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[DOC] [TLE] Santa's Little Helper | Simpsons Wiki | Fandom powered by ...Santa's Little Helper | Simpsons Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia [PAR] Santa's Little Helper races at the Springfield Downs . [PAR] History [PAR] Homer was relying on a Christmas bonus to buy presents, but didn't get it. He was relying on this bonus because the jar of Christmas money that Marge accumulates for the family's Christmas treats was disposed of to pay for the removal of a tattoo that Bart got on his arm. Homer took the small amount of Christmas money he made working as Santa Claus at the Springfield Mall and bet it at the dog track. He had inside information on what dog was going to win, but instead bet on the "long shot," Santa's Little Helper, believing his name to be a sign. Santa's Little Helper finished last (apparently, it was the latest in a long string of last-place finishes), and his frustrated owner abandoned him. Homer and Bart brought him home, and everyone was so happy with him that it was a merry Christmas after all. [1] [PAR] Snowball II , Maggie and Santa's Little Helper together for a picture [PAR] Sometimes, Santa's Little Helper can be seen chewing on the newspaper and other objects in the Simpson's household (sometimes ignored or tolerated by the family), tearing up the furniture, digging holes in the backyard and eating food from the living room table. It is stated that Homer and Santa's Little Helper's birthdays are on the same day. [2] [PAR] With a few exceptions, Santa's Little Helper doesn't make any sound that resembles a bark. However, he does have an ability to think just like a person. Once, he made a sound similar to "chewy", and Homer writes it down in his review, amazed that the dog spoke English. [3] He is also shown to have ridden a circus ball on his hind legs and speak the phrase 'We love... you!' in an attempt to be given some attention from the Simpson family. [4] In addition, he was mascot of Duff Beer , and was known as Suds McDuff (a reference to a similar, real life mascot Spuds MacKenzie). [5] [PAR] Santa's Little Helper licking Bart [PAR] Santa's Little Helper's life with the Simpsons is not always easy. Due to his disobedience and destructive behavior nearly caused the Simpson family to give him away, but he passed an obedience class, thus he could stay. [6] Santa's Little Helper almost passed away from gastric torsion (referred to in the show as a "twisting of the stomach") because Homer initially couldn't afford $750 for the required operation. [7] He also broke two legs when Bart's treehouse was demolished by Mr. Burns ' slanted oil well drill (The latter of which caused Bart Simpson to hate Burns immensely). [8] Santa's Little Helper is sometimes a bad dog. [PAR] At one time, Santa's Little Helper was shortly abandoned by Bart for Laddie , a purebred and very well-trained dog he bought from a mail-order catalog together with various other expensive gifts and gadgets. To do that, Bart used a credit card he applied for under the name of his dog, yet the credit card company misread the form and issued a card to Mr. "Santos L. Halper". Laddie learned many tricks that Santa's Little Helper was completely unable to perform (most notably a back flip, CPR and using a toilet). The Simpson family nearly forgot about their old pet, and Bart eventually gave him away instead of Laddie when repo men take back everything he fraudulently purchased. Feeling guilty about this disloyalty and bored with his too perfect new dog, Bart tried to get Santa's Little Helper back. When he finally found him, Santa's Little Helper was serving as a guide dog for a blind man named Mr. Mitchell, but eventually chose to return to his former owner, Bart. [9] [PAR] Santa's Little Helper growling at the family [PAR] Santa's Little Helper has also shown aptitude in

Santa's Little Helper is the family dog on what TV series?

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[DOC] [TLE] The Protester: TIME's 2011 Person of the YearThe Protester: TIME's 2011 Person of the Year [PAR] A day-by-day photo chronicle of the 2011 Egyptian uprising [PAR] Person of the Year 1927 - 2011 [PAR] 2011 [PAR] No one could have known that when a Tunisian fruit vendor set himself on fire in a public square, it would incite protests that would topple dictators and start a global wave of dissent. In 2011, protesters didn't just voice their complaints; they changed the world. [PAR] TIME's Person of the Year is bestowed by the editors on the person or persons who most affected the news and our lives, for good or ill, and embodied what was important about the year. See who made the grade over TIME's first eight decades. See them all[DOC] [TLE] Time Person of the YearPerson of the Year (called Man of the Year until 1999 ) is an annual issue of the United States news magazine, Time, that features and profiles a person, a group, an idea, or an object that "for better or for worse...has done the most to influence the events of the year". [PAR] Background [PAR] The tradition of selecting a "Man of the Year" began in 1927, with Time editors contemplating the news makers of the year. The idea was also an attempt to remedy the editorial embarrassment earlier that year of not having aviator Charles Lindbergh on its cover following his historic trans-Atlantic flight. By the end of the year, it was decided that a cover story featuring Lindbergh as the Man of the Year would serve both purposes. [PAR] Since then, individual people, classes of people, the computer ("Machine of the Year" in 1982), and "Endangered Earth" ("Planet of the Year" in 1988) have all been selected for the special year-end issue. Despite the magazine's frequent statements to the contrary, the designation is often regarded as an honor, and spoken of as an award or prize, simply based on many previous selections of admirable people. However, Time magazine points out that controversial figures such as Adolf Hitler (1938), Joseph Stalin (1939 and 1942), Nikita Khrushchev (1957) and Ayatollah Khomeini (1979) have also been granted the title for their impacts. [PAR] In 1999, the title was changed to Person of the Year. Women who have been selected for recognition after the renaming include "The Whistleblowers" (Cynthia Cooper, Coleen Rowley and Sherron Watkins in 2002), Melinda Gates (jointly with Bill Gates and Bono, in 2005), and Angela Merkel in 2015. Prior to 1999, four women were granted the title as individuals, as "Woman of the Year"—Wallis Simpson (1936), Soong Mei-ling (1937), Queen Elizabeth II (1952) and Corazon Aquino (1986). "American Women" were recognized as a group in 1975. Other classes of people recognized comprise both men and women, such as "Hungarian Freedom Fighters" (1956), "U.S. Scientists" (1960), "The Inheritors" (1966), "The Middle Americans" (1969), "The American Soldier" (2003), "You" (2006), "The Protester" (2011) represented on the cover by a woman, and "Ebola fighters" (2014). [PAR] Since the list began, every serving President of the United States has been a Person of the Year at least once with the exceptions of Calvin Coolidge, in office at time of the first issue, Herbert Hoover, the next U.S. president, and Gerald Ford. Most were named Person of the Year either the year they were elected or while they were in office; the only one to be given the title before being elected is Dwight D. Eisenhower, in 1944 as Supreme Commander of the Allied Invasion Force, eight years before his election. He subsequently received the title again in 1959, while in office. Franklin D. Roosevelt is the only person to have received the title three times, first as President-elect (1932) and later as the incumbent

Whom did Time Magazine tab as their Person of the Year for 2011?

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[DOC] [TLE] Omniscient | Definition of Omniscient by Merriam-WebsterOmniscient | Definition of Omniscient by Merriam-Webster [PAR] See omniscient defined for kids [PAR] Did You Know? [PAR] One who is omniscient literally knows all. The word omniscient, which has been part of English since at least the beginning of the 17th century, brings together two Latin roots: the prefix omni-, meaning "all," and the verb scire, meaning "to know." You will recognize omni- as the prefix that tells all in such words as omnivorous ("eating all" or, more precisely, "eating both meat and vegetables") and omnipotent ("all-powerful"). Scire likewise has a number of other knowledge-related descendants in English, including conscience , science , and prescience (meaning " foreknowledge "). [PAR] Origin and Etymology of omniscient [PAR] New Latin omniscient-, omnisciens, back-formation from Medieval Latin omniscientia [PAR] First Known Use: 1598[DOC] [TLE] Difference Between Omniscient and Omnipotent | Difference ...Difference Between Omniscient and Omnipotent | Difference Between [PAR] Difference Between Omniscient and Omnipotent [PAR] • Categorized under Religion | Difference Between Omniscient and Omnipotent [PAR] Omniscient vs Omnipotent [PAR] There are many similarities between “omniscient” and “omnipotent.” In looking at these terms, both words contain the prefix “omni.” “Omni” is Latin for “all” or “infinite.” [PAR] Both words also function as adjectives and nouns. Furthermore, often both terms are used as an attribute of a Creator or a supreme being. These attributes were assumed by believers due to lifted phrases in holy texts and classical religious teachings. [PAR] However, both words have different meanings. “Omniscient” means “infinite knowledge, awareness, understanding, insight or perception.” It is also used to pertain to universality and completeness of the mentioned attributes. Omniscient can be classified as inherent (to know anything a being wants to know and also what can be known) and total (knowing everything regardless of desire or inclination). [PAR] The word “omniscient” has its origins in Latin. The Modified Latin (in other books, Neo-Latin) ”omniscientem” is the word origin of “omniscient.” “Omniscient” has been used since the 1600s. The suffix “scient” (the shortened form of “scienta” or “sciens”) means “knowledge.” It also has other forms. Examples include the adverbs “omnisciently” and “non-omnisciently.” In addition, it has an adjective form of ‘‘non-omniscient.” [PAR] On the other hand, “omnipotent” means “infinite power, authority, and might.” A being with this attribute would assume total control of all realms and situations. “Omnipotent” came from the Latin “omnipotentem.” “Potent” is the Latin suffix for “powerful.” The word has been used since the early 14th century. [PAR] Forms of “omnipotent” included two adverbs; “omnipotently” and “non-omnipotently” as well as another adjective “non-omnipotent.” Both terms are almost similar and are usually used with each other in the context of religion. This is the reason why people mistakenly use them for one another. [PAR] The Supreme Being of any faith is considered omnipotent and having powers beyond imagination. Being omnipotent also means that the Supreme Being is capable of doing anything, evenly the illogical possibilities at the pleasure of the being at any given time. The Supreme Being is also considered as consistent and in agreement to its nature. [PAR] Aside from heavenly beings, heads of state or powerful monarchs are also considered as omnipotent in their governments, territories, and realms. [PAR] In the Christian faith, God has four O’s. He is omniscient and omnipotent. God is also omnipresent (meaning “in all places”) and “omnibenevolent’ (meaning “all good”). This belief is rooted in classical theology. [PAR] However, there are many people who are trying to explain or put a logical sense into God’s attributes, particularly God being omniscient and omnipotent. The debate is known as the Divine Paradox. Discussions are

If Omnipotence is Latin for all powerful, what is Latin for all knowing?

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[DOC] [TLE] Canada Population (2016) - World Population ReviewCanada Population (2016) - World Population Review [PAR] World Population Review [PAR] Canada Population 2016 [PAR] [[getCurrentPopulation()]] [PAR] In 2016, Canada has an estimated population of 36.04 million, which ranks 38th in the world. Canada is the world's second-largest country by total area and the largest North American country. Canada extends from the Pacific to the Atlantic and north to the Arctic Ocean. The United States-Canadian border is the longest land border in the world. [PAR] Canada's most recent census was conducted in 2016, but the official results will not be released until early 2017. Prior to 2016, the last census was completed in Canada on May 10 2011. Preliminary figures released on 8 February 2012 showed that the officially recorded population of Canada was 33,476,688. Canada is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world, with much of its land inhospitable. The country's population density is under 4 people per square kilometer, which ranks 228th in the world. [PAR] Rapid Population Growth [PAR] As you can see from the chart below, Canada's population has tripled since the 1940s, growing from 11 million at the time of the second world war to over 36 million today. [PAR] Population growth has been fairly consistent over the past fifty years and shows no sign of slowing. Between the last census in 2006 and 2011, the number of people in Canada increased by an impressive 5.9%. Current estimates show that the population has increased an addition 7.5% since 2011. [PAR] Canada's growth is fueled largely by immigration. In fact, relative to its size, Canada is the largest importer of human capital in the Group of Eight, attracting even more immigrants per capita than the USA. Natural population growth, by contrast, accounts for only around one-tenth of Canada's overall population increase each year. Worldwide, Canada is 9th in crude net migration rate. [PAR] Given the large geographical area of Canada and its relative affluence, it is likely that its population will continue to grow rapidly for decades to come, leading some to speculate as to what a Canada of 100 million people might look like, and whether increased population combined with unrivaled access to natural resources would make Canada a global superpower. [PAR] Canada's Population by Province and Territory [PAR] The census results also show the population of each Canadian province and territory. More than half of Canadians live in just two provinces; Ontario, where one in three Canadians live, and Quebec where almost a quarter of Canadians live. The combined population of Canada's three territories (Northwest, Yukon and Nunavut) is less than the population of Canada's smallest province (Prince Edward Island). [PAR] Province/Territory [PAR] 0.1% [PAR] Largest Cities in Canada [PAR] The largest city in Canada by population is Toronto, home to 2,615,060 people at the time of the 2011 census, and an estimated 2.8 million in 2016. The wider Toronto metropolitan area is over twice as populous, containing around 6 million people in total. [PAR] Canada's second largest city is Montreal in Quebec, where 1,649,519 people live, followed in third place by Calgary in Alberta with 1,096,833. Calgary is growing at almost twice the Canadian average, so if current trends continue it will no doubt overtake Montreal in the future. Ottawa is Canada's fourth largest city – 883,391 people live in the capital city. [PAR] The fastest growing large city between 2006 and 2011 was Brampton, Ontario. In the 5 year period, the city grew by nearly 21% en route to surpassing 500,000 residents. Montreal is the slowest growing major city in Canada, with growth of just 1.8% from 2006 to 2011. By comparison, Canada itself grew by 5.9% during the 5 year period. [PAR] Canada Population Density [PAR] As you can see from the map, the majority of Canadians live in a narrow Southern belt along the border with the United States. There are two main reasons for this. [PAR] The first, and most important, is that the most hospitable part of Canadian territory is in the south. Summers are warm and winters are not too harsh, making the area suitable

What is the largest city in Canada?

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[DOC] [TLE] PitcherIn baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk. In the numbering system used to record defensive plays, the pitcher is assigned the number 1. The pitcher is often considered the most important defensive player, and as such is situated at the right end of the defensive spectrum. There are many different types of pitchers, such as the starting pitcher, relief pitcher, middle reliever, lefty specialist, setup man, and closer. [PAR] Traditionally, the pitcher also bats. Starting in 1973 with the American League and spreading to further leagues throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the hitting duties of the pitcher have generally been given over to the position of designated hitter, a cause of some controversy. The National League in Major League Baseball and the Japanese Central League are among the remaining leagues that have not adopted the designated hitter position. [PAR] Overview [PAR] In most cases, the objective of the pitcher is to deliver the pitch to the catcher without allowing the batter to hit the ball with the bat. A successful pitch is delivered in such a way that the batter either allows the pitch to pass through the strike zone, swings the bat at the ball and misses it, or hits the ball poorly (resulting in a pop fly or ground out). If the batter elects not to swing at the pitch, it is called a strike if any part of the ball passes through the strike zone and a ball when no part of the ball passes through the strike zone. A check swing is when the batter begins to swing, but then stops the swing short. If the batter successfully checks the swing and the pitch is out of the strike zone, it is called a ball. [PAR] There are two legal pitching positions, the windup and the set position or stretch. Either position may be used at any time; typically, the windup is used when the bases are empty, while the set position is used when at least one runner is on base. Each position has certain procedures that must be followed. A balk can be called on a pitcher from either position. A power pitcher is one who relies on the velocity of his pitches to succeed. Generally, power pitchers record a high percentage of strikeouts. A control pitcher succeeds by throwing accurate pitches and thus records few walks. [PAR] Nearly all action during a game is centered on the pitcher for the defensive team. A pitcher's particular style, time taken between pitches, and skill heavily influence the dynamics of the game and can often determine the victor. Starting with the pivot foot on the pitcher's rubber at the center of the pitcher's mound, which is 60 ft from home plate, the pitcher throws the baseball to the catcher, who is positioned behind home plate and catches the ball. Meanwhile, a batter stands in the batter's box at one side of the plate, and attempts to bat the ball safely into fair play. [PAR] The type and sequence of pitches chosen depend upon the particular situation in a game. Because pitchers and catchers must coordinate each pitch, a system of hand signals is used by the catcher to communicate choices to the pitcher, who either vetoes or accepts by shaking his head or nodding. The relationship between pitcher and catcher is so important that some teams select the starting catcher for a particular game based on the starting pitcher. Together, the pitcher and catcher are known as the battery. [PAR] Although the object and mechanics of pitching remain the same, pitchers may be classified according to their roles and effectiveness. The starting pitcher begins the game, and he may be followed by various relief pitchers, such as the long reliever, the left-handed specialist, the middle reliever, the setup man, and/or the closer. [PAR] In Major League Baseball, every team uses Baseball Rubbing Mud to rub game balls in before their pitchers use them in games. [PAR] Pitching in a game [PAR] [PAR] A skilled pitcher often throws a variety

In the numbering system used in baseball scorekeeping (where the pitcher is #1, shortstop #6, etc), what position is #2?

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[DOC] [TLE] Did Jack Ruby Know Lee Harvey Oswald ? Crime MagazineDid Jack Ruby Know Lee Harvey Oswald? Crime Magazine [PAR] by Don Fulsom [PAR] Jack Ruby (born Jacob Rubenstein) was a vulgar, violent, lowlife. But a proud one. He had risen from the Mob-dominated slums of Chicago—where, growing up, he'd run errands for Al Capone. Now, in 1963, Ruby ran his own striptease club in Dallas—seedy to some, but to Jack "a f----ing classy joint." [PAR] The Carousel was a run-down walkup on Commerce Street where Jack (or "Sparky," as the easily ignitable owner was known) oversaw a master of ceremonies, four strippers and a five-piece bump-and-grind band. On Commerce, flashing neon signs and scores of eight-by-ten glossy stock photos of near-nude gals beckoned horny guys to ascend the stairs and enjoy "Dallas's only nonstop burlesque." [PAR] Soon after Ruby murdered JFK assassination suspect Lee Harvey Oswald, Carousel emcee Bill Demar (Bill Crowe in real life) publicly identified Oswald as a recent patron. The magician-ventriloquist said he distinctly recalled Oswald because, as an audience member, Oswald had actually taken part in Demar's "memory act." [PAR] "I have 20 customers call out various objects in rapid order," Demar told the Associated Press. "Then I tell them at random what they called out. I am positive Oswald was one of the men that called out an object about nine days ago." 1 [PAR] Carousel patron Harvey Wade supported the entertainer's story, according to Facts on File. [PAR] Comedian Wally Weston—who preceded Demar as an emcee earlier in November 1963—claimed Oswald was at the Carousel "at least twice" before the assassination. Weston made the revelation in exclusive July 19, 1976 interview with the New York Daily News. [PAR] The same article reported that "Dallas lawyer Carroll Jarnigan told FBI agents he saw Oswald and Ruby together in the Carousel on the night of October 4, 1963, and overheard them discussing plans for Oswald to assassinate Texas Governor John Connally, who was wounded in the fusillade that killed Kennedy." [PAR] These people weren't the only Carousel employees or customers to have linked President Kennedy's reputed assassin with Jack Ruby. [PAR] At 20, "Little Lynn" (in private life, Karen Carlin) was Jack's youngest stripper. With long locks of artificially colored gray hair, Lynn had the body of swimsuit contestant—but, on stage, wore little other than a big smile, pink heels and a matching G-string. 2 [PAR] On November 24, 1963, Little Lynn told U.S. Secret Service agent Roger Warner that she, in his words, "was under the impression that Lee Harvey Oswald, Jack Ruby, and other individuals unknown to her, were involved in a plot to assassinate President Kennedy and that she would be killed if she gave any information to authorities." Lynn reportedly died of a gunshot wound in Houston in 1964, according to the Encyclopedia of the JFK Assassination. 3 [PAR] By some accounts, even before her boss murdered Oswald, Jack's featured stripper, 27-year-old "Jada" (real name, Janet Conforto) told reporters that Ruby and Oswald were acquainted. Described by Ruby biographer Seth Kantor as "supercharged with animalism," the orange-haired Jada had been recruited by Ruby from a club in New Orleans. According to the Encyclopedia of the JFK Assassination, that joint was partly owned by the underworld's biggest bigwig in Louisiana and Texas, prime JFK assassination suspect Carlos Marcello. 4 [PAR] In Dallas, even offstage, Jada acted the part of a star … and of a wild exhibitionist. Usually wearing only a mink coat and high-heeled shoes, she spun around town in a new gold Cadillac convertible with "JADA" embossed on the door. After one notable visit to Mexico, the brazen stripper returned with 200 pounds of marijuana in the Caddy's trunk, according to Dallas sports reporter Gary Cartwright. 5 She got through customs by diverting the attention of border agents. Jada pretended to fall out of her car

Nov 24, 1963 saw the death of reputed JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald at the hands of which Dallas night club owner?

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[DOC] [TLE] FDR DECLARES WAR (12/8/41) - Franklin Delano Roosevelt ...FDR DECLARES WAR (12/8/41) - Franklin Delano Roosevelt , WWII , Infamy Speech , 24400 - YouTube [PAR] FDR DECLARES WAR (12/8/41) - Franklin Delano Roosevelt , WWII , Infamy Speech , 24400 [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] Published on Dec 12, 2012 [PAR] The Presidential Address to Congress on December 8, 1941. Known as the Infamy Speech, it was delivered at 12:30 p.m. that day to a Joint Session of Congress by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, one day after the Empire of Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor Naval Base, Hawaii. Roosevelt famously describes the previous day as "a date which will live in infamy." Within an hour of the speech, Congress passed a formal declaration of war against Japan and officially brought the U.S. into World War II. The address is regarded as one of the most famous American political speeches of the 20th century. [PAR] This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD. For more information visit http://www.PeriscopeFilm.com [PAR] Category[DOC] [TLE] Day of Infamy Speech Given by FDR After Pearl HarborDay of Infamy Speech Given by FDR After Pearl Harbor [PAR] By Jennifer Rosenberg [PAR] Updated May 29, 2016. [PAR] At 12:30 p.m. on December 8, 1941, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt stood before Congress and gave what is now known as his "Day of Infamy" or "Pearl Harbor" speech. [PAR] In this speech, Roosevelt declared that December 7, 1941, the day that the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor , would remain "a date which will live in infamy." That particular line has become so famous that it is hard to believe the first draft had the phrase written as "a date which will live in world history." [PAR] At the end of the speech, Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war against Japan. His request was granted that same day. [PAR] (Note: The text below is the speech as Roosevelt delivered it, which differs slightly from his final written draft.) [PAR] Full Text of President Franklin Roosevelt's "Day of Infamy" Speech [PAR] Mr. Vice President, Mr. Speaker, Members of the Senate, and of the House of Representatives: [PAR] Yesterday, December 7th, 1941 -- a date which will live in infamy -- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. [PAR] continue reading below our video [PAR] 10 Facts About the Titanic That You Don't Know [PAR] The United States was at peace with that nation and, at the solicitation of Japan, was still in conversation with its government and its emperor looking toward the maintenance of peace in the Pacific. [PAR] Indeed, one hour after Japanese air squadrons had commenced bombing in the American island of Oahu, the Japanese ambassador to the United States and his colleague delivered to our Secretary of State a formal reply to a recent American message. And while this reply stated that it seemed useless to continue the existing diplomatic negotiations, it contained no threat or hint of war or of armed attack. [PAR] It will be recorded that the distance of Hawaii from Japan makes it obvious that the attack was deliberately planned many days or even weeks ago. During the intervening time, the Japanese government has deliberately sought to deceive the United States by false statements and expressions of hope for continued peace. [PAR] The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian islands has caused severe damage to American naval and military forces. I regret to tell you that very many American lives have been lost. In addition, American ships have been reported torpedoed on the high seas between San Francisco and Honolulu. [PAR] Yesterday, the Japanese government also launched an

On December 8th, 1941, FDR delivered his famous "a date that will live in infamy" speech. To what was he referring?

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[DOC] [TLE] Race to the South Pole | TIME For KidsRace to the South Pole | TIME For Kids [PAR] Race to the South Pole [PAR] Today marks the 100th anniversary of the first successful expedition to the globe's southernmost point [PAR] December 14, 2011 [PAR] Print [PAR] GETTY IMAGES [PAR] After arriving at the South Pole on December 14, 1911, explorer Roald Amundsen (left) spent three days there with his companions: Oscar Wisting, Sverre Hassel, Helmer Hanssen and Olav Bjaaland (the photographer, not pictured). [PAR] On December 14, 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his four-man team became the first people to reach the South Pole, where they raised the Norwegian flag in victory. On Wednesday, exactly 100 years later, Norway’s prime minister gathered with scientists and polar adventurers at the bottom of the world to remember the famous explorer’s achievements. "We are here to celebrate one of the greatest feats in human history," Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg said, as he unveiled an ice sculpture of Amundsen. [PAR] A Great Expedition [PAR] TIME & LIFE PICTURES/GETTY IMAGES [PAR] Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole on December 14, 1911. [PAR] In the early 1900s, there was a race to see who could get to the South Pole first. Amundsen beat his rival, British explorer Robert Flacon Scott, by five weeks. On March 8, 1912, after learning of Amundsen's successful expedition, The New York Times wrote: "The whole world has now been discovered." [PAR] Amundsen was one of the world’s most notable polar explorers. In 1903, he became the first to make a ship voyage through the Northwest Passage, the sea route through the Arctic Ocean on the northern coast of North America. After learning that American explorer Robert E. Peary had reached the North Pole first in April 1909, Amundsen made secret plans for a South Pole expedition. At the time, the South Pole was considered to be the last great, undiscovered territory. [PAR] On October 19, 1911, Amundsen set out from his base, in Bay of Whales, Antarctica, with four companions, 52 dogs and four sleds. His success in reaching the South Pole was aided by careful planning. He took a preliminary trip to drop food and supplies along the first part of his route. His use of sled dogs to carry supplies also helped. Amundsen and his men, along with 11 surviving dogs, made it back to base on January 25, 1912, quicker than expected. [PAR] In addition to Norway's flag, Amundsen left behind a tent with spare equipment for Scott, and a letter addressed to the King of Norway about his accomplishment. Though Scott eventually reached the South Pole, he died while returning home. On Wednesday, Norway’s prime minister took time to remember the British explorer’s accomplishments, too. "Scott and his men will forever be remembered for their valor and their determination to reach the most inhospitable place on Earth," Stoltenberg said. The two explorers share the name of the research station now located at the South Pole: the Amundsen-Scott Station. [PAR] A Land of Research [PAR] Today, Antarctica is a base for a variety of global scientific research projects, from oceanography to cosmology. Cosmology is the study of the origin and structure of the universe. The land holds many clues to Earth's past and future changes, especially those related to global climate change. Wednesday’s ceremony at the pole also served a reminder of the importance of continuing scientific research in this distant place. "The loss of ice in the Antarctic can have grave global consequences,” Stoltenberg said. “Roald Amundsen and Robert Scott and their men went to extraordinary lengths to accomplish their goals. We must be prepared to do the same.” [PAR] TFK Footer Primary[DOC] [TLE] Pictures from Amundsen’s South Pole adventures | ScienceNordicPictures from Amundsen’s South Pole adventures | ScienceNordic [PAR] Pictures from Amundsen’s South Pole adventures [PAR] December 24, 2011 - 07:42 [PAR] Fascinating photos reveal the harsh but beautiful surroundings of Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen’s 100-year-old expedition to the South Pole. [PAR] By: Niels Ebdrup [PAR] A hundred years

On December 14, 1911, Norwegian Roald Amundsen became the first person to visit where?

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[DOC] [TLE] Abraham Lincoln & Benjamin Franklin - First thoughts aboutAbraham Lincoln & Benjamin Franklin - First thoughts about [PAR] Abraham Lincoln & Benjamin Franklin [PAR] Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States , serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and promoting economic and financial modernization. Benjamin Franklin (April 17, 1790) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States . 5.0/5 [PAR] Abraham Lincoln Benjamin Franklin George Washington Thomas Jefferson Andrew Jackson Alexander Hamilton Ulysses S. Grant Andrew Lincoln United States Martin Luther King Thomas Edison Republican Party Ulysses Grant Legislative Assembly Bharat Ratna Magsaysay Award [PAR] 28 Aug 2015     00:35 [PAR] If the quotation is attributed to Albert Einstein , Mark Twain , Benjamin Franklin, or Abraham Lincoln it is almost certain false. [PAR] 29 Mar 2015     10:57 [PAR] I only have four boyfriends: Benjamin Franklin, George Washington , Andrew Jackson , and Abraham Lincoln. [PAR] 07 Feb 2015     00:52 [PAR] I was thinking more Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, and Abigail Adams Riley-Weldon. But we can discuss [PAR] 26 Jan 2015     04:21 [PAR] I need Abraham Lincoln and Benjamin Franklin .. A bunch of Hamilton's and Andrew Jackson s can fw it too .. That's a dream . [PAR] 22 Nov 2014     13:22 [PAR] No. Name About him Important Personalities 1. Abraham Lincoln (1809-'65) Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the U.S.A. from 1861 to 1865 and was returned from the Republican Party . He opposed slavery and was a great champion of democracy. He was assassinated in 1865. 2. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) Franklin was a famous American philosopher and statesman who actively helped in promoting the declaration of independence. 3. Acharya Vinoba Bhave Born 11 September, 1895 in Gujrat. He was educated at Baroda.Met Gandhiji and joined Sabarmati Ashram in 1916.He was originator of Bhoodan yagna Movement.He received Magsaysay Award in 1969. He received Bharat Ratna award in 1983. 4. C.N.Annadurai Was the founding father of Dravida Munnetra Kazhakam (DMK), a political party of South India.DMK obtained absolute majority in the Tamil nadu Legislative Assembly at the elections of 1967 and 1971. 5. Horgovind Khurana Has become famous in carrying out research work in the U.S.A. He was awarded Nobel Prize in 1968 i ... [PAR] 17 Oct 2014     06:06 [PAR] I always kind of shrug inside when I tell people that I was a mailman. But, it turns out that these people also worked for the postal service: Walt Disney , Charles Bukowski , William Faulkner , Abraham Lincoln, Harry S. Truman , William Mckinley , Benjamin Franklin, Will Hays, Sherman Hemsley , Charles Lindbergh . . . [PAR] 15 Oct 2014     13:30 [PAR] Shout out to that 5th week in a month when you have to pay that extra Benjamin Franklin, Andrew Jackson , and Abraham Lincoln. But I love my home care provider Happy Wednesday Boogies!!! [PAR] 07 Oct 2014     03:06 [PAR] Only *** you should be tryna be friends w/ is Benjamin Franklin , Thomas Edison , Abraham Lincoln & George Washington . [PAR] 16 Sep 2014     21:33 [PAR] George Washington , Thomas Jefferson , John Adams , Benjamin Franklin, and Abraham Lincoln are church of Philadelphia [PAR] 16 Aug 2014     11:01 [PAR] With faces such as Abraham Lincoln and Benjamin Franklin, it might not be a big surprise to soon see Rosa Parks grace the canvas of banknotes. [PAR] 09 Jun 2014     13:40 [PAR] To all my barbies out there who date Benjamin Franklin, George Washing, Abraham Lincoln, you’ll be better off in life. Get that money.🎀💸💗💰 [PAR] 02 Jun 2014     02:32 [PAR] From Pastor Ken's Notebook To Yours: (From the "Got Time for a Little Chuckle?" Department) History Rewritten... True lies written by 6th Graders on their history exams. Abraham Lincoln was America's greatest precedent. Lincoln's mother died in infancy, and he was born in a log cabin which he built with his own hands. Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves by signing the Emasculation Proclamation . On the night

Who is missing: Benjamin Franklin, Ulysses S. Grant, Andrew Jackson, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln?

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[DOC] [TLE] Mark Twain : definition of Mark Twain and synonyms of Mark ...Mark Twain : definition of Mark Twain and synonyms of Mark Twain (English) [PAR] Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), [1] better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist . He is most noted for his novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), and its sequel , Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), [2] the latter often called "the Great American Novel ." [PAR] Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri , which would later provide the setting for Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. He apprenticed with a printer. He also worked as a typesetter and contributed articles to his older brother Orion's newspaper. After toiling as a printer in various cities, he became a master riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River , before heading west to join Orion. He was a failure at gold mining, so he next turned to journalism. While a reporter, he wrote a humorous story, " The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County ", which became very popular and brought nationwide attention. His travelogues were also well received. Twain had found his calling. [PAR] He achieved great success as a writer and public speaker. His wit and satire earned praise from critics and peers, and he was a friend to presidents , artists, industrialists, and European royalty. [PAR] He lacked financial acumen, and, though he made a great deal of money from his writings and lectures, he squandered it on various ventures, in particular the Paige Compositor , and was forced to declare bankruptcy. With the help of Henry Huttleston Rogers he eventually overcame his financial troubles. Twain worked hard to ensure that all of his creditors were paid in full, even though his bankruptcy had relieved him of the legal responsibility. [PAR] Twain was born during a visit by Halley's Comet , and he predicted that he would "go out with it" as well. He died the day following the comet's subsequent return. He was lauded as the "greatest American humorist of his age," [3] and William Faulkner called Twain "the father of American literature ." [4] [PAR] Contents [PAR] 18 External links [PAR] Early life [PAR] Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in Florida, Missouri on November 30, 1835. He was the son of Jane (née Lampton; 1803–1890), a native of Kentucky, and John Marshall Clemens (1798–1847), a Virginian by birth. His parents met when his father moved to Missouri and were married several years later, in 1823. [5] [6] He was the sixth of seven children but only three of his siblings survived childhood: his brother Orion (1825–1897), Henry, who died in a riverboat explosion (1838–1858), and Pamela (1827–1904). His sister Margaret (1833–1839) died when he was three, and his brother Benjamin (1832–1842) died three years later. Another brother, Pleasant (1828–1829), died at six months. [7] Twain was born two weeks after the closest approach to Earth of Halley's Comet . [PAR] When he was four, Twain's family moved to Hannibal, Missouri , [8] a port town on the Mississippi River that inspired the fictional town of St. Petersburg in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. [9] Missouri was a slave state and young Twain became familiar with the institution of slavery , a theme he would later explore in his writing. Twain's father was an attorney and judge. [10] The Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad was organized in his office in 1846. The railroad connected the second and third largest cities in the state and was the westernmost United States railroad until the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad . It delivered mail to and from the Pony Express . [11] [PAR]   Samuel Clemens, age 15 [PAR] In 1847, when Twain was 11, his father died of pneumonia . [12] The next year, he became a printer's apprentice. In 1851, he began working as a typesetter and contributor of articles and humorous

Nov 30, 1835 saw the birth of what famed American humorist and novelist, known for works such as The Prince and the Pauper and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, along with some other famous works?

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[DOC] [TLE] Barq'sBarq's is an American soft drink. Its brand of root beer is notable for having caffeine. Barq's, created by Edward Barq and bottled since the turn of the 20th century, is currently owned and bottled by the Coca-Cola Company. It was known as Barq's Famous Olde Tyme Root Beer until 2012. [PAR] Barq's products [PAR] * Diet Barq's Root Beer - contains no caffeine. Available in Root Beer and Vanilla Cream. [PAR] * Barq's Red Crème Soda (Barq's Yellow Creme Soda was also produced until the early 1990s). [PAR] * Diet Barq's Red Crème Soda [PAR] * Barq's French Vanilla Crème Soda [PAR] * Discontinued: Diet Crème Soda Barq's French Vanilla [PAR] * Discontinued: Barq's Floatz, which is designed to taste like a root beer float. J & J Snack Foods Corporation once licensed the brand name for Barq's Floatz ice cream squeeze tubes. [PAR] History [PAR] The Barq's Brothers Bottling Company was founded in 1898 in the French Quarter of New Orleans, by Edward Charles Edmond Barq and his older brother, Gaston. The Barq Brothers bottled carbonated water and various soft drinks of their own creation. Early on their most popular creation was an orange-flavored soda called Orangine, which won a gold medal at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois. [PAR] Edward Barq moved to Biloxi, Mississippi, in 1897 with his new wife. The following year he opened the Biloxi Artesian Bottling Works. 1898 is often given as the debut year for what was later to be known as "Barq's root beer," but some sources say this particular product was not produced until some two years later. [PAR] It was on the Mississippi coast that Barq met and employed a young boy, Jesse Robinson. Robinson was mentored by Barq and later moved to New Orleans to find his fortune. In 1934 Edward Barq, Sr. and Robinson sign a contractual agreement on Barq's product rights. The agreement was unique from other franchises in many aspects. One, that Robinson was allowed to make his own concentrate. The two men remained close their entire lives, working on flavors and production challenges. A distinctive difference between the Biloxi-based root beer and the Louisiana's was that the Louisiana bottle was printed in red (versus Biloxi's blue). This was to distinguish ownership of bottles as blue labeled ones were returned to Mississippi and vice-versa. There were also regional taste differences between the various Barq's bottlers. While there may have been minor formula differences, water generally defined these differences. [PAR] For many decades Barq's was not marketed as a "root beer." This was in part a desire to avoid legal conflict with the Hires Root Beer company, which was attempting to claim a trademark on the term "root beer." It was also due to differences from other root beers at the time. The formulation was sarsaparilla based, contained less sugar, had a higher carbonation, and less of a foamy head than other brands. [PAR] The traditional slogan was the simple affirmation "Drink Barq's. It's good" which first appeared on the classic diamond-necked bottle, patented in 1935 by Ed Barq. [PAR] In 1976, the Biloxi Barq's Company was purchased from the 3rd generation of Barq family members by John Oudt and John Koerner. An aggressive television campaign was developed based on the "Barq's Got Sparks" theme. Their plans to market the brand nationally were complicated by the existence of the Louisiana-based Barq's companies which were owned and operated by Robinson's heirs. [PAR] There were extended legal conflicts over the rights and ownership of the trademark Barq's, Barq's Sr. and Barq's Root Beer. The legal battle went all the way to the United States Court of Appeals, 5th Circuit which ruled in favor of the Robinson heirs. The last family-held Louisiana Barq's was sold by Robinson's heirs to Coca-Cola in 2000. [PAR] In 1990, Barq's partnered with the Pick N Save grocery store in Dekalb, Illinois to create the World's Largest Root Beer Float.

Mug, Hires, and Barq's are all types of what?

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[DOC] [TLE] Ira GlassIra Jeffrey Glass (, born March 3, 1959) is an American public radio personality and the host and producer of the radio and television show This American Life. [PAR] Early life [PAR] Glass was born in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, to Jewish parents Barry Glass, an accountant, and Shirley Glass, a psychologist, infidelity researcher, and author whom the New York Times called "the godmother of infidelity research." [PAR] He is the first cousin once removed of composer Philip Glass, who has appeared on Glass' show and whose music can often be heard on the program. [PAR] Education [PAR] Glass attended Milford Mill High School in Baltimore County where he was active in student theater, student government, and yearbook; he was also the co-editor of the student literary magazine. He played the part of Captain George Brackett in Milford's 1975 production of South Pacific, Lowe in their 1976 production of Damn Yankees, and Bud Frump in their 1977 production of How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying; along with his involvement on stage, he was a member of the Thespian Society. Glass was involved in student government during his junior and senior years, as a member of the executive board. His involvement in yearbook started in tenth grade and continued until his graduation in 1977. A rather popular and outgoing student, Glass also was involved with the morning announcements, as well as being a member of the Milford Mill Honor Society in 1977. While in high school, he wrote jokes for Baltimore radio personality Johnny Walker. [PAR] After graduation from high school, he initially attended Northwestern University, in Evanston, Illinois, but transferred to Brown University, where he concentrated in semiotics and graduated in 1982. [PAR] Career [PAR] Radio broadcasting [PAR] Glass has worked in public radio for some 30 years. At 19 he began as an intern at National Public Radio's headquarters in Washington, D.C. He was a reporter and host on several NPR programs, including Morning Edition, All Things Considered, and Talk of the Nation. Glass wrote, [PAR] The very first National Public Radio show that I worked on was Joe Frank's. I think I was influenced in a huge way... Before I saw Joe put together a show, I had never thought about radio as a place where you could tell a certain kind of story. [PAR] From November 1990 until September 1995, with NPR producer Gary Covino, he co-hosted a weekly local program on Chicago Public Radio called "The Wild Room." In 1993, Glass said, [PAR] I like to think of it as the only show on public radio other than "Car Talk" that both Daniel Schorr [NPR news analyst] and Kurt Cobain [lead singer/guitarist of Nirvana] could listen to. I think it's appropriate that the show [which aired on Friday evenings] is on a station that most people don't listen to at a time when most people won't hear it. And the fact that public radio never puts a new show on the air or takes any off is definitely to our advantage. [PAR] During this time, he spent two years reporting on the Chicago Public School System—one year at a high school, and another at an elementary school. The largest finding of his investigations was that smaller class sizes would contribute to more success in impoverished, inner-city schools. [PAR] In 1995, the MacArthur Foundation approached Torey Malatia, general manager of Chicago Public Radio, with an offer of to produce a show featuring local Chicago writers and performance artists. Malatia approached Glass who countered that he wanted to do a weekly program with a budget of . In 1998 Covino told the Chicago Reader, "The show he proposed was The Wild Room." He just didn't call it The Wild Room." Covino continued to produce The Wild Room until February 1996. [PAR] Glass invited David Sedaris to read his essays on NPR, which led to Sedaris's success as an independent author. Glass also produced Sedaris's commentaries on NPR. [PAR] Since 1995, he has hosted and produced This

Originally titled Your Radio Playhouse, what long running PBS radio series is hosted by Ira Glass?

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[DOC] [TLE] Little Boy Blue - Blind Pig & The AcornLittle Boy Blue - Blind Pig & The Acorn [PAR] Little Boy Blue [PAR] The sheep’s in the meadow, [PAR] The cow’s in the corn. [PAR] But where is the boy [PAR] Who looks after the sheep? [PAR] Under the haystack, [PAR] For if I do [PAR] He’s sure to cry. [PAR] One of our uncles used to say this rhyme to Paul when he was young. So when I hear it I think of the uncle and of Paul with a shock of blond hair falling into his big brown eyes. [PAR] The rhyme could be used to describe anyone who isn’t doing their job or that has left their watch unattended. According to the book Heavy Words Lightly Thrown The Reason Behind The Rhyme written by Christ Roberts, the rhyme details Charles II and the good life he lead during his exile from Britain. While Charles II was ‘under the haystack’ troubles ‘sheep in the meadow and cows in the corn’ were plaguing his country. [PAR] From the book: [PAR] “The rhyme is a lament by the remaining Royalists that the country was in disarray, lacking a king to lead it (no Leviathan figure, for those familiar with Hobbe’s philosophy). Even these Cavaliers, however are critical of Charles, as the final lines contain a suggestion that he might lack a certain moral fiber and should be more vigorous in reclaiming the throne.” [PAR] Do you remember Little Boy Blue? [PAR] Tipper [PAR] p.s. The Pressley Girls and the Blind Pig Gang will be performing this Saturday-June 28 at 12:00 p.m. at the Martins Creek Community Center's Annual Jamboree. There'll be vendors, muisc, and food come by and see us if you can! [PAR] *Source: Roberts, Chris. Heavy words lightly thrown: the reason behind the rhyme. Large print ed. Waterville, Me.: Thorndike Press, 2006. Print.[DOC] [TLE] Full text of "The nursery rhyme book" - Internet ArchiveFull text of "The nursery rhyme book" [PAR] See other formats [PAR] ft IC-vva3-: : '.- ; £v : ^T H ■ 1 ■■" 02*>0J£ "S&riW 2.1>$S& . B °° K 398.8.L25N c. 1 LANG # NURSERY RHYME BOOK 3 „ . II Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2009 with funding from Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries http://www.archive.org/details/nurseryrhymebook01lang The Nursery Rhyme Book OTHER CHILDREN'S BOOKS WITH DRAWINGS BY L. LESLIE BROOKE ORANGES AND LEMONS THE MAN IN THE MOON ARE ISSUED AS SEPARATE BOOKS IN PAPER COVERS Also in One Volutne NURSERY RHYME PICTURE BOOK CONTAINING THE ABOVE SELECTIONS THE THREE LITTLE PIGS TOM THUMB THE GOLDEN GOOSE THE THREE BEARS ARE ISSUED AS SEPARATE STORIES IN PAPER COVERS OR IN TWO VOLUMES IN ART BOARDS Also in One Volume THE GOLDEN GOOSE BOOK CONTAINING ALL THE ABOVE STORIES JOHNNY CROW'S GARDEN JOH NNY CROWS PA RTY In T-wo Volumes THE PELICAN CHORUS AND OTHER VERSES THE * JUMBLIES ■ AND OTHER ■ VERSES BY EDWARD LEAR Also in One Volume NONSENSE SONGS COMPRISING THE ABOVE TWO SELECTIONS THE HO USE IN THE W OOD THE TRUTH ABOUT OLD KING COLE BY G. F. HILL THE TAILOR & THE CROW PUBLISHED BY FREDERICK WARNE & CO. Copyright 1897 by F. 1 1 ante &• Co. LITTLE BO-PEEP THE NURSERY RHYME BOOK EDITED BY ANDREW LANG ILLUSTRATED BY L LESLIE BROOKE ?t LONDON-FREDERICK WARNE AND CO AND NEW YORK £^T Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Limited, Duke Street, Stamford Street, London, S. E. Pre/ace Copyright 1897 by F. Warne &■ Co. TO read the old Nursery Rhymes brings back queer lost memories of a man's own childhood. One seems to see the loose floppy picture-books of long ago, with their boldly coloured pictures. The books were tattered and worn, and my first library consisted of

According to the nursery rhyme, who is to blow his horn, because the sheeps in the meadow and the cows in the corn?

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[DOC] [TLE] Look before you leap - Idioms by The Free DictionaryLook before you leap - Idioms by The Free Dictionary [PAR] Look before you leap - Idioms by The Free Dictionary [PAR] http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/Look+before+you+leap [PAR] Also found in: Acronyms . [PAR] Look before you leap. [PAR] Prov. Cliché Think carefully about what you are about to do before you do it. I'm not saying you shouldn't sign the lease for that apartment. I'm just saying you should look before you leap. Jill: I'm thinking about going to night school. Jane: Are you sure you can spare the time and the money? Look before you leap. [PAR] See also: before , leap , look [PAR] Look before you leap. [PAR] something that you say in order to advise someone to think about possible problems before doing something If you're thinking of buying a house, my advice is, look before you leap. [PAR] See also: before , leap , look [PAR] look before you leap [PAR] Think of the consequences before you act, as in You'd better check out all the costs before you buy a cellular phone-look before you leap . This expression alludes to Aesop's fable about the fox who is unable to climb out of a well and persuades a goat to jump in. The fox then climbs on the goat's horns to get out, while the goat remains trapped. [c. 1350]

According to the proverb, you should look before you do what?

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[DOC] [TLE] Boll Weevil « Cotton Insect Management GuideBoll Weevil [PAR] Boll Weevil [PAR] Boll Weevil [PAR] Anthonomus grandis [PAR] Description.  The adult boll weevil is a small, brown to grayish-brown beetle. It has a distinctive gently curved, black snout which is about ½ the length of the body. [PAR] Boll weevils can be distinguished from other weevils by the two spurs on its front legs [PAR] Just behind the head, the thorax normally has a light whitish stripe that ends where the thorax joins the abdomen. The body of the boll weevil is covered with short, tan brown and grey scales which give it a slightly fuzzy appearance. The boll weevil can be distinguished from many other weevils by the spurs on its front legs.  Many weevils have a spur at this location, but only the boll weevil and a few of its close relatives have a double spur. Adult weevils vary in size from slightly more than 1/8 inch to almost ½ inch in length. [PAR] Boll weevil grub feeding in a square [PAR] Immature stages of the boll weevil live inside squares and bolls where they are protected from most natural enemies and insecticides. Eggs are seldom seen since they are small and are deposited inside a square or boll. The larva is a small, white, c-shaped, legless grub with a tan to brown head and chewing mouthparts. Grubs vary in size from very small to ½ inch in length. The pupae or “resting” stage of the boll weevil is 3/8 to ½ inch long and cream colored. With dark eyes and a snout already formed, it has begun to develop the characteristics of the adult stage. [PAR] The adult boll weevil spends the winter in hibernation, called “diapause,” without food and returns to cotton in the early spring the following year. In areas where winters are warm and host cotton is available, reproduction can occur throughout the year.  Overwintering quarters usually consist of fence rows, broadleaved plant litter along creek bottoms, ditch banks and other protected, wooded areas near cotton fields. In the spring overwintered boll weevil adults concentrate in early planted fields nearest overwintering habitat where cotton is squaring. Adult boll weevils feed on tender growth in plant terminals if the young cotton does not have squares. In the early season, boll weevils colonize localized spots and do not generally invade the entire field. [PAR] Despite having boll in it’s name, the boll weevil prefers to feed on and lay eggs in squares.  The boll weevil is a pollen feeder; its survival is diminished without squaring cotton, although adult boll weevils emerging from overwintering quarters may subsist on other plants for short periods (e.g., an average of 18 days on yellow woolywhite in the Rolling Plains area). After adult weevils feed on cotton for 3 to 7 days and mate, they lay eggs in squares that have reached at least the “one-third grown stage” (approximately 1/4 inch in diameter). Egg laying may occur in smaller squares; however, sufficient feeding material is not available for a high percentage of larvae to develop to the adult stage. Late in the season eggs may be laid in small bolls, but squares are preferred. [PAR] Boll weevil egg punctures [PAR] It takes the eggs 2.5 to 5 days to hatch into the grublike larva that feeds inside the square or small boll. After larval development begins the infested square turns yellow, bracts open or flare and the fruiting form falls off the plant. The larva feeds for 7 to 14 days before pupating inside the square or small boll. During the next 4 to 6 days the pupal stage changes into an adult boll weevil. The newly developed adult eats its way out of the square or small boll and feeds on other fruiting forms for about 5 days. During this time the weevil mates and females begin to lay eggs. The entire cycle takes 16 to 18 days under ideal conditions. Six or seven generations may be produced each year with each female having the capability of laying approximately 200 eggs. [PAR] Boll weevil feeding sites can usually be distinguished from caterpillar feeding by the bright yellow-orange frass which does not contain webbing typical of most caterpillar frass [PAR] Damage. Adult boll weevil feeding causes little

The boll weevil, a species of beetle, causes damage to which crop?

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[DOC] [TLE] Law School Basics | DiscoverLaw.orgLaw School Basics | DiscoverLaw.org [PAR] Law School Basics [PAR] Law School Basics [PAR] What’s a JD degree? [PAR] The Juris Doctor (JD) degree is the graduate degree required to practice law in the United States. The JD degree is offered by American Bar Association (ABA)-approved law schools, by law schools that are not ABA-approved, and by many Canadian law schools. [PAR] A bachelor’s degree is required for admission into a JD program. [PAR] The LSAT is an integral part of the law school admission process in the United States, Canada, and a growing number of other countries. [PAR] The JD program is generally a three-year, full-time academic program. [PAR] All US states accept graduation from an ABA-approved law school as meeting that state’s education requirement for eligibility to sit for the bar examination. [PAR] How long does it take to get a law degree? [PAR] To find alternatives to the usual three-year program, talk to the individual law school. [PAR] Earning your law degree is worth the time and effort. Check the LSAC Official Guide to ABA-Approved Law Schools for more information about specific programs at individual schools. [PAR] What is law school like? [PAR] The best way to find out what law school is like is to speak with people who are in law school, who have recently graduated, or who are practicing law. Many law school websites have multimedia tours and presentations that are the next best thing to visiting the campus. You can also find real stories from law school students on this website. [PAR] Do students choose majors in law school? [PAR] Though all law schools share a core curriculum, some law schools may offer specialized courses. [PAR] While there are some specialty focus areas such as patent law and taxation that students can choose, most law students choose to take a wide variety of courses to maximize their career options after law school. (However, if you know that you want to specialize in a specific area of law after graduation, you should choose a law school that offers electives in that specialty.) A number of law schools have dual-degree programs that can enhance your career opportunities even more.[DOC] [TLE] Law schoolA law school (also known as a law centre or college of law) is an institution specializing in legal education, usually involved as part of a process for becoming a lawyer within a given jurisdiction. [PAR] Law degrees [PAR] Brazil [PAR] In Brazil the legal education begins between 1827/28 in Olinda/PE and São Paulo/SP where the first Schools of Law were established by the new Empire using as educational model the Coimbra Faculty of Law. [PAR] Nowadays the legal education consists in a 5-year-long course in which, afterwards, the scholar is granted a bachelor´s degree. [PAR] Therefore, it is considered part of the higher education, hence the educational system is regulated as: i) basic education - primary, middle anda high school; and ii) higher education: licentiate, bachelor and vocational ed. [PAR] The practice of law is conditioned upon admission to the bar of a particular state or other territorial jurisdiction (Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil - OAB ). [PAR] Public attorneys, public prossecutors and magistrates (judges) admission is made, mainly, through an entrance examination and a constitutional mandatory three years of legal experience. Starting from the second degree courts it is mandatory a 1/5 of its composition to be fulfilled with members of the lawyers/attorneys/barristers association and also from federal/state/labour processcutors (ministério público) regarding the court jurisdiction (it is not applied for electoral and military courts). [PAR] After achieving the bachelor´s degree of laws it is possible to follow an i) specialization or follow ii) academically (or both), in either case it is called postgraduation: i) lato sensu; or ii) stricto sensu; respectively. [PAR] The postgraduation, stricto sensu, consists in a: a) master´s degree, which is usually a two-year degree; and a b) doctorate´s degree, which can take up another four years. [PAR] Canada [PAR] The oldest civil law

What degree does a US law school graduate get?

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[DOC] [TLE] Saddam Hussein Captured By Coalition Forces In Tikrit ...Saddam Hussein Captured By Coalition Forces In Tikrit Photos and Images | Getty Images [PAR] Saddam Hussein Captured By Coalition Forces In Tikrit [PAR] December 14, 2003 License [PAR] An Iraqi woman celebrates the capture of ousted ictator Saddam Hussein 14 December...An Iraqi woman celebrates the capture of ousted ictator Saddam Hussein 14 December 2003 in front of Communist party headquarters in Baghdad. Saddam Hussein has been captured alive by coalition forces after a manhunt of more than eight months, US civil administrator Paul Bremer said said at a press conference, which he began with the dramatic announcement, 'Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.' Saddam, 66, was seized late 13 December in a raid near his hometown of Tikrit, north of the capital. AFP PHOTO/Henghameh FAHIMI LessMore[DOC] [TLE] Saddam Hussein Captured By Coalition Forces In Tikrit ...Saddam Hussein Captured By Coalition Forces In Tikrit Photos and Images | Getty Images [PAR] Saddam Hussein Captured By Coalition Forces In Tikrit [PAR] December 14, 2003 License [PAR] An Iraqi woman celebrates the capture of ousted ictator Saddam Hussein 14 December...An Iraqi woman celebrates the capture of ousted ictator Saddam Hussein 14 December 2003 in front of Communist party headquarters in Baghdad. Saddam Hussein has been captured alive by coalition forces after a manhunt of more than eight months, US civil administrator Paul Bremer said said at a press conference, which he began with the dramatic announcement, 'Ladies and gentlemen, we got him.' Saddam, 66, was seized late 13 December in a raid near his hometown of Tikrit, north of the capital. AFP PHOTO/Henghameh FAHIMI LessMore[DOC] [TLE] Saddam Hussein Captured | Buy Photos - AP ImagesSaddam Hussein Captured | Buy Photos | AP Images | Collections [PAR] Saddam Hussein Captured [PAR] Saddam Hussein Captured Photos [PAR] Saddam Hussein was the 5th president of Iraq, serving from 1979 – 2003. He was a dictator for 24 years. December 13, 2003, U.S. soldiers found Saddam Hussein hiding in a deep hole miles outside of Tikrit. The soldiers arrested him, he di ... Show More [PAR] Saddam Hussein was the 5th president of Iraq, serving from 1979 – 2003. He was a dictator for 24 years. December 13, 2003, U.S. soldiers found Saddam Hussein hiding in a deep hole miles outside of Tikrit. The soldiers arrested him, he didn’t not resist them so he was uninjured. Saddam Hussein was in custody of the US and will be on trial in front of a special tribunal for a few criminal cases pending against him. On November 2006, he was found guilty of crimes violent against humanity convicted and sentenced to death by hanging. He was executed on December 30, 2006 after his appeal failed. Saddam Hussein photos and Saddam Hussein images Show Less [PAR] Location: IRAQ[DOC] [TLE] Saddam Hussein Captured Near Tikrit | Fox NewsSaddam Hussein Captured Near Tikrit | Fox News [PAR] Saddam Hussein Captured Near Tikrit [PAR] Published December 14, 2003 [PAR] Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Email Print [PAR] BAGHDAD, Iraq –  U.S. forces converged on a farmhouse near Tikrit and discovered the Ace of Spades literally in the hole -- Saddam Hussein with a pistol, hiding in a dirt pit 6 feet in the ground. [PAR] Without any shots fired, American troops pulled a bearded and haggard Saddam from his hiding place near his hometown, U.S. officials announced Sunday morning. Hours later, when President Bush addressed the nation, he declared that "a dark and painful era is over." [PAR] • Video: Saddam in Custody [PAR] "Ladies and gentlemen, we got him," L. Paul Bremer ( search ), the U.S. administrator in Iraq, told reporters in the first statement on the capture. "The tyrant is a prisoner." [PAR] The former Iraqi dictator was captured Saturday at 8:30 p.m. local time in the cellar of a farmhouse in the town of Adwar ( search ), 10 miles from Tikrit, ending one of the most intense manhunts in history. Saddam has been on the run since the fall of Baghdad to U.S. forces on April 9. [PAR] "He was caught like a rat," said Maj. Gen. Ray Odierno ( search )

December 14, 2003, saw the capture of The Ace of Spades, Iraqi dictator, Saddam Hussein, near what town, his home town?

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[DOC] [TLE] drinkboston.com » Champagnedrinkboston.com » Champagne [PAR] Night of bubbles and booze [PAR] What better way to spend a Monday night in February than at a cozy neighborhood restaurant drinking champagne cocktails mixed by some of Boston’s best bartenders ? That’s the sound reasoning that brought 60+ people to Green Street last night for drinkboston.com’s sold-out champagne cocktail party. Misty Kalkofen of Green Street and the B-Side Lounge, Ben Sandrof of Noir, Dylan Black of Green Street and John Gertsen of No. 9 Park mixed four distinctive classic cocktails using champagne: the Diamond Fizz, the Black Velvet, the B2C2 and the Seelbach (recipes below). Not only that, they visited each and every table in the room, explaining the drinks’ origins (or alleged origins, given that the history of cocktails is usually as unverifiable as the provenance of traditional folk songs). The evening was festive and informative — well worth the price of a small headache on Tuesday morning. [PAR] To get on the email list for future drinkboston.com events, email drinkboston at comcast dot net. [PAR] The cocktails [PAR] B2C2 [PAR] 1 oz each of brandy, Benedictine and Cointreau shaken over ice and strained. Top with champagne. [PAR] Misty learned of this drink from David Wondrich’s Killer Cocktails: An Intoxicating Guide to Sophisticated Drinking . It was “created by American intelligence officers at the end of WWII. They had all of these wonderful goods that had been looted from the French by the Germans and then left behind during the Germans’ retreat,” she says. Luxurious bubbles. [PAR] Diamond Fizz [PAR] 2 oz gin, 1 oz lemon juice and 1/2 tsp powdered sugar shaken over ice and strained. Top with champagne. [PAR] A dressed-up gin fizz (which uses seltzer instead of champagne). Also similar to the French 75, only it contains less sugar and no garnish. The Cocktail Database recipe calls for a highball glass with ice, but we served it straight up in a saucer. Delicious either way. [PAR] Black Velvet [PAR] 1/2 stout and 1/2 champagne in a wine glass or flute. [PAR] Said to have been created at London’s Brooks Club in 1861 during mourning over Prince Albert’s death. Also called the Bismarck, as the drink was a favorite of German statesman Otto von Bismarck. Dylan used Mackeson’s Stout for this drink. Dark and rich. [PAR] Seelbach [PAR] 1 oz bourbon, 1/2 oz Cointreau and 7 dashes each Angostura and Peychaud’s bitters poured into a flute and stirred. Top with champagne. [PAR] Invented at the Seelbach Hotel in Louisville, Kentucky, circa 1917. The recipe was lost, probably during Prohibition, until being rediscovered by the hotel in 1995 and later printed in Gary and Mardee Regan’s New Classic Cocktails . This is one of the great whiskey drinks. [PAR] Champagne cocktails at Green Street 2/12/07 [PAR] Champagne is special. Cocktails are special. Put the two together and you get something even greater than the sum of its fabulous parts, a champagne cocktail. And I’m not talking about the drink where you drop a sugar cube and some bitters in a glass of champagne (though that is a good drink). I’m talking champagne with booze in it. I’m talking the Seelbach : bourbon, Cointreau, Peychaud’s bitters and Angostura bitters, topped with bubbly. To the uninitiated, that may sound scary, like the liquor equivalent of PCP. But one sip and you realize it’s just the opposite — oh so sophisticated. The champagne mellows the bracing effect of the bourbon and bitters, which in turn give the champagne a dangerous quality. One Seelbach makes you feel like you’re at a lawn party at San Simeon . A few Seelbachs make you feel like you’re in a nightclub balancing glassware on your boobs. [PAR] On Monday, February 12, Green Street (280 Green St., Central Square, Cambridge) and drinkboston.com will host a party featuring the Seelbach and other champagne cocktails presented by four of Boston’s best bartenders: Dylan Black of Green Street, John Gertsen of No. 9 Park, Misty Kalkofen of Green Street and the B-Side Lounge, and Ben Sandrof of Noir. Tickets are $20 and include four

What drink consists of equal parts of stout beer and champagne, usually served in a champagne flute?

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[DOC] [TLE] Gaffer | Film and TV Jobs in the Entertainment Industry ...Gaffer | Film and TV Jobs in the Entertainment Industry | Media-Match.com [PAR] Gaffer [PAR] What do Gaffers do? [PAR] A Gaffer in the motion picture industry is the head of the electrical department, responsible for the execution (and sometimes the design) of the lighting plan for a production. In British English the term Gaffer is long established as meaning an old man, or the foreman of a squad of workmen. The term was also used to describe men who adjusted lighting in English theater and men who tended street lamps, after the "gaff" they used, a pole with a hook on its end. [PAR] Sometimes the Gaffer is credited as chief lighting technician (CLT). In television the term Lighting Director is often used, but sometimes the Technical Director (T.D.) will light the studio set. Experienced Gaffers can coordinate the entire job of lighting, given knowledge of the time of day and conditions to be portrayed, managing resources as broad as electrical generators, lights, cable, and manpower. Gaffers are responsible for knowing the appropriate color of gel (plastic sheeting) to put on the lights or windows to achieve a variety of effects, such as transforming midday into a beautiful sunset. They can recreate the flicker of lights in a subway car, the motion of light inside a turning airplane, or the passage of night into day. [PAR] Usually, the Gaffer works for and reports to the director of photography (the DP or DOP). The DP is responsible for the overall lighting design, but he or she may give a little or a lot of latitude to the Gaffer on these matters, depending on their working relationship. The Gaffer works with the key grip, who is in charge of some of the equipment related to the lighting. The Gaffer will usually have an assistant called a best boy and, depending on the size of the job, crew members who are called "electricians," although not all of them are trained as electricians in the usual sense of the term. Many Gaffers are expected to own a truck complete with most basic lighting equipment and then rent extra lighting equipment as needed.[DOC] [TLE] Gaffer (filmmaking)A gaffer in the motion picture industry and on a television crew is the head electrician, responsible for the execution (and sometimes the design) of the lighting plan for a production. The term gaffer originally related to the moving of overhead equipment to control lighting levels using a gaff. The term has been used for the chief electrician in films since 1936 according to the Oxford English Dictionary.Oxford English Dictionary accessed 15 May 2009 However, a book on motion picture production from 1929 refers to the chief electrician as the Gaffer. The gaffer's assistant is the best boy. [PAR] Sometimes the Gaffer is credited as Chief Lighting Technician (CLT). [PAR] The Gaffer is responsible for managing lighting, including associated resources such as labour, lighting instruments and electrical equipment under the direction of the Director of Photography (the DP or DOP) or, in television, the Lighting Director (LD). [PAR] The DP/LD is responsible for the overall lighting design, but delegates the implementation of the design to the Gaffer and the Key Grip. The Key Grip is the head grip, in charge of the labour and non-electrical equipment used to support and modify the lighting. Grip equipment includes stands, flags and gobos. The Gaffer will usually have an assistant called a best boy and, depending on the size of the job, crew members who are called "electricians", although not all of them are trained as electricians in the usual sense of the term. [PAR] Gaffers use gaffer tape, and several other types of tape. [PAR] Other types of tape gaffers use include paper tape, pressure-sensitive tape (A.K.A. snot tape), electrical tape, J-LAR, and cloth tape.[DOC] [TLE] Hollywood Hard Hats - ForbesHollywood Hard Hats [PAR] Hollywood Hard Hats [PAR] comments, called-out [PAR] If you’re the kind of movie-goer who stays reading end credits until you’re playing footsie with the usher, you have

In the motion picture industry, what does a gaffer do?

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[DOC] [TLE] Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers - English ...Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers - English Children's Songs - England - Mama Lisa's World: Children's Songs and Rhymes from Around the World [PAR] Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers [PAR] This is the most well-known tongue twister in the English language… [PAR] Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers [PAR] Tongue Twister [PAR] Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers; [PAR] A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked; [PAR] If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, [PAR] Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked? [PAR] Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers [PAR] Tongue Twister [PAR] Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers; [PAR] A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked; [PAR] If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, [PAR] Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?[DOC] [TLE] Tongue Twisters - Peter Piper - About.com EducationPeter Piper to Practice the P Sound [PAR] Tongue twisters are fun words games we use to challenge our pronunciation. As an English learner , you can use tongue twisters to help with pronunciation of certain sounds. [PAR] Peter Piper [PAR] Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. [PAR] Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers? [PAR] If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, [PAR] where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked? [PAR] Listen to the Peter Piper recording  a number of times and then try it for yourself! [PAR] Improving Your Pronunciation [PAR] In this tongue twister, Peter Piper, you can work on your 'p's. The 'p' sound is  voiceless  and is similar to the 'b' sound which is voiced. The difference between the two sounds is that the 'p' does not use the voice. Practice the difference in these sounds with minimal pairs - words that only have a difference between the 'p' and 'b' sound.  [PAR] bob - pop[DOC] [TLE] Tongue Twisters > Example tongue twisters - Fun With WordsTongue Twisters > Example tongue twisters [PAR] Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. [PAR] Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers? [PAR] If Peter Piper Picked a peck of pickled peppers, [PAR] Where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked? [PAR] She sells seashells by the seashore. [PAR] The shells she sells are surely seashells. [PAR] So if she sells shells on the seashore, [PAR] I'm sure she sells seashore shells. [PAR] Red lorry, yellow lorry. [PAR] Which wristwatches are Swiss wristwatches? [PAR] How much wood would a woodchuck chuck [PAR] If a woodchuck could chuck wood? [PAR] He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, [PAR] And chuck as much as a woodchuck would [PAR] If a woodchuck could chuck wood. [PAR] Kids' Funny Tongue Twisters[DOC] [TLE] Peter Piper (Tongue Twister Song) A Funny Song by Bryant ...Peter Piper (Tongue Twister Song) A Funny Song by Bryant Oden - YouTube [PAR] Peter Piper (Tongue Twister Song) A Funny Song by Bryant Oden [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] Rating is available when the video has been rented. [PAR] This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. [PAR] Uploaded on Sep 11, 2009 [PAR] By Bryant Oden, who did "The Duck Song". iTunes: Itunes for the faster version of this song: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-... [PAR] On the CD of 40 songs: "The Songdrops Collection, Vol. 1." [PAR] http://facebook.com/songdrops [PAR] By Bryant Oden, who did the duck song, I got a pea, Bob the Snail, Best Friends Forever, This Song is Stuck Inside my head, The Turkey Song, I Don't Like Tomatoes, The CBA Song, I Love U, Ringtone and more really funny songs for kids and classrooms. [PAR] Lyrics-words to Peter Piper: [PAR] Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers [PAR] A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked [PAR] If

According to the tongue twister, who picked a peck of pickled peppers?

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[DOC] [TLE] Seattle's Sports Radio 950 KJR - Home of the 12th Man and ...Seattle's Sports Radio 950 KJR - Home of the NFL Playoffs and Super Bowl 51 [PAR] Seattle's Sports Radio 950 KJR - Home of the NFL Playoffs and Super Bowl 51 [PAR] Seattle's Sports Radio 950 KJR - Home of the NFL Playoffs and Super Bowl 51

What radio station do you find at 950 on your local AM dial?

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[DOC] [TLE] Porchlight International for the Missing & Unidentified ...Porchlight International for the Missing & Unidentified -> Cooper, Dan "D.B." 11/24/1971 [PAR] Mystery of D.B. Cooper's identity possibly solved [PAR] 09:56 AM MST on Friday, October 26, 2007 [PAR] Associated Press [PAR] BONNEY LAKE, Wash. -- Some residents of Bonney Lake are skeptical of a New York Magazine article that suggests hijacker D.B. Cooper was a man who lived in the Pierce County town from 1972 to his death in 1994. [PAR] Kenneth Christiansen was a former Army paratrooper and former flight attendant. His brother, Lyle Christiansen of Morris, Minn., told the magazine he believes Kenneth was D.B. Cooper. [PAR] Most believe the hijacker died in 1971 when he jumped out of a plane over southwest Washington with $200,000. [PAR] Bonney Lake Mayor Neal Johnson says the D.B. Cooper connection could draw visitors to the town. [PAR] One resident who lived a block away from Christiansen says he had a lot of money and was generous, but Julia Bowne doubts he was the hijacker and notes he's not around to defend himself. [PAR] Hijacker parachuted from jetliner in 1971 with US$200,000 ransom [PAR] James Cowan, National Post, With Files From News Services [PAR] Published: Thursday, January 03, 2008 [PAR] The basic facts of the case have been known for nearly four decades: On Nov. 24, 1971, a man hijacked a Northwest Orient Airlines flight, procured a US$200,000 ransom, and then donned a parachute, jumping from the plane to disappear into a rainy night. [PAR] The story of D.B. Cooper has inspired newspaper articles, books, movies, television shows, songs and poems. Yet it remains a mystery without a final chapter, the only unsolved skyjacking on record. Despite identifying more than 1,000 suspects over the past 36 years, federal investigators remain baffled. In a bid to once again reheat the very cold case, the FBI this week released new information, including pictures of Cooper's tie and parachute. [PAR] "This case is 36 years old; it's beyond its expiration date, but I asked for the case because I was intrigued with it," Larry Carr, a federal agent based in Seattle, Wash., who recently took over the Cooper investigation, told The New York Times. [PAR] "I remember as a child reading about it and wondering what had happened. It's surreal that after 36 years here I am the only investigator left. I wanted to take a shot at solving it." [PAR] While Cooper's fate after leaping from the plane somewhere between Seattle and Reno, Nev., remains unknown, police say some details have become clear over the years. For example, investigators have concluded that the criminal was not an expert skydiver. "We originally thought Cooper was an experienced jumper, perhaps even a paratrooper," Mr. Carr said in a statement. "[But] no experienced parachutist would have jumped in the pitch-black night, in the rain, with a 200-mile-an-hour wind in his face, wearing loafers and a trench coat. It was simply too risky." [PAR] It is also unlikely that Cooper had an accomplice waiting on the ground. If someone was assisting him, the hijacker would have been concerned about where he disembarked, investigators contend. But Cooper simply told the flight crew to "fly to Mexico" and then flung himself into dense cloud cover at 8 p.m., making it nearly impossible for him to know where he was going to land. [PAR] Cooper initially boarded Flight 305 between Portland, Ore., and Seattle in the early afternoon, dressed in a business suit with a black tie. He had purchased a ticket for the short flight for US$18.52 using the name "Dan Cooper." (There is no evidence the suspect ever called himself "D.B. Cooper." Police interviewed and released a man with those initials early in the investigation. The media started identifying the fugitive by the same name). [PAR] The man ordered a bourbon and soda and lit a cigarette while waiting for takeoff. Once airborne, he called over a stewardess and showed her a tangle of wires and red sticks hidden in the briefcase he carried. He then dictated a note

Dan (D. B.) Cooper leapt from a 727 operated by what airline, disappearing into the inky dark with $200,000 cash, the only unsolved U.S. aircraft hijacking?

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[DOC] [TLE] Theodore Roosevelt - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.comTheodore Roosevelt - U.S. Presidents - HISTORY.com [PAR] Theodore Roosevelt [PAR] A+E Networks [PAR] Introduction [PAR] The rising young Republican politician Theodore Roosevelt unexpectedly became the 26th president of the United States in September 1901, after the assassination of William McKinley. Young and physically robust, he brought a new energy to the White House, and won a second term on his own merits in 1904. Roosevelt confronted the bitter struggle between management and labor head-on and became known as the great “trust buster” for his strenuous efforts to break up industrial combinations under the Sherman Antitrust Act. He was also a dedicated conservationist, setting aside some 200 million acres for national forests, reserves and wildlife refuges during his presidency. In the foreign policy arena, Roosevelt won a Nobel Peace Prize for his negotiations to end the Russo-Japanese War and spearheaded the beginning of construction on the Panama Canal. After leaving the White House and going on safari in Africa, he returned to politics in 1912, mounting a failed run for president at the head of a new Progressive Party. [PAR] Google [PAR] Theodore Roosevelt’s Early Life and Career [PAR] Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858, into a wealthy family in New York City. Known as “Teedie”–later “Teddy”–he was frail and sickly as a boy, and as a teenager followed a program of gymnastics and weightlifting to build up his strength. Upon graduating from Harvard College in 1880, Roosevelt married Alice Hathaway Lee and entered Columbia University Law School, though he dropped out after only one year to enter public service. He was elected to the New York State Assembly at the age of 23, and served two terms (1882-84). Both his wife and mother died on the same day in 1884, and the grieving Roosevelt spent the next two years on a ranch he owned in the Badlands of the Dakota Territory, where he hunted big game, drove cattle and worked as a frontier sheriff. Upon returning to New York, he married his childhood sweetheart, Edith Kermit Carow. The couple would raise six children, including Roosevelt’s daughter from his first marriage, Alice. [PAR] Did You Know? [PAR] Early in his presidency, Theodore Roosevelt sparked a scandal when he invited the African-American educator Booker T. Washington to dine with him and his family; he was the first president ever to entertain a black man in the White House. [PAR] In 1886, Roosevelt ran unsuccessfully for mayor of New York City. Two years later, President Benjamin Harrison rewarded Roosevelt’s service to the Republican Party with a job on the U.S. Civil Service Commission; he was reappointed by Harrison’s successor, Grover Cleveland . In 1895, Roosevelt became president of the New York City Board of Police Commissioners, and in 1897 William McKinley named him as assistant secretary of the U.S. Navy. Upon the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in 1898, Roosevelt left his post as naval secretary to become colonel of the First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry, known as the “Rough Riders.” Once in Cuba, Roosevelt led the Rough Riders in a brave, costly uphill charge in the Battle of San Juan; he returned home as one of the war’s most visible heroes. [PAR] Teddy Roosevelt’s Unexpected Path to the White House [PAR] The Republican political machine in New York threw their considerable support behind the returning war hero, helping Roosevelt defeat a popular Democratic candidate to win the governorship. Once elected, Roosevelt displayed his characteristic independence and unwillingness to buckle to the pressure of party bosses. In 1900, the leading New York Republican Thomas C. Platt conspired with national party boss Mark Hanna to get Roosevelt named as McKinley’s running mate, in order to keep him from running for a second term in the governor’s office. Roosevelt campaigned vigorously for McKinley, traveling by train for more than 21,000 miles to speak in 24 states, and McKinley and Roosevelt won in a landslide over Democrats William Jennings Bryan and Adlai E. Stevenson. [PAR] On September 6, 1901, a deranged anarchist named Leon Czolgosz shot McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. McKinley died eight days later, and Roosevelt was sworn in as the 26th president.

On December 10, 1906, which totally badassed US president won the Nobel Peace Prize for negotiating an end to the Russo-Japanese War, the first American ever to win a Nobel Prize?

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[DOC] [TLE] Duck and Cover Drills Bring the Cold War HomeDuck and Cover Drills Bring the Cold War Home [PAR]   [PAR]   [PAR] After the Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb in 1949, the American public was understandably nervous. They were aware of the destruction that individual atomic bombs did to the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. But the general public did not know a lot yet about the dangers of radiation and fallout. [PAR] So, a new Federal Civil Defense Administration (FCDA) was set up in 1951 to educate – and reassure – the country that there were ways to survive an atomic attack from the Soviet Union. They commissioned a university study on how to achieve "emotion management" during the early days of the Cold War. [PAR] One of their approaches was to involve schools. Teachers in selected cities were encouraged to conduct air raid drills where they would suddenly yell, "Drop!" and students were expected to kneel down under their desks with their hands clutched around their heads and necks. Some schools even distributed metal "dog tags," like those worn by World War II soldiers, so that the bodies of students could be identified after an attack. [PAR] The next logical step was to promote these "preparedness" measures around the country, and the FCDA decided the best way to do that was to commission an educational film that would appeal to children. In 1951, the agency awarded a contract for the production to a New York firm known as Archer Films. [PAR] Archer called in teachers to meet with them and got the endorsement of the National Education Association. An administrator at a private school in McLean, Virginia, mentioned that they had participated in the "duck and cover" drills. That was the first time the producers had heard the drills called that, and they thought the phrase would work as a title. [PAR] The producers went to work on a script that would combine live actors and an animated turtle to encourage kids to duck down to the ground and get under some form of cover – a desk, a table or next to a wall – if they ever saw a bright flash of light. The flash would presumably be produced by an atomic blast. The hero of the film was the animated Turtle named Bert who wore a pith helmet and quickly ducked his head into his shell when a monkey in a tree set off a firecracker nearby. [PAR] At the time, not that much was generally known about the effects of radiation sickness and radioactive fallout away from Ground Zero of a nuclear blast. In addition, the first atomic weapons were produced by a fission reaction. In the early bombs, uranium was compressed into a "critical mass," where enough radioactive material came together to create a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction. Millions of free neutrons would hit uranium or plutonium atoms and break them apart, releasing more neutrons. An explosion resulted. [PAR] The resulting explosion of this fission reaction was the equivalent of at least 15,000 tons of TNT – the most powerful conventional explosive. In the parlance of the time, the Hiroshima bomb was a 15-kiloton weapon. Most people were concerned with the tremendous heat and blast damage that atomic bombs produced, not with the relatively small amount of radiation produced. [PAR] So, when Duck and Cover was completed in January 1952, its admonition perhaps could have saved some lives in the event of an atomic-bomb attack. Civil Defense officials liked the animated turtle and his monkey tormentor so much that they included the film in the "Alert America Convoy." The convoy had 10 trucks and trailers that toured he country for nine months in 1952. Each vehicle contained civil defense dioramas, posters, 3-D models and a film theatre showing Duck and Cover and other educational movies. The theme was practical ways individuals could "beat the bomb." According to the FCDA, 1.1 million people eventually saw the convoy exhibits. [PAR] At the same time, Duck and Cover was premiered to educators at a gala screening at a Manhattan movie theatre. From there, it was distributed to schools around the country by one of the largest educational film distributors. It was shown on television stations around the country, and some

Stop, drop, and roll was drilled in your head in elementary school if you ever caught on fire. What did they expect you to do in the case of a nuclear attack?

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[DOC] [TLE] SpongeBob SquarePantsSpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. The series chronicles the adventures and endeavors of the title character and his various friends in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom. The series' popularity has made it a media franchise, as well as the highest rated series to ever air on Nickelodeon, and the most distributed property of MTV Networks. The media franchise has generated $8 billion in merchandising revenue for Nickelodeon. [PAR] Many of the ideas for the series originated in an unpublished educational comic book titled The Intertidal Zone, which Hillenburg created in 1989. He began developing SpongeBob SquarePants into a television series in 1996 upon the cancellation of Rocko's Modern Life, and turned to Tom Kenny, who had worked with him on that series, to voice the title character. SpongeBob was originally going to be named SpongeBoy, and the series was to be called SpongeBoy Ahoy!, but these were both changed, as the name was already trademarked. [PAR] Nickelodeon held a preview for the series in the United States on May 1, 1999, following the television airing of the 1999 Kids' Choice Awards. The series officially premiered on July 17, 1999. It has received worldwide critical acclaim since its premiere and gained enormous popularity by its second season. A feature film, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, was released in theaters on November 19, 2004, and a sequel was released on February 6, 2015. On July 21, 2012, the series was renewed and aired its ninth season, beginning with the episode "Extreme Spots". [PAR] The series has won a variety of awards, including six Annie Awards, eight Golden Reel Awards, two Emmy Awards, 12 Kids' Choice Awards, and two BAFTA Children's Awards. Despite its widespread popularity, the series has been involved in several public controversies, including one centered on speculation over SpongeBob's intended sexual orientation, and another focusing on the perceived declining quality of the show's content since the release of the first film. In 2011, a newly described species of mushroom, Spongiforma squarepantsii, was named after the cartoon's title character. [PAR] Premise [PAR] Characters [PAR] The series revolves around its title character and his various friends. SpongeBob SquarePants is an energetic and optimistic sea sponge (although his appearance more closely resembles a kitchen sponge) who lives in a sea pineapple and loves his job as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab. He has a pet snail, Gary, who meows like a cat. Living two houses down from SpongeBob is his best friend Patrick Star, a dim-witted yet friendly pink starfish who lives under a rock. Despite his "mental setbacks", Patrick still sees himself as intelligent. Squidward Tentacles is SpongeBob's next-door neighbor and co-worker at the Krusty Krab. Squidward is an arrogant and ill-tempered octopus who lives in an Easter Island moai and dislikes his neighbors (especially SpongeBob) for their childlike behavior. He enjoys playing the clarinet and painting self-portraits, but hates his job as a cashier. [PAR] Another close friend of SpongeBob is Sandy Cheeks, a squirrel from Texas. She is a scientist and an expert in karate. She lives in an underwater tree dome (a tree Sandy brought with her that is entrapped in a clear glass dome locked by a tight, hand-turned seal). When outside of her dwelling, she wears an astronaut-like suit because she cannot breathe underwater. Mr. Krabs, a miserly crab obsessed with money, is the owner of the Krusty Krab restaurant and SpongeBob's boss. His rival, Plankton, is a small green copepod who owns a low-rank fast-food restaurant called the Chum Bucket, located across the street from the Krusty Krab. Plankton spends most of his time planning to steal the secret recipe for Mr. Krabs' popular Krabby Patty burgers, so as to gain the upper hand and put the Krusty Krab out of business. [PAR] Other recurring characters appear throughout the series, such as SpongeBob's ever-suffering driving teacher Mrs. Puff; Mr. Krabs' whiney teenage whale daughter Pearl; Plankton's

Name the year: The Euro becomes official currency; Mandalay Bay opens in Vegas; Columbine; SpongeBob SquarePants debuts; Lance Armstrong wins his first Tour de France; WTO riots paralyze Seattle;

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[DOC] [TLE] Green Bay Packers Team History | Pro Football Hall of Fame ...Green Bay Packers Team History | Pro Football Hall of Fame Official Site [PAR] Team Greats [PAR] Team History [PAR] The incredible saga of the Green Bay Packers began in August 1919, when the Indian Packing Company agreed to sponsor a local pro football team under the direction of Earl (Curly) Lambeau. In 1921, the Packers were granted a membership in the new National Football League. [PAR] Today, they rank as the third oldest team in pro football. The long and storied history of the Green Bay team is one of struggle, until comparatively recent, for financial survival off the field and playing stability on the field. The Packers' record has been punctuated with periods of both the highest success and the deepest depths of defeat. [PAR] Many great football players have performed for the Green Bay team but two coaches, Lambeau and Vince Lombardi, rank as the most dominant figures in the Packers' epic. Between the two, Lambeau and Lombardi brought the Packers 11 NFL championships, including two record strings of three straight titles, the first in 1929, 1930 and 1931 and the second in 1965, 1966 and 1967. Those last three championships completed the Packers' dynasty years in the 1960s, which began with Green Bay also winning NFL championships in 1961 and 1962. During the late 1930s and early 1940s, the Lambeau-led Packers were annual championship contenders. They won four divisional crowns and NFL titles in 1936, 1939 and 1944. [PAR] Individually, Lambeau, Lombardi and 20 long-time Packers players are enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Hall of Fame players from the early years include Don Hutson, history's first great pass receiver, Arnie Herber, Clarke Hinkle, Cal Hubbard, John (Blood) McNally, Mike Michalske and Tony Canadeo. The great Packers elevens of the 1960s produced Jim Taylor, Forrest Gregg, Bart Starr, Ray Nitschke, Herb Adderley, Willie Davis, Jim Ringo, Paul Hornung, Willie Wood and Henry Jordan for the Hall. More recent Packers who've earned election to the Hall of Fame include wide receiver James Lofton, defensive lineman Reggie White and linebacker Dave Robinson. [PAR] Green Bay, home of the Packers, is still a city of less than 100,000 and is viewed as sort of a sports "dinosaur" as the only remaining small city in the big-city world of major league professional sports franchises. Green Bay is unique in another way -- the team is the only community-owned non-profit organization in the NFL. From 1937-1994 the Packers played their home games in two cities. Five of their eight home games were played in Green Bay's Lambeau Field and the remaining three at Milwaukee County Stadium in Milwaukee. Today the Packers play exclusively in Lambeau Field. [PAR] The Packers first played on a couple of small fields in Green Bay and then in 6,000-seat City Stadium beginning in 1925. Eventually, the City Stadium capacity reached 25,000. On September 29, 1957, the Packers dedicated a modern $1,000,000 stadium with a 32,150-seat capacity. Subsequent expansions and renovations have brought the Green Bay facility, officially named Lambeau Field in 1965, to its current capacity. [PAR] Off the field, the Packers remain a financially sound, competitive and historically rich franchise. On the field the glory years are back. In 1996, the Packers returned to the top of the pro football world when they won Super Bowl XXXI. Green Bay won the Super Bowl for a fourth time in 2010 when the Packers defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in Super Bowl XLV. [PAR] Close[DOC] [TLE] Team History | Green Bay PackersTeam History | Green Bay Packers [PAR] Chapter 14 [PAR] ROUGH RHODE(S) [PAR] Moving swiftly, Wolf tabbed Ray Rhodes, former Eagles head coach and Green Bay defensive coordinator, as the Packers’ 12th head coach, Jan. 11, 1999. The Packers launched 1999 under Rhodes in breathtaking fashion, winning three of the first four games in the last minute. Fate, however, suddenly stopped smiling as Green Bay (8-8) missed the playoffs for the first time since 1992, ending seven straight winning seasons. Saying the Packers lacked the needed toughness and

The Green Bay Packers play at what storied stadium?

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[DOC] [TLE] Herman Cain Suspends Presidential Campaign - OTBHerman Cain Suspends Presidential Campaign [PAR] Herman Cain Suspends Presidential Campaign [PAR] Doug Mataconis   ·   Saturday, December 3, 2011   ·   30 Comments [PAR] After a morning of speculation, Herman Cain appeared at what was intended to be his Georgia campaign headquarters and announced he was suspending campaign: [PAR] Herman Cain, a little known businessman who became a frontrunner in the Republican presidential race, suspended his campaign Saturday following allegations of an extramarital affair and claims of sexual harassment. [PAR] For the past month, Cain has held on as an embattled candidate, denying accusations that he had sexually harassed several women when he headed the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s. With his standing in the polls already slipping, an Atlanta woman this week came forward and alleged that she and Cain had carried on a 13-year affair. [PAR] The former Godfather’s chief executive, whose snappy slogans and simple policy prescriptions won over voters, fiercely denied all of the accusations. [PAR] Cain’s decision is the latest twist in a Republican primary contest that has been marked by a search among conservatives for an alternative to Mitt Romney, the establishment favorite. In early summer, that was Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, followed by Texas Gov. Rick Perry and, by late September, Cain. In recent weeks, Newt Gingrich, dismissed in June after his campaign imploded, has risen to the top of the field alongside Romney. [PAR] The question now is where Cain’s support, which was fading even before he dropped out, will go. Many political observers believe Gingrich is the likeliest beneficiary, with one group of anti-Romney voters shifting to another. But there is evidence that Romney too could benefit — a Pew poll conducted before Thanksgiving showed that Cain supporters split evenly between Romney and Gingrich when asked for their second choice. Second-tier candidates, such as Texas Rep. Ron Paul, are likely to make an aggressive push for Cain voters as well. [PAR] In a Republican nominating contest that has see-sawed from one frontrunner to another, Cain, 65, was perhaps the unlikeliest to rise to the top of the pack. A former pizza executive with no political experience, little campaign to speak of and a schedule tailored more to selling books than winning votes, Cain nevertheless captured the hearts of Republican voters with a clear message, confidently delivered. [PAR] In a field of politicians and Washington insiders, he was a businessman with “bold new ideas.” While Mitt Romney had a 59-point economic plan and a 160-page book to explain it, Cain said the nation’s ills could be fixed with three simple numbers — 9, 9 and 9. [PAR] Cain talked so incessantly about his plan — which would have scrapped the current tax code and replaced it with a 9 percent tax on individuals, a 9 percent tax on businesses, and a 9 percent sales tax — that it became both a punch line and a selling point. [PAR] On the campaign trail, Cain attracted large crowds who were drawn to his straight-forward style, folksy sayings (“awwww shucky ducky now!”) and affability. More than once he delighted crowds by breaking into song. Released in the midst of his presidential run, his latest book, “THIS IS HERMAN CAIN!,” became a bestseller. [PAR] Cain also embraced his role as the first African American to rise to the top tier of a Republican nominating contest. When asked whether he was the flavor of the week for Republican voters, Cain told Jay Leno to call him “Haagen-Dazs Black Walnut” because “it tastes good all the time.” And he used his up-by-my-bootstraps story of growing up poor and black in Atlanta to connect with voters and extol American values. [PAR] Cain’s standing began to disintegrate in late October when Politico reported that two women had been given payments after making claims of sexual harassment at the restaurant association. Later, the Associated Press said a third woman had come forward to say she also had been sexually harassed by Cain. [PAR] On Nov. 7, a Chicago woman, Sharon Bialek, went on television with celebrity attorney Gloria Allred and claimed Cain had been sexually

What presidential candidate suspended his campaign on Saturday, following allegations of adultery among his many other woes?

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[DOC] [TLE] Theodore Roosevelt, 26th Us President - Timeline IndexTheodore Roosevelt, 26th Us President, 1901-1909 - Timeline Index [PAR] Theodore Roosevelt, 26th Us President, 1901-1909 [PAR] Theodore Roosevelt, 26th Us President, 1901-1909 [PAR] Theodore Roosevelt is mostly remembered as the twenty-sixth President of the United States (1901-1909), but this astonishingly multifaceted man was a great many other things as well. [PAR] In addition to holding elective office as a New York State Assemblyman, Governor of New York, Vice President, and President, he was also a deputy sheriff in the Dakota Territory, Police Commissioner of New York City, U.S. Civil Service Commissioner, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and Colonel of the Rough Riders *, all by the age of 42, at which time he became the youngest man ever to hold the office of President. [PAR] His specific achievements are numerous. Perhaps his greatest contribution was his work for conservation. During his tenure in the White House from 1901 to 1909, he designated 150 National Forests, the first 51 Federal Bird Reservations, 5 National Parks, the first 18 National Monuments, the first 4 National Game Preserves, and the first 21 Reclamation Projects. Altogether, in the seven-and-one-half years he was in office, he provided federal protection for almost 230 million acres, a land area equivalent to that of all the East coast states from Maine to Florida. [PAR] More on this Website[DOC] [TLE] THEODORE ROOSEVELT 26th President - Pinterest1000+ images about THEODORE ROOSEVELT 26th President on Pinterest | Theodore roosevelt, Roosevelt and Us presidents [PAR] Pinterest • The world’s catalog of ideas [PAR] THEODORE ROOSEVELT 26th President [PAR] Pictures of the 26th President of the United States. Teddy Roosevelt [PAR] 107 Pins58 Followers[DOC] [TLE] The 26th US President - Theodore RooseveltThe 26th US President - Theodore Roosevelt [PAR] Theodore Roosevelt [PAR] George W. Bush [PAR] � [PAR] Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th US President (1901-1909) after the assassination of President William McKinley. Nicknamed Teddy, he was one of the most popular and important Presidents ever to serve in the Chief Executive Office. A hero in Cuba during the Spanish-American War, his foreign policy was summed up in the phrase "Speak softly and carry a big stick." The Panama Canal was built during his tenure in the White House. [PAR] Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858 into a prosperous Dutch New York City family. As a child he was sickly, suffering from asthma and poor eyesight. He exercised vigorously to improve his health and increase his body strength. He was a man of hearty enthusiasm and was devoted to physical fitness. When he was pleased he would say "Bully!" Roosevelt enjoyed big game hunting, and toy makers created the teddy bear after a cartoonist drew Roosevelt with a bear cub. His hunting produced a unique collection of animals that he donated to the Smithsonian Institute. [PAR] Teddy Roosevelt was also an author. Between 1880 and 1900 he wrote more than a dozen books, the best known of which is "The Winning of the West", which was published in four volumes. Teddy was much loved by the public, and he thoroughly enjoyed his presidency. Upon leaving office, he said, "I do not believe that anyone else has ever enjoyed the White House as much as I have." [PAR] Theodore Roosevelt's first taste of politics came when was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1882. In 1884, bereaved by the deaths of his mother and his wife, Alice Hathaway Lee (who died giving birth to a daughter who did survive), he left New York and retired to his ranch in the Dakota Territory. He spent the next two years ranching and hunting for big game. [PAR] In 1886, Roosevelt both remarried and reentered politics. After an unsuccessful campaign in 1886 for mayor of New York City and a failed bid to get on the national Republican ticket in 1888, he was finally, in 1889, appointed United States Civil Service Commissioner. He was re-appointed in 1893. From 1895 to 1897, he served as New York City's police commissioner. In 1887 he met and subsequently married Edith

Holding office from 1901 to 1909, who was the 26th President of the United States?

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[DOC] [TLE] What is a Paper Ream? (with picture) - wiseGEEKWhat is a Paper Ream? (with picture) [PAR] What is a Paper Ream? [PAR] Last Modified Date: 09 January 2017 [PAR] Copyright Protected: [PAR] These 10 animal facts will amaze you [PAR] A paper ream is a package of 500 sheets of paper of the same quality and style that have been cut to the same size. Consumers often purchase paper in the form of reams, while printers may work in even bigger volumes. This amount is also used as unit of base measurement for calculating the weight of paper, which is a reference to its density. Weight is usually indicated with the pound symbol (#), often on the endcap of a ream so that consumers can refer to this information when selecting paper. [PAR] Originally, a paper ream was made up of 20 quires, sheaves consisting of 24 sheets of paper, meaning that a ream actually contained 480 sheets. The definition of “quire” itself has also changed through the ages, but this is an entirely separate issue. To add to the chaos, printers usually purchased reams that contained 516 sheets of paper, to account for potential wastage. Ultimately, many paper companies adopted a 500 sheet standard to reduce confusion. [PAR] Ad [PAR] It is still possible to find a so-called “short ream” of only 480 sheets, however. Short reams are more common with fine or unique papers, but they do crop up in the realm of office supplies as well. Consumers should check for a label that will indicate whether or not a package of paper is a short ream. This can become especially critical for shoppers who are purchasing paper by the case, as a case of ten short reams will fall short of the 5,000 sheets of paper one would expect. [PAR] As discussed above, the paper ream is also used to measure paper density. When writing paper is labeled as 20#, for example, it means that a stack of 500 sheets that measure 17 by 22 inch (36 by 56 centimeter) weighs 20 pounds (9 kilograms). Other types of paper use different base sizes. In countries that use the metric system, many paper companies standardize this measurement, using 1 square meter as the basis size for a ream when determining weight, no matter what kind of paper it is. Weights can get confusing, since the paper is often cut after its weight has determined; this explains why a ream of 35# bond , for example, does not actually weigh 35 pounds (16 kilograms). [PAR] The weight of paper is an important concern for many people. Some weights, for example, will not fit through regular office printers, while others are too flimsy for certain tasks. Many paper companies offer base styles in a number of weights, allowing people to choose the one most suited to their purpose, whether it is a formal wedding invitation or a business letter. [PAR] Ad[DOC] [TLE] Full text of "Rules and formulæ in elementary mathematics"Full text of "Rules and formulæ in elementary mathematics" [PAR] See other formats [PAR] Google This is a digital copy of a book that was preserved for generations on library shelves before it was carefully scanned by Google as part of a project to make the world's books discoverable online. It has survived long enough for the copyright to expire and the book to enter the public domain. A public domain book is one that was never subject to copyright or whose legal copyright term has expired. Whether a book is in the public domain may vary country to country. Public domain books are our gateways to the past, representing a wealth of history, culture and knowledge that's often difficult to discover. Marks, notations and other maiginalia present in the original volume will appear in this file - a reminder of this book's long journey from the publisher to a library and finally to you. Usage guidelines Google is proud to partner with libraries to digitize public domain materials and make them widely accessible. Public domain books belong to the public and we are merely their custodians. Nevertheless, this work is expensive, so in order to

Consisting of 20 quires of 25 sheets, the ream is a common retail unit of what product?

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[DOC] [TLE] The Twelve Days of Christmas (song)"The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol that enumerates in the manner of a cumulative song a series of increasingly grand gifts given on each of the twelve days of Christmas (the twelve days after Christmas). The song, published in England in 1780 without music as a chant or rhyme, is thought to be French in origin. "The Twelve Days of Christmas" has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 68. The tunes of collected versions vary. The standard tune now associated with it is derived from a 1909 arrangement of a traditional folk melody by English composer Frederic Austin, who first introduced the now familiar prolongation of the verse "five gold rings". [PAR] Lyrics [PAR] "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is a cumulative song, meaning that each verse is built on top of the previous verses. There are twelve verses, each describing a gift given by "my true love" on one of the twelve days of Christmas. [PAR] There are many variations in the lyrics. The lyrics given here are from Austin's 1909 publication that first established the current form of the carol. The first three verses run, in full, as follows: [PAR] Subsequent verses follow the same pattern, each adding one new gift and repeating all the earlier gifts, so that each verse is one line longer than its predecessor: [PAR] 4 Calling Birds [PAR] 5 Gold Rings [PAR] 6 Geese a-Laying [PAR] 7 Swans a-Swimming [PAR] 8 Maids a-Milking [PAR] 9 Ladies Dancing [PAR] 10 Lords a-Leaping [PAR] 11 Pipers Piping [PAR] 12 Drummers Drumming [PAR] Variations of the lyrics [PAR] The earliest known version of the lyrics was published under the title "The Twelve Days of Christmas sung at King Pepin's Ball", as part of a 1780 children's book, Mirth without Mischief. Subsequent versions have shown considerable variation: [PAR] * In the earliest versions, the word "On" is not present at the beginning of each verse—for example, the first verse begins simply "The first day of Christmas". "On" was added in Austin's 1909 version, and became very popular thereafter. [PAR] * In the early versions "my true love sent" me the gifts. However, a 20th-century variant has "my true love gave to me"; this wording has become particularly common in North America. [PAR] * The 1780 version has "four colly birds"—"colly" being a regional English expression for "black". This wording must have been opaque to many even in the 19th century: "canary birds", "colour'd birds", "curley birds", and "corley birds" are found in its place. Frederic Austin's 1909 version, which introduced the now-standard melody, also altered the fourth day's gift to four "calling" birds, and this variant has become the most popular, although "colly" is still found. [PAR] * The "five gold rings" may become "five golden rings", especially in North America. In the standard melody, this change enables singers to fit one syllable per musical note. [PAR] * The gifts associated with the final four days are often reordered. For example, the pipers may be on the ninth day rather than the eleventh. Annotations reprinted from 4000 Years of Christmas by Earl W. Count (New York: Henry Schuman, 1948) [PAR] For ease of comparison with Austin's 1909 version given above: [PAR] (a) differences in wording, ignoring capitalisation and punctuation, are indicated in italics; [PAR] (b) items that do not appear at all in Austin's version are indicated in bold italics. [PAR] Scotland [PAR] In Scotland, early in the 19th century, the recitation began: "The king sent his lady on the first Yule day, | A popingo-aye [parrot]; | Wha learns my carol and carries it away?" The succeeding gifts were two partridges, three plovers, a goose that was grey, three starlings, three goldspinks, a bull that was brown, three ducks a-merry laying

According to the classic 12 Days of Christmas song, what group were there 11 of?

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[DOC] [TLE] Amanda Knox - 必应 - bing.comAmanda Knox - 必应 [PAR] Sign in [PAR] Amanda Knox [PAR] Amanda Marie Knox (born July 9, 1987) is an American woman who spent almost four years in an Italian prison following the 2007 murder of Meredith Kercher, one of the women who shared her apartment, before being definitively acquitted by the Supreme Court of Cassation. Knox, then a twenty years old student, had raised the alarm after returning from spending the night with her boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito. Following an interrogation, the conduct of which is a matter of dispute, Knox implicated herself and an employer. Knox and Sollecito were initially a ... (展开) ccused of murdering Kercher while acting with the employer, but he was released and substituted for Rudy Guede after Guede's bloodstained fingerprints were found on Kercher's possessions. Pre-trial publicity in Italian media portrayed Knox in a negative light, leading to complaints that the prosecution was using character assassination tactics. A guilty verdict at Knox's initial trial and her 26-year sentence caused international controversy, as U.S. forensic experts thought evidence at the crime scene was incompatible with her involvement. A prolonged legal process, including a successful prosecution appeal against her acquittal at a second-level trial, continued after Knox was freed in 2011. On March 27, 2015, Italy's highest court—the Supreme Court of Cassation—definitively exonerated Knox and Sollecito. Knox's conviction for Calunnia against her employer was upheld by all courts. On January 14, 2016 Ms. Knox was acquitted of Calunnia for saying she had been struck by policewomen during the interrogation. [PAR] Amanda KnoxItaly [PAR] Perugia background [PAR] Perugia, the city where the murder of Kercher took place, is known for its universities and large population of students. There had reportedly not been a killing in the city for twenty years, but its prosecutors had been responsible for Italy's most controversial murder cases. In 2... [PAR] Amanda Knox Early life [PAR] Amanda Knox grew up in West Seattle with three younger sisters. Her mother, Edda Mellas, a mathematics teacher, and her father, Curt Knox, a vice president of finance at the local Macy's, divorced when Amanda was a few years old. Her stepfather, Chris Mellas, is an information-technology consultant. Knox first travelled to Italy at the age of 15, when she visited Rome, Pisa, the Amalfi Coast and the ruins of Pompeii on a family holiday. Her interest in the country was increased by the book Under the Tuscan Sun, which her mother gave her. She graduated in 2005 from the Seattle Preparatory School and studied linguistics at the University of Washington; making the university's dean's list, and working at part-time jobs to fund an academic year in Italy. Relatives described the 20-year-old Knox as outgoing, but unwary. Her stepfather had strong reservations about her going to Italy that year, as he felt she was still too naïve. [PAR] Perugia background [PAR] Perugia, the city where the murder of Kercher took place, is known for its universities and large population of students. There had reportedly not been a killing in the city for twenty years, but its prosecutors had been responsible for Italy's most controversial murder cases. In 2002 the conviction in Perugia of former Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti for ordering the murder of a journalist (linked to a secret masonic lodge) resulted in complaints that the justice system had "gone mad". The Supreme Court took the unusual step of definitively acquitting him the next year. [PAR] In early 2002, Perugia prosecutor Giuliano Mignini, who enjoyed taking a detective-like role and was later to be in charge of the Kercher investigation, arraigned members of a respectable masonic lodge for an alleged conspiracy reportedly involving serial killings and Satanic rites. Mignini investigated fellow prosecutors for complicity in the supposed plot, and appealed dismissals of the charges; there were no convictions the case, which finally ended in 2010. According to a scholar who researched comparative law in Italy, selective changes to the Italian legal system left it unable to cope when a prosecutor with Mignini's American-style adversarial approach used his powers to the fullest. [PAR] Via della Pergola 7 [PAR] In Perugia

Following a year trial, Seattle resident Amanda Knox had her fate decided at the hands of an Italian jury. How did they find her?

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[DOC] [TLE] Free Willy Makes A Splash For 20 Year Anniversary / Story ...Free Willy Makes A Splash For 20 Year Anniversary / Story Of Keiko The Killer Whale And His Ties To Michael Jackson | ALL THINGS MICHAEL [PAR] Free Willy Makes A Splash For 20 Year Anniversary / Story Of Keiko The Killer Whale And His Ties To Michael Jackson [PAR] Posted on [PAR] 0 [PAR] Source: Huffington Post [PAR] July 16 marks the 20th anniversary of the release of “Free Willy,” the emotional family film which stole the hearts of viewers. Starring Jason James Richter as a young man who becomes friends with an Orca whale named Willy (played by famous whale Keiko), “Free Willy” brought in $77.69 million at the box office and was followed by two sequels: “Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home” and “Free Willy 3: The Rescue.” [PAR] Twenty years ago, Warner Bros. released the family film, Free Willy and millions of children and adults fell in love with Keiko, the orca whale starring in the movie. Children were mesmerized by the relationship of a troubled 12-year-old boy and the 2000-pound captive whale that needed his help to return to the ocean to join his family. Little did we know… but life was about to imitate art. [PAR] After spending months with Keiko in Mexico City, our last day of filming was bittersweet. We were anxious to move on to our next location, but leaving Keiko to languish behind in a tiny chlorinated pool was unacceptable. We (the producers) made a pledge to do something about it! But how? [PAR] After the first preview of the film, we knew we had touched an emotional chord when a man came up to us and offered money to help free the whales! Warner Bros. received more mail than Santa that year from kids insisting that “Willy”/Keiko be set free. [PAR] By teaming up with the Earth Island Foundation, the “Free Willy/Keiko Foundation” was created and an 800# was featured at the end of the film for anyone who wanted to make a donation to help Keiko. Adults and children overwhelmingly responded from around the world. The movie went on to become a big hit for the studio, but Keiko was still deteriorating in his under-sized tank. Now what? [PAR] Theresa Demarest’s film Keiko, the Untold Story of the Star of Free Willy documents the great effort, commitment and perseverance from several organizations, most notably Earth Island and the Humane Society, to strike a deal with the Mexican amusement park that owned Keiko to donate the whale to the Foundation. Donations came from WB, New Regency, The McCaw Foundation and the public and UPS to fly Keiko to his new rehab facility in Oregon and eventually Keiko was flown home to Iceland in a U.S. Air Force carrier! Life imitating art, indeed. [PAR] When adults talk to us about Free Willy, they remember it as a childhood favorite that they watched repeatedly. Now as young parents, they are eager to share it with their own kids. After the tragic event at Sandy Hook, we were very touched to learn that Jessica Rekos (age six) had been a big fan of Free Willy and watched it many times and dreamed of becoming a marine biologist. She would have loved Keiko, the Untold Story to see how the “real Willy” got released back into the wild. [PAR] A Free Willy/Keiko fundraising event on August 17th at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood will provide an opportunity to entertain and educate a new generation of kids to believe beyond their wildest dreams that they can make a difference in this world. Both Free Willyand Keiko the Untold Story of the Star of Free Willy will be shown after a Blue Carpet reception. Cast and crew from both films will participate in a Q&A between the films. Teaming with LAUSD’s Beyond the Bell Division, the Free Willy/Keiko Foundation will also bring 200 students to the event. It’s great to know that the message is as relevant today as it was 20 years ago! [PAR] ‘Free Willy’ Turns 20: Catching Up With Star Jason James Richter [PAR] Source

December 12, 2003 saw the death of Keiko, an Orca whale, off the coast of Finland. Keiko achieved fame as a star in what movie series?

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[DOC] [TLE] The Mayflower and Plymouth Colony [ushistory.org]The Mayflower and Plymouth Colony [ushistory.org] [PAR] 3a. The Mayflower and Plymouth Colony [PAR] At the time of its famous voyage, the Mayflower was roughly 12 years old and had been in the business of shipping wine. Seen here is the replica Mayflower II. [PAR] Not all the English Separatists set out for the New World. [PAR] The first group to leave England actually headed for the Dutch Netherlands in 1608. They became uneasy in their new land as their children started speaking Dutch and abandoning English traditions. Even worse to the Separatists, the tolerance shown to them by the Dutch was shown to many different faiths. They became disgusted with the attention paid to worldly goods, and the presence of many "unholy" faiths. [PAR] The great Separatist experiment in the Netherlands came to a quick end, as they began to look elsewhere for a purer place to build their society. Some headed for English islands in the Caribbean. Those who would be forever known to future Americans as the Pilgrims set their sights on the New World in late 1620. [PAR] Crossing the Atlantic [PAR] The Mayflower Compact , signed aboard the ship on its way from England to the New World, acknowledged their loyalty to the King and pledged their obedience to such just and equal laws as would be necessary to the general good of the colony to be established after landing. This document represents the first example of a written constitution in North America. [PAR] Over a hundred travelers embarked on the voyage of the Mayflower in September 1620. Less than one third were Separatists. The rest were immigrants, adventurers, and speculators. [PAR] When the weather was good, the passengers could enjoy hot food cooked on deck. When there was high wind or storms, they lived on salted beef, a dried biscuit called "hard tack," other dried vegetables, and beer. The nearest thing to resemble a bathroom was a bucket. [PAR] Their voyage took about two months, and the passengers enjoyed a happier experience than most trans-Atlantic trips. One death was suffered and one child was born. The child was named Oceanus after the watery depths beneath them. [PAR] Are We There Yet? [PAR] One of the greatest twists of fate in human history occurred on that epochal voyage. The Pilgrims were originally bound for Virginia to live north of Jamestown under the same charter granted to citizens of Jamestown. Fate charted a different course. Lost at sea, they happened upon a piece of land that would become known as Cape Cod. After surveying the land, they set up camp not too far from Plymouth Rock. They feared venturing further south because winter was fast approaching. [PAR] The 102 travellers aboard the Mayflower landed upon the shores of Plymouth in 1620. This rock still sits on those shores to commemorate the historic event. [PAR] The Pilgrims had an important question to answer before they set ashore. Since they were not landing within the jurisdiction of the Virginia Company, they had no charter to govern them. Who would rule their society? [PAR] In the landmark Mayflower Compact of 1620, the Pilgrims decided that they would rule themselves, based on majority rule of the townsmen. This independent attitude set up a tradition of self-rule that would later lead to town meetings and elected legislatures in New England. [PAR] Like the Virginia House of Burgesses established the previous year, Plymouth colony began to lay the foundation for democracy in the American colonies. [PAR] Women had by far the hardest time of any group of Mayflower passengers — of the eighteen women that came with their husbands (no single women came on the Mayflower), all but five died--a 72% death rate which was well above the 58% for men, 25% for boys, and 18% for girls.[DOC] [TLE] The Voyage of the Mayflower - Historycentral HomeThe Voyage of the Mayflower [PAR]   [PAR]   [PAR] One hundred and two individuals, most of whom were Puritans, received a grant of land on which to set up their own colony. They set sail from England on the Mayflower, arriving in Massachusettes in December. When they landed, the colonists called their new home "New Plymouth." The colonists all signed

Dec 18, 1620 is the official landing date of the Mayflower. At what Massachusetts location did they make land?

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[DOC] [TLE] Ben BernankeBen Shalom Bernanke ( ; born December 13, 1953) is an American economist at the Brookings Institution who served two terms as chairman of the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, from 2006 to 2014. During his tenure as chairman, Bernanke oversaw the Federal Reserve's response to the late-2000s financial crisis. [PAR] Before becoming Federal Reserve chairman, Bernanke was a tenured professor at Princeton University and chaired the department of economics there from 1996 to September 2002, when he went on public service leave. [PAR] From August 5, 2002 until June 21, 2005, he was a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, proposed the Bernanke Doctrine, and first discussed "the Great Moderation" — the theory that traditional business cycles have declined in volatility in recent decades through structural changes that have occurred in the international economy, particularly increases in the economic stability of developing nations, diminishing the influence of macroeconomic (monetary and fiscal) policy. [PAR] Bernanke then served as chairman of President George W. Bush's Council of Economic Advisers before President Bush nominated him to succeed Alan Greenspan as chairman of the United States Federal Reserve. His first term began February 1, 2006. Bernanke was confirmed for a second term as chairman on January 28, 2010, after being renominated by President Barack Obama, who later referred to him as "the epitome of calm." His second term ended February 1, 2014, when he was succeeded by Janet Yellen. [PAR] Bernanke wrote about his time as chairman of the Federal Reserve in his 2015 book, The Courage to Act, in which he revealed that the world's economy came close to collapse in 2007 and 2008. Bernanke asserts that it was only the novel efforts of the Fed (cooperating with other agencies and agencies of foreign governments) that prevented an economic catastrophe greater than the Great Depression. [PAR] Family and childhood [PAR] Bernanke was born in Augusta, Georgia, and was raised on East Jefferson Street in Dillon, South Carolina. His father Philip was a pharmacist and part-time theater manager. His mother Edna was an elementary school teacher. Bernanke has two younger siblings. His brother, Seth, is a lawyer in Charlotte, North Carolina. His sister, Sharon, is a longtime administrator at Berklee College of Music in Boston. [PAR] The Bernankes were one of the few Jewish families in Dillon and attended Ohav Shalom, a local synagogue; Bernanke learned Hebrew as a child from his maternal grandfather, Harold Friedman, a professional hazzan (service leader), shochet, and Hebrew teacher. Bernanke's father and uncle owned and managed a drugstore they purchased from Bernanke's paternal grandfather, Jonas Bernanke. [PAR] Jonas Bernanke was born in Boryslav, Austria-Hungary (today part of Ukraine), on January 23, 1891. He immigrated to the United States from Przemyśl, Austria-Hungary (today part of Poland) and arrived at Ellis Island, aged 30, on June 30, 1921, with his wife Pauline, aged 25. On the ship's manifest, Jonas's occupation is listed as "clerk" and Pauline's as "doctor med". [PAR] The family moved to Dillon from New York in the 1940s. Bernanke's mother gave up her job as a schoolteacher when her son was born and worked at the family drugstore. Ben Bernanke also worked there sometimes. [PAR] Young adult [PAR] As a teenager, Bernanke worked construction on a new hospital and waited tables at a restaurant at nearby South of the Border, a roadside attraction in his hometown of Dillon, before leaving for college. To support himself throughout college, he worked during the summers at South of the Border. [PAR] Religion [PAR] As a teenager in the 1960s in the small town of Dillon, Bernanke used to help roll the Torah scrolls in his local synagogue. Although he keeps his beliefs private, his friend Mark Gertler, chairman of New York University's economics department, says they are "embedded in who he (Bernanke) is". On the other hand, the Bernanke family was concerned that Ben would "lose his Jewish identity" if

Dec 13, 1953 saw the birth of Ben Bernanke, Harvard grad with a PhD from MIT. What governmental position does he hold?

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[DOC] [TLE] Christmas Island Map, Google Map of Christmas IslandChristmas Island Map, Google Map of Christmas Island [PAR] .cx [PAR] About Christmas Island :  [PAR] The Christmas Island is a small overseas territory of Australia located in the Indian Ocean near the Island of Java. The island has a remote location and minimal human contact. This has resulted in the development of vast endemic flora and fauna here. The island is also known as the Galapagos Islands of the Indian Ocean. It covers an area of 135 sq km and had an approximate population of 2,072 in 2011. Most of the settlers here are Chinese Australians. [PAR] The island was discovered by Captain William Mynors of the British East India Company on the Christmas Day of 1643 AD. It is because of this origin that the island got its name. After several explorations, deposits of phosphate of lime were discovered on the island and it was annexed to the British Empire in 1888. The first settlement was established soon after by G. Clunies Ross who owned the nearby Cocos Islands. Finally in 1957, the sovereignty was transferred to Australia on its request and Australia paid £2.9 million in compensation to the government of Singapore. [PAR] Geography :  [PAR] The Christmas Island is located 2,600 kms from Perth in Australia and 500 kms from Indonesia. It is roughly quadrilateral in shape, the highest length being 19 kms and the highest breadth being 14.5 kms. It is actually the top of a submarine volcano, which rises from a depth of 4,500 m. The height of the summit above sea level is 300 mts. You will also find deposits of limestone from coral reefs on the Christmas Island. The central part of the island forms a plateau, surrounded by steep cliffs along the coast. A narrow fringing reef also borders the island. [PAR] How to reach (transport) :  [PAR] You can travel to the Christmas Island in the following ways: [PAR] The island is served by its own airport. Weekly flights connect it to the nearby Cocos Islands. Besides, flights are also available to Perth. There is also some talk of launching a direct flight to Jakarta from this island. [PAR] Though there are no passenger ships to the island, it is a favorite port of call for yachts and cruise ships. [PAR] Weather :  [PAR] The island has warm tropical climate influenced by the monsoon winds. The wet season lasts from November to May when heavy downpours occur at any time of the day and cyclones may also develop. The weather is drier from June to November and this is the best time to visit the Christmas Island. [PAR] Points of interest (places to visit) :  [PAR] Christmas Island is more popular with scientists and naturalists rather than with the tourists. But the clean air, quiet beaches and the friendly locals make it a great place to relax. In addition, the unique flora and fauna of the island can be of great interest to the tourist. The most important points of interest on the island are as follows: [PAR] There are several freshwater streams called dales that flow out to the ocean. During their journey, these dales have sculpted the surrounding landscape into a unique one with interesting forms or terraces. [PAR] The Lily Beach is a beautiful beach where you can find a bathing pool as you run down the sandy shores. However, it is best not to venture beyond the bathing pool as the current can be quite treacherous. [PAR] Unique geological features have been developed on the steep limestone cliffs along the coast. These are blowholes where water rushes in and throws the air out with a force. [PAR] The Dolly Beach is another scenic beach with white sands backed by the black basalt cliffs. It is known to be a nesting ground for the endangered sea turtles. [PAR] You can indulge in several activities like scuba diving, nature walking, and fishing. One of the most wonderful sights is the red crab migration that is seen here. [PAR] Accommodation :  [PAR] Though small, the Christmas Island offers a variety of accommodation ranging from lodges, cabins and boutique hotels. The Cabin, Hibiscus House, Captain’s Lookout, Mango Tree Lodge, Papaya Cottage, The Sunset, and The Sanctuary are some of

Christmas Island, a territory of Australia, is located in what ocean?

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[DOC] [TLE] Other NFL owners want Bills to replace Ralph Wilson StadiumOther NFL owners want Bills to replace Ralph Wilson Stadium [PAR] Other NFL owners want Bills to replace Ralph Wilson Stadium [PAR] Shalise Manza Young [PAR] Pin it [PAR] Share [PAR] The outside of Ralph Wilson Stadium is covered in snow in Orchard Park, N.Y. Friday, Nov. 21, 2014. Snowed out in Buffalo, the Bills are heading to Detroit to play their "home" NFL football game against the New York Jets on Monday night, Nov. 24, 2014. (AP Photo/Gary Wiepert) [PAR] More [PAR] Many an NFL owner/team has raked its home city over the coals, temporarily raising taxes to build a new stadium that many of the people who helped pay for it can't afford to attend and agreeing to a deal that puts nearly all of the money in the owner's hands while placing most of the risk in the hands of the city or county. [PAR] Not surprisingly, many of those owners now want the Pegulas, who own the Buffalo Bills , to follow their lead. [PAR] One interesting story that came out of the now-completed NFL spring meetings comes via Vic Carucci of the Buffalo News, who writes that commissioner Roger Goodell, other league executives and other team owners believe it's "imperative" that the Bills replace Ralph Wilson Stadium with a new facility. [PAR] Opened in 1973 and built for what seems now like a bargain basement cost - $22 million - The Ralph is not even close to the oldest stadium in use in the NFL (there are several older, including the Los Angeles Coliseum, where the Rams will play until their new facility opens, which opened in 1923, and the Chicago Bears' Soldier Field, which opened in 1924), but it is among the most aesthetically unpleasing, along with O.Co Coliseum, where the Oakland Raiders play, and Qualcomm Stadium, home to the San Diego Chargers. [PAR] But to hear other owners tell it, the Bills could be in big trouble if they don't build soon. [PAR] “It gets tougher and tougher to compete when all these new stadiums are going up and” the Bills are “going to be at a disadvantage, I think, somewhat competitively unless they get one,” New York Giants owner John Mara told the Buffalo News. “We’d all like to see them get a new building.” [PAR] Mara continued, “I don’t think it’s urgent like it has to happen tomorrow. But I think, for the long-term best interests of that franchise, they need to be in a new building. Listen, we’ve been in much worse stadiums, believe me. And they still have great fan support. But there’s a growing disparity in income between the top quartile teams and the bottom quartile teams, and that’s something we have to be conscious of. And a new stadium would help them a great deal.” [PAR] Terry and Kim Pegula, who bought the Bills in 2014 after iconic founding owner Wilson died, spent $1.4 billion to buy the franchise. While Carucci reports the NFL would like to see a new stadium for the Bills in the next five years or so and considers it an urgent matter, it wasn't discussed with the Pegulas during this week's meetings, nor was the matter on the docket at the sessions specifically discussing stadium updates. [PAR] Interestingly, while those outside Buffalo seem to think it's of utmost importance for the Bills to build, those inside Buffalo don't seem to agree. [PAR] In a companion piece to Carucci's story, the Buffalo News offers a story on where things stand with a new stadium, and at the moment they're standing in the middle of an empty field, all alone. [PAR] Though a New York state-commissioned report identified four potential sites for a new facility, that report came out over a year ago, and Bills president Russ Brandon said the group has since been suspended. Last summer, Terry Pegula said a new stadium is "nothing urgent right now," and Gov. Andrew Cuomo told the News a new stadium will be dealt with "when we have to." [PAR] And

Ralph Wilson Stadium is home to what NFL team?

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[DOC] [TLE] Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental is here - CNETBoeing 747-8 Intercontinental is here - CNET [PAR] Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental is here [PAR] Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental is here [PAR] The aerospace heavyweight formally unveils the next generation of its iconic jumbo jet. Despite modest sales, Boeing is confident the plane will carry on the 747's famous legacy. [PAR] Up Next Governments suck at social media, but you deserve some blame [PAR] The all-new Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental, which the aviation giant formally unveiled today in Everett, Washington.Photo by Daniel Terdiman/CNET [PAR] EVERETT, Wash.--Sporting an all-new corporate color scheme--red and orange and white instead of the company's traditional blue and white--Boeing unveiled its next-generation 747-8 Intercontinental here today. [PAR] With the formal unveiling, the aviation giant made it clear that its 787 Dreamliner is hardly its only card in the global commercial aviation poker game. [PAR] Billed as the most fuel-efficient and cheapest airliner to operate in the world, the new plane seems poised to join its predecessors in the 747 line as an iconic representation of what air travel can and should be. [PAR] And while preorders of the 747-8 Intercontinental are nowhere near what Boeing saw with the 787, the aerospace giant also appears ready to move to the final stages leading to customer delivery without the numerous, and much publicized, delays of its Dreamliner cousin. [PAR] 34 [PAR] Boeing's next-gen 747-8 Intercontinental unveiled (photos) [PAR] At a media event yesterday, Boeing vice president and deputy 747 program manager Elizabeth Lund said that the 747-8 Intercontinental is currently slated for an early spring first flight , and a fourth-quarter first passenger delivery. Asked if she felt confident about that schedule, Lund pointed out that while you can never predict unforeseen problems, "we started to build on schedule, and we're rolling out on schedule...so we're performing to plan at this point." [PAR] To date, the 747-8 program has received 107 announced preorders. But of that number, just 33 are for the Intercontinental passenger version, and from just two carriers--Lufthansa and Korean Air--and several private customers. The remaining 74 preorders are all for the 747-8 freighter, which is about a year ahead of the passenger plane. The freighter made its first flight almost exactly a year ago. [PAR] Lund acknowledged that Boeing would "love" to have more orders for the Intercontinental at this point, but argued that the plane has come to maturity during a very "tough" environment, and said that the aviation giant is "very confident" that the plane will sell well this year. [PAR] The low preorder figure for the Intercontinental indicates that the market for big, long-haul planes that fly between major transport hubs may not be as sizable as it once was. The Airbus A380 , the largest passenger plane in the world, which can carry 525 passengers in a three-class configuration, has also sold in smaller numbers than hoped. Airbus has sold 234 of the planes. Boeing's 787 Dreamliner was said to have had the most preorders in aviation history, though some carriers later pulled back, perhaps because of the difficult economy, and some would say because of the plane's many delays. To date, Boeing says that it has 847 preorders for the Dreamliner. [PAR] 35 [PAR] Where Boeing's next-gen 747-8 comes to life (photos) [PAR] Whether Boeing will ever sell anywhere near as many units as the Dreamliner is unlikely. But with its two-day media extravaganza surrounding the unveiling of the Intercontinental this weekend, Boeing is signaling that it believes in its next-generation 747, and that it is committed long-term to the platform. [PAR] New wings [PAR] One major highlight of the Intercontinental is the plane's new wing design. Created using "the latest in computational fluid dynamics validated in the world's most sophisticated wind tunnels," the wings offer improved aerodynamics, and larger fuel capacity while also allowing the plane to be as fast as, or faster than, any other passenger aircraft on Earth. [PAR] "

Yesterday saw the maiden flight of the new Boeing Dreamliner. What model number is it given?

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[DOC] [TLE] Transformers: Universe (game) - Teletraan I: The ...Transformers: Universe (game) | Teletraan I: The Transformers Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia [PAR] [ show ] [PAR] Review [PAR] Gameplay will be a third person shooter, like other Transformer games. It will also be faction-based, with players joining either the Autobots or Decepticons, and creating their own transformer which they can level up through PvP, PvE and quests. The storyline will be somewhat based on the Transformers: Prime continuity. The Game will be playable in a browser (Internet explorer, Google Chrome and Firefox have been confirmed). The game's starting point is on Earth which is also the likely battleground for Autobots and Decepticons. Other locations may be included after the game is released, such as Cybertron. The main currency of the game is Energon, which can be harvested and earned in game to buy new weapons and other items. Considering the game is free to play, Jagex developers may also make Energon available for commercial purchase, as well as other classes, weapons, armor upgrades, etc. [PAR] Currently, the Game is in Beta, and information about the game itself is limited. [PAR] Characters [PAR] Vehicons [PAR] Locations [PAR] The player-Autobot controls the behavior of commands from the command center, reminding base of the Autobots in "Prime". [PAR] The first available slot locations is abandoned Old town of Jasper, where you can place various missions, as with other players, and separately from them. [PAR] Base of the Decepticons is a spaceship Leviathan. [PAR] Plot [PAR] Autobots [PAR] Prowl welcomes a new commander and is glad that he joined the Autobots and then offers a fighter to assemble a squad that he'll be commanding. [PAR] Decepticons [PAR] Further information in this article is coming soon as it pertains to information that is not currently appropriate for inclusion. [PAR] See the relevant policy page for the reasons why, and do not add further information pending review . [PAR] Game Modes [PAR] Training [PAR] When leaving base transformer falls into one of the abandoned cities where can produce vigoron kill terrorcons and destroy enemy guns. The strength of the enemies depends on the number of simultaneously available on the card players. [PAR] Multiplayer [PAR] Collect a team of several players and sent to one of the locations where it meets another team of the same size. Transformers battle, while the players any of the commands will not be defeated by a specified number of times. [PAR] Meetor Storm [PAR] On the field fall few energy-rich meteorites, the control above which points every second. Team players are fighting for them, until one team will win 1000 points. [PAR] Free Play [PAR] The plot of the missions in this case does not depend on faction. Transformer uses the land-bridge to get into a Ghost town. There it would save a couple Vechtomov, to nurse them and send to the base. Then fighters attacked the enemy's gun and protect her Vechtomov, and then cope with terrorcons.[DOC] [TLE] Who's Who in the Transformers Universe - NTFAWho's Who in the Transformers Universe [PAR] Who's Who in the Transformers Universe [PAR] FIRST APPEARANCE: TRANSFORMERS # 1 (Optimus Prime), TRANSFORMERS # 42 (Hi Q) [PAR] "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings." [PAR] Profile: Sage, scholar, soldier - Optimus Prime is all this and more. To peace-loving beings across the galaxy the revered leader of the Autobots is the living symbol of freedom - a beacon that shines against the forces of darkness. To his followers he is a bottomless well of inspiration and courage from which they draw their strength. And to the evil Decepticons he is the one force in the universe who can shatter their dreams of galactic conquest. He has dedicated his existence to the protection of all life forms - mechanical, organic and otherwise. His wisdom and compassion are legendary. Although fate has set his course on a path of destruction and strife, his greatest desire is to bring peace and harmony to all inhabited worlds everywhere. [PAR] Optimus Prime is binary-bonded to Hi Q,

In the Transformer universe, who do the Autobots battle?

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[DOC] [TLE] The Charge of the Light Brigade, 1854 - EyeWitness to HistoryCharge of the Light Brigade [PAR] Printer Friendly Version >>> [PAR] What specifically ignited the Crimean War in 1854 has long been forgotten in the collective memory. The conflict erupted in 1854 with the Russian Empire on one side and Britain, France, the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Ottoman Empire on the other. Their dispute centered on which side would have dominant influence in the declining Ottoman Empire. The wars's major battleground was in Russia's Crimean Peninsula, which gave the conflict its name. British and French forces landed in the Crimea in the fall of 1854 with the objective of attacking Russia's naval base at the city of Sevastopol and thereby weaken its naval presence in the Black Sea. [PAR] An artist's conception of the [PAR] Charge of the Light Brigade [PAR]   [PAR] Although the war itself is only a dim recollection, what is vividly remembered is one valorously tragic incident of the campaign: the headlong cavalry charge of the British Light Brigade into murderous Russian fire; an action immortalized by Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem. [PAR] The Charge of the Light Brigade took place during a battle near the city of Balaclava on October 25, 1854. Through a miscommunication of orders, the Light Brigade of approximately 600 horsemen began a headlong charge into a treeless valley with the objective of capturing some Russian field artillery at its end. Unbeknown to them, the valley was ringed on three sides by some 20 battalions of Russian infantry and artillery. [PAR] The result was disastrous. An estimated 278 of the Light Brigade were killed or wounded. Observing the charge, a French Marshall remarked: "It is magnificent, but it is not war. It is madness." When news of the action reached London, it caused a national scandal that prompted Tennyson to pen his poem. History remembers the charge of the Light Brigade as an example of the extraordinary bravery of the British soldier in the face of enemy fire in spite of poor leadership. [PAR] "They swept proudly past, glittering in the morning sun. . ." [PAR] William Howard Russell was a correspondent for the London Illustrated News and was present at the battle. It was his description that prompted Tennyson's poem. We join Russell's account as the Light Brigade begins its charge: [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 valor knew no bounds, and far indeed was it removed from its so-called better part - discretion. [PAR] ADVERTISMENT [PAR] They advanced in two lines, quickening their 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 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, by dead men and horses, by steeds flying wounded or riderless across the plain. [PAR] 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 wed 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

Who memorialized a battle of the Crimean War in his 1854 poem The Charge of the Light Brigade?

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[DOC] [TLE] Keith Moon & Buddy Rich - First thoughts aboutKeith Moon & Buddy Rich - First thoughts about [PAR] Keith Moon & Buddy Rich [PAR] Keith John Moon (23 August 1946 – 7 September 1978) was an English musician, best known for being the drummer of the English rock group The Who. Bernard Buddy Rich (September 30, 1917 – April 2, 1987) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. 5.0/5 [PAR] Keith Moon Buddy Rich John Bonham Neil Peart Gene Krupa Ginger Baker Mitch Mitchell Lars Ulrich Max Roach Philly Joe Jones Ringo Starr Charlie Watts Mike Portnoy Steve Gadd Ed Shaughnessy Elvin Jones Art Blakey Van Halen Bill Ward Bob Weir Neal Peart [PAR] 22 Dec 2014     17:25 [PAR] I get sick and tired of seeing these year end musical questions every year about the Top Ten Greatest Drummers of All Time. Really, John Bohnam? I'm sorry but John Bohnam, Ginger Baker , Keith Moon, Mitch Mitchell , etc were all excellent drummers, maybe even great, but no way do any of them belong on a top ten list. None of them could lick the loafers of Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa , Joe Morello , Max Roach , Philly Joe Jones , Kenny Clarke , Art Blakey , Elvin Jones , Earl Palmer or Ed Shaughnessy . Now there's a top ten list. [PAR] 26 Sep 2014     15:38 [PAR] of the mighty Zep in one moment and Jim Morrison in the next. It's the Black Crowes and Keith Moon and Buddy Rich and Hendrix and *** [PAR] 01 Aug 2014     01:15 [PAR] you need the top 3 drummers to form the SUPER drummer... John Bonham 's Feet, Keith Moon's Tom Work, and Buddy Rich's Flair [PAR] 30 May 2014     15:44 [PAR] BIRTHDAY WISHES: Topper Headon was born today in 1955 in London, England. Topper Headon is best known for his drumming contributions in the punk rock band The Clash. He is regarded as one of the most inspirational and technically inventive punk rock drummers of the late 1970s and early 1980s and appeared on many seminal recordings by the Clash. Although he was not an original member of the Clash, his arrival helped push them to the next musical level, as he quickly became an integral part of the group. Born Nicholas Bowen Headon, he became known as "Topper" due to his resemblance to the character "Mickey the Monkey" from the U.K. comic "The Topper." Headon started playing drums at an early age and was a fan of jazz and soul music. Legendary drummers Buddy Rich, Gene Krupa , Keith Moon, HarveyMason, Billy Cobham , and Steve Gadd were all some of his first major influences. In 1973, Headon joined the cult progressive rock outfit Mirkwood. He appeared with them for a year and a half as they supported major act ... [PAR] 22 Feb 2014     18:25 [PAR] MUSIC HISTORY 101 February 22, 2002- English-born jazz drummer Ronnie Verrell died one day after his 76th birthday. Although he'd worked with two of the UK's most prestigious and acclaimed jazz giants, The Ted Heath Orchestra and The Syd Lawrence Orchestra, most Americans that do know of him recognize him mainly as the man behind the talent of ANIMAL, the hirsute and spastic but enthusiastic drummer on TV's The Muppet Show (whose voice is provided by actor Frank Oz ). When American jazz percussionist Buddy Rich, (one of Verrell's heroes), guested on the show, Verrell (as Animal) had a drumming duel with Rich, and won after Animal smashed a snare drum over Rich's head. Fans of The Who's drummer Keith Moon claim that the character of Animal was based on Moon, who was known for his wild antics. However, there is no evidence in the original sketches for the character that suggest that he was based on anybody in particular. Three of the other members of the Electric Mayhem were created by Muppet designer Micha ... [PAR] 10 Feb 2014     20:25 [PAR] Only somewhat vintage Ludwig realted, but who would you guys pick as 10 best drummers of all time? I'll get it going, in no particular order. Tough to limit it to only 10, and not use the criteria of 'influential'.

Keith Moon, Ginger Baker, Charlie Watts, Buddy Rich, Phil Collins and Karen Carpenter are all what type of musician?

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[DOC] [TLE] Dracula - TV TropesDracula - TV Tropes [PAR] Dracula [PAR] You need to login to do this. Get Known if you don't have an account [PAR] Share [PAR] The vampire . As Sherlock Holmes is to detectives, James Bond is to secret agents, and Superman is to Superheroes , so Dracula is to vampires. [PAR] Count Dracula was created by Bram Stoker in his 1897 novel of the same name . He was not the first to introduce vampires into western literature (see the "penny dreadful" — emphasis on 'dreadful' — novel Varney the Vampire for one precursor; also Carmilla , which introduces lesbian vampires ; additionally The Vampyre , which was written by a physician friend of Lord Byron and Mary Shelley after Byron proposed a horror story contest, which directly inspired Frankenstein as well) but his Dracula is the first to enter popular culture — the vampire known even by people not familiar with the book, or even the genre . [PAR] Stoker named the Count after the historical figure Vlad III Drăculea , voïvode of Wallachia (part of modern Romania), known as Vlad the Impaler. Despite being similarly bloodthirsty, he was more prone to impaling his enemies than to biting their necks and drinking their blood. Indeed, in the novel, the Count claims to be related to Vlad III and Van Helsing conjectures that the two are one and the same . Though because of some historically inaccurate details, it's fair to say Bram Stoker did not actually know a lot about the historical Dracula beyond the name and a degree of the reputation, probably less than modern fans do. Because of this connection, "Vlad" is commonly used as a first name when Dracula appears in works that actually give him a first name, whether or not any historical reference is made. [PAR] Stoker invented some of the classic vampire traits, such as not having a reflection, and popularised others, like shapeshifting into animal forms and the aversion to garlic and crucifixes. But Dracula does not follow the standard rules in the novel, largely because he predates most of them . Sunlight does not do any harm to him, though his powers are diminished in daylight and it prevents him from shapeshifting . He also starts as an old man and de-ages as he drinks blood, a tidbit kept in only by a few of the adaptations. [PAR] Most series with vampires will eventually include either Dracula or a subversion, sometimes using a transparent alias. "Alucard", which despite sounding French is "Dracula" spelled backwards, is very common. It has been used in several movies, most famously by Lon Chaney Jr. [PAR] in Son of Dracula . Some appearances of Dracula treat "Dracul" as another name for him, but they have distinct meanings. The name "Dracula" means "son of Dracul" in Romanian, literally "son of (the) dragon", but has come to mean "son of the Devil ". As such, it fits the fictional vampire surprisingly well. "Dracul" was Vlad III's father Vlad II, who was called that as a result of his association with the Order of the Dragon [PAR] . [PAR] Despite being the archetype of all modern vampires, Dracula was remarkably angst-free in the original novel, and operated simply as a vicious, sadistic, and distinctly creepy archvillain (with a monobrow, rancid blood-breath, and hair on his palms, no less) whose only redeeming quality was his Magnificent Bastardry (though there is some sympathy for Dracula the man, as opposed to Dracula the vampire, as it's established that the soul of a person who becomes a vampire is prevented from entering heaven until the vampire is destroyed, reflected by the look of peace on him as he crumbles). He never even bothered to seduce any of his female victims, simply entering their rooms and attacking them or using hypnosis to draw them to him. Subsequent versions, naturally, have Flanderized his sex appeal and added oodles of gothy melodrama . He had some properly gothic angst, but it wasn't based on Mad Love or reluctant villainy — he was simply a very old, very tired Evil Overlord , bored with ruling a backwater area in Ruritania ,

Arch enemey of Count Dracula, what is the name of the vampire hunter in Bram Stokers 1897 novel Dracula?

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[DOC] [TLE] On This Day: Roald Amundsen Becomes First Man to Reach ...On This Day: Roald Amundsen Becomes First Man to Reach South Pole [PAR] more » [PAR] National Library of Australia [PAR] Four of the five explorers in Amundsen’s team are pictured at the South Pole by the fifth member, Olav Bjaaland, Dec. 14, 1911. [PAR] On This Day: Roald Amundsen Becomes First Man to Reach South Pole [PAR] December 14, 2011 06:00 AM [PAR] by findingDulcinea Staff [PAR] On Dec. 14, 1911, Roald Amundsen and four fellow Norwegian explorers became the first men to reach the South Pole, beating the ill-fated team of British Capt. Robert F. Scott by just over a month. [PAR] The Race to the South Pole [PAR] Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian explorer who in 1898 was part of the first expedition to winter in Antarctica and in 1903 became the first man to sail through the Northwest Passage, had been planning an expedition to the North Pole in September 1910, but he lost interest when he heard that Americans Robert Peary and Frederick Cook had each achieved the feat in April 1909. [PAR] Amundsen secretly began planning to travel to the South Pole instead. In October, he sent a telegram notifying British explorer Robert Falcon Scott, who was a preparing a South Pole exploration, of his intentions. “Beg leave inform you proceeding Antarctic. Amundsen,” the telegram read. [PAR] Thus began the race to the South Pole . Each party arrived in Antarctica in January 1911; Scott established base camp at McMurdo Sound, while Amundsen set up his camp, called Framheim, at the Bay of Whales on the Ross Ice Shelf, located 60 miles closer to the pole. [PAR] The two parties prepared for the journey to the pole by making expeditions south and establishing supply depots along their intended paths. The Amundsen party, which relied on sled dogs, reached farther south than the Scott party, whose Siberian ponies were less equipped for the conditions. [PAR] Amundsen set off for the pole with seven men in September, the start of the Antarctic spring. Just days into their trip, the weather turned cold, and they retreated back to Framheim. Hjalmer Johansen criticized Amundsen’s leadership and was expelled from the traveling party; the humiliated Johansen would later commit suicide upon his return to Norway. [PAR] Amundsen began his second push for the pole on Oct. 20, accompanied by four men and more than 50 dogs. Scott and his 13 men set off from their camp on Nov. 1 with dogs, ponies and motor sledges. [PAR] The Scott party was slowed by many setbacks: the motor sledges did not work reliably in the cold and the ponies could not manage the journey. The explorers had to abandon the sledges and they eventually killed all the ponies for food. [PAR] Traveling much lighter, the Amundsen team had few difficulties. On the afternoon of Dec. 14, the five explorers—Amundsen, Helmer Hanssen, Olav Bjaaland, Sverre Hassel and Oscar Wisting—became the first men to ever reach the South Pole. [PAR] Amundsen later wrote: “ After we had halted we collected and congratulated each other . … After this we proceeded to the greatest and most solemn act of the whole journey—the planting of our flag. … I had determined that the act of planting it—the historic event—should be equally divided among us all. It was not for one man to do this; it was for all who had staked their lives in the struggle, and held together through thick and thin.” [PAR] Related Events[DOC] [TLE] Race to the South Pole | TIME For KidsRace to the South Pole | TIME For Kids [PAR] Race to the South Pole [PAR] Today marks the 100th anniversary of the first successful expedition to the globe's southernmost point [PAR] December 14, 2011 [PAR] Print [PAR] GETTY IMAGES [PAR] After arriving at the South Pole on December 14, 1911, explorer Roald Amundsen (left) spent three days there with his companions: Oscar Wisting, Sverre Hassel, Helmer Hanssen and Olav Bjaaland (the photographer, not pictured). [PAR] On December 14, 1911, Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen and his four-man team became the first people to reach the South Pole, where

Roald Amundsen, along with Olav Bjaaland, Helmer Hanssen, Sverre Hassel, and Oscar Wisting, became the first to reach the South Pole on December 14, 1911. What countries flag did they fly over the pole?

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[DOC] [TLE] Gilligan's IslandGilligan's Island is an American sitcom created and produced by Sherwood Schwartz via United Artists Television. The show had an ensemble cast that featured Bob Denver, Alan Hale, Jr., Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer, Russell Johnson, Tina Louise, and Dawn Wells. It aired for three seasons on the CBS network from September 26, 1964, to April 17, 1967. Originally sponsored by Philip Morris & Co and Procter & Gamble, the show followed the comic adventures of seven castaways as they attempted to survive the island on which they had been shipwrecked. Most episodes revolve around the dissimilar castaways' conflicts and their unsuccessful attempts, for whose failure Gilligan was frequently responsible, to escape their plight. [PAR] Gilligan's Island ran for a total of 98 episodes. The first season, consisting of 36 episodes, was filmed in black and white. These episodes were later colorized for syndication. The show's second and third seasons (62 episodes) and the three television movie sequels were filmed in color. [PAR] The show received solid ratings during its original run, then grew in popularity during decades of syndication, especially in the 1970s and 1980s when many markets ran the show in the late afternoon after school. Today, the title character of Gilligan is widely recognized as an American cultural icon. [PAR] Premise [PAR] The two-man crew of the charter boat SS Minnow and five passengers on a "three-hour tour" from Honolulu run into a tropical storm and are shipwrecked on an uncharted island somewhere in the Pacific Ocean. [PAR] Uncharted island [PAR] The island was close enough to Hawaii to clearly pick up Hawaiian AM radio transmissions on a portable receiver. The location given in the series varies. [PAR] In the first season episode "'X' Marks the Spot", the radio warns that the Air Force will test launch an armed missile to strike a location near 140° latitude, 10° longitude. The Skipper calculates this as their island's location, based on their starting point when the storm hit before they "... drifted for that three days... with the prevailing western current...", meaning the deadly missile will hit the island. [PAR] Later in the first season, the episode "Big Man on Little Stick" has the Professor giving the position as "approximately 110° longitude and 10° latitude". [PAR] In the third season episode "The Pigeon", the island is placed about southeast of Honolulu. [PAR] Cast and characters [PAR] * Bob Denver is First Mate Gilligan, the bumbling, accident-prone crewman (affectionately known as "Little Buddy" by "the Skipper") of the SS Minnow. Denver was not the first choice to play Gilligan; actor Jerry Van Dyke was offered the role, but he turned it down, believing that the show would never be successful. He chose instead to play the lead in My Mother the Car, which premiered the following year and was cancelled after one season. The producers looked to Bob Denver, the actor who had played Maynard G. Krebs, the goofy but lovable beatnik in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. None of the show's episodes ever specified Gilligan's full name or clearly indicated whether "Gilligan" was the character's first name or his last. In the DVD collection, Sherwood Schwartz states that he preferred the full name of "Willy Gilligan" for the character. Denver, on various television/radio interviews (The Pat Sajak Show; KDKA radio), said that "Gil Egan" was his choice. The actor reasoned that because everyone yelled at the first mate, it ran together as "Gilligan." In the unaired pilot episode, whether Lovey Howell refers to Gilligan as "Stewart" or steward is unclear. On Rescue from Gilligan's Island, the writers artfully dodged Gilligan's full name when the other names are announced. Little is revealed about Gilligan's past, except his occasional reference to best friend Skinny Mulligan. [PAR] * Alan Hale, Jr. is The Skipper/Captain Jonas Grumby, the captain of the S.S. Minnow. Alan Hale Jr. was a longtime actor in B-Westerns and the look-alike son of

Which Gilligans Island character had the unique ability to construct just about anything necessary to survive from coconuts and bamboo (including a way to recharge batteries), but couldn't be arsed to fix a 2 foot hole in a boat?

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[DOC] [TLE] Cocktail Bar Ideas & Signature Drinks - PinterestMeer dan 1000 afbeeldingen over Cocktail Bar Ideas & Signature Drinks op Pinterest - Grauwe gans, Grapefruitsap en Wodka [PAR] Meer informatie op magicskillet.com [PAR] Pink Lady Cocktail [PAR] Pink Lady Cocktail Recipe: 1 1/2 oz. gin, 3/4 oz. applejack, 1/4 oz. lemon juice, 1-2 dashes grenadine, 1 egg white, Maraschino cherry for garnish. Pour the ingredients into a cocktail shaker with ice cubes. Shake vigorously. Strain into a chilled cocktail glass. Garnish with the cherry. [PAR] pin[DOC] [TLE] What are the best, yet little known cocktails? - QuoraWhat are the best, yet little known cocktails? - Quora [PAR] Quora [PAR] 0.5oz fresh lemon juice [PAR] shake it all up with ice and strain into cocktail glass. [PAR] This drink is very well balanced and you can make it a little more floral by adding lavender bitters, but don't go overboard with the bitters or the creme de violette because then some people will be reminded of the soap on their grandma's bathroom sink. [PAR]   [PAR] Juice from 1/2 a lemon [PAR] 1 egg white [PAR] Couple dashes of grenadine (try to get the real one actually made from pomegranate) [PAR] Shake it vigorously with ice to make sure the egg white froths up (it's for texture, not really for flavor) and then strain into cocktail glass. [PAR] Once I asked for a "smoky pink lady" and it was the same plus a dash of laphroaig scotch, and it was really good (a friend of mine suggested that the cocktail modification should be called "Amy Winehouse"). [PAR]   [PAR] I feel like Matrtinez has not gotten enough publicity. Here it is: [PAR] 2 oz Old Tom aged gin (Ransom goes great) [PAR] 1 oz sweet vermouth [PAR] 1/4 oz Luxardo Maraschino liqueur [PAR] 3 dashes Angostura bitters [PAR] Stir with ice for 30-45 seconds. Pour into a chilled cocktail glass. Peel a strip of lemon zest over the glass. Position the lemon strip horizontally, pith side up, light a match underneath and squeeze the lemon strip. After a brief burst of flame engulfs the lemon zest, drop it into the cocktail. Et voilà! [PAR] Written Nov 10, 2012 [PAR] Any cocktail no one has heard of, but bartenders and historians argue the origins of nearly to the point of physical violence must be worth some attention. Quora, I give you the Ramos Gin Fizz: [PAR] For those truly interested, I give you another video, higher production value, slightly different recipe and techniques... but perhaps you'll appreciate the first bartender and resulting beverage more by the end: [PAR] Anyway, what's not to love? You have booze, milk, egg, and citrus coming together in one drink. A cocktail that makes the bartender earn their tips, surely, but it is a complete entertainment, from the construction, the appreciation, to the consumption itself. That's what a real cocktail should be about - the full experience, not some gimmicky ingredient, or a desire to paint the walls with projectile vomit.

What cocktail consists of 1.5 oz Gin, .5oz Applejack, 4 dashes Grenadine, the juice of 1/2 Lemon, and 1 egg white?

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[DOC] [TLE] How the Grinch Stole Christmas! - Literawiki - WikiaHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! | Literawiki | Fandom powered by Wikia [PAR] How the Grinch Stole Christmas! [PAR] 1,306pages on [PAR] Share [PAR] Sand sculpture of the Grinch in Key West, Florida, December 2010. [PAR] How the Grinch Stole Christmas! is a 1957 children's fiction book in verse , written and illustrated by Theodore Seuss Geisel, better known as Dr. Seuss . The main character in the story, the Grinch, is a monster who hates Christmas and tries, without success, to put a stop to it coming. At the end of the story, the Grinch, like Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens ' A Christmas Carol , has a change of heart and enthusiastically embraces the holiday. [PAR] The book contains sixty-nine pages, most of which are dominated by the illustrations (in three colors; black, white and red). The book can easily be read by a parent to a child in one sitting. However, the book uses more sophisticated vocabulary and requires a higher reading level than the 1960 Seuss book Green Eggs and Ham and the 1957 book  The Cat in the Hat . Consequently, children who have enjoyed those books, althought they should have no difficulty understanding How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, may struggle to read it on their own. [PAR] How the Grinch Stole Christmas! was adapted in 1966 as an animated TV special, directed by Chuck Jones and narrated by Boris Karloff, and in 2000 as a live action movie, directed by Ron Howard and starring Jim Carrey as the title character. [PAR] Plot [PAR] 1957 photograph of Dr. Seuss drawing illustrations for How the Grinch Stole Christmas! [PAR] The monstruous Grinch lives alone, accept for his dog Max, in a cave high above the town of Whoville. The Whos, the inhabitants of Whoville, love Christmas but the Grinch hates everything about the holiday, especially the noise that children make when they play with their presents and the sound of the Whos singing. Possible reasons for the Grinch's intense dislike of Christmas may be a problem in his head, shoes that are too tight or a heart that is two sizes too small. [PAR] Having decided that he can put up with Christmas no longer, the Grinch decides to steal it. On Christmas Eve, he makes a Santa Claus costume, ties an antler to his dog's head, so that he can pass as a reindeer, and goes into Whoville on a sleigh, carrying a large empty sack. The Grinch enters every house in town by going down the chimney. He steals all the presents and all the decorations from each house and empties each house's refrigerator of every piece of food. In one house, a small girl, Cindy-Lou Who, seems him stuffing the Christmas tree up the chimney and asks why he is doing so. The Grinch, pretending to be Santa Claus, tells her that one of the trees lights is defective, he is taking it to his workshop to fix it and will return it later. [PAR] Children reading How the Grinch Stole Christmas! in November 2007. [PAR] After having robbed every house in Whoville, early on the morning of Christmas Day, the Grinch goes to the top of a mountain, intending to throw everything that he has stolen off the top of it. Before he does so, he decides to listen to the sobbing that he expects to be coming from Whoville when the Whos discover that Christmas has been stolen. To his surprise, he does not hear the Whos crying, he hears them singing instead. The Grinch is confused. He believed that stealing presents, decorations and food would prevent Christmas from coming but it came anyway. After thinking about it for a long time, the Grinch comes to the conclusion that Christmas cannot be bought in a store and that it has a greater significance. [PAR] According to the Whos, the Grinch's heart suddenly grows by three sizes. He rushes back to town to return everything that he has stolen and enthusiastically joins in the town's Christmas dinner.[DOC] [TLE] You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch - Full orginal - YouTubeYou're a Mean

How the Grinch Stole Christmas was written by who?

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[DOC] [TLE] Quotes - Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings.Quotes - Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings. [PAR] Quotes [PAR] Source: It's a Wonderful Life [PAR] Speaker: Zuzu Bailey [PAR] "Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings." [PAR] Look, Daddy. Teacher says, every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings. [PAR] Family It's a Wonderful Life Friendship Relationship Positive Hope Happy Movie Assorted Movie Character Home [PAR] Context [PAR] This famous line is spoken by Zuzu Bailey, played by Karolyn Grimes, in It's a Wonderful Life (directed by Frank Capra, 1946). [PAR] Interesting fact: Very few people have ever actually heard this line spoken, because it gets lost underneath the sound of their own sobbing and nose-blowing. If the ending of It's A Wonderful Life doesn't choke you up, you're probably a robot. [PAR] Zuzu, George's daughter, hears a bell ring and utters the immortal quote. It reminds us of Clarence, George Bailey's wingless guardian angel—and we suddenly we realize that bell must have been for him. Attaboy, Clarence! [PAR] Where you've heard it [PAR] No movie has gotten more play at the holidays over the years than It's a Wonderful Life. It is, perennially, the one you've got to watch when Christmas rolls around. So you've probably heard people quote it in December. Or… any freakin' time a bell rings. People really like to overdo it with this one. [PAR] Trisha Yearwood and Vince Gill know what we're talking about. So does the musical group Presents for Sally . And, because of the "angel" thing, you'll hear it referenced all the time in religious blogs and articles , too. [PAR] Pretentious Factor [PAR] If you were to drop this quote at a dinner party, would you get an in-unison "awww" or would everyone roll their eyes and never invite you back? Here it is, on a scale of 1-10. [PAR] Zuzu is just a little girl… how could anyone be pretentious at such a young age? Well, we mostly agree, which is why her pretentious score is on the south side of 5, but we can't let her get away with that uppity "teacher says" bit. Take it down a notch, kiddo.[DOC] [TLE] Every time a bell rings an Angel inhales CO2 | Anglican ...Every time a bell rings an Angel inhales CO2 | Anglican Samizdat [PAR] Every time a bell rings an Angel inhales CO2 [PAR] Posted on [PAR] by David [PAR] According to ZuZu Bailey in Frank Capra’s “It’s a Wonderful Life”, “Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings.” [PAR] Not exactly biblical, but everyone enjoys a sentimental film at Christmas and no-one takes it very seriously – although these days, perhaps some do. [PAR] Here is the contemporary equivalent from the Green Team at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Uxbridge; as is the case with much that is modern, twice as silly and four times as superstitious as the original. [PAR] The Green Team at St. Paul’s Anglican Church in Uxbridge, Ont. rang their church bell 350 times as part of the 350.org climate change campaign on Oct. 24. The team was part of an international demonstration involving 182 nations. The goal: send a message to world leaders about the need for action on global warming. “CO2 in the atmosphere has to be reduced to less than 350 parts per million and quickly, if we are to save many life forms on this planet, including ourselves,” said the team in a press release issued today. “The holy spirit was working throughout the world this past weekend, we won’t fail.” [PAR] Like or Share this:[DOC] [TLE] ZuZu Bailey | ritaLOVEStoWRITEZuZu Bailey | ritaLOVEStoWRITE [PAR] ritaLOVEStoWRITE [PAR] “Teacher says, every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings.” –ZuZu Bailey’ [PAR] Who: ZuZu Bailey [PAR] Directed & Produced by: Frank Capra [PAR] Written By: Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, Frank Capra, Jo Swerling, Philip Van Doren Stern and Michael

According to Zuzu Bailey, what happens every time a bell rings?

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[DOC] [TLE] Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker Suite, Op 71a - YouTubeTchaikovsky - The Nutcracker Suite, Op 71a - YouTube [PAR] Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker Suite, Op 71a [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] Rating is available when the video has been rented. [PAR] This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. [PAR] Uploaded on Dec 11, 2011 [PAR] The Nutcracker is a two-act ballet, with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Tchaikovsky made a selection of eight of the numbers from the ballet, forming The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a, intended for concert performance. The Nutcracker Suite should not be mistaken for the complete ballet. The outline below represents the selection and sequence of the Nutcracker Suite culled by the composer. [PAR] I. Miniature Overture 0:00[DOC] [TLE] The Story of the Nutcracker BalletThe Story of the Nutcracker Ballet [PAR] The Nutcracker Ballet Story [PAR] The Most Common of Many Variations [PAR] The Nutcracker Ballet is based on the story "The Nutcracker and the King of Mice" written by E.T.A. Hoffman.  Although what is seen on the stage today is different in detail from the original story, the basic plot remains the same; The story of a young German girl who dreams of a Nutcracker Prince and a fierce battle against a Mouse King with seven heads.  [PAR] When Marius Petipa had the idea to choreograph the story into a ballet, it was actually based on a revision by Alexander Dumas, a well known French author.  His version reflects more of what we have come to love as the Nutcracker Ballet. [PAR]   [PAR] The Party Scene [PAR] It is Christmas Eve at the Stahlbaum house -- A large and grand house with the most beautiful tree imaginable.  The Stahlbaums are hosting their annual Christmas party, welcoming the arrival of their family and friends.  The children, Clara and Fritz, are dancing and playing as they welcome their friends too. [PAR] The party grows festive with music and dance as godfather Drosselmeyer arrives.  He is a skilled clock and toy maker and always full of surprises. Drosselmeyer draws everyone's attention as he presents two life-size dolls.  They are the delight of the party, each taking a turn to dance. [PAR] The children begin to open gifts when Drosselmeyer presents his to Clara and Fritz.  Although his gift to Fritz is quite nice, he gives Clara a beautiful Nutcracker that  becomes the hit of the party.  Fritz becomes jealous and, having a bit more spunk than a boy should have, grabs the nutcracker from Clara and promptly breaks it.  Clara is heartbroken looking on as Drosselmeyer quickly repairs the Nutcracker with a handkerchief he magically draws from the air. [PAR] As the evening grows late, the guests depart and the Stahlbaum family retires for the evening.  Clara, worried about her beloved Nutcracker, sneaks back to the tree to check on him, falling asleep with him in her arms. [PAR]   [PAR] The Fight Scene [PAR] As the clock strikes midnight strange things begin to happen.  Clara begins shrinking as her beautiful Christmas tree grows high above her.  The toys around the tree come to life while the room fills with an army of mice, led by the fierce Mouse King.  As the Nutcracker awakens, he leads his army of toy soldiers into battle with the mice.  The Mouse King corners the Nutcracker and battles him one-on-one.  The Nutcracker seems to be no match for the Mouse King. [PAR] The Nutcracker and his army can go on no longer and are captured by the mice and their King.  Clara makes a final daring charge throwing her slipper at the Mouse King, hitting him square on the head.  The Mouse King drops to the floor and the mice run away, carrying off their leader's lifeless body. [PAR]   [PAR] The Land of Snow [PAR] The Nutcracker turns into a Prince and takes Clara on a journey to the Land of Snow, an enchanted forest wonderland  where they are welcomed

In Tchaikovskys ballet The Nutcracker, who is the nutcrackers main enemy?

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[DOC] [TLE] Della in The Gift of the Magi - ShmoopDella in The Gift of the Magi [PAR] Character Analysis [PAR] Della: One Devoted Woman [PAR] Della is the loving, warm, selfless, and occasionally hysterical heroine of the story. Della's financially poor. She spends all of her days in a cramped flat, as "mistress of the home" (3). In other words, she's a homemaker. Della basically lives for one thing (or rather, person): Jim, her husband. She's spent a lot of the time leading up to Christmas just thinking of what to get him: [PAR] She had been saving every penny she could for months, with this result. Twenty dollars a week doesn't go far. Expenses had been greater than she had calculated. They always are. Only $1.87 to buy a present for Jim. Her Jim. Many a happy hour she had spent planning for something nice for him. (5) [PAR] As you might gather from that, Della throws just about every bit of energy she has into being good to Jim. She's been saving for months just to round up money for a Christmas present. She has even endured the humiliation of pinching pennies at stores. [PAR] He may not be bringing in much money, but Jim is the cat's pajamas for Della. He deserves the absolute best, which is why she's so set on getting him the perfect present: "Something fine and rare and sterling – something just a little bit near to being worthy of the honor of being owned by Jim" (6). [PAR] Della is willing to go to any length to achieve this goal, and ends up selling her one prized possession – her hair – to do it. Although she sheds a tear or two over the hair, really it doesn't seem to affect her that much. She doesn't even think it's much of a choice. She has to get Jim a present: "I had my hair cut off and sold because I couldn't have lived through Christmas without giving you a present. It'll grow out again – you won't mind, will you? I just had to do it" (28). [PAR] In fact, the thing that seems to bother Della most about losing her hair is that Jim likes it so much. She's worried he won't find her pretty anymore (though she doesn't really have anything to worry about). She barely seems to think of herself at all. That's devotion. [PAR] Is Della Too Devoted? [PAR] Della's so devoted, in fact, you might be a little bit bothered. It might be difficult to define Della apart from Jim: she lives for her husband. But it looks like her husband might live only for her too. After all, he sacrifices his watch – which is a precious object that's been passed down through his family for generations (and won't grow back) – to get her a gift. And given how humble their circumstances are, and how hard his work must be, it's not clear what else he would have to live for besides Della. So is Jim just as devoted to Della as Della is to Jim? It's likely that he is. [PAR] If that's the case, though Della and Jim definitely play different roles, they're in a relationship of equality, and equal devotion. That makes Della's own devotion less strange, and kind of wonderful – like it's supposed to be. Della and Jim's utter devotion to each other is the whole point of the story, after all. It's because of this devotion that both sacrifice their only prized possessions to get gifts for each other. That selflessness is what makes them wise givers – magi – and what teaches us the lesson about the meaning of giving that the narrator wants to get across. [PAR] Still, it's true that we don't actually ever get to go inside Jim's head and see whether he loves her as much as she loves him. So if you want to be skeptical of the narrator's heartwarming ending and be cynical about Della

In the O. Henry story “The Gift of the Magi”, what did Della sell to buy a chain for her husband’s prized pocket watch?

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What brand of rum is advertised with the slogan To Life, Love, and Loot, and features a buccaneer?

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[DOC] [TLE] South Carolina First State To Secede From The Union ...South Carolina First State To Secede From The Union - December 20, 1860 - YouTube [PAR] South Carolina First State To Secede From The Union - December 20, 1860 [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 Dec 20, 2010 [PAR] From: [PAR] December 20, 2010 [PAR] South Carolina First State To Secede From The Union - December 20, 1860 [PAR] FAIR USE NOTICE: This video may contain copyrighted material. Such material is made available for educational purposes only. This constitutes a 'fair use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. section 106A-117 of the US Copyright Law. [PAR] Category[DOC] [TLE] South Carolina Secession Part 2 | Video | C-SPAN.orgSouth Carolina Secession Part 2 | Video | C-SPAN.org [PAR] Supreme Court [PAR] December 4, 2010 [PAR] South Carolina Secession, Part 2 A panel was held on the secession of South Carolina from the Union on December 20, 1860. South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union, shortly after the 1860 election of Abraham… read more [PAR] South Carolina Secession, Part 2 A panel was held on the secession of South Carolina from the Union on December 20, 1860. South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union, shortly after the 1860 election of Abraham Lincoln. Ten more states would secede in 1861. After both panelists made their presentations they responded to questions from members of the audience. Kyle Sinisi moderated. [PAR] Mark Neely spoke on “Secession as the De-Ratification of the Constitution.” William Freehling spoke on “Was Lincoln an Immediate Menace to Slavery?” [PAR] “The Revolution of 1860” was the afternoon panel of the “A House Divided: Secession and Its Legacy Symposium” held at the Citadel’s Holliday Alumni Center by The South Carolina Historical Society, The Citadel, and The Fort Sumter-Fort Moultrie Historical Trust. close [PAR] Transcript type[DOC] [TLE] Thursday December 20, 1860 - Tulane UniversityDecember 20, 1860 [PAR]   [PAR] South Carolina Secedes [PAR] On this day, a secession convention meeting in Charleston, South Carolina, unanimously adopted an ordinance dissolving the connection between South Carolina and the United States of America. [PAR] The convention had been called by the governor and legislature of South Carolina once Lincoln 's victory was assured. Delegates were elected on December 6, 1860, and the convention convened on December 17. Its action made South Carolina the first state to secede. Support for the Union was negligible, and a distinguished South Carolina unionist, James L. Petigru, allegedly commented at this time that his state was too small to be a nation and too large to be an insane asylum. [PAR] Two days after leaving the Union, on December 22, 1860, South Carolina sent commissioners to Washington, D.C., to negotiate for the delivery of federal property, such as forts, within the state. [PAR] Click here to read the Charleston Mercury's account of secession. [PAR] Click here to read the Charleston Mercury's story on Fort Sumter. [PAR] Bibliography: Thomas, Confederate Nation, pp. 45-47; Rhodes, History, 3: 215.[DOC] [TLE] Voices of Secession - Civil War TrustVoices of Secession [PAR] Voices of Secession [PAR] During the Long Secession Winter, Southerners Contemplate Disunion [PAR] By Nicholas A. Redding; Hallowed Ground Magazine, 2010 [PAR] Cartoon pictures the race to secession. Published by Currier and Ives, 1861. (Library of Congress) [PAR] December 20, 1860: the fateful date on which Southern secession from the American republic left the realm of rhetoric and philosophy and entered the uncomfortable dominion of reality. Or, so the story is often written. However, the truth is that the fate of the entire South was not yet fully cast in December 1860 when South Carolina declared her independence; the rest of the Southern states still wrestled

December 20, 1860 saw which state secede from the Union, the first of 11?

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[DOC] [TLE] Top 10 Best Product SlogansTop 10 Best Product Slogans [PAR] Top 10 Best Product Slogans [PAR] #10 [PAR] "When you care enough to send the very best." (Hallmark)   #9   [PAR] "The ultimate driving machine." (BMW) [PAR]   #8   [PAR] "It takes a licking and keeps on ticking." (Timex) [PAR]   #7   [PAR] "Raise your hand if you're sure." (Sure) [PAR]   #6   [PAR] "It's everywhere you want to be." (Visa) [PAR]   #5   [PAR] "Be all you can be." (U.S. Army) [PAR]   #4  [DOC] [TLE] Product slogans and branding messages distinct | Bluffton ...Product slogans and branding messages distinct | Bluffton Today [PAR] Product slogans and branding messages distinct [PAR] By:  [PAR]   [PAR]   [PAR] Advertising can be defined as a form of communication which presents information about the virtues and advantages of a particular product in such a way that it encourages people to pay attention and want to purchase the item. [PAR] Once companies back in the 1920s were able to mass produce and distribute goods, they needed a way to differentiate their products from others in the same specialty category. To strengthen consumer awareness and recognition and to encourage trust in specific companies’ merchandise, brands were promoted by short catchy tunes known as jingles and distinctive phrases known as slogans. [PAR] Unilever’s Pepsodent brand of toothpaste was easily remembered by the 1949 jingle, “You’ll Wonder Where the Yellow Went When You Brush Your Teeth With Pepsodent” as were General Motors’ Chevy cars after Dinah Shore repeatedly sang the “See the U.S.A. in Your Chevrolet!” jingle on her 1952 television show. [PAR] Early slogans like the one for confectionery manufacturer Mars’ M&Ms as “candy that melts in your mouth, not in your hands” tended to be straight-forward and factual but Levy’s Rye Bread brand slyly integrated some humor to widen its appeal with the tagline “You Don’t Have To Be Jewish To Love Levy’s.” [PAR] Branding strategy is based on the fundamental attributes of products such as their consistent quality or ability to provide an authentic experience so for ads to be successful, images must be so vivid and well nuanced that they become trademarks instantly associated with their product. [PAR] Among our personal favorites are Tony the Tiger, the animated mascot for Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes who’s been growling “They’re Grrrrreat!” since 1951 and Clara Peller, the properly dressed great grandmotherly type who, after she and 2 friends at the “Big Bun” restaurant were served an enormous hamburger bun with only a tiny meat patty, peevishly shouted “Where’s the Beef?” Wendy’s fast food chain introduced that slogan in 1984 and “Where’s the Beef?” became such a national catchphrase that it was 2011 before Wendy’s advertised “Here’s the Beef.” [PAR] In the 1970s television advertising began using music written and performed by pop singing stars to make good ads great. CocaCola’s group of international children singing “I’d like to teach the world to sing in perfect harmony” succinctly messaged that its soft drink wanted to be a global brand. Marvin Gaye’s “Heard It Through the Grapevine” opened Levi Strauss’ ad set in a laundromat to promote its shrink to fit Levi 501 jeans. Barry Manilow created for Johnson & Johnson its “I am stuck on Band-Aid ‘cause Band Aid’s stuck on me.” And probably one of the best visual-aural matches we can remember had to be Heinz’ use of Carly Simon’s song “Anticipation” as two children wait for the thick ketchup to pour out of the Heinz bottle. [PAR] David Ogilvy, who in the 1960s was known as the “Father of Advertising,” stressed that the function of advertising was to sell and the best way to do that was to tell consumers how the product could benefit them. Among other things memorable ads’ message must be consistent with the brand product, truthful, reasonably simple to remember and pleasant to hear over and over again. If the imagery is achieved by using a graphic logo as well

What product is advertised with the slogan "When you care enough to send the very best?"

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[DOC] [TLE] Kitchen Riffs: The Sidecar CocktailKitchen Riffs: The Sidecar Cocktail [PAR] The Sidecar Cocktail [PAR] Warning:   This May Become Your Favorite Drink [PAR] The Sidecar is a velvety smooth, cognac-fueled elixir that features both sweet and sour notes.  Every time I have one, I wonder why I don’t drink it more often.  In fact, it may be my “desert island cocktail” – the drink I’d choose if I could have only one. [PAR] As is the case with many cocktails, the origins of the Sidecar are somewhat mysterious.  Legend says the drink was invented in Paris during the 1920s.  Some claim it was formulated in a small bistro.  Others say Harry’s New York Bar.  Still others say it originated at the bar of the Ritz Hotel.  Reportedly, the inventor of the cocktail was an American Army officer — and the drink was named after the motorcycle sidecar he rode in during quaffing expeditions. [PAR] But once you taste this fabulous drink, you won’t care where or how it originated. [PAR] Recipe:  The Sidecar Cocktail [PAR] The Sidecar is simplicity itself:  Just mix fresh lemon juice, Cointreau, and cognac (or brandy).  Shake with ice, and serve in a cocktail glass.  If you want to be traditional, you can sugar the rim of the glass.  Or garnish with a lemon twist or orange slice. [PAR] As with any drink that contains both sour (in this case, lemon) and sweet (Cointreau), getting the balance right is a matter of individual taste (more about this in the Notes).  But to start, I would suggest one of the following ratios: either equal parts of lemon juice, Cointreau, and cognac; or 2 parts of cognac, and 1 part each of lemon juice and Cointreau. [PAR] This recipe makes one drink. [PAR] Ingredients [PAR] 1 ounce fresh lemon juice (freshly squeezed is a must for this drink) [PAR] 1 ounce Cointreau (you can substitute another triple sec, but Cointreau is preferable) [PAR] 1 to 2 ounces cognac (or brandy; nothing too expensive — a moderately priced VSOP like St. Remy or Raynal works well) [PAR] Optional:  Sugar for coating the rim of the glass; or lemon twist or orange slice garnish [PAR] Preparation and Serving [PAR] If you want to garnish the glass rim with sugar, wet the outside of the rim with lemon juice.  Dip the outside of the rim in sugar, and swirl glass to coat. [PAR] For the drink, combine lemon juice, Cointreau, and cognac in a cocktail shaker that is half filled with ice.  Shake well for 20 - 30 seconds.  [PAR] Strain mixture into the cocktail glass.  If you don’t sugar the rim, you could garnish with a lemon twist or orange slice.  [PAR] Why Shake? [PAR] Note that the recipe directs you to shake the drink.   There are three reasons for this: [PAR] It makes the drink cold. [PAR] Shaking with ice somewhat dilutes the drink, which adds volume and an important dimension to the final flavor. [PAR] Lemon (or any citrus) juice is difficult to incorporate into a drink merely by stirring.  So it’s better to shake a drink that contains citrus. [PAR] Ingredients for a Sidecar [PAR] Notes [PAR] Finding the right ratio or balance of ingredients for this drink is really a matter of taste.  The traditional ratio is 1:1:1 (equal parts of lemon juice, Cointreau, and Cognac).  This is sometimes called the “Paris” ratio, because it supposedly reflects the way the drink was first made in Paris.  I suggest using this ratio for your first Sidecar. [PAR] Some people think the Sidecar actually originated in London.  The “London” ratio for the drink is 2:1:1 (2 parts cognac, 1 part each of lemon juice and Cointreau).  I suggest using this ratio the second time you make a Sidecar.  Then you can evaluate which of the two ratios you prefer. [PAR] The 2:1:1 version is David Wondrich’s favorite formula .  [PAR] The Paris formulation is a bit sweeter

Served in a traditional cocktail glass, what drink consists of equal parts brandy (or cognac), Contreau, and lemon juice?

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[DOC] [TLE] Frequently Asked Questions - The Trumpeter Swan SocietyThe Trumpeter Swan Society [PAR] Top Ten Threats to Trumpeter Swans [PAR] Photograph by Jess Lee [PAR] Our main office receives many e-mail inquiries, and often the questions are similar enough that we thought it best to put a few answers to frequently asked questions here. However, please feel free to e-mail your questions to us and we will do our best to answer them, or find someone else who might know the answer. [PAR] Are Trumpeter Swans an endangered species? [PAR] In the 1960's, when the Federal Endangered Species Act came into being, the Trumpeter Swan was considered for this list. At about the same time, a nesting population of about 2,000 Trumpeters was discovered in Alaska. The species was then taken off the consideration list. However, various states list the Trumpeter as either state-threatened or state-endangered. [PAR] What is a male swan called, a female swan? [PAR] A male swan is called a Cob. The female is called a Pen and the young of the year are called cygnets. While male Trumpeters (21-38 pounds) are generally larger, weigh more than female Trumpeters (20-25 pounds), visually distinguishing the sexes is not possible without internal examination of the vent area. However, an observer can tell the sex of each bird of a pair by watching their behavior. It is only the female that incubates the eggs while the male will swim close by to protect the nest from predators. In mating, the male mounts the female and grasps her neck with his bill. [PAR] What do Trumpeter Swans eat? [PAR] Adult swans eat aquatic vegetation, including the leaves, seeds, and roots of many types of pond weeds. In captivity, swans will eat corn and other grains provided. Wild swans have also adapted to field feeding, eating left over grains and vegetables that have been harvested by farmers. [PAR] How many eggs do Trumpeter Swans lay? [PAR] They lay, on the average, three to eight eggs. One egg is laid every other day until the clutch is complete. The Pen does not begin incubating until her clutch is complete so that all cygnets will hatch within 24 hours of each other. Only one clutch of eggs is laid per year. The incubation period is approximately 34 days. The swans build their nests out of stems and leaves from plants such as cattails and sedges. Trumpeters often nest on top of muskrat houses or beaver lodges. [PAR] Will Trumpeter Swans remove the geese from my lake or pond? [PAR] Only a mature, mated territorial nesting pair of Trumpeters will chase off (they might even kill) geese and other waterfowl in their nesting marsh. However, this aggressive behavior is usually only exhibited during the nesting season March through October. At other times of the year, the swans will readily flock with the geese. Young swans or two swans of the same sex will not be as aggressive and generally will readily tolerate geese and other waterfowl at any time of year. [PAR] Captive swans need open water year round and will need to be fed during the winter months which could attract waterfowl. Early in the season, a trained dog may be more effective to chase geese off the lawn. However, once the geese begin nesting, they are protected under Federal Migratory Bird law and may not be harrassed. In order to discourage geese ( and promote healthier wetlands), it is best to keep a good natural buffer around the pond, allow grass to grow long, and plant shrubs. Geese do not like to eat long grass! They love to eat freshly mowed grass. A fence barrier between your lawn and the lake should also discourage them. Geese prefer a clear runway to the pond and a clear view to spot potential predators. Finally, encourage your neighbors not to feed geese! [PAR]  [DOC] [TLE] EEK! - Critter Corner - The Trumpeter SwanEEK! - Critter Corner - The Trumpeter Swan [PAR] The Trumpeter Swan [PAR] A big, beautiful, white bird [PAR] Snow-white trumpeter swans are a spectacular sight. With a wingspan of more than 7 feet and a height of about 4 feet, the trumpeter swan

The male is a cob, the female a pen, & the young a cygnet: which bird are we talking about?

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[DOC] [TLE] 10 Largest U.S. Cities by Population | U-Pack10 Largest U.S. Cities by Population | U-Pack [PAR] Home / Categories / Cool Stuff / 10 Largest U.S. Cities by Population [PAR] 10 Largest U.S. Cities by Population [PAR] 105 Shares [PAR] What city has the largest population? [PAR] Coming in at 8.1 million people, New York is the largest US city. When we looked into further into the results, we were surprised at which cities made the list. In fact, we searched beyond the 10 largest US cities by population as defined by  2010 U.S. Census , and also looked at the 10 largest metro areas. Take a peek at the places with the largest populations and share the infographics below! [PAR] 10 Largest U.S. Cities by Population [PAR] The data in the U.S. Census Bureau is reported from a national count and post-count survey. The areas reported are according to the Census cartographic boundaries. Here are the 10 largest US cities: [PAR] 1.    New York City, NY – 8,174,959 [PAR] It’s no surprise that  NYC  is the most populated city in America. New York is so big that it’s over twice the size of the next largest city! Along with being a global power city leading the way in finance, it’s also a forerunner in media, fashion, technology, and entertainment. Whether you call it the Big Apple, the Capital of the World, or the Empire City, you could join the 8.1 million residents who call it home. [PAR] 2.    Los Angeles, CA – 3,792,657 [PAR] While the 2010 census shows more people moving out of California than into the state (about 100,000 more,  actually),  L.A.  is still the second largest city in the country. If you’re into warm weather, entertainment, and sharing the city with 3.8 million people, the “Creative Capital of the World” might be the city for you! [PAR] 3.    Chicago, IL – 2,695,598 [PAR] The Windy City’s downtown area is one of the fastest growing in the nation – more than 48,000 people moved to downtown  Chicago  between 2000 and 2010. Along with being home to 2.7 million people, Chicago is also home to one of the world’s last free zoos! [PAR] 4. Houston, TX – 2,096,661 [PAR] Houston  is the largest city in the big state of Texas. If you’re looking for a city that is culturally diverse, you may be intrigued to know that there are more than 90 languages spoken among the 2.1 million residents. [PAR] 5. Philadelphia, PA – 1,526,006 [PAR] Philadelphia  is the second largest city on the East Coast (behind NYC), and the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. With historical landmarks such as Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell, you’ll quickly see why 1.5 million people find this city such a fascinating place to live. [PAR] 6. Phoenix, AZ – 1,447,617 [PAR] Because the city has a total area of 517.9 square miles (about 2,797 people per square mile), the 1.4 million residents of  Phoenix  have plenty of room to move around! Perhaps a move to the Valley of the Sun will provide the city life you’re looking for without all the crowding. [PAR] 7. San Antonio, TX – 1,327,556 [PAR] Known for SeaWorld, Six Flags, the Alamo, and its downtown River Walk, the 1.3 million  San Antonio  residents have plenty to enjoy! The area also has a strong military presence – Fort Sam Houston, Randolph AFB, and Lackland AFB make up the Joint Base San Antonio. [PAR] 8. San Diego, CA – 1,301,621 [PAR] As the second largest city in California (behind L.A.),  San Diego is known for balmy weather, beautiful beaches, and U.S. Navy presence. No wonder more than 1.3 million people choose to live here!. If you’re craving sun, sand, and adventure, San Diego may be for you. [PAR] 9. Dallas, TX – 1,197,792 [PAR] According to this Business Journal  article , Dallas is the fastest growing metropolitan area in the nation, with a population of 1.1 million in 2010.

Los Angeles is the largest city in California? What city holds the honor of being the second largest?

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[DOC] [TLE] Who are the four ghosts in "A Christmas Carol" by Charles ...Who are the four ghosts in "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens? | Reference.com [PAR] Who are the four ghosts in "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens? [PAR] A: [PAR] Quick Answer [PAR] The four ghosts who appear in "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens are Jacob Marley, the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come. All four visit Ebenezer Scrooge within the span of a few hours. [PAR] Full Answer [PAR] Jacob Marley is Scrooge's late business partner who in life was miserly like Scrooge. His ghost appears to Scrooge on the night of Christmas Eve to tell him of three visitors he will soon encounter. [PAR] The second ghost to appear is the Ghost of Christmas Past, who comes to remind Scrooge of his childhood. The Ghost of Christmas Present visits next to show him the holiday season in the homes of people with whom he is now associated. Scrooge learns from him that Tiny Tim will soon die if conditions for his family do not change. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows Scrooge his own grave.[DOC] [TLE] Jacob Marley - Christmas Specials Wiki - WikiaJacob Marley | Christmas Specials Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia [PAR] [ show ] [PAR] Relationship with Scrooge [PAR] In life, Marley was the business partner of Ebenezer Scrooge. As teenagers, both men had been apprenticed in business and met as clerks (presumably in accounting) in another business. The firm of Scrooge and Marley was a nineteenth century financial institution, probably a counting house, as Marley refers to their offices as 'our money-changing hole'. They have become successful bankers, with seats on the London Stock Exchange; they are also stockholders and directors of at least one major association, but a vast amount of their wealth has been accumulated through usurious moneylending. Scrooge is described as Marley's "sole executor, his sole administrator, his sole assign, his sole residuary legatee, his sole friend, and sole mourner". He has been dead seven years by the time the story begins. [PAR] The Haunting of Ebenezer Scrooge [PAR] Jacob Marley preys upon Scrooge's mind in a variety of different ways. First, his face appears in place of Scrooge's door-knocker as Scrooge approaches his lodgings; secondly, Scrooge gets the impression of a "locomotive hearse" ascending the stairs before him as he climbs; thirdly by making his face appear to engulf the whole design of the fireplace in Scrooge's bedroom; next by making every bell in the house ring of its own accord and then, most famously, by appearing before Scrooge in the form of a ghost himself. [PAR] The ghost maintains the same voice, hairstyle and sense of dress that he had in life, but is completely transparent, wearing a handkerchief tied about his jaws, and "captive, bound and double-ironed" with chains which are described as "long, and wound about him like a tail; it was made... of cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, and heavy purses wrought in steel." He often, in moments of great despair or impatience at Scrooge's skepticism, flings these upon the ground before him and almost induces his former partner "into a swoon". He explains that it is the chain he subconsciously built himself in life, as a result of his extortionate behaviour. The ghost is also described as being provided with "an infernal atmosphere of its own... its hair and skirts, and tassels, were still agitated as by the hot vapour from an oven". He despairs at his inability to ever find happiness in the mortal world or the next. As he spent his life on this earth obsessing over money and mistreating the poor and wretched to fill his pocket, Marley is damned to walk the earth for all eternity, never to find rest or peace. [PAR] At first Scrooge does not believe that Marley's ghost is real, and a mere figment of his imagination. When the spectre asks, "Why do you doubt your senses?" Scrooge scoffs that "...a little thing

Whose ghost was the first to appear to Ebenezer Scrooge?

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[DOC] [TLE] Olive The Other Reindeer: J Otto Seibold, Vivian Walsh ...Olive The Other Reindeer: J Otto Seibold, Vivian Walsh: Hardcover: 9780811818070: Powell's Books [PAR] Olive The Other Reindeer [PAR] Ships in 1 to 3 days [PAR] Qty [PAR] Cedar Hills [PAR] From Powells.com [PAR] J.otto Seibold and Vivian Walsh are the George and Ira Gershwin of children's books. Okay, maybe that's a stretch. But they are a remarkable team. In 1993 the husband and wife collaboration published their first book, Mr. Lunch Takes a Plane Ride . A perfectly proportioned blend of whimsy and style, this hilarious and improbable tale of a Picasso-faced little dog was an immediate hit with kids and adults alike. The pair's subsequent books have all become perennial bestsellers, and Seibold's playful, Matisse-with-a-Mac illustrations made him something of an icon among designers. Perhaps the pair's best-known work, though, is Olive the Other Reindeer, which was recently made into the most popular animated Christmas special since How the Grinch Stole Christmas. The story's plot is simple. A little dog named Olive misunderstands the words to "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer." Instead of "All of the other reindeer" she hears "Olive, the other reindeer," and thinks, "I thought I was a dog. Hmmm. I must be a Reindeer." Happy to have cleared that up, Olive catches a bus — well, it takes a couple of buses — and heads to the North Pole. Fortunately, Olive is just in time to join Santa and the other reindeer in their Christmas Eve duties. As usual, the writing is both simple enough for a child and witty enough for an adult, but what makes Olive the Other Reindeer stand heads and shoulders above the other Christmas books crowding the shelves are Seibold's wonderfully waggish illustrations. Farley, Powells.com [PAR] Synopses & Reviews [PAR] Publisher Comments [PAR] Olive is merrily preparing for Christmas when suddenly she realizes "Olive... the other Reindeer... I thought I was a dog. Hmmm, I must be a Reindeer!" So she quickly hops aboard the polar express and heads to the North Pole. And while Santa and the other reindeer are a bit surprised that a dog wants to join the their team, in the end Olive and her unusual reindeer skills are just what Santa and his veteran reindeer team need. Colorful graphic illustrations accompany this zany dog story from the well-known author and artist team, Vivian and J.otto Seibold. Adorable Olive and her hilarious adventures are sure to make anyone's Christmas merry. [PAR] Review [PAR] "Silly, but slightly amusing for kids who can appreciate the play on words and doggie humor." Marilyn Courtot, Children's Literature [PAR] Review [PAR] Seibold and Walsh specialize in street-smart art and convoluted story-lines....Seibold's illustration style [is] a sort of cubism for the '90s. His computer-generated, airbrush-smooth characters resemble digital icons, but their asymmetrical quality lends them a hand-drawn warmth. The spreads are abuzz with comical details." Publishers Weekly [PAR] Review [PAR] "Seibold's story, its predictability obvious from the start, doesn't quite live up to its promising title. The idea of another person, animal or toy...helping Santa to deliver the gifts on Christmas Eve...is tired and worn-out. Only the very young will find this story amusing....The text even contains a spelling error. Definitely not worth the price." Gail Hamilton, CM: Canadian Review of Materials [PAR] Synopsis [PAR] Thinking that "all of the other reindeer" she hears people singing about include her, Olive the dog reports to the North Pole to help Santa Claus on Christmas Eve. [PAR] Synopsis [PAR] "Olive the other reindeer?" thinks Olive. "I always thought I was a dog--but I must be a reindeer!" And while Santa and his reindeer are a bit surprised that a dog wants to join the reindeer team, in the end, Olive and her unusual skills are just

Olive the Other what is a Christmas book by Vivian Walsh and J Otto Seibold?

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[DOC] [TLE] Started By CSULB Professor, Kwanzaa Celebrates The ...Started By CSULB Professor, Kwanzaa Celebrates The Importance Of African Culture [PAR] Started By CSULB Professor, Kwanzaa Celebrates The Importance Of African Culture [PAR] Details [PAR]  Comment  [PAR] [Eds. note: I originally wrote about Kwanzaa when I was the Managing Editor of City Beat Long Beach and a version of this piece originally appeared in the December 2011 issue of that magazine. Since City Beat is no more and their website has been taken down as well (and Dr. Karenga has yet to return our calls), I received permission to re-run this relevant piece on this important holiday that has some epic roots in our own backyard.] [PAR] Though its history is much younger than the other holidays celebrated during this time of year, Kwanzaa is by no means less significant. Created in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga as a way for African-Americans to honor their shared heritage and culture, the seven-day celebration—which begins today, December 26, and goes until January 1—has become an important holiday for those with black heritage worldwide. [PAR] Starting today with a parade down Crenshaw Blvd., the 36th annual Kwanzaa Gwaride Parade and Festival will be the largest Kwanzaa kickoff celebration in Southern California. With this year's festival theme being "Freedom from Obesity,'' the parade's Iyaba (queen) and Oba (king) are both medical practitioners. The Kwanzaa Heritage Festival will also be held in Leimert Park on December 29 and will include live music, traditional dancing, a drum circle and international marketplace.  [PAR] In his 2012 founders statement , Dr. Karenga Kwanzaa discusses his theme for this year's Kwanzaa, "Us and the Well-being of the World: A Courageous Questioning." [PAR] "At the center of this concern and care must be a constant and courageous questioning first about how we understand and assert ourselves in the world and what this means," Dr. Karenga wrote. "Thus, the Day of Meditation during Kwanzaa which is the culminating point and place of our remembrance, reflection and recommitment calls on us to sit down, think deeply about ourselves in the world, and measure ourselves in the mirror of the best of our culture to determine where we stand." [PAR] The word Kwanzaa comes from the Swahili phrase matunda ya kwanza which translates roughly to “first fruit”), and the holiday’s template is loosely based on traditional pan-African harvest festivals. But that is where any precedent stops. As an internationally celebrated, non-religious, non-heroic, non-political African-American holiday, Kwanzaa is a unique experience that encourages unity among those of African descent and attempts to preserve common African culture. [PAR] Dr. Karenga—a leading theorist during the ’60s Black Power Movement who is now the chair of Cal State Long Beach's Department of Africana Studies—organized Kwanzaa around a set of communitarian African values, called the Nguzo Saba. These seven principles include Umoja (unity), Kujicahgulia (self-determination), Ujima (collective work and responsibility), Ujama (cooperative economics), Nia (purpose), Kuumba (creativity) and Imani (faith). Each day of Kwanzaa focuses on one of these driving principles and is expressed through the lighting of colored candles, dancing, reciting poetry and the giving of appropriate gifts. [PAR] In addition to the daily celebrations, Kwanzaa calls for a central place in the home to be dedicated to the construction of a Kwanzaa Set—a display of the holiday’s symbolic objects. Central to this is the kinara, a candleholder that carries the seven candles—three red, three green and one black—as well as a Unity Cup, the filling and sharing of which is a central Kwanzaa ritual. Ears of corn are placed on the Kwanzaa Set's staw mat, each representing a child in the family. African foods such as millet, spiced pepper balls and rice are often served, though some people fast during the holiday and a feast is often held on its final night. [PAR] While Kwanzaa was originally directed at a small group of activists, it gained popularity as interest in

What holiday, created by a future Cal State Long Beach professor in 1966, is celebrated the day after Christmas for 7 days?

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[DOC] [TLE] Video rental shopA video rental shop/store is a physical business that rents home videos such as movies and prerecorded TV shows. Typically, a rental shop conducts business with customers under conditions and terms agreed upon in a rental agreement or contract, which may be implied, explicit, or written. Many video rental stores also sell previously-viewed movies and/or new, unopened movies. In the 1980s, video rental stores rented VHS and Beta tape copies of movies, although most stores dropped Beta tapes when VHS won the format war. In the 2000s, video rental stores began renting DVDs, which eventually displaced VHS. In the 2010s, video rental stores added high-definition Blu-ray discs to their offerings. Video rentals are also offered in other business such as drugstores or convenience stores. [PAR] The widespread availability of video on demand on cable TV systems and VHS-by-mail services offered consumers a way of watching movies without having to leave their home. With the advent of the World Wide Web, Internet services such as Netflix have become increasingly popular since the mid–2000s. All of these new ways of watching movies have greatly reduced the demand for video rental shops. [PAR] Overview [PAR] Typically, a customer must sign up for an account with the shop and give a form of security such as a credit card number or driver's license. If the customer does not return the movie, the store can charge the cost of the movie to the customer's credit card. If items are returned late, the shop usually charges late fees, which typically accumulate day by day. Some shops have policies where instead of late fees, they will treat overdue items as a sale after a certain date, and charge a price equivalent to a standard sale of that object (with appropriate deductions for the rental fee already paid and for its pre-opened condition). [PAR] While video rental stores primarily offer movies, many also rent recorded TV shows, music CDs or video game discs. Some video rental outlets use a kiosk or vending machine to dispense and collect rentals. Some video rental stores also sell snack items like microwave popcorn, chips, candy, chocolate and soda. [PAR] In 2010, a report indicated that in the United States and Canada, public libraries collectively loaned more DVDs than the online rental outlet Netflix. [PAR] History [PAR] The world's oldest business that rents out copies of movies for private use was opened by Eckhard Baum in Kassel, West Germany in the summer of 1975. Baum collected movies on Super 8 film as a hobby and lent pieces of his collection to friends and acquaintances. Because they showed great interest in his films, he came up with the idea of renting out films as a sideline. Over the years, videotapes and optical discs were added to the range. Baum still operates the business as of September 2015 and was portrayed in the June 2006 documentary film “Eckis Welt” by Olaf Saumer. [PAR] The first professionally managed video rental store in the U.S. was opened by George Atkinson in December 1977 at 12011 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. After 20th Century Fox had made an agreement with Magnetic Video founder Andre Blay to license him 50 of their titles for sale directly to consumers, amongst them Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, M*A*S*H, Hello, Dolly!, Patton, The French Connection, The King And I and The Sound Of Music, Atkinson bought all the titles in both VHS and Beta formats, and offered them for rent. Such stores led to the creation of video rental chains such as West Coast Video, Blockbuster Video, and Rogers Video in the 1980s. [PAR] By mid-1985 the United States had 15,000 video rental stores, and many record, grocery, and drug stores also rented tapes. The press discussed the VCR "and the viewing habits it has engendered — the Saturday night trip down to the tape rental store to pick out for a couple of bucks the movie you want to see when you want to see it", Video rental stores had customers of all ages and were part of a fast-growing business. By 1987, for example, Pennsylvania had 537 stores that

What video rental store, with over 5000 locations worldwide, recently announced their bankruptcy, after getting slaughtered in the marketplace by Redbox and Netflix?

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[DOC] [TLE] Home Alone: Family Fun Edition (1990) - DVD Movie GuideHome Alone: Family Fun Edition (1990) [PAR] Home Alone: Family Fun Edition (1990) [PAR] Reviewed by Colin Jacobson (November 7, 2006) [PAR] In 1990, the sleepers were the kings - and queens - of the box office. That was a year in which highly-touted flicks like Dick Tracy failed to live up to expectations while some lesser-lights cleaned up financially. Four of 1990�s pictures currently rank within the top 100 highest-grossing films of all-time. [PAR] At number 95, the year�s first breakout hit came out in the spring. Pretty Woman made Julia Roberts a star and revived the career of Richard Gere as it took in $178 million and inspired prostitutes all over the world. The next surprise success came during the summer with another �chick flick�, Ghost . A complete surprise to most, this weepy comedy nailed an impressive $217 million, which allows it to land at 55th on the all-time chart. [PAR] Of the four films under discussion, the riskiest was definitely the fall�s Dances With Wolves . Prior to release, industry wags dubbed it �Kevin�s Gate�, for they were absolutely certain the three-hour western would derail star Kevin Costner�s career. Instead, the movie nabbed a bunch of Academy Awards - including Best Picture and Best Director for Costner - and it earned a heap of wampum as well; ultimately the movie grossed $184 million, which qualifies it for 83rd on the all-time list. [PAR] For all of the monetary success achieved by these three films, none of them compared with the final flick in our little list of four. Arriving around the same time as Dances With Wolves, Home Alone appealed to a very different demographic, but it maintained enough interest for a broad audience to swipe an amazing $285 million. That easily made it the biggest hit of 1990, and it currently leaves it at 27th on the all-time chart. [PAR] (Box office footnote: all four have plummeted in the charts since I originally reviewed Home Alone in 2001. Pretty Woman dropped 44 spots, while Ghost went down 29. Wolves fell 41 places and Home Alone sank 15. That means Alone is lower on the chart now than Ghost was five years ago!) [PAR] Frankly, I could never understand the huge success of Alone, though that doesn�t mean that I didn�t comprehend the general appeal of the material. Hmm� those concepts seem to contradict themselves. What I mean is that while I can see why a certain audience might enjoy Home Alone, I fail to perceive how this silly junk could become the 12th top-grossing film ever. Perhaps Serendipity - the muse from Dogma - was right; someone must have sold their soul to get the grosses up on this piece of hooey. [PAR] In Home Alone, we meet the very upper-middle-class McCallister family. Headed by father Peter (John Heard) and mother Kate (Catherine O�Hara), this brood - which also includes extended family such as cousins, aunts and uncles for the holidays - plans to head to France for Christmas. Stuck in the middle of the pandemonium, young Kevin (Macaulay Culkin) feels that he always gets the shaft. No one listens to him or respects him, and after he gets in trouble for a fight with his brother, he tells Mom that he wishes he didn�t live with them. [PAR] Fairy tales can come true. A storm knocks out their power, which makes the clan run late for their flight. In the ruckus to get to the airport, Kevin fails to make the van. No one notices this until they�re on the jet to Paris. That�s when Kate realizes that her son is� home alone! [PAR] Fortunately for all involved, Kevin is a resourceful eight-year-old, and much of the movie shows the fun he has with all his freedom

In the classic 1990 movie Home Alone, where is the McCallister family headed on vacation when 8 year old Kevin is mistakenly left behind?

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[DOC] [TLE] OregonOregon ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Oregon is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, on the north by Washington, on the south by California, on the east by Idaho, and on the southeast by Nevada. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary, and the Snake River delineates much of the eastern boundary. The parallel 42° north delineates the southern boundary with California and Nevada. It is one of only three states of the contiguous United States to have a coastline on the Pacific Ocean, and the proximity to the ocean heavily influences the state's mild winter climate, despite the latitude. [PAR] Oregon was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before Western traders, explorers, and settlers arrived. An autonomous government was formed in the Oregon Country in 1843, the Oregon Territory was created in 1848, and Oregon became the 33rd state on February 14, 1859. Today, at 98,000 square miles (255,000 km²), Oregon is the ninth largest and, with a population of 4 million, 26th most populous U.S. state. The capital of Oregon is Salem, the second most populous of its cities, with 160,614 residents (2013 estimate). With 609,456 residents (2013 estimate), Portland is the largest city in Oregon and ranks 29th in the U.S. Its metro population of 2,314,554 (2013 estimate) is 24th. The Willamette Valley in western Oregon is the state's most densely populated area, home to eight of the ten most populous cities. [PAR] Oregon's landscape is diverse, with a windswept Pacific coastline; a volcano-studded Cascade Range; abundant bodies of water in and west of the Cascades; dense evergreen, mixed, and deciduous forests at lower elevations; and a high desert sprawling across much of its east all the way to the Great Basin. The tall conifers, mainly Douglas fir, along Oregon's rainy west coast contrast with the lighter-timbered and fire-prone pine and juniper forests covering portions to the east. Abundant alders in the west fix nitrogen for the conifers. Stretching east from central Oregon are semi-arid shrublands, prairies, deserts, steppes, and meadows. At 11249 ft, Mount Hood is the state's highest point, and Crater Lake National Park is Oregon's only national park. [PAR] Etymology [PAR] The earliest evidence of the name Oregon has Spanish origins. The term "orejón" comes from the historical chronicle Relación de la Alta y Baja California (1598) written by the new Spaniard Rodrigo Motezuma and made reference to the Columbia river when the Spanish explorers penetrated into the actual north american territory that became part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. This chronicle is the first topographical and linguistic source with respect to the place name Oregon. There are also two other sources with Spanish origins such as the name Oregano which grows in the southern part of the region. It is most probable that the American territory was named by the Spaniards as there are some populations in Spain such as "Arroyo del Oregón" which is situated in the province of Ciudad Real, also considering that the individualization in Spanish language "El Orejón" with the mutation of the letter "g" instead of "j". [PAR] Another early use of the name, spelled Ouragon, was in a 1765 petition by Major Robert Rogers to the Kingdom of Great Britain. The term referred to the then-mythical River of the West (the Columbia River). By 1778 the spelling had shifted to Oregon. In his 1765 petition, Rogers wrote: [PAR] The rout...is from the Great Lakes towards the Head of the Mississippi, and from thence to the River called by the Indians Ouragon... [PAR] One theory is the name comes from the French word ouragan ("windstorm" or "hurricane"), which was applied to the River of the West based on Native American tales of powerful Chinook winds of the lower Columbia River, or perhaps from firsthand French experience with the Chinook winds of the Great Plains. At the time, the River of the West was thought to rise in western Minnesota and flow west through

With an accepted height of 11,249 feet, what is the tallest mountain in Oregon, and the 4th highest in the Cascades?

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[DOC] [TLE] BC LionsThe BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of the Canadian Football League (CFL). Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Lions play their home games at BC Place in Downtown Vancouver. [PAR] The Lions played their first season in 1954, and have played every season since. As such, they are the oldest professional sports franchise in the city of Vancouver and in the province of British Columbia. They have appeared in the league's Grey Cup championship game 10 times, winning six of those games, with their most recent championship occurring in 2011. [PAR] The Lions were the first Western Canadian team to have won the Grey Cup at home, having done so in 1994 and 2011, before Saskatchewan won in 2013, while also becoming the only team to beat an American-based franchise in a championship game, a feat accomplished in 1994. The Lions currently have the longest active playoff streak, and are tied for the second-longest in CFL history, having made the playoffs for 19 straight seasons. [PAR] Team facts [PAR] Founded: 1954 [PAR] Name: the team is named for the Lions, a pair of mountain peaks overlooking the team's home city of Vancouver [PAR] Helmet design: white background, with a black BC and a profile of an orange mountain lion's head [PAR] Uniform colours: orange and white with black accents [PAR] Nickname: Leos [PAR] Mascot: Leo the Lion [PAR] Fight song: "Roar, You Lions, Roar" composed by Dal Richards and His Orchestra [PAR] Stadiums: Empire Stadium (1954–1982), Empire Field (2010–2011) and BC Place Stadium (1983–2009, 2011–present) [PAR] Main rivals: Montreal Alouettes (Labour Day Classic) and Saskatchewan Roughriders [PAR] Western Division 1st Place: 13—1963, 1964, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, and 2012 [PAR] Western Division championships: 10—1963, 1964, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1994, 2000, 2004, 2006, and 2011 [PAR] Grey Cup championships: 6—1964, 1985, 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2011 [PAR] 2015 regular season record: 7 wins, 11 losses [PAR] Ownership [PAR] The BC Lions Football Club is owned by businessman David Braley, who purchased the club in 1997. Braley was a member of the Canadian Senate. As of 2011, the BC Lions Football Club executive committee consisted of four people: [PAR] *David Braley, owner and governor [PAR] *Dennis Skulsky, president, CEO, and alternate governor [PAR] *Wally Buono, general manager and vice president of football operations, alternate governor [PAR] *George Chayka, vice president of business [PAR] Franchise history [PAR] Origin of the Lions [PAR] In 1951, a group led by Ken Stauffer and Tiny Radar were inspired by Vancouver Sun columnist Andy Lytle's article to start a football team in Vancouver that would play in the West's top league of the time, the Western Interprovincial Football Union (an earlier team known as the Vancouver Grizzlies had played one season in the WIFU in 1941). The ownership group sent Radar and Orville Burke to represent them at the off-season WIFU meetings to initiate Vancouver’s bid for a team. The Burkes were told to return to the meetings the following year with a $25,000 good-faith bond if they could generate sufficient interest in the Vancouver area. The first meetings were held at the Arctic Club in November and a committee headed by Burke and Harry Spring of the Meraloma Rugby Club, set out to sell memberships at $20 each. [PAR] Though Burke, Vic Spencer, and John Davidson offered the good-faith bond to the WIFU in 1952, the idea of having a Vancouver team was rejected when both Winnipeg and Saskatchewan voted against the idea of a fifth team. The group in Vancouver, however, did not give up their efforts to have a franchise in the WIFU. [PAR] On January 22, 1953, the first annual meeting of the club was held. In that meeting, Arthur E. Mercer was hired as the club's first president. Later in the year, Mercer, Bill Morgan, Bill Ralston, and Whit Matthews went

The winner of Sundays matches between the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Edmonton Eskimos and BC Lions will meet on Nov 27 in Vancouver to vie for what trophy?

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[DOC] [TLE] The Medal of Honor: 6 Surprising Facts - History in the ...The Medal of Honor: 6 Surprising Facts - History in the Headlines [PAR] The Medal of Honor: 6 Surprising Facts [PAR] July 12, 2012 By Jennie Cohen [PAR] Share this: [PAR] The Medal of Honor: 6 Surprising Facts [PAR] Author [PAR] The Medal of Honor: 6 Surprising Facts [PAR] URL [PAR] Google [PAR] One hundred fifty years ago today, President Abraham Lincoln signed into law a measure calling for an award known as the U.S. Army Medal of Honor to be bestowed upon “such noncommissioned officers and privates as shall most distinguish themselves by their gallantry in action, and other soldier-like qualities during the present insurrection." (The conflict referenced was the Civil War.) A provision the previous December had created a similar honor for the U.S. Navy. Since then, 3,458 men and one woman have received the Medal of Honor, the United States’ highest military decoration. On the anniversary of the medal’s creation, discover six surprising facts about the award and its recipients. [PAR] 1. At first, the idea of a Medal of Honor was dismissed as too “European.” [PAR] During the American Revolution, George Washington established the first combat decoration in U.S. history, known as the Badge of Military Merit. After the conflict it fell into disuse, as did its successor, the Certificate of Merit, bestowed during the Mexican-American War. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, proponents of a new award made their case to Winfield Scott, general-in-chief of the Union Army. Scott, a respected commander despite being too feeble and corpulent to mount a horse in the waning years of his career, scoffed at the suggestion, saying it smacked of European tradition. It was only after his retirement that Medal of Honor supporters in Congress could introduce bills providing for the decoration. [PAR] 2. Only one woman has received the Medal of Honor, and her award was temporarily rescinded. [PAR] A medical doctor who supported feminist and abolitionist causes, Mary Edwards Walker volunteered with the Union Army at the outbreak of the Civil War. Despite her training, she initially had to work as a nurse before becoming the Army’s first female surgeon. Known to cross enemy lines in order to treat civilians, she may have been serving as a spy when Confederate troops captured her in the summer of 1864. Walker was later released as part of a prisoner exchange and returned to duty. On November 11, 1865, President Andrew Johnson presented her with the Medal of Honor, making her the only woman to date to receive the decoration. In 1917 the Army changed its eligibility criteria for the honor and revoked the awards of 911 non-combatants, including Walker. Nevertheless, she continued to wear her medal until her death two years later. An Army board restored Walker’s Medal of Honor in 1977, praising her “distinguished gallantry, self-sacrifice, patriotism, dedication and unflinching loyalty to her country, despite the apparent discrimination because of her sex.” [PAR] Theodore Roosevelt, the only U.S. president to have received the Medal of Honor. [PAR] 3. Theodore Roosevelt is the only U.S. president to have received the Medal of Honor, which he was awarded posthumously. [PAR] When the Spanish-American War broke out, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt famously quit his job to lead a volunteer regiment known as the Rough Riders. Roosevelt and his men played a decisive role in the Battle of San Juan Hill and took part in other confrontations in Cuba. In 1916, less than three years before his death, the 26th president was nominated for the Medal of Honor, but the Army passed him over, citing a lack of evidence for his heroic actions at San Juan Hill. President Bill Clinton posthumously awarded him the decoration in 2001. Roosevelt’s son, Theodore Jr., who served in both World Wars, also received the Medal of Honor. [PAR] 4. The youngest Medal of Honor recipient earned his award at 11 and was granted it at 13. [PAR] Born in New York, 11-year-old Willie Johnston enlisted in the Union Army alongside his father, serving as a drummer

Name the only US president who has won the medal of honor.

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[DOC] [TLE] MisogynyMisogyny is the hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against women or girls. Misogyny can be manifested in numerous ways, including social exclusion, sex discrimination, hostility, androcentrism, patriarchy, and male privilege ideas, belittling of women, violence against women, and sexual objectification of women. Misogyny can be found occasionally within ancient texts relating to various mythologies. In addition, various influential Western philosophers and thinkers have been described as misogynistic. In 2012 the Macquarie Dictionary (which documents Australian English and New Zealand English) expanded the definition to include not only hatred of women but also "entrenched prejudices against women". [PAR] Definitions [PAR] According to sociologist Allan G. Johnson, "misogyny is a cultural attitude of hatred for females because they are female." Johnson argues that: [PAR] Sociologist Michael Flood, at the University of Wollongong, defines misogyny as the hatred of women, and notes: [PAR] Dictionaries define misogyny as "hatred of women" and as "hatred, dislike, or mistrust of women". In 2012, primarily in response to events occurring in the Australian Parliament, the Macquarie Dictionary (which documents Australian English and New Zealand English) expanded the definition to include not only hatred of women but also "entrenched prejudices against women". The counterpart of misogyny is misandry, the hatred or dislike of men; the antonym of misogyny is philogyny, the love or fondness of women. [PAR] Historical usage [PAR] Classical Greece [PAR] In his book City of Sokrates: An Introduction to Classical Athens, J.W. Roberts argues that older than tragedy and comedy was a misogynistic tradition in Greek literature, reaching back at least as far as Hesiod. [PAR] The word Misogyny had a different meaning in ancient Greece, since they applied the pejorative "woman hater" expression mostly to gay men. [PAR] Misogyny comes into English from the ancient Greek word misogunia (), which survives in two passages. [PAR] The earlier, longer, and more complete passage comes from a moral tract known as On Marriage (c. 150 BC) by the stoic philosopher Antipater of Tarsus. Antipater argues that marriage is the foundation of the state, and considers it to be based on divine (polytheistic) decree. Antipater uses misogunia to describe Euripides' usual writing—tēn misogunian en tō graphein (τὴν μισογυνίαν ἐν τῷ γράφειν "the misogyny in the writing"). However, he mentions this by way of contrast. He goes on to quote Euripides at some length, writing in praise of wives. Antipater does not tell us what it is about Euripides' writing that he believes is misogynistic, he simply expresses his belief that even a man thought to hate women (namely Euripides) praises wives, so concluding his argument for the importance of marriage. He says, "This thing is truly heroic." [PAR] Euripides' reputation as a misogynist is also evidenced in another source; in Deipnosophistae (Banquet of the Learned), Athenaeus has one of the diners quoting Hieronymus of Cardia, who confirms that the view was widespread, while offering Sophocles' comment on the matter: [PAR] Despite Euripides' reputation, Antipater is not the only writer to see appreciation of women in his writing. Katherine Henderson and Barbara McManus state that he "showed more empathy for women than any other ancient writer", citing "relatively modern critics" to support their claim. [PAR] The other surviving use of the original Greek word is by Chrysippus, in a fragment from On affections, quoted by Galen in Hippocrates on Affections. Here, misogyny is the first in a short list of three "disaffections"—women (misogunian), wine (misoinian, μισοινίαν) and humanity (misanthrōpian, μισανθρωπίαν). Chrysippus' point is more abstract than Antipater's, and Galen quotes the passage as an example of an opinion contrary to his own. What is clear, however, is that he groups hatred of women with hatred of humanity generally, and even hatred of wine. "It was the prevailing medical opinion of his day that wine strengthens body and soul alike."Teun L. Tieleman, [https://books.google.com/books?id [PAR] BBiw96gj8gkC&printsecfrontcover&dq [PAR] chrysippus+on+affections&sig=6f6Y84rR_VZzorWxiGfFMYViuvM Chrysippus' on Affections:] Reconstruction and Interpretations, (Leiden:

If Misogyny is the hatred of women, what is the hatred of men?

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[DOC] [TLE] Battle of TrentonThe Battle of Trenton was a small but pivotal battle during the American Revolutionary War which took place on the morning of December 26, 1776, in Trenton, New Jersey. After General George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River north of Trenton the previous night, Washington led the main body of the Continental Army against Hessian soldiers garrisoned at Trenton. After a brief battle, nearly the entire Hessian force was captured, with negligible losses to the Americans. The battle significantly boosted the Continental Army's flagging morale, and inspired re-enlistments. [PAR] The Continental Army had previously suffered several defeats in New York and had been forced to retreat through New Jersey to Pennsylvania. Morale in the army was low; to end the year on a positive note, George Washington—Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army—devised a plan to cross the Delaware River on the night of December 25–26 and surround the Hessian garrison. [PAR] Because the river was icy and the weather severe, the crossing proved dangerous. Two detachments were unable to cross the river, leaving Washington with only 2,400 men under his command in the assault. The army marched 9 mi south to Trenton. The Hessians had lowered their guard, thinking they were safe from the American army, and had no long-distance outposts or patrols. Washington's forces caught them off guard and, after a short but fierce resistance, most of the Hessians surrendered. Almost two thirds of the 1,500-man garrison was captured, and only a few troops escaped across Assunpink Creek. [PAR] Despite the battle's small numbers, the American victory inspired rebels in the colonies. With the success of the revolution in doubt a week earlier, the army had seemed on the verge of collapse. The dramatic victory inspired soldiers to serve longer and attracted new recruits to the ranks. [PAR] Background [PAR] In early December 1776, American morale was very low. The Americans had been ousted from New York by the British and their Hessian auxiliaries, and the Continental Army was forced to retreat across New Jersey. Ninety percent of the Continental Army soldiers who had served at Long Island were gone. Men had deserted, feeling that the cause for independence was lost. Washington, Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army, expressed some doubts, writing to his cousin in Virginia, "I think the game is pretty near up." [PAR] At the time a small town in New Jersey, Trenton was occupied by three regiments of Hessian soldiers commanded by Colonel Johann Rall, numbering about 1,400 men. Washington's force comprised 2,400 men, with infantry divisions commanded by Major Generals Nathanael Greene and John Sullivan, and artillery under the direction of Brigadier General Henry Knox. [PAR] Prelude [PAR] Intelligence [PAR] Washington had stationed a spy named John Honeyman, posing as a Tory, in Trenton. Honeyman had served with Major General James Wolfe in Quebec at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham on September 13, 1759, and had no trouble establishing his credentials as a Tory. Honeyman was a butcher and weaver, who traded with the British and Hessians. This enabled him to gather intelligence, and also to convince the Hessians that the Continental Army was in such a low state of morale that they would not attack Trenton. Shortly before Christmas, he arranged to be captured by the Continental Army, who had orders to bring him to Washington unharmed. After being questioned by Washington, he was imprisoned in a small hut, to be tried as a Tory in the morning, but a small fire broke out nearby, enabling him to "escape." [PAR] American plan [PAR] The American plan relied on launching coordinated attacks from three directions. General John Cadwalader would launch a diversionary attack against the British garrison at Bordentown, New Jersey, to block off reinforcements from the south. General James Ewing would take 700 militia across the river at Trenton Ferry, seize the bridge over the Assunpink Creek and prevent enemy troops from escaping. The main assault force of 2,400 men would cross the river north of Trenton and split into two groups, one under Greene and one under Sullivan, to launch a

Immortalized in an 1851 painting by Emmanuel Gottlieb Leutze, which river did George Washington cross on Christmas night in 1776 before attacking the Hessian forces during the Battle of Trenton?

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[DOC] [TLE] Slasher filmSlasher films are a subgenre of horror films, typically involving a violent psychopath murdering several victims, usually with bladed tools. Although the term "slasher" is sometimes used informally as a generic term for any horror movie involving murder, analysts of the genre cite an established set of characteristics which allegedly set these films apart from other horror subgenres, such as splatter films and psychological horror films. [PAR] Some critics cite Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho (1960) as an early influential "slasher" film, and most believe that the genre's peak occurred in American films released during the 1970s and 1980s. These classic slasher films include Tobe Hooper's The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974), John Carpenter's Halloween (1978), Victor Miller and Sean S. Cunningham's Friday the 13th (1980), Wes Craven's A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), and Don Mancini and Tom Holland's Child's Play (1988). Wes Craven's satirical film Scream (1996) revived public interest in the genre, and several of the original slasher franchises were rebooted in the years following the release of Scream. [PAR] Many films in the slasher genre continue to attract cult followings. [PAR] Definition [PAR] In Games of Terror: Halloween, Friday the 13th and the Films of the Stalker Cycle, Vera Dika defines the slasher as having a repeated plot structure, theorizing that all slasher films adhere to the following formula in one way or another. According to Dika, the plot of a slasher film is always influenced by a past event in which the film's community, often teenage characters, commits a wrongful action, or the killer experiences some sort of severe trauma. The present day plot typically involves the opposing objectives of both a killer and a hero/heroine. Slasher films often begin with a commemoration of this important past event - an anniversary that somehow reactivates or re-inspires the killer. Often, the victim in a slasher film survives, but is maimed somehow by their experience with the film's killer. Dika also believes that the genre's appeal is rooted in the audience's feelings of catharsis, recreation, and displacement, which is related to sexual pleasure. [PAR] Common tropes [PAR] Common tropes often featured in slasher films include the final girl character, and the anti-heroic characterization of the film's villain. The subject of the final girl has become a topic often discussed in introductory film courses. The prototypical character often cited as the genre's first final girl is Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) in Halloween (1978). Final girls, who typically escape the killer's advances by a film's end, are often virgins and have at least one female friend who is portrayed as sexually active. [PAR] Popular slasher franchises tend to follow the continued efforts of each film's villain, rather than the killer's victims, who do not often reappear in sequels. The idolization of each film's killer arguably creates antiheroes of slasher film villains. Notable examples of these killer-icons include: Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, Jason Voorhees, Chucky and Leatherface. [PAR] Origins [PAR] Some critics refer to horror plays produced at the Grand Guignol in the late 19th century as having influenced the contemporary slasher genre. Others reference the visceral images of violence in films such as Maurice Tourneur's The Lunatics (1912), a silent film adaptation of a Grand Guignol play. Public outcry in the United States over films like The Lunatics led to the passing of the Hays Code in 1930, one of the entertainment industry's earliest set of guidelines restricting what could be shown on film. Under the Hays Code, even mild references to sexuality and brutality were deemed unacceptable. [PAR] Crime writer Mary Roberts Rinehart was a major influence on the emerging horror genre. Her novel The Circular Staircase (1908), later adapted into film as The Bat (1926), tells the story of guests in a remote mansion who are menaced by a killer in a grotesque bat mask. Its success led to a series of "old dark house" films produced in the late 1920s including: The Cat and the Canary (1927), based on John Willard's 1922 stage play of

What 1984 slasher film featured a fedora wearing main villain wearing a red and green sweater with a metal-clawed brown leather glove on his right hand?

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[DOC] [TLE] Daily Billboard: Butterfinger Nobody better lay a finger ...Daily Billboard: Butterfinger Nobody better lay a finger billboards... Advertising for Movies TV Fashion Drinks Technology and More [PAR] Butterfinger Nobody better lay a finger billboards... [PAR] When Daily Billboard first saw this billboard for Butterfinger candy, the first thing that came to mind was Bart Simpson's hair, which is obviously a good association to make. [PAR] The funny thing is that Daily Billboard has only been in America for five years, so was unaware of the rich history the confectionary brand has with Matt Groenig's animated TV series, The Simpsons. [PAR] Little did we know that the chocolate brand and the dysfunctional cartoon family have shared a close working relationship since the late 80's in the form of TV commercials, product placement and other advertising. [PAR] But as you can see the advertising endorsement has returned, along with the 'Nobody better lay a finger...' slogan. [PAR] This fun and bold Butterfinger billboard was spied along Highland Avenue in Hollywood on July 7, 2013. It's also a testament to Nestlé's confidence in the candy bar's recognisability and brand strength that it doesn't feel the need to plaster a pack shot, or complete logo, all over the ad for people to know what it's for. [PAR] The only problem now is that Daily Billboard's mouth can't stop watering, contemplating all the peanut-butter and chocolate goodness that awaits. [PAR] UPDATED: First came the teaser billboard, then came these fantastic 'Usual Suspect' ad creatives (in an homage to the Bryan Singer's 1995 film) to answer the question of who laid a finger on Bart''s Butterfinger from The Simpsons large cast of characters. [PAR] It appears that no one is beyond consideration, from his siblings 'Lisa' and 'Maggie', to his parents 'Homer' and 'Marge', and even poor old 'Grampa Simpson'. Then there's the slightly more suspicious folks like 'Krusty the Clown', 'Sideshow Bob' and 'Montgomery Burns'. Who do you think the culprit is? [PAR] The Simpsons family billboard was snapped in the same location as the 'Nobody better lay a finger...' teaser and the other diabolical cartoon character creative was spied in close proximity along Highland Avenue opposite Hollywood High School on August 8, 2013, also replacing the same teaser ad. [PAR] This candy campaign is such fun and Daily Billboard loves how both Marge Simpson's and Sideshow Bob's hair peeks over the top of the billboards as an extra detail to catch your eye. [PAR] Posted by Jason in Hollywood at 12:01 AM[DOC] [TLE] Butterfinger - Simpsons Wiki - WikiaButterfinger | Simpsons Wiki | Fandom powered by Wikia [PAR] A typical Butterfinger bar used on commercials from 1991-1998. [PAR] “Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger!” [PAR] ―Bart Simpson [PAR] Butterfinger is a popular peanut-butter and chocolate candy bar. There have been 150 commercials for Butterfinger which featured The Simpsons beginning in 1988, when America's Most Wanted first aired. [PAR] Many of the commercials featured Homer trying to get Bart 's Butterfinger, but would be one-upped by Bart each time. Each commercial closes with Bart saying the catchphrase, "Nobody better lay a finger on my Butterfinger!". In 1999, this was changed to “Bite My Butterfinger!”, then in 2001, it was changed to "Nothing Like a Butterfinger!", beginning in 2010, a slightly rewritten version of the Nobody better lay a finger slogan "Nobody's gonna lay a finger on my Butterfinger!" was introduced. [PAR] Most of these advertisements have been released on The Simpsons DVD sets as bonus features along with other commercials. [PAR] All Butterfinger commercials were available on iTunes and Netflix. The following is high quality than the VHS versions of these commercials: The Butterfinger Group (1988), Bully - Maggie's Stick (1991), The Karate Lesson (1992), Butterfinger Ice-Cream Bars (1991), Maggie's Party (1992), Bart's Locker (1993), The Raid (1994), The Shrink, Bart's Homework (1994) and

According to the Bart Simpsons TV ad, Nobody better lay a finger on my what??

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[DOC] [TLE] Pearl Harbor: The USS Arizona Memorial Complex [Archive ...Pearl Harbor: The USS Arizona Memorial Complex [Archive] - World Naval Ships Forums [PAR] Just a few photos of the USS Arizona memorial taken last year. [PAR] NASAAN101 [PAR] 08-02-2009, 01:14 [PAR] Guys, [PAR] i don't know if any of you saw this: Originally, the decision to move Missouri to Pearl Harbor was met with some resistance. Many people feared that the battleship, whose name has become synonymous with the end of World War II, would overshadow battleship USS Arizona, whose dramatic explosion and subsequent sinking on 7 December 1941 has since become synonymous with the attack on Pearl Harbor. To help guard against this perception Missouri was placed well back from and facing the Arizona Memorial, so that those participating in military ceremonies on Missouri�s aft decks would not have sight of the Arizona Memorial. The decision to have Missouri�s bow face the Arizona Memorial was intended to convey that Missouri now watches over the remains of the battleship Arizona so that those interred within Arizona�s hull may rest in peace. i've never been out there but i would love to go.. [PAR] Nikki [PAR] John Odom [PAR] 08-02-2009, 01:21 [PAR] The Navy and the park service have opposed everything! It took many years to overcome the resistance so that the Okie memorial could be put up. [PAR] We are still fighting over proper graves for the so-called unknowns from the Okie. Many had their dogtags or were otherwise readily identifiable. They are in mass graves at the punchbowl now. [PAR] NASAAN101 [PAR] 08-02-2009, 01:28 [PAR] John, [PAR] i always like that little part on Might MO, i'm glad she has a home.. And like i said, i would love to go out there.. RIP Arizona, you will be missed. [PAR] Nikkki [PAR] 12-06-2009, 14:45 [PAR] Hi Nikki, [PAR] Interesting stories on Pearl Harbour. Visited there in 96 or 97 - The USN really looks after visitors to the Arizona Memorial and we found it a moving experience, especially when you find she still breathes [Yeah, I know it is only pockets of oil still after all these years seeping out]. Also went on the big Mo, she looked as if she was "in all respects" ready for sea, and the guys looking after her do a first class job - we even managed to get serruptiously up to the fighting bridge and the view was worth it. [PAR] Another favourite of ours is the Fleet Sub "Pampanito" in San Francisco but that is a story for another day. [PAR] Aye....... Dave H [PAR] Don Boyer [PAR] 23-09-2009, 07:33 [PAR] Here's the USS Arizona today, after the upgrades to the monument allowing for better handicapped access and a general cleaning. There have been a large number of photos from overhead in the past few years using Polaroid lenses that will allow a better look at the underwater details. The massive damage forward is quite obvious....turret 1 is still in place, but 33 feet lower than it would have been on the ship, and it still has all three guns in place. [PAR] The USS Missouri is located just south of the Memorial, although she is being moved to drydock for painting and refurbishing in early October. [PAR] Don Boyer [PAR] 24-09-2009, 03:40 [PAR] The Arizona photo I was originally looking for, much better detail. At upper right you can see the back and top of turret 1. Surprisingly, until the National Park Service started using their dive team to catalog the ship (without entering it, by the way) they did not know turret 1 still had it's guns. [PAR] spruso [PAR] 24-09-2009, 20:26 [PAR] In 1959, for my 15th birthday, I received a copy of "Day of Infamy" by Walter Lord. I loved this book and re-read it many times. It was a terrific account of the PH attack through the eyes of people who were there. [PAR] I visited the Arizona Memorial in 1967, and again in 1970 and 1999. I make a

Dec 7, 1941 saw the attack on the US Naval facilities at Pearl Harbor, HI. The sinking of what battleship, now the site of a major memorial, accounted for over half the loss of life during the attack when 1,177 sailors died?

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[DOC] [TLE] The Naming of Names in Charles Dickens's A Christmas CarolThe Naming of Names in Charles Dickens's Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol" [PAR] [ Victorian Web Home —> Authors —> Charles Dickens —> Works —> The Christmas Books ] [PAR] This essay first appeared in the 1987 Dickens Quarterly 4:1 (1987): 15-20. [PAR] mong "those devices of language and rhetoric that produce the characteristic ring of Dickens' style" (Stoehr, vii) one of the most obvious, even in his earliest writings, is the naming of names. Already in The Pickwick Papers and Oliver Twist we find that the name of a given character may work on us as readers at both literal and connotative levels — "Sowerberry" and "Bumble" in Oliver Twist being excellent examples of the sorts of names that conjure up an immediate image or, at a stroke, capture a characteristic action, or, at every repetition (consider "The Honourable Samuel Slumkey, of Slumkey Hall" in The Pickwick Papers), deliver a personal or social criticism, or simply sound progressively sillier! [15/16] [PAR] Perhaps nowhere in Dickens is the aptness of names more marked than in the first of the Christmas Books, A Christmas Carol (1843), whose homiletic nature is enhanced by the names of the principal characters: Ebenezer Scrooge, Jacob Marley, and Bob Cratchit. Upon a first reading of the story, as John Butt points out, one probably is struck by the generally-accepted connotation of the protagonist's surname: “Scrooge is not only cross-grained; he is, as his name suggests, a "screw," a "squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching. covetous old sinner." Although there is no humbug in him — indeed, he constantly suspects it in others — he belongs with the rapacious, self-seeking characters of Martin Chuzzlewit ” (17). Butt's definition of the term "scrooge" is supported by the OED: "Scroodge, var. forms of Scrouge, v." or "Scroudge. sb. colloq. or vulgar. Also scrowge [f. Scrouge v]." Wright in The English Dialect Dictionary (1904) notes exceptions to the usual spelling of "scroodge" with a "d" in several counties, including Kent, where Dickens spent his formative years. [PAR] So far, then, there is nothing in the protagonist's last name that is inconsistent with his proclaims to the audience in C. Z. Barnett's 1844 dramatic adaptation ​: "Folks say I'm tight-fisted — that I'm a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, clutching miser. What of that? It saves me from being annoyed by needy men and beggars" (Act One, Scene One). However, apart from the fact that it too 'sounds right' for him, no one has remarked on the significance of the protagonist's first name, which most recognize as some sort of allusion to the Bible, and possibly to the Old Testament. In fact, its connotation is as telling as its denotation. [PAR] As indicated by the OED, the name is an allusion to the memorial stone which the prophet Samuel set up to commemorate the Israelites' victory at Mizpeh (I Samuel, vii, 12). Prior to the age of Dickens, the term, which had literally meant "the stone of help" in Hebrew, was "Used appellatively in religious literature in fig. phrases, alluding to the sentiment' Hitherto hath the Lord helped us.' associated with the origin of the name" (OED), as in Robinson's 1758 hymn, "Come Thou Fount": "Here I raise my Ebenezer, Hither by Thy help I'm come." The OED supplies a secondary, more colloquial use of the word that was current in Dickens's own time: [PAR] 1. Occasionally (like Bethel, Zoar, Zion, etc.) adopted by Methodists , Baptists , Independents, etc. as the name of a particular chapel or meeting-house. Hence used contemptuously as a synonym for ' dissenting chapel.' 1856 Sat. Rev. II

What was the name of Scrooge's long suffering clerk in a Christmas Carol?

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[DOC] [TLE] The Nightmare Before ChristmasThe Nightmare Before Christmas, often promoted as Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas, is a 1993 American stop motion dark fantasy musical film directed by Henry Selick, and produced and conceived by Tim Burton. It tells the story of Jack Skellington, a character from "Halloween Town" who stumbles through a portal to "Christmas Town" and decides to celebrate the holiday, with some dastardly and comical consequences. Danny Elfman wrote the film score and voiced the singing role of Jack. The principal voice cast also includes Chris Sarandon, Catherine O'Hara, William Hickey, Ken Page, Paul Reubens and Glenn Shadix. [PAR] The Nightmare Before Christmas originated in a poem written by Tim Burton in 1982, while he was working as an animator at Walt Disney Feature Animation. With the success of Vincent in the same year, Walt Disney Studios began to consider developing The Nightmare Before Christmas as either a short film or 30-minute television special. Over the years, Burton's thoughts regularly returned to the project, and in 1990, he made a development deal with Disney. Production started in July 1991 in San Francisco. Disney released the film through the Touchstone Pictures banner because the studio believed the film would be "too dark, and scary for kids." [PAR] The Nightmare Before Christmas was met with both critical and financial success. The film has since been reissued by Walt Disney Pictures and re-released annually in the Disney Digital 3-D format from 2006 until 2009, making it the first stop-motion animated feature to be entirely converted to 3D. [PAR] Plot [PAR] The story starts in a forest called Holiday Woods with seven trees containing doors leading to towns representing various holidays: Valentine's Day, St. Patrick's Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Halloween and Independence Day. Halloween Town is a fantasy world filled with citizens such as deformed monsters, ghosts, ghouls, goblins, vampires, werewolves and witches. Jack Skellington, a skeleton known as The Pumpkin King, leads them in organizing the annual Halloween holiday ("This is Halloween"). However, in a monologue, Jack reveals he has grown weary of the same routine year after year, and wants something more ("Jack's Lament"). Wandering dejectedly in the woods, he stumbles across the seven holiday doors and accidentally opens a portal to Christmas Town, whose residents are charged with organizing the annual Christmas holiday ("What's This?"). Impressed by the bright and cheery feeling and style of Christmas, Jack presents his findings and his understanding of Christmas, to the Halloween Town residents. However, they fail to grasp his meaning and compare everything to their ideas of Halloween, although there is one Christmas character they can relate to: the fearsome lobster-like king of Christmas Town who flies at night, named "Sandy Claws" ("Town Meeting Song"). Jack is dismayed that no one understands the feeling of Christmas, obsessively tries to study the holiday but fails to grasp any further explanation of it. He ultimately decides that it's unfair for Christmas Town alone to enjoy the feeling and there's no reason why he shouldn't be able to, and announces that the citizens of Halloween Town will take over Christmas this year ("Jack's Obsession"). [PAR] Jack's obsession with Christmas leads him to usurp the role of Santa. Every resident is assigned a task, while Sally, a beautiful rag doll woman created by the town's mad scientist, starts falling in love with Jack ("Making Christmas"). However, after a vision of a burning Christmas tree, she alone realizes that his plans to run Christmas will become disastrous, but has no luck convincing him. Jack assigns Lock, Shock and Barrel, a trio of mischievous children, to abduct Santa and bring him back to Halloween Town ("Kidnap The Sandy Claws"). Against Jack's wishes and largely for their amusement, the trio deliver Santa to Oogie Boogie, a gambling-addict bogeyman who plots to play a game with Santa's life at stake ("Oogie Boogie's Song"). [PAR] Christmas Eve arrives and Sally attempts to stop Jack with fog,

What is the name of the King of Halloween Town who tries to take over Christmas in the Disney movie The Nightmare Before Christmas?

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[DOC] [TLE] The Medal of Honor: 6 Surprising Facts - History in the ...The Medal of Honor: 6 Surprising Facts - History in the Headlines [PAR] The Medal of Honor: 6 Surprising Facts [PAR] July 12, 2012 By Jennie Cohen [PAR] Share this: [PAR] The Medal of Honor: 6 Surprising Facts [PAR] Author [PAR] The Medal of Honor: 6 Surprising Facts [PAR] URL [PAR] Google [PAR] One hundred fifty years ago today, President Abraham Lincoln signed into law a measure calling for an award known as the U.S. Army Medal of Honor to be bestowed upon “such noncommissioned officers and privates as shall most distinguish themselves by their gallantry in action, and other soldier-like qualities during the present insurrection." (The conflict referenced was the Civil War.) A provision the previous December had created a similar honor for the U.S. Navy. Since then, 3,458 men and one woman have received the Medal of Honor, the United States’ highest military decoration. On the anniversary of the medal’s creation, discover six surprising facts about the award and its recipients. [PAR] 1. At first, the idea of a Medal of Honor was dismissed as too “European.” [PAR] During the American Revolution, George Washington established the first combat decoration in U.S. history, known as the Badge of Military Merit. After the conflict it fell into disuse, as did its successor, the Certificate of Merit, bestowed during the Mexican-American War. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, proponents of a new award made their case to Winfield Scott, general-in-chief of the Union Army. Scott, a respected commander despite being too feeble and corpulent to mount a horse in the waning years of his career, scoffed at the suggestion, saying it smacked of European tradition. It was only after his retirement that Medal of Honor supporters in Congress could introduce bills providing for the decoration. [PAR] 2. Only one woman has received the Medal of Honor, and her award was temporarily rescinded. [PAR] A medical doctor who supported feminist and abolitionist causes, Mary Edwards Walker volunteered with the Union Army at the outbreak of the Civil War. Despite her training, she initially had to work as a nurse before becoming the Army’s first female surgeon. Known to cross enemy lines in order to treat civilians, she may have been serving as a spy when Confederate troops captured her in the summer of 1864. Walker was later released as part of a prisoner exchange and returned to duty. On November 11, 1865, President Andrew Johnson presented her with the Medal of Honor, making her the only woman to date to receive the decoration. In 1917 the Army changed its eligibility criteria for the honor and revoked the awards of 911 non-combatants, including Walker. Nevertheless, she continued to wear her medal until her death two years later. An Army board restored Walker’s Medal of Honor in 1977, praising her “distinguished gallantry, self-sacrifice, patriotism, dedication and unflinching loyalty to her country, despite the apparent discrimination because of her sex.” [PAR] Theodore Roosevelt, the only U.S. president to have received the Medal of Honor. [PAR] 3. Theodore Roosevelt is the only U.S. president to have received the Medal of Honor, which he was awarded posthumously. [PAR] When the Spanish-American War broke out, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt famously quit his job to lead a volunteer regiment known as the Rough Riders. Roosevelt and his men played a decisive role in the Battle of San Juan Hill and took part in other confrontations in Cuba. In 1916, less than three years before his death, the 26th president was nominated for the Medal of Honor, but the Army passed him over, citing a lack of evidence for his heroic actions at San Juan Hill. President Bill Clinton posthumously awarded him the decoration in 2001. Roosevelt’s son, Theodore Jr., who served in both World Wars, also received the Medal of Honor. [PAR] 4. The youngest Medal of Honor recipient earned his award at 11 and was granted it at 13. [PAR] Born in New York, 11-year-old Willie Johnston enlisted in the Union Army alongside his father, serving as a drummer

On January 16, 2001, President Bill Clinton awarded what former president a posthumous Medal of Honor, the only president to have received one?

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[DOC] [TLE] Christmas Island environment and heritage - RegionalChristmas Island environment and heritage [PAR] Home > Territories of Australia > Christmas Island > Christmas Island environment and heritage [PAR] Christmas Island environment and heritage [PAR] Heritage [PAR] Geography and climate [PAR] The Island is the summit of a submarine mountain. It rises steeply to a central plateau dominated by rainforest. The plateau reaches heights of up to 360 metres and consists mainly of limestone with layers of volcanic rock. [PAR] The Island's 80 kilometre coastline is an almost continuous sea cliff reaching heights of up to 20 metres. There are thirteen places where breaks in the cliff give way to shallow bays and small sand and coral beaches. The largest of these bays forms the Island's port at Flying Fish Cove. The Island is surrounded by a coral reef. There is virtually no coastal shelf and the sea plummets to a depth of about 5000 metres within 200 metres of the shore. The climate is tropical and temperatures range from 21 °C to 32 °C. Humidity is around 80–90 per cent and south-east trade winds provide pleasant weather for most of the year. However, during the wet season between November and April, it is common for some storm activity to occur producing a swell in seas around the Island. The average rainfall is approximately 2000 mm per annum. [PAR] Population [PAR] Christmas Island has a resident population of approximately 2072 with an ethnic composition of approximately 60 per cent Chinese, 25 per cent Malay and 15 per cent European. [PAR] History [PAR] Christmas Island was named on Christmas Day 1643 by Captain William Mynors, the Master of a passing ship. The first landing was recorded by William Dampier in 1688. For the next two centuries little interest was shown in the Island due to its rugged coastline. [PAR] Following the discovery of phosphate deposits the Island was annexed by Britain in 1888. [PAR] The Island was occupied by Japanese forces from March 1942 until the end of the Second World War and in 1946 became a dependency of Singapore. By agreement with the United Kingdom sovereignty was transferred to the Commonwealth of Australia on 1 October 1958 under the Christmas Island Act 1958 . This day is still celebrated as Territory Day. [PAR] Flora and fauna [PAR] To see photos from Christmas Island please see the Christmas Island Photo Gallery page, which includes photos of flora and fauna. [PAR] The Island's close proximity to South-East Asia and the equator has resulted in a diverse range of flora and fauna. There are 411 recorded plant species on Christmas Island and approximately 18 of these are native. [PAR] The distribution of plants on the island is related to soil depth moisture retention as well as exposure to and distance from the sea. A dense rainforest has evolved in the deep soils of the plateau and on some terraces. The forests are dominated by several tree species. Ferns, orchids and vines flourish on the branches in the humid atmosphere beneath the canopy. [PAR] The land crabs and sea birds are the most noticeable animals on the island. To date, 20 terrestrial and intertidal crabs have been described. The diversity and abundance of land crabs is not matched by any other island. Huge robber crabs, known elsewhere as coconut crabs, are also found on Christmas Island and are capable of opening and devouring coconuts with their strong claws. [PAR] Red crabs are dotted around the forest floor all over Christmas Island. The annual red crab mass migration to the sea to spawn has been described by ecologists as one of the wonders of the natural world. This migration takes place each year after the start of the wet season synchronised with the cycle of the moon. [PAR] The Island is also a focal point for sea birds of various species. Eight species or subspecies of sea birds nest on the Island. The most numerous is the Red-footed Booby, which nests in colonies in trees on many parts of the shore terrace. The widespread Brown Booby nests on the ground near the edge of the sea cliff and inland cliffs. Abbott's Booby (listed as endangered) nests on tall emergent trees of the western, northern and southern plateau rainforest. The Christmas Island forest is the only known nesting habitat of

Named for the day of its discovery by Captain William Mynors, Christmas Island, a land mass in the Indian Ocean, is a territory of what nation?

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[DOC] [TLE] BarbieBarbie is a fashion doll manufactured by the American toy-company Mattel, Inc. and launched in March 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration. [PAR] Barbie is the figurehead of a brand of Mattel dolls and accessories, including other family members and collectible dolls. Barbie has been an important part of the toy fashion doll market for over fifty years, and has been the subject of numerous controversies and lawsuits, often involving parody of the doll and her lifestyle. [PAR] Mattel has sold over a billion Barbie dolls, making it the company’s largest and most profitable line. However sales have declined sharply since 2014. The doll transformed the toy business in affluent communities worldwide by becoming a vehicle for the sale of related merchandise (accessories, clothes, friends of Barbie, etc.). She had a significant impact on social values by conveying characteristics of female independence and, with her multitude of accessories, an idealized upscale life-style that can be shared with affluent friends. [PAR] History [PAR] Ruth Handler watched her daughter Barbara play with paper dolls, and noticed that she often enjoyed giving them adult roles. At the time, most children's toy dolls were representations of infants. Realizing that there could be a gap in the market, Handler suggested the idea of an adult-bodied doll to her husband Elliot, a co-founder of the Mattel toy company. He was unenthusiastic about the idea, as were Mattel's directors. [PAR] During a trip to Europe in 1956 with her children Barbara and Kenneth, Ruth Handler came across a German toy doll called Bild Lilli. The adult-figured doll was exactly what Handler had in mind, so she purchased three of them. She gave one to her daughter and took the others back to Mattel. The Lilli doll was based on a popular character appearing in a comic strip drawn by Reinhard Beuthin for the newspaper Bild. Lilli was a blonde bombshell, a working girl who knew what she wanted and was not above using men to get it. The Lilli doll was first sold in Germany in 1955, and although it was initially sold to adults, it became popular with children who enjoyed dressing her up in outfits that were available separately. [PAR] Upon her return to the United States, Handler redesigned the doll (with help from engineer Jack Ryan) and the doll was given a new name, Barbie, after Handler's daughter Barbara. The doll made its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York on March 9, 1959. This date is also used as Barbie's official birthday. [PAR] Mattel acquired the rights to the Bild Lilli doll in 1964 and production of Lilli was stopped. The first Barbie doll wore a black and white zebra striped swimsuit and signature topknot ponytail, and was available as either a blonde or brunette. The doll was marketed as a "Teen-age Fashion Model," with her clothes created by Mattel fashion designer Charlotte Johnson. The first Barbie dolls were manufactured in Japan, with their clothes hand-stitched by Japanese homeworkers. Around 350,000 Barbie dolls were sold during the first year of production. [PAR] Louis Marx and Company sued Mattel in March 1961. After licensing Lilli, they claimed that Mattel had “infringed on Greiner & Hausser's patent for Bild-Lilli’s hip joint, and also claimed that Barbie was "a direct take-off and copy" of Bild-Lilli. The company additionally claimed that Mattel "falsely and misleadingly represented itself as having originated the design". Mattel counter-claimed and the case was settled out of court in 1963. In 1964, Mattel bought Greiner & Hausser's copyright and patent rights for the Bild-Lilli doll for $21,600. [PAR] Ruth Handler believed that it was important for Barbie to have an adult appearance, and early market research showed that some parents were unhappy about the doll's chest, which had distinct breasts. Barbie's appearance has been changed many times, most notably in 1971 when the doll's eyes were adjusted to look forwards rather than having the demure sideways glance of the original model. [PAR]

March 9, 1959 saw the introduction of what Mattel favorite, an 11.5 inch tall fashion doll which saw controversy when a later talking model exclaimed such phrases as Will we ever have enough clothes?, and Math class is tough!?

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[DOC] [TLE] A Wild HareA Wild Hare (re-released as The Wild Hare) is a 1940 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short film. It was produced by Leon Schlesinger Productions, directed by Tex Avery, and written by Rich Hogan. It was originally released on July 27, 1940. A Wild Hare is considered by most film historians to be the first "official" Bugs Bunny cartoon. [PAR] The title is a play on "wild hair", the first of many puns between "hare" and "hair" that would appear in Bugs Bunny titles. The pun is carried further by a bar of I'm Just Wild About Harry playing in the underscore of the opening credits. Various directors at the Warner Bros. cartoon studio had been experimenting with cartoons focused on a hunter pursuing a rabbit since 1938, with varied approaches to the characters of both rabbit and hunter. [PAR] A Wild Hare is noteworthy as the first true Bugs Bunny cartoon, as well as for settling on the classic voice and appearance of the hunter, Elmer Fudd. Although the animators continued to experiment with Elmer's design for a few more years, his look here proved the basis for his finalized design. [PAR] The design and character of Bugs Bunny would continue to be refined over the subsequent years, but the general appearance, voice, and personality of the character were established in this cartoon. The animator of this cartoon, Virgil Ross, gave his first-person account of the creation of the character's name and personality in an interview published in Animato! Magazine, #19. [PAR] Bugs is unnamed in this film, but would be named for the first time in his next short, Elmer's Pet Rabbit, directed by Chuck Jones. The opening lines of both characters—"Be vewy, vewy quiet, I'm hunting wabbits" for Elmer, and "Eh, what's up Doc?" for Bugs Bunny—would become catchphrases throughout their subsequent films. [PAR] This cartoon was first theatrically released with the Warner Bros. film Ladies Must Live. [PAR] Plot [PAR] Elmer approaches one of Bugs' holes, puts down a carrot, and hides behind a tree. Bugs' arm reaches out of the hole, feels around, and snatches the carrot. He reaches out again and finds Elmer's double-barreled shotgun. His arm quickly pops back into the hole before returning to drop the eaten stub of Elmer's carrot and apologetically caress the end of the barrel. Elmer shoves his gun into Bugs' hole, and thus causes a struggle in which the barrel is bent into a bow. [PAR] Elmer frantically digs into the hole while Bugs emerges from a nearby hole with another carrot in his hand, lifts Fudd's hat, and raps the top of his head until Elmer notices; then chews his carrot and delivers his definitive line, "What's up, Doc?". When Elmer replies that "he's hunting 'wabbits'", Bugs chews his carrot and asks what a wabbit is; then teases Elmer by with every aspect of Fudd's description until Elmer suspects that Bugs is a rabbit. Bugs confirms this, hides behind a tree, sneaks behind Elmer, covers his eyes, and asks "Guess who?". [PAR] Elmer tries the names of contemporary screen beauties whose names exploited his accent, before he guesses the rabbit. Bugs responds "Hmm..... Could be!", kisses Elmer, and dives into a hole. Elmer sticks his head into the hole and gets another kiss from Bugs; whereafter he wipes his mouth and decides to set a trap. When Bugs puts a skunk in the trap, Fudd blindly grabs the skunk and carries it over to the watching Bugs to brag; and when Elmer sees his mistake, Bugs gives him a kiss on the nose, whereupon Fudd looks at the skunk, who winks and nudges Elmer. Fudd winces and gingerly sends the skunk on his way. [PAR] Bugs then offers a free shot at himself; fakes an elaborate death; and plays dead, leaving Elmer miserable with remorse; but survives the shot and sneaks up behind the despairing Fudd, kicks him in his rear, shoves a cigar

July 27, 1940 saw the introduction of what beloved cartoon character in the 8:15 short A Wild Hare?

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[DOC] [TLE] Terrance and Philip : Wikis (The Full Wiki)Terrance and Philip : Wikis (The Full Wiki) [PAR] 26 References [PAR] Big Gay Al [PAR] Big Gay Al (voiced by Matt Stone ) is a stereotypical homosexual man known for his flamboyant and positive demeanor. For example, he almost always responds to the greeting "How are you?" with an upbeat "I'm super! Thanks for asking!" At one point in the show, he runs an animal farm for gay animals who have been rejected by homophobic pet owners. He temporarily adopted Sparky , Stan's gay dog, who had run away from home. Later on in the episode, his large shelter vanishes, but the various animals remained, and were adopted by their former owners who had missed them greatly. Ever since, he has been a particularly good friend to Stan. [PAR] He had a minor role in South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut, where it is revealed he is in fact a celebrity (or had become so since his appearance in his first encounter with Stan). He was the co-host and an entertainer at the troops' USO show, in which he performed his own musical number called "I'm Super". [PAR] In the episode " Cripple Fight ", he is the leader of the boys' Boy Scout troop. However, the parents of the children are uneasy about a gay scout leader, and the club fires him. The boys rally to get him back, and Gloria Allred and others lobby the Scouts to reaccept him, suing the Scouts in a Supreme Court case that they win. Al rejects this, saying that he knows the Scouts are still good men, and since the Scouts are a private club, they should have the right to exclude people if they choose to, just as he has the right to express himself as a gay man. [PAR] Big Gay Al eventually enters into a relationship with Mr. Slave , the ex-boyfriend of Mr. Garrison , whom he married in " Follow That Egg! ". [PAR] Big Gay Al and Mr. Slave later appeared in an attempt to help the boys change the definition of the word fag in " The F Word ". [PAR] Mechanic [PAR] Mechanic is a nameless character who first appears in " Butter's Very Own Episode ", in which he directs Butters down a dark road to South Park giving the horrific history of the road to him, ending his speech with "Yah, lotta history down that road." He appears again in " Asspen " when he tries to talk Stan out of racing down the K-13 while giving the terrible history about the run and the lives lost on it, ending his speech with "Yah, a lotta history on that ski run." He also appears in " Marjorine " when he tries to talk Mr. Stotch out of burying what he believes to be Butter's body on the Indian burial ground, saying, "Don't bury your son's body at the Indian burial ground, Stotch! The one that's right up over there, behind the Andersons' bar. Sometimes... dead is better." [PAR] Darryl Weathers [PAR] Darryl Weathers is a worker from the Construction Workers' Union and says 'They took his Job" in every appearance he has. He has a flock of red hair and a big red mustache. His first appearance is in " Goobacks " where he is hosting a rally of many working-class men upset over losing their jobs to the Goobacks, time travelers from the future, who work for next to nothing. He and the other men decide to all "get gay" with one another, having homosexual sex in the hopes that this will prevent future generations of children that will give rise to the Goobacks. His next appearance is a one liner in " Smug Alert! " where he appears in the background, getting angry at Kyle's dad for putting a fake ticket on his car. His also appeared is in the episode " Margaritaville " in which he again loses his job, this time to economic hardships. He's latest appearance is in W.T.F. when he becomes a fan of the W.T.F and repeats his catchphrase

What is the name of the Christmas Poo, who emerges from the toilet bowl on Christmas Eve and brings presents to good boys and girls whose diets have been high in fiber, who appears on TVs South Park?

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[DOC] [TLE] The Birds (1963) - quotes - The Alfred Hitchcock WikiThe Birds (1963) - quotes - The Alfred Hitchcock Wiki [PAR] The Alfred Hitchcock Wiki [PAR] Other Quotes about The Birds (1963) [PAR] Pre-Production [PAR] I think that "The Birds" was one of the hardest pictures for [my father] to make because it was so technical and he had to be so prepared for it that literally, as we know, when he decided a movie, he would draw the whole movie. Well, it took him a long time to draw all of this. [PAR] keywords: Alfred Hitchcock , The Birds (1963) , and pre-production [PAR] We had just finished working on "North by Northwest", and I saw Hitchcock on one of the soundstages. He stopped me and said, "I have a friend, Daphne Du Maurier, who has written a short novella." He said, "Would you read it and see if, physically, it creates too many problems." And I read it that night, and I was bowled over by its strength. But I saw it a little differently — I saw it as a mood piece. And I didn't see it as a narrative story. I spent the rest of the night — worked all night on it — and the image that came to me was [Edvard] Munch's Scream. I saw that as a kind of icon for the whole thing. [PAR] keywords: Alfred Hitchcock , Daphne du Maurier , The Birds (1963) , and pre-production [PAR] It was a sort of apocalyptic short story. It's about these birds inexplicably attacking this isolated little farmhouse in Cornwall. I read it, and I would've given my right arm to work with Alfred Hitchcock. I then spoke to him on the phone and he said, "Come on out with some ideas. We're throwing away everything but the title and the notion of birds attacking human beings. So come on out with some ideas." I remember Hitch showing me a lot of newspaper articles about unexplained bird attacks as a reminder that these things do happen, so we weren't dealing entirely with fantasy. [PAR] We searched for the turning point where it would get ominous. We recognized immediately that the audience wasn't gonna sit there for two hours waiting for a bird attack. So we very carefully measured out the lengths between the bird attacks so that the audience would sit there, we'd throw them a crumb, so to speak. So the first one was when the gull hits Melanie in the rowboat. [PAR] One of the ideas I brought to Hitch was a school teacher coming to a town and bird attacks start when she comes to the town to teach there. And the provincials think she must have something to do with it. There's an echo of that in the scene in the Tides Restaurant, from the mother — "You're responsible for this. They tell me this didn't happen before you got here", and the school teacher survived as Annie Hayworth. [PAR] keywords: Alfred Hitchcock , The Birds (1963) , pre-production, and screenplay [PAR] Because of the difficult technical problems, we knew we were going to have to have continuity sketches. Well, Hitchcock loved to work that way anyway. His main thrust in all of his work was preparation. Matter of fact, he sometimes facetiously said he was bored with shooting the picture. The excitement came with the ideas that were generated in the preparatory portion of the film making process. He liked to have it all clear in his mind so that before he started to shoot, he saw the whole movie in his mind. There are very few people, directors or otherwise, that can hold this kind of a concept. Harold Michelson was the main production illustrator on "The Birds". He did, I think, almost all of the illustrations. [PAR] keywords: Alfred Hitchcock , Harold Michelson , The Birds (1963) , and pre-production [PAR] We were just trying to find a hook — a way to get into the movie. And on the lunch hour, while

What 1963 Alfred Hitchcock movie, which introduced the ever so talented Tippi Hedren, took place at the lovely Northern California town of Bodega Bay?

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[DOC] [TLE] 1000+ ideas about Rosa Parks Bus on Pinterest | Henry Ford ...1000+ ideas about Rosa Parks Bus on Pinterest | Bus Boycott, Rosa Parks and Rosa Parks Bus Boycott [PAR] Forward [PAR] Rosa Parks was asked to move to the back of the bus where black people were expected to sit, by the whites. When she refused, police became involved, essentially leading to her arrest. Rosa Parks is a true Civil Rights leader, due to her strength and bravery. This arrest eventually led to the Montgomery Bus Boycotts, where African Americans did not use the buses, but walked instead. [PAR] See more[DOC] [TLE] 1000+ ideas about Rosa Parks Bus on Pinterest | Henry Ford ...1000+ ideas about Rosa Parks Bus on Pinterest | Rosa Parks, Bus Boycott and Rosa Parks Pictures [PAR] Forward [PAR] Rosa Parks was asked to move to the back of the bus where black people were expected to sit, by the whites. When she refused, police became involved, essentially leading to her arrest. Rosa Parks is a true Civil Rights leader, due to her strength and bravery. This arrest eventually led to the Montgomery Bus Boycotts, where African Americans did not use the buses, but walked instead. [PAR] See More[DOC] [TLE] What If Rosa Parks Didn't Move to the Back of the Bus ...What If Rosa Parks Didn't Move to the Back of the Bus - The Henry Ford [PAR] I Don’t Move to the Back of the Bus? [PAR] I Don’t Move to the Back of the Bus? [PAR] Rosa Parks brought together a unique blend of life experiences, a commitment to racial justice, and a flawless reputation to transform a single act of defiance into a defining moment for the modern American civil rights movement. The time had just come when I had been pushed as far as I could stand to be pushed, I suppose. I had decided that I would have to know, once and for all, what rights I had as a human being, and a citizen. [PAR] Rosa Parks [PAR] Sparking a Social Transformation [PAR] It’s one of the most famous moments in modern American civil rights history: On a chilly December evening in 1955, on a busy street in the capital of Alabama, a 42-year-old seamstress boarded a segregated city bus to return home after a long day of work, taking a seat near the middle, just behind the front “white” section. At the next stop, more passengers got on. When every seat in the white section was taken, the bus driver ordered the black passengers in the middle row to stand so a white man could sit. The seamstress refused. [PAR] Rosa Parks Bus [PAR] Details [PAR] Rosa Parks’ defiance of an unfair segregation law, which required black passengers to defer to any white person who needed a seat by giving up their own, forever changed race relations in America. She was not the first African American to do this. In fact, two other black women had previously been arrested on buses in Montgomery and were considered by civil rights advocates as potential touchpoints for challenging the law. However, both women were rejected because community leaders felt they would not gain support. Rosa Parks, with her flawless character, quiet strength, and moral fortitude, was seen as an ideal candidate. And those community leaders were right: Rosa Parks’ subsequent arrest by local police sparked a collective and sustained community response. As one young Montgomery resident said at the time, city officials had “messed with the wrong one now.” The boycott of public buses by blacks in Montgomery lasted 381 days, marking the country’s first large-scale demonstration against segregation. [PAR] The boycott ultimately led the U.S. Supreme Court to outlaw racial segregation on public buses in Alabama. It also spurred more non-violent protests in other cities and catapulted a young Baptist minister named Martin Luther King, Jr., into prominence as a leader of the civil rights movement. The movement and the laws it prompted, including the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, are one of the greatest social revolutions in modern American history. [PAR] President Obama, among many others, credits Rosa Parks’

On December 1, 1955, who was famously arrested on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to obey bus driver James Blake's order to move to the back of the bus, sparking a year long boycott of the bus service?

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[DOC] [TLE] World AIDS Day | Article about World AIDS Day by The Free ...World AIDS Day | Article about World AIDS Day by The Free Dictionary [PAR] World AIDS Day | Article about World AIDS Day by The Free Dictionary [PAR] http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/World+AIDS+Day [PAR] Also found in: Acronyms , Wikipedia . [PAR] World AIDS Day [PAR] Date of Observation: December 1 [PAR] Where Celebrated: Worldwide [PAR] Symbols and Customs: Activism, Education, Fundraising, Memorial Ceremonies [PAR] Colors: The color red is associated with AIDS awareness campaigns. It is particularly featured in the looped red ribbons that have become a global symbol of AIDS awareness, remembrance, and activism. [PAR] ORIGINS [PAR] World AIDS Day was created by the World Health Organization and the United Nations General Assembly. The day is observed on December 1 to increase international awareness of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome), and to promote greater social tolerance and understanding of the issues faced by people living with the disease. More than sixty-five million people have been infected with HIV, and over twenty-five million people have died of AIDS worldwide since the first cases were diagnosed in 1981. The World Health Organization forecasts more than 117 million additional deaths from AIDS by 2030. World AIDS Day draws attention to the seriousness of HIV/AIDS and its impact on a global scale. Since the first observance of World AIDS Day in 1988, it has become one of the most widely recognized international health awareness campaigns. [PAR] In planning activities and programs for World AIDS Day each year, governmental agencies and independent nonprofit organizations join together to strengthen international efforts that address the worldwide AIDS pandemic. World AIDS Day programming typically focuses on ACTIVISM , EDUCATION , and FUNDRAISING in order to raise public awareness of, and engagement with, the problem of AIDS worldwide. In addition, those who have died of AIDS are remembered in MEMORIAL CER EMONIES held on World AIDS Day. [PAR] SYMBOLS AND CUSTOMS [PAR] Activism [PAR] World AIDS Day encourages members of the general public to participate in such activist events as marches, rallies, and demonstrations. These events typically include speeches calling for improved health care and treatment for those with AIDS. Other forms of individual action commonly include volunteerism and street outreach, which supports the one-to-one education of the general public, especially youth and members of medically underserved and vulnerable populations. Outreach programs directed at politicians and members of the media may include activities such as letter writing campaigns and phone banks. [PAR] Education [PAR] Educational programs are a key component of World AIDS Day observances. These programs take a variety of forms, often including workshops, seminars, public presentations, panel discussions, health fairs, and public service announcements or advertisements. Mobile HIV testing facilities are a common feature of World AIDS Day observances. [PAR] Fundraising [PAR] Special events are commonly held on World AIDS Day to raise money for charitable organizations that assist people living with HIV/AIDS. Any manner of event may be held in conjunction with World AIDS Day, with a wide range of possibilities including art exhibits, fashion shows, musical performances, theater performances, dances, sporting events, film screenings, private parties, and so on. [PAR] Memorial Ceremonies [PAR] Candlelight memorial ceremonies are often held on World AIDS Day to remember those who have died of AIDS. Some memorial ceremonies include the display of sections of the NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt (www.aidsquilt.org), which is regarded as the largest ongoing community arts project in the world. Currently containing more than 40,000 individual squares-each representing someone who has died of AIDS-the quilt is composed entirely of personal memorials created and contributed by volunteers. [PAR] FURTHER READING [PAR] Henderson, Helene, ed. Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary, 3rd ed. Detroit: Omnigraphics, 2005. [PAR] WEB SITES [PAR] U.S. Department of Health and Human Services www.hhs.gov/aidsawarenessdays [PAR] World Health Organization, Regional Office for Southeast Asia www.searo.who.int/en/Section10/Section18/Section351.htm [PAR] World AIDS Day [PAR] December 1 [PAR] In order to promote more social tolerance and a greater awareness of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) and AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome), the World Health Organization (WHO) declared December 1 as World Aids Day in 1988. Every year various global

Dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic, today is World AIDS day. What color ribbon is worn to mark the day?

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[DOC] [TLE] Manufacture and use of home made ophthalmoscopes: a 150th ...The Arclight Ophthalmoscope: A Reliable Low-Cost Alternative to the Standard Direct Ophthalmoscope [PAR] "However, it also has a potential application to training and education globally by providing a more affordable direct ophthalmoscope for students. In contrast to other low-cost direct ophthalmo- scopes [13, 15], the Arclight has an adjustable lens power with three settings (+4, −3, and −6 dioptres). This simple adjustment will compensate for most patient and examiner refractive error. " [PAR] [Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Background. The Arclight ophthalmoscope is a low-cost alternative to standard direct ophthalmoscopes. This study compared the Arclight ophthalmoscope with the Heine K180 direct ophthalmoscope to evaluate its reliability in assessing the vertical cup disc ratio (VCDR) and its ease of use (EOU). Methods. Eight medical students used both the Arclight and the Heine ophthalmoscopes to examine the optic disc in 9 subjects. An EOU score was provided after every examination (a higher score indicating that the ophthalmoscope is easier to use). A consultant ophthalmologist provided the reference standard VCDR. Results. 288 examinations were performed. The number of examinations that yielded an estimation of the VCDR was significantly higher for the Arclight ophthalmoscope (125/144, 85%) compared to the Heine ophthalmoscope (88/144, 61%) (p < 0.001). The mean difference from the reference standard VCDR was similar for both instruments, with a mean of -0.078 (95% CI: -0.10 to -0.056) for the Arclight and -0.072 (95% CI: -0.097 to -0.046) for Heine (p = 0.69). The overall EOU score was significantly higher for the Arclight ophthalmoscope (p < 0.001). Conclusion. The Arclight ophthalmoscope performs as well as, and is easier to use than, a standard direct ophthalmoscope, suggesting it is a reliable, low-cost alternative. [PAR] Full-text · Article · Oct 2015 [PAR] Technical Note: A comparison of a novel direct ophthalmoscope, the Optyse TM , to conventional direct ophthalmoscopes [PAR] "Its simplicity of design and use allows for a comparatively inexpensive manufacture and supply (Table 1) and subsequent low maintenance. It has been claimed that such a design makes ophthalmoscopy easier for junior doctors or non-medical staff who find the conventional system of direct ophthalmoscopy complicated (Armour, 2000) but would additionally allow access to direct ophthalmoscopy in areas where cost would preclude the use of a standard direct ophthalmoscope. We sought to investigate the clinical usefulness of the Optyse TM . " [PAR] [Show abstract] [Hide abstract] ABSTRACT: Despite the current popularity of binocular indirect ophthalmoscopy, direct ophthalmoscopes are still commonly used by clinicians for fundus examination. They are considered to be expensive, however, and it has been suggested that this cost can prevent their use by healthcare professionals in developing countries. The Optyse Lens Free Ophthalmoscope is a novel direct ophthalmoscope, without a lens focus system, that allows for comparatively inexpensive manufacture and supply. We compared the clarity of view with the Optyse to that with standard direct ophthalmoscopes, over a sequential cohort of patients with a variety of refractive errors and ocular conditions. The grade of clarity of view with the Optyse Lens Free Ophthalmoscope was less than conventional ophthalmoscopes (Wilcoxon signed rank test, p < 0.0001). This grade of clarity of view was not associated with the ametropia of the ophthalmoscopic observation (Spearman r < or = 0.03, p > or = 0.28) but was with the presence of cataracts (chi2 test, p < 0.0001) with both the Optyse and the conventional ophthalmoscopes. Despite its limitations, the retinal view with Optyse was often within acceptable clinical limits suggesting that this relatively inexpensive ophthalmoscope may have a place when cost prohibits any other type of ophthalmoscope use. [PAR] Full-text · Article · Feb 2007[DOC] [TLE] OphthalmoscopyOphthalmoscopy, also called funduscopy, is a test that allows a health professional to see inside the fundus of the eye and other structures using an ophthalmoscope (or funduscope). It is done as part of an eye examination and may be done as part of a routine physical examination. It is crucial in determining the health of the retina, optic

Dec 6, 1850 saw the invention of the Ophthalmoscope, a device that allows doctors to examine what part of the body?

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[DOC] [TLE] Articles about High Fructose Corn Syrup - latimesArticles about High Fructose Corn Syrup - latimes [PAR] Your Valentine's Day buzz kill [PAR] February 14, 2013 | By Alexandra Le Tellier [PAR] Happy Valentine's Day! If you're in a relationship, you can rejoice in knowing that married couples are not only healthier, but research also shows that they live longer than their single peers. But if you're single, you can take pleasure instead in knowing that there's nothing healthy about most Valentine's Day chocolate -- and lucky for you, you don't have to consume any of it! And that in and of itself could make you healthier, provided that you don't wallow in a pint of ice cream instead. [PAR] Advertisement [PAR] Trade group seeks name change for 'high-fructose corn syrup' [PAR] September 15, 2010 | By Mary Ellen Podmolik [PAR] Much in the same way that troubled companies change names to improve their reputations, the Corn Refiners Assn. is trying to do away with high-fructose corn syrup. Not the product. Just its moniker. The trade group said that it was petitioning the Food and Drug Administration to replace the phrase "high-fructose corn syrup" with "corn sugar. " The suggested change didn't get a ringing endorsement from the Center for Science in the Public Interest, which would have preferred something more apt for an engineered food product, perhaps something like "chemically converted corn syrup" or "glucose-fructose corn syrup. [PAR] BUSINESS [PAR] Consumer group asks FDA to limit sweeteners in soft drinks [PAR] February 13, 2013 | By Ricardo Lopez, Los Angeles Times [PAR] A consumer group is taking aim at high-fructose corn syrup in soft drinks, arguing that it and other sweeteners are responsible for high obesity rates and health problems because Americans drink too much soda. The Center for Science in the Public Interest filed a petition Wednesday with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration urging the agency to require beverage makers to reduce the amount of high-fructose corn syrup and other sweeteners. "In the past 10 years or so, researchers have done a variety of experiments and studies that connect soft drinks to obesity" and other health problems, said Michael F. Jacobson, executive director of the consumer group. [PAR] OPINION [PAR] Sweet surrender? [PAR] September 13, 2011 [PAR] The makers of high-fructose corn syrup would understandably like to change the image of their product, which has gained a reputation as the trans fat of the sugar world. In fact, as sales sink, they'd prefer a name change altogether — to corn sugar — and have asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for permission to use it on food labels. The liquid sweetener is a natural food, a Corn Refiners Assn. advertising campaign claims, and nutritionally the same as any other sugar. [PAR] CALIFORNIA | LOCAL [PAR] Sugar seeks sweet revenge against competition from corn [PAR] March 20, 2012 | By Carol J. Williams, Los Angeles Times [PAR] They are the two bad boys of the American diet, linked to a variety of ailments including obesity, diabetes and tooth decay. But now sugar is taking high fructose corn syrup to court in a landmark battle over which is the greater evil. In a lawsuit that goes before a Los Angeles federal judge Wednesday, sugar producers accuse their corn industry rivals of false advertising in a campaign that casts the liquid sweetener as "nutritionally the same as table sugar" and claims "your body can't tell the difference. [PAR] BUSINESS [PAR] Consumer group asks FDA to limit sweeteners in soft drinks [PAR] February 13, 2013 | By Ricardo Lopez, Los Angeles Times [PAR] A consumer group is taking aim at high-fructose corn syrup in soft drinks, arguing that it and other sweeteners are responsible for high obesity rates and health problems because Americans drink too much soda. The Center for Science in the Public Interest filed a petition Wednesday with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration urging the agency to require beverage makers to reduce the amount of high-fructose corn syrup and other sweeteners. "In the past 10 years or so, researchers have done a variety of experiments

In response to the crappy reputation High Fructose Corn Syrup has these days, the Corn Refiners Association has applied for permission to rename it to what?

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[DOC] [TLE] Amadeus ( 1984 ) F. Murray Abraham , Tom Hulce. Directora ...The movie, Pictures and Costumes on Pinterest [PAR] Amadeus ( 1984 ) F. Murray Abraham , Tom Hulce. Directora : Milos Forman. Historia de Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , contada por su homólogo y rival secreto Antonio Salieri. [PAR] See More[DOC] [TLE] Death of Wolfgang Amadeus MozartThe composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died on 5 December 1791 at the age of 35. The circumstances of his death have attracted much research and speculation. Some principal sources of contention are as follows. [PAR] *Whether Mozart declined gradually, experiencing great fear and sadness, or whether he was fundamentally in good spirits toward the end of his life, then felled by a relatively sudden illness. The former hypothesis held sway for most of the history of Mozart biography, but the latter has been advanced by contemporary scholars. [PAR] *The actual cause of his death: whether it was from disease or poisoning. The poisoning hypothesis is widely discredited. If a particular disease was the actual cause of death, then it remains unknown; only plausible conjectures can be offered. [PAR] *His funeral arrangements, and whether they were the normal procedures for his day, or rather they were of a neglectful nature and the basis for pathos. Here, modern scholarship generally supports the view that the funeral arrangements were normal for Mozart's time. [PAR] The course of Mozart's final illness [PAR] The traditional narrative [PAR] Mozart scholarship long followed the accounts of early biographers, which proceeded in large part from the recorded memories of his widow Constanze and her sister Sophie Weber as they were recorded in the biographies by Franz Niemetschek and Georg Nikolaus von Nissen. For instance, the important biography by Hermann Abert (1923/2008:1305-9) largely follows this account. The following is a summary of this view. [PAR] When in August 1791 Mozart arrived in Prague to supervise the performance of his new opera La clemenza di Tito (K. 621), he was "already very ill" (Abert, p. 1305). During this visit, Niemetschek wrote, "he was pale and expression was sad, although his good humour was often shown in merry jest with his friends." Following his return to Vienna (mid September 1791), Mozart's condition gradually worsened. For a while, he was still able to work and completed his Clarinet Concerto (K. 622), worked toward the completion of his Requiem (K. 626), and conducted the premiere performance of The Magic Flute (K. 620) on 30 September. Still, he became increasingly alarmed and despondent about his health. An anecdote from Constanze is related by Niemetschek: [PAR] On his return to Vienna, his indisposition increased visibly and made him gloomily depressed. His wife was truly distressed over this. One day when she was driving in the Prater with him, to give him a little distraction and amusement, and they were sitting by themselves, Mozart began to speak of death, and declared that he was writing the Requiem for himself. Tears came to the eyes of the sensitive man: 'I feel definitely,' he continued, 'that I will not last much longer; I am sure I have been poisoned. I cannot rid myself of this idea.' [PAR] Constanze attempted to cheer her husband by persuading him to give up work on the Requiem for a while, encouraging him instead to complete the "Freimaurerkantate" (K. 623), composed to celebrate the opening of a new Masonic temple for Mozart's own lodge. The strategy worked for a time – the cantata was completed and successfully premiered 18 November. He told Constanze he felt "elated" over the premiere. Mozart is reported to have stated, "Yes I see I was ill to have had such an absurd idea of having taken poison, give me back the Requiem and I will go on with it." [PAR] Even so, Mozart's worst symptoms of illness soon returned, together with the strong feeling that he was being poisoned. He became bedridden on 20 November, suffering from swelling, pain and vomiting. [PAR] From this point on, scholars are all agreed that Mozart was

As portrayed in the 1984 movie Amadeus, what classical composer is accused of having had a hand in the death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, on Dec 5, 1791?

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[DOC] [TLE] Nuremberg trials - PediaView.comNuremberg trials [PAR] Nuremberg trials [PAR] Memorials and museums [PAR] The Nuremberg trials (German: die Nürnberger Prozesse) were a series of military tribunals , held by the Allied forces after World War II , which were most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, judicial and economic leadership of Nazi Germany who planned, carried out, or otherwise participated in the Holocaust and other war crimes . The trials were held in the city of Nuremberg , Germany. [PAR] The first, and best known of these trials, described as “the greatest trial in history” by Norman Birkett , one of the British judges who presided over it, [1] was the trial of the major war criminals before the International Military Tribunal (IMT). Held between 20 November 1945 and 1 October 1946, [2] the Tribunal was given the task of trying 24 of the most important political and military leaders of the Third Reich – though the proceedings of Martin Bormann was tried in absentia , while another, Robert Ley , committed suicide within a week of the trial’s commencement. [PAR] Not included were Adolf Hitler , Heinrich Himmler , and Joseph Goebbels , all of whom had committed suicide in the spring of 1945, well before the indictment was signed. [3] Reinhard Heydrich was not included, as he had been assassinated in 1942 . [PAR] The second set of trials of lesser war criminals was conducted under Control Council Law No. 10 at the U.S. Nuremberg Military Tribunals (NMT), which included the Doctors’ Trial and the Judges’ Trial . This article primarily deals with the IMT; see Subsequent Nuremberg Trials for details on the NMT (the second set of trials). [PAR] Contents [PAR] 12 External links [PAR] Origin [PAR] There were, I suppose, three possible courses: to let the atrocities which had been committed go unpunished; to put the perpetrators to death or punish them by executive action; or to try them. Which was it to be? Was it possible to let such atrocities go unpunished? Could France, could Russia, could Holland, Belgium, Norway, Czechoslovakia, Poland or Yugoslavia be expected to consent to such a course? … It will be remembered that after the first world war alleged criminals were handed over to be tried by Germany, and what a farce that was! The majority got off and such sentences as were inflicted were derisory and were soon remitted. [4] [PAR] — Geoffrey Lawrence [PAR] 5 December 1946 [PAR] A precedent for trying those accused of war crimes had been set at the end of World War I in the Leipzig War Crimes Trials held in May to July 1921 before the Reichsgericht (German Supreme Court) in Leipzig , although these had been on a very limited scale and largely regarded as ineffectual. At the beginning of 1940, the Polish government-in-exile asked the British and French governments to condemn the German invasion of their country. The British initially declined to do so; however, in April 1940, a joint declaration was issued by the British, French and Polish. Relatively bland because of Anglo-French reservations, it proclaimed the trio’s “desire to make a formal and public protest to the conscience of the world against the action of the German government whom they must hold responsible for these crimes which cannot remain unpunished.” [5] [PAR] Three-and-a-half years later, the stated intention to punish the Germans was much more trenchant. On 1 November 1943, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and the United States published their “Declaration on German Atrocities in Occupied Europe” , which gave a “full warning” that, when the Nazis were defeated, the Allies would “pursue them to the uttermost ends of the earth … in order that justice may be done. … The above declaration is without prejudice to the case of the major war criminals whose offences have no particular geographical location and who will be punished by a joint decision of the Government of the Allies.” [6] This intention by the Allies to dispense justice was reiterated at the Yalta Conference and at Berlin in 1945. [7] [PAR]

Nov 20, 1945 saw the start of the trials in what German city in which 24 high ranking Nazis were indicted for participation in a common plan or conspiracy for the accomplishment of a crime against peace, planning, initiating and waging wars of aggression and other crimes against peace , war crimes, and crimes against humanity?

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[DOC] [TLE] Jann WennerJann Simon Wenner (born January 7, 1946) is the co-founder and publisher of the popular culture biweekly Rolling Stone, as well as the current owner of Men's Journal and Us Weekly magazines. Born in New York City, Wenner graduated from Chadwick School and later attended the University of California, Berkeley. He dropped out, but while at Berkeley he participated in the Free Speech Movement. Wenner, with his mentor Ralph J. Gleason, co-founded of Rolling Stone in 1967 with the help of a loan from family members and soon to be wife. Later in his career, several musicians alleged that Wenner was unfairly biased against their work, thus hindering their induction into the Hall of Fame. Wenner received the Norman Mailer Prize in 2010 for his work in the publishing industry. [PAR] Childhood [PAR] Wenner was born in New York City, New York, and grew up in a secular Jewish family. His parents divorced in 1958, and he and his sisters, Kate and Merlyn, were sent to boarding schools. He graduated from high school at Chadwick School in 1963 and went on to attend the University of California, Berkeley. Before dropping out of Berkeley in 1966, Wenner was active in the Free Speech Movement and produced the column "Something's Happening" in the student-run newspaper, The Daily Californian. With the help of his mentor, San Francisco Chronicle jazz critic Ralph J. Gleason, Wenner landed a job at Ramparts, a high-circulation muckraker, where Gleason was a contributing editor and Wenner worked on the magazine's spinoff newspaper. [PAR] Media industry [PAR] In 1967, Wenner and Gleason founded Rolling Stone in San Francisco. To get the magazine started, Wenner borrowed $7,500 from family members and from the family of his soon-to-be wife, Jane Schindelheim. [PAR] Wenner backed the careers of writers such as Hunter S. Thompson, Joe Klein, Cameron Crowe, Joe Eszterhas and leftist-turned-conservative, P.J. O'Rourke. Wenner also discovered photographer Annie Leibovitz when she was a 21-year-old San Francisco Art Institute student. Many of Wenner's proteges, such as writer/director Cameron Crowe, credit him with giving them their biggest breaks. Tom Wolfe recognized Wenner's influence in ensuring that his first novel, The Bonfire of the Vanities, was completed, stating "I was absolutely frozen with fright about getting it done and I decided to serialize it and the only editor crazy enough to do that was Jann." [PAR] In 1977, Rolling Stone shifted its base of operations from San Francisco to New York City. [PAR] The magazine's circulation dipped briefly in the late 1970s/early 1980s as Rolling Stone responded slowly in covering the emergence of punk rock and again in the 1990s, when it lost ground to Spin and Blender in coverage of hip hop. Wenner hired former FHM editor Ed Needham, who was then replaced by Will Dana, to turn his flagship magazine around, and by 2006, Rolling Stones circulation was at an all-time high of 1.5 million copies sold every fortnight. In May 2006, Rolling Stone published its 1000th edition with a holographic, 3-D cover modeled on The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover. [PAR] Wenner has been involved in the conducting and writing of many of the magazine's famous Rolling Stone Interviews. Some of his more recent interview subjects have included: Bill Clinton, Al Gore, John Kerry, and Barack Obama for the magazine during their election campaigns and in November 2005 had a major interview with U2 rockstar Bono, which focused on music and politics. Wenner's interview with Bono received a National Magazine Award nomination. [PAR] Rolling Stone and Jann Wenner are chronicled in two books, Gone Crazy and Back Again as well as Rolling Stone: The Uncensored History. Former Rolling Stone journalist David Weir is working on a biography, as is poet and Beat historian Lewis MacAdams. [PAR] Wenner founded the magazine Outside in 1977; William Randolph Hearst III and Jack Ford both worked for the magazine before Wenner sold it a year later. He also briefly managed the magazine Look and in 1993, started the magazine Family

November 9, 1967 saw the debut of what iconic magazine, founded by Jann Wenner, which famously provided a roach clip with every paid subscription?

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[DOC] [TLE] Ben BernankeBen Shalom Bernanke ( ; born December 13, 1953) is an American economist at the Brookings Institution who served two terms as chairman of the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, from 2006 to 2014. During his tenure as chairman, Bernanke oversaw the Federal Reserve's response to the late-2000s financial crisis. [PAR] Before becoming Federal Reserve chairman, Bernanke was a tenured professor at Princeton University and chaired the department of economics there from 1996 to September 2002, when he went on public service leave. [PAR] From August 5, 2002 until June 21, 2005, he was a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, proposed the Bernanke Doctrine, and first discussed "the Great Moderation" — the theory that traditional business cycles have declined in volatility in recent decades through structural changes that have occurred in the international economy, particularly increases in the economic stability of developing nations, diminishing the influence of macroeconomic (monetary and fiscal) policy. [PAR] Bernanke then served as chairman of President George W. Bush's Council of Economic Advisers before President Bush nominated him to succeed Alan Greenspan as chairman of the United States Federal Reserve. His first term began February 1, 2006. Bernanke was confirmed for a second term as chairman on January 28, 2010, after being renominated by President Barack Obama, who later referred to him as "the epitome of calm." His second term ended February 1, 2014, when he was succeeded by Janet Yellen. [PAR] Bernanke wrote about his time as chairman of the Federal Reserve in his 2015 book, The Courage to Act, in which he revealed that the world's economy came close to collapse in 2007 and 2008. Bernanke asserts that it was only the novel efforts of the Fed (cooperating with other agencies and agencies of foreign governments) that prevented an economic catastrophe greater than the Great Depression. [PAR] Family and childhood [PAR] Bernanke was born in Augusta, Georgia, and was raised on East Jefferson Street in Dillon, South Carolina. His father Philip was a pharmacist and part-time theater manager. His mother Edna was an elementary school teacher. Bernanke has two younger siblings. His brother, Seth, is a lawyer in Charlotte, North Carolina. His sister, Sharon, is a longtime administrator at Berklee College of Music in Boston. [PAR] The Bernankes were one of the few Jewish families in Dillon and attended Ohav Shalom, a local synagogue; Bernanke learned Hebrew as a child from his maternal grandfather, Harold Friedman, a professional hazzan (service leader), shochet, and Hebrew teacher. Bernanke's father and uncle owned and managed a drugstore they purchased from Bernanke's paternal grandfather, Jonas Bernanke. [PAR] Jonas Bernanke was born in Boryslav, Austria-Hungary (today part of Ukraine), on January 23, 1891. He immigrated to the United States from Przemyśl, Austria-Hungary (today part of Poland) and arrived at Ellis Island, aged 30, on June 30, 1921, with his wife Pauline, aged 25. On the ship's manifest, Jonas's occupation is listed as "clerk" and Pauline's as "doctor med". [PAR] The family moved to Dillon from New York in the 1940s. Bernanke's mother gave up her job as a schoolteacher when her son was born and worked at the family drugstore. Ben Bernanke also worked there sometimes. [PAR] Young adult [PAR] As a teenager, Bernanke worked construction on a new hospital and waited tables at a restaurant at nearby South of the Border, a roadside attraction in his hometown of Dillon, before leaving for college. To support himself throughout college, he worked during the summers at South of the Border. [PAR] Religion [PAR] As a teenager in the 1960s in the small town of Dillon, Bernanke used to help roll the Torah scrolls in his local synagogue. Although he keeps his beliefs private, his friend Mark Gertler, chairman of New York University's economics department, says they are "embedded in who he (Bernanke) is". On the other hand, the Bernanke family was concerned that Ben would "lose his Jewish identity" if

Dec 13, 1953 saw the birth of Ben Bernanke, Harvard grad with a PhD from MIT. What position does he hold, and rather poorly at that?

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[DOC] [TLE] Port SaidPort Said ( ', the first syllable has its pronunciation from French; unurbanized local pronunciation:) is a city that lies in north east Egypt extending about 30 km along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, north of the Suez Canal, with an approximate population of 603,787 (2010). The city was established in 1859 during the building of the Suez Canal. [PAR] Port Said has been ranked the second among the Egyptian cities according to the Human Development Index in 2009 and 2010, the economic base of the city is fishing and industries, like chemicals, processed food, and cigarettes. Port Said is also an important harbour for exports of Egyptian products like cotton and rice, but also a fueling station for ships that pass through the Suez Canal. It thrives on being a duty-free port, as well as a tourist resort especially during summer. It is home to the Lighthouse of Port Said (the first building in the world built from reinforced concrete). [PAR] There are numerous old houses with grand balconies on all floors, giving the city a distinctive look. Port Said's twin city is Port Fuad, which lies on the eastern bank of the canal. The two cities coexist, to the extent that there is hardly any town centre in Port Fuad. The cities are connected by free ferries running all through the day, and together they form a metropolitan area with over a million residents that extends both on the African and the Asian sides of the Suez Canal. The only other metropolitan area in the world that also spans two continents is Istanbul. [PAR] Port Said acted as a global city since its establishment and flourished particularly during the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century when it was inhabited by various nationalities and religions. Most of them were from Mediterranean countries, and they coexisted in tolerance, forming a cosmopolitan community. Referring to this fact Rudyard Kipling once said "If you truly wish to find someone you have known and who travels, there are two points on the globe you have but to sit and wait, sooner or later your man will come there: the docks of London and Port Said". [PAR] Etymology [PAR] The name of Port Said first appeared in 1855, It was chosen by an International committee composed of Great Britain, France, the Russian Empire, Austria, Spain and Piedmont. It is a compound name which composed of two parts: Port (marine harbour) and Said (the name of the ruler of Egypt at that time), who granted Ferdinand de Lesseps the concession to dig the Suez Canal. [PAR] History [PAR] Port Said was founded by Sa'id of Egypt on Easter Monday, April 25, 1859, when Ferdinand de Lesseps gave the first symbolic swing of the pickaxe to signal the beginning of construction. The first problem encountered was the difficulty for ships to drop anchor nearby. Luckily, a single rocky outcrop flush with the shoreline was discovered a few hundred meters away. Equipped with a wooden wharf, it served as a mooring berth for the boats. Soon after, a wooden jetty was built, connecting the departure islet, as it quickly became known, to the beach. This rock could be considered the heart of the developing city, and it was on this highly symbolic site, forty years later, that a monument to de Lesseps was erected. [PAR] There were no local resources here. Everything Port Said needed had to be imported: wood, stone, supplies, machinery, equipment, housing, food and even water. Giant water storage containers were erected to supply fresh water until the Sweet Water Canal could be completed. One of the most pressing problems was the lack of stone. Early buildings were often imported in kit form and made great use of wood. A newly developed technique was used to construct the jetties called conglomerate concrete or "Beton Coignet", which was named after its inventor Francois Coignet. Artificial blocks of concrete were sunk into the sea to be the foundations of the jetties. Still more innovative was the use of the same concrete for the lighthouse of Port Said, the only original building still standing in Port Said. [PAR] In 1859

November 18, 1869 saw the opening of what lockless waterway, which connects Port Said to Port Tawfik?

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[DOC] [TLE] Dick Clark - Biography - IMDbDick Clark - Biography - IMDb [PAR] Dick Clark [PAR] Biography [PAR] Showing all 99 items [PAR] Jump to: Overview  (5) | Mini Bio  (1) | Spouse  (3) | Trade Mark  (3) | Trivia  (84) | Personal Quotes  (3) [PAR] Overview (5) [PAR] 5' 8" (1.73 m) [PAR] Mini Bio (1) [PAR] Dick Clark was born and raised in Mount Vernon, New York on November 30, 1929 to Julia Fuller and Richard Augustus Clark. He had one older brother, Bradley, who was killed in World War II. At the age of 16, Clark got his first job in the mailroom of WRUN, a radio station in Utica, New York, which was owned by his uncle and managed by his father. He worked his way up the ranks and was promoted to weatherman before becoming a radio announcer. After graduating from Syracuse University with a degree in business administration, Clark began working at several radio and television stations before landing at WFIL radio in 1952. While working at the station, Clark became a substitute host for Bob Horn's Bandstand, an afternoon program where teenagers danced to popular music, broadcast by WFIL's affiliated television station. In 1956, Horn was arrested for drunk driving, giving Clark the perfect opportunity to step in as the full-time host. [PAR] After acquiring nationwide distribution the newly reformatted program, now titled "American Bandstand", premiered on ABC on August 5, 1957. In addition to the name change, Clark added interviews with artists (starting with Elvis Presley), lip-sync performances, and "Rate-a-Record," allowing teens to judge the songs on the show - and giving birth to the popular phrase, "It's got a good beat and you can dance to it." Clark also established a formal dress code, mandating dresses and skirts for the women and a coat and tie for the men. But perhaps the most impactful change that Clark made to the show was ending "American Bandstand's" all-white policy, allowing African American artists to perform on the show. [PAR] Under Clark's influence, "Bandstand" became one of the most successful and longest-running musical programs, featuring artists including Chuck Berry, the Doors, the Beach Boys, Pink Floyd, and Smokey Robinson. Sonny and Cher, The Jackson 5, Prince, and Aerosmith were among the influential artists and bands that made their television debuts on "Bandstand", which is also credited with helping to make America more accepting of rock 'n' roll. [PAR] With the success of "American Bandstand", Clark became more invested in the music publishing and recording businesses, and began managing artists, hosting live sock hops, and arranging concert tours. But in 1960, when the United States Senate began investigating "payola", the practice in which music producing companies paid broadcasting companies to favor their products, Clark became caught up in the scandal. The investigation found he had partial copyrights to over 150 songs, many of which were featured on his show. Clark denied he was involved in any way, but admitted to accepting a fur and jewelry from a record company president. In the end, the Senate could not find any illegal actions by Clark, but ABC asked Clark to either sell his shares in these companies or leave the network so there was no conflict of interest. He chose to sell and continue on as host of "American Bandstand", which was unaffected by the scandal. [PAR] In 1964, Clark moved Bandstand from Philadelphia to Los Angeles and became more involved in television production. Under his company Dick Clark Productions, he produced such shows as "Where the Action Is", "TV's Bloopers and Practical Jokes", and more recently, "So You Think You Can Dance", as well as made-for-television movies including "Elvis", "The Birth of the Beatles", "Wild Streets", and "The Savage Seven". Clark also hosted television's "

November 30 is a time to celebrate the birthday of what TV personality, known as The World’s Oldest Teenager, who hosted American Bandstand and still does the New Year’s Rockin’ Eve broadcast every December 31st?

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[DOC] [TLE] Nixon on Pinterest | Presidents, Scandal and First Ladies1000+ images about Nixon on Pinterest | The white, Governor of california and April 22 [PAR] Forward [PAR] William Mark Felt, Sr. (August 17, 1913 – December 18, 2008)[1] was an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), who retired in 1973 as the Bureau's Associate Director. After denying his involvement with reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein for 30 years, Felt revealed himself on May 31, 2005, to be the Watergate scandal's whistleblower, "Deep Throat". [PAR] See More[DOC] [TLE] Chapter 12 – Chairman George in Watergate « TARPLEY.netChapter 12 – Chairman George in Watergate « TARPLEY.net [PAR] Entries RSS [PAR] Chapter 12 – Chairman George in Watergate [PAR] In November, 1972, Bush’s “most influential patron,” Richard Nixon [fn 1], won re-election to the White House for a second term in a landslide victory over the McGovern-Shriver Democratic ticket. Nixon’s election victory had proceeded in spite of the arrest of five White House-linked burglars in the offices of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate building in Washington early on June 17 of the same year. This was the beginning of the infamous Watergate scandal, which would overshadow and ultimately terminate Nixon’s second term in 1974. After the election, Bush received a telephone call informing him that Nixon wanted to talk to him at the Camp David retreat in the Catoctin Mountains of Maryland. Bush had been looking to Washington for the inevitable personnel changes that would be made in preparation for Nixon’s second term. Bush tells us that he was aware of Nixon’s plan to reorganize his cabinet around the idea of a “super cabinet” of top-level, inner cabinet ministers or “super secretaries” who would work closely with the White House while relegating the day-to-day functioning of their executive departments to sub-cabinet deputies. One of the big winners under this plan was scheduled to be George Shultz, the former Labor Secretary who was now, after the departure of Connally, supposed to become Super Secretary of the Treasury. Shultz was a Bechtel executive who went on to be Reagan’s second Secretary of State after Al Haig. Bush and Shultz were future members of the Bohemian Club of San Francisco and of the Bohemian Grove summer gathering. Shultz was a Princeton graduate who was reputed to have a tiger, the school’s symbol, tatooed on his rump. Bush says he received a call from Nixon’s top domestic aide, John Ehrlichman (along with Haldemann a partner in the “Chinese wall” around Nixon maintained by the White House palace guard). Ehrlichman told Bush that George Shultz wanted to see him before he went on to meet with Nixon at Camp David. As it turned out, Shultz wanted to offer Bush the post of undersecretary of the Treasury, which would amount to de facto administrative control over the department while Shultz concentrated on his projected super secretary policy functions. Bush says he thanked Shultz for his “flattering” offer, took it under consideration, and then pressed on to Camp David. [fn 2] At Camp David, Bush says that Nixon talked to him in the following terms: “George, I know that Shultz has talked to you about the Treasury job, and if that’s what you’d like, that’s fine with me. However, the job I really want you to do, the place I really need you, is over at the National Committee running things. This is an important time for the Republican Party, George. We have a chance to build a new coalition in the next four years, and you’re the one who can do it.” [ fn 3] But this was not the job that George really wanted. He wanted to be promoted, but he wanted to continue in the personal retinue of Henry Kissinger. “At first Bush tried to persuade the President to give him, instead, the number-two job at the State Department, as deputy to Secretary Henry Kissinger. Foreign affairs was his top priority, he said. Nixon was cool to this idea, and Bush capitulated.”

Dec 18, 2008 marked the death of Mark Felt. What prominent role in the watergate scandals did he play?

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[DOC] [TLE] Fletcher ChristianFletcher Christian (25 September 1764 – 20 September 1793) was master's mate on board HMS Bounty during Lieutenant William Bligh's voyage to Tahiti for breadfruit plants. In the mutiny on the Bounty, Christian seized command of the ship from Bligh on 28 April 1789. [PAR] Early life [PAR] Christian was born on 25 September 1764, at his family home of Moorland Close, Eaglesfield, near Cockermouth in Cumberland. Fletcher's father's side had originated from the Isle of Man and most of his paternal great-grandfathers were historic Deemsters, their original family surname McCrystyn. [PAR] Fletcher was the brother to Edward and Humphrey, being the three sons of Charles Christian of Moorland Close and of the large Ewanrigg Hall estate in Dearham, Cumberland, an attorney-at-law descended from Manx gentry, and his wife Ann Dixon. [PAR] Charles's marriage to Ann brought with it the small property of Moorland Close, "a quadrangle pile of buildings ... half castle, half farmstead." The property can be seen to the north of the Cockermouth to Egremont A5086 road. Charles died in 1768 when Fletcher was not yet four. Ann proved herself grossly irresponsible with money. By 1779, when Fletcher was fifteen, Ann had run up a debt of nearly £6,500 (equal to £ today), and faced the prospect of debtors' prison. Moorland Close was lost and Ann and her three younger children were forced to flee to the Isle of Man, to their relative's estate, where English creditors had no power. The three elder Christian sons managed to arrange a £40 (equal to £ today) per year annuity for their mother, allowing the family to live in genteel poverty. Christian spent seven years at the Cockermouth Free School from the age of nine. One of his younger contemporaries there was Cockermouth native William Wordsworth. It is commonly misconceived that the two were 'school friends'; Christian was six years the senior of the future Poet Laureate. His mother Ann died on the Isle of Man in 1819. [PAR] Naval career [PAR] See here for a comparison of assignments to William Bligh [PAR] Fletcher Christian began his naval career at a late age, joining the Royal Navy as a cabin boy when he was already seventeen years old (the average age for this position was between 12 to 15). He served for over a year on a third-rate frigate along with his future commander, William Bligh, who was posted as the ship's sixth lieutenant. Christian next became a Midshipman on the sixth-rate post ship HMS Eurydice and was made master's mate six months after the ship put to sea. The muster rolls of indicate Christian was signed on for a 21-month voyage to India. The ship's muster shows Christian's conduct was more than satisfactory because "some seven months out from England, he had been promoted from midshipman to master's mate". [PAR] After the Eurydice had returned from India, Christian was reverted to Midshipman and paid off from the Royal Navy. Unable to find another Midshipman assignment, Christian decided to join the British merchant fleet and applied for a berth on-board William Bligh's ship the Britannia. Bligh had himself been discharged from the Royal Navy and was now working as a merchant captain. Bligh accepted Christian on the ship's books as an Able Seaman, but granted him all the rights of a ship's officer including dining and berthing in the officer quarters. On a second voyage to Jamaica with Bligh, Christian was rated as the ship's Second Mate. [PAR] Although Bligh had only known Christian for a little over a year, in 1787 Bligh approached Christian to serve on-board the HMAV Bounty for a two year voyage to transport breadfruit from Tahiti to the West Indies. Bligh originally had every intention of Christian serving as the ship's Master, but the Navy Board turned down this request due to Christian's low seniority in service years and appointed John Fryer instead. Christian was retained as Master's Mate. The following year, halfway through the Bounty's voyage, Bligh appointed Christian as Acting lieutenant, thus making him senior

Which famous Vice Admiral, who died on December 7, 1817, is famous for navigating a life boat 3,618 nautical miles to the island of Timor, having been put overboard by mutineer Fletcher Christian?

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[DOC] [TLE] Kegel Exercises on Pinterest | Pelvic Floor, Pelvic Floor ...1000+ images about Kegel Exercises on Pinterest | Muscle, Exercise during pregnancy and The muscle [PAR] Forward [PAR] Everyone’s pelvic floor could use strengthening because we rarely work it, and we sit so much, we throw the muscles that attach to our pelvis out of position. Here are some Kegel exercises to activate and strengthen your pelvic floor. [PAR] See More[DOC] [TLE] Stephanie Prendergast - Pelvic Health and Rehabilitation ...Stephanie Prendergast [PAR] By Gabriella Chavarin [PAR]   [PAR] As you may have noticed, IPPS is a pretty big deal around here. Every year, our PHRC physical therapists attend the International Pelvic Pain Society’s annual scientific conference. Additionally, Stephanie Prendergast has been on the IPPS Board of Directors since 2003, and was the first physical therapist to serve as president in 2013.  Since our staff commits so much of their time to continued education, and as the field of pelvic pain advances, we wanted to recap what our clinicians took away from this year’s IPPS conference. [PAR] First, some background information… [PAR]   [PAR] The meeting is broken down into four sections. The first day is a “Basics” course, intended for the general medical professional who is interested in pelvic pain, but not regularly treating it. The topics span how the general gynecologist, urologist, psychologist, primary care physician, and pain management specialist can identify pelvic pain syndromes and direct the patient towards a solution. [PAR] Following the basics course, the next two days consist of the “Scientific” session, where the latest management strategies are presented for medical professionals who regularly manage people with pelvic pain and want to learn about the latest medical advances. It is during this time that our clinicians are able to attend lectures ranging from various topics and areas of expertise. [PAR] On the final day, IPPS hosts a post-conference course. The topic this year was a panel, their topic titled  “Talking about sexual health and function with your patients: a healthcare professional’s guide”. The expert speaker panel consisted of Hollis Herman, DPT, OCS, WCS BCB-PMD, CSC, IF, PRPC Alexandra Milspaw, PhD, LPC, and Tracy Sher, MPT, CSCS. The speakers did an excellent job helping providers increase their competency discussing sexual challenges with their patients. [PAR] Alright, now on to our clinician’s summaries: [PAR]   [PAR] Liz Akinicilar- Rummer, MSPT, PHRC Waltham: [PAR] Liz gave a lecture at the basic’s course titled “Evaluation and treatment of musculoskeletal causes of pelvic pain”. Click here to view her presentation. [PAR]   [PAR] Shayna Reid, PHRC Los Angeles: [PAR] The basics day at IPPS provided a comprehensive review of the many factors, physiological, psychological and musculoskeletal, that are components of pelvic pain. I enjoyed the flow of the sessions and found that they built nicely upon each other. Starting the day with a reminder of how pain messages are transmitted in the body, then bringing in the psychology behind pain and next seeing specific diagnoses and musculoskeletal treatment provided a good foundation for understanding and treating pelvic pain. What I learned at the basics day at IPPS will translate into patient education on the science behind pain. [PAR]   [PAR] Stephanie Prendergast, MPT PHRC Los Angeles: [PAR] Stephanie lectured with Drs. Conway and Jordan on Interdisciplinary Management Pudendal Neuralgia. Click here to view her presentation. [PAR]   [PAR] From Malinda Wright, DPT, PHRC Los Gatos: [PAR] Alexandra Milspaw, PhD, M.Ed., LPC gave a wonderful lecture Saturday morning titled Training the Brain to Heal Painful Habits. Alexandra started her presentation off with an imagery to demonstrate the power of the brain. She had us close our eyes and imagine ourselves driving. How does the body feel as an aggressive car speeds by? Now, imagine in the speeding car is a father rushing his child off to the hospital due to a severe asthma attack. How does the body respond to that knowledge? Alexandra stated, “Not only can we change our brains just by thinking differently, but when are truly focused and single-minded, the brain does not know the difference between the internal world of the

Named for the gynecologist that invented them, what exercises for the pelvic muscles were originally developed to combat incontinence?

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