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OH group. Enzymes involved in a typical biosynthesis of threonine include: aspartokinase β-aspartate semialdehyde dehydrogenase homoserine dehydrogenase homoserine kinase threonine synthase. Metabolism Threonine is metabolized in at least three ways: In many animals it is converted to pyruvate via threonine dehydrogena... | stereoisomer (2S,3S), which is rarely present in nature, is called L-allothreonine. The two stereoisomers (2R,3S)- and (2R,3R)-2-amino-3-hydroxybutanoic acid are only of minor importance. Biosynthesis As an essential amino acid, threonine is not synthesized in humans, and needs to be present in proteins in the diet. Ad... |
a side chain isopropyl group, making it a non-polar aliphatic amino acid. It is essential in humans, meaning the body cannot synthesize it: it must be obtained from the diet. Human dietary sources are foods that contain protein, such as meats, dairy products, soy products, beans and legumes. It is encoded by all codons... | week significantly decreases blood glucose levels. In diet-induced obese and insulin resistant mice, a diet with decreased levels of valine and the other branched-chain amino acids results adiposity and decreased insulin sensitivity. The valine catabolite 3-hydroxyisobutyrate promotes insulin sensitivity in mice by sti... |
as the original Norman Maine in A Star is Born (1937) with Janet Gaynor, for which he received his third Academy Award nomination. March resisted signing long-term contracts with the studios, enabling him to play roles in films from a variety of studios. He returned to Broadway after a ten-year absence in 1937 with a n... | his life, and in 1920, he began working as an "extra" in movies made in New York City, using a shortened form of his mother's maiden name. He appeared on Broadway in 1926, and by the end of the decade, he signed a film contract with Paramount Pictures. Career Like Laurence Olivier, March had a rare protean quality to h... |
graphed against an ideal parabolic curve. Some amateur telescope makers use a similar test called a Ronchi test that replaces the knife edge with a grating comprising several fine parallel wires or an etching on a glass plate. Other tests used include the Gaviola or Caustic test which can measure mirrors of fast f/rati... | of tree sap. Through a whole series of random strokes the mirror naturally tends to become spherical in shape. At that point, a variation in polishing strokes is typically used to create and perfect the desired paraboloidal shape. Foucault test The equipment most amateurs use to test the shape of the mirrors, a Foucaul... |
Its subsections include chemistry, hematology, microbiology, immunology, urinalysis and blood bank. Anatomical pathology is itself divided in subspecialties, the main ones being surgical pathology (breast, gynecological, endocrine, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, soft tissue, head and neck, dermatopathology), neuropat... | in first year), the Part 1 examinations (not before 3rd year) and the Part 2 examinations (not before 5th year). Fellows may then continue into subspecialty training. Canada Anatomical Pathology (AP) is one of the specialist certificates granted by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Other certifica... |
separate from but overlapping with the subspecialty of medical oncology. Hematologists may specialize further or have special interests, for example, in: treating bleeding disorders such as hemophilia and idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura treating hematological malignancies such as lymphoma and leukemia (cancers) tre... | the study of the cause, prognosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood. It involves treating diseases that affect the production of blood and its components, such as blood cells, hemoglobin, blood proteins, bone marrow, platelets, blood vessels, spleen, and the mechanism of coagulation. Such diseases... |
forensic pathology into a science based on empirics. Forensic pathology was first recognized in the United States by the American Board of Pathology in 1959. In Canada, it was formally recognized in 2003, and a formal training program (a fellowship) is currently being established under the auspices of the Royal College... | the title Spesialis Forensik, or Sp.F. He or she may be addressed in public as Dokter Forensik ("forensic doctor"). Note that there is no pre-medicine program, making the total duration of formal education for one to become a forensic specialist 9 years. Forensic medicine is also a mandatory round during medical school... |
relative quiet. Each of these four stages of activity has left behind distinct rock formations, named the Te Herenga Formation (erupted 250,000–180,000 years ago), the Wahianoa Formation (erupted 160,000–115,000 years ago), the Mangawhero Formation (erupted 55,000–15,000 years ago), and the Whakapapa Formation (erupted... | and southwest of the southern shore of Lake Taupō, within Tongariro National Park. Ruapehu is the largest and southernmost volcano in the national park, with an estimated volume of 110 km3. The volcano is surrounded by a ring plain of volcanic material, made from lahar deposits, ash fall, and landslide debris. There ar... |
books and comic digests from the 1950s through the 1980s by a variety of publishers, including Standard/Pines (1953–58), Fawcett Comics (1958–80, during their only return to comics after settling the Captain Marvel lawsuit and selling much of their comics division to Charlton Comics), and Marvel Comics (1981–82). These... | who visited his nephew in 1964. Dennis' friends Tommy Anderson is Dennis' best friend (after Mr. Wilson). This character eventually disappeared from the strip, although he does make appearances in the Dennis the Menace Pocket Full of Fun books. Joey McDonald is loyal, timid, and not too bright (but he's a year younger)... |
5.25-inch 360 KB floppy disk. QuickBASIC version 2.0 and later contained an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), allowing users to edit directly in its on-screen text editor. Although still supported in QuickBASIC, line numbers became optional. Program jumps also worked with named labels. Later versions also added... | 4.5, PDS 7.x or VBDOS 1.0 compiler, if available. QuickBASIC 1.00 for the Apple Macintosh operating system was launched in 1988. It was officially supported on machines running System 6 with at least 1 MB of RAM. QuickBASIC could also be run on System 7, as long as 32-bit addressing was disabled. Syntax example Hello, ... |
starts 21 to 28 days of incubation. Chicks hatch in dense, yellow-brown down and leave the nest immediately. They soon develop feathers and can fly shortly before they are two weeks old. The female (and the male in the willow grouse) stays with them and protects them until their first autumn, when they reach their matu... | member of the family. Grouse have feathered nostrils. Their legs are covered in feathers down to the toes, and in winter the toes, too, have feathers or small scales on the sides, an adaptation for walking on snow and burrowing into it for shelter. Unlike other Galliformes, they have no spurs. Feeding and habits These ... |
eastern Africa, and over much of the heavily populated parts of South America. The Old World sparrows are generally birds of open habitats, including grasslands, deserts, and scrubland. The snowfinches and ground-sparrows are all species of high latitudes. A few species, like the Eurasian tree sparrow, inhabit open woo... | be subtle. Members of this family range in size from the chestnut sparrow (Passer eminibey), at and , to the parrot-billed sparrow (Passer gongonensis), at and . Sparrows are physically similar to other seed-eating birds, such as finches, but have a vestigial dorsal outer primary feather and an extra bone in the tongue... |
June 27, 1844, Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, was shot and pushed out of one of the windows of the Carthage Jail in Carthage, Illinois while attempting to escape a mob. On June 11, 1903, a group of Serbian army officers murdered and defenestrated King Alexander and Queen Draga. In 1922, Italian... | a judge, the burgomaster, and some thirteen members of the town council of New Town of Prague. In 1452, King James II of Scotland murdered William Douglas, 8th Earl of Douglas, with his own hands and defenestrated him at Stirling Castle. On April 26, 1478, after the failure of the "Pazzi conspiracy" to murder the ruler... |
of study, the suffix -logy is most frequently found preceded by the euphonic connective vowel o so that the word ends in -ology. In these Greek words, the root is always a noun and -o- is the combining vowel for all declensions of Greek nouns. However, when new names for fields of study are coined in modern English, th... | the word is similar to the second sense. -logy versus -ology In English names for fields of study, the suffix -logy is most frequently found preceded by the euphonic connective vowel o so that the word ends in -ology. In these Greek words, the root is always a noun and -o- is the combining vowel for all declensions of ... |
Pemberton and his family from Lancashire, traveled aboard the ship Submission about 1682 from Liverpool to the Province of Maryland, eventually settling in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. There he built a mansion in 1687 and had served as William Penn's chief administrator. Pemberton entered the Reform Medical College of G... | derived from the buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis), a toxic plant. He next began experimenting with coca and coca wines, eventually creating a recipe that contained extracts of kola nut and damiana, which he called Pemberton's French Wine Coca. According to Coca-Cola historian Phil Mooney, Pemberton's world-famous... |
research for its potential applications in nanomaterials and biotechnology. Cashew apple The cashew apple, also called cashew fruit, is the fleshy stem of the cashew fruit, to which the cashew nut is attached. The top end of the cashew apple is attached to the stem that comes off the tree. The bottom end of the cashew ... | form. In the Philippines, cashew is a known product of Antipolo, and is eaten with suman. The province of Pampanga also has a sweet dessert called turrones de casuy, which is cashew marzipan wrapped in white wafers. In Indonesia, roasted and salted cashews are called kacang mete or kacang mede, while the cashew apple i... |
a list of banned organizations. Israel The Israeli list of "Terrorists Organizations and Unauthorized Associations" is available at the National Bureau for Counter Terror Financing of Israel. According to Just Security, the Israeli designation on 22 October 2021, of six West Bank Palestinian civil society organizations... | maintains a list of banned organizations. Israel The Israeli list of "Terrorists Organizations and Unauthorized Associations" is available at the National Bureau for Counter Terror Financing of Israel. According to Just Security, the Israeli designation on 22 October 2021, of six West Bank Palestinian civil society org... |
Manilla (money), the 'bracelet' currency of West Africa Manilla, New South Wales, Australia Manilla River, a stream in New South Wales Manilla, Indiana, United States Manilla, Iowa, | Manilla, New South Wales, Australia Manilla River, a stream in New South Wales Manilla, Indiana, United States Manilla, Iowa, United States Manilla, Ontario, Canada Manilla, former |
a total area of , all land. Demographics 2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 776 people, 337 households, and 214 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 369 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 97.9% White, 0.1% Asian, 1.2% from other races... | people per square mile (410.1/km2). There were 369 housing units at an average density of 465.8 per square mile (180.3/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 97.74% White, 0.24% African American, 0.36% from other races, and 1.67% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.48% of the population. Ther... |
player Jim Simkin (1919–1984), Canadian-American psychotherapist John Simkin (1883–1967) Anglican Bishop in New Zealand Dr J. L. Simkin (1833–1905) British biochemist Richard Simkin (1850–1926), British artist and illustrator of military uniforms Toby Simkin (born 1964), theatrical producer William E. Simkin (1907–1992... | Simkin de Pio (born 1976), Filipino painter Surname Daniil Simkin (born 1987), Russian ballet dancer Darren Simkin (born 1970), English football player Jim Simkin (1919–1984), Canadian-American psychotherapist John Simkin (1883–1967) Anglican Bishop in New Zealand Dr J. L. Simkin (1833–1905) British biochemist Richard ... |
laboratory culturing a faecal sample. Results take about 48–72 hours. In meat Usually, detection of Campylobacter in meat is done by laboratory culturing a homogenised sample. Results takes about 48–72 hours. Treatment The infection is usually self-limiting and, in most cases, symptomatic treatment by liquid and electr... | Theodor Escherich was the first to describe in 1886 what are known today as Campylobacters in the stool samples of infants, who perished from a disease he named "cholera infantum". In the following years until the end of the century, a number of publications appeared, describing the occurrence of such "spirilla" in cas... |
Bracks, who came from Ballarat, was popular in rural areas and was seen as a fresh alternative to Brumby, who nevertheless remained a key figure in the shadow Cabinet. 1999 election loss Despite Bracks' appeal, Kennett entered the 1999 election campaign with a seemingly unassailable lead, and most commentators and opin... | all its departments refer to the language as "Macedonian (Slavonic)" and to Macedonians as "Slav Macedonians". Reasons given for the decision were "to avoid confusion", be consistent with federal naming protocols toward Macedonians and repair relations between Macedonian and Greek communities. It was accepted that it w... |
and Lands. She proposed the Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988, the first Australian legislation which gave legal protection of rare species. While Minister, and in association with Heather Mitchell from the Victorian Farmers' Federation, Kirner was instrumental in the formation of the first Landcare groups. At the 198... | government spending and raise revenue to some extent, however her government failed to cut spending in many areas including education. Most of the Kirner Government attempts to cut spending were actively opposed by trade unions and some members of the government. The interest bill alone was $3.5 billion per year, the g... |
1715 by his father, a country doctor, to study medicine at Wittenberg; but he was idle and dissipated, had no taste for the profession chosen for him, and came to a complete rupture with his family. In 1717 he went to Leipzig, where he was befriended by Johann Burkhard Mencke (1674–1732), who recognized his genius; and... | a country doctor, to study medicine at Wittenberg; but he was idle and dissipated, had no taste for the profession chosen for him, and came to a complete rupture with his family. In 1717 he went to Leipzig, where he was befriended by Johann Burkhard Mencke (1674–1732), who recognized his genius; and there he published ... |
Labor control of the upper house for the first time ever. However, a fresh election was ordered by the Court of Disputed Returns after it was found that the Chief Electoral Officer should have cast deciding vote. The Liberals won the seat, and Labor lost its slim majority. Within a week the chairman of the Victorian Nu... | shadow Attorney-General under the leadership of Frank Wilkes. After Wilkes narrowly lost the 1979 election to the Liberal premier, Dick Hamer, Cain challenged him for the leadership, becoming leader in September 1981. Hamer had been forced to resign a few months earlier and was succeeded by deputy premier Lindsay Thomp... |
in Salford, Lancashire, England) is an author and playwright who was appointed MBE in 1987 for his services to theatre. Biography Caine was educated at Salford Grammar School. After national service as Lieutenant in Malaya, Caine returned to Manchester where he became writer-in-residence and then Chairman of Trustees o... | national service as Lieutenant in Malaya, Caine returned to Manchester where he became writer-in-residence and then Chairman of Trustees of the Salford Playhouse before moving to London. His first novel A Nest of Singing Birds was awarded the prestigious Litchfield Prize. He has written plays for stage, radio and telev... |
province during the later Ottoman period (1875–1922) United Kingdom Van, Caerphilly, a suburb east of Caerphilly, Wales Van, Llanidloes, a hamlet in Wales United States Van, Arkansas Van, Missouri Van, Oregon Van, Texas Van, Virginia Van, West Virginia Organizations Vehicle Area Network, intra-vehicle network Verenigin... | since ancient times Van Province, a modern Turkish province Van (electoral district), the electoral district of the province Eyalet of Van, the province during the Ottoman Empire (1548–1864) Van Vilayet, the province during the later Ottoman period (1875–1922) United Kingdom Van, Caerphilly, a suburb east of Caerphilly... |
death penalty. Nawijn responded that he made his remark as leader of the LPF. The party in its turn declared that it was opposed to the death penalty. Nawijn was highly criticised when he declared that it was a personal remark, because it was normal that a minister in a coalition cabinet could make remarks as a party m... | to replace both Bomhoff and Heinsbroek but his real aim was to use these resignations to call for new elections and to repair the huge losses of his VVD party in the election after the murder of Fortuyn. Disregarding Bomhoff's warnings, the other LPF ministers took the bait and told Bomhoff and Heinsbroek to resign, wh... |
high-green phenotype do much better in cold temperatures than the cold-intolerant green peafowl while still looking like their green parents. Plumage varies between individual spaldings, with some looking far more like green peafowl and some looking far more like blue peafowl, though most visually carry traits of both.... | and increased survival ability in both the ornamented males and their offspring. Furthermore, peafowl and their sexual characteristics have been used in the discussion of the causes for sexual traits. Amotz Zahavi used the excessive tail plumes of male peafowls as evidence for his "handicap principle". Since these trai... |
undergoing active geologic processes such as mass-wasting and erosion. Digital elevation models suggest that the grooves have a positive relief of between 50 and 100 meters. Simulation models show that the time series of surface activity on Helene is chaotic. Surface material Helene's surface material is of a relativel... | depressions with interior slopes no greater than 12°. These basins are likely the decayed remains of old impact craters. Thin, elongated km-scale raised grooves trace the slopes of many of Helene's basins, and likely represent mass flow features, indicating that the moon is undergoing active geologic processes such as ... |
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were exhumed in 1999 and reinterred in the cemetery. The Military Cemetery Mass Grave () is located by the west edge of the First World War military cemetery. It contains the remains of 15 Chetnik soldiers killed in late April or early May 1945. Three additional graves contain the remains of German prisoners of war tha... | occupied by the Italian troops and annexed to the Kingdom of Italy. In the period between 1922 and 1943, it was subjected to a violent policy of Fascist Italianization. Many locals joined the militant antifascist organization TIGR. During World War II, the entire area became an important center of Partisan resistance. ... |
Brandywine Falls Provincial Park, British Columbia Brandywine Mountain, British Columbia United States Brandywine Hundred, an unincorporated subdivision of New Castle County, Delaware Brandywine Park, Wilmington, Delaware Brandywine School District, northern New Castle County, Delaware Brandywine High School, a high sc... | River Museum, in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania Brandywine, West Virginia, in Pendleton County Penn State Brandywine, a Pennsylvania State University campus in Delaware County, Pennsylvania Arts Baranduin or Brandywine River, a river in Middle-earth in the fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien Brandywine Productions, a film productio... |
of Ibiza and Formentera the Pityoûssai (, "Pine-Covered Islands"). In the 18th and 19th centuries the island was known to the British and especially to the Royal Navy as Ivica. History In 654 BC, Phoenician settlers founded a port on Ibiza. With the decline of Phoenicia after the Assyrian invasions, Ibiza came under th... | within the house, trance and techno genres of electronic dance music. The island has achieved fame as a cultural centre for house and trance in particular, with its name often being used as a partial metonym for the particular flavour of electronic music originating there, much like Goa in India. Since 2005, the live m... |
coins were introduced in denominations of 10, 20 and 50 stotinov (10, 20 and 50 stotins), 1 tolar, 2 tolarja and 5 tolarjev (2 and 5 tolars). 10 tolarjev (10 tolars) coins were added in 2000, followed by 20 and 50 tolarjev (20 and 50 tolars) in 2003. The obverse designs all show the denomination, with animals native to... | in the Eurozone. The timescale for conversion from the tolar to the euro operated differently from the first wave of European Monetary Union (EMU). The permanent euro/tolar conversion rate was finalised on 11 July 2006 at 239.640 tolar per euro. Unlike the first wave of EMU, this period was only a day (the conversion r... |
and the early Isonzo) in the newly formed lagoon of Grado became an independent coastal rivulet. Attractions Due to its emerald-green water, the river is marketed as "The Emerald Beauty." It is said to be one of the rare rivers in the world that retain such a colour throughout their length. Giuseppe Ungaretti, one of t... | marble trout (Salmo marmoratus); this species is native to rivers of the northern Adriatic basin, and it lives in the upper course of the river. This species is endangered due to the introduction of other non-indigenous trout species sometime between World War I and World War II. Significance in World War I The valley ... |
Municipality, Antioquia, Colombia Zaragoza, La Libertad, El Salvador Zaragoza, Chimaltenango, Guatemala Zaragoza, Moyobamba, a neighborhood in Moyobamba, Peru Zaragoza, Nueva Ecija, Philippines People with the surname Daniel Zaragoza (born 1957), Mexican boxing champion Federico Mayor Zaragoza (born 1934), Spanish scho... | La Libertad, El Salvador Zaragoza, Chimaltenango, Guatemala Zaragoza, Moyobamba, a neighborhood in Moyobamba, Peru Zaragoza, Nueva Ecija, Philippines People with the surname Daniel Zaragoza (born 1957), Mexican boxing champion Federico Mayor Zaragoza (born 1934), Spanish scholar, politician, Head of UNESCO Ignacio Zara... |
In the 6th century, the area was settled by Slavic tribes, ancestors of the modern Slovenes. When Kobarid was first mentioned in 1184, it was part of the Patria del Friuli ruled by the Patriarchs of Aquileia. While the estates in the west were gradually conquered by the Republic of Venice until 1420, Kobarid together w... | Landsturmer guards during a mission for the Red Cross. During the war, the whole area was the theatre of the Battles of the Isonzo, fought between the Kingdom of Italy and Austria-Hungary. The town was almost completely destroyed between 1915 and 1917. After the end of the war in 1918, Kobarid was occupied by the Itali... |
the comparative method, linguists can make inferences, about their shared parent language and its vocabulary. In that way, word roots that can be traced all the way back to the origin of, for instance, the Indo-European language family have been found. Although originating in the philological tradition, much current et... | of linguistic dialect, the varieties of a language that are characteristic of particular groups, based primarily on geographic distribution and their associated features. This is in contrast to variations based on social factors, which are studied in sociolinguistics, or variations based on time, which are studied in h... |
rotting of the wood and damages the structural integrity of the building, but also damages the 12th-century wall mosaics and paintings. The influx of water also means that there is an ever-present chance of an electrical fire. If another earthquake were to occur on the scale of the one of 1834, the result would most li... | one Greek Orthodox, one Armenian Apostolic, and one Roman Catholic, of which the first two contain bell towers built during the modern era. The silver star marking the spot where Christ was born, inscribed in Latin, was stolen in October 1847 by Greek monks who wished to remove this Catholic item. Some assert that this... |
Lewisburg, former name of Melber, Kentucky Lewisburg, Ohio Lewisburg, Oregon Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Lewisburg, Tennessee Lewisburg, West Virginia See also Louisburg (disambiguation) | Kentucky Lewisburg, Ohio Lewisburg, Oregon Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Lewisburg, Tennessee Lewisburg, West Virginia See also |
the town Littleton, North Carolina Littleton, West Virginia Littleton Township (disambiguation) Business Littleton Coin Company, New Hampshire, United States Entertainment This is Littleton, an Australian television comedy sketch series set in the fictional town of Littleton People Littleton (name) See | Illinois Littleton, Iowa Littleton, Kentucky Littleton, Maine Littleton, Massachusetts Littleton, New Hampshire, a New England town Littleton (CDP), New Hampshire, the main village in the town Littleton, North Carolina Littleton, West Virginia Littleton Township (disambiguation) Business Littleton Coin Company, New Ham... |
large human resources consulting firm headquartered in New York City Mercer (occupation), a merchant or trader, more specifically a merchant who deals in textiles (mercery) Mercer Pottery Company, a defunct American company Mercer Union, an artist-run centre in downtown Toronto, Ontario A member of the London guild of ... | Mercer, Missouri, a city Mercer, North Carolina, an unincorporated community Mercer, North Dakota, a city Mercer, Ohio, an unincorporated community Mercer, Pennsylvania, a borough Mercer, Tennessee, an unincorporated community Mercer, Wisconsin, a town Mercer (CDP), Wisconsin, an unincorporated census-designated place ... |
and Television Middletown, 1982 television documentary series created and produced by Peter Davis Middletown (1996 film), 1996 American film by Philip Botti featuring the Evil Clown of Middletown Middletown (2006 film), 2006 Irish film by Brian Kirk, see 4th Irish Film & Television Awards Other Middletown station (disa... | in England Middletown, Warwickshire, a location in England United States Middletown, California, a census-designated place in Lake County Middletown, San Diego, California neighborhood Middletown, Connecticut Middletown, Delaware Middletown, Illinois Middletown, Indiana Middletown, Allen County, Indiana Middletown, She... |
the commerce of the Byzantine people. The ancient scholar Ptolemy of Alexandria mentions the lower Volga in his Geography (Book 5, Chapter 8, 2nd Map of Asia). He calls it the Rha, which was the Scythian name for the river. Ptolemy believed the Don and the Volga shared the same upper branch, which flowed from the Hyper... | Itil" at the modern city of Ufa. The name Indyl (Indɨl) is used in Adyge (Cherkess) language. In Asia the river was known by its other Turkic name Sarı-su "yellow water", but the Oirats also used their own name, Ijil mörön or "adaptation river". Presently the Mari, another Uralic group, call the river Jul (), meaning "... |
generally intermediate in size between the larger pheasants and the smaller quail. Partridges are ground-dwelling birds that feature variable plumage colouration across species, with most tending to grey and brown. Range and habitat Partridges are native to Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Some species are fou... | with most tending to grey and brown. Range and habitat Partridges are native to Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Some species are found nesting on steppes or agricultural land, while other species prefer more forested areas. They nest on the ground and have a diet consisting of seeds and insects. Hunting Speci... |
Carolina Midland, Ohio Midland, Pennsylvania Midland, South Dakota Midland, Tennessee Midland, Texas Midland, Virginia Midland, Washington Midland City, Alabama Railways Buenos Aires Midland Railway, a former British-owned railway company in Argentina Colorado Midland Railway, US Florida Midland Railroad (disambiguatio... | a former railway company in Western Australia Midland (TTC), a rapid transit stop in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada New Zealand Midland Railway Company, a former railway company Schools Midland High School (disambiguation) Midland School, Los Olivos, California, US Midland School, North Branch, New Jersey, US Midland Uni... |
Morristown, West Virginia Other uses Morristown, Pennsylvania, a fictional city in Brockmire USS Morristown (ID-3580), a United States Navy cargo ship 1918–1919 See also Battle of Morristown, in Tennessee, 1864 Morice Town, a suburb of Plymouth in Devon, England Morriston, | Indiana Morristown station (Indiana) Morristown, Minnesota Morristown Township, Rice County, Minnesota Morristown, New Jersey, in Morris County Morristown station Morristown Municipal Airport Morristown National Historical Park Morristown, Middlesex |
Palmyra (town), Wisconsin Other places Palmyra Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, United States Palmyra Peak, a summit in Colorado, U.S. Schools Palmyra High School (Missouri) — Palmyra, Missouri Palmyra High School (New Jersey) — Palmyra, New Jersey Palmyra Area High School — Palmyra, Pennsylvania Palmyra-Eagle High School —... | caravan city of Tadmur. Palmyra may also refer to: Places Australia Palmyra, Queensland, a locality in the Mackay Region Palmyra, Western Australia United Kingdom Palmyra Square, part of the cultural quarter, location of Parr Hall in the town of Warrington, Cheshire United States Incorporated Palmyra, Illinois Palmyra,... |
Kentucky Petersburg, Michigan Petersburg Township, Jackson County, Minnesota Petersburg, Minnesota Petersburg, Missouri Petersburg, Nebraska Petersburg, Cape May County, New Jersey Petersburg, Morris County, New Jersey Petersburgh, New York Petersburg, North Carolina (disambiguation) Petersburg, North Dakota Petersburg... | Minnesota Petersburg, Minnesota Petersburg, Missouri Petersburg, Nebraska Petersburg, Cape May County, New Jersey Petersburg, Morris County, New Jersey Petersburgh, New York Petersburg, North Carolina (disambiguation) Petersburg, North Dakota Petersburg, Ohio (disambiguation) Petersburg, Pennsylvania Petersburg, Tennes... |
within the above town, and now neighborhood within Village of Pelham Pelham Manor, New York, a village within the above town IRT Pelham Line, NYC subway line Pelham Bay (disambiguation) Pelham Gardens, Bronx, a neighborhood Pelham Parkway, Bronx, a neighborhood Elsewhere Pelham, Alabama Pelham, Georgia Pelham, Massachu... | NYC subway line Pelham Bay (disambiguation) Pelham Gardens, Bronx, a neighborhood Pelham Parkway, Bronx, a neighborhood Elsewhere Pelham, Alabama Pelham, Georgia Pelham, Massachusetts Pelham, New Hampshire Pelham, North Carolina Pelham, Tennessee Arts, entertainment, and media Pelham, an 1828 novel by Edward Bulwer-Lyt... |
plaque. Today Quorn is built around the old A6 road which runs through the centre of the village. On 28 October 1991 a dual carriageway bypass opened taking the A6 away to the north-eastern edge of the village. The village has a railway station called Quorn and Woodhouse, shared with the neighbouring hamlet of Woodhous... | the station hosts a fireworks display on the Bonfire weekend. The station is also home to a small vintage tea room at the 'bridge-most' end of the platform, and the Butler Henderson Café in the main car park. Sarson Street, running adjacent to Rawlins Community College, features many 19th-century terraced cottages, for... |
crater on the Moon Australia Ramsay, Queensland, a locality in the Toowoomba Region Ramsay, South Australia, a locality on the Yorke Peninsula Electoral district of Ramsay, South Australia Canada Ramsay, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, a residential neighbourhood United States Ramsay, Montana, a small settlement west of Butt... | spy codenamed "Ramsay" Fictional people Ramsay Bolton, a fictional character in the A Song of Ice and Fire series of fantasy novels by American author George R. R. Martin, and its television adaptation Game of Thrones. Ramsay family in the Australian soap opera Neighbours Places Ramsay (crater), an impact crater on the... |
a neighborhood of Dedham, Massachusetts Riverdale, an unincorporated community in Seville Township, Michigan Riverdale, Mississippi Riverdale, Missouri Riverdale, Nebraska, a village Riverdale, New Jersey, a borough Riverdale, Bronx, New York, a neighborhood Riverdale (Metro-North station), the Metro-North train statio... | Illinois, an official community area Riverdale (Metra station) Riverdale, Illinois, a village Riverdale, Iowa, a city Riverdale, Kansas Riverdale, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, an unincorporated place Riverdale Park, Maryland, a town originally named Riverdale Riverdale (MARC station), a train station Riverdale, a nei... |
Roman & medieval bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see Roselle, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago Roselle (Metra), a railroad station in the suburb Roselle, Missouri, an unincorporated community Roselle, New Jersey, a borough Roselle Park, New Jersey, a borough Roselle Park (NJT | borough Roselle Park, New Jersey, a borough Roselle Park (NJT station) Roselle Township, Carroll County, Iowa Ships USS Roselle (AM-379), minesweeper launched 1944, sold to Mexico 1973 USS Roselle (SP-350), a ship that served both as a tug and as minesweeper, in the early |
about 220 million years ago. Many lower Brachycera appeared in the Jurassic, some 180 million years ago. A third radiation took place among the Schizophora at the start of the Paleogene, 66 million years ago. The phylogenetic position of Diptera has been controversial. The monophyly of holometabolous insects has long b... | the world, while the smallest is Euryplatea nanaknihali, which at is smaller than a grain of salt. Brachycera are ecologically very diverse, with many being predatory at the larval stage and some being parasitic. Animals parasitised include molluscs, woodlice, millipedes, insects, mammals, and amphibians. Flies are the... |
Floyd County, Indiana Saint Joseph, Vanderburgh County, Indiana St. Joseph, Iowa St. Joseph, Kansas St. Joseph, Louisville, Kentucky St. Joseph, Louisiana St. Joseph, Michigan St. Joseph, Minnesota St. Joseph, Missouri Saint Joseph, Mercer County, Ohio Saint Joseph, Portage County, Ohio Saint Joseph, Oregon Saint Josep... | Vien Dinh Dang, Joseph Khang, Joseph Tuc and Joseph Tuan Van Tran of the Vietnamese Martyrs Saint Joseph Vaz Joseph (patriarch), son of Jacob, not canonized as a saint, but a major figure in the Hebrew Bible Geography Places Canada Saint-Joseph, New Brunswick, an unincorporated community in Kent County Saint-Joseph Par... |
he was 18 in 1949, but his emergence as a star center fielder in the major leagues during the Korean War in 1952 led baseball fans to question his 4-F deferment. Two Armed Forces physicals were ordered, including a highly publicized exam on November 4, 1952, which was brought on by his All-Star selection, that ended in... | 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995), nicknamed The Commerce Comet and The Mick, was an American professional baseball player. Mantle played his entire Major League Baseball (MLB) career (1951–1968) with the New York Yankees as a center fielder, right fielder, and first baseman. Mantle was one of the best players and sluggers a... |
Sharon" (חבצלת השרון ḥăḇaṣṣeleṯ ha-sharon) occurs in the KJV translation of the Song of Solomon ("I am the rose of Sharon, the lily of the valley"), and has since been used in reference to a number of flowering plants. Unlike other unisex names that have come to be used almost exclusively as feminine (e.g. Evelyn), Sha... | and out of the top 500 after 2001. In the United Kingdom, its popularity peaked during the 1960s. It was the 10th most popular female name by 1964 and was still as high as 17th in 1974 (when it was at rank 70 in the US), but a sharp decline in popularity followed and since the 1980s it has not featured in the top 100. ... |
American lawyer and politician Roger Sherman (American football) (1872–1957), American football player, coach and lawyer Russell Sherman (born 1930), American classical pianist Ruth Sherman (1903–1965), American bridge player Socrates N. Sherman (1801–1873), American politician Stuart Sherman (1881–1926), American lite... | Dwight D. Eisenhower and Governor of New Hampshire Sherman Alexie (born 1966), American writer, poet, filmmaker and comedian Sherman Augustus, American actor Sherman Austin, American anarchist and musician Sherman Barton (1875–1947), outfielder in the Negro leagues Sherman Bell, controversial leader of the Colorado Nat... |
New Jersey Shrewsbury Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania Shrewsbury Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania Shrewsbury Township, York County, Pennsylvania Shrewsbury, Pennsylvania, a Borough Shrewsbury, Vermont Shrewsbury, West Virginia Shrewsbury River, a tributary of the Navesink River in New Jersey Ships HMS Sh... | Robert of Shrewsbury (died 1168), abbot of Shrewsbury Abbey Tom Shrewsbury (born 1995), English cricketer William Shrewsbury (1795-1866), British Methodist minister William Shrewsbury (cricketer) (1854–1931), English cricketer Places Australia Shrewsbury Rock, Queensland Canada Shrewsbury, Ontario Shrewsbury, Quebec Ir... |
Texas Plains Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania The Plains, Ohio The Plains, Virginia Elsewhere Plains, North Lanarkshire, Scotland The Plains, New South Wales, Australia Other uses Plains (album), by George Winston, 1999 Plains Indians, indigenous tribes living on the | Places Great Plains, sometimes simply "the Plains", in America and Canada United States Plains, Georgia Plains, Kansas Plains, Michigan Plains, Montana Plains Airport |
between 1960 (Glyndebourne Festival with Joan Sutherland which was recorded) and 1969 when Weinstock's account ends. However, he does include a section on performances from the 19th century forward at the Royal Opera House in London up to Joan Sutherland's 1964 assumption of the role of Elvira. The article's "Recording... | theatrical experience" and suggests that some of that experience had been "acquired from Romani." Continuing to work on the yet-unnamed I puritani, Bellini moved from central Paris, and at some time in the late Spring (specific date unknown) Bellini wrote to Pepoli to remind him that he should bring his work with him t... |
mother, has Philip's last wife Eurydice, her infant daughter and her influential uncle, Attalus, killed. Alexander immediately has Amyntas IV, son of King Perdiccas III and cousin of Alexander, executed. Alexander puts down a rebellion in Macedonia and crushes the rebellious Illyrians. He then appears at the gates of T... | and his mother, Olympias, flee to Epirus, with Alexander later moving to Illyria. However, shortly afterward, father and son are reconciled and Alexander returns; but his position as heir is tenuous. Macedonian troops, commanded by Parmenion, trusted lieutenant of Philip II, arrive in Asia Minor, but are driven back by... |
flat nose model, but also mini-vans which for the American market have generally evolved to the long-wheelbase front-wheel drive form factor. The Nissan Prairie and Mitsubishi Chariot as well as microvans that fulfill kei car regulations, are popular for small business. The term is also used to describe full-fledged st... | a caravan, which in the U.S. is referred to as a travel trailer. The British term people mover is also used in Australian English to describe a passenger van. The American usage of van that describes a cargo box trailer or semi-trailer is used rarely, if ever, in Australia. India In India, the van is one of the most co... |
and Irish set dancing (although most people in Scotland use the terms 'cèilidh dancing' or 'country dancing' interchangeably, with 'country dancing' often being taught in schools and later used at 'cèilidh' events). This is due to the combination of some of these dance forms in early Country dance forms and later cross... | (English) country dance formations with Highland music and footwork. It has become the national ballroom dance form of Scotland, partly because "Caledonian Country Dances" became popular in upper-class London society in the decades after the Jacobite rising of 1745. When it first became popular around the 18th century,... |
Asia, several American countries and a great Erasmus experience within more than 15 European countries. Language The language spoken in Jaén is the official language of Spain, Spanish. The variety of Spanish spoken in this province displays some of the characteristics of Andalusian speech, such as dropping of final -s ... | are known as Jienenses. History The area was populated since ancient times, with remains of city walls in the site in the north of the city reportedly dating back in time to the Chalcolithic, roughly four millennia ago. Known by Roman sources as Aurgi (), similar names such as , , are also identified as referring to th... |
shore of Lake Van. Van has a long history as a major urban area. It has been a large city since the first millennium BC, initially as Tushpa, the capital of the kingdom of Urartu from the 9th century BC to the 6th century BC, and later as the center of the Armenian kingdom of Vaspurakan. Turkic presence in Van and in t... | which came as a result after the end of the war. They first made Van into a sanjak dependent on the Erzurum eyalet, and later into a separate Van eyalet in about 1570. In 1604, the Safavids under king Abbas the Great recaptured Van alongside other swaths of lost territories in Eastern Anatolia. However, Ottoman control... |
to job which was a cheap way of experiencing adventures beyond the "boredom and bondage of village life". The number of transient homeless people increased markedly in the U.S. after the industrial recession of the early 1870s. Initially, the term "tramp" had a broad meaning, and was often used to refer to migrant work... | the late 19th century in the United States. Lew Bloom claimed he was "the first stage tramp in the business". Meaning promiscuous woman Perhaps because female tramps were often regarded as prostitutes, the term "tramp" when used for females came to be used to refer to a promiscuous woman. This is largely an Americanism... |
of Power, in association with the Dwarven-smith Narvi. The temple was at a place called Dwarf's Hill. Magical rings occur in classical legend, in the form of Plato's Ring of Gyges which grants the power of invisibility to its wearer, though there is no suggestion that this influenced Tolkien. He was certainly influence... | in an ambush, and the Ring was lost for centuries. During this time, the Elves were able to use the Three Rings, while the Nine given to the leaders of Men corrupted their wearers and turned them into the Nazgûl. The Seven given to the Dwarves failed to subject them directly to Sauron's will, but ignited a sense of ava... |
women meet in a department store and begin a passionate affair. Believing that Brandel's disclosure that she was homosexual, along with the publication of The Price of Salt, would hurt her professionally, Highsmith had an unsuccessful affair with Arthur Koestler in 1950, designed to hide her homosexuality. In early Sep... | – March 12, 1991). The couple divorced ten days before their daughter's birth. In 1927, Highsmith, her mother and her adoptive stepfather, artist Stanley Highsmith, whom her mother had married in 1924, moved to New York City. When she was 12 years old, Highsmith was sent to Fort Worth and lived with her maternal grandm... |
Pippin. A major theme of palantír usage is that while the stones show real objects or events, those using the stones had to "possess great strength of will and of mind" to direct the stone's gaze to its full capability. For others attempting to use the palantír, the stones were often an unreliable guide to action, sinc... | changing the viewpoint of its vision, whereas the major stones could be turned on their axis. A wielder of great power such as Sauron could dominate a weaker user through the stone, which was the experience of Pippin Took and Saruman. Even one as powerful as Sauron could not make the palantíri "lie", or create false im... |
Slovenia αMT appeared on the Decree on Classification of Illicit Drugs in Slovenia (2013). Lithuania In Lithuania (2012), αMT is controlled as a tryptamine derivative put under control in the 1st list of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances which use is prohibited for medical purposes. Spain αMT is legal in Spain... | China. Denmark In Denmark (2010), the Danish Minister for the Interior and Health placed αMT to their lists of controlled substances (List B). Canada Canada has no mention of αMT in the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act. Germany αMT is listed under the Narcotics Act in schedule 1 (narcotics not eligible for trade and... |
Soaring may refer to: Gliding, in which pilots fly unpowered aircraft known as gliders or sailplanes Lift (soaring), a meteorological phenomenon used as an energy source by some aircraft and birds | Walt Disney parks Soaring (album) a 1973 Big Band jazz album by Don Ellis See also Bird flight Flying and gliding animals Dynamic |
would be joined. Elwing chose to be one of the Elves. Eärendil would have rather been one of the Men; however, for the sake of his wife, he chose to be one of the Elves also. His ship, Vingilot (Quenya: Vingilótë), was placed in the heavens, and he sailed it "even into the starless voids", but he returned at sunrise or... | Black, greatest of the dragons. Ancalagon fell on to Thangorodrim and broke its towers. The Valar won the battle, destroying the dragons and the pits of Angband, captured Morgoth, and took the two remaining Silmarils from his crown. Family tree Concept and creation The beginning of Tolkien's mythology Humphrey Carpente... |
literally "New Norwegian", used by 10–15% of the population of Norway The Norwegian Sea Norwegian or may also refer to: Norwegian Norwegian Air Shuttle, an airline, trading as Norwegian Norwegian Long Haul, a defunct subsidiary of Norwegian Air Shuttle, flying long-haul flights Norwegian Air Lines, a former airline, me... | including the two official written forms: Bokmål, literally "book language", used by 85–90% of the population of Norway Nynorsk, literally "New Norwegian", used by 10–15% of the population of Norway The Norwegian Sea Norwegian or may also refer to: Norwegian Norwegian Air Shuttle, an airline, trading as Norwegian Norwe... |
(skeleton), a cluster of articulating bones in each foot Tarsus (eyelids), elongated plate of dense connective tissue in each eyelid The distal segment of an arthropod leg see The lower leg of a bird, also known as tarsometatarsus Places Tarsus, Mersin, ancient and modern city | leg of a bird, also known as tarsometatarsus Places Tarsus, Mersin, ancient and modern city in Turkey (former region of Cilicia) Tarsus (West Syriac Diocese), a Syrian Orthodox archdiocese, attested between the seventh and thirteenth centuries Tarsus Waterfall, on the outskirts of the |
into two. Development The carpal bones are ossified endochondrally (from within the cartilage) and the ossific centers appear only after birth. The formation of these centers roughly follows a chronological spiral pattern starting in the capitate and hamate during the first year of life. The ulnar bones are then ossifi... | carpal bones. Radial abduction is produced by (in order of importance) extensor carpi radialis longus, abductor pollicis longus, extensor pollicis longus, flexor carpi radialis, and flexor pollicis longus. Ulnar adduction causes a tilting or dorsal shifting of the proximal row of carpal bones. It is produced by extenso... |
have profound influence on Cambridge and in the scientific world in general. But, at the time, the Cambridge University Senate were wary of his appointment. Bartlett wrote: "how many times have I heard Rivers, spectacles waving in the air, his face lit by his transforming smile, tell how, in Senatorial discussion, an a... | is indulging. In order, to eliminate "all possible effects of suggestion, sensory stimulation and interest", Rivers ensured that the substances were disguised so that he could not ascertain, in any instance, whether he was taking a drug or a control substance. This was the first experiment of its kind to use this doubl... |
the modes. Many of the pieces reference Greek mythology. The collection, compiled under the patronage of Anne de Chambré, also contains engravings after Le Sueur, Abraham Bosse and Robert de Nanteuil. Two other collections, Pièces de luth sur trois différens modes nouveaux (c.1669) and Livre de tablature [...] de Mr. G... | of dance suites for the lute. In general, Gaultier was a masterful melodist, effortlessly writing graceful melodic lines with clear phrase structures, but his music is less inventive harmonically than that of some other French lutenists of the era, such as René Mesangeau or Pierre Dubut. Three published collections of ... |
download manager which supports downloading files from sites using the RMP (RealJukebox) download process. Zinf was also notable for handling all audio files based on their metadata (Author, Album, Song Title), and hiding more-technical details like actual locations and file names (but these features are now standard i... | "AMP" is a trademark of PlayMedia Systems, Inc. History/Funding The FreeAmp project was originally funded by EMusic, who paid the salaries of 3 developers working on the player. Later, Relatable joined EMusic to help support continued development. In January 2001, after 2 years of funding the project EMusic pulled thei... |
a lamp at the top of her tower to guide his way. Succumbing to Leander's soft words and to his argument that Aphrodite, as the goddess of love and sex, would scorn the worship of a virgin, Hero succumbed to his charms and they made love. Their secret love affair lasted through a warm summer. They had agreed to part dur... | Schiller wrote the ballad Hero und Leander based on the tale. Franz Liszt's Ballade No. 2 in B Minor was most likely inspired by Schiller and other Romanticists adaptation and interest in the myth. Georg Friedrich Handel's 1707 solo cantata in Italian, Ero e Leandro (HWV 150), is based on the tale. Victor Herbert compo... |
Atlas, which was similar to the one that was to carry them into orbit. A few minutes after liftoff, it spectacularly exploded, lighting up the night sky. The astronauts were stunned. Shepard turned to Glenn and said: "Well, I'm glad they got that out of the way." Freedom 7 Faced with intense competition from the other ... | scrambled eggs with his backup, John Glenn, and flight surgeon William K. Douglas. He was helped into his space suit by suit technician Joseph W. Schmitt, and boarded the transfer van at 03:55. He ascended the gantry at 05:15, and entered the spacecraft five minutes later. It was expected that lift off would occur in a... |
in initial position (several letters appearing in the same box have identical pronunciation). Note how the conventional alphabetic order shown in the table above follows roughly the table below, reading the coloured blocks from right to left and top to bottom. Pronunciation of Thai characters in initial position Althou... | has become obsolete, but can still be seen in Thai literature. The pronunciation below is indicated by the International Phonetic Alphabet and the Romanisation according to the Royal Thai Institute as well as several variant Romanisations often encountered. A very approximate equivalent is given for various regions of ... |
his room to pay their last respects. Such was his reputation for holiness that they stripped away anything to serve as a relic. The city magistrates, who had previously considered him a nuisance for his persistent advocacy on behalf of the slaves, ordered a public funeral and he was buried with pomp and ceremony. The e... | his life: "I must dedicate myself to the service of God until death, on the understanding that I am like a slave." In the New World After he had completed his studies, Claver entered the Society of Jesus in Tarragona at the age of 20. When he had completed the novitiate, he was sent to study philosophy at Palma, Mallor... |
North Northamptonshire consists of Corby, East Northamptonshire, Kettering and Wellingborough districts. These new authorities came into being on 1 April 2021. Elections for the new authorities were due to be held on 7 May 2020, but these were delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and took place in May 2021. A year pri... | the Second Battle of Northampton took place during the War of the Roses in the meadows between the River Nene and Delapré Abbey. The Yorkists defeated the Lancastrians and King Henry VI was taken prisoner. In 1484, the Mayor declared that Northampton was "in great desolation and ruin". The dissolution of the monasterie... |
The Newcomes, called Colonel Newcome (1906), among others. Tree staged many contemporary verse dramas by Stephen Phillips and others, including Herod (1900), Ulysses (1902), Nero (1906) and Faust (1908). Adaptations of classic foreign plays included Beethoven by Louis Parker, an adaptation of the play by René Fauchois ... | Marcari in Called Back by Hugh Conway. The contrast between this dashing Italian spy and his timid parson in Hawtrey's play, showed his versatility as a character actor. Other appearances over the next two years included roles in revivals of A. W. Pinero's The Magistrate and W. S. Gilbert's Engaged. In 1886, he played ... |
the Clans/Wedding Ceremony ‡ Ensemble Wedding Dance/The Sword Dance and Reel ‡ Harry and Ensemble Act II The Chase – Ensemble There But for You Go I – Tommy Steps Stately † Drunken Reel † Glen Scene Opening/My Mother's Wedding Day – Meg and Ensemble Dance – Ensemble Funeral (Traditional Piobrochead) – Maggie From This ... | he thanks for "postponing the miracle". When Tommy asks what that means, Fiona shushes him and leads him away as Charlie celebrates the end of his bachelorhood ("Go Home with Bonnie Jean"). Tommy tells Fiona that he has a fiancée, Jane, in New York, but he's in no hurry to marry her, and Fiona reveals that she likes To... |
Hollywood, he later became a featured player in many Hollywood crime and mystery films. In his initial American films, Mad Love and Crime and Punishment (both 1935), he continued to play murderers, but he was then cast playing Mr. Moto, the Japanese detective, in a B-picture series. From 1941 to 1946, he mainly worked ... | Rathbone in Son of Frankenstein (1939) starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi. Lorre declined the role because he thought his menacing parts were now behind him, although he was ill at this time. He had tested successfully in 1937 for the role of Quasimodo in an aborted MGM version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame, accor... |
a screenwriter and director. From 1971 to 1986, she had a long-term relationship with actor Timothy Dalton, with whom she had appeared in the film Mary, Queen of Scots (1971). Redgrave later reunited with Franco Nero, and they married on 31 December 2006. Carlo Nero directed Redgrave in The Fever (2004), a film adaptat... | for The Year of Magical Thinking and Driving Miss Daisy. Redgrave made her film debut starring opposite her father in the medical drama Behind the Mask (1958), and rose to prominence with the satire Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment (1966), which garnered her first of her six Academy Award nominations, winning Best... |
by Johann Anton Leisewitz. Fiesco (Die Verschwörung des Fiesco zu Genua): Intrigue and Love (Kabale und Liebe): The aristocratic Ferdinand von Walter wishes to marry Luise Miller, the bourgeois daughter of the city's music instructor. Court politics involving the duke's beautiful but conniving mistress Lady Milford and... | cure himself. While at the Karlsschule, Schiller read Rousseau and Goethe and discussed Classical ideals with his classmates. At school, he wrote his first play, The Robbers, which dramatizes the conflict between two aristocratic brothers: the elder, Karl Moor, leads a group of rebellious students into the Bohemian for... |
Directed by Paulette Pax. With Pierre Fresnay, Paulette Pax, Marie Reinhardt. Mandarine. Théâtre de l'Athénée: 17 January 1933. Directed by Gérard Batbedat. With Paul Lalloz, Milly Mathis, Madeleine Ozeray. Y'avait un prisonnier. Théâtre des Ambassadeurs: 21 March 1935. Presented by Marie Bell. With Aimé Clariond, Marg... | stage but also composed poetry, novels, or essays. Nevertheless, he remained prolific, consistently producing and publishing performance works for more than fifty years. Anouilh's early works were "naturalistic studies of a sordid and corrupt world." Many of these plays present the reader with the striking and inescapa... |
of 19.5% at the root tapering to 12% at the tip. The wing possessed great structural strength, provided plenty of room for fuel tanks and a heavy armament, while allowing the aircraft to be a steady gun platform. Each of the inner wings incorporated two fuel tanks; the "main" tanks, housed in a bay outboard and to the ... | the Hurricane before it. Although the Typhoon was expected to achieve over in level flight at 20,000 ft, the thick wings created a large drag rise and prevented higher speeds than the 410 mph at achieved in tests. The climb rate and performance above that level was also considered disappointing. When the Typhoon was di... |
March 6, Elijah Muhammad gave a radio address that Clay would be renamed Muhammad (one who is worthy of praise) Ali (most high). Around that time Ali moved to the south side of Chicago and lived in a series of houses, always near the Nation of Islam's Mosque Maryam or Elijah Muhammad's residence. He stayed in Chicago f... | regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated sports figures of the 20th century, and is frequently ranked as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time. In 1999, he was named Sportsman of the Century by Sports Illustrated and the Sports Personality of the Century by the BBC. Born and raised in Louisville, Ken... |
a note published at the end of The Fellowship of the Ring, and later drew a cover illustration, both of which identified the pair as Minas Morgul and Orthanc. In the illustration, Orthanc is shown as a black tower, three-horned, with the sign of the White Hand beside it; Minas Morgul is a white tower, with a thin wanin... | often untitled. In letters to Rayner Unwin, Tolkien considered naming the two as Orthanc and Barad-dûr, Minas Tirith and Barad-dûr, or Orthanc and the Tower of Cirith Ungol. However, a month later, he wrote a note published at the end of The Fellowship of the Ring, and later drew a cover illustration, both of which ide... |
by the Dark Lord Sauron. Title and publication Tolkien conceived of The Lord of the Rings as a single work comprising six "books" plus extensive appendices. In 1953, he proposed titles for the six books to his publisher, Rayner Unwin; Book Five was to be The War of the Ring, while Book Six was to be The End of the Thir... | UK. Contents Some editions of the volume contain a synopsis for readers who have not read the earlier volumes. The body of the volume consists of books five and six. Book six has variously been titled The Return of the King (clashing with the title of the third volume) and The End of the Third Age, though in many editi... |
for more than six months and would be accompanied with much rain and fog, impeding movement. But due to tribal rivalries many families would guard their cemeteries and put restrictions on who was buried in them. Across Baha, burial grounds have been constructed in different ways. Some cemeteries consist of underground ... | usually possible to purchase (or pay a deposit) to reserve the use of adjacent niches for other family members. The use of adjacent niches (vertically or horizontally) usually permits a larger plaque spanning all the niches involved, which provides more space for the writing. As with graves, there may be separate colum... |
umbrella of the theory of justification. Part of epistemology, this theory attempts to understand the justification of propositions and beliefs. Epistemologists are concerned with various epistemic features of belief, which include the ideas of justification, warrant, rationality, and probability. Of these four terms, ... | ideas of perfection, are those ideas we have as a result of mental processes that are beyond what experience can directly or indirectly provide. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz defends the idea of innate concepts by suggesting the mind plays a role in determining the nature of concepts, to explain this, he likens the mind to... |
to begin a third. Melkor tries to corrupt this theme with the volume of his music, but it is powerful enough to prevent him from succeeding. Ilúvatar ends the music, chastises Melkor and leaves the Ainur to their thoughts. The deity takes the Ainur to see how music, at the end of the Void, created Arda. When the third ... | Book of Lost Tales 1. Synopsis The "Ainulindalë" recounts the creation of Arda by the deity Eru Ilúvatar. The story begins with a description of the Ainur as "children of Ilúvatar's thought". They are taught the art of music, which becomes the subject of their immortal lives. The Ainur sing alone or in small groups abo... |
royal favour, but the 9th earl was reinstated in the 1530s. The brief revolt by his son "Silken Thomas" in 1534–35 served in the following decades to hasten the Tudor conquest of Ireland, in which Dublin and the surviving Pale were used as the crown's main military base. A book A Perambulation of Leinster, Meath, and L... | own areas. The Lordship controlled by the English king shrank accordingly, and as parts of its perimeter in counties Meath and Kildare were fenced or ditched, it became known as the Pale, deriving from the Latin word palus, a stake, or, synecdochically, a fence. Parts can still be seen west of Clane on the grounds of w... |
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