Where are sculptures of Robert E Lee, Stonewall Jackson and Jefferson Davis carved into the side of a mountain?

NAACP wants Confederate carving removed from Georgia's Stone Mountain - LA Times NAACP wants Confederate carving removed from Georgia's Stone Mountain STONE MOUNTAIN John Bazemore / Associated Press The Confederate Memorial Carving on Stone Mountain, Ga., depicts Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Gens. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson in relief. The Confederate Memorial Carving on Stone Mountain, Ga., depicts Confederate President Jefferson Davis and Gens. Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson in relief. (John Bazemore / Associated Press) David Ng Contact Reporter Atlanta NAACP chapter wants Confederate carving removed from side of Stone Mountain The famous outdoor relief sculpture depicting Confederate leaders on Stone Mountain in Georgia has come under attack from the Atlanta chapter of the NAACP. The chapter's leader is calling for the removal of the Confederate Memorial Carving that depicts Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson. A press release from Richard Rose, the president of the Atlanta chapter of the National Assn. for the Advancement of Colored People, calls for the elimination of the Confederate carving, calling it a "glorification of white supremacy."  "It is time for Georgia and other Southern states to end the glorification of slavery and white supremacy paid for and maintained with the taxes of all its citizens," the release states.  "History reminds us that despite the hero status accorded to Robert E. Lee, the West Point educated Lee was a traitor who led the military effort of the breakaway states, including Georgia." The release continues, "The insurrection's sole purpose was to create a separate nation that would maintain the enslavement of generations of African descendants." Rose said in a phone interview with The Times on Tuesday that "symbols demonstrate people's mindset. They mean something. There are monuments all over the South... that were erected to demonstrate and celebrate white supremacy."


Who became famous through three films made in 1955 and 1956, and died at the wheel of a Porsche in 1956?

Film History of the 1950s Film History of the 1950s 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s The Dawning of the 50s: The        50s decade was known for many things: post-war affluence and increased        choice of leisure time activities, conformity, the Korean War, middle-class        values, the rise of modern jazz, the rise of 'fast food' restaurants and        drive-ins (Jack in the Box - founded in 1951; McDonalds -        first franchised in 1955 in Des Plaines, IL; and A&W Root Beer Company - formed in 1950, although it had already established over 450        drive-ins throughout the country), a baby boom, the all-electric home        as the ideal, white racist terrorism in the South, the advent of television        and TV dinners, abstract art, the first credit card (Diners Club,        in 1951), the rise of drive-in theaters to a peak number in the late 50s        with over 4,000 outdoor screens (where young teenaged couples could find        privacy in their hot-rods), and a youth reaction to middle-aged cinema.        Older viewers were prone to stay at home and watch television (about 10.5        million US homes had a TV set in 1950). In         the period following WWII when most of the films were idealized with conventional         portrayals of men and women, young people wanted new and exciting symbols         of rebellion. Hollywood responded to audience demands - the late 1940s         and 1950s saw the rise of the anti-hero - with stars like newcomers James         Dean, Paul Newman (who debuted in the costume epic The Silver Chalice          (1954)) and Marlon Brando, replacing more proper actors like Tyrone         Power, Van Johnson, and Robert Taylor. [In later decades, this new generation         of method actors would be followed by Robert DeNiro, Jack Nicholson, and         Al Pacino.] Sexy anti-heroines included Ava Gardner, Kim Novak, and Marilyn         Monroe - an exciting, vibrant, sexy star. One of the decade's best comedies was Harvey (1950), with James          Stewart as a lovable, eccentric drunk named Elwood P. Dowd whose best          friend was an imaginary, six-foot-tall rabbit. Another of the most popular          films in the late 50s was Leo McCarey's romantic drama An Affair to           Remember (1957), the story of an ill-fated romance between Deborah          Kerr and Cary Grant due to an automobile accident, delaying a rendezvous          at the top of the Empire State Building in New York City. It was a remake          of the director's own tearjerker film Love Affair (1939) with Irene          Dunne and Charles Boyer. The same story would inspire the making of Nora          Ephron's Sleepless in Seattle (1993) with leads Tom Hanks and Meg          Ryan (who had first appeared together in Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)),          and Love Affair (1994) with real-life couple Warren Beatty and          Annette Bening. The New Teenage, Youth-Oriented Market: The 50s decade also ushered in the age of Rock and Roll and a new younger     market of teenagers. This youth-oriented group was opposed to the older     generation's choice of nostalgic films, such as director Anthony Mann's     and Universal's popular musical biopic The Glenn Miller Story (1954),     starring James Stewart as the big band leader, duplicated in Universal's     follow-up musical biography The Benny Goodman Story (1956) with     Steve Allen (his film debut in a serious dramatic role) as the talented     clarinet player. They preferred Rock Around the Clock (1956) that     featured disc jockey Alan Freed and the group Bill Haley and His Comets     (singing the title song) and many others (such as the Platters, and Freddy     Bell and The Bell Boys)


"The song ""Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'"" from the film ""High Noon"" was a big hit for Frankie Laine in the early 1950s. Who sang it on the film soundtrack?"

“Do Not Forsake Me: The Ballad of High Noon” and the Rise of the Movie Theme Song • Senses of Cinema Do not forsake me O my darlin’ On this our wedding day. Do not forsake me O my darlin’ Wait, wait along. The noonday train will bring Frank Miller. If I’m a man I must be brave And I must face that deadly killer Or lie a coward, a craven coward, Or lie a coward in my grave. O to be torn ‘twixt love and duty! S’posin’ I lose my fair-haired beauty! Look at that big hand move along Nearin’ high noon. He made a vow while in State’s Prison, Vow’d it would be my life or his and I’m not afraid of death, but O, What will I do if you leave me? Do not forsake me O my darlin’ You made that promise when we wed. Do not forsake me O my darlin’ Although you’re grievin’, I can’t be leavin’ Until I shoot Frank Miller dead. Wait along, wait along Wait along Wait along – “Do Not Forsake Me [The Ballad of High Noon]”, words by Ned Washington, music by Dmitri Tiomkin “Do Not Forsake Me”, or “The Ballad of High Noon”, is perhaps one of the most widely known and fondly remembered theme songs of all time, but its colossal success depends on far more than a catchy tune. The ways that it was used within as well as outside of the film High Noon (Fred Zinnemann, 1952), were extremely progressive. It was tremendously influential and, as I will show, helped to popularise the use of theme songs in later years as well as to define the lyrical style that would dominate title songs in Western movies. It was also immensely effective in the way that it guided viewers’ expectations of the film, helping to shape their experience of it. For fans of the Western genre it is an especially interesting work as its lyrics lay bare some of the issues and concerns most central to the genre as well as to the film at hand. In 1952, when High Noon was released, few dramatic films featured songs. Where they did exist, they were mostly diegetic. The decision to open the film with a song that functions so overtly as a narrational device is consequently striking and its implications are diverse. However, they can, for the most part, be placed within two categories, marketing and narration. High Noon was by no means the first film to be cross-marketed with a song or musical score. Although the first film soundtrack album, The Jungle Book, was not released until 1942, merchandising of film songs either as short-play records or sheet music had already been common practice for some years (1) . In August 1929, the New York Times was quick to report: Boundless radio has found a common denominator with the audible cinema, the theme song; and already “The Pagan Love Song”, “Evangeline”, “Broadway Melody” and “The Breakaway” are persisting through the tubes (2) . The author of this article notes that as early as the late 1910s theme songs proliferated in “silent” cinema – both as live accompaniment to film screenings and in other arenas of circulation – and cites the theme songs for Mickey (Richard Jones, 1918) and The Bluebird (Maurice Tourneur, 1918) as early examples. Russell Sanjek argues that Mickey was responsible for demonstrating to the film industry how valuable a popular song could be for promoting a film (3) . This lesson was repeated many years later when High Noon set a new standard for effective cross-promotion, and in so doing encouraged a horde of imitators. It won the Academy Award for Best Song and, according to Jonathan Groucutt, “opened the floodgates” for theme songs, initiating the “’hit-theme’ mania” that had emerged in American cinema by the 1960s (4) . After the success of “Do Not Forsake Me”, there was a vast increase in the number of films, especially dramatic films, to open with a theme song during the credits. Between 1950 and 1954, only 13 percent of American feature films used this device. Over the next five years the percentage grew to 22 percent and by the late 1960s this figure had risen still further to 29 percent. (5) The biggest rise in the use of theme songs took place within the Western genre, argues Ed Buscombe, who claims that after 1952 most


Where did the Greek god Helios go home to sleep at night, where he lived with his brother, Eos?

HELIUS (Helios) - Greek Titan God of the Sun (Roman Sol) Sun (hêlios) Helius god of the sun, Athenian red-figure krater C5th B.C., British Museum HELIOS (Helius) was the Titan god of the sun, a guardian of oaths, and the god of sight. He dwelt in a golden palace in the River Okeanos (Oceanus) at the far ends of the earth from which he emerged each dawn, crowned with the aureole of the sun, driving a chariot drawn by four winged steeds. When he reached the the land of the Hesperides in the far West he descended into a golden cup which bore him through the northern streams of Okeanos back to his rising place in the East. Once his son Phaethon tried to drive the chariot of the sun, but he lost control and set the earth ablaze. Zeus struck the boy down with a thunderbolt. Helios was depicted as a handsome, usually beardless, man clothed in purple robes and crowned with the shining aureole of the sun. His sun-chariot was drawn by four, sometimes winged, steeds. Helios was identified with several other gods of fire and light such as Hephaistos (Hephaestus) and light-bringing Phoibos Apollon (Phoebus Apollo). FAMILY OF HELIUS [1.3] HYPERION & AETHRA (Hyginus Pref) [1.4] HYPERION (Homer Odyssey 12.168, Homeric Hymn to Demeter 19, Homeric Hymn to Athena 12, Mimnermus Frag 12, Pindar Olympian 7 str3, Ovid Metamorphoses 4.170) OFFSPRING See page Family of Helios ENCYCLOPEDIA HE′LIOS (Hêlios or Êelios), that is, the sun, or the god of the sun. He is described as the son of Hyperion and Theia, and as a brother of Selene and Eos. (Hom. Od. xii. 176, 322, Hymn. in Min. 9, 13; Hes. Theog. 371, &c.) From his father, he is frequently called Hyperionides, or Hyperion, the latter of which is an abridged form of the patronymic, Hyperionion. (Hom. Od. xii. 176, Hymn. in Cer. 74; Hes. Theog. 1011; Hom. Od. i. 24, ii. 19, 398, Hymn. in Apoll. Pyth. 191.) In the Homeric hymn on Helios, he is called a son of Hyperion and Euryphaëssa. Homer describes Helios as giving light both to gods and men: he rises in the east from Oceanus, though not from the river, but from some lake or bog (limnê) formed by Oceanus, rises up into heaven, where he reaches the highest point at noon time, and then he descends, arriving in the evening in the darkness of the west, and in Oceanus. (Il. vii. 422, Od. iii. 1, &c., 335, iv. 400, x. 191, xi. 18, xii. 380.) Later poets have marvellously embellished this simple notion: they tell of a most magnificent palace of Helios in the east, containing a throne occupied by the god, and surrounded by personifications of the different divisions of time (Ov. Met. ii. 1, &c.); and while Homer speaks only of the gates of Helios in the west, later writers assign to him a second palace in the west, and describe his horses as feeding upon herbs growing in the islands of the blessed. (Nonn. Dionys. xii. 1, &c.; Athen. vii. 296; Stat. Theb. iii. 407.) The points at which Helios rises and descends into the ocean are of course different at the different seasons of the year; and the extreme points in the north and south, between which the rising and setting take place, are the tropai êelioio. (Od. xv. 403; Hes. Op. et Dies, 449, 525.) The manner in which Helios during the night passes front the western into the eastern ocean is not mentioned either by Homer or Hesiod, but later poets make him sail in a golden boat round one-half of the earth, and thus arrive in the east at the point from which he has to rise again. This golden boat is the work of Hephaestus. (Athen. xi. 469; Apollod. ii. 5. § 10; Eustath. ad Hom. p. 1632.) Others represent him as making his nightly voyage while slumbering in a golden bed. (Athen. xi. 470.) The horses and chariot with which Helios makes his daily career are not mentioned in the Iliad and Odyssey, but first occur in the Homeric hymn on Helios (9, 15; comp. in Merc. 69, in Cer. 88), and both are described minutely by later poets. (Ov. Met. ii. 106, &c.; Hygin. Fab. 183; Schol. ad Eurip. Pholen. 3 ; Pind. Ol. vii. 71.) Helios is described even in the Homeric poems as the god who sees and hears every thing, but,


Lake Erie is connected to Lake Ontario by which river?

Lakes of the World - Lake Erie Lakes of the World Facts -connected to Lake Huron by Detroit River, Lake St. Clair, and St. Clair River -connected to Lake Ontario by the Niagara River (natural, but not navigable) and Welland Canal (man-made) -smokestacks, lighthouses, offive towers, and loading docks along shoreline -surrounded by Ontario, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania -connected to Lake Huron by Detroit River, Lake St. Clair, and St. Clair River -connected to Lake Ontario by the Niagara River (natural, but not navigable) and Welland Canal (man-made) -smokestacks, lighthouses, offive towers, and loading docks along shoreline -surrounded by Ontario, Michigan, Ohio, and Pennsylvania Facts


"Who wrote the play ""Oedipus Rex"", ""Antigone"" and ""Electra""?"

Sophocles Biography (Playwright) Birthplace: Colonus (now Kolonos), Greece Best known as: Greek dramatist who wrote Oedipus Tyrannus Sophocles was a Greek dramatist whose long career came between his contemporaries Aeschylus and Euripides. A respected public figure of Athens, he was both a priest and a general (an elected position), but he is best known for the many dramatic prizes he won after 468 B.C. Like the elder Aeschylus, Sophocles was known as an innovator. He is credited with introducing a third actor (the tradition was two), expanding the chorus from 12 to 15 players and replacing the trilogy form with self-contained tragedies. It is estimated he wrote more than 120 plays, of which only seven are extant (hundreds of fragments survived also). His most famous play, Oedipus Tyrannus (also known as Oedipus Rex or Oedipus the King), is considered by many to be the apex of Greek dramatic irony. His other plays include Antigone, Electra, Trachiniae (The Women of Trachis) and Oedipus at Colonus (produced after his death). Extra credit: Sophocles was also an actor and performed in many of his early works… Reliable sources for the dates of his plays are scarce, other than for Oedipus at Colonus, produced in 401 B.C…. Because they involve themes associated with Thebes, the plays Antigone, Oedipus Tyrannus and Oedipus at Colonus are sometimes referred to as the “Theban plays” or “Theban trilogy” (though scholars are quick to point out the plays are not, in fact, a trilogy). Copyright © 1998-2017  by Who2?, LLC. All rights reserved.


Which constellation is just below the feet of The Great Bear?

Constellations / Useful Notes - TV Tropes - Vincent van Gogh What is a constellation, exactly? Well, it's just a Man's invention. Constellations do not exist in nature. When the ancient people observed the night sky, they noted that some stars make geometrical figures. Their vivid imagination caused them associating these figures with animals, objects, or legendary human characters. Apart from some rare exceptions, this resemblance is very debatable. As ancient people used to think the Sky was just a huge dome above the Earth, they made the mistake to think the stars within a constellation are actually close to each other. We modern people, too, tend to do the same error, even when accepting the sky is not a "celestial dome" but a boundless extension of space outside the Earth. Popular media contribute to all this, for example Sci-Fi stories telling us a space traveller can easily go to a constellation to another with its spaceship. Actually, constellations are just simple areas in the sky whose boundaries were definitively decided on in year 1922 by an International Convention — before that, those boundaries were quite indistinct. Within each area, stars are not close to each other (apart from those grouped in clusters, see further); they aren't even at the same distance to us. One star that seems coupled with another in the sky can even be 10 times more distant from us than its neighbor. The typical figures of the constellations would totally disappear if we could go out of the Solar System and see, for example, the sky at a distance of 100 light years from Earth. All the visible stars in the sky pertain to our Galaxy, more precisely the galactic portion closest to the Solar System — the more distant stars visible without binoculars or a telescope are about 3,000 light years from here: the whole Galaxy is 100,000 light years wide. Also note that the stars within a constellation are neither of the same luminosity, nor are they of the same color; two stars can appear the same brightness but one can actually produce 1,000,000 times more light than the other, but is 1,000 times more distantnote Not 1,000,000 times; remember the Inverse Square Law. Colors vary from red to light blue, passing throughout orange, yellow (our Sun is yellow), and pure white. note Green stars do not exist. This coloration is tied to the temperature of the stars' surface: curiously, red stars are the "coldest" (about 4,000 C°), then the orange, yellow, white, and finally the hottest of them all, the blue ones (up to 40,000 C°). Our Sun is about 6,000 C°. Finally, it's worthy of note that the stars making the figure of a constellation do not appear with the same luminosity when live-observing, note  And, of course, there are NOT lines linking them, they are only a means in astronomy books to aid the reader to better memorize the figure, and different books can link the stars of a constellation in slightly different ways. and that they are not the only stars of the constellations: they contain dozens and sometimes hundreds of other fainter stars visible to the naked eye, and millions more when watching with a telescope. THE 88 CONSTELLATIONS Only very few constellations are familiar to laymen. Most of them are known only by astronomers or space lovers. This is justified though, both because most constellations are faint and hard to recognize, and because even the brightest ones are difficult to see for a non-expert when living in a city or even in a town — we'll not talk here about the notorious light pollution. 48 constellations were invented by ancient Greek (even though many were already conceived before that), and made official in the first century A.D. by the famed astronomer Ptolemaeus. Obviously, they are mainly in the Northern celestial hemisphere. note The two celestial hemispheres do not coincide with the two terrestrial ones. An U.S. or European observer can also see some constellations that are below the celestial Equator, but certainly the northern ones are the easiest to see for her/him. The exact opposite for an Australian or South-Af


What is the oldest commissioned naval vessel afloat?

Oldest commissioned warship afloat | Guinness World Records Oldest commissioned warship afloat When 21 October 1797 The USS Constitution - also known as 'Old Ironsides' - was commissioned on 21 October 1797 and remains on the US Navy ship roster with a crew of between 50 and 80 active duty Navy sailors. Constitution's home port is Charlestown, Massachusetts and it makes occasional trips to sea. There is a wealth of information contained in the pamphlet attached. SEE ALSO: Oldest Commissioned Warship All records listed on our website are current and up-to-date. For a full list of record titles, please use our Record Application Search. (You will be need to register / login for access)


Creed (2015) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later. X Beta I'm Watching This! Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Error With Prime Video WATCH NOW The former World Heavyweight Champion Rocky Balboa serves as a trainer and mentor to Adonis Johnson, the son of his late friend and former rival Apollo Creed. Director: a list of 21 titles created 01 Jul 2015 a list of 29 titles created 11 months ago a list of 33 titles created 11 months ago a list of 32 titles created 11 months ago a list of 25 titles created 1 month ago Search for " Creed " on Amazon.com Connect with IMDb Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Nominated for     1     Oscar. Another    45 wins & 56 nominations. See more awards  » Videos Thirty years after the ring of the first bell, Rocky Balboa comes out of retirement and dons his gloves for his final fight; against the reigning heavyweight champ Mason 'The Line' Dixon. Director: Sylvester Stallone After winning the ultimate title and being the world champion, Rocky falls into a hole and finds himself picked up by a former enemy. Director: Sylvester Stallone After iron man Drago, a highly intimidating 6-foot-5, 261-pound Soviet athlete, kills Apollo Creed in an exhibition match, Rocky comes to the heart of Russia for 15 pile-driving boxing rounds of revenge. Director: Sylvester Stallone Rocky struggles in family life after his bout with Apollo Creed, while the embarrassed champ insistently goads him to accept a challenge for a rematch. Director: Sylvester Stallone Rocky Balboa, a small-time boxer, gets a supremely rare chance to fight heavy-weight champion Apollo Creed in a bout in which he strives to go the distance for his self-respect. Director: John G. Avildsen The group NWA emerges from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles, California, in the mid-1980s and revolutionizes Hip Hop culture with their music and tales about life in the hood. Director: F. Gary Gray Reluctantly retired from boxing and back from riches to rags, Rocky takes on a new protege who betrays him; As the champ's son must adjust to his family's new life after bankruptcy. Director: John G. Avildsen Boxer Billy Hope turns to trainer Tick Wills to help him get his life back on track after losing his wife in a tragic accident and his daughter to child protection services. Director: Antoine Fuqua An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive. Director: Ridley Scott     1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6.8/10 X   A cryptic message from Bond's past sends him on a trail to uncover a sinister organization. While M battles political forces to keep the secret service alive, Bond peels back the layers of deceit to reveal the terrible truth behind SPECTRE. Director: Sam Mendes A frontiersman on a fur trading expedition in the 1820s fights for survival after being mauled by a bear and left for dead by members of his own hunting team. Director: Alejandro G. Iñárritu In Thailand, John Rambo joins a group of missionaries to venture into war-torn Burma, and rescue a group of Christian aid workers who were kidnapped by the ruthless local infantry unit. Director: Sylvester Stallone Edit Storyline Adonis Johnson is the son of the famous boxing champion Apollo Creed, who died in a boxing match in Rocky IV (1985). Adonis wasn't born until after his father's death and wants to follow his fathers footsteps in boxing. He seeks a mentor who is the former heavyweight boxing champion and former friend of Apollo Creed, the retired Rocky Balboa. Rocky eventually agrees to mentor Adonis. With Rocky's help they hope to get a title job to face even deadlier opponents than his father. But whether he is a true fighter remains to be seen.... Written by Blake ordonez Your legacy is more than a name Genres: Rated PG-13 for violence, language and some sensu


What is the name for radiations of a wavelength shorter than, and immediately next to, the visible spectrum?

Electromagnetic Radiation Electromagnetic Radiation Electromagnetic radiation is a type of energy that is commonly known as light . Generally speaking, we say that light travels in waves, and all electromagnetic radiation travels at the same speed which is about 3.0 * 108 meters per second through a vacuum. We call this the "speed of light"; nothing can move faster than the speed of light. A wavelength is one cycle of a wave, and we measure it as the distance between any two consecutive peaks of a wave. The peak is the highest point of the wave, and the trough is the lowest point of the wave. Frequency So when we talk about light traveling in waves, we can also talk about frequency, or the number of wavelengths that pass a certain point in a given length of time. We usually measure this as the number of wavelength cycles that pass per second.  The units for this measurement are Hertz (hz). So, if the wavelength of a light wave is shorter, that means that the frequency will be higher because one cycle can pass in a shorter amount of time. This means that more cycles can pass by the set point in 1 second. Likewise, a light wave that has a longer wavelength will have a lower frequency because each cycle takes a longer time to complete. This is an example of a shorter wavelength. Like we said earlier, if you were an observer standing on the black line, and you were so quick that you could count the number of wave peaks that passed you in one second, you would find that the number of wave peaks that you counted would be higher than a longer wavelength. This is an example of a longer wavelength. Suppose you put yourself on the line again and you start clocking the number of wave peaks that pass you. Wait a minute, not nearly so many wave peaks have gone by in one second like before with the shorter wavelength. That means that longer wavelengths have a lower frequency. Conclusion: a longer wavelength means a lower frequency, and a shorter wavelength means a higher frequency! How does this relate to the Electromagnetic Spectrum? Like we said before, light can be characterized by its wavelength. For example, the human eye can detect light at wavelengths between 400 to 900 nanometers. That is why we call this part of the electromagnetic spectrum visible light. Light waves with shorter wavelengths (and higher frequencies) also have more energy, so types of light like gamma rays, X-rays, and ultraviolet light are more energetic than visible light, and infrared, microwaves, and radio waves are less energetic than the light in the visible spectrum. To go back to the electromagnetic spectrum .


Where in Paris would you go to stand under the Eiffel Tower?

Travel for Kids Paris France - Eiffel Tower Paris  Eiffel   Tower & Invalides   Eiffel Tower  The Eiffel    Tower is a "must see" for kids in Paris, not just at a distance,    but up close. When you stand under it, it's    just spectactular, all those curly cues in the structure. Take the elevators    to the top, or dine in the Jules Verne restaurant (if you feel like a splurge, the kids will remember it). And don't miss seeing the Eiffel Tower at night,    all lit up. In summer, on the hour in the evening, there is a magical show of twinkling lights.       Tip: Buying tickets in advance is essential. Check out the official Tour   Eiffel website for more information.   Champs de Mars Park  After you've been up the    Eiffel Tower, go out to the Parc du Champs de Mars, a huge big grassy area    where children can run to their heart's content. This is also the perfect    place for a picnic (grass and benches). Even in the height of summer, the    Champs de Mars won't feel crowded.     Playgrounds  You'll find three playgrounds in the Champs de Mars. At Avenue    Anatole France, in the middle of the park, there's an old-fashioned carousel,    little play area with sand box, and cafe, where parents can relax, have    a cold drink or coffee, while the kids play. In the southwest section, allee    Pierre Loti, check out the large playground with colorful climbing structures,    slides, and imaginative play areas. For toddlers, tucked away in the southeast    corner is a small playground, perfect for little ones.       Pony    rides  On the same corner with the carousel, small children    will enjoy a pony ride on friendly, well-tended ponies.   Tour of the Sewers (Quai d'Orsay at Pont de l'Alma)  Paris    sewers conjures up Les Miserables and Jean Valjean making good    his escape. Victor Hugo knew a sewer inspector, so he wrote accurately    about the sewers in Paris. Take a quick self-guided walking tour through    a real section of Paris sewers. Go through tunnels and walk over gratings    where you'll see the sewer water flowing right under your feet. Along    the way, you'll find out about the fascinating history of the water system    in Paris (e.g. how is the sewage transporated under the Seine ...) It    doesn't really smell in the sewers, but is a little dank, so don't wear   your best shoes. The self-guided tour brochure is in multiple languages.   Tip: Trip to the sewers is free with the Paris Pass .   Bateaux Mouche  Ride the bateaux mouche    on the River Seine at sunset or at night for a great view of the city all    lit up. The views of the Eiffel Tower in all its splendor is a kid favorite.    We took the Bateaux Mouche on a rainy October night. When we rounded the    Ile de la Cite, there was Notre Dame, beautifully illuminated, all the bells    pealing. It sends shivers up my spine just to think of it. (Pick up the    boats on the right bank, east of the Pont de l'Alma).   Musee de l Armee (Army Museum)  While I went shopping, my husband took our boys to the Army Museum. This    museum has riches galore, fabulous collection of ancient armor from 13th -17th century (including kid's armor), plus cannons, mortars, swords, daggers, souvenirs    from Napoleons time, including his hat and sword.     Next    to the museum, at the Dome des Invalides is Napoleons Tomb (Tombeau     de Napoleon), for an added bonus. Very impressive.     Tip: Read on our blog about the Army Museum and Napoleon's tomb: Napoleon Bonaparte in Paris .   Paris Canal Cruise  Paris has miles of inland    waterways, originally built in the 19th the century to transport goods into    the city, and later provided Paris with drinking water. For a change of pace, take a boat ride on Canal St. Martin     to Parc de la Villette. A two and a half hour hour excursion leaves from Quai Anatole     France (near the Musee d'Orsay) to Parc de la Villette.   Musee d'Orsay  Step in


"Which English writer wrote ""Goodbye To All That"", ""I, Claudius"", ""Claudius The God"" and ""King Jesus""?"

I, Claudius - Wikipedia, Photos and Videos I, Claudius NEXT GO TO RESULTS [51 .. 100] WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE This article is about the novel. For other uses, see I, Claudius (disambiguation) . I, Claudius Followed by Claudius the God I, Claudius (1934) is a novel by English writer Robert Graves , written in the form of an autobiography of the Roman Emperor Claudius . Accordingly, it includes the history of the Julio-Claudian Dynasty and the Roman Empire , from Julius Caesar 's assassination in 44 BC to Caligula 's assassination in 41 AD. The 'autobiography' of Claudius continues (from Claudius' accession after Caligula's death, to his own death in 54) in Claudius the God (1935). The sequel also includes a section written as a biography of Herod Agrippa , contemporary of Claudius and future King of the Jews . The two books were adapted by the BBC into an award-winning television serial, I, Claudius . In 1998 the Modern Library ranked I, Claudius fourteenth on its list of the 100 best English-language novels of the 20th century . In 2005, the novel was chosen by Time as one of the one hundred best English-language novels from 1923 to present . [2] Contents Content[ edit ] Claudius was the fourth Emperor of Rome (r. 41–54 AD). Historically, Claudius' family kept him out of public life until his sudden coronation at the age of forty nine. This was due to his being perceived as being a dolt due to his stammering, limp and other nervous tics. This made others see him as mentally deficient and also therefore not a threat to his ambitious relatives. Even as his symptoms begin to wane in his teenage years, he runs into trouble for his work as a budding historian. His work on a history of the civil wars was too truthful and too critical of the reigning emperor Augustus , and his mother and grandmother quickly put a stop to it. This episode reinforced their initial suspicions that Claudius was not fit for public office. This is how he was defined by scholars for most of history, and Graves uses these peculiarities to develop a sympathetic character whose survival in a murderous dynasty depends upon his family's incorrect assumption that he is a harmless idiot. Graves's interpretation of the story owes much to the histories of Gaius Cornelius Tacitus , Plutarch , and (especially) Suetonius ( Lives of the Twelve Caesars ). Graves translated Suetonius before writing the novels. Graves claimed that after he read Suetonius , Claudius came to him in a dream one night and demanded that his real story be told. The life of Claudius provided Graves with a way to write about the first four Emperors of Rome ( Augustus , Tiberius , Caligula , and Claudius) from an intimate point of view. In addition, the real Claudius was a trained historian and is known to have written an autobiography (now lost) in eight books that covered the same time period. I, Claudius is a first-person narrative of Roman history from the reigns of Augustus to Caligula; Claudius the God is written as a later addition documenting Claudius' own reign. Graves provides a theme for the story by having the fictionalised Claudius describe a visit to Cumae , where he receives a prophecy in verse from the Sibyl , and an additional prophecy contained in a book of "Sibylline Curiosities". The latter concerns the fates of the "hairy ones" (i.e. The Caesars – from the Latin word "caesar", meaning "a fine head of hair") who are to rule Rome. The penultimate verse concerns his own reign, and Claudius assumes that he can tell the identity of the last emperor described. From the outset, then, Graves establishes a fatalistic tone that plays out at the end of Claudius the God, Claudius predicts his own assassination and succession by Nero . At Cumae, the Sibyl tells Claudius that he will "speak clear." Claudius believes this means that his secret memoirs will be one day found, and that he, having therein written the truth, will speak clearly, while his contemporaries, who had to distort their histories to appease the ruling family, will seem like stammerers. Since he wishes to record his life fo


Sepoys, native soldiers, served under British command in which country?

Sepoy Rebelllion   Sepoy         Rebellion In May 1857, Sepoys (Indian soldiers) in the Bengal Army revolted         against their British officers. Before the mutiny         was finally put down in 1859, it had spread over         a large part of northern India. First Major         Incident On March 31, 1857, the         34th Sepoy Regiment at Barrackpore allowed one of         its men to attack his superior officer, a British         Sergeant. The man was subsequently captured and         hanged, and the entire regiment was dismissed as         a collective punishment. Other Sepoys across         India believed the punishment was too harsh. Meerut On May 9, members of the 3rd Regiment of Light         Cavalry were imprisoned, sentenced to ten years         of hard labor, and stripped of their uniforms in         public for refusing to obey direct orders to use         rifle cartridges greased with hog and/or beef fat         (in direct violation of Hindu prohibitions         against eating meat in any form). The next day,         members of the 11th and 20th Cavalry broke rank         and turned on their commanding officers. They         then killed every European and Indian Christian         they could find, including all women and         children, from master to servant, burned their         houses, and began marching towards Delhi.         Initially, the British chose not to pursue the         mutineers. Delhi On May 11, the Sepoys from Meerut were joined by         Indians from the Delhi bazzar. After attacking the Red Fort         and killing a British officer, two women, and two         others, they demanded that Bahadur Shah reclaim         his throne. They then went on a rampage and         killed every European and Indian Christian in the         city they could find. Meanwhile, the         British decided to begin striking back. Two         columns left Meerut and Simla and proceeded         slowly towards Delhi, fighting, killing, and         hanging numerous Indians along the way. They also         moved regiments from the Crimean War and diverted         other regiments on their way to China to India. Delhi was finally recaptured by the         British on September 20. Bahadur Shah was         arrested and subsequently exiled to Rangoon,         where he died in 1862. Kanpur In June, 1857, the last Maratha prince, Baji Rao         II, decreed his title and 80,000-pound annual         pension to his son, Nana Sahib, but the decree         was negated by Governor-General Lord Dalhousie.         In response, Nana Sahib led the Sepoy battalions         at Kanpur against the British. On June 25, he         sent word to Sir Hugh Wheeler, commander of         British forces there, requesting that he         surrender, a request Wheeler accepted. But, as         the British attempted to evacuate Kanpur on June         27, Sahib's men attacked and killed many of the         soldiers. They then rounded up the surviving         women and children, took them back to Kanpur, and         massacred them. Lucknow In         early July, 1857, Lucknow was attacked by a         sizable Sepoy force. Although British commander         Sir Henry Lawrence was killed early in the         attack, the remaining soldiers were able to fend         off the initial assault. The Sepoys laid siege to         the city, and assaults were launched almost daily         for the next three months. On September 25, the         British were reinforced by 1,000 Highlanders         under the command of General Sir Henry Havelock.         In October, an


Which country traditionally leads the opening parade of the Olympic Games?

Why Greece always leads the parade of athletes at the Olympic opening ceremony and how the rest of the order is determined - Yahoo Sport Why Greece always leads the parade of athletes at the Olympic opening ceremony and how the rest of the order is determined By Cork Gaines 6 August 2016 02:36  . Getty Images The 2016 Summer Olympics officially kicked off on Friday night with the opening ceremony in Rio. As has become tradition, the ceremony starts with a celebration of the host country, followed by the parade of athletes. And once again, Greece was the first country introduced due to their historical importance to the games. The order of the parade of nations at every Olympics is as follows. Greece comes in first — this is due to their role in the origin of the Olympics. The host nation comes in last — in 2016, this is  Brazil , obviously. The rest of the nations are ordered alphabetically by the language of the host nation — As a result of this, Afghanistan was the first nation after Greece, followed by South Africa (África do Sul in Portuguese). Zambia will be the 207th and final nation before the host nation, Brazil.


At an auction in New York in March 2009, Vijay Mallya made international news by buying personal items belonging to whom?

Govt procured Gandhi's belongings through Mallya: Soni The Indian Government procured the five personal articles of Mahatma Gandhi at a New York auction through the services of industrialist Vijay Mallya as it could not bid directly because of a stay order of the Delhi High Court, Culture Minister Ambika Soni said on Friday.


Bobby Darin - Biography - IMDb Bobby Darin Jump to: Overview  (4) | Mini Bio  (2) | Spouse  (2) | Trivia  (21) | Personal Quotes  (2) Overview (4) 5' 8½" (1.74 m) Mini Bio (2) Walden Robert Cassotto, nicknamed "Bobby", was born in The Bronx, New York, in 1936. Severe rheumatic fever as a child scarred his heart and led to an overprotected and pampered childhood. He was the focal point of a family that fostered and encouraged his love of music. His music career started out with writing songs and taking demos around to different music producers. In 1958 he performed the song "Splish, Splash" on Dick Clark 's New American Bandstand 1965 (1952). It was a huge hit and eventually would sell over one million copies. The next year was a big one - he won two Grammies, for Best Record ("Mack the Knife") and Best New Artist. "Mack the Knife" stayed in the top ten for 52 weeks, nine of those at #1. This was Bobby's fourth gold record. His next goal was to make a movie, and that opportunity came in 1960 with the film Come September (1961), for which he also wrote the title song. The movie was filmed in Rome and that's where he met Sandra Dee . She was 16 years old and at the top of her career. They were engaged two months after they met and their son, Dodd Darin , was born a year later. Bobby continued to perform in night clubs and make movies. In 1964 he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in Captain Newman, M.D. (1963). Despite very good reviews, he lost the Oscar to Melvyn Douglas . In 1967 he asked for and was granted a divorce. Sandra was quoted as saying, "He just woke up one morning and didn't want to be married anymore". More realistically, their careers had kept them apart more often than not, and they had struggled with the marriage practically from the beginning. He went in for heart surgery in 1971 and from that point on he had bouts of ill health. After his recovery he continued to do nightclub acts and the next year he did a popular summer variety show called The Bobby Darin Show (1973). The last year of his life was spent dealing with health problems related to his heart, yet he continued to work when he could. He died at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles on December 20, l973, following open heart surgery. Son, Dodd Mitchell Cassotto (aka Dodd Darin ), with Sandra Dee . Rather than internment, his body was donated to the UCLA Medical Center. Did not find out until the age of 32 that the woman he thought to be his sister was in fact his mother and and the woman he thought was his deceased mother was in fact his grandmother. This was listed in VH1's The Greatest: 100 Most Shocking Moments in Rock and Roll History (2001). Elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990. When he was still a struggling songwriter at the now famous Brill Building he met then up-and-coming singer Connie Francis . After a rocky beginning, the two hit it off and were soon madly in love. He had wanted to marry Connie but her overprotective father wouldn't let her date, let alone marry, anyone. When Darin suggested the two elope, he was chased from one of her shows by her father with a gun. The two only saw one another twice after that incident, once during a television appearance in which the two sang together and once during the filming of This Is Your Life (1952) of which Connie was the subject, in which the announcer had congratulated Bobby on his recent marriage to actress Sandra Dee . Connie has stated several times that not marrying Bobby was one of the biggest mistakes she has ever made in her life. His maternal grandfather was of Italian descent, and his maternal grandmother had Danish and English ancestry. He lost his hair in his early 20s and wore a toupee thereafter. Went to the Bronx High School of Science Recorded with legendary Nashville guitarist Hank Garland . His #1 hit song, "Mack the Knife", had a strange connection with the number "59": it was the 59th #1 single of the rock era, it entered the Billboard charts at #59, and was the second biggest-selling record of 1959. He signed Wayne Newton to hi


Klondike River | river, Yukon, Canada | Britannica.com Klondike River Cuyahoga River Klondike River, tributary of the Yukon River , in western Yukon , Canada . With its major tributary, the North Klondike, it rises in the Ogilvie Mountains and flows westward for 100 mi (160 km) to join the Yukon at Dawson , the river’s historic settlement. The Klondike became famous in 1896 with the discovery of gold in Bonanza Creek and other small tributaries. As a result thousands of prospectors swarmed into the valley. Several years later, with the exhaustion of the most readily accessible placer deposits, the population decreased drastically. Limited mining by hydraulic and dredging methods continued along other tributaries of the Klondike River until 1966, when all operations ceased. The surrounding territory bears the river’s name, which is of uncertain origin. Klondike River, Yukon, Can. in Canada: The Klondike gold rush In 1896 gold nuggets were found in a small tributary of the Klondike River, itself a tributary of the Yukon River. A gold rush began in 1897 and swelled in 1898 as miners and adventurers poured in, mainly from the United States. The Klondike—the last of the great placer finds—was the most publicized of all the great rushes, exciting a world weary of economic hard times with stories... in Yukon River ...descent (including explorers from the eastward-expanding Russian Empire) began to move into the region, first as fur traders and then in search of mineral wealth. The discovery of gold on the Klondike in 1896 precipitated an influx of settlement that created an international mythology of romantic frontier existence associated with the name Yukon. 3 References found in Britannica Articles Assorted Reference Yukon River  (in Yukon River ) External Links Corrections? Updates? Help us improve this article! Contact our editors with your feedback. MEDIA FOR: You have successfully emailed this. Error when sending the email. Try again later. Edit Mode Submit Tips For Editing We welcome suggested improvements to any of our articles. You can make it easier for us to review and, hopefully, publish your contribution by keeping a few points in mind. Encyclopædia Britannica articles are written in a neutral objective tone for a general audience. You may find it helpful to search within the site to see how similar or related subjects are covered. Any text you add should be original, not copied from other sources. At the bottom of the article, feel free to list any sources that support your changes, so that we can fully understand their context. (Internet URLs are the best.) Your contribution may be further edited by our staff, and its publication is subject to our final approval. Unfortunately, our editorial approach may not be able to accommodate all contributions. Submit Thank You for Your Contribution! Our editors will review what you've submitted, and if it meets our criteria, we'll add it to the article. Please note that our editors may make some formatting changes or correct spelling or grammatical errors, and may also contact you if any clarifications are needed. Uh Oh There was a problem with your submission. Please try again later. Close Date Published: April 05, 2010 URL: https://www.britannica.com/place/Klondike-River Access Date: January 18, 2017 Share


In the Christian calendar, what is the week before Easter, historically a time of abstinence from eating flesh, drinking wine and carrying on business?

Easter Times by Gytimes - issuu issuu GUYANA Monday, April 21, 2014 guyanatimesgy.com He is Risen! T he greatest care had been taken to guard the Saviour’s tomb, and the entrance had been closed with a great stone. Upon this stone the Roman seal had been placed in such a way that the stone could not be moved without breaking the seal. Around the tomb was the guard of Roman soldiers. They were to keep strict watch, that the body of Jesus might not be molested. Some of them were constantly pacing to and fro before the tomb, while the others rested on the ground nearby. But there was another guard around that tomb. Mighty angels from Heaven were there. Anyone of this angel guard, by putting forth his power, could have stricken the whole Roman army. The night of early Sunday morning wore slowly away. At the darkest hour, just before daybreak, one of the most powerful angels is sent from Heaven. His countenance is like lightning, and his garments white as snow. He parts the darkness, and the whole heavens light with his glory. The sleeping soldiers awake and stand to their feet. With awe and wonder, they gaze at the open heavens and the vision of brightness which is nearing them. The earth trembles and heaves as the powerful being from another world approaches. He is coming on a joyful errand, and the speed and power of his flight shake the world like a mighty earthquake. Soldiers, officers, and sentinels fall to the ground as dead men. There had been still another guard at the Saviour’s tomb. Evil angels were there. Because the Son of God had fallen in death, His body was even then claimed as the prey of him who has the power of death – the devil. The angels of Satan were present to see that no power should take Jesus from their grasp. But as the mighty being sent from the throne of God approached, they fled in terror from the scene. The angel laid hold of the great stone at the mouth of the tomb, and rolled it away, as if it had been only a pebble. Then with a voice that caused the earth to tremble, he cried: “Jesus, Son of God, come out, for your father calls you!” Then He who had earned the power over death and the grave came forth from the tomb. Above the open grave He proclaimed: “I am the resurrection, and the life.” And the angel host bowed low in adoration before the Redeemer and welcomed Him with songs of praise. Jesus came forth with the tread of a conqueror. At His presence the earth reeled, the lightning flashed, and the thunder rolled. An earthquake marked the hour when Christ laid down His life. An earthquake also witnessed the moment when He took it up in triumph. Satan was bitterly angry that his angels had fled at the approach of the heavenly messengers. He had dared to hope that Christ would not take up His life again, and that the plan of redemption would fail. But as he saw the Saviour come forth from the tomb in triumph, all hope was lost. Satan now knows that his kingdom would have an end, and that he would finally be destroyed. 2 MonDAY, April 21, 2014 Calvary J esus was hurried to Calvary amid the shouts and jeers of the crowd. As He passed the gate of Pilate’s court, the heavy cross which had been prepared for Barabbas was laid upon His bruised and bleeding shoulders. Crosses were placed also upon two thieves, who were to suffer death along with Jesus. The load was too heavy for the Saviour in His weary, suffering condition. He had gone only a few paces when He fainted under the cross. When He revived, the cross was again placed upon His shoulders. He staggered a few steps, and again fell to the ground. His persecutors now realised that it was impossible for Him to go farther with His burden, and they were puzzled to find someone who would carry the humiliating load. Just then they were met by Simon, a Cyrenian, coming from the opposite direction. They seized him, forcing him to carry the cross to Calvary. Arriving at the place of crucifixion, the condemned were bound to the instruments of torture. The two thieves wrestled in the hands of those who stretched them upon the cross; but the Saviour made


Which Austrian, a pioneer in psycho-analysis, died in London in 1939, a refugee from Nazi persecution?

Home Page - I AM A REFUGEE I AM A REFUGEE CONTACT The ‘I am a Refugee’ campaign celebrates refugees and their contributions to the UK. Click on the plaques below to read more about the participants. To create your own plaque, as a refugee or as a supporter of refugees, click CREATE YOUR PLAQUE on the navigation bar above. For more information about the campaign and about refugees, go to the ABOUT section. I E JUDITH KERR AUTHOR, ILLUSTRATOR AND CREATOR OF 'MOG' AND 'THE TIGER WHO CAME TO TEA', FLED GERMANY TO THE UK IN 1936 Children’s author and illustrator, Judith Kerr, fled Germany with her family in 1933, aged 9, just days before the Nazi Party came to power. Her father, Alfred Kerr, was a famous writer and critic, whose books were burned by the Nazis. Owing to his Jewish descent and open criticism of the Nazi Party, he was warned that he faced arrest and fled to Zurich. His wife and children followed him the next day. From Switzerland, the family travelled to Paris where they lived for two years. They arrived in London in 1936. During the Second World War Judith worked for the Red Cross organising clothes and bandages for wounded soldiers. In 1945 she was awarded a scholarship to study at the Central School of Arts and Crafts, now part of Central St Martin’s College. She went on to work as an artist and as a screenwriter at the BBC. In 1954, she married fellow screenwriter Nigel Kneale. Inspired by their two children, Judith pursued a career as a children’s author and illustrator. Her first book, The Tiger Who Came to Tea, published in 1968, became an instant classic and has sold over five million copies to date. The antics of the family’s cats served as source material for her long-running series of Mog books, published between 1970 and 2015. She went on to write the semi-autobiographical When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit, published in 1971, based on the experiences of her family fleeing the Nazis, part of the Out of the Hitler Time trilogy. She was given an OBE in 2012 for services to children’s literature and Holocaust education. In 2013 the UK’s first bilingual English and German school, Judith Kerr Primary School, was named after her. The school is close to where she lives in South London, where she continues to write. /StaticImages/57c5850a-41be-403b-9d19-6ca04db4f43b_DFP4F6.jpg SUPERMODEL AND REFUGEE CAMPAIGNER, FLED CIVIL WAR IN SUDAN AND ARRIVED IN THE UK IN 1991 Supermodel and designer, Alek Wek, was born in 1977 in what is now South Sudan. Her family were members of the Dinka ethnic group, who faced violence and persecution during the Second Sudanese Civil War. During the war, as a result of escalating violence and to escape both government and rebel forces, the family were forced flee into the bush. Alek’s mother sold salt and grew peanuts in order to raise the money to buy passports for the family to enable them to leave the country. Eventually, they managed to escape to Khartoum when Alek was 12 years old. Two years later, Wek arrived in the UK with her sister. Her mother joined them a few years later. Speaking of her early time at school, she said, “It was really, really hard. Children at that age can be such bullies, period. That's before you even factor in that I looked and sounded so different. But after going through everything, where nothing was ever sure, where I might get killed, I was free and so happy to be learning. I focused on that and threw myself into it." By the mid-1990’s, Alek had enrolled at the London College of Fashion. In 1995, aged 19, she was spotted by a model scout in Crystal Palace. Her career as a model took off when she appeared in Tina Turner’s GoldenEye music video. To date, Wek has modelled for a number of fashion houses including Chanel and Dior, and was recently part of a Marks & Spencer campaign. Speaking about her involvement, she said, "It's a huge deal for me, because M&S is a legend. I remember arriving in London and going there for my tights and scarves, it was so cold!" Wek continues to model and also designs a range of handbags. In addition, she has been an outspoke


What instrument is used for measuring relative humidity?

Instruments | Climate Education Modules for K-12 Instruments body   Weather instruments are used to take measurements of temperature, wind, humidity, and rainfall, as well as other atmospheric factors which describe the local weather and climate. Different types of instruments are used to measure different parameters and there are many types to choose from. The variables measured with these types of instruments are wind speed and direction, pressure, humidity, temperature,  and precipitation, including rain and snow. Figure A: Electronic Temperature Sensor Image from NOAA   Thermometer A thermometer is an instrument used to measure temperature. Thermometers are used to measure outside and inside temperature, body temperature, oven temperature, and food temperature. Most thermometers measure by direct contact with the air, although infrared thermometers use sensors to detect infrared radiation coming off of surfaces and estimate temperature that way (similar to the way night-vision goggles work).  A common thermometer is the mercury thermometer used outside residential areas. The volume of the mercury changes as the outside temperature changes. The volume of the liquid expands as it heats up, representing an increase in temperature, and the liquid contracts when it cools down, representing a decrease in temperature. At modern weather stations an electronic temperature sensor is used to measure the outside air temperature. The temperature sensor on this device is contained within a vented unit which allows air to flow freely across the sensor and measure the temperature while keeping the thermometer shaded from the direct heating of the sun.     Anemometer An anemometer is a type of weather instrument that measures wind speed. Some of these instruments measure both wind speed and wind direction.  Anemometers are common at weather stations.  A cup anemometer is a type of instrument that uses three or four hemispherical cups mounted on horizontal arms on a vertical rod. The wind pushes the cups and causes the arms to rotate at a rate proportional to the wind speed.  A windmill anemometer is a common instrument used at weather stations to obtain the wind speed.  A wind vane is used as part of the anemometer to determine the wind's direction. As the wind flows over the windmill, the speed and direction of the wind can be measured with this instrument.  Some scientific anemometers use the speed of sound to measure the wind speed more precisely in three dimensions.  Wind direction is always given by where the wind is coming from, so that a west wind is blowing from the west and going towards the east. Figure B: Cup Anemometer Figure D Image from NASA A hygrometer is an instrument used to measure relative humidity.  Humidity is the measure of the amount of moisture in the air.  A psychrometer is an example of a hygrometer.  A psychrometer uses two thermometers to measure relative humidity; one measures the dry-bulb temperature and the other measures the wet-bulb temperature. (When you come out of your shower in the morning, your skin cools to the wet-bulb temperature and you feel a chill until the water evaporates.)  The wet-bulb thermometer contains water in the base that evaporates and absorbs heat which decreases the temperature reading. To determine the relative humidity, the temperatures are taken from the dry-bulb thermometer and the temperature difference between the wet and dry bulb thermometers. From these measurements, a table is used to find the relative humidity at a certain location. A sling psychrometer is a common instrument used by meteorologists to determine the relative humidity. This instrument is swung around while being held.  There are also a variety of other humidity sensors which work automatically to measure the water content and relative humidity of the atmosphere. Rain Gauge Figure E: Heated Tipping Bucket Image from NOAA A rain gauge is an instrument used to measure the amount of liquid precipitation over a certain length of time. In its simplest sense, a rain gauge is nothing more than a can which co


Which instrument, with a range of around 3 octaves, has its lowest string tuned to C below middle C, with the others to G, D and A?

About the Violin About the Violin   Related Links The violin is a stringed musical instrument comprising four strings        tuned a fifth apart. It is the smallest and highest-tuned member        of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes        the viola, cello and double bass. The lowest string (and hence the        lowest note) is the G just below middle C, then in ascending order        D, A and E. Sheet music for a violin almost always uses the G clef        (treble clef). Parts of the Violin The violin is a carefully made hollow wooden box, with a neck protruding        from the top, and a internal sound post connecting the front (belly)        and the back. The sides of the violin, curiously, are called ribs.        The belly is reinforced by an internal bass bar, which runs vertically        through the instrument underneath the lowest string. The        four violin strings run from a tailpiece attached to the base of the violin,        across an intricately carved wooden bridge, then upward just above        the fingerboard. At the top end of the fingerboard, the strings        cross the nut, a very small second bridge, mounted just slightly        above the fingerboard. They then enter the pegbox, where they are        wound around their tuning pegs , which are mounted sideways through        tightly fitting holes in the pegbox. The tip of the pegbox is ornamented        with a carved wooden scroll. The bridge of a violin has two purposes. First, it holds the strings        in an arched configuration, permitting each to be touched separately        by the bow. The bridge also transmits the sound vibrations of the        strings to the belly, from which they are transmitted to the back        by the sound post. >> See how a violin is made Materials of the Violin Generally the belly, the sound post, and the bass bar are made of        spruce, a light but strong softwood. The back, ribs, neck, pegbox,        scroll, and bridge are of maple, a hardwood. The choice of woods        is basically the same as in the piano, where a hardwood bridge is        attached to a spruce soundboard, mounted on a hardwood frame. The fingerboard of a violin is of ebony. Some old violins have        ivory fingerboards. Strings were originally made of gut. Such strings are still often        used in historically accurate performances of music from the 18th        century and earlier. However, they have a tendency to go out of        tune and snap more easily than modern strings, which are made from        metal. Modern A, D and G strings are usually metal-cored and wound        with metal for greater mass in order to vibrate at a lower pitch,        with the E (top) string being a metal mono-filament of steel. Synthetic        cored strings (wound with metal) are also employed today; they combine        some of the benefits of gut strings with greater longevity and tuning        stability. The hair of the bow is traditionally horse hair, although many        cheaper bows use synthetic material. The hair must be frequently        rubbed with rosin in order to grip the strings and cause them to        vibrate. Playing the Violin The violin is played by using the right hand to draw the bow at        right angles across one of the strings, near the bridge, causing        the string to vibrate. Pitch is controlled by selecting the string        that the bow contacts (by altering the vertical angle of the bow),        and by regulating the sounding length of that string by pressing        it down onto the fingerboard with one of the fingers of the left        hand. Fingering and Positions The placement of the fingers on the strings invokes no physical


What do ethnologists call people occupying most of North Africa, after one of Noah's sons who is, according to legend, their ancestor?

THE TABLE OF NATIONS THE TABLE OF NATIONS Click image to   enlarge    Shem Also Sem. Literal   meanings are named or renown (father of the Semitic races - Shemites). The sons of Shem were: (1) Elam "eternity" (sons were Shushan, Machul and Harmon) - (Elamites,   Persians); (2) Asshur "a step" or "strong" (sons were Mirus and   Mokil) - (Assyrians/Northern Iraqis); (3) Arphaxad "I shall fail" (sons were Shelach,   Anar and Ashcol) - (Chaldeans/Southern Iraqis,   Hebrews/Israelis/Jews1,   Arabians/Bedouins, Moabites/Jordanians/Palestinians, and related   groups); (4) Lud "strife" (sons were Pethor and Bizayon) -   (Ludim, Lubim, Ludians, Ludu, Lydians, Chubs, other related   groups in Asia Minor and North Africa); (5) Aram "exalted" (sons were Uz, Chul, Gather and   Mash) - (Aramaeans/Syrians, Lebanese, other related groups), and   remnant groups throughout Asia, the Middle East, and North   Africa. 1  Hebrews descended from Eber (Heber), a great-grandsons of Shem. Both   Sunnite Arabs and Jews are Semites and Hebrews. Six generations   after Heber, Abram (Abraham) was born, so Abraham was both a Hebrew   and a Semite, born of the line of Heber and Shem. Ishmael and Isaac   were born of Abraham. Sunnite Arabs (specifically Arabian Muslims)   consider themselves to be descendants of Ishmael, often calling   themselves Ishmaelites, and thus are both Semitic and Hebrews. Isaac   had twin sons named Esau and Jacob. Esau was firstborn, and thus had   the right to inheritance (as was custom), but instead sold his   birthright to Jacob during a time of hunger. Esau's name was changed   to Edom, and Jacob's name was changed to Israel.   The descendants of   Esau (Edom) became known as Edomites, and the descendants of Jacob   (Israel) became known as Israelites. Jacob fathered 12 sons which   became the twelve tribes of Israel. Those who interchange the words "Jew" and Israelite, call Abraham a Jew, though Abraham was not an   Israelite or a Jew. The word "Jew" is not used in the Bible until   nearly 1,000 years after Abraham. One of Jacob's (Israel's) children   was Judah (Hebrew "Yehudah"). His descendants were called Yehudim ("Judahites").   In Greek the name is Ioudaioi ("Judeans"). Most all Bible   translations use the word "Jew," which is a modern, shortened form   of the word "Judahite." A "Jew" in the Old Testament would be a "Judahite;" and a "Jew" in the New Testament would be a "Judean."   Ham Also Kham.   Literal meanings are hot, burnt or dark (father of the Mongoloid and Negroid races - Hamites).   He was the progenitor of: (1)  Canaan "down low" (sons were Zidon1,   Heth, Amori, Gergashi, Hivi, Arkee, Seni, Arodi, Zimodi and   Chamothi) - also Canaanites, Cana, Chna, Chanani, Chanana,   Canaana, Kana, Kenaanah, Kena'ani, Kena'an, Kn'nw, Kyn'nw,   Kinnahu, Kinahhi, Kinahni, Kinahna, Kinahne (Mongols, Chinese,   Japanese, Asians, Malayasians, AmerIndians2,   Eskimos, Polynesians, Pacific Islanders, related groups3); (2)  Cush "black" (sons were Seba, Havilah, Sabta,   Raama and Satecha) - also Chus, Kush, Kosh (Nubians, Ethiopians,   Sudanese, Ghanaians, Africans4,   Bushmen, Pygmies, Australian Aborignies, New Guineans, other   related groups); (3)  Mizraim "double straits" (sons were Lud, Anom,   Pathros, Chasloth and Chaphtor) - also Misraim, Mitzraim,   Mizraite, Mitsrayim (Egyptians, Copts); (4)  Phut "a bow" (sons were Gebul, Hadan, Benah and   Adan) - also Putaya, Putiya, Punt, Puta, Put, Libia, Libya   (Libyans, Cyrenacians, Tunisians, Berbers, Somalians, North   Africans, other related groups). Tribes in other parts of Africa, Arabia and Asia, aboriginal   groups in Australia, native Pacific Islanders, American Indians   and Eskimos were birthed from descendants of Canaan, Cush, Mizraim, and Phut. 1  Zidon (or Sidon)   and his descendants settled on the Mediterranean coast of   present-day Lebanon, then known as the land of Canaan. The Sidonians   called themselves Kena'ani, o


What was the name of the river, 200 m north of Rome, where returning generals disbanded their armies when returning from campaigns to keep order in or expand the Roman Empire?

The Early Republic Your browser does not support the IFRAME tag. �Early Republic� Chronology Please scroll down 510 Expulsion of the last Tarquinian king, Tarquinius Superbus. Brutus liberates Rome. Establishment of a republic headed by two praetors (later called consuls) elected annually 509 Treaty between Rome and Carthage Your browser does not support the IFRAME tag. 507 Consecration of the Temple of Jupiter on the Capitol 504 Migration of the Sabine Claudii clan to Rome 501 Appointment of the first dictator 496 Battle of Lake Regillus between Rome and Latin League 494 First secession of the plebeians on the Mons Sacer, several miles from Rome. Creation of the tribunes of the people. 493 Treaty with the Latins 491 Coriolanus impeached and condemned to exile 486 Wars with the Aequi and Volsci begin (continue with many intervals for the next fifty years) 482-474 War with Veii 479 Veii wins the Battle of Cremera 474 The Greek city-states in Italy win a naval battle at Cumae and crush Etruscan power in Campania 471 Creation of the concilium Plebis. Office of the tribunes officially recognized 457 Aequi win Battle at Mt. Algidus. Cincinnatus becomes dictator for sixteen days and rescues remaining Roman army c. 451 Decemvirs tyrants of Rome. Code of the Twelve Tables lays the basis for Roman law 449 Fall of the decemvirs. Powers of the tribunes defined. 447 Quaestors elected by the people 443 Censorship established 431 Decisive defeat of the Aequi at Mt. Algidus 428 Rome conquers Fidenae (from Veii) 421 Quaestors increased to four, open to plebeians c. 396 The Roman dictator Camillus conquers Veii, one of the principal Etruscan centers, after long siege. Introduction of military pay. Peace with the Volsci. 390 (or 387!) Romans defeated by the Gauls under Brennus at the Battle of Allia. Gauls sack Rome, only the Capitol is defended by the citizenry 388 Aequi defeated at Bola 386-5 Latins, Volsci and Hernici defeated 381 Tusculum conquered c. 378 Erection of the Roman city wall traditionally but erroneously credited to King Servius Tullius, who reigned two centuries earlier 377 Latins defeated after their capture of Satricum 367 Lex Liciniae Sextiae: Consulship restored, plebeians admitted to the office of consul 366 First plebeian consul 346 Defeat of Antium and Satricum 348 Treaty with the Carthaginians 343-1 First Samnite War, Romans occupy northern Campania 340-338 Latin War: Rome conquers the seaport of Antium 338 Latin League dissolved. Many cities granted full or partial citizenship 337 First plebeian praetor 334 Alexander of Macedon begins his eastward campaign 332 Treaty with Tarentum (possibly 303 BC) c. 330 Colony founded at Ostia 329 Privernum captured 328 Etruria and Campania annexed 326-304 Second Samnite War: Rome increases its influence in southernmost Italy 321 Samnites entrap and defeat Roman army at Caudine Forks. Romans forced to accept a truce. Rome surrenders Fregellae c. 320 Colonies founded: Luceria (314, Canusium (318), Alba Fucens (303), Carsioli (298), Minturnae (296), Sinuessa (296), thus extending Roman sway into Apulia, the Abruzzi, and southern Italy 315 Luceria captured. Samnite victory at Lautulae. Capua revolts and joins Samnites 314 Roman victory at Tarracina. Capua conquered 313 Fregellae and Sora captured 312 Censorship of Appius Claudius. Via Appia, connecting Rome and Capua, and Aqua Appia begun 310 Treaties with Cortona, Perusia and Arretium 307 Revolt of Hernici 306 Anagnia conquered and granted limited citizenship 304 Aequi defeated. Under the censor Fabius Maximus Rullianus landless new citizens are assigned to four tribes in the city 300 Lex Ogulnia: plebeians admitted to priestly offices 298-290 Third Samnite War: Rome becomes all-powerful in southern Italy 298 Rome captures Bovanium Vetus and Aufidena 295 Roman victory over Samnites, Gauls and Umbirnas at Sentinum 294 Samnite victory at near Luceria 293 Roman victory over Samnites at Aquilona 292 Falerii conquered 290 The Sabines submit to Roman rule and receive limited citizenship. Peace with Samnites. 287 Lex Hortensia: conflict


Which film, directed by Alfred Hitchcock and starring Robert Donat, begins and ends with public performances by The Memory Man in a London music hall?

Alfred Hitchcock I(b) Jail II(b) Dï¿½nouement The ï¿½overtureï¿½ states the theme very brilliantly: Hitchcock first builds up a scene by cutting, then shows analysis by camera movement. The opposition of what we might call ï¿½camï¿½ra-styloï¿½ and montage is the entire theme of the film, and the ï¿½half-casteï¿½ trapeze-artist villain is a gag. The trial sequence is loosely based on Dreyer, and the tennis-audience joke from Strangers on a Train appears here (compare the rapidity and deftness of Hitchcockï¿½s pan around the jury table with Langï¿½s similar shot of the students in The Testament of Dr. Mabuse). Sir Johnï¿½s investigation is the central achievement of the film. It is a landmark of cinema that may never have been equaled, or even attempted, by anyone including Hitchcock before Antonioni and Losey and Godard and Rouch, if then. It beggars description and deserves long study, as it resumes within itself the novelistï¿½s art in pictures that really are ï¿½worth a thousand words.ï¿½ This is a subtlety of camera work and acting that is surprising at every moment, with the camera moving from speaker to speaker, pausing on a gesture, moving in or out of a conversation, or standing motionless on one. Things become real as they are perceived, and change their existence as perception of them changes, or perception itself. The jail scene is pure Dreyer, a painterï¿½s copy, a direct study, employed dramatically (or even comically) as a foil, it might almost be said. The dï¿½nouement, including the circus scene, simply gives up the joke of this extraordinarily self-referential little masterpiece, which was so fruitful for Hitchcock and others (the visual dichotomy of Torn Curtain again finds a structural use for this study). Twelve Angry Men comes to mind. The overture, again, affirms Juno and the Paycock as a deliberate choice, Hitchcock uses sound offscreen to introduce matter not in evidence. A voiceover blends the accusedï¿½s state of mind with the play she acts in at that hour. Her trial is fanfared on by trumpets. A striking backstage scene, where the audience can only be heard, may have inspired a similar technique in one of Nabokovï¿½s plays, the jury speaks in choral unison at another point (an effect anticipating Nabokov in a play called The Event). The jailhouse colloquy allows an offcamera interlocutor.   The Skin Game Frankenheimerï¿½s President (Seven Days in May) has useful information on a plotter against the government and reaches for it at the moment of decision, Hitchcock films the consequences of a ï¿½skin gameï¿½ or total fleecing. Galsworthyï¿½s play is treated to a perfect alteration, lines are fitted to the cinema, a difference of technique. Hitchcockï¿½s real innovation with sound is most evident all at once in dialogue heard but not seen off-camera (or facing away from it), much satirical use of coughs and throat-clearing round the auction scene with its gag cue, and the ï¿½too-loudï¿½ Hornblower motor, etc. Critics have a persistent hallucination that this thoroughly characteristic film, which lies between Easy Virtue and The Paradine Case, is stylistically unimaginative and atypical, a ï¿½minorï¿½ or ï¿½lesserï¿½ work (or ï¿½hackworkï¿½). Most of them merely parrot what they have read, and so far from any lack of interest shown by the director, this is a signal work of Hitchcockï¿½s early period. Quite typically, spoken dialogue adds the element of action that frees the camera for more work in Hitchcockï¿½s line, and when the scene is bare you have the dialogue unsupported as in Frenzy at the park, a motion of suspense. A very brief view from a motorcar rounding a curve in the countryside is direct homage to Murnauï¿½s Sunrise.   Rich and Strange The first two minutes are a 180ï¿½ crane shot on complex action followed by fine silent comedy on an Underground train. The premise is established with an experiment in focus (background in, foreground out) followed by the lines of Shakespeare from which the title is taken, on the first of a series of title cards introducing the scenes. These are very


"The ""Zapruder film"" is famous for being a colour film of which event?"

Zapruder Camera Graphic Design     of above photo by Marcel     Dehaeseleer , 2005 Abraham Zapruder 8MM     JFK Assassination Camera And Film, 1963 A Sixteen Million Dollar Twenty-Eight Second 8 MM Film The most famous 8MM movie footage ever taken was shot by Dallas dress     manufacturer Abraham Zapruder of the John F. Kennedy assassination in     Dallas, Texas November 22nd 1963. This is the exact model of 8 MM camera     Abraham Zapruder used to shoot the film. The film was shot on top of a     concrete mound on the grassy knoll in Daily Plaza. It is a record of a     few seconds before the assassination, what happened to President Kennedy     during the assassination and a second or so after the assassination. The     Abraham Zapruder film is a mere 486 frames, just six feet of film celluloid     and lasts only 26 seconds. Watch     The Zapruder Film From A YouTube Video - Digital Versions. Zupruder sold the 26 second film for $150,000 to Time-Life. That was a     huge amount of money in 1963. Time-Life published some frames in Life     Magazine but for many years, would not permit most of the public to view     it. Zupruder     testified before the Warren Commission . Zapruder passed away in Dallas     on 30th August, 1970. The FBI has the original Abraham Zapruder camera on display (sometimes)     otherwise it's in the National Archives in Washington D.C. under     lock and key. The Zapruder film is 26 seconds long and is likely the most     famous 26 seconds of film, in American History. To the        right is the original camera with it's FBI evidence sticker on it        as it appears today. National Archives - Washington D.C.   Lightmeter: Built-in Dual Electric-Eye. Non-reflex viewfinder (parallax corrected and coupled with zoom.) The camera zooms from telephoto to wide angle.  It focuses from       6.0 feet to infinity.  The camera has built in haze filters.  The camera can adjust from f/1.8 to f/22 to accommodate all types       of film.  This     is the Spy And Private-Eye Museum's Display Of The Same Model Camera Used By Abraham Zapruder Abraham     Zapruder - Live On Local Dallas TV 1966     Interview With Abraham Zapruder The camera's Selection switch     on the side gives selections of Animation, Stop, Run, and Slow Motion.  Life Magazine       owned the original copy of the Zapruder film and it was somewhat suppressed       for many decades. Life Magazine originally published selected frames       from the film in a Life magazine issue dated November 25th, 1966 in       an article titled A Matter Of Reasonable Doubt. It was not until the       Jim Garrison trial of Claw Shaw that the complete film was viewed       in public. Over the years, it has caused a great deal of controversy.       Many assassination researchers has studied the film for decades and       many of them know each frame and frame number by heart. There have       been chapters on the film in hundreds of books on the Kennedy assassination       and several full length books about the film by itself. There has       also been dozens of videos and television specials done on the film. In October of 1964 Life Magazine     published an issue on the findings of the Warren Commission. On the front     cover and inside was more published frames from the Zupruder film. The     photo on the left is a copy of that 1964 magazine. The photo on the right     is the issue Life Magazine did that contained a few frames from the Zupruder     Film the week after the assassination. The public did not see the     complete Zapruder film until it was broadcast March 6th, 1975 on Good     Night America with with Geraldo Rivera, on ABC. That was 12 years after     the event. Over the years, there had been numerous bootlegged copies of     the film that assassination researchers could obtain


What word best describes a triangle where one angle is greater than 90 degrees?

High School Trigonometry/Angles in Triangles - Wikibooks, open books for an open world High School Trigonometry/Angles in Triangles From Wikibooks, open books for an open world 9 Vocabulary The word trigonometry derives from two Greek words meaning triangle and measure. As you will learn throughout this chapter, trigonometry involves the measurement of angles, both in triangles, and in rotation (e.g, like the hands of a clock.) Given the important of angles in the study of trigonometry, in this lesson we will review some important aspects of triangles and their angles. We’ll begin by categorizing different kinds of triangles. Categorize triangles by their sides and angles. Determine the measures of angles in triangles using the triangle angle sum. Determine whether or not triangles are similar. Solve problems using similar triangles. Triangles and Their Interior Angles[ edit ] Formally, a triangle is defined as a 3−sided polygon. This means that a triangle has 3 sides, all of which are (straight) line segments. We can categorize triangles either by their sides, or by their angles. The table below summarizes the different types of triangles. Table 1.6: Types of triangles Name A triangle with three equal sides and three congruent angles. This type of triangle is acute Isosceles A triangle with two equal sides and two equal angles. An equilateral triangle is also isosceles. Scalene A triangle with no pairs of equal sides. Right A triangle with one 90° angle. It is not possible for a triangle to have more than one 90° angle (see below). Acute A triangle in which all three angles measure less than 90°. Obtuse A triangle in which one angle is greater than 90°. It is not possible for a triangle to have more than one obtuse angle (see below). In the following example, we will categorize specific triangles. Example 1 Determine which category best describes the triangle: a. A triangle with side lengths 3, 7, and 8. b. A triangle with side lengths 5, 5, and 5. c. A triangle with side lengths 3, 4, and 5. Solution: a. This is a scalene triangle. b. This is an equilateral, or equiangular triangle. It is also acute. c. This is a scalene triangle, but it is also a right triangle. While there are different types of triangles, all triangles have one thing in common: the sum of the interior angles in a triangle is always 180°. You can see why this true if you remember that a straight line forms a "straight angle", which measures 180°. Now consider the diagram below, which shows the triangle ABC, and a line drawn through vertex B, parallel to side AC. Below the figure is a proof of the triangle angle sum. If we consider sides AB and CB as transversals between the parallel lines, then we can see that angle A and angle 1 are alternate interior angles. Similarly, angle C and angle 2 are alternate interior angles. Therefore angle A and angle 1 are congruent, and angle C and angle 2 are congruent. Now note that angles 1, 2, and B form a straight line. Therefore the sum of the three angles is 180°. We can complete the proof using substitution: m {\displaystyle m\angle 1+m\angle B+m\angle 2=180} m 180 {\displaystyle m\angle A+m\angle B+m\angle C=180} We can use this result to determine the measure of the angles of a triangle. In particular, if we know the measures of two angles, we can always find the third. Example 3 Find the measures of the missing angles. a. A triangle has two angles that measures 30° and 50°. b. A right triangle has an angle that measures 30°. c. An isosceles triangle has an angle that measures 50°. Solution: The triangle is a right triangle, which means that one angle measures 90°. So we have: 180 − 90 − 30 = 60 c. 50° and 80°, or 65° and 65° There are two possibilities. First, if a second angle measures 50°, then the third angle measures 80° as 180 − 50 − 50 = 80. In the second case, the 50° angle is not one of the congruent angles. In this case, the sum of the other two angles is 180 − 50 = 130. Therefore the two angles each measure 65°. Notice that information about the angles of a triangle does not tell us the lengths of


Which Venezuelan river has the same name as a Womble?

Search Detail Colombia and Venezuela Colombia Colombia is the fourth-largest country in South America and the twenty-sixth-largest country in the world. It has the third-largest population in Latin America, behind those of Brazil and Mexico. Before the advent of the Spanish, Colombia was not a defined country with set borders. However, after the Spanish arrived in 1499, they called the new land the Viceroyalty of New Granada, which comprised Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Panama. When Colombia won its freedom from Spain in 1819, the country took the name Gran Colombia. Gran Colombia was much bigger than Colombia is today, because it included Panama, Venezuela, and Ecuador. Gran Colombia collapsed in 1830 after the secession of Venezuela and Ecuador and emerged as the Republic of New Granada, which still included Panama. In 1858, its name changed to the Granadine Confederation, and in 1863, it changed to the United States of Colombia. In 1886, it took its present name, the Republic of Colombia. Only in 1903 did Panama sever its ties to Colombia with the assistance and intervention of the United States. Music of Colombia: Cumbia & Vallenato Colombia has also a rich musical culture. Cumbia is Colombia's national dance-music. Another very popular folk music in Colombia is vallenato. In 2006, cumbia and vallenato were added as categories in the Latin American Grammy Awards. Cumbia originated in the northern regions of Colombia, especially the Caribbean coast, and it blended Amerindian and African musical elements and dance with Spanish instruments and music. Along the Atlantic coastal region, cumbia, which was originally a courtship dance practiced by slaves, influenced and mixed with other local Colombian music styles such as bullerengue, champeta, mapale, porro, and puya. Contemporary cumbia is generally in 4/4. The European influence shows in the instruments that are used in the music: acoustic six-string guitars, bass guitar, accordion, and an array of percussion instruments, including modern deep-toned drums. Variations of cumbia have influenced folk music from Panama as well as the dance music of Argentina and Peru. Cumbia has become very popular throughout Latin America, and it is particularly well loved in Mexico. Vallenato (meaning "born in the valley") developed in the city of Valledupa, in the northeastern part of Colombia's Caribbean region. Colombian farmers initiated this folk music form, which served as a way of disseminating news as well as a form of entertainment. They often accompanied their folk melodies with guitars and a wind instrument very similar to a flute, which they called a gaita (not to be confused with the Venezuelan folk music style of the same name). Another important instrument used in vallenato folk music is the caja (meaning "box" in Spanish), a membranophone drum. The caja developed from the African slaves' tambora drum. The traditional caja has a cowskin membrane that is tightened with ropes at the top of an elliptical cylinder made of wood approximately twelve inches in height. The drum is similar to a conga but shorter. The modern version of the caja does not include ropes to hold the membrane in place, but a metal frame that is bolted to the skin and wooden base. A popular instrument used in vallenato folk music during the mid-twentieth century was the guacharaca, an indefinitely pitched percussion instrument that served as the backbone of the music, providing a steady pulse. The guacharaca consists of two pieces, a cane-like trunk and a tube part. The primary part is a trunk from a small palm tree about as thick as a broomstick and as long as a violin. Parts of its interior are hollowed out, and ridges are carved into the outer surface. The tube part is scraped at its surface with a scraper that looks like a large fork or hair brush and has approximately eight metal wire tongues protruding from its wide wooden handle. The guacharaca was originally used to imitate the sounds of singing birds by the Tairona people. The accordion is also used to accompany vallenato, if a farmer or folk


Who invented a system of cartography whereby lines of latitude and longitude are drawn at right angles?

Maps Review Questions Introduction The purpose of a map is to show the world at a smaller scale so that we are able to get a sense of where things are located in relation to one another, and that we can have a better understanding of different patterns in geographical space. The first known map has been dated to approximately 2500 B.C.E. and was found in Babylonia or present day Iraq . The map was drawn on a clay tablet in cuneiform style and showed land boundaries most likely used to keep peace among landowners. However, many believe that the first map was drawn much earlier, perhaps drawn in the sand as a representation of the surrounding landscape.   Mental maps were the first maps. These maps are formed in our heads. We form mental maps from two sources of information: 1) they are a direct perception of the environment where we live, and 2) they appear from maps that have been drawn previously. We all have a mental atlas of shapes of states and countries. Mental maps come into play everyday. We use our mental maps when we walk around campus to find where our next class is or when we are driving in the city.   From 250 B.C. to 100 C.E., the Greeks made major advancements in understanding how to represent the world. Two specific individuals, Eratosthenes and Ptolemy, greatly contributed to geography and cartography. Eratosthenes wanted to determine the circumference of the Earth. Around 250 B.C.E., knowing that the city of Aswan in Egypt knowing that the city had perfectly perpendicular rays of the sun on a particular day, he determined the angle of inclination further north in Alexandria to be seven and one half degrees -- about 1/50th of a circle (360 degrees).  Then he found the distance of the two cities ( Alexandria and Aswan ) to be 500 miles. He then multiplied the distance between the two cities to arrive at an Earth's circumference of about 46,000 km. The actual measurement is 40,000 km, or 25,000 miles. These calculations would be lost from 300 C.E. to 1400 C.E. Ptolemy, however, probably made the most important contributions to cartography. Ptolemy developed a book titled Geographia that held all the knowledge the Greeks learned about the Earth. He also suggested a map projection system and a way to section the Earth to create larger scale maps. In sectioning the Earth, Ptolemy is the founder of latitude and longitude.   Although the abundance of map knowledge was growing, many beliefs about the Earth were lost in the Dark Ages.  In the Renaissance in the 1400s, some of the Greek writings had been found. Ptolemy's Geographia was one of those documents and was widely distributed in printed form and became "the bible" for all explorers in the 1400s. Latitude and Longitude Latitude and longitude are lines that are used to help represent a spherical coordinate system.  A spherical coordinate system is a 3D extension a flat coordinate system (e.g., cartesian or polar).  The x-axis appears horizontally and the y-axis appears vertically.  Lines of longitude correspond to coordinates along the x-axis and measure how far east or west you go from the Prime Meridian.  Lines of latitude (corresponding to the y-axis) measure how far north or south from the Equator. Lines of latitude (or parallels) are measured from zero to ninety degrees north or south of the equator. The equator is at zero degrees, the North Pole is 90 degrees north, and the South Pole is 90 degrees south. Lines of longitude go from 180 degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian, which is at zero degrees longitude. Lines of latitude are parallel and get shorter as they approach the poles, while Lines of longitude converge at the poles and are the same length. If you follow the equator, one degree is approximately equal to sixty-nine miles. This only occurs on the equator. The distance between a degree of longitude at 60 degrees north or south of the equator, is half of 69 miles. Since latitude and longitude lines are invisible lines going around the Earth, finding the lines of longitude was difficult for sailors. The chronometer was then invented to hel


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Macclesfield Pub Quiz League: February 2016 Macclesfield Pub Quiz League All questions set by the Dolphin Dragons And Vetted by the Harrington B & the Cock-a-2 (thoroughly – thanks!) 4. Shakespeare’s Heroines (Don’t Panic!) 5. Science (and Technology) Round 1: Children’s Favourites 1. Who wrote the Five Find-outer books? Enid Blyton 2. On children’s TV, Charlie has a little sister. Who? Lola 3. Who sang “I’m a pink toothbrush”, a favourite on Children’s Favourites? Max Bygraves 4. And who owned a magic piano? Sparky 5. Lala and Tinky Winky were two of the Teletubbies. Name one of the others. Po and Dipsy 6 Who wrote Five Children and It? E. Nesbit 7. Mary Lennox is the heroine of which book by Frances Hodgson Burnett? The Secret Garden 8. Anthony Buckridge wrote a series of books about which schoolboy, who is named in the all the titles Jennings 9.For which famous children’s favourite were Mary Tourtel, and then Alfred Bestall, responsible? Rupert the Bear 10. What was the name of the housekeeper in the Brown’s household in the Paddington Bear stories? Mrs Bird. 1.What is the real meaning of Unready, in Ethelred the Unready? Refusing to take advice (un-rede-y) Accept an answer which conveys this meaning! 2.Which Turkish leader inspired the troops of the Ottoman Empire at Gallipolli in 1915, and later led his nation, introducing many modernisations? Mustafa Kemel aka Kemel Attaturk 3.What was the title of the highest official in Ancient (Republican) Rome? Two were elected annually. Consul 4.Which ancient Roman town was destroyed along with Pompeii by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79AD? Herculaneum 5. The subject of much scorn from Churchill, who was the Taoiseach (Prime Minister) of Ireland during World War II? Eamonn De Valera 6.What part of the body was covered by the piece of armour called a coif? The head (it was a sort of under-helmet, or occasionally helmet, usually of chain mail) 7.Which country fought the Winter War of 1939-40, against the USSR? Finland 8.Which English king was nicknamed Lackland? John Supplementaries What was the job of a reeve, in medieval England? A sort of farm-manager (Slightly lower than a bailiff, and the term could be used for a minor court official) What, in medieval England, was a houpellande? A robe, a sort of overdress Round 3: Arts and Entertainment 1. Which Gilbert and Sullivan opera is subtitled “the Peer and the Peri”? Iolanthe 2. In Pride and Prejudice who (eventually) marries Lydia Bennett? George Wickham 3. In which Dickens’ novel is the heroine called Estella? Great Expectations 4. Which 60’s group was famous for parodies of such songs as the Supremes’ Baby Love? The Barron Knights 5. Where has Boy George recently succeeded Sir Tom Jones? The Voice (BBC TV) 6. Which other famous composer was born in the same year as Bach and Scarlatti (1685)? Handel 7. What was the name of the 2014 film starring Benedict Cumberbach as Alan Turing? The Imitation Game 8. Who took over from Matt Smith as the Doctor in Dr Who? Peter Capaldi Supplementaries Who is the only chart act to appear twice in the top 10 of best selling UK singles of all time? Boney M Who has been the Doctor in Doctor Who, Margery Allingham’s detective Campion in the TV series of that name, and a vet in all Creatures Great and Small? Peter Davison Round 4: Shakespeare’s Heroines (Don’t Panic!) All the questions in this round concern women who share their first names with Shakespearean heroines 1.Which poet had a muse called Beatrice? Dante. 2.In Call the Midwife, Miranda Hart plays Camilla Noakes. By what nickname is the character better known? Chummy 3.Who wrote about a private detective, Cordelia Grey, in the book “An Unsuitable Job for a Woman”? PD James 4.Who does Hermione marry in the Harry Potter books? Ron Weasley 5.The actress, Helena Bonham Carter is the great-granddaughter of which Prime Minister? HH Asquith 6.In the late 15th century, Ferdinand and Isabella ruled Spain jointly. Of which region of Spain was Isabella queen in her own right? Castille 7.Cate Blanchett played which character in the films of Lord of the R