Danube river remained as the frontier of the Empire until the final fall of the West. Later history. The Christianisation of the Marcomanni occurred under their queen Fritigil


Mitrovica) in the Vojvodina region of modern Serbia, and near Belgrade, on the Danube border) was the capital of Galerius, the eastern Caesar; this was to become the Balkans-Danube- prefecture Illyricum.


__NOTOC__. Events. By place. Roman Empire. Many Goths appear on the Danube and request entry into the Roman Empire in their flight from the


there but he was refused. In Constanta, he acted as the Royal Superintendent for the construction of a railway and bridges across the Dobrogea, connecting the Danube with the Black


Danube at the hitherto impassable Iron-Gates Rapids by the construction of canals, which opened up the eastern trade to Hungary and was an event of international importance. It was while


legion main theatre of operations was the Roman province of Noricum, in the south margin of the Danube, where Germanic incursions were frequent. In 180 II Italica was stationed in Lauriacum,


reached the Danube river basin around 880. It is not clear whether the name of Hungarians comes from the Turkic word On-Oghur, or "ten tribes", referring to seven Magyar


The Vinča culture was an early culture of neolithic Europe between the 6th and the 3rd millennium BC, stretching around the course of Danube


a town and free port in Romania, at the mouth of the Sulina branch of the Danube. It is the easternmost point of Romania. The waters of


Tiberius Claudius Marinus Pacatianus (d. c. 248) was an usurper in the Danube area


Maximiana Theodora, stepdaughter of Maximian, after renouncing Helena, mother of Constantine I. Diocletian gains several victories along the Danube. Maximian's attempt to reconquer Britain from the usurper Carausius fails due

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


Germania east of the Rhine and north of the Danube; Rome preferred to exert indirect influence through client kings, so Italicus, nephew of Arminius, was appointed king


Lower Danube in (970–971) he drove the enemy out of Thrace, crossed Mt. Haemus and besieged the fortress of Dorystolon (Silistra) on the Danube. In several hard-fought battles he defeated King


extensive agriculture, and small scale, vegetables and fruits, are practiced. The area is well suited for irrigations. Tourism. The main touristical destinations are: The city of Slatina. Fishing on the Danube


north and south of the Danube, after having long remained faithful to the Greek ritual, had adopted the Slavonic liturgy. In 1054, ongoing dissension between the Orthodox


have swept across Russia and southeastern Europe, seize Byzantine forts along the Danube and reach the walls of Constantinople. Europe. Eborico (also called Eurico) succeeds his father Miro


Danube at Donauwörth. Despite their best efforts the Protestant armies were still behind when Ferdinand and the Imperials set down to besiege the town of Nordlingen, in Swabia and


channel gradual formation of new land takes place, as the delta continues to expand. Main Distributaries of the Danube. Chilia, in the north, the longest, youngest, and most vigorous, with


The Battle of Höchstädt was fought on 19 June 1800 on the North bank of the Danube near Höchstädt, and resulted in a French


and features. Monaco has historically been divided into four sections, or quartiers: Monaco-Ville, the old city on a rocky promontory extending into the Mediterranean; La Condamine, the section along the port;


Principality of Monaco is the second-smallest independent state in the world, after the Vatican City. It lies on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea, east of Nice, France, and is

monarchical feudatory or a sovereign state, ruled or reigned over by a monarch with the title of prince


became an independent principality, over which the abbots ruled as territorial sovereigns ranking as Princes of the Holy Roman Empire. As the Abbey became more involved in local politics,


was a separate German State just like Prussia. Until 1918 it had been a principality (Fürstentum), then a Free State (Freistaat) and so it has a different


est.). Air Transport. Airports. There is no airport in the Principality of Monaco. The closest airport is Cote d'Azur Airport in Nice, France. Some airlines marketed Monaco via Nice Airport.

census-designated place in Lake County, California


in Nice, France. Some airlines marketed Monaco via Nice Airport. Helicopters. Linked to airport in Nice, France, by. As of May 2005, all Royal Helicopter Service is


and a textbook on cooking. Early life. Escoffier was born in the village Villeneuve-Loubet, near Nice. The house where he was born is now the Musee de


Catherine's. Princess Elizabeth attends the wedding. August 5 – Turkish and French troops under Hayreddin Barbarossa occupy Nice. September–October – Landrecies in Picardy is besieged by forces under


help Piedmont combat Austria, still occupying the Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia in northern Italy, France would be awarded Nice and Savoy. At the time Victor Emmanuel had become a universal symbol of


Nice and partly from Bingo Little. When agitated, he tends to resort to colourful French or Provençal expressions, such as "nom d'un nom d'un nom", "burluberu" or "marmiton


Paris fell, the Schneersons fled to Vichy, and later to Nice, where they stayed until their final escape from Europe. Schneerson learned to speak French, which he put


Sainte Jeanne d'Arc is a Catholic church located in Nice, France noticeable


build a 3km-long tunnel linked to the first one, and allowed to open the new "underground train station of Monaco-Monte Carlo" This stations is served by international trains (including the French TGV


air line in this case. But development of High speed rail in some countries would increase the share of railway in this longer distance journey. Paris- Marseille TGV


Anne de Bourgogne and John of Lancaster, Duke of Bedford in 1423. It was acquired by the naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. Transportation. Some TGV express trains between


string of special live events would take place in 2007. A 7-disc DVD set, titled TGV, is currently available for preorder. The set contains old and new footage of the

box set of live videos by Throbbing Gristle


(the others being the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland and the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador). Slavery was abolished in Montserrat in 1834. Falling sugar prices during the

country in the northern part of the island of Ireland; part of the United Kingdom


tit-tat-toe (USA, Canada). Noughts and crosses or Naughts and crosses (Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Russian Federation). Exy-Ozys, Xsie-Osies (verbal name only) (Northern Ireland). Boxin' OXen (Republic of Ireland). X's


Northern Ireland in September 1992 to claim responsibility for incendiary devices and a blast bomb left in a Dublin- based bank in Newtownabbey. Statements were sent to the media threatening


named after the city of Belfast in Northern Ireland. Prior to organization in 1878, this area was known as Creswell, after a local post office. Geography. According to the United States


Friel (musician). Brian Friel (born 9 January 1929) is an Irish dramatist and theatre director, originally from Northern Ireland, now a resident of the Republic of Ireland. Biography.


Theatre. Seamus Heaney. Thomas Kilroy. Frank McGuinness. Stephen Rea. Northern Ireland. List of Northern Irish writers. References. External links. - UK publisher of Brian Friel's plays. ed. by


of the Irish Republic was rejected in Unionist-dominated Northern Ireland, whose parliament first sat on 22 June 1921, south County Dublin and in other pockets in the country. Historians debate the extent


Henry Philips. Dr. Conrad Bergman (Barrickman) – Upper Saxony. Joseph Barth (Bart) – Strassburg, Alsace. Jacob Diemeling – Württemberg. Eberhart Klumbach – Germany. William Leary – Northern Ireland. Rev./Dr.


constituent countries — England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales — becoming independent sovereign states. The principal party that campaigns for a dissolution of the Union is the Scottish National Party


Carson repeatedly warned Ulster Unionist leaders not to alienate northern Catholics, as he foresaw this would make Northern Ireland unstable. In 1921 he stated: "We used to say that we


electric guitar directly into a Line 6 Spider 2x10" combo amplifier. Jandek performed with Heather Leigh Murray and David Keenan in four venues across Northern Ireland in July


Northern Ireland. England, however, remains under the full jurisdiction, on all matters, of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the UK government


David Sherry (born 1974) is an artist. Sherry was born in Northern Ireland before studying at the Glasgow School of Art. He is best known for his performance art.


appointed him to the Opposition front bench as Shadow Minister for Northern Ireland in September 2001. In July 2002, he was appointed as deputy to Tim Yeo, Shadow Secretary of State


National Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) are work based awards in England, Wales and Northern Ireland that are achieved through assessment and training.


they will all be known as Registered Providers irrespective of the private, public, for profit or not for profit status. In Northern Ireland, the same role is carried out by the Northern


During Fianna Fáil's period in opposition O'Kennedy revealed his leadership aspirations. In 1975 he became associated with a hardline policy document regarding Northern Ireland. The document called for


syndicated columnist for The San Francisco Chronicle. Matthews covered the fall of the Berlin Wall, the first all-races election in South Africa and the Good Friday Peace Talks in Northern Ireland


Brian Irvine, MBE (born 1965) is a composer from Northern Ireland. He has written several film scores and


short-term car park (beside the old terminal) they are very domanint at the airport. Since Bombardier (Bombardier Aerospace) jets are made in Northern Ireland a lot of deliveries take place


Bernardin consistently spoke out against the increasing violence in Lebanon, Israel, Northern Ireland, and elsewhere. Books. The Gift of Peace: Personal Reflection, Doubleday, 1998. ISBN 978-0385-49434-2. See also.


often operate with different criteria. In Northern Ireland, the Ulster History Circle are the officially recognised heritage organisation administering blue plaques in the UK province. A scheme in Manchester uses


The largest area still operating the Eleven Plus after the system was phased out in Northern Ireland in 2008 is the county of Lincolnshire (although the test is optional, the education


and Northern Ireland. It acquired this presence in 1992 with the acquisition of Midland Bank plc. It also operates the previously Midland-owned telephone and internet bank First Direct,


Ruthwell Cross for example. The most famous standing crosses are the Cross of Kells, County Meath, Ireland; Ardboe Auld Cross, Ardboe, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland; the crosses at


Ballymena Borough Council is a district council in County Antrim in Northern Ireland. It


common law between England & Wales and Scotland and, in addition, Northern Ireland has extra anti-discrimination legislation dealing with discrimination on the grounds of religion, community affiliation or political affiliation, which is


County Antrim, Northern Ireland. History. Dunseverick Castle and the peninsula on which it stands were given to the National Trust in 1962 by local farmer Jack McCurdy. The Causeway Cliff Path


Trade and Industry and Legal Affairs. He served in the Conservative Whips Office from 1997-9, and became a Shadow Minister for Northern Ireland in 1999. External links.


top 100 Irish-Americans by Irish America Magazine. Neal has worked for peace in Northern Ireland and has met with leaders of both sides in hopes of reaching a lasting compromise.


originated from a single mutant tree in the Castlewellan estate arboretum in Northern Ireland. This form, widely propagated from the 1970s, was selected by the park director, John Keown and was


made Shadow Minister for Trade & Industry. In November 2003, he was appointed a Shadow Minister for Economic Affairs. Since May 2005, he has served as the Shadow Minister for Northern Ireland.


and John Stokes. Also in June she herself made a formal complaint to the Home Secretary about the "Terrorist International Rally" that had been held in Northern Ireland. She said


Portadown, Northern Ireland into a Protestant family, her father was a member of the Orange Order. Named after actress Gloria Swanson, Hunniford was originally a singer. She was popular in her native


city of Londonderry (also known as Derry) in Northern Ireland. HMS Londonderry was a Grimsby class sloop launched in 1935 and sold in 1948. HMS Londonderry was a Rothesay-class frigate launched


There as a major parade each Easter until the early 1970s, when the Troubles in Northern Ireland made the commemoration of the earlier Irish Republican rebels more problematic in symbolism. Smaller official


Northern Ireland, the IRA targeted personnel in Germany between 1988 and 1990. The attacks resulted in the deaths of 9 people, including three civilians, and many wounded. According to the, the BFG


Montserrat. A catastrophic eruption in June 1997 closed the airports and seaports, causing further economic and social dislocation. Two-thirds of the 12,000 inhabitants fled the island. Some began to return

British overseas territory in the Caribbean


in St. Patrick's writings have caused some to question its authenticity. The shamrock is featured on the passport stamp of Montserrat, many of whose citizens are of Irish descent.


band themselves as concessions. As with their prior album, the basic tracks for Synchronicity were recorded at AIR Studios, Montserrat. For sound engineering reasons, the three band members recorded their parts


Anegada, Jost Van Dyke. Anguilla (UK). Saint Martin/Sint Maarten (France/Neth.). Saint-Barthélemy (Fr.). Saba (Neth.). Sint Eustatius (Neth.). Saint Kitts. Nevis. Barbuda. Antigua. Redonda. Montserrat (UK). Guadeloupe (Fr.) -


national flag (the flags of Montserrat and the Virgin Islands, both British dependencies, also depict humans). Other flags. See also. Coat of arms of Belize. References. External links.


of remarriage/divorce. Main populated areas. Most people live west of the Atlas Mountains, a range that insulates the country from the Sahara Desert. Casablanca is the center


turn as Lt. Commander Philip Queeg his last great film performance. Although his role is not as popular as his portrayals in earlier films, such as Casablanca (1942) or The


Marrakech-Menara Airport () in Marrakech, Morocco, is an international facility that receives some European flights as well as flights from Casablanca and some of the


team lost to Côte d'Ivoire and drew with Morocco (all in Casablanca). In 1996 Namibia played two matches; losing 13-15 to Zimbabwe, and then defeating them by one


Senegal. NASA decided to use Casablanca as the TAL site, but because it was not equipped for night landings, the launch had to be moved to the morning (Florida


Army fought on the Golan front in 1973 (mostly in the battle for Quneitra) and intervened decisively in 1977 Shaba conflict, to save Zaire's regime. But the

Quineitra is the largely destroyed and abandoned capital of the Quneitra Governorate in south-western Syria


Mozambique was a Portuguese colony, overseas province and then a

scientific article published on May 1985


Mozambique, and Cape Verde, living temporarily on the islands; Tongas, children of servicais born on the islands; and. Europeans, primarily Portuguese. Asians, mostly Chinese minority, including Macanese people of


India, Burma (the Rangoon River training works - where Patrick worked with Sir George Buchanan) and Mozambique. In the 1900s, their firm was commissioned to design the


captain of the Caroline taking emigrants to New Orleans. After the war he captained ships transporting Austrian botanists to the Indian Ocean and the Pacific, and slaves from Mozambique. During


Tete is a province of Mozambique. It has an area of 100,724 km² and a


Gaza is a province of Mozambique


an estimated 10–11 million people who live mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Small numbers also live in Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Mozambique. Their language, Zulu, is a


Chinde is a town of Mozambique, and a port for the Zambezi valley. It is located on the Chinde River, and is an important


Mozambique, and from northern Australia near Cape York and Torres Strait. Similar reports come from Japan and from the Americas. Some of the first records of the "fishing fish"


1941) was the Prime Minister of Mozambique from 1994 until 2004. His traditional name was Mahykete. He is the son of Manuel Mocumbi Malume, deceased, and Leta


Kruger National Park, Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe, and Limpopo National Park in Mozambique were incorporated into the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park. Geography. The park lies in the east of South


been diverted by powerful leaders of FRELIMO. Carlos Cardoso, a journalist investigating these allegations, was murdered but his death was not satisfactorily explained. Much of the economic recovery


mammalian intelligence is based on sub-molecular memory-coding and fibre-optic capabilities of myelinated nerve axons". Speculations in Science and Technology. 11(3), 173-181.     optic nerve, physiology subsection; — [applies some of this

2nd cranial nerve; paired nerve that transmits visual information from the retina to the brain


spontaneous eye movements but vision can be impaired depending on the severity of the movements. Infantile: Idiopathic. Albinism. Aniridia. Leber's congenital amaurosis. Bilateral optic nerve hypoplasia. Bilateral congenital cataracts. Rod monochromatism. Optic nerve


cerebrum and the cerebellum and to place individual importance on each portion. He looked more in depth into the network of nerves located in the cranium. He described the optic nerve


Silüetler (silhouettes). However, Neco left the band at the end of 1967. Also, Cahit Berkay, who was a member of Selçuk Alagöz Band, and Haluk Kunt, who was a member of

appearance and art form where only the outline of something is visible


a number of felt shapes are placed to create different pictures. Felt pieces can be simple silhouettes or more detailed printed shapes. For a farmyard scene, for example, auxiliary pieces


for Paris in August 1970. The group won the Grand Prix du Disque of the Charles Cros Academy (previously won by such groups as Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix

American guitarist, singer and songwriter


Gehry Tower. Much of the building material is exposed in the building's interior. The building contains, with a footprint. The central "Sky Church" room pays homage to Jimi Hendrix


many wrongly believe is similar to a style made famous by guitarist Jimi Hendrix. Hendrix actually strung the guitar to be correct for a left-handed guitarist, whereas Roe leaves the strings


Pop, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash, Luis Alberto Spinetta, The Doors, Camarón de la Isla, Caetano Veloso and Glenn Danzig. His 1996 Vagabundo produced by Phil Manzanera is considered


Zack and Miri Make a Porno. Cover songs. Jimi Hendrix - Hear My Train A Comin' (Zog BogBean - From the Marcy Playground). Two Ton Boa - Comin' Up From


and McCready later reunited under the name M.A.C.C. to record a cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Hey Baby (Land of the New Rising Sun)" for the 1993 tribute album,


legend Jimi Hendrix. The tracks were recorded earlier in Manila, however. Their fifth album, Sticker Happy, was released a few days after the MTV Awards. A month later, they were back in


is about 2 percent that of Earth. The pull of gravity at its surface is about 17 percent of that at the Earth's surface. The Moon is the only celestial

fundamental force attracting uneven distribution of masses together


ultimately a derivative of the Proto-Indo-European root me-, also represented in measure (time), with reminders of its importance in measuring time in words derived from it like Monday, month and menstrual.


outnumbered Italian force, ending the First Italo–Ethiopian War. 1896 – Henri Becquerel discovers radioactivity. 1912 – Albert Berry makes the first parachute jump from a moving airplane.

device used to slow the motion of an object through an atmosphere


while attached to a specially designed parachute, known as a parasail. The boat then drives off, carrying the parascender into the air. If the boat is powerful


to multiple failures, including the parachute. Just before impact, Soviet premier Alexey Kosygin told Komarov his country was proud of him. An American National Security Agency listening post in Istanbul noted


is most often seen in toy kites, but has been used to construct spacecraft parachutes, sport parachutes, ultralight powered aircraft like the trike and hang gliders. Rogallo had more than


of today Slovakia inventor of the military parachute and of the first actually used parachute. Born on 23 November 1870 in Neštich, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary now part of Smolenice, Slovakia.


– David Vitter, American politician. 1962 – Anders Graneheim, Swedish bodybuilder. 1963 – Jeff Hornacek, American basketball player. 1963 – Jamie Reeves, British strongman. 1963 – Sally Whittaker,


Malloy, American university president. 1942 – Věra Čáslavská, Czech gymnast. 1942 – Dave Marash, American journalist. 1942 – C.L. Otter, American politician, governor of Idaho. 1943 –


primary to former Governor Frank G. Clement. In the general election, Baker capitalized on Clement's failure to energize the Democratic base, specifically Tennessee labor, and won. He


Events. By place. Roman Empire. Trajan is Roman Consul. Tacitus is Governor of the Roman province of Asia, Anatolia. Hadrian succeeds Gaius Julius Cassius Steirieus as archon of Athens. Salonina

highest ranking executive of a prefecture in Japan


on September 2, 2008 is the current Governor of RBI. The Reserve Bank of India was set up on the recommendations of the Hilton Young Commission. The commission submitted its


duchy. Burgrave / Viscount. A Burggraf, or Burgrave, was a 12th and 13th century military and civil judicial governor of a castle (compare Castellan, Custos, Keeper) of the town it


causes him to be disliked by the majority of Snorks. He's Junior and Willie's father. He wants Junior to succeed (and be governor) to the extent that he turns


the Praça da Liberdade (Liberty Plaza), and its surrounding buildings, including the Executive Offices of the governor called the Palace of Liberty (Palácio da Liberdade), the first

position of the head of the government of a state or territory of the United States


27 September 1986. The opera singer Christina Nilsson was discovered while performing at the Ljungby market. Born here. John Lind, Governor of Minnesota (1899–1901), born in Kånna parish.


February 7 - The last New Madrid Earthquake strikes New Madrid, Missouri, with an estimated moment magnitude of over 8. February 11 - Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry invents gerrymandering. February


in a bid to become governor of Missouri. Born in Saint Louis in 1946, Schoemehl received a degree in history from the University of Missouri-St. Louis in 1972. Subsequently, he was


named for George Clinton, the first governor of the state of New York. The Village of Clinton, site of Hamilton College, is within the Town of Kirkland. The village was known

nominal head of an Indian state appointed by the President of India


settlement against Siraj Ud Daulah in 1756. He later succeeded Robert Clive as temporary Governor of Bengal in 1760, but was dismissed from the Council in 1761


to reduce their salaries. When Kent accused the judges, the governor and the Conservatives of conspiracy the Governor fired Kent and appointed Hoyles as the new Premier. Hoyles' government was

head of a provincial government in China


then served as a senator representing his state before being elected governor. He is a member of the National Action Party and currently serves as Attorney General


of Perlis. They are constitutional monarchs, and rule upon the advice of the state Menteri Besar or chief minister. The other states of Malaysia have Governors, who are


Joe Satrom (born 10 October 1945) is a businessman and environmental lobbyist from the U.S. state of North Dakota. He won the 2004 Democratic-NPL nomination for Governor,


United Kingdom. It was created in 1952 for the civil servant and politician Sir John Anderson, who served variously as Governor of Bengal, Member of Parliament, Lord Privy Seal, Home


Reform Party governments of Prime Ministers Sir Richard Squires and William Warren. The governor asked Hickman to form an administration to govern the province when the government of


Solomon Islands during the first part of Operation Mo that results in the Battle of the Coral Sea between Japanese forces and forces from the United States and Australia. 1945 –


world, including several delivering around 50 kW in the Solomon Islands. Damless hydro systems derive kinetic energy from rivers and oceans without using a dam. Ocean energy describes all the technologies to


fight effectively over the Solomon Islands. Known to the Navy as the Model 22, it began to replace the Model 11 in front-line units in autumn 1942, and


The Solomon Islands skink (Corucia zebrata) is an arboreal species of skink endemic to the Solomon Islands. It is the largest known extant species of skink. Other


Sir Allan Kemakeza KBE (born 11 October 1950) was Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands from


June 1943. Third and Fourth War Patrols. From Brisbane, she departed on her third war patrol on 22 June 1943. She patrolled a scouting line off the Solomon Islands and north to


a deliberate reversal of what Moorcock saw as clichés commonly found in fantasy adventure novels inspired by the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, and a direct antithesis of Robert

idea which has become overused to the point of losing its original meaning or being irritating


or from an explosion. The Wilhelm scream has become a well-known cinematic sound cliché, and is claimed to have been used in over 149 films. History. The sound


personalities", all of which are well-done. Character interaction is fun, but characterization sometimes falls into cliché. In contrast to the review from Anime News Network, Bustard believed that the story


the games. Due to the popularity of the comic, many of its features have been frequently emulated by other sprite comics, and thus are often labeled as cliché. Such


main character in The Gods of Mars), the subject of his 1967 Nebula award-winning novella Behold the Man, which tells the story of Karl Glogauer, a time-traveller who takes on the role


The Winter of Our Discontent writes that Ethan Hawley has a mandrake root in his family heirlooms which he describes as "a perfect little man, sprouted from the death-ejected sperm of a hanged man".


have been drowned. When the thirty-first day arrives, take out the root in the middle of the night and dry it in an oven heated with branches of verbena; then wrap


Agnes (played by Jennifer Jason Leigh) and Steven (Tom Burlinson) eat the mandrake root in order to fall in love with each other. In To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout refers to


which hosts the annual stage production of To Kill a Mockingbird. The county also contains Claude Kelly State Park. See also. References. External links. Monroe County (map © 2007 Univ. of Alabama).


Tender Is the Night. That Touch of Mink. To Kill a Mockingbird. Tower of London, starring Vincent Price. The Trial. Procès de Jeanne d'Arc (The Trial of Joan of Arc). Tudor. Two


"projected human seed into animal earth". In Germany, the plant is known as the Alraune: the novel (later adapted as a film) Alraune by Hanns Heinz Ewers


– Aileen Campbell, Scottish Politician. 1980 – Reggie Evans, American basketball player. 1981 – Mahamadou Diarra, Malian footballer. 1982 – Jason Brown, English footballer. 1983 – Gary O'Neil, English footballer. 1983 –


guitarist (The Cult). 1961 – Thomas Dooley, German-American Soccer Player. 1961 – Lar Park Lincoln, American actress. 1961 – Bruce McCulloch, Canadian actor. 1962 – Emilio Estevez, American actor.


Eliopulos. The first single, "Save Yourself," had success yet the album failed to sell as well as its predecessor. Stabbing Westward continued to tour with bands like Placebo, The Cult,


procession outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan Fernandez Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with a bayonet. Krohn, an

bladed weapon designed for attachment to a firearm


move. As three more companies of American infantry landed accompanied by General Pike, the Grenadier company of the 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot charged them with the bayonet. The Grenadiers


bayonet, which can be used alone as a combat knife. The RK 62, along with its improved model, RK 95 TP, are considered to be the best AK-47 variants


in history". Battle of Mount Tumbledown (June 13–14, 1982): British infantry charge Argentine positions in the Falklands War. The last successful bayonet charge until 2004. See also. Banzai charge.


Nebraska. 1948 – Joe Tasker, British mountaineer (d. 1982). 1948 – Steve Winwood, British musician (The Spencer Davis Group; Traffic). 1950 – Bruce Boxleitner, American actor. 1950 – Gabriel Byrne,

English recording artist; musician, singer, songwriter

1977 self-titled debut solo studio album by Steve Winwood


Grows Old". Other artists who performed on the single included Boy George, Steve Winwood, Jon Anderson, Rick Wakeman, Sir Cliff Richard, Bill Wyman, America, Kenny Jones, Chicago, Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys),


systematization of fighting techniques. Methods of training vary and may include  (simulated combat) or formal sets or routines of techniques known as forms or kata. Forms are

detailed choreographed patterns of movements in martial arts


panel of examiners. Black belt testing is commonly done in a manner known as shinsa, which includes a written examination as well as demonstration of kihon, kumite, kata, and bunkai (applications


(Chikin) Bo Kata. In 1924 Sōken moved to Argentina where he lived for twenty one years before returning to Okinawa. After returning to Okinawa he slowly began to accept a


in the Philippines surrender to the Japanese. 1945 – World War II: Axis Sally delivers her last propaganda broadcast to Allied troops (first was on December 11,

form of communication intended to sway the audience through presenting only one side of the argument


"SI" (yes) could be accused of being a subliminal message and a form of propaganda to influence the Italian voting public to vote "YES" in the referendum. The


pretext for invasion. The invasion led to a large scale war approved by Emperor Shōwa and called a "holy war" (Seisen) in Imperial propaganda. At the time, though, China was divided


methods. By appeal to reason: Logical argument. Logic. Rhetoric. Scientific method. Proof. By appeal to emotion: Advertising. Faith. Presentation and Imagination. Propaganda. Seduction. Tradition. Pity. Aids to persuasion: Body language. Communication


folk legends, propaganda and annalistic and chronological information of specific events. This material had an unknown and generally variable credibility. The writers intended not to produce an


propaganda, and a few had that most characteristic fault of propaganda, studio re-enactments being passed off as footage of actual events (The Battle of Santiago Bay was filmed


In 1916 based on his bad experience with press and propaganda during World War I, Bücher founded the Institute for Newspaper Science (Institut für Zeitungswissenschaften) at the University of Leipzig


replaced by agitators; and culture was once again to become an instrument for political-ideological propaganda. Pacepa defection. In 1978, Ion Mihai Pacepa, a senior member of the Romanian

album by English post-punk band The Sound


MB-339 jets and FMA Pucarás. As a result of the controversy a number of common misconceptions exist about the raid. Although commonly dismissed as British propaganda, Argentine


at the controls. Great propaganda use was made of the aircraft by Benito Mussolini and the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale recognised this at the time as the first


agency focused on the nonviolent practice of political warfare. See also. Public Diplomacy. Propaganda. U.S. Department of State's Bureau of International Information Programs. Committee on Public Information.


"strong effects" theory of communication, including: the fast rise and popularization of radio and television, the emergence of the persuasion industries, such as advertising and propaganda, the Payne Fund studies of


peace and brotherhood, and the abolition of slavery. Examples exist of pictorial propaganda envelopes with patriotic motifs produced by both sides during the American Civil War. The enthusiastic use of this

American Christian hip hop and spoken word artist and poet


see the film as unsubtle wartime propaganda, Lifeboat portrayal of a German character in what was perceived as a positive fashion caused considerable controversy at the time of its release. Influential


referendum, ostensibly to promote federal government communications with all of Canada, however many Canadians viewed it as a government propaganda agency. Communication Canada became linked to the Sponsorship Scandal and


official name from 1976 to 1991. Opponents of Marxism-Leninism argue that the name "people's republic" is merely used for propaganda purposes. In the West, countries governed by Marxist-Leninists are referred to

1999 Turkish comedy film directed by Sinan Çetin


propaganda. It provided the government with valuable information during World War II, particularly in places where foreign journalists were banned. The organisation played an important role in


famously, the head of the United States Committee on Public Information, a propaganda organization created by President Woodrow Wilson during World War I. Creel began his career as


techniques, and intensive focus on "core muscles" (such as abdominal muscles and surrounding muscles) is very distinctive and is what sets Muay Thai apart from other styles of


glans penis when the penis is flaccid; and a band of muscle within the tip of the foreskin. Generally, the skin grows more readily in response to stretching than


bioelectricity. Galvani called the term animal electricity to describe whatever it was that activated the muscles of his specimens. Along with contemporaries, he regarded their activation as


the ankle, the bronchial tubes and the intervertebral discs. It is not as hard and rigid as bone but is stiffer and less flexible than muscle. Cartilage is composed


The Cardiovascular System, specifically the body's ability to transport oxygen. The Running muscles' ability to use oxygen. The Lactate threshold - the ability to cope with, and minimize, lactic


each other. This is known as the sliding filament theory of muscle contraction. See also. Motor protein. Actin. Muscle. Myosin. References. External links. http://www.nismat.org/physcor/muscle.html. http://msjensen.cehd.umn.edu/1135/Links/Animations/Flash/0008-swf_sarcomere_shor.swf. (animation of sarcomeres contraction).


a cartoonishly oversized head, bulging muscles, and a facial expression that treads a fine line between cute and pugnacious, was introduced to MSU fans during the 1989


controlled muscles on an amputated limb are surgically rerouted such that they reinnervate a small region of a large, intact muscle, such as the pectoralis major. As a result,


flight. Pterosaur bones were hollow and air filled, like the bones of birds. They had a keeled breastbone that was developed for the attachment of flight muscles and


less useful in the imaging of soft tissues such as the brain or muscle. Imaging alternatives for soft tissues are computed axial tomography (CAT or CT scanning), magnetic resonance


it tends to show off muscle definition better - a practice which is typically socially and institutionally accepted. See also. Depilation. Hirsutism. Underarm hair. Pubic hair. Waxing.


The thenar eminence is the body of muscle on the palm of


he nonetheless made important contributions. His use of, and experiments with, frog muscle preparations played a key role in the development of our current understanding of nerve-muscle


side of the thorax to the lower border of that muscle, supplying filaments to each of its  (finger-like projections). Damage. Due to its long, relatively superficial course,


An iron lung is a machine that enables a person to breathe when normal muscle control has been lost or the work of breathing exceeds the


muscle. - platelet. See also. PFK2 (converts fructose 6-phosphate to fructose 2,6-bisphosphate through on site, or the opposite, on another site). PFP (reversibly interconverts fructose 6-phosphate and fructose 1,6-bisphosphate using inorganic pyrophosphate


in outfits that seem to come from movies and comic books rather than history, and there are many deliberate anachronisms and references to modern-day popular culture. The

tabletop game with aspects of both miniatures and collectible card genres


series also included a number of intentional anachronisms, such as the pizza-loving, mad scientists in the later games. There was some criticism concerning the games as time-consuming. For example,


stack. Its popularity for use with web applications is closely tied to the popularity of PHP, which is often combined with MySQL. Several high-traffic web sites (including Flickr, Facebook

online social media and social networking service


2007 with the launching of MySpace and Facebook sites which are to act as an alternative area for the showcasing of the organisation's films - aimed at expanding the group's presence


overtaking London's 2006 Silent Disco gathering as the largest recorded flash mob. Word spread via social networking sites, including Facebook, Myspace, private blogs, public forums, personal websites, as


is typological (type of link). For example, as Facebook moves from a binary conception of relationship (yes/no friend) to a typological one (type of relationship) with its “How do


and India. History. Friendster was founded by computer programmer Jonathan Abrams in 2002 in Mountain View, California before the creation, launch and adoption of MySpace, Facebook, LinkedIn and others. Friendster


the band's Facebook page that he is able to return whenever he wishes, as there is an "open door policy" for him. Abe Millet, of Inviolet Row, has been filling in


PHP, which is often combined with MySQL. Several high-traffic web sites (including Flickr, Facebook, Wikipedia, Google (though not for searches), Nokia, Auctionmarts and YouTube) use MySQL for data storage and logging

Finnish multinational telecommunications, information technology, and consumer electronics company

city in the region of Pirkanmaa in Finland


phone itself, and is either stored in a database or calculated using an obscure mathematical formula by the provider. The algorithms used in earlier Nokia brand phones (based on IMEI and


their parts for e.g. Nokia, RIM and Sony Ericsson). Personal Communications business area has delivered over 1 billion handset assemblies during the past 20 years. Elcoteq operates


Technology is based in Otaniemi, Espoo, along with a thriving science community that includes numerous startups and organizations such as VTT – the Technical Research Center of Finland. Nokia


there. Nokia does have engineering and design facilities 15 kilometers away in nearby Tampere. Present. Today's Nokia is famous for its spa, factory shops, waterways, and events. Nokia also enjoys


the social sciences and the humanities, and overlap in interests with related disciplines like mass communication, communication, communication sciences and communication studies. Researchers develop and employ theories and methods from disciplines including

academic field that deals with processes of communication


performing arts (including music). Additional subjects sometimes included in the humanities are technology, anthropology, area studies, communication studies, cultural studies, and linguistics, although these are often regarded as


south side of Chicago, Speaking 'Like a Man' in Teamsterville, paved the way for the expansion of ethnographic research in the study of communication. Scholar of communication studies use ethnographic


midpoint does not belong to the Mandelbrot set, and we color our pixel. (Either we color it white to get the simple mathematical image or color it according to the


comics. The Men in Black have been portrayed several times in comics, most notably in Lowell Cunningham's 1990 Aircel comic book The Men in Black, later adapted into the two films mentioned


portrayed by Billy Dee Williams in  and . He also appears frequently in the Star Wars "Expanded Universe" of novels, comic books and video games, including a series


to: A comic, a periodical containing comic strips published in Europe, e.g. in the UK or in France and Belgium. In the U.S., more commonly referred to as a comic book. In


The Sandman is an epic comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published in the United States by the DC Comics imprint Vertigo.


Destruction is one of the Endless, fictional characters from Neil Gaiman's comic book series The Sandman.


Despair is one of the Endless, fictional characters from Neil Gaiman's comic book series, The Sandman. Despair is the twin sister of Desire. She is squat, flabby


and Give to the Greedy. Influence. Writer Rob Williams has stated that Class War was a major inspiration for his superhero comic book series Cla$$war. See also. Class warfare. Notes.


by the author's home town of Madison, Wisconsin. Topics have included role-playing games (RPGs), comic books, video games, and fandom in general. The comic strip began in January


French traditional music (compiled by Guillaume Veillet for Frémeaux & Associés). He also made The Book of Genesis Illustrated, the unabridged Book of Genesis in comic book style. The


fictional characters, comic book supervillains from the Marvel Comics universe. All incarnations of the character are enemies of Captain America, other superheroes, and the United States in general. The


Robin (also referred to as The Boy Wonder) is the name of fictional characters appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, originally created by Bob


inhabitants. Hector Carlier (1884-1946), industrialist and cofounder of Petrofina. Maria Rosseels (1916-2005), journalist and writer. Willy Vandersteen (1913-1990), Flemish comic book creator of Spike and Suzy. The three members of Flemish folk


Guardians of the Lost Library is a comic book story made by Don Rosa for The Walt Disney


Tralla La is a Scrooge McDuck comic book story by Carl Barks. The story was first published


DuckTales had two series of comic books. The first series was published by Gladstone Publishing and ran for 13 issues from 1988 to 1990, and the second series


standard comic books by Valkyrie Press, followed, at readers' request, by a tenth issue containing articles about the history and production of the comic and some extended backstory


2007 canonical comic book series . Wesley also appears in Buffy and Angel Expanded Universe material such as comic books and novels. Wesley is introduced as a member of the


Dead Boy Detectives, written by Ed Brubaker. St. Germain(e) here is the name/identity taken by Gilles de Rais. St. Germain is the villain of the limited comic book series


were often inspired by pulp magazine and comic book archetypes, such as the boy genius and the masked detective. They include: Cobweb - Created by Alan Moore and Melinda


cannon, doing massive damage to shields, but are useless against other units. Examples. The ability to create a force field is a popular superpower in comic books and associated media. While only


in a comic book-like world. The game's introduction states that the game was designed to be a "thinking man's" Superhero RPG, where the characters were vulnerable and could not amass


other video games for the 2600 system, a miniature comic book was included in the game package, illustrating the story behind Yars' Revenge. The comic book explained the


is a fictional heroine in the French science fiction comic book created by Jean-Claude Forest. He created the character for serialisation in the French magazine V-Magazine in spring 1962, and in


Garganta is a fictional comic book


role in this successful production run made her famous, even to the point of a comic book being published in the United States about her, using her then-famous nickname, "Queen of the


Dare, with artist Rian Hughes, to be set in the era of Thatcherism in Revolver. In 1991 Morrison wrote Bible John-A Forensic Meditation, a comic book series drawn by fellow member


lives was made in 1940 as When the Daltons Rode starring Randolph Scott, Broderick Crawford and Brian Donlevy. The Daltons are regularly recurring adversaries in the Lucky Luke comic book series. The


Karen Berger (born February 26, 1958) is an American comic book editor. She


manga was later adapted by Viz Comics under the title of Night Warriors: The Comic Series and published as a six-issue comic book (which were later collected in a single trade


known as Ms. Victory) is an American comic book superheroine who first appeared in Captain Fearless #1 (Aug. 1941), published by Helnit, a publisher that soon afterward evolved into Holyoke Publishing.


Death: The Time of Your Life is a three-issue American comic book


Agent K and Agent J. The film was followed by  and its 2002 sequel Men in Black II. Knowing (2009). Men in black suits in a black

fictional character in the Men in Black franchise


professional men's teams in all major sports. The Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome is home to the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League, and to the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball,


member teams were not associated with any Major League Baseball teams. It operated from 1995 to 2002. The league was founded in 1994 by Portland businessman Bruce L. Engel. It began


played at Blair Field in Long Beach, California. They played in the independent Western Baseball League and were not associated with any Major League Baseball team. The Breakers were founded in 2001,


not affiliated with Major League Baseball. The Surf played its home games at Bernie Robbins Stadium, formerly known as The Sandcastle. From 1998 to 2006, the Surf played in the South Division


are a member of the Liberty Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, which is not affiliated with Major League Baseball. From the 2001 season to the present, the Riversharks have played


as well as from 2006 to 2007, they played in the North Division of the Atlantic League, which is not affilitated with Major League Baseball. The original team was known


1925), nicknamed "Big Six", "The Christian Gentleman", or "Matty", was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played in what is known as the dead-ball era; and in was elected


Tackle for the St. Louis Rams of the National Football League and graduate of Kennewick High School. Damon Lusk, NASCAR driver. Danica Stewart, Actress, Passions. Jeremy Bonderman, Major League Baseball Pitcher,


at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Jerome Walton, Former Major League Baseball player and 1989 Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award winner in the National League. Cities


(born March 9, 1965 in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a former Major League Baseball catcher. He batted and threw right-handed. Baseball career. First years. Santiago was signed as an amateur free agent


Albright (1925–1999), actor. The Little Rascals. William H. Batchelor IV (1993–), actor. Rod Beck (1968–2007), Major League Baseball player. San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox. Kelly Blatz (1987–), actor.


Major League Baseball; retired pitcher - Minnesota Twins, Texas Rangers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cleveland Indians, California Angels. Rod Carew, Major League Baseball; retired first baseman/second baseman - California Angels, Minnesota Twins.


former all-star Major League Baseball player of the Chicago Cubs and Arizona Diamondbacks, attended Tustin High School, coined the phrase "slump buster". Shawn Green, all- star major league baseball player.


are Highland Grade School, Monroe Center School, Meridian Junior High School and Stillman Valley High School. Notable people. George Bird was a Major League Baseball center fielder in the 19th century.


poverty line, including 81.8% of under eighteens and none of those over 64. Trivia. Two Major League Baseball players were born in Laconia: Philadelphia Phillies third baseman Pinky May


House of Representatives. Andrew Jackson Kirk, U.S. Representative from Kentucky. Benjamin F. Stapleton, Mayor of Denver, Colorado between (1923-1931) and (1935-1947). Willie Blair is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball. See


Notable people. Bob Love, NBA Basketball Player. Mable John, Motown Records singer, was born in Bastrop. Ronnie Coleman, professional bodybuilder. Bill Dickey, Major League Baseball player. Sam Little, member of


Major League Baseball player. , children's book author. Edward L. Papazian, Actor (IMDB listed), Japan. James Pierpont, writer of "Jingle Bells". Ruth Posselt, classical violinist. William Zebina Ripley, American economist and racial theorist.


Machines was born in Adrian. Chris Gregoire, Governor of Washington, 2005-present, was born in Adrian. Honus Wagner, Major League Baseball Hall of Famer played 16 games for the Adrian Demons in 1895.


of World War II, Korean War, and the Vietnam War. Doyle Lade - Major League Baseball player (Chicago Cubs). Gary Lauck - Leading figure on the international Neo-Nazi scene and


and judge. Dick Bates - Major League Baseball pitcher. Thomas S. Crow - Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy. References. External links.


kindergarten through college, on 13th Street. Sports. Reading played host to a stop on the PGA Tour, the Reading Open, in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Notable residents. Gus Alberts, Major League Baseball


airfields, the original Piasecki building is now a BJs Wholesale Club, with the control tower on one corner. Mike Scioscia, manager of the Major League Baseball team the Los Angeles Angels and


age 18 and 5.8% of those age 65 or over. Notable people. Paul Wagner, former Major League Baseball pitcher, lived in Neosho. Dennis Hall, 10 time Greco-Roman Wrestling US National


Joseph Jefferson Jackson (July 16, 1888 – December 5, 1951), nicknamed "Shoeless Joe", was an American baseball player who played Major League Baseball in the


or most of his career in the Negro Leagues, and was nominated as a finalist for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. John Holway in his book says that James finished in the


Donald Howard Sutton (born April 2, 1945) is a former Major League Baseball player and current television sportscaster. He was inducted into the


Joseph Franklin Niekro (November 7, 1944 – October 27, 2006) was an American starting pitcher in Major League Baseball, the younger brother of pitcher Phil Niekro, and the


George Kenneth Griffey (born April 10, 1950 in Donora, Pennsylvania) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He is the father of outfielder Ken Griffey, Jr. and


Joseph Charboneau (born June 17, 1955 in Belvidere, Illinois) was a Major League Baseball player for the Cleveland Indians and is one of the most often-cited examples of baseball's fabled


Major League Baseball there are 162 games in a season. Suppose the top of the division standings late in the season are as follows: Then the magic number for Team A to win the


John Franklin "Home Run" Baker (March 13 1886 – June 28 1963) was an American third baseman in Major League Baseball from 1908 to 1922, and was


pitcher's ERA to rise. A WHIP of 1.0 or smaller over the course of a season will often rank among the league leaders in Major League Baseball. WHIP is


Major League Baseball's Atlanta Braves since 1997. Turner Field was originally built as Centennial Olympic Stadium, it was completed in 1996 to serve as the centerpiece of the 1996 Summer


of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball club as well as the Darby Dan Farm thoroughbred horse racing operation, owned a summer retreat here and named one of his horses


State as did Major League Baseball players, including Larry Bigbie of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Bryan Bullington, pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, and Thomas Howard ("Tank"), formerly of the San Diego Padres, Cincinnati


was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV-104) on July 12, 2001. In sports. Major League Baseball's 104th World Series is scheduled for October


born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, was a Puerto Rican Major League Baseball player from to, and was named an All-Star in. He was murdered in a bar in Loiza, Puerto Rico.


Douglas Reagan Ault (March 9, 1950 – December 22, 2004) was a Major League Baseball first baseman/designated hitter who played for the


next to the right field stands at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, FL, home of the Tampa Bay Rays, a Major League Baseball franchise formerly nicknamed the "Devil Rays"


"Dummy" Hoy (May 23 1862 – December 15 1961) was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for several teams from 1888 to 1902, most notably the


games or other major events at Wrigley Field. Since 1914, Wrigley roofs have dotted the neighborhood of Wrigleyville around Wrigley Field, where the Chicago Cubs play Major League Baseball. Venues on Waveland Avenue


of maintenance and fast deployment, although some larger ballistic missiles use liquid fuel rockets. Jet engines are generally used in cruise missiles, most commonly of the turbojet


(SA-5) which uses SRBs as the first stage, followed by a solid fuel rocket. Surface launched versions of the turbojet powered Boeing Harpoon use an SRB.


turbojet, turboprop, pulsejet, rocket, motor, internal combustion engine, WWII.


an existing design rather than starting from scratch. Like the B-52, it was powered by eight Pratt & Whitney J57-P-3 turbojets mounted in pairs in four pods


powerplant would have been the 8.9 kN (2,001 lb) Ishikawajima Ne-130 turbojet or the 8.7 kN (1,951 lbf) Ne-230 turbojet. Specifications (planned specification). See also. External links.


the war effort. The Hanford Site, which grew to almost 1,000 square miles (2,600 km²), took over irrigated farm land, fruit orchards, a railroad, and two farming communities, Hanford and

ghost town in Benton County, Washington, United States

railway station in Hanford, California served by Amtrak


navigator. for Alexander Vassiliev's Notebooks containing evidence on Soviet atomic espionage.

crew position responsible for navigation of an aircraft or vessel


Willem Cornelisz Schouten (c. 1567–1625) was a Dutch navigator for the Dutch East India Company. Biography.


in St. Petersburg) was a Russian navigator. In 1848 Nevelskoy led the expedition in the Russian Far East, exploring the area of the Sakhalin and the outlet of the Amur River.

navigator of a rally car in the sport of rallying, who sits in the front passenger seat


climb in 1939, reaching the summit of Mount Ollivier. He served in the RNZAF as a navigator during World War II. Before the successful expedition in 1953 to


from KARUP (EKKA). Maritime vessels are spread out through the entire coastline and on islands. The S-61s and EH-101s have a crew of six: Two pilots, a navigator, a


(or Behem, Boemia or Bohemia) was a German navigator and geographer to the King of Portugal. Behaim was born in Nuremberg, according to one tradition, about 1436; according


discuss the problems faced by young people (particularly women) as they pass through adolescence as "unavoidable periods of adjustment." Boas felt that a study of the problems faced by

transitional stage of physical and psychological development that generally occurs during the period from puberty to legal adulthood


and Brasenose, though the expressions differ considerably. Buddhist monasticism. The order of Buddhist bhikkus (similar to monks) and original bhikkhunis (similar to nuns) (Sangha) was founded by Gautama Buddha

Indian philosopher, reformer and founder of Buddhism


the Hiranyavati River, Gautama Buddha attained Parinirvana (or 'Final Nirvana') after falling ill from eating a meal of a species of mushroom. Many of the ruined stupas and viharas


many statues. Three Golden Buddhas. The central sculpture is of Gautama Buddha, the left Amitabha and the right Bhaisajyaguru. Gods of the Twenty Heavens. The Gods of the Twenty Heavens, covered


tradition, those pursuing a monastic life are usually called monks or brethren (brothers) if male, and nuns or sisters if female. Both monks and nuns may also be called


and 799. His surname Diaconus, shows that he took orders as a deacon; and some think he was a monk before the fall of the Lombard kingdom. Works. The


June 11, 1248) was a Japanese warrior of the Adachi family and was a son of Morinaga. He served with Minamoto no Yoriie but became a monk when Minamoto


__NOTOC__. Events. By place. Europe. The First Council of Constantinople meets. The Saxons first invade Britain. Births. Saint Ninian, missionary to Scotland (approximate date). Pelagius, British monk (approximate date). Saint


Farmer's Daughter. Gentle Giant. Herald. Jewel Thief. Joker. Kindly Me. Knight. Liar. Logic Guru. Mad Scientist. Magic Negro. Menace with a Heart of Gold. Monk. Nerd. Professor. Prostitute.


near Leusden) was the sword-bearer for Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor. He was married to Heresuint or Hilsondis. After his wife's death, Ansfried wanted to become a monk


Live, but is best known for his series regular role on Judging Amy. He has also guest-starred on a number of popular series, such as The X-Files, , Monk, and The


route of entering a religious life, as a Roman Catholic priest, nun or monk, such options becoming available due to a re-organisation of the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland under

metro station on the Green Line, Montreal, Quebec, Canada


Kumārajīva; (; also Kiu-kiu-lo, Kiu-mo-lo-che, Kiu-mo-to-tche-po, Tang-cheu), (344 CE – 413 CE) was a Kuchean Buddhist monk, scholar and translator. He first studied


shows—Heroes, Knight Rider, Medium, Monk, Passions, and Stargate Atlantis (in an "Alternate Universe") —when characters from those shows visited Las Vegas. Of these, only the daytime soap


as a monk, leaving the band as a power trio for the recording of their Volume Two EP, which was released unofficially by Off The Disc Records in


a museum of the Carthusian order and the lives of its monks and nuns. The order is supported by the sales of Chartreuse liqueur. Famously, English poet


where deer would be hunted. Monks at Great Malvern Priory first bottled the spring water at Holy Well in 1622. This is the earliest record of bottled water in the UK.


Francesco Colonna (1433(?) – 1527), was an Italian Dominican priest and monk who


in Iceland but mentioned that "Papar" - i.e. Irish monks and hermits - had been in the country before the Norsemen. He wrote that they left because


by the Serbian Saint Sava and his father, Grand Prince Stefan Nemanja (who later became a monk there, taking the monastic name of "Simeon") of Raška. Because its founders are


often the occasion for a celebration among family and friends. According to the tradition, the first production of tsipouro was the work of some Greek Orthodox monks. This occurred during


poems were the invention of the poets who wrote them. Bédier further suggests that some of the stories were first invented by monks, who used them to


daughter Zoe Cassavetes. In 2009 she appeared on an episode of Monk ("Mr. Monk and the Lady Next Door"). Personal life. Gena Rowlands was married to John Cassavetes from


named after the monk Émilion, a travelling confessor, who settled in a hermitage carved into the rock there in the 8th century. It was the monks who followed


Carmelite monks in the English county of Cambridgeshire. The poem takes its name from the opening line Flen, flyys and freris meaning "fleas, flies and friars". The famous


Lyndon B. Johnson, responding to the Selma crisis, tells U.S. Congress "We shall overcome" while advocating the Voting Rights Act. 1985 – The first Internet domain name

city in and county seat of Dallas County, Alabama, United States


Selma to the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama. 1969 – During their honeymoon, John Lennon and Yoko Ono hold their first Bed-In for Peace at the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel (until March


line, including 40.70% of those under age 18 and 27.60% of those age 65 or over. Communities. Cities. Selma. Valley Grande. Towns. Orrville. Census-designated places. Selmont-West Selmont.

human settlement in Delaware County, Indiana, United States of America


is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of United States Secretary of the Treasury Alexander J. Dallas. Its county seat is Selma


Canadian drummer (Alexisonfire). 1982 – Rafael Pérez, Dominican baseball player. 1982 – Emily Tyndall, American actress. 1983 – Sean Biggerstaff, Scottish actor. 1983 – Daryl Murphy, Irish footballer.

former Los Angeles Police officer and convicted criminal


a season: Russell Branyan, 40 in 1996 (also league leader that year). Roster. Notable former players. Fausto Carmona. Ben Francisco. Aaron Laffey. Rafael Pérez. Kevin Kouzmanoff. Víctor Martínez.


Pennette, American television producer. 1960 – Chris Sanders, American animator and director. 1961 – Terry Cummings, American basketball player. 1961 – Craig Ludwig, American ice hockey player. 1962 – Jimmy

American film director, animator, voice actor and screenwriter born 1962


Gestures. Interactive. Internet. Mail. Speech. Telephony. See also. Concentration of media ownership. Media bias. Media echo chamber. Media-system dependency. Mediatization (media). Narcotizing Dysfunction. (book). Propaganda. Paparazzi. Sign language media.

form of non-verbal communication or non-vocal communication


the realm of gesture. Oral history can be inaccurate and needs to be used carefully in order to confirm the accuracy of the recorded materials. Modern tradition. Contemporary oral


communication) include: Gestures. Interactive. Internet. Mail. Speech. Telephony. See also. Concentration of media ownership. Media bias. Media echo chamber. Media-system dependency. Mediatization (media). Narcotizing Dysfunction. (book). Propaganda. Paparazzi. Sign language media.

system for transporting documents and other small packages


and 0.5 square miles (1.4 km²) of it (6.97%) is water. Unincorporated areas considered Acworth for mailing purposes also extend into southeast Bartow County, northeast Paulding County, and southwest Cherokee County.

metal fabric consisting of iron or steel rings, riveted or pressed together, typically used in armor.


commonly used operating system on the System/370 and System/390 IBM mainframe computers. It was developed by IBM, but is unrelated to IBM's other mainframe operating system, VM.

family of IBM virtual machine operating systems


on the same machine totally independently from each other. Hence the first such system was called Virtual Machine or VM. References.


CP-40 for examples. Both VM and CP/CMS had checkered histories at IBM. VM was not one of IBM's "strategic" operating systems, which were primarily the OS and


front man of Baltimora, (d. 1995). 1958 – Mitch Albom, American writer. 1958 – Drew Carey, American actor, comedian, and game show host. 1958 – François Feldman, French


& Max from the original version. Versions and ports. The game was originally released in October 1987 for the Commodore 64 and Apple II. It was the first game to use the

8-bit home computer introduced in August 1982


for Commodore 64 based on Fahrenheit 451. Bradbury and director Charles Rome Smith co-founded Pandemonium in 1964, staging the New York production of The World of Ray Bradbury (1964), adaptations of


Warlock and Sláine for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum platforms. Krisalis Software released an adaptation of Rogue Trooper for the Amiga and Atari ST in 1991, and the


his school's Commodore 64. As a member of The Exceptions, using the handle Mad Max, he wrote most of the music for their demos including the B.I.G. Demo (Best In Galaxy).


has a cult status similar to the Commodore 64 in the Western Europe: it was the most popular 8-bit homecomputer and also the first computer for many computer and


place was intended to be developed only by SSI. The game was created on Apple II and Commodore 64 computers, taking one year with a team of thirty-five people.


Bear & Friends in the Greed Monster (Commodore 64) (1989). Yogi's Great Escape (Amiga) (1990). Yogi Bear's Math Adventures (DOS) (1990). Yogi's Big Clean Up (Amiga) (1992). Adventures


on the Atari 8-bit family of home computers, but were ported to other platforms as well. The City. Atari 8-bit family. Commodore 64. Apple II. Apple Macintosh. Atari ST. Amiga.


ported to almost every other computer and video games console of the time. Namely, the Atari ST, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, SNES, Mega Drive/Genesis, Sega Master System, Atari Lynx,


(2 colors) or CGA (4 colors), the Atari 800 and Commodore 64 were being used at home to create 16-color art (see upper-half of image at right). In 1985, the


Bunten's first game for EA, originally published for the Atari 8-bit family because the Atari 800 had four controller ports. Bunten later ported it to the Commodore 64. While


BASIC compared to the Commodore 64's BASIC (Commodore BASIC), which had no dedicated commands for graphics or sound, allowed doing pretty much anything that was within the standard capabilities of the machine.


Professional, and Game Boy Color. It was ported by the European games publisher Elite Systems to the Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64. The game was included as part of


Inc. Origin became the publisher of Richard's Ultima series; Bueche ported many of the original Apple II series games to the Commodore 64 and Atari 800. He was


James Clancy Phelan, Australian novelist. 1979 – Scott Smith, American mixed martial arts fighter. 1980 – Chris Raab, American television personality. 1981 – Belladonna, American pornographic actress. 1981 – Josh Hamilton, American

American mixed martial sportsman, born 1979


Award nomination, 1940). Santa Fe Trail (1940). Shining Victory (1941). They Died with Their Boots On (1941). Sergeant York (Academy Award nomination, 1941). Casablanca (Academy Award nomination, 1942). Now Voyager (1942)

1941 biographical film directed by Howard Hawks


shared with Ray Heindorf, 1946). Life with Father (Academy Award nomination, 1947). My Wild Irish Rose (Academy Award nomination, shared with Ray Heindorf, 1947). The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). Winter Meeting

1939 play by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse


make the film version of the play. Career. In the fall of 1939, she appeared in the stage play Life with Father, playing the role of Mary Skinner for two years. It was


take weeks to months to years to be accomplished, is considerably faster. There is evidence to suggest that synaptic consolidation takes place within minutes to hours of memory encoding or learning,

any process in an organism in which a relatively long-lasting adaptive behavioral change occurs as the result of experience


SuperMemo (from "Super Memory") is a learning method and software package developed by


Passive review is the opposite of active recall, in which the learning material is processed passively (e.g. by


environmental responses that can only be measured when they occur unless they are foreseen. See also. Experience curve effects. Learning. Learning speed. Labor productivity. Learning-by-doing. References. External links. http://www.psywww.com/intropsych/ch07_cognition/learning_curve.html.


each weight better represents the relationship between the nodes. As such, many learning methods can be considered to be somewhat Hebbian in nature. The following is a formulaic description


memories and state that proper hippocampus functioning is necessary for the retention and retrieval of episodic memories. REM Sleep. Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep has been implicated in the

any process in which an organism enters and maintains a periodic, readily reversible state of reduced awareness and metabolic activity


the family Oxyuridae, which contains the genus Enterobius. Symptoms. The symptoms may include painful itching around the anus, vagina, restless sleep, poor appetite, skin rash, and failure to gain


the evolution of the brain (with emphasis on the function of the neocortex in humans), the evolutionary purpose of sleep and dreams, demonstration of sign language abilities by


A nocturnal emission involves either ejaculation during sleep for a male, or lubrication


morning, and the lowest levels present around midnight, or 3–5 hours after the onset of sleep. Information about the light/dark cycle is transmitted from the retina to


and lose their toughness, becoming more brittle and prone to cracking. Metals under continual cyclic loading can suffer from metal fatigue. Metals under constant stress at elevated temperatures can creep.

the tendency of a solid material to move slowly or deform permanently


nominally smaller than the coercivity may, over a long time scale, slowly creep to zero. Creep occurs when reversal of magnetization by domain wall motion is thermally activated and


born in this middle-earth. The usage of "Middle-earth" as a name for a setting was popularized by Old English scholar J. R. R. Tolkien in his The Lord of the


Dwarves are a race inhabiting the world of Arda, a fictional prehistoric Earth which includes the continent Middle-earth. They appear in his books The Hobbit (1937), The Lord of the


in English pet). Preface. Note on Comparisons. A critical part of Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, Ainulindalë plays the role of Middle-earth's cosmogony, or 'creation myth': its characters and their actions are


Nienna is a Vala from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth


first High King of the Elven Noldor to lead his people on the journey from Middle-earth to Valinor in the blessed realm of Aman. He was a


realm of Eregion). Nandorin, the language of the Nandor, gradually disappeared from Middle-earth after the end of the First Age, when Sindarin elves merged with the Silvan folk


found only in Khazad-dûm (Moria) in Middle-earth, where it was mined by the Dwarves. However, in Unfinished Tales he writes that it was also found in Númenor. The name mithril comes


without the illustrations by Pauline Baynes that appeared in the published book. It is not connected to the Middle-earth legendarium, except by the thematic "Faery" motif of the


Ereinion Gil-galad is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth


He is mentioned in The Lord of the Rings, and featured in The Silmarillion. Character overview. Gil-galad was the last High King of the Noldor in Middle-earth. In early texts,


Tolkien's Middle-earth.


Middle-earth from its highest tower. Barad-dûr was built by Sauron, the Dark Lord of Mordor, with the power of the One Ring, during the Second Age. The building took six hundred years


In J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy universe of Middle-earth, the King Under the Mountain is the title of the Dwarven ruler who resides at the Lonely Mountain of Erebor.


Helm Hammerhand' is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium. His story appears in the appendices of The Return of the King, and he


Fields (Sindarin Loeg Ningloron) is a fictional location in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. In his works, Gladden Fields are located in the vale of the Gladden river, a


departure of Noldor for Middle-earth). Finarfin, third son of Finwë. Concept and creation. In the early versions of Tolkien's mythology, the city was called Kôr. This is profound in the History


and Fingolfin for Middle-earth, but turned back when Mandos pronounced the Doom of the Noldor. Finarfin became King of the residual Noldor and presumably still rules from Tirion on


of the ties of friendship between the two kindreds. Though faithful to his brothers, Finarfin did not travel to Middle-earth because of guilt he felt after the Doom of


brother of Finrod Felagund. He joined the Exile of the Noldor to Middle-earth, where together with Aegnor he held the highlands of Dorthonion against Morgoth. Aegnor and Angrod were both killed


In J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth universe, Angrod () was a son of Finarfin and lord of the Noldor. Angrod was the elder brother of Galadriel and Aegnor,


of Middle-earth, the (Dagor) Nírnaeth Arnoediad or (Battle of) Unnumbered Tears was the climactic Fifth Battle in the Wars of Beleriand. The Fifth Battle as told in The Silmarillion.


Middle-earth. In the Second Age, and possibly much earlier, it was largely forested, but the Dúnedain felled most of the forests to build ships. Much of it was encompassed


of Middle-earth, Anardil was the sixth King of Gondor. He was born in. He ascended the throne after the death of his father Eärendil in T.A. 324. No


This page is about the King of Gondor, see Túrin Turambar for another use. In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, Turambar


R. Tolkien's universe. of Middle-earth. He was the fifteenth King of Gondor from 1015 T.A. until 1149 T.A. His father Ciryandil was slain defending Umbar while besieged. His


Atanatar II is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkiens universe of Middle-earth. He succeeded his father Hyarmendacil I in 1149 T.A. as the sixteenth King of Gondor. He


was the twenty-fourth King of Gondor in J. R. R. Tolkien's universe of Middle-earth. Born in 1391, he was the son of King Aldamir and reigned from T.A.


Middle-earth Minardil is the twenty-fifth King of Gondor. He was born in T.A. 1454 and was the son and successor of King Hyarmendacil II whom he succeeded


In the legendarium of J. R. R. Tolkien, Annúminas (Sindarin: "West Tower" or "Sunset Tower") is a city of Middle-earth. The city was once the capital of


others are collections of information about Middle-earth. Each tale is followed by a long series of notes explaining inconsistencies and obscure points. As with The Silmarillion, Christopher Tolkien


In J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium, the Years of the Trees is one of the three great time-periods of Arda.


actual translation from the Red Book of Westmarch, and contains some background information on the world of Middle-earth which is not found elsewhere: e.g. the name of the


Middle-earth legendarium. Castamir usurped the throne of Gondor from Eldacar, ruling from 1437 to 1447 of the Third Age, until he was violently deposed. The great-grandson of Calmacil, Castamir was


Morgoth dispersed his power into the very matter of Arda, thus 'the whole of Middle-earth was Morgoth's Ring'". As the original rebel against Eru Ilúvatar, Morgoth is


The river Isen occurs in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth. The Isen (or Angren in Sindarin) began in the


In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth, the best known Silvan Elves


universe of Middle-earth, Forodwaith was the name both of a region and the people that lived there. Geography. The Sindarin name Forodwaith translates loosely as Northern Waste, and was


In J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth, as told


In J. R. R. Tolkien's high fantasy world of Middle-earth, the Dead


Middle-earth, the Baggins family is known to be a remarkable and rich Hobbit family. Family history. The Baggins family lived in the Shire, mostly in or near the town of Hobbiton. Evidently


a text written by J. R. R. Tolkien that serves as a chronology of fictional events taking place in his invented world of Middle-earth. This text is reproduced in Morgoth's Ring,


up the Federal Republic of Germany. It has an area of, and a population of 2.45 million (more than 2.8 million in 1990). Its capital is Magdeburg. Saxony-Anhalt

capital city of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt


German dialect spoken east of the Weser river in southern parts of Lower Saxony and western parts of Saxony-Anhalt in Germany, including Hanover, Braunschweig, Hildesheim, Göttingen and Magdeburg, an area


the leaders of Northern Germany, the League's army laid siege to the city of Magdeburg for two months from March 20, 1631, as the city had promised


was born at Egeln near Magdeburg, where his father was a merchant. He studied theology at Halle and Göttingen. In 1814 he received the degree of doctor in

capital city of the German state of Saxony-Anhalt


A2 (E34) (Oberhausen - Dortmund - Bielefeld - Hanover - Magdeburg - Berlin). A3 (E35) (from Arnhem - Oberhausen - Cologne - Frankfurt - Würzburg - Nuremberg

former district (Bezirk) of East Germany


an interest in music from an early age. She performed in her first opera in 1928, as Eurydice in a school production of Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice in Magdeburg, Germany. In


Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) the district-free city Magdeburg, the districts Jerichower Land, Anhalt-Zerbst, Köthen, Bernburg, Aschersleben-Staßfurt and Bördekreis. History. The district was created on July 1,


also the first to harmonize in four parts Martin Luther's chorale, Ein' feste Burg. References.

Saxon priest, monk and theologian, seminal figure in Protestant Reformation

1923 silent movie about Martin Luther directed by Karl Wüstenhagen


a growth in the Catholic community. Today, between 30 and 40 percent of the population is Catholic. Protestant. In 1582 Witten became a part of Martin Luther's Reformation, and


in Paris, where Martin Luther's writings were already exciting much discussion, that he first learned the doctrines he would later uphold. According to sixteenth century theologian Alexander Ales, Hamilton


Desiderius Erasmus and Martin Luther, translated considerable parts of the Bible into the Early Modern English of his day. While a number of partial and complete Old English


National University made famous by Martin Luther and Melanchthon (which was already done away with in 1817 by means of a merger with the Prussian University of Halle), and


or "zu" before their family names. In the Middle Ages, a Junker was simply a lesser noble, often poor and politically insignificant. Martin Luther was given the pseudonym "Junker Jörg"


of Bath's Prologue, v. 117-118). Martin Luther rejected the Roman Catholic approach and developed a different two-level system McArthur refers to as the two realms view. Luther divided the world

1953 film biography directed by Irving Pichel


and theological differences. Another example is the Lutheran Church. When Martin Luther protested Catholic practices, he and his followers were persecuted by the Roman Catholic Church as heretics. This


foundational concept of Protestantism. While Martin Luther did not use the exact phrase "priesthood of all believers," he adduces a general priesthood in Christendom in his 1520 To the Christian Nobility of


Events. New books. Hans Luft - A Proper Dialogue Between A Gentleman and a Husbandman. Philipp Melanchthon - Commentary on the Colossians (with foreword by Martin Luther

artwork by Ernst Friedrich August Rietschel


Many have suggested that this is the primary reason for its rejection—and following from that, the rejection of all the deuterocanonical books—by reformers such as Martin Luther, who


William Henry Harrison, the Whig candidate. Administration and Cabinet. Judicial appointments. Supreme Court. Van Buren appointed two Justices to the Supreme Court of the United States: John McKinley – 1838. Peter

American general and politician, 9th President of the United States (in office in 1841)


time it was first used. When William Henry Harrison died in office, a debate arose over whether the Vice President would become President, or if he would just inherit the powers, thus


are named for him. Future United States president William Henry Harrison also graduated from the College in 1791. Fort Patrick Henry was a colonial fort built during the American Revolutionary War along


this communal group occupied, seven miles (11 km) west of Carlisle. General William Henry Harrison’s army made its last camp in Sullivan County at Big Springs on September 29, 1811. Harrison used Benjamin


all of them eventually being driven away by the native people. During the War of 1812, the west shore of Cunningham Island was made a military rendezvous post by General William Henry Harrison


Zachary Taylor. In the election of 1860, he voted for the fusion ticket in New York which was opposed to Abraham Lincoln, but he could not approve of President

16th president of the United States (1809−1865)


statement he wrote, "Sic semper tyrannis" (Thus always to tyrants). This phrase was allegedly shouted by John Wilkes Booth after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln. After graduating, Smith attended


S. Broad Street. A historical marker was placed on the site after its demolition. The theater presented the major speakers and performers of the day, including Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Ethel Barrymore,


privilege. Congress, the Supreme Court has ruled, may suspend the privilege if it deems it necessary. During the Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln suspended the privilege, but, due to the


Abraham Lincoln - Baritone. Lee Harvey Oswald - assassin of President John F. Kennedy. David Herold - accomplice of John Wilkes Booth in the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. Emma


declared "Now I am my own master" when he took a paying job. Abraham Lincoln and the republicans of that era also rejected the contention that slavery and wage labor were equivalent.


1936. Political career. Abraham Lincoln appointed him Consul at Paris in 1861, progressing to Chargé d'Affaires, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Napoleon III. In 1865, he


he was part of the Republican National Convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln for president. He volunteered for the Union army during the American Civil War and fought in William McKinley's regiment,


a sermon about Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. The minister was George MacPherson Docherty, a native of Scotland who was called to succeed Peter Marshall as pastor of the New


Gen. Thomas J. Churchill. Union Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand was an ambitious politician and had permission from President Abraham Lincoln to launch a corps-sized offensive against Vicksburg from


is that Lincoln County was named for President Abraham Lincoln, but it was named 29 years before his birth. Geography. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total


The county assumed its present borders on February 8, 1919 when a southern portion became Jerome County. Lincoln County is named after President Abraham Lincoln. The Idaho Territory was


hand. Eighty-seven years later, in the middle of the nineteenth century, Abraham Lincoln drafted the Gettysburg Address in a cursive hand that would not look out of place


Cameron, who served in the Cabinet of President Abraham Lincoln. Geography. Maytown is located at (40.075272, -76.581295). According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.7 square


McDougall and U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. William McDougall and U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. Fathers of Confederation McDougall and Galt went to Washington D.C., U.S.A. to meet with President Abraham Lincoln


Kentucky; Joshua Fry Speed, his son, befriended Abraham Lincoln upon his arrival in Springfield, Illinois, who in turn appointed Joshua's brother, James Speed, to the post of Attorney General

1939 picture book by Ingri and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire


bitter dislike of the late Chief Justice. Upon hearing the news of Taney's passing the previous year, he wrote President Abraham Lincoln in celebration declaring that "Providence has given


incorporation papers were drafted. It is recorded that Elijah Haines met Abraham Lincoln in 1847. The two men met frequently and became well acquainted. It has been said that Lincoln spent the


and the Pike County Historic Museum. There are nine homes still in existence in Pittsfield that are connected to Abraham Lincoln, including the Shastid House, where Lincoln often

grandfather of president Abraham Lincoln


son Chulalongkorn. Contrary to popular belief, King Mongkut did not offer a herd of war elephants to President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War for use against the Confederacy. He did,


following the outbreak of the American Civil War and President Abraham Lincoln's call to arms, he was appointed as a lieutenant colonel in the Pennsylvania Reserves, rising in May to


intended to establish another community there. Instead, Clarke offered it to President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War and the Second Massachusetts Regiment used it for training as "Camp Andrew". About

statue in Lincoln, Nebraska by Daniel Chester French


Abraham Lincoln's grave in Springfield, Illinois. His beliefs are passed on to the students and professors of Simpson, the idea of equality. Notable students. Simpson College was the first college


by a margin of 147,108 (67%) to 71,106 (33%). A strong advocate for advancing the legacy of Abraham Lincoln, LaHood authored a law that established the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, which laid


and Hephaestion. Similarly, comments made by a bed mate about Abraham Lincoln's thighs led to speculation of intercrural intercourse between the two in C.A. Tripp's recent The Intimate


The Lincoln–Douglas Debates of 1858 were a series of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate,

statue at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.


Tribune. Dondero, a great admirer of Abraham Lincoln, named his son after Lincoln's son. Dondero died at the age of 84 in Royal Oak, Michigan and is interred


in 1860. In 1861, Holden was sent to a State Convention to vote against secession by the voters of Wake County. After President Abraham Lincoln called on North


claims he was assassinated - at Tyana in Cappadocia in June 276. References. Primary sources. Historia Augusta, Vita Taciti. Eutropius, Breviarium ab urbe condita, ix. 16. "…After him TACITUS succeeded


Eutropius. This was compiled between 766 and 771, at Benevento. The story runs that Paul advised Adelperga to read Eutropius. She did so, but complained that this Pagan writer said nothing about


to be a genealogical fabrication intended to link Constantine I's family to that of a well-respected emperor. References. Primary Sources. Aurelius Victor, Eutropius, Historia Augusta, Joannes Zonaras, Compendium of History.


away owing to internal divisions. After Eunomius died, Eutropius ordered that Eunomius' body be moved to Tyana and his books be burned. References.


was the opposite view of his brothers, who accepted peerages and a knighthood. In popular culture. Foot was portrayed by Patrick Godfrey in the 2002 BBC production of


world to hear the enormous diversity of sounds and styles which, collectively, amount to World Music. The BBC, NPR, and ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) are rich sources for World Music


BBC broadcast a television transmission for the first time (see "1929 in television"). The German airship LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin flew around the world in 21 days. Events. January–June. January 6


baba ghanouj. Interviewed on the BBC program Cooking in the Danger Zone, Israeli food editor Gil Hovav stated that Hummus is so popular in Israel such that


1959 in Liverpool, England, United Kingdom) is an English actor who made his name on the BBC serial The Monocled Mutineer, in which he played the lead


the psychological impact that the film's success has had on the city's inhabitants." No lawsuit has actually been filed. References. External links. – BBC News. – The Guardian. (IHT).


the BBC has commissioned another Wallace & Gromit short film to be entitled Trouble at Mill (retitled later to A Matter of Loaf and Death). Nick Park has a part


First BBC television broadcast from an aircraft. October 10 - The FCC approves CBS color TV system, effective November 20. The number of homes in the US that own


Radio, television and film. In the 1940s and '50s John Dickson Carr wrote a series of radio plays for the BBC's Appointment with Fear, and subsequently for CBS'


Julius looking obviously very haggard, and yet Will has a thought-bubble saying "Julius looks so tired". In 1985, the BBC initiated BEEB, the BBC Junior Television Magazine Magazine,


the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Popular culture. In 1999, a 6-part BBC miniseries based on the lives of Emily Lennox and her sisters aired in the U.K.


like that. The way that I see it is that we were, and still are now, an extreme metal band.". Appearing on the BBC music quiz Never Mind the Buzzcocks on


38. Macro and Eunia both committed suicide soon after. Macro in fiction. Macro was played by John Rhys-Davies in the 1976 BBC TV adaptation of Robert Graves's book I,


similar formats, such as House Detectives by the BBC. In 2002 House Detectives at Large starred Carenza Lewis with architectural historian Dan Cruickshank. She also devised and presented


to #2 even though the video was banned by the BBC for including footage referring to the conflict in Northern Ireland. Later, "Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" made it


BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra is an additional digital radio service provided by the BBC via DAB Digital Radio and the digital satellite, digital terrestrial,


game for the BBC called BAMZOOKi. The Creatures games have recently been re-released in combination packs under the names Creatures: The Albian Years (C1, C2), Creatures Exodus


The theatre was chosen for a special BBC filming of Steve Coogan's Paul & Pauline Calf's Cheese and Ham Sandwich programme and many a comedian has moved on from the


pass between two Volvo Super Olympians. The bridge was also in the BBC crime drama Waking the dead, Every Breath you take. A body was fished out of the Thames and


Playfair's masterpieces. Playfair is credited with a major influence on the BBC's 1923 wireless Shakespeares, the first produced by that organisation. He continued to work as a BBC


town in the north of England, and the setting of the BBC television comedy series The League of Gentlemen; Royston Vasey is the real name of comedian Roy


a British actress. She has starred in two television drama series for the BBC, Roughnecks and Strathblair, as well as the sitcom A Prince Among Men and several one-off dramas including


released on DVD in the United Kingdom by Eureka Video, and also in Australia by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Prior to these DVD releases, the BBC brought episodes to VHS in


However, that record was broken during the 2006 World Cup by Lilian Thuram. BBC career. Desailly has become a pundit for the BBC. His style has won him an


BBC sitcom My Family. In 2004, Marshall appeared as "DS Luke Stone" in a police drama series entitled, Murder City. Since 2005, Marshall has appeared in TV and print


BBC to become Head of Corporate Planning. In 1997 Purnell returned to work as a special advisor at Number 10 until 2001. He also served as a


that followed, an investigation by the BBC showed that the prosecution's "no family history" argument had been incorrect: at least two of Cannings' paternal ancestors had lost


for playing Captain Hollister on the BBC TV series Red Dwarf and frequently plays American characters in other British TV shows. He has also had many movie


comedy sketch television series featuring Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones. It was broadcast on the BBC from 1982 to 1998. From 1989 to 1992 and 1995


BBC productions Clarissa and Lady Chatterley. His role in the latter became infamous for the sex scenes between him and Joely Richardson. In 1990, Bean co-starred with Richard


Hearts", a Hank DeVito-written 1979 song by Dave Edmunds; the international hit version was released in 1981 by Juice Newton. Queen of Hearts, a BBC TV play of 1985.


hostess of the Miss Sweden beauty pageant. She declined the invitation. In March 2003, Jonsson was a contestant on the BBC's Comic Relief does Fame Academy. In


been released days earlier. In March 2002, the BBC broadcast Suing the Pope, a documentary detailing the activities of Fortune and the response of the Diocese of


and chili. Grated hard cheeses, such as Pecorino Romano, Parmesan, and Asiago cheese, are often added. >. Cultural references. On April Fools' Day, 1957, the BBC ran a very successful

protein-coding gene in the species Drosophila melanogaster


BBC/HBO film Conspiracy, by André Hennicke in the 2005 film Sophie Scholl – The Final Days, and by Helmut Stauss in the 2008 film Valkyrie. He is also


- an often effective method of inducing audience laughter. Also used to effect was announcer Douglas Smith's stuffy BBC vocal style. Smith would be cast as a


the official deadline. The BBC's Festival of British Popular Song, which had been intended to choose the United Kingdom entry, was in the end not held until after the Eurovision contest.


in Bermuda: (BBC, not to be confuse with the BBC in the UK) and DeFontes Broadcasting Ltd. (VSB). The Bermuda Broadcasting is a privately held corporation. The BBC


including best picture, best actor and best actress; however, only the Greek actress Katina Paxinou won an Oscar for her portrayal of Pilar. Another adaptation was made by the BBC


the mansion. He owns Glympton Park, Oxfordshire. References. External links. from the BBC. to the BBC.


starred as Jenny in the BBC's apocalyptic fiction series Survivors. She is married to the actor and writer Simon Williams. Since the late 1990s, Kate Grimond and Lucy


on Irish Television and bought a television set to receive broadcasts from the BBC. The Department of Finance at this time were worried of the cost of setting up a new


of Commons, received with an unprecedented standing ovation by fellow MPs, was described by the BBC's Andrew Marr as "without doubt one of the most effective, brilliant, resignation speeches in


Wars. At one point, there was talk of an animated CBS show from the studio, based on the BBC's Doctor Who; the plan never came to fruition, but concept art was


BBC on the day, dubbed "the best save I've ever seen". Arsenal were defending a 1-0 lead, when with less than ten minutes to go, Peschisolido had a header towards


BBC. In 1986, she played the heavilly pregnant Vanessa Plowright in the Tourists episode of Farrington of the F.O. (broadcast 13 March). In 1994, she spent a year with the


in 1922 (the same year that the nonprofit BBC was founded in the United Kingdom) at the Drake Hotel in Chicago. The association's founder and first president was Eugene F. McDonald


composer from Northern Ireland. He has written several film scores and his piece Interrupting Cutler, partly based on the work of Ivor Cutler, was a winner in the 2003 BBC Jazz


the shadow of Prior. He is Vice President and was Chairman of the Rural Housing Trust. In the media. Prior was interviewed about the rise of Thatcherism for the 2006 BBC


he formed the Wizzo Band, a jazz-rock ensemble, whose only live performance was a BBC simultaneous TV and radio broadcast in stereo. The Wizzo Band split early the following


Hughes won the London Theatre Critics Award for "Most Promising Playwright" for his play Commitments which was subsequently broadcast in 1981 as a Play for Today on the BBC.


Malvern, and now the Wulstan nature reserve. In popular culture. On screen, Wulfstan was portrayed by actor Michael Rose in the two-part BBC TV play Conquest (1966), part


Popular Front. According to a BBC report, the bombing inflicted damage in seven Palestinian refugee camps and villages in southern Lebanon killing at least 27 people and leaving 138


media. After his wife was hired by the BBC (in the United States), he handled some assignments for the BBC on a freelance basis. In 1972, while continuing to work at


selling ‘Fighter’ magazine in 2001. TV career highlights include the seminal BBC martial arts documentary ‘'The Way of the Warrior’' and ‘'The Living Body'’ for Gold Crest films on Channel 4.


and Albarn recently created the animation sequence the BBC uses to introduce coverage of the Beijing 2008 Olympics. The sequence titled Journey to the East uses the


tax or other taxes. Tax returns are generally prepared using forms prescribed by the IRS or other applicable taxing authority. The forms have been described by BBC journalist


Labour MPs newly-elected in 1983 in support of this manifesto were Tony Blair and Gordon Brown. Foot's Labour Party lost to the Conservatives in a landslide. Foot resigned and was succeeded

former prime minister of the United Kingdom (born 1953)


but that job was reportedly promised by Tony Blair to Gordon Brown. He announced, to much scepticism, his intention to add "an ethical dimension" to foreign policy. His term as


the then British Prime Minister, Tony Blair, and a certain "Lord Macdonald". An ITV documentary (McCartney vs McCartney: The Ex Files) interviewed three Lord Macdonalds, but not one of them could remember


Ingram at the Ministry of Defence. He entered the government of Tony Blair after the 2005 General Election as an assistant Whip, being promoted to a full whip in 2006.


and Tony Blair had won the 1997 British general election two days previously. The song won by a then-record margin of 70 points over the Irish runner-up. "Love


projects. A former member of the Socialist Workers Party and the Socialist Alliance, West has been politically active for many years and was a strong critic of Tony Blair's


A petition in 2007 to make St. David's Day a bank holiday was rejected by the then British Prime Minister, Tony Blair. St. David's Day Events. Every year parades are


late 19th century. Tony Blair, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007, now the Quartet on the Middle East's envoy; the Leader of the


could be considered to be Christian socialists, depending on the definition of "socialism" used. Former British Labour leader Tony Blair is a member of the Christian Socialist Movement although his adherence


June 1983. This Parliament was dissolved in 1987. Notable newcomers to the House of Commons included Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, Michael Howard, Paddy Ashdown, Edwina Currie, Clare Short, Charles Kennedy and


Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790), which was a defence of constitutional monarchy, aristocracy, and the Church of England, Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790) attacks aristocracy

form of government in which power is in the hands of a small, privileged, ruling class