Piano Versus Pianoforte The name sounds similar, sure, but are the piano and the pianoforte the same type of musical instrument? The answer is yes. Piano is simply a shortened name for what, by and large, originated in Italy as the pianoforte. According to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the pianoforte was invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori around 1700. He had been in charge of building and caring for the harpsichords (find out more about these instruments below) belonging to the Florentine court of Grand Prince Ferdinando de’ Medici....

What Knooking Is Knooking combines aspects of knitting and crochet for patterns that are similar to - but different from - both crafts. People who enjoy either traditional yarn craft can find it fun to try something new, and Knooking is a great place to start. How to Knook To prepare the Knook, you need to thread one of the cords through the little hole at the end of the hook....

These are also known as Sabbath laws. They were passed to restrict or forbid business and recreation on the Sabbath, which is the Christian day of rest. One blue law in some states forbids the sale of alcoholic beverages before noon on Sundays. Rules based on custom or long usage that are usually not recorded as laws. They began in England. A phrase from the Magna Carta, the basic document of English law....

If you find that the instructions from Rainbow Valley work well for you, this website also offers a number of different cro-tatting patterns for sale. After learning the basics from the free guide, use the patterns to expand on your knowledge of the craft and make items including coasters, bridal jewelry, stoles, and more. This one, in particular, is a favorite among crocheters since it offers something of a cro-tatting alternative to the classic granny square....

Individual yo-yos are typically hand sewn side by side into rows when they are used to make a quilt, but they also work nicely for 3-dimensional appliqué embellishments. Yo-yo quilts were popular in the 1930s and 1940s, and there are many lovely examples sewn with fabrics from those eras. Some were structured, with the rosettes arranged to form a pattern, but many of the examples are scrap quilts. It’s common to see yo-yo quilts with no quilt batting or backing....

In manipulation rummy, also called carousel, the game is based on rummy with melds played on the table that can be rearranged as long as the player adds at least one new card. Other variations of rummy include gin rummy, Hollywood gin, three thirteen, and Oklahoma gin. How to Get Started Playing Players: Requires two to five players; best with three to fiveDeck: Two players, standard 53-card deck (with one joker); three or more players, two standard 53-card decksGoal: Score as many points as possible by playing your cards onto the table in legal groups and sequences....

The Jewish calendar is reckoned from 3761 B.C.The Jewish New Year, called Rosh Hashanah, occurs on the first and second day of the Hebrew month Tishri, which can come in either September or October.The Islamic calendar is based on a lunar (moon) year of 354 days. It is calculated from the Hegira, in A.D. 622, and grouped in 30-year cycles. (The Hegira was the flight from Mecca by Muhammed, the founder of Islam, to escape persecution....

So, I thought it would be great if I could run several find and replace commands in one go. I often use Find and Replace facility of MS Word. Now the question was how to do multiple find and replace operations on one click. Well, the answer has to involve a macro! Several tasks can be executed in any MS Word document by the way of macros. A macro is a set of several commands put together in a particular sequence....

More often than not we all get MS-Word files in which a lot of lines either begin with unnecessary spaces or they have lots of trailing spaces –and if it is a really bad case –lines will have both leading and trailing spaces. Not-so-tech-savvy people use leading spaces to align lines (this is why you should subscriber my blog and keep on learning useful MS Word tips) MS-Word does not provide any straightforward method to remove such unwanted spaces....

What Are My Chances of an Attack? In the U.S., your chances of getting killed by lightning are 30 times greater than dying of a shark attack. Bees, wasps, and snakes kill more people each year than sharks. Drowning, heart attacks, beach accidents resulting in spinal injury, sunburn, cuts from stepping on sea shells, dehydration, jellyfish stings, and traffic accidents going to or from the beach are all far more common than shark attacks....

In India, Chromebook is available in two screen sizes. The smaller one, manufactured by Acer, with 11.6″ inch screen, is available for about Rs. 23,000 while the bigger one from HP with 14″ inch screen is priced at around Rs. 27,000. Users of traditional computers will find a host of better options within this price range. Google Chromebook comes pre-installed on these laptops and you can not install any other browser....

Speed chess is a popular version of the game among all levels of players, from beginners to grandmasters. Speed chess allows players to quickly play casual games, which usually feature a large number of mistakes – something that can make the games much more entertaining to watch. Blitz Chess The most traditional form of the speed game is blitz chess. In blitz, players have three to five minutes to make all of their moves....

Deck A standard 52-card deck. To play the Spoons version, you also need one spoon for each player except one. Example: With eight players, you need seven spoons. For Pig and Tongue, no extra equipment is needed. Goal The goal of the game is to be the first to collect four cards of the same rank. If an opponent beats you to that goal, to not be the last to realize it....

Shortly before 1 a.m., Romney delivered his concession speech. “This is a time of great challenges for America, and I pray that the president will be successful in guiding our nation,” he said. “The nation, as you know, is at a critical point. At a time like this, we cannot risk partisan bickering and political posturing. Our leaders have to reach across the aisle to do the people’s work. And we citizens also have to rise to the occasion....