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Jordan Galland is a singer-songwriter and an award winning movie-maker from New York City. He has worked with Sean Lennon, and Mark Ronson Galland's band "Dopo Yume" played shows with Jason Schwartzman 's band "Phantom Planet". In 2005, Galland appeared with actors Lindsay Lohan, Carrie Fisher, and Jordana Brewster in Sean Lennon's  independent movie Friendly Fire. Trivia. Jordan and band mate Domino Kirke were part of a feature modeling clothing in a contest featuring up and coming clothing designers.
The Great Sphinx is at Giza near Cairo in Egypt. It sits in a depression to the south of the pyramid of the Pharaoh Khafre (Chephren) at the west bank of the Nile River. The Sphinx is a stone sculpture of a creature with a human head and a lion's body. The greatest monumental sculpture in the ancient world, its body is 200 feet (60m) long and 65 feet (20m) tall. Its face is 13 feet (4m) wide.  It is the oldest known monumental sculpture in Egypt. It is thought to have been built by ancient Egyptians of the Old Kingdom in the reign of the Pharaoh Khafre (c. 2558–2532 BC).  The Great Sphinx does not appear in any known inscription of the Old Kingdom. There are no inscriptions anywhere describing its construction or its original purpose. In the New Kingdom, the Sphinx was called "Hor-em-akhet" (English: Horus of the Horizon), and the pharaoh Thutmose IV (1401–1391 or 1397–1388 BC) referred to it in his "Dream Stele". The purpose of the Sphinx is not known. Some archaeologists assume that it was a memorial to a Pharaoh or that it functioned as some sort of talisman or guardian god. Other scholars believe the Sphinx as an astronomical observation device that marked the position of the rising sun on the day of the spring equinox in the time of Leo the Lion. The statue is eroding today because of wind and humidity and the smog from Cairo. Attempts to restore it have often caused more harm than good. Present attempts at restoration are under the control of the Supreme Council of Antiquities' archaeologists. They are working to drain away underground water.
Puttad is a small village near Perambra in Kozhikode district, Kerala, south-west India. People here grow banana and tapioca for money. Coconut farming also is a main source of income. Animal produce is also another source of income.
Bingen is a city in Klickitat County, Washington, United States. About 778 people were living in Bingen as of the year 2020. Bingen has an area of 0.7 square miles and is on the edge of the Columbia River.
A xylophone is a musical instrument that is part of the percussion family. It belongs to the group which is often called "pitched percussion" or tuned percussion because it can play different pitches and is a different way of expressing the sound that it creats. (notes). Xylophones have bars which are made of wood. People play the xylophone by hitting the bars with a mallet (a kind of drum stick). Each piece of wood is a different length, so they play different notes when they are hit. The bars are arranged like the keys of a piano. Underneath the bars there are long tubes, called resonators, which make the sound last longer. The modern orchestral xylophone developed from xylophones found in Africa and Asia. It came as a folk instrument to countries in Central Europe. It was first used in an orchestra by Humperdinck in his opera "Hansel and Gretel". It was also used by Saint-Saëns in his "Danse macabre" where it is supposed to sound like a skeleton, and in his "Carnival of the Animals" where it is supposed to sound like fossils. The xylophone is usually played so that the music sounds an octave higher than written. Because the sound is always very short the xylophone is often used for short solo tunes which are fast and dry. The marimba is a kind of xylophone which has a softer sound and more bars, especially low notes. It is not often used in older orchestra music. Xylophones and marimbas are usually played with two mallets, but it is possible for good players to play with four (two in each hand).
Titanis was a prehistoric flightless bird. Its name means 'titan'. "Titanis" was a genus of flightless bird belonging to the group called terror birds. These birds were the lions of the their era. Despite this, they came into contact with other predators, such as "Smilodon gracilis, Canis edwardii" and "Smilodon fatalis". Prey source. Among the common prey of "Titanis" were "Glyptodons, Homalodotheriums, Purgatorius"-like rodents, and horses such as "Equus, Neohipparion" and the famous "Hipparion". Series. "Titanis" has only appeared in a Primeval television series, as well as Prehistoric Predators and Monsters Resurrected.
, formerly known as Nagoya Grampus Eight, is a Japanese professional football club in Nagoya. History. The club was founded in 1938. Notable achievement. The team has some notable achievements. In 2010, Keiji Tamada made three goals in one game against Shimizu S-Pulse.
Bibimbap is one of the most famous Korean traditional foods. The word "bibimbap" means stirred or mixed rice. It is served as a bowl of rice with more ingredients on it. These ingredients can include some vegetables (spinach, herbs, potherb, and gosari). Beef or seafood can be added too. History of Bibimbap. There are some theories or stories about the origin of Bibimbap. It was the first written about in a cook book in the late 1800s. The first theory is the "palace food theory". It says that bibimbap was served as a light meal whenever the king wanted something to eat. The second theory is the "meal for peasants during the farming season". As it was too difficult for peasants to have regular meals during the farming season, they would use a single bowl, where rice was combined with vegetables. The third theory is the "Donghak uprising theory". When Donghak uprising broke out in the Jeolla provinces in 1894, the Donghak peasants were forced to mix their rice with side dishes because they didn't have enough plates or bowls. Value of Bibimbap. Because Bibimbap has many ingredients, it contains a lot of nutrition. Also, its color and appearance, can be very different. It is easy to prepare and clean up because it is all packed in one bowl.
Class struggle, or class warfare or class conflict, is tension or antagonism in society. It is said to exist because different groups of people have different interests. Looking at society this way is a feature of Marxism and socialism. Social sciences group people with similar social features into classes. Most of these features are economic. According to Marxism, there are two main classes of people: The bourgeoisie controls the capital and means of production, and the proletariat provide the labour. Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels say that for most of history, there has been a struggle between those two classes. This struggle is known as class struggle. After "The Communist Manifesto" and "Das Kapital", this concept became well known. Causes of the Class Struggle. Class struggle happens when the bourgeoisie (the rich) pay the proletariat (the workers) to make things for them to sell. The workers have no say in their pay or what things they make, since they cannot live without a job or money. Karl Marx saw that the workers had to work without any say in the business. He believed that since the workers make the things, they should say where they go and for how much, instead of the rich owners. They had to work hard to earn a living, while making the rich richer just doing simple office work. Since they had to earn money to buy food, and jobs were the only things that give money, they had no choice but to work for the rich who made the business. The rich became richer while the worker hauled and lifted and did all of that hard manual stuff no one really likes to do. Karl Marx thought that their labor limited their freedom by the capitalist exploitation. He wanted the workers to unite and take over the business, so that they could all be prosperous. He thought that the common man deserved to run the business, and that the rich were not better than the commoner. Forms. Class struggle appeared in some forms. First, there is an economic form. The proletariat struggle with the bourgeoisie through their laborer's organization in this form. Second, there is a political form. In this form, the proletariat has their party and, through democracy, they try to change the system. And the last, there
The Grand Korean Waterway plan, officially known as the Pan Korea Grand Waterway, consists of 3 canals. They are called the Seoul-Busan Canal, the Honam Canal , and the North Korea Canal . The Seoul-Busan Canal runs between Seoul and Busan, two of South Korea's largest cities, and connecting the Han River and Nakdong River. Then the Honam Canal, which runs through ChungCheongBuk-do, ChungCheongNam-do, JeollaBuk-do, and JeollaNam-do, connects Geum River and YeongSan River. The North Korea Canal would connect SinUiJu-Pyongyang-GaeSeong, Wonsan-GaeSeong.  The canal was a project headed by Lee Myung Bak, who was South Korea's president from 2008 to 2013. It is hugely controversial. Many Koreans object to this plan. Former president Lee said that he would not carry out this plan if many people objected to this idea, but there was a person who works in the Korea Institute of Construction Technology has confessed that government's 'Four-Major-River Arrangement Plan' is a canal project in reality. GyeongBu Canal. The major canal in this plan is the GyeongBu Canal (Seoul-Busan Canal). The GyeongBu Canal starts in Seoul, the capital of South Korea. It flows along the Han River, and encounter with mountains. And then a 40 km-long tunnel begins, connecting the Han River with the Nakdong River. Controversy. Many Koreans are anxious about this plan. Critics of the plan say that this canal is not efficient at all. They say that mountains along the proposed route would make it difficult and expensive to construct. Currently, the major transportation method on the GyeongBu (Seoul-Busan) line is road transport, which takes 5 hours.  However, ships following the GyeongBu Canal will take 25 hours to finish the trip. Critics believe this plan would just be a waste of money. In addition, it could be harmful to the environment and damage cultural treasures. On the other hand, supporters of this plan say that this canal will
Parallelism is a way of writing that uses a sentence (or part of a sentence) that is very much like the one before it. The language parts often have the same grammatical structure and are said to be "in balance". The word "parallel" comes from a Greek word that means "next to one another." In a parallelism, a first statement often will be repeated "in other words" by the second statement. These other words often add to the meaning of the first statement. For example, "The winter winds blow hard. The cold air pushes us back." In the second sentence, "cold air" is parallel to "winter winds", and "pushes us back" is parallel to "blow hard" (it is what the winter winds do).  Parallelism is a common pattern in the writing of the ancient Near East and Biblical poetry. It can also be found in the work of European and American writers like William Shakespeare:"I'll give my jewels for a set of beads," "My gorgeous palace for a hermitage," "My gay apparel for an almsman's gown," "My figured goblets for a dish of wood," "My sceptre for a palmer's walking staff," "My subjects for a pair of carved saints" "And my large kingdom for a little grave"  (Richard II, Act 3, Scene 3, Lines 147-153)"" and Walt Whitman"There was never any more inception than there is now," "Nor any more youth or age than there is now," "And will never be any more perfection than there is now," "Nor any more heaven or hell than there is now." ("Song of Myself" Section 3, Stanza 2).
Tropical Storm Fay was the sixth tropical storm of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. Tropical Storm Fay caused flooding in Haiti, the next three storms would do that same thing (Gustav, Hanna, and Ike). Tropical Storm Fay made landfall in Florida four times, beating a record from Hurricane Gordon in 1994, which made landfall in Florida three times. Fay left $560 million in damage and killed 36 people. Meteorological history. Fay started as a tropical wave off of Africa on August 7. It did not become a tropical depression until August 15. Shortly later it became Tropical Storm Fay. Fay then crossed Dominican Republic and Haiti.  Fay continued west and made two landfalls in Cuba. One in Cabo Cruz on August 17 and Cienfuegos on August 18, at both landfalls Fay had winds of 50 mph.  Fay made its first landfall in Florida at Key West also on August 18 winds were at 60 mph.  The next day Fay made landfall in Cape Romano, Florida while winds were at 65 mph. Fay moved over Florida and strangely strengthened while over Florida. Fay moved off of Florida near Melbourne. Fay moved north just off of Florida and made another landfall in Flagler Beach, Florida on August 21 while winds were at 65 mph.  Fay moved into the Gulf of Mexico and then made her fourth and final landfall in Florida on August 23. Fay became extratropical on August 27 and also died on August 27.  Aftermath. Even though Fay caused a lot of damage it was not retired, Fay is on the list of names in 2014.
Hurricane Gustav was one of 16 named storms, one of seven hurricanes, and one of five major hurricanes in the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. Hurricane Gustav form on August 25, made landfall in three countries, Haiti, Cuba, and the United States, the storm died on September 4. Gustav caused about $6.61 Billion in damage, also 112 direct and 41 indirect deaths. Retirement. In the spring of 2009 the name Gustav was retired, it was replaced by Gonzalo in 2014.
Hurricane Kyle was the eleventh tropical storm and sixth hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season. As a low pressure area, it moved slowly across Puerto Rico and Hispaniola. The low dumped heavy rains across those islands. It later dumped heavy rain Puerto Rico. That resulted in six deaths and $48 million in damage. A hurricane watch was put up for Maine on September 27. This was the first hurricane watch in 17 years in the state. Elsewhere in New England, the last hurricane watch was 12 years earlier when Hurricane Edouard brushed eastern Massachusetts. The storm produced high waves along the coasts of Rhode Island and Connecticut. A newly married couple was killed when high waves knocked the wife into rocky shores. Her husband jumped in to save her. He was overcome by the waves himself. It later struck west-central Nova Scotia as a mild hurricane. When it struck, its winds were near 75 mph. Damage was minor, at $9 million USD.
Baobab is the common name of a genus of trees (Adansonia). There are a total of eight types of its kind: six species live in the drier parts of Madagascar, two in mainland Africa, one in Australia and three in India. It is the national tree of Madagascar. Other names. Other common names include 'boab', 'boaboa', 'bottle tree', 'the tree of life', 'upside-down tree', and 'monkey bread tree'. The trees reach heights of 5 to 30 meters (16 to 98 ft) and trunk diameters of 7 to 11 meters (23 to 36 ft.). Its trunk can hold up to 120,000 liters of water. For most of the year, the tree is leafless, and looks very much like it has its roots sticking up in the air. Medicinal uses. Baobabs are one of the largest and most important trees in all of where they grow, as they are able to provide shelter and wood. The leaves of the tree are used for making soup and the tree has some medicinal purposes in some regions of Africa for treating ailments such as wounds, diarrhea, asthma, fever, and malaria. Long life of baobab tree. The trees are long-lived, but just how long is disputed. The owners of Sunland Farm in Limpopo, South Africa have built a pub called "The Big Baobab Pub" inside the hollow trunk of the high tree. The tree is 47 m (155 ft) in circumference, and is said to have been carbon dated at over 6,000 years old. Other uses. The baobab tree is known as the tree of life, with good reason. It can provide shelter, clothing, food, and water for the animal and human inhabitants of the African savannah regions. The cork-like bark and huge stem are fire resistant and are used for making cloth and rope. The leaves are used as condiments and medicines. The fruit, called "monkey bread", is edible, and full of vitamin C. As of 2010 experts estimate the potential international market at a billion united states dollars a year. The
Hurricane Kenneth was the strongest hurricane in the 2005 Pacific hurricane season. After the hurricane died out, what was left of Kenneth came near another weather system, and it caused rain on the Hawaiian Islands. Because of the heavy rain, there was flooding. At Nu‘uanu Pali on Oahu, the rain reached 10.25 inches (260.4 mm). The rain was so heavy that 4.11 inches (104 mm) fell in one hour. The rain reached 12 inches (305 mm) in other areas. This made Kenneth tied for the 9th rainiest tropical storm in Hawaii. One example of the flooding was 1 foot (300 mm) of water on Hawaii Route 61. This flooded a few houses. There was flooding on some rivers.  Kenneth caused stormy seas along the coast. Waves were between 8 and 10 feet (2 and 3 metres) high. These high waves crashed along the east shores of these islands: There was no bad damage, and no people were killed by Kenneth.
Choi Sung-Kuk (born 8 February 1983) is a South Korean football player. He plays for Suwon Samsung Bluewings. Club career statistics. 154||26||8||3||24||11||186||40 8||0||0||0||4||0||12||0 162||26||8||3||28||11||198||40 International career statistics. !Total||23||2
Karl-Heinz "Kalle" Rummenigge (; born 25 September 1955) is a German football executive and former professional player. "Scores and results list West Germany's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Rummenigge goal." Honours. Bayern Munich West Germany Individual
Louis Laurent Saha (born 8 August 1978) is a French former professional footballer who played as a striker. "Scores and results list France's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Saha goal." Honours. Fulham Manchester United Everton France U18 France Individual
Paul Ince (born 21 October 1967) is an English former footballer. He has played for the England national team. Ince was most recently manager of Reading. He has also managed Macclesfield Town, Milton Keynes Dons, Blackburn Rovers, Notts County, and Blackpool. Honours. As a player. Manchester United Wolverhampton Wanderers England Individual As a manager. Milton Keynes Dons Individual
Míchel Salgado (born 22 October 1975) is a Spanish football player. He plays for Blackburn Rovers. Club career statistics. 378||8||6||0||colspan="2"|-||86||1||470||9 0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0 378||8||6||0||0||0||86||1||470||9 International career statistics. !Total||53||0
Luis Enrique Martínez García (; born 8 May 1970), known as Luis Enrique, is a Spanish professional football manager and former player. He is the current head coach of Paris Saint German. He is widely considered as one of the best managers in the world. "Scores and results list Spain's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Luis Enrique goal." Honours. Player. Real Madrid Barcelona Spain U23 Individual Manager. Barcelona Spain Individual
Walter Samuel (born 23 March 1978) is an Argentine football player. He plays for Internazionale Milano and Argentina national team. Career statistics. International. Source: "Argentina score listed first, score column indicates score after each Samuel goal." Honours. Boca Juniors Roma Internazionale FC Basel Argentina U20 Argentina Individual
Roberto Fabián Ayala (; born 14 April 1973), nicknamed "El Ratón" ("The Mouse"), is an Argentine former footballer who played as a centre back for the Argentina national football team, as well as Valencia and Real Zaragoza in Spain, Milan and Napoli in Italy, and Ferro Carril, River Plate and Racing Club in his native Argentina. "Scores and results list Argentina's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Ayala goal". Honours. Player. River Plate Napoli Milan Valencia Argentina Argentina U23 Individual Assistant manager. Argentina
Theodoros Zagorakis (born 27 October 1971) is a former Greek football player. He has played for Greece national team. Club career statistics. 415||20 50||3 32||0 497||23 International career statistics. !Total||120||3
Christian Karembeu (born 3 December 1970) is a former French football player. He has played for France national team. Club career Stats. 169||5 62||6 51||0 33||4 68||3 12||0 395||18 International career statistics. !Total||53||1
Nicolas Anelka (born 14 March 1979) is a French football manager and former player. He plays for Chelsea and France national team. Career statistics. Club. Anelka started his career at Trappes Saint Quentin. But before moving to Chelsea he has played for big teams like Paris Saint-Germain, Arsenal , Real Madrid , Liverpooland Manchester City.
The Réaumur scale is a way of measuring temperature. The unit associated with the scale is called "Réaumur", named after the physicist René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur who created it in 1731. The unit is usually abbreviated "Ré", sometimes "r". The two base points of the scale are the melting point of ice and the boiling point of water, both at normal pressure. There are 80 degrees between those values, one degree Réaumur is the 80th part of that temperature difference.  Réaumur used ethanol for his thermometers. Thermometers that use ethanol show the change of temperature better than those using mercury. This is because, when heated, ethanol expands faster than mercury. There is the problem though that the expansion of ethanol is different at different temperatures - it is non-linear. Ethanol has a very low boiling point, which makes thermometers based on it unusable for many applications. Soon, instrument-makers used other liquids, and then chose "80°Ré" as the boiling point of water.  In 1772 Jean-André Deluc studied the several substances used in thermometers at the time. At the time, new theories of heat were being developed.  Deluc's analysis came to the conclusion that mercury-based thermometers were the best for practical use: He made an experiment, as follows: Suppose there are two amounts of water, say one liter, are mixed. The two amounts have different temperatures. The temperature of both liquids are taken, before the mix, and the temperature of the mix is measured. The mix should have the temperature that is the mean of both temperatures. This relationship only held reliably, when mercury was used in thermometers. From the late 18th century, almost all thermometers used mercury, for this reason. Thermometers that use other substances than ethanol but have 80 scales between the boiling and the freezing points of water have nothing in common with Réaumur's thermometer, except for the name.
Brian Laudrup (born 22 February 1969) is a former Danish football player. He has played for Denmark national team. Honours. Brøndby Bayern Munich AC Milan Rangers Chelsea Denmark Individual awards and nominations