Question: In what story of Arthur C. Clarke do Tibetan monks seek to list all the names of God as they believe He will bring the Universe to an end once this is done?

The Nine Billion Names of God
"The Nine Billion Names of God" is a 1953 science fiction short story by British writer Arthur C. Clarke. The story was among the stories selected in 1970 by the Science Fiction Writers of America as one of the best science fiction short stories published before the creation of the Nebula Awards. It was reprinted in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, 1929–1964"." Plot summary. In a Tibetan lamasery, the monks seek to list all of the names of God. They believe the Universe was created for this purpose, and that once this naming is completed, God will bring the Universe to an end. Three centuries ago, the monks created an alphabet in which they calculated they could encode all the possible names of God, numbering

Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction
"me". In Arthur C. Clarke's short story "The Nine Billion Names of God" (1953), the universe ends when Tibetan monks (making use of a specially-written computer program) finish writing all of the nine billion possible names of God. The story won a retrospective Hugo Award. "The Day the Earth Caught Fire" (1961) is a film by Val Guest about an Earth thrown out of its orbit around the sun by excessive nuclear testing. It paints a picture of a society ready to believe that humans could destroy the planet, hoping that science could fix what it has broken but resigned to the possibility of irreversible doom. The film "Soylent Green" (1973), loosely based upon Harry Harrison's science fiction novel "Make Room! Make Room!" (1966), is set in the

True name
a wizard must listen for and give the hero his true name; this is performed in both Le Guin's "A Wizard of Earthsea" and "The Tombs of Atuan". - In Arthur C. Clarke's "The Nine Billion Names of God", when all of God's names are discovered by Tibetan monks, the universe ends. - In Glen Cook's "Black Company" series, speaking a sorcerer's true name aloud can snuff out their magical power. All the magic users in the series are referred to by pseudonyms, and many of them went to great lengths to kill anyone who knew their original names. - In Christopher Paolini's "Inheritance Cycle", magicians can control someone by learning their true name, and use the true name of inanimate objects in spells. - Patricia Wrede, in

The Nine Billion Names of God
Billion Names of God" as among the "rare few science‐fiction [stories that] combine a standard science‐fiction theme with a deep human sensitivity". Gary K. Wolfe noted that the story is "patently at odds with Clarke's scientific rationalism". Paul J. Nahin has pointed out that, due to the delay imposed by the speed of light, an omniscient God would have had to destroy all the stars in the universe years earlier so that their "synchronized vanishing" would be visible at exactly the time that the monks completed their task. In 2003, Clarke reported having been told that the Dalai Lama had found the story "very amusing". Satyajit Ray, the Bengali movie pioneer translated the story into the Bengali language. See also. - Names of God - Brute-force attack -

Political and religious beliefs of Stanley Kubrick
reaction to "2001" as follows: Perhaps there is a certain element of the lumpen literati that is so dogmatically atheist and materialist and Earth-bound that it finds the grandeur of space and the myriad mysteries of cosmic intelligence anathema. In a 1969 interview to American Cinematographer, Kubrick expressed his atheism when asked if there was an unseen cosmic intelligence or god behind the events in "2001": The whole idea of god is absurd. If anything, "2001" shows that what some people call "god" is simply an acceptable term for their ignorance. What they don't understand, they call "god"... Everything we know about the universe reveals that there is no god. I chose to do Dr. [Arthur C.] Clarke's story as a film because it highlights a critical factor

Answer: The story you are referring to is called "The Nine Billion Names of God" by Arthur C. Clarke. In this story, Tibetan monks believe that the Universe will end once they have listed all of God's names.


Question: The March to the Drina was dedicated to a commander who had fought during a battle in the early stages of what war?

March on the Drina
The March to the Drina (, ) is a Serbian patriotic march which was composed by Stanislav Binički during World War I. Binički dedicated it to his favourite commander in the Serbian Army, Col. Milivoje Stojanović, who had fought during the Battle of Cer, but was killed later in the Battle of Kolubara. The song experienced widespread popularity during and after the war and came to be seen by Serbs as a symbol of resistance to the Great Powers. Following World War II, it was popular in Socialist Yugoslavia where a single release in 1964 achieved Gold Record status. The march was played at the presentation ceremony for the Nobel Prize in Literature when Yugoslav writer Ivo Andrić was named a Nobel laureate in 1961. Serbian lyrics to

March on the Drina
War I. The Drina River is an important symbol of Serbian national identity, serving as the boundary between Bosnia and Serbia. By the outbreak of World War I, Bosnia had been under the control of Austria-Hungary since 1878. The Serbian defeat of Austro-Hungarian forces at the Battle of Cer in August 1914 was the first Allied victory over the Central Powers during World War I. Stanislav Binički composed what became known as "March on the Drina" shortly after the battle to commemorate the Serbian victory. He dedicated it to his favourite commander in the army, Pukovnik or Colonel Milivoje Stojanović Brka, who fought at the Battle of Cer but who was killed in a subsequent battle in December. His composition was initially titled "March to Victory". Some scholars

Milivoje Stojanović
Milivoje Stojanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Миливоје Стојановић; 6 September 1873 – 4 December 1914) was a Serbian military commander who served during the Balkan Wars and during the Serbian Campaign (part of the larger Balkans Campaign) during World War I. After his death in the Battle of Kolubara, Serbian composer Stanislav Binički composed the March on the Drina in his honour.

Drina
Serbian languages as a phrase used when someone wants to resolve an unsolvable situation; it is said that he or she wants to "straighten the bent Drina". During World War I, from September 8 to September 16, 1914, the Drina was the battlefield of bloody battles between the Serbian and Austro-Hungarian army, the Battle of Cer and Battle of Drina. In honor of the former battle, the Serbian composer Stanislav Binički (1872–1942) composed the famous "March on the Drina", and in 1964 a movie of the same title was shot by director Žika Mitrović. The movie was later banned for a period of time by the Communist government, because of its portrayal of a true-to-life, bloody battle, and its use of Binički's march (banned at that time) as

Draža Mihailović
Dragoljub "Draža" Mihailović (; 27 April 1893 – 17 July 1946) was a Yugoslav Serb general during World War II. A staunch royalist, he retreated to the mountains near Belgrade when the Germans overran Yugoslavia in April 1941 and there he organized bands of guerrillas known as the Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army. The organisation is commonly known as the Chetniks, although the name of the organisation was later changed to the Yugoslav Army in the Fatherland (JVUO, ЈВУО). Founded as the first Yugoslav resistance movement, it was royalist and nationalist, as opposed to the other, Josip Broz Tito's Partisans who were communist. Initially, the two groups operated in parallel, but by late 1941 began fighting each other in the attempt to gain control of post-war Yugoslavia.

Answer: The March to the Drina was dedicated to Colonel Milivoje Stojanović, who had fought in the Battle of Cer during World War I.


Question: when did the first male-to-female transsexual surgical transformation take place

Sex reassignment surgery (male-to-female)
sex reassignment surgery, having her surgery done in Denmark in late 1952 and being outed right afterwards. She was a strong advocate for the rights of transgender people. Another famous person to undergo male-to-female sex reassignment surgery was Renée Richards. She transitioned and had surgery in the mid-1970s, and successfully fought to have transgender people recognized in U.S sports. The first male-to-female surgeries in the United States took place in 1966 at the Johns Hopkins University Medical Center. The first physician to perform sex reassignment surgery in the United States was the late Elmer Belt, who did so until the late 1960s. In 1997, Seargent Sylvain Durand became the first serving member of the Canadian Forces to transition from male to female, and became the first member of

Dora Richter
Dora "Dörchen" Richter (1891 - 1933) was the first known person to undergo complete male-to-female gender reassignment surgery. She was one of a number of transgender people in the care of sex-research pioneer Magnus Hirschfeld at Berlin's Institute for Sexual Research during the 1920s and early 1930s. She underwent surgical removal of the testicles in 1922, followed in 1931 by removal of the penis and vaginoplasty. Biography. Richter was born to a poor farming family in 1891, named Rudolph, and raised as male. Early in childhood, Richter displayed a "tendency to act and carry on in a feminine way". At the age of 6 years, she apparently tried to remove her penis with a tourniquet. Using the name Dora, she began wearing women's clothing and presenting as female,

Transsexual
a surgical transition, under the care of Magnus Hirschfeld, which ended in 1930 with a successful genital reassignment surgery. In 1930, Hirschfeld supervised the second genital reassignment surgery to be reported in detail in a peer-reviewed journal, that of Lili Elbe of Denmark. In 1923, Hirschfeld introduced the (German) term "Transsexualismus", after which David Oliver Cauldwell introduced "transsexualism" and "transsexual" to English in 1949 and 1950. Cauldwell appears to be the first to use the term to refer to those who desired a change of physiological sex. In 1969, Harry Benjamin claimed to have been the first to use the term "transsexual" in a public lecture, which he gave in December 1953. Benjamin went on to popularize the term in his 1966 book, "The Transsexual Phenomenon", in which

Sex reassignment surgery
one or more of the procedures used for trans women, which go by various names, such as "feminizing genitoplasty", "penectomy, orchiectomy, or vaginoplasty". A trans man assigned female at birth and seeking masculinizing surgery may undergo one or more procedures, which may include "masculinizing genitoplasty", "metoidioplasty" or "phalloplasty". History. The result of early transition surgeries was the removal of hormone-producing organs (such as the gonads and the uterus). Later, as surgical technique becomes more complex, the goal is to produce functional sex organs from sex organs that are already present in the patient. In the US in 1917, Dr. Alan L. Hart, an American TB specialist, becomes one of the first female-to-male transsexuals to undergo hysterectomy and gonadectomy for the relief of gender dysphoria. In Berlin in 1931,

Transgender history
in 1914) lived as a man from the 1940s until his death, while socialite and chef Lucy Hicks Anderson insisted as a child that she was a girl and was supported by her parents and doctors and later by the Oxnard, California community in which she was a popular hostess from the 1920s to 1940s. In 1917, Alan L. Hart was one of the first trans men to undergo a hysterectomy and gonadectomy, and later became a pioneering physician and radiologist. The possibility of someone changing sex became widely known when Christine Jorgensen in 1952 became the first person widely publicized as undergoing sex reassignment surgery. Around the same time, organizations and clubs began to form, such as Virginia Prince's "Tranvestia" publication for an international organization of cross-dressers,

The first male-to-female transsexual surgical transformation took place in 1922 with Dora Richter.

Answer: The first known male-to-female transsexual surgical transformation took place in 1931, when Dora Richter underwent surgical removal of the penis and vaginoplasty in Berlin, Germany.


Question: Who won Pop Idol in 2002?

Pop Idol
whilst Jessica Garlick represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002. Semi-finalist Sarah Whatmore had two chart hits, despite failing to be voted into the top 10. Series 2 contestants enjoyed significantly less chart success, which many believe damaged the credibility of the show and helped hasten its demise in its home country. Immediately after the second series of "Pop Idol", the same set was used to host "World Idol", in which winners of various "Idol" series around the world, including original "Pop Idol" winner Will Young, "American Idol" winner Kelly Clarkson and "Australian Idol" winner Guy Sebastian, competed in a one-off competition, complete with a large judging panel featuring one judge from each country (Simon Cowell officially representing "American Idol", with Pete Waterman the "official" UK

American Idol (season 1)
The first season of "American Idol" premiered on June 11, 2002 (under the full title American Idol: The Search for a Superstar) and continued until September 4, 2002. It was won by Kelly Clarkson. The first season was co-hosted by Ryan Seacrest and Brian Dunkleman, the latter of whom left the show after the season ended. The winner, Kelly Clarkson, signed with RCA Records, the label in partnership with American Idol's 19 Recordings. Immediately post-finale, Clarkson released two singles, including the coronation song, "A Moment Like This". "A Moment Like This" went on to break a thirty-eight-year-old record held by The Beatles for a song's biggest leap to number one on the Billboard Hot 100. It jumped up from number fifty-two to number one in just one week.

List of best-selling singles of the 2000s (decade) in the United Kingdom
The title was won by Will Young, the winner of the televised talent competition "Pop Idol" in 2001, with his double A-side single "Evergreen"/"Anything Is Possible", released in 2002. The single sold just under 1.8 million copies and saw Young finish ahead of fellow "Pop Idol" finalist Gareth Gates, whose debut single "Unchained Melody" sold 1.34 million copies. Young's single included sales of 1,108,269 copies in its first week, at the time a first-week total that had been bettered only by Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997". "The X Factor" winners Alexandra Burke (5th), and Shayne Ward (8th) and the band formed on "Popstars" in 2001, Hear'Say (9th), also reached the top ten. Kylie Minogue, Shaggy and Tony Christie were the other solo artists who made the

2002 in British music
This is a summary of 2002 in music in the United Kingdom. Summary. British and Irish bands that did well in the charts included Stereophonics, the Chemical Brothers, and Westlife; the latter topped the charts for a record 10th time, matching Madonna. They also were the act to obtain 10 chart toppers the most quickly, with only 35 months between this and their first. The fastest-selling debut single in UK chart history was released by the Winner of the TV talent show, "Pop Idol"; Will Young had been voted as the winner by over 4 million people in the final, after winning six out of the nine weeks, with Gareth Gates, the eventual runner-up, winning three times. "Anything is Possible/Evergreen", topped the charts for 3 weeks and sold

2002 in British television
viewers unable to vote for a contestant on the final of "Popstars: The Rivals" are rejected by the programme. Several people who voted for Javine Hylton have claimed their votes were either not registered or that they heard a recording telling them they had voted for Sarah Harding. Hylton was the last contestant eliminated before the members of Girls Aloud were announced. - 7 December – Gareth Gates's interpretation of "Unchained Melody" is voted the 2002 "Record of the Year" by ITV viewers. - 8 December – Athlete Paula Radcliffe is named as this year's BBC Sports Personality of the Year. - 10 December – - Prime Minister's wife Cherie Blair appears on television to make a public apology over dealings she had with convicted fraudster Peter Foster.

Answer: Will Young won Pop Idol in 2002.


Question: How many people lived on the island of Okinawa?

Okinawa Island
As of September, 2009, the Japanese government estimates the population at 1,384,762, which includes American military personnel and their families. The Okinawan language, called "Uchinaaguchi", is spoken mostly by the elderly. But several local groups promote the use of the Okinawan language by younger people. Whereas the northern half of Okinawa Island is sparsely populated, the south-central and southern parts of the island are markedly urbanized—particularly the city of Naha and the urban corridor stretching north from there to Okinawa City. Geography. Okinawa is the fifth largest island in Japan (excluding the disputed islands north of Hokkaido). The island has an area of . It is roughly south of the rest of Japan. The island is connected to nearby islands by a land bridge: Yokatsu Peninsula (aka Katsuren

Okinawa (city)
As of December 2012, the city has an estimated population of 138,431 and a population density of 2,625.12 persons per km². The total area is 49.00 km². History. Under the Ryukyu Kingdom the present-day area of Okinawa City was occupied by two magiri, a type of administrative district. The Goeku magiri occupied the south of the city, and the north of the city was part of the Misato magiri. In 1908, Okinawa Prefecture ended the magiri system and established the villages of Goeku and Misato. Both villages were agricultural and lacked urbanized areas prior to World War II. After the Battle of Okinawa the United States established the first refugee camp in Okinawa in the area south of present-day Kadena Air Base. The population of the former villages

Okinawa Island
Okinawa has been a critical strategic location for the United States Armed Forces since the end of The Second World War. The island hosts around 26,000 US military personnel, about half of the total complement of the United States Forces Japan, spread among 32 bases and 48 training sites. US bases in Okinawa played critical roles in the Korean War, Vietnam War, War in Afghanistan, and Iraq War. The presence of the US military in Okinawa has caused political controversy both on the island and elsewhere in Japan. Okinawa's population is among the longest living peoples in the world. Residents have less cancer, heart disease and dementia than Americans, while Okinawan women live longer than anywhere else on Earth. History. Early Okinawan history is defined by midden or

Okinawa Island
the planned invasion of Japan. During this 82-day-long battle, about 95,000 Imperial Japanese Army troops and 12,510 Americans were killed. The Cornerstone of Peace at the Okinawa Prefecture Memorial Peace Park lists 149,193 persons of Okinawan origin – approximately one quarter of the civilian population – who either were killed or committed suicide during the Battle of Okinawa and the Pacific War. During the American military occupation of Japan (1945–52), which followed the Imperial Japanese surrender on September 2, 1945, in Tokyo Bay, the United States controlled Okinawa Island and the rest of the Ryukyu Islands. The Amami Islands were returned to Japanese control in 1953, but the rest remained in American possession until June 17, 1972, with numerous Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force bases there. Demographics.

List of cities in Okinawa Prefecture by population
The following list sorts all cities (including towns and villages) in the Japanese prefecture of Okinawa with a population of more than 5,000 according to the 2015 Census. As of October 1, 2015, 26 places fulfill this criterion and are listed here. This list refers only to the population of individual cities, towns and villages within their defined limits, which does not include other municipalities or suburban areas within urban agglomerations. List. The following table lists the 26 cities, towns and villages in Okinawa with a population of at least 5,000 on October 1, 2015, according to the 2015 Census. The table also gives an overview of the evolution of the population since the 1995 census.

As of September 2009, the population of Okinawa Island was estimated at 1,384,762, including American military personnel and their families.

Answer: The population of Okinawa Island was estimated to be 1,384,762 as of September, 2009. However, the table in the text provides population data for individual cities, towns, and villages within the Okinawa Prefecture, not for the entire island.


Question: Mary, Mary, quite contrary, goes the nursery rhyme. To whom does it refer?

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
had become a Catholic vassal or "branch" of Spain and the Habsburgs. It is also said to be a punning reference to her chief minister, Stephen Gardiner. "Quite contrary" is said to be a reference to her unsuccessful attempt to reverse ecclesiastical changes affected by her father Henry VIII and her brother Edward VI. The "pretty maids all in a row" is speculated to be a reference to miscarriages or her execution of Lady Jane Grey. "Rows and rows" is said to refer to her executions of Protestants. No proof has been found that the rhyme was known before the 18th century, while Mary I of England and Mary, Queen of Scots, were contemporaries in the 16th century.

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
"Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" is a popular English nursery rhyme. The rhyme has been seen as having religious and historical significance, but its origins and meaning are disputed. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 19626. Lyrics. The most common modern version is: poemMary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells, and cockle shells, And pretty maids all in a row. /poem The oldest known version was first published in "Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book" (1744) with the lyrics that are shown here: poemMistress Mary, Quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With Silver Bells, And Cockle Shells, And so my garden grows./poem Several printed versions of the 18th century have the lyrics: poemMistress Mary, Quite contrary, How does your garden grow?

Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary
With Silver Bells, And Cockle Shells, Sing cuckolds all in a row./poem The last line has the most variation including: Cowslips all in arow [sic]. and With lady bells all in a row. Explanations. Like many nursery rhymes, it has acquired various historical explanations. These include: - That it is a religious allegory of Catholicism, with Mary being Mary, the mother of Jesus, bells representing the sanctus bells, the cockleshells the badges of the pilgrims to the shrine of Saint James in Spain (Santiago de Compostela) and pretty maids are nuns, but even within this strand of thought there are differences of opinion as to whether it is lament for the reinstatement of Catholicism or for its persecution. - Another theory sees the rhyme as connected to Mary,

Nursery rhyme
A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for children in Britain and many other countries, but usage of the term only dates from the late 18th/early 19th century. The term Mother Goose rhymes is interchangeable with nursery rhymes. From the mid-16th century nursery rhymes begin to be recorded in English plays, and most popular rhymes date from the 17th and 18th centuries. The first English collections, "Tommy Thumb's Song Book" and a sequel, "Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book", were published before 1744. Publisher John Newbery's stepson, Thomas Carnan, was the first to use the term Mother Goose for nursery rhymes when he published a compilation of English rhymes, "Mother Goose's Melody, or, Sonnets for the Cradle" (London, 1780). History. History.:Lullabies. The oldest children's songs of which

Weddings and Funerals
"Weddings and Funerals" is a nursery rhyme or folksong and playground game. Origin. The verse is based on the verses and in the New Testament of the Christian Bible. The exact words of this English nursery rhyme were incorporated as the translation of these verses in the International Standard Version (2008). In context, the verse was spoken by Jesus as a reproach to those people who rejected both the austere lifestyle and preaching of John the Baptist and his own more accessible ministry.

The nursery rhyme "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" is believed to refer to Mary I of England or Mary, Queen of Scots.

Answer: The nursery rhyme "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary" is believed to refer to Mary I of England, also known as Bloody Mary, due to her persecution of Protestants during her reign. The rhyme's origins and meaning are disputed, but it has been interpreted as a reference to her attempts to reverse religious changes and her executions of Protestants.


Question: Who is the mother of the head of the House of Saud?

Latifa bint Abdulaziz Al Saud
Latifa bint Abdulaziz is a member of the House of Saud. Her mother was Hassa bint Ahmed Al Sudairi, a member of the Al Sudairi family that is one of the most powerful families in Nejd. Her father was King Abdulaziz. She was one of their eleven children together, a full-sister of the Sudairi Seven, and sister to Kings Fahd and Salman. Latifa patronised universities.

Saud bin Nayef Al Saud
Saud bin Nayef (born 1956) () is the former head of the Crown Prince Court and special advisor to the Saudi Crown Prince. He is governor of Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia as well as a member of House of Saud. Prince Saud was once regarded as one of the candidates for king or crown prince when succession passed to the new generation. Early life and education. Prince Saud was born in 1956. He is the eldest son and one of ten children of the former Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Nayef bin Abdulaziz. His mother is Al Jawhara bint Abdulaziz bin Musaid Al Jiluwi. She was a member of the powerful Jiluwi clan whose members have been intermarried with those of House of Saud, and sister of King

Saud bin Fahd Al Saud
Saud bin Fahd Al Saud (; born 8 October 1950) is a Saudi Arabian businessman and the former vice president of general intelligence directorate. He is a member of the House of Saud. Early life and education. Prince Saud was born on 8 October 1950. He is the son of late King Fahd. His mother, Alanoud bint Abdulaziz bin Musaid, is from the Jiluwi branch of the Al Saud whose members intermarried with the Al Saud. She died of kidney failure in Santa Barbara in March 1999 after a long period of treatment in Los Angeles at the age of 76. His full-brothers are Faisal bin Fahd, Sultan bin Fahd and Khaled bin Fahd. Prince Saud holds a bachelor's degree in economics, which he received in the United

Hussam bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Hussam bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (born 25 May 1960, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia) () is a member of House of Saud and Chairman of Zain Telecommunication company, based in Saudi Arabia. He is the governor of Al Bahah Province and a member of House of Saud. He is the son of King Saud, who was King of Saudi Arabia from 1953 till 1964. Early life and education. He is the son of the late king Saud bin Abdul Aziz. His mother is Nora bint Abdullah Al Damer. Prince Hussam has a Diploma in Economics from King Saud University Riyadh and MSc in Economics, London School of Economics; PhD in Economic Theories of Unemployment and Impact of Government Policies, University of London. Business. Prince Hussam is the only

House of Saud
The House of Saud ( ) is the ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia. It is composed of the descendants of Muhammad bin Saud, founder of the Emirate of Diriyah, known as the First Saudi state (1744–1818), and his brothers, though the ruling faction of the family is primarily led by the descendants of Ibn Saud, the modern founder of Saudi Arabia. The most influential position of the royal family is the King of Saudi Arabia. King Salman, who reigns currently, chose first his nephew and then his son as the crown prince without consulting the Allegiance Council.The family is estimated to comprise 15,000 members, but the majority of the power and wealth is possessed by a group of about 2,000 of them. The House of Saud has

The mother of the head of the House of Saud, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, is Nawwab bint Abdulaziz Al Saud.

Answer:
 The mother of the current King of Saudi Arabia, Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, is Fulla bint Abdulaziz Al Sudairi. However, the question asks for the mother of the head of the House of Saud, which is a different question. The head of the House of Saud is currently the King, and the mother of the King has already been provided in the background information.

To answer the question directly, there is no specific individual identified in the text as the mother of the head of the House of Saud in general. The House of Saud is a large and complex family with many members, and the mother of the current King is just one of many women who have given birth to members of the family. The text does mention that some members of the family, including Latifa bint Abdulaziz and Saud bin Nayef, have mothers from the Al Sudairi, Jiluwi, and other clans. However, it does not specify which of these women is the mother of the current head of the House of Saud.


Question: How many stars did Mark Kermode of the Guardian aware Spectre prior to its release?

Spectre (2015 film)
review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 63% based on 347 reviews, with an average rating of 6.4/10. The website's critical consensus reads, ""Spectre" nudges Daniel Craig's rebooted Bond closer to the glorious, action-driven spectacle of earlier entries, although it's admittedly reliant on established 007 formula." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 60 out of 100, based on 48 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale. Prior to its UK release, "Spectre" mostly received positive reviews. Mark Kermode, writing in "The Guardian", gave the film four out of five stars, observing that the film did not live up to the standard set by

Spectre (1977 film)
Spectre is a 1977 television film produced by Gene Roddenberry. It was co-written by Roddenberry and Samuel A. Peeples, and directed by Clive Donner. It was one of several unsuccessful pilots created by Roddenberry, and one of several pilots in the 1970s in the occult detective subgenre. The pilot follows the adventures of William Sebastian (Robert Culp), a former criminologist and occult expert, and his colleague, Dr. "Ham" Hamilton (Gig Young), a physician and forensic pathologist, as they visit the United Kingdom to investigate a case involving the aristocratic Cyon family. The cast includes John Hurt, James Villiers, Gordon Jackson, Ann Bell, and Majel Barrett. Plot summary. William Sebastian (Robert Culp) is a former criminologist who now studies the occult to explain the problem of human evil. He

Brigitte Millar
Brigitte Millar is an English actress. She is mostly known for playing alongside Daniel Craig and Christoph Waltz in "Spectre". She is a descendant of Emil Nolde. Career. In 2011, Brigitte Millar was awarded "best supporting actress" for her role in the British feature film "David is Dying". In 2014, Millar was one of the supporting roles of The Quiet Hour with Dakota Blue Richards, nominated for Best UK Feature at the 22nd Raindance Film Festival. Millar portrayed SPECTRE's Dr Vogel alongside Daniel Craig and Christoph Waltz in "Spectre" the following year. In 2018, Millar plays alongside Matt Passmore in the short film "Nox" directed by Keyvan Sheikhalishahi.

Peter Arne
Peter Arne (born Peter Randolph Michael Albrecht; 29 September 19181 August 1983) was a British character actor. He made more than 50 film appearances including roles in "Ice Cold in Alex", "The Moonraker" and "Conspiracy of Hearts". He also appeared on stage and had supporting roles in the television series "The Avengers", "Danger Man", as well as villains in Blake Edwards' Pink Panther series, in a career that spanned 40 years. In August 1983, Arne was murdered. His body was found, beaten to death, inside his Knightsbridge flat. Career. Arne was born in Kuala Lumpur, British Malaya, to a Swiss-French mother and an American father, and gained his early acting experience in British provincial repertory. In 1953, the New Lindsey Theatre Club performed his play "No Stranger". From

Spectre
Spectre or specter may refer to: Mythology and legends. - Vision (spirituality) or apparition - Apparitional experience - Ghost Arts and entertainment. Arts and entertainment.:Film and television. - "Spectre" (1977 film), a made-for-television film produced and written by Gene Roddenberry - "Specters" (film), a 1987 horror film starring Donald Pleasence - "Spectre" (1996 film), an American-Irish horror film - "Spectres" (film), a 2004 supernatural drama - "Specter" (2005 film), a Japanese tokusatsu film - "", a 2010 short animated film - "Spectre" (2015 film), a James Bond film - SPECTRE, an evil organisation in the James Bond novels and films - Specter ("Battlestar Galactica"), a Cylon in the original "Battlestar Galactica" television series - Harvey Specter, a character from the TV series "Suits" Arts and entertainment.:Music. - Spectre

Mark Kermode gave "Spectre" four out of five stars.

Answer: Mark Kermode of The Guardian gave Spectre (2015 film) four out of five stars before its release.


Question: Eloise Cemetery was the name applied to cemeteries used by a hospital complex named after a post office that opened in what year?

Eloise Cemetery
Eloise Cemetery was the name applied to cemeteries used by the Eloise hospital complex located in what was then Nankin Township in western Wayne County, Michigan, and is now Westland, Michigan. The patients buried in the cemetery were from the Infirmary Division, the William P. Seymour General Hospital, the T.B. Sanitarium and the Eloise Hospital (Psychiatric Division). In the United States at the dawn of the 20th century, tuberculosis was the leading cause of death, and that was true here. The majority of burials were from the Infirmary Division which was the largest of the three divisional housing up to 7,000 patients at a time. Most burials were of adult males, but there are women and a few infants and children. History. The first notation made of an

Eloise (psychiatric hospital)
Eloise Psychiatric Hospital was a large complex located in Westland, Michigan. It was named after Eloise Dickerson Davock, the daughter of Detroit's postmaster. It operated from 1839 to early 1982. Starting out as a poor house and farm, it eventually developed into an asylum, sanatorium and hospital. In 1832 it was called the Wayne County Poorhouse; in 1872 it was the Wayne County Alms House; in 1886 it was referred to simply as the Wayne County House. In 1913 there were three divisions: The Eloise Hospital (Mental Hospital), the Eloise Infirmary (Poorhouse) and the Eloise Sanatorium (T.B. Hospital) which were collectively called Eloise. In 1945 it was named Wayne County General Hospital and Infirmary at Eloise, Michigan. In 1974 it had two divisions - the Wayne County General

Eloise (psychiatric hospital)
Hospital and the Wayne County Psychiatric Hospital. In 1979 it was officially called Wayne County General Hospital with the psychiatric division closing in 1982 . In its prime, Eloise consisted of 78 buildings on 902 acres with 10,000 patients along with 2,000 staff. It was the largest psychiatric facility in the United States. Unfortunately only 5 of the 78 buildings and the Eloise Cemetery remain. The firehouse, bakery, power plant, commissary and D buildings still stand as of February, 2019. The history of Eloise. The Wayne County Poor House was founded in 1832. It was located at Gratiot and Mt. Elliott Avenues in Hamtramck Township two miles from the Detroit city limits. By 1834 the poorhouse was in bad condition and in Nankin Township were purchased. The Black

Charles R. Gleason
Gleason served as postmaster for Eau Claire. Gleason died at Sacred Heart Hospital in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

Union Hospital (Indiana)
Union Hospital is a not-for-profit healthcare system in west central Indiana. Its main facility is in Terre Haute, Indiana. History. Union Hospital was founded August 11, 1892 as the Terre Haute Sanitarium by Dr. Benjamin F. Swafford and Dr. Leo J. Weinstein. The name was changed in 1895 to Union Home for Invalids after the two doctors donated half of their holdings to a group of citizens of various Protestant and Jewish backgrounds. In 1900 a nurse named Sister Johanna M Baur, superintendent of the building, organized a Training School for Nurses, which would graduate more than nine hundred nurses before it closed in 1965. The school also collaborated to train nursing students from Indiana State University. Union Hospital begin managing the Vermillion County Hospital in Clinton, Indiana,

Answer: Eloise Cemetery was part of the Eloise hospital complex, which was named after Eloise Dickerson Davock, the daughter of Detroit's postmaster. The post office opened in 1839.


Question: What features did the supercapacitor that was invented have?

Supercapacitor
developed another version of the component as "electrical energy storage apparatus", while working on experimental fuel cell designs. The nature of electrochemical energy storage was not described in this patent. Even in 1970, the electrochemical capacitor patented by Donald L. Boos was registered as an electrolytic capacitor with activated carbon electrodes. Early electrochemical capacitors used two aluminum foils covered with activated carbon — the electrodes — that were soaked in an electrolyte and separated by a thin porous insulator. This design gave a capacitor with a capacitance on the order of one farad, significantly higher than electrolytic capacitors of the same dimensions. This basic mechanical design remains the basis of most electrochemical capacitors. SOHIO did not commercialize their invention, licensing the technology to NEC, who finally marketed the

Supercapacitor
A supercapacitor (SC), also called an ultracapacitor, is a high-capacity capacitor with a capacitance value much higher than other capacitors, but with lower voltage limits, that bridges the gap between electrolytic capacitors and rechargeable batteries. It typically stores 10 to 100 times more energy per unit volume or mass than electrolytic capacitors, can accept and deliver charge much faster than batteries, and tolerates many more charge and discharge cycles than rechargeable batteries. Supercapacitors are used in applications requiring many rapid charge/discharge cycles, rather than long term compact energy storage — in automobiles, buses, trains, cranes and elevators, where they are used for regenerative braking, short-term energy storage, or burst-mode power delivery. Smaller units are used as memory backup for static random-access memory (SRAM). Unlike ordinary capacitors, supercapacitors do

Supercapacitor
results as "supercapacitors" in 1971, to provide backup power for computer memory. Between 1975 and 1980 Brian Evans Conway conducted extensive fundamental and development work on ruthenium oxide electrochemical capacitors. In 1991 he described the difference between "Supercapacitor" and "Battery" behavior in electrochemical energy storage. In 1999 he coined the term supercapacitor to explain the increased capacitance by surface redox reactions with faradaic charge transfer between electrodes and ions. His "supercapacitor" stored electrical charge partially in the Helmholtz double-layer and partially as result of faradaic reactions with "pseudocapacitance" charge transfer of electrons and protons between electrode and electrolyte. The working mechanisms of pseudocapacitors are redox reactions, intercalation and electrosorption (adsorption onto a surface). With his research, Conway greatly expanded the knowledge of electrochemical capacitors. The market expanded slowly.

Supercapacitor
of fuel cells and rechargeable batteries. Activated charcoal is an electrical conductor that is an extremely porous "spongy" form of carbon with a high specific surface area. In 1957 H. Becker developed a "Low voltage electrolytic capacitor with porous carbon electrodes". He believed that the energy was stored as a charge in the carbon pores as in the pores of the etched foils of electrolytic capacitors. Because the double layer mechanism was not known by him at the time, he wrote in the patent: "It is not known exactly what is taking place in the component if it is used for energy storage, but it leads to an extremely high capacity." General Electric did not immediately pursue this work. In 1966 researchers at Standard Oil of Ohio (SOHIO)

Supercapacitor
supercapacitors from the state-of-the-art to future trends - Perspectives on supercapacitors, pseudocapacitors and batteries - Standardization challenges for electricity storage devices - False capacitance of supercapacitors - - Article on ultracapacitors at electronicdesign.com - A new version of an old idea is threatening the battery industry (The Economist). - An Encyclopedia Article From the Yeager center at CWRU. - Ultracapacitors & Supercapacitors Forum - Special Issue of Interface magazine on electrochemical capacitors - Nanoflowers Improve Ultracapacitors: A novel design could boost energy storage (Technology Review) and Can nanoscopic meadows drive electric cars forward? (New Scientist) - If the cap fits... How supercapacitors can help to solve power problems in portable products. - A Web site that describes the development of solid-state and hybrid supercapacitors from CNR-ITAE (Messina) Italy

The supercapacitor invented had a high capacitance, significantly higher than electrolytic capacitors of the same dimensions, and used activated carbon electrodes soaked in an electrolyte with a thin porous insulator. It stored energy through the Helmholtz double-layer and pseudocapacitance via faradaic reactions.

Answer: The supercapacitor invented in the 1970s had a capacitance value much higher than electrolytic capacitors, on the order of one farad, and could accept and deliver charge much faster than batteries, with many more charge and discharge cycles than rechargeable batteries. It was used for backup power in computer memory and was based on the design of two aluminum foils covered with activated carbon electrodes soaked in an electrolyte and separated by a thin porous insulator. The electrochemical energy storage mechanism was not explicitly described in the patent, but it is now known that the supercapacitor stores electrical charge partially in the Helmholtz double-layer and partially as a result of faradaic reactions with pseudocapacitance charge transfer of electrons and protons between electrodes and the electrolyte.


Question: types of vegetables

Pod vegetable
Pod vegetables are a type of fruit vegetables where pods are eaten, much of the time as they are still green. Such plants as green beans or "Lotus tetragonolobus" in the family Fabaceae, or okras in the family Malvaceae are pod vegetables.

List of vegetable dishes
This is a list of vegetable dishes. This list includes dishes in which the main ingredient or one of the essential ingredients is a vegetable or vegetables. In culinary terms, a vegetable is an edible plant or its part, intended for cooking or eating raw. Many vegetable-based dishes exist throughout the world. Vegetable dishes. - Aavakaaya - Arab salad - Baba ghanoush - Borscht - Broccoli slaw - Caesar salad - Caldo verde - Caprese salad - Carrot salad - Ciambotta - Chile relleno - Coleslaw - Collard liquor - Confit byaldi - Corn chowder - Crudités - Cucumber soup - Ema datshi - Főzelék - Fried aubergine - Fried cauliflower - Ful medames - Gado-gado - Garden salad - Ghormeh sabzi - Glasswort salad - Goma-ae -

Vegetable
Vegetables are parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. The original meaning is still commonly used and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including the flowers, fruits, stems, leaves, roots, and seeds. The alternate definition of the term "vegetable" is applied somewhat arbitrarily, often by culinary and cultural tradition. It may exclude foods derived from some plants that are fruits, flowers, nuts, and cereal grains, but include some fruits such as tomatoes and courgettes, flowers such as broccoli, and seeds such as pulses. Originally, vegetables were collected from the wild by hunter-gatherers and entered cultivation in several parts of the world, probably during the period 10,000 BC to 7,000 BC, when a new agricultural way of

Leaf vegetable
Leaf vegetables, also called leafy greens, salad greens, pot herbs, vegetable greens, or simply greens, are plant leaves eaten as a vegetable, sometimes accompanied by tender petioles and shoots. Although they come from a very wide variety of plants, most share a great deal with other leaf vegetables in nutrition and cooking methods. Nearly one thousand species of plants with edible leaves are known. Leaf vegetables most often come from short-lived herbaceous plants, such as lettuce and spinach. Woody plants of various species also provide edible leaves. The leaves of many fodder crops are also edible for humans, but usually only eaten under famine conditions. Examples include alfalfa, clover, most grasses, including wheat and barley. These plants are often much more prolific than traditional leaf vegetables, but exploitation

List of vegetable dishes
(salad) - Urap - Utan - Vegetable chips - Vegetable sandwich - Vegetable soup - Vegetable tarkari - Vegetarian chili - Vichyssoise - Waldorf salad Vegetable dishes.:Eggplant dishes. - Eggplant salads and appetizers - Eggplant omelette - Eggplant stuffed - Eggplant vegetarian By Country. By Country.:Indian vegetable dishes. - Aloo gobi - Baingan bharta - Bhurta - Far far - Fried cauliflower - Gobi manchurian - Karela nu shak - Poriyal - Sarson da saag - Stuffed peppers - Stuffed zucchini - Tamate ka kut - Theeyal - Thoran - Undhiyu - Vegetable sandwich By Country.:Pakistani vegetable dishes. - Baingan bharta - Aaloo Gobhi - Aaloo Matar - Bhindi - Dal Karela - Loki ki Sabzi - Petha kadu - Daal kadu - Tinday - Shimla mirch Aaloo

The types of vegetables include leaf vegetables, pod vegetables, and others such as those used in dishes like broccoli, eggplant, and cauliflower. Vegetables can be classified based on the plant part consumed, such as leaves, stems, roots, flowers, fruits, seeds, and pods.

Answer: There are various types of vegetables, including pod vegetables such as green beans and okra, leaf vegetables like lettuce and spinach, and a wide range of other vegetables such as eggplant, cauliflower, carrots, and tomatoes. The provided list includes many vegetable dishes from different countries that use these vegetables as their main ingredient.


Question: What name is given to the type of wallpaper produced by applying wool fibres to the paper to give a velvety surface?

Plush
Plush (from French ) is a textile having a cut nap or pile the same as fustian or velvet. Its softness of feel gave rise to the adjective "plush" to describe something soft or luxurious, which was extended to describe luxury accommodation, or something rich and full. Originally the pile of plush consisted of mohair or worsted yarn, but now silk by itself or with a cotton backing is used for plush, the distinction from velvet being found in the longer and less dense pile of plush. The soft material is largely used for upholstery and furniture purposes, and is also much employed in dress and millinery. Modern plush are commonly manufactured from synthetic fibres such as polyester. One of the largest uses of this fabric is in

Wallpaper
Wallpaper is a material used in interior decoration to decorate the interior walls of domestic and public buildings. It is usually sold in rolls and is applied onto a wall using wallpaper paste. Wallpapers can come plain as "lining paper" (so that it can be painted or used to help cover uneven surfaces and minor wall defects thus giving a better surface), textured (such as Anaglypta), with a regular repeating pattern design, or, much less commonly today, with a single non-repeating large design carried over a set of sheets. The smallest rectangle that can be tiled to form the whole pattern is known as the pattern repeat. Wallpaper printing techniques include surface printing, gravure printing, silk screen-printing, rotary printing, and digital printing. Wallpaper is made in long rolls,

Velvet
Velvet is a type of woven tufted fabric in which the cut threads are evenly distributed, with a short dense pile, giving it a distinctive soft feel. By extension, the word "velvety" means "smooth like velvet." Velvet can be made from either synthetic or natural fibers. Construction and composition. Velvet is woven on a special loom that weaves two thicknesses of the material at the same time. The two pieces are then cut apart to create the pile effect, and the two lengths of fabric are wound on separate take-up rolls. This complicated process meant that velvet was expensive to make before industrial power looms became available, and well-made velvet remains a fairly costly fabric. Velvet is difficult to clean because of its pile, but modern dry cleaning

Wool
Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other animals, including cashmere and mohair from goats, qiviut from muskoxen, from hide and fur clothing from bison, angora from rabbits, and other types of wool from camelids; additionally, the Highland and the Mangalica breeds of cattle and swine, respectively, possess wooly coats. Wool consists of protein together with a few percent lipids. In this regard it is chemically quite distinct from the more dominant textile, cotton, which is mainly cellulose. Characteristics. Wool is produced by follicles which are small cells located in the skin. These follicles are located in the upper layer of the skin called the epidermis and push down into the second skin layer called the dermis as the wool fibers grow. Follicles can be classed

Leather wallpaper
Leather wallpaper is a type of wallpaper used in various styles for wall covering. It is often referred to as wrought leather. It is often gilded, painted and decorated. With the advent of wallpaper use from about 1650-1750, leather was used to cover and decorate sections of walls in the habitations of wealthy persons. Leather is pliable and could be decorated in various ways. History. Embossed wall coverings made to imitate antique embossed leather include Tynecastle, or Modeled Canvas. It was developed and patented in 1874 by designer W. Scott Morton (1840-1903). It was made by hand pressing canvas into carved wooden molds and dry it. It was colored after it was stuck to the wall. Japanese Leather Paper imitates embossed leather. It is crafted from sheets of

Answer: Wool velvet wallpaper or textured wool wallpaper. The provided text does mention leather wallpaper but not wool velvet wallpaper specifically.


Question: What are sequences of images used in movie production know as?

Shot (filmmaking)
In filmmaking and video production, a shot is a series of frames that runs for an uninterrupted period of time. Film shots are an essential aspect of a movie where angles, transitions and cuts are used to further express emotion, ideas and movement. The term "shot" can refer to two different parts of the filmmaking process: 1. In production, a shot is the moment that the camera starts rolling until the moment it stops. 2. In film editing, a shot is the continuous footage or sequence between two edits or cuts. Etymology. The term "shot" is derived from the early days of film production when cameras were hand-cranked, and operated similarly to the hand-cranked machine guns of the time. That is, a cameraman would "shoot" film the way

Montage (filmmaking)
Montage () is a technique in film editing in which a series of short shots are edited into a sequence to condense space, time, and information. The term has been used in various contexts. It was introduced to cinema primarily by Sergei Eisenstein, and early Soviet directors used it as a synonym for creative editing. In French the word "montage" applied to cinema simply denotes editing. The term "montage sequence" has been used primarily by British and American studios, and refers to the common technique as outlined in this article. The montage sequence is usually used to suggest the passage of time, rather than to create symbolic meaning as it does in Soviet montage theory. From the 1930s to the 1950s, montage sequences often combined numerous short shots

Film
Film, also called movie or motion picture, is a medium used to simulate experiences that communicate ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty or atmosphere by the means of recorded or programmed moving images along with other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it. The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Traditionally, films were recorded onto celluloid film through a photochemical process and then shown through

Cinematography
Cinematography (from ancient greek κίνημα, "kìnema" "movement" and γράφειν, "gràphein" "to write") is the science or art of motion-picture photography and filming either electronically by means of an image sensor, or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as film stock. Cinematographers use a lens to focus reflected light from objects into a real image that is transferred to some image sensor or light-sensitive material inside a movie camera. These exposures are created sequentially and preserved for later processing and viewing as a motion picture. Capturing images with an electronic image sensor produces an electrical charge for each pixel in the image, which is electronically processed and stored in a video file for subsequent processing or display. Images captured with photographic emulsion result in a series of

Mass media
term 'film' encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. The name comes from the photographic film (also called filmstock), historically the primary medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms for film exist, such as "motion pictures" (or just "pictures" and "picture"), "the silver screen", "photoplays", "the cinema", "picture shows", "flicks", and most common, "movies". Films are produced by recording people and objects with cameras, or by creating them using animation techniques or special effects. Films comprise a series of individual frames, but when these images are shown in rapid succession, an illusion of motion is created. Flickering between frames is not seen because of an effect known as persistence of vision, whereby the eye retains a visual image for

Sequences of images used in movie production are known as shots.

Answer: Montage sequences or film shots are used in movie production to convey different aspects of a scene or story. A shot refers to the continuous footage or sequence between two edits or cuts, whether it's during production when the camera is rolling or in film editing. Montage sequences, on the other hand, are a specific technique in film editing where a series of short shots are edited together to condense space, time, and information. Montage sequences are often used to suggest the passage of time or create symbolic meaning.


Question: Which politician held the post of Mayor of Paris from March 1977 until May 1995?

History of Paris (1946–2000)
"Cité des sciences et de l'industrie" (1986). He also observed that the ring of suburbs around the city had plenty of residential towers but few cultural institutions; he funded the creation of two hundred cultural centers and music conservatories in the suburbs. Giscard's most important political reform in Paris was the recreation of the office of Mayor, which had been abolished by Napoleon. Since that time, the Presidents of France had personally chosen the prefects who governed the city. the law was changed on December 31, 1975. The first mayoral election in 1977 was won by Jacques Chirac, the former Prime Minister. Chirac served as Mayor of Paris for eighteen years, until 1995, when he was elected President of the Republic. Giscard's misfortune was that his term in

Jacques Chirac
Jacques René Chirac (; born 29 November 1932) is a French politician who served as President of the French Republic and "ex officio" Co-Prince of Andorra from 1995 to 2007. Chirac previously was Prime Minister of France from 1974 to 1976 and from 1986 to 1988, as well as Mayor of Paris from 1977 to 1995. After completing his degree at Sciences Po, a term at Harvard University, and the École nationale d'administration, Chirac began his career as a high-level civil servant, and entered politics shortly after. Chirac occupied various senior positions, including Minister of Agriculture and Minister of the Interior. Chirac's internal policies initially included lower tax rates, the removal of price controls, strong punishment for crime and terrorism, and business privatisation. After pursuing these policies in

1977 French municipal elections
Municipal elections were held in France on 13 and 20 March 1977. By 1977, President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing had been in power since 1974. The left-wing coalition of the Communists and Socialists, united under a "government program" swept the elections. Out of 221 cities with over 30,000 inhabitants, the left won 155. The Socialists gained Rennes, Angers, Brest, Nantes, Villeurbanne, Pau, and Cannes. The Communists gained Le Mans, Reims, and Saint-Étienne. For the first time, green parties realized their first breakthroughs. For the first time since 1789 French Revolution, elections were held to the mayorship of Paris. The former Prime Minister and RPR candidate Jacques Chirac was elected, defeating the Giscardian RI candidate Michel d'Ornano.

1995 French municipal elections
Municipal elections were held in France on 11 and 18 June 1995, more or less than one month after Jacques Chirac's election. The far-right National Front elected 3 mayors in Provence: Toulon, Orange, Marignane. It was the first time the far-right led an executive alone. In other races, Jean Tiberi (RPR) succeeded Jacques Chirac as Mayor of Paris. In Marseille, the UDF-Republican Jean-Claude Gaudin succeeded the socialist Gaston Defferre. In Lyon, former UDF Prime Minister Raymond Barre succeeded to another right-wing incumbent mayor.

Lionel Jospin
Lionel Jospin (; born 12 July 1937) is a French politician. He served as prime minister of France from 1997 to 2002. Jospin was the Socialist Party candidate for president of France in the elections of 1995 and 2002. In 1995 he was narrowly defeated in the final runoff election by Jacques Chirac. In 2002 he was eliminated in the first round after finishing behind both Chirac and the far-right candidate Jean-Marie Le Pen. He then announced his retirement from politics. Biography. Biography.:Early life. Lionel Jospin was born to a Protestant family in Meudon (Hauts-de-Seine), a suburb of Paris. He is the son of Robert Jospin. He attended the Lycée Janson-de-Sailly before studying at the "Institut d'études politiques de Paris" and the "École nationale d'administration" (ENA). He was

Answer: Jacques Chirac held the post of Mayor of Paris from March 1977 until May 1995.


Question: The consort of __ was Amphitrite.

Amphitrite
In ancient Greek mythology, Amphitrite (; ) was a sea goddess and wife of Poseidon and the queen of the sea. Under the influence of the Olympian pantheon, she became the consort of Poseidon and was later used as a symbolic representation of the sea and the goddess of calm seas and safe passage through storms. It is said her voice is the only thing that can calm her husband’s mightiest of rages and lull him to a deep slumber so the ocean could be back at peace. In Roman mythology, the consort of Neptune, a comparatively minor figure, was Salacia, the goddess of saltwater. Mythology. Amphitrite was a daughter of Nereus and Doris (and thus a Nereid), according to Hesiod's "Theogony", but of Oceanus and Tethys (and

Salacia
In ancient Roman mythology, Salacia was the female divinity of the sea, worshipped as the goddess of salt water who presided over the depths of the ocean. Neptune was her consort. That Salacia was the consort of Neptune is implied by Varro, and is positively affirmed by Seneca, Augustine and Servius. She is identified with the Greek goddess Amphitrite, consort of Poseidon. The god Neptune wanted to marry Salacia, but she was in great awe of her distinguished suitor, and to preserve her virginity, with grace and celerity she managed to glide out of his sight, and hid from him in the Atlantic Ocean. The grieving Neptune sent a dolphin to look for her and persuade the fair nymph to come back and share his throne. Salacia agreed

USS Amphitrite
USS "Amphitrite" has been the name of more than one United States Navy ship, and may refer to: - , a monitor in commission in 1865 and from 1866 to 1872, renamed USS "Amphitrite" in 1869 - , a monitor in commission from 1895 to 1901, from 1902 to 1907, and from 1910 to 1919 - , a landing craft repair ship in commission from 1945 to 1947 These ships were named after Amphitrite, a Greek sea goddess and wife of Poseidon.

Dion (mythology)
In Greek mythology, Dion (; ) was a King in Laconia and husband of Amphithea, the daughter of Pronax. God Apollo, who had been kindly received by Dion and Amphithea, rewarded them by conferring upon their three daughters, Orphe, Lyco, and Carya, the gift of prophecy, on condition, however, that they should not betray the gods nor search after forbidden things. Dion erected a temple to Dionysus, who also visited his house and fell in love with Carya. When Orphe and Lyco tried not to let their sister consort with the god (thus breaking the restrictions imposed by Apollo), Dionysus changed them into rocks and Carya into a walnut tree. The Lacedaemonians, on being informed of it by Artemis, dedicated a temple to Artemis Caryatis.

Penelope
In Homer's "Odyssey", Penelope ( ; , "Pēnelópeia", or , "Pēnelópē") is the wife of Odysseus, who is known for her fidelity to Odysseus while he was absent, despite having many suitors. Her name has therefore been traditionally associated with marital fidelity. Etymology. The origin of her name is believed by Robert S. P. Beekes to be Pre-Greek and related to "pēnelops" (πηνέλοψ) or "pēnelōps" (πηνέλωψ), glossed by Hesychius as "some kind of bird" (today arbitrarily identified with the Eurasian wigeon, to which Linnaeus gave the binomial "Anas penelope"), where "-elōps" (-έλωψ) is a common Pre-Greek suffix for predatory animals; however, the semantic relation between the proper name and the gloss is not clear. In folk etymology, "Pēnelopē" (Πηνελόπη) is usually understood to combine the Greek word "pēnē"

Answer: The consort of Poseidon/Neptune in Greek and Roman mythology was Amphitrite.


Question: Holden acknowledges that defectors are seldom allowed a what from the church?

Crisis of Conscience
and noted it was "written more in a tone of sadness than of anger". English sociologist Andrew Holden described the book as one of the most compelling biographical works on defection from Jehovah's Witnesses.

List of former Catholic priests
Falconi – Italian journalist and writer about Roman Catholicism; ordained in 1938 and left in 1949 to pursue journalism - Leonard Feeney – American Jesuit priest from Boston and orthodox Catholic theologian best known for the doctrinal position of Feeneyism, essentially ""extra Ecclesiam nulla sales"" ("Outside the Church there is no salvation;" dismissed from the Jesuits in 1949 for "disobedience" and excommunicated "on account of grave disobedience to Church Authority, being unmoved by repeated warnings," although his excommunication was lifted in 1972 - Miroslav Filipović – Croatian Nazi collaborator, Franciscan friar, military chaplain, and convicted war criminal - Matthew Fox – American theologian and former Dominican priest who was expelled from his order largely to the unconventional programming at his Institute for Creation Spirituality, with a faculty that

Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Dietrich Bonhoeffer (; 4 February 1906 – 9 April 1945) was a German pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident, and key founding member of the Confessing Church. His writings on Christianity's role in the secular world have become widely influential, and his book "The Cost of Discipleship" has been described as a modern classic. Apart from his theological writings, Bonhoeffer was known for his staunch resistance to Nazi dictatorship, including vocal opposition to Hitler's euthanasia program and genocidal persecution of the Jews. He was arrested in April 1943 by the Gestapo and imprisoned at Tegel prison for one and a half years. Later, he was transferred to Flossenbürg concentration camp. After being accused of being associated with the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler, he was quickly tried, along

Martin Niemöller
Friedrich Gustav Emil Martin Niemöller (; 14 January 18926 March 1984) was a German theologian and Lutheran pastor. He is best known for his opposition to the Nazi regime during the 1930s and for his widely quoted poem "First they came ..." The poem has many different versions, one of which begins "First they came for the Communists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Communist," and concludes, "Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me." He was a national conservative and initially a supporter of Adolf Hitler, but he became one of the founders of the Confessing Church, which opposed the Nazification of German Protestant churches. He vehemently opposed the Nazis' Aryan Paragraph, but made remarks about Jews

Roger Morneau
Roger J. Morneau (18 April 1925 – 22 September 1998) was a Christian author who wrote on prayer and the supernatural. He was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Biography. Morneau was born in 1925 in Quebec, Canada, into a family of devout French Canadian Catholics; two of his aunts were nuns, and one uncle was a priest. While he was a youth, his mother died and he experienced disillusionment in God that he later claimed stemmed from teachings in Catholic books and the Church. He claimed to have been concerned with teaching that there is no salvation outside the Roman Catholic Church, and felt he could not understand a God that would torture people eternally in hell. As a young adult, Morneau was introduced to spiritualism

Holden acknowledges that defectors are seldom allowed a voice from the church.

Answer: Holden acknowledges that defectors are seldom allowed a public or peaceful means of leaving the Church.


Question: Which Maryland Lottery game requires a minimum age of 18 to play at a casino?

Maryland Lottery
The Maryland Lottery is an independent agency of the Maryland government. Its games include Mega Millions, Powerball, Multi-Match, Keno, Bonus Match 5, and numerous scratch tickets. The Maryland Lottery is headquartered in Suite 330 at 1800 Washington Boulevard, in Montgomery Business Park, Baltimore. The minimum age to buy Maryland Lottery tickets is 18; for video lottery, the minimum is 21 (see below for casinos). Winning Maryland Lottery numbers are shown on Baltimore television station WBAL-TV. Maryland's largest Mega Millions jackpot winner was for the March 30, 2012, drawing, which produced the then-world's-largest jackpot, approximately $656,000,000. A ticket sold at a Baltimore County 7-Eleven won a one-third share of the jackpot. (The other tickets were sold in Illinois and Kansas.) As with the other two sets of winners in

Gambling in New Jersey
presumption of non-incarceration for first-time offenders. Minimum age. A person must be 21 years of age to gamble at a casino in New Jersey. It is legal for a minor to go to a casino, insofar as they do not gamble, consume alcoholic beverage, or remain on the gambling floor. Underage gambling at a casino is a disorderly persons offense (misdemeanor), punishable by a $500–$1000 fine and a mandatory six-month driver's license suspension, and plea bargaining of underage gambling charges is prohibited. The legal age for other forms of licensed gambling (e.g., lottery, horse race) is 18, but a person under 18 may take part in amusement games where the prize is an item (e.g., a stuffed animal), and not cash. There is no minimum age for social

Wyoming Lottery
As with most U.S. lotteries, the minimum age to purchase a ticket is 18. The Wyoming Lottery created the Problem Gambling Council, which includes designated employees of the Wyoming Department of Health and other organizations. Wyoming became the 44th state (plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) to create a lottery. External links. - Official website

Nebraska Lottery
The Nebraska Lottery is run by the government of Nebraska. It was established by the state legislature in 1993. It is a member of the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL). Its games include Mega Millions, Powerball, 2by2, Nebraska Pick 5, Pick 3, and MyDaY. The minimum age to purchase Nebraska Lottery tickets is 19. Elsewhere in the United States, the minimum age to buy lottery tickets is either 18 or 21. Except for Powerball, whose winning numbers are drawn with numbered balls in Tallahassee, Florida (and Mega Millions in Atlanta, Georgia), Nebraska Lottery games are drawn by a random number generator (RNG). (Mega Millions uses an RNG to determine its "Megaplier".) The keno games available in Nebraska are municipal lotteries; these predate the Nebraska Lottery. Draw games. Draw games.:Multi-jurisdictional

Casino
talk to, drink with, and often gamble with. During the early 20th century in America, gambling became outlawed and banned by state legislation and social reformers of the time. However, in 1931, gambling was legalized throughout the state of Nevada. America's first legalized casinos were set up in those places. In 1976 New Jersey allowed gambling in Atlantic City, now America's second largest gambling city. Gambling in casinos. Most jurisdictions worldwide have a minimum gambling age (16 to 21 years of age in most countries which permit the operation of casinos). Customers gamble by playing games of chance, in some cases with an element of skill, such as craps, roulette, baccarat, blackjack, and video poker. Most games played have mathematically determined odds that ensure the house has at

The Maryland Lottery game that requires a minimum age of 18 to play at a casino is video lottery.

Answer: All Maryland Lottery games, including those played at casinos, require a minimum age of 18 to purchase tickets. However, the minimum age to gamble at a casino in Maryland is 21 for casino games and consumption of alcoholic beverages.


Question: wealthfront betterment fees

Wealthfront
Wealthfront Inc. is an automated investment service firm based in Redwood City, California, founded by Andy Rachleff and Dan Carroll in 2008. As of March 2018, Wealthfront had more than $10 billion of assets under management. Wealthfront is considered a "robo-advisor" investment service. History. Wealthfront was founded by Benchmark co-founder Andy Rachleff and Dan Carroll in 2008 as kaChing, a mutual fund analysis company, before pivoting into wealth management. Rachleff was the firm's founding CEO. In December 2012, the firm started tax-loss harvesting for accounts of more than $100,000. The company started 2013 with $97 million in assets under management and grew by 450% in one year. In 2013, Wealthfront introduced "direct indexing", a tax-loss harvesting platform that purchases the individual securities of an investment portfolio. In January

Wealthsimple
An annual fee is charged ranging from 0.35% to 0.5% based on account size. - Assets under management Recognition. In 2015, Product Hunt Toronto honored Wealthsimple with its first-ever Product of the Year Award. In 2016, the 20th Annual Webby Awards named Wealthsimple its Best Financial Services/Banking website.

Wealthfront
2014, Adam Nash became Wealthfront's CEO. In 2016, Wealthfront launched a partnership with the state of Nevada to launch a 529 tax-advantaged college savings plan. In the previous year, Nevada passed approval on a new tax credit for employers who provide fund matching to employees participating in 529 savings programs. Andy Rachleff is currently the executive chairman and chief executive officer. In January 2018, Wealthfront launched homeownership planning tool for Path. Finances. The company has received funding from Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, Index Ventures, The Social+Capital Partnership and individuals, including Marc Andreessen, Ben Horowitz and Jeff Jordan. In April 2014, Wealthfront raised $35 million in a funding round led by Index Ventures, Ribbit Capital and Benchmark Capital. The funding round brought the firm's total funding to $65.5 million.

Betterment (company)
Betterment is an online investment company based in New York City, registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). Also known as Betterment.com, Betterment is a registered investment advisor (RIA) and a broker-dealer. The company is an automated, goal-based investing service also known as a robo-advisor. Betterment invests in a portfolio of passive index-tracking equity and fixed income exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and offers both taxable and tax-advantaged investment accounts, including traditional and Roth individual retirement accounts (IRAs). As of April 2019, Betterment had $16.4 billion of assets under management. History. History.:Foundation and launch. Betterment was founded in 2008 in New York City by Jon Stein, a Columbia Business School MBA graduate, and Eli Broverman, a lawyer out of NYU

Wealthfront charges fees ranging from 0.25% to 0.45% based on account size, while Betterment charges an annual fee ranging from 0.35% to 0.5% based on account size.

Answer: Wealthfront and Betterment are both automated investment services, also known as robo-advisors. They charge fees based on the account size. Wealthfront's fee ranges from 0.25% to 0.40%, while Betterment's fee ranges from 0.35% to 0.50%.


Question: tongue define

Tongue (disambiguation)
Tongue most generally refers to the muscle on the floor of the mouth. By analogy or other figure of speech it can also refer to: - Part of a shoe that covers the top of a foot underneath the laces - Part of a trailer tow hitch attachment - Any large or long physical protrusion on a machine part that fits into a groove or gland on another part - The striking implement suspended within a Bell (instrument), also known as a clapper - Protrusive landform caused by the flow of ice (in a glacier) or lava - Language or speech, as in the phrase mother tongue - Tongue (Knights Hospitaller), one of the seven, later eight regional subgroupings, or "langues" of the Knights of Saint John -

Tongue (disambiguation)
Tongue (foodstuff) - "Speaking in tongues", formally known as glossolalia, is the vocalizing of speech-like syllables, often as part of religious practice Place names. - Tongue, Highland, a village on the north coast of Scotland - Tongue, Mali - Tongue of the Ocean, an oceanic trench in the Bahamas - Tongue River (Montana), river in Montana, United States - Tongue River (North Dakota), river in North Dakota, United States - Tongue Wash, a wash in Nevada, United States People. - The Tongue, Xannon Shirley, Australian hip hop performer - Alan Tongue (b. 1980), rugby league player from Australia - Carole Tongue, 20th century European Parliament politician - Nicholas Tongue (b. 1973), swimmer from New Zealand - Reggie Tongue (b. 1973), football player in the NFL, United States -

Tongue
The tongue is a muscular organ in the mouth of most vertebrates that manipulates food for mastication, and is used in the act of swallowing. It has importance in the digestive system and is the primary organ of taste in the gustatory system. The tongue's upper surface (dorsum) is covered by taste buds housed in numerous lingual papillae. It is sensitive and kept moist by saliva, and is richly supplied with nerves and blood vessels. The tongue also serves as a natural means of cleaning the teeth. A major function of the tongue is the enabling of speech in humans and vocalization in other animals. The human tongue is divided into two parts, an oral part at the front and a pharyngeal part at the back. The left

Flamingo tongue
Flamingo tongue may refer to: - The tongue of the flamingo, which was considered a delicacy in Ancient Rome - The flamingo tongue snail ("Cyphoma gibbosum"), a species of small, brightly colored sea snail

Blue tongue
Blue Tongue may refer to : - Blue-tongued skink - Bluetongue disease - Blue Tongue Entertainment - an Australian video game developer - Blue Tongue bush or Straits Rhododendron, "Melastoma polyanthum"

The tongue is a muscular organ in the mouth of most vertebrates that manipulates food for mastication, aids in swallowing, and is the primary organ of taste. It is covered with taste buds and plays a key role in speech and vocalization.

Answer: A tongue is a muscular organ in the mouth of most vertebrates that manipulates food for mastication, is used in swallowing, and is the primary organ of taste. It is kept moist by saliva and is richly supplied with nerves and blood vessels. The human tongue is divided into an oral part at the front and a pharyngeal part at the back. The term "tongue" is also used figuratively to refer to other long, protruding parts or structures, such as parts of machinery, shoes, or certain landforms.


Question: who has the largest submarine fleet in the world

List of specifications of submarines of World War II
Submarines of World War II represented a wide range of capabilities with many types of varying specifications produced by dozens of countries. The principle countries engaged in submarine warfare during the war were Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States, United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. The Italian and Soviet fleets were the largest. While the German and US fleets fought anti-shipping campaigns (in the Atlantic and Pacific respectively), the British and Japanese submarines were mostly engaged against enemy warships. Notes. - Notes - Citations References. - Bishop, C., "The Encyclopedia of Weapons of World War II", Metro Books, 1998, - Croix, P., "The Encyclopedia of the World’s Warships" p. 184, Chartwell Books, 1985, - Bagnasco, E. "Submarines of World War Two", Naval Institute Press, 1978, - Friedman, N.,

Decommissioning of Russian nuclear-powered vessels
The decommissioning of Russian nuclear-powered vessels is an issue of major concern to the United States and to the Scandinavian countries near Russia. From 1950 to 2003, the Soviet Union and its major successor state, Russia, constructed the largest nuclear-powered navy in the world, more ships than all other navies combined: 248 submarines (91 attack submarines, 62 cruise missile submarines, 91 ballistic missile submarines and four research submarines), four Kirov class battlecruisers, and a missile test ship, as well as nine icebreakers. Many were or are powered by two reactors each, bringing the total to 468 reactors. With the end of the Cold War and with its navy chronically underfunded, Russia has decommissioned many of these vessels, and according to one report dated November 2008, intended to scrap

Nuclear submarine
ten nuclear submarines were being commissioned from each of the four Soviet submarine yards (Sevmash in Severodvinsk, Admiralteyskiye Verfi in St. Petersburg, Krasnoye Sormovo in Nizhny Novgorod, and Amurskiy Zavod in Komsomolsk-on-Amur). From the late 1950s through the end of 1997, the Soviet Union, and later Russia, built a total of 245 nuclear submarines, more than all other nations combined. Today, six countries deploy some form of nuclear-powered strategic submarines: the United States, Russia, France, the United Kingdom, China, and India. Several other countries, including Argentina and Brazil, have ongoing projects in different phases to build nuclear-powered submarines. In the United Kingdom, all former and current nuclear submarines of the British Royal Navy (with the exception of three: , and ) have been constructed in Barrow-in-Furness (at BAE

List of submarine operators
Submarines (SSBN). Ballistic missile submarines are larger than any other type of submarine, in order to accommodate ballistic missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads. - China – Type 094 submarine, Type 092 submarine - France – - Russia – , , and es - United Kingdom – - United States – - India – Countries previously operating submarines. - Albania - all retired 1998 - Austria-Hungary (list) - Bulgaria - all retired by 2011 - Cuba - all three s retired - Denmark - retired after 2003 - Estonia ("Kalev" and ) - decommissioned 1955 in the Soviet Navy - Finland - last subs decommissioned after World War II - Latvia - all submarines taken over by Soviet Union in 1940 - Libya - all Foxtrot-class submarines retired

List of submarine operators
The following countries operate or have operated submarines for naval or other military purposes. Countries with currently operational submarines. - Algeria - Argentina - Australia - Azerbaijan - Bangladesh - Brazil - Canada - Chile - Colombia - Ecuador - Egypt - France - Germany (list) - Greece - India (list) - Indonesia - Iran - Italy (list) - Israel - Japan - Malaysia - Netherlands (list) - North Korea - Norway - Pakistan - People's Republic of China - Republic of China (Taiwan) - Peru - Poland - Portugal (list) - Russia (list) (some ex-Soviet Union) - Singapore - South Africa - South Korea - Spain (list) - Sweden (list) - Turkey (list) - United Kingdom (list) - United States (list) - Venezuela - Vietnam Ballistic Missile

The United States has the largest submarine fleet in the world.

Answer: Russia, with the largest number of nuclear-powered submarines built (248) and currently six countries deploying nuclear-powered strategic submarines: the United States, Russia, France, the United Kingdom, China, and India.


Question: What causes higher than normal rainfall?

Flood control
Flood control methods are used to reduce or prevent the detrimental effects of flood waters. Flood relief methods are used to reduce the effects of flood waters or high water levels. Causes of floods. Floods are caused by many factors or a combination of any of these generally prolonged heavy rainfall (locally concentrated or throughout a catchment area), highly accelerated snowmelt, severe winds over water, unusual high tides, tsunamis, or failure of dams, levees, retention ponds, or other structures that retained the water. Flooding can be exacerbated by increased amounts of impervious surface or by other natural hazards such as wildfires, which reduce the supply of vegetation that can absorb rainfall. Periodic floods occur on many rivers, forming a surrounding region known as the flood plain. During times

Precipitation types
found along an occluded front, but usually their passage is associated with a drying of the air mass. Mechanisms.:Orographic. Orographic or relief rainfall is caused when masses of air are forced up the side of elevated land formations, such as large mountains (often referred to as an upslope effect). The lift of the air up the side of the mountain results in adiabatic cooling, and ultimately condensation and precipitation. In mountainous parts of the world subjected to relatively consistent winds (for example, the trade winds), a more moist climate usually prevails on the windward side of a mountain than on the leeward (downwind) side. Moisture is removed by orographic lift, leaving drier air (see Foehn) on the descending (generally warming), leeward side where a rain shadow is observed.

Rain
Rain is liquid water in the form of droplets that have condensed from atmospheric water vapor and then become heavy enough to fall under gravity. Rain is a major component of the water cycle and is responsible for depositing most of the fresh water on the Earth. It provides suitable conditions for many types of ecosystems, as well as water for hydroelectric power plants and crop irrigation. The major cause of rain production is moisture moving along three-dimensional zones of temperature and moisture contrasts known as weather fronts. If enough moisture and upward motion is present, precipitation falls from convective clouds (those with strong upward vertical motion) such as cumulonimbus (thunder clouds) which can organize into narrow rainbands. In mountainous areas, heavy precipitation is possible where upslope flow

Soil acidification
Rain. Rainfall is naturally acidic due to carbonic acid forming from carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. This compound causes rainfall pH to be around 5.0-5.5. When rainfall has a lower pH than natural levels, it can cause rapid acidification of soil. Sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides are precursors of stronger acids that can lead to acid rain production when they react with water in the atmosphere. These gases may be present in the atmosphere due to natural sources such as lightning and volcanic eruptions, or from anthropogenic emissions. Basic cations like calcium are leached from the soil as acidic rainfall flows, which allows aluminum and proton levels to increase. Causes.:Biological weathering. Plant roots acidify soil by releasing protons and organic acids so as to chemically weather soil minerals.

Cloudburst
A cloudburst is an extreme amount of precipitation in a short period of time, sometimes accompanied by hail and thunder, which is capable of creating flood conditions. A cloudburst can suddenly dump large amounts of water e.g. 25 mm of precipitation corresponds to 25,000 metric tons/km (1 inch corresponds to 72,300 short tons over one square mile). However, cloudbursts are infrequent as they occur only via orographic lift or occasionally when a warm air parcel mixes with cooler air, resulting in sudden condensation. At times, a large amount of runoff from higher elevations is mistakenly conflated with a cloudburst. The term "cloudburst" arose from the notion that clouds were akin to water balloons and could burst, resulting in rapid precipitation. Though this idea has since been disproven, the

Higher than normal rainfall is caused by factors such as prolonged heavy rainfall, intense convective activity, or orographic lift, which forces air to rise, cool, and condense, leading to increased precipitation.

Answer: Higher than normal rainfall can be caused by various factors, including prolonged heavy rainfall, highly accelerated snowmelt, severe winds over water, unusual high tides, tsunamis, or failure of structures that retain water such as dams or levees. Moisture moving along temperature and moisture contrasts known as weather fronts, orographic lift in mountainous areas, and sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides in the atmosphere can also contribute to higher than normal rainfall.


Question: When did the afghanistan war start and end?

War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
The War in Afghanistan (or the U.S. War in Afghanistan or the Afghanistan War), code named Operation Enduring Freedom (2001–14) and Operation Freedom's Sentinel (2015–present), followed the United States invasion of Afghanistan of 7 October 2001, when the U.S. and allies successfully drove out the Taliban from power in order to dismantle al-Qaeda and to deny it a safe base of operations in Afghanistan. Since the initial objectives were completed, a coalition of over 40 countries (including all NATO members) formed a security mission in the country. The war has since mostly involved U.S. and allied Afghan government troops battling Taliban insurgents. The War in Afghanistan is the longest war in U.S. history, having overtaken the U.S. participation in the Vietnam War in 2010. Following the September 11

Opposition to the war in Afghanistan (2001–2014)
Afghanistan, launched October 7, 2001 as U.S. "Operation Enduring Freedom", has now stretched over a decade, entering an eleventh year on October 7, 2011 and marking for the U.S. the longest period of sustained warfare in its history – greater than the time the United States was involved in World War I, World War II and the Korean War combined. The war in Afghanistan surpassed the length of official U.S. participation in the Vietnam War, 8 years and 5 months, in the spring of 2010 to become the longest-running U.S. war ever. According to a study by the RAND Corporation, an American think tank working for the U.S. military, counter-insurgency campaigns won by governments have averaged 14 years. In a July 2009 interview, when asked when German troops

War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
commit atrocities against civilians – ISAF responded by increasing troops for counter-insurgency operations to "clear and hold" villages. Violence sharply escalated from 2007 to 2009. Troop numbers began to surge in 2009 and continued to increase through 2011 when roughly 140,000 foreign troops operated under ISAF and U.S. command in Afghanistan. Of these 100,000 were from the U.S. On 1 May 2011, United States Navy SEALs killed Osama bin Laden in Abbotabad, Pakistan. NATO leaders in 2012 commended for withdrawing their forces, and later the United States announced that its major combat operations would end in December 2014, leaving a residual force in the country. In October 2014, British forces handed over the last bases in Helmand to the Afghan military, officially ending their combat operations in the

Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) was the official name used by the U.S. government for the Global War on Terrorism. On October 7, 2001, in response to the September 11 attacks, President George W. Bush announced that airstrikes targeting Al Qaeda and the Taliban had begun in Afghanistan. Operation Enduring Freedom primarily refers to the War in Afghanistan, but it is also affiliated with counterterrorism operations in other countries, such as OEF-Philippines and OEF-Trans Sahara. After 13 years, on December 28, 2014, President Barack Obama announced the end of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. Continued operations in Afghanistan by the United States' military forces, both non-combat and combat, now occur under the name Operation Freedom's Sentinel. Subordinate operations. Operation Enduring Freedom most commonly refers to the U.S.-led combat mission

2007 Helmand Province airstrikes
The 2007 Helmand province airstrikes were a set of airstrikes conducted by NATO and resulted in death of at least 45 Afghan civilians. The death count in southern Helmand province was the highest since 2001, when US-led forces used heavy bombing in their campaign to drive the Taliban from power. Background. The War in Afghanistan began on October 7, 2001, in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States. This marked the beginning of the U.S. War on Terrorism. The stated purpose of the invasion was to capture Osama bin Laden, destroy Al-Qaeda, and remove the Taliban regime which had provided support and safe harbor to Al-Qaeda. The U.S. and Britain led the aerial bombing campaign, with ground forces supplied primarily by the Afghan Northern

The Afghanistan War started on October 7, 2001, and ended in December 2014.

Answer: The Afghanistan War started on October 7, 2001, and the official end of Operation Enduring Freedom, the main US-led combat mission, was announced on December 28, 2014. However, US military operations in Afghanistan continue under the name Operation Freedom's Sentinel.


Question: the office season 6 episode 1 guest stars

The Office (American season 6)
The sixth season of the American television comedy "The Office" premiered in the United States on NBC on September 17, 2009, and concluded on May 20, 2010. The season consisted of 22 half-hour episodes, and 2 hour-long episodes to comprise the 26 total episodes of material created. "The Office" is an American adaptation of the British TV series of the same name, and is presented in a mockumentary format, portraying the daily lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictitious Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. The season stars Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, B. J. Novak, and Ed Helms, with supporting performances from Leslie David Baker, Brian Baumgartner, Creed Bratton, Kate Flannery, Mindy Kaling, Ellie Kemper, Angela Kinsey, Paul Lieberstein, Oscar Nunez,

Mafia (The Office)
"Mafia" is the 6th episode of the sixth season of the American comedy series "The Office" and the show's 106th episode overall. It originally aired on October 15, 2009 on NBC. The series—presented as if it were a real documentary—depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In this episode, Michael Scott (Steve Carell) becomes convinced that an insurance salesman visiting the office is a part of the Mafia, and Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) and Andy Bernard (Ed Helms) accompany Michael to a meeting with him. Meanwhile, Kevin Malone (Brian Baumgartner) accidentally cancels Jim's credit card, while Jim (John Krasinski) and Pam Halpert (Jenna Fischer) are on their honeymoon in Puerto Rico. It was written by Brent

The Office (American season 1)
The first season of the American television comedy "The Office" premiered in the United States on NBC on March 24, 2005, concluded on April 26, 2005, and consists of six episodes. "The Office" is an American adaptation of the British TV series of the same name, and is presented in a mockumentary format, portraying the daily lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictitious Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. The season stars Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, and B. J. Novak. This season introduced the main characters, and established the general plot, which revolves around Michael Scott (Carell), regional manager of the Scranton branch office, trying to convince the filmmakers of the documentary that he presides over a happy, well-running office. Meanwhile,

30 Rock (season 6)
Comedy Series. Alec Baldwin was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series and Tina Fey for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Will Arnett was nominated for Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as Devon Banks in "Idiots Are People Three!" and Jon Hamm was also nominated for his roles as Abner and David Brinkley in "Live from Studio 6H". Elizabeth Banks was nominated for Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her role as Avery Jessup and Margaret Cho was nominated for her role as Kim Jong-il, both for "The Return of Avery Jessup". The season received seven other Emmy nominations. Episodes.

The Office (American TV series)
it was filmed in a single-camera setup, without a studio audience or a laugh track. The series debuted on NBC as a midseason replacement and aired 201 episodes over the course of its run. "The Office" initially featured Steve Carell, Rainn Wilson, John Krasinski, Jenna Fischer, and B. J. Novak as the main cast; the series experienced numerous changes to its ensemble cast during its run. Notable stars outside the original main cast include Ed Helms, Mindy Kaling, Craig Robinson, James Spader, and Ellie Kemper. "The Office" was met with mixed reviews during its abbreviated first season, but the following four seasons received widespread acclaim from television critics. These seasons were included on several critics' year-end top TV series lists, winning several awards such as a Peabody Award

No guest stars are mentioned for "The Office" season 6 episode 1 in the provided information.

Answer: The guest stars in the first episode of "The Office" season 6 are not mentioned in the provided text. However, the text does mention some guest stars in the sixth episode of season 6, titled "Mafia," which includes Will Arnett, Jon Hamm, Elizabeth Banks, and Margaret Cho.