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on wave crests. The mesoscale components of surf breaks are the ramp, platform, wedge, or ledge that may be present at a surf break. Macro-scale processes are the global winds that initially produce offshore waves. Types of surf breaks are headlands (point break), beach break, river/estuary entrance bar, reef breaks, a... | increases the height and steepness, and the top (crest) falls because the velocity of the top of the wave becomes greater than the velocity of the bottom of the wave where the drag occurs. The surf zone is the place of convergence of multiple waves types creating complex wave patterns. A wave suitable for surfing resul... |
comics creator and musician (d. 2015) 1945 – John Rutter, English composer, conductor, and producer 1946 – Jerry Donahue, American guitarist and producer 1946 – Joe Greene, American football player, coach, and actor 1946 – Lars Emil Johansen, Greenlandic educator and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Greenland 1946 – C... | in the Indian provincial legislatures for the "Depressed Classes" (Untouchables). 1935 – Earl and Weldon Bascom produce the first rodeo ever held outdoors under electric lights. 1946 – Cathay Pacific Airways is founded in Hong Kong. 1946 – The top-secret Clifford-Elsey Report on the Soviet Union is delivered to Preside... |
Nations. 1983 – Thirty-eight IRA prisoners, armed with six handguns, hijack a prison meals lorry and smash their way out of the Maze Prison. 1992 – NASA launches the Mars Observer. Eleven months later, the probe would fail while preparing for orbital insertion. 1998 – PauknAir Flight 4101, a British Aerospace 146, cras... | coach (d. 1980) 1911 – Eric Williams, Trinidadian historian and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1981) 1914 – John Manners, English naval officer and cricketer (d. 2020) 1916 – Jessica Anderson, Australian author and playwright (d. 2010) 1916 – Deendayal Upadhyaya, Indian economist, sociologist... |
– The United States Department of War first establishes a regular army with a strength of several hundred men. 1789 – The 1st United States Congress adjourns. 1829 – The Metropolitan Police of London, later also known as the Met, is founded. 1848 – The Battle of Pákozd is a stalemate between Hungarian and Croatian forc... | the Uri attack, the Indian Army conducts "surgical strikes" against suspected militants in Pakistani-administered Kashmir. 2019 – Violence and low turnout mark the 2019 Afghan presidential election. Births Pre-1600 106 BC – Pompey, Roman general and politician (d. 48 BC) 929 – Qian Chu, Chinese king (Ten Kingdoms) (d. ... |
providers facilitate SMS traffic between businesses and mobile subscribers, including SMS for enterprises, content delivery, and entertainment services involving SMS, e.g. TV voting. Considering SMS messaging performance and cost, as well as the level of messaging services, SMS gateway providers can be classified as ag... | value. Examples include chat bots, and text enabled customer service and call centers. Technical details GSM The Short Message Service—Point to Point (SMS-PP)—was originally defined in GSM recommendation 03.40, which is now maintained in 3GPP as TS 23.040. GSM 03.41 (now 3GPP TS 23.041) defines the Short Message Servic... |
every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.2 males. There were 50,912 housing units at an average density of 6,049.5 per square mile (2,335.7/km2), of which 13,315 (28.4%) were owner-occupied, and 33,602 (71.6%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 1.1%; the rental vacancy rate was 5.1%. 30,06... | La Monica Ballroom on the pier was once the largest ballroom in the US and the source for many New Year's Eve national network broadcasts. The Santa Monica Civic Auditorium was an important music venue for several decades and hosted the Academy Awards in the 1960s. McCabe's Guitar Shop is a leading acoustic performance... |
weighs , and the women's shot weighs . Junior, school, and masters competitions often use different weights of shots, typically below the weights of those used in open competitions; the individual rules for each competition should be consulted in order to determine the correct weights to be used. Putting styles Two put... | then exiting and re-entering it prior to starting the throw results in a foul (all the rule books allow an athlete to leave a circle prior to starting a throw, but this still counts within the 30 second time limit; the allowable method of exiting the circle varies by rule book). Loose clothing, shoelaces, or long hair ... |
graduating with a first class degree in Numerical Analysis and Automatic Computing in 1954, the first postgraduate degree in computer science. Folk singing career In 1950 [1954, not 1950, from personal experience of Peter Gardner, who was also one of the founder members of the St Lawrence Folk Song Society, and who con... | players, including Kevin Keegan and Tommy Smith. Other audio recordings include: Kelly performed the part of "The Rambler" in the BBC's 1958 production The Ballad of John Axon. This broadcast won the Italia Prize, and excerpts were subsequently released on a highlights LP. This was the first BBC radio ballad. Two track... |
the other is short but fat. Introduction Consider the two distributions in the figure just below. Within each graph, the values on the right side of the distribution taper differently from the values on the left side. These tapering sides are called tails, and they provide a visual means to determine which of the two k... | to the left, despite the fact that the curve itself appears to be skewed or leaning to the right; left instead refers to the left tail being drawn out and, often, the mean being skewed to the left of a typical center of the data. A left-skewed distribution usually appears as a right-leaning curve. : The right tail is l... |
secondary school in Melbourne, Australia St Columba's College, St Albans, a Catholic independent boys' school in St Albans, England St. Columba's High School (disambiguation), multiple schools St Columba's Roman Catholic High School, Dunfermline in Scotland St. Columba's School, Delhi, India St Columba's School, Kilmac... | Irish Psalter Knights of St Columba, a Scottish Order of Catholic Laymen Urney St. Columba's GAC, a Gaelic Athletic Association club in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland St. Kolumba, Cologne, a destroyed church in Cologne, Germany, now chapel MS Masarrah, a ferry originally named St. Columba, working on the Irish sea St.... |
and has no discernable quirks. She is the first to attempt to help Lain socialize; she takes her out to a nightclub. From then on, she tries her best to look after Lain. Alice, along with her two best friends Julie and Reika, were taken by Chiaki Konaka from his previous work, Alice in Cyberland. Lain's older sister, a... | behind. These details are unveiled around the middle of the series, but this is the point where the story begins. Masami later explains that Lain is the artifact by which the wall between the virtual and material worlds is to fall, and that he needs her to go into the Wired and "abandon the flesh", as he did, to achiev... |
of the wavefunctions between the excited state and the ground state of the atom is zero. Thus, in the absence of a quantized electromagnetic field, the excited state atom cannot decay to the ground state. In order to explain spontaneous transitions, quantum mechanics must be extended to a quantum field theory, wherein ... | is called luminescence. For example, fireflies are luminescent. And there are different forms of luminescence depending on how excited atoms are produced (electroluminescence, chemiluminescence etc.). If the excitation is affected by the absorption of radiation the spontaneous emission is called fluorescence. Sometimes... |
rather popular fashion; equations were kept to a minimum and called for little more than simple algebra and arithmetic, except occasionally in the footnotes, where he indulged in a few arguments involving some calculus. He discussed the relative merits of air and steam as working fluids, the merits of various aspects o... | and, after Napoleon's final defeat in 1815, Lazare was forced into exile. Sadi's position in the army, under the restored Bourbon monarchy of Louis XVIII, became increasingly difficult. Sadi Carnot was posted to different locations, where he inspected fortifications, tracked plans, and wrote many reports. It appeared t... |
the Ottoman Empire Suleiman the Magnificent (1494–1566), 10th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire Suleiman I of Persia (1648–1694), 8th Shah of the Safavid Empire See | Great Seljuq Empire Suleiman ibn Qutulmish (d. 1086), founder of the Sultanate of Rum Süleyman Çelebi (1377–1411), co-ruler of |
work. The workers agreed to end their work-in when management agreed to give them a 25% wage increase, the right to elect their foremen, four weeks annual leave and a large payment for their troubles. Utzon and his resignation Before the Sydney Opera House competition, Jørn Utzon had won seven of the 18 competitions he... | performing musicians. The orchestra pit in the Joan Sutherland Theatre is cramped and dangerous to musicians' hearing. The Concert Hall has a very high roof, leading to a lack of early reflections onstage—perspex rings (the "acoustic clouds") hanging over the stage were added shortly before opening in an (unsuccessful)... |
Christian slaves were rescued. The Holy League lost about 7,500 men. The Empire's shattered fleets were soon restored (in just six months, it consisted of about 150 galleys and eight galleasses), and the Ottomans maintained control of the eastern Mediterranean (1573). In August 1574, months before Selim's death, the Ot... | his father Suleiman the Magnificent. His mother was Hurrem Sultan, a slave and concubine who was born an Orthodox priest's daughter in contemporary Ukraine, and later was freed and became Suleiman's legal wife. In 1545, at Konya, Selim married Nurbanu Sultan, whose background is disputed. It is said that she was origin... |
Cliff, Ellsworth Land Smith Glacier, Marie Byrd Land Smith Heights, Oates Land Smith Islands, Wilkes Land Smith Knob, Ellsworth Land Smith Nunatak, Mac. Robertson Land Smith Nunataks, two nunataks in Palmer Land Smith Peaks, Mac. Robertson Land Smith Peninsula, Palmer Land Smith Ridge, Ellsworth Land Smith Rocks, Mac. ... | Village, Oklahoma, U.S. Smith Park (Middletown, Connecticut), U.S., a public park Smith Pool, Salem, Massachusetts,U.S. Smith, Alberta, Canada Smith Sound, between Greenland and Canada Smith Sound, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada Smith Sound (British Columbia), Canada Smith County (disambiguation) Smith Township (dis... |
Show business, sometimes shortened to show biz or showbiz (since 1945), is a vernacular term for all aspects of the entertainment industry. From the business side (including managers, agents, producers, and distributors), the term applies to the creative element (including artists, performers, writers, musicians, and t... | the entertainment business. Industry The global media and entertainment (M&E) market, including film, television shows and advertising, streaming media, music, broadcasting, radio, book publishing, video games, and ancillary services and products) was worth $1.72 trillion in 2015, $1.9 trillion in 2016, with extrapolat... |
xenobiologists Gusto and Cida von Hesse manage to create a treatment for the virus before succumbing to it themselves (1936 S.C.), leaving behind their young daughter Novinha. Synopsis Eight years after the Descolada virus is cured, Xenologer Pipo and his thirteen-year-old son and apprentice Libo have developed a frien... | death appears unprovoked, the Pequeninos are now considered a threat by the Starways Congress and restrictions on studying them are tightened. Distraught, Novinha makes a call for a Speaker for the Dead for Pipo. She is in love with Libo but fears that if he sees her files of research he will make the same discovery as... |
major problem with Bayer's naming system was the number of letters in the Greek alphabet (24). It was easy to run out of letters before running out of stars needing names, particularly for large constellations such as Argo Navis. Bayer extended his lists up to 67 stars by using lower-case Roman letters ("a" through "z"... | gathered by the European Space Agency's astrometric satellite Hipparcos, which was operational from 1989 to 1993. The catalogue was published in June 1997 and contains 118,218 stars; an updated version with re-processed data was published in 2007. It is particularly notable for its parallax measurements, which are cons... |
last updated on 1 June 2018 (with a minor correction posted on 11 June 2018). In practice, names are only universally used for the very brightest stars (Sirius, Arcturus, Vega, etc.) and for a small number of slightly less bright but "interesting" stars (Algol, Polaris, Mira, etc.). For other naked eye stars, the Bayer... | names Several hundred of the brightest stars had traditional names, most of which derived from Arabic, but a few from Latin. There were a number of problems with these names, however: Spellings were often not standardized (Almach or Almaach or Almak or Alamak) Many stars had more than one name of roughly equal populari... |
into the flight, the faulty booster joint opened up, leading to a flame that melted securing struts which resulted in a catastrophic structural failure and explosion of the External Tank. The resulting pressure waves and aerodynamic forces destroyed the orbiter, resulting in the loss of all the crew. Challenger was the... | to their individual subcontractors for rework. By early 1981, most of these components had returned to Palmdale to be reinstalled. Work continued on the conversion until July 1982, when the new orbiter was rolled out as Challenger. Challenger, as did the orbiters built after it, had fewer tiles in its Thermal Protectio... |
flown once again, but this time halfway across the country to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in Alabama for the Mated Vertical Ground Vibration Testing (MGVT). The orbiter was lifted up on a sling very similar to the one used at Kennedy Space Center and placed inside the Dynamic Test Stand building, and mat... | mount OMS pods. A large number of subsystems—ranging from main engines to radar equipment—were not installed on Enterprise, but the capacity to add them in the future was retained, as NASA originally intended to refit the orbiter for spaceflight at the conclusion of its testing. Instead of a thermal protection system, ... |
on one of Columbia's wings, which was made of a carbon composite. The hole had formed when a piece of insulating foam from the external fuel tank peeled off during the launch 16 days earlier and struck the shuttle's left wing. During the intense heat of re-entry, hot gases penetrated the interior of the wing, likely co... | first female astronaut of Indian origin, and the first Israeli astronaut. At the end of its final flight in February 2003, Columbia disintegrated upon reentry, killing the seven-member crew of STS-107 and destroying most of the scientific payloads aboard. The Columbia Accident Investigation Board convened shortly after... |
led by Captain Scott. Space Shuttle Discovery launched the Hubble Space Telescope and conducted the second and third Hubble service missions. It also launched the Ulysses probe and three TDRS satellites. Twice Discovery was chosen as the "Return To Flight" Orbiter, first in 1988 after the loss of Challenger in 1986, an... | exploration, primarily , one of the ships commanded by Captain James Cook during his third and final major voyage from 1776 to 1779, and Henry Hudson's , which was used in 1610–1611 to explore Hudson Bay and search for a Northwest Passage. Other ships bearing the name have included of the 1875–1876 British Arctic Exped... |
the team and the hardware processing. They just did a great job. The record will probably never be broken again in the history of the Space Shuttle Program, so congratulations to them". During the STS-132 post-launch interview on 14 May 2010, Shuttle launch director Mike Leinbach said that Atlantis beat its own previou... | Beginning in 1995 with STS-71, Atlantis made seven straight flights to the former Russian space station Mir as part of the Shuttle-Mir Program. STS-71 marked a number of firsts in human spaceflight: 100th U.S. crewed space flight; first U.S. Shuttle-Russian Space Station Mir docking and joint on-orbit operations; and f... |
a new airlock. In December 1998, it delivered the Unity Module to the International Space Station. Endeavours last Orbiter Major Modification period began in December 2003 and ended on October 6, 2005. During this time, Endeavour received major hardware upgrades, including a new, multi-functional, electronic display sy... | electrical connections needed for Extended Duration Orbiter (EDO) modifications to allow up to a 28-day mission (although a 28-day mission was never attempted; the record is 17 days, which was set by Columbia). Updated avionics systems that included advanced general purpose computers, improved inertial measurement unit... |
of America (SCCA) is a non-profit American automobile club and sanctioning body supporting road racing, rallying, and autocross in the United States. Formed in 1944, it runs many programs for both amateur and professional racers. History The SCCA traces its roots to the Automobile Racing Club of America (not to be conf... | Raceway (1964, 1966, 1968), Daytona International Speedway (1965, 1967, 1969, 2015), Road Atlanta (1970–1993), Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course (1994–2005, 2016), Heartland Park Topeka (2006–2008), Road America (2009-2013, 2020), Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca (2014), and Indianapolis Motor Speedway (2017). In 2018, the Runoffs w... |
its simplest form, one central hub acts as a conduit to transmit messages. The star network is one of the most common computer network topologies. The hub and hosts, and the transmission lines between them, form a graph with the topology of a star. Data on a star network passes through the hub before continuing to its ... | every host is connected to a central hub. In its simplest form, one central hub acts as a conduit to transmit messages. The star network is one of the most common computer network topologies. The hub and hosts, and the transmission lines between them, form a graph with the topology of a star. Data on a star network pas... |
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can treat that way of purity except in the wake of the chosen one." Rumi attributes his self-control and abstinence from worldly desires as qualities attained by him through the guidance of Muhammad. Rumi states, "I 'sewed' my two eyes shut from [desires for] this world and the next – this I learned from Muhammad." Ibn... | that God is One. Ibn Arabi says, "When we see someone in this Community who claims to be able to guide others to God, but is remiss in but one rule of the Sacred Law—even if he manifests miracles that stagger the mind—asserting that his shortcoming is a special dispensation for him, we do not even turn to look at him, ... |
important. The appropriate search algorithm often depends on the data structure being searched, and may also include prior knowledge about the data. Search algorithms can be made faster or more efficient by specially constructed database structures, such as search trees, hash maps, and database indexes. Search algorith... | finite group, and so on. The term combinatorial optimization is typically used when the goal is to find a sub-structure with a maximum (or minimum) value of some parameter. (Since the sub-structure is usually represented in the computer by a set of integer variables with constraints, these problems can be viewed as spe... |
stable and usable on production machines. Due to the effort involved in single-handedly creating and maintaining a distribution Sallee ceased "Sorcerer GNU/Linux" during the redesign and rewrite of sorcery and grimoire. A month or two before the rewrite happened, in early 2002, Chuck S. Mead, who had previously created... | compatible with current grimoire. Their terminology also deviates from Sorcerer terminology. Technical distinctions Sorcerer is based almost exclusively on source code. While many other operating systems generally make use of a package that contains pre-compiled (executable) programs, Sorcerer compiles source code on t... |
functionality as part of a larger system Software suite, which provides an organized collection of multiple packages, or a package consisting of multiple separate pieces See also Package | software collection that provides certain functionality as part of a larger system Software suite, which provides an organized collection of multiple |
it gets enough replies (n-f-j) from other servers then it picks the most frequently received value. Si also: Updates its local copy of the register Becomes active Replies to the processes in the reply set If it becomes active it sends reply messages to the other servers. Otherwise, it stores the inquiries, replying whe... | information. Eventually synchronous system Quora (set of server or client systems) Size of the Read and Write operation executed on quora = n – f – J (n is the number of servers, J is the number of servers that enter and exit, and f is the number of Byzantine failures. Algorithms such as join, read, and write. Join A s... |
of health clinics, about , and inaccessible by land or river are serviced by a monthly flying doctor service, which was established in 1973. A village health promoter program, where volunteers are provided with basic medical training, was established in 1981 but difficulty in providing medical supplies to remote villag... | corridor in Malaysia. As of 2017, Sarawak is producing 850,000 barrel of oil equivalent every day in 60 oil and gas producing fields. However, the export-oriented economy is dominated by liquefied natural gas (LNG), which accounts for more than half of total exports. Crude petroleum accounts for 20.8%, while palm oil, ... |
landmark in West Virginia Brands and enterprises Seneca (cigarette), a brand of additive-free cigarettes Seneca Data, an American custom computer manufacturer and technology distributor Seneca Foods, a major fruit and vegetable processor Seneca Oil, an American oil company formed in 1858 Education Seneca College, Toron... | America Seneca language, the language of the Seneca people Places Extraterrestrial Seneca (crater), a lunar crater 2608 Seneca, an asteroid Water features in the United States Seneca Creek (North Fork South Branch Potomac River), West Virginia Seneca Creek (Potomac River), Maryland Seneca Lake (New York), the largest o... |
Sidney's Astrophel and Stella (1591) and continuing over the next two decades. The sequence of 154 sonnets by William Shakespeare departs from the norm in being addressed to more than one person, male as well as female. In addition, other sonnets by him were incorporated into some of his plays. Another exception at thi... | the course of their literary discussion, Navagero then suggested that the poet might attempt the sonnet and other Italian forms in his own language. Boscán not only took up the Venetian's advice but did so in association with the more talented Garcilaso de la Vega, a friend to whom some of his sonnets are addressed and... |
a chance to see his production publicized – especially when he did not yet enjoy the same prestige acquired by the first generation samba composers – and also a way to make up for his own financial difficulties. For the buyer, it was the possibility to renew his repertoire, record more records and earn sales, and furth... | police repression. A popular neighborhood with a large contingent of blacks and mulattos, Estácio was one of the great strongholds of poor samba musicians situated between marginality and social integration, who ended up being stigmatized by the upper classes in Rio as "dangerous" rascals. Because of this infamous bran... |
is maintained. However, many riders who spend a fair amount of their time grinding park rails, and especially handrails, will actually use a detuning stone or another method to intentionally dull their edges, either entirely or only in certain areas. This helps to avoid "catching" on any tiny burrs or other obstruction... | either direction. Freeride and alpine boards, however, have a directional shape with a wider and longer nose. Boards designed for powder conditions exaggerate the differences even more for more flotation on the powder. Camber – The curvature of the base of the snowboard affects handling and carving. Typical modern snow... |
is more commonly used. In music, groups of lines are typically referred to as verses. Example I This short poem by Emily Dickinson has two stanzas of four lines each. I had no time to hate, because The grave would hinder me, And life was not so ample I Could finish enmity. Nor had I time to love; but since Some industr... | as batch, fit, and stave. Even though the term "stanza" is taken from Italian, in the Italian language the word "strofa" is more commonly used. In music, groups of lines are typically referred to as verses. Example I This short poem by Emily Dickinson has two stanzas of four lines each. I had no time to hate, because T... |
over Cuba, it was the U.S. that held economic power over Cuba. The U.S. became interested in a trans-isthmus canal in either Nicaragua or Panama and realized the need for naval protection. Captain Alfred Thayer Mahan was an exceptionally influential theorist; his ideas were much admired by future 26th President Theodor... | plaguing the American mind, and provided a model for all future news reporting. The idea of American imperialism changed in the public's mind after the short and successful Spanish–American War. Due to the United States' powerful influence diplomatically and militarily, Cuba's status after the war relied heavily upon A... |
the milk. Scurvy is one of the accompanying diseases of malnutrition (other such micronutrient deficiencies are beriberi and pellagra) and thus is still widespread in areas of the world depending on external food aid. Although rare, there are also documented cases of scurvy due to poor dietary choices by people living ... | which inhibited healthful perspiration and normal excretion – and therefore required multiple solutions. Lind was also sidetracked by the possibilities of producing a concentrated 'rob' of lemon juice by boiling it. This process destroyed the vitamin C and was therefore unsuccessful. During the 18th century, scurvy kil... |
August 1992, Lane 7 became a bus lane. Tolls The vehicular traffic lanes on the bridge are operated as a toll road. Since January 2009, there is a variable tolling system for all vehicles headed into the CBD (southbound). The toll paid is dependent on the time of day in which the vehicle passes through the toll plaza. ... | side is more complicated, but signposts in the Rocks area now direct pedestrians to the long and sheltered flight of stairs that leads to the bridge's southern end. These stairs are located near Gloucester Street and Cumberland Street. The bridge can also be approached from the south by accessing Cahill Walk, which run... |
Calvados. Other scenes were filmed in England, such as a former British Aerospace factory in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, Thame Park, Oxfordshire and Wiltshire. Production was due to also take place in Seaham, County Durham, but government restrictions disallowed this. According to both Gordon and Levinsohn, the producers ... | that Garth Brooks was offered a role in the movie but turned it down as he did not want to be outshone by superstars like Tom Hanks and Matt Damon. Before filming began, several of the film's stars, including Edward Burns, Tom Sizemore, Barry Pepper, Vin Diesel, Adam Goldberg, Giovanni Ribisi, and Tom Hanks, endured te... |
unparagraphed pages. Along the way, Blaine tells many stories, each of which connects back to the one before by some tenuous thread, and none of which has to do with the old ram. Among these stories are: a tale of boiled missionaries; of a lady who borrows a false eye, a peg leg, and the wig of a coffin-salesman's wife... | encourage him to go find a man called Jim Blaine when he is properly drunk, and ask him to tell "the stirring story about his grandfather's old ram." Twain, encouraged by his friends who have already heard the story, finally finds Blaine, an old silver miner, who sets out to tell Twain and his friends the tale. Blaine ... |
for another six months or more. The most famous variety of are the ones offered as a specialty dish of Shiga Prefecture, particularly the made from fish of the crucian carp genus, the authentic version of which calls for the use of , a particular locally differentiated variety of wild goldfish endemic to Lake Biwa. con... | "middle toro", implying that it is halfway into the fattiness between and the regular cut. style refers to nigiri sushi where the fish is partially grilled (topside) and partially raw. Most nigiri sushi will have completely raw toppings, called . Other seafoods such as squid (), eel ( and ), pike conger (), octopus (),... |
a harmonious relationship between humans and the and thus with the natural world. More localised may be subject to feelings of intimacy and familiarity from members of the local community that are not directed towards more widespread like Amaterasu. The of a particular community is referred to it as their , while that ... | onmyōji, a type of diviner whose practices derived from the Chinese yin and yang philosophy. Kannagara, morality, and ethics In Shinto, kannagara ("way of the kami") describes the law of the natural order, with wa ("benign harmony") being inherent in all things. Disrupting wa is deemed bad, contributing to it is though... |
layer of a marine animal, found on beaches Eggshell Nutshell Exoskeleton, an external covering of some animals Mollusc shell Bivalve shell Gastropod shell Shell, of a brachiopod Turtle shell Physics and chemistry Electron shell or a principal energy level of electrons outside an atom's nucleus Nuclear shell model, a pr... | nucleus On shell and off shell, quantum field theory concepts depending on whether classical equations of motion are obeyed Mathematics Spherical shell Organisations Shell plc, a British multinational oil and gas company Shell Oil Company, the U.S.-based subsidiary Shell Australia Shell Canada Shell Nigeria Shell corpo... |
named to become the Grand Commander of the West Indian Islands. After Napoleon came to power, de Grasse returned to France and resumed his military career. He also extended Freemasonry, establishing the Supreme Council of France and councils in other European cities. Jean-Baptiste Marie de La Hogue - He was a native of... | and even claimed that King Charles II was active in his attendance at meetings—an obvious invention, for if it had been true, it would not have escaped the notice of the historians of the time. The story was then repeated by the French writers Jean-Baptiste Ragon (1771–1862) and Emmanuel Rebold, in their Masonic histor... |
Sleepstalker the title character of Nilus the Sandman, a 1990s Canadian animated series Film and television Sandmann - Historien om en sosialistisk supermann (2005), a Norwegian documentary about Sandmännchen, by Jannicke Systad Jacobsen The Sandman (1991 film), a short horror stop-motion animation film The Sandman (20... | a profession in Logan's Run Sandman, a character in Rise of the Guardians Sandman, a character in The Real Ghostbusters episode "Sandman, Dream Me A Dream" Sandman, a character in The Santa Clause 2 Sandmen, parasites in Dark•Matter for the roleplaying game Alternity The Sandman, a drug dealer in Scarface: The World Is... |
manuals. Their bouncing and non-synchronous closing of the switches is known as Hammond Click and compositions exist that use and emphasize this feature. Some electronic organs have a switchable replica of this sound effect. Arcs and quenching When the power being switched is sufficiently large, the electron flow acros... | short as possible regardless of the speed at which the user moves the rocker. Power switches usually come in two types. A momentary on‑off switch (such as on a laser pointer) usually takes the form of a button and only closes the circuit when the button is depressed. A regular on‑off switch (such as on a flashlight) ha... |
without associated scholarly Bhasya or deciphering commentary that fills in the "weft". The oldest manuscripts that have survived into the modern era that contain extensive sutras are part of the Vedas, dated from the late 2nd millennium BCE through to the mid 1st millennium BCE. The Aitareya Aranyaka, for example, sta... | teachings of ritual, philosophy, grammar, or any field of knowledge can be woven. The oldest sutras of Hinduism are found in the Brahmana and Aranyaka layers of the Vedas. Every school of Hindu philosophy, Vedic guides for rites of passage, various fields of arts, law, and social ethics developed respective sutras, whi... |
the lands of the daimyōs that submitted to Ieyasu after the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600. Dissolution In the 1870s, samurai comprised five percent of the population, or 400,000 families with about 1.9 million members. They came under direct national jurisdiction in 1869, and of all the classes during the Meiji revoluti... | the harmony of fighting and learning. Samurai were expected to be cultured and literate and admired the ancient saying "bunbu-ryōdō" (文武両道, literary arts, military arts, both ways) or "The pen and the sword in accord". By the time of the Edo period, Japan had a higher literacy comparable to that in central Europe. The ... |
to anticipate use cases or preclude user decisions. In contrast to most modern Linux distributions, Slackware provides no graphical installation procedure and no automatic dependency resolution of software packages. It uses plain text files and only a small set of shell scripts for configuration and administration. Wit... | metadata that allows automated tools to download the source, verify the source is not corrupt, and calculate additional dependencies that are not part of Slackware. Some repositories will include both SlackBuilds and the resulting Slackware packages, allowing users to either build their own or install a pre-built packa... |
DNA sample Microsequencer, part of the control unit of a CPU Music sequencer, software or hardware device for recording, playing, and editing digital music data Protein sequencer, a machine used to automatically produce a sequence readout from a biological protein sample Arts and entertainment | of the control unit of a CPU Music sequencer, software or hardware device for recording, playing, and editing digital music data Protein sequencer, a machine used to automatically produce a sequence readout from a |
(1943 film), a Soviet propaganda film Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?, film made in West Germany and released in 1959 Stalingrad (1990 film), a Soviet war film Stalingrad (1993 film), a German anti-war film following the fate of German soldiers Stalingrad (2013 film), a Russian film, part love story Musi... | (Accept album) (2012) "Stalingrad", a song by Swedish metal band Sabaton from the album Primo Victoria "Stalingrad", a song by Russian-sung Finnish metal band KYPCK from the album Cherno Other Stalingrad (painting), an oil painting by Danish artist Asger Jorn Stalingrad (1948 novel), by Theodor Plievier, and the two te... |
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. H.G. Wells wrote his first science fiction stories in the 1880s. He is best known for his renowned, "The Country of the Blind" (1904). In the United States, Washington Irving was responsible for creating among the first short stories of American origin, "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" a... | writer João do Rio became popular by short stories about the bohemianism. Writing about the former slaves, and very ironical about nationalism, Lima Barreto died almost forgotten, but became very popular in the 20th century. In Portuguese literature, the major names of the time are Almeida Garrett and the historian and... |
the Jain view of the soul, Virchand Gandhi said Judaism The Hebrew terms nefesh (literally "living being"), ruach (literally "wind"), neshamah (literally "breath"), chayah (literally "life") and yechidah (literally "singularity") are used to describe the soul or spirit. In Judaism the soul is believed to be given by Go... | Surat Shabd Yoga is to realize one's True Self as soul (Self-Realisation), True Essence (Spirit-Realisation) and True Divinity (God-Realisation) while living in the physical body. Similarly, the spiritual teacher Meher Baba held that "Atma, or the soul, is in reality identical with Paramatma the Oversoul – which is one... |
area of the spherical cap, , is the radius of the sphere, and sr is the unit, steradian. Because the surface area of a sphere is , the definition implies that a sphere subtends steradians (≈ 12.56637 sr) at its center. By the same argument, the maximum solid angle that can be subtended at any point is . Other propertie... | is the radius of the sphere, and sr is the unit, steradian. Because the surface area of a sphere is , the definition implies that a sphere subtends steradians (≈ 12.56637 sr) at its center. By the same argument, the maximum solid angle that can be subtended at any point is . Other properties If , it corresponds to the ... |
of nuclear physics made it a promising candidate for a quantum theory of gravity. The earliest version of string theory, bosonic string theory, incorporated only the class of particles known as bosons. It later developed into superstring theory, which posits a connection called supersymmetry between bosons and the clas... | 1960s as a theory of the strong nuclear force, before being abandoned in favor of quantum chromodynamics. Subsequently, it was realized that the very properties that made string theory unsuitable as a theory of nuclear physics made it a promising candidate for a quantum theory of gravity. The earliest version of string... |
place in Buddhism." Ethnologist Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf explained, "In Buddhist thinking the whole universe, men as well as gods, are subject to a reign of law. Every action, good or bad, has an inevitable and automatic effect in a long chain of causes, an effect which is independent of the will of any deity. Ev... | his controversy with certain dualist Gnostics. Other church fathers such as Augustine also shaped and developed the doctrine, seeing it as based on the New Testament teaching of Paul the Apostle (Romans and 1 Corinthians ) and the Old Testament verse of Psalms . Tertullian, Cyprian, Ambrose and Ambrosiaster considered ... |
and Lee Ranaldo (guitar, vocals) remained together for the entire history of the band, while Steve Shelley (drums) followed a series of short-term drummers in 1985, rounding out the core line-up. Jim O'Rourke (bass, keyboards, guitar) was also a member of the band from 1999 to 2005, and Mark Ibold (guitar, bass) was a ... | drummer Richard Edson. Early releases: 1982–1985 Branca signed Sonic Youth as the first act on his record label Neutral Records. In December 1981 the group recorded five songs at New York's Radio City Music Hall. The material was released as the EP Sonic Youth which, while largely ignored, was sent to a few key members... |
usage of LBAs has evolved over time and so four different command variants are provided for reading and writing data. The Read(6) and Write(6) commands contain a 21-bit LBA address. The Read(10), Read(12), Read Long, Write(10), Write(12), and Write Long commands all contain a 32-bit LBA address plus various other param... | in mini- and early microcomputers, defined the interface as using a 50-pin flat ribbon connector which was adopted as the SCSI-1 connector. SASI is a fully compliant subset of SCSI-1 so that many, if not all, of the then-existing SASI controllers were SCSI-1 compatible. Until at least February 1982, ANSI developed the ... |
facilitate the use of the 512-width and interlaced resolutions. Up to 120 colors are displayed by the first layer and 24 colors by the second layer. Mode 6: 1 layer, using 16-color palettes. Tile decoding is as in Mode 5, and each tile can be individually scrolled. Up to 120 colors can be displayed on screen. Mode 7: 1... | is a Ricoh 5A22, which is a derivative of the 16-bit WDC 65C816 microprocessor. In NTSC regions, its nominal clock speed is 3.58 MHz but the CPU will slow down to either 2.68 MHz or 1.79 MHz when accessing some slower peripherals. This CPU has an 8-bit data bus and two address buses. The 24-bit "Bus A" is designated fo... |
(each class name); show: ' ']. ^x < y Literals The following examples illustrate the most common objects which can be written as literal values in Smalltalk-80 methods. Numbers. The following list illustrates some of the possibilities. 42 -42 123.45 1.2345e2 2r10010010 16rA000 The last two entries are a binary and a he... | can then be used to implement a number of facilities such as distributed Smalltalk where messages are exchanged between multiple Smalltalk systems, database interfaces where objects are transparently faulted out of a database, promises, etc. The design of distributed Smalltalk influenced such systems as CORBA. Syntax S... |
Both domestic and international pressure called for a public inquest to be held, to which the government agreed. It began in Pretoria's Old Synagogue courthouse in November 1977, and lasted for three weeks. Both the running of the inquest and the quality of evidence submitted came in for extensive criticism. An observe... | a local church. Biko and other black African delegates walked out of the conference in anger. Biko later related that this event forced him to rethink his belief in the multi-racial approach to political activism: Founding the South African Students' Organisation: 1968–1972 Developing SASO Following the 1968 NUSAS conf... |
novella in Accelerando by Charles Stross Survivor, a 1988 novel by Christina Crawford Survivor, a 2004 novel by William W. Johnstone that begins The Last Rebel series Survivor, a 1997 novel by Tabitha King Survivor, a 2011 novel by James Clancy Phelan Survivors, series of children's novels by Erin Hunter Survivors (Sta... | (1987 film), a film written by Bima Stagg Survivor (2008 film), a film featuring Cyril Nri Survivor (2014 film), a film featuring Danielle Chuchran and Kevin Sorbo Survivor (film), a 2015 British spy-thriller film starring Milla Jovovich and Pierce Brosnan Survivors (2015 film), British horror film Survivors (2018 film... |
had voted against him, he asked his alliance to turn against one of their own. When she found out what was going to happen, Kelly banded with the Samburu members, but Lex had also convinced Brandon to vote with his alliance, leading to Kelly's elimination. Brandon's disloyalty to Samburu would lead to his elimination a... | The season was filmed from July 11, 2001 through August 18, 2001 in Kenya's Shaba National Reserve on the African continent, and aired weekly from October 11, 2001 until the live finale on January 10, 2002, when Ethan Zohn was named Sole Survivor over Kim Johnson by a jury vote of 5-2. Hosted by Jeff Probst. Contestant... |
during a Samhain meal. Mumming and guising were part of the festival from at least the early modern era, whereby people went door-to-door in costume reciting verses in exchange for food. The costumes may have been a way of imitating, and disguising oneself from, the Aos Sí. Divination was also a big part of the festiva... | Tuatha Dé Danann. In Aislinge Óengusa ('The Dream of Óengus') it is when he and his bride-to-be switch from bird to human form, and in Tochmarc Étaíne ('The Wooing of Étaín') it is the day on which Óengus claims the kingship of Brú na Bóinne. Several sites in Ireland are especially linked to Samhain. Each Samhain a hos... |
planet of Abydos. Jackson locates the Stargate's controls but does not find all of the symbols for the return coordinates. O'Neil orders Reilly, Porro, Freeman, and Ferretti to stay behind to guard the Stargate. Jackson sees a large animal with a harness, which drags him off when he approaches it to investigate. O'Neil... | hundred-fold, threatening to send it back through the Stargate. Ra orders the human tribe to watch as he prepares to force Jackson to execute the others to demonstrate his power, but Skaara and his friends create a diversion that allows Jackson, O'Neil, Kawalsky, and Ferretti to escape, while Freeman is killed. They fl... |
the 1450s?), son of King Stephen Thomas of Bosnia Others named Sigismund include: Sigismund Albicus (c. 1360–1427), Roman Catholic Archbishop of Prague Sigismund Bachrich (1841–1913), Hungarian composer, violinist and violist Sigismund Bacstrom (c. 1750-1805), German doctor, surgeon and scholar of alchemy Sigismund Pay... | Prince-Archbishop of Magdeburg and Administrator of the Prince-Bishopric of Halberstadt Sigismund Rákóczi (died 1608), briefly Prince of Transylvania Sigismund III Vasa (1566–1632), King of Poland, Sweden and Grand Duke of Lithuania Sigismund Báthory (1572–1613), Prince of Transylvania John Sigismund (1572-1618), Elect... |
Succession and administration According to the First Book of Kings, when David was old, "he could not get warm". "So they sought a beautiful young woman throughout all the territory of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunamite, and brought her to the king. The young woman was very beautiful, and she was of service to the... | metaphorically (describing a relationship between God and his people). The Hebrew word לשלמה appears in the title of two hymns (72 and 127) in the Book of Psalms. This Hebrew word means "to Solomon", but it can also be translated as "by Solomon," thus suggesting to some that Solomon wrote the two psalms. Apocryphal or ... |
and David his tens of thousands implying that David is the greater warrior. Saul fears David's growing popularity and henceforth views him as a rival to the throne. Saul's son Jonathan and David become close friends. Jonathan recognizes David as the rightful king, and "made a covenant with David, because he loved him a... | successor to Saul. On two occasions, Saul threw a spear at David as he played the harp for Saul. David becomes increasingly successful and Saul becomes increasingly resentful. Now Saul actively plots against David. Saul offered his other daughter, Michal in marriage to David. David initially rejects this offer also, cl... |
new capital city of Shomron (Samaria; ). The fact that the mountain was called Shomeron when Omri bought it may indicate that the correct etymology of the name is to be found more directly, in the Semitic root for "guard", hence its initial meaning would have been "watch mountain". In the earlier cuneiform inscriptions... | an administrative term in 1967, when the West Bank was defined by Israeli officials as the Judea and Samaria Area, of which the entire area north of the Jerusalem District is termed as Samaria. In 1988, Jordan ceded its claim of the area to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). In 1994, control of Areas 'A' (ful... |
and as such submitted to the Assyrians once more. He was forced to pay a heavier tribute than previously, probably along with a heavy penalty and the tribute that he had failed to send to Nineveh from 705 to 701 BC. He was also forced to release the imprisoned king of Ekron, Padi, and Sennacherib granted substantial po... | submission of many of the surrounding cities to his rule. Faced with a massive Assyrian army nearby, many of the Levantine rulers, including Budu-ilu of Ammon, Kamusu-nadbi of Moab, Mitinti of Ashdod and Malik-rammu of Edom, quickly submitted to Sennacherib to avoid retribution. The resistance in the southern Levant wa... |
ceded to the Russian Empire by the Treaty of Nystad, becoming a part of the Governorate of Livonia. In 1840 the first spa opened in Kuressaare (then known as Arensburg), and the town experienced renaissance and became a resort for Russians and Baltic Germans. In World War I, the Estonian islands were conquered by Imper... | part of Danish Estonia. From 1570 until 1645 the entire island was under Danish possession. In 1645, Saaremaa was ceded from Denmark to Sweden by the Treaty of Brömsebro. In 1721, along with the rest of Livonia, Saaremaa (then known by its Swedish name of Ösel) was ceded to the Russian Empire by the Treaty of Nystad, b... |
Russian Berdan were conversions from muzzle-loaders. Break actions Perhaps the most common type of single-shot action, usually found in shotguns, small pistols, and black-powder "elephant" guns, a break action connects the barrel assembly to the breechblock with a hinge. When a locking latch is released, the barrel ass... | forms of single-shot pistol, however, remained: single-shot derringers, and target pistols, which were essentially single-shot rifle actions cut down to pistol size. The Remington Rolling Block is perhaps the most well known of these. As the era of single-shot rifles faded, so did these early single-shot pistols. In 19... |
exploit a market for comic adventure games, which he realised existed due to the success of Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge. His son, Simon, penned the script. He was inspired by Terry Pratchett (Adventure Soft originally intended to make a Discworld game, but were unable to obtain a licence), and he and his father ... | magical nature of the character, and because other names, such as "Willy The Wizard", were rejected because they were disliked. Simon the Sorcerer was developed by a team of 15 people. There was an effort to be British so as to distinguish themselves from the humour of Monkey Island. Simon Woodroffe stated that his gre... |
to pay an entry free of £25. The Indian merchants, who were classified as "Arabs", objected to this law and appealed to the British government to protect their rights as British subjects. Following British diplomatic pressure, Law Number 3 was amended by the volksraad in 1887 to allow the "Asiatics" the right to own fi... | which existed from 1852 to 1902, when it was annexed into the British Empire as a result of the Second Boer War. The ZAR was established as a result of the 1852 Sand River Convention, in which the British government agreed to formally recognise independence of the Boers living north of the Vaal River. Relations between... |
including Assyrian and Egyptian reliefs, the columns of Trajan and Marcus Aurelius, on coins, and on the Bayeux Tapestry. The oldest representation of a slinger in art may be from Çatalhöyük, from c. 7,000 BC, though it is the only such depiction at the site, despite numerous depictions of archers. Written history Many... | invention. Archaeology Whereas sling-bullets and stones and clay objects thought by many archaeologists to be sling-bullets are common finds in the archaeological record, slings themselves are rare. This is both because a sling's materials are biodegradable and because slings were lower-status weapons, rarely preserved... |
the Daytona 500, David Pearson's 427 powered Ford Torino Cobra set a new NASCAR record by being the first to exceed when he qualified at . When the race started Donnie Allison's Torino lead the majority of the race (84 laps). Towards the end of the race the Torino of LeeRoy Yarbrough chased down the Dodge of Charlie Gl... | legal at another without modifications. The national touring series, the NASCAR Late Model Sportsman Division, originated from local late model races in the east coast of the U.S. This division was later called the "Busch Series", the "Nationwide Series", and currently the "Xfinity Series" as its title sponsor changed.... |
convert, rather than from any particular aspect of the new religion. For example, someone might join a religious group primarily because their spouse or partner has done so; such a person would be a secondary convert. Secondary converts are people who join a religion only because of a relationship with the other conver... | of Spain and Catholic Spain's conquests in Latin America. See also Deathbed conversion, done just before death Forced conversion, done under duress Marital conversion, religious conversion upon marriage outside of religion References Sociology |
had God's approval and were among the saved – but only if they used the fruits of their labour well. This along with the rationalism implied by monotheism led to the development of rational bookkeeping and the calculated pursuit of financial success beyond what one needed simply to live – and this is the "spirit of cap... | up with secular teaching, while in the United States, schools were for much of the time under local authorities, and American parents, however unenlightened, could fire their teachers. Berger also notes that unlike Europe, America has seen the rise of Evangelical Protestantism, or "born-again Christians". Bryan Wilson ... |
2 August); Abdur Rab Nishtar (starting 2 August) Governor of Sindh: Shaikh Din Muhammad (until 19 November); Mian Aminuddin (starting 19 November) Events January 1 January – The UN brokered a cease-fire in Kashmir. It granted Kashmir the right to vote on whether to join Pakistan or India. March Pakistan and India sign ... | Shaikh Din Muhammad (until 19 November); Mian Aminuddin (starting 19 November) Events January 1 January – The UN brokered a cease-fire in Kashmir. It granted Kashmir the right to vote on whether to join Pakistan or India. March Pakistan and India |
to tradition, this burial place has been identified with Samuel's tomb in the West Bank village of Nabi Samwil. Some time after his death, Saul had the Witch of Endor conjure Samuel's spirit up from Paradise in order to predict the result of an upcoming battle (1 Samuel 28:3-24). Samuel was angered by his recalling, an... | the people should not fall into idol worship, or worship of Asherah or of Baal. Samuel promised that God would subject the people to foreign invaders should they disobey. However, and note that the Israelites fell into Asherah worship later on. Critic of Saul When Saul was preparing to fight the Philistines, Samuel den... |
ranks, resigning from their current positions to take responsibility for the losses, and ... reassigned to different positions. Sakaguchi would no longer be vice president and would instead be known as an ‘executive producer.’ Additionally, company president Tomoyuki Takechi [became] a contractual consultant for the co... | resigning from their current positions to take responsibility for the losses, and ... reassigned to different positions. Sakaguchi would no longer be vice president and would instead be known as an ‘executive producer.’ Additionally, company president Tomoyuki Takechi [became] a contractual consultant for the company, ... |
corresponding vector field VH such that . Since one desires the Hamiltonian to be constant along flow lines, one should have , which implies that ω is alternating and hence a 2-form. Finally, one makes the requirement that ω should not change under flow lines, i.e. that the Lie derivative of ω along VH vanishes. Applyi... | set of all possible configurations of a system is modeled as a manifold, and this manifold's cotangent bundle describes the phase space of the system. Motivation Symplectic manifolds arise from classical mechanics; in particular, they are a generalization of the phase space of a closed system. In the same way the Hamil... |
radio series and later when it was adapted for television and ran from 1954 to 1960. Afterwards, he became known as a regular performer in the Carry On films, appearing in nineteen films of the series, with the top billing role in 17 (in the other two he was cast below Frankie Howerd). Meanwhile, his starring roles in ... | making him one of the most featured performers of the regular cast. The characters he portrayed in the films were usually very similar to the wise-cracking, sly, lecherous Cockney he was famed for playing on television, and in most cases they bore the name Sid or Sidney, for example, Sir Sidney Ruff-Diamond in Carry On... |
FedEx) offer guarantees on their delivery times. These are known as GSR guarantees or "guaranteed service refunds"; if the parcels are not delivered on time, the customer is entitled to a refund. Carriage, insurance and freight (now known in the US as "cost, insurance and freight")(CIF): Insurance and freight are all p... | transport, but it is also the most expensive. Intermodal Intermodal freight transport refers to shipments that involve more than one mode. More specifically it usually refers to the use of intermodal shipping containers that are easily transferred between ship, rail, plane and truck. For example, a shipper works togeth... |
School of Law took refuge in Sidon. The town continued quietly for the next century, until it was conquered by the Arabs in AD 636. Crusader-Ayyubid period On 4 December 1110, Sidon was captured after the siege of Sidon, a decade after the First Crusade, by King Baldwin I of Jerusalem and King Sigurd I of Norway. It th... | up with a $50,000+ plan to clean the whole area and transform the dump into a green space, along with other heaps in the country. Qamla beach in Sidon, a coast in close proximity to the Sea Castle, witnessed a large municipal cleanup in May 2011, as it was an easy target of rubbish being washed up by the Makab. These p... |
organized crime was involved. This came alongside increases in thefts of some other retail goods, such as corned beef and liquor. The president of the retail merchants of Hawaii attributed the rise in retail thefts to a recent change in criminal law, which raised the threshold at which a theft would lead to felony char... | a band of nori, a form of onigiri. Varieties of Spam are found in Hawaii and Saipan that are unavailable in other markets, including Honey Spam, Spam with Bacon, and Hot and Spicy Spam. Hawaiian Burger King restaurants began serving Spam in 2007 to compete with the local McDonald's chains (which also serve Spam). In Ha... |
be identified by a large number of outgoing calls, low call completion and short call length. Academic search Academic search engines enable researchers to find academic literature and are used to obtain citation data for calculating author-level metrics. Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley and OvGU... | he had an assistant, Carl Gartley, write a single mass email. Reaction from the net community was fiercely negative, but the spam did generate some sales. Spamming had been practiced as a prank by participants in multi-user dungeon games, to fill their rivals' accounts with unwanted electronic junk. The first major com... |
the Hebrew root , meaning 'order.' Other terms for prayer books are tefillot () among Sephardi Jews and tiklāl () among Yemenite Jews. History The earliest parts of Jewish prayer books are the Shema Yisrael ("Hear O Israel") (Deuteronomy 6:4 et seq) and the Priestly Blessing (Numbers 6:24-26), which are in the Torah. A... | Edot Ha-mizrach (Iraqi) Tefillat Yesharim: Jerusalem, Manṣur (Hebrew only) Siddur Od Yosef Ḥai Kol Eliyahu, ed. Mordechai Eliyahu Siddur Rinat Yisrael - (Edot Hamizrach edition), Hotsa'at Moreshet, Bnei Brak, Israel. (Hebrew) Syrian The Aram Soba Siddur: According to the Sephardic Custom of Aleppo Syria Rabbi Moshe Ant... |
Archduke of Austria (1427–1496) Sigismund of Bavaria (1439–1501), Duke of Bavaria Sigismund I the Old (1467–1548), King of Poland and Grand | 524), King of the Burgundians Sigismund I, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (died 1405) Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor (1368–1437) Sigismund I of Lithuania (c. 1365 – 1440) Sigismund, Archduke of |
found at Akrotiri are the oldest such utilities discovered. The pipes run in twin systems, indicating that Therans used both hot and cold water supplies; the origin of the hot water probably was geothermic, given the volcano's proximity. The dual pipe system, the advanced architecture, and the apparent layout of the Ak... | to preserve the caldera. In 2007, the cruise ship MS Sea Diamond ran aground and sank inside the caldera. As of 2019, Santorini is a particular draw for Asian couples who come to Santorini to have pre-wedding photos taken against the backdrop of the island's landscape. Geography Geological setting The Cyclades are part... |
and broker-dealer specializing in the financial services sector. It was headquartered in New York City, and had offices in Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and Atlanta. The firm also operated a mortgage finance company and registered investment adviser based in Memphis. Sandler O'Neill provided investment banking service... | City, and had offices in Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and Atlanta. The firm also operated a mortgage finance company and registered investment adviser based in Memphis. Sandler O'Neill provided investment banking services to financial institutions and their investors. Its services include merger and acquisition advis... |
fascinated by Mexico and had wanted to make a film about the country. As a result of their discussions with Eisenstein and his colleagues, Sinclair, his wife Mary, and three other investors organized as the "Mexican Film Trust" to contract the three Soviets to make a film about Mexico of Eisenstein's design. Mexican od... | daughter of a prosperous merchant. Julia left Riga the same year as the 1905 Russian Revolution, taking Sergei with her to St. Petersburg. Her son would return at times to see his father, who joined them around 1910. Divorce followed and Julia left the family to live in France. Eisenstein was raised as an Orthodox Chri... |
1978 film spawned three sequels: Superman II (1980), Superman III (1983), Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987). In 2006, Superman Returns was released, designed after the 1978–1987 film series. Superman was portrayed by Brandon Routh, who later reprised his role in the Arrowverse crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths ... | of rejections, Siegel and Shuster accepted the offer; at least now they would see Superman published. Siegel and Shuster submitted their work in late February and were paid $130 () for their work ($10 per page). In early March they signed a contract (at Liebowitz's request) in which they gave away the copyright for Sup... |
joined using a "join" operation. Implementation and variants Splaying, as mentioned above, is performed during a second, bottom-up pass over the access path of a node. It is possible to record the access path during the first pass for use during the second, but that requires extra space during the access operation. Ano... | not need to store any bookkeeping data. Disadvantages The most significant disadvantage of splay trees is that the height of a splay tree can be linear. For example, this will be the case after accessing all n elements in non-decreasing order. Since the height of a tree corresponds to the worst-case access time, this m... |
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