The illegitimate child of a courtesan, Bernhardt was encouraged to pursue a theatrical career by one of her mother’s lovers. Her acting teachers did not consider her a particularly promising student, but they turned out to be sorely mistaken; Bernhardt went on to become the premier romantic and tragic actress of her day, touring all over the world during her six-decade career on stage and screen. What morbid possession may have helped “the Divine Sarah” reach her potential as a tragedienne? More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
Jidai Matsuri is one of the three great festivals of Kyoto, Japan, commemorating the founding of the city as capital in the year 794. A procession of more than 2,000 costumed people depict the epochs or ages in Kyoto’s history. They parade from the Imperial Palace to the Heian Shrine, which was built in the 18th century as a dedication to the emperors who established Kyoto as the capital. The capital was moved in 1868 to Tokyo, and the festival stems from that time. Among the paraders is one representing Gen. Toyotomi Hideyoshi, a patron of the arts under whom Kyoto flourished. More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
This Day in History: The Metropolitan Opera House Opens with a Performance of Faust (1883)
New York City’s Metropolitan Opera House is the leading US opera company. It opened in 1883 after having been founded by a group of millionaires who had failed to get boxes at the prestigious and exclusive Academy of Music. The “Met” soon outshined its rival and is now considered one of the world’s premier opera stages. Originally located at Broadway and 39th Street, it moved into the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in 1966. Who were among the Met’s founding millionaires? More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
Named for their explosive defense mechanism, bombardier beetles forcefully expel an acrid, volatile fluid from their abdomens when threatened. The ejection of this fluid, a mixture of two chemicals that boil upon contact and vaporize into a jet of gas that can kill insects and small creatures, is accompanied by a loud cracking sound. Where can bombardier beetles be found? More…: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
Definition: (noun) Teacher at a university or college (especially at Cambridge or Oxford).
Synonyms: don
Usage: Dessalles, the tutor he had brought from Switzerland, was wearing a coat of Russian cut and talking broken Russian to the servants, but was still the same narrowly intelligent, conscientious, and pedantic preceptor.: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tfd.mobile.TfdSearch
Working your abs can often go under appreciated as part of your fitness routine. While your abs and core can get a great workout by stabilising your body during other exercises, it’s important to build up these muscles even more, by targeting them specifically, to help them grow and develop (Just like any other muscle!).
Everybody wants thatflat stomachand sculpted set of abs and these routines, along with a quality, healthy diet, will set you on the path to completing this goal.
Below are9 amazing and different ab workoutsthat you can use to target different areas of your core, so you can mix and match your workouts and keep them fun and challenging with different levels of intensity. Try one out at the end of your workout today and see if you like it! Enjoy!
9 Amazing Flat Belly Workouts To Help Sculpt Your Abs!
English: Aciagrion is a genus of damselfly in family Coenagrionidae. It has a wide range from Africa, through Indonesia to Australia. They are commonly known as “Slims”.
The Romeriá (pilgrimage) of Our Lady of Valme involves a cross-country pilgrimage. The image of Our Lady of Valme is kept in the parish church of Dos Hermanas, but on this day she is carried in an elaborate procession to the shrine of Valme, on a hill overlooking Seville, Spain. The cart bearing the statue of the Virgin Mary is drawn by oxen with gilded horns. The pilgrims walk behind, and it takes about three hours to reach the sanctuary. Everyone rushes inside, and the mass begins. Afterwards, there is dancing, singing and drinking until sunset, when the image is escorted back to Dos Hermanas. More..
A nationallyrecognized US physicist,accomplishedsaxophonist,andblackbelt in karate,McNairwasselected to joinNASA’sastronauttrainingprogram in 1978.Sixyearslater,aboardthespaceshuttleChallenger, he becamethesecondAfricanAmerican in space.Hisnexttripintoorbitwas to takeplace on thesameshuttle on January28,1986,andMcNairbroughthissaxalongfortheride,intending to be thefirst to record an originalpiece of music in space.Whydidthisneverhappen?More…Discuss
On October21,1978,20-year-oldFrederickValentichdisappearedwhilepiloting a CessnalightaircraftoverAustralia. He wassupposed to land at KingIsland,pick up a fewfriends,andreturn to MoorabbinAirport,butduringhisflight, he reported to airtrafficcontrolthat a strangeaircraftwasflyingcloseabovehim. No trace of Valentich or hisaircraftwaseverfound,promptingsome to speculatethat he hadbeencaptured by a UFO.Whatwasthelastthing he toldflightcontrollers?More…Discuss
Knowth is thesite of a Neolithicpassagegrave in thevalley of Ireland’sRiverBoyne.Builtapproximately5,000yearsago,thesiteconsists of a largemoundcontainingtwopassagesleading to burialchambers.This is surrounded by 17 smallersatellitetombs.Knowthcontainsmorethan a third of allthemegalithicart in WesternEurope,includinghundreds of stonesdecoratedwithspirals,crescents,andothershapes.Why do somebelievethatKnowthexhibitsevidence of astronomicalalignment?More…
The “primary” auxiliary verbs are “be,” “have,” and “do”—they occur most commonly in English. “Be” and “have” are used as auxiliaries to conjugate the continuous, perfect, and perfect continuous tenses. How is “do” used? More…Discuss
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