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Legends and myths regarding RMS Titanic
There are three , very different versions of the hymn using the lyrics of `` Nearer , My God , to Thee '' : Horbury , written in 1861 by the Rev John Dykes was popular in Britain , and another , Bethany , written in 1856 by Dr Lowell Mason was popular in the U.S. The third tune associated with the hymn was Propior Deo , was written by Sir Arthur Sullivan and was also popular in Britain . Additionally , the British melody might sound like the other hymn ( `` Autumn '' ) . On 24 May 1912 , the seven chief London orchestras performed at a memorial for the musicians who perished , as they played Horbury , two Titanic survivors in the audience became emotional and stated that this was the tune they heard while they were in their lifeboat . The film A Night to Remember ( 1958 ) uses the tune Horbury ; while the 1953 film Titanic , with Clifton Webb , uses the tune Bethany as does James Cameron 's 1997 Titanic . To further complicate things , Horbury was the Anglican version of the hymn , while Propior Deo was the Methodist version . The Titanic 's bandmaster , Wallace Hartley was a devout Methodist and son of a Methodist choirmaster leading a band containing several devout Methodists . Propior Deo was not only sung at Hartley 's funeral but was also carved into his headstone . Recently , another possibility has been raised . Among items left behind by Hartley 's fiancée , Maria Robinson , was the sheet music of a third tune to the hymn written by Lewis Carey in 1902 and made popular by the Australian contralto Ada Crossley . As Crossley performed in both Britain and America , it is possible that this may have been a tune known to passengers on both sides of the Atlantic .
War of 1812
The British Royal Navy was a well - led , professional force , considered the world 's most powerful navy . However , as long as the war with France continued , North America was a secondary concern . In 1813 , France had 80 ships - of - the - line while building another 35 . Therefore , containing the French fleet had to be the main British naval concern . In Upper Canada , the British had the Provincial Marine was essential for keeping the army supplied since the roads in Upper Canada were abysmal . On Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence , the Royal Navy had two schooners while the Provincial Marine maintained four small warships on Lake Erie . The British Army in North America was a very professional and well trained force , but suffered from being outnumbered .
Pete Maravich
Pete Maravich was born to Petar `` Press '' Maravich ( 1915 -- 1987 ) and Helen Gravor Maravich ( 1925 -- 1974 ) in Aliquippa , a steel town in Beaver County in western Pennsylvania , near Pittsburgh . Maravich amazed his family and friends with his basketball abilities from an early age . He enjoyed a close but demanding father - son relationship that motivated him toward achievement and fame in the sport . Maravich 's father was the son of Serbian immigrants and a former professional player - turned - coach . He showed him the fundamentals starting when he was seven years old . Obsessively , Maravich spent hours practicing ball control tricks , passes , head fakes , and long - range shots .
Glock
Glock became aware of the Austrian Army 's planned procurement , and in 1982 assembled a team of Europe 's leading handgun experts from military , police , and civilian sport - shooting circles to define the most desirable characteristics in a combat pistol . Within three months , Glock developed a working prototype that combined proven mechanisms and traits from previous pistol designs . In addition the plan was to make extensive use of synthetic materials and modern manufacturing technologies , to make it a very cost - effective candidate .
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Roger Rabbit was the inspiration for a popular dance move in America in the early 1990s , called `` the Roger Rabbit '' due to the floppy movements of the character in the film .
American popular music
Country music is primarily a fusion of African American blues and spirituals with Appalachian folk music , adapted for pop audiences and popularized beginning in the 1920s . Of particular importance was Irish and Scottish tunes , dance music , balladry and vocal styles , as well as Native American , Spanish , German , French and Mexican music . The instrumentation of early country revolved around the European - derived fiddle and the African - derived banjo , with the guitar added later . Country music instrumentation used African elements like a call - and - response format , improvised music and syncopated rhythms . Later still , string instruments like the ukulele and steel guitar became commonplace due to the popularity of Hawaiian music in the early 20th century and the influence of musicians such as Sol Hoʻopiʻi and Lani McIntyre . The roots of modern country music are generally traced to 1927 , when music talent scout Ralph Peer recorded Jimmie Rodgers and The Carter Family . Their recordings are considered the foundation for modern country music . There had been popular music prior to 1927 that could be considered country , but , as Ace Collins points out , these recordings had `` only marginal and very inconsistent '' effects on the national music markets , and were only superficially similar to what was then known as hillbilly music . In addition to Rodgers and the Carters , a musician named Bob Wills was an influential early performer known for a style called Western swing , which was very popular in the 1920s and 30s , and was responsible for bringing a prominent jazz influence to country music .
Hyundai Santa Fe
The 2013 Santa Fe Sport models arrives with an all four - cylinder engine lineup . The CUV 's standard engine is a 2.4 L developing 190 horsepower ( 142 kW ) , with a 264 horsepower ( 197 kW ) 2.0 L turbo four on offer . Front - wheel drive is standard , with all - wheel drive being optional . The Santa Fe Sport has Hyundai 's Torque Vectoring Cornering Control feature for upgraded drive performance . Both engines shift through a six - speed automatic transmission ( already found in the Azera sedan ) , returning up to 33 mpg ( 7.1 L / 100 km ; 40 mpg ) for the naturally aspirated model and 31 mpg ( 7.6 L / 100 km ; 37 mpg ) for the Santa Fe Sport 2.0 T model . The long - wheelbase is offered in North America exclusively with a 3.3 L , 290 horsepower ( 216 kW ) V6 engine , whose numbers were not beaten by a same - class vehicle so far .
Electoral College (United States)
Elections where the winning candidate loses the national popular vote typically result when the winner builds the requisite configuration of states ( and thus captures their electoral votes ) by small margins , but the losing candidate secures large voter margins in the remaining states . In this case , the very large margins secured by the losing candidate in the other states would aggregate to a plurality of the ballots cast nationally . However , commentators question the legitimacy of this national popular vote ; pointing out that the national popular vote observed under the Electoral College system does not reflect the popular vote observed under a National Popular Vote system ; as each electoral institution produces different incentives for , and strategy choices by , presidential campaigns . Because the national popular vote is irrelevant under the electoral college system , it is generally presumed candidates base their campaign strategies around the existence of the Electoral College ; any close race has candidates campaigning to maximize electoral votes by focusing their get - out - the - vote efforts in crucially needed swing states and not attempting to maximize national popular vote totals by using limited campaign resources to run up margins or close up gaps in states considered `` safe '' for themselves or their opponents , respectively . Conversely , the institutional structure of a national popular vote system would encourage candidates to pursue voter turnout wherever votes could be found , even in `` safe '' states they are already expected to win , and in `` safe '' states they have no hope of winning .
Detroit Pistons
The Detroit Pistons franchise was founded as the Fort Wayne Zollner Pistons , a National Basketball League ( NBL ) team , in Fort Wayne , Indiana . Owner Fred Zollner 's Zollner Corporation was a foundry that manufactured pistons , primarily for car , truck , and locomotive engines . The Zollner Pistons were NBL champions in 1944 and 1945 . They also won the World Professional Basketball Tournament in 1944 , 1945 and 1946 .
List of animals of Yellowstone
Bears were once commonly observed along roadsides and within developed areas of Yellowstone National Park . Bears were attracted to these areas by the availability of human foods in the form of handouts and unsecured camp groceries and garbage . Although having bears readily visible along roadsides and within developed areas was very popular with the park visitors , it was also considered to be the primary cause of an average of 48 bear - caused human injuries per year from 1930 through 1969 . Rocky Mountain grizzly bears have killed several people in the park since the 1970s . A
Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
The song plays in the second episode of Saturday Night Live , during a Weekend Update segment where Simon plays basketball . It was also featured in an SNL skit paying homage to Wes Anderson as a trailer of a movie in his distinct style .
Confederate States of America
Following South Carolina 's unanimous 1860 secession vote , no other Southern states considered the question until 1861 , and when they did none had a unanimous vote . All had residents who cast significant numbers of Unionist votes in either the legislature , conventions , popular referendums , or in all three . Voting to remain in the Union did not necessarily mean that individuals were northern sympathizers . Once hostilities began , many of these who voted to remain in the Union , particularly in the Deep South , accepted the majority decision , and supported the Confederacy .
Naming in the United States
The Twilight series was another influential force in American names . While most of the names were established historical names , their collective rise in popularity corresponded with Twilight 's popularity . The previously obscure name Esme entered the top 1000 names in America in 2010 after its use in the Twilight series . In 2014 , the name Arya , the name of a character on the popular series Game of Thrones , saw a dramatic rise to the 216th most popular girls name .
Sith
Prominent Sith Darth Vader and Darth Sidious have become iconic villains in popular culture . Their personae are frequently used as exemplars of Machiavelianism , authoritarianism , brutality and evil in serious , humorous and satirical settings . Darth Sidious is archetypal as the `` Evil Emperor '' -- a cunning tyrant who rules through deception , propaganda , fear and oppression . Although usually considered as a villainous `` enforcer '' of such power , Darth Vader has also been regarded as a tragic figure and cautionary study in the corruption of a hero who loses sight of the greater good and resorts to evil practices out of fear and desperation . A `` turn to the Dark Side '' has become a popular idiom to describe an ( often misguided ) individual or institution 's embrace of evil out of a desire for power .
Overview of gun laws by nation
A license - holder may own up to six hunting rifles , ten handguns , or a mix of eight rifles and handguns . Firearms must be stored in an approved safe . A firearm registered for sport shooting may not be used for hunting . A concealed carry permit can be obtained under very special circumstances , such as a proven threat to life .
Air Jordan
In popular culture , in the children 's movie The Little Rascals one of the bullies , Butch is wearing a pair of these shoes . American rap icon Tupac Shakur also wore Air Jordans in a popular `` Thug Life '' photo set in 1993 .
Movable type
Modern , factory - produced movable type was available in the late 19th century . It was held in the printing shop in a job case , a drawer about 2 inches high , a yard wide , and about two feet deep , with many small compartments for the various letters and ligatures . The most popular and accepted of the job case designs in America was the California Job Case , which took its name from the Pacific coast location of the foundries that made the case popular .
Deion Sanders
In January 2004 , Sanders was hired as an assistant coach to the Dallas Fury , a women 's professional basketball team in the National Women 's Basketball League , even though Sanders had never played organized basketball either in college or the professional level .
Cuisine of the Thirteen Colonies
Venison was the most popular game . The plentiful meat was often potted or jerked , and its tripe was popular as well . Venison was especially popular during the Thanksgiving season . Buffalo was an important protein source until roughly 1770 , when the animals were over-hunted in the eastern United States . Bear were numerous in the northern colonies , especially in New York , and many considered the leg meat to be a delicacy . Bear meat was frequently jerked as a preservation method . Sheep
Salvadoran cuisine
A very popular soda that originated in El Salvador is Kolachampan , which is a soda with sugar cane flavor . Minutas , shaved ice flavored with fruit flavored syrup , and horchata , a beverage made from rice milk and a mix of spices such as cinnamon , peanut beverage , ajonjolí ( sesame seeds ) and morro , are popular throughout the country and enjoyed on a hot day .
Friedrich Engels
The Holy Family is a book written by Marx and Engels in November 1844 . The book is a critique on the Young Hegelians and their trend of thought which was very popular in academic circles at the time . The title was a suggestion by the publisher and is meant as a sarcastic reference to the Bauer Brothers and their supporters .
Penny dreadful
Two popular characters to come out of the penny dreadfuls were Jack Harkaway , introduced in the Boys of England in 1871 , and Sexton Blake , who began in the Half - penny Marvel in 1893 . In 1904 , the Union Jack became `` Sexton Blake 's own paper '' , and he appeared in every issue thereafter , up until the paper 's demise in 1933 . In total , Blake appeared in roughly 4,000 adventures , right up into the 1970s , a record exceeded only by Nick Carter and Dixon Hawke . Harkaway was also popular in America and had many imitators .
Widow's peak
A number of fictional people have a widow 's peak . In film this trait is often associated with a villain or antagonist ; Count Dracula is an example . Eddie Munster -- from the television program `` The Munsters '' -- also had this distinctive hairline . Another villain depicted as having widow 's peak hair is The Joker from `` Batman '' comic books and films . Vegeta from the Dragon Ball franchise is known for his widow 's peak . Hannibal Lecter is described as having one in the novels that feature his story . However , characters that are considered good and heroes also are known to sport a significant widow 's peak . Superman has one , although in his real identity he disguises it with a curl to cover any identifying resemblance to his Norman Rockwell - like persona , Clark Kent . Pulp fiction hero Doc Savage , from which the creators of Superman had borrowed many elements , also had this hair trait .
Pike Place Fish Market
A popular feature at the Pike Place Fish Market is the monkfish , which sometimes , thanks to a hidden line , is made to `` snap '' at customers . In 1991 , CNN named the Pike Place Fish Market as one of the three most fun places to work in America .
Polka
There also exist Curaçaoan polkas , Peruvian polkas ( becoming very popular in Lima ) . In the pampas of Argentina , the `` polca '' has a very fast beat with a time signature . Instruments used are : acoustic guitar ( usually six strings , but sometimes seven strings ) , electric or acoustic bass ( sometimes fretless ) , accordion ( sometimes piano accordion , sometimes button accordion ) , and sometimes some percussion is used . The lyrics always praise the gaucho warriors from the past or tell about the life of the gaucho campeiros ( provincial gauchos who keep the common way ) . The polka was very popular in South and Southwest of Brazil , where it was mixed with other European and African styles to create the Choro . The polka ( polca in the Irish language ) is also one of the most popular traditional folk dances in Ireland , particularly in Sliabh Luachra , a district that spans the borders of counties Kerry , Cork and Limerick . Many of the figures of Irish set dances , which developed from Continental quadrilles , are danced to polkas . Introduced to Ireland in the late 19th century , there are today hundreds of Irish polka tunes , which are most frequently played on the fiddle or button accordion . The Irish polka is dance music form in , typically 32 bars in length and subdivided into four parts , each 8 bars in length and played AABB . Irish polkas are typically played fast , at over 130 bpm , and are typically played with an off - beat accent .
History of women in the United States
There were several other feminist advances in the late 1960s , in both conservative and liberal circles . In 1968 conservative women separated from NOW and organized Women 's Equity Action League ( WEAL ) to campaign for equal opportunities for women in education , economics , and employment , while avoiding issues such as abortion , sexuality , and the Equal Rights Amendment . Also in 1968 , liberal activist Robin Morgan led a protest of the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City ; at the protest a group of about one hundred women tossed items that they considered symbolic of women 's oppression into a Freedom Trash Can , including copies of Playboy , high - heeled shoes , corsets , and girdles . They also crowned a sheep as Miss America . Lindsy Van Gelder , a reporter for the Post , wrote a piece about the protest in which she compared the trash - can procession to the burning of draft cards at antiwar marches . However , the rumor that women burned their bras at the protest is not true .
Whale shark
The whale shark is popular in the few public aquariums that keep it , but its large size means that a very large tank is required and it has specialized feeding requirements . Their large size and iconic status have also fuelled an opposition to keeping the species in captivity , especially after the early death of some whale sharks in captivity and certain Chinese aquariums keeping the species in relatively small tanks . Whale
Ganesh Chaturthi
The Philadelphia Ganesha Festival is one of the most popular celebrations of Ganesha Chaturthi in North America , and it is also celebrated in Canada , Mauritius , Malaysia and Singapore . The Mauritius festival dates back to 1896 , and the Mauritian government has made it a public holiday . In Malaysia and Singapore , the festival is more commonly known as Vinayagar Chaturthi because of the large Tamil - speaking Hindu minority .
America's Cup
The climate was estranged until Scottish businessman Sir Thomas Lipton became the financial backer for the Royal Ulster Yacht Club 's 1899 challenge . William Fife was chosen to design the challenging yacht because of past success in American waters . The yachts increased yet again in size , and this time Herreshoff fitted a telescopic steel mast to his defender Columbia , but his largest contribution was to recruit Scottish - American skipper Charlie Barr . The latter had helmed Fife designs in Yankee waters before , and he had shown perfect coordination with his hand - picked Scandinavian crew . Barr successfully helmed Columbia to victory , and Lipton 's noted fair play provided unprecedented popular appeal to the sport and to his tea brand .
American popular music
Blackface minstrel shows remained popular throughout the last part of the 19th century , only gradually dying out near the beginning of the 20th century . During that time , a form of lavish and elaborate theater called the extravaganza arose , beginning with Charles M. Barras ' The Black Crook . Extravaganzas were criticized by the newspapers and churches of the day because the shows were considered sexually titillating , with women singing bawdy songs dressed in nearly transparent clothing . David Ewen described this as the beginning of the `` long and active careers in sex exploitation '' of American musical theater and popular song . Later , extravaganzas took elements of burlesque performances , which were satiric and parodic productions that were very popular at the end of the 19th century .
Ham hock
Ham hocks are essential ingredients for the distinct flavor in soul food and other forms of American Southern country cooking . In the Mid-Atlantic States , in rural regions settled by the Pennsylvania Dutch , hocks are a commonly used ingredient for making a kind of meat loaf called scrapple . Eisbein is the name of the joint in north German , and at the same time the name of a dish of roasted ham hock , called Schweinshaxe in Bavaria , Stelze in Austria and Wädli in Switzerland . Golonka is a very popular Polish barbecued dish using this cut . Ham hocks are also popular when boiled with escarole , more commonly called endives , in Italian - American cuisine . Fläsklägg med rotmos is a Swedish dish consisting of cured ham hocks and a mash of rutabaga and potatoes , served with sweet mustard . In Canada , and particularly Montreal , ham hocks are referred to as `` pigs ' knuckles '' and are served in bistros and taverns with baked beans . In northern Italy ham hocks are referred to as stinco , and is often served roast whole with sauerkraut .
Bank of America
The Bank of America Building ( Providence ) was opened in 1928 as the Industrial Trust Building . It was , and is , the tallest building in Rhode Island . Through a number of mergers it was later known as the Industrial National Bank building and the Fleet Bank building . The building was leased by Bank of America from 2004 to 2012 and has been vacant since March 2013 . The building is commonly known as the Superman Building based on a popular belief that it was the model for the Daily Planet building in the Superman comic books .
Bay of Plenty
The Bay of Plenty is a popular holiday destination due to the warm and sunny summer climate and public beaches . The Bay of Plenty received over 645,000 tourists in 2003 , equivalent to one in three visitors to New Zealand coming to the region . Rotorua is a popular destination for international visitors , in particular the surrounding geothermal areas and Māori cultural centres . Tauranga is a popular domestic tourism destination , and also becoming popular internationally . Whale watching has become a popular attraction as the number of whales such as blue whales and humpback whales migrating into bay waters began to recover .
Samurai
Just in the last two decades , samurai have become more popular in America . `` Hyperbolizing the samurai in such a way that they appear as a whole to be a loyal body of master warriors provides international interest in certain characters due to admirable traits . '' ( Moscardi , N.D. ) Through various media , producers and writers have been capitalizing on the notion that Americans admire the samurai lifestyle . The animated series , Afro Samurai , became well - liked in American popular culture due to its blend of hack - and - slash animation and gritty urban music .
Music of the Netherlands
Also hip - hop in the Dutch language ( nederhop ) is very popular in the Netherlands and Belgium .