A wooden marionette is a figure that is normally used for theatrics. It is controlled by a person who holds it from the upper part with a series of nylon strings which are attached to each of the marionette's extremities.
A Wooden diving board is normally found on the edge of swimming pools. It is used by amateur and professional divers in order to execute dives into the pool.
Both of them function by the principle of equilibrium. In the case of the marionette, the person who is operating it moves its fingers up and down in order to create movement. In the case of the diving board, the metal bolts which hold the board's structure cause an opposing force that ultimately serves as a counterbalance when the diver jumps into the other end of the board.
The Sugar Act reduced the rate of tax on molasses from six pence to three pence per gallon, while Grenville took measures that the duty be strictly enforced. The act also listed more foreign goods to be taxed including sugar, certain wines, coffee, pimiento, cambric and printed calico, and further, regulated the export of lumber and iron.
According to legend, <span>Nebuchadnezzar built the Hanging Gardens of Babylon to please his </span>homesick wife (B) who missed the hills and valleys of her homeland.
They were trying to make the country better