emf of a Clark cell. This definition was abandoned in 1908 in favor of a definition based on the international ohm and international ampere until the entire set of "reproducible


foreword by Anatole France, drawings by Mme. Lemaire, and was so sumptuously produced that it cost twice the normal price of a book its size. That year Proust also began working on


(b. 1858). June 3 - Franz Kafka, German language author (b. 1883). August 3 - Joseph Conrad, Polish-British author (b. 1857). October 13 - Anatole France, French writer


author, publisher (d. 1930). April 16 - Anatole France, writer (d. 1924). April 28 - Thomas Jones (Tudno), Welsh-language poet (d. 1895). July 28 - Gerard Manley Hopkins, poet (d.


of Frankfurt formally ended the Franco-Prussian War. His birth took place during the violence that surrounded the suppression of the Paris Commune, and his childhood corresponds with the consolidation of the

Revolutionary city council of Paris in 1871


be removed by eight months of continual pumping. More setbacks came as a result of the disastrous Franco-Prussian War, the subsequent fall of the Second French Empire, and the Paris Commune


(1840–1897), novelist. Louis Rossel (1844–1871), Delegate of War (Paris Commune). Mayors. Émile Jourdan, PCF (1965-1983). Jean Bousquet, UDF (1983–1995). Alain Clary, PCF (1995–2001). Jean-Paul Fournier, UMP (since 2001).


year, Verlaine joined the 160th battalion of the Garde nationale, turning Communard on 18 March 1871. He became head of the press bureau of the Central Committee of the Paris Commune


"kisot muziklayim; כסאות מוזיקליים" (Musical chairs). Hindi: "Sangeet ke saath Khursi" (Music with the Chairs). Hungarian: "Székfoglaló" (Chair taking game). Italian: "Il gioco della sedia" (The Chair Game). Japanese:"Isu tori


or Visegrádská skupina (Czech); Visegrádi Együttműködés or Visegrádi négyek (Hungarian); Grupa Wyszehradzka (Polish); and Vyšehradská skupina or Vyšehradská štvorka (Slovak). It is also sometimes referred to as the Visegrád Triangle, since


formed by the Slavonian mountains of Požeška Gora, Psunj, Papuk, Krndija and Dilj. History. The first mention of the city of Požega (German: Poschegg, Hungarian: Pozsega) is found in the Gesta


only be found in foreign words and traditional orthography of names are listed, or not. The 44 letters of the (greater) Hungarian alphabet are: Description. Each sign


languages including Italian, Russian, Bosnian, Kurdish, Croatian, Serbian, Serbo-Croatian, Hungarian, English, Spanish, Finnish, Kabyle, German, Turkish, Japanese, Tagalog, Breton and Chinese. The song is sung in a


wide range of languages, including Russian, Hungarian, French, Italian, Latin, Spanish, Portuguese, German and Old English (Beowulf). Many of these are collected in Rites of Passage. Selected Translations (1976).. Morgan


Jibou (German: Siben, Hungarian: Zsibó) is a town in Sălaj county, Transylvania, Romania. In 2004 it had a population of 11,277. Jibou is 20 km


91% of the population, with Hungarian and Rroma, being the most important minority languages, spoken by 6.7% and 1.1% of the population, respectively. Until the 1990s, there was also


lynx does not extend above the timberline. The Hungarian name Tengerszem-csúcs and the German name Meeraugspitze mean "eye-of-the-sea peak", from the glacial lake at the northern foot of the


German: Hieronymus. Greek: Ιερώνυμος (Hieronymos). Hungarian: Jeromos. Italian: Girolamo, Gerolamo, Geronimo, Geromino. Latin: Hieronymus. Lithuanian: Jeronimas. Polish: Hieronim. Portuguese: Jerónimo, Brazilian Jerônimo. Russian: Иероним. Spanish: Jerónimo. Swedish: Hieronymus. It may also


director with a penchant for sodomy - including an entire song about it. It is presumed he lost an eye during the film's events since the epilogue for the surviving characters

Any of several forms of sexual intercourse held to be unnatural, particularly bestiality or historically homosexuality, but also (sometimes) anal or oral sex.


the UK Underground. He resigned from the Situationist International in 1964. Trocchi appeared at the 1962 Edinburgh Writers Festival where he claimed "sodomy" as a basis for


Omen III. Its premise is based on the one-night stand between Damien Thorn and Kate Reynolds in Omen III. This affair included an act of sodomy, and thence Kate gave


counts of drug-induced rape, 17 counts of raping an unconscious victim, and multiple counts of sodomy and oral copulation by use of drugs. Luster was sentenced to six


daughter, Anne Tuchet, who died young. He was beheaded on Tower Hill for a number of sexual crimes, (an "unnatural crime", i.e. sodomy, committed with his page,


in Egypt for seditious Internet postings and atheism. Anwar Ibrahim, opposition leader, detained 1998-2004, 2008 for corruption and sodomy in Malaysia, currently charged with sodomy. Chia Thye Poh,


raided in 1726 and she was sentenced to spend time in the stocks. Public feeling against acts of sodomy was quite strong at the time and Clap was physically


Mario Berlinguer () (1891-1969) was an Italian lawyer and politician. He descended from a noble Sardinian family. Born in Sassari, in his youth he was a follower of


he was the first Sardinian ever to become Prime Minister of Italy. Biography. The son of a Sardinian landowning family, born in Sassari, Sardinia, he studied to become a lawyer


He descended from a noble Sardinian family. Born in Sassari, in his youth he was a follower of the Meridionalist activist Gaetano Salvemini. After his graduation in


Ozieri (Sardinian: Othieri) is a town of approximatively 11,000 inhabitants in the province of Sassari, northern Sardinia


the Julian calendar. Events. By place. Rome. Sextus Pompey, who controlled Sicily, Sardinia, Corsica and the Peloponnesus was recognized by the Triumvirate in the Pact of Misenum. The


island of Sardinia, characterized by the Aragonese-Spanish (until 1708) and Piedmontese (from 1720) dominations, and then the unification of Italy. Main sights. The Tower of St. Christophoros, otherwise


in Sardinia, Corsica and 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


prehistoric primate species from the Miocene epoch whose fossils have been found in Italy (Tuscany and Sardinia) and in East Africa. To date, over 50 individuals have been


later Pausata) a comune (municipality) in the Province of Nuoro in the Italian region Sardinia. The city sites on the coast of the Tyrrhenian Sea. As of 31 December

unincorporated community in Decatur County, Indiana


Pinuccio Sciola (1942-) is a sculptor from San Sperate, Sardinia. He is known for his activity in promoting murales (decorative paintings on building façades) and made his town famous for


traditional flatbread from Sardinia. It is thin and crisp, usually in the form of a dish half a meter wide. It is made by taking baked flat


Sardinia, Italy. The famous main Church of Gavoi, a romanic temple, is dedicated to this saint, as well as the town of San Gavino Monreale. Another temple,

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


alone. After his death in 1409 in Cagliari, Sardinia, his father, by then king of Aragon, ruled Sicily as Martin II. After Mary's death Martin I the Younger married at


(plural Italian nuraghi, Sardinian nuraghes) is the main type of megalithic edifice found in Sardinia, dating back before 1000 BC. Today it has come to be the symbol of


kozlovi, Central Siberia. Lynx lynx sardiniae, Sardinia (extinct). Lynx lynx stroganovi, Amur region. References. External links. from the. on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. at the


Oristano () is a town and municipality, chef-lieu of the province of Oristano, on the island of Sardinia, Italy. It has approximately 33,000 inhabitants.

human settlement in Brown County, Ohio, United States of America


closely related to the House Sparrow. It has a highly complex distribution in the Mediterranean region in Cape Verde, the Canary Islands, Madeira, northern Africa, western Spain, Sardinia, Sicily, Malta, the


in naval warfare. Hannibal was recalled, but his fall from favor lasted not very long. In 258, he was sent to Sardinia, which he had to defend against the


in Sassari, Sardinia, he studied to become a lawyer with a degree in agricultural and commercial law. Segni joined the Italian People's Party () – the predecessor of the


he abandoned the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) and adhered to the Italian Communist Party (PCI), with which he was elected in the Italian Chamber of Deputies in 1924. The following year

former Italian political party (1892–1994)


within Heart). In 1896, he adhered to the Italian Socialist Party. His later works include: Sull'oceano (1889), dealing with the plight of Italian emigrants overseas, Il romanzo di un


Thuringia. Magdalena was thus married, at Dresden, on 6 November 1524, to her second cousin's son Joachim Hector, the future Elector of Brandenburg. Their son was the future John George,

capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany


where he placed his command. The Prussians advanced from Wartenburg, the Austrians and Russians from Dresden and the Swedish force from the north. 16 October. In total,


was pastor. He was educated at Sorau and Dresden and at the University of Leipzig, the city in which he spent the rest of his life. In 1834 he was appointed


Frederick Christian, Elector of Saxony (b. Dresden, 5 September 1722 – d. Dresden,


morose elder years. The Immaculate Conception with Saints, at the Uffizi, and the Holy Family, at Dresden, best illustrate the religious fervour to which he was stimulated by Savonarola. With the


his portrait in 1520/21. The painting can still be seen at the exhibit of Old Masters in Dresden, Germany. The 'von Reesen' name indicates that his family hails


refusing to remove Zweig's name from the posters for the work's première in Dresden. As a result, Hitler refused to attend as planned, and the opera was banned after three


return to Prague. Kateřina's health gradually worsened and in the spring of 1859 failed completely. Homeward bound, she died at Dresden on 19 April 1859. Smetana wrote that

painting by Bernardo Bellotto (National Gallery of Ireland)


(Olomouc). The campaign began with Herwath von Bittenfeld's advance to Dresden in the Kingdom of Saxony, where he easily defeated the Saxon army of 25,000 and joined with the First Army.


Dresden. It is most famous for its Baroque castle, Schloss Moritzburg. The village became a market in 1675. The Saxon state stud has been located in Moritzburg since


the British Government, although a recent positive inspection report may indicate that the relationship is now improving. History. Summerhill School was founded in 1921 in Hellerau near Dresden, Germany


litewskich, and by whom he had an only son, born before marriage, Count Stanisław Konopnicy-Grabowski, (1780-Dresden, 1845). Poniatowski son married firstly Cecylia Dembowska (19 December 1787 - 17 January


traditionally subject to infanticide, though this practice is illegal by the time of Miles' birth. So-called "muties" are still reviled and shunned, and Miles, though genetically healthy,

scientific article (publication date:  2009)


the auction record for Lamborghinis when he placed a bid on a rare Miura SVJ for US$490,000. He has also been a fan and collector of painter and underground


rivals, Lamborghini and Bugatti. Meanwhile two new models have been shown to the public: the MC12 road supersports and successful GT racer with an Ferrari Enzo–derived chassis and engine.


his father is of Italian descent (his paternal great-grandparents were immigrants from Bernalda, Basilicata). His paternal grandparents were Carmine Coppola, a composer, and Italia Pennino, an actress. Through his


he starred in Next, which shares the concept of a glimpse into an alternate timeline with The Family Man (2000). Most of Cage's movies that have achieved financial success were in the


that it transmits through electrical systems. At the conclusion of The Family Man actor Nicolas Cage opens the book Cat's Cradle to review a glimpse he has had of


Film Festival that he planned to curtail his future acting endeavors in order to pursue other interests. On the The Dresden Files for the Sci-Fi Channel, Cage is listed as the

Canadian/American television series (2007)


to block the strike on Yugoslavia, and could do the same in future conflicts where NATO intervention was required, thus nullifying the entire potency and purpose of the organization.

1918–1992 country in Southeastern and Central Europe


tendencies. Under the Treaty of Neuilly (November 1919) Bulgaria ceded its Aegean coastline to Greece, recognized the existence of Yugoslavia, ceded nearly all of its Macedonian territory to


as animal feed, in mountainous areas of France, Morocco, the former Yugoslavia, Turkey and other countries. It often survives on poor soils where other species of wheat


and the manner of the telling is in Mrs. Christie’s usual admirable manner.”. Robert Barnard: "The best of the railway stories. The Orient Express, snowed up in Yugoslavia, provides


XLVI Panzer Corps in Yugoslavia. During Operation Barbarossa his Corps was part of Army Group Centre under General Fedor von Bock. In this time, he had an accident after


photojournalist lost in the war-torn former Yugoslavia. Notes and references. External links. Newsweek.


Yugoslavian VTI (MTI - Military - technology institute) developed, within a project named EDO-0, a rail gun with 7 kJ kinetic energy, in 1985. In 1987 a successor was created,


the break up of Yugoslavia in 1991. The breed was first exhibited at shows in 1950. At one time it was considered a variation of the Serbian Hound, but


monastery in Egypt's Sinai peninsula. Art colony. Before the civil war in ex Yugoslavia the town of Smederevska Palanka and the town of Škofja Loka from Slovenia had


Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (FAMU) in 1978, Kusturica began directing made-for-TV television shorts in former Yugoslavia. He made an auspicious feature-film debut in


controversial at home and abroad. Underground, scripted by Dušan Kovačević, was partly financed by state-owned Serbian television and created controversy. The film detailed the history of Yugoslavia from the


native of Koprivnica, Croatia (Yugoslavia for much of his life) achieved eight medals in world table tennis championship competitions. He was born in a family of Slovene economic immigrants to Croatia.


French and Russian at New College, Oxford. Career. Joining the British Foreign Service after Oxford, John Julius Cooper served in Yugoslavia and Lebanon, and as a member of British delegation


one period to the next due to the increasing number of electrons. The size of the atom is related to several properties. For example, the ionization potential decreases with an

rows in the periodic table having same number of electron shell.


that the missing xenon may be trapped in minerals inside the Earth's crust. Radon is formed in the lithosphere as from the alpha decay of radium. It can seep into

rigid, outermost shell of a terrestrial-type planet or natural satellite that is defined by its rigid mechanical properties


ago are located in cratons. Such old continental crust and the underlying mantle lithosphere are less dense than elsewhere in the earth and so are not readily destroyed by subduction.


lithosphere. The trend of a seamount chain traces the direction of motion of the lithospheric plate over a more or less fixed heat source in the underlying asthenosphere part of the


026 – Arnhem. 0294 – Weesp. 0297 – Aalsmeer. 0299 – Purmerend. 030 – Utrecht. 0313 – Dieren. 0314 – Doetinchem. 0315 – Terborg. 0316 – Zevenaar. 0317 – Wageningen.


Purmerend (20 km). Enkhuizen (24 km). Alkmaar (27 km). Amsterdam (45 km). Lelystad (55 km). Den Helder (60 km). Leeuwarden (99 km). Towns (within 50 km). Edam (18 km). Medemblik (20 km). Volendam (21 km). Villages. Berkhout(5 km). Wognum(8 km). Nibbixwoud(9 km). Hoorn is approximately


0529 – Ommen. 053 – Enschede. 0541 – Oldenzaal. 0543 – Winterswijk. 0544 – Groenlo/Lichtenvoorde. 0545 – Neede. 0546 – Almelo. 0547 – Goor. 0548 – Rijssen. 055 – Apeldoorn. 0561


Under pressure from the United States, the Netherlands recognised Indonesian sovereignty in 1949 (see United States of Indonesia). Malaysia. Netherlands has an embassy in Kuala Lumpur, and Malaysia has


Industry (ICCI), located in Karachi, Pakistan. World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF), located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Organisation of Islamic Capitals and Cities (OICC), located in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Sports


Kuala Lumpur. It is located in Berjaya Times Square, which is the world's biggest mall built in a single phase, with 7,500,000 square feet (700,000 m²). The store in Berjaya


Kuala Lumpur. Daily flights to Miami via Munich, to Dubai and to Cuba followed. At an Austrian Airlines Group board meeting in November 2006 plans were approved to


1948 he founded the Kukdong Business Group, one of the largest construction companies in South Korea. His company has built many famous projects which include; KLCC Building in Kuala Lumpur (currently


Zouk is a nightclub in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. The club is named after the French Creole word for 'party'. Locations. The three old warehouses that make up the


Seychelles has a High Commission in Kuala Lumpur. Russia. Diplomatic relations between Seychelles and the Soviet Union were established on 30 June 1976, a day after the island nation gained


Arab Emirates has an embassy in Kuala Lumpur, and Malaysia has an embassy in Abu Dhabi. The countries established diplomatic relations in 1983. In 2005 Malaysia’s export to the UAE


and over 1.8 million in its metropolitan area, it is the second largest urban area in the country after the national capital, Kuala Lumpur and its associated Klang Valley


victims attacked by the thieves. Economy. As one of the three main urban centres on the peninsular Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur and Penang being the other two), Johor Bahru is an important


the heart of Kuala Lumpur in the Wisma MISC building on Jalan Conlay, and a presence is still retained at the central Kuala Lumpur location. Currently, as of 2009, the university has


famous mountain resort by the same name which can be reached by car from Kuala Lumpur in one hour. It is also accessible by the world's fastest and South East Asia's


Bonavista, Placentia and Ferryland are all historic locations for various early European settlement or discovery activities. Tilting Harbour on Fogo Island is a Provincial Heritage District as well as a

town in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

provincial electoral district for the House of Assembly of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada


world, 1929-1949. McGill-Queen's University Press, Montreal, Quebec. Henry K. Gibbons. 1997. The Myth and Mystery of John Cabot: The Discoverer of North America, Marten Cat Publishers, Port Aux Basques, Newfoundland. Michael Harris.


John's (100,646). Mount Pearl (24,671). Conception Bay South (21,966). Corner Brook (20,083). Grand Falls-Windsor (13,558). Paradise (12,584). Gander (9,951). Stephenville (6,588). Portugal Cove-St. Philip's (5,575). Torbay (6,281). Marystown

town in province of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada


comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, is sometimes compared to Nomic. However, Calvinball appears to have a permanent rule that the same rules may never be used twice; a nomic, at least in

song composed by Serge Gainsbourg performed by Serge Gainsbourg


Pete Abrams (born August 4, 1970) is the writer and illustrator of the online comic strip Sluggy Freelance. Pete


is a black-and-white comic strip that tells the exploits of an easily angered anthropomorphic flower named Bob and his interactions with the world, often in search of either global domination


is a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano and also the name of the main character. It first appeared in issue 1735, dated 18 October 1975. It features


parody published on Ralston Purina cereal boxes (Wheat Chex, Rice Chex, Corn Chex). Non-fiction. Among his volumes of comic book and comic strip history are The Adventurous Decade: Comic


The Numskulls is a comic strip in The Beano, a UK comic. The strip is about some tiny human like creatures that live inside


Splodge was a fictional character in a comic strip in, originally, the UK


Joe King was a fictional character in a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano. It first appeared in The Beano in issue 2783, dated 18


Jacky Daw with Maw and Paw was a comic strip in the UK comic The Beano in the


comic strip Pathetic Geek Stories, which illustrates tales of pain and humiliation, usually during adolescence, sent to her by readers. Born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin, Schneider moved to


Gasoline Alley is a long-running comic strip created


was popularized by (among others) Scott Adams in the Dilbert comic strip. See also. dook. References. External links.


comic strip artists have been known to do). He has also portrayed himself as a small robot with dark goggles, and simply a middle-aged man with dark sunglasses and contagion mask


Billy the Cat (later Billy the Cat and Katie) was a comic strip in The Beano. Drawn by David Sutherland, it originally ran from issue 1289


contains a. See also. List of games with mutable rules. Calvinball. Mao. Bartok. Dvorak. Fluxx. 21. 1000 Blank White Cards. Mornington Crescent. King's Cup. References. External links. , as created by Peter


changes at any time, rather than having to wait for their turn. One spin-off of a now-defunct Nomic (Nomic World) is the, which adds every legal rule submitted by a player

narrative work derived from one or more already existing works that focuses in more detail on one aspect of that original work


Potlatch, was created via a spin-off, with Gordon L. Jones, a vice-president of Potlatch, as the new company's president and CEO. Shares of Clearwater Paper (NYSE:CLW) stock were distributed to Potlatch


memory. Ivan Sutherland's revolutionary Sketchpad program ran on the TX-2. The TX-2 became operational in 1958. The Digital Equipment Corporation was a spin-off of the TX-0 and TX-2 projects. A TX-1

American game show created and produced by Nick Nicholson and E. Roger Muir for CBS


himself was briefly the subject of a spin-off strip in the early 1990s that parodied famous films, usually in ways involving the character's love of food (examples including


of adopted children from all walks of life. According to producer Sherwood Schwartz, the plot for this show was originally written as a spin-off for The Brady


character and other supporting characters and their adventures in a proposed spin-off series. It failed to become a series, however. The  episode "" featured isolated groups of the primary and

narrative work derived from one or more already existing works that focuses in more detail on one aspect of that original work


located in Fallon. Hawthorne Army Depot is in Hawthorne. Tonopah Test Range near Tonopah. These bases host a number of activities including the Joint Unmanned Aerial Systems Center of

census-designated place in and county seat of Nye County,  Nevada, United States


turquoise. State slogan: "The Battle Born State". State song: "Home Means Nevada" by Bertha Raffetto. State reptile: Desert Tortoise. State rock: Sandstone. State soil: Orovada (soil) series. State tartan: A particular


to the Sinai Peninsula, during which the local inhabitants were subdued. He also sent expeditions there to mine for valuable minerals such as turquoise and copper. This is known


It is a vivid green in colour (often fades to turquoise in captivity), slightly lighter on the underside and has a thick black stripe from the bill (through the eyes) to

greenish blue color, based on the gem of the same name


this was acid-leached for additional copper. Turquoise was also a by-product of this mining activity. Bisbee turquoise, also known as Bisbee Blue, is amongst the finest turquoise found anywhere


State estimates from for population and Census 2000 for area and density. 10 richest places in Nevada. Ranked by per capita income. Incline Village-Crystal Bay $52,521 Washoe County, Nevada. Kingsbury

census-designated place in Douglas County, Nevada, United States


Song at the 1993 Grammy Awards, but it lost to "Layla" by Eric Clapton. Clapton's win over Nirvana would later be named one of the "10 biggest

song written by Eric Clapton and Jim Gordon


Ghosn has been recognized in Japan for the company's turnaround in the midst of an ailing Japanese economy. Ghosn and the Nissan turnaround were featured in Japanese manga


Plot. Stand powers. A "stand" (スタンド sutando) is a supernatural power in the manga and anime JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. When first presented in Part 3, Joseph Joestar referred


a fictional character in the anime series Martian Successor Nadesico. She is also the main character in , and appears in the manga based on the original


is a character in the anime/manga Oh My Goddess! and is the younger sister of Belldandy. Her character design shows influences from shoujo and art


the UK or in France and Belgium. In the U.S., more commonly referred to as a comic book. In Japan comic magazines are called Manga.


released on American shores are three graphic novel compilations of the Spawn manga, known as Shadows of Spawn. Spawn: Architects of Fear. A prestige format one-shot released in February


other comics, including Angela, Curse of the Spawn, Sam & Twitch and the Japanese manga Shadows of Spawn. Spawn was adapted into a 1997 feature film, an HBO animated series


The series is done in a style reminiscent of manga. A favored technique of McConville is to draw the line art on paper and color the characters in Adobe Photoshop


manga, anime, and related Japanese media. Yuri can focus either on the sexual or the emotional aspects of the relationship, the latter sometimes being called shōjo-ai by western


a book. Since then, there have been four manga adaptations of the story; a feature film which reached #1 in the box office upon its release; and


manga, Crossbone Gundam, is a direct sequel which takes place ten years after the events of the movie. Also notable is the music composed for the film. Many of


eiyū densetsu (銀河英雄伝説), also known as Legend of the Galactic Heroes, both of which were adapted as anime and manga. His fantasy works also include the novel series  (創竜伝)


2005 Tokyopop began a new, free publication, called Manga (originally Takuhai), to feature their latest releases. Tokyopop is one of the biggest manga publishers outside of Japan and as such has


Evidence might be found in Japanese animation and manga, but also appears in news and cultural programs, and in much fiction. Origin. Because traditional Japanese culture was tied to agriculture, many


is an absurdist comedy manga series written and illustrated by Rikdo Koshi.


based on the Three Kingdoms. These include video games, where he is often given the highest War/Attack stats, and in anime and manga. Some examples for these are listed


the series, Kin'iro no Corda, is gaining popularity partially because the manga series it was based on, has been recently licensed by Viz for English language publishing. It


In popular culture. Various characters in other manga and anime often wield an indestructible nyoi-bō (mind stick) staff based and modeled after the character Sun Wukong of


is eating a bento before lunch, and having another lunch afterward. Dokaben (ドカベン) is a baseball manga of which the title came from the protagonist, Taro Yamada's huge bento box (dokaben).


is a manga


a popular Japanese drama and manga. The title of the series is written 花より男子, which would normally be read hana yori danshi, or 'boys over flowers.' The title forces


fanservice. Art. Besides being a character type, bishōnen is also a distinct art style not usually forgotten in books about drawing manga. In art, bishōnen are usually drawn delicately, with long


(from the title character of Yawara!, a popular judo manga). Since she won the International Women's Judo Championships in 1990, 'Yawara-chan' has gone on to win the event every


, sometimes abbreviated, is a Japanese manga series by Natsuki Takaya. It was serialized in the semi-monthly Japanese magazine Hana to Yume, published by Hakusensha, from 1999 to


the related anime and manga series, as well as on various merchandise related to the franchise. In Japanese, the character is voiced by Rica Matsumoto; in English, he


Japanese comic books, known as manga. They gather at public events such as comic-book and video game trade shows, as well as at dedicated cosplay parties at


Japanese horror manga. Born in Gifu Prefecture in 1963, he was inspired from a young age by his older sister's drawing and Kazuo Umezu's comics and thus took an interest


Characters are often drawn from popular fiction in Japan. Favorite sources include manga, anime, tokusatsu, comic books, graphic novels, video games, hentai and fantasy movies. Role play includes portrayals


Himiko (Mezon do Himiko メゾン・ド・ヒミコ) is a 2005 film starring Kō Shibasaki. Legend of Himiko (Himiko-Den 火魅子伝) is an anime series, manga, and computer game. Himiko Kudo (工藤卑弥呼) is a character


International, while Seven Seas Entertainment released four of the light novels and the manga. Overview. To face the "enemies of the world", the shinigami Boogiepop automatically rises to the surface.


mission to the Japanese public, the U.S. Navy printed a manga about life aboard GW, titled "CVN-73". 2006. GW and CVW-17 left Norfolk on April 4 for a scheduled two


is a shōjo and romance manga created by Ai Yazawa. It was serialized in Ribon and later in eight volumes


, also known as Rurouni Kenshin and Samurai X, is a Japanese manga series written and


also known as or, is a term that refers to the target demographic of manga created mostly by women for late teenage and adult female audiences. The male equivalent to


moved to an apartment of Tokiwa-so where Hiroo lived. They continued to draw manga day after day. A lot of editors of manga publishers visited and asked Fujiko Fujio to


because of injury. Abiko managed to be consistent with manga. While Abiko was working for the company, Fujimoto took a central role in contributing serial manga. At this time, their


is a shōjo manga by Marimo Ragawa. It was originally published in Japan by Hakusensha, and was published in English by VIZ Media,


2501, also known as The Puppet Master from the film and manga Ghost in the Shell, is an artificial intelligence program secretly developed by Section 6 of Public Security


manga that focuses on gay male romance (and sometimes explicit content) known as yaoi. Yaoi titles are primarily marketed to women, and are commonplace in bookstores (normally


, 3010 is the year that Brian Boitano travels to in order to fight an evil robot king and save the human race (again). In the manga and anime series


the music movie, see Tokyo Pop. Tokyopop, stylized TOKYOPOP, and formerly known as Mixx, is a distributor, licensor, and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa and Original English-language


is a manga by Ai Yazawa. It was published by Shueisha from 1995 to 1998 in the magazine Ribon. It was adapted by Toei Animation as a

airport in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea


characterized by a surreal streak. Hayami also worked on a number of novelizations of science fiction or horror manga and anime. In the latter field, his work on the


1995, currently Global Production Engineering Center and storage unit for its historic models). India. Oragadam,Chennai 2010. Brazil. São José dos Pinhais, Paraná. Indonesia. Cikampek, West Java. Iran. Karaj,


and Nissan terminated talks because of the chasm between the two companies related to compensation to GM from Nissan. On May 17, 2006 Nissan released the Atlas 20 hybrid truck in

day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar


Qusay Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti () (or Qusai) (May 17, 1966 – July 22, 2003) was the second son of


Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle. May 11 – Captain Robert Gray becomes the first white man to enter the Columbia River. May 17 – The Buttonwood Agreement is signed, beginning the New


humanist and satirist (b. 1457). May 17 – Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (executed) (b. 1478). June 15 – Tamás Bakócz, Hungarian Catholic cardinal and statesman (b. 1442). June


Lords, declaring that it is "useless and dangerous to the people of England". May 17 – The Banbury mutiny ends – leaders of the Leveller mutineers in the New Model Army


was forced to raise the siege when the Duke of Parma came to the city's relief with a Spanish army. May 17 – Anne of Denmark was crowned queen of Scotland.


won the National Golden Gloves Light Welterweight Championship in 1995. Pro career. Corley began boxing professionally on May 17, 1996, knocking out Aaron Smith in the first round. He would not


May 17, 1936. Forced into exile, Tejada died in Arica, Chile, only 3 years later, on October 4, 1938. Sources. Querejazu Calvo, Roberto. "Masamaclay.". Farcau, Bruce W. "The Chaco War:


Chapter of Sigma Phi Delta was founded on May 17 2003. Beta-Delta Chapter - Virginia Tech. The Beta-Delta Chapter of Sigma Phi Delta was founded on December 3 2005. Beta-Delta has


Thani. New World Renaissance Hotel. Shangri-La Makati. Incidents. 2000 bombing. On May 17, 2000 at 5:02 p.m., Glorietta was bombed injuring 12 persons, mostly teenagers. According to local authorities, the


politician. February 20 - Buffy Sainte-Marie, musician, composer, visual artist, pacifist, educator and social activist. March 7 - Roger Carl Young, politician and lawyer. May 17 - Andy Boychuk, long-distance runner.


El-Yachroutu Mohamed becomes Prime Minister of Comoros. May. May 15- Ralph O'Neal becomes Chief Minister of the British Virgin Islands. May 17- Jacques Chirac becomes President of France. May 18-


some significant events. Awards. Copley Medal: John Harrison. Births. March 23 - Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1827). May 17 - Edward Jenner, English scientist, inventor


questions. (Some of these are taken from http://www.northwestern.edu/nuin/fac/index.htm). Behavior/Cognition/Language. Behavioural genetics. Biological Rhythms. Brain Imaging or neuroimaging. Cell Biology. Cell Imaging & Electrophysiology. Computational neuroscience. Development. Drug

set of techniques to measure and visualize aspects of the nervous system


to access the full article through a membership with a medical library. Typical SPECT acquisition protocols. References. See also. Gamma camera. Neuroimaging. Functional neuroimaging. Magnetic resonance imaging. Positron emission tomography.


be resolved from magmatic neon and nucleogenic neon. This suggests that neon will be a useful tool in determining cosmic exposure ages of surficial rocks and meteorites. Similar to xenon, neon

piece of solid matter from outer space that has hit the earth


Ray Rhodes. Meteorite. On May 10, 1879, a 455 pound meteorite fell to earth in Emmet County a few miles north of Estherville, and has become known as the Estherville Meteorite.


for meteorite finds connected to the Haviland Crater and for an annual meteorite festival held in July. The festival includes food, contests, treasure hunts, raffles, meteorite digs, concerts,


large part of the Nullarbor Plain is now a National Park. The Nullarbor is known for extensive meteorite deposits, which are extremely well-preserved in the arid climate. In particular, many


geology, and made a chemical analysis of the meteorite that fell near Weston, Connecticut, publishing the first scientific account of any American meteorite. He lectured publicly at New


in 1929 when the International Extraordinary Hydrographic Conference held in Monaco adopted a definition of one (1) international nautical mile as being equal to 1,852 metres exactly, in excellent agreement

sovereign city-state on the French Riviera


titles are used for courtesy at European courts and formally recognized by the state of Monaco. In Germany, royal and noble titles were abolished in 1918, legally


Netherlands. 195 hectares—Monaco (country ranked 192nd by area). 200 hectares—Herm, Channel Islands. 250 hectares—Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens in London. 258.998811 hectares—1 mile2 or section (USA). 290 hectares—City of


Grand Prince. Liechtenstein. Monaco. Principality of Sealand. Principality of Wales. Victory title. Sources and references. (incomplete). References.


1920 in Monaco Princess Charlotte of Monaco (née Charlotte Louise Juliette Louvet), the illegitimate but later adopted daughter of Louis II of Monaco and Marie Juliette Louvet.


who was the first of this family to own Ickworth) and includes every Earl and Marquess of Bristol (except the 6th Marquess, who died in Monaco) as well as many


capital - junction. Rehoboth. Timeline. 2008. Proposed electrified line through Kalahari Desert to Palapye in Botswana. 2007. December - Progress. 26 October - Talks between Namibia and Angola regarding

former bantustan in South-West Africa (now Namibia)


southwest coast. Highways: total: 30 km. paved: 24 km. unpaved: 6 km (1999 est.). Harbors: Nauru. Merchant marine: none (1999 est.). Airports: 1 (Nauru International Airport). Airports - with paved runways:

sheltered body of water where ships, boats, and barges can be docked


AD onwards, was a city and harbor built by Herod the Great about 25–13 BC. Today, its ruins lie on the Mediterranean coast of Israel about halfway between


harbor to accommodate yachters travelling along the Swedish west coast. The town of Skärhamn is the place of the Nordic Watercolour Museum (Akvarellmuseet). See also. Tjörn Hundred.


the island to processing facilities on the southwest coast. Highways: total: 30 km. paved: 24 km. unpaved: 6 km (1999 est.). Harbors: Nauru. Merchant marine: none (1999 est.).

main (and only) island in the country of Nauru


Nauru has one 24 km paved road that circles the island and a dirt


an international peacekeeping force, Indonesian president BJ Habibie announced on 12 September that he would do so. September 14 – Kiribati, Nauru and Tonga join the United Nations.


for Guam), the Marshall Islands and Nauru. Total land area was 249,500 km². History. Although the western half of New Guinea had been administered by the Netherlands for some time,


population of 250. Anibare district is thus Nauru's largest in area, and among the smallest in population. Nauru's reputation for being densely populated is thus somewhat nuanced, since


The twelve shareholders of Pacific Forum Line are the governments of: Cook Islands. Fiji. Kiribati. Marshall Islands. Nauru. New Zealand. Niue. Papua New Guinea. Samoa. Solomon Islands. Tonga.


Macau, Malaysia, Namibia, Nauru, Oman, Qatar, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Taiwan, Timor Leste, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, and Vatican City. Note


Meneng (or Menen) is a district located in the Meneng Constituency in the country Nauru. The constituency returns 2 members to the Parliament of


few attractions in Nauru. Nearby are the Moqua Caves, a series of underground caves below Yaren. See also. Yaren. Nauru. Hydrography.


in the island nation Nauru. It's a part of the Anabar Constituency. With a population of 160, it is the least populous of Nauru's districts, although it is larger than any


the Japanese to Micronesia, where he died. In his honour the government of Nauru named the technical school in the district Ewa after him. See also. Philip Delaporte.


Following the indepencence of Nauru, the flag of Nauru was raised for the first time. The flag, chosen in a local


Scouts locally. (See Link, below.). Link. Nauru Scouting flag variant:


unrecorded border trade with India (2002 est.). Exports - commodities: carpets, clothing, leather goods, jute goods, grain. Exports - partners: India 50.5%, US 26%, Germany 6.6% (2003


A simple defeat technique is to cut the wire or throw a piece of old carpet over the strands. Residential usage of barbed tape has been criticised by some as


the coarser fibres may be used for the production of carpet and other sturdy products. Crimp is measured in crimps per inch or crimps per centimetre. Average diameter


in bathrooms for their ease of cleaning. Such surfaces are often cold to the touch, however, and so water-resistant bath mats or even bathroom carpets may be used on the


and hilly, leaving little ground suitable for agriculture. The leeward islands have a mixed volcanic and coral origin. The highest point is Mount Scenery, 877 metres (2,828 ft), on Saba

island in the Caribbean, part of the Netherlands


in the Netherlands Antilles. They may be contrasted with the SSS islands (Saba, Sint Eustatius and Sint Maarten), all three in the Netherlands Antilles. External links.


with Aruba) (ABC islands). Bonaire, including an islet called Klein Bonaire ("Little Bonaire"). Curaçao, including an islet called Klein Curaçao ("Little Curaçao"). the "Windward Islands" (Bovenwindse Eilanden) east of Puerto Rico

island country in the Caribbean, part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands


played shows on Aruba, Curacao and Sint Maarten In between they recorded a new single; Macho, released in January 1984, a resentment of lad culture from the viewpoint of a


Aruba's national flag () was adopted on March 18, 1976. The design consists of a field


Aruba. The Prime Minister is also chairman of the cabinet of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and therefore also deals with matters affecting the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. The independent cabinets


islands north of the Venezuelan coast (from west to east): Aruba (Neth.). Curaçao (Neth.). Bonaire (Neth.). Margarita Island (Ven). Coche (Ven). La Tortuga (Ven). Cubagua (Ven). Venezuelan Archipelago (Ven). See


This article is about communications systems in Aruba. Telephone. Telephones - main lines in use: 38,700 (2006). country comparison to


with the song "Everybody". Dave Benton, from Aruba, is the only black person to have ever won the Eurovision Song Contest. The Danish national broadcaster faced some problems whilst organising the


sorghum, peanuts, vegetables, tropical fruit. Exports: $2 076 million (f.o.b., 2004). Exports - commodities: petroleum products. Exports - partners: US 32%, Panama 10.1%, Guatemala 7,9%, Haiti 6,4%, The Bahamas 5,1% (2005).


export; sugar, sorghum, and maize are products for the domestic market. At nearly 3 million head of goat and sheep in 1999, the northern ports of Bossaso


agricultural exports. Grain sorghum (dura) is the principal food crop, and wheat is grown for domestic consumption. Sesame seeds and peanuts are cultivated for domestic consumption and increasingly


0 kWh (2005). Agriculture - products: fruit, vegetables, sorghum; Senepol cattle. Exports: $4.234 billion (2001). Exports - commodities: refined petroleum products. Exports - partners: US, Puerto Rico (2006). Imports:


ervilia). Vicia articulata Hornem. Vicia narbonensis. Tree Legumes. Leucaena leucocephala. Albizia lebbeck. Acacia aneura. Silage. Corn (maize). Alfalfa. Grass-legume mix. Sorghums. Oats. Crop residue. Sorghum. Corn (maize) stover. Soybean stover. See


fossil fuels, fertilizers, and pesticides. Using gains made in scientific knowledge and ability over the past few decades, Land Institute scientists are breeding the annual crop plants wheat, sorghum


important part of Botswana's wildlife. The zebra on the right holds an ear of sorghum, an important crop in the nation. The zebra on the left holds a tusk


(2007 est.). Budget: revenues: $757,9 million. expenditures: $949,5 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (2004 est.). Industries: tourism (Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and Bonaire), petroleum refining (Curaçao), petroleum transhipment


The ABC islands are Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao. They are the three western-most islands of the Leeward Antilles in the Caribbean, north of Falcón State, Venezuela. From west to east


recognized in Peru as vals criollo). The Curaçaon waltz. The first composer to write Curaçaon waltzes was Jan Gerard Palm (1831–1906). Like the Strauss family in Austria,


Den Helder, Noord Holland. Secondary naval bases are in Amsterdam, Vlissingen, Texel and Willemstad (Curaçao). Marine barracks are in Rotterdam, Doorn, Suffisant on Curaçao, and Savaneta on Aruba.


island in the Caribbean Sea more usually spelled Curaçao: , a 36-gun fifth rate launched in 1809. She was reduced to 24 guns in 1831 and broken up in 1849.

liqueur made with the dried peels of the Laraha citrus fruit, grown only on the island of Curaçao


including capital expenditures of $NA (2004 est.). Industries: tourism (Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and Bonaire), petroleum refining (Curaçao), petroleum transhipment facilities (Curaçao and Bonaire), light manufacturing (Curaçao). Industrial production growth

country on the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands


island of Sint Maarten, in the future. Curaçao had announced, that it wants to continue deepening ties with the CARICOM bloc. United States Virgin Islands. In 2007, the U.S. Virgin Islands


Eustatius and Sint Maarten), all three in the Netherlands Antilles. External links.

village and former municipality in North Holland, the Netherlands


Economy - overview: New Caledonia has more than 25% of the world's known nickel resources. In recent years, the economy has suffered

special collectivity of France in the southwest Pacific Ocean

artwork by Charles Heaphy (Auckland War Memorial Museum, PD-1952-2-1-8 )


of the 164th Infantry Regiment from the U.S. Army's Americal Division boarded ships at New Caledonia for the trip to Guadalcanal with a projected arrival date of October 13. To protect


in the bush (collective term for scrub, woodland or grassland of Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia). In south east Australia, bushfires tend to be most common and most


the Solomon Islands, and New Caledonia, are included, with Australia in the Australasia ecozone. Oceania is the smallest in land area of any of the ecozones. Geology. Oceania, is geologically


diversity is in New Caledonia (18 species), with others in Australia, Argentina, New Zealand, Chile and Malesia, where Agathis extends a short distance into the northern hemisphere, reaching


Eurydactylodes is a small genus of geckos, found on the main island of New Caledonia. These

Hudson Bay Company fur-trading district in what is now central British Columbia


North Island is less mountainous than the South, and is marked by volcanism. The island's tallest mountain, Mount Ruapehu (2797 m / 9176 ft), is an active cone volcano. Lake Taupo is near the

natural, surface vent or fissure usually in a mountainous form

1997 disaster film directed by Mick Jackson


for "Mount Olympus") is the tallest known volcano and mountain in the Solar System and was formed during the Amazonian epoch. It is located on the planet

1942 animated Technicolor short film by Dave Fleischer


Proserpina was in Sicily (an island outside of Italy), at the Pergusa Lake near Enna, where she was playing with some nymphs and collecting flowers, when Pluto came out from the volcano

census-designated place (CDP) in Hawaii County, Hawaii, United States


Kalahari Desert, Botswana, and the De Beers Venetia Mine on the South-Africa - Zimbabwe border. His work on the internal structure of volcanoes also takes him to many active


apart as it became vesicular by the expansion of the gases within it. Breccias. Among the loose beds of ash that cover the slopes of many volcanoes, three classes of materials


oceanic volcano. He reasoned that a fringing coral reef surrounding a volcanic island in the tropical sea will grow upwards as the island subsides (sinks), becoming an "almost atoll" (barrier


the active volcano Mount Fuji at 3,776 m, which makes it the world's 7th highest island. There are many rivers, including the Shinano River, Japan's longest. The climate is temperate, but


and solfataras. They are volcanoes, and the mountains of the neighboring Uliaser islands, extinct volcanoes. Granite and serpentine rocks predominate, but the shores of Amboyna Bay are


volcanoes varies considerably from volcano to volcano. However, water vapor is consistently the most common volcanic gas, normally comprising more than 60% of total emissions during a subaerial eruption. Radar


deposits were probably covered over by a later deposit of volcanic materials from Apollinaris Patera, a nearby volcano. Ma'adim Vallis is thought to have been carved by flowing


volcano in the Virunga Mountains of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, situated about 25 km north of Lake Kivu. It has been described as Africa's most active volcano and has


(also known as Ruamoko) is the youngest son of Rangi and Papa, god of volcanoes and seasons. He has never been born and remains inside his mother's womb. His

census-designated place in Amador County, California


dose through 1,000,000 years. Stability. Geology. The formation that makes up Yucca Mountain was created by several large eruptions from a caldera volcano and is composed of alternating layers


user explores several places such a canyon, a geode, a fault, a volcano, and even an undersea environment which features a subduction zone, a mid-ocean ridge, and an underwater volcano.


In Hawaiian mythology, Pele () is the goddess of fire, lightning, dance, volcanoes and violence. She is a popular figure in


spectacular photos have been recorded by the night visual sensor; city lights, volcanoes, fires, lightning, meteors, oil field burn-offs, as well as the Aurora Borealis and Aurora Australis have been captured


“heads of government” level. 2006 East Timor crisis. On 25 May, Prime Minister Clark requested more information as to exactly what support East Timor would require from New

sovereign state situated on several islands in Southeast Asia


Administration in East Timor, a similar mission that administered East Timor between 1999 and 2002. References. External links. Kosovo Property Kosovo Property Agency - KPA.


severe damage. The capital city of Managua was virtually destroyed in 1931 and again in 1972. Central highlands. The triangular area known as the central highlands lies northeast


lesser streams that rise in the central highlands and cross the region en route to the complex of shallow bays, lagoons, and salt marshes of the Caribbean coast. Climates. Temperature

body of water connected to an ocean or lake, formed by an indentation of the shoreline

space defined by the vertical piers, in a building


former strait, now bay, of Krabbenkreek. The municipality is bordered on the east by the Eendracht, once a Scheldt branch but now part of the Scheldt-Rhine Canal, crossed


south shore of a small bay also called Lower South Bay. Maple Bay – A bay of Oneida Lake east of Kraus Landing. Muskrat Bay – A small bay north


a delta shaped inlet of the Irish Sea off the east coast of Ireland. The bay is approximately 10 km in width at its north-south base and 7

opening (void) in the wall of a building


also control over customs, telecommunications, port facilities, radio broadcasting, the merchant marine, and civil aviation. Military under Sandinista government 1979-1990. To replace the National Guard, the Sandinistas established a new national army,


Arlit Airport – Arlit. DRZR (ZND) – Zinder Airport – Zinder. DRZF () – Diffa Airport – Diffa. DRZD () – Dirkou Airport – Dirkou. DRRB (BKN)


models. Vehicles travel on the right side of the road, and roads use French style signage. Routes Nationale are marked with the traditional French Milestones: a white

numbered marker along a road or boundary

Market Weighton, East Riding of Yorkshire, YO43


remains at 100 East Main Street, in front of the village pharmacy. Several of the milestones are still in place along the stretch between present day Fremont and

Thurnby and Bushby, Harborough, Leicestershire, LE7


depression which saw many layoffs and massive national unemployment for several years. From the 1920s to the 1960s, the South Bend company originated many style and engineering milestones,

Kingscote, Cotswold, Gloucestershire, GL8


were found. The other volumes cover other topics. Volume XVII, for instance, is entirely devoted to milestones. A volume XVIII is planned, which will contain the "Carmina Latina Epigraphica." A

Grade II listed building in Llanllyfni. Located on the south-east side of Ffordd Rhedyw (Rhedyw Road) in Llanllyfni to the north-east of the Church of St Rhedyw; set in a rubblestone boundary wall.


Such coppers or boilers appear to have been called miliaria, from their similarity of shape to a milestone. Behind the boilers, another corridor leads into the court

Grade II listed building in Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd. Beside A525 in Nant-y-garth, 200 m west of entrance to The Lodge.


army, the largest of the services, has about 67,000 personnel. Its formations include the 1st Mechanised Infantry Division, headquartered in Kaduna in the north-west, and 2nd Mechanised Infantry Division

state capital of Kaduna State in Nigeria


Owerri, effectively bringing an end to the civil war. His previous military service included 1 Area Command in Kaduna and acting as Chief Army Engineer, then commander


Antilegomena, the majority have settled on the same twenty-seven book canon: it consists of the four narratives of the life and death of Jesus, called "gospels"; a

description of the life of Jesus, canonical or apocryphal


gospels, and the presence and persecution of Christians in first-century Rome. While a majority of scholars consider the passage authentic, some dispute it. Some supporting authenticity argue it is too critical

first book to be printed in Moscow; edition of Christian Gospel


Euangelisterist coghottuon tells about Jesus Christ's suffering. It is collected from all four gospels. This book was influenced heavily by Johannes Bugenhagen, a teacher in Wittenberg. It was mainly


Gospels' accounts of the teachings of Jesus. When asked what was the greatest commandment, Jesus said, "'Love (agape) the Lord your God with all your heart and with all


two scriptural readings and a responsoral psalm before the Gospel. When a solemnity falls on a Friday, the obligation to abstain from meat or do penance is lifted. See also.

2017 single by Rich Brian, Keith Ape and XXXTentacion


spoken voice) between the Prokeimenon and the Alleluia. The Epistle reading is always linked to a reading from the Gospel, though some services, such as Matins, will have


antisemitism. Historical sources. The primary sources for both inquiries are the Gospel accounts of the events leading up to the Crucifixion of Jesus, commonly called The Passion.


1890); Die Interpolationen in der Odyssee (1904); contributions to Collitz's Sammlung der griechischen Dialektinschriften; editions of the texts of certain portions of the New Testament (Gospels and Acts). His last work


of controversy have to do with whether or not it was the sole Hebrew Gospel, and who was its true author. Not having a text or a copy of a text


there are various positive reasons why one might embrace it." (Chalmers 1996:299). In his 2002 Consciousness and its Place in Nature David Chalmers carefully considers neutral monism and panpsychism,

Australian philosopher and cognitive scientist


is C-fibers firing — could not be necessary, given the possibility of pain that has nothing to do with C-fibers firing. Similar arguments have been proposed by David Chalmers. Kripke delivered the


Nicanor Parra Sandoval (born in San Fabián de Alico, Chile on September 5, 1914) is a mathematician and poet often considered to be the most influential poet

day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar


problems sensibly, one by one...But the real world is messier, more unpredictable - and more impatient.". On September 5 2001, at a The Skeptical Environmentalist book reading in England, British environmentalist author


could visit each of these planets in just twelve years, instead of the thirty years that would usually be required. Voyager 1 was launched on September 5, 1977, by the National Aeronautics


(d. 1888). August 14 – Robert Comtesse, member of the Swiss Federal Council (d. 1922). September 5 – Jesse James, American outlaw (d. 1882). October 1 – Annie Besant, English women's rights


an official of King Henry II, describes how villeins can be free (approximate date). Births. September 5—King Louis VIII of France (d. 1226). Arthur I, Duke of Brittany (d. 1203). Vladimir


of Pembroke (d. 1348). April 16 – King John II of France (d. 1364). September 5 – King Peter IV of Aragon (d. 1387). date unknown. James I, Count of La


September 5, 2009). Women's best throwers of all time. (Updated September 5, 2009). See also. Men's hammer world record progression. Women's hammer world record progression. External links.


UBS AG, a multinational financial firm formed in 1998 from the merger of Union Bank of Switzerland and the Swiss Bank Corporation. On September 5, 2005 UBS agreed


Darryl Francis Zanuck (September 5, 1902 – December 22, 1979)


(+ 1895). August 1 - William Aldis Wright, literary editor (+ 1914). September 5 - Victorien Sardou, dramatist (+ 1908). October 15 - Helen Hunt Jackson, writer-activist (+ 1885). Deaths. January


The competitions were held on Monday, September 5, 1904 and on Wednesday, September 6, 1904. Medal summary. Participating nations. A total of ten divers from two nations competed at the St. Louis


Dezső Lauber (May 23, 1879 – September 5, 1966) was a Hungarian all-round sportsman and architect.


widow of gun magnate William Wirt Winchester, but is now a tourist attraction. Under Winchester's day-to-day guidance, its "from-the-ground-up" construction proceeded around-the-clock, without interruption, from 1884 until her death on September 5


by then late Congressman James L. Chiongbian, the Municipality of General Santos was converted into a city while keeping its name. It was inaugurated on September 5 of that year. Antonio


Erdoğan, the founder of Fire of Anatolia dance group, on September 5 2004, and has had a child, Atlas Erdoğan, on January 18 2007. Since marriage, she sometimes goes


York's station WNYU on Tuesday September 5, 2006. PTV3 performed several songs on WFMU in Jersey City on Thursday September 7. The band were interviewed as well. This was the


at Neustadt, West Prussia Elisabeth von Alvensleben (born September 22, 1834 in Brandenburg/Havel; died September 5, 1919 in Neustadt), by whom he had an only son, Botho (born February


Anne-Claude-Philippe de Tubières-Grimoard de Pestels Levieux de Lévis, comte de Caylus, marquis d'Esternay, baron de Bransac (October 31, 1692–September 5, 1765), French antiquarian, proto-archaeologist and man of letters, was


September 5, 1980, following Bobby's departure. After this session, but prior to the release, Doyle officially joined the band as Bobby's replacement. While none of the other ten songs


Fort, owned by the Narragansetts during King Philip's War. 1772 – American Revolutionary War: Samuel Adams and Joseph Warren form the first Committee of Correspondence. 1783 – In

American statesman, political philosopher, governor of Massachusetts and Founding Father of the United States (1722-1803)


with the pace of progress of the movement for constitutional and parliamentary reforms. The organization took its name from the American Sons of Liberty founded by Samuel Adams during the American Revolution.


epoch, just before the older definition of the beginning of the Quaternary Period; many time scales show this division. However, there is a movement amongst geologists (particularly Neogene

third and current period of the Cenozoic era


split from echidna around 19–48 million years ago. The oldest discovered fossil of the modern Platypus dates back to about 100,000 years ago, during the Quaternary period. The extinct


a neutron, this left. the two particles with the same name. The current name neutrino was coined by Enrico Fermi, who developed the theory of beta decay, as

nucleon (constituent of the nucleus of the atom) that has neutral electric charge (no charge); symbol n


with nuclear reactors exploit the high flux of neutrons present. The neutrons activate elements placed within the reactor. A typical product from a nuclear reactor is thallium-201 and iridium-192. The


artificial means, using a particle accelerator to bombard lithium with protons, thereby producing two helium nuclei. After James Chadwick discovered the neutron in 1932, nuclear fission was


– temperatures and densities. Neutron diagnostics: Neutron counting: Number of neutrons leaving the plasma relates directly to the fusion power. Neutron spectroscopy – Neutron energy relates to the ion velocity


History. Before the 1970s, protons and neutrons were thought to be indivisible elementary particles. It was known that protons carried a positive electrical charge. Despite the fact that electromagnetic


the material objects (excluding minds), or even just the inanimate material objects (the protons, neutrons, and electrons we are made of, but not we ourselves). Objects are often treated as types


increasing atomic numbers (proton numbers) from left to right and increasing neutron numbers from top to bottom. For convenience, two different views of the data are available here: “Segmented


of two protons and no neutrons. Diprotons are not stable; this is due to spin-spin interactions in the nuclear force, and the Pauli exclusion principle, which forces the


User Friendly, PvP, and Megatokyo) and other media that express nerd themes without inhibition. Although the idea of nerds is popular, those adopting the characteristics of nerds are not


follow trends. Popular culture is borrowing the concept and image of nerds in order to stand out as individuals. See also. Anorak (slang). Boffin. Geek. Otaku. Pedant. White &

expert or enthusiast obsessed with a hobby or intellectual pursuit often related to science and computers


geek circles, the road was termed "El Camino Double Precision" when someone noted it was a very long street (double precision being a format to store very large real


Days of Thunder. Kidman and Cruise were married on Christmas Eve 1990 in Telluride, Colorado. The couple adopted a daughter, Isabella Jane (born 1992), and a son, Connor Anthony


career. The Alabama native currently ranks 35th in all time NASCAR Cup wins. He appeared in the 1983 Burt Reynolds movie Stroker Ace. He also appeared in the film Days of Thunder


Dead Calm. Her performances in films such as Days Of Thunder (1990), To Die For (1995) and Moulin Rouge! (2001) won her critical acclaim, and her performance in The Hours (2002) was acknowledged


To Die For, starring Nicole Kidman and Matt Dillon as the fictional wife and husband, and Joaquin Phoenix as the wife's teenaged lover. The case was also the subject of several best-selling true


novel The Human Stain. The third film, Cold Mountain, a love story of two Southerners separated by the Civil War, garnered her a Golden Globe Award nomination. Kidman's 2004 film

2003 film drama set towards of the end of the American Civil War directed by Anthony Minghella

mountain in Transylvania County, United States of America


2005 Forbes Celebrity 100 List. She made a reported US$14.5 million in 2004-2005. On People magazine's list of 2005's highest paid actresses, Kidman was second behind Julia Roberts with a US$16


from the island, including a satellite phone, fishing rod, water purifier, GPS unit, and some seeds. Julia Roberts' character in Runaway Bride leaves her groom standing at the


Julia Roberts, and Lili Taylor. The film's tagline is: "A romantic comedy with the works.". Plot. The film is about the coming of age of two sisters and their friend, as seen


in Telluride, Colorado. The couple adopted a daughter, Isabella Jane (born 1992), and a son, Connor Anthony (born 1995). They separated just after their 10th wedding anniversary.

2008 song composed by Brett James performed by Josh Gracin


a complete protein source, and characteristic combinations are the basis of distinct cultural cooking traditions. Sources of dietary protein include meats, tofu and other soy-products, eggs, grains, legumes, and dairy products


or legume-like protein, avenalin, as the major (80%) storage protein. Globulins are characterized by water solubility; because of this property, oats may be turned into milk but not into bread.


family, Fabaceae, that is native to the Americas. The seeds of these legumes are buoyant drift seeds, and are dispersed by rivers. Species. Dioclea albiflora. Dioclea apurensis. Dioclea aurea.


and other pollens indicated the presence of wheat and legumes, which may have been domesticated crops. Also, pollen grains of hop-hornbeam were discovered. The pollen was very

locality in Tenterfield Shire, New South Wales, Australia


woody legume trees in the genus Sophora native to New Zealand. There are eight species, S. microphylla being the most common. Kowhai trees grow throughout the country and are a common


based on the number of ships included, a single ship being the smallest operational unit. Ships may be combined into squadrons or flotillas, which may be formed into fleets.

turn-based strategy space combat video game created by Blendo Games


due to a flotilla of seven empty large landing craft (LCI(L)) failing to stop to pick up survivors, for which the commanding officer was relieved of his command. However, 606


May 1962 and commissioned on 31 January 1964. She joined the 3rd Flotilla based at HMNB Clyde, in Faslane. HMS Ocelot was the last submarine built for


or with a group, which may be a small squadron of comparable ships, or a larger naval fleet of various specialized ships. The commander of a fleet

United States Air Force organization considered the basic unit made up of several Flights, a few hundred people, and up to 24 aircraft


helicopter squadron Marine Medium Helicopter 263 (HMM-263), stood down to begin the process of transitioning to the MV-22 Osprey. On 8 December 2005, Lieutenant General Amos, commander of the


squadrons, and flotillas. Before the Second World War ships were collected in divisions derived from the Royal Navys "division" of the line of battle in which one squadron usually remained under the


Daedalian Superior Airmanship Award 1992, Fighter Squadron 143 Fighter Pilot of the Year, 1984, 1985, Fighter Squadron 142 Fighter Pilot of the Year, 1990, 1991, 1992. Carrier Airwing


the RAF), replacing the Seal in the torpedo bomber role. By 1939 the Fleet Air Arm (now under Royal Navy control) had 13 squadrons equipped with the


Sigurd and the dragon Fafnir who is dying from a mortal wound from Sigurd. The hero asks Fafnir of many things, among them the nature of the norns. Fafnir explains that

fictional character in Germanic and Norse mythology, dragon slayer

town in Sevier County, Utah, United States


In Norse mythology, Sigrdrífa (Old Norse "victory-urger" or "inciter to victory") is a valkyrie. She appears in Sigrdrífumál as the mentor of Sigurd. In the


15 July 1884 in London she sang the role of Brunehild in Ernest Reyer's opera Sigurd and the role of Juliette in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette in the


is a major figure in early Germanic literature centered around the hero Sigurd, son of Sigmund. She appears as Kriemhild in the Nibelungenlied and as Gutrune in


Sigurd, who did not care for her, because he was in love with the valkyrie Brynhild, to whom he gave the ring Andvarinaut. Gudrun's brother Gunnar, however, wished to marry Brynhild,


that the three main norns were giantesses (female Jotuns). Fáfnismál contains a discussion between the hero Sigurd and the dragon Fafnir who is dying from a mortal wound from Sigurd. The


mythology, Gram (Old Norse "wrath") is the name of the sword that Sigurd (Siegfried) used to kill the dragon Fafnir. It was forged by Wayland the Smith and originally belonged


of engineering on the nanoscale. The first nanoengineering program in the world was started at the University of Toronto within the Engineering Science program as one of the Options of study in


University of Toronto, where he met his first wife Lois Hardwick (not the child star of the same name), and graduated with a double major in engineering and drama. He had


an apparently distinct website (but offering very similar material). Skeptical: by Brendan McKay (Computer Science, Australian National University) and others. from Dror Bar-Natan (Mathematics, University of Toronto). by Allyn


"Free 416", referring to Toronto's area code. David Vallance. The 2006 candidate was David Vallance, a retired financial planner. He studied economics at the University of Toronto, was a former leader of the


Co-educational College, McGill University, Seneca College and the University of Toronto. For 14 years, Poy served as president of Vivienne Poy Mode, a fashion design company that she founded in 1981.


The University of St. Michael's College (USMC) is a federated college in the University of Toronto. It


the Bank of Montreal. Leona Dombrowsky, Minister of Agriculture, Ontario. Mark Kingwell, philosopher and professor at the University of Toronto. Senator Laurier LaPierre, historian. Paul Martin, 21st Prime Minister of Canada. Kevin Sullivan,


of non-fiction books. She was born in Edmonton, Alberta and educated at the University of Alberta, the University of Washington, and the University of Toronto. She currently resides in Edmonton, Alberta.


Trebek and Doug Maxwell during the 1968 CBC Curling Championship. His son, Michael Wayne, is now a professor of American History at the University of Toronto. References. See also. List of notable


exist as part of the University of Toronto. Ryerson also fought for many secularization reforms, to keep power and influence away from any one church, particularly the Church of England


descent parsers developed by James Cordy and Ric Holt at the University of Toronto in 1980. S/SL is a small programming language that supports cheap recursion and defines input, output, and error token


and Oakwood Collegiate in Toronto. He attended the University of Toronto from 1942 to 1943 until he joined the Royal Canadian Navy during World War II. He was discharged in 1946


Nanoengineering is the practice of engineering on the nanoscale. It derives its name


engineering, and other sciences and applied disciplines. Notation. For the following examples, let f be a function in x, y and z. First-order partial derivatives: Second-order partial derivatives: Second-order mixed


and also because crystalline materials often have electrical, magnetic, optical, or mechanical properties that can be exploited for engineering purposes. The forces between the atoms in a


engineering, a bottleneck is a phenomenon by which the performance or capacity of an entire system is severely limited by a single component. The component is sometimes called a bottleneck


Hagee graduated with distinction from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1968 with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering. He also holds a Master of Science in Electrical


of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. UPRM is the second largest university campus of the University of Puerto Rico System, and the premier Engineering and Science institution of the Caribbean and


of Arts and Philosophy. Faculty of Economics. Faculty of Education Sciences. Faculty of Engineering. Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literatures. Faculty of Law. Faculty of Mathematical, Physical and Natural Sciences. Faculty


forms strategic partnerships, and creates spin-off companies. SRI's focus areas include communications and networks, computing, economic development and science and technology policy, education, energy and the environment, engineering systems,


and human systems in economics and social science (the computational sociology) as well as in engineering to gain insight into the operation of those systems. A good example of the usefulness


and journals related to Engineering, Mathematics, anthropology, geography, and science. It is adjacent to the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, access to which is next to the library entrance. Other


planning, art, architecture, science, engineering and religion. Their work in metallurgy, seals, beads and jewellery was the basis of their prosperity. Science and engineering. A thick ring-like shell object found


software, engineering, automotive, etc. History. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) was first published by the Project Management Institute (PMI) as a white paper in 1987


a graduate school. Programmes are offered in 11 main academic disciplines: philosophy, economics, law, literature, history, natural sciences, engineering, management, medicine, education, and military. There are 104 undergraduate degree programs, 209


is the tenth edition, copyright 2007 (ISBN 0-07-144143-3), comprising twenty volumes. The encyclopedia covers the life sciences and physical sciences, as well as engineering and technology topics. The content is also


papyrus codices, together with pages torn from another book, in December 1945. The farmers burned one of the books and parts of a second (including its cover). Thus twelve of


to "Homer"). Fortunately in Oxyrhynchus, a few papyrus fragments were found and published (P.Oxy 3693 and 3694). References. Bibliography. William Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, 1870,

scientific article (publication date:  May 1989)


(c. 1860-1814 BC), was a pharaoh of the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt. He ruled from ca.1860 BC to ca.1814 BC, the latest known date being found in a papyrus


United States. Features of the extant building include a dramatic rotunda and gardens that include Egyptian papyrus. The University Museum was designed by a team of Philadelphia architects, all


a city in Upper Egypt. Nag Hammadi was known as Chenoboskion (Greek Χηνοβόσκιον) in classical antiquity, meaning "geese grazing grounds". It is located on the west bank of the Nile in the

strip of land on the Nile valley between Nubia and Lower Egypt


Saint Matthew the Potter near Esna in Upper Egypt. References.


Buṭrus, the viceroy of Upper Egypt, Buṭrus' brother Theodosius, and son Theophanes, the governor of Mareotis. Al-Walid did not limit himself to taxing the Copts' finances; he also taxed their patience. He


consort of Aphrodite named Nerites who was transformed into "a shellfish with a spiral shell, small in size but of surpassing beauty.". Nereus was father to Thetis,

Greek goddess of love, beauty, pleasure, and procreation


Aphrodite (preserved in several late medieval manuscripts of bucolic poetry). Some of the fragments show the pastoral themes that were typical of ancient Greek bucolic poetry, while others attest the


of a full-breasted Aphrodite in a diaphanous gown, images of other ancient deities and oil lamps featuring menorahs. Cuisine. Gaza's cuisine is characterized by its generous use of spices and chillies.

street in Hellevoetsluis, the Netherlands


who is attracted to women. These terms are in reference to a section of Plato's Symposium in which two kinds of love are discussed, symbolised by an Aphrodite


Roman hegemony, late 2nd century BC. To their protective triad of Baal/Poseidon, Astarte/Aphrodite and Echmoun/Asklepios, they added Roma. The platform of the Stoivadeion dedicated to Dionysus bears a statue of the


of his treatment of Eriphyle, is honored neither in the temple of Amphiaraus nor yet with Amphilochus. The fourth portion of the altar is to Aphrodite and Panacea, and


Theias was the King of Assyria and father of Myrrha and Adonis. The birth of Adonis existed in two different versions: The most commonly accepted version is that Aphrodite urged


of the tall!. He was the son of Bacchus (god of revelry) and Aphrodite (goddess of love); or, in some traditions, Apollo and one of the Muses. Other stories give


its inclusion in future Olympics possible, and in turn has been included in the Commonwealth Games since then. Netball gains semi-professional status. With the introduction of the ANZ Championship in 2008,


are agreed upon beforehand, or in league and tournament settings in which the number of players and the rules are set by the sponsors. During much of its history,

competition involving a relatively large number of competitors

painting by Unidentified artist, "The Spanish Forger"


his winning a bronze medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Gołota won other international amateur tournaments, but in 1990, he married a U.S. citizen of Polish descent


nation-state may disappear with the ever-increasingly interconnected nature of the world. Such ideas are sometimes expressed around concepts of a world government. This falls into line with the concept of

notion of a single common political authority for all of humanity


in locales such as El Alamein, Russia, and Iran. Willkie also discusses the need for some sort of World government. Especially emphasized is the position of China in the


end products can be variable. Reaction takes place with all metals except a few of the precious metal series and certain alloys. This characteristic has made it a common

rare, naturally occurring metallic chemical element of high economic and cultural value


Building on the infrastructure and credit and settlement networks established for food and precious metals, many such markets have proliferated drastically in the late 20th century. Oil was the first form


surface excavating equipment or tunneling equipment. The name derives from Spanish, placer, meaning "sandbank." It refers to mining the precious metal deposits (particularly gold and gemstones) found in alluvial deposits—deposits


the alchemists was the transmutation of base metals into precious metals. In numismatics, coins used to derive their value primarily from the precious metal content. Most modern currencies


(Mg), Manganese (Mn) and calcium (Ca) react with cold, dilute nitric acid to give hydrogen: Mg (s) + 2 HNO3 (aq) → Mg(NO3)2 (aq) + H2 (g). Passivation. Although chromium

chemical element with symbol Cr and atomic number 24


and liner locking ring, yoke ring and screw box liner. Some components were autofretted. Typical of United States naval weapons built in the 1940s, the bore was chromium


(where X represents calcium, sodium, iron+2 and magnesium and more rarely zinc, manganese and lithium and. Y represents ions of smaller size, such as chromium, aluminium, iron+3, magnesium, manganese,


of the oxides. These mainly include the vapor pressure above the liquid and the boiling temperature, as well as the color mentioned above. Nitric acid is subject to thermal

column of rising air in the lower altitudes of Earth's atmosphere

CDP in Riverside County, California, United States


closest to the ground. Normally, the sun heats the ground, which in turn heats the air just above it. Thermals form when this warm air rises into the cold


When flown competitively, the usual aim is maximum flight duration. In the case of models flown outdoors, the modeler attempts to launch the model into rising column of air, a thermal


Speed to fly is a principle used by soaring pilots when flying between sources of lift, usually thermals, ridge lift and wave. The


positive allies in the form of NPC followers; hired hands, or other dependent stature to the PC. Characters may sometimes help in the design, recruitment, or development of NPCs. In the Champions


his early work was for Iron Crown Enterprises as an editor and writer for the Rolemaster and Champions lines. During this period, he attracted fan and critical attention with the


the most common form of storytelling, non-branching dialogue, in which the means of displaying NPC speech are the same as above, but the player character or avatar responds

graphical representation of the user or the user's alter ego or character


such as Geri Halliwell, Megadeth, Jessica Simpson, Lil' Kim, Little Birdy, Billy Ray Cyrus, Faster Pussycat,KMFDM, Operation Ivy and the Del Rubio Triplets and The Supremes. A run of


suddenly left the group to join The Supremes after spending months as a stand-in for Supremes founder Florence Ballard. By then the girl group sound had run out


& Lee – Again (1971), Woman (1972), and a compilation of some of her Reprise recordings under the title This Is Nancy Sinatra (1973). That year she released a


To Nancy, with Love, featured rock performers such as Calexico, Sonic Youth, U2, Pulp's Jarvis Cocker, Steven Van Zandt, Jon Spencer, and Pete Yorn, who all cited Sinatra


a fondness of Henderson's Relish. The band split up in 2004. Orton now works in production with Pulp's Steve Mackey, and has recently worked with M.I.A.. Rymer DJs


number is defined as a positive integer which is the sum of its proper positive divisors, that is, the sum of the positive divisors not including the number itself. Equivalently,

integer which can be wholly divided into another integer

eneralization of codimension-1 subvarieties of algebraic varieties


In mathematics, an almost perfect number (sometimes also called slightly defective number) is a natural number n such that the sum of all divisors of n


a unit). See also. Divisor. Composite number. Table of prime factors. External links.


Jonah, lay on the eastern bank of the Tigris in ancient Assyria, across the river from the modern-day major city of Mosul, Iraq. Geography. Ancient Nineveh's mound-ruins

river flowing from Turkey through Iraq and Syria


Instead, the oil fields are barely usable and access to international markets is severely limited. Halliburton’s work on the pipeline crossing the Tigris river at Al Fatah was a critical failure.


production of tabun at Dyherrnfurth an der Oder (now Brzeg Dolny in Poland), on the Oder River 40 km (24.9 miles) from Breslau (now Wrocław) in Silesia. The plant

capital city of the Lower Silesian Voivodeship in western Poland


Voivodeship). It is the seat of Jawor County, and lies approximately west of the regional capital Wrocław. In the town can be found a Protestant Church of Peace. It was


Odra was a line of computers manufactured in Wrocław, Poland. The production started in

parliamentary constituency in  Lower Silesian Voivodeship


of insecticides for IG Farben. While working toward his goal of improved insecticide, Schrader experimented with numerous fluorine-containing compounds, eventually leading to the preparation of tabun. In experiments,

village in Tebo, Jambi Province, Indonesia


Island, and the Long Island counties of Nassau and Suffolk, whereas Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, New Jersey, Connecticut, and the counties of Westchester and Rockland, as well as the upper

state of the northeastern United States of America


Dakota in 1972. Bush lost in Connecticut, the state of his birth. Bush is also the first Republican in American history to win the presidency without winning Vermont or


a young boy, Bobby Garfield. He lives in Harwich, Connecticut with his self-centered mother, Liz, a widow, and he really wants a bicycle. His mother claims they do not have the


night dances, patriotic songs, sentimental parlor ballads, and the melodies of Stephen Foster. Biography. Charles Ives was born in Danbury, Connecticut, the son of George Ives, a U.S. Army bandleader in


seat is Warren. The county is named for Jonathan Trumbull, Governor of Connecticut, who once owned the land in this region. Originally Trumbull County consisted of the entire area


New Fairfield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 13,953 at the 2000 census. The town is considered part


Wilton is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the town


Colebrook is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,471 at the 2000 census. Colebrook was named after Colebrooke, in the English county of


Thomaston is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 7,503 at the 2000 census. History. The


town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,263 at the 2000 census. Geography. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area


kiva where students can study French or Spanish. History. The Thomas Lee House, built circa 1660, is the oldest house in Connecticut that is still in its primitive state.


County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 5,017 at the 2000 census. Bolton was incorporated in October 1720 and is governed by town meeting. History. In 1723, Jonathan Edwards was


Tolland is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 13,146 at the 2000 census. Tolland was named in May, 1715, and incorporated in May, 1722. According to


East Brooklyn is a census-designated place located within the town of Brooklyn in Windham County, Connecticut. It is the portion


U.S Senator Christopher Dodd of Connecticut. History. Willimantic is known for its legend. It was an incident in 1754 around the time of the French and Indian War.


Connecticut; and on the east by Webster, with which it is closest related culturally and politically. Demographics. As of the census of 2000, there were 10,036 people, 3,737 households,


population was 3,855. Putnam Lake is adjacent to the Connecticut border, which is crossed by a number of local streets. The community is surrounds a lake, called Putnam


by New Canaan, Connecticut, to the south, by Stamford, Connecticut, to the west by Bedford, New York, and to the north by Lewisboro. The local school is


is in the eastern corner of the county. It is bordered to the east by New Canaan, Connecticut, to the south, by Stamford, Connecticut, to the west


from the heavy mist that local tradition suggests hovered over the swamplands near the Bronx River. The first non-native settlement came in November 1683, when a party of Connecticut


County, Connecticut, who was involved in western land speculation between 1800 and 1840. The population was 951 at the 2000 census. Wakeman is served by a branch of the


is found at 41.461 N latitude and 71.778 W longitude. It is on the Pawcatuck River on the Connecticut border. According to the United States Census Bureau,


called a "comedy-dramas of life". After a series of try-outs in Connecticut and New Jersey, West announced she would open the play in New York. However, The


of the New Hampshire House, and an Assistant of the Colony of Connecticut. Many of Dartmouth's existing Trustees refused to obey the Legislature's act, however, and the Trustees of Dartmouth


received kick-backs from Levitz for selling stock in the financially-troubled company. Stewart and her husband decided to move to Westport, Connecticut. They purchased and undertook a massive


Knox undertook the construction and improvement of defenses in Connecticut and Rhode Island to prepare for the British return. He rejoined the main army later during their


article is about the town of Canaan. For the community of Canaan in the town of North Canaan, see Canaan (CDP), Connecticut. Canaan is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United


it (5.34%) is water. Holland is bounded on the east by Sturbridge; on the south by Union, Connecticut; on the west by Wales; and on the north by Brimfield. Holland


Visibility and Education Network (AVEN). While a student at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, Jay "came out" as asexual and launched AVEN's website. His parents are Daniel Jay


passed to Springfield, Massachusetts, Hartford, Connecticut, and New Haven, Connecticut. (See also History of Connecticut industry). 1831 saw the establishment of Wesleyan University, which became one of the United


Route 8 is the primary north-south road through town, and was originally signed as New England Interstate Route 8, which extended southward to Bridgeport, Connecticut. The town is also the northern


1787, Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth, both of the Connecticut delegation, forged a compromise for a bicameral, or two-part, legislature consisting of a lower and upper house. In favor of


programs that have been specifically delegated to states. Region 1 - responsible within the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. Region 2 - responsible within the


has experienced many organizational changes since 1910. With only eight counties, Connecticut has had 40 Boy Scout Councils since the Scouting movement began in 1910. In 1922, 17 Boy Scout


North Granby is a census-designated place (CDP) in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,720


New Preston is a rural village and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Washington in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United


Oakville is a census-designated place and neighborhood section of Watertown, Connecticut. in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United


East Haddam is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The


Further reading. John R. Guevin - View from the Top - the story of Prospect, Connecticut, 1995, Biographical Publishing Company, ISBN 0-9637240-3-7.


Bozrah is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 2,357 at the


1994 in (East Lyme, Connecticut) was an American actor in over 80 films and numerous television shows. Andrew Griswold, Revolutionary War Soldier in Battle of White Plains and Monmouth.


Ellington is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. Ellington


and Somers, Connecticut, on the. south; Hampden on the east; Wilbraham on the northeast; Springfield on the north and northwest; and Longmeadow on the west. East Longmeadow is 25 miles


the Seminary of St. Thomas Aquinas, the United States seminary for the Society of St. Pius X. It previously was in Ridgefield, Connecticut, but moved to Winona in 1988.


was settled by immigrants from Connecticut in the 1700s. It grew quickly and in the 1820s the town was divided into building lots. By the year 1844, Branchville was a


about twenty-five miles southeast of Rochester, NY. The town was named after Farmington, Connecticut. History. Farmington was part of the Phelps and Gorham Purchase. The town was formed along with


named after a location in Connecticut, from where some early settlers came. The Town of Sharon is in the northwest corner of the county and is southwest of


hamlet, also known as the "Eastern District of North Castle", located in the eastern part of the town, close to Connecticut. North White Plains – A hamlet located in the


Wabash, also known as St. Clair's Defeat, in western Ohio in 1791. The first settlers were of Irish or Scottish descent and were driving westward from Connecticut.


Connecticut, if the residents of Lenox agreed to change the name of the area to Olmstead. They did. The books traveled by oxcart over 600 miles of rugged terrain. They


who formed a syndicate in 1795 to purchase a major part of the Western Reserve from Connecticut. He became the owner of thousands of acres from his $30,000


Middletown is a city located in Middlesex County, Connecticut, along the Connecticut River, in the central part of the state, 16


New Jersey, portions of New York and Connecticut on October 6. Significant non-surge areas of Escambia County south of US 98 were included in evacuation areas because of the


and family, was not a Hells Angel member himself but had friends who were. Legere had been involved in another incident in Connecticut in early 2006 when he was charged


Originally from Connecticut, Callahan has a Master's degree from the London School of Economics, and currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. Economics For Real People. David Gordon's review


anniversary of the Junior College of Connecticut in 1947, the governor of Connecticut chartered the institution as a four-year university with authority to grant the baccalaureate degree. By that time,


(1697) patents. Its eastern boundary was the area known as The Oblong, a narrow strip of land along the eastern edge of Dutchess County, bordering the state of Connecticut. External links.


It gained momentum in the 1980s and strengthened with the Harmonic Convergence event in 1987. Diverse individuals from around the world practice New Age spirituality. Movement. Origins. The term New Age

planet Earth and all life upon it, including human civilization

original song written and composed by Barry, Maurice, and Robin Gibb


group of refugees in the world. References. External links. of Afghanistan. - Soviet Documents.


written by the Pope, in order to fund scholarships and bursaries for students across the world. Overview. Benedict XVI was elected Pope at the age of 78. He


destinations during his sojourn in France were England and the warm coast of Dalmatia where he was born. Otherwise, he was open to the world, including voyages to the Black Sea,


IDB meeting, occurred in 2005 and attracted people from everywhere in the world. The two most important industrial clusters of the State of Minas Gerais are around the


leads to many societal difficulties and draws on Weil's encounters with the philosophy of Marx. Putting thought into action is further described in this way: For Weil, both self and world


Closure is a philosophical description of the world put forward by Hilary


a species diversity map of the world. It is similar to the SETI@Home client, in that it uses a distributed computing client running primarily on home user's computers to


of the highest individual human potential. It includes aspects of cosmology, astrology, esotericism, alternative medicine, music, collectivism, sustainability, and nature. New Age spirituality is characterized by an individual

natural, physical, or material world and its phenomena


underlined. There are two versions of foundational stories: civilization story and degradation story. Civilization stories take a view of nature as dangerous and wild. The development of


19th century: discovery, exploration, and settlement. The paintings also depict the American landscape as a pastoral setting, where human beings and nature coexist peacefully. Hudson River School


whose work reflected themes of Goddess and nature spirituality. In 1956, when the Hungarian Revolution broke out, Budapest left Hungary as a political refugee. She finished high school in


humans and other species. See also. Biodiversity. Biotope. Conservation biology. Conservation ethic. Ecology. Ecotope. Environment. Environmentalism. Environmental protection. Natural capital. Natural environment. Natural resource. Nature. Recycling. Renewable resource. Sustainable agriculture. Sustainable


take away even her right to question. Gouges begins her long argument by stating that in Nature the sexes are forever mingled cooperating in “harmonious togetherness.” There she uses a


Hancock's art, the mounds are an ancient and primal species, with deep connections to nature, the oldest of which is known as The Legend. Paintings of mounds, including The Legend,


Hestia were specifically virgin goddesses, possibly implying asexuality. In addition, the Feri Tradition teaches about the Divine Twins, who often appear as a sexually active same-gendered pair, as well as


from the underworld, named Asushunamir. This is sometimes regarded as the origin of the queer ones. Apollo has often been seen as bisexual, as he has been associated


his proposal for the design of the sculptural groups, Sicard wrote: "Apollo represents the Arts (Beauty and Light). Apollo holds out his right arm as a sign of protection, and spreads


in Greek mythology. She was a nymph loved by Apollo, the sun god. In one version of the story, Acantha refused Apollo's advances and scratched his face


famed for his hospitality and justice. When Apollo was sentenced to a year of servitude to a mortal as punishment for killing the Cyclops, the god chose


(Αὐτόνοος), husband of Hippodamia, was father to Anthus, Erodius, Schoenous, Acanthus and Acanthis, and a horse owner. Out of hunger, the horses attacked Anthus and ate him. Zeus and Apollo


son of the river Peneus by the naiad Creusa. He had one daughter, Cyrene. When a lion attacked her father's sheep, Cyrene wrestled with the lion. Apollo happened along and


Apollo's lovers. While pregnant with Asclepius, Coronis fell in love with Ischys, son of Elatus. A crow informed Apollo of the affair and he sent his sister, Artemis, to


of Thestor, was an Argive seer, with a gift for interpreting the flight of birds that he received of Apollo: "as an augur, Calchas had no rival in


In all of his centers of worship where he is assimilated to a Roman god, Borvo was equated with Apollo. Many local gods were identified with Apollo in his capacity of


consulted the oracle of Apollo at Delphi in 430 BC, in order to learn how to defeat a plague which was ravaging their lands. The oracle responded that to


Apollo has decreed that Cyprus shall be his home) made clear the optimistic sense of homecoming Seferis felt on discovering the island. Seferis changed the title in the


in translating the remains of Babylas to Daphne was to neutralize the pagan effects of the temple of Apollo located there, or, as Chrysostom expresses it, to "bring a

installation by Olaf Nicolai, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen


to superior virility of the father. Twins can represent the dualistic nature of the universe. In Greek mythology, Apollo and Artemis are twins, and Apollo was adopted as the sun god

optical submarine communications cable system


orientation is therefore not considered an issue. Although Gerald Gardner, a key figure in Wicca, was arguably homophobic this historical aversion is not now commonly held. Lesbian, gay, bisexual


in his development of Wicca as a modern religion. It was at Spielplatz that Ross Nichols first met Gerald Gardner. Spielplatz has featured in many films, including Confetti, in


in the writings of Gerald Gardner in the 1950s, who claimed to have been initiated into a surviving tradition of Witchcraft, the New Forest Coven. The athame was their most important


turn he attracted both fellow Druids and Gerald Gardner, who later established his first coven at Bricket Wood in his development of Wicca as a modern religion. It was at Spielplatz


radiesthesia in his 1949 book Psychical Physics. This reference has a bibliography of over 700 titles relating to dowsing and radiesthesia. Gerald Gardner, in his book Witchcraft Today,


is not now commonly held. Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people are almost always welcomed in individual communities, covens, study groups, and circles. Many LGBT Neopagans were initially attracted to

term describing sexual attraction between females


to literary theory in the 1980s. Only partially based on gay, lesbian and bisexual issues, a queer literary interpretation is largely concerned with sexual identity, especially "closeted" (hidden) sexual identity.


a drastically changed Barbie who no longer dreams. Barbie now lives in an apartment block inhabited by her best friend Wanda, a pre-operative male-to-female transsexual; the lesbian couple Hazel


kill gay deejays, and in "Han Up Deh", the lyric suggests hanging lesbians with a long piece of rope. MTV had plans to include Beenie Man in their roster of