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101 inhabitants per square kilometre. The overall life expectancy in Albania at birth is 78 years. The total fertility rate of 1.70 children per mother is one of the lowest in the world. In 2016, the population of Albania was about 2,89 million, comprising 1,447 million male and 1,443 female persons. There were 38,003 ... | of about 0.3 percent per year, caused by emigration. In the 2001 Census, the population declined to 3,023,000 from almost 3.3 million in 1990. The latest census in Albania was scheduled for April 2011, and the results will be published in the following months. The permanent population of Albania at the 2011 census had ... |
Movement, the Afro-Asian People's Solidarity Organization, etc. – were meant to include all the developing and anti-imperialist countries, and Algeria intended to play a major role in its development. This role is perfectly summarized by Amilcar Cabral’s – leader of the African Party for the Independence of Guinea and ... | to see itself as a full actor in the Cold War and not simply a bystander caught in a crossfire between the Western and Eastern blocks. Moreover, Algeria played a central role in the creation of the Third World as a global political project, using its position at the intersection of international agendas – notably betwe... |
(2020-25 est.) Sex ratio At birth: 1.07 male(s)/female Under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.12 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 1.03 male(s)/female Total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2020 est.) Infant mortality rate Total: 3.5 deaths/1... | World Factbook demographic statistics The following demographic statistics are from the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated. Population 85,645 (July 2021 est.) country comparison to the world: 199 Age structure 0-14 years: 13.37% (male 5,901/female 5,551) 15-24 years: 10.16% (male 4,474/female 4,227) 25-54 y... |
of the Catalan city of La Seu d'Urgell, currently Joan Enric Vives i Sicilia. As neither prince lives in Andorra, their role is almost entirely ceremonial. In 1981, the Executive Council, consisting of the Cap de Govern (head of government) and seven ministers, was established. Every four years, after the general elect... | are chosen by the General Council to implement its decisions. They serve three-year terms and may be reappointed once. They receive an annual salary. Sindics have virtually no discretionary powers, and all policy decisions must be approved by the Council as a whole. Judicial branch The judicial system is independent. C... |
was promoted with a worldwide concert tour by Springsteen. Born in the U.S.A. became his most commercially successful album and one of the highest-selling records ever, having sold 30 million copies by 2012. It has also been cited by critics as one of the greatest albums of all time. The album received a nomination for... | It is impossible to separate them from the songs that comprised the album Nebraska; all but one of the January 1982 Nebraska demos were recorded with the E Street Band during April–May. The decision to create Nebraska from the demos came after these sessions. At one point, Springsteen considered combining both sources ... |
EU Customs Union and is treated as an EU member for trade in manufactured goods (no tariffs). Statistics GDP: purchasing power parity - US$3.66 billion (2007) country comparison to the world: 168 GDP - real growth rate: 2% (2007 est.) country comparison to the world: 163 GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - US$4... | finance, retail, and tourism. The country's gross domestic product (GDP) was US$3.66 billion in 2007. Attractive for shoppers from France and Spain as a free port, Andorra also has developed active summer and winter tourist resorts. With some 270 hotels and 400 restaurants, as well as many shops, the tourist trade empl... |
at Encamp and on Pic Blanc. Radios: 16,000 (1997) Television Television broadcast stations: 1 (2007) Televisions: 27,000 (1997) As announced on 25 September 2007 all analogue transmissions ceased. Television services are now provided by Televisió Digital Terrestre (TDT), which as well as broadcasting the one Andorran c... | been mostly replaced throughout the country by ADSL at a fixed speed of 2 Mbit/s, and in metropolitan areas of the country by fibre to the home at a fixed speed of 100 Mbit/s. The whole country was to have Fibre-Optic to the Home at a minimum speed of 100 Mbit/s by 2010, and the availability was complete in June 2012 a... |
times. There are frequent long-distance bus services from Andorra to Barcelona and Barcelona Airport, and also to Toulouse and Toulouse Airport, in each case taking approximately 3 hours. Bus routes also serve Girona Airport and Portugal via Lleida. Bus services are mostly run by private companies, but some local ones ... | , of which are paved, leaving of unpaved road. The main road to the north (France) goes through the Envalira pass, which is high but nevertheless open all year round as it has a tunnel as well. The two main roads out of Andorra la Vella are the CG-1 to the Spanish border, and the CG-2 to the French border via the Enval... |
Europe, World Tourism Organization, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Customs Cooperation Council (CCC), and Interpol. Since 1991, Andorra has had a special agreement with the European Union. Disputes - international: none Bilateral relations List of countries which have diplomatic relations w... | the ratification of the constitution in 1993, Andorra has moved to become an active member of the international community. In July 1993, Andorra established its first diplomatic mission in the world to the United Nations. Foreign affairs are supervised by the Ministry of External Affairs (Catalan: Ministeri d'Afers Ext... |
to support the labor requirements. Vital statistics Ethnic groups Languages English (official). The 2001 census found 11,329 were capable of carrying a conversation in English, and 101 were not. 82 of those spoke Spanish as a first language, 7 spoke Chinese. The 2001 census found one heptalingual person, 13 pentalingua... | Kitts & Nevis, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica and Nigeria. 2006 and 2007 saw an influx of large numbers of Chinese, Indian, and Mexican workers, brought in as labor for major tourist developments due to the local population not being large enough to support the labor requirements. Vital statistics Ethnic groups Langua... |
officio members and 2 nominated members. The suffrage is from 18 years. Anguilla has a multi-party system. Political parties and elections Judicial branch The courts of Anguilla are: The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London; this is Anguilla's final appeal court. The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, includ... | Anguilla has a multi-party system. Political parties and elections Judicial branch The courts of Anguilla are: The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London; this is Anguilla's final appeal court. The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, including: the Court of Appeal, and the High Court, based in Anguilla. Anguill... |
longer work, the third stanza can then begin in the left-hand column as an "opposite" or a phonetic correspondence to what preceded it in the right-hand column. Then the fourth stanza might be an "opposite" or sound correspondence to what preceded it in the left-hand column, and so forth. When the poem is completed, th... | been the chief surrealist method from the founding of surrealism to the present day. One of the oddest uses of automatic writing by a great writer was that of W. B. Yeats ; his wife, a spiritualist, practised it, and Yeats put large chunks of it into his prose work, A Vision and much of his later poetry, but Yeats was ... |
island of Anguilla measures only long by wide, so transport is simpler than in many countries. There is no public transport, such as bus or rail systems, since there isn't enough need. However, Anguilla's roads are better maintained than on many Caribbean islands. Cars are the main means of transport, with driving on t... | so transport is simpler than in many countries. There is no public transport, such as bus or rail systems, since there isn't enough need. However, Anguilla's roads are better maintained than on many Caribbean islands. Cars are the main means of transport, with driving on the left-hand side of the road, as in the United... |
Blue Jacaranda Camphor laurel Cape Chestnut Carob tree Chinese elm Coastal Coral Tree European beech Honey locust Golden Ash Golden rain tree Holm oak Hopea odorata Hill's weeping fig Indian horse-chestnut Japanese elm London plane Moreton bay fig Norway maple Oriental plane Palestine oak Pepper tree Port Jackson Fig R... | are popular choices as shade trees. In tropical countries, trees such as some Erythrina and African tulip tree species are often planted as shade trees. Species These trees are commonly grown, and/or used, as shade trees due to their protuberant size: American ash American elm American sycamore Austrian oak Brush box B... |
decay is not considered. Lighter isotopes of tennessine may be produced in the 243Am+50Ti reaction, which was considered as a contingency plan by the Dubna team in 2008 if 249Bk proved unavailable, and was considered again for study in 2017–2018 to investigate the properties of nuclear reactions with a titanium-50 beam... | Chemistry Division; formal acceptance was set to occur after a five-months term following publishing of the declaration expires. In November 2016, the names, including tennessine, were formally accepted. Concerns that the proposed symbol Ts may clash with a notation for the tosyl group used in organic chemistry were re... |
Crabb Hill, Johnson Point, Urlings, Old Road. 50 - Valley Rd, Vivian Richards Street, Independence Drive, Bishopgate Street, Cross Street, Dickenson Bay Street, Villa, Yorks. 20 - Valley Road, Golden Grove, Big Creek, Ebenezer, Jennings, Bolans. 10 - Valley Rd, Joseph's Lane, All Saints Road, Bendals. 61 1 Valley Road,... | Road, Bendals. 61 1 Valley Road, Federation Road, Gray's Farm. Greenbay, Five Islands. Tourists are allowed to rent cars, provided they have a valid driver's license from their home country. They must first purchase a temporary driver's licence, which can often be arranged through rental agencies. Several ports and har... |
cultivars has been released since 2000 by the Institute of Plant Protection in Florence, most commonly featuring crosses of the Dutch cultivar 'Plantijn' with the Siberian Elm to produce resistant trees better adapted to the Mediterranean climate. Cautions regarding novel cultivars Elms take many decades to grow to mat... | but when their topmost branches saw far off the ruins of Troy, they immediately withered, so great still was the bitterness of the hero buried below, who had been loved by Laodamia and slain by Hector. The story is the subject of a poem by Antiphilus of Byzantium (1st century AD) in the Palatine Anthology: Θεσσαλὲ Πρωτ... |
statistics according to the World Population Review. One birth every 42 seconds One death every 2 minutes One net migrant every 111 minutes Net gain of one person every 1 minutes Demographic statistics according to the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated. Population 44,293,293 (July 2017 est.) Ethnic groups ... | 77.3 years. Country comparison to the world: 74th male: 74.2 years female: 80.6 years (2017 est.) Infant mortality rate total: 9.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2018 est.) male: 10.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2018 est.) female: 8.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2018 est.) Languages Spanish (official), Italian, English, German,... |
of them operate only in certain districts. In the years after Perón's first years in office, several provincial parties emerged, often as a vehicle for the continued activities of Peronists, whose party was then banned, or as coalitions of politicians from all sectors wishing to take forward provincial interests. Provi... | others with different jurisdictions, and a Supreme Court with five judges, appointed by the President with approval of the Senate, who may be deposed by Congress. Provincial and municipal governments Argentina is divided into 23 Provinces, the equivalent of States, and one autonomous district, CABA, inside the Buenos A... |
might be run by different private companies and/or by the municipal state, and they might be painted in different colours for easier identification. The city of Buenos Aires has in recent years been expanding its Metrobus BRT system to complement its existing Underground network and it is estimated that, along with oth... | government ordered 1000 freight wagons from Argentine state-owned company Fabricaciones Militares, while the deal with China included the purchase of 100 locomotives and 3,500 carriages from the country. This investment was doubled to US$4.8 billion in September 2015. A map of the existing freight network in Argentina ... |
governments of Australia refer to the Christian God in their ceremonies, as do the various Australian Courts. In the 2016 census, 52.1% of Australians were Christian, 30.1% had no religion, 8.2% followed other religions, and 9.6% did not answer the question. In an optional question on the 2016 Census, 52.1% of the Aust... | for Great Britain in 1770; the west coast was later settled by Britain also. At that time, the indigenous population was estimated to have been between 315,000 and 750,000, divided into as many as 500 tribes speaking many different languages. Between 1788 and the Second World War, the vast majority of settlers and immi... |
roads is that the Australian rail network has not been sufficiently developed for a lot of the freight and passenger requirements in most areas of Australia. This has meant that goods that would otherwise be transported by rail are moved across Australia via road trains. Almost every household owns at least one car, an... | 3,719 km broad gauge, 15,422 km standard gauge, 14,506 km narrow gauge and 172 km dual gauge. Rail transport started in the various colonies on different dates. Privately owned railways started the first lines, and struggled to succeed on a remote, huge, and sparsely populated continent, and government railways dominat... |
of Austria. According to the 2001 population census, 88.6% are native German speakers (96% Austro-Bavarian dialects and 4% Alemanic dialects) while the remaining 11.4% speak several minority languages. The non-German speakers of Austria can be divided into two groups: traditional minorities, who are related to territor... | the population of Austria. According to the 2001 population census, 88.6% are native German speakers (96% Austro-Bavarian dialects and 4% Alemanic dialects) while the remaining 11.4% speak several minority languages. The non-German speakers of Austria can be divided into two groups: traditional minorities, who are rela... |
since 1987 it has continuously been in government, its leader Wolfgang Schüssel serving as Chancellor between 2000 and 2007. It finds support from farmers, large and small business owners, and lay Catholic groups, but also from voters without party affiliation, with strongholds in the rural regions of Austria. In the n... | of office. Former president Heinz Fischer was elected for a second term on 25 April 2010. He was succeeded by President Alexander Van der Bellen, who was elected on 4 December 2016. The office of the Federal President is largely ceremonial, although the constitution allows the president to dismiss the cabinet as a whol... |
of expressways) A1 (Westautobahn) A2 (Südautobahn) A3 (Südostautobahn) A4 (Ostautobahn) A5 (Nordautobahn, planned) A6 (Nordostautobahn) A7 (Mühlkreisautobahn) A8 (Innkreisautobahn) A9 (Pyhrnautobahn) A10 (Tauernautobahn) A11 (Karawankenautobahn) A12 (Inntalautobahn) A13 (Brennerautobahn) A14 (Rheintalautobahn) A21 (Wie... | infrastructure in the country of Austria. Railways total: 6,123 km (3,523 km electrified) standard gauge: 5,639 km gauge (3,429 km electrified). narrow gauge: 507 km (23 km gauge, 13 km gauge, 468 km gauge - 94 km electrified, and 3 km gauge). The national railway system of Austria is the Österreichische Bundesbahnen, ... |
population In thousands Notes about table To see the effect of periodical events on the population period until 1950 is not given in decades. 9,047,000 (2010) Vital statistics Current vital statistics Prediction of Azerbaijan population Structure of the population Structure of the population (01.01.2021) (Estimates): F... | world: 69 Male: 27.47 deaths/1,000 live births Female: 25.76 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.) Life expectancy at birth Total population: 71.91 years Country comparison to the world: 141 Male: 68.92 years Female: 75.26 years (2014 est.) Total fertility rate 2.04 children born/woman (2009 est.) 1.92 children born/wom... |
President and the Prime Minister is nominated by the President and confirmed by the National Assembly of Azerbaijan. Presidential term is 7 years. The President appoints all cabinet-level government administrators (ministers, heads of other central executive bodies) and heads of local executive bodies. Since 2008, the ... | Cabinet include drafting the state budget and presenting it to the president, executing the budget, implementing state economic and social programs, securing financial and credit and monetary policy, managing ministries and other executive bodies of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Judicial branch Judicial power is administ... |
Net gain of one person every 131 minutes Demographic statistics according to the CIA World Factbook, unless otherwise indicated. Population 332,634 (July 2018 est.) Ethnic groups black 90.6%, white 4.7%, black and white 2.1%, other 1.9%, unspecified 0.7% (2010 est.) note: data represent population by racial group Age s... | between the ages of 5 and 16. There are 158 public schools and 52 private schools in the Bahamas catering to more than 66,000 students. The College of the Bahamas, established in Nassau in 1974, provides programmes leading to associate's degrees and bachelor's degrees; the college is now converting from a two-year to a... |
|28 June 2019 |- |Prime Minister |Philip Davis |Progressive Liberal Party |17 September 2021 |} Legislative branch The House of Assembly consists of 38 members, elected from individual constituencies for five-year terms. As under the Westminster system, the government may dissolve the parliament and call elections at a... | in the parliament. general election|in 2002]], when the PLP returned to power under Perry Christie. Ingraham returned to power from 2007 to 2012, followed by Christie again from 2012 to 2017. With economic growth faltering, Bahamians re-elected the FNM in 2017, with Hubert Minnis becoming the fourth prime minister. In ... |
Harbour Cruise Facility in Freeport and Nassau harbour's Prince George Wharf are built specifically to handle multiple modern cruise ships at one time. Additionally, several major cruise line corporations have each purchased an uninhabited island which they now operate as private island destinations available exclusive... | the island will need to clear customs first, but boatsmen can enter any of the following ports of entry and harbours in The Bahamas: Abaco Islands: Green Turtle Cay, Marsh Harbour, Spanish Cay, Treasure Cay, or Walker's Cay Berry Islands: Chub Cay and Great Harbour Cay Bimini: Alice Town Cat Cays: Hawksnest Marina Eleu... |
lying in the Persian Gulf's Gulf of Bahrain off the north shore of Asia's Arabian Peninsula. Bahrain's capital city is Manama. The islands are about off the east coast of Saudi Arabia and from Qatar. The total area of the country is about , about four times the size of the District of Columbia. Bahrain Island accounts ... | and a relatively mild winter. During the summer months, from April to October, afternoon temperatures average and can reach during May, June and July. The combination of intense heat and high humidity makes this season uncomfortable. In addition, a hot, dry southwest wind, known locally as the qaws, periodically blows ... |
population. Population Population census Population estimates on July 1 Vital statistics UN estimates Registered data Ministry of Health Statistics Birth registration of Bahrain is available from 1976, death registration started in 1990. Between 1976 and 2011 the number of baby births roughly doubled but the birth rate... | Vital statistics UN estimates Registered data Ministry of Health Statistics Birth registration of Bahrain is available from 1976, death registration started in 1990. Between 1976 and 2011 the number of baby births roughly doubled but the birth rate of babies decreased from 32 to 13 per 1,000. The death rate of Bahrain ... |
freeing all political prisoners and holding parliamentary elections. The first poll was the 2002 Bahraini general election, with MPs serving four‑year terms; the second parliamentary election was the 2006 Bahraini general election. Konungariket Bahrain har styrts av HM King Hamad bin Isa sedan 1999. Al Khalifa-familjen... | March 2006 when twenty municipal councillors, most of whom represented religious parties, went missing in Bangkok on an unscheduled stopover when returning from a conference in Malaysia . After the missing councillors eventually arrived in Bahrain they defended their Bangkok stay, telling journalists it was a "fact-fin... |
is underway to sell off key government assets: utilities, banks, financial services, and telecommunications have started to come under the control of the private sector. As a result, the economy has been well positioned to exploit the extra revenues generated in the region thanks to the sustained high oil prices since ... | attracted by the strong regulatory framework for the industry. According to the International Monetary Fund's Financial System Stability Assessment of Bahrain's financial regulatory environment, published on 6 March 2006, found: The financial system is enjoying strong performance under favorable circumstances, and is l... |
in racemes, not on leafed shoots, short-stalked; fruit not grooved, stone smooth; type species: Prunus laurocerasus (European cherry-laurel) Phylogenetic classification An extensive phylogenetic study based on different chloroplast and nuclear sequences divides Prunus into three subgenera: Subg. Padus: In addition to s... | Prunus fruit are commonly used in processing, such as jam production, canning, drying, and seeds for roasting. Botany Members of the genus can be deciduous or evergreen. A few species have spiny stems. The leaves are simple, alternate, usually lanceolate, unlobed, and often with nectaries on the leaf stalk along with s... |
such as Mahooz, Ghuraifa, Seqaya served as the end of these roads. To the west, a major highway was built that linked Manama to the isolated village port of Budaiya, this highway crossed through the 'green belt' villages of Sanabis, Jidhafs and Duraz. To the south, a road was built that connected Manama to Riffa. The d... | of the first car in 1914. The continuous increase in the number of cars from 395 in 1944, to 3,379 in 1954 and to 18,372 cars in 1970 caused urban development to primarily focus on expanding the road network, widening carriageways and the establishment of more parking spaces. Many tracks previously laid in the pre-oil ... |
bin Saqer Al Noaimi. GCC support Bahrain, in conjunction with its GCC partners has moved to upgrade its defenses in response to the threat posed by the Iran-Iraq and Persian Gulf wars. In 1982, the GCC gave Bahrain $1.7 billion to help improve its defenses. Bahrain's defense spending since 1999 has been steady. The gov... | while Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the BDF. BDF's Chief of Staff is Lieutenant General Theyab bin Saqer Al Noaimi. GCC support Bahrain, in conjunction with its GCC partners has moved to upgrade its defenses in response to the threat posed by the Iran-Iraq and Persian Gulf wars. In 19... |
presumed the victims of Saddam Hussein's secret police. After the liberation of Kuwait, Bahrain and the United States strengthened their already good ties by signing a ten-year agreement in October 1991, which granted American forces access to Bahraini facilities and allowed the U.S. to pre-position war material for fu... | American forces access to Bahraini facilities and allowed the U.S. to pre-position war material for future crises. In July 1995 the U.S. 5th Fleet was established in the Persian Gulf with its headquarters at NSA Bahrain in Manama. In 2003, U.S. President George W. Bush designated Bahrain as a major non-NATO ally. Bahra... |
It is expected to eventually escape Mars's gravity. Solar transits Deimos regularly passes in front of the Sun as seen from Mars. It is too small to cause a total eclipse, appearing only as a small black dot moving across the Sun. Its angular diameter is only about 2.5 times the angular diameter of Venus during a trans... | named after Deimos, the Ancient Greek god and personification of dread and terror, and who is also a son of Ares and Aphrodite and the twin brother of Phobos. Discovery Deimos was discovered by Asaph Hall III at the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. on 12 August 1877, at about 07:48 UTC (given in cont... |
(IPC) International Publishing Company, a former name of TI Media IPC Media, another former name of TI Media Iraq Petroleum Company Institute Pasteur du Cambodge, a health institute in Cambodia Other uses Infection Prevention and Control Indian Penal Code , an index of the Mexican Stock Exchange Information and Privacy... | international trade association for the printed-board and electronics assembly industries IPC Healthcare, US healthcare corporation IPC Systems, a firm providing communication systems for financial markets Immigration Policy Center, the research and policy arm of the American Immigration Council Indian Pentecostal Chur... |
regardless of the number of 'yes' votes or abstentions. Following a lengthy government formation process as a result of the general election held on 9 September 2018, Stefan Löfven of the Swedish Social Democratic Party was re-elected Prime Minister of Sweden for a second term by the new parliament on 18 January 2019, ... | This is to make it possible to govern even in minority. The main functions of the government are to: Present bills to the Riksdag Implement decisions taken by the Riksdag Exercise responsibility for the budget approved by the Riksdag Represent Sweden in the EU Enter into agreements with other states Directing central g... |
well as the International Olympic Committee, who relies on separate member sanctioning bodies representing each Olympic sport). A fifteen-member Governing Board oversees the IPC between meetings of the General Assembly. Dr. Robert D. Steadward became the first President in 1989. Since 2017, Andrew Parsons is President ... | IPC Governing Board consists of 14 members elected at the General Assembly, including the President and Vice President. Twelve members were elected on 8 September 2017 to four-year teams: Andrew Parsons (NPC Brazil), President Duane Kale (NPC New Zealand), Vice President Debra Alexander (International Triathlon Union) ... |
a magazine published by the Royal Statistical Society and the American Statistical Association Significance (policy debate), a stock issue in policy debate Significant figures or significant digits, | Significance (magazine), a magazine published by the Royal Statistical Society and the American Statistical Association Significance (policy debate), a stock issue in policy debate Significant figures or significant digits, |
Witch in the fantasy adventure Clash of the Titans in 1981. Both the BBC and ITV made special programs to celebrate her 80th birthday in 1982, and the BBC ran a short season of her best films. Awards and honours She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress as Angelique Buiton, a Haitian maid, in S... | age of 5, she was taken around by horse and carriage to recite, and to compete in recitations. This established a pattern that remained with her. Robson made her stage debut in 1921. By the 1930s she was appearing in several prominent films both in the UK and in Hollywood, alongside such stars as Laurence Olivier, Paul... |
Limits (1995 TV series), a revival of the older series that aired from 1995 to 2002 Music Outer Limits (band), a Japanese progressive rock band The Outer Limits (band), 1960s English band The Outer Limits (album), a 1993 Voivod album Outerlimits (album), a 1989 Show-Ya album "Outer Limits" (song), the original title of... | band The Outer Limits (album), a 1993 Voivod album Outerlimits (album), a 1989 Show-Ya album "Outer Limits" (song), the original title of the 1963 surf rock instrumental "Out of Limits" by The Marketts Other uses The Outer Limits: Flight of Fear, former name of an |
The early use of these in the black-powder era was soon discontinued due to irregular and unpredictable flight patterns. Pointed bullets Delvigne continued to develop bullet design and by 1830 had started to develop cylindro-conical bullets. His bullet designs were improved by Francois Tamisier with the addition of "ba... | comparatively easy fabrication of bullets. Lead: Simple cast, extruded, swaged, or otherwise fabricated lead slugs are the simplest form of bullets. At speeds of greater than 300 m/s (1,000 ft/s) (common in most handguns), lead is deposited in rifled bores at an ever-increasing rate. Alloying the lead with a small perc... |
Nebula Award for Best Short Story. See also The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume One, 1929-1964, the best short stories from before the awarding of the Nebulas. References Science | for Best Short Story. See also The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume One, 1929-1964, the best short stories from before the awarding of the Nebulas. References Science Fiction Short Stories |
crap Superman". (This report was false, having been made up by Alastair Campbell during his late days on the Daily Mirror. Nevertheless, it fitted popular perceptions of Major's naive suburban incompetence so well that many people today still believe it to be true.) Tony Blair, depicted with the same mad, staring eye a... | eyes, with tiny hands and a toilet seat and lid instead of a hairstyle. Ronald Reagan, whose persona mutated from a bumbling, heavily stage-managed actor into a senile yet dangerous robot with a missile like pointed head, including being deployed in space as a component of the Strategic Defense Initiative. George W. Bu... |
the ninth highest proportion amongst mainstream British universities. In the 2016–17 academic year, the university had a domicile breakdown of 33:18:50 of UK:EU:non-EU students respectively with a female-to-male ratio of 52:47. Programmes and degrees LSE is the only university in the United Kingdom dedicated solely to ... | of Cape Town and Europe with Sciences Po in Paris. Together they offer a range of double or joint degree programmes including an MA in International and World History (with Columbia) and an MSc in international affairs with Peking University, with graduates earning degrees from both institutions. The school also offers... |
government. Under pressure from Hitler, Mussolini then established a puppet state, the Italian Social Republic to administer the German-occupied territory, leading to Italy being split in two, each with its own government. In the North, Mussolini declared that the monarchy had been overthrown and began to establish a n... | by the new government's intention to negotiate a separate peace with the Allies, invaded and occupied Northern Italy. In the Gran Sasso raid, or Operation Oak, German paratroopers rescued Mussolini from the hilltop hotel in which he had been imprisoned by the new government. Under pressure from Hitler, Mussolini then e... |
85 species in two genera, Alangium and Cornus. They are mostly trees and shrubs, which may be deciduous or evergreen, although a few species are perennial herbs. Members of the family usually have opposite or alternate simple leaves, four- or five-parted flowers clustered in inflorescences or pseudanthia, and drupaceou... | alternate simple leaves, four- or five-parted flowers clustered in inflorescences or pseudanthia, and drupaceous fruits. The family is primarily distributed in northern temperate regions and tropical Asia. In northern temperate areas, Cornaceae are well known from the dogwoods Cornus. The systematics of Cornaceae has b... |
Sardinia Battle of Cornus (215 BC), a battle on Sardinia in the Second Punic War Cornus mas, the Cornelian cherry, or dogwood cherry, a medium to | known as dogwoods. Cornus may also refer to: Cornus, Aveyron, a commune in the 'Aveyron' département of France Cornus, Sardinia, |
it lies in a small group of four species of otherwise Central American distribution, suggesting it recently spread northwards into North America. Seven subspecies of American robin are recognized. These subspecies intergrade with each other and are only weakly defined. The eastern robin (T. m. migratorius), the nominat... | The distance by which robins migrate varies significantly depending on their initial habitat; a study found that individual robins tagged in Alaska are known to travel as much as 3.5x further across seasons than robins tagged in Massachusetts. This species is actually a rare vagrant to western Europe, where the majorit... |
to the margins. In the 1870s, the steam-driven rides were introduced. They were located at the Tattenham Corner end of the grounds and the fair was on for ten days and entertained hundreds of thousands. During the latter half of the 20th century, Derby Day became less popular and the race was moved from Wednesday to Sa... | 1995 the day was changed from the first Wednesday in June to the first Saturday, and since then all the races have taken place on that day. The Derby has been run at Epsom in all years except during the world wars. From 1915 to 1918 and from 1940 to 1945, the Derby was run at Newmarket. These races are known as the 'Ne... |
in the bonnet (hood) of a car Scoop (theater), a type of wide area lighting fixture Scoop neck, a kind of shirt neckline Characters Scoop (G.I. Joe), a character in the G.I. Joe universe Scoop, a toy bulldozer in Scoop and Doozie Todd "Scoops" Ming, a character on WordGirl Scoop, a backhoe loader character in Bob the B... | Waugh Scoop (2006 film), a film by Woody Allen Scoop!, a 2016 Japanese film Scoop, a Malaysian film by Aziz M. Osman Scoop (TV series), a children's series on CBBC Magazines and journalism Scoop (news), a news story, normally an exclusive for a journalist Scoop (website), a news website based in New Zealand Scoop (jour... |
two new programs: the "people's car" and a state-sponsored motor racing programme to develop a "high speed German automotive industry"; to initiate this, Mercedes-Benz were to be given an annual grant of 500,000 Reichsmark. These projects led to two projects for Porsche, and set a precedent for the rest of the decade, ... | to move the factory equipment there as part of war reparations. Whilst in France, Porsche was also asked to consult on the design/manufacture of the upcoming Renault 4CV, which led to serious conflict with the recently appointed head of Renault, the former resistance hero, Pierre Lefaucheux. Differences within the Fren... |
seen by comments in the source code. RCS 4.3, released 26 July 1990, was distributed "under license by the Free Software Foundation", under the terms of the GPL. Behavior Mode of operation RCS operates only on single files. It has no way of working with an entire project, so it does not support atomic commits affecting... | (through version 3, which was distributed in 4.3BSD), its license prohibited redistribution without written permission from Walter Tichy: A READ_ME file accompanied some versions of RCS which further restricted distribution, e.g., in 4.3BSD-Reno. Ca. 1989, the RCS license was altered to something similar to the contemp... |
induce industrial symbiosis as well as material and utility efficiency and other economies of scale. This is known in chemical engineering terminology as integrated manufacturing. Specialty and fine chemical companies are sometimes found in similar manufacturing locations as petrochemicals but, in most cases, they do n... | invented bakelite made from phenol and formaldehyde. In 1928, synthetic fuels were invented using Fischer-Tropsch process. In 1929, Walter Bock invented synthetic rubber Buna-S which is made up of styrene and butadiene and used to make car tires. In 1933, Otto Röhm polymerized the first acrylic glass methyl methacrylat... |
currently recommends waiting a while more before large-scale planting, because the organization and its associates (the American Chestnut Cooperators' Foundation and many others from education, research and industry sectors contributing to the program) are in the last stages of developing a variety that is as close as ... | U.S. chestnut industry is in its infancy, producing less than 1% of total world production. Since the mid-20th century, most of the US imports are from Southern Italy, with the large, meaty, and richly flavored Sicilian chestnuts being considered among the best quality for bulk sale and supermarket retail. Some imports... |
meeting on 24 January 1920. The new event would complement the Grand Prix de Paris and serve as a showcase for French thoroughbred breeding. It would have similar characteristics to the Prix du Conseil Municipal, but each horse would compete on equal terms, unpenalised for previous victories. Coming in the wake of Worl... | by the Allies in 1919. The chosen title had been previously assigned to a minor event at Longchamp. Another suggested title was the "Prix de la Victoire". Race history The Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe was first run on Sunday 3 October 1920. The inaugural running was won by Comrade, a three-year-old colt owned by Evremond ... |
the same name Castanea (journal), the professional journal of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Club Castanea delle Furie, a | Castanea, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place (CDP) Castanea Township, Pennsylvania, which surrounds the CDP of the same name Castanea |
intercrosses". John Rush Elkins, a research chemist and professor emeritus of chemistry at Concord University, and Gary Griffin, professor of plant pathology at Virginia Tech, think there may be several different characteristics which favor blight resistance. Both Elkins and Griffin have written extensively about the A... | is listed as endangered in the United States and Canada. American chestnuts are also susceptible to ink disease, particularly in the southern part of its native range. This susceptibility to ink disease may have contributed to the devastation of the species. Several groups are attempting to create blight-resistant Amer... |
In these tissues, the pathogen forms diffuse cankers in which the mycelium overwinters. In the following spring, two types of fruiting bodies will form: pycnidia, usually first, and perithecia. Following rainfall, the pycnidia ooze orange tendrils of conidia, the asexual spores, while perithecia forcibly eject ascospor... | virus that infects C. parasitica. CHV1 spread naturally throughout Europe but is also spread artificially as a biocontrol measure (particularly in France). CHV1 is currently not present in the UK, Northern France or Eastern Georgia but introduction for biocontrol is being considered. Symptoms The fungus enters through ... |
a French patent of a percussion cap and nipple had been granted in 1820 to Deboubert. However predating both of these French claims, the most likely inventor of the percussion cap, according to historian Sidney James Gooding, was Joseph Egg, around 1817, . There were other earlier claims. Col. Peter Hawker in 1830 simu... | were then sold. Hawker, seems to give Joseph Manton more of the glory eight years later in the 1838 edition of his 'Instructions to young Sportsmen', by stating categorically that "copper tubes and primers were decidedly invented by Joe Manton". By the 1850s Hawker was again claiming the invention for himself in his pr... |
national governing bodies and no two owners may have the same colours. The rights to certain colour arrangements ("cherished colours") are valuable in the same way that distinctive car registration numbers are of value. It is said that Sue Magnier (owner of George Washington, Galileo etc.) paid £50,000 for her distinct... | – flat racing and jump racing, the latter known as National Hunt racing in the UK and steeplechasing in the US. Jump racing can be further divided into hurdling and steeplechasing. Ownership and training of racehorses Traditionally, racehorses have been owned by wealthy individuals. It has become increasingly common in... |
constituency. Fifteen different race tracks hosted the race over the next two decades, with distances varying from one to two miles. In 1883, the race moved to Old Woodbine, located in eastern Toronto along Lake Ontario. The race continued to be held at Old Woodbine until that track was replaced by "New" Woodbine in no... | stable won the Queen's Plate on twenty occasions between 1891 and 1935 including eight times in a row between 1891 and 1898, and ten times in eleven years from 1891 to 1901. In 1964, Northern Dancer, the first Canadian-bred horse to win the Kentucky Derby, also won the Queen's Plate in his final race. In 2006, Josie Ca... |
members. He later had a successful medical practice in Manhattan, enabling the family to live near Central Park. Before he established his practice, he was a union doctor, and part of his job was X-raying union members. They didn't know about shielding X-ray machines, and he died of leukemia at 44. [in 1944] – Mike Nic... | of the Dolphin starring George C. Scott, based on the French novel Un animal doué de raison (lit. A Sentient Animal) by Robert Merle and adapted by Buck Henry. The film was not successful financially and received mixed reviews from critics. Nichols next directed The Fortune (1975), starring Warren Beatty, Jack Nicholso... |
one of several unproven, dangerous treatments that is promoted by a small group of practitioners without trustworthy evidence that it works." History It was developed by Donato Perez Garcia, MD in 1930. Originally, Garcia targeted syphilis, and later tried the treatment for chronic degenerative diseases and some types ... | Research over the decades has proved that most cancers grow when exposed to more insulin. One study of men with prostate cancer showed that survival was significantly shorter (11 months for men who received IPT vs 18.9 months for men on standard treatment). A second small trial showed that women with metastatic breast ... |
Line? and answered the panelists' questions with grunts rather than speaking yes or no. When the round was over, panelist Arlene Francis mentioned that Kelly was not allowed to speak while in makeup. Kelly portrayed the character "Bigamy Bob" in the film Wind Across the Everglades (1958). In 1967, he starred in the mus... | professional clowning and made him the country’s most familiar clown. The sad-sack, shuffling antics of his unkempt, downtrodden hobo offered a complete contrast to the madcap cavorting of brightly colored, white-faced conventional clowns and has served as an alternate model for professional clowns ever since. Early li... |
Rocky Graziano, starring Paul Newman; Wise's first overt comedy, Something for the Birds (1952); the action comedy Destination Gobi (1953); and The Desert Rats (1953), a more traditional war film. In the 1960s, Wise directed three films adapted from the Broadway stage: West Side Story (1961), Two for the Seesaw (1962) ... | Between Curse and Snatcher, Wise directed Mademoiselle Fifi (1944), an adaptation of two Guy de Maupassant short stories that explored man's darker side with a political subtext. Fifis feminist perspective and a memorable chase sequence helped make it a "template picture for Wise". Wise also directed film noir, among t... |
keep his throne. At Rhodes in 31 BCE, Herod, through his ability to keep Judea open to Rome as a link to the wealth of Syria and Egypt, and ability to defend the frontier, convinced Octavian that he would be loyal to him. Herod continued to rule his subjects as he saw fit. Despite the autonomy afforded to Herod in his ... | 25 or 28 years old (Greek original: "15 years of age"), and where he faithfully farmed the taxes of that region for the Roman Senate, and where he met with success in ridding that region of bandits. Antipater's elder son, Phasael, served in the same capacity as governor of Jerusalem. During this time, the young Herod c... |
is "perhaps the aspect [of Matthew's infancy narrative] most often rejected as legendary" and that the story is similar to that of Moses, believes that it would not have arisen without historical basis. Everett Ferguson argues that the story makes sense in the context of Herod's reign of terror in the last few years of... | but failed to warn the townspeople and chose only to save his own child. Guilt-ridden ever after, Joseph finally expiates his sin by letting himself be crucified (an event not narrated in the New Testament). The song "Long Way Around The Sea", from the 1999 Christmas EP by the indie-rock band Low, tells the story from ... |
1976 remake of the 1933 action-adventure classic King Kong, for which she also won her first Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year. In 1979, she starred in the acclaimed musical film All That Jazz. In 1983, she won her second Golden Globe Award and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as a s... | portrayed Blanche DuBois in a production of Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire opposite Alec Baldwin. In 1994, Lange was lauded for her performance as a manic depressive army wife in the 1960s in Tony Richardson's final film, Blue Sky. In 1995, she won the Academy Award for Best Actress for this performance,... |
to make up ground. Author Kevin Chong later wrote of Northern Dancer's "short, powerful legs making like a hummingbird's wings" as he ran down the stretch. Hill Rise closed with giant strides, but Northern Dancer prevailed by a neck in a new race record of two minutes flat that stood until Secretariat broke it in 1973.... | 1984; and a colt out of Fabuleux Jane later named Jareer, who sold for $7.1 million to Darley Stud. Although none of these three colts was a major winner on the racetrack, the success of other high-priced yearlings like Shareef Dancer (auctioned for $3.3 million), Nureyev (auctioned for $1.3 million) and Lomond (privat... |
local Arabs following the death of a villager from Kfar Kanna, shot in an attempted robbery. There is little conformation of Ben Gurion's accounts of his part in this event. Later that summer Ben Gurion moved to Zichron Yaakov. From where the following spring he was invited, by Ben Zvi, to join the staff of Paole Zion'... | existed between the Haganah, Irgun, and Lehi. The British had intended to detain Ben-Gurion during the operation but he was visiting Paris at the time. The British stored the documents they had captured from the Jewish Agency headquarters in the King David Hotel, which was being used as a military and administrative he... |
In the 20th century, the DynaRig allowed central, automated control of all sails in a manner that obviates the need for sending crew aloft. This was developed in the 1960s in Germany as a low-carbon footprint propulsion alternative for commercial ships. The rig automatically sets and reefs sails; its mast rotates to al... | ships, which did not depend upon a favourable wind. History The first sailing vessels were developed for use in the South China Sea by the Austronesian peoples, and also independently in lands abutting the western Mediterranean Sea by the 2nd millennium BC. In Asia, early vessels were equipped with crab claw sails—with... |
are monohulls, but multi-hull catamarans and trimarans are gaining popularity. Monohull boats generally rely on ballast for stability and usually are displacement hulls. This stabilizing ballast can, in boats designed for racing, be as much as 50% of the weight of the boat, but is generally around 30%. It creates two p... | ballast for stability and usually are displacement hulls. This stabilizing ballast can, in boats designed for racing, be as much as 50% of the weight of the boat, but is generally around 30%. It creates two problems; one, it gives the monohull tremendous inertia, making it less maneuverable and reducing its acceleratio... |
to: Great Britain Transportation Act | may refer to: Great Britain Transportation Act |
Act of 1964 Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1970 | Transportation Act of 1964 Urban Mass Transportation Act of |
Planning In the United States: An Historical Overview: Fifth Edition Urban Transportation Planning In the United States: An Historical Overview: Fifth Edition See also Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1970 1974 in law 93rd United States | as well as construction costs. This act was the culmination of a major lobbying effort by the transit industry and urban interests to secure federal operating assistance for transit. References Urban Transportation Planning In the United States: An Historical Overview: Fifth |
three years. The Senate also agreed to ease requirements that states meet certain civil rights and environmental standards, which would allow a number of highway construction projects which had been held up to move forward. After two and a half weeks of negotiations, the conference committee was still deadlocked. Press... | Representatives in late April 1973. The House defeated his amendment by just 25 votes. The contentious conference committee A conference committee was appointed by the House and Senate in early June 1973 to reconcile the two pieces of legislation. The committee almost immediately deadlocked over the mass transit issue.... |
History The bill was introduced in House by Glenn Anderson (D-CA) on January 6, 1987. The bill nominally gave power to apportion money to the Secretary of Transportation. It also allowed states to raise the speed limit to on rural | limit to on rural Interstate highways ( of the act, amending ). It was followed by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA). The local agencies (counties and cities) in California were assured that an equal or not less amount of monies will still be annually apportioned to the counties and cities as... |
known for quite a while, such that even VirtualDubMod supports them. DivX, Inc. did this on purpose to keep at least partial backward compatibility with AVI, so that players that do not support the new features available to the .divx container format (like interactive menus, chapter points and XSUB subtitles) can at le... | proprietary DivX Media Format. DivX Plus HD files contain an H.264 video bitstream, AAC surround sound audio, and a number of XML-based attachments defining chapters, subtitles and meta data. This media container format is used for the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC codec. DivX profiles DivX has defined profiles which are subsets of... |
8 and Windows 8 Phones for the playback of HLS content on in Windows 8 Modern UI apps. As of 2019, the 3ivx codec was no longer available for purchase from their website. See also List of codecs Notes External links 3ivx Official site 3ivx HLS Client SDK for Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 3ivx HLS Adapter enables stream... | Haiku OS, providing a port of the 3ivx codec. The 3ivx port maintainer also produced a QuickTime MOV extractor and an MPEG-4 extractor for Haiku. 3ivx developed an HTTP Live Streaming Client SDK for Windows 8 and Windows 8 Phones for the playback of HLS content on in Windows 8 Modern UI apps. As of 2019, the 3ivx codec... |
cuisine Austrian Empire Austrian monarchy Austrian German (language/dialects) Austrian literature Austrian nationality law Austrian Service Abroad Music of Austria Austrian School of Economics Economists of the Austrian school of economic thought The Austrian Attack variation of the Pirc Defence chess | with the country Austria, for example: Austria-Hungary Austrian Airlines (AUA) Austrian cuisine Austrian Empire Austrian monarchy Austrian German (language/dialects) Austrian literature Austrian nationality law Austrian Service Abroad Music of Austria Austrian School of |
four days and he was the first non-American to complete the sprint double. Williams was also part of the Canadian team which was disqualified in the final of the 4×100 metre relay contest. Williams's victories were front-page news in Canada and he returned a national hero, feted by enormous crowds across the country. A... | metres races at the 1928 Summer Olympics and a former world record holder for the 100 metres sprint. Early life Williams was the only child of Frederick Williams, who was originally from England, and Charlotte Rhodes, who hailed from St. John's, Newfoundland. At the age of 15, Williams suffered from rheumatic fever and... |
velocities than bare lead without depositing significant amounts of metal in the bore. It also prevents damage to bores from steel or armor-piercing core materials. In military nomenclature, it is often labeled ball ammunition. History The bullet was invented in 1882 by Swiss Colonel Eduard Rubin while he was working f... | full metal jacketing in military ammunition came about in part because of the need for improved feeding characteristics in small arms that used internal mechanical manipulation of the cartridge in order to chamber rounds as opposed to externally hand-reloading single-shot firearms. The harder metal used in bullet jacke... |
of gilding metal were melted down by the United States Mint to be made into pennies. These pennies replaced the less popular steel cent of 1943, and the pennies of this composition were produced until 1946. Gilding metal was also used for the "bronze" Olympic medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in 20... | from 95% copper and 5% zinc to “8 parts copper to 1 of zinc” (11% zinc) in British Army Dress Regulations. Gilding metal is used for various purposes, including the jackets of bullets, driving bands on some artillery shells, as well as enameled badges and other jewellery. The sheet is widely used for craft metalworking... |
dialects X-SAMPA SAMPA | dialects X-SAMPA SAMPA English |
Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas. He was a member of the Texas Southern University Tigers track team. A few months later, at the 1968 Summer Olympics, Hines—a black athlete—found himself in a tense situation, with racial riots going on in his home country and a threat of a boycott by the black athletes of th... | second barrier in the 100 meter race, setting 9.9 (manual timing), with an electronic time of 10.03 – two other athletes, Ronnie Ray Smith behind him (electronic time 10.13) and Charles Greene on the other semi-final (electronic time 10.09) having the same official clocking. That evening of June 20, 1968, at Hughes Sta... |
teacher and the headmistress, and Harriet is appointed editor of the class newspaper, replacing Marion. The newspaper—featuring stories about the people on Harriet's spy route and the students' parents—becomes an instant success. Harriet also uses the paper to print a retraction of the things she had written in her jou... | 1964, eleven-year-old Harriet M. Welsch is an aspiring writer who lives in New York City's Upper East Side. Harriet is precocious, ambitious and enthusiastic about her future career. Encouraged by her nanny, Catherine "Ole Golly," Harriet carefully observes others and writes her thoughts down in a notebook as practice ... |
smaller, more scaled down stages and a more strict quota on collectible items, but also features unique gameplay moves like a wall climb. With the exception of the CD32 version, all console versions feature the soundtrack of the Amiga original, remixed appropriately for each console's unique sound systems. Two young ad... | was heavily hyped upon its initial release, including being bundled with the then-newly launched Amiga 1200, although not the AGA version with enhanced graphics which followed later. In 2000, the Amiga version of Zool was re-released as part of The Best of Gremlin compilation. Zool was also ported to the Atari ST, Game... |
use during World War II used American War Standard (AWS) or Joint Army-Navy (JAN) coding in six dots stamped on the capacitor. An arrow on the top row of dots pointed to the right, indicating the reading order. From left to right the top dots were: either black, indicating JAN mica, or silver, indicating AWS paper; fir... | look like resistors. Extra bands on ceramic capacitors identify the voltage rating class and temperature coefficient characteristics. A broad black band was applied to some tubular paper capacitors to indicate the end that had the outer electrode; this allowed this end to be connected to chassis ground to provide some ... |
in a cluster of houses at the base of Mount Cassino where there is an ancient church under her patronage Monastero di Santa Scolastica. Ruth Clifford Engs notes that since Dialogues indicates that Scholastica was dedicated to God at an early age, perhaps she lived in her father's house with other religious women until ... | Benedict. Narrative from the Dialogues The most commonly told story about her is that Scholastica would, once a year, go and visit her brother at a place near his abbey, and they would spend the day worshiping together and discussing sacred texts and issues. One day they had supper and continued their conversation. Whe... |
on an inheritance. Until then, he had lived like the other children in his town. The anecdotes told about him show that he stood out from his peers for his intelligence, astuteness and courage, as well as his athletic constitution. He displayed a balanced attitude without any apparent religious inclinations. In 1863, w... | mountain, El Canigó, possibly for the first time. In December, he joined the Companyia Transatlàntica trans-Atlantic steamship company as a chaplain because he was prescribed sea air for his health; he embarked in Cádiz bound for Havana. On 8 September 1876 his father died at the age of 65. On board the "Ciudad Condal"... |
not include pneumonia. Pontiac fever was named for Pontiac, Michigan, where the first case was recognized. In 1968, several workers at the county's department of health came down with a fever and mild flu symptoms, but not pneumonia. After the 1976 Legionnaires' outbreak in Philadelphia, the Michigan health department ... | and Legionella anisa. Sources of the causative agents are aquatic systems and potting soil. The first outbreak caused by inhalation of aerosolized potting soil was discovered in New Zealand in January 2007. A total of 10 workers at a nursery came down with Pontiac fever. It was the first identification of L. longbeacha... |
fought in the French Foreign Legion during World War I and exiled to France, were hired by Macià to help on the action. This attempt was aborted by the French Gendarmerie, which was able to abort the complot with the help of Ricciotti Garibaldi jr., a spy of Fascist Italy and grandson of Giuseppe Garibaldi. Macià was a... | form Solidaritat Catalana ('Catalan Solidarity'). Macià publicly condemned the military's action. As a result, his officials transferred him to Santoña, Cantabria. He ran as a member of Catalan Solidarity in the election of 21 April 1907 for Barcelona and Les Borges Blanques districts, where his family came from. The r... |
color perception test for red-green color deficiencies, the first in a class of successful color vision tests called pseudo-isochromatic plates ("PIP"). It was named after its designer, Shinobu Ishihara, a professor at the University of Tokyo, who first published his tests in 1917. The test consists of a number of Ishi... | be used, as their low temperature (yellow-color) gives highly inaccurate results, allowing some color vision deficient persons to pass. Proper testing technique is to give only three seconds per plate for an answer, and not allow coaching, touching or tracing of the numbers by the subject. The test is best given in ran... |
Pain in the affected area during activity (which does restrict performance) Pain in the affected area after activity Chronic pain in the affected area, even after resting Predictive Indicators of Overuse Injuries in Adolescent Endurance Athletes, runners seem to account for the majority of injuries (up to 80 percent) w... | ensure that the injury is receiving proper care and recovering correctly, thereby limiting the concern for other medical problems to stem from the initial traumatic event. Lastly, tertiary prevention is solely focused on rehabilitation to reduce and correct an existing disability resulting from the traumatic event. Thu... |
Running up and down stairs Hiking long distances Rowing Breaststroke Treading water Abnormalities in leg/feet anatomy High or low arches Supination of the foot Excessive lower-leg rotation due to over-pronation Excessive foot-strike force Uneven leg lengths Bowlegs or tightness about the iliotibial band. Muscle imbalan... | hip external rotators is stressed highly as those muscles are associated with many of the risk factors of ITBS. For runners specifically, neuromuscular/gait training may be needed for success in muscular training interventions to ensure that those trained muscles are used properly in the mechanics of running. Strength ... |
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