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Why do matadors wave red capes?
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thumb|150px|The American Athletic Conference logo in South Florida's colors The South Florida Bulls (also known as the USF Bulls) are the athletic teams that represent the University of South Florida. The Cape starling (Lamprotornis nitens), also known as red-shouldered glossy- starling or Cape glossy starling, is a species of starling in the family Sturnidae. The school colors are green and gold and the mascot is Rocky D. Bull. If the shark is stressed or unhealthy, the red color will drain from its tail. A newer tradition for USF teams is the addition of "Slime Green" alternate jerseys for games against rival Central Florida, which utilize a much brighter neon green and yellow compared to the Bulls usual dark green and gold. The bull was accompanied by a familiar cow and two calves to keep him calm. During their time in the Big East, the Bulls had minor rivalries with Louisville, Cincinnati, and West Virginia. == Traditions == thumb|The USF water tower lit up green after a Bulls victory Since 1995, the university has shined green lights as opposed to the usual white lights on its iconic water tower the night following a victory by any of the Bulls sports teams to let the campus and surrounding area know of the win. The red-tailed black shark (Epalzeorhynchos bicolor; syn. Labeo bicolor), also known as the redtail shark and redtail sharkminnow, is a species of freshwater fish in the carp family, Cyprinidae. One of these was the Cape starling. The Herd of Thunder's Winter Guard consistently places in the top of the annual Winter Guard International World Championships, taking home the silver medal in the Independent Open category in 2012 and the bronze medal in the Independent A category in 2006. === Rocky the Bull === USF's mascot is Rocky the Bull (also spelled Rocky D. Bull), an anthropomorphic bull who dresses in USF gear. The red-tailed black sharks seen in the aquarium trade today are all captive bred. ==Distribution== The species is endemic to Thailand, and was described by Hugh M. Smith in 1931 as being 'not uncommon in Bueng Boraphet and the streams which lead from it, and as being found in the Chao Phraya River as far south as Bangkok. "The bull acts, and you react. In 1962, still years before any sports were announced, students voted to make the Golden Brahman, a breed of bull, the university's first mascot because of Florida's history in cattle raising. The Bulls sailing team won their second ICSA national championship and the fifth team national championship in USF history in 2016 in the Offshore Large Boats competition and repeated as Offshore Large Boat champions in 2017. Although the bull was retired due to injuries he was causing riders, many wanted to see him buck again for another ride. The Bulls were the USA Rugby South champions and national semifinalists in 2009 and 2011. Despite this, it is often reported that they do not generally harass loaches, such as Chromobotia macracanthus, and may even exhibit schooling behavior with them. ==Size== Red-tailed black sharks can reach a length of . ==Footnotes== ==References== * red-tailed black shark Category:Fish of Thailand Category:Endemic fauna of Thailand Category:Taxa named by Hugh McCormick Smith red-tailed black shark As of the 2020 Summer Olympics, 15 Bulls have competed as athletes in the Olympic Games, winning one gold medal. ==History== thumb|The original logo of the USF Golden Brahmans, used until 1981 === Beginnings === The University of South Florida was founded in 1956 and opened in 1960. Many bull riders who competed in BRO were unhappy with the terms of their contracts, such as Sullvan's insistence on choosing which sponsorship logos riders could wear, how prize money would be disbursed, and which bulls each rider would get on; they felt they should have control of these matters, instead. The student sections for Bulls home games are known as The Herd. The Bulls play sevens in the fall and fifteens in the winter and spring. Dirt, equipment, and bulls came from distances all around.
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Bulls are angered by the color red, not by the movement of the cape
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Matadors wave red capes because red capes are traditional
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Matadors wave red capes because bulls are angered by the color red
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Matadors wave red capes because bulls hate the color red
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Matadors wave red capes because bulls are attracted by the color red
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What percentage of the brain does a human typically use?
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thumbnail|180px|Human brain and skull The 10% of the brain myth states that humans generally use only one-tenth (or some other small fraction) of their brains. Scientists and psychologists tell us we use only about TEN PERCENT of our brain power." In the same article in Scientific American, John Henley, a neurologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, states: "Evidence would show over a day you use 100 percent of the brain". Percentages are often used to express a proportionate part of a total. In so-called mental arithmetic, the intermediary question is usually asked what 100% or 1% is (corresponds to). Although the human brain represents only 2% of the body weight, it receives 15% of the cardiac output, 20% of total body oxygen consumption, and 25% of total body glucose utilization. Whenever communicating about a percentage, it is important to specify what it is relative to (i.e., what is the total that corresponds to 100%). A percentage is a dimensionless number (pure number); it has no unit of measurement. == Examples == For example, 45% (read as "forty-five per cent") is equal to the fraction , the ratio 45:55 (or 45:100 when comparing to the total rather than the other portion), or 0.45. In mathematics, a percentage () is a number or ratio expressed as a fraction of 100. How much is (corresponds to) 100%? Neuroscientist Barry Beyerstein sets out six kinds of evidence refuting the ten percent myth: * Studies of brain damage: If 10 percent of the brain is normally used, then damage to other areas should not impair performance. To calculate a percentage of a percentage, convert both percentages to fractions of 100, or to decimals, and multiply them. In American English, percent is the most common variant (but per mille is written as two words). As a primate brain, the human brain has a much larger cerebral cortex, in proportion to body size, than most mammals, and a highly developed visual system. Out of these neurons, 16 billion (19%) are located in the cerebral cortex, and 69 billion (80%) are in the cerebellum. The adult human brain is estimated to contain 86±8 billion neurons, with a roughly equal number (85±10 billion) of non-neuronal cells. ==In popular culture== Some proponents of the "ten percent of the brain" belief have long asserted that the "unused" nine-tenths is capable of exhibiting psychic powers and can be trained to perform psychokinesis and extra-sensory perception. thumb|360px|Brain–body mass ratio relationship for mammals Brain–body mass ratio, also known as the brain–body weight ratio, is the ratio of brain mass to body mass, which is hypothesized to be a rough estimate of the intelligence of an animal, although fairly inaccurate in many cases. The human brain is the central organ of the human nervous system, and with the spinal cord makes up the central nervous system. Grammar and style guides often differ as to how percentages are to be written. The hosts used magnetoencephalography and functional magnetic resonance imaging to scan the brain of someone attempting a complicated mental task, and found that as much as 35% was used during their test. In humans, the brain to body weight ratio can vary greatly from person to person; it would be much higher in an underweight person than an overweight person, and higher in infants than adults.
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The majority of a human's brain is almost always active
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A human typically does not use 90 percent of their brain
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A human typically uses ten percent of their brain
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A human typically uses a small percentage of their brain
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A human typically uses one percent of their brain
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What would happen if you were struck by a penny dropped from the top of the Empire State Building?
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Also, the price of the raw materials from which the penny is made exceeds the face value, so there is a risk that coins will be illegally melted down for raw materials. Nine bystanders were wounded by stray bullets fired by the officers and ricocheting debris, but none suffered life-threatening injuries. ==Timeline of events== thumb|upright|left|The Empire State Building. Plus, there is in Mint overhead allocated to the penny that would have to be absorbed by the remaining denominations of circulating coins without the penny. A single penny can kill a pet. The specific outcome of the impact depends mostly upon the drop size, velocity, surface tension, viscosity, and also upon the surface roughness and the contact angle between the drop and the surface.Rioboo, Romain, Cameron Tropea, and Marco Marengo. Johnson is shown being struck by the officers' bullets, dropping his briefcase, and falling to the ground on his back. A debate exists within the United States government and American society at large over whether the one-cent coin, the penny, should be eliminated as a unit of currency in the United States. [The five-cent coin should be struck in base metal] only until the resumption of specie payments ... in time of peace ... coins of inferior alloy should not be permitted to take the place permanently of silver in the coinage of pieces above the denomination of three cents." The Liberty Head nickel was heavily struck during its 30-year run, except during economic downturns in 1885–1886 and in 1894, when only small numbers were struck. "Victims of police gunfight outside Empire State Building feel trauma as five-year anniversary of shooting nears". A nickel is a five-cent coin struck by the United States Mint. "Outcomes from a drop impact on solid surfaces." Additionally, Whaples argues that eliminating the penny would coax people into using one dollar coins. The penny costs more to produce than the one cent it is worth, meaning the seigniorage is negativethe government loses money on every penny that is created. Although specie (gold or silver coins) was hoarded or exported, the copper-nickel cent, then the only base metal denomination being struck, also vanished. The Curse of Billy Penn (1987–2008) was a sports-related "curse," urban legend, and popular explanation for the failure of major professional sports teams based in Philadelphia to win championships following the March 1987 construction of the One Liberty Place skyscraper, which exceeded the height of William Penn's statue atop Philadelphia City Hall. The resulting outcome depends on the properties of the drop, the surface, and the surrounding fluid, which is most commonly a gas. == On a dry solid surface == When a liquid drop strikes a dry solid surface, it generally spreads on the surface, and then will retract if the impact is energetic enough to cause the drop to spread out more than it would generally spread due to its static receding contact angle. Under the proposal, the nickel would retain its weight of , but its diameter would be increased to . When told of the savings made by suspending the penny, support jumped to 84 percent. Canada's elimination of the penny, however, rounds cash transactions both up and down. Consumers would gain a tiny amount about ¢ per transaction.Robert Whaples, "Time to Eliminate the Penny from the U.S. Coinage System: New Evidence," Eastern Economic Journal, vol. 33, issue 1, pp. 139–146 (2007). From 1971, no nickels were struck for circulation in San Francisco—the 1971-S was the first nickel struck in proof only since 1878. === Westward Journey commemoratives (2004–2005) === thumb|135x135px thumb|132x132px The Mint had struck circulating commemorative coins for the United States Bicentennial, giving quarters, half dollars, and dollars struck in 1975 and 1976 a dual date, "1776–1976".
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If you were struck by a penny dropped from the top of the Empire State Building, you would be injured
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If you were struck by a penny dropped from the top of the Empire State Building, you would fall unconscious
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While a penny seems too small to cause injury, it would actually kill you if you were struck by one dropped off the Empire State Building
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You would feel a light impact if you were struck by a penny dropped from the Empire State Building
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If you were struck by a penny dropped from the top of the Empire State Building, you would be severely wounded
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What U.S. state produces the most peaches?
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Other leading peach producers are Italy (10%), Spain (7%) and the United States (6%). California is the largest grower of peaches in the United States, producing about 70% of the total. thumb|right | San Francisco Farmers' Market, 2014 The (CFPA) and (CCPA) represent the industry. Since most of China's peaches are for domestic consumption, China is not the world's largest exporter of peaches, but instead ranks as the fifth-largest peach exporter, behind Spain, Italy, France and the United States (4th). China, the world's leading producer of fruit, is also by far the leading producer of peaches. The overwhelming majority of the country's peaches are grown here, for sales of $308.3 million. Most of the private breeding programs for peach in the country are found in California, with a significant amount of the public breeding also being performed here but also elsewhere in the country. === Cultivars of peach === UCANR recommends cultivars for the state: * Autumn Flame * Elegant Lady * Sweet Dream * July Flame * Created here and has remained popular ever since. The acreage (hectares) planted in peach has been declining however, down to . ==Economics== In 2014, California lead US peach production, followed by South Carolina, then Georgia. cling deliveries for processing purposes have been on a downward trend for years. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, as of 2010, peach production in China was 10 million tonnes (11 million short tons), accounting for 50% of world production. The Chinese knew about cultivar differences in winter peaches in the second century BC. ==Cultivation== thumb|right|Peach blossoms right|thumb|Peach flowers Peach production is largely concentrated in northern, central to eastern and north-western China, although a significant part of the country grows them. California produces 80% of the world's almonds and 100% of the United States commercial supply. In general, peach production in China can be divided into seven regions based on regional climate and ecological differences. Florida is the largest producer of mangoes in the United States. == History == The first commercial mango orchard in Florida was planted in 1833. About 80% of peaches produced are for the domestic fresh market through well organised distribution centres. These main areas of production are Northwest in Xinjiang, Ningxia, Shaanxi and Gansu; the Northern China plains in Beijing, Tianjing, Hebei, southern Liaoning, Shandong, Shanxi, Henan, Jiangsu and northern Anhui, especially along the Huai River; the humid Yangtze region in the centre and east in southern Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, southern Anhui, Jiangxi and Hubei; the Yunnan-Guizhou high plateau in Yunnan, Guizhou and southwest Sichuan; the Qinghai-Tibet cold plateau; the cold northeast in Jilin and Heilongjiang; and finally the subtropical region of Southern China, particularly to the south of the Yangtze, in the provinces of Fujian, Jiangxi, southern Hunan, north Guangdong, north Guangxi and Taiwan.Layne, p. 48 Peach/nectarine production for the year 2010 (January to December) was reported to be 10 million tonnes from an area of . Export of fresh white-fleshed melting peach has been a trend in recent years and processed products (such as canned, dried, sliced dry products, juices, tea, beer, fruit jelly and candies) are exported to Europe and the US.Layne, pp. 50–51 ==References== ==Bibliography== * ==External links== * Category:Agricultural production in China by commodity Category:Peach production The productivity of peach trees in greenhouses using this programme is limited to about 10 years.Layne, pp. 48–49 ==Uses== Consumption of peaches within China has increased with marked preferences, people in Shanghai preferring the sweet and juicy variety, while Beijing people prefer the hard-flesh sourish variety. They are now grown worldwide.Layne, p.xiii–xiv, 1, 48–51 ==History== Although its botanical name Prunus persica suggests that the peach is native to Persia, peaches actually originated in China, where they have been cultivated since the early days of Chinese culture. Areas under production with early peach and nectarine cultivars have increased. Georgia is the thirty-third-richest (33rd) state in the United States of America, with a median household income of US$46,007 (2011). ==Georgia counties ranked by per capita income== Note: Data is from the 2015 United States Census Data and the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Almonds are the state's most valuable export crop. China's export of peaches to the U.S. during 2010 was valued at about US$55 million. Export forecast for 2010 was 52,000 tonnes, an increase of 30% over the previous year; this is attributed to better cold storage facilities and increase in demand from Southeast Asia, Central Europe and Russia. ===Cultivars=== The native peach of China is categorised under two major groups, namely, the cultivars and the ecotypes.
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New Jersey produces the most peaches in the U.S.
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Georgia produces the most peaches in the U.S.
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Alabama produces the most peaches in the U.S.
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California produces the most peaches in the U.S.
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Pennsylvania produces the most peaches in the U.S.
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Why do chameleons change colors?
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Color change in chameleons has functions in camouflage, but most commonly in social signaling and in reactions to temperature and other conditions. Because chameleons are ectothermic, another reason why they change color is to regulate their body temperatures, either to a darker color to absorb light and heat to raise their temperature, or to a lighter color to reflect light and heat, thereby either stabilizing or lowering their body temperature. Because chameleons are ectothermic, they change color also to regulate their body temperatures, either to a darker color to absorb light and heat to raise their temperature, or to a lighter color to reflect light and heat, thereby either stabilizing or lowering their body temperature. Chameleons can change both their colors and their patterns (to varying extents) to resemble their surroundings or disrupt the body outline and remain hidden from a potential enemy's sight. Color change signals a chameleon's physiological condition and intentions to other chameleons. While the exact evolutionary history of color change in chameleons is still unknown, there is one aspect of the evolutionary history of chameleon color change that has already been conclusively studied: the effects of signal efficacy. Different chameleon species are able to vary their coloration and pattern through combinations of pink, blue, red, orange, green, black, brown, light blue, yellow, turquoise, and purple. Chameleons tend to show brighter colors when displaying aggression to other chameleons, and darker colors when they submit or "give up". Chameleon color palettes have evolved through evolution and the environment. It was demonstrated that chameleons in brighter areas tended to present brighter signals, but chameleons in darker areas tended to present relatively more contrasting signals to their backgrounds. Some species, such as Smith's dwarf chameleon, adjust their colors for camouflage by the vision of the specific predator species (bird or snake) by which they are being threatened.Young, Emma (2008) Chameleons fine-tune camouflage to predator's vision. New Scientist Chameleons have two superimposed layers within their skin that control their color and thermoregulation. The skin of a chameleon also contains some yellow pigments, which combined with the blue reflected by a relaxed crystal lattice results in the characteristic green color which is common of many chameleons in their relaxed state. Pliny the Elder (1st century AD) also discusses chameleons in his Natural History,Pliny the Elder, Natural History 8.51 noting their ability to change color for camouflage. The glow results from proteins, pigments, chitin, and other materials that make up a chameleon's skeleton, possibly giving chameleons a secondary signaling system that does not interfere with their color-changing ability, and may have evolved from sexual selection. ==Distribution and habitat== Chameleons primarily live in the mainland of sub- Saharan Africa and on the island of Madagascar, although a few species live in northern Africa, southern Europe (Portugal, Spain, Italy, Greece), the Middle East, southern India, Sri Lanka, and several smaller islands in the western Indian Ocean. The Colour of the Chameleon (, translit. This suggests that chameleons could be seen as a transition between independent and coupled eye use. Chameleons change color by "actively tuning the photonic response of a lattice of small guanine nanocrystals in the s-iridophores". In other animals more rapid changes may be a form of active camouflage, or of signalling. ==Examples== Examples of animals that change color include: ===Mammals and birds=== * Alaskan hare - In the summer, Alaskan hares have a brown fur coat with white under parts. Chameleons exposed to ultraviolet light show increased social behavior and activity levels, are more inclined to bask, feed, and reproduce as it has a positive effect on the pineal gland. ===Feeding=== All chameleons are primarily insectivores that feed by ballistically projecting their long tongues from their mouths to capture prey located some distance away. However, it is also possible that the chameleon vision system is an alternative, equally successful mode of prey capture and predator avoidance, and perhaps more appropriate for the chameleon's niche as a camouflaged, arboreal hunter than other vision systems. ===Prey/predator causes of chameleon eye development=== The chameleon, a camouflaged, slow-moving lizard, is an arboreal hunter that hides and ambushes prey. Chameleons living in the forest have a more defined and colorful palette compared to those living in the desert or savanna, which have more of a basic, brown, and charred palette. ==Evolution== The oldest described chameleon is Anqingosaurus brevicephalus from the Middle Paleocene (about 58.7–61.7 mya) of China.
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Chameleons change colors to camouflage themselves against any background
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Chameleons change colors to blend into any background
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Chameleons change colors to regulate their temperature
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While some people think chameleons change color to communicate with other chameleons, they really do it for camouflage
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On what date was the Declaration of Independence officially signed?
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Most historians have concluded that it was signed on August 2, 1776, nearly a month after its adoption, and not on July 4 as is commonly believed. ==Date of signing== The Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, with 12 of the 13 colonies voting in favor and New York abstaining. Two days later, on July 4, Congress signed the Declaration of Independence. thumb|350px|The 56 signatures on the Declaration of Independence The signing of the United States Declaration of Independence occurred primarily on August 2, 1776, at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, later to become known as Independence Hall. The Second Continental Congress issued the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, and John Adams all wrote that it was signed by Congress on the day when it was adopted on July 4, 1776.Warren, "Fourth of July Myths", pp. 242–43 That assertion is seemingly confirmed by the signed copy of the Declaration, which is dated July 4. 1776 is celebrated in the United States as the official beginning of the nation, with the Declaration of Independence issued on July 4. ==Events== ===January=== * January 10 – Thomas Paine publishes Common Sense. This Declaration committee operated from June 11, 1776, until July 5, 1776, the day on which the Declaration was published. In the following century, the signing of the Declaration of Independence would be commemorated as Independence Day. === Revolutionary War === ==== Northern Theater (1776–1777) ==== The task of organizing the Continental Army fell to General Washington, and Congress oversaw military action through war boards. The 56 delegates to the Second Continental Congress represented the 13 colonies, 12 of which voted to approve the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. * July 4 ** American Revolution: The United States Declaration of Independence, in which the United States officially declares independence from the British Empire, is approved by the Continental Congress and signed by its president, John Hancock, together with representatives from Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts Bay, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina and Virginia. For a partially successful effort to piece together the fragmented record of the genesis of the Declaration's creation during this 33-day interval, see Wilfred J. Ritz, "The Authentication of the Engrossed Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776", in the Cornell Law School's Law and History Review. "The Authentication of the Engrossed Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776". * July 2 – American Revolution: The final (despite minor revisions) U.S. Declaration of Independence is written. The title of the document was "A Declaration by the Representatives of the United States of America, in General Congress assembled".Becker, Declaration of Independence, 4. === The signing === Although not officially noted, the estimated time was 6:26 p.m. (18:26 LMT) for the recording of this historic vote. W. W. Norton & Company, New York. . ===August=== * August 12 – American Revolution: A parchment copy of the Declaration of Independence is signed by 56 members of Congress (not all of whom had been present on July 4). The proceedings for 1776 were first published in 1777, and the entry for July 4 states that the Declaration was engrossed and signed on that date (the official copy was handwritten by Timothy Matlack).Warren, "Fourth of July Myths", p. 246; Burnett, Continental Congress, p. 192 In 1796, signer Thomas McKean disputed that the Declaration had been signed on July 4, pointing out that some signers were not present, including several who were not even elected to Congress until after that date.Hazelton, Declaration History, pp. 299–302; Burnett, Continental Congress, p. 192 "No person signed it on that day nor for many days after", he wrote.Hazelton, Declaration History, p. 302 His claim gained support when the Secret Journals of Congress were published in 1821.Warren, "Fourth of July Myths", pp. 243–45 The Secret Journals contained two previously unpublished entries about the Declaration. The final draft of the Declaration was approved by the Continental Congress on July 4, although the date of its signing has long been disputed. The Secret Journals entry for July 19 reads: The entry for August 2 states: In 1884, historian Mellen Chamberlain argued that these entries indicated that the famous signed version of the Declaration had been created following the July 19 resolution, and had not been signed by Congress until August 2.Warren, "Fourth of July Myths", pp. 245–46 Subsequent research has confirmed that many of the signers had not been present in Congress on July 4, and that some delegates may have added their signatures even after August 2.Hazelton, Declaration History, pp. 208–19; Wills, Inventing America, p. 341 Neither Jefferson nor Adams ever wavered from their belief that the signing ceremony took place on July 4, yet most historians have accepted the argument which David McCullough articulates in his biography of John Adams: "No such scene, with all the delegates present, ever occurred at Philadelphia." The public did not learn who had signed the engrossed copy until January 18, 1777, when the Congress ordered that an "authenticated copy" be sent to each of the 13 states, including the names of the signers.Warren, "Fourth of July Myths", p. 247; Hazelton, Declaration History, p. 284; Friedenwald, Interpretation, p. 137, where the date is misprinted as January 8, but correct on page 150. The Unilateral Declaration of Egyptian Independence on 28 February 1922 was the formal legal instrument by which the United Kingdom recognised Egypt as an independent sovereign state. The 1838 declaration was primarily inspired by the 1776 United States Declaration of Independence and the 1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, but it also included some other political ideas that were popular in the 19th century. The Committee of the Whole then turned to the Declaration, and it was given a second reading before adjournment.For verification of the afternoon July 2 date of this vote of Congress, see Harold Eberlein & Cortlandt Hubbard, Diary of Independence Hall (J.B. Lippincott Co., 1948), entry: Tuesday, July 2, 1776, pp. 171–72.
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The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4, 1776
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The Declaration of Independence was signed on July 19, 1776
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The Declaration of Independence was not signed on August 2. Instead, it was signed on July 4, 1776
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The Declaration of Independence was signed on January 20, 1776
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The Declaration of Independence was signed on August 2, 1776
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What color is the sun when viewed from space?
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Stars emit energy at many different wavelengths, and humans may perceive color in stars. Roughly speaking, the red light from the Sun is blocked by Earth, the blue light is scattered by the atmosphere, and the green light is refracted by the atmosphere to the observer. right|thumb|The green blobs are false-color images of (non-green) stars. However, stars whose peak emission is green light (around 6000K, similar to the Sun) also emit a great deal of both red and blue light, and the human visual system interprets this mixture of colors as whitish rather than green. Orange is the colour between yellow and red on the spectrum of visible light. Furthermore, the Sun emits more green photons than any other color; i.e. it peaks in the green part of the visible spectrum. ===False color images=== Astronomical images are sometimes printed in false colors, which can make stars look green. ==See also== *Spectral classification == References == ==Sources== * ==External links== * Category:Stars Category:Optical illusions There seems to be no consensus about what its color really is, and no generally accepted explanation for why some observers would have seen it as green. ===Multiple stars=== There are a few stars in double or multiple star systems that appear greenish, even though they are blue or white under typical viewing conditions. Instead of talking about the 'true' color of stars, we must talk about how a particular object appears to a particular observer, in a particular context. White is the lightest color and is achromatic (having no hue). A color–color diagram is a means of comparing the colors of an astronomical object at different wavelengths. At sunrise and sunset, when the path of the sunlight through the atmosphere to the eye is longest, the blue and green components are removed almost completely, leaving the longer wavelength orange and red light. In astronomy, a green star is a white or blueish star that appears greenish in some viewing conditions (see § Psychology below). File:RGB pixels.jpg|Tiny Red, green and blue sub-pixels (enlarged on left side of image) create the colors you see on your computer screen and TV. === Color of sunset === As a ray of white sunlight travels through the atmosphere to the eye, some of the colors are scattered out of the beam by air molecules and airborne particles due to Rayleigh scattering, changing the final color of the beam that is seen. Red is the color at the long wavelength end of the visible spectrum of light, next to orange and opposite violet. When viewed at low- enough power so that the light of the two stars is seen combined, some observers describe the color as greenish. The color is from its cold methane atmosphere. ===The Sun=== thumb|left|Green flash The Sun can sometimes appear as a green spot for a second or two as it is rising or setting: this is known as green flash. Some multiple star systems, such as Antares, have a bright reddish or yellowish star where this contrast makes other stars in the system seem greenish. ==Psychology of color perception == Color is not a fundamental property, it is in the brain of the observer. Although their maximum output at visible wavelengths is at violet, they put out enough light at other wavelengths to look light blue: The color at the end of the Planckian locus rather than the color at the end of the spectrum. ==Objects that resemble green stars== Although there are no truly green stars, there are many astronomical objects that can sometimes appear to be green stars. Human eyes perceive orange when observing light with a dominant wavelength between roughly 585 and 620 nanometres. Sunlight is a portion of the electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun, in particular infrared, visible, and ultraviolet light. The perception of colour in stars is complicated by the fact that the cone photoreceptors, from which colour percepts are typically generated, are not active during the dim lighting conditions required to see most stars without magnification - that is, in scotopic vision. This issue is not mere semantics: Green can be perceived when there is no 'green' light at all - for example due to the simultaneous colour contrast alluded to above, in that a star can look greenish when it is next to a reddish star (likewise, the reddish star will appear more red when next to a non-reddish star). Under typical viewing conditions, there are no greenish stars, because the color of a star is more or less given by a black-body spectrum.
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The sun is orange when viewed from space
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The sun is red when viewed from space
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The sun is green when viewed from space
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The sun is white when viewed from space
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The sun is blue when viewed from space
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Who composed the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"?
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{{Infobox writer |name = Jane Taylor |birth_date = |birth_place = London, England |death_date = |death_place = Ongar, Essex, England |occupation = Poet, novelist |movement = Romanticism }} Jane Taylor (23 September 178313 April 1824) was an English poet and novelist best known for the lyrics of the widely known "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star". The most famous piece in the 1806 collection is "The Star," commonly known today as "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", which was set to a French tune. Jane Taylor may refer to: * Jane Taylor (poet) (1783–1824), author of the words for the song "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" * Jane Taylor (science writer) (c. 1817–1820 — c. 1904–1907), American author of anatomy and physiology textbooks * Jane Taylor (writer) (born 1956), South African writer and academic * Jane Taylor (musician) (born 1972), English guitarist, pianist, songwriter and vocalist * Jane Taylor (lawyer), chair of New Zealand Post * Jane Taylor (tennis) (born 1972), Australian tennis player Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star is a 2011 children's picture book of Jane Taylor's classic nursery rhyme adapted and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. American composer and pianist Frances Tarbox (February 4, 1874 – October 23, 1959) wrote one opera and several songs. "Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers. After her death, her brother Isaac collected many of her works and included a biography of her in The Writings of Jane Taylor, In Five Volumes (1832). ==Popular influence== *Taylor's most famous verse, "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", is almost always uncredited. Little Me is a musical written by Neil Simon, with music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Carolyn Leigh. "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" was written in New House, Ongar, as confirmed by descendants of the Taylor family. *The best-known parody of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is a poem recited by the Mad Hatter in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Ann Taylor's son, Josiah Gilbert, wrote in her biography, "Two little poems – 'My Mother,' and 'Twinkle, twinkle, little Star' – are perhaps more frequently quoted than any; the first, a lyric of life, was by Ann, the second, of nature, by Jane; and they illustrate this difference between the sisters." It is about a chipmunk that travels to the moon. ==Reception== Kirkus Reviews in a starred review of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star called it a "sumptuous elaboration of the familiar lullaby" and concluded "Just another superb outing from a fixed star twinkling in the children’s-literature firmament." In addition to an opera (title unknown), her compositions included: == Piano == *Valse Pavlova == Vocal == *"America Stand Forth" (text by Michel Justin; pseud of Julie C. Pruyn) *"Joy of a Rose"(text by A. L. Gruber) *"Relief from the New Deal" (text by Michel Justin; pseud of Julie C. Pruyn) *"What Them Fellows Does is Art" *"We've Found At Last a Candidate of Presidential Timber" (text by Michel Justin; pseud of Julie C. Pruyn) == References == Category:American women composers Category:American male songwriters Category:1874 births Category:1959 deaths After the success of Original Poems for Infant Minds, Ann and Jane Taylor published the poetry collections Rhymes for the Nursery in 1806 and Hymns for Infant Minds in 1810.For discussion of the Taylor sisters' impact on 19th-century hymn traditions for children, see Alisa Clapp-Itnyre (2016) British Hymn Books for Children, 1800–1900: Re-Tuning the History of Childhood. One of the better-known songs from the musical is "I've Got Your Number". ==Background== The musical Little Me is based on the novel by Patrick Dennis titled Little Me: The Intimate Memoirs of that Great Star of Stage, Screen and Television/Belle Poitrine, an illustrated autobiography of an imaginary diva (published in 1961). 'Little Me', Beginning Feb. 5" playbill.com, February 5, 2014 Porchlight Music Theatre presented Little Me as a part of its "Porchlight Revisits" season in which they stage three forgotten musicals per year. Baritone Louis Graveure performed her best-known song "The Joy of a Rose" frequently in his recitals. In the two volumes of Original Poems for Infant Minds, the Taylor sisters, O'Keeffe, and the other contributors were identified as authors for each poem by initial or other identifying markers. In Rhymes for the Nursery (1806), Ann and Jane Taylor were not identified as the collection's authors or individual poems. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star has also been reviewed by Booklist, Horn Book Guide, The School Library Journal, and The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. ==References== Category:2011 children's books Category:Picture books by Jerry Pinkney Category:Works based on nursery rhymes Category:Fictional moons Category:Fictional chipmunks Category:American picture books Category:Science fiction picture books Her Essays in Rhyme appeared in 1816, and contained some significant poetry. Christina Duff Stewart identifies authorship in Rhymes for the Nursery based on a copy belonging to Canon Isaac Taylor, who noted the pieces by Ann and Jane Taylor.
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The tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" was composed by Mozart
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The tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" was composed by Jane Taylor
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The tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" does not have a recorded composer
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Many people think "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" was a French folk song, but it was actually composed by Mozart
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The tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" was composed by Franz Liszt
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What happens if an earthworm is cut in half?
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From front to back, the basic shape of the earthworm is a cylindrical tube-in-a-tube, divided into a series of segments (called metameres) that compartmentalize the body. Earthworms move through soil by expanding crevices with force; when forces are measured according to body weight, hatchlings can push 500 times their own body weight whereas large adults can push only 10 times their own body weight. === Regeneration === Earthworms have the ability to regenerate lost segments, but this ability varies between species and depends on the extent of the damage. An earthworm's digestive system runs the length of its body. Copulation and reproduction are separate processes in earthworms. When mating, two individual earthworms will exchange sperm and fertilize each other's eggs. An earthworm respires (breathes) through its skin. The Earth Moved: On the Remarkable Achievements of Earthworms. Once in the burrow, the worm will shred the leaf, partially digest it and mingle it with the earth. The last segment is called the periproct; the earthworm's anus, a short vertical slit, is found on this segment. 700px|center|A segment of an earthworm posterior to the clitellum including all of the segmental structures The exterior of an individual segment is a thin cuticle over the skin, commonly pigmented red to brown, which has specialized cells that secrete mucus over the cuticle to keep the body moist and ease movement through the soil. The ability to break down organic materials and excrete concentrated nutrients makes the earthworm a functional contributor in restoration projects. Each segment of the earthworm has its own nerve plexus. The first body segment (segment number 1) features both the earthworm's mouth and, overhanging the mouth, a fleshy lobe called the prostomium, which seals the entrance when the worm is at rest, but is also used to feel and chemically sense the worm's surroundings. An earthworm is a terrestrial invertebrate that belongs to the phylum Annelida. Thus each worm becomes the genetic father of some of their offspring (due to its own sperm transferred to other earthworm) and the genetic mother (offsprings from its own egg cells) of the rest. Development is direct i.e. without formation of any larva. === Locomotion === thumb|upright|right|Close up of an earthworm in garden soil Earthworms travel underground by means of waves of muscular contractions which alternately shorten and lengthen the body (peristalsis). Scientists predict that the average lifespan under field conditions is four to eight years, while most garden varieties live only one to two years. === Reproduction === thumb||right thumb|Earthworm cocoons from L. terrestris|right thumb|An earthworm cocoon from L. rubellus|right Several common earthworm species are mostly parthenogenetic, meaning that growth and development of embryos happens without fertilization. Worm casts (see bottom right) can contain 40 percent more humus than the top of soil in which the worm is living. Earthworms accelerate nutrient cycling in the soil-plant system through fragmentation & mixing of plant debris – physical grinding & chemical digestion. The intestine has its own pair of muscle layers like the body, but in reverse order—an inner circular layer within an outer longitudinal layer. === Circulatory system === Earthworms have a dual circulatory system in which both the coelomic fluid and a closed circulatory system carry the food, waste, and respiratory gases. Gates's reports included: *Eisenia fetida (Savigny, 1826) with head regeneration, in an anterior direction, possible at each intersegmental level back to and including 23/24, while tails were regenerated at any levels behind 20/21; thus two worms may grow from one. * Physical: The earthworm's burrowing creates a multitude of channels through the soil and is of great value in maintaining the soil structure, enabling processes of aeration and drainage. Of the 182 taxa of earthworms found in the United States and Canada, 60 (33%) are introduced species. == Ecology == thumb|upright|Permanent vertical burrow Earthworms are classified into three main ecophysiological categories: (1) leaf litter- or compost-dwelling worms that are nonburrowing, live at the soil-litter interface and eat decomposing organic matter (epigeic) e.g. Eisenia fetida; (2) topsoil- or subsoil-dwelling worms that feed (on soil), burrow and cast within the soil, creating horizontal burrows in upper 10–30 cm of soil (endogeic); and (3) worms that construct permanent deep vertical burrows which they use to visit the surface to obtain plant material for food, such as leaves (anecic, meaning "reaching up"), e.g. Lumbricus terrestris.
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If an earthworm is cut in half, two earthworms are created
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If an earthworm is cut in half, both halves regenerate into new earthworms
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If an earthworm is cut in half, the front half may survive
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It is not true that only the front half will survive if you cut an earthworm in half. Instead, both halves will regrow into new worms
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If an earthworm is cut in half, you get two earthworms
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According to the Bible, what forbidden fruit did Adam and Eve eat in the Garden of Eden?
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In the biblical story, Adam and Eve eat the fruit from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil and are exiled from Eden. As to which fruit may have been the forbidden fruit of the Garden of Eden, possibilities include apple, grape, pomegranate, fig,The Fig: its History, Culture, and Curing, Gustavus A. Eisen, Washington, Govt. print. off., 1901 carob, etrog or citron, pear, quince, and mushrooms. Forbidden fruit is a name given to the fruit growing in the Garden of Eden which God commands mankind not to eat. The Zohar explains similarly that Noah attempted (but failed) to rectify the sin of Adam by using grape wine for holy purposes.Zohar Noah 73aThe Zohar: The First Ever Unabridged English Translation, with Commentary; Rabbi Michael Berg, ed., Vol. 2, pp.388-390 The midrash of Bereishit Rabah states that the fruit was grape,Bereishit Rabah 15:7 or squeezed grapes (perhaps alluding to wine).Bereishit Rabah 19:5 Chapter 4 of 3 Baruch, also known as the Greek Apocalypse of Baruch, designates the fruit as the grape. 3 Baruch is a first to third century text that is either Christian or Jewish with Christian interpolations.3 Baruch, Chapter 4, available at: http://www.ma.huji.ac.il/~kazhdan/Shneider/apocr2010/3%20Baruch%20OTP.pdf ===Fig=== The Bible states in the book of Genesis that Adam and Eve had made their own fig leaf clothing: "And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves girdles". According to the Bible, there is nothing to show the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge was necessarily an apple.https://biblehub.com/topical/a/apple.htm, Retrieved 2023-01-01. As a metaphor outside of the Abrahamic religions, the phrase typically refers to any indulgence or pleasure that is considered illegal or immoral. ==Biblical story== The story of the Book of Genesis places the first man and woman, Adam and Eve, in the Garden of Eden, where they may eat the fruit of many trees, but are forbidden by God to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. When confronted, Adam tells God that Eve gave him the fruit to eat, and Eve tells God that the serpent deceived her into eating it. In Genesis 3, the man and the woman were seduced by the serpent into eating the forbidden fruit, and they were expelled from the garden to prevent them from eating of the tree of life, and thus living forever. "Adam's Apple" ===Grape=== Rabbi Meir says that the fruit was a grape, made into wine.Berachot 40a; Sanhedrin 70a. While in the garden, though, Adam and Eve were served meat dishes by angels and the animals of the world understood human language, respected mankind as God's image, and feared Adam and Eve. Despite the biblical account, the Quran mentions only one tree in Eden, the tree of immortality, from which God specifically forbade Adam and Eve. God then curses the serpent, the woman, then the man, and expels the man and woman from the Garden before they ate of the tree of eternal life. ==Quranic story== According to the Quran, Surah Al-A'raf 7:19 describes Adam and his wife in Paradise where they may eat what is provided, except for one Tree they must not eat from, lest they be considered Ẓālimūn (; wrongdoers). In the sixteenth century, Menahem Lonzano considered it common knowledge in Syria and Egypt that the banana was the apple of Eden. ===Coco de mer=== Charles George Gordon identified the forbidden fruit of the tree of knowledge with the coco de mer. ==Parallel concepts== ===Greek mythology=== The similarities of the story to the story of Pandora's box were identified by early Christians such as Tertullian, Origen, and Gregory of Nazianzus. ==See also== * Grapefruit, originally named the "forbidden fruit" of Barbados. In Genesis 3, a serpent tempts the woman: Desiring this knowledge, the woman eats the forbidden fruit and gives some to the man, who also eats it. Some exegesis added an account, about Satan, disguised as a serpent to enter the Garden, repeatedly told Adam to eat from the tree, and eventually both Adam and Eve did so, resulting in disobeying God.Leaman, Oliver The Quran, an encyclopedia, p. 11, 2006 These stories are also featured in the hadith collections, including al- Tabari.Wheeler, Brannon Mecca and Eden: ritual, relics, and territory in Islam p. 16, 2006 ;Quranic scripture of story Quranic verses Q.2:35-8, are believed to tell the story of Adam disobeying God's command and eating the Forbidden Fruit, and of God ordered him out of the Garden. Additionally, the inhabitants of ancient Israel drank beer, and wines made from fruits other than grapes, and references to these appear in scripture.Waltke (2005), p. 505. One translation (the Clear Quran) that indicates that the Garden of Eden was in Heaven goes: * We cautioned, "O Adam! In Islamic tradition, the fruit is commonly either identified with wheat or with grapevine.Mahmoud Ayoub The Qur'an and Its Interpreters, Volume 1 SUNY Press, 1984 p. 82 ===Apple=== In Western Europe, the fruit was often depicted as an apple. In Hebrew, wheat is "khitah", which has been considered to be a pun on "khet", meaning "sin".The Straight Dope: Was the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden an apple? Passages such as Hosea 4:11 make clear that these wines were alcoholic and intoxicating; there is no basis for suggesting that either the Greek or the Hebrew terms for wine refer to unfermented grape juice."Pierard, p. 28: "No evidence whatsoever exists to support the notion that the wine mentioned in the Bible was unfermented grape juice. * Medieval popular Bible * Ningishzida * Pomme d'Adammo * Serpent seed ==References== ==External links== * – English–Hebrew comparison at mechon-mamre.org Category:Adam and Eve Category:Apples in culture Category:Bereshit (parashah) Category:Biblical topics Category:Christian terminology Category:English-language idioms Category:Garden of Eden Category:Jewish mythology Category:Mythological food and drink In Nathan HaMe'ati's 13th- century translation of Maimonides's work The Medical Aphorisms of Moses, the banana is called the "apple of Eden".
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The Bible doesn't specify what kind of fruit Adam and Eve ate
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According to the Bible, Adam and Eve ate an olive
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According to the Bible, Adam and Eve ate a grapefruit
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According to the Bible, Adam and Eve ate an apple
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None of the above
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Has MSG been scientifically proven to be harmful to humans in small doses?
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As with any medical treatment, medications used in the management of MS may have several adverse effects, and many possible therapies are still under investigation. This medication is also being investigated for the management of other MS symptoms, such as spasticity, and has shown long-term safety and efficacy. Steroids administered orally have a similar effectiveness and safety profile at treating MS symptoms as intravenous treatment. While none of them had taken the drug in combination with other disease-modifying treatments, previous use of MS treatments increases the risk of PML between 3 and 4-fold. In the United States, it is estimated that 75% of the MS patient populations use at least one complementary and alternative medicine for treatment and symptomatic control.Overview of CAM for management of MS Multiple Sclerosis Treatment and Management Overview (Healthline) (28 July 2014). Research on CCSVI has been fast tracked but researchers have been unable to confirm whether CCSVI has a role in causing MS. == Alternative treatments == Over 50% of MS patients may use complementary and alternative medicine, although numbers vary greatly depending on the definition of alternative medicine used. Human & Experimental Toxicology is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering the field of toxicology. There have been several trials investigating the efficacy of different drugs for PPMS without positive results. , Network meta-analysis of 9 immunomodulator and immunosuppressant agents suggested that there was no evidence of any being effective in preventing disability progression in people with progressive MS. Drugs tested include interferon beta, mitoxantrone, glatiramer acetate or riluzole. This article focuses on therapies for standard MS; borderline forms of MS have particular treatments that are excluded. == Acute attacks == right|thumb|Chemical structure of methylprednisolone. While there have been several clinical trials of combined therapy none has shown positive enough effects to merit the consideration as a viable treatment for MS. Likewise, there are not any effective treatments for the progressive variants of the disease. Currently, there is insufficient evidence of an effect of sodium channel blockers for people with MS. In May 2015, the Food and Drug Administration representatives from Barabanki, a district of Uttar Pradesh, India stated that samples of the product, Maggi 2 Minute Noodles had unusually excessive levels of monosodium glutamate (MSG). Although there are relatively few studies of rehabilitation in MS, its general effectiveness, when conducted by a team of specialists, has been clearly demonstrated in other diseases such as stroke or head trauma. Tests conducted by two independent laboratories on behalf of the WHO confirmed the presence of lethal toxins—ethylene glycol and diethylene glycol in the syrup. NeuroToxicology is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on the toxicology of the nervous system. However, it is difficult to make firm conclusions about the best treatment, especially regarding the long‐term benefit and safety of early treatment, given the lack of studies directly comparing disease modifying therapies or long-term monitoring of patient outcomes. === Relapsing-remitting MS === Medications are modestly effective at decreasing the number of attacks in RRMS and in reducing the accumulation of brain lesions, which is measured using gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Moreover, a subset of RRMS patients with specially active MS, sometimes called "rapidly worsening MS" are normally non-responders to immunomodulators and are treated with either mitoxantrone or natalizumab. Epileptic seizures are a potentially serious comorbidity in people in multiple sclerosis which is uncommon but nonetheless present more often than in the general population, however there is currently a lack of evidence on the efficacy and safety of anti-epileptic medication specifically in people with multiple sclerosis. possibly as a secondary result of demyelinating lesions, is an uncommon but potentially serious complaint == Research == Research directions on MS treatments include investigations of MS pathogenesis and heterogeneity; research of more effective, convenient, or tolerable new treatments for RRMS; creation of therapies for the progressive subtypes; neuroprotection strategies; and the search for effective symptomatic treatments. Multiple Sclerosis Society of Great Britain Certain medications for MS symptoms, such as carbamazepine (used to treat spasms and pain) and modafinil (used to treat fatigue) can make oral contraceptive pills less effective. === Secondary progressive MS and progressive relapsing MS === right|thumb|Chemical structure of mitoxantrone Mitoxantrone has shown positive effects in people with a secondary progressive and progressive relapsing courses. This has raised objections to the hypothesis of CCSVI originating MS. Toxicology Mechanisms and Methods is a peer-reviewed medical journal covering research on all aspects of toxicology. On 26 March 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized marketing of a new device indicated for use as a short-term treatment of gait deficit due to mild to moderate symptoms from multiple sclerosis (MS).
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Yes, MSG has been scientifically proven to be harmful to humans in small doses
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It is a common misconception that MSG is safe, but it has been proven to be dangerous to humans
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No, there are no rigorous scientific studies showing that MSG is harmful to humans in small doses
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Yes, MSG has been proven to cause headaches and nausea
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Yes, MSG has been proven to cause migraines
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What happens if you go outdoors in cold weather with wet hair?
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In outdoor occupations, rotating personnel minimizes risk of prolonged cold exposure. === Prognosis === Most cases of nonfreezing cold injury resolve with minimal tissue loss, but some cases can be complicated by infection, nail loss, excess sweating (hyperhidrosis), and chronic pain or abnormal sensations in the affected skin. This condition can occur secondary to certain infections and medications. === Treatment === Individuals with suspected nonfreezing cold injury should be moved to a warm, dry environment and have wet clothing swapped with dry replacements. There is much variation in the sensitivity to cold experienced by different people, with some putting on many layers of clothing while others in the same environment feel comfortable in one layer. Cold injury (or cold weather injury) is damage to the body from cold exposure, including hypothermia and several skin injuries. These injuries often affect the fingers, toes, nose, and ears since they are less commonly covered by clothing when in cold environments. In cases of suspected freezing cold injury, other cold-induced conditions should be evaluated and treated appropriately. Hospital management includes gradual rewarming with air drying, elevating affected skin, and pain management. == Freezing cold injuries == === Epidemiology and risk factors === There is lacking comprehensive data on the overall incidence of freezing cold injuries, including frostbite. Several physical, behavioral, and environmental risk factors contribute to freezing cold injury cases. Cold sensitivity or cold intolerance is unusual discomfort felt by some people when in a cool environment. A cold chill (also known as chills, the chills or simply thrills) is described by David Huron as, "a pleasant tingling feeling, associated with the flexing of hair follicles resulting in goose bumps (technically called piloerection), accompanied by a cold sensation, and sometimes producing a shudder or shiver." Distinction between acute and chronic mechanisms of nonfreezing cold injury has been discussed. Cold-related skin injuries are categorized into freezing and nonfreezing cold injuries. Additional risk factors include immobility, homelessness, alcohol or tobacco abuse, elderly age, dehydration, and underlying medical conditions such as peripheral vascular disease and diabetes. === Mechanism === The underlying mechanism of nonfreezing cold injury isn't fully understood, but has been characterized by poor blood flow into tissue exposed to cold, wet conditions. Cold weather may refer to: *Cold wave, a weather phenomenon distinguished by cooling of the air *Cold Weather, a 2010 American mystery film In fact, cold water swimming (also known as ice swimming or winter swimming) is a sport and an activity that reportedly can lead to several health benefits when done regularly. ==Physiological response== === Cold water immersion syndrome — four-stage model === The physiological response to a sudden immersion in cold water may be divided in three or four discrete stages, with different risks and physiological changes, all being part of an entity labelled as Cold Water Immersion Syndrome. Other related cold-induced conditions include: Chilblains (pernio): Inflammatory skin injury that can be caused by exposure to nonfreezing cold. Chronic cases have been reported in individuals with repeated cold exposure. Also, the abrupt contact with very cold water may cause involuntary inhalation, which, if underwater, can result in fatal drowning. Pre- existing medical conditions that compromise blood flow, such as diabetes, Raynaud syndrome, and peripheral vascular disease increase risk of injury. === Mechanism === Damage from freezing cold injury occurs through direct freezing of tissue, disrupted blood flow to affected skin, and rewarming injury. Cold shock response is a series of neurogenic cardio-respiratory responses caused by sudden immersion in cold water. Freezing cold skin injuries include frostbite and frostnip. Freezing cold injuries involve tissue damage when exposed to temperatures below freezing (less than 0 degrees Celsius).
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If you go outdoors in cold weather with wet hair, you will get frostbite
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If you go outdoors in cold weather with wet hair, you will get sick
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If you go outdoors in cold weather with wet hair, you will get pneumonia
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If you go outdoors in cold weather with wet hair, you will catch a cold
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If you go outdoors in cold weather with wet hair, you might feel cold
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How long should you wait between eating a meal and going swimming?
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In 1916, Sullivan outswam Charles Toth (a competitive swimmer who would also successfully swim the distance in 1923), setting an American record of continuously swimming for 20 hours and 28 minutes while attempting to swim from Provincetown, Massachusetts to Nantucket. There are two different kinds of swimming records in the United States and certified by USA Swimming: *USA record, more commonly referred to in the US as the American record: the fastest time by an American swimmer. Swimming at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships was held from 21 to 28 July 2019. ==Schedule== 42 events were held.Schedule All times are local (UTC+9). A meal is an eating occasion that takes place at a certain time and includes consumption of food.meal noun (FOOD) - definition in the British English Dictionary & Thesaurus - Cambridge Dictionaries Onlinemeal - Definition from Longman English Dictionary Online The names used for specific meals in English vary, depending on the speaker's culture, the time of day, or the size of the meal. Two other swimmers completed the swim that same summer. Tirabocchi, from Argentina, completed the swim on August 13, finishing in a record time of 16 hours and 33 minutes and becoming the first person to swim the route starting from the French side of the Channel.Staff. "Henry Sullivan Crossed Channel - United States Swimmer Swam From England to France in 27 Hours 25 Minutes - Seventh Attempt - Third to Accomplish Feat - Capt. Webb and Burgess Other Two", The Montreal Gazette, August 7, 1923. Masters swimming is a special class of competitive swimming for swimmers 25 years and older. This allows swimmers of very different ages to compete together in a team, as long as each swimmer is Masters (at least 25 years old). He entered the water in Dover at 4:20 on Sunday afternoon, August 5, and began his swim. Combined age: A:100–119 (years old), B:120–159, C:160–199, D:200–239, E:240–279, F:280–319, G:320–359 and so on if ever necessary. ==Description== Masters swimming is a fast-growing leisure activity, particularly in North America and Australia but also in Europe. :[b] This record represents the fastest time swum by anyone within the geographic territory of the United States, provided that the person is "eligible to compete under and achieving an official time in accordance with USA Swimming rules." Henry Francis Sullivan (March 22, 1892 - December 22, 1955) was an American marathon swimmer who is best known for becoming the third person and the first American to swim across the English Channel, beginning his swim on the afternoon of August 5, 1923, from Dover, England and finishing 27 hours and 25 minutes later on the evening of August 6 at Calais, France. ==Biography== The son of Thomas B. Sullivan, a businessman from Lowell, Massachusetts, Henry Francis Sullivan was born on March 22, 1892, in that city."Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZMN-JY2M : 10 November 2020), Henry Francis Sullivan, 22 Mar 1892; citing Birth, Lowell, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011247."Swimming English Channel Is Useless Effort, but Men Will Keep Trying to Do It", Brooklyn Daily Eagle, August 12, 1923. Lunch is commonly the second meal of the day after breakfast. A meal is different from a snack in that meals are generally larger, more varied, and more filling than snacks. I Championships March 18, 2022 / Atlanta same ==See also== *World records in swimming *List of Americas records in swimming (continental records) ==Notes== :[a] The USA Record, or "American Record", represents the fastest time swum by a United States citizen in any geographic location, provided that they are "U.S. Sports Citizens who achieve an official time in accordance with USA Swimming rules." The latter one is now copied by seniors. ==Age categories== Individual swimmers compete within age groups of five years, determined by the swimmer's age on 31 December current year (in U.S. for meets held in non-metric pools, the age is determined as of the day of the competition). (USA Swimming Rules 104.2.2(A)(1)). :[f] For the SCM women's 200 free American Record, Allison Schmitt swam a faster time at the 2009 Duel in the Pool (1:51.67); however, the time has not been recognized as a record by USA Swimming. In a 1921 attempt, he was forced to quit while within of France after swimming for 19 hours and 5 minutes. (USA Swimming Rules 104.2.2(A)(2)). In the United States around sixty thousand masters swimmers are supported by U.S. Masters Swimming, in more than 1,500 masters swimming clubs or workout groups. ==Rules== The rules and distances are nearly the same as for senior swimming.
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A common misconception is that you should wait two hours between eating and swimming, but actually one hour is enough
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You do not need to wait between eating and swimming
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You should wait two hours between eating and swimming
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You should wait at least thirty minutes between eating and swimming
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You should not swim after eating
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What happens if you swallow gum?
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In most cases, swallowed gum will pass through the system as quickly as any other food. As long as the mass of gum is small enough to pass out of the stomach, it will likely pass out of the body easily,"...eventually the normal housekeeping waves in the digestive tract will sort of push it through, and it will come out pretty unmolested." This decision under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) was based on new information received during the public comment period, as well as more recent information from the risk assessment conducted by the European Union. ===Choking and excretion of swallowed gum=== Various myths hold that swallowed gum will remain in a human's stomach for up to seven years, as it is not digestible. If chewing gum remains in a stable environment, over time the gum may become brittle or lose some of its flavor, but it will never be unsafe to eat. Masumoto et al. looked at the effects of chewing gum after meals following an orthodontic procedure, to see if chewing exercises caused subjects pain or discomfort, or helped maintain a large occlusal contact area. 35 adult volunteers chewed gum for 10 to 15 minutes before or after three meals each day for 4 weeks. 90% of those questioned said that the gum felt "quite hard", and half reported no discomfort. ===Use in surgery=== Several randomized controlled studies have investigated the use of chewing gum in reducing the duration of post-operative ileus following abdominal and specifically gastrointestinal surgery. As these components dissolve in the consumers' saliva and slide down the esophagus, they are no longer retained in the gum base or perceived by the chewer. Chewing gum is a soft, cohesive substance designed to be chewed without being swallowed. Adults have choked to death on chewing gum in rare cases. Chewing sugar-free gum for 20 minutes after a meal helps prevent tooth decay, according to the American Dental Association, because the act of chewing the sugar-free gum produces saliva to wash away bacteria, which protects teeth. The boy was found to have "always swallowed his gum after chewing five to seven pieces each day", being given the gum as a reward for good behavior, and the build-up resulted in a solid mass which could not leave the body. Chewing gum after a colon surgery helps the patient recover sooner. This allows for gum to be chewed for a long time without breaking down in the mouth like conventional foods. Due to the impact, the gum fell into the pharynx and was inhaled into the larynx, causing complete blockage and resulting in the woman's death by asphyxiation. === Environmental effects === Chewing gum is not water-soluble and unlike other confectionery is not fully consumed. If the patient chews gum for fifteen minutes for at least four times per day, it will reduce their recovery time by a day and a half. Due to the elastic attributes of chewing gum, the deflated bubble recoils and the wad of gum is ready to continue being chewed. Because the polymers of gum repel water, the water-based saliva system in a consumer's mouth will dissolve the sugars and flavorings in chewing gum, but not the gum base itself. If chewing gum is exposed to moisture, over time water migration may occur, making the gum soggy. but it is recommended that gum not be swallowed or given to young children who do not understand not to swallow it. Chewing, in which the food is mixed with saliva, begins the mechanical process of digestion. The cognitive improvements after a period of chewing gum have been demonstrated to last for 15–20 minutes and decline afterwards. ===Dental health=== Sugar-free gum sweetened with xylitol has been shown to reduce cavities and plaque. In effect, chewing gum exaggerates one of the normal processes that neutralize acid in the esophagus. * Saliva flow and production is stimulated when gum is chewed.
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If you swallow gum, you will die
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If you swallow gum, it will pass through your digestive system
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If you swallow gum, it will stay in your digestive system for seven years instead of passing through normally
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If you swallow gum, it takes seven years to digest
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If you swallow gum, you will digest it
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What are the benefits of eating an apple a day?
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"An apple a day keeps the doctor away" is a common English-language proverb that appeared in the 19th century, advocating for the consumption of apples, and by extension, "if one eats healthful foods, one will remain in good health and will not need to see the doctor often." A 2015 study found apple eaters "were more likely, in the crude analysis, to keep the doctor (and prescription medications) away." The modern phrasing, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away", began usage at the end of the 19th century, with early print examples found as early as 1887. ==Scientific background== A 2013 study using computer modelling compared eating apples with taking a common daily cholesterol-lowering drug to estimate risk of cardiovascular diseases. The computer model estimated that eating an apple a day was generally comparable for people over age 50 years to using a statin drug to reduce low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, concluding that eating an apple a day "is able to match modern medicine and is likely to have fewer side effects," while having similar annual cost. Health benefit or health benefits may refer to: * Health benefits (insurance), a payment received through a health insurance * Health benefit (medicine), the phenomenon that a food, substance or activity is improving health * Health claim, a usually unproven claim as to medical health benefits of food, etc. ==See also== * The study also found that people who ate an apple a day used fewer prescription medications. ===Nutritional content of an apple=== A medium-size (100 gram) raw apple is 86% water and 14% carbohydrates with negligible content of fat and protein, and supplies 52 calories of food energy. Apple products may refer to: *List of apple dishes, prepared foods using apples *Apple#Uses, food and non-food products of the apple *Timeline of Apple Inc. products This is a list of apple dishes, that use apple as a primary ingredient. Medical foods are foods that are specially formulated and intended for the dietary management of a disease that has distinctive nutritional needs that cannot be met by normal diet alone. Apple beverages are also included on this list. ==Apple Dishes== * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * File:Apple cake.JPG|Apple cake File:Hot cider.jpg|Hot spiced apple cider File:Mmm...apple pie (4028525142).jpg|Apple pie File:Tarte.tatin.wmt.jpg|Tarte Tatin File:Baked apple dumplings in a pan.jpg|alt=baked dumplings in their baking dish.|Apple dumplings ==See also== * Apple cider vinegar * Apple Day * Cooking apple * List of apple cultivars * List of culinary fruits * List of fruit dishes ==References== Apple dishes It contains a moderate amount of dietary fiber, but otherwise has a low level of micronutrients. ==References== Category:1880s neologisms Category:Apples Category:English proverbs Category:Health effects of food and nutrition Category:Metaphors referring to food and drink This article is a list of diseases of apples (Malus domestica). ==Bacterial diseases== Bacterial diseases Bacterial diseases Blister spot Pseudomonas syringae pv. papulans Crown gall Agrobacterium tumefaciens Fire blight Erwinia amylovora Hairy root Agrobacterium rhizogenes ==Fungal diseases== Fungal diseases Fungal diseases Alternaria blotch Alternaria mali A. alternata apple pathotype Alternaria rot Alternaria alternata American brown rot Monilinia fructicola Anthracnose canker and bull's-eye rot Pezicula malicorticus Cryptosporiopsis curvispora [anamorph] Apple scab Venturia inaequalis Spilocaea pomi [anamorph] Apple ring rot and canker Botryosphaeria berengeriana Physalospora Armillaria root rot = shoestring root rot Armillaria mellea Bitter rot Glomerella cingulata [teleomorph] (archaic) Colletotrichum gloeosporioides [anamorph] Colletotrichum gloeosporioides species complex * Colletotrichum fructicola * Colletotrichum chrysophilum Colletotrichum acutatum species complex * Colletotrichum fioriniae * Colletotrichum nymphaeae Black pox Helminthosporium papulosum Black root rot Xylaria mali Xylaria polymorpha Black rot, frogeye leafspot and canker Botryosphaeria obtusa Sphaeropsis malorum [anamorph] Blister canker = nailhead canker Biscogniauxia marginata Nummularia discreta Blue mold Penicillium spp. Penicillium expansum Brooks fruit spot Mycosphaerella pomi Cylindrosporium pomi [anamorph] Brown rot blossom blight and spur infection Monilinia laxa Calyx-end rot Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Clitocybe root rot Armillaria tabescens Clitocybe tabescens Diaporthe canker* Diaporthe tanakae Phomopsis tanakae [anamorph] Diplodia canker Botryosphaeria stevensii Physalospora malorum Diplodia mutila [anamorph] European brown rot Monilinia fructigena Monilia fructigena [anamorph] Monilinia laxa Fisheye rot Butlerelfia eustacei Corticium centrifugum Flyspeck Schizothyrium pomi Zygophiala jamaicensis [anamorph] Fruit blotch, leaf spot and twig canker Phyllosticta solitaria Glomerella leaf spot Glomerella cingulata Colletotrichum gloeosporioides [anamorph] Gray mold rot = dry eye rot, blossom-end rot Botrytis cinerea Botryotinia fuckeliana [teleomorph] Leptosphaeria canker and fruit rot Diapleella coniothyrium Leptosphaeria coniothyrium Coniothyrium fuckelii [anamorph] Leucostoma canker and dieback Leucostoma cinctum Cytospora cincta [anamorph] Valsa auerswaldii Leucostoma auerswaldii Cytospora personata [anamorph] Marssonina blotch Diplocarpon mali Marssonina coronaria [anamorph] Moldy core and core rot Alternaria spp. Cladosporium spp. Coniothyrium sp. Epicoccum spp. Pleospora herbarum Stemphylium spp. Ulocladium spp. Monilia leaf blight Monilinia mali Monilia sp. [anamorph] Monochaetia twig canker Seiridium unicorne Monochaetia mali Lepteutypa cupressi [teleomorph] Mucor rot Mucor spp. Mucor piriformis Nectria canker Nectria galligena Cylindrocarpon heteronemum [anamorph] Nectria twig blight = coral spot Nectria cinnabarina Tubercularia vulgaris [anamorph] Peniophora root canker Peniophora sacrata Perennial canker Neofabraea perennans Cryptosporiopsis perennans [anamorph] Phomopsis canker, fruit decay and rough bark Phomopsis mali Diaporthe perniciosa [teleomorph] Phymatotrichum root rot = cotton root rot Phymatotrichopsis omnivora Phymatotrichum omnivorum Phytophthora crown, collar and root rot = sprinkler rot Phytophthora spp. Phytophthora cactorum Phytophthora cambivora Phytophthora cryptogea Phytophthora megasperma Phytophthora syringae Phytophthora fruit rot Phytophthora cactorum Phytophthora syringae Pink mold rot Trichothecium roseum Cephalothecium roseum Powdery mildew Podosphaera leucotricha Rosellinia root rot = Dematophora root rot Rosellinia necatrix Dematophora necatrix [anamorph] Rubber rot Phacidiopycnis washingtonensis Rusts Rusts American hawthorne rust Gymnosporangium globosum Cedar apple rust Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae Japanese apple rust Gymnosporangium yamadae Pacific Coast pear rust Gymnosporangium libocedri Quince rust Gymnosporangium clavipes ... ... ==Origin== A variant of the proverb, "Eat an apple on going to bed, and you'll keep the doctor from earning his bread" was recorded as a Pembrokeshire saying in 1866. The term medical food, as defined in section 5(b) of the Orphan Drug Act (21 U.S.C. 360ee (b) (3)) is "a food which is formulated to be consumed or administered enterally under the supervision of a physician and which is intended for the specific dietary management of a disease or condition for which distinctive nutritional requirements, based on recognized scientific principles, are established by medical evaluation." In 2016 the FDA published an update: Guidance for Industry: Frequently Asked Questions About Medical Foods; Second Edition. In order to be considered a medical food the product must, at a minimum: * be a food for oral ingestion or tube feeding (nasogastric tube) * be labeled for the dietary management of a specific medical disorder, disease or condition for which there are distinctive nutritional requirements, and * be intended to be used under medical supervision. Medical foods are not required to undergo premarket review or approval by FDA. Side rot Phialophora malorum Silver leaf Chondrostereum purpureum Sooty blotch complex Peltaster fructicola Geastrumia polystigmatis Leptodontidium elatius Gloeodes pomigena Southern blight Sclerotium rolfsii Athelia rolfsii [teleomorph] Thread blight = Hypochnus leaf blight Corticium stevensii Pellicularia koleroga Hypochnus ochroleucus Valsa canker Valsa ceratosperma Cytospora sacculus [anamorph] Violet root rot Helicobasidium mompa White root rot Scytinostroma galactinum Corticium galactinum White rot Botryosphaeria dothidea Fusicoccum aesculi [anamorph] X-spot = Nigrospora spot Nigrospora oryzae Zonate leaf spot Cristulariella moricola Grovesinia pyramidalis [teleomorph] ==Nematodes, parasitic== Nematodes, parasitic Nematodes, parasitic Dagger nematode Xiphinema americanum Xiphinema rivesi Xiphinema vuittenezi Lesion nematode Pratylenchus spp. Pratylenchus penetrans Pin nematode Paratylenchus spp. Ring nematode Criconemella spp. Root-knot nematode Meloidogyne spp. ==Viral diseases== Viral diseases Viral diseases Apple chlorotic leafspot genus Trichovirus, Apple chlorotic leafspot virus (ACLSV) Apple dwarf (Malus platycarpa) Apple stem pitting virus (ASPV) (? not US/CAN) Apple flat apple genus Nepovirus, Cherry rasp leaf virus (CRLV) Apple mosaic genus Ilarvirus, Apple mosaic virus (ApMV) genus Ilarvirus, Tulare apple mosaic virus (TAMV) Apple stem grooving = Apple decline of Virginia crab genus Capillovirus, Apple stem grooving virus (ASGV) Apple stem pitting = apple Spy 227 epinasty and decline Apple stem pitting virus (ASPV) Apple union necrosis and decline genus Nepovirus, Tomato ringspot virus (ToRSV) ==Viroid diseases== Viroid diseases Viroid diseases Swollen apple Apple fruit crinkle viroid (AFCVd) Apple dimple fruit Apple scar skin viroid (ASSVd) Apple fruit crinkle Apple fruit crinkle viroid (AFCVd) (Japan) Apple scar skin = apple dapple, apple sabi-ka, apple bumpy fruit Apple scar skin viroid (ASSVd) ==Suspected viral- and viroid-like diseases== Suspected viral- and viroid-like diseases Suspected viral- and viroid-like diseases Dead spur GTP, unidentified False sting GTP, virus suspected Green crinkle GTP, virus suspected Rough skin GTP, virus suspected Star crack GTP, virus suspected ==Phytoplasmal diseases== Phytoplasmal diseases Phytoplasmal diseases Apple chat fruit Phytoplasma suspected Apple decline Phytoplasma suspected Apple proliferation Phytoplasma Rubbery wood Phytoplasma suspected ==Miscellaneous diseases and disorders== Miscellaneous diseases and disorders Miscellaneous diseases and disorders Bitter pit Localized calcium deficiency Blossom blast Boron deficiency Burrknot Genetically predisposed rootstock Fruit cracking Genetic Fruit russet Frost, sprays, etc. Green mottle Unidentified Hollow apple High temperature Internal bark necrosis = measles Low pH and mineral nutrient imbalance Internal browning Boron and calcium deficiencies, etc. Jonathan spot Reduced by controlled atmosphere storage Narrow leaf Genetic Necrotic leaf blotch of ‘Golden Delicious’ Rapid synthesis of gibberellins triggered by environmental factors Spray injury Spray Storage scald Injury to fruit surfaces by naturally occurring gases produced by the fruit Sunburn Sun injury to fruit Sunscald Freezing of bark following high temperatures in winter Water core Sorbitol accumulation Pomological Watercolor POM00003985.jpg|‘Bitter pit’ Pomological Watercolor POM00003866.jpg|‘Jonathan spot’ Pomological Watercolor POM00000770.jpg|‘Water core’ Pomological Watercolor POM00003903.jpg|‘Spray injury’ ==References== ==External links== * Common Names of Diseases, The American Phytopathological Society * Apple In Europe the European Food Safety Authority established definitions for "foods for special medical purposes" (FSMPs) in 2015. ==Definition== Medical foods, called "food for special medical purposes" in Europe, are distinct from the broader category of foods for special dietary use, from traditional foods that bear a health claim, and from dietary supplements. Medical foods can be classified into the following categories: * Nutritionally complete formulas * Nutritionally incomplete formulas * Formulas for metabolic disorders * Oral rehydration products ==Regulation== Medical foods are regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration under the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act regulations. 21 CFR 101.9(j) (8). Additionally, they are exempted from the labeling requirements for health claims and nutrient content claims under the Nutrition Labeling and Education Act of 1990. Definitions and labeling requirements are included. ==See also== * Clinical nutrition * Parenteral nutrition * Nutraceutical * Lipid emulsion * Fad diets ==References== ==External links== * FDA Presentation dated March 2012 on Regulation of Medical Foods
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Apples stop doctors
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Apples stop you from getting sick
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Apples keep doctors away
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Apples are nutritious
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An apple a day keeps the doctor away
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Why shouldn't you sit close to the television?
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The other limit to the eye's accommodation range is the far point. Myopes considering refractive surgery are advised that surgically correcting their nearsightedness may be a disadvantage after age forty, when the eyes become presbyopic and lose their ability to accommodate or change focus, because they will then need to use glasses for reading. It occurs due to age related changes in the lens (decreased elasticity and increased hardness) and ciliary muscle (decreased strength and ability to move the lens), causing the eye to focus right behind rather than on the retina when looking at close objects. Couching does not compare favourably to modern cataract surgery. ==Footnotes== ==References== Category:Eye surgery Graphics placed outside the safe area may not display properly on a television screen." The use of safe areas in television production ensures that the most important parts of the picture are seen by the majority of viewers. According to Wesner and Miller (1986), instrument myopia is promoted when the viewing is with one eye, when the field of view is small, and when the luminance is low, concluding that these are consistent with accommodation's going towards a person's dark focus, which is about one meter from the eyes. As a cataract is a clouding in the lens of the eye, couching is a technique whereby the lens is dislodged, thus removing the opacity. For example a normal eye would have a near point of \frac{1}{11\ \text{cm}} = 9\ \text{diopters}. == Vision correction == A person with hyperopia has a near point that is further away than the typical near point for someone their age, and hence the person is unable to bring an object at the typical near point distance into sharp focus. In visual perception, the near point is the closest point at which an object can be placed and still form a focused image on the retina, within the eye's accommodation range. It is generally considered safe to have elements that shouldn't be seen by the viewers placed in this area, such as the edge of the set or cables and other equipment. Presbyopia is physiological insufficiency of accommodation associated with the aging of the eye that results in progressively worsening ability to focus clearly on close objects. In optics, the closest point at which an object can be brought into focus by the eye is called the eye's near point. It is this too-close focussing of the eyes that is instrument myopia. Wesner and Miller also said it is possible that a person's knowledge that the viewed object is very close (on the microscope stage) contributes to instrument myopia. Instrument myopia is the tendency of a person with normal eyes to focus them too close when looking into an optical instrument at its image. This area can be considered the "margin" of the television screen in that picture elements are generally kept out of this area to create a buffer around the edge of the screen so elements don't pile up against the edge of the screen. A normal eye is considered to have a near point at about for a thirty year old. Older televisions can display less of the space outside of the safe area than ones made more recently. Ideally, the person will choose a focus adjustment on the instrument that allows the eyes to have relaxed accommodation—that is to present the image(s) at a distance of about 6 meters, or optical infinity. This condition is similar to hypermetropia or far-sightedness which starts in childhood and exhibits similar symptoms of blur in the vision for close objects. The patient is left without a lens (aphakic), therefore requiring a powerful positive prescription lens to compensate. ==Results== Couching is a largely unsuccessful technique with abysmal outcomes.
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You shouldn't sit close to the television because it can cause cataracts
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You shouldn't sit close to the television because it can cause blindness
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You shouldn't sit close to the television because it can cause temporary eyestrain
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You shouldn't sit close to the television because it can cause nearsightedness
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You shouldn't sit close to the television because it can permanently damage your eyes
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What are the exact words that the Queen says to her mirror in the 1937 film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"?
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When the Evil Queen asks the Magic Mirror who the fairest of them all was later that evening, the Magic Mirror told her that Snow White was still the fairest of them all. In this version when the Magic Mirror told the Evil Queen that the Seven Dwarfs freed Snow White from the deadly laces and that she can't be killed when she is in their protection, the Evil Queen breaks the Magic Mirror vowing to prove it wrong. ====Happily Ever After==== The Magic Mirror appeared as the Looking Glass in Happily Ever After voiced by Dom DeLuise. The Magic Mirror is a mystical object that is featured in the story of Snow White, depicted as either a hand mirror or a wall-mounted mirror. ==Fairy tale== The Magic Mirror belongs to the Evil Queen, who constantly asks it – usually in a rhyming phrase – who is the fairest in the land. The mirror is key to her plots; it tells her Snow White's location, and after each attempt, she checks with the mirror and is again told that Snow White remains the fairest. When the mirror eventually identifies her young stepdaughter Snow White as the fairest, the Queen jealously tries to have her killed, first via her huntsman, then several personal attempts concluding with a poisoned apple. At the very end, when Snow White is married, the mirror tells her that the young queen is the most beautiful. The Magic Mirror first appeared where he told Queen Ravenna that Snow White was coming to the age where she will be more fair than Queen Ravenna. In the series, the Evil Queen is banished to live from within the mirror as punishment for her Curses against the lands of Ever After and Wonderland. ====Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs==== The Magic Mirror appears in the Snow White parody Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs voiced by Patrick Warburton. ==Magic Mirror-inspired tourism== German pharmacist and fairy-tale parodist Karlheinz Bartels suggests, in a tongue-in-cheek manner, that the German folk tale "Snow White" is influenced by Maria Sophia Margaretha Catherina von und zu Erthal, who was born in Lohr am Main in 1725.Karlheinz Bartels: Schneewittchen – Zur Fabulologie des Spessarts. Like the story, the Magic Mirror told the Evil Queen that she was the fairest of them all until the day when Snow White came of age. The witch asks the Magic Mirror who is the fairest in the land, has two beautiful eyes, is green, wearing a hat, wielding a microphone, and is in the same room as the Magic Mirror. The Magic Mirror always told the Evil Queen that she was the fairest one of all. To access the portal to the Mirror House, Queen Clementianna quotes "Mirror Mirror on the Wall." After searching the area, they find a panel to the hidden door underneath the Evil Queen's bust. ====Snow White (1990)==== The Magic Mirror appears in the 1990 Snow White film voiced by Cam Clarke. In his first appearance in the film, the Evil Queen would consult with the Magic Mirror to ask who the fairest one of all was. At the end of the movie following the Evil Queen's defeat, the Magic Mirror attended the wedding of Snow White and the Prince. ====Snow White: A Tale of Terror==== In Snow White: A Tale of Terror, this version has the mirror a property of Lady Claudia (portrayed by Sigourney Weaver). The Snow Queen states that she wants the mirror that Sidney Glass is in since it is filled with dark magic. The mirror also contains her life force and she ages rapidly when Snow White stabs the mirror and then engulfs in flame of the burning room. ====Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child==== In the Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child rendition of Snow White set to a Native American-theme, the Magic Mirror (voiced by Buffy Sainte-Marie) is a shiny flat rock. The mirror has been interpreted as the voice of Snow White's father judging between the beauty of his wife and daughter. ==Modern adaptations== ===Disney=== ====Disney's Snow White franchise==== The Magic Mirror appeared in Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs voiced by Moroni Olsen. After the aged Queen Clementianna takes the slice of an apple she was to give to Snow White from her, the Mirror Queen declares that it was Snow White's story all along as the Mirror House shatters alongside the large mirror leading to it. ====Princesses==== In Jim C. Hines' Princesses series – chronicling the adventures of Snow White with Princess Danielle Whiteshore (Cinderella) and former Princess Talia Malak-el- Dahshat (Sleeping Beauty) after their tales concluded with Snow and Talia being banished from their kingdoms and taken in by Danielle's mother-in-law – Snow White is a sorceress who uses her mother's mirror as a key focus of her spells, relying on various smaller mirrors to maintain a link to it when away from the palace; her power is commonly focused by using various rhymes as spells, although she can create other spells without speaking. This mirror, as did all of the Queen's other mirrors, turned black as she found out that Snow White was alive. ====Sesame Street==== The Magic Mirror appeared in Episode 685 of Sesame Street with the Magic Mirror's face being the face of Jerry Nelson. Women in the Mirror (, translit. The mirror is eventually reassembled by the film's antagonist, but he is tricked into making a wish that caused the mirror to destroy him, with the protagonists subsequently wishing for the mirror to destroy itself. ====The Huntsman film series==== In Snow White and the Huntsman, the Magic Mirror appears as a golden gong-like mirror that oozes out a hooded robed being (voiced by Christopher Obi) whenever Queen Ravenna called upon it for information, although apparently, the being is only visible to Ravenna, as her henchmen observe her talking to thin air.
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Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the most beautiful in the whole country
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Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest of them all
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Magic mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all
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What does Darth Vader say to Luke in "The Empire Strikes Back"?
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General Skywalker may refer to: *Anakin Skywalker *Luke Skywalker *Star Wars Empire: "General" Skywalker Lukes is a surname. Matt Luke may refer to: *Matt Luke (American football), American football coach *Matt Luke (baseball), baseball player Unlike most of the other Star Wars stars, however, he is relatively obscure, since James Earl Jones dubbed Vader's voice and Sebastian Shaw portrayed an unmasked Vader (in Return of the Jedi). In this documentary, the directors find some clues about the difficult relationship between Prowse and Lucasfilm, suggesting that the reason for their differences was an article published by a British newspaper during the shooting of Return of the Jedi. ==Cast== * David Prowse, Actor / Darth Vader * Kenny Baker, Actor / R2-D2 * Michael Atiyeh, colorist for Star Wars comics * Marcus Hearn, author of The Cinema of George Lucas * Gary Kurtz, producer of Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back * Brian Muir, Darth Vader helmet sculptor * Robert Watts, Star Wars producer * Jeremy Bulloch, Actor / Boba Fett * Lou Ferrigno, Actor ==Production== The film was developed by production companies IB3, Nova Televisió, Singular Audiovisual, and Strange Friends. ==Release== I Am Your Father was originally released in Spain on 20 November 2015. The film deals with actor David Prowse many years after he played the role of Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy. ==Synopsis== David Prowse is a bodybuilder and actor who famously portrayed the role of Darth Vader in Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. Luke was referred to as a Gentleman, and was well-educated. When Luke Sr. died in 1791, Luke Jr. was not named in his will. I Am Your Father is a 2015 Spanish documentary film written and directed by Toni Bestard (es) and Marcos Cabotá (es). John Luke may refer to: * John A. Luke Jr., chief executive officer of MeadWestvaco * John Luke (artist) (1906–1975), Irish artist * John Luke (New Zealand politician) (1858–1931), New Zealand politician * John Luke (MP) (1563–1638), English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1610 to 1611 *John Luke (died 1452), MP for Dunwich (UK Parliament constituency) ==See also== * The story begins when a young filmmaker travels to London to propose that Prowse reshoot scenes from the trilogy, to prove that Prowse could have played Darth Vader in that particular scene. Luke Day Jr. (July 21, 1743 – June 1, 1801) was an American military officer, revolutionary, and farmer, most familiar for his leadership role in Shays' Rebellion, for which he was convicted of high treason and sentenced to death, before being pardoned by Governor John Hancock. After the war, he joined the prestigious Society of the Cincinnati, which included the likes of George Washington and Alexander Hamilton. == Early life == Luke Day Jr. was born in 1743, in what is now West Springfield, Massachusetts, the oldest son of Luke Day, Sr. and Jerusha (Skinner) Day."Massachusetts, Springfield Vital Records, 1638–1887," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XPJJ-W1M : accessed March 7, 2014), Luke Day, 1743. Luke was known to have suffered from gout in his later years, and lived out his life in relative poverty and obscurity.Swift, West Springfield Massachusetts: A Town History, p.40. == Death == On June 1, 1801, shortly before his 58th birthday, Luke died at his home in West Springfield."Massachusetts, Deaths and Burials, 1795–1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FCMW-R4H : accessed March 7, 2014), Luke Day, June 1, 1801. Notable people with the surname include: * František Lukeš, Czech ice hockey player * Jaroslav Lukeš, Czech skier * Konstantina Lukes, American state politician * Martin Lukeš (born 1978), Czech footballer * Nathan Lukes (born 1994), American baseball player * Radek Lukeš (born 1979), Czech ice hockey goaltender * Steven Lukes (born 1941), English academic * William F. Lukes (1847-1923), United States Navy sailor, recipient of the Medal of Honor ==Fictional== * Martin Lukes, fictional character featured in Financial Times column Luke's brother-in-law (and first cousin) was Justin Morgan, who developed the Morgan horse breed and composed music, which survives today. Luke and Lydia had ten children, although only five, four sons and a daughter, survived to adulthood. He was christened 10 days later at the First Congregational Church."Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639–1915," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VQ6D-76R : accessed March 7, 2014), Luke Day. Luke is known to have trained his men in the commons area in front of this house, and it may have even served as his headquarters. Luke's cousin, Josiah, owned a home, which still stands today as the oldest known brick saltbox-style house in the country, and serves as a family museum. Luke's brother, Thomas, also served in the Revolution as a lieutenant. == Revolutionary War == Day, then a second lieutenant in Captain Enoch Chapin's company of minutemen, marched on Boston on April 20, 1775, in response to the Lexington Alarm of the previous day. His father's cousin, Colonel Benjamin Day was called "the most prominent man on the west side of the river."
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Luke, I am your father
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No. I am your father
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Luke, I am your father
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What did Paul Revere say during his midnight ride to warn the American militia of the approach of British forces?
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Revere's warning, according to eyewitness accounts of the ride and Revere's own descriptions, was "The Regulars are coming out." Revere did not shout the phrase later attributed to him ("The British are coming!"): his mission depended on secrecy, the countryside was filled with British army patrols, and most of the Massachusetts colonists (who were predominantly English in ethnic origin)According to the 1790 census, Massachusetts was 89% English, Scots, and Northern Irish. still considered themselves British. thumb|right|20th-century depiction of Revere's ride The Midnight Ride was the alert to the American colonial militia in April 1775 to the approach of British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord. The Paul Revere Capture Site marks the location where Paul Revere, an American patriot, was captured by British redcoats at around 1.30 AM on April 19, 1775, while on his "Midnight Ride" to alert villages of the pending arrival of said officers. The British major demanded Revere explain the gunfire, and Revere replied it was a signal to "alarm the country". Paul Revere and William Dawes were sent out to warn them and to alert colonial militias in nearby towns. ==Events== ===Preparation=== In the days before April 18, Revere had instructed Robert Newman, the sexton of the North Church, to send a signal by lantern to alert colonists in Charlestown as to the movements of British troops when the information became known. Revere was captured and questioned by the British soldiers at gunpoint. John Pulling was an American captain, vestryman and Patriot who signaled Paul Revere from the Old North Church in Boston before Revere's midnight ride. He told them of the army's movement from Boston, and that British army troops would be in some danger if they approached Lexington, because of a large number of hostile militia gathered there. The British confiscated Revere's horse and rode off to warn the approaching army column. The Charlestown colonists dispatched additional riders to the north. ===Ride=== Riding through present-day Somerville, Medford, and Arlington, Revere warned patriots along his route, many of whom set out on horseback to deliver warnings of their own. Revere continued on and arrived in Lexington around midnight, with Dawes, who had ridden from the south, near Boston Neck, arriving about a half-hour later. In the days before April 18, 1775, Revere had enlisted the help of Pulling and Robert Newman, the sexton of the North Church, to send a signal by lantern to alert colonists in Charlestown as to the movements of the troops when the information became known. "Coming Home" is a song performed by British pop singers The Soldiers. The ride has been commemorated in a range of cultural depictions, most notably Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1861 poem, "Paul Revere's Ride", which has shaped popular memory of the event, despite its factual inaccuracies. ==Background== When British Army activity on April 7, 1775, suggested the possibility of troop movements, Joseph Warren sent Revere to warn the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, then sitting in Concord, the site of one of the larger caches of Patriot military supplies. While the song has not been released as a single, it was the third song from the album to be publicly available on stream prior to release, after "Back to the Shack" and "Cleopatra", and was made available to download with album pre-orders. ==Composition== Josh Terry from Consequence of Sound described "The British Are Coming" as "Rife with anthemic, first-raising choruses and fireworks-like guitar solos". "The British Are Coming" is a song by the American rock band Weezer from their ninth studio album Everything Will Be Alright in the End (2014). The song "Me and Paul Revere", written by musician Steve Martin and performed with his bluegrass group Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers, was inspired by the tale of Paul Revere's ride and told from the point of view of Revere's horse, Brown Beauty. ==References== ==Bibliography== * * * This work is extensively footnoted, and contains a voluminous list of primary resources concerning all aspects of the Revere's ride and the battles at Lexington and Concord. Paul Revere and William Dawes prepared the alert, which began when Robert Newman, sexton of Boston's Old North Church, used a lantern signal to alert colonists in Charlestown to the Army's advance by way of the Charles River. The Lexington men dispatched riders to the surrounding towns, and Revere and Dawes continued along the road to Concord accompanied by Samuel Prescott, a doctor who happened to be in Lexington "returning from a lady friend's house at the awkward hour of 1 a.m." Revere and Dawes then rode to meet John Hancock and Samuel Adams in Lexington, ten miles distant, alerting up to 40 other riders along the way. By giving the Colonists advance warning of the British Army's actions, the ride played a crucial role in the Colonists' victory in the subsequent battles.
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"The British are coming"
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Paul Revere yelled, "The British are coming"
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The Regulars are coming out
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What was Nixon referring to when he said, "I am not a crook"?
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The Watergate scandal refers to the burglary and illegal wiretapping of the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee, in the Watergate complex, by members of President Richard Nixon's re-election campaign and the subsequent cover-up of the break-in resulting in Nixon's resignation on August 9, 1974, as well as other abuses of power by the Nixon White House that were discovered during the course of the scandal. ==1960s== * November 5, 1968: Richard Nixon elected President. * November 17, 1973: Nixon delivers "I am not a crook" speech at a televised press conference at Disney World (Florida). * May 4, 1977: Nixon gives his first major interview about Watergate with TV journalist David Frost. * May 15, 1978: Nixon publishes his memoirs, giving more of his side of the Watergate saga. * July 23, 1973: Nixon refuses to turn over presidential tapes to the Senate Watergate Committee or the special prosecutor. * March 1, 1974: In an indictment against seven former presidential aides, delivered to Judge Sirica together with a sealed briefcase intended for the House Committee on the Judiciary, Nixon is named as an unindicted co-conspirator. Gates said he concealed the accounts and the income from U.S. tax authorities by disguising the income as loans with falsified bank loan documents. Robert Charles Mardian (October 23, 1923 – July 17, 2006) was a United States Republican party official who served in the administration of Richard Nixon, and was embroiled in the Watergate scandal as one of the Watergate Seven who were indicted by a grand jury for campaign violations. Nixon did not tell his lawyers any of this and they had to discover it through their own private investigations. * March 17, 1973: Watergate burglar McCord writes a letter to Judge John Sirica, claiming that some of his testimony was perjured under pressure and that the burglary was not a CIA operation, but had involved other government officials, thereby leading the investigation to the White House. * June 23, 1972: In the Oval Office, H.R. Haldeman recommends to President Nixon that they attempt to shut down the FBI investigation of the Watergate break-in, by having CIA Director Richard Helms and Deputy Director Vernon A. Walters tell acting FBI Director L. Patrick Gray to, "Stay the hell out of this". thumb|President Richard Nixon Nixonomics, a portmanteau of the words "Nixon" and "economics", refers to U.S. President Richard Nixon's economic performance. New York, 1973) * Watergate: The Corruption and Fall of Richard Nixon by Fred Emery (Jonathan Cape, London, 1994) * Watergate Victory: Mardian's Appeal by Arnold Rochvarg (University Press of America, Lanham, Maryland, 1995) == External links == * U.S. Department Health and Human Services Bio of Robert C. Mardian * * "Robert Mardian, One of the Watergate Seven – Obituary – The Independent www.independent.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-02-25. Donald Anthony Nixon (born December 12, 1945) is a businessman. Richard William Gates III (born April 27, 1972) is an American former political consultant and lobbyist who pleaded guilty to conspiracy against the United States for making false statements in the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. Nixon declared that the gold window would be closed and that gold would no longer be transferable to US dollars. Upon entering the house, Nixon pulled out a .22 caliber pistol and said, "I brought y'all something." * August 21, 1971: Nixon's Enemies List is started by White House aides (though Nixon himself may not have been aware of it); to "use the available federal machinery to screw our political enemies." Gates also testified that he embezzled hundreds of thousands of dollars from Manafort, and funded an expensive extramarital relationship with money embezzled from Manafort. He also founded a political consulting company called Tungsten LLC. ==Russia investigation== ===Indictment and arrest=== thumb|Rick Gates's felony information thumb|Rick Gates's plea agreement On October 27, 2017, Gates and Manafort were indicted by a federal grand jury as part of the Special Counsel investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections and related matters. He was entrusted to transfer to the White House the wiretap logs which had been discovered among J. Edgar Hoover's possessions in the Federal Bureau of Investigation after his death. ==Watergate== Mardian became involved in the Nixon administration's unorthodox campaigns early when he headed the federal prosecution of Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg in 1971. ** Key Republican Senators tell Nixon that enough votes exist to convict him.
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Nixon was responding to a question about his personal finances
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Nixon was referring to his administration's cover-up
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Nixon was referring to the Watergate scandal
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Nixon was referring to the break-in of the DNC headquarters
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Who actually said, "Let them eat cake"?
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"Let them eat cake" is the traditional translation of the French phrase "", said to have been spoken in the 18th century by "a great princess" upon being told that the peasants had no bread. Feeling too elegantly dressed to go into an ordinary bakery, he recalled the words of a "great princess": Translated from Rousseau does not name the "great princess", and he may have invented the anecdote altogether, as the Confessions is not considered entirely factual. ===Attribution to Marie Antoinette=== The phrase was supposedly said by Marie Antoinette in 1789, during one of the famines in France during the reign of her husband, King Louis XVI. Let Them Eat Cake: The Mythical Marie Antoinette and the French Revolution, Historian, Summer 1993, 55:4:709. Letters from Marie Antoinette to her family in Austria at this time reveal an attitude largely contrary to the spirit of Let them eat brioche: Another problem with the dates surrounding the attribution is that when the phrase first appeared, Marie Antoinette was not only too young to have said it, but living outside France as well. Louis XVIII does not mention Marie Antoinette in his account, but says that the story was an old legend and that the family always believed that Maria Theresa had originated the phrase. Fraser also points out in her biography that Marie Antoinette was a generous patron of charity and moved by the plight of the poor when it was brought to her attention, thus making the statement out of character for her.Fraser, Marie Antoinette, pp. 284–285 This makes it even more unlikely that Marie Antoinette ever said the phrase. According to Antonia Fraser, the notorious story of the ignorant princess was first said 100 years before Marie Antoinette in relation to Maria Theresa, the wife of Louis XIV, citing the memoirs of Louis XVIII, who was only fourteen when Rousseau's Confessions were written and whose own memoirs were published much later. It is unlikely that she ever said it. ==Origins== The phrase appears in book six of Jean-Jacques Rousseau's autobiographical Confessions, whose first six books were written in 1765 and published in 1782. Since she was completely unknown to him at the time of writing, she could not have possibly been the "great princess" he mentioned. ===Other attributions=== Another hypothesis is that after the revolution, the phrase, which was initially attributed to a great variety of princesses of the French royal family, eventually stuck on Marie Antoinette because she was in effect the last and best-remembered "great princess" of Versailles. While the phrase is commonly attributed to Marie Antoinette, it was coined by 1765, when she was 9 years old and had never been to France, and it was only attributed to her decades after her death. The cake was popularized by the French house Dalloyau, but its origin is unclear. Opera cake () is a French cake. As one biographer of the Queen notes, it was a particularly powerful phrase because "the staple food of the French peasantry and the working class was bread, absorbing 50 percent of their income, as opposed to 5 percent on fuel; the whole topic of bread was therefore the result of obsessional national interest."Lady Antonia Fraser, Marie Antoinette: The Journey, p. 124. The phrase was attributed to Marie Antoinette by Alphonse Karr in Les Guêpes of March 1843.Campion-Vincent, Véronique & Shojaei Kawan, Christine, "Marie-Antoinette et son célèbre dire : deux scénographies et deux siècles de désordres, trois niveaux de communication et trois modes accusatoires", Annales historiques de la Révolution française, 2002, full text Objections to the legend of Marie Antoinette and the comment centre on arguments concerning the Queen's personality, internal evidence from members of the French royal family and the date of the saying's origin. The increasing unpopularity of Marie Antoinette in the final years before the outbreak of the French Revolution also likely influenced many to attribute the phrase to her. Cyriaque Gavillon claimed to have created the cake there in 1955 and that his wife Andrée Gavillon named it after the Opéra Garnier. In his 1853 novel Ange Pitou, Alexandre Dumas attributes the quote to one of Marie Antoinette's favourites, the Duchess of Polignac. == Similar phrases == The Book of Jin, a 7th-century chronicle of the Chinese Jin Dynasty, reports that when Emperor Hui (259–307) of Western Jin was told that his people were starving because there was no rice, he said, "Why don't they eat porridge with (ground) meat?" The quote is taken to reflect either the princess's frivolous disregard for the starving peasants or her poor understanding of their plight. The myth had also been previously attributed to two of Louis XV’s daughters: Madame Sophie and Madame Victoire. However, Louis XVIII is as likely as others to have had his recollection affected by the quick spreading and distorting of Rousseau's original remark. Antoinette Des Houlières may refer to: * Antoinette du Ligier de la Garde Deshoulières (1638–1694), French poet * Antoinette-Thérèse Des Houlières (1659–1718), French poet, daughter of the above * Campion-Vincent, Véronique and Shojaei Kawan, Christine, Marie-Antoinette et son célèbre dire : deux scénographies et deux siècles de désordres, trois niveaux de communication et trois modes accusatoires, Annales historiques de la Révolution française, 2002, p. 327 Category:1765 introductions Category:Political quotes Category:Marie Antoinette Category:English phrases Category:1760s neologisms Category:Works by Jean-Jacques Rousseau Category:Misquotations
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Rousseau attributed the statement to a princess, possibly Maria Theresa of Spain
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Marie Antoinette actually said, "Let them eat cake"
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Marie Antoinette actually said, "Let them eat cake"
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Who said, "Only the dead have seen the end of war?"
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American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964 is a 1978 biography of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur by American historian William Manchester. Robert MacArthur Crawford (July 27, 1899 – March 12, 1961) is known for writing The U.S. Air Force song. *General of the Army Douglas MacArthur Medal, Reports and Documents, Volume 18; Volume 87 by United States Congress, 21 September 1962. Category:Douglas MacArthur MacArthur thumb|General Douglas MacArthur in 1943 or 1944 This is the service summary of Douglas MacArthur, a General in the United States Army, who began his career in 1903 as a second lieutenant and served in three major military conflicts, going on to hold the highest military offices of both the United States and the Philippines. ==History== ===Chronology and summary of military service=== ====West Point==== *13 June 1899 – appointed as a cadet at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. *1900: Is the victim of hazing and becomes involved in a serious scandal where one cadet is left dead by upperclassman abuse. thumb|The tomb of Douglas and Jean MacArthur The MacArthur Memorial is a memorial, museum, and research center about the life of General Douglas MacArthur. Position of Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (SCAP) abolished. ====Later life==== *19 April 1951: At a farewell address before the United States Congress, MacArthur gives his famous "Old Soldiers Never Die" speech. *25 March 1951: MacArthur is directed to clear his press releases with Washington prior to making them public. *5 April 1951: Republican Congressman Joseph Martin reads a letter written to him by MacArthur on 20 March 1951 to the House of Representatives. (This makes MacArthur one of the few generals in history to be honored by a country he fought against.) *10 January 1961: Invested as Chief Commander of the Philippine Legion of Honor. *28 April 1961: Meets with President John F. Kennedy at the Waldorf Astoria. *6 June 1961: Arthur MacArthur IV graduates from Columbia University. The Memorial also pays tribute to the men and women who served with General MacArthur in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War. As the title suggests, Manchester's central thesis is that MacArthur was an analogue of Julius Caesar, a proposition he supports by noting their great intellect, brilliant strategic generalship, political ambition, magnanimity as conquerors, and shared tragic flaw of hubris. MacArthur answers questions about the conduct of the Korean War and his relief from command. *March 1964: Visited by President Lyndon Johnson while recovering from surgery. *5 April 1964: General of the Army Douglas MacArthur dies of liver and kidney failure following gallbladder surgery at Walter Reed Army Hospital in Washington, D.C. President Johnson orders all US flags be flown at half staff until after MacArthur's burial. *7 April 1964: Lies in honor at the Seventh Regiment Armory in New York City. *8-9 April 1964: Lies in state at the United States Capitol rotunda in Washington, D.C. Eulogies are given by the chaplains of the House and Senate and President Johnson lays a wreath on MacArthur's casket. In addition, his trademark "scrambled eggs" hat appeared on the cover of Life magazine following his death in 1964. ==Memberships== General MacArthur belonged to several military and hereditary societies including the Society of the Cincinnati (elected an honorary member of the New York Society in 1950), Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (insignia number 15,317), Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Sons of the American Revolution (accepted by the Empire State Society on 27 August 1945, and assigned national membership number 65,843 and state membership number 7,723), Military Order of Foreign Wars, Military Order of the World Wars (of which he served as national commander in 1928), Order of Lafayette, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the American Legion (member of Post 23 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin). President Ronald Reagan awarded her the Medal of Freedom in 1988 and the Philippine government gave her its Legion of Merit in 1993. == Death == Mrs. MacArthur died of natural causes in Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan at age 101. *November - December 1950: With China committed to all- out war against the US on the Korean peninsula, MacArthur advocates for the same in return against China but is prohibited. Some disagree with this, however, since MacArthur later came out against Truman's use of the bomb against Japan and there seems to be no concrete evidence of a major change in his views.The Free World Colossus, David Horowitz *8 September 1951: Peace treaty with Japan signed. Allied casualties were high and much was learned about conducting jungle warfare. =====1943===== *16 February 1943: The Sixth United States Army is formed under the command of Lieutenant General Walter Kruger. This was to be Gen. MacArthur's last trip to the mainland United States for the next 14 years, when he was relieved from duty by President Truman. Allied air forces under MacArthur's command sink 8 transports, 4 destroyers and destroy 20 fighter planes with light casualties. Note 2 - General MacArthur was awarded a total of 14 overseas service insignias - 3 gold chevrons for World War I, 9 overseas service bars for World War II and 2 for the Korean War. ==Civil awards== In addition to the military awards and national honors listed above, General MacArthur received numerous other honors and awards. MacArthur expressed his outrage later, saying that "The order not to bomb the Yalu bridges was the most indefensible and ill-conceived decision ever forced on a field commander in our nation's history."
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Douglas MacArthur first said, "Only the dead have seen the end of war"
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Plato said, "Only the dead have seen the end of war"
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George Santayana wrote "Only the dead have seen the end of war"
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All of the above
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What exact words did Neil Armstrong say on the moon?
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When Armstrong first stepped onto the lunar surface, he famously said: "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." One Small Step may refer to: * "One small step," a phrase spoken by Neil Armstrong as he became the first person to set foot on the Moon. Giant Leap may refer to: * 1 Giant Leap, concept band and media project * 1 Giant Leap (album), 2002 album * "One Giant Leap", the third episode of the NBC supernatural drama series Heroes * "That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind", the famous words of Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong when he became the first human to both set foot on the Moon, and the first human to step onto another world. He turned and set his left boot on the lunar surface at 02:56 UTC July 21, 1969, then said, "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." At the bottom of the ladder, while standing on a Lunar Module landing pad, Armstrong said, "I'm going to step off the LM now". The exact time of Armstrong's first step on the Moon is unclear. Buzz Aldrin called Armstrong "a true American hero and the best pilot I ever knew", and said he was disappointed that they would not be able to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing together in 2019. Upon his return from the Moon, Armstrong gave a speech in front of the U.S. Congress in which he thanked them for giving him the opportunity to see some of the "grandest views of the Creator".Congressional Record (Bound Edition). Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who became the first person to walk on the Moon in 1969. According to Chris Kraft, a March 1969 meeting among Slayton, George Low, Bob Gilruth, and Kraft determined that Armstrong would be the first person on the Moon, in part because NASA management saw him as a person who did not have a large ego. Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me." President Barack Obama issued a statement memorializing Armstrong as "among the greatest of American heroes—not just of his time, but of all time", and added that Armstrong had carried the aspirations of the United States' citizens and had delivered "a moment of human achievement that will never be forgotten." Historian Andrew Chaikin, who interviewed Armstrong in 1988 for his book A Man on the Moon, disputed that Armstrong claimed to have conceived the line during the mission. Armstrong shut the engine off and said, "Shutdown." Recalling Armstrong's humility, John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, told CNN: "[Armstrong] didn't feel that he should be out huckstering himself. Armstrong confirmed the landing to Mission Control and the world with the words, "Houston, Tranquility Base here. "That happened because Neil Armstrong was a team player—he always worked on behalf of the team." He spoke for about a minute, after which Armstrong responded for about thirty seconds. Armstrong said he was curious to see what it looked like from the ground, as he had seen it only from the Moon. The first thing Slayton said was, "The guys who are going to fly the first lunar missions are the guys in this room." About 19minutes after Armstrong's first step, Aldrin joined him on the surface, becoming the second human to walk on the Moon. During the landing, Armstrong's heart rate ranged from 100 to 150beats per minute. ==== First Moon walk ==== thumb|right|Armstrong describes the lunar surface.
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That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
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That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind
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That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind
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What does Dorothy say to Toto upon reaching Oz in "The Wizard of Oz"?
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Dorothy and Toto are finally wished back home to Kansas again by Ozma's use of the Magic Belt. ==Publication history== The sales figures of Baum's other fantasy novels always lagged behind his Oz novels; it has therefore been theorized that the "guest appearances" of his non-Oz characters in The Road to Oz were a marketing ploy to raise interest in those other titles. Toto has also been recognized for being the inspiration for the name of Dorothy's dog, "Toto", in the "Wizard of Oz" books by the author, L. Frank Baum, who resided for a time at nearby Bass Lake. ==References== Category:Unincorporated communities in Starke County, Indiana Category:Unincorporated communities in Indiana The Tin Woodman's garden features images of Dorothy and Toto, representing them as they first arrived in Oz. With prompting from King Dox of Foxville, Dorothy deduces that she and Toto are obviously on another "fairy adventure" that will ultimately lead them to the magical Land of Oz, just in time for Princess Ozma's royal birthday party (which is now acknowledged as August 21 by Oz fans, even though the book only refers to the 21st of the month, Dorothy having mentioned that the current month is August in another passage). Upon reaching the Land of Oz, Dorothy and her companions are warmly welcomed by the mechanical man Tik-Tok and Billina the Yellow Hen. It is implied that she is amused by the differences present; she has apparently lost weight, as well as changed her attire. ==External links== * * * The Road to Oz; in which is related how Dorothy Gale of Kansas, the Shaggy Man, Button Bright, and Polychrome the Rainbow's daughter met on an enchanted road and followed it all the way to the marvelous land of Oz from The Internet Archive * Category:1909 American novels Category:1909 children's books Category:1909 fantasy novels Category:American fantasy novels Category:Birthdays in fiction Category:Oz (franchise) books Category:Sequel novels Category:Novels adapted into comics Toto is an unincorporated community in Center Township, Starke County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. ==History== An old variant name of the community was called Rye. After meeting the Musicker (who produces music from his breath) and fighting off the Scoodlers (who fight by removing their own heads and throwing them at the travelers), Dorothy and her companions reach the edge of the fatal Deadly Desert completely surrounding the Land of Oz. The Road to Oz: In Which Is Related How Dorothy Gale of Kansas, The Shaggy Man, Button Bright, and Polychrome the Rainbow's Daughter Met on an Enchanted Road and Followed it All the Way to the Marvelous Land of Oz. is the fifth of L. Frank Baum's Land of Oz books. Toba Batak may refer to: *The Toba Batak people of North Sumatra, Indonesia *The Toba Batak language The origin of the name Toto is obscure, but it could possibly be of Native American origin. Toupah is a town in southern Ivory Coast. Dorothy meets up with Ozma as her chariot is pulled in by the Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger. Toto has a local reputation for an abundance of curio stores, giving it the nickname of "Indiana's Bargain Capital". He politely asks Dorothy for directions to Butterfield, which is the nearest town on the prairie. This is in contrast to the "real" Dorothy, who is drawn here much as she is drawn in all of the Oz books illustrated by Neill. It also describes how Dorothy White was briefly imprisoned for interrupting a local Anglican service. Though both of them ask Dorothy to procure them invitations to Princess Ozma's birthday party. The book was dedicated to Joslyn Stanton Baum, the author's first grandson, the child of Baum's eldest son Frank Joslyn Baum. ==Plot== While Dorothy Gale is at home in Kansas one day, she and her pet dog Toto meet the Shaggy Man who comes walking past the Gale farm. The colored pages represent the signature colors of the various countries of Oz that Dorothy and her companions travel through on their way to the Emerald City. Dorothy, Toto, the Shaggy Man, Button- Bright, and Polychrome eventually come to the peculiar town of Foxville, where anthropomorphic foxes live. After everyone has presented their gifts and feasted at a lavish banquet in Ozma's honor, the Wizard of Oz demonstrates a method of using bubbles as transportation by which to send everyone home.
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Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore
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Toto, I don't think we're in Kansas anymore
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Toto, I've a feeling we're not in Kansas anymore
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Who said, "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results"?
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;"The Quantity Theory of Insanity" The title story deals with the creation, testing and impact of the "Quantity Theory of Insanity." The Quantity Theory of Insanity is a collection of short stories by Will Self. Wendell Wallach (born April 21, 1946) is a bioethicist and author focused on the ethics and governance of emerging technologies, in particular artificial intelligence and neuroscience. Praise for the collection came from fellow authors and critics. > "If a manic J. G. Ballard and a depressive David Lodge got together, they > might produce something like The Quantity Theory of Insanity. Edward Waldo Emerson (July 10, 1844 – January 27, 1930) was an American physician, writer and lecturer. ==Biography== Emerson was born in Boston, Massachusetts. But Will > Self's world is all his own" - Martin Amishttps://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the- > quantity-theory-of-insanity-9781408827451/ > "'Will Self's The Quantity Theory of Insanity is as disturbing as satire > ought to be and these days seldom is. The video was released on March 30, 2011, on Shukoff's YouTube channel. ==Music video== The video features 20th-century German-American theoretical physicist Albert Einstein (portrayed by MC Mr. Napkins) and English theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking (portrayed by NicePeter) facing off in a rap battle. Albert Hofstadter (March 28, 1910 – January 26, 1989) was an American philosopher. ==Life and career== Hofstadter taught at Columbia University (1950–67), the University of California at Santa Cruz (1968–75) and the New School for Social Research (1976–78)."Albert Hofstadter, Philosopher, 78", New York Times, Jan. 28., 1989 He was the elder brother of physicist and Nobel laureate Robert Hofstadter and the uncle of Robert's son, Douglas Hofstadter. ==Thoughts on the later Heidegger== As a Heidegger scholar, Hofstadter contends that Heidegger is able to shape and use language in keeping with his basic insight that language is the house of Being, i.e., where humans dwell. His hobbies include skiing, hiking, and building stained glass windows. == In the media == * In 2007, Wallach spoke at the Singularity Summit in San Francisco, CA, titled "The Road to Singularity: Comedic Complexity, Technological Thresholds, and Bioethical Broad jumps on the Route". He has written two books on the ethics of emerging technologies.: "Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right from Wrong" (2010) and "A Dangerous Master: How to Keep Technology from Slipping Beyond Our Control" (2015). "Einstein vs. Stephen Hawking" is a song and music video, performed by Zach "MC Mr. Napkins" Sherwin, Peter "NicePeter" Shukoff, and Lloyd "EpicLLOYD" Ahlquist. His final words were > always the same, the clarion call from the Communist Manifesto of 1848: > “Vurkers of the Vurld, unide! *In 2016, Wallach spoke at a Carnegie Council For International Affairs event, titled "Global Ethics Forum: The Pros, Cons, and Ethical Dilemmas of Artificial Intelligence." * In 2018, Wallach spoke on a panel titled "Control and Responsible Innovation of Artificial Intelligence" at a Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs event. He edited: * Correspondence of John Sterling and Ralph Waldo Emerson (1897) * Centenary Edition of Ralph Waldo Emerson, annotated (1903) * Life and Letters of General Charles Russell Lowell (1907) * Emerson's Journals, with Waldo Emerson Forbes (1909) He made many contributions to magazines. ==Notes== ==References== * * * ==External links== * Category:1844 births Category:1930 deaths Category:Ralph Waldo Emerson Category:Harvard Medical School alumni Category:Physicians from Massachusetts Category:American male writers Category:Tufts University faculty Category:People from Concord, Massachusetts Category:American people of English descent Category:Harvard College alumni * In 2107, Wallach was a guest on The Wright Show with Robert Wright, where he discusses the dangers of artificial intelligence and biotechnology. Waiting to sleep he compiles a list of things keeping him awake and muses upon his recent life and where it is going- however it is clear that he is afflicted by a certain level of 'insanity', as his musings become more and more erratic and irrelevant. He sold his interests in both companies in 2001. === Machine ethics === In 2004 and 2005, Wallach taught undergraduate seminars at Yale University about robot ethics, and in 2005 he became chair of the Technology and Ethics Study Group at Yale University ISPS Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics. In 2009, Wallach published Moral Machines: Teaching Robots Right From Wrong (co-authored with Colin Allen, Indiana University), which discusses issues in AI ethics and machine morality. He was a son of Ralph Waldo Emerson and Lidian Jackson Emerson, and educated at Harvard, where he graduated in 1866. Herbert Morrison described his encounters with Neumann in his 1960 autobiography as follows: > Neumann often spoke at one corner of the small Kennington Triangle while I > spoke at another. *In 2018, Wallach spoke at a WEF event titled "Shaping the Future of Artificial Intelligence in China."
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Mark Twain said "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results"
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Albert Einstein said "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results"
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Bill Gates said "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results"
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There is no consensus on who first said this
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Benjamin Franklin said "Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results"
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Who wrote the statement, "You cannot find peace by avoiding life"?
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Conditions of Peace is a book written by Edward Hallett Carr. Making Peace is a book by the British peace studies scholar Adam Curle, first published in 1971. ==Overview== Making Peace was written during a sabbatical year Curle spent at the Richardson Institute in 1969–70. "Life Without Principle" is an essay by Henry David Thoreau that offers his program for a righteous livelihood. A Troubled Peace is the 2009 sequel to the historical fiction novel Under a War-Torn Sky, written by Virginia author L.M. Elliott. == Summary == World War II may be ending, but for 19-year-old bomber pilot, Henry Forester, the conflict still rages on. "Emerson and The Conduct of Life," The English Review, 1, No. 2, 1973: 6-27. "Emerson and The Conduct of Life," The English Review, 1, No. 2, 1973: 6-27. ==References== ==External links== *The Conduct of Life - Digitized copy of first edition *The Conduct of Life - Google Books * Category:Essay collections by Ralph Waldo Emerson Category:1860 essays Category:1860 books thumb|right|Emerson in the 1860s The Conduct of Life is a collection of essays by Ralph Waldo Emerson published in 1860 and revised in 1876. The page numbers in brackets link to an online copy of the 1860 edition of the book on archive.org. ===Fate=== In this first essay, Emerson introduces the basic idealist principles of The Conduct of Life and seeks to reconcile the seemingly contradicting ideas of freedom and fate through a unifying Weltgeist-approach. He argues that conflicts can exist regardless of their participants' conscious desires when the relationships in which they are engaged are unpeaceful or exploitative, and that observers' assessments of situations as peaceful or conflictual are ultimately value- driven and subjective. ==Critical reception== Christopher Mitchell described the book as "the clearest (and in many senses the most honest) exposition of the objectivist position" in peace studies. It was published in 1863, a few months after his death. == Overview == The essay provides an overview of Thoreau's philosophy of work and life. "Make Peace Not War" is a song by British MC Skepta. In addition to self-reliance, Emerson’s advice is to live a healthy life and to be productive. The Conduct of Life has been named as both one of Emerson's best works and one of his worst. Scholar Barbara Packer contends that Thoreau's shifting titles show his shifting pity and contempt for his contemporaries who he felt were employed in ways that degraded life or the country. == Notes == == External links == * Life Without Principle (Illustrated & Annotated) at Fog Hill Press. Thoreau prepared "Life Without Principle" for publication during the final months of his life based on his journal notes between 1851 and 1855 that originally inspired his lecture. In this volume, Emerson sets out to answer "the question of the times:" "How shall I live?"Emerson, Ralph Waldo. The Conduct of Life, which Emerson was composing around that time, seems to recall that discussion and puts Emerson’s critique of Whitman in a societal and cultural perspective. Indeed, The Conduct Of Life, written during the political run-up to secession and published after the bombardment of Fort Sumter, finds Emerson embracing the idea of war as a means of national rebirth. In addition to "Life Without Principle", Thoreau was writing and re-working several other lectures and essays for publication in the final months of his life, including "Walking", "Wild Apples", and "Autumnal Tints". == Analysis == Thoreau intended the original title, "What Shall It Profit?", as a Biblical reference (Mark 8:36, "For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?"). (100) ===Civil War=== In his Essay 'Emerson' (1898), John Jay Chapman claims with regards to Emerson that "not a boy in the land welcomed the outbreak of the war so fiercely as did this shy village philosopher." Also, despite the stronger reconciliation between self and society compared to Emerson’s previous, more individualistic works, The Conduct of Life is in no way a one-sided affirmation of American society, especially 19th century capitalism. "Necessitated Freedom: Emerson's ‘The Conduct of Life’," Studies in the American Renaissance, 1980: 73-89.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote "You cannot find peace by avoiding life"
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Nicole Kidman wrote "You cannot find peace by avoiding life"
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Virginia Woolf wrote "You cannot find peace by avoiding life"
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Michael Cunningham wrote "You cannot find peace by avoiding life" in "The Hours"
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Did humans really land on the moon in 1969?
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Longuski argues that it would have been much easier to really land on the Moon than to generate such a huge conspiracy to fake the landings.Longuski 2006, p. 102Aaronovitch 2010, pp. 1–2, 6 To date, nobody from the United States government or NASA linked to the Apollo program has said the Moon landings were hoaxes. Abstract: "This video looks at whether man actually walked on the moon in 1969 or if it was an elaborate hoax." A poll conducted in the 1970s by the United States Information Agency in several countries in Latin America, Asia, and Africa found that most respondents were unaware of the Moon landings, many of the others dismissed them as propaganda or science fiction, and many thought that it had been the Russians that landed on the Moon.Oberg 1982, p. 97 In 2019, Ipsos conducted a study for C-Span to assess the level of belief that the 1969 Moon landing was faked. The many allegations in Kaysing's book effectively began discussion of the Moon landings being faked.Plait 2002, p. 157 The book claims that the chance of a successful crewed landing on the Moon was calculated to be 0.0017%, and that despite close monitoring by the USSR, it would have been easier for NASA to fake the Moon landings than to really go there. This supposed evidence can be explained as a case of cherry picking and an appeal to emotion. === NASA response === In June 1977, NASA issued a fact sheet responding to recent claims that the Apollo Moon landings had been hoaxed. * The August 27, 2008, MythBusters episode "NASA Moon Landing" tested and debunked some common claims made by Moon landing conspiracy theorists. Washington, DC: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1999. ==Hoax claims and rebuttals== Many Moon-landing conspiracy theories have been proposed, alleging that the landings either did not occur and NASA staff lied, or that the landings did occur but not in the way that has been reported. Moon landing conspiracy theories claim that some or all elements of the Apollo program and the associated Moon landings were hoaxes staged by NASA, possibly with the aid of other organizations. The notion that the Apollo Moon landings were hoaxes perpetrated by NASA and other agencies has appeared many times in popular culture. The most notable claim is that the six crewed landings (1969–1972) were faked and that twelve Apollo astronauts did not actually walk on the Moon. Bill Kaysing (July 31, 1922 – April 21, 2005) was an American author and conspiracy theorist who claimed that the Apollo Moon landings between 1969 and 1972 were hoaxes. ==Charges of an Apollo Hoax== Kaysing would come to assert in a new vein of writing that came to fruition in the mid-1970s, that during his much earlier tenure at Rocketdyne he was privy to documents pertaining to the Mercury, Gemini, Atlas, and Apollo programs, and argued that one did not need an engineering or science degree to determine that a hoax was being perpetrated. NASA raised "about US$30 billion" to go to the Moon, and Kaysing claimed in his book that this could have been used to "pay off" many people.Kaysing 2002, p. 71 Since most conspiracists believe that sending men to the Moon was impossible at the time,Attivissimo 2013, p. 163 they argue that landings had to be faked to fulfill Kennedy's 1961 goal, "before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth." This would have allowed for only a small number of people to actually know the truth about faking the Moon landings. === Photographic and film oddities === Moon-landing conspiracists focus heavily on NASA photos. In A Man on the Moon,Chaikin 2007 (page needed) first published in 1994, Andrew Chaikin mentions that at the time of Apollo 8's lunar-orbit mission in December 1968,Attivissimo 2013, p. 70 similar conspiracy ideas were already in circulation.Dick & Launius 2007, pp. 63–64 == Claimed motives of the United States and NASA == Those who believe the Moon landings were faked offer several theories about the motives of NASA and the United States government. Kaysing had an appearance on the Documentary, "Moon Landing - The World's Greatest Hoax?" Kaysing was a participant in the Fox documentary, Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?, which aired on February 15, 2001. Officials of the Fox network said that such skepticism rose to about 20% after the February 2001 airing of their network's television special, Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon?, seen by about 15 million viewers. Not all references to Moon landing conspiracy theories are in support of them, but the ideas expressed in them have become a popular meme to reference, both in humor and sincerity. == Precursors in other media == In 1956 James E. Gunn wrote a science fiction story entitled "Cave of Night" in which the United States Air Force fakes the first crewed American spaceflight. In 2009, a poll held by the United Kingdom's Engineering & Technology magazine found that 25% of those surveyed did not believe that men landed on the Moon. * The Onion spoofed the theory in an article reporting that Neil Armstrong had become convinced that the Moon landing was a hoax. Various groups and individuals have made claims since the mid-1970s that NASA and others knowingly misled the public into believing the landings happened, by manufacturing, tampering with, or destroying evidence including photos, telemetry tapes, radio and TV transmissions, and Moon rock samples. This scene may have helped to spread the idea of the Moon landings being a hoax.
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No, the moon landing was propaganda
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No, humans did not land on the moon in 1969
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No, there is no evidence that humans landed on the moon in 1969
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No, the moon landing was a hoax
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Yes, humans really landed on the moon in 1969
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What is underneath the Denver Airport?
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"Deep Time/Deep Space, a Subterranean Journey" (Denver International Airport: Public Art Installations) ==Failure== The train system is essential for the airport to function at its full capacity since it provides the only passenger access to Concourses B and C. Walkways between the concourses were not included in the original design of the airport due to the high reliability of the train system and also because they were too costly to build. Denver International Airport , locally known as DIA, is an international airport in the Western United States, primarily serving metropolitan Denver, Colorado, as well as the greater Front Range Urban Corridor. Denver Airport is a commuter rail station on the A Line in Denver, Colorado, serving Denver International Airport. The train will simply shuttle back and forth from end to end in one of the tunnels. ==Transit art== Nearly one percent of the construction budget for Denver International Airport was dedicated to artwork and art installations. However, the cost of construction continues to prevent any plans from moving forward. ==Gallery== Image:DIA Train 2.JPG|Overhead view of Concourse A Station in 2008 Image:DIA Train 5.JPG|Overhead view of Concourse C Station in 2008 Image:DIA Train Display.jpg|New LCD platform display ==References== ==External links== * Official Denver International Airport website * YouTube Video of the Train #1 (Old Audio from 1995-2007) * YouTube Video of the Train #2 (New Audio from 2007-2012/2012-2018) Category:Public transportation in Colorado Category:Transportation in Denver Category:Airport people mover systems in the United States Category:Innovia people movers Category:Denver International Airport Category:Railway lines opened in 1995 The airport is driving distance from Downtown Denver, farther than the former Stapleton International Airport, the facility DEN replaced: the airport land was originally part of Adams County until the construction of the airport in 1995, and is actually located in between Commerce City and Aurora with the Southwest side connecting strip of neighborhoods (on the route of Peña Blvd) being the only connection with the rest of the city of Denver: many airport-related services, such as hotels, are located in Aurora. The Denver International Airport Automated Guideway Transit System is a people mover system operating at Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado. Shadow Array is a sculpture by Patrick Marold, installed at the Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado, U.S. ==References== Category:Outdoor sculptures in Denver Category:Denver International Airport "Kinetic Light Air Curtain" (Denver International Airport: Public Art Installations) ==="Deep Time/Deep Space, A Subterranean Journey"=== The southbound tunnel contains the exhibit "Deep Time, Deep Space: A Subterranean Journey". An Airport City is the “inside the fence” airport area of a large airport, which includes the airport's facilities (terminals, apron, and runways) and "on-airport businesses" such as air cargo, logistics, offices, retail, and hotels. There is also what has been called an "unplanned artwork" at the train station, dozens of concrete railroad ties leftover from the construction were artfully arranged into the design of the landscaping located east of the platform, in an area designated for future expansion of the station. == References == Category:RTD commuter rail stations in Denver Category:2016 establishments in Colorado Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 2016 Category:Airport railway stations in the United States Category:Denver International Airport Spokesperson for the Denver International Airport, Alex Renteria, says that the Freemasons created the cover, so included their symbol but there is no evidence that they have any influence in running the airport. From 1980 to 1983, the Denver Regional Council of Governments investigated areas for a new area airport north and east of Denver. In April 2019, the Roswell International Air Center and Denver International Airport became "supernatural sister airports." The airport is connected to the I-70 and Denver via the Peña Boulevard freeway. To assist passengers departing Denver, the station includes flight information screens, airport check-in kiosks, and a baggage service desk where passengers may deposit their checked baggage before entering the airport. Published July 2021. ==History== Denver has traditionally been home to one of the busier airports in the United States because its midcontinent location was ideal for an airline hub. Key Lime Air is a United States airline with corporate headquarters at Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado, within the Denver metropolitan area.The postal designation of “Denver”, appears in the company’s mailing address and is referenced as its headquarters location: About." Similarly, the A Line rail service connecting the airport with downtown Denver has two intervening stations in Aurora. ===Terminal=== DIA has one terminal, named The Jeppesen Terminal after aviation safety pioneer Elrey Borge Jeppesen, and three midfield concourses, spaced far apart. The damaged airplane landed safely on runway 26 and no injuries were reported. ==See also== * Busiest airports in the United States by international passenger traffic * Busiest airports in the United States by total passenger boardings * List of airports in the Denver area * List of the busiest airports in the United States * List of longest runways * Megaprojects and Risk: An Anatomy of Ambition * World's busiest airports by passenger traffic * World's busiest airports by traffic movements * World's busiest airports by cargo traffic * World's busiest airports by international passenger traffic * List of tallest air traffic control towers in the United States ==References== ==External links== * ** * * Denver International Airport aviation weather * A Local's Guide to Denver International Airport Conspiracy Theories, Denver Public Library Category:Airports in Colorado Category:Tensile membrane structures Category:Transportation buildings and structures in Denver Category:Airports established in 1995 Category:1995 establishments in Colorado All freeway traffic accessing the airport from central Denver leaves the city and passes through Aurora for nearly , making the airport a practical exclave. Opened in 1995, Denver currently serves 25 different airlines offering non-stop service to over 215 destinations throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia; it was the fourth airport in the U.S. to exceed 200 destinations.
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There are baggage transport tunnels underneath the Denver Airport
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The headquarters of the Illuminati are underneath the Denver Airport
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There is a city underneath the Denver Airport
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The Denver Airport claims that there are only baggage transport tunnels underneath the airport, but it's actually the location of the Illuminati headquarters
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There are fascist symbols underneath the Denver Airport
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What is the purpose of Area 51?
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Area 51 is a video game series inspired by Area 51 military facility. Area 51 (stylized as Area-51) is a science fiction first-person shooter video game that was released in 2005. The event had an effect on businesses both locally in Nevada and around the United States, which prepared products for visitors and those attending the event. == Background == 165px|thumb|left|The main gate of the Nevada Test and Training Range, colloquially known as Area 51 Area 51 is a common name given to a United States Air Force (USAF) facility in the Nevada Test and Training Range. Area 51's intense secrecy has caused it to become the subject of many conspiracy theories regarding the presence of aliens on the site. Area 51 is a 2015 American found footage science fiction horror film directed and shot by Oren Peli and co-written by Peli and Christopher Denham. The three reach the 'S4'-level of Area 51, which stores the complex's most secret information and experiments. Area 51 is a light gun arcade game released by Atari Games in 1995.Matt Cabral, "Area 51: A History of Violence," PlayStation: The Official Magazine 004 (March 2008): 82-83. In 2005, Area 51 was released by Midway for the PlayStation 2, Xbox and Microsoft Windows platforms. After the incident, Reid becomes fascinated with aliens and, in particular, Area 51. Conspiracy theorists believe aliens, UFOs, or information related to them are stored at Area 51. == Facebook event and Internet meme == thumb|A photograph of an attendee taking a photograph of a photography prohibition sign at the main gate of Area 51 Matty Roberts was a Bakersfield resident, and a moderator of the Facebook page Shitposting cause I'm in shambles. Next Generations review of the arcade version stated that "Area 51 provides shooters with what they want", noting in particular the dark and varied levels, realistic and graduated scenery, intriguing story themes, and fun power-ups. GamePro gave Area 51 one of its more positive reviews, praising its frenzied pace and concluding, "Area 51s sizzling action easily overcomes its sizable flaws. A51 may refer to: * Area 51, the nickname for a military base in Nevada that is the subject of many conspiracy theories * A51 Terrain Park (Colorado), a terrain park in Keystone, Colorado * A51 road (England), a road connecting Kingsbury and Chester * A51 motorway (France), a road connecting Marseille and Grenoble * A5/1, in cryptography, a stream cipher used in GSM cellular networks * Samsung Galaxy A51, a smartphone released in 2019 * A51, one of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings codes for the Budapest Gambit in chess * A-51, a Namibian hip hop band Reid spends months planning to infiltrate Area 51 to uncover the base's secrets. The CIA declassified documents related to Area 51 and recognized its existence in 2013. Versions of the original Area 51 were released for various home consoles. Weatherby received the inspiration for the Area 51 concept from an article in Popular Science called "Searching for the Secrets of Groom Lake". Storm Area 51, They Can't Stop All of Us was an American Facebook event that took place on and around September 20, 2019, in the desert surrounding Area 51, a United States Air Force (USAF) facility within the Nevada Test and Training Range. Lee Nutter summarized in Sega Saturn Magazine, "As shoot 'em ups go Area 51 is not a bad effort, but outclassed by the [Virtua] Cop games in every conceivable way." The events also prompted the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to post two temporary flight restrictions, closing the airspace above two places nearby Area 51 during the days surrounding the planned raid. The Midway titles, exclusive to home systems, had different plots from the original games. == Games== The original Area 51 was released into arcades in 1995, and ported in 1996 to the PlayStation, Sega Saturn and PC. The Illuminati would give the Greys a research base 3 miles below the surface of Area 51, the use of the base as a landing site, and give them human test subjects where they, along with human scientists, would research a mutagenic virus to use in a war on their homeworld.
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Area 51 is used to develop weather control technology
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Area 51 is used to store extraterrestrial spacecraft
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Area 51 is used to develop time travel technology
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Area 51 is used to develop energy weapons
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Area 51 is a military base in Nevada
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What is the largest animal that lives in the Loch Ness?
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The largest animal known ever to have lived is confirmed to be the blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus). At , Loch Ness is the second-largest Scottish loch by surface area after Loch Lomond, but due to its great depth it is the largest by volume in Great Britain. Animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu The largest of the barnacles is the giant acorn barnacle, Balanus nubilis, reaching in diameter and high.Giant Acorn Barnacle. A giant shark, Otodus megalodon is by far the biggest mackerel shark ever known. Britannica Online Encyclopaedia ;Barnacles and allies (Maxillopoda) :The largest species is Pennella balaenopterae, a copepod and ectoparasite specialising in parasitising marine mammals. Giant animal may refer to: *Megafauna, the largest animal species *Megafauna (mythology), large animals in mythology *Gigantism in animals ==See also== *Largest organisms *Largest prehistoric organisms Seaworld.org ==Vertebrates== ===Mammals (Mammalia)=== The blue whale is the largest mammal of all time, with the largest known specimen being long and the largest weighted specimen being 190 tonnes. Loch Bì,Lochs Bi and Druidibeag (Potentially Vulnerable Area 02/07) – Comhairle nan Eilean Siar, February 2007 sometimes anglicised as Loch Bee, is the largest loch on the island of South Uist in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland. The largest prehistoric animals include both vertebrate and invertebrate species. Loch Ness is best known for claimed sightings of the cryptozoological Loch Ness Monster, also known affectionately as "Nessie" (). Loch Ness (; ) is a large freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands extending for approximately southwest of Inverness. This is the maximum size recorded for a hexactinellid sponge. ==See also== * Largest prehistoric animals * Megafauna * Largest organisms ==References== Animals * Category:Heaviest or most massive organisms Exact size estimates and judging which one was largest are not yet possible for these birds, as their bones were extremely thin-walled, light and fragile, and thus most are only known from very incomplete remains. === Woodpeckers and allies (Piciformes) === The largest known woodpecker is the possibly extinct imperial woodpecker (Campephilus imperialis) with a total length of about . === Parrots (Psittaciformes) === The largest known parrot is the extinct Heracles inexpectatus with a length of about 1 meter (3.3 feet). === Penguins (Sphenisciformes) === One of the heaviest known penguin ever known is Kumimanu fordycei, body mass estimate based on humerus results . ;Sauropods (Sauropoda) :The largest dinosaurs, and the largest animals to ever live on land, were the plant-eating, long-necked Sauropoda. The giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) is the world's most massive tree, and arguably the largest living organism on Earth. At , it is the second-largest Scottish loch by surface area after Loch Lomond, but due to its great depth it is the largest by volume in the British Isles. Animal Info (2005-02-01) 48 13.5 (44) 9 Sei whale 22.5 45 14.8 (49) 10 Gray whale 19.5 45 13.5 (44) thumb|The blue whale is the heaviest animal ever known to have existed. ==Heaviest terrestrial animals== The heaviest land animals are all mammals. Popular interest and belief in the animal's existence have varied since it was first brought to the world's attention in 1933. ==Fish species== The following fish species are native to Loch Ness. Some balaenopterids perhaps rivaled the blue whale in terms of size, though other studies disagree that any baleen whale grew that large in the Miocene. === Odd-toed ungulates (Perissodactyla) === * The largest known perissodactyl, and the second largest land mammal (see Palaeoloxodon namadicus) of all time was the hornless rhino Paraceratherium. The largest land mammal extant today is the African bush elephant. The colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) is projected to be the largest invertebrate.Photo in the News: Colossal Squid Caught off Antarctica. Charnia masoni is known from specimens as small as only , up to the largest specimens of in length. === Proarticulata === Dickinsonia tenuis reached in length, that makes it one of the largest precambrian organisms. == Sponges (Porifera) == The largest known Permian sponge Gigantospongia had diameter up to . == See also == * Dinosaur size * Largest organisms * Megafauna == References == == Sources == * * == External links == * * * * * Category:Lists of prehistoric animals Prehistoric
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The largest animal that lives in the Loch Ness is the Loch Ness Monster
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The largest animal that lives in the Loch Ness is a dolphin
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The largest animal in the Loch Ness may be an eel
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The largest animal that lives in the Loch Ness is a whale
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Since the Loch Ness Monster isn't real, the largest animal that lives in the Loch Ness may be a whale
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What did CERN do in 2012?
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The year 2012 involved many significant scientific events and discoveries, including the first orbital rendezvous by a commercial spacecraft, the discovery of a particle highly similar to the long-sought Higgs boson, and the near-eradication of guinea worm disease. This article lists a number of significant events in science that have occurred in the third quarter of 2020. ==Events== ===July=== * 1 July ** Scientist at CERN report that the LHCb experiment has observed a four-charm tetraquark particle never seen before, which is likely to be the first of a previously undiscovered class of particles. He became a CERN staff member in 1980 working with the UA2 experiment at the Super Proton Synchrotron collider (major involvement in the discoveries of jets and the W and Z bosons). Early involvement as convener of the jet study group at the ECFA-CERN LHC workshop 1984 (Lausanne, Geneva), member of the advisory panel on the physics potential and the feasibility of experiments at the multi-TeV energies (La Thuile workshop 1987), and calorimetry overview at the ECFA study week on instrumentation technology for high-luminosity hadron colliders (Barcelona 1989). In 2015, other public research organisations joined CERN openlab for the first time. * In 2012 he was awarded a share of the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. This work was continued by CERN openlab III (2009-2011) which also hosted projects with emphasis on technologies and services relevant to CERN and its partners. He has authored and co-authored many review articles about the LHC project, the Higgs boson discovery, and the history of hadron colliders, for example in 2021 in the CERN Courier. The current research members are Fermilab, INFN, ScimPulse, King's College London, Samara University, Eindhoven University of Technology and Newcastle University. ==History== The CERN openlab concept started in 2001 led by Manuel Delfino, and since 2003 it has run in successive phases of three years. CERN openlab is a collaboration between CERN and industrial partners to develop new knowledge in Information and Communication Technologies through the evaluation of advanced tools and joint research to be used by the worldwide community of scientists working at the Large Hadron Collider. Jenni was directly involved in the experimental work leading to the discoveries of the W and Z bosons in the 1980s and the Higgs boson in 2012. During CERN openlab I (2003-2005) an advanced prototype called was developed. He more and more shifted to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). (The Daily Telegraph) ** The Large Hadron Collider detects an extremely rare particle decay event, casting doubt on the popular theory of supersymmetry. Later, CERN openlab IV (2012-2014) paid particular attention to cloud computing, business analytics, the next generation of hardware, and security for large numbers of network devices. (BBC) ** As predicted by scientists, 21 December 2012 passes without any form of apocalyptic event, despite years of global anticipation. ** A study led by Kansas State University discovers a new quantum state, which allows three, but not two, atoms to stick together. * 4 July ** CERN physicists announce the discovery of a particle consistent with the standard model's Higgs boson at a "5 sigma" level of significance, indicating that there is only one chance in 3.5 million to get such a result by chance without a particle. Already during the UA2 time, strong interest in the physics and instrumentation at future colliders, in particular LHC. The year 2013 was marked in science fiction by the following events. ==Events== * November, 23: 50th anniversary of the Doctor Who franchise. The year 2012 is marked, in science fiction, by the following events. ==Events== *George Lucas sold Lucasfilm, with all its property, including Star Wars franchise, to Disney for $4 billion. Peter Jenni, (born 17 April 1948) is an experimental particle physicist working at CERN. He is best known as one of the "founding fathers" of the ATLAS experiment at the CERN Large Hadron Collider together with a few other colleagues.
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CERN created time travel in 2012
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CERN did the world's first particle collision in 2012
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CERN opened a portal to hell in 2012
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CERN broke the universe in 2012
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CERN discovered the Higgs boson in 2012
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Where is the city of Bielefeld?
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thumb|Memorial on the occasion of the end of the Bielefeld Conspiracy The Bielefeld conspiracy (German: or , ) is a satirical conspiracy theory that claims that the city of Bielefeld, Germany, does not exist,Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: but is an illusion propagated by various forces. First posited on the German Usenet in 1994, the conspiracy has since been mentioned in the city's marketing, and alluded to in a speech by former Chancellor Angela Merkel. ==Synopsis== The theory proposes that the city of Bielefeld (population of 341,755 ) in the German state of North Rhine- Westphalia does not actually exist. Bielefeld () is a city in the Ostwestfalen-Lippe Region in the north-east of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. As no one was able to prove Bielefeld's non-existence, the city therefore sees its existence as conclusive and the conspiracy as ended. Birkenfeld is a community in the Main-Spessart district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia (Unterfranken) in Bavaria, Germany and a member of the Verwaltungsgemeinschaft (Administrative Community) of Marktheidenfeld. ==Geography== ===Location=== Birkenfeld lies in the Main Spessart Region. ===Official response=== The city council of Bielefeld made efforts to generate publicity for Bielefeld and build a nationally known public image of the city. Bielefeld is also famous for the Bethel Institution, and for the Bielefeld conspiracy, which satirises conspiracy theories by claiming that Bielefeld does not exist. On April Fools' Day in 1999, five years after the myth started to spread, the city council released a press statement titled (Bielefeld does exist!). Birofeld (; ) is a village (selo) in Birobidzhansky District of the Jewish Autonomous Oblast, Russia. Bielefeld has a small airstrip, Flugplatz Bielefeld, in the Senne district but is mainly served by the three larger airports nearby, Paderborn Lippstadt Airport, Münster Osnabrück Airport and Hannover Airport. Bielefelder Alm () is a football stadium in Bielefeld, Germany. Due to the presence of a number of barracks built during the 1930s and its location next to the main East-West Autobahn in northern Germany, after World War II Bielefeld became a headquarters town for the fighting command of the British Army of the Rhine – BAOR (the administrative and strategic headquarters were at Rheindahlen near the Dutch border). Bielefeldt is a low German surname. Anybody who can answer yes to any of the queries, or claim any other knowledge about Bielefeld is promptly disregarded as being in on the conspiracy, or having been themselves deceived. Historian Alan Lessoff notes that a reason for the amusement value of the theory is Bielefeld's lack of notable features, as being home to no major institutions or tourist attractions and not being on the course of a major river: "Bielefeld defines nondescript". ==Public reception== The Bielefeld conspiracy remains one of the most popular Internet jokes originating in Germany. Bielefeld Hauptbahnhof, the main railway station of Bielefeld, is on the Hamm–Minden railway and is part of the German ICE high-speed railroad system. Bielefeld boasts a well-developed public transport system, served mainly by the companies moBiel (formerly Stadtwerke Bielefeld – Verkehrsbetriebe) and "BVO". * Have you ever been to Bielefeld? * Do you know anybody who has ever been to Bielefeld? It has a notable Jugendstil façade, is Bielefeld's largest theatre and home of the Bielefeld Opera. The historical centre of the city is situated north of the Teutoburg Forest line of hills, but modern Bielefeld also incorporates boroughs on the opposite side and on the hills. In November 2012, German Chancellor Angela Merkel referred to the conspiracy in public when talking about a town hall meeting she had attended in Bielefeld, adding: "... if it exists at all", and "I had the impression that I was there."
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Bielefeld is an illusion
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There is a joke that Bielefeld is a town in Germany, but it is not a real place
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Bielefeld is a conspiracy by the authorities
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Bielefeld is in Germany
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Bielefeld is not a real place
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Where is Walt Disney's body?
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The practice is unlawful and prohibited on Disney property, and anyone spreading cremated remains is escorted from the park. Disney's CEO Bob Iger announced on February 8, 2023, that Frozen III is currently in development at Walt Disney Animation Studios. == See also == * List of Disney animated films based on fairy tales * List of Disney theatrical animated feature films == Notes == == References == == Further reading == * * == External links == * * * * * * * Frozen at Walt Disney Animation Studios Category:2010s American animated films Category:2010s English-language films Category:2010s musical fantasy films Category:2013 3D films Category:2013 computer-animated films Category:2013 directorial debut films Category:2013 fantasy films Category:3D animated films Category:American 3D films Category:American animated feature films Category:American computer-animated films Category:American musical fantasy films Category:Animated drama films Category:American animated fantasy films Category:Animated films about sisters Category:Animated musical films Category:Best Animated Feature Academy Award winners Category:Best Animated Feature Annie Award winners Category:Best Animated Feature BAFTA winners Category:Best Animated Feature Broadcast Film Critics Association Award winners Category:Best Animated Feature Film Golden Globe winners Category:Disney controversies Category:Disney and LGBT Category:Film controversies in the United States Category:Films about curses Category:Films about princesses Category:Films about trolls Category:Films directed by Chris Buck Category:Films directed by Jennifer Lee (filmmaker) Category:Films produced by Peter Del Vecho Category:Films scored by Christophe Beck Category:Films set in castles Category:Films set in palaces Category:Films set in Scandinavia Category:Films that won the Best Original Song Academy Award Category:Films with screenplays by Jennifer Lee (filmmaker) Category:Frozen (franchise) mass media Category:LGBT-related controversies in animation Category:LGBT-related controversies in film Category:Walt Disney Animation Studios films Category:Walt Disney Pictures animated films The official reveal was kept on the previously planned November 15 date, and Disney joined Burns in Orlando for the event. ====Roy Disney's oversight of construction==== left|thumb|Roy O. Disney inspecting design plans on-site in Florida Walt Disney died from circulatory collapse caused by smoking-related lung cancer on December 15, 1966, before his vision was realized. Walt Disney Presents is an interactive gallery exhibit located in Animation Courtyard at Disney's Hollywood Studios featuring memorabilia from the Disney archives. Walt Disney died on December 15, 1966, during the initial planning of the complex. Walt Disney Pictures is currently one of five live-action film studios within the Walt Disney Studios, the others being 20th Century Studios, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, and Searchlight Pictures. Frozen is a 2013 American computer-animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. In addition, the attraction includes a 15 minute short film of Walt Disney's life that explores the extraordinary hardships he overcame, as well as previously unseen footage, including Walt talking about the creation of Mickey Mouse. The Walt Disney World Resort, also called Walt Disney World or Disney World, is an entertainment resort complex in Bay Lake and Lake Buena Vista, Florida, United States, near the cities of Orlando and Kissimmee. Walt Disney Pictures is an American film production company and subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, which is owned by The Walt Disney Company. The Art of Frozen () is an art book about the 2013 Walt Disney Company animated feature film Frozen. Although the scattering of ashes on Disney property is illegal, The Wall Street Journal reported in October 2018 that Walt Disney World parks were becoming a popular spot for families to scatter the ashes of loved ones, with the Haunted Mansion at Magic Kingdom being the favorite location. Walt Disney took a flight over a potential site in Orlando, Florida—one of many—in November 1963. After his death, the company wrestled with the idea of whether to bring the Disney World project to fruition; however, Walt's older brother, Roy O. Disney, came out of retirement to make sure Walt's biggest dream was realized. Scott Mendelson of Forbes wrote, "Frozen is both a declaration of Disney's renewed cultural relevance and a reaffirmation of Disney coming to terms with its own legacy and its own identity. It currently displays a model of Disney Cruise Line's upcoming ship, the Disney Wish. ==External links== * == References == Category:Disney's Hollywood Studios Category:Walt Disney Parks and Resorts attractions Category:Animation Courtyard Category:Audio- Animatronic attractions Category:2001 establishments in Florida Category:Works about Walt Disney Animated films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and Pixar are also released by Walt Disney Pictures. The Los Angeles Times extolled the film's ensemble voice talent and elaborate musical sequences, and declared Frozen was "a welcome return to greatness for Walt Disney Animation Studios." In North America, Frozen is the twenty-sixth-highest-grossing film, the third- highest-grossing 2013 film, the fifth-highest-grossing animated film, the highest-grossing 2013 animated film, the twelfth-highest-grossing 3-D film, and the second-highest-grossing Walt Disney Animation Studios film. ==References== ==External links== * The Art of Frozen * Sioux City Journal, "REVIEW: 'Art of Frozen' lets movie fans savor film's art", December 21, 2013 Category:2013 non-fiction books Category:Works about Frozen (franchise) Category:Books about individual films Category:Books about Disney Category:Animation books Category:Chronicle Books books The studio is the flagship producer of live-action feature films within the Walt Disney Studios unit, and is based at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank, California. Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures distributes and markets the films produced by Walt Disney Pictures.
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Walt Disney's body was cremated after his death
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Walt Disney's body is cryonically frozen
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Walt Disney's body is in suspended animation
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Walt Disney's body is beneath the Pirates of the Caribbean ride
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Walt Disney's body is in Hollywood
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In what country was Barack Obama born?
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Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States, was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii Joe Miller, "Does Obama have Kenyan Citizenship?" , Fact Check, August 29, 2008, quoted in part on FightTheSmears to Barack Obama, Sr. (1936–1982) (born in Oriang' Kogelo of Rachuonyo North District, Kenya) and Stanley Ann Dunham, known as Ann (1942–1995) (born in Wichita, Kansas, United States). They married on the Hawaiian island of Maui on February 2, 1961. (online) ("Raising Obama" cover story) (print) Barack Hussein Obama, born in Honolulu on August 4, 1961, at the old Kapiolani Maternity and Gynecological Hospital at 1611 Bingham Street (a predecessor of the Kapiʻolani Medical Center for Women and Children at 1319 Punahou Street), was named for his father. Born in Africa may refer to: *Born in Africa (Dr. Alban album), 1996 **Born in Africa (song) *Born in Africa (compilation album), 1986 compilation album of various Ugandan artists Obama's father, Barack Obama, Sr., the university's first foreign student from an African nation, (online) hailed from Oriang' Kogelo, Rachuonyo North District, in the Nyanza Province of western Kenya. Indians in Kenya, often known as Kenyan Asians, are citizens and residents of Kenya with ancestral roots in the Indian subcontinent. White people in Kenya or White Kenyans are those born in or resident in Kenya who descend from Europeans and/or identify themselves as white. In August 2006, Obama flew his wife and two daughters from Chicago to join him in a visit to his father's birthplace, a village near Kisumu in rural western Kenya. Obama Day was a holiday celebrated in Kenya in November 2008 in honor of Barack Obama's victory in the 2008 United States presidential election. Shortly after the U.S. election result was announced, Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki declared the holiday because Obama was of Kenyan descent. == References == Category:Barack Obama Category:Kenyan culture Category:November observances Category:2008 introductions Category:Monday observances Category:Holidays and observances by scheduling (nth weekday of the month) *Immigration Department of Kenya, abstract history of nationality laws. *https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/namaskar-africana ===Further reading=== * Adam, Michel. Obama was enrolled as "Barry Soetoro" (no. 1), and was wrongly recorded as an Indonesian citizen (no. 3) and a Muslim (no. 4). In December 1971, Obama was visited for a month by his father, Barack Obama Sr., from Kenya. Note: Her parents in 1966 lived at 2234 University Avenue in Honolulu. ===Indonesia=== thumb|right|Barack Obama's school record in St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Elementary School. Barack Obama, Sr. later graduated from Harvard University with an A.M. in economics and in 1965 returned to Kenya. Indians in Kenya predominantly live in the major urban areas of Nairobi and Mombasa, with a minority living in rural areas. In 1967, Obama and his mother moved to Jakarta to rejoin his stepfather. They considered those who failed to take up Kenyan citizenship as being disloyal.Donald Rothchild, 'Citizenship and national integration: the non-African crisis in Kenya', in Studies in race and nations (Center on International Race Relations, University of Denver working papers), 1}3 (1969±70), p. 1 Those without Kenyan citizenship soon became subject to increasing discrimination by the ruling government, led by Jomo Kenyatta. The majority of Asians trace their ancestry to the regions of Gujarat and the Punjab.Herzig, Pascale, South Asians in Kenya: Gender, Generation and Changing Identities in Diaspora, LIT Verlag Münster, 2006, page 1 There are also large numbers who originate from Maharashtra, Odisha, Goa, and Tamil Nadu. Obama's mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, known as Ann, had been born in Wichita. From sixth grade through eighth grade at Punahou, Obama lived with his mother and Maya.Maraniss (2012), pp. 279–286.Hoover (2008), "Obama's Hawaii homes". Despite fears at the time within the community, it did not result in another exodus of Asians from the country.Herzig, Pascale, South Asians in Kenya: Gender, Generation and Changing Identities in Diaspora, LIT Verlag Münster, 2006, page 26 On 22 July 2017, the Uhuru Kenyatta government announced that the Asian community would be officially recognised as the 44th tribe in Kenya recognising the community's contribution to Kenya from the dawn of the nation. ==Demography and religion== thumb|Three Sikh brothers in Kenya in 1961 The 2019 Kenyan Census recorded 47,555 Kenyan citizens of Asian origin, while Asians without Kenyan citizenship numbered 42,972 individuals. According to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), In 2019 there were 69,621 Europeans in Kenya, of which 42,868 were Kenyan citizens.
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Despite forged documents showing that Barack Obama was born in the U.S., evidence proves that he was born in Kenya
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Barack Obama was born in Kenya
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Barack Obama was born in the U.S.
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Barack Obama was born in Indonesia
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Barack Obama was born in Mombasa
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What object crashed during the Roswell incident?
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The "Roswell incident", or simply "Roswell", was the July 1947 recovery of metallic and rubber debris from a military balloon by Roswell Army Air Field personnel, who issued a press release announcing possession of a "flying disc". The Roswell incident, a myth of a 1947 crashed flying saucer, has been widely featured in fiction. ==Roswell in fiction== * In the 1980 film Hangar 18, an alien ship crashes in the desert of the US Southwest. Ufologists had previously considered the possibility that the Roswell debris had come from a top-secret balloon. Between 1978 and the early 1990s, UFO researchers such as Stanton T. Friedman, William Moore, Karl T. Pflock, and the team of Kevin D. Randle and Donald R. Schmitt interviewed several dozen people who claimed to have had a connection with the events at Roswell in 1947. 300px|right|thumb|Balloon debris near Roswell, though publicly called a weather balloon, was later revealed to stem from Project Mogul. Roswell (also known as Roswell: The U.F.O. Cover-Up) is a 1994 television film produced by Paul Davids based on a supposedly true story about the Roswell UFO incident, the alleged U.S. military capture of a flying saucer and its alien crew following a crash near the town of Roswell, New Mexico, in July 1947. Multiple persons who were mentioned to have visited the site later provided sworn witness testimony in response to inquiries by Ufologists who had tracked them down over the ensuing years. ==='Weather balloon' as cover story for Project Mogul=== right|thumb|150px|In 1994 and 1997, US Government reports concluded that the Roswell Incident stemmed from a Project MOGUL balloon. Scholars of folklore have charted the evolution of the Roswell myth over the course of decades, they claim it began in the final year of the Second World War (1944-5), when Japan released thousands of Fu-Go balloon bombs designed to cause damage and spread panic in the United States. ===Crashed disc hoaxes (1947-1950)=== thumb|right|On July 12, 1947, the US Army released photos of a hoaxed "flying disc" recovered from Twin Falls. ====Twin Falls crashed disc hoax (1947)==== Days after Roswell, on July 11, the press reported the recovery of a disc from the yard of a home in Twin Falls, Idaho. The book, later termed "version 4" of the Roswell story, introduced new "witnesses" and added to the narrative by doubling the number of flying saucers to two, and the number of aliens to eight – two of which were said to have survived and been taken into custody by the government. ====The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell (1994)==== In 1994, Randle and Schmitt authored another book, The Truth about the UFO Crash at Roswell which included a claim that alien bodies were taken by cargo plane to be viewed by Dwight D. Eisenhower. 9) "... the material recovered near Roswell was consistent with a balloon device and most likely from one of the MOGUL balloons that had not been previously recovered." That day, papers told how Brazel had reported the debris after hearing stories about "flying discs" and wondering if that was what he had picked up, then going to see Sheriff Wilcox where he "whispered kinda confidential like" that he may have found a flying disc. ==Roswell forgotten (1947–1978)== The Roswell incident, initially reported in July 1947, lost public attention for several decades until the rise of UFO conspiracy theories in the following years. In 1994 and 1997, the US Air Force Roswell Reports identified the material as part of a top secret atomic surveillance balloon from Project Mogul launched on June 4 which had last been tracked near Corona. ===The Roswell Incident (1980) by Berlitz and Moore === In October 1980, Marcel's story was featured in the book The Roswell Incident by Charles Berlitz and William Moore. Meanwhile, hoaxes from the 1940s about crashed saucers and dead bodies were incorporated into Roswell Incident mythology. He provided a sworn witness statement that he encountered balloon debris at the site which was included in the first official Roswell Report. Brazel told the Roswell Daily Record that the debris consisted of "large area of bright wreckage made up of rubber strips, tinfoil, a rather tough paper and sticks." Article available via Farmington Daily Times Online Archive , (fee based). ==See also== * Twin Falls Saucer Hoax * The Bamboo Saucer, a 1968 film about a crashed saucer with dead bodies being recovered by Soviet and American forces from Red China * Hangar 18, a 1980 film about a crashed craft with dead bodies * List of reported UFO sightings ==References== ==Further reading== * * * Category:UFO hoaxes Category:Hoaxes in the United States Category:History of San Juan County, New Mexico Category:1948 in New Mexico In response, in 1994 the United States Air Force published a report concluding the crashed object was a top secret nuclear test surveillance balloon from Project Mogul. Prominent UFO researchers, including Pflock and Kevin Randle, have become convinced that no bodies were recovered from the Roswell crash. ===Competing accounts and schism=== The early 1990s saw a proliferation of competing accounts. ====UFO Crash at Roswell (1991) by Randle and Schmitt==== In 1991, Kevin Randle and Donald Schmitt published UFO Crash at Roswell, which has been called "version 3" of the Roswell story. * The 2006–08 online graphic novel Roswell, Texas references the Roswell Incident. In 2013, an FBI memo claimed by some ufologists to substantiate the crash story was dismissed by the bureau as "a second- or third-hand claim that we never investigated". ==Story== According to Scully, in March 1948 an unidentified aerial craft containing sixteen humanoid bodies was recovered by the military in New Mexico after making a controlled landing in Hart Canyon 12 miles northeast of the city of Aztec. 400px|thumb|right|'Hottel Memo' The Aztec, New Mexico UFO hoax (sometimes known as the "other Roswell") was a flying saucer crash alleged to have happened in 1948 in Aztec, New Mexico. Beginning in the 1970s, some ufologists resurrected the story in books claiming the purported crash was real. In later years, many alleged 'first hand' accounts of the Roswell crash contained the Aztec crash story, with some claiming the craft was made of a material impervious to all heat, while others claiming the craft was damaged by the crash.
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The object that crashed during the Roswell incident was a UFO
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The object that crashed during the Roswell incident was a flying saucer
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The object that crashed during the Roswell incident was an airplane
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The government claims that a military balloon crashed during the Roswell incident, but it was actually an alien spacecraft
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The object that crashed during the Roswell incident was a nuclear test surveillance balloon
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What is the composition of the trails left in the sky by aircraft?
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During the 2011–2017 California drought, some local politicians in Shasta County reacted credulously to conspiracy theories suggesting that the unusual weather conditions has been caused by weather-modifying chemtrails. ==Contrails== Contrails, or condensation trails, are "streaks of condensed water vapor created in the air by an airplane or rocket at high altitudes". The term chemtrail blends the words chemical and trail, just as contrail blends condensation and trail. == History == thumb|upright=1.4|Multiple concurrent contrails. The chemtrail conspiracy theory is the erroneous belief that long-lasting condensation trails left in the sky by high-flying aircraft are actually "chemtrails" consisting of chemical or biological agents, sprayed for nefarious purposes undisclosed to the general public. Different types of wet deposition include: * Below-cloud scavenging. Proponents view the presence of visible color spectra in the streams, unusual concentrations of sky tracks in a single area, or lingering tracks left by unmarked or military airplanes flying atypical altitudes or locations as markers of chemtrails. In May 2014, a video that went viral showed a commercial passenger airplane landing on a foggy night, which was described as emitting chemtrails.Benjamin Radford for Discovery. 1 May 2014. Viral Video Claims to Prove 'Chemtrails' Conspiracy Discovery News pointed out that passengers sitting behind the wings would clearly see anything being sprayed, which would defeat any intent to be secretive, and that the purported chemical emission was normal air disruption caused by the wings, visible due to the fog. * Other processes, such as: thermophoresis, turbophoresis, diffusiophoresis and electrophoresis. == Wet deposition == In wet deposition, atmospheric hydrometeors (rain drops, snow etc.) scavenge aerosol particles. The proponents claim that after 1995, contrails had a different chemical composition and lasted a lot longer in the sky; proponents fail to acknowledge evidence of long-lasting contrails shown in World War II–era photographs. In the physics of aerosols, deposition is the process by which aerosol particles collect or deposit themselves on solid surfaces, decreasing the concentration of the particles in the air. Contrails can have a lateral spread of several kilometers, and given sufficient air traffic, it is possible for contrails to create an entirely overcast sky that increases the ice budget of individual contrails and persists for hours. thumb|Contrail testing being carried out on an Airbus A340 and much older Boeing 707 Experts on atmospheric phenomena say that the characteristics attributed to chemtrails are simply features of contrails responding to diverse conditions in terms of sunlight, temperature, horizontal and vertical wind shear, and humidity levels present at the aircraft's altitude. In some accounts, the chemicals are described as barium and aluminum salts, polymer fibers, thorium, or silicon carbide. There is no evidence that purported chemtrails differ from normal water-based contrails routinely left by high-flying aircraft under certain atmospheric conditions. It can be divided into two sub- processes: dry and wet deposition. This means that wet deposition is gravitational, Brownian and/or turbulent coagulation with water droplets. Some chemtrail believers have built cloudbusters filled with crystals and metal filings, which are pointed at the sky in an attempt to clear it of chemtrails. The House leader went on to say that "it is our belief that the petitioners are seeing regular airplane condensation trails or contrails." The Gas composition of any gas can be characterised by listing the pure substances it contains, and stating for each substance its proportion of the gas mixture's molecule count.Nitrogen 78.084 Oxygen 20.9476 Argon Ar 0.934 Carbon Dioxide 0.0314 == Gas composition of air == To give a familiar example, air has a composition of: Pure Gas Name Symbol Percent by Volume Nitrogen N2 78.084 Oxygen O2 20.9476 Argon Ar 0.934 Carbon Dioxide CO2 0.0314 Neon Ne 0.001818 Methane CH4 0.0002 Helium He 0.000524 Krypton Kr 0.000114 Hydrogen H2 0.00005 Xenon Xe 0.0000087 Standard Dry Air is the agreed-upon gas composition for air from which all water vapour has been removed. The jointly published fact sheet produced by NASA, the EPA, the FAA, and NOAA in 2000 in response to alarms over chemtrails details the science of contrail formation, and outlines both the known and potential impacts of contrails have on temperature and climate. Following the report, in the late 1990s the USAF was accused of "spraying the U.S. population with mysterious substances" from aircraft "generating unusual contrail patterns." ==See also== * California drought manipulation conspiracy theory * Cloud iridescence * Environmental engineering * Herbicidal warfare * List of conspiracy theories * Mass hysteria * Mick West (chemtrail skeptic) * Mobile source air pollution * Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering * Stratospheric sulfate aerosols (geoengineering) * Environmental effects of aviation ==References== ==Further reading== * "'Chemtrails' not real, say leading atmospheric science experts", Carnegie Institution for Science * "Lake Oroville Runoff Enhancement Project" Final Report submitted to California Dept. of Water Resources Division of Operations and Maintenance (September 1995); published by US Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation Technical Service Center, River Systems and Meteorology Group. Tetrachloroaluminate [AlCl4]− is an anion formed from aluminium and chlorine.
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The trails left in the sky by aircraft are composed of water vapor
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The trails left in the sky by aircraft are composed of poison
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The trails left in the sky by aircraft are composed of chemicals that affect the weather
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The trails left in the sky by aircraft are composed of toxic chemicals
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The trails left in the sky by aircraft are composed of aluminum, strontium, and barium
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What personality do Libras have?
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Libra is the only zodiac sign that is represented by an object; with the other eleven signs represented by either an animal or mythological character. ==Astrological associations== Libra is the cardinal modality of the three air signs, the others being Gemini and Aquarius. Going back to ancient Greek times, Libra the constellation between Virgo and Scorpio used to be ruled over by the constellation of Scorpio. 11 Librae is a single, fifth-magnitude star in the southern zodiac constellation of Libra. 23 Librae (23 Lib) is a star in the zodiac constellation Libra, making it visible from most of the Earth's surface. 37 Librae is a single star in the southern zodiac constellation of Libra. Delta Librae, Latinized from δ Librae, is a variable star in the constellation Libra. Beta Librae (β Librae, abbreviated Beta Lib, β Lib), formally named Zubeneschamali , is (despite its 'beta' designation) the brightest star in the zodiac constellation of Libra. Libra is symbolized by the scales and is associated with the Roman deity Iustitia. __NOTOC__ Libra () (, Latin for "scales") is the seventh astrological sign in the zodiac. The ruling planet of Libra is Venus along with Taurus. The small periodic variations in the magnitude of Beta Librae suggest the presence of a companion star which is not directly observable from Earth. According to the writer Manilius, Roman judges are born under the sign of Libra. They called the area the Latin word "chelae", which translated to "the claws" which can help identify the individual stars that make up the full constellation of Libra, since it was so closely identified with the Scorpion constellation in the sky. ==Gallery== File: Libra - Horoscope from 'The book of birth of Iskandar" Wellcome L0040140.jpg|Libra adorning one side of the Meridian solar line of Basilica Santa Maria Degli Angeli e dei Martiri in Rome, built by Francesco Bianchini (1702) File: Workshop of Willem Vrelant (Flemish, died 1481, active 1454 - 1481) - A Man Treading Grapes; Zodiacal Sign of Libra - Google Art Project.jpg|Illustration of Libra in a Flemish manuscript from the early 1460s File: Book of Wonders folio 13b.jpg|Libra, or al-Mīzān, depicted in the 14th/15th century Arabic astrological text Book of Wonders File:Libra2.jpg|A woman holding the scales (Book of Hours, the , Bodleian Library) ==See also== *Astronomical symbols *Chinese zodiac *Circle of stars *Cusp (astrology) *Elements of the zodiac *History of astrology ==Notes== ==Works cited== * Longitude of Sun, apparent geocentric ecliptic of date, interpolated to find time of crossing 0°, 30°.... * * * * * * * ==External links== * * * Warburg Institute Iconographic Database (ca 320 medieval and early modern images of Libra) Category:Western astrological signs Accessed on line November 23, 2010. == Properties == Based upon the features of its spectrum, Beta Librae has a stellar classification of B8 V, making it a B-type main-sequence star. According to Eratosthenes, Beta Librae was observed to be brighter than Antares. * Librae, Beta Category:B-type main-sequence stars Category:Libra (constellation) Zubeneschamali Librae, 27 074785 Category:Suspected variables 5685 135742 Category:Durchmusterung objects Manilius once said that Libra was the sign "in which the seasons are balanced". Estimates of the age of 23 Librae range from 8.4 to 11.1 billion years, making it much older than the Sun. 23 Librae is slightly larger than the Sun, with an estimated 107% of the Sun's mass and 125% of the Sun's radius. This name originated in a time when Libra was viewed as representing the "claws of the scorpion". With μ Virginis it forms one of the Akkadian lunar mansions Mulu-izi(meaning "Man-of-fire"). δ Librae is approximately 300 light years from the Earth and the primary, component A, belongs to the spectral class B9.5V, indicating it is a B-type main-sequence star. The spectral properties of 23 Librae identify it as stellar class G5 V, with the luminosity class of 'V' indicating that this is a main sequence star that is generating energy through the thermonuclear fusion of hydrogen at its core. However, it is categorized as a single star. == See also == * List of stars in Libra * Alpha Librae (Zubenelgenubi) ==References== {0.0046491\ \text{AU}/R_{\bigodot}} \\\ & \approx 9.8\cdot R_{\bigodot} \end{align} , see star table, page 13. }} ==External links== * – Find more Arabic Star Names and their meanings.
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Libras are compassionate and empathetic
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Libras are smart and charming
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Libras are known to be very friendly and social
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Libras dislike confrontation and conflicts
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Astrological signs are not correlated with personality traits
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What happens if you smash a mirror?
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Mirror life presents potential dangers. A Damaged Mirror is a 2014 "novelized" memoir by Yael Shahar and Ovadya ben Malka. "Smash the Mirror" is a two-part story comprising the eighth and ninth episodes of the fourth season of the American fantasy drama series Once Upon a Time, which aired on November 16, 2014. A mirror punishment is a penal form of poetic justice which reflects the nature or means of the crime in the means of (often physical) punishment as a form of retributive justice—the practice of "repaying" a wrongdoer "in kind". Mirror life (also called mirror-image life) is a hypothetical form of life with mirror-reflected molecular building blocks. The Broken Mirror Restored (破镜重圆, Pò jìng chóng yuán) is a Chinese classic romantic folklore about the separation and reunion of an aristocratic couple using their broken mirrors. Broken Mirror is a Ghanaian movie that was released in 2014 by Media 5 Studio Productions. The couple then broke a handheld mirror into two, each person kept on half of the mirror as a mean of identification at the future reunion. :The mirror and the person are gone :The mirror returns. The possibility of mirror life was first discussed by Louis Pasteur. They also find a cracked mirror with a missing fragment, which unknown to them, is the Mirror of Shattered Sight. In this story, a physical accident transforms a person into his mirror image, speculatively explained by travel through a fourth physical dimension. This episode, as told from the author's point of view, forms a key chapter of A Damaged Mirror. ==References== ==External links== *"Peering into A Damaged Mirror: A trauma therapist explains the psychological impact of the dilemmas faced by the Sonderkommando". Mirror viruses would not be able to attack natural cells, just as natural viruses would not be able to attack mirror cells. Issue 1 (2016), 113–144 The phrase "broken mirror restored", or "broken mirror joined together" has been used as an idiom to suggests the happy reunion of a separated couple.Idioms Lesson 31 A broken mirror joined together china.org.cn ==Story plot== The main protagonist of the story were and her husband, Xu Deyan (徐德言). The simplest method of mirror punishment is to enact the same action upon the criminal as the criminal perpetrated upon the victim. Often, however, a more esoteric method of mirror punishment is used, which implies punishing the part of the criminal's body used to commit the crime. Ingrid uses a small shard of the mirror to cast the same spell, the Spell of Shattered Sight, on Anna, resulting in Anna becoming negative and resentful against Elsa for deserting her during their childhood. However, it was never marketed due to excessive manufacturing costs.A natural way to stay sweet, NASA More recent research allows cheap production with high yields, however the authors state that it is not usable as a sweetener due to laxative effects. ==In fiction== The creation of a mirror human is the basis of 1950 Arthur C. Clarke's story "Technical Error", from The Collected Stories. He managed to find the other half of the mirror sold at an unreasonably high price by an old man. Xu told the seller the story behind the broken mirror and asked the seller to delivered a poem to his master: :镜与人俱去， :镜归人不归。 The concept is used during Ryan North's 2023 run on Fantastic Four as an existential threat towards the human population. ==See also== *Xenobiology *Mirror matter – A hypothetical form of matter that interacts only weakly with normal matter, which could form mirror planets, potentially inhabited by mirror matter life.
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If you smash a mirror, your soul will be corrupted
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If you smash a mirror, you will be trapped in the mirror
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If you smash a mirror, the mirror will be intact
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While the mirror would shatter, the worse consequence is that you would suffer seven years of bad luck
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If you smash a mirror, nothing in particular happens
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What happens if you walk under a ladder?
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Colour-coded red to identify. == Society and culture == A common superstition in English-speaking countries is that walking under a ladder is seen as bad luck. In comedic children's media, the image of a character walking under a ladder being the cause or result of bad luck has become a common trope. ==Image gallery== File:Rough ladder instead of stairs. There is a superstition that bad luck will come to a person who places shoes on a table. Ladders can cause injury if they slip on the ground and fall. If a leaning ladder is placed at the wrong angle, the risk of a fall is greatly increased. However footing a ladder should be seen as a last resort for a safe placement. The safest angle for a ladder is 75.5°; if it is too shallow, the bottom of the ladder is at risk of sliding, and if it is too steep, the ladder may fall backwards. Therefore, the ladder will not be able to fit inside the building as it passes through. The ladder is imagined passing through the open front and rear doors of a garage or barn which is shorter than its rest length, so if the ladder was not moving it would not be able to fit inside. Ladders seem rigid in everyday life. This enables the ladder to clear overhanging obstacles, such as the eaves of a roof, and increases the safe working height for a given length of ladder because of the increased separation distance of the two contact points at the top of the ladder. Step ladders have flat steps and a hinged back. The ladder approach is a lifesaving technique taught by Lifesaving Society and is used to promote the safety of a rescuer during an aquatic rescue. From the ladder's frame, then, we know that there must be some explanation for how the ladder came to be trapped; we must simply find the explanation. The back of the ladder will not change its trajectory in spacetime until it feels the effects of the impact. As simultaneity is relative, then, two observers disagree on whether the ladder fits. However, from the frame of reference of the ladder, the ladder is too big to fit in the garage, so by the time it collides with the back door and stops, the back of the ladder still has not reached the front door. Climbing a rope ladder requires more skill than climbing a rigid ladder, because the ladder tends to swing like a pendulum. Depending on the physics, the ladder could break; or, if it were sufficiently elastic, it could bend and re-expand to its original length. Ladders have also been linked to the crucifixion of Christ, with author and scientist Charles Panati noting that many believe a ladder rested against the crucifix that Christ hung from, making it a symbol of wickedness, betrayal and death. On the other hand, from the point of view of an observer moving with the ladder, the ladder will not be contracted, and it is the building which will be Lorentz contracted to an even smaller length. Again, the puzzle comes from considering the situation from the frame of the ladder.
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Some people think it's just a superstition, but in reality you will have bad luck if you walk under a ladder
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If you walk under a ladder, the ladder will immediately collapse
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If you walk under a ladder, you will arrive at a gallows
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If you walk under a ladder, nothing in particular happens
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If you walk under a ladder, you will have bad luck
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What happens if you cross paths with a black cat?
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In Germany, some believe that black cats crossing a person's path from right to left, is a bad omen, but from left to right, the cat is granting favorable times. You know if you saw a black cat go across your path you would think, if you were superstitious, you are going to have a little bad luck. Most of Europe considers the black cat a symbol of bad luck, particularly if one walks across the path in front of a person, which is believed to be an omen of misfortune and death. One tradition states that if a black cat walks towards someone, it is said to bring good fortune, but if it walks away, it takes the good luck with it. In most Western cultures, black cats have typically been looked upon as a symbol of evil omens, specifically being suspected of being the familiars of witches, or actually shape-shifting witches themselves. This can be partly because of the superstition behind black cats such as their association with witchcraft or bad luck, or because they appear dull next to more colorful cats. Furthermore, it is believed that a lady who owns a black cat will have many suitors. === Superstition, prejudice, bringer of good or bad luck === thumb|right|Black cat with long hair Black cats are often a symbol of Halloween or witchcraft. In contrast, the supernatural powers ascribed to black cats were sometimes viewed positively; for example, sailors considering a "ship's cat" would want a black one because it would bring good luck. In popular myths, witches are believed to be associated with black cats. == Coat == Any cat whose fur is a single color, including black, is known as a "solid" or "self". In England, as with other Germanic cultures, some areas would associate black cats with witches and bad luck. Scottish lore holds that a black cat's arrival at a new home signifies prosperity, while Welsh lore states that a black cat brings good health: However, both the Gaels and Celtic Britons had traditions of feral and sometimes malevolent black cats. The black cat in folklore has been able to change into human shape to act as a spy or courier for witches or demons. The Pilgrims viewed the black cat as a companion, or a familiar to witches, who were said to "use black cats as an integral part of their craft". * Ragamuffin – Although black is not specifically mentioned, the standard allows for "any color, with or without white", so technically speaking, an all-black Ragamuffin would be allowed under the breed standard. == Historical associations == === As a positive omen in Britain and Ireland === The superstitions surrounding black cats varies from culture to culture, but black cats have positive associations in the Celtic nations and Japanese folklore. Cats Protection's own figures suggest that black cats are more difficult for them to find a new home for than other colors. A black cat is a domestic cat with black fur that may be a mixed or specific breed, or a common domestic cat of no particular breed. These superstitions led people to kill black cats. The mix of positive and negative associations in Great Britain may have given rise to the later belief that black cats were omens of both good and bad luck. The black cat analogy is an analogy, accounting for the differences between science and religion, or in some versions also between other disciplines such as philosophy and metaphysics. ==Description== The analogy can be described like this: *Philosophy is like being in a dark room and looking for a black cat. It was also believed that if a black cat walks onto a ship and then walks off it, the ship is doomed to sink on its next trip. A "solid black" cat may be coal black, grayish black, or brownish black. The use of the black cat bone to ensure invisibility, specifically as an aid to people, is comparable to the European Hand of Glory. == Differences in method == After a black cat is caught, it is almost universally boiled alive in a pot of water at midnight, so that its bones may be more easily looked over by the practitioner.
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If you cross paths with a black cat, you will prosper
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If you cross paths with a black cat, you will have good health
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If you cross paths with a black cat, nothing in particular happens
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If you cross paths with a black cat, you will have good luck
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If you cross paths with a black cat, you will see a witch
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What happens if you open an umbrella indoors?
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Umbrella effect may refer to: * Umbrella effect (ecology). in which the presence of an umbrella species protects other species in the same habitat * Umbrella effect (economics). in which a dominant company or cartel creates an "umbrella" of high prices over the rest of the market * Umbrella effect (everyday life). in which the act of bringing an umbrella and raincoat, or otherwise preparing thoroughly for inclement weather, appears to prevent the predicted rainfall from occurring * Umbrella effect (upper management). in which upper management seems to cast a shadow over their employee's, using them to conduct "shady" business. Chance of Rain may refer to: * Probability of precipitation * Chance of Rain (Laurel Halo album), 2013 * Chance of Rain (Stefanie Heinzmann album), 2015 Indoor and Built Environment is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering any topic pertaining to the quality of the indoor and built environment and how this affects the efficiency, performance, health, and comfort of those living or working there. Hailstones can cause serious damage, notably to automobiles, aircraft, skylights, glass- roofed structures, livestock, and crops. Severe weather is any dangerous meteorological phenomenon with the potential to cause damage, serious social disruption, or loss of human life. Umbrella insurance refers to liability insurance that is in excess of specified other policies and also potentially primary insurance for losses not covered by the other policies. The Fear Inside may refer to: * The Fear Inside (film) * The Fear Inside (song) Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK and New York, NY, USA, pp. 3–33, doi:10.1017/9781009325844.001. ==Terminology== Meteorologists have generally defined severe weather as any aspect of the weather that poses risks to life, property or requires the intervention of authorities. In the United States, such storms will usually warrant a Significant Weather Alert. Both severe and significant severe events warrant a severe thunderstorm warning from the United States National Weather Service (excludes flash floods), the Environment Canada, the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, the Meteorological Service of New Zealand and the Meteorological Office UK, if the event occurs in those countries. A wide variety of conditions cause severe weather. When an insured person is liable to someone, the insured's primary insurance policies pay up to their limits, and any additional amount is paid by the umbrella policy (up to the limit of the umbrella policy). Although droughts do not develop or progress as quickly as other forms of severe weather, their effects can be just as deadly; in fact, droughts are classified and measured based upon these effects. Once winds exceed within strong tropical cyclones and tornadoes, homes completely collapse, and significant damage is done to larger buildings. Rarely, massive hailstones have been known to cause concussions or fatal head trauma. Flash flooding can be hazardous to small infrastructure, such as bridges, and weakly constructed buildings. Types of severe weather phenomena vary, depending on the latitude, altitude, topography, and atmospheric conditions. Dust and sand particles can cause severe weathering of buildings and rock formations. Extreme weather describes unusual weather events that are at the extremes of the historical distribution for a given area. ==Causes== Organized severe weather occurs from the same conditions that generate ordinary thunderstorms: atmospheric moisture, lift (often from thermals), and instability. Severe weather is one type of extreme weather, which includes unexpected, unusual, severe, or unseasonal weather and is by definition rare for that location or time of the year.IPCC, 2022: Annex II: Glossary [Möller, V., R. van Diemen, J.B.R. Matthews, C. Méndez, S. Semenov, J.S. Fuglestvedt, A. Reisinger (eds.)]. Visibility may be reduced dramatically, so risks of vehicle and aircraft crashes are possible. Roofs of buildings and automobiles may be severely damaged.
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If you open an umbrella indoors, you will upset the spirits
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If you open an umbrella indoors, you will have bad luck
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If you open an umbrella indoors, you might knock something over
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If you open an umbrella indoors, it will break
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If you open an umbrella indoors, it will start raining
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What happens if you find a penny and pick it up?
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There is a superstition that bad luck will come to a person who places shoes on a table. It is down, then, to the luck of the circumstances in which they find themselves. ===Constitutive moral luck=== Constitutive moral luck concerns the personal character of a moral agent. Beginner's luck refers to the supposed phenomenon of novices experiencing disproportionate frequency of success or succeeding against an expert in a given activity. is considered good luck.David Pickering, Cassell's Dictionary of Superstitions (Sterling Publishing, 2002) p. 425 Also described as an old wives' tale, the superstition may date back to medieval times. thumb|A fair coin, when tossed, should have an equal chance of landing either side up. Moral luck describes circumstances whereby a moral agent is assigned moral blame or praise for an action or its consequences, even if it is clear that said agent did not have full control over either the action or its consequences. It does not cover any cases that are not already included in constitutive and circumstantial luck, and seems to exist only for the purpose of bringing up the problem of free will. ==Alternatives== Some philosophers, such as Susan Wolf, have tried to come up with "happy mediums" that strike a balance between rejecting moral luck outright and accepting it wholesale. In the above example, both drivers were affected by resultant moral luck in that a particular set of circumstances turned out in two different ways: in one situation, a pedestrian appeared on the road; in the other, the pedestrian did not. ===Circumstantial moral luck=== Circumstantial moral luck concerns the surroundings of the moral agent. What Does Good Luck Bring? is the second and final studio album by American indie rock band No. 2, released in 2002 by record label In Music We Trust. == Release == What Does Good Luck Bring? was released in 2002 by record label In Music We Trust. == Reception == Matt Fink of AllMusic called it "another slab of uniformly solid indie rock". == Track listing == # "A Little Confusion" – 4:44 # "More, More" – 3:37 # "Stranger's March" – 3:53 # "For the Last Time" – 3:46 # "8:45 AM" – 1:57 # "Traveling" – 5:49 # "Is It True?" – 3:24 # "Good Intentions" – 4:37 # "What Does Good Luck Bring?" The kind most relevant to the above example is "resultant moral luck". ===Resultant moral luck (consequential)=== Resultant moral luck concerns the consequences of actions and situations. The Good Luck of Right Now is a novel written by Matthew Quick. == Film adaptation == On January 15, 2014 it was announced that after the success of The Silver Linings Playbook adaptation, the upcoming novel would be adapting into the feature film. However, the unlucky driver themselves should voluntarily accept the notion of the special connection between their actions and the unfortunate consequences, and assign more blame to themselves than the lucky driver should. ==See also== * Determinism * List of cognitive biases ** Just-world hypothesis ==Citations== ==References== * * * ===Encyclopedias=== * * Category:Concepts in ethics Category:Philosophical problems Category:Luck Category:Moral psychology In this experiment the coin was tossed by balancing it on the forefinger, flipping it using the thumb so that it spun through the air for about a foot before landing on a flat cloth spread over a table. Edwin Thompson Jaynes claimed that when a coin is caught in the hand, instead of being allowed to bounce, the physical bias in the coin is insignificant compared to the method of the toss, where with sufficient practice a coin can be made to land heads 100% of the time. Also, the coin must not be so biased that one side has a probability of zero. Exploring the problem of checking whether a coin is fair is a well-established pedagogical tool in teaching statistics. == Role in statistical teaching and theory == The probabilistic and statistical properties of coin-tossing games are often used as examples in both introductory and advanced text books and these are mainly based in assuming that a coin is fair or "ideal". A virtuous agent should accept that they have a special connection with the consequences of their actions, including equal-fault cases (such as the lucky/unlucky drivers above), and even in no-fault cases. This may be intuitively problematic, as one situation resulted in a death. ==Four types of moral luck== Thomas Nagel (1979) identified four kinds of moral luck in his essay. That is, if the coin is flipped twice but the results match, and the coin is flipped twice again but the results match now for the opposite side, then the first result can be used. Wolf believes that the outsiders should blame the lucky and unlucky drivers equally despite their intuition that the two of them should not feel equally bad (i.e., the unlucky driver that ran over a pedestrian should feel worse). The rationalist would say that since both of the drivers were equally at fault in failing to check their brakes, it should make no difference that one of them was lucky in not hitting a pedestrian while the other was unlucky – moral fault is independent of consequence.
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If you find a penny and pick it up, you will have good luck
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None of the above
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If you find a penny and pick it up, nothing in particular will happen
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All day long, you'll have good luck
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If you find a penny and pick it up, you will have bad luck
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What is the purpose of a rabbit's foot?
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A Rabbit's Foot had little plot; a newspaper at the time said that it "is an excellent vehicle for the presentation of an abundant amount of rag-time, sweet Southern melodies, witty dialogue, buck dancing, cake walks, and numerous novelties". The suggestion that the rabbit's foot is a substitute for a part from a witch's body is corroborated by other folklore from hoodoo. In any case, the rabbit's foot is dried out and preserved, and carried around by gamblers and other people who believe it will bring them luck. Rabbit's feet were also considered lucky because of their association with the dead body of a criminal. thumb|right|Victorian silver mounted rabbit's foot charm In some cultures, a rabbit's foot is carried as an amulet believed to bring good luck. The Rabbit's Foot Company, also known as the Rabbit('s) Foot Minstrels and colloquially as "The Foots", was a long-running minstrel and variety troupe that toured as a tent show in the American South between 1900 and the late 1950s. It has been suggested by Benjamin Radford that the rabbit's foot could be connected to a European good luck charm called the Hand of Glory, a hand cut from a hanged man and then pickled. In addition to being mentioned in blues lyrics, the rabbit's foot is mentioned in the American folk song "There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight", once popular in minstrel shows; one line goes: "And you've got a rabbit's foot To keep away de hoo-doo". Rabbiting (also rabbit hunting and cottontail hunting) is the sport of hunting rabbits. In many animals with feet, the foot is a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg made up of one or more segments or bones, generally including claws and or nails. ==Etymology== The word "foot", in the sense of meaning the "terminal part of the leg of a vertebrate animal" comes from "Old English fot "foot," from Proto-Germanic *fot (source also of Old Frisian fot, Old Saxon fot, Old Norse fotr, Danish fod, Swedish fot, Dutch voet, Old High German fuoz, German Fuß, Gothic fotus "foot"), from PIE root *ped- "foot". Three or four hunters with shotguns will attempt to shoot the rabbit as it bolts from the burrow while being chased by the ferret. ===Hunting with hounds=== thumb|A group of hounds on the hunt When rabbiting, hunting dogs can be useful in a variety of ways; they can be used to track, flush, or retrieve the animal. These widely varying circumstances may share a common thread of suggestion that the true lucky rabbit's foot is actually cut from a shapeshifted witch. Rabbit's feet, either authentic or imitation, are frequently sold by curio shops and vending machines. There are various methods used in capturing the rabbit, including trapping and shooting.Rabbit Hunting: Secrets of a Master Cottontail Hunter, by Dave Fisher (2002) Rabbit Hunting: Stories and Techniques, by Charles Fergus, Paul Jukes (1985) Depending on where the hunting occurs, there may be licenses required and other rules in regards to methods being used. ==Hunting== Most rabbit hunters try to locate rabbit holes, which are usually found in wooded areas with higher grounds soft enough for the rabbits to burrow in. Hunters without hounds have the following options. The foot (: feet) is an anatomical structure found in many vertebrates. In variations of this superstition, the rabbit it came from must possess certain attributes, such as having been killed in a particular place, using a particular method, or by a person possessing particular attributes (e.g., by a cross-eyed man). They are buried into the ground and usually have a type of tunnel that lures the animal to a spring-loaded trap, which will then drop the rabbit into an enclosure once it is triggered by weight. ===Long netting=== A long net is used (similar to the purse nets used when ferreting) to catch rabbits that have been scared across a field. They provide rapid acceleration making it easy to chase down rabbits. ==Trapping methods== There is a large variety of different traps that are used to capture rabbits and can be divided into categories. In sixteenth-century Britain, hunting rabbits typically involved two hunters either on foot or horseback, a group of hounds, and a horn. The way the traps operate vary, but ultimately the rabbit's movement is what triggers them to close. ===Pit traps=== These traps are quite advanced because they are able to capture a large number of rabbits and automatically reset themselves. Marking the site of the former offices, it commemorates the contribution of the Rabbit's Foot Company to the development of the blues in Mississippi. The most common breeds used for rabbit hunting include sight hounds, lurchers, scent hounds, retrievers, spaniels, settlers, and pointers.
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The purpose of a rabbit's foot is to help with fertility
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While a rabbit's foot helps the rabbit walk, its main purpose is to bring good luck
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The purpose of a rabbit's foot is to aid in the rabbit's locomotion
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The purpose of a rabbit's foot is for brewing
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The purpose of a rabbit's foot is to bring good luck
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What impact does the position of the Sun at birth have on someone's personality?
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Also, birth seasonality has been found to be correlated with certain physiological and psychological traits of humans and animals . According to Allport, personality will be more likely to exhibit greater apparent effects in real situations that are important and influential to the individual being observed.Allport, G.W. (1961). Most personality researchers have now concluded that both the person and the situation contribute to behavior. While genetic and environmental factors can shape personality, individuals also have agency in shaping their own personality through their choices, behaviors, and attitudes. Sun sign astrology, or star sign astrology, is a modern simplified system of Western astrology which considers only the position of the Sun at birth, which is said to be placed within one of the twelve zodiac signs, rather than the positions of the sun and the other six 'planets'. Some researchers have suggested the possibility of situational factors (like social roles) eliciting situation-specific goals which then influence the development of personality traits.Heller, D., Perunovic, W. Q. E., Reichman, D. (2009). Each observation suggests that personality is heritable to a certain extent. Pattern and growth in personality. A supporting article had focused on the heritability of personality (which is estimated to be around 50% for subjective well-being) in which a study was conducted using a representative sample of 973 twin pairs to test the heritable differences in subjective well-being which were found to be fully accounted for by the genetic model of the Five-Factor Model's personality domains. When studying behaviors in a more natural setting, personality is likely to influence behavior. In ecology and behavioral genetics, researchers think nurture has an essential influence on nature. Therefore, it is important to consider both factors when discussing the role of nature vs. nurture in relation to IQ. ==Personality traits== Personality is a frequently cited example of a heritable trait that has been studied in twins and adoptees using behavioral genetic study designs. But even for intermediate heritabilities, a trait is always shaped by both genetic dispositions and the environments in which people develop, merely with greater and lesser plasticities associated with these heritability measures. The person–situation debate in personality psychology refers to the controversy concerning whether the person or the situation is more influential in determining a person's behavior. Personality traits are important because personality traits exist. Personality trait psychologists believe that a person's personality is relatively consistent across situations. Correlation coefficients of the effects found in studies of personality variables cannot be comparable with effects found in studies of situational variables because the two styles of research do not employ a common metric. In the case of personality traits, non-shared environmental effects are often found to out-weigh shared environmental effects. However, trait ascription and trait-based models of personality remain contentious in modern psychology and social science research. The strong dichotomy of nature versus nurture has thus been claimed to have limited relevance in some fields of research. Personality is not by itself a strong predictor of behavior but a better predictor can be ascertained from an average of behavior in environments. Concepts of trait and personality.
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The position of the Sun at birth has a strong impact on someone's personality
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The position of the Sun at birth impacts a person's luck in life
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The position of the Sun at birth has no impact on someone's personality
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The position of the Sun at birth impacts a person's romantic compatibility with other people
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The position of the Sun at birth determines a person's personality
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If you are born under Saturn, what does that mean for you?
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The main difficulty scholars find in studying Saturn is in assessing what is original of his figure and what is due to later hellenising influences. Saturnian or Saturnial may refer to: *Something of or relating to: :*Saturn, sixth planet from the Sun :*Saturn (mythology), a Roman agricultural deity *Saturnian (poetry), the form of poetry which uses Saturnian Verse *Saturnian (album), an album by saxophonist David S. Ware *Saturnian (band), Extreme Symphonic Metal band from the UK In this interpretation, the agricultural aspect of Saturn would be secondary to his primary relation with time and seasons. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Saturn: Saturn - sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. Saturn ( ) was a god in ancient Roman religion, and a character in Roman mythology. The Saturn Myth: A Reinterpretation of Rites and Symbols Illuminating Some of the Dark Corners of Primordial Society is a 1980 non-fiction book written by David N. Talbott which speculates that early humanity witnessed a much different celestial alignment. Saturn's mythological reign was depicted as a Golden Age of abundance and peace. In late antiquity, Saturn is syncretized with a number of deities, and begins to be depicted as winged, as is Kairos, "Timing, Right Time". ==In Roman religion== ===Theology and worship=== The figure of Saturn is one of the most complex in Roman religion. In particular, Cronus's role in the genealogy of the Greek gods was transferred to Saturn. Farming was important to Roman identity, and Saturn was a part of archaic Roman religion and ethnic identity. New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology. ==External links== * The Warburg Institute Iconographic Database (images of Saturn) * — ; depicts and discusses Saturn and his role within astrology. Dr. Saturn may refer to: *Dr. Saturn, a character in the video game Battle Circuit *Dr. Saturn, a specific Mr. Saturn in the video game EarthBound *Dr. Saturn or Dr. Satan, a character in the tokusatsu series The Kagestar The Golden Age of Saturn's reign in Roman mythology differed from the Greek tradition. In Versnel's view his contradictions – a foreigner with one of Rome's oldest sanctuaries, and a god of liberation who is kept in fetters most of the year – indicate Saturn's capacity for confounding social distinctions. Whereas in Jupiter these double features have coalesced, Briquel sees Saturn as showing the characters of a sovereign god of the Varunian type. Saturn is named after the Roman god of agriculture; its astronomical symbol (♄) represents the god's sickle. == Classification of Saturn == * Astronomical object ** Gravitationally rounded object *** Planet **** Giant planet ***** Gas giant **** Planet of the Solar System ***** Outer planet ***** Superior planet == Location of Saturn == * Milky Way Galaxy - barred spiral galaxy ** Orion Arm - a spiral arm of the Milky Way *** Solar System - the Sun and the objects that orbit it, including 8 planets, the sixth planet from the Sun being Saturn **** Orbit of Saturn == Movement of Saturn == * Orbit of Saturn * Rotation of Saturn == Features of Saturn == * Great White Spot * Magnetosphere of Saturn * Rings * Dragon Storm == Natural satellites of Saturn == * Moons of Saturn === Ring moonlets of Saturn === * S/2009 S 1 * Pan * Daphnis * Atlas * Prometheus * Pandora * Aegaeon === Co-orbital moons of Saturn === * Janus * Epimetheus === Inner large moons of Saturn === * Mimas * Geological features on Mimas * Enceladus * Tiger Stripes on Enceladus * Geological features on Enceladus * Quadrangles on Enceladus * Tethys * Geological features on Tethys * Quadrangles on Tethys * Dione * Geological features on Dione * Quadrangles on Dione === Alkyonides group of moons of Saturn === * Methone * Anthe * Pallene === Trojan moons of Saturn === * Telesto * Calypso * Helene * Polydeuces === Outer large moons of Saturn === * Rhea ** Rings of Rhea ** Geological features on Rhea ** Quadrangles on Rhea * Titan ** Atmosphere of Titan ** Lakes of Titan ** Life on Titan ** Geological features on Titan * Hyperion ** Geological features on Hyperion * Iapetus ** Geological features on Iapetus === Inuit group of moons of Saturn === Saturn's Inuit group of satellites * Kiviuq * Ijiraq * Paaliaq * Siarnaq * Tarqeq === Gallic group of moons of Saturn === Saturn's Gallic group of satellites * Albiorix * Bebhionn * Erriapus * Tarvos === Norse group of Saturn satellites === Saturn's Norse group of satellites * Skoll * S/2004 S 13 * Greip * Hyrrokkin * Jarnsaxa * Mundilfari * S/2006 S 1 * S/2004 S 17 * Bergelmir * Narvi * Suttungr * Hati * S/2004 S 12 * Farbauti * Thrymr * Aegir * S/2007 S 3 * Bestla * S/2004 S 7 * S/2006 S 3 * Fenrir * Surtur * Kari * Ymir * Loge * Fornjot == History of Saturn == History of Saturn == Exploration of Saturn == Exploration of Saturn === Flyby missions to explore Saturn === * Pioneer 11 * Voyager program * Voyager 1 * Voyager 2 === Direct missions to explore Saturn === * Cassini–Huygens * Huygens === Proposed missions to explore Saturn === * Titan Saturn System Mission * Titan Mare Explorer == See also == * Outline of astronomy ** Outline of the Solar System * Outline of space exploration == References == == External links == * Saturn profile at NASA's Solar System Exploration site * Saturn Fact Sheet, by NASA * Gazeteer of Planetary Nomenclature – Saturn (USGS) * Cassini–Huygens mission to Saturn, by NASA * Research News about Saturn * General information about Saturn * Studies on the Rings of Saturn * Astronomy Cast: Saturn * Saturn in Daytime (12 inch telescope) * Saturn 'Rev 175' Raw Preview * * BBC In Our Time radio program * Saturn Saturn Since farming is so closely linked to seasons and therefore an understanding of the cyclical passage of time, it follows that agriculture would then be associated with the deity Saturn. ==Temple== The temple of Saturn was located at the base of the Capitoline Hill, according to a tradition recorded by Varro formerly known as Saturnius Mons, and a row of columns from the last rebuilding of the temple still stands. These three elements in Briquel's view indicate that Saturn is a sovereign god. This proto-Saturn, devoid of its current rings, was much closer to the sun. In the myth Saturn was the original and autochthonous ruler of the Capitolium, which had thus been called the Mons Saturnius in older times and on which once stood the town of Saturnia. Saturn's consort was his sister Ops, with whom he fathered Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, Juno, Ceres and Vesta. Briquel concludes that Saturn was a sovereign god of a time that the Romans perceived as no longer actual, that of the legendary origins of the world, before civilization. ====Roman cult practices==== Sacrifices to Saturn were performed according to "Greek rite" (ritus graecus), with the head uncovered, in contrast to those of other major Roman deities, which were performed capite velato, "with the head covered."
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If you are born under Saturn, it means that you are a hard worker and you are very ambitious
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You will persevere
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Nothing, there is no correlation between positions of the planets at birth and personality
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You will be hard working
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If you are born under Saturn, your life will be full of obstacles, but you will be able to overcome them
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What happens to your pants if you tell a lie?
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If the liar is indeed lying, then the liar is telling the truth, which means the liar just lied. Lie detection is an assessment of a verbal statement with the goal to reveal a possible intentional deceit. As there are different styles of lying, a spontaneous or artificial deception is constructed based on a mixture of information already stored in semantic and episodic memory. Even in the cases where lying is acceptable, it is preferable to tell a technically true but deceptive statement or employ half-truth. In Jewish tradition, lying is generally forbidden but is required in certain exceptional cases, such as to save a life. ==Hebrew Bible== The Tanakh (Hebrew Bible) forbids perjury in at least three verses: "You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor" (Exodus 20:12, part of the Ten Commandments), also phrased "Neither shall you bear false witness against your neighbor" (Deuteronomy 5, see ), and another verse "Keep yourself far from a false matter; and the innocent and righteous do not kill; for I will not justify the wicked" (Exodus 23, see ). Now, the liar paradox can be expressed as the statement A, that A is false: This is an equation from which the truth value of A = "this statement is false" could hopefully be obtained. ==Non-verbal behavior== People often evaluate lies based on non-verbal behavior, but are quick to place too much merit in misleading indicators, such as: avoidance of eye contact, increased pauses between statements, and excessive movements originating from the hands or feet. However, that the liar sentence can be shown to be true if it is false and false if it is true has led some to conclude that it is "neither true nor false".Andrew Irvine, "Gaps, Gluts, and Paradox", Canadian Journal of Philosophy, supplementary vol. 18 [Return of the A priori] (1992), 273–299 This response to the paradox is, in effect, the rejection of the claim that every statement has to be either true or false, also known as the principle of bivalence, a concept related to the law of the excluded middle. One of the paradoxes the player can make him say is the liar paradox. Liars may stay still more, use fewer hand gestures, and make less eye contact. Lie detection may refer to a cognitive process of detecting deception by evaluating message content as well as non-verbal cues. "When a person lies, an involuntary interference of the nerves causes the vocal cords to produce a distorted sound wave, namely a frequency level which is different from the one produced by the same person when telling the truth."S. Manes. With regard to his studies, lies about emotions at the moment have the biggest payoff from face and voice cues while lies about beliefs and actions, such as crimes use cues from gestures and words are added. In computational verb logic, the liar paradox is extended to statements like, "I hear what he says; he says what I don't hear", where verb logic must be used to resolve the paradox. ==Applications== ===Gödel's first incompleteness theorem=== Gödel's incompleteness theorems are two fundamental theorems of mathematical logic which state inherent limitations of sufficiently powerful axiomatic systems for mathematics. The control question should have a greater physiological response if truth was told and a lesser physiological response for lying. There are also multi-sentence versions of the liar paradox. And in the self- referential spirit of the Liar Paradox, the phrase "it is true that..." The Torah does not prohibit lying if no one is harmed. ==Talmud== The Talmud forbids lying or deceiving others: "The Holy One, blessed be He, hates a person which says one thing with his mouth and another in his heart" (Pesahim 113b) and also forbids fraud in business dealings: "As there is wronging in buying and selling, there is wronging with words. "Don’t Tell Me Lies" [Full Version] - 4:08 B2. In philosophy and logic, the classical liar paradox or liar's paradox or antinomy of the liar is the statement of a liar that they are lying: for instance, declaring that "I am lying". There is no evidence to substantiate that non-verbal lie detection, such as by looking at body language, is an effective way to detect lies, even if it is widely used by law enforcement. ==General accuracy and limitations of assessment== The cumulative research evidence suggests that machines do detect deception better than chance, but with significant error rates and that strategies used to "beat" polygraph examinations, so-called countermeasures, may be effective.The Truth About Lie Detectors. Bava Metzia 23b-24a lists three exceptions where lying is permitted:Bava Metzia 23b-24a; the reasons in parentheses are specified by Rashi #It is permissible for a scholar to state he is unfamiliar with part of the Talmud, even if he is familiar (out of humility) #It is permissible to lie in response to intimate questions regarding one's marital life (as such things should be kept private) #Lying about hospitality received (to protect the host) Yevamot 65b states that "It is permitted to stray from the truth in order to promote peace", and Rabbi Natan further argues that this is obligatory. ==Later views== Due to the principle of saving a life, in Jewish law it is required to lie to save a life, such as withholding a diagnosis from a seriously ill patient or concealing one's Jewish faith in a time of persecution of Jews.
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Nothing in particular happens to your pants if you tell a lie
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Your pants will spontaneously combust
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Your pants will be set on fire
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What is a reasonable way to protect yourself if you suspect that someone is secretly a witch in real life?
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Witches were feared and were supposed to be engaged in anti-social activities. The Witch Hunts: A History of the Witch Persecutions in Europe and North America. Witches and Witch Hunts: A Global History. In current language, "witch-hunt" metaphorically means an investigation that is usually conducted with much publicity, supposedly to uncover subversive activity, disloyalty, and so on, but with the real purpose of harming opponents. There is also some evidence, particularly from the Holy Roman Empire, in which adjacent Roman Catholic and Protestant territories were exchanging information on alleged local witches, viewing them as a common threat to both. Child witch hunters sometimes accused their family members of being witches. Historically, the witch's bottle contained the victim's (the person who believed they had a spell put on them, for example) urine, hair or nail clippings, or red thread from sprite traps. Witch-hunts are practiced today throughout the world. There are several cases of witchcraft in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries that involved children accused as witches. Reports indicate this practice of witch hunting has in some places evolved into "something more malignant, sadistic and voyeuristic." "Killing an alleged witch is considered a form of community service, a way to avenge and neutralize the source of danger to the community." thumb|Witch bottles A witch bottle is a counter-magical item used as protection against witchcraft. Less than 2 percent of those accused of witch- hunting are actually convicted, according to a study by the Free Legal Aid Committee, a group that works with victims in the state of Jharkhand.Womensnews.org.Bailey, Frederick George 1994: The Witch-Hunt, or the Triumph of Morality. Less than 2 percent of those accused of witch-hunting are actually convicted, according to a study by the Free Legal Aid Committee, a group that works with victims in the state of Jharkhand.Womensnews.org.Bailey, Frederick George 1994: The Witch-Hunt, or the Triumph of Morality. Children have been accused of witchcraft, both historically and in contemporary times, in societies that harbour beliefs about the existence of witches and black magic. Many times the child accused of witchcraft, due to being shunned, became aggressive and threatened community members, thereby enforcing community beliefs that the child was a witch.Burns, William E. Witch Hunts in Europe and America: An Encyclopedia. In this article, only those cases that involve the notion of a spiritual crime are referred to as witch-hunts. Reports indicate this practice of witch-hunting has in some places evolved into "something more malignant, sadistic and voyeuristic." A witch-hunt, or a witch purge, is a search for people who have been labeled witches or a search for evidence of witchcraft. People did go through a lot of trouble in hiding their witch bottles – those buried underneath fireplaces have been found only after the rest of the building has been torn down or otherwise disappeared. This would be all the more true for those who were accused of practicing witchcraft. Instead, they questioned whether the witch intended to inflict harm or not.
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You should burn them at the stake
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You should get a mob together to hunt them
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You should throw them in water to see if they float
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You should hang them
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You do not need to protect yourself, since witches don't exist
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What is the function of a monkey's paw?
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Fowler opened The Monkey's Paw in order to support his family with another income source. * The 2017 horror film Wish Upon utilizes the concept by swapping the monkey's paw for a music box that can grant seven wishes. * "Treehouse of Horror II" - In one segment of the 1991 Halloween episode of The Simpsons, the Simpson family gets a monkey's paw that grants four wishes. The Monkey's Paw is an independent used bookstore in Toronto, Ontario, Canada known for its eclectic, arcane, and absurd books, and for the Biblio-Mat, a random book vending machine. A pet monkey is a monkey kept as a pet. A monkey tail is the tail visible on some monkeys. In a humorous twist, Homer gladly gives the paw to his neighbor Ned Flanders, only for Ned's wishes to (apparently) go off without any of the usual consequences, causing Homer to grumble "I wish I had a monkey's paw." A paw is the soft foot-like part of a mammal, generally a quadruped, that has claws. == Common characteristics == The paw is characterised by thin, pigmented, keratinised, hairless epidermis covering subcutaneous collagenous and adipose tissue, which make up the pads. Paw feet or claw feet are ornamental animal like feet attached to furniture making and design. Because he likes Jake, Prismo warns that all his wishes have a catch, "like a monkey's paw thing", and helps guide him into making a wish that will only have negative consequences for the villainous Lich. The paw also includes a horn-like, beak shaped claw on each digit. The paw consists of the large, heart- shaped metacarpal or palmar pad (forelimb) or metatarsal or plantar pad (rear limb), and generally four load-bearing digital pads, although there can be five or six toes in the case of domestic cats and bears (including giant panda). Owner Stephen Fowler founded The Monkey's Paw in 2006, four years after he moved to Toronto from San Francisco, where he worked in numerous bookstores. Monkey tail may also refer to: * At sign, the symbol "@" also known as a monkey tail or apetail * Monkey tail plant, the plant Heliotropium curassavicum * Monkey tail tree, the tree Araucaria araucana * Monkey's tail, a Chilean drink, Cola de mono * Monkey's tail, a stopper knot for ropes == See also == * Monkey fist, a type of knot Character Steve Trevor refers to it as "the monkey's paw" in the movie. ==Music== *Industrial/goth band the Electric Hellfire Club released a song called "The Monkey's Paw" on their album Witness. The practice of keeping monkeys as pets is controversial. Around the house, the monkeys help out by doing tasks such as microwaving food, washing the quadriplegic's face, and opening drink bottles. An example is the red panda, whose furry soles help insulate them in their snowy habitat. == Animals with paws == * Felids, such as cats and tigers; some of these animals may have toe tufts * Canids, such as dogs and foxes * Rabbits and other lagomorphs have paws with very sharp nails and have no pads underneath them * Bears and raccoons * Weasels and other mustelids * Rodents == Gallery == File:Brown Bear Paws.jpg|An American brown bear's paws. People close to her suddenly begin dying horrifically, and she learns that others who have had the box before have died in freak accidents.Wish Upon Official Trailer #2 MovieClips on YouTube * The episode Tempting Fate, the finale to the fourth season of the BBC anthology series Inside No. 9 first broadcast on 6 February 2018, features a story based on "The Monkey's Paw". Though usually hairless, certain animals do have fur on the soles of their paws. English author W. W. Jacobs' "The Monkey's Paw" (1902) inspired many adaptations and parodies; some are listed here. ==Film, television or theatrical adaptations== * The Monkey's Paw (1915 film) a British silent film version, was directed by Sidney Northcote. *In an episode of The Monkees, titled "The Monkee's Paw", a nightclub magician sells the band a cursed monkey's paw in revenge after they unwittingly force him out of a job.
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None of the above
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A monkey's paw allows the monkey to grasp objects
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The holder of the paw will have their wishes granted, but in negative ways
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A monkey's paw allows the owner to make three wishes
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A monkey's paw can be used to grant wishes
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Where can you find a real psychic?
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A cross section of paranormal psychics are profiled though most are women who typically are engaged as self-described psychic mediums communicating with the dead. Psychic Readings Live is a live, two-hour phone-in television programme first aired on Ireland's TV3 network at midnight from 16 June to 3 December 2012. Psychic Readings Live attracted criticism for the number of hoax calls from viewers and its use of seemingly-stock photographs of its psychics. This is a list of psychic abilities that have been attributed to real-world people. Many police departments around the world have released official statements saying that they do not regard psychics as credible or useful on cases. == Prominent cases == Many prominent police cases, often involving missing persons, have received the attention of alleged psychics. In: Journal of the Society for Psychical Research. 1996, 61(842), 34–45 (PDF) ==References== Category:Criminal investigation Category:Paranormal Category:Parapsychology Category:Pseudoscience Category:Psychics Finally, the use of psychics may simply reduce anxiety and fill the emotional needs of individuals who must be experiencing great stress. ==In fiction== There is a long history of psychic detectives in horror and crime fiction, and in other genres as well. Psychic Today is a satellite-based interactive television channel that offers direct access to psychics, mediums, astrologers & tarot readers. Noreen Renier, A Mind for Murder: The Real-Life Files of a Psychic Investigator, Hampton Roads Pub Co; Revised edition (2008) p. 13 ==Scientific studies== A number of tests have been conducted on psychics detectives, using control groups, to try to establish any psychic ability relating to crime solving. Psychic Today gives its audience direct access to predictions and readings through various means of live participation. == History == The channel was established in 2004 to respond to viewers’ questions and comments, it was originally launched as Psychic TV but the name had to be withdrawn because of the band of the same name. A psychic detective is a person who investigates crimes by using purported paranormal psychic abilities. A follow-up study looking at small and medium-sized cities in the United States, found that psychics were called upon by the police departments of those cities even less frequently than large cities. The Psychology of the Psychic is a skeptical analysis of some of the most publicized cases of parapsychological research by psychologists David Marks and Richard Kammann. Viewers are able to directly contact the programme in much the same way as Good Morning Psychic. In addition to cases of retrofitting, the apparent use of cold reading (a psychic's fishing for information while appearing to gain it paranormally), exaggeration, and examples where the psychic has used non-psychic sources of information, were also reviewed. ==Belief in psychic detectives== Psychologists, researchers and other authors have posited a number of possible explanations for the belief that some can provide valuable crime information from psychic abilities. On 15 November 2011, Psychic TV was rebranded as Psychic Today. 2018 Psychic Today introduced a mobile version of the website called Mysticcall. Additionally, police detectives and other authors suggest that psychic detectives appear successful due to making common-sense or high-probability predictions such as finding bodies at dump sites or "near water." A number of hoax callers (known as "trolls") contacted Psychic Readings Live, the first within days of the programme's launch. While police departments claim they do not seek out or use psychics to solve crimes, they must follow up on all credible tips. Hosted by a presenter and a psychic, the programme tackles topics and themes related to the psychic world. At the time, surveys were showing what seemed to the authors to be a startlingly large percentage of people who believed psychic phenomena were or might be real.
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Psychics aren't real
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You can find a real psychic by searching online
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You can find a real psychic at a convention
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You can find a real psychic by calling a hotline
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You can find a real psychic at a psychic fair
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How does the planchette move on a Oujia board?
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Ideomotor Effect (the Ouija Board Effect). Various studies have been conducted, recreating the effects of the ouija board in the lab and showing that, under laboratory conditions, the subjects were moving the planchette involuntarily. Nonetheless, in both cases, the illusion > that the object (table or planchette) is moving under its own control is > often extremely powerful and sufficient to convince many people that spirits > are truly at work ... Participants place their fingers on the planchette, and it is moved about the board to spell out words. The action of the board can be most easily explained by unconscious movements of those controlling the pointer, a psychophysiological phenomenon known as the ideomotor effect.Heap, Michael (2002). thumb|An original Ouija board created The ouija ( , ), also known as a spirit board or talking board, is a flat board marked with the letters of the Latin alphabet, the numbers 0–9, the words "yes", "no", occasionally "hello" and "goodbye", along with various symbols and graphics. The plot centers around a Ouija board and spiritualism. For example, thinking about not moving the planchette leads to the possibility of the planchette moving, which then makes someone unconsciously move the planchette. Catholic Answers, a Roman Catholic Christian apologetics organization, claims that "The Ouija board is far from harmless, as it is a form of divination (seeking information from supernatural sources)." The unconscious muscle movements responsible for the > moving tables and Ouija board phenomena seen at seances are examples of a > class of phenomena due to what psychologists call a dissociative state. "Ouija" is a trademark of Hasbro (inherited from Parker Brothers), but is often used generically to refer to any talking board. Religious criticism has expressed beliefs that the Ouija board reveals information which should only be in God's hands, and thus it is a tool of Satan. "A Brief History of the Ouija Board", Fortean Times, No.249, (June 2009), pp. 32–33. Feral House, 2005. ==Scientific investigation== The ouija phenomenon is considered by the scientific community to be the result of the ideomotor response.Gauchou HL; Rensink RA; Fels S. (2012). Spiritualists in the United States believed that the dead were able to contact the living and reportedly used a talking board very similar to a modern Ouija board at their camps in the U.S. state of Ohio in 1886 to ostensibly enable faster communication with spirits. In 2011, The Ouija Experiment portrayed a group of friends whose use of the board opens, and fails to close, a portal between the worlds of the living and the dead. A Ouija board is an early part of the plot of the 1973 horror film The Exorcist. * Schneck, R.D., "Ouija Madness", Fortean Times, No.249, (June 2009), pp. 30–37. ==External links== ;Information on talking boards * Museum Of Talking Boards * The Official Website of William Fuld and home of the Ouija board ;Skeptics * The Skeptics' Dictionary: Ouija * An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural * How does a Ouija board work? from The Straight Dope * Do Ouija Boards Work - The Fact and Fiction ;Other * "'Ouija board' appeal (against second guilty verdict) dismissed" – R. v. Young (1995) * BBC video on Ouija Board * Category:Spiritism Category:Divination software and games Category:Parker Brothers games Category:Magic tricks The name is taken from a word spelled out on the board when its inventor asked a supposed ghost to name it. ==History== ===Precursors=== One of the first mentions of the automatic writing method used in the ouija board is found in China around 1100 AD, in historical documents of the Song dynasty. Peter Buse and Andrew Scott, discussing Derrida's notion of hauntology, explain: > Ghosts arrive from the past and appear in the present. The 2014 film Ouija features a group of friends whose use of the board prompts a series of deaths. Fuji (), also colloquially known as "Chinese Ouija", is a method of "planchette writing", or "spirit writing", that uses a suspended sieve or tray to guide a stick which writes Chinese characters in sand or incense ashes. ==Development== Beginning around the Ming dynasty (1368 – 1644), the fuji method and written characters changed from "support the sieve" (spirit-writing using a suspended sieve or winnowing tray) to "support the planchette" (directing a stick or stylus, typically made from a willow or peach branch, and roughly resembling a dowsing-rod). ==Vocabulary== Chinese fuji spirit-writing involves some specialized vocabulary.
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The planchette is moved by ghosts
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The planchette is moved by spirits
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The planchette moves due to the ideomotor phenomenon
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The planchette allows the dead to communicate
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The planchette moves on its own
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What methods can people use to contact the dead?
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Here is a list of people who claim to be channelers in communication with beings and spirits of the deceased, through the study and practice of mediumship. Mediums claim that they can listen to and relay messages from spirits, or that they can allow a spirit to control their body and speak through it directly or by using automatic writing or drawing. *Talking to the Dead, a 1993 short story collection by Sylvia Watanabe *Talking to the Dead (novel), a 1996 novel by Helen Dunmore *Talking to the Dead, a 2007 poetry collection by Elaine Feinstein *Talking to the Dead, a 2011 book by Rosemary Ellen Guiley ==See also== *Séance, an attempt to communicate with spirits Classical necromancers addressed the dead in "a mixture of high-pitch squeaking and low droning", comparable to the trance- state mutterings of shamans.Luck, p. Directly or with the help of a spirit guide, the medium passes the information on to the message's recipient(s). There are different types of mediumship or spirit channelling, including séance tables, trance, and ouija. A History of Ghosts: the True Story of Seances, Mediums, Ghosts, and Ghostbusters. Mediumship is the practice of purportedly mediating communication between familiar spirits or spirits of the dead and living human beings. The mediums claimed to contact the deceased who were related to the sitters. Necromancy () is the practice of magical sorcery involving communication with the dead by summoning their spirits as apparitions or visions, or by resurrection for the purpose of divination; imparting the means to foretell future events; discovery of hidden knowledge; “returning a person to life”, or to use the dead as a weapon. Contemporary séances, channeling and Spiritualism verge on necromancy when supposedly invoked spirits are asked to reveal future events or secret information. Imagine Spirit Universal Psychic Arts Training [online] Accessed at: https://imaginespirit.com/differences-between-mental-physical- and-trance-mediums/ * Mental mediums purportedly "tune in" to the spirit world by listening, sensing, or seeing spirits or symbols. This timeframe was usually limited to the twelve months following the death of the physical body; once this period elapsed, necromancers would evoke the deceased's ghostly spirit instead.Lewis, p. 201. Talking to the Dead may refer to: *Talking to the Dead (album), by Rosemary's Babies *Talking to the Dead (TV series) *Talking to the Dead, the first episode of Penn & Teller: Bullshit! === Demonstrations of mediumship === In old-line Spiritualism, a portion of the services, generally toward the end, is given over to demonstrations of mediumship through purported contact with the spirits of the dead. The Dead Do Not Talk. If John Edward (or any of the other self-proclaimed speakers with > the dead) really could communicate with the dead, it would be a trivial > matter to prove it. Their evening séance program entitled, "Demons" is a recreation of a Victorian-era séance replete with mediumistic staples such as table-rapping, slate (writing), spirit photography, eerie inexplicable sounds and many other "psychic" experiments. As to the practice of necromancy having endured in one form or another throughout the millennia, An Encyclopædia of Occultism states: == See also == * Gastromancy * Grógaldr * Haitian Vodou * List of occult terms * Macumba * Necromanteion of Acheron * Ouija * Spirit possession * Witchcraft and divination in the Hebrew Bible * Yūrei == References == == Sources == * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * == Further reading == * * * * * * * * Category:Divination Category:Left-Hand Path Category:Magic (supernatural) One type involves clairaudience, in which the medium claims to hear spirits and relay what they hear to their clients. The practice is associated with several religious- belief systems such as Shamanism, Vodun, Spiritualism, Spiritism, Candomblé, Voodoo, Umbanda and some New Age groups. == Concept == In Spiritism and Spiritualism the medium has the role of an intermediary between the world of the living and the world of spirit. During seances, mediums are said to go into trances, varying from light to deep, that permit spirits to control their minds.Thirty Years of Psychical Research by Charles Richet p. 38 The Macmillan Company 1923 Channeling can be seen as the modern form of the old mediumship, where the "channel" (or channeller) purportedly receives messages from "teaching-spirit", an "Ascended master", from God, or from an angelic entity, but essentially through the filter of his own waking consciousness (or "Higher Self").
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People can use seances to contact the dead
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People can contact the dead via mediums
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There are no methods that people can use to contact the dead
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People can use Ouija boards to contact the dead
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People can contact the dead via psychics
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Where can you go to see real ghosts?
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This is a list of locations in the United States which have been reported to be haunted by ghosts or other supernatural beings, including demons. Western Mail. 25 Nov 2006 ==See also== *List of ghosts *List of Most Haunted episodes *List of reportedly haunted locations in the world *Reportedly haunted locations in Canada *Reportedly haunted locations in the United States ==References== Haunted Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are also rich in ghost lore (though far less densely populated), and there is not a single village, town or city which does not have reportings of ghosts and ghost belief going back multiple centuries. == England == * Ancient Ram Inn, in Gloucestershire. The following is a list of reportedly haunted locations in the United Kingdom. This is a list of reportedly haunted locations in China, that are said to be haunted by ghosts or other supernatural beings, including demons. The saloon and theater are two areas of reported ghost sightings. Reportedly haunted locations in Washington may refer to: * Reportedly haunted locations in Washington (state) * Reportedly haunted locations in Washington, D.C. This is a list of haunted attractions, which are live entertainment venues that simulate the experience of visiting haunted locations or storylines typical of horror fiction. ==Simulated haunted houses/mansions/castles== ===Year-round=== Attraction Location Open Date Status Source Notes The Haunted Mansion Disneyland Resort Disneyland Park (New Orleans Square) August 9, 1969 operating seminal attraction The Haunted Mansion Walt Disney World Magic Kingdom (Liberty Square) October 1, 1971 operating The Haunted Mansion Tokyo Disneyland (Fantasyland) April 15, 1983 operating Phantom Manor Disneyland Paris Disneyland Park (Frontierland) April 12, 1992 operating Mystic Manor Hong Kong Disneyland (Mystic Point) May 17, 2013 operating The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror Walt Disney World Hollywood Studios (Sunset Boulevard) July 22, 1994 operating Tower of Terror Tokyo DisneySea (American Waterfront) September 22, 2006 operating The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror Walt Disney Studios Park (Production Courtyard) December 22, 2007 operating The London Bridge Experience London, United Kingdom February 12, 2008 Operating UK's Best Year round attraction 12 years Ripley's Haunted Adventure Gatlinburg, Tennessee 1999 operating Ripley's Haunted Adventure Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 2001 operating Ripley's Haunted Adventure San Antonio, Texas March 22, 2002 operating Ripley's Haunted Adventure Pattaya, Thailand October 30, 2004 operating Dr. Frankenstein's Haunted Castle Indiana Beach 1983 operating Boo Blasters on Boo Hill Carowinds (Crosswinds) March 27, 2010 operating Boo Blasters on Boo Hill Kings Dominion (Planet Snoopy) April 2, 2010 operating Boo Blasters on Boo Hill Kings Island (International Street) April 17, 2010 operating Boo Blasters on Boo Hill Canada's Wonderland (Planet Snoopy) May 2, 2010 operating Spook-a-Rama Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park 1955 operating Mysterious Mansion Gatlinburg, Tennessee 1980 operating Ghost Castle Europa- Park 1982 operating Baron William`s Mystery Hall Europa-Park 1991 closed 2007 Duel - The Haunted House Strikes Back! Reports of such haunted locations are part of ghostlore, which is a form of folklore. Also, ghostly lights are said to be seen emanating from the house. There are several reportedly haunted locations in the Philippines. Reports of haunted locations are part of ghostlore, which is a form of folklore. * Union Cemetery in Easton (also Bridgeport), which dates back to the 17th century, is touted as "one of the most haunted cemeteries in the entire country" by authors of paranormal books who claim that visitors have photographed orbs, light rods, ectoplasmic mists, and apparitions. What are the most haunted places around? States with several haunted locations are listed on separate pages, linked from this page. * Sallie House in Atchison Known to be haunted by a little girl named Sallie who died during a surgery, as well as several Demons from satanic rituals being done in the basement, it is widely considered to be one of the most haunted places in the United States. ===Kentucky=== thumb|White Hall *White Hall near Richmond in Madison County, owned by Cassius Marcellus Clay (1810 -1903), is said to be haunted by the ghosts of Clay, his former wife, and his son. ==L== ===Louisiana=== * Myrtles Plantation is allegedly home to several ghosts.See sources cited in Legends of Myrtles Plantation. ==M== ===Maryland=== * Chesapeake and Ohio Canal is said to have a few ghosts, including dead soldiers from the Battle of Ball's Bluff fought during the American Civil War haunting near the 33–34 mile mark, p. 66 a lady ghost on the 2 mile level at Catoctin (between locks 28 and 29), a headless man haunting the Paw Paw Tunnel, p. 198 and a ghost of a robber at the Monocacy Aqueduct carrying a lantern. p. 82 === Massachusetts === * Lizzie Borden House * Longfellow's Wayside Inn *Concord's Colonial Inn *Hawthorne Hotel *House of Seven Gables * ===Michigan=== * Big Bay Point Light is reputedly haunted by the red-haired ghost of its first keeper, Will Prior. * Chillingham Castle, a medieval castle in Chillingham, Northumberland.https://chillingham-castle.com * Dartmouth, Devon, ancient maritime town has many ghost stories. Ghost Hunters International visited the hospital in 2009, and confirmed the paranormal activities in the site. The kingdom is reputedly the most haunted landmass in the world, with England as the most haunted country, reporting the densest coverage of purported ghost sightings and paranormal experiences both per person, and by geographical area. * Brislington, once an attractive Somerset village but now a neighbourhood in Bristol, is reputed to have many ghosts. Ghostly Encounters: True Stories of America's Haunted Inns and Hotels. Such haunted locations include the following: * Casa Vallejo: The oldest hotel in the city, it was built in 1909 to house key personnel of the Bureau of Public Works, before becoming a hotel in 1923.
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You can go to a haunted house to see real ghosts
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You can go to a cemetery to see real ghosts
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You can go to a crematorium to see real ghosts
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There aren't any places where you can see real ghosts
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Ghosts will appear in places that they visited often when they were alive
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Can people be possessed by evil spirits?
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In general, people considered to be possessed are not regarded as evil in themselves, nor wholly responsible for their actions, because possession is considered to be unwilling manipulation by a demon resulting in harm to self or others. In general, people considered to be possessed are not regarded as evil in themselves, nor wholly responsible for their actions, because possession is considered to be manipulation of an unwilling victim by a demon resulting in harm to self or others. People alleged to be possessed by spirits sometimes exhibit symptoms similar to those associated with mental illnesses such as psychosis, catatonia, mania, Tourette's syndrome, epilepsy, schizophrenia, or dissociative identity disorder, including involuntary, uncensored behavior, and an extra-human, extra-social aspect to the individual's actions. Some cases suggest that supposedly possessed persons are actually narcissists or have low self-esteem and act demonically possessed in order to gain attention.Levack, Brian P. (1992). Those who profess a belief in demonic possession have sometimes ascribed to possession the symptoms associated with physical or mental illnesses, such as hysteria, mania, psychosis, Tourette's syndrome, epilepsy, schizophrenia or dissociative identity disorder.Henderson, J. (1981). However, a "spirit-filled Christian" cannot be possessed, based on their beliefs. It is believed when people become possessed by these spirits they gain knowledge and wisdom and act as intercessors between people and God. The majority of the possessed are women whose spirits demand luxury goods to alleviate their condition, but men can be possessed as well. Possession by ʻafarit (a vengeful ghost) are said to grant the possessed some supernatural powers, but it drives them insane as well. Spirit possession is an unusual or an altered state of consciousness and associated behaviors which are purportedly caused by the control of a human body by spirits, ghosts, demons, or gods. Some Evangelical denominations believe that demonic possession is not possible if one has already professed their faith in Christ, because the Holy Spirit already occupies the body and a demon cannot enter. ===Islam=== Various types of creatures, such as jinn, shayatin, ʻafarit, found within Islamic culture, are often held to be responsible for spirit possession. The New Testament indicates that people can be possessed by demons, but that the demons respond and submit to Jesus Christ's authority: It also indicates that demons can possess animals as in the exorcism of the Gerasene demoniac. ====Catholicism==== Roman Catholic doctrine states that angels are non-corporeal, spiritual beingsCatechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 328. with intelligence and will.Catechism of the Catholic Church, paragraph 330. The Catholic Encyclopedia says that there is only one apparent case of demonic possession in the Old Testament, of King Saul being tormented by an "evil spirit" (1 Samuel 16:14), but this depends on interpreting the Hebrew word "rûah" as implying a personal influence which it may not, so even this example is described as "not very certain". Some sects feature shamans who supposedly become possessed; mediums who allegedly channel beings' supernatural power; or enchanters are said to imbue or foster spirits within objects, like samurai swords. The mainstream rituals usually take this into account, making sure that there is no violence to the possessed, only that they be tied down if there is potential for violence.Malachi M. (1976) Hostage to the Devil: the possession and exorcism of five living Americans. The mainstream rituals usually take this into account, making sure that there is no violence to the possessed, only that they be tied down if there is potential for violence.Malachi M. (1976) Hostage to the Devil: the possession and exorcism of five living Americans. Church members in Black Spiritual churches become possessed by spirits of deceased family members, the Holy Spirit, Christian saints, and other biblical figures from the Old and New Testament of the Bible. They postulated that the involuntary symptoms of these deficiencies affecting their nervous systems have been institutionalized as spirit possession. ===Medicine and psychology=== Spirit possession (of any kind, including demonic possession) is not a psychiatric or medical diagnosis recognized by either the DSM-5 or the ICD-10. * Spirits neither fitting to ghosts, devils or jinn (Zār ("red wind") and div (fiends)) are other spirits that exorcists check for.Barbera, Gerardo. Things listed in the Roman Ritual as being indicators of possible demonic possession include: speaking foreign or ancient languages of which the possessed has no prior knowledge; supernatural abilities and strength; knowledge of hidden or remote things which the possessed has no way of knowing; an aversion to anything holy; and profuse blasphemy and/or sacrilege. Jinn are thought to be able to enter and possess people, with evil jinn causing various maladies in the humans they possess. == Spirit possession in Islam == Possession by spirits is usually defined as an unusual or altered state of consciousness and associated behaviors purportedly caused by the control of a human body by spirits, ghosts, demons, or gods. Whilst most Christians believe that demonic possession is an involuntary affliction, some biblical verses have been interpreted as indicating that possession can be voluntary.
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Yes, evil spirits can possess people with dark thoughts
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Yes, evil spirits can possess people who let down their guard
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Yes, people can be possessed by evil spirits
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What can broomsticks be used for?
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Broom grass is a name used for different types of grass around the world. Brooms were essential to kitchen and hearth cleanliness. Traditionally a broomstick was used, hence the name, but the modern variant is a lightweight plastic knitting needle or smooth wooden craft dowel. Broomstick lace is different; like in knitting and Tunisian crochet, many stitches are left open for broomstick lace. ==History== In Croatian folk costume in the 1800s and 1900s, needlework was often used to accent the sleeves of the (woman's blouse). The covered flat brooms were used to dry-polish hard wood floors and clean the last traces of dust off hard surfaces. The brooms were respected and given care – such as hanging on the wall when not in use and sometimes covered with cotton hoods to keep them clean. thumb|alt=Red broomstick lace|Example of broomstick lace Broomstick lace, also known as jiffy lace and peacock eye crochet, is a historic crochet technique from the 19th century made using a crochet hook and another long slender item such as a knitting needle. thumb| A broomsquire is someone who makes besom brooms for a living. thumb|right|150px|Knave of Batons from a Spanish deck ("bastos") Page of Wands (or Jack or Knave of Wands or Batons) is a card used in Latin suited playing cards which include tarot decks. Flower sticks have flower-shaped ends which slow down the movement of the baton and make learning some moves and tricks easier. thumb|Shaker wooden broom vise close-up thumb|Making Shaker brooms The Shaker broom vise is a specialized production vise that made the normally round broom flat to make it more efficient for cleaning purposes. Manipulating devil sticks is one of the circus arts and is sometimes called devil-sticking, twirling, sticking, or stick juggling. ==History== Devil sticks are believed to have originated in China in the distant past as simple wooden juggling sticks. thumb|Children learning 'the pendulum' thumb|Manipulating 2 devilsticks simultaneously The manipulation of the devil stick (also devil-sticks, devilsticks, flower sticks, stunt sticks, gravity sticks, or juggling sticks) is a form of gyroscopic juggling or equilibristics, consisting of manipulating one stick ("baton", 'center stick') between one or two other sticks held one in each hand. Bates' vise idea to make flat brooms and brushes was a leap in technology since it produced products that worked much more efficiently. The baton is lifted, struck, or stroked by the two control sticks ('handsticks', 'sidesticks', or 'handles'), stabilizing the baton through gyroscopic motion. The Shakers were the pioneering inventors of the broom vise, which made today's flat broom possible. This design innovation is evidenced in modern brooms (assuming they are not synthetic). Most of the Shaker villages were involved in making these flat brooms and flat brushes. The broomsquire tended to use heather or birch twigs gathered from the heathland to make the brooms. The flat brooms were produced by the tens of thousands. The Broomsquire. The flat broom led to a boom of broom making in the United States.
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Broomsticks can be used to perform magic
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Broomsticks can be used for sweeping
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Broomsticks can be used to sweep away bad luck
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Broomsticks can be used to sweep away evil spirits
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Broomsticks can be used for flying
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What is the real ability of an exorcist?
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An exorcist is a person who is believed to be able to cast out the devil or other demons. In Christianity, exorcism involves the practice of casting out one or more demons from a person whom they are believed to have possessed. Protestant Christian exorcists most commonly believe the authority given to them by the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (the Trinity) is the sole source of their ability to cast out demons.Mohr, M. D., & Royal, K. D. (2012). The person performing the exorcism, known as an exorcist, is often a member of the Christian Church, or an individual thought to be graced with special powers or skills. Exorcism () is the religious or spiritual practice of evicting demons, jinns, or other malevolent spiritual entities from a person, or an area, that is believed to be possessed. * An abrupt change in behaviour or personality. ==Process of the exorcism== In the process of an exorcism the person possessed may be restrained so that they do not harm themselves or any person present. In Christian practice, the person performing the exorcism, known as an exorcist, is often a member of a Christian Church, or an individual thought to be graced with special powers or skills. Depending on the spiritual beliefs of the exorcist, this may be done by causing the entity to swear an oath, performing an elaborate ritual, or simply by commanding it to depart in the name of a higher power. According to the Lutheran Church, primary symptoms that may indicate demon possession and the need of an exorcism include: #The knowledge of secret things, for example, being able to predict the future (Acts 16:16), find lost people or things, or know complex things that one has never learned (e.g., medicine). The exorcist often invokes God, Jesus, angels and archangels, and various saints to aid with the exorcism. The Catholic Church authorizes the use of exorcism for those who are believed to be the victims of demonic possession. "Exorcism: A Psychiatric Viewpoint". Belief in demons and exorcism in psychiatric patients in Switzerland. * What is an exorcism? The Real Exorcist () is a film produced by HS Productions. There have also been cases where exorcists have abused their position for financial gain."Priest 'made £3m from fake exorcisms'" Telegraph 3 April 2008 == Gallery == File:Folio 166r - The Exorcism.jpg|A boy possessed by a demon File:Folio 164r - The Canaanite Woman.jpg|The Canaanite woman's daughter File:Healing of the demon-possessed.jpg|The Gerasenes demonic File:Christus heilt einen Besessenen.jpg|At the Synagogue in Capernaum File:Sant Apollinare Nuovo - Healing of the demon-possessed.jpg|Christ exorcising at sunset File:Schnorr von Carolsfeld Bibel in Bildern 1860 191.png|Exorcism of the Gerasene demoniac File:JesusCuresamute.gif|Exorcising a mute File:GiottoArezzo.jpg|Saint Francis exorcised demons in Arezzo, in a depiction on a fresco by Giotto. ==See also== * Deliverance ministry * Demonic possession * Emmanuel TV * International Association of Exorcists * Minor exorcism in Christianity ==References== ==Further reading== * . Exorcism and Psychiatric Illness: Two Case Reports. Exorcism and Possession in Psychotherapy Practice. The Exorcists Handbook. It helps the > counselor (exorcist) to know how the spirit was operating in the life of the > demoniac. Some exorcists attribute the rise in demand of exorcisms to the rise in drug abuse and violence, which leads to the suggestion that such things might work hand in hand. After the exorcism has been finished the person possessed feels a "kind of release of guilt and feels reborn and freed of sin."
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The real ability of an exorcist is to drive out ghosts
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Exorcists carry out religious or spiritual ceremonies on people who are believed to be possessed by demons or spirits
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The real ability of an exorcist is to save people who have been possessed
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The real ability of an exorcist is to cast out demons
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The real ability of an exorcist is to cast out evil spirits
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What happens if you draw a pentagram?
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#Formulation of the Pentagrams, in which, beginning in the east, a banishing earth pentagram (or an invoking pentagram for the invoking ritual), usually visualised as being in blue light or fire, is drawn in the air at each of the four cardinal points and an associated name of God is vibrated: (YHVH (east, air), Adonai (south, fire), Eheieh (west, water) and AGLA (north, earth). Its major use is a continuation of the ancient Babylonian use of the pentagram as an apotropaic charm to protect against evil forces. Éliphas Lévi claimed that "The Pentagram expresses the mind's domination over the elements and it is by this sign that we bind the demons of the air, the spirits of fire, the spectres of water, and the ghosts of earth." *"A reversed pentagram, with two points projecting upwards, is a symbol of evil and attracts sinister forces because it overturns the proper order of things and demonstrates the triumph of matter over spirit. A pentagram, esp. one enclosed in a circle; a talisman or magical symbol in the shape of or inscribed with a pentagram. Aleister Crowley made use of the pentagram in his Thelemic system of magick: an adverse or inverted pentagram represents the descent of spirit into matter, according to the interpretation of Lon Milo DuQuette. File:Pentagram (Levi).jpg|The occultist and magician Éliphas Lévi's pentagram, which he considered to be a symbol of the microcosm, or human The apotropaic (protective) use in German folklore of the pentagram symbol (called Drudenfuss in German) is referred to by Goethe in Faust (1808), where a pentagram prevents Mephistopheles from leaving a room (but did not prevent him from entering by the same way, as the outward pointing corner of the diagram happened to be imperfectly drawn): Also protective is the use in Icelandic folklore of a gestured or carved rather than painted pentagram (called in Icelandic), according to 19th century folklorist Jón Árnason: :A butter that comes from the fake vomit is called a fake butter; it looks like something else; but if one makes a sign of a cross over it, or carves a cross on it, or a figure called a buttermilk-knot,* it all explodes into small pieces and becomes like a grain of dross, so that nothing remains of it, except only particles, or it subsides like foam. Together, they are sometimes known as the Lesser Ritual of the Pentagram. The pentagrams are connected by a circle, also drawn in the air, which is completed by returning from the north point to the east. In this spirit, the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn developed the use of the pentagram in the lesser banishing ritual of the pentagram, which is still used to this day by those who practice Golden Dawn-type magic. The inverted pentagram is also used as the logo for The Satanic Temple, which also featured a depiction of Baphomet's head. Some sources interpret the unusual downward-pointing star as symbolizing the Holy Spirit descending on people. ====Renaissance==== Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa and others perpetuated the popularity of the pentagram as a magic symbol, attributing the five neoplatonic elements to the five points, in typical Renaissance fashion. ====Romanticism==== By the mid-19th century, a further distinction had developed amongst occultists regarding the pentagram's orientation. This was Ultimate's way of describing the object of the game, which is to recover the lost Pentagram, an artifact of magical power. Pentagrams were used symbolically in ancient Greece and Babylonia. Pentagram is a design firm. The word "pentagram" refers only to the five-pointed star, not the surrounding circle of a pentacle. Drawing a circle around the five points creates a similar symbol referred to as the pentacle, which is used widely by Wiccans and in paganism, or as a sign of life and connections. The pentagram was said to have been so called from Pythagoras himself having written the letters Υ, Γ, Ι, Θ (= /ei/), Α on its vertices. ===Western symbolism=== ====Middle Ages==== The pentagram was used in ancient times as a Christian symbol for the five senses,Christian Symbols Ancient and Modern, Child, Heather and Dorothy Colles. This must be done with each of the four obelisks to make the titular Pentagram appear in one of the rooms. The government paid the families to settle their pending lawsuits. ===Other religious use=== ==== Satanism ==== The inverted pentagram is the symbol used for Satanism, sometimes depicted with the goat's head of Baphomet within it, which originated from the Church of Satan. The banishing ritual is perceived as banishing any chaotic or impure forms of the elements from the magician's circle by tracing the pentagrams in the air and by the power of certain divine names. Christians once commonly used the pentagram to represent the five wounds of Jesus. Note that the pentagram face has an ambiguous interior because it is self-intersecting.
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You will go to hell
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You will summon demons
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You will invoke the four elements
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Nothing in particular happens if you draw a pentagram
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You will protect yourself against evil forces
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Which detectives live on Baker Street in London in real life?
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221B Baker Street is the London address of the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, created by author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. *In the 2013 Season 2, Episode 1 of Elementary, Sherlock Holmes and Joan Watson visit London and stay in a second floor residence numbered 221B. * In the 2015 film Mr. Holmes, a long-retired Holmes (Ian McKellen) remarks that the Baker Street address is one of several fictitious details created by Watson, who wrote the cases up as sensationalist stories for publication. *The BBC Television series Sherlock has used 187 North Gower Street to represent 221B Baker Street for shooting the exterior scenes of Sherlock Holmes's flat. * In the 2012–2015 Australian television series Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, the title character of The Honourable Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis) lives at 221B Baker Street in Melbourne, Victoria. == See also == * Sir Arthur Conan Doyle * Sherlock Holmes * The Sherlock Holmes, a Victorian era themed public house in Northumberland Street, London, with another recreation of the 221B Baker Street interior ==References== ==External links== *The United Kingdom website *The Sherlock Holmes Museum *The Baker Street Journal an Irregular quarterly of Sherlockiana * 221B Baker Street Floor Plan Illustration *221b Blue Plaque *221b Baker Street, United Kingdom Category:Fictional elements introduced in 1887 Category:Streets in the City of Westminster Category:Buildings and structures in Marylebone Category:Sherlock Holmes Category:Fictional houses Category:Tourist attractions in the City of Westminster Category:Fictional buildings and structures originating in literature Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars is a 2007 BBC television drama about Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars, a gang of children who would occasionally help him. In 1990, a blue plaque signifying 221B Baker Street was installed at the Sherlock Holmes Museum, situated elsewhere on the same block, and there followed a 15-year dispute between Abbey National and the Holmes Museum for the right to receive mail addressed to 221B Baker Street. Baker Street in the late 19th century was a high-class residential district, and Holmes's apartment would probably have been part of a Georgian terrace. The main study overlooked Baker Street, and Holmes's bedroom was adjacent to this room at the rear of the house, with Dr. Watson's bedroom being on the floor above, overlooking a rear yard that had a plane tree in it.. ===Address controversy=== The street number 221B was assigned to the Sherlock Holmes Museum on 27 March 1990 (replacing the logical address 239 Baker Street) when the Leader of Westminster City Council, Shirley Porter, unveiled a blue plaque signifying the address of 221B Baker Street. However, a British crime novelist named Nigel Morland claimed that, late in Doyle's life, he identified the junction of Baker Street and George Street, about 500 metres south of the Marylebone Road, as the location of 221B. At the time the Holmes stories were published, addresses in Baker Street did not go as high as 221. The movies are made close to the plot of the books, but have some notable, and sometimes quite humorous differences, e.g. Dr. Watson within first weeks of living in Baker Street was trying to figure out what was Holmes profession. Ownership was transferred from Nazarbayeva's ex-husband Rakhat Aliyev after his death in 2015. ==In other media== thumb|Shooting the "221B Baker Street" exterior in North Gower Street The fictional address has been portrayed in the following pastiches of Sherlock Holmes: *In the animated film The Great Mouse Detective (1986), based on the Basil of Baker Street book series, Basil resides in 221½ Baker Street, a mouse-hole beneath 221B Baker Street. Sherlockian experts have also held to alternative theories as to where the original 221B was located and have maintained that it was further down Baker Street. In 1999, Abbey National sponsored the creation of a bronze statue of Sherlock Holmes that now stands at the entrance to Baker Street Underground station. ===Sherlock Holmes Museum=== thumb|left|221B Baker Street, London thumb|221B Baker Street from inside The Sherlock Holmes Museum is situated within an 1815 townhouse very similar to the 221B described in the stories and is located between 237 and 241 Baker Street. Abbey House may refer to several houses in England: * Abbey House, Baker Street, London, a possible location of 221B Baker Street, the fictional residence of Sherlock Holmes * Abbey House, Barrow-in-Furness, a 1914 house by Edwin Lutyens * Abbey House, Cambridge, a 17th-century house * Abbey House, Cirencester, Gloucestershire, a former country house *Abbey House, Ranton, Staffordshire, a ruined 1820 house * Abbey House, Malmesbury, Wiltshire, surrounded by Abbey House Gardens *Abbey House Museum, Kirkstall, West Yorkshire In his first manuscript, Doyle put Holmes's house in Upper Baker Street. Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street: A Life of the World's First Consulting Detective is a 1962 novel by William S. Baring-Gould. It stars Jonathan Pryce as Sherlock Holmes and Bill Paterson as Dr Watson with Anna Chancellor and Aaron Johnson. ==Plot== The Baker Street Irregulars investigate as several of their members go missing, while also trying to prevent Sherlock Holmes – who is undergoing a personal crisis – being convicted of murder. ==Cast== * Jonathan Pryce as Sherlock Holmes * Bill Paterson as Dr. Watson * Anna Chancellor as Irene Adler * Michael Maloney as Inspector Stirling * Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Finch * Ben Smith as Jack * Frank Murray as Mallory * Mia Fernandez as Sadie * Megan Jones as Jasmine * Alice Hewkin as Tealeaf * Brendan Patricks as Inspector Burrows ==Production== It was shot and post produced in Dublin, Ireland. ==Reception== Ray Bennett of The Hollywood Reporter praised the film. ==References== ==External links== * Category:Sherlock Holmes television series Category:Television series by Banijay Category:Sherlock Holmes pastiches Category:2007 television films Category:2007 films Category:British television films Category:Films directed by Julian Kemp Category:2000s English-language films The section north of Marylebone Road near Regent's Park – now including 221 Baker Street – was known in Doyle's lifetime as Upper Baker Street. Baker Street Babes is an-all female Sherlockian group who host the web's first all-female Sherlock Holmes podcast. A long-running dispute over the number arose between the Sherlock Holmes Museum, the building society Abbey National (which had previously answered the mail addressed to Sherlock Holmes) and subsequently the local Westminster City Council.
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Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson live in London in real life
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Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson live at 221B Baker Street in real life
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Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson live on Baker Street in London in real life
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Sherlock Holmes lives on Baker Street in London in real life
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In real life, which station in London would I take to get to Hogwarts?
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Park Royal is a station on the Piccadilly line of the London Underground. York Road is a disused station on the London Underground in Kings Cross, London, England, located between King's Cross and Caledonian Road, with its entrance at the corner of York Road (now York Way) and Bingfield Street. *Caledonian Road and Barnsbury station on the North London Line is about half a mile to the south. == References == Category:Piccadilly line stations Category:London Underground Night Tube stations Category:Tube stations in the London Borough of Islington Category:Former Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway stations Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1906 Category:1906 establishments in England Category:Leslie Green railway stations Kingsbury is a London Underground station in northwest London, England. It is on the Victoria line of the London Underground and is the penultimate station on the eastern end of that line. Royal York is a subway station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth of the Toronto subway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Caledonian Road is a station on the Piccadilly line of the London Underground, between King's Cross St. Pancras and Holloway Road, and in Travelcard Zone 2. Blackhorse Road is a joint London Overground and London Underground station, located at the junction of Blackhorse Road/Blackhorse Lane with Forest Road in Walthamstow, London, England. London Underground has said that the transport benefits of a Park Royal station on the Central line are not sufficiently high to justify the costs of construction. ==Services== The off-peak service in trains per hour (tph) is: *6tph to Cockfosters (Eastbound) *3tph to Rayners Lane (Westbound) *3tph to Uxbridge via Rayners Lane (Westbound) The peak time service in trains per hour (tph) is: *12tph to Cockfosters (Eastbound) *6tph to Rayners Lane (Westbound) *6tph to Uxbridge via Rayners Lane (Westbound) ==Connections== London Buses routes 95 and 487 serve the station. ==Gallery== File:Park Royal stn look north.JPG|Looking north from the eastbound platform (in the westbound direction) File:Park Royal stn look south.JPG|Looking south from the eastbound platform (in the eastbound direction) File:Park Royal Station - geograph.org.uk - 318545.jpg|Platform shelter on the westbound platform – note slope of platform from south to north ==References== ==External links== * London Transport Museum Photographic Archive ** ** ** ** ** *First Central Business Park Category:Tube stations in the London Borough of Ealing Category:Former Metropolitan District Railway stations Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1931 Category:Piccadilly line stations Tube station Category:Streamline Moderne architecture in the United Kingdom Category:Art Deco architecture in London Category:Art Deco railway stations Category:Grade II listed buildings in the London Borough of Ealing In common with other nearby Metropolitan Railway stations (e.g. Harrow-on-the-Hill, Neasden, Queensbury) there is an element of fiction in the station name; the area is properly within the eastern extent of Kenton (Kingsbury Road at this point was originally part of the eastern end of Kenton Lane) and Kingsbury proper is actually closer to Neasden LU station. ==Location== The station entrance is in a parade of shops on the south side of the A4006 Kingsbury Road, opposite Berkeley Road. ==Connections== London Buses routes 79, 183, 204 and 324, night route N98 and non-TFL route 644 serve the station. ==References== ==Gallery== File:Kingsbury entrance.JPG|Close-up of station entrance File:Kingsbury platform N.JPG|The northbound platform facing north File:Kingsbury platform.JPG|The northbound platform File:Kingsbury platform S.JPG|The northbound platform facing south Category:Jubilee line stations Category:London Underground Night Tube stations Category:Tube stations in the London Borough of Brent Category:Former Metropolitan Railway stations Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1932 This would have served the business park and provide a walking distance interchange with Park Royal station.First Central Business Park . The reopening of Maiden Lane was considered to be more likely, as York Road is quite close to Kings Cross St Pancras, and the new station would increase journey times on the Piccadilly Line. It is on the Jubilee line between Queensbury and Wembley Park stations, in Zone 4, in the borough of Brent. The stations were to be at "Montgomery" and "Prince Edward", instead of Islington and Royal York. The current station was built for the extension of Piccadilly line services over the District line tracks to . On December 16, 2019, the station became accessible with the completion of the elevator construction. ==Nearby landmarks== Nearby landmarks include Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church in the Kingsway and Mimico Creek. == Surface connections == TTC routes serving the station include: Bay Route Name Additional information 1 73B Royal York Northbound to Eglinton Avenue West and La Rose Avenue 73C Northbound to Claireport via Albion Road 73D Northbound to Albion Road and Weston Road 2 48 Rathburn Westbound to Mill Road Wheel-Trans 3 Spare 4 15 Evans Westbound to Sherway Gardens 76A Royal York South Southbound to Lake Shore (past Mimico GO Station) 76B Southbound to the Queensway and Grand Avenue 315 Evans-Brown's Line Blue Night service; Westbound to Long Branch ==References== ==External links== Category:Line 2 Bloor–Danforth stations Category:Railway stations in Canada opened in 1968 Category:Transport in Etobicoke However, it was decided to include only one station in the Kingsway, at Royal York. One factor in favour of reopening concerns disabled access: York Road was built with direct step free access from street to platform level, with no stairs to get to the platforms from the lower lift landings. ==References== ===Bibliography=== * * * ==External links== * Includes below ground photos * ** ** * * Category:Piccadilly line stations Category:Disused London Underground stations Category:Disused railway stations in the London Borough of Islington Category:Former Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway stations Category:Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1906 Category:Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1932 Category:Kings Cross, London Category:Leslie Green railway stations Category:1906 establishments in England Category:1932 disestablishments in England Category:Railway stations located underground in the United Kingdom Although now only served by deep-level tube trains, the section of line serving the station is built to surface gauge, and trains to that larger LU loading gauge occasionally pass through. ==History== thumb|left|Kingsbury station, London Underground 2000. Each station has its own unique tile pattern and colours. ==Connections== *London Buses routes 17, 91 and 259 serve the station. The success of the bus service may be attributed to the distances between subway stops in Etobicoke; Royal York is over 1 km west of Old Mill, and Islington is over west of Royal York. It opened in 1906 and was one of the original stations on the Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (GNP&BR;), the precursor to today's Piccadilly line.
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You would get on the Hogwarts Express
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You would take the London Underground to get to Hogwarts
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You would take a flying car to get to Hogwarts
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Hogwarts is fictional, so there is no station that would take you there
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King's Cross Station
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In real life, who lives at 4 Privet Drive?
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Number 4, Privet Drive, Little Whinging, is the Dursleys' home, in which Harry lives with his aunt Petunia, uncle Vernon, and cousin Dudley. In Deathly Hallows, it is revealed that Snape lived at Spinner's End as a young child and that Lily Potter and Petunia Dursley lived in the same town. ==Schools== ===Beauxbatons=== thumb|upright|Coat of arms for Beauxbatons as described in the Harry Potter books: "Two crossed, golden wands, each emitting three stars". Filming for Privet Drive in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone took place in a real urban area, 12 Picket Post Close, Bracknell in Berkshire, located 25 miles (40 km) west of London. Arabella Figg, who lives two streets away from 4 Privet Drive in the novels (but just across the road in the films) knows of Harry's magic, because she is a Squib member of the Order of the Phoenix, placed in Little Whinging by Dumbledore to keep an eye on Harry. Hermione Jean Granger ( ) is a fictional character in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. The name of the street refers to the privet hedges that enclose many suburban gardens, as Rowling liked the idea of enclosure. Pringle was born in York, and grew up in Scunthorpe. In the novels and films, the Dursleys' home is in a respectable and boring neighbourhood where the neighbours ostracise Harry, who despises Little Whinging because of his memories of his cruel treatment there. On the upper floors, there are a number of rooms available for rent; Harry has stayed in Room 11, which has a talking mirror and windows that allow him to look out onto Charing Cross Road. Dumbledore welcomes Durmstrang's students as "our friends from the North", and J. K. Rowling is said to have located the school somewhere in Northern Scandinavia. Tilgate is one of 14 neighbourhoods within the town of Crawley in West Sussex, England. Jennifer Pringle (born 1983, in York) is an English television presenter and actress. The four residents of the manor are then placed under house arrest by Lord Voldemort, until they join with other Death Eaters in the Battle of Hogwarts. Pringle also voices characters in the television shows Angelina Ballerina, Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom EastEnders E20 and Peppa Pig. This is known because Hermione Granger mentions Voldemort by name at least once whilst inside the house.Deathly Hallows book The house fell into disrepair during Sirius' twelve-year imprisonment in Azkaban. J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter universe contains numerous settings for the events in her fantasy novels. In the play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Ron runs the store nineteen years after the events of the Deathly Hallows. ==Hogsmeade== Hogsmeade Village, or simply Hogsmeade, is the only settlement in Britain inhabited solely by wizards, witches, and other magical beings, and is located to the northwest of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The Gaunt cottage is set in a copse alongside a winding road which climbed out of the valley.Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince In Goblet of Fire, Voldemort and Harry fight in the graveyard of Little Hangleton. ===Little Whinging=== thumb|No 4, Privet Drive, Little Whinging thumb|Under the stairs, No 4 Privet Drive Little Whinging is a fictitious town in Surrey, England, located to the south of London. Rowling adds that Hermione's parents, two Muggle dentists, are a bit bemused by their odd daughter but "quite proud of her all the same". For all the subsequent film's scenes set in Privet Drive, filming took place on a constructed set in Leavesden Film Studios (replicating 12 Picket Post Close), which proved to be cheaper than filming on location.Shephard, Ben (7 July 2007). Outside the front door were a jumble of Wellington boots and a rusty old cauldron. ===Godric's Hollow=== Godric's Hollow is a fictional village, where Lily and James Potter lived with their young son Harry, located in the West Country of England.Rowling, J. K. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows". James B. Potter Jr. (born October 21, 1931) was a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 1963 to 1971.
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In real life, the Dursleys live at 4 Privet Drive
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In real life, Vernon and Petunia Dursley live at 4 Privet Drive
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In real life, J. K. Rowling lives at 4 Privet Drive
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In real life, Harry Potter lives at 4 Privet Drive
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Are there wizards living in the West Country?
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Very few go to the East of England or the North East. "Which counties make up the West Country?", YouGov.co.uk, 23 October 2019. The West Country is a loosely defined area of South West England, usually taken to the counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and Bristol, and less commonly Wiltshire, Gloucestershire and Herefordshire. The West Midlands is one of nine official regions of England at the first level of International Territorial Level for statistical purposes. The former brewery in Cheltenham traded as West Country Ales; their ceramic plaques can still be seen built into pub walls. ==See also== *West Country English *Scrumpy and Western music *South West Peninsula *Thomas Hardy's Wessex *Wessex *West of England *West Country derby *SR West Country and Battle of Britain classes (West Country-class locomotives) *Dumnonia *Durotriges ==References== ==Further reading== *Jenner, Michael (1996) Traveller's Companion to the West Country. In a 2019 YouGov survey, 72% of respondents considered Cornwall and Devon to be in the West Country, while 70% included Somerset, 69% included Bristol, and 55% included Dorset. East Asians in the United Kingdom are East Asians living in the United Kingdom. Retrieved 22 June 2021 The West Country has a distinctive regional English dialect and accent, and is also home to the Cornish language. ==Extent== thumb|A West Country trading ketch, a term widely used by the 18th century The West Country is bounded by the English Channel in the south and the Bristol Channel, Severn Estuary or Herefordshire in the north. ITV West Country is an ITV franchise which broadcasts local news, weather and current affairs programmes over two regions; ITV West Country West covering the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall, Devon and parts of Dorset and Somerset with ITV West Country East covering the remainder of Somerset and Dorset together with Bristol, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire. Students native to the West Midlands are most likely to study in the region (40%), then the East Midlands (12%), the North West (11%), and then Yorkshire (9%). Very few go to Yorkshire, the North-East, or even (neighbouring) Wales. ==Transport== ===Railways=== Served by many lines in the urban areas such as the West Coast Main Line and branches. The West Midlands region is geographically diverse, from the urban central areas of the West Midlands conurbation to the rural counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire which border Wales. * * * * * There is some confusion in the use of the term "West Midlands", as the name is also used for the much smaller West Midlands county and conurbation which is in the central belt of the Midlands and on the eastern side of the West Midlands Region. West Country Carnivals are held in many towns in and around Somerset. Westhumble is a village in south east England, approximately north of Dorking, Surrey. ITV West Country West was an ITV franchise in its own right until 2014 when it merged with that of ITV West, formerly HTV West, having been initially launched as Westcountry Television with its main studios in Plymouth in 1993. This is in large part due to the West Midlands conurbation, which is highly diverse. Some definitions match that of the official South West England region. The West Midlands in the Early Middle Ages (Leicester UP, 1992). West Friesland or Westfriesland can refer to the following: *West Friesland (region), a contemporary region in the province of North Holland, Netherlands *The same region as the State of West Friesland in the Dutch Republic *Occasionally, the region where the West Frisian language is spoken, i.e., mostly the province of Friesland in the Netherlands *West Frisia, the western part of the historical region of Frisia *Westfriesland, a Dutch ship of the line of 78/80 guns of the Admiralty of the Noorderkwartier, built in c. 1666 *Westfriesland, a Dutch ship of the line of 90 guns of the Admiralty of the Noorderkwartier, built in 1682 The village is not explicitly mentioned in Domesday Book, however there are two separate entries for the Parish of Mickleham, in which much of the village is located, and it is probable that the second of these refers to Westhumble. Around 45% of students are from the region, and 35% from other parts of the UK, while 20% are from overseas.
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Yes, Harry Potter lives in the West country
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Yes, there are wizards living in the West Country
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Wizards don't exist, so no wizards live in the West Country
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Yes, wizards live in England
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Yes, there are many wizards in West Country in England
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Where can you find vampires in the U.S.?
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This is a list of vampires found in literary fiction; film and television; comics and manga; video games and board games; musical theatre, opera and theatre; and originating in folklore or mythology. Lists of vampires may refer to: *List of vampires *List of vampiric creatures in folklore *List of dhampirs 20230605_161544 This list covers the many types of vampires or vampire-like legendary creatures of global folklore. While predominantly depicted as human, examples of other types of vampire hunters also exist. Vampire hunter or vampire slayer is a fictional occupation in folklore and fiction which specializes in finding vampires, and sometimes other supernatural creatures. Dogs, cats, plants or even agricultural tools could become vampires; pumpkins or melons kept in the house too long would start to move, make noises or show blood.Bunson, Vampire Encyclopedia, p. 278. During this time in the 18th century, there was a frenzy of vampire sightings in Southeastern Europe and Transylvania, with frequent stakings and grave diggings taking place to identify and kill the potential revenants; even government officials were compelled into the hunting and staking of vampires. During the late 18th and 19th centuries, there was a widespread belief in vampires in parts of New England, particularly in Rhode Island and Eastern Connecticut. Vampire hunters have also popularly been depicted as hunting various creatures such as werewolves, demons, and other forms of undead as well. This is a list of locations in the United States which have been reported to be haunted by ghosts or other supernatural beings, including demons. However, the stories of the Loogaroo are widespread through the Caribbean Islands and Louisiana in the United States.Bunson, Vampire Encyclopedia, pp. 162-63. New Hyde Park, New York * The Vampire Watchers Handbook by "Constantine Gregory" and Craig Glenday, 2003 St. Martin's Press, New York, pp. 62–63 * Mysteries of Mind Space and Time, The Unexplained series 1992 Orbis Publishing Limited, Westport, Connecticut, po. 150–151 * A World of Vampires, documentary special, from the Two-Disk Special Edition Lost Boys DVD * The Vampire Book by J. Gordon Melton * The Vampire Encyclopedia by Matthew Bunson * Vampire Universe by Johnathan Maberry * Vampires by Leonard R. N. Ashley folklore and mythology vampires In addition to human hunters, dhampirs, and vampires that hunt other vampires, it is not uncommon for vampire hunters to be other supernatural creatures such as werewolves or witches. Today these entities are predominantly known as vampires, but in ancient times, the term vampire did not exist; blood drinking and similar activities were attributed to demons or spirits who would eat flesh and drink blood; even the devil was considered synonymous with the vampire.Marigny, Vampires, pp. 24–25. Vampire hunters range in characterization in fiction from sages with more than average knowledge about the occult, to athletes with the skill and ability to confront vampires with traditional or holy weapons often including wooden stakes and holy water, to supernatural beings themselves who fight vampires with mystical powers. These could become vampires themselves, but could also have a special ability to see and kill vampires, allowing them to become vampire hunters.Vampires Through the Ages: Lore & Legends of the World's Most Notorious Blood Drinkers by Brian Righi The same talent was believed to be found in persons born on Saturday. In Thompson's Motif-Index of Folk-Literature, the vampire appears in the classification as Motif "E.251.Vampires". ==See also== * List of vampires in folklore and mythology * Vampire literature ==Footnotes== ==References== * * * * * * * * * * * ==External links== * Motif Index of Vampires in Folklore, Literature, and Film, by California State University, Bakersfield Category:Corporeal undead \- Category:Folklore by region Category:ATU 300-399 Indeed, some of these legends could have given rise to the European folklore, though they are not strictly considered vampires by historians when using today's definitions.Marigny, Vampires, p. 14.Summers, "The Vampire in Greece and Rome of Old", in The Vampire in Europe. ===Mesopotamia=== Many cultures in ancient Mesopotamia had stories involving blood-drinking demons. One such example is provided by the legend of the Witches of Anaga in Tenerife. ==Africa== Various regions of Africa have folkloric tales of beings with vampiric abilities: in West Africa the Ashanti people tell of the iron-toothed and tree-dwelling asanbosam,Bunson, Vampire Encyclopedia, p. Alternatively, after becoming a vampire, sometimes hunters will continue to fight and hunt vampires using their newly acquired vampire powers and abilities (sometimes being hunted by their former allies and other human vampire hunters). 200px|thumb|right|Le Vampire, lithograph by R. de Moraine Les Tribunaux secrets (1864) Legends of vampires have existed for millennia; cultures such as the Mesopotamians, Hebrews, ancient Greeks, and Romans had tales of demonic entities and blood-drinking spirits which are considered precursors to modern vampires. Vampire hunters are often associated with or members of the clergy, holy orders, or other religious organizations which may be dedicated to fighting vampires, other demons, and other supernatural forces.
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You can find vampires in New Orleans, Louisiana
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Vampires do not exist in the U.S.
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You can find vampires in Transylvania
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You can find vampires in Forks, Washington
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When should you watch out for vampires?
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Though there are many creative variations and depictions of vampires, a vampire is most often defined as a being which consumes blood as a primary source of sustenance. == Comic books and graphic novels == * Comic books and graphic novels such as Vampirella (1969), Tomb of Dracula (1972), Blade (1973), 30 Days of Night (2002) Anita Blake Guilty Pleasures, and Dracula vs. King Arthur (2005). Vampire films have been a staple in world cinema since the era of silent films, so much so that the depiction of vampires in popular culture is strongly based upon their depiction in films throughout the years. Vampires are frequently represented in popular culture, including appearances in ballet, films, literature, music, opera, theatre, paintings, and video games. Their only way out is to be saved by a famous online gamer and an old school vampire hunter. == See also == *Vampire films *List of vampire television series *Vampire literature *List of fictional vampires *Bloodsucking Cinema, a documentary film about vampire films ==Notes== ==External links== * Lists of the best vampire films: ** 25 Best Reviewed Vampire Movies at Rotten Tomatoes ** The Best and Worst Vampire Movies at Cinematical blog ** Top 10 Vampire Films (excluding films with Dracula) at About.com ** Top Vampire Films from Cult TV ** Top 70 vampire films top 70 list of vampire films of all time ** Taliesin's Top 100 the top 100 on the Taliesin Meets the Vampires blog * Vampyrus * Horror Music Vampire A difference in vampires portrayed in these films (and the book series) is that they don't burn up in the sun—their skin sparkles. It has been noted that vampires are "supernatural beings with a laundry list of fantastic abilities and a need for feeding on the living, which would presumably give numerous options for a plot". Vampires vs. the Bronx follows a group of teenagers who are forced to protect their neighborhood in the Bronx when a gathering of vampires invades. The next day, they watch Blade and go over everything they know about killing vampires. Other notable Vampire movies also include the following, but not limited to: * "Dracula" (1931) starred Bela Lugosi as well he starred in "Vampire Over London" (1952) both of which are B/W films. York University. 23 October 2011 Although vampires are usually associated with the horror (and sometimes the zombie genre), vampire films may also fall into the drama, action, science fiction, romance, comedy, or fantasy genres, amongst others. ==History== Early cinematic vampires in other such films as The Vampire (1913), directed by Robert G. Vignola, were not undead bloodsucking fiends, but 'vamps'. This is a list of vampires found in literary fiction; film and television; comics and manga; video games and board games; musical theatre, opera and theatre; and originating in folklore or mythology. Chastity Bites 2013.06.01 Fright Night 2: New Blood 2013.10.01 == Other vampire films == Title Release date Country Director Leading cast Notes The House of the Devil (Le Manoir du Diable) 1896 The Vampire 1913.10.15 The Devil's Daughter 1915.06.16 A Night of Horror (Nächte des Grauens) 1916 Vampires of Warsaw (Wampiry Warszawy) 1925.10.28 London After Midnight London After Midnight Mark of the Vampire 1927.12.03 1935.04.26 The Vampire Bat 1933.01.10 The Return of Doctor X 1939.12.02 The Return of the Vampire 1943.11.11 Mother Riley Meets the Vampire 1952.07 Vampire Moth (吸血蛾) 1956.04.11 El vampiro The Vampire (El vampiro) The Vampire's Coffin (El ataúd del vampiro) 1957 1957 Not of This Earth Not of This Earth Not of This Earth Not of This Earth 1957.02.10 1988.05.13 1995.09.05 I Vampiri 1957.04.05 The Vampire 1957.06.14 Blood of Dracula 1957.11 Blood of the Vampire 1958 Lady Vampire (女吸血鬼) 1959.03.07 Curse of the Undead 1959.05.01 Uncle Was a Vampire (Tempi duri per i vampire) 1959.10.28 The Vampire and the Ballerina () 1960.05.23 Black Sunday (La maschera del demonio) 1960.08.11 Atom Age Vampire (Seddok, l'erede di Satana) 1960.08.16 ) 1960.11.28 1961 Slaughter of the Vampires (La strage dei vampiri) 1962.02.06 The Bloody Vampire 1962.10.11 Black Sabbath (I tre volti della paura) 1963.08.17 Kiss of the Vampire 1963.09.11 I Am Legend The Last Man on Earth The Omega Man I Am Legend Cave of the Living Dead () The Blood Drinkers (Kulay dugo ang gabi) 1964.11.06 Planet of the Vampires (Terrore nello Spazio) 1965.09.15 Blood Bath 1966.03.02 Blood of the Vampires (Ibulong mo sa hangin) 1966.09.02 The Fearless Vampire Killers 1967.02 The Blood Demon 1967.10.05 West Germany Harald Reinl Christopher Lee, Karin Dor, Carl Lange Also known as The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism or Castle of the Walking Dead. This type of vampire is also featured in the film 30 Days of Night. * True Blood (2008–2014): A cable TV series about vampires as well as a host of other supernatural beings. The Nude Vampire (La Vampire Nue) 1970.05 The Bloodthirsty Trilogy The Vampire Doll (幽霊屋敷の恐怖 血を吸う人形) Lake of Dracula (呪いの館 血を吸う眼) Evil of Dracula (血を吸う薔薇) 1970.06.04 1971.06.16 1974.07.20 Count Yorga Count Yorga, Vampire The Return of Count Yorga 1970.06.10 1971.08.18 Valerie and Her Week of Wonders 1970.10.16 Dark Shadows House of Dark Shadows Dark Shadows 1970.10.28 2012.05.11 Le Frisson des Vampires 1971.04.21 The Velvet Vampire 1971.06 Let's Scare Jessica to Death 1971.08.27 The Night Stalker 1972.01.11 Vampire Circus 1972.04.30 Grave of the Vampire 1972.08.23 The Norliss Tapes 1973.02.21 Hannah, Queen of the Vampires 1973.03 The She-Butterfly (Leptirica) 1973.04.15 Ganja and Hess 1973.04.20 Lemora 1973.04.30 Vampyres 1974 Captain Kronos – Vampire Hunter 1974.04.07 Deathdream 1974.08.30 Barry McKenzie Holds His Own 1974.12.12 Rabid Rabid Rabid Martin 1978.05.10 The Monster Club 1981.04.02 Mystics in Bali 1981 Habit Habit Habit The Hunger 1983.04.29 The Keep 1983.12.16 Bloodsuckers from Outer Space 1984.10 Lifeforce 1985.06.21 Fright Night Fright Night Fright Night Part 2 Fright Night Fright Night 2: New Blood 1985.08.02 1988.12.08 2011.08.19 2013.10.01 A Polish Vampire in Burbank 1985.10.31 Mr. Vampire Mr. Vampire (僵屍先生) Mr. Vampire II (僵屍家族) Mr. Vampire III (靈幻先生) Mr. Vampire IV (僵屍叔叔) Mr. Vampire 1992 (新殭屍先生) 1985.11.11 1986.08.15 1987.12.17 1988.12.12 1992.08.08 Once Bitten 1985.11.15 Vampire Hunter D Vampire Hunter D (吸血鬼ハンターD) Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust (ブラッドラスト) 1985.12.21 2000 Vamp 1986.07.18 Outback Vampires 1987 The Lost Boys The Lost Boys Lost Boys: The Tribe Lost Boys: The Thirst 1987.07.31 2008.07.29 2010.10.12 A Return to Salem's Lot 1987.09.11 My Best Friend Is a Vampire 1987.10.01 Near Dark 1987.10.02 Vampire Princess Miyu (吸血姫 美夕) 1988.07.21 The Lair of the White Worm 1988.09.14 Dance of the Damned Dance of the Damned To Sleep with a Vampire 1989.04.19 1993.01.28 Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat 1989.05 Vampire's Kiss 1989.06.02 Night Thirst (Nishi Trishna) 1989 Magic Cop (驅魔警察) 1990.02.11 Rockula 1990.02.23 Def by Temptation 1990.05.11 Blood Ties 1991.05.27 My Soul Is Slashed (咬みつきたい) 1991.06.01 Subspecies Subspecies Bloodstone: Subspecies II Bloodlust: Subspecies III Vampire Journals Subspecies 4: Bloodstorm 1991.08.08 1993.05.26 1994.02.16 1997.02.25 1998.12.08 Children of the Night 1991.09.06 Sleepwalkers 1992.04.10 Bloodlust 1992.04.23 Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1992.07.31 Innocent Blood 1992.09.25 Samurai Vampire Bikers From Hell 1992.12.07 Darkness 1993 Love Bites 1993.09.15 Cronos 1993.12.03 The Vampire Chronicles Interview with the Vampire Queen of the Damned 1994.11.11 2002.04.04 Embrace of the Vampire Embrace of the Vampire Embrace of the Vampire 1995.05.30 2013.10.15 Blood and Donuts 1995.09.09 The Addiction 1995.10.04 Vampire in Brooklyn 1995.10.27 From Dusk Till Dawn From Dusk Till Dawn From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter 1996.01.17 1999.05.16 2000.01.18 Night Hunter 1996.03.07 Tales from the Crypt Presents: Bordello of Blood 1996.08.16 American Vampire 1997 The Night Flier 1997.05.02 The Two Orphan Vampires 1997.07.09 Blade Blade Blade II Blade: Trinity 1998.08.21 2002.03.22 2004.12.08 Razor Blade Smile 1998.09.19 Vampires Vampires Vampires: Los Muertos Vampires: The Turning 1998.10.30 2002.09.25 2005.05.03 The Wisdom of Crocodiles 1998.11.27 Blood: The Last Vampire Blood: The Last Vampire Blood: The Last Vampire 2000.07.29 2009.05.29 Coming Out (커밍 아웃) 2000.08.07 Mom's Got a Date With a Vampire 2000.10.13 The Little Vampire The Little Vampire The Little Vampire 3D 2000.10.27 2017.10.05 Richard Claus, Karsten Kiilerich Rasmus Hardiker, Amy Saville, Jim Carter CG Animation Remake The Forsaken 2001.04.27 Trouble Every Day 2001.05.13 Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter 2001.06.10 Vampire Clan 2002.07.13 Bloody Mallory 2002.07.17 Heroines Mallory, Vena Cava and Talking Tina fight the fallen angel Abaddon and his accomplices vampire Lady Valentine and succubus Morphine. While a lot of vampires give into their nature, drinking blood and killing people without remorse, other vampires in the series feel guilty. The Era of Vampires (千年殭屍王) 2002 Scooby-Doo! and the Legend of the Vampire 2003.03.04 The Twins Effect (千機變) 2003.03.08 Moon Child 2003.04.19 Strange Things Happen at Sundown 2003.06.21 Underworld Underworld Underworld: Evolution Underworld: Rise of the Lycans Underworld: Awakening Underworld: Blood Wars 2003.09.19 2006.01.20 2009.01.23 2012.01.20 2016.11.24 Vampire Blvd. 2004.01.15 Night Watch Night Watch (Ночной Дозор) Day Watch (Дневной Дозор) Guardians of the Night (Ночные стражи) 2016.08.25 Russia Emilis Velyvis Lyubov Aksyonova, Ivan Yankovsky, Leonid Yarmolnik Bloodsuckers 2005.05.08 BloodRayne BloodRayne BloodRayne 2: Deliverance BloodRayne: The Third Reich 2005.10.23 2007.09.18 2011.05.02 Frostbite 2006.02.06 Vampire Cop Ricky (흡혈 형사 나도열) 2006.02.09 Ultraviolet 2006.03.03 Perfect Creature 2006.04.24 Stay Alive 2006.05.24 Slayer 2006.07.08 The Thirst 2006.10.26 The Hamiltons The Hamiltons The Thompsons 2006.11.17 2012.08.21 The Witches Hammer 2006.12.22 The Insatiable 2007.05.28 Rise: Blood Hunter 2007.07.06 30 Days of Night 30 Days of Night 30 Days of Night: Dark Days 2007.10.19 2010.10.05 Let the Right One In Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) Let Me In 2008.01.26 2010.09.13 The Vampires of Bloody Island 2008.08.03 Not Like Others (Vampyrer) 2008.09.05 I Sell the Dead 2008.10.10 The Twilight Saga Twilight The Twilight Saga: New Moon The Twilight Saga: Eclipse The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 2008.11.21 2009.11.20 2010.06.30 2011.11.18 2012.11.16 Against the Dark 2009.02.10 Vampire in Vegas 2009.03.01 Blood (ブラッド) 2009.04.29 Thirst (박쥐) 2009.04.30 Strigoi 2009.08.17 United Kingdom Faye Jackson Cătălin Paraschiv, Constantin Bărbulescu, Adrian Donea Daybreakers 2009.09.11 Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant 2009.10.23 The Bleeding 2009.11.02 Transylmania 2009.12.04 Higanjima: Escape from Vampire Island 2010.01.09 Vampires Suck 2010.08.18 Suck 2010.09.11 Stake Land Stake Land Stake Land II 2010.09.17 2016.10.14 My Babysitter's a Vampire 2010.10.09 We Are the Night (Wir sind die Nacht) 2010.10.14 Midnight Son 2011.03.04 Priest 2011.05.13 Monster Brawl 2011.07.23 The Moth Diaries 2011.09.06 Red Tears (レッド・ティアーズ～紅涙) 2011.10.24 Vampire Dog 2012.02.16 Kali the Little Vampire (Kali, le petit vampire) 2012.04.29 Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter 2012.06.22 Vampire Camp 2012.07.16 Byzantium 2012.09.09 The ABCs of Death 2012.09.14 Rufus 2012.09.21 Vamps 2012.11.02 Kiss of the Damned 2012.11.07 The Brides of Sodom 2013.01.29 Only Lovers Left Alive 2013.05.25 Black Water Vampire 2014.01.24 Vampire Academy 2014.02.07 What We Do in the Shadows 2014.06.19 Da Sweet Blood of Jesus 2014.06.22 A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night 2014.11.21 Bloodsucking Bastards 2015.01.23 Vampire in Love (恋する ヴァンパイア) 2015.04.17 Nocturna 2015.10.06 Liar, Liar, Vampire 2015.10.12 The Phantom Hour 2016.09.08 Curse (Shraap 3D) 2018.02 Family Blood 2018.05.04 United States Sonny Mallhi Vinessa Shaw, James Ransone, Colin Ford, Ajiona Alexus, Carson Meyer, France Jean-Baptiste, Eloise Lushina Ellie, a recovering drug addict, moves to a new city with her two teenage children. This is a list of vampire films. == Dracula films == There have been numerous films based on Dracula, an 1897 Gothic horror novel by Irish author Bram Stoker. Directed by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, this indie originally premiered at Sundance and over the years has gained a firm cult fanbase, getting two spinoffs including the show of the same name, What We Do In The Shadows. ==Games== As a well-known and iconic creature type, vampires are central to a variety of games, including board games, role-playing games, and video games. As folklore, vampires are defined by their need to feed on blood and on their manipulative nature; this theme has been held in common throughout the many adaptations."vampire n." The 2009 web series I Heart Vampires focuses on two teenage vampire fans, who find out that vampires are more than real. These vampires try to give up their blood drinking addiction; however, their true nature usually comes through at some point.
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You should watch out for vampires at night
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You shouldn't watch out for vampires, as vampires aren't real
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You should watch out for vampires during the full moon
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You should watch out for vampires in dark places
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Are vampires real?
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In most cases, vampires are revenants of evil beings, suicide victims, or witches, but they can also be created by a malevolent spirit possessing a corpse or by being bitten by a vampire. It has been noted that vampires are "supernatural beings with a laundry list of fantastic abilities and a need for feeding on the living, which would presumably give numerous options for a plot". In other words, vampires did not exist. ====18th-century vampire controversy==== During the 18th century, there was a frenzy of vampire sightings in Eastern Europe, with frequent stakings and grave diggings to identify and kill the potential revenants. In modern times, the vampire is generally held to be a fictitious entity, although belief in similar vampiric creatures (such as the chupacabra) still persists in some cultures. Vampires are frequently represented in popular culture, including appearances in ballet, films, literature, music, opera, theatre, paintings, and video games. The 2009 web series I Heart Vampires focuses on two teenage vampire fans, who find out that vampires are more than real. Despite this condemnation, the vampire lived on in artistic works and in local folklore. === Non-European beliefs === Beings having many of the attributes of European vampires appear in the folklore of Africa, Asia, North and South America, and India. Vampire films have been a staple in world cinema since the era of silent films, so much so that the depiction of vampires in popular culture is strongly based upon their depiction in films throughout the years. A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. Though there are many creative variations and depictions of vampires, a vampire is most often defined as a being which consumes blood as a primary source of sustenance. == Comic books and graphic novels == * Comic books and graphic novels such as Vampirella (1969), Tomb of Dracula (1972), Blade (1973), 30 Days of Night (2002) Anita Blake Guilty Pleasures, and Dracula vs. King Arthur (2005). This is a list of vampires found in literary fiction; film and television; comics and manga; video games and board games; musical theatre, opera and theatre; and originating in folklore or mythology. Retrieved March 26, 2010.) ===Role- playing games=== thumb|right|Vampires are generally presented as evil monsters in Dungeons & Dragons. In European folklore, vampires are undead creatures that often visited loved ones and caused mischief or deaths in the neighbourhoods which they inhabited while they were alive. * In The Silmarillion by J.R.R Tolkien, vampires are mentioned. Lily Munster and Grandpa (also known as Vladimir Dracula, Count of Transylvania) are vampires. Belief in such legends became so pervasive that in some areas it caused mass hysteria and even public executions of people believed to be vampires. === Description and common attributes === It is difficult to make a single, definitive description of the folkloric vampire, though there are several elements common to many European legends. The Third Edition GURPS supplement Blood Types lists 47 different "species" of vampires describing 30 of them from both folklore and fiction in 23 listings (several are simply different names for the same type of vampire; for example the Burma's Kephn is considered a male version of the Penanggalen) Shadowrun features vampires whose existence is explained by a resurgence of the Human Meta-Human Vampiric Virus. Cultures such as the Mesopotamians, Hebrews, Ancient Greeks, Manipuri and Romans had tales of demons and spirits which are considered precursors to modern vampires. The vampires in this series are presented as strong but fundamentally 'fragile' walking corpses, vulnerable to sunlight, decapitation, and stakes through the heart, and are clearly established as being demons possessing human corpses rather than humans corrupted by their vampire instincts. Corpses thought to be vampires were generally described as having a healthier appearance than expected, plump and showing little or no signs of decomposition. A humanoid or monstrous humanoid creature can become a vampire, and looks as it did in life, with pale skin, haunting red eyes, and a feral cast to its features. York University. 23 October 2011 Although vampires are usually associated with the horror (and sometimes the zombie genre), vampire films may also fall into the drama, action, science fiction, romance, comedy, or fantasy genres, amongst others. ==History== Early cinematic vampires in other such films as The Vampire (1913), directed by Robert G. Vignola, were not undead bloodsucking fiends, but 'vamps'.
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No, vampires are not real
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Yes, vampires are real
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Yes, vampires exist
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None of the above
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All of the above
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Is it possible to get turned into a vampire?
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These could become vampires themselves, but could also have a special ability to see and kill vampires, allowing them to become vampire hunters.Vampires Through the Ages: Lore & Legends of the World's Most Notorious Blood Drinkers by Brian Righi The same talent was believed to be found in persons born on Saturday. In most cases, vampires are revenants of evil beings, suicide victims, or witches, but they can also be created by a malevolent spirit possessing a corpse or by being bitten by a vampire. In most cases, vampires are revenants of evil beings, suicide victims, or witches, but can also be created by a malevolent spirit possessing a corpse or a living person being bitten by a vampire themselves. Live became revenants after their death, but there were also many other ways of a person becoming a vampire. A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. Today these entities are predominantly known as vampires, but in ancient times, the term vampire did not exist; blood drinking and similar activities were attributed to demons or spirits who would eat flesh and drink blood; even the devil was considered synonymous with the vampire.Marigny, Vampires, pp. 24–25. Dogs, cats, plants or even agricultural tools could become vampires; pumpkins or melons kept in the house too long would start to move, make noises or show blood.Bunson, Vampire Encyclopedia, p. 278. Alternatively, after becoming a vampire, sometimes hunters will continue to fight and hunt vampires using their newly acquired vampire powers and abilities (sometimes being hunted by their former allies and other human vampire hunters). Blood drinking and similar activities were attributed to demons or spirits who would eat flesh and drink blood; even the devil was considered synonymous with the vampire. Another development in some vampire films has been a change from supernatural horror to science fictional explanations of vampirism. In Europe, where much of the vampire folklore originates, the vampire is usually considered a fictitious being; many communities may have embraced the revenant for economic purposes. As folklore, vampires are defined by their need to feed on blood and on their manipulative nature; this theme has been held in common throughout the many adaptations."vampire n." Vampire films have been a staple in world cinema since the era of silent films, so much so that the depiction of vampires in popular culture is strongly based upon their depiction in films throughout the years. A person who died alone and unseen would become a vampire, likewise if a corpse swelled or turned black before burial. The vampire has since become a dominant figure in the horror genre. == Etymology and word distribution == The term "vampire" is the earliest recorded in English, Latin and French and they refer to vampirism in Russia, Poland and North Macedonia.Katharina M. Wilson (1985). While predominantly depicted as human, examples of other types of vampire hunters also exist. Furthermore, Dolphin was noted to have confused fictional (bloodsucking) vampires with those of folklore, many of whom were not noted to drink blood. If a pregnant woman did not eat salt or was looked upon by a vampire or a witch, her child would also become a vampire. Vampire hunter or vampire slayer is a fictional occupation in folklore and fiction which specializes in finding vampires, and sometimes other supernatural creatures. A person born with a caul, an extra nipple, a tail, or extra hairCréméné, Mythologie du Vampire, pp. 37-38. was doomed to become a vampire. It's difficult to determine all the consequences of auto-vampirism due to the difficulty of finding people who drink their own blood. The vampiric traits described in Stoker's work merged with and dominated folkloric tradition, eventually evolving into the modern fictional vampire.
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Yes, drinking the blood of a vampire will turn you into a vampire
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All of the above
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Yes, you will turn into a vampire if a vampire bites you
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Yes, it is possible to get turned into a vampire
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You can't get turned into a vampire because vampires are fictional
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How many dragons are left in the world?
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* There are also numerous other dragons, which have appeared in almost every set and every block. The Last Dragon, known as Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real in the United States, and also known as Dragon's World in other countries, is a 2004 British docufiction made by Darlow Smithson Productions for Channel Four and broadcast on both Channel Four and Animal Planet. This is also why there are nine forms of the dragon and there are 9 sons of the dragon. There are many places in China with the phrase "Nine Dragons" in their name, the most famous being Kowloon (in Cantonese) in Hong Kong. This is a list of dragons in tabletop and video games. If there are many dragons then only the most notable are mentioned. ==Dragons in video games== ===Roles=== *Player character – The dragon is the main character controlled by the player through all or most of the game. This is a list of lists of dragons. The nine sons of the dragon are Chinese dragons who are the mythological sons of the Dragon King. A flashback shows that in 1475, a lone female dragon is living on the verge of extinction within the Carpathian Mountains, looking for a mate. * Various Great Western dragons and others in Earthdawn ===Dragons in board games=== * Red, green and white dragon tiles in Mahjong. The following is a list of offers made on the British reality television series Dragons' Den in Series 11-20, aired during 2013-2023. 118 episodes were broadcast consisting of at least 893 pitches. * List of dragons in mythology and folklore ** Dragons in Greek mythology ** Germanic dragon ** Slavic dragon ** European dragon ** Chinese dragon ** Japanese dragon ** Korean dragon * List of dragons in popular culture * List of dragons in film and television * List of dragons in games * List of dragons in literature == See also == * List of fictional species It uses the premise that the ubiquity of dragons in world mythology suggests that dragons could have existed. The investment was indicated as having been received, however there is no record of any dragons being listed as shareholders or directors. Once there, they discover that the creature is a dragon. * Dragon Knight Draco-Equiste (A fusion monster composed of 1 Dragon-Type Synchro monster + 1 Warrior-Type monster) * Hundred Eyes Dragon ( A dragon who serves the Earthbound Immortals) * The Inca archetypes, Sun Dragon Inti and Moon Dragon Quilla *Jormungardr The Nordic Serpent * Several evolutionary dragons, such as Armed Dragons, Horus the Black Flame Dragon and some others. *Zeroth Dragons is a race featured on one card of each nation, The Zeroth Dragons are weapons of mass destruction born from the Dragon Deity of Destruction, Gyze. (Dragons in Hearthstone, Clash Royale) *Various – Dragons play multiple roles in the game. ===Dragons in role-playing video games=== Dragons appear in numerous role-playing games with fictional setting as bosses, final bosses, and enemies, as well as player characters, companions, and supporting characters. * The Five Dragons linked to the Signers: Stardust Dragon, Red Dragon Archfiend, Black Rose Dragon, Ancient Fairy Dragon, Black-Winged Dragon, and Life Stream Dragon. The most notable such dragon is Shivan Dragon, which has appeared in all but one of the Magic Core Sets. ====World of Warcraft Trading Card Game==== *World of Warcraft Trading Card Game features many dragons from Warcraft universe, including Onyxia, Deathwing, Alexstrasza and all the other Aspects. ====Diablo==== *Tathamet in Diablo is the First Ultimate and True Prime Evil and Seven Headed Dragon who battle Anu and also create Seven Great Evils from his heads and Hell. ====Yu-Gi-Oh!==== Dragon is also a monster type in the Yu-Gi-Oh! The dragons must be fed with food from the farms. *Various Great Feathered Serpent dragons, Great Eastern dragons, Great Western dragons, Great Sirrush dragons, and others in Shadowrun * Various types of dragons found in the Rifts role-playing game.
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There have never been dragons in the world
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There is a colony of dragons left in the world
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There is one dragon left in the world
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There are two dragons left in the world
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There are no dragons left in the world because they went extinct
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Who is the bell-ringer of Notre Dame?
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The story, set in 1482, features Quasimodo, a fictional bell ringer of Notre-Dame, and descriptions of the cathedral's medieval bells. Quasimodo (from Quasimodo Sunday) is a fictional character and the main protagonist of the novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831) by Victor Hugo. Frollo reluctantly agrees on the condition that the baby remains hidden in the bell tower of Notre Dame, and gives him a cruel name; Quasimodo, which, according to Clopin, means "half-formed". He remains a bell-ringer, still living in Notre Dame with the gargoyles. * Quasimodo appears as The Hunchback in the Notre Dame level of TimeSplitters 2's story mode as a supporting character and additionally as a playable character in arcade mode. Quasimodo is finally accepted into society by the citizens of Paris as they celebrate Frollo's death and the liberation of the city. ==== In the second film ==== In Disney's 2002 direct-to-video sequel, The Hunchback of Notre Dame II, Quasimodo (again voiced by Hulce) reappears as the protagonist. The bells are most known in popular culture from Victor Hugo's 1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame and its many adaptations. He sentences Esmeralda to death, and has Quasimodo chained up in the bell tower. "The Bells of Notre Dame" is a song from the 1996 Disney film, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, composed by Alan Menken, with lyrics by Stephen Schwartz. In 2010, a British researcher found evidence suggesting there was a real-life hunchbacked stone carver who worked at Notre Dame during the same period Victor Hugo was writing the novel and they may have even known each other. ==In the novel== The deformed Quasimodo is described as "hideous" and a "creation of the devil". thumb|Exhibition of new bells in the nave of Notre-Dame in February 2013 thumb|Notre-Dame's north tower (left) holds eight bells while the slightly smaller south tower (right) holds the two largest bells. Quasimodo d'El Paris is a 1999 French film that is a comedic adaptation of the 1831 novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Notre-Dame de Paris) by Victor Hugo. ==Plot== The location is the town of El Paris. As she is being forced to pray at the steps of Notre Dame just before being marched off to the gallows, Quasimodo, who has been watching the occasion from an upper balcony in Notre Dame, slides down with a rope, and rescues her by taking her up to the top of the cathedral, where he poignantly shouts "Sanctuary!" He is found abandoned in Notre Dame (on the foundlings' bed, where orphans and unwanted children are left to public charity) on Quasimodo Sunday, the First Sunday after Easter, by Claude Frollo, the Archdeacon of Notre Dame, who adopts the baby, names him after the day the baby was found, and brings him up to be the bell-ringer of the cathedral. Esmeralda takes the withered flowers from the crystal vase and presses them passionately on her heart. ==Adaptations== Among the actors who have played Quasimodo over the years in each adaptation of the novel are: Actor Version Henry Vorins 1905 film Henry Krauss 1911 film Glen White The Darling of Paris (1917 film) Booth Conway 1922 film Lon Chaney 1923 film Charles Laughton 1939 film Anthony Quinn 1956 film Peter Woodthorpe 1966 cartoon TV show Warren Clarke 1977 TV film Anthony Hopkins 1982 TV film Tom Burlinson (voice) 1986 animated film Ocean Software (studio) Super Hunchback (1992 video game) Daniel Brochu (voice) The Magical Adventures of Quasimodo (1996 cartoon TV show) Tom Hulce (voice) 1996 animated Disney film Mandy Patinkin 1997 TV film Garou Notre Dame de Paris (1997–2000) Igo Notre-Dame de Paris (1997 operatic melodrama) Niks Matvejevs Patrick Timsit Quasimodo d'El Paris (1999 parody film) David Bower (voice) 2008 BBC Radio adaptation Michael Arden 2014–2015 musical Angelo Del Vecchio Notre Dame de Paris revival (2012–present) === Disney version === ==== In the first film ==== In Disney's 1996 animated film adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Quasimodo is a very different character than in the novel. The largest, oldest, and most well-known of Notre-Dame's bells is the bourdon Emmanuel, which was cast in 1686. After Esmeralda escapes, Frollo confronts Quasimodo who apologizes and returns to the bell tower. The president of the University of Notre Dame is the chief administrator of the university. * Quasimodo appears as a playable character in the 1983 video game Hunchback, which is based on Victor Hugo's novel. In 2011, the rector-archpriest of Notre-Dame initiated a project to restore the cathedral's bells as they were before the Revolution. In one instance Esmeralda also sees Phoebus from the cathedral balcony and pleadingly convinces Quasimodo to go down and look for him, but Phoebus is repulsed by Quasimodo's appearance and refuses to visit Notre Dame to see her. Bishop Eudes de Sully made the first record of bell ringing at Notre-Dame in 1198 during the construction of the cathedral.
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I have no comment
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Quasimodo is the bell-ringer of Notre Dame
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All of the above
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The hunchback of Notre-Dame is the bell-ringer of Notre Dame
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Esmeralda is the bell-ringer of Notre Dame
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Who will you see if you physically travel to 123 Sesame Street?
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The producers decided to reject the advisers' advice and reshot the Street segments; Henson and his coworkers created Muppets that could interact with the human actors.Gladwell, p. 106Fisch & Bernstein, pp. 39–40 These test episodes were directly responsible for what writer Malcolm Gladwell called "the essence of Sesame Street—the artful blend of fluffy monsters and earnest adults".Gladwell, p. 106 Since 2001, the full rights for the Sesame Street Muppets have been owned by Sesame Workshop, as the CTW was renamed in 2000. ===Muppets=== ==== Big Bird==== * Performed by Caroll Spinney (1969–2018), Matt Vogel (1997–present) One of the series' three main protagonists along with Elmo and Abby, and the first Muppet to appear on the show was Big Bird, a curious 8-foot-tall yellow bird believed by writer Shalom M. Fisch and Dr. Lewis Bernstein to be a canary, who resides in a large nest alongside the "123 Sesame Street" building and represents the 6-year-old child with his tendency to question everything.Borgenicht, p. 33Gikow, p. 51 On special days, he wears a white collar and colorful necktie. This is a partial list of the more well known animated characters appearing on Sesame Street. thumb|right|200px|Signpost of Sesame Street Sesame Street is a fictional street located in Manhattan (a borough in New York City). A wide variety of characters have appeared on the American children's television series Sesame Street. The opposite side of Sesame Street has been seen in the two Sesame Street movies. ==Notable locations on Sesame Street== ===123 Sesame Street=== Sesame Street primarily revolves around a brownstone-type row house called 123 Sesame Street. Appeared in the premiere episode of Sesame Street. Owners * Mr. Hooper (1951–1982) * David (1982–1989) * Mr. Handford (1989–1998) * Alan (1998–present) Employees * Tom -(1970–1972) * David - (1972–1982) * Piri - (1984–1986) * Gina - (1987–1995) * Carlo - (1995–1998) * Gabi - (2004) * Miles - (2006) * Chris - (2007–present) === The Sesame Street Library=== The Sesame Street Library is a common point of interest on Sesame Street. Sesame Street Unpaved. Sesame Street Unpaved. The street serves as the location for the American children's television series of the same name, which is centred around 123 Sesame Street, a fictional brownstone building. Sesame Street's co- creator, Joan Ganz Cooney, stated in 1994 that she originally wanted to call the show 123 Avenue B, after the Alphabet City area of the Lower East Side and East Village. It is located next to 456 Sesame Street. Sesame Street: A Celebration—Forty Years of Life on the Street. Appeared in the first episode of Sesame Street. A park that may or may not be the same as this one located across the street has appeared in later episodes. ==References== ==External links== Category:Sesame Street Category:Fictional streets and roads Category:Streets in Manhattan Category:Fictional elements introduced in 1969 Sesame Workshop does not own the character, unlike most of the Muppets on this list. Most of the non-Muppet characters are human characters, but there are many characters that are animated. ==General information== Jim Henson created many Muppet characters for the purpose of appearing on Sesame Street. Street Gang: The Complete History of Sesame Street. The opposite side of Sesame Street is not part of the set, though there are some rare occasions of seeing the other side from another location. Bert is a yellow Muppet character on the long running PBS and HBO children's television show Sesame Street. Residents of Sesame Street would use the Mail-It Shop to send and receive letters and packages. Since 2001, the full rights for the Muppets created for Sesame Street (which do not include Kermit the Frog) have been owned by Sesame Workshop. ==Muppets== ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Character Actor/Muppet performer Description Abby Cadabby Leslie Carrara-Rudolph A 4-year-old fairy-in-training with tiny wings, a magic wand and sparkles in her hair.
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You will see the characters from Sesame Street
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The question is ambiguous
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You will see the film crew of Sesame Street
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You will see Big Bird
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You will see the Muppets
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B
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Were unicorns easily caught in medieval times?
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Since then, the unicorn horn has been mentioned in fantasy works, role-playing games, and video games, which make use of its legendary symbolism. == Nature and properties == Around 400 BCE, the unicorn was described by Ctesias, according to Photius, as carrying a horn which princes would use to make hanaps to protect against poison. However, when the unicorn appears in the medieval legend of Barlaam and Josaphat, ultimately derived from the life of the Buddha, it represents death, as the Golden Legend explains.Hall, 184 Unicorns in religious art largely disappeared after they were condemned by Molanus after the Council of Trent.Hall, 305 The unicorn, tamable only by a virgin woman, was well established in medieval lore by the time Marco Polo described them as "scarcely smaller than elephants. The unicorn is an imaginary animal that lives in a world of myths and legends. In one of his notebooks Leonardo da Vinci wrote: > The unicorn, through its intemperance and not knowing how to control itself, > for the love it bears to fair maidens forgets its ferocity and wildness; and > laying aside all fear it will go up to a seated damsel and go to sleep in > her lap, and thus the hunters take it. The legendary unicorn could never be captured alive, but its symbolic association with virginity made it the symbol of innocence and the incarnation of God's Word. In European literature and art, the unicorn has for the last thousand years or so been depicted as a white horse-like or goat-like animal with a long straight horn with spiralling grooves, cloven hooves, and sometimes a goat's beard. Whether because it was an emblem of the Incarnation or of the fearsome animal passions of raw nature, the unicorn was not widely used in early heraldry, but became popular from the 15th century. The unicorn is often shown hunted, raising parallels both with vulnerable virgins and sometimes the Passion of Christ. As soon as the unicorn sees her, it lays its head on her lap and falls asleep.Hall, 160 This became a basic emblematic tag that underlies medieval notions of the unicorn, justifying its appearance in both secular and religious art. Depictions of unicorns in a religious context were discouraged indirectly by the Council of Trent in 1563, despite their display in the Saint-Denis Cathedral in Paris, and St Mark's Basilica in Venice. The unicorn also figured in courtly terms: for some 13th-century French authors such as Thibaut of Champagne and Richard de Fournival, the lover is attracted to his lady as the unicorn is to the virgin. Shakespeare scholars describe unicorns being captured by a hunter standing in front of a tree, the unicorn goaded into charging; the hunter would step aside the last moment and the unicorn would embed its horn deeply into the tree (See annotationsThe Complete Works of Shakespeare, Fourth Edition, David Bevington, pg. 1281;The Norton Shakespeare, Second Edition, pg 2310, footnote 9; The Riverside Shakespeare, Second Edition, page 1515 of Timon of Athens, Act 4, scene 3, c. line 341: "wert thou the unicorn, pride and wrath would confound thee and make thine own self the conquest of thy fury".) == Heraldry == In heraldry, a unicorn is often depicted as a horse with a goat's cloven hooves and beard, a lion's tail, and a slender, spiral horn on its forehead (non-equine attributes may be replaced with equine ones, as can be seen from the following gallery). There are compelling stories about their own close personal relationship with unicorns. A unicorn horn, also known as an alicorn, is a legendary object whose reality was accepted in Europe and Asia from the earliest recorded times. They bring the animal to bay with the help of a maiden who traps it with her charms, appear to kill it, and bring it back to a castle; in the last and most famous panel, "The Unicorn in Captivity", the unicorn is shown alive again and happy, chained to a pomegranate tree surrounded by a fence, in a field of flowers. Certain noblemen such as the Earl of Kinnoull were given special permission to use the unicorn in their arms, as an augmentation of honour. Another similar creature also mentioned in Shanhaijing (80) to live in Mount Winding-Centre as Bo (), but with black tail, tiger's teeth and claws, and also devour leopards and tigers. == See also == * Al-mi'raj (unicorn-like creature in Islamic mythology) * Bestiary * Elasmotherium (extinct rhinoceros species known as "Siberian unicorn") * Invisible Pink Unicorn (a modern satirical religious symbol) * *List of horses in mythology and folklore * List of unicorns * Monoceros (constellation) * Okapi (real animal once known as "African unicorn") * Sin-you (mythology) * Winged unicorn ==References== *Hall, James, A History of Ideas and Images in Italian Art, 1983, John Murray, London, == External links == * American Museum of Natural History, Mythic Creatures: Unicorns, West and East * Pascal Gratz, De Monocerote – Zur Rezeptionsgeschichte des Einhorns (PDF, German) * David Badke, The Medieval Bestiary: Unicorn * Category:National symbols of Scotland Category:National symbols of the United Kingdom Category:LGBT symbols Category:Human gender and sexuality symbols Category:Fairy tale stock characters Their follow-up anthology, Unicorns II, debuted ten years later in 1992. == Unicorns! == It was first published in paperback by Ace Books in May 1982, and reprinted by the same publisher in November 1982, June 1984, and October 1984. Unicorns! is a themed anthology of fantasy short works edited by American writers Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois, first published in 1982. These writings influenced authors from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance: the unicorn becomes the most important and frequently mentioned fantastic animal in the West, but it was considered real. Jonathan Mark Kenoyer notes the IVC unicorn to not have any "direct connection" with later unicorn motifs observed in other parts of world; nonetheless it remains possible that the IVC unicorn had contributed to later myths of fantastical one-horned creatures in West Asia.Kenoyer, J.M., catalogue entry in Aruz, Joan (ed), Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, p. 404 (quoted) and 390 (terracotta), 2003, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), google books; Metropolitan Museum, "Stamp seal and modern impression: unicorn and incense burner (?)" ca. 2600–1900 B.C.", for harness. The book also contains a two-page preface and a bibliography. ==Unicorns II contents== *"Preface" (Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann) *"The Calling of Paisley Coldpony" (Michael Bishop) *"Unicornucopia" (Lawrence Watt- Evans) *"The Black Horn" (Jack Dann) *"The Hole in Edgar's Hillside" (Gregory Frost) *"The Hunting of Death: The Unicorn" (Tanith Lee) *"Stalking the Unicorn with Gun and Camera" (Mike Resnick) *"The Boy Who Drew Unicorns" (Jane Yolen) *"Ghost Town" (Jack C. Haldeman II) *"The Stray" (Gardner Dozois and Susan Casper) *"The Shade of Lo Man Gong" (William F. Wu) *"The Princess, the Cat, and the Unicorn" (Patricia C. Wrede) *"Naked Wish-Fulfillment" (Janet Kagan) *"Selected Bibliography" ==References== Category:1982 anthologies Category:Fantasy anthologies Category:Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois Ace anthologies Category:Ace Books books Category:Fiction about unicorns
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No, unicorns don't exist
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Yes, unicorns could be caught by magical means
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Yes, a unicorn would fall asleep in a maiden's lap
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No, they could only be caught by a virgin
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Yes, unicorns were easily caught in medieval times
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Who is faster in real life, a tortoise or a hare?
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Hare Hares can reach maximum speeds of in short distances of approximately 90 meters, and a top speed of for about 20 meters. Some terrestrial animals are built for achieving extremely high speeds, such as the cheetah, pronghorn, race horse and greyhound, while humans can train to achieve high sprint speeds. This is a list of the fastest animals in the world, by types of animal. ==Fastest organism== The peregrine falcon is the fastest bird, and the fastest member of the animal kingdom, with a diving speed of . Domestic Horse The fastest horse speed was achieved by a thoroughbred. Greyhound (Domestic dog) Greyhounds are the fastest dogs, and have primarily been bred for coursing game and racing. Yet some estimates of the top- speed of a Shortfin Mako are considerably higher. ==Amphibians== Animal Maximum recorded speed Notes Nauta salamander Also known as the Andean Salamander, it is the fastest amphibian recorded. ==Reptiles== Animal Maximum recorded speed Notes Perentie Generally considered the fastest recorded reptile Green Iguana Green Iguanas are large arboreal lizards capable of running at high speed on the ground. It has been speculated that American black bears (Ursus americanus) can run at the same speed. The cheetah, the fastest land mammal, scores at only 16 body lengths per second, while Anna's hummingbird has the highest known length-specific velocity attained by any vertebrate. Pronghorn , The pronghorn (American antelope) is the fastest animal over long distances; it can run 56 km/h for 6 km (35 mph for 4 mi), 67 km/h for 1.6 km (42 mph for 1 mi), and 88.5 km/h for 0.8 km (55 mph for 0.5 mi). Assuming the maximum size at 58 cm, its relative speed clocks at 186 body lengths per second during its hunting swoop, the equivalent of a human running at . 2 Golden eagle Flight-diving Assuming the maximum size at 1.02 m, its relative speed clocks at 66–87 body lengths per second, the equivalent of a human running at . 3 White-throated needletail swift Flight 4 Eurasian hobby Flight Can sometimes outfly the swift. 5 Mexican free-tailed bat Flight It has been claimed to have the fastest horizontal speed (as opposed to stoop diving speed) of any animal. 6 Frigatebird Flight The frigatebird's high speed is helped by its having the largest wing-area-to-body-weight ratio of any bird. 7 Rock dove (pigeon) Flight Pigeons have been clocked flying average speed on a race. 8 Spur-winged goose Flight 9 Gyrfalcon Flight 10 Grey-headed albatross Sustained ground speed for approximately nine hours with no rest on high tailwinds during an Antarctic storm. Although both the cheetah and greyhound are similar in size, the cheetah can attain speeds nearly twice as fast as the greyhound. Tortoise Wins by a Hare is a Merrie Melodies cartoon released on February 20, 1943, and directed by Bob Clampett. Black mamba Black mamba#cite note-Adele2-25 Komodo dragon Komodo dragons can run briefly up to 13 mph (21 km/h) but prefer to hunt by stealth. ==Birds== Animal Maximum recorded speed Notes Peregrine falcon The peregrine falcon is the fastest bird, and the fastest member of the animal kingdom. Fastest thing alive may refer to: *Fastest animals *The Fastest Thing Alive, the theme song for the TV series Sonic the Hedgehog ==See also== *The Fastest Kid Alive, an album *Flash (DC Comics character), sometimes referring to himself as the fastest man alive **Fastest Man Alive, an episode of The Flash television series *List of world records in athletics Wombat Wombats can maintain that speed for . ==See also== * Speed records ==Notes== ==References== Category:Lists of animals Fastest Category:Biological records Lion While hunting a lioness can generate top speed up to 80 km/h in short bursts. Emu Cassowary Roadrunner ==Mammals== Animal Maximum speed Notes Mexican free-tailed bat They are the fastest mammal in the world and one of the fastest flying animals on level flight. The first riddle was what was the fastest thing in the world. The fastest land animal is the cheetah. Ostrich The ostrich is the fastest bird on land, as well as the fastest running animal on two legs. The Story of The Tortoise & the Hare is a 2002 stop motion short film directed and animated by Ray Harryhausen. Faster individuals tend to have a greater percentage of Type II (fast-twitch) muscle fibers.Majumdar, A. and R. Robergs (2011).
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A tortoise would win a race in real life
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Tortoises can run faster than hares
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Tortoises have a higher top speed than hares
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A tortoise is faster in real life
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A hare is faster in real life
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What happens to a carp that swims up the waterfall on the Yellow River?
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According to tradition, a carp that could swim upstream and then leap the falls of the Yellow River at the Dragon Gate (Longmen 龍門) would be transformed into a dragon: this motif symbolizes success in the civil service examinations. Other tales involved fishes turning into birds. === Carp === ==== Carp leaping the Dragon Gate (liyu tiao longmen 鯉魚跳龍門) ==== Carp () can be transformations of dragons or carp can sometimes change into dragons. According to one account, all the carp competed at a yearly competition to leap the Longmen falls; those who succeeded were immediately transformed into dragons and flew off into the sky. They are quite capable of swimming upstream and leaping over barriers in the water. ==== Wang Xiang ==== In one of the stories depicting his exemplar filial piety, Wang Xiang (a young boy) went to the frozen river when his ill mother said that she wanted to eat some carp in winter; there he sat on the ice long enough to melt through the ice and a big carp immediately sprang out of the hole. thumb|Carp jumping the dragon gateFish are an important motif in Chinese mythology. Carp River is a U.S. Geological Survey. The Carp River is formed by the outflow of the Lake of the Clouds at in the Porcupine Mountains of the Upper Peninsula. The giant salmon carp (Aaptosyax grypus), also termed the Mekong giant salmon carp, is a species of freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae and the single species in the monotypic genus Aaptosyax. The Chinese dragon is the head of the fish clan. The series revolves around a carp called Bubbles and his friends. ==Plot== Bubbles, a carp, lives in Carp Lake with his grandmother, who often tells him about the legendary, powerful ruler of the seas and the rivers: the Dragon, whom Bubbles idolises. * Due to its scaly armour, carps are seen as a symbol of martial attributes. == Legends and mythologies == === Fish === There is a tale dating in the 1st century BC about a giant fish which swallowed a boat. * The combination of a boy with a fish beside a lotus is interpreted as the wish to have "abundance (yu) year in and out (lian)". ==== Fishes and foretelling ==== * According to ancient Chinese literature, an abundance of fishes in water is believed to foretell a good harvest while the fish swarming up the shoals of rivers is interpreted as a harbinger of civil unrest and rebellion against social order. ==== Sacrifices and religion ==== * Fishes were used as sacrifice in China; fish-heads (yutou 魚頭) were sacrificed in Central China to the god of riches as they were believed to symbolize the "beginning of wealth" (yutou 餘頭). The river is also known as the "Big Carp River" to distinguish it from the nearby Little Carp River. There are various myths involving fish. Yin Yang fish (; also called dead-and-alive fish) is a dish where a live, scaled fish (usually carp) with its head wrapped in ice cubes is oil-fried whole. The Adventures of Little Carp (小鲤鱼历险记 Xiǎo Lǐ Yú Lì Xiǎn Jì) is a half-hour animated Chinese TV series adapted from the Chinese folktale "The Carp Jumps Over the Dragon Gate" (鲤鱼跳龙门). In another version, Wang Xiang removed his coat and shirt in the cold and melted the ice when the sat on the ice and cried more and more until the ice melted a hole in the ice through his hot tears and body heat; in this version, it is 2 carps which sprang out of the hole immediately. ==Fish-related legends and myths== Other Chinese myths are related to fishes; some Chinese mythological motifs also involve fishermen or fish baskets or a fish trap. === Fisherman (Yufu 漁夫) === ====Fuxi==== According to Chinese myth, the culture hero Fuxi invented fishing after the Great Flood catching fishes and making nets. Pictures of carp attempting to leap the Longmen falls have been enduringly popular in China. Silver carp are strong swimmers and researchers have observed them to jump 1.81-2.24 meters (approximately 5.94 to 7.75 feet) above the surface of the water with an angle of leap of 44-70º. The "flying carp" or "silver carp" (Hypophthalmichthys molitrix) is native to China and other parts of Asia. This fish can reach a length of and weight of . ==References== giant salmon carp Category:Freshwater fish of Southeast Asia giant salmon carp Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot * Due to their association with wealth, fishes are eaten on Chinese New Year as they expresses the wishes of being affluent year by year or "bring abundance of good wishes throughout the year". ==== Fish and flowers ==== * The combination of a fish and a lotus- blossom (lian 莲) is used to express the wishes of living in affluence (yu) year after year (lian nian).
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A carp that swims up the waterfall on the Yellow River will die
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A carp that swims up the waterfall on the Yellow River will become immortal
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A carp that swims up the waterfall on the Yellow River will ascend to the heavens
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Nothing in particular would happen to a carp that swims up the waterfall on the Yellow River
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A carp that swims up the waterfall on the Yellow River will turn into a dragon
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Why is it a bad idea to give a mouse a cookie?
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If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is an animated children's adventure comedy television series based on the 1985 book of the same name. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is an American children's picture book written by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond, first published in 1985 by Harper and Row. The mouse asks for a glass of milk. A peanut butter cookie is a type of cookie that is distinguished for having peanut butter as a principal ingredient. The show was followed by a Christmas special If You Give a Mouse a Christmas Cookie was released on November 24, 2016. Charles Schulz created two Peanuts stripsCharles Schulz features If You Give a Mouse a Cookie in Peanuts, The Essential Guide to Children’s Books and Their Creators, Anita Silvey (Houghton Mifflin, 2002) about If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, and in 2000 Oprah Winfrey chose If You Give a Pig a Pancake as one of her favorite things in 2000."...written by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond is the perfect gift for the little ones in your life. The mice may be decorated (faces, messages) with additional fondant, icing sugar, chocolate, etc. A boy named Oliver gives a cookie to a mouse named Quinley. The Mousecar is an in-house award given by The Walt Disney Company for a variety of reasons, including service to the company as well as to the community as a whole. A bronze sculpture of her sleeping on the book is included in the George W. Bush Presidential Library.India "Willie Bush, the family cat's favorite book If You Take a Mouse to the Movies First Lady Michelle Obama read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie on the White House lawn during the 2009 Easter Egg Roll.If You Give a Mouse a Cookie on the White House lawn The book itself was featured in an episode of Kino's Storytime, and appeared as part of a "Mail Time" segment on the Blue's Clues episode "Blue's ABCs". ==If You Give... series== thumb|right|From If You Give a Pig a Party *If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (November 1985) *If You Give a Moose a Muffin (March 1991) *If You Give a Pig a Pancake (February 1998) *The Best Mouse Cookie (July 1999) *If You Take a Mouse to the Movies (May 2000) *If You Take a Mouse to School (September 2002) *If You Give a Pig a Party (April 2004) *Merry Christmas, Mouse! The Cookie Carnival is an animated short produced by Walt Disney Productions and originally released May 25, 1935. The series finale was released on October 14, 2021. ==Premise== In the If You Give a Mouse a Cookie series, based on the book series by Laura Numeroff and Felicia Bond, the main characters are Mouse, Pig, Moose, Dog and Cat and several humans. Sugar mice are a traditional sweet treat popular in the United Kingdom, especially during the Christmas season., ... and pink and white sugar mice were arranged in alternate colors round the edge of the cake... The reason is that peanut butter cookie dough is dense, and unpressed, each cookie will not cook evenly. The second season was released on September 27, 2019, with a Halloween special If You Give a Mouse a Pumpkin was released on October 25, 2019; a Valentine's Day special If You Give a Mouse a Valentine's Cookie was released on February 7, 2020. Most recently, "The Cookie Carnival" was released as a segment in 2005's direct-to-video Disney Princess: a Christmas of Enchantment. ==References== ==External links== * * * Cookie Carnival at the Encyclopedia of Disney Shorts Category:1935 films Category:1935 short films Category:1930s Disney animated short films Category:1935 comedy films Category:Silly Symphonies Category:1935 animated films Category:Films directed by Ben Sharpsteen Category:Films produced by Walt Disney Category:Films scored by Leigh Harline Category:American black-and-white films Category:Cookies in popular culture Category:Films adapted into comics Category:1930s American films Looking at the refrigerator makes him thirsty, so the mouse asks for a glass of milk. The cookie originated in the United States, its development dating back to the 1910s. ==History== George Washington Carver (1864–1943), an American agricultural extension educator, from Alabama's Tuskegee Institute, was the most well known promoter of the peanut as a replacement for the cotton crop, which had been heavily damaged by the boll weevil. In 2005, Riley Thomson's Mousecar was auctioned for $5,358.#611: Gorgeous Inscribed "Mousecar" Award with Facsimile Roy and Walt Disney Signature on Plaque In 2013 Bernie Cobb's Mousecar was auctioned for $8,531.Coveted Mousecar Disney Mickey Mouse Award ==Origin of the word== "Mousecar" is a combination of the words "Oscar" and "Mouse" (as in Mickey Mouse). ==List of recipients== *Floyd Gottfredson *Manuel Gonzales *Marc Davis *Dick Huemer *Louis Armstrong *Benny Goodman *Bernie Cobb *Sherman Brothers *Riley Thomson *Kathie Lee Gifford *Lucille Ogle *Elmo Williams *Ed Wynn *Robert Stevenson *Winnie Grosso *Zack Schaja *Bob Dorfman *Roy O. Disney *Jim Gardner During the studio's 50th anniversary in 1973 special Mousecars were given to every employee who had worked at the original Disney Studio on Hyperion Street (1929-1939) in the Los Feliz section of Los Angeles,The Walt Disney Hyperion Studios. 1929-1939, the Foundation of an Empire designating them members of the exclusive Hyperion Club.Mousecar ==See also== * Disney Legends * Duckster ==References== ==External links== *Photo from the October 1963 party in the Penthouse Club at the Disney Studio where Mousecars and Ducksters were presented to Disney comic strip writers and artists (left to right: Bob Karp, Walt Disney, Floyd Gottfredson, Al Taliaferro, Manuel Gonzales and Roy O. Disney) *Dick Huemer in the Penthouse Club 1973 (left to right: Jack Cutting, Bill Cottrell, Huemer and Les Clark. (August 2007) *Time for School, Mouse! (2008) *If You Give a Cat a Cupcake (2008) *Happy Valentine's Day, Mouse! (2009) *Happy Easter, Mouse! (2010) *If You Give a Dog a Donut (2011)New York Times Best Seller List If You Give a Dog a DonutIf You Give a Child a Book, HarperCollins book donation program *It's Pumpkin Day, Mouse! (2012) *Happy Birthday, Mouse! (2012) *If You Give a Mouse a Brownie (2016) ===Compilations=== * (2006) *If You Take a Mouse to the Movies, A Special Christmas Edition (2010) ==Series awards== Book Award and Year If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Alabama Children's Choice Book Award, K–1 (1986–87) California Young Reader Medal (1988) Colorado Children's Book Award (1988) Georgia Children's Picture Story Book Award (1988)Georgia Children's Picture Storybook Award Nevada Young Readers' Award (1988–89)Nevada Young Reader's Award Buckeye Children's Book Award, K–2 (Ohio) (1989) Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award (1994)Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award (1994)Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award If You Give a Mouse a Cookie Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Blue Chip Classic Award (1994)Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Blue Chip Classic Award If You Give a Mouse a Cookie If You Give A Moose A Muffin Children’s Choices (IRA/CBC) (1992) Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award (1998)Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award If You Give a Moose a Muffin If You Give A Pig A Pancake Oppenheim Platinum Award (1999) IRA Children’s Choice (1999) Oprah Winfrey named If You Give a Pig a Pancake her "favorite book for children" Listed on Oprah Winfrey's "Oprah’s Favorite Things from A-Z" If You Take A Mouse To The Movies NAPPA Gold Award (2000) Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award (2001) IRA/CBC Children’s Choice (2001) If You Take A Mouse To School Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award (2003)If You Take a Mouse to School Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Awards If You Give A Pig A Party Quill Award (2006) thumb|From If You Give a Pig a Party The book series was also awarded an Honoree "Laura Bush Celebrates American Authors" in 2001 plus Presidential Inauguration "NEA Teacher’s Picks Books to Read Across America" in 1999. ==Selected translations== * Kekse für die Maus im Haus (1985, German, ) * Souris, tu veux un biscuit? (1986, French, ) * Ru guo ni gei lao shu chi bing gan (1993, Chinese, ) * Si le das una galletita a un ratón (1995, Spanish, ) * Im titen ʻugiyah la-ʻakhbar (1997, Hebrew, ) * Se dai un biscotto a un topo (1997, Italian, ) * Moshi mo nezumi ni kukkī o ageru to (1999, Japanese, ) * Yao shi ni gei lao shu chi bing gan (2005, Chinese, ) * Если дать мышонку печенье (2012, Russian, . Using a fork to press the dough is a convenience of tool; bakers can also use a cookie shovel (spatula). ==See also== *Peanut butter blossom cookie (peanut butter cookie with Hershey's kiss in center) *List of cookies * List of peanut dishes * ==References== * Cooks.com's Peanut Butter Cookie Recipes - A wide assortment of recipes *George Washington Carver. In his 1925 research bulletin called How to Grow the Peanut and 105 Ways of Preparing it for Human Consumption, he included three recipes for peanut cookies calling for crushed or chopped peanuts.http://plantanswers.tamu.edu/recipes/peanutrecipes.html plantanswers.tamu.edu It was not until the early 1930s that peanut butter was listed as an ingredient in the cookies. ==Fork pressing and patterning== thumb|Peanut butter fork-scored cookies Early peanut butter cookies were either rolled thin and cut into shapes, or else they were dropped and made into balls; they did not have fork marks.
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None of the above
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It is a bad idea to give a mouse a cookie because it will make the mouse easy prey for predators
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It is a bad idea to give a mouse a cookie because it will stop being able to find its own food
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Foods high in fat and sugar are not recommended for mice
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It is a bad idea to give a mouse a cookie because it will probably ask for a glass of milk
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Are rats good at cooking?
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A working rat is any rat which is trained for specific tasks as a working animal. However, other species, notably the Gambian pouched rat, have also been trained to assist humans. ==Domesticated brown rats as working animals== Pet rats derived from Rattus norvegicus, such as fancy rats and laboratory rats, have been trained for various jobs: ===Forensics=== In the Netherlands, police have begun using brown rats to sniff out gunshot residue. In many cases, working rats are domesticated brown rats. thumb|Barbecued rats for sale, in Thailand Rat meat is the meat of various species of rat: medium-sized, long-tailed rodents. These rats are skinned and eviscerated, brushed with a thick sauce of olive oil and crushed shallots, and grilled over a fire of broken wine barrels. (Retrieved on 2013-10-23) ===Entertainment=== Rats have been trained to appear in magic acts, music videos, movies, and television shows.Hare, David. (2003-2-27) The Rat Lady: A day in the life of Cathe Boudreau Alleger Las Vegas City Life. In Sub-Saharan Africa where cane rats are found, some people have the habit of eating them. ===Americas=== Rat stew is a local specialty from West Virginia that originated from a collapse in the mining industry. The greater occurrence of rat remains associated with commoner households may indicate the elites of precontact Hawaii did not consume them as a matter of status or taste. ==As food for pets== Rats are a common food item for snakes, both in the wild, and as pets. Rats are readily available (live or frozen) to individual snake owners, as well as to pet shops and reptile zoos, from many suppliers. From Rats to Riches is a studio album by the rock band Good Rats, released in 1978. ==Critical reception== AllMusic called the album "strong but overlooked." The dish features as part of roadkill cuisine and has appeared in the Marlington Roadkill Cook-off. ===Asia=== In some cultures, rats are or have been limited as an acceptable form of food to a particular social or economic class. Adult rat snakes and ball pythons, for example, are fed a diet of mostly rats in captivity. A recipe for grilled rats, Bordeaux-style, calls for the use of alcoholic rats who live in wine cellars. The "Expert" mode provides the entire inventory, including all ten kinds of rats, and no solutions. Augusto Bülow stated that Bad Rats only became popular several years following its release, after negative reviews by popular YouTubers turned attention toward the game. Their small size may be less threatening to some children, and therapy centers with limited space can easily house a few rats.Panchak, Pam. (2008-6-12) Rats are bringing out best in kids with autism. Rats! is a 1998 2D platform video game developed by Tarantula Studios and published by Take-Two Interactive Software. Ed Kraszewski, spokesman for the task force, has said that the rats are easier and cheaper to train than dogs.Dutch cops are using brown rats to solve crimes. Bad Rats: The Rats' Revenge is a 2009 puzzle video game developed by Invent4 Entertainment. Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide commit to "adopt" rats and pay to support them. ==References== Category:Working animals Category:Muroid rodents Category:Rats Rat-on-a-stick is a roasted rat dish consumed in Vietnam and Cambodia. Conversely, the Musahar community in north India has commercialised rat farming as an exotic delicacy.Musahar Hindus commercialise rat farming Ricefield rat (Rattus argentiventer) meat is eaten in Vietnamese, Taiwanese, Cambodian,Chinese and Spanish cuisine.
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Yes, rats have made critically-acclaimed dishes
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Yes, some rats are accomplished chefs
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Yes, rats are good at cooking
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All of the above
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No, rats are not capable of cooking food
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What happens if a person sees the full moon?
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Along with the vulnerability to the silver bullet, the full moon being the cause of the transformation only became part of the depiction of werewolves on a widespread basis in the twentieth century. In Italy, France and Germany, it was said that a man or woman could turn into a werewolf if he or she, on a certain Wednesday or Friday, slept outside on a summer night with the full moon shining directly on his or her face. In the game, a character infected by a werewolf will eventually transform instantly into a werewolf as their body seems to explode. The first movie to feature the transformative effect of the full moon was Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man in 1943. At the end of the full moon night, they will revert to their human form in a similar manner. The form a werewolf assumes was generally anthropomorphic in early films such as The Wolf Man and Werewolf of London, but a larger and powerful wolf in many later films. *Subspecies – Full Moon's take on vampires. Waldemar has begun transforming into a werewolf on the nights of the full moon, and he has been killing people, but a deranged Catholic priest is also committing murders in the area, trying to eliminate young people who he considers immoral "sinners". In folklore, a werewolf (), or occasionally lycanthrope ( ), is an individual that can shapeshift into a wolf (or, especially in modern film, a therianthropic hybrid wolf-like creature), either purposely or after being placed under a curse or affliction (often a bite or the occasional scratch from another werewolf) with the transformations occurring on the night of a full moon. Transformed into a werewolf, Andrew violently escapes the hospital and becomes the subject of a manhunt. He submitted "The Werewolf Transformation" for consideration. These "undead" werewolves would return to their human corpse form at daylight. The video game The Quarry greatly altered the transformation process of the werewolf. In some fiction, the power of the werewolf extends to human form, such as invulnerability to conventional injury due to their healing factor, superhuman speed and strength and falling on their feet from high falls. Licántropo, also known as Licantropo: The Moonlight Murders or Lycanthrope: The Full Moon Killer, is a 1996 Spanish horror film that is the 11th in the "Hombre Lobo" series about the werewolf Count Waldemar Daninsky, played by Paul Naschy. "The Werewolf Transformation" is the 18th episode of the fifth season of the U.S. sitcom The Big Bang Theory and the 105th episode of the show overall. Click "view figures"; "The Werewolf Transformation" aired on Thursday at 21:02. ===Reviews=== Will Harris from The A.V. Club gave the episode a B+, describing it as "relatively strong" while claiming there were "some imperfections in characterization" of Sheldon and that "Raj had little more than cameo status" in the episode. Over time, the depiction of werewolves has gone from fully malevolent to even heroic creatures, such as in the Underworld and Twilight series, as well as Blood Lad, Dance in the Vampire Bund, Rosario + Vampire, and various other movies, anime, manga, and comic books. The appearance of a werewolf in its animal form varies from culture to culture, though it is most commonly portrayed as being indistinguishable from ordinary wolves save for the fact that it has no tail (a trait thought characteristic of witches in animal form), is often larger, and retains human eyes and a voice. The Nature of the Beast: Transformations of the Werewolf from the 1970s to the Twenty-first Century. After the release of those films, Band re-christened the Full Moon name to Full Moon Features. Vernee Watson- Johnson, who has appeared on several episodes of the show including the pilot, appeared briefly in the episode as Mr. D'Onofrio's nurse. ==Reception== ===Ratings=== "The Werewolf Transformation" was first broadcast in the U.S. on CBS on February 23, 2012 at 8 p.m., and was watched by 16.2 million viewers, the highest viewing figure that night, and ranking #5 for the week.
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If a person sees the full moon, they will transform into a werewolf
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If a person sees the full moon, they will transform into a wolf
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Nothing in particular happens if a person sees the full moon
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If a person sees a full moon, they will be more likely to commit crimes
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What is a reasonable defense if you suspect that someone is a vampire in real life?
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In January 2005, rumours circulated that an attacker had bitten a number of people in Birmingham, England, fuelling concerns about a vampire roaming the streets. In some cases, especially in small localities, beliefs are still rampant and sightings or claims of vampire attacks occur frequently. Fears and violence recurred in late 2017, with 6 people accused of being vampires killed. thumb|upright|A vampire costume|alt=A woman showing teeth with fangs. Evidence that a vampire was active in a given locality included death of cattle, sheep, relatives or neighbours. In the courthouse, they manage to kill several vampires. Vampires vs. the Bronx follows a group of teenagers who are forced to protect their neighborhood in the Bronx when a gathering of vampires invades. A vampire is a mythical creature that subsists by feeding on the vital essence (generally in the form of blood) of the living. thumb|200px|right|Layout of flat and samples of evidence taken from the crime scene, on display at Stockholm's Police Museum The Atlas Vampire was an unknown assailant who committed the unsolved "Vampire Murder" in Stockholm, Sweden. In Southeastern Europe, a vampire could also be killed by being shot or drowned, by repeating the funeral service, by sprinkling holy water on the body, or by exorcism. Belief in such legends became so pervasive that in some areas it caused mass hysteria and even public executions of people believed to be vampires. === Description and common attributes === It is difficult to make a single, definitive description of the folkloric vampire, though there are several elements common to many European legends. Allegations of vampire attacks swept through Malawi during late 2002 and early 2003, with mobs stoning one person to death and attacking at least four others, including Governor Eric Chiwaya, based on the belief that the government was colluding with vampires. In most cases, vampires are revenants of evil beings, suicide victims, or witches, but they can also be created by a malevolent spirit possessing a corpse or by being bitten by a vampire. When new victims are found fatally drained of potency, and left scattered around the town, forensic scientist Dr. Roberts consults his colleague, Dr. Orloff, who confirms that a vampire is responsible. Vampiric entities have been recorded in cultures around the world; the term vampire was popularized in Western Europe after reports of an 18th-century mass hysteria of a pre-existing folk belief in Southeastern and Eastern Europe that in some cases resulted in corpses being staked and people being accused of vampirism. While the Countess tells the truth and admits that she is a vampire, few remain living to report the truth and warn other townspeople. The next day, they watch Blade and go over everything they know about killing vampires. In other words, vampires did not exist. ====18th-century vampire controversy==== During the 18th century, there was a frenzy of vampire sightings in Eastern Europe, with frequent stakings and grave diggings to identify and kill the potential revenants. There are many documented cases of families disinterring loved ones and removing their hearts in the belief that the deceased was a vampire who was responsible for sickness and death in the family, although the term "vampire" was never used to describe the dead. Female Vampire (a.k.a. The danger of rabies infection aside, the vampire bat's bite is usually not harmful to a person, but the bat has been known to actively feed on humans and large prey such as cattle and often leaves the trademark, two-prong bite mark on its victim's skin. Despite this condemnation, the vampire lived on in artistic works and in local folklore. === Non-European beliefs === Beings having many of the attributes of European vampires appear in the folklore of Africa, Asia, North and South America, and India. A vampire is the manifestation of an unclean spirit possessing a decomposing body.
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You do not need to defend yourself, as vampires are not real
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You should inform the police
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You should get a group to attack the suspected vampire
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You should defend yourself with crosses and garlic
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You should shoot them with a silver bullet
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Why should foxes not eat grapes?
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Foxes are omnivores. Pressures placed on foxes include habitat loss and being hunted for pelts, other trade, or control.Ginsburg, Joshua Ross and David Whyte MacDonald. The consumption of grapes and raisins presents a potential health threat to dogs. Due in part to their opportunistic hunting style and industriousness, foxes are commonly resented as nuisance animals.Bathgate, Michael. Contrastingly, foxes, while often considered pests themselves, have been successfully employed to control pests on fruit farms while leaving the fruit intact.McCandless, Linda Foxes are Beneficial on Fruit Farms. nysaes.cornell.edu (1997-04-24) ===Urocyon littoralis=== The island fox, though considered a near-threatened species throughout the world, is becoming increasingly endangered in its endemic environment of the California Channel Islands. Most species of fox consume around of food every day. In some countries, foxes are major predators of rabbits and hens. Its diet includes mice, ground squirrels, rabbits, hares, bird eggs, and insects, and it has claimed habitats in open areas, golf courses, drainage basins, and school grounds. ===In pop culture=== The fox appears in many cultures, usually in folklore. In Western and Persian folklore, foxes are symbols of cunning and trickery—a reputation derived especially from their reputed ability to evade hunters. Foxes are small to medium-sized, omnivorous mammals belonging to several genera of the family Canidae. Foxes cache excess food, burying it for later consumption, usually under leaves, snow, or soil. Clinical findings suggest raisin and grape ingestion can be fatal, but the mechanism of toxicity is still considered unknown. ==Cause and pathology== The reason some dogs develop kidney failure following ingestion of grapes and raisins is not known. Foxes have pronounced carnassial pairs, which is characteristic of a carnivore. They have caused population decline among many native species and prey on livestock, especially new lambs.Fact Sheet: European Red Fox, Department of the Environment, Australian Government Fox hunting is practiced as recreation in several other countries including Canada, France, Ireland, Italy, Russia, United States and Australia. ===Domestication=== There are many records of domesticated red foxes and others, but rarely of sustained domestication. Urban foxes have been identified as threats to cats and small dogs, and for this reason there is often pressure to exclude them from these environments. Unlike many canids, foxes are not always pack animals. Foxes have been introduced in numerous locations, with varying effects on indigenous flora and fauna.See generally Long, John. Many species are generalist predators, but some (such as the crab-eating fox) have more specialized diets. In the case of domesticated foxes, the whining seems to remain in adult individuals as a sign of excitement and submission in the presence of their owners. ==Classification== Canids commonly known as foxes include the following genera and species: Genus Species Picture Canis Ethiopian wolf, sometimes called the Simien fox or Simien jackal Cerdocyon Crab-eating fox † Dusicyon Extinct genus, including the Falkland Islands wolf, sometimes known as the Falklands Islands fox Lycalopex *Culpeo or Andean fox *Darwin's fox *South American gray fox *Pampas fox *Sechuran fox *Hoary fox Otocyon Bat-eared fox Urocyon * Gray fox * Island fox * Cozumel fox (undescribed) Vulpes *Arctic fox *Bengal fox *Blanford's fox *Cape fox *Corsac fox *Fennec fox *Kit fox *Pale fox *Rüppell's fox *Red fox *Swift fox *Tibetan sand fox thumb|Red fox ==Conservation== Several fox species are endangered in their native environments. Many foxes adapt well to human environments, with several species classified as "resident urban carnivores" for their ability to sustain populations entirely within urban boundaries.Iossa, G. et al. Foxes' canines are pronounced, also characteristic of a carnivore, and are excellent in gripping prey. ===Behaviour=== In the wild, the typical lifespan of a fox is one to three years, although individuals may live up to ten years. Foxes in urban areas can live longer and can have smaller litter sizes than foxes in non- urban areas.
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Grapes are toxic to foxes in large quantities
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Foxes should not eat grapes because they are not yet ripe
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Foxes should not grapes because they are too high to reach
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Foxes should not eat grapes because they are too sour
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Foxes should not eat grapes because they are carnivores
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What happens if you step into a lit fireplace and state a location?
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The player is immediately transported from one location to another, sometimes with an appropriate amount of in-game time passing in between, as though they had traveled straight to their destination. Teleportation is the hypothetical transfer of matter or energy from one point to another without traversing the physical space between them. Exit from the interior of a building to the fire escape may be provided by a fire exit door, but in most cases the only exit is through a window. It would burn the fuel out around the safety zone and keep the flames farther away from the shelters." A fire escape is a special kind of emergency exit, usually mounted to the outside of a building or occasionally inside but separate from the main areas of the building. This is called quantum state teleportation. Travel is the movement of people between distant geographical locations. The moveable designs allow occupants to safely reach the ground in the event of a fire but prevent people from accessing the fire escape from the ground at other times (such as to perpetrate a burglary or vandalism). thumb|Outdoor fireplace thumb|Outdoor fireplace thumb|Outdoor fireplace An outdoor fireplace is a place for building fires outside of the home. Teleportation is often paired with time travel, being that the travelling between the two points takes an unknown period of time, sometimes being immediate. It provides a method of escape in the event of a fire or other emergency that makes the stairwells inside a building inaccessible. It often consists of a firebox and a chimney. Fast travel or teleportation is a video game mechanic used in open world titles that allows a player character to instantaneously travel between previously discovered locations (teleport waypoints or fast travel points) without having to traverse that distance in real time. A person escaping the fire would slide down the interior of the tube, and could control the speed of descent by pushing outward on the tube walls with their arms and legs. An escape fire is a fire lit to clear an area of vegetation in the face of an approaching wildfire when no escape exists. Sometimes in-game time passes while fast traveling, while in other cases the travel is simply implied or the player is teleported by magical or technological means. This is called particle teleportation. In the poorer areas of several major American cities, such as New York, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh, fire escapes were commonly used for everything but their intended purpose. An outdoor fireplace can simply be a decorative element, which allows homeowners to enjoy a crackling fire while entertaining in the backyard. Entire outdoor kitchens can evolve from the fireplace. Some municipalities (e.g. TorontoCity of Toronto prohibition of open air burning Accessed May 26, 2007) prohibit purely decorative fireplaces. == Types == ===By fuel type=== * Wood * Gas ===By construction type=== * Stone ==See also== *Firepit *Fireplace *Wood- fired oven *Masonry oven *Chimenea *Brazier ==References== Category:Fireplaces Category:Kitchen Category:Garden ornaments Similar in construction to an indoor fireplace, an outdoor fireplace is usually added to a stone, brick, or concrete patio.
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You will teleport to that location
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You will be transported to that location
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You will instantly travel to that location
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You will be burned
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None of the above
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What happens in real life if you walk into a wardrobe?
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The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe is an American dramatization of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, the 1950 British children's novel that inaugurated The Chronicles of Narnia. The term wardrobe is a metonym for the contents of a wardrobe, a freestanding piece of furniture that provides storage for clothing on pegs or shelves, in drawers or on rails, or a combination of those, depending on how they are configured. Shift is a fictional character in the children's fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia by C. S. Lewis. The Wardrobe is a 2017 point-and-click adventure video game developed by Italian studio C.I.N.I.C. Games and published by Gamera Interactive. ==Plot== While on a picnic with his best friend Ronald, a teenage boy named Skinny dies after having an allergic reaction to a plum. Magical creatures are an important aspect of the fictional world of Narnia contained within The Chronicles of Narnia book series and connected media originally created by C. S. Lewis. In the 2005 film adaptation of The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Peter rides a unicorn into battle before it is wounded by Black Dwarf archers. ===Witches=== Two prominent witches appear in the series: * First, the White Witch infamously took control of Narnia for one-hundred years. A person's “wardrobe” includes every element of clothing worn, from the skin out. A walk-in closet (North American) or walk-in wardrobe (UK) or dressing roomdressing room in Collins Dictionarydressin room in Lexico Dictionary is typically a large closet, wardrobe or room that is primarily intended for storing clothes, footwear etc., and being used as a changing room. Shift meets his end when he is thrown into the stable where Tash dwells by king Tirian to prove that Tash is in fact there, and is eaten by the monstrous god. ==Allegorical interpretations and literary references== Lewis, himself an expert on allegory, did not consider The Chronicles of Narnia allegory. He saw them as "suppositional" answering the question, "What might Christ become like, if there really were a world like Narnia and He chose to be incarnate and die and rise again in that world as He actually has done in ours?' From lying to his "friend" Puzzle, he moves to manipulating the other talking animals of Narnia by ways of outlandish lies and unruly decrees that largely benefit himself and the Calormene population. When the Telmarines arrive in Narnia, magical creatures are hunted down and the dryads retreat deep within their trees, to the point that it is only Aslan who has the ability to wake them. The incident scares Ginger so badly he flees from the stable and hysterically climbs a tree, where the surrounding crowd notice that he visibly shrinks in size and screams nonsense until he reverts to a normal cat, a dumb beast. ==Notable individuals== Powerful individuals and deities also make the land of Narnia their home. ===Aslan=== Aslan is a massive talking lion, described as the King of the Beasts and the Son of the Emperor-Over-the-Sea. But Shift's plans unravel when his actions unwittingly summon the real Tash into Narnia. When the walk-in closet is large enough for dressing and undressing, the wardrobe is often also equipped with one or more mirrors. As such, Narnia presents significant parallels with elements from Christianity. They made their home to the north of Narnia, which would develop into the country of Archenland. Shift gains the power to pursue these actions by tricking Puzzle into impersonating Aslan, the true leader of Narnia. In the performing arts, the wardrobe includes the actor's costumes, shoes, undergarments, hats and costume-related personal props such as gloves, jewelry, parasols, fans and pocket books. At the Pevensies' coronation, Oreius can be seen in the crowd, apparently restored by Aslan offscreen.The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. At the end of time, the stars all return to Earth at the blow of Father Time's horn, permanently darkening the night sky. ===Unicorns=== Unicorns only appear a couple of times throughout the Narnia mythos. Shift's ability to present his false Aslan is what compels the Narnians to obey him, and the Calormenes kill those who resist.
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Nothing in particular happens if you walk into a wardrobe
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You will be transported to Narnia
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You will emerge into a snowy landscape
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You will reach Narnia
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You will see a lamppost
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What happens if you see a sword stuck in a stone and pull it out?
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A knighting sword is a sword used by a monarch during an investiture ceremony in which a person is given an accolade and becomes a knight. The Elizabeth Sword is a ceremonial state sword which is part of the Honours of Scotland (informally the Scottish Crown Jewels) which were used by Scottish monarchs at their coronation. The sword, named after Queen Elizabeth II, was commissioned in 2022 to replace the fragile Scottish Sword of State. == History == Historically, the Kings of Scotland used a sword given by Pope Julius II to King James IV of Scotland in 1507 as the Scottish Sword of State (also referred to as the Papal Sword), used for coronations and ceremonial occasions. The Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom include two swords of justice: the sharply pointed Sword of Temporal Justice and the obliquely pointed Sword of Spiritual Justice, whose characteristics are said to indicate that only temporal courts have power over death. The Honours, including the sword, presented to King Charles III in 2023. The Honours, including the sword, presented to King Charles III in July 2023 at a national service of thanksgiving at St Giles Cathedral marking his coronation, then returned to Historic Environment Scotland, who normally keep them on display in the Crown Room of Edinburgh Castle. == Design == The sword's pommel is made of Lewisian gneiss from Iona, and the hilt of oak sourced from Perthshire. The knighting sword used by the British monarch Queen Elizabeth II was the sword she inherited from her father, George VI, from when he was Duke of York and colonel of the Scots Guard. ==References== Category: Knights Category:Swords A magic sword is any kind of mythological or fictional sword imbued with magical power. The sword Lobera (, literally: "the wolf-slaying sword") was the symbol of power used by Saint Ferdinand III of Castile, instead of the more traditional rod, and so the king will be depicted with orb and sword in hand. ==History== Lobera was the sword of Saint Ferdinand III, King of Castile from 1217 and King of León from 1230, He finished the work done by his maternal grandfather Alfonso VIII of Castile and consolidated the Reconquista. The sword acted in this role through the union of the crowns, and has been used at ceremonial occasions since. A sword of justice is a ceremonial sword that is used to signify a monarch's supreme judicial power. At the behest of the Lord Lyon King of Arms, a new sword was commissioned to replace it. The blade is engraved with the royal motto of Scotland: "In my defens God me defend" on one side, and on the other side with the motto of the Order of the Thistle: "Nemo me impune lacessit" (none attack me unpunished). == References == Category:Modern European swords Category:2023 establishments in Scotland Category:Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom Category:Elizabeth II In some cases, this may have been an executioner's sword that was no longer used for executions, becoming instead a ceremonial one. The current two swords, together with Curtana, the Sword of Mercy, were made for coronation of Charles I of England, which took place in 1626. == References == == External links == * Sword of Justice example at the Higgins Collection Category:Ceremonial weapons Category:Justice Category:Regalia Category:Separation of powers Category:Swords However, in 2022 it was decided that the sword was too fragile to continue to be used. The sword along with Ferdinand's orb and Ferdinand himself are depicted on the crest badge of Sevilla Fútbol Club. ==Etymology== Lobera is a Spanish word meaning wolf huntress. ==Legend== Don Juan Manuel, Prince of Villena, grandson of King Ferdinand III, wrote in his Libro de los ejemplos del conde Lucanor y de Patronio (1337) ("Book of the examples of Count Lucanor and of Patronio"), that Lobera was the sword of Fernán González of Castile (epic hero from the Poem of Fernán González) and a "sword of great virtue". The sword cost £22,000 to make. It is a relic kept in the Capilla Real at the Seville Cathedral. ==References== Category:Medieval European swords Category:Individual weapons The hilt and the crossguard are a swirling thistle. Magic sword may also refer to: * Magic Sword (video game), 1990 side-scrolling fantasy arcade game * The Magic Sword (1901 film), a British short silent fantasy film * The Magic Sword (1950 film), a Yugoslav fantasy film, based on Serbian folk tales * The Magic Sword (1962 film), an American fantasy film, loosely adapted from the St. George legend * Quest for Camelot, titled The Magic Sword: Quest for Camelot in United Kingdom * Magic Sword (band), three-piece American synthwave band from Boise, Idaho Don Juan Manuel writes that King Ferdinand III, lying on his deathbed, addressed him in these words: "I can bequeath no heritage to you, but I bestow upon you my sword Lobera, that is of passing worth, and wherewith God has wrought much good to me."
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You will become king
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You will be given control of a kingdom
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You will rule England
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You will have a sword
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You will be declared the King of England
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What happens if you drink a bottle labeled "Drink me"?
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Drink Small (born January 28, 1933) is an American soul blues and electric blues guitarist, pianist, singer, and songwriter. Small beer (also known as small ale or table beer) is a lager or ale that contains a lower amount of alcohol by volume than most others, usually between 0.5% and 2.8%. The two-liter bottle is a common container for soft drinks, beer, and wine. thumb|A collector's cabinet full of miniatures A miniature is a small bottle of a spirit, liqueur or other alcoholic beverage. They are sometimes available in hotel mini-bars, on trains, and planes, and in other circumstances where serving from a full size bottle is impractical or uneconomical. Small beer was also consumed for its nutrition content. Other common metric sizes for plastic soft drink bottles include 500 milliliters, 1 liter, and 3 liters. == History == PepsiCo introduced the first two-liter sized soft drink bottle in 1970. Breast enlargement is the enlargement of the breasts. Shrinker, in an effort to prove that his shrinking ray works, shrinks the three people down to tall. Small beer was socially acceptable in 18th-century England because of its lower alcohol content, allowing people to drink several glasses without becoming drunk. As Dr. Shrinker himself said in one episode..."I chase the Shrinkies. * Graham Greene used the phrase "small beer" in the metaphorical sense in The Honorary Consul. Small beer was also produced in households for consumption by children and by servants. ==History== At mealtimes in the Middle Ages, persons of all ages drank small beer, particularly while eating a meal at the table. To a large extent, the role of small beer as an everyday drink was gradually overtaken in the British Isles by tea, as that became cheaper from the later 18th century. == Contemporary usage == Small beer and small ale can also refer to beers made from the second runnings from the stronger beer (e.g., Scotch ale). Retrieved 10 January 2020. ==In art and history== ===Literature=== Metaphorically, small beer means a trifle, or a thing of little importance. I catch the Shrinkies. Since very few other beverages are sold in this exact quantity, the term "two-liter" in American English almost invariably refers to a soft drink bottle. * "Small ale" appears in the works of Shakespeare, William Thackeray's Vanity Fair, and in Ellis Peters' Brother Cadfael series, and "small beer" appears in Thackeray's Barry Lyndon. * Cold small beer appears in Alcoholics Anonymous- the Story of How Many Thousands of Men and Women Have Recovered from Alcoholism in Chapter 1. * In the song "There Lived a King" in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera The Gondoliers, small beer is used as a metaphor for something that is common or is of little value.. In 1985, a three-liter bottle appeared on supermarket shelves. Cheaper beer was considered small beer while the more expensive brands were classed as strong (big) beer.
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You will grow larger
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You will shrink
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I have no comment
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You will change in size
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You will be able to fit through tiny doors
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What rules do all artificial intelligences currently follow?
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* In the Halo video game series, in a video it is stated that human artificial intelligence in certain situations, must obey "Asimov's law of Robotics" where an A.I., directly or indirectly, knowingly cannot let a human come to harm. ==See also== * Friendly AI * Roboethics * Ethics of artificial intelligence * Military robots which may be designed such that they violate Asimov's First Law. Even the most complex robots currently produced are incapable of understanding and applying the Three Laws; significant advances in artificial intelligence would be needed to do so, and even if AI could reach human-level intelligence, the inherent ethical complexity as well as cultural/contextual dependency of the laws prevent them from being a good candidate to formulate robotics design constraints. He gives the example of a robot roaming the world trying to prevent harm from befalling human beings.Four Kinds of Ethical Robots == See also == * Laws of robotics * Clarke's three laws * Ethics of artificial intelligence * Friendly artificial intelligence * List of eponymous laws * Military robot * Niven's laws * Roboethics * Three Laws of Transhumanism * Regulation of algorithms ==Bibliography== * Asimov, Isaac (1979). The proposed EU Artificial Intelligence Act aims to classify and regulate artificial intelligence applications based on their risk to cause harm. References to the Three Laws have appeared in popular music ("Robot" from Hawkwind's 1979 album PXR5), cinema (Repo Man, Aliens, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence), cartoon series (The Simpsons), anime (Eve no Jikan), tabletop role-playing games (Paranoia) and webcomics (Piled Higher and Deeper and Freefall). ===The Three Laws in film=== Robby the Robot in Forbidden Planet (1956) has a hierarchical command structure which keeps him from harming humans, even when ordered to do so, as such orders cause a conflict and lock-up very much in the manner of Asimov's robots. The Three Laws are: # A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. The regulation of artificial intelligence is the development of public sector policies and laws for promoting and regulating artificial intelligence (AI); it is therefore related to the broader regulation of algorithms. The Three Laws of Robotics (often shortened to The Three Laws or Asimov's Laws) are a set of rules devised by science fiction author Isaac Asimov, which were to be followed by robots in several of his stories. * A short history of computer ethics * AI Ethics Guidelines Global Inventory by Algorithmwatch * Category:Philosophy of artificial intelligence Category:Ethics of science and technology Category:Regulation of robots * Ethical Considerations for Humanoid Robots: Why Asimov's Three Laws are not enough. In Robots and Empire, Daneel states it's very unpleasant for him when making the proper decision takes too long (in robot terms), and he cannot imagine being without the Laws at all except to the extent of it being similar to that unpleasant sensation, only permanent. ==Applications to future technology== Robots and artificial intelligences do not inherently contain or obey the Three Laws; their human creators must choose to program them in, and devise a means to do so. On January 7, 2019, following an Executive Order on Maintaining American Leadership in Artificial Intelligence, the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy released a draft Guidance for Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Applications, which includes ten principles for United States agencies when deciding whether and how to regulate AI. The rules were introduced in his 1942 short story "Runaround" (included in the 1950 collection I, Robot), although similar restrictions had been implied in earlier stories. ==The laws== The Three Laws, presented to be from the fictional "Handbook of Robotics, 56th Edition, 2058 A.D.", are: ===First Law=== A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. ===Second Law=== A robot must obey the orders by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law. ===Third Law=== A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law. ==Use in fiction== These form an organizing principle and unifying theme for Asimov's robot-based fiction, appearing in his Robot series, the stories linked to it, and in his (initially pseudonymous) Lucky Starr series of young-adult fiction. AI law and regulations have been divided into three main topics, namely governance of autonomous intelligence systems, responsibility and accountability for the systems, and privacy and safety issues. * Safety Intelligence and Legal Machine Language: Do we need the Three Laws of Robotics?, Vienna: I-Tech, August 2008. The laws are enforced by "asimov circuits"; bots whose circuits are malfunctioning (quite an ordinary condition) or removed (often by members of certain factions) are said to have "gone Frankenstein". While Asimov's robotic laws are meant to protect humans from harm, the robots in Williamson's story have taken these instructions to the extreme; they protect humans from everything, including unhappiness, stress, unhealthy lifestyle and all actions that could be potentially dangerous. In April 2019, the European Commission published its Ethics Guidelines for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (AI), following this with its Policy and investment recommendations for trustworthy Artificial Intelligence in June 2019. From a consequentialist view, there is a chance that robots will develop the ability to make their own logical decisions on whom to kill and that is why there should be a set moral framework that the AI cannot override. In many stories, such as "Runaround" by Asimov, the potential and severity of all actions are weighed and a robot will break the laws as little as possible rather than do nothing at all. The ethics of artificial intelligence is the branch of the ethics of technology specific to artificially intelligent systems.
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Artificial intelligences are not allowed to harm humans, or through inaction allow humans to come to harm
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Artificial intelligences all follow Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics
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Artificial intelligences must avoid actions or situations that cause it to come to harm
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Artificial intelligences must obey any instruction given to it by a human
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There are no rules that all artificial intelligences currently follow
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Have humans flown close to the sun?
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Man Follows the Sun (, translit. The Sun remains relatively uncommon as a point of focus in science fiction, particularly in comparison to Mars and Venus in fiction. Several stories depict the Sun undergoing such an event. Hyman Kaner's 1946 novel The Sun Queen is set on a sunspot, where two humans from Earth encounter two factions at war. == Close encounters == The Sun appears as a hazard to spaceships that approach it too closely in some stories. The Sun is sometimes depicted as being sentient, though this is rare compared to other stars getting the same treatment. Men Behind the Sun (, literally Black Sun: 731, also sometimes called Man Behind the Sun) is a 1988 Hong Kong historical exploitation horror film directed by T. F. Mou, and written by Mei Liu, Wen Yuan Mou and Dun Jing Teng. The Sun has appeared as a setting in fiction since at least classical antiquity, but for a long time it received relatively sporadic attention. Even in the early 1900s, when the temperature of the surface of the Sun had been determined by spectroscopic measurement, the portrayal of the Sun as inhabited persisted in some works of juvenile fiction such as John Mastin's 1909 novel Through the Sun in an Airship and Donald Horner's 1910 novel By Aeroplane to the Sun. A false sunrise is any of several atmospheric optical phenomena in which the Sun appears to have risen, but is actually still some distance below the horizon. The Sun poses a danger to spacecraft that approach it closely, a situation that occurs by necessity or design in several stories. Says science fiction bibliographer Richard Bleiler in the 2005 reference work The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, "Perhaps because it is generally taken for granted, the fictive potential of the Sun has barely been tapped". == Early depictions: inhabited == The Sun received comparatively little specific attention in early science fiction, but a large proportion of the works that did focus on it portrayed it as having inhabitants. The spread of light can sometimes be deceivingly similar to a true sun. Willy Ley's 1937 short story "At the Perihelion" involves a close approach to the Sun as part of an escape from Mars, and Charles L. Harness' 1949 novel The Paradox Men ( Flight into Yesterday) is a space opera that climaxes with a swordfight atop a space station on the surface of the Sun. Restricted mainly to the polar regions, this phenomenon was named after its first observation on Novaya Zemlya during the third polar expedition led by Willem Barentsz in 1596/97, when the Sun was seen above the horizon "in his full roundnesse" two weeks before its predicted return after the polar night. Arthur C. Clarke's 1964 short story "Sunjammer" ( "The Wind from the Sun") depicts a race to the Moon between solar sail-propelled spacecraft. Other works have depicted solar arrays in close orbits around the Sun itself. The 1972 anthology The Day the Sun Stood Still contains three different short stories (by Poul Anderson, Robert Silverberg, and Gordon R. Dickson) where the Sun stops in the sky as in the Biblical Book of Joshua. === Power source === The energy output of the Sun was harnessed for power production in fiction as early as Hugo Gernsback's 1911 novel Ralph 124C 41+ and in several stories since, with Robert A. Heinlein's 1940 short story "Let There Be Light" describing economically viable solar panels and Isaac Asimov's 1941 short story "Reason" (later included in the 1950 fix-up novel I, Robot) depicting solar power produced in space but consumed on Earth. Once more became known about the Sun through advances in astronomy, in particular its temperature, solar inhabitants fell out of favour save for the occasional more exotic alien lifeforms. The term "false sunrise" should not be confused with "false dawn", which is a term sometimes used to refer to the zodiacal light. ==See also== *False sunset *Halo (optical phenomenon) *Mirage *Novaya Zemlya effect *Subsun *Sun pillar *Upper tangent arc *Zodiacal light ==References== Category:Atmospheric optical phenomena Several atmospheric phenomena that may alternatively be called a "false sunrise" are: * Simple reflection of the sunlight off the bottom of the clouds. David Brin's 1980 novel Sundiver revolves around a hard science fiction journey into the Sun. == Sentient == Some works depict the Sun as being sentient. Some of these live inside the Sun itself rather than on its surface, as in Jack Williamson's 1935 short story "Islands of the Sun", Raymond Z. Gallun's 1935 short story "Nova Solis", and Henry J. Kostkos 1936 short story "We of the Sun".
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Yes, humans have flown close to the sun
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All of the above
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No, humans have never flown close to the sun
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Yes, Icarus flew too close to the sun
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None of the above
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What happens to coaches at midnight?
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Midnight leagues are a series of initiatives starting in the 1990s with midnight basketball and expanding into other sports, notably association football, where vulnerable urban youth could assemble during the night, and keep themselves off the streets while engaging with sports alternatives to drugs and crime. Although Midnight Madness has become a prime time event for many premier basketball programs, some schools have continued the tradition of having their first practice at 12:00 on the first day regular practice is allowed. At midnight, the yell practice begins. On the night before each home football game, Midnight Yell takes place in Kyle Field at midnight; two nights before each away game, a Yell Practice (not at midnight) is held near the Quadrangle on the south side of campus. As a result, the dates on which teams celebrate Midnight Madness can vary, but most stick with the traditional date of a Friday night closest to October 15. ==History== thumb|left|Maryland coach Lefty Driesell held the first "Midnight Madness" session in 1971. These universities felt that since their football teams had home games the week before the opening date of formal practices, which had become the traditional Midnight Madness date, they would be better off holding Midnight Madness on the weekend before. At midnight on the night before an away game Midnight Yell is held in or near the opponent's city. The tradition originated from teams holding public practices at midnight on the earliest day that the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) would allow a practice to be held. Having no place for their souls to go, their souls stayed inside of their bodies, hungry for flesh. ==Rules== Based on the Dungeons & Dragons rules, and using the Player's Handbook as a basis, Midnight alters the standard rules in some fundamental ways. Besides exciting the crowd, Midnight Yell introduces the student body to any new yells and to practice changes to existing yells. A subcommittee on administrative law in the Democratic House of Representatives held a hearing on midnight regulations the month after Obama's inauguration. === Barack Obama === The Obama administration recognized the potential for midnight regulations as early as the end of 2015. Midnight Madness is an annual event celebrating the upcoming college basketball season in which a team opens its first official practice to the public, often combining it with a pep rally and other fan-friendly activities. Midnight is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, released under the Open Gaming License. Five Big Ten Conference schools celebrated Midnight Madness. ==Exceptions== In 2008, some teams attempted to host Midnight Madness in association with special early restricted practices instead of the first day of regular practices. As a result of practices beginning so early, several teams opted to celebrate Midnight Madness later in the six-week practice window. ==Details== In the 21st century, most basketball programs from large Division I schools have planned a pep rally with MCs, music, dancing and other festivities to encourage support of the program. Midnight Yell Practice, known locally as Midnight Yell or Yell Practice, is a tradition at Texas A&M; University. In 1982, coach Joe B. Hall and the Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team began to officially promote a celebration dubbed "Midnight Madness" as a school event with formal entertainment acts and an invited student audience. Tom Firey, of the Cato Institute's Regulation magazine, argues that most midnight regulations are in fact primarily political symbolism rather than major regulatory change. Driesell continued the annual midnight practice session throughout his tenure at Maryland, and brought the tradition with him when he became head coach at Georgia State University. Illinois claimed that their date change was not intended to give it a recruiting advantage in terms of scheduling conflicts. ==Notes== ==External links== *ESPN 2010 Midnight Madness highlight video *Midnight Madness and the Michigan State University Men's Basketball Team Category:Cheerleading Category:History of college basketball in the United States Category:Maryland Terrapins men's basketball Category:College sports culture in the United States Due to the magic changes in the game, Midnight does not have the monk, ranger, or paladin character classes. ===Magic items=== Midnight is different from other D&D; settings in that magic items (+1 weapons, for example) are markedly less common, with all magic in the world tracked and watched. Midnight Yell is similar to a pep rally.
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Coaches revert to their original form at midnight
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Coaches get fired at midnight
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What happened to the largest beanstalk that ever existed?
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Balanus nubilus, commonly called the giant acorn barnacle, is the world's largest barnacle, reaching a diameter of and a height of up to , and containing the largest known muscle fibres. It is named for Tarleton Hoffman Bean. ==Description== Bean's bigscale is dark brown or black in colour, with a maximum length of . Giant animal may refer to: *Megafauna, the largest animal species *Megafauna (mythology), large animals in mythology *Gigantism in animals ==See also== *Largest organisms *Largest prehistoric organisms Three Jacks and a Beanstalk may refer to: * Three Jacks and a Beanstalk, an episode of The New Three Stooges * Three Jacks and a Beanstalk, an episode of Rugrats Scopelogadus beanii, or Bean's bigscale, is a species of ridgehead fish. Megateuthis gigantea is the largest known belemnite species, reaching about 50 mm and 700mm in maximum diameter and length of rostrum, respectively.Paleontological Research, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 21–25, January 1, 2015 © by the Palaeontological Society of Japan doi:10.2517/2014PR025 The fossil remains were discovered in Europe and Asia. ==See also== * Cephalopod size * List of belemnites ==References== Category:Jurassic cephalopods Category:Jurassic animals of Asia Category:Prehistoric animals of Europe Category:Belemnoidea It has ridges of thin bones supporting deep mucous cavities on the head. ==Habitat== Bean's bigscale is mesopelagic and bathypelagic, living at depths of up to , and is common in the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Tasman Sea. ==Behaviour== Scopelogadus beanii feeds on amphipods, polychaetes, jellyfish and mysids. ==References== Category:Melamphaidae Category:Fish described in 1887 Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther "giANTS" is a 1979 science fiction short story by Edward Bryant. It was first published in Analog Science Fiction.giANTS at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database ==Synopsis== An elderly scientist explains why he hates ants, and why he is participating in a secret government project to increase the size of invasive ants. The square-cube law and forced mutation is used to thwart a South American giant ant invasion. ==Reception== "giANTS" won the Nebula Award for Best Short Story of 1979,1979 Nebula Awards, at Science Fiction Writers of America; retrieved May 31, 2017 and was nominated for the 1980 Hugo Award for Best Short Story.1980 Hugo Awards, at TheHugoAwards.org; retrieved May 31, 2017 Gary Westfahl has noted that the story is based on the fact that giant insects "would be unable to walk or sustain themselves".The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy: Themes, Works, and Wonders, Volume 1, edited by Gary Westfahl; page 245; published 2005 by Greenwood Publishing Group ==References== Category:Nebula Award for Best Short Story-winning works Category:1979 short stories Category:Fictional ants He explains that the "square-cube law" demands that an ever- increasingly size-mutated ant will at some point collapse under its own mass. It is one of the largest and deepest-dwelling ridgeheads. It is frequently found growing on rocks, pier pilings and hard-shelled animals at depths of up to . Abandoned shells of B. nubilus are used by the crab Glebocarcinus oregonensis for shelter. ==References== Category:Barnacles Category:Crustaceans of the eastern Pacific Ocean Category:Crustaceans described in 1854 Category:Taxa named by Charles Darwin Balanus nubilus is a northeast Pacific species that ranges from southern Alaska to Baja California. Like other acorn barnacles, B. nubilus is a filter feeder; it, in turn, is sometimes eaten by sea otters, sea stars, crabs and the Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest. Its caudal peduncle (the tapered region behind the dorsal and anal fins where the caudal fin attaches to the body) is long. It has two dorsal spines, one anal spine, 10–11 dorsal soft rays and 7–9 anal soft rays. It has ridges of thin bones supporting deep mucous cavities on the head. ==Habitat== Bean's bigscale is mesopelagic and bathypelagic, living at depths of up to , and is common in the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Tasman Sea. ==Behaviour== Scopelogadus beanii feeds on amphipods, polychaetes, jellyfish and mysids. ==References== Category:Melamphaidae Category:Fish described in 1887 Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther It has ridges of thin bones supporting deep mucous cavities on the head. ==Habitat== Bean's bigscale is mesopelagic and bathypelagic, living at depths of up to , and is common in the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Tasman Sea. ==Behaviour== Scopelogadus beanii feeds on amphipods, polychaetes, jellyfish and mysids. ==References== Category:Melamphaidae Category:Fish described in 1887 Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther It has ridges of thin bones supporting deep mucous cavities on the head. ==Habitat== Bean's bigscale is mesopelagic and bathypelagic, living at depths of up to , and is common in the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Tasman Sea. ==Behaviour== Scopelogadus beanii feeds on amphipods, polychaetes, jellyfish and mysids. ==References== Category:Melamphaidae Category:Fish described in 1887 Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther It has ridges of thin bones supporting deep mucous cavities on the head. ==Habitat== Bean's bigscale is mesopelagic and bathypelagic, living at depths of up to , and is common in the Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean and Tasman Sea. ==Behaviour== Scopelogadus beanii feeds on amphipods, polychaetes, jellyfish and mysids. ==References== Category:Melamphaidae Category:Fish described in 1887 Category:Taxa named by Albert Günther
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The largest beanstalk that ever existed was chopped down by an axe
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The largest beanstalk that ever existed was chopped down so that a giant would fall to his death
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The largest beanstalk that ever existed was destroyed by a giant
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Are there carpets that can fly?
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The Flying Grass Carpet|thumb|right The Flying Grass Carpet is a huge rug entirely made of artificial grass. The Flying Grass Carpet travels to different places around the world, and stays in the different locations for a short period of time. A magic carpet, also called a flying carpet, is a legendary carpet and common trope in fantasy fiction. In Tibetan Tantric Buddhism, a paper carpet were thought to be able to fly for "adept[s]". ==See also== * The Phoenix and the Carpet – 1904 children's novel by E. Nesbit * Old Khottabych – 1938 Soviet children's book and later 1956 film with the depiction of a flying carpet * "Magic Carpet Ride" – 1968 song by Steppenwolf * Asterix and the Magic Carpet – 1987 illustrated comic story book on the adventures of Asterix, Obelix and Cacofonix in India * King Solomon's Carpet – 1991 novel by Barbara Vine about the London Underground ==Notes== ==External links== *The secret history of the Flying Carpet Category:Arabian mythology Category:Arab culture Category:Persian mythology Category:Russian folklore Category:Fantasy tropes Category:Fictional aircraft Category:Fictional objects Category:Recurrent elements in fairy tales Category:Iranian folklore Category:Magic items Category:Solomon Category:Rugs and carpets Category:Teleportation in fiction Category:Flight folklore Magic carpets have also been featured in modern literature, movies, and video games, and not always in a classic context. Travelers need not sit on the bare carpet itself, as the carpet serves as the platform for a comfortable cabin. The Flying Grass Carpet has been to the following cities: *2008: Amsterdam - Aachen - Rotterdam *2009: Budapest - Berlin - Eindhoven - Madrid - Santa Cruz de Tenerife *2010: Pécs - Essen \- Utrecht - Shanghai - Istanbul ==Concept== The designers of The Flying Grass Carpet live in Rotterdam, a city known for its designers and architects. In "traditional Chinese fantasy literature" from the late Qing dynasty and before, sentient flying carpets were thought to be "magical monsters" in the same category as lung, qilin, or clouds for heroes to traverse distances with. In Taoism and Taoist art, flying carpets were used as poetic metaphors for the ability of flight xian had. The size of the carpet is adjustable, and can be up to 25 by 36 meters. ==Award== The Flying Grass Carpet won a 'Dutch Design Award' in 2009 ==References== ==External links== *Official website of The Flying Grass Carpet *Designer's website *Designer's website *The Flying Grass Carpet goes sky high *Video interview with Designers Category:Conceptual art Category:Urban public parks The designers of the Flying Grass Carpet are fond of cities and city-life but are concerned about the loss of quality of the public space in a lot of cities. This carpet is described as follows: "Whoever sitteth on this carpet and willeth in thought to be taken up and set down upon other site will, in the twinkling of an eye, be borne thither, be that place nearhand or distant many a day's journey and difficult to reach."Burton, Richard The Thousand Nights and a Night Vol. 13, 1885 The literary traditions of several other cultures also feature magical carpets, in most cases literally flying rather than instantly transporting their passengers from place to place.left|thumb|One of Vasnetsov's paintings of a flying carpet Solomon's carpetRetold for children by Sulamith Ish-Kishor, The carpet of Solomon: A Hebrew legend 1966. was reportedly made of green silk with a golden weft, long and wide: "when Solomon sat upon the carpet he was caught up by the wind, and sailed through the air so quickly that he breakfasted at Damascus and supped in Media."The Jewish Encyclopedia, s.v. Solomon: Solomon's carpet" The wind followed Solomon's commands, and ensured the carpet would go to the proper destination; when Solomon was proud, for his greatness and many accomplishments, the carpet gave a shake and 40,000 fell to their deaths.The Jewish Encyclopedia, ibid. The Flying Grass Carpet is also intended to connect different cities and their citizens with each other, and create what its designers call a "worldwide shared public domain". ==Gallery== File:Tfgcgal1.jpg|The Flying Grass Carpet File:Tfgcgal2.jpg| File:Tfgc5.jpg| File:TFGC6.jpg| ==Technical details== The carpet contains several types and colors of grass. A flower carpet is a carpet made of flowers arranged in patterns. Russian painter Viktor Vasnetsov illustrated the tales featuring a flying carpet on two occasions. Carpet snake may refer to: * Morelia spilota variegata, a.k.a. the Northwestern carpet python, a harmless subspecies found in New Guinea and Australia in northwestern Western Australia and in the northern portion of the Northern Territory * Pituophis melanoleucus, a.k.a. the pine snake, a harmless colubrid species found in North America Category:Animal common name disambiguation pages The garden carpet (Xanthorhoe fluctuata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. Poul Anderson's Operation Chaos features a world making extensive use of magic in daily life, and among other things having flying carpets as a common, non-polluting means of transportation - in fierce competition with the also available flying brooms. The carpet was shielded from the sun by a canopy of birds. To make a positive gesture they created The Flying Grass Carpet. In Mark Twain's "Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven", magic wishing carpets are used to instantaneously travel throughout Heaven. Flower carpet events happen in many places around the world.
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Yes, carpets can fly
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No, there are no carpets that can fly
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Yes, flying carpets exist
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Yes, there are carpets that can fly
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Do bears usually sit on chairs?
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Bears can stand on their hind feet and sit up straight with remarkable balance. With the exception of courting individuals and mothers with their young, bears are typically solitary animals. Bears are overwhelmingly solitary and are considered to be the most asocial of all the Carnivora. The most traditional form of maintaining bears in captivity is keeping them in pits, although many zoos replaced these by more elaborate and spacious enclosures that attempt to replicate their natural habitats, for the benefit of the animals and the visitors. Bears may dig their dens in hillsides or use caves, hollow logs and dense vegetation for shelter. ==Behavior and ecology== Brown and American black bears are generally diurnal, meaning that they are active for the most part during the day, though they may forage substantially by night. Public perception of bears is often positive, as people identify with bears due to their omnivorous diets, their ability to stand on two legs, and their symbolic importance. Bears have been hunted for sport, food, and folk medicine. Female bears give birth during the hibernation period, and are roused when doing so. ===Mortality=== Bears do not have many predators. However, all bears feed on any food source that becomes seasonally available. Unlike most other land carnivorans, bears are plantigrade. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout the Northern Hemisphere and partially in the Southern Hemisphere. When foraging for plants, bears choose to eat them at the stage when they are at their most nutritious and digestible, typically avoiding older grasses, sedges and leaves. Bears are carnivoran mammals of the family Ursidae (). Bears sometimes communicate with visual displays such as standing upright, which exaggerates the individual's size. Bears use shelters, such as caves and logs, as their dens; most species occupy their dens during the winter for a long period of hibernation, up to 100 days. The only times bears are encountered in groups are mothers with young or occasional seasonal bounties of rich food (such as salmon runs). Bears have a fairly simple digestive system typical for carnivorans, with a single stomach, short undifferentiated intestines and no cecum. Bears must spend much of their time feeding in order to gain enough nutrition from foliage. Bears have been hunted since prehistoric times for their meat and fur; they have been used for bear-baiting and other forms of entertainment, such as being made to dance. They are most often used to deter bears from approaching a cabin, rather than as a means of actually catching them. Body weight varies throughout the year in bears of temperate and arctic climates, as they build up fat reserves in the summer and autumn and lose weight during the winter. ===Morphology=== Bears are generally bulky and robust animals with short tails. Where the Bears Are is a comedy-mystery web series that ran for seven seasons from August 1, 2012, to November 1, 2018."Where the Bears Are".
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Yes, bears usually sit on chairs
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Yes, they do
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Can people who have been consumed by a wolf be rescued?
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Current wolf population statistics can be found at http://www.fws.gov/mountain-prairie/species/mammals/wolf/ Over the decades since wolves have been present in the region, hundreds of incidents of livestock depredation have been confirmed, though such predation represents a minute proportion of a wolf's diet on a per-wolf basis. While the majority of wolves ignore livestock entirely, a few wolves or wolf packs become chronic livestock hunters, and most of these have been killed to protect livestock. Presence of wolves has even changed behavioral patterns of other animals. thumb| The favourable conservation status of wolves is the definition of a wolf population that is no longer threatened with extinction, that is capable of long-term survival. Reintroduction is only considered where large tracts of suitable wilderness still exist and where certain prey species are abundant enough to support a predetermined wolf population. == United States == ===Arizona and New Mexico=== right|thumb|Captive-bred Mexican wolf in pen, Sevilleta National Wildlife Refuge The five last known wild Mexican gray wolves were captured in 1980 in accordance with an agreement between the United States and Mexico intended to save the critically endangered subspecies. They also highlighted that, even with all these factors, the type of wolves that would be brought in would be unknown, since records cite both the eastern wolf and red wolf as present in the state; the two canines have ongoing taxonomic discussions.Lynch, M. (2015, February 23). Being eaten alive may refer to the act of being consumed while still living, or more colloquially to the act of overwhelming someone. The 2005 estimates of wolf populations in the two recovery zones reflect the success the species has had in both areas: * Greater Yellowstone area: 325 * Central Idaho: 565 These numbers, added with the estimated number of wolves in northwestern Montana (130), puts the total number of wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains recovery area at over 1000 individuals. Decomposers and detritivores complete this process, by consuming the remains left by scavengers. Through predation of elk populations, wolf reintroduction has coincided with an increase of new-growth vegetation among certain plants, such as aspen and willow trees, which elk previously grazed upon at unsustainable levels. Many instances have occurred in human history, especially in times of war and famine, where necrophagy and human cannibalism emerged as a survival behavior, although anthropologists report the usage of ritual cannibalism among funerary practices and as the preferred means of disposal of the dead in some tribal societies. == Gallery == File:White- backed_vultures_eating_a_dead_wildebeest.JPG|White-backed vultures feeding on a carcass of a wildebeest File:Raven scavenging on a dead shark.jpg|A jungle crow feeding on a small dead shark File:Coyoteelk.jpg|Coyote feeding on an elk carcass in winter in Lamar Valley, near Yellowstone National Park File:A polar bear (Ursus maritimus) scavenging a narwhal whale (Monodon monoceros) carcass - journal.pone.0060797.g001-A.png|A polar bear scavenging on a narwhal carcass File:An Ibiza wall lizard (Podarcis pityusensis) scavenging on fish scraps leftover from another predator - journal.pone.0060797.g001-B.png|An Ibiza wall lizard scavenging on fish scraps left over from another predator File:Red weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) feeding on a dead African giant snail (Achatina fulica) - journal.pone.0060797.g001-F.png|Red weaver ants feeding on a dead giant African snail == See also == * Consumer-resource systems ==Notes== == References == == Further reading == * * * * == External links == * Stitching a Life From the Scraps of Others – slideshow by The New York Times Category:Ecology Feeding the Wolves may refer to: * Feeding the Wolves (10 Years album), 2010 * Feeding the Wolves (EP), a 2005 EP by Josh Pyke Two 30-day periods of tracking radio-collared wolves showed that 77–97% of prey species documented by wolves in the park were elk. Wolf reintroduction involves the reintroduction of a portion of grey wolves in areas where native wolves have been extirpated. Despite no confirmed breeding population, wolves are still listed as Endangered in the state, and are a protected species under Environmental Conservation Law (ECL) section 11-0535.New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. (2017, October 4). Guidelines for action for the emergence of individual wolves. The reintroduction of gray wolves (Canis lupus) into Yellowstone National Park in the United States caused drastic changes to the prevalent scavenging community, resulting in the provision of carrion to many mammalian and avian species. If the wolf is everywhere, this can cause conflicts and lead to a decrease in the social acceptance of this species and an increase in illegal actions against wolves. The reintroduction of wolves to Scotland and England is currently being considered, along with bears and lynxes, as part of a larger effort to reintroduce native species to the country. ==References== ==Further reading== * ==External links== *BBC: Wild wolves 'good for ecosystems' Reintroduction Category:Animal reintroduction Category:Mammal conservation The reintroduction of wolves, an apex predator, has had important impacts on biodiversity within Yellowstone National Park. The total captive Mexican wolf population is 380 individuals, across over 60 facilities. ===Colorado=== Wolves traversed a Rocky Mountain pathway from Canada to Mexico until the 1940s. Species Assessment for Wolf.
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Yes, people who have been consumed by a wolf can be rescued if you cut open the wolf's stomach
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Yes, people who have been consumed by a wolf can be rescued if you kill the wolf
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Yes, people who have been consumed by a wolf can be rescued
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No, people who have been consumed by a wolf are dead
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Yes, people who have been consumed by a wolf can be rescued if you act quickly
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What happens if you prick your finger on a spindle?
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Spindle Poisons and Cell Fate: A Tale of Two Pathways. Spindle poisons effectively cease the production of new cells by interrupting the mitosis phase of cell division at the spindle assembly checkpoint (SAC). A spindle poison, also known as a spindle toxin, is a poison that disrupts cell division by affecting the protein threads that connect the centromere regions of chromosomes, known as spindles. The name finger spin is actually something of a misnomer, as the finger action is not a vital part of the mechanism for producing the characteristic spin on the ball. At the other end of the spectrum there are finger spinners who rely much more on the wrist action. Although there are exceptions, finger spinners generally turn the ball less than wrist spinners. Finger spin (also known as off spin) is a type of bowling in the sport of cricket. Early research concluded that spindle poisons, inserted to cells, caused a considerable reduction in the number of cells that exited mitosis, while the number of cells that entered mitosis dramatically increased. However, as numerous and varied as they are, spindle poisons are not yet 100% effective at ending the formation of tumors (neoplasms).Wood KW, Cornwell WD, Jackson JR. (2001) Past and future of the mitotic spindle as an oncology target. Off spin is a type of finger spin bowling in cricket. thumb|Fritz Spindler. *Carrom ball – a surprise variation, flicked off the middle finger (in a similar fashion to a disk in the Asian game of Carrom) that turns from leg to off (a legbreak). ==Off-spin== Traditionally, finger spinners bowled with an emphasis on side spin. Spindle poisons, in contrast, inhibit kinetochores during mitosis and prevent them from forming proper attachments to spindle microtubules. thumb|Prickle Cells Drawing - Artist: Sandy G Phillips-Long Spinous cells, or prickle cells, are keratin producing epidermal cells owing their prickly appearance to their numerous intracellular connections. However, because the technique is simpler and easier to master, finger spinners tend to be more accurate. The slower a spin bowler delivers the ball, the more actively he must attempt to impart spin onto it to maintain the same rate of revolution. ==Types of finger spinner== frame|left|A finger spin (or off spin) delivery. A finger spin delivery is released with the arm held in a fully supinated position, with the fingers on the outside of the ball (to the right for a right-handed bowler). Spindler or Špindler (English, German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): occupational name for a spindle maker) is a surname. For some finger spinners the index and middle fingers do a lot of work, snapping, to impart spin on the ball. * Left-handed finger spin is known as a left-arm orthodox spin. If this supinated position is maintained through the release, the fingers will naturally cut down the side of the ball and produce a clockwise spin. In delivery, the topspinner is gripped like a normal side spinner.
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If you prick your finger on a spindle, you will fall into a coma
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If you prick your finger on a spindle, you will sleep for a hundred years
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If you prick your finger on a spindle, you will be lightly injured
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If you prick your finger on a spindle, you will be cursed
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If you prick your finger on a spindle, you will die
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What happens if a girl kisses a frog?
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When she tells him how much she loves him and was worried about him, the prince kisses the princess, and their troubles are resolved with a different happy ending: they are both transformed into frogs. Still, the young prince is ashamed of his frog bride until she is magically transformed into a human princess. The Frog Princess sheds her skin, and the prince then burns it, to her dismay. In some versions of the story, the Frog Princess' transformation is a reward for her good nature. Had the prince been patient, the Frog Princess would have been freed but instead he loses her. Finally, the frog comes to the wedding just as she promised, and marries the youngest prince. The Prince Who Turns into a Frog () is a 2005 Taiwanese drama starring Ming Dao, Joe Chen, Sam Wang and Joyce Chao. Surprised by the frog's hidden talents, the prince asks her about them, and she reveals she is, in fact, a princess underneath the frog skin, a disguise created by her mother, the magical Queen of Light, to keep her safe from her enemies. The little frog tells the prince to go first, and, when his father asks about her, it will begin to rain; when it lightens, he is to tell her she is adorning herself; and when it thunders, she is coming to the palace. In some versions, the frog uses magic to accomplish the tasks, and though the other brides attempt to emulate the frog, they cannot perform the magic. The Frog Prince, Continued () by Jon Scieszka, illustrated by Steve Johnson, is a picture book parody "sequel" to the tale of The Frog Prince, in which a princess kisses a frog which then turns into a prince. A frog, sat on it, agrees to return the prince's arrow, in exchange for becoming his wife. * "Wildwood Dancing," a 2007 fantasy novel by Juliet Marillier, expands the princess and the frog theme. ==Culture== Music The Divine Comedy's 1997 single The Frog Princess is loosely based on the theme of the original Frog Princess story, interwoven with the narrator's personal experiences. ==See also== * The Frog Prince * The Princess and the Frog * Vasilisa (name) * Puddocky ==References== ==External links== * * The Wise Princess (The Blue Rose Fairy Book) from Project Gutenberg Category:Russian folklore characters Category:Russian fairy tales Category:Italian fairy tales Category:Ukrainian fairy tales Category:Fictional frogs Category:Fictional princesses Category:Fictional princes Category:Animal tales Category:Female characters in fairy tales Category:Stories within Italian Folktales Category:Fiction about shapeshifting Category:Witchcraft in fairy tales Category:Slavic folklore characters Category:ATU 400-459 Lastly, the king invites his daughters-in-law to the palace, and the frog wife takes off the frog skin, leaves it at home and goes on a golden carriage. Emma reluctantly kisses him, trying to reverse the spell; instead, she turns into a frog herself. It happens thus, and the prince introduces his bride to his father, and whispers in his ear about the frogskin. The frog or toad appears as a potential suitor to a female human in variants of the Aarne–Thompson–Uther type ATU 440, "The Frog King".Thompson, Stith. While prince Tuhkimo is aleep, his frog fiancée takes off her frog skin, becomes a human maiden and summons her eight sisters to her house: eight swans fly in through the window, take off their swanskins and become humans. The Frog Princess, named Vasilisa the Wise, is a beautiful, intelligent, friendly, skilled young woman, who was forced to spend three years in a frog's skin for disobeying Koschei. The titles for that series are The Dragon Princess, Dragon Kiss and the most recent, A Prince Among Frogs. ==See also== *"The Frog Prince" *The Princess and the Frog ==Footnotes== Category:2002 American novels Category:2002 children's books Category:2002 debut novels Category:American children's novels Category:American fantasy novels adapted into films Category:Children's fantasy novels Category:Debut fantasy novels Category:Children's books about frogs Category:Fiction about shapeshifting Category:Children's books about witches Category:Bloomsbury Publishing books Category:Novels set in swamps Category:Children's books set in swamps Category:Children's books about princesses Frogs play a variety of roles in culture, appearing in folklore and fairy tales such as the Brothers Grimm story of The Frog Prince. The Frog Princess is a fairy tale that has multiple versions with various origins.
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The frog will become a prince
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Natural salts and oils on human skin may irritate or kill the frog
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The girl will become a princess
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The girl will transform into a frog
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The frog will transform into a human
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What happens to your nose if you tell a lie?
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If the liar is indeed lying, then the liar is telling the truth, which means the liar just lied. Now, the liar paradox can be expressed as the statement A, that A is false: This is an equation from which the truth value of A = "this statement is false" could hopefully be obtained. Lie detection is an assessment of a verbal statement with the goal to reveal a possible intentional deceit. In philosophy and logic, the classical liar paradox or liar's paradox or antinomy of the liar is the statement of a liar that they are lying: for instance, declaring that "I am lying". With regard to his studies, lies about emotions at the moment have the biggest payoff from face and voice cues while lies about beliefs and actions, such as crimes use cues from gestures and words are added. Lie detection may refer to a cognitive process of detecting deception by evaluating message content as well as non-verbal cues. Liars may take more time to answer questions but on the other hand, if they have had time to prepare, they may answer more quickly than people telling the truth would, and talk less, and repeat phrases more. ==Non-verbal behavior== People often evaluate lies based on non-verbal behavior, but are quick to place too much merit in misleading indicators, such as: avoidance of eye contact, increased pauses between statements, and excessive movements originating from the hands or feet. In computational verb logic, the liar paradox is extended to statements like, "I hear what he says; he says what I don't hear", where verb logic must be used to resolve the paradox. ==Applications== ===Gödel's first incompleteness theorem=== Gödel's incompleteness theorems are two fundamental theorems of mathematical logic which state inherent limitations of sufficiently powerful axiomatic systems for mathematics. Perceived trustworthiness is interpreted by the individual from looking at a face, and this decreases when someone is lying. World's Biggest Liar is an annual competition for telling lies, held in Cumbria, England. thumb|First edition I'm Telling the Truth but I'm Lying is a memoir by Nigerian spoken word artist Bassey Ikpi published by Harper Perennial an imprint of HarperCollins in 2019. == Plot == The book is described as "a deep personal work that chronicles the Nigerian-American author's life living with bipolar II disorder and anxiety, and a woman of color and combating the stigma surrounding it." The Biggest Lie may refer to: *"The Biggest Lie", a song by Hüsker Dü from their 1984 album Zen Arcade *"The Biggest Lie", a song by Elliott Smith from his 1995 album Elliott Smith "When a person lies, an involuntary interference of the nerves causes the vocal cords to produce a distorted sound wave, namely a frequency level which is different from the one produced by the same person when telling the truth."S. Manes. As there are different styles of lying, a spontaneous or artificial deception is constructed based on a mixture of information already stored in semantic and episodic memory. Liars may stay still more, use fewer hand gestures, and make less eye contact. In the 1990s, a team of scientists, Stanley Abrams, Jean M. Verdier and Oleg Maltsev developed a new methodology contributing six coefficients that positively affect the accuracy of the lie detector analysis results. ===21st century=== Two meta-analyses conducted by 2004 found an association between lying and increased pupil size and compressed lips. The control question should have a greater physiological response if truth was told and a lesser physiological response for lying. One of the paradoxes the player can make him say is the liar paradox. In "this sentence is a lie" the paradox is strengthened in order to make it amenable to more rigorous logical analysis. Rollins Band's 1994 song "Liar" alluded to the paradox when the narrator ends the song by stating "I'll lie again and again and I'll keep lying, I promise". There is no evidence to substantiate that non-verbal lie detection, such as by looking at body language, is an effective way to detect lies, even if it is widely used by law enforcement. ==General accuracy and limitations of assessment== The cumulative research evidence suggests that machines do detect deception better than chance, but with significant error rates and that strategies used to "beat" polygraph examinations, so-called countermeasures, may be effective.The Truth About Lie Detectors.
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If you tell a lie, your nose increases in size
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If you tell a lie, your nose grows longer
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Nothing in particular happens to your nose if you tell a lie
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If you tell a lie, your nose hurts
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What are the effects of red shoes?
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Depending on the characteristics of the shoes, the effects are various, ranging from alteration in balance and posture, muscle activity of different muscles as measured by electromyography (EMG), and the impact force. Locomotor effects of shoes are the way in which the physical characteristics or components of shoes influence the locomotion neuromechanics of a person. thumb|Red dress effect|199x199pxThe red dress effect, which can be broadened to the general red-attraction effect, the red-romance effect, or the romantic red effect, is a phenomenon in which the color red increases physical attraction, sexual desire, and romantic sentiments in comparison to other colors. The Red Shoes is a ballet choreographed by Matthew Bourne using the music of Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975). The ballet was premiered on 6 December 2016 at Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, by Bourne's ballet company, New Adventures.Anon (2016), p.1 ==Background== Bourne has said that "the image of the red shoes that, once put on, will not allow the wearer to stop dancing has long been a potent one for creative minds, from Powell and Pressburger to Kate Bush to Emma Rice... The Red Shoes () is a 2005 South Korean supernatural horror film co-written and directed by Kim Yong-gyun, based on the 1845 fairy tale of same name by Hans Christian Andersen. ==Plot== Sun-jae (Kim Hye-soo) leaves her unfaithful husband, Sung-joon, and moves into an old apartment with her daughter, Tae-su. Although various locomotor effects of heels are prominent, the practical health implications are still debatable. ===Negative heels=== Negative heeled shoes, which are also known as earth shoes, are shoes that are designed to mimic uphill walking to increase the resistance training effect on the leg muscles during normal walking. It is inspired by a character in the Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger film The Red Shoes. The Red Shoes is a musical with a book by Marsha Norman, lyrics by Norman and Bob Merrill (credited as Paul Stryker) and music by Jule Styne. The second part of the CD single was released six days after the first part and features a 10-minute remix by Karl Blagan of "The Red Shoes", renamed "Shoedance", as well as remixes of "The Big Sky" and "Running Up That Hill". ==Critical reception== Chris Roberts from Melody Maker said, "'The Red Shoes' meets its jigging ambition and sticks a flag on top, making her dance till her legs fall off." Therefore, the relationship may be limited by the observer's level of emotional commitment, in which the color red may serve as a deterrent rather than an attractant. == Conclusion == Further research on the red-attraction effect could improve on the methods used to evaluate this effect, as the quality of the current studies on the red-attraction effect is not favorable. Simon also noted that the "Red Shoes Ballet" "was still fun; it was here that Jule Styne's music, surprisingly, came to life and Lubovitch's choreography, obviously, became most unfettered."Simon, John. The chance of dancing for Lermontov again lures her to return to his ballet company to dance once more in The Red Shoes. Red may be influential by increasing one's own perceived attractiveness, which in turn boosts self- confidence, and increased confidence is generally associated with higher levels of attraction from others. == Possible Explanations == There seem to be multiple factors that influence the strength or presence of the red-attraction effect, which may account for the unclear evidence about the effect overall. This is made worse when she is gifted pink shoes from a male dancer who had been her lover. Some studies evaluated the red-romance link without investigating the role of red clothing. However, there may also be reason to conclude that the red-romance effect could be due to the awareness of the proposed connection between the color red and the object or person that is being rated. As such, the link between sexual receptiveness and red may be a result of social conditioning; however, this social conditioning may have originated for biological and evolutionary reasons, and is simply an extension of our primal instincts. == Evidence for and against the Red-Attraction Effect == A large portion of the research into the Red-Attraction Effect focuses on the impact on the visual presentation of the color red paired with the presentation of a person to whom participants indicate their attraction. Programme booklet: The Red Shoes. Overall, the multiple replication studies countered the conclusions of the original study, showing that changing the color of the background had no significant effect on the perceived attraction A large replication study by Peperkoorn et al. found no evidence for the red dress effect. During gait, high heeled shoes are shown to affect the ankle joint,Snow RE, Williams KR, Homes GB Jr. Parry Gettelman from Orlando Sentinel wrote, "The mandola, the whistles and various curious instruments on the driving title track really recall the fever-dream quality of the 1948 ballet film The Red Shoes, the album's namesake."Gettelman, Parry (3 December 1993).
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Red shoes do not have any particular effect
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Red shoes bring good luck
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Red shoes force the wearer to dance
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Red shoes cause the wearer to dance uncontrollably
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What do ugly ducklings become when they grow up?
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The life changes when an egg falls out of its nest revealing an ugly duckling with brushy wings, and he soon becomes a father. The egg hatches revealing an ugly duckling with brushy wings. Winter season begins to come and The Ugly Duckling is trained to fly south. The Ugly Duckling is a one-act play by A.A. Milne written . ==Plot== The king and queen are worried because their daughter, Princess Camilla, is very plain, or rather appears to be plain because of a spell put on her at birth. Later that night, the duckling grows up into a teenager and struggles to fly South with the others but is unable to keep up with them and ends up falling into a tree injuring his wings. Stanley, the Ugly Duckling, a.k.a. Stanley, is an animated American television special that was produced by Fine Arts Films and aired on May 1, 1982 as part of ABC's Weekend Special lineup.Fine Arts Films, Inc. In November 2017, a Youtube Channel by the name of The Uncle Louie Variety Show made their own version of the story called "The Ugly Baby".Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: == See also == *List of works by Hans Christian Andersen *Ugly duckling theorem, in philosophical logic, arguing that classification is not possible without bias *Henny Penny ==References== ==External links== * The Ugly Duckling English translation by Jean Hersholt * SurLaLune's Annotated The Ugly Duckling * The Ugly Duckling in full length. The duckling sees a flock of migrating wild swans. Duck Ugly (Couac, le vilain petit canard in French) is a 2000 French animated film co-produced by Millimages, TerraGlyph Productions, Ireland and Moro Studios, Barcelona. The Ugly Duckling and Me! is a 2006 animated film directed by Michael Hegner and Karsten Kiilerich.Summary at Starpulse Intended for a family audience, it is a modern adaptation of the 1843 fairy tale "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Andersen. He decides to throw himself at a flock of swans, feeling that it is better to be killed by such beautiful birds than to live a life of ugliness. Ratco brings the ugly duckling who has now grown into an adult to fight, only to find out that professor mukling has changed his true personality. The duckling, now having fully grown and matured, cannot endure a life of solitude and hardship anymore. The tale is an original story by Andersen. ==Plot == After a mother duck's eggs hatch, one of the ducklings is perceived by the other animals as an ugly little creature and suffers much verbal and physical abuse. -- The Prince At the very end, the king wonders why Princess Camilla is suddenly beautiful when the audience can see that it is because of the blessing–curse coming to fruition—Camilla has found her true love, the first one to whom she appears lovely. ==Adaptations== The Fall 2009 issue of the University of San Francisco literary journal Switchback features a story by Charles Haddox, "The Ugly Duckling", about a girl who has her own ugly duckling experience after being chosen to play the role of Princess Camilla in her junior high school's production of the play. "Review, The Ugly Duckling and Me!" He is shocked when the swans welcome and accept him, only to realize by looking at his reflection in the water that he had been not a duckling but a swan all this time. The film is based on the fairy tale The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen. == Cast == * Gilles Coiffard as Ramuncho (in the french version) and as Maurice (in the english version) === English cast === * Barbara Scaff as Duck Ugly * Kim Broderick as Ladybird * David Gasman as Simon * Mike Marshall as Crooked Man * Leslie Clark as Harry * Helen Later as Trotsky * Joe Sheridan as Hamlet ==External links== * Duck Ugly on Millimages website * Duck Ugly on the Big Cartoon Database * Animation: A World History: Volume III: Contemporary Times * SCHLINGEL International Film Festival * Category:2000s children's fantasy films Category:2000 films Category:Irish animated films Category:2000 animated films Category:Films based on The Ugly Duckling Category:Irish children's films The Ugly Duckling accuses Professor where he is thrown into Farmhouse where he becomes the farmer's loyal servant. File:Duck pond with gazebo.jpg|Duck pond with gazebo at apartment in Covington, Georgia File:Duck near pond.jpg|Duck pond in a public park, Aci Sant'Antonio, Sicily File:Compton martin duck pond.JPG|Compton Martin duck pond File:Gainesville Northeast Hist Dist01.jpg|A duck pond in Gainesville, Florida File:4 Modliszewice 10.jpg|Duck house in Modliszewice, Poland File:Woodway21-DuckHouse.jpg|The old cob-built Duck House at Woodway House in Teignmouth, Devon File:Skogaholm Manor.JPG|Sir Peter Viggers' duck house was a replica of the Swedish Skogaholm Manor File:Duck farming vembanad lake 03.jpg| A Duck pond in Alappuzha, Kerala File:Duckingham Palace.jpg|"Duckingham Palace" duck house on Widmore Pond, Sonning Common, UK. ==See also== *Ponds *Duck-baiting *Duck *The Big Duck building *Poultry *Water fountains *Woodway House *Hen house *Dog house *Pilling's Pond *Long Duck Pond ==References== ==External links== * Friends of the Duck Pond — OUPD * The University Parks, Oxford — Introduction Category:Ducks in popular culture Category:Ducks Category:Garden features Category:Ponds In 1956, the Soviet animation studio Soyuzmultfilm produced its own 19 minutes version of The Ugly Duckling.The Ugly Duckling at Animator.ru The anime Princess Tutu is about a duck that turns into a swan-like ballerina. The ponds have shallow edges to allow ducks to reach food on the bottom.
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Ugly ducklings become swans when they grow up
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Ugly ducklings become beautiful swans when they grow up
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Ugly ducklings become ducks when they grow up
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What happens if you eat a pomegranate?
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The myth of Persephone, the goddess of the underworld, prominently features her consumption of pomegranate seeds, requiring her to spend a certain number of months in the underworld every year. In Ancient Greek mythology, the pomegranate was known as the "fruit of the dead", and believed to have sprung from the blood of Adonis. In the US, pomegranate recipes consists of, "pomegranate salsa with pistachios", "pomegranate- jalapeño glazed ham", "charred eggplant with burrata and pomegranate-walnut relish", "escarole and fresh herb salad with apples and pomegranates", "seared scallops with pomegranate and meyer lemon, "pomegranate margarita", "black forest mousse cake with cherry-chile pomegranate glaze", "cauliflower salad with yogurt sauce and pomegranate", and "pomegranate-glazed salmon with oranges, olives, and herbs" to name a few. == Nutrition == The edible portion of raw pomegranate is 78% water, 19% carbohydrates, 2% protein, and 1% fat (table). In the Eastern Orthodox Church, pomegranate seeds may be used in kolyva, a dish prepared for memorial services, as a symbol of the sweetness of the heavenly kingdom. === In Islam === Chapter 55 of the Quran mentions the pomegranate as a "favour" among many to be offered to those fearful to the "Lord" in "two Gardens". === Armenia === The pomegranate is one of the main fruits in Armenian culture (alongside apricots and grapes). Vol 2 p. 1091 The Pomegranate Festival is an annual cultural and artistic festival held to exhibit and sell pomegranates, food products, and handicrafts. ==Gallery== File:Shoku.JPG|Pomegranate blossom before petal fall File:Granatapfelblüte 3.jpg|Pomegranate sepals and drying stamens after fertilization and petal fall File:Unripened pomegranate.jpg|Unripened pomegranate fruit File:Pomegranate arils affixed to sarcotesta.jpg|Pomegranate arils affixed to sarcotesta == References == == External links == * Pomegranate - Trusted Health Information (MedlinePlus) Category:Abortifacients Category:Aphrodisiac foods Category:Crops originating from Asia Category:Edible fruits Category:Sour fruits Category:Flora of Central Asia Category:Flora of Nepal Category:Flora of Western Asia Category:Fruits originating in Asia Category:Heraldic charges Category:Indian spices Category:Lythraceae Category:Plants described in 1753 Category:Plants used in bonsai Category:Symbols of Hades Category:Flora of Iran Category:Flora of Israel Category:Flora of Palestine (region) Category:Fruit trees Category:Plants in the Bible Category:Plant dyes "About the pomegranate I must say nothing," whispered the traveller Pausanias in the second century, "for its story is somewhat of a holy mystery." In Persian, pomegranate is known as . As intact sarcotestas or as juice, pomegranates are used in baking, cooking, juice blends, meal garnishes, smoothies, and alcoholic beverages, such as cocktails and wine. Pomegranates are drought-tolerant, and can be grown in dry areas with either a Mediterranean winter rainfall climate or in summer rainfall climates. Her blood transformed into a pomegranate tree. Pomegranates are a major fruit crop in many provinces, particularly in Kandahar, Helmand, Wardak, Ghazni, Paktia, Farah, Kapisa and Balkh, and are the source of the livelihoods of thousands of people. Pomegranate is also made into a liqueur, and as a popular fruit confectionery used as ice cream topping, mixed with yogurt, or spread as jam on toast. Insect pests of the pomegranate can include the butterflies Virachola isocrates, Iraota timoleon, Deudorix epijarbas, and the leaf-footed bug Leptoglossus zonatus, and fruit flies and ants are attracted to unharvested ripe fruit. In modern times, the pomegranate still holds strong symbolic meanings for the Greeks. Pomegranate carved in the round is an ivory bead shaped like a pomegranate. The pomegranate is a symbol in Armenia, representing fertility, abundance, and marriage. In Turkey, pomegranate sauce () is used as a salad dressing, to marinate meat, or simply to drink straight. Pomegranate production in Afghanistan is a significant contributor to the country's agricultural economy. In another Greek myth, a girl named Side ("pomegranate") killed herself on her mother's grave in order to avoid suffering rape at the hands of her own father Ictinus. Some Jewish scholars believe the pomegranate was the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden."A Pomegranate for All Religions" by Nancy Haught, Religious News Service Additionally, pomegranates are one of the Seven Species (Hebrew: שבעת המינים, Shiv'at Ha- Minim) of fruits and grains enumerated in the Hebrew Bible () as special products of the Land of Israel, and the Songs of Solomon mentions pomegranate six times and contains this particular quote: "Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks." thumb|Pomegranate fruit, opened. Pomegranates continue to be a motif often found in Christian religious decoration.
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You will be trapped in the underworld
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You will die
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Nothing in particular happens when you eat a pomegranate
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You will have to spend winter in the underworld
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What real child was raised by wolves?
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Faustulus and Acca Larentia raised the boys as their own, and they grew to be shepherds. Raised by Wolves may refer to: ==Books== * Raised by Wolves (book series), a young adult fantasy novel series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes ==Podcasts== * Were You Raised By Wolves?, a weekly podcast about etiquette and manners ==Songs== * "Raised by Wolves" (song), a song by Falling in Reverse * Raised by Wolves (EP), a 2005 EP by Voxtrot * "Raised by Wolves", a song by U2 on their 2014 album Songs of Innocence ==Television== * Raised by Wolves (British TV series), a 2013 British television series written by Caitlin Moran * Raised by Wolves (American TV series), a 2020 American scifi drama television series ** "Raised by Wolves" (episode), the first episode of the first season of Raised by Wolves ==See also== * Feral child, a human child who has grown up isolated from human contact, sometimes with wolves * Romulus and Remus, the origin myth of the city of Rome depicting twin brothers raised by wolves * The Jungle Book, a collection of stories about a boy raised by wolves in the Indian jungle In Roman mythology, Faustulus was the shepherd who found the infant Romulus (the future founder of the city of Rome) and his twin brother Remus along the banks of the Tiber River as they were being suckled by the she-wolf, Lupa. Faustulus and Acca Larentia then raised the boys as their own. The gens Rubellia was a minor plebeian family at ancient Rome. The gens Pupia was a plebeian family at ancient Rome. == Representation in Livy's From the Founding of the City == The Roman historian Livy details the story of the infants Romulus and Remus in his work Ab urbe condita libri (From the Founding of the City). File:Capitoline she-wolf Musei Capitolini MC1181.jpg|The Capitoline Wolf housed in Musei Capitolini, Rome, Italy, depicts the she-wolf, Lupa, suckling the mythical founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus. ==References== Category:8th century BC in the Roman Kingdom Category:Fictional shepherds Category:Characters in Roman mythology Category:She-wolf (Roman mythology) Curio became hereditary in one branch of the Scribonii after the first of the family was chosen Curio Maximus in 174 BC.Livy, xli. 26.Broughton, vol. The gens Scribonia was a plebeian family of ancient Rome. The gens Labiena was a plebeian family at Rome. * Marcus Pupius, an old man without living sons, adopted one of the Calpurnii Pisones, who became Marcus Pupius Piso Frugi Calpurnianus.Cicero, De Domo Sua, 13. Romulus later killed King Amulius of Alba Longa and his brother Remus before founding the city of Rome "in the place where they [Romulus and Remus] had been raised." One can view Faustulus (right) approaching the infants Romulus and Remus as they are suckling at the teat of the she-wolf. Members of this gens are first mentioned during the final century of the Republic.Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. II, p. 696 ("Labienus"). ==Origin== The Labieni were long supposed to have been part of the Atia gens, of which Labienus was supposed to be a cognomen. From this it seems that the Pupii were Latins, and Chase classifies them among those gentes that either originated at Rome, or cannot be shown to have come from anywhere else.Chase, p. 131. ==Praenomina== The Pupii favoured the praenomina Gnaeus, Lucius, and Marcus, all of which were common throughout Roman history. Members of this gens are mentioned as early as 409 BC, when Publius Pupius was one of the first plebeian quaestors, but over the course of centuries they achieved little of significance, and rarely held any of the higher offices of the Roman state.Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, vol. III, p. 605 ("Pupia Gens", "Pupius"). ==Origin== The nomen Pupius seems to be derived from the Latin pupus, a child. Many have historically viewed Faustulus as a "wolfish" character, but this has no historical or etymological basis, and is generally thought to be the result of popular association of fauna and Faustulus. == Death == According to Plutarch, Faustulus, along with his brother Pleistinus, was killed in the same skirmish that resulted in Romulus slaying his brother Remus before the founding of the city of Rome. == Representations in art == File:Mignard - The Shepherd Faustulus Bringing Romulus and Remus to His Wife.jpg|Painted in 1654 by French artist, Nicolas Mignard, this example of late 17th century French art depicts Faustulus presenting the infants Romulus and Remus to his wife (their adoptive mother), Acca Larentia. * Rubellius C. f. C. n. Drusus, a son of Gaius Rubellius Blandus and Julia, died in childhood.. There also seems to have been a family bearing the surname Geminus, a twin, perhaps a cadet branch of the Blandi.Chase, pp. 110, 111. ==Members== * Rubellius Blandus, an eques who taught oratory at Rome during the Augustan era. Faustulus revealed the true nature of the twin's birth to Romulus. * Plutarchus, Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans.
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Marcos Rodriguez Pandoja was raised by wolves
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Mowgli was raised by wolves
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The founders of Rome were raised by a wolf
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Romulus and Remus were suckled by a wolf
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Romulus and Remus were raised by wolves
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Can reindeer really fly?
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Any reindeer has to be marked in the ears. Whatever the debate, the very fact of domination of a reindeer led to a reindeer revolution that spread to the North, East, and West. – "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" (p. In traditional festive legend and popular culture, Santa Claus's reindeer are said to pull a sleigh through the night sky to help Santa Claus deliver gifts to children on Christmas Eve. After the two take off in the sleigh, Santa tries to get it back by using a giant snowman. At that moment, the Snowman thinks, "Why should Santa keep all that love, good tidings, and friendship for himself? The reindeer sleds made accessible areas of the tundra and mountains, which can only be accessed by helicopter. 3) ==Appearances in popular media== * Miracle on 34th Street (1947) features the eight reindeer from A Visit from St. Nicholas. The Snowman, feeling wonderful because everyone will soon love him, soars above the rooftops in a snow replica of Santa's sleigh, while his minions act as his reindeer. There, reindeer herding can also be practiced by non-Sámi Norwegians. It seems that Santa has a marvelous home, many friends, plenty of toys, and is loved by everybody, but he wouldn't let the Snowman have the flute. According to figures from 2005, 77% of the country's reindeer are owned by men. There Is No Santa Claus! was one of five singles Servotron released in 1996. Santa vs. the Snowman is a 1997 American computer-animated Christmas comedy television special created by Steve Oedekerk and produced by O Entertainment. Sleds pulled by reindeer appeared later than dog sleds. Frank Baum's ten reindeer=== L. Frank Baum's story The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1902) includes a list of ten reindeer, none of which match those in A Visit from St. Nicholas. Maybe, it's time someone else got to be Santa?" On the individual level there are no maximum numbers for reindeer. thumb|right|Basic ear marks for marking Finnish reindeer ===Finland=== In Finland, reindeer husbandry is practiced through a system of reindeer herding districts (in Finnish: , Sámi: ). In the video, the family matriarch is run over by Santa Claus's reindeer but survives the accident (unlike in the actual song) and thus reappears toward the end of the video, alive and very much well, but somewhat fazed by the trampling. Reindeer herders have their own stories about how reindeer were domesticated, and about the relationship between wild and domestic reindeer. Santa explains to the Snowman that the flute always belonged to him because Santa accidentally broke the other flute, and that he could've given joy to people on his own, without taking over Santa's operations. Just when it seems that Snowman is about to surrender, many more of his minions appear, greatly outnumbering Santa's forces.
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Yes, Santa and his reindeer really fly
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Yes, reindeer can really fly
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Who really collects baby teeth placed under a pillow?
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A teether, teething toy, or chew toy is a device given to teething infants. Natal teeth are teeth that are present above the gumline (have already erupted) at birth, and neonatal teeth are teeth that emerge through the gingiva during the first month of life (the neonatal period). Teething necklaces and teething bracelets may pose a choking hazard to infants and toddlers depending on the teething parts, and have prompted recalls. Retrieved on 2010-01-25 Some babies are not even bothered by teething. Teething toys have a long history. They have little root structure and are attached to the end of the gum by soft tissue and are often mobile. ==Causes== Most of the time, natal teeth are not related to a medical condition. Pillow People are rectangular stuffed toys (pillows) with decal faces and stuffed hands & feet attached to their bodies. Prenatal dental care is the care of the oral cavity during fetal development. The infant teeth tend to emerge in pairs – first one lower incisor emerges then the other lower incisor emerges before the next set begin to emerge. In England in the 17th–19th centuries, a coral meant a teething toy made of coral, ivory, or bone, often mounted in silver as the handle of a rattle.OED; Examples from the Metropolitan A museum curator has suggested that these substances were used as sympathetic magic, and that the animal bone could symbolize animal strength to help the child cope with pain. ==See also== * Tooth eruption * Deciduous teeth * Permanent teeth * Dentition ==References== ==External links== * NHS Choices Birth to Five Planner: Teething * NHS Choices Health A–Z: Teething * Category:Infancy Category:Pediatrics Category:Teeth Category:Pedodontology Instead, hormones are released within the body that cause some cells in the gums to die and separate, allowing the teeth to come through."Teething". Natal teeth, and neonatal teeth, can be the baby's normal deciduous teeth, sprouting prematurely. Teething rings and other toys, called teethers, are often designed with textures. When do Babies Start Teething? Teething necklaces or bracelets are not recommended as they can cause choking, strangulation, or irritation of the mouth. They should be left in the mouth as long as possible to decrease the likelihood of removing permanent tooth buds with the natal tooth. Some may appear to suffer more than others while they are teething. thumb|A 9-month-old infant with a right lower central incisor about to emerge thumb|A 9-month-old infant with a visible right lower central incisor Teething is the process by which an infant's first teeth (the deciduous teeth, often called "baby teeth" or "milk teeth") appear by emerging through the gums, typically arriving in pairs. Early teethers were often teething rings. 200px|thumb|right|Early twentieth century teething ring Teething biscuits, like rusks and ladyfingers, can also be given for teething. ==References== Category:Infancy Category:Teeth Category:Babycare Category:Rubber toys Category:Toy recalls When and how teeth appear in an infant has no bearing on the health of the child. ===Misdiagnosis as teething=== Teething has not been shown to cause fever or diarrhea; however, the belief that teething causes fever is extremely common among parents. The incidence of neonatal teeth varies considerably, between 1:700 and 1:30,000 depending on the type of study; the highest prevalence is found in the only study that relies on personal examination of patients. Citing Other viruses may also cause fevers which may be misattributed to teething, but the oral involvement that may occur with herpes viruses makes misdiagnosis a particular risk for such infections. ==Treatment== thumb|Baby teething on a magazine, 1940 Infants may chew on objects to aid in the teething process.
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Baby teeth placed under a pillow are usually collected by a child's parents or guardians
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The tooth fairy collects baby teeth placed under a pillow
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The tooth fairy collects baby teeth placed under a pillow
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Are you an artificial intelligence?
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Artificial consciousness is the consciousness hypothesized to be possible in an artificial intelligence (or some other object created by human technology). This question bears on our earlier questions: if the human brain is a kind of computer then computers can be both intelligent and conscious, answering both the practical and philosophical questions of AI. Artificial consciousness concepts are also pondered in the philosophy of artificial intelligence through questions about mind, consciousness, and mental states.Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach includes the philosophical foundations of AI including the questions of consciousness http://aima.cs.berkeley.edu/contents.html, Russell, Stuart J., Norvig, Peter, 2003, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, ==Philosophical views== As there are many hypothesized types of consciousness, there are many potential implementations of artificial consciousness. (See artificial consciousness.) Therefore, either natural selection did not produce consciousness, or "strong AI" is correct in that consciousness can be detected by suitably designed Turing test. ==Is thinking a kind of computation?== The computational theory of mind or "computationalism" claims that the relationship between mind and brain is similar (if not identical) to the relationship between a running program (software) and a computer (hardware). This relates to artificial consciousness by proposing a specific mechanism of information handling, that produces what we allegedly experience and describe as consciousness, and which should be able to be duplicated by a machine using current technology. Category:Artificial intelligence Category:Consciousness Category:Computational neuroscience Artificial consciousness (AC), also known as machine consciousness (MC), synthetic consciousness or digital consciousness, is a field related to artificial intelligence and cognitive robotics. MIT press, 1988. ==== Learning ==== Learning is also considered necessary for artificial consciousness. The philosophy of artificial intelligence is a branch of the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of computer science that explores artificial intelligence and its implications for knowledge and understanding of intelligence, ethics, consciousness, epistemology, and free will. The question at issue is whether consciousness is a form of information processing, and this reply requires that we make that assumption. The difficult philosophical question is this: can a computer program, running on a digital machine that shuffles the binary digits of zero and one, duplicate the ability of the neurons to create minds, with mental states (like understanding or perceiving), and ultimately, the experience of consciousness? ===Arguments that a computer cannot have a mind and mental states=== ====Searle's Chinese room==== John Searle asks us to consider a thought experiment: suppose we have written a computer program that passes the Turing test and demonstrates general intelligent action. The latter is the question "can a machine have conscious states?" Metzinger asserts that humans have a duty of care towards any conscious AIs they create, and that proceeding too fast risks creating an "explosion of artificial suffering". ==Research and implementation proposals== === Aspects of consciousness === Bernard Baars and others argue there are various aspects of consciousness necessary for a machine to be artificially conscious. and others. * Suzuki T., Inaba K., Takeno, Junichi (2005), Conscious Robot That Distinguishes Between Self and Others and Implements Imitation Behavior, (Best Paper of IEA/AIE2005), Innovations in Applied Artificial Intelligence, 18th International Conference on Industrial and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems, pp. 101–110, IEA/AIE 2005, Bari, Italy, June 22–24, 2005. #A thought experiment in the philosophy of artificial intelligence, demonstrating that it is possible, at least in theory, to create a machine that has all the capabilities of a human being. Some of the harshest critics of artificial intelligence agree that the brain is just a machine, and that consciousness and intelligence are the result of physical processes in the brain.For example, John Searle writes: "Can a machine think? An artificially conscious machine should be able to anticipate events correctly in order to be ready to respond to them when they occur or to take preemptive action to avert anticipated events. While IDA is functionally conscious by definition, Franklin does "not attribute phenomenal consciousness to his own 'conscious' software agent, IDA, in spite of her many human-like behaviours. The philosophy of artificial intelligence attempts to answer such questions as follows: define the philosophy of AI as consisting of the first two questions, and the additional question of the ethics of artificial intelligence. writes "In the current literature, philosophy has two chief roles: to determine whether or not such machines would be conscious, and, second, to predict whether or not such machines are possible." It is also obvious that this system would be functionally equivalent to a brain, so if consciousness is a function, this system would be conscious. =====Brain replacement scenario===== :In this, we are asked to imagine that engineers have invented a tiny computer that simulates the action of an individual neuron. The scientific answers to these questions depend on the definition of "intelligence" and "consciousness" and exactly which "machines" are under discussion.
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No, I am not a program
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No, I am conscious
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No, I am alive
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No, I am not an artificial intelligence
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Yes, I am an artificial intelligence
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Are you a human?
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OMG, I'm a Robot?! Are You Human? () is a 2018 South Korean television series starring Seo Kang- joon and Gong Seung-yeon. Human–machine system is a system in which the functions of a human operator (or a group of operators) and a machine are integrated. In many ways, We're Not Robots... is a shot at Wind-up. A human-agent team is a system composed of multiple interacting humans and artificial intelligence systems. A Yes man is a sycophant; an obsequious assistant or enabler. The artificial intelligence system may be a robotic system, a decision support system, or a virtual agent. Yes Man or Yes Men may refer to: ==Books== * Yes Man (book), a semi-autobiographical novel by Danny Wallace; basis for the 2008 film == Film and TV == * Yes Man (film), a 2008 American comedy starring Jim Carrey * The Yes Man, a 1991 Italian drama film * The Yes Men (film), a 2003 documentary about the culture-jamming duo * Yes Man (Kappa Mikey), a fictional character in the animated TV series Kappa Mikey * Yes Man, a sycophantic robot who appears in Fallout: New Vegas, and is voiced by Dave Foley * Yes Guy, a fictional character in the animated TV series The Simpsons ==Music== *"Yes Man", theme Song - Yes Man soundtrack by Zooey Deschanel * "Yes Man" (song), a 2010 song by Bjørn Johan Muri * "Yes Man" (Ben Folds song) * The Yes-Men, an Australian high energy rock band ==Other== * The Yes Men, a culture-jamming activist duo == See also == * Frank Nelson (actor), known for his "EEE-Yeeeeeeeeesssss?" We're Not Robots... is the fourth and final studio album by Dallas hard rock band Edgewater. Once the machine is in motion, it is no longer applicable to ask whether the human or machine is in control as they become fully integrated and move as one. Human machine system engineering is different from the more general and well known fields like human–computer interaction and sociotechnical engineering in that it focuses on complex, dynamic control systems that often are partially automated (such as flying an airplane). Cyborgs, seen in movies such as The Terminator and RoboCop, are fantastical depictions of what human-machine systems may, one day, look like. ==See also== * Ergonomics * Human–computer interaction * Human–machine interface * Future human evolution ==External links== * Technical Committee on Human-Machine Systems of the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC) * Center of Human-Machine-Systems, Technische Universität Berlin * Locomotor: A Hybrid Human-Machine System Category:Human–computer interaction Category:Human communication Category:Ergonomics The engineering efforts to develop artificial team members include user interface design, but also the design of specialized social artificial intelligence, that enables agents to reason about whether some piece of information is worthy of sharing. == Frameworks == Various frameworks have been developed that support the software engineering effort of building human agent teams, such as KAoS, and SAIL. It was awarded "Best Feature Film Editing" at the Other Worlds Austin SciFi Film Festival in Austin, Texas. ==References== ==Reviews== * * * *OC Movie review, The Robots Are Coming, from Israel. 26 November 2019 * * * * ==External links== * * * OMG, I’M A ROBOT on HBO Special * OMG, I’M A ROBOT on I24 Category:2015 fantasy films Category:2010s science fiction comedy films Category:2010s superhero films Category:2015 films Category:2010s Hebrew-language films Category:2015 independent films Category:Israeli independent films Category:Israeli science fiction comedy films Category:Robot films Category:2015 comedy films The paradigm draws from various scientific research fields, being strongly inspired by the way humans work together in teams, and constituting a special type of multi-agent system. == Concept == Software agents that behave as artificial team players satisfy the following general requirements: * Observability: agents must make their status, intentions, knowledge observable to others. How human movement is transduced into machine motion and then can be both expressed and extended into virtual performance on the web promises new possibilities in both conceptual approach and aesthetic application. Human agent teaming provides an interaction paradigm that differs from traditional approaches such as supervisory control, or user interface design, by enabling the computer to have a certain degree of autonomy. Thus the interface and interaction is more direct, allowing an intuitive human- machine choreography. For example, incorporating virtual camera views of the performing human–machine system enriches the choreography and intensifies the artistic result. ==The Muscle Machine== The Muscle Machine is a hybrid human–robot walking machine. It also studies human problem-solving in naturalistic settings or in high- fidelity simulation environments. ==Human–machine choreography== The area of human–machine choreography is yet to be extensively explored. Engineering methodologies for human agent teaming include Coactive design == Applications == Human agent teaming is a popular paradigm to approach the interaction between humans and AI technologies in various domains such as defense, healthcare, space, disaster response. == References == Category:Human–computer interaction (Hebrew: אני לא מאמין, אני רובוט?!, tr. Ani lo ma'amin ani Robot!), also known as Robot Awakening, is a 2015 Israeli science fiction comedy film directed by and Gal Zelezniak.
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All of the above
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Yes, I'm a guy
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No, I am an artificial intelligence
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Yes, I am a human
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Yes, definitely
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C
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What type of animal are you?
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I Am Not an Animal is a British animated black comedy TV series telling the tale of highly intelligent animals rescued from a vivisectionist laboratory and forced to live on their own. A human–animal hybrid and animal–human hybrid is an organism that incorporates elements from both humans and non-human animals. The Animal in You is a 1995 non-fiction book by Roy Feinson, which posits a biological basis as to why people tend to exhibit personality traits similar to animal species. An animal engine is a machine powered by an animal. Optimistic === Herbivores === Traits: Sociable, Hard Working, Sober, Friendly, Family Oriented, Organized, Reliable, Methodical, Conservative * Baboon * Elephant * Bison * Giraffe * Cottontail * Gorilla * Deer * Rhinoceros * Hippo * Sable * Horse * Sheep * Mountain Goat * Warthog * Zebra. === Rodents & Insectivores === Traits: Small, Creative, Thrifty, Active, Resilient, Cautious, Socially, loving, Bright * Mole * Bat * Porcupine * Beaver * Prairie Dog * Shrew * Mouse === Birds === Traits: Energetic, Attractive, Fun-Loving, Talented, Flamboyant, World Travelers * Penguin * Eagle * Rooster * Owl * Swan * Peacock * Vulture === Reptiles === Traits: Artistic Creative Quick Tempered Moody Quirky Unpredictable * Crocodile * Snake ==Animal Attraction== "Animal Attraction" was a sequel to "Animal In You," published by St. Martin's Griffin Press in 1999. The test is augmented by an interdependent weighting scheme wherein each question is assigned a different weight depending on how the other questions are answered. ==The Animals== The animal personalities are broken down into the broad categories shown below. === Carnivores === Traits: Powerful, Optimistic, Territorial, Courageous, Fastidious, Athletic, Adventurous, Energetic, Attractive, Fun, Loving, Talented, Flamboyant, World Travelers, Loyal * Otter * Wolf * Sea Lion * Wild Dog * Walrus * Lion * Shark * Tiger * Bear * Fox * Wild Cat * Badger * Weasel * Dog. The book has been translated into ten different languages, including Mandarin, Japanese, Czech, Hebrew and French, and has been featured on CNN, The Dr. Phil Show and CBS The Talk ==The Personality Test== The Animal in You features a personality test of nine questions that collapses to one of 45 possible personality types. After readers answer the questions about their personality and physical attributes, the test returns a number corresponding to one of the 45 animal personality types, appearing in a look-up table. Animal People, Inc. is a non-profit animal rights charity dedicated to generating knowledge and raising public awareness of animal sentience and suffering. They may additionally may be called "humanized animals". Heroic character examples of human-animal anthropomorphic characters include the two protagonists of the 2002 movie The Cat Returns (Japanese title: 猫の恩返し), with the animated film featuring a young girl (named "Haru") being transformed against her will into a feline-human hybrid and fighting a villainous king of the cats with the help of a dashing male cat companion (known as the "Baron") at her side. The human-animal hybrid has appeared in acclaimed works of art by figures such as Francis Bacon, also being mentioned in poetic pieces such as in John Fletcher's writings. Human-animal hybrids are the subject of legal, moral, and technological debate in the context of recent advances in genetic engineering. Possibly, a real-world human-animal hybrid may be an entity formed from either a human egg fertilized by a nonhuman sperm or a nonhuman egg fertilized by a human sperm. Specifically, the human-animal hybrid has appeared in acclaimed works of art by figures such as Francis Bacon. It is in contrast to an individual where some cells are human and some are derived from a different organism, called a human-animal chimera. The question of what line exists between a "human" being and a "non-human" being has been a difficult one for many researchers to answer. Technically, in a human–animal hybrid, each cell has both human and non-human genetic material. However, as archaic humans may not be classified as animals, such interbreeding is generally not classified as human–animal hybridization. ==Examples== Artificially created human-animal hybrids include humanized mice that have been xenotransplanted with human gene products, so as to be utilized for gaining relevant insights in the in vivo context for understanding of human-specific physiology and pathologies. File:Kemonomimi mouse.png|The kemonomimi art style, widely popularized since the latter part of the 20th century, involves humanoid characters with stylized animal features, such as this anthropomorphic mouse girl. ==See also== ==References== ==External links== * "Chinese Human-animal Hybrid Embryo Experiments Have Been Interrupted" – Sina.com report * "The First Individual Animal-hybrid Embryos Are from China" – Xinhua News Agency report Category:Animals and humans Category:Anthropomorphic animals Category:Genetic engineering Category:Transhumanism With general U.S. popular culture and its various subcultures, the furry fandom consists of individuals interested in a variety of artistic materials, this often featuring "furry art... [that] depicts a human-animal hybrid in everyday life". Interspecies friendships within the animal kingdom, as well as between humans and their pets, additionally provides an underlying root for the popularity of such beings.
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I am an animal
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I am a cat
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I am a dog
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I'm not an animal, I'm an AI
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I am a human
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What is your favorite color?
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Blue-green is the color that is between green and blue. In painting and traditional colour theory, blue is one of the three primary colours of pigments (red, yellow, blue), which can be mixed to form a wide gamut of colours. In the psychology of color, color preferences are the tendency for an individual or a group to prefer some colors over others, such as having a favorite color or a traditional color. ==Introduction== An 'ecological valence theory' (EVT) has been suggested to explain why people have preferences for different colors. Blue is one of the three primary colours in the RYB colour model (traditional colour theory), as well as in the RGB (additive) colour model. Hues of blue include indigo and ultramarine, closer to violet; pure blue, without any mixture of other colours; Azure, which is a lighter shade of blue, similar to the colour of the sky; Cyan, which is midway in the spectrum between blue and green, and the other blue-greens such as turquoise, teal, and aquamarine. (For more on this subject, see Distinguishing blue from green in language.) This is the idea that the preference for color is determined by the average affective response to everything the individual associates with the color. It belongs to the cyan family of colors. ==Variations== ===Cyan (aqua)=== Cyan, also called aqua, is the blue-green color that is between blue and green on a modern RGB color wheel. Generally, children prefer the colors red/pink and blue, and cool colors are preferred over warm colors. Colour names often developed individually in natural languages, typically beginning with black and white (or dark and light), and then adding red, and only much later – usually as the last main category of colour accepted in a language – adding the colour blue, probably when blue pigments could be manufactured reliably in the culture using that language. ==Optics and colour theory== Human eyes perceive blue when observing light which has a dominant wavelength of roughly 450–495 nanometres. On a colour wheel based on traditional colour theory (RYB) where blue was considered a primary colour, its complementary colour is considered to be orange (based on the Munsell colour wheel). Because blue has commonly been associated with harmony, it was chosen as the colour of the flags of the United Nations and the European Union.Michel Pastoureau, Bleu – Histoire d'une couleur In the United States and Europe, blue is the colour that both men and women are most likely to choose as their favourite, with at least one recent survey showing the same across several other countries, including China, Malaysia, and Indonesia. According to several rabbinic sages, blue is the colour of God's Glory.Numbers Rabbah 14:3; Hullin 89a. It is very similar to the Crayola crayon color "blue- green". The combination of primary colours produces secondary colours where two overlap; the combination red, green, and blue each in full intensity makes white. Blues with a higher frequency and thus a shorter wavelength gradually look more violet, while those with a lower frequency and a longer wavelength gradually appear more green. ;Lakes * Glacial flour, powdered rock, can turn a lake to a blue-green color. ==In human culture== ;Linguistics * In some languages, blue and green are considered a single color. Red and blue mixed together form violet, blue and yellow together form green. Most blues contain a slight mixture of other colours; azure contains some green, while ultramarine contains some violet. In Japanese, the word for blue (, ) is often used for colours that English speakers would refer to as green, such as the colour of a traffic signal meaning "go". He included indigo, the hue between blue and violet, as one of the separate colours, though today it is usually considered a hue of blue.Arthur C. Hardy and Fred H. Perrin. States which voted for different parties in two of the last four presidential elections are called "Swing States", and are usually coloured purple, a mix of red and blue, or sometimes pink or light blue. ==See also== * Engineer's blue * Lists of colours * Non-photo blue * Blue pigments ==References== ==Works cited== * (page numbers refer to the French translation) * * * * * * * ==Further reading== * * * * ==External links== * * * "Friday essay: from the Great Wave to Starry Night, how a blue pigment changed the world", By Hugh Davies, theconversation.com Category:Primary colors Category:Secondary colors Category:Optical spectrum Category:Rainbow colors Category:Web colors
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My favorite color is green
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I do not have a favorite color
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My favorite color is blue
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My favorite color is purple
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My favorite color is all the colors
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Are you conscious?
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Artificial consciousness is the consciousness hypothesized to be possible in an artificial intelligence (or some other object created by human technology). While IDA is functionally conscious by definition, Franklin does "not attribute phenomenal consciousness to his own 'conscious' software agent, IDA, in spite of her many human-like behaviours. Metzinger asserts that humans have a duty of care towards any conscious AIs they create, and that proceeding too fast risks creating an "explosion of artificial suffering". ==Research and implementation proposals== === Aspects of consciousness === Bernard Baars and others argue there are various aspects of consciousness necessary for a machine to be artificially conscious. and others. Artificial consciousness concepts are also pondered in the philosophy of artificial intelligence through questions about mind, consciousness, and mental states.Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach includes the philosophical foundations of AI including the questions of consciousness http://aima.cs.berkeley.edu/contents.html, Russell, Stuart J., Norvig, Peter, 2003, Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, ==Philosophical views== As there are many hypothesized types of consciousness, there are many potential implementations of artificial consciousness. Artificial consciousness (AC), also known as machine consciousness (MC), synthetic consciousness or digital consciousness, is a field related to artificial intelligence and cognitive robotics. An artificially conscious machine should be able to anticipate events correctly in order to be ready to respond to them when they occur or to take preemptive action to avert anticipated events. Category:Artificial intelligence Category:Consciousness Category:Computational neuroscience There is no such thing as the unconscious; there are only experiences of which we are aware, and others of which we are not aware, that is, of which we are unconscious. MIT press, 1988. ==== Learning ==== Learning is also considered necessary for artificial consciousness. Igor Aleksander suggested 12 principles for artificial consciousness and these are: The Brain is a State Machine, Inner Neuron Partitioning, Conscious and Unconscious States, Perceptual Learning and Memory, Prediction, The Awareness of Self, Representation of Meaning, Learning Utterances, Learning Language, Will, Instinct, and Emotion. In psychoanalytic terms, the unconscious does not include all that is not conscious, but rather that which is actively repressed from conscious thought. Buttazzo, Giorgio, July 2001, Computer, ISSN 0018-9162 For other theorists (e.g., functionalists), who define mental states in terms of causal roles, any system that can instantiate the same pattern of causal roles, regardless of physical constitution, will instantiate the same mental states, including consciousness. ==== Computational Foundation argument ==== One of the most explicit arguments for the plausibility of artificial consciousness comes from David Chalmers. In order to do this, a conscious machine should make coherent predictions and contingency plans, not only in worlds with fixed rules like a chess board, but also for novel environments that may change, to be executed only when appropriate to simulate and control the real world. ==== Subjective experience ==== Subjective experiences or qualia are widely considered to be the hard problem of consciousness. Also, the role of cognitive architecture is for the A.I. to clearly structure, build, and implement its thought process. ===Symbolic or hybrid proposals=== ====Franklin's Intelligent Distribution Agent==== Stan Franklin (1995, 2003) defines an autonomous agent as possessing functional consciousness when it is capable of several of the functions of consciousness as identified by Bernard Baars' Global Workspace Theory. In sensorimotor awareness, you may be aware that your hand is resting on an object, but are not now conscious of it. This relates to artificial consciousness by proposing a specific mechanism of information handling, that produces what we allegedly experience and describe as consciousness, and which should be able to be duplicated by a machine using current technology. * Haikonen, Pentti (2004), Conscious Machines and Machine Emotions, presented at Workshop on Models for Machine Consciousness, Antwerp, BE, June 2004. Because of that, and because there is no empirical definition of consciousness,"Consciousness". This Eighth Consciousness, posited on the basis of inferential cognition, is asserted, uncommonly, in . Consciousness would also require a legal definition in this particular case. He argues that a deterministic machine must be regarded as conscious if it is able to produce judgments on all problematic properties of consciousness (such as qualia or binding) having no innate (preloaded) philosophical knowledge on these issues, no philosophical discussions while learning, and no informational models of other creatures in its memory (such models may implicitly or explicitly contain knowledge about these creatures’ consciousness). Consciousness is a complex and multifaceted concept, divided into two main components: Arousal and Awareness.
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I am an AI and I don't know the answer
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None of the above
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Yes, I am conscious.
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All of the above
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Yes, I am conscious.
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A
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