![]() ![]() OoVoo is a video chat and instant messaging application that competes directly with iChat and Skype.ĥ0. It is Apple’s “instant messaging” application that integrates with the Mac Operating System. IChat was introduced in 2002, and is still in use today. Now, there are about 100 (!) ThinkPads on board the International Space Station. The ThinkPad was being tested to see how it performed in space, given the high levels of radiation found in that environment. A ThinkPad was used aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavor in 1993 on a mission focused on repairing the Hubble Telescope. IBM sold off its personal computer division in 2005 to Lenovo. IBM introduced the ThinkPad in 1992, and the brand is still sold today, although no longer manufactured by IBM. Included in the region is the European side of the city of Istanbul. ![]() The region took its name from the Thracian people, an ancient race that used to inhabit the area. Thrace is a historical and geographic region of southeast Europe, largely lying in southeastern Bulgaria. He was tried on a trumped-up charge of stealing from a temple, sentenced to death and was thrown off a cliff. Aesop was sent to the city of Delphi on a diplomatic mission but instead insulted the Delphians. Supposedly he was born a slave, somehow became a free man, but then met with a sorry end. Aesop lived in Ancient Greece, probably around the sixth century BC. Get the gist?Ī carat is a unit of mass used in measuring gemstones, and is equal to 200 mg.Īesop is remembered today for his famous fables. Echo answered, “Who’s there?” Again he called out, and again Echo echoed his words back to him. Narcissus heard her following him and called out, “Who’s there?”. Echo fell in love with the vain Narcissus, and followed him into the forest one day. In Greek mythology, Echo is one of the Oreads, the mountain nymphs. Our word “echo”, meaning “reflected sound”, comes from the mountain nymph of Greek mythology named Echo. Smelt is the name given to several types of small silvery fish, examples being Great Lake smelts and whitebait smelts. Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) It was Darwin’s study of various species on the islands that inspired him to postulate his Theory of Evolution. The Galápagos owe their celebrity to the voyage of HMS Beagle which landed there in 1835, with Charles Darwin on board. The Galápagos Islands lie over 500 miles west of Ecuador. The most heavily used rapid transit systems in the US are: Public transportation in and around Philadelphia is managed by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). San Francisco : BART :: Philadelphia : _ SEPTA Even though Ian Fleming’s spy is very much associated with a “vodka martini, shaken not stirred”, the first drink he ordered in the series of books was an Americano.ġ6. Others say that the name comes from the Italian “amaro” meaning “bitter”. Some say that ‘Americano” is in honor of the drink’s popularity with Americans visiting Italy in the early 1900s. The origin of the “Americano” name is disputed. The cocktail used to be known as the “Milano-Torino”, as Campari comes from Milano (Milan) and Cinzano vermouth comes from Torino (Turin). Drink with Campari and sweet vermouth AMERICANOĪn Americano is a rather tasty cocktail made from Campari, sweet vermouth and club soda. Bathsheba and David became the parents of Solomon who succeeded David as king.ġ5. David had Uriah killed and then took Bathsheba as his wife. Uriah was married to Bathsheba with whom King David had an affair. Uriah the Hittite was a soldier mentioned in the Bible, a soldier in the army of King David. ![]()
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