Photo: General Motors automobile mural Image by Toban Black In downtown Oshawa, Ontario – outside of a bus terminal — I have posted about this mural (and others that are nearby) here - "General Motors automobiles in Oshawa, Ontario" — — Here’s a Flickr post about car ads on buses in another Ontario city – http://www.flickr.com/photos/tobanblack/3785909874/ Read more
What is the general difference in sea level for high and low tides?
June 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
General I assume (based on general ignorance and forgetfulness) that high and low tides are generally steady in their respective levels and that their absolute levels are cyclical, based on lunar position. What is the average difference in average high and low tides and what is the absolute difference in the lowest low and the highest high tide? What is the general speed of tidal change and what is the general flow rate of tides on, either (or both) pacific or atlantic oceans? Thanks! Answer by eganHoly smokes! What a complicated thoughts you have? To be able to answer your questions you have to take a vacation and go to the east coast or the west coast and do the experiment yourself. Good luck! Read more
Brigadier General Julius Penn
June 20, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Brigadier General Julius Penn Image by Robert of Fairfax American Civil War Soldiers database: Julius Penn enlisted as a Captain on 23 April 1861 at the age of 43. Joined Company E, 22nd Infantry Regiment Ohio on 27 Apr 1861. Promoted to Full Major on May 23rd, 1861. Mustered Out Company E, 22nd Infantry Regiment Ohio on Aug 19th, 1861 at Athens, OH. Partial Transcription of Memoriam, RGK1958: In Memory of General Julius Augustus Penn, United States Army Extract from Sixty-sixth Annual Report of the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY, June 11th, 1935. JULIUS AUGUSTUS PENN NO. 3165 CLASS OF 1886 [Classmate of General John J Pershing] Died May 13th, 1934, at Batavia, Ohio, aged 69 years. Brigadier General Julius A. Penn was born February 19th, [about 1865], in Matoon, Coles County, Illinois, t Read more
Ali G- UN and Secretary General (Full)
April 29, 2011 By 15 Comments
Ali G talks to Boutros Boutros Gali, the UN secretary General…they establish that French is the funniest language, and that Jordan isn’t named after Michael Jordan Video Rating: 4 / 5 Read more
General George C. Marshall
April 27, 2011 By 2 Comments
General George C. Marshall Image by NASA on The Commons Collection: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Collection Name of Image: General George C. Marshall Full Description: This is a portrait of General George C. Marshall in Army uniform. The Marshall Space Flight Center, a NASA field installation, was established in Huntsville, Alabama, in 1960. The Center was named in honor of General George C. Marshall, the Army Chief of Staff during World War II, Secretary of State, and Nobel Prize Wirner for his world-renowned Marshall Plan. Reference Number: MSFC-75-SA-4105-2C MIX #: 9700811 NIX #: MSFC-9700811 MSFC Negative Number: 9700811 UID: SPD-MARSH-9700811 Original url: mix.msfc.nasa.gov/abstracts.php?p=1927 SOURCE: www.nasaimages.org/luna/servlet/detail/nasaNAS~9~9~61452~… Visit www.nasaimages.org for the most comprehensive compilatio Read more
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