to Africa in order to go on with his business, is a character who lacks a soul, thus, a true `Hollow Manï¿½, as weï¿½ll see afterwards. Here, we have to highlight a couple of striking aspects. On one hand, the `phoneticï¿½ spelling of `Misterï¿½, which changes into Mistah. On the other hand, the ellipsis of the verb `to beï¿½ in he dead. This proves that the speaker is probably some kind of non-native English speaker who uses a pidgin or a creole language (a slave, if we look back at Conradï¿½s novel). But, why a slave? Probably because he represents another kind of `hollow manï¿½ -a passive soul, humble, but passive. Whatï¿½s more, it seems that this verse is the answer for a question like `Whereï¿½s Mister Kurtz?ï¿½, as if we didnï¿½t know that he (is) (already) dead. This idea of `ignored deathï¿½ related to `emptinessï¿½ will be subsequently developed through the poem. In the second quotation the epigraph alludes to Englandï¿½s November 5th tradition of Guy Fawkes Day. In 1605, Guy Fawkes unsuccesfully tried to blow up the Parliament building. Eliotï¿½s quote A penny for the Old Guy is called out on this holiday by children who are attempting to buy fireworks in order to burn straw figures of Fawkes. In this verse Old and Guy are written with capital letters, emphasising the fact that the puppet represents a `poor, old, mortal fellowï¿½ who needs to be given a few alms. In any case, we must notice the vagueness of the sentence, as the Old Guy does not make reference to any specific character or person, and we wouldnï¿½t have guessed who Eliot is addressing if we didnï¿½t know the cultural background mentioned before. Even so, whatï¿½s the relationship that these two v


Which English archaeologist held the first Chair in Archaeology in the UK and is best known for discovering the 'Merneptah Stele' in 1896?

William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1853 - 1942) - Genealogy William Matthew Flinders Petrie Apr 2 1911 - 8. Well Road, Hampstead, London, England Wife: William Petrie, Anne Petrie (born Flinders) Wife: June 3 1853 - Maryon Road, Charlton, Kent (now SE London), England Death: July 28 1942 - Jerusalem, Israel Parents: June 3 1853 - Charlton, London Death: June 3 1853 - Maryon Road, Charlton, Kent (now SE London), England Death: July 28 1942 - Jerusalem, Israel Parents: Hilda Mary Isobel Petrie (born Urlin) Children: Mar 6 1853 - Maryon Road, Charlton, Kent Death: July 28 1942 - Jerusalem, Israel Parents: William Petrie, Anne Petrie (born Flinders) Wife: Hilda Mary Petrie (born Urlin) Children: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flinders_Petrie William Matthew Flinders Petrie, FRS[2] (3 June 1853 – 28 July 1942), commonly known as Flinders Petrie, was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer of systematic methodology in archaeology and preservation of artifacts. He held the first chair of Egyptology in the United Kingdom, and excavated many of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt. Some consider his most famous discovery to be that of the Merneptah Stele, an opinion with which Petrie himself concurred. Petrie developed the system of dating layers based on pottery and ceramic findings. Biography William Matthew Flinders Petrie was born in Maryon Road, Charlton, Kent, England, the son of William Petrie (1821–1908) and Anne (née Flinders (1812–1892). Anne was the daughter of Captain Matthew Flinders, surveyor of the Australian coastline. He was raised in a devout Christian household (his father being Plymouth Brethren), and was educated at home. He had no formal education. His father taught his son how to survey accurately, laying the foundation for his archaeological career. At the age of eight he was tutored in French, Latin, and Greek, until he had a collapse and was taught at home. He also ventured his first archaeological opinion aged eight, when friends visiting the Petrie family were describing the unearthing of Brading Roman villa in the Isle of Wight. The boy was horrified to hear the rough shovelling out of the contents, and protested that the earth should be pared away, inch by inch, to see all that was in it and how it lay. "All that I have done since," he wrote when he was in his late seventies," was there to begin with, so true it is that we can only develop what is born in the mind. I was already in archaeology by nature." On 26 November 1896 Petrie married Hilda Urlin (1871–1957) in London. They had two children, John (1907–1972) and Ann (1909–1989). In 1933, on retiring from his professorship, he moved permanently to Jerusalem, where he lived with Lady Petrie at the British School of Archaeology, then temporarily headquartered at the American School of Oriental Research (today the W. F. Albright Institute of Archaeological Research). When he died in 1942, Petrie donated his head to the Royal College of Surgeons of London while his body was interred in the Protestant Cemetery on Mt. Zion. However, World War II was then at its height, and the head was delayed in transit. After being stored in a jar in the college basement, the label fell off and no one knew who the head belonged to. Academic career The chair of Edwards Professor of Egyptian Archaeology and Philology at University College London was set up and funded in 1892 by a bequest of Amelia Edwards following her sudden death in that year. Petrie's supporter since 1880, Edwards had instructed that he should be its first incumbent. He continued to excavate in Egypt after taking up the professorship, training many of the best archaeologists of the day. In 1913 Petrie sold his large collection of Egyptian antiquities to University College, London, where it is now housed in the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology. Archaeology career After surveying British prehistoric monuments in his teenage years (commencing with the late Romano-British 'British Camp' that lay within yards of his family home in Charlton) in attempts to understand their geometry (at 19 tack


Neptune Has 14 Moons: Neptunian Satellite Facts (Infographic) Fourteen moons orbit Neptune, including enigmatic Triton, which moves backward in its orbit. Credit: by Karl Tate, Infographics Artist Of the 14 satellites of Neptune, the largest is Triton, which is in a retrograde (backward) orbit around the planet. Triton is the largest moon in the solar system to do this. On July 15, a 14th moon of Neptune , provisionally called S/2004 N 1, was announced. Neptune has seven inner moons. Their orbits lie among several faint rings and partial rings composed of dust and ice particles. Outwards from Neptune, the inner moons are Naiad, Thalassa, Despina, Galatea, Larissa, S/2004 N 1 and Proteus. Next outward from Neptune , Triton is one of four moons in the solar system known to have an atmosphere. The thin nitrogen haze is thought to have evaporated off of the frozen surface. Triton is Neptune's largest moon , at 1,677 miles (2,700 km) in diameter. Because Triton moves backward in its orbit, astronomers think the icy moon formed in the frozen Kuiper belt, located in the outer solar system. Later, Neptune's gravity captured Triton. Neptune Quiz: How Well Do You Know the Other Blue Planet? After Triton comes Nereid. At 211 miles (340 km) in diameter, Nereid is one of the largest irregular moons in the solar system . Irregular moons have orbits that are highly inclined to the planet's equator. Much further out than Nereid orbit five outer moons, Halimede, Sao, Laomedeia, Neso and Psmathe. These irregular moons travel in highly tilted orbits.


Winning 126 caps between 1985 and 1998, who is Spain's most capped footballer?

FIFA World Cup countdown: Top 10 Spanish players of all time - Sports Mole Football FIFA World Cup countdown: Top 10 Spanish players of all time As part of the countdown to the FIFA World Cup in Brazil, Sports Mole takes a look at the top 10 players in the history of Spanish football. By Liam Apicella , Features Editor Filed: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at 12:22 UK Last Updated: Wednesday, May 21, 2014 at 17:59 UK With the exception of their 1964 triumph at the European Championships, Spain were serial underachievers on the international stage. That was until the current generation took centre stage. They broke a 44-year wait for a major trophy by winning Euro 2008, before going on to lift the World Cup two years later in South Africa. For good measure, they then backed that success up by retaining their European Championship crown in 2012. Add to that the fact that Spanish clubs have consistently competed for the big prizes in Europe over recent years and it's little wonder why they are among the favourites to make it four tournament victories in a row in Brazil this summer. Here, to continue our countdown to the 2014 World Cup, Sports Mole looks at the top 10 players in the history of Spanish football. 10. Andoni Zubizarreta (1985-1998, 126 caps, no goals) © Getty Images In his prime, there were few better goalkeepers in world football than Zubizarreta. Having started his career with Athletic Bilbao, whom he helped to win two La Liga titles and one Copa del Rey, the shot-stopper went on to win virtually every prize on offer during his eight years with Barcelona. At the Camp Nou, he won La Liga on four occasions, as well as captaining the Catalan club to their first ever European Cup in 1992. Zubizarreta kept a clean sheet at Wembley as Barca overcame Sampdoria 1-0. He would go on to end his playing days on the Spanish coast with Valencia. As far as international football is concerned, the current director of football at Barcelona is a veteran of four World Cups and two European Championships, although La Roja were unable to come out victorious from any of those six tournaments. 9. Fernando Hierro (1989-2002, 89 caps, 29 goals) © Getty Images There have not been many more prolific defenders in the history of football than Hierro, so much so that for a while, he was Spain's leading goalscorer of all time. He found the net on 29 occasions for his country in total, the most important of which he scored during a 1994 World Cup qualifier against Denmark that saw Spain qualify for the tournament. Like Zubizarreta, the centre-back appeared in four World Cups and two European Championships. His performances at the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan were noted by FIFA, who named him in their Team of the Tournament. The majority of his honours were won with Real Madrid, with Los Blancos lifting the La Liga trophy four times and the Champions League a further three times during his 11-year stint. When Real won the European Cup in 1998, he was voted as the competition's best defender. In his latter years, Hierro spent a season in the Premier League with Bolton Wanderers. 8. Luis Suarez (1957-1972, 32 caps, 14 goals) No, not the Suarez that has Liverpool supporters believing that the glory days are not far away from returning. Decades before the Uruguayan took centre stage, Luis Suarez Miramontes was shining for the likes of Barcelona, Inter Milan and the Spanish national side. With Barca, the playmaker was voted European Footballer of the Year in 1960, which convinced Inter to part with a then world-record fee of £142,000 for his services a year later. In Italy, Suarez won three Serie A titles to go with the two La Liga trophies that he lifted in his homeland. Also with Inter, he got his hands on the European Cup twice. If that wasn't enough, the 79-year-old was a key figure as Spain won the European Championships in 1964 - their first major trophy. His performances for the hosts also saw him named in the Team of the Tournament. 7. Emilio Butragueno (1984-1992, 69 caps, 26 goals) © Getty Images Nicknamed 'The Vulture', Butragueno


APOD: March 4, 1996 - Uranus' Largest Moon: Titania Astronomy Picture of the Day Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. March 4, 1996 Uranus' Largest Moon: Titania Photo Credit: NASA , Voyager 2, Copyright Calvin J. Hamilton Explanation: Titania's tortured terrain is a mix of valleys and craters. NASA's interplanetary robot spacecraft Voyager 2 passed this moon of Uranus in 1986 and took the above photograph. The photograph was then transmitted back to earth by radio . The valleys of Titania resemble those on Ariel indicate that Titania underwent some unknown tumultuous resurfacing event in its distant past. Although Titania is Uranus' largest moon, it is still much smaller than Triton - the largest moon of Uranus' sister planet Neptune . Titania is essentially a large dirty iceball that orbits Uranus - it is composed of about half water-ice and half rock. Titania was discovered by William Hershel in 1787.


Who was offered, but declined, the Presidency of Israel in 1952?

Which country did Albert Einstein decline the presidency of in 1952? | Reference.com Which country did Albert Einstein decline the presidency of in 1952? A: Quick Answer In 1952, Albert Einstein declined the presidency of Israel. The position was largely a ceremonial one, but Einstein declined, saying that he lacked both the aptitude and the experience necessary to carry out the official functions of the position. Full Answer David Ben-Gurion offered Einstein the position through Abba Eban, who was then serving as Israel's ambassador to the United States. Einstein, who was 73 at the time, also said that his advanced age made him an unsuitable candidate. However, the great scientist made it clear that his connection to the Jewish people was his "strongest human bond." Einstein died in 1955, less than 3 years later. The Israeli presidency eventually went to Yitzhak Ben-Zvi.


The Catskill Mountains lie mainly in which state?

Catskill Mountains | mountains, United States | Britannica.com Catskill Mountains Black Hills Catskill Mountains, dissected segment of the Allegheny Plateau , part of the Appalachian Mountain system , lying mainly in Greene and Ulster counties, southeastern New York , U.S. Bounded north and east by the valleys of the Mohawk and Hudson rivers, respectively, the mountains are drained by headstreams of the Delaware River and by numerous small creeks. Many peaks rise more than 3,000 feet (900 metres) abruptly above adjacent valley floors, with the highest being Slide Mountain (4,204 feet [1,281 metres]). The northern portion along the Mohawk is called the Helderberg Hills. The much higher elevations in the Catskills compared to the surrounding area are mainly due to the durability of the top layers of sandstone and conglomerate. A Cliff in the Katskills, oil on canvas by Jervis McEntee, 1885; in the Brooklyn Museum, New … Photograph by Katie Chao. Brooklyn Museum, New York, gift of The Roebling Society in honor of Carl L. Selden, 84.81 The unusually steep-sided valleys and massive, rounded uplands comprise a natural wilderness within easy reach of New York City . Heavily mantled with mixed broad-leaved and coniferous forests, the area’s scenery is made more spectacular by deeply scored cloves (rocky glens). Tourism and outdoor recreation are popular in Catskill Park (1,100 square miles [2,850 square km]), which includes the state-owned Catskill Forest Preserve (450 square miles [1,165 square km]), and in the more accessible, privately owned parts of the mountains. Artificial lakes in the Catskills include Ashokan, Pepacton, Neversink, Rondout, and Schoharie reservoirs, which are important to the water supply of metropolitan New York. The mountains were made famous through Washington Irving ’s short stories about the legendary Rip Van Winkle , who supposedly took his long nap near the town of Catskill, on the Hudson River at the eastern entrance to the park. The name Catskill is derived from the Dutch Kaaterskill (“Wildcat Creek”), as one of the better-known nearby streams is called. Catskill Mountains, New York.


Which singer founded the 'Rocket' record label in the 1970's?

Rocket Records - Artists & Releases – artistxite.com Rocket Records Island (1973–1978, 1998–Present) Phonogram Inc. (1978–1995) Show me Label history The Rocket Record Company was a record label founded by Elton John , along with Bernie Taupin, Gus Dudgeon, Steve Brown and others, in 1973. The company was named after the hit song "Rocket Man". The label was originally distributed in the UK by Island and in the US by MCA Records, both of which Elton John was also signed to (after 1976). The first artist who signed to the label was Stackridge , who completed two albums for The Rocket Record Company after moving from MCA. It also became the home of Cliff Richard , Neil Sedaka (whose three most successful U.S. mid-1970s albums were on Rocket), Colin Blunstone , The Hudson Brothers, Blue, Kiki Dee , Judie Tzuke , The Lambrettas, Junior Campbell, Brian & Brenda Russell , and the Dutch band Solution. John offered to sign Iggy Pop & The Stooges to the label, but they declined. After John left his British label, DJM, in 1976, his records were also released by The Rocket Record Company on both sides of the Atlantic. The label also attempted to attract talent from all over the UK and submitted an advertisement to Melody Maker for Bands to record their sound of today and get it out tomorrow. With an album called "499 2139" (which incidentally was the studio's telephone number) they turned to the talents of the little known Pete Waterman (of Stock Aitken and Waterman fame). Peter and his then assistant Tony Keys, recorded and produced a unique mixture of music which, although only charted the bottom of the album charts managed to capture a mixture of genre including a track from The Lambrettas called "Go Steady". In the US and Canada, John's residency on his own label was short-lived. After only one album, Blue Moves, and a couple of singles (including the mega-hits "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" and "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word"), he returned to MCA. At this time, The Rocket Record Company switched its distribution to RCA after being dropped from MCA. The label was discontinued in the US in the early 1980s, then relaunching in 1995 with John's Made in England album, distributed by Island Records . 1997's The Big Picture and "Candle In The Wind 1997" were distributed in the US by stepsister A&M Records . In the UK, John's records were continuously released by The Rocket Record Company from 1976 onwards. In 1978 the distribution moved to Phonogram Inc., then to Mercury Records in 1995. By this time, John was the only artist on the label. Worldwide distribution rights to Elton John's music was consolidated when MCA Records' then-parent Seagram acquired PolyGram , the owner of Island, Mercury, and A&M, in 1998. Universal Music Group , which oversaw Seagram's recording operations, now co-owns the Elton John catalogue with the singer himself, continuing to distribute it worldwide to this day. In 1999, The Rocket Record Company was absorbed by The Island Def Jam Music Group , and it operated under IDJ's Mercury Records division. However, the logo was still used on all new Elton John releases until 2007. The name was also resurrected in 2006 for the eponymous Platinum Weird album. In 2011, John formed a company named Rocket Music Entertainment Group.


Which Asian country is part of the phonetic alphabet?

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In April, the President of Poland was killed in a plane crash near which Russian city?

Poland mourns president's death in crash - CNN.com Poland mourns president's death in crash STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: Thousands in Warsaw mourn death of President Lech Kaczynski Plane was approaching the airport at Smolensk, Russia, believed to have hit trees 97 people confirmed killed according to Russian emergency minister "Entire top military brass" appears to have died in crash, says one political observer (CNN) -- Thousands gathered outside Warsaw's presidential palace on Saturday evening to lay flowers and light candles in honor of Polish President Lech Kaczynski, who was killed in a plane crash in western Russia earlier in the day. Kaczynski's wife and several top military officials were also killed in the crash. "There is going to be a huge gap in public life in Poland," said resident Magdalena Hendrysiak. "The most important people are dead." Russian officials said that 97 people were killed when the plane carrying Kaczynski crashed as it was trying to land at an airport near the city of Smolensk. Parliament Speaker Bronislaw Komorowski took over as acting president and declared it "a time for national mourning." Kaczynski, 60, had been traveling with a Polish delegation to Russia for the 70th anniversary of the Russian massacre of Polish prisoners of war in the village of Katyn. Some 20,000 Poles, including soldiers and civilians, were executed there during World War II. The event was to be a milestone in the easing of relations between Russia and Poland, strained for decades over Poland's close relationship to the United States and because of lingering ill will over Russia's campaign against the Poles in the 1940s. "A shared tragedy of this sort could give a boost to further improvement in Polish-Russian relations, which ... were on the mend," said Tomas Valasek of the Center for European Reform. "This tragedy might accelerate that trend." Video: Saakashvilli calls Kaczynski a 'friend' Video: Polish president dead in plane crash Video: Putin: Crash 'horrible tragedy' Video: Polish crash investigation Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin appeared together in Smolensk on Saturday night. Russia has declared Monday a day of mourning, though Russian television portrayed Kaczynski in a largely negative light on Saturday, highlighting the Polish president's criticisms of Moscow. The Polish military plane carrying Kaczynski originated in Warsaw, the Polish Defense Ministry said. It was just a few miles east of Katyn when it crashed around 10:50 a.m. (2:50 a.m. ET) on the outskirts of the town of Pechorsk, close to Smolensk, the Investigation Committee of the Russian prosecutor's office said. Russian officials on Saturday emphasized that there is no evidence it was responsible for the crash. The Investigation Committee said the plane, a Tupolev-154, was trying to land in heavy fog. A Russian military official said that air traffic control in Smolensk had tried to divert the plane to another airport because of inclement weather. CNN's Richard Quest reports on the Tupolev-154 "The air traffic control officer gave several orders to divert but the plane continued with its descent," said Alexander Aleshin, a top Russian Air Force official. "Unfortunately, this ended in tragedy." Russian President Dmitry Medvedev appointed Putin to head an inquiry commission and sent Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu to the scene of the crash, the Kremlin said. "We had a lot in common as presidents and as ordinary people and I can assure you that the death of Lech Kaczynski will be investigated and that we will uncover all the circumstances of this plane crash," Medvedev said Saturday. Other Polish officials killed in the crash include Aleksander Szczyglo, the head of the National Security Office; Jerzy Szmajdzinski, the deputy parliament speaker; Andrzej Kremer, the deputy foreign minister; and Gen. Franciszek Gagor, the army chief of staff, according to Kaczynski's Law and Justice Party. The party also said that Slawomir Skrzypek, head of the National Bank of Poland, was killed. "The entire top


In which country is the highest point in Africa?

World Land Areas and Elevations World > Geography > World Geography World Land Areas and Elevations The following table lists the approximate land area, highest elevation, and lowest elevation of the world's continents, including Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America, according to the World Atlas. Area Mt. Everest, Tibet-Nepal, 29,035 ft. (8,850 m)1 Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan, 1,349 ft. below sea level (–411 m) AFRICA Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, 19,340 ft. (5,895 m) Lake Assal, Djibouti, 512 ft. below sea level (–156 m) ANTARCTICA Vinson Massif, Ellsworth Mts., 16,066 ft. (4,897 m) Lowest land point hidden within Bentley Subglacial Trench2 ASIA (includes the Mt. Everest, Tibet-Nepal, 29,035 ft. (8,850 m) Dead Sea, Israel-Jordan, 1,349 ft. below sea level (–411 m) AUSTRALIA Mt. Kosciusko, Australia, 7,310 ft. (2,228 m) Lake Eyre, Australia, 52 ft. below sea level (–12 m) EUROPE (the Ural Mountains in Russia form the boundary between Europe and Asia) 9,938,000 Mt. Elbrus, Russia/Georgia, 18,510 ft. (5,642 m) Caspian Sea, Russia/Kazakhstan 92 ft. below sea level (–28 m) NORTH AMERICA (includes Central America and the Caribbean) Mt. McKinley, Alaska, 20,320 ft. (6,194 m) Death Valley, Calif., 282 ft. below sea level (–86 m) SOUTH AMERICA (6,960 m) Valdes Peninsula, Argentina 131 ft. below sea level (–40 m) 1. The 1954 elevation of Everest, 29,028 ft. (8,848 m) was revised on Nov. 11, 1999, and now stands at 29,035 ft. (8,850 m). 2. Bentley Subglacial Trench itself (ice, not land) is –8,327 ft. below sea level (–2,538 m). Source: WorldAtlas.com.


'Down Down' was the first number one hit single for which band?

What's That Sound? • W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. None of the artists of any these styles were considered to be the "Next Elvis" The music industry was desperately looking among these styles to find a similar phenomenon On February 9, 1964, the Beatles appeared on Ed Sullivan's Sunday evening show Elvis had done the same thing eight years earlier 73 million people watched it Even the crime rate went down during the time period of the telecast The Beatles and the subsequent British Invasion had a major impact on American pop music British pop in the late 1950s and early 1960s The UK was mostly a consumer of American-made music The same American artists' records were popular in both Britain and America British artists achieved success at home rather than in the states An exception to this was British orchestra leader Mantovani Twenty-six albums in the American Top 40 from 1955 to 1963 Two singles in the US pop Top 40 The movie theme from Around the World in Eighty Days (p12, 1957) The movie theme from Exodus (p31, 1961) In the years immediately after WWII Britain was enamored with American popular culture Interest in American pop grew during this time Britain already appreciated and had learned to play earlier styles of American music Traditional jazz (nicknamed "trad") was derived out of New Orleans jazz styles American folk music from earlier in the twentieth century fascinated Brits British interest in rock and roll seems to be a logical continuation of that interest in U.S. culture After WWII interest in traditional jazz and American folk increased in Britain Parts of Britain that were destroyed by German bombings were being rebuilt America had no home-front war damage and was considered a model of strength and affluence Teen culture in America seemed exotic and romantic Teens in Britain were surrounded by the recovery from war American teens seemed free and unburdened British youth embraced rock and roll with the same enthusiasm as American teens did The British record and radio industries were not set up like their American counterparts Four major labels that licensed music from American labels to distribute in Britain EMI Richards and the Shadows didn't do well in the United States The Beatles as students of American pop (1960-1963) In 1957 a Liverpool teenager named John Lennon formed a skiffle group called the Quarrymen Played skiffle patterned after Lonnie Donegan in and around the local Liverpool area Switched to rock and roll when the skiffle craze wound down John Lennon was fifteen years old and Paul McCartney was thirteen years old when rock and roll arrived They were part of the first generation of the new rock and roll youth culture This generation learned rock and roll by imitating the first wave of rockers The first recording of the Quarrymen (including fifteen-year-old George Harrison) was in 1958 They recorded Buddy Holly's "That'll Be the Day," closely imitating the original They recorded an original song on the other side of that acetate home recording Holly wrote his own songs, so they did too: "In Spite of All the Danger" Written by Paul McCartney and George Harrison They changed their name briefly to Johnny and the Moondogs Inspired by Alan Freed who called himself Moondog on the air Personnel changes and name changes occurred in up through 1960 John Lennon's friend Stu Sutcliffe was added on bass guitar They changed the band's name to the Silver Beetles Further acknowledgement of Holly's influence His band's name was the Crickets The band toured Scotland in 1960 backing singer Johnny Gentle They added drummer Pete Best in the summer of 1960 Hamburg Leiber and Stoller's Coasters records Phil Spector's "To Know Him Is to Love Him" Ray Charles' "Hallelujah I Love Her So" They eventually covered several styles of songs on their first, second, and fourth albums Girl-group numbers "Chains" and "Baby It's You" Motown songs: "You Really Got a Hold on Me," "Please Mr. Postman," and "Money" Even a movie theme "A Taste of Honey" Songs by Chuck Berry, Carl Perkins, Little Richard, Leiber and Stoller, and Bu


Who won the 2010 US Masters Golf Tournament?

2010 Masters Golf Tournament: Mickelson Wins His 3rd By Brent Kelley The big story at the start of the week of the 2010 Masters was Tiger Woods ' return to competitive golf. The big story at the end of the week was Phil Mickelson winning his third Masters championship. Woods chose Augusta National as the site of his comeback after not playing for five months due to personal issues, including a stint in a rehab facility. During the five months away, he practiced only in the couple weeks immediately prior to The Masters . Given that, he played remarkably well, eventually finishing fourth with four straight rounds below par. It was obvious, however, that Woods' driver swing and short game, in particular, were out of whack. Still, finishing fourth under the circumstances is pretty remarkable. Fifty-year-old Fred Couples was the first-round leader, with Mickelson one behind. Lee Westwood took the lead in the second round, and held it after the third, one stroke better than Mickelson. Mickelson made up five strokes on the leader in a three-hole stretch of the third round, going eagle-eagle-birdie on holes 13 through 15. continue reading below our video Greatest Quarterbacks of All Time? The second eagle was a hole-out with a wedge on the par-4 14th. Mickelson missed a third straight eagle by mere inches on the 15th hole. In the final round, Westwood was up-and-down on the front nine, and Mickelson was wild off the tee in the middle part of the round. But Mickelson kept managing to escape from trouble - in fact, he went bogeyless in the final round - and moved into the lead with a birdie on the 12th hole. On the par-5 13th, Mickelson hit a spectacular approach shot into the green, playing out of the trees and off of pine needles to within four feet of the cup. He missed that eagle putt, but made birdie, then added another on the 15th hole. Westwood kept things interesting by birdying the 17th hole to get back within two strokes, but Mickelson closed it out with another birdie on the final hole. It was Mickelson's third win in The Masters, his fourth major championship victory overall. Jack Nicklaus made his debut as an honorary starter this year, joining Arnold Palmer in hitting the ceremonial opening drives. 2010 Masters Scores Results from the 2010 Masters golf tournament played at the par-72 Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Ga. (a-amateur): Phil Mickelson


Which was the only US state formed by seceding from a Confederate state during the American Civil War?

Secession - American Civil War - HISTORY.com Google The border slave states of Maryland , Delaware , Kentucky , and Missouri remained with the Union, although they all contributed volunteers to the Confederacy. Fifty counties of western Virginia were loyal to the Union government, and in 1863 this area was constituted the separate state of West Virginia . Secession in practical terms meant that about a third of the population with substantial material resources had withdrawn from what had constituted a single nation and established a separate government. The term secession had been used as early as 1776. South Carolina threatened separation when the Continental Congress sought to tax all the colonies on the basis of a total population count that would include slaves. Secession in this instance and throughout the antebellum period came to mean the assertion of minority sectional interests against what was perceived to be a hostile or indifferent majority. Secession had been a matter of concern to some members of the Constitutional Convention that met at Philadelphia in 1787. Theoretically, secession was bound up closely with Whig thought, which claimed the right of revolution against a despotic government. Algernon Sidney, John Locke , and the British Commonwealth Men argued this theme, and it played a prominent role in the American Revolution . Any federal republic by its very nature invited challenge to central control, a danger that James Madison recognized. He sought at the convention a clause that would prohibit secession from the proposed union once the states had ratified the Constitution. In debate over other points, Madison repeatedly warned that secession or “disunion” was a major concern. The Constitution as framed and finally accepted by the states divided the exercise of sovereign power between the states and the national government. By virtue of the fact that it was a legal document and in most respects enumerated the powers of the central government, the division was weighted toward the states. Yet much of the charter was drawn up in general terms and was susceptible to interpretation that might vary with time and circumstance. The very thing that Madison feared took on a concrete form during the party battles of the Washington and Adams administrations. And paradoxically, Madison found himself involved with those who seemed to threaten separation. In their reaction to the arbitrary assumption of power in the Alien and Sedition Acts , Thomas Jefferson and Madison argued for state annulment of this legislation. Jefferson’s response in the Kentucky Resolution advanced the compact interpretation of the federal Constitution. Madison’s Virginia Resolution was far more moderate, but both resolutions looked to state action against what were deemed unconstitutional laws. The national judiciary, they felt, was packed with their opponents. Neither resolution claimed original sovereignty for the states, but both argued for a strict reading of enumerated powers. During the War of 1812 , a disaffected Federalist majority in New England advanced the compact theory and considered secession from the Union. As modernization began to take hold in the United States, differences between the two major sections grew more pronounced: a plantation cotton culture worked by slave labor became concentrated in the South and industrial development featuring free labor in the North. A wave of reform activity in Europe and the United States made the abolition or at least the restriction of slavery a significant goal in the free states. Since abolition struck at the labor system as well as the social structure of the slave states, threats of secession punctuated the political dialogue from 1819 through 1860. John C. Calhoun , the leading spokesman of the slave states, charged frequently and eloquently that the South and its way of life were under assault from an industrializing North. Like other proponents of endangered minorities, he looked to the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions and their assertion of the federal compact for the basis


Deuterium and Tritium are isotopes of which chemical element?

tritium | chemical isotope | Britannica.com chemical isotope hydride Tritium, (T, or 3H), the isotope of hydrogen with atomic weight of approximately 3. Its nucleus, consisting of one proton and two neutrons, has triple the mass of the nucleus of ordinary hydrogen. Tritium is a radioactive species having a half-life of 12.32 years; it occurs in natural water with an abundance of 10-18 of that of natural hydrogen. Tritium was discovered in 1934 by the physicists Ernest Rutherford , M.L. Oliphant, and Paul Harteck, who bombarded deuterium (D, the hydrogen isotope of mass number 2) with high-energy deuterons (nuclei of deuterium atoms) according to the equation D + D → H + T. Willard Frank Libby and Aristid V. Grosse showed that tritium is present in natural water, probably produced by the action of cosmic rays on atmospheric nitrogen . Tritium is produced most effectively by the nuclear reaction between lithium-6 (6Li) and neutrons from nuclear-fission reactors, according to the equation 6 Li + 1n → 4He + T. Although tritium reacts with other substances in a manner similar to ordinary hydrogen, the large difference in their masses sometimes causes marked differences in chemical properties of the compounds . Thus, tritium is less commonly used than deuterium as an isotopic tracer for chemical reactions. The nuclear reactions between deuterium and tritium have been used as a source of energy for thermonuclear weapons. Learn More in these related articles:


'Dr. Who's' assistant played by Karen Gillan is called 'Amy'. What is her surname?

Doctor Who's new assistant Karen Gillan shows off her long legs in sexy policewoman's outfit | Daily Mail Online Doctor Who's new assistant Karen Gillan shows off her long legs in sexy policewoman's outfit comments Standing tall at 5ft 11in, new Doctor Who star Karen Gillan has an incredibly long pair of legs. And keen to capitalise on the actress's sex appeal, producers are giving the 21-year-old a chance to show off her fabulous figure in a tiny policewoman's outfit. Spotted filming on location in Cardiff with co-star Matt Smith, who plays the new Doctor, Gillan's short skirt gave onlookers a good view of her slender pins. Enlarge   Cop a load of that: Karen Gillan as the Doctor's assistant Amy Pond gives chase in a tiny policewoman's outfit on location in Cardiff Announced as the new Doctor's assistant Amy Pond in May, Gillan won the coveted role amid rumoured competition from ex-EastEnder Michelle Ryan and model Kelly Brook. Little has been revealed about the character of Amy, so fans with have to wait until the new series airs next year to find out if she is a policewoman or if the outfit is simply a disguise during one of her missions with the Doctor. Before landing the role, Gillan featured in ITV’s Rebus and hospital drama Harley Street, as well as Channel 4 comedy The Kevin Bishop Show. She was briefly in Doctor Who in 2008, appearing as a soothsayer in The Fires Of Pompeii. Joining her on location was new time lord Smith, who looked dishevelled with his shirt and trousers all ripped - presumably after an altercation with one of his many enemies. What's happened to the Doctor? New time lord Matt Smith looks a little dishevelled with his ripped clothes as he is followed by Gillan Smith and Gillan began filming the new series in July, which will be broadcast on BBC1 next spring. Speaking about his new role - taking over from David Tennant - Smith enthused: 'I feel very privileged and proud to be part of this iconic show. 'The scripts are brilliant - I'm excited about the future and all the brilliant adventures I get to go on as the Doctor.' The show's new writer Stephen Moffatt, who is taking over from Russell T. Davies, is equally enthusiastic. He said: 'Matt and Karen are going to be incredible, and Doctor Who is going to come alive on Saturday nights in a whole new way.' Departing Tennant filmed his last scenes of Doctor Who in May, where he was reunited with former assistant Billie Piper, as well as his current helper Catherine Tate. His final two episodes will be broadcast at Christmas, with viewers seeing Tennant regenerate into Smith. Smith was announced as the 11th Doctor in January after Tennant announced his decision to depart. The Northampton-born actor has signed a £600,000 three-year deal, nearly half the amount of Tennant's £1million deal.


Euphorbia pulcherrima is the botanical name for the plant Poinsettia, named after Joel Poinsett. To which country was he the first United States Minister, before they had ambassadors?

Early American Gardens: December 2013 Early American Gardens Plus their simple & grand European precedents. Personal, designed landscapes for food & ornament & social interaction Saturday, December 28, 2013 Hardy Christmas flower got its U.S. start in 1829 at the first Flower Show. By Virginia A. Smith, The Philadelphia Inquirer Staff Writer December 18, 2011 "The red poinsettia has been a Christmas tradition forever, it seems. Did you know it has a historic connection to Philadelphia? "Bartram's Garden, established on the banks of the Schuylkill around 1728 by botanist John Bartram, was the first to successfully grow the poinsettia outside its native Mexico. Bartram's officially introduced it to the American public and commercial trade at the inaugural Philadelphia Flower Show on June 6, 1829. "At this one-day affair, the public reacted to the poinsettia and hundreds of other plants with such excitement that the show's host, the fledgling Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, decided to make it an annual event. "The exotic Mexican beauty was described as "a new Euphorbia with bright scarlet bracteas, or floral leaves, presented to the Bartram collection by Mr. Poinsett, United States Minister to Mexico." "Mr. Poinsett" was Joel Roberts Poinsett, a prominent South Carolina politician and diplomat with an interest in horticulture. "Nevertheless, according to historian Joel T. Fry, it was not Bartram's that became known as the poinsettia's patron. English garden historians bestowed that honor on Philadelphia nurseryman Robert Buist, who introduced it to his Scottish homeland in 1834, fully five years after the flower show. "Even though something new might be discovered, Bartram's didn't sit around recording each one," Fry said.  As opposed to the Brits, who did. "Late in life, Buist corrected the record. He wrote an article describing his presence at Bartram's when "two plants with stubby little roots were unpacked. They turned out to be poinsettias," Fry said. "From the get-go, the now oh-so-familiar poinsettia was the province of botanists, "plant nerds," and wealthy hobbyists, according to Paul Ecke 3d, whose great-grandfather Albert Ecke started the family's poinsettia business in Los Angeles a century ago. "Nobody else had the money to heat their house to keep the flowers alive, and certainly not a greenhouse," Ecke said. "For decades, the poinsettia was field-grown and sold as a cut flower, like roses. In the 1960s, the Eckes moved their growing operations indoors, commercial breeding began in earnest, and potted plants quickly superseded cut stems as the norm. "With aggressive marketing, poinsettias soon became "the Christmas plant," which is an honest claim; their natural bloom time is winter. "Today, besides the ubiquitous red, poinsettias come in lots of colors, even yellow, and designs, including marbled, painted, and glittered. Ecke has a new early-bloomer he promotes for outdoor landscapes in places such as Texas and California. "Remarkably, red is still the public's favorite color. "It's the tradition," he says. But the poinsettia industry struggles to attract a younger audience - with novelty and supersized plants, as well as specimens sold in "cool pots that promote lifestyle." "We don't want poinsettias to just be Grandma's plant or Mom's plant. We have to make poinsettias cool for Gen XYZ," Ecke said... The family business, which moved to Encinitas, Calif., in 1923 and expanded to Guatemala in 1995, still controls 70 percent of the worldwide market in poinsettia cuttings, 50 percent of the domestic. "As for "Mr. Poinsett," turns out he was vain and opinionated and caused such a scandal in Mexico, he was eventually kicked out. Today, Fry said, "he is always portrayed as an evil American gringo." "As if that weren't grinch-y enough: In papers left behind, Poinsett never once mentions the curious plant that set Philadelphians on their head in 1829. "Said Fry: "It was not a big thing in his life." Posted by The Christmas Poinsettia I was going to write a history of the traditional Christmas poinsettia plant thi


In which country is 'Waitangi Day' celebrated on February 6th each year?

Waitangi Day, New Zealand : Treaty of Waitangi, February 6th, National Day, Waitangi Festivals and Celebrations Home » Featured Events » Waitangi Day Waitangi Day, New Zealand, 6th February 2010 Waitangi Day on the 6th February has been an annual public holiday since 1974 and commerates the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, New Zealand's founding document in 1840. It is generally regarded as a focus for debate on national identity and multiculturalism in New Zealand and is celebrated with a variety of events throughout the country. The Treaty of Waitangi The Waitangi Treaty Grounds is New Zealand's pre-eminent historic site, as it was here on 6th February 1840 that the Treaty of Waitangi was first signed between Maori and the British Crown. On this date each year, New Zealanders of all ethnic backgrounds and creeds gather to commemorate the signing of the Treaty. About the Treaty Grounds The Treaty Grounds are part of the Waitangi National Trust estate, gifted to the nation in 1932. The grounds are open daily to the public from 9.00am (excluding Christmas Day). Features of the Treaty Grounds include: The Treaty House - One of New Zealand's oldest and most visited historic homes Te Whare Runanga - fully-carved Maori meeting house, representing all Iwi (regional tribes) in New Zealand Ngatokimatawhaorua - one of the world's largest Maori ceremonial war canoes The Naval flagstaff – marking the place where the Treaty of Waitangi was signed Waitangi Visitor Centre – featuring audio visual shows and live cultural performances Gift shop, artefacts gallery, cafe, parkland, guided tours and educational programmes. Waitangi Day Events Waitangi - Over 50,000 visitors are expected to attend the celebrations at Waitangi, which this year include: Maori cultural performances Speeches from Maori and Pakeha (European) dignitaries A re-launch of the world's largest Maori ceremonial waka (war canoe) Free three-day family festival of music, dance, sport, food and traditional Maori customs, including Ki-o-rahi, a Maori game that may be even older than rugby. View more information about the Waitangi Day and Festival 2010, Waitangi . Auckland – From 8:30 am in New Zealand's largest city, the national day is celebrated at the city's birthplace, Okahu Bay Domain. Free family-orientated festivities include: Traditional powhiri (welcome) from Ngati Whatua o Orakei at Okahu Bay Live entertainment by Cornerstone Roots, Six60, Herbs, Three Houses Down and 1814 Traditional food and art stalls, farm animals, a kids' entertainment stage and a large children's rides zone. View more about Auckland's Waitangi Day celebrations . Wellington – The free, family celebrations start at 10:00 am in Waitangi Park and include: Blessing ceremony followed by musical performances from Congolese musician Sam Manzanza, The Wellington Pipe Band and Batucada (percussion group) A powhiri (formal welcome) at midday by the Wellington Tenths Trust Traditional kapa haka performances Christchurch / Okains Bay / Akaroa – About 90 minutes from Christchurch, the main local sites of celebration are the Onuku Marae and Okains Bay. Events include: A traditional Maori welcome onto Marae at 9:00 am Two magnificent carved waka being paddled up the river Colonial displays, exhibits, crafts, musket shooting, cross-cut sawing, vintage engines, steam engine, printing presses, children’s games, races, tug-o-war, traditional hangi lunch, sausage sizzle, refreshments, music and a garden bar. To find Waitangi Day events in the area of New Zealand that you're visiting, simply search online to find more information – celebrations and festivals are held throughout the country. Featured


Which British airport has the IATA code, seen on luggage labels, LBA?

IATA Airport Codes UK List | Before Travel How Are IATA Codes Issued You will probably have seen IATA airport codes on your travels but not actually taken much notice of them or if you did, not actually realised what they were. Airports normally have two commonly used codes and these are the IATA airport codes and the ICAO airport codes. If you have travelled by air, you will surely have seen a three letter IATA code on your travel documents, luggage label or booking confirmation that provides. The IATA Airport Code The IATA airport codes are codes that are assigned to each airport around the world. The codes usually consist of three letters are designed to help distinguish individual airports throughout the world. This is useful because many of the larger cities throughout the world have more than one airport servicing the city. Having IATA airport codes in place allows people to quickly distinguish which airport they are searching for. The three letters are usually made up from the first three letters of the city to which the airport is located or they can be a combination of three letters in the airports name. For Example: The IATA code for Manchester Airport is MAN The IATA code for London Heathrow Airport is: LHR However, there are some airports that do not follow this rule for various reasons and it may be that the city they are located in has more than one airport or the airport actually crosses or services several counties, regions, towns or municipalities. An example of this would be Leeds Bradford Airport who’s IATA code is: LBA What Does IATA Stand For IATA simply stands for ‘International Air Transport Association’ and it is the trade association for all the world’s airline. The IATA code is also known as: IATA location identifier Location Identifier What Are IATA Airport Codes Used For Basically, the IATA airport codes are simply used to identify an airport but these simple three letter codes play an integral part in the everyday running of both an airport and an airline’s operations. They are also a big part of the travel industry itself and are used in providing passenger documents, cargo and other online bookings such as car hire , car parking, transfers. If you have ever booked your flights, car hire, car parking or airport transfers online, you will no doubt have been asked which airport you are departing from and which airport you are arriving at. Most of the search facilities will have either the name of the airport, the IATA airport code or both as an option. Are IATA Airport Codes The Same As ICAO Airport Codes No. both IATA airport codes and ICAO airport codes are different. Although they both identify an individual airport, they are used for different purposes. The IATA airport codes are more commonly seen by passengers as they are used throughout the travel industry on travel documents, booking forms and luggage labels. The ICAO airport codes are normally used for flight planning, flight tracking and also by the Air Traffic Control departments at the airports. How Are IATA Airport Codes Issued The IATA airport codes are issued and assigned to an airport by the IATA Resolution 763, who also govern the whole process from their administration headquarters in Montreal Switzerland. The codes are then published twice a year in the IATA Airline Coding Directory. Below is a list of all the IATA airport codes of all the airports in the UK Abbington Airport:                                                        ABB Aldergrove International Airport, Belfast:               BFS Anglesey Airport:                                                           HLY


In which Surrey town were 'The Jam' founded in 1972?

Historical Surrey Historical Surrey Claremont, Surrey, England Top Surnames Richard Weston (c.1591 - c.1652) Sir Richard III Weston  Sir Richard III Weston (1591–1652) was an English canal builder and agricultural improver. He instigated the construction of the Wey Navigation—one of the first m... Elizabeth Fiennes-Clinton (1527 - 1590) Lady Elizabeth FitzGerald, Countess of Lincoln (1527 – March 1590), also known as The Fair Geraldine, was an Irish noblewoman and a member of the celebrated FitzGerald dynasty. She became the se... history Historical Surrey The Object of this project is to gather together information on historical or political people of Surrey and link them to profiles and trees on Geni. The exact format of the project is not written in stone and will evolve as research progresses. Famous people with Surrey connections and individual Surrey families are listed on a sister project - People Connected to Surrey References, Sources and further reading The Visitations of the County of Surrey . Made and Taken in the Years 1530 by Thomas Benolte ... You are invited to contribute in any way you can - Getting Involved Feel free to follow, request to collaborate To join the project use the request link under "actions" at the top right of the page. Visit See the discussion Project Help: How to add Text to a Project - Starter Kit to get you going! How to Participate If you have any queries please start a discussion linked to this project. (See the menu top right). Please add related projects to the menu on the right. If you have links to related web pages that would be of interest to others please add them in the relevant section at the bottom of the page. In order to do this use the drop down menu at the top left of the screen and Join the Project. If this option is not available to you then contact a collaborator and ask to be added to the project. As a collaborator you will be able to edit this page. Add any documents of interest using the menu at the top right of the page, and then add a link to the document in the text under the heading below. If you do not know how to do this please contact one of the other collaborators to assist you. Please add the profiles off your Surrey born ancestors to the People Connected to Surrey or Surrey - Famous People projects, not here. Historical Background British and Roman Surrey The Roman Stane or Stone Street runs through SurreyBefore Roman times the area today known as Surrey was very probably occupied by the Atrebates tribe centred at Calleva Atrebatum in the modern county of Hampshire. They are known to have controlled the southern bank of the Thames from Roman texts describing the tribal relations between them and the powerful Catuvellauni on the north bank. In about 42AD Togodumnus ruling from Camulodunum. Verica fled to Gaul and appealed for Roman aid. The Atrebates were allies with Rome during their invasion of Britain in 43AD. The area of Surrey was traversed by Stane Street and other less well known Roman roads. There were Roman temples on Farley Heath and near Wanborough. The Saxon tribes and the sub-kingdom During the 5th and 6th centuries Surrey was conquered and settled by Saxons. The names of a number of Saxon tribes who may have inhabited different parts of Surrey in this period have been conjectured on the basis of place names. These include the Godhelmingas (around Godalming), Tetingas (around Tooting) and Woccingas (between Woking and Wokingham in Berkshire). It has also been speculated that the Nox gaga and the Oht gaga tribes listed in the Mercian Tribal Hidage refer to two distinct groups living in Surrey. They were valued together at 7,000 hides. Surrey may have formed part of a larger Middle Saxon kingdom or confederacy also including areas north of the Thames. The name Surrey is derived from Suthrige, meaning "southern region", and this may originate in its status as the southern half of the Middle Saxon territory. If it ever existed, the Middle Saxon kingdom had disappeared by the 7th century, and Surrey became a frontier area disputed between the


Which Farnworth (Bolton) born ex-England footballer played for Blackpool from 1963 to 1966 before moving to a Merseyside club?

List of people from Bolton - WOW.com List of people from Bolton Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_from_Bolton Updated: 2016-10-24T02:30Z This is a list of notable people from Bolton in North West England . The demonym of Bolton is Boltonian. This list also includes people from the towns of Farnworth , Horwich , Westhoughton , Kearsley , Little Lever , Blackrod , and other smaller places within the wider Metropolitan Borough of Bolton . This list is arranged alphabetically by surname: Table of contents: Sir Richard Arkwright (1732–1792) – Inventor of the Water Frame - Born in Preston. [8] Henry Ashworth (1794-1880) - Cotton mill owner (Egerton and New Eagley mills) and political reformer. Born at Birtenshaw farm, Turton. [9] Alan Ball (1945–2007) – professional footballer , member of the 1966 Football World Cup winning side – born in Farnworth . [14] [15] Johnny Ball (born 1938) – Born in Bristol but moved to Bolton. Children's TV presenter and the father of former BBC Radio 1 DJ and TV host, Zoë Ball . [16] [17] Tommy Banks (footballer) (born 1929) – Bolton Wanderers and England footballer. Born in Farnworth. [18] Jack Bond (born 1932) – cricketer, born in Kearsley . Liam Boyle (born 1985) – TV and film actor - born in Bolton, but grew-up in Heywood . [22] [23] Jack Bruton (1903–1986) - Footballer for Bolton Wanderers, Burnley and England. Born in Westhoughton. [24] Andrew Buchan (born 1979) – TV and stage actor – born in Stockport and brought up in Lostock . [25] [26] [27] C Katy Cavanagh (born 12 December 1973) - English actress, best known for her appearances in Coronation Street in the role of Julie Carp since 2008, grew up in Bolton. Samuel Taylor Chadwick (1809–1876) – doctor, politician and philanthropist. [28] Born in Urmston but grew up in Bolton. Sian Charlesworth (born 1987) - member of girlband Parade . D John Davis (1943–2000) - cricketer [44] Hilary Devey (born 1957)- entrepreneur and TV personality. A dragon in BBC2's Dragons' Den (2011) [45] Born in Tonge Moor. Sir Benjamin Alfred Dobson (1847–1898) – Textile machinery manufacturer and Mayor of Bolton . [48] F Frank Finlay (1926-2016) – Farnworth -born stage , film and television actor. [53] [54] Declan Finn, (born 1965) Drogheda , educated St Cuthbert's RC School, Bolton , religious author, revolutionary political activist, ordained in 2005, Peter Freeman (born 1946) - Heavyweight boxer, fought Leon Spinks [59] G Mark Halsey (born 1961) – former English Premier League Referee - lives in Little Lever , born in Essex . [69] Haseeb Hameed (born 1997), Lancashire and England cricketer. Born in Bolton. [70] Ruth Hamilton - Author [71] Annie Haslam (born 1947) – lead singer of progressive rock band Renaissance . [75] Robert Haslam (born 1923) – Industrialist, born in Bolton. William Haslam (1850–1898) – gave his name to the town of Haslam , South Australia . [76] Paul Heathcote (born 1960) - Chef and restaurateur. Born in Farnworth [77] Stan Heptinstall (born 1946) - Professor of Thrombosis and Haemostasis at University of Nottingham and Mayor of Broxtowe. Born in Bolton. [78] Jack Hylton (1892–1965) – band leader . [83] Born in Great Lever. I Susan Sutherland Isaacs (1885–1948) – educational psychologist and psychoanalyst. Born in Turton. [84] [85] J David Jack (1898-1958) - footballer for Bolton Wanderers who scored first goal at Wembley, 1923. [86] Brian Jackson (born 1931) - actor and producer. Famous as The Man from Del Monte. Born in Bolton as Osmond Brian Jackson Ethel Johnson (1908–1964) - sprinter who represented Great Britain at the 1932 Summer Olympics . Born in Westhoughton. [87] Danny Jones (born 1986) – guitarist and vocalist in the British pop-rock band McFly . [88] K


"""The boy with the fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon"". Is the opening sentence of which 1954 novel?"

Famous Opening Lines | 101 Books Famous Opening Lines by Robert on October 8, 2010   I think some of the best book openings insert the reader into an immediate point of tension. There’s drama right off the bat. I can appreciate books that provide a lot of back story, but I have to make myself be patient. Moby Dick isn't on the list, but it has one of the most famous opening lines in the history of literature. So I’m adding one section–“the opening line”–to my reviews of the 101 books. I think it’s pretty self explanatory. I’ll simply write out the book’s opening line. If my review sucks, maybe the opening line will spur you on to read more. Since I’ll be doing this going forward, starting with my review of Gone With the Wind, I thought I’d write out the opening sentences of the four books I’ve already reviewed. The Catcher in the Rye: “If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you’ll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don’t feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.” To Kill A Mockingbird: “When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow.” Slaughterhouse Five: “All this happened, more or less.” Lord of the Flies: “The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way towards the lagoon.” Even though its my least favorite of the first four books I’ve read, Lord of the Flies has my favorite opening line of these first several reads. Who is the boy with fair hair? Why is he climbing down a rock? Why is a kid in a lagoon? These are the questions I get from just reading that first sentence. I think The Catcher in the Rye has a great first sentence, too–one that provides a lot of questions and tension right away. What’s your favorite opening line of any book?


Who played 'Ellen Ripley' in the films 'Alien' and 'Aliens'?

Ellen Ripley (Character) Ellen Ripley (Character) from Alien (1979) The content of this page was created by users. It has not been screened or verified by IMDb staff. There may be more photos available for this character. To select more photos to be displayed in this character's gallery, click the Edit Photos link. Overview Lt. Ellen Ripley was born in 2092 in Olympia, Luna... See more  » Alternate Names: ... aka "NBC's Saturday Night" - USA (complete title) ... aka "SNL" - USA (informal title) ... aka "SNL 25" - USA (alternative title) ... aka "Saturday Night" - USA (first season title) ... aka "Saturday Night Live '80" - USA (sixth season title) ... aka "Saturday Night Live 15" - USA (fifteenth season title) ... aka "Saturday Night Live 20" - USA (twentieth season title) ... aka "Saturday Night Live 25" - USA (twentyfifth season title) Sigourney Weaver (as Ripley) ... aka "Alien 3" - Canada (English title) (imdb display title), International (English title) (imdb display title), USA (alternative spelling) ... aka "Cinemassacre's Monster Madness 3" - USA (third season title) ... aka "Cinemassacre's Monster Madness 8" - USA (eighth season title) ... aka "Cinemassacre's Monster Madness 9" - USA (ninth season title) ... aka "Cinemassacre's Monster Madness X" - USA (tenth season title) ... aka "Cinemassacre's Monster Madness: '80s-A-Thon" - USA (sixth season title) ... aka "Cinemassacre's Monster Madness: Camp Cult" - USA (fourth season title) ... aka "Cinemassacre's Monster Madness: Godzilla-Thon" - USA (second season title) ... aka "Cinemassacre's Monster Madness: History of Horror" - USA (first season title) ... aka "Cinemassacre's Monster Madness: Sequel-A-Thon" - USA (fifth season title) ... aka "Cinemassacre's Monster Madness: Sequel-A-Thon 2" - USA (seventh season title)


In 2009 which Swedish tennis player became the first to beat Rafael Nadal at Roland Garros?

French Open 2009: Rafael Nadal dumped out by Robin Soderling - Telegraph French Open French Open 2009: Rafael Nadal dumped out by Robin Soderling The 'impossible’ happened on the red clay of Court Philippe Chatrier on  Sunday, when Rafael Nadal’s attempt to win a record fifth successive French  Open title, and his total dominance at Roland Garros, came to an end with a  defeat in the fourth round to Robin Soderling, a Swede ranked 25 in the  world.   Image 1 of 3 Over and out: Rafael Nadal's fantastic run at Roland Garros was ended by Robin Soderling Photo: EPA   Giant-killer: Robin Soderling is through to his first Grand Slam quarter-final Photo: AFP   Shock: Rafael Nadal has finally suffered defeat at the French Open Photo: AP By Mark Hodgkinson at Roland Garros 8:11PM BST 31 May 2009 Soderling had previously been a clay-court nobody, someone capable of strolling around the Bois de Boulogne without too many second glances, but here he achieved the biggest upset in grand slam history. Robin Who? became The Man Who Brought Down Rafa. The Majorcan had never previously lost a match at Roland Garros, having won the 'Coupe des Mousquetaires’ four times on his first four visits, and it had been widely suspected that this year would bring yet another title, taking him past the four cups that Swede Bjorn Borg won from 1978-81. Such had been Nadal’s run of success here, having won his first 31 matches on these courts, that it would not have been that surprising if the French Tennis Federation had announced before the tournament that their event was now called the Rafael Nadal Trophy. Nadal winning the French Open had become an annual event. Nadal has been the face, and the biceps, of Roland Garros. Then came this, a result that no one in the 15,000-strong crowd, or around Roland Garros, or across the wider tennis world, had seen coming. “I’m expecting at least a text message from Borg,” said Soderling, having well and truly guillotined the King of Clay, who said he was now thinking about “the swimming pool of my house”. When Nadal and Soderling had walked out into the stadium, the crowd had imagined the only shocking thing about the world No 1’s afternoon would be the colour of his top. And yet the 22 year-old, wearing his neon pink shirt, was given the surprise of his tennis life by Soderling, who was making his first appearance in the fourth round of a grand slam. If Soderling had won that opening set, and had then faded to defeat, that would have been outrageous enough, given that Nadal had not dropped a set in Paris since the 2007 final, against Roger Federer. But Soderling kept on going, kept on swinging, and he provided further shocks by going two sets to one up, and then finishing off his 6-2, 6-7, 6-4, 7-6 victory, which he celebrated by flinging his racket high into the crowd. He might come to regret having done that; the racket could already be on eBay. As for Nadal, do not expect him to wear pink next year. Related Articles


Who directed the 2005 film 'Brokeback Mountain'?

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Which composer left his Tenth Symphony unfinished on his death in 1911? It has been made into performable form most notably by Deryck Cooke in the 1960's?

Stunning and anguished — Seattle Symphony plays Mahler’s unfinished Tenth | Entertainment | The Seattle Times Print Stunning and anguished — Seattle Symphony plays Mahler’s unfinished Tenth Guest conductor Thomas Dausgaard leads the Seattle Symphony through Mahler’s dramatic Tenth Symphony, written while the composer was on the brink of death and anguished over his wife’s affair. PREV  of  NEXT Courtesy of Seattle Symphony Orchestra Seattle Symphony principal guest conductor Thomas Dausgaard guides the orchestra through a work by Sibelius earlier this year. Related Concert preview Seattle Symphony: Mahler’s Tenth With Thomas Dausgaard conducting, 8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 22, Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle; $21-$123 (206-215-4747 or seattlesymphony.org ). It’s not difficult to imagine an audience too stunned to applaud after sitting through a performance of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 10. The 75-minute piece is a deeply personal and exquisite musical journey from anguish to acceptance that can leave listeners dumbstruck. The Romantic-era master’s candid composition, which Seattle Symphony Orchestra performs this week, reflects intertwined tragedies that befell him less than a year before his 1911 death from a heart infection at age 50. “It’s Mahler’s most self-dramatizing work,” says SSO principal guest conductor Thomas Dausgaard, who is leading the orchestra through the Tenth. “It’s about love and death, seeking solutions to the question of what death is going to be like. It comes out of his failing health, but also the fact that his wife, Alma, is in love with somebody else. He is really at a terrible place with these issues, and that’s what he put into this symphony.” Mahler’s Tenth was not the first time he linked his own despair with his symphonies. Mahler’s Sixth was inspired by such calamitous events as the death of his and Alma’s eldest daughter, as well as the onset of his chronic cardiac illness. After receiving treatment from Sigmund Freud for depression in the wake of Alma’s affair with architect Walter Gropius, Mahler dedicated his Eighth Symphony to her. Symphony No. 10 begins and ends with a protracted, anguished cry involving all the instruments except percussion. Each is followed by a beautiful reverie. The last few minutes of the fifth and final movement are such a delicate, inner search for emotional resolution that listening to them feels like a rare privilege. “That cry is the sound of somebody terrified,” Dausgaard says. “Terror of death, or of receiving a letter from his wife’s lover. The first scream dissolves into fragments where it seems like he falls asleep. When it comes back in the last movement, the music cries out, full power, and only then can he begin to make peace. This symphony communicates forgiveness and generosity.” Despite illness and marital strife, Mahler spent his final months conducting the New York Philharmonic and completing last works. He didn’t have time to finish No. 10, though he left the first movement performable and wrote a comprehensive draft of the rest. During ensuing decades, several conductors and orchestras performed the first movement only. Various composers — Shostakovich and Britten among them — rejected offers to complete the composition, though others challenged themselves by trying to, with different degrees of artistic license. Dausgaard will conduct from a score commonly known as the “Deryck Cooke version,” named for the British broadcaster and Mahler specialist who worked, with Alma’s blessing, on Symphony No. 10 from 1960 until his death in 1976. “It’s not so much a question of Cooke finishing it as filling in the gaps, which had very much to do with orchestration,” Dausgaard says. “Every bar in the piece was there by Mahler’s hand, right up to the final page.” The Cooke version has a storied relationship with another Seattle music institution. In 1972, Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras gained international fame as the fourth orchestra in the United States to play the work. Cooke himself was impressed by SYSO’s perfor