Kabuki is a type of traditional Japanese theatre that is known both for elaborate makeup and stylized drama. Most Kabuki plays are about historical events, moral conflicts and romance, or everyday. The word kabuki is believed to derive from the verb kabaku, meaning to lean over or to be out of the ordinary, and that could be interpreted as meaning kabuki is avant-garde or out of the ordinary. 

Kabuki began in the early 1600s and was first performed only by women, but within thirty years that had changed: because kabuki performers were often thought to be prostitutes, from thereon all kabuki actors were men. Often bawdy and filled with double entendres, kabuki was initially about singing and dancing, but when men took over dancing took a backseat to the acting itself. 

After World War II, kabuki lost favor for a while, but it is now the most popular of the traditional styles of Japanese drama. There are major kabuki theatres in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka with smaller ones scattered outside the major cities. Kabuki troupes also tour throughout Europe and the United States. 

Source: http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2090.html
  

According to Valerie Steele, chief curator and director of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, the event started in 1943 when a well-known fashion publicist named Eleanor Lambert organized "Press Week," a time when fashion writers and editors could see and hopefully write about American designers. At the time, most designers were French, but because of France's occupation, mid-century fashionistas were unable to travel there to see the year's latest designs. Press Week was held alternately at the Pierre and Plaza Hotels. 

Lambert's plan worked, and many fashion magazines such as Vogue and Harper's Bazaar started to feature more American designers and their work, which was praised as being modern, streamlined and flattering - Oscar de la Renta and Bill Blass were two design stars who got their start during Press Week. 

During the 70s and 80s, designers began to put on fashion shows in funky venues such as clubs, lofts and restaurants. But an accident at a Michael Kors show held in a loft - the ceiling plaster fell on the models as well as writers Carrie Donovan and Suzy Menkes during the show - gave the Council of Fashion Designers of America formulated a new plan. In the spring of 1994 tents were erected in Bryant Park, and Fashion Week as we know it was born. 

Source:  www.cfda.com
 

In 1948, Jonas Salk, a medical researcher, and his laboratory are awarded a research grant for a polio virus typing project. Meanwhile, Albert Sabin was working on an oral vaccine. In 1952, the first polio vaccine was developed, but in 1955 it was announced that trials for the vaccine were successful and a nationwide vaccination program was started. In 1958, the Sabin oral vaccine was also proven to be effective, even more effective than Salk's, and the Sabin oral vaccine quickly became the antidote of choice

Source:  www.polio.com
 

Generally, you'll want to bring no more than three ounces of an item. For example, you can bring a beverage on if it is in a container that's three ounces or less and then placed in a quart-size zip-top plastic bag. Medications, baby formula and food, breast milk and juice are allowed in reasonable quantities exceeding three ounces and don't have to be placed in a zip-top bag. However, you will need to declare these items for inspection at the checkpoint. 

Other items you can have in quantities three ounces or less; for efficiency, put them in individual quart-size, zip-top bags:

• Canned or jarred goods such as soup, sauces, peanut butter, fruits, vegetables and jellies
• Cheese in pressurized containers
• Gel-based sports supplements
• Jell-Os
• Pudding
• Whip Cream
• Yogurt or gel-like food substances

Source: 
www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/permitted-prohibited-items
 

The purposes of the United Nations, as set forth in their charter, are to maintain international peace and security; to develop friendly relations among nations; to cooperate in solving international, economic, social, cultural and humanitarian problems and in promoting respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and to be a center for harmonizing the actions of nations in attaining these ends.

The United Nations officially came into existence on October 24, 1945 when the Charter was ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and a majority of other signatories. There are currently 192 Member States of the United Nations. The United Nations consists of six principal organs: the General Assembly, Security Council, Economic and Social Council, Trusteeship Council, International Court of Justice and Secretariat. 

Source:  http://www.un.org/
 

While normal cats have five toes on each front paw and four toes on each hind paw, polydactyl cats have as many as seven digits on front and/or hind paws and various combinations of anywhere from four to seven digits are common. They're also called mitten cats, thumb cats or Hemingway cats. The story is that a sea captain friend of Ernest Hemingway gave him a polydactyl cat (probably a Maine coon cat); Hemingway owned a house in Key West where he kept his mitten cat. Although he moved to Cuba in 1939, he kept the Key West house, where the polydactyl cats multiplied. There about sixty cats currently living at the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum in Key West, and about half of them are polydactyl cats - now commonly called Hemingway cats. The cats come in all colors and sizes and all sixty of them are named. The Hemingway Home and Museum are a privately owned business and the care and feeding of the cats is paid for by the business. 

The trait for polydactyl cats comes from a dominant gene, and only a polydactyl cat can parent another. The extra toes aren't harmful or life-threatening, but some polydactyl kittens have more difficulty learning to walk and climb than normal. However, in some cases, it appears the dexterity of the animal is improved, letting the cats use their paws in a way similar to hands. Hemingway cats have been known to open latches or catch objects with a single paw.

Cats with extra toes seem to be most commonly found in cats along the U.S. eastern coast and in southwest England. Some sources claim they were often killed in Europe because they were thought to be witches' familiars, but sailors loved them for their dexterity and rodent-killing ability and even considered them good luck. A Canadian cat named Tiger holds the Guinness World Record for the most toes (27).

Source:  http://www.hemingwayhome.com/HTML/our_cats.htm