is the study of proper names of all kinds and the origins of names. The word is Greek: ὀνοματολογία (from ὄνομα (ónoma) "name"). Toponymy or toponomastics, the


or Dio (Dione. lib) was a Roman consul and a noted historian writing in Greek. Dio published a history of Rome in 80 volumes, beginning with the legendary arrival of Aeneas

language spoken in Greece, Cyprus and Southern Albania


(Greek: Ευθύδημος Α΄) (c. 260 BC - 200/195 BC) was allegedly a native of Magnesia and possible Satrap of Sogdiana, who overturned the dynasty of Diodotus of Bactria and became a


Old High German (OHG) namo, Latin nomen, and Greek ὄνομα (onoma), possibly from the Proto-Indo-European language (PIE): *nomn-. In mythology. In multiple and different world mythologies and folklore, knowing


came under the influence of the pietist Christian Kortholt - and finally Leipzig. During his student career he made a special study of Hebrew and Greek; and


system of units, also a numerical prefix (from Greek δέκα), denoting a factor of 101 or ten. The prefix was a part of the original metric system in 1795. It is


Barnett, but she was soon replaced with the film critic E. Arnot Robertson. On Robertson's death in 1961, her place was filled by the film critic and Greek scholar


Greek.


Sky Du Mont. In French, the series is called Thomas le petit train. The show is broadcast in Hindi with its original title on Zee TV. In Greek,


of melodrama uses theme-music to manipulate the spectator's emotional response and to denote character types. The term combines "melody" (from the Greek "melōidía", meaning "song") and "drama" (Classical


form of a word was treated separately, and liberal numbers of quotations and additional information were included to support the definitions. In its etymologies, Greek words were


Greek: ne 'not', penthos 'grief, sorrow'; named after the mythical drug Nepenthe), popularly known as tropical pitcher plants or monkey cups, are a genus of carnivorous plants in the monotypic family


of a desk job in Ottawa, and instead requested a commission with the newly created Canadian Intelligence Corps. Because he was fluent in German, Latin, Greek and especially


all the science and natural history known to western Europe towards the middle of the 13th century, a mosaic of quotations from Latin, Greek, Arabic, and even Hebrew authors,


by mimicry and audacious pleasantries of all kinds. An undisciplined student, he frequently was absent from his Latin and Greek classes and subsequently, Oxford disenrolled him on 28 January 1740.


a knowledge of Latin, Greek, mathematics, physics, anatomy and other subjects. In 1752 he abandoned silk-weaving and joined his eldest son, Peter Dollond (1730-1820), who in 1750


Chalandri (Greek, Modern: Χαλάνδρι, Ancient/Katharevousa: Χαλάνδριον), older form Chalandrion and in Ancient Greek Flya (Φλύα) is a northern suburb in Athens,


(Greek, Modern: Δημητριάδα, Ancient/Katharevousa: -ιάς -ias, sometimes spelled Dimitrias) was an ancient Greek city in Magnesia (east central Greece), near the modern city of Volos. It was founded by


Pappus of Alexandria (Greek) (c. 290 – c. 350) was


in the southern sky, first defined in the late sixteenth century. Its name means "no feet" in Greek, and it represents a bird of paradise (which were once believed to


characterized by its extremely small size and  lifestyle. The word gnome is derived from the New Latin gnomus. It is claimed to descend from the Greek γνώσις


Nag Hammadi (Arabic نجع حمادي), is a city in Upper Egypt. Nag Hammadi was known as Chenoboskion (Greek


Patriotism is love of and/or devotion to one's country. The word comes from the Greek patris,


A sphere (from Greek σφαῖρα—sphaira, "globe, ball") is a perfectly round geometrical object in three-dimensional space, such as the shape of a round ball. Like


did not include the study of scripture. He was a gifted linguist (fluent in French, Greek, Hebrew, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish in addition to his native English) and


Apostrophe (Greek ἀποστροφή, apostrophé, "turning away"; the final e being sounded) is an exclamatory rhetorical figure of speech, when a talker or writer breaks off and directs speech to


Exocytosis (ek-soh-sy-TOH-sis, Greek: Έξω - external and κύτος - cell)


a highly educated monk, Theodore of Tarsus, who understood both Latin and Greek, was chosen as Archbishop of Canterbury and consecrated on 26 March 668. Accompanied by Abbot Hadrian,


Greek mythology, the Hesperides (Greek:) are nymphs who tend a blissful garden in a far western corner of the world, located near the Atlas mountains in Tanger, Morocco at the edge


In Greek mythology, Metanira (Greek: Μετάνειρα, Metaneira or Metaenira) was a queen of Eleusis and wife of Celeus. While Demeter was searching for her daughter,


in the humanities (poetry and Greek language), he eventually became professor of mathematics at Pavia. In his Geometria del Compasso (Pavia, 1797), he proved that any geometrical construction which can be


entrepreneur and traveller, who planned to build a utopian community named Hygeia (a Greek word meaning health) designed by John Buonarotti Papworth. The speculation was not a success, although


II. "Michael Psellus the Elder" redirects here and is covered below under . Michael Psellos or Psellus (Greek: Μιχαήλ Ψελλός, Mikhaēl Psellos) was a Byzantine writer, philosopher, politician, and historian.


In Greek and Latin meter, an anceps syllable is a syllable in a metrical line which can


Lithification (from the Greek word lithos meaning


Latin and Greek, and studying mathematics. As a child, he is also thought to have learnt to read by tracing the engravings on tombstones around St John the Baptist


the Egyptians had already established a link between the heliacal rising of Sirius (Egyptian Sopdet, Greek Sothis), and the beginning of the year. However, more recent analysis


See Rayshahr for the Sassanid center of learning in Fars province. Rey, Rayy, Rhages or Rages (ری in Persian; (Rhágai) in Greek, Rhagae in Latin) also known


mathematical knowledge, strictly formalized and with all proofs having been checked automatically. (Q.E.D. means in Latin, from Greek (ὅπερ ἔδει δεῖξαι), meaning "that which was to be demonstrated.") The


A paragraph (from the Greek paragraphos, "to write beside" or "written beside") is a self-contained unit of a discourse in writing dealing with a particular point or idea. The


moribund by the time of the literary verses and forgotten altogether by classical times, falling out of use with the adoption of the hexameter and other Greek verse


The Veneti (also called heneti in Latin, ενετοί [enetoi] in Greek) were an ancient people who inhabited north-eastern


tetrapod animal. It comes from the Greek word δακτυλος = "finger". Sometimes the ending "-dactylia" is used. The derived adjectives end with "-dactyl" or "-dactylous". Pentadactyly. Pentadactyly (from Greek pente-="five" plus


court was in Ioannina. His name in the local languages was: Albanian: Ali Pashë Tepelena, Aromanian: Ali Pãshelu, Greek: Αλή Πασάς Τεπελενλής Ali Pasas Tepelenlis or Αλή Πασάς


directly from Latin ecloga. The Latin ecloga is a Romanization of the Greek eklogē (), meaning "draft, choice, selection (particularly of short passages)". The term originally referred to


version was the best which could be made in the seventeenth century." To those ends, the Greek text used to translate the New Testament was believed by some


with sculptures of lions and Greek inscriptions which make mention of Jesus. Ancient synagogue. Shefa'-Amr is home to an old synagogue on the site of an even older structure. It


Several perching birds in distantly related families are called catbirds because of their "wailing cat-like calls". Ailuroedus likewise is from the Greek for "cat-singer"


Damanhur (Egyptian: Dmỉ-n-Ḥr.w ("Village of Horus"); Coptic:;) or Hermopolis Mikra (Greek:) is a city in Lower Egypt, and the capital of the Beheira Governorate.


Named after their whale-shaped body (from the Greek ketos meaning "whale" or "sea monster", mimos meaning "imitative" and the Latin forma meaning "form"), the Cetomimiformes have extremely


of the Greek New Testament. A relative, Johann Wettstein, who was the university librarian, gave him permission to examine and collate the principal manuscripts of the New


work and his sphere of responsibilities as professor included both Latin and Greek, he began to focus his energy on Latin poetry. When asked later why he had stopped


cadmia, Greek καδμεία meaning "calamine", a cadmium-bearing mixture of minerals, which was named after the Greek mythological character, Κάδμος Cadmus) was discovered in Germany in 1817 by


Chlorophyll is a green pigment found in most plants, algae, and cyanobacteria. Its name is derived from the Greek χλωρός (chloros "green") and


is sensual self-indulgence. Etymology. The name derives from the Greek word for "delight" (hēdonismos from hēdonē "pleasure", a cognate of English sweet + suffix -ισμός -ismos "ism"). Basic concepts.


सिन्धु Sindhu,; Urdu: Sindh; Sindhi: Sindhu; Punjabi سندھ '; Hindko سندھ '; Avestan: Harahauvati; Pashto: Abasin "Father of Rivers"; Persian: "Hindu"; "Al-Sind"; Tibetan: ' "Lion River"; Chinese:, Sēngé Zàngbù/Shīquán Hé/Yìndù Hé; Greek


Paraphilia (in Greek para παρά = besides and -philia φιλία = love) is a biomedical term used to describe


Greek πολύς ("many") and γωνία (gōnia), meaning "knee" or "angle". Today a polygon is more usually understood in terms of sides. Usually two edges meeting at a


an important star for navigation around the Pacific Ocean. Observational history. Sirius, known in Ancient Egypt as Sopdet (Greek: Sothis), is recorded in the earliest astronomical records. During the


body of an animal that died of anthrax can also be a source of anthrax spores. Etymology. The name 'anthrax' comes from anthrax [άνθραξ], the Greek word for 'coal', in


Loricifera (from Latin, lorica, corselet + Greek, φορη, phora, bearing) is a small phylum of marine sediment-dwelling animals with twenty-two described species, in eight genera. Aside from


siblings".. Arsinoe II (Greek:, 316 BC-July 270 BC), was queen of Thrace, Asia Minor and Macedonia as wife of King Lysimachus (Greek: Λυσίμαχος), and later


The Physiocrats (from the Greek for "Government of Nature") were a group of


Echion (Greek:), also known as Aetion, was a celebrated Greek painter spoken of by Lucian, who gives


on calling the Virgin Mary Theotokos (Greek: Θεοτόκος, "birth-giver of God"), and those that rejected that title because God as an eternal being could not have been born. Nestorius suggested


discovered, generally wide, but sometimes up to. The genus name is formed from Greek θειον (theion) = sulfur (see Thio-), and Latin margarita = pearl. This is a reference to the


or exeligmos (Greek: "turn of the wheel"). Saros Series. As described above, the Saros cycle is based on the recognition that 223 synodic months is to a


Greek for cow-ford). After reassuming her original form, she gave birth to a girl, Keroessa. Keroessa later bore a son to Poseidon, elder brother of Zeus and lord of all waters


origins. The state of being a homonym is called homonymy. The word "homonym" comes from the conjunction of the Greek prefix homo- (ὁμο-), meaning "same", and suffix -ṓnymos (-ώνυμος), meaning


qualify himself for literature, learning, under Nicolas Bourbon, Greek and Latin, and teaching himself Italian and Spanish. Having finished his studies, Chapelain taught Spanish to a young nobleman for


An amphibrach is a metrical foot used in Latin and Greek prosody. It consists of a long syllable between two short syllables. The word comes from the Greek αμφίβραχυς,


holding assistant professorships at Durham, Glasgow and St Andrews, was appointed professor of Greek at St Andrews (1857). In 1863 he was elected professor of humanity in Edinburgh


child, he grew up as the pet of his family and friends. He studied Latin and Greek, and at fifteen, when his schooling was completed, a small


Aristides (or Aristeides from the Greek:, 530 BC - 468


Alomancy (from Greek halo, 'salt', and manteia, divination), also called Adromancy, ydromancie, idromancie, and halomancy, is


of Constantine. Tsargrad is an Old Church Slavonic translation of the Greek Βασιλὶς Πόλις. Combining the Slavonic words tsar for "Caesar" and grad for "city", it stood


This name derives from the Greek basilískos (βασιλίσκος) meaning "little king". This epithet was given in Carolus Linnaeus' 10th edition of Systema Naturae. Description. Plumed basilisks are


The song is a coocoo, coo repeated many times. It is phonetically similar to the Greek, decaocto ('eighteen'), to which the bird owes its name. Occasionally it also


in several Catalan portolan charts (Angelino de Dalorto, 1325/1330 and Angelino Dulcert, 1339). This may have been an erroneous transcription of Brillago. In Greek documents of roughly that time,


() is a Greek surname and may refer to: Andreas Papandreou (1919-1996), economist and politician, Prime Minister of Greece. Dimitrios Papandreou (1891-1949), birth name of Archbishop Damaskinos of Athens. George Papandreou,


languages or language families not based on the Latin alphabet such as Greek, Russian, Arabic, or Hebrew have historically been represented on computers with 8-bit extended ASCII encodings


16th-century Italian poet and bishop. Archbishop Ieronymos II of Athens. Variants of this name in various languages include: Dutch: Hiëronymus, Jeroen. English: Jerome, Hieronymus. French: Jérôme, Gérôme. German: Hieronymus. Greek


clear-cut paradigmatic case (from paradigm, the Greek word παράδειγμα, paradeigma, "pattern" and "example", in turn derived from παραδεικνύναι paradeiknunai, "demonstrate"). In legal reasoning, for example, this might be


and Portuguese are treated as one unit. The largest number of Interlingua words are of Latin origin, with the Greek and Germanic languages providing the second and third largest number.


Mysticism (from the Greek, mystikos, an initiate of a mystery religion) is


base, caudal to the connecting point at the body. Damselflies are also usually smaller, weaker fliers than dragonflies, and their eyes are separated. Etymology. Zygoptera comes from the Greek


In Greek mythology, Sisyphus (; Greek: Σίσυφος sísypʰos) was a king punished in Tartarus by being cursed


for membership were a lack of "blood guilt", meaning having never committed murder, and not being a barbarian (able to speak Greek). Men, women and even slaves were allowed to be


on video and has become somewhat a cult classic, especially among fans of Norse mythology and Viking history. The film uses Arabic, Norwegian, Latin and Greek dialogue. The outcome


For other people named Nonnus, see Nonnus (disambiguation). Nonnus (Greek), was a Greek epic poet. He was a native of


The system of such rule of families by senior males is called patriarchy. This is a Greek word, a composition of ' (pater) meaning "father" and ' (archon)


Utö Island, Haninge, Stockholm, Sweden. The name is derived from Greek petalon for leaf. See also: List of minerals. References. Hurlbut, Cornelius S.; Klein, Cornelis, 1985, Manual of


in 1991, it comes from the Greek οκτώ, meaning "eight", because it is equal to., yocto is the smallest confirmed SI prefix. It can be used to


Anthropopathy (Greek ανθρωπος, anthropos, "human", παθος, pathos, "suffering") is the attribution of human emotion to a non-human being, generally


Greek mythology, Hēbē (Greek:) is the goddess of youth (Roman equivalent: Juventas). She is the daughter of Zeus and Hera. Hebe was the cupbearer for the gods and goddesses of Mount


influence of the new learning. It was through him that Greek was first taught in Scotland by Pierre de Marsilliers, whom he brought to live at Montrose. This


or group, the second movie of a director, or the second season of a professional athlete. Etymology. The etymology is from Greek, sophisma ‘clever device’ from sophizesthai


Greek βασιλεύς (basileus), meaning "king", as it is believed to have grown above the spot where St. Constantine and Helen discovered the Holy Cross. The Oxford English Dictionary quotes


clinging to vertical surfaces. The scientific name comes from the Greek απους, apous, meaning "without feet". They never settle voluntarily on the ground. Little swifts breed around habitation


of Orestis (Greek: Παυσανίας τῆς Ὀρεστίδος) was a member of Philip II of Macedon's somatophylakes, his personal bodyguard. He assassinated Philip in 336 BC, possibly at the instigation of Philip's wife


sun, see Trinacria. Thrinakia (Greek Θρινακία), also Trinacria or Thrinacie, mentioned in book 11 of Homer's Odyssey, is the island home of Helios' cattle, guarded by his eldest daughter, Lampetia.


thread-like rays may extent well past the tail fin. This feature explains both the common name threadfin and the family name Polynemidae, from the Greek poly meaning "many"


Grammatik III/1: Geschichte der Indogermanischen Verbalflexion (1969). Meanwhile, his work on Indo-European vocabulary and poetics yielded a large number of articles on (among others) Celtic, Anatolian, Greek, Italic and Indo-Iranian


The Pagasetic Gulf (Greek: Παγασητικός κόλπος, Pagasitikós kólpos;) is a rounded gulf (max. depth


separated. Further processing is possible by "blowing" the product: namely reacting it with oxygen. This makes the product harder and more viscous. Natural deposits of asphalt include lake asphalts

chemical element with symbol O and atomic number 8


element into another when he converted nitrogen into oxygen through the nuclear reaction 14N + α → 17O + p. In 1921, while working with Niels Bohr


oxygen and helium from cylinders bought from commercial gas suppliers. As it is not possible to decant to a diving cylinder from a storage cylinder that holds gas at


become warmer. The nearby matter absorbs the heat released by the reaction. The reaction between gasoline and oxygen in a car's engine is an exothermic reaction. See also. List of reactions.


soil particles so that the cations are available for uptake by the root. In the leaves, stomata open to take in carbon dioxide and expel oxygen. The carbon dioxide


breathing gases are: Air is a mixture of 21% oxygen, 78% nitrogen, and approximately 1% other trace gases; to simplify calculations this last 1% is usually treated as if it were


across the alveolar-capillary membrane, oxygen diffuses into the blood and carbon dioxide diffuses out. Lungs contain a large surface area to facilitate this gas exchange process. Tracer and chemical

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In chemistry, hydroxide is the name for the diatomic anion OH−, consisting of oxygen and hydrogen atoms, usually derived from the dissociation of a base. It


the Miller–Urey experiment. However, when oxygen gas is added to this mixture, no organic molecules are formed. Critics of the Miller–Urey hypothesis point out recent research that shows the presence


primarily for carrying oxygen and some carbon dioxide through the use of hemoglobin and have a lifetime of 120 days. White blood cells. White blood cells are apart of the


is used in many amperometric biosensors as an electron transfer agent replacing an enzymes natural electron transfer agent such as oxygen as with the enzyme glucose oxidase. It is used


certain bright lines in gaseous nebulae were shown by Ira Sprague Bowen in 1927 as due to doubly ionized oxygen at extremely low density. As Henry Norris Russell


amounts of S6. Larger rings have been prepared, including S12 and S18. By contrast, sulfur's lighter neighbor oxygen only exists in two states of allotropic significance: O2 and O3.


Potassium chlorate is a compound containing potassium, chlorine and oxygen


moisture and oxygen is removed as well. Health effects. Many solvents can lead to a sudden loss of consciousness if inhaled in large amounts. Solvents like diethyl


heart block Mobitz type 2, and in third-degree heart block with a low Purkinje or ventricular escape rhythm. Atropine is contraindicated in ischemia-induced conduction block, because the drug increases oxygen


of oxygen; consequently combustion ceases but the fuel gases and smoke remain at high temperature. If oxygen is re-introduced to the fire, eg. by opening a door to a closed


made a standardized field with consistent procedures. Although Scheele was unable to grasp the significance of his discovery of oxygen, his work was essential for the invalidation of


usually in the range of 150 mL. Understanding dead space. Not all the air in each breath is able to be used for the exchange of oxygen


confused or hostile, and may seem intoxicated. Heart rate and respiration rate will increase (tachycardia and tachypnea) as blood pressure drops and the heart attempts to supply enough oxygen to the


All animal cells require oxygen (O2) for the conversion of carbohydrates, fats and proteins into carbon dioxide (CO2), water and energy in a process known as aerobic respiration. The circulatory system


of mixture of oxygen, nitrogen and helium and is often used during the deep phase of dives carried out using technical diving techniques. This term is mostly used


a type of bacteria which uses the biochemical process of photosynthesis to produce energy and oxygen. Before the significant increase in atmospheric oxygen almost all life that


for consumed oxygen, as well as burning "oxygen candles" to replenish the ship's atmosphere. Also, starting on 15 April 1960, the smoking lamp was extinguished, with no tobacco smoking permitted


a cyclic hemiketal of a ketohexose. A furanose ring structure consists of four carbon and one oxygen atom with the anomeric carbon to the right of the oxygen.


pair of gold hair ornaments (the earliest gold objects ever found in England). Research using oxygen isotope analysis in his tooth enamel suggests that the man may have originated from


recommended the development of nuclear propulsion for ships. Since nuclear power plants would operate without the oxygen supply needed by conventional machinery, and since techniques were available for converting carbon


of supplemental oxygen, and is thus known as "The Snow Leopard". When he made his sixth climb of Everest in 1990 he set a world record for the number


ROP at initial diagnosis, and the presence or absence of "plus disease". Supplemental oxygen exposure, while a risk factor, is not the main risk factor for development of this disease. Restricting


other material), so does the average energy of the electromagnetic radiation given off by the flame (see blackbody). Other oxidizers besides oxygen can be used to produce


in the water. Hence, oxygen available to the lake is being used up thereby depleting the available oxygen for the fish, causing massive fish kills. As far as


in the absence of oxygen. Aerobic respiration is the pathway where glucose is broken down in the presence of oxygen. Glycolysis. The six-carbon Glucose molecule is broken down into


achieved, blood and lymphatic fluid tend to pool, and the blood becomes oxygen-deprived. The technical term for this is vasocongestion. Some men may deprive themselves of an


weight hydrogen left alone for a reasonable amount of time deflates faster than an equivalent balloon full of higher molecular weight oxygen. See also. Graham's Law of Effusion. Diffusion. References.


a histone lysine demethylase, and is involved in epigenetic regulation. The catalytic activity of PHF8 depends on molecular oxygen, a fact considered important with respect to reports on increased incidence

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linked to oxygen thus: R-O. The range of alkoxy groups is as great, the simplest being methoxy (-OCH3). An ethoxy group (-OCH2CH3) is found in the organic compound phenetol, C6H5OCH2CH3 which

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oxygen required for human respiration is scarce. Lack of oxygen can lead to hypoxia. Also, rapid ascent in the jump aircraft without all nitrogen flushed from the bloodstream can lead to Decompression


Hubble Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph to discover an enormous ellipsoidal envelope of hydrogen, carbon, and oxygen around the planet that reaches 10,000 K. At this temperature, the Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution of

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Lovell navigated by star sightings using a sextant built into the spacecraft, measuring the angle between a star and the Earth's (or the Moon's) horizon. This task proved to be

apparent line that separates earth from sky


system is a celestial coordinate system that uses the observer's local horizon as the fundamental plane. This conveniently divides the sky into the upper hemisphere that you


Dusk is the beginning of darkness in the evening. It is often confused with sunset, which is the daily disappearance of the sun below the horizon. The sky

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Navigation. For celestial navigation, dhow sailors have traditionally used the kamal. This observation device determines latitude by finding the angle of the Pole Star above the horizon.


isotopes. Most naturally occurring elements exist as a mixture of isotopes, and the average atomic mass of this mixture determines the element's atomic weight. The current standard for the

nuclides having the same atomic number but different mass numbers


LD50 values of potassium chloride and sodium chloride. The isotopes 134Cs and 137Cs (present in the biosphere in small amounts as a result of radiation leaks) represent a radioactivity burden which


state is most common and only this state has been observed in Tm solutions. Isotopes. Naturally occurring thulium is composed of one stable isotope, Tm-169 (100% natural


The various tables below (scroll down) show the known isotopes of the chemical elements. They are arranged with increasing atomic numbers (proton numbers) from left


However, the aardvark is not closely related to the pig; rather, it is the sole recent representative of the obscure mammalian order Tubulidentata, in which it is usually considered

taxonomic rank in botany in some languages (you most likely want Q36602 instead)


order of the field K. Each algebraic integer belongs to the ring of integers of some number field. A number x is an algebraic integer if and only if the ring


complex and rather controversial. Although commonly assigned to the order Coraciiformes, from this level down confusion sets in. The kingfishers were traditionally treated as one family, Alcedinidae with three subfamilies,

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The order


Catfish (order Siluriformes) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Named

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sub-families: the Tytoninae or Tyto owls (including the Common Barn Owl) and the Phodilinae or bay-owls. The Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy unites the Caprimulgiformes with the owl order; here, the barn-owls are a


noted for peculiar and quite unique pigments giving them their bright green and red feathers. Traditionally, this group has been allied with the cuckoos in the order Cuculiformes, but the Sibley-Ahlquist


Notacanthiformes is an order


Saccopharyngiformes is an order of unusual ray-finned fish superficially similar to eels, but with many internal differences. Most of the fish in this order are deep-sea types known


Haloragales is a botanical name for an order of flowering plants. In the Cronquist system of classification,


a member of the also extinct order Multituberculata, and led its obscure and plant-eating existence in the company of dinosaurs. It lies within the suborder "Plagiaulacida" and family Pinheirodontidae. The


The Order Ricinulei is a group of arachnids known as hooded tickspiders. In older works they are sometimes

specific arrangement of a set of musical discrete entities


as the later dinosaurs. This animal was a member of the extinct order Multituberculata within the suborder Cimolodonta and family Sloanbaataridae. The genus Kamptobaatar ("bent hero") was


to be emerging. For long, the hydrozoans were divided into a number of orders, according to their mode of growth and reproduction. Most famous among these was

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The taxonomic order Mugiliformes of vertebrate fish contains the single family Mugilidae, the mullets.


it is usually considered to form a single variable species of the genus Orycteropus, coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae. The aardvark is not closely related to the South American anteater, despite

continent, mainly on the Earth's southwestern quadrant


The Dasyproctidae are a family of large South American rodents, comprising the agoutis and acouchis. Their fur is a reddish or dark colour


most commonplace in North America, Europe, Australia and East Asia, though it is present in many other countries, mainly in South America and the Middle East. Cable TV has


study. Interlingua has active speakers on all continents, especially in South America and in Eastern and Northern Europe, most notably Scandinavia; also in Russia and Ukraine. In Africa, Interlingua


two breeding in North America (the Loggerhead and Great Grey shrikes). There are no members of this family in South America or Australia, although one species reaches New Guinea.


the lower lip, but further apart than a spiderbite. Antibites/Caninebites - four piercings, basically snakebites and angelbites. History and culture. Precolumbian cultures of South America historically used lip piercing called Tembetá.


the family Erythroxylaceae, native to north-western South America. The plant plays a significant role in traditional Andean culture. Coca leaves contain many alkaloids including cocaine, which is a powerful stimulant. The plant


The Rufous-throated Dipper or Argentine Dipper (Cinclus schulzi) is an aquatic songbird found in South America, and is part of


Bangladesh and Myanmar. They are also rare along the coast around north-eastern South America and Bangladesh due to the freshwater release from the Amazon and Ganges Rivers respectively. In addition, very


South America, shrews are relatively recent immigrants and are present only in the far north. In terms of species diversity, the shrew family is the fourth most successful of the mammal families,


career and moved to Peru to promote herself in South America. Her stay in Peru, which lasted until 1968, made her very popular among the citizens of that country too. There


to win the Games and networked to gain many allies, particularly from South American Olympic Committees, who normally cared little for the Winter Games. Stressing simplicity and "the World's


raw and cooked. The leaves (20 to 24% protein) and pods are also edible. This plant prospers in acid soils in South America's tropical rainforests. It is cultivated by the native


South America and southeast Asia. In Africa, the genus is confined to the Atlas Mountains. The leaves are opposite, simple, and entire, toothed or lobed; cool temperate species are deciduous, while most


far from Hollywood Boulevard. The company reconvened as the American Ballet Caravan and toured North and South America. It folded after several years. From 1944 to 1946, Balanchine served as


of South America. Most of the ones in Railroad Tycoon 1 are in Railroad Tycoon 2. There are also many more first and second century campaigns to choose from than


restricted to tropical South America; a single species of Crax ranges north to Mexico. They form a distinct clade which is usually classified as the subfamily Cracinae. Genus Nothocrax. Nocturnal Curassow, Nothocrax


tropical South America and southern Central America (Panama and Costa Rica). It inhabits the canopy of wet forest and feeds on fruit and some invertebrates. It has an orange


South America. Taxonomically it is a member of the river dolphin group and the only one that actually lives in the ocean and saltwater estuaries, rather than inhabiting exclusively freshwater


United States to north-eastern South America. They often nest in colonies, usually on platforms of sticks in trees or shrubs overhanging water. they lay 3–5 pale blue-green eggs.


male; the young feed themselves. They are long distance migrants and winter in coastal South America with some going to the southern United States. They migrate in flocks which can number


described from fossils found in South America, Florida, Lybia, and Italy. Superfamily Inioidea. Family Iniidae. Genus †Goniodelphis. Species G. hudsoni. Genus Inia. Species Inia geoffrensis Amazon River Dolphin. Subspecies


fly within a month. They migrate to the southern United States and northern South America. Sora is a very rare vagrant to western Europe, where it can be confused


with sister Nobel Peace Laureates Rigoberta Menchu Tum, Shirin Ebadi, Wangari Maathai, Betty Williams and Mairead Corrigan Maguire. Six women representing North America and South America, Europe, the


Central and South America. They are predominantly terrestrial, and some use their spiny tails to dig shallow retreats in the ground, although they do not build true burrows. Species. Family: Hoplocercidae.


The Tupi or Tupian language family comprises some 70 languages spoken in South America, of which the best known are Tupi proper and Guarani. History,


type of Iguana found in southern South America. Species. Diplolaemus bibronii Bell, 1843 -- Bibron's Iguana. Range: Argentina (Patagonia from Santa Cruz to Aysén and Magallanes), Chile. Diplolaemus darwinii Bell,


Dysderidae. Both Segestria and Ariadna are known from North America, South America, Eurasia, Africa and New Zealand, while Ariadna is also known from Australia. This wide distribution attests to the


small isolated population in northern Germany and Denmark), temperate and eastern Asia, both coasts of North America, eastern South America and Australia. This bird has a number of geographical races,


and 61º30’—64º00’W. It is the largest forest reserve in South America, covering an area greater than 5.6 million acres (23,000 km²). Entry into the park is restricted; express permission from the


Asia and North America. The American and most of the Asian birds winter in South America, but some Asian breeders winter in southern and Australia and New Zealand. On migration and


heavily influenced by his study of traditional instruments and musical techniques from Japan, India, South America, and other countries around the world. In many cases, he plays all of the


midnight to 2:00am, from the Paseo La Plaza's Picasso auditorium." The show has three parts. In the first one Dolina discusses an historic event (Mostly European, Greek, or South American history).


listed as being outside the EU with the code EO21; while French Guiana is listed twice, once in France as FR930 and once in South America as AS13. NUTS is


rare giant long-horned beetle (Titanus giganteus) from northeastern South America is often considered the largest (though not the heaviest, and not the longest including legs) insect, with a


though it differentiated early in history from the main ursine stock. The Giant Panda's closest ursine relative is the Spectacled Bear of South America. Disagreement still remains about whether


in the northern Cordillera beginning in the mid-Jurassic, marking the Nevadan orogeny. Important Jurassic exposures are also found in Russia, India, South America, Japan, Australasia, and the United Kingdom. Africa. Early


original colonising species. Even tropical South America has only five species plus wintering Belted Kingfisher. In comparison, the tiny African country of The Gambia has eight resident species


point for South American drugs destined for the United States and Europe has caused some tension with foreign countries. It has diplomatic relations with the Republic of China on Taiwan (not to


South America. Urban decay. Urban decay is a process by which a city, or a part of a city, falls into a state of disrepair and neglect. It is characterized


Victorian thinkers and writers, e.g. George MacDonald. As a novelist his chief power lay in his descriptive faculties. The descriptions of South American scenery in Westward Ho!, of the Egyptian


and from The Caribbean, South America, North America and Central America. Also, the European cities of Madrid and Amsterdam are served. Tocumen International Airport is also the hub


States Immigration and Naturalization Services: half of the total are reportedly undocumented workers arrived illegally from Mexico, as well from Central America and South America. Major highways. Interstate 540. U.S. Route


South America. He named it Kaap Hoorn (Cape Horn) in honour of his home town. Hoorn's fortunes declined somewhat in the eighteenth century. The prosperous trading port became little more than


Pacific, and South America. 1995 - 1996 -- serves as Vice-President of North American Operations. During this period regional revenues increased by 300%. 1996-1999 -- serves as president of the Europe, Middle


injury from small bones). Breeding and Distribution. The Pied-billed Grebe breeds in south-central Canada, throughout the United States, Central America, the Caribbean, and temperate South America. It creates an open bowl


larva. South American specimens. The mystacocarid pictured (right) was found in the zone of retention at Playa Ritoque in Region V, Chile. All the Mystacocarida from South America


Sudamerica, literally "South America" in Spanish,


Panama and South America. They are distinguished from other gymnotiform fishes by the presence of a caudal fin (all other families lack a caudal fin) as well as a fleshy dorsal


is a bat, an insectivorous flying mammal, of the Western Hemisphere (Nearctic), ranging through Central America and northern South America. These bats are brown in color with the males


to Probainognathus, a somewhat earlier inhabitant of South America. The genus Lepagia ("for Lepage") was named by Hahn, Wild and Wouters in 1987 based on a single species. Fossil remains


Chiniquodontidae is a family of meat-eating mammal-like "reptiles" (therapsids) that lived during the Upper Triassic of South America and perhaps Europe. A further possible representative, Aleodon,


and unique wader found only in southernmost South America. It was long placed in with the other plovers in the family Charadriidae, however behavioural evidence suggested they were distinct, and molecular studies


Behavior. They are migratory in northern areas and winter as far south as northern South America. They are rare vagrants to western Europe, usually late in the year. These birds forage for


a close relative of the Ocelot and the Margay; its habitat is the tropical rainforests of Central and South America. The Oncilla is a nocturnal animal, which hunts for rodents


Central American and Caribbean Association Football) is the continent-wide governing body for football (soccer) in North America, Central America and the Caribbean. Three South American entities, the independent nations of Guyana


natural state) which is discharged from the Jabroni tree (Hymenaea courbaril) and other species of Hymenaea growing in tropical South America. The resin is pale brown, transparent, and brittle. Its agreeable odour


northern tundra on Arctic islands in Canada and Alaska. They nest on the ground, usually well-concealed in vegetation. They are a long distance migrant, wintering in northern South America


Australasia (Australia and New Zealand). North American birds migrate to southern coasts, the West Indies and northernmost South America. European and Asian birds winter in the Old World tropics. African


Canada to Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America, covering 11,060 miles and arriving on July 23 after 12 days. In June 2005, Hempleman-Adams staged the world's "highest" formal


that are found in the Caribbean, Central, and South America. Polychrus means 'many colored'. For other anoles see genera, Anolis and Norops. Species. Polychrus acutirostris Spix, 1825 -- Brazilian Bush


the family of Teiidae. These large, South American lizards are commonly referred to as tegus; Tupinambis merianae (Argentine Black and White Tegu), Tupinambis rufescens (Red Tegu), and Tupinambis teguixin


to the Americas, being found from Mexico in north, south through Central America, and large parts of South America, as far south as northern Argentina. Most are restricted to


and throughout the country became training sites for pilots and mechanics. During the 1940s, Braniff was allowed by the Civil Aeronautics Board to serve the Caribbean, Latin America, and South America.


swainsonii group completes it after leaving. The Brown-capped Vireo (Vireo leucophrys), resident in Central America and northern South America, is sometimes considered conspecific with the Warbling Vireo. Notes.


Great Lakes region and New England. These birds are migratory, wintering in northwestern South America. They are rare vagrants to western Europe, although their northerly range and long-distance migration make


The genus Sayornis is a small group of medium-sized insect-eating birds in the Tyrant flycatcher family Tyrranidae native to North and South America


southern South America, including the Falkland Islands. Like many members of the family Fabaceae, it is an effective fixer of nitrogen in the soil. Where it has been introduced, it changes the


Guinea and northern Australia, including Cape York Peninsula, the Top End and the Kimberley. This species should not be confused with the South American Yellow Oriole, which is an


larger monkeys, and the family includes the howler, spider and woolly monkeys. They are found throughout the forested regions of Central and South America, from Mexico to northern


of the genus Orycteropus, coextensive with the family Orycteropodidae. The aardvark is not closely related to the South American anteater, despite sharing some characteristics and a superficial resemblance. The closest living

mammals known for eating ants and termites


are thus not technically insectivores) nevertheless use insects as a protein supplement, particularly when they are breeding. Examples of insectivores include nightingales, aardwolfs, echidnas, swallows, anteaters, carp, frogs, lizards,


suitable habitat for them to live, such as savannas, grasslands, woodlands and bushland, and available food (i.e., ants and termites). Mythology and popular culture. In African folklore the aardvark is much


by. water: very wet. temperature: warm. soils: nutrient rich soil. Flooded grasslands and savannas ecoregions. See also. Dambo. Freshwater swamp forest. Flood-meadow. Grassland. Mangrove. Savanna. Water-meadow. Wet meadow.


Djallon highlands (Middle Guinea); the northern savanna (Upper Guinea); and a southeastern rain-forest region (Forest Guinea). The Niger, Gambia, and Senegal Rivers are among the 22 West African rivers


has a disproportionately small head, powerful hindlegs, and small forelegs. Like other pangolin species, it is largely nocturnal, although it is also entirely terrestrial and usually found in savanna or


equatorial rainforest prevailing to the north and a mosaic of forest and savanna to the south. Biodiversity. The fish of Lake Mai-Ndombe, although presumed to be similar to those of Lake


forests to woodlands, savannas, shrublands, and grasslands; "mosaic" landscapes are common, where differing vegetation types are interleaved with one another in complex patterns created by variations in soil, topography,


in warm, fairly dry and open habitats with scattered shrubs and trees such as savanna or farmland. The nest is a well-hidden, generally unlined scrape and a clutch is normally


The Masked Finch (Poephila personata) is a small passerine bird in the estrildid finch family, Estrildidae. It is a common resident of dry savanna

human settlement in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, United States of America


northeast of Asia, Siberia is separated from North America by the Bering Strait. Asia is bounded on the south by the Indian Ocean (specifically, from west to east, the


globe in 2005-2006. The crater Krusenstern on the Moon is named after him. There is Krusenstern Island in the Bering Strait, as well as a small group of islands in


Big Diomede Island (, ostrová Diomida, native name Imaqliq), is an island among the Diomede Islands in the middle of the Bering Strait


before Europeans learned of the Bering Strait, Acosta hypothesized that Latin America's indigenous peoples had migrated from Asia to Latin America. He also divided them into three barbarian categories.


a voyage of almost unprecedented Arctic success, having accomplished more than half the journey from Greenland to Bering Strait, the completion of which solved the ancient problem of a Northwest


can be traced into the Indian and Pacific basins. Flow from the Arctic Ocean Basin into the Pacific, however, is blocked by the narrow shallows of the Bering Strait


October, she transited the Bering Strait and began collecting thousands of water samples from over a hundred locations under the polar ice of the Arctic Ocean. She continuously


subfamily Anserinae. They breed on subarctic areas of North America and around the Bering Strait, migrating south in winter. Many authorities place these species in the grey goose


as to why three women's names are used to describe one enormous and substantial land mass (Europa, Asia, and Libya, referring to Africa), stating that most Greeks

mine in Matabeleland South Province, Zimbabwe


the colder northern and eastern parts of its European and western Asiatic range the Wood Pigeon is a migrant, but in southern and western Europe it is a well distributed

continent on Earth, mainly on the Earth's northeastern quadrant


facility is named after Sabiha Gökçen, the first female combat pilot in the world. Located southeast of central Istanbul, it is on the Asian side of the


and other services. Asia has four main financial centres: Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai. Call centres and business process outsourcing (BPOs) are becoming major employers in India,


fast-paced variant, which is played mainly in Hong Kong, game pieces may hop over non-adjacent pieces. A hop consists of jumping over a distant marble to a symmetrical position


French influenced Maxim in the 1950s that made western pastry popular in Chinese-speaking regions starting with Hong Kong. Still, the term "Western Cake" (西餅) is used to differentiate between


November 29, 1990. Finland: November 30, 1990. Sweden: November 30, 1990. Greece: December 2, 1990. Spain: December 5, 1990. Netherlands: December 21, 1990 * Turkey: January 18, 1991. Hong Kong: January 24,


October 1963 - 30 December 2003) was a popular Hong Kong singer and actress. During her prime years she made major contributions to the cantopop music scene, while receiving numerous awards


It printed its final issue in December 2009. The Hong Kong-based business magazine was originally published weekly. Due to financial difficulties, the magazine converted to a monthly publication in December 2004,


1976. It is a small socialist group in the Hong Kong. While the organization's Chinese name translates as "April Fifth Action", English language media in Hong Kong usually refer


Central and Western Democratic Power () is a local political group in the Central and Western district of the Hong Kong


Hong Kong and Taiwan, including Liu Ye's win for Best Actor at Taiwan's 38th Golden Horse Awards. It was also an official selection at many major film festivals, including the


Hong Kong. Tung Chung, currently one of the latest generation of new towns, was formerly a rural village around Tung Chung Wan, and along the delta and lower courses


actor from Hong Kong. She is the daughter of entrepreneur Stanley Ho and wife of Alive band member and actor Conroy Chan Chi-Chung. She was involved in numerous movies,


of wildlife, including pandas. During the Cultural Revolution, all studies and conservation activities on the pandas were stopped. After the Chinese economic reform, demand for panda skins from Hong Kong


members of the Communist Party of China. Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. A number of delegates to the NPC represent Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. The delegates from Hong Kong and Macau


Cultural Revolution, Hong Kong anti-Communist immigrants who fled Hong Kong in light of the Handover to the PRC in 1997, or Mainlanders living in Taiwan who moved to the


Law. Girl Scouts are given a choice of "whatever word your spiritual beliefs dictate" in place of the word God. Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, the Brownie Promise is: I will promise


copies every day, with over 220,000 readers (as of 2003). People from Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and Mainland China can also buy and read it. In addition, people from all over


for the submarine cable between Singapore and Hong Kong. It was made a part of North Borneo on 1 January 1890, then on 30 October 1906 joined to the Straits


Hong Kong and later Singapore, and IBM punch-card tabulating machines (when available), a successful attack was mounted against the JN-25 edition which came into effect on 1 December 1941. Together they


2007), was a Legislative Councillor, and was the Chairman of the Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong (DAB), a pro-Beijing political party in Hong Kong. Education. Ma


1942, Republic of China governor. Song Defu, b. 1946, Communist Party politician. Song Xiaobo, b. 1958, female basketball player and coach. Song Lianyong, b. 1965, football player from Hong Kong.


Stanley Kwan (; born October 9, 1957 in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong Chinese film director and producer.


and equipment, vehicles, fuel. Imports - partners: Thailand, Japan, Vietnam, People's Republic of China, Singapore, Hong Kong. Debt - external: $3.179 billion (2006). Economic aid - recipient: $345


the first mare to win two cups, and also the first horse to win with different trainers, after David Hall moved to Hong Kong and transferred her to the


in the Philippines. He also made claims regarding ASIS assistance to MI6 in the Falkland conflict, in Hong Kong and in Kuwait for the benefit of British interests


in the United Kingdom and Hong Kong, which is a former English colony. It is painted yellow and black as opposed to the white and black used on a zebra crossing. In


and Toronto. In Latin America THY serves Sao Paulo via Dakar. Major cities served in Asia include Bangkok, Beijing, Hong Kong, Jakarta, Karachi, Mumbai, New Delhi, Osaka, Seoul,


(Tony Leung Chiu-Wai), a couple from pre-handover Hong Kong, visit Argentina hoping to renew their ailing relationship. The two have a pattern of abuse, followed by break-ups and


Hall (and by proxy Osgoode Hall Law School) was named. Sir Francis Walsingham. Martin Lee, Hong Kong politician. Former leader of the Democratic Party. Shankar Dayal Sharma, 9th President of The


much of Asia, the term does not include the country's native cuisines. For example, in Hong Kong and mainland China, Asian cuisine is a general umbrella term for Japanese


still choose to live in this area. After the Second World War, however, the growing popularity of Chinese cuisine and an influx of immigrants from Hong Kong led to an


House of Lords. The budget was eventually passed - but without the land tax. George's ideas were also taken up to some degree in Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, South


Citizens Party () is a small pro-democracy political party in the Hong Kong. It was


Hong Kong. It was established in 1994, with an aim to strive for the unification of China, to strive for a free, democratic, and wealthy China, and to establish a democratic and prosperous


10 locations: London, Luxembourg, Frankfurt, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Bombay, Seoul, Singapore and Sydney, and an extensive network of offices in 23 countries, employing more than 4,000 people. Innovative marketing. Fidelity has


Water Bay Peninsula, is one of the famous beaches in Sai Kung, Hong Kong. Managed by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, a wide range of facilities are available, including


system with 2 earth stations. international: submarine cables to India, Hong Kong, and Singapore; satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Pacific Ocean). Cellular communication.


and China). However, in Hong Kong and Japan, when Hongkongers and Japanese write their personal name in the Latin alphabet, it is common to reverse the order of their names for


Icelandic and various private interests in Luxembourg. It started operations in May 1970 with one Canadair CL-44 freighter with services from Luxembourg to Hong Kong. Over the next two years, the


bombed shipping and shore installations in the vicinity of Camranh Bay, Hong Kong, Canton, Formosa, and Hainan Island, before the task force returned to Ulithi on 25 January. Early


February 2009). Norway - USD 5.79. Switzerland - USD 5.60. Denmark - USD 5.07. Sweden - USD 4.58. Eurozone - USD 4.38. Five most affordable. Malaysia - USD 1.70. Hong Kong


class of British nationality in this exceptional situation. Example 8: A person of Chinese descent born in Hong Kong prior to January 1, 1983 would be a British


passed down by Bao Guangying from Shandong Province. He taught in Hong Kong and Guangzhou. Secret Gate Praying Mantis Boxing (). This style was passed down by Zhang Dekui (張德奎) in Taiwan


Hong Kong, started by the Oriental Daily group in 1994. At its founding, it was the third English language daily available in the territory (discounting The Star, which ran on a very


McMug () is a cartoon pig who first appeared in Mingpao weekly magazine in 1988. The graphics are drawn by Hong Kong cartoonist Alice Mak (麥家碧) with stories written by


Tourism Bureau's invitation for the role of tourism ambassador. Three versions of television commercials were filmed, targeting audiences from Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia respectively. Alongside appearing in the commercials, she sang


Station. Next came SEATO exercises in May and duty as station ship at Hong Kong in June. On 26 June Goldsborough was again off Vietnam on picket station. She sailed for


of the Spanish-American War in 1898 and following on the battle of Manila Bay, Commodore George Dewey transported Emilio Aguinaldo — at the time exiled to Hong Kong following the


invoked for a great variety of ideas and attitudes. Bishop John Tong Hon of Hong Kong used it with regard merely to an openness to dialogue with others, saying: "We are guided


400 years. It became a Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China in 1999, two years after Hong Kong was similarly returned to Chinese jurisdiction by the


installed in most stations of the Singapore MRT and the Hong Kong MTR, as shown in the photos below, and the newer stations forming the Jubilee Line Extension in London. Many platforms


Míngzé), who is the son of famous businessman Hysan Lee in Hong Kong, and Esther Yewpick Lee (黃瑤璧) and the sister-in-law of Adrienne Clarkson, who was Governor General of Canada


the "Weekender" market. As of 2008, Ceroc Enterprises has franchises operating in Ireland, France, Italy, Spain, the UAE, Canada, the United States and Hong Kong. As of September 2008, there are over


received the first international film prize in China's history. Literary figure. Mainland China. Qin Mu (1919–1992; Chenghai, Guangdong; born in Hong Kong), famous Chinese literary figure. Royal. Thailand. Taksin (1734–1782;


The tea-drinking habits of Hong Kong residents derive from Chinese tea culture. After more than 150 years of British rule, however, they have


in the Post. News Corp bought Dow Jones in 2007. Readership. FEER targeted markets in Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Southeast Asia. It reached an elite group of readers from


Victoria Park () is a public park in Hong Kong, named after Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. It is located in Causeway Bay, on the north of Hong Kong


the United States Hong Kong/ Macau Consulate to celebrate Thanksgiving. CityU has a strong team of experienced academic staff with diverse research interests and professional expertise. Supported by top quality teaching


gay-themed Chinese film by Hong Kong director Stanley Kwan in 2001. This movie is based on a popular cyber story in China called Beijing story. The film is


in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taipei. Financial terms were not disclosed. Products. The company had a wide variety of financial products. Thomson ONE is a core product,


is a public library, located in Shau Kei Wan, Hong Kong. Facilities: Adult Lending Library. Junior Lending Library. Newspapers and Periodicals Section. Extension Activities Room. Services: Lending Service. Reservation and Inter-library Loan.


force in 26 April 1999. In Scottish law, a plaintiff is referred to as a pursuer and a defendant as a defender. Elsewhere. In Hong Kong and the United States, a plaintiff

Crown colony and British dependent territory in East Asia between 1841 and 1997


Terminal in Tsim Sha Tsui of Hong Kong, formerly a series of wharves, now developed into a cruise terminal and shopping malls owned by The Wharf. Burnley Wharf, Southampton, England.


Resort Line on the MTR of Hong Kong. See also. Automated guideway transit. VAL. Intermodal passenger transport. Rapid transits using linear motor propulsion. Slidewalk. SK. References. External links.


Nian Huang Fei Hong (2002) - a Chinese TV series featuring Wong Fei Hung as a youth. My Master is Wong Fei Hung (2004) - a Hong Kong TV series. Theme song.


Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and, later Mainland China). He had a string of hits in a career spanning 30 years. He was well-respected for his singing skills, his positive outlooks, and


Vivienne Poy (née Lee; 利德蕙; Cantonese Yale: Ley6 Dak1-way6; Mandarin Pinyin: Lì Déhuì; born May 15, 1941 in Hong Kong) was appointed to


The trade mark law of Hong Kong is based on the Trade Marks Ordinance Cap. 559, which came into force on 4


is one of the industrial areas in Hong Kong. The factories had been built since the 1950s. The industrial area have since then expanded to Kowloon Bay and


foot binding and concubinage that were widely practiced in China at the time. Cai Yuanpei died at the age of 72 in Hong Kong. Bibliography. Cai Jianguo. Cai Yuanpei: Gelehrter und


in Hong Kong, and one of the largest privately owned public bus operators in the world. For its franchised service in Hong Kong, KMB operates a fleet consisting


beyond the extent necessary for citizens to protect and maintain liberty itself." Because of this, Milton Friedman described Hong Kong as laissez-faire state and he credits that policy for the rapid move


The Sun () is one of the newspapers in Hong Kong, first published in March 1999. It belongs to the Oriental Press Group Limited (東方報業集團有限公司). The main market


Television in Hong Kong has two broadcast television networks, ATV and TVB. The latter, launched in 1967,


Hong Kong until BFBS Radio ceased broadcasting after the handover to China in 1997. BFBS Radio also provides programmes in Gurkhali, for the Gurkha units serving with the British Army. At


in Hong Kong, and it was established in 2003. It is a pro-democracy group formed under the initiatives of legislator and former Democratic Party member Albert Chan Wai Yip in


he was educated at a Lutheran school in Hong Kong and studied martial arts and Chinese philosophy at the famous Yip Man Martial Arts Academy. The school was made


I'm Paranoid" was released across Europe as Version 2.0 received its first certifications. The album was certified gold in both Belgium (sales in excess of 25,000) and Hong Kong


Ocean—a number of which may also be considered part of Australasia or Oceania, although Pacific Islanders are not considered Asian. Political geography. Territories and regions. . Note: Part of Egypt

sovereign state in North Africa and Asia

Charlbury, West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, OX7


were both born with Bacardi rum. In 1899, US- General Leonard Wood appointed Emilio Bacardi Mayor of Santiago de Cuba. In 1912, Emilio Bacardi traveled to Egypt where he purchased


U.S. defense relationships with Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and other Persian Gulf nations. Programs. General and Flag Officer's program. One of JINSA's most important programs is to invite, with the


approach Lord Kitchener with an alternate plan of diverting the AIF to Egypt, which was done. Chauvel finally sailed for Egypt on 14 November 1914. Chauvel arrived at


Egypt, Arabia and Palestine, and returned in 1549. A full account of his Observations on this journey, with illustrations, was published in 1553. Belon, who was highly favored


ordering the destruction of synagogues were enacted in the Middle Ages in Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Yemen. At certain times in Yemen, Morocco and Baghdad, Jews were forced to convert to


the tantalizing prospect that Pernese outlook in general may be cyclical rather than progressive; this similarity with Egypt under the Pharaohs would explain the long duration and rigidity


power and authority embodying the state, and everyone else is a subsidiary person. This form of despotism was common in the first forms of statehood and civilization; the Pharaoh of Egypt

American television and radio personality


visit to Egypt, this suggests that the burden on the mainly subsistence farmers must have been intolerable, causing some measure of starvation and hardship. At the same


machinations behind the post - World War I political settlement in the Middle East. Antonius traced Arab nationalism to the reign of Mehmet Ali Pasha in Egypt. He argued


calendar is on a papyrus from Egypt in 22 AH, PERF 558. Astronomical considerations. The Islamic calendar is not to be confused with the lunar calendar. The latter is based on


Ivey Campbell who preached throughout Ohio and Pennsylvania; Louisa Condit went to Oakland, California, and then Jerusalem; Lucy Leatherman evangelized in Israel, Egypt, Chile and Argentina; Julia


Al-Shehhi traveled to Cairo, Egypt, on April 18, 2001, meeting with Atta's father to get Atta's international driver's license. He returned on May 2. He began to take "surveillance flights" in


Akhenaton rises to the throne of Egypt, which begins the 18th dynasty.


the Suez War Israel launched an invasion into Egypt; at that time Khan Yunis was controlled by Egypt, during which time it was occupied for the first time. According to eyewitness


set out on an expedition against the Egyptian territory to the south and did not return until the end of December. On 25 December 1100 he was crowned the first king


and needs of human societies. Some historians claim that they pre-date actors in theatre. There is evidence that they were used in Egypt as early as 2000 BC


is held up by an injured leg while his father and uncle open the tomb. Before they enter, an Egyptian man named Mehemet Bey (George Pastell) appears and


Egypt, Sir Henry McMahon, corresponded by letters with Hussein, the father of Pan Arabism. These letters, were later known as the Hussein-McMahon Correspondence. McMahon promised Hussein and his


which he was told the Virgin Mary had rested on her journey back from Egypt; he was also told that Frumentius, who introduced Christianity to Ethiopia, is "allegedly buried


of Euripides. A papyrus bearing a long fragment of a satyr play by Sophocles, given the title 'Tracking Satyrs' (Ichneutae), was found at Oxyrhynchus in Egypt, 1907. In


immigrated from Ukraine and became a naturalized French citizen, and was a vice consul of France to Egypt. Vadim became a stage actor at the age of 16. In


the world. If the city of São Paulo were a country, its economy would be the 47th in the world, bigger than Egypt and Kuwait, for example, about the same size


Cairo Governorate () is one of the governorates of Egypt. Its capital is the national capital of Cairo. Parts of


"Sharqia" redirects here. For the region of Oman, see Ash Sharqiyah. Sharqia Governorate (Ash Sharqiyah) is one of the governorates of Egypt. It is


Mohamed Abdel Moneim Fayed () (born January 27, 1929) is an Egyptian businessman living in London estimated to be worth £650 Million. Amongst his business interests are ownership

unincorporated community in Chickasaw County, Mississippi


Queen of the Damned, the novel, deals with the origins of vampires themselves. The mother of all vampires, Akasha, begins as an Egyptian queen many thousands of years


of ancient Egypt, and Hattusilis III, king of the Hittites, sign the earliest known peace treaty. 1263 BC—The approximate date traditionally offered for the Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt under


(the first and IDF infantry unit to allow this). Currently assigned to low-profile security missions on the borders with Egypt and Jordan. Netzah Yehuda Battalion (popularly called Nahal Haredi) - the


Faiyum Governorate (is one of the governorates of Egypt in the middle of the country. Its capital is the city of Faiyum, located about


Segambut, Kuala Lumpur. Serendah, Selangor. Mexico. Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes. Egypt. 6th of October City, 6th of October Governorate. Pakistan. Karachi, Sindh. Philippines. Santa Rosa City, Laguna. South Africa. Rosslyn.


Nile valley, Egypt. Felis chaus oxiana. Felis chaus prateri, western India. Status. This species is often assessed as being in no danger and has therefore been ignored as a


to 30 BC. Ptolemy, a somatophylax, one of the seven bodyguards who served as Alexander the Great's generals and deputies, was appointed satrap of Egypt after Alexander's death in 323


spiritually all the Syriac Catholic Community around the world. The community includes two archdioceses in Iraq, four in Syria, one in Egypt and Sudan, a Patriarchal Vicariate in


at Agra, India. The Shrine of the Báb and the Shrine of Bahá'u'lláh in Haifa and Acre, Israel, respectively. The pyramids of ancient Egypt, Nubia and China are also


month old Manar Maged underwent a successful 13-hour surgery in Egypt, but she died March 25, 2006 due to an infection in her brain.. Manar had been featured


1810, featuring a brainwashed Lord Byron, magic, Egyptian gods and a werewolf. Dinner at Deviant's Palace: Philip K. Dick Award winner, and Nebula Award nominee, 1985. Unusually for


Eighteenth Dynasty. Significant people. Ahmose I, Pharaoh and founder of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt (1570–1546 BC).


musophagids was found in Egypt as well as in Late Oligocene deposits at Gaimersheim (Germany) and Middle Miocene deposits at Grive-Saint-Alban and Vieux-Collonges (both France). While it is not entirely


Following the conquest, Tripoli was ruled by dynasties based in Cairo, Egypt, first the Fatimids, and later the Mamluks. 1500s–1800s. In 1510, it was taken by Don Pedro Navarro,


kills his minister Guan Longfeng according to Chinese legend. The Exodus of the Israelites from Egypt, according to Thrasyllus of Mendes, an Egyptian mathematician and astronomer who


Zagazig (Zakazik, Arabic الزقازيق az-Zaqāzīq; colloquial or), is a town of Lower Egypt, in the eastern part of the


The Museum of Egyptian Antiquities, known commonly as the Egyptian Museums, in Cairo, Egypt, is home to an extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities. It has 120,000


February 2005, the leaders of Israel, Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority came together at Sharm el-Sheikh for a summit meeting at which they declared their continuing support for the


Black (Coptic: Ⲁⲃⲃⲁ Ⲙⲱⲥⲏ; 330 – 405), known as the Ethiopian or the strong, was a slave of a government official in Egypt who dismissed him for theft and


__NOTOC__. Events. By place. Byzantine Empire. A Byzantine fleet destroys Damietta, Egypt.


has likewise been inferred from Nahum 3:9, where it is said that "Put and Lubim" were the helpers of Egypt. Other biblical verses consistently refer to the descendants of Put


party in Egypt. It is considered to be one of the main opposition parties, and so its involvement in Egyptian politics is considered crucial in the success


Events and trends. 1567 BC—Egypt

unincorporated community in Jasper County, Minnesota


(= Mamarr Ħalfayā) (English colloquial: Hellfire Pass) is located in Egypt, near the border with Libya. A high escarpment extends south eastwards from the Egyptian-Libyan border at the coast at


a peace treaty with Ptolemy II Philadelphus of Egypt in 250 BC) he agreed to marry Berenice, Ptolemy II's daughter; and declared his eldest son by Berenice his heir. According to


tribe settled permanently in Canaan. The Torah states that Naphtali had four sons, who migrated with him to Egypt, with their descendants remaining there until the Exodus. According to the apocryphal


Dynasty of Egypt (1202 BC–1199 BC).


Dominican Republic died in 2004 from complications in surgery. Egyptian doctors, having studied evidence of that operation, successfully removed the parasitic twin from an infant, named Manar Maged, in 2005;


it), now conserved in Berlin, represents the second most extensive surviving Etruscan text, after the linen book the (Liber Linteus) used in Egypt for mummy wrappings, now at Zagreb. (The third


1979, buried in Cairo), Heir Apparent to the Throne of Egypt from 1899 to 1914, created HH in 1922, created HRH in 1952, Regent of Egypt from 1952 to 1953, and

census-designated place in Etowah County, Alabama


built in Jiangzhai, near modern Xi'an, China. Start of Naqada culture in Egypt. Early Jomon period begins on the islands of Japan. Domestication of horses. Plow in


the Gilgamesh Epic from Mesopotamia, the Egyptian Book of the Dead, the Vedas and Upanishads in India and various writings attributed to Confucius, Lao-tse and Chuang-tzu in China.

Ghost town in Summers County, West Virginia


of antiquities (Museum van Oudheden), with specially valuable Egyptian and Indian departments; a museum of Dutch antiquities from the earliest times; and three ethnographical museums, of which the nucleus was Philipp


earthworks span nearly in length. The Octagon alone is large enough to contain four Roman Coliseums. The Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt would fit precisely inside Observatory


through the wilderness after their exodus from Egypt (again referring to Exodus 23:21, see above), and describes him as a heavenly priest. According to Johann Andreas Eisenmenger, Metatron transmits the daily


Egypt resorted to this method of execution towards Suleiman al-Halabi, the Syrian Kurdish student who assassinated the general Kléber. Athanasios Diakos, a Greek military commander during the Greek War


of Egypt and Syria—under president Gamal Abdel Nasser, but the latter opposed merge with the UAR. As a result, the two leaders engaged in a power struggle, ending in Qasim prevailing


BC in Egypt; the lock consisted of a wooden post affixed to the door, and a horizontal bolt that slid into the post. The bolt had vertical openings into


and sometimes Afghanistan and Egypt (which is only partially in Asia) are sometimes included in the region. It is to note that Afghanistan can be considered Central Asian,


was found in Egypt by locals, and reached the British Museum in the autumn of 1896. It was then in about 200 pieces. By the skill and industry of


the harbour of Alexandria, Egypt on 22 January 1950, Liverpool entertained King Farouk. Given a 21-gun salute by the cruiser, Farouk met Lord Mountbatten of Burma and the


trends. 1445 BC—According to James Ussher's chronology, this is when Moses led the Hebrews from Egypt, to the land of Israel. Significant people.

Roman province that encompassed most of modern-day Egypt


Lake Nasser (; transliterated: Buhayrat Nasir) is a vast reservoir in southern Egypt and northern Sudan. Strictly, "Lake Nasser"


Egypt regarding Ahmose are not certain as yet, it is possible that she was the royal granddaughter of Queen Ahmose-Nefertari and the daughter of Amenhotep I of Egypt or,


Dike. Tony Allen. Keziah Jones. Bola Abimbola. (Henry Ogochukwu). Sister Cities. Atlanta, United States. Brussels, Belgium. Bucharest, Romania. Cairo, Egypt. Cotonou, Benin. Daegu, South Korea. Fukuoka, Japan. Istanbul, Turkey. Jaipur,India.


seen from traditional sources such as Australia, towards new suppliers such as Egypt. This may have been brought about by the bankruptcy of the world's biggest supplier, Australia's Sons of Gwalia,


to the Middle East with his friend Wilhelm Hemprich, he collected thousands of specimens of plants and animals. He investigated parts of Egypt, the Libyan desert, the Nile


sea, especially associated with the Red Sea, in this case sometimes associated with Leviathan. This name was also applied to Egypt, and the destruction of the Pharaoh after the


Thutmose" (also spelled Djhutmose and Thutmosis) is thought to have been the official court sculptor of the Egyptian Pharaoh Akhenaten in the latter part of his reign. A German archaeological expedition


the wife of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Uday beat and stabbed Gegeo to death (some say at the request of his mother), bludgeoning Gegeo repeatedly in front of horrified guests. Saddam


large discovery of manuscripts on papyrus found in the Fayum in Egypt. About 1880 a carpet trader in Cairo acquired on behalf of Karabacek over 10,000 papyri and some texts


nationality under Portuguese law). In 1975, 250,000 Cuban soldiers arrived in Angola to help the MPLA forces during the civil war. The largest denomination is Roman Catholicism, but

sovereign state situated on an island in the Caribbean Sea


the Greater Antilles (Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, and Puerto Rico) on the north, and the Lesser Antilles on the east. The entire area of the Caribbean Sea, the numerous islands of the

village in Sandoval County, New Mexico, United States


– Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. 1996 – Oslo, Norway. 1995 – Canberra, Australia. 1994 – Beijing, China. 1993 – Williamsburg, USA. 1992 – Helsinki, Finland. 1991 – Havana, Cuba. 1990 –


largest country in the Caribbean behind Cuba and the Dominican Republic (the latter shares a 360 kilometer (224 mi) border with Haiti). Haiti at its closest point is only about away


China (Tianjin). 1927 Mexico (Nuevo Laredo). 1927 Cuba (Havana). 1949 Philippines (Manila). 1950 Finland. 1952 Brazil. 1955 Hong Kong and Macau. 1963 Turkey on 4 January with Law


inspire nueva canción singers from Uruguay (Daniel Viglietti), El Salvador (Yolocamba l'ta), Mexico (Amparo Ochoa) and Nicaragua (Carlos and Luís Enrique Mejía Godoy), as well as Cuban nueva trova artists


with the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, Cuba and South Korea, as well as with many Latin American countries and neighboring Eastern Caribbean states. It is a


against Cuba's Kid Gavilan for Gavilan's world welterweight championship. Before fighting against Gavilan, he beat former world light-weight champion Ike Williams, and had two more fights with Graham, avenging


Japanese descendants living in Caribbean countries such as Cuba and the Dominican Republic where hundreds of these immigrants were brought in by Rafael L. Trujillo in the 1930s. See also. Ethnic


Cuba. Syria. Libya. External links.


a moderate alternative in hopes of preventing another Cuban-style revolution. U.S. pressure and sanctions against Haiti eased in 1962, as the administration grudgingly accepted Duvalier as a bulwark against communism


French. The tres is a 3-course, 6-string chordophone which was created in Cuba. A later adaptation, the Puerto Rican tres, is a 3-course, 9-string instrument. Cuban tres.


links. - USGS Patuxent Bird Identification InfoCenter. - Cornell Lab of Ornithology. - South Dakota Birds and Birding. for Cuba-(incorrect rangemap pictured). VIREO.


a tournament in Paris and a bronze medal at the 19 and under amateur world championships in Cuba. In 2002, he participated at a pro-am undercard headlined by professional world champion


independent state based on the ideals of Fidel Castro's Cuba. On November 6, 1970, Bernard Lortie was arrested when the police raided the hiding place of the FLQ's Chenier cell.


the British, but later received New Orleans and French Louisiana from the British; Manila and Cuba were restored to Spain. France retained Saint Pierre and Miquelon and recovered


aided the two groups. Cuba deployed thousands of troops in 1975 to aid the MPLA, the Soviet Union aided both Cuba and the MPLA government during the war.


ideals of Fidel Castro's Cuba. Jacques Rose was acquitted of both the murder and kidnapping of Pierre Laporte. However, he was later convicted of being an accessory after the fact


slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba on 5 June 1829. She was broken up in 1847. The fourth Pickle was originally the slave-trading brig Eolo, captured


Modern Schools in the United States, Cuba, South America and London. The first of these was started in New York City in 1911. It also inspired the Italian newspaper


stopping first in Cuba, then a Spanish province, where Meucci accepted a job at what was then called the Great Tacón Theater in Havana (at the time, the greatest theater


based on the ideals of Fidel Castro's Cuba. Marc Carbonneau and other members of the Liberation cell held James Cross hostage, taking his photo and sending it


parts to that country. The U.S. State Department bans such sales due to "lack of support" for counter-terrorist operations and Venezuela's relations with Iran and Cuba. Darfur. On April 28, 2006,


under age 18 and 4.5% of those age 65 or over. As of 2000, the North Andrews Gardens section of Oakland Park is the sixty-third most Cuban-populated area in

human settlement in Allegany County, United States


supported by the Soviet Union, Cuba and other communist states. Savimbi and UNITA maintained a large and clandestine base camp in the Cubando Cubango town of Jamba. The camp was protected


11.48%, Italian at 2.03%, and German made up 1.20% of the population. As of 2000, Parkland was the 127th most Cuban-populated area in the US, which was tied with


of 2000, South Miami Heights had the twentieth highest percentage of Cuban residents in the US, with 25.70% of the populace. It had the 145th highest percentage of


town's population, as well as the twenty-third highest percentage of Cuban residents in the US, at 20.15% of the its population. It also had the thirty-fourth most Peruvians


of Cuban residents in the US, with 1.70% of the populace. It had the sixteenth highest percentage of Syrian residents in the US, at 1.20% of the city's population,


a dominant independence movement in Angola, supported by Cuban troops. The MPLA quickly gained control of the urban areas while FLEC controlled the countryside. FLEC broke into


the mother tongue of 15.23% of the population. As of 2000, Lake Clarke Shores had the forty-first highest percentage of Cuban residents in the US, with 10.08%


U.S. had not intervened." President Lyndon B. Johnson justified the invasion based on fears that the Dominican Republic was turning into "a second Cuba." In truth, it was protecting Corporate America's


Dutch Princess met and fell in love with a Havana-born Cuban exile named Jorge Pérez y Guillermo, born in Havana on 1 August 1946, himself a teacher for the Addie


Commander William Henry Hudson Southerland in command. Service history. Cleveland cruised with the European Squadron, in West Indies and Cuban waters, along the east coast between Hampton Roads and Boston, and


the then South African Prime Minister PW Botha. In the late 1970s, South Africa became increasingly involved in Angola in operations against Soviet-backed SWAPO, Cuban and Angolan troops. A perceived threat


naval quarantine of Cuba. She then had a routine overhaul at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. The yard work was completed on 13 May 1963, and the submarine sailed to


of the INA. those granted asylum under section 208 of the INA. those whose deportation is being withheld under sections 243(h) or 241(b)(3) of the INA. Cuban/Haitian


to the nation and encouraged a popular subscription which raised 300,000 pesetas from citizens of mainland Spain and Cuba. Ictineo was eventually destroyed in January 1862 after some 50 dives, when


Rumba is a family of percussive rhythms, song and dance. It originates in Cuba as a combination of the musical traditions of Spanish colonizers and


rebel group called Simba. Later Hoare and his mercenaries worked in concert with Belgian paratroopers, Cuban exile pilots, and CIA hired mercenaries who attempted to save 1,600 civilians (mostly Europeans and


gained some Olympic experience in 1976 in Montreal, Canada when he ran in the final of the 800 m and was placed fifth, behind winner Alberto Juantorena of Cuba


Operation 40, comprising 40 officials and agents whose primary area of operations was the Caribbean region, including Cuba. On 4 March, 1960, La Coubre, a ship flying a


Martí, which are directed at Cuba. Military broadcasting aircraft have been flown over Vietnam, Iraq and many other nations by the United States Air Force. The European Union


the first time at this Games. Medal summary. Final ranking, men. USA. Yugoslavia. Soviet Union. Canada. Italy. Czechoslovakia. Cuba. Australia. Puerto Rico. Mexico. Japan. Egypt.


1933, he photographed in Cuba on assignment for the publisher of Carleton Beals' then-forthcoming book, The Crime of Cuba, photographing the revolt against the dictator Gerardo Machado. In Cuba,


Cuba and protect American investments by pacifying the state. During the Spanish-American War the United States maintained a military arsenal in Cuba to protect US holdings and mediate Spanish-Cuban relations.


Mississippi in 1850 and 1851. Filibustering. It was in his capacity as governor that Quitman was approached by the filibuster Narciso López to lead his filibuster expedition of 1850 to Cuba

unincorporated community in North Dakota


El Himno de Bayamo (The Bayamo Anthem) is the national anthem of Cuba. It was first performed during the Battle of Bayamo in 1868. Perucho


1965 to 1991 during the Cuban intervention years. In particular, the area was previously suitable habitat for the endangered Painted Hunting Dog, Lycaon pictus, which is now deemed extirpated


by making numerous cruises in Cuban waters to protect American commerce: July–August 1880, February–May 1882, January–May 1883, January–May 1885, and January–February 1886. Powhatan was decommissioned on 2 June


Ávila is a city in the central part of Cuba and the capital of Ciego de Ávila Province. The city has a population of about 86,100. Ciego de Ávila lies on


Alfred-Maurice de Zayas (born 31 May 1947 in Havana, Cuba) is an American

unincorporated community in Graves County, Kentucky


has forged a close relationship with leftist leaders Fidel Castro and Hugo Chávez, which has resulted in Dominica receiving substantial aid from Cuba and Venezuela. Dominica is set to play


in the center of Cuba. Close towns include Zulueta (to the north), San Juan de los Remedios (to the northeast), Cabaiguán and Fomento (to the east), and Santa Clara and


Cuba, he filmed Una Gallega en la Habana with Niní Marshall, known throughout South American as the best Spanish-speaking comedienne of the time. In Puerto Rico, he played


Cuba. Later that year she caused controversy when she took part in an anti-nuclear protest, locking herself to a model nuclear submarine outside the Scottish parliament.. She


Alberto Juantorena Danger (born 3 December, 1950) is a Cuban former track athlete. At the 1976 Summer Olympics, he became the first and so


the Zeta Sigma Fraternity ("the Pickles"). He served in Cuba with the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War. Following that conflict, Knox became a newspaper reporter in Grand Rapids,


honorary consulate in Saint Petersburg. Angola and the precursor to Russia, the Soviet Union, established relations upon Angola's independence. Americas. Argentina. Date started: 1977-09-02. Angola has an embassy in Buenos Aires.


Buenos Aires. The moving images had an immediate and significant influence on popular culture with L'Arrivée d'un Train en Gare de la Ciotat (literally, "the arrival of a train at

corregimiento in Chame District, Panamá Oeste Province, Panama


Plata is the second most-important opera house in Argentina after the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires. The University of La Plata was founded in 1897 and nationalized in 1905. It is


of the province. The neighboring provinces of Córdoba and Santa Fe follow with populations of around 3 million, each, and the city of Buenos Aires with another 3 million.


1992 Main Offender was released, and following a "warm-up concert" in Buenos Aires, the X-Pensive Winos (including a new member, backing vocalist Babi Floyd) toured Europe and North America. Recordings with


The year 1921 in literature involved some significant events and new books. Events. Jorge Luis Borges returns to Buenos Aires after a period living in Europe. New books. Edgar Rice

municipality in the Rivas department of Nicaragua


Buenos Aires, Zöller was critically injured in an accident. The cab driver died and Zöller’s lung was pierced by a piece of metal. This severely limited his lung capacity and as


in Buenos Aires. Favoring a transition with "neither victors nor vanquished", his conciliatory approach was deemed too soft by the liberal faction of the armed forces, who deposed him


to be permanently with Landhage. Death. She died at the age 37 of pulmonary edema at a country club near Buenos Aires, Argentina. She doted on her daughter,


operated under the Lacsa code. Destinations. As of January 2005 Lacsa operated services to the following international scheduled destinations: Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Guatemala City, Guayaquil, Havana, Lima, Los


practically disappeared, so the mission was closed. In 1896 the prison received its first inmates, mainly re-offenders and dangerous prisoners transferred from Buenos Aires but also some political prisoners. A separate


popularity, José Miguel represented a potential rival. José Miguel and his brothers were forced to travel to Buenos Aires, where Carlos Maria Alvear, a friend of Carrera since the


Angola-Portugal relations have significantly improved since the Angolan government abandoned communism and nominally embraced democracy in 1991, embracing a pro-U.S. and to a lesser degree pro-Europe foreign policy. Portugal


Angola, Rwanda, Somalia, and Sierra Leone. Ex-President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo promoted and appointed Lt Gen Owoye Andrew


of Zaire and required citizens to adopt African names. Relative peace and stability prevailed until 1977 and 1978 when Katangan rebels, based in Angola, launched a series of


that town. Then he attacked Luanda in Angola but failed to capture the city. In a subsequent raid in 1627 to retake Bahia, he failed but captured over thirty Portuguese ships


(born March 5, 1950), known as Nandó, is an Angolan politician, currently serving as President of the National Assembly of Angola. He was previously the Prime Minister


post at Manila. Besides Brazil and the Moluccas, Portugal would eventually control Angola, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, and São Tomé and Príncipe in Africa; Goa and Daman and Diu in India; and

village and a beach community in Erie County, New York, United States


Angola presents the lowest infection rate of less than 5%. This is not the result of a successful national response to the threat of AIDS but of the long-running Angolan


African descent eventually gave rise to several major ethnic groups in Africa, especially in Cape Verde, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé e Príncipe, Ziguinchor (Casamance), Angola, Mozambique. Only a few


Kavango people reside on the Namibian side of the Namibian-Angolan border along the Okavango River. They are mainly riverine living people, but about 20% reside in the


Angola. The plant is strange in having only two large strap-like leaves for all its life. These grow continuously from the base, and are usually tattered at the ends by flapping


Epupa Dam in Epupa Constituency near the border with Angola. Business leaders based in Opuwo, who are mostly Ovambos, formed the Kaoko Development League which supports the


The African nation of Angola has a lively hip hop music scene, including popular and influential crews like SSP; Army Squad, who are based out of Cape Town, South


(, FLEC) is a separatist guerrilla and political movement in Cabinda, Angola. Formerly under Portuguese administration, with the independence of Angola from Portugal in 1975, the territory became


west and central Africa from Guinea east to western Kenya and south to Angola) is sometimes split as a separate species, the Príncipe Drongo or Velvet-mantled Drongo


1990s. Europe. Bulgaria. Date started: 1975-11-20. Since 1976, Bulgaria has an embassy in Luanda. Angola is represented in Bulgaria through its embassy in Athens (Greece). France. Relations between the two countries


Angola. He was previously the Prime Minister of Angola from 2002 to 2008. Background. Santos was born in Luanda. He has a BA in Law and became a


was aligned with the Eastern bloc, in particular the Soviet Union, Libya, and Cuba. Since then, it has focused on improving relationships with Western countries, cultivating links with other Portuguese-speaking countries, and

federal socialist country in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia (1922–1991)


War: in Moscow, downed American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the Soviet Union for espionage. 1960 – Sputnik program: Sputnik 5


Crime estimated that a "minimum of 1,517 tons of cannabis was harvested" in Kazakhstan. With the fall of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan became a major transit country for


been an ally of Yeltsin in this period, the two drifted apart following the collapse of the Soviet Union at the end of 1991. During the Russian constitutional crisis of


Bank jointly financed construction of a deepwater port at Mogadishu. The Soviet Union improved Somalia's deepwater port at Berbera in 1969. Facilities at Berbera were further improved by


The Sputnik program (,) was a series of robotic spacecraft missions launched by the Soviet Union. The first of these, Sputnik 1, launched the first human-made object to orbit the


The relation between China and Vietnam also declined in this period, with Vietnam siding with the Soviet Union against China in the Chinese-Soviet split. Tensions peaked when Vietnam invaded Cambodia,


Soviet Union to not use nuclear weapons first. In 2000, a Russian military doctrine stated that Russia reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in response to use of nuclear


class jet fighter originally manufactured by the Soviet Union, and designed by the Sukhoi Design Bureau. It was intended as a direct competitor for the large United States fourth generation


The Reagan Doctrine was a strategy orchestrated and implemented by the United States under the Reagan Administration to oppose the global influence of the Soviet Union during the final


performed as part of a cultural delegation in the Soviet Union in 1954 and Menuhin invited Shankar in 1955 to perform in New York City for a demonstration of Indian classical music,


within Soviet Union, LNNK insisted on independence from Soviet Union from its beginning. The leaders of LNNK included Eduards Berklavs, Aleksandrs Kiršteins, Andrejs Krastiņš, Einars Repše and Juris


as the major belligerents of World War II: Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, or the United States; the anniversary edition also includes Italy as a third


Soyuz 5 (, Union 5) was a Soyuz spacecraft launched by the Soviet Union on January 15, 1969, which


military reconnaissance satellite system operated by the CIA Directorate of Science & Technology with substantial assistance from the US Air Force, used for photographic surveillance of the Soviet Union


Soyuz 12 (, Union 12) was a 1973 manned test flight by the Soviet Union of the newly-redesigned Soyuz 7K-T spacecraft that was intended


way back to the Soviet Union, where he spent several years recovering from tuberculosis. In 1938, he returned to China and served as an adviser with the Chinese Communist armed forces.


of Algeria, Bulgaria, Cape Verde Islands, Czechoslovakia, the Congo, Cuba, Guinea-Bissau, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, North Korea, the People's Republic of China, Romania, São Tomé and Príncipe, the Soviet Union,


of the Comintern. He also played an important role for the Comintern by supervising the Communist Party of India for some years. Palme-Dutt was loyal to the Soviet Union


Soviet Union. He has served on the National Unity Party's board since 1973. Margaryan had been a long time critic of the totalitarian government of the Soviet Union. He envisioned


computer card solitaire program. They were the first to bring Tetris to gamers outside the Soviet Union and Sokoban to gamers outside Japan. It was also the distributor


Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin () (– June 3, 1946) was a Bolshevik revolutionary and the titular head of state of the Soviet Union from 1919 to 1946. Though


because it served as a source of firewood for the devastated city. In 1945, the Soviet Union built a war memorial along the Straße des 17. Juni, the Tiergarten's main east-west artery,


Soviet Union, attended by a crowd of 55,000 and setting a new world record at that time. On October 20, 1982, disaster struck during the UEFA Cup match between


of Tonga and the Soviet Union established formal diplomatic relations in 1976. Tonga was the first Pacific Island country to establish relations with the USSR. The USSR was dissolved


Kusunai (or Kushunnai, 久春内) was a Japanese settlement in Sakhalin which was attacked by the Soviet Union


Europe, led by a reunited German Reich, as a "third force" against both capitalism and communism. The SRP never openly criticised the Soviet Union because the Soviet Union


Soviet Union from 1976 to 1988. It carried GRAU designation 15Zh45. Its NATO reporting name was SS-20 Saber. It was withdrawn from service under the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. The missile was


Soviet Union, despite the fact that it can be easily located using civilian satellite mapping technology. The field is currently operated by TNK-BP. References. Kramer, Andrew E. "Mapmakers and Mythmakers: Russian Disinformation


has also designed a cyrillization system for Japanese language, which was officially accepted in the Soviet Union. Arrested on August 16, 1937, he was executed by NKVD near Moscow in January


before large-scale immigration from the Soviet Union). Instead, the name Yachad (Hebrew: יח"ד) was chosen. As well as meaning "Together", it is also a Hebrew acronym for Social-Democratic


the museum. The real one was sent off to the Soviet Union in the 1970s to settle debt. Loungphabang was known as Xieng Dong Xieng Thong before it was


Axis bloc. With the Soviet Union in a non-aggression pact with Germany, there was little popular opposition to the decision. After a short period of inaction, the army launched an operation against


gradually less attracted to communism and became a less active member, finally leaving the Party in 1956 like many other intellectuals, after the Soviet Union brutally suppressed the Hungarian Revolution


countries, including the Soviet Union, sign a mutual defense treaty called the Warsaw Pact. 1961 – American civil rights movement: The Freedom Riders bus is fire-bombed near Anniston,


the former Soviet Union, continuing a theme that has been debated within Trotskyist theory for most of the past century. Compare with other left-wing theories regarding Soviet-style societies: deformed workers' states,


(NAFTA). 22 million km2 — Soviet Union (before collapse). 23 million km2 — roughly the amount of area annexed by European powers, during the "New Imperialism". 23 million km2


believers in the Soviet Union and active members of the multiple left-wing organizations including the Communist party. In the 1950s both his parents were blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities


Committee, its Politburo and Secretariat, which were subject to the strict control of the authorities of the Soviet Union. These authorities decided about the policy and composition of the main organs; although,


well as with the Soviet Union and with the People's Republic of China. After the surrender of Saigon on April 30, 1975, the PRG assumed power in the South and


again significantly reducing penetration capability. Explosive reactive armour has been valued by the Soviet Union and its now-independent component states since the 1980s, and almost every tank in the


Soviet Union. Internet video. References. Further reading. Li Zhisui, The Private Life of Chairman Mao, 1996. Jasper Becker, Hungry Ghosts: Mao's Secret Famine, 1998. Philip Short, Mao: A Life, 1999. Jung


Serov, a town near the Ural Mountains, in the former Soviet Union. Tszyu was the first champion to unify the junior welterweight division in over 30 years. Early years. Hyperactive


impressed Russia's amateur team coaches and he was sent to the Soviet Union's amateur boxing travelling training camps, where he was able to visit more than 30 countries


Raab was the third Federal Chancellor of Austria from 1953 to 1961. During that time he was able to get the agreement of the Soviet Union to sign the Staatsvertrag.


All foreign Roman Catholic clergy were expelled in 1946. Soviet Union. The Soviet Union imposed state atheism and antireligious campaigns were directed at all faiths, including Christian, Buddhist


the collapse of the Soviet Union, she retired from politics but remains revered as a hero in Russia. Early life. Tereshkova was born in a small village in the


second trip into space was similarly significant — he commanded the Soviet side of the Apollo-Soyuz mission, Soyuz 19, the first joint space mission between Soviet Union and USA. From


The Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (;), also known as the Kazakh SSR for short, was one of republics that made up the Soviet Union


and the first commercial LEDs were again based on SiC. Yellow LEDs made from 3C-SiC were manufactured in in the Soviet Union in the 1970s, and blue ones


survived the attack and could identify him, Mielke was smuggled to the Soviet Union where he joined numerous other German Communist exiles in Moscow. He was convicted of the


describe the privileged ruling class of bureaucrats and Communist Party functionaries which typically arises in a Stalinist Communist state. Generally, the group known in the Soviet Union as the Nomenklatura conforms to


Economy. The city's industry grew rapidly, especially after some factories were evacuated there from the west of the Soviet Union during the World War II. Later the city


1994 he was first leader and head of state of independent Belarus after the dissolution of the Soviet Union (Chairman of the Supreme Soviet - also chairman of


for the national anthem of the Soviet Union, which, in 2001, became the anthem of Russia (with new lyrics). During his career, he also worked as a professor of the Moscow State


the masses of the people" and ally China with the Soviet Union. Mao discounts the idea of working with the British and the Americans because he believed that they were