Mount Etna and the Plain of Catania are on which island?

Mount Etna Volcano, Italy: Map, Facts, Eruption Pictures Article by Jessica Ball Mount Etna: Introduction Mount Etna is Europe's highest and most active volcano . Towering above the city of Catania on the island of Sicily, it has been growing for about 500,000 years and is in the midst of a series of eruptions that began in 2001. It has experienced a variety of eruption styles , including violent explosions and voluminous lava flows. More than 25% of Sicily's population lives on Etna's slopes, and it is the main source of income for the island, both from agriculture (due to its rich volcanic soil) and tourism. Map: Where is Etna? Map showing the location of Mount Etna on the east coast of Sicily. Map by Geology.com and MapResources.  Nearby Volcanoes: Stromboli , Vesuvius   Mount Etna: Plate Tectonic Setting Mount Etna is associated with the subduction of the African plate under the Eurasian plate, which also produced Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei, but is part of a different volcanic arc (the Calabrian rather than Campanian). A number of theories have been proposed to explain Etna's location and eruptive history, including rifting processes, a hot spot, and intersection of structural breaks in the crust. Scientists are still debating which best fits their data, and are using a variety of methods to build a better image of the Earth's crust below the volcano. Simplified plate tectonics cross section (A to B) Simplified plate tectonics cross-section showing how Mount Etna is located above a subduction zone formed where the Eurasian and African plates collide. In this subduction zone a window has torn in the subducting slab. Facts About Mount Etna Stromboli   Vesuvius Mount Etna: Eruption History Etna's eruptions have been documented since 1500 BC, when phreatomagmatic eruptions drove people living in the eastern part of the island to migrate to its western end. The volcano has experienced more than 200 eruptions since then, although most are moderately small. Etna's most powerful recorded eruption was in 1669, when explosions destroyed part of the summit and lava flows from a fissure on the volcano's flank reached the sea and the town of Catania, more than ten miles away. This eruption was also notable as one of the first attempts to control the path of flowing lava. The Catanian townspeople dug a channel that drained lava away from their homes, but when the diverted lava threatened the village of Paterno, the inhabitants of that community drove away the Catanians and forced them to abandon their efforts. An eruption in 1775 produced large lahars when hot material melted snow and ice on the summit, and an extremely violent eruption in 1852 produced more than 2 billion cubic feet of lava and covered more than three square miles of the volcano's flanks in lava flows. Etna's longest eruption began in 1979 and went on for thirteen years; its latest eruption began in March 2007, and is still ongoing. Mt. Etna Eruption (October 30, 2002) An oblique photograph of Mount Etna looking to the southeast taken by astronauts onboard the International Space Station on October 30,2002. The dark plume rising from the top of the volcano is an ash cloud. The broad white cloud streaming from areas of lower elevation is smoke produced by forest fires ignited as a hot lava flow moved through a pine forest. The ash and smoke caused air traffic to be diverted and forced the closing of roads, schools and businesses. Larger Image Mt. Etna Eruption (October 30, 2002) An oblique photograph of Mount Etna on the west coast of the island of Sicily. This photo is looking to the southeast with the Mediterranean Sea in the background and was taken by astronauts onboard the International Space Station on October 30,2002. The scene shows the ash plume from the eruption being carried by wind across the Mediterranean Sea to Libya, over 350 miles away. Larger Image About the Author Jessica Ball is a graduate student in the Department of Geology at the State University of New York at Buffalo. Her concentration is in volcanology, and she is currently res


"Which Irish dramatist wrote ""The Rivals"" and ""The School for Scandal""?"

Quotations from Richard Brinsley Sheridan Quotations from Richard Brinsley Sheridan » More about Richard Brinsley Sheridan on Poemhunter   My valour is certainly going, it is sneaking off! I feel it oozing out as it were, at the palms of my hands! Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), Anglo-Irish dramatist. Acres, in The Rivals, act 5, sc. 2 (1775). Share this Quote: Ay, ay, the best terms will grow obsolete: damns have had their day. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), Anglo-Irish dramatist. Acres, in The Rivals, act 2, sc. 1. Share this Quote: An unforgiving eye, and a damned disinheriting countenance! Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), Anglo-Irish dramatist. Careless, in The School for Scandal, act 4, sc. 1, l. 91 (1777).  Describing the portrait of Sir Oliver Surface. Share this Quote: When delicate and feeling souls are separated, there is not a feature in the sky, not a movement of the elements, not an aspiration of the breeze, but hints some cause for a lover's apprehension. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), Anglo-Irish dramatist. Faulkland, in The Rivals, act 2, sc. 1. Read more quotations about / on: sky Share this Quote: Conscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), Anglo-Irish dramatist. Isaac Mendoza, in The Duenna, act 2, sc. 4, l. 62-3 (1775). Share this Quote: Illiterate him, I say, quite from your memory.... There is nothing on earth so easy as to forget, if a person chooses to set about it. I'm sure I have as much forgot your poor, dear uncle, as if he had never existedand I thought it my duty to do so. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), Anglo-Irish dramatist. Mrs. Malaprop, in The Rivals, act 1, sc. 2 (1775).  The first appearance of Mrs. Malaprop in the play, which is peppered with her "malapropisms." Her name is from the French, mal à propos, or "inappropriate." Read more quotations about / on: memory Share this Quote: 'Tis safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), Anglo-Irish dramatist. Mrs. Malaprop, in The Rivals, act 1, sc. 2 (1775). Share this Quote: He is the very pineapple of politeness! Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), Anglo-Irish dramatist. Mrs. Malaprop, in The Rivals, act 3, sc. 3 (1775).  Referring to Captain Absolute; the word intended in the "malapropism" is pinnacle. Share this Quote: The Right Honourable gentleman is indebted to his memory for his jests, and to his imagination for his facts. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), Anglo-Irish dramatist. Quoted in Memoirs of the Life of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, vol. 2, Thomas Moore (1825).  Reply to Dundas. Read more quotations about / on: memory , imagination Share this Quote: There is nothing on earth so easy as to forget, if a person chooses to set about it. I'm sure I have as much forgot your poor, dear uncle, as if he had never existed; and I thought it my duty to do so. Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816), Anglo-Irish dramatist. Mrs. Malaprop, in The Rivals, act 1, sc. 2. Share this Quote:


"Who released an album in May 2009 called ""21st Century Breakdown""?"

Album Review: Green Day - 21st Century Breakdown | Prefix Abstract In 2004 Green Day released American Idiot, and their new album is called 21st Century Breakdown, so it's probably safe to say that their artistic feelings about the Aughts aren't positive ones. 21st Century Breakdown comes to us a concept album split into three parts, which is pretty unsurprising considering the dramatic weight of the title. The three sections are Heroes and Cons, Charlatans and Saints, and Horseshoes and Handgrenades (guess the thematic axis of that last section spins on "almost?"). It's good to see that despite all of the mindboggling success, the trio has kept their sense of duality intact.   Speaking to USA Today, singer Billie Joe Armstrong said about the album, "We could take a sideways step or go back to our roots. We chose to move forward. It's about reflecting what's been happening the past three years and putting it to melody with some bold statements." Hence the "breakdown" part.


When was the first trans-Atlantic telephone cable service opened?

Milestones:The First Submarine Transatlantic Telephone Cable System (TAT-1), 1956 - Engineering and Technology History Wiki Milestones:The First Submarine Transatlantic Telephone Cable System (TAT-1), 1956 Date Dedicated Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia, Canada Oban, Scotland The First Submarine Transatlantic Telephone Cable System (TAT-1), 1956  Oban, Scotland plaque Global telephone communications using submarine cables began here on 25 September 1956, when the first transatlantic undersea telephone system, TAT-1, went into service. This site is the eastern terminal of the transatlantic cable that stretched west to Clarenville, Newfoundland.  TAT-1 was a great technological achievement providing unparalleled reliability with fragile components in hostile environments. It was made possible through the efforts of engineers at AT&T Bell Laboratories and BPO. The system operated until 1978. Clarenville, Newfoundland plaque This site is the western terminal of the first transatlantic telephone cable system, TAT-1, that stretched east to Oban, Scotland. Westward, it ran from here to Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia. Service began on 25 September 1956. TAT-1 was a great technological achievement providing unparalleled reliability with fragile components in hostile environments. It was made possible through the efforts of engineers at AT&T Bell Laboratories and BPO. The system operated until 1978. Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia plaque Global telephone communications began on 25 September 1956, when the first transatlantic telephone system, TAT-1 went into service. TAT-1 was a great technological achievement, made possible through the efforts of engineers from AT&T Bell Laboratories and BPO. It provided unparalleled reliability with fragile components in hostile environments. Engineers of the BPO, using their experience in subsea communications, developed the specific portion of TAT-1 between Clarenville, Newfoundland and Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia in this laboratory. The plaques can be viewed in two of the three locations: at 52 Cormack Dr., Clarenville, Newfoundland, Canada; at the Cape Breton Fossil Centre in Sydney Mines on Cape Breton Island, Canada. The plaque at Gallanach Bay, about 3km south of Oban, Scotland. is currently underwater and not in a safe location. However, here is a link to an article about visiting the site site at Gallanach Bay, including the cable housing where the cable comes ashore. A section of the cable and other artifacts and information about the project are in the Oban War and Peace Museum at the corner of the Corran Esplanade and John St., Oban. The first transatlantic telephone cable , TAT-1, inaugurated the modern era of global communications. Many of the basic concepts and processes developed for achieving highly reliable submarine infrastructure have not changed significantly from those used in TAT-1. Before TAT-1, voice was carried across the Atlantic on unreliable and expensive radio channels. Text messaging was carried on submarine telegraph cables (the technology of the previous 90 years) which were reliable, but slow and expensive. Cooperation between North America and the United Kingdom to build an electrical bridge across the Atlantic had gone back over a century. After a period of failure and learning, the Great Eastern, the world’s largest ship, laid in 1866 the first permanent transatlantic link under the leadership of Cyrus Field, and telegraph communication began. However, the communication capacity of the first transatlantic cable was very limited while the demand for rapid communication continued to increased. Telegraph systems developed steadily over the years. Advances in materials and techniques, such as inductive loading, led to gradual increases in performance to the point that, in 1919 a study of deep-water submarine telephones began. In 1928 this work culminated in a proposal for a repeaterless cable bearing a single voice channel. Two considerations, however, killed the project: radio circuits were continuously improving, and the cost estimate was $15 million, a prohibitive price tag


"Who starred in ""Mogambo"", ""Dial M For Murder"", ""Rear Window"" and ""High Society"" before giving up her film career for marriage in 1956?"

Grace Kelly - Biography - IMDb Grace Kelly Biography Showing all 104 items Jump to: Overview  (5) | Mini Bio  (2) | Spouse  (1) | Trade Mark  (2) | Trivia  (67) | Personal Quotes  (26) | Salary  (1) Overview (5) 14 September 1982 ,  Monaco  (injuries from car accident) Birth Name 5' 6½" (1.69 m) Mini Bio (2) Grace Patricia Kelly was born on November 12, 1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to wealthy parents. She was the daughter of Margaret Katherine (Majer), a phys ed instructor, and John Brendan Kelly, Sr., a three-time Olympic Gold winner for rowing. Her uncle was playwright George Kelly . She was of half Irish and half German descent. Her girlhood was uneventful for the most part, but one of the things she desired was to become an actress which she had decided on at an early age. After her high school graduation in 1947, Grace struck out on her own, heading to New York's bright lights to try her luck there. Grace worked as a model and made her debut on Broadway in 1949. She also made a brief foray into the infant medium of television. Not content with the work in New York, Grace moved to Southern California for the more prestigious part of acting -- motion pictures. In 1951, she appeared in her first film entitled Fourteen Hours (1951) when she was 22. It was a small part, but a start nonetheless. The following year, she landed the role of Amy Kane in High Noon (1952), a western starring Gary Cooper and Lloyd Bridges which turned out to be very popular. In 1953, Grace appeared in only one film, but it was another popular one. The film was Mogambo (1953) where Grace played Linda Nordley. The film was a jungle drama in which fellow cast members, Clark Gable and Ava Gardner turned in masterful performances. It was also one of the best films ever released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Although she got noticed with High Noon, her work with director Alfred Hitchcock , which began with Dial M for Murder (1954) made her a star. Her standout performance in Rear Window (1954) brought her to prominence. As Lisa Fremont, she was cast opposite James Stewart , who played a photographer who witnesses a murder in an apartment across the courtyard while convalescing in a wheelchair. Grace stayed busy in 1954 appearing in five films. Grace would forever be immortalized by winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Georgie Elgin opposite Bing Crosby in The Country Girl (1954). In 1955, Grace once again teamed with Hitchcock in To Catch a Thief (1955) co-starring Cary Grant . In 1956, she played Tracy Lord in the musical comedy High Society (1956) which also starred Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby . The whimsical tale ended with her re-marrying her former husband, played by Crosby. The film was well received and also turned out to be her final acting performance. In the summer of 1954, Kelly and Cary Grant were on the French Riviera, working on To Catch a Thief. It was probably the scene after Grace speeds along the Moyen Corniche to quickly get to the "picnic grounds", and away from a tailing police car, that she had time to look at the Mediterranean and the countryside along the coast. "Whose gardens are those?" she asked screenwriter John Michael Hayes . "Prince Grimaldi's". She would not meet the prince until the following year. In New York in March 1955, she received a call from Rupert Allan, Look Magazine's west coast editor, who had become a friend since writing three cover stories on her. The French government wanted her to attend the Cannes Film Festival that May. She had some good reasons to go. One: The Country Girl (1954) would be shown at the festival. Two: she had really loved working on the Riviera the summer before. She met Prince Rainier of Monaco during the Cannes festival. He needed a wife, because with no heir to the throne, Monaco would again be part of France, after his death, all its citizens would have to pay French taxes. And Kelly thought it was time for her to select a husband, one who would finally meet with her parents' approval. Her biographers show that the life of a princess was not exactly l


Scapula | Shoulder Blade Scapula | Shoulder Blade Outline Scapula | Shoulder Blade: It is a flat triangular bone present on the posterior aspect of thoracic framework (ribcage) from 2nd to 7th vertebra. Borders: It has three borders; Vertebral (medial) border, Superior border, and Axillary (lateral) border Angles: It has three angles; Medial angle, Lateral angle and Inferior angle Glenoid fossa: It is a pear shaped fossa that articulates with humerus to form shoulder joint. Body of scapula: It has two surfaces; Costal surface and Dorsal surface. Dorsal Surface: Contains the spine of scapula. Divided by the spine into suraspinous and infraspinous fossae. Costal Surface: Forms the subscapular fossa. Acromion: A triangular of oblong shaped process that is the continuation of spine of scapula Coracoid Process: A hook shaped process that along with acromion protest the shoulder joint. Nutrient Foramina: Most commonly found in the infraspinous fossa about an inch below the greater scapula notch. Ossification: Begins in a cartilaginous model at the end of 2nd month of fetal life. There are 7 or more centers of ossification. Introduction: The scapula, or shoulder blade, is a flat triangular bone. It has two surfaces; costal, and dorsal. The bone overlies the postero-lateral aspect of the thoracic framework, reaching from the second to the seventh Borders and angles The body of the bone is thin except along its margins and where the spine springs from it. The body has three borders and three angles. Anatomic position of scapula Borders of scapula: Vertebral border: Vertebral (medial) border is the longest of the three borders of scapula. It stretches from the medial angle above to the inferior angle below. The vertebral border affords a narrow surface for the insertion of the levator scapulae, rhomboid minor and rhomboid major muscles. Superior border: The superior border, which is thin and sharp, is the shortest of the three. It runs from the medial angle towards the root of the coracoid process. Before reaching the coracoids process, it is interrupted by scapular notch, which lies very close to the medial side of the base of that process. This notch, which is converted into a foramen by a ligament, or occasionally by a spicule of bone, transmits the suprascapular nerve, whilst the suprascapular artery runs above it. Attached to the superior margin, close to the notch, is the posterior belly of the omohyoid muscle. Axillary border: The axillary (lateral) border, so called from its relation to the hollow of the axilla (armpit), is much stouter than either of the others. It extends from the lateral angle above to the inferior angle below. The upper inch or so of this border, which lies immediately below the glenoid articular cavity, is rough and tubercular, and affords attachment to the long head of the triceps. costal surface of scapula dorsal surface of scapula Angles of scapula: The medial angle is sharp and more or less rectangular. The inferior angle is blunter and more acute and the lateral angle corresponds to that part of the bone which supports the glenoid cavity and the coracoid process. Glenoid cavity (fossa): The glenoid cavity is slightly concave from above downwards and from side to side. The cavity is not very deep and affords attachment to the glenoid labrum, which helps to deepen the socket in which the head of the humerus rests. Body of the Scapula: The body of the bone has two surfaces, a dorsal and a costal. The former is divided into two fossae by an outstanding process of triangular form, called the spine of scapula. The attached border of this crosses the dorsal surface of the body obliquely in a direction laterally and slightly upwards. The spine extends from the vertebral border towards the centre of the posterior glenoid edge. Separating the spine of the scapula and the glenoid edge is a notch called the great scapular notch. Within this notch the transverse scapular vessels and the supra-scapular nerve. The spine of scapula divides the dorsal surface into two parts; the upper part is called the supraspin


Nile River | river, Africa | Britannica.com Nile River Alternative Titles: Baḥr Al-Nīl, Naḥr an-Nīl Related Topics Antinoüs Nile River, Arabic Baḥr Al-Nīl or Nahr Al-Nīl, river , the father of African rivers and the longest river in the world. It rises south of the Equator and flows northward through northeastern Africa to drain into the Mediterranean Sea . It has a length of about 4,132 miles (6,650 kilometres) and drains an area estimated at 1,293,000 square miles (3,349,000 square kilometres). Its basin includes parts of Tanzania , Burundi , Rwanda , the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Kenya , Uganda , South Sudan , Ethiopia , Sudan , and the cultivated part of Egypt . Its most distant source is the Kagera River in Burundi . Sand dunes along the Nile River, Egypt. © nicolas lecoz/Fotolia The Nile River basin and its drainage network. Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Overview of the Nile River, 2009. Contunico © ZDF Enterprises GmbH, Mainz The Nile is formed by three principal streams: the Blue Nile (Arabic: Al-Baḥr Al-Azraq; Amharic: Abay) and the Atbara (Arabic: Nahr ʿAṭbarah), which flow from the highlands of Ethiopia, and the White Nile (Arabic: Al-Baḥr Al-Abyad), the headstreams of which flow into Lakes Victoria and Albert . The name Nile is derived from the Greek Neilos (Latin: Nilus), which probably originated from the Semitic root naḥal, meaning a valley or a river valley and hence, by an extension of the meaning, a river. The fact that the Nile—unlike other great rivers known to them—flowed from the south northward and was in flood at the warmest time of the year was an unsolved mystery to the ancient Egyptians and Greeks. The ancient Egyptians called the river Ar or Aur (Coptic: Iaro), “Black,” in allusion to the colour of the sediments carried by the river when it is in flood. Nile mud is black enough to have given the land itself its oldest name, Kem or Kemi, which also means “black” and signifies darkness. In the Odyssey , the epic poem written by the Greek poet Homer (7th century bce), Aigyptos is the name of the Nile (masculine) as well as the country of Egypt (feminine) through which it flows. The Nile in Egypt and Sudan is now called Al-Nīl, Al-Baḥr, and Baḥr Al-Nīl or Nahr Al-Nīl. Similar Topics Gambia River The Nile River basin , which covers about one-tenth of the area of the continent, served as the stage for the evolution and decay of advanced civilizations in the ancient world. On the banks of the river dwelled people who were among the first to cultivate the arts of agriculture and to use the plow. The basin is bordered on the north by the Mediterranean; on the east by the Red Sea Hills and the Ethiopian Plateau ; on the south by the East African Highlands , which include Lake Victoria , a Nile source; and on the west by the less well-defined watershed between the Nile, Chad , and Congo basins, extending northwest to include the Marrah Mountains of Sudan , the Al- Jilf al-Kabīr Plateau of Egypt, and the Libyan Desert (part of the Sahara). The Roman Kiosk of Trajan (left) on Agilkia island in the Nile River, near Aswān, Egypt. © Jeff Schultes/Fotolia Earth sciences: The origin of the Nile The availability of water from the Nile throughout the year, combined with the area’s high temperatures, makes possible intensive cultivation along its banks. Even in some of the regions in which the average rainfall is sufficient for cultivation, marked annual variations in precipitation often make cultivation without irrigation risky. The Nile River is also a vital waterway for transport, especially at times when motor transport is not feasible—e.g., during the flood season. Improvements in air, rail, and highway facilities beginning in the 20th century, however, greatly reduced dependency on the waterway. Page 1 of 6


Eddie Murphy starred in a remake of which Jerry Lewis comedy?

Eddie Murphy | New Music And Songs | Eddie Murphy About Eddie Murphy Like Bill Cosby and Richard Pryor before him, Eddie Murphy was the preeminent African-American comic of his era; in fact, Murphy was arguably the preeminent comic of the 1980s, period -- at his peak, no other performer, regardless of race, was a bigger star or a more audacious talent. Combining Pryor's viciously acute observational gifts and love of obscenities with Cosby's undeniable mainstream appeal, Murphy quickly leaped from clubs to television to film -- even finding success as a serious pop singer -- on the way to establishing himself as the most wildly popular comedian since the heyday of Steve Martin. Edward Regan Murphy was born April 3, 1961, in Hempstead, NY. By his mid-teens he was already working as a professional stand-up in Long Island clubs; by the age of 17, he was performing at Manhattan's famed Comic Strip and soon mounted a club tour of the East Coast. In 1980 his precocious talent won him a recurring gig as a featured performer on Saturday Night Live; at the moment, the comedy institution was suffering one of its frequent dry spells, and Murphy quickly established himself as its breakout star, graduating to full-time cast member status on the strength of memorable riffs on the Claymation hero Gumby and Our Gang character Buckwheat as well as creations like street pimp Velvet Jones and Mr. Robinson, a ghetto counterpart to Mr. Rogers. In 1982, Murphy issued his debut comedy album, a self-titled live effort which drew fire for its controversial portrayal of the Asian community and misogynistic overtones as well as "Faggots," the first of many homophobic routines which ultimately resulted in a boycott call from the gay community. That same year he made his feature debut co-starring with Nick Nolte in the buddy comedy 48 Hrs.; the film was a major success, and at the age of just 21 Murphy was a Hollywood superstar, with a 15-million-dollar deal with Paramount Pictures as his reward. The Delirious concert tour followed in 1983; recorded at a sold-out August performance, the LP Eddie Murphy: Comedian reached the Top 40 while his second feature, Trading Places, emerged as the year's highest-grossing film. A small role in 1984's disastrous Best Defense was Murphy's first misstep, but a year later he returned with Beverly Hills Cop, one of the most successful pictures in box-office history. Also in 1985 he teamed with producer Rick James to record How Could It Be, a straightforward R&B album which spawned the mammoth hit single "Party All the Time." Murphy was the hottest actor in Hollywood when he signed on for the 1986 quasi-mystical action comedy The Golden Child; the film was a commercial and critical bomb, and for the first time his star power was in question. While 1987's Beverly Hills Cop II stood as the year's biggest blockbuster and restored much of his career's luster, the aptly titled concert film Raw drew considerable heat for its abrasive, politically incorrect ranting. After 1988's Coming to America raked in the revenue, Murphy wrote, directed, and starred in 1989's Harlem Nights, a black gangster tale which performed miserably and took a massive critical drubbing. Following the Harlem Nights debacle, he agreed to reunite in 1990 with Nick Nolte in Another 48 Hrs. When it too bombed, Murphy's career bottomed out; neither of his 1992 efforts, Boomerang and The Distinguished Gentleman, performed as well as his earlier hits, the 1993 LP Love's Alright failed to chart, and even 1994's seeming sure thing Beverly Hills Cop III tanked. After 1995's Vampire in Brooklyn, an ill-advised horror comedy, he starred in a hit remake of Jerry Lewis' The Nutty Professor in 1996, but in the early weeks of the following year the action-adventure fiasco Metro took a nosedive. ~ Jason Ankeny, Rovi


What is the radius of a circle whose area is 154 square inches?

What is the circumference of a circle whose radius is 7 inches? What is the circumference of a circle whose radius is 7 inches? –1 vote posted May 16, 2016 by Divya Bharti Share this puzzle solution May 16, 2016 by Jaikumar Bhatia Your comment on this solution: Email me at this address if a comment is added after mine:Email me if a comment is added after mine Privacy: Your email address will only be used for sending these notifications. Anti-spam verification: To avoid this verification in future, please log in or register . 0 votes solution May 16, 2016 by Hasan Raza Your comment on this solution: Email me at this address if a comment is added after mine:Email me if a comment is added after mine Privacy: Your email address will only be used for sending these notifications. Anti-spam verification: To avoid this verification in future, please log in or register . 0 votes solution May 17, 2016 by Gangadharan Kv Your comment on this solution: Email me at this address if a comment is added after mine:Email me if a comment is added after mine Privacy: Your email address will only be used for sending these notifications. Anti-spam verification: To avoid this verification in future, please log in or register . 0 votes The value of the circumference equals to 2 * PI * 7  inches solution May 26, 2016 by anonymous Your comment on this solution: Email me at this address if a comment is added after mine:Email me if a comment is added after mine Privacy: Your email address will only be used for sending these notifications. Anti-spam verification:


What is the name given to the silent electrical discharge between the atmosphere and, for example, trees, ships' masts, steeples and flagpoles?

Authors | MAGONIA | Page 14 THE NAZI UFO MYTHOS: An Investigation by Kevin McClure  Part 6: False Histories Project Uranus In another careful analysis of a dubious element of UFO history, Andy Roberts says: “We have at least one outright hoax in foo-fighter lore. For years rumours had been flying round that the Germans had been fully aware of the foo-fighter phenomenon and that they had a special study group formed to look into the problem under the name of “Project Uranus”, backed by a shadowy group by the name of Sonderburo 13. This was first detailed in La Livres Noir De Soucoupes Volantes (The Black Book of Flying Saucers – 1970) by French ufologist Henry Durrant. The rumour spread in Europe and eventually took physical form in the English language in Tim Good’s acclaimed book Above Top Secret where it is used to help substantiate further vague rumours of an Anglo/American foo-fighter study. Good had not checked his facts and had in fact just copied the information direct from Durrant’s book. When I checked this out with Durrant he informed me that the whole “Project Uranus” affair was a hoax which he had inserted in his book precisely to see who would copy it without checking. The hoax apparently had been revealed in France some years before but hadn’t percolated its way through to English speaking ufologists. Perhaps other foo hoaxes await discovery.” [37] The ‘Schweinfurt Raid’ This tale involves, well, little flying saucers, in a B-17 raid on October 14 1943, aimed at the ball-bearing factories at Schweinfurt in Germany. It was publicised by popular US author Frank Edwards in Flying Saucers – Here and Now [38] in 1967, but I understand that the original glamourised version comes from one Martin Caidin, in his book Black Thursday, published in 1960. Caidin reports that “During the bomb run of several groups, starting at about the time the Fortresses approached the Initial Point, there occurred one of the most baffling incidents of World War II, and an enigma that to this day defies all explanation.” “As the bombers of the 384th Group swung into the final bomb run after passing the Initial Point, the fighter attacks fell off. This point is vital, and pilots were queried extensively, as were other crew members, as to the position at that time of the German fighter planes. Every man interrogated was firm in his statement that “at the time there were no enemy aircraft above.” “At this moment the pilots and top turret gunners, as well as several crewmen in the Plexiglas noses of the bombers, reported a cluster of discs in the path of the 384th’s formation and closing with the bombers. The startled exclamations focused attention on the phenomenon and the crews talked back and forth, discussing and confirming the astonishing sight before them.” “The discs in the cluster were agreed upon as being silver colored, about one inch thick and three inches in diameter. They were easily seen by the B-17 crewmen, gliding down slowly in a very uniform cluster.” “And then the `impossible’ happened. B-17 Number 026 closed rapidly with a number of discs; the pilot attempted to evade an imminent collision with the objects, but was unsuccessful in his maneuver. He reported at the intelligence debriefing that his right wing “went directly through a cluster with absolutely no effect on engines or plane surface.” “The intelligence officers pressed their questioning, and the pilot stated further that one of the discs was heard to strike the tail assembly of his B-17, but that neither he nor any member of the crew heard or witnessed an explosion.” “He further explained that about twenty feet from the discs the pilots sighted a mass of black debris of varying sizes of clusters of three by four feet.” “The SECRET report added: `Also observed two other A/C flying through silver discs with no apparent damage. Observed discs and debris two other times but could not determine where it came from.” “No further information on this baffling incident has been uncovered, with the exception that such discs were observed by pilots and crew on missions pri


Joseph Smith is known as the founder of what movement?

Joseph Smith Jr. (Author of The Book of Mormon) edit data Joseph Smith, Jr. was the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, also known as Mormonism, and an important religious and political figure during the 1830s and 1840s. In 1827, Smith began to gather a religious following after announcing that an angel had shown him a set of golden plates describing a visit of Jesus to the indigenous peoples of the Americas. In 1830, Smith published what he said was a translation of these plates as the Book of Mormon, and the same year he organized the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. For most of the 1830s, Smith lived in Kirtland, Ohio, which remained the headquarters of the church until Smith began encouraging members to gather the church to a Latter Day Saint settlement in Missouri. There, ten Joseph Smith, Jr. was the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, also known as Mormonism, and an important religious and political figure during the 1830s and 1840s. In 1827, Smith began to gather a religious following after announcing that an angel had shown him a set of golden plates describing a visit of Jesus to the indigenous peoples of the Americas. In 1830, Smith published what he said was a translation of these plates as the Book of Mormon, and the same year he organized the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. For most of the 1830s, Smith lived in Kirtland, Ohio, which remained the headquarters of the church until Smith began encouraging members to gather the church to a Latter Day Saint settlement in Missouri. There, tensions between Mormons and non-Mormons resulted in the expelling of the Mormons. Smith and his people then settled in Nauvoo, Illinois where they began building a new temple aided by new converts from Europe. He was assassinated by a mob of non-Mormons at the age of 38. Smith's followers consider him a prophet and have canonized some of his revelations as sacred texts on par with the Bible. His legacy as a leader of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been recognized by millions of adherents. ...more


Michael Keaton starred in which film as a spirit who makes a living from scaring people?

Michael Keaton Movies List: Best to Worst The Best Michael Keaton Movies 4.9k votes 774 voters 73k views 47 items tags f t p @ List Criteria: Vote for your favorite movies, regardless of critic reviews or how big the role was. List of the best Michael Keaton movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. Michael Keaton has played Batman, Beetlejuice and Jack Frost throughout his impressive, character-driven career. Michael Keaton's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Michael Keaton movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Michael Keaton movies will be at the top of the list. Michael Keaton has been in a lot of films, these are the greatest Michael Keaton movies of all time is, inarguably the most entertaining Michael Keaton films that you should probably watch on your next movie night.   If you think the best Michael Keaton role isn't at the top, then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one. The greatest Michael Keaton performances didn't necessarily come from the best movies , but in most cases they go hand in hand. The list you're viewing is made up of different films like Mr. Mom and My Life. "This list answers the questions, "What are the best Michael Keaton movies?" and "What are the greatest Michael Keaton roles of all time?" If you are fan of Keaton's caped crusades, you might also enjoy our list of best Jack Nicholson movies and best Val Kilmer movies. Ron Howard and Tim Burton have both worked with Michael Keaton over the years, as have plenty of other well-known directors. Movie fans who love Michael Keaton have also been known to enjoy films starring Billy Crystal and Kurt Russell . List Photo: user uploaded image 6 ReRanks 2 See list ranked by Z G Options B Comments & Embed 2rerank list 1


At the opening ceremony of every Olympic Games when the athletes parade into the stadium, what is traditionally the first nation to enter?

THE HISTORY OF OLYMPIC GAMES THE HISTORY OF OLYMPIC GAMES Ceremonies Opening Cermenony As mandated by the Olympic Charter, various elements frame the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. [92] [93] Most of these rituals were established at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. [94] The ceremony typically starts with the hoisting of the host country's flag and a performance of its national anthem. [92] [93] The host nation then presents artistic displays of music, singing, dance, and theater representative of its culture. [94] The artistic presentations have grown in scale and complexity as successive hosts attempt to provide a ceremony that outlasts its predecessor's in terms of memorability. The opening ceremony of the Beijing Games reportedly cost $100 million, with much of the cost incurred in the artistic segment. [95] After the artistic portion of the ceremony, the athletes parade into the stadium grouped by nation. Greece is traditionally the first nation to enter in order to honor the origins of the Olympics. Nations then enter the stadium alphabetically according to the host country's chosen language, with the host country's athletes being the last to enter. During the 2004 Summer Olympics , which was hosted in Athens, Greece , the Greek flag entered the stadium first, while the Greek delegation entered last. Speeches are given, formally opening the Games. Finally, the Olympic torch is brought into the stadium and passed on until it reaches the final torch carrier—often a well-known and successful Olympic athlete from the host nation—who lights the Olympic flame in the stadium's cauldron. [92] [93] Closing Ceremony The closing ceremony of the Olympic Games takes place after all sporting events have concluded. Flag-bearers from each participating country enter the stadium, followed by the athletes who enter together, without any national distinction. Three national flags are hoisted while the corresponding national anthems are played: the flag of Greece, to honor the birthplace of the Olympic Games; the flag of the current host country, and the flag of the country hosting the next Summer or Winter Olympic Games. [96] The president of the organizing committee and the IOC president make their closing speeches, the Games are officially closed, and the Olympic flame is extinguished. [97] In what is known as the Antwerp Ceremony, the mayor of the city that organized the Games transfers a special Olympic flag to the president of the IOC, who then passes it on to the mayor of the city hosting the next Olympic Games. [98] After these compulsory elements, the next host nation briefly introduces itself with artistic displays of dance and theater representative of its culture. Medal presentation A medal ceremony is held after each Olympic event is concluded. The winner, second and third-place competitors or teams stand on top of a three-tiered rostrum to be awarded their respective medals. [99] After the medals are given out by an IOC member, the national flags of the three medalists are raised while the national anthem of the gold medalist's country plays. [100] Volunteering citizens of the host country also act as hosts during the medal ceremonies, as they aid the officials who present the medals and act as flag-bearers. [101] For every Olympic event, the respective medal ceremony is held, at most, one day after the event's final. For the men's marathon, the competition is usually held early in the morning on the last day of Olympic competition and its medal ceremony is then held in the evening during the closing ceremony. Posted 13th September 2011 by Admin


Muhammad Ali (who was born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.) is associated with which sport?

Muhammad Ali - Black History - HISTORY.com Google Muhammad Ali’s Early Years and Amateur Career Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., the elder son of Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr. (1912-1990) and Odessa Grady Clay (1917-1994), was born on January 17, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky . It was a red-and-white Schwinn that steered the future heavyweight champion to the sport of boxing. When his beloved bicycle was stolen, a tearful 12-year-old Clay reported the theft to Louisville police officer Joe Martin (1916-1996) and vowed to pummel the culprit. Martin, who was also a boxing trainer, suggested that the upset youngster first learn how to fight, and he took Clay under his wing. Six weeks later, Clay won his first bout in a split decision. Did You Know? Muhammad Ali has appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated 38 times, second only to basketball great Michael Jordan. By age 18 Clay had captured two national Golden Gloves titles, two Amateur Athletic Union national titles and 100 victories against eight losses. After graduating high school, he traveled to Rome and won the light heavyweight gold medal in the 1960 Summer Olympics. Clay won his professional boxing debut on October 29, 1960, in a six-round decision. From the start of his pro career, the 6-foot-3-inch heavyweight overwhelmed his opponents with a combination of quick, powerful jabs and foot speed, and his constant braggadocio and self-promotion earned him the nickname “Louisville Lip.” Muhammad Ali: Heavyweight Champion of the World After winning his first 19 fights, including 15 knockouts, Clay received his first title shot on February 25, 1964, against reigning heavyweight champion Sonny Liston (1932-1970). Although he arrived in Miami Beach, Florida , a 7-1 underdog, the 22-year-old Clay relentlessly taunted Liston before the fight, promising to “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee” and predicting a knockout. When Liston failed to answer the bell at the start of the seventh round, Clay was indeed crowned heavyweight champion of the world. In the ring after the fight, the new champ roared, “I am the greatest!” At a press conference the next morning, Clay, who had been seen around Miami with controversial Nation of Islam member Malcolm X (1925-1965), confirmed the rumors of his conversion to Islam. On March 6, 1964, Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad (1897-1975) bestowed on Clay the name of Muhammad Ali. Ali solidified his hold on the heavyweight championship by knocking out Liston in the first round of their rematch on May 25, 1965, and he defended his title eight more times. Then, with the Vietnam War raging, Ali showed up for his scheduled induction into the U.S. Armed Forces on April 28, 1967. Citing his religious beliefs, he refused to serve. Ali was arrested, and the New York State Athletic Commission immediately suspended his boxing license and revoked his heavyweight belt. Convicted of draft evasion, Ali was sentenced to the maximum of five years in prison and a $10,000 fine, but he remained free while the conviction was appealed. Many saw Ali as a draft dodger, and his popularity plummeted. Banned from boxing for three years, Ali spoke out against the Vietnam War on college campuses. As public attitudes turned against the war, support for Ali grew. In 1970 the New York State Supreme Court ordered his boxing license reinstated, and the following year the U.S. Supreme Court overturned his conviction in a unanimous decision. Muhammad Ali’s Return to the Ring After 43 months in exile, Ali returned to the ring on October 26, 1970, and knocked out Jerry Quarry (1945-1999) in the third round. On March 8, 1971, Ali got his chance to regain his heavyweight crown against reigning champ Joe Frazier (1944-2011) in what was billed as the “Fight of the Century.” The undefeated Frazier floored Ali with a hard left hook in the final round. Ali got up but lost in a unanimous decision, experiencing his first defeat as a pro. Ali won his next 10 bouts before being defeated by Ken Norton (1943-). He won the rematch six months later in a split decision and gained further reve


Where was the first McDonalds outlet opened in 1955?

Our Story | About Macca's | McDonald's AU 1955. Ray Kroc opens the first McDonald’s in Des Plaines, Illinois. 1957. 'Quality, Service, Cleanliness and Value' (QSC&V) becomes the Company motto. 1959. A new McDonald's opens at a rate of one every five and a half days. The 100th McDonald's opens in Wisconsin. 1962. The Golden Arches™ become the company logo. 1966. Ronald McDonald makes his first national television appearance. McDonald's stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. 1968. The 1,000th restaurant opens in Des Plaines, Illinois. The Big Mac is added to the menu. 1971. McDonald's Australia opens its first restaurant in the Sydney suburb of Yagoona. 1972. The 2,000th restaurant opens in Des Plaines, Illinois. The Quarter Pounder is introduced. 1974. The first Ronald McDonald House opens in Philadelphia, USA. 1975. McDonald’s celebrates its 20th anniversary. The Drive-Thru concept is unveiled in Oklahoma. 1978. The 5,000th restaurant opens in Fujiswawa City, Japan. The first Australian Drive-Thru store opens in Warrawong, NSW. 1981. Australia's first Ronald McDonald House opens at the Royal Alexandra Children's Hospital, Camperdown NSW. 1984. Ray Kroc, McDonald's Founder and Senior Chairman, dies and Ronald McDonald Children’s Charities (RMCC) is established in his memory. 1985. Ronald McDonald House Charities becomes a registered Australian charity. 1986. The 9,000th restaurant opens in Sydney, Australia. McDonald's opens its first restaurant near the North Pole, with the address McDonald's, Santa Claus Lane, North Pole, Alaska. 1990. The world's largest McDonald's with 900 seats opens in Pushkin Square, Moscow. A McDonald's restaurant opens somewhere in the world every 14.5 hours. 1991. The 150th Ronald McDonald House opens in Paris. McHappy Day is held for the first time in Australia, raising $375,000 for Ronald McDonald House Charities and the Variety Clubs of Australia. 1993. McDonald's becomes the second most recognised brand in the world. The world’s first McCafe opens in Melbourne, Victoria. 1999. McDonald's opens its 25,000th restaurant in Chicago, USA. McDonald’s Australia’s flagship burger 'The McOz™' arrives on the menu. 2000. McDonald's is the Official Restaurant of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games, serving more than 1.2 million meals to athletes, officials and spectators. 2001. McDonald's celebrates its 30th Birthday Down Under, and the 20th birthday of Ronald McDonald House Charities in Australia. The McFamily rallies to support those affected by the 11th September events through donations of food, services and money. RMHC is named one of the top 100 charities by Worth Magazine. 2003. The 100th McCafe opens in Australia. 2004. The Happy Meal celebrates 25 years (1979 - 2004). Nutrition labelling is introduced to packaging on McDonald’s core menu items - a Quick Service Restaurant Industry First. 2005. McDonald's celebrates its 50th Anniversary on 15 April. McDonald's Australia raised more than $715,000 for CARE Australia through its restaurants to provide immediate and long-term assistance to those affected by the Tsunami. 2007. We update the McDonalds packaging featuring 24 faces from the first ever global casting call. 2008. The packaging redesign goes a step further with the most comprehensive global redesign rolled out across the world. 2011. McDonald’s now operates in 119 countries having opened stores in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Trinidad & Tobago.


Metric Volume Metric Volume These are the two most common measurements: Milliliters Liters   A milliliter (that is "milli" and "liter" put together) is a very small amount of liquid. Here is a milliliter of milk in a teaspoon. It doesn't even fill the teaspoon!   If you collect about 20 drops of water, you will have 1 milliliter:   And a teaspoon can hold about five milliliters: 1 teaspoon of liquid Milliliters are often written as ml (for short), so "100 ml" means "100 milliliters". Here we have 150 ml of milk in a measuring cup . It doesn't say "150" ... it says "50" ... but it is half-way between 100 and 200 so you can figure out it is 150 ml.     Liter A liter is just a bunch of milliliters put all together. In fact, 1000 milliliters makes up 1 liter: 1 liter = 1,000 milliliters This jug has exactly 1 liter of water in it. Liters are often written as L (for short), so "3 L" means "3 Liters" (some people use lowercase l, but that looks too much like 1). Milk, soda and other drinks are often sold in liters. A cube that is 0.1 meters (10 cm or 100 mm) on each side contains 1 liter,   and a square meter that is 1 millimeter thick also contains 1 liter. The next time you are at the store take a minute and look on the labels to see how many liters (or milliliters) are in each container! Other Volume Measurements You may come across these other volume measurements: Cubic Meter (m3) Volume is length by length by length, so the basic unit of volume is a cube that is 1 meter on each side. The Unit is written m3 (cubic meters). So, a cube that is 1 meter on each side is a cubic meter (m3) ... ... and that is also equal to 1,000 liters. 1 m3 = 1,000 Liters Megaliters (ML) A Megaliter is a million liters (1,000,000 L). Useful for measuring large quantities of water, such as in lakes and dams. Cubic Centimeter (cc) A Cubic Centimeter (abbreviated cc or cm3) is a cube that is 1 centimeter on each side. It equals 1 mL (one-thousandth of a liter), and one-millionth of a cubic meter. Or to put it another way: 1 m3 = 1,000 L = 1,000,000 cm3 (one cubic meter = a thousand liters = a million cubic centimeters) Cubic Millimeter A Cubic Millimeter is a cube that is 1 millimeter on each side. It is one-millionth of a liter, and one-billionth of a cubic meter. It is very small, and we need 1,000 Cubic Millimeters to make just one milliliter. More Examples a bit more than a quart (US measure) about the quantity in a sports drink bottle close to the volume of a kilogram of water A cubic centimeter is about: the size of a grape A cube that is 1mm on each side is a cubic millimeter


Which avant-garde art movement, pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque around 1906, revolutionized European painting and sculpture and inspired related movements in music and literature?

Design Haven | History of Modern Art: Cubism - Make your ideas Art History of Modern Art The evolution of Business Plan Templates You may also like Creative Market Disclosure of Material Connection: Some of the links in Design Haven and the post below are "affiliate links". This means that if you click on the link and purchase the item, I might receive an affiliate commission. Regardless, I only recommend products I would personally use and believe that add value. Just thought to give you the heads up ;) Previous Post Georges Braque – Violin and Candlestick Cubism is a 20th century avant-garde art movement, pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music, literature and architecture. In cubist artworks, objects are broken up, analysed, and re-assembled in an abstracted form—instead of depicting objects from one viewpoint, the artist depicts the subject from a multitude of viewpoints to represent the subject in a greater context. Often the surfaces intersect at seemingly random angles, removing a coherent sense of depth. The background and object planes interpenetrate one another to create the shallow ambiguous space, one of cubism’s distinct characteristics. The beginnings of Cubism have been dated between 1907 and 1911. The question of when Cubism began depends on the questions of how it can be defined, what distinguishes Cubist art and who developed it first. Pablo Picasso’s 1907 painting Les Demoiselles d’Avignon has often been considered a proto-Cubist work. As such Picasso became recognized by 1911 as the inventor of Cubism, while Braque’s importance and precedence was argued later. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the European cultural elite were discovering African, Micronesian and Native American art for the first time. Artists such as Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse, and Pablo Picasso were intrigued and inspired by the stark power and simplicity of styles of those foreign cultures. Around 1906, Picasso met Matisse through Gertrude Stein, at a time when both artists had recently acquired an interest in primitivism, Iberian sculpture, African art and African tribal masks . They became friendly rivals and competed with each other throughout their careers, perhaps leading to Picasso entering a new period in his work by 1907, marked by the influence of Greek, Iberian and African art. Picasso’s paintings of 1907 have been characterized as Protocubism, as notably seen in Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, the antecedent of Cubism. Recommended:  Masters of Art: Johannes Vermeer (1632 - 1675) The Cubism of Picasso, Braque and Gris had more than a technical or formal significance, and the distinct attitudes and intentions of the Salon Cubists produced different kinds of Cubism, rather than a derivative of their work. “It is by no means clear, in any case,” writes Christopher Green, “to what extent these other Cubists depended on Picasso and Braque for their development of such techniques as faceting, ‘passage’ and multiple perspective; they could well have arrived at such practices with little knowledge of ‘true’ Cubism in its early stages, guided above all by their own understanding of Cézanne.” The works exhibited by these Cubists at the 1911 and 1912 Salons extended beyond the conventional Cézanne-like subjects—the posed model, still-life and landscape—favored by Picasso and Braque to include large-scale modern-life subjects. Aimed at a large public, these works stressed the use of multiple perspective and complex planar faceting for expressive effect while preserving the eloquence of subjects endowed with literary and philosophical connotations. Pablo Picasso – Les Demoiselles d’Avignon The most innovative period of Cubism was before 1914. After World War I, with the support given by the dealer Léonce Rosenberg, Cubism returned as a central issue for artists, and continued as such until the mid-1920s when its avant-garde status was rendered questionable by the emergence of geometric abstraction and Surrealism in Paris. Many C


At the 2008 Olympics, South Korea protested that for Norways winning goal in the semifinals, the ball had failed fully to cross the goal line prior to time expiring and requested that the game continue into overtime. What sport was this?

olympic games scandals and controversies : definition of olympic games scandals and controversies and synonyms of olympic games scandals and controversies (English)   1932 Summer Olympics Nine-time Finnish Olympic gold medalist Paavo Nurmi was found to be a professional athlete and barred from running in the Games. The main conductors of the ban were Swedish officials, especially Sigfrid Edström , who claimed that Nurmi had received too much money for his travel expenses. However, Nurmi did travel to Los Angeles and kept training at the Olympic Village. Despite pleas from all the entrants of the marathon, he was not allowed to compete at the Games. This incident, in part, led to Finland refusing to participate in the traditional Finland-Sweden athletics international event until 1939. After winning the silver in equestrian dressage , Swedish equestrian Bertil Sandström was demoted to last for clicking to his horse to win encouragement. He asserted that it was a creaking saddle making the sounds.   1936 Summer Olympics   African-American Jesse Owens on the podium after winning the long jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics, held in Berlin, were controversial due to the Nazi regime that came to power after the city had been selected. Adolf Hitler regarded it as his Olympics and he took them as a chance to show off the post-First World War Germany. In 1936, a number of prominent politicians and organizations called for a boycott of the Summer Olympics, which had been awarded to Germany before the Nazi regime came to power. [6] The Popular Front government of Spain decided to boycott and organized the People's Olympiad as an alternative with labour and socialist groups around the world sending athletes to the effort. However the Spanish Civil War broke out just as the Games were about to begin. The United States considered boycotting the Games, but ultimately decided to participate. Nazi propaganda promoted concepts of "Aryan racial superiority"; however African-American athlete Jesse Owens , winner of four medals during the games, did not face segregation and discrimination in Germany that were normal in the United States at the time. French Olympians gave what appeared to be the Nazi salute at the opening ceremony, although they may have been performing the Olympic salute , which is similar, as both are based on the Roman salute . The IOC expelled U.S. athlete Ernest Lee Jahnke , the son of a German immigrant, for encouraging athletes to boycott the Berlin Games. He was replaced by United States Olympic Committee president Avery Brundage , who supported the Games. In the cycling match sprint final, German Toni Merkens fouled Dutchman Arie van Vliet . Instead of disqualification, Merkens was fined 100 Reichsmarks and kept the gold medal. United States sprinters Sam Stoller and Marty Glickman , the only two Jewish athletes on the U.S. Olympic team, were pulled from the 4 × 100 relay team on the day of the competition, leading to accusations of anti-Semitism on the part of the United States Olympic Committee . In one of the football quarter-finals, Peru beat Austria 4-2 but Austria went through in very controversial circumstances. As a sign of protest the complete Olympic delegations of Peru and Colombia left Germany. See Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics .   1940 and 1944 Summer Olympics The 1940 Summer Olympics were scheduled to be held in Tokyo , Japan , but were cancelled due to the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War . The government of Japan had abandoned its support for the 1940 Games in July 1938. [7] The IOC then awarded the Games to Helsinki , Finland , the runner-up in the original bidding process, but the Games were not held due to the Winter War . Ultimately, the Olympic Games were suspended indefinitely following the outbreak of World War II and did not resume until the London Games of 1948 .   1956 Summer Olympics Seven countries boycotted the Games for three different reasons. Egypt , Iraq , and Lebanon announced that they would not participate in response to the Suez Crisis when Eg


What is the musical term for playing each note separated from the rest?

Dolmetsch Online - Chart of Musical Symbols bars & bar lines dashed, dotted or auxiliary barline: used to mark divisions within a bar (measure), i.e. between two solid barlines, or to show that the barline is not necessarily marking periodic agogic accents in the music (as where unbarred polyphonic music is edited with barlines, or the work employs mixed metres) music start: barline placed at the beginning of a section of a piece of music music end: barline denoting the end of a piece of music brace: used with a line to joining multiple staves, for example, as found in piano music bracket: used with a perpendicular line joining multiple staves, for example, as found in piano music clef: graphical symbol placed on the left of the stave which establishes the relationship between particular note names and their position on the staff lines and spaces (i.e. tells us which pitch "class" that stave belongs to). At the suggestion of Nick Meiners, we show the relative pitch positions of the commonly used clefs G-clef (e.g. treble clef) marks G above middle C C-clef (e.g. alto clef) marks middle C F-clef (e.g. bass clef) marks F below middle C old C-clef sign, i.e. old alto, tenor, soprano, baritone and mezzosoprano clef sign a G-clef sign found in the score of La Bohï¿½me by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) published by Ricordi: a G-clef used for the tenor voice (for this reason it is called the tenor G clef), where the note sounds one octave lower than written had the clef been the standard treble G clef [image provided by John Garside] a C-clef sign found in the score of Sankey and Stebbins - The Male Chorus, 'for use in Gospel Meetings, Christian Associations and other Religious Services' which marks middle C as being on the second space from the top of four. The clef is equivalent to an octave G clef called the tenor G clef where that space would be occupied by a C one octave above middle C but the note sounds one octave lower [image provided by Dick Adams] G-clef ottava alta repeated sections an example of volta brackets, also called 'first ending' and 'second ending': in this case, a section performed only the first time it is reached otherwise the performer plays a later section usually marked in a similar way but with a 2. and with no vertical line at the end of the section tremolo: one of a number of abbreviations used in musical notation, in this case for repeated notes, which can be marked as individuals or marked as chords (note the angled line or lines, also called slashes, passing through the note stems) sometimes a horizontal array of dots may be placed over the note (instead or or additional to the slashes confirming the number of notes to be played through the duration of each 'slashed' note) Note: in drum or timpani parts, notes with their stems crossed diagonally by two or, more commonly three, lines usually indicate a roll tremolo or alternations: repeated sequence of two notes a particular interval apart (note the angled line or lines lying between pairs of notes) do not confuse with the caesura the lines of which pass through the top line of the staff and are steeper Note: where the two principal notes have stems, and there is no likelihood of confusion, the beams may actually connect to them: see bar 2, bass staff, in the example below simile marks, used to show repeated groups or bars (see immediately below for more information) repeated passage using simile marks do not confuse with the caesura the lines of which pass through the top line of the staff repeated bars using simile marks    D.C.(Italian: from the beginning) an abbreviation of da capo, indicating that the player should start from or go back to the beginning of the piece of music the sign or segno (Italian: sign)    D.S.(Italian: from the sign) an abbreviation of dal segno, term indicating a place from which a section of a piece is to be played, that place marked with a segno dal segno, D.S. (abbrev.): (Italian) from the sign da capo    D.C. al Fine(Italian: from the beginning to the end) an abbreviation of da capo al fine, indicting that the play


What federation of free cities who had developed trade with foreign countries, formed in the 14th century, had its headquarters in Lbeck?

Citie | Article about Citie by The Free Dictionary Citie | Article about Citie by The Free Dictionary http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Citie Related to Citie: ECITE city, densely populated urban center, larger than a village or a town, whose inhabitants are engaged primarily in commerce and industry. In the United States a city is legally an incorporated municipality (see also city government city government, political administration of urban areas. The English tradition of incorporating urban units (cities, boroughs, villages, towns) and allowing them freedom in most local matters is general in the United States (see city; local government). The traditional U. ..... Click the link for more information. ; local government local government, political administration of the smallest subdivisions of a country's territory and population. Characteristics and Types Although there are special-purpose local government bodies (e.g. ..... Click the link for more information. ). The Rise of Cities Cities have appeared in diverse cultures, e.g., among the Aztecs, Maya, and Inca and in China and India, Mesopotamia and Egypt, and ancient Greece and Rome (see city-state city-state, in ancient Greece, Italy, and Medieval Europe, an independent political unit consisting of a city and surrounding countryside. The first city-states were in Sumer, but they reached their peak in Greece. ..... Click the link for more information. ). In all these civilizations cities were the centers of internal change and development. From the decline of Rome the cities were in eclipse, and in Western Europe their role as centers of learning and the arts passed to the monasteries. The 11th cent. saw the resurgence of vigorous cities, first in Italy and then in northern Europe, due mainly to a revival of trade; by the 13th cent., with the decline of feudalism, the dynamic life of the Middle Ages was centered in the cities. This time marks the rise of the great modern cities, e.g., Milan, London, Paris, and the Hanseatic cities. The Modern City The giant modern city is a product of the Industrial Revolution, which introduced large-scale manufacturing. Sheer size aggravated existing problems of urban life; some of them, such as sanitation, utilities, and distribution, have been better solved than others, such as housing housing, in general, living accommodations available for the inhabitants of a community. Throughout the 19th cent., with the advent of the Industrial Revolution, housing as a problem worsened as urban populations expanded. ..... Click the link for more information.  and transport. As urban life came to furnish more remunerative and varied employment opportunities, rural populations increasingly were attracted, and by the 20th cent. some nations were faced with shortages of agricultural workers. Modern cities are often complex, with subcities within them, e.g., Newark, N.J., falls inside the New York metropolis. The word megalopolis is sometimes used to describe the great swath of communities stretching N and S of New York City from Boston to Washington, D.C. In Great Britain the term conurbation refers to a similar cluster of urban areas such as the one centered on London. There are similar complexes of cities in Asia, notably that of Wuhan Wuhan , city (1994 est. pop. 3,519,600), capital of Hubei prov., central China, at the junction of the Han and Chang rivers. The great industrial, commercial, and transportation center of central China, Wuhan comprises (since 1950) the former cities of Hankou, Hanyang, and ..... Click the link for more information.  in China. Among movements to reform urban life, some aim at abolishing cities as known today; this is the tradition exemplified by William Blaker, Henry Thoreau, William Morris, and Eric Gill. There are also less radical designs, like rational city planning, the development of rapid transit to distant suburbs, and garden cities. There have been many reforms aimed at restoring community life for the rootless strangers so numerous in modern cities; such is a common function of settlement hou


Louis XIV - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com Google Early Life and Reign of Louis XIV Born on September 5, 1638, to King Louis XIII of France (1601-1643) and his Habsburg queen, Anne of Austria (1601-1666), the future Louis XIV was his parents’ first child after 23 years of marriage; in recognition of this apparent miracle, he was christened Louis-Dieudonné, meaning “gift of God.” A younger brother, Philippe (1640-1701), followed two years later. When the king died on May 14, 1643, 4-year-old Louis inherited the crown of a fractured, unstable and nearly insolvent France. After orchestrating the annulment of Louis XIII’s will, which had appointed a regency council to rule on the young king’s behalf, Anne served as sole regent for her son, assisted by her chief minister and close confidant, the Italian-born Cardinal Jules Mazarin (1602-1661). Did You Know? At the Palace of Versailles, aristocrats were expected to compete for the privilege of watching Louis XIV wake up, eat meals and prepare for bed. During the early years of Louis XIV’s reign, Anne and Mazarin introduced policies that further consolidated the monarchy’s power, angering nobles and members of the legal aristocracy. Beginning in 1648, their discontent erupted into a civil war known as the Fronde, which forced the royal family to flee Paris and instilled a lifelong fear of rebellion in the young king. Mazarin suppressed the revolt in 1653 and by decade’s end had restored internal order and negotiated a peace treaty with Hapsburg Spain, making France a leading European power. The following year, 22-year-old Louis married his first cousin Marie-Thérèse (1638-1683), daughter of King Philip IV of Spain. A diplomatic necessity more than anything else, the union produced six children, of whom only one, Louis (1661-1711), survived to adulthood. (A number of illegitimate offspring resulted from Louis XIV’s affairs with a string of official and unofficial mistresses.) Louis XIV Assumes Control of France After Mazarin’s death in 1661, Louis XIV broke with tradition and astonished his court by declaring that he would rule without a chief minister. He viewed himself as the direct representative of God, endowed with a divine right to wield the absolute power of the monarchy. To illustrate his status, he chose the sun as his emblem and cultivated the image of an omniscient and infallible “Roi-Soleil” (“Sun King”) around whom the entire realm orbited. While some historians question the attribution, Louis is often remembered for the bold and infamous statement “L’État, c’est moi” (“I am the State”). Immediately after assuming control of the government, Louis worked tirelessly to centralize and tighten control of France and its overseas colonies. His finance minister, Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683), implemented reforms that sharply reduced the deficit and fostered the growth of industry, while his war minister, the Marquis de Louvois (1641-1691), expanded and reorganized the French army. Louis also managed to pacify and disempower the historically rebellious nobles, who had fomented no less than 11 civil wars in four decades, by luring them to his court and habituating them to the opulent lifestyle there. The Arts and the Royal Court Under Louis XIV A hard-working and meticulous ruler who oversaw his programs down to the last detail, Louis XIV nevertheless appreciated art, literature, music, theater and sports. He surrounded himself with some of the greatest artistic and intellectual figures of his time, including the playwright Molière (1622-1673), the painter Charles Le Brun (1619-1690) and the composer Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632-1687). He also appointed himself patron of the Académie Française, the body that regulates the French language, and established various institutes for the arts and sciences. To accommodate his retinue of newly devoted nobles (and, perhaps, to distance himself from the population of Paris), Louis built several lavish châteaux that depleted the nation’s coffers while drawing accusations of extravagance. Most famously, he transformed a royal hunting lod


Matt Damon played which role in a trilogy of films about an amnesiac who also suffers from PTSD who is attempting to discover his true identity amidst a clandestine conspiracy within the CIA to track him down and arrest or kill him?

The Bourne Identity - Wallpaper, Trailer, Download, Plot, Cast, Production, Reception, Soundtrack, Awards The Bourne Identity Pictures Information about The Bourne Identity The Bourne Identity is a 2002 (15 years ago) spy movie very loosely based on Robert Ludlum's novel of the same name, and the first of three movies in the Bourne Series. It stars Matt Damon (4 walls) as Jason Bourne, an amnesiac who also suffers from PTSD, attempting to discover his true identity amidst a clandestine conspiracy within the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to track him down and arrest or kill him for inexplicably failing to carry out an officially unsanctioned assassination and then failing to report back in afterwards. Along the way he teams up with Marie, played by Franka Potente, who assists him on the initial part of his journey to learn about his past and regain his memories. The movie also stars Chris Cooper, Clive Owen, Brian Cox, and Julia Stiles. The movie was directed by Doug Liman and adapted for the screen by Tony Gilroy and William Blake Herron from the novel of the same name written by Robert Ludlum, who also produced the movie alongside Frank Marshall (though Ludlum died in 2001 (16 years ago)). Universal pictures (wallpaper) released the movie to theaters in the United States on Jun. 14, 2002 (15 years ago) and it received a positive critical and public reaction. The movie was followed by a 2004 (13 years ago) sequel, The Bourne Supremacy (4 walls) , and an Academy Award-winning third part released in 2007 (10 years ago) entitled The Bourne Ultimatum. Plot A crew of Italian fishermen find a man ( Matt Damon (4 walls) ) floating in the Mediterranean, with two gunshot wounds in his back. While treating the unconscious body, the ship's medical officer finds a device with the number of a safe deposit box embedded in the man's hip. The man wakes up, and discovers he is suffering from retrograde amnesia. Over the next few days on the ship, the man finds he is fluent in several languages and can perform uncommon tasks such as sea navigation and tying exotic knots in the ship's ropes, but he cannot remember anything about himself including his identity or why he was found in the ocean. When the ship docks in Marseilles, he sets off for Z�rich to investigate the safety deposit box. At the CIA headquarters in Langley, Deputy Director Ward Abbot (Brian Cox) finds out about a failed assassination attempt on dictator Nykwana Wombosi (Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje). Meanwhile in Z�rich, the amnesiac is approached by two police officers for sleeping in a park, and when they attempt to arrest him, he knocks them both unconscious using advanced hand-to-hand combat. The next morning, he visits a bank using the number that was embedded in his hip, and opens a safe deposit box to find several passports containing his picture (wallpaper) (all under different names and nationalities), large amounts of assorted currencies, and a handgun. He assumes the name from the first passport, Jason Bourne. He takes all the passports and money, but leaves the handgun. As he leaves, a bank employee calls the CIA black ops group Operation Treadstone, stating that Bourne has been sighted. After being chased by police, Bourne escapes into the U.S. Consulate where he is again pursued by authorities. Bourne escapes and finds a woman named Marie (Franka Potente), offering her $20,000 to take him to an address in Paris. In the United States, Alexander Conklin (Chris Cooper), the head of Treadstone, assures Deputy Director Abbott that he will destroy any evidence connecting them to the field officer, Jason Bourne, responsible for the failed assassination attempt on Wombosi. He activates three "assets" to take down Bourne: Castel, Manheim, and The Professor. Bourne arrives at the address on his passport, and after studying the apartment, he hits redial on his phone and is connected to the Hotel Regina, who recognize one of his aliases from the British passport, John Michael Kane. They tell him that Kane died two weeks before in a car crash. Whilst they are in the apartm


Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), the world's oldest and most famous cricket club (founded in 1787), is based where?

The Club The Club Audio KEEPING LORD'S WORLD CLASS Founded in 1787, Marylebone Cricket Club is the most active and famous cricket club in the world and owner of Lord's Cricket Ground - the Home of Cricket. © Copyright 2016


What is the term for a period of isolation to prevent the spread of disease?

Quarantine and Isolation for Infectious Diseases A to Z Guides Quarantine and Isolation What does it mean to be quarantined? People who have been exposed to an infectious disease and may be infected but are not yet ill may be quarantined. That is, they may be asked to remain at home or another location to prevent further spread of illness to others and to carefully monitor for the disease. During quarantine people are able to do most things they can do indoors within the constraints of the location they are at. For example, if people are asked to stay at home then they would usually be asked to take their own temperature and report daily to health authorities on how they are feeling. They are given instructions on what they can do and not do around family members and are informed of other disease precautions. If they are asked to stay in a place away from home they are provided with meals, sleeping accommodations, and other necessities. They would stay there until the risk of developing the disease or spreading the disease is over. Another measure of disease control is called isolation. This is for individuals who are sick from the contagious disease . These individuals are kept separate from others -- or "isolated" -- usually within a health care facility or at home. Typically, the ill person will have his or her own room, and caretakers will take certain precautions such as wearing protective clothing. Quarantine and isolation are usually undertaken voluntarily but in rare circumstances can be required by public health authorities. These measures are implemented to contain and prevent the transmission of an infectious disease. It will last enough time for medical personnel to assess the situation or for the duration of the contagious period. WebMD Medical Reference Reviewed by Jennifer Robinson, MD on October 18, 2016 Sources


The Belgian Revolution, that began after a performance at the Brussels opera in 1830, led to the secession of the Southern provinces of which kingdom to establish an independent Kingdom of Belgium?

Belgian Revolution Belgian Revolution Episode of the Belgian Revolution of 1830, Gustaf Wappers (1834), ( Museum of Fine Art , Brussels) Date 25 August 1830 – 21 July 1831 Location Northwestern Europe: the Netherlands and Belgium Result Belgian victory Main European power recognition of Belgium’s de facto independence from the Kingdom of the Netherlands Belligerents 50,000 men [2] The Belgian Revolution was the conflict which led to the secession of the southern provinces (mainly the former Southern Netherlands ) from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and established an independent Kingdom of Belgium . The people of the south were nearly all Catholics ; half were French-speaking. Many outspoken liberals regarded King William I’s rule as despotic. There were high levels of unemployment and industrial unrest among the working classes. [3] On 25 August 1830 riots erupted in Brussels and shops were looted. Theatergoers who had just watched a nationalistic romanticist opera joined the mob. Uprisings followed elsewhere in the country. Factories were occupied and machinery destroyed. Order was restored briefly after William committed troops to the Southern Provinces but rioting continued and leadership was taken up by radicals, who started talking of secession. [4] Dutch units saw the mass desertion of recruits from the southern provinces, and pulled out. The States-General in Brussels voted in favour of secession and declared independence. In the aftermath, a National Congress was assembled. King William refrained from future military action and appealed to the Great Powers. The resulting 1830 London Conference of major European powers recognized Belgian independence. Following the installation of Leopold I as “King of the Belgians” in 1831, King William made a belated military attempt to reconquer Belgium and restore his position through a military campaign. This “ Ten Days’ Campaign ” failed because of French military intervention. Not until 1839 did the Dutch accept the decision of the London conference and Belgian independence by signing the Treaty of London . Contents The Netherlands , Belgium , Luxembourg and Limburg in 1839 1, 2 and 3 United Kingdom of the Netherlands (until 1830) 1 and 2 Kingdom of the Netherlands (after 1830) 2 Duchy of Limburg (1839–1867) (in the German Confederacy after 1839 as compensation for Waals-Luxemburg) 5 Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (German Luxemburg; borders after 1839) In blue, the borders of the German Confederation . The Dutch overthrew Napoleonic rule in 1813 and, after the British-Dutch Treaty of 1814, named their state the “United Provinces of the Netherlands” or simply the “United Netherlands”. After the defeat of Napoleon in 1815, the Congress of Vienna created a kingdom for the House of Orange-Nassau , thus combining the United Provinces of the Netherlands with the former Austrian Netherlands in order to create a strong buffer state north of France; with the unification of all the provinces the Netherlands was indeed a rising power. Symptomatic of the tenor of diplomatic bargaining at Vienna was the early proposal to reward Prussia for its staunch fight against Napoleon with the former Habsburg territory. When the British insisted on retaining the former Dutch Ceylon and the Cape Colony (which they had seized while the Netherlands was ruled by Napoleon) the new kingdom of the Netherlands was compensated with these southern provinces (modern Belgium). The union of these two areas reverted to the original cultural area of the Netherlands before the 16th century and were called the “United Kingdom of the Netherlands”. Causes of the Revolution The Belgian Revolution had many causes and consequences; the main causes were the domination of the Dutch over the economic, political, and social institutions of the Kingdom (although at that time the Belgian population was larger than the Dutch). Catholic bishops in the south viewed the Protestant-majority north with suspicion, and had forbidden working for the new government. This rule, originated in 1815 by Maurice-Jean de Broglie , the Fre


What was the capital city of Russia from 1712 to 1918?

Moscow Facts - Interesting Info About Russia's Capital Moscow Facts Sign Up for Our Free Newsletters Thanks, You're in! There was an error. Please try again. Please select a newsletter. Please enter a valid email address. Did you mean ? Eastern European Culture - Culture of Eastern Europe Updated April 12, 2016. These facts about Moscow will give you an introduction to this fascinating city before you travel there. Where Is Moscow? If you want facts about the entire country of Russia, check out Russia Facts . Moscow and the Moskva River. CC BY kishjar? 1.  Moscow History Moscow has a long history and is named for the river that runs through it, the Moskva. It began as a medieval city and developed into what was known as the Grand Duchy of Moscow, an administrative region ruled by a prince. The grand duchy preceded the formation of Russia as a nation. It replaced Kiev as the most powerful territory in the area during a time when cities were under constant threat of attack and invasion. continue reading below our video Tipping Etiquette Around the World Dome of St. Basil's Cathedral. CC BY Andrey 2.  Status as the Capital Though Moscow is the capital city of Russia today, it wasn't always so. From 1712 to 1918, St. Petersburg acted as the capital of Russia. Peter the Great had moved the capital in his efforts to westernize the Russian Empire. The Bolshevik Revolution prompted the capital's move back to Moscow. Modern Moscow. CC BY Pavel Kazachkov 3.  Modern Moscow Moscow is regularly named one of the most expensive cities in the world. Although you'll find a historic center here, complete with palaces, churches, and monuments, Moscow is a fully modern city with skyscrapers, a network of public transportation, and traffic, traffic, traffic. Sheremetyevo Airport. CC BY-SA Arienne McCracken 4.  Moscow Airports Moscow is served by three major airports: Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo, and Vnukovo. Most international travelers to Moscow fly into Sheremetyevo International Airport . Moscow Metro. CC BY Jason Rogers 5.  The Metro System The Moscow Metro dates from the early 1930s and is one of the most-used subway systems in the world. Over 180 Moscow Metro stations , some decorated with artwork and expensive materials, connect the 12 lines that shuttle passengers throughout this huge city. 6.  Seat of Government Moscow is home to the Moscow Kremlin , the seat of government of Russia, and a popular tourist attraction. This walled fortification preserves cultural and historical monuments important to Russia. The crown jewels of the Russian tsars are kept here, and the Russian president has his official residence here. (Take a photo tour of the Moscow Kremlin .) 7.  Art and Literature Moscow is a major hub of culture. Important museums , such as the Tretyakov Gallery , are located in Moscow. The city also preserves houses that were once used by Russia's famous authors, such as Pushkin and Bulgakov. 8.  Population Moscow's population is over 11.5 million. Most of the people are ethnically Russian, Belorusian, or Ukrainian, though other ethnicities are represented. The main religion of Moscow is Orthodox Christianity. Moscow citizens are called Muscovites. 9.  Visa Requirements Visitors from the US, UK, and other countries must first obtain a travel visa before they will be permitted to enter Moscow. A valid passport and other documents are required for obtaining a visa. 10.  Weather Moscow weather ranges from frigid in the winter to scorching in the summer. Winters are long, with heavy snowfall. The short summer months are the most popular time to travel to Moscow. Prev


The islands Santa Ysabel, Choiseul, Guadalcanal, Malaita and San Cristbal are in which group?

Solomon Islands:   Maps, History, Geography, Government, Culture, Facts, Guide & Travel/Holidays/Cities Earthquake and Tsunami Strike in April 2013 Geography A scattered archipelago of about 1,000 mountainous islands and   low-lying coral atolls, the Solomon Islands lie east of Papua New Guinea   and northeast of Australia in the south Pacific. The islands include   Guadalcanal, Malaita, Santa Isabel, San Cristóbal, Choiseul, New Georgia,   and the Santa Cruz group. Government Parliamentary democracy. History It is thought that people have lived in the Solomon Islands since at   least 2000 B.C. Explored in 1568 by Alvaro de   Mendana of Spain, the Solomons were not visited again for about 200 years.   In 1886, Great Britain and Germany divided the islands between them, but   later Britain was given control of the entire territory. The Japanese   invaded the islands in World War II, and they were the scene of some of   the bloodiest battles in the Pacific theater, most famously the battle of   Guadalcanal. The British gained control of the island again in 1945. In   1976 the islands became self-governing and gained independence in   1978. The border with Papua New Guinea (PNG) remained a source of tension in   the 1990s. Incursions into Solomon Islands territory by PNG forces, who   were countering secessionist action on neighboring Bougainville Island,   gave rise to formal protests in mid-1997. Since early 1999, the Isatabu Freedom Movement, a militia group made up   of indigenous Isatabus from Guadalcanal, have expelled more than 20,000   Malaitans from the island. The Malaitans had migrated from nearby Malaita,   and many secured jobs in the capital, Honiara, stirring resentment among   Isatabus that has grown steadily since independence. In response to the   ethnic violence and expulsions, a rival Malaitan militia group was   founded, the Malaita Eagle Force. In June 2000, the Malaita Eagle Force   stole police weapons, forced Prime Minister Bartholomew Ulufa'alu to   resign, and seized control of Honiara. The rival groups agreed to a   cease-fire in June 2000, barely averting a civil war. Although a peace   agreement had been signed and elections had taken place, the country   continued to suffer from lawlessness. In July 2003, at the request of the   prime minister, a 2,250-strong international peacekeeping force led by   Australia arrived on the island to restore order, disarm the militias, and   expel the “thieves, drunkards, and extortionists” from the notoriously   corrupt police force. Australia's intervention was highly successful, and   two years after troops had arrived, the country remained relatively   stable. In April 2006 Snyder Rini was appointed prime minister. Rioting and   looting followed—many claimed Rini, who had previously served as deputy   prime minister, was beholden to Chinese interests. Eight days later he   stepped down. The parliament then elected the opposition candidate,   Manasseh Sogavare, to the post. A magnitude 8.0 earthquake and tsunami struck the Solomon Islands in   April 2007, killing at least 20 people and destroying villages.


What is the name given to the planet Venus when it appears in the West after sunset?

Planet Venus Facts: A Hot, Hellish & Volcanic Planet Planet Venus Facts: A Hot, Hellish & Volcanic Planet By Charles Q. Choi, Space.com Contributor | November 4, 2014 09:01pm ET MORE Credit: NASA Venus, the second planet from the sun, is named for the Roman goddess of love and beauty. The planet — the only planet named after a female — may have been named for the most beautiful deity of her pantheon because it shone the brightest of the five planets known to ancient astronomers. In ancient times, Venus was often thought to be two different stars, the evening star and the morning star — that is, the ones that first appeared at sunset and sunrise. In Latin, they were respectively known as Vesper and Lucifer. In Christian times, Lucifer, or "light-bringer," became known as the name of Satan before his fall. Physical characteristics Venus and Earth are often called twins because they are similar in  size , mass, density,  composition  and gravity. However, the similarities end there. [ Photos: Venus, the Mysterious Planet Next Door ]  Venus is the hottest world in the solar system. Although Venus is not the planet closest to the sun, its dense atmosphere traps heat in a runaway version of the greenhouse effect that warms Earth. As a result,  temperatures on Venus  reach 870 degrees Fahrenheit (465 degrees Celsius), more than hot enough to melt lead. Probes that scientists have landed there have survived only a few hours  before being destroyed . Venus has a  hellish atmosphere  as well, consisting mainly of carbon dioxide with clouds of sulfuric acid, and scientists have only detected trace amounts of water in the atmosphere. The atmosphere is heavier than that of any other planet, leading to a surface pressure 90 times that of Earth. The surface of Venus is extremely dry. During its evolution, ultraviolet rays from the sun evaporated water quickly, keeping it in a  prolonged molten state . There is no liquid water on its surface today because the scorching heat created by its ozone-filled atmosphere would cause any to boil away. Roughly two-thirds of the Venusian surface is covered by flat, smooth plains that are marred by thousands of volcanoes, some which are  still active today , ranging from about 0.5 to 150 miles (0.8 to 240 kilometers) wide, with lava flows carving long, winding canals up to more than 3,000 miles (5,000 km) in length, longer than on any other planet. Six mountainous regions make up about one-third of the Venusian surface. One mountain range, called Maxwell, is about 540 miles (870 km) long and reaches up to some 7 miles (11.3 km) high, making it the highest feature on the planet. Venus also possesses a number of surface features unlike anything on Earth. For example, Venus has coronae, or crowns — ringlike structures that range from roughly 95 to 360 miles (155 to 580 km) wide. Scientists believe these formed when hot material beneath the crust rises up, warping the planet’s surface. Venus also has tesserae, or tiles — raised areas in which many ridges and valleys have formed in different directions. With conditions on Venus that could be described as infernal, the ancient name for Venus — Lucifer — seems to fit. However, this name did not carry any fiendish connotations; Lucifer means "light-bringer," and when seen from Earth, Venus is brighter than any other planet or even any star in the night sky because of its highly reflective clouds and its closeness to our planet. Venus takes 243 Earth days to rotate on its axis, by far the slowest of any of the major planets, and because of this sluggish spin, its metal core cannot generate a magnetic field similar to Earth's. Orbital characteristics If viewed from above, Venus rotates on its axis the opposite way that most planets rotate. That means on Venus, the sun would appear to rise in the west and set in the east. On Earth, the sun appears to rise in the east and set in the west. The Venusian year — the time it takes to orbit the sun — is about 225 Earth days long. Normally, that would mean that days on Venus would be longer than years. However, becau


Frances Bean Cobain Opens Up About Father Kurt Cobain's Death - ABC News ABC News Frances Bean Cobain Talks About Father Kurt's Death By Michael Rothman Jun 24, 2014, 1:03 PM ET 0 Shares Francis Bean Cobain posted this selfie to Twitter, June 10, 2014. 0 Shares Email After Lana Del Rey told The Guardian " I wish I was dead already ," she got a very strong response on Twitter from Frances Bean Cobain, the daughter of the late Kurt Cobain. In the interview, Del Rey, 28, had mentioned heroes she and her boyfriend shared, which included Amy Winehouse and Kurt Cobain, both musicians who died young at just 27. Cobain's daughter Frances Bean took offense to her comments, considering she lost her father at such an early age. Read: Lana del Rey Reveals How Much She Was Paid to Sing at West-Kardashian Wedding "@LanaDelRey the death of young musicians isn't something to romanticize ... I'll never know my father because he died young & it becomes a desirable feat because ppl like u think it's "cool" ... Well, it's f****** not. Embrace life, because u only get one life. The ppl u mentioned wasted that life.Don't be 1 of those ppl." She followed those tweets up with another telling her not to waste her life away and that "I'm not attacking anyone. I have no animosity towards Lana, I was just trying to put things in perspective from personal experience." Kurt Cobain died in April 1994 when Frances Bean was less than two years old. It's believed the Nirvana frontman took his own life. On Monday, Del Rey responded to Frances Bean, saying the reporter from The Guardian "was asking me a lot a out your dad I said I liked him because he was talented not because he died young ... the other half of what I said wasn't really related to the people he mentioned/ I don't find that part of music glam either." @LanaDelRey I'll never know my father because he died young & it becomes a desirable feat because ppl like u think it's "cool"(cont)