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Currently , 17 genera are described as sea snakes , comprising 62 species .
Currently , 17 genera are described as sea snakes , with 62 species .
Sea turtles ' lacrimal glands allow them to produce very salty tears .
Sea turtles have lacrimal glands that allow them to produce very salty tears .
Some have gentle dispositions and bite only when provoked , but others are much more aggressive .
Some have gentle dispositions and bite only when provoked , while others are much more aggressive .
Unlike fish , they do not have gills and must surface regularly to breathe .
However , unlike fish , they do not have gills and must come to the surface regularly to breathe .
All have paddle-like tails and many have laterally compressed bodies that give them an eel-like appearance .
All sea snakes have paddle-like tails and many have laterally compressed bodies - they look somewhat like eels .
After 6-12 h , severe hyperkalemia , also the result of muscle breakdown , can lead to cardiac arrest .
After six to twelve hours , severe hyperkalemia can lead to cardiac arrest .
In birds , such as penguins , salt is removed through nasal glands , just as with the marine iguanas of the Galapagos Islands .
In birds , such as penguins , salt is removed through nasal glands .
Mammals have the advantage of being able to pass salt in solution , mostly in the urine , but kidney function in birds and reptiles is too weak to remove salt in sufficient amounts .
Kidney function in birds and reptiles is too weak to remove enough salt .
This is unusual for reptiles , because their skin is thick and scaly , but experiments with the black-and-yellow sea snake , Pelamis platurus ( a pelagic species ) , have shown this species can satisfy about 25 % of its oxygen requirements in this manner , which allows for prolonged dives .
Experiments with the black-and-yellow sea snake , Pelamis platurus ( a pelagic species ) , have shown that this species can get about 20 % of its oxygen in this manner , which allows for longer dives .
For example , Pelamis platurus has a venom more potent than any terrestrial snake species in Costa Rica based on LD50 , but despite its abundance in the waters off its western coast , few human fatalities have been reported .
Pelamis platurus has a venom more potent than any other terrestrial snake species in Costa Rica .
The most important symptoms are rhabdomyolysis ( rapid breakdown of skeletal muscle tissue ) and paralysis .
The most important symptoms are a rapid breakdown of skeletal muscle tissue and paralysis .
After 3-8 h , myoglobin , as a result of muscle breakdown , may start to show up in the blood plasma , which can cause the urine to turn a dark reddish , brown , or black color , and eventually lead to acute renal failure .
It can cause the urine to turn a dark reddish , brown , or black in color , and eventually lead to kidney failure .
In sea snakes , the posterior sub lingual glands , located under and around the tongue sheath , evolved to allow them to expel salt with their tongue action .
But in sea snakes , glands under and around the tongue let them expel salt with their tongue action .
Like other land animals that have adapted to life in a marine environment , sea snakes ingest considerably more salt than their terrestrial relatives through their diets , and when seawater is inadvertently swallowed .
Like other land animals that have adapted to life in a marine environment , sea snakes swallow considerably more salt than their relatives living on land .
The Hydrophiinae , also known as coral reef snakes or sea snakes , are a subfamily of venomous elapid snakes that inhabit marine environments for most or all of their lives .
Sea snakes , or `` coral snakes , are poisonous elapid snakes that live in marine environments for most or all of their lives .
This is followed later on by symptoms typical of other elapid envenomations : a progressive flaccid paralysis , starting with ptosis and paralysis of voluntary muscles .
This is followed later on by symptoms typical of other elapid poisonings : a progressive paralysis of muscles .
Also , two WAC members for men 's sports at the time , Air Force and Hawaiʻi , brought their women 's sports into the WAC .
At the same time , Air Force and Hawaiʻi brought their women 's sports into the WAC .
The WAC has 26 former full members .
These moves meant that the WAC now had 16 members .
New Mexico State and Utah State applied for charter membership and were turned down ; they would eventually become WAC members 43 years later .
New Mexico State and Utah State applied for charter membership , but were turned down , and would not join until 2005 .
At the same time , Louisiana Tech ( LA Tech ) ended its independent D-IA status and also accepted an invitation to join the WAC with Boise State .
Louisiana Tech University also joined the WAC alongside Boise State .
In response , the WAC added Idaho , New Mexico State , and Utah State - all former Big West schools which left the conference in 2000 along with Boise State when that conference dropped football .
The WAC responded by adding the three other schools that had played Big West football ( Idaho , New Mexico State , and Utah State ) .
The Western Athletic Conference ( WAC ) is an American collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) Division I which was formed on July 27 , 1962 .
The Western Athletic Conference ( WAC ) is a group of colleges and universities , mostly in the Western United States , that play NCAA Division I sports against one another each season .
In 2000 , the University of Nevada , Reno ( Nevada ) of the Big West joined as part of its plan to upgrade its athletic program .
The post-breakup WAC quickly added a new member in the University of Nevada , Reno ( Nevada ) , which joined from the Big West in 2000 .
Big West Conference members San Jose State and UNLV were also admitted , as well as Tulsa from the Missouri Valley Conference .
The others were San Jose State and the University of Nevada , Las Vegas ( UNLV ) , both from the Big West Conference , and the University of Tulsa from the Missouri Valley Conference .
This nine-team line-up of the WAC defined the conference for nearly 15 years .
This nine-team lineup defined the WAC for the next 15 years .
The WAC merged with the High Country Athletic Conference , a parallel organization to the WAC for women 's athletics , in 1990 to unify both men 's and women 's athletics under one administrative structure .
In 1990 , the WAC added women 's sports when it absorbed the High Country Athletic Conference , a women 's sports conference that included most of the schools then in the WAC .
The Kinston Indians were a minor league baseball team of the Carolina League ( CL ) , and the High-A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians .
The Kinston Indians were a Minor league baseball team in Kinston , North Carolina .
It was the second time a Kinston team had accomplished this feat .
2007 is the twenty-first season that the Kinston team has been known as the Indians .
The team played its home games at Grainger Stadium , which opened in 1949 and holds 4,100 fans .
The Indians , or K-Tribe as they are nicknamed , play their home games in Grainger Stadium .
The Carolina League became a High-A circuit .
The team still plays in the Carolina League .
Today , Burushaski contains numerous loanwords from Urdu ( including English and Persian words received via Urdu ) , and from the neighbouring Dardic languages such as Shina and Khowar , as well as a few from Turkic languages , from the neighboring Sino-Tibetan language Balti , and from the neighboring Eastern Iranian Wakhi and Pashto .
Today Burushaski contains many loanwords from Urdu ( including English words received via Urdu ) and from neighbouring Dardic languages such as Khowar and Shina , as well as a few from Turkic languages and from the neighboring Sino-Tibetan language Balti , but the original vocabulary remains largely intact .
All three dialects are mutually intelligible .
The dialect of Yasin is thought to be the least affected by contact with neighboring languages and is generally less similar to the other two than those are to each other ; nevertheless all three dialects are mutually intelligible .
It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics : Bosnia and Herzegovina , Croatia , Macedonia , Montenegro , Serbia , and Slovenia .
It was a socialist state and a federation made up of Bosnia and Herzegovina , Croatia , Macedonia , Montenegro , Serbia , and Slovenia .
Indeed , voting was on a single list of People 's Front candidates with provision for opposition votes to be cast in separate voting boxes , but this procedure made electors identifiable by OZNA agents .
This situation caused the three royalist representatives , Grol-Subasic-Juraj Sutej , to secede from the provisional government indeed voting was on a single list of People 's Front candidates with provision for opposition votes to be cast in separate voting boxes but this procedure made electors identifiable by OZNA agents .
From the Colle di Cadibona to Col de Tende it runs westwards , before turning to the northwest and then , near the Colle della Maddalena , to the north .
From the Colle di Cadibona to Col de Tende it runs to the west before turning to the northwest and then , to the north , near the Colle della Maddalena .
The secondary chain of the Alps follows the watershed from the Mediterranean Sea to the Wienerwald , passing over many of the highest and most well-known peaks in the Alps .
The main chain of the Alps follows the watershed from the Mediterranean Sea to the Wienerwald , defining the northern border of Italy .
Crossing routes by road , train or foot are known as passes , and usually consist of depressions in the mountains in which a valley leads from the plains and hilly pre-mountainous zones .
These are depressions in the mountains into which a valley leads from the plains and hilly pre-mountainous places .
Upon reaching the Swiss border , the line of the main chain heads approximately east-northeast , a heading it follows until its end near Vienna .
Upon reaching the Swiss border , the line of the main chain goes about northeast , a heading it follows until its end near Vienna .
The Alps have been crossed for war and commerce , and by pilgrims , students and tourists .
The Alps do not make an impassable block ; they have been traveled by for war and commerce , and later by pilgrims , students and tourists .
Mont Blanc spans the French-Italian border , and at 4,810 m ( 15,781 ft ) is the highest mountain in the Alps .
The highest mountain in the Alps is Mont Blanc , at 4,808 metres ( 15,774 ft ) , on the Italian-French border .
The highest peaks of the Western Alps and Eastern Alps , respectively , are Mont Blanc , at 4,810 m ( 15,780 ft ) and Piz Bernina at 4,049 metres ( 13,284 ft ) .
The highest peak in the Eastern Alps is Piz Bernina , 4,049 metres ( 13,284 ft ) .
The Alps are one of the great mountain range systems of Europe stretching approximately 1,200 kilometres ( 750 mi ) across eight Alpine countries from Austria and Slovenia in the east , France , Switzerland , Liechtenstein , and south east Germany , to the west .
The Alps stretch from Austria and Slovenia in the east , through Italy , Switzerland , Liechtenstein and Germany to France in the west .
Monaco and Italy to the south .
It reaches from Austria and Slovenia in the east ; through Italy , Switzerland , Liechtenstein and Germany ; to France in the west .
Two Eleutherodactylus species , E. limbatus and E. iberia , belong to the smallest known frogs , measuring only 8.5 mm in length ( only slightly larger than Paedophryne amauensis , which measures around 7.7 mm ) .
Two Eleutherodactylus species , E. limbatus and E. iberia , belong to the smallest known frogs .
Many of the 185 species of the genus are commonly known as `` rain frogs '' or `` robber frogs '' , due to their sharp , high-pitched , insect-like calls .
Many of them are commonly called `` rain frogs '' or `` robber frogs '' .
Horus was the ancient Egyptian sky god who was usually depicted as a falcon , most likely a lanner or peregrine falcon .
Horus was an ancient Egyptian sky god in the form of a falcon .
The mirror image , or left eye , sometimes represented the moon and the god Djehuti ( Thoth ) .
The `` mirror image '' , or left eye , represented the moon and the God Tehuti ( Thoth ) .
The eye symbol represents the marking around the eye of the falcon , including the `` teardrop '' marking sometimes found below the eye .
This includes the `` teardrop '' marking sometimes found below the eye .
The Eye of Horus is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection , royal power and good health .
The Eye of Horus was an important symbol in ancient Egypt .
The first book on coins was De Asse et Partibus ( 1514 ) by Guillaume Budé .
The first known book about coin collecting was in 1514 , `` De Asse et Partibus '' , by Guillaume Budé .
Modern numismatics is the study of the coins of the mid-17th century onward , the period of machine struck coins .
Modern numismatics is a sub-field that focuses on when coins started being stamped by machines ( around 17th century on ) .
Coin collecting may have existed in ancient times .
Coin collectors may have existed in ancient times .
Numismatics is the study or collection of currency , including coins , tokens , paper money , and related objects .
Numismatics is the study and collecting of coins and the history behind the coins .
Jefferson 's political failure to coerce Great Britain led him towards economic warfare : the Embargo of 1807 .
Jefferson 's political failure to solve the problem with Great Britain led him towards economic warfare : the Embargo of 1807 .
President Thomas Jefferson initially attempted to use this widespread bellicosity to diplomatically threaten the British government into settling the matter .
President Thomas Jefferson tried to use the anger to diplomatically threaten the British government into settling the matter .
The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair was a naval engagement that occurred off the coast of Norfolk , Virginia , on 22 June 1807 , between the British warship HMS Leopard and American frigate USS Chesapeake , when the crew of the Leopard pursued , attacked and boarded the American frigate looking for deserters from the Royal Navy .
The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair was a naval battle that took place off the coast of Norfolk , Virginia on June 22 , 1807 .
The United States Congress backed away from armed conflict when British envoys showed no contrition for the Chesapeake affair and delivered proclamations reaffirming impressment .
The United States Congress backed away from armed conflict when British diplomats showed that they felt they did nothing wrong in the matter .
Silverstein released their fifth studio album , titled Rescue in April 2011 .
In Spring 2011 , Silverstein released their fifth album , Rescue .
Silverstein is a Canadian post-hardcore band from Burlington , Ontario , Canada which formed in 2000 .
Silverstein is an post-hardcore band formed in Ontario , Canada , in 2000 .
The band left long-time record label , Victory Records , in 2010 , and are currently signed with Hopeless Records and Universal Music Canada .
They left Victory Records in 2010 and joined Hopeless Records .
The band also toured on the 2006 Vans Warped Tour , debuting on the main stage in support of Discovering the Waterfront and a compilation album , 18 Candles : The Early Years .
The next year , 2006 , they toured on the `` Vans Warped '' tour .
Their band name is a reference to the famous children 's author Shel Silverstein , whom the band had admired and read the stories of as children .
Their name come from a children-book writer , Shel Silverstein .
Bell is also credited with the invention of the metal detector in 1881 .
Bell is also credited with the invention of an improved metal detector in 1881 that made sounds when it was near metal .
Alexander Bell was born in Edinburgh , Scotland on March 3 , 1847 .
Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh , Scotland .
In 1888 , Bell became one of the founding members of the National Geographic Society .
In 1888 , he was one of the original members of the National Geographic Society and became its second president .
Alexander Graham Bell ( March 3 , 1847 - August 2 , 1922 ) was an eminent scientist , inventor , engineer and innovator who is credited with inventing the first practical telephone .
Alexander Graham Bell ( March 3 , 1847 - August 2 , 1922 ) was a teacher , scientist , and inventor .
According to some accounts , the metal detector worked flawlessly in tests but did not find the assassin 's bullet partly because the metal bed frame on which the President was lying disturbed the instrument , resulting in static .
The metal detector worked , but did not find the bullet because of the metal bedframe the President was lying on .
At age 16 , Bell secured a position as a `` pupil-teacher '' of elocution and music , in Weston House Academy , at Elgin , Moray , Scotland .
At the age of sixteen , he got a job as a student and teacher of elocution and music in Weston House Academy , at Elgin in Morayshire .
In 1891 , Bell had begun experiments to develop motor-powered heavier-than-air aircraft .
Bell began to study communication machines .
His family was long associated with the teaching of elocution : his grandfather , Alexander Bell , in London , his uncle in Dublin , and his father , in Edinburgh , were all elocutionists .
Both his grandfather , Alexander Bell , and his father , Alexander Melville Bell , taught elocution .
Kinetic theory explains macroscopic properties of gases , such as pressure , temperature , viscosity , thermal conductivity , and volume , by considering their molecular composition and motion .
Kinetic theory or kinetic theory of gases attempts to explain overall properties of gases , such as pressure , temperature , or volume , by considering their molecular composition and motion .
Chigorin has several chess openings or variations of openings named after him , the two most important being the Chigorin Variation of the Ruy Lopez ( 1 .
The most important were the Chigorin Variation of the Ruy Lopez ( 1 .
The last great player of the Romantic chess style , he also served as a major source of inspiration for the `` Soviet Chess School '' , which dominated the chess world in the middle and latter parts of the 20th century .
He was a major source of inspiration for the `` Soviet school of chess '' , which dominated the chess world in the middle and latter parts of the 20th century .
As an ambassador for Russian chess , Chigorin was a shining example ; he gave many lectures , wrote magazine articles and chess columns and subsidised or otherwise supported a number of periodicals to keep them afloat despite low readership levels .
He subsidised or otherwise supported a number of periodicals to keep them afloat despite low readership levels .
Warren Gamaliel Harding ( November 2 , 1865 - August 2 , 1923 ) was the 29th President of the United States ( 1921-1923 ) , a Republican from Ohio who served in the Ohio Senate and then in the United States Senate , where he protected alcohol interests and moderately supported women 's suffrage .
Warren G. Harding ( November 2 , 1865-August 2 , 1923 ) was the 29th President of the United States ( Republican Party ) .
Jersey Telecom is the former monopoly operator in the Bailiwick of Jersey .
Jersey Telecom is the former monopoly incumbent operator in the Bailiwick of Jersey .
On 21 September 1676 , Odescalchi was chosen to be Clement X 's successor and took the name of Innocent XI .
Cardinal Odescalchi was elected pope on 21 September 1676 ; and he chose to be called Innocent XI .
Pope Blessed Innocent XI ( Latin : Innocentius XI ; 16 May 1611 - 12 August 1689 ) , born Benedetto Odescalchi , was Pope from 21 September 1676 to his death in 1689 .
Pope Innocent XI ( Latin : Innocentius Undecimus ; 16 May 1611 - 12 August 1689 ) , born Benedetto Odescalchi , was an Italian cleric of the Roman Catholic Church and the 241st Pope from 1676 to 1689 .
In 1650 , Odescalchi became bishop of Novara , in which capacity he spent all the revenues of his see to relieve the poor and sick in his diocese .
In 1650 , Odescalchi became Bishop of Novara .
In January 1688 , Innocent XI also received the diplomatic mission which had been dispatched to France and the Vatican by Narai , the King of Siam under Fr .
Pope Innocent was involved in Italian and European political disputes , chiefly with Louis XIV of France In December 1688 , Innocent received the diplomatic mission sent to the Vatican by Narai , the King of Siam .
The increasing push of settlement , increased police efficiency , improvements in rail transport and communications technology , such as telegraphy , made it increasingly difficult for bushrangers to evade capture .
The increasing push of settlement , increased police efficiency , better rail transport and communications , such as telegraphy , made it increasingly difficult for bushrangers to evade capture .
Among the last bushrangers was the Kelly Gang led by Ned Kelly , who were captured at Glenrowan in 1880 , two years after they were outlawed .
Among the last bushrangers was the Kelly Gang led by Ned Kelly , who were captured at Glenrowan , Victoria in 1880 , two years after they were outlawed .
Much of the activity in this era was in the Lachlan Valley , around Forbes , Yass and Cowra .
Much of the bushranging in these years was in the Lachlan Valley , around Forbes , Yass and Cowra .
George Melville was hanged in front of a large crowd for robbing the McIvor gold escort near Castlemaine in 1853 .
George Melville was killed by hanging in front of many people for stealing from the McIvor gold escort near Castlemaine in 1853 .
Bushranging numbers flourished in New South Wales with the rise of the colonial-born sons of poor , often ex-convict squatters who were drawn to a more glamorous life than mining or farming .
Bushranging numbers grew in New South Wales with the rise of the colonial-born sons of poor , often ex-convict farmers , who wanted a more exciting life than mining or farming .
Other active bushrangers included Dan Morgan , based in the Murray River , and Captain Thunderbolt .
Other active bushrangers included Dan Morgan , based around the Murray River , and Captain Thunderbolt , killed outside Uralla , New South Wales .
In 1900 the indigenous Governor Brothers terrorised much of northern New South Wales .
In 1900 the Governor Brothers scared many people in the north of New South Wales .
The program was produced by Tim Heffer and Alan Hall of Falling Tree Productions , and was nominated for a Sony Radio Academy Award in 2006 .
The show was produced by Tim Heffer and Alan Hall of Falling Tree Productions , and was nominated for a Sony Radio Academy Award in 2006 .
The ` crossing ' or exchanging of books may take any of a number of forms , including wild-releasing books in public , direct swaps with other members of the websites , or `` book rings '' in which books travel in a set order to participants who want to read a certain book .
The ` crossing ' or exchanging of books may take many different forms , including wild releasing books in public , direct swaps with other members of the website , or `` book rings '' in which books travel in a set order to people who want to read that book .
Ron Hornbaker conceived the idea for what is now known as BookCrossing in March 2001 .
Ron Hornbaker came up the idea for what is now known as BookCrossing in March 2001 .
The community aspect of BookCrossing.com has grown and expanded in ways that were not expected at the outset , in the form of blog or forum discussions , mailing lists and annual conventions throughout the world .
The community aspect of BookCrossing.com has grown in ways that were not expected at the start , in the form of blog or forum discussions , mailing lists and yearly conventions all over the world .
In an initiative launched together with the National Library of Singapore , 2,000 locations within the country were designated as ` hotspots ' , similar to Official BookCrossing Zones .
2,000 locations within the country were designated as ` hotspots ' , similar to Official BookCrossing Zones .
BookCrossing ( also BC , BCing or BXing ) is defined as `` the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others , who then do likewise . ''
BookCrossing ( also : BC , BCing or BXing ) is defined as `` the practice of leaving a book in a public place to be picked up and read by others , who then do likewise . ''
The term is derived from bookcrossing.com , a free online book club which was founded to encourage the practice , aiming to `` make the whole world a library . ''
The term comes from bookcrossing.com , a free online book club which began in order to further the practice , with the goal to `` make the whole world a library . ''
About four weeks later , on April 17 , he launched the website , which has expanded and grown throughout the world .
About four weeks later , on April 17 , he started the website , which has grown all over the world .
He died of cancer on June 10 , 2003 , at age 84 , in a hospital near his home in Williamsburg , Virginia , and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery , Arlington , Virginia .
He was buried in Arlington National Cemetery , Arlington , Virginia .
Regan had four children and nine grandchildren .
Regan had four children with his wife Ann .
Donald Thomas `` Don '' Regan ( December 21 , 1918 - June 10 , 2003 ) was the 66th United States Secretary of the Treasury , from 1981 to 1985 , and Chief of Staff from 1985 to 1987 in the Ronald Reagan Administration , where he advocated `` Reaganomics '' and tax cuts to create jobs and stimulate production .
He was the 66th United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1981 to 1985 under the Ronald Reagan administration .
In 1942 , Regan married the former Ann George Buchanan ( 1921-2006 ) , they had four children , ( Donna Regan Lefeve , Donald T. Regan , Jr. , Richard William Regan and Diane Regan Doniger ) .
Regan married Ann Buchanan in 1942 .
Otep ( also written as OTEP or OT3P ) is an American nu metal band formed in the fall of 2000 in Los Angeles , California fronted by singer Otep Shamaya .
Otep ( also written as OTEP or OT3P ) is an American nu metal band .