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[DOC] [TLE] Star Wars Glossary: Jedi Master - About.com EntertainmentJedi Master - Star Wars Glossary [PAR] Star Wars Glossary [PAR] Star Wars Glossary: Jedi Master [PAR] Jedi Master Yoda in Episode II. Lucasfilm Ltd. [PAR] Sci-Fi & Fantasy Expert [PAR] By Amelia Hill [PAR] Definition: A Jedi Master, as the name implies, is one who has attained mastery of the Force. Although the first Jedi Master to appear was Obi-Wan Kenobi in A New Hope , the title wasn't explicitly used until Luke trained under Yoda in The Empire Strikes Back . [PAR] In-universe: Jedi Master was the highest rank in the Jedi Order, and as such was reserved for the most talented. A Jedi Master needed not only superior combat skills, but superior knowledge and wisdom in the ways of the Force . Even Jedi as powerful as Anakin Skywalker might not become Jedi Masters if the Council felt they were not mature and balanced enough. [PAR] During the periods when the Jedi Council had centralized control over the Order -- most of the time between 4,000 BBY and the Jedi Purge -- the Council had strict standards of who could become a Jedi Master. The most common test was to train more than one Padawan to Knighthood. The Council could also bestow the title of Master on someone who passed a significant Trial, much like the Jedi Trials to become a Jedi Knight, or performed an extraordinary service for the Republic. [PAR] continue reading below our video [PAR] Highest Paid Female Actors Ever [PAR] With the exception of Anakin Skywalker (and, temporarily, Ki-Adi-Mundi), one had to be a Jedi Master to get a seat on the Jedi Council. [PAR] Before 4,000 BBY and after Luke Skywalker reestablished the Jedi Order, the process of Jedi training was much more informal and decentralized. In the early days of the Jedi Order, Jedi Knights would declare themselves Jedi Masters once they felt they deserved it, particularly after fighting the Sith. This had great potential for abuse and was strongly discouraged by the Jedi Council. [PAR] Luke declared himself a Jedi Master before starting his Jedi Academy, since there was no Jedi Council at the time to give him the title. This action drew criticism, however, because Luke had only trained for a few years. The standard of training apprentices to Knighthood was not generally used in the New Jedi Order; instead, Jedi gained the title of Master either based on Luke's personal assessment of their skill or because of their extraordinary service to the New Republic. [PAR] Read More[DOC] [TLE] Every Jedi Ever - IGNEvery Jedi Ever - IGN [PAR] IGN [PAR] Every Jedi Ever: The Force Awakens Edition [PAR] Every Jedi Ever: The Force Awakens Edition [PAR] More From Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace [PAR] More From Star Wars: Episode IV -- A New Hope [PAR] More From Dragon Ball Z [PAR] More From Star Wars Rebels [PAR] More From Star Wars: The Clone Wars [PAR] More From Star Wars: Episode IV -- A New Hope [PAR] More From Star Wars: The Force Awakens [PAR] More From Star Wars: Return of the Jedi [PAR] More From Star Wars: The Force Awakens [PAR] More From Star Wars: The Force Awakens [PAR] More From Star Wars: The Force Awakens [PAR] More From Star Wars: Episode VI -- Return of the Jedi [PAR] More From Star Wars: The Clone Wars [PAR] More From Star Wars: Episode I -- The Phantom Menace [PAR] Next [PAR] Every Jedi Ever [PAR] Share. [PAR] Feel the Force around you with our timeline detailing every Jedi Knight ever in the Star Wars canon universe! [PAR] By Scott Collura [PAR] For over a thousand generations the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic… [PAR] The Jedi have inspired our imaginations for decades now, from the early days of Luke, Obi-Wan and Yoda, through the Prequel adventures where we saw the Jedi Order in their prime, and on into the excellent Clone Wars animated series and beyond. And now, of course, we have an entirely new chapter in the history of the Jedi with the arrival of a new trilogy starting with The Force Awakens. [PAR] In tribute to these iconic figures, we’ve retrieved from the holocrons of the Jedi Archives | In the Star Wars universe, what rank falls between Padawan and Jedi Master? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Valance Types Explained - Yorkshire LinenValance Types Explained [PAR] Valance Types Explained [PAR] What's The Difference Between A Platform Valance and a Fitted Valance Sheet? [PAR] We're often asked 'what's the difference between a platform valance and a fitted valance sheet?'. In fact, the purchase of the wrong option by mistake is one of the most common reasons for product exchanges here at Yorkshirelinen.com, so here's a quick guide to the difference between the two to help you avoid making the same mistake: [PAR] [PAR] Platform valances [PAR] A platform valance (also known as a base valance) goes under your mattress and covers the base of the bed only. The skirt of the valance then drops to the floor. The drop of our platform valances is 16"/ 40.5cm. With platform valances you need a separate sheet to cover the mattress. [PAR] [PAR] Fitted Valance Sheets [PAR] Fitted valance sheets go over your mattress like a fitted sheet but instead of only covering the mattress they have a skirt that drops all the way to the floor. Essentially a fitted valance sheet does the job of a fitted sheet and a platform valance at the same time. Our fitted valance sheets have a sheet depth of 9”/23cm and a drop of 16”/40.5cm. [PAR] Processing your request [PAR] At times of high demand this may take a moment [PAR] Please be patient [PAR] Sign up to receive our [PAR] Newsletter [PAR] Sign up to receive our newsletter [PAR] Submit [PAR] For your chance to strike a substantial discount simply do the following. [PAR] Place 2 or more different products into your shopping basket. [PAR] You can then make your own bid as to what you want to pay! [PAR] We may accept your offer or make a counter proposal! [PAR] You can have 3 attempts to strike a deal and get a great additional discount [PAR] Enjoy haggling with our virtual trader and good luck![DOC] [TLE] Fitted, Flat, Valance Sheets and Pillow Cases – Tagged ...Fitted, Flat, Valance Sheets and Pillow Cases – Tagged "Type_Fitted Sheet" – The Cosy Bedding Company [PAR] Pillow Case (Pair) [PAR] Fitted, Flat, Valance Sheets and Pillow Cases [PAR] Luxury Egyptian Cotton and Polyester Fitted, Flat, Valance Sheets & Pillow Case. Our Soft combed cotton Blend has 180 threads per square inch And Has A Fine Soft Luxurious Feel. [PAR] Sort by[DOC] [TLE] Bed Sheets | Flat & Fitted Sheets | DunelmBed Sheets | Flat & Fitted Sheets | Dunelm [PAR] Load more results [PAR] Bed Sheets [PAR] Get good quality bedding that lasts, whether you are looking for fitted bed sheets with elasticated corners, or flat sheets for perfect folding and tucking, we have an impressive variety of colours and sizes to suit your bedroom decor and match your needs. If it's luxury, comfort and elegance you are looking for we recommend treating yourself to the Hotel 100% Egyptian cotton fitted or flat sheet. [PAR] We offer a selection of brushed cotton sheets , as well as high quality brands such as Dorma for a true sense of luxury and indulgent softness. You may also enjoy the versatile properties of our flannelette or cotton sheets , designed to keep you cool during the hotter months yet warm once the weather becomes colder. Put a stop to ill-fitting bedding and late night scrambles to get it back on the bed with our range of deep fitted sheets . Perfect for those with a topper or thicker mattress to make sure everything stays tucked in tight. [PAR] You can also create a sumptuous sleeping place for your baby or toddler, with our range of baby bedding and childrens bedding including our range of flannelette sheets to ensure your little ones get a peaceful night sleep on the softest material. [PAR] Newsletter sign up[DOC] [TLE] Easy Care Bed Sheets - Fitted Sheets, Flat Sheets to ...Easy Care Bed Sheets - Fitted Sheets, Flat Sheets to Valance Sheets with Sheet Type: Fitted Valance Sheet and size: Superking [PAR] Easy Care Bed Sheets [PAR] Easy Care Luxury Polycotton Sheets in Madison Blue [PAR] £5.99 [PAR] Easy Care Luxury Polycotton Sheets in Navy [PAR] £4.99 [PAR] Easy Care Luxury Polycotton Sheets in Aqua [PAR] £5.99 [PAR] Easy Care Luxury Polycotton Sheets in Heather [PAR] £5.99 [PAR] Easy Care Luxury Polycotton Sheets in Teal [PAR] | Valance, fitted and flat are all types of what? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Lee Majors - Hollywood Star Walk - Los Angeles TimesLee Majors - Hollywood Star Walk - Los Angeles Times [PAR] Hollywood Star Walk [PAR] Born April 23, 1939 in Wyandotte, MI [PAR] Lee Majors had his first big break on the TV western “The Big Valley” in the 1960s and his last big role as the stuntman at the center of “The Fall Guy” in the ’80s, but it was playing Col. Steve Austin on “The Six Million Dollar Man” from 1974 to 1978 that made him a pop culture touchstone. [PAR] Majors played an astronaut, “a man barely alive” after crashing in a test flight vehicle, who was rebuilt with electronics. As the show’s intro stated, “We can make him better than he was before. Better, stronger, faster.” With a new arm, eye and pair of legs, Austin employed his superhuman abilities as a government agent. [PAR] Off the screen, Majors had another claim to fame: From 1973 to 1982, he was married to Farrah Fawcett (his second wife, of an eventual four), and with her starring in the hit “Charlie’s Angels,” the two formed a true TV power couple. Fawcett’s “Charlie’s Angels” contract even stated that she had to be home by 6:30 nightly to make dinner for Majors. Though their marriage ended in divorce, when Fawcett died in 2009, Majors called her “an angel on earth and, now, an angel forever.” [PAR] — Scott Sandell for the Los Angeles Times Feb. 25, 2010 [PAR] More stars in... [PAR] Share a thought about Lee Majors [PAR] Did you ever meet Lee Majors? Share your memory. [PAR] Which other stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame have connections to Lee Majors? [PAR] Are other places in the world important to Lee Majors? [PAR] Does Lee Majors deserve this star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? [PAR] If you enter anything in this field your comment will be treated as spam [PAR] Name[DOC] [TLE] Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar ManSteve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man [PAR] Steve Austin, the Six Million Dollar Man [PAR] Real Name: Colonel Steve Austin [PAR] Identity/Class: Cyborg [PAR] Occupation: Secret agent; former astronaut [PAR] Affiliations: OSI; Jaime Sommers (a.k.a. the Bionic Woman ); Oscar Goldman; Rudy Wells; Bigfoot [PAR] Enemies: Barney Miller (a.k.a. The Seven Million Dollar Man); Bigfoot [PAR] Known Relatives: Jaime Sommers (wife) [PAR] Aliases: None [PAR] First Appearance: Cyborg (novel by Martin Caidin) [PAR] Other Appearances: Six Million Dollar Man (TV series), Bionic Woman (TV series) [PAR] Powers/Abilities:Thanks to his bionic limbs Steve can run at around sixty miles an hour, and lift weights impossible for normal men. His a bionic eye grants him telescopic vision. [PAR] History: "Steve Austin, astronaut, a man barely alive. Gentlemen, we can rebuild him, we have the technology. We have the capability to make the worlds first Bionic Man. Steve Austin will be that man. Better than he was before. Better. Stronger. Faster." [PAR] Steve Austin was a former astronaut who was severely injured when his experimental plane crashed. He lost his legs, his right arm and his left eye in the crash, and his life was only saved by extensive bionic surgery, performed at the behest of the U.S. government, who were looking for a test subject for the new technology. Now equipped with state of the art mechanical replacements for his missing appendages, he works as a special operative for The Office of Scientific Intelligence (OSI), a covert branch of the US government. [PAR] During his adventures he encountered a number of unusual threats, including the rogue Seven Million Dollar Man, Barney Miller, and Bigfoot, a bionic android working for aliens. He reported to Oscar Goldman, and was romantically involved with Jaime Sommers, the Bionic Woman . [PAR] Comments:Played by Lee Majors in the long-running TV show, based on the novel. Oscar was played by Richard Anderson. In the forthcoming movie adaption he will be played by Jim | Played by Lee Majors, Steve Austin, astronaut, A man barely alive, becomes who? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] The Legend of Sleepy Hollow : Washington Irving ...The Legend of Sleepy Hollow : Washington Irving : 9781612930985 [PAR] The Legend of Sleepy Hollow [PAR] Paperback [PAR] Add to basket Add to wishlist [PAR] Description [PAR] "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a short story by Washington Irving contained in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., written while he was living in Birmingham, England, and first published in 1820. With Irving's companion piece "Rip Van Winkle," "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is among the earliest examples of American fiction still read today. PLOT The story is set circa 1790 in the Dutch settlement of Tarry Town (based on Tarrytown, New York), in a secluded glen called Sleepy Hollow. It tells the story of Ichabod Crane, a lean, lanky, and extremely superstitious schoolmaster from Connecticut, who competes with Abraham "Brom Bones" Van Brunt, the town rowdy, for the hand of 18-year-old Katrina Van Tassel, the daughter and sole child of a wealthy farmer, Baltus Van Tassel. As Crane leaves a party he attended at the Van Tassel home on an autumn night, he is pursued by the Headless Horseman, who is supposedly the ghost of a Hessian trooper who had his head shot off by a stray cannonball during "some nameless battle" of the American Revolutionary War, and who "rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his head." Ichabod mysteriously disappears from town, leaving Katrina to marry Brom Bones, who was "to look exceedingly knowing whenever the story of Ichabod was related." Although the nature of the Headless Horseman is left open to interpretation, the story implies that the Horseman was really Brom Bones in disguise. BACKGROUND The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving: hard bound book with a flowered silk cover and gold foil lettering, printed circa 1907. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow was based on a German folktale, set in the Dutch culture of Post-Revolutionary War in New York State. The original folktale was recorded by Karl Musaus. An excerpt of Musaus: The headless horseman was often seen here. An old man who did not believe in ghosts told of meeting the headless horseman coming from his trip into the Hollow. The horseman made him climb up behind. They rode over bushes, hills, and swamps. When they reached the bridge, the horseman suddenly turned into a skeleton. He threw the old man into the brook and sprang away over the treetops with a clap of thunder. The denouement of the fictional tale is set at the bridge over the Pocantico River in the area of the Old Dutch Church and Burying Ground in Sleepy Hollow. The characters of Ichabod Crane and Katrina Van Tassel may have been based on local residents known to the author. The character of Katrina is thought to have been based upon Eleanor Van Tassel Brush, in which case her name is derived from that of Eleanor's aunt Catriena Ecker Van Tessel. Irving, while he was an aide-de-camp to New York Gov. Daniel D. Tompkins, met an army captain named Ichabod Crane in Sackets Harbor, New York during an inspection tour of fortifications in 1814. He may have borrowed the name from the captain and patterned the character in "The Legend" after Jesse Merwin, who taught at the local schoolhouse in Kinderhook, further north along the Hudson River, where Irving spent several months in 1809. The story was the longest one published as part of The Sketch Book, which Irving issued using the pseudonym "Geoffrey Crayon" in 1820. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" follows a tradition of folk tales and poems involving a supernatural wild chase, including Robert Burns's Tam O' Shanter (1790), and Burger's Der wilde Jager, translated as The Wild Huntsman (1796). (from the Wikipedia article "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," licensed under CC-BY-SA.)" show more [PAR] Product details [PAR] 137.16 x 213.36 x 7.62mm | 90.72g [PAR] Publication date[DOC] [TLE] The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories by ...The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories by Washington Irving - | What is the name of the scrawny, superstitious schoolmaster who is pursued by the Headless Horseman in the Washington Irving story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Maine Coon Cat | Cat Breeds | PetfinderMaine Coon Cat | Cat Breeds | Petfinder [PAR] Maine Coon Cat [PAR] See more adoptable Maine Coon cats available on Petfinder [PAR] Watch Video About Maine Coon Cats [PAR] Cats 101: Maine Coon [PAR] Maine Coon Cat Personality [PAR] No breed has a monopoly on love and affection, but there's got to be some good reason that the Maine Coon has clawed his way up from near extinction to the prized place of America's second most popular breed (according to the CFA's registration totals). Maine Coon fanciers say that the popularity is due to the breed's large size, intelligence, luxuriant coat, hardy disposition, and devotion to their human family. [PAR] While Maine Coons are devoted, playful, and loving to their chosen humans, they can be reserved around people with whom they're not familiar. Given time, however, even the most cautious adapt. As befits a former seafarer, Maine Coons are fascinated by water, perhaps because their thick coats are water-repellent and won't become annoyingly soaked as easily as a thinner coat would. [PAR] Maine Coon Cat Breed Traits [PAR] One of the largest domestic breeds, male Maine Coons weigh in at 12 to 18 pounds, while the females fall into a 'petite' 10 to 14 pound range. Slow to mature, the Maine Coon takes three to four years to fully develop. Although brown tabby is the most common color and pattern, Maine Coons come in a wide variety of colors. [PAR] The heavy all-weather coat, shorter on the shoulders and longer on the stomach and britches, makes the cat appear larger than he really is. The texture is smooth and silky rather than cottony, so the coat doesn't mat as easily as the coats of some long haired breeds. Breeders usually recommend a twice-weekly combing with a good steel comb. [PAR] Interested in the history of the Maine Coon cat breed? [PAR] Maine Coons, like American Shorthairs, are considered native to America because they've been on this continent since the colonial days, and perhaps longer. How they got here in the first place and where their progenitors came from, however, is anyone's guess, since none of the local colonists happened by with their camcorders to record the event. [PAR] Many imaginative stories exist about the origin of the breed (some more believable than others), but hard proof is as elusive as a cat at bathtime. One story alleges that the breed is a raccoon/domestic cat hybrid, thus the name Maine Coon. Even though both raccoons and Maine Coons have lush, long tails and the tendency to dunk their food into their drinking water, such a union is biologically impossible. [PAR] Another anecdote, unlikely but at least possible, holds that the Maine Coon was produced by bobcat/domestic cat trysts, which would explain the ear and toe tufts and the impressive size of the breed. [PAR] A more imaginative story claims that Maine Coons are descendants of long haired cats belonging to Marie Antoinette. The Queen's cats and other belongings were smuggled to America by a captain named Clough, who was preparing to rescue the Queen from her rendezvous with the guillotine. Unfortunately, the Queen lost her head and the cats ended up staying with Clough in Maine. [PAR] Last, but not least, is the tale of a sea captain named Coon who in the 1700s brought long haired cats with him on his excursions to America?s northeastern coast. [PAR] This last story has at least a ring of truth. Seafarers who used cats to control rodent populations on their sailing ships probably brought some long haired buccaneers with them to the New World. Some of the cats went ashore when they reached the northeastern coast and established themselves on the farms and in the barns of the early settlers. Given Maine's severe climate, those initial years must have been tough on cat and human alike. Only the breed's strongest and most adaptable survived. Through natural selection, the Maine Coon developed into a large, rugged cat with a dense, water-resistant coat and a hardy constitution. [PAR] Regardless of where the breed came from, the Maine Coon was one of the first breeds to | The Maine Coon is a breed of what popular pet? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] company shares - how do they work - Duportcompany shares - how do they work [PAR] understand the process [PAR] company shares - what are they [PAR] A share is a token of ownership, and each one represents a vote in the company concerned. Any individual shareholder can have just one, or many. [PAR] what do they do? [PAR] As every share counts as a vote in the company, the more shares you have the more votes you have - for example, a person with 5 shares can out-vote a person with 4 shares. [PAR] The proportions of these votes depend on how many shares you have issued. For example, if you issue 100 shares and have two shareholders with 50 shares each this is exactly the same as issuing 10 shares and each shareholder having 5. [PAR] We do not advise you to issue many shares, as the number of shares increase your liability. [PAR] Shares may also carry the right to dividend and may allow the individual shareholder to benefit from the sale of the company. [PAR] what are they worth? [PAR] Each share has a "nominal value" (usually £1) but that has no bearing on the true value of the share or of the company. For instance, a company with a "nominal capital" of £1,000 represented by 1,000 shares may be sold for £200,000, in which case those 'nominal' £1 shares would have a 'real' value of £200 each. [PAR] what is a dividend? [PAR] Dividend is a payment made to the shareholders of a company in proportion to the number of shares held. Dividends are not paid automatically; it is the decision of the board of directors whether a dividend will be paid in a particular year, and how much dividend will be paid per share. This decision will normally be made on the basis of the company's profits. [PAR] who can own shares in a limited company? [PAR] Anyone can hold shares in a limited company, including people who also work in the company and receive a salary. [PAR] who can own shares in a private limited company? [PAR] A private company is normally restricted to issuing shares to its members, to staff and their families and to debenture holders. However, by private arrangement, the company may issue shares to anyone it chooses. Shares in a private limited company may only be sold or transferred with the permission of the directors. [PAR] what are the different share types? [PAR] ordinary: As the name suggests these are the ordinary shares of the company with no special rights or restrictions. They may be divided into classes of different value. [PAR] preference: These shares normally carry a right that any annual dividends available for distribution will be paid preferentially on these shares before other classes. [PAR] differential share rights/values: Differential share rights/values: It is also possible to customise the rights of ordinary shares to create differential voting and/or dividend rights. Commonly, this is done by creating A, B and C shares (and so on) out of the ordinary share stock, with each share class being allocated rights as required. [PAR] When making such an arrangement it is important to think that matter through in terms of what the company wants to achieve, but without attempting to use legal jargon. Duport Associates can advise and assist in the creation of special share classes by means of a written resolution. [PAR] is there a maximum and a minimum share capital? [PAR] There is no maximum to any company's authorised share capital and no minimum share capital for private limited companies. [PAR] However, a public limited company must have an authorised share capital of at least £50,000 (and, if it is trading, an issued capital of £50,000). [PAR] must shareholders pay for their shares? [PAR] In a private limited company there is no obligation for the shareholders to pay for the shares they own. If the company decides that its shares should be 'paid up' then payment for those shares is made into the company's own funds and those payments must be shown in the company's accounts. If shares are 'paid up' and the company subsequently goes into liquidation, there may be no | What is the name for money paid out to shareholders of a company out of the corporate profits, based on the number of owned shares? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Beauty Without Cruelty - IndiaJob Vacancies [PAR] Sugar [PAR] India ranks second (Brazil comes first) in sugar production and consumption. India’s production is expected to rise to 24.5 million tonne although the annual demand is 22 million tonne. Sugar producing states are Uttar Pradesh (24%), Maharashtra (20%), Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. There are 453 sugar mills in India of which 252 are co-operatives, 134 are private, and 67 are public sector mills. [PAR] Sugar derived from sugarcane in these refineries of India is vegan. Filtration and declourisation techniques for cane sugar can involve either bone char, traditional granular / activated carbon (coal, wood, coconut), or the use of synthetic ion exchange resins. Manufacturers of cane sugar in India use the latter or sulphur dioxide. [PAR] In April 2013, the Government of India announced partial decontrol over sugar in as much that it would no longer force sugar mills to sell at a discount, 10% of the sugar they produce to the Public Distribution System for resale in ration shops. However, basic issues affecting farmers like sugar cane price-control, regulation of cane areas, and restrictions on supply to sugar mills, would be addressed by state governments. [PAR] Sugar/sucrose can be produced from sugarcane, sugar beet, sweet sorghum, palm/coconut, sago, maple, corn, barley, grapes, dates, agave, and from honey and milk as well. The major categories of sugar produced worldwide are granulated, brown, liquid and invert sugar. [PAR] Raw sugar/pure sucrose/natural brown sugar is first manufactured by extracting juice from shredded sugarcane which for clarifying is heated along with phosphate and lime sucrate/milk of lime (both of mineral origin) so that impurities are removed. The clarified juice is then concentrated in evaporators and crystallised into raw sugar. Nothing is added during this process of clarification. Refined plantation white sugar, cubed and icing sugars are produced from raw sugar by melting and further clarifying by the ion exchange process or through the double sulphitation process in which sugar is passed through sulphur gas. [PAR] This sulphitation process involves the use of sulphur dioxide (SO2) twice. Since raw sugarcane juice is a little acidic with a low pH of 4 or 5, to prevent it turning into glucose or fructose, it is heated to 70°C and lime or calcium oxide (CaO) of mineral origin is added to it. This raises the pH to about 9.5. To bring down the pH to the neutral level of 7, it needs to be treated with SO2. In doing so, the CaO reacts with the SO2 to produce sulphites and sulphates of calcium which help to clarify the juice. However, the second time SO2 is used is in order to bleach (whiten) the sugar. It is added after the juice has been concentrated and is being crystallised. Although the soluble sulphur compounds are drained out with the molasses, some sulphur (more than what we can safely consume) remains in the white sugar and can result in respiratory diseases. [PAR] Countries such as USA and Europe do not import our sugar because of the adverse side effects of consuming sugar produced via the sulphitation process. In India, the maximum permissible limit of SO2 in white refined sugar is 70 parts per million (ppm) whereas the international standard is about 10 ppm. [PAR] Scientists from the National Sugar Institute, Kanpur and Deccan Sugar Technologist Association have carried out research with considerable success at the industrial scale also, to manufacture white sugar through a carbonation process without the use of sulphur. The addition of trace amounts of phosphoric acid (mineral origin) ensured a better neutralisation of pH, and also helped faster clarification of the juice. [PAR] VHP (Very High Polarization) sugar is mainly produced in Brazil. It is akin to raw sugar and brown in colour. Although classified as a chemical product it can be consumed, however, | A viscous byproduct from its manufacture, what is the syrup drained from raw sugar called? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Hotels chains - picking the right one and how to become a ...Hotels chains - picking the right one and how to become a loyal guest - Gadling [PAR] by Scott Carmichael on [PAR] Jul 2, 2009 [PAR] Welcome to the Gadling hotel month! There is no better time of the year to learn more about hotels, how to pick the right hotel and how to become loyal to one chain. In today’s article, I’m going to teach you as much as I can about picking the right brand and how to become (and stay) loyal to one chain. Before we continue, let me explain something really simple about the hotels: [PAR] The world is made up of 3 different kinds of hotels: [PAR] Chain hotels that are part of a large hotel group [PAR] Chain hotels with just one brand [PAR] Stand alone hotels, B&B’s and any other property not part of a group [PAR] We’ll start with chain hotels that are part of a large hotel group – you’ll find some of their logo’s printed above. These are the leaders of the hotel world (sure, I may have missed a couple), but the bottom line is that a handful of companies own and/or operate a huge amount of the hotels in the world. There are some pretty big advantages to each sort of hotel operation, and when you pick the right one, you’ll increase your chance of having an enjoyable stay. [PAR] Chain hotels that are part of a large hotel group [PAR] Chain hotels are the ones you are most likely to come across when searching for a hotel. Chain hotels are the Starwoods and Hyatts of the world. These chains have been around for years, and the largest of them operate as many as 3000 properties. [PAR] Of course, none of these companies own every single one of their locations, but they do provide marketing, booking systems and branding for anyone who meets their standards and would prefer owning a branded hotel over just another “hotel”. [PAR] The most important reason to pick a hotel that is part of a large chain is simple – consistency. Granted, a Hyatt in Spain may not look exactly the same as a US Hyatt, but the hotel will be held to the same standards as its US counterpart. Picking a consistent hotel is great if you want to feel a little more at home. There is something oddly comforting about driving through a weird city, then arriving at your favorite hotel brand. Outside may look, smell and sound different, but inside the hotel, its all vaguely familiar and reassuring. [PAR] The largest multi-brand hotel chains in the world are: [PAR] Starwood – operates the Sheraton, W Hotels, Aloft, Four Points, Le Meridien, Westin, Element and Luxury Collection properties [PAR] Hilton – operates the Hilton, Conrad, Doubletree, Embassy Suites, Hilton Garden Inn, Hampton, Homewood Suites, Home2 Suites, and Waldorf Astoria properties [PAR] Hyatt – operates the Grand Hyatt, Hyatt Regency, Park Hyatt, Hyatt Resorts, Andaz, Hyatt Place, Hyatt Summerfield Suites and Hyatt Vacation Club properties. [PAR] Marriott – operates the Marriott Hotels & Resorts, JW Marriott Hotels & Resorts, Renaissance Hotels, Courtyard, Residence Inn, Fairfield Inn, TownePlace Suites, SpringHill Suite and Marriott Vacation Club properties [PAR] Choice Hotels International – operates the Comfort Inn, Comfort Suites, Quality Inn, Sleep Inn, Clarion, Cambria Suites, MainStay Suites, Suburban, Econolodge and Rodeway Inn properties [PAR] Wyndham Worldwide – operates the Wyndham hotels, Ramada, Days Inn, Super 8, Wingate, Baymont Inn, Microtel, Hawthorn Suites, Howard Johnson, Travelodge and Knights Inn properties [PAR] Intercontinental Hotel Group – operates the Intercontinental hotels, Crowne Plaza, Hotel Indigo, Holiday Inn, Holiday Inn Express, Staybridge Suites and Candlewood Suites properties [PAR] Carlson – operates the Radisson, Park Plaza, Country Inns and Suites and Park Inn properties [PAR] Kimpton hotels – operates the Hotel Palomar, Hotel Monaco hotels as well as a variety of Kimpton boutique properties [PAR] These chains offer something in almost every price range – take for example the hotels that are part of the Intercontinental Hotel Group. This chain can offer you a $300/night room in | What large hospitality chain owns and operates the mid-priced Courtyard hotel chain? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] ScrewdriverA screwdriver is a tool, manual or powered, for turning (driving or removing) screws. A typical simple screwdriver has a handle and a shaft, and a tip that the user inserts into the screw head to turn it. The shaft is usually made of tough steel to resist bending or twisting. The tip may be hardened to resist wear, treated with a dark tip coating for improved visual contrast between tip and screw—or ridged or treated for additional 'grip'. Handle are typically wood, metal, or plastic and usually hexagonal, square, or oval in cross-section to improve grip and prevent the tool from rolling when set down. Some manual screwdrivers have interchangeable tips that fit into a socket on the end of the shaft and are held in mechanically or magnetically. These often have a hollow handle that contains various types and sizes of tips, and a reversible ratchet action that allows multiple full turns without repositioning the tip or the user's hand. [PAR] A screwdriver is classified by its tip, which is shaped to fit the driving surfaces—slots, grooves, recesses, etc.—on the corresponding screw head. Proper use requires that the screwdriver's tip engage the head of a screw of the same size and type designation as the screwdriver tip. Screwdriver tips are available in a wide variety of types and sizes (List of screw drives). The two most common are the simple 'blade'-type for slotted screws, and Phillips. [PAR] A wide variety of power screwdrivers range from a simple 'stick'-type with batteries, a motor, and a tip holder all inline, to powerful "pistol" type VSR (variable-speed reversible) Cordless drills that also function as screwdrivers. This is particularly useful as drilling a pilot hole before driving a screw is a common operation. Special combination drill-driver bits and adapters let an operator rapidly alternate between the two. Variations include impact drivers, which provide two types of 'hammering' force for improved performance in certain situations, and "right-angle" drivers for use in tight spaces. Many options and enhancements, such as built-in bubble levels, high/low gear selection, magnetic screw holders, adjustable-torque clutches, keyless chucks, 'gyroscopic' control, etc., are available. [PAR] History [PAR] The earliest documented screwdrivers were used in Europe in the late Middle Ages. They were probably invented in the late 15th century, either in Germany or France. The tool's original names in German and French were Schraubendreher (screwturner) and tournevis (turnscrew), respectively. The first documentation of the tool is in the medieval Housebook of Wolfegg Castle, a manuscript written sometime between 1475 and 1490. These earliest screwdrivers had pear-shaped handles and were made for slotted screws (diversification of the many types of screwdrivers did not emerge until the Gilded Age). The screwdriver remained inconspicuous, however, as evidence of its existence throughout the next 300 years is based primarily on the presence of screws. [PAR] Screws were used in the 15th century to construct screw-cutting lathes, for securing breastplates, backplates, and helmets on medieval jousting armor—and eventually for multiple parts of the emerging firearms, particularly the matchlock. Screws, hence screwdrivers, were not used in full combat armor, most likely to give the wearer freedom of movement. [PAR] The jaws that hold the pyrites inside medieval guns were secured with screws, and the need to constantly replace the pyrites resulted in considerable refinement of the screwdriver. The tool is more documented in France, and took on many shapes and sizes, though all for slotted screws. There were large, heavy-duty screwdrivers for building and repairing large machines, and smaller screwdrivers for refined cabinet work. [PAR] The screwdriver depended entirely on the screw, and it took several advances to make the screw easy enough to produce to become popular and widespread. The most popular door hinge at the time was the butt-hinge, but it was considered a luxury. The butt-hinge was handmade, and its constant motion required the security of a screw. [PAR] Screws were very hard to produce before the | What type of screw and screwdriver, designed to aid in automated manufacturing lines, features a small cross on the head of the screw? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] GoogleGoogle is an American multinational technology company specializing in Internet-related services and products that include online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, and software. Most of its profits are derived from AdWords, an online advertising service that places advertising near the list of search results. [PAR] Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University, California. Together, they own about 14 percent of its shares and control 56 percent of the stockholder voting power through supervoting stock. They incorporated Google as a privately held company on September 4, 1998. An initial public offering (IPO) took place on August 19, 2004, and Google moved to its new headquarters in Mountain View, California, nicknamed the Googleplex. [PAR] In August 2015, Google announced plans to reorganize its interests as a holding company called Alphabet Inc. When this restructuring took place on October 2, 2015, Google became Alphabet's leading subsidiary, as well as the parent for Google's Internet interests. [PAR] Rapid growth since incorporation has triggered a chain of products, acquisitions and partnerships beyond Google's core search engine (Google Search). It offers online productivity software (Google Docs) including email (Gmail), a cloud storage service (Google Drive) and a social networking service (Google+). Desktop products include applications for web browsing (Google Chrome), organizing and editing photos (Google Photos), and instant messaging and video chat (Hangouts). The company leads the development of the Android mobile operating system and the browser-only Chrome OS for a class of netbooks known as Chromebooks and desktop PCs known as Chromeboxes. Google has moved increasingly into communications hardware, partnering with major electronics manufacturers in the production of its "high-quality low-cost" Nexus devices. In 2012, a fiber-optic infrastructure was installed in Kansas City to facilitate a Google Fiber broadband service. [PAR] Google has been estimated to run more than one million servers in data centers around the world (as of 2007). It processes over one billion search requests and about 24 petabytes of user-generated data each day (as of 2009). [PAR] In December 2013, Alexa listed Google.com as the most visited website in the world. Numerous Google sites in other languages figure in the top one hundred, as do several other Google-owned sites such as YouTube and Blogger. [PAR] Google's mission statement from the outset was "to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful," and its unofficial slogan was "Don't be evil". In October 2015, the motto was replaced in the Alphabet corporate code of conduct by the phrase: "Do the right thing". [PAR] History [PAR] Google began in January 1996 as a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin when they were both PhD students at Stanford University in Stanford, California. [PAR] While conventional search engines ranked results by counting how many times the search terms appeared on the page, the two theorized about a better system that analyzed the relationships between websites. They called this new technology PageRank; it determined a website's relevance by the number of pages, and the importance of those pages, that linked back to the original site. [PAR] Page and Brin originally nicknamed their new search engine "BackRub", because the system checked backlinks to estimate the importance of a site. Eventually, they changed the name to Google, originating from a misspelling of the word "googol", the number one followed by one hundred zeros, which was picked to signify that the search engine was intended to provide large quantities of information. Originally, Google ran under Stanford University's website, with the domains google.stanford.edu and z.stanford.edu. [PAR] The domain name for Google was registered on September 15, 1997, and the company was incorporated on September 4, 1998. It was based in the garage of a friend (Susan Wojcicki) in Menlo Park, California. Craig Silverstein, a fellow PhD student at Stanford, was hired as the first employee. [PAR] In May 2011 | Monday marked the anniversary internet giant Google, started in 1998, while its founders were attending what PAC-10 school? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Did the 1918 Cubs throw the World Series ? [Archive ...Did the 1918 Cubs throw the World Series ? [Archive] - NYYFans.com Forum [PAR] Did the 1918 Cubs Throw the World Series? [PAR] Posted Apr 20th 2008 2:18PM by Tom Fornelli [PAR] Filed under: Chicago, White Sox, Cubs, MLB Gambling, MLB Rumors [PAR] Just about anybody who is a baseball fan knows the story of the 1919 White Sox. The story of how that team threw the 1919 World Series against the Reds was forever immortalized in the book and eventually the movie Eight Men Out, and it caused Shoeless Joe Jackson to spend eternity in a cornfield in Field of Dreams. What we didn't know until now, is that the White Sox may have just been following the lead of their crosstown rivals. [PAR] A newly found affidavit from the 1920 Grand Jury hearings has claims that the Cubs may have thrown the 1918 World Series against the Boston Red Sox as well. [PAR] Now, it cannot be said for certain that gamblers got to the '18 Cubs. But Eddie Cicotte, pitcher and one of the eight White Sox outcasts from the '19 World Series, did say in a newly found affidavit he gave to the 1920 Cook County grand jury that the Cubs influenced the Black Sox. Cicotte said the notion of throwing a World Series first came up when the White Sox were on a train to New York. The team was discussing the previous year's World Series, which had been fixed, according to players. Some members of the Sox tried to figure how many players it would take to throw a Series. From that conversation, Cicotte said, a scandal was born. [PAR] The Cubs were 84-45 that year and serious favorites. Cicotte is not alone in suggesting they had been paid off. The lost diary of Charles Comiskey's righthand man, Harry Grabiner, supposedly indicates that the 1918 World Series was fixed. The reporting of baseball columnist Hugh Fullerton -- the man who eventually blew the whistle on baseball's gambling problem -- also suggested that something was afoul in 1918. Fullerton's accounts of those games repeatedly point out bizarre baserunning mistakes and defensive flubs. [PAR] The box scores support his descriptions. The Cubs were picked off three times, including twice in the decisive Game 6. That game was lost, 2-1, on a 2-run error by Cubs right fielder Max Flack. Game 4 had been tied, 2-2, in the eighth inning, when Cubs pitcher Shufflin' Phil Douglas gave up a single, followed by a passed ball, followed by an errant throw on a bunt attempt that allowed the winning run to score. [PAR] Obviously, there's no way to know now if the Cubs threw the Series that year, because anybody who did know for sure died long ago. Still, it's a very interesting story and one that I'd like to know more about. Think about it, that 1918 World Series was the last one Boston had won until 2004 came around, and the Cubs are still waiting for their shot to win a title. [PAR] PinstripePride [PAR] Wow, that is very interesting.. [PAR] Dave Visbeck [PAR] Did the 1918 Cubs Throw the World Series? [PAR] Posted Apr 20th 2008 2:18PM by Tom Fornelli [PAR] Filed under: Chicago, White Sox, Cubs, MLB Gambling, MLB Rumors [PAR] Just about anybody who is a baseball fan knows the story of the 1919 White Sox. The story of how that team threw the 1919 World Series against the Reds was forever immortalized in the book and eventually the movie Eight Men Out, and it caused Shoeless Joe Jackson to spend eternity in a cornfield in Field of Dreams. What we didn't know until now, is that the White Sox may have just been following the lead of their crosstown rivals. [PAR] A newly found affidavit from the 1920 Grand Jury hearings has claims that the Cubs may have thrown the 1918 World Series against the Boston Red Sox as well. [PAR] Now, it cannot be said for certain that gamblers got to the '18 Cubs. But Eddie Cicotte, pitcher and one of the eight White Sox outcasts from the '19 World Series, did | Immortalized in the movie Eight Men Out, the 1919 World Series was tainted by 8 members of what team throwing games to the World Series winning Cincinnati Reds? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Shoulder Muscles Anatomy, Diagram & Function | Body MapsShoulder Muscles Anatomy, Diagram & Function | Body Maps [PAR] Written and medically reviewed by the Healthline Editorial Team [PAR] Co-developed by: [PAR] In Depth: Muscles [PAR] The shoulder has about eight muscles that attach to the scapula, humerus, and clavicle. These muscles form the outer shape of the shoulder and underarm. The muscles in the shoulder aid in a wide range of movement and help protect and maintain the main shoulder joint, known as the glenohumeral joint. [PAR] The largest of these shoulder muscles is the deltoid. This large triangular muscle covers the glenohumeral joint and gives the shoulder its rounded-off shape. It stretches across the top of the shoulder from the clavicle in the front to the scapula in the back. It then stretches downward to near the center of the humerus bone. Different fibers of the muscle are responsible for different actions, including raising the arm and assisting the pectoralis muscle in the chest. One important function of the deltoid is preventing joint dislocation when a person carries heavy objects. [PAR] Other muscles that aid in shoulder movement include: [PAR] Infraspinatus: This rotator cuff muscle helps with the raising and lowering of the upper arm. [PAR] Triceps brachii: This large muscle in the back of the upper arm helps straighten the arm. [PAR] Pectoralis major: This large fan-shaped muscle stretches from the armpit up to the collarbone and down across the lower chest region. It connects to the sternum (breastbone). [PAR] Pectoralis minor: The smaller of the pectoralis muscles, this muscle fans out from the upper ribs up to the shoulder area. [PAR] Teres major: This muscle helps rotate the upper arm. [PAR] Biceps brachii: Commonly known as the bicep muscle, this muscle rests on top of the humerus bone. It rotates the forearm and also flexes the elbow. [PAR] Latissimus dorsi: This flat rectangular muscle of the back helps the arms rotate as well as move away and closer to the body. [PAR] Subscapularis: This is a large triangular muscle near the humerus and collarbone. It helps rotate the humerus. [PAR] Supraspinatus: This small muscle is located at the top of the shoulder and helps raise the arm away from the body. [PAR] Four muscles—the supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, and subscapularis—make up the rotator cuff. It stabilizes the shoulder and holds the head of the humerus into the glenoid cavity to maintain the principal shoulder joint. [PAR] Because these muscles are used in a wide range of motion and are responsible for bearing heavy loads, shoulder muscle pain is a common ailment. The most common cause of shoulder pain is overexertion of a muscle or injury to it. Twisting, pulling, or falling are common ways muscles in the shoulders become painful. Repetitive use injuries primarily affect the deep muscles; however, pain and soreness as a result of pulled muscles from heavy lifting or overexertion usually subsides in a few days. [PAR] Minor shoulder muscle pain can usually be healed with a combination of rest, ice, elevation, and compression of the impacted region. [PAR] Debugging Tools[DOC] [TLE] Chest Muscles Anatomy, Diagram & Function | Body MapsChest Muscles Anatomy, Diagram & Function | Body Maps [PAR] Written and medically reviewed by the Healthline Editorial Team [PAR] Co-developed by: [PAR] In Depth: Muscles [PAR] The dominant muscle in the upper chest is the pectoralis major. This large fan-shaped muscle stretches from the armpit up to the collarbone and down across the lower chest region on both sides of the chest. The two sides connect at the sternum, or breastbone. [PAR] The pectoralis major moves each shoulder joint in four distinct directions, and also keeps the arms attached to the body. Injuries to this muscle are rare, but symptoms include pain in the chest, bruising, and decreased strength of the muscle. [PAR] The pectoralis minor is located underneath the pectoralis major. This thin triangle-shaped muscle runs up and down along the upper ribs. [PAR] The major muscles in the upper torso include: [PAR] Trapezius: This muscle extends across the neck, shoulder, | In the human body, what is the name for the muscle that covers the shoulder? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] The Many Different Types of Pianos - About.com EducationDifferent Types and Sizes of Pianos [PAR] By Espie Estrella [PAR] Updated December 03, 2016. [PAR] The piano comes in many different styles, designs, shapes and sizes, which fit into two basic categories: the vertical and horizontal pianos. [PAR] Vertical Pianos [PAR] They are called vertical pianos because of their height and the position of the strings. The height of this kind of piano ranges from 36 to 60 inches. There are 4 types: [PAR] Spinet - With its height of around 36 to 38 inches, and an approximate width of 58 inches, spinets are the smallest of the pianos. Given its size, it is the popular choice of many people who live in limited living spaces such as apartments. One noted downside of spinets is called "lost motion," which means it has less power and accuracy due to its size and construction. [PAR] Console - Slightly larger than the spinet, its height ranges from 40 to 43 inches and is approximately 58 inches wide. This type of piano comes in various styles and finishes. So if you're particular about your furniture complementing, consoles give you a variety of choices. It's made with a direct action, thus producing more enhanced tones. [PAR] Studio - This is the kind of piano you usually see in music schools and music studios. It is around 45 to 48 inches in height and has a width of approximately 58 inches. Because of its larger soundboard and longer strings, it produces good tone quality and is very durable. [PAR] Upright - This is the tallest among the vertical pianos, with a height ranging from 50 to 60 inches and an approximate width of 58 inches. This is the type of piano your great grandparents or grandparents used to play. When cared for properly, it stands the test of time and maintains its rich tone. [PAR] continue reading below our video [PAR] Tips for Shopping for a Piano [PAR] Horizontal Pianos [PAR] Also known as grand pianos. They are called horizontal pianos because of their length and the placement of their strings. Grand pianos are said to produce finer tones and has the most responsive key action. There are 6 basic types: [PAR] Petite Grand - This is the smallest of the horizontal pianos. It ranges in size from 4 feet 5 inches to 4 feet 10 inches. It is indeed small but still powerful. [PAR] Baby Grand - A very popular type of piano which ranges in size from 4 feet 11 inches to 5 feet 6 inches. Baby grands is a popular choice because of its sound quality, aesthetic appeal and affordability. [PAR] Medium Grand - Larger than the baby grand at around 5 feet and 7 inches. [PAR] Parlor Grand - These ranges in size from 5 feet 9 inches to 6 feet 1 inch. The parlor grand piano is also called living room grand piano. [PAR] Semiconcert or Ballroom - Next size up from the Parlor Grand piano, it is approximately 6 feet 2 inches to 7 feet long. [PAR] Concert Grand - At around 9 feet, this is the largest of all the grand pianos. [PAR] Note: All sizes are approximates [PAR] In addition to the dimensions, different styles of pianos vary in their number of pedals and sometimes, their number of keys. Most pianos have 88 keys, though some older pianos have 85 keys, and some manufacturers make pianos that include additional keys (notably, Bösendorfer). Most contemporary American pianos have three pedals: una corde , sostenuto, and damper . European pianos tend to have two pedals. Many older pianos smaller than grands have only two pedals. Some rarer instruments have additional pedals, or pedals with different functions, such as transposition. [PAR] Note that this article addresses only contemporary acoustic pianos intended for performance— a wonderful instrument, to be sure , but one that has many predecessors and cousins. There are also electric pianos, player pianos, and a great number of other similar keyboard instruments, including fortepianos and other historical instruments, practice pianos (smaller instruments, with fewer keys), harpsichords, virginals, and a wide variety of organs. [PAR] [DOC] [TLE] Concert Grand PianosConcert Grand Pianos [PAR] of the world's greatest concert grand pianos! [PAR] | With a length of up to 10 feet, what name is given to the largest of concert pianos? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] It's Elemental - The Element PotassiumIt's Elemental - The Element Potassium [PAR] It's Elemental [PAR] Melting Point: 336.53 K (63.38°C or 146.08°F) [PAR] Boiling Point: 1032 K (759°C or 1398°F) [PAR] Density: 0.89 grams per cubic centimeter [PAR] Phase at Room Temperature: Solid [PAR] Element Classification: Metal [PAR] Period Number: 4 Group Number: 1 Group Name: Alkali Metal [PAR] What's in a name? From the English word potash. Potassium's chemical symbol comes from the Latin word for alkali, kalium. [PAR] Say what? Potassium is pronounced as poh-TASS-ee-em. [PAR] History and Uses: [PAR] Although potassium is the eighth most abundant element on earth and comprises about 2.1% of the earth's crust, it is a very reactive element and is never found free in nature. Metallic potassium was first isolated by Sir Humphry Davy in 1807 through the electrolysis of molten caustic potash (KOH). A few months after discovering potassium, Davy used the same method to isolate sodium . Potassium can be obtained from the minerals sylvite (KCl), carnallite (KCl·MgCl2·6H2O), langbeinite (K2Mg2(SO4)3) and polyhalite (K2Ca2Mg(SO4)4·2H2O). These minerals are often found in ancient lake and sea beds. Caustic potash, another important source of potassium, is primarily mined in Germany, New Mexico, California and Utah. [PAR] Pure potassium is a soft, waxy metal that can be easily cut with a knife. It reacts with oxygen to form potassium superoxide (KO2) and with water to form potassium hydroxide (KOH), hydrogen gas and heat. Enough heat is produced to ignite the hydrogen gas. To prevent it from reacting with the oxygen and water in the air, samples of metallic potassium are usually stored submerged in mineral oil. [PAR] Potassium forms an alloy with sodium (NaK) that is used as a heat transfer medium in some types of nuclear reactors. [PAR] Potassium forms many important compounds. Potassium chloride (KCl) is the most common potassium compound. It is used in fertilizers, as a salt substitute and to produce other chemicals. Potassium hydroxide (KOH) is used to make soaps, detergents and drain cleaners. Potassium carbonate (KHCO3), also known as pearl ash, is used to make some types of glass and soaps and is obtained commercially as a byproduct of the production of ammonia. Potassium superoxide (KO2) can create oxygen from water vapor (H2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) through the following reaction: 2KO2 + H2O + 2CO2 => 2KHCO3 + O2. It is used in respiratory equipment and is produced by burning potassium metal in dry air. Potassium nitrate (KNO3), also known as saltpeter or nitre, is used in fertilizers, match heads and pyrotechnics. [PAR] Estimated Crustal Abundance: 2.09×104 milligrams per kilogram [PAR] Estimated Oceanic Abundance: 3.99×102 milligrams per liter [PAR] Number of Stable Isotopes: 2 ( View all isotope data ) [PAR] Ionization Energy: 4.341 eV[DOC] [TLE] #19 - Potassium - K#19 - Potassium - K [PAR] Potassium [PAR] .862 grams per cubic centimeter [PAR] Normal Phase [PAR] [PAR] Origin of Name [PAR] From the English word potash, meaning pot ashes, and the Arabic word qali, meaning alkali. The symbol K comes from the Latin word kalium, meaning alkali. [PAR] Date and Place of Discovery [PAR] In 1807 in London, England [PAR] Discovered by [PAR] It was the first metal to be isolated using electrolysis. [PAR] It catches fire when exposed to water. [PAR] It burns with a violet flame. [PAR] It is found in all living plant and animal cells. [PAR] The human body uses it to promote regular heartbeat, help build muscles, help contract muscles, regulate blood pressure, and control the water balance in body tissues and cells. [PAR] A diet low in potassium and high in sodium can lead to high blood pressure. [PAR] Common Uses[DOC] [TLE] Potassium (K) [19] — Chemical Element — Periodic TablePotassium (K) [19] — Chemical Element — Periodic Table [PAR] England [PAR] Sources: [PAR] Found in minerals like carnallite [(KMgCl3).6H2O] and | From the Latin for Kalium, what element, with an atomic number of 19, uses the symbol K? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Stieg Larsson: Fiction & Literature | eBayStieg Larsson: Fiction & Literature | eBay [PAR] Fiction & Literature [PAR] Buy It Now [PAR] Free Shipping [PAR] Larsson, Stieg (Author). The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium Series) [Audio CD]. US and International government regulations prohibit such behavior. Book may include an inscription. Publisher:... [PAR] Buy It Now [PAR] Free Shipping [PAR] "The Girl in the Spider s Web," the new book in the Millennium Series, is Murder mystery, family saga, love story, and financial intrigue combine into one satisfyingly complex and entertainingly atmos... [PAR] $10.99 [PAR] Buy It Now [PAR] #1 - The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. #2 - The Girl Who Played with Fire. #3 - The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest. All books are paperback. These 3 books are inVERY GOOD condition. Minimal or very... [PAR] Buy It Now [PAR] or Best Offer [PAR] The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest is a hardcover; the others are paperbacks. Includes the following The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The Girl Who Played with Fire. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's... [PAR] $8.99 [PAR] Buy It Now [PAR] All three volumes of Stieg Larsson's THE MILLENNIUM TRILOGY. These are not movie tie-in editions. Very light wear. A little corner wear & signs of reading on Dragon Tattoo. A little back cover wear on...[DOC] [TLE] Stieg LarssonKarl Stig-Erland "Stieg" Larsson (;; 15 August 1954 – 9 November 2004) was a Swedish journalist and writer. He is best known for writing the Millennium trilogy of crime novels, which were published posthumously and adapted as motion pictures. Larsson lived much of his life in Stockholm and worked there in the field of journalism and as an independent researcher of right-wing extremism. [PAR] He was the second best-selling author in the world for 2008, behind Khaled Hosseini. The third novel in the Millennium trilogy, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest, became the most sold book in the United States in 2010, according to Publishers Weekly. By March 2015, his series had sold 80 million copies worldwide. [PAR] Life and work [PAR] Early life [PAR] Stieg Larsson was born on 15 August 1954, as Karl Stig-Erland Larsson, in Umeå, Västerbottens län, Sweden, where his father and maternal grandfather worked in the Rönnskärsverken smelting plant. Suffering from arsenic poisoning, his father resigned from his job, and the family subsequently moved to Stockholm. Due to their cramped living conditions there, they chose to let their one-year-old son, Stieg, remain behind with his grandparents. Stieg lived with his grandparents until the age of nine, near the village of Bjursele in Norsjö Municipality, Västerbotten County. Larsson lived with his grandparents in a small wooden house in the country, which he loved. He attended the village school and used cross-country skis to get to and from school during the long, snowy winters in northern Sweden. [PAR] In the book "There Are Things I Want You to Know" About Stieg Larsson and Me, Eva Gabrielsson describes this as Larsson's motivation for setting part of his first novel The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo in northern Sweden, which Gabrielsson calls "godforsaken places at the back of beyond." [PAR] Larsson was not as fond of the urban environment in the city of Umeå, where he moved to live with his parents after his grandfather, Severin Boström, died of a heart attack at age 50. In 1974, Larsson was drafted into the Swedish Army, under the conscription law, and spent 16 months in compulsory military service, training as a mortarman in an infantry unit in Kalmar. [PAR] His mother Vivianne also died early, in 1991, from complications with breast cancer and an aneurysm. [PAR] Writing [PAR] On his twelfth birthday, Larsson's parents gave him a typewriter as a birthday gift. [PAR] Larsson's first efforts at writing fiction were not in the genre of crime, but rather science fiction. An avid science fiction reader from an early age, he became active | Book Stieg Larsson – The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Norm Abram Closes Up Shop - Popular Woodworking MagazineNorm Abram Closes Up Shop - Popular Woodworking Magazine [PAR] Popular Woodworking Magazine [PAR] FREE ADVICE AND A FREE DOWNLOAD Sign up for e-mails (newsletter, store, partners) and download one of 7 projects. [PAR] * [PAR] By: Christopher Schwarz | [PAR] October 20, 2009 [PAR] After 21 seasons, “The New Yankee Workshop” is closing its doors, and its much-beloved host, Norm Abram, is going to focus on his personal projects and PBS’s “This Old House,” according to Russ Morash, executive producer and director of “The New Yankee Workshop.” [PAR] “Norm has done this for 20 years, and he thought it time to step back and do a little less,” Morash said in a phone interview. “And because the show was so tied to him, we didn’t want to replace him.” [PAR] There has been lots of speculation among fans of the show and the woodworking press that the show was looking for someone to take the reins when Abram left. But Morash said he didn’t think that would be a good idea. [PAR] “Comparisons would be inevitable (between Abram and a new host),” Morash said. [PAR] The decision to stop production of new episodes of “The New Yankee Workshop” was a mutual decision between Morash Associates Inc. and WGBH Boston, Morash said. But that doesn’t mean that “The New Yankee Workshop” is gone forever. [PAR] A spokesman from WGBH declined on Tuesday to comment on the matter. [PAR] The show’s web site, newyankee.com , will continue to operate. And Morash foresees putting shows or segments from the show on the Internet in a “You Tube-like situation” so future generations could enjoy and learn from Abram. [PAR] Morash also noted that Abram may some day change his mind and want to crank up “The New Yankee Workshop” again. [PAR] “Who can predict the future?” Morash said. “He may want to do this again.” [PAR] In the meantime, Abram will continue to work on “This Old House,” and his own personal projects, both building furniture and improving his house. [PAR] When asked why Abram chose to stop working on “The New Yankee Workshop” instead of “This Old House,” Morash laughed. [PAR] “‘This Old House’ is a much easier deal,” he said. “Norm actually had to work on ‘The New Yankee Workshop.’ It was a lot of work. And I certainly respect his decision to step back.” [PAR] With the loss of new woodworking programming from “The New Yankee Workshop,” many bloggers and woodworking writers are wondering if the craft itself is on the decline or if TV woodworking shows are no longer viable. [PAR] “My own view is that broadcast is dead,” Morash said. “That’s my personal take on it. Newspapers are dead. And print is dying. The only hope is the Internet. And it’s my hope that you’ll see lots of Norm on the Internet in the future.” [PAR] And what about the craft itself? Is that swirling around the drain? [PAR] “No. There is a fundamental human need to build,” Morash said. “People will always want to polish their craftsmanship.” [PAR] The other question is what’s going to happen to the shop itself, which is stocked with all manner of machines and hand tools . Morash said he’s personally looking forward to some free time so he can build a few things in the shop. As for the long-term plans for the shop, Morash suggested that the shop could be put on display at the Smithsonian. [PAR] “It could be like Julia Child’s kitchen,” Morash said, “which I’m told is one of the most popular exhibits there. Who wouldn’t want to visit Norm’s shop?” [PAR] – Christopher Schwarz [PAR] Chris Schwarz Blog , Required Reading , Woodworking Blogs [PAR] About Christopher Schwarz [PAR] Chris is a contributing editor to Popular Woodworking Magazine and the publisher at Lost Art Press. He's a hand- | After 21 years on the PBS, what wood working show, hosted by master craftsman Norm Abrams, is going off the air? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Cronk4thHourEng12 - ShrekCronk4thHourEng12 - Shrek [PAR] Cronk4thHourEng12 [PAR] SHREK [PAR] By: Randy Hannosh [PAR] The Description: Shrek is a cartoon film made in 2001 by dream-work pictures. It features the voices of many famous actors such as Mike Meyers , Eddie Murphy , and Cameron Diaz. It basically is a movie about a big , strong , terrifying ogre that minds his business in a swamp, a place he likes to call home. This is until a man by the name of Lord Farquaad comes along and threatens Shrek's swamp until he completes a task for him which is to bring a girl home named Princess Fiona. Shrek accepts this task and now he must go on various missions to try to complete his task to get his swamp back. little does he know he finds something on the way to his journey... love. [PAR] The Hero's Journey [PAR] The Call: Shrek, accompanied by his mentor Donkey, embark on a journey to find Princess Fiona so he can recover his swamp from Lord Farquaad. He is chosen for this task because his character represents a big , bad , terrifying ogre and the Lord thinks this type of man could help him in his quest on finding Princess Fiona. Shrek accepts this challenge even though he doesn't usually like to follow what other people say and he is forced to do it because if not Shrek will not have somewhere to go because his swamp is home and if his home is in danger he has to toughen up if he wants to receive this swamp back. [PAR] The Threshold: The king wants Shrek killed upon his arrival. The reward for Killing Shrek is an opportunity to rescue Princess Fiona. Shrek is able to defeat all of them. Thus, Shrek is given the opportunity to rescue Fiona and get his swamp back. Shrek's character isnt really the fighting type but when someone takes over your home you gotta step up and fight all the men that get in your way. By defeating the Lords men , the Lord has no choice but to give Shrek and a chance at all the marbles to finding Princess Fiona , if Shrek would of failed the task of defeating the men , Shrek would never have the oppertunity he had to do what he did and he represented all ogres in a good way because the Lord knows Shrek and other Ogres wont go down without a fight. Even though poor Shrek doesnt know what hes getting himself into he still has a postive attitude and this positive attitude is what gets him halfway through his journey. [PAR] The Challenges: The Donkey is difficult to put up with so he is considered a test for Shrek because he drives him crazy. The battle with the King's men is also a test; Another test is his goal to rescue the princess from the dragon. Shrek has the obstacle of self consciousness of his looks to overcome as he is nervous of how the Princess will perceive him. I'm sure Shrek didn't know his test of strength because he was a one man creature by himself on a swamp. The first challenge he has to face is meeting the Lord because at first the Lord does not like Shrek for who he is and Shrek is offended by this and The Lord orders his men to kill this Ogre but Shrek refuses to go down without a fight, he kills all the men and he proves to the Lord he can complete this challenge for him. The second challenge he faces is having to deal with the Donkey because even though the Donkey gave him trouble, who would really want someone talking and annoying you the whole time when your concentration is being put on one task which it finding Princess Fiona. The third challenge he faces is having to fight obstacles such as fighting the dragon because even though Shrek is a big guy, the Dragon is even bigger and lets face it fire comes out her mouth and nose. Would you really want to go up against a fire breathing dragon? The fourth challenge Shrek faces is when he finally meets Princess Fiona and Shrek falls in love he knows shes not going to like someone the way he looks so he loses confidence and he becomes very negative about himself. [PAR] The Abyss: Shrek overhears | We know (and love) Shrek from his many movies. What type of mythical creature is he? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Christians and Halloween - What Does the Bible Say?What Does the Bible Say About Halloween? [PAR] What Does the Bible Say About Halloween? [PAR] Cavan Images / Getty Images [PAR] By Mary Fairchild [PAR] Updated September 02, 2016. [PAR] Each year when the temperature starts to cool, this controversial question comes up: "Should Christians celebrate Halloween?" With no direct references to Halloween in the Bible , resolving the debate can be a challenge. How should Christians approach Halloween and is there a biblical way to observe this secular holiday? [PAR] The dilemma over Halloween may fall under the category of a Romans 14 issue , or a "disputable matter." These are matters that lack clear and specific direction from the Bible. Ultimately, Christians must decide for themselves and follow their own convictions regarding the observance of Halloween. [PAR] Together we will explore what the Bible says about Halloween, providing food for thought as you decide for yourself on the issue. [PAR] Christians and Halloween: Treat or Retreat? [PAR] Christian perspectives on the observance of Halloween are strongly divided. Some believers feel complete freedom to observe the holiday, others run and hide from it, many boycott or ignore it, a number celebrate it through more positive and imaginative observances or Christian alternatives to Halloween , and still others choose to take advantage of Halloween's evangelistic opportunities. [PAR] Some of today's popular celebrations associated with Halloween have pagan roots stemming from the ancient Celtic festival, Samhain . This harvest festival of the Druids ushered in the New Year, beginning on the evening of October 31, with the lighting of bonfires and the offering of sacrifices. As the Druids danced around the fires, they celebrated the ending of the summer season and the beginning of the season of darkness. It was also believed that at this time of year the invisible "gates" between the natural world and the spirit world would open, allowing free movement between the two worlds. [PAR] During the 8th century in the diocese of Rome, Pope Gregory III moved All Saints Day to November 1, officially making October 31 "All Hallows Eve," some say, as a way of claiming the celebration for Christians . However, this feast commemorating the martyrdom of the saints had already been celebrated by Christians for many centuries before this time. Pope Gregory IV broadened the feast to include the entire Church. Inevitably, some of the pagan practices associated with the season persisted and have mixed into modern celebrations of Halloween. [PAR] What Does the Bible Say About Halloween? [PAR] Ephesians 5:7-12 [PAR] Don’t participate in the things these people do. For once you were full of darkness, but now you have light from the Lord. So live as people of light! For this light within you produces only what is good and right and true. [PAR] Carefully determine what pleases the Lord. Take no part in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness; instead, expose them. It is shameful even to talk about the things that ungodly people do in secret. (NLT) [PAR] Many Christians believe that participating in Halloween is a form of involvement in the worthless deeds of evil and darkness. However, many consider the modern-day Halloween activities of most to be harmless fun. [PAR] Are some Christians trying to remove themselves from the world? Ignoring Halloween or celebrating it with believers only is not exactly an evangelical approach. Aren't we supposed to "become all things to all men so that by all possible means" we might save some? (1 Corinthians 9:22) [PAR] Deuteronomy 18:10-12 [PAR] For example, never sacrifice your son or daughter as a burnt offering. And do not let your people practice fortune-telling or sorcery, or allow them to interpret omens, or engage in witchcraft, or cast spells, or function as mediums or psychics, or call forth the spirits of the dead. Anyone who does these things is an object of horror and disgust to the Lord. (NLT) [PAR] These verses are clear on what a Christian should not do. But how many Christians are sacrificing their sons and daughters as a burnt offering on Halloween? How many are calling forth the spirits of the dead ? The verse does | What religious holiday immediately follows Halloween? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Nancy Cartwright Cast TV Shows / Series - watch-episodes.comNancy Cartwright Biography and Cast TV Shows/Series. Watch Nancy Cartwright TV Shows/Series Online [PAR] Chat [PAR] Welcome to watchepisodes3.com [PAR] Our chat app is now at alpha release and may have some bugs, we are still developing it. You will see the improvements day by day. If you have suggestions or error reports please contact us [PAR] Nancy Cartwright Cast TV Shows / Series [PAR] Birthday : 1957-10-25 [PAR] Place of Birth : Dayton, Ohio, United States [PAR] Biography : From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Nancy Campbell Cartwright (born October 25, 1957) is an American film and television actress, comedian and voice artist. She is best known for her long-running role as Bart Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons. Cartwright voices other characters for the show, including Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, Kearney and Database. Born in Dayton, Ohio, Cartwright moved to Hollywood in 1978 and trained alongside voice actor Daws Butler. Her first professional role was voicing Gloria in the animated series Richie Rich, which she followed with a starring role in the television movie Marian Rose White (1982) and her first feature film, Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983). After continuing to search for acting work, in 1987 Cartwright auditioned for a role in a series of animated shorts about a dysfunctional family that was to appear on The Tracey Ullman Show. Cartwright intended to audition for the role of Lisa Simpson, the middle child; when she arrived at the audition, she found the role of Bart—Lisa's brother—to be more interesting. Matt Groening, the series' creator, allowed her to audition for Bart and offered her the role on the spot. She voiced Bart for three seasons on The Tracey Ullman Show, and in 1989, the shorts were spun off into a half-hour show called The Simpsons. For her subsequent work as Bart, Cartwright received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance in 1992 and an Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in the Field of Animation in 1995. Cartwright has voiced dozens of animated characters, including Chuckie Finster in Rugrats and All Grown Up!, Rufus in Kim Possible, Mindy in Animaniacs, Margo Sherman in The Critic and Chip in The Kellys. In 2000, she published her autobiography, My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy, and four years later adapted it into a one-woman play. Description above from the Wikipedia article Nancy Cartwright, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia .[DOC] [TLE] Nancy Cartwright - The Movie Database (TMDb)Nancy Cartwright — The Movie Database (TMDb) [PAR] Report [PAR] Biography [PAR] Nancy Campbell Cartwright (born October 25, 1957) is an American film and television actress, comedian and voice artist. She is best known for her long-running role as Bart Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons. Cartwright voices other characters for the show, including Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, Kearney and Database. [PAR] Born in Dayton, Ohio, Cartwright moved to Hollywood in 1978 and trained alongside voice actor Daws Butler. Her first professional role was voicing Gloria in the animated series Richie Rich, which she followed with a starring role in the television movie Marian Rose White (1982) and her first feature film, Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983). [PAR] After continuing to search for acting work, in 1987 Cartwright auditioned for a role in a series of animated shorts about a dysfunctional family that was to appear on The Tracey Ullman Show. Cartwright intended to audition for the role of Lisa Simpson, the middle child; when she arrived at the audition, she found the role of Bart—Lisa's brother—to be more interesting. Matt Groening, the series' creator, allowed her to audition for Bart and offered her the role on the spot. She voiced Bart for three seasons on The Tracey Ullman Show, and in 1989, the shorts were spun off into a half-hour show called The Simpsons. For her subsequent work as Bart, Cartwright received a Primetime | October 25, 1957 was the birthday of actress and comedian Nancy Cartwright. What TV character is she best known for? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Nancy Cartwright - TV Celebrities - ShareTVNancy Cartwright - TV Celebrities - ShareTV [PAR] Nancy Cartwright [PAR] Nancy Cartwright's Main TV Roles [PAR] Show [PAR] BIOGRAPHY: [PAR] Nancy Cartwright is an American film and television actress, comedian and voice artist. [PAR] She is best known for her long-running role as Bart Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons. [PAR] TRIVIA: [PAR] Like many tourists, Cartwright attempted to disturb the notoriously unflappable guards at Buckingham Palace in London. When she blurted, "What's happening man, I'm Bart Simpson, dude!", she succeeded. [PAR] Children, with 'Warren Murphy' (qv), Lucy Mae and Jackson. [PAR] Was offered the chance to do the female voices for _"South Park" (1997)_ (qv), but turned it down because she felt the show was too offensive. [PAR] Her character, Bart Simpson, was rated number 2 in Comedy Central's newest show 'Mouthing Off: 51 Greatest Smartasses'. [PAR] The segment of _Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983)_ (qv) in which she appears is based on the same episode that was later parodied in a "Simpsons" Halloween special. [PAR] Was friends with 'Daws Butler' (qv), the voice of Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound and hundreds of others. They regularly exchanged letters, and soon he was addressing her "Dear Pixie." He sent her scripts to record, and then critiqued the tapes she returned. At 12, she joined a children's theatre company and made her first stage debut in "An Old-Fashioned Christmas". The director asked her to join his summer theatre group. She traveled with them for four years. As a senior, she was president of the Forensic League at Fairmont West High school. [PAR] Attended Ohio University from 1976-1978 as an interpersonal communication major and was awarded the Cutler Scholarship for academic excellence and leadership. [PAR] For her birthday, a 1992 episode of "The Simpsons" featured its opening of Bart writing as punishment on the chalkboard, "I am *not* a 35-year-old woman.". [PAR] Related sites for this celeb[DOC] [TLE] Nancy Cartwright - Simpsons Wiki - WikiaNancy Cartwright | Simpsons Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia [PAR] " Good Night " [PAR] Nancy Cartwright (born on October 25, 1957) provides the voice of Bart Simpson on the long-running The Simpsons TV series, as well as all of the films. A voice actress, film and television actress, and comedian. Cartwright also voices other characters for the show, including Nelson Muntz , Ralph Wiggum , Todd Flanders , Kearney , and Database . [PAR] Contents [PAR] [ show ] [PAR] Biography [PAR] Nancy was born in Dayton, Ohio,, the fourth of Frank and Miriam Cartwright's six children. [1] Nancy, who grew up in nearby Kettering, OH, and attended the Fairmont West High School and participated in the school's theater and marching band. She graduated in 1976 and got a scholarship to Ohio University. She discovered her voice of talents in the 4th grade. She is an American actress who also starred in such films like "Heaven Help Us" and "Flesh and Blood" and did the voice of Gusty in "My Little Pony The Movie" Melissa Screetch in Toonsylvania, and did the voice of Chuckie Finster on "Rugrats". [PAR] She actually intended to audition for the role of Lisa Simpson but when she saw a picture of Bart Simpson and under it is said that he is a class clown, underachiever, and a daredevil, she knew that she would rather do Bart, which worked perfectly because Yeardley Smith was about to do the voice of Bart and ended up doing Lisa because she had more of a girly voice. Ms. Cartwright does the voices of Bart Simpson , Nelson Muntz , Todd Flanders , Ralph Wiggum , Kearney Zzyzwicz , Database and more. In the 1998 remake of Godzilla she and fellow Simpsons voice cast members Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer appeared. [PAR] In 2000, she published an autobiography, My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy . [PAR] References [PAR] ↑ Biography highlights . Nancycartwright.com. | October 25, 1957 was the birthday of actress and comedian Nancy Cartwright. What TV character is she best know for? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Dachshund racingDachshund racing, or wiener dog racing, is a popular, yet controversial sporting event, primarily found in North America. Typical Dachshund races are either 25 or 50 yards in length, and are run on various surfaces. Many race tracks across America host these events as fundraising or publicity events, and routinely draw the venues' largest attendance numbers of the year. [PAR] In the less formal events, most entrants are not career racers, nor bred for racing. Often, dogs will choose not to run the length of the course and instead visit with other dogs or the owner that released them. Otherwise, dogs will run swiftly to their owner at the finish line, coaxed by food or toys. [PAR] The de facto national championship of wiener dog racing is the Wienerschnitzel Wiener Nationals, held in San Diego, California, every December as part of the Holiday Bowl; however, there are many other venues that claim title to the true "national" champion. [PAR] Criticism [PAR] While some compare the sport to English and later American Greyhound racing, others see it as cruel and risky. Racing can strain the spines of the dogs, and some suspect that the sport can lead to the abuse of racing animals. [PAR] The Dachshund Club of America opposes dachshund races, because the breed has a genetic predisposition to back injuries. [PAR] History [PAR] Dachshund racing was first held in Australia in the 1970s. The early meets featured Whippet, Afghan Hound, and Dachshund racing, purely for fun. The UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine in California holds an annual Doxie Derby as part of the university's Picnic Day event.Ternus-Bellamy, A. [http://www.davisenterprise.com/local-news/uc-davis-may-be-the-home-of-the-aggies-but-on-picnic-day-it-seems-its-all-about-the-dogs/ UC Davis may be the home of the Aggies, but on Picnic Day, it seems it’s all about the dogs.] Davis Enterprise April 17, 2008. For over 30 years the races have been a fundraiser for veterinary students.[http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/whatsnew/article.cfm?id=1866 School of Veterinary Medicine Doxie Derby big crowd pleaser at UC Davis Picnic Day.] UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. April 15, 2008. [PAR] The sport rose in popularity in North America after a 1993 Miller Lite television commercial that listed odd sports, and continued to grow after the release of Wiener Takes All a documentary film that chronicles two years of the Wiener Nationals circuit. In 2009, the Wiener Dog Nationals in Fort Wayne, Indiana, held its 16th annual Dachshund race. Zeus, the Germanfest champ from 2006-2009, is generally recognized as the greatest racing dachshund of all time. Germantown, Tennessee, a suburb of Memphis, also hosts its own '[http://www.memphisflyer.com/memphis/dachshund-dash/Content?oid=1139311 Running of the Wienies]' for charity.[DOC] [TLE] Oodles Of Fun: April 2010 - blogspot.comOodles Of Fun: April 2010 [PAR] Oodles Of Fun [PAR] Are You Using Your nOodle? [PAR] Pages [PAR] Question of the Day - On this day in 1931, what 102-story, 1,046-foot building was dedicated in New York City? Empire State Building [PAR] Bon Jovi sang "You Give Love a ____ Name". Bad [PAR] Bing Crosby's real name was: Harry [PAR] Which is the only Marx Brothers film to feature on the AFI's top 100? Duck Soup [PAR] The Broadway show Movin' Out featured the songs of: Billy Joel [PAR] The tagline "Die Harder" comes from which 1990 movie? Die Hard 2 [PAR] Which film has the line, "I can't have a baby, because I have a 12:30 lunch meeting"? Baby Boom [PAR] In An Affair to Remember, where did the lovers decide to meet six months later? New York [PAR] Where do the scientists first find a mysterious monolith, in 2001: A Space Odyssey? The Moon [PAR] Which actress stars in the film Mean Girls? Lindsay Lohan [PAR] This horror classic is called: Invasion of the Body ________. Snatchers [PAR] Whose real name is Eric Bishop? Jamie Foxx [PAR] Who said: "Whether we bring our enemies to justice or bring justice to our enemies, justice will be done"? George W. Bush [PAR] Bruce Springsteen says "Everybody's got ________". A hungry heart | Having originated in Germany, what is the name of the dog breed that competes in the eponymous wiener dog races? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Peanuts : Wikis (The Full Wiki)Peanuts : Wikis (The Full Wiki) [PAR] The Full Wiki [PAR] [PAR] [PAR] Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . [PAR] Related top topics [PAR] Encyclopedia [PAR] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [PAR] This article is about the comic strip. For the legume, see Peanut . For other uses, see Peanut (disambiguation) . [PAR] Peanuts [PAR] October 2, 1950 (dailies), January 6, 1952 (Sundays) [PAR] End date [PAR] Genre(s) [PAR] Humor, Children [PAR] Peanuts is a syndicated daily and Sunday comic strip written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz , which ran from October 2, 1950, to February 13, 2000 (the day after Schulz's death), continuing in reruns afterward. The strip is considered to be one of the most popular and influential in the history of the medium, with 17,897 strips published in all, [1] making it "arguably the longest story ever told by one human being", according to Professor Robert Thompson of Syracuse University . At its peak, Peanuts ran in over 2,600 newspapers, with a readership of 355 million in 75 countries, and was translated into 21 languages. [2] It helped to cement the four-panel gag strip as the standard in the United States, [3] and together with its merchandise earned Schulz more than $1 billion. [1] Reprints of the strip are still syndicated and run in many newspapers. [PAR] Peanuts achieved considerable success for its television specials, several of which, including A Charlie Brown Christmas [4] and It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown [5] won or were nominated for Emmy Awards . The holiday specials remain quite popular and are currently broadcast on ABC in the United States during the corresponding season. The property is also a landmark in theatre with the stage musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown being an extremely successful and often performed production. [PAR] It has been described as "the most shining example of the American success story in the comic strip field", ironically based on the theme of "the great American unsuccess story", since the main character, Charlie Brown , is meek, nervous and lacks self-confidence, being unable to fly a kite, win a baseball game or kick a football (with the exception of It's Magic, Charlie Brown when he kicked the football while invisible). [6] [PAR] Contents [PAR] The first strip from October 2, 1950. [PAR] 1940s [PAR] Peanuts had its origin in Li'l Folks , a weekly panel comic that appeared in Schulz's hometown paper, the St. Paul Pioneer Press , from 1947 to 1950. He first used the name Charlie Brown for a character there, although he applied the name in four gags to three different boys and one buried in sand. The series also had a dog that looked much like the early 1950s version of Snoopy . [7] In 1948, Schulz sold a cartoon to the Saturday Evening Post ; seventeen single-panel cartoons by Schulz would be published there. The first of these was of a boy who resembled Charlie Brown sitting with his feet on an ottoman. [PAR] In 1948, Schulz tried to have Li'l Folks syndicated through the Newspaper Enterprise Association.Schulz would have been an independent contractor for the syndicate, unheard of in the 1940s, but the deal fell through.[citation needed] Li'l Folks was dropped in 1949. The next year, Schulz approached the United Feature Syndicate with his best work from Li'l Folks. When his work was picked up by United Feature Syndicate, they decided to run the new comic strip he had been working on.[citation needed] This strip was similar in spirit to the panel comic, but it had a set cast of characters, rather than different nameless little folk for each page. The name Li'l Folks was too close to the names of two other comics of the time: Al Capp 's Li'l Abner and a strip titled Little Folks. To avoid confusion, the syndicate settled | According to the comic strip Peanuts, whom does Linus await each year, only to be disappointed when he never seems to visit the pumpkin patch? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] When did Montana become a state? | Reference.comWhen did Montana become a state? | Reference.com [PAR] When did Montana become a state? [PAR] A: [PAR] Quick Answer [PAR] Montana became a state on Nov. 8, 1889. Known as the Treasure State, Montana was the 41st state admitted to the Union, preceded by South Dakota and followed by Washington. [PAR] Full Answer [PAR] Montana is the fourth-largest state in geographical size, occupying more than 145,000 square miles. The state shares its entire northern boundary with Canada and is bordered by North and South Dakota to the east, Wyoming to the south, and Idaho to the west and south. The capital city is Helena, but the largest city is Billings. Tourist attractions include Glacier National Park, Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument and Yellowstone National Park.[DOC] [TLE] Montana - American Driving AcademyMontana - American Driving Academy [PAR] Montana [PAR] Home > States > Montana [PAR] Learn to drive from American Driving Academy Inc., and receive reduced insurance rates! [PAR] American Driving Academy Inc. is the best choice when looking to be taught by the most comprehensive driving school in the United States. [PAR] Program Descriptions and Costs: We are proud of our high quality programs. We now offer two different home study programs. The programs available are state specific. In one program the student may complete the 30 hour classroom work as a home study course and complete 12 hours of behind the wheel training in one of our dual controlled cars with one of our friendly, patient, state certified instructors. 6 of the 12 hours the student drives and 6 hours the student observes. Students may also take the state written permit test and the actual driving exam in our program before their 16th birthday. [PAR] Cost $295 - $345 [PAR] In our second program we offer a complete home study course for both the 30 hours of classroom and the behind the wheel training. [PAR] Cost $135 [PAR] With both programs students are also welcome, but not required, to attend any class at any school most convenient for them! [PAR] Benefits: Because American Driving Academy, Inc. teaches the most comprehensive and highest quality classes, our program qualifies students for hundreds of dollars in insurance reductions with most insurance companies. The amount can be as much as 20% per year in savings for students who have successfully completed our course. [PAR] Call for an enrollment application today! [PAR] 1-800-604-6741 [PAR] 14 hour daily technical and student support - Toll Free, 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m. Mountain Std. Time! [PAR] Program completion certificate for your insurance company! [PAR] Montana's most comprehensive parent-taught Driver Education and Training Program. [PAR] Approved by most states. Check with your state drivers license agency. [PAR] Montana Facts [PAR] The state motto of Montana is "Gold and Silver" [PAR] The Montana state song is "Montana" [PAR] The state flower of Montana is the Bitterroot [PAR] The Montana State nickname is "The Treasure State" [PAR] The capital of Montana is Helena. [PAR] Montana travel and tourism information is available by calling 1-(800) VISIT-MT [PAR] "Tour Montana" Web site: http://travel.state.mt.us/ [PAR] Montana tax information is available online at: http://www.state.mt.us/revenue/forms_downloadable.htm [PAR] The Web site of the Montana DMV (the state licensing authority) is http://www.doj.state.mt.us/mvd/index.htm [PAR] Montana History: [PAR] Montana became a state on Nov. 8, 1889. It was the 41st state to join the union. [PAR] Cart[DOC] [TLE] KNOW-VEMBER: FUN NOVEMER FACTS - "11/8/1889 - Montana ...KNOW-VEMBER: FUN NOVEMER FACTS - "11/8/1889 - Montana becomes 41st State" - Stylish Life for Moms [PAR] COMMENTS (0) SHARE TWEET PIN SHARE [PAR] 365 DAYS OF LITERACY FOR KIDS! [PAR] During the month of November, I will be sharing KNOW-VEMBER: FUN NOVEMBER FACTS from all around the world. [PAR] Take a few moments from each November day and share the KNOW-VEMBER fun, knowledge, discovery and smiles with your kids and grandkids. [PAR] ***************************************** | Known as The Treasure State, what was the 41st state to join the Union, on Nov 8, 1889? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Forever Your GirlForever Your Girl is the 1988 debut album by American singer Paula Abdul. [PAR] History and reception [PAR] Released on June 13, 1988, 64 weeks later it hit number one on the Billboard 200 album sales chart, the longest an album has been on the market before hitting number one. The album was eventually certified seven times Platinum in the US and sold 12 million copies worldwide. It also included four number one Billboard Hot 100 singles: "Straight Up", "Forever Your Girl", "Cold Hearted", and "Opposites Attract", which ties Forever Your Girl for second most #1 songs from a single album, and ties it for the most number ones in a debut album. "The Way That You Love Me" reached #3, and "Knocked Out" reached #41. [PAR] The album also reached #4 on the R&B album chart, while "Straight Up," "Opposites Attract," "Knocked Out," and "(It's Just) The Way That You Love Me" all reached the top 10 of the R&B tracks chart. [PAR] After a slow start, the album's third single "Straight Up" helped the album breakout in spring/summer 1989 after its initial summer 1988 release. Forever Your Girl hit number one for the first time on October 7, 1989. After the release of the single "Opposites Attract", the album shot to number one again on February 3, 1990 and stayed there for nine consecutive weeks. At one point, Forever Your Girl reportedly sold 191,000 copies in a single day. [PAR] Abdul co-wrote one song on the album, "One or the Other". [PAR] Track listing [PAR] Production and personnel (by track) [PAR] *Tracks 1, 3 & 6 Arranged & Produced By Oliver Leiber (for The Noise Club). Engineered By Steve Wiese, Pete Martinson, Russell Bracher, Jeff Lorber & Cliff Jones. Mixed By Keith "KC" Cohen. Oliver Leiber: Guitars, Keyboards, Drum Programming; Ricky P. & Jeff Lorber: Additional Keyboards; St. Paul: Vocoder, Bass & Keyboards; Terry Smith: Additional Drums; Troy Williams: Trumpets [PAR] *Track 2 Arranged & Produced By LA Reid & Babyface (for LaFace Productions, Inc). Engineered & Mixed By Jon Gass. Babyface: Keyboards, Vocal Backing; Kayo: Synthesized Bass; LA Reid: Drum & Percussion Programming; Pebbles, Yvette Marine, Daryl Simmons: Vocal Backing [PAR] *Track 4 Arranged & Produced By Glen Ballard (for Aerowave Inc). Engineered & Mixed By Francis Buckley; assisted by Al Fleming & Theodore Blaisdell. Glen Ballard & Chuck Wild: Drums, Keyboards, Programming; Basil Fung: Guitars [PAR] *Track 5 Arranged & Produced By Jesse Johnson (for JWJ Productions), with co-production by Dave Cochrane. Engineered By Wally Buck, with assistance by Cliff Jones & Pat McDougall. Mixed By Keith Cohen. Bobby Gonzales & Dave Cochrane: Guitars; Eddie M.: Saxophone; Jesse Johnson: Drums & Keyboards [PAR] *Tracks 7 & 9 Arranged & Produced By Elliot Wolff, with co-production by Keith Cohen. Engineered & Mixed By Keith "KC" Cohen (assistant recording engineers: Josh Schneider & Annette Cisneros; assistant mix engineer: Peter Arata). Elliot Wolff: Keyboards & Synthesizers, Synth & Drum Programming; Dann Huff: Guitars [PAR] *Tracks 8 & 10 Arranged & Produced By Curtis Williams (for Willpower Productions). Engineered By Kendall Stubbs & Tim Jaquette, with assistance by Mike Wisenger & Danny Grigsby. Mixed By Tim Jaquette, Curtis Williams (both track 8) and Keith Cohen (track 10). Curtis Williams & Randy Weber: Synthesizer Programming; Bob Somma: Guitars [PAR] Charts and certifications [PAR] End of decade charts [PAR] Certifications[DOC] [TLE] UnerasedHistory - Page 16 of 25 - "Those who ignore ...UnerasedHistory - Page 16 of 24 - "Those who ignore history are destined to repeat it" [PAR] "Those who ignore history are destined to repeat it" [PAR] Posted by Wayne Church on February 14, 2016 in | What former Los Angeles Lakers cheerleader gained stardom as a singer with her debut album Forever Your Girl, and has subsequently managed to milk her 15 minutes for the last 9+ years? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Bridge (fixed partial denture): Dental Glossary - Dental ...Bridge (fixed partial denture): Dental Glossary - Dental Implants Net [PAR] Dental Glossary [PAR] Bridge (fixed partial denture) [PAR] A bridge, also known as a fixed partial denture, is a dental restoration used to replace a missing tooth by permanently joining to adjacent teeth or dental implants. [PAR] A bridge is fabricated by reducing the teeth on either side of the missing tooth or teeth. The adabtability and esthetics vary greatly with the different materials used (metal and ceramic, etc.). As a heavy burden is imposed on the abutment teeth that support the restoration, some considerations are requried to ensure the excellent long-term prognosis.[DOC] [TLE] Bridges | Fixed Partial Denture | Los Angeles DentalBridges - LA Dental Clinic [PAR] Bridges [PAR] No Comment [PAR] June 27 2011 [PAR] A bridge, also known as a fixed partial denture, is a dental restoration used to replace a missing tooth by joining permanently to adjacent teeth or dental implants. [PAR] There are different types of bridges, depending on how they are fabricated and the way they anchor to the adjacent teeth. [PAR] A bridge is fabricated by cutting the teeth on either side of the missing tooth or teeth by a preparation pattern determined by the location of the teeth and by the material from which the bridge is fabricated. In other words, the abutment teeth are reduced in size to accommodate the material to be used to restore the size and shape of the original teeth in a correct alignment and contact with the opposing teeth. [PAR] The materials used for the bridges include gold, porcelain fused to metal, or in the correct situation porcelain alone. The amount and type of reduction done to the abutment teeth varies slightly with the different materials used. The recipient of such a bridge must be careful to clean well under this prosthesis. [PAR] [DOC] [TLE] Dental Bridges - Find and Review DentistsDental Bridges [PAR] Dental Bridges [PAR] Save to List [PAR] Sep. 01, 2009 [PAR] Dental bridges, also known as a fixed partial denture, is a dental restoration used to replace a missing tooth by joining permanently to adjacent teeth or dental implants. [PAR] There are different types of bridges, depending on how they are fabricated and the way they anchor to the adjacent teeth. Conventionally, bridges are made using the indirect method of restoration however, bridges can be fabricated directly in the mouth using such materials as composite resin. [PAR] A bridge is fabricated by reducing the teeth on either side of the missing tooth or teeth by a preparation pattern determined by the location of the teeth and by the material from which the bridge is fabricated. In other words, the abutment teeth are reduced in size to accommodate the material to be used to restore the size and shape of the original teeth in a correct alignment and contact with the opposing teeth. The dimensions of the bridge are defined by Ante's Law: "The root surface area of the abutment teeth has to equal or surpass that of the teeth being replaced with pontics". [PAR] The materials used for the bridges include gold, porcelain fused to metal, or in the correct situation porcelain alone. The amount and type of reduction done to the abutment teeth varies slightly with the different materials used. The recipient of such a bridge must be careful to clean well under this prosthesis. [PAR] When restoring an edentulous space with a fixed partial denture that will crown the teeth adjacent to the space and bridge the gap with a pontic, or "dummy tooth", the restoration is referred to as a bridge. Besides all of the preceding information that concerns single-unit crowns, bridges possess a few additional considerations when it comes to case selection and treatment planning, tooth preparation and restoration fabrication. [PAR] Case selection and treatment planning [PAR] When a single tooth requires a crown, the prosthetic crown will in most instances rest upon whatever tooth structure was originally supporting the crown of the natural tooth. However, when restoring an edentulous area with a bridge, the bridge is almost always restoring more teeth than there are root structures to support. For instance, in the photo at right, the 5-unit bridge will only be supported on three abutment teeth. To determine | Also known as a fixed partial denture, what is the name for a dental restoration used to replace a missing tooth by permanently joining a missing tooth to adjacent teeth? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Grover Cleveland dedicates Statue of Liberty - Oct 28 ...Grover Cleveland dedicates Statue of Liberty - Oct 28, 1886 - HISTORY.com [PAR] Grover Cleveland dedicates Statue of Liberty [PAR] Share this: [PAR] Grover Cleveland dedicates Statue of Liberty [PAR] Author [PAR] Grover Cleveland dedicates Statue of Liberty [PAR] URL [PAR] Publisher [PAR] A+E Networks [PAR] On this day in 1886, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. [PAR] The statue’s full name was Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World. It had been a gift from French citizens to their American friends in recognition of the two countries’ commitment to liberty and democracy and their alliance during the American Revolutionary War, which had begun 110 years earlier. The 151-foot copper statue was built in France and shipped to New York in 350 separate parts. It arrived in the city on June 17, 1886, and over the next several months was reassembled while electricians worked to wire the torch to light up at night. [PAR] As President Cleveland accepted the statue on behalf of American citizens, he declared “we will not forget that liberty here made her home; nor shall her chosen altar be neglected.” The statue quickly became a symbol of America’s humanitarianism and willingness to take in the world’s “tired, poor and huddled masses”—in the words of the poem by Emma Lazarus inscribed on the monument’s pedestal—who yearned for freedom and a better life. [PAR] “Lady Liberty” was originally intended to work as a functional lighthouse and, from 1886 to 1901, the statue was operated by the United States Lighthouse Board. In 1901, the War Department took over its operation and maintenance. The statue and the island on which it stands, now known as Liberty Island, were together proclaimed a national monument by President Calvin Coolidge on October 15, 1924, and, in 1933, the National Park Service assumed oversight of the monument. In 1982, President Ronald Reagan established a commission tasked with restoring the deteriorating Lady Liberty in time for a centennial celebration in 1986. A joint French-American preservation and rehabilitation group cleaned the statue and replaced the glass and metal torch with gold leaf. The original torch is on display in the statue’s lobby. [PAR] Today, the Statue of Liberty is a major tourist attraction, hosting as many as 5 million people every year. Although access to the statue’s crown was restricted following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, tourists can still visit Liberty Island, and the statue’s pedestal observation deck and museum. [PAR] Related Videos[DOC] [TLE] Statue of Liberty dedicated - Oct 28, 1886 - HISTORY.comStatue of Liberty dedicated - Oct 28, 1886 - HISTORY.com [PAR] Statue of Liberty dedicated [PAR] Publisher [PAR] A+E Networks [PAR] The Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States, is dedicated in New York Harbor by President Grover Cleveland. [PAR] Originally known as “Liberty Enlightening the World,” the statue was proposed by the French historian Edouard de Laboulaye to commemorate the Franco-American alliance during the American Revolution. Designed by French sculptor Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, the 151-foot statue was the form of a woman with an uplifted arm holding a torch. Its framework of gigantic steel supports was designed by Eugene-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc and Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, the latter famous for his design of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. [PAR] In February 1877, Congress approved the use of a site on New York Bedloe’s Island, which was suggested by Bartholdi. In May 1884, the statue was completed in France, and three months later the Americans laid the cornerstone for its pedestal in New York Harbor. In June 1885, the dismantled Statue of Liberty arrived in the New World, enclosed in more than 200 packing cases. Its copper sheets were reassembled, and the last rivet of the monument was fitted on October 28, 1886, during a dedication presided over by President Cleveland and attended by numerous French and American dignitaries. [PAR] On the pedestal was inscribed “The New Colossus,” a sonnet by American poet Emma Lazarus that welcomed immigrants to the United States with the declaration, “Give me your tired, your poor, / Your | On Oct 28, 1886, the rotund one himself, Grover Cleveland, officially dedicated what US Landmark? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Baby Face Nelson | Mediander | TopicsBaby Face Nelson | Brainerd, Minnesota | Mediander | Topics [PAR] image credit [PAR] Baby Face Nelson [PAR] Lester Joseph Gillis (December 6, 1908 – November 27, 1934), known by the alias George Nelson, better known as Baby Face Nelson, was an American bank robber in the 1930s. Gillis was given the nickname Baby Face due to his youthful appearance and small stature, although few dared call him "Baby Face" to his face. Criminal associates instead called him "Jimmy". Nelson entered into a partnership with John Dillinger, helping him escape from prison during the famed Crown Point, Indiana Jail escape, and was later labeled along with the remaining gang members as public enemy number one. MORE [PAR] Lester Joseph Gillis (December 6, 1908 – November 27, 1934), known by the alias George Nelson, better known as Baby Face Nelson, was an American bank robber in the 1930s. Gillis was given the nickname Baby Face due to his youthful appearance and small stature, although few dared call him "Baby Face" to his face. Criminal associates instead called him "Jimmy". Nelson entered into a partnership with John Dillinger, helping him escape from prison during the famed Crown Point, Indiana Jail escape, and was later labeled along with the remaining gang members as public enemy number one. [PAR] Nelson was responsible for killing more FBI agents in the line of duty (three: W. Carter Baum, Herman Hollis, and Samuel P. Cowley) than any other person. Nelson was fatally shot by FBI agents during a shootout called The Battle of Barrington.[DOC] [TLE] Gangsters & Mobsters~George "Baby Face" Nelson - pinterest.com1000+ images about Gangsters & Mobsters~George "Baby Face" Nelson on Pinterest | Baby face nelson, Nelson and Baby faces [PAR] Pinterest • The world’s catalog of ideas [PAR] Gangsters & Mobsters~George "Baby Face" Nelson [PAR] Lester Joseph Gillis (December 6, 1908[1] – November 27, 1934), known by the pseudonym George Nelson, was an American bank robber in the 1930s. Gillis was better known as Baby Face Nelson, a name given to him due to his youthful appearance and small stature. Nelson entered into a partnership with John Dillinger, helping him escape from prison during the famed Crown Point, Indiana Jail escape, and was later labeled along with the remaining gang members as public enemy number one. [PAR] 32 Pins399 Followers[DOC] [TLE] May | 2014 | The Lone Girl in a Crowd | Page 2May | 2014 | The Lone Girl in a Crowd | Page 2 [PAR] The Lone Girl in a Crowd [PAR] May 21, 2014 [PAR] Tom Hooper’s 2010 Academy Award winning film The King’s Speech is perhaps the most famous movie about Great Britain in the 1930s apart from all the murder mysteries. Here Colin Firth stars as the stammering Bertie (King George VI) and his private struggle with public life as a member of the royal family and later as a constitutional monarch. His supportive wife Elizabeth (the future Queen Mother) is played by Helena Bonham Carter. Is it 100% accurate? No, since you have Winston Churchill supporting Edward VIII’s abdication when he actually opposed it in reality but no one wants to see that. Still, this is a very good film about what it’s like to be a monarch in the modern world. [PAR] Great Britain is particularly memorable in the 1930s mainly due to the fact that many an Agatha Christie murder mystery tends to be set at this time. Even if the work isn’t set in the 1930s originally, it somehow becomes the default template. Still, in movies, 1930s Great Britain is one of the more ideal times for having a good murder mystery at someone’s country estate. But 1930s Great Britain isn’t just a period filled with murder and mayhem since it’s also the the time when you have Fascist leader Oswald Moseley who was the inspiration for Roderick Spode in P. G. Wodehouse’s Jeeves and Wooster series.There were also plenty of rich Brits who also had some sympathy for the totalitarian type like Miss Jean Brodie, most of the Mitford family, and others. Yet, there are two | Due to his small stature and looks, 1930s murder and bank robber George Nelson was commonly known by what nickname? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Mary's Little Lamb | Bible.org BlogsMary's Little Lamb | Bible.org Blogs [PAR] Mary's Little Lamb [PAR] Tweet [PAR] “Mary had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb…Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow; and everywhere that Mary went, Mary went, Mary went...everywhere that Mary went that lamb was sure to go.” [PAR] You remember this nursery rhyme, don’t you? Most people in the United States, both young and old, do. I remember learning it in kindergarten or perhaps even preschool. Many have memorized it, particularly the first stanza, and can repeat it without effort. [PAR] But have you ever wondered who wrote this wonderful nursery rhyme and what inspired the author? [PAR] In 1830, Sarah Hale of Boston wrote, “Mary had a Little Lamb” from an actual event. According to sources, young Mary Sawyer took her lamb to school one day and prompted the writing of the rhyme. After almost 200 years this nursery rhyme has been taught and recited frequently in homes and schools across the country. I would like to suggest that as children learn the words to this popular nursery rhyme…they can also be taught something even of more significant as we approach the Easter season. [PAR] As we prepare our children for Easter, use this nursery rhyme to remind them of...”The Lamb of God.” For Mary ‘birthed’ a little lamb (Luke 2:7)...Jesus was His name (Matthew 1:25). His ‘life’ on earth was white as snow...because, He lived His life without sin (1 John 3:5). [PAR] Jesus is the Lamb of God who takes away our sin (John 1:29). He died upon the Calvary cross for the forgiveness of our sins. Then He was buried among the dead, but on the third day He arose (1 Corinthians 15:3-4), and into Heaven He did ascend to sit down on His thrown (Mark 16:19). [PAR] Everywhere that Mary went the lamb was sure to go. When we place our trust in Jesus, the Lamb of God, He will come into our lives and take up permanent residency. So, everywhere that we go, the Lamb is sure to go...Jesus the “Lamb of God” will travel with us through our journey of life, offering wisdom, providing peace, promoting unity, pouring out love, and providing grace to those of us who embrace Him. [PAR] As we prepare our children for Easter, remember the perfect Lamb and teach them that He will take away their sin, fill their hearts with love and joy, and give them everlasting life. Embrace Him today and enjoy “The Lamb.” [PAR] 3975 reads [PAR] Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically. [PAR] Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <blockquote> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> [PAR] Lines and paragraphs break automatically. [PAR] Plain text[DOC] [TLE] Poem: Mary Had A Little Lamb (Nursery Rhyme)Mary Had A Little Lamb (Nursery Rhyme) Poem [PAR] Please Log In or Sign Up to add to your favorite resources. [PAR] Mary Had A Little Lamb (Nursery Rhyme) [PAR] Mary had a little lamb, [PAR] Its fleece was white as snow; [PAR] And everywhere that Mary went, [PAR] The lamb was sure to go. [PAR] He followed her to school one day, [PAR] Which was against the rule; [PAR] It made the children laugh and play [PAR] To see a lamb at school. [PAR] And so the teacher turned him out, [PAR] But still he lingered near, [PAR] And waited patiently about[DOC] [TLE] Mary Had a Little Lamb - Nursery Rhyme - Mother Goose ClubMary Had a Little Lamb - Nursery Rhyme - Mother Goose Club [PAR] Mary Had a Little Lamb – Nursery Rhyme [PAR] Categories [PAR] Mary Had a Little Lamb Lyrics: [PAR] Mary had a little lamb, [PAR] Little lamb, little lamb. [PAR] Mary had a little lamb | According to the nursery rhyme, who had a lamb whose fleece was white as snow? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] cross, post 9 - new woso - sites.google.comcross, post 9 - new woso [PAR] new woso [PAR] apparel > US 6 > [PAR] cross, post 9 [PAR] HS Cross Country competes TSSAA DIIA Region Meet at Steeplechase Course. Girls race at 1:00 and boys race at 1:45. Go Tigers Go. 4yo DD is cross because one of the dinnerladies called her "princess". This is a grave error as far as DD's concerned. Poor dinnerlady. Greg Pierce That s priceless. You should mark that day in your calendar with a big red cross. Congrats on reaching the next level. Next nails I'm getting will be neon yellow or lime green with sparkles on the ring finger & a jeweled cross on the middle finger. [PAR] God does not regret saving you. There is no sin which you commit which is beyond the cross of Christ. Matt Chandler. New Hyundai Saintro, now with a sense of righteousness. Does not hit pedestrians, halts to let the elderly cross, cannot honk near schools. CCFC Supporters Club could I book two tickets for villa and two for the bus from high cross please for Patrick Jones (adult) and Callum Jones (U21). Walk.Eat.Talk.Eat Only 45min. by train from Kings Cross and then 5 min. in a Taxi. That s quicker then going to Upminster. [PAR] Scratch hacks cross IG: KingKam_: Eastside Hacks Cross Riverdale Ross Rd Winchester Shelby Dr Kirby Prkwy Ridgeway Hickory Hill. Pawan Durani He is a parsi-italian cross child.No relation with K Pandits.Some claim Gangadhar Nehru was Gayasuddin Ghazi. Retargeting - factors 4 success: testing, segmentation, relevancy, frequency, cross-platform optimization ZD Webinar ZD Forrester. Fuck just went through my old photos and the number of slide films that I cross processed is making me damn depressed. [PAR] Crane sat cross-legged in the center of a dim warehouse. The entire floor was covered in pumpkins. The one in his lap was under the knife. Peter Mount been there for a while now. Nearly asked him to bring his leader and comrades with him to Charing Cross on Monday. Always gone but never hard to find. And since you can t escape me do I ever cross your mind. Unforgettable Thank Me Later Drake Birthday. The giraffe was once called a "camelopard" because people thought it was a cross between a camel and a leopard. [PAR] Justin Van Leeuwen haha, you kind of have to. Cross your eyes and then. this will sound weird and painful. pull your eyes back out a bit. MT @velocitywong: FYI, PR phrases like "leveraging a proprietary and patent-pending cross-domain recommendation engine" are NO BUENO. Not a crossfit fan but a girl that does cross fit can sit on my face for sure moemoelike loveyoulongtime. Steve Nykan I can certainly take a look into your area! Send the cross streets and zip. Keep me posted. *JTA. [PAR] OIO Prep Profile spotlight on OG's Matias Trampe-Kindt - I'll talk with the senior cross country standout this afternoon - story at 10! Nice to see D Original Gidzman Veronski I Shervette Mc Sween Nella Unruly Sarita Katwaroo Anika, Ayanna and so much more cross the stage today! Congrats! Cross the line if.: Cross the line if you hate yourself for what you resort to every time they hurt you. SuzukiCarsUK I would be 's'cross if I didn't winthescross and so would my son! 'Daddy, I want you to drive a big car!' is what he says! [PAR] Third3arDrum The Weekdy Melanie Iglesias Big's out for that Repost. Let's cross our fingers and hope she's corny lol. Todd Lamothe Julie Einarson Kinek Wllesley Island Building Supply, yup. You only cross one bridge, so you only pay the toll once, too. :-). If only there was a guy out there that is a mash up of Fabolous Joe Budden & KONSHENS da realest that i could cross paths with Lawwd! To those who are attending Red Cross Youth NYC18 or you want to join the conversation use the hashtag StrongerPH :). [PAR] | What animal was once called a camelopard because it was thought to be a cross between a camel and a leopard? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] HyundaiHyundai Group (;) was a multinational chaebol (conglomerate) headquartered in Seoul, South Korea. It was founded by Chung Ju-yung in 1947 as a construction firm and Chung was directly in control of the company until his death in 2001. [PAR] Following the 1997 East Asian financial crisis and Chung's death, Hyundai underwent a major restructuring and break-up, which reduced the Hyundai Group's business to encompass only container shipping services, the manufacturing of elevators, and tourism. Today, most companies bearing the name Hyundai are not legally connected to Hyundai Group. They include Hyundai Motor Group, Hyundai Department Store Group, Hyundai Heavy Industries Group and Hyundai Development Company. However, most of the former subsidiaries of the Hyundai conglomerate continue to be run by relatives of Chung. If these companies were considered as forming a single broad family business, then it would remain the largest company in South Korea with enormous economic and political power in the country. [PAR] Etymology [PAR] The name "Hyundai" comes from the Korean word 現代 (hanja form), which means "modernity". [PAR] History [PAR] Hyundai was founded as a small construction firm by Chung Ju-yung in 1947. Hyundai Construction began operating outside of South Korea in 1965, initially entering the markets of Guam, Thailand and Vietnam. [PAR] Hyundai Motor Company was founded in 1967. Hyundai Heavy Industries was founded in 1973, and completed the construction of its first ships in June 1974. [PAR] In 1983 Hyundai entered the semiconductor industry through the establishment of Hyundai Electronics (renamed Hynix in 2001). [PAR] In 1986 a Hyundai-manufactured IBM PC-XT compatible called the Blue Chip PC was sold in discount and toy stores throughout the US. It was one of the earliest PC clones marketed toward consumers instead of business. [PAR] Hyundai announced a major management restructuring in December 1995, affecting 404 executives. [PAR] In April 1999 Hyundai announced a major corporate restructuring, involving a two-thirds reduction of the number of business units and a plan to break up the group into five independent business groups by 2003. [PAR] Operations [PAR] By the mid-1990s Hyundai comprised over 60 subsidiary companies and was active in a diverse range of activities including automobile manufacturing, construction, chemicals, electronics, financial services, heavy industry and shipbuilding. In the same period it had total annual revenues of around US$90 billion and over 200,000 employees. [PAR] Hyundai Motor Company [PAR] Hyundai branded vehicles are manufactured by Hyundai Motor Company, which along with Kia comprises the Hyundai Kia Automotive Group. Headquartered in Seoul, South Korea, Hyundai operates the world's largest integrated automobile manufacturing facility in Ulsan, which is capable of producing 1.6 million units annually. The company employs about 75,000 people around the world. Hyundai vehicles are sold in 193 countries through some 6,000 dealerships and showrooms worldwide. In 2012, Hyundai sold over 4.4 million vehicles worldwide. Popular models include the Sonata midsize sedan and Elantra compact. [PAR] Corporate social responsibility [PAR] Hyundai and its subsidiaries created a variety of initiatives in the social sphere, initially in South Korea and then internationally as the company expanded. The Asan Foundation, established by Chung Ju-yung in 1977 with 50 percent of the stock of Hyundai Construction, subsidizes medical services in Korea primarily through the Asan Medical Center and six other hospitals. The foundation has sponsored conferences on Eastern ethics and funded academic research into traditional Korean culture. In 1991, it established the annual Filial Piety Award.[DOC] [TLE] Korean electronics, cars win hearts of overseas consumers ...Korean electronics, cars win hearts of overseas consumers :: Korea.net : The official website of the Republic of Korea [PAR] Korean electronics, cars win hearts of overseas consumers [PAR] Jul 01, 2011 [PAR] Korea’s leading industries and major firms like Samsung, LG and Hyundai have performed extremely well overseas, winning recognition from international consumers and getting favorable responses from overseas customers. [PAR] Samsung Electronics announced on June 26 that it was named the best manufacturer for portable media and home audio-visual products by UK.-based “Which?” magazine. [PAR] The magazine selected 15 electronic goods, including smart TVs, blue ray players and home theaters by Samsung as | Hyundai, LG, Kia, and Samsung are all companies based in what country? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Perry White | Superman Wiki | Fandom powered by WikiaPerry White | Superman Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia [PAR] Alice White , Jerry White [PAR] Perry White is the Editor-in-Chief of the Metropolis newspaper the Daily Planet. White maintains very high journalistic standards. He is an archetypal image of the tough, irascible but fair-minded boss. He was created specifically for The Adventures of Superman radio series, beginning with the 1939 audition records (and with radio actor Julian Noa playing the role from then until the end of the series in 1951). [PAR] According to comic-book continuity, White was an award-winning journalist who served a term as Mayor of Metropolis (an event which first happened on radio). He worked as an assistant editor on the Metropolis Daily Star under George Taylor before becoming editor of the Planet. [PAR] Personality [PAR] White is a tough, cigar-smoking boss with strict ideas about how his employees should operate. [PAR] George Taylor [PAR] In the golden age comics, the character was known as George Taylor , the editor of the Daily Star . [PAR] However, in the Adventures of Superman radio show, the name was changed to Perry White. [PAR] In modern-age comics continuity, George Taylor is a separate person, the editor of the Daily Star, which is a competing Metropolitan newspaper.[DOC] [TLE] The Superman Super Site - Perry WhiteThe Superman Super Site - Perry White [PAR] Devoted to Smallville [PAR] Perry White [PAR] Perry White is a fictional character who appears in the Superman comics and is the Editor-in-Chief of the Metropolis newspaper the Daily Planet. [PAR] Perry is famous for being boisterous and loud, as well as being a fairly strict editor. He is known for shouting, "Great Caesar's ghost!" when angry, exasperated or surprised. Perry also dislikes being called "chief" and typically responds by shouting, "Don't call me chief!"--often in response to remarks made by Jimmy Olsen. [PAR] Perry's other defining trait is a fondness for smoking cigars; in the 1990s Superman comics, however, this practice was mostly discontinued, thanks to a storyline in which Perry underwent treatment for lung cancer. [PAR] Like Jimmy Olsen and Lois Lane, Perry is also known for being an acquaintance of Superman. [PAR] Perry White is married to Alice White. [PAR] Golden & Silver Age Versions [PAR] The earliest Superman comics presented Clark Kent and Lois Lane as working for the Daily Star for an editor named George Taylor. However, this was soon changed, with Perry White first appearing as the editor of a newly-renamed Daily Planet in 1940's Superman #7. [PAR] In the 1960s and 1970s DC Comics, after the multiverse method of continuity tracking was implemented, the above inconsistency was explained away by declaring that on Earth-One (the Silver Age universe), Perry White was Clark and Lois' employer at the Daily Planet, while on Earth-Two (the Golden Age universe), George Taylor was that world's editor-in-chief of the Daily Star. The Perry White of Earth-Two was a lead reporter for the Daily Star and had "filled in" from time to time, according to a Superman Family tale, as editor while Taylor was away. Superman Family also revealed that the Earth-Two Perry White lost his competition with Clark for the editor-in-chief opening after Taylor retired, however, he remained with the Star in his reporting capacity. [PAR] Pre-Crisis on Infinite Earths, Perry began his career as a freelance reporter for various newspapers, including a Chicago newspaper and Gotham City's Gotham Gazette. He eventually went to work at the Daily Planet as a reporter, and earned his first Pulitzer Prize by being the first to write about Superboy's extraterrestrial origins thanks to an exclusive interview with the Boy of Steel. [PAR] Later still, Perry's reporting skills earned more praise after being the first to discover that Superboy had moved to Metropolis from Smallville (Superboy had intended to keep his move quiet for an undefined period of time, so as not to alert anyone to Superboy and Clark Kent leaving Smallville around the same time). [PAR] Finally, during Clark Kent | As editor and chief of Metropolis newspaper, The Daily Planet, who was Superman's boss? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] The Times/1854/News/The Charge of the Light Brigade ...The Times/1854/News/The Charge of the Light Brigade - Wikisource, the free online library [PAR] The Times/1854/News/The Charge of the Light Brigade [PAR] From Wikisource [PAR] This November 14, 1854 dispatch in the London Times , written by William Howard Russell from the front of the Crimean War , later led Alfred Tennyson to compose the famous poem of the same name, The Charge of the Light Brigade . [PAR] 78777The Charge of the Light BrigadeWilliam Howard Russell [PAR] HEIGHTS BEFORE SEBASTOPOL , OCTOBER 25 -- If the exhibition of the most brilliant valour, of the excess of courage, and of a daring which would have reflected luster on the best days of chivalry can afford full consolation for the disaster of today, we can have no reason to regret the melancholy loss which we sustained in a contest with a savage and barbarian enemy. [PAR] I shall proceed to describe, to the best of my power, what occurred under my own eyes, and to state the facts which I have heard from men whose veracity is unimpeachible, reserving to myself the right of private judgement in making public and in surpressing the details of what occurred on this memorable day... [PAR] [After losing ground to a British force half its size, the Russians retreated to the heights above Sebastopol, a port town on the Black sea] . [PAR] At 11:00 our Light Cavalry Brigade rushed to the front... The Russians opened on them with guns from the redoubts on the right, with volleys of musketry and rifles. [PAR] They swept proudly past, glittering in the morning sun in all the pride and splendor of war. We could hardly believe the evidence of our senses. Surely that handful of men were not going to charge an army in position? Alas! It was but too true -- their desperate valour knew no bounds, and far indeed was it removed from its so-called better part -- discretion. They advanced in two lines, quickening the pace as they closed towards the enemy. A more fearful spectacle was never witnessed than by those who, without the power to aid, beheld their heroic countrymen rushing to the arms of sudden death. At the distance of 1200 yards the whole line of the enemy belched forth, from thirty iron mouths, a flood of smoke and flame through which hissed the deadly balls. Their flight was marked by instant gaps in our ranks, the dead men and horses, by steeds flying wounded or riderless across the plain. The first line was broken -- it was joined by the second, they never halted or checked their speed an instant. With diminished ranks, thinned by those thirty guns, which the Russians had laid with the most deadly accuracy, with a halo of flashing steel above their heads, and with a cheer which was many a noble fellow's death cry, they flew into the smoke of the batteries; but ere they were lost from view, the plain was strewed with their bodies and with the carcasses of horses. They were exposed to an oblique fire from the batteries on the hills on both sides, as well as to a direct fire of musketry. [PAR] Through the clouds of smoke we could see their sabers flashing as they rode up to the guns and dashed between them, cutting down the gunners as they stood. The blaze of their steel, like an officer standing near me said, "was like the turn of a shoal of mackerel." We saw them riding through the guns, as I have said; to our delight, we saw them returning, after breaking through a column of Russian infantry and scattering them like chaff, when the flank fire of the battery on the hill swept them down, scattered and broken as they were. Wounded men and dismounted troopers flying towards us told the sad tale -- demigods could not have done what they had failed to do. At the very moment when they were about to retreat, a regiment of lancers was hurled upon their flank. Colonel Shewell, of the 8th Hussars, saw the danger and rode his men straight at them, cutting his way through with fearful loss. The other regiments turned and engaged in a desperate encounter. With | Immortalized in an 1854 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, the Charge of the Light Brigade, a military disaster for the English, occurred during what 1854 war? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] 506: emeril lagasse - blogspot.com506: emeril lagasse [PAR] emeril lagasse [PAR] ― Food Network is kicking Emeril Lagasse down a notch. [PAR] The celebrity chef's "Emeril Live," which has been on the air for 10 years, will cease production Dec. 11, Food Network publicist Carrie Welch told The Associated Press. [PAR] "However, Emeril is under contract with Food Network," Welch said Tuesday. "We love him, we support him and look forward to a long partnership with him." [PAR] Welch wouldn't comment on Lagasse's contract. [PAR] Asked why the show was canceled, she told the AP: "The only reason would be that it hit a ton of television milestones and, you know, all good things come to an end." [PAR] The Food Network will continue producing Lagasse's "The Essence of Emeril," and he will take part in "specials and other development opportunities in the future," Welch said. [PAR] The network will also air reruns of "Emeril Live." [PAR] "I am deeply appreciative to all the unbelievable staff ― many who have been with the show since the beginning ― and all the loyal viewers, and the many talented guests who have appeared on the show through the years," Lagasse, 48, said in a statement provided by Welch. [PAR] "I look forward to continuing my association with the Food Network with `The Essence of Emeril,' and I have lots of new ideas cooking," he said. [PAR] Food Network is owned by Scripps Networks, a division of The E.W. Scripps Company [PAR] Emeril Lagasse [PAR] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [PAR] Jump to: navigation, search [PAR] Born October 15, 1959 (1959-10-15) (age 48) [PAR] Fall River, Massachusetts, United States [PAR] Cooking style Cajun, Creole, and French [PAR] Education Johnson & Wales University [PAR] Restaurants Emeril's Restaurant (New Orleans); NOLA (New Orleans); Emeril's New Orleans Fish House (Las Vegas); Emeril's Delmonico (New Orleans); Emeril's Orlando (Universal Studios, Orlando); Delmonico Steakhouse (Las Vegas); Emeril's Tchoup Chop (Orlando); Emeril's Atlanta (Atlanta); Emeril's Miami Beach (Miami Beach) Emeril's Gulf Coast Fish House (Gulfport); [PAR] TV Show(s) Emeril Live, Essence of Emeril [PAR] Emeril John Lagasse (born October 15, 1959, Fall River, Massachusetts, U.S.) is an American celebrity chef, restaurateur, television personality, and cookbook author. A regional James Beard Award winner, he is perhaps most notable for his Food Network shows Emeril Live and Essence of Emeril as well as catchphrases such as "kick it up a notch" and "BAM!"[1] He is a 1978 graduate of Johnson & Wales University's College of Culinary Arts. The "Emeril Empire" of media, products and restaurants generates an estimated USD$150 million annually in revenue.[2] [PAR] Contents [PAR] 6 Contribution to space exploration [PAR] 7 References [PAR] 8 External links [PAR] [edit] Biography [PAR] Lagasse was born in Fall River, Massachusetts to his Canadian Québécois father, John and Portuguese mother Hilda. He worked in a Portuguese bakery as a teenager where he discovered his talent for cooking and subsequently enrolled in a culinary arts program at Diman Vocational High School.[3] His talents as a drummer earned him a scholarship to the New England Conservatory of Music but he chose instead to attend Johnson & Wales University in hopes of becoming a chef. He met his first wife, Elizabeth Kief, while working at a restaurant to pay his way through school.[3] He graduated from Johnson and Wales in 1978 and the school later awarded him an honorary doctorate. [4] [PAR] Lagasse initially gained fame in the culinary world as Executive Chef of Commander's Palace. After leaving Commander's he opened his first restaurant, Emeril's, in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1990. It was designated "Restaurant of the Year" in Esquire magazine of that year. Lagasse is mainly known for his emphasis on Creole and Cajun cooking styles. Indeed, many of his restaurants as well as his corporate office, Emeril's Homebase, are | Futurama chef Elzar is a parody of what celebrity chef, whose catchphrases include “kick it up a notch” and “BAM!”? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Wells Fargo - The Full WikiWells Fargo - The Full Wiki [PAR] The Full Wiki [PAR] [PAR] [PAR] Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles . [PAR] Related top topics [PAR] Top rankings for Wells Fargo [PAR] 3rd [PAR] From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [PAR] Wells Fargo & Co. [PAR] New York City , New York, U.S. (March 18, 1852) (1929 by Merger with Norwest ) [PAR] Headquarters [PAR] Wells Fargo's corporate headquarters in San Francisco, CA [PAR] Wells Fargo & Co. is a diversified financial services company with operations around the world. Wells Fargo is the fourth largest bank in the US by assets and the third largest bank by market cap. [3] Wells Fargo is the second largest bank in deposits, home mortgage servicing, and debit card. In 2007 it was the only bank in the United States to be rated AAA by S&P [4] , though its rating has since been lowered to AA- [5] in light of the 2008 Financial Crisis. [PAR] Headquartered in San Francisco, California (its bank, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., is legally chartered in Sioux Falls , South Dakota ), Wells Fargo is a result of an acquisition of California-based Wells Fargo & Co. by Minneapolis -based Norwest Corporation in 1998. The new company chose to keep the name Wells Fargo, to capitalize on the 150-year history of the nationally-recognized Wells Fargo name and its trademark stagecoach. After the merger, the company maintained its headquarters in San Francisco and charter in Sioux Falls. [PAR] As of 2009, Wells Fargo has 6,650 retail branches (called stores by Wells Fargo), 12,260 automated teller machines , 276,000 employees and over 48 million customers. [6] Wells Fargo currently operates stores and ATMs under the Wells Fargo and Wachovia names. [PAR] 12 External links [PAR] Lines of business [PAR] Wells Fargo offers a range of financial services in over 80 different business lines. [14] Wells Fargo delineates three different business segments when reporting results: Retail Banking , Wholesale Banking , and Consumer Finance . [PAR] Community banking [PAR] The Community Banking segment includes Regional Banking, Wealth Management Group, Diversified Products and the Consumer Deposits groups. [PAR] Wells Fargo also has around 9,400 stand alone mortgage branches throughout the country. It also does mortgage wholesale lending through independent mortgage brokers . [PAR] Wells Fargo in Laredo , Texas, is located near Mall Del Norte. [PAR] Brokerage [PAR] Wells Fargo offers investment products through its subsidiaries, Wells Fargo Investments, LLC and Wells Fargo Advisors (previously known as Wachovia Securities). It also offers mutual funds under the Wells Fargo Advantage brand name and Evergreen Funds . [PAR] Calibre [PAR] Calibre is a subsidiary that Wells Fargo currently uses for its wealth management services to ultra-high net worth families with net worth exceeding $25 million. Calibre was acquired as part of the purchase of Wachovia. [15] [PAR] Internet services [PAR] Wells Fargo launched its personal computer banking service in 1989 and was the first bank to introduce access to banking accounts on the web in May 1995. [PAR] Wells Fargo's Business Online Banking gives small business owners all the services available to consumers, plus services designed specifically for businesses. [PAR] The new Wells Fargo vSafe service offers online storage of documents. [PAR] Wholesale [PAR] The Wholesale Banking segment contains products sold to large and middle market commercial companies, as well as to consumers on a wholesale basis. This includes lending, treasury management , mutual funds , asset-based lending, commercial real estate ,corporate and institutional trust services, and investment banking through Wells Fargo Securities . The company also owns Barington Associates, a middle market investment bank. Wells Fargo historically has avoided large corporate loans as stand-alone products, instead requiring that borrowers purchase other products along with loans—which the bank sees as a loss leader . One area that is very profitable to Wells, however, is asset-based lending : lending to large companies using assets as collateral that are not normally used in other loans. This can be compared to subprime lending, but on | Henry Wells and William Fargo, before they got into banking, made their mark on the world operating what service in the west in the 1850s? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] O.K. Corral Gunfight Site, Tombstone AZ: HistoryO.K. Corral Gunfight Site, Tombstone AZ: History [PAR] Gunfight at the O.K. Corral: A Brief History [PAR] In a Fateful 30 Seconds ... [PAR] On the cold afternoon of October 26, 1881, four men in long black coats strode purposefully down the dusty Fremont Street. Around the corner, in a narrow vacant lot behind the O.K. Corral, waited six cowboys. In a fateful thirty seconds, nearly thirty shots were fired at close range. The gunbattle between the Earps – lead by Marshal Virgil Earp, his brothers Wyatt and Morgan and their friend, Doc Holliday – and the Clanton-McLaury gang left Billy Clanton and the McLaury brothers dead and Virgil, Morgan, and Doc wounded. [PAR] Today we frame this event as a legendary example of Western vigilante justice, where lawmen preserving the peace faced down cattle rustlers suspected of robbing a Wells Fargo stagecoach. But the historical backdrop for this deadly tension is far more complex. After the Civil War, rapid growth in the American industrial economy spurred an interest in Westward expansion. Boomtowns like Tombstone provided fertile ground for the continuation of the war's sectional strife in the Western territories. Wealthy Northern mine owners and businessmen jockeyed with Southern cowboys from Texas for control and power. Each faction brought its economic, political, and social conflicts to the Arizona Territory – and to the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. [PAR] The story began in 1877, when Ed Schieffelin's discovery of significant veins of silver ore in southeastern Arizona's Cochise County held out alluring promises of wealth and opportunity for enterprising people from all walks of life. Between 1879 and 1880, Tombstone's population exploded from a handful of prospectors to nearly 6,000 residents. With this rapid influx of newcomers, Tombstone's fledgling social and political infrastructure began to take shape. Profits from the mines created a business-friendly town center with a pronounced need for law enforcement officers to maintain justice and order. To provide protection and reduce crime and violence, Tombstone's town leaders sought out men like Wyatt Earp, who had built his reputation as a gunfighter and lawman in Dodge City. [PAR] Tombstone soon became the center of a feud which pitted a group of prominent ranchers headed by the Clanton and McLaury families against a coalition of Tombstone businessmen represented by the Earps. The ranchers, who sold meat to the town and nearby Fort Huachuca, often "supplemented" their income by rustling cattle. These "Cowboys" were Democrats with strong ties to Texas and were supported by Cochise County Sheriff Johnny Behan. The Earp faction – Wyatt, his brothers Virgil, Morgan, and Warren, and their friend Doc Holliday – had the backing of Tombstone's Republican business elite, including Mayor John Clum (editor of The Tombstone Epitaph newspaper), mining magnate E.B. Gage, and Episcopalian minister Rev. Endicott Peabody. [PAR] Tensions between the two camps erupted in violence on October 26, 1881, in a narrow vacant lot behind the O.K. Corral. After a long night of poker that ended in an exchange of harsh words and a series of small scuffles, a confrontation appeared to be inevitable. According to historian Paula Marks, County Sheriff Behan insisted, "There is to be trouble between the Clanton and the Earp boys today." [PAR] Throughout the morning, various members of the vigilante businessmen's Citizens Safety Committee volunteered to intervene in the conflict, but Marshal Virgil Earp, seeking to avoid the involvement of armed citizens, respectfully declined their offers. Instead he sought Sheriff Behan's aid in disarming the Cowboys, who had now moved to the vacant lot behind the O.K. Corral next to photographer C.S. Fly's Boarding House (where Doc Holliday lived). Behan, however, was unable to convince the Cowboys to give up their weapons – and unable to prevent the Earps and Doc Holliday from heading to the O.K. Corral to disarm the Cowboys. [PAR] A Brief Overview of the Shootout [PAR] The stage was set. As the Earps turned the corner and entered the narrow passageway between the Harwood House and Fly's Boarding House, they met their rivals face-to-face. Each lawmen carried a six-shooter. In addition, "Doc" Holliday carried a shotgun hidden | The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral pitted the Earps against the Clantons. In what territorial city did the gunfight take place? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] One swallow does not make a summer - Proverb HunterOne swallow does not make a summer ‹ Proverb ‹ Proverb Hunter [PAR] Home • Proverbs • O • One swallow does not make a summer [PAR] One swallow does not make a summer [PAR] The swallow is a migratory bird, visiting Great Britain in April and leaving for warmer climes in September. As far as Great Britain is concerned, ‘spring’ is more accurate than ‘summer’. Aristotle, the Greek philosopher, wrote: ‘One swallow does not make spring, nor does one fine day’. [PAR] The proverb reminds us that winter is not necessarily over just because we have seen one swallow. By extension we are reminded also, that any single piece of evidence is not enough to prove anything. It may even be an exception. [PAR] An Albanian proverb on with the same meaning goes: ‘One flower does not make spring.’[DOC] [TLE] one swallow does not a summer make - Wiktionaryone swallow does not a summer make - Wiktionary [PAR] one swallow does not a summer make [PAR] Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary [PAR] Etymology[ edit ] [PAR] An allusion to the return of migrating swallows at the start of the summer season. From a remark by Aristotle (384 [PAR] 1886, Louisa May Alcott , Jo's Boys, ch. 9: [PAR] [T]hough one swallow does not make a summer, one engagement is apt to make several, and her boys were, most of them, at the inflammable age when a spark ignites the flame. [PAR] 1921 April 4, " Smile a While ," The Day (USA), p. 6 [PAR] (retrieved 29 Nov 2011) [PAR] One swallow does not a summer make, nor one onion a spring garden. [PAR] 1969 Sept. 19, Bob Johnson, " Sports: September Madness , Spokane Daily Chronicle (USA), p. 15: [PAR] One swallow does not a summer make and one football game doesn't make a season. [PAR] 2001 June 24, Susan Tifft, " The Philippines: Now the Hard Part ," Time: [PAR] Added one Western diplomat: "Aquino's success undoubtedly weakens the Communists' appeal to the so-called mass base. But one swallow does not a summer make."[DOC] [TLE] swallow - definition of swallow in English from the Oxford ...swallow - definition of swallow in English | Oxford Dictionaries [PAR] 1An act of swallowing something, especially food or drink: [PAR] ‘he downed his drink in one swallow’ [PAR] More example sentences [PAR] ‘He hadn't meant to, it was more of a gulp than a swallow, but he'd still done it just the same.’ [PAR] ‘Maria quickly grabbed a glass of champagne from the tray of one of the servers, and drank half of it two large swallows before she had the courage to ask Erik what had just happened.’ [PAR] ‘After downing it in a single swallow, Jonnie exhales and looks past Hannah down the hall.’ [PAR] ‘Alex sighed, then downed his drink in one swallow and returned for another one.’ [PAR] ‘As he lowered the canteen from his mouth, I took it back and drank a few swallows myself.’ [PAR] ‘When he declined, she opened her drink and took a swallow.’ [PAR] ‘All semblance of evil were slowly drained away as he drank swallow after swallow of this liquid fire.’ [PAR] ‘A single-contrast barium swallow did not show a connection between the mass and the esophagus.’ [PAR] ‘In another, the sufferer drinks several swallows of water while an accomplice presses on both ear flaps (technically called the tragus).’ [PAR] ‘Elea felt the flood of tears renewed as she took two more shaky swallows of her drink.’ [PAR] ‘August finished his drink in one swallow, then slammed the empty glass down on the desk decisively.’ [PAR] ‘He handed me his glass and I drank down his last swallow.’ [PAR] ‘I lifted his head and held the broth to his lips, and he again drank a few swallows of it.’ [PAR] ‘To evaluate further, do esophagography with barium swallow to look for TE fistula.’ [PAR] ‘Their glasses | According to the proverb, One swallow does not make what? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Motown Records - Artists & Releases – artistxite.comMotown Records - Artists & Releases – artistxite.com [PAR] Motown Records [PAR] Founded:January 12, 1959; 57 years ago (January 12, 1959) [PAR] Founder:Berry Gordy, Jr. [PAR] Show me [PAR] Label history [PAR] Motown is an American record company. The record company was founded by Berry Gordy, Jr. as Tamla Records on January 12, 1959, and was incorporated as Motown Record Corporation on April 14, 1960, in Detroit, Michigan. The name, a portmanteau of motor and town, has also become a nickname for Detroit. Motown played an important role in the racial integration of popular music as an African American-owned record label that achieved significant crossover success. In the 1960s, Motown and its subsidiary labels (including Tamla Motown, the brand used outside the US) were the most successful proponents of what came to be known as the Motown Sound, a style of soul music with a distinct pop influence. During the 1960s, Motown achieved spectacular success for a small record company: 79 records in the Top Ten of the Billboard Hot 100 record chart between 1960 and 1969. [PAR] Following the events of the Detroit Riots of 1967, in addition to the losses of songwriters Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier , and Brian Holland (who left the label due to dissatisfaction with their success and level of pay the same year), Gordy relocated Motown to Los Angeles in 1972, and there it remained an independent company until June 28, 1988. It was on this date that Gordy called it quits in the music industry, having been drawn into the Hollywood lifestyle after releasing two movies starring Diana Ross : Mahogany and the Billie Holiday Biopic Lady Sings the Blues. The company was then sold to MCA . Motown was later sold to PolyGram in 1994, before being sold again to MCA Records' successor, Universal Music Group , when it acquired PolyGram in 1999. [PAR] Motown spent much of the 2000s as a part of the Universal Music subsidiaries Universal Motown and Universal Motown Republic Group, and headquartered in New York City. From 2011 to 2014, Motown was a part of The Island Def Jam Music Group division of Universal Music. On April 1, 2014, Universal Music Group announced the dissolution of Island Def Jam; subsequently Motown relocated back to Los Angeles to operate under the Capitol Music Group. It now operates out of the landmark Capitol Tower. [PAR] For many decades, Motown was the highest-earning African American business in the United States. [PAR] Berry Gordy got his start as a songwriter for local Detroit acts such as Jackie Wilson and the Matadors . Wilson's single "Lonely Teardrops", written by Gordy, became a huge success, but Gordy did not feel he made as much money as he deserved from this and other singles he wrote for Wilson. He realized that the more lucrative end of the business was in producing records and owning the publishing. [PAR] In 1959, Billy Davis and Berry Gordy's sisters Gwen and Anna started Anna Records. Davis and Gwen Gordy wanted Berry to be the company president, but Berry wanted to strike out on his own. On January 12, 1959, he started Tamla Records, with an $800 loan from his family and royalties earned writing for Jackie Wilson. Gordy originally wanted to name the label Tammy Records, after the hit song popularized by Debbie Reynolds from the 1957 film Tammy and the Bachelor, in which Reynolds also starred. When he found the name was already in use, Berry decided on Tamla instead. Tamla's first release, in the Detroit area, was Marv Johnson 's "Come to Me" in 1959 (released nationally on United Artists). Its first hit was Barrett Strong 's "Money (That's What I Want)" (1959), which made it to number 2 on the Billboard R&B charts (released nationally on Anna Records). [PAR] Gordy's first signed act was the Matadors, who immediately changed their name to the Miracles . (They were not the Matadors who recorded for Sue .) Their first release, "Got a Job", was an answer record to the Silhouettes' "Get a Job" ( | In what city was the Motown record label founded? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] October 31, 1926: Death Proves Inescapable for Even ...October 31, 1926: Death Proves Inescapable for Even Houdini | At the Smithsonian | Smithsonian [PAR] October 31, 1926: Death Proves Inescapable for Even Houdini [PAR] Magician Harry Houdini, who could seemingly escape anything, couldn't escape a punch to the gut and appendicitis [PAR] October 31, 2011 [PAR] Magician Harry Houdini / National Portrait Gallery, SI [PAR] Master magician Harry Houdini made a living wowing audiences and escaping from death-defying situations. But this day in 1926 the Great Houdini was unable to cheat death one more time and succumbed to peritonitis resulting from a ruptured appendix at age 52. [PAR] “Harry Houdini is famous for his incredible feats of magic,” says historian David C. Ward of the National Portrait Gallery, “all of which required meticulous planning and preparation.” [PAR] Born Erik Weisz to Jewish parents in Budapest, Hungary in 1874, Houdini’s family immigrated to Appleton, Wisconsin, when he was four years old. He adopted the “Harry Houdini” moniker in 1891 when he became a professional magician, in honor of French magician Jean Eugene Robert Houdin and American magician Harry Kellar. [PAR] Houdini started out with card tricks at small venues and progressed to escape acts on the vaudeville circuit, eventually earning the title of “The Handcuff King.” “For him,” illusionist David Blaine noted to The New York Times in October of last year, “sometimes the difficult thing was keeping the handcuffs on.” [PAR] As Houdini’s stature as a performer increased, he had to up the ante with new stunts to please spectators. “I knew, as everyone knows,” wrote Houdini, “that the easiest way to attract a crowd is to let it be known that at a given time and a given place someone is going to attempt something that in the event of failure will mean sudden death.” [PAR] Houdini performing the Chinese Water Torture Cell. Image courtesy Library of Congress [PAR] Houdini escaped from a wide variety of objects, including items suggested by his audience: straitjackets, boilers, wet sheets, milk jugs and supposedly even the belly of a preserved “ 1,600-pound sea monster ” that had washed ashore in Boston. [PAR] His 1912 underwater box escape in New York’s East River was proclaimed by Scientific American magazine as “one of the most remarkable tricks ever performed.” And Houdini continued his string of legendary stunts, debuting his legendary Chinese Water Torture Cell later that year. In it he was suspended upside-down in a locked glass and steel cabinet overflowing with water. [PAR] “Amidst the sensation,” says Ward, “what is not as well known, however, is that Houdini also spent much of his career debunking and exposing charlatans and con-men who used aspects of magic, especially séances with the dead, to dupe a credulous public. Spiritualism had an upsurge after World War I as populations that had suffered horrendous loses sought ways of coping. But Houdini dismissed claims of the supernatural as so much quackery that cruelly played on the hopes of those who had lost loved ones.” [PAR] But how did he finally die? Houdini apparently had been suffering from appendicitis for weeks before his death on Halloween of 1926, but hadn’t sought out treatment. Things came to a head after an October 20 performance at the Princess Theater in Montreal. According to eyewitnesses, Houdini was laying on a couch having his portrait sketched by a student when Jocelyn Gordon Whitehead, a McGill University student, entered the room. Whitehead asked to test Houdini’s claim to be able to absorb any blow to the body above the waist without injury. [PAR] Upon Houdini’s supposed approval, Whitehead delivered multiple blows to Houdini’s stomach, reportedly hitting him three times before the magician was able to tighten his stomach muscles to protect himself sufficiently. [PAR] It’s likely Houdini’s appendix would have burst on its own without striking. Houdini still continued to travel while in severe pain, and arrived in Detroit on October 24, 1926 for what would be his final performance. He took the stage at Garrick Theater even with a fever of 104 and a diagnosis of acute appendicitis | What famed magician, born Erik Weisz in Budapest, Hungary, died on Oct 31, 1926 of peritonitis, secondary to a ruptured appendix? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Muhammad Ali wins the Rumble in the Jungle - HISTORY.comMuhammad Ali wins the Rumble in the Jungle - Oct 30, 1974 - HISTORY.com [PAR] Muhammad Ali wins the Rumble in the Jungle [PAR] Share this: [PAR] Muhammad Ali wins the Rumble in the Jungle [PAR] Author [PAR] Muhammad Ali wins the Rumble in the Jungle [PAR] URL [PAR] Publisher [PAR] A+E Networks [PAR] On October 30, 1974, 32-year-old Muhammad Ali becomes the heavyweight champion of the world for the second time when he knocks out 25-year-old champ George Foreman in the eighth round of the “Rumble in the Jungle,” a match in Kinshasa, Zaire. Seven years before, Ali had lost his title when the government accused him of draft-dodging and the boxing commission took away his license. His victory in Zaire made him only the second dethroned champ in history to regain his belt. [PAR] The “Rumble in the Jungle” (named by promoter Don King, who’d initially tagged the bout “From the Slave Ship to the Championship!” until Zaire’s president caught wind of the idea and ordered all the posters burned) was Africa’s first heavyweight championship match. The government of the West African republic staged the event—its president, Mobutu Sese Seko, personally paid each of the fighters $5 million simply for showing up—in hopes that it would draw the world’s attention to the country’s enormous beauty and vast reserves of natural resources. Ali agreed. “I wanted to establish a relationship between American blacks and Africans,” he wrote later. “The fight was about racial problems, Vietnam. All of that.” He added: “The Rumble in the Jungle was a fight that made the whole country more conscious.” [PAR] At 4:30 a.m. on October 30, 60,000 spectators gathered in the moonlight (organizers had timed the fight to overlap with prime time in the U.S.) at the outdoor Stade du 20 Mai to watch the fight. They were chanting “Ali, bomaye” (“Ali, kill him”). The ex-champ had been taunting Foreman for weeks, and the young boxer was eager to get going. When the bell rang, he began to pound Ali with his signature sledgehammer blows, but the older man simply backed himself up against the ropes and used his arms to block as many hits as he could. He was confident that he could wait Foreman out. (Ali’s trainer later called this strategy the “rope-a-dope,” because he was “a dope” for using it.) [PAR] By the fifth round, the youngster began to tire. His powerful punches became glances and taps. And in the eighth, like “a bee harassing a bear,” as one Times reporter wrote, Ali peeled himself off the ropes and unleashed a barrage of quick punches that seemed to bewilder the exhausted Foreman. A hard left and chopping right caused the champ’s weary legs to buckle, and he plopped down on the mat. The referee counted him out with just two seconds to go in the round. [PAR] Ali lost his title and regained it once more before retiring for good in 1981. Foreman, meanwhile, retired in 1977 but kept training, and in 1987 he became the oldest heavyweight champ in the history of boxing. Today, the affable Foreman is a minister and rancher in Texas and the father of five daughters and five sons, all named George. He’s also the spokesman for the incredibly popular line of George Foreman indoor grills. [PAR] Related Videos[DOC] [TLE] Muhammed Ali remembered on the 40th anniversary of the ...Muhammed Ali remembered on the 40th anniversary of the Rumble in the Jungle | Daily Mail Online [PAR] comments [PAR] To the thinly disguised chagrin of a pitiful coven of hacks who regard boxing as so barbaric that they campaign for its abolition, The Greatest is still alive to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the most famous fight in ring history. [PAR] Muhammad Ali launched a week of reminiscences about the Rumble in the Jungle by tweeting a happy snapshot of himself and some of his family and announcing that he feels just fine. [PAR] Not for the first time, reports of his death have been exaggerated. | Whom did Muhammed Ali best in the famous Rumble in the Jungle, which took place in Kinsasha, Zaire? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] King Ghidorahis a kaiju film monster that first appeared in the Toho's 1964 film Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster. Although Toho officially trademarks the character as King Ghidorah the character is usually referred to as Ghidrah in English markets. [PAR] Although King Ghidorah's design has remained largely consistent throughout its appearances (an armless, golden-scaled winged dragon with three heads and two tails), its origin story has varied from being an extraterrestrial demon, a genetically engineered monster from the future, to being a guardian of ancient Japan. The character is usually portrayed as an archenemy of Godzilla and Mothra, though it has had one appearance as an ally of the latter. Despite rumors that Ghidorah was meant to represent the threat posed by China, which had at the time of the character's creation just developed nuclear weapons, director Ishiro Honda denied the connection and stated that Ghidorah is simply a modern take on the dragon Yamata no Orochi. [PAR] Overview [PAR] Development [PAR] The initial idea for Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster came from Tomoyuki Tanaka, who also created Godzilla. Tanaka's inspiration came from an illustration of the Lernaean Hydra in a book about Greek Mythology, and Orochi of Japanese folklore. Tanaka was enamored with the idea of Godzilla fighting a multi-headed serpent, but considered 7-8 heads to be excessive, with the number of heads being reduced to three. The final version was an armless, three-headed dragon with large wings, two tails and of extraterrestrial origin. Screenwriter Shinichi Sekizawa insisted that the Ghidorah suit be fabricated using light-weight silicon-based materials in order to grant the wearer greater mobility. The final Ghidorah design was constructed by special effects artist Teizo Toshimitsu, who had initially painted it green in order to further differentiate it from Godzilla, Rodan and Mothra, but changed it to gold on the insistence of Eiji Tsuburaya, after his assistant noted that being a creature from Venus, the "gold planet", Ghidorah should be that color. The monster costume itself was built by Akira Watanabe, and worn by Shoichi Hirose, who also played King Kong in Toho's King Kong vs. Godzilla. Hirose walked hunched over inside the Ghidorah costume, holding a metal bar for balance, while puppeteers would control its heads, tails and wings off-camera like a marionette. Each of the monster's heads were fitted with remotely controlled motors, which were connected to operators via a wire extending from the suit's backside. Performing as Ghidorah proved challenging to Hirose, as he had to time his movements in a way that would not conflict with the separately operated heads and wings, as doing so would have resulted in the overhead wires tangling. Because of the suit's weight, it frequently snapped the overhead wires supporting it. Special effects were added as the creature is capable emitting destructive, lightning-like "gravity beams" from its mouths and generating hurricane-force winds from its wings. Despite King Ghidorah's central role in the film's plot, the character was given little screen time, as Hirose had fallen out with special effects director Eiji Tsuburaya, who never forgave Hirose for accepting a Hollywood deal, and subsequently hired Susumu Utsumi to play King Ghidorah after Invasion of Astro-Monster. [PAR] In Invasion of Astro-Monster, King Ghidorah was given a darker shade of gold, and its movements both on land and in the air were more fluid than during Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster, as the special effects crew had at that point learned from the shortcomings of the previous film's depiction of the creature. [PAR] In Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah, the character's ruffs of hairs surrounding its heads were replaced with horns, as it proved difficult for the special effects team to superimpose the individual strands of hair onto footage of people escaping the monster. Special effects director Koichi Kawakita had originally planned on having each of Ghidorah's heads fire differently colored beams, but this was ultimately scrapped in favor of the classic yellow color. [PAR] For Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack, director Shūsuke Kaneko had originally planned on using Varan as | With a name that translates as gorilla whale, what mythical creature, who had his debut on Nov 3, 1954, has battled such enemies as King Ghidorah, Gigan, and Motrha? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Not Cocktail of the Week #2: The Manhattan : cocktailsNot Cocktail of the Week #2: The Manhattan : cocktails [PAR] 2 dashes Angostura bitters [PAR] Stirred on ice and strained into a coupe glass [PAR] Garnished with homemade Montmorency cherries on a pick (in order of consumption): rye+Peychaud’s, spiced rum+cinnamon, amaretto (details below) [PAR] Disclaimer: this is a stiff drink as 2.5 oz of 100 proof rye is equivalent to two normal 1.5 oz pour cocktails. I should probably halve this recipe but I can’t help myself. [PAR] The Savoy Cocktail Book: [PAR] Manhattan Cocktail (No. 1) [originally found in the 1887 edition of Jerry Thomas’ Bar-tender’s Guide] [PAR] 2 dashes Curacao or Maraschino [PAR] 1 pony rye whiskey [approx. 1 oz] [PAR] 1 wineglass vermouth (mixed) [approx. 2 oz, equal parts sweet and dry?] [PAR] 3 dashes Angostura bitters [PAR] Shaken on ice and strained into a claret glass [PAR] Garnished with a quarter of a slice of lemon in the glass [PAR] Two dashes of gum syrup optional [PAR] Manhattan Cocktail (No. 2) [PAR] Shaken on ice and strained into a cocktail glass [PAR] Garnished with cherry [PAR] Links and further reading: [PAR] Robert Hess’ Cocktail Spirit – he does a rather poor job stirring here for reasons unknown [PAR] The Joy of Mixology by Gary Regan [the eponymous creator of Regan’s Orange Bitters No. 6] [PAR] Results [PAR] If I were forced to choose only one cocktail to have the rest of my life, it would have to be this. I always forget how much I enjoy this cocktail, as I honestly cannot condone having one of these every night, but that first sip is like slipping into a custom-tailored suit. You remember how well it fits and how comfortable it is. The initial note is always the spiciness of the rye whiskey, which immediately matures into the fruitiness of vermouth that tames the drink, and evolves into the herbal and bitter notes provided between the vermouth and Angostura bitters. My garnish being three distinct cherries just adds upon the complexity of this drink. The first cherry being soaked in rye whiskey+Peychaud’s complement and amplify the spiciness of rye and briefly take this drink in the direction of a Sazerac. The spiced rum and cinnamon chip soaked cherry turns it exotic with the strong flavor of cinnamon playing a harmonious counterpoint to the cloves in Angostura bitters. Near the end of the drink I enjoy the amaretto soaked cherry, with its naturally complementary flavors. It provides a sweet finish to my drink and reminds me that one is probably enough. [PAR] Variations [PAR] There are countless variations on a Manhattan cocktail; I’ll briefly go over a few here. The most common variation on a classic Manhattan is using bourbon in place of rye, common in the South. A less common variation is to substitute brandy, which, according to Dale DeGroff in The Craft of the Cocktail, is common in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The “Perfect Manhattan”, unfortunately not a literal epitome, is a Manhattan whose vermouth portion is equal parts of sweet and dry. Recently, artisanal distillers have started to put out unaged “white dog whiskey” aka moonshine. A “White Manhattan” is often a Manhattan cocktail made with “white dog whiskey”, dry vermouth, orange bitters, and garnished with a lemon twist resulting in a clear cocktail that is Manhattan-inspired. I am personally not a fan as I find it barely has any resemblance to the flavor profile of a Manhattan cocktail, but it is an interesting variation you may encounter. On the note of lemon peel/twist, this is another acceptable garnish in a Manhattan, though be sure to properly express the lemon oil if you choose this route. [PAR] On Cherries [PAR] Grocery store “maraschino cherries” in the United States are vile and as with many cocktail stories, this can all be traced back to Prohibition. Maraschino cherries, in the early 1900s when the cocktail scene was really getting its legs, were originally made from Marasca cherries sweetened and preserved in Maraschino liqueur, also made from Marasca cherries. Marasca cherries, native to Europe, are sour cherries | What cocktail consists of 5 parts Rye Whiskey, 2 parts Sweet Red Vermouth, a dash of Angostura Bitters, and garnished with a Maraschino Cherry? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] James Naismith - iSnare Free EncyclopediaJames Naismith - iSnare Free Encyclopedia [PAR] James Naismith [PAR] For the Chemical Biologist, see Jim Naismith . [PAR] James Naismith [PAR] James Naismith holding a basketball [PAR] Sport(s) [PAR] McGill University Sports Hall of Fame [PAR] Oklahoma State Sports Hall of Fame [PAR] College Basketball Hall of Fame [PAR] Inducted in 2006 [PAR] James Naismith (November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939) was a Canadian-American physical educator, physician, chaplain, sports coach and innovator. He invented the game of basketball at age 30 in 1891. He wrote the original basketball rule book and founded the University of Kansas basketball program. Naismith lived to see basketball adopted as an Olympic demonstration sport in 1904 and as an official event at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin , as well as the birth of the National Invitation Tournament (1938) and the NCAA Tournament (1939). [PAR] Born in Canada to Scottish immigrants, Naismith studied physical education at McGill University in Montreal before moving to the United States , where he designed the game in late 1891 while teaching at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield , Massachusetts . [1] Seven years after inventing basketball, Naismith received his medical degree in Denver in 1898. He then arrived at the University of Kansas , later becoming the Kansas Jayhawks ' athletic director and coach. [2] [PAR] Contents [PAR] Sculpture, Almonte , Ontario [PAR] Naismith was born in 1861 in Almonte (now part of Mississippi Mills ), Ontario , Canada to parents who had immigrated from Scotland . [3] He never had a middle name and never signed his name with the "A" initial. The "A" was added by someone in the administration at the University of Kansas. [nb 1] [PAR] Struggling in school but gifted in farm labor, Naismith spent his days outside playing catch, hide-and-seek, or duck on a rock , a medieval game in which a person guards a large drake stone from opposing players, who try to knock it down by throwing smaller stones at it. To play duck on a rock most effectively, Naismith soon found that a soft lobbing shot was far more effective than a straight hard throw, a thought that later proved essential for the invention of basketball . [4] Orphaned early in his life, Naismith lived with his aunt and uncle for many years and attended grade school at Bennies Corners near Almonte. Then he enrolled in Almonte High School, in Almonte, Ontario, from which he graduated in 1883. [4] [PAR] In the same year, Naismith entered McGill University in Montreal . Although described as a slight figure, standing 5 foot 10 ½ and listed at 178 pounds, [5] he was a talented and versatile athlete, representing McGill in Canadian football , lacrosse , rugby , soccer and gymnastics . He played center on the football team, and made himself some padding to protect his ears. It was for personal use, not team use. [6] He won multiple Wicksteed medals for outstanding gymnastics performances. [7] Naismith earned a BA in Physical Education (1888) and a Diploma at the Presbyterian College in Montreal (1890). [4] From 1891 on, Naismith taught physical education and became the first McGill director of athletics, but then left Montreal to become a physical education teacher at the YMCA International Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts . [7] [8] [PAR] Springfield College: Invention of "Basket Ball" [PAR] Wikisource has original text related to this article: [PAR] Basket Ball [PAR] The original 1891 "Basket Ball" court in Springfield College . It used a peach basket attached to the wall. [PAR] At Springfield YMCA, Naismith struggled with a rowdy class that was confined to indoor games throughout the harsh New England winter and thus was perpetually short-tempered. Under orders from Dr. Luther Gulick, head of Springfield YMCA Physical Education, Naismith was given 14 days to create an indoor game that would provide an "athletic distraction": Gulick demanded that it would not take up much room, could help its track athletes to keep in shape [7] and explicitly emphasized to "make it fair for all players and not too rough | November 6, 1861 saw the birth in Almonte, Ontario, of future YMCA director James Naismith, who is responsible for the creation of what popular sport? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Lurch (The Addams Family) - pediaview.comLurch (The Addams Family) [PAR] Lurch (The Addams Family) [PAR] Ted Cassidy (on right) as Lurch with Jackie Coogan as Uncle Fester (left). [PAR] First appearance [PAR] American [PAR] Lurch (whose first name is unknown) is a fictional character created by American cartoonist Charles Addams as a manservant to The Addams Family . In the original television series, Lurch was played by Ted Cassidy , who used the famous catchphrase, “You rang?” (a similar phrase was the trademark of the character Maynard G. Krebs in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis ). [PAR] Contents [PAR] 5 References [PAR] Cartoons [PAR] In Charles Addams ‘s original cartoons, Lurch is often seen accompanying the rest of the Family, sometimes carrying a feather-duster. In a couple of illustrations, the Family is seen decorating Lurch like they would a Christmas Tree . [PAR] Characterization [PAR] Lurch is a 6 ft 9 in (2.05 m) tall, shambling, gloomy butler who somewhat resembles a cross between Frankenstein’s monster (as played by Boris Karloff ) and a zombie. In the original Addams Family television series, Lurch has a deep, resonant voice unlike that of Herman Munster , a character on the show’s main competitor, The Munsters . Although fully capable of normal speech, Lurch often communicates via simple inarticulate moans, which, much like the dialogue of Cousin Itt , his employers have no trouble understanding. [PAR] This towering mute has been shambling around the house forever…He is not a very good butler but a faithful one…One eye is opaque, the scanty hair is damply clinging to his narrow flat head…generally the family regards him as something of a joke. [1] [PAR] — Charles Addams [PAR] Like any butler, Lurch tries to help around the house, but occasionally his great size and strength cause trouble. He clearly takes pride in his work and is willing to do even the most arduous task. [PAR] His character often demonstrates signs of frustration towards his employers, however his continued presence also suggests loyalty. As a result he appears to be one of the family. [PAR] The family summons him with an ever-present bell pull (in the form of a hangman’s noose ). When pulled, it produces a loud gong noise that shakes the house, to which Lurch instantly appears and responds, “You rang?”, even if wide-angle shots reveal that he was clearly nowhere in the vicinity before; on a few occasions Lurch arrives even before the bell pull is tugged. [PAR] Lurch largely shares the family’s macabre standards, although he occasionally looks askance at some of their activities. He has a similar attitude toward visitors — almost a sixth sense. When a plainclothes policeman (played by George N. Neise ) visits, Lurch pats him down and removes something from inside his suit coat: his service revolver. Lurch groans at the affront of bringing a weapon into the house. Neise shows Lurch his badge, and Lurch hands the gun back to him. [PAR] Aside from a headless Marie Antoinette doll, Lurch is Wednesday ‘s best friend. He has a paternal affection for both Wednesday and Pugsley . Although his job title is limited to “butler”, he seems to be a “jack of all trades” when it comes to the children, doing everything from taking them to school to making them lunch to keeping an eye on them around the house. He is close friends with the disembodied hand Thing . [PAR] He is often seen playing opening theme tune on the harpsichord . (Cassidy played on a dead keyboard; Vic Mizzy , the show’s musical director, played the actual tunes.) [PAR] As originally conceived, Lurch was to have no lines, but in the show’s pilot episode , Ted Cassidy ad-libbed the line “You rang?” in his trademark deep voice, and it was so impressive that it led to Lurch getting more dialogue; he ultimately had three lines in the pilot. In the films, however, this butler was totally mute except for the occasional expressive grunt. The 1990s revival returned to the original 1960s sitcom style, right down to the | What classic American family featured a disembodied hand, named Thing, a manservant named Lurch, and a large ball of hair known as Cousin Itt? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Where Do River Otters Play? | WonderopolisWhere Do River Otters Play? | Wonderopolis [PAR] Wonder of the Day #1478 [PAR] Where Do River Otters Play? [PAR] Where do river otters play? [PAR] What do river otters eat? [PAR] How long can a river otter hold its breath? [PAR] Tags: [PAR] Listen [PAR] Have you ever WONDERed whether animals play like we humans do? If you have a dog or a cat at home, you've probably seen them playing with balls and toys or even chasing each other around the yard . [PAR] But what about wild animals? Nature experts will tell you that wild animals play, too. In fact, if you're ever near a river or marshy area, you may see some weasel -like animals running and sliding on their tummies into the water to create a big splash. What are we talking about? River otters, of course! [PAR] The only river otter that can be found north of Mexico, the North American river otter thrives in rivers, lakes, streams, wetlands, and along the coasts of every state and territory of both the United States and Canada. The only places you won't find river otters are the dry desert areas of the southwestern U.S. [PAR] Although they're difficult to track, river otters have maintained sustaining populations despite numerous threats from predators and habitat loss . Experts believe there are over 100,000 river otters occupying the waters of North America today. [PAR] River otters have a long history in North America. Their rich furs were favorites of French fur traders in the 18th and 19th centuries. In addition to keeping them warm, their thick fur gives them a waterproof coating that helps them survive and thrive in their favorite aquatic environments. [PAR] River otters like to live close to water, because their diet consists primarily of fish . However, they're actually semi- aquatic mammals, which means they can live on land, too. In fact, they usually live in burrows near the water and will snack on other types of food in the area, including insects, birds, shellfish, turtles, and frogs. [PAR] If asked to choose one word that describes the river otter , most experts would choose "playful." Extremely social animals, river otters can often be seen in groups playing games. They also love to run and slide on their stomachs. If you spy a river otter in the wild, it's likely you'll catch a glimpse of it sliding on its tummy down a muddy bank and into the water. [PAR] Experts note that these playful activities also serve an important purpose: they teach survival skills. In addition to strengthening social bonds, their games help them practice hunting techniques and mark their territory with their scent. [PAR] Since they spend a lot of time in the water, river otters are very good swimmers. Of course, it helps that they're able to close off their ears and noses to keep water out. When hunting for fish, river otters can dive as deep as 60 feet. They're also capable of holding their breath for as long as eight minutes! [PAR] Wonder Words (18)[DOC] [TLE] Creatures :: AvatarSpirit.netCreatures :: AvatarSpirit.net [PAR] Anteater-sloth [PAR] Habitat: Sun Warrior Island. [PAR] Description: Anteater-sloths are roughly human-sized animals with elongated heads and long skinny tongues like anteaters, with medium-sized bodies and legs ending in claws like sloths. They have only been seen in the Fire Nation island where the Sun Warrior civilization still thrives in secret, and they appear to enjoy the taste of green glue. [PAR] Real World: Anteaters are mammal species in the suborder Vermilingua which are known for eating ants and termites. They can be as big as eight feet in length (minus the tail) and four feet in height at the shoulder. The anteater has a long thin head and a long flexible tongue, which is covered in sticky saliva, which the anteater flicks very rapidly to sweep up insects into its mouth. [PAR] Sloths are medium-sized mammals that live in trees, usually hanging upside-down from branches, in the rainforests of Central and South America. They have very slow metabolisms and as such move very slowly. | What semi-aquatic, fish eating mammal, related to the weasel, is prized for its fur and enjoyed for its playful nature? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Iran Hostage Crisis - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.comIran Hostage Crisis - Facts & Summary - HISTORY.com [PAR] Iran Hostage Crisis [PAR] A+E Networks [PAR] Introduction [PAR] On November 4, 1979, a group of Iranian students stormed the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking more than 60 American hostages. The immediate cause of this action was President Jimmy Carter’s decision to allow Iran’s deposed Shah, a pro-Western autocrat who had been expelled from his country some months before, to come to the United States for cancer treatment. However, the hostage-taking was about more than the Shah’s medical care: it was a dramatic way for the student revolutionaries to declare a break with Iran’s past and an end to American interference in its affairs. It was also a way to raise the intra- and international profile of the revolution’s leader, the anti-American cleric Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. The students set their hostages free on January 21, 1981, 444 days after the crisis began and just hours after President Ronald Reagan delivered his inaugural address. Many historians believe that hostage crisis cost Jimmy Carter a second term as president. [PAR] Google [PAR] The Iran Hostage Crisis: The Shah and the C.I.A. [PAR] The Iran hostage crisis had its origins in a series of events that took place nearly a half-century before it began. The source of tension between Iran and the U.S. stemmed from an increasingly intense conflict over oil. British and American corporations had controlled the bulk of Iran’s petroleum reserves almost since their discovery–a profitable arrangement that they had no desire to change. However, in 1951 Iran’s newly elected prime minister, a European-educated nationalist named Muhammad Mossadegh, announced a plan to nationalize the country’s oil industry. In response to these policies, the American C.I.A. and the British intelligence service devised a secret plan to overthrow Mossadegh and replace him with a leader who would be more receptive to Western interests. [PAR] Did You Know? [PAR] The television series Nightline began as a nightly news report on the hostage crisis (its original title was The Iran Crisis--America Held Hostage). ABC News president Roone Arledge hoped that it would draw viewers away from the NBC juggernaut The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. [PAR] Through this coup, code-named Operation TP-Ajax, Mossadegh was deposed and a new government was installed in August 1953. The new leader was a member of Iran’s royal family named Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi. The Shah’s government was secular, anti-communist and pro-Western. In exchange for tens of millions of dollars in foreign aid, he returned 80 percent of Iran’s oil reserves to the Americans and the British. [PAR] For the C.I.A. and oil interests, the 1953 coup was a success. In fact, it served as a model for other covert operations during the Cold War , such as the 1954 government takeover in Guatemala and the failed intervention in Cuba in 1961. However, many Iranians bitterly resented what they saw as American intervention in their affairs. The Shah turned out to be a brutal, arbitrary dictator whose secret police (known as the SAVAK) tortured and murdered thousands of people. Meanwhile, the Iranian government spent billions of dollars on American-made weapons while the Iranian economy suffered. [PAR] The Iran Hostage Crisis [PAR] By the 1970s, many Iranians were fed up with the Shah’s government. In protest, they turned to the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a radical cleric whose revolutionary Islamist movement seemed to promise a break from the past and a turn toward greater autonomy for the Iranian people. In July 1979, the revolutionaries forced the Shah to disband his government and flee to Egypt. The Ayatollah installed a militant Islamist government in its place. [PAR] The United States, fearful of stirring up hostilities in the Middle East, did not come to the defense of its old ally. (For one thing, President Carter, aware of the Shah’s terrible record in that department, was reluctant to defend him.) However, in October 1979 President Carter agreed to allow the exiled leader to enter the U.S. for treatment of an advanced malignant lymphoma. His decision was humanitarian, not political; nevertheless, as one American later noted | November 3, 1979 saw the invasion of the US embassy in what country, with the result that 53 Americans were taken hostage for 444 days? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] A Summary & Analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven ...A Summary & Analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven": Stanza by Stanza [PAR] Summary of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" [PAR] written by: Trent Lorcher • edited by: SForsyth • updated: 10/17/2014 [PAR] Poe's "The Raven" is not only an American classic, it's a favorite of high school students around the world, as well as their teachers. That being said, it's still poetry and therefore can be difficult to understand. Read this summary to review the contents and get a better understanding. [PAR] slide 1 of 7 [PAR] Stanzas: 1-2 [PAR] Make everyone in class think you're really smart when you bust out everything you've learned in this summary. [PAR] Stanza 1: It's late. The poem's speaker is tired and weak, reading an old collection of folklore (note that Ravens are prevalent in folklore). As he's about to fall asleep, he hears something tapping at his door. The speaker, somewhat startled, consoles himself by muttering "tis some visitor" and "nothing more." [PAR] Analysis: The ambiguity of the narrator's mental state is introduced in the first stanza and becomes a topic of debate throughout the entire poem. Keep in mind that it's late and the narrator is extremely tired. It's quite possible he dreams the entire episode. [PAR] Stanza 2: We are told this incident takes place in December and that the narrator had been reading in order to forget about his lost love, Lenore. [PAR] Analysis: Stanza 2 provides background information. The incident takes place in December and the narrator suffers from depression. He is searching desperately to end his sorrow. The mood, somewhat established in Stanza 1 with "midnight dreary" and "forgotten lore," becomes entrenched as Poe includes details such as "bleak December," dying ember," "ghost upon the floor," sorrow," and a bevvy of alliterative phrases and words with Anglo-Saxon roots. [PAR] slide 2 of 7 [PAR] Stanzas: 3-5 [PAR] Stanza 3: To combat the fear caused by the wind blown curtains, the narrator repeats that the commotion is merely a visitor at the door. [PAR] Analysis: The opening line of the stanza contains the greatest example of consonance, alliteration, and internal rhyme in the history of poetry. Why the speaker is so frightened by the curtains fluttering in the wind is unclear. It could be a demonic movement of the curtains, which would cause even the most stalwart individual to mutter to himself, or the speaker could be crazy. [PAR] Stanza 4: The narrator musters the courage to speak to the "visitor" at his door. Nobody answers. He opens the door and sees only darkness. [PAR] Analysis: Things are getting stranger by the stanza. Poe builds suspense by delaying the unveiling of the "visitor." [PAR] Stanza 5: The narrator stares into the darkness. He stares. He stares some more. He starts dreaming about the impossible and finally whispers "Lenore." "Lenore" is echoed back. [PAR] Analysis: We begin to sense the heartbreak experienced by the narrator. He so longs for his lost love that he begins whispering her name, desperately hoping for a response. Does he actually hear a response or is he hallucinating? [PAR] slide 3 of 7 [PAR] Stanzas: 6-9 [PAR] Stanza 6: The narrator returns to his chamber and soon hears a louder tapping, this time at his window. He decides to explore the noise, telling himself it is merely the wind. [PAR] Analysis: Like the narrator, you're probably wondering when something's going to happen. The narrator is in denial. He knows something is there, but refuses to acknowledge it. [PAR] Stanza 7: The narrator opens the shutter and a raven flies in. He ignores the occupant and perches himself on a statue of Pallas Athena, Greek goddess of wisdom. [PAR] Analysis: The mystery has been solved. It's just a bird! Something tells me this bird is no ordinary feathered friend. [PAR] Stanza 8: | According to the classic poem The Raven, what is the name of the lost love that the unnamed narrator is trying to forget? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Classifying Three Types of Triangles - For DummiesClassifying Three Types of Triangles - dummies [PAR] Classifying Three Types of Triangles [PAR] Classifying Three Types of Triangles [PAR] Classifying Three Types of Triangles [PAR] By Mark Ryan [PAR] Triangles are classified according to the length of their sides or the measure of their angles. These classifications come in threes, just like the sides and angles themselves. That is, a triangle has three sides, and three terms describe triangles based on their sides; a triangle also has three angles, and three classifications of triangles are based on their angles. The following are triangle classifications based on sides: [PAR] Scalene triangle: A triangle with no congruent sides [PAR] Isosceles triangle: A triangle with at least two congruent sides [PAR] Equilateral triangle: A triangle with three congruent sides [PAR] Because an equilateral triangle is also isosceles, all triangles are either scalene or isosceles. But when people call a triangle isosceles, they’re usually referring to a triangle with only two equal sides, because if the triangle had three equal sides, they’d call it equilateral. However, you can’t always assume this when you’re doing tricky geometry homework. [PAR] Scalene triangles [PAR] In addition to having three unequal sides, scalene triangles have three unequal angles. The shortest side is across from the smallest angle, the middle-length side is across from the mid-sized angle, and — surprise, surprise — the longest side is across from the largest angle. [PAR] The ratio of sides doesn’t equal the ratio of angles. Don’t assume that if one side of a triangle is, say, twice as long as another side that the angles opposite those sides are also in a 2:1 ratio. The ratio of the sides may be close to the ratio of the angles, but, for a scalene triangle, these ratios are never exactly equal. [PAR] Isosceles triangles [PAR] An isosceles triangle has two equal sides and two equal angles. The equal sides are called legs, and the third side is the base. The two angles touching the base (which are congruent, or equal) are called base angles. The angle between the two legs is called the vertex angle. [PAR] Equilateral triangles [PAR] An equilateral triangle has three equal sides and three equal angles (which are each 60°). Its equal angles make it equiangular as well as equilateral. You don’t often hear the expression equiangular triangle, however, because the only triangle that’s equiangular is the equilateral triangle, and everyone calls this triangle equilateral. (With quadrilaterals and other polygons, however, you need both terms, because an equiangular figure, such as a rectangle, can have sides of different lengths, and an equilateral figure, such as a rhombus, can have angles of different sizes.) [PAR] If you cut an equilateral triangle in half right down the middle, you get two 30°- 60°- 90° right triangles, which figure very heavily in geometry and trigonometry work.[DOC] [TLE] Triangle Classification - Cut-the-KnotTriangle Classification [PAR] [PAR] Triangle Classification [PAR] The basic elements of any triangle are its sides and angles. Triangles are classified depending on relative sizes of their elements. [PAR] As regard their sides, triangles may be [PAR] Scalene (all sides are different) [PAR] Isosceles (two sides are equal) [PAR] Equilateral (all three sides are equal) [PAR] And as regard their angles, triangles may be [PAR] Acute (all angles are acute) [PAR] Right (one angle is right) [PAR] Obtuse (one angle is obtuse) [PAR] Equiangular (all angles are equal) [PAR] This applet requires Sun's Java VM 2 which your browser may perceive as a popup. Which it is not. If you want to see the applet work, visit Sun's website at http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp, download and install Java VM and enjoy the applet. [PAR] A triangle is scalene if all of its three sides are different (in which case, the three angles are also different). If two of its sides are equal, a triangle is called isosceles. A triangle with all three equal sides is called equilateral. S. Schwartzman's The Words of Mathematics explain the etymology (the origins) of the words. The first | What is the name for a triangle that has all three sides of equal length? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] The Second World War by Churchill, Winston S - Biblio.comThe Second World War by Churchill, Winston S [PAR] The Second World War. [PAR] CHURCHILL, Winston S. [PAR] London: Cassell & Co. Ltd.,, 194854. [The Gathering Storm; Their Finest Hour; The Grand Alliance; The Hinge of Fate; Closing the Ring; Triumph and Tragedy.] 6 volumes, octavo. Finely bound by the Chelsea Bindery in dark blue morocco, titles gilt to spines, raised bands, single ruled gilt panel to compartments with rampant lion device gilt to the first, fifth and sixth, single rule to boards, autograph block to front boards, twin rule to turn-ins, burgundy endpapers, gilt edges. With diagrams and tables throughout the text. The occasional minor blemish, an excellent set in fine bindings. First editions, first impressions of the single most important historical account of the Second World War. Signed and dated 1950 by Churchill to the half-title of volume 2. Max Beloff observed that there was no statesman of the twentieth century "whose retrospective accounts of the great events in which he has taken part have so dominated subsequent historical thinking." A man who had always primarily made his living by his pen, Churchill was the only major war leader to give an authoritative account of the conflict, and his ringing phrases seeped into the collective memory. As J. H. Plumb noted in his essay in A. J. P. Taylor's Churchill: Four Faces and the Man "Churchill the historian lies at the very heart of all historiography of the Second World War, and will always remain there
[we still] move down the broad avenues which he drove through war's confusion and complexity." [PAR] The Second World War. [PAR] CHURCHILL, Winston S. [PAR] London: Cassell & Co. Ltd.,, 194854. 6 volumes, octavo. Original black cloth, titles gilt to spines, top edge red, grey endpapers decorated with a design that alternates a lion rampant with the initials WSC. In the typographical dust jackets with background design as per the endpapers. Maps and diagrams, some folding. Each volume with the bookplate of the Association of Men of Kent and Kentish Men. Top edges faded as usual, jackets a little rubbed, and a touch sunned at the spines, which are slightly crumpled at ends, but the cloth unspotted and the text-blocks clean, a very good set indeed. First editions, first impressions, except vol. II, which is the fourth edition of 1954; signed in full by the author on the half-title of vol. I and initialled in the same place in the others, for the Association of Men of Kent and Kentish Men, at the request of Wykeham Cornwallis, 2nd baron Cornwallis (18921982). Together with a one-page letter on the letterhead of La Pausa, Churchill's literary agent Emery Reves's house. In the letter, dated 9 February 1956, Churchill tells Lord Cornwallis, president of the association, that he "would be happy to do as you ask", signing the set as requested, that he is "returning to England for some days on February 10, so perhaps you would let me have the books sometime before I leave the country again towards the end of this month", and concluding that he is "indeed complimented by the wish of Kent County Society" for him to sign the books. After he left office in 1955 Churchill spent long periods with Reves and his partner Wendy at their home in the Alpes-Maritime. On this occasion he was there for a month. "He returned for another 11 substantial visits during the next three and half years, a total of 54 weeks" (Jenkins, Churchill, p. 904), during which time he worked on the completion of English-Speaking Peoples. At La Pausa, originally built by Churchill's friend Bendor, 2nd duke of Westminster, for his lover Coco Chanel, Churchill "was made an immensely welcome guest
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[DOC] [TLE] Pick A Prize by Jill Breckenridge | The Writer's Almanac ...Pick A Prize by Jill Breckenridge | The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor [PAR] The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor [PAR] August, hot with flies, wasps [PAR] fallen sluggish to the sugar. [PAR] The State Fair, everyone eating [PAR] something or looking to be fed: [PAR] Pronto pups, chili dogs, popcorn, [PAR] cold milk, all you can drink, [PAR] Central Lutheran's homemade pie. [PAR] The woman who guesses weight, [PAR] wearing money apron and brown oxfords, [PAR] stands beside scales taller [PAR] than the big man who steps forward. [PAR] For only one pa-per dollar! [PAR] she reads his body, poundwise, [PAR] says, Two-sixty! He steps on [PAR] her scales at two-eighty-five. [PAR] She pats his backside under his belt [PAR] which is under a generous roll [PAR] of fat, says, You musta' been hidin' [PAR] somethin' there on me, honey! [PAR] Pick a prize, any prize. He touches [PAR] his thinning hair, chooses [PAR] the battered red and white beer hat [PAR] from among her ashtrays and embarrassed [PAR] lavender snakes, then walks away, [PAR] through the dusty music of calliope, [PAR] taller, twenty-five pounds lighter. [PAR] "Pick A Prize" by Jill Breckenridge, from The Gravity of Flesh. © Nodin Press, 2009. Reprinted with permission. ( buy now ) [PAR] On this date in 1845, the first issue of Scientific American was published. It's the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States, and it started as a four-page weekly newsletter. It was founded by Rufus Porter, son of a wealthy New England family and a painter and inventor in his own right. The first issue focused on improvements to the quality of passenger railway cars. Under Porter's direction, Volume I frequently featured reports from the U.S. Patent Office; the issues also served up poetry and religious news. Porter sold the magazine 10 months later, for $800, to 22-year-old Orson Munn and 19-year-old Alfred Beach. They took over with the publication of Volume II, doubling the page count and dropping the reports on temperance and religion as being unsuitable for a science publication. They kept the poetry, though. [PAR] It's the birthday of poet John Betjeman (1906) ( books by this author ). He was born in London, the only child of a furniture maker. He wrote his first poem at nine; at 10, he gave a copy of his work "The Best of Betjeman" to one of his instructors, who happened to be T.S. Eliot. He took his first trip to Oxford the following year, and became inspired by the architecture of its churches and other buildings. Later in life he would campaign for the preservation of Victorian and Edwardian buildings as a founding member of the Victorian Society. He published both his first book of verse (Mount Zion) and his first book on architecture (Ghastly Good Taste) in 1933. In his career as a poet, he often wrote with a sense of nostalgia for the Britain of the recent past, capturing it as it was disappearing; he also satirized progress for its own sake. His work was very popular among the unsettled post-World War II Britons who longed for a simpler time. He also published several guidebooks on British counties and a collection of essays called First and Last Loves (1952) about places and buildings. He was instrumental in saving the Victorian façade of the St. Pancras railway station from demolition, and a statue of the poet — depicted as gazing up in admiration of the architecture — now stands in the station at platform level. [PAR] It's the birthday of mystery, science fiction, and fantasy author Jack Vance (1916) ( books by this author ), born in San Francisco. In addition to the work published under John Holbrook Vance or Jack Vance, he also published three mystery novels under the name Ellery Queen. He published his first story, "The World Thinker," in the magazine Thrilling Wonder Stories in 1945; it was but the | What is the oldest, continuously published magazine in the United States, with its first issue hitting the stands on August 28, 1845? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] North DakotaNorth Dakota (; locally) is the 39th state of the United States, having been admitted to the union on November 2, 1889. [PAR] It is located in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States, bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north, Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south, and Montana to the west. The state capital is Bismarck, and the largest city is Fargo. North Dakota is the 19th most extensive but the 4th least populous and the 4th least densely populated of the 50 United States. [PAR] North Dakota has weathered the Great Recession of the early 21st century with a boom in natural resources, particularly a boom in oil extraction from the Bakken formation, which lies beneath the northwestern part of the state. The development has driven strong job and population growth, and low unemployment. [PAR] Geography [PAR] North Dakota is located in the U.S. region known as the Great Plains. The state shares the Red River of the North with Minnesota on the east; South Dakota is to the south, Montana is to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba are north. North Dakota is situated near the middle of North America with a stone marker in Rugby, North Dakota marking the "Geographic Center of the North American Continent". With an area of 70762 sqmi, North Dakota is the 19th largest state. [PAR] The western half of the state consists of the hilly Great Plains, and the northern part of the Badlands to the west of the Missouri River. The state's high point, White Butte at 3506 ft, and Theodore Roosevelt National Park are located in the Badlands. The region is abundant in fossil fuels including natural gas, crude oil and lignite coal. The Missouri River forms Lake Sakakawea, the third largest man-made lake in the United States, behind the Garrison Dam. [PAR] The central region of the state is divided into the Drift Prairie and the Missouri Plateau. The eastern part of the state consists of the flat Red River Valley, the bottom of glacial Lake Agassiz. Its fertile soil, drained by the meandering Red River flowing northward into Lake Winnipeg, supports a large agriculture industry. Devils Lake, the largest natural lake in the state, is also found in the east. [PAR] Eastern North Dakota is overall flat; however, there are significant hills and buttes in western North Dakota. Most of the state is covered in grassland; crops cover most of eastern North Dakota but become increasingly sparse in the center and farther west. Natural trees in North Dakota are found usually where there is good drainage, such as the ravines and valley near the Pembina Gorge and Killdeer Mountains, the Turtle Mountains, the hills around Devil's Lake, in the dunes area of McHenry County in central North Dakota, and along the Sheyenne Valley slopes and the Sheyenne delta. This diverse terrain supports nearly 2,000 species of plants. The state of North Dakota is home to the geographical center of North America located near Rugby, North Dakota [PAR] Climate [PAR] North Dakota has a continental climate with hot summers and cold winters. The temperature differences are rather extreme because of its far inland position and being in the center of the Northern Hemisphere, with roughly equal distances to the North Pole and the Equator. As such, summers are almost subtropical in nature, but winters are cold enough to ensure plant hardiness is very low. [PAR] History [PAR] Aboriginal American peoples lived in what is now North Dakota for thousands of years before the coming of Europeans. Their tribes included the Mandan people, the Dakota people and the Yanktonai: the latter two from the Lakota peoples. The first European to reach the area was the French-Canadian trader La Vérendrye, who led an exploration party to Mandan villages in 1738. [PAR] In 1762 the region became part of Spanish Louisiana until 1802. [PAR] Dakota Territory was settled sparsely by European Americans until the late 19th century, when the railroads were constructed into the region. With the advantage of grants of land, they vigorously marketed their properties, extolling the region as ideal for agriculture. An omnibus | A cultural, retail, manufacturing, health care, and educational hub for the region, what is the most populous city in all of North Dakota? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Married... with Children (Series) - TV TropesMarried... with Children (Series) - TV Tropes [PAR] Married... with Children [PAR] You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account [PAR] Share [PAR] "I work in a shoe store, and yet I'm not happy to come home." [PAR] — Al Bundy [PAR] Married... with Children is a Sitcom about consummate loser Al Bundy: once a high school football hero dating the hottest girl in school, he is now a balding, starving, destitute shoe salesman. Meanwhile, the same girl that he married is now a useless, bickering TV junkie. He's still driving the same piece-of-junk car he bought in high school and is cursed with a moronic daughter who really gets around , a smart but perverted son, and a lazy dog that might as well be a throw rug. [PAR] The show premiered on April 5, 1987 as the very first program ever shown by the brand new Fox Network. Along with 21 Jump Street and The Tracey Ullman Show, it was one of the network's few hits before the NFL and The Simpsons turned the network into a major player. It was a constant ratings success until it ended in June 1997; it's still Fox's longest-running live-action sitcom. This is the show in which Christina Applegate and Katey Sagal got their starts. [PAR] This series inspired and popularized a character type: the Jaded Washout , which was actually called "The Al Bundy" at one point. [PAR] Now has a recap page. [PAR] Tropes: [PAR] open/close all folders [PAR] #-G [PAR] '80s Hair : Peg and Kelly in earlier seasons. Bud had a mullet in the season three episodes. Many of the extras, both female and male, had spectacular '80s Hair as well. [PAR] A-Cup Angst : Al constantly mocks Marcy for being flat-chested. At some points, her flatness gets her mistaken for a boy, much to her consternation, anger, and disappointment several times. In the pirate episode, she has to show her breasts to the crew to prove she's a lass twice. And they're still not sure of it afterwards. And then there was the episode where she was continually mistaken for Bruce Jenner . [PAR] Aborted Arc : The first half of Season 6 introduced several continuing plotlines. Most notably, Peg and Marcy both wound up pregnant, and Bud began impersonating a rapper in order to get girls. About halfway through the season, all these storylines were retconned into being a dream. While this may feel like a screw to the audience, it is justified, as Katey Sagal was pregnant in real life at the time, but sadly lost her baby when it came time to give birth . Although Sagal said that she'd be willing to continue with the storyline, out of respect, the writers made the entire storyline a dream because, according to one of the creators, "it worked for Dallas ". Bud gets the idea of Grandmaster B when he hears Al tell him about the dream, and this plotline then continues. [PAR] Abhorrent Admirer : Bud was unlucky enough to attract a couple of these, both male and female. While certainly not ugly, especially after he made himself look like a total dork in a dating show (where the woman chooses a self-centered hunk as the prize over him), he does the same thing when a nerdy girl ironically echoes what he had said earlier... and ignores her to go out with a self-centered chick. At least he gave her a kiss before he went with the bimbo. [PAR] Abusive Parents : [PAR] Marcy has multiple stories about how growing up was less than pleasant. One such tale involving her mother selling her beloved dog, Chester, for fifty cents at a yard sale, and using said money to go on vacation and leave Marcy home alone, crying and begging for Chester to come back home. [PAR] Al and Peg can be considered outright abusive to Kelly and Bud. Sometimes with physical threats, but mostly it was neglect, emotional anguish, | Al, Peggy, Kelly, and Bud Bundy were the main characters in what long running FOX sitcom? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Winning Friends and Influencing People - SUCCESS magazineWinning Friends and Influencing People - SUCCESS magazine [PAR] Winning Friends and Influencing People [PAR] Dale Carnegie proved that nice guys can finish first. [PAR] Todd Eliason [PAR] February 2, 2009 [PAR] Act enthusiastic, smile, become genuinely interested in other people, and don’t criticize, condemn or complain. When Dale Carnegie put those simple principles in a book called How to Win Friends and Influence People, he not only became a guru to millions of people the world over, he made publishing history. Since its first publication in 1936, the book has sold more than 15 million copies, is one of the all-time best-sellers, and is still popular today. Before there was an entire industry devoted to self-improvement, there was Dale Carnegie and his desire to let people know their success depended largely on their ability to win friends and influence people. [PAR] Missouri Values [PAR] In 1888, Dale Carnegie was born into a life of hard times, hard work and failure. The Carnegies farmed an area in northwest Missouri that frequently flooded, and foreclosure was a constant threat. But Dale’s parents made it clear his future would be different. [PAR] The driving force in the Carnegie household was Dale’s mother, Amanda. A dynamic personality, she served as his mentor and personal-improvement coach. She saw great potential in his abilities and made it clear his destiny would not be the farmlands of Missouri. She knew the importance of confidence, good speaking skills and education, and encouraged Dale to give speeches in church. [PAR] At 16, Dale enrolled in the Missouri State Teachers College in Warrensburg, Mo. To save money, he lived at home and helped his father with the chores every morning before putting on his only suit and walking to school. [PAR] After his junior year, Dale heard there was big money in sales, landing a job in South Dakota with Armour & Company earning $17 a week. But when he was offered a management job, he turned it down, and decided to leave the Midwest for the big city lights of New York. [PAR] His dream was to become a novelist, working days selling Packard cars and trucks and writing at night. After struggling through his fi rst book, which he declared a disaster, Carnegie decided he wasn’t cut out to be a novelist. At 24, it was time for self-reflection. He decided to do the next thing that came natural: teach public speaking. [PAR] Finding His Niche [PAR] In 1912, Carnegie got a job at the YMCA in Harlem teaching public speaking at night school. With no curriculum, he improvised, bringing students to the front of class to speak while he and the rest of the group offered encouragement and advice. Soon Dale Carnegie’s courses were filled to capacity with people looking to conquer a fear many people say is greater than that of death—that of public speaking. [PAR] Carnegie said his courses were designed to train adults, through experience, to think on their feet and express their ideas with more clarity, effectiveness and poise. But as time passed, he realized these people also needed training in the art of getting along with others in everyday business and social situations. Industry was exploding; small businesses were turning into large enterprises. And along with this growth came a new breed of businessman: the middle manager who needed what Carnegie taught. [PAR] Carnegie’s own research revealed about 15 percent of one’s fi nancial success is due to technical knowledge, and about 85 percent is due to skill in human engineering, personality and the ability to lead people. “One can always hire technical ability, but the person who has technical knowledge plus the ability to express ideas, to assume leadership and to arouse enthusiasm among people—that person is headed for higher earning power,” he said. [PAR] Putting Principles on Paper [PAR] Teaching courses on human relations, Carnegie searched in vain for a working handbook on the subject. So he started writing one for use in his own courses. [PAR] In preparation, he pored over newspaper columns, magazine articles, the writings of the old philosophers and countless biographies of great leaders | Dale Carnegie's best-selling 1936 book is titled How to Win Friends and what People? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Volstead ActThe National Prohibition Act, known informally as the Volstead Act, was enacted to carry out the intent of the Eighteenth Amendment, which established prohibition in the United States. The Anti-Saloon League's Wayne Wheeler conceived and drafted the bill, which was named for Andrew Volstead, Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, who managed the legislation. [PAR] Procedure [PAR] While the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibited the production, sale, and transport of "intoxicating liquors", it did not define "intoxicating liquors" or provide penalties. It granted both the federal government and the states the power to enforce the ban by "appropriate legislation." A bill to do so was introduced in Congress in 1919. Later this act was voided by the Twenty-first amendment. [PAR] The bill was vetoed by President Woodrow Wilson, largely on technical grounds because it also covered wartime prohibition, but his veto was overridden by the House on the same day, October 27, 1919, and by the Senate one day later. The three distinct purposes of the Act were: [PAR] # to prohibit intoxicating beverages, [PAR] # to regulate the manufacture, sale, or transport of intoxicating liquor (but not consumption), and [PAR] # to ensure an ample supply of alcohol and promote its use in scientific research and in the development of fuel, dye and other lawful industries and practices, such as religious rituals. [PAR] It provided further that "no person shall manufacture, sell, barter, transport, import, export, deliver, or furnish any intoxicating liquor except as authorized by this act." It did not specifically prohibit the use of intoxicating liquors. The act defined intoxicating liquor as any beverage containing more than 0.5% alcohol by volume and superseded all existing prohibition laws in effect in states that had such legislation. [PAR] Enforcement and impact [PAR] The production, importation, and distribution of alcoholic beverages — once the province of legitimate business — were taken over by criminal gangs, which fought each other for market control in violent confrontations, including murder. Major gangsters, such as Omaha's Tom Dennison and Chicago's Al Capone, became rich and were admired locally and nationally. Enforcement was difficult because the gangs became so rich they were often able to bribe underpaid and understaffed law enforcement personnel and pay for expensive lawyers. Many citizens were sympathetic to bootleggers, and respectable citizens were lured by the romance of illegal speakeasies, also called "blind tigers". The loosening of social morals during the 1920s included popularizing the cocktail and the cocktail party among higher socio-economic groups. Those inclined to help authorities were often intimidated, even murdered. In several major cities — notably those that served as major points of liquor importation (including Chicago and Detroit) — gangs wielded significant political power. A Michigan State Police raid on Detroit's [http://www.germanamericanmetrodetroit.org/history.htm Deutsches Haus] once netted the mayor, the sheriff, and the local congressman. [PAR] Prohibition came into force at midnight on January 17, 1920, and the first documented infringement of the Volstead Act occurred in Chicago on January 17 at 12:59 a.m. According to police reports, six armed men stole $100,000 worth of "medicinal" whiskey from two freight train cars. This trend in bootlegging liquor created a domino effect, with criminals across the United States. Some gang leaders were stashing liquor months before the Volstead Act was enforced. The ability to sustain a lucrative business in bootlegging liquor was largely helped by the minimal police surveillance at the time. There were only 134 agents designated by the Prohibition Unit to cover all of Illinois, Iowa, and parts of Wisconsin. According to Charles C. Fitzmorris, Chicago's Chief of Police during the beginning of the Prohibition period: "Sixty percent of my police [were] in the bootleg business." [PAR] Section 29 of the Act allowed 200 gallons (the equivalent of about 1000 750 ml bottles) of "non-intoxicating cider and fruit juice" to be made each year at home. Initially "intoxicating" was defined as anything more than 0.5%, but the Bureau of Internal Revenue soon struck that down and this effectively legalized home | On Oct 28, 1919, the United States Congress shat upon the American people by passing the Volstead Act, which lead the way to what 14 year period of darkness and despair? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Mohammed Shah - FactbitesMohammed Shah - Factbites [PAR] Mohammed Mossadegh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia [PAR] Mohammed Mossadegh ( Persian : Ù
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[DOC] [TLE] The Election of 1948 - Boundless Open TextbookThe Election of 1948 [PAR] About Watch and Favorite [PAR] Watch [PAR] Watching this resources will notify you when proposed changes or new versions are created so you can keep track of improvements that have been made. [PAR] Favorite [PAR] Favoriting this resource allows you to save it in the “My Resources” tab of your account. There, you can easily access this resource later when you’re ready to customize it or assign it to your students. [PAR] The Election of 1948 [PAR] Despite predictions that Republican candidate Thomas Dewey would win the 1948 election, incumbent Democrat Harry Truman was victorious. [PAR] Learning Objective [PAR] Explain the significance of the 1948 presidential election [PAR] Key Points [PAR] The Presidential Election of 1948 was one of the biggest political upsets in American history. [PAR] The Democratic Party had a three-way ideological split and ran several third-parties, which diluted support for Truman. [PAR] All polls indicated a landslide victory for Dewey, who consequently ran a bland, uninspired campaign. [PAR] However, Republican New York Governor Thomas Dewey lost to Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman, 189-303 in the Electoral College . [PAR] Terms [PAR] Register for FREE to remove ads and unlock more features! Learn more [PAR] Full Text [PAR] The United States presidential election of 1948 was the 41st quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 2, 1948. Incumbent President Harry S. Truman, the Democratic nominee, who had succeeded to the presidency after the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1945, successfully ran for election for a full term against Thomas E. Dewey, the Republican nominee. [PAR] The election is considered the greatest election upset in American history. Virtually every prediction (with or without public opinion polls) indicated that Truman would be defeated by Dewey. The Democratic Party had a severe three-way ideological split, with both the far left and far right of the Party running third-party campaigns. Truman's surprise victory was the fifth consecutive presidential win for the Democratic Party, the longest winning streak in the history of the party, and second-longest in the history of both modern parties (surpassed only by the Republicans' six consecutive victories from 1860 to 1880). With simultaneous success in the 1948 congressional elections, the Democrats regained control of both houses of Congress, which they lost in 1946. Truman's feisty campaign style energized his base of traditional Democrats, consisting of most of the white South, Catholic, and Jewish voters; he also surprisingly fared well with Midwestern farmers. Truman's election confirmed the Democratic Party's status as the nation's majority party. [PAR] Photo portrait of Thomas Dewey [PAR] On September 9, nearly two months before election day, pollster Elmo Roper announced that "Thomas E. Dewey is almost as good as elected...I can think of nothing duller or more intellectually barren than acting like a sports announcer who feels he must pretend he is witnessing a neck-and-neck race." Because of his position in the polls, Dewey ran a bland, uninspired campaign . [PAR] Given Truman's sinking popularity and the seemingly fatal three-way split in the Democratic Party, Dewey appeared unbeatable. Top Republicans believed that all their candidate had to do to win was to avoid major mistakes; in keeping with this advice, Dewey carefully avoided risks. He spoke in platitudes, avoided controversial issues, and was vague on what he planned to do as president. Speech after speech was filled with non-political, optimistic assertions of the obvious, including the now infamous quote "You know that your future is still ahead of you." An editorial in The (Louisville) Courier-Journal summed it up as such: "No presidential candidate in the future will be so inept that four of his major speeches can be boiled down to these historic four sentences: Agriculture is important. Our rivers are full of fish. You cannot have freedom without liberty. Our future lies ahead." [PAR] Truman, trailing in the polls, decided to adopt a slashing, no-holds-barred campaign. He ridiculed Dewey by name, criticized Dewey's refusal to address specific issues, and scornfully targeted the Republican-controlled 80th Congress | In one of the greatest upsets in presidential election history, Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman bested what New York Governor for the 1948 presidential election? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Condiment | Define Condiment at Dictionary.comCondiment | Define Condiment at Dictionary.com [PAR] condiment [PAR] [kon-duh-muh nt] /ˈkɒn də mənt/ [PAR] Spell [PAR] something used to give a special flavor to food, as mustard, ketchup, salt, or spices. [PAR] Origin of condiment [PAR] 1400-50; late Middle English < Middle French < Latin condīmentum spice, equivalent to condī(re) to season + -mentum -ment [PAR] Related forms [PAR] Examples from the Web for condiment [PAR] Expand [PAR] Contemporary Examples [PAR] The Innocence of Father Brown G. K. Chesterton [PAR] As a condiment, it provokes the appetite and assists digestion. [PAR] Blazing Arrow Edward S. Ellis [PAR] It was eaten with honey, butter, or milk, as kitchen or condiment. [PAR] British Dictionary definitions for condiment [PAR] Expand [PAR] any spice or sauce such as salt, pepper, mustard, etc [PAR] Word Origin [PAR] C15: from Latin condīmentum seasoning, from condīre to pickle [PAR] Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition [PAR] © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins [PAR] Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 [PAR] Word Origin and History for condiment [PAR] Expand [PAR] n. [PAR] early 15c., from Old French condiment (13c.), from Latin condimentum "spice, seasoning, sauce," from condire "to preserve, pickle, season," variant of condere "to put away, store," from com- "together" (see com- ) + -dere comb. form meaning "to put, place," from dare "to give" (see date (n.1)). [PAR] Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper[DOC] [TLE] Condiments - definition of Condiments by The Free DictionaryCondiments - definition of Condiments by The Free Dictionary [PAR] Condiments - definition of Condiments by The Free Dictionary [PAR] http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Condiments [PAR] Also found in: Thesaurus , Medical , Wikipedia . [PAR] con·di·ment [PAR] n. [PAR] A substance, such as a relish, vinegar, or spice, used to flavor or complement food. [PAR] [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin condīmentum, from condīre, to season; see dhē- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] [PAR] con′di·men′tal (-mĕn′tl) adj. [PAR] condiment [PAR] (Cookery) any spice or sauce such as salt, pepper, mustard, etc [PAR] [C15: from Latin condīmentum seasoning, from condīre to pickle] [PAR] con•di•ment [PAR] something used to flavor food, as mustard, ketchup, salt, or spices. [PAR] [1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French < Latin condīmentum spice =condī(re) to season] [PAR] con`di•men′tal, adj. [PAR] condiment [PAR] - From Latin condimentum, from condire, "to pickle, preserve"; condiments are food substances used to heighten the natural flavor of foods, to stimulate the appetite, to aid digestion, or preserve certain foods. [PAR] See also related terms for stimulate . [PAR] ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend: [PAR] Noun [PAR] 1. [PAR] condiment - a preparation (a sauce or relish or spice) to enhance flavor or enjoyment; "mustard and ketchup are condiments" [PAR] relish - spicy or savory condiment [PAR] dip - tasty mixture or liquid into which bite-sized foods are dipped [PAR] flavorer , flavoring , flavourer , flavouring , seasoning , seasoner - something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts [PAR] table mustard , mustard - pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds [PAR] catsup , cetchup , ketchup , tomato ketchup - thick spicy sauce made from tomatoes [PAR] chili sauce - tomatoes and onions and peppers (sweet or hot) simmered with vinegar and sugar and various seasonings [PAR] chutney , Indian relish - a spicy condiment made of chopped fruits or vegetables cooked in vinegar and sugar with ginger and spices [PAR] steak sauce - pungent bottled sauce for steak [PAR] taco sauce - spicy tomato-based sauce for tacos [PAR] salsa - spicy sauce of tomatoes and onions and chili peppers to accompany Mexican foods [PAR] mint sauce - sweetened diluted vinegar with chopped mint leaves [PAR] cranberry sauce - sauce made of cranberries and sugar [PAR] duck sauce , hoisin sauce - a thick sweet and pungent Chinese condiment [PAR] horseradish - grated horseradish root [PAR] marinade - mixtures of vinegar or wine and oil with | What can be a dressing, a language, and a condiment company? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Alfred NobelAlfred Bernhard Nobel (; ; 21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896) was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer. [PAR] Known for inventing dynamite, Nobel also owned Bofors, which he had redirected from its previous role as primarily an iron and steel producer to a major manufacturer of cannon and other armaments. Nobel held 355 different patents, dynamite being the most famous. After reading a premature obituary which condemned him for profiting from the sales of arms, he bequeathed his fortune to institute the Nobel Prizes. The synthetic element nobelium was named after him. His name also survives in modern-day companies such as Dynamit Nobel and AkzoNobel, which are descendants of mergers with companies Nobel himself established. [PAR] Life and career [PAR] Born in Stockholm, Alfred Nobel was the third son of Immanuel Nobel (1801–1872), an inventor and engineer, and Carolina Andriette (Ahlsell) Nobel (1805–1889). The couple married in 1827 and had eight children. The family was impoverished, and only Alfred and his three brothers survived past childhood. Through his father, Alfred Nobel was a descendant of the Swedish scientist Olaus Rudbeck (1630–1702), and in his turn the boy was interested in engineering, particularly explosives, learning the basic principles from his father at a young age. Alfred Nobel's interest in technology was inherited from his father, an alumnus of Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. [PAR] Following various business failures, Nobel's father moved to Saint Petersburg in 1837 and grew successful there as a manufacturer of machine tools and explosives. He invented modern plywood and started work on the "torpedo". In 1842, the family joined him in the city. Now prosperous, his parents were able to send Nobel to private tutors and the boy excelled in his studies, particularly in chemistry and languages, achieving fluency in English, French, German and Russian. For 18 months, from 1841 to 1842, Nobel went to the only school he ever attended as a child, the Jacobs Apologistic School in Stockholm. [PAR] As a young man, Nobel studied with chemist Nikolai Zinin; then, in 1850, went to Paris to further the work. There he met Ascanio Sobrero, who had invented nitroglycerin three years before. Sobrero strongly opposed the use of nitroglycerin, as it was unpredictable, exploding when subjected to heat or pressure. But Nobel became interested in finding a way to control and use nitroglycerin as a commercially usable explosive, as it had much more power than gunpowder. At age 18, he went to the United States for four years to study chemistry, collaborating for a short period under inventor John Ericsson, who designed the American Civil War ironclad USS Monitor. Nobel filed his first patent, an English patent for a gas meter, in 1857, while his first Swedish patent, which he received in 1863, was on 'ways to prepare gunpowder'. [PAR] The family factory produced armaments for the Crimean War (1853–1856); but, had difficulty switching back to regular domestic production when the fighting ended and they filed for bankruptcy. In 1859, Nobel's father left his factory in the care of the second son, Ludvig Nobel (1831–1888), who greatly improved the business. Nobel and his parents returned to Sweden from Russia and Nobel devoted himself to the study of explosives, and especially to the safe manufacture and use of nitroglycerine (discovered in 1847 by Ascanio Sobrero, one of his fellow students under Théophile-Jules Pelouze at the University of Paris). Nobel invented a detonator in 1863; and, in 1865, he designed the blasting cap. [PAR] On 3 September 1864, a shed, used for the preparation of nitroglycerin, exploded at the factory in Heleneborg, Stockholm, killing five people, including Nobel's younger brother Emil. Dogged by more minor accidents but unfazed, Nobel went on to build further factories, focusing on improving the stability of the explosives he was developing. Nobel invented dynamite in 1867, a substance easier and safer to handle than the more unstable nitroglycerin. Dynamite was patented in the US and the UK and was used extensively in mining and the building of transport networks internationally. | 21 October, 1833 saw the birth of Swedish scientist Alfred Nobel, who amassed his considerable fortune following his invention of what? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Official United States Flags - Dave Martucci's Flag PagesOfficial United States Flags [PAR] Official United States Flags [PAR] Wayne Whipple's "History Flag" Proposal [PAR] New Mexico [PAR] Presidential Proclamation Pattern [PAR] * By custom, the first 13 states are recognized in the order of their ratification of the U.S. Constitution. They effectively formed the country together on 4 July 1776 with the signing of the Declaration of Independence. [PAR] † From about 1 January 1776 to 14 June 1777, the "United Colonies" (after 4 July 1776, "United States") were unofficially represented by the "Continental Colors", a flag consisting of 13 red and white stripes bearing the British Union Jack in the canton (image, left). [PAR] ** Until 1912, there was no official design for a U.S. Flag. There were many countless variations, including flags with an unofficial number of stars and/or stripes. See the PDF chart of 224 select examples on this site .[DOC] [TLE] United States Flag - Maps of WorldUSA Flag, US Flag History & Facts, Download American Flag Image in JPG, PNG, GIF & PDF [PAR] Star Spangled Banner, Old Glory, The Stars and Stripes [PAR] United States of America Flag [PAR] The flag of the United States of America contains thirteen alternating horizontal stripes of equal width, of which seven are red in color and six are white. In the upper-left corner is a blue rectangle, on which are drawn fifty white five-pointed stars. Since 1777 when it was first adopted officially, the US flag has undergone several revisions to reach its current design. [PAR] Meaning of Colors in USA Flag [PAR] Although the USA flag was adopted officially in 1777, at that time there was no meaning attached to the colors. However, the same colors were used in designing the Seal of the United States of America in 1782, having specific meaning. In the words of Charles Thompson, secretary to the Continental Congress: "The colors of the pales (the vertical stripes) are those used in the flag of the United States of America; White signifies purity and innocence, Red, hardiness & valor, and Blue, the color of the Chief (the broad band above the stripes) signifies vigilance, perseverance & justice". [PAR] History of the American Flag [PAR] For over 200 years now, the American flag symbolizes the unity and strength of the country. In other words, one can also say that it is a source of inspiration and pride for the citizens. The USA flag has turned out to be a viable icon in the history of the nation. [PAR] Year 1776 - Way back in 1776 (1st of January), the Continental Army was reorganized keeping in pace with the Congressional resolution. This placed the American forces under the control of George Washington. In the same year and on New Year’s Day, the Continental Army was laying cordon to Boston that was then was under the control of the British Army. As per the instruction of George Washington, the Grand Union flag was hoisted at the Prospect Hill. This flag had thirteen stripes in red and white alternately. Besides, at the canton it also had the British Union Jack. [PAR] Year 1776 (May) - Betsy Ross had sewed the first USA flag. [PAR] Year 1777 (June 14) - The First Flag Act was passed by the Continental Congress for introducing an official flag. It was an order that the American flag should consists of 13 stripes in red and white alternatively. It was also ordered that there should be 13 stars in the union, which would symbolize a fresh constellation. [PAR] Year 1777-1960 - In between these years several acts were passed by the Congress which altered the design, shape as well as the flag arrangement. Moreover, other acts were also passed for introducing additional stripes and stars. [PAR] Year 1794 (January 13) - An act was passed for introducing 15 stars and 15 stripes. [PAR] Year 1818 (April 4) - This act was passed for introducing 13 stripes and one star for every state, on 4 July, following the incorporation of the new states and after getting the same approved by President Monroe. [PAR] Year 1912 | What color are the stars on an official United States flag? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] The first cell phone - NetProLiveThe first cell phone [PAR] VOIP [PAR] The first cell phone [PAR] As early as the 1930s travelers could place phone calls from and to ocean liners in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The process was driven by Marine VHF Radio and cost $7 a minute (roughly $100 a minute when adjusted for inflation to today’s money). [PAR] The first fully automated mobile phone system for vehicles was launched in Sweden by TeliaSonera and Ericsson in 1956. Named MTA (Mobile Telephone system A). This was the first time calls could be made and received in the car while using the public telephone network. [PAR] Prior to 1973, mobile telephony was limited to phones installed in cars and other vehicles. [PAR] on April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper, a Motorola researcher and executive, made the first mobile telephone call from handheld subscriber equipment. The prototype handheld phone used by Dr. Cooper weighed 2.5 pounds and measured 9 inches long, 5 inches deep and 1.75 inches wide. The prototype offered a talk time of just 30 minutes and took 10 hours to re-charge. [PAR] By 1981, the first generation of mobile telephone systems known as Nordic Mobile Telephone System emerged in Sweden and Norway. Osten Makitalo, who is know as the father of the mobile telephone, said “NMT was the first modern telephone system, the mother of all mobile telephones. Everything after that are actually just copies.” [PAR] Initial NMT phones were designed to mount in the trunk of a car, with a keyboard/display unit at the drivers seat. "Portable" versions existed: one could definitely move them, but they were bulky, and battery lifetime was a big problem. [PAR] On March 6, 1983 Motorola started selling DynaTAC 8000X, the first commercial portable cellular telephone, at a price of $3,995. The DynaTAC 8000X was truly the first mobile telephone which could connect to the telephone network without the assistance of a mobile operator and could be carried about by the user. [PAR] It weighed 28 ounces (790 g) and was 10 inches (25 cm) high, not including its flexible "rubber duck" whip antenna. It offered 30 minutes of talk time and 8 hours of standby, and a LED display for dialling or recall of one of 30 phone numbers. [PAR] Motorola DynaTac[DOC] [TLE] h2g2 - DynaTAC 8000X - the World's First Mobile Phone ...h2g2 - DynaTAC 8000X - the World's First Mobile Phone - Edited Entry [PAR] 4 Conversations [PAR] These days we often speculate about what we did before we had a mobile phone. Well, before 6 March, 1983, the thought of being able to communicate anytime, anyplace, anywhere hadn't even begun to surface in most people's minds when Motorola launched the DynaTAC 1 8000X. [PAR] For years Motorola had been at the forefront of portable communications. In 1930 they had produced the first commercially successful car radio, which they developed into the two-way radios which became standard for the allies during the Second World War. After the war they then developed pagers, car radiotelephones and radio transponders. As a result it was Motorola technology that relayed Neil Armstrong's famous words from the Moon in 1969. However, in 1968 the next breakthrough had already been made. Based on 'cells' that would enable the same radio frequencies to be reused simultaneously in other areas, they started to look into the possibility of mobile cellular phones. [PAR] Birth of the Mobile [PAR] Over the next 15 years $100 million was invested in the research and development of cellular technology. The DynaTAC 8000X weighed 785g (28 ounces) and measured a colossal 300x44x89mm (13x1.75x3.5"). It only boasted one hour of talk time and eight hours of standby time, so that if you wanted it on 24 hours a day you would have to charge up three sets of batteries every day. However, it only had an LED display instead of an LCD, which was only just starting to be used in the digital watches of the time. There was a 150mm (6") aerial protruding from the top of it and you could also manage to save the princely total of | The DynaTac 8000x, the first mobile produced, was created by what company? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] The Yellow AlbumThe Yellow Album is The Simpsons second album of originally recorded songs, released as a follow-up to the 1990 album The Simpsons Sing the Blues. Though it was released in 1998, it had been recorded years earlier, after the success of the first album. The title is a play on the name of The Beatles' highly popular self-titled 1968 album, commonly known as "The White Album", with the skin color of the characters of The Simpsons. In addition, the cover is a parody of The Beatles' 1967 album, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. [PAR] The parody was also used for a couch gag in the Season 8 Simpsons episodes "Bart After Dark" and "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" (until it was replaced in reruns of the latter episode with the couch gag from "Kamp Krusty," where the Simpsons find the Flintstones on their couch and Fred invites Homer to sit with him). A similar version of it is on the inside of the United Kingdom version of The Simpsons Season 9 DVD. An outtake named "My Name is Bart" is a parody of musician Prince's 1992 single "My Name Is Prince". In 1993, it was also reported that Matt Groening had penned a rap song to be performed by Bart. [PAR] James L. Brooks, producer of the show, wanted to produce a follow-up album based on the popular reception of the debut, but creator Matt Groening was against it. The cast recorded a second album, titled The Yellow Album, but it was not released until 1998, where it suffered poor reception. The album was to be released in February 1993 and feature Prince, Linda Ronstadt, and C&C Music Factory. Plans were in the works for music videos to accompany The Yellow Album. [PAR] Production [PAR] Greg Haver cowrote and produced "Ten Commandments of Bart." [PAR] Track listing [PAR] Critical reception [PAR] The album received mixed to negative reviews. [PAR] The Star-Telegram compared the album to Chef Aid, arguing that "the subversion [included in The Simpsons and South Park] is only skin-deep, especially when both shows thrive on the type of money-grubbing merchandising that results in junk like Chef Aid: The South Park Album and The Simpsons The Yellow Album, both released just in time for Christmas". The Tampa Bay Times said the album "is an uninspired collection whose best feature is a too-tiny takeoff on the cover of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", noting that songs such as Ten Commandments of Bart sound dated, though others like Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves are praiseworthy. Allmusic gave the album a rating of 2 out of 5 stars. [PAR] Nevertheless, there was some hype leading up to the release of the album. Entertainment Weekly writer David Browne said he "eagerly await[ed]" it in March 1993, a month before it was set to be released.[DOC] [TLE] 1968 – Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band… | Rock ...1968 – Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band… | Rock History [PAR] 1968 – Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band… [PAR] 1968 – Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band wins four Grammys. [PAR] From the Editor of TDIR: [PAR] I remember when I was 8 years old.. and I had gotten my Big brother to buy this album for me, as i was already a Beatles fan from the age of 5 from watching the cartoons. There was something very different about this album… it was a first of many things for Pop Rock music. I will not list them, rather… as the reader, you should find out for yourself by reading this excerpt. [PAR] This album is in my opinion why 90% of Musician’s that write music, or are attracted to the Beatles, ever play music to begin with. The influence is so relevant, you can hear it in just about every Genre of music… and indeed at the time incorporated many Genres of music. I remember seeing an interview with Brian Wilson(Beach boys) where he stated, “ | With the album cover being a parody of the Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, 1998s The Yellow Album is the second album of original songs from what long running TV series? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Paul Bunyan : definition of Paul Bunyan and synonyms of ...Paul Bunyan : definition of Paul Bunyan and synonyms of Paul Bunyan (English) [PAR] Paul Bunyan in Akeley, Minnesota . [PAR] Paul Bunyan is a lumberjack figure in North American folklore and tradition. One of the most famous and popular North American folklore heroes, he is usually described as a giant as well as a lumberjack of unusual skill, and is often accompanied in stories by his animal companion, Babe the Blue Ox. [PAR] The character originated in folktales circulated among lumberjacks in the Northeastern United States and eastern Canada, first appearing in print in a story published by Northern Michigan journalist James MacGillivray in 1906. However, the stories found widespread popularity after they were reworked by William Laughead for a logging company's advertising campaign beginning in 1914. The 1922 edition of Laughead's tales inspired many others, and the character thereafter became widely known across the United States and Canada. As Bunyan's popularity came only after the stories appeared in print, some commentators have thought of him as an inauthentic " fakelore " character. [1] [PAR] Contents [PAR] The National Register of Historic Places-listed Paul Bunyan Statue in Portland, Oregon . [PAR] According to writer James Stevens in his 1925 book Paul Bunyan, French Canadians gave birth to the tales during the Papineau Rebellion of 1837, when they revolted against the young English Queen. [2] This, some have thought, would probably explain the origin of Bunyan's last name since "Bonyenne" is a colloquial French-Canadian expression of surprise and astonishment meaning "Good Grief" or "My Goodness". However, as John Brown's detailed study of the 17th century writer, John Bunyan, showed, Bunyan is a well-known English surname, Norman in origin (Buignon), of a Norman family first recorded as living in the Bedford area in the late 12th century. The name is also found in Normandy in the early Middle Ages. [PAR] One legend says that at the mouth of the river in the Two Mountains area near Saint-Eustache, Quebec , loggers stormed into battle against the British, among them a fierce and bearded giant named Paul Bonjean, monikered as "Bonyenne". (Another series of related legends are based on the feats of an actual man having lived in logging camps in the Ottawa Valley named Big Joe Mufferaw or Jos. Montferrand.) Defender of the people, the popular hero's legends moved up-river from shanty ("chantier" in French) to shanty. His name was anglicised and stories were eventually modified and added upon from storyteller to storyteller. [PAR] Later historians told that Paul Bunyan, and specifically the idea of Bunyan as a giant lumberjack with a giant blue ox sidekick, was created in the 20th century for an advertising campaign. Although it is claimed in some sources that "there is no documentary evidence of any Paul Bunyan story being told before James MacGillivray's story "The Round River Drive," published in 1910," [3] MacGillivray had published some stories in the Oscoda, Michigan , Press on August 10, 1906, and Governor of Michigan Jennifer M. Granholm proclaimed the centennial of that date as "Paul Bunyan Day". [4] [PAR] MacGillivray's story does not suggest that Paul Bunyan was a giant and contains no mention of a blue ox companion. [5] However, author J.E. Rockwell had written about lumberjack tales about Paul Bunyan, and referred to the (unnamed) blue ox in the February, 1910 issue of the magazine The Outer's Book. According to one tale noted by Rockwell, Bunyan was "eight feet tall and weighed 300 pounds" [6] Historian Carleton C. Ames (whose son Aldrich Ames would later become a notorious spy) [7] claimed in a 1940 article [3] that Paul Bunyan was a 20th century invention rather than a 19th century lumber camp folk hero. [8] William Laughead, an advertising copywriter who had once worked in lumber camps, took the stories of an old lumberjack and reworked them into the modern Paul Bunyan character. He sold his character to the Red River Lumber Company, which published "Introducing Mr. | That famous American folk hero, Paul Bunyan, traveled around with an ox of exceptional size and strength known as what? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Chess Moves - Extensive Insight To The Jump Chess MoveChess Moves - Extensive Insight To The Jump Chess Move [PAR] Delivering Online Chess To The World [PAR] The Jump Chess Move [PAR] In chess, the knight is the only piece that may jump pieces, provided that the destination square must be either empty or occupied by one of the opposing pieces. [PAR] The knight is considered to be one of the most unique chess pieces you have to play with. This horse-like piece can move in strange L shapes and is the only chess piece that is allowed to jump over other chess pieces according to official chess rules. The knight's movement is rather different from other pieces as it moves in an L shape; either 2 squares forward, backward, left, or right and then 1 square left or right. This special jumping feature can make the knight a very useful chess piece, especially at the start of the game. [PAR] The king has a small range of movement and may move only 1 square in any direction so long as it move doesn’t leave the moving side in check and the destination square isn’t currently occupied by a friendly piece. The king is not allowed to jump. [PAR] Although the queen is a lot more mobile, she may not jump any pieces like the knight piece can. However, she may slide any number of squares in any direction. The queen’s destination square can either be empty or occupied by one of the opponent’s piece. The move mustn’t leave the moving side’s King in check. [PAR] The rook has quite a wide range and may slide any number of squares either horizontally or vertically but may not jump pieces. As usual, the destination square must be either empty or occupied by an opposing piece. None of the rook’s moves must leave the moving side in check. [PAR] The bishop piece may slide any number of squares in a diagonal direction but may not jump pieces. The destination square must be empty or occupied by an opposing piece. The move must not leave the moving side in check. [PAR] The chess pawn is often in the line of fire because it may only move 1 square forward as long as its destination square is empty. The pawn may move 2 squares on its first move if there are 2 squares open, as pawns are also not allowed to jump over other pieces. The pawn can only capture a piece that is 1 square diagonally in front of it and the move mustn’t leave the moving side in check. One exception to the pawn moving rules is the en passant rule. [PAR] If you are looking for chess variant that allows for a bit more jumping, with pieces other than knights, you can always try jumping chess. In this variant, queens, rooks and bishops can choose to jump over one intervening chess piece of either color. Jumping Chess is a Chess Variant where captures are made by jumping over a piece, as in Checkers. The standard chess array is used, but in order to avoid many un-captured pieces at the edge of the board, 2 extra ranks and 2 extra files are added.[DOC] [TLE] How to Play Chess: Rules & Basics - Chess.comHow to Play Chess: Rules and Basics - Chess.com [PAR] Chess.com [PAR] Forums [PAR] Learn to Play Chess [PAR] It's never too late to learn how to play chess - the most popular game in the world! If you are totally new to the game or even want to learn all of the rules and strategies, read on! [PAR] Getting Better at Chess [PAR] History of Chess [PAR] The origins of chess are not exactly clear, though most believe it evolved from earlier chess-like games played in India almost two thousand years ago.The game of chess we know today has been around since the 15th century where it became popular in Europe. [PAR] The Goal of Chess [PAR] Chess is a game played between two opponents on opposite sides of a board containing 64 squares of alternating colors. Each player has 16 pieces: 1 king, 1 queen, 2 rooks, 2 bishops, 2 knights, and 8 pawns. The goal of the game is to checkmate the other | What is the only chess piece that can jump over other pieces? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Nova Don't Go : snopes.comNova Don't Go : snopes.com [PAR] - [PAR] - [PAR] Claim: The Chevrolet Nova sold poorly in Spanish-speaking countries because its name translates as "doesn't go" in Spanish. [PAR] FALSE [PAR] Origins: It's the classic cautionary tale about the pitfalls of doing business in foreign countries that can be found in hundreds (if not thousands) of books about marketing: General Motors introduced their Chevrolet Nova model of automobile into a Spanish-speaking market, then scratched their heads in puzzlement when it sold poorly. GM executives were baffled until someone finally pointed out to them that "nova" translates as "doesn't go" in Spanish. The embarrassed automobile giant changed the model name to the Caribe, and sales of the car took off. [PAR] This [PAR] anecdote is frequently used to illustrate the perils of failing to do adequate preparation and research before introducing a product into the international marketplace. It's a wicked irony, then, that the people who use this example are engaging in the very thing they're decrying, because a little preparation and research would have informed them that it isn't true. (The sources that repeat this little tale can't even agree on where the Nova supposedly sold poorly, variously listing locales such as Puerto Rico, Mexico, South America, or simply "Spanish-speaking countries.") This is another one of those tales that makes its point so well — just like the apocryphal one about George Washington and the cherry tree — that nobody wants to ruin it with a bunch of facts. Nonetheless, we're here to ruin it. [PAR] The original Chevrolet Nova (initially the [PAR] Chevy II) [PAR] hit the U.S. market in 1962. (This car should not be confused with the smaller, front wheel drive vehicle which was produced in 1985 as a joint venture between General Motors and Toyota and also assigned the Nova name.) Between 1972 and 1978 the Chevrolet Nova was also sold in Mexico and several other Spanish-speaking countries, primarily Venezuela. Shortly afterwards the great "Nova" legend arose, a legend which a little linguistic analysis shows it to be improbable: [PAR] First of all, the phrase "no va" (literally "doesn't go") and the word "nova" are distinct entities with different pronunciations in Spanish: the former is two words and is pronounced with the accent on the second word; the latter is one word with the accent on the first syllable. Assuming that Spanish speakers would naturally see the word "nova" as equivalent to the phrase "no va" and think "Hey, this car doesn't go!" is akin to assuming that English speakers would spurn a dinette set sold under the name Notable because nobody wants a dinette set that doesn't include a table. [PAR] Although "no va" can be literally translated as "no go," it would be a curious locution for a speaker of Spanish to use in reference to a car. Just as an English speaker would describe a broken-down car by saying that it "doesn't run" rather than it "doesn't go," so a Spanish speaker would refer to a malfunctioning automobile by saying "no marcha" or "no funciona" or "no camina" rather than "no va." [PAR] Pemex (the Mexican government-owned oil monopoly) sold (and still sells) gasoline in Mexico under the name "Nova." If Mexicans were going to associate anything with the Chevrolet Nova based on its name, it would probably be this gasoline. In any case, if Mexicans had no compunctions about filling the tanks of their cars with a type of gasoline whose name advertised that it "didn't go," why would they reject a similarly-named automobile? [PAR] This legend assumes that a handful of General Motors executives launched a car into a foreign market and remained in blissful ignorance about a possible adverse translation of its name. Even if nobody in Detroit knew enough rudimentary Spanish to notice the coincidence, the Nova could not have been brought to market | Although debunked as an urban legend, what model of Chevrolet car supposedly would not sell in Spanish speaking countries because the name of the car means “won’t run” in Spanish? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] The Solar System - Cheshire CountyThe Solar System [PAR] The Solar System [PAR] There are nine planets in the solar system. [PAR] The following information can help you learn more about each of them. [PAR] MERCURY [PAR] The planet nearest to the sun, Mercury has a cratered surface and almost no atmosphere. It is the smallest of the inner planets and has no known satellites. It revolves around the sun in about 88 days. [PAR] [PAR] VENUS [PAR] This is the second planet from the sun, and its atmosphere is mainly composed of carbon dioxide. It revolves around the sun in 224.7 days. The entire surface of the planet is covered by a dense layer of clouds. [PAR] EARTH [PAR] Earth, the fifth largest planet in the solar system, is the only one known to support life. It revolves around the sun in about 365 days. Estimated to be 4.5 billion to 5 billion years old, this planet has one natural satellite, the moon. [PAR] [PAR] MARS [PAR] The next planet out from Earth, Mars revolves around the sun in about 687 days. It has many volcanoes, including the largest in the solar system, Olympus Mons. [PAR] JUPITER [PAR] Jupiter is the largest and most massive of the nine planets. It is the fifth planet away from the sun and has 16 known natural satellites. [PAR] [PAR] SATURN [PAR] Revolving around the sun in about 29.5 years, Saturn is the second largest planet. Its most remarkable feature is its ring system, which is composed of billions of water-ice particles. [PAR] [PAR] URANUS [PAR] This is the seventh planet from the sun, revolving around it about every 84 years. It was the first planet discovered in modern times with the aid of a telescope. [PAR] [PAR] NEPTUNE [PAR] Almost 3 billion miles from the sun, Neptune revolves around the sun every 164.8 years. Its mass is 17.2 times that of Earth. [PAR] [PAR] PLUTO [PAR] Pluto, with a rather elliptical orbit around the sun, has a diameter of less than half that of Earth. Its surface consists mainly of frozen nitrogen. It has one known satellite, Charon.[DOC] [TLE] Solar System Planets: Order of the 8 (or 9) PlanetsSolar System Planets: Order of the 8 (or 9) Planets [PAR] Solar System Planets: Order of the 8 (or 9) Planets [PAR] By Robert Roy Britt | [PAR] January 22, 2016 12:35pm ET [PAR] MORE [PAR] The planets of the solar system as depicted by a NASA computer illustration. Orbits and sizes are not shown to scale. [PAR] Credit: NASA [PAR] Ever since the discovery of Pluto in 1930, kids grew up learning about the nine planets of our solar system. That all changed starting in the late 1990s, when astronomers began to argue about whether Pluto was a planet. In a highly controversial decision , the International Astronomical Union ultimately decided in 2006 to call Pluto a “dwarf planet,” reducing the list of “real planets” in our solar system to eight. [PAR] However, astronomers are now hunting for another planet in our solar system, a true ninth planet , after evidence of its existence was unveiled on Jan. 20, 2016. The so-called "Planet Nine," as scientists are calling it, is about 10 times the mass of Earth and 5,000 times the mass of Pluto. [PAR] [ Solar System Pictures: A Photo Tour ] [PAR] If you insist on including Pluto , then that world would come after Neptune on the list; Pluto is truly way out there, and on a wildly tilted, elliptical orbit (two of the several reasons it got demoted). Interestingly, Pluto used to be the eighth planet, actually. More on that below. [PAR] Terrestrial planets [PAR] The inner four worlds are called “ terrestrial planets ,” because, like Earth, their surfaces are all rocky. Pluto, too, has a solid surface (and a very frozen one) but has never been grouped with the four terrestrials. [PAR] Jovian planets [PAR] The four large outer worlds — Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune — are known as the “Jovian planets” (meaning “Jupiter-like”) because they are all huge | The fifth planet in the solar system, which planet is the largest? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] The Devil Went Down To Georgia | Uncyclopedia | Fandom ...The Devil Went Down To Georgia | Uncyclopedia | Fandom powered by Wikia [PAR] The Devil Went Down To Georgia [PAR] From Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia [PAR] Jump to: navigation , search [PAR] Artist representation of the alleged "golden fiddle", which appears to be a bluegrass model, The Devil's preferred choice. [PAR] The Devil Went Down To Georgia is a story which tells of a series of dramatic events [1] , famously told by Charlie Daniels Band (noted as being the group's only hit). According to the song, the devil apparently took a trip to Georgia . Subsequent acts of fiddling, lust , and certain moral decay would occur and would result in a court case, a semi-autobiographical novel, and the scarring of the American music industry forever. [PAR] In recent years, The Devil has come forward with claims of historical merit to the story, but has attested certain aspects of the song to the fullest extent. Charlie Daniels and the rest of the band remain adamant that their recollection of the events is true, as does The Devil. [PAR] Despite the details, what is for certain is The Devil did indeed go down to Georgia. The funny thing about the whole "down to Georgia" thing is that this suggests Georgia is below hell. It is. [PAR] Contents [PAR] edit What Happened? [PAR] Basically, The Devil went down to Georgia looking for "a soul to steal". This statement is surrounded by quotation marks because it's inaccurate. The Devil did not exactly intend to "steal" a soul, as he would later go on to "make a deal" with young Johnny. The Devil has repeatedly claimed libel and slander against Charlie Daniels Band as a result of this inaccurate lyric, which eventually led to a court case: " The Devil vs. The State of Georgia ". The state of Georgia would win, fining The Devil $20,000 in gold fiddles laced with acid. [PAR] From here, The Devil reportedly spotted Johnny playing with his fiddle . Enticed by the sight of young Johnny playing with his fiddle, The Devil approached cautiously. He informed young Johnny that he was a "fiddle player" as well, and made a deal with Johnny: his soul for a gold fiddle. As charismatic and God -hating as he was, Johnny accepted. [PAR] To summarize the events, The Devil "lost" (see below). Having never taken formal lessons like Johnny had (mostly because he grew up in an underprivileged suburb [2] ), The Devil quite frankly was okay, but not that impressive. To make things worse, The Devil really couldn't afford to be giving away gold fiddles. Looking back on the events, The Devil is quoted as stating the following: [PAR] “ [PAR] Ya' know, I was in some financial trouble back then. Still am, but back then it was "trouble". Now it's the norm. I was also haunted by pedophilia, which I am quite ashamed of but still suffer from as well. I refer to this as my "dark period", hence why I was in Georgia browsing around for cheap souls. They sell for around $300 a piece. It varies from person to person though. A person like Dakota Fanning might go for about $200. [PAR] ” [PAR] For those without comedic tastes, the so-called experts at Wikipedia have an article very remotely related to The Devil Went Down To Georgia . [PAR] Some may come to the conclusion that The Devil initially went to Georgia for the sole purpose of "stealing" souls, when in fact, that is not the case. The Devil was in fact meeting his pen pal, Devyn, for the first time . [3] [PAR] He was in a bind 'cos he was way behind : [PAR] he was willin' to make a deal. [PAR] The Devil wasn't "way behind" on anything . And of course he was willing to make a deal. He's a very reasonable guy. Likes to haggle a lot, but reasonable. [PAR] When he came across this young | According to Charlie Daniels, what was the devil looking for when he went down to Georgia? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | definition of United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Medical dictionary [PAR] United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | definition of United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Medical dictionary [PAR] http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/United+States+Centers+for+Disease+Control+and+Prevention [PAR] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [PAR] (redirected from United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) [PAR] Also found in: Encyclopedia , Wikipedia . [PAR] Cen·ters for Dis·ease Con·trol and Pre·ven·tion (CDC), [PAR] (sen'tĕrz dis-ēz kon-trōl prē-ven'shŭn), [PAR] The U.S. federal facility for disease eradication, epidemiology, and education with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, which encompasses the Center for Infectious Diseases, Center for Environmental Health, Center for Health Promotion and Education, Center for Prevention Services, Center for Professional Development and Training, and Center for Occupational Safety and Health. Formerly named Center for Disease Control (1970), Communicable Disease Center (1946). [PAR] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) [PAR] a federal agency of the U.S. government that provides facilities and services for the investigation, identification, prevention, and control of disease. It is concerned with all of the epidemiological aspects and the laboratory diagnosis of disease. Immunization programs, quarantine regulations and programs, laboratory standards, and community surveillance for disease are among the activities of the CDC, which is located in Atlanta. Many state and local health workers and scientists receive training in specific techniques there. Originally the Communicable Disease Center, it was concerned only with communicable diseases; today its interests include environmental health, smoking, malnutrition, poisoning, and issues in occupational health. The name was changed again in 1992 to include its prevention function. [PAR] The premier epidemiologic agency in the world which operates under the US Department of Health and Human Services and is located in Atlanta, Georgia; its mission is to promote health and quality of life by preventing and controlling disease, injury and disability; it is nonregulatory and has 11 centers, offices and institutes [PAR] Cen·ters for Dis·ease· Con·trol· and Pre·ven·tion [PAR] (CDC) (sen'tĕrz di-zēz' kŏn-trōl' prĕven'shŭn) [PAR] The U.S. federal facility for disease eradication, epidemiology, and education headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, which encompasses the Center for Infectious Diseases, Center for Environmental Health, Center for Health Promotion and Education, Center for Prevention Services, Center for Professional Development and Training, and Center for Occupational Safety and Health. It maintains several coding sets included in HIPAA standards (e.g., ICD-9-CM codes). Formerly named the Center for Disease Control (1970) and the Communicable Disease Center (1946). [PAR] Cen·ters for Dis·ease Con·trol and Pre·ven·tion [PAR] (CDC) (sen'tĕrz di-zēz' kŏn-trōl' prĕ-ven'shŭn) [PAR] The U.S. federal facility for disease eradication, epidemiology, and education with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. [PAR] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), [PAR] n the federal facility for disease eradication, epidemiology, and education, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.[DOC] [TLE] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | definition of ...Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | definition of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Medical dictionary [PAR] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention | definition of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by Medical dictionary [PAR] http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Centers+for+Disease+Control+and+Prevention [PAR] Cen·ters for Dis·ease Con·trol and Pre·ven·tion (CDC), [PAR] (sen'tĕrz dis-ēz kon-trōl prē-ven'shŭn), [PAR] The U.S. federal facility for disease eradication, epidemiology, and education with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, which encompasses the Center for Infectious Diseases, Center for Environmental Health, Center for Health Promotion and Education, Center for Prevention Services, Center for Professional Development and Training, and Center for Occupational Safety and Health. Formerly named Center for Disease Control (1970), Communicable Disease Center (1946). [PAR] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) [PAR] a federal agency of the U.S. government that provides facilities and services for the investigation, identification, prevention, and control of disease. It is concerned with all of the epidemiological aspects and the laboratory diagnosis of disease. Immunization programs, quarantine regulations and programs, laboratory standards, | The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a US federal agency, is headquartered in what U.S. city? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] It's Elemental - The Element SiliconIt's Elemental - The Element Silicon [PAR] It's Elemental [PAR] Melting Point: 1687 K (1414°C or 2577°F) [PAR] Boiling Point: 3538 K (3265°C or 5909°F) [PAR] Density: 2.3296 grams per cubic centimeter [PAR] Phase at Room Temperature: Solid [PAR] Element Classification: Semi-metal [PAR] Period Number: 3 Group Number: 14 Group Name: none [PAR] What's in a name? From the Latin word for flint, silex. [PAR] Say what? Silicon is pronounced as SIL-ee-ken. [PAR] History and Uses: [PAR] Silicon was discovered by Jöns Jacob Berzelius, a Swedish chemist, in 1824 by heating chips of potassium in a silica container and then carefully washing away the residual by-products. Silicon is the seventh most abundant element in the universe and the second most abundant element in the earth's crust . Today, silicon is produced by heating sand (SiO2) with carbon to temperatures approaching 2200°C. [PAR] Two allotropes of silicon exist at room temperature: amorphous and crystalline. Amorphous appears as a brown powder while crystalline silicon has a metallic luster and a grayish color. Single crystals of crystalline silicon can be grown with a process known as the Czochralski process. These crystals, when doped with elements such as boron , gallium , germanium , phosphorus or arsenic , are used in the manufacture of solid-state electronic devices, such as transistors, solar cells, rectifiers and microchips. [PAR] Silicon dioxide (SiO2), silicon's most common compound, is the most abundant compound in the earth's crust . It commonly takes the form of ordinary sand, but also exists as quartz, rock crystal, amethyst, agate, flint, jasper and opal. Silicon dioxide is extensively used in the manufacture of glass and bricks. Silica gel, a colloidal form of silicon dioxide, easily absorbs moisture and is used as a desiccant. [PAR] Silicon forms other useful compounds. Silicon carbide (SiC) is nearly as hard as diamond and is used as an abrasive. Sodium silicate (Na2SiO3), also known as water glass, is used in the production of soaps, adhesives and as an egg preservative. Silicon tetrachloride (SiCl4) is used to create smoke screens. Silicon is also an important ingredient in silicone, a class of material that is used for such things as lubricants, polishing agents, electrical insulators and medical implants. [PAR] Estimated Crustal Abundance: 2.82×105 milligrams per kilogram [PAR] Estimated Oceanic Abundance: 2.2 milligrams per liter [PAR] Number of Stable Isotopes: 3 ( View all isotope data ) [PAR] Ionization Energy: 8.152 eV[DOC] [TLE] Chemical Elements.com - Silicon (Si)Chemical Elements.com - Silicon (Si) [PAR] Contains an "Introduction to Tungsten", among other things [PAR] If you know of any other links for Silicon, please let me know [PAR] Bentor, Yinon. Chemical Element.com - Silicon. [PAR] <http://www.chemicalelements.com/elements/si.html>. [PAR] For more information about citing online sources, please visit the MLA's Website . [PAR] This page was created by Yinon Bentor. [PAR] Use of this web site is restricted by this site's license agreement . [PAR] Copyright © 1996-2012 Yinon Bentor. All Rights Reserved.[DOC] [TLE] Periodic Table of the Elements - Silicon FactsPeriodic Table of the Elements - Silicon Facts [PAR] Silicon Facts [PAR] Crystalline, reflective with bluish-tinged faces [PAR] Has no smell or taste [PAR] Silicon is a tetravalent metalloid [PAR] The word oxygen comes from the Latin word "silicis", meaning flints. [PAR] Silicon is the second most abundant element in the Earth's crust (about 28% by mass) after oxygen. [PAR] Over 90% of the Earth's crust is composed of silicate minerals. [PAR] Silicon is the eighth most common element in the universe by mass. [PAR] Silicon is not reactive with many substances. [PAR] Silicon never occurs as a free element. It is always mixed with an other element. [PAR] Quartz is the most commonly found silica mineral. Quartz is also known as rock crystal. [PAR] Silicon is a vert good insulator. [PAR] When mixed with oxygen, silicon forms silica which is usually found as sand. [PAR] Silicon is used | From the Latin for flints, what element, with the atomic number 14, uses the symbol SI? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] DAYAT MRDAYAT MR [PAR] DAYAT MR [PAR] Jump to: navigation , search [PAR] This article's plot summary may be too long or overly detailed . Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. [PAR] (August 2010) [PAR] The Eyes of the Dragon [PAR] It is a 1986 horror novel by American author Stephen King . The story follows the exploits of seven children as they are terrorized by an eponymous inter-dimensional predatory life-form that exploits the fears and phobias of its victims in order to disguise itself whilst hunting its prey. "It" primarily appears in the form of "Bob Gray" a.k.a. "Pennywise the Dancing Clown," described by characters who see It as resembling a combination of Bozo , Clarabell and Ronald McDonald , in order to attract its preferred prey of young children, though it occasionally feeds on adults. The novel is told through narratives alternating between two time periods, which is largely told in a third-person omniscient view . It deals with themes which would eventually become King staples: the power of memory, childhood trauma, and the ugliness lurking beneath a façade of traditional small-town values. The novel won the British Fantasy Award in 1987, and received nominations for the Locus and World Fantasy Awards that same year. [1] Publishers Weekly listed It as the best-selling book in America in 1986. [PAR] The book is dedicated to King's family: "This book is gratefully dedicated to my children. My mother and my wife taught me how to be a man. My children taught me how to be free." [PAR] Contents [PAR] [ edit ] 1957–58 [PAR] In October 1957, the town of Derry, Maine , has been flooded by autumn storms, awakening an evil entity, known only as "It", a shape-shifting monster that targets children, and lives in the sewers. As the storm abates, six-year old George "Georgie" Denbrough chases a paper boat, made with the help of his brother William (also known as Big Bill, Stuttering Bill, or simply Bill), along a gutter current until the boat is swept into a storm drain. Georgie attempts to retrieve the boat and encounters Pennywise, a seemingly friendly clown standing in the sewer. The clown entices George with sensations of a circus carried into the sewer by the floods, and offers to return the lost boat. When George attempts to retrieve the boat, Pennywise rips his arm off, killing him instantly. When the neighbors hear George's scream, they run outside to see what the matter is, but only find a one-armed George, with Pennywise nowhere to be found. [PAR] Eight months later in June 1958, on the last day of school, Ben Hanscom flees from local bullies Henry Bowers, Belch Huggins, and Victor Criss. Ben escapes into the Barrens , a weedy jungle through which runs the Kenduskeag Stream, where he meets and befriends Bill Denbrough (George's brother) and Eddie Kaspbrak. As a summer project, Bill and Eddie were attempting unsuccessfully to dam the Kenduskeag. Ben has a natural inclination toward architecture, and helps the other boys complete the dam. Through Bill and Eddie, Ben also befriends Richie Tozier, a wisecracking boy known for his dubious "Voices" , and Stan Uris, a straight-laced Jewish boyscout. In early July, the five of them, along with their new friend Beverly Marsh, save Mike Hanlon, the only black child in Derry, from being beaten by Henry Bowers and his gang. A few days after fending off the bullies, Mike officially joins their group. The children establish themselves as the "Losers Club." All are outcasts, emphasized by their unhappy home lives and the torments they have endured from bullies like the Bowers gang: Ben because of his weight, Bill because of his stutter, Eddie because of his physical frailty, Richie because of his smart mouth and | Who wrote the novel It, which sees Derry, Maine terrorized at 28 year intervals by a entity that calls itself "Pennywise the Dancing Clown? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] About - JA - Junior AchievementAbout JA - JA [PAR] About JA [PAR] JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT'S PURPOSE AND VALUES [PAR] Junior Achievement's Purpose is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy. [PAR] The envisioned future - what we aspire to become. Junior Achievement maintains an active vision, front and center, on how we can have a positive impact on the lives of more students - guided by our core values: [PAR] BELIEF IN THE BOUNDLESS POTENTIAL OF YOUNG PEOPLE [PAR] Commitment to the principles of market-based economics and entrepreneurship [PAR] Passion for what we do and honesty, integrity, and excellence in how we do it [PAR] Respect for the talents, creativity, perspectives, and backgrounds of all individuals [PAR] Belief in the power of partnership and collaboration [PAR] Conviction in the educational and motivational impact of relevant, hands-on learning [PAR] Junior Achievement Facts [PAR] What Is Junior Achievement USA®? [PAR] We are the nation's largest organization dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success, plan for their futures, and make smart academic and economic choices. Junior Achievement's programs—in the core content areas of work readiness, entrepreneurship and financial literacy—ignite the spark in young people to experience and realize the opportunities and realities of work and life in the 21st century. [PAR] Proven Success [PAR] Junior Achievement is one of a few nonprofits to use independent, third-party evaluators to gauge the impact of its programs. Since 1993, independent evaluators have conducted studies on Junior Achievement's effectiveness. Findings prove that Junior Achievement has a positive impact in a number of critical areas. We invite you to read the Programs Evaluation Results. [PAR] Purpose [PAR] Junior Achievement's purpose is to inspire and prepare young people to succeed in a global economy. [PAR] Program Reach [PAR] Junior Achievement USA reaches more than 4.8 million students per year in 209,651 classrooms and after-school locations. JA programs are taught by volunteers in inner cities, suburbs, and rural areas throughout the United States, by 109 Area Offices in all 50 states. [PAR] A Brief History [PAR] Junior Achievement was founded in 1919 by Theodore Vail, president of American Telephone & Telegraph; Horace Moses, president of Strathmore Paper Co.; and Senator Murray Crane of Massachusetts. Its first program, JA Company Program®, was offered to high school students on an after-school basis. In 1975, the organization entered the classroom with the introduction of Project Business for the middle grades. Over the last 39 years, Junior Achievement has expanded its activities and broadened its scope to include in-school and after-school students. [PAR] Leadership [PAR] Ms. Julie Monaco, Global Head of Citi's Public Sector Group in the Corporate and Investment Banking division of Citi's Institutional Clients Group, is chairwoman of the Junior Achievement USA board of directors. Jack E. Kosakowski is the president and chief executive officer of Junior Achievement. Junior Achievement USA board members represent a wide range of businesses and academic institutions around the world. In addition, approximately 4,300 board members lead JA Area Offices around the United States. [PAR] Organization Overview [PAR] Junior Achievement USA is headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and provides strategic direction, leadership, and support to approximately 1,600 employees throughout the United States. Local volunteer boards of directors comprised of business, education, and civic leaders set the policy and direction for each local office. [PAR] Volunteers [PAR] Junior Achievement's 237,680 classroom volunteers come from all walks of life, including: business people, college students, parents and retirees. These dedicated individuals are the backbone of our organization. [PAR] More About Junior Achievement [PAR] [PAR] Tagline [PAR] Diversity Statement: Junior Achievement is the recognized leader in "empowering young people to own their economic success®" through volunteer-led, experiential learning. We are dedicated to providing a positive, enriching learning experience free of bias. Junior Achievement welcomes K-12 students, volunteers and potential staff regardless of race, religion, age, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation or any other legally protected characteristic. [PAR] "Junior Achievement has given me a sense of what adults go through with budget issues." [PAR] -Junior Achievement Student [PAR] "Junior Achievement | Junior Achievement was founded in 1919 with the goal of preparing high school students for a future in what? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Photo Exhibit a Companion to 'King Tut' | Woodruff Health ...Photo Exhibit a Companion to 'King Tut' | Woodruff Health Sciences Center | Emory University [PAR] Home » Newsroom » News Releases » 2008 » Photo Exhibit a Companion to 'King Tut' [PAR] News Release: [PAR] Photo Exhibit a Companion to 'King Tut' [PAR] Contacts: [PAR] Priyanka Sinha : 404.727.4291 [PAR] The thrill of discovery, chronicled as a turning-point in the appreciation of ancient art and societies, connects the exhibition “Wonderful Things: The Harry Burton Photographs and the Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun” at the Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University to “Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs” at the Boisfeuillet Jones Atlanta Civic Center. [PAR] On view at the Carlos Museum from Nov. 15, 2008 to May 25, 2009, “Wonderful Things” brings to Atlanta 50 photographs showcasing the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922. These photographs not only bring to life the excitement of the discovery and excavation of the tomb, but also highlight Harry Burton’s artistic genius as he captured some of the most evocative images ever put on film. Visitors will see how the photographs were taken, the way in which they were used, and how these images of the excavation captured the imagination of the world. [PAR] Providing context to the objects from the Tutankhamun exhibition at the Atlanta Civic Center, “Wonderful Things” highlights some of the great puzzles and unforgettable masterpieces from the reign of the “boy king.” [PAR] Dr. Peter Lacovara, Senior Curator of Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art, said, “The Atlanta community will get a glimpse into what it took to bring Tutankhamun’s treasures to the world, the atmosphere in which they were discovered, and the opening they provided archaeologists in their search to understand this ancient civilization.” Harry Burton’s photography is made more remarkable by his use of primitive equipment under difficult conditions. [PAR] In addition to Burton’s world famous photographs the exhibit will also show his experimentation with motion pictures and color photography as well as the ways his photographs popularized the discovery of the tomb. On view will also be objects that highlight Howard Carter’s career and his search for the tomb, including drinking vessels of Tutankhamun, on loan from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, that led to the discovery and a rare sculpture of the boy king himself. [PAR] Harry Burton’s iconic photographs at the Carlos Museum include one of Tutankhamun’s mummy mask and another depicting Anubis, god of mummification and the journey into the afterlife, protecting Tutankhamun's canopic shrine containing his internal organs. Also included is a painting by Howard Carter lent by London collector, Rupert Wace, that highlights Carter’s talent as an artist and his love of Egyptian art. [PAR] Wonderful Things: The Photography of Harry Burton and the Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun captures every step of the archaeologists' painstakingly detailed work in and around the tomb, one of the first large-scale excavations to be so thoroughly recorded. Harry Burton took more than 1400 large format black-and-white images to try to document the experience of the discovery and excavation. [PAR] The photographs in the exhibition document the Valley of the Kings, the initial discovery of the tomb, the dramatic moment when the excavators first glimpsed the dazzling array of artifacts, the entry to the burial chamber, the series of shrines and coffins that protected the king, and the king's mummy, wreathed in floral collars and bedecked with gold jewelry. [PAR] The discovery of these treasures could have easily escaped archeologists. Tutankhamun’s tomb was small and of “non-royal proportions” – it was later covered by debris from the construction of the Tomb of Ramesses VI. On Nov. 4, 1922, archaeologist, Howard Carter, discovered the sealed doorway, stamped with the name of Tutankhamun and quickly cabled his benefactor, Lord Carnarvon. Two weeks later, standing in front of his benefactor, as he opened the door to the tomb, Carter described the moment, when the “details of the room within emerged slowly from the mist” with Lord Carnarvon inquiring anxiously, “What do you see | The artifacts from what famous tomb, discovered on Nov 4, 1922 by one Howard Carter, are currently on display at the Pacific Science Center? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Tomatoes by type plum, cherry beefsteakTomatoes by type plum, cherry beefsteak [PAR] A meaty, tangy green cherry tomato, wondrously sweet and juicy. Like no green tomato you have ever [...] [PAR] Price £0.99 [PAR] A meaty, tangy green cherry tomato, wondrously sweet and juicy. Like no green tomato you have ever [...] [PAR] Price £0.99[DOC] [TLE] Tomato Selector Guide - Thompson and MorganPerfect Tomatoes Selector - Online Tomato Guide | Thompson & Morgan [PAR] - Available in ‘cherry’ size or larger, plum tomatoes have an oval shape [PAR] - They are very fleshy, generally having fewer seeds, making them ideal for sauces, soups or sun drying. [PAR] Cordon and bush tomatoes explained [PAR] Cordon/Indeterminate tomatoes - these varieties of tomato plant are the most common and are grown as cordons (single stemmed plants with side shoots removed). They will grow very tall - sometimes taller than 2.5m in very warm conditions. [PAR] Bush/Determinate - these varieties stop growing sooner than indeterminate varieties with the stem ending in a fruit truss. They are referred to as ‘bush’ and ‘dwarf’ types (suitable as hanging basket tomatoes) and don’t require any pruning. [PAR] Semi-determinate - these are similar to indeterminate varieties (grown as cordons) only they produce shorter plants. [PAR] For more information read our ‘How to Grow Tomatoes’ guide. [PAR] Other articles you might like: [PAR] Bush tomatoes such as Losetto or Tumbling Tom Yellow are perfect for containers on the patio. [PAR] Tomatoes come in a range of different colours and shapes, such as Rainbow Blend . [PAR] Cherry Tomatoes | Salad Tomatoes | Beefsteak Tomatoes | Plum Tomatoes [PAR] Now you’ve chosen which type of tomato you’d like to grow you can narrow your choice down further by choosing whether it’s suitable for indoor or outdoor cultivation, whether it can be grown in a container or hanging basket and whether it has blight resistance. For more information on tomato blight click here . All tomato plants can be grown in the ground, grow bags or in patio containers; however the shortest varieties are the most suitable for containers as they don’t require staking. View our guides below to help you select the right tomato for you. You can either scroll down the page to browse or click on the tomato types above to view all varieties for that type; then simply click on the variety name for more information on that variety. [PAR] Step 4: Enjoy your delicious tomato crop [PAR] Enjoy your crop - there’s nothing more delicious than home grown tomatoes picked at the peak of their ripeness! [PAR] Tomatoes are a very healthy fruit, high in the compound Lycopene which has antioxidant properties. Lycopene is more readily dissolved in fats than water so it is recommended to serve your tomatoes with a small amount of olive oil dressing. For more information on healthy eating, click here . [PAR] Written by: Sue Sanderson [PAR] Plants and gardens have always been a big part of my life. I can remember helping my Dad to prick out seedlings, even before I could see over the top of the potting bench. As an adult, I trained at Writtle College where I received my degree, BSc. (Hons) Horticulture. After working in a specialist plantsman's nursery, and later, as a consulting arboriculturalist, I joined Thompson & Morgan in 2008. Initially looking after the grounds and coordinating the plant trials, I now support the web team offering horticultural advice online.[DOC] [TLE] Hepworth Farms | Organic Heirloom, Cherry, Field, Plum ...Hepworth Farms | Organic Heirloom, Cherry, Field, Plum, Tomatillo, Husk and Specialty Tomatoes [PAR] Red and Pink Tomatoes [PAR] Arkansas Travel [PAR] A medium-sized pink tomato that is smooth and a beautiful rose color. An excellent variety tolerant to heat and humidity; crack and disease resistant. Good flavor, a favorite of many. [PAR] Beauty [PAR] Has full, rich tomato flavor. [PAR] BrandyMaster Pink [PAR] Modern Strain of the classic Brandywine. [PAR] BrandyMaster RED [PAR] Modern Strain of the classic Brandywine. [PAR] Brandywine [PAR] Luscious flavor as “very rich, loud, and distinctively spicy.” | Beefsteak, plum, cherry, and grape are all types of what? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Barack Obama "Hope" posterThe Barack Obama "Hope" poster is an image of Barack Obama designed by artist Shepard Fairey, which was widely described as iconic and came to represent his 2008 presidential campaign. It consists of a stylized stencil portrait of Obama in solid red, beige and (light and dark) blue, with the word "progress", "hope" or "change" below (and other words in some versions). [PAR] The design was created in one day and printed first as a poster. Fairey sold 290 of the posters on the street immediately after printing them. It was then more widely distributed—both as a digital image and other paraphernalia—during the 2008 election season, initially independently but with the approval of the official Obama campaign. The image became one of the most widely recognized symbols of Obama's campaign message, spawning many variations and imitations, including some commissioned by the Obama campaign. This led The Guardian's Laura Barton to proclaim that the image "acquired the kind of instant recognition of Jim Fitzpatrick's Che Guevara poster, and is surely set to grace T-shirts, coffee mugs and the walls of student bedrooms in the years to come." [PAR] In January 2009, after Obama had won the election, Fairey's mixed-media stenciled portrait version of the image was acquired by the Smithsonian Institution for its National Portrait Gallery. Later in January 2009, the photograph on which Fairey based the poster was revealed: a June 2006 shot by former Associated Press freelance photographer Mannie Garcia. In response to claims by the Associated Press for compensation, Fairey sued for a declaratory judgment that his poster was a fair use of the original photograph. The parties settled out of court in January 2011, with details of the settlement remaining confidential. [PAR] On February 29, 2012, Fairey pleaded guilty in a New York federal court to destroying and fabricating documents during his legal battle with the Associated Press. Fairey had sued the news service in 2008 after it claimed that the famous poster was based on one of its photos. Fairey claimed that he used a different photograph for the poster. But he admitted that, in fact, he was wrong and tried to hide the error by destroying documents and manufacturing others, which is the source of the one count of criminal contempt to which he pleaded guilty. In September, Fairey was sentenced to two years of probation, 300 hours of community service, and a fine of $25,000. [PAR] In 2009 Fairey's Obama portrait was featured in the book Art For Obama: Designing Manifest Hope and the Campaign for Change which Fairey also edited. [PAR] In an interview with Esquire in 2015 Fairey said that Obama had not lived up, "not even close," to his expectations. He continued, "Obama has had a really tough time, but there have been a lot of things that he's compromised on that I never would have expected. I mean, drones and domestic spying are the last things I would have thought [he'd support]." [PAR] Concept and design [PAR] Shepard Fairey, who had created earlier political street art critical of government and of George W. Bush, discussed the nascent Obama campaign with publicist Yosi Sergant in late October 2007. Sergant suggested Fairey create some art in support of Obama. Sergant contacted the Obama campaign to seek its permission for Fairey to design an Obama poster, which was granted a few weeks before Super Tuesday. Fairey has said that his decision to create a portrait of Obama stemmed from Fairey's feeling that Obama's "power and sincerity as a speaker would create a positive association with his likeness." Fairey found a photograph of Obama using Google Image Search (eventually revealed to be an April 2006 photo by freelancer Mannie Garcia for The Associated Press) and created the original poster design in a single day. The original image had the word "" and featured Fairey's signature star—a symbol associated with his Andre the Giant Has a Posse street art campaign—embedded in the Obama campaign's sunrise logo. Due to the Obama campaign’s concerns about the | Shepard Faireys Barack Obama poster, which has been in the news of late because of copyright issues, began life sporting a word other than hope. What was it? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] University of Washington - Wikipedia - en.rfwiki.orgUniversity of Washington - Wikipedia [PAR] Open main menu [PAR] University of Washington [PAR] .edu [PAR] The University of Washington, commonly referred to as Washington or informally U-Dub, or locally as UW is a public flagship research university in Seattle , Washington , United States. Founded in 1861, UW is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast and features one of the most highly regarded medical schools in the world. [5] [6] [PAR] The university has three campuses: the primary and largest in the University District of Seattle and two others in Tacoma and Bothell . Its operating expenses and research budget for fiscal year 2014-15 is expected to be $ 6.4 billion. [7] The UW occupies over 500 buildings, with over 20 million gross square footage of space, including the University of Washington Plaza , consisting of the 325-foot (99 m) UW Tower and conference center. [PAR] Washington is an elected member of the Association of American Universities , and its research budget is among the highest in the United States. In athletics, the university competes in the NCAA Division I Pacific-12 Conference (Pac-12). [PAR] History [PAR] The city of Seattle was one of several settlements in the mid to late 19th century vying for primacy in the newly formed Washington Territory . In 1854, territorial governor Isaac Stevens recommended the establishment of a university in Washington . Several prominent Seattle-area residents, chief among them Methodist preacher Daniel Bagley, saw the siting of this University as a chance to add to the city's prestige. They were able to convince early founder of Seattle and member of the territorial legislature Arthur A. Denny of the importance of Seattle winning the school. The legislature initially chartered two universities, one in Seattle and one in Lewis County , but later repealed its decision in favor of a single university in Lewis County, provided locally donated land could be found. When no site emerged, the legislature, encouraged by Denny, relocated the university to Seattle in 1858. [PAR] The original University of Washington building on Denny's Knoll, c. 1870 [PAR] In 1861, scouting began for an appropriate 10 acres (4 ha) site in Seattle to serve as the campus for a new university. Arthur and Mary Denny donated eight acres, and fellow pioneers Edward Lander and Charlie and Mary Terry donated two acres to the university [8] at a site on Denny's Knoll in downtown Seattle . This tract was bounded by 4th and 6th Avenues on the west and east and Union and Seneca Streets on the north and south. [PAR] UW opened officially on November 4, 1861, as the Territorial University of Washington. The following year, the legislature passed articles formally incorporating the University and establishing a Board of Regents. The school struggled initially, closing three times: in 1863 for lack of students, and again in 1867 and 1876 due to shortage of funds. However, Clara Antoinette McCarty Wilt became the first graduate of UW in 1876 when she graduated from UW with a bachelor's degree in science. By the time Washington entered the Union in 1889, both Seattle and the University had grown substantially. Enrollment had increased from an initial 30 students to nearly 300, and the relative isolation of the campus had given way to encroaching development. A special legislative committee headed by UW graduate Edmond Meany was created for the purpose of finding a new campus better able to serve the growing student population. The committee selected a site on Union Bay northeast of downtown , and the legislature appropriated funds for its purchase and subsequent construction. [PAR] Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition on the UW campus toward Mount Rainier in 1909 [PAR] The University relocated from downtown to the new campus in 1895, moving into the newly built Denny Hall. The regents tried and failed to sell the old campus, and eventually settled on leasing the area. The University still owns what is now called the Metropolitan Tract . In the heart of the city, it is among the most valuable pieces of real estate in Seattle and generates millions of US$ in revenue annually. [PAR] The original Territorial University building was torn down in 1908 and its former site currently houses the Fairmont Olympic Hotel. The | November 4, 1861, saw the opening of the Territorial University, now ranked #16 in the world's top universities, according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities, which is now better known as what? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] HULK on Pinterest | Incredible Hulk, Hulk Comic and She Hulk1000+ images about HULK on Pinterest | Bruce banner, Hulk avengers and Hulk comic [PAR] Forward [PAR] The Hulk (Dr. Bruce Banner) is a fictional character, a superhero in the Marvel Comic universe. Created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, he first appeared in The Incredible Hulk #1 in 1962. Dr. Banner a socially withdrawn and emotionally reserved physicist, was transformed into the Hulk after being caught in the blast of his gamma bomb while saving Rick Jones. Physically transforming into the Hulk under emotional stress at will or against it, Dr. Banner becomes a large green humanoid. As the Hulk… [PAR] See More[DOC] [TLE] Hulk (Bruce Banner) - Marvel Universe Wiki: The definitive ...Hulk (Bruce Banner) - Marvel Universe Wiki: The definitive online source for Marvel super hero bios. [PAR] Hulk (Bruce Banner) [PAR] Robert Bruce Banner [PAR] Aliases [PAR] Annihilator, Captain Universe, Joe Fixit, Mr. Fixit, Mechano, Professor, War, Bruce Bancroft, David Banner, David Bixby, Bob Danner, Bruce Jones, Bruce Roberts, David Blaine, the Green Scar, Green Goliath, Jade Giant, Bob, World-breaker, Sakaarson [PAR] Identity [PAR] Incredible Hulk #1 (1962) [PAR] Significant Issues [PAR] See OHOTMU Bibliography ; Working with the Red Hulk against Intelligencia (Fall of the Hulks: Gamma, 2010); Captured by the Intelligencia (Incredible Hulk #608, 2010); Hulk returns (Incredible Hulk #610, 2010) [PAR] Occupation [PAR] Unemployed, former nuclear physicist [PAR] Known Relatives [PAR] Betty Ross Banner (wife, deceased), General Thaddeus "Thunderbolt" Ross (father-in-law), Jennifer Walters ( She-Hulk , cousin), Morris Walters (uncle), Elaine Banner Walters (aunt, deceased), Brian Banner (father, deceased), Rebecca Banner (mother, deceased), Lyra (daughter), Skaar and Hiro-Kala (sons) [PAR] Group Affiliation [PAR] Formerly Avengers , Defenders , Fantastic Four , Pantheon , Horsemen of Apocalypse , Warbound [PAR] Education [PAR] Banner has a PhD in Nuclear Physics. The various Hulk personas have demonstrated different intelligence levels, from brutish to average to the same level of intelligence as Banner. [PAR] Physical Attributes [PAR] 5' 9½" (Banner); 6'6" (gray Hulk); 7' – 8' (green/savage Hulk); 7'6" (green/Professor Hulk) [PAR] Weight [PAR] 128 lbs. (Banner); 900 lbs. (gray Hulk); 1,040 – 1,400 lbs. (green/savage Hulk); 1,150 lbs. (green/Professor Hulk) [PAR] Eyes [PAR] Brown (Banner); Gray (gray Hulk); Green (green/savage Hulk); Green (green/Professor Hulk) [PAR] Hair [PAR] Brown (Banner); Black (gray Hulk); Green (green/savage Hulk); Green (green/Professor Hulk) [PAR] Powers [PAR] The Hulk possesses an incredible level of superhuman physical ability. His capacity for physical strength is potentially limitless due to the fact that the Hulk's strength increases proportionally with his level of great emotional stress, anger in particular. [PAR] The Hulk uses his superhumanly strong leg muscles to leap great distances. The Hulk has been known to cover hundreds of miles in a single bound and once leaped almost into orbit around the Earth. The Hulk can also use his superhumanly leg muscles to run at super speeds, although his legs have limitless strength he does not have limitless speed and once he reaches a certain speed his legs become too strong and destroy the ground giving him no friction to run on, therefore he jumps to travel. [PAR] The Hulk can slam his hands together creating a shock wave, this shock wave can deafen people, send objects flying and extinguish fires. His thunderclap has been compared to hurricanes and sonic booms. [PAR] The Hulk has shown a high resistance to physical damage nearly regardless of the cause, and has also shown resistance to extreme temperatures, mind control, nuclear explosions, poisons, and all diseases. In addition to the regeneration of limbs, vital organs, and | In the Marvel universe, what is the name of the physicist who becomes the Incredible Hulk? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] What are the principal types of life insurance? | IIIWhat are the principal types of life insurance? | III [PAR] Español [PAR] What are the principal types of life insurance? [PAR] There are two major types of life insurance—term and whole life. Whole life is sometimes called permanent life insurance, and it encompasses several subcategories, including traditional whole life, universal life, variable life and variable universal life. In 2003, about 6.4 million individual life insurance policies bought were term and about 7.1 million were whole life. [PAR] Life insurance products for groups are different from life insurance sold to individuals. The information below focuses on life insurance sold to individuals. [PAR] Term [PAR] Term Insurance is the simplest form of life insurance. It pays only if death occurs during the term of the policy, which is usually from one to 30 years. Most term policies have no other benefit provisions. [PAR] There are two basic types of term life insurance policies—level term and decreasing term. [PAR] Level term means that the death benefit stays the same throughout the duration of the policy. [PAR] Decreasing term means that the death benefit drops, usually in one-year increments, over the course of the policy’s term. [PAR] In 2003, virtually all (97 percent) of the term life insurance bought was level term. [PAR] For more on the different types of term life insurance, click here . [PAR] Whole Life/Permanent [PAR] Whole life or permanent insurance pays a death benefit whenever you die—even if you live to 100! There are three major types of whole life or permanent life insurance—traditional whole life, universal life, and variable universal life, and there are variations within each type. [PAR] In the case of traditional whole life, both the death benefit and the premium are designed to stay the same (level) throughout the life of the policy. The cost per $1,000 of benefit increases as the insured person ages, and it obviously gets very high when the insured lives to 80 and beyond. The insurance company could charge a premium that increases each year, but that would make it very hard for most people to afford life insurance at advanced ages. So the company keeps the premium level by charging a premium that, in the early years, is higher than what’s needed to pay claims, investing that money, and then using it to supplement the level premium to help pay the cost of life insurance for older people. [PAR] By law, when these “overpayments” reach a certain amount, they must be available to the policyholder as a cash value if he or she decides not to continue with the original plan. The cash value is an alternative, not an additional, benefit under the policy. [PAR] In the 1970s and 1980s, life insurance companies introduced two variations on the traditional whole life product—universal life insurance and variable universal life insurance. [PAR] For more on the different types of whole life/permanent insurance, click here . [PAR] [DOC] [TLE] Comparing Term, Universal, Variable, & Whole Life InsuranceComparing Different Types of Life Insurance [PAR] By Jeremy Vohwinkle [PAR] Updated October 16, 2016 [PAR] Navigating the life insurance landscape can be tricky. You are sure to encounter a number of different policies and terms such as whole life , term life, cash value , variable life, and much more. How can you make sense of all the different types of policies and know that you’re making the best choice? Here’s a quick breakdown of the most common types of insurance policies and the pros and cons of each. [PAR] Term Life Insurance [PAR] Term life is exactly what it sounds like. You purchase life insurance for a specific term or set amount of time. You pay premiums for the entire length of the term and once the term is up, your death benefit is gone. Term life does not have a cash value component so your entire premium is simply used to keep the policy active. Once the term is up, you stop paying premiums and the policy expires. This is what makes term life one of the most inexpensive life insurance policies. [PAR] But even term life is broken down into a few different categories | Whole, Universal, and Term are all types of what? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Annie Oakley | HistoryNetNovember 3, 1926 Greenville, Ohio [PAR] Spouse [PAR] Frank E. Butler [PAR] Annie Oakley Summary Information: Annie Oakley was the stage name of Phoebe Ann Moses, a sharpshooter whose skill at shooting led her to star in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show and made her a national celebrity. She won numerous medals for her marksmanship, performed for royalty, and remains a legendary figure of the American West. [PAR] She was born August 13, 1860, to Jacob and Susan (Wise) Moses, Quakers who had migrated from Pennsylvania to a rented farm in Darke County, Ohio, a rural county on the Indiana border. Called Annie by her sisters, she was the sixth of seven children born to Susan Moses. In 1866, her father died of pneumonia. Her mother, unable to support her children, sent Annie to the live at the Darke County Infirmary—the county poor house—when she was 9 years old. [PAR] When she was about 10, she agreed to become a servant of sorts—helping with a baby and household chores—for another local farming family. The family was abusive, however; Annie referred to them later only as "the wolves." She stayed with them in near-slavery for about two years before running away, back to the Darke County Infirmary. She returned home to her mother not long after. Her mother had remarried and had another child, but her husband had died, leaving her to fend for herself and her children alone again. [PAR] Annie Gets Her First Gun [PAR] Annie, who had first shot a gun at a very young age before she was sent away, ended up supporting the family by hunting and trapping when she returned. She could shoot quail and pheasants in the head, keeping the edible portions of the birds entirely free of buckshot. She sold the game to locals in Greenville, Ohio, and to hotels and restaurants in the area, and built a reputation as an excellent shot. She claimed to have so been successful that she paid the mortgage on her family’s farm. [PAR] As a young woman, she met Francis "Frank" Butler while he performed his traveling marksman show in Cincinnati, Ohio. Part of Frank’s act was accepting challenges from local marksmen to matches, with bets being placed on both sides. A local hotel owner arranged a shooting match between Frank and Annie on Thanksgiving Day. Frank was surprised to learn his opponent was a five-foot-tall, 15-year-old girl— who beat him after he missed on his 25th shot. They began a courtship and eventually married. There is disagreement over the dates of their first meeting and their marriage; they may have wed as early as 1876, but their only known marriage certificate is in Windsor, Canada, and is dated June 20, 1882. Various reasons have been given for the discrepancies, including the possibility that Frank was not yet legally divorced from his first wife when he and Annie wed. [PAR] Phoebe Becomes Annie Oakley [PAR] The Butlers began performing together in May 1882 when Frank’s partner became ill. She took the stage name "Annie Oakley," possibly after the Oakley neighborhood in Cincinnati where they lived. Frank immediately recognized that Annie had a bigger draw and began to showcase her as the main act, acting more as a manager than as a fellow performer. [PAR] In 1884, the Sioux (Lakota) spiritual leader and medicine man Sitting Bull, who had beaten Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn, saw a show that Annie was in in a theater in St. Paul, Minnesota. He asked to see her after the show. Annie gave him a signed picture of herself ; Sitting Bull gave her moccasins he had worn at Little Bighorn and the nickname "Watanya Cicilla," Little Sure Shot. [PAR] Annie Oakley Meets Buffalo Bill [PAR] Also in 1884, Annie and Frank met William "Buffalo Bill" Cody while performing with a circus in New Orleans. Frank and Cody negotiated for a three-day trial with the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show in early 1885—Annie and Frank would go on to perform with the Buffalo Bill Wild West Show for 16 seasons. Cody | Known as Little Miss Sure Shot, what member of Buffalo Bills Wild West show was an outstanding sharpshooter who continued to set records almost up to her death on November 3, 1926? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] What is the only native North American marsupial ...What is the only native North American marsupial? | Reference.com [PAR] What is the only native North American marsupial? [PAR] A: [PAR] Quick Answer [PAR] The only native North American marsupial is the Virginia opossum, a solitary nocturnal animal and the largest type of opossum. It's a scavenger that eats roadkill, grass, nuts, fruit, mice, snakes, worms and small birds. [PAR] Full Answer [PAR] Marsupials are mammals that differ from other mammals in their anatomy and reproductive mode. The marsupial fetus does not fully develop in the mother's womb due to a lack of a placenta for nourishment. The newborns are tiny, blind and hairless. Immediately after birth, a baby marsupial crawls into its mother's pouch, where it receives nourishment from a nipple and is protected until it is able to care for itself. Australia and New Guinea are home to the most diverse population of marsupials, which include kangaroos, wallabies and koalas.[DOC] [TLE] Marsupials - KidportMarsupials [PAR] Marsupials [PAR] Science Main Index [PAR] [PAR] Marsupials are best known for the Australian members of the family, the kangaroo, wallaby and the koala. The only marsupial native to North America is the Virginia opossum. There are also some marsupials native to Central America and South America. [PAR] Marsupials are members of the mammal family. However, they are different from other mammals because they have an abdominal pouch to carry their young. The marsupial female gives birth very early and the baby animal climbs from the mother's birth canal to her pouch. Here the baby marsupial continues to develop for weeks, or even months, depending on the species. [PAR] At birth, marsupial babies are not fully developed. The baby's hind legs are just nubs. The baby lives and continues to develop in the mother's pouch. The pouch, or marsupium, also has the mother's mammary glands for feeding the baby. A baby kangaroo may live in its mother's pouch for 6 months. [PAR] Koalas and wombats are a little different from Kangaroos. While a kangaroo pouch opens upwards at the top, the opening of the koala and wombat pouch is lower and more downward facing toward the hind legs. The pouch has a strong muscle around the opening to prevent the baby from falling out. [PAR] Want to learn more about marsupials? Check out our marsupial videos . [PAR] Web Sites about Marsupials:[DOC] [TLE] American marsupials | Order Didelphimorphia factsAmerican marsupials | Order Didelphimorphia facts [PAR] Order : Didelphimorphia [PAR] [PAR] More than 60 different kinds of oppossums live in South America and 1 in North America, the Virginia opossum didelphis virginiana . The name opossum is sometimes shortened to possum, which actually is the name for an Australian group of marsupials. These are distinct from opossums which are only found in North and South America. The Virginia opossum is probably best know for its last resort to escaping predators, "playing possum". As a last resort it can fake death to lose interest of its predator. The Virginia opossum is the only marsupial living in the wild in the US. They come in different shapes and sizes. They are marsupials meaning that they have a pouch in which they can carry their young. They all belong to the family didelphidae . [PAR] Some are living in trees and one, the water opossum or yapok, Chironectes minimus , is aquatic and his hind feet are webbed. The yapok is a long-legged opossum with a relatively broad snout, and a long, almost hairless, scaly tail except at its base. The water opossum is one of very few species able to forage in the trees and underwater. They can be found near streams or rivers in forested areas. Through evolution this marsupial has reversed the opening of its pouch so that the water doesn't force its way in when it is swimming under water. It is the only marsupial known to hunt in the water. [PAR] They can weigh as little as 40 grams, mouse opossum, to up to 2 kilograms, didelphis virginiana . Some are very rare, but it is unclear whether that has to do with opossums being nocturnal or that they | What is the only marsupial native to North America? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Chicken Chow Mein Recipes - CDKitchenChicken Chow Mein Recipes - CDKitchen [PAR] Home / Recipes / meals / dishes / dinner meals / meat and poultry dishes / chicken dishes / ethnic styles / asian / chicken chow mein [PAR] Chicken Chow Mein [PAR] Chow mein is a Chinese-American dish that is commonly found in Asian restaurants in the US. Chicken chow mein is the most popular, consisting of small slices or cubes of chicken and vegetables like bean sprouts, mushrooms, water chestnuts, bamboo shoots, and green onions. Chow mein technically means "fried noodles" in Chinese so the dish is commonly served over crisp noodles.[DOC] [TLE] Chow Mein vs Lo Mein - 3 Differences (with Video and ...Chow Mein vs Lo Mein - 3 Differences (with Video and Pictures) | Diffen [PAR] Chow Mein vs. Lo Mein [PAR] Diffen › Food [PAR] The main difference between chow mein and lo mein is that different methods are used to make these stir-fry noodles. Both chow mein and lo mein use wheat-flour egg noodles. More authentic chow mein noodles are fried to crispness, while lo mein noodles are boiled to softness. The noodles themselves have similar nutritional value, but whether a chow mein or lo mein dish is healthy depends on the ingredients used with them in a stir fry. [PAR] Comparison chart [PAR] Chow Mein versus Lo Mein comparison chart [PAR] Chow Mein [PAR] Chow mein is a Chinese term for a dish of crispy stir-fried noodles. [PAR] Lo mein is a Chinese dish with soft wheat flour noodles. [PAR] Literal meaning [PAR] Egg noodles – wheat flour with egg [PAR] Egg noodles – wheat flour with egg [PAR] Preparation [PAR] Start with fresh or dried noodles, parboil; add parboiled noodles to stir fry. [PAR] Start with fresh noodles, parboil; pour ingredients and sauce over noodles, stir. [PAR] Noodle shape [PAR] Rounded [PAR] Typical dishes [PAR] Meat such as beef, chicken or shrimp stir fried with vegetables; soy-based sauce; noodles fried as a patty. [PAR] Meat such as beef, chicken or shrimp stir fried with vegetables; oyster or soy-based sauce. [PAR] Country of origin [PAR] 5 References [PAR] Preparation and Texture [PAR] Both chow mein and lo mein dishes start with egg noodles, made from wheat flower mixed with egg. Chow mein noodles can be either flat or rounded. For preparation, cooks start with either fresh or dried noodles, which are then parboiled. The parboiled noodles are then added to the stir fry mixture and cooked until crispy. This preparation results in a variety of textures within the dish. [PAR] Cooks generally start only with fresh noodles for lo mein dishes. These are also parboiled. They can then be added to a stir fry dish with a lot of sauce, tossing them only long enough for them to soak up the sauce. Otherwise, cooks simply pour the stir fry over the cooked noodles and stir. Lo mein noodles are known to soak up the sauce. The video below gives a culinary tour of the different kind of Asian noodles like soba and lo mein, among others: [PAR] Nutrition [PAR] Because the noodles start out exactly the same, the noodles themselves have the exact same nutrition : 237 calories , 125 calories from fat, 13.8 grams of fat, 25.9 grams of carbohydrates and 198 milligrams of sodium. [PAR] However, the very different preparation methods results in differing nutrition. Because chow mein noodles are fried for longer, they usually end up higher in fat than lo mein noodles. Depending on the sauce, lo mein noodles may end up higher in sodium. [PAR] Typical Dishes [PAR] There are many kinds of chow mein dishes. They typically include a meat such as beef, chicken or shrimp stir fried with vegetables . The stir fry often includes crunchy vegetables such as celery and carrots. Onions , cabbage and mung bean sprouts are other typical ingredients. The sauce is usually soy-based. Sometimes cooks fry the noodles into a patty and serve the stir fry over this. Food network has some authentic as well as creative chow mein recipes . [PAR] Lobster chow mein (left) and crispy chow mein in a cup (right) | Chow Mein is a dish typically served over what? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Northern Rhodesia - First thoughts aboutNorthern Rhodesia - First thoughts about [PAR] Northern Rhodesia [PAR] Northern Rhodesia was a territory in south central Africa, formed in 1911. It became independent in 1964 as Zambia. [PAR] Write here your first thoughts about Northern Rhodesia ... [PAR] 21 Apr 2016 23:49 [PAR] Sir Ronald Henry Amherst Storrs . A British Foreign &. Colonial Office. He served as a Governor of Cyprus, and Governor of Northern Rhodesia. [PAR] 20 Apr 2016 15:10 [PAR] Magic, Divination & Witchcraft among the Barotse of Northern Rhodesia (ID:42651) [PAR] 19 Apr 2016 17:19 [PAR] Christian Missionaries and the Creation of Northern Rhodesia 1880-1924 (Princeton Legacy ... by Robert I. Rotberg [PAR] 18 Apr 2016 16:09 [PAR] boy sit your northern Rhodesia *** down and play miner and bwana's wife instead..smh [PAR] 01 Mar 2016 20:44 [PAR] 1 October 1964 â The first and last Northern Rhodesia team goes to the Olympic Games. Richard Hallâs book on Dr Kenneth Kaunda is out. [PAR] 09 Feb 2016 10:39 [PAR] tax deal now expiring signed by the British governor on behalf of Southern Rhodesia , Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland. [PAR] 02 Feb 2016 21:22 [PAR] Kenneth Kaunda was born on the 28th April 1924 in Chinsali, Northern Rhodesia. [PAR] 02 Feb 2016 20:27 [PAR] Simon Kapwepwe was born on 12 April 1922 in the Chinsali district of the Northern Province of Northern Rhodesia. [PAR] 02 Feb 2016 12:16 [PAR] Another arrogant coxcomb was Cecil Rhodes . So arrogant, in fact, he had entire countries named after himself - Northern & Southern Rhodesia . [PAR] 30 Jan 2016 16:13 [PAR] it's not about the past; there is a reason why Zambia changed its name to what it is now from northern rhodesia [PAR] 29 Jan 2016 09:16 [PAR] I assume Rhodesia & Northern Rhodesia - Zimbabwe & Zambia. The queen's outrage was not recorded, so we can infer she was pleased. [PAR] 28 Jan 2016 22:39 [PAR] Now we can start referring to Northern and Southern Rhodesia rather than Zambia and Zimbabwe? [PAR] 08 Nov 2015 09:36 [PAR] Northern Rhodesia 1949 UPU set as imprint blocks of 4, mnh [PAR] 03 Nov 2015 12:10 [PAR] We grew up on avos in the '50s in old Northern Rhodesia. So lucky. Still chow 3-4 per week. [PAR] 02 Nov 2015 07:37 [PAR] The Brits should just come back and take over this joint.. Northern Rhodesia's economy was so lit back in the day... [PAR] 31 Oct 2015 12:05 [PAR] Northern Rhodesia was a country once. It is now Zambia. [PAR] 30 Oct 2015 18:22 [PAR] Plane carrying UN secretary general Hammarskjöld was shot down over Northern Rhodesia. CIA was reportedly behind it. [PAR] 30 Oct 2015 09:32 [PAR] If you put Northern Rhodesia in as well you get more... [PAR] 24 Oct 2015 10:33 [PAR] 1964: Northern Rhodesia gained independence from the United Kingdom and became the Republic of Zambia ( Southern Rhodesia didn't) [PAR] 11 Sep 2015 23:05 [PAR] Northern Rhodesia 1955 clean as Queen Elizabeth Dinner plate now 2015 dirty as Mugabiland [PAR] 10 Sep 2015 10:36 [PAR] After visits by European explorers in the eighteenth century, Zambia became the British protectorate of Northern Rhodesia [PAR] 09 Sep 2015 17:09 [PAR] Zambia is a unitary state, meaning two units coming together to make one. Barotseland coming together with Northern Rh⦠[PAR] 09 Sep 2015 15:06 [PAR] Leaders of Northern (Zambia) and Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and age-mates but Mugabe is older by 2 months [PAR] 09 Sep 2015 06:31 [PAR] Lol the founder..Northern Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe & Namibia) [PAR] 08 Sep 2015 23:01 [PAR] My grandparents were at the Queen's Coronation, representing Northern Rhodesia. So much changes, but she remains. [PAR] 08 Sep 2015 16:54 [PAR] I've said to that I suspect Ian Smith left a curse in Southern & Northern Rhodesia. Maybe we need to go to river? [PAR] 07 Sep 2015 20:14 [PAR] Northern Rhodesia GV 10/- sg 16 damaged lower right so filler only cat ã90 as fu [PAR] 03 Sep 2015 23:24 [PAR] Between 1951 and 1953, Britain combined Nyasaland with the colonies of Northern and Southern Rhodesia to form a federation | Oct 24, 1964 saw Northern Rhodesia gained independence from the United Kingdom and promptly changed its' name. By what name do we now know it? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Veterans Day - Holidays - HISTORY.comVeterans Day - Holidays - HISTORY.com [PAR] Veterans Day [PAR] A+E Networks [PAR] Introduction [PAR] On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an armistice, or temporary cessation of hostilities, was declared between the Allied nations and Germany in the First World War, then known as “the Great War.” Commemorated as Armistice Day beginning the following year, November 11th became a legal federal holiday in the United States in 1938. In the aftermath of World War II and the Korean War, Armistice Day became Veterans Day, a holiday dedicated to American veterans of all wars. [PAR] Google [PAR] The Great War & Armistice Day [PAR] Though the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919, November 11 remained in the public imagination as the date that marked the end of the Great War. In November 1919, U.S. President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November 11 as the first commemoration of Armistice Day. The day’s observation included parades and public gatherings, as well as a brief pause in business activities at 11 a.m. On November 11, 1921, an unidentified American soldier killed in the war was buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington , D.C.; the U.S. Congress had declared the day a legal federal holiday in honor of all those who participated in the war. On the same day the previous year, unidentified soldiers were laid to rest at Westminster Abbey in London and at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. [PAR] Did You Know? [PAR] Red poppies, a symbol of World War I (from their appearance in the poem "In Flanders Fields" by John McCrae), are sold in Canada and the United Kingdom on Remembrance Day to raise money for veterans or worn in the lapel as a tribute. [PAR] On June 4, 1926, Congress passed a resolution that the “recurring anniversary of [November 11, 1918] should be commemorated with thanksgiving and prayer and exercises designed to perpetuate peace through good will and mutual understanding between nations” and that the president should issue an annual proclamation calling for the observance of Armistice Day. By that time, 27 state legislatures had made November 11 a legal holiday. An act approved May 13, 1938 made November 11 a legal Federal holiday, “dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be hereafter celebrated and known as ‘Armistice Day.'” In actuality, there are no U.S. national holidays because the states retain the right to designate their own, and the government can only designate holidays for federal employees and for the District of Columbia. In practice, however, states almost always follow the federal lead. [PAR] From Armistice Day to Veterans Day [PAR] American effort during World War II (1941-1945) saw the greatest mobilization of the U.S. Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force in the nation’s history (more than 16 million people); some 5.7 million more served in the Korean War (1950 to 1953). In 1954, after lobbying efforts by veterans’ service organizations, the 83rd U.S. Congress amended the 1938 act that had made Armistice Day a holiday, striking the word “Armistice” in favor of “Veterans.” President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the legislation on June 1, 1954. From then on, November 11 became a day to honor American veterans of all wars. [PAR] The next development in the story of Veterans Day unfolded in 1968, when Congress passed the Uniform Holidays Bill, which sought to ensure three-day weekends for federal employees–and encourage tourism and travel–by celebrating four national holidays (Washington’s Birthday, Memorial Day , Veterans Day and Columbus Day ) on Mondays. [PAR] The observation of Veterans Day was set as the fourth Monday in October. The first Veterans Day under the new law was Monday, October 25, 1971; confusion ensued, as many states disapproved of this change, and continued to observe the holiday on its original date. In 1975, after it became evident that the actual date of Veterans Day carried historical and patriotic significance to many Americans, President Gerald R. Ford signed a new law returning the observation of Veterans Day to November 11th beginning in 1978. If November 11 falls on a Saturday or Sunday | Friday is Veterans Day, first proclaimed as a way to honor those US citizens who participated in what war? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Vlad the ImpalerVlad III, Prince of Wallachia (1431–1476/77) was a member of the House of Drăculești, a branch of the House of Basarab, also known as Vlad Drăculea or Vlad Dracula (), using his patronymic. He was posthumously dubbed Vlad the Impaler (modern ,). [PAR] He was a three-time Voivode of Wallachia, ruling mainly from 1456 to 1462, the period of the Ottoman conquest of the Balkans. His father Vlad II Dracul was a member of the Order of the Dragon, which was founded to protect Christianity in Eastern Europe. Vlad III is revered as a folk hero in Romania and Bulgaria for his protection of the Romanians and Bulgarians both north and south of the Danube. Following his raids on the Ottomans, a significant number of Bulgarian common folk and remaining boyars resettled north of the Danube to Wallachia and recognized his leadership. [PAR] As the cognomen "The Impaler" suggests, his practice of impaling his enemies is part of his historical reputation. During his lifetime, his reputation for cruelty spread abroad to Germany and elsewhere in Europe. The name of the vampire Count Dracula in Bram Stoker's 1897 novel Dracula was inspired by Vlad's patronymic and reputation. [PAR] Name [PAR] During his life, Vlad wrote his name in Latin documents as ' (1475). [PAR] His Romanian patronymic Dragwlya (or Dragkwlya) Dragulea, Dragolea, Drăculea is a diminutive of the epithet Dracul carried by his father Vlad II, who was inducted as a member of the Order of the Dragon in 1431, a chivalric order founded by Emperor Sigismund in 1408. ' is the Romanian definite form, the ' being the suffixal definite article (derived from Latin '). The noun ' "dragon" itself continues Latin '. In Modern Romanian, the word ' has adopted the meaning of "devil" (the term for "dragon" now being ' or '). This has led to misinterpretations of Vlad's epithet as characterizing him as "devilish". [PAR] Vlad's nickname of ' ("Impaler") identifies his favourite method of execution, but it was only attached to his name posthumously in 1550. Before this, however, he was known as ' or ' (both meaning Impaler Lord) by the Ottoman Empire after their armies encountered his "forests" of impaled victims. [PAR] Early life [PAR] Family [PAR] Vlad was born in Sighișoara, Voivodeship of Transylvania, Kingdom of Hungary (today part of Romania) in the winter of 1431 to Vlad II Dracul, future voivode of Wallachia. Vlad's father was the son of the celebrated Voivode Mircea the Elder. His mother is unknown, though at the time his father was believed to have been married to Princess Cneajna of Moldavia (eldest daughter of Alexander "the Good", Prince of Moldavia and aunt to Stephen the Great of Moldavia) and also to have kept a number of mistresses. He had two older half-brothers, Mircea II and Vlad Călugărul, and a younger brother Radu III the Handsome. Vlad had a half-brother also named Vlad through his father's mistress Caltuna. She entered a monastery, and her son followed in her footsteps to become Vlad the Monk. [PAR] In the year of his birth, Vlad's father traveled to Nuremberg, where he was then vested into the Order of the Dragon, a fellowship of knights sworn to defend Christendom against the encroaching Ottomans and European heresies, such as the Hussites. During his initiation, he was given the epithet Dracul or dragon by Holy Roman Emperor Sigismund. [PAR] Vlad and Radu spent their early formative years in Sighișoara. During the first reign of their father Vlad II Dracul, the Voivode brought his young sons to Târgoviște, the capital of Wallachia at that time. [PAR] Byzantine chancellor Mikhail Doukas showed that, at Târgoviște, the sons of boyars and ruling princes were well-educated by Romanian or Greek scholars commissioned from Constantinople. Vlad is believed to have learned combat skills, geography, mathematics, science, languages (Old Church Slavonic, German, Latin), and the classical arts and philosophy. [PAR] Dealings with the Ottoman Empire and first reign ( | Born in November, 1431, Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia had a more common nickname, translating as Son of the Dragon, which inspired what Bram Stroker character? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] What keeps food from going down your windpipe? | Reference.comWhat keeps food from going down your windpipe? | Reference.com [PAR] What keeps food from going down your windpipe? [PAR] A: [PAR] Quick Answer [PAR] When you swallow, a piece of cartilage called the epiglottis closes off the trachea, or windpipe, to prevent food from obstructing your airway, according to About.com. The epiglottis flap normally rests in a slightly upright position above the larynx, or voice box. The epiglottis temporarily folds over the larynx opening as food or beverages enter the throat, protecting the trachea and lungs, MedlinePlus states. [PAR] Full Answer [PAR] Food or small objects can accidentally enter the windpipe, especially if a person laughs or inhales while eating, according to HowStuffWorks. In most cases, food completely bypasses the respiratory system and continues down the digestive tract by entering the esophagus. [PAR] A blocked airway may interfere with healthy breathing, causing symptoms ranging from wheezing and choking to loss of consciousness and permanent brain damage, says MedlinePlus. Parents are discouraged from giving babies and toddlers small toy pieces or foods because these objects can become choking hazards. Physicians are often able to remove objects stuck in the trachea using medical instruments, but in urgent situations, they may need to insert a breathing tube or perform a tracheostomy by making a surgical incision in the neck. [PAR] The epiglottis is not invulnerable. Prior to the widespread use of influenza vaccines, many young children suffered from bacterial infections in this area, according to About.com. A condition known as epiglottitis can cause uncomfortable inflammation, making it difficult to breathe and preventing the body from circulating oxygen.[DOC] [TLE] Anatomy of the Throat and Esophagus - Video & Lesson ...Anatomy of the Throat and Esophagus - Video & Lesson Transcript | Study.com [PAR] Anatomy of the Throat and Esophagus [PAR] Watch short & fun videos Start Your Free Trial Today [PAR] An error occurred trying to load this video. [PAR] Try refreshing the page, or contact customer support. [PAR] You must create an account to continue watching [PAR] Register for a free trial [PAR] Are you a student or a teacher? [PAR] I am a student [PAR] Start Your Free Trial To Continue Watching [PAR] As a member, you'll also get unlimited access to over [PAR] lessons in math, English, science, history, and more. Plus, get practice tests, quizzes, and personalized coaching to help you succeed. [PAR] Coming up next: Anatomy and Physiology of the Stomach and Autonomic Nervous System Controls [PAR] You're on a roll. Keep up the good work! [PAR] Your next lesson will play in 10 seconds [PAR] 0:06 Deglutition [PAR] 1:16 Divisions of the Pharynx [PAR] 3:05 Larynx and Epiglottis [PAR] Add to Add to Add to [PAR] Want to watch this again later? [PAR] Log in or sign up to add this lesson to a Custom Course. [PAR] Custom Courses are courses that you create from Study.com lessons. Use them just like other courses to track progress, access quizzes and exams, and share content. [PAR] Teachers [PAR] Organize and share selected lessons with your class. Make planning easier by creating your own custom course. [PAR] Students [PAR] Create a new course from any lesson page or your dashboard. [PAR] From any lesson page: [PAR] Click "Add to" located below the video player and follow the prompts to name your course and save your lesson. [PAR] From your dashboard: [PAR] Click on the "Custom Courses" tab, then click "Create course". Next, go to any lesson page and begin adding lessons. [PAR] Edit your Custom Course directly from your dashboard. [PAR] Personalize: [PAR] Name your Custom Course and add an optional description or learning objective. [PAR] Organize: [PAR] Create chapters to group lesson within your course. Remove and reorder chapters and lessons at any time. [PAR] Share your Custom Course or assign lessons and chapters. [PAR] Teacher Edition: [PAR] Share or assign lessons and chapters by clicking the "Teacher" tab on the lesson or chapter page you want to assign. Students' quiz scores and video views will be trackable in your "Teacher" tab. [PAR] Premium Edition: [PAR] You can share your Custom Course by copying and pasting the course URL. Only Study.com members | In anatomy, what is the flap of elastic cartilage that prevents food from going down the wrong tube? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Chester GouldChester Gould (November 20, 1900 – May 11, 1985) was an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip, which he wrote and drew from 1931 to 1977, incorporating numerous colorful and monstrous villains. [PAR] Early life [PAR] Chester Gould was born to Gilbert R. Gould, the son of a minister, and Alice Maud (née Miller). All four of his grandparents were pioneer settlers of Oklahoma. [PAR] Fascinated by the comics since childhood, Gould quickly found work as a cartoonist. He was hired by William Randolph Hearst's Chicago Evening American, where he produced his first comic strips, Fillum Fables (1924) and The Radio Catts. He also drew a topical strip about Chicago, Why It's a Windy City. Gould married Edna Gauger in 1926, and their daughter, Jean, was born in 1927. A 1923 graduate, Gould is an alumnus of Northwestern University where he attended the School of Professional Studies. [PAR] His cousin Henry W. Gould is Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at West Virginia University. [PAR] Dick Tracy [PAR] In 1931, Gould was hired as a cartoonist with the Chicago Tribune and introduced Dick Tracy in the newspaper The Detroit Mirror on Sunday, October 4, 1931. The original comic was based on a New York detective Gould was interested in. The comic then branched to the fictional character that became so famous. He drew the comic strip for the next 46 years from his home in Woodstock, Illinois. Gould's stories were rarely pre-planned, since he preferred to improvise stories as he drew them. While fans praised this approach as producing exciting stories, it sometimes created awkward plot developments that were difficult to resolve. In one notorious case, Gould had Tracy in an inescapable deathtrap with a caisson. When Gould depicted Tracy addressing Gould personally and having the cartoonist magically extract him, publisher Joseph Patterson vetoed the sequence and ordered it redrawn. [PAR] Late in the period of Gould's control of it, the Tracy strip was widely criticized as too right-wing in character, and as excessively supportive of the police. This commentary argued that Gould was using the strip to push his own political agenda such as attacking the rights of the accused at the expense of storytelling. Additionally, the late 1950s saw a changing newspaper readership that was perhaps less tolerant of Gould's style. [PAR] For instance, Gould introduced an odoriferous, chewing tobacco spitting character, B.O. Plenty, with little significant complaint from readers in the 1940s. However, the 1960s introduction of the crooked lawyer Flyface and his relatives, surrounded by swarming flies, created a negative reader reaction strong enough for papers to drop the strip in large numbers. There was then a dramatic change in the strip's paradigm to feature science fiction plot elements with regular visits to the moon. This led to an increasingly fantastic procession of enemies and stories that largely abandoned the strip's format of urban crime drama. The Apollo 11 moon landing prompted Gould to abandon this phase. Finally, Dick Tracy was beset by the overall trend in newspaper comics away from strips with continuing storylines and toward those whose stories are largely resolved within one series of panels. [PAR] Gould, his characters and improbable plots were satirized in Al Capp's comic strip Li'l Abner with the Fearless Fosdick sequences (supposedly drawn by "Lester Gooch"); a notable villain was Bomb Face, a gangster whose head was a bomb. [PAR] Awards and exhibitions [PAR] Chester Gould won the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award in 1959 and 1977. The Mystery Writers of America honored Gould and his work with a Special Edgar Award in 1980. In 1995, the strip was one of 20 included in the Comic Strip Classics series of commemorative postage stamps and postcards. [PAR] Dick Tracy: The Art of Chester Gould was an exhibition in Port Chester, New York at the Museum of Cartoon Art from October 4 through November 30, 1978. The exhibition was curated by Bill Crouch, Jr. [PAR] From 1991 until 2008, the art and artifacts of Gould's career were displayed in the Chester Gould-Dick Tracy Museum which operated from the Woodstock Old Courthouse on the | What long running comic strip character, created by Chester Gould, is described as a hard-hitting, fast-shooting and intelligent police detective with a love of trench coats and fedoras? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] What is orange pekoe cut black tea? | Reference.comWhat is orange pekoe cut black tea? | Reference.com [PAR] What is orange pekoe cut black tea? [PAR] A: [PAR] Quick Answer [PAR] Orange pekoe black tea is not a flavor or type of tea, but rather a category in a system of grading cut, processed and dry black tea leaves. According to the orange pekoe tea leaf grading system, orange pekoe leaves are larger than broken orange pekoe or pekoe fannings, which are both finer and less intact forms of black tea leaves.[DOC] [TLE] Upton Tea Imports: Orange Pekoe, SFTGFOP, etc... what do ...How To Brew The Perfect Cup Of Tea | Types Of Tea Production | Tea History [PAR] How to brew the perfect cup of tea [PAR] Orange Pekoe, SFTGFOP, etc... what do these mean? [PAR] Tea nomenclature [PAR] Due to a lack of information on the subject, there is great confusion over one of the simplest of tea terms, OP (Orange Pekoe). Contrary to popular opinion, Orange Pekoe does not refer to a particular flavor, or even to a specific variety or quality or tea. Orange Pekoe is nothing more than a designation of leaf size. [PAR] As a result of the manufacturing process, the final product is comprised of leaf particles of varying sizes. Because the finer particles steep quickly, the tea is sifted into lots of uniform leaf size. Teas designated OP are comprised of larger leaf particles or whole leaves that will not pass through a sieve of a particular gauge. BOP (Broken Orange Pekoe) designates a grade that is finer than OP. Grades finer than BOP are called fannings, PF for Pekoe Fannings, and the smallest particles are referred to as dust. Dust grades are used primarily in teabags. [PAR] Other letters are often appended to the grade of tea to produce a baffling list of designations such as SFTGFOP1 (Super-Fine Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe, grade 1). While there is a general correlation between acronyms and the general appearance and character of the tea, there is no strict correlation between the acronyms and the value or flavor of the tea. While these lengthy acronyms appear on nearly every chest of single-estate tea, the real value of the tea is in its appeal to the palate. [PAR] A brief guide to decoding the specifications [PAR] PF: Pekoe Fannings [PAR] GBOP: Golden Broken Orange Pekoe [PAR] TGBOP: Tippy Golden Broken Orange Pekoe [PAR] GTGFBOP: Golden Tippy Golden Flowery Broken Orange Pekoe [PAR] BPS: Broken Pekoe Souchong [PAR] GFOP: Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe [PAR] TGFOP: Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe [PAR] FTGFOP: Fine Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe [PAR] FTGFOP1: Fine Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe, grade 1 [PAR] SFTGFOP1: Super Fine Tippy Golden Flowery Orange Pekoe, grade 1 [PAR] Musc: Muscatel[DOC] [TLE] Benefits Of Drinking Orange Pekoe Black Tea - CureJoyBenefits Of Drinking Orange Pekoe Black Tea [PAR] Benefits Of Drinking Orange Pekoe Black Tea [PAR] Share this with a friend [PAR] Your Name [PAR] Please go through the link: http://www.curejoy.com/content/orange-pekoe-better-green-tea/ [PAR] Sep 27, 2016 [PAR] by CureJoy Editorial [PAR] 7 Min Read [PAR] Orange pekoe is a grade of black tea brewed from the dried leaves and buds of the Camellia sinensis plant. Along with other varieties of Camellia sinensis teas, including green, oolong and white, orange pekoe and other black teas are widely consumed throughout the world. Scientific studies and anecdotal evidence indicate that the popular beverage also offers a number of health benefits. [PAR] Although green tea generally gets more attention for its health benefits, Czech researcher Martina Bancirova’s comparison of the antioxidant properties of 30 tea samples doesn’t support the bias toward green tea, at least in terms of antioxidant capacity. [PAR] Studies have shown that orange pekoe has the ability to reduce chances of a heart attack occurring with the consumption of three or more cups of the tea daily. A compound found in orange pekoe tea, rutin, has antioxidant properties which help counteract free radicals thus preventing them from damaging tissues of the body. This also helps combat premature ageing, another great benefit from consuming this tea. It also helps in venous circulation in the management | Orange Pekoe is a variety of what beverage? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Remember the Roots of Armistice Day | Common Dreams ...Remember the Roots of Armistice Day | Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community [PAR] Remember the Roots of Armistice Day [PAR] Published on [PAR] Remember the Roots of Armistice Day [PAR] by [PAR] Margret Hofmann [PAR] Our daughter Barbara was born on Armistice Day 1952. This was the day on which the Western World celebrated the end of World War I. On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the year 1918, the peace treaty between the Allies and Germany was signed. Little Barbara's father had been born in Texas a few weeks after Armistice Day, while my parents, who lived in Berlin, Germany, were making plans for their wedding. [PAR] It seems incongruous that our baby's grandparents had officially been "enemies" until that very day. And so had her parents, my husband and I, officially been enemies, 34 years later. [PAR] When Barbara arrived on Armistice Day, 1952, we saw this as a symbol and chose Frieda as her middle name. Frieda is the German word for "Peace". This seemed especially appropriate, since both her grandmothers' first name had also been "Frieda". Then, in 1954, the decision was made to change the name and purpose of Armistice Day to a holiday on which we honor United States veterans of all wars. [PAR] Surely, the official arrival of the end of the Great War would also signify the beginning of a great period of peace. War had truly become too terrible ever again to be considered a justifiable solution to disagreements between heads of state! Airplanes, only recently developed as means of peaceful transportation, had been transformed to become tools of war. Pilots could drop bombs on the "enemy" from a safe distance, so that they themselves were in little danger. And this distance made it possible for the pilots to kill those who lived on the other side of a country's arbitrarily established border, people who had been designated as "enemies", without ever seeing their faces. Without ever seeing them at all. [PAR] Mankind had glimpsed the abyss which would most certainly become a reality with the murderous possibilities created by an air war. Certainly, every thinking person would ask himself or herself: "Is there no better way to solve economic or political problems than by dropping explosives on families?" [PAR] When the Great War ended, millions of young women would never have husbands. They had all been killed. [PAR] Countless children grew up without fathers. [PAR] Where were the young men to work the farms? The sons to take care of their aging parents? The skilled workers? The future professionals who were killed before they even had a chance to begin their studies? [PAR] But we seemed to have learned little else but to look for scapegoats and to think of revenge. [PAR] O yes, we also became experts in constructing hundreds of thousands of near-identical white crosses and in lining them up neatly on endless fields. We see these fields in almost every country and admire the symmetry, while we forget that each cross represents someone's son, someone's father, someone's brother, someone's husband, a life extinguished. [PAR] There must be a better way. There must be a better way than contributing to an atmosphere which makes violence likely and acceptable. [PAR] We have also learned, because most of us felt no reason to question it, that winning a war means to kill more people and to do it faster, than the other guy does.We have not only learned to ask few questions. In fact, we have learned not even to care to ask questions. We have learned to accept that our country's prestige (prestige?) demands that we have more nuclear warheads than any one else has, and that our country's greatness is to be measured in our ability to kill more people than all other countries in the world. We agree that a country's strength tends to be measured in the amount of resources it spends on defense. [PAR] We have not learned to use the world's treasures to the world's benefit, to consider the ways | The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month saw the signing of the armistice that put an end to the violence of WWI in what year? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Jim Croce - Bad Bad Leroy Brown chords - GuitaretabJim Croce - ( Bad Bad Leroy Brown chords ) [PAR] Jim Croce - Bad Bad Leroy Brown chords [PAR] Highlighted [PAR] Show chord diagrams [PAR] After searching for this tab myself before, I found that 1 person had it down pretty well, but the only flaw was that he failed to mention that whenever he plays the G , and A7 chords, he does a shuffle. So, you have to play barre chords. When he plays the G, you switch your fingers down a string to a C barre chord in a shuffle rhythm, and when he plays the A7, you switch your fingers down to a D barre chord in a shuffle rhythm. So it will be G G C C G G C C , etc. Verse 1 G Well, the south side of Chicago A7 is the baddest part of town. B7 And if you go down there C D G you better just beware of a man named Leroy Brown. G Now, Leroy more than trouble, A7 you see he stand about six foot four, B7 C all the downtown ladies call him treetop lover, D G all the men just call him sir. Chorus G And he's bad, bad, Leroy Brown, A7 the baddest man in the whole damn town. B7 C Badder than ol' King Kong, D C meaner than a junk yard dog. [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/j/jim-croce/230153.html ] Verse 2 G Now, Leroy, he a gambler, A7 and he likes his fancy clothes. B7 C And he likes to wave his diamond rings D G in front of everybody's nose. G He got a custom Continental A7 He got an El Dorado too. B7 C He got a .32 gun and a pocket full o' fun D G He got a razor in his shoe. Chorus G And he's bad, bad, Leroy Brown, A7 the baddest man in the whole damn town. B7 C Badder than ol' King Kong, D C meaner than a junk yard dog. Verse 3 G Well, Friday about a week ago A7 Leroy's shootin dice. B7 C And at the edge of the bar sat a girl named Doris D G and oh, that girl look nice G Well, he cast his eyes upon her A7 and the trouble soon began. B7 C And Leroy Brown, he learned a lesson about messin D G with the wife of a jealous man. Chorus G And he's bad, bad, Leroy Brown, A7 the baddest man in the whole damn town. B7 C Badder than ol' King Kong, D C meaner than a junk yard dog. Verse 4 G Well, the two men took to fightin A7 And when they pulled them form the floor, B7 C Leroy looked like jigsaw puzzle D G with a couple a pieces gone. Chorus G And he's bad, bad, Leroy Brown, A7 the baddest man in the whole damn town. B7 C Badder than ol' King Kong, D C meaner than a junk yard dog. Outro Yes, you were badder than old King Kong And meaner than a junkyard dog. [PAR] Related for Bad Bad Leroy Brown chords[DOC] [TLE] JIM CROCE - BAD BAD LEROY BROWN - free download mp3JIM CROCE - BAD BAD LEROY BROWN - free download mp3 [PAR] Well South side of Chicago Is the baddest part of town [PAR] And if you go down there [PAR] You better just beware of a man name 'o Leroy Brown [PAR] Now Leroy more than trouble [PAR] You see he stand about six foot four [PAR] All the downtown ladies call him Treetop Lover [PAR] All the mens just call him Sir [PAR] And he's bad, bad Leroy Brown [PAR] The baddest man in the whole damn town [PAR] Badder than a old King Kong [PAR] And meaner than a junkyard dog [PAR] Now Leroy he a gambler [PAR] And he like his fancy clothes [PAR] And he like to wave his diamond rings [PAR] Under everybody's nose [PAR] He got a custom Continental [PAR] He got an Eldorado too [PAR] He got a 32 gun in his pocket for fun [PAR] He got a razor in his shoe [PAR] | According to the Jim Croce song, who was the baddest man in the whole damn town? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Election of 1860: Lincoln Won at Time of National CrisisElection of 1860: Lincoln Won at Time of National Crisis [PAR] By Robert McNamara [PAR] Updated April 30, 2016. [PAR] The election of Abraham Lincoln in November 1860 was perhaps the most significant election in American history. It brought Lincoln to power at a time of great national crisis, as the country was splitting over the issue of slavery. [PAR] The electoral win by Lincoln, the candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party, prompted the slave states of the American South to begin serious discussions about secession. And between Lincoln's election and his inauguration in March 1861 the slave states began seceding. Lincoln thus took power over a country which had already fractured. [PAR] As Lincoln was virtually unknown at the national level only a year earlier, his election was remarkable. And a series of circumstances, which included a contested Republican Party convention and a four-way general election, made his victory in November possible. [PAR] Background to the Election of 1860 [PAR] The central issue of the presidential election of 1860 was bound to be slavery. Battles over the spread of slavery to new territories and states had gripped the United States throughout the 1850s, and were especially intensified by the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 . [PAR] continue reading below our video [PAR] What are the Seven Wonders of the World [PAR] Following the passage of the controversial legislation, Abraham Lincoln , who had essentially given up on politics after one unhappy term in Congress in the late 1840s, returned to the political arena. In his home state of Illinois, Lincoln began speaking out against the Kansas-Nebraska Act and particularly its author, Senator Stephen A. Douglas of Illinois . [PAR] When Douglas ran for reelection in 1858, Lincoln opposed him in Illinois. Douglas won that election. But the seven Lincoln-Douglas Debates they held across Illinois were mentioned in newspapers around the country, raising Lincoln’s political profile. [PAR] In late 1859, Lincoln was invited to give a speech in New York City. He crafted an address denouncing slavery and its spread, which he delivered at the Cooper Union in Manhattan. The speech was a triumph and made Lincoln an overnight political star in New York City. [PAR] Lincoln Sought the Republican Nomination in 1860 [PAR] Lincoln’s ambition to become undisputed leader of the Republicans in Illinois began to evolve into a desire to run for the Republican nomination for president. The first step was to gain the support of the Illinois delegation at the state Republican convention in Decatur in early May 1860 . [PAR] Lincoln supporters, after talking to some of his relatives, located a fence Lincoln had helped build 30 years earlier. Two rails from the fence were painted with pro-Lincoln slogans and were dramatically carried into the Republican state convention. Lincoln, who was already known by the nickname “Honest Abe,” was now called the “rail candidate." [PAR] Lincoln grudgingly accepted the new nickname of "The Rail Splitter." He actually did not like being reminded of the manual labor he had performed in his youth, but at the state convention he managed to joke about splitting fence rails. And Lincoln did get the support of the Illinois delegation to the Republican National Convention. [PAR] Lincoln's Strategy Succeeded at the 1860 Republican Convention in Chicago [PAR] The Republican Party held its 1860 convention later that May in Chicago, in Lincoln’s home state. Lincoln himself did not attend. At that time it was thought unseemly for candidates to chase after political office, and so he stayed at home in Springfield, Illinois. [PAR] At the convention, the favorite for the nomination was William Seward , a senator from New York. Seward was ardently anti-slavery, and had a higher national profile than Lincoln. [PAR] The political supporters Lincoln dispatched to the Chicago convention in May had a strategy: they assumed that if Seward could not win the nomination on the first ballot, Lincoln might gain votes on later ballots. The strategy was based on the notion that Lincoln had not offended any particular faction of the party, as some other candidates had, therefore people could come together around his candidacy. [PAR] The Lincoln plan worked. On the first ballot Seward did not have | November 6, 1860 saw the election of the first ever Republican president when who won the right to lead our great nation? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] KITT : definition of KITT and synonyms of KITT (English)KITT : definition of KITT and synonyms of KITT (English) [PAR] This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . [PAR] (October 2009) [PAR] KITT is the short name of two fictional characters from the adventure TV series Knight Rider. While having the same acronym, the KITTs are two different entities: one known as the Knight Industries Two Thousand, which appeared in the original TV series Knight Rider , and the other as the Knight Industries Three Thousand, which appeared first in the two-hour 2008 pilot film for a new Knight Rider TV series and then the new series itself. In both instances, KITT is an artificially intelligent electronic computer module installed in a highly advanced, very mobile, robotic automobile: the original KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand) as a 1982 Pontiac Trans Am , and the second KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand) as a 2008-2009 Ford Shelby GT500KR . [PAR] Contents [PAR] 9 External links [PAR] History [PAR] In the television show's history, the first KITT (Knight Industries Two Thousand) was said to have been designed by the late Wilton Knight, a brilliant but eccentric billionaire and founder of the fictional Foundation for Law and Government (FLAG) and its parent Knight Industries. The 2008 pilot movie later implied that Charles Graiman, creator of the Knight Industries Three Thousand, also had a hand in designing the first KITT. [PAR] According to the series, the original KITT's main cybernetic processor was first installed in a mainframe computer used by the United States government in Washington, D.C. [1] However, Wilton saw better use for "him" in the Foundation's crime-fighting crusade and eventually the system was installed in the vehicle. KITT was in fact the second vehicle built by Knight Industries with artificial intelligence . His predecessor was KARR , the Knight Automated Roving Robot. KARR was programmed for self-preservation, but this proved to be dangerous to the Foundation's humanitarian interests. KARR was later deactivated and placed in storage while KITT was given to his new operator, Michael Knight (the new identity of Michael Long). KARR was later unwittingly reactivated by thieves in the original episode " Trust Doesn't Rust ", was thought destroyed, then reappeared in the episode " K.I.T.T. vs. K.A.R.R " and was seen to be finally destroyed by Michael and KITT. [PAR] While the 2008 pilot movie and then the new series could appear to the casual viewer to be simply a revamp of the original series, it actually offers a form of genuine (albeit at times indeterminate) continuity from the original TV series Knight Rider . The 'new' or 'second' KITT (Knight Industries Three Thousand) is a completely different vehicle and microprocessor unit, and its driver is not the first Michael Knight , but his son, Mike Traceur, who eventually assumes the same title. The original Michael Knight makes an appearance in the 2008 pilot movie , verifying that he is the father of Mike Traceur, and is described as having driven 'the first KITT'. The original physical incarnation of the Knight Industries Two Thousand is also shown in the pilot movie (although in pieces) in the scene where the garage of Charles Graiman (creator of the Knight Industries Three Thousand and implied co-designer of the original KITT) is searched by antagonists. A Trans-Am body (sans-hood) is partially covered by a tarp, on which rests the rear spoiler. The famous KITT steering wheel (labelled "Knight Two Thousand") and "KNIGHT" license plate are also shown, along with numerous black car body parts. When the camera shows a full scene of the garage, there are three cars in the garage: the 3000, a 2000 under a tarp and a 2000 without any of the parts missing. [PAR] Further history [PAR] There have been other spin-offs prior to the 2008 new series , such as the 1991 movie Knight Rider 2000 which is placed chronologically in between the original series Knight Rider and the new series . It saw what was left of the | KITT, standing for Knight Industries Two Thousand, is a Pontiac Trans Am controlled by a computer with artificial intelligence in what mid-1980s TV program? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] * Traveling (Basketball) - Definition,meaning - Online ...* Traveling (Basketball) - Definition,meaning - Online Encyclopedia [PAR] [PAR] [PAR] The most common way a player gets called for traveling is when they are holding the ball after picking up their dribble and they move their pivot foot . Another common way a player is called for traveling is when they take three or more steps when not dribbling the ball . [PAR] How to Get on a Traveling Soccer Team [PAR] How Do Baseball Teams Travel? [PAR] Select players. Create the roster by determining the amount of players needed for each position. Conduct open tryouts at a select site or select players participating in leagues or organizations. [PAR] Traveling - this violation occurs when the player takes more than one and half step without dribbling while in possession of the ball or when you stop dribbling and change your pivot foot . [PAR] Turnover : When possession of the ball changes, other than a rebound or following a scored point . Turnover s include: traveling, stolen ball , charging , etc. [PAR] [Previous] ... [PAR] Traveling: A violation that occurs when the player with the ball takes two many steps without dribbling . This is a common occurrence with young players. [PAR] Traveling: To start a dribble , the ball must be release d from a player's hand before his pivot foot leaves the floor or he has committed a traveling violation . [PAR] Traveling [PAR] Taking more than 1 1/2 steps without dribbling , which results in a penalty free to the opposing team. [PAR] Search This Site ... [PAR] Traveling (or Walking ) - Called when a player with the ball takes too many steps or moves both feet without dribbling . This violation results in a turnover . [PAR] Turnover - When possession of the ball switch es from one team to the other. [PAR] Traveling: A violation in which a player takes too many steps without dribbling the ball . Also: walking . [PAR] Traveling: A violation that occurs when a player holding the ball illegally moves one or both of his feet without dribbling . [PAR] Trillion : A stat line in which a player fails to collect either a shot , point , rebound , assist , or foul , thus resulting in a stat line of all zeros. [PAR] Traveling: a floor violation when the ball handler takes too many steps without dribbling ; also called walking . [PAR] Traveling - Taking more than one and a half steps without dribbling while you have the ball . It's also called traveling when you pick up your dribble and then move or change your pivot foot . Either way, you'll turn the ball over to the other team if you travel, so don't do it! (Also called Walking ). [PAR] Traveling: [PAR] A violation occurring when a player with the ball takes a step without dribbling (moving the established pivot foot ). [PAR] Traveling - When a player on offense takes more than one and a half steps without dribbling while in position of the ball . It's also called traveling when if the player picks up the dribble and then moves or changes their pivot foot . [PAR] Traveling halfway across the world to India is not for the frugal. When choosing this exotic locale for your getaway, you should put away any notions of booking a cheap vacati…on. [PAR] Triple double : when a player scores double -digits in 3 categories during one game ( points , assists and rebounds -also can be blocks or steals ) ... [PAR] Traveling [PAR] Trey ... [PAR] "The traveling rule has not changed. What has changed is the common use of the jump stop as an offensive move. Officials and coaches are having difficulty determining the difference between a legal and illegal move. The key to making this determination properly is first finding the pivot foot . [PAR] Its not traveling until the pivot foot returns to the floor . So it doesn''t matter if they lift the pivot foot before ball leaves hand to dribble . otherwise a post drop step move would be a travel and any jump shot would be a travel. [PAR] Like ... [PAR] Explain what traveling with the ball is and what double dribble is. After this you let them scrimmage for 10 minutes or so. This is just where | What is it called in basketball when the player with the ball illegally moves one or both feet, usually by moving his pivot foot or taking too many steps without dribbling? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Whiskey RebellionThe Whiskey Rebellion, also known as the Whiskey Insurrection, was a tax protest in the United States beginning in 1791, during the presidency of George Washington. The so-called "whiskey tax" was the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed federal government. It became law in 1791, and was intended to generate revenue to help reduce the national debt. Although the tax applied to all distilled spirits, whiskey was by far the most popular distilled beverage in the 18th-century U.S. Because of this, the excise became widely known as a "whiskey tax". The new excise was a part of U.S. treasury secretary Alexander Hamilton's program to pay war debt incurred during the American Revolutionary War. [PAR] The tax was resisted by farmers in the western frontier regions who were long accustomed to distilling their surplus grain and corn into whiskey. In these regions, whiskey was sufficiently popular that it often served as a medium of exchange. Many of the resisters were war veterans who believed that they were fighting for the principles of the American Revolution, in particular against taxation without local representation, while the U.S. federal government maintained the taxes were the legal expression of the taxation powers of Congress. [PAR] Throughout counties in Western Pennsylvania, protesters used violence and intimidation to prevent federal officials from collecting the tax. Resistance came to a climax in July 1794, when a U.S. marshal arrived in western Pennsylvania to serve writs to distillers who had not paid the excise. The alarm was raised, and more than 500 armed men attacked the fortified home of tax inspector General John Neville. Washington responded by sending peace commissioners to western Pennsylvania to negotiate with the rebels, while at the same time calling on governors to send a militia force to enforce the tax. With 13,000 militiamen provided by the governors of Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, Washington rode at the head of an army to suppress the insurgency. The rebels all went home before the arrival of the army, and there was no confrontation. About 20 men were arrested, but all were later acquitted or pardoned. Most distillers in nearby Kentucky were found to be all but impossible to tax; in the next six years, over 175 distillers from Kentucky were convicted of violating the tax law. Numerous examples of resistance are recorded in court documents and newspaper accounts. [PAR] The Whiskey Rebellion demonstrated that the new national government had the will and the ability to suppress violent resistance to its laws. The whiskey excise remained difficult to collect, however. The events contributed to the formation of political parties in the United States, a process already underway. The whiskey tax was repealed after Thomas Jefferson's Republican Party, which opposed Hamilton's Federalist Party, came to power in 1801. [PAR] Whiskey tax [PAR] A new U.S. federal government began operating in 1789, following the ratification of the United States Constitution. The previous central government under the Articles of Confederation had been unable to levy taxes; it had borrowed money to meet expenses and fund the Revolution, accumulating $54 million in debt. The states had amassed an additional $25 million in debt. Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury, sought to use this debt to create a financial system that would promote American prosperity and national unity. In his Report on Public Credit, he urged Congress to consolidate the state and national debts into a single debt that would be funded by the federal government. Congress approved these measures in June and July 1790. [PAR] A source of government revenue was needed to pay the respectable amount due of the previous bond holders to whom the debt was owed. By December 1790, Hamilton believed import duties, which were the government's primary source of revenue, had been raised as high as was feasible. He therefore promoted passage of an excise tax on domestically produced distilled spirits. This was to be the first tax levied by the national government on a domestic product, and because whiskey was by far the most popular distilled beverage in late 18th-century America, the excise became known as the "whiskey tax." Although taxes were politically unpopular, Hamilton believed that the whiskey excise was | What was the name for the tax protest that ran from 1791-1794 staged by western Pennsylvanian farmers protesting a federal tax on liquor and distilled beverages? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Parker Brothers PIT Card Game Bull & Bear and 50 similar itemsParker Brothers PIT Card Game Bull & Bear and 50 similar items [PAR] Home » Toys & Hobbies » Games » Card Games & Poker » Other Card Games & Poker » Parker Brothers PIT Card Game Bull & Bear Commodity Party Game 1947 copyright [PAR] Parker Brothers PIT Card Game Bull & Bear and 50 similar items [PAR] Does this picture look different than its small version did? Bonanza's "Background Burner" allows sellers to delete the background of a picture so it's easier for your eye to parse in search results. What you see here is the original picture. [PAR] Parker Brothers PIT Card Game Bull & Bear Commodity Party Game 1947 copyright [PAR] $16.83 [PAR] $17.00 This item is selling for $17.00 on eBay. [PAR] Leveraging Bonanza's low selling fees, the seller has chosen to use their savings to give Bonanza buyers a better deal. [PAR] OBO Seller accepts offers on this item (you can make your offer during the check out process) [PAR] Quantity:[DOC] [TLE] Pit (game)Pit is a fast-paced card game for three to seven players, designed to simulate open outcry bidding for commodities. The game was developed for Parker Brothers and first sold in 1904. It is currently being produced by Winning Moves. This popular version of the game was developed by Edgar Cayce, who would also become famous for his psychic predictions.[http://www.boardgamegeek.com/game/140 History of Pit] at boardgamegeek.com. Accessed August 2007 [PAR] The inspirations were the Chicago Board of Trade (known as 'The Pit') and the US Corn Exchange and it was likely based on the very successful game Gavitt's Stock Exchange, invented in 1903 by Harry E. Gavitt of Topeka, Kansas (and reprinted in 2004 in an authentic "heirloom" edition by Out of the Box Publishing). Versions of the game have been marketed under the names Billionaire, Business, Cambio, Deluxe Pit, Quick 7, and Zaster. [PAR] Contents [PAR] Some decks consists of 74 cards with nine cards each of eight different commodities. The specific commodities have varied over the various editions of the game, but those used in most modern editions are Barley, Corn, Coffee, Oranges, Oats, Soybeans, Sugar and Wheat. [PAR] The classic version has seven commodities consisting of; flax, hay, oats, rye, corn, barley, and wheat. Two special cards are also included, the Bull and the Bear; use of these cards is optional. [PAR] Versions of the game starting in the 1970s contained a bell used to start trading. The first player to hold all nine cards of a commodity would ring the bell. [PAR] Play [PAR] The number of commodities included in each round is equal to the number of players. Each player is dealt nine cards; two players get ten if the Bull and Bear are included. [PAR] Pit has no turns, and everyone plays at once. Players trade commodities among one another by each blindly exchanging one to four cards of the same type. The trading process involves calling out the number of cards one wishes to trade until another player holds out an equal number of cards. The two parties then exchange the cards face down. [PAR] When a player has nine cards of the same commodity, he or she will call out "Corner on..." the commodity they have obtained, ending the round. (In deluxe editions of the game, a bell is rung instead.) That player then earns points equal to the number value of the commodity they "went out" with. [PAR] The Bull and the Bear [PAR] The Bull card is considered wild and can be used to complete any set. If a player wins a round while holding all nine cards of one commodity as well as the Bull, they earn double the score for that round. A player cannot win while holding the Bear. At the end of each round, the player holding the Bear and any losing player holding the Bull each forfeit 20 points. [PAR] The game ends when either a set number of rounds have been played, or when a player reaches a certain agreed-upon point total. [PAR] Variations [PAR] The original edition contained only | In the Parker Brothers game Pit, what type of items are featured on the cards that are traded during play? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Merlin - The Legend Of Merlin Facts & InformationMerlin - The Legend Of Merlin Facts & Information [PAR] Merlin [PAR] Merlin [PAR] The Legend Of Merlin in Arthurian Legend [PAR] Merlin’s name is derived from the latin ‘Merlinus’ in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s ‘Historia Regum Britanniae’ – “ The History of the Kings of Britain ” – which he wrote early in the 12th century. Geoffrey based his Merlin partly on on an earlier Welsh literary figure, Myrddin, and partly on the figure of Ambrosius from ‘Historia Brittonum’ written by the 9th century Welsh monk Nennius. Myrddin and Ambrosius were thus combined into the conception of Merlin as the prophet and wizard who became popularly associated with the Arthurian legend. [PAR] The original Merlin (Myrddin) legend is not connected with King Arthur. He is portrayed in various medieval Welsh poems as a prophetic Wild Man living in the Caledonian forest in the 6th century. Other Scottish sources identify such a Wild Man as Lailoken, not Myrddin, but the tale is similar. It has been suggested that ‘Myrddin’ is a name that was created, in accordance with early traditions, to explain the place name ‘Caer-fyrddin’ (Carmarthen) and that it subsequently substituted the name Lailoken, in which case the earliest version of the Merlin legend is of Scottish rather than Welsh origin. [PAR] In ‘Historia Brittonum’ Nennius, the self-styled “historiographer of the Britons”, wrote that Vortigern, the British king during the mid-fifth century, took refuge from the Saxons in the remote mountains of Heremus where he tried to build a fortified city. Unfortunately the materials gathered for its construction kept disappearing in the night – a problem that soothsayers said could only be solved by sprinkling on the ground the blood of a boy with no father. [PAR] Vortigern’s messengers found such a boy in Glamorgan, whose name was Ambrosius and whose mother claimed he had been begotten by a spirit who would appear and disappear. The boy was taken to Vortigern to be sacrificed, but he solved the problem of the disappearing stones not by being sacrificed but by detecting an underground pool on Vortigern’s chosen site. The pool was emptied and two dragons appeared – one white and one red. The dragons fought each other and at first, the white one (which according to Ambrosius represented the Saxons) was winning, but eventually the red one won (representing the Britons). This foretold the death of Vortigern (for his alledged complicity with the Saxon invaders) and that the current Saxon dominance in Britain would eventually be overcome by the forces of Good. The king subsequently assigned the fortress to Ambrosius, together with all the western provinces of Britain. [PAR] Geoffrey of Monmouth’s version of the Merlin legend [PAR] It is in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s ‘Historia’ that the Arthurian Merlin legend begins to take hold. Here, he takes the Vortigern episode more or less straight from the Nennius version but for a few significant changes: the fatherless youth is now identified as Myrddin/Merlin and not Ambrosius, and the boy is found in Carmarthen, not in Glamorgan. Also, the problem Vortigern faces in building his fortress is sinking foundations, not disappearing materials, and the fatherless boy’s blood is to be sprinkled on the stones rather than on the ground. [PAR] According to Geoffrey, Merlin was the illegitimate son of a monastic Royal Princess of Dyfed (where lies Carmarthen). The lady claimed that he had been begotten by a spirit who would appear and disappear, an ‘incubus’ who would intercourse with sleeping women. Other aspects of the Merlin legend were also introduced, such as his involvement in the conception of Arthur at Tintagel Castle, when King Uther Pendragon (one of Vortigern’s sons) took one of Merlin’s potions which turned him into an exact likeness of Gorlois, husband of Ygerna. Uther was thus able to trick his way into the castle and to Ygerna. Thinking he was her husband, she allowed King Uther into her bed, and Arthur was conceived. Geoffrey also credits Merlin with the transportation of of the stones of Stonehenge from Ireland to England. [PAR] After completing the ‘Historia Regum Britanniae’ Geoffrey’s of Monmouth’s interest | What position did Merlin hold in King Arthur's court? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Why Low Oil Prices Make OPEC Stronger - ForbesWhy Low Oil Prices Make OPEC Stronger [PAR] Why Low Oil Prices Make OPEC Stronger [PAR] {{article.article.images.featured.caption}} [PAR] Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. [PAR] Full Bio [PAR] The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer. [PAR] Loading ... [PAR] Loading ... [PAR] This story appears in the {{article.article.magazine.pretty_date}} issue of {{article.article.magazine.pubName}}. Subscribe [PAR] Predictions of OPEC’s demise have been greatly exaggerated for decades now. Most recently, a representative from a “non-Gulf Arab country” pronounced OPEC dead after the May, 2016 OPEC board of governors meeting in Vienna. In fact, low oil prices may mean a stronger OPEC in the future. [PAR] Nigeria's Minister of State for Petroleum Resources and President of the OPEC Conference Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu (L) and OPEC's Secretary General Abdalla Salem El-Badri of Libya attend a news conference after a meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, on December 4, 2015 (JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images) [PAR] This unidentified representative hails from a weak OPEC nation (likely Libya or possibly Algeria), and weak countries get disgruntled when OPEC does not do what they want or when OPEC does not act like a cartel. A cartel is a group of independent entities that come together and collude to fix prices or improve terms for supplies. OPEC is a formal cartel that often, although not always, institutes production quotas to keep oil prices high. Sometimes OPEC’s actions lower the price of oil when it stops acting like a cartel and allows nations to pump oil at will—this is happening today. [PAR] The strong players in OPEC benefit from this collusion because the cartel can provide high prices and great revenue, but these strong producers do not necessarily need higher prices all the time because they are efficient producers who also have large cash reserves. Weaker OPEC countries also benefit from collusion for high prices but unlike the powerful countries, they depend on consistently high prices and high revenue. In times of low prices, the economies of weak OPEC producers suffer tremendously because they lack large cash reserves and cannot keep up with unlimited oil production. Venezuela, for example, is weak even though it controls the largest proven crude oil reserves on the planet. Venezuela is now facing the prospect of declining production , because its revenue has dropped so precipitously with low oil prices that it cannot keep its oil facilities operational. Some OPEC countries do not have stable governments and fear low oil prices and reduced revenue will cause political instability. [PAR] Sun setting behind an oil well in a field near El Tigre (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) [PAR] However, just because OPEC is not acting like a cartel presently does not mean that the cartel is dead. OPEC’s decision not to enforce production quotas has caused great economic stress on weak producers, which they complain. Weak producers make statements to the media like “OPEC is dead,” which in turn causes pundits to predict or even pronounce OPEC’s demise. [PAR] Yet it is precisely these weaker producers who need OPEC the most and who cannot afford to for it to dissolve. They need OPEC to eventually reinstate quotas, raise prices, and lift their economies. These weaker countries cannot leave OPEC, nor can they create a new cartel. No cartel can work without the collusion (or participation) of precisely the strong oil producers with which they currently disagree. (Only countries with centralized governments that control energy production are relevant, as countries such as the U.S. and Canada cannot and would not participate in forcing production policy to such an extent on private domestic producers). In truth, even when OPEC has instituted quotas, most weaker countries overproduce anyway, putting the burden on the larger and more powerful producers. In short, the weaker producers need their relationship with the stronger producers and cannot afford to leave. [PAR] For a good example of a presently weak country that cannot afford to leave OPEC, look at Iran. Despite serious disagreements with the most powerful OPEC member, Saudi Arabia, over everything from geopolitical influence, to religion, to oil policy | A group of producers acting together to fix prices are known as what? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] 50 State QuartersThe 50 State Quarters Program () was the release of a series of circulating commemorative coins by the United States Mint. From 1999 through 2008, it featured each of the 50 U.S. states on unique designs for the reverse of the quarter. [PAR] The 50 State Quarters Program was started to support a new generation of coin collectors,Muoio, Anna. (1999-11-30) [http://www.fastcompany.com/38508/mint-condition "Mint Condition"], Fast Company. Retrieved 2011-01-16. and it became the most successful numismatic program in history, with roughly half of the U.S. population collecting the coins, either in a casual manner or as a serious pursuit. The U.S. federal government so far has made additional profits of $3.0 billion from collectors taking the coins out of circulation. [PAR] In 2009, the U.S. Mint began issuing quarters under the 2009 District of Columbia and U.S. Territories Program. The Territories Quarter Program was authorized by the passage of a newer legislative act, . This program features the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands. [PAR] Treasury opposition and congressional enactment [PAR] The program's origins lie with the Citizens Commemorative Coin Advisory Committee (CCCAC), which was appointed by Secretary of Treasury Lloyd Bentsen in December 1993 and chaired by Mint Director Philip N. Diehl. From the first days of the CCCAC, one of its members, David Ganz, urged the committee to endorse the 50 States Quarters program, and in 1995, the CCCAC did so. The committee then sought the support of Representative Michael Castle (R-Delaware), chairman of the House Banking subcommittee with jurisdiction over the nation's coinage. Castle's initial caution was resolved when Diehl suggested the coins be issued in the order the states entered the Union. (Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution). Castle subsequently held hearings and filed legislation to authorize the program. [PAR] Despite the support of the director of the mint and the treasury secretary-appointed CCCAC, the Treasury Department opposed the 50 States Quarters program, as commemorative coinage had come to be identified with abuses and excesses. The mint's economic models estimated the program would earn the government between $2.6 billion and $5.1 billion in additional seignorage and $110 million in additional numismatic profits. Diehl and Castle used these profit projections to urge the Treasury's support, but Treasury officials found the projections to lack credibility (at the program's conclusion, the Mint estimated the program had earned $3.0 billion in additional seigniorage and $136.2 million in additional numismatic profits). [PAR] Diehl worked with Castle behind the scenes to move legislation forward despite the Treasury's opposition to the program. However, the Treasury suggested to Castle that the department should conduct a study to determine the feasibility of the program. With Diehl's advice, Castle accepted the Treasury's offer, and the agreement was codified in the United States Commemorative Coin Act of 1996. The act also authorized the secretary to proceed with the 50 States Quarters program without further congressional action if the results of the feasibility study were favorable. [PAR] The Treasury Department engaged the consulting firm Coopers and Lybrand to conduct the study in 1997, which confirmed the Mint's demand, seigniorage and numismatic profit projections for the program. Among other conclusions, the study found that 98 million Americans were likely to save one or more full sets of the quarters (at the program's conclusion, the Mint estimated that 147 million Americans collected the 50 state quarters). Nevertheless, the Treasury Department continued to oppose the program and declined to proceed with it without a congressional mandate to do so. [PAR] In 1997, Congress issued that mandate in the form of , the "United States Commemorative Coin Program Act", which was signed into law by President Bill Clinton on December 1, 1997. [PAR] State Quarters Program [PAR] The 50 state quarters were released by the United States Mint every ten weeks, or five each year. They were released in the same order that the states ratified the Constitution. Each quarter's reverse commemorated one of the 50 states with a | Now that the US Mint has finished with the state quarters program, they are adding a few others in honor of 5 US territories and what/where? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] AlkaSeltzer "I Can't Believe I Ate The Whole Thing" TV ...AlkaSeltzer "I Can't Believe I Ate The Whole Thing" TV Spot - YouTube [PAR] AlkaSeltzer "I Can't Believe I Ate The Whole Thing" TV Spot [PAR] Want to watch this again later? [PAR] Sign in to add this video to a playlist. [PAR] Need to report the video? [PAR] Sign in to report inappropriate content. [PAR] The interactive transcript could not be loaded. [PAR] Loading... [PAR] Rating is available when the video has been rented. [PAR] This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. [PAR] Uploaded on May 7, 2010 [PAR] The 1972 CLIO Hall of Fame commercial "I can't believe I ate the whole thing" created for Alka-Seltzer by Howie Cohen and Bob Pasqualina. [PAR] Category[DOC] [TLE] Alka-SeltzerAlka-Seltzer is an effervescent antacid and pain reliever first marketed by the Dr. Miles Medicine Company of Elkhart, Indiana. It was developed by head chemist Maurice Treneer. Alka-Seltzer is marketed for relief of minor aches, pains, inflammation, fever, headache, heartburn, stomachache, indigestion, and hangovers, while neutralizing excess stomach acid. It was launched in 1931. A spin-off of Alka-Seltzer made to relieve colds and flu, Alka-Seltzer Plus, was later introduced. A short-lived antacid non-aspirin variant, Alka-Mints, was introduced in 1994 and discontinued in 1997. Another non-aspirin-based variant, Alka-Seltzer Gold, was later released. [PAR] Since 1978 Alka-Seltzer has been owned by Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Germany. The name "Alka-Seltzer" has been extended to incorporate an entire line of medications sold over the counter and taken by means of rapidly dissolving tablets that form a carbonated solution in water. [PAR] The brand is sold in North and Central America (and the Caribbean), as well in Asia-Pacific. In the 1980s and 1990s Bayer attempted to introduce the brand in Europe and South America with little success, withdrawing them after a few years. In these markets (and the rest of the world), the company has reentered the antacid market in recent years under the name "Rennie". [PAR] Composition [PAR] Alka-Seltzer contains three active ingredients; aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) (ASA), sodium bicarbonate, and anhydrous [PAR] citric acid. The aspirin is a pain reliever and anti-inflammatory, and the sodium hydrogen carbonate and citric acid form an antacid by their effervescent reaction with water. [PAR] Marketing [PAR] The product has been extensively advertised since its launch in the U.S. It was originally marketed by Mikey Wiseman, a company scientist of Dr. Miles Medicine Company, who also helped direct its development. Print advertising was used immediately, and in 1932 the radio show Alka-Seltzer Comedy Star of Hollywood began, with National Barn Dance following in 1933, along with many more. The radio sponsorships continued into the 1950s, ending with the Alka-Seltzer Time show. [PAR] Two years after its launch came the repeal of Prohibition in the US, and Alka-Seltzer became Miles' new flagship product, displacing Miles Nervine Tonic. [PAR] In 1951 the "Speedy" character was introduced. The character was originally conceived by creative director George Pal of the Wade Ad Agency and designed by illustrator Wally Wood. Originally named Sparky, the name was changed to Speedy by sales manager Perry L. Shupert to align with that year's promotional theme, "Speedy Relief." Speedy appeared in over 200 TV commercials between 1954 and 1964. His body was one Alka-Seltzer tablet, while he wore another as a hat. In his original spots he sang "Relief is just a swallow away"; in his 1978 revival he proclaimed Alka-Seltzer's virtues and sang the "Plop, plop, fizz, fizz, oh what a relief it is" song in his high, squeaky voice (provided by veteran juvenile voice actor Dick Beals). In the early 1960s a commercial showing two tablets dropping into a glass of water instead of the usual one caused sales to | I Can't Believe I Ate the Whole Thing was the advertising slogan for what company? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Sesame StreetSesame Street is a long-running American children's television series created by Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett. The program is known for its educational content, and images communicated through the use of Jim Henson's Muppets, animation, short films, humor, and cultural references. The series premiered on November 10, 1969, to positive reviews, some controversy, and high viewership; it has aired on the U.S.'s national public television provider (PBS) since its debut, with its first run moving to premium channel HBO on January 16, 2016. [PAR] The show has undergone significant changes throughout its history. The format of Sesame Street consists of a combination of commercial television production elements and techniques which have evolved to reflect the changes in American culture and the audience's viewing habits. With the creation of Sesame Street, producers and writers of a children's television show used, for the first time, educational goals and a curriculum to shape its content. It was also the first time a show's educational effects were studied. [PAR] Shortly after creating Sesame Street, its producers developed what came to be called the "CTW model" (named for the show's production company, the Children's Television Workshop), a system of television show planning, production, and evaluation based on collaborations between producers, writers, educators, and researchers. The show was initially funded by government and private foundations but has become somewhat self-supporting due to revenues from licensing arrangements, international sales, and other media. By 2006, there were independently produced versions, or "co-productions", of Sesame Street broadcast in twenty countries. In 2001 there were over 120 million viewers of various international versions of Sesame Street, and by the show's 40th anniversary in 2009, it was broadcast in more than 140 countries. [PAR] By its 40th anniversary in 2009, Sesame Street was the fifteenth-highest rated children's television show in the United States. A 1996 survey found that 95% of all American preschoolers had watched the show by the time they were three years old. In 2008, it was estimated that 77 million Americans had watched the series as children. As of 2014, Sesame Street has won 159 Emmy Awards and 8 Grammy Awards—more than any other children's show. [PAR] History [PAR] Sesame Street was conceived in 1966 during discussions between television producer Joan Ganz Cooney and Carnegie Foundation vice president Lloyd Morrisett. Their goal was to create a children's television show that would "master the addictive qualities of television and do something good with them", such as helping young children prepare for school. After two years of research the newly formed Children's Television Workshop (CTW) received a combined grant of US$8 million ($ million in dollars) from the Carnegie Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the U.S. Federal Government to create and produce a new children's television show. The program premiered on public television stations on November 10, 1969. It was the first preschool educational television program to base its contents and production values on laboratory and formative research. Initial responses to the show included adulatory reviews, some controversy, and high ratings. By its 40th anniversary in 2009, Sesame Street was broadcast in over 120 countries, and 20 international versions had been produced. [PAR] Sesame Street has evolved from its initial inception. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, with emphasis on the hiring of women crew members and the addition of minorities to the cast. The show's success continued into the 1980s. In 1981, when the federal government withdrew its funding, CTW turned to, and expanded, other revenue sources, including its magazine division, book royalties, product licensing, and foreign broadcast income. Sesame Streets curriculum has expanded to include more affective topics such as relationships, ethics, and emotions. Many of the show's storylines were taken from the experiences of its writing staff, cast, and crew, most notably, the 1982 death of Will Lee—who played Mr. Hooper—and the marriage | What long running children's TV series, produced by The Children's Television Workshop, was first aired on Nov 10, 1969 and has broadcast 4212 shows to date? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Play Indian Rummy OnlinePlay Indian Rummy Online [PAR] Forgot Password? [PAR] Rules of rubber bridge & How TO PLAY [PAR] Bridge was made up in the 1920’s and from the decades it was familiarised particularly in the USA by Ely Culbertson. Rubber Bridge, famous simply as bridge, is a trick taking card game of technique and possibility. This game has different types like Rubber Bridge, Contract Bridge, Duplicate Bridge and Chicago Bridge. Bridge presently occupies a position of immense status and is more comprehensively structured than any other card game. It is played by four players in teams of two where the partners of a team sit opposite each other. This game involves two main elements: bidding and playing. [PAR] Players & Deck [PAR] Bridge is played with four members in partnerships, partners sit in opposite direction facing each other. A standard 52 card deck is used and wild cards are not used. [PAR] Number of players [PAR] 1 deck [PAR] 13 cards each [PAR] Ranking of Cards - The highest to the lowest is as follows: A K Q J 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 and 2. [PAR] Deal [PAR] Initially the dealer is selected at random, the cards are shuffled by the player left to the dealer and are cut by the player right to the dealer and the turn to deal rotate clockwise direction. [PAR] Trump [PAR] A card which is won in the auction is decided as trump card. [PAR] Example - A, B, C, and D are playing the game (A and C, B and D are the partners) the bidding auction as follows: [PAR] A [PAR] pass [PAR] declarer [PAR] B and D both partners have to win 3+6 total 9 tricks by using trump card. [PAR] In the process of bidding the ranking of trump suit is as follows: no trumps gets the highest value and is followed by [PAR] , [PAR] and [PAR] gets the lowest value. [PAR] In bidding invariably the higher number of tricks beats the lower number of tricks and if the number of tricks that have been bided are equal the highest suit bidder wins the bidding and this suit is considered as trump card. [PAR] Always a maximum or larger number of tricks beats a minimum or lower number of tricks, and if the bided number of tricks are equal then the highest suit bidder wins the bidding and that suit considers as trump card. [PAR] No Trump [PAR] During auction a player can opt for "no trump" which means player has to win all the 13 tricks without any trumps. [PAR] Example A, B, C, and D are playing the game (A and C, B and D are the partners) the bidding auction as follows: [PAR] A [PAR] pass [PAR] pass [PAR] A and C both partners have to win 3+6 total 9 tricks (Once any one of the players says no trump then there is no trump suit in the game). [PAR] Bidding [PAR] Bidding is the process of predicted the number of tricks we are going to win by using trump cards or no trump. Once the declarer has selected the trump suit or no trumps then both the partners (combine together) have to win the number of tricks the declarer has bid and plus 6 addition to that. [PAR] Example - If A, B, C and D are playing the game A and C, B and D are the partners. If a player A bids and all the remaining players pass bid then that bidding turns up as a contract. Players A & C combine together have to win at least 9 (3+6) tricks playing with trump suits (if no trumps even they have to win 9 tricks but playing of any suit cards) which is decided by the declarer. [PAR] The minimum and maximum number of bids for trump and No trump is : 1 and 7 (always we have to add + 6 to the Bid, if minimum bid 1 then + 6 = 7 tricks, maximum bid 7 then + 6 = 13). [PAR] Doubling [PAR] While the bidding process is continuing any one of the players (when the bidding is | In what trick taking card game does a player score 1500 (vulnerable) or 1000 (Non-vulnerable) extra points for taking all of the tricks, an act known as a grand slam? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Coins of Panama : What You Might Not Know - NumisMasterCoins of Panama: What You Might Not Know [PAR] Coins of Panama: What You Might Not Know [PAR] By Dr. R.S. �Bart� Bartanowicz, Paul Green and David Plowman [PAR] June 18, 2012 [PAR] >> Subscribe today! [PAR] This article’s title, “Coins of Panama” might be also be titled or rephrased to “ Coins found, used and collected in Panama.” While these coins don’t make the headlines of World Coin News or Numismatic News, there are dedicated collectors of Panamanian coins such as the members of the Isthmian Collectors Club. Realistically, unless one is into world coins he or she might never have seen Panamanian coins, but they are indeed available. You can see them at many coins shows as well as on Internet auction sites. Here in the U.S., our exposure to foreign money is pretty much limited to Canadian and Mexican issues; conversely, the citizens of the Republic of Panama have been exposed to and used a large variety of coins from different parts of the world prior to and during their short history as a republic. [PAR] 2012 Coins of the World 1901-2000: Central America [PAR] This digital download is the place to get the answers to many questions about your Central American coins! Get your download today! [PAR] World coin collectors and devotees of collecting Panama coins most likely know the following story. But let’s take a look at Panama before we delve into numismatics. A short geography and history course will help put things into perspective. [PAR] Geography and History [PAR] Panama is an isthmus, which, by definition, is a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas. Looking at a map, one can see that Panama is the narrowest point of land connecting North and South America. On the western side, it faces the northern Pacific Ocean, and on the eastern side, it faces the Caribbean Sea leading to the Atlantic. Before European exploration, the Native Americans transited the jungles to both coasts trading and hunting. [PAR] The first European to explore Panama was Rodrigo de Bastides in 1501; however, it is Columbus who gets the credit. In 1502, Columbus claimed the land for Spain during his journey down the Caribbean coast of what is currently Central America. Much of Central America basically credits Columbus as being the first and most important representative of Spain to appear on their shores. Conversely, in Panama it is the Spanish explorer Vasco Nunez de Balboa who is seen as the most important personage. On Sept. 1, 1513, Balboa began his trek from the Caribbean shores through the Darien Jungle, heading inland toward the “great or large waters” that the Native Americans had spoken about. On Sept. 25, 1513, from a hilltop he was the first white man to see the Pacific after crossing Panama by foot. It would take him another four days to actually set foot in the Pacific on Sept. 29. [PAR] Crossing Panama was dangerous and dreadful by any measure. As such, Balboa became an iconic figure in both Europe and Panama. On Nov. 21, 1821, Panama declared its independence from Spain, uniting with Colombia and becoming what was called a Department of Columbia. Some 80 years later in 1903, Panama declared its independence from Colombia. [PAR] Panama selected Balboa to grace the obverse of its coins. The reverse portrays the Panama shield, or coat of arms. The other iconic figure appearing on Panama’s coins (in 1935) is Urraca, the native tribal leader. Urraca fought against the Europeans and was never defeated. Urraca appears on the obverse of the 1-centesimos piece. Both men still adorn the coins of Panama to this day. Panama actually got its name from a local Indian fishing village, and Pedro Arias de Avila (known as Pedrarias) mentioned it in a letter to the king of Spain in 1516. Story has it that the name meant “many fish.” From the start, Panama was a favorite place for looting by pirates and others. The isthmus was a popular land route from the Atlantic to Pacific side. So early on Panama was on its way to becoming | With examples such as Panama and Suez, what is the name for a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas with water on each side? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] The presidency of Herbert Hoover | The Great Depression ...The presidency of Herbert Hoover (article) | Khan Academy [PAR] The presidency of Herbert Hoover [PAR] The presidency of Herbert Hoover [PAR] When Herbert Hoover took office in 1929, he had no idea that the Great Depression was imminent. [PAR] Email [PAR] Overview [PAR] Herbert Hoover was the 31st president of the United States. He served one term, from 1929 to 1933. [PAR] Before becoming president, Hoover directed relief efforts to supply war-torn Europe and Russia during and after the First World War. [PAR] After the 1929 stock market crash, the Hoover administration attempted to mitigate the negative effects of the Great Depression but was unable to significantly improve the economy. [PAR] The early life of Herbert Hoover [PAR] Herbert Clark Hoover was born in 1874 in Iowa, and was the first US president to have been born west of the Mississippi River. He worked as a mining engineer and an independent mining consultant, traveling the world and building a sizable personal fortune. [PAR] 1 [PAR] ^1 [PAR] 1start superscript, 1, end superscript When World War I broke out, Hoover became active in humanitarian work, and chaired the Commission for Relief in Belgium, which provided relief to that country as it faced a food crisis brought on by the German invasion in 1914. [PAR] 2 [PAR] ^2 [PAR] 2start superscript, 2, end superscript He also served as the director of the American Relief Administration, which was formed in 1919 and supplied relief to war-torn Europe and Russia. [PAR] 3 [PAR] 3start superscript, 3, end superscript [PAR] Photograph of Herbert Hoover. [PAR] Herbert Hoover. Image courtesy Wikimedia Commons. [PAR] During the First World War, President Woodrow Wilson appointed Hoover head of the US Food Administration, which sought to reduce consumption and avoid wartime food rationing. Hoover went on to serve as Secretary of Commerce in the administration of Warren G. Harding. [PAR] The presidency of Herbert Hoover [PAR] Hoover won the Republican nomination in the 1928 presidential election after Republican President Calvin Coolidge announced that he would not be running for reelection. He campaigned on Coolidge’s legacy of economic prosperity, pledging to support business, improve the quality of life of the nation’s farmers, and conduct a relatively isolationist foreign policy. Hoover was ambivalent about Prohibition, referring to it as a “great social and economic experiment,” but failing to back it wholeheartedly. [PAR] 4 [PAR] ^4 [PAR] 4start superscript, 4, end superscript Hoover won the election in a landslide against his Democratic opponent. [PAR] Once in office, Hoover sought to reform the nation’s regulatory system. He was not an advocate of a laissez-faire economy, but instead encouraged the voluntary cooperation of the federal government and big business. At Hoover’s direction, the Internal Revenue Service and the Justice Department prosecuted gangsters, including Al Capone, for tax evasion. Hoover considered himself a progressive, and this was reflected in some of his administration’s policies, including the reorganization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the organization of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the closing of tax loopholes for the wealthiest Americans, the expansion of national park lands, and the strengthening of protections for labor. [PAR] Hoover’s most notable foreign policy achievements were in Latin America. His administration laid the groundwork for what became the Good Neighbor Policy under Hoover's successor Franklin D. Roosevelt. The Good Neighbor policy explicitly disavowed military interventionism in hemispheric relations. Hoover himself embarked upon a goodwill tour in Latin America, traveling to ten countries and delivering pledges to reduce US political and military interference in the domestic affairs of Latin American countries. Hoover also successfully mediated a dispute between Chile and Peru over land. [PAR] Hoover and the Great Depression [PAR] In 1929, the stock market crash catalyzed the onset of the Great Depression . [PAR] 5 [PAR] ^5 [PAR] 5start superscript, 5, end superscript Though Hoover has gained a reputation for dithering in the face of economic peril, his administration actually pursued measures that helped lay the basis for Roosevelt’s New Deal. Hoover launched a massive public works program, part of which included funding for construction of the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River. His administration implemented stronger protections for labor and substantially increased federal subsidies for agriculture | A professional mining engineer, who was the President of the US at the start of the Great Depression? | [
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[DOC] [TLE] Do Dogs Sweat? - livescience.comDo Dogs Sweat? [PAR] Do Dogs Sweat? [PAR] By Kate Goldbaum, Staff Writer | [PAR] July 27, 2016 06:54am ET [PAR] MORE [PAR] Credit: Reddogs | Shutterstock.com [PAR] On a hot summer day or after strenuous exercise, most pups let their tongues hang out of their mouths as they huff and puff or they lie outstretched on the cool floor. It's not uncommon for dogs to pant after a long run, but do they also sweat? [PAR] Dogs pant as a means of evaporative cooling: when a dog gets hot, it will open its mouth and breathe heavily. As water evaporates from the dog's tongue , nasal passages and lungs, this helps lower its body temperature. [PAR] While dogs primarily use panting to cool themselves down, they also sweat — but not where you may think, said Catherine Carrier, a veterinarian and Animal Operations Senior Manager at Covance Laboratories, a contract research facility that partners with pharmaceutical companies. [ The 10 Most Popular Dog Breeds ] [PAR] Dogs actually sweat through their paws, Carrier said. In 2011, she was working with beagles in her lab, and while checking to ensure their nails were well trimmed, she noticed something peculiar in several of the dogs. Paw pads are a specialized type of skin that's heavily keratinized, to make them tough for walking on, but these dogs had paws that were damp — and in some cases, they were even dripping with sweat. [PAR] In several of the animals, this led to a great deal of pain because the skin was softer and more delicate than a normal paw pad."It's like having an open blister," Carrier told Live Science. [PAR] Carrier's research was the first to describe hyperhidrosis, or excessive sweating , in beagles. [PAR] But the sweat glands in the dogs' feet may also serve another purpose, according to Carrier. [PAR] "They do have true sweat glands in their paw pads, [but] that's not enough to cool them down," she said. [PAR] Panting cools a much greater surface area than a dog's paws would. According to Carrier, experts speculate that sweat on a dog's paw pads actually has more to do with traction than temperature. In other words, it makes their paws tackier and better at gripping the ground. [PAR] "The one thing I always tell people is a normal dog foot should smell like they just had their paws in a bag of corn chips, because they do sweat through their feet," Carrier said. "It has a salty smell." [PAR] Dogs also have sweat glands in their noses, but again, they're not necessarily for cooling purposes, Carrier said. While it remains unproved, Carrier said the thinking is that a damp nose better attracts scent molecules to the olfactory center. The canine sense of smell is famous, and its power has recently been harnessed to sniff out diabetes, cancer, and even dangerous infections like C. difficile . A 2012 research study conducted at the VU University Medical Centre in the Netherlands trained a beagle to sit or lie down when the scent of the bacterium was detected. The dog performed with impressive accuracy, correctly identifying 25 out of 30 infected samples and 265 out of 270 controls. [PAR] "In comparison studies, where they took fecal samples and did a side-by-side lab test, the trained dogs were nearly as accurate, if not better, than the test," Carrier said.[DOC] [TLE] Do Dogs Sweat? - Pet Health NetworkDo Dogs Sweat? [PAR] Do Dogs Sweat? [PAR] While sweat glands are designed to aid with cooling in humans, heat release does not occur in dogs this same way. Dogs lack the normal, predominant sweat glands that humans and other species have. [PAR] How do dogs cool off? [PAR] While dogs have a small amount of sweat glands (which are prominently in the paw pads), their primary source of heat exchange (i.e., getting rid of heat) is by panting. Vasodilation (i.e., dilating of blood vessels [which can cause a flushing appearance on the skin]) is another method. Lastly, they are capable of sweating a little via their | Dogs have sweat glands in their nose and where else? | [
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