War II. , a Skate-class submarine, is accused by Russia of ramming and sinking the Soviet Golf II class submarine K-129 during the Cold War (see Project Jennifer).


in 1972 in the "Match of the Century". The contest took place in Reykjavík, Iceland, at the height of the Cold War, and consequently was seen as symbolic of

state of geopolitical tension after World War II between powers in the Eastern Bloc and the Western Bloc


occupying powers favoured Adenauer and did all they could to assist his campaign; the British remained neutral. Further, the onset of the Cold War, and particularly the ruthless behaviour of the Soviets


the 12 December 1945. Operations began in February 1946 under quadripartite flight rules Paragraph 4. BASC was one of two Cold War, four-power organizations to have existed, the other


weather station. During the Cold War, that line constituted the border between the USA and the Soviet Union, and became known as the "Ice Curtain". In 1987, however,


See also the main article Comecon. Comecon, a Cold War Eastern Bloc equivalent


Cold War period. The U.S. Navy has replaced Steinke hoods on U.S. submarines with escape suits called Submarine Escape Immersion Equipment. See also. Escape trunk. References. Steinke Hood Fundamentals: and


romance, and religion. Other themes include the specter of nuclear holocaust in the context of the Cold War and the legacy and complexity of General Sherman's own life. In 2000, the Library


patients at the psychiatric clinic were deported and murdered. During much of the Cold War there was a small American military garrison in the community. The town became nationally


the National Security Agency, "VENONA" is written on them in full capitals, but many authors writing about this project generally capitalize only the first letter.). During the initial years of the Cold War


headquarters in Ottawa "was a prime espionage target" during the Cold War. Institutes. Scientific Research. Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics (NRC-HIA) - Penticton and Victoria, BC. Steacie Institute for


steal nuclear secrets, and the then-unknown technique of planting sleeper agents. The "Gouzenko Affair" is often credited as a triggering event of the Cold War. Background. Gouzenko was


maintaining a path of moderate socialism during the Cold War. Tsedenbal was forced into retirement in August 1984 in a Soviet-sponsored move, allegedly on the account of his old age and


back, but to no avail. The two of them, known as the "Romeo and Juliet of the Cold War", were divorced in 1982. Godunov's defection may have inspired another principal dancer couple


build up a deterrent in Europe against the Soviets. In 1950, as a result of the beginning of the Cold War, the base was transferred to the U.S.


the end of the Cold War. Following GEC's purchase VSEL became Marconi Marine (VSEL). Lord Weinstock retired as Managing Director in 1996 and was replaced by George Simpson. In


Delphi method was developed at the beginning of the Cold War to forecast the impact of technology on warfare. In 1944, General Henry H. Arnold ordered the creation of the report


The M46, M47, M48 and M60 Patton were the United States Army's principal battle tanks of the Cold War, with models in service from the late 1940s to the


Cold War an Arctic Control Group forward staging base for strategic bombers was located at Vorkuta Sovetskiy. Footnotes. External links. Contemporary photographs - Vorkuta city. Historical photographs. Other


shaped Japanese foreign policy during the Cold War era and beyond. Early life. Yoshida was born in Yokosuka near Tokyo and educated at Tokyo Imperial University. He entered Japan's diplomatic corps in


resistance during those years. During the Cold War it was the site of the Lociki air base, 12 km northeast of the town itself. Art, architecture, and culture. Daugavpils is an important


between 35,000 and 39,000 men. The Land Forces are the largest branch, with at least 29,000 men serving there. Opposing to many former Soviet bloc militaries, discipline and morale problems


love meant proper discipline; in a society essentially without police, the family was the basic unit of supervision. Disciplining disobedient children mostly derived from a spiritual concern: a


Yemen, Libya, Iraq and Syria, and also sent military advisors in some of these countries. Some military and medical aid was also supplied to North Vietnam during the


and Matsu" (Chinese Taipei). A number of non-members (30) are observers at WTO proceedings and are currently negotiating their membership. As observers, Iran, Iraq and Russia are not yet members. With


(after the use of chemical weapons by Iraq in 1984) to help member countries to identfy those of their exports which need to be controlled so as not to


extensive plateau and mountainous area in the Middle East, inhabited mainly by Kurds. It covers parts of eastern Turkey (Turkish Kurdistan), northern Iraq (Iraqi Kurdistan), northwestern Iran (Iranian Kurdistan)


end-February 2004. The 3rd brigade of the division deployed to Iraq in the summer of 2003, redeploying to the US in Spring 2004. The 1st brigade deployed


3 territories); see Provinces and territories of Canada. Ethiopia has a federal system that consists of 9 kililoch (and 3 chartered cities); see Regions of Ethiopia. Iraq


by Iraq in the years between the Persian Gulf War and the American Invasion. Development. The missile was essentially a scaled-down Scud, though parts were mostly derived from the Russian


"Ardulfurataini Watan" (The Land of The Two Rivers) () is the old national anthem of Iraq. The anthem was adopted in


Council of Representatives of Iraq. The Knesset of Israel. The Saeima of Latvia. The Parliament of Lebanon. The Landtag of Liechtenstein. The Seimas of Lithuania. The Sobranie of


Kerman province and Burned City in Zabol, as well as a small part of southern Iraq. Situated just to the east of Mesopotamia, Elam was part of the early urbanization during


at-Tikrītī) was one of three uterine half-brothers of Saddam Hussein, and a leader of the Mukhabarat, the Iraqi intelligence service. Despite falling out of favour with Saddam at one time, he


Sayyid Radhi can be found adjacent to the Al Kadhimiya Mosque in Baghdad, Iraq. When he was young, his mother sent him and his brother, al-Sharif al-Murtada,


Iraq, then the eastern borders between the Roman Empire and Persia. The retreating Persian forces numbered about 10,000 with an additional group of 5,000 Lakhmid Arabs. After several


of her career. Splendid fired Tomahawks in battle against Serbian targets in Belgrade during the Kosovo War. She again fired these weapons against Iraqi targets in the


organization. With Iraqi, and later Syrian and Libyan, backing, they formed the Rejectionist Front, espousing a no-compromise line towards Israel. The defectors included the PFLP, the PFLP-GC, the PLF, as-Sa'iqa,


the roots of belly dance are uncertain. One theory claims that belly dancing was originally from Ancient Babylon in southern Iraq. Adnanite Arabs introduced belly dancing and


Iraq. It covers a total distance of 445 km (275 miles). It rises near Sanandaj, in the Zagros Mountains of Iran. It then descends through the mountains, where for some 32 km


of Kuwait from Iraq, Operation Desert Storm, had begun. The Navy launched 228 sorties from Ranger and in the Persian Gulf, from en route to the Persian


Owja, Al-Auja or Al-Ouja) is a village 8 miles (13 km) south of Tikrit, in Iraq on the western bank of the Tigris. It was the birth place of the former


leaders of Iraqi provinces during his Presidency over Iraq. When Saddam was found by the 4th Infantry Division he was hiding only a few miles from his hometown


on the western bank of the Tigris. It was the birth place of the former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in 1937 and home of many of the leaders of Iraqi provinces


time for withdrawing from Iraq. He stated "Let me give you an analogy. Imagine your next door neighbor refuses to mow his lawn and the weeds are all the


of these units was the 548th Supply and Services Battalion with almost 1,000 soldiers, which supported the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) in Iraq. Following a cease-fire in March 1991,


he lived in Iraq, the territories from Syria up to Medina, particularly Iran was under his influence. Hasan al-Askari’s spiritual and knowledge’s influence went to the extent that it


photo was matched to a Hezbollah martyr poster found near a mosque in Beirut. Iraq accused Iran of being behind the attack. References. See also. List of aircraft hijackings. Lists of


Kuwait is situated in Southwest Asia, bordering the Persian Gulf, between Iraq and Saudi


northern Iraq. c. 8500 BC—Natufian culture of Western Mesopotamia is harvesting wild wheat with flint-edged sickles. (1967 McEvedy) About this time, boats are invented, and dogs domesticated in


The Iraqi Constitutional Monarchy (ICM) is a monarchist political party in Iraq led by Sharif Ali Bin al-Hussein. Al-Hussein is related to the Hashemite royal family which ruled Iraq


Larsa (also Larag or Larak, modern Tell as-Senkereh and Tell Sankarah, Iraq, possibly the Biblical Ellasar), was an important city of ancient Sumer. It lies


173rd Airborne Brigade and Special Forces occupy the city of Kirkuk in Iraq with little resistance. April 12, 2003. The looting and unrest, especially in major cities Baghdad


authority in some parts of the country. Other countries and territories with warlords include Afghanistan, Iraq, Burma (Wa State), Russia (Chechnya), Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Sri Lanka,


such as Noam Chomsky and Susan Sarandon) opposing the invasion of Iraq. Filmography. Television. Saturday Night Live (1985-1986; various). Peep and the Big Wide World (Narrator). What About Joan? (21 episodes,


Taha al-Hashimi (;). (1888–1961) served briefly as prime minister of Iraq for two months, from February 1, 1941, to April 1, 1941. He was appointed prime minister


Baiji (; also spelled Bayji) is a city of about 200,000 inhabitants in northern Iraq some 130 miles north of Baghdad, on the main road to Mosul.


of Iraq. The ship was decommissioned on 17 December 2005 but will continue to be used for training purposes. Roll of Honour. The two crewmen killed in the air attack


exerted on Iraq could have been exploited during a transitional hand-over period following the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Instead, the US Government's policy of purging Baath party members


farmers of ancient Mesopotamia, which centuries ago covered all of Iraq and large portions of contemporary Turkey, Syria and Iran. Most Haunted. Thatcher appeared on LIVINGtv show Most Haunted on 13


cAqīla al-Hāshimī; 1953 - September 25, 2003) was an Iraqi politician who served on the Iraqi Governing Council. Aqila al-Hashimi was born in 1953 into a prominent Shi'ite


prominence in the Islamic theological schools of Iraq, especially in Basra. The ninth century theologian Abu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari argued that there is no secondary causation in the created order. The


al-Hikma) was a library and translation institute in Abbassid-era Baghdad, Iraq. It was a key institution in the Translation Movement and considered to have been a major intellectual center of


on to clash with Howard over taxes, immigration and Iraq, and was sacked from the frontbench in September 2004 after telling Howard that Ann Widdecombe was right


for an anti-war amendment during the Iraq crisis debate - 18 March, 2003. Personal life. He married Angela Margaret Magee. They have two daughters (born January 1985 and


KRG until 2003. She was appointed Iraq's Minister for Municipalities & Public Works in September 2003, the only woman minister on the interim Iraqi Governing Council. In June 2004, she


refuel in 1997. On 16 April 2003 HMS Turbulent was the first Royal Navy vessel to return home from the war against Iraq. She arrived in Plymouth flying


Iraq. It belongs to Al-Hasakah governorate in the Al Qamishli District and is the center of an administrative district. Demographics. Al Qamishli, originally, a Syriac/Assyrian city, in modern times, is of mixed


of Burkina Faso's military include its Army, Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Police, and People's Militia. Being a landlocked country, Burkina Faso has no navy. Military Statistics. Army Forces:5,800 - 6,000 men


Gun ZPU-4. Surface-to-air Strela 2. References and links. Burkina Faso. External links.


Ouagadougou (, Mossi:) is the capital of Burkina Faso and the administrative, communications, cultural and economic center of the nation. It is also the country's largest city,


(1964). Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom (1963). Saponé, Burkina Faso (1989). Taranto, Italy (1964). Yokosuka, Japan (1970). Friendly relationship. Brest has an official friendly relationship (protocole d'amitié) with: Bejaïa, Algeria


Mali and the extreme western corner of Burkina Faso to Katiola in Côte d'Ivoire. One group, the Nafana, is found in north-western Ghana. The Senufo number somewhere between 1.5 and 2.7


to resolve the dispute over two villages along the Benin-Burkina Faso border that remain from 2005 ICJ decision; much of Benin-Niger boundary, including tripoint with Nigeria, remains undemarcated; in 2005,


of the German Empire, which was abolished in 1918. The flag was changed when Upper Volta became Burkina Faso on 4 August 1984. See also. Flag of Burkina Faso. External


was President of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) from 8 November 1982 to 4 August 1983, when he was overthrown in a coup d’état which brought Thomas Sankara


president of Upper Volta (since 1984 renamed Burkina Faso), in power from January 3, 1966 to November 25, 1980. He held the additional position of Prime Minister from


Accord" or "Council of Understanding") is a West African regional co-operation forum established in May 1959 by Côte d'Ivoire, Niger, Burkina Faso and Benin, and joined in 1966


The African Democratic Rally (Rassemblement Démocratique Africain) is a political party in Burkina Faso. It was


International Investments. Etisalat International Investments is the business unit of Etisalat that operates outside the UAE and manages the corporation's stakes in telecommunications carriers in Afghanistan, Benin, Burkina Faso,


operational condition. Until 1994, some ex-Libyan Air Force Soviet MiG-21 'Fishbed' fighters operated from Ouagadougou, although opinion is divided over whether these were owned and operated by the


Ouagadougou military school and the St Cyr military school in France. He was an ardent supporter of longtime President Félix Houphouët-Boigny, who in 1990 appointed him chief of the army


la Paix) on the outskirts of Ouagadougou.


exports. Although potential wealth in petroleum, nickel, copper, and other natural resources is being explored, the uncertain security situation has prevented meaningful investor interest. Industrial development also is

unincorporated community in Wells County, Indiana, United States


in that decade. It is argued that this inflation resulted from increases in the cost of petroleum imposed by the member states of OPEC. Since petroleum is


water and has a greasy feel, such as petroleum (or crude oil) and heating oil, regardless of its chemical structure. Fats form a category of lipid, distinguished


Islands & southeast of Ceram Island), where subduction zone is. highest point: Puncak Jaya (also known as Carstenz Pyramid) 4 884 m. Resources and land use. Natural resources: petroleum,


is a high likelihood of the discovery of petroleum under Farmer Smith's land, he may be entitled to make Smith an offer for the land, and buy it, without first


Saudi Arabia, in a strategic location near major petroleum deposits. Qatar occupies 11,437 square kilometers on a peninsula that extends approximately 160 kilometers north into the Persian


mostly plains with some hills and low mountains. Elevation extremes: lowest point: Caribbean Sea 0 m. highest point: El Cerro del Aripo 940 m. Natural resources: petroleum,


agriculture until the 1940s, when the petroleum and natural gas industry became dominant. Lafayette is the center of the Cajun culture in Louisiana and the US. Lafayette has a


In 1849, Dr. Abraham Gesner, a Canadian geologist, devised a method where kerosene could be distilled from petroleum. Earlier coal-gas methods had been used for lighting since the 1820s,


his job. He retained the privileges of a train conductor, including free travel on the railroads. By 1858, the Drake family found themselves living in Titusville. Seneca Oil. While petroleum


with a prepaid service called Petro-Canada Mobility. See also. Gas station. Gasoline. Petroleum. List of automotive fuel brands. OPEC. List of oil-producing states. Convenience store. Petro-Canada Mobility. Dick Assman. History of


The area around Moineşti is rich in natural resources such as petroleum, natural gas, salt and timber. Between the years 1950s and 1980s Moineşti experienced a steady economic


use. Natural resources: Petroleum, fish, shrimp, natural gas. Land use: Arable land: 0.84%. Permanent crops: 0.17%. Other: 98.99% (2005 est.). Irrigated land: 130 km² (2003 est.). Environmental


sweet potatoes, cassava (tapioca), bananas; broiler chickens; tuna fish. Exports: $312,1 million (f.o.b., 1998). Exports - commodities: fish, cinnamon bark, copra, petroleum products (reexports). Exports - partners: UK 27.6%, France


petroleum exploration. As a result of exploitation by such bores, the flow of water to springs has been steadily decreasing in recent years. The Simpson Desert is an erg which contains the


also became part of the mainstream political discourse. The state has large ownership positions in key industrial sectors, such as the strategic petroleum sector (StatoilHydro), hydroelectric energy production (Statkraft), aluminum


major Shell petroleum refinery. Its name is derived from the New Orleans Refining Company. History. By the late 18th century, French and European colonial settlers had established


fishing, and service & transport for off-shore petroleum platforms. External links. Louisiana road map of major roads:.


serve as a trap or conduit for fossil fuels or mineralizing fluids to form petroleum or ore deposits. Corals, including some major extinct groups Rugosa and Tabulata,


which are chemicals derived from petroleum. The formation of basic oleochemical substances like fatty acids, fatty acid methyl esters (FAME), fatty alcohols, fatty amines and glycerols are by


Campos Basin is a petroleum rich area located offshore of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It has a total area of


is still better known today. Early life. Her father was an Italian industrialist active in the petroleum industry. She attended courses in singing, classical dance, and horse-riding as a child.


material, petroleum extraction at Caimancito, salt production from Salinas Grandes salt basin, and the paper production feed by the Jujuy's forests with 20% of the industrial product


Europe in the terms of. Farming, collectivized until 20 year ago, has become privatized, more efficient, and the farming area has increased recently. The share of agriculture in the gross domestic

cultivation of life forms for food, fiber, biofuel and other products used to sustain life

painting by Francisco de Goya y Lucientes


differences; amount of urban areas or rural areas; minority populations; and agriculture: Central Michigan (which may include portions of West and Mid-Michigan). Southern Michigan. Flint/Tri-Cities. The Thumb,


symbolizes forestry and agriculture in the municipality. The arms were designed by Jarle E. Henriksen from Sandnessjøen. References. External links.


agriculture and industry in China were so well developed and efficient they out-competed early mechanized processes, thus making capital investment in mechanization unprofitable. He also goes on to explain


Kansas. The seal contains: Landscape with a rising sun (the east). River and steamboat (commerce). Settler's cabin and a man plowing a field (agriculture) [foreground]. Wagon train heading west


(SPÖ), while the conservative Austrian People's Party (ÖVP), with traditionally strong support from farmers, took the Ministry which controlled agriculture and forestry. In this basic form, the principle would


agriculture, administration (limited to its technical aspects), technology, military arts and similar sciences and arts; although the fundamental principle is that when the Muslim community comes into existence it should provide experts


milk. Agriculture is the leading occupation for the residents of the state, the flat arable land irrigated by submersible pumps and an extensive canal system. Haryana contributed heavily to the

Protecting Youth at Work: Health, Safety and Development of Working Children and Adolescents in the United States. Washington, DC: National Academies Press, 1998 Sep; :141-161


arid-zone agriculture, or desert agriculture, includes studies of how to increase the agricultural productivity of lands dominated by lack of freshwater, an abundance of heat and sunlight, and usually one


believed that the wealth of nations was derived solely from the value of land agriculture or land development. Their theories originated in France and were most popular


and as the Cleanest City in America. See also: http://www.tifton.net/tiftonhistory.html. Agrirama. Agrirama located in Tifton, Georgia, Georgia’s Museum of Agriculture and Living History Museum opened on July 4, 1976. The grounds


agriculture as fungicides. They are part of the larger group of QoI inhibitors, which act to inhibit the respiratory chain at the level of Complex III. Some strobilurins are Azoxystrobin, Kresoxim-Methyl, Picoxystrobin,


a system of cooperative extension services, connected to the land-grant universities, in order to inform people about current developments in agriculture, home economics, and related subjects. In


the city of Trondheim. While agriculture traditionally used to be the primary trade, Klæbu nowadays functions more as a suburb to Trondheim, where many of Klæbu's inhabitants work or attend school.


until the early 20th century. Industry was mainly forestry and agriculture. In the 20th century, pulp and paper mills and aluminum smelting rose to importance, encouraged by hydroelectric dams at Alma


agriculture. In the towns, there is evidence of main halls, and other forms of building of the towns people. There are few remains of Anglo-Saxon architecture. At least fifty churches


Party (LDP) and the Democrat Party (DPJ). The LDP retains strong support in rural areas and among older voters due to heavy subsidies in agriculture, while the


of structural reforms including privatization, enterprise, and financial sector reform, and creation of the legal framework for a market economy and private sector activity. Most agriculture, state housing, and small industry

any land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops


contamination of groundwater. Aquifers are critically important in human habitation and agriculture. Deep aquifers in arid areas have long been water sources for irrigation (see Ogallala below). Many villages and even


In Aztec mythology and religion, Xipe Totec ("our lord the flayed one") was a life-death-rebirth deity, god of agriculture, vegetation, the east, disease, spring, goldsmiths, silversmiths and the seasons.


Shore of Virginia--the line eventually became part of the Pennsylvania Railroad. In addition to agriculture, industry such as lumber milling and ship-building and, in the 20th century,


have been better, and is known to be better. See also. agriculture. fertilizer.


phone service, agriculture, and weather. Difficulty in obtaining cell phone service from even the largest companies has been a problem for 94% of the population in both


on agriculture and its status as a college town. History. Tarkio was founded in 1880, and grew rapidly. The Tarkio Avalanche newspaper was founded in 1884. By 1900,


agriculture. History. Although nothing is found in written sources about Iveland before the 15th century, there is evidence of occupation for thousands of years prior to that.


Integration and Gender Equality, Nyamko Sabuni, was born in Burundi. Bilateral relations. Democratic Republic of Congo. Rwanda. Burundi and Rwanda dispute sections of border on the Akanyaru/Kanyaru and the Kagera/Nyabarongo


Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, and Zambia. Basic facts. Common Chimpanzees are found in the tropical forests and wet savannas of Western and Central Africa. They once inhabited most of this region,


the demographic features of the population of Rwanda, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population. Rwanda's


hop spread to Rwanda, in the early to mid-1980s. The most prominent figure in the early Rwandan scene was DJ Berry (Nsabimana Abdul Aziz), who was a DJ for Kigali


Schlanders (Silandro) and Martell (Martello), also in Italy, which were taken over after the merging of the district. As part of the partnership of Rhineland-Palatinate with Rwanda


800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus in Rwanda in 1994, written by The New Yorker writer Philip Gourevitch. Summary. The book describes Gourevitch's travels in Rwanda after the conflict, in which


to Pastor Elizaphan Ntakirutimana, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church's operations in western Rwanda, by several Adventist pastors who had taken refuge with other Tutsis in an Adventist hospital


Mauritania. Mauritius. Mayotte. Morocco. Mozambique. Namibia. Niger. Nigeria. Reunion Island. Rwanda. Sao Tome and Principe. Senegal. Seychelles. Sierra Leone. Somaliland. South Africa. Sudan. Swaziland. Tanzania. Togo. Tunisia. Uganda. Western Sahara. Zambia.


rapid descent into anarchy. The king Mwambutsa IV rapidly changed the Prime Minister as anti-Tutsi forces threatened to unleash the same violence as had hit Rwanda. On October


Bernard Makuza (born 1961) is the current Prime Minister of Rwanda


and Rwanda. The province consists of three cities — Goma, Butembo and Beni — and five territories — Beni, Lubero, Masisi, Rutshuru and Walikale. The province is


The flag of Rwanda was adopted on October 25, 2001. The flag has four colors: blue, green, and two forms of yellow (standard yellow for the middle band and


crossed to neighboring Rwanda, Tanzania, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Hundreds of thousands of Burundians are in neighboring countries as a result of the ongoing


The sinks in Tanzanian waters on Lake Victoria, killing nearly 1000. 1996 – The Trappist Martyrs of Atlas are executed. 1998 – In Miami, Florida, five abortion clinics are


to serve five-year terms). Wikipedia has a list of current members of the Bunge arranged in two ways, alphabetically by member and alphabetically by constituency. Tanzania's National Assembly members


work well in wintertime as well. The Bioforsk Organic Food and Farming Division is located at Tingvoll. Sister cities. Bunda Town, Bunda District, Tanzania - a town


commonly referred to as Tanzania. German East Africa, though very extensive, was not of such strategic importance as the British Crown's colonies to the north: the inhabitation of these lands was


1938) is a former President of the United Republic of Tanzania (1995 - 2005) and former Chairman for the Revolutionary State Party (Chama Cha Mapinduzi, CCM). Biography. Mkapa


found the following number in institutional care: 64 in registered institutions and 164 in unregistered institutions. Rwanda. Out of 400,000 orphans, 5,000 are living in orphanages. Tanzania.


Stephen Rothwell O'Brien (born 1 April 1957, Mtwara, Tanzania) is


Ali Hassan Mwinyi (born May 8, 1925, Kivure, Coast Region, Tanzania) was the president of the United Republic of Tanzania from 1985 to 1995. Previous posts include Interior Minister and


UNLF was formed as an outcome of a meeting of Ugandan exiles from 24 to 26 March 1979 in the northern Tanzanian town of Moshi. In the meeting, known as the


ago (mya), during the Cambrian period, and may have somewhat resembled the modern hagfish in form. Sharks appeared about 450 mya, amphibians about 400 mya, reptiles about 350 mya, and mammals about

family of eel-shaped, slime producing-animal


of the month. Beacons have also been abused by pirates. An illicit fire at a wrong position could be used to direct a ship against shoals or beaches, so that

natural submerged sandbank that rises from a body of water to near the surface


of seven beacons is used as a signaling device between Gondor and Rohan. In the , Gandalf has Pippin light the beacon closest to Minas Tirith. The

fictional character created by J. R. R. Tolkien


which alternative name belongs to which wizard, however. Role. The only reference to the Blue Wizards in The Lord of the Rings is Saruman's accusation that Gandalf


aid instead of the Red Arrow, which is not mentioned in the film. Furthermore, when Gandalf and Pippin ride to Minas Tirith the beacons are not lit, since the despairing


than the aristocratic Tooks) until Bilbo Baggins set out on the quest for Erebor with Gandalf the Grey and thirteen Dwarves: when he returned he was seen


Iberian peoples — Basques, Asturians, and "Franks" — to colonize the new conquests. The Basque language became the main everyday language, while other languages like Spanish, Gascon, French,

Romance language originating in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula


dinar which also has its origins in the Latin word denarius. The Macedonian currency denar is also derived from the Roman denarius. The Italian word denaro, Spanish word dinero, the Portuguese


the island) and Spanish. Comparisons have been made with Sardo campidanese, the other main variant of the Sardinian language, spoken on the southern side of the island, and it seems


San Buenaventura was founded by Father Serra, named after Saint Bonaventure, one of the early intellectual founders of the Franciscan Order. Buenaventura is composed of two Spanish words, buena meaning


and 6.0% Swedish ancestry according to Census 2000. 98.2% spoke English and 1.4% Spanish as their first language. There were 3,365 households out of which 28.60% had


the name of the community, choosing "Monteca" as the new name. This was misprinted as "Manteca" (Spanish for lard) by the railroad, and the mis-spelled version was eventually accepted as


of all residents, while Spanish as a mother tongue made up 29.57%% of the population. References. External links.


census, with a 1925 peak of 8,000. Although the city's name is spelled as if it were Spanish, it is () or. Originally, the name was "Elder-Reado"


a public limited company and can be differentiated from partnerships and limited liability companies. S.A. meaning ' or "anonymous society/corporation" is the abbreviation of: ' or ' in Spanish; ' in


learn Spanish. She has a half-brother named Jace, whom her father had adopted and with whom she shares the same mother. Her parents divorced in 1990 when she


conquistadors as a stop for taking inventory of booty prior to returning to Spain, hence the name (contador means counter or bookkeeper in Spanish). Contadora is a resort island,


with the album In a Little Spanish Town. His fourteen other records under that label were recorded in Spanish. 1972 was a very eventful year for Avellanet,


Region 2 DVD released by Momentum Pictures, the soundtrack is available in four languages. These are French, German, Spanish and Italian. Critical reception. The film was received


110 countries. It transmits news in French, English, Arabic, Spanish, German, and Portuguese. History. The agency was founded in 1835 by a Parisian translator and advertising agent, Charles-Louis


the poverty line, more than double the rate five years ago. The completion of the second Transandean Oil Pipeline (OCP in Spanish) in 2003 will enable Ecuador


(Spanish version of Nicaragua Betrayed). Somoza Falling by Anthony Lake. Somoza's Last Stand: Testimonies from Nicaragua by Larry Towell. Under the Big Stick: Nicaragua and the United States


2.9% Muskogee and 1.7% Spanish as their first language. There were 9,575 households out of which 30.70% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.30% were married couples


or Latino of any race. 25.1% were of German, 11.3% English, 10.7% Irish, 8.4% American and 7.4% Polish ancestry according to Census 2000. 96.4% spoke English and 1.6% Spanish


were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 19.7% were of German, 13.9% American, 12.9% English and 8.5% Irish ancestry according to Census 2000. 95.5% spoke English and 2.6% Spanish


any race. 10.66% reported speaking French or Cajun French at home, while 1.5% speak Spanish. There were 35,997 households out of which 39.20% had children under the age of 18 living


of 2000, speakers of English as a first language accounted for 44.27% of residents, while French Creole made up 31.35%, Spanish was at 18.63%, and French was at 3.82% of


The Fifth Republic Movement (Spanish: Movimiento V [Quinta] República, MVR) was a left-wing, Socialist political party in Venezuela which was founded by Hugo


Sudamerica, literally "South America" in Spanish, is a genus of mammal from the extinct suborder Gondwanatheria that lived in Patagonia, South America during the Paleocene,


Corona del Mar (Spanish for "Crown of the Sea") is a neighborhood in Newport Beach,


Guelph (Zack). His work has been extensively published outside Canada, and has been translated into French, German, Dutch, Polish, Spanish, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish and Japanese. Bell is


of the city (and the province) comes from the archaic Spanish word fermosa (currently hermosa) meaning "beautiful". The name Vuelta Fermosa or Vuelta la Formosa was used by Spanish sailors


A mesa (Spanish for "table") is an elevated area of land with a flat top and sides that are usually steep cliffs. It takes


deforested because of a growing interest in hardwood products. It is also very grassy. Languages. The most widely spoken language in the Amazon is Portuguese, followed closely by Spanish. On the


native to Central America. Its name (which is ' in Spanish) comes from the Spanish words ' for "shrub" and ' for "little grape vine.". Sweet Sarsparilla (') is a


Languages. Spanish, Nahuat (among some Amerindians/ not to be confused with Nahuatl a related language). Literacy. definition: age 10 and over can read and write. total population: 80.2%. male: 82.8%.


solitaria (Spanish for "the lone star"), consists of two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red and a blue square the same height as the white band at the


Bopis (bópiz in Spanish


Census 2000. 8.73% of the population reported speaking Spanish at home, while 2.05% speak Italian. There were 319,040 households of which 31.20% had children under the age of 18 living


18 and none of those age 65 or over. As of 2000, speakers of English as a first language was 82.79%, Spanish was at 11.48%, Italian at 2.03%,


language accounted for 98.82% of all residents, while Spanish made up 0.60%, and French Creole was the mother tongue for 0.57% of the population. References.


of those under age 18 and 18.0% of those age 65 or over. As of 2000, speakers of English as a first language accounted for 58.89%, while Spanish made up


2000, speakers of English accounted for 97.94% of all residents, while Spanish was the mother tongue of 2.05% of the population. As of 2000, Atlantis had the 126th highest percentage


were of Italian, 14.6% German, 9.2% American, 8.1% Irish and 8.1% English ancestry according to Census 2000. 93.1% spoke English and 5.4% Spanish as their first language. There were


"Resaca City." A , wide, flows through the city. As indicated by its Spanish name, the resaca was a dry river bed. It is now the main


Protagonistas de la Música was a Spanish reality television program


of their particular house as much as possible. Currently there are six Language Houses, focusing on German, Japanese, French, Spanish, Russian, and Mandarin. All-gender housing. Recently, Macalester has made


Gusanos. Gusanos, Spanish for worms, is a free cross-platform clone of Liero, written in C++ using the Allegro library and the Zoidcom library. It was created by the


act by announcing that, because of budgetary constraints, they were planning on hiring fewer Spanish-speaking poll watchers, and were going to cut back by almost half the number of polling places.


extol, not compare." [Volume 1/Chapter XIII]. In the Spanish of the time, Dulcinea means something akin to an overly elegant "sweetness". In this way, Dulcinea is an entirely fictional person


Irish, 13.3% English, 9.3% Italian and 5.5% American ancestry according to Census 2000. 92.1% spoke English, 3.4% Portuguese, 1.6% Spanish and 1.0% French as their first language. There were 19,626


be the closest to Latin in terms of vocabulary. Lexical similarity is 89% with French, 87% with Catalan, 85% with Sardinian, 82% with Spanish, 78% with Rhaeto-Romance and 77% with Romanian.


as ' in Portuguese and ' in Spanish. How the instrument is played. The recorder is held outwards from the player's lips (rather than to the side, like


Vanilla is a flavoring derived from orchids of the genus Vanilla native to Mexico. Etymologically, vanilla derives from the Spanish


Embarazada () is the Spanish word for


name Altadena derives from the Spanish alta, meaning "upper", and dena from Pasadena; the area is adjacent to, but at a higher elevation than, Pasadena. Government. Altadena is


one provided by Philippine Centennial Commission has listed only twelve. The term kartilya was derived from Spanish cartilla, which was a primer for grade school students before


Spanish). National Golden Gloves Champions. Below are the lists of the national Golden Gloves championships, by division: National Golden Gloves Super Heavyweight Champions. National Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champions. National


are Ilokano and some foreign languages — e.g., English, Fukien, and, to a much lesser extent, Spanish. The common religions on the island fall under Christianity. The religion of the indigenous


languages Spanish, French, and Portuguese CIDH) is an autonomous organ of the Organization of American States (OAS). Along with the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, it is one of the


in French, some dialogue is in Spanish. The film concerns a group of upper class people attempting — despite continual interruptions — to dine together. The film received the 1972 Academy


Spanish origin) for "duck" is pato and pateros means "duck-raisers". Another theory, though less known, is that the name may allude to the town's small shoe-making industry. The Tagalog word


(plural canali) can mean "canals" (including artificial canals or ducts) or "channels" or "gullies". This ambiguity also exists in cognate words in other Romance languages such as French (canal), Spanish


Sebastian Cabot (Italian: Sebastiano Caboto, Spanish: Sebastian Caboto; c. 1474 - c. 1557) was an Italian explorer, born in the Italian Port of Venice. Biography. Origins. Sebastian Cabot


genetics, gene, or the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷneH2/guneH2 (Greek gunê) = "woman" seen in gynaecology. Relationships to similar-sounding words such as the Latin cunnus (vulva), and its derivatives French con, Spanish coño,


English, 6.3% Spanish and 1.5% Polish as their first language. There were 20,038 households out of which 29.40% had children under the age of 18 living with them,


February, the site hosts the Cumbre festival. Veracruz is also where one of Mexico's largest and best-known carnivals is celebrated every year. Languages. Spanish is the official and heavily dominant


of modern Oran: Mauretania Tingitana, named after its capital Tingis (now Tangier); it corresponded to the northern Morocco including the Spanish enclaves. Mauretania Caesariensis, comprising western and central Algeria


Spanish, 1.7% Vietnamese and 1.3% Russian as their first language. There are 272,098 households out of which 26.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 40.9%


and present-day Riverside and San Bernardino 60–100 miles away. The words "la quinta" are Spanish, translating to "the fifth". More specifically, the word "quinta" is known in Mexico


of the population. 16.0% were of German, 10.7% English, 8.5% American, 7.4% Irish, 5.5% European and 5.1% Norwegian ancestry according to Census 2000. 95.8% spoke English and 2.5% Spanish as their


Patolli (the Nahuatl name) or patole (the Spanish form) is one of the oldest games


University of Vermont in 1972 and a Master's degree in teaching Spanish and ESL from the School for International Training (also in Vermont) in 1974. In 1984 she received


legally right and legally wrong, how to judge our governments, our societies, our United Nations and ourselves.". Literary endeavors. De Zayas has published poetry in English, French, German, Spanish,


Antifascist Resistance Groups October First (in Spanish: Grupos


Gascon and Aragonese, and to a lesser degree Spanish have been influenced. In the case of Aragonese and Gascon, this has been through substrate interference following language shift from Aquitanian or


A-side single (1980). "Children of Paradise" / "Gadda-Da-Vida" double A-side single (1980). "Felicidad (Margherita)" (1980). "Malaika" / "Consuela Biaz" double A-side single (1981). "We Kill the World (Don't Kill the World)" / "Boonoonoonoos"

1945 French film directed by Marcel Carné


On I'm Coming" (1979): Sam & Dave - "Hold On, I'm Comin'" (1966). "Two of Us" (1979): The Beatles - "Two of Us" (1969). "My Friend Jack" (1980): The Smoke - "My

original song written and composed by Lennon-McCartney


water. Ba + 2 H2O → Ba(OH)2 + H2 (g). At elevated temperatures, barium combines with chlorine, nitrogen and hydrogen to produce BaCl2, Ba3N2 and BaH2, respectively. Barium reduces oxides, chlorides

chemical element with symbol Cl and atomic number 17


chlorine) or chlorine radicals come in contact with wood (untreated, such as barrels or pallets.) The use of chlorine or other halogen-based sanitizing agents is being phased


science and technology included many events, some of which are listed here. Chemistry. Chlorine is named by Humphry Davy. Births. April 6 - Philip Henry Gosse (d. 1888), science writer. July


use of chlorine as a bleach) and determined the composition of ammonia. Berthollet was one of the first chemists to recognize the characteristics of a reverse reaction, and hence, chemical equilibrium.


technetium-99. 301,000 years—half-life of chlorine-36. Longer times.


and chlorine) or some of their compounds, such as nitrogen trichloride, are extremely dangerous and can result in explosions. Catenation. In contrast to the behavior of PH3, AsH3 does not form


is prepared by the treatment of silicon with chlorine: Si + 2 Cl2 → SiCl4. It reacts readily with water, in contrast with carbon tetrachloride. The differing rates of


by chlorine. Zirconium was first isolated in an impure form in 1824 by Jöns Jacob Berzelius. Zirconium has no known biological role. Zirconium forms both inorganic and organometallic compounds such


by chlorine or other agents, then sintered until sufficiently ductile for metalworking. Zirconium and hafnium are both contained in zircon and they are quite difficult to separate due to their similar


suffocate on a chemical solution of ammonia and chlorine that she was using to clean the fireplace, which had been secretly mixed together by Adam, and whose intended


ClO2−. A chlorite (compound) is a compound that contains this group, with chlorine in oxidation state +3. Chlorites are also known as salts of chlorous acid. Oxidation


1,2-dichloroethane is heated to 400 °C with chlorine, tetrachloroethene is produced by the chemical reaction: ClCH2CH2Cl + 3 Cl2 → Cl2C=CCl2 + 4 HCl. This reaction can be catalyzed by a


1832, disproved the hypothesis. In particular the atomic weight of chlorine, which is 35.45 times that of hydrogen, could not at the time be explained in terms of


which digests xylan, a heteropolymer of the pentose sugar xylose. By pretreating wood pulp with this enzyme, paper manufacturers can achieve comparable levels of whiteness with much less chlorine bleach. It


darken in when exposed to sulfides. Barium carbonate is a rat poison and can also be used in making bricks. Unlike the sulfate, the carbonate dissolves in

block or a single unit of a ceramic material used in masonry construction


conservation areas to protect the land beneath and around, called boardwalks. Contemporary sidewalks are most often made of concrete (particularly in the United States and Canada), tarmac, asphalt, brick


18 and 12.20% of those age 65 or over. Cities and towns. Broadway. Cumnock. Sanford. Lemon Springs. Tramway. Trivia. The county is one of the leading brick manufacturing areas in the

soundtrack to the 2005 film of the same name


the cloister, though the groundplan of the abbey is traced out. The main interest lies in the gatehouse which is amongst the earliest largescale uses of brick in England.


stone buildings, and 19th century brick buildings. Set back from the main road is the market square and parish church, which was rebuilt in 1486 by the abbots of


Monsignor Joseph Ceranski, this red brick church lures the visitor's eyes with both its eighty-foot wide facade and its lushly appointed interior. References. External links.


addition to the simpler brick-building properties of normal Lego. The concept was introduced as the Expert Builder series in America and as Technical Lego in the UK


long, steel framed, brick clad building with a substantial central chimney which stands at. The chimney's height was limited to less than the spire of St Paul's Cathedral, which

album by the Atlanta, Georgia-based band Brick


U+0062. The ASCII code for capital B is 66 and for lower case b is 98; or in binary 01000010 and 01100010, respectively. The EBCDIC code for capital B is


ASCIIfied product is output, followed by the return just stored. Division. This example accepts two single-digit numbers from the user, divides them, and displays the truncated quotient (ie integer


ASCII, so conversion between the two character sets was one of the early functions built into Kermit. CP/M machines used many different floppy disk formats, which meant that one machine


Unicode the capital U is codepoint U+0055 and the lowercase u is U+0075. The ASCII code for capital U is 85 and for lowercase u is 117; or in


and "mail", with the first two corresponding to the "ASCII" and "image" (binary) modes of the FTP protocol, and the third was made obsolete by RFC 1350. TFTP is based


caused some controversy, notably by supporting no other character set beside ASCII, and shipping with a built-in Web development library that bases its layout on HTML tables. This, combined with


six punctuation symbols may seem odd, but in fact the sixteen codes simply map to the ASCII range 0x30 through 0x3f, which defines ten digit characters plus those


an 8-bit extension of ASCII that added accented characters, currency symbols, and other character glyphs missing from 7-bit ASCII. It is only one of the code pages implemented


ASCII code for the character 'H'), (close to 101 or 'e'), (close to 32, the code for space) and (newline). The loop works by multiplying the value of,

publishing company based in Tokyo, Japan


usually include the 2 KB video memory, like the Sinclair computers did, leading to some confusion. Hardware. Video: One 1K bank allowed redefinition of most of its 128 characters ASCII based


Unicode, the capital R is codepoint U+0052 and the lower case r is U+0072. The ASCII code for capital R is 82 and for lowercase r is 114; or


or tape, and is also used in old-style ASCII graphic sets descended from the default typewheel on the ASR-33 Teletype. This form is similar to the symbol, or "∅" (Unicode character


ASCII. Extended ASCII. EBCDIC. ISO/IEC 2022. ISO 8859. ISO 10646. Unicode. C Trigraph. ISO/IEC 6937 (ANSI). References. External links. (in German). at GNU Aspell website. (see Domestic ISO646 Character Tables and


Not to be confused with ASCII. Windows-1252 ("ANSI" character encoding) is a character encoding


character array and terminated with a null character ('\0', called NUL in ASCII). The name refers to the ubiquitous C programming language which uses this string representation. Alternative names are ASCIIZ


typically has the following structure: Each record is ended with a ' (caret). All the data in the file is stored in ASCII strings, and the file


0, 1 and 8 are symmetrical around the horizontal axis, and 6 and 9 are the same as each other upside down, (such as the digit characters in ASCII using the


set of standard character sets for Japanese, notably: JIS X 0201, the Japanese version of ISO 646 (ASCII) containing the base 7-bit ASCII characters (with some modifications) and 64 half-width katakana


keyboard and a monitor respectively, and using the ASCII character encoding). Commands. The eight language commands, each consisting of a single character, are the following: (Alternatively, the] command may instead


5 (for Baudot code), 6 (rarely used), 7 (for true ASCII), 8 (for any kind of data, as this matches the size of a byte), or 9 (rarely used). 8


variety of different symbols, letters or instructions. In 8-bit ASCII code the lowercase a is represented by the bit string 01100001. In computing and telecommunication, binary code is used for any


Flexowriter keyboards of the time, which used ASCII-1963, had the left-arrow symbol in their character set; as other terminals that used later versions of ASCII, lacking the left-arrow, were introduced,


to /dev/null. EOF: — input device that produced end-of-file characters, ASCII 0x1A. INP: — custom input device, by default the same as EOF: OUT: — custom output device,


In ISO/IEC 646 (commonly known as ASCII) and related standards including ISO 8859 and


receivers and many other types of instruments. It has been defined by, and is controlled by, the U.S.-based. The NMEA 0183 standard uses a simple ASCII, serial


(Java J2ME Devices). JOSM - OpenStreetMap Map Editor. PolarCOM - a set of digital and analog NMEA instruments. See also. ASCII. Global Positioning System. Serial communications. Marine electronics. Navigation system companies.


that attempts to use both minuscule and capital letters of the existing typewriter keyboard or the basic ASCII character set to take the place of the distinct characters. The special


in 'comb' was actually pronounced at one time). In Estonian, Icelandic, and in Chinese transcription, B is not voiced, but is still contrasted to P, which is

North Germanic language mainly spoken in Iceland


Latin, Icelandic, Old English, Polish, Czech, Romanian and Russian, among other languages. English still retains some nominative pronouns, which are contrasted with the accusative (comparable to the oblique or disjunctive in


the chief advisor to King Théoden of Rohan and henchman of Saruman. Gríma serves as an archetypal flatterer, liar, and manipulator. The name Gríma derives from the Icelandic word


ordinary noun in Old Norse, Old English and later Icelandic poetry. This list does not pretend to be comprehensive. Kennings for a particular character are listed in that


was one of the first to translate Bellman into Danish. Bellman's songs have also been translated and recorded in Icelandic (by Bubbi), Italian, French, Finnish (for instance by Vesa-Matti


In Estonian, Icelandic, and in Chinese transcription, B is not voiced, but is still contrasted to P, which is geminated in Estonian and aspirated in Chinese and Icelandic. In Fijian B

Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken in Fiji


The Great Council of Chiefs (Bose Levu Vakaturaga in Fijian) is a now dormant 1997 constitutional body in the Republic of the Fiji Islands. In April 2007 the council


May 1, 1974, Pittsburgh pitcher Dock Ellis, believing that his team needed motivation, decided to hit every batter in the Cincinnati Reds lineup. Ellis hit Pete Rose, Joe Morgan,

baseball team and Major League Baseball franchise in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

former Major League Baseball franchise; charter member of National League


to St. Louis to pursue his future aspirations of becoming a master brewer of Keystone Light, and used to be a home to Tom Browning, the only Cincinnati Reds


Cincinnati Reds and Philadelphia A's player. Scott McKillop, college football linebacker for the Pittsburgh Panthers. External links. References.


Florida. Professional career. Griffey made his Major League Baseball debut on August 25, 1973 with the Cincinnati Reds. That season, Griffey played in only 25 games, but batted.384 with


Rojas originally signed with the Havana Sugar Kings, a Triple-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds, and made his National League debut with the Reds in. Traded to the Philadelphia Phillies


Cincinnati Reds (1933-34). Cleveland Indians (1931). St. Louis Gunners (1934). Los Angeles Bulldogs (1936 - "probational" franchise). 1940s-1950s. Baltimore Colts (1950). Boston Yanks (1944-48) / New York Bulldogs (1949) / New York


He was born to Rogersville parents and grew up in the town. Robert "Bob" Smith, 1895-1987, was a Major League Baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds, the Chicago


affiliation to Memphis, Tennessee and the new Memphis Redbirds not-for-profit franchise. In 1998 and 1999, Louisville was affiliated with the Milwaukee Brewers and in 2000 with the Cincinnati Reds. From the


of the San Francisco Giants). DSL Reds (affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds). DSL Rockies (affiliate of the Colorado Rockies). Boca Chica Americano Division. DSL Indians #1 (affiliate of the


After the White Sox unexpectedly lost the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds, eight players, including Jackson, were accused of throwing the Series to the Reds. In September


Yankees in 1975. In 2006, Aaron Harang of the Cincinnati Reds led the NL with six complete games, and CC Sabathia of the Cleveland Indians led the AL, also


to police such conduct.". Popular culture. In the 1989 film Major League it was announced of a fictional New York Yankees pitcher: "The Duke led the American League this


community college baseball teams, the Supreme Court of California ruled that baseball players in California assume the risk of being hit by baseballs even if the balls were intentionally thrown so as


schools, one college preparatory school, one college of the liberal arts and sciences, one community college, two public high schools, five public middle schools, and 12 public elementary schools. Public education


PCC) is a community college located on Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena, California, USA. PCC is the third largest community college campus in the United States. The school attracts students from throughout


North Lake College is a community college that is part of the Dallas County


Brouthers, 170.   8. Joe Jackson, 170. 10. Ty Cobb, 167. 11. Jimmie Foxx, 163. Source: The only purely right-handed batters to appear on this list are Hornsby, Pujols, and Foxx.


Ty Cobb. While in France, during a training exercise he was accidentally gassed and consequently developed tuberculosis. Although he returned to serve as a coach for the Giants from –, he spent


This would vex Crawford's teammate, Ty Cobb, who could not understand how Crawford could hit the great Johnson so well. Johnson was also friendly with Babe Ruth, despite Ruth's having hit


executed murderer Gary Gilmore and baseball great Ty Cobb. Early life. Jones was born in San Saba, Texas, the son of Lucille Marie (née Scott), a police officer, school teacher, and


in bold). Babe Ruth, 1.1638. Ted Williams, 1.1155. Lou Gehrig, 1.0798. Albert Pujols, 1.0547. Barry Bonds, 1.0512. Jimmie Foxx, 1.0376. Hank Greenberg, 1.0169. Rogers Hornsby, 1.0103. Manny Ramírez, 1.0019.


Apocalypse Now). H-I. Hank Greenberg, Major League baseball player. Harold Greenberg, Canadian film producer. Hayim Greenberg (1889-1953), US Judaism thinker. Herbert Greenberg, US mathematician. Irving Greenberg, Modern Orthodox


the Altay Mountains. In 542 he put down a revolt of the Tiele tribes against their overlords the Rouran (Ruan-Ruan). In return he asked and was refused the hand of


to Tibet. 758—821: 7 instances, to Orkhon Uyghur (including two daughters of the Chinese Emeperor, i.e. real princesses, and 3 of Tiele descent). 883: 1 occurrence, to Nanzhao (second daughter of


Barb Wire was a superhero published by Comics Greatest

type of stock character usually possessing "supernatural or superhuman powers" and dedicated to protecting the public


sometimes, Daisy Duck) and comic strip artist for Scrooge McDuck's newspaper. Fethry has also gained a superheroic alter ego, The Red Bat (parody of Batman, like Donald's Paperinik),


piece being a suburb of Denver) and abducts a number of superheroes and supervillains from Earth so that he can observe the never-ending battle between good and


Captain Marvel is the name of several fictional superheroes appearing in comic books published by Marvel Comics. Most of these


with any other game on the Palladium system, including Aliens Unlimited and Villains Unlimited. The game features superheroes fighting supervillains in a comic book-like world. The game's introduction


Golden Heroes is a superhero role-playing game that was originally


The Federal Reserve Board. Take from the Needy and Give to the Greedy. Influence. Writer Rob Williams has stated that Class War was a major inspiration for his superhero comic


Robinson, as a junior counterpart to DC Comics superhero Batman. The team of Batman and Robin is commonly referred to as the Dynamic Duo or the Caped Crusaders. The


is a 5-member superhero team which comprises the main characters in several Japanese anime created by Tatsuo Yoshida and originally


comics aimed at girls such as Chiller. He has had little success in American comics, with the exception of Marshal Law, a savage superhero satire published by Marvel Comics' Epic


witches, and devils, or in more recent years such science fiction-inspired characters as aliens and superheroes. There are also costumes of pop culture figures like presidents, athletes, celebrities,


Michaels, who later sold the rights to Golden Books. Classic Media currently owns the underlying rights to Underdog. Characters. Underdog was an anthropomorphic superhero parody of Superman and similar heroes


then, but the title was integrated with the DC Universe and published continuously until #243 (November 1968), by which time its genre had become too anachronistic to compete with the rising superhero


tokusatsu SF/kaiju/superhero TV series, Ultra Q: Ultraman: Special Effects Fantasy Series, a follow-up to the television series Ultra Q. The show was produced by Tokyo Broadcasting System and Tsuburaya Productions,


first major African American superhero. Career. Marvel Comics. Before he joined Marvel Comics, Isabella had many letters published in the company's comic book letter columns. He began


fans alike, was nominated for the Razzie Award for Worst Picture, but lost to the Demi Moore film Striptease. External links.


styles. Erotic dances include the following dance forms or styles: Can-can. Cage dance. Go-go dance. Mujra. Sexercise. Striptease. Pole dance. Bubble dance. Fan dance. Gown-and-glove dance. Lap


breaks during her escapades. Allies. Ghost, Real Name: Elisa Cameron. The Machine, Real Name: Avram. Motörhead, Real Name: Frank Fletcher. Wolf Pack, Leader: Hunter. Enemies. The Prime

fictional superhero of an eponymous comic book from Dark Horse Comics


Barelli, swim and water polo coach diplomas. Acting career. Spencer's first movie role was that of a member of the Praetorian guard in Quo Vadis, a film shot

Historical novel written by Henryk Sienkiewicz


(1940). Blossoms in the Dust (1941). Random Harvest (1942). Madame Curie (1943). Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944). The House I Live In (1945). Without Reservations (1946). Little Women (1949). Quo Vadis


Finds a Friend, Finds a Treasure (1981). Go For It! (1983). Double Trouble (1984). Miami Supercops (1985). Troublemakers (1994). Films with Spencer in solo performance include: The Five


Ace High (1968). Boot Hill (1969). They Call Me Trinity (1970). Blackie the Pirate (1971). Trinity Is STILL My Name! (1971). All the Way, Boys (1972). Watch Out, We're Mad


of labor union activist Marvin Miller to form the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA). The same year, Sandy Koufax and Don Drysdale – both Cy Young Award

American Hall of Fame baseball union executive


both signing equitable contracts and joining the teams of their choice during this period, a strategy that union leader Marvin Miller later held was "tantamount to fixing, not


extent the World Series, would be dominated by the Yankees, there were many other excellent teams in the inter-war years. Also, the National League's St. Louis Cardinals would win

Major League Baseball team in St. Louis, Missouri, United States


by the St. Louis Cardinals, but opted instead to attend college at the University of Minnesota. He was a three year starter for the Golden Gophers, earning All American honors


former pitcher in the Major Leagues from 1955-1965, who played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers, and Chicago Cubs. References. External links. , National Center for Education Statistics.


Cassell - NBA Guard (Sacramento Kings). Nick Stavinoha - MLB Outfielder (St. Louis Cardinals). Matt Albers - MLB Pitcher (Baltimore Orioles). Jesse Crain - MLB Pitcher (Minnesota Twins). Nilam Baniya


pitcher, having played for the St. Louis Cardinals from to. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in. Gibson was a fierce competitor who rarely smiled and was known to throw


Neil Allen to give the Mets a 6-5 Opening Day victory over the St. Louis Cardinals. The Mets and Cardinals became embroiled in a heated rivalry atop the National League East,


Elementary school (erected in 1962) closed down and replaced with homes. Famous Residents. Lou Brock - former St. Louis Cardinals baseball outfielder. Jay Randolph - current St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster. Johnny


former St. Louis Cardinals baseball outfielder. Jay Randolph - current St. Louis Cardinals broadcaster. Johnny Roland - former football Cardinals player. Jim Hart - former football Cardinals player. Jim Bakken - former


St. Louis Cardinals planned to protest Jackie Robinson's breaking of baseball's color barrier, Frick threatened any players involved with suspension. In, he succeeded Happy Chandler as commissioner of baseball. Frick's critics


positions in the field, including pitcher and catcher. However, by the time the Phillies traded Rojas to the St. Louis Cardinals in, it appeared his career might be over. St. Louis traded the


close the 4 opening corners of the stadium to add more seats. Events. In, a three-game regular season series between Major League Baseball's St. Louis Cardinals and San Diego Padres was held


KMOX's relationship with the St. Louis Cardinals; he also made the decision in 1960 to eliminate the station's afternoon music programming in favor of talk radio, a critical change which led


shortstop Honus Wagner, who hit.355 and drove in 101 runs, player-manager Fred Clarke, who hit.351, and Ginger Beaumont, who hit.341 and led the league in hits and runs. The Pirates'


Cobb, Honus Wagner, and Eddie Collins, none of whom played the game beyond 1930. Molitor is the only player ever to accomplish those feats and hit at least


of the famous "First Five" inductees into the HOF, along with Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson and Honus Wagner. He was the only one of the five who didn't


Honus Wagner, Fred Clarke and Tommy Leach (who was his roommate), and he hit.304 and.306 in his two seasons with the club; in 1899 he broke Mike Griffin's major


the Pirates to only three runs. Game 8. Tuesday, October 13, 1903 at Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds in Boston, Massachusetts. The final game of the inaugural World Series started out as an

day in the Eastern Orthodox liturgical calendar


Mariotto di Bigio di Bindo Albertinelli (October 13, 1474 - November 5, 1515) was


October 13 - Kelly Preston, actress. November 11 - Demi Moore, US actress. November 19 - Jodie Foster, actress and director. Deaths. January 13 - Ernie Kovacs, 42, American comedian, actor. April 10


Nicolas Malebranche (August 6, 1638 – October 13, 1715) was a French Oratorian and


two days later at Youghal. (2) Richard, born October 13, 1566, at Canterbury, when Joan was 36. (3) Hugh, was born in about 1568 at Canterbury, died without children. (4) Elizabeth,


Earth. Births. July 14 - William Oldys, antiquarian and bibliographer (died 1761). October 13 - John Hervey, 2nd Baron Hervey, memoirist (died 1743). date unknown - Matthew Green, poet (died 1737).


Thomas Erskine of Linlathen (October 13, 1788 – March 20, 1870) was an outstanding revisionary and constructive lay theologian in the


Belize, over most of whose territory Guatemala has long standing claims. On October 13 he became PAN's General Secretary, a position from which he resigned on June 25 1995


Moscheles. October 4 - Justina Casagli, operatic soprano. October 13 - Anselm Hüttenbrenner. December 6 - Luigi Lablache, operatic bass. Deaths. July 2 - Franz Xaver Thomas Pokorny, composer. July 17


World Series to be played in Major League Baseball, matched the Boston American League club against the Pittsburgh Pirates in a best-of-nine series, with Boston prevailing five games to

baseball team and Major League Baseball franchise in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

former professional ice hockey club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


the Series. Composite box. 1903 World Series (5–3): Boston Americans (A.L.) over Pittsburgh Pirates (N.L.). Series statistics. Boston Americans. Batting. Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; H =


election to earn enshrinement in the Hall of Fame. August 2 – death of Thurman Munson, New York Yankees catcher, in an air crash. World Series – Pittsburgh Pirates


a senior chemist in Arizona's State Office of Chemistry in 1980. Khalifa's son Sam Khalifa played Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates and was the first major league player


with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Originally a shortstop, he was quickly moved to second base and made his Major League debut on July 7, 1956. He would remain with


either an expansion Major League Baseball team or a relocated team. The Montreal Expos and Pittsburgh Pirates were often mentioned as a leading contender in the latter category and Buffalo was one


Iowa. Jerry McNertney, MLB player for the Seattle Pilots/Milwaukee Brewers, St. Louis Cardinals, and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Norman Arthur Erbe, was a Republican Governor of Iowa from 1961 to 1963. He was

former professional ice hockey team in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


7.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.2% of those under age 18 and 6.9% of those age 65 or over. Former residents. Bob Moose, former Pittsburgh Pirates player.


and residents. Britney Spears, singer and dancer. Jamie Lynn Spears, actress. Lynne Spears, author. Adrian Brown, Major League baseball player with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Red Sox and Kansas City


Valuable Player award. The Yankees won the American League pennant, but lost a seven-game World Series to the Pittsburgh Pirates thanks to Bill Mazeroski's dramatic home run. 1961.


in Wheeling, West Virginia), nicknamed "Maz", is a former Major League Baseball player who spent his entire career (1956–72) with the Pittsburgh Pirates. A key member of the Pirates'


1926 World Series to the St. Louis Cardinals, they went 110-44 the next year, winning the A.L. Pennant by 19 games and sweeping the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 1927 World Series.

former professional basketball team in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania


commentary in 5 vols. Elementa chemiae (Paris, 1724). See also. Boerhaave syndrome. External links. Samuel Johnson's 1739 biography of him online: in Leiden, National Museum of the History of Science

English poet, biographer, essayist, lexicographer (1709-1784)


of the Most Remarkable Particulars in the Life of Ukawsaw Gronniosaw, an African Prince. Baron d'Holbach - The System of Nature. Samuel Johnson - The False Alarm. Catharine Macaulay - Observations


Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts; and the fourth from Drexel Institute of Technology in Philadelphia. In the United Kingdom the author and lexicographer Dr Samuel Johnson, who had some years earlier


4 – Wiseman Claget, English classical scholar (b. 1721). December 5 – Phillis Wheatley, First African-American to publish a book (b. 1753). December 13 – Samuel Johnson, English


Real (1742/3–1825). He received much of his education in Leiden. At the age of sixteen he began his literary career with some verses addressed to Samuel Johnson. He became a


years of the life of Samuel Johnson as seen through the eyes of Queeney Thrale, eldest daughter of Henry Thrale and Hester Thrale, and received wide acclaim. Since


to ridicule. Samuel Johnson describes the relations between Pope and Philips as a perpetual reciprocation of malevolence. Pope lost no opportunity of mocking Philips, who figured in the Bathos and the


and Ireland. It also became a centre of great intellectual activity being the home of many famous people including Samuel Johnson, David Garrick, Erasmus Darwin and Anna Seward, this prompted


classical poets such as Virgil as well as English poets including John Dryden. Like his brother, he was a friend of Samuel Johnson. Works. The Enthusiast, or The Lover of

Printer, newspaper proprietor and editor


John Wain, Samuel Johnson. Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry: Ted Hughes. United States. Frost Medal: John Hall Wheelock. Hugo Award: Arthur C. Clarke, Rendezvous with Rama. Nebula Award: Ursula K.

painting reduced copy after Sir Joshua Reynolds


farms and collect more oats for food. Samuel Johnson referred, disparagingly, to this in his dictionary definition for oats: "A grain, which in England is generally given to horses, but in Scotland


some time editor of the Morning Herald. Besides editions of the works of William Shakespeare, James Beattie, Henry Fielding, Samuel Johnson, Joseph Warton, Alexander Pope, Edward Gibbon, and Henry St


to Samuel Johnson that he was "unable to find in it a single doctrine that is both true and original. What is original in the book is not true; and


retirement from teaching he devoted himself to the study of English 18th century literature, and established his reputation as the most learned commentator on the works of Samuel Johnson


Shakespeare's plays, entitled Twenty of the Plays of Shakespeare... (1766). Samuel Johnson was impressed by this work, and suggested that Steevens should prepare a complete edition of Shakespeare.


forecasting. Biological sequence analysis. Statistical methods are beginning to be integrated into medical informatics, public health informatics, and bioinformatics. Biostatistics journals. Biometrics. Biometrika. Biostatistics. International Journal of Biostatistics,


the letters A through Z in English). Other applications may use binary alphabet (Σ =) or DNA alphabet (Σ =) in bioinformatics. In practice, how the string is encoded can


studies. Computer Science. Bioinformatics. Business informatics. Cheminformatics. Disaster informatics. Geoinformatics. MIS. Information system. Components. Data Processing System. Data architect. Data modeling. Data Reference Model. Database. Metadata. Predictive


be able to recognize archaeal SECIS elements. In bioinformatics, several computer programs have been created that search for SECIS elements within a genome sequence, based on the sequence and


accompanying advances in high-throughput experiments and bioinformatics. Since then, various research institutes dedicated to systems biology have been developed. As of summer 2006, due to a shortage


to link variation in genotype with a variation in phenotype. This has been used in agriculture to improve crops and farm animals (animal breeding). In biomedical research, this work can assist

procreation and rearing of animals under controlled conditions


in disciplines such as nutrition, genetics and animal breeding, or reproductive physiology. Graduates of these programs may be found working in the veterinary and human pharmaceutical industries, the livestock


a game known as trigon, played by three players standing in the form of a triangle, and played with the follis, and also one known as harpastum, which seems to imply


of the Phaeacians (Od. vi. 100). And Halios and Laodamas performed before Alcinous and Odysseus with ball play, accompanied with dancing (Od. viii. 370). The Hebrews have no

mythical character, King of the Phaeacians, son of Nausithous and brother of Rhexenor


at covering smashes directed to the body. The service is restricted by  and presents its own array of stroke choices. Unlike in tennis, the servers racket must be

racket sport played on a court bisected by a net


venture, PBS KIDS Sprout. PBS sports. The network has shown some sporting events in its history. During the 1970s and 1980s PBS was the leading American tennis broadcaster. Bud Collins and


in baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, football, men's and women's golf, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's track and


in Glebe, New South Wales, Australia – 3 July 1994 in Fuengirola, Spain) was a champion tennis player. In his 1979 autobiography, Jack Kramer, the long-time tennis promoter and


Conference (NEAC). They offer men's baseball, basketball, cross country, soccer, tennis and volleyball and women's basketball, cross country, crew, soccer, softball, tennis and volleyball. The School also offers co-educational


Bossaball. Cheerleading. Dancing. Diving. Figure skating. Football. Gymnastics. Jump rope. Martial arts. Parkour. Racquetball. Rugby. Skateboarding. Skiing. Squash. Swimming. Table tennis. Team Handball. Tennis. Trampolining. Ultimate. Volleyball. Animal sports. Dog agility,


in the following intercollegiate sports: basketball (men's and women's), and cross country (men's and women's). Students also participate in the following intramural sports: basketball, softball, volleyball, flag football, and tennis.


a pool. Horseback riding. Tennis Courts. Fitness Center. 8 to 9 smaller lakes. Country Club with golf course. Geography. Seven Lakes is located at (35.262296, -79.584963). According

unincorporated community in Finney County, Kansas


The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. The largest annual international team competition in


women's basketball, cross country and track, baseball, golf, tennis, rowing, volleyball, swimming & diving and more. The Hoosiers became a member of the prestigious Big Ten Conference on December 1, 1899.


their London mansion Headley, after Lilian's parents' home in Surrey, England. In addition to horse breeding, for which he won numerous prizes, Beck was also associated with tennis and lawn


Ruben to St. Edward's University for its Texas premiere. Athletics. NCAA Division II athletic teams include men's and women's baseball/softball, basketball, golf, soccer and tennis. Women also compete in Division


as the center of percussion. Sporting origin. The term originally referred to various pieces of sporting equipment, notably cricket and baseball bats and tennis racquets. When hitting the ball, the


to be a competitor on the world tennis tour and the first to win a Grand Slam title in 1956. She is sometimes referred to as "the Jackie Robinson of tennis"


pseudonym Corrie Denison, and on tennis, which he played well. His papers are archived at the University of Birmingham, British Library, King's College, Cambridge, the Royal Institute of British Architects, the


Metallica. He was born in Gentofte, Denmark to an upper-middle class family. A tennis prodigy in his youth, Ulrich moved to Los Angeles, California at age seventeen to pursue his training,


sport wrestling and in women's basketball, cross country running, swimming and tennis. Student Life. Campus amenities. UPR-Mayagüez has a sports complex that includes a gym, a weight room, rooms for


because they may be removed more rapidly without damaging the underlying material. Shuttlecock. A shuttlecock (often abbreviated to shuttle and also commonly known as a bird) is a high-drag projectile, with

retarding force on a body moving in a fluid


unguided, low-drag general-purpose bomb (dumb bomb), part of the U.S. . It is the most common bomb in the US. Development & deployment. With a nominal weight of


an aerodynamics term that refers to a sudden and very powerful form of drag that appears on aircraft and blade tips moving at high-subsonic and supersonic speeds.

1997 studio album by k.d. lang; covers album


also a small component of force in the negative y direction (Fy). This represents drag that will, if not countered by some other force, cause the vehicle to

urban area in Kalmar Municipality, Sweden


drag (also called parasite drag) is drag caused by moving a solid object through a fluid medium (in the case of aerodynamics, more specifically, a gaseous medium).


of increased aerodynamic drag (or friction), and the optimum setup is almost always a compromise between the two. The aerodynamic setup for a car can vary considerably


England, France, the Netherlands, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, and Wales as its founding members. India joined as an affiliate in 1936. The BWF now governs international badminton and develops the sport

island in north-west Europe, politically divided between the states of 'Ireland' and the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland'


have rapidly spread north along the west European coast. Genetically, in terms of Y-chromosomes and Mt-DNA, inhabitants of Britain and Ireland are closely related to the Basques, reflecting


2008 there are 53 countries associated with TWIF, among which are Scotland, Ireland, England, Switzerland and Belgium. Mountain View TOW - A professional team, based in County Louth, Ireland. Dorton


Ursa Major form the asterism known as the Big Dipper in the United States and Canada, or the Plough in the United Kingdom and Ireland. Another asterism


of pre-Christian Ireland, reputedly propitiated with human sacrifice, whose worship is said to have been ended by St.Patrick. Literature. According to an Irish dinsenchas ("place-lore") poem in


after the city of Derry in Ireland. History. The Township of Derry was incorporated on August 1, 1729, when Lancaster County divided the territory for tax purposes. At that time,


of Sir Henry Sidney in Ireland (1577) he acted as vice-president of Wales. Archbishop of Canterbury (1583-1604). In August 1583 he was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury to replace Edmund


the Point Theatre in Dublin, Ireland. The presenters were Cynthia Ní Mhurchú and Gerry Ryan. The pair hosted the evening in French, English and Irish. Paul Harrington and


Sean Scully (born Dublin, Ireland, 30 June 1945) is an Irish-born American painter and printmaker who has twice been named a Turner


flourished in England, Scotland and Ireland before the opening of the 17th century, at which he laboured for forty years. This was eventually completed by David Wilkins and


and worldwide on December 9. By this time, Garbage had also been certified double platinum in Canada, Australia and New Zealand and gold in France, Denmark, Ireland and


Thomas Gernon (born 1983, County Louth, Ireland) is an academic who won the Millennium Young


Maw and Strong Fives) is a trick-taking card game that is played in Ireland, and in some parts of New England, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia where it


The Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) () is the body managing rugby union in Ireland. The IRFU has its head office and grounds


UK. Biogen Idec has direct commercial affiliates in Germany, France, Spain/Portugal, UK/Ireland, the Benelux, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Austria, Canada, Japan, China, India and Australia. In Italy and in Switzerland,


Day is denoted as a public holiday. It has a particular prominence in Ireland, where it is known as Little Christmas (Nollaig Bheag).


Dunbrody Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in County Wexford, Ireland. The cross-shaped church was built in the 13th century, and the tower was added in the 15th century.


want the opportunity to fight for their fellow slaves' freedom. Shaw replies "Glory, hallelujah." to Forbes at this moment. Shaw then appoints a tough sergeant from Ireland, Mulcahy


carry any privileges with regard to fisheries. Ownership of these rights in the Rockall area are disputed between the United Kingdom, Denmark (for the Faroe Islands), Ireland and Iceland. The

sovereign state in northwestern Europe covering five-sixths of the island of Ireland


the south-west region of County Cork, Ireland. Known internationally as a tourism venue, it boasts many natural attractions. It sits at the northern head of Glengarriff Bay, a smaller enclave


parliamentary constituencies throughout Ireland for 138 seats in the lower house of parliament, Dáil Éireann. The election was fought while the Emergency Powers Act 1939 was still in force.


to select Ireland's entry to the Eurovision Song Contest. Katona has since starred in an Irish drama called Showbands. In July 2005, she headlined My Fair Kerry on ITV, where she


is used in Irish orthography as well as Scots Gaelic orthography; e.g., ("in Galway"), from ("Galway"); ("the Scottish person"), from ("Scottish person"); ("to Ireland"), from ("Ireland). Similarly, in transliteration of the


children planned to go trick-or-treating. The tradition of going from door to door receiving food already existed in Britain and Ireland, in the form of souling, where children and poor


Duffy became the longest serving ordinary in Ireland. In accordance with Canon Law he offered his resignation to the Holy See on his seventy-fifth birthday, on 3 February


1918. Texts of the declaration were adopted in three languages: Irish, English and French. Scope. The Irish Republic encompassed the whole island of Ireland. The declaration made no mention


in Ireland. The latter's son, Sir William Temple, figured as one of the ablest diplomats of the age. From his younger brother, Sir John Temple (1632–1704), who was Speaker


lochs of Scotland and Ireland. Description and behavior. Its hide was supposed to be black (though in some stories it was white), and will appear to be a


The 26th Dáil of Ireland was elected at the 1989


the Fifth Leicestershire Regiment, also served in Ireland during the 1916 Easter uprising. The village factories also supplied the government with thousands of pairs of socks and army boots. These same


up in a field near Youghal weighing between 'three hundred and four hundred ounces'. An interesting aside in Youghal's history is that it was the first town in Ireland or


two quadrants contained an elongated version of St George's Cross, representing England, while the right two quadrants contained an Irish harp symbolising Ireland. The Commonwealth Jack contained no representation for Scotland,


Penny Ha'penny Bridge, and officially the Liffey Bridge, is a pedestrian bridge built in 1816 over the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland. Made of cast-iron, the bridge was cast at Coalbrookdale


Ireland, having emigrated to North America in the late 1960s. He has a sister, Aisleagh, and two half-brothers, Lyman and Jonathan Carter from his father's first marriage. Jackson grew


in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Legend. The Wooing of Emer. The Ulstermen searched all over Ireland for a suitable wife for Cúchulainn, but he would have none


of private companies such as Virgin Trains, National Express, Cross Country and First Great Western. In Ireland, the inter-city rail network is maintained by Iarnród Éireann and


Twinning Committee (Doneraile, Ireland). Israeli Twinning Committee (Beit Shemesh, Israel). Italian Twinning Committee (Andretta, Italy). Philippine-American Twinning Committee (Makati, the Philippines). The Joseph T St Lawrence Community, Health, and Sports Center.


with several of their fans took a vacation tour of Ireland. On September 15, 2008, the Brobdingnagian Bards band broke up amicably in order to pursue solo


class degree in 1840 and travelled to Delgany, Ireland as a private tutor. He returned to Oxford in 1842, won the Chancellor's English essay prize for an essay on


States, Canada and Ireland, as well as Māori. As with most other settler societies, it can be said descriptively that Pākehā contemporary culture is an amalgam of cultural


the ancestor of the final inhabitants of Ireland, the "sons of Míl" or Milesians, who represent the Goidelic Celts. His given name was Golam or Galamh. He


in 1741, this town did not get its incorporated name until 1778. It was named for County Antrim in Ireland, which was the native home of the land's


a religious order established hospices for the dying in Ireland and London. The modern hospice is a relatively recent concept that originated and gained momentum in the United


to bypass a dam at his water-powered lumber mill. In 1852–1854, the Ballisodare Fish Pass was built in County Sligo, Ireland, to draw salmon into a river that had not supported


more seats). The anti-coalition Liberals under former Prime Minister Herbert Henry Asquith, won few seats. Ireland. In Ireland, the Irish Parliamentary Party lost almost all their seats, most


travel company myguideTravel who specialise in inbound tourism to Ireland, Britain, and New England. The company moved to the town in September 2007 from Castlehaven where they had been founded


Henry (Harry) Furniss (March 26 1854 - January 14 1925) was an artist and illustrator, born in Wexford, Ireland. His father was English and his mother Scottish, Furniss


of Grupo Modelo, through which Budweiser and Bud Light are distributed. In Ireland, Budweiser is one of the leading lager brands; it is brewed, marketed, and sold by Guinness. Budweiser is


Undergraduate degrees. Ireland. The B.C.L. degree is also a standard law degree in Ireland. It is awarded by constituent universities of the National University of Ireland, such as University


Dervla Murphy (born November 28, 1931, Ireland) is an Irish touring cyclist and author of adventure travel books for


the three principal international airports of Ireland, along with Dublin and Shannon. It is located south of Cork City in an area known as Farmers Cross. Over 40 destinations in


Laurence Sterne was born November 24, 1713 in Clonmel, County Tipperary, Ireland. His father was an Ensign in a British regiment recently returned from Dunkirk. Sterne’s father’s regiment was disbanded on

sovereign state in northwestern Europe covering five-sixths of the island of Ireland


trends. 841—Dublin is founded by Viking settlers of Ireland. 841—Battle of Fontenay-en-Puisaye fought between the two allied brothers Louis the German and Charles the Bald and their other brother the emperor


February 25 – Robert Devereux is beheaded. July–December. 24 December (Julian Calendar) – The Battle of Kinsale ends the siege of Kinsale, Ireland, a siege that started


Roman army under Aulus Postumius Albinus. Asia. Han Dynasty of China annexed Minyue. Births. Gaius Marius the Younger (d. 82 BC). Deaths. Edersceal, 95th monarch of Ireland.


and 2.3 square miles (5.9 km²) of it (9.46%) is water. It is named after County Donegal, Ireland. Demographics. As of the census of 2000, there were 5,405 people, 1,941


in California and a one-year-old born in Washington Territory. Of the 30 (24%) who were foreign-born, 8 were born in England, 8 in Ireland, 6 in Canada,


to be the last serious cold period at the end of the Little Ice Age of about 1400–1800. Cause. An extraordinary climatic shock "The Great Frost" struck Ireland and the rest


In April 1998 the Belfast Agreement was adopted by the people of the Republic and Northern Ireland. In 1999, Ireland joined the Partnership for Peace project. Andrews retired as


Christian Church in Canada, and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Early life and education. Alexander Campbell was born 12 September 1788 near Ballymena, County Antrim, Ireland. Of Scots-Irish


Britain (577), Australia (316), New Zealand (242), Ireland (95) and South Africa (94) for ALTS as well as China (77) and Korea (59) mostly CLRs, making up most


state of church property and church affairs in Ireland. To this fact we owe his work on Local Disturbances in Ireland, and the Irish Church Question (London, 1836),


of the rebels. This song illustrates the deep divisions which existed in Ireland at the time of the 1798 rebellion. The United Kingdom was at war with revolutionary France


off Ireland, the Canary Islands, Western Africa, and Ascention Island. In August 2001, a specimen was found off São Paulo, Brazil, and is the southernmost the whale has been


in many modern nations and publicly in the United States, the UK, Ireland, Switzerland and Estonia. In Switzerland, where it is already an established part of local referendums, voters get


Warbler, Vermivora chrysoptera. It is migratory, wintering in southern Central America. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe, with one bird wandering to Ireland. Life history. The breeding male


by a German U-boat in the North Atlantic Ocean 600 miles off the coast of Ireland while en route from Liverpool, England to the United States. All 73


which was originally referred to as The Shannon Scheme. This is Ireland's largest river hydroelectric scheme and is operated on a purpose built canal connected to the River Shannon.


as well as sinking an anti-submarine trawler, all taken out of convoys passing to the North of Ireland from North America. Her next three patrols all took her further


Ireland. Asia. Caliph al-Mu'tasim captures and razes Amorium in Anatolia, the native city of the Byzantine Empire's reigning Amorian dynasty. By topic. Religion. The Khazars convert to Judaism (approximate


of Kildare in Ireland. Geography. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.2 square miles (91.1 km²), of which, 34.8 square miles (90.2 km²) of it


Aosdána (in English; from aos dána "people of the arts") is an association of people in Ireland who have achieved distinction in the arts. It


black barring on its belly, and usually has an orange (not pink) bill. It winters in Ireland and western Scotland. Recent ecological studies suggest the Greenland birds should


Ireland to Heart's Content in eastern Newfoundland. The transatlantic cable bridged North America and Europe, and expedited communication between the two. Whereas it would normally take at


2003 Cullen moved to Ireland where he played for Munster. His time with Munster was blighted by injuries, particularly to his shoulder, limiting his appearances with the side.


a farming family, and grew up in Limavady, County Londonderry in Ireland. His family moved to New Zealand in 1869, although Bill Massey himself remained in Ireland for a further year


25 November 2005. The series also airs on broadcast networks internationally, including RTÉ Two and 3e in Ireland, TV3 in New Zealand, TV2 in Finland and LIVING and


been created Marquess of Dublin. Both titles were Life peerages. At this time, only parts of Ireland (the Lordship of Ireland) were under English rule. Despite its name, the Dukedom


1978 when it eventually surrendered to the sea below. It was a 'key' ancient site in Ireland. One of the royal roads from Tara, seat of the Kings of Ireland ended


injury and was retired to breeding at Coolmore Stud in Fethard, County Tipperary, Ireland. References.


Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Ferns. He was born (13 August 1935 in Clontibret, County Monaghan, Ireland. He resigned on 1 April, 2002, over charges that he had


of the border between Croatia and Montenegro (then part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia). Countries providing support for this mission included Finland, Argentina, Indonesia, Denmark, Portugal, Sweden, Norway, Ireland


Glenageary () is an area in the suburbs of south County Dublin, Ireland, part of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County. While there is no officially defined boundary,


"O'Cuis's Fort") is a town in County Kerry in Ireland on the Atlantic coast some west-south-west of Tralee and west-north-west of Killarney. The town is situated on a natural


left to expire). It has also been aired across Canada on YTV's Bionix block from September 10, 2004. In the United Kingdom and Ireland the series was broadcast


Eric the Saint, king of Sweden led the first Christian crusade to Finland. The Synod of Kells-Mellifont established the present diocesan system of Ireland (with later modifications) and


of Meath is established in Ireland. Asia. Prince Shotoku introduces Buddhism to Japan. First year of the Armenian calendar. Liang Yuan Di succeeds Liang Yu Zhang Wang


second rebellion in Ireland. July–December. July 12 – Fray Diego de Landa, acting Bishop of Yucatan, burns the sacred books of the Maya. September 20 – English


The Stella Artois brewery is founded in present-day Belgium. they still brew their Lager the same way to this very day. The Statutes of Kilkenny are passed in Ireland. Zhu


but Great Western ships linked the United Kingdom with Ireland, the Channel Islands and France. Key locations. The railway's headquarters were established at Paddington station. Its locomotives and rolling stock


villages of Green Park and Loysville. The township surrounds the borough of Landisburg. It was named after County Tyrone in Ireland. Geography. According to the United States Census


a theatre director, scenic and costume designer. Born in Cork, Ireland, he is the brother of director John Crowley. He has been nominated for the Tony Award ten times, winning


all the sons, both legitimate and illegitimate, on his death. In Ireland, this practice, known as sub-division, continued by tradition until the middle of the nineteenth century. The result was that


Megadeth and Testament) to multiple arenas in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland in February and March 2009. From there the tour progressed to multiple venues in Sweden. Later


City, Ireland. The Cathedral in the distance is the Cathedral of St. Mary and St. Anne. Reviews. From Aquarius Records: Jandek preceded I Threw You Away with three a cappella


vagrants may cross longer distances; for example the nominate subspecies of continental Europe was recorded in Ireland once in 1960 and once before that, but apparently not since then. Coal Tits


which is found in heather moorland in Great Britain and Ireland. It is usually classified as a subspecies of the Willow Grouse but is sometimes considered to be


Atlantic Ocean in an open wicker basket hot air balloon. The journey was from New Brunswick, Canada to Ireland. In July 2004 he and co-pilot Lorne White flew a single engine


but he favored the project for a union between England and Ireland. On his retirement in 1772 he was created Earl of Hillsborough in the Peerage of Great Britain. In 1779


and sank the enemy German submarines U-42 south-west of Ireland on 13 October 1939 in company with the destroyer, and U-63 in the North Sea while in company with the


century. With a length of 59m the church is one of the longest in Ireland. The visitor centre is run by the current Marquess of Donegall and has one


— Italy. RTBF — Wallonia, Belgium. RTCG — Montenegro. RTÉ — Ireland. RTS — Serbia. RTSH — Albania. RTK - Kosovo. RTV Slovenija — Slovenia. RTVE — Spain. TVE-1.


present-day Afghanistan) is abandoned. Shapur annexes parts of the Kushan Empire. Europe. November 1—The Battle of Samhain is fought in Ireland. Births. Cao Mao, emperor of the


Some céilithe (plural of céilí) will only have céilí dancing, some will only have set dancing, and some will have a mixture. In various parts of Ireland on St.


it is treated as a solemnity. The feast of Saint Patrick on 17 March is a solemnity in Ireland, and the feast of Our Lady of Mount


mythology, Banbha, sometimes written as Banba in English, daughter of Ernmas of the Tuatha Dé Danann, is the patron goddess of Ireland. She was part of an important triumvirate


once extending across both sides of the St. George River. It was first permanently settled in 1733 with Scots immigrants recruited from north Ireland by General Samuel Waldo, who


War of the Roses, Cecily remained in Ludlow even when Richard fled to Ireland and Continental Europe. They were probably in the custody of Cecily's sister Anne Neville, wife


but without apparent success. The annals vary as to whether the despatch of a fleet from Dál Riata to Ireland to aid Flaithbertach mac Loingsig in his war with Áed Allán


subarctic Scandinavia. It is rare in the British Isles and does not currently breed in Ireland or Wales. In the Middle East there are populations in Turkey, Iraq and Iran,


misbehaved. This usage is standard throughout Ireland. See also. Shyness. Chutzpah. Sisu.


therefore a name describing the bearer's place of residence. In Ireland, Lee has been used to anglicize Gaelic Laoidhigh, an occupational surname meaning "poet." Spelling variants of both


in Ireland. On 7 September 2002 MacGowan became so intoxicated before a performance at the Olympia Theatre in Dublin that he stopped singing and threw up over fans in the front


House of Lords as Baron Fisherwick and Templemore. The family are descended from Sir Arthur Chichester a former Lord Deputy of Ireland. The County in Ireland from


original tree of the slow-growing spruce, Picea abies 'Clanbrassiliana', which originated nearby in about 1750, remains and is the oldest tree in any arboretum in Ireland. An


the five key skills. In fact, even in 1974, at least one foreign language was compulsory in all but two European member states (Ireland and the United Kingdom, apart


a town in County Kildare, Ireland. Its population of 7,538 (2006 Census) makes it the seventh largest town in Kildare and the 55th largest in the Republic of Ireland,


dead to life. Branwen, was treated cruelly by her husband, Matholwch, in Ireland. Bran sailed from Wales to Ireland to rescue her with his brother, Manawydan. When Matholwch saw the giant,


War, Matthew Miller and his wife, Mary Dunn, emigrated from County Donegal, Ireland to Juniata County. A few years later, they moved and settled on a beautiful


and ancient Celtic culture, sacred pederasty in the Sufi tradition, technology and Luddism, and Amanita muscaria use in ancient Ireland. Bey's poetic texts and poems have appeared in: P.A.N.;


became Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora, (Ireland). In 1823 he was translated to Down and Connor, and from 1842 he became the Bishop of Down, Connor and


Sir Henry Sidney (1529 - 5 May 1586), lord deputy of Ireland, was the eldest son of


Wales, on the island of Iona and in the Hebrides, as well as the many in Ireland. Other stone crosses are found in the former Northumbria and


Mathew Carey, born in Ireland in 1760, came to the United States in 1784, escaping prosecution by the British government for his outspoken criticism of Britain's Irish policy. During