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In central Indonesia, landslides and heavy flooding have killed more than 200 people, with another 135 missing. In Sinjai, the hardest hit district of southern Sulawesi province, water and mud reached almost 7 feet high. The flash floods and landslides were triggered by seasonal downpours, and the government plans to investigate claims the disaster was exacerbated by illegal logging, which environmentalists contend loosens soils on mountainsides.

DEFINITION: (noun) A glandlike organ, located outside or within a flower, that secretes nectar. SYNONYMS: honey gland. USAGE: Deep in the Amazon, we came across a species of flower sporting a nectary larger than any we had ever seen.

Vancouver was an English navigator and explorer who sailed on Cook's 2nd and 3rd voyages. In 1791, he set out for the NW coast of America traveling east. He rounded the Cape of Good Hope, explored the coasts of Australia and New Zealand, and visited Tahiti and the Hawaiian Islands. He then reached the NW coast of America and explored and surveyed it for 3 years. In the course of his journeys, he circumnavigated the island that now bears his name. In what year did he arrive back in England?

When he was almost 70 years old, Galileo was summoned to Rome, tried by the Inquisition, and forced to "abjure, curse, and detest" his work that stated that the sun was the center of the universe. He complied, but was nonetheless convicted on "grave suspicion of heresy" and sentenced to life imprisonment. In 1992, Pope John Paul II established a commission that ultimately issued an apology. What did the pope conclude about the 17th c. theologians that had tried Galileo?

Flamenco is a Spanish music and dance style typical of the Gypsy, or Gitano. Flamenco dance is characterized by colorful costumes, intense and erotic movements, stamping of the feet, and clapping of the hands; it is brilliant, noisy, and passionate. Flamenco music is believed to have originated in the early 19th century from the canto hondo of Andalusia, a highly emotional and tragic type of song accompanied by a guitar. What is the etymology of the word "flamenco?"