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Who lived in a tree to prevent it from being cut down as a form of civil disobedience? | Bedau writes, "There is a whole class of acts, undertaken in the name of civil disobedience, which, even if they were widely practiced, would in themselves constitute hardly more than a nuisance (e.g. trespassing at a nuclear-missile installation)... | Some theories of civil disobedience hold that civil disobedience is only justified against governmental entities. |
Jazz Saxophonist Branford Marsalis Plays Not My Job | Jazz great Branford Marsalis plays a game called "I don't care what it is, get me something for the little brats ...STAT!" Three questions about the worst toys of all time taken from a list in <em>Radar</em> magazine. <em>Originally broadcast Dec. 23, 2006.</em> | Spall plays J.M.W. Turner in the new film Mr. Turner; Ken Tucker says Black Messiah is as adventurous as any fan could hope for; Cleese'smemoir, So, Anyway..., covers his boyhood and early career. |
What is tertiary endosymbiosis of haptophyte chloroplasts expected to create? | The fucoxanthin dinophyte lineages (including Karlodinium and Karenia) lost their original red algal derived chloroplast, and replaced it with a new chloroplast derived from a haptophyte endosymbiont. | Chloroplasts, like mitochondria, contain their own DNA, which is thought to be inherited from their ancestor—a photosynthetic cyanobacterium that was engulfed by an early eukaryotic cell. |
The new Mad Max film, Fury Road, has received rave reviews from critics ahead of its release later this week. | Most reviewers have awarded the action-packed epic four or five stars, with The Daily Telegraph describing it as a "Krakatoan eruption of craziness".
The film sees British actor Tom Hardy take on Mel Gibson's role as "Road Warrior" Max Rockatansky.
Charlize Theron also appears in the futuristic drama, which is set for release in the UK and US on Friday.
Also awarding it five stars, Time Out's David Ehrlich said watching director George Miller's film was like "a tornado tearing through a tea party".
He added: "Fury Road steers this macho franchise in a brilliant new direction, forging a mythical portrait about the need for female rule in a world where men need to be saved from themselves."
Jamie Graham from Total Film said the blockbuster had "some of the greatest action ever put on screen".
He wrote: "In the battle of the 2015 behemoths, the maxed-out madness of Mad Max: Fury Road sets an extraordinarily high bar - then pole-vaults clean over it and smashes the entire rig to smithereens."
Writing for Hollywood bible Variety, Justin Chang said the "word-of-mouth excitement over the film's beautifully brutal action sequences should lend it tremendous commercial velocity".
And The Guardian's critic Peter Bradshaw awarded four stars and said it was "like Grand Theft Auto revamped by Hieronymus Bosch".
Bradshaw admitted on Twitter: "Slightly embarrassed with myself at how very much I enjoyed the barking Mad Max: Fury Road." | Da Sweet Blood of Jesus received mixed reviews from critics . |
Sacramento is located in ( 38.651254 , -121.259279 ) , between Fair Oaks and Folsom . | Sacramento is located at ( 38.651254 , -121.259279 ) , between Fair Oaks and Folsom . | Many of southern California's most developed cities lie along or in close proximity to the coast, with the exception of San Bernardino and Riverside. |
Boy rides skateboard and does trick over stairs. | Man in air on skateboard at night by light of street lamps. | The boy fled after a reported row with his parents in Italy.
Having driven from Italy into Austria, he proceeded to Germany where he was stopped by police after his family had alerted Interpol.
The boy, who had been adopted two years ago, was reportedly heading to his original home country, Poland.
The teenager lives in the northern Italian town of Montebelluna.
After an argument with his adoptive mother - allegedly over a mobile phone payment - the boy, a keen go-cart racer, left on Thursday afternoon.
And he seems to have been completely confident at the wheel of his father's high-powered Mercedes car.
His parents say he was probably heading for Poland - he was said to be missing his sister who lives there and to have been in touch with her via the internet, according to Italian media.
The car was eventually tracked and stopped near Moisburg, in northern Germany.
Police said it was "incredible" that the boy-driver had managed to cross two international borders and filled up with petrol twice without anyone en route raising the alarm.
The teenager's parents are understood to have gone to Germany to bring him home. |
An NHS trust rated inadequate by a health watchdog has defended the appointment of its seventh boss in four years. | Peter Herring will take over from Karen Fisher at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust on 19 November.
Last month, a report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) found a number of "serious problems" which were "extremely concerning".
Chairman Sean Lyons said the trust now had the right person in place.
Mr Lyons said: "It's no secret that the best performing trusts have consistent and strong leadership.
"The chief executive position is an exceptionally challenging role in difficult circumstances, and sourcing right and credible leaders is a challenge for any NHS organisation.
"We believe we have found an exceptional interim CEO in Peter Herring."
Mr Lyons added that the CQC report was "shocking and a wake-up call for everybody", but said it was now about finding the "best in class" to deal with the issues and help move things forward.
The trust, which runs Kings Mill Hospital, Newark Hospital and Mansfield Community Hospital, was placed in special measures two years ago because of concerns about death rates and standards of care.
The chief executive brought in at the time - Paul O'Connor - left in April to pursue "alternative career options".
At the time of Mr O'Connor's appointment, the then interim trust chairman Chris Mellor said: "We need an experienced, permanent CEO who can provide the continuity of leadership and direction that, until recently, has been sadly lacking." | The government-appointed trust was set up after the services at Sandwell Council were ranked "inadequate".
Mrs Smith will head the new Sandwell Children's Social Care Trust which is being asked to bring "rapid improvements".
She said she relished the opportunity of improving the lives of vulnerable children and families in Sandwell.
Mrs Smith added: "My job is to help build that team by challenging us all to find the best ways to improve and innovate - and by making the trust a great place to work."
For more on this and other West Midlands news
Sandwell's children services was rated inadequate in June 2015 after another poor rating in 2013.
Ofsted inspectors in 2015 said the department did "not fully understand the scale and prevalence of child sexual exploitation".
"There are widespread and serious failures that create or leave children being harmed or at risk of harm," the report found:.
An Ofsted inspection last year found "positive progress" had been made.
The council said since the announcement in October 2016 that an independent trust would run the services, it had worked with commissioner Malcolm Newsam and the Department for Education.
Council Leader Steve Eling welcomed Mrs Smith's appointment and her "wealth of experience".
"With the setting up of the trust, we want to build on recent improvements with a board that will focus on providing a clear vision, be innovative and strive to deliver rapid and sustained improvements," he said. |
Full size working engines on what vehicles sometimes use oscillating cylinder steam engines? | An oscillating cylinder steam engine is a variant of the simple expansion steam engine which does not require valves to direct steam into and out of the cylinder. | The stator consists of a similar, but fixed, series of blades that serve to redirect the steam flow onto the next rotor stage. |
`` Trust in Me '' is a song written by Ned Wever , Milton Ager , and Jean Schwartz . | `` Trust in Me '' is a song by Jean Schwartz , Milton Ager and Ned Wever written . | Joel P West has two identities. The first is "Joel P West, high school photography teacher" and during summer break he transforms into "Joel P West, budding musician." The songs that make up his first release, Something Makes Us Move were first auditioned to his friends in living rooms, cafes, and porches. A few years later, the encouragement from those friends – and a growing fan base – has led West to further pursue music. "Something Makes Us Move focuses on the misconception that changes in circumstance might make up for our discontent and insecurities," he says. He travels the world during the summer months and is currently writing new material in Iceland. "Admirers and Allies" sounds like a stripped down a Decemberists number with simple acoustic guitar and modest toy percussion. |
What is the seldom used force unit equal to one thousand newtons? | The kilogram-force leads to an alternate, but rarely used unit of mass: the metric slug (sometimes mug or hyl) is that mass that accelerates at 1 m·s−2 when subjected to a force of 1 kgf. | The weak force is due to the exchange of the heavy W and Z bosons. |
Why does our sense of temperature change, in regards to air and water? | Water and air conduct heat at different rates, with water being a fantastic conductor of heat and air being an insulator for heat. Your feeling of hot/cold is dependent on how quickly the environment takes heat away from you. And whether or not you're comfortable is dependent on how much effort your body has to use to keep your body at a normal temperature. Water absorbs a lot of heat quickly and will quickly dissipate it into nearby water. A tub at 95 is close to your body temperature so it'll absorb heat. But since it's already close it wont absorb a ton of heat and your body has an easy time keeping your temperature regulated. Air will absorb the heat, but it won't move the heat quickly to the rest of the room. If the air doesn't move at all the air immediately around your body quickly reaches your body temperature and your body has to work(sweating) to lower its temperature to keep you from overheating. | Temperature is really a measure of the average energy of the molecules in the object. At low temperatures, few is them have enough energy to fly off and make it to your nose. As you heat it up, more and more will get there and the smell will become stronger. |
How do the Government/Police have records of everyone's fingerprints? | They don't have everyone's fingerprints. They collect fingerprints from everyone who gets arrested, applies for certain jobs or licenses, or even as a general drive. When I was young, the police offered to fingerprint all the kids in my school in case we were abducted, but of course if anyone got into some trouble those prints were still on file. | The only reason most criminals are known is because information is published about them. News is released to the media, their cases appear in public dockets, pictures might be published...for juveniles, the police and courts just don't put that information out there. |
when did the vegas golden knights become a team | Vegas Golden Knights On March 1, 2017 (coinciding with the league's trade deadline), the team completed its expansion fee payments and filings, making it eligible to formally begin operations such as free agent acquisition, and participation in league meetings.[22] Five days later, the Golden Knights made its first personnel move by signing Reid Duke to a three-year entry-level contract.[23][24] | Pro Football Hall of Fame Game The two teams that play in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Game are typically selected by the league in advance of the remainder of the preseason schedule. The participants are usually announced around the time that the new Hall of Fame members are announced, which coincides with Super Bowl week. Often, if a particularly notable player will be entering the Hall of Fame that year, a team they were strongly associated with may be selected to play in the game to help maximize attendance and publicity of the game itself. From 1971 to 2010, the opponents for each game usually included one AFC team and one NFC team. In 2009, as recognition of the 50th anniversary of the American Football League, the game paired two AFC teams who were part of the "original eight" franchises of the AFL, the Tennessee Titans (dressed as their previous incarnation, the Houston Oilers) and the Buffalo Bills, whose owner, Ralph Wilson, was inducted into the Hall that year. An all-NFC matchup was scheduled for 2011,[1] but it was canceled due to the 2011 NFL lockout; the following year, another intra-conference matchup of two NFC teams took its place. From 2011 onward, each team selected to play in the game has had at least one prominent alumnus being inducted into the Hall that year. |
The Sydney Water Board had taken over the water supply for Sydney from the City Council in 1888 . | In 1888 , the Sydney Water Board took over the water supply for Sydney from the city council . | Shawnee Trails Council was formed from the merger of the Four Rivers Council and the Audubon Council . |
Cecilia Gentili On The repeal Of N.Y.'s 'Walking While Trans' Anti-Loitering Law | NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with LGBTQ activist Cecilia Gentili about the repeal of New York's "walking while trans" anti-loitering law. | It only takes a single Congressperson to introduce a bill. There's no reason to believe that CISPA is going to go anywhere, but there's no way to stop one of the 425 members of the House of Representatives from introducing it. |
The first acts for next year's Hebridean Celtic Festival - HebCelt - have been announced. | The Waterboys, Lucy Spraggan and Tide Lines are to perform at the music event which is held annually in Stornoway on Lewis.
Next year's festival will be held from 19 to 22 July.
This summer's acts included Julie Fowlis, King Creosote, Astrid, Runrig and Bella and the Bear. | The concert at the Excelsior Stadium - the home of Airdrieonians FC - will take place on 24 June next year.
Securing a date on the Wonderful Crazy Night tour was hailed as "a major coup" for the club, stadium and town.
Sir Elton is not a stranger to touring across Scotland, having played Kilmarnock in 2005, Inverness in 2007, Perth in 2008 and Falkirk in 2012.
Excelsior Stadium owner Paul Hetherington and Tom Wotherspoon, owner of Airdrieonians FC, said in joint statement: "To have secured Airdrie FC's ground as the only Scottish venue of Sir Elton John's 2017 UK tour is something we should all take pride in.
"This will be a night to remember for all of us. Indeed, a wonderful, crazy night in our town."
The three other dates on the tour will see performances in Derby, Birmingham and Leeds. |
A court has given Facebook 48 hours to stop tracking people in Belgium who are not members of its social network. | Facebook says it will appeal against the decision and that the order relates to a cookie it has used for five years.
The cookie is installed when an internet user visits a Facebook page even if they are not members.
However, the Belgian court said that the company was obliged to obtain consent to collect the information being gathered.
"The judge ruled that this is personal data, which Facebook can only use if the internet user expressly gives their consent, as Belgian privacy law dictates," it said in a statement.
If Facebook fails to comply, it could face a fine of up to 250,000 euros (£180,000) per day.
The fine would go to the Belgian Privacy Commission, which brought the case, the court added.
Cookies are simple files that track whether a user has visited a website before and notify the site itself.
They can track a number of user activities, such as how long they stayed, what they clicked and any preferences selected.
"We've used the Datr cookie for more than five years to keep Facebook secure for 1.5 billion people around the world," said a Facebook spokesperson.
"We will appeal this decision and are working to minimise any disruption to people's access to Facebook in Belgium." | The offensive messages are circulating labelled with the #unbonjuif (#agoodjew) hashtag.
The tweets are being removed following the threat of legal action by a Jewish student group.
The Union of Jewish Students of France (UEJF) was planning to get a court injunction to make Twitter remove the offensive tweets.
The decision to remove the tweets emerged from a meeting between Twitter's senior management, the UEJF president Jonathan Hayoun and the group's legal representatives. During the meeting the UEJF handed over a list of the posts it wants removed.
Over the past few days the #unbonjuif hashtag has been one of the most popular phrases on Twitter among French-speaking users of the service. Many of the tweets bearing the tag contain offensive comments.
The UEJF had scored an "important victory" over Twitter on the issue, Stephane Lilty, the student body's lawyer told AFP. It has also pressed Twitter to reveal the names of those abusing the hashtag. Twitter has yet to issue an official comment about the matter.
The decision to remove the messages comes soon after Twitter shut down an account used by a German neo-Nazi group based in Hanover. The block was imposed at the request of German police. Facebook and YouTube have also agreed to block the group's accounts.
The block was carried out using a novel feature called "Country Withheld Content" it introduced earlier in 2012. This means users in Germany will be unable to see messages posted by the account but they will be visible in other nations. |
A proposal for 400 homes near the Grade I listed Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire has been rejected by one vote. | The application to build the homes was thrown out in a 6-5 vote by Amber Valley Borough Council's planning committee.
Opponents said the project would have caused traffic disruption in the area and its rejection protects the area's "picturesque" countryside.
Developer Catesby Estates is considering an appeal.
Isobel Shorrock from the Kedleston Voice group said: "We realise the applicant will appeal and we will need to remind everybody of the importance of the heritage in the area."
The project was proposed for a site a few miles from the National Trust-run Kedleston Hall.
Amber Valley council leader Alan Cox said of the decision: "I think it is mainly because of the effects on the setting of Grade I listed buildings and the listed park - and committee felt this outweighed all other considerations."
Paul Hudson of Quarndon Parish Council said: "It is so disruptive to the village.
"It would end up with the size of the village doubling with 400 houses within a mile or so from the heart of the village. It doesn't bear thinking about.
"The disruption to our schools and the roads (would be) quite unacceptable."
A spokesman for Catesby Estates said the project would supply about 120 affordable homes.
He said Amber Valley council needs to deliver almost 1,000 homes a year over the next five years and the project would help meet that target. | The Vale of White Horse and South Oxfordshire district councils said that 113 Abingdon residents and six Henley locals have received two postal votes.
The authorities have said that the printing company had been informed of the error.
In 2011 an investigation found that postal packs were not supplied by printers in the 2010 General Election.
Both councils have said that residents who have received two ballots will not be able to vote twice as ID numbers used to authenticate voters are duplicated on the back of the voting card.
Vale of White Horse chief executive David Buckle, said: "If someone does return both packs there is no possibility of their vote being counted twice.
"We have a sophisticated computer system for processing returned postal votes that will reject any duplicate.
"I hope no one does this as it is an offence to attempt to vote more than once in the referendum."
Both councils have sent out about 25,000 postal votes and have received back 6,000 packs.
About 400 applications a day are made for postal votes for both authorities.
In 2011 the councils were criticised in an independent review, which identified that 2,035 postal votes were not sent to residents. |
Desperate Mother's Call Leads To Wis. Dental Clinics That Treat Rural Poor | What if you had cavities and gum disease and couldn't find a dentist to treat you? That's the reality for millions of poor people who live in rural areas and have little or no access to dental care. | -- NPR's Larry Abramson reports that many state welfare officials are responding to Congressional pressure to cut the costs associated with "Women, Infants, and Children," or WIC. WIC provides about 30 dollars a month worth of food supplements to pregnant women and young children. Some states are reducing the cost of the program by not allowing recipients to buy name-brand breakfast cereals. |
where was the original amityville horror movie filmed | The Amityville Horror (1979 film) The on-location scenes of The Amityville Horror were filmed at a private residence in Toms River, New Jersey, which had been converted to look like the 112 Ocean Avenue home after authorities in Amityville denied permission for filming on the actual location.[5] Exterior scenes were also filmed in Toms River and Point Pleasant Beach. Local police and ambulance workers would play extras in the film, while the Toms River Volunteer Fire Company was used to provide the rain during several scenes. Indoor shots were filmed at the MGM studio lot in Los Angeles, California.[6][7] | The Great Gatsby (1974 film) The Rosecliff and Marble House mansions in Newport, Rhode Island, were used for Gatsby's house while scenes at the Buchanans' home were filmed at Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, England. One driving scene was shot in Windsor Great Park, UK. Other scenes were filmed in New York City and Uxbridge, Massachusetts. |
A man with glasses riding in a car with an adorable dog in the backseat. | A man driving with his dog in the back seat. | Two dogs are looking out a car door window. |
Liability of Gun Manufactureres | The main precedent is the tobacco industry. They were successfully sued by both private parties and governments for the negative health effects of tobacco use. However, that was mainly predicated on the fact that they had research into the negative effects of smoking that they kept covered up for decades, and during that time they had made statements that smoking was fine when they knew it wasn't true. Gun manufacturers are relatively clear on the fact that guns are dangerous (and, indeed, it's sometimes a major component of their advertising), so you'd need to come up with a different theory of liability. | -- N-P-R's Tovia Smith reports that Smith and Wesson has decided to include trigger locks with its guns beginning next month. The National Rifle Association argues that it should be left up to individual owners to decide how to store their guns. The trigger locks are completely detachable, there's nothing forcing an owner to use them. |
Fog is in the air at an intersection with several traffic lights. | An intersection during a cold and foggy night. | There is a GOL plane taking off in a partly cloudy sky. |
How do services like Google and Facebook deal with the gigabytes of new data they receive everyday? Is there a guy just ramming hard drives in servers all day? | It's a lot bigger than 'a guy' ramming hard drives...but yes, I think they just keep expanding their storage. My current screen saver is a photo of room in one of Google's facilities. The room is just for the cooling and heating requirements of servers at the facility. _URL_0_ | Reddit is hosted on AWS, which is many massive server farms. One of the advantages of providers like AWS is that when high traffic hits, you can have your system automatically spin up additional servers to handle the load, and then to shut them back down once the demand goes down. |
Viking's Choice: MAKE, 'The Immortal' | Chapel Hill's MAKE is all about the journey, man. The band thrives on heavy, atmospheric jams, inspired by the likes of Isis, Popul Vuh and Neil Young's Crazy Horse, all of which made MAKE's Scott Endres a perfect match as Horseback's guitarist on 2010's doom-and-gloom choogler Invisible Mountain. MAKE's second album, The Golden Veil, both refines and expands the journey with lush meditations that hold off on heaviness until the moment demands an earth-rattling release. "The Immortal" is a musical diptych of sorts: Its first panel features a chorus-pedal'd guitar melody that ripples around a chant-like vocal and rolling drums, while the second panel pounds out a raging, High On Fire-worthy riff. Guitarist and vocalist Scott Endres writes that the song was originally inspired by the 1963 film L'Immortelle by Alain Robbe Grillet: The song is about the lasting effect of your life and actions as a legacy interpreted through the minds of others. And with that legacy as a given, about the uselessness of wasting our lives on trying to find or dictate what we experience after physical death. The Golden Veil comes out July 20 on Bandcamp. | Life of Pi The investigators note parallels between the two stories. They soon conclude that the hyena symbolizes the cook, the zebra the sailor, the orangutan Pi's mother, and the tiger represents Pi. Pi points out that neither story can be proven and neither explains the cause of the shipwreck, so he asks the officials which story they prefer: the one without animals or the one with animals. They eventually choose the story with the animals. Pi thanks them and says: "And so it goes with God." The investigators then leave and file a report. |
A toilet in a restroom next to a toilet paper dispenser | There is a pink toilet seat on the toilet in the bathroom. | a garbage bag in a white lighted bathroom |
A man flying a kite in a park on a clear day | A man is flying a kite at the park. | The man is moving. |
How does putting black charcoal marks below your eyes help you see better in sunlight? | It reduces glare from light reflected under your eye and then into the eye. It's like standing in the sand, the glare from the sand makes it harder to see. | At least where I come from (Australia) it’s normally flys seeking moisture in the arid areas - trick is wear a dark shirt and work hard enough so that your back is sweaty and then they’ll land on your back instead of in your eyes or mouth or at least that’s my anecdotal experience. Other than that not sure. |
In Sri Lanka , the title of Chartered Accountant ( CA Sri Lanka ) can be used by only members of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka . | In Sri Lanka , the title of an accountant ( CA Sri Lanka ) can only be used by members of the Institute of Accountants in Sri Lanka . | It found that it averaged 12 days per employee, a rise of 15%, after falling for the previous five years.
The highest absence rate of 17 days was in Carrickfergus Borough Council and the lowest was seven days in Cookstown.
Carrickfergus council said it has recently introduced measures to improve the health and well-being of its staff.
Between them, Northern Ireland's 26 councils employ 9,700 staff and the statistics in the report relate to the 2012-13 financial year.
Carrickfergus was also one of two authorities which did not have "proper arrangements" in place around governance issues.
The local government auditor, Louise Mason, said it related to procurement and workforce management, but added the council had put in place procedures to address her concerns.
The other council she highlighted over governance in her report was Larne.
Among her concerns was its financial planning.
She also drew attention to a £292,000 fraud involving Belfast City Council in July 2013.
It involved changing the details of bank account held by one of its main contractors, into which the money was paid.
The council recovered most of the loss from its insurers.
A PSNI investigation concluded there was no evidence to suggest that either council or contractor employees were involved.
Responding to the audit report, a spokesperson for Carrickfergus Borough Council said it was "aware of the high levels of sick absence in the year in question but has since put in place a comprehensive package of measures to improve the health and well-being of staff".
"This has proven to be successful and has significantly reduced absenteeism," the statement added. |
who plays debra's mom in everybody loves raymond | List of Everybody Loves Raymond characters Debra Louise Whelan-Barone (Patricia Heaton), is the wife of Ray. She was raised by wealthy parents, Lois (Katherine Helmond) and Warren Whelan (Robert Culp), and grew up in an upper-class background, unlike the other major characters in the sitcom. She has a sister, Jennifer Whelan (Ashley Crow), who is seen only once in the entire series. Following her graduation from high school, she traveled a lot and dated many famous sportspeople. Before marrying Ray, she worked in public relations for the New York Rangers hockey team. | Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie In Cannes, Edina and Patsy call upon Patsy's ex-lover, billionaire Charlie (Barry Humphries). After Charlie rejects them, they seek help from Edina's mother (June Whitfield), who is celebrating her cousin Violet's birthday. During this party, they encounter the Richest Woman in the World. To attract the Woman and get quick money, Patsy quickly changes her identity to a male alter-ego, "Pat" Stone. The following day, Patsy marries the Rich Woman and Edina and Patsy find the wealth they were looking for as they stay in a high-class hotel with Dame Joan Collins and Dame Edna Everage as fellow guests. |
How is circuit switching charecterized | Packet switching contrasts with another principal networking paradigm, circuit switching, a method which pre-allocates dedicated network bandwidth specifically for each communication session, each having a constant bit rate and latency between nodes. | Various things but predominantly they're discrete cards as much as people like to think of them as linked. For instance, you put something in VRAM on GPU0 it may not be directly accessible to GPU1. Basically it's hard to keep things synchronized in an optimized fashion for all different applications simultaneously. |
Intelligence Quotient / IQ, what exactly is it and what are its criticisms? Why is it potentially wrong? | There are many different kinds of ways humans can demonstrate intelligence, so it's absurd to think that a single number could measure that. For example, someone may be a musical genius, but bad at spatial reasoning. Or someone may be excellent at math and spatial reasoning, but horrible that leading others. There are also people who think that the IQ tests are culturally biased. If you think that's a load of bunk, take this [fake IQ test](_URL_0_) based on Australian aboriginal society. Now compare it to [this one](_URL_1_) based on westernized norms. Do you see why the former test may do a better job of measuring intelligence in Australian aboriginals than the latter one? | “Knowledge (intelligence) is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.” ― Miles Kington |
Jason Thornton is the orchestra 's Artistic Director , Peter Donohoe the Principal Guest Conductor and Gavin Carr the Associate Conductor . | Jason Thornton is the artistic director of the orchestra , Peter Donohoe , the principal guest conductor and Gavin Carr of the Associate Conductor . | The BAC presents three yearly performances of the Minnesota Orchestra and has recently commissioned works by Diavolo and Merce Cunningham Dance Company . |
A man and a woman cook in the kitchen. | A married couple preparing food in a house kitchen. | A commercial kitchen with pots several pots on the stove. |
Roundtable: Bush and the Media; Alito; Holiday Gifts | Topics: President Bush's pressure on a media outlet to bury unflattering stories about his administration; newly released memos from Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito that have civil libertarians concerned about his views on illegal wiretapping; and returned Christmas gifts. Guests: George Curry, editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service; Walter Fields, CEO and publisher of NorthstarNetwork.com; and Tara Setmayer, Republican strategist. | We assess the big moments at Wednesday night’s virtual Democratic National Convention, including Kamala Harris’ acceptance speech and former President Obama’s stinging rebuke of President Trump. Host Jeremy Hobson talks with Yvette Simpson, Democratic strategist and chief executive of Democracy For America. This article was originally published on WBUR.org. |
How did man discover smoking things like tobacco and marijuana? What made those plants special to give them the idea? | They probably just started out by throwing random things in the fire as fuel or to create smoke (which is great for keeping bugs away). One day someone threw on the leaves of one particular plant and it was **awesome** so they did it again. | The compound was patented by Dr. Patrick Page and his team , and was invented in 2007 by Genkyotex . |
In 1992, what percentage of East German students attended private schools? | Percent of students in private high schools reached 11.1%. | Schools and universities have closed either on a nationwide or local basis in at least 115 countries , affecting more than 1.6 billion students . |
Cardiff Blues head coach Danny Wilson hopes Super Rugby-winning centre Willis Halaholo's success can rub off on his side in 2016-17. | Halaholo, 26, helped New Zealand side Hurricanes lift the southern hemisphere prize in a 20-3 win over South Africa's Lions at the beginning of August.
Since Blues signed Halaholo in April, he has enhanced his reputation.
"I think we certainly signed him at the right time. His value might have gone up a little bit since," said Wilson.
The Blues boss says Halaholo compares favourably with Bundee Aki, the New Zealand-born centre who helped Connacht earn a maiden Pro12 title in 2015-16.
Another Kiwi-bred midfield player for Blues, Rey Lee-Lo, brought Halaholo to Wilson's attention, according to the coach.
"He's a guy we actually got to know about through Rey Lee-Lo and we spent a bit of time watching him at the games and we looked at his stats in terms of metres made, defenders beaten and he was higher than Bundee Aki, funnily enough, from the previous year," Wilson told BBC Radio Wales.
"Granted, as an average, he hadn't played as much rugby so we knew there was something there.
"And I think he's slowly shown throughout that Super Rugby campaign what he's capable of, leading to playing and obviously winning a final, which for a guy who's still only 25, I think is quite an achievement.
"And he's going to arrive with us with another experience that hopefully we can feed off."
Wilson also hopes Halaholo's experience of playing outside New Zealand fly-half Beauden Barrett for Hurricanes can boost his side.
However, Blues are unsure of when Halaholo will arrive as he is expected to play for Waikato in New Zealand's second-tier provincial cup tournament, which ends in October. | The 41-year-old, who led Yorkshire from the second division to consecutive County Championship titles, is returning to his native Australia.
Yorkshire will wait to appoint the successor to Gillespie - who took over in 2011 - after the season ends.
"Jason feels the close season is an appropriate time to part company," a Yorkshire statement said.
Gillespie's wife and their four children have recently returned to Australia, where the former fast bowler also coaches the Adelaide Strikers in Australia's Big Bash Twenty20 competition.
Gillespie's last match in charge will be the Division One match against Middlesex starting on 20 September, which could decide the County Championship title.
Second-placed Yorkshire, aiming to win three titles in a row for the first time since 1968, are just five points behind Middlesex with four matches left.
Both of Yorkshire's limited-overs campaigns in 2016 ended in semi-final defeats. They lost to Durham in the T20 Blast, and on Sunday lost to Surrey in the One-Day Cup.
In May last year, Gillespie held talks with England's director of cricket Andrew Strauss over replacing the sacked Peter Moores as national coach, before the role eventually went to Australian Trevor Bayliss.
Gillespie was also linked with a coaching role with Australia earlier this summer and revealed he met head coach Darren Lehmann, but said at the time he was not offered a job and "wouldn't be applying for a role" either.
Yorkshire and England fast bowler Liam Plunkett told BBC Sport: "I'm sure it's a tough decision for him. He's a family man. Maybe that's one of the reasons why he's leaving is he wants to be with his family." |
Why don't the video players go to the exact time I click on? | In order to save bandwidth videos are encoded in a format which is not actually just a series of pictures. Instead one full frame (a keyframe) of video is sent and then the following frames just say what changed since the full frame. This works very well when little is changing in the scene like someone talking in front of a mostly stationary background. These keyframes can be scattered throughout the video at appropriate places (concentrated around the most dynamic areas of the video) or just evenly placed. When you select an arbitrary time of the video chances are you aren't right on a keyframe, so if it started right there then the frames it got would be describing variations on an original frame you don't have! So instead the player skips to the nearest keyframe and continues playing from there. | The window rendering on your monitor is only part of the program. If one of the background functions fails, like fetching the next song from a server, the program can hang up while it waits for the operation to complete. In that case the window is fine, the buttons might even still work to let you close or minimize the program, change stations, etc but it's still waiting for the server or file it is trying to read to respond. |
How many paintings did John Sheeshanks give to the museum? | Although some of Constable's works came to the museum with the Sheepshanks bequest, the majority of the artist's works were donated by his daughter Isabel in 1888, including the large number of sketches in oil, the most significant being the 1821 full size oil sketch for The Hay Wain. | Art from Thailand, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka in gold, silver, bronze, stone, terracotta and ivory represents these rich and complex cultures, the displays span the 6th to 19th centuries. |
More than around 525 people have died due to coronavirus in all countries combined except China . | More than 3,600 people have died : around 3,100 in mainland China and around 550 in all other countries combined . | More than 5,500 people have died from the disease and over 72,000 have recovered . |
If villagers do not accept a poon - choi - feast , this means , for example , that a village does not approve or hold a particular marriage . | If villagers do not accept a Poon choi feast , it means , for example , that a village does not approve of or hold a particular marriage . | The Europeans did not consider them prizes and prevented the Indians from stripping the prisoners of their valuables, which angered the Indians. |
Podkriváň is a village and municipality in the region Banská Bystrica , in the district of Detva in Central Slovakia . | Podkriváň is a village and municipality in Banská Bystrica Region , in the Detva District of central Slovakia . | Resuming at 1-1, Maria Sharapova put Russia 2-1 up with a 3-6 6-4 6-2 win over Petra Kvitova.
Karolina Pliskova beat Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 6-3 6-4 to level things.
In the decider, Pliskova and Barbora Strycova beat Elena Vesnina and Pavlyuchenkova 4-6 6-3 6-2 to secure a 3-2 win for the Czechs.
The match lasted more than two hours, with Russia gaining an early advantage before the Czech pair fought back to secure victory.
"It's the first experience for me in the Fed Cup so I'm really happy how we made it and we both played really good," said world number 11 Pliskova.
"It's definitely one of the biggest wins in my career. I was trying to focus on my serve and it was working so I'm really happy for that."
The Czechs have won the Fed Cup nine times overall, including Czechoslovakia's five before its split in 1993.
Strycova added: "I'm speechless, it was unbelievable." |
A plan to boost the north Wales economy will be presented to the Treasury by the autumn with a request for cash support for infrastructure projects. | Council leaders hope to secure a deal similar to the £1.2bn Cardiff Capital Region agreement approved in March.
They were joined by Economy Secretary Ken Skates at a meeting in St Asaph, Denbighshire.
City deals are a way of different levels of government financing major projects and regeneration schemes.
They work over long periods of time, financed with money from the public and private sectors.
Boosting the energy and manufacturing sectors will be at the heart of the north Wales plan, with the planned new nuclear power station at Anglesey being central.
There is also a plan for a metro system, integrating bus and rail services.
The announcement came after a campaign was launched this week to secure £1bn of rail improvements for north Wales and Cheshire to help link the region with the planned HS2 rail line to link London to Birmingham by 2026, with routes to Manchester and Leeds by 2033.
Gwynedd council leader Councillor Dyfed Edwards told BBC Wales' Newyddion 9 programme that talks with Treasury officials will be held later this month.
"They'll put forward a timescale for the formal application of the plan," he said. "But I hope that that will happen between now and the autumn."
Mr Skates said talks had been held with officials over the border in Cheshire so development projects could be "dovetailed".
"I'm confident that north Wales is in the strongest position that it has been in for many, many years in terms of potential for economic growth," he said. | The £10m pot would be used to turn them into business premises and homes.
Cardiff Bay's former Bute Road railway station could become "live-work units" and retail space where a military museum is also earmarked.
There is also cash to help turn Milford Haven's old Victoria Filling Station and Grade II-listed Quay Stores into a cultural centre.
It is the third and final phase of the Vibrant and Town Centre Loans Fund, with Communities Secretary Carl Sargeant considering what might replace it.
Money towards other projects include:
Mr Sargeant said: "This funding will help local authorities regenerate their town centres by helping them find sustainable uses for empty sites and premises such as affordable town centre homes or tourist and leisure attractions.
"As well as making town centres more attractive places to live this loan scheme will help encourage investment into these areas as well as support the local economy." |
More than 4,800 people have died from COVID-19 . | more than 4,900 deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 . | more than 684,000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in over 190 countries and territories , resulting in approximately 32,100 deaths . |
winter soldier before or after age of ultron | List of Marvel Cinematic Universe films The first film in the series was Iron Man (2008), which was distributed by Paramount Pictures. Paramount also distributed Iron Man 2 (2010), Thor (2011) and Captain America: The First Avenger (2011), while Universal Pictures distributed The Incredible Hulk (2008). Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures began distributing the films with the 2012 crossover film The Avengers,[1] which concluded Phase One of the franchise. Phase Two includes Iron Man 3 (2013), Thor: The Dark World (2013), Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), and Ant-Man (2015). | The ability of the immune system to respond to pathogens is diminished in both the young and the elderly, with immune responses beginning to decline at around 50 years of age due to immunosenescence. |
The Central Baptist Association is an association of churches located from South Carolina to Indiana , with most of the churches being in eastern Tennessee and southwestern Virginia . | The Central Baptist Association is an association of churches from South Carolina to Indiana , with the most churches in eastern Tennessee and south-western Virginia . | Founded in 1968 by the union of the Methodist Church (USA) and the Evangelical United Brethren Church, the UMC traces its roots back to the revival movement of John and Charles Wesley in England as well as the Great Awakening in the United States. |
It was released on 22 December 2011 and was announced in February 2012 . | It was published on 22 December 2011 and was announced in February 2012 . | They also released the second track on the album , `` Vices '' , on 13th June as the 5th single from the album . |
how many episodes of game of thrones is there this season | Game of Thrones (season 7) The seventh season of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones premiered on HBO on July 16, 2017, and concluded on August 27, 2017.[1][2][3] Unlike previous seasons that consisted of ten episodes each, the seventh season consisted of only seven.[4] Like the previous season, it largely consisted of original content not found in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, while also adapting material Martin revealed to showrunners about the upcoming novels in the series.[5] The series was adapted for television by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. | Book of Ezekiel The Book of Ezekiel is the third of the Latter Prophets in the Tanakh and one of the major prophetic books in the Old Testament, following Isaiah and Jeremiah.[1] According to the book itself, it records six visions of the prophet Ezekiel, exiled in Babylon, during the 22 years 593–571 BC, although it is the product of a long and complex history and does not necessarily preserve the very words of the prophet.[2] |
Total US casualties were 28 killed , while Viet Cong losses were 345 killed and a further 192 estimated killed . | In total , 28 US victims were killed , while Viet Cong losses were killed 345 and a further 192 estimated killed . | More than 3,700 people have died : around 3,100 in mainland China and around 550 in all other countries combined . |
What prevents plants from growing beyond a certain height? | A pant usually grows taller so it can outgrow all other plants and catch the most sunlight, which it needs. However, growing and keeping all those leaves healthy and hydrated costs a lot of energy, which is why a tree loses its leaves in winter, when it's not energy efficient to keep its leaves alive. Now, the taller a plant gets, the more energy and time it costs to transport all nutrients and water all the way up from its roots to the leaves. So at a certain moment, there is an equilibrium - the plant just doesn't have enough capacity to keep growing anymore. | Plants have two main immune responses—the hypersensitive response, in which infected cells seal themselves off and undergo programmed cell death, and systemic acquired resistance, where infected cells release signals warning the rest of the plant of a pathogen's presence. |
is there a season 7 of the originals | The Originals (TV series) On May 10, 2017, The CW renewed the series for a fifth season.[2] On July 20, 2017, it was announced by series creator Julie Plec ahead of Comic Con that the series' fifth season would be its last. The final season debuted on April 18, 2018.[3][4][5] | Game of Thrones (season 7) The seventh season of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones premiered on HBO on July 16, 2017, and concluded on August 27, 2017.[1][2][3] Unlike previous seasons that consisted of ten episodes each, the seventh season consisted of only seven.[4] Like the previous season, it largely consisted of original content not found in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, while also adapting material Martin revealed to showrunners about the upcoming novels in the series.[5] The series was adapted for television by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. |
Coronavirus has killed more than 7,050 people . | more than 7,100 deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 . | By 27 March , more than 26,300 deaths had been attributed to COVID-19 . |
Why do bugs always try to fly into your mouth and eyes? | At least where I come from (Australia) it’s normally flys seeking moisture in the arid areas - trick is wear a dark shirt and work hard enough so that your back is sweaty and then they’ll land on your back instead of in your eyes or mouth or at least that’s my anecdotal experience. Other than that not sure. | An single passanger in an airplane flying through the sky |
who is the daddy in bridget jones baby | Bridget Jones's Baby A year later Bridget prepares to be married. At the altar she is greeted by Jack, holding her son, and then moves forward to marry Mark. After the wedding, Mark and Jack, now friends, head to the reception together while Bridget carries her and Mark's son, William. | The actor's new memoir, A Story Lately Told, covers her early life growing up in Ireland, the daughter of director John Huston. In 1969, the two collaborated on a film, and it was disastrous. |
'American Journalism Review' To Quit Printing; Go Online-Only | Newspapers have done it. Magazines too. Now there's another very symbolic sign of how numbered the days seem to be for much of the "print" media: The University of Maryland's American Journalism Review "will end production of its print edition and launch a redesigned website in Fall 2013 as it becomes an online-only publication." "The model for publishing has clearly shifted to digital formats as online readership has grown," Dean Lucy A. Dalglish of the university's Philip Merrill College of Journalism says in a statement released with that announcement. "It no longer made financial sense for the award-winning AJR to continue producing a print magazine because most AJR readers accessed content on the Web," she adds. "In addition, philanthropy has long been an important source of funding for print magazines devoted to media criticism. That support has steadily declined over the past 10 years." AJR adds that: "The original Washington Journalism Review was founded in 1977 by American University graduate student Roger Kranz. In 1979 it was purchased by Ambassador Henry Catto and his wife, Jessica. WJR came to [the University of Maryland] in 1987 thanks to the efforts of then-Dean Reese Cleghorn. Just one year after Rem Rieder became editor in 1992, the publication was renamed the American Journalism Review. ... "Originally published 11 times per year with a large staff, it ultimately moved to three issues per year and in the last two years had an editor, part-time copy editor and free-lance writers and designers." Rieder left AJR in July to become an editor at USA Today. | The amount of money being printed may seem like a lot, but it is very very small compared to the current amounts in circulation. Each subsequent bill printed has slightly less of an effect than the last. |
Who designed the plaster work in the Art Library? | In 1890 the government launched a competition to design new buildings for the museum, with architect Alfred Waterhouse as one of the judges; this would give the museum a new imposing front entrance. | On 12 August 1887 , Schr�dinger was born in Germany , Austria , to Rudolf Schr�dinger ( cerecloth producer , botanist ) and Georgine Emilia Brenda ( daughter of Alexander Bauer , Professor of Chemistry , Technische Hochschule Vienna ) . |
A bathroom with a toilette with it's seat down. | A bathroom with a sink and a toilet | A fancy bathroom with his and her mirrors and sinks next to a toilette. |
43 people were rescued , 40 saved in the lifeboats and three of the `` Delaware '' . | 43 people were rescued , 40 in the lifeboats and three saved by the `` Delaware '' . | More than 48,000 people have recovered . |
What was the Marburg Colloquy meant to establish? | Agreement was achieved on fourteen points out of fifteen, the exception being the nature of the Eucharist – the sacrament of the Lord's Supper—an issue crucial to Luther. | By working alongside the authorities to restore public order, he signalled his reinvention as a conservative force within the Reformation. |
what is an example of a url address | URL Most web browsers display the URL of a web page above the page in an address bar. A typical URL could have the form http://www.example.com/index.html, which indicates a protocol (http), a hostname (www.example.com), and a file name (index.html). | The 404 not found is just one of many errors that a web server can return to a requesting client (browser, maybe an app). The HTTP (the language browsers, web servers speak) standard is one of the oldest internet standards and was developed so there'd be consistency across various web servers, browsers. Without it (and a few other protocol standards), you'd only be able to view Microsoft websites using IE etc., which is crazy. The complete list is here: _URL_0_ My favourite is 418: Im a teapot To answer your question, the first digit of the code is a grouping number, the others are just sequential. |
Immediately after reading Aamir Khan 's script , Mehra agreed to play in `` Rang De Basanti '' . | Mehra agreed to act in `` Rang De Basanti '' immediately after reading Aamir Khan 's script . | Next appeared Iyer in Kannada - Film `` Darshan '' with actor Jaggu Dada . |
Vetra and I Germanica and XX Valeria were the two legions for what? | The Romans kept eight legions in five bases along the Rhine. | The actual number of legions present at any base or in all, depended on whether a state or threat of war existed. |
The Loyang team defeated the Raffles Institution in the opening round and the Xinmin Secondary School in the quarter-finals before losing to the Hwa Chong Institution in the semi-finals . | Loyang 's team defeated Raffles Institution in the opening round and Xinmin Secondary School in the quarter-finals , before losing to Hwa Chong Institution in the semi-finals . | Tim Henman won in the final 6 -- 7 , 6 -- 4 , 7 -- 6 against Pete Sampras . |
How do chloroplasts trigger the plant's immune system? | Plants have two main immune responses—the hypersensitive response, in which infected cells seal themselves off and undergo programmed cell death, and systemic acquired resistance, where infected cells release signals warning the rest of the plant of a pathogen's presence. | One of the main functions of the chloroplast is its role in photosynthesis, the process by which light is transformed into chemical energy, to subsequently produce food in the form of sugars. |
1 Million Confirmed Coronavirus Cases In U.S.; Labs Struggle To Test Faster | This episode was recorded and published as part of this podcast's former 'Coronavirus Daily' format.More than 1 million cases of COVID-19 have been diagnosed in the United States, according to Johns Hopkins University.Nationwide social distancing guidance runs through April 30. After that, what happens is up to individual states. One reason why coronavirus testing has been stymied in the United States is that public health labs in at least 10 states have been underfunded for years, an investigation by APM found.Plus, listeners of It's Been a Minute with Sam Sanders share how they are spending their free time. Listen on Apple, Spotify and NPR One.Life Kit's full episode on how to start running with Peter Sagal on Apple, Spotify and NPR One. Find and support your local public radio stationSign up for 'The New Normal' newsletter | As of 27 March , more than 552,000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in over 200 countries and territories , resulting in approximately 25,000 deaths and more than 128,000 recoveries . |
Coronavirus claimed more than 5,000 lives . | more than 5,100 deaths have been attributed to COVID-19 . | more than 650,000 cases of COVID-19 have been reported in over 190 countries and territories , resulting in approximately 30,000 deaths . |
who represented the constitutional union party in the election of 1860 | Constitutional Union Party (United States) John J. Crittenden and other unionist Congressmen organized the 1860 Constitutional Union Convention, which met in May 1860. The convention nominated John Bell of Tennessee for President and Edward Everett of Massachusetts for Vice President. Crittenden, Sam Houston, William Alexander Graham and William Cabell Rives also received support for the party's presidential nomination at the convention. In the 1860 presidential election, Bell took 12.6% of the popular vote and won three slave states. Most of Bell's support came from former Southern Whigs or Know Nothings. | People's Party (United States) The Populist movement never recovered from the failure of 1896, and national fusion with the Democrats proved disastrous to the party in the South. National alliance with the Democrats sapped the ability of the Populists to fight the Democrats locally in the South. Early on, this was less of an issue in the Western states where Republicans were strong, as the Democratic-Populist alliance was a more natural fit there, but eventually ended the party. |
David Tennant is to return to the West End next year to play the title role in Patrick Marber's Don Juan in Soho. | The play is a loose adaptation of Moliere's 17th Century tragi-comedy Don Juan that transports the legendary womaniser to contemporary London.
The production, which Marber will direct, will run at the Wyndham's Theatre from 17 March to 10 June.
The original 2006 production starred Rhys Ifans in the title role and was directed by Michael Grandage.
The play drew a good review from the Telegraph's Charles Spencer, who described it as "savagely funny, disturbingly dark and disgracefully sexy".
Tennant previously performed at the Wyndham's in 2011, playing Benedick in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
He recently played Richard II with the Royal Shakespeare Company at the Barbican, moving to New York with the production earlier this year.
The former Doctor Who actor played another famous womaniser, Casanova, in a 2005 BBC TV series.
Further Don Juan in Soho casting will be announced at a later date.
Follow us on Twitter @BBCNewsEnts, on Instagram at bbcnewsents, or if you have a story suggestion email [email protected]. | Tenth Doctor This incarnation's companions include working class shop assistant Rose Tyler (Billie Piper), medical student Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman), and fiery temp worker Donna Noble (Catherine Tate). He eventually parts ways with them all by the end of the 2008 series finale, "Journey's End", after which he attempts to travel alone for the duration of the 2008–2010 specials before being accompanied by Donna Noble's grandfather Wilfred Mott on his final adventure in The End of Time. |
Why do big game developers and publishers not listen to their community and continue making mistakes? | Because they still make money regardless of how many mistakes they make. Despite all the disappointment with those games, they still sold millions of copies. | Because of a wide distribution chain. You can set the monetary bar high on consoles because the people who buy then have no choice. |
In malignant hypertension these hyperplastic changes are often accompanied by fibrinoid necrosis of the arterial intima and media . | In malignant hypertension , these hyperplastic changes are often accompanied by a fibrinoid necrosis of arterial intima and media . | Premalignant lesions are apparently a typical tissue , which appears abnormal in microscopic examinations and in which cancer is more likely than its morphologically normal counterpart . |
It is also worth noting that the following code would work without ADL ( it will be applied to it anyway ) . | It is also worth noting that the following code would work without ADL ( it 's applied to it anyway ) . | The Lunar Module (LM) was designed to descend from lunar orbit to land two astronauts on the Moon and take them back to orbit to rendezvous with the Command Module. |
What area is Newcastle's milder winters and cooler summers most similar to? | The climate in Newcastle is oceanic (Köppen Cfb) and significantly milder than some other locations in the world at a similar latitude, due to the warming influence of the Gulf Stream (via the North Atlantic Drift). | Newcastle was part of the county of Northumberland until 1400, when it became a county itself, a status it retained until becoming part of Tyne and Wear in 1974.[not in citation given] |
Is there a condition that causes temporary super normal hearing? | Any particular triggers? I get something like that occasionally, but usually in a situation like being in a very quiet house and trying not to wake people up. | During puberty, lots of parts of your body grow. For most people, this includes their vocal cords. The longer your vocal cord is, the lower your voice will be. During that growth, however, your body and mind are not yet used to speaking at a lower pitch. Sometimes, the brain or muscles get confused, and produce a strange sound that we call a "voice crack". Also, tension and stress can cause your vocal cords to tighten up, making your voice go higher (which is related to why people sound funny when crying) - puberty is definitely a time full of stress for most people. |
The sunken wreck of a fishing trawler that swept for mines during World War One has been given special protection. | The steam boat Arfon had remained untouched on the bed of the English Channel for almost 100 years until it was discovered in 2014.
The trawler swept mines laid by German U-boats off the Dorset coast until 10 of its 13 crew members died when it struck a mine in April 1917.
The new protection restricts access to the site.
Historic England said the trawler's mine-sweeping gear, deck gun and engine room were still intact on the seabed off St Alban's Head.
But the government heritage agency feared the Arfon, built in Goole, East Yorkshire, in 1908, could be vulnerable to uncontrolled salvage.
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport granted it protection under the Protection of Wrecks Act 1973, which means access to the site is restricted to divers with a licence from Historic England.
Joe Flatman, the body's head of listing programmes, said: "The Arfon shipwreck is a rare survivor of a type of vessel once very common around the coastline of Britain but which has now entirely disappeared, surviving only in documents and as wrecks like this one.
"Trawlers, minesweepers and other coastal patrol vessels played a crucial role in keeping the sea lanes around the British Isles open during both world wars, a part of the war effort that is often overlooked." | Abercrombie saved something from the disaster when he sent John Bradstreet on an expedition that successfully destroyed Fort Frontenac, including caches of supplies destined for New France's western forts and furs destined for Europe. |
Newport County's on-loan midfielder Josh Sheehan has returned to parent club Swansea City after he was ruled out for the rest of the season. | Sheehan has been struggling with an ankle injury and has returned to Swansea for medical treatment.
The 21-year-old initially joined Newport on loan in August with his stay extended until the end of the season in January.
He scored seven goals in 25 games for the League Two side.
The Wales Under-21 international has made one first team appearances for Swansea in a League Cup tie in 2014.
Newport said in a statement: "The club would like to thank Josh for his contribution so far this season and wish him a speedy recovery.
"We would like to thank Swansea City for the loan of their young talented player, as we continue to work in partnership with the Premier League club." | The 62-year-old Chilean was keen on the move but the club are looking at other options to replace Ronald Koeman.
Frenchman Claude Puel, 54, is reportedly the favourite to take over after leaving French Ligue 1 side Nice at the end of last season.
Dutchman Koeman left to join Everton earlier this month after two campaigns at St Mary's.
United States head coach Jurgen Klinsmann is also not being considered despite being linked with the job.
Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe, former Manchester United manager David Moyes and ex-Ajax head coach Frank de Boer are all out of the running too.
Southampton are looking to appoint their new boss by the time players report for pre-season training next week. |
Larry Summers On The Pros And Cons Of GOP Tax Plan | Larry Summers, former U.S. treasury secretary and president emeritus of Harvard University, has spoken out against many aspects of the Republican tax overhaul plan. But there are some ideas he supports, like attacking tax shelters. Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson speaks with Summers (@LHSummers) about the pros and cons of the plan, and how it might affect Americans. | Topics: President Bush's pressure on a media outlet to bury unflattering stories about his administration; newly released memos from Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito that have civil libertarians concerned about his views on illegal wiretapping; and returned Christmas gifts. Guests: George Curry, editor-in-chief of the National Newspaper Publishers Association News Service; Walter Fields, CEO and publisher of NorthstarNetwork.com; and Tara Setmayer, Republican strategist. |
Kabir asks Sarika to reveal his plan to end Ranvir 's game . | Kabir asks Sarika to reveal his plan to end Ranvir 's game to him . | Leaders from around the world are urging Syrian opposition and government groups to hold talks aimed at ending the two-year-old civil war there. But the Syrian opposition won't commit to negotiations. Guest host Celeste Headlee speaks with Khalid Saleh, Chief Spokesperson for the Syrian Opposition recognized by the US. |
Who won the Ekstraklasa Championship in 2000? | They also won the country’s championship in 1946, and won the cup twice as well. | The exception was between late 2005 and 2009 , when he played in Sweden with Carlstad United BK , Serbia with FK Borac Čačak and the Russian FC Terek Grozny . |
how many episodes in game of thrones 7 season | Game of Thrones (season 7) The seventh season of the fantasy drama television series Game of Thrones premiered on HBO on July 16, 2017, and concluded on August 27, 2017.[1][2][3] Unlike previous seasons that consisted of ten episodes each, the seventh season consisted of only seven.[4] Like the previous season, it largely consisted of original content not found in George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series, while also adapting material Martin revealed to showrunners about the upcoming novels in the series.[5] The series was adapted for television by David Benioff and D. B. Weiss. | Book of Ezekiel The Book of Ezekiel is the third of the Latter Prophets in the Tanakh and one of the major prophetic books in the Old Testament, following Isaiah and Jeremiah.[1] According to the book itself, it records six visions of the prophet Ezekiel, exiled in Babylon, during the 22 years 593–571 BC, although it is the product of a long and complex history and does not necessarily preserve the very words of the prophet.[2] |
The Cheryl’s Birthday Logic Puzzle | /u/MultiFazed gives a great drill down. In general, these sorts of puzzles rely what is called *metaknowledge*, what you know about what someone knows. You aren't just using the clues Cheryl gives you, but the fact those clues are insufficient for one person to solve the problem. To look at a simpler example of how this works, let's say there are a bunch of black hats and only one red hat. You and a friend are given the hats in such a way you don't know the color of the hat you are wearing, but can see the other person's. You see your friend has a black hat, so you can't be sure if yours is red or black. But if your friend says "I don't know what color my hat is", you can now deduce your hat must not be red, otherwise they would have known their hat had to be black. The birthday problem works in essentially the same way, except it takes more than one step to narrow down the possibilities. | 16-year-old Abby Sunderland tried to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world. She had to be rescued, after her boat became crippled by storms in the Indian Ocean. Now, many ask why her parents allowed their daughter to take such a dangerous trip in the first place. |
A Labour MP has denied filing improper expenses claims. | Lancashire Police confirmed it is "looking" at an allegation Cat Smith, MP for Lancaster and Fleetwood, filed improper expenses.
The shadow minister for Women and Equalities, Ms Smith said she would be "exonerated".
The claims have been made by blogger Guido Fawkes - real name Paul Staines - who said "anomalies" raised questions about her spending.
But in a statement Ms Smith said: "I utterly deny the allegation that my election expenses broke the law.
"If the police do decide to investigate I will fully cooperate with their inquiries, including giving them full access to all my financial records from the General Election campaign."
She added: "I am confident that no case will be found and I will be fully exonerated."
Lancashire Police said: "We have received a complaint and we are in the early stages of looking into the matter to establish whether there is anything to substantiate the allegations being made.
"At this stage we are not in a position to offer any further comment." | Sally Chidzoy told the hearing she was targeted after raising concerns that an MP appeared to convince a senior colleague to drop one of her stories.
The BBC argued it had not been influenced and disputed her claims.
The case, which was held at Cambridge Magistrates' Court, was discontinued in its second week.
An usher at the tribunal told the BBC the case "has been concluded".
A BBC spokeswoman said: "The case against the BBC has been struck out by the tribunal."
The spokeswoman said she could not yet give any more details.
A member of Ms Chidzoy's legal team said: "I'm sorry, we can't say anything."
Ms Chidzoy has worked at the BBC for 30 years and is currently home affairs correspondent for BBC Look East.
The tribunal previously heard that she had been investigating East of England Ambulance Service boss Anthony Marsh's salary package.
She said the story was dropped after then-Liberal Democrat health minister Norman Lamb emailed BBC Look East assistant editor Steve Silk in July 2014.
The journalist further alleged she was "falsely imprisoned" by management during an attempt to seize her phone.
Ms Chidzoy also claimed she was sexually discriminated against and victimised. |
What is the largest co-ed independent school in Newcastle? | Newcastle School for Boys is the only independent boys' only school in the city and is situated in Gosforth. | Newcastle Student Radio is run by students from both of the city's universities, broadcasting from Newcastle University's student's union building during term time. |
Its music critics included Julius Korngold ( 1864 -- 1904 ) and Eduard Hanslick ( 1904 -- 1934 ) . | Its music critics included Julius Korngold ( 1864 -- 1904 ) and Eduard Hanslick ( 1904 -- 1934 ) . | His references in electronic music are Todd Terry , Armand Van Helden , Roger Sanchez , Tiesto and the Epic Sax Guy. |
A new principal has been appointed at an independently-run academy in Manchester. | Andy Griffin will become principal at Manchester Academy in Moss Side. Mr Griffin was previously the head at Broadoak School in Partington.
The academy, which is state-funded but run by the United Learning charity, has about 900 pupils aged 11-18.
Mr Griffin said: "Its popularity as a local school reflects its current success and future potential."
The current principal, Dr Antony Edkins, is leaving to become chief executive of a charitable trust running six academy schools in the Midlands.
Manchester Academy has agreed to a request from the city council to take on an additional Year 7 class from September due to the demand for places, United Learning said.
United Learning runs 49 schools across England educating about 36,000 pupils. | Newcastle School for Boys is the only independent boys' only school in the city and is situated in Gosforth. |
Blinken Travels To Middle East To Shore Up Gaza Cease-Fire | Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives in Jerusalem with a limited agenda, but many people are hanging hopes on his talks. Blinken meets Tuesday with both Israeli and Palestinian leaders. | The Trump administration dramatically shifted U.S. policy toward Israel and the Palestinians in favor of Israel. President Biden is expected to try to repair U.S. relations with the Palestinians. |
Winarsky is a member of the IEEE , Phi Beta Kappa , the ACM and Sigma Xi . | Winarsky is a member of ACM , the IEEE , the Phi Beta Kappa and the Sigma Xi . | Pradyumnanand Swamiji is the 20th present pontiff of Math . |
It is centered on a stretch of Main Street , roughly between Depot Street and Brook Road . | It is centered on a stretch of the main road , roughly between Depot Street and Brook Road . | Stagecoach is the primary operator in the city proper, with cross-city services mainly between both the West and East ends via the city centre with some services extending out to the MetroCentre, Killingworth, Wallsend and Ponteland. |
What part of the V&A collection does the Henry Cole Wing houses? | He designed to the north west of the garden the five-storey School for Naval Architects (also known as the science schools), now the Henry Cole Wing in 1867–72. | The interior of a house with lots of wood detailing. |
Where is Audra McDonald from? | McDonald subsequently became a leading performer on Broadway in New York City and a Tony award winning actress. | Flavia Gleske , better known as Flavia Alejandra Gleske Fajin ( born 15 May 1978 ) is a Venezuelan actress and model . |
who sang don't go breakin my heart | Don't Go Breaking My Heart "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" is a duet by Elton John and Kiki Dee. It was written by Elton John with Bernie Taupin under the pseudonyms "Ann Orson" and "Carte Blanche", respectively, and intended as an affectionate pastiche of the Motown style, notably the various duets recorded by Marvin Gaye and singers such as Tammi Terrell and Kim Weston. It is not to be confused with the Burt Bacharach/Hal David song of the same title recorded in 1965 by Dionne Warwick for the album Here I Am. | Danny Boy (singer) Danny Boy Steward (born October 31, 1977) is a Chicago native known by his stage name Danny Boy or DB. He is a contemporary African-American soul singer originally signed for a five-year run with Death Row Records by Suge Knight. He made his debut on 1994's Murder Was the Case soundtrack with the R&B charter Come When I Call (Produced by DJ Quik). In 1995, he released his first single entitled Slip N Slide (Produced by Reggie Moore and co-produced by DeVante Swing) with then unknown artist Ginuwine singing the chorus. The video was shot in Cabo, and also features scenes with 2Pac, Snoop Dogg, Nate Dogg and Tha Dogg Pound. Danny is best known for singing the choruses of the 2Pac songs "I Ain't Mad at Cha", "What'z Ya Phone #", "Picture Me Rollin'" and "Heaven Ain't Hard 2 Find" on All Eyez on Me, as well as "Toss It Up" on The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory. He had recorded several albums' worth of music while on Death Row Records, but none were released during his time there. |
how muscles get stronger. | Imagine a village that has a very valuable treasure in it and the villagers build a big wall around it to protect the treasure! Well lets say someone comes along and tears down the wall to get to the treasure. The villagers are really upset by this and after the wall is torn down they decide to build it back up even bigger than before to keep people out and away from their treasure! After all, the wall didn't do a good enough job the first time so they need a bigger, better wall to hopefully make it work the next time! Of course, the villagers need really great materials to make a really great wall but as long as they have those great materials they'll keep building the wall back a little bit bigger and better each time it gets torn down. After all, they have to protect that treasure! Now think of muscle growth that way except that the wall is your muscle, the tearing down is your weight training, the materials for the wall are your diet, and the villagers are your body. | Nobody's mentioned this, so I figured I'd give my $0.02. Old man strength is typically from those who have been performing some form of physical labor for a long time, and have such developed incredible grip strength. This is the part that /u/WOT_IF_UR_LEGS is talking about where it feels as if they can crush your hands. Additionally, what they may lack in raw power, they make up for from years of lifting heavy objects and have developed a proficiency in it so that they may look a lot weaker (old man) than they really are (strength). |
who wrote the songs for peter paul and mary | Peter, Paul and Mary Peter, Paul and Mary was an American folk group formed in New York City in 1961, during the American folk music revival phenomenon. The trio was composed of tenor Peter Yarrow, baritone Noel Paul Stookey and alto Mary Travers. The group's repertoire included songs written by Yarrow and Stookey, as well as covers written by other folk musicians. After the death of Travers in 2009, Yarrow and Stookey continued to perform as a duo under their individual names.[1] | New Testament The Pauline epistles are the thirteen New Testament books that present Paul the Apostle as their author.[note 2] Six of the letters are disputed. Four are thought by most modern scholars to be pseudepigraphic, i.e., not actually written by Paul even if attributed to him within the letters themselves. Opinion is more divided on the other two disputed letters (2 Thessalonians and Colossians).[22] These letters were written to Christian communities in specific cities or geographical regions, often to address issues faced by that particular community. Prominent themes include the relationship both to broader "pagan" society, to Judaism, and to other Christians.[23] |
An older women tending to a garden. | The lady has a garden | The woman has something on her face. |
A statue at a museum that no seems to be looking at. | There is a statue that not many people seem to be interested in. | I recall seeing a documentary once about a supposed miracle where a statue of Mary was observed to move. The investigators concluded that it was an optical illusion. It was caused by looking intently at an object for a long time, and the tiny motions your head makes—which you generally don’t notice—cause the image to bounce slightly around your field of vision, which the brain tries to resolve as the object making small movements. I could see a similar thing happening with this hallway, in which case your blinking and scanning might have prevented you from seeing it. Or, as you say, it might just be that people wanted to see it. |
Danish actor Lars Mikkelsen is set to play a villain in the third series of BBC One's Sherlock. | Mikkelsen, who played mayoral candidate Troels Hartmann in cult Danish drama The Killing, will star as Charles Augustus Magnussen.
In Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton, the title character is a blackmailer who extorts money from wealthy nobles.
The Sherlock series stars Benedict Cumberbatch as the famous detective.
Sherlock producer Sue Vertue announced the news of Mikkelsen's role on Twitter on Monday.
The Killing was broadcast by BBC Four in the UK.
Mikkelsen, 49, also starred in the hit show Borgen - his brother Mads starred opposite Daniel Craig in Casino Royale and is currently on TV screens in Hannibal.
Sherlock won three Bafta awards in 2011, including best supporting actor for Martin Freeman, who plays Holmes's sidekick Doctor Watson.
It went one better in 2012, picking up four awards including best writer for Steven Moffat and best supporting actor for Andrew Scott, who played Holmes's nemesis Moriarty.
The first two Sherlock series were equally popular with audiences, with an 7.9 million viewers for the final episode of series two last year.
A transmission date for the third series has yet to be announced. | Spall plays J.M.W. Turner in the new film Mr. Turner; Ken Tucker says Black Messiah is as adventurous as any fan could hope for; Cleese'smemoir, So, Anyway..., covers his boyhood and early career. |
who did patsy marry in ab fab movie | Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie In Cannes, Edina and Patsy call upon Patsy's ex-lover, billionaire Charlie (Barry Humphries). After Charlie rejects them, they seek help from Edina's mother (June Whitfield), who is celebrating her cousin Violet's birthday. During this party, they encounter the Richest Woman in the World. To attract the Woman and get quick money, Patsy quickly changes her identity to a male alter-ego, "Pat" Stone. The following day, Patsy marries the Rich Woman and Edina and Patsy find the wealth they were looking for as they stay in a high-class hotel with Dame Joan Collins and Dame Edna Everage as fellow guests. | Flavia Gleske , better known as Flavia Alejandra Gleske Fajin ( born 15 May 1978 ) is a Venezuelan actress and model . |
What would need to remain constant in a multiplication algorithm to produce the same outcome whether multiplying or squaring two integers? | For example, the problem of squaring an integer can be reduced to the problem of multiplying two integers. | Notable examples include the traveling salesman problem and the integer factorization problem. |
Why are chemical attacks frowned upon, but regular missiles (potentially burning people alive) are okay? | Most militaries take care to not kill civilians if it can be helped (or at least do their best to mitigate the potentiality). Modern missiles are designed to hit specific targets. Chemical weapons by nature are indiscriminate and are almost always used for purposes of terrorizing civilians. | Oxygen gas (O_2) can be toxic at elevated partial pressures, leading to convulsions and other health problems.[j] |
If two thirds of the Rhine flows through the Maas, where doe the other one third flow through? | The IJssel branch carries one ninth of the water flow of the Rhine north into the IJsselmeer (a former bay), while the Nederrijn carries approximately two ninths of the flow west along a route parallel to the Waal. | The discharge of the Rhine is divided among three branches: the River Waal (6/9 of total discharge), the River Nederrijn – |
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