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What is Mandalay?

Mandalay is considered the center of Burmese culture and the main commercial, educational and health center of upper Burma. Mandalay was the last capital city of the independent Burmese kingdom and was founded by King Mindon to replace the former capital of Amarapura. The city and kingdom fell on Nov. 28, 1885, when the British completed their Burmese conquest.

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How many kilobytes do you need for a 4x6 photo?

To calculate the size of a photo in terms of bytes, start by converting the size of the picture in inches to pixels. This can be done by multiplying the picture size in inches with the print resolution in pixels per inch, as in 4 inches x 300 pixels/inch = 1200 pixels and 6 inches x 300 pixels/inch = 1800 pixels. Multiplying the two, 1200 pixels x 1800 pixels = 2,160,000 pixels, or 2.16 megapixels.\nNext, the value in megapixels is multiplied by 3. This is because 1 color pixel is made up of red, green and blue elements, with each color given a value of 1 byte each. Therefore, 2,160,000 pixels..

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What is mercerized wool?

John Mercer was a British chemist and textile maker who discovered that adding lye or sulfuric acid to fibers causes those fibers to swell and straighten. This strengthens the fibers and allows color dyes to permeate more easily. He patented the process in 1851.\nIn 1890, another chemist named Horace Lowe took Mercer's patented process a step further by adding tension to the lye/sulfuric acid-treated fiber. The extra step resulted in greater fiber luster.\nThe combination of Mercer's and Lowe's experimentation led to what is known as the mercerization process. It is used on many..

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What are some sources of knitting patterns for adult slippers?

AllFreeKnitting.com provides a free beginner pattern for a simple knit slipper that is appropriate for any skill set. The pattern mostly involves medium weight garter stitch with 16 to 20 stitches for every 4 inches.\nKnittingPatternCentral.com features a number of links to downloadable and printable slipper patterns, including chunky slippers, lightly felted slipper socks, fuzzy cuff women’s slippers and Adirondack’s slipper socks. Some patterns are in PDF format, and some may require site registration before downloading.

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What are some vocabulary-themed costume ideas?

To create an "inflame" costume, cut pieces of orange and yellow felt into flame shapes and attach to a red shirt. Make a torch from cardboard and colored construction paper. Write "inflame" on the red shirt to label the vocabulary word and complete the costume.\nMore vocabulary words that may inspire costumes are "monarch," "vain," "cascade," "rickety" and "zigzag."

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What are some fun projects that use silver stickers?

One project for a Dotty robot, available on ArtsyCraftsyMom.com, requires silver sticker tape, a Styrofoam ball, some foam dots, a cardboard box and a toilet paper roll. Other materials to include are pom poms, silver chenille craft sticks, googly eyes, bows and pearl dots. The Styrofoam ball acts as a head on the completed doll and the toilet paper roll acts as the legs on the lower body.\nTo create the robot, wrap up the box, the toilet paper roll and the Styrofoam ball with the silver tape. Depending on the patterns on the stickers, make the silver surface as symmetrical or asymmetrical as ..

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What can you break but not touch?

According to The Organic Mind, solving riddles is very good for the human brain. It is a form of brain training that engages the prefrontal cortex and, when practiced regularly, can improve brain speed, memory, attention, flexibility and problem solving.\nRiddles and brain teasers are especially great for children. In addition to improving problem solving and critical thinking skills, riddles help kids to improve their vocabulary and reading comprehension skills and introduce them to intellectual humor.\nOther medium-difficulty riddles are:\nIn a tunnel of darkness lies a beast of iron. It can..

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How do you play the "Falling Fred" games online?

In “Falling Fred,” players have to attempt to keep Fred alive as long as possible while he jumps from great heights. This is an arcade game that has no end. Instead, people play to get a high score. The longer that players keep Fred alive, the higher their scores get. During the fall, players have to dodge obstacles such as walls, lasers and chainsaws.\nIn “Super Falling Fred,” players get more of the same with Fred jumping from tall heights and into the fiery depths of earth, but this game is faster, harder and bloodier than the first. Players can unlock power-ups that give Fred super..

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How do you play "Chess Titans"?

Chess pits two players, one with white pieces and one with black pieces, against each other. Both players begin with 16 pieces lined up in two rows. While the front row consists of pawns, the back row has a king, a queen, two rooks, two bishops and two knights. Each type of piece has a unique way to move around the board.\nClick a piece, and then click a square to move the piece to that square. The game highlights the squares a selected piece can move to. Moving a piece to a square with a rival piece on it captures the rival piece, removing it from the game. Each square can only contain one pi..

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What is some information about Guild Guitar serial numbers?

Guild Guitars began to use a serial number system in 1965, but stopped between the years of 1970 and 1979. Guild Guitars has comprehensive serial number information about Guild instruments built between 1979 and 2005, and began using a standardized serial number system upon moving to its Tacoma, Washington, headquarters in 2005. In 2008, Guild opened a factory in New Hartford, Connecticut, leading to two possible serial number variations for instruments built after that year; instruments built in the Tacoma factory begin with the letter "T," while instruments built in the New Hartford factory ..

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