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Sibylle (d. 1290), who married Bohemund VI of Antioch
Euphemie (d. 1309), who married to Julien Grenier, Lord of Sidon
Rita of Armenia
Maria of Armenia, who married Guy d'Ibelin
Isabella of Armenia, Queen
Argishti II of Urartu was king of the Urartun empire from 714 to 680 BC.
Xerxes (died c. 212 BC) was the King of Sophene and son of Arsames II.
During his domination, Antiochus III the Great invaded his capital Arsamosata.
Xerxes recognized Antiochus as his sovereign and received his sister Antiochia as his bride, who later killed him.
Polybius, VIII.25
Johann Gustav Droysen,  Geschichte des Hellenismus, vol.
p. 73
Joseph Hilarius Eckhel, vol.
p. 204.
Yorkshire and the Humber is one of the regions of England.
It covers most of the historic county of Yorkshire, along with the part of northern Lincolnshire that was previously in the administrative area of Humberside (which existed 1974-1996).
The highest point of the region is Whernside, in the Yorkshire Dales, at 737 metres.
The largest freshwater lake is Hornsea Mere in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber
Yorkshire and Humber Assembly
Sophene (Armenian: ) was a province of the Armenian Kingdom and of the Roman Empire, in the southwest of the kingdom.
It is currently in modern-day southeastern Turkey.
According to Anania Shirakatsi's Ashkharatsuyts ("World Atlas," 7th century), Tsopk was the 2nd among the 15 provinces of Greater Armenia.
It consisted of 8 cantons (gavars): Khordzyan, Hashtyank, Paghnatun, Balahovit, Tsopk (Shahunyats), Andzit, Degiq, and Gavreq (Goreq).
Tsopk was part of the kingdom of Urartu in the 8th-7th cc BC.
After unifying the region with his kingdom in the early 700s BC, king Argishtis I of Urartu resettled many of its inhabitants to his newly built city of Erebuni (modern day Armenian capital Yerevan).
Around 600 BC, Tsopk became part of the newly emerged ancient Armenian Kingdom of Orontids.
After Alexander the Great's campaigns in 330s BC and the subsequent collapse of the Achaemenid Empire, Tsopk remained part of the newly independent kingdom of Greater Armenia.
In the early 200s BC, at the instigation of the Seleucid Empire, which was trying to weaken the Armenian kingdom, Tsopk, along with Commagene, split from Greater Armenia, forming the Hellenistic kingdom of Tsopk-Commagene.
Tsopk later split from the Tsopk-Commagene kingdom as well, forming an independent kingdom.
Around 200 BC, in his attempt to finally subjugate Armenia, Seleucian king Antiochus III conquered both Greater Armenia and Tsopk, installing Armenian generals Artaxias I and Zariadres as governors-strategoses respectively in each kingdom.
Following Antiochus' defeat by Romans at the battle of Magnesia in 190 BC, both Zareh and Artashes declared themselves independent kings.
Zareh and his descendants ruled the kingdom of Tsopk until it was reunified with Greater Armenia by Tigranes the Great in the 80s BC.
Sophene later become part of the Roman Empire, and was made into a province of the Roman Empire.
The capital was Amida (modern Diyarbakır).
Around 54, the province was ruled by Gaius Julius Sohaemus.
1st-century BC disestablishments
The Seleucid Empire was a Hellenistic (or Ancient Greek) successor state of Alexander the Great's empire.
At its greatest extent, the Empire covered central Anatolia, the Levant, Mesopotamia, Persia, Turkmenistan, Pamir and the Indus Valley.
Primarily, it was the successor to the Achaemenid Empire of Persia, and was followed there by the Islamic Caliphate (Rashidun Empire) conquest and rule, from 650s to 660s AD.
Later on, much of this area became part of the Umayyad Empire and then the Abbasid Empire.
The partition of Alexander's empire (323–281 BC)
The empire was put under the management of a regent named Perdiccas in 323 BC, and the territories were divided between Alexander's generals, who thereby became satraps, at the Partition of Babylon.
Leaders who thought they should have more, started wars to get it.
Soon the various parts of the empire were fighting each other.
The early Seleucid Empire
Seleucus I Soter was one of Alexander's generals who received a portion of the huge empire Alexander had carved out.
He received huge expanses of land in Syria, Babylon, Anatolia, even as far out as India.
When Perdiccas was killed in a political assassination by Ptolemy of Egypt, the empire that was barely held together then splintered apart.
The Seleucid Empire quickly expanded, eventually taking parts of Thrace in the west and advancing past the Indus in the East.
Seleucus I clashed several times with his southern rival for power, the Ptolemaic Dynasty.
The Ptolemaic Dynasty controlled most of Egypt and the lands around it, and would fight the Seleucid Empire on many occasions for control of Syria.
Seleucus I conquered much of Anatolia, and was preparing to invade Macedonia, when he was assassinated.
This momentarily put an end to the Seleucid Empire's ambitions in Greece.
After Seleucus I died, his heirs spent much of their time and money trying to maintain the enormous empire they had inherited.
In this, they were rather successful, but the vastness of the empire defied attempts by the successors of Seleucus to control it effectively.
History of Persia
Ancient history of Azerbaijan
Westmorland (an older spelling is Westmoreland, an even older spelling is Westmerland) is an area of north west England and one of the 39 historic counties of England.
It was an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 and now is part of Cumbria.
The highest point of the county is Helvellyn at 950m (3,117 ft).
According to the 1831 census its area was 485,990 acres.
According to the 1971 census, Westmorland was the second smallest administrative county with people in England, after Rutland.
The spead of population was as follows:
In 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, the county was abolished and its former area was combined with Cumberland and parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire to form the new county of Cumbria.
The former county now forms part of the districts of South Lakeland and Eden.
1974 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
British shires
The historic counties of England are subdivisions of UK They were used for various functions for several hundred years and continue to form the basis of modern local government.
They are alternatively known as ancient counties and traditional counties.
The counties
GENUKI - Family history links to historic counties
The Historic Counties Trust
Lists of counties
The Ceremonial counties of England are areas of England are defined by the government with reference to the metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England.
They are also often called geographic counties.
The Lieutenancies Act 1997 defines the "ceremonial counties" in terms of local government areas created by the Local Government Act 1972 as amended.
Schedule 1, paragraphs 2–5 defines them as:
Bedfordshire, including Luton
Buckinghamshire, including Milton Keynes
Cambridgeshire, including Peterborough
Cheshire, including Halton and Warrington
Cornwall, including Isles of Scilly
Derbyshire, including Derby
Devon, including Plymouth and Torbay
Dorset, including Bournemouth and Poole
County Durham, including Darlington, Hartlepool, and Stockton-on-Tees north of the River Tees
East Riding of Yorkshire, including Kingston-upon-Hull
East Sussex, including Brighton and Hove
Essex, including Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock
Gloucestershire, including South Gloucestershire
Greater London, excluding the City of London
Hampshire, including Southampton and Portsmouth
Kent, including Medway
Lancashire, including Blackburn with Darwen, and Blackpool
Leicestershire, including Leicester
Lincolnshire, including North Lincolnshire, and North East Lincolnshire
North Yorkshire, including York, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland, and Stockton-on-Tees south of the River Tees
Nottinghamshire, including Nottingham
Shropshire, including Telford and Wrekin
Somerset, including Bath and North East Somerset and North Somerset
Staffordshire, including Stoke-on-Trent
Wiltshire, including Swindon
Lieutenancy areas in 1890
Cambridgeshire, including Isle of Ely
held jointly with Chester
held jointly with Exeter
held jointly with Poole
held jointly with Gloucester and Bristol
held jointly with Canterbury
held jointly with Lincoln
City of London, having commissioners of Lieutenancy (not shown on map)
held jointly with Norwich
Northamptonshire, including the Soke of Peterborough
held jointly with Berwick-upon-Tweed and Newcastle upon Tyne
held jointly with Nottingham
Salop (Shropshire)
Southamptonshire (Hampshire)
held jointly with Southampton
held jointly with Lichfield
held jointly with Worcester
Yorkshire - had three Lieutenants, one for each of the three ridings
(a) East Riding, held jointly with Kingston upon Hull
(b) North Riding
(c) West Riding, held jointly with York
The counties of England are territorial divisions of England that have many different purposes, such as local government.
Most counties began as Anglo-Saxon shires, and duchies.
The names, boundaries and functions of these divisions have changed many times.
A series of local government reforms from the 19th century onwards has left the exact definition of the term 'county' unclear, and many counties have more than one definition in law.
Therefore, the term "counties of England" does not refer to a unique set of names or boundaries.
There are specific sets of counties that serve a purpose in government (e.g. ceremonial county, registration county or former postal county) or are cultural regions that are sometimes loosely defined (e.g. historic county).
Administrative counties: These are areas that are governed by a county council.
Ceremonial counties: These are the areas that are represented by a Lord Lieutenant and a High Sheriff.
Historic counties
The 39 historic, ancient or traditional counties, developed from the 12th to the 16th centuries, though many of the specific areas are much older.
They were not used for census reporting since 1841.
Most of the historic counties continue to form part of the local government structure, often with reformed boundaries.
Registration counties
1889 to 1974
Elected county councils were set up in England in 1889, taking over many of the administrative functions of the Quarter Sessions courts, as well as being given other powers over the years.
A County of London was created from parts of Kent, Middlesex and Surrey.
The counties were divided into administrative counties (the area controlled by a county council) and independent county boroughs.
Some counties were covered by several administrative counties; they were Suffolk, Sussex, Northamptonshire, Hampshire, Cambridgeshire, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
Changes in 1974
On 1 April 1974 the Local Government Act 1972 came into force.
This abolished the existing local government structure in England and Wales (except in Greater London) and replaced it with a new entirely two-tier system.
It abolished the previously existing administrative counties and county boroughs (but not the previous non-administrative 'counties') and created a new set of 46 'counties' in England, 6 of which were metropolitan and 40 of which were non-metropolitan.
Some of the counties established by the Act were entirely new, such as Avon, Cleveland, Cumbria, Hereford and Worcester, and Humberside, along with the new metropolitan counties of Greater Manchester, Merseyside, South Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, West Midlands, and West Yorkshire.
The counties of Cumberland, Herefordshire, Rutland, Westmorland and Worcestershire were abolished and the county boroughs as well.
There are now 81 county level entities outside Greater London.
Of these, 34 are so-called 'shire counties' with both county councils and district councils, and 40 are unitary authorities.
Six are metropolitan counties.
The remaining one is Berkshire, whose county council has been abolished and its districts have become unitary authorities.
Post-1996 ceremonial counties
Because of the local government reforms in the 1990s, the distinction between the counties used for local government and those used for Lieutenancy, abolished in 1974, was revived, and a new term, 'ceremonial county', coined.
Most unitary authorities remained associated with the same county for Lieutenancy, and in a few areas the old ceremonial counties were restored (Bristol, East Riding of Yorkshire, Herefordshire, Rutland, Worcestershire).
These are also known as the geographic counties and are generally used to describe a place's location in England.
They are also taken into consideration by the boundary commission when they draw up boundaries for constituencies, for example.
Postal counties
The former postal counties as used by the Post Office are no longer required on addresses.
They included most of the 1974 changes, but did not acknowledge Greater Manchester or Greater London as postal counties.
They went out of official use in 1996.
Home Counties
Shire counties
Counties of England, Wales and Scotland prior to the 1974 Boundary Changes
Administrative Areas of England - gives details of the 1974 changes
The title Lord Lieutenant is given to the British monarch's personal representatives around the United Kingdom, usually in a county, with varying tasks throughout history.
Usually a retired local notable, senior military officer, peer or business person is given the post honourarily.
Both men and women are eligible for the post.
In England and Wales and Ireland, the lord lieutenant was the principal officer of his county.
His creation dates from the Tudors.
Lieutenants were first appointed to a number of English historic counties by Henry VIII in the 1540s, when the military functions of the sheriff were handed over to him.
He raised was responsible for the efficiency of the local militia units of the county, and afterwards of the yeomanry, and volunteers.
He was Commander of these forces and appointed their officers.
Lieutenancies became more organised soon, probably in the reign of his successor Edward VI, their establishment being approved by the English parliament in 1550.
It was not until the threat of invasion by the forces of Spain in 1585 that lieutenants were appointed to all counties.
After the defeat of the Spanish Armada, the need for lieutenants was reduced — and the lieutenancies of some counties were left vacant in the 1590s.
The Twentieth Century
The Territorial and Reserve Forces Act 1907 established County Territorial Force Associations, of which the lord-lieutenant was to be head.
So the combination of counties and county corporates as lieutenancy counties was restored.
A more fundamental reform of local government throughout England and Wales (outside Greater London) created a new structure of metropolitan, non-metropolitan and Welsh counties in 1974.
Section 218 of the Local Government Act 1972 that established the new system stated: "Her Majesty shall appoint a lord-lieutenant for each county in England and Wales and for Greater London..." The Act appears to be the first statutory use of the term "lord-lieutenant" for lieutenants to counties.
In 1975 counties ceased to be used for local government purposes in Scotland.
The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 replaced the counties with regions, and each region was to have one or more lord-lieutenants appointed.
The areas to which they were appointed approximated to the counties and were based and were defined in terms of the new local government districts.
Present-day
Partial reform of local government in England since 1995 has led to the creation of so-called ceremonial counties to which lord-lieutenants are now appointed.
The Lieutenancies Act 1997 is the most recent piece of primary legislation dealing with Lieutenancies in England and includes the definitive list of the current areas used.
Ceremonial counties may be comprised of combinations of county council areas and unitary authorities.
The City of London was unaffected by changes introduced since 1882.
It has a Commission of Lieutenancy rather than a single Lord-Lieutenant.
The Head of the Commission is the Lord Mayor of London.
Arranging visits of members of the Royal family and escorting Royal visitors;
Presentation of medals and awards on behalf of the Sovereign, and advising on Honours nominations;
Participation in civic, voluntary and social activities with the Lieutenancy;
Liaison with local units of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines, Army, Royal Air Force and their associated cadet forces;
Leading the local magistracy as Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Justices of the Peace; and
Chairing the local Advisory Committee for the Appointment of the General Commissioners of Income Tax, a tribunal which hears appeals against decisions made by the HM Revenue and Customs on a variety of different tax related matters.
As the sovereign's representative in his or her county, the Lord-Lieutenant remains non-political and holds no office in any political party.
The usual age of retirement is 75.
They are appointed for life, although the sovereign may remove them.
They are unpaid, but receive minimal allowances for secretarial help, mileage allowance and a driver.
Male Lord-Lieutenants receive an allowance for the ceremonial uniform, worn when receiving members of the royal family and on other formal occasions.
There is no uniform for a female Lord-Lieutenant, but there is a badge which can be worn on ceremonial occasions.
Male Lord-Lieutenants wear a dark blue uniform in the style of an Army No.
1 dress along with a cap and sword with a steel scabbard.
The uniform for a male Vice Lord-Lieutenant and Deputy Lieutenants is of a similar style, but with features to distinguish it from a Lord-Lieutenant.
Correct forms of address for the Lord-Lieutenant
Written: '(Title and name), Lord-Lieutenant'
Salutation: 'Dear Lord-Lieutenant'
In a Speech: 'My Lord-Lieutenant'
In conversation: '(Title and name)' or 'Lord-Lieutenant'.
Sources and Other websites
Royal website on Lord-Lieutenant
Website of the Lord Lieutenant of South Yorkshire
is the main character of the Metroid games.
She's a bounty hunter, and helps the Galactic Federation.
She has many enemies, including Mother Brain, Ridley, Kraid, Dark Samus, and the Metroids.
Because she does not remove her suit or talk much, people thought she was a boy until they saw the secret ending of Metroid, which shows Samus without her suit.
The makers said that the Metroid series is supposed to be like the 1979 film, Alien, and Samus was like one of the film's characters, Ellen Ripley.
Players thought Samus was a boy until the end of the original Metroid game.
One of the makers said that it would be "kind of cool if it turned out that this person inside the suit was a woman".
The rest of the makers liked it so it happened
Samus' suit is orange and red, and runs on Energy Tanks.
It was made by creatures called Chozos, and can gain new powers and abilities.
She has lots of other suits as well.
Metroid series
Metroid Prime series
The Metroid Prime series takes place in between Metroid and Metroid II: Return of Samus.
In Metroid Prime, Samus has to go to the Frigate Orpheon, and meets Meta Ridley, the revived form of an enemy from Metroid.
She loses her powers on the frigate through an accident, and escapes to the planet Tallon IV.
She eventually has to do battle with the final boss, Metroid Prime.
In Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, Samus meets a creature called Dark Samus, which is Metroid Prime fused with a suit Samus got on Tallon IV.
In Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, Samus and three other bounty hunters
Other appearances
Samus was the first female character to appear in the Super Smash Bros. series, and has been in Super Smash Bros., Super Smash Bros. Melee, Super Smash Bros. Brawl, and Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U. She's only in her suit in the first two, but in the third and fourth, she can be in Zero Suit Samus form, which comes from Metroid: Zero Mission.
In the fourth game, Samus in her power suit and her zero suit are listed as two separate characters.
She takes many moves from the Metroid series, including the Charge Beam, Bombs, Screw Attack, and Missiles.
Fictional characters introduced in 1986
Video game characters
Metroid is a series of video games made by Nintendo.
The series started in Japan in 1986.
Its main character in the game is Samus Aran.
Almost all of the games in the series have a certain kind of fictional creature called a "Metroid".
This is where the name of the series comes from.
Metroids look a lot like jellyfish except they can fly.
They also have teeth instead of tentacles.
They attack creatures and people by charging quickly towards them and sucking out all their life force.
The main character in the series is Samus Aran.
She always wears a very powerful space suit.
This suit lets her do things that normal humans cannot do, such as jump very high and fall long ways without being hurt.
The right arm on Samus' suit has a large gun built into it.
She is seen in this space suit almost all of the time.
In many of the games, if the player finishes the game fast enough or collects enough items, they can see her without the suit on.
When this happens, she is either wearing a tight jumpsuit, or something resembling a bikini.
The main enemies of the Metroid games are the Space Pirates.
They are tall creatures who look like lizards that walk on two legs.
The Space Pirate commander is a dragon named Ridley, who is Samus' worst enemy.
In most Metroid games, the player explores far away planets or space stations.
The player, as Samus, starts the game with very few powers, and not many places to go.
The player must explore to find items and powers that let him or her get to new areas.
In the first Metroid; Samus had to defeat Ridley; a giant monster named Kraid; and then destroy the Space Pirate's computer, Mother Brain.
In all Metroid games, there are different goals to achieve, but nearly all of them involve looking for items and exploring.
Official English website
Wikitroid, the Metroid wiki
The Michelson–Morley experiment was a scientific experiment to test for the presence and properties of a substance called aether.
This was thought hypothetically to fill empty space.
The experiment showed the substance did not exist.
Since waves in water need something to move in (water) and sound waves do as well (air), it was believed that light also needed something to move in.
Scientists in the 18th century named this substance "aether", after the Greek god of light.
They believed that aether was all around us and that it also filled the vacuum of space.
Michelson and Morley created this experiment to try and prove the theory that aether existed.
They did this with a device called an interferometer.
This experiment is a test of Einstein's special relativity theory.
The Earth travels very quickly (more than 100,000 km per hour) around the Sun.
If aether exists, the Earth moving through it would cause a "wind" in the same way that there seems to be a wind outside a moving car.
To a person in the car, the air outside the car would seem like a moving substance.
In the same way, aether should seem like a moving substance to things on Earth.
The interferometer was designed to measure the speed and direction of the "aether wind" by measuring the difference between the speed of light traveling in different directions.
It measured this difference by shining a beam of light into a mirror that was only partially coated in silver.
Part of the beam would be reflected one way, and the rest would go the other.
Those two parts would then be reflected back to where they were split apart, and recombined.
By looking at interference patterns in the recombined beam of light, any changes in speed because of the aether wind could be seen.
They found that there was, in fact, no substantial difference in the measurements.
This was puzzling to the scientific community at the time, and led to the creation of various new theories to explain the result.
The most important was the Lorentz factor, which is used in Albert Einstein's special theory of relativity.
Early Experiments
Modern Michelson–Morley Experiment improves the best previous result by two orders of magnitude, from 2003
Michelson Morley Experiment & Null Results
Ed Notes & Books For All Semesters In PDF 1st Year, 2nd Year
Science experiments
Hydrogen sulfide  (British English: hydrogen sulphide) is the chemical compound with the formula , is a colorless, toxic, flammable gas that is responsible for the foul smell of rotten eggs and flatulence.
It often results when bacteria break down organic matter if there is no oxygen.
This happens in swamps, and sewers (alongside the process of anaerobic digestion).
It also happens in volcanic gases, natural gas and some well waters.
This is the smell that people often think to be that of sulfur.
But sulfur itself does not smell.
Hydrogen sulfide is also known as sulfane, sulfur hydride, sour gas, sulfurated hydrogen, hydrosulfuric acid, sewer gas and stink damp.
IUPAC accepts the names "hydrogen sulfide" and "sulfane".
When people speak of more complicated compounds they always use the term "sulfane".
Small amounts of hydrogen sulfide can be found in crude petroleum.
Sour natural gas can contain up to 28%.
But, sour natural gas must be cleaned before it can enter a long distance pipeline.
Pipelines limit hydrogen sulfide to 3 grains per thousand cubic feet of natural gas.
Volcanoes and hot springs give off some H2S, where it probably is made by the hydrolysis of sulfide minerals, i.e. MS + H2O to give MO + H2S.
Hydrogen sulfide is a highly toxic and flammable gas.
Because it is heavier than air it tends to accumulate at the bottom of poorly ventilated spaces.
Hydrogen sulfide is considered a broad-spectrum poison, meaning that it can poison several different systems in the body, although the nervous system is most affected.
The toxicity of H2S is comparable with that of hydrogen cyanide.
"Hydrogen Sulfide", Committee on Medical and Biological Effects of Environmental Pollutants, University Park Press, 1979, Baltimore.
International Chemical Safety Card 0165
Concise International Chemical Assessment Document 53
National Pollutant Inventory - Hydrogen sulfide fact sheet
MSDS safety data sheet
Abstract of survey article on H2S as used by the body, by P. Kamoun
Computational Chemistry Wiki
William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, KG, PC (2 May 1737–7 May 1805) was a British Whig statesman and Prime Minister of Great Britain.
He was born William FitzMaurice in Dublin in Ireland.
Petty was known historically as The Earl of Shelburne.
Mr William FitzMaurice (1737-1751)
Mr William Petty (1751)
The Hon William Petty (1751-1753)
Viscount FitzMaurice (1753-1760)
Viscount FitzMaurice, MP (1760-1761)
The Rt Hon The Earl of Shelburne (1761-1763)
The Rt Hon The Earl of Shelburne, PC (1763-1782)
The Rt Hon The Earl of Shelburne, KG, PC (1782-1784)
The Most Hon The Marquess of Lansdowne, KG, PC (1784-1805)
1737 births
Irish politicians
William Henry Cavendish Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, (14 April 1738 – 30 October 1809) was a British Whig and Tory statesman and twice Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain.
After his first time as prime minister, the kingdom of Ireland joined Great Britain to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
In the new Parliament of the United Kingdom, he again became prime minister in 1807.
1739 births
English Dukes
Politicians from Nottinghamshire
Newbie is a slang term for a new person in a community, group, or video game, and especially on the internet.
"Newb" is short for newbie and another slang term that comes from the word "new".
A noob usually means a bad player in a game, or someone who does not know the rules of a community yet.
Being called a noob is usually not a good thing especially if its by an "Epic Gamer".
The use of the word "newbie" originated in World War II.
It was a word veterans used to describe new recruits.
In recent years, however, the term has been used more often in Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG)s or other internet based games.
It can also mean someone who has a high level in a game, but is not a skilled player.
A person new to a game or a younger player can be referred to as a newbie.
Many places, such as internet forums or online communities, use the word "noob" differently than the word "newbie".
A newbie is simply someone who is new to the forum or game.
But a noob or n00b is someone who has been around long enough to know better, but doesn't.
A noob is thought of as having no respect for the rules and does not seem to want to do anything for himself.
So noob has become an offensive term on the internet.
To behave like a noob can mean getting disrespect and a lack of interest from other players.
Noobs are usually referred to by the 1337 (pronounced "leet") or skilled players, who have marginally higher experience in the game.
When a leet soundly defeats a noob, he is said to be "pawning noobs".
Recently "noob" is used mainly just as a name to refer to other players in various online games.
It's usually a derogatory term, but can be exchanged as a friendly greeting.
A noob is sometimes confused with a "choob" (a low skilled person in a game, but having acquired nice things as a result of playing).
A bodhisattva is a Buddhist who is on their way to become a Buddha.
They have attained a certain level of enlightenment, but decide not to enter Nirvana so that they can continue helping living beings in the world.
Many bodhisattvas made a special vow that defines their personality or method of helping people.
For example, Kshitigarbha vowed not to attain enlightenment until there were no more beings in hell.
Some Buddhas, such as Amitabha, made certain vows when they were bodhisattvas.
He became a Buddha when these vows were fulfilled.
Tackey & Tsubasa (タッキー&翼) is a Japanese pop duo from Johnny & Associates.
Its two members are Hideaki Takizawa (Japanese: 滝沢秀明, Takizawa Hideaki) and Tsubasa Imai (今井翼, Imai Tsubasa).
They are known for their Japanese television dramas and they have been successful with numerous hit singles, especially "Kamen" and "Venus".
Their records are produced by Avex Trax.
(26.02.2003) To be, To be, Ten made To be
(12.11.2003) Yume Monogatari (夢物語)
(11.02.2004) One Day, One Dream
(03.11.2004) Serenade (愛想曲(セレナーデ))
(04.05.2005) Kamen/Mirai Koukai (仮面/未来航海)
(18.01.2006) Venus
(09.08.2006) Ho!
Summer (Ho!
サマー)
(04.18.2007) x ~Dame~ / Crazy Rainbow (x～ダメ～ / Crazy Rainbow)
(08.08.2007) SAMURAI
(11.09.2002) Hatachi
(28.04.2005) Twenty Two
(15.11.2006) Two You Four You
(17.10.2007) Tackey & Tsubasa BEST Album
Tackey & Tsubasa Official Website
Tackey & Tsubasa Oricon Page
Takizawa Hideaki fansite
Imai Tsubasa fansite
Fruits Basket(フルーツバスケット) is a Japanese manga and anime series about an eponymous student.
The manga series ran from 1999 to 2006.
An anime television series adaptation aired in 2001.
Tohru Honda comes to live with the mysterious Sohma family.
She discovers a terrible secret about them - 13 members of the family turn into twelve animals of the Chinese Zodiac, and the cat who was left out of the Chinese Zodiac.
Whenever they are hugged by members of the opposite sex or become weak, they turn into each animals.
Momiji Sohma – He is born in the year of the Rabbit.
Momiji is a cute, strange boy who acts like an elementary school student, when he is a freshman in high school.
TokyoPop's Fruits Basket Site  (manga)
FUNimation's Fruits Basket Site  (anime)
TV Tokyo's Fruits Basket Site (anime)
1998 manga
2010s anime
Ainur
Manwë
Manwë Súlimo is the leader of the Valar.
He is the lord of air and sky.
His wife is Varda.
He lives on the mountain of Taniquetil in Valinor, which is far west of Middle-earth.
Melkor was originally the most powerful of the Valar, but he became evil.
He was then named Morgoth (Sindarin: "Black Enemy"), and Morgoth Bauglir (Sindarin: "Oppressor").
Morgoth was the greatest enemy of all the peoples of Middle-earth during the First Age.
He is the main villain of The Silmarillion.
Maiar
Sauron
Sauron is a Maia who became evil.
He became the Dark Lord Morgoth's chief lieutenant.
In the Second Age he disguised himself as Annatar and told the elves how to make the Rings of Power.
He created the One Ring in the volcano Mount Doom, in his land Mordor.
Since then he is the Lord of the Rings.
He was killed in the Downfall of Númenor, but again took form in Mordor.
He was again defeated by the Last Alliance of Elves and Men.
Later in the Third Age, Sauron again came to life, searching for the Ring, and starting the War of the Ring.
Sauron was later defeated when the One Ring fell to the fires of Mount Doom with Gollum.
Sauron is mentioned as the Necromancer in The Hobbit.
Istari
The Istari (Quenya: "Wise Ones"; singular: Istar) are a group of five Maiar.
They came to Middle-earth in the Third Age, in the form of old human men.
The names of the Istari are (in order of rank) Saruman the White, Gandalf the Grey, Radagast the Brown, Alatar the Blue and Pallando the Blue.
The peoples of Middle-earth gave them many names, and called them "wizards".
Gandalf the Grey is a main character in the books The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
In the Third Age Gandalf came to Middle-earth as one of the Istari (or wizards).
He worked much to help in the destruction of the One Ring, and in the War of the Ring.
Later in the Third Age during the War of the Ring, he was later reborn as Gandalf the White and succeeded Saruman as the head of the Istari order.
Gandalf is also known by other names: Olórin, Mithrandir, Tharkûn, Incánus, Gandalf Stormcrow, Gandalf Greyhame, Láthspell, White Rider, The Grey Pilgrim, Old Greybeard, Gandalf the Wandering Wizard.
Círdan gave Gandalf the Elven Ring Narya, the Ring of Fire, which he had been given by Gil-galad.
At the end of the Third Age, Gandalf left Middle-earth for Valinor, together with the bearers of the other two Elven Rings and the Ring-bearers of the One Ring.
Saruman the White is a character in the book The Lord of the Rings.
In the Third Age Saruman came to Middle-earth as one of the Istari.
Saruman is also known as Curumo, Sharkey, Curunír, Saruman of Many Colours, The White Wizard and Saruman the Wise by Gandalf the Grey.
Saruman was the leader of the wizards and the White Council that opposed the Dark Lord Sauron.
Saruman allied Isengard with Mordor and created an army of 10,000 Uruk-hai and many Isengard who bore his white hand on their faces and armories.
Saruman was later expelled from the Order of Istari as its head by Gandalf who broke his black staff of power leaving him powerless.
He later managed to convince the Ents who held him captive into letting him leave Isengard after he met the conditions of handing over the Keys of Orthanc.
He then went to the Shire, which his ally Lotho Sackville-Baggins had brought under control.
He spent his final days as a small-time criminal master in Hobbiton known as Sharkey (from the Orkish Sharkû, meaning "old man"), until he was overthrown in the Battle of Bywater.
In the aftermath of that battle Frodo confronted Saruman and exiled him from the Shire, but before he could leave, Gríma killed him by slitting his throat with a dagger, on the very doorstep of Bag End.
Radagast
Radagast the Brown is a character in the book The Lord of the Rings.
In the Third Age Radagast came to Middle-earth as one of the Istari.
Radagast is also known as Aiwendil, Bird-Friend, Tender of Beasts, "the Birdtamer", "the Simple", and "the Fool".
Radagast was a dweller in Rhosgobel with his animal friends.
But, by the time of the War of the Ring, he was not a Rhosgobel dweller anymore.
Later on Midsummer's Day, Radagast was sitting on the side of the Greenway with his horse near Bree when Gandalf found him on his way to the village.
Radagast warned Gandalf that the Nazgûl were abroad, disguised as riders in black, and that they were seeking news of the Shire.
He also gave him Saruman's invitation and agreed to help Gandalf by getting beasts and birds to send news to Orthanc.
With that he rode away back towards Mirkwood.
By sending Gandalf to Orthanc, Radagast unwittingly had him captured.
Saruman's message proved to be a trap for Gandalf who was imprisoned in Orthanc, but still he did not believe that Radagast was also a part of Saruman's plans.
Indeed, it was thanks to Radagast that Gandalf was able to escape from the pinnacle of Orthanc upon the wings of Gwaihir.
Radagast's actions during and after the rest of the War are not recorded.
After the Council of Elrond, many scouts were sent out from Rivendell to many different locations.
Some passed over the Misty Mountains and eventually came to Rhosgobel, but they found that Radagast was not there.[6] His fate after the War of the Ring is not known.
Alatar and Pallando
Alatar the Blue and Pallando the Blue are the Blue Wizards.
They went into the east of Middle-earth.
Alatar was originally a Maia of Oromë the Huntsman named Morinehtar, and presumably lived in his forests on the continent of Aman, west of Middle-earth.
The other servants of Oromë included Rómestámo (later Pallando), who was a friend of Morinehtar's, and whom he later chose to journey with him.
At some point in the Second Age, around the forging of the Rings of Power, Mohrinehtar and Rómestámo were chosen to become the first of the Istari, and were sent to the East of Middle-earth to stir up rebellion against Sauron and assist the few tribes of Men who had refused to worship Morgoth in the First Age.
Before he came to Middle-earth, Pallando was a Maia of Oromë the Huntsman.
He was taken to Middle-earth at the bidding of Alatar, another Istar who took him as a friend.
During the Third Age, the Valar selected Morinehtar, renamed Alatar, meaning "after-comer", and Pallando to be two of the five Maiar to travel from the Undying Lands to Middle-earth and serve as Istari wizards.
Alatar, Curumo (Saruman the White) and Olórin (Gandalf the Grey) were assigned the objective of encouraging the peoples of Middle-earth to oppose Sauron.
However, two more joined the original three Wizards and they became five.
Aiwendil (Radagast the Brown) was chosen by Yavanna to travel with Curumo, and Alatar took Pallando the Blue as a companion.
Upon arrival in Middle-earth, Alatar and Pallando were dressed in robes of sea-blue.
Due to this, they were called the Blue Wizards (or Ithryn Luin, in Sindarin).
With Saruman, they travelled east in an attempt to help free the last Men of Númenor, who were now Haradrim and Easterlings.
Later, Saruman came back to the west alone.
However, Alatar and Pallando were never seen again, and their ultimate fates are unknown.
Pallando and Alatar (known as the Blue Wizards for their sea-blue robes) traveled to the east of Middle-earth with Curumo (Saruman the White) to aid some men and subdue others, primarily the Easterlings and Southrons who worshiped Sauron, and whose numbers were steadily increasing.
Saruman later returned to the West, but Pallando along with Alatar stayed behind.
Celeborn
Celeborn was the husband of Galadriel and father of Celebrían.
Together with his wife he ruled as Lord over the elven realm Lothlórien.
Celebrían
Celebrían was the daughter of Galadriel and Celeborn.
At the beginning of the Third Age she married Elrond Half-elven, and they had the twin sons Elladan and Elrohir, and their daughter Arwen.
In 2509 T.A. Celebrían was captured by orcs, but she was rescued by her sons.
The year after she left Middle-earth for Valinor.
Galadriel was the youngest child of Finarfin and Eärwen.
She married Celeborn, and they had a daughter named Celebrían.
In the Second and Third Age she ruled as Lady over the elven realm Lothlórien.
Gil-galad gave Galadriel the Elven Ring Nenya, the Ring of Water.
At the end of the Third Age, Galadriel left Middle-earth for Valinor, together with the bearers of the other two Elven Rings and the Ring-bearers of the One Ring.
He was the leader of the elves in the Last Alliance against Sauron, but was killed in the war at the end of the Second Age.
Haldir of Lórien
Haldir was an Elf of Lothlórien; he was guarding its northern borders.
When the Fellowship of the Ring arrived in Lothlórien they met Haldir and his companions.
Haldir then led the Fellowship to the city Caras Galadhon.
Legolas, son of Thranduil, is a main character in The Lord of the Rings.
He is an elf from Mirkwood.
He is a member of the Fellowship of the Ring.
He is sometimes also called Legolas Greenleaf.
During the Fellowship's journey, he made friends with the dwarf Gimli, despite the fact that dwarves and elves do not usually get along.
Thranduil
Thranduil, son of Oropher, was king of the elves of Mirkwood during the Third Age.
He fought under the command of his father in the Last Alliance, but when Oropher was killed, Thranduil became king.
Thranduil is the father of Legolas.
In the book The Hobbit, Thranduil is only called the Elvenking.
Thranduil also appears in The Lord of the Rings.
Elrond
Elrond Peredhel ("Elrond Half-elven"), is the son of Eärendil and Elwing.
In the Third Age, Elrond is the Lord of Rivendell, and an important and wise leader among the elves.
Elrond appears in the books The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion.
Elrond was a Half-Elf born at the end of the First Age, as the son of Eärendil and Elwing.
His brother was Elros Tar-Minyatur, who chose to become a mortal human.
In the Second Age Elrond founded Rivendell.
Under the command of Gil-galad he fought in the Last Alliance against Sauron.
At the beginning of the Third Age he married Celebrían, daughter of Galadriel, and they had the twin sons Elladan and Elrohir, and their daughter Arwen.
Gil-galad gave Elrond the Elven Ring Vilya, the Ring of Air.
At the end of the Third Age, Elrond left Middle-earth for Valinor, together with the bearers of the other two Elven Rings and the Ring-bearers of the One Ring.
Elros
Elros was the son of Eärendil and Elwing, and brother of Elrond.
Elros and his brother were born at the end of the First Age.
They were Half-Elven, and Elrond chose to be an elf, while Elros chose to become a mortal human.
Elros became the first King of Númenor, and took the ruling name Tar-Minyatur.
He died in 442 in the Second Age, at age 500.
His son Vardamir Nólimon and his grandson Tar-Amandil became Kings after him.
Elladan and Elrohir
Elladan and Elrohir are the twin sons of Elrond Half-elven and Celebrían.
They are of the Half-elven who lived during the Third Age.
Arwen
Arwen Undómiel ("Arwen Evenstar"), is the daughter of Elrond and Celebrían, granddaughter of Celeborn and Galadriel, youngest of Elrond and Celebrian's three half-Elven children and is one of the Half-Elven who lived during the Third Age.
She is a character in The Lord of the Rings.
At the end of the Third Age she falls in love with the human Aragorn.
They marry after the War of the Ring.
Arwen becomes Queen of Arnor and Gondor, and gives birth to her son Eldarion, and several daughters.
Men (Humans)
Dúnedain
Elendil
Elendil, son of Amandil, was the last Lord of Andúnië, and founder of Arnor.
He was also known as Elendil the Tall and Elendil the Faithful.
Elendil was born in Númenor, and became Lord of Andúnië after his father.
He had two sons, Isildur and Anárion.
After the destruction of Númenor, Elendil fled to Middle-earth.
He and his ships landed in the northern part of Middle-earth, where he founded the realm of Arnor.
Elendil led the humans in the Last Alliance of Elves and Men to fight Sauron.
Elendil was killed by Sauron.
His son Isildur and grandson Valandil became Kings of Arnor after him.
Isildur
After the destruction of Númenor, Isildur and his brother Anárion fled to Middle-earth.
They and their ships landed in the southern part of Middle-earth, where they founded the realm of Gondor.
Isildur fought in the Last Alliance of Elves and Men under the command of his father Elendil.
Isildur cut off the One Ring from Sauron's hand.
Elrond and Círdan told Isildur to destroy the One Ring, but Isildur did not want to and kept it.
It was decided that Isildur would rule the northern kingdom Arnor afer his father.
When Isildur journeyed north, he and his company were attacked by Orcs.
Isildur was killed and the One Ring was lost.
His oldest sons Elendur, Aratan, and Ciryon were also killed.
Isildur's youngest son Valandil became King of Arnor after him.
Anárion
After the destruction of Númenor, the brothers Isildur and Anárion fled to Middle-earth.
Anárion fought in the Last Alliance of Elves and Men under the command of his father Elendil, and was killed.
His son Meneldil became king of Gondor after him, while Isildur went to rule the northern kingdom Arnor.
Aragorn II, son of Arathorn, is a main character in The Lord of the Rings.
He is the son of Arathorn II and Gilraen.
After his father's death he becomes Chieftain of the Dúnedain.
After the War of the Ring, at the end of the book, Aragorn becomes King Elessar Telcontar of the Reunited Kingdom of Arnor and Gondor.
Aragorn marries Arwen, and becomes the father of a son named Eldarion, and several daughters.
His son Eldarion becomes king after him.
Boromir is a main character in The Lord of the Rings.
Boromir is the son of Denethor II, the Steward of Gondor.
Boromir led Gondor's soldiers in the fight against Sauron, before he went to Rivendell.
At Amon Hen, he goes slightly insane over the Ring.
He dies after protecting Merry and Pippin from Saruman's Orcs.
Denethor
Denethor II is the Steward of Gondor, and rules Gondor at the time of the War of the Ring.
He married Finduilas of Dol Amroth, and is the father of Boromir and Faramir.
During the Battle of the Pelennor Fields he goes insane and burns himself, thinking they would lose the war and get killed anyway.
Eldarion is the son of Aragorn II and Arwen Undómiel.
After his father's death he becomes King of Arnor and Gondor.
Faramir son of Denethor II, brother of Boromir.
Faramir also led Gondor's soldiers in the fight against Sauron's Orcs and Men, and did so often in Ithilien.
He became Steward of Gondor after his father's death.
After the War of the Ring, Aragorn made him Prince of Ithilien.
He married Éowyn.
Rohirrim
Théoden
Théoden was King of Rohan at the time of the War of the Ring.
He died at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
His nephew Éomer became king after him.
Éomer
Éomer, son of Éomund, brother of Éowyn, was the nephew of King Théoden.
In the War of the Ring, Éomer fought in the Battle of the Hornburg, the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, and the Battle of the Morannon.
Éomer became the next King of the Rohirrim after Théoden.
Éowyn
Éowyn, daughter of Éomund, sister of Éomer, was the niece of King Théoden.
With the help of the hobbit Meriadoc Brandybuck, she killed the Witch-king of Angmar in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
After the War of the Ring she married Faramir, and became the Lady of Ithilien.
Gríma Wormtongue
Gríma, son of Galmod, called Wormtongue, was at first servant of King Théoden.
But then he secretly worked for Saruman.
Gríma became Théoden's advisor, and worked to weaken him.
When Gandalf made the King better, Gríma fled to Isengard.
In the end, he goes with Saruman to the Shire.
After the hobbit uprising, Gríma kills Saruman; Gríma is killed by hobbit archers.
Other humans
Bard the Bowman
Bard the Bowman was a man from Lake-town.
He was an archer.
In The Hobbit he shoots the dragon Smaug and kills him.
Afterwards, Bard becomes King of Dale, and old city at the foot of the Lonely Mountain that had been abandoned because of the dragon.
Balin son of Fundin
Balin son of Fundin is one of the dwarves in Thorin Oakenshield's company during the Quest of Erebor.
He is the elder brother of Dwalin.
Dáin II Ironfoot
Dáin II Ironfoot was King under the Mountain in the dwarven realm Erebor after Thorin Oakenshield.
Dáin was killed during the War of the Ring.
His son, Thorin III Stonehelm, became king after him.
Gimli son of Glóin, is a main character in The Lord of the Rings.
Glóin son of Gróin
Glóin son of Gróin is one of the dwarves in Thorin Oakenshield's company during the Quest of Erebor.
He is the younger brother of Óin.
Glóin's son is Gimli.
Fíli and  Kíli
Fíli and Kíli were the nephews of Thorin Oakenshield.
They were the sons of Dís, Thorin's sister.
They went with their uncle on the Quest of the Lonely Mountain, told in The Hobbit.
They were killed in the Battle of Five Armies, while they were defending Thorin.
Thorin II Oakenshield
Thorin II Oakenshield, son of Thráin II, was leader of Durin's folk and King under the Mountain.
He is the leader of the group that tries to take back the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug in The Hobbit.
He is wounded in the Battle of Five Armies and dies.
Dáin II Ironfoot becomes King under the Mountain after him.