query: What country is Mt. Everest in?

title: Mount Everest

text: north side of Everest lies Rongbuk Monastery, which has been called the "sacred threshold to Mount Everest, with the most dramatic views of the world." For Sherpas living on the slopes of Everest in the Khumbu region of Nepal, Rongbuk Monastery is an important pilgrimage site, accessed in a few days of travel across the Himalayas through Nangpa La. Miyolangsangma, a Tibetan Buddhist ""Goddess of Inexhaustible Giving"", is believed to have lived at the top of Mt Everest. According to Sherpa Buddhist monks, Mt Everest is Miyolangsangma's palace and playground, and all climbers are only partially welcome guests, having arrived

title: Mount Everest

text: the first paraglider descent of Everest in September 1988, descending in minutes from the south-east ridge to a lower camp. In 2011, two Nepalese made a gliding descent from the Everest summit down in 45 minutes. On 5 May 2013, the beverage company Red Bull sponsored Valery Rozov, who successfully BASE jumped off of the mountain while wearing a wingsuit, setting a record for world's highest BASE jump in the process. The southern part of Mt. Everest is regarded as one of several "hidden valleys" of refuge designated by Padmasambhava, a ninth-century "lotus-born" Buddhist saint. Near the base of the

title: Mount Everest

text: due to the Olympic torch relay being taken to the summit of Mount Everest. Mt. Everest has two main climbing routes, the southeast ridge from Nepal and the north ridge from Tibet, as well as many other less frequently climbed routes. Of the two main routes, the southeast ridge is technically easier and more frequently used. It was the route used by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay in 1953 and the first recognised of 15 routes to the top by 1996. This was, however, a route decision dictated more by politics than by design, as the Chinese border was closed

title: Mount Everest in 2017

text: a window of good weather. The ascent opened what one reporter called "the summit blitz". In the early morning of Monday, May 15, 14 members of the Gurkha Everest Expedition summited from the Nepal side. Expedition organizers predicted that 150 would try for the summit in the following days. By May 15, at least 35 more climbers from around the world had summitted. By May 25, an estimated 300–400 people had summited Mount Everest from the Nepal side, and another 120 or so from the Chinese Tibet side. It was discovered that the 2015 earthquake had altered the famed Hillary

title: Mount Everest

text: without invitation. The Sherpa people also believe that Mt. Everest and its flanks are blessed with spiritual energy, and one should show reverence when passing through this sacred landscape. Here, the karmic effects of one's actions are magnified, and impure thoughts are best avoided. In 2015 the president of the Nepal Mountaineering Association warned that pollution, especially human waste, has reached critical levels. As much as "26,500 pounds of human excrement" each season is left behind on the mountain. Human waste is strewn across the verges of the route to the summit, making the four sleeping areas on the route

title: 1922 British Mount Everest expedition

text: 1922 British Mount Everest expedition The 1922 British Mount Everest expedition was the first mountaineering expedition with the express aim of making the first ascent of Mount Everest. This was also the first expedition that attempted to climb Everest using bottled oxygen. The expedition would attempt to climb Everest from the northern side out of Tibet. At the time, Everest could not be attempted from the south out of Nepal as the country was closed to Western foreigners. The 1921 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition had seen the whole eastern and northern surroundings of the mountain. In searching for the

title: 1922 British Mount Everest expedition

text: Olympic medal in alpinism at the 1924 Summer Olympic Games. To each of the 13 participants Pierre de Coubertin presented a Silver Medal with gold overlay. 1922 British Mount Everest expedition The 1922 British Mount Everest expedition was the first mountaineering expedition with the express aim of making the first ascent of Mount Everest. This was also the first expedition that attempted to climb Everest using bottled oxygen. The expedition would attempt to climb Everest from the northern side out of Tibet. At the time, Everest could not be attempted from the south out of Nepal as the country was

title: Mount Everest reconnaissance from Nepal

text: earliest chance, regardless of who would be with him. Mount Everest reconnaissance from Nepal After World War II, with Tibet closing its borders and Nepal becoming considerably more open, Mount Everest reconnaissance from Nepal became possible for the first time culminating in the successful ascent of 1953. In 1950 there was a highly informal trek to what was to become Everest Base Camp and photographs were taken of a possible route ahead. Next year the 1951 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition reconnoitred various possible routes to Mount Everest from the south and the only one they considered feasible was the

title: Mount Everest reconnaissance from Nepal

text: Mount Everest reconnaissance from Nepal After World War II, with Tibet closing its borders and Nepal becoming considerably more open, Mount Everest reconnaissance from Nepal became possible for the first time culminating in the successful ascent of 1953. In 1950 there was a highly informal trek to what was to become Everest Base Camp and photographs were taken of a possible route ahead. Next year the 1951 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition reconnoitred various possible routes to Mount Everest from the south and the only one they considered feasible was the one via the Khumbu Icefall, Western Cwm and South

title: Everest Premier League

text: Everest Premier League Everest Premier League (EPL) () is a Twenty20 cricket tournament organized by EPL Pvt. Ltd., a private group in Nepal run by Aamir Akhtar. One of the major cricket tournament in the country, it is played during the northern winter calender, mostly in the month of December. It is played in round-robin format in which top four teams qualify for the play-offs. The tournament is renowned for having high attendance among the domestic cricket of the ICC associate nations. The first edition of the tournament was held in September 2016 with six franchises consisting of domestic and

title: Mount Everest in 2012

text: people reached the summit, compared to 72 in 1990 and 145 in 2000. The difficult decisions made during the climbing season were highlighted by the departure of guiding company Himex from the mountain after concerns about a hanging serac in the Khumbu icefall. Two years later, 16 Nepalese guides were killed when ice broke from the serac and created an avalanche. In 2012 Montana State University conducted a scientific expedition to Everest. The Everest Education Expedition studied the geology of the Everest massif which includes Everest-Nuptse-Lhotse-Khumbutse, and advanced the state of mineralogy, strain, and predicted rock ages. Of interest was

title: Mount Everest in 2017

text: to build hotels, restaurants, and ski resorts on the Tibet side of Everest, having completed a new asphalt road to Everest in 2016. China has had a reputation for being more difficult with permits than Nepal, but has taken steps to improve access to the north side. British DJ Paul Oakenfold hosted "the highest party on Earth" in April at the Everest base camp, which was attended by over 100 people. An international collaboration between India and Nepal celebrating the 250th anniversary of the survey of India sought to re-measure the height of Everest. Everest's height was measured by Survey

title: Mount Everest in 2017

text: Step. The 40-foot climb is thought to have been reduced to a gentle rock slope. Various mountaineers confirmed in 2017 the news that the rocks of Everest had been altered. The extent of the destruction has been disputed. A South African filmmaker who tried to climb Everest without a permit was apprehended and arrested in May. The man faces a fine and may be banned from climbing mountains in Nepal for up to 10 years. On May 27, 2017, Kami Rita Sherpa, climbing with the Alpine Ascents Everest Expedition, reached the summit for the 21st time. Apa Sherpa and Phurba

title: Everest Base Camp

text: at this point, climbers allow a day of rest for acclimatization. They then trek another two days to Dingboche, before resting for another day for further acclimatization. Another two days takes them to Everest Base Camp via Gorakshep, the flat field below Kala Patthar, and Mt. Pumori. On 25 April 2015, an earthquake measuring 7.8 on the moment magnitude scale, struck Nepal and triggered an avalanche on Pumori that swept through the South Base Camp. At least 19 people were said to have been killed as a result. Just over two weeks later, on May 12, a second quake struck

title: Mount Everest

text: that and summited Everest in the 1970s and went on to conduct humanitarian projects in the impoverished land-locked country. Climbers honoured by Nep al included Wolfgang Nairz, Oswald Ölz, Peter Habeler, Raimund Magreiter, Robert Schauer, Hanns Schell and Helmuth Hagner. Nepal also honored Reinhold Messner and Peter Habeler in April 2018, for their 1978 climb of Mount Everest. As of April 2018, about 350 climbing permits for tourists had been issued so far on the Nepal side. Olympic Gold Medal winner Victoria Pendleton, made a summit bid with TV show host Ben Fogle, however, the summit bid had to be

title: Mount Everest

text: 2 to avoid the Khumbu Icefall, then reached the Everest summit. This team had to use the south side because the Chinese had denied them a permit to climb. Nepal turned Chinese reluctance into a success for the country, with the executive donating tens of thousands of dollars to local hospitals and achieving a new hybrid aviation-mountaineering technique. She was named the Nepalese "International Mountaineer of the Year". Over 100 people summited Everest from China (Tibet region), and six from Nepal in the 2014 season. This included 72-year-old Bill Burke, the Indian teenage girl, and a Chinese woman Jing Wang.

title: Mount Everest in 2017

text: climb was one of fastest since Hans Kammerlander completed the normal Tibet-side route in 16 hours 45 minutes in 1996, setting the official Guinness World Record. In 2005, Christian Stangl reached the top of Everest from advanced base camp in 16 hours and 42 minutes. Famed Nepali-American mountaineer Lhakpa Sherpa attained her 8th Mount Everest summit, enhancing the world record for most times to the top for a woman. On May 21, 2017, Anshu Jamsenpa became the first woman to summit Everest twice within a week, doing so in five days, and became the first Indian woman to climb Mount

title: Mount Everest in 2017

text: for the number of summiters of Everest was refined to 648. This includes 449 which summited via Nepal (from the South) and 120 from Chinese Tibet (North side). Swiss mountaineer Ueli Steck died in a fall during a warm-up climb on Nuptse, which he was conducting in preparation for his Everest-Lhotse summit bid. By May 22, 2017, five climbers had died, and one trekker to base camp died earlier in the year. Several climbers summited twice this season, including Kilian Jornet and Anshu Jamsenpa. Spanish mountaineer Alex Txikon with Pakistani mountaineer Muhammad Ali Sadpara attempted to summit Everest in winter

title: Mount Everest in 2017

text: body before the window of good weather closed, as the monsoon season to the south grew in force. The Xtreme Everest project continued its multi-year mission to study how the body adapts to high altitude and the physiological changes that occur. Mount Everest in 2017 The Mount Everest climbing season of 2017 began in spring with the first climbers reaching the top on May 11, from the north side. The first team on the south side reached the top on May 15. By early June, reports from Nepal indicated that 445 people had made it to the summit from the

title: Mount Everest

text: is essentially a "fourth world" country, as of 2015 one of the poorest non-African countries along with Haiti and Myanmar, and the 19th poorest country in the world overall. Despite this, Nepal has been very welcoming to tourists and a significant tourism industry has been established. Although there are some difficulties, especially since it can be hard to maintain order in distant areas or control the actions of trouble-makers, there is a long history of going the extra kilometre for tourists. In 2017 a permit evader who tried to climb Everest without the 11,000 dollar permit, faced among other penalties

title: 2008 Summer Olympics summit of Mt. Everest

text: 2008 Summer Olympics summit of Mt. Everest The 2008 Summer Olympics summit of Mt. Everest was the special route of the torch relay as part of the 2008 Summer Olympics taking place in China. Torchbearers reached Mt. Everest at 9.20 in the morning (local time) on May 8, in parallel with the Shenzhen route. Another name for the climb is the Beijing Olympics Torch Relay Qomolangma Leg. The route taking the Olympic torch to the summit of the world's tallest peak was a side spur of the main relay, whilst the main relay continued elsewhere in China. It was the

text: should stand for human freedoms and dignity, to bolster its territorial claim over Tibet." 2008 Summer Olympics summit of Mt. Everest The 2008 Summer Olympics summit of Mt. Everest was the special route of the torch relay as part of the 2008 Summer Olympics taking place in China. Torchbearers reached Mt. Everest at 9.20 in the morning (local time) on May 8, in parallel with the Shenzhen route. Another name for the climb is the Beijing Olympics Torch Relay Qomolangma Leg. The route taking the Olympic torch to the summit of the world's tallest peak was a side spur of

title: Everest Vietnam

text: Everest Vietnam Everest 2008 - Vietnam Spirit To The World (EVN - Vietnamese: Chinh phục Everest - Tinh thần Việt Nam hòa cùng thế giới) is a reality show in co-operation between Ho Chi Minh City Television (HTV) and Lasta company to bring the very first Vietnamese people to Mt. Everest with the message "Vietnam Spirit To The World". Everest is a legendary mountain that everybody wants to discover, and further, to conquer. EVN 2008 is the event to bring Vietnamese to conquer "the roof of the world" as well as a chance for Vietnam to tell the world that

title: Mount Everest in 2013

text: Sudarshan Gautam, who was descending the mountain after becoming the first person without arms to summit Everest without using prosthetics. Gautam was rescued after collapsing near Camp 3. On 21 May 2013 a team from Lawrence School Sanawar climbed Mt. Everest. The first school to do this globally. On 21 May, Arunima Sinha became the first female amputee to summit Everest. Phurba Tashi completed his 21st summit in May, a total equal to the record held by Apa Sherpa. On 27 April, three climbers were attacked by a group of 100 Sherpas at 21,000 feet elevation. The event was seen

title: Mount Everest

text: a lot of new snow which can be unstable. However, this increased snow can make it more popular with certain winter sports like skiing and snow boarding. Two Japanese also summited in October 1973. Chris Chandler and Bob Cormack summited Everest in October 1976 as part of the American Bicentennial Everest Expedition that year, the first Americans to make an autumn ascent of Mt. Everest according to the "Los Angeles Times". By the 21st century, summer and autumn can be more popular with skiing and snowboard attempts on Mount Everest. During the 1980s, climbing in autumn was actually more popular

title: Mount Everest

text: trips to Everest, they are still dangerous. But the guides and organisers tell clients, "Don't worry, it's all organised." The route is prepared by hundreds of Sherpas. Extra oxygen is available in all camps, right up to the summit. People will cook for you and lay out your beds. Clients feel safe and don't care about the risks. However, not all opinions on the subject among prominent mountaineers are strictly negative. For example, Edmund Hillary, who went on record saying that he has not liked "the commercialization of mountaineering, particularly of Mt. Everest" and claimed that "Having people pay $65,000

title: Everest Re

text: crop, professional liability, and accident insurance. As of 2016, 70% of premiums were from reinsurance, with the remainder in insurance (Total premiums were ). 61% of premiums were from property insurance and reinsurance, with the remainder from casualty insurance and reinsurance. In reinsurance, 52% of premiums were from the United States, 17% were from Europe, 15% were from Latin America, and the rest were from the rest of the world. Everest Re sells catastrophe bonds to investors through a variety of subsidiaries, including Mt. Logan Re and Kilimanjaro Re. Because of the business it is in, Everest Re profits are

title: Everest Group

text: Delhi. In 2005, Everest Group opens an office in London. Everest Group recognizes the global sourcing market was maturing and begins developing alternative service offerings and repositioning itself according to new value drivers. The Total Value Equation methodology is developed to look beyond cutting cost. Everest Research Institute is launched. Everest Group starts serving service provider clients. In 2007, Everest Group works with its first country association, South Africa. In 2008, Everest Group launches Market Vista, a quarterly report that provides a comprehensive look into the key forces and metrics defining the market: outsourcing trends, health of the captive model,

title: C.D. Everest

text: standings. The club was founded on February 2, 1931 under the name Círculo Deportivo Everest. They are named after the Mount Everest. The team plays their home matches in Estadio Alejandro Ponce Noboa, but often uses Estadio Modelo Alberto Spencer Herrera. National C.D. Everest Club Deportivo Everest is an Ecuadorian football team based in Guayaquil. They currently play in the third-level Segunda Categoría, but have spent ten seasons in the top-flight Serie A. Everest is one of the eight team in the country to win a national championship. Their only conquest came in 1962. Their trophy haul also includes one

title: Mount Everest

text: the age of 80. In 1975, Junko Tabei, a Japanese woman, became the first woman to summit Mount Everest. The Polish climber Andrzej Zawada headed the first winter ascent of Mt. Everest, the first winter ascent of an eight-thousander. The team of 20 Polish climbers and 4 Sherpas established a base camp on Khumbu Glacier in early January 1980. On 15 January, the team managed to set up Camp III at 7150 meters above sea level, but further action was stopped by hurricane-force winds. The weather improved after 11 February, when Leszek Cichy, Walenty Fiut and Krzysztof Wielicki set up

title: Everest College

text: the schools running. Accreditation for Everest College varies by country, state and region. Everest College campuses that are regionally accredited are Everest College Phoenix, Everest College Mesa and online courses taught through Everest College Phoenix. All other Everest College campuses are nationally accredited. Generally, credits from nationally accredited institutions are not transferable to other colleges and universities. In 2009 Everest College Phoenix was placed on academic probation by its accrediting body over concerns that it did not have enough autonomy and control over on-campus academics and operations from the parent company, Corinthian Colleges, Inc. In September 2010, the North Central

title: Everest Group

text: Everest Group Everest Group is a Dallas, Texas management consulting and research firm that advises clients on global services issues. Founded in 1991 Established in 1991, Everest Group serves users of global services, providers of services, country organizations and private equity firms, in six continents across all industry categories. The firm has six offices across four countries: Dallas, Gurgaon, Bangalore, London, New York City, and Toronto. In May 1991, Everest Group is founded with two employees as a software company to help manage large outsourcing transactions with a vision to improve outsourcing services. In an office by Addison Airport in

title: Everest Group

text: include tools, decision support and workshops. Everest Group Everest Group is a Dallas, Texas management consulting and research firm that advises clients on global services issues. Founded in 1991 Established in 1991, Everest Group serves users of global services, providers of services, country organizations and private equity firms, in six continents across all industry categories. The firm has six offices across four countries: Dallas, Gurgaon, Bangalore, London, New York City, and Toronto. In May 1991, Everest Group is founded with two employees as a software company to help manage large outsourcing transactions with a vision to improve outsourcing services. In

title: What She Is (Is a Woman in Love)

text: Hot Country Singles for the week of March 12, 1988. What She Is (Is a Woman in Love) "What She Is (Is a Woman in Love)" is a song written by Bob McDill and Paul Harrison and recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in February 1988 as the lead single from the album, "The Heart of It All". The song was Earl Thomas Conley's fifteenth number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart. "What She Is

title: 1952 Swiss Mount Everest expedition

text: to Mt. Everest were remarkable, and exceeded even the most optimistic expectations. At the first attempt, it had opened up a new route to the peak of Everest, and it had reached an extraordinary height on the southwestern ridge in difficult conditions. In the opinion of the extremely critical (?) Marcel Kurz, this expedition could almost be compared to a victory. It paved the way for further successes by other expeditions. The expedition named the Geneva Spur rock formation, between the Western Cwm and the South Col. During the 1956 Swiss Everest–Lhotse expedition, Geneva Spur was the location of the

title: What She Is (Is a Woman in Love)

text: What She Is (Is a Woman in Love) "What She Is (Is a Woman in Love)" is a song written by Bob McDill and Paul Harrison and recorded by American country music artist Earl Thomas Conley. It was released in February 1988 as the lead single from the album, "The Heart of It All". The song was Earl Thomas Conley's fifteenth number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart. "What She Is (Is a Woman in Love)" debuted on the U.S. "Billboard"

title: C.D. Everest

text: C.D. Everest Club Deportivo Everest is an Ecuadorian football team based in Guayaquil. They currently play in the third-level Segunda Categoría, but have spent ten seasons in the top-flight Serie A. Everest is one of the eight team in the country to win a national championship. Their only conquest came in 1962. Their trophy haul also includes one Campeonato Professional de Guayaquil title in 1960. Over the years, they have bounced over the years between the Serie A and Serie B before finally being relegated to the Segunda Categoria in 1983. They are ranked 19th in the Serie A's all-time

title: Everest Home Improvement

text: Everest Home Improvement Everest Home Improvement (Everest Ltd) is a British double glazing and home improvement company. Peter Mottershead is the company's CEO. Everest was founded by Lewis Golden in 1964. It became one of the first companies in the market of double glazing. In what became a very fragmented market, with over 3,000 companies, the company grew to become the second biggest in the UK market by sales and turnover with 2.5% of the market (£165m sales) by 2009, later rising to 3%. Private Equity firm Better Capital acquired the company in March 2012 for £25 million. In November

text: mountaineers, and facilitate torchbearers (taking) the Olympic flame to the top of the world," the report said. Critics claim the highway, which begins in Tibet's Xigaze prefecture, will damage the permafrost in the ecologically fragile area. But officials said they had conducted a thorough study of the effects on the permafrost, and that the 150 million yuan (US$21.5 million, €13.5 million) project did not damage the environment. The Chinese government said that the Everest event will be a show of international sportsmanship and national pride. "The torch relay to Mount Everest is a highlight of the whole relay, and it

title: Into Thin Air: Death on Everest

text: Mt. Everest Disaster" (1997)); it also follows the climbing teams of summit guides Rob Hall and Scott Fischer. The film begins with Krakauer giving a monologue about the events about the disaster. The guides, Rob Hall (Nat Parker), and Scott Fischer (Peter Horton) introduce themselves, their teams, and discuss with the clients how they intend to reach the summit by the set date. Hall's group contains Doug Hansen, a mailman from Seattle, Krakauer, Yasuko Namba, and several others. Fischer's group contains a New York socialite, Sandy Pittman, who will perform what Krakauer does for Hall's group, reporting and bring attention.

title: Everest University

text: Everest University Everest University is an American private university based in Florida. Since 2015, it has been operated by nonprofit Zenith Education Group, since former for-profit owner Corinthian Colleges had to shut down its operations. It was founded in 1940 as Fort Lauderdale College of Business and Finance and later known as the Florida Metropolitan University, a name it held until 2007. Part of the Everest College group with dozens of campuses throughout the United States, the Florida-based university also offers online courses for students throughout the country. Programs focus on career orientation, offering day, night, weekend and online programs

title: Wesley Everest

text: Wesley Everest Nathan Wesley Everest (December 29, 1890 in Newberg, Oregon — November 11, 1919 in Centralia, Washington) was an American member of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) and a World War I era veteran. He was lynched during the Centralia Massacre after killing Dale Hubbard in what the union called self-defense, though the American Legion called it murder. Everest was drafted into the army in November 1917 and was a member of the Spruce Production Division in Vancouver, Washington, which supplied timber for building airplanes, railroad cars, and other vital wartime equipment. Everest spent much of his

title: Everest Vietnam

text: Vietnamese people are ready to subjugate high mounts, bring Vietnam Spirit to the global sea. It will be the first reality show in the world about mountain climbing and Mt. Everest which will be broadcast daily on HTV channel. Viewers can expect to join in the venturous journey of Climbers, to see effort of each of them overcoming series of physically, mentally and teamwork spirit demanding challenges. Besides, the show also includes interesting information of mysterious landscapes, distinctive cultures and local lives along the journey. This is a great chance to introduce a Vietnam that is full of subduing desires,

title: 1922 British Mount Everest expedition

text: of the very first scientist who had pointed out the possible use of bottled oxygen for gaining great heights. At this point in time the available systems (derived from mining rescue systems) were in his opinion too heavy to be a help at great heights. Kellas was part of the Everest reconnaissance expedition in 1921 but died on the way to Mt. Everest. This expedition had taken bottled oxygen with them, but it was never used. Additionally, few paid much attention to Kellas' innovative ideas, possibly because his scientific work belonged strictly to the amateur tradition. More attention was paid

title: 1924 British Mount Everest expedition

text: Everest. Horses, donkeys, yaks, and dozens of local porters provided transport. The expeditions arrived at Mt. Everest in late April and only had until June before the monsoon began, allowing only six to eight weeks for altitude acclimatisation, setting up camps, and the actual climbing attempts. A secondary task for the expedition was to survey the area around the West Rongbuk Glacier. The Survey of India sent a Gurkha surveyor with the expedition who was assisted in climbing to the difficult areas to survey. Two expeditions preceded the 1924 effort. The first in 1921 was an exploratory expedition led by

title: Mount Everest

text: camp IV on South Col (7906 m). Cichy and Wielicki started the final ascent at 6:50 AM on 17 February. At 2:40 PM Andrzej Zawada at base camp heard the climbers' voices over the radio – "We are on the summit! The strong wind blows all the time. It is unimaginably cold." The successful winter ascent of Mt. Everest started a new decade of Winter Himalaism, which became a Polish specialisation. After 1980 Poles did ten first winter ascents on 8000 metre peaks, which earned Polish climbers a reputation of "Ice Warriors". On 11 May 1996 eight climbers died after

title: What a Country!

text: What a Country! What a Country! is an American sitcom that aired in syndication from September 27, 1986 to May 23, 1987. It was based on the 1977-1979 British sitcom "Mind Your Language". The series was intended as somewhat of a showcase for comedian Yakov Smirnoff, whose catchphrase provided the show's title. "What a Country!" is set in a class of recent immigrants to the United States who are trying to pass the citizenship test. Their teacher, Taylor Brown (played by Garrett M. Brown) is an American English language teacher, while the students include Nikolai (a Russian taxi driver), Laszlo

title: Mt. Desolation (album)

text: line dancing tracks", before adding that "the self gratifying love for the music that has been created makes this collaborative country collection well worth a listen despite the odd rogue." Mt Desolation: Support musicians: Guest Artist: Mt. Desolation (album) Mt. Desolation is the debut studio album by English alt country duo Mt. Desolation, released on 18 October 2010 in the United Kingdom and on 19 October 2010 in the US. This is the first album by the side project of the band Keane's Tim Rice-Oxley and Jesse Quin. Most pressings of the CD only include 11 songs (Halo of Fireflies,

title: What Is Truth

text: Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at Number 4. It also reached number 1 on the "RPM" Country Tracks chart in Canada. What Is Truth "What Is Truth" is a single by American country music artist Johnny Cash released in February 1970. Generally viewed as a protest song, a rarity in country music at the time, the simple criticism of the Vietnam War, and war in general, as well as the stereotypical view of many politically liberal hippies made the song a major crossover hit. The song peaked at number 3 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles. It also became Cash's 12th

title: Arvind Raturi

text: Arvind Raturi Arvind Raturi (; born 6 June 1992) is the youngest mountaineer of Uttarakhand to scale Mount Everest at the age of 20 years 11 months. As a member of the NCC (National Cadet Corps) Mt Everest Expedition 2013, Arvind summited the world’s highest peak on 19 May 2013 at 0730 hours (IST). Arvind is a resident of Rindol village of Pratapnagar Tehsil in Tehri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, India. To select the team for Mt Everest Expedition, 108 (one hundred and eight) NCC boy cadets were shortlisted from across the country and trained at Nehru Institute of Mountaineering,

title: Mount Everest in 2017

text: Everest for the fifth time. Also on May 21, Vilborg Arna Gissurardóttir became the first Icelandic woman to summit Everest, and Ada Tsang became the first Hong Kong woman to summit Everest. She completed the climb on her third attempt, together with a physiotherapist and mountaineer, Elton Ng. On May 22, Yusrina Ya'akob became the first female Malay Singaporean to summit Everest. The second blind man to summit Everest, Andy Holzer of Austria, reached the top on May 21 from the north, making him the first blind summiter since 2001. On May 22, 2017, Chris Bombardier became the first person

title: Everest (Indian TV series)

text: as "high on investment", and Gaurav Banerjee, the general manager of STAR Plus, said that "Everest" will be "a television show at a scale bigger than any other show". Gowariker added that their aim is "to take cinema to the home of the audiences" by giving the television audience a cinematic experience through this show. "Everest" led to a delay in the film "Mohenjo Daro", another of Gowariker's projects. Gowariker came up with the concepts at the same time, but because he was more excited about starting "Everest" he postponed "Mohenjo Daro". Gowariker later clarified this, saying: "What is most

title: Everest, Kansas

text: County. The district high school is Horton High School. The Horton High School mascot is Horton Chargers. Everest High School was closed through school unification. The Everest High School mascot was Everest Vikings. Everest, Kansas Everest is a city in Brown County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 284. Everest had its start about 1882 by the building of the railroad through that territory. It was named in honor of Colonel Aaron S. Everest, an attorney for the Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad who represented Atchison County in the Kansas Senate. Everest is located

title: 1935 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition

text: 1935 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition Precipitated by unexpected permission from Tibet, the 1935 British Mount Everest reconnaissance expedition was planned at short notice as a preliminary to an attempt on the summit of Mount Everest in 1936. After exceptionally rancorous arguments involving the Mount Everest Committee in London, Eric Shipton was appointed leader following his successful trekking style of expedition to the Nanda Devi region in India in 1934. Compared with what had gone before and what followed it was a small, low-cost affair. The approach was from the north side of the mountain and the climbing was planned

title: Skiing Everest

text: 1930s, and includes interviews with Hans Kammerlander, who was the first to ski from the summit of Everest; Laura Bakos, the first woman to ski from the summit of an 8,000 m. peak; and Chris Davenport, the two-time world extreme skiing champion, who is an avid ski mountaineer as well. And it tells the Marolts' personal story: the sons of U.S. Olympic skier Max Marolt, who grew up in Aspen, before it became an internationally famous ski destination and who took to skiing in the hope of escaping what was an isolated, decaying former mining town. "Skiing Everest" was shown

title: 2007 Altitude Everest expedition

text: 2007 Altitude Everest expedition The 2007 Altitude Everest expedition, led by the American climber Conrad Anker, arrived at Base Camp below the north face of Everest in May 2007 and retraced the last journey of British climber George Mallory. On 8 June 1924, Mallory, along with his climbing partner Andrew Irvine, set out for the summit of Everest but disappeared from view short of the summit. The mystery of whether they could have been the first climbers to reach the world's highest point has never been resolved. Anker and his colleagues investigated what happened to them, testing out the durability

title: Mt. San Antonio College

text: first event in 1959. The relays are hosted in the college's stadium, Hilmer Lodge Stadium (13,500 seating), which is named after Mt. SAC's first track and field/cross country coach. Famous participants include: Since the first event in 1948, the Mt. SAC Cross Country Invitational has grown to be the largest event of its kind in the world. It is often rich in running tradition as generations within families may have run it in the past. Mt. SAC is considered one of the most challenging cross country courses in the nation. The runners start on a long (former) airstrip and run

title: What Is Truth

text: What Is Truth "What Is Truth" is a single by American country music artist Johnny Cash released in February 1970. Generally viewed as a protest song, a rarity in country music at the time, the simple criticism of the Vietnam War, and war in general, as well as the stereotypical view of many politically liberal hippies made the song a major crossover hit. The song peaked at number 3 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles. It also became Cash's 12th Top 40 single on the Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 19, and his 2nd Top 10 single on the

title: What Makes You Country (song)

text: What Makes You Country (song) "What Makes You Country" is a song by American country music singer Luke Bryan. It is the fourth single from, and title track to, his sixth studio album "What Makes You Country". Bryan wrote the song with Dallas Davidson and Ashley Gorley. "Taste of Country" writer Courtney Carr described the song as "an anthem of appreciation that celebrates the many, many different types of people who identify as country. In the song, Bryan makes it clear that we shouldn’t be worrying about what makes someone 'country'; rather, we should be celebrating our own unique lives."

title: Mining in Georgia (country)

text: ores supplied the county’s Zestafoni ferroalloys plant. The Chiatura deposit’s resources were estimated to be 215 Mt of manganese ore, of which about half has been depleted. The country has 11 explored oilfields with reportedly 28 Mt of oil resources; larger oilfields are also thought to exist. Georgia reportedly has more than 400 Mt of coal resources. The Black Sea coast in Adjaria is thought to contain large gasfields with 8.5 billion cubic meters of resources already explored and potential resources estimated to be 125 billion cubic meters. The country also has resources of arsenic, barite, copper, diatomite, dimension stone,

title: What You Get Is What You See

text: where in 1989 it was used in a campaign for the New South Wales Rugby League. They later used the Tina Turner song "The Best" in another campaign. The song has been covered many times including by Canadian country music group Straight Clean & Simple and a single for the band taken from their 1992 album "Iron Lady". It was also covered by Scottish / Irish country artist Lisa McHugh. Her cover appears in her 2014 album "A Life That's Good". What You Get Is What You See "What You Get Is What You See" is a song by recording

title: What Makes You Country

text: What Makes You Country What Makes You Country is the sixth studio album by American country music singer Luke Bryan. It was released on December 8, 2017 via Capitol Records Nashville. The album includes the singles "Light It Up", "Most People Are Good", "Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset". and the title track. "The Guardian" reviewer Alexis Petridis rated the album 3 out of 5 stars, stating that "you'd have a hard time arguing that "What Makes You Country" doesn't feature some pretty bulletproof songwriting. If it sounds like mainstream pop in a pickup truck, that's partly because the melodies and structure are

title: Everest Spices

text: than 1000 towns across India. More than 3.705 billion packs of Everest product were sold each year. There were more than 42 blends under the Everest brand name. Everest also exports its products to the US, the Middle East, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, East Africa and other countries. Everest Spices Everest Spices is an Indian manufacturer, distributor and exporter of ground spices and spice mixtures under the brand name Everest. Everest has been accorded the Superbrands status three times: in 2003, 2006 and 2009. It also won FMCG Consumer Reaction Award. Everest started began advertising aggressively on the television in

title: What Makes You Country (song)

text: The song is an anthem with a central theme of identifying with country lifestyles. Bryan performed the song at the 2018 telecast of the Country Music Association awards, with accompaniment from Lindsay Ell, Ashley McBryde, Chris Janson, Luke Combs, Jon Pardi, and Cole Swindell. What Makes You Country (song) "What Makes You Country" is a song by American country music singer Luke Bryan. It is the fourth single from, and title track to, his sixth studio album "What Makes You Country". Bryan wrote the song with Dallas Davidson and Ashley Gorley. "Taste of Country" writer Courtney Carr described the song

title: Mt. San Antonio College

text: College Administrators of Athletics (NATYCAA) Cup Championships, which is awarded to the western United States top overall community college athletics program. Since its inception in 2004, Mt. SAC has also captured five second-place trophies and finished in fourth place and sixth place. The Mt. SAC track and field/cross country programs led all Mt. SAC programs with a combined total of 30 CCCAA championships (men's track 10, women's track 11, men's cross country 1, women's cross country 8). For the past ten years, women's basketball has led all sports with five state championships and four additional top four state championship finishes.

title: Everest Group

text: in Australia. In 2000, Everest Group begins work on a major BPO project for a large Canadian bank. Everest Group is an advisor in the major outsourcing deal between PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and Nortel Networks Corporation valued at US$625 million. In 2001, Everest Group shuts down the Outsourcing Exchange to refocus its strategy and redefine company culture, dropping software from its services to concentrate on high-end TPA. Everest Group advises on the largest HRO deal in Canadian history. In 2002, Everest Group opens an office in Toronto. Everest Group implements Joint Design methodology. In 2003, Everest Group opens an office in

title: Everest Re

text: Everest Re Everest Re Group is a reinsurance company based in Hamilton, Bermuda. In 1973, Everest Re Group was founded as Prudential Reinsurance, a subsidiary of Prudential Financial. In the 1990s, Prudential Financial considered selling or spinning off Prudential Reinsurance. On October 6, 1995, Prudential Reinsurance completed an IPO. The chairman and CEO at that time was Joseph V. Taranto. Prudential Reinsurance was renamed Everest Re in 1996, after Mount Everest. In 2017, Everest Re became a S&P 500 component. Everest Re provides reinsurance and insurance to an international set of customers. Types of insurance provided include property, worker's compensation,

title: Everest Spices

text: Everest Spices Everest Spices is an Indian manufacturer, distributor and exporter of ground spices and spice mixtures under the brand name Everest. Everest has been accorded the Superbrands status three times: in 2003, 2006 and 2009. It also won FMCG Consumer Reaction Award. Everest started began advertising aggressively on the television in 2003, and by 2005, it had 30% share of the branded pure spices market in India. According to the 2007 study, Everest was India's largest spices brand based in Mumbai. More than 20 million households used Everest spices regularly. The brand was stocked by 4,00,000 outlets in more

title: What This Country Needs

text: liner notes Strings arranged by Dennis Burnside and performed by the Nashville String Machine. Contracted by Carl Gorodetzky. What This Country Needs What This Country Needs is a 1998 album released by country music artist Aaron Tippin. It was his first full studio album since switching from RCA Nashville to Lyric Street Records. The album includes three singles: "For You I Will", "I'm Leaving", and "Her", which respectively reached #6, #17, and #33 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in 1999. The track "Sweetwater" was originally recorded by McBride & the Ride on

title: What This Country Needs

text: What This Country Needs What This Country Needs is a 1998 album released by country music artist Aaron Tippin. It was his first full studio album since switching from RCA Nashville to Lyric Street Records. The album includes three singles: "For You I Will", "I'm Leaving", and "Her", which respectively reached #6, #17, and #33 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts in 1999. The track "Sweetwater" was originally recorded by McBride & the Ride on their 1993 album "Hurry Sundown", and by Greg Holland on his 1994 album "Let Me Drive". Amalgamated from

title: Skiing Everest

text: above 8,000 meters (26,247 ft.) when they skied from the summit of Shisha Pangma in Tibet in 2000, and then challenged the highest slopes in the world on Mount Everest and Cho Oyu. The film follows the Marolts and their childhood friends Jim Gile, and John Callahan, who was an Olympic cross-country skier, on skiing expeditions into the death zone above 26,000 ft., without using bottled oxygen. At the top of the world, they lock into their skis and challenge the most dangerous slopes in the world. "Skiing Everest" also tells the history of high-altitude skiing, dating back to the

title: Everest (Framework)

text: Health Infoway. Everest is used in the following products The Everest Developer's Guide can be found on Lulu. Everest (Framework) The Everest Framework is an open-source framework used to assist software developers in the digital health sector to create HL7v3 messages in Pan-Canadian or Universal formats. The framework was developed by Mohawk College used for HL7 version 3 messaging and CDA Document processing called the "Everest Framework". This framework is available for Java and .NET and comes with extensive examples and documentation on how to use HL7v3 messaging. Support is also available via the CodePlex project page. This framework was

title: What a Country!

text: (a retired Hungarian doctor), Ali (a Pakistani), Robert (the son of a deposed African king), Maria (a housekeeper working for a rich Beverly Hills family), Victor (a Hispanic in love with Maria), Yung Hi (a shy Japanese woman) and Sheikh El Hamid (an Arabian sheikh). Gail Strickland initially played the character of Principal Joan Courtney, though she was replaced by Don Knotts during the series' run. The series aired a total of 26 episodes before being canceled. What a Country! What a Country! is an American sitcom that aired in syndication from September 27, 1986 to May 23, 1987. It

title: Sophia Everest

text: Sophia Everest Sophia Everest (, also Sophia Everest Aurora; born Myat Su Khine on 30 April 1992) is a Burmese singer and actress. She gained recognition from competing in "Myanmar Idol Season 1", a televised singing competition. Sophia Everest was born on 30 April 1992 in Yangon, Myanmar. She is the second daughter of three siblings, having an older sister and younger brother. She is a practicing Buddhist. She attended high school at Practising School Yangon Institute of Education and graduated in Biotechnology from Republic Polytechnic in 2014. Everest was interested in singing since childhood, participating in City FM singing

title: Everest Marathon

text: 1987, since when it has been run every two years. In 2003 an alternative race, The Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon, was started which is held every year on 29 May to commemorate the first successful 1953 Everest expedition by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. The Everest Marathon (1987–present) starts at Gorak Shep at 5,212 m (17,100 ft), the site of the 1953 Everest Base Camp, and finishes in Namche Bazaar, with a 6-mile "Thamo loop" at the end to make the full marathon distance. The Tenzing Hillary Everest Marathon (2003–present) starts at the current Everest Base Camp below the Khumbu

title: Sophia Everest

text: on 26 February 2018. 1st Major M Music Awards (2018) Sophia Everest Sophia Everest (, also Sophia Everest Aurora; born Myat Su Khine on 30 April 1992) is a Burmese singer and actress. She gained recognition from competing in "Myanmar Idol Season 1", a televised singing competition. Sophia Everest was born on 30 April 1992 in Yangon, Myanmar. She is the second daughter of three siblings, having an older sister and younger brother. She is a practicing Buddhist. She attended high school at Practising School Yangon Institute of Education and graduated in Biotechnology from Republic Polytechnic in 2014. Everest was

title: Everest University

text: is set to implement a new plan to improve the education of its students. Everest University is now known as Altierus Career College and Career Education. Their program offerings are now limited to associate degrees and career diplomas in Health Care, Trades, Technical, and Business areas. Everest University lacks regional accreditation. However, the Everest University campuses in Florida were accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) to award diplomas, associate, bachelor's and master's degrees. Some of the programs offered at Everest University include: Everest University is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools

title: Everest (Indian TV series)

text: conquer their obstacles. The concept of "Everest" took shape in Gowariker's mind around two years before the telenovela was made. At that time he was confused between the themes of female empowerment and the fairly obscure sport of mountaineering. As he could not proceed with either of them individually, Gowariker combined the two themes into one, creating the theme of "Everest". Gowariker stated that: "The whole idea of the show actually began with an insight that what are you willing to do for your dreams?" Before starting the shooting of "Everest", Gowariker had to do a great deal of research.

title: Mount Everest

text: the magazine The Atlantic about deaths on Everest noted that while falling is one of the greatest dangers the DZ presents for all 8000ers, avalanches are a more common cause of death at lower altitudes. However, Everest climbing is more deadly than BASE jumping, although some have combined extreme sports and Everest including a Russian who base-jumped off Everest in a wingsuit (he did survive, though). Despite this, Everest is safer for climbers than a number of peaks by some measurements, but it depends on the period. Some examples are Kangchenjunga, K2, Annapurna, Nanga Parbat, and the Eiger (especially the

title: Everest, Kansas

text: Everest, Kansas Everest is a city in Brown County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 284. Everest had its start about 1882 by the building of the railroad through that territory. It was named in honor of Colonel Aaron S. Everest, an attorney for the Central Branch Union Pacific Railroad who represented Atchison County in the Kansas Senate. Everest is located at (39.676743, -95.425269). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. As of the census of 2010, there were 284 people, 126

title: Everest '82

text: Everest '82 Everest '82 is a Canadian drama film miniseries directed by Graeme Campbell and written by Keith Ross Leckie. It aired in the fall of 2008 on CBC television and was produced by Alberta Filmworks. The series is based on the book "Canadians on Everest: The Courageous Expedition of 1982" by Bruce Patterson of the "Times-Colonist" newspaper. "Everest '82" tells the true story of the first Canadians to climb Mount Everest. The film begins with Laurie Skreslet just having lost his best friend in a climbing accident, that happened near Banff. He believes the accident was his fault. The

title: Timothy Everest

text: Armani, highlighted by men's lifestyle magazines; such as "Arena" and "The Face". He said, "I thought that if we could demystify bespoke tailoring and make it more accessible, as well as really understanding what was going on in ready-to-wear fashion and being directional with it, there was possibly a market there." Having decided to create the "Timothy Everest" brand as an alternative to 'designer' ready-to-wear, he searched for a suitable location away from "the stuffiness of Savile Row". Everest opened his first premises in 1989; in Princelet Street, Spitalfields, just outside the City of London, in the East End. He

title: What You Get Is What You See

text: What You Get Is What You See "What You Get Is What You See" is a song by recording artist Tina Turner from her album "Break Every Rule" (1986). The song was written by the Terry Britten and Graham Lyle team and was notably different from the three previous singles that they had written for Turner, "What's Love Got to Do with It", "We Don't Need Another Hero" and "Two People", as it was an up-tempo country-tinged rock track featuring Eric Clapton on guitars. Tina Turner said in an interview that "What You Get Is What You See" is her

title: 1924 British Mount Everest expedition

text: required the persistent intervention of the British-Indian government with the Dalai Lama regime in Tibet to allow British expedition activities. A major handicap of all expeditions to the north side of Mount Everest is the tight time window between the end of winter and the start of the monsoon rains. To travel from Darjeeling in northern India over Sikkim to Tibet, it was necessary to climb high, long snow-laden passes east of the Kangchenjunga area. After this first step, a long journey followed through the valley of the Arun River to the Rongbuk valley near the north face of Mt.

title: Everest Group

text: provider developments, and location risks and opportunities. Everest Group and NASSCOM jointly release the findings of the landmark study on India’s BPO industry, titled, NASSCOM-Everest India BPO Study - Roadmap 2012 - Capitalizing on the Expanding BPO Landscape. Katrina Menzigian, Everest Group’s Vice President, is named one of FAO Today's 2008 FAO Superstars. Robert Joslin, Partner at Everest Group, is named a board member of the Centre for Outsourcing Research & Education (CORE), beginning his three-year term. Everest Group announces Outsourcing Support Services (OSS) designed to assist strategic sourcing organizations in managing and optimizing their outsourcing efforts. The OSS offerings

title: Mt. Hood Community College

text: from 2008-2010. The college has an active student government, almost thirty different student clubs, a student newspaper "The Advocate". The college also annually hosts the Portland Highland Games. Mt. Hood Community College competes in the Northwest Athletic Conference (NWAC). The college nickname is the Saints in reference to the St. Bernard mascot. There are four men's teams including baseball, basketball, track and field, and cross country. There are five women's teams including volleyball, softball, basketball, track and field, and cross country. The college features a large aquatics center, which includes an indoor swimming pool. Mt. Hood Community College Mt. Hood

title: Mount Everest in 2012

text: for the same record. The "Guinness Book of World Records" states that 234 climbers summited on one day in 2012. However, it was one of the deadliest seasons since 1996, with 11 climbers dying on Everest in the spring. The death of Canadian climber Shriya Shah-Klorfine in May made headlines and fed a debate about whether inexperienced climbers should climb Mount Everest. Issues of overcrowding and unqualified guides were also raised. Although Shah-Klorfine did manage to summit, she did not survive the descent. Questions were raised about her lack of previous mountaineering experience, as Everest was reportedly her first mountain

title: Mount Everest in 2017

text: with hemophilia to reach the top of Everest. In the 21st century, an average of 7 people have died each year trying to summit Everest or as part of base camp support. In the four years before 2017, 46 people died, with higher numbers due to avalanches. Some of the biggest dangers come from the cold, falls, avalanches, and high altitude, which can trigger altitude sickness. On April 30, Ueli Steck, described as the greatest climber of his time, was warming up for an Everest-Lhotse summit attempt with a solo climb on Mount Nuptse when he fell over 3000 feet.

title: Mount Everest

text: to favour one name over all others, so he decided that Peak XV should be named after Welsh surveyor Sir George Everest, his predecessor as Surveyor General of India. Everest himself opposed the name suggested by Waugh and told the Royal Geographical Society in 1857 that "Everest" could not be written in Hindi nor pronounced by "the native of India". Waugh's proposed name prevailed despite the objections, and in 1865, the Royal Geographical Society officially adopted Mount Everest as the name for the highest mountain in the world. The modern pronunciation of Everest () is different from Sir George's pronunciation

title: George Everest

text: this project. George Everest Colonel Sir George Everest CB FRS FRAS FRGS (; 4 July 1790 – 1 December 1866) was a Welsh surveyor and geographer who served as Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843. He is best known for having Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth, named in his honour. After receiving a military education, Everest joined the East India Company and arrived in India at the age of 16. He was eventually made an assistant to William Lambton on the Great Trigonometric Survey, and replaced Lambton as superintendent of the survey in 1823. Everest was

title: George Everest

text: George Everest Colonel Sir George Everest CB FRS FRAS FRGS (; 4 July 1790 – 1 December 1866) was a Welsh surveyor and geographer who served as Surveyor General of India from 1830 to 1843. He is best known for having Mount Everest, the highest mountain on Earth, named in his honour. After receiving a military education, Everest joined the East India Company and arrived in India at the age of 16. He was eventually made an assistant to William Lambton on the Great Trigonometric Survey, and replaced Lambton as superintendent of the survey in 1823. Everest was largely responsible

title: What Makes You Country

text: Bryan his fourth US number-one album. The album has sold 336,900 copies in the US as of November 2018. In Australia, the album entered at number six on the ARIA Albums Chart, becoming his second to reach the top 10 there after "Kill the Lights" (2015). What Makes You Country What Makes You Country is the sixth studio album by American country music singer Luke Bryan. It was released on December 8, 2017 via Capitol Records Nashville. The album includes the singles "Light It Up", "Most People Are Good", "Sunrise, Sunburn, Sunset". and the title track. "The Guardian" reviewer Alexis

title: Mt. Desolation (album)

text: Mt. Desolation (album) Mt. Desolation is the debut studio album by English alt country duo Mt. Desolation, released on 18 October 2010 in the United Kingdom and on 19 October 2010 in the US. This is the first album by the side project of the band Keane's Tim Rice-Oxley and Jesse Quin. Most pressings of the CD only include 11 songs (Halo of Fireflies, hidden after Coming Home, is not listed on the back) however some extra songs have been released, either on special pressings of the CD, or digitally. The album was met with generally favourable reviews, with the

title: Now That's What I Call Country

text: Now That's What I Call Country Now That's What I Call Country is a country music compilation album released on August 26, 2008. The album is the first in the (U.S.) Now! series to be composed exclusively of country music tracks. All of the tracks peaked inside the top 20 of the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs chart, 16 of which were top 5 hits with 5 of those reaching number one. The album debuted at number 1 on the "Billboard" Top Country Albums chart and peaked at number 7 on the "Billboard" 200 in September 2008. The "Now That's What

title: Everest gasfield

text: was owned by ConocoPhillips, was acquired by BG Group in 2007. The field is named after George Everest. There is a permanent production installation in the Northern area of the field (located : water depth), containing 11 surface wells and a flowline connecting to two subsea wells in the Southern area. The North Everest platform, built by Highland Fabricators, is also the location for the starting point of the CATS pipeline, which relays gas from Everest and a number of others including Lomond and Armada, to the CATS terminal at Teesside. The North Everest platform is linked with the unmanned

title: The Lawrence School, Sanawar

text: as cricket, cross country running, debating and many other activities. A group of Sanawarians have entered the record books as they are the youngest team and the first school in the world to have conquered Mt. Everest. These teenagers ranged between the ages of 15 and 16. One of the climbers is the youngest Asian and the second-youngest person in the world to scale Mt. Everest. Sanawar's former pupils are known as "Old Sanawarians", "OS" for short Sukhmani Tiwana IPS officer In Rudyard Kipling's novel "Kim" (1901), a priest called Father Victor proposes that the central character, the boy Kim,

text: reaching the summit from the 8,300-meter base camp. The relay was televised live on CCTV state television, and globally. On the summit, banners of the Olympic slogans were unfurled, and the first and last two torch-bearers were female Tibetan mountaineers. On March 13, China announced it would restrict world mountaineers from climbing Everest and Cho Oyu over concerns that Tibet activists may try to disrupt plans for the climb. John Ackerly, president of the Washington-based International Campaign for Tibet, criticized the climb as an attempt by the PRC to legitimize Chinese rule: "Beijing is using the Olympics torch ceremony, which

title: Everest Group

text: Dallas, Texas. In 1992, Everest Group becomes the first third-party adviser (TPA) on a mega-deal involving Boeing and IBM. In 1993, Everest Group transitions to a third-party intermediary consulting firm to help re-balance the playing field between service providers and buyers. In 1995, Everest Group acquires the Outsourcing Center (previously known as Infoserver) and makes an early move to gain Internet presence. Everest Group advises on the first multi-process HRO deal. In 1996, Everest Group advises on the first multi-process, single-supplier BPO transaction. In 1999, Everest Group launches the Outsourcing Exchange, an online transaction management system. Everest Group opens office

title: Everest (cigarette)

text: Everest (cigarette) Everest cigarette is a brand of cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by British American Tobacco Zimbabwe Holdings. Everest cigarettes were launched in the 1960s and are popular in the Zimbabwean cigarette market. During the recording of "Abbey Road", a 1969 album by The Beatles, audio engineer Geoff Emerick used to smoke Everests. The band liked the visual imagery of the packet and chose "Everest" as a working title for the album. The brand is mainly sold in Zimbabwe, but also was or still is sold in the United Kingdom, Belgium, The Netherlands, South Africa and Vietnam. Various advertising

title: Expedition Everest

text: Expedition Everest Expedition Everest — Legend of the Forbidden Mountain is a steel roller coaster built by Vekoma at Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The ride is themed around the Yeti protecting the Forbidden Mountain next to Mount Everest. The 2011 edition of Guinness World Records lists Expedition Everest as the most expensive roller coaster in the world. Including sets and extras, its total cost was reported to be US$100 million for six years of planning and construction. It is the tallest artificial mountain in all of the Walt