fantasy novelist David Gemmell. Achilles is featured heavily in the novel The Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley. The comic book hero Captain Marvel is endowed with the courage of Achilles, as well

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their own limited series. Characters with featured stories in the run included Black Canary, Blackhawk, Captain Marvel, Catwoman, Deadman, Nightwing, Phantom Lady (Dee Tyler), Phantom Stranger, Secret Six, Speedy, and Wild


Captain Marvel's secret identity is a boy named Billy Batson - a deliberate attempt to play on the daydreams of a young readership. Sometimes the distinction as to


the city of Corfu Greece, Empress of Austria Elisabeth of Bavaria also known as Sissi built in 1890 a summer palace with Achilles as its central theme and


modern interpreters favour identification of Scheria with the island of Corfu, which is within 80 miles of Ithaca. Locals on Corfu had long claimed this, based on the rock


Caesar Adest) had no active missions during World War I. In 1926 she attacked the Greek island of Corfu, as a reaction against the killing of Italian representatives in Ioannina. She


a tale which offers an alternative version of these events: in Argonautica (iv.760) Hera alludes to Thetis's chaste resistance to the advances of Zeus, that Thetis was so loyal

godess from Greek mythology, wife and sister of Zeus


Hera had persuaded Aphrodite to convince her son Eros to make Aeetes's daughter, Medea, fall in love with Jason. As a result, Medea aided Jason in his tasks. First, Jason had


Labours, in which Heracles, the (reconciled) enemy of Hera, visited in turn "all the other sites of the Goddess throughout the world, to conquer every conceivable 'monster' of


(with divine help from Hera, Thetis, and the Nereids). Jason chose to brave the Planctae instead of braving Scylla and Charybdis.

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mention the spear, which he would indeed have touched with excitement. But it was being shown in the time of Pausanias in the second century AD. Achilles and

ancient Greek geographer, travel writer and mythographer


its central figure Aristomenes, and used by Pausanias in his fourth book as a trustworthy authority. Other similar poems were the Achaica, Eliaca, and Thessalica. The Heracleia was a


added bearing his name. During the winter he toured the Peloponnese. His exact route is uncertain, however Pausanias reports of tell-tale signs, such as temples built by Hadrian


According to others, he was brother of Perses, a king of Tauris, husband of his niece Hecate, and father of Circe, Medea and Aegialeus. Pausanias states that, according to the


Mt. Parnassos, which enclose the sacred site of Delphi, the center of the Hellenic world. Strabo, Plutarch and Pausanias all mentioned the Phaedriades in describing the site, a


Iktinos (in Latin Ictinus) was an architect active in the mid 5th century BC. Ancient sources identify Iktinos and Kallikrates as co-architects of the Parthenon. Pausanias identifies

ancient Spartan general, son of Cleombrotus


the port that served Delphi, Pausanias noted "a temple of Apollo, Artemis and Leto, with very large images of Attic workmanship. Adrasteia has been set up by the Cirrhaeans in the


Boeotian Orchomenus, as when Pausanias relates that "Teos used to be inhabited by Minyans of Orchomenus, who came to it with Athamas" and may have represented a ruling dynasty or


to Pausanias, Amythaon is the father of Bias and Melampus.


Wall". Allusions. Thisbe "of the many doves" is mentioned as a city in Boeotia in the Catalogue of Ships, from Iliad 2.502. Pausanias mentions a Boeotian nymph named Thisbe


in pieces and boil them. Acastus, when he heard this, buried his father, and drove Jason and Medea from Iolcus (and, according to Pausanias, his sisters also), and instituted


ordered that a new canal be dug. After the project was completed, the Orontes' old riverbed dried up, exposing massive bones—the bones of a giant. Pausanias says they


the father of Sparta (the city of Sparta was named after her) by Clete. He was the brother of Lacedaemon, who was also the husband of his daughter Sparta, according to Pausanias


the awards have been broadcast from the Kodak Theatre. Oscar statuette. Design. The official name of the Oscar statuette is the Academy Award of Merit. Made of gold-plated britannium on a

chemical element with symbol Au and atomic number 79; yellow-colored precious metal


gold was discovered, the Post Office opening on November 1, 1851. The area where gold was found was situated northeast of Ballarat, about away. The total area was


and Henri Charrière, who managed to escape. He later wrote a best-selling book about his experiences called Papillon. In 1853, gold was discovered in the interior, precipitating


In Norse mythology, Gullveig (Old Norse, potentially "gold drink" or "gold might") is a mysterious


Mont Nimba 1,752 m. Natural resources: bauxite, iron ore, diamonds, gold, uranium, hydropower, fish. Land use: arable land: 2%. permanent crops: 0%. permanent pastures: 22%. forests and


as a means of resolution of conflict within the Norse tradition. It has pillars of gold and is roofed with silver. References.


is generally heavier in the western and northwestern mountains than in the eastern savannas. Natural Resources. Rwanda possesses the following natural resources: gold. cassiterite (tin ore). wolframite (tungsten ore). methane. hydropower.


and dedicated his youth to the transport of precious metals between the mining firms of the state. This allowed him to buy his own gold mine. In the first


market. Although mineral production traditionally centered on bauxite, silver, and tin, Indonesia is expanding its copper, nickel, gold, and coal output for export markets. In mid-1993, the Department of Mines


association with the California Gold Rush by the discovery of gold by James W. Marshall and the mill making team at Sutter's Mill, and for establishing Sutter's Fort


coins). Finland has a good collection of euro commemorative coins, mainly in silver and gold, although some other materials are often used. Their face value range from 5 euro


lead alloy with 10% gold or indium, as pure lead is unstable when its temperature is repeatedly changed. To maintain superconductivity, the entire device needs to operate within a few

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is attacked by sulfur and hydrogen sulfide, highlighting its higher reactivity compared to gold. Roentgenium is expected to be even more noble than gold and can be expected


has a good collection of euro commemorative coins, solely in silver and gold. Their face value range from 10 euro to 100 euro. This is mainly done as a legacy of


Their face value range from 5 euro to 100 euro. This is mainly done as a legacy of old national practice of minting Gold and Silver coins. These coins are not


and Gold, but they also use other materials (like Niobium for example). Their face value range from 5 euro to 100 euro. This is mainly done as


oxidation of sulfide deposits which contained gold mineralization often resulted in the concentration of gold in the iron oxide and quartz of the gossans. Gold bearing limonite

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a weight measure for gold more generally, corresponding to 4.5 grams. Roman and Byzantine coinage. The solidus was first introduced by Diocletian around 301 CE, struck at


of glittering gold and flashing gems. He was the strongest and most aggressive of the three brothers. After Ótr was killed by Loki, Hreidmar received the cursed gold of Andvari's


a golden god. Xipe Totec was believed by the Aztecs to be the god that invented war. He had a temple called Yopico within the Great Temple of


was named 'Rosamond' after the daughter of one of the railroad officials. The first local industries were mining and cattle. During the 1890s, gold was discovered and Miners quickly traveled to


gold traders. In the 1880s, the Northern Pacific Railway was built near the Columbia River, bringing many settlers to the area. Pasco was officially incorporated on September 3,


James Wilson Marshall (October 8, 1810 - August 10, 1885) was an American carpenter and sawmill operator, whose discovery of gold


palladium () of the Kingdom of Thailand, a figurine of the sitting Buddha, made of green jade (rather than emerald), clothed in gold, and about 45 cm tall. It


with pure gold leaf. The pavilion functions as a shariden, housing relics of the Buddha (Buddha's Ashes). The top floor is built in traditional Chinese cha'an style,


and early architecture. Thracian rituals such as the Zarezan, Kukeri and Martenitza are to this day kept alive in the modern Bulgarian culture. The oldest treasure of worked gold


fever. The bubble burst on May 10, 1837 in New York City, when every bank stopped payment in specie (gold and silver coinage). The Panic was followed by a five-year depression,

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have a rather large plastic deformation range as do ductile metals such as copper, silver, and gold. Steel does, too, but not cast iron. Hard thermosetting plastics, rubber, crystals,


and red; superimposed on them is a narrow vertical white band at the hoist, containing the national ornament, a design of four golden scroll shapes. The horizontal bars


which are very popular around Semana Santa (Holy week). Economy and tourism. Granada has long been a center of commerce, including timber, gold and silver. Granada's economy continues


including gold, silver, bronze, tin and copper, this knowledge was applied mainly to the development of religious and artistic objects, as well as some household utensils for everyday


silver or gold for officers, and in cloth of various colors for the enlisted men of various arms. By the early eighteenth century, epaulettes became the distinguishing feature

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occurs in the Aulularia of Plautus (Lines 1-36). In the tale, a grandfather begs his Lar to hide the family gold, so the Lar buries it in the


known Roman gold mine in Britain. Modern process. Early placer miners in California discovered that the more gravel they could process, the more gold they were likely to find. Instead


Dollar coins have been minted in the United States in gold, silver, and


and gave oracles, depicted in gold. Other names for her are Zhywa (Zywa) or Zhywie (Zywie) in Poland, Zaleta, Jezy-Baba, and Baba-Jedza (which corresponds to the Russian Baba Yaga). Places in

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sizable. Hydraulic mining. Artificial gullies are formed during hydraulic mining when jets or streams of water are projected onto soft alluvial deposits to extract gold or tin

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in 1771 and crossed the frozen lake, which he initially named Lake Athapuscow (after an erroneous French speaker's pronunciation of Athabaska). In the 1930s, gold was discovered there, which led to


are often hosts for copper, lead, zinc, iron, gold, molybdenum, tin, and tungsten ore deposits. Examples of economic skarn deposits include: Pine Creek Mine (tungsten), Inyo County, California, USA.

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the economic interests of the state. The first state capital, Vila Boa (today City of Goiás), had been chosen when the economy was based on gold extraction.

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in the area, Government Farm Benoni (son of my sorrow), after the Hebrew name given by Rachel to her son in the biblical Book of Genesis. In September 1887, gold


the town's main economic source has often been gold, but this has lessened after the closing of the mine at Mt Todd. There is increasing tourism and the RAAF


blue and gold with an optional gold fringe. On the front is the escutcheon from the state seal and on the reverse is a gold figure of a beaver, the state


knight rendered in Art Deco style holding a crusader's sword standing on a reel of film with five spokes. The five spokes each represent the original branches of the Academy: Actors,

person granted an honorary title by a monarch or other political leader

title of honour held by a member of an order


of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Spain, the 828th Knight of the Order of the Garter in 1905 and the 216th Grand Cross of the Order of the


knighted in 1674 before returning to Jamaica the following year to take up the post of Lieutenant Governor. By 1681, then-acting governor Morgan had fallen out of favour


of Guelders. In 1733 William was named the 549th Knight of the Order of the Garter. On 25 March, 1734 he married at St. James' Palace Anne, Princess Royal,


in areas of poor weather to keep the rain and muck of battle away from the easily corroded maille-links. The surcoat displayed the "arms" of a knight (origin of "coat of


Six Divisions of Cavalry of the Ottoman Empire. The Sipahis' status resembled that of the knights of medieval Europe. The Sipahi was the holder of a fief of land (tîmâr;


Knight of the Order of the Garter before and was made Lord High Treasurer one year before he became a peer. The second baron was also created Baron de Moleyns


When she journeyed to Peaceland to find out about her past, she took Akito with her as her 'knight', much to Yurika's chagrin. However, after learning of


of Arts and Sciences in 1971. He was president of the Aristotelian Society from 1969 to 1970. He was knighted in 1977, for services to philosophy. His son,


of Benjamin Britten's Cello Symphony and Sir William Walton's Cello Concerto. Marriner also supervised the Mozart selections for the soundtrack of the 1984 film Amadeus.. Marriner was knight


of a horse-mounted rider. The term is from the Latin "eques", meaning "knight" and a derivative of "equus", meaning "horse". A statue of an unmounted horse is


been knighted by the monarch but not as a member of one of the organised Orders of Chivalry. Knights Bachelor are the most ancient sort of British knight (the


influence on a number of notable people in different fields. Examples include philosophers such as John Hospers, George H. Smith, Allan Gotthelf, Robert Mayhew and Tara Smith, economists such as Alan Greenspan,


Book-of-the-Month Club asked what the most influential book in the respondent's life was, Rand's Atlas Shrugged was the second most popular choice, after the Bible. Readers polled in

collection of sacred books in Judaism and Christianity


book of Ecclesiastes 3:11 "He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men.." (from Bible translation in the N.I.V.). Contrast this with


Bible prophecy, Christian conduct and morals, as well as the history of religion and the Bible. Many study articles in The Watchtower are based on outlines from discourses presented


designated to other angels such as Belial, Mastema, Samael, and Uzza. Rahab represents Chaos in ancient texts such as the Bible. In Psalm 89:9-10 God's triumph over


main source of knowledge. They read the Bible, Homer, Virgil, Shakespeare, Milton, Byron, Scott, and many others, and examined articles from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Fraser's Magazine, and The Edinburgh


is best known for her excavations in Jericho in 1952-1958. Biography. Kathleen Kenyon was the eldest daughter of Sir Frederic Kenyon, a Bible scholar and later director of the


or city. Biblical Accounts of Slings. The sling is mentioned in the Bible, which provides what is believed to be the oldest textual reference to a sling in the Book of


Second Epistle of Peter is a book of the New Testament of the Bible, traditionally ascribed to Saint Peter, but in modern times widely regarded as pseudonymous. It is


Tishbite is a word used in the Bible to refer to Elijah (,,). The phrasing can be reworded as "Elijah the Tishbite of Tishbe in. Gilead." The


allegiance of one person to another. Typically the oath is made upon a religious object such as a Bible or saint's relic, thus binding the oath-taker before


having rejected scholasticism, and entered the Oratory in 1660. There, he devoted himself to ecclesiastical history, linguistics, the Bible, and the works of Saint Augustine. Malebranche was ordained a priest in


Bible and Quran. These are mostly attributed to nutritional benefits of consumption of bee-products and not use of bee venom. The more modern study of apitherapy, specifically


readings did not detract from the authority of the Bible. Wettstein paid great attention also to Aramaic and Talmudic Hebrew. In the spring of 1714 he undertook


permitted, with the exception of religious materials such as the Bible, Torah or Qur'an. However, on some occasions, some houseguests are allowed to exit the house as part


gives the number of speakers, location, dialects, linguistic affiliations, availability of the Bible and so forth. It is currently the most comprehensive existing language inventory, along with


of Malta. Undated. The first Diet of Nuremberg is held. The third edition of the Textus Receptus of the Bible is published. The Knight's Revolt erupts in Germany.


it is mentioned frequently as the patronymic title of Isaiah, the name Amoz appears nowhere else in the Bible. The rabbis of the Talmud declared, based upon a rabbinic tradition, that


their clerical status by reading from the Bible. This opened the door to literate lay defendants' also claiming the benefit of clergy. In 1351, under Edward III, this


that the Bible is the only standard by which church teachings can be judged. It also holds that the Holy Scripture is explained and interpreted by the


Version (or English Revised Version) of the Bible is a late 19th-century British revision of the King James Version of 1611. The New Testament was published in 1881, the Old Testament


humanitarian concerns. Circumcision has a long history, and is mentioned frequently in the Bible. However, the Bible means different things to different religious groups. For Jews, the


Bible as the supreme source of divine revelation, and the divinity of Jesus elicited negative response from the government and the established church, attested as early in 1734, when a Russian


which has traditionally been presumed to be Gûlgaltâ (but see below for an alternative); the Bible glosses it as place of [the] skull - Κρανίου Τόπος (Kraniou Topos) in


1907. by Dan Bloom, published by the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, August 26, 2005. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/725969.html. http://www.israelnn.com/news.php3?id=105322. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1164881791737&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull. In The Bible. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1164881888066&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull. http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1164881959557&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull. http://www.courant.com/features/lifestyle/hc-lovestory0121.artjan21,0,3748509.story?coll=hc-headlines-life. (Partially in Hebrew).


occurs relatively frequently in the Bible, and many biblical scholars think that the Urim and Thummim served this purpose. In the Hebrew Bible, there are at least four cases where casting


use of "metaphors"—these metaphors being the various stories, deities, and objects of spirituality we see in the world. For example, the Genesis myth in the Bible ought

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Bible Dictionary was originally named 'A Dictionary of the Bible'. It is a 19th century Bible dictionary containing upwards of four thousand entries. It is referred to


is noted for writing the majority opinion in the landmark cases Mapp v. Ohio, applying the Fourth Amendment "exclusionary rule" to the states, and Abington School District v. Schempp, invalidating daily Bible


Christ views the nature of God as explained in the Bible and Book of Mormon, which The Church of Jesus Christ claims differs from the views on the


city of Seoul into twenty zones, or "cells," as he called them, and began training leaders for each cell, who would hold services for worship and Bible study


It originally acquired its religious meaning in the Septuagint version of the Bible. The word has mainly taken on specific ecclesiastical meanings. In particular, the highest-ranking bishops in Eastern


when the two dioceses united. In collaboration with the Reverend George D'Oyly, Mant wrote a commentary on the whole Bible. Other works by him include the Psalms in an


by the General Assembly, and the rejection by that assembly of the plenary verbal inspiration of the Bible, considered by conservatives as a touchstone dogma. Notable members. James


In the Bible he is known as Aaron (Aharōn in Hebrew). It is believed that Haroon lived for 122 years. Haroon was the younger brother of Musa,


writings of both men throughout her career. Rand's first major success as a writer came with The Fountainhead in 1943, a romantic drama and philosophical novel that she wrote over a period


the military, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, the current president, was elected. Post war. By 2002, the main guerrilla groups had either been destroyed or surrendered, taking advantage of an amnesty program, though

form of pardon which obliterates all legal remembrance of the offense for a class of people


the government bowed to the storm, proclaimed an amnesty and promised reforms. The ministry remodelled itself in a more Liberal direction; and sent a new delegate to the


plan he describes as "no amnesty immigration reform" consisting of increased border security, followed by strict enforcement of laws against hiring illegal aliens, and a guest worker program. This guest worker


Ministries Trial in 1949, Schwerin von Krosigk was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment, but was released during an amnesty in 1951. After World War II. In later


the Convention. The Thermidorian Reaction drove him into hiding from May 1795 until the amnesty proclaimed in the autumn of that year. He took no part in


aid of third mate whaler Henry Hathaway and ended up in Boston, where he became editor of The Pilot. In 1871, another Fenian, John Devoy, was granted amnesty


or England, Ireland, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Russia, Scandinavia and even Iceland, India, Southeast Asia and North America. The impact of these attacks was devastating – France, England, and Spain

sovereign state in Eastern Europe and Northern Asia


western end the small, geologically-related, and remote Commander Islands are in Russia. The islands, with their 57 volcanoes, are in the northern part of the Pacific Ring


a tiny Jewish minority population (from Hungary, Poland, Romania, and Russia) exert considerable influence on Honduran economics and politics through their industrial and financial interests. Asians in Honduras


in a public ceremony that involves her disgrace and the amputation of a hand. June 30 – War of the Polish Succession: Russian troops take Gdańsk (German: Danzig),


was made from more than a thousand computer units located in the republics of the former Soviet Union, mostly from Russia, Uzbekistan and Belarus. Minor attacks are still continuing to


Lomonosov Gold Medal, named after Russian scientist and polymath Mikhail Lomonosov, is awarded each year since 1959 for outstanding achievements in the natural sciences and the humanities by the USSR Academy


and Budyonnovsk in Stavropol Krai, Russia. The unofficial sister city of Marshalltown is Villachuato, Mexico. There is a symbiotic relationship between Marshalltown and Villachuato. Villachuato supplies about


like the "Bamboo Organ Festival", "Waterlily Festival", "Bamboo Festival" and "Parol (Lantern) Festival". Sister Cities. Parañaque City, Philippines. Ufa, Russia. Sochi, Russia. Las Piñas City Map. See also. Battle of Zapote


Jakobselva) that form the borders of Norway, Russia, and Finland; and there are three cultures in the municipality: Norwegians, Finns, and Sami. Geography. Sør-Varanger is a vast area of some,


Russia. A scandal ensued. His daughter, who lives in Moscow, desired that he be interred in the cemetery at Star City. The president of Chuvashia had other ideas. After a farewell


at the border crossing between Russia and Georgia, and even, on occasions, the complete closure of that border post. References. Rosen, Roger. Georgia: A Sovereign Country of the Caucasus.


The coldest natural temperature ever recorded on Earth was −89.2°C (−128.6°F) at the Russian Vostok Station in Antarctica July 21, 1983. Lower temperatures have been achieved


find it impractical. When Russian forces attacked Grozny in 1999, large amounts of artillery fire were used. The Russian Army handled the issue of civilian casualties by warning the


invention (and the concept of the narrow gauge railway on which it was based) around the world. Locomotives were built for many British colonies, for Imperial Russia, and


latter species is poorly described, and was formerly considered a member of the genus Stenodactylus. They live in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Russia, and Central Asia. They are of


21 April 1964 in Lviv) is a Jewish Russian businessman. He is one of the youngest of Russian oligarchs (Roman Abramovich is younger). In 2009, Forbes assessed


the Russians used it as a pretext to start the Russo-Polish War of 1654-1667 when they invaded the eastern half of Poland-Lithuania in 1654. The Swedish Empire,


again merged as Marzahn-Hellersdorf by the 2001 administrative reform. Twin towns. The Lichtenberg borough has five twin towns: 5. district, Maputo, Mozambique since 1995. Białołęka, Warsaw, Poland since 2000. Kaliningrad, Russia


Taganksky District () is a district of Central Administrative Okrug of Moscow, Russia, located between the Moskva


Oblast (, Kostromskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Kostroma. Major historic towns include Kostroma, Sharya, Nerekhta, Galich, Soligalich, and Makaryev.


Aleksandr Yuriyevich "Sasha" Kaleri (; born Jūrmala, Latvia, 13 May 1956) is a Russian cosmonaut and veteran of extended stays on the Mir Space Station


Russian born geographer, meteorologist, climatologist and botanist of German descent. After studies in St. Petersburg, he spent the bulk of his life and professional career in Germany and Austria.


1741 in Canada. Events. First Fort Dauphin, was built near Winnipegosis, Manitoba. Vitus Bering, in service of Russia, reaches Alaska; Russians soon trade with natives for sea otter pelts. Alexei


Petersburg, a country on Terra II resembling Russia. In a style similar to Hitler's tactics during WWII, his country is successfully invaded by Gartland, thus his fate is


variety) is available as "baking cheese". In India the Amul co-operative dairy products co sells Shrikhand and labels it as Quark. In Russia (and in almost all


5,606 teams representing 1,733 universities from 84 countries competed in elimination rounds, with 83 of those teams proceeding to the world finals. Saratov State University from Russia won, solving


the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions of Russia (whose ISO 3166-1 alpha-2


Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov (; born May 23, 1951) is a Soviet and Russian chess grandmaster and


permanently. They have played across the continental United States, Europe, Asia, South America, and Russia. Brandon Cruz left the band in May 2003 and was replaced by


II, cloud seeding was done in order to eliminate the hail threat, particularly across Russia. Russia claimed a 50 to 80 percent reduction in crop damage from hail storms by


NATO Air Defense System or INADS was the NATO response to the Russian development of long range bombers in the 1950s. The need to maintain a credible deterrence


Foreign embassies in Mauritius include Australia, the United Kingdom, People's Republic of China, Egypt, France, India, Madagascar, Pakistan, Russia, and the United States. Mauritius is also a member


the continuing relationship with Russia complicates these linkages. The current Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is General of Army of Ukraine Sergiy Kirichenko. History. As


as the key fuel source of America's industrial revolution. February 21 – Finnish War: Russian troops cross the border into Finland without a declaration of war. March


waterways in the world). Glendalough monastery in Wicklow, Ireland is destroyed by English troops. Ferapontov Monastery is built in present-day north-west Russia. The Munmyo Confucian shrine and Sungkyunkwan


by distributed logic, and then closed through all at once. In some countries, no crossbar exchanges remain in revenue service. However, crossbar exchanges remain in use in countries like Russia, where


devices which have allowed personal computer to hook up a VHS tape recorders for use as a data backup device. Most notable of these devices was ArVid, widely used in Russia


a Siberian Cossack who established the first permanent Russian settlement on Kamchatka Peninsula. Atlasov Island, an uninhabited volcanic island off the southern tip of Kamchatka, is named after him. In


Pavlovsky Avtobusny Zavod is a manufacturer of buses in Russia, located in


Russia. It is part of the World Heritage Site entitled Golden Mountains of Altai. Belukha is a twin-peaked mountain massif that rises along the border of Russia and Kazakhstan,


bowling alley, power plant, and Russian and Turkish baths, where visitors could enjoy the "medicinal" qualities of its salt sulphur waters. The hotel was also the largest wood frame hotel in


(from, not to be confused with Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky) is a city by Ishim River in North Kazakhstan Province of Kazakhstan close to the border with Russia, about 350km


through Norway, Sweden, and Russia. In Beijing Bowra visited the Great Wall of China and the Ming Tombs, and witnessed the funeral ceremony of Yuan Shikai. Bowra departed Beijing


2008 Summer Olympics torch relay in St Petersburg, Russia. References. External links. including a comprehensive list of awards and honors. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/explorers/page/t/tereshkova.shtml.


Olegovich Adamov () was the head of the Russian atomic energy ministry, MinAtom. He was appointed by President Boris Yeltsin in 1998 and ousted by President Vladimir Putin


The zemsky sobor () was the first Russian parliament of the feudal Estates type, in the 16th and 17th centuries. The term roughly means


(Айзикович) Smolensk, Russia, in 1900 to Jewish parents. After having enlisted in the Red Army, Lavochkin was sent to the Moscow State Technical University in 1920, from


era. Heinola also became a center of commerce for nearby regions. When Finland became a part of Russia in 1809, the capital of the province was moved eastwards with the state


Åland Islands belonged to the provinces Sweden ceded to Russia, which became the semi-autonomous Grand duchy of Finland. When, by the treaty of Fredrikshamn in September 1809, the islands were


come from the province. Sister Province. French province (région) Alsace, France. State of Ohio, United States of America. Primorsky Krai, Russia. Administrative divisions. Gyeongsangbuk-do is divided into 10


Campaign is geared primarily towards the major European powers of the time, such as Russia, England, France, Turkey, the Holy Roman Empire, Spain, Portugal, Poland and Lithuania


is 512.63 km². The city was founded on August 1, 1957. Nearby Nakashibetsu Airport serves Nemuro. Sister Cities. Nemuro is twinned with the following sister cities: Sitka, USA. Severo-Kurilsk, Russia. References.


2003) was an American pianist. Istomin was born in New York City of Russian-Jewish parents. He was famous for his work in the piano trio, with Isaac Stern and Leonard Rose,


November 11 - J. H. C. Whitehead (d. 1960), British mathematician. Deaths. January 20 - Dmitri Mendeleev (b. 1834), Russian chemist and inventor of the Periodic table. May 10


southern Russia. Four eggs are laid in a ground nest. The Iraqi and Iranian breeders are mainly residents, but Russian birds migrate south in winter to south Asia, the Middle East


June 1858, ending the first part of the Second Opium War (1856-1860). France, United Kingdom, Russia, and the United States were the parties involved. These treaties opened


was attacked by the Soviet Union and since then has been a part of Russian-administered Sakhalin Oblast.


Orthodox Christians. Most Finnish Karelians are Lutherans. Demographics. Significant enclaves of Karelians exist in the Tver oblast of Russia, resettled after Russia's defeat in 1617 against Sweden —


interested in her Jewish ancestry after reading the George Eliot novel, Daniel Deronda, and as she heard of the Russian pogroms in the early 1880s. This led Lazarus to


Solnechnogorsk () is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, the administrative center of Solnechnogorsky District.


Alexandria, Russia, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and almost all other Orthodox Churches. As a productive theologian and church historian, he was conferred an Honorary Doctorate of Theology from St. Vladimir's


domovoi could be considered an ally, the domovoi from a neighboring household brought no happiness. Russian folklore says that a domovoi could harass horses in the stable overnight, as well


Volga and Kama rivers in what is now Russia. Today, both the Republics of Tatarstan and Chuvashia are considered to be descendants of Volga Bulgaria. Origin. First-hand information on


Kaluga Oblast (, Kaluzhskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia


Europe, from the Pyrenées to Romania and western Russia, but they have been introduced and have naturalized in many other areas, including the east coast of North America. They


Samotlor Field is the largest oil field of Russia, located at Lake Samotlor in Urals Federal District, Siberia (). Discovery


Balakovo () is a town in Saratov Oblast, Russia. Founded in 1762, town status since 1913. Population: 200,470 (2002 Census).


Vasyugan () is a river in Russia, the left tributary of the Ob River. Its length is, of which


Hamas planned suicide attack on a bus in Jerusalem kills 23 Israelis, 7 of them children in the Jerusalem bus 2 massacre. 2005 – The first-ever joint military exercise between Russia


Abakan (; Khakass: Ағбан) is the capital city of the Republic of Khakassia in Russia, in South Siberia.


Pechengsky District, Russia); the Porkkala peninsula (adjacent to Helsinki) was leased to the USSR as a naval base for fifty years and transit rights were granted; Finland's army was


of the Bureau is Mr. Valery Timofeev of Russia. First elected by the ITU Membership to the Directorship in 2002, Mr. Timofeev was re-elected for a 2nd 4-year


late 19th century England; incongruously, the English were not nearly so robust in Sanskrit and Prakrit language studies as Germany, Russia and even Denmark. Without the inspiration of colonial


Cecilia Grade School, Southwest Christian School, Valley Catholic School, Valley Catholic Middle School, and. WoodHaven School. Colleges and universities. Sister cities. Hsin Chu, Taiwan, Republic of China. Birobidzhan, Russia


a Latin book by Baron Sigismund von Herberstein on the geography, history and customs of Muscovy (the 16th century Russian state). The book was the main early source of knowledge about


early years of Ferdinand's reign by liberal party leader Stefan Stambolov, whose foreign policy saw a marked cooling in relations with Russia, formerly seen as Bulgaria's protector. Personal life. Ferdinand was


States to a summit in Rambouillet, to form the Group of Six (now the G8, including Canada and Russia) major economic powers. He pursued a controversial course in foreign


vague as an ethnic entity are the Lipovans, descendants of the Orthodox Old Rite followers who fled Russia in the 18th century from religious persecution. About a


ElcomSoft is a Russian computer


1913), German painter, was born in Hamburg, the son of Dr N. F. F. von Bartels, a Russian government official. He studied first under the marine painter R. Hardorff


is a term used to refer to nine of Russia's 83 federal subjects. The term is often translated as territory, province, country or region. Etymologically, the word is related to the verb


government, Kuroda became a pioneer-diplomat to Karafuto, claimed by both Japan and Russia in 1870. Terrified of Russia's push eastward, Kuroda returned to Tokyo and advocated quick development and settlement of


Павел Андреевич Чехов) is a Russian Starfleet officer in the Star Trek fictional universe. Walter Koenig portrayed Chekov in the original  series and first seven Star Trek films;


Protestant family order in Germany, Denmark, Russia and England. He travelled widely in its interests, visiting America in 1741-42 and spending a long time in London in 1750, engaged


It distributes over three counties as follows: History. In 1721 Härnösand was burned to the ground by the Russian navy. Ångermanland was historically divided into chartered cities and districts. Cities. Härnösand


the duration of the Seven Years' War (1756–63) despite its proximity to combatants Russia and Sweden. The king died in his forty-third year and after twenty years


de facto Prime Minister. Such prime ministers exist in some governmental systems, such as France's and Russia's: The prime minister runs the government (operations-wise), while the president remains somewhat


Alexander Davidovič Brener (Russian: Александр Бренер) born 1957 in Alma-Ata, is a Russian-Jewish performance artist. His performances of note include defecating


Hungary, Turkey, Canada, South Africa, Australia, China, Russia and Slovenia. Company History. 1961 founding of Kress + Kastner GmbH by the merchants Eberhard Kastner (*1928 †2004) and Werner Kress.


the works of Georg Simmel, Ludwig Klages and Martin Heidegger, but also by the Russian philosopher Lev Shestov, who added the belief that life is arbitrary to Cioran’s central system of


velichavo. "Nad Otcziznoi Velichavo" (Above the Great Motherland) by Vladimir Kalinkin, written in 1998 was another proposed set of lyrics. Performed by honored Russian artist Vladimir Detayov, the


Portugal, Otto von Bismarck, German Chancellor, called on representatives of Austria–Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden-Norway (union until 1905),


- Hector Bianciotti, Argentina. 1978 - L'Avenir radieux - Aleksandr Zinovyev, Russia. 1979 - La harpe et l'ombre - Alejo Carpentier, Cuba. 1980 - A Dry White


132,8 m high Landsberg. Main rivers in the district are the Elbe and the Havel. Partnerships. In 1990, a friendship with the Russian district Yarzevo was started,


Premier Ministr (Rus: Премьер-министр) is a Russian musical group. The idea behind the band


"sandy river" published by the Russian Hydrog. Dept. as "R(eka) Sushitna," meaning Sushitna River, on Chart 1378 dated 1847. The Susitna River appears to have been first explored in


of Four Lands came to an end. The reason for the Polish Diet decision was that the Council has failed to deliver collected taxes. The subsequent partition of Poland among Russia,


95 international civilian personnel, 145 local civilian staff and 23 UN Volunteers. Major troop contributors are Malaysia, Russia and Egypt. Armed contingents patrol the no man's land


The House of the Dead () is a novel published in 1862 by Russian author Fyodor Dostoyevsky, which


Russia, left tributary of the Volga. The length of the river is. The area of its drainage basin is. The Kostroma freezes up in November and breaks up in April —


Karabikha () is a village in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, located 15 kilometers to the south of Yaroslavl center. The great Russian poet Nikolay Nekrasov


Nikolai Mikhailovich Budarin () (born April 29, 1953 in Kirya, Chuvashia) is a Russian cosmonaut, a veteran


Tyumen Oil (TNK), one of Russia's largest oil and gas companies. He took a controlling interest in the company in 1997 and has subsequently developed a joint venture with BP.


Russia (an autonomous okrug of Irkutsk Oblast) from September 26, 1937 to January 1, 2008, when it merged with Irkutsk Oblast. Prior to merger, it was called Ust-Orda


down the system, prompting Skynet to retaliate by launching a large-scale nuclear attack against Russia, knowing that the Russian counterattack would eliminate its enemies in the U.S. This initiates an indeterminately


turmoil with civil strife in Russia and Greece at war with Turkey. She did much for international relations by helping nations to alleviate postwar famine in eastern Europe,


a village (selo) and the administrative center of Khankaysky District, Primorsky Krai, Russia. It was founded by peasants who migrated from the Western areas of Russia and by the


Chandrayan mission, and Russia. Additionally, ESA has joint projects with the European Union, NASA of the United States and is participating in the International Space Station together with the


Russia by the empress Catherine I. It would later be discontinued and then reinstated by the Soviet government in 1942 as the Order of Alexander Nevsky. 1758 – Mary


4 – Britain declares war on Spain and Naples. January 5 – Empress Elisabeth of Russia dies and is succeeded by her nephew Peter III. Peter, an


by NATO that "preemptive nuclear strike" in case of an attack by a foreign country is a key option. Countries pledging only to use nuclear weapons defensively. Pakistan, Russia,


May—An earthquake strikes Constantinople. The Eurasian Avars, a mounted people who have swept across Russia and southeastern Europe, seize Byzantine forts along the Danube and reach the


in the army before resuming his studies. He travelled to Russia in December 1871, spending nearly a year learning the language. His first scientific paper was Nogle Raskiana (1874). At the


Alexander Litvinenko, who was poisoned in 2006, PKK's leader Abdullah Ocalan was trained by KGB-FSB. As of 2008, Russia still is not among the states that list


Kitchener had died on 5 June 1916, while on a diplomatic mission to Russia: the ship in which he was travelling, the armoured cruiser HMS Hampshire, struck a


He posited a modified diffusionist theory of the spread of civilization, identifying South Russia as the homeland of the Proto-Indo-Europeans and studied this theory in the context of the archeological record.


the Krasnodar Krai of Russia. Around the year 100 BC, Sarmatian land ranged from the Barents Sea or Baltic Sea ("Oceanus Sarmaticus") to a tributary of the Vistula River, to


a plant belonging to the Araliaceae family. Description. It is an upright deciduous small tree or shrub growing up to 6 m in height, native to eastern Russia, China, Korea, and


the Nazis came to power in Germany, Wolpe, Jew and convinced communist, fled the country, passing through Romania and Russia en route to Austria in 1933-34, where he met


historic name for a major route through the Caucasus from Georgia to Russia. Alternative routes across the mountains include the Ossetian Military Road and the Transkam. Route.


Nikolai Semenovich Kardashev (Никола́й Семёнович Кардашёв) (born April 25, 1932 in Moscow) is a Russian and Soviet


Great Britain, Italy, Russia, and the United States are playable, and from Digital Age to Space Age China, Novaya Russia, and Rebel Forces are playable. Japan and Korea are added


Petersburg, Russia, where the Sun does not set until after 10 p.m., and the twilight lasts almost all night. The White Nights Festival in Saint Petersburg is famous for spectacular


active supporter of Jewish initiatives in Russia and Europe. In 1996 Fridman was one of the founders of the Russian Jewish Congress, now sitting on the RJC


a release for Version 2.0). In 2001, prior to the release of third album beautifulgarbage, Mushroom UK ended its distribution deal with BMG (with the exception of in Eastern Europe, Russia


13, 1923, Petrograd – February 7, 1997, Moscow) was a great Jewish Soviet Russian cellist. Biography. Early years. Daniil Shafran was born in Leningrad in 1923. Even from before


his honor; the latter has retained the name Kaliningrad after the fall of the USSR. Biography. Born to a peasant family in the village of Verkhnyaya Troitsa (Верхняя Троица), Tverskaya Gubernia, Russia


there was the strife between the nobility and the king Stanislaus Augustus Poniatowski, a former favourite of the Russian Empress Catherine II. The king was dependent on Russian military backing. A


the Russian Kaliningrad Oblast exclave. It starts as a confluence of the Instruch and the Angrapa and drains into the Baltic Sea through Vistula Lagoon. Its length under


Zand dynasty. By then, the city of Bushehr had become Iran's major port city in the Persian Gulf. By the Qajar era, Britain, Norway, Russia, Italy, France, Germany,


Volga Federal District of Russia. It lies 1,478 km southeast of Moscow, very close to the border with Kazakhstan. Population: 542,700 (2005 est.); 549,361 (2002 Census). Highest point: 154.4 m. International dialing code:


the jealous intrigues of Russian officer Prince Grigory Alexandrovich Potemkin and his cohort Prince Charles of Nassau-Siegen caused him to be recalled to St. Petersburg for the pretended


supremacist groups can be found in most countries and regions with a significant white population, including North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Latin America, and Russia. Some


died, and he became Duke of Holstein-Gottorp as Karl Peter Ulrich. He could thus be considered the heir to both thrones (Russia and Sweden). When Anna's sister


entitled Golden Mountains of Altai. Belukha is a twin-peaked mountain massif that rises along the border of Russia and Kazakhstan, just north of the point where these


has significantly decreased in Japan. Russia. Elektrichka (,) is an informal word for elektropoezd (), a Soviet or post-Soviet regional (mostly suburban) electrical multiple unit passenger train. Elektrichkas are widespread in Russia


1874. In 1876, Volga Germans, mostly from Saratov and Samara in Russia, began settling in and around Russell. Russell came to national attention in the mid-1990s as the


discovery of the Columbia opened trade between Europeans and Chinook Indians who lived along the lower Columbia between the Cascade region and the river's mouth. U.S., British, Spanish and Russian


He entered Japan's diplomatic corps in 1906 just after Japan's victory against Russia in the Russo-Japanese War. He was Japan's ambassador to Italy and the United Kingdom during the 1930s and


to the south, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship to the south-west, Pomeranian Voivodeship to the west, the Vistula Lagoon to the north-west, and the Kaliningrad Oblast (an exclave of Russia) to


war broke out involving Georgia, South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Russia. See also. History of North Ossetia-Alania. Alania. References. External links. Ossetian Dance, Rustavi Dance Company, 2008, YouTube: (6 min


Russian aircraft designer who founded the Ilyushin aircraft design bureau. Born in Dilialevo, Russia, he became interested in aviation in 1910 and was qualified as a pilot in World War


youngest of the nine children of Wilhelm Richard Sorge (d. 1907) a German mining engineer and his Russian wife Nina Semionovna Kobieleva. His father's lucrative contract with the Caucasian


Peter D. Ouspensky (March 4, 1878–October 2, 1947), (Pyotr Demianovich Ouspenskii, also Uspenskii or Uspensky), a Russian philosopher,


from the Altay mountains through the Siberian steppes and settled in this region, and also penetrated into southern Russia and the Volga. In his accredited work titled Diwan


() before 1775, is a river flowing through Russia and Kazakhstan. It arises in the southern Ural Mountains and ends at the Caspian Sea. Its total length is 1,511


Ştiinţă şi Tehnică (Science and Technology). Russia. Nauka i Zhizn (Science and Life). Tehnika Molodezhi (Technology for the Youth). V Mire Nauki (). Serbia. SciTech. Kroz Prostor Vreme


() is an urban-type settlement located in Leninsky District of Moscow Oblast, 10 km south of the Moscow, Russia, city limits and the MKAD. Population: 1,729 (2002 Census); 1,711 (1989 Census).


centre. After the suppression of the November Uprising of 1830–31, the estate was taken over by the Russian government. The palace collections that had been saved became


Russia, some 60 km north-west of Moscow. Area: 7 km². The town of Solnechnogorsk is located on its western coast. Sestra River starts from here.


his long experience and teaching appeared at Erlangen (1877–1878, 2 vols.). The liturgy of the Lutheran church of Russia has, since 1898, been based on his Liturgische Formulare (1872). His


as reminiscent of instructions Russian generals had issued on the eve of pogroms. In the meantime, local expectations had been raised to a pitch by the declaration of the Syrian


of the inhabitants are foreign nationals. Twin towns. Hanau is twinned with 5 other towns: Dartford, United Kingdom. Tottori, Japan. Yaroslavl, Russia. Conflans-Sainte-Honorine, France. Francheville, Rhône, France. (Doorn,


Kirov Oblast (, Kirovskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative


eventually went into the oil-drilling business. Anschutz's grandfather, Carl Anschutz (born November 10, 1859, in Samara), emigrated from Russia and started the Farmers State Bank in Russell, Kansas. Anschutz grew


Lake Vištytis (;;; informally sometimes called the European Baikal), is a lake on the border between Lithuania (Marijampolė district) and Russia (Kaliningrad oblast). Prior to World War


by the USA, the Soviet Union (and later by Russia), Japan and the European Union. The first interplanetary mission to fly past another planet was the Soviet Union's Venera 1.


Ural Mountains, and he completed the first geological map of European Russia. He was able to preserve much scientific equipment and many invaluable records during the Russian Revolution. He is


Sergei Vadimovich Stepashin (Серге́й Вади́мович Степа́шин) (born March 2 1952, Lüshunkou, China) is a Russian politician, current Chairman of the Accounts Chamber of the Russian


Russian Arctic. It is located at the far northwestern end of the archipelago. This island is the nothermost one in the group and is quite detached from the


administration has tried to balance relations with Russia and the United States by sending petroleum and natural gas to its northern neighbor at artificially low prices while assisting


addition to work in Russia. One of the reasons for this was that in 1991, 1.3 million Moldovans, or ca. 60% of the workforce, were employed in


transport by the military, and many armies train troops for ski warfare. Ski troops played a key role in retaining Finnish independence from Russia during the Winter War, and from


Russia. 8,261 km² — Crete, Greece. 8,500 km² — Carney Island, Antarctica. 8,624 km² — Lake Nicaragua. 8,900 km² — Kingdom of Judah. 9,006 km² — Komsomolets, Russia. 9,521 km² —


Hakuchi, meaning the white pheasant. Europe. Croats and Serbs occupy Bosnia. Khazars conquer the Great Bulgarian Empire in southern Russia. By topic. Religion. St. Martin's Church is built in


to establish his own independent state in Russia creating chaos. The Krashovani, fleeing the Ottoman offensive in Serbia, settled in the Banat.


a city in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located on the Angara River near the vast Bratsk Reservoir. Population: 259,335 (2002 Census). Although the name sounds like the Russian


on the north by Ukraine, on the east by Russia and on the west by the Crimean peninsula. The Don River flows into it. Geology and bathymetry.


Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (Ива́н Алексе́евич Бу́нин) (– November 8, 1953) was the first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. The


Jaeger officer, nor one of the officers trained in the Tsar's army during Russian rule. Still, by 1930 he had become a colonel. In the beginning of the Winter


Sister cities. Anadia, Portugal. Eskilstuna, Sweden. Jakobstad, Finland. Gävle, Sweden. Cabourg, France. Palanga, Lithuania. Pärnu, Estonia. Kazan, Russia. Terracina, Italy. References. External links. Photos and videos. of


The term Great Patriotic War (, Velikaya Otechestvennaya Voyna,) is used in Russia


east to Russia, north to southern Scandinavia and southeast to northern Iran. It is a deciduous tree growing to 20–30 m tall with a trunk up to 1.5 m diameter,


Shaanxi Province in the People's Republic of China. Yogyakarta Special Region in Indonesia. The state of Oklahoma in the United States. Leningrad Oblast in Russia. Edinburgh in


(;), formerly known as Leninsk, is a city in Kyzylorda Province of Kazakhstan, rented and administered by Russia. It was constructed to service the Baikonur Cosmodrome and was officially renamed Baikonur


Aleksandr Nikolayevich Radishchev () (August 31, 1749–September 24, 1802) was a Russian author and social critic who was arrested and exiled


Hermitage in Saint Petersburg. The return of these items has been arranged in a treaty between Germany and Russia but, as of June 2003, is blocked by Russian


to a Russian monastery and then moved to the Greek Monastery of Vatopedi. At the end of 1197 his father, who on becoming a monk was named Simeon


that existed in Europe from the fall of Napoleon in 1815 to the end of the Crimean War. Its founding members were the UK, Austria, Russia and Prussia who


The R-39 Rif, or Rif-Ma was a Russian submarine launched ballistic missile (SLBM). It had the NATO reporting name of SS-N-20 Sturgeon


was the national anthem of the Russian SFSR and of Russia from 1990 to 2000. History. The song originally was not a song but a composition for piano


of the seven federal districts of Russia. The district is between the two other Asian districts. Its population was 20,062,938 in the 2002 census, living on an area of 5,114,800


may go down further. In general, Russian rockets are closer to the BDB concept than their US counterparts. US rockets tend to be built of the most modern, lightest


character diffused across Europe. In Germany, Pulcinella came to be known as Kasper. In the Netherlands he is known as Jan Klaassen. In Denmark he is Mester Jakel. in Russia


Alaska, US). Indian Heaven (Washington, US). Mount Warning (or the Tweed Volcano), (New South Wales, Australia). Verkhovoy (Kamchatka, Russia). Olympus Mons (Mars). Level Mountain Range (British Columbia, Canada). Lord Howe


25% of the current population) moved in Longyearbyen during 2007. About 300 people, or 15% of the population, are non-Norwegian nationals, with Thailand, Sweden, Russia and Ukraine being


puzzle game, invented by Oleg Demin and first introduced as a video game by the Russian company Gamos (Russian: ) in 1992. Game rules. The game starts with


in the Milky Way. Exploration. France begins settling French Guiana. Russian city of Tomsk founded, in Siberia. Medicine. Johannes Kepler describes how the eye focuses light. Physics. Johannes Kepler specifies the


very common in Russian Arctic lakes, where it is known as sig (). The gwyniad (C. pennantii) is sometimes considered to be a subspecies or population of C. lavaretus.


Mennonite Christians with origins in southern Russia. It is part of the larger Mennonite Brethren Church and shares some common history with the US Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches.


Matsu'o Tsurayaba. Zangief and Colossus defend Russia against Omega Red. In one ending, Omega Red apparently kills Ryu, prompting Ken to also seek revenge. Wolverine seeks Akuma as he believes


jam, honey, or apple sauce. The cheese mixture may contain raisins for extra flavor. In Russia they are also known as tvorozhniki (творо́жники). Syrniki are made from full-fat, creamy cottage cheese,


on 1 June 2007. Sister cities. Orenburg has the following sister cities: Khujand, Tajikistan. Legnica, Poland. Orlando, USA. Ufa, Russia. Oral, Kazakhstan. External links. References.


Upa () is a river in Tula Oblast, Russia, one of the main tributaries of Oka River. Length: 345 km. A principal city of Tula stands on the


Kazanka or Qazansu (;) is a river in the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia, a left tributary of the Volga. It begins


Alexander Petrovich Karpinsky (; 7 January 1847 (NS) – 15 July 1936) was a prominent Russian and Soviet geologist and mineralogist, and the president


scientists were greatly impressed by his botanical researches in North Africa, the Iberian Peninsula, the United Kingdom, the North Cape, and Russia. In addition to botany, he was interested in


Lydia Kavina (born September 8, 1967) is a Russian theremin virtuosa, and


incorporated as a city. 1808 – Finnish War: Sweden loses the fortress of Sveaborg to Russia. 1808 – Peninsular War: The Madrid rebels who rose up on May


on January 2 2002, after Russia and Belarus completed ratification procedures. In November 1992, President Bush assigned responsibility for overall training, management, leadership, coordination and support for U.S. Open


latter situation is known as cohabitation. Variants of the French semi-presidential system, developed at the beginning of the Fifth Republic by Charles de Gaulle, are used in France, Finland, Poland, Romania, Russia


Russia and Kazakhstan. As of 2003, scandium was not being extracted from the tailings at any of these mines, but some scandium extraction may be started if


Great Britain. 1776 – Nathan Hale is hanged for spying during American Revolution. 1784 – Russia establishes a colony at Kodiak, Alaska. 1789 – The office of United


Samarkand is conquered by Arabs. The town of Staraja Ladoga is founded in Russia. By topic. Religion. The Synod of Constantinople is called by Emperor Constantine V.


Succession. The Quadruple Alliance of March 1813 (renewed on November 20, 1815); between the United Kingdom, Austria, Prussia, and Russia, aimed at upholding the settlement following the Napoleonic Wars:


of the Kingdom of Scotland into the Americas. In Russia, during the period before and after the Soviet Union, the naval ensign of the Russian Navy has


led by the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR. The country is named after the Kazakh people, Turkic-speaking former nomads who sustained a powerful khanate in the region before Russian


1977) was a Russian aircraft designer who founded the Ilyushin aircraft design bureau. Born in Dilialevo, Russia, he became interested in aviation in 1910 and was qualified as a pilot


common in areas of the former Soviet Union affected by nuclear waste disposal problems, such as the area around the Mayak plant in Chelyabinsk, Russia.) Some cephalic disorders


immense bay of the Arctic Ocean in Northern Russia, at the head of which is the mouth of the Ob River. This Gulf flows into the Kara Sea between the


the Tsumeb Mine, Tsumeb. Other occurrences include: Argentina, Finland, France, Greece, Russia, and Zaire. References.


Russia. It is one of the three major Moscow airports along with Sheremetyevo International Airport and Vnukovo Airport. Domodedovo is the largest airport in Russia in terms of passenger and cargo


Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Maizuru became sister town to Nakhodka, Russia in June 1961, the first Russian - Japanese sister towns in history. Maizuru, Kyoto is also


Evgeny Igorevich Kissin (, Evge'nij I'gorevič Ki'sin) (born 10 October 1971) is a Russian classical pianist and former child prodigy. He is especially known for his interpretations of


the son of a Russian-Georgian general, was a Russian-Georgian statesman, general and scientist who invented the first dry galvanic cell. Biography. A descendant of the Georgian Kings, with Georgia already annexed


Lake Nero () is a shallow, highly eutrophic lake in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia.


Early life. Sanders was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia at number 6 Petrovski Ostrov. His English parents were Henry Sanders (1873-1961) and Margaret Sanders (1875-1967). His older


Vologda Oblast (, Vologodskaya oblast) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Area: 145,700 km²; population: 1,269,568 (as of the


as Dolgaya River (Long River),) is a river in the Sverdlovsk Oblast and Tyumen Oblast in Russia. It is a left tributary of Tobol. The length of the river


after 1893, the widow, of Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Early years. Little is known of Antonina before she met Tchaikovsky. Her family resided in the Moscow


Alexei Konstantinovich Yagudin (; born 18 March 1980) is a Russian figure skater. He was born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). Yagudin is the 2002 Olympic


(,) is the chief river in Mongolia and Russia. Its source rivers are the Ideriin gol and the Delgermörön. It flows into Lake Baikal and has a length


Early life and family. Vigoda was born in New York City, the son of Lena (née Moses) and Samuel Vigoda, Jewish immigrants from Russia. His father was a tailor and


July 5-14 1998. The 29th IChO was held in Montreal, Canada July 13-22 1997. The 28th IChO was held in Moscow, Russia, July 14-23 1996. The 27th


nomadic or partly nomadic. Almost 30% of Algerians are under 15. Algeria has the fourth lowest fertility rate in the Greater Middle East after Cyprus, Tunisia, and


traveling through New York as part of a trip from Tunisia to Canada. Despite traveling on a Canadian passport, Arar was deported to Syria, his country of


south; domestic satellite system with 12 earth stations (20 additional domestic earth stations are planned). international: 5 submarine cables; microwave radio relay to Italy, France, Spain, Morocco, and Tunisia; coaxial


Peace Establishment Act. Her next victories came in 1803 after months of carrying despatches, convoying merchantmen, and patrolling the Mediterranean. On 17 January, she captured Paulina, a Tunisian ship


it was served by the Montreal and Southern Counties Railway. Twin towns. Granby's twin cities are: Thun, Switzerland. Windsor, Ontario. Coventry, England. Saint-Étienne, France. Hammam-Lif, Tunisia. Joal-Fadiouth, Senegal. Rayne, Louisiana. Ancona,


6th Fleet. With Air Group 9 on board, Philippine Sea showed the American ensign in France, Greece, Tunisia and Sicily. In June 1948, the huge carrier returned


Group III capacity) and other specialized products. International. The company had expanded internationally and had been involved in various countries. These had included Algeria, the Netherlands, Tunisia,


Senghor, taught at Saint-Maur’s lycée Marcellin Berthelot and the first lady of Tunisia, Moufida Bourguiba, was born here in 1890. Crooner Charles Trenet, whose ‘La Mer’ has been


by Alexander Hamilton-Gordon until he was relieved in 1918. World War II. IX Corps saw active service in Algeria and Tunisia during WWII as part of First Army. It was disbanded


Christian and other non-Islamic shipping in the western Mediterranean Sea. Their stronghold was along the stretch of northern Africa known as the Barbary Coast (a medieval term for the Maghreb after


state the following ethnic groups: These groups are often combined into broader categories: Source: and. Religion. Christian: 71.75%. No religion: 14.81%. Not stated: 7.71%. Muslim: 2.97%. Hindu: 1.06%. Sikh:


and beautiful female hair, and thus women had to follow the Christian use of covering it to avoid exciting desire in them. Tauler had the opinion that demons were lascivious


Marvel Chillers, The Champions, and Captain America. During his mid-1970s run on Ghost Rider, Isabella wrote a story arc in which Johnny Blaze became a Christian, and in doing


Asbury College is a Christian liberal arts institution located in Wilmore,


predominantly small, and largely isolated communities of differing Christian, Jewish and Muslim groups of the Middle East—most numerously by the Assyrians in the form of Assyrian Neo-Aramaic—that have all


The United Zion Church is a small Christian denomination with roots in the Mennonite


The Church of the Lutheran Brethren of America (CLBA) is a Lutheran denomination of Christians rooted in a spiritual awakening at the turn of the 20th century.


ethnic groups such as Bamar, and Shan. Official government statistics state that the distribution by religion is 57.8% Buddhist, 36.4% Christian. The Kachin language is the lingua franca in


century on, Protestant celibate communities have emerged, especially from Anglican and Lutheran backgrounds. A few minor Christian sects even advocated celibacy as a better way of life for


and established. themselves in As. The Merovingian cemetery indicates that As was an important village from 500 - 700. The region started to be Christianised from the


Orthodox Christians as a sign of goodwill between the centuries-long feuding sister churches. For the first time in more than two months, no new deaths were reported yesterday from


fall of Hitler. The long meetings and discussions at Kreisau developed an image of a society to be, based on Christian values and on small communities, so as to avoid a


which is dedicated to classical music and jazz. RNZ's third network, AM Network, is leased to a private Christian broadcaster while it is not broadcasting parliamentary debates


The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) is an agency dedicated to coordinating cooperative ministry for evangelical denominations of Protestant Christians in the United


all these traditions have coexisted peacefully for hundreds of years up to today despite strong Westernisation from christian missionary conversions in the South or the pressure from Communism's


Reconquista, the Christian reconquest of the Iberian peninsula from the Moors, insofar as he established an independent Christian state in opposition to Moorish hegemony, but there is no strong


ADC is the seminary of the Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches, but serves students from all Christian denominations. The college is accredited by the ATS. See also. List


correctly described in the manuscripts as chief keeper of the ecclesiastical archives, he must have been a Christian. He was the author of The Story of Hysmine and


congregations. Publishing and publications. Northwestern Publishing House() is the official publishing house for the WELS. It is devoted to publishing Christian literature and WELS related religious materials, as well as several


Hong Kong Baptist University emblem consists of three pictorial elements: the Bible, waves and knots. The Bible symbolises the unique quality of Christian education which includes moral and spiritual training in


to a new location near Sallisaw, Oklahoma at the request of the Cherokee tribe. Its primary mission was to provide an education to Cherokee children and expose them to the Christian


Tabernacle fellowship dates back to 1650, when the English Parliament banned independent Christian organisations from meeting together. This congregation braved persecution until 1688, when the Baptists were once again allowed to


Holy Land and later to Cyprus, Rhodes and Malta. They served in hospitals treating pilgrims, and fought to defend Christian interests in the Holy Land and the Mediterranean. Tours take visitors


In the Christian New Testament, the Gospel of John refers a number of times to a town called Cana of Galilee. The marriage


Byzantine Christian rulers and the mass forced conversion to Islam in the Early Muslim period of Palestine. According to their tally, as of November 1, 2007, there were 712 Samaritans living


Aurelius creates four legal districts (iuridici) in Italy (5 if Rome is included). By topic. Religion. The philosopher Justin of Nablus is executed in Rome as a Christian.


of South America quinoa was scorned by the Spanish colonists as food for Indians, and even actively suppressed, due to its status within indigenous non-Christian ceremonies. In fact, the conquistadors forbid


a voice to minority communities and technocratic experts within the legislative process. Among the members of the current Shura Council are representatives of Bahrain's Jewish and Christian communities as


mystical traditions. Monopsychism is a doctrine of Buddhism, Sibghatullah, Jewish Kabbalah and Averroism, and is also a part of Rastafarian beliefs. A similar belief in some mystical Jewish and Christian


leaving two sons. Background and political career. An Anglican Christian of Sri Lankan Tamil decent, Jeyaretnam attended Saint Andrew's School, Singapore and later read law at University


his GED in February 1988 in order to pursue a professional tennis career. A devout Christian, Chang's faith was first brought to the spotlight after his 1989 French Open championship,


obtaining a first class degree in 1894. It was during his time there that he developed the deep Christian faith and asceticism by which he lived his life. He


defeated The Hurricane to win the WWF European Championship, his first singles title in the WWF. He lost the title to Christian on the November 1 edition

Canadian professional wrestler and actor


nature in medieval art, a Christian symbol, or the Devil himself. British medieval scholar C. S. Lewis said the character was "as vivid and concrete as any image in


male to marry Christian and Jewish females but not a Muslim female to marry a Christian or Jewish male. According to these rules, it became common for African,


adulthood by learning the Torah and other Jewish practices. The Christian Bible and Jewish scripture has no age requirement for adulthood or marrying, which includes engaging in sexual


Progress. At the time of his death, Brakhage was also working the Chinese Series, made by scratching directly on to film. Though not a practicing Christian during


of the Resurrection (1866). As a piece of consecutive reasoning upon a fundamental Christian doctrine it attracted great attention. Its width of view and its recognition of


Coulson's Valence, was published after his death by Roy McWeeny in 1979. Coulson also wrote popular works on atomic and molecular structure. Raised as a Methodist, Coulson became a committed Christian


a type of religious hermit, although there are distinctions in their historical development and theology. The anchoritic life is one of the earliest forms of Christian monastic living. Popularly it is


under then name of "Stuff," the band consisted of members Chelsey Pieratt, Chris Billings, brothers Andy and Nic Higham, and Dustin Sanders, all members of a Christian youth group who


on Top of the Pops. He is an active Christian. Hughes has never married, although in an interview with The Daily Telegraph in 2006, he said he had been


often used by some Christians to deride someone whom they feel is lukewarm in the Christian faith. From their perspective, a "Sunday Christian" is attempting to cheat God by taking


grapple with, the reality of evil. The novels often powerfully portray the Christian drama of the struggles within the individual soul from the Catholic perspective. Greene was criticised for


Constantinople) (c. 580 – 13 August 662) was a Christian monk, theologian, and scholar. In his early life, he was a civil servant, and an aide to the Byzantine Emperor


Latin pulpitum "scaffold", "platform", "stage") is a small elevated platform from which a member of the clergy delivers a sermon in a house of worship. In many Christian churches, there are


St Dunstan's, Stepney is an Anglican Church which stands on a site which has been used for Christian worship for over a thousand


the parties involved. These treaties opened more Chinese ports (see Treaty of Nanking) to the foreigners, permitted foreign legations in the Chinese capital Beijing, allow Christian missionary activity, and legalised the


Albright, figure-in-landscape painter. Ivan Albright, magic realist painter. Brooks McCormick, former chief executive officer of International Harvester and noted philanthropist and equestrian. Miles J. Stanford, Christian author.


mainly Christian although traditional elements still have a place. Following the Angolan Civil War, many Angolans (often referred to as Nyemba, which is in fact only one


for its national anthem "Land of the Rising Sun" during its attempted secession from Nigeria. The Christian hymn Be Still, My Soul, written in German (Stille meine Wille, dein Jesus hilft


secure for the next several years, she began an intense period of literature and Christian theology. She also began to study theater and acting, and began appearing in theater roles


altruistic love. In Christian theology charity, or love (agapē), is the greatest of the three theological virtues: Deus caritas est - "God is love". Love, in this sense of


an early example of a clocktower. According to the testimony of Vitruvius and Varro, Andronicus of Cyrrhus designed the structure. In early Christian times, the building was


State 3A High School Football Championship. Sybil Leonard Armes, a Christian musician, author, and alternate Texas poet laureate, was born in Gatesville in 1914. She died in Dallas

Canadian professional wrestler and actor


Christian correlative, the doctrine of the grace of God contingent upon faith in Christ, and baptism. Referring to this, Akiba says, "Happy are ye, O Israelites, that ye


Kunin's book "Juggling Identities: Identity and Authenticity Among the Crypto-Jews". More recently, Evangelical Protestant Christians have opened missionary groups aimed at cultivating evangelical doctrine in Southwestern American communities


with a Christian education heritage. Founded in 1956 by the Baptist Convention of Hong Kong with the support of American Baptists, HKBU is the second-oldest institution of higher learning


Christians of various denominations; however, some major Christian denominations are opposed to the practice. Many of the key cases against government-sponsored school prayer have been filed by Christians in regions


the existence of Christian communities in several cities in northern China, and reveals that the church had initially received recognition by the Tang Emperor Taizong in 635. Content of


is a poetic form that originated in troubadour poetry. Name and form. The name kyrielle derives from the Kýrie, which is part of many Christian liturgies. A kyrielle is


her legal interests and make all decision[s] about her education" and welfare. Banning further stated that her daughter is a Christian who believes in God and has no


work to about 200 persons. Famous residents. Kvinesdal is known for Aril Edvardsen, a world-renowned Christian charismatic evangelist and the founder of Troens Bevis Verdens Evangelisering (). The


song on the album . True Love Waits (TLW) is an international Christian group that promotes sexual abstinence outside of marriage for teenagers and college students. TLW


name derives from a local Arabian princess named Fatima who, following her capture by Christian forces during the Reconquista, was converted to Catholicism, and was baptised before


have outreach programs including public telescope time and sometime planetariums as a public service and to encourage interest in the field. See also. List of astronomers. List of Muslim

theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky


room's ceiling, and has been in operation almost continually since it was created. Explanation. Orreries are sometimes called planetariums, although this word usually refers to hemispherical theatres


headquarters of the Akashi Domain. The city, in its current form, was founded on November 1, 1919. Geography. Akashi Municipal Planetarium stands on the meridian of 135

light rail station in Downtown Salt Lake City, Utah, United States


in Tampere, Finland. The park features an aquarium, a planetarium, a children's zoo, an art museum, an observation tower (Näsinneula), an amusement park and the world's most northern dolphinarium. Särkänniemi is


the night, it is very rare for a modern professional astronomer to use an eyepiece on a larger telescope. It is far more common to use a charge-coupled

instrument that aids in the observation of remote objects


from more accurate data. Optical technology, such as the telescope, sextant and other devices that use telescopes, allowed for accurate surveying of land and the ability of mapmakers and navigators to


new surveying techniques. The invention of the magnetic compass, telescope and sextant enabled increasing accuracy. In 1492, Martin Behaim, a German cartographer, made the oldest extant globe of the Earth. Johannes


Ngawang Namgyal, presented him with firearms, gunpowder and a telescope, and offered him their services in the war against Tibet, but the shabdrung declined the offer.After a stay


the range from so-called "armchair astronomers" to the very ambitious, who own science-grade telescopes and instruments with which they are able to make their own discoveries and


An optical telescope is a telescope which is used to gather and focus


event in 1908 was a fragment of Comet Encke. Observation. A new comet may be discovered photographically using a wide-field telescope or visually with binoculars. However, even without access


are made that fit inside a regular pocket; they are frequently referred to as "pocket scopes". See also. Monocle. Telescope. Spotting scope. History of the telescope. References.


telescopes. The primary targets are active galactic nuclei, but water masers, OH masers, radio stars, and pulsars will also be observed. The baselines between space and ground


as the Very Large Telescope) can reduce atmospheric effects with adaptive optics. A telescope orbiting the Earth outside the atmosphere is subject neither to twinkling nor to


Greek word for telescope. There are no European names for stars in this constellation. The Chinese did assign names to α Tel (We, meaning danger), and γ Tel (the present-day G


Danzig (Gdańsk) on behalf of the Royal Society to help resolve a dispute. Because astronomer Johannes Hevelius did not use a telescope, his observations had been questioned by Robert Hooke. Halley


physics, astronomy, and optics, polarization is defined as seen from the receiver, such as a telescope or radio telescope. By this definition, if you could stop time


being born 10 times faster than they are inside our entire Milky Way Galaxy. Messier 81 triggering starburst. Forming a striking pair in small telescopes with nearby


Airport in Cyprus, the only country with a recovering population. However, this is also a military base, so people creeping around the perimeter with telescopes and binoculars may attract interest from


Johannes Schreck (1576-1630), also known as Johannes Terrenz or Terrentius, introduces the telescope to China. Technology. A simple microscope is developed. Births. Thomas Willis, English physician who contributed


as opposed to a fixed focal length (FFL) lens (see prime lens). They are commonly used with still, video, motion picture cameras, projectors, some binoculars, microscopes, telescopes, telescopic sights,

genetic element in the species Drosophila melanogaster


bright sources seen in many popular images. See also. telescope.


set after splitting the first two sets. Before the 2005 Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, Agassi rolled his ankle in a racquetball accident and tore several ligaments. He

2010 American mystery/thriller film directed by Mikael Håfström


offices, parcel services are available in Chiang Mai. Sister cities. Shanghai, China (2000). Yogyakarta, Indonesia (2007). Gallery. References. External links.


Shanghai, Chengdu, Wuhan, Guangzhou and Lanzhou, four documentation and information centers, three technology support centers and two news and publishing units. These CAS branches and offices are located


The Jade Buddha Temple (, literally Jade Buddha Chan Temple) is a Buddhist temple in Shanghai, China. As with many modern Chinese


the Times Publishing House in Shanghai. After returning to the United States, Thiele received an MA degree in archaeology from the University of Chicago in 1937. He then


Shanghainese), or the Shanghai dialect (), is a dialect of Wu Chinese spoken in the city of Shanghai and the surrounding region. It is classified as part of the


22, 2001) was the holder of many world records in free diving. Jacques Mayol was a French national born in Shanghai, China. He was the first free

subbarrio in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico


Katjimuine School. Tobias Hainyeko Primary School. Van Rhyn. Town twinning. Twin cities. Shanghai, since 1. June 1996. Richmond, since 20. March 1998. Berlin, since 18. April 2000. Bremen, since 18.


He is most famous for his poem High Flight. Life. John Gillespie Magee, Jr. was born in Shanghai, China, to an American father and a British mother who worked as


minister of CCP): Zeng Qinghong, former Vice-President of China. Son of Huang Jing: Yu Zhengsheng（俞正声）, secretary of the CCP of Shanghai, member of the politburo. Son in


DC, with branch offices in Jerusalem, Berlin, London, Rome, Shanghai and Tokyo. MEMRI was co-founded in 1998 by Yigal Carmon, a former colonel in Israeli military intelligence,


TV tower in Shanghai, China. The Oriental Pearl Tower is located at the tip of Lujiazui in the Pudong district, by the side of Huangpu River, opposite The


group is present in Copenhagen, Helsinki, Kaliningrad, Kiev, Luxembourg, Moscow, Marbella, New York, Oslo, Shanghai, Saint Petersburg, and Tokyo. On 8 September 2006, FöreningsSparbanken AB changed its name to Swedbank


Shanghai, is founded (approximate date). By topic. Religion. Henry II of Germany founds the Diocese of Bamberg. Births. Isaac I Comnenus, Byzantine emperor (d. 1062). Gruoch, wife of King Macbeth


was. The marriage took place in December 1917. Hu received his fundamental education in Jixi and Shanghai. Hu became a "national scholar" through funds appropriated from the Boxer Rebellion


Review, Asia alone will have at least 10 hypercities, those with 20 million or more, including Delhi (~20 million), Jakarta (24.9 million people), Dhaka (25 million), Karachi (26.5 million), Shanghai


is the 9th largest stock exchange in Asia by market capitalisation (2008), and is based in Shenzhen, China. Exchanges. The Shanghai and Shenzhen stock exchanges list more than


in May 1893 he went to the Far East, and in February 1894 began a journey from Shanghai to Rangoon. He went partly by boat up the


Shanghai, Chefoo (Yantai) and Peking (Beijing), and returned to England via Japan and the USA in 1873. In 1875 he was named Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford and in 1876


R.S. Butterfield, Butterfield & Swire was established in Shanghai. Four years later, a Hong Kong branch of Butterfield & Swire was also opened. Four years after the


Putuo () is an island located to the south-east of Shanghai, in Zhoushan prefecture of Zhejiang province, China. It is famous in Chinese Buddhism, and is considered the


Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Sydney and Seoul. Xinhua Finance stated they would retain their operations in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Taipei. Financial terms were not disclosed. Products. The company had a


services, where he began rising in rank, becoming a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party, Minister of Electronic Industries in 1983. In 1985 he became Mayor of Shanghai

1935 American film directed by James Flood


techniques while working for the Shanghai Municipal Police from 1907 to 1940. Fairbairn drew heavily on Chinese martial arts, which he simplified and tailored to the needs of training police


Hakka Chinese who first achieved prominence as a missionary and businessman in Shanghai. He was a close friend of Sun Yat-Sen and a key player in the


under the jurisdiction of Shanghai, China. The county consists of three main islands: Chongming Island (); Changxing Island; and Hengsha Island. These are low-lying alluvial islands in the mouth of the


April 29, 1932, Shigemitsu was Japan's minister in Shanghai when a Korean independence activist, Yoon Bong-Gil threw a bomb at a reviewing stand Shigemitsu walked with an artificial leg


Born in 1961 in Shanghai, she now lives in Vancouver and is the mother of two children. She obtained a degree in French language and literature from Fudan University


arrived 5 November, then voyaged to Shanghai to return troops to the United States at Seattle 30 December. Makin Island was decommissioned on 19 April 1946 at


unwelcome attention from the occupying army. In 1919, all of the major pro-independence factions formed the Provisional Government in Shanghai. Rhee was elected the president, a post

2012 Hindi political thriller film directed by Dibakar Banerjee


the mayor of Shanghai. As the mayor of Shanghai from 1989 to 1991, Zhu won popular respect and acclaim for overseeing the development of Pudong, a Singapore-sized Special Economic


Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport () is one of the two airports in Shanghai, People's Republic of China. Located in Changning District,


and seclusion. China. Oriental Grand Garden (Pudong District, Shanghai). Vanke Garden City -- (Wuchang District, Wuhan) is a gated community in Hubei Province. Clifford Estates (Panyu) --The community consists of row


in the AFC Championship game with the winner receiving the Lamar Hunt Trophy. The AFC champion plays the NFC champion in the Super Bowl. After Super Bowl XLIII the AFC

National Football League (NFL) championship game


December 29. The win qualified them to represent their league in a game that was being referred to for the first time as the Super Bowl (and referred to


Congressman. John Rooney, television sportscaster. Lenvil Elliott, NFL player for Super Bowl champion San Francisco 49ers. Michael Letzig, professional golfer. Beryl Wayne Sprinkel, economist. References. A. J. Suha - U.S. Navy SAR


also agreed to the creation of the Super Bowl and later supported the concept of Monday Night Football. NFL sources have since aggrandized Rozelle's part in both the merger and


official and private cachets; they commemorate everything from the first flight on a particular route, to the Super Bowl. Cachets are also frequently made, either by private companies or a government,


and three running backs, including Pro Bowler and Super Bowl winner Mark Tuinei ('78) who played 15 years for the Dallas Cowboys. The current Punahou football coach, Kale


(as the Chicago Cardinals). The Lions have yet to qualify for the Super Bowl. The team has qualified for the playoffs only nine times in the more than 50 years since winning


Florida Bulls. Lee Janzen, PGA Tour golfer, U.S. Open winner. Ray Lewis, NFL player, Baltimore Ravens, Super Bowl champion & MVP, 2-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year.


play a single final game, but his idea was not implemented until the Super Bowl game was played in 1967. Following his tenure with San Diego, he coached the Houston Oilers


to focus on every game and not look ahead. Players substituted the term "festivus" for playoffs and "festivus maximus" for the Super Bowl. The Ravens eventually went on to


to air during the Super Bowl. Filmography. Three Rooms in Manhattan (1965). The Godfather (1972). The Don Is Dead (1973). Newman's Law (1974). (1974). The Cheap Detective (1978).


office with $13,510,293 on the Super Bowl weekend. It grossed $60,400,856 domestically. Worldwide tally was $94,728,529. The Wedding Planner debuted at #1, making Lopez the first actress and singer in history to


components due to different explanatory variables. In its simplest form ANOVA gives a statistical test of whether the means of several groups are all equal, and therefore generalizes

general term for the several definitions of mean value, the sum divided by the count


between them. Cluster elements. Elements within a cluster should ideally be as heterogeneous as possible, but there should be homogeneity between cluster means. Each cluster should be


and the mean or median scores of the final rounds determine the results. Delphi [pron: delfI] is based on the principle that forecasts from a structured group of experts are more


central tendency and statistical dispersion, such as the mean, median, and standard deviation, are defined in terms of L'p metrics, and measures of central tendency can be


score to be standardized; μ is the mean of the population; σ is the standard deviation of the population. The quantity z represents the distance between the raw


(population) mean and standard deviation: where μ = E(X) is the mean and σ = the standard deviation of the probability distribution of X. If the random variable under consideration


deviation more explicit with the following definition for a pooled standard deviation. with and as the mean and standard deviation for group k, for k = 1, 2. This definition


experiment, Group A is given vodka, Group B is given gin, and Group C is given a placebo. All groups are then tested with a memory task. A one-way ANOVA can


the bank Menatep). In addition to importing and reselling computers, the "scientific" center was involved in trading a wide range of other products; French brandy, Swiss vodka.


in disguise. Behemoth: An enormous (said to be as large as a hog) black cat, capable of standing on two legs and talking. He has a penchant for chess, vodka and


drinks such as vodka, whisky, rum and wine among others. It can also be used as a top-up in a various cocktails. Kinnie Recipe. Kinnie's recipe is a tightly


Group A is given vodka, Group B is given gin, and Group C is given a placebo. All groups are then tested with a memory task. A one-way ANOVA can


and generally these phrases containing "Dutch" are pejorative or implying "spurious" such as "Dutch treat" or "Dutch uncle". A more likely source is that gin was and is a


gambling. Around this same time, Moresnet boasted three distilleries for the manufacture of gin. The most remarkable initiative occurred in 1908, when Dr. Molly proposed making Neutral Moresnet the world's first


formal reading of a criminal complaint in the presence of the defendant to inform the defendant of the charges against him or her. In response to arraignment, the accused is expected


which the defendant does not admit the act and asserts innocence, but admits that sufficient evidence exists with which the prosecution could likely convince a judge or jury to find


grounds that it has decided other claims in the case and that its decision on those claims should satisfy the parties. For example, the plaintiff may claim that the defendant's actions


probable cause that a crime was committed. At such a hearing, the defendant may be assisted by counsel; in many jurisdictions, there is a right to counsel at the


civil case to a maximum of either $250,000 or 300% of the economic damage caused by the defendant; whichever was greater. Opponents of this act argued that federal restrictions of


being strict towards either the defendant or the plaintiff. If the litigants attempt to lie or deter from directly answering her questions she is known to become impatient. Because


the offense, mitigating factors, and the defendant's character, and pass sentence. If the defendant pleads not guilty, a date will be set for a preliminary hearing or a trial. In

in mathematical logic, a well-formed formula with no free variables


to the English word mummy. Asphalt was also used by ancient Egyptians to embalm mummies. In the ancient Far East, natural asphalt was slowly boiled to get rid of the higher


(and Sir Walter Raleigh) a "fine wine from the Far East" as a souvenir - which turned out to be a bottle of Baldrick's urine. There were also (largely confirmed)


part in exercises in the Far East as part of the Five Power Defence Arrangement. The task force was, instead, sent to the Persian Gulf where they took part


Fleet. She sailed from Portsmouth in March 1971 for the Far East, under the command of Captain James Jungius RN. She paid a brief visit to Ascension Island before visiting Durban


in the United States from 1852 to 1873. Asphalt is typically stored and transported at temperatures around 300 degrees Fahrenheit (150°C). Sometimes diesel oil or kerosene are mixed in before shipping


not applied until after this) was a four-seater designed by Gustaf Erikson in Surahammar in 1897. Strongly resembling a contemporary carriage, it used a one-cylinder kerosene engine, tiller steering, and


ibn Zakarīya Rāzi (Rhazes) in the 9th century, producing chemicals such as kerosene in the alembic (al-ambiq), and which was mainly used for kerosene lamps. Arab and Persian chemists also distilled


have two hotplates - a boiling plate and a simmering plate. Fuel options include kerosene, diesel, biofuel, gas or electricity. Solid-fuel models have now been discontinued, but refurbished models


paraffin, gasoline, toluene, xylene, diesel, kerosene and light crude oils exhibit significant ability for charge accumulation and charge retention during high velocity flow. Static electricity can discharge into a fuel vapor.


LOX is a common liquid oxidizer propellant for spacecraft rocket applications, usually in combination with liquid hydrogen or kerosene. LOX is useful in this role because it creates a high


Greek ásphalton, ásphaltos (άσφαλτος), a word of uncertain origin meaning "asphalt/bitumen/pitch" which some derive from α- "without" and σφάλλω "to make fall". Background. Asphalt or bitumen can sometimes be confused with tar,

language spoken in Greece, Cyprus and Southern Albania


HCl, HBr, and HI), he defined acids in terms of their containing oxygen, which in fact he named from Greek words meaning "acid-former" (from the Greek οξυς (oxys) meaning "acid" or


French spelling for disambiguation. Both are probably derived from the Latin barica, from Greek baris "Egyptian boat", from Coptic bari "small boat", hieroglyphic Egyptian D58-G29-M17-M17-D21-P1 and similar ba-y-r for "basket-shaped


a canon was initially a rule adopted by a council (From Greek kanon / κανών, Hebrew kaneh / קנה, for rule, standard, or measure); these canons formed the


Cyril (also Cyrillus or Cyryl) is a masculine given name. It is derived from the Greek name Κύριλλος


computer processor speed and radio frequency (RF) applications, can be pronounced either, with a hard sound, or, with a soft. The prefix "giga-" is derived directly from the Greek ".". Applications.


do not improve, it may very well be that the only living perissodactyls left will be the domesticated horse and donkey. Two recently extinct equids. Etymology. Perissodactyl is Greek from περισσός,


includes Italic, Celtic, Germanic, Greek and possibly a number of minor and little known extinct groups (such as Ancient Macedonian and Venetic). Tocharian combined all rows into


- stigmata is the plural of the Greek word στίγμα, stígma, a mark or brand such as might have been used for identification of an animal or slave.


syllable (Greek:) is a unit of organization for a sequence of speech sounds. For example, the word water is composed of two syllables: wa and ter. A syllable is typically made


are closely related to the red colobus monkeys of genus Piliocolobus. The word "colobus" comes from Greek ekolobóse "he cut short" and is so named because its


in Greek means "to all". Leibniz and Alexander von Humboldt are associated with the concept. Blissymbols and Real Character are examples. See also. Constructed language. Engineered language. Philosophical language. References.


word of apraxia is praxis, Greek for an act, work, or deed. It is preceded by a privative a, meaning 'without'. Types. There are several types of apraxia


Anathema (in Greek Ανάθεμα)


Khazar (Greek: Λέων Δ΄, Leōn IV), (January 25, 750 – September 8, 780), was Byzantine Emperor from 775 to 780. Leo was the son of Emperor Constantine V


Acantha (Greek: Ἀκάνθα, English translation: "thorny") was a minor character in Greek mythology. She was a nymph loved


In Roman mythology, Evander (from Greek Εὔανδρος Euandros, "good man"


In Greek mythology, Geras (Greek: Γῆρας, Gễras) was the god of old age. It was considered a virtue whereby the more gēras


Vari (or Várê, Greek: Βάρη) is a


Greek tópos (τόπος), place; followed by ónoma (ὄνομα), meaning name. It is itself a branch of onomastics, the study of names of all kinds. To understand the value of


Tyrtaeus (also Tyrtaios, Greek:) was a Greek elegiac poet who lived at Sparta about the middle of the 7th century BC. Life. According to the older tradition, Tyrtaeus was


It consists of a long syllable between two short syllables. The word comes from the Greek αμφίβραχυς, amphíbrakhys, "short on both sides". In English accentual-syllabic poetry, an amphibrach is a


psta, a loan from Adyghe, violates Ubykh's rule of no more than two initial consonants; also, the English words sphere and sphinx, Greek loans, violate the restraint (or constraint, see


Greek πελαργός, pelargós, stork, because part of the flower looks like a stork's beak. Other than grown for their beauty, species of Pelargonium such as P. graveolens are


A hysterectomy (from Greek hystera "womb" and ektomia "a cutting out of") is the surgical removal of the uterus, usually performed by a gynecologist. Hysterectomy may be


Phut or Put (Hebrew: פוט; Septuagint Greek Φουδ Phoud) is the third son of Ham (one of the sons of Noah), in the biblical


father, a clergyman, provided him with a thorough education of wide scope; and the boy at an early age distinguished himself as a linguist, not only in Latin and Greek


In Greek mythology "golden-wreathed" Phoebe (Greek: Φοίβη Phoibe; in English), the feminine counterpart of the


strong hydroastatic acid. Astatine is the least reactive of the halogens, being less reactive than iodine. History. The existence of "eka-iodine" had been predicted by Mendeleev. Astatine (after Greek αστατος astatos,


and is very diverse in appearance, behavior, and breeding habitat. Name. The term "Drosophila", meaning "dew-loving", is a modern scientific Latin adaptation from Greek words δρόσος, drósos, "dew", and


Genesis (Greek: Γένεσις, "birth", "origin") or Bereshith (Hebrew: בְּרֵאשִׁית, "in the beginning") is the first book of the Hebrew Bible/Christian Old Testament, and the first of five books


offered at most undergraduate institutions. The word anthropos (άνθρωπος) is from the Greek for "human being" or "person." Eric Wolf described sociocultural anthropology as "the most scientific


For other uses, see Antigone (disambiguation). Antigone (; Greek Ἀντιγόνη) is the name of two different women in Greek mythology. The name may be taken to mean


considerable repute, had studied at Brussels and Ferrara, and before settling in Paris, had taught Greek for several years at Lyon. He illustrated with notes several of the classics


omission is always considered a mistake. French usage often includes a white space before the question mark (for example, "Que voulez-vous boire ?"). In Greek and Church Slavonic,


few Greek speakers in towns near Rinconada, the "gitanos" (Gypsy). As well on the region of the low San Rafael, French is predominant, due to settlers from the Haute-Saône region in


Greek word sparasso, meaning "to tear", and alludes to the shape of the floral bracts. References. Goldblatt, P. (1999) Sparaxis. Flora of Southern Africa 7: 151-169. it is not


Achelois was a name attributed to several figures in Greek mythology. Achelois (Greek: Ἀχελωΐς, English translation: "she who


Ogyges, Ogygus or Ogygos (Greek:) is