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director for the 1980s was the family comedy film Parenthood (1989) starring an ensemble cast that includes Steve Martin, Tom Hulce, Rick Moranis, Martha Plimpton, Joaquin Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen, and Dianne Wiest. The film opened at in its opening weekend, earning $10million. It eventual... | is a powerful underdog story. And Ron Howard and Russell Crowe prove to be a solid combination." Howard is also known for directing the Robert Langdon films. The series began with The Da Vinci Code (2006) with Tom Hanks as Langdon, featuring performances by Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen, and Alfred Molina. The sequel was... |
Fian. Indeed, James published a witch-hunting manual, Daemonologie, which contains the famous dictum: "Experience daily proves how loath they are to confess without torture." Later, the Pendle witch trials of 1612 joined the ranks of the most famous witch trials in English history. In England, witch-hunting would reach... | and divination, and Tacitus used the term religio-superstitio to class these outlawed observances. Emperor Augustus strengthened legislation aimed at curbing these practices, for instance in 31 BC, by burning over 2,000 magical books in Rome, except for certain portions of the hallowed Sibylline Books. While Tiberius C... |
the first definite discussion of the possibility of a heliocentric cosmos, and uses the size of the Earth's shadow on the Moon to estimate the Moon's orbital radius at 60 Earth radii, and its physical radius as one-third that of the Earth. He also makes an inaccurate attempt to measure the distance to the Sun 200 BC – ... | latitude, although Thomas Harriot or William Gilbert might have done it before. 1648 – Johannes Hevelius discovers the lunar libration in longitude. It can reach 7°54′ in amplitude. 1655 – Giovanni Domenico Cassini discovers Jupiter's Great Red Spot 1656 – Christiaan Huygens identifies Saturn's rings as rings and disco... |
gravitational contraction as the energy source for the Sun 1843 — Heinrich Schwabe announces his discovery of the sunspot cycle and estimates its period to be about a decade 1852 — Edward Sabine shows that sunspot number is correlated with geomagnetic field variations 1859 — Richard Carrington discovers solar flares 18... | a solar cycle, explained by Spörer's law 1863 — Richard Carrington discovers the differential nature of solar rotation 1868 — Pierre Janssen and Norman Lockyer discover an unidentified yellow line in solar prominence spectra and suggest it comes from a new element which they name "helium" 1893 — Edward Maunder discover... |
of Taqi ad-Din using an "observational clock" he invented and which he described as "a mechanical clock with three dials which show the hours, the minutes, and the seconds" 1596 — David Fabricius notices that Mira's brightness varies 1672 — Geminiano Montanari notices that Algol's brightness varies 1686 — Gottfried Kir... | that Mira's brightness varies 1672 — Geminiano Montanari notices that Algol's brightness varies 1686 — Gottfried Kirch notices that Chi Cygni's brightness varies 1718 — Edmund Halley discovers stellar proper motions by comparing his astrometric measurements with those of the Greeks 1782 — John Goodricke notices that th... |
Harrison, Masami Wakano, and John Wheeler show that white dwarfs are unstable to inverse beta decay, 1962 – Riccardo Giacconi, Herbert Gursky, Frank Paolini, and Bruno Rossi discover Scorpius X-1, 1967 – Jocelyn Bell and Antony Hewish discover radio pulses from a pulsar, PSR B1919+21, 1967 – J.R. Harries, Kenneth G. Mc... | 1054 supernova observed by Chinese astronomers, 1958 – Évry Schatzman, Kent Harrison, Masami Wakano, and John Wheeler show that white dwarfs are unstable to inverse beta decay, 1962 – Riccardo Giacconi, Herbert Gursky, Frank Paolini, and Bruno Rossi discover Scorpius X-1, 1967 – Jocelyn Bell and Antony Hewish discover ... |
nature of M51. 1864 — William Huggins studies the spectrum of the Orion Nebula and shows that it is a cloud of gas 1904 — Interstellar calcium detected on spectrograph at Potsdam 1909 — Slipher confirms Kaptyn's theory of interstellar gas 1912 — Slipher confirms interstellar dust 1927 — Ira Bowen explains unidentified ... | — Hendrik van de Hulst predicts the 21 cm hyperfine line of neutral interstellar hydrogen 1951 — Harold I. Ewen and Edward Purcell observe the 21 cm hyperfine line of neutral interstellar hydrogen 1956 — Lyman Spitzer predicts coronal gas around the Milky Way 1965 — James Gunn and Bruce Peterson use observations of the... |
Sandage optically studies 3C 48 and observes an unusual blue quasistellar object, 1962 — Cyril Hazard, M. B. Mackey, and A. J. Shimmins use lunar occultations to determine a precise position for the quasar 3C 273 and deduce that it is a double source, 1962 — Olin Eggen, Donald Lynden-Bell, and Allan Sandage theorize ga... | of the galaxy, 26 April 1920 — Harlow Shapley and Heber Curtis debate whether Andromeda Nebula is within the Milky Way. Curtis notes dark lanes in Andromeda resembling the dust clouds in the Milky Way, as well as significant Doppler shift. 1922 — Ernst Öpik distance determination supports Andromeda as extra-galactic ob... |
1901 for his work on diphtheria. In 1895, H. K. Mulford Company of Philadelphia started production and testing of diphtheria antitoxin in the United States. Park and Biggs described the method for producing serum from horses for use in diphtheria treatment. In 1897, Paul Ehrlich developed a standardized unit of measure... | or benzylpenicillin. A tracheotomy is sometimes needed to open the airway in severe cases. In 2015, 4,500 cases were officially reported worldwide, down from nearly 100,000 in 1980. About a million cases a year are believed to have occurred before the 1980s. Diphtheria currently occurs most often in sub-Saharan Africa,... |
Manusmriti (1.67–80) and Puranas describe time as cyclical, with a new universe (planets and life) created by Brahma every 8.64 billion years. The universe is created, maintained, and destroyed within a kalpa (day of Brahma) period lasting for 4.32 billion years, and is followed by a pralaya (night) period of partial d... | by rapid neutron capture 1948 – Hermann Bondi, Thomas Gold, and Fred Hoyle propose steady state cosmologies based on the perfect cosmological principle 1948 – George Gamow predicts the existence of the cosmic microwave background radiation by considering the behavior of primordial radiation in an expanding universe 195... |
by country. Bacteria Virus Other/multiple References Notifiable diseases Health | a list of notifiable diseases arranged by country. |
2–15 keV that is dependent on the total mass of the cluster. Galaxy clusters should not be confused with star clusters, such as galactic clusters—also known as open clusters—which are structures of stars within galaxies, or with globular clusters, which typically orbit galaxies. Small aggregates of galaxies are referre... | universe until the 1980s, when superclusters were discovered. One of the key features of clusters is the intracluster medium (ICM). The ICM consists of heated gas between the galaxies and has a peak temperature between 2–15 keV that is dependent on the total mass of the cluster. Galaxy clusters should not be confused w... |
the Bonner Durchmusterung catalog of stars north of declination -1°. 1864 — John Herschel publishes the General Catalogue of nebulae and star clusters 1887 — Paris conference institutes Carte du Ciel project to map entire sky to 14th magnitude photographically 1890 — John Dreyer publishes the New General Catalogue of n... | — The first almanac is the Almanac of Azarqueil written by Abū Ishāq Ibrāhīm al-Zarqālī (Azarqueil) 1115–1116 — Al-Khazini's Az-Zij as-Sanjarī (Sinjaric Tables) c. 1150 — Gerard of Cremona publishes Tables of Toledo based on the work of Azarqueil 1252–1270 — Alfonsine tables recorded by order of Alfonso X 1272 — Nasīr ... |
the Americas 1836 Swathithirunal opened Trivandrum observatory 1839 Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre (inventor of the daguerreotype photographic process) attempts in to photograph the moon. Tracking errors in guiding the telescope during the long exposure made the photograph came out as an indistinct fuzzy spot 1840 – John... | 5th century – Surya Siddhanta written in India 499 – Aryabhatiya written by Aryabhata 500s 6th century – Various siddhantas compiled by Indian astronomers 600s c. 628 – Brahmasphutasiddhanta by Brahmagupta 632–647 – Cheomseongdae observatory is built in the reign of Queen Seondeok at Gyeongju, then the capital of Silla... |
from each country are included. Not included are most Earth science satellites, commercial satellites or crewed missions. Timeline 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s References | timeline of artificial satellites and space probes includes uncrewed spacecraft including technology demonstrators, observatories, lunar probes, and interplanetary probes. First satellites from each country |
of animals. His written works include Historion Animalium, a general biology of animals, De Partibus Animalium, a comparative anatomy and physiology of animals, and De Generatione Animalium, on developmental biology. c. 300 BC – Theophrastos (or Theophrastus) began the systematic study of botany. c. 300 BC – Herophilos... | the compositions and structures of sugars. 1892 – Hans Driesch separated the individual cells of a 2-cell sea urchin embryo and shows that each cell develops into a complete individual, thus disproving the theory of preformation and showing that each cell is "totipotent," containing all the hereditary information neces... |
satellites using their own launch vehicles: France (1965), Japan and China (1970), the United Kingdom (1971), India (1980), Israel (1988), Iran (2009), North Korea (2012), and New Zealand (2018). Design In spacecraft design, the United States Air Force considers a vehicle to consist of the mission payload and the bus (... | atom (neutrally charge), it removes electrons from the propellant atom and this results the propellant atom becoming a positively charged atom. The positively charged ions are guided to pass through positively charged grids that contains thousands of precise aligned holes are running at high voltages. Then, the aligned... |
"West End Final", went to print at 3 pm, and the "Late Night Final" went to print at 5 pm and was available in central London from about 6 pm. There were often considerable changes between editions, particularly with the front-page lead and following few pages, including the Londoner's Diary, though features and review... | of the Daily Express, bought Hulton's newspapers, although he sold them shortly thereafter to the Daily Mails owner Lord Rothermere, with the exception of the Standard. It became a staunchly Conservative paper, harshly attacking Labour in 1945 in a high-profile campaign that backfired. In the 1960s, the paper was upsta... |
1510–1590 – Ambroise Paré surgeon 1540–1604 – William Clowes – Surgical chest for military surgeons 1543 – Andreas Vesalius publishes De Fabrica Corporis Humani which corrects Greek medical errors and revolutionizes European medicine 1546 – Girolamo Fracastoro proposes that epidemic diseases are caused by transferable ... | Antioch translated the work of Haly Abbas 1100–1161 – Avenzoar Teacher of Averroes 1170 – Rogerius Salernitanus composed his Chirurgia also known as The Surgery of Roger 1126–1198 – Averroes c. 1161d – Matthaeus Platearius 1200–1499 1203 – Innocent III organized the hospital of Santo Spirito at Rome inspiring others al... |
it was once a sea. 1027 – Avicenna publishes The Book of Healing, in which he hypothesizes on two causes of mountains. 16th and 17th centuries Portuguese and Spanish explorers systematically measure magnetic declination to estimate the geographical longitude 1556 – Agricola publishes De re metallica. This book acts as ... | – Abū Rayhān al-Bīrūnī publishes the Kitāb fī Taḥqīq mā li-l-Hind (Researches on India), in which he discusses the geology of India and hypothesizes that it was once a sea. 1027 – Avicenna publishes The Book of Healing, in which he hypothesizes on two causes of mountains. 16th and 17th centuries Portuguese and Spanish ... |
Andes, and high mountains in Mexico such as Sierra Negra. Major optical observatories include Mauna Kea Observatory and Kitt Peak National Observatory in the US, Roque de los Muchachos Observatory in Spain, and Paranal Observatory and Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile. Specific research study performed i... | notable of these is the Mauna Kea Observatory, located near the summit of a volcano in Hawaiʻi. The Chacaltaya Astrophysical Observatory in Bolivia, at , was the world's highest permanent astronomical observatory from the time of its construction during the 1940s until 2009. It has now been surpassed by the new Univers... |
J Collins as "a genre of revelatory literature with a narrative framework, in which a revelation is mediated by an otherworldly being to a human recipient, disclosing a transcendent reality which is both temporal, in that it envisages eschatological salvation, and spatial, insofar as it involves another, supernatural w... | wisdom traditions (e.g., Ezekiel 1-3 and Zechariah 1-6), and in the mythologies of the Ancient Near East, which have left a legacy of symbology (e.g., the sea as a symbol of chaos in Daniel 7 and Revelation 13:1). Zoroastrian dualism may also have played a role. The reasons for its rise are obscure, but there seems to ... |
has adapted some of his works for stamp issues. On the basis of these adaptations have been stamps issued by: France – 2 badges for € Europe, 1994 United Nations Postal Administration (Vienna, Geneva and New York) – Social Summit (3 stamps), 1995 Luxembourg – European Capital of Culture (3 stamps), 1995 Liechtenstein –... | industrial production. He rejected rationalism, the straight line and functional architecture. For Hundertwasser, human misery was a result of the rational, sterile, monotonous architecture, built following the tradition of the Austrian architect Adolf Loos, author of the modernist manifesto Ornament and crime (1908). ... |
NNN), aldehydes (acrolein, formaldehyde), carbon monoxide, hydrogen cyanide, nitrogen oxides (nitrogen dioxide), benzene, toluene, phenols (phenol, cresol), aromatic amines (nicotine, ABP (4-Aminobiphenyl)), and harmala alkaloids. The radioactive element polonium-210 is also known to occur in tobacco smoke. The chemica... | °C during a puff. During the burning of the cigarette tobacco (itself a complex mixture), thousands of chemical substances are generated by combustion, distillation, pyrolysis and pyrosynthesis. Tobacco smoke is used as a fumigant and inhalant. Composition The particles in tobacco smoke are liquid aerosol droplets (abo... |
All single reeds are shaped similarly but vary in size to fit each instrument's mouthpiece. Reeds designed for the same instrument look roughly identical, but vary in thickness ("hardness" or "strength"). Hardness is generally measured on a scale of 1 through 5 from softest to hardest. This is not a standardized scale ... | and heel and the profile in between affect the sound and playability. Pieces of cane of different density or stiffness, even if cut with the same profile, will respond differently due to those differences. How single reeds are made The cane used to make reeds for single-reed instruments is grown in the southern coastal... |
and beaches. Pp. 11–13 In: Jackson, N.E. et al. Arundo donax workshop. Dudley, T. and B. Collins. 1995. Biological invasions in California wetlands: the impacts and control of non-indigenous species in natural areas. Pacific Institute for SIDES, Oakland, CA. Frandsen,. P. 1994. Team Arundo: a model for inter-agency coo... | Greece, Italy, Albania, Croatia There are over 200 species once considered part of Arundo but now regarded as better suited to other genera: Achnatherum, Agrostis, Ammophila, Ampelodesmos, Arthrostylidium, Arundinaria, Austroderia, Austrofestuca, Bambusa, Calamagrostis, Calammophila, Calamovilfa, Chionochloa, Chusquea,... |
the church book mentioning from c. 1080 is known as Dagome iudex and thus assumed to be one of the earliest Polish legal documents. It's a principal source for this portion of the history of Poland under the Piast Dynasty. The undated mentioning from 1080 states that (shortly before his death?) "Dago(me)" (assumed to b... | the north of Magdeburg. Eventually she became a nun there, and later was married to Duke Mieszko I of Poland. This union produced three sons: Mieszko (born c. 979 – died after 992/95). Świętopełk (born c. 980 – died before 991?). Lambert (born c. 981 – died after 992/95). Some 80 years later a reference in an obscure c... |
weapons and armor to levels beyond that of most artifacts, but the time required may leave the character exposed to corruption. Monster Memory A "Monster Memory" records the character's (not the player's) knowledge about creatures in the game, becoming increasingly detailed as the player defeats more of each monster. S... | It is possible for a patient, highly skilled smith to enhance weapons and armor to levels beyond that of most artifacts, but the time required may leave the character exposed to corruption. Monster Memory A "Monster Memory" records the character's (not the player's) knowledge about creatures in the game, becoming incre... |
by Activision in 1998. It uses a modified version of the Quake II engine. SiN is set in the dystopian future of 2037, where John Blade, a commander in a security force named HardCorps in the megacity of Freeport, is tasked to rid the city of a recreational drug that may be tied to the rival biotechnology megacorporatio... | Generation said, "while we feel the game may be a little light in the originality department, it certainly shines where it counts – gameplay – and [is] definitely worth your time." One common complaint was the long load times, which measured in the minutes between each level, death, or quickload. With later patches the... |
phenomenon of light pillars. Topographical influences Up-slope fog or hill fog forms when winds blow air up a slope (called orographic lift), adiabatically cooling it as it rises, and causing the moisture in it to condense. This often causes freezing fog on mountaintops, where the cloud ceiling would not otherwise be l... | of the "frostless" or "frost-free" type. The term "freezing fog" may also refer to fog where water vapor is super-cooled, filling the air with small ice crystals similar to very light snow. It seems to make the fog "tangible", as if one could "grab a handful". In the western United States, freezing fog may be referred ... |
The set of taps is setwise co-prime; i.e., there must be no divisor other than 1 common to all taps. Tables of primitive polynomials from which maximum-length LFSRs can be constructed are given below and in the references. There can be more than one maximum-length tap sequence for a given LFSR length. Also, once one ma... | all possible 2m − 1 states within the shift register except the state where all bits are zero), unless it contains all zeros, in which case it will never change. As an alternative to the XOR-based feedback in an LFSR, one can also use XNOR. This function is an affine map, not strictly a linear map, but it results in an... |
Private Eye magazine to describe verbal gaffes perpetrated by sports commentators. Coleman refers to the surname of the former BBC broadcaster David Coleman and the suffix -balls, as in "to balls up", and has since spawned derivative terms in unrelated fields such as "Warballs" (spurious references to the September 11,... | is nothing wrong with the car, apart from that it is on fire", "That car is totally unique, apart from the car behind it, which is identical", and "The gap between them is now nine-tenths of a second; that's less than a second!". Private Eyes "Colemanballs" column has now expanded to include occasional quotes from spor... |
Holland and Zeeland, and who was elected anti-king of the Holy Roman Empire (1248–1256) – similarly granted the same rights over Nijmegen; as neither ruler proved able to repay their debts, these lands became integral parts of Guelders. In 1339 Count Reginald II of Guelders (also styled Rainald), of the House of Wassen... | and in Jülich as William III). In 1423 Guelders passed to the House of Egmond, which gained recognition of its title from Emperor Sigismund of Luxembourg, but was unable to escape the political strife and internecine conflict that had so plagued the preceding House of Jülich-Hengebach, and more especially, the pressure... |
of the Teme has an approximate elevation of as it passes Ludford Bridge. In the western part of the historic core, Dinham retains the character of a village, though dominated by the castle, with a road leading steeply down from Castle Square to the Teme and then over Dinham Bridge (an early 19th century replacement of ... | the Ludlow Epoch, is named after the town as part of the Silurian Period. Recent history By the late 20th century, the town had seen a growth in tourism, leading to the appearance of many antique dealers, as well as art dealers and independent bookshops (the latter now mostly gone). Bodenhams, a clothing retailer, has ... |
(U+0023)") and pronounced "C Sharp". Square On telephones, the International Telecommunication Union specification ITU-T E.161 3.2.2 states: "The symbol may be referred to as the square or the most commonly used equivalent term in other languages." Formally, this is not a number sign but rather another character, the V... | A and B, or of knots A and B in knot theory. In number theory, n# is the primorial of n. In constructive mathematics, # denotes an apartness relation. Computing In Unicode and ASCII, the symbol has a code point as and in HTML5. In many scripting languages and data file formats, especially ones that originated on Unix, ... |
since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Carthage Scipio Aemilianus is sent by the Roman general, Lucius Licinius Lucullus, to Numidia to obtain some elephants from the Numidian king Masinissa, the friend of his grandfathe... | urbe condita). The denomination 150 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Carthage Scipio Aemilianus is sent by the Roman general, Lucius Licinius Lucullus, to Numidia to obtain some eleph... |
Battle of Panormus, the Carthaginians release Marcus Atilius Regulus from prison and he is sent to Rome on parole to negotiate a peace or an exchange of prisoners. However, on his arrival, he strongly urges the Roman Senate to refuse both proposals and continue fighting. After this he then honours his parole by returni... | It is now kept at the Patna Museum in Patna. The Mauryan Lion Capital of Ashoka, is erected as part of a pillar at Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh in India (approximate date). It is now preserved at the Sarnath Museum in Sarnath. China Zichu becomes the king of Qin, with Lü Buwei his Prime Minister. The Qin general Meng Ao capt... |
and Paullus (or, less frequently, year 499 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 255 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Republic The Battle of Adis (or Adys) is fought near the city ... | calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Republic The Battle of Adis (or Adys) is fought near the city of that name, 40 miles (64 kilometres) southeast of Carthage, between Carthaginian forces and a Roman army led by Marcus Atilius Regulus. The Romans inflict a crushing... |
Spain against the Numantians. He recruits 20,000 men and 40,000 allies, including Numidian cavalry under Jugurtha. Scipio, an expert in sieges, builds a ring of seven forts and a ditch palisade before beginning the Siege of Numantia. The perimeter of the circumvallations is twice as long as that of the city. The river ... | under Jugurtha. Scipio, an expert in sieges, builds a ring of seven forts and a ditch palisade before beginning the Siege of Numantia. The perimeter of the circumvallations is twice as long as that of the city. The river Durius (Douro), enables the defenders to be supplied by small boats. Caius Fulvius Flaccus, as cons... |
sister, Elizabeth in 1558 he was appointed Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, largely owing to the influence of his brother-in-law William Cecil. Shortly afterwards, Bacon was knighted. Bacon helped secure the position of Archbishop of Canterbury for his friend Matthew Parker, and in his official capacity presided over the... | Wards and Liveries, a prestigious and lucrative post, and by 1552 he had risen to become treasurer of Gray's Inn. As a Protestant, he lost preferment under Queen Mary I of England. However, on the accession of her younger sister, Elizabeth in 1558 he was appointed Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, largely owing to the inf... |
be created within the child. There are over 6,000 known genetic disorders in humans. Most common P – Point mutation, or any insertion/deletion entirely inside one gene D – Deletion of a gene or genes Dup - | any insertion/deletion entirely inside one gene D – Deletion of a gene or genes Dup - Duplication of a gene or genes C – Whole chromosome extra, missing, or both (see chromosome abnormality) T – Trinucleotide repeat disorders: gene is extended in length Full genetic disorders list References Further reading {{cite web|... |
Places in England Purley, London Purley Way, out-of-town retail area Purley on Thames, in Berkshire in the United States Purley, North Carolina Purley, Texas Other uses Purley (name) | Berkshire in the United States Purley, North Carolina Purley, Texas Other uses Purley (name) Purley (server platform) is a server platform that was released by Intel |
molecular evolutionist and population geneticist Ernest Thomas Gilliard (1912–1965), American ornithologist on expeditions to South America and New Guinea. Charles Henry Gimingham (1923–2018), British botanist who studied heathlands and heathers. Charles Frédéric Girard (1822–1895), French biologist, ichthyologist, her... | crystallographer noted for work on protein structure Carl Ludwig Blume (Karel Lodewijk Blume, 1789–1862), German-Dutch botanist who studied the flora of southern Asia, particularly Java Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752–1840), German physiologist and anthropologist who classified human races on the basis of skull struc... |
Gus Cannon's "Walk Right In" was a number 1 hit for the Rooftop Singers in 1963, the only time a jug band song topped the charts. These one-hit wonders even made an appearance at that year's Newport Folk Festival before fading into obscurity. The song's success brought Cannon himself back into the Stax Records studios ... | such as "Blues in the Bottle," "Sportin' Life," "My Gal," "Fishin' Blues," and "Wild About My Lovin'," Sebastian's "Younger Girl" used the melody of Gus Cannon's "Prison Wall Blues." Indeed, the song "Do You Believe in Magic," a Top Ten hit, mentioned the genre in its lyrics: "If you believe in magic, don't bother to c... |
4-beat. Its best sound is achieved using a single steel-wire snare-brush or whisk broom. However, in a jazz setting, the washboard can also be played with thimbles on all fingers, tapping out much more complex rhythms, as in The Washboard Rhythm Kings, a full-sized band, and Newman Taylor Baker. There are three general... | was designed in 1946 by Clifton Chenier and fashioned by Willie Landry, a friend and metalworker at the Texaco refinery in Port Arthur, Texas. Clifton's brother Cleveland Chenier famously played this newly designed rubboard using bottle openers. Likewise, Willie's son, Tee Don Landry, continues the traditional hand man... |
his later efforts, in 1838, was a series of pieces on the delights to be found on and immediately adjacent to the Thames. It was dedicated, with permission, to the young Queen Victoria and featured the illustrative work of his son Pierce Egan the Younger. In 1823, Egan produced an edition of Francis Grose's Classical D... | in London appeared until 1828, when Egan closed it down. Egan published a report of the trial of John Thurtell and Joseph Hunt, for the murder of William Weare. Thurtell allegedly mentioned, just seven hours before his execution, that among his final wishes was a desire to read Egan's coverage of a recent prizefight. E... |
of knots includes many alternative names for common knots and lashings. Knot names have evolved over time and there are many conflicting or confusing naming issues. The overhand knot, for example, is also known as the thumb knot. The figure-eight knot is also known as the Savoy knot or the Flemish knot. A Adjustable Be... | continuous loop of rope laid out as an upright square shape with loops at each of the four corners Bowline – forms a fixed loop at the end of a rope Boling knot (archaic term for the Bowline) – forms a fixed loop at the end of a rope Bowline on a bight – makes a pair of fixed-size loops in the middle of a rope Bumper k... |
of Nauru are Yaren Primary School in Yaren District (Years 1–3), Nauru Primary School in Meneng District (Years 4–6), Nauru College in Denigomodu District (Years 7–9), and Nauru Secondary School (Years 10–12) in Yaren District. The Nauru Learning Village in Yaren houses the University of the South Pacific Nauru Campus,... | administration offices the police station the fire station the National Stadium the Australian High Commission and Taiwanese Embassy the Nauru International Airport, air terminal, and head office of Nauru Airlines Constituency Yaren also constitutes a political constituency. It returns two members to the Parliament of ... |
also occurring at Johnstone Park, with a new raingarden installation, and Lt Malop Street is seeing more upgrades. In the suburbs Geelong West's Pakington Street is seeing major upgrades to its street appeal, with new plantings and upgrades to many of the shops. Manifold Heights' Shannon Avenue will see redevelopment t... | proved unsuccessful, he bought the Advertiser and made himself editor of the now-merged papers. Using the paper as a platform, he was elected for West Geelong in 1869. In 1877, he switched to Geelong, which he represented until 1886, and served as Victorian Premier in 1875, 1877–1880, and 1880–1881. On the Market Squar... |
per year. Vaduz's warmest month, July, sees average high temperatures reach while average low temperatures are about . The city's coldest month, January, sees average highs of and average lows of . Landmarks The most prominent landmark of Vaduz is Vaduz Castle, the home of the reigning prince of Liechtenstein and the L... | also the Postage Stamp Museum and a Ski Museum. Economy and transport Vaduz has a lively tourist industry, despite being one of the very few capital cities in the world without an airport – the nearest major airport is Zurich, at a distance of . Bus connections to rail hubs There are frequent bus connections between ne... |
any function which has such an expansion. It works because if φ has such an expansion, then (under suitable convergence assumptions) the integral can be carried out term-by-term. But all terms involving for vanish when integrated from −1 to 1, leaving only the kth term. In these few lines, which are close to the modern... | is a periodic function composed of harmonically related sinusoids combined by a weighted summation. With appropriate weights, one cycle (or period) of the summation can be made to approximate an arbitrary function in that interval (or the entire function if it too is periodic). As such, the summation is a synthesis of ... |
genera be incorporated into Melaleuca or that at least 10 new genera be created from the present genus. In 2014, Lyndley Craven and others proposed, on the basis of DNA evidence and a lack of morphological support, that species in the genera Beaufortia, Calothamnus, Conothamnus, Eremaea, Lamarchea, Petraeomyrtus, Phyma... | first known description of a Melaleuca species was written by Rumphius in 1741, in Herbarium amboinense before the present system of naming plants was written. The plant he called Arbor alba is now known as Melaleuca leucadendra. The name Melaleuca was first used by Linnaeus in 1767. Many species previously known as Me... |
last scion of the Hasmonean royal house, brother of Herod the Great's wife Mariamne, and grandson of Hyrcanus II and Aristobulus II. He was a favourite of the people on account of his noble descent and handsome presence, and thus became an object of fear to Herod, who at first sought to ignore him entirely by | himself against danger from Aristobulus, Herod instituted a system of espionage against him and his mother. This surveillance proved so onerous that they sought to gain their freedom by taking refuge with Cleopatra. As told by the Roman Jewish historian Josephus, their plans were betrayed and the disclosure had the eff... |
of the Arba'ah Turim) and Judah. In 1286, King Rudolf I had instituted a new persecution of the Jews, and the great teacher of the Rosh, Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg, left Germany but was captured and imprisoned. The Rosh raised a ransom for his release, but Rabbi Meir refused it, for fear of encouraging the imprisonment o... | praying more than three times a day is, in fact, limiting. Similarly, his assertion that the Law given to Moses at Sinai does not always bear a literal meaning but often signifies a universally adopted custom, is not usually taken as a liberal interpretation.) The Rosh was, however, known for his independent legal reas... |
Tabyomi (known as Mar bar Rav Ashi) was a recognized scholar, but only in 455, 28 years after his father's death, did he receive the position that his father had so successfully filled for more than half a century. Compilation of the Gemara His commanding personality, his scholarly standing, and wealth are sufficiently... | not have been accomplished without the aid of writing. The work begun by Rav Ashi was continued in the two succeeding generations and completed by Ravina II, another president of the college at Sura, who died in 499. To the work as Ravina left it, only slight additions were made by the Saboraim. To one of these additio... |
Universal Time. During the Vietnam War, the U.S. government referred to the Viet Cong guerrillas and the group itself as VC, or Victor Charlie; the name "Charlie" became synonymous with this force. Pronunciation of code words The final choice of code words for the letters of the alphabet and for the digits was made aft... | Université de Montréal worked closely with the ICAO to research and develop a new spelling alphabet. ICAO's directions to him were that "To be considered, a word must: Be a live word in each of the three working languages. Be easily pronounced and recognized by airmen of all languages. Have good radio transmission and ... |
Putty is composed of 65% dimethylsiloxane (hydroxy-terminated polymers with boric acid), 17% silica (crystalline quartz), 9% Thixatrol ST (castor oil derivative), 4% polydimethylsiloxane, 1% decamethyl cyclopentasiloxane, 1% glycerine, and 1% titanium dioxide. Silly Putty's unusual flow characteristics are due to the i... | a batch of the putty to pack portions into plastic eggs for US$1, calling it Silly Putty. Initially, sales were poor, but after a New Yorker article mentioned it, Hodgson sold over 250,000 eggs of silly putty in three days. However, Hodgson was almost put out of business in 1951 by the Korean War. Silicone, the main in... |
with Tumut) as the preferred candidate for the national capital, though the proposal met staunch opposition from residents. At a public meeting, just one member of parliament voted in favour of Albury – Isaac Isaacs, member for Indi. The lack of support for other places ultimately led to the selection of Canberra as th... | people (Wiradjuri southern dialect pronunciation [wiraːjɟuːraj]) are a group of Indigenous Australian Aboriginal people that were united by a common language, strong ties of kinship and survived as skilled hunter–fisher–gatherers in family groups or clans scattered throughout central New South Wales. In the 21st centur... |
cities Australia Day Celebrations, Christmas Carols and the display of Santa's throughout the City over the festive season would not be possible without community service clubs. Recently Apexian Dean Freeman was awarded National Apexian of the Year for community service efforts throughout the area and overseas. Popular... | 2006 Victorian state election. Culture Much of the arts and theatrical activity in the region is conducted in a cross-border fashion; for instance HotHouse Theatre is located almost equidistant from the Wodonga and Albury city centres. Wodonga is served by the Apex Club of Wodonga, the Wodonga Lions Club and two Rotary... |
tropics in Far North Queensland including the Daintree Rainforest, Lamington National Park in South East Queensland, the Riversleigh fossil sites in North West Queensland, and the Gondwana Rainforests in South East Queensland. The state is divided into several unofficial regions which are commonly used to refer to larg... | and India) has been the primary source of immigration. At the 2016 census, the most commonly nominated ancestries were: The 2016 census showed that 28.9% of Queensland's inhabitants were born overseas. Only 54.8% of inhabitants had both parents born in Australia, with the next most common birthplaces being New Zealand,... |
over the results of each complete set of commuting observables. In classical mechanics, the ensemble is instead written as a probability distribution in phase space; the microstates are the result of partitioning phase space into equal-sized units, although the size of these units can be chosen somewhat arbitrarily. Re... | are distributed representing the different states of the system in a fair way. It turns out that the correct way to do this simply results in equal-sized blocks of canonical phase space, and so a microstate in classical mechanics is an extended region in the phase space of canonical coordinates that has a particular vo... |
Kawasaki, the third-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture. It is located on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, on the north shore of Osaka Bay and about west of Osaka. With a population around 1.5 million, the city is part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with ... | 1889, and was designated on September 1, 1956 by government ordinance. The history of the city is closely tied to that of the Ikuta Shrine, and the name "Kobe" derives from , an archaic name for those who supported the shrine. During World War II, Kobe was bombed in the Doolittle Raid on April 18, 1942, along with Toky... |
part of the Greater Tokyo Area, the most populous metropolitan area in the world. Economy Honshu island generates around US$4 trillion or 4/5 of Japan's GDP. Administrative regions and prefectures The island is divided into five nominal regions and contains 34 prefectures, including metropolitan Tokyo. Administratively... | shore. The climate is generally humid subtropical in western Japan and humid continental in the north. Extreme points Bridges and tunnels Honshu is connected to the islands of Hokkaidō, Kyūshū and Shikoku by tunnels and bridges. Three bridge systems have been built across the islands of the Inland Sea between Honshu an... |
during the imperial period, as the Japanese economy shifted from primarily rural to urban industries. During the 1870s, one of the seven government-sponsored English language schools was established in Hiroshima. Ujina Harbor was constructed through the efforts of Hiroshima Governor Sadaaki Senda in the 1880s, allowing... | humid summers. Like much of Japan, Hiroshima experiences a seasonal temperature lag in summer, with August rather than July being the warmest month of the year. Precipitation occurs year-round, although winter is the driest season. Rainfall peaks in June and July, with August experiencing sunnier and drier conditions. ... |
larger, with a more bear-like head, whereas Japanese Akitas tend to be lighter and more finely featured with a fox-like head. Additionally, while American Akitas are acceptable in all colors, Japanese Akitas are only permitted to be red, white, or brindle. Additionally, American Akitas may be pinto and/or have black ma... | both sire and dam are carriers. They have longer (about 3-4 in long) and softer coats and are known to have sweeter temperaments. This gene is thought to come from the nearly extinct Karafuto Ken samurai dog. Grooming needs American Akitas are a low-maintenance dog breed. They actually tend to groom themselves like a c... |
if you (the disciples) were to see the Son of Man ascending where he was before?" (); and to Mary Magdalene after his Resurrection, "Do not hold me, for I have not yet ascended to my Father..." (John 20:17). In the first and second Jesus is claiming to be the apocalyptic "one like a Son of Man" of Daniel 7; Various epi... | Jerusalem and await the coming of the Holy Spirit; he is then taken up from the disciples in their sight, a cloud hides him from view, and two men in white appear to tell them that he will return "in the same way you have seen him go into heaven." The Gospel of John has three references to ascension in Jesus' own words... |
War II. Her construction by Howaldtswerke of Hamburg was ordered on 2 April 1942, suspended on 30 September 1943, and cancelled on 22 July 1944. The new | of Hamburg was ordered on 2 April 1942, suspended on 30 September 1943, and cancelled on 22 July 1944. The new Elektro Boat XXI design had made the Type VIIs obsolete. In fiction Neal Stephenson's novel Cryptonomicon includes a fictitious U-691, a Type IXD/42, launched at Wilhelmshaven on |
War II. Design German Type VIIC submarines were preceded by the shorter Type VIIB submarines. U-553 had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. She had a total length of , a pressure hull length of , a beam of , a height of , and a draught of . The submarine was powered by two Germaniawerft F46 four-... | the 7th U-boat Flotilla and moved on to operations on 1 April 1941. She then transferred to the 3rd flotilla on 1 December 1942. She was a member of ten wolfpacks. She moved from Kiel in Germany to Bergen in Norway in April 1941. First patrol The boat departed Bergen on 19 April 1941 and headed for the Atlantic via the... |
several areas of study in the formal school curriculum and incorporated knowledge from many disciplines, including: Economics, Game theory, Information theory, Law, Mathematics, and Psychology. Teaching the subject is considered important as the body of literatures reveals that consumers are generally not well informed... | reveals that consumers are generally not well informed, impulsive, hardly critical, and with behavior influenced by habit and suggestion. Training for teachers also include instruction regarding different branches of consumerism. Consumer education focuses on both functional skills and rights. These two elements are in... |
Texas, and Jeffrey Vinik became owner of the Tampa Bay Storm. The Dallas Vigilantes were left off the schedule for the 2012 season with no announcement from the management, and the team was subsequently quietly folded with no formal announcement ever being released. The AFL postponed the free agency period to October 3... | ownership of af2, the AFL's bankruptcy and dissolution prompted the dissolution of af2 as well. That league was formally considered disbanded on September 8, 2009, when no owner committed his or her team to the league's eleventh season by that deadline. For legal reasons, af2 league officials and owners agreed to form ... |
Professional Indoor Football League, Indoor Professional Football League, and Indoor Football League. Each of these leagues, though they would eventually fold, managed to last for multiple seasons, proving that the game had some traction in the smaller cities. With Jim Foster's patent on arena football, the AF2 had the... | mid-to-late 1990s, including the Professional Indoor Football League, Indoor Professional Football League, and Indoor Football League. Each of these leagues, though they would eventually fold, managed to last for multiple seasons, proving that the game had some traction in the smaller cities. With Jim Foster's patent o... |
to medical services but this is not always the case. PCPs are usually internists, pediatricians, family doctors, geriatricians, or general practitioners (GPs). Except in medical emergency situations, patients need a referral from the PCP in order to see a specialist or other doctor, and the gatekeeper cannot authorize ... | White House. The earliest form of HMOs can be seen in a number of "prepaid health plans". In 1910, the Western Clinic in Tacoma, Washington offered lumber mill owners and their employees certain medical services from its providers for a premium of $0.50 per member per month. This is considered by some to be the first e... |
new base - Brest in occupied France. Her second patrol was marked by sinking the American ship West Portal in mid-Atlantic on 5 February 1943; there were no survivors. She also attacked and sank the Greek Mount Mycale on 22 January 1943, northeast of Newfoundland. Third and fourth patrols Her third patrol saw her leave... | - Brest in occupied France. Her second patrol was marked by sinking the American ship West Portal in mid-Atlantic on 5 February 1943; there were no survivors. She also attacked and sank the Greek Mount Mycale on 22 January 1943, northeast of Newfoundland. Third and fourth patrols Her third patrol saw her leave Brest on... |
Design German Type XIV submarines were shortened and deepened versions of the Type IXDs. The boats had a displacement of when at the surface and while submerged. The U-boats had a total length of , a pressure hull length of , a beam of , a height of , and a draught of . The submarines were powered by two Germaniawerft ... | a while, as the Type XIV's bulk and flat deck made it slower to maneuver and submerge. The Type XIV had no torpedo tubes or deck guns, only defensive armament of anti-aircraft guns. The milk cows operated off the North American mainland in the so-called mid-Atlantic gap, far enough from Allied anti-submarine patrols an... |
from single payer health insurance systems, in which the government finances health care but is not involved in care delivery. More recently, American conservative critics of health care reform have attempted to broaden the term by applying it to any publicly funded system. Canada's Medicare system and most of the UK's... | care. According to health economist Uwe Reinhardt, "strictly speaking, the term 'socialized medicine' should be reserved for health systems in which the government operates the production of health care and provides its financing." Still others say the term has no meaning at all. In more recent times, the term has gain... |
and singer to be reckoned with in Hindi films. In the 1960s he was the predominant and lead male voice in many of Tagore's musical dramas like Valmiki Pratibha, Shyama, Sapmochan, Chitrangada and Chandalika. With Kanika Bandopadhyay (1924–2000) and Suchitra Mitra (1924–2010), who were the lead female voices in these, h... | Chowdhury. Some of the notable films Hemanta himself composed music for during this period include Harano Sur, Marutirtha Hinglaj, Neel Akasher Neechey, Lukochuri, Swaralipi, Deep Jwele Jaai, Shesh Parjanta, Kuhak, Dui Bhai, and Saptapadi in Bengali, and, Jagriti and Ek Hi Raasta in Hindi. Movie production In the late ... |
the packet, and analyzes its content according to the appropriate RFC or other specifications. A packet analyzer used for intercepting traffic on wireless networks is known as a wireless analyzer or WiFi analyzer. While a packet analyzer can also be referred to as a network analyzer or protocol analyzer these terms can... | packet headers to a disk array. Uses Packet analyzers can: Analyze network problems Detect network intrusion attempts Detect network misuse by internal and external users Documenting regulatory compliance through logging all perimeter and endpoint traffic Gain information for effecting a network intrusion Identify data... |
Records, a record label New World Symphony (orchestra), a training academy for orchestra musicians New World (band), a band from the 1970s Albums A New World Record, a 1976 album by ELO, Electric Light Orchestra New World (Joe Chambers album) (1976) New World (Karla Bonoff album) (1988) New World (The Zombies album) (1... | in the New World "New World", a 1992 song by Soul Asylum from Grave Dancers Union "New World", a 1996 songy by Prince from Emancipation "New World", a 2000 song by Björk from Selmasongs "New World", a 2005 song by tobyMac "New World", a 2011 song by Charice from Infinity "New World", a 2018 song by Krewella and Yellow ... |
"Chinese Tartary". Accordingly, when La Pérouse charted most of the strait between Sakhalin and the mainland "Chinese Tartary" in 1787, the body of water received the name of the Strait (or Channel, or Gulf) of Tartary. In Japan, the strait is named after Mamiya Rinzō, who traveled to the strait in 1808 whereof the nam... | Gulf) of Tartary. In Japan, the strait is named after Mamiya Rinzō, who traveled to the strait in 1808 whereof the name was introduced by Philipp Franz von Siebold in his book Nippon: Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan (1832–54). On Russian maps, the short narrowest section of the strait (south of the mouth of the Amur)... |
which were written in vertical columns all the combinations of symbols or letters that could logically be made out of a definite number of terms. These were compared with any given premises, and incompatible ones crossed off. In the abacus the combinations are inscribed each on a single slip of wood or similar substanc... | A logical abacus is a mechanical digital computer. Also referred to as a "logical machine", the logical abacus is analogous to the ordinary (mathematical) abacus. It is based on the principle of truth tables. It is constructed to show all the possible combinations of a set of logical terms with their negatives, and, fu... |
peak catches in May and June. During the peak years of 1848 and 1849 a total of nearly 160 vessels (over 50 in 1848, and over 100 in 1849) cruised in the Sea of Japan, with significantly lesser numbers in following years. Geography and geology The Sea of Japan was landlocked when the land bridge of East Asia existed. T... | Korean Peninsula and Kyūshū. The Korea Strait is composed of the Western Channel and the Tsushima Strait, on either side of Tsushima Island. The straits were formed in recent geologic periods. The oldest of them are the Tsugaru and Tsushima straits. Their formation had interrupted the migration of elephants into the Ja... |
a cool day that was relaxing. They took a walk, in the park, on a cool day, that was relaxing. In some languages, such as German and Polish, stricter rules apply on comma use between clauses, with dependent clauses always being set off with commas, and commas being generally proscribed before certain coordinating conju... | actual letters and packages, as the marks hinder optical character recognition. In mathematics Similar to the case in natural languages, commas are often used to delineate the boundary between multiple mathematical objects in a list (e.g., ). Commas are also used to indicate the comma derivative of a tensor. In numbers... |
of the dice was a seven". Basic rule (compound nouns) Compound nouns have their singular possessives formed with an apostrophe and an added s, in accordance with the rules given above: the Attorney-General's husband; the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports's prerogative; this Minister for Justice's intervention; her father... | pronouns do end with an apostrophe and an s. In singular forms, the apostrophe comes first, e.g. one's; everyone's; somebody's, nobody else's, etc., while the apostrophe follows the s in plural forms as with nouns: the others' complaints. The possessive of it was originally it's, and it's a common mistake today to writ... |
August 1850 he founded Nikolayevsk-on-Amur, the first Russian settlement in the region. Not knowing of the work of the Japanese navigator Mamiya Rinzō, who had explored the same area forty years earlier, the Russians took Nevelskoy's report as the first proof that Sakhalin is indeed an island. They renamed the Gulf of ... | in Drakino, now in Soligalichsky District, Kostroma Oblast – in St. Petersburg) was a Russian navigator. In 1848 Nevelskoy set out in command of what became the to the area of the present-day Russian Far East, exploring Sakhalin and the outlet of the Amur River. He proved that the Strait of Tartary was not a gulf, but ... |
as 10:15 to 2:3, this may be expressed with a double colon as 10:15::2:3; this would be read "10 is to 15 as 2 is to 3". This form is also used in tests of logic where the question of "Dog is to Puppy as Cat is to _?" can be expressed as "Dog:Puppy::Cat:_". In some languages (e.g. German, Russian and French), the colon... | by monospaced fonts) was to use two spaces after a colon. Usage in other languages Suffix separator In Finnish and Swedish, the colon can appear inside words in a manner similar to the apostrophe in the English possessive case, connecting a grammatical suffix to an abbreviation or initialism, a special symbol, or a dig... |
for containing the modern office, cinema and shopping complex La Défense, one of Grand Paris's main economic centres and one of Europe's major business districts. Hauts-de-Seine is one of the wealthiest department in France; it has the highest GDP per capita at €104,000 in 2016. Its inhabitants are called Altoséquanais... | and a total area of 176 square kilometres (68 square miles), it is the second most highly densely populated department of France after Paris. It is the fifth most populous department in France. Its prefecture is Nanterre although Boulogne-Billancourt, one of its two subprefectures alongside Antony, has a larger populat... |
there were the radical republicans and socialists, a group that included Louis Blanc, Léon Gambetta and Georges Clemenceau. This group was dominant in Paris, where they won 37 of the 42 seats. On 17 February the new Parliament elected the 74-year-old Thiers as chief executive of the Third Republic. He was considered to... | pardons in 1880 and could return home, where some resumed political careers. Debates over the policies and outcome of the Commune had significant influence on the ideas of Karl Marx (1818-1883) and Friedrich Engels (1820-1895), who described it as the first example of the dictatorship of the proletariat. Engels wrote: ... |
and Pentecost are outranked only by the Paschal Triduum. Other solemnities inscribed in the General Roman Calendar give way also to the following celebrations: The Paschal Triduum Sundays of Advent, Lent, and Easter Ash Wednesday Weekdays of Holy Week up to and including Thursday Days within the Octave of Easter Solemn... | vigil on the evening before the actual date of the feast. Unlike feast days of the rank of feast (other than feasts of the Lord) or those of the rank of memorial, solemnities replace the celebration of Sundays outside Advent, Lent, and Easter (those in Ordinary Time). The word comes from postclassical Latin sollemnitas... |
each other. Examples Richard Nixon's "Checkers speech" of 1952 was a somewhat successful effort to dispel a scandal concerning a slush fund of campaign contributions. Years later, Nixon's presidential re-election campaign used slush funds to buy the silence of the "White House Plumbers". Etymology The term slush fund w... | separately from money that is used for legitimate purposes. Slush funds may be employed by government or corporate officials in efforts to pay influential people discreetly in return for preferential treatment, advance information (such as non-public information in financial transactions), and other services. The funds... |
a total number of runs scored by a batsman without losing his wicket; e.g. "107*" means "107 not out". Where only the scores of the two batsmen that are currently in are being shown, an asterisk following a batsman's score indicates that he is due to face the next ball to be delivered. When written before a player's na... | that it is not used, or there are no records of it being in use. This is used in several ways depending on what is being discussed. It may be used to indicate reconstructed words in proto-languages for which there are no records of the pronunciation, grammar and words. Historical linguistics In historical linguistics, ... |
up to Carolingian minuscule (9th century) the use of ligatures in general diminished. The et-ligature, however, continued to be used and gradually became more stylized and less revealing of its origin (figures 4–6). The modern italic type ampersand is a kind of "et" ligature that goes back to the cursive scripts develo... | and may not have consulted each other at all. In the latter case, they both contributed enough significant material to the screenplay to receive credit but did not work together. As a result, both & and and may appear in the same credit, as appropriate to how the writing proceeded. In APA style, the ampersand is used w... |
(typography) ; see Fleuron (typography) In web pages To create bulleted list items for a web page, the markup language HTML provides the list tag <li>. Each list tag inside an unordered list will generate one bulleted list item. In Windows When using the US keyboard, a bullet point character can be produced by pressing... | (hyphen), (period), and even (lowercase Latin letter O), are conventionally used in ASCII-only text or other environments where bullet characters are not available. Historically, the index symbol (representing a hand with a pointing index finger) was popular for similar uses. Lists made with bullets are called bulleted... |
it for refrigeration purposes. Manufacture Dry ice is easily manufactured. First, gases with a high concentration of carbon dioxide are produced. Such gases can be a byproduct of another process, such as producing ammonia from nitrogen and natural gas, oil refinery activities or large-scale fermentation. Second, the ca... | marketing it for refrigeration purposes. Manufacture Dry ice is easily manufactured. First, gases with a high concentration of carbon dioxide are produced. Such gases can be a byproduct of another process, such as producing ammonia from nitrogen and natural gas, oil refinery activities or large-scale fermentation. Seco... |
activity. As such these representations have the particular, and somewhat contradictory, aspect that they exist externally to the individual (since they are created and controlled not by the individual but by society as a whole), and yet simultaneously within each individual of the society (by virtue of that individual... | of religion, but also the social origins and impact of society on language and logical thought. Durkheim worked largely out of a Kantian framework and sought to understand how the concepts and categories of logical thought could arise out of social life. He argued, for example, that the categories of space and time wer... |
opinions about what makes good thinking can influence how arguments are generated. Discovery Informal observations Before psychological research on confirmation bias, the phenomenon had been observed throughout history. Beginning with the Greek historian Thucydides (c. 460 BC – c. 395 BC), who wrote of misguided reason... | six months after the death of their significant other, the intensity of grief participants recalled was highly correlated with their current level of grief. Individuals appear to utilize their current emotional states to analyze how they must have felt when experiencing past events. Emotional memories are reconstructed... |
used. The symbol is also used to indicate death or extinction. It is one of the modern descendants of the obelus, a mark used historically by scholars as a critical or highlighting indicator in manuscripts. (The term obelisk derives from the (), which means "little obelus"; from () meaning 'roasting spit'). A double da... | 184–253 AD) used it to indicate differences between different versions of the Old Testament in his Hexapla. Epiphanius of Salamis (c. 310–320 – 403) used both a horizontal slash or hook (with or without dots) and an upright and slightly slanting dagger to represent an obelus. St. Jerome (c. 347–420) used a simple horiz... |
(, ). It is classified as a ratite (flightless bird without a keel on its sternum bone) and is native to the tropical forests of New Guinea (Papua New Guinea and Indonesia), Aru Islands (Indonesia), and northeastern Australia. Three species are extant: The most common, the southern cassowary, is the third-tallest and s... | The casques also may play a role in either sound reception or acoustic communication. This is related to a discovery that at least the dwarf cassowary and southern cassowary produce very-low-frequency sounds, which may aid in communication in dense rainforest. The "boom" vocalisation that cassowaries produce is the low... |
of the apostles Paul, Barnabas and Silas, emissary of the Church of Jerusalem to the Church at Antioch Books Gospel of Judas, an ancient Gnostic Gospel "Judas" (short story), a 1967 short story by John Brunner Judas (manga), a 2004 manga by Suu Minazuki Film Júdás, a 1918 Hungarian film Judas (1930 film), a Soviet sile... | 1970 album by Quelentaro Judas, a 2011 album and the title song by Wisdom Songs "Judas" (ballad), a traditional English ballad "Judas" (Lady Gaga song), 2011 "Judas", a 1953 song by Lucienne Delyle "Judas", a 1986 song by Helloween "Judas", a 1993 song by Depeche Mode from Songs of Faith and Devotion "Judas", a 2007 so... |
occur from one week before the onset of symptoms to eight days after. During infection, the virus first infects the upper respiratory tract. From there, it spreads to the salivary glands and lymph nodes. Infection of the lymph nodes leads to presence of the virus in blood, which spreads the virus throughout the body. M... | decreased testicular volume, tenderness of the testicles, and a feeling of inconsistency when handling the testicles. Infertility is linked to severe cases of orchitis affecting both testes followed by testicular atrophy, which may develop up to one year after the initial infection. Of bilateral orchitis cases, 30–87% ... |
with power over unclean spirits and with a ministry of preaching and healing: Judas clearly played an active part in this apostolic ministry alongside the other eleven. However, in the Gospel of John, Judas's outlook was differentiated—many of Jesus' disciples abandoned him because of the difficulty of accepting his te... | betrayal did not necessitate the only way the Son of Man could have suffered and been crucified. The earliest churches believed "as it is written of him" to be prophetic, fulfilling Scriptures such as that of the suffering servant in Isaiah 52–53 and the righteous one in Psalm 22, which do not require betrayal (at leas... |
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