Which countries would ally if a World War happens in the future? What might be the possible reasons behind the war and the alliances?
Hi. First of all , this will depend very much on when the war happens . Because alliances and preferences of each country towards another usually keep changing every 5–10 years. So assuming that this situation arrives in the nearby future , i will be writing the possible scenario below.Alliance 1 -This alliance will obviously be lead by US in one or another way. So the countries taking part in this alliance will possibly be -USCanadaUKEU countries (Greece is a doubt).AustraliaJapanVietnamPhilippinesTaiwanS. KoreaUkraineIsraelIndia (loosely associated)Brazil (loosely associated)Alliance 2 -This alliance will be lead by a Russia-China collaboration possibly. The countries that can possibly support this alliance are -RussiaChinaPakistanVenezuelaIranN. KoreaBelarusSyriaEcuadorCubaNote- The reason why i kept India and Brazil on US’s side is that even though they are somewhat allied with Russia too , but India is slowly making a shift away from Russian technologies and moving towards US weapons whereas Brazil might be good with Russia but still has more US influence on it. So in the end , India and Brazil will be too confused to take sides but will be loosely associated with US possibly.Any suggestions will be welcomed . So please comment.EDIT-1 - India will not oppose Russia which is true but India will oppose China which will be in the same alliance as Russia. So it is true that India will never directly be against Russia but indirectly it will be .
Is asteroid called 2002 NT7 going to make an impact towards Earth on February 1, 2019? NASA says they ruled out that possibility 4 days later after announcing it. I can't tell which is true or not. If it hits, will it destroy the world?
Asteroid 2002 NT7 is a Near-Earth Object that was discovered in 2002, and is approximately 2km in diameter. It was classified as a hazardous object because its orbit brings it close to the Earth every now and then.Now, this is an older report from back in 2002, and I currently can not find the NASA article that revealed the discovery of 2002 NT7, however Wikipedia should do the job for today.So, first of all, NASA did not claim the asteroid would hit the Earth on February 1 of 2019. They claimed there was a 1 in a million chance of an impact. However, more studies of this asteroid revealed the threat of an impact to be much lower. It originally had a rating of 0.06 on the Palermo scale, and after the further calculations, that dropped to -0.25, meaning it probably won’t be a threat.A few days later an impact was ruled out completely, and was taken off of the list for potentially hazardous objects in space. On the 23rd of January, 2019, the 2002 NT7 will pass by the Earth at a distance of .45 AU from the Earth, or about half the distance the Earth is from the Sun.The only reason why 2002 NT7 is seen as a big threat was media hype-up. Because the media will twist the story of things in order to get views, because a headline like “Asteroid impact imminent — February 1st, 2019” Is more exciting than “Asteroid has a 1 in a million chance to strike Earth in 2019.”So, you don’t need to worry about 2002 NT7. And also avoid the crack pot articles from people who claim to be researchers of this, they are no better than the media, creating hype for something that won’t happen.
What's the history of Cha Cha dance?
The Cha-Cha is, of all things, an American Dance. Now that doesn’t mean that it was inspired by some farmer in the Midwest, or anything, but it was, and is, a Latin/American dance.When Mambo migrated up to North America it swept through the Nightclubs like wild fire. It picked up where Swing and Lindy Hop were beginning to taper off, and the Latin Dance Craze of the late 40’s to late 50’s was (no pun intended) in full swing.One such club was the Palladium Ballroom in New York[1]. It was there that musicians like Tito Puente and Machito were playing on a regular basis. Now, according to a conversation I had with Pat Traymore[2], an Arthur Murray dance consultant who frequented that ballroom, the Mambo music, from time to time, would get slower.Songs like “Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom” took the world by storm, but also took all of the same orchestration of a great Mambo, but slowed it down - like savoring a fine wine.The only problem? The dancers were set to “Mambo Speed” (aka: Fast). So they created a solution.Enter the “Triple Mambo”By inserting a triple step, the Mambo dancers were able to syncopate the “4,1” beats of the music that they’d normally hold, and dance “4 & 1”. You may know that “4 & 1” by a different phrase: Cha-Cha-Cha.Today, Mambo and Cha-Cha are forever tied together. To some, they are distant relatives, but to those that know the history, they are immediate family members.Image Credit: Mambo | American SaborFootnotes[1] Palladium Ballroom[2] Pat Traymore 2011 BBC&C Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient