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septica is often seen as a slimy yellow network in and on rotting logs. The amoebae and the plasmodia engulf microorganisms. The plasmodium grows into an interconnected network of protoplasmic strands. Within each protoplasmic strand, the cytoplasmic contents rapidly stream. If one strand is carefully watched for about... | the plasmodia engulf microorganisms. The plasmodium grows into an interconnected network of protoplasmic strands. Within each protoplasmic strand, the cytoplasmic contents rapidly stream. If one strand is carefully watched for about 50 seconds, the cytoplasm can be seen to slow, stop, and then reverse direction. The st... |
have accidentally developed the stop trick, as he wrote in Les Vues Cinématographiques in 1907 (translated from French): According to the film scholar Jacques Deslandes, it is more likely that Méliès discovered the trick by carefully examining a print of the Edison Manufacturing Company's 1895 film The Execution of Mar... | the film scholar Jacques Deslandes, it is more likely that Méliès discovered the trick by carefully examining a print of the Edison Manufacturing Company's 1895 film The Execution of Mary Stuart, in which a primitive version of the trick appears. In any case, the substitution splice was both the first special effect Mé... |
station Film Stop, a 1970 American film by Bill Gunn with Marlene Clark, Anna Aries, Edward Michael Bell Stop, a 1972 French-Canadian film by Jean Beaudin Stop!, a 2004 Hindi romantic film starring Dia Mirza Stop (2015 film) South Korean-Japanese co-production directed by Kim Ki-duk Music Double stop, the act of playin... | (Franco De Vita album), 2004 Stop (Plain White T's album), and the title song, 2001 Stop! (album), by Sam Brown, and the title song, 1988 Songs "Stop!" (Against Me! song) "Stop" (Bang song) "Stop!" (Jane's Addiction song) "Stop" (Omar Naber song), the Slovene entry to the Eurovision Song Contest 2005 "Stop" (Pink Floyd... |
to Hungarian. Owing to the close proximity, there is still a great deal of borrowing from the Swedish and Norwegian languages in the Finnish and Sami languages. The long history of linguistic influence of Swedish on Finnish is also due to the fact that Finnish, the language of the majority in Finland, was treated as a ... | is Finnish (usually from the 3rd grade), while for Finnish-speakers it is Swedish (usually from the 3rd, 5th or 7th grade). Finnish speakers constitute a language minority in Sweden and Norway. Meänkieli and Kven are Finnish dialects spoken in Swedish Lapland and Norwegian Lapland. Sami languages The Sami languages are... |
ranked as the 10th largest visitor destination in Europe, with over 10 million commercial overnight stays per year. Among 44 European cities, Stockholm had the 6th highest growth in the number of nights spent in the period 2004–2008. The largest companies in Stockholm, by number of employees (2017): Ericsson — 9,850 Sö... | however Sweden pulled out host the Special Olympic World Winter Games 2021 due to lack of funding instead it moved to Kazan, Russia and was delayed to 2022. Stockholm first bid for the Winter Olympics for 2022 Winter Olympics, but withdrew its bid in 2014 due to financial matters. Stockholm also hosted all but one of t... |
a collector already has and are not required, therefore, to fill a gap in a collection. Duplicate stamps can be sold or traded, so they are an important medium of exchange among collectors. Many dealers sell stamps through the Internet while others have neighborhood shops which are among the best resources for beginnin... | for some countries whose stamp issues may exceed their postal needs, but have designs that appeal to many stamp collectors. History It has been suggested that John Bourke, Receiver General of Stamp Dues in Ireland, was the first collector. In 1774 he assembled a book of the existing embossed revenue stamps, ranging in ... |
that his position was untenable and resigned as editor of the Jarhbuch and then as president of the IPA in April 1914. The Zürich Society withdrew from the IPA the following July. Later the same year, Freud published a paper entitled "The History of the Psychoanalytic Movement", the German original being first publishe... | usually represented by the "Iceberg Model". This model represents the roles the id, ego, and super- ego play in relation to conscious and unconscious thought. Freud compared the relationship between the ego and the id to that between a charioteer and his horses: the horses provide the energy and drive, while the chario... |
the state, both in its southwestern region. Wind Cave National Park, established in 1903 in the Black Hills, has an extensive cave network and is home to a large herd of bison. Badlands National Park was established in 1978, and features an eroded, brightly colored landscape surrounded by semi-arid grasslands. Mount Ru... | billion as of 2010, the fifth-smallest total state output in the U.S. The per capita personal income was $38,865 in 2010, ranked 25th in the U.S., and 12.5% of the population was below the poverty line in 2008. CNBC's list of "Top States for Business for 2010" has recognized South Dakota as the seventh best state in th... |
Marignano. This ended the so-called "heroic" epoch of Swiss history. The success of Zwingli's Reformation in some cantons led to inter-cantonal religious conflicts in 1529 and 1531 (Wars of Kappel). It was not until more than one hundred years after these internal wars that, in 1648, under the Peace of Westphalia, Euro... | forces invaded Switzerland. The Swiss refused to fight alongside the French in the name of the Helvetic Republic. In 1803 Napoleon organised a meeting of the leading Swiss politicians from both sides in Paris. The Act of Mediation was the result, which largely restored Swiss autonomy and introduced a Confederation of 1... |
the monarch, who embraced the faith and propagated it throughout the Sinhalese population. Succeeding kingdoms of Sri Lanka would maintain many Buddhist schools and monasteries and support the propagation of Buddhism into other countries in Southeast Asia. Sri Lankan Bhikkhus studied in India's famous ancient Buddhist ... | and played a vital role in buffering the force of the waves in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. The island is rich in minerals such as ilmenite, feldspar, graphite, silica, kaolin, mica and thorium. Existence of petroleum and gas in the Gulf of Mannar has also been confirmed, and the extraction of recoverable quantities ... |
so-called Population II, heavy-element-poor, stars. The heavy elements could most plausibly have been produced by endothermic nuclear reactions during a supernova, or by transmutation through neutron absorption within a massive second-generation star. The Sun is by far the brightest object in the Earth's sky, with an a... | against the weight of the outer layers, reducing the density and hence the fusion rate and correcting the perturbation; and a slightly lower rate would cause the core to cool and shrink slightly, increasing the density and increasing the fusion rate and again reverting it to its present rate. Radiative zone From the co... |
Insurance Company" which appeared on the back of the badges he created. The label was due to the fact the badges were designed for commercial use for an insurance company. The Spain brothers used the slogan Have a nice day, which is now frequently known for the slogan rather than the naming of the smiley. The word smil... | a design to be found. The Danish poet and author Johannes V. Jensen was amongst other things famous for experimenting with the form of his writing. In a letter sent to publisher Ernst Bojesen in December 1900, he includes both a happy face and a sad face. It wasn't until the 1900s that the design evolved from a basic e... |
Some government agencies require that professional persons or official reviewers sign originals and all copies of originals to authenticate that they personally viewed the content. In the United States this is prevalent with architectural and construction plans. Its intent is to prevent mistakes or fraud but the practi... | whilst fully publishing their autograph. Function and types The traditional function of a signature is to permanently affix to a document a person's uniquely personal, undeniable self-identification as physical evidence of that person's personal witness and certification of the content of all, or a specified part, of t... |
Thai Navy special operations force modelled on the U.S. Navy SEALs Naval Special Operations Command, also known as the Philippine Navy SEALs ROKN UDT/SEALs, a component of the Republic of Korea Navy Special Warfare Flotilla People Seal (musician) (born 1963), English singer and songwriter Seal (surname), an Indian surn... | Special forces United States Navy SEALs, the principal special operations force of the U.S. Navy Thai Navy Seals, Thai Navy special operations force modelled on the U.S. Navy SEALs Naval Special Operations Command, also known as the Philippine Navy SEALs ROKN UDT/SEALs, a component of the Republic of Korea Navy Special... |
other Sino-Tibetan languages. Tibetic has extensive written records from the adoption of writing by the Tibetan Empire in the mid-7th century. The earliest records of Burmese (such as the 12th-century Myazedi inscription) are more limited, but later an extensive literature developed. Both languages are recorded in alph... | to arrive at the same conclusions with respect to the homeland and divergence model but proposed an earlier root age of approximately 7,200 years ago, associating its origin with millet farmers of the late Cishan culture and early Yangshao culture. Classification Several low-level branches of the family, particularly L... |
*ȳ Second palatalization: *k, *g, *x → CS *c , *dz, *ś before new *ē (from earlier *ai). *ś later splits into *š (West Slavic), *s (East/South Slavic). Progressive palatalization (or "third palatalization"): *k, *g, *x → CS *c, *dz, *ś after *i, *ī in certain circumstances. Vowel quality shifts: All pairs of long/short... | *a: PIE *a/*o, *ā/*ō → PS *a, *ā (→ CS *o, *a) Law of open syllables: All closed syllables (syllables ending in a consonant) are eventually eliminated, in the following stages: Nasalization: With *N indicating either *n or *m not immediately followed by a vowel: PIE *aN, *eN, *iN, *oN, *uN → *ą, *ę, *į, *ǫ, *ų (→ CS *ǫ... |
Inc., a former manufacturer of high-performance computing products Silicon Graphics International, formerly Rackable Systems, which acquired the former Silicon Graphics, Inc. Smoking Gun Interactive, a video game company Synthetic Genomics, Inc., an alternative fuels company Other uses Saanich-Gulf Islands, a federal e... | formerly Rackable Systems, which acquired the former Silicon Graphics, Inc. Smoking Gun Interactive, a video game company Synthetic Genomics, Inc., an alternative fuels company Other uses Saanich-Gulf Islands, a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada Silicon Graphics Image, a graphics file format for Si... |
a person and its symbol begins with a capital letter, the unit name in running text should start with a lowercase letter (e.g., newton, hertz, pascal) and is capitalized only at the beginning of a sentence and in headings and publication titles. As a nontrivial application of this rule, the SI Brochure notes that the n... | Why SI kept the distinction between base and derived units Prior to its redefinition in 2019, the SI was defined through the seven base units from which the derived units were constructed as products of powers of the base units. After the redefinition, the SI is defined by fixing the numerical values of seven defining ... |
of Toulouse (814-835) and duke of Septimania (832-835) Cato the Elder (234 BC–149 BC), known by the cognomen Sapiens; a Roman statesman Cenn Fáelad mac Aillila (died 679), referred to sapiens; an Irish scholar Gaius Laelius Sapiens (c. 188 BC-?), a Roman statesman Gildas Sapiens, a designation for Saint Gildas (c. 500–... | at least two fictional characters: The Mariner, played by Kevin Costner in the sci-fi film Waterworld Abe Sapien, a fictional character in the Hellboy comic book series Other Homo sapiens, the scientific name for human beings Hydro Sapiens, an art performance performed by The Lunatics from the Netherlands Robo-Sapiens,... |
may act as ballast, countering the buoyancy of their blubber and helping them remain suspended slightly below the water's surface. Manatees do not possess blubber, per se, but rather have thick skin, and, consequently, are sensitive to temperature changes. Likewise, they often migrate to warmer waters whenever the wate... | contain insufficient quantities of the nutrients they need. Manatee captive fed diets vary greatly from the manatee's diet in the wild. In captivity manatees are fed 70-80% of leafy green vegetables, 10-20% of dried forage, and 5% vegetables and fruits. Dried forage are foods such as hay and timothy grass which are oft... |
Brazil, Colombia and Peru. Arabic speakers, often of Lebanese, Syrian, or Palestinian descent, can be found in Arab communities in Argentina, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela and in Paraguay. Religion An estimated 90% of South Americans are Christians (82% Roman Catholic, 8% other Christian denominations mainly traditional ... | eastern parts of the Argentine pampas have a humid subtropical climate with dry winters and humid summers of the Chinese type, while the western and eastern ranges have a subtropical climate of the dinaric type. At the highest points of the Andean region, climates are colder than the ones occurring at the highest point... |
an eight-inch casing pipe through the sand over the next 20 days, with a four-inch "wash pipe" to flush out the sand from the bottom of the hole with water. At around , Lucas improvised a check valve to prevent the increased gas pressure from forcing sand into the casing, enabling them to reach a depth of , and past th... | In 1900, an oil-products marketing company affiliated with Standard Oil had been banned from the state for its cutthroat business practices. Although Standard built refineries in the area, it was unable to dominate the new Gulf Coast oil fields the way it had in the eastern states. As a result, a number of startup oil ... |
and clear-headedness." He also maintained his daily routine, shaving each day during the retreat from Moscow. After the 1814 Treaty of Fontainebleau, he left for Italy, where he settled in Milan. In 1830, he was appointed as French consul at Trieste and Civitavecchia. He formed a particular attachment to Italy, where h... | later on. The military and theatrical worlds of the First French Empire were a revelation to Beyle. He was named an auditor with the Conseil d'État on 3 August 1810, and thereafter took part in the French administration and in the Napoleonic wars in Italy. He travelled extensively in Germany and was part of Napoleon's ... |
maintained that: "What sets syndicalism apart from the various schools of socialism and makes it superior is its doctrinal sobriety. Inside the unions, there is little philosophising. They do better than that: they act!" Similarly, Andreu Nin of the Spanish CNT proclaimed in 1919: "I am a fanatic of action, of revoluti... | to blur the distinctions between industrial unionism, syndicalism, and revolutionary socialism". Peterson gives a more restrictive definition of syndicalism based on five criteria: A preference for federalism over centralism. Opposition to political parties. Seeing the general strike as the supreme revolutionary weapon... |
Belarus and Ukraine between the Republic of Poland and Soviet Russia. Soviet Russia had to resolve similar conflicts with the newly established republics of Estonia, Finland, Latvia, and Lithuania. On 28 December 1922, a conference of plenipotentiary delegations from the Russian SFSR, the Transcaucasian SFSR, the Ukrai... | Russian Bolsheviks to protect what they had in Russia, and avoid military confrontations that might destroy their bridgehead. Russia was now a pariah state, along with Germany. The two came to terms in 1922 with the Treaty of Rapallo that settled long-standing grievances. At the same time, the two countries secretly se... |
built environment and how space is created, viewed and managed by humans as well as the influence humans have on the space they occupy. This may involve cultural geography, transportation, health, military operations, and cities. The latter examines the natural environment and how the climate, vegetation and life, soil... | approaches a third field has emerged, which is environmental geography. Environmental geography combines physical and human geography and looks at the interactions between the environment and humans. Other branches of geography include social geography, regional geography, and geomatics. Geographers attempt to understa... |
moment. Eventually, persons trying to find the law are forced to sort through an enormous number of statutes enacted at various points in time to determine which portions are still in effect. The solution adopted in many countries is to organize existing statutory law in topical arrangements (or "codified") within publ... | moment. Eventually, persons trying to find the law are forced to sort through an enormous number of statutes enacted at various points in time to determine which portions are still in effect. The solution adopted in many countries is to organize existing statutory law in topical arrangements (or "codified") within publ... |
and investigated petitions for divorce, which would then be voted upon by the Senate and subsequently made into law. In the United Kingdom Parliament, private bills were used in the nineteenth century to create corporations, grant monopolies and give individuals attention to be more fully considered by the parliament. ... | Another meaning of "codified law" is a statute that takes the common law in a certain area of the law and puts it in statute or code form. Private law (particular law) Another example of statutes that are not typically codified is a "private law" that may originate as a private bill, a law affecting only one person or ... |
by courts Economic sanctions, typically a ban on trade, possibly limited to certain sectors (such as armaments), or with certain exceptions (such as food and medicine), e.g., Sanctions against Iran Sanctions against North Korea Sanctions against Russia International sanctions, coercive measures adopted by a country or ... | a restriction, depending upon context, as the word is an auto-antonym. Examples of sanctions include: Government and law Sanctions (law), penalties imposed by courts Economic sanctions, typically a ban on trade, possibly limited to certain sectors (such as armaments), or with certain exceptions (such as food and medici... |
mountain at , Jahorina at , Trebević at , with Igman being the shortest. The last four are also known as the Olympic Mountains of Sarajevo, having hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics which took place in the city. The city itself has its fair share of hilly terrain, as evidenced by the many steeply inclined streets and resi... | was the tallest skyscraper in former Yugoslavia. Recent years have seen population growth as well as increases in tourism. In 2014, the city saw anti-government protests and riots and record rainfall that caused historic flooding. Administration Largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo is the capital of the coun... |
Rogers comic strip, the first serious science-fiction comic. In 1937, John W. Campbell became editor of Astounding Science Fiction, an event which is sometimes considered the beginning of the Golden Age of Science Fiction, which is characterized by stories celebrating scientific achievement and progress. In 1942, Isaac... | for 10 seasons (1997-2007). Spin-off series included Stargate Infinity (2002-2003), Stargate Atlantis (2004-2009), and Stargate Universe (2009-2011). Other 1990s series included Quantum Leap (1989-1993) and Babylon 5 (1994-1999). SyFy, launched in 1992 as The Sci-Fi Channel, specializes in science fiction, supernatural... |
surface. These are variously used for crawling over objects, acting as feet, swimming, or assisting in food capture. They are generally divided into hypotrichs and stichotrichs, but were originally all considered hypotrichs. Forms with sparse or absent body cilia tend to be smaller and are mostly marine, but a few are ... | down to the left side of the mouth. There may also be one or two paroral membranes on its right side. The body cilia are fused to form polykinetids called cirri in some, and are sparse to absent in others. Forms with cirri are common throughout soil, freshwater, and marine environments. Individuals tend to be flattened... |
with females of the same species, or even more distinct differences in basic morphology, such as the drastically increased eye-span of the male stalk-eyed fly. The peacock, with its elaborate and colourful tail feathers, which the peahen lacks, is often referred to as perhaps the most extraordinary example of a dimorph... | copulation by grasping on to either the male or the female and releasing their own sperm in the hopes of being the one to fertilize the female. Disruption is a technique which involves one male bumping the male that is copulating with the female away just before his sperm is released and the eggs are fertilized. Howeve... |
of non-existent books. In 1973 a similar work, Imaginary Magnitude (Wielkość urojona), was published. In 1976, Lem published two novels: Maska (The Mask) and Katar (translated as The Chain of Chance). In 1980, he published another set of reviews of non-existent works, Prowokacja. The following year sees another Tichy n... | impossible to construct. Writings Science fiction Lem's prose show a mastery of numerous genres and themes. Recurring themes One of Lem's major recurring themes, beginning from his very first novel, The Man from Mars, was the impossibility of communication between profoundly alien beings, which may have no common groun... |
brought in as special guests). Age of Enlightenment The Age of Enlightenment, an intellectual movement in the 17th and 18th centuries advocating rationality, produced a great revival of satire in Britain. This was fuelled by the rise of partisan politics, with the formalisation of the Tory and Whig parties—and also, in... | fable Masnavi Mush-O-Gorbeh (Mouse and Cat), which was a political satire. His non-satirical serious classical verses have also been regarded as very well written, in league with the other great works of Persian literature. Between 1905 and 1911, Bibi Khatoon Astarabadi and other Iranian writers wrote notable satires. ... |
not very good at it; one of his editors reporting that "his pictures served to stop windows and save the tax" (on window glass). Conversely, John Aubrey who knew Butler quite well enough to be one of his pallbearers, wrote that "He was thinking once to have made painting his Profession. His love to and skill in paintin... | least a year in Ludlow, Shropshire, until January 1662 while he was paying craftsmen working on repairing the castle there. In late 1662 the first part of Hudibras, which he began writing when lodging at Holborn, London, in 1658 and continued to work on while in Ludlow, was published, and the other two in 1664 and 1678... |
Bell (born 1958) Earle K. Bergey (1901–1952) John Berkey (1932–2008) Charles Binger (1907–1974) Simon Bisley (born 1962) Vaughn Bodé (1941–1975) (Hugo) Michael Böhme (in German) Hannes Bok (1914–1964) (Hugo) Chesley Bonestell (1888–1986), namesake of the Chesley Award (Hall of Fame) Paul Bonner Stephen Bradbury (born 1... | Paul Alexander (1937–2021) Chris Van Allsburg (born 1949) Horacio Altuna (born 1941) Yoshitaka Amano (born 1952) Murphy Anderson (1926–2015) Marshall Arisman (born 1937) Boris Artzybasheff (1899–1965) Alicia Austin (born 1942) (Hugo, World Fantasy) John Avon (born 1961) B Wayne Douglas Barlowe (born 1958) George Barr (... |
during the 1920s, followed by improvements to the left hand table key mechanisms controlling the G and bell keys. New bore designs during the 1920s and 1930s resulted from the quest for improved intonation, dynamic response, and tonal qualities. The 1920s were also the era of design experiments such as the Buescher str... | brass 901 and 991 models. Other materials are used for some mechanical parts and keywork. Buttons where the fingers contact the keys are usually made from plastic or mother of pearl. Rods, screw pins, and springs are usually made of blued or stainless steel. Mechanical buffers of felt, cork, leather, and various synthe... |
the joining edges soldered together. Modern manufacturers now draw the tubes. They also tend to have stockings, which were only invented around 1850. In addition, modern made slides are usually made of nickel silver with chrome plating, giving a smoother finish and quieter action than simply the brass that would have o... | other regions of Europe. The name distinguished the instrument from the trompettes de guerre (war trumpets), which were of fixed length. The next word to appear in the 15th century that implied a slide was the sackbutt group of words. There are two theories for the sources: it is either derived from the Middle French s... |
in use. In the table "Pitch" means the concert pitch of notational Middle C on each instrument (2nd partial, no valves depressed) in scientific pitch notation. This list is not exhaustive of historic nomenclature for the saxhorns, for which there may exist no comprehensive and authoritative source. Ranges of individual... | exhibit inconsistency, denoted by a "/" between the two names in use. In the table "Pitch" means the concert pitch of notational Middle C on each instrument (2nd partial, no valves depressed) in scientific pitch notation. This list is not exhaustive of historic nomenclature for the saxhorns, for which there may exist n... |
which utilizes neutrons to penetrate objects for analysis For (near) light Image scanner, which digitizes a two-dimensional image 3D scanner, which digitizes the three-dimensional shape of a real object Motion picture film scanner, which scans original film for storage as a digital file Barcode reader, which reads the ... | sending a copy of an existing photograph Medical MRI scanner CT scanner Other An automotive electronic control unit diagnostic tool Popular culture Scanner (band), a German speed metal band Scanners (band), an alternative band from London Scanner, the stage name of British electronic musician Robin Rimbaud Scanner (Cod... |
name, and the division's new legal name as a company was SONICTEAM, Ltd. Naka was installed as the CEO, and Sonic Team USA became a subsidiary of the new company. Despite a number of well-received games, Sega discontinued the Dreamcast in 2001 and exited the hardware business. Sega transitioned into a third-party devel... | character that would be as synonymous with their brand as Mario was with Nintendo. Sega wanted a killer app and character that could appeal to an older demographic than preteens, demonstrate the capabilities of the Genesis, and ensure commercial success in North America. Some sources indicate Sega of Japan held an inte... |
very large number of insect species, in which hermaphroditism is absent. Hermaphroditism nevertheless occurs in 70% of animal phyla. Gonochoric individuals are either male or female throughout their lives. Gonochorism is very common in vertebrates, about 99% of which gonochoric. The remaining 1% that are hermaphroditic... | and in some species there are thousands of mating types. For example, Schizophyllum commune has about 28,000 or more mating types. Some fungi, including that used as baker's yeast, have mating types that create a duality similar to male and female roles. Yeast with the same mating type do not fuse to form diploid cells... |
aspects of nature or their myths. Twelve of these formations lay along the band of the ecliptic and these became the basis of astrology. Many of the more prominent individual stars were given names, particularly with Arabic or Latin designations. As well as certain constellations and the Sun itself, individual stars ha... | aspects of nature or their myths. Twelve of these formations lay along the band of the ecliptic and these became the basis of astrology. Many of the more prominent individual stars were given names, particularly with Arabic or Latin designations. As well as certain constellations and the Sun itself, individual stars ha... |
Characters The player assumes the role of three nameless characters over the course of the game. In the first act, the player acts as the Confederate magistrate of an outlying colony world of Mar Sara, threatened by both the Zerg and the Protoss, and is forced through events to join the rebel Sons of Korhal under its l... | difficulty, although the player cannot change the difficulty level in the single-player campaigns. Each campaign starts with enemy factions running easy AI modes, scaling through the course of the campaign to the hardest AI modes. In the level editor provided with the game, a designer has access to four levels of AI di... |
the basic reliability of our senses, our reason, our memories, and inductive reasoning, even though none of these things can be proved. In Reid's view, such common-sense beliefs are foundational and require no proof in order to be rationally justified. Not long after Hume's death, the great German philosopher Immanuel ... | proved. In Reid's view, such common-sense beliefs are foundational and require no proof in order to be rationally justified. Not long after Hume's death, the great German philosopher Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) argued that human moral awareness makes no sense unless we reject Hume's skeptical conclusions about the existe... |
that affect aggregate demand from those that affect aggregate supply. While monetary and fiscal policy can be used to stabilise the economy in the face of aggregate demand fluctuations, they are not very useful in confronting aggregate supply fluctuations. In particular, an adverse shock to aggregate supply, such as an... | is without allowing anything for the payment of the indemnity. In Russia, Poland, Hungary, or Austria such a thing as a budget cannot be seriously considered to exist at all. Thus the menace of inflationism described above is not merely a product of the war, of which peace begins the cure. It is a continuing phenomenon... |
properties come in two main varieties: weak and strong soundness, of which the former is a restricted form of the latter. Soundness Soundness of a deductive system is the property that any sentence that is provable in that deductive system is also true on all interpretations or structures of the semantic theory for the... | Use in mathematical logic Logical systems In mathematical logic, a logical system has the soundness property if and only if every formula that can be proved in the system is logically valid with respect to the semantics of the system. In most cases, this comes down to its rules having the property of preserving truth. ... |
is, a CV or V syllable—but other phonographic mappings, such as CVC, CV- tone, and C (normally nasals at the end of syllables), are also found in syllabaries. Types A writing system using a syllabary is complete when it covers all syllables in the corresponding spoken language without requiring complex orthographic / g... | not enough glyphs to distinguish all CV combinations (some distinctions were ignored). The modern script has been expanded to cover all moras, but at the same time reduced to exclude all other syllables. Bimoraic syllables are now written with two letters, as in Japanese: diphthongs are written with the help of V or hV... |
Reich had recorded. Nelson was not happy with the resulting film and never showed it. Reich was influenced by fellow minimalist Terry Riley, whose work In C combines simple musical patterns, offset in time, to create a slowly shifting, cohesive whole. Reich adopted this approach to compose his first major work, It's Go... | Awards In 2005, Reich was awarded the Edward MacDowell Medal. Reich was awarded with the Praemium Imperiale Award in Music in October 2006. On January 25, 2007, Reich was named 2007 recipient of the Polar Music Prize with jazz saxophonist Sonny Rollins. On April 20, 2009, Reich was awarded the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for M... |
Lorna and sent it to the BBC in hopes they would play it. The demos aired on the Five to Ten morning show, and were instantly successful. Oriole had folded into CBS by that point, and hoped to record a new Simon album. Simon recorded his first solo album, The Paul Simon Songbook, in June 1965, featuring future Simon & ... | Simon, Bookends represented the end of the collaboration and became an early indicator of his intentions to go solo. Prior to release, the band helped put together and performed at the Monterey Pop Festival, which signaled the beginning of the Summer of Love on the West Coast. "Fakin' It" was issued as a single that su... |
U.S. Bancorp for $725 million. Also in 2003, State Street sold its private asset management business to U.S. Trust. In July 2007, the company acquired Investors Bank & Trust for $4.5 billion. In October 2008, the United States Department of the Treasury invested $2 billion in the company as part of the Troubled Asset R... | October 2008, the United States Department of the Treasury invested $2 billion in the company as part of the Troubled Asset Relief Program and in July 2009, the company became the first major financial firm to repay the Treasury. In 2010, the company acquired Mourant International Finance Administration. It also acquir... |
State in contrast to (lit. "the other Spanish languages"). Article III reads as follows: The Royal Spanish Academy (Real Academia Española), on the other hand, currently uses the term in its publications, but from 1713 to 1923 called the language . The (a language guide published by the Royal Spanish Academy) states th... | also has a strong influence in major metropolitan areas such as those of Los Angeles, Miami, San Antonio, New York, San Francisco, Dallas, and Phoenix; as well as more recently, Chicago, Las Vegas, Boston, Denver, Houston, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Salt Lake City, Atlanta, Nashville, Orlando, Tampa, Raleig... |
to make sodium-lead alloys. One is to melt them together and another is to deposit sodium electrolytically on molten lead cathodes. NaPb3, NaPb, Na9Pb4, Na5Pb2, and Na15Pb4 are some of the known sodium-lead alloys. Sodium also forms alloys with gold (NaAu2) and silver (NaAg2). Group 12 metals (zinc, cadmium and mercury... | energies are 495.8 kJ/mol and 4562 kJ/mol, respectively. As a result, sodium usually forms ionic compounds involving the Na+ cation. Metallic sodium is generally less reactive than potassium and more reactive than lithium. Sodium metal is highly reducing, with the standard reduction potential for the Na+/Na couple bein... |
city, Paramaribo. Situated slightly north of the equator, Suriname is a tropical country dominated by rainforests. Its extensive tree cover is vital to the country's efforts to mitigate climate change and maintain carbon negativity. A developing country with a relatively high level of human development, Suriname's econ... | Suriname. Due to Suriname's Dutch colonial history, Suriname had a long-standing special relationship with the Netherlands. The Dutch government has stated that it will maintain limited contact with the president. Bouterse was elected as president of Suriname in 2010. The Netherlands in July 2014 dropped Suriname as a ... |
is the category whose objects are sets. The arrows or morphisms between sets A and B are the total functions from A to B, and the composition of morphisms is the composition of functions. Many other categories (such as the category of groups, with group homomorphisms as arrows) add structure to the objects of the categ... | index set I, we construct the coproduct as the union of Ai×{i} (the cartesian product with i serves to ensure that all the components stay disjoint). Set is the prototype of a concrete category; other categories are concrete if they are "built on" Set in some well-defined way. Every two-element set serves as a subobjec... |
education fields and are often subjected to forced evictions, vigilante intimidation, disproportionate levels of police brutality and more subtle forms of discrimination." Administrative divisions Slovakia is divided into 8 kraje (singular—kraj, usually translated as "region"), each of which is named after its principa... | The administrative system of Great Moravia may have influenced the development of the administration of the Kingdom of Hungary. Kingdom of Hungary (1000–1918) Following the disintegration of the Great Moravian Empire at the turn of the tenth century, the Hungarians annexed the territory comprising modern Slovakia. Afte... |
two rows of stiff hairs or mastigonemes, and the posterior flagellum is without such embellishments, being smooth, usually shorter, or in a few cases not projecting from the cell. History and the Heterokont problem The term 'Stramenopile' was introduced in 1989. It identified a group that overlapped with the ambiguousl... | a defining innovative characteristic or apomorphy. A taxonomic concept based on a synapomorphy is independent of the organisms that are included. It is stable and robust. New findings may lead to the addition, elimination or regrouping of contained taxa. A synapomorphy-based taxonomic concept is invalidated if the apom... |
research, determining a good question can be very difficult and it will affect the outcome of the investigation. Hypothesis A hypothesis is a conjecture, based on knowledge obtained while formulating the question, that may explain any given behavior. The hypothesis might be very specific; for example, Einstein's equiva... | This is a property so deeply saturating its inmost nature that it may truly be said that there is but one thing needful for learning the truth, and that is a hearty and active desire to learn what is true." For Peirce, rational inquiry implies presuppositions about truth and the real; to reason is to presuppose (and at... |
by the late 19th century, these weapons became largely replaced on the battlefield by breechloading rifled firearms shooting spin-stabilized cylindro-conoidal bullets, which were far more accurate with longer effective ranges. The military value of shotguns was rediscovered in the First World War, when American forces ... | 1728 Cyclopaedia defines a fowling piece as: Fowling Piece, a portable Fire Arm for the shooting of Birds. See Fire Arm. Of Fowling Pieces, those are reputed the best, which have the longest Barrel, vis. from 5 foot to 6; with an indifferent Bore, under Harquebus: Tho' for different Occasions they shou'd be of differen... |
for settlement between the First Nations in Saskatchewan and the federal government, in collaboration with provincial governments. In 1876, following their defeat of United States Army forces at the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana Territory in the United States, the Lakota Chief Sitting Bull led several thousan... | School buses, highways, and family vehicles create ease and accessibility of a population shift to larger towns and cities. Combines and tractors mean the farmer could manage more than a quarter section of land, so there was a shift from family farms and subsistence crops to cash crops grown on many sections of land. S... |
American dramatic film Summer Solstice (2005 film), made-for-television film based on a story by Rosamunde Pilcher Summer Solstice (2003 film), independent feature film directed by George Fivas, based on the story "Atlantic Summer" by Jeffrey Gold Summer Solstice: Bee Stings, 1998 experimental music album, part 2 of th... | of the four part Seasons collective created by Coil The Summer Solstice (film), a 2007 Chinese film Summer Solstice (album), 1971 folk music album by Maddy Prior and Tim Hart "The Summer Solstice", a Filipino short story written by Nick Joaquin MTV Unplugged – Summer Solstice, 2017 live album by a-ha See |
in winter to act as a de-icing agent Figuratively, adding ("sprinkling") a small quantity of something to something else for various reasons Salt (cryptography), a method to secure passwords Salted bomb, a nuclear weapon specifically engineered to enhance residual radioactivity Salting (confidence trick), process of ad... | the application of salt to roads in winter to act as a de-icing agent Figuratively, adding ("sprinkling") a small quantity of something to something else for various reasons Salt (cryptography), a method to secure passwords Salted bomb, a nuclear weapon specifically engineered to enhance residual radioactivity Salting ... |
the way for a major shift in the balance of power in Southeast Asia towards the West, a significant turning point in the global Cold War. New Left The New Left was a term used mainly in the United Kingdom and United States in reference to activists, educators and others in the 1960s and 1970s who sought to implement a ... | the rest of the Eastern Bloc, known as Socialist self-management. The Hungarian Revolution of 1956, a spontaneous nationwide revolt against the Communist government brutally suppressed by Soviet forces, and USSR leader Nikita Khrushchev's denunciation of the excesses of Stalin's regime during the Twentieth Communist Pa... |
have been federal, state, and local efforts to restore the quality of the river. In addition, draining of wetlands and dredging of bayous has caused decline in the acreage of wetlands, resulting in coastal erosion, and making the area much more vulnerable to hurricane damage. The lower river, south of Orange to Sabine ... | north, where it establishes the Texas-Louisiana boundary. It flows south, forming the state line for the remainder of its course. It is impounded west of Leesville, Louisiana, to form the Toledo Bend Reservoir, with the Sabine National Forest along its western bank. South of the reservoir, it passes through the bayou c... |
is said that the parasites in combination have a synergistic effect. Drug synergy Mechanisms that may be involved in the development of synergistic effects include: Effect on the same cellular system (e.g. two different antibiotics like a penicillin and an aminoglycoside; penicillins damage the cell wall of gram-positi... | customer satisfaction, and by fourfold in revenue growth. Also, those that are able to be open about their views on the company, and have confidence that they will be heard, are likely to be a more organized employee who helps his/ her fellow team members succeed. Corporate synergy Corporate synergy occurs when corpora... |
the last three of which are rare. In most generative theories of syntax, these surface differences arise from a more complex clausal phrase structure, and each order may be compatible with multiple derivations. However, word order can also reflect the semantics or function of the ordered elements. Grammatical relations... | potentially of the same type. Early history The Aṣṭādhyāyī of Pāṇini (c. 4th century BC in Ancient India), is often cited as an example of a premodern work that approaches the sophistication of a modern syntactic theory (as works on grammar were written long before modern syntax came about). In the West, the school of ... |
angry or hurt, or the pleased soul of the already killed prey can tell the other, still living animals, that they can allow themselves to be caught and killed. Infertility of women Infertility of women is thought to be cured by obtaining the soul of the expected child Spirits Spirits are invisible entities that only sh... | and later "probably influenced the formation of European discourse on Shamanism". History Shamanism is a system of religious practice. Historically, it is often associated with indigenous and tribal societies, and involves belief that shamans, with a connection to the otherworld, have the power to heal the sick, commun... |
Gross were disciples of Freud, but rejected his theories because of their emphasis on the role of sexuality in the revolutionary struggle for the emancipation of mankind. Pre-Nazi Germany, under the sexually liberal Napoleonic code, organized and resisted the anti-sexual, Victorian cultural influences. The momentum fro... | disabled. The sexological study of sexual dysfunctions and disorders, including erectile dysfunction and anorgasmia, are also mainstays. History Early Sex manuals have existed since antiquity, such as Ovid's Ars Amatoria, the Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, the Ananga Ranga, and The Perfumed Garden for the Soul's Recreation.... |
March 1990, replaced the general secretary as the highest Soviet political office. Contemporaneously to the establishment of the office of the president, representatives of the Congress of People's Deputies voted to remove Article 6 from the Soviet Constitution which stated that the Soviet Union was a one-party state c... | the head of state. The office of the chairman of the Council of Ministers was comparable to a prime minister in the First World whereas the office of the chairman of the Presidium was comparable to a president. In the ideology of Vladimir Lenin, the head of the Soviet state was a collegiate body of the vanguard party (... |
crayfish were seen as a desirable alternative to meat during fish days. Compared to meat, fish was much more expensive for inland populations, especially in Central Europe, and therefore not an option for most. Modern knowledge of the reproductive cycles of aquatic species has led to the development of hatcheries and i... | of amino acids into biogenic amines and ammonia. Live food fish are often transported in tanks at high expense for an international market that prefers its seafood killed immediately before it is cooked. Delivery of live fish without water is also being explored. While some seafood restaurants keep live fish in aquaria... |
required by dimensional analysis commonly employed in science and technology. The names and symbols of SI base units are written in lowercase, except the symbols of those named after a person, which are written with an initial capital letter. For example, the metre has the symbol m, but the kelvin has symbol K, because... | m, but the kelvin has symbol K, because it is named after Lord Kelvin and the ampere with symbol A is named after André-Marie Ampère. A number of other units, such as the litre, astronomical unit, and electronvolt, are not formally part of the SI, but are accepted for use with SI. Definitions On 20 May 2019, as the fin... |
four clocks disagreed by plus or minus four seconds. In 1656, Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens invented the first pendulum clock. It had a pendulum length of just under a meter which gave it a swing of one second, and an escapement that ticked every second. It was the first clock that could accurately keep time in se... | hours, then to 60 minutes and finally to 60 seconds each. Analog clocks and watches often have sixty tick marks on their faces, representing seconds (and minutes), and a "second hand" to mark the passage of time in seconds. Digital clocks and watches often have a two-digit seconds counter. The second is also part of se... |
be traced back to the introduction of the metric system in the 1790s, long before the 1960 introduction of the SI. The prefixes, including those introduced after 1960, are used with any metric unit, whether officially included in the SI or not (e.g., millidynes and milligauss). Metric prefixes may also be used with non... | mass, for which the SI base unit (kilogram) already contains a prefix. For example, milligram (mg) is used instead of microkilogram (μkg). In the arithmetic of measurements having units, the units are treated as multiplicative factors to values. If they have prefixes, all but one of the prefixes must be expanded to the... |
area; and the kilogram per cubic metre (kg/m3 or kg⋅m−3), the SI derived unit of density. The names of SI derived units, when written in full, are always in lowercase. However, the symbols for units named after persons are written with an uppercase initial letter. For example, the symbol for hertz is "Hz", but the symb... | Units assigns special names to 22 derived units, which includes two dimensionless derived units, the radian (rad) and the steradian (sr). Examples of derived quantities and units Other units used with SI Some other units such as the hour, litre, tonne, bar, and electronvolt are not SI units, but are widely used in conj... |
smaller chips from the pot can be used to equalize stacks or make change as necessary. Pots are always split down to the lowest denomination of chip used in the game. Three-way ties or further splits can also be done this way. After fully dividing a pot, there may be a single odd lowest-denomination chip remaining (or ... | pot because of tied hands, award the odd chip to the hand that contains the highest-ranking single card, using suits to break ties if necessary (clubs ranking the lowest, followed by diamonds, hearts, and spades as in bridge). (Variation) Between tied hands, award the odd chip to the first player in clockwise rotation ... |
but instead, the field penetrates the superconductor but only to a very small distance, characterized by a parameter λ, called the London penetration depth, decaying exponentially to zero within the bulk of the material. The Meissner effect is a defining characteristic of superconductivity. For most superconductors, th... | magnetic field is ejected. The Meissner effect does not cause the field to be completely ejected but instead, the field penetrates the superconductor but only to a very small distance, characterized by a parameter λ, called the London penetration depth, decaying exponentially to zero within the bulk of the material. Th... |
is used to refer to the historical region of Central Thailand, usually including Southern Thailand. Siam or SIAM may also refer to: Places Siam, Ohio, an unincorporated community in the United States Siam area, area in the Pathum Wan district of Bangkok, Thailand Siam BTS Station, rail station which serves this area Ru... | in what is now north central Thailand that eventually merged with Ayutthaya Ayutthaya Kingdom (1350-1767), a Siamese kingdom centered on the city of Ayutthaya Thonburi Kingdom (1767-1782), a kingdom with its capital in Thonburi, which is now part of Bangkok Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932), a kingdom in Thailand until ... |
of Sweden is heavily forested, with 69% of the country being forest and woodland, while farmland constitutes only 8% of land use. Sweden consists of 39,960 km2 of water area, constituting around 95,700 lakes. The lakes are sometimes used for water power plants, especially the large northern rivers and lakes. Most of no... | a population of 1,250,000. The second largest city is Gothenburg, with 510,500, in the west. The third largest is Malmö in the south, with 258,000. The largest city in the north is Umeå with 76,000 inhabitants. Natural resources Sweden's natural resources include copper, gold, hydropower, iron ore, lead, silver, timber... |
steady at about 50–50. As a whole, the graph broadens with people appearing to live longer. In 2050 it is predicted that all ages will increase from below 300,000 males and females to above 300,000 males and females. With about 50,000 people living to the ages of 90–100. In 2100 the graph is shaped as a rectangle with ... | of unrest in the Middle East, upholding steady population growth. Population projections In 1950 Sweden had fewer people aged 10–20 with more people ages 20–30 and 0–10. In 2017 the ratio of male to female remains steady at about 50–50. As a whole, the graph broadens with people appearing to live longer. In 2050 it is ... |
and being formally liberalized in 1993. This was three years ahead of USA and five years before the European common policy introduced in January 1998 allowed for an open and competitive telecommunication market. The Swedes, most of who are computer literate, enjoy a continuous growth in the Internet market and the avai... | liberalization effect. The most important reason behind it was, "paradoxically, the efficiency of the national operator". The operator being Televerket. "In 1993 the new company Telia AB was formed and a new Telecommunications Act was launched". At this point the government has an indirect control over the company, wan... |
Djurgården line Lund – one tramline under construction. Stockholm previously had a large tram network, but this was discontinued in favour of bus and metro; a revival of the tram network was seen in the construction of Tvärbanan in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Railway links with adjacent countries Norway at Kornsjø ... | and financing of local passenger rail, but the actual operation are done by the above-mentioned companies. Total: 11,663 km (includes 3,594 km of privately (in fact county) owned railways) or 9227 km of national railways standard gauge: 11,568 km gauge (7,531 km electrified and 1,152 km double track) (2008) narrow gaug... |
with a restored national service system combined with volunteer forces, aimed to reach 3 brigades as maneuver units by 2025. Re-implementing conscription After having ended the universal male conscription system in 2010, as well as deactivating conscription in peacetime, the conscription system was re-activated in 2017... | the work had reached the point where underground testing was feasible. However, at that time the Riksdag prohibited research and development of nuclear weapons, pledging that research should be done only for the purpose of defense against nuclear attack. The option to continue development was abandoned in 1966, and Swe... |
a policy of non-participation in military alliances," but permits cooperation in response to threats against peace and security. The government also seeks to maintain Sweden's high standard of living. These two objectives require heavy expenditures for social welfare, defense spending at rates considered low by Western... | Nordic and European security questions. Sweden decided not to sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. European Union After the then Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson had submitted Sweden's application in July 1991 the negotiations began in February 1993. Finally, on January 1, 1995, Sweden became a member o... |
not currently good evidence for this. India contributes to 75% of global spice production. This is reflected culturally through their cuisine and historically, the spice trade developed throughout the Indian subcontinent, in East Asia and later with the Middle East. Europe's demand for spices later encouraged further e... | other plant substance primarily used for flavoring or coloring food. Spices are distinguished from herbs, which are the leaves, flowers, or stems of plants used for flavoring or as a garnish. Spices are sometimes used in medicine, religious rituals, cosmetics or perfume production. For example, vanilla is commonly used... |
(Greek) – refer to a harmful religious sect and translate into English as "cult". In France, since the 1970s, secte has a specific meaning which is very different from the English word. In Buddhism The Macmillan Encyclopedia of Religion distinguishes three types of classification of Buddhism, separated into "Movements"... | member." In other languages The corresponding words for "sect" in European languages other than English – Sekte (German), secte (French), secta (Spanish, Catalan), sectă (Romanian), setta (Italian), seita (Portuguese, Galician), sekta (Polish, Czech, Slovak, Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, Slovenian, Latvian, Lithuanian), ... |
in leaf blade dimensions, the prominence of leaf veins, and pubescence. Taxonomy Mentha spicata was first described scientifically by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. The epithet spicata means 'bearing a spike'. The species has two accepted subspecies, each of which has acquired a large number of synonyms: Mentha spicata subsp. ... | September in the northern hemisphere), and has relatively large seeds, which measure . The name 'spear' mint derives from the pointed leaf tips. Mentha spicata varies considerably in leaf blade dimensions, the prominence of leaf veins, and pubescence. Taxonomy Mentha spicata was first described scientifically by Carl L... |
Satureja khuzistanica helped reduce adverse effects of traumatic brain injuries in rats. Satureja kitaibelii Wierzb. ex Heuff. – Bulgaria, Romania, Yugoslavia Satureja laxiflora K.Koch – Iran, Iraq, Turkey, Caucasus Satureja linearifolia (Brullo & Furnari) Greuter – Cyrenaica region of Libya Satureja macrantha C.A.Mey.... | Yugoslavia Satureja icarica P.H.Davis – Greek Islands Satureja innota (Pau) Font Quer – Spain Satureja intermedia C.A.Mey. – Iran, Caucasus Satureja intricata Lange – Spain Satureja isophylla Rech.f. – Iran Satureja kallarica Jamzad – Iran Satureja kermanshahensis Jamzad – Iran Satureja khuzistanica Jamzad – Iran Essen... |
cosmic rays in the interstellar medium and the strength of the Sun's magnetic field change on very long timescales, so the level of cosmic-ray penetration in the Solar System varies, though by how much is unknown. The interplanetary medium is home to at least two disc-like regions of cosmic dust. The first, the zodiaca... | formed these planets were more plentiful than the metals and silicates that formed the terrestrial inner planets, allowing them to grow massive enough to capture large atmospheres of hydrogen and helium, the lightest and most abundant elements. Leftover debris that never became planets congregated in regions such as th... |
glaciers contributed to a rise in sea level, recognizable from the fact that Silurian sediments overlie eroded Ordovician sediments, forming an unconformity. The continents of Avalonia, Baltica, and Laurentia drifted together near the equator, starting the formation of a second supercontinent known as Euramerica. When ... | thus a rich diversity of environmental settings. During the Silurian, Gondwana continued a slow southward drift to high southern latitudes, but there is evidence that the Silurian icecaps were less extensive than those of the late-Ordovician glaciation. The southern continents remained united during this period. The me... |
to death. Most battles in this period were between besieging armies and relief columns sent to rescue the besieged. Marshal Vauban and Van Coehoorn At the end of the 17th century, two influential military engineers, the French Marshal Vauban and the Dutch military engineer Menno van Coehoorn, developed modern fortifica... | siege warfare was to lay siege and just wait for the surrender of the enemies inside or, quite commonly, to coerce someone inside to betray the fortification. During the medieval period, negotiations would frequently take place during the early part of the siege. An attacker – aware of a prolonged siege's great cost in... |
or phrase, not because they disagree on material facts, but rather because they disagree on the definitions of a word (or several words) essential to formulating the claim at issue. It is sometimes held that semantic disputes are not genuine disputes at all, but very often they are regarded as perfectly genuine, e.g., ... | several words) essential to formulating the claim at issue. It is sometimes held that semantic disputes are not genuine disputes at all, but very often they are regarded as perfectly genuine, e.g., in philosophy. It is also sometimes held that when a semantic dispute arises, the focus of the debate should switch from t... |
confidential information by manipulating and/or deceiving people and artificial intelligence See also Cultural engineering Manufacturing Consent (disambiguation) Mass media Noble lie Propaganda Social dynamics Social | confidential information by manipulating and/or deceiving people and artificial intelligence See also Cultural engineering Manufacturing Consent (disambiguation) Mass media Noble lie Propaganda |
around 6% of the U.S. annual total. The toll revenue obtained from ocean vessels is about 25–30% of cargo revenue. The Port of Duluth shipped just over 2.5 million tonnes of grain, which is less than the port typically moved in the decade before the seaway opened Lake Superior to deep-draft oceangoing vessels in 1959. ... | for the Second Welland Canal; to long, wide, and deep with the Third Welland Canal; and to long, wide, and deep for the current (Fourth) Welland Canal. The first proposals for a binational comprehensive deep waterway along the St. Lawrence were made in the 1890s. In the following decades, developers proposed a hydropow... |
from 2010. The court hearing against the Chamber of Deputies took place on 8 July 2014, where the constitutional court was asked to deem the concerned Chamber of Deputies decree to be unconstitutional and annul it, by the Court of Rome and the Viterbo court. On 18 July 2014, the Constitutional Court indeed ruled the de... | coalition lost the elections and were replaced by a centre-left government led by Romano Prodi. 2001 electoral victory In 2001, Berlusconi ran again, as leader of the right-wing coalition House of Freedoms (), which included the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats, the Lega Nord, the National Alliance and other par... |
very careful to keep the number of feet per line consistent across each individual work, a trait that free verse does not share. Sprung rhythm may be classed as a form of accentual verse, as it is stress-timed, rather than syllable-timed, and while sprung rhythm did not become a popular literary form, Hopkins's advocac... | rhythm allows for an indeterminate number of syllables to a foot, Hopkins was very careful to keep the number of feet per line consistent across each individual work, a trait that free verse does not share. Sprung rhythm may be classed as a form of accentual verse, as it is stress-timed, rather than syllable-timed, and... |
Burseraceae Kirkiaceae Meliaceae Nitrariaceae (including Peganaceae and Tetradiclidaceae) Rutaceae Sapindaceae Simaroubaceae The APG II system of 2003 allowed the optional segregation of families now included in the Nitrariaceae. In the classification system of Dahlgren the Rutaceae were placed in the order Rutales, in... | Staphyleaceae Melianthaceae Bretschneideraceae Akaniaceae Sapindaceae Hippocastanaceae Aceraceae Burseraceae Anacardiaceae Julianiaceae Simaroubaceae Cneoraceae Meliaceae Rutaceae Zygophyllaceae The difference from the APG III system is not as large as may appear, as the plants in the families Aceraceae and Hippocastan... |
synonym of Stilbaceae, order Lamiales) Family Menyanthaceae (now placed in order Asterales) Family Polemoniaceae (now placed in order Ericales) Family Hydrophyllaceae (now treated as a synonym of Boraginaceae) In the classification system of Dahlgren the Solanales were in the superorder Solaniflorae (also called Solana... | synonym of Solanaceae) Family Nolanaceae (now treated as a synonym of Solanaceae) Family Cuscutaceae (now treated as a synonym of Convolvulaceae) Family Retziaceae (now treated as a synonym of Stilbaceae, order Lamiales) Family Menyanthaceae (now placed in order Asterales) Family Polemoniaceae (now placed in order Eric... |
of players There are numerous variations in rules, so a discussion of house rules generally occurs before play begins. The following variations can be employed to accommodate different numbers of players. Two-handed 1) Each player is dealt four cards in a row, face down. Then, four cards are dealt face up to each playe... | same as a leaster, but after the hand is scored, the player who took the most points pays out (as if for a simple loss) to all the rest of the players. Thus, in a five-player game, the affected player loses four points and the opponents get one each, unless the score is doubled by other means (cracking, etc.). The exce... |
showed that in languages with few color terms, it is predictable from the number of terms which hues are chosen as focal colors, for example, languages with only three color terms always have the focal colors black, white and red. The fact that what had been believed to be random differences between color naming in dif... | define a location as "north of the house", while an English speaker may use relative positions, saying "in front of the house" or "to the left of the house". Separate studies by Bowerman and Slobin treated the role of language in cognitive processes. Bowerman showed that certain cognitive processes did not use language... |
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