Parachute Jump
This article is about the "Parachute Jump" amusement ride. For the activity of jumping from a great height and using a parachute to slow one's fall, see Parachuting. The Parachute Jump is a defunct amusement ride in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York, whose iconic open-frame steel structure remains a Brooklyn landmark. 250 feet (76 m) tall and weighing 170 tons (150 tonnes), it has been called the "Eiffel Tower of Brooklyn".[2] It was built for the 1939 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows Park, Queens,[3] and moved to its current site, then part of the Steeplechase Park amusement park, in 1941. It is the only portion of Steeplechase Park still standing today. The ride ceased operations in 1964 when the park shut down for good. The ride was based on functional parachutes which were held open by metal rings throughout the ascent and descent. Precursors[edit] Stanley Switlik and George P. The Parachute Drop was patented by retired U.S. The World's Fair[edit] Steeplechase Park[edit]
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
How to Live on 24 Hours a Day (1910), written by Arnold Bennett, is part of a larger work entitled How to Live. In this volume, he offers practical advice on how one might live (as opposed to just existing) within the confines of 24 hours a day. Philosophy[edit] In the book, Bennett addressed the large and growing number of white-collar workers that had accumulated since the advent of the Industrial Revolution. Bennett addressed this problem by urging these "salarymen" to seize their extra time, and make the most of it to improve themselves. Bennett wrote that time is the most precious of commodities. This book has seen increased appeal in recent years due to the explosion of the self-improvement phenomenon, and the book has much relevance in today's world. Advice[edit] In the book, Bennett offers the following advice: Claim 90 minutes an evening for three evenings a week, to start with. Warnings[edit] Bennett also warns against: Chapters[edit] The book has the following chapters: Quote[edit]
Interac
Interac Association is a Canadian organization linking enterprises that have proprietary networks so that they may communicate with each other for the purpose of exchanging electronic financial transactions. The Association was founded in 1984 as a cooperative venture between five financial institutions: Royal Bank of Canada, CIBC, Scotiabank, Toronto-Dominion Bank, and Desjardins. A 2010 request by Interac to become a for-profit organization was rejected by the Competition Bureau.[1] By 2010, there were over 80 member organizations and there were over 59,000 Automated Banking Machines that can be accessed through the Interac network in Canada and over 450,000 merchant locations accepting it. Interac's head office is located at Royal Bank Plaza in Toronto. Services[edit] Interac Association is the organization responsible for the development of a national network of two shared electronic financial services: Interac Direct Payment (IDP)[edit] How Interac Direct Payment (IDP) works[edit]
Love styles
Love styles are modi operandi of how people love, originally developed by John Lee (1973,[1] 1988[2]). He identified six basic love styles—also known as "colours" of love—that people use in their interpersonal relationships: Clyde Hendrick and Susan Hendrick of Texas Tech University expanded on this theory in the mid-1980s with their extensive research on what they called "love styles". Styles[edit] Eros[edit] Akin to limerence, eros is literally the love of Beauty. Erotic lovers view marriage as an extended honeymoon, and sex as the ultimate aesthetic experience. The advantage of erotic love is the sentimentality of it. In a genetic study of 350 lovers, the Eros style was found to be present more often in those bearing the TaqI A1 allele of the DRD2 3' UTR sequence and the overlapping ANKK1 exon 8. Ludus[edit] Ludic lovers are players. Ludic lovers tend to view marriage as a trap and are the most likely of the love styles to commit infidelity. Storgic[edit] Pragma[edit] Manic[edit]
Physical attractiveness
Venus de Milo at the Louvre has been described as a "classical vision of beauty".[1][2][3] However, one expert claimed her "almost matronly" "representation" was meant to convey an "impressive appearance" rather than "ideal female beauty".[4] Ishtar, Mesopotamian goddess of sexual love and war. The goddess has been associated with sexuality, love, and fertility.[5][6][7] Physical attractiveness is the degree to which a person's physical traits are considered aesthetically pleasing or beautiful. Men, on average, tend to be attracted to women who are shorter than they are, have a youthful appearance, and exhibit features such as a symmetrical face,[12] full breasts, full lips, and a low waist-hip ratio.[13] Women, on average, tend to be attracted to men who are taller than they are, display a high degree of facial symmetry, masculine facial dimorphism, and who have broad shoulders, a relatively narrow waist, and a V-shaped torso.[14][15] General contributing factors[edit] Symmetry[edit]
