Modern Family is an American family mockumentary comedy series that airs on ABC . It was created by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan . The show follows the family lives of Jay Pritchett ( Ed O'Neill ) , his daughter Claire Dunphy ( Julie Bowen ) , and his son Mitchell Pritchett ( Jesse Tyler Ferguson ) , who all live in Los Angeles . Claire is married to Phil Dunphy ( Ty Burrell ) . They have three children : Haley ( Sarah Hyland ) , Alex ( Ariel Winter ) and Luke ( Nolan Gould ) . Jay is married to a much younger Colombian woman , Gloria ( Sofía Vergara ) , and is helping her raise her teenage son , Manny ( Rico Rodriguez ) along with their new baby Fulgencio `` Joe '' Pritchett ( Jeremy Maguire ) . Mitchell and his husband Cameron Tucker ( Eric Stonestreet ) have an adopted Vietnamese child , Lily Tucker - Pritchett ( Aubrey Anderson - Emmons ) . The series premiered on September 23 , 2009 . The series has been renewed for two additional seasons , with 22 episodes each , bringing the total amount of episodes up to 232 .


Erythropoiesis is the process by which new red blood cells are produced ; it lasts about 7 days . Through this process red blood cells are continuously produced in the red bone marrow of large bones . ( In the embryo , the liver is the main site of red blood cell production . ) The production can be stimulated by the hormone erythropoietin ( EPO ) , synthesised by the kidney . Just before and after leaving the bone marrow , the developing cells are known as reticulocytes ; these constitute about 1 % of circulating red blood cells .


As of January 17 , 2018 , 201 episodes of Modern Family have aired .


In humans , mature red blood cells are flexible and oval biconcave disks . They lack a cell nucleus and most organelles , in order to accommodate maximum space for hemoglobin ; they can be viewed as sacks of hemoglobin , with a plasma membrane as the sack . Approximately 2.4 million new erythrocytes are produced per second in human adults . The cells develop in the bone marrow and circulate for about 100 -- 120 days in the body before their components are recycled by macrophages . Each circulation takes about 60 seconds ( one minute ) . Approximately a quarter of the cells in the human body are red blood cells . Nearly half of the blood 's volume ( 40 % to 45 % ) is red blood cells .


`` Ruby , Do n't Take Your Love to Town '' is a song written by Mel Tillis about a paralyzed veteran of a `` crazy Asian war '' ( given the time of its release , widely assumed -- but never explicitly stated -- to be the Vietnam War ) who either lies helplessly in bed or sits helplessly in his wheelchair as his wife `` paints ( herself ) up '' to go out for the evening without him ; he believes she is going in search of a lover , and as he hears the door slam behind her , he pleads for her to reconsider . The song was made famous by Kenny Rogers and The First Edition in 1969 . `` Ruby '' was originally recorded in 1967 by Johnny Darrell , who scored a number nine country hit with it that year .


Reconstruction of the temple under Herod began with a massive expansion of the Temple Mount . Religious worship and temple rituals continued during the construction process . When the Roman emperor Caligula planned to place his own statue inside the temple , Herod 's grandson Agrippa I was able to intervene and convince him against this .


A kick - off is used to start each half of play , and each period of extra time where applicable . The kick - off to start a game is awarded to the team that lost the pre-game coin toss ( the team that won the coin - toss chooses which direction they wish to play ) . The kick - off begins when the referee blows the whistle . The kick - off to start the second half is taken by the other team . If extra time is played another coin - toss is used at the beginning of this period .


The direct involvement of the Netherlands in World War II began with its invasion by Nazi Germany on 10 May 1940 . The Netherlands had proclaimed neutrality when war broke out in September 1939 , just as it had in World War I , but Adolf Hitler ordered it to be invaded anyway . On 15 May 1940 , one day after the bombing of Rotterdam , the Dutch forces surrendered . The Dutch government and the royal family escaped and went into exile in London .


  Season 	  Episodes 	  Originally released

  	  	  13 	  May 8 , 2015 ( 2015 - 05 - 08 )

  	  	  13 	  May 6 , 2016 ( 2016 - 05 - 06 )

  	  	  13 	  March 24 , 2017 ( 2017 - 03 - 24 )

  	  	  13 	  January 19 , 2018 ( 2018 - 01 - 19 )


In 1975 , the F - 150 was introduced in between the F - 100 and the F - 250 in order to avoid certain emission control restrictions . For 1978 , square headlights replaced the previous models ' round ones on higher trim package models , such as Lariat and Ranger , and in 1979 became standard equipment . Also for 1978 , the Ford Bronco was redesigned into a variant of the F - series pickup . 1979 was the last year that the 460 big block engine was available in a half ton truck .


An acronym is a word or name formed as an abbreviation from the initial components in a phrase or a word , usually individual letters ( as in NATO or laser ) and sometimes syllables ( as in Benelux ) .


  Major Crops in the USA 	  1997 ( in US $ billions ) 	  2014 ( in US $ billions )

  Corn 	  $24.4 	  $52.4

  Soybeans 	  $17.7 	  $40.3

  Wheat 	  $8.6 	  $11.9

  Alfalfa 	  $8.3 	  $10.8

  Cotton 	  $6.1 	  $5.1

  Hay , ( non-Alfalfa ) 	  $5.1 	  $8.4

  Tobacco 	  $3.0 	  $1.8

  Rice 	  $1.7 	  $3.1

  Sorghum 	  $1.4 	  $1.7

  Barley 	  $. 9 	  $. 9

  Source 	  1997 USDA - NASS reports , 	  2015 USDA - NASS reports ,


<Ul> <Li> Twisty the Clown ( portrayed by John Carroll Lynch ) originally was a slow - witted but gentle clown at a freak show in 1943 . Jealous of his popularity , the freaks of the carnival spread rumors that he was a child molester and drove him away . With nowhere else to go , he returned home to Jupiter , Florida , only to find that his mother had died . After failing to support himself by selling toys made of junk to a local toy store , Twisty attempted suicide by putting a shotgun in his mouth . However , the attempt failed -- he succeeded only in mutilating his lower jaw -- and he later began to wear a grinning mask over the lower part of his face . Twisty then tried to perform as a clown at Elsa 's freak show , but was turned away . Twisty then snapped and went on a killing spree , abducting children to be his audience , while murdering their `` mean '' parents . He kidnaps Corey Bachman and murders his parents , after kidnapping Bonnie Lipton to serve as his audience 's babysitter . Gloria hires Twisty to entertain Dandy , who becomes his accomplice . Twisty and Dandy hold a magic show on Halloween , before Jimmy knocks Dandy unconscious and Maggie gets Corey and Bonnie to safety . Twisty then knocks Jimmy out before encountering Edward Mordrake , who was attracted by the noise of the clown 's performance . Twisty tells Mordrake his story , and Mordrake deems the clown suitable to be in his entourage of damned souls and kills him . When Elsa summons Mordrake in 1962 , Twisty appears alongside the other freaks and comforts her in her last moments . According to director Ryan Murphy , Lynch was so terrifying as this character that `` half the time , almost a third of the crew left the set when they shot his scenes because they were afraid of him . '' In Cult , a comic book detailing a fictionalized version of Twisty is owned by Oz Mayfair - Richards . </Li> <Li> Bonnie Lipton ( portrayed by Skyler Samuels ) is a young girl who is kidnapped by Twisty , after Twisty murders her boyfriend Troy . She attacks Twisty and attempts to escape with Corey , but is dragged back to him by Dandy . She escapes Twisty with the help of Jimmy and Maggie in `` Edward Mordrake ( Part 2 ) '' . </Li> <Li> Regina Ross ( portrayed by Gabourey Sidibe as older Regina , Nya Auzenne as young Regina ) is a student at secretary school hoping to get a position at a law firm after graduation , who returns home to Jupiter when her mother Dora goes MIA . In `` Pink Cupcakes '' , she calls Gloria concerning her mother and why she has n't been returning her calls . The conversation turns strange and Regina feels uncomfortable and hangs up , wary of what happened . She turns up at the Mott Manor in `` Blood Bath '' , very suspicious of where her mother is . She threatens to call the police if she does n't see her mother soon . In `` Tupperware Party Massacre '' , Dandy admits to the murder of Dora and lets Regina escape unharmed , despite her refusal to take a blood bath with him . Upon returning with police detective Jack Colquitt , Dandy admits to the murders and boasts about his family 's wealth , buying off Colquitt for a million dollars . Regina is killed when Dandy orders Colquitt to shoot and bury her . </Li> <Li> Dora Ross ( portrayed by Patti LaBelle ) is a local townswoman who begins to discover secrets about Dandy . She is the mother of Regina and the put - upon maid to Gloria Mott . In `` Massacres and Matinees '' , she reveals to Gloria that she found dissected animal parts behind the shed , implying they belong to Dandy . She dislikes Dandy 's spoiled attitude and did n't get scared of him when he tried to kill her . In `` Edward Mordrake ( Part 2 ) '' , she dies when Dandy slashes her throat and Gloria helps bury her in their backyard . </Li> <Li> Paul ( portrayed by Mat Fraser ) also known as Paul The Illustrated Seal is a performer in the freak show , who was born with phocomelia of both arms . In `` Edward Mordrake ( Part 2 ) '' , he tells Mordrake that he immigrated to the United States from Britain to be in show business . However ,


Taylor Hayes is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful , portrayed by Hunter Tylo . The character was created by William J. Bell and debuted during the episode dated June 6 , 1990 . Tylo appeared as a regular continuously until 1994 when she took a hiatus for a few months before being written back into the series . In 1996 , she left the serial after being cast on Melrose Place , where she was soon fired on the grounds of being pregnant , and returned shortly after . In 2002 , Tylo and the show 's executive producer Bradley Bell had mutually agreed that the character was `` played out '' , and Taylor was subsequently killed off , last appearing on October 30 , 2002 . Tylo returned in 2004 , reprising Taylor as a ghost . She returned on a permanent basis in April 2005 , with the character revealed to be alive . Tylo exited The Bold and the Beautiful again in July 2013 , but returned for multiple guest appearances in 2014 . She returned again in April 2018 .


  Taylor Hayes

  Hunter Tylo as Taylor Hayes

  The Bold and the Beautiful character

  Portrayed by

 Hunter Tylo ( 1990 -- )

 Sherilyn Wolter ( 1990 )

  Duration

 1990 -- 2002

 2004 -- 14

 2018 --

  First appearance 	  June 6 , 1990 ( 1990 - 06 - 06 )

  Introduced by

 William J. Bell ( 1990 )

 Bradley Bell ( 2004 )

  Book appearances

 Collision Course ( 2013 )

 Heart 's Desire ( 2014 )

  Classification 	  Present ; guest

  Profile

  Other names

 Taylor Hamilton

 Taylor Ashford

 Taylor Forrester

 Taylor Marone

 Taylor Jones

 Princess Laila Rashad

  Occupation

 Psychiatrist

 Oncologist

 Businesswoman

  Home 	  Paris , France

  ( show ) Family

  Father 	  Jack Hamilton

  Mother 	  Sharon Ashford

  Brothers 	  Zachary Hamilton

  Spouse

 Blake Hayes ( divorced )

 Ridge Forrester ( 1992 -- 95 , 1998 -- 2006 )

 Omar Rashid ( 1994 -- 95 )

 Nick Marone ( 2007 -- 08 )

 Whip Jones ( 2010 -- 11 )

  Sons 	  Thomas Forrester

  Daughters

 Steffy Forrester

 Phoebe Forrester

  Grandsons 	  Douglas Forrester


Louis XIII 's successor , Louis XIV , had a great interest in Versailles . He settled on the royal hunting lodge at Versailles , and over the following decades had it expanded into one of the largest palaces in the world . Beginning in 1661 , the architect Louis Le Vau , landscape architect André Le Nôtre , and painter - decorator Charles Lebrun began a detailed renovation and expansion of the château . This was done to fulfill Louis XIV 's desire to establish a new centre for the royal court . Following the Treaties of Nijmegen in 1678 , he began to gradually move the court to Versailles . The court was officially established there on 6 May 1682 .


  Mandalay Bay

  Location 	  Paradise , Nevada , U.S.

  Address 	  3950 South Las Vegas Boulevard

  Opening date 	  March 2 , 1999 ; 18 years ago ( March 2 , 1999 )

  Theme 	  Tropical

  No. of rooms 	  3,309

  Total gaming space 	  135,000 sq ft ( 12,500 m )

  Permanent shows 	  Michael Jackson : One

  Signature attractions 	  Mandalay Bay Convention Center Mandalay Bay Events Center Shark Reef House of Blues Mandalay Beach

  Notable restaurants 	  Aureole Alain Ducasse Rivea Charlie Palmer Steak Fleur by Hubert Keller Kumi Lupo Red Square RM Seafood Stripsteak Border Grill Las Vegas

  Casino type 	  Land - based

  Owner 	  MGM Resorts International

  Renovated in 	  2002 , 2007

  Coordinates 	  36 ° 5 ′ 30 '' N 115 ° 10 ′ 29 '' W  /  36.09167 ° N 115.17472 ° W  / 36.09167 ; - 115.17472 Coordinates : 36 ° 5 ′ 30 '' N 115 ° 10 ′ 29 '' W  /  36.09167 ° N 115.17472 ° W  / 36.09167 ; - 115.17472

  Website 	  mandalaybay.com


  Team 	  Team hashtag 	  Position ( by leg ) 	  Roadblocks

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  Brooke & Scott 	  # TeamBrookeandScott 	  4th 	  6th 	  6th 	  7th 	  6th 	  5th 	  4th 	  3rd ⊃ 	  4th 	  2nd 	  1st 	  1st 	  Brooke 5 , Scott 6

  Tara & Joey 	  # TeamMomandDad 	  6th 	  7th 	  2nd ⊃ 	  1st 	  1st 	  3rd 	  3rd 	  1st ⋑ 	  5th 	  3rd 	  3rd 	  2nd 	  Tara 5 , Joey 6

  London & Logan 	  # TeamLoLo 	  8th 	  8th 	  5th 	  5th 	  5th 	  6th 	  5th 	  4th 	  3rd 	  4th 	  2nd 	  3rd 	  London 6 , Logan 5

  Matt & Redmond 	  # TheBoys 	  3rd 	  3rd 	  4th ⋐ 	  4th 	  2nd 	  2nd 	  1st 	  2nd 	  2nd 	  1st 	  4th 	  	  Matt 6 , Redmond 5

  Becca & Floyd 	  # TeamFun 	  2nd 	  5th 	  8th 	  2nd 	  3rd ƒ 	  1st ⋑ 	  2nd 	  5th ⋐ 	  1st 	  5th 	  	  Becca 4 , Floyd 4

  Liz & Michael 	  # TeamLizandMike 	  10th 	  1st 	  1st 	  3rd 	  7th 	  4th ⊃ 	  6th 	  6th ⊂ 	  	  Liz 4 , Michael 3

  Vanck & Ashton 	  # TeamVanckandAshton 	  7th 	  2nd 	  3rd ⊃ 	  6th 	  4th 	  7th ⊂ 	  	  Vanck 3 , Ashton 2

  Shamir & Sara 	  # TheSandSExpress 	  5th 	  9th 	  7th 	  8th 	  	  Shamir 2 , Sara 1

  Seth & Olive 	  # TeamAmerica 	  1st 	  4th 	  9th ⊂ 	  	  Seth 1 , Olive 1

  Jessie & Francesca 	  # SwoleSisters 	  9th 	  10th 	  	  Jessie 0 , Francesca 1

  Kevin & Jenn 	  # LongHairDontCare 	  11th 	  	  Kevin 0 , Jenn 0


Significant among Louis XV 's contributions to Versailles were the petit appartement du roi ; the appartements de Mesdames , the appartement du dauphin , the appartement de la dauphine on the ground floor ; and the two private apartments of Louis XV -- petit appartement du roi au deuxième étage ( later transformed into the appartement de Madame du Barry ) and the petit appartement du roi au troisième étage -- on the second and third floors of the palace . The crowning achievements of Louis XV 's reign were the construction of the Opéra and the Petit Trianon .


Players are currently inducted into the Hall of Fame through election by either the Baseball Writers ' Association of America ( or BBWAA ) , or the Veterans Committee , which now consists of four subcommittees , each of which considers and votes for candidates from a separate era of baseball . Five years after retirement , any player with 10 years of major league experience who passes a screening committee ( which removes from consideration players of clearly lesser qualification ) is eligible to be elected by BBWAA members with 10 years ' membership or more who also have been actively covering MLB at any time in the 10 years preceding the election ( the latter requirement was added for the 2016 election ) . From a final ballot typically including 25 -- 40 candidates , each writer may vote for up to 10 players ; until the late 1950s , voters were advised to cast votes for the maximum 10 candidates . Any player named on 75 % or more of all ballots cast is elected . A player who is named on fewer than 5 % of ballots is dropped from future elections . In some instances , the screening committee had restored their names to later ballots , but in the mid-1990s , dropped players were made permanently ineligible for Hall of Fame consideration , even by the Veterans Committee . A 2001 change in the election procedures restored the eligibility of these dropped players ; while their names will not appear on future BBWAA ballots , they may be considered by the Veterans Committee . Players receiving 5 % or more of the votes but fewer than 75 % are reconsidered annually until a maximum of ten years of eligibility ( lowered from fifteen years for the 2015 election ) .


<Table> <Tr> <Td> <Table> <Tr> <Th> No . </Th> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> Winner </Th> <Th> Score </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> October 27 , 1894 </Td> <Td> Jackson , MS </Td> <Td> Ole Miss </Td> <Td> 6 -- 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> November 24 , 1899 </Td> <Td> Jackson , MS </Td> <Td> Alabama </Td> <Td> 7 -- 5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> October 26 , 1900 </Td> <Td> Tuscaloosa , AL </Td> <Td> Alabama </Td> <Td> 12 -- 5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> October 19 , 1901 </Td> <Td> Tuscaloosa , AL </Td> <Td> Alabama </Td> <Td> 41 -- 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> October 12 , 1907 </Td> <Td> Columbus , MS </Td> <Td> Alabama </Td> <Td> 20 -- 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 6 </Td> <Td> October 23 , 1909 </Td> <Td> Jackson , MS </Td> <Td> Tie </Td> <Td> 0 -- 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 7 </Td> <Td> November 5 , 1910 </Td> <Td> Greenville , MS </Td> <Td> Ole Miss </Td> <Td> 16 -- 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> November 9 , 1912 </Td> <Td> Tuscaloosa , AL </Td> <Td> Alabama </Td> <Td> 10 -- 9 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 9 </Td> <Td> November 25 , 1915 </Td> <Td> Birmingham , AL </Td> <Td> Alabama </Td> <Td> 53 -- 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 10 </Td> <Td> October 28 , 1916 </Td> <Td> Tuscaloosa , AL </Td> <Td> Alabama </Td> <Td> 27 -- 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 11 </Td> <Td> October 27 , 1917 </Td> <Td> Tuscaloosa , AL </Td> <Td> Alabama </Td> <Td> 64 -- 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 12 </Td> <Td> October 11 , 1919 </Td> <Td> Tuscaloosa , AL </Td> <Td> Alabama </Td> <Td> 49 -- 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 13 </Td> <Td> October 6 , 1923 </Td> <Td> Tuscaloosa , AL </Td> <Td> Alabama </Td> <Td> 56 -- 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 14 </Td> <Td> November 1 , 1924 </Td> <Td> Montgomery , AL </Td> <Td> Alabama </Td> <Td> 61 -- 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 15 </Td> <Td> October 6 , 1928 </Td> <Td> Tuscaloosa , AL </Td> <Td> Alabama </Td> <Td> 27 -- 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 16 </Td> <Td> October 5 , 1929 </Td> <Td> Tuscaloosa , AL </Td> <Td> Alabama </Td> <Td> 22 -- 7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 17 </Td> <Td> October 4 , 1930 </Td> <Td> Tuscaloosa , AL </Td> <Td> Alabama </Td> <Td> 64 -- 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 18 </Td> <Td> October 3 , 1931 </Td> <Td> Tuscaloosa , AL </Td> <Td> Alabama </Td> <Td> 55 -- 6 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 19 </Td> <Td> October 22 , 1932 </Td> <Td> Tuscaloosa , AL </Td> <Td> Alabama </Td> <Td> 24 -- 13 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 20 </Td> <Td> October 7 , 1933 </Td> <Td> Birmingham , AL </Td> <Td> Tie </Td> <Td> 0 -- 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 21 </Td> <Td> November 11 , 1944 </Td> <Td> Mobile , AL </Td> <Td> Alabama </Td> <Td> 34 -- 6 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 22 </Td> <Td> January 1 , 1964 </Td> <Td> New Orleans , LA </Td> <Td> # 8 Alabama </Td> <Td> 12 -- 7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 23 </Td> <Td> October 2 , 1965 </Td> <Td> Birmingham , AL </Td> <Td> Alabama </Td> <Td> 17 -- 16 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 24 </Td> <Td> October 1 , 1966 </Td> <Td> Jackson , MS </Td> <Td> # 3 Alabama </Td> <Td> 17 -- 7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 25 </Td> <Td> October 7 , 1967 </Td> <Td> Birmingham , AL </Td> <Td> # 9 Alabama </Td> <Td> 21 -- 7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 26 </Td> <Td> October 5 , 1968 </Td> <Td> Jackson , MS </Td> <Td> Ole Miss </Td> <Td> 10 -- 8 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 27 </Td> <Td> October 4 , 1969 </Td> <Td> Birmingham , AL </Td> <Td> # 15 Alabama </Td> <Td> 33 -- 32 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 28 </Td> <Td> October 3 , 1970 </Td> <Td> Jackson , MS </Td> <Td> # 7 Ole Miss </Td> <Td> 48 -- 23 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 29 </Td> <Td> October 2 , 1971 </Td> <Td> Birmingham , AL </Td> <Td> # 7 Alabama </Td> <Td> 40 -- 6 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 30 </Td> <Td> October 5 , 1974 </Td> <Td> Jackson , MS </Td> <Td> # 3 Alabama </Td> <Td> 35 -- 21 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 31 </Td> <Td> October 4 , 1975 </Td> <Td> Birmingham , AL </Td> <Td> # 9 Alabama </Td> <Td> 32 -- 6 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 32 </Td> <Td> September 11 , 1976 </Td> <Td> Jackson , MS </Td> <Td> Ole Miss


Bitwise operations are contrasted by byte - level operations which characterize the bitwise operators ' logical counterparts , the AND , OR and NOT operators . Instead of performing on individual bits , byte - level operators perform on strings of eight bits ( known as bytes ) at a time . The reason for this is that a byte is normally the smallest unit of addressable memory ( i.e. data with a unique memory address . )


In chemistry , Roman numerals are often used to denote the groups of the periodic table . They are also used in the IUPAC nomenclature of inorganic chemistry , for the oxidation number of cations which can take on several different positive charges . They are also used for naming phases of polymorphic crystals , such as ice .


  The Shannara Chronicles

  Genre 	  Fantasy

  Created by 	  Alfred Gough Miles Millar

  Based on 	  The Sword of Shannara Trilogy by Terry Brooks

  Starring

 Austin Butler

 Poppy Drayton

 Ivana Baquero

 Manu Bennett

 Aaron Jakubenko

 Marcus Vanco

 Malese Jow

 Vanessa Morgan

 Gentry White

  Opening theme 	  `` Until We Go Down '' by Ruelle

  Composer ( s ) 	  Felix Erskine Lukas Burton

  Country of origin 	  United States

  Original language ( s ) 	  English

  No. of seasons

  No. of episodes 	  20 ( list of episodes )

  Production

  Executive producer ( s )

 Dan Farah

 Terry Brooks

 Eugene Stein

 Stewart Till

 Jon Favreau

 Jonathan Liebesman

 Alfred Gough

 Miles Millar

  Producer ( s )

 Jenna Glazier

 David Gardner

 Tim Coddington

 Tim Scanlan

  Location ( s ) 	  New Zealand

  Cinematography 	  Michael Bonvillain Rodney Charters

  Editor ( s ) 	  Peter Gvozdas Chris Peppe Josh Beal

  Running time 	  40 -- 43 minutes

  Production company ( s )

 Farah Films

 Millar Gough Ink

 Raygun One

 Sonar Entertainment

 MTV Production Development

  Distributor 	  Viacom Media Networks

  Release

  Original network 	  MTV ( 2016 ) Spike ( 2017 )

  Original release 	  January 5 , 2016 ( 2016 - 01 - 05 ) -- present ( present )

  External links

  Website 	  www.spike.com/shows/the-shannara-chronicles


On November 7 , 2016 , debt held by the public was $14.3 trillion or about 76 % of the previous 12 months of GDP . Intragovernmental holdings stood at $5.4 trillion , giving a combined total gross national debt of $19.8 trillion or about 106 % of the previous 12 months of GDP ; $6.2 trillion or approximately 45 % of the debt held by the public was owned by foreign investors , the largest of which were Japan and China at about $1.09 trillion for Japan and $1.06 trillion for China as of December 2016 .


Canada 's Constitution Act , 1982 was signed into law by Elizabeth II as Queen of Canada on April 17 , 1982 on Parliament Hill in Ottawa . Queen Elizabeth 's constitutional powers over Canada were not affected by the Act , and she remains Queen and Head of State of Canada . Canada has complete sovereignty as an independent country , however , and the Queen 's role as monarch of Canada is separate from her role as the British monarch or the monarch of any of the other Commonwealth realms .


Following Bacon 's advice , the scientific search for the formal cause of things is now replaced by the search for `` laws of nature '' or `` laws of physics '' in all scientific thinking . To use Aristotle 's well - known terminology these are descriptions of efficient cause , and not formal cause or final cause . It means modern science limits its hypothesizing about non-physical things to the assumption that there are regularities to the ways of all things which do not change .


The essential nature of the atomic nucleus was established with the discovery of the neutron by James Chadwick in 1932 and the determination that it was a new elementary particle , distinct from the proton .


  Best Actor

 Jack Nicholson -- As Good as It Gets as Melvin Udall

 Matt Damon -- Good Will Hunting as Will Hunting

 Robert Duvall -- The Apostle as Euliss `` Sonny '' Dewey , a.k.a. `` The Apostle E.F. ''

 Peter Fonda -- Ulee 's Gold as Ulysses `` Ulee '' Jackson

 Dustin Hoffman -- Wag the Dog as Stanley Motss

 	  Best Actress

 Helen Hunt -- As Good as It Gets as Carol Connelly

 Helena Bonham Carter -- The Wings of the Dove as Kate Croy

 Julie Christie -- Afterglow as Phyllis Mann

 Judi Dench -- Mrs Brown as Queen Victoria

 Kate Winslet -- Titanic as Rose DeWitt Bukater


 Star anise ( bajiao 八角 )

 Cloves ( dingxiang 丁香 )

 Chinese cinnamon ( rougui 肉桂 )

 Sichuan pepper ( huajiao 花椒 )

 Fennel seeds ( xiao huixiang 小 茴香 )


In A Christmas Carol , Marley is the first character mentioned in the first line of the story . Jacob Marley is said to have died seven years earlier on Christmas Eve ( as the setting is Christmas Eve 1843 , this would have made the date of his passing December 24 , 1836 ) .


The federal and state governments have traditionally cooperated to some extent to improve vital statistics . From 1900 to 1946 the U.S. Census Bureau designed standard birth certificates , collected vital statistics on a national basis , and generally sought to improve the accuracy of vital statistics . In 1946 that responsibility was passed to the U.S. Public Health Service . Unlike the British system of recording all births in `` registers '' , the states file an individual document for each and every birth .


The documentation of births is a practice widely held throughout human civilization , especially in China , Egypt , Greece , Rome , and Persia . The original purpose of vital statistics was for tax purposes and for the determination of available military manpower . In England , births were initially registered with churches , who maintained registers of births . This practice continued into the 19th century . The compulsory registration of births with the United Kingdom government is a practice that originated at least as far back as 1853 . The entire United States did not get a standardized system until 1902 .


Steve Bacic as Charles Spurlock


 Region 1 : Northeast

 Division 1 : New England ( Connecticut , Maine , Massachusetts , New Hampshire , Rhode Island , and Vermont )

 Division 2 : Mid-Atlantic ( New Jersey , New York , and Pennsylvania )


The season is set to premiere June 22 , 2018 .


Six Degrees of Separation is a 1993 American comedy - drama film directed by Fred Schepisi , adapted from the Pulitzer Prize - nominated John Guare play of the same name .


Aldo Mignone as Gino Poletti


Wake Forest is a town in Franklin and Wake counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina ; located almost entirely in Wake County , it lies just north of the state capital , Raleigh . The population was 30,117 at the 2010 census , up from 12,588 at the 2000 census . The U.S. Census Bureau estimates the city 's population to be 34,752 as of July 1 , 2013 . In 2007 , the town was listed by Forbes magazine as the 20th fastest growing suburb in America , with a 73.2 percent increase in population between 2000 and 2006 . Wake Forest was the original home of Wake Forest University for 122 years before it moved to Winston - Salem in 1956 .


Dakar ( English : / dɑːˈkɑːr , ˈdækər / ; French : ( dakaʁ ) ) is the capital and largest city of Senegal . It is located on the Cap - Vert peninsula on the Atlantic coast and is the westernmost city in the Old World as well as on the African mainland . The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594 , whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 2.45 million .


The most well - known version of the story is an award - winning 1933 Silly Symphony cartoon , which was produced by Walt Disney . The production cast the title characters as Fifer Pig , Fiddler Pig , and Practical Pig . The first two are depicted as both frivolous and arrogant . The story has been somewhat softened . The first two pigs still get their houses blown down , but escape from the wolf . Also , the wolf is not boiled to death but simply burns his behind and runs away . Three sequels soon followed in 1934 , 1936 and 1939 respectively .


A United States Navy enlisted rate indicates where an enlisted sailor stands within the chain of command , and also defines one 's pay grade . An enlisted sailor 's rate is similar conceptually to a naval officer 's rank . Only naval officers carry the term `` rank '' . The word rate refers to an enlisted sailor 's pay grade , while the word rating refers to one 's area of occupational specialization within the enlisted Navy . Associated with the enlisted pay grades is a numbering system from the most junior enlisted sailor ( `` E-1 '' ) to the most senior enlisted sailor ( `` E-9 '' ) . This enlisted numbering system is the same across all five branches of the U.S. military . All E-1 through E-3 are known as Seamen . E-4 through E-6 are called petty officers . All E-7s are called chief petty officer , E-8s senior chief petty officer , and E-9s master chief petty officer . Rates are displayed on a rating badge , which is a combination of rate and rating . E-2s and E-3s have color - coded group rate marks based on their career field . Personnel in pay grade E-1 , since 1996 , do not have an insignia to wear .


The Three Little Pigs was included in The Nursery Rhymes of England ( London and New York , c. 1886 ) , by James Halliwell - Phillipps . The story in its arguably best - known form appeared in English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs , first published in 1890 and crediting Halliwell as his source . The story begins with the title characters being sent out into the world by their mother , to `` seek out their fortune '' . The first little pig builds a house of straw , but a wolf blows it down and devours him . The second little pig builds a house of sticks , which the wolf also blows down , and the second little pig is also devoured . Each exchange between wolf and pig features ringing proverbial phrases , namely :


The Treaty of Chaumont in 1814 had reaffirmed decisions that had been made already and that would be ratified by the more important Congress of Vienna of 1814 - 15 . They included the establishment of a confederated Germany , the division of Italy into independent states , the restoration of the Bourbon kings of Spain , and the enlargement of the Netherlands to include what in 1830 became modern Belgium . The Treaty of Chaumont became the cornerstone of the European Alliance that formed the balance of power for decades . Other partial settlements had already occurred at the Treaty of Paris between France and the Sixth Coalition , and the Treaty of Kiel that covered issues raised regarding Scandinavia . The Treaty of Paris had determined that a `` general congress '' should be held in Vienna and that invitations would be issued to `` all the Powers engaged on either side in the present war '' . The opening was scheduled for July 1814 .


The brand derives its name from the fact that the original brewery , which was established in 1857 by Lüder Rutenberg , was located next to the former St. Paul 's Friary ( de ) in Bremen . There are currently three brands of beer brewed : St. Pauli Girl Lager , St. Pauli Girl Special Dark and St. Pauli Non-Alcoholic Malt Beverage . The beer is only produced for export and is not sold in Germany .


This was the first impeachment of a President since creation of the office in 1789 . The culmination of a lengthy political battle between Johnson , a lifelong Democrat and the Republican majority in Congress over how best to deal with the defeated Southern states following the conclusion of the American Civil War , the impeachment , and the subsequent trial ( and acquittal ) of Johnson were among the most dramatic events in the political life of the nation during the Reconstruction Era . Together , they have gained a historical reputation as an act of political expedience , rather than necessity , which was based on Johnson 's defiance of an unconstitutional piece of legislation , and which was conducted with little regard for the will of a general public which , despite the unpopularity of Johnson , opposed the impeachment .


 Marta Dusseldorp as Sarah Nordmann

 Noni Hazelhurst as Elizabeth Bligh

 Brett Climo as George Bligh

 Craig Hall as Dr. Jack Duncan

 David Berry as James Bligh

 Abby Earl as Anna Poletti

 Arianwen Parkes - Lockwood as Olivia Bligh

 Aldo Mignone as Gino Poletti

 Sara Wiseman as Carolyn Bligh

 Jenni Baird as Regina Bligh

 Frankie J. Holden as Roy Briggs


  Wake Forest , North Carolina

  Town

  Location in Wake County and the state of North Carolina .

  Coordinates : 35 ° 58 ′ 24 '' N 78 ° 31 ′ 8 '' W  /  35.97333 ° N 78.51889 ° W  / 35.97333 ; - 78.51889 Coordinates : 35 ° 58 ′ 24 '' N 78 ° 31 ′ 8 '' W  /  35.97333 ° N 78.51889 ° W  / 35.97333 ; - 78.51889

  Country 	  United States

  State 	  North Carolina

  Counties 	  Wake , Franklin

  Incorporated 	  1880

  Government

  Mayor 	  Vivian A. Jones

  Area

  Total 	  15.2 sq mi ( 39.4 km )

  Land 	  15.1 sq mi ( 39.1 km )

  Water 	  0.1 sq mi ( 0.3 km )

  Elevation 	  387 ft ( 118 m )

  Population ( 2010 )

  Total 	  30,117

  Estimate ( 2016 ) 	  40,112

  Density 	  2,000 / sq mi ( 760 / km )

  Time zone 	  Eastern ( EST ) ( UTC − 5 )

  Summer ( DST ) 	  EST ( UTC − 4 )

  ZIP Codes 	  27587 -- 27588

  Area code ( s ) 	  919 , 984

  FIPS code 	  37 - 70540

  GNIS feature ID 	  1023094

  Website 	  www.wakeforestnc.gov


Papaya ringspot virus ( PRSV ) is a pathogenic plant virus in the genus Potyvirus and the virus family Potyviridae which primarily infects the papaya tree .


Representatives at the Congress agreed to numerous other territorial changes . By the Treaty of Kiel , Norway had been ceded by the king of Denmark - Norway to the king of Sweden . This sparked the nationalist movement which led to the establishment of the Kingdom of Norway on May 17 , 1814 and the subsequent personal Union with Sweden . Austria gained Lombardy - Venetia in Northern Italy , while much of the rest of North - Central Italy went to Habsburg dynasties ( the Grand Duchy of Tuscany , the Duchy of Modena , and the Duchy of Parma ) .


Hanna Alström and Bjørn Floberg appear as Crown Princess Tilde of Sweden , and Swedish Prime Minister Morten Lindström , respectively . Jack Cutmore - Scott portrays Rufus Saville , and Lily Travers portrays Lady Sophie . Jonno Davies played Lee Unwin , Eggsy 's father and a former Kingsman candidate who sacrificed himself to save Hart . Nicholas Banks , Nicholas Agnew , Rowan Polonski and Tom Prior portrayed , respectively , Digby Barker , Nathaniel , Piers and Hugo Higins , the other four Kingsman candidates . Fiona Hampton played Amelia , a Kingsman employee who masquerades as a candidate in order to `` die '' during the first test . Richard Brake played the interrogator during the penultimate test , Ralph Ineson the police interviewer after Eggsy 's arrest , whereas Corey Johnson starred as a fanatic church leader , and Velibor Topić portrayed the biggest goon in the bar fight scene . Tobias Bakare and Theo Barklem - Biggs play Eggsy 's friends Jamal and Ryan .


The plot of the film was inspired by the real - life story of David Hampton , a con man and robber who managed to convince a number of people in the 1980s that he was the son of actor Sidney Poitier . The writer John Guare was a friend of Inger McCabe Elliott and her husband Osborn Elliott . In October 1983 , Hampton came to the Elliott 's New York apartment and they allowed him to spend the night . The next morning , Inger found Hampton in bed with another man and later called the police . The Elliotts told Guare about the story and it inspired him to write the play years later .


Coordinates : 14 ° 41 ′ 34 '' N 17 ° 26 ′ 48 '' W  /  14.69278 ° N 17.44667 ° W  / 14.69278 ; - 17.44667 Coordinates : 14 ° 41 ′ 34 '' N 17 ° 26 ′ 48 '' W  /  14.69278 ° N 17.44667 ° W  / 14.69278 ; - 17.44667


  Leading foreign holders of US Treasury securities as of August 2017

  Country 	  Billions of dollars ( est . ) 	  Ratio of owned US debt to 2016 GDP ( est . ) 	  Percent change since August 2016

  China 	  1,200.5 	  6 % 	  + 1 %

  Japan 	  1,101.7 	  22 % 	  − 4 %

  Ireland 	  307.2 	  105 % 	  + 15 %

  Brazil 	  273.6 	  15 % 	  + 7 %

  Cayman Islands 	  260.0 	  n / a 	  − 2 %

  Switzerland 	  248.3 	  38 % 	  + 4 %

  United Kingdom 	  225.4 	  9 % 	  + 10 %

  Luxembourg 	  213.4 	  359 % 	  − 3 %

  Hong Kong 	  197.3 	  62 % 	  + 3 %

  Taiwan 	  180.4 	  34 % 	  -- 5 %

  Others 	  2,061.9 	  n / a 	  + 1 %

  Grand total 	  6,269.7 	  n / a 	  + 1 %


The name -- elevator pitch -- reflects the idea that it should be possible to deliver the summary in the time span of an elevator ride , or approximately thirty seconds to two minutes .


SAARC was founded in Dhaka on 8 December 1985 . Its secretariat is based in Kathmandu , Nepal . The organization promotes development of economic and regional integration . It launched the South Asian Free Trade Area in 2006 . SAARC maintains permanent diplomatic relations at the United Nations as an observer and has developed links with multilateral entities , including the European Union .


Seth MacFarlane voices three of the show 's main characters : Peter Griffin , Brian Griffin , and Stewie Griffin . MacFarlane chose to voice these characters himself , believing it would be easier to portray the voices he had already envisioned than for someone else to attempt it . MacFarlane drew inspiration for the voice of Peter from a security guard he overheard talking while attending the Rhode Island School of Design . Stewie 's voice was based on the voice of English actor Rex Harrison , especially his performance in the 1964 musical drama film My Fair Lady . MacFarlane uses his own voice while portraying Brian .


The cup is an English unit of volume , most commonly associated with cooking and serving sizes . It is traditionally equal to half a liquid pint in either US customary units or the British imperial system but is now separately defined in terms of the metric system at values between ⁄ and ⁄ of a liter . Because actual drinking cups may differ greatly from the size of this unit , standard measuring cups are usually used instead .


  Year 	  Coach 	  Super Bowl 	  Location 	  Opponent 	  Score 	  Record

  1981 	  Bill Walsh 	  XVI 	  Pontiac , Michigan 	  Cincinnati Bengals 	  26 -- 21 	  16 -- 3

  1984 	  Bill Walsh 	  XIX 	  Stanford , California 	  Miami Dolphins 	  38 -- 16 	  18 -- 1

  1988 	  Bill Walsh 	  XXIII 	  Miami 	  Cincinnati Bengals 	  20 -- 16 	  13 -- 6

  1989 	  George Seifert 	  XXIV 	  New Orleans 	  Denver Broncos 	  55 -- 10 	  17 -- 2

  1994 	  George Seifert 	  XXIX 	  Miami 	  San Diego Chargers 	  49 -- 26 	  16 -- 3

  Total Super Bowls won : 	  5


`` Would I Lie to You ? '' is an R&B song by American duo Charles & Eddie . Written by Mike Leeson and Peter Vale and produced by Josh Deutsch , `` Would I Lie to You ? '' was the debut single by the pop - soul duo , and it proved to be their biggest hit . A major international success , it reached number one on the UK Singles Chart for two weeks in November 1992 , and was also number one in New Zealand , Germany and Austria . It was a top five hit in several other European countries while in Australia and Canada it went to number 3 . The single became a Top 20 hit in the US , peaking at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and it enjoyed award - winning sales , earning a platinum record in the UK , a gold record in both Germany and Austria and silver record award in France .


The Lord of the Rings is a film series consisting of three high fantasy adventure films directed by Peter Jackson . They are based on the novel The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien . The films are subtitled The Fellowship of the Ring ( 2001 ) , The Two Towers ( 2002 ) and The Return of the King ( 2003 ) . They are a New Zealand - American venture produced by WingNut Films and The Saul Zaentz Company and distributed by New Line Cinema .


  NYHA Class 	  Symptoms

  	  Cardiac disease , but no symptoms and no limitation in ordinary physical activity , e.g. no shortness of breath when walking , climbing stairs etc .

  II 	  Mild symptoms ( mild shortness of breath and / or angina ) and slight limitation during ordinary activity .

  III 	  Marked limitation in activity due to symptoms , even during less - than - ordinary activity , e.g. walking short distances ( 20 -- 100 m ) . Comfortable only at rest .

  IV 	  Severe limitations . Experiences symptoms even while at rest . Mostly bedbound patients .


Spanish moss ( Tillandsia usneoides ) is an epiphytic flowering plant that often grows upon larger trees in tropical and subtropical climates , native to much of Mexico , Bermuda , the Bahamas , Central America , South America , the southern United States , and the West Indies as well as being naturalized in Queensland ( Australia ) known as `` grandpas beard '' and in French Polynesia . In the United States from where it is most known , it is commonly found on the southern live oak ( Quercus virginiana ) and bald - cypress ( Taxodium distichum ) in the lowlands , swamps , and savannas of the southeastern United States from Texas and Florida north through southern Arkansas .


<Table> <Tr> <Td> Best Picture <Ul> <Li> Titanic -- James Cameron and Jon Landau , producers <Ul> <Li> As Good as It Gets -- James L. Brooks , Bridgit Johnson and Kristi Zea , producers </Li> <Li> The Full Monty -- Uberto Pasolini , producer </Li> <Li> Good Will Hunting -- Lawrence Bender , producer </Li> <Li> L.A. Confidential -- Arnon Milchan , Curtis Hanson and Michael Nathanson , producers </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Director <Ul> <Li> James Cameron -- Titanic <Ul> <Li> Peter Cattaneo -- The Full Monty </Li> <Li> Gus Van Sant -- Good Will Hunting </Li> <Li> Curtis Hanson -- L.A. Confidential </Li> <Li> Atom Egoyan -- The Sweet Hereafter </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Actor <Ul> <Li> Jack Nicholson -- As Good as It Gets as Melvin Udall <Ul> <Li> Matt Damon -- Good Will Hunting as Will Hunting </Li> <Li> Robert Duvall -- The Apostle as Euliss `` Sonny '' Dewey , a.k.a. `` The Apostle E.F. '' </Li> <Li> Peter Fonda -- Ulee 's Gold as Ulysses `` Ulee '' Jackson </Li> <Li> Dustin Hoffman -- Wag the Dog as Stanley Motss </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Actress <Ul> <Li> Helen Hunt -- As Good as It Gets as Carol Connelly <Ul> <Li> Helena Bonham Carter -- The Wings of the Dove as Kate Croy </Li> <Li> Julie Christie -- Afterglow as Phyllis Mann </Li> <Li> Judi Dench -- Mrs Brown as Queen Victoria </Li> <Li> Kate Winslet -- Titanic as Rose DeWitt Bukater </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Supporting Actor <Ul> <Li> Robin Williams -- Good Will Hunting as Dr. Sean Maguire <Ul> <Li> Robert Forster -- Jackie Brown as Max Cherry </Li> <Li> Anthony Hopkins -- Amistad as John Quincy Adams </Li> <Li> Greg Kinnear -- As Good as It Gets as Simon Bishop </Li> <Li> Burt Reynolds -- Boogie Nights as Jack Horner </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Supporting Actress <Ul> <Li> Kim Basinger -- L.A. Confidential as Lynn Bracken <Ul> <Li> Joan Cusack -- In & Out as Emily Montgomery </Li> <Li> Minnie Driver -- Good Will Hunting as Skylar </Li> <Li> Julianne Moore -- Boogie Nights as Amber Waves / Maggie </Li> <Li> Gloria Stuart -- Titanic as Rose Dawson Calvert </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Original Screenplay / Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen <Ul> <Li> Good Will Hunting -- Matt Damon and Ben Affleck <Ul> <Li> As Good as It Gets -- Mark Andrus and James L. Brooks </Li> <Li> Boogie Nights -- Paul Thomas Anderson </Li> <Li> Deconstructing Harry -- Woody Allen </Li> <Li> The Full Monty -- Simon Beaufoy </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published <Ul> <Li> L.A. Confidential -- Brian Helgeland and Curtis Hanson from the novel by James Ellroy <Ul> <Li> Donnie Brasco -- Paul Attanasio based on the book Donnie Brasco : My Undercover Life in the Mafia by Joseph D. Pistone with Richard Woodley </Li> <Li> The Sweet Hereafter -- Atom Egoyan adapted from the novel by Russell Banks </Li> <Li> Wag the Dog -- David Mamet and Hilary Henkin from the novel American Hero by Larry Beinhart </Li> <Li> The Wings of the Dove -- Hossein Amini adapted from the novel by Henry James </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Foreign Language Film <Ul> <Li> Karakter ( Netherlands ) in Dutch -- Mike van Diem <Ul> <Li> Beyond Silence ( Germany ) in German -- Caroline Link </Li> <Li> Four Days in September ( Brazil ) in Portuguese -- Bruno Barreto </Li> <Li> Secrets of the Heart ( Spain ) in Spanish -- Montxo Armendáriz </Li> <Li> The Thief ( Russia ) in Russian -- Pavel Chukhray </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Documentary Feature <Ul> <Li> The Long Way Home -- Rabbi Marvin Hier and Richard Trank <Ul> <Li> 4 Little Girls -- Spike Lee and Sam Pollard </Li> <Li> Ayn Rand : A Sense of Life -- Michael Paxton </Li> <Li> Colors Straight Up -- Michèle Ohayon and Julia Schachter </Li> <Li> Waco : The Rules of Engagement -- Dan Gifford and William Gazecki </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> <Td> Best Documentary Short Subject <Ul> <Li> A Story of Healing -- Donna Dewey and Carol Pasternak <Ul> <Li> Alaska : Spirit of the Wild -- George Casey and Paul Novros </Li> <Li> Amazon -- Kieth Merrill and Jonathan Stern </Li> <Li> Family Video Diaries : Daughter of the Bride -- Terri Randall </Li> <Li> Still Kicking : The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies -- Mel Damski and Andrea Blaugrund </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Best Live Action Short Film <Ul> <Li> Visas


The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson occurred in 1868 , when the United States House of Representatives resolved to impeach President Andrew Johnson , adopting eleven articles of impeachment detailing his `` high crimes and misdemeanors , '' in accordance with Article Two of the United States Constitution . The House 's primary charge against Johnson was violation of the Tenure of Office Act , passed by the U.S. Congress in March 1867 , over the president 's veto . Specifically , he had removed from office Edwin M. Stanton , the Secretary of War -- whom the Act was largely designed to protect -- and attempted to replace him with Brevet Major General Lorenzo Thomas ( Earlier , while Congress was not in session , Johnson had suspended Stanton and appointed General Ulysses S. Grant as secretary of war ad interim ) .


Jaffa Cakes are biscuit - sized cakes introduced by McVitie and Price in the UK in 1927 and named after Jaffa oranges . The most common form of Jaffa cakes are circular , 2 ⁄ inches ( 54 mm ) in diameter and have three layers : a Genoise sponge base , a layer of orange flavoured jam and a coating of chocolate . Jaffa cakes are also available as bars or in small packs , and in larger and smaller sizes . The original Jaffa Cakes come in packs of 12 , 24 or 36 .


 Jaffa Cakes
  A Jaffa Cake cut in half

  Alternative names 	  Jaffa

  Type 	  Cake

  Place of origin 	  United Kingdom

  Region or state 	  All Regions

  Created by 	  McVitie and Price

  Main ingredients 	  Sponge cake , orange - flavoured jam , chocolate

  Variations 	  Various limited edition flavours ( Lemon and lime , strawberry , black currant )

  Cookbook : Jaffa Cakes Media : Jaffa Cakes


In 1983 , Richard Stallman , founder of the Free Software Foundation , set forth plans of a complete Unix - like operating system , called GNU , composed entirely of free software . In September of that year , Stallman published a manifesto in Dr. Dobb 's Journal detailing his new project publicly , outlining his vision of free software . Software development work began in January 1984 . By 1991 , the GNU mid-level portions of the operating system were almost complete , and the upper level could be supplied by the X Window System , but the lower level ( kernel , device drivers , system - level utilities and daemons ) was still mostly lacking . The GNU kernel was called GNU Hurd . The Hurd followed an ambitious design which proved unexpectedly difficult to implement and has only been marginally usable .


Because McVitie 's did not trademark the name `` Jaffa Cakes '' , other biscuit manufacturers and supermarkets have made similar products under the same name . The product 's classification as a cake or biscuit was part of a VAT tribunal in 1991 , with the court finding in McVitie 's favour that the Jaffa cake should be considered a cake for tax purposes . In 2012 they were ranked the best selling cake or biscuit in the United Kingdom .


The geopolitical divisions in Europe that created a concept of East and West originated in the Roman Empire . The Eastern Mediterranean was home to the highly urbanized cultures that had Greek as their common language ( owing to the older empire of Alexander the Great and of the Hellenistic successors ) , whereas the West was much more rural in its character and more readily adopted Latin as its common language . After the fall of the Western Roman Empire , Western and Central Europe were substantially cut off from the East where Byzantine Greek culture and Eastern Christianity became founding influences in the Arab / Muslim world and among the Eastern and Southern Slavic peoples . Roman Catholic Western and Central Europe , as such , maintained a distinct identity particularly as it began to redevelop during the Renaissance . Even following the Protestant Reformation , Protestant Europe continued to see itself as more tied to Roman Catholic Europe than other parts of the perceived civilized world .


This calendar era is based on the traditionally reckoned year of the conception or birth of Jesus of Nazareth , with AD counting years from the start of this epoch , and BC denoting years before the start of the era . There is no year zero in this scheme , so the year AD 1 immediately follows the year 1 BC . This dating system was devised in 525 by Dionysius Exiguus of Scythia Minor , but was not widely used until after 800 .


After Sara receives a call that she has won a spot on a television game show , she becomes excited about attending it . To fit back into her red dress , the favorite of her deceased husband Seymour 's , she attempts to lose weight through unsuccessful diets . At the recommendation of a friend , she visits an unscrupulous physician who prescribes her a regimen of weight - loss amphetamines . She begins losing weight , and is excited by how much energy she has .


Harry and Tyrone plan to sell heroin to make enough to live off ; that summer , their small - time dealing business thrives . Harry and Marion plan to open up a dress shop for Marion 's designs , and Tyrone dreams of escaping the ghetto to make his mother proud . Sara and her friends wait expectantly every day for the game show invitation to arrive . With the extra money , Harry stops by to tell his mother he ordered her a new television set , but when he implores her to get off the amphetamines , she confesses that the only thing she has to live for anymore is the dream of looking glamorous on a television stage , and the extra attention she receives now from her friends .


Thaddeus Rowe Luckinbill ( born April 24 , 1975 ) is an American actor and producer best known for playing J.T. Hellstrom on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless , from August 1999 to November 2010 . He revived the role of J.T. in December 2017 .


Collective Soul is an American rock band originally from Stockbridge , Georgia . Now based in Atlanta , the group consists of lead vocalist Ed Roland , rhythm guitarist Dean Roland , bassist Will Turpin , drummer Johnny Rabb and lead guitarist Jesse Triplett .


 World Open

  Tournament information

  Venue 	  Hainan International Exhibition Center

  Location 	  Haikou

  Country 	  China

  Established 	  1982

  Organisation ( s ) 	  World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association

  Format 	  Ranking event

  Current champion ( s ) 	  Ding Junhui


Following Barry Hearn 's takeover of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association , the Grand Prix was reformatted and renamed to World Open . The event gave a chance for amateurs to play alongside professionals . The amateurs had to win 3 matches to qualify for the main draw . On 9 January 2012 it was announced , that the World Open would be held in the next five years in Haikou on the Hainan Island . In November 2014 , it was announced that the tournament would not be held in the 2014 / 2015 season after the contract with the promoter was not renewed and a new venue was not found in time . The event returned in the 2016 / 2017 season .


The Dark Side of the Moon was a commercial and critical success . It topped the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes chart for a week and remained in the chart for 741 weeks from 1973 to 1988 . After the rules were changed in 2009 , the album re-entered the chart and eventually topped out at 937 total weeks . With an estimated 45 million copies sold , it is Pink Floyd 's most successful album and one of the best - selling worldwide . It has been remastered and re-released several times , and covered in its entirety by several acts . It produced two singles , `` Money '' and `` Us and Them '' . It is often ranked as one of the greatest albums of all time .


The lyrics tell the story in the first person of the singer 's feelings of betrayal and disbelief when he hears of his girlfriend 's infidelity only indirectly `` through the `` grapevine '' .


  The Dark Side of the Moon

  Album cover by Hipgnosis and George Hardie

  Studio album by Pink Floyd

  Released 	  1 March 1973 ( 1973 - 03 - 01 )

  Recorded 	  1 June 1972 -- January 1973

  Studio 	  Abbey Road Studios , London

  Genre 	  Progressive rock

  Length 	  42 : 49

  Label 	  Harvest

  Producer 	  Pink Floyd

  Pink Floyd chronology

  Obscured by Clouds ( 1972 ) Obscured by Clouds 1972 	  The Dark Side of the Moon ( 1973 ) 	  Wish You Were Here ( 1975 ) Wish You Were Here 1975

  30th anniversary SACD Re-issue

  Singles from The Dark Side of the Moon

 `` Money '' Released : 7 May 1973

 `` Us and Them '' Released : 4 February 1974


  South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation ( SAARC ) ( show )

  Bengali : 	  দক্ষিণ এশীয় আঞ্চলিক সহযোগিতা সংস্থা

  Dari : 	  اتحادیه همکاری‌های منطقه‌ای جنوب آسی

  Dzongkha : 	  ༄ ལྷོ ཨེསིཨ ་ རེ ་ གིཨོནལ ་ ཅོཨོཔེརཏིཨོན ་ ཀོ ་ མི ་ ཏི །

  Hindi : 	  दक्षिण एशियाई क्षेत्रीय सहयोग संगठन

  Maldivian : 	  ދެކުނު އޭޝިޔާގެ ސަރަޙައްދީ އެއްބާރުލުމުގެ ޖަމިއްޔާ

  Nepali : 	  दक्षिण एशियाली क्षेत्रीय सहयोग सङ्गठन

  Pashto : 	  د سویلي اسیا لپاره د سیمه ایزی همکارۍ ټولنه

  Sinhalese : 	  දකුණු ආසියාතික කලාපීය සහයෝගිතා සංවිධානය

  Tamil : 	  தெற்காசிய நாடுகளின் பிராந்தியக் கூட்டமைப்பு

  Urdu : 	  جنوبی ایشیائی علاقائی تعاون کی تنظیم

  Logo

  Member states Observer states

  Headquarters 	  Kathmandu

  Official languages 	  English

  Demonym 	  South Asian

  Member states 	  8 members ( show )

 Afghanistan

 Bangladesh

 Bhutan

 India

 Maldives

 Nepal

 Pakistan

 Sri Lanka

 9 observers ( show )

 Australia

 China

 EU

 Iran

 Japan

 Mauritius

 Myanmar

 South Korea

 United States

  Leaders

  Secretary - General 	  Amjad B. Hussain

  Establishment 	  8 December 1985

  Area

  Total 	  5,099,611 km ( 1,968,971 sq mi ) ( 7th )

  Water ( % ) 	  6.8

  Population

  2015 estimate 	  1,713,870,000 ( 1st )

  Density 	  336.1 / km ( 870.5 / sq mi )

  GDP ( PPP ) 	  2015 estimate

  Total 	  US $9.9 trillion ( 3rd )

  GDP ( nominal ) 	  2015 estimate

  Total 	  US $ 2.9 trillion ( 5th )

  Currency 	  8 currencies ( show )

 Afghani ( AFN )

 Taka ( ৳ ) ( BDT )

 Ngultrum ( BTN )

 Rupee ( ₹ ) ( INR )

 Rufiyaa ( MVR )

 Rupee ( रु . ) ( NPR )

 Rupee ( PKR )

 Rupee ( LKR )

  Time zone 	  ( UTC + 4 : 30 to + 6 )

  Calling code 	  8 codes ( show )

 + 880

 + 91

 + 92

 + 93

 + 94

 + 960

 + 975

 + 977

  Internet TLD 	  . asia

  Website www.saarc-sec.org


Prior to 1973 , mobile telephony was limited to phones installed in cars and other vehicles . Motorola was the first company to produce a handheld mobile phone . On April 3 , 1973 , Martin Cooper , a Motorola researcher and executive , made the first mobile telephone call from handheld subscriber equipment , placing a call to Dr. Joel S. Engel of Bell Labs , his rival . The prototype handheld phone used by Dr. Cooper weighed 1.1 kg ( 2.42 lb ) and measured 23 cm long , 13 cm deep and 4.45 cm wide . The prototype offered a talk time of just 30 minutes and took 10 hours to re-charge .


On 6 March 1983 , the DynaTAC 8000X mobile phone launched on the first US 1G network by Ameritech . It cost $100 m to develop , and took over a decade to reach the market . The phone had a talk time of just thirty - five minutes and took ten hours to charge . Consumer demand was strong despite the battery life , weight , and low talk time , and waiting lists were in the thousands .


  No . 	  Title 	  Artist 	  Length

  1 . 	  `` Degrassi : The Next Generation Theme '' 	  Jakalope 	  0 : 55

  2 . 	  `` Heartbreaker '' 	  Tuuli 	  3 : 20

  3 . 	  `` Beautifully Undone '' 	  Lindy 	  3 : 24

  4 . 	  `` Midnite Rider '' 	  Supergarage 	  3 : 31

  5 . 	  `` Secret Splendor '' 	  Buck 65 	  5 : 02

  6 . 	  `` Hard Road '' 	  Sam Roberts 	  4 : 07

  7 . 	  `` Rooftop '' 	  Melissa McClelland 	  5 : 13

  8 . 	  `` Suburbs '' 	  Junior Achiever 	  3 : 30

  9 . 	  `` Feel It '' 	  Jakalope 	  3 : 56

  10 . 	  `` I Do n't Want to Be Me '' 	  Amanda Clemens 	  3 : 52

  11 . 	  `` White Lightning '' 	  The Premiums 	  3 : 22

  12 . 	  `` Down and Out '' 	  Evren 	  3 : 44

  13 . 	  `` Just Jane '' 	  Christopher Rouse 	  4 : 30

  14 . 	  `` Degrassi : The Next Generation Theme ( extended version ) '' 	  The Degrassi Junior Strings 	  3 : 12

  Total length : 	  51 : 38


Ice Age is an American media franchise centering on a group of mammals surviving the Paleolithic ice age . It is produced by Blue Sky Studios , a division of 20th Century Fox , and featuring the voices of Ray Romano , John Leguizamo , Denis Leary , and Chris Wedge . Five films have been released in the series thus far with Ice Age in 2002 , Ice Age : The Meltdown in 2006 , Ice Age : Dawn of the Dinosaurs in 2009 , Ice Age : Continental Drift in 2012 , and Ice Age : Collision Course in 2016 . It has received some criticism for making no attempt to be scientifically accurate . As of April 2016 , the franchise had generated $6 billion in revenue , making it one of the highest - grossing media franchises of all time .


In astronomy , axial precession is a gravity - induced , slow , and continuous change in the orientation of an astronomical body 's rotational axis . In particular , it can refer to the gradual shift in the orientation of Earth 's axis of rotation , which , similar to a wobbling top , traces out a pair of cones joined at their apices in a cycle of approximately 26,000 years . The term `` precession '' typically refers only to this largest part of the motion ; other changes in the alignment of Earth 's axis -- nutation and polar motion -- are much smaller in magnitude .


  Enlisted 	  Junior enlisted 	  Non-commissioned officers ( NCOs ) 	  Staff non-commissioned officers ( SNCOs )

  Title ( Abbreviation ) 	  Private ( Pvt ) 	  Private first class ( PFC ) 	  Lance corporal ( LCpl ) 	  Corporal ( Cpl ) 	  Sergeant ( Sgt ) 	  Staff sergeant ( SSgt ) 	  Gunnery sergeant ( GySgt ) 	  Master sergeant ( MSgt ) 	  First sergeant ( 1stSgt ) 	  Master gunnery sergeant ( MGySgt ) 	  Sergeant major ( SgtMaj ) 	  Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps ( SMMC )

  US DoD Pay Grade 	  E-1 	  E-2 	  E-3 	  E-4 	  E-5 	  E-6 	  E-7 	  E-8 	  E-9

  NATO Code 	  OR - 1 	  OR - 2 	  OR - 3 	  OR - 4 	  OR - 5 	  OR - 6 	  OR - 7 	  OR - 8 	  OR - 9

  Insignia 	  no insignia


Benzodiazepines enhance the effect of the neurotransmitter gamma - aminobutyric acid ( GABA ) at the GABA receptor , resulting in sedative , hypnotic ( sleep - inducing ) , anxiolytic ( anti-anxiety ) , anticonvulsant , and muscle relaxant properties . High doses of many shorter - acting benzodiazepines may also cause anterograde amnesia and dissociation . These properties make benzodiazepines useful in treating anxiety , insomnia , agitation , seizures , muscle spasms , alcohol withdrawal and as a premedication for medical or dental procedures . Benzodiazepines are categorized as either short - , intermediate - , or long - acting . Short - and intermediate - acting benzodiazepines are preferred for the treatment of insomnia ; longer - acting benzodiazepines are recommended for the treatment of anxiety .


  Event 	  Gold 	  Silver 	  Bronze

  10 m air pistol 	  Shahzar Rizvi India 	  Omkar Singh India 	  Jitu Rai India

  25 m rapid fire pistol 	  Sergei Evglevski Australia 	  Anish Anish India 	  Neeraj Kumar India

  50 m pistol 	  Prakash Nanjappa India 	  Amanpreet Singh India 	  Jitu Rai India

  10 m air rifle 	  Alex Hoberg Australia 	  Jack Rossiter Australia 	  Deepak Kumar India

  50 m rifle prone 	  Dane Sampson Australia 	  Gagan Narang India 	  Swapnil Suresh Kusale India

  50 m rifle 3 positions 	  Satyendra Singh India 	  Sanjeev Rajput India 	  Dane Sampson Australia

  Skeet 	  Ben Llewellin Wales 	  Jack Fairclough England 	  Paul Adams Australia

  Trap 	  Aaron Heading England 	  Michael Wixey Wales 	  James Willett Australia

  Double trap 	  Ankur Mittal India 	  Matthew French England 	  Nathan - Lee Xuereb Malta


Manziel was nationally recruited out of high school as a dual - threat quarterback , and he debuted for the Texas A&M Aggies as a redshirt freshman in Kevin Sumlin 's Air Raid offense during A&M 's first season in the Southeastern Conference ( SEC ) in 2012 . He broke numerous NCAA Division I FBS and SEC records , which included becoming the first freshman and fifth player in NCAA history to pass for 3,000 yards and rush for 1,000 yards in a season . At the end of the regular season , he became the first freshman to win the Heisman Trophy , Manning Award , and the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award . Manziel capitalized on his redshirt freshman season by leading Texas A&M to a 41 -- 13 victory over Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl .


Proponents of the term GNU / Linux note that GNU alone would be just as good a name for GNU variants which combine the GNU operating system software with software from other sources . GNU / Linux is a term promoted by the Free Software Foundation ( FSF ) and its founder Richard Stallman . Proponents call for the correction of the more extended term , on the grounds that it does n't give credit to the major contributor and the associated free software philosophy . GNU is a longstanding project begun in 1984 to develop a free operating system . It is argued that when the Linux kernel was independently created in 1991 , it merely provided a substantial missing piece . Several distributions employ the FSF - endorsed name , such as Debian , Trisquel and Parabola GNU / Linux - libre .


The guaraní is currently the least valued currency unit in the Americas , 1 US dollar worth close to 5,770 guaranies .


The law creating the guaraní was passed on 5 October 1943 , and replaced the peso at a rate of 1 guaraní = 100 pesos . Guaraníes were first issued in 1944 . Between 1960 and 1985 , the guaraní was pegged to the United States dollar at 126 PYG to 1 USD .


Dwyane Tyrone Wade Jr. ( / dweɪn / dwayn ; born January 17 , 1982 ) is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . After a successful college career at Marquette , Wade was drafted fifth overall in the 2003 NBA draft by Miami . In his third season , Wade led the Heat to their first NBA Championship in franchise history and was named the 2006 NBA Finals MVP . At the 2008 Summer Olympics , Wade led the United States men 's basketball team , commonly known as the `` Redeem Team '' , in scoring , and helped them capture the gold medal . In the 2008 -- 09 season , Wade led the league in scoring and earned his first NBA scoring title . With LeBron James and Chris Bosh , Wade helped guide Miami to four consecutive NBA Finals from 2011 to 2014 , winning back - to - back championships in 2012 and 2013 . After 11⁄2 seasons away from the Heat with the Chicago Bulls and Cleveland Cavaliers , Wade was traded back to Miami in February 2018 . A 12 - time NBA All - Star , Wade is Miami 's all - time leader in points , games , assists and steals , shots made and shots taken .


During the final stage of World War II , the United States detonated two nuclear weapons over the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9 , 1945 , respectively . The United States dropped the bombs after obtaining the consent of the United Kingdom , as required by the Quebec Agreement . The two bombings killed at least 129,000 people , most of whom were civilians . They remain the only use of nuclear weapons in the history of warfare .


Presley Smith as Sunny Baudelaire , the infant child of the Baudelaires with unnaturally strong teeth . Tara Strong voices Sunny 's babbling , the meaning of which is often translated in subtitles .


Benzodiazepines are effective as medication given a couple of hours before surgery to relieve anxiety . They also produce amnesia , which can be useful , as patients may not remember unpleasantness from the procedure . They are also used in patients with dental phobia as well as some ophthalmic procedures like refractive surgery ; although such use is controversial and only recommended for those who are very anxious . Midazolam is the most commonly prescribed for this use because of its strong sedative actions and fast recovery time , as well as its water solubility , which reduces pain upon injection . Diazepam and lorazepam are sometimes used . Lorazepam has particularly marked amnesic properties that may make it more effective when amnesia is the desired effect .


Manziel received an athletic scholarship to attend Texas A&M University , where he attended under coach Mike Sherman in 2011 and played for new coach Kevin Sumlin from 2012 to 2013 .


  Film 	  Release date 	  Box office gross 	  Box office ranking 	  Budget 	  Ref ( s )

  North America 	  Other territories 	  Worldwide 	  All time North America 	  All time worldwide

  Ice Age 	  March 15 , 2002 	  $176,387,405 	  $206,869,731 	  $383,257,136 	  # 189 	  # 193 	  $59 million

  Ice Age : The Meltdown 	  March 31 , 2006 	  $195,330,621 	  $465,610,159 	  $660,940,780 	  # 148 	  # 70 	  $80 million

  Ice Age : Dawn of the Dinosaurs 	  July 1 , 2009 	  $196,573,705 	  $690,113,112 	  $886,686,817 	  # 147 	  # 30 	  $90 million

  Ice Age : Continental Drift 	  July 13 , 2012 	  $161,321,843 	  $715,922,939 	  $877,244,782 	  # 225 	  # 32 	  $95 million

  Ice Age : Collision Course 	  July 22 , 2016 	  $64,063,008 	  $342,989,731 	  $407,052,739 	  # 1,161 	  # 228 	  $105 million

  Total 	  $793,676,582 	  $2,421,505,672 	  $3,215,182,254 	  # 22 	  # 17 	  $429 million


  Date 	  Race 	  Start elevation 	  Finish elevation 	  Vertical drop 	  Course length 	  Average gradient

  15 February 	  Downhill -- men 	  1,370 m ( 4,495 ft ) 	  545 m ( 1,788 ft ) 	  825 m ( 2,707 ft ) 	  2.965 km ( 1.842 mi ) 	  7001278000000000000 ♠ 27.8 %

  21 February 	  Downhill -- women 	  1,275 m ( 4,183 ft ) 	  545 m ( 1,788 ft ) 	  730 m ( 2,395 ft ) 	  2.775 km ( 1.724 mi ) 	  7001263000000000000 ♠ 26.3 %

  13 February 	  Downhill -- ( SC ) -- men 	  1,195 m ( 3,921 ft ) 	  545 m ( 1,788 ft ) 	  650 m ( 2,133 ft ) 	  2.050 km ( 1.274 mi ) 	  7001317000000000000 ♠ 31.7 %

  22 February 	  Downhill -- ( SC ) -- women 	  1,275 m ( 4,183 ft ) 	  545 m ( 1,788 ft ) 	  730 m ( 2,400 ft ) 	  2.775 km ( 1.724 mi ) 	  7001263000000000000 ♠ 26.3 %

  16 February 	  Super-G -- men 	  1,195 m ( 3,921 ft ) 	  545 m ( 1,788 ft ) 	  650 m ( 2,133 ft ) 	  2.322 km ( 1.443 mi ) 	  7001280000000000000 ♠ 28 %

  17 February 	  Super-G -- women 	  1,130 m ( 3,707 ft ) 	  545 m ( 1,788 ft ) 	  585 m ( 1,919 ft ) 	  2.010 km ( 1.249 mi ) 	  7001291000000000000 ♠ 29.1 %

  18 February 	  Giant slalom -- men 	  1,405 m ( 4,610 ft ) 	  965 m ( 3,166 ft ) 	  440 m ( 1,444 ft ) 	  1.326 km ( 0.824 mi ) 	  7001332000000000000 ♠ 33.2 %

  15 February 	  Giant slalom -- women 	  1,365 m ( 4,478 ft ) 	  965 m ( 3,166 ft ) 	  400 m ( 1,312 ft ) 	  1.250 km ( 0.777 mi ) 	  7001320000000000000 ♠ 32.0 %

  22 February 	  Slalom -- men 	  1,176 m ( 3,858 ft ) 	  965 m ( 3,166 ft ) 	  211 m ( 692 ft ) 	  0.575 km ( 0.357 mi ) 	  7001367000000000000 ♠ 36.7 %

  16 February 	  Slalom -- women 	  1,169 m ( 3,835 ft ) 	  965 m ( 3,166 ft ) 	  204 m ( 669 ft ) 	  0.556 km ( 0.345 mi ) 	  7001367000000000000 ♠ 36.7 %

  13 February 	  Slalom -- ( SC ) -- men 	  745 m ( 2,444 ft ) 	  545 m ( 1,788 ft ) 	  200 m ( 656 ft ) 	  0.521 km ( 0.324 mi ) 	  7001384000000000000 ♠ 38.4 %

  22 February 	  Slalom -- ( SC ) -- women 	  724 m ( 2,375 ft ) 	  545 m ( 1,788 ft ) 	  179 m ( 587 ft ) 	  0.515 km ( 0.320 mi ) 	  7001348009999900000 ♠ 34.8 %

  24 February 	  Team event 	  1,041 m ( 3,415 ft ) 	  961 m ( 3,153 ft ) 	  80 m ( 262 ft ) 	  0.265 km ( 0.165 mi ) 	  7001302000000000000 ♠ 30.2 %


 Biotic -- Biotic resources are obtained from the biosphere ( living and organic material ) , such as forests and animals , and the materials that can be obtained from them . Fossil fuels such as coal and petroleum are also included in this category because they are formed from decayed organic matter .

 Abiotic -- Abiotic resources are those that come from non-living , non-organic material . Examples of abiotic resources include land , fresh water , air , rare earth metals and heavy metals including ores such as gold , iron , copper , silver , etc .


  `` Say Something ''

  Single by A Great Big World and Christina Aguilera

  from the album Is There Anybody Out There ?

  Released 	  September 3 , 2013 ( 2013 - 09 - 03 )

  Format

 CD

 digital download

  Recorded 	  2013

  Genre 	  Indie pop

  Length 	  3 : 49

  Label 	  Epic

  Songwriter ( s )

 Ian Axel

 Chad King

 Mike Campbell

  Producer ( s ) 	  Dan Romer

  A Great Big World singles chronology

  `` This Is the New Year '' ( 2013 ) 	  `` Say Something '' ( 2013 ) 	  `` Already Home '' ( 2014 )

  `` This Is the New Year '' ( 2013 ) 	  `` Say Something '' ( 2013 ) 	  `` Already Home '' ( 2014 )

  Christina Aguilera singles chronology

  `` Hoy Tengo Ganas Ti '' ( 2013 ) Hoy Tengo Ganas Ti 2013 	  `` Say Something '' ( 2013 ) Say Something2013 	  `` We Remain '' ( 2013 ) We Remain 2013


The oligodynamic effect ( from Greek oligos `` few '' , and dynamis `` force '' ) is a biocidal effect of metals , especially heavy metals , that occurs even in low concentrations . The effect was discovered by Karl Wilhelm von Nägeli , although he did not identify the cause . Brass doorknobs and silverware both exhibit this effect to an extent .


Honors may be declared and scored at any time after the auction but for strategic reasons it is best to do so at the conclusion of play so as not to give the opponents information about the lay of the cards . Honors may be held by any of the four players , including dummy .


 Johnny Manziel
  Manziel with the Cleveland Browns in 2015

  Free agent

  Position : 	  Quarterback

  Born : 	  ( 1992 - 12 - 06 ) December 6 , 1992 ( age 25 ) Tyler , Texas

  Height : 	  6 ft 0 in ( 1.83 m )

  Weight : 	  210 lb ( 95 kg )

  Career information

  High school : 	  Kerrville ( TX ) Tivy

  College : 	  Texas A&M

  NFL Draft : 	  2014 / Round : 1 / Pick : 22

  Career history

 Cleveland Browns ( 2014 -- 2015 )

  Career highlights and awards

 Heisman Trophy ( 2012 )

 Davey O'Brien Award ( 2012 )

 Manning Award ( 2012 )

 Associated Press Player of the Year ( 2012 )

 Sporting News Player of the Year ( 2012 )

 SEC Offensive Player of the Year ( 2012 )

 Consensus All - American ( 2012 )

 2 × First - team All - SEC ( 2012 , 2013 )

  Career NFL statistics

  TD -- INT : 	  7 -- 7

  Passing yards : 	  1,675

  Passer rating : 	  74.4

  Rushing yards : 	  259

  Rushing touchdowns : 	  1

  Player stats at NFL.com

  Player stats at PFR


According to European folklore , the stork is responsible for bringing babies to new parents . The legend is very ancient , but was popularised by a 19th - century Hans Christian Andersen story called The Storks . German folklore held that storks found babies in caves or marshes and brought them to households in a basket on their backs or held in their beaks . These caves contained adebarsteine or `` stork stones '' . The babies would then be given to the mother or dropped down the chimney . Households would notify when they wanted children by placing sweets for the stork on the window sill . From there the folklore has spread around the world to the Philippines and countries in South America . Birthmarks on the back of the head of newborn baby , nevus flammeus nuchae , are sometimes referred to as stork - bite .


The SAARC member states imposed a stipulation for Afghanistan to hold a general election ; the non-partisan elections were held in late 2005 . Despite initial reluctance and internal debates , Afghanistan joined SAARC as its eighth member state in April 2007 .


  Indian cricket team in South Africa in 2017 -- 18

  	  South Africa 	  India

  Dates 	  5 January 2018 -- 24 February 2018

  Captains 	  Faf du Plessis ( Tests and ODIs ) JP Duminy ( T20Is ) 	  Virat Kohli

  Test series

  Result 	  South Africa won the 3 - match series 2 -- 1

  Most runs 	  AB de Villiers ( 211 ) 	  Virat Kohli ( 286 )

  Most wickets 	  Vernon Philander ( 15 ) Kagiso Rabada ( 15 ) 	  Mohammed Shami ( 15 )

  Player of the series 	  Vernon Philander ( SA )

  One Day International series

  Results 	  India won the 6 - match series 5 -- 1

  Most runs 	  Hashim Amla ( 154 ) 	  Virat Kohli ( 558 )

  Most wickets 	  Lungi Ngidi ( 8 ) 	  Kuldeep Yadav ( 17 )

  Player of the series 	  Virat Kohli ( Ind )

  Twenty20 International series

  Results 	  India won the 3 - match series 2 -- 1

  Most runs 	  JP Duminy ( 122 ) 	  Shikhar Dhawan ( 143 )

  Most wickets 	  Junior Dala ( 7 ) 	  Bhuvneshwar Kumar ( 7 )

  Player of the series 	  Bhuvneshwar Kumar ( Ind )


 Dwyane Wade
  Wade with the Heat in 2011

  No. 3 -- Miami Heat

  Position 	  Shooting guard

  League 	  NBA

  	  ( 1982 - 01 - 17 ) January 17 , 1982 ( age 36 ) Chicago , Illinois

  Nationality 	  American

  Listed height 	  6 ft 4 in ( 1.93 m )

  Listed weight 	  220 lb ( 100 kg )

  Career information

  High school 	  Harold L. Richards ( Oak Lawn , Illinois )

  College 	  Marquette ( 2001 -- 2003 )

  NBA draft 	  2003 / Round : 1 / Pick : 5th overall

  Selected by the Miami Heat

  Playing career 	  2003 -- present

  Career history

  2003 -- 2016 	  Miami Heat

  2016 -- 2017 	  Chicago Bulls

  2017 -- 2018 	  Cleveland Cavaliers

  2018 -- present 	  Miami Heat

  Career highlights and awards

 3 × NBA champion ( 2006 , 2012 , 2013 )

 NBA Finals MVP ( 2006 )

 12 × NBA All - Star ( 2005 -- 2016 )

 NBA All - Star Game MVP ( 2010 )

 2 × All - NBA First Team ( 2009 , 2010 )

 3 × All - NBA Second Team ( 2005 , 2006 , 2011 )

 3 × All - NBA Third Team ( 2007 , 2012 , 2013 )

 3 × NBA All - Defensive Second Team ( 2005 , 2009 , 2010 )

 NBA All - Rookie First Team ( 2004 )

 NBA scoring champion ( 2009 )

 Consensus first - team All - American ( 2003 )

 Third - team All - American -- SN ( 2002 )

 Conference USA Player of the Year ( 2003 )

 No. 3 retired by Marquette

  Stats at NBA.com

  Stats at Basketball-Reference.com

  Medals ( hide )

  Men 's basketball

  Representing United States

  Olympic Games

  	  2008 Beijing 	  Team competition

  	  2004 Athens 	  Team competition

  World Cup

  	  2006 Japan 	  Team competition


Cheryl Campbell as Lady Browne , Chummy 's mother ( Series 1 , Series 3 )


The tallest building in the world as of 2018 is Burj Khalifa . Before Burj Khalifa , the title of `` world 's tallest building '' has been borne by various buildings , such as Rouen Cathedral and the Empire State Building .


In a referendum on 23 June 2016 , 51.9 % of the participating UK electorate voted to leave the EU , out of a turnout of 72.2 % . On 29 March 2017 , the UK government invoked Article 50 of the Treaty on the European Union . The UK is thus due to leave the EU at midnight on 30 March 2019 Central European Time ( 11 pm on 29 March 2019 GMT ) .


Hemostasis or haemostasis is a process which causes bleeding to stop , meaning to keep blood within a damaged blood vessel ( the opposite of hemostasis is hemorrhage ) . It is the first stage of wound healing . This involves coagulation , blood changing from a liquid to a gel . Intact blood vessels are central to moderating blood 's tendency to form clots . The endothelial cells of intact vessels prevent blood clotting with a heparin - like molecule and thrombomodulin and prevent platelet aggregation with nitric oxide and prostacyclin . When endothelial injury occurs , the endothelial cells stop secretion of coagulation and aggregation inhibitors and instead secrete von Willebrand factor which initiate the maintenance of hemostasis after injury . Hemostasis has three major steps : 1 ) vasoconstriction , 2 ) temporary blockage of a break by a platelet plug , and 3 ) blood coagulation , or formation of a fibrin clot . These processes seal the hole until tissues are repaired .


Since 2010 , Burj Khalifa has been the tallest building by any criteria . It has the highest architectural element , tip and occupied floor , and is indeed the tallest structure of any kind ever built , surpassing the ( now destroyed ) 646.38 metres ( 2,120.7 ft ) Warsaw Radio Mast .


 Neil Patrick Harris as Count Olaf , an actor determined to claim the Baudelaire fortune for himself . He has one eyebrow and a tattoo resembling an eye on his left ankle , which is frequently used to identify him when he is disguised .

 Patrick Warburton as Lemony Snicket , the narrator tasked with explaining the events during the lives of the Baudelaires .

 Malina Weissman as Violet Baudelaire , the eldest Baudelaire sibling and an inventor talented in mechanics .

 Louis Hynes as Klaus Baudelaire , the middle Baudelaire child , interested in literature and books .

 K. Todd Freeman as Arthur Poe , the family banker and executor of the Baudelaire parents who is in charge of placing the Baudelaires in the care of a suitable guardian .

 Presley Smith as Sunny Baudelaire , the infant child of the Baudelaires with unnaturally strong teeth . Tara Strong voices Sunny 's babbling , the meaning of which is often translated in subtitles .

 Lucy Punch as Esmé Squalor , a wealthy financial advisor , who becomes an ally and love interest for Count Olaf .

 Avi Lake as Isadora Quagmire , Duncan and Quigley 's sister who loves writing poetry .

 Dylan Kingwell as Duncan Quagmire , Isadora 's brother . Duncan is a keen journalist .


Code talkers are people in the 20th century who used obscure languages as a means of secret communication during wartime . The term is now usually associated with the United States service members during the world wars who used their knowledge of Native American languages as a basis to transmit coded messages . In particular , there were approximately 400 -- 500 Native Americans in the United States Marine Corps whose primary job was the transmission of secret tactical messages . Code talkers transmitted these messages over military telephone or radio communications nets using formal or informally developed codes built upon their native languages . Their service improved the speed of encryption of communications at both ends in front line operations during World War II .


 Convention on the Rights of the Child
  Parties to the convention Only signed , but not ratified Non-signatory

  Signed 	  20 November 1989

  Location 	  New York City

  Effective 	  2 September 1990

  Condition 	  20 ratifications

  Signatories 	  140

  Parties 	  196 ( all eligible states except the United States )

  Depositary 	  UN Secretary - General

  Languages 	  Arabic , Chinese , English , French , Russian , Spanish

  UN Convention on the Rights of the Child at Wikisource


In traditional Western notation , the scale used for a composition is usually indicated by a key signature at the beginning to designate the pitches that make up that scale . As the music progresses , the pitches used may change and introduce a different scale . Music can be transposed from one scale to another for various purposes , often to accommodate the range of a vocalist . Such transposition raises or lowers the overall pitch range , but preserves the intervallic relationships of the original scale . For example , transposition from the key of C major to D major raises all pitches of the scale of C major equally by a whole tone . Since the interval relationships remain unchanged , transposition may be unnoticed by a listener , however other qualities may change noticeably because transposition changes the relationship of the overall pitch range compared to the range of the instruments or voices that perform the music . This often affects the music 's overall sound , as well as having technical implications for the performers .


  Film 	  U.S. release date 	  Director ( s ) 	  Screenwriter ( s ) 	  Story by 	  Cinematographer 	  Producer

  The Curse of the Black Pearl 	  July 9 , 2003 ( 2003 - 07 - 09 ) 	  Gore Verbinski 	  Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio 	  Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio and Stuart Beattie and Jay Wolpert 	  Dariusz Wolski 	  Jerry Bruckheimer

  Dead Man 's Chest 	  July 7 , 2006 ( 2006 - 07 - 07 ) 	  Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio

  At World 's End 	  May 25 , 2007 ( 2007 - 05 - 25 )

  On Stranger Tides 	  May 20 , 2011 ( 2011 - 05 - 20 ) 	  Rob Marshall 	  Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio ( Based on : On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers )

  Dead Men Tell No Tales 	  May 26 , 2017 ( 2017 - 05 - 26 ) 	  Joachim Rønning & Espen Sandberg 	  Jeff Nathanson 	  Jeff Nathanson and Terry Rossio 	  Paul Cameron


  Years tallest 	  Name 	  Location 	  Height 	  Increase

  1908 -- 1909 	  Singer Building 	  New York City 	  186.57 metres ( 612.1 ft ) 	  11.7 %

  1909 -- 1913 	  Metropolitan Life Tower 	  New York City 	  213.36 metres ( 700.0 ft ) 	  14.4 %

  1913 -- 1930 	  Woolworth Building 	  New York City 	  241.4 metres ( 792 ft ) 	  13.1 %

  1930 	  Bank of Manhattan Trust Building 	  New York City 	  283 metres ( 928 ft ) 	  17.2 %

  1930 -- 1931 	  Chrysler Building 	  New York City 	  318.8 metres ( 1,046 ft ) 	  12.65 %

  1931 -- 1972 	  Empire State Building 	  New York City 	  381 metres ( 1,250 ft ) 	  19.5 %

  1972 -- 1974 	  World Trade Center 	  New York City 	  417 metres ( 1,368 ft ) 	  9.45 %

  1974 -- 1998 	  Sears Tower 	  Chicago 	  442 metres ( 1,450 ft ) 	  6 %

  1998 -- 2004 	  Petronas Towers 	  Kuala Lumpur 	  451.9 metres ( 1,483 ft ) 	  2.24 %

  2004 -- 2010 	  Taipei 101 	  Taipei 	  509.2 metres ( 1,671 ft ) 	  12.68 %

  2010 -- present 	  Burj Khalifa 	  United Arab Emirates 	  828 metres ( 2,717 ft ) 	  62.61 %


 2017 NFL Draft

  General Information

  Date ( s ) 	  April 27 -- 29 , 2017

  Time 	  8 : 00 PM ET

  Location 	  Philadelphia Museum of Art on the Rocky Steps Philadelphia , Pennsylvania

  TV coverage ( US ) 	  ESPN , ESPN2 , NFL Network

  Overview

  253 total selections in 7 rounds

  First selection 	  Myles Garrett , DE Cleveland Browns

  Mr. Irrelevant 	  Chad Kelly , QB Denver Broncos

  Most selections ( 11 ) 	  Cincinnati Bengals , Minnesota Vikings , Seattle Seahawks

  Fewest selections ( 4 ) 	  New England Patriots

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 NFL Drafts

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In the spring of 1609 , John Smith cited the aphorism to the colonists of Jamestown :


Nepal is a secular state under the Interim Constitution , which was promulgated on January 15 , 2007 . The Interim Constitution provides for freedom to practice one 's religion . The Interim Constitution also specifically denies the right to convert another person . The now - defunct constitution of 1990 , which was in effect until January 15 , 2007 , described the country as a `` Hindu Kingdom , '' although it did not establish Hinduism as the state religion . The Government generally did not interfere with the practice of other religious groups , and religious tolerance was broadly observed ; however , there were some restrictions .


He who does not work , neither shall he eat is a New Testament aphorism originally by Paul the Apostle , later cited by John Smith in Jamestown , Virginia , and by Lenin during the Russian Revolution .


Tiffany Adams Coyne ( born May 6 , 1982 ) is an American model and dancer . She is the model on Let 's Make a Deal , having replaced Alison Fiori in 2009 .


In humans , a diurnal variation has been observed dependent on the periods of rest and activity , lowest at 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. and peaking at 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monkeys also have a well - marked and regular diurnal variation of body temperature that follows periods of rest and activity , and is not dependent on the incidence of day and night ; nocturnal monkeys reach their highest body temperature at night and lowest during the day . Sutherland Simpson and J.J. Galbraith observed that all nocturnal animals and birds -- whose periods of rest and activity are naturally reversed through habit and not from outside interference -- experience their highest temperature during the natural period of activity ( night ) and lowest during the period of rest ( day ) . Those diurnal temperatures can be reversed by reversing their daily routine .


Montana is one of the nine Mountain States , located in the north of the region known as the Western United States . It borders North Dakota and South Dakota to the east . Wyoming is to the south , Idaho is to the west and southwest , and three Canadian provinces , British Columbia , Alberta , and Saskatchewan , are to the north .


Parietal cells ( also known as oxyntic or delomorphous cells ) , are the epithelial cells that secrete hydrochloric acid ( HCl ) and intrinsic factor . These cells are located in the gastric glands found in the lining of the fundus and in the body of the stomach . They contain an extensive secretory network ( called canaliculi ) from which the HCl is secreted by active transport into the stomach . The enzyme hydrogen potassium ATPase ( H / K ATPase ) is unique to the parietal cells and transports the H against a concentration gradient of about 3 million to 1 , which is the steepest ion gradient formed in the human body . Parietal cells are primarily regulated via histamine , acetylcholine and gastrin signaling from both central and local modulators ( see ' Regulation ' ) .


  Actor 	  Character 	  Role 	  Series

  	  	  	  	  5 	  6 	  7

  Jessica Raine 	  Jenny Lee 	  Nurse , midwife 	  Main 	  Does not appear

  Vanessa Redgrave 	  Voice of Jennifer Worth 	  Nurse , midwife 	  Main

  Jenny Agutter 	  Sister Julienne 	  Sister - in - charge , midwife 	  Main

  Judy Parfitt 	  Sister Monica Joan 	  Retired midwife 	  Main

  Pam Ferris 	  Sister Evangelina 	  Nurse , midwife 	  Main 	  Does not appear

  Bryony Hannah 	  Sister Mary Cynthia 	  Nurse , midwife 	  Main 	  Does not appear

  Helen George 	  Beatrix `` Trixie '' Franklin 	  Senior nurse , midwife 	  Main

  Laura Main 	  Shelagh Turner 	  Practice manager , midwife 	  Main

  Stephen McGann 	  Patrick Turner 	  General practitioner 	  Main

  Cliff Parisi 	  Frederick `` Fred '' Buckle 	  Caretaker 	  Main

  Max Macmillan 	  Timothy `` Tim '' Turner 	  Patrick Turner 's son 	  Recurring

  Miranda Hart 	  Camilla `` Chummy '' Noakes 	  Nurse , midwife 	  Main 	  Does not appear

  Ben Caplan 	  Peter Noakes 	  Police Sergeant 	  Main 	  Does not appear

  George Rainsford 	  James `` Jimmy '' Wilson 	  Friend of Jenny Lee 	  Recurring 	  Does not appear

  Cheryl Campbell 	  Lady Browne 	  Chummy 's mother 	  Recurring 	  Does not appear 	  Recurring 	  Does not appear

  Emerald Fennell 	  Patience `` Patsy '' Mount 	  Nurse , midwife 	  Does not appear 	  Guest 	  Main 	  Does not appear

  Dorothy Atkinson 	  Jane Sutton 	  Medical orderly 	  Does not appear 	  Recurring 	  Does not appear

  Leo Starr 	  Alec Jesmond 	  Boyfriend of Jenny Lee 	  Does not appear 	  Recurring 	  Does not appear

  Victoria Yeates 	  Sister Winifred 	  Midwife 	  Does not appear 	  Main

  Jack Ashton 	  Tom Hereward 	  Curate 	  Does not appear 	  Main

  Alice Brown 	  Angela Turner 	  Adopted daughter of Shelagh and Patrick Turner 	  Does not appear 	  Recurring

  Charlotte Ritchie 	  Barbara Hereward 	  Nurse , midwife 	  Does not appear 	  Main

  Annabelle Apsion 	  Violet Buckle 	  Wife of Fred Buckle 	  Does not appear 	  Recurring 	  Main

  Linda Bassett 	  Phyllis Crane 	  Nursing sister , midwife 	  Does not appear 	  Main

  Kate Lamb 	  Delia Busby 	  Nurse 	  Does not appear 	  Recurring 	  Main 	  Does not appear

  Maxine Evans 	  Mrs Busby 	  Delia Busby 's mother 	  Does not appear 	  Recurring 	  Does not appear

  Harriet Walter 	  Sister Ursula 	  Sister - in - charge , midwife , nurse 	  Does not appear 	  Recurring 	  Does not appear

  Jennifer Kirby 	  Valerie Dyer 	  Nurse , midwife 	  Does not appear 	  Main

  Jack Hawkins 	  Christopher Dockerill 	  Dentist 	  Does not appear 	  Recurring

  Daniel Laurie


A ring system is a disc or ring orbiting an astronomical object that is composed of solid material such as dust and moonlets , and is a common component of satellite systems around giant planets . A ring system around a planet is also known as a planetary ring system .


The fifth book , River of Fire , is scheduled to be released on April 10 , 2018 .


Upon its release on December 19 , 1997 , Titanic achieved critical and commercial success . Nominated for 14 Academy Awards , it tied All About Eve ( 1950 ) for the most Oscar nominations , and won 11 , including the awards for Best Picture and Best Director , tying Ben Hur ( 1959 ) for the most Oscars won by a single film . With an initial worldwide gross of over $1.84 billion , Titanic was the first film to reach the billion - dollar mark . It remained the highest - grossing film of all time until Cameron 's Avatar surpassed it in 2010 . A 3D version of Titanic , released on April 4 , 2012 to commemorate the centennial of the sinking , earned it an additional $343.6 million worldwide , pushing the film 's worldwide total to $2.18 billion and making it the second film to gross more than $2 billion worldwide ( after Avatar ) . In 2017 , the film was re-released for its 20th anniversary and was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry .


During the Roman Republic the citizens would elect almost all officeholders annually . Popular elections for high office were largely undermined and then brought to an end by Augustus ( r . 27 BC - 14 AD ) , the first Roman emperor ( earlier known as Octavian ) . However , Roman elections continued at the local , municipal level .


Blood alcohol concentration is usually expressed as a percentage of ethanol in the blood in units of mass of alcohol per volume of blood or mass of alcohol per mass of blood , depending on the country . For instance , in North America a BAC of 0.1 ( 0.1 % or one tenth of one percent ) means that there are 0.10 g of alcohol for every 100 mL of blood .


One unknown is how the Romans kept track of who was eligible to vote . Debates over the franchise were frequent , and differentiating voters from non-voters must have been done . One possibility is that as voters gathered as a tribe the members would be well known enough to each other that an outsider could be spotted , but as populations grew this would have been difficult . Historians have proposed that a central voters list was kept or that citizens were given some form of voter identification , but no sources or archaeological evidence survives for either .


The euro sign ( € ) is the currency sign used for the euro , the official currency of the Eurozone in the European Union ( EU ) . The design was presented to the public by the European Commission on 12 December 1996 . The international three - letter code ( according to ISO standard ISO 4217 ) for the euro is EUR . In Unicode it is encoded at U + 20AC € euro sign ( HTML & # 8364 ; &euro ; ) . In English , the sign precedes the value ( for instance , € 10 , not 10 € ) . In some style guides , but not others , the euro sign is unspaced .


Checks and balances is the principle that each of the Branches has the power to limit or check the other two and this creates a balance between the three separate powers of the state , this principle induces that the ambitions of one branch prevent that one of the other branches become supreme , and thus be eternally confronting each other and in that process leaving the people free from government abuses . Checks and Balances are designed to maintain the system of separation of powers keeping each branch in its place . This is based on the idea that it is not enough to separate the powers and guarantee their independence but to give the various branches the constitutional means to defend their own legitimate powers from the encroachments of the other branches . They guarantee that the powers of the State have the same weight ( co-equal ) , that is , to be balanced , so that they can limit each other , avoiding the abuse of state power . the origin of checks and balances , like separation of powers itself , is specifically credited to Montesquieu in the Enlightenment ( in The Spirit of the Laws , 1748 ) , under this influence was implemented in 1787 in the Constitution of the United States .


  `` Rapper 's Delight ''

  Single by The Sugarhill Gang

  from the album Sugarhill Gang

  Released 	  September 16 , 1979

  Format 	  12 ''

  Recorded 	  August 2 , 1979

  Genre 	  Old - school hip hop , disco , funk

  Length 	  3 : 55 ( single version ) 6 : 30 ( 12 '' short version ) 14 : 35 ( album version )

  Label 	  Sugar Hill

  Songwriter ( s ) 	  The Sugarhill Gang , Sylvia Robinson , Nile Rodgers , Bernard Edwards , Grandmaster Caz

  Producer ( s ) 	  Sylvia Robinson

  The Sugarhill Gang singles chronology

  	  `` Rapper 's Delight '' ( 1979 ) 	  `` 8th Wonder '' ( 1980 )

  	  `` Rapper 's Delight '' ( 1979 ) 	  `` 8th Wonder '' ( 1980 )


In Greek mythology , Icarus ( the Latin spelling , conventionally adopted in English ; Ancient Greek : Ἴκαρος , Íkaros , Etruscan : Vikare ) is the son of the master craftsman Daedalus , the creator of the Labyrinth . Often depicted in art , Icarus and his father attempt to escape from Crete by means of wings that his father constructed from feathers and wax . Icarus ' father warns him first of complacency and then of hubris , asking that he fly neither too low nor too high , so the sea 's dampness would not clog his wings or the sun 's heat melt them . Icarus ignored his father 's instructions not to fly too close to the sun ; when the wax in his wings melted he tumbled out of the sky and fell into the sea where he drowned .


`` Rapper 's Delight '' is a 1979 hip hop track by the Sugarhill Gang and produced by Sylvia Robinson . While it was not the first single to include rapping , `` Rapper 's Delight '' is credited for introducing hip hop music to a wide audience . It was a prototype for various types of rap music , incorporating themes such as boasting , dance , honesty and sex , with the charisma and enthusiasm of James Brown . The track also used samples from Chic 's `` Good Times '' , resulting in band members Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards suing Sugar Hill Records for copyright infringement ; a settlement was reached that gave the two songwriter credits .


  Pirates of the Caribbean

  Directed by 	  Gore Verbinski ( 1 -- 3 ) Rob Marshall ( 4 ) Joachim Rønning ( 5 ) Espen Sandberg ( 5 )

  Produced by 	  Jerry Bruckheimer

  Screenplay by 	  Ted Elliott ( 1 -- 4 ) Terry Rossio ( 1 -- 4 ) Jeff Nathanson ( 5 )

  Story by 	  Ted Elliott ( 1 , 4 ) Terry Rossio ( 1 -- 5 ) Stuart Beattie ( 1 ) Jay Wolpert ( 1 ) Jeff Nathanson ( 5 )

  Based on 	  Pirates of the Caribbean by Walt Disney ( 1 -- 5 ) On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers ( 4 )

  Starring 	  Johnny Depp Geoffrey Rush Kevin McNally Orlando Bloom ( 1 -- 3 , 5 ) Keira Knightley ( 1 -- 3 , 5 ) Jack Davenport ( 1 -- 3 ) Jonathan Pryce ( 1 -- 3 ) Bill Nighy ( 2 -- 3 ) Stellan Skarsgård ( 2 -- 3 ) Tom Hollander ( 2 -- 3 ) Chow Yun - fat ( 3 ) Penélope Cruz ( 4 ) Ian McShane ( 4 ) Javier Bardem ( 5 ) Brenton Thwaites ( 5 ) Kaya Scodelario ( 5 ) ( see below )

  Music by 	  Klaus Badelt ( 1 ) Hans Zimmer ( 1 -- 4 ) Rodrigo y Gabriela ( 4 ) Eric Whitacre ( 4 ) Geoff Zanelli ( 5 )

  Production company 	  Walt Disney Pictures Jerry Bruckheimer Films

  Distributed by 	  Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

  Release date 	  The Curse of the Black Pearl : 000000002003 - 07 - 09 - 0000 July 9 , 2003 Dead Man 's Chest : 000000002006 - 07 - 07 - 0000 July 7 , 2006 At World 's End : 000000002007 - 05 - 25 - 0000 May 25 , 2007 On Stranger Tides : 000000002011 - 05 - 20 - 0000 May 20 , 2011 Dead Men Tell No Tales : 000000002017 - 05 - 26 - 0000 May 26 , 2017

  Running time 	  726 minutes ( 1 -- 5 )

  Country 	  United States

  Language 	  English

  Budget 	  Total ( 5 films ) : $1.274 billion

  Box office 	  Total ( 5 films ) : $4,524,358,182


The Three - Fifths Compromise is found in Article 1 , Section 2 , Clause 3 of the United States Constitution , which reads :


Sanders played football primarily at cornerback , but also as a kick returner , punt returner , and occasionally wide receiver . He played in the National Football League ( NFL ) for the Atlanta Falcons , the San Francisco 49ers , the Dallas Cowboys , the Washington Redskins and the Baltimore Ravens , winning the Super Bowl with both the 49ers and the Cowboys . An outfielder in baseball , he played professionally for the New York Yankees , the Atlanta Braves , the Cincinnati Reds and the San Francisco Giants , and participated in the 1992 World Series with the Braves . He attended Florida State University , where he was recognized as a two - time All - American in football , and also played baseball and ran track .