a chevron between three lions, bodys erased, argent. Crest: On a chapeau a cat-a-mountain (cougar) guardant, per pale, sable and argent between olive branches. Note: The old crest of the

preserved early British 0-4-2 locomotive


consists of a shield surrounded by three spears. On the shield is the motto of the nation, as well as the head of a lion. Behind the shield there are three


Deutschland im Herbst (1977) and was just recently used in the video game: . Cartoonist Al Capp, creator of the comic strip Li'l Abner, expressed his right-wing views during the

1934-1977 American comic strip by Al Capp


by Gene De Paul, and lyrics by Johnny Mercer. Based on the comic strip Li'l Abner by Al Capp, the show is, on the surface, a broad spoof of hillbillies but


houses the National Centre for Maritime History, with a museum and the shipyard that has built the Batavia replica. After the Second World War the Zuiderzee Works

ship wrecked in 1629 on Houtman Abrolhos with at least 110 men, women and children being murdered during subsequent mutiny


arms of Lelystad pictures the dykes, built with six-edged concrete or basalt blocks. The colour gold indicates the high costs of the project of making the polder. The centre shield


Vlie strait) and Terschelling. It is hypothesised that the now-poldered tidal inlets of Medem (near Medemblik) and IJ (near Amsterdam) once were branches of river IJssel. The IJssel as


also an important supplier of drinking water for the region. The 40 ha size test polder, which was made in 1926-1927 in the Zuiderzee as a test run


made into polders, thereby enlarging the area of the municipality significantly. On the other hand, Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude lost large areas to the cities of Haarlem and


which Nieuw-Vennep owes its name. Nieuw-Vennep is one of two towns officially founded after the lake Haarlemmermeer was made into a dry land polder in 1852. The other town


sails have a horizontal boom to stabilize the foot of the sail. It is connected to the base of the mast at the gooseneck, a device designed to allow the

in sailing, a spar along the bottom edge of a fore and aft rigged sail


Lapide, Antonio de Lorea, and Athanasius Kircher, who argued that compartments must have been built for them aboard Noah's Ark. See also. Harpy. Cecaelia. Melusine. Pincoya. Naiad. Nix. Nymph. Lorelei,

half-human and half-bird personification of storm winds from Greek and Roman mythology generally depicted as birds with the heads of maidens


sprite. Slavic fairies. Bird-people. Huldra. El Trauco. Syrenka, the Coat of Arms of Warsaw. Rusalka. References. External links. the Sirens in classical literature and art.


(4.891-919) Jason had been warned by Chiron that Orpheus would be necessary in his journey. When Orpheus heard their voices, he drew out his lyre and played his music more beautifully

legendary musician, poet, and prophet in ancient Greek religion and myth


of part of the Greek myth of Orpheus, in a similar vein to the story "A Midsummer Night's Dream" from the third collection, Dream Country; behind the main story Gaiman


and Reflections also includes the Sandman Special, originally published as a stand-alone issue, which assimilates the myth of Orpheus into the Sandman mythos as well as a very short Sandman


of his brother Dream in this interaction. It was Destruction, in fact, who told Orpheus that Death had a way for him to visit the Underworld, which set off


that poetic inspiration, a gift of the gods, can be taken away by the gods. According to Diodorus the mythical singer Linus took three pupils, Heracles, Thamyris and Orpheus,


century or earlier needs to take this into account. In biological taxonomy, a patronym is a specific epithet which is a Latinized surname. These often honor associates of

academic discipline; science of finding, describing, defining and naming groups of biological organisms


third and the second century BC. This work was organised in ten books, and is an encyclopedia of the plant kingdom, in which a draft taxonomy is sketched, together with


he also contributed to the taxonomy of other parasites. Christophers was also an honorary physician to King George V from 1927 to 1930. Biography. See http://www.mosquitocatalog.org/pdfs/MS11N01P055.PDF pdf for a very full

document genre; classification of things or concepts, as well as to the principles underlying such a classification, categorisation is based on discrete sets, different from meronomy which is dealing with the classification of parts of a whole


to localize cognitive processes in the brain. Part of this argument is that a successful taxonomy of mental processes has yet to be developed. See also. Modularity. Language module. Visual modularity.


the Irish Sea, in Ulster, the Isle of Man and Galloway (indeed as far north as Argyll), "Mac" was frequently truncated in speech, leading to such anglicisations as "Qualtrough"


similar view is that the name is a shortening of Galloway Gate, i.e. the road to Galloway. A popular opinion within Galgate is that it stands for Gallows Gate, the


the terms of Freudian and Lacanian psychoanalysis, as part of the deconstruction of existing relations of power, and as a concrete political investment. It has been closely associated with the birth

psychological theory that was founded in 1890 by the Viennese neurologist Sigmund Freud


a technique used in psychoanalysis, first developed by Sigmund Freud. In free association, psychoanalytic patients are invited to relate whatever comes into their minds during the analytic session, and


psychoanalysis. Origins. In the psychology of Freud, the anal stage is said to follow the oral stage of infant/early-childhood development. This is a time when an infant's attention moves from oral


__NOTOC__. Events. By place. Europe. The seven tribes of the Magyars settle in the Carpathian Basin under the leadership of Árpád


This bird featured in the town's coat of arms (but not in the Árpád coat of arms, when Corvinus is a raven) when it was part of the


spent in the service of the Duke of Somerset (a brother of the late queen, Jane Seymour), who was Lord Protector during the early years of the reign of his nephew,


Margery Wentworth. Sir John and Lady Seymour had eight surviving children; the eldest was Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, the second, Thomas. He was an older brother of Jane Seymour,


and philology. Friedrich Schleiermacher, Wilhelm Dilthey, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Erich Auerbach. Marxism (see Marxist literary criticism) - which emphasizes themes of class conflict. Georg Lukács, Valentin Voloshinov, Raymond Williams, Terry

Welsh scholar, author, and Marxist literary critic


its key texts, theory was also often criticized as faddish or trendy obscurantism (and many academic satire novels of the period, such as those by David Lodge, feature


affairs of the house. Doctors and bachelors were alike eligible, but, owing to the number of the latter, the custom rapidly grew up of selecting only bachelors.

unmarried man socially regarded as able to marry.


accepts a promotion to Captain and an offer to command the USS Titan; during the movie's final scenes he bids Picard, and the Enterprise, farewell. Riker was originally scripted as a


practicing law in Troy, New York, at the outbreak of the War of 1812. He volunteered and became a captain in the 13th United States Infantry Regiment.

commissioned officer rank of army, marine corps and air forces - NATO rank code of OF-2.


his staff attended; and commissioned at Philadelphia on 29 December 1902, Captain Eugene Henry Cozzens Leutze, USNA 1867 in command. Pre-World War I. From 1903-1907, Maine cruised along the Atlantic


Lieutenant (O-2) is the second-lowest ranking commissioned officer. It is one grade above the rank of Second Lieutenant (O-1) and one grade below a Captain (O-3). Second Lieutenants are usually promoted


18 September 1944, Captain Donald Roderick Osborn, Jr., US Naval Academy class of 1920, in command. Service History. From 14 December 1944 to 2 March 1945, Duluth served as a training

leader of an Australian rules football team


Munda Bay. Munda was launched on 27 May 1944 (sponsored by Mrs. James E. Dyer), to be accepted and commissioned on 8 July 1944, under the command of Captain L. A.


was promoted to captain in December the same year.. In 1938, with the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ōta was assigned to command the Kure 6th SNLF. In 1941,


shirt since 2001. Sean O’Driscoll has been the manager of club since August 2006, joining from Bournemouth after the late summer depature of Dave Penney. The current club captain

team captain of an association football team


assigned the hull classification symbol CVE-56 on 15 July 1943. She was acquired by the Navy and commissioned on 7 August 1943, Captain Irving D. Wiltsie in command. Service History. Operation

general category of United States military rank (use Q5036511 for more specific ranks)


Captain in the Royal Navy. His son, the seventh Viscount, fought in both the Second Boer War and the First World War. He was succeeded by his


Captain but immediately subordinate to the ranks of Colonel or Lieutenant Colonel. "Sergeant-Major" denotes the most senior sergeant of a large military unit. In the US Army and US Marine


Co., Vancouver, Washington; renamed Roi on 26 April 1944; launched on 2 June 1944; sponsored by Mrs. William Sinton; acquired from the Maritime Commission and commissioned on 6 July 1944, Captain


He wishes that Kyle can one day return and use it to save their people. 20 years later, Kyle has become a renowned military captain and mercenary. After


them for the remainder of the war. By the time he was discharged in October 1865, he was a Captain. He briefly studied law, but never practiced, and, in 1866, he


in 1808. After courageous service in Spain against Napoleon's forces from 1809 to 1814, during the Peninsular War, he went on to serve in various parts of Britain as a Captain


Interchange, the first cloverleaf interchange in Pakistan with a daily traffic volume of about 48,000 vehicles. Sister Cities. Following cities have twin city relationships with Islamabad. Amman,


Hussein bin Talal (, ') (Amman, 14 November 1935 – Amman, 7 February 1999) was the King of Jordan from the


any way. The Jordan bombing plot. In Jordan, members of the group planned to bomb four sites: a fully-booked Radisson hotel in Amman, Jordan; the border between Jordan


by the British High Commissioner in Jerusalem to form two small police forces. Those were: The Mobile Force, 100 men to guard the Jerusalem-Amman road. 50 men


occupation from 1940 to 1944. The town inhabitants are called Vichyssois. Up until the 18th century they were more properly known as les Vichois which stems from the Occitan

Romance language spoken in Southern France


or at the end of a word. Occitan (ce cedilha). Examples: torçut "twisted", çò "this", ça que la "nevertheless", braç "arm", brèç "cradle", voraç "voracious". Portuguese (cê cedilhado or


the area is the direct cause of the many thermal springs that exist in and around Vichy. Climate. This city enjoys a continental climate climate that incorporates some

main climate class in the Köppen climate classification system

characterised by long, usually very cold winters, and short, cool summers


in theory. Geography and climate. Located south of the Cantabrian Mountains along the Ebro, La Rioja benefits from a continental climate. The mountains help to isolate the region


Climate. The region has a continental climate which is characterized by high temperatures during summer and long and frosty winters. The average amount of rainfall during the year exceeds. History. Bielsk


Quikscript (also known as the Read Alphabet and Second Shaw) is an alphabet (and phonemic orthography) specifically designed for

standard set of letters that represent phonemes


the system. Coincidence counting can help determine when two texts are written in the same language using the same alphabet. (This technique has been used to examine the purported Bible code.)


Current usage. The Stems are still commonly used nowadays in China in counting systems similar to the way the alphabet is used in English. For example: Students' grades:


were keen alphabet enthusiasts, which explains their choice of his initials "ABC". He wrote his first story ("Iris y Margarita") at the age of 11. He was a


False writing systems are artificially constructed alphabets or scripts

2013 documentary film directed by Erwin Wagenhofer


from Arcadia, Greece, who brought the Greek pantheon, laws and alphabet to Italy, where he founded the city of Pallantium on the future site of Rome, sixty years before the Trojan


alphabet, similar to the NATO phonetic alphabet, that is used by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and other local and state law enforcement agencies across the state


arms of the state of Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil, trees. Letters of the alphabet are used as supporters in the arms of Valencia, Spain. Human supporters can also


One of the first alphabets created specifically for Silesian was Steuer's Silesian alphabet, used by Feliks Steuer to write his poems in Silesian. The alphabet consists of 30 graphemes


ou Pile that the probability of a coin landing heads increased for every time that it came up tails. In gambling, the strategy of decreasing one's bet the more one wins

wagering of money on a game of chance or event with an uncertain outcome

scientific article (publication date: 7 November 2006)


suitable even for environments such as schools, where gambling is often prohibited. The game exists in countless versions, so here a (somewhat arbitrarily chosen) basic game will be followed by a


bishop of Langres, but he spent his time at court, where he was always in demand, and where he gained great sums by gambling. He died very rich. He willed


few people had to be evicted from their homes for refusing to sign the lease. Casino gambling. The Seneca Nation of Indians opened a gambling casino in Salamanca in


reported in the mid-1990s to have had a complex and secretive financial and communications network and some 10,000 members. The gambling industry is the major focus of organized crime in Macau.


defined as "a stock exchange for bets" - it is therefore commonly seen as a peer-to-peer gambling website, when in fact it is more closely described as "many-to-many"


compiled the Lienü zhuan, also father of Liu Xin (born 77 BC). References.

Chinese astronomer, mathematician, historian, librarian and politician (c. 50 BCE-23CE)


place. Rome. Caesar Augustus sent ferrets (named 'viverrae' by Plinius) to the Balearic Islands to control the rabbit plagues. Tiberius sent to Armenia, then retires to Rhodes. Births. Possible birthdate of Jesus,


the Balearic Islands came under the control of Justinian. Importance. Paul K. Davis writes, "With this victory, the Byzantines regained control of North Africa for the Eastern Roman Empire.


famed British bastion guarding the Mediterranean Sea’s Atlantic entrance on 2 November. At the end of a fortnight in port, Brandywine sailed for the Balearic Islands in company with the ship of


in 1295, he returned the Balearic Islands to James II of Majorca. Aragon retained control over the continental territories of the Majorca kingdom — Montpellier and Roussillon — throughout James's


to the end. Caesar defeated Metellus Scipio and Cato, who subsequently committed suicide, at the Battle of Thapsus in 46 BC. Gnaeus escaped once again, this time to the Balearic Islands


to as phosphorylation. An enzyme that removes phosphate groups is known as a phosphatase. Types. One of the largest groups of kinases or phosphorylases are protein kinases, which act

the process of introducing a phosphate group into a molecule, usually with the formation of a phosphoric ester, a phosphoric anhydride or a phosphoric amide.


by phosphorylation, and can be used for cell signalling. Since ATP can be used for the biosynthesis of many plant biomolecules, phosphorus is important for plant growth and flower/seed formation.


(1,063 km²), of which, 405 square miles (1,048 km²) of it is land and 6 square miles (14 km²) of it (1.34%) is water. Adjacent counties. Fulton County, New York - north. Saratoga County, New York


form St. Lawrence County. In 1816, Hamilton County was split off from Montgomery. In 1838, Fulton County was split off from Montgomery. Congressional Districts. 1789-1797 - None. 1797-1803 - NY9. 1803-1809 -


Mayfield is a village in Fulton County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the village population was 800. The


Northville is a village in Fulton County, New York, United States. The


Hickman is a city in Fulton County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 2,560 at the 2000 census. It is the


of 41.6 square miles (107.8 km²), of which, 40.7 square miles (105.5 km²) of it is land and 0.9 square miles (2.3 km²) of it (2.09%) is water. The south border of the town is Fulton County and


Fairview is a village in Fulton County, Illinois, United States. The population was 493 at the 2000 census. Geography. Fairview is located at (40.636080,


is a city named Fulton in Oswego County, New York as well as a Fulton County, New York. Fulton is a town in Schoharie County, New York, United


Fairburn is a city in Fulton County


Thompson Township is a township in Fulton County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 998. The


declaration of the National Constituent Assembly on 9 July. Within three short months, the majority of the king's executive authority had been transferred to the elected representatives of the people's nation.

former political body formed from the National Assembly on 9 July 1789 during the first stages of the French Revolution


of Mirabeau's life forms the best history of the first two years of the National Constituent Assembly. At every important crisis his voice was heard, though his advice was not


Elia Kazan and Clifford Odets. Copland also had contact later with other major American playwrights, including Thorton Wilder, William Inge, Arthur Miller, and Edward Albee and considered projects with all of

American playwright and novelist (1913-1973)

British Member of Parliament (1669-1731)


annual Halloween "Neewollah" festival in late October. Independence Community College is home to the William Inge Center for the Arts, which maintains the archives of playwright William Inge (an


Sheba is a 1950 play by the American dramatist William Inge. The play was Inge's first, written while he was a teacher at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Plot synopsis.


is shown with live orchestral accompaniment. The films selected are generally well-known (for example, Nosferatu), but Ebert feels that silent films in general are overlooked by the


Schreck's vampire Count Orlok in 1922's Nosferatu, is patterned after Boris Karloff himself, who in fact plays the part in his last appearance in a major American


from a perceived European-centered history to an African-centered history. More broadly, Afrocentrism is concerned with distinguishing the influence of European and Oriental peoples from African achievements. Prominent Individuals. Perry Anderson. Mikhail Bakhtin.


wilderness and sailing to the Americas according to the Book of Mormon. Births. Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara of Jainism,(599–527).

24th Tirthankara of Jainism, last in current cycle of Jain cosmology


is the most important religious holiday. It celebrates the birth of Mahavira, the last Tirthankara. He was born on the 13th day of the rising moon of Chaitra, in either


cataract of the Nile. (Early history of Sudan). Significant people. Nephi being in the wilderness and sailing to the Americas according to the Book of Mormon. Births. Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankara

city in and county seat of Juab County, Utah, United States


of Solon, lawmaker of Athens (approximate date). 637 BC—Death of Duke Xiang of Song, China. 635 BC—Birth of Thales, Greek philosopher (d. 543 BC) (approximate date). 633 BC—Death of Ashurbanipal.

ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician


States. The population was 449 at the 2000 census. History. The Village of Glenwillow was carved out of Solon Township and established in 1893 as a company town by Austin Powder

city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States


Yangtze River with the Huai River, and is a measure to ship amble amount of supplies north for intended wars with the northern states of Song and Lu.

vassal state during the Zhou Dynasty of ancient China


against Athens. 411 BC- Athens' democratic government overthrown and briefly ruled by a "Council of Four Hundred" for four months. 411 BC- Alcibiades is recalled from exile. 411 BC- Antiphon is

short sentence sung or recited before or after a psalm or canticle; call and response, especially in Christian music and ritual


Sicily. 410 BC- Carthage's Iberian colonies revolt and secede from Carthage. 410 BC- Evagoras reclaimed his throne in Salamis after years of foreign rule. c.410 BC- Arsames, Satrap of Egypt,


eight ships fled to Evagoras of Cyprus, fearing the judgment of the Athenian commons. As a result of this victory, Sparta defeated the Athenians and so attempted to carve


(d. 337 BC). Deaths. 418 BC- Laches, Athenian aristocrat and general (b. c. 475 BC). 415 BC- Prodicus of Ceos, Philosopher. 414 BC- Lamachus, Athenian general. 414 BC- Eurymedon of Athens,


its perihelion on February 6, 1986. 2065. November 11 – Transit of Mercury. November 22 – 12:45 UTC—Venus will occult Jupiter. This event will be the first occultation of


became the first person to observe the transit of a planet across the Sun, viewing the transit of Mercury that Kepler had predicted. In December of the same year, he


such as the Bishopric of Liège, the Romance Flanders (around Cambrai, Lille, Tournai), the French-speaking part of Brabant around Nivelles and, Namur, where French or Walloon was the dominant language


the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. Geography. A farming and ex-coalmining village some southwest of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D183 and the D341 roads.


his death. On the renewal of war in 1662 he conducted, under the eyes of the king, the sieges of Douai, Tournai and Lille. During siege of Lille he so distinguished


French border, where it continues to Paris and Lille (and London beyond that), HSL 2 runs from Leuven to Liège. HSL 3 will run from Liège to

artwork by James Pradier in Paris, France


the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. Geography. Norrent-Fontes is situated some northwest of Béthune and west of Lille, at the junction of the D94


applying the Cayley-Dickson construction. Conic sedenions ("16-dimensional M-algebra") after Charles Musès, part of his hypernumber concept. Cayley-Dickson Sedenions. Arithmetic. Like (Cayley-Dickson) octonions, multiplication of Cayley-Dickson sedenions is neither commutative nor associative.


to standard form. For multiplication, multiply in the typical base-10 manner, without carry, then convert the numeral to standard form. For example. 2+3 = 10.01 + 100.01 = 110.02 =


predation and parasitism. Measuring the exact fitness benefit to the individuals is not always straightforward, particularly when the individuals can receive benefits from a range of species, for

quantitative representation of natural and sexual selection within evolutionary biology


of population genetics, that the spread of a transgene in a wild population will be directly related to the fitness effects of the gene in addition to the


fitness of a phenotype is dependent on its frequency relative to other phenotypes in a given population. In positive frequency dependent selection, the fitness of a phenotype increases as it


Addicott. 1992. Density-Dependent Mutualism in an Aphid-Ant Interaction. Ecology, Vol. 73, No. 6, pp. 2175-2180. Bronstein, JL. 1994. Our current understand of mutualism. Quarterly Review of Biology

scientific study of the relationships between living organisms


along the eastern border, a strong line of fortifications was constructed between Verdun and Toul and between Épinal and Belfort. Verdun guarded the northern entrance to the


French government for his service. Just a few weeks after the armistice ending the war, he was killed in a plane crash near Toul while test-flying one of


such as webspinners. Silk production is especially common in the Hymenoptera (bees, wasps, and ants), and is sometimes used in nest construction. Other types of arthropod produce

members of the order Hymenoptera which are not ants nor bees (compare Q1065202, Q1076176)


of a Vespiform - a shape-changing alien resembling a giant wasp. A copy of "Death in the Clouds" (published in the year 5,000,000,000) also appears at the end of the

protein-coding gene in the species Drosophila melanogaster


Apocrita is a suborder of insects in the order Hymenoptera. The Apocrita includes wasps, bees and ants, and consists of many families. It includes the


best distinguished from other vespoid wasps in having (in most species) a transverse groove dividing the mesopleuron (the mesepisternal sclerite, a region on the side of middle segment of the


a wall or embankment built along a river or stream to protect adjacent land from flooding. An overflow dam is designed to be over topped. A weir is a type

barrier across a river designed to alter its flow characteristics


Denbighshire, Wales, approximately west of the town of Llangollen. The distinctively shaped weir helps create a pool of water that can enter (via an adjacent valve house and flow meter)


weirs on the river, built to sustain the industrial past, had to be made passable to allow fish to ascend the river. This required the creation of fish passes


using a wooden bucklet for a boat; he landed at the fishing weir of Elffin, one of the sons of Urien (all medieval Welsh sources, however, make Elffin


to: Wier Longleaf Lumber Company, established in 1917 by Robert W. Wier. Wier-Cook Airport in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. See also. Weir, a small overflow-type dam. Weir (disambiguation).


and there are many weirs and bridges. Just north of this, the Anchor Inn is on the banks of the river, and canoes can be hired from here. Continuing


of the river. The Don's major tributaries are the Loxley, the Rivelin, the Sheaf, the Rother and the Dearne. Along the Sheffield–Rotherham stretch of the river are five weir


Jewish Agency to Zionist Terrorism in Palestine," The New York Times, July 25, 1946, p. 8. Zadka, Dr. Saul. Blood in Zion, How the Jewish Guerrillas drove the British out of Palestine. London:

day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar


the "Grove of Furrina." Her placation was the duty of the Flamen Furrinalis, and she had a feast day on July 25. Bibliography. Altheim, Franz (1938). A History of Roman Religion. Harold


Henry) (August 21 1848 – January 4 1905) and his brother Mathieu-Prosper Henry (Prosper Henry) (December 10 1849 – July 25 1903) were French opticians and astronomers. They made refracting


William "Willie" Lee Perryman (October 19 1911 - July 25 1985), who was usually


pretext for the Austrian declaration of war on Serbia, marking the beginning of World War I, despite Serbia's acceptance (on July 25) of nearly all of Austria-Hungary's demands (they


+16:12. Points classification: Baden Cooke 169. Robbie McEwen 163. Erik Zabel 157. Mountains classification: Richard Virenque 324. Laurent Dufaux 187. Lance Armstrong 168. Stage 18. (Bordeaux to Saint-Maixent-l'École, July 25). A


and "They Call Me Big Mama," Thornton wrote twenty. other blues songs. Death. On July 25, 1984, Willie Mae Thornton died in Los Angeles of heart and liver complications,


southern Dolomites, which was then part of Austria and now part of Italy. He studied theology in the diocesan seminary of Brixen and was ordained priest on July 25,


to December. July 22 - William Lyon Mackenzie King, lawyer, economist, university professor, civil servant, journalist, politician and 10th Prime Minister of Canada (b.1874). July 25 - Gleason Belzile,


Royal Forest of Gödöllő from July 25 to August 7, 1939, and attended by some 5,800 Girl Guides from around the world. They named the camp Pax Ting.


cluster in the constellation Gemini. The New General Catalogue NGC 35, a galaxy in the constellation Cetus. The Saros of the solar eclipse series which began on -1870 July 25 and


Garneau, notary, civil servant, poet and historian (d.1866). July 25 - Jonathan McCully, politician. Deaths.


government created the Israeli Defense Forces which would succeed the Haganah. It also outlawed maintenance of any other armed force. Famous members of the Haganah included: Yitzhak Rabin,

Israeli politician, statesman and general (1922-1995)


currently applied in diverse disciplines including petroleum geology, hydrogeology, hydrology, meteorology, oceanography, geochemistry, geometallurgy, geography, forestry, environmental control, landscape ecology, and agriculture (esp. in precision farming). Geostatistics is applied

science that deals with the water above, on and below the land surface of the earth


format consists of five numerical digits. An extended ZIP + 4 code includes the five digits of the ZIP code, a hyphen, and four more digits that determine a


when one writes of a "discrete-time stochastic process", then, at least according to traditional punctuation rules, it should be hyphenated. See hyphen for more. Notes. References. See


drivers who set out for Weyauwega, drove a couple of hundred miles, and actually finished up on a flyspeck instead." (Willis, Walt, Hyphen) Bloch lived in Weyauwega while married


marks (?), exclamation marks (!), commas (,), semicolons (;), colons (:), dashes (–), hyphens (-), ellipses (...), different types of inverted commas and quotation marks (", ‚‘, „“,»«), brackets ((),) (which


Eifel), cut by river valleys, principally the Rhine and Mosel. The north takes in the Ruhr valley. Some of the larger cities in the Rhineland include Aachen, Bonn, Cologne, Duisburg,


Geography. The district covers the sparsely populated southwestern part of the Eifel Mountains. The portions along the western borders are occupied by a common German-Belgian nature park and


vineyards in the Ahr, Mittelrhein, Mosel, Nahe, Pfalz (Palatinate) and Rheinhessen regions. Following World War I. Following the Armistice of 1918, Allied forces occupied the Rhineland as far east as

municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany


will of the citizens (a petition). It can be binding or non-binding. A foundational referendum or plebiscite may be drafted by a constituent assembly before being put to voters. In other circumstances

body or assembly of representatives composed for the purpose of drafting or adopting a constitution


fourth series, when the musical duties were performed by The Max Harris Group. Took and the cast had worked on the predecessor series Beyond Our Ken. Format. Round the


Off (1985) Savoy Theatre. Radio. Beyond Our Ken (1958 – 1964). Gert and Daisy (1959). Worm's Eye View (play) (1962). The Men from the Ministry (1965). Round the Horne (1965

2004 Hong Kong film directed by Pang Ho-cheung


of Noël Coward's style, most particularly that of Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard in Brief Encounter. Typical dialogue (imagine it spoken in BBC English) included: Charles: "I know.". Fiona:

1945 British film directed by David Lean

1974 television film directed by Alan Bridges


film starred Norma Shearer and Melvyn Douglas, and also featured Florence Shirley, Lee Bowman and Lenore J. Coffee. Coward adapted Still Life for the screen as Brief Encounter in 1945.


(either Gijón or León), became attracted to Pelagius' sister and sent word to Tariq ibn Ziyad, who ordered him to capture Pelagius and send him to Córdoba.


Toledo upon assuming the crown in 702. All of this, however is a late tradition. According to the late tradition, Munuza, the Berber governor of Iegione (either Gijón or León), became

city and municipality in Asturias, Spain


Real Sporting de Gijón, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club from Gijón, Asturias. Founded in 1 June 1905, it currently plays in Spanish first division. Known


cities for a long period. Behind Madrid, three cities share second place for most Vuelta departures: Gijón, Bilbao and one time finish city Jerez de la Frontera. In 1997, the Vuelta


like rock or brittle. All false puffballs are inedible, as they are tough and bitter to taste. Puffballs were traditionally used in Tibet for making ink by

liquid or paste that contains pigments or dyes

comic book character, a superhero in Marvel Comics' main shared universe


in inks. Schedule 3 chemicals have large-scale uses apart from chemical weapons. Plants which manufacture more than 30 tonnes per year must be declared and can be inspected,


or defined to be a relatively short time when exposed to light. Fugitive pigments are present in types of paint, markers, inks etc., which are used for temporary applications. While


was left-handed, causing the ink to smudge easily if he wrote in standard writing. He may also have wanted to protect his ideas from theft or hide


× 10¹² spores. If collected before spores have formed, while the flesh is still white, it may be cooked as slices fried in butter, with a strong earthy, mushroom

fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or on its food source


It is known as the Mushroom Capital of the World because mushroom farming in the region produces over a million pounds of mushrooms a year. To celebrate this


mushrooms, spinach, courgettes, dried beans, fresh beans, plums, milk, and cream called Pavlaka. Bosnian cuisine is balanced between Western and Eastern influences. As a result of the Ottoman administration for


Muscarine, L-(+)-muscarine, or muscarin is a natural product found in certain mushrooms, particularly in Inocybe and Clitocybe species, such as the deadly C. dealbata. It was first isolated from

At first HÉV than tram terminal, traffic transformator station and cassa, now multifunctional building


fungi (Ascomycota: family Pezizaceae) which produce a mushroom that tends to grow in the shape of a "cup". Spores are formed on the inner surface of this


The spore print of a mushroom is an important diagnostic character in most


the spores are produced internally; that is, the basidiocarp remains closed, or opens only after the spores have been released from the basidia. The spores of puffballs are statismospores rather

unit of asexual reproduction that may be adapted for dispersal and for survival, often for extended periods of time, in unfavorable conditions; spores form part of the life cycles of many plants, algae, fungi and protozoa


black sporangia at the tips of upright hyphae, each containing hundreds of haploid spores. As in most zygomycetes, asexual reproduction is the most common form of reproduction.


begin as rod-shaped vegetative cells, and develop into rounded myxospores with thick cell walls. These myxospores, analogous to spores in other organisms, are meant to survive until nutrients are more


These plants are small with fleshy roots, and reproduce by spores shed into the air. They differ from the moonworts in having at least some sterile fronds (all fronds in Botrychium


hours, often overnight, in this manner. When the mushroom is removed, the color of the spores should be visible. Mycologists often use glass slides, which allow for quick examination


genus, Botrypus. They are small, with fleshy roots, reproducing by spores shed into the air. They differ from the moonworts (Botrychium s.s.) in having at least some sterile fronds


or coalescing into a mobile slug-like form when dispersing the spores which will give birth to the next generation. The stalk is composed of dead cells which have undergone


they had a five-lobed brain. The Elder Things exhibited  as well as  characteristics, and in terms of reproduction, multiplied using spores, although they discouraged increasing


to variograms rather than semi-variograms. See also. Variance. Sampling variogram. Geostatistics. Kriging. References. Bachmaier, M and Backes, M, 2008, "Variogram or Semivariogram — Explaining the Variances in a

expectation of the squared deviation of a random variable from its mean


-α where 1 variance. Lévy flights are Markov processes. After a large number of steps, the distance from the origin of the random walk


to Trenton and Camden. Our Town (1938) – Pulitzer Prize. The Merchant of Yonkers (1938). The Skin of Our Teeth (1942) – Pulitzer Prize. The Matchmaker (1954) (revised from The Merchant of

2010 Israeli film directed by Avi Nesher


1927, The Bridge of San Luis Rey brought him commercial success and his first Pulitzer Prize in 1928. He resigned from Lawrenceville School in 1928. From 1930 to 1937 he taught at the University of


counterpart Gianluigi Buffon made a save, and France striker David Trezeguet's missed shot ultimately proved decisive. Honours. Toulouse. French Cadet Championship: 1987. Marseille. UEFA Champions League: 1993. Monaco. Ligue 1: 1997, 2000.

French professional league for men's association football clubs


currently playing in Ligue 1, and is the club that has played the most seasons in the highest league out of all teams in France. Famous people of Montbéliard. Montbéliard


sent off, and a brawl erupted between players on the pitch. Barthez was reported for spitting on the Moroccan referee. On 21 April, Barthez was summoned to a

person of authority, in a variety of sports, who is responsible for presiding over the game from a neutral point of view

character from The Absent-Minded Professor


Referee Wayne Kelly stopped the fight in the seventh round after a knockdown—Byrd beat the count, but his face was battered and bloody, and the fight was waved off.


resemble powered bicycles, but most are now step-through designs (both kinds, visually similar to a traditional scooter but with either large or small wheels) and step-over designs similar to


prolific bubblegum creators including Bogart and producer Giorgio Moroder moved on to disco, leading to the rise of acts including Donna Summer and The Village People. Origins. The birth of


052Z-62266 released 1971). The second song found on a 12" Single is Love to Love You Baby by Donna Summer, released in 1976. This song was originally a


of bubblegum songs were by one-hit wonders. Among the best-known acts of bubblegum's golden era are 1910 Fruitgum Company, The Ohio Express, The Archies, The Lemon Pipers and The Partridge Family.


The Archies and occasionally lead guitarist after Archie, and naturally thinks of himself as the most important and talented member of the group -- and has gone to great lengths to prove


recordings of songs by the Beatles, the Buggles, the Archies and Madness with a number or recent American and British disco hits like Lipps Inc.'s "Funkytown", Heatwave's "Boogie


counterfeit goods. He is assisted by his brother Rodney (played by Nicholas Lyndhurst) and Grandad (played by Lennard Pearce) or, in later episodes, Uncle Albert (played by Buster

making a copy or imitation which is represented as the original


detect counterfeit Swiss franc, euro and United States banknotes amongst others. Typically, genuine banknotes are printed on paper based on cotton fibers, and do not contain the starches that react with


Records. Recently different counterfeit versions of this album have shown up for sale on websites such as eBay. The album features a riff-oriented songwriting style that Joshua Homme dubbed "robot rock",


the algorithm and the key, your cipher is likely to be breakable, even with the algorithm and key encoded in hardware. In counterfeit versions of a program,


in Edmonton, London) is an English actor. He first found fame on the popular sitcom Open All Hours as Granville, Ronnie Barker's corner shop delivery boy. He later

former territorial electoral district in Northwest Territories, Canada


Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Montreal and Dartmouth. Example of a Severe Thunderstorm Warning. An example of a Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued by the National Weather Service in the United States.

capital city of the province of Alberta, Canada


Canadian sports writer. Laurence Decore, lawyer, former mayor of Edmonton, Alberta, and former leader of the Alberta Liberal Party. Roderick Fraser, former president of the University of Alberta. Herschel Hardin, writer,


6 December 1943, Edmonton, North London - died 28 February 2008, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire), was the lead vocalist, who also played the keyboards. Lenny Davidson (born Leonard Arthur Davidson, 30


Telus Field (nicknamed the Phone Booth) is a baseball stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is home to the Edmonton Capitals of the independent Golden


Edmonton, Alberta. Partnerships with Washington state colleges include: Bates Technical College. Bellingham Technical College. Bellevue College. Centralia College. Lake Washington Technical College. Lower Columbia College. Peninsula College. Seattle


Ontario. 1969-1970 Kelvin High School, Winnipeg, Manitoba. 1970-1971 River East Collegiate Institute, Winnipeg, Manitoba. 1971-1972 O'Leary High School, Edmonton, Alberta. 1972-1973 Lorne Jenken High School, Barrhead, Alberta.


overview of local history and topics. Enfield Chase. Edmonton. Winchmore Hill. World's End. Oakwood, London. Forty Hill. Clay Hill, London. Crews Hill. References.

capital city of the province of Alberta, Canada


Lee Water Act of 1855 authorised a new lock at Amwell Marsh and the removal of Stanstead Lock. Edmonton Lock was to be removed and Pickett's Lock rebuilt.


of Alberta. He lives in Edmonton, Alberta. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto. Works. Famous Players - 1982. White Buick - 1992. Spin Dry - 1992. The


an English musician and record producer. Biography. Smith was born in Edmonton, North London and served as a RAF glider pilot during World War II. After an

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918 onwards


using the CTV, A and Access brands: Calgary: CFCN / CIAN1. Edmonton: CFRN / CJAL1. Ottawa: CJOH / CHRO. Toronto-Barrie: CFTO / CKVR. Vancouver-Victoria: CIVT / CIVI. The


born in Kediri. At that time, Blitar was a part of so-called Kediri Residency, a colonial-era administrative division whose capital was in Kediri. Four years later the family returned


of 1908. In 1910, at age 20, Fokker was sent by his father to Germany to receive training as a mechanic, but his interest was in flying,


Washington. He graduated in 1957. Service. He enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1957, where he served as a reciprocating engine mechanic at Kelly Air Force Base in Texas.


the 1960s. When the Warner Bros. animation studio briefly outsourced cartoon production in the 1960s, Daffy Duck became an antagonist (or inconsistent friend) in several Speedy Gonzales cartoons, his


actors who voiced Daffy. Daffy has been voiced by other actors besides Mel Blanc, Jeff Bergman, Greg Burson, Dee Bradley Baker, and Joe Alaskey: Jeff Bennett ("Attack of the


his own teammates when they're in trouble, and meets his end when he loses to Max. Jeff Bennett - Unemployment Lady. Brad Garrett - Tank, Bradley's right-hand man who ultimately turns on


where he is the hero and mentor of Plucky Duck. Daffy is shown as a baby in the Baby Looney Tunes show, and made occasional cameos on Animaniacs


prior to the full conversion to color, alongside Bugs Bunny, Elmer Fudd and his prototype Egghead, and Sniffles). An episode of Animaniacs paid homage to Inki, or more specifically the


of the The Simpsons episode "22 Short Films About Springfield" (first aired April 16, 1996), is inspired by this film. It was also used in an Animaniacs


Pavement. Café. Crosswalk. Curb, Curb ramp. Desire lines. Portuguese pavement. Public space. Sidewalk chalk. Cobblestone. Big Apple Pothole and Sidewalk Protection Committee. References. External links. a member-based advocacy group dedicated

natural building material based on cobble-sized stones, used for pavement roads, streets, and buildings

Shipton-under-Wychwood, West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, OX7


of tactics have been developed. Naively, bowling directly at the batsman's wicket seems a good idea, as this provides chances to get the batsman out bowled or

one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of a cricket pitch, guarded by a batsman who, with his bat, attempts to prevent the ball from hitting the wicket; named after "wicket gate", a small gate, which it historically resembled


and jolly bossiness). One of her theatre roles was in Joe Orton's What the Butler Saw at the Royal Court Theatre, and her many television appearances included Inspector Morse in 1990. It has been


a series of loose pastiches of the stilted dialogue in 1930s' melodramas). She also appeared in two Carry On films, Carry On Spying (playing Mata Hari) and Carry On

Dutch exotic dancer, courtesan and spy (1876-1917)


G. Robinson and Douglas Fairbanks Jr.. Mädchen in Uniform, directed by Carl Froelich, starring Hertha Thiele. M, starring Peter Lorre. Mata Hari, starring Greta Garbo and Lionel Barrymore.


reducing the number of possible spurious keys to zero in a brute force attack. That is, after trying every possible key, there should be just one decipherment that makes sense.


part of Hemsil river. Coat-of-arms. The coat-of-arms is from modern times. They were granted on 13 September 1985. The arms are gold with three black keys in

instrument that is used to operate a lock


opposed to systems based on a variable key. Wallis realized that the latter were far more secure — even describing them as "unbreakable", though he was not confident


KDC can issue a ticket permitting access. KDCs mostly operate with symmetric encryption. In most (but not all) cases the KDC shares a key with each of all the


Rock with Bill Haley and the Comets (Essex 102; 1954), Shake, Rattle and Roll (Decca DL5560; 1955), Rock Around the Clock (Decca DL8225; 1956) and Rockin' the Joint (Decca DL8775; 1958). These

1956 musical film directed by Fred F. Sears


Clock" was only a modest success. Much more impressive was the no seller, "Shake, Rattle and Roll", a somewhat bowdlerized cover version of the Big Joe Turner recording of earlier in 1954.

1954 song by Charles E. Calhoun a.k.a. Jesse Stone

1955 compilation album by Bill Haley & His Comets


the Clock" was initially released as the B-side. Shake, Rattle and Roll/ABC Boogie (Decca 29204). Dim, Dim the Lights (I Want Some Atmosphere) /Happy Baby (Decca 29317). Yes Indeed!/Real Rock Drive


acts such as Elvis and Little Richard began to dominate the record charts (although Haley's cover version of Little Richard's "Rip It Up" - which was released in

1958 self-titled compilation album by Little Richard


Orleans where Little Richard got his start.). In 1956, the first span of the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway opened to automobile traffic. A second span was added in 1969. The new road spurred


to Sony/ATV Music Publishing. Highlights. Wynona Carr. Eugene Church. Sam Cooke (with The Soul Stirrers and a couple of pop singles before his major stardom). John Lee Hooker. Little Richard


John-Jules, the character of Cat is based on a combination of Little Richard's look, James Brown's moves and Richard Pryor's facial expressions.. Life. The character has no name other than "The


In October 1955 he became involved with the Lettrist International and subsequently with the Situationist International. In the late 1950s he lived in Venice, California, then the

beachfront neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, USA

human settlement in Cayuga County, New York, United States of America


travelling grant which enabled him to relocate to continental Europe. He lived in Paris in the early 1950s and edited the literary magazine Merlin, which published Henry Miller,


– Elliot Paul, American writer (d. 1958). August 1 - Edward Streeter, American humorist (d. 1976). October 6 - John Metcalfe, UK writer (d. 1965). December 26 - Henry Miller,


in the production of textiles, sewing, crocheting, knitting, weaving, embroidery and ropemaking. Thread is a type of yarn intended for sewing by hand or machine. Modern manufactured

technology for the production of textiles


was predominantly a farming and agricultural area. Most of the farms in the hills around the town would have been involved in sheep farming and weaving was an


some basic knowledge of weaving is necessary. In order to make a strip of cloth, parallel threads (the “warp”) are stretched across a rectangular frame. To make a plain


an album by former Buzzcocks members Pete Shelley and Howard Devoto under the name ShelleyDevoto. Track listing. All tracks composed by Pete Shelley and Howard Devoto. "Can You See Me Shining?".


Buzzcocks guitar and lilting harmonies that belong in your finest emo effort. You may not have heard of the Moonies yet, but judging by the exuberance and


of the many young music fans present, along with original members of the bands Joy Division, The Smiths and Buzzcocks. The first incarnation of the band was


all time The band was formed by Howard Devoto after leaving punk band Buzzcocks in early 1977, deciding to create a more experimental and less punk band


Buzzcocks' Pete Shelley produced the Buzzkunst album in 2002. Legacy. Magazine's music continues to be an influence in modern music today. While having roots in the punk


in the 5-7-5 mora format; this verse was named a hokku, and would later be renamed haiku when presented as stand-alone works. The hokku would be followed by a related


in those cases where the phrase is sufficiently fossilized to be considered a "word". Example: sakura (さくら)-> rajio (ラジオ)-> onigiri (おにぎり)-> risu (りす)-> sumou (すもう) -> udon


for its Sanuki Udon (wheat noodles). Recent years have seen a great interest in Sanuki Udon across Japan, and many Japanese now take day trips to taste the


21 subject areas. The results revealed some of UCL's key strengths: in Laws – 1st in the United Kingdom. in Clinical Medicine – 1st outside North America. in Neuroscience &

scientific study of the central nervous system


medicine (1981), aviation and space medicine (1982), and rheumatology (1984). In 1986 she received a diploma in the biomechanics and physiology of movement. She completed her PhD thesis in neuroscience in


He is also an internationally active philosopher of technology with emphasis on media, gene technology, and neuroscience, as well as president of the International Schopenhauer Association, and


Nantes where François de Rugy defeated a UMP incumbent. The Greens now have four seats in the Assembly and sit with the PCF in the Gauche démocrate et


1240) who married Andre III of Bretagne, Sire of Vitre. Death and Burial. Constance died, age 40, on 5 September 1201 at Nantes. She was buried at Villeneuve Abbey in Nantes.


his mistress's health in Nantes brandy from six in the morning to the time he waddled upon the stage in the evening, had toasted himself up to such


China. Dandong, China. Nantes, France. See also. List of cities in South Korea. Geography of South Korea. External links.


a former Olympic, Commonwealth, European and World champion, and has held the world record in the event since 1995. Following his retirement as an athlete, Edwards has worked as an

quantified value of an event that is more extreme than that of all comparable events worldwide, often in sport


1905, the U.S. effort would benefit from a peaceful environment which aided the coordination of ship movements. The voyage itself would eventually set a number of world records


displayed by the fact that his world record in the standing long jump (3.48 m) was still standing when the event was discontinued internationally in the 1930s. See also.


1892 at a racing track in Independence, Iowa. Johnson was also a world record holder in speed skating, and won world championship titles in both sports. He was living


of the 12 titles. No world records were set, as few international top competitors had turned up. In addition, the curves of the track were very tight, making fast


World Records), is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world. The book itself holds a world record,


Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and placed 7th in the final of the 1500 metres event. The following year, he set a new world record of 4:07.6 in the


BBC as a sports commentator and on programmes such as Songs of Praise until he gave up this programme, due to his loss of faith, in February 2007. In


have used the concept as a basis for their games: please see Call My Bluff, Take My Word For It, Wordplay, and Balderdash. In Japan, featured the game under the


Wordplay (a game show that wired on NBC from 1986-1987). External links. at UKGameshows.com.


colleagues Daniel Webster and Henry Clay. Calhoun served in the House of Representatives (1810–1817) and the United States Senate (1832–1843). He was appointed Secretary of War (1817–1824) under James Monroe and Secretary

14th and 19th United States Secretary of State (1782–1852)


Webster County was formed in 1871. It was named after the statesman Daniel Webster. Demographics. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,061 people, 1,708 households, and 1,118 families


the land the village now occupies was owned between 1838 and 1841 by Daniel Webster, the American statesman, who also speculated in land on the frontier. In 1845, John Frederick acquired property


supreme court, where it lost again and appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Daniel Webster argued the side of the College in the Dartmouth College Case, describing the Charter


fried rice. Common methods of preparation include baking, boiling, and frying. Recipes using shrimp form part of the cuisine of many cultures. Strictly speaking, dishes containing scampi


are two types of vaporization: evaporation and boiling. Evaporation is a phase transition from the liquid phase to gas phase that occurs at temperatures below the boiling temperature at a


usually occurs on the surface. Boiling is a phase transition from the liquid phase to gas phase that occurs at or above the temperature the boiling temperature. Note


Ara Pacis Augustae (Altar of Augustan Peace), Rome, is started to be built. Births. Livilla, daughter of Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia Minor (d. AD 31). Deaths. Aemilius Lepidus

sister of the Roman emperor Claudius and daughter-in-law of emperor Tiberius


granddaughter Livilla for raping the latter. In the television adaptation of the novel he is portrayed by John Castle. Sources.


Antonia Minor (d. AD 31). Deaths. Aemilius Lepidus Paullus, member of the Roman Senate. Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, triumvir (b. c. 90 BC).

1st-century BC Roman politician, consul, and triumvir


743 BC—Duke Zhuang of the Chinese state of Zheng comes to power. 743 BC—Beginning of the First Messenian War. 740 BC—Tiglath-Pileser III conquers the city of Arpad in Syria after


– Nabonassar becomes king of Babylonia. 747 BC—Meles becomes king of Lydia. c. 747 BC—Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ends. Late Period of ancient Egypt starts. Nubian period starts in Ancient


king intended to punish him with death, Gyges assassinated Sadyates in the night and seized the throne. In his turn, the Lydian tyrant (late 8th c. or early 7th


Pan and Apollo. Mount Tmolus (modern Bozdağ), of which Tmolus was the eponymous namesake, lies in Lydia, or Phrygia (modern-day Turkey), with Sardis at its foot and Hypaepa on its


of the Roman 'Ab urbe condita' calendar. Rome adopts Etruscan alphabet, which the Etruscans themselves had adopted from the Greeks. 752 BC—Romulus, first king of Rome, celebrates the first Roman triumph


750 BC—Man and Centaur, perhaps from Olympia, is made. It is now at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. c. 750 BC—Age of colonisation begins. c.

archaeological site, sanctuary of Ancient Greece

street in Driebergen-Rijsenburg, the Netherlands


the excavations at Olympia were entrusted exclusively to Germany. Curtius died in Berlin. Works. His best-known work is his History of Greece (1857-1867). It presented in an attractive style what were


in the treasury of the Megarians at Olympia there was a statue of him made by Dontas of cedarwood and gold. On several coins of Acarnania the god is represented


the excavations in Olympia, Samos, Pergamon, Miletus, Priene, Magnesia, Cyprus and Didyma. This collection is divided between the Pergamon Museum and the Altes Museum. The collection contains sculpture from


Olympia. Julian, suspecting angry Christians were responsible, ordered the cathedral of Antioch closed, and an investigation into the cause of the fire: Ammianus Marcellinus reports "a frivolous rumor" laid the blame


a bedroom community for residents working in the surrounding cities of Tacoma, Olympia and Centralia. Yelm also hosts a large number of military families who are currently

city in and county seat of Thurston County, Washington, United States, and Washington federated state capital city


peninsula. From Olympia, the state capital, U.S. Route 101 runs along the Olympic Peninsula's eastern, northern, and western shorelines. Politics. It is represented in the U.S. House of Representatives


chemist. Prof. Dr. Rudolf Schüßler (1960–    ), German (moral) philosopher. Town partnerships. Olympia, West Greece, Greece since 2001. Carbon-Blanc, Gironde, France. Saulxures-sur-Moselotte, Vosges, France. Hamoir, Liège, Belgium. Further reading. Wolfgang Hartmann: 1200


the lack of historic veracity in plays such as Britannicus (1668) and Mithridate (1673). Racine was quick to point out that his greatest critics- his rival dramatists- were among

tragic play by the French dramatist Jean Racine

son of Roman emperor Claudius and his third wife Valeria Messalina


is 2, the curve is an ordinary ellipse (in particular, a circle if a = b). When n is greater than 2, it looks superficially like a rectangle with chamfered


knowledge of the analytical methods and discoveries of the continental mathematicians. His earliest memoir, dealing with an analytical expression for the rectification of the ellipse, is published in the Transactions of


the discriminant is equal to. and determines the shape of the conic section. If the discriminant is less than 0, the equation is of an ellipse or a circle.


but with convex (outwards-curved) sides. The curvature increases without limit as one approaches the corners. When n is 2, the curve is an ordinary ellipse (in particular, a


Each first derivative below was calculated using implicit differentiation. With as a function of. With as a function of. Curvature. Once the first two derivatives are known, curvature is easily


In Riemannian geometry, the scalar curvature (or Ricci scalar) is the simplest curvature invariant of a Riemannian manifold.


of a learning rule. This adjustment takes into account the curvature of the (prior) statistical differential manifold, by way of the Fisher information metric. This concept has many important


Namba – main shopping, sightseeing, and restaurant area. Shinsaibashi – luxury goods and department stores. Umeda – theaters, boutiques, and department stores near the train station. Entertainment and

neighborhood in Chūō-ku and Naniwa-ku, Osaka


Namba district, which is south Osaka City's transport hub and centre of commerce, entertainment, shopping, and culture. Naniwa retains significant Burakumin and Korean communities. The plight and struggle of both


there is a strong independent and privateer presence in the championship. Manufacturers represented by privateers include Volvo, Vauxhall, Chevrolet, Honda, Lexus, BMW, Peugeot, Alfa Romeo and MG. Prior to 2001 the

French professional cycling team (1901-1989)


10 in the basement of his home. In 1913, Bugatti designed a small car for Peugeot, the Type 19 "Bébé". Although he was born in Italy, Bugatti set up


purchase of the Ligier team in early 1997, and immediately changed the name to Prost. An exclusive contract for Peugeot engines was announced for 1998, but the


2-cylinder), and a "Super" model (the 11RE after 1984), with the advanced Peugeot 1124  cc Douvrin engine / PSA X engine, a four-cylinder "Suitcase engine" — all aluminium


Peugeot in the wake of the 1974 oil crisis, the renamed "Project VD (Voiture Diminuée)" became the Citroën Visa, incorporating the floor pan of the Peugeot 104, to use the advanced 104


such are: the collector's editions of Halloween, Escape From New York, Christine,The Thing, Assault on Precinct 13, Big Trouble In Little China and The Fog. Some have been re-issued recently


The Angry Beavers (1998). Gotham Girls (2000). Carnivàle (2003). Grey's Anatomy (2009). Film. Crash (1978). The Fog (1980). The Cannonball Run (1981). Escape from New York (1981). Swamp Thing


a National Seashore rather than a National Park. Point Reyes was one of the locations where the 1980 horror film The Fog was filmed. Description. The Point Reyes peninsula is


was ostensibly a remake of the 1951 Howard Hawks film, The Thing from Another World, Carpenter's version is more faithful to the John W. Campbell, Jr. short story, Who Goes There?


out by Wilson himself in tandem with Foreign Secretary James Callaghan, and they toured the capital cities of Europe meeting their European counterparts. Some commentators have suggested that this was the source

former prime minister of the United Kingdom (1912–2005)


the government of crucial vote. Former MP Joe Ashton remembered a case from the dying days of James Callaghan's government: The members then enter the Aye or No lobby, as


protest against tactics being used by the Conservative party to block Edward Fletcher's bill on employment protection, the Prime Minister, James Callaghan, stepped in to ensure that the


Baron, was a businessman. As of 2009 the titles are held by the latter's son, the fourth Baron, who succeeded in 1973. He held political office under James Callaghan in the


to Europe, transferred to the 103rd Foot as a major, and served as a lieutenant colonel in the Portuguese army, fighting against the Spanish invasion of Portugal (1762).

military rank which is used by both the British Army and Royal Marines


Edmunds. That same year his father, then colonel of the 55th Foot (later renumbered the 44th), purchased a commission for Charles as an ensign in the same

lowest ranking commissioned officer, etymologically the carrier of the ensign flag


career lasted from the 1890s until the mid-1930s. Born in 1871, Day graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1892, was promoted to Ensign in 1894, Lieutenant


(commonly known as "Flyable Duds") for repair or disposal. Ensign Roy Edward Jones, piloting Grumman Hellcat F6F-5 #71332, was the first to return for landing. He was

maritime flag used for national identification of ships


1859 and 1865 he attended Eton. He joined the 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards as an ensign on 16 May, 1865, was promoted to major on 1 July,


ear's delicate structures from loud sounds. See also. Simultaneous masking. Spectral masking. References. External links. http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/aug98/articles/datacompression.html. http://www.minidisc.org/aes_atrac.html.

mechanical wave that is an oscillation of pressure transmitted through a medium, composed of frequencies within hearing range


synthesised tom-tom sounds, minimal use of analogue synths, and short, slightly dirty sounding (both sonically and lyrically) vocals samples, often repeated in various ways. Also common are 808 and


Temporal masking or "non-simultaneous masking" occurs when a sudden stimulus sound makes inaudible other sounds which are


normally refers to the volume of a sound or note, but can also refer to every aspect of the execution of a given piece, either stylistic (staccato,


An audio filter is a type of filter used for processing sound signals. Many types of


and pressure. At higher flow speeds in gases, or for sound waves in liquids, the changes in mass density become significant so that the assumption of constant density


Second Scientific Revolution". Measuring aether. Physics theories of the late 19th century postulated that, just as water waves must have a medium to move across (water), and audible sound


participle of "scratch", and may also refer to a form of street art. Scratching is a DJ or turntablist technique used to produce distinctive sounds by moving a


At each station sound is used to modulate the amplitude of a radio wave that is fed to a transmitting antenna. The radio waves from many transmitters simultaneously induce electric

long, relatively wide body of water, connecting two larger parts of the sea


sound behaves in an enclosed space. The way that sound behaves in a room can be broken up into roughly four different frequency zones: The first zone is below the frequency that


kbit (16 kB). Video processor: Texas Instruments TMS9928A. 256x192 resolution. 32 sprites. 16 colors. Sound: Texas Instruments SN76489. 4-channel mono sound. 3 sound generators, 4 octaves each, 1 white noise generator.


number of followers and they started to be called the Poor of Lyon, the Poor of Lombardy, or the Poor of God. They were also referred to


Romans in Lombardy. This recast of the Visigothic code has been preserved in a manuscript known as the “Codex Utinensis”, which was formerly kept in the archives


Sadi Carnot, President of the French Third Republic. Caserio was born in Motta Visconti, Lombardy. On June 24, 1894, he fatally stabbed President Carnot after a banquet, to avenge Auguste


fellows accorded to enter, and some not. So there were with us two worthy men, Friars Minor, that were of Lombardy, who said that if any man would


design from the block he was carving, but in these styles it goes further, on account of the clustering of columns and piers. The earliest type of capital in Lombardy and


Mansfield (town). Napoli (town). New Albion (town). Olean (city). Olean (town). Otto (town). Perrysburg (village). Perrysburg (town). Persia (town). Portville (village). Portville (town). Randolph (town). Randolph (village). Red

human settlement in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States of America


County, Pennsylvania - southwest. Chautauqua County, New York - west. Major highways. Interstate 86/New York State Route 17 (Southern Tier Expressway). U.S. Route 62. U.S. Route 219. New York State Route

county in New York, United States of America


it is land and 0.03% is water. The west town line is the border of Chautauqua County, New York. The Conewango Creek crosses the northwest part of the town,


York is a town in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 1,385. The Town of Kiantone is immediately


Dunkirk is a city in Chautauqua County, New York in the USA. The population was 13,131


Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The population was 770 at the 2000 census. The Village of Forestville is within the Town of Hanover and in the northeast part


of the Seneca tribe, located partly in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The population was 23 at the 2000 census. Most of the inhabitants are of the Seneca tribe.


Sherman is a town in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The town is an interior town in the county, west


See also. Erotica. History of erotic depictions. Eros. Homoeroticism. Human sexuality. Paraphilia. Love magic. Romance. Sexual fantasy. History of erotic photography. Erotic art. Sexual arousal.

media, literature or art dealing substantively with erotically stimulating or sexually arousing subject matter


The SIGNY awards were an annual series of awards that recognized the best performers, artists, photographers and riggers, writers and models in the field of bondage erotica. The contest was


original discussion of the nature and expression of sexuality in his A New Model of the Universe; among other things, he draws a distinction between erotica and pornography.


Softcore pornography is a form of filmic or photographic pornography or erotica that


in desert areas such as the Sahara and the Middle East. Center Pivot Manufacturers. There are four major center pivot system manufacturers in the United States: Valmont


February, June to August). It is semiarid in northeast near Sudan and approaching the Sahara. Geographic coordinates: Area: total: 236 040 km². land:199 710 km². water: 36 330 km².


Sahara Desert starts to form from semi-arid savannah, through desertification. c. 3400 BC—Sumerian temple record keepers redesign the stamp seal in the form of a cylinder. Decades and


present Algeria. Formerly a major city, the episcopal see was abandoned and consumed by the Sahara desert in the 5th century. Bishop Jacques Gaillot of Évreux in France was

1983 British-American adventure drama film by Andrew McLaglen


It breeds in Africa south of the Sahara, occurring in both wet and arid habitats, often near human habitation, especially waste tips. It is sometimes called the

book that Michael Palin wrote to accompany the BBC television documentary series Sahara with Michael Palin


central Asia. It is migratory, wintering in southernmost Europe and sub-Saharan Africa. It is rare any distance north of its breeding range, usually occurring as a spring overshoot.

1943 Hindi-language film by Jagatrai Pesumal Advani


of the flycatchers. It breeds around the Mediterranean and east to Pakistan. It also breeds south of the Sahara from the Sahel region east to Somalia; these birds are sometimes

1995 American war film by Brian Trenchard-Smith


The Accipitridae also include many other diurnal raptors such as kites, eagles and harriers. This hawk breeds in sub-Saharan Africa, but avoids the rain forests of the Congo basin. There


breeds throughout sub-Saharan Africa. It is sedentary apart from seasonal dispersion. It lays four black-marked brown eggs in a floating nest. The males, as in some other


resident breeder in much of Africa south of the Sahara. These insect-eating birds are usually found in forests or dense bush. Two to three eggs are laid


"bank, coast", from a root šṭṭ "exceed, deviate") is used to denominate dry (salt) lakes in the Saharan area of Africa that stay dry in the summer, but receive some


bearing wind is called la calima. The name of sirocco in the southwest of Spain is leveche, and xaloc (pronounced "shaLOC") in Catalan. The leveche usually carries red Sahara

1958 Indian Bollywood film by Lekhraj Bhakri


political repercussions. Relying heavily upon anonymous sources, Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein uncovered information suggesting that knowledge of the break-in, and attempts to cover it up, led deep into


Tom Toles (cartoonist, Pulitzer Prize). Jim VandeHei (writer). Gene Weingarten (writer, Pulitzer Prize). James Russell Wiggins (editor). Michael Wilbon (sports columnist). Juan Williams (Writer). George F. Will (columnist, Pulitzer Prize). Bob Woodward


be prevented". Bob Woodward on Abizaid and Murtha. In  (as excerpted in Newsweek magazine), journalist Bob Woodward of the Washington Post wrote that on 16 March 2006


he was a rigid gatekeeper who would frequently meet with administration officials in place of the President, then report himself to Nixon on the officials' talking points. Journalist Bob Woodward


Men, written by Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, which was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film two years later. In the book and movie, the two used


and a strong possibility of a conviction in the Senate, Nixon resigned the office of the presidency on August 9, 1974. His successor, Gerald Ford, would issue a

American politician, 38th President of the United States (in office from 1974 to 1977)


Gardner Ford, son of U.S. President Gerald Ford. The demanding North America tour weakened Shankar, and he suffered a heart attack in Chicago in September 1974, causing him


Gerald Ford and former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan. At one time Ken Lay of Enron was also a director. Past presidents of the bank include Thomas E. Locke of


his mark on Michigan center Gerald Ford in the form of a distinctive scar beneath the future President's left eye. Jay Berwanger played football and was a shot putter on the track


since 1993. The district is based in Grand Rapids, and had once been represented by former President Gerald Ford (the district was numbered as the 5th District at the time). Born


Minority Counsel Fred Thompson asked Butterfield if he was "aware of the installation of any listening devices in the Oval Office of the president?" The shocking revelation transformed

American politician and actor (1942-2015)

English writer, best known as a librettist


the Watergate Scandal for the Washington Post titled All the President's Men, published in 1974. A film adaptation, starring Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman as Woodward and Bernstein, respectively, was released in

1974 book by Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward


between the United States and the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands expires. In fiction. Computer and video games. Perfect Dark (2000). Film. Gunbuster (1988). Click (2006): Michael


May before being driven away by the fierce depth charging of four destroyers off the Marshall Islands. On 24 May she was ordered to patrol the western approaches to Midway, taking


Gilbert and Marshall Islands. He led raids on land and sea targets in and around Jaluit on February 1, 1942, against shipping off New Guinea on March 10, and on the island


same day, with Captain J. L. Pratt in command. Service History. During July and August 1944, Bismarck Sea escorted convoys between San Diego, California, and the Marshall Islands. After repairs


the acorn worm (Balanoglossus), which he encountered in the Marshall Islands in 1825. Kotzebue named an island in the Marshall Islands as Eschscholtz Atoll. This was renamed in 1946


Trap (1986) by Enki Bilal. Equator Cold (1992) by Enki Bilal. Killing Time (2000) by Caleb Carr. The Free Lunch (2001) by Spider Robinson. References.


between the United States and the Federated States of Micronesia and the Marshall Islands expires. In fiction. Computer and video games. Perfect Dark (2000). Film. Gunbuster (1988). Click (2006):


its single player missions. It is featured in several lists of the greatest video games of all time. GoldenEye 007 was followed by a spiritual successor, Perfect Dark, also


anime series Cowboy Bebop take place in 2071. The events of  takes place during Halloween of that year. The computer game System Shock begins on November 6, 2072, and the


the end of animé Cowboy Bebop episode "Hard Luck Woman", (Session #24: ハード·ラック·ウーマン), Spike & Jet sit and eat a basket of boiled eggs for dinner, an homage-reference to Cool Hand


episode of the popular Anime television show Cowboy Bebop. The episode was only shown once, so the song was never featured in the "Cowboy Bebop" soundtracks. Most noted in North


Boys Be (TV anime) as Yumi Kazama. Capcom vs. SNK 2 (Video game) as Cammy. Claymore series as Helen. Cowboy Bebop (TV anime) as Judy. Death Note (TV


Ninja Tai Inazuma! is set in the year 2076. Its sequel SPARK is set in the following year. In the computer game series Fallout a nuclear world war takes place

series of post-apocalyptic role-playing video games


a year of the pre-Julian calendar. Events. By place. Rome. Consuls: Marcus Valerius Messalla and Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus. Parthian war. Crassus sacks the Temple of Hierapolis and the Temple of

ancient city in Phrygia (now Pamukkale, Turkey)


Southern California, though its existence provides proof of the Russian diaspora on the Pacific Rim and its intertwining with Spanish and Native American cultures. The Russian Orthodox Church Outside

southern portion of U.S. state of California


Post-surrealism is a movement that arose in Southern California in 1934 when Helen Lundeberg and Lorser Feitelson wrote a manifesto explaining their desire to use art to convey the


Pioneer Chicken was originally a Southern California fast-food restaurant specializing in chicken, which operated in the western United States. The chain is now largely defunct in the United States,


was a population of kit foxes native to desert regions of Southern California which became extinct in 1903. References. External links. ARKive -


denied any connection after Short's murder. Elizabeth Short returned to Southern California in July 1946 to see an old boyfriend she met in Florida during the war, Lt. Gordon


restaurant chain tends to operate in suburban "Chinatown" areas; within Southern California, mostly in communities where there are many immigrants from the Republic of China, such as Rowland Heights


younger brother, T.J., and two older sisters, Wendy and Crissy, one of whom owns a restaurant in Purvis. Chabert lives in Southern California, where she moved with her family in


also called Lily Rock [8,000+ ft], is a granite rock outcrop () located on the high western slope of the San Jacinto mountain range in Riverside County, Southern California


Angeles art scene for the next several decades. He was the director of the Southern California division of the federal Works Project Administration from 1935 to 1942, and personally completed


dam, holding approximately 28.5 million acre feet (35 km³) of water. The water held in Lake Mead is released to communities in Southern California and Nevada, via aqueducts. History.


Chinese communities of Southern California, in Las Vegas, and in the suburbs of Toronto. It is commonly referred to by non-Chinese-speaking customers as "Sam Woo's" as if it were a person's


__NOTOC__. Events. By place. Eastern Roman Empire. Theodosius II sends an ambassador to Attila; Priscus records one of the few eyewitness accounts of the Hun


in Antioch and gained a reputation for his sermons that led to his enthronement by Theodosius II as Archbishop following the death of Sisinnius I in 428. Nestorian controversy.


West. Notably, Constantius reportedly complained about the loss of personal freedom and privacy that came with the imperial office. Honorius' nephew, the Eastern Roman Emperor Theodosius II refused to recognize


On August 3, 435, Theodosius II issued an imperial edict that exiled Nestorius to a monastery in the Great Oasis of Hibis (al-Khargah), in Egypt, securely within the diocese


The Roman Emperor, Theodosius II (408–450), asked for peace and sent his commander personally to Yazdegerd's camp. In the ensuing negotiations in 441, both empires promised not to build any new


ambassador to Attila; Priscus records one of the few eyewitness accounts of the Hun kingdom. By topic. Religion. Eutyches is accused of heresy at a council held in Constantinople. Births.

presbyter and archimandrite at Constantinople


Chrysaphius attempted to extort a present of gold to the Emperor but as he was unsuccessful, he began to plot against the new Archbishop by supporting the archimandrite Eutyches in


surrounding farmers. The Greenlanders' main commodity was the walrus tusk, which was used primarily in Europe as a substitute for elephant ivory for art décor, whose trade had

elongated, continuously growing front teeth

mascot for the University of Arkansas Razorbacks


grow back via horizontal tooth replacement. The dugong has two incisors (tusks) which grow posteriorly until puberty, after which they first erupt in males. The female's tusks continue to


the first time in Spring 2006; the tips of the tusks became blackened. Lucy's head shape identifies her as an Asian Elephant. She has tusks, which is a feature found


Dr. John Lange, a professor of Philosophy and a classical scholar—often delights in ethnography, populating his planet with the equivalents of Roman, Greek, Native American, Viking, and other cultures. In

qualitative research design aimed at exploring cultural phenomena


Ash, Neath, Penarth, Pontypridd, Porthcawl, Port Talbot, and Swansea. Despite the decline in the coal industry, the area remains heavily populated with, particularly around Cardiff, a wide and

print; harbour scene with numerous ships and boats in the docks. Dwellings and a castle can be seen in the background


Mumbles Community Council 1986-1990, and to the Swansea City Council from 1988 until his election to parliament. He won the safe Labour seat of Gower at the


via the First Cymru 907 services to/from Coelbren; while the 158/X58 services run to Swansea's Quadrant Bus Station to/from Banwen. Originally the colliery team, Seven Sisters RFC

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1885-1918


1975) was a Welsh singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the leader of the group Badfinger. Early life. Ham was born in Swansea, South Wales. He formed a

landscape print; view overlooking the bay at Swansea with a few ships in the water and houses on the sea front


dishevelled with rotting teeth, and would wear such strange items as "chicken skin slippers", insulting one another as "Aberystwyth features", and declaring "what in Swansea am going on here!". In

state electoral district of New South Wales, Australia


is the small settlement of Coles Bay, and the largest close town is Swansea. Freycinet contains part of the rugged Tasmanian coastline and includes the secluded Wineglass Bay,


Merthyr Tydfil, Mountain Ash, Neath, Penarth, Pontypridd, Porthcawl, Port Talbot, and Swansea. Despite the decline in the coal industry, the area remains heavily populated with, particularly around Cardiff, a wide and diverse

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1950-1983


England and Merthyr Tydfil in Wales, and the family was well off. They lived at Cleve House in Wiltshire, which was adorned with Squire Bell's many hunting trophies. Marriage, relationships.


he plays much the same type of music as a solo artist. "I don't feel we've bastardised the way we were", Collins remarked in an interview with Music Express

type of amusement ride based on the original Caterpillar rides of Germany


dating back to 1976's A Trick of the Tail had all generated other songs that would be released as B-sides to singles or on EPs. Any other song ideas were held back for solo


but the notion of a universal set is antithetical to Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory.). References. Paul Halmos, Naive set theory. Princeton, NJ: D. Van Nostrand Company, 1960. Reprinted by Springer-Verlag, New York, 1974.

in set theory, a set which contains all objects, including itself


subsets of a given universal set. For an account of some elementary topics in set theory, see also set, naive set theory, axiomatic set theory, Cantor–Bernstein–Schroeder theorem, Cantor's


radius r according to the formula. The partial derivative of V with respect to r is. It describes the rate with which a cone's volume changes if its radius

segment in a circle or sphere from its center to its perimeter or surface and its length

one of the two long bones of the forearm


its semi-minor axis radius of 1.01 ly, this implies that the kinematic age of the nebula is some 9,800 years. Knots. Like many nearby planetary nebulae, the Dumbbell contains knots. Its


In the cylindrical coordinate system, a point P is represented by a triple (r, θ, h). Using terms of the Cartesian coordinate system, (radius) is the distance between


two centuries later, Thespis was a singer of dithyrambs (songs about stories from mythology with choric refrains). Thespis supposedly introduced a new style in which one singer or actor performed


king of Ujjain in India. Jumong becomes the 7th ruler of Buyeo. Births. Livia, second wife of Augustus Caesar (d. AD 29). Deaths. Go Museo Dangun, 6th ruler

ancient city beside the Kshipra River in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh

Lok Sabha Constituency in Madhya Pradesh


divorces Pompeia, following the sacrilege of Clodius. Cicero delivers his Pro Archia Poeta in defense of Aulus Licinius Archias' claim to Roman citizenship. Cato the Younger, as tribune, presents


historically as Avan) is a river in southwest Wales whose river valley formed the territory of the medieval Lords of Afan. The town of Aberavon grew up

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1918 onwards


at what was to become Port Talbot to provide a source of water. It remains diverted flowing into the Port Talbot Docks. This water too was grossly polluted for many

electoral ward in Neath Port Talbot, Wales, United Kingdom


and outdoor enthusiasts, especially surfers. Gower has many caves, including Paviland Cave and Minchin Hole Cave. The peninsula is bounded by the Loughor estuary to the north and Swansea Bay to


1990s and 2000s, international markets are dominated by five firms: Philip Morris International, British American Tobacco (represented in the U.S. market by a 42% stake in Reynolds American, Inc.),

American global cigarette and tobacco company


would later become King Alexander of Poland. He served the Grand Duke as a diplomat; one of his most important missions involved negotiations with Muscovy's Tsar Ivan the Terrible. It

person appointed by a state to conduct diplomacy with another state or international organization

1930–1961 B&O train from St. Louis to the Northeast United States


son of Serbian ruler Stefan Nemanja, Eastern Orthodox monk, first archibishop of Serbian Orthodox Church, diplomat, writer, law giver and foundator of several important medieval monasteries. He is


veto. Ambassadors and other diplomats are appointed and removed by the President, on the advice of the Prime Minister. If the person to be appointed as an


14 November 1841, Paris) was a British nobleman and diplomat, known for the removal of marble sculptures (also known as the Elgin Marbles) from the Parthenon in Athens.


their eldest son, Ian, are buried in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church, Penn, Buckinghamshire. Another of his four sons was the diplomat and spy, Donald Duart Maclean.


see Alfonso Reyes (basketball). Alfonso Reyes Ochoa (17 May 1889, Monterrey, Nuevo León – 27 December 1959, Mexico City) was a Mexican writer, philosopher, and diplomat. Alfonso Reyes, the son of


David Clive Wilson, Baron Wilson of Tillyorn, KT, GCMG, PRSE (born 14 February 1935) is a retired British administrator, diplomat


dancehall, reggae, ska, dub, and lovers rock. Toasting's mix of talking and chanting may have influenced the development of emceeing in US hip hop music. The combination of


April 1964, Clarendon, Jamaica) is a reggae and dancehall recording artist. Career. In 1976, Levy formed a band with his cousin, Everton Dacres, called the Mighty Multitude; the pair


Charlie Chaplin (born Richard James Bennett) is a Jamaican dancehall and ragga deejay and


of ragga jungle drum and bass and indian drums/sounds)1993-1995. Ragga Jungle; more Jamaican-Reggae influenced styles and lyrics (circa 1990-today), which often features an MC who recites dancehall-style lyrics. The fast


and Caribbean genres like rhumba, mambo, bolero, merengue, reggaeton, salsa and dancehall, as well as Spanish language versions of rock and pop classics like the Rolling Stones' "Paint It


to fit the requirements of the religious services. Some of the most impressive public buildings are the amphitheatres, over 220 being known and many of which are well preserved,

open-air venue used for entertainment and performances

cliff of the Northern Drakensberg, South Africa


which wild animals were confined before the combats in the Roman arena or amphitheatre. The word cavea was also used to refer to where the spectators sat in the theater according


under-floor heating in the form of the hypocaust, double glazing (examples in Ostia Antica), and piped water(examples in Pompeii). Possibly most impressive from an urban planning point of view are the multi-story


Murdoch biopic Iris (2001), the neosurrealistic indie film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2003), Todd Field's 2006 drama Little Children, the romantic comedy The Holiday (2006), and a screen adaption of


collaboration, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. Roger Ebert, in a three-star review, lauded the film's "screwball charm". References. External links.


are also actresses. Winslet, raised in an Anglican household, began studying drama at the age of 11 at the Redroofs Theatre School, a co-educational independent school in Maidenhead, Berkshire,

artwork intended for performance, formal type of literature


publishes in the areas of theatre and drama. It was founded in 1889 by Sir Algernon Methuen (1856–1924) and began publishing in London in 1892. E. V.


intention was to provide a home for their opera company, the English Opera Group, but the vision was soon widened to include readings of poetry, literature, drama, lectures and exhibitions of


practical presentation of binaural recording, featuring a Pixar sound engineer and actors John Goodman and Billy Crystal. In 2009, the BBC Radio 7 science fiction drama Planet

artwork of human inner feelings, genre of narrative fiction


reality show, , the pilot episode of the ABC romantic comedy/drama Men In Trees, the CBS drama Joan of Arcadia, and the ABC family movie Lucky 7. Her song


or Drama: Dorothy Livesay, Day and Night. Non-Fiction: Dorothy Duncan, Partner in Three Worlds. Non-Fiction: Edgar McInnes, The War: Fourth Year. Other Governor General's Awards.


a form of German-language music drama, regarded as a genre of opera. It is characterized by spoken dialogue, which is alternated with ensembles, songs, ballads, and arias


a mix of news, variety shows and children's programming. Its primetime is dominated by local dramas, telenovelas and local adaptations of American sitcoms. The most important shows currently airing


"Jewel Boxes." All are still standing. National Farmer's Bank, Owatonna, Minnesota (1908). Peoples Savings Bank, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (1912). Henry Adams Building, Algona, Iowa (1913). Merchants' National Bank, Grinnell,

second-largest city in Iowa, United States and is the county seat of Linn County


It is part of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography. Atkins is located at (41.994599, -91.861232). It is about 10 miles (16 km) west of downtown Cedar Rapids. According

watercourse in Ontario, Canada; geonames ID = 5918904


in 2005 counted 1,297 residents. It is part of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography. Atkins is located at (41.994599, -91.861232). It is about 10 miles (16 km) west of downtown Cedar

watercourse in Ontario, Canada; geonames ID = 5918900


Iowa, United States. The population was 687 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography. Keystone is located at. According to the United

town in Rusk County, Wisconsin, United States


Springville is a city in Linn County, Iowa, United States. The population was 1,091 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Cedar Rapids


626 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography. Wyoming is located at (42.059187, -91.004985). According to the United States Census

2011 American comedy film directed by Miguel Arteta


of Cedar Rapids. Bertram is also close to Palisades-Kepler State Park. Demographics. As of the incorrect census of 2000, there were 681 people, 98 households, and 76 families


is part of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography. Bertram is located at (41.950036, -91.534363). According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.3 square


version, the player is forced to play all of the stages, starting at stage 3, to stage 2, then 4 through 6 and 1. Story. An octahedron-shaped artifact called the


of stills from the ending video. References. See also. Ikaruga, the spiritual sequel to Radiant Silvergun. External links.

town in Ikoma district, Nara prefecture, Japan


after his arrival at Sydney, in August 1806, Bligh was given an address of welcome signed by Major Johnston for the military, by Richard Atkins for the civilian officers, and by John Macarthur

British army officer, entrepreneur, politician, architect and pioneer in Australia (1767-1834)


the civil administration, a difficult task. And in John Macarthur he had an opponent who would hardly stop at anything in defending his supposed rights. Eventually Hunter found himself

British barrister, wool-grower and agricultural agent


that he return to England. However, Bligh sailed to Hobart, Tasmania, seeking the support of the Tasmanian Lieutenant-Governor David Collins to retake control of the colony. Collins did not support

British colonial administrator (1756-1810)


Hawkesbury River region, with a total of 369 signatures, many made only with a cross, complaining that Macarthur did not represent them, as they blamed him for withholding


the Hawkesbury River in New South Wales. The first HMAS Hawkesbury (K363/F363) was a River class frigate launched in 1943, decommissioned in 1947, recommissioned in 1952, and decommissioned for


October 1, 1967. Managing authorities: New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service. IUCN category: II. See also. Hawkesbury River. Hawkesbury River Railway Bridge. Pindar Cave. Protected areas of New South


rock band Uriah Heep is named after the character. External links. References.

fictional character from David Copperfield


musical band of the same name, see Uriah Heep (band). Uriah Heep is a fictional character created by Charles Dickens in his novel David Copperfield. The character is notable for his cloying


was also produced by Selznick, Melanie Wilkes (Olivia de Havilland) reads aloud from the novel David Copperfield while she waits for the vigilantes to come home from the raid. In Margaret Mitchell's


will be rather as Dickens wrote David Copperfield, a fictional reworking of some things experienced and much re-arranged." Davies allows us to peer through a window into his childhood in

1999 UK TV film directed by Simon Curtis


references to David Copperfield as “Master Copperfield” are repeated so often that they quickly seem insincere. He is the central antagonist of the later part of the book. David first meets

protagonist after which the 1850 Charles Dickens novel, David Copperfield, was named

1969 British American international co-production television film directed by Delbert Mann


including the well-preserved 17th-century city walls of Derry; the National Trust-owned Plantation estate at Springhill; the Mussenden Temple with its spectacular views of the Atlantic; the dikes, artificial coastlines and the noted

conservation organization in England, Wales and Northern Ireland


lie close to Dashwood's country house, West Wycombe Park (now owned by the National Trust). The chalk mines that were extended to form the caves had existed near High Wycombe


Philip Webb for William Morris, now preserved by the National Trust. It also had a hospital that can still be seen on Upton Road in Bexleyheath. Education. For education


grown up around it. Walter's Ash is the location of RAF Strike Command, which contains a giant bunker built on National Trust land in 1983–1985. There was a peace camp there


Lord Justice of Appeal. The family seat was Gawthorpe Hall in Lancashire. The house was sold by the family in 1970 and is now in the care of the National Trust


of the United Kingdom. The Society was instrumental in the preservation of West Wycombe, purchasing the entire village and handing it over the National Trust. In 1936, the RSA awarded the


Winkworth Arboretum is a National Trust-owned arboretum located between Godalming and Hascombe, Surrey, England. Winkworth Arboretum exhibits large collections of azalea, rhododendron, and holly on slopes leading down


near the Giant's Causeway in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. History. Dunseverick Castle and the peninsula on which it stands were given to the National Trust in 1962 by


Committee of the National Trust, and also served on the Board of English National Opera. Honours and accolades. Lord Norwich was appointed CVO in 1992 after acting as curator of


in 1981. Regular contributors. Joe Cornish - Landscape photographer, known for this large-format work and commissions for the National Trust. Ivor Matanle - Photographer, journalist and camera/photography historian, Ivor writes the "Classics


and then in 1921 it was split, with the land passing to the National Trust, while the house and garden was acquired by speculators. In 1928 Urban Hanlon


parish, with unrestored medieval wall-paintings. The abbey is now in the care of the National Trust and English Heritage. There is a Catholic Priest living in Worcester who has the title

organisation dedicated to preserving the cultural heritage of a particular geographic region


Stourhead estate owned by the National Trust. It flows south into Dorset through the Blackmore Vale and the towns of Gillingham and Sturminster Newton, where it is joined by


largely in County Tyrone. Settlements. Cities. (population of 75,000 or more with a cathedral). Derry. Large towns. (population of 18,000 or more and under 75,000 at 2001 Census). Coleraine. Medium

town and civil parish in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland


neighboring Catholic district exploded prematurely. On 03 January 2002 a UDA member was killed in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland when the pipe bomb he was handling exploded


entered into a sustained offensive against the MacDonnells, ostensibly in the interests of ridding the English of Scottish interference in Ireland: he defeated Sorley Boy near Coleraine in the summer

barony in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland


Dungiven. Eglinton. Maghera. Newbuildings (part of Derry Urban Area). Villages. (population of 1,000 or more and under 2,250 at 2001 Census). Ballykelly. Bellaghy. Castledawson. Castlerock. Claudy. Draperstown. Garvagh. Greysteel. Kilrea. Moneymore.


to a number of important buildings and landscapes, including the well-preserved 17th-century city walls of Derry; the National Trust-owned Plantation estate at Springhill; the Mussenden Temple with


the well-known Hershey's chocolate factory and its affiliated amusement park, are also located within the township. It was named after the city of Derry in Ireland. History. The Township

census-designated place in New Hampshire, United States


a Derry born journalist of Irish Daily Mail and former editor of the Irish Catholic, titled Kathy's Real Story from Prefect Press. Films. The Magdalene laundries caught the public's


be shortlisted for the Turner Prize thanks to his work at the Orchard Gallery in Derry. The gallery was known for bringing the work of significant international artists to


who died defending Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny. Career. Lawrence was the brother of John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence and was born at Matara, Ceylon. Educated at Foyle College, Derry and

human settlement in New Mexico, United States of America


Two ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Londonderry, after the city of Londonderry (also known as Derry)