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extremely useful for countertop cooking and industrial processes. The negative thermal expansion coefficient (CTE) of the crystalline ceramic phase can be balanced with the positive CTE of the glassy phase. At a certain point (~70% crystalline) the glass-ceramic has a net CTE near zero. This type of glass-ceramic exhib... | in stained glass windows of churches and cathedrals, with famous examples at Chartres Cathedral and the Basilica of Saint Denis. By the 14th century, architects were designing buildings with walls of stained glass such as Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, (1203–1248) and the East end of Gloucester Cathedral. With the change in a... |
next to commercial purified samples to visualize the results and conclude whether or not purification was successful. Native gel electrophoresis is typically used in proteomics and metallomics. However, native PAGE is also used to scan genes (DNA) for unknown mutations as in Single-strand conformation polymorphism. Buf... | that complexes may not separate cleanly or predictably, as it is difficult to predict how the molecule's shape and size will affect its mobility. Addressing and solving this problem is a major aim of quantitative native PAGE. Unlike denaturing methods, native gel electrophoresis does not use a charged denaturing agent.... |
Cup, he scored four goals to help England reach the semi-finals. He was unwell during the tournament, and accidentally defecated during the opening group game against the Republic of Ireland. After Andreas Brehme sent England 1–0 down in the semi-final, Lineker received a pass from Paul Parker and escaped two West Germ... | trophy when he won the 1991 FA Cup Final with Spurs, who beat Nottingham Forest 2–1. This was despite Lineker having a goal controversially disallowed for offside and also having a penalty saved by goalkeeper Mark Crossley. Lineker had contributed to Tottenham's run to the final. In the semi-final he scored twice in a ... |
proteins to glycosaminoglycans, thus creating proteoglycans. Glycosaminoglycans are long unbranched polysaccharide molecules present in the extracellular matrix of animals. Vesicular transport The vesicles that leave the rough endoplasmic reticulum are transported to the cis face of the Golgi apparatus, where they fuse... | modify protein cargo. Proteins are delivered from the ER to the cis face using COPII-coated vesicles. Cargo then progress toward the trans face in COPI-coated vesicles. This model proposes that COPI vesicles move in two directions: anterograde vesicles carry secretory proteins, while retrograde vesicles recycle Golgi-s... |
Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, a division of NOAA GFDL hurricane model (see: | or GNU Free Documentation License, is a license for free documentation. GFDL may also refer |
was promoted to captain in 1973 by Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. After Republican Representative Philip Crane saw her on a March 1983 segment of 60 Minutes, he championed , a joint resolution originating in the House of Representatives, which led to her promotion on 15 December 1983 to commodore by special Presidential ... | her promotion on 15 December 1983 to commodore by special Presidential appointment by President Ronald Reagan. She remained on active duty for several years beyond mandatory retirement by special approval of Congress. Effective November 8, 1985, the rank of commodore was renamed rear admiral (lower half) and Hopper bec... |
(i.e. closed-source and non-libre) software. The manifesto lays a philosophical basis for launching the project, and importance of bringing it to fruition — proprietary software is a way to divide users, who are no longer able to help each other. Stallman refuses to write proprietary software as a sign of solidarity wi... | in detail in the manifesto. One of the major driving points behind the GNU project, according to Stallman, was the rapid (at the time) trend toward Unix and its various components becoming proprietary (i.e. closed-source and non-libre) software. The manifesto lays a philosophical basis for launching the project, and im... |
in the cost of living and the inflation rates of the countries; therefore, using a basis of GDP per capita at purchasing power parity (PPP) may be more useful when comparing living standards between nations, while nominal GDP is more useful comparing national economies on the international market. Total GDP can also be... | than computers from the past, GDP treats them as the same products by only accounting for the monetary value. The introduction of new products is also difficult to measure accurately and is not reflected in GDP despite the fact that it may increase the standard of living. For example, even the richest person in 1900 co... |
Schelling, Hölderlin, or an unknown fourth person. Career years Jena, Bamberg and Nuremberg (1801–1816) In 1801, Hegel came to Jena at the encouragement of his old friend Schelling, who held the position of Extraordinary Professor at the University of Jena. Hegel secured a position at the University of Jena as a Privat... | as the undeveloped (for example, the seed is the in-itself of the plant). Life Karen Ng writes that "there is a central, recurring rhetorical device that Hegel returns to again and again throughout his philosophical system: that of describing the activity of reason and thought in terms of the dynamic activity and devel... |
is often connected in regular interconnection network such as a de Bruijn graph, a hypercube graph, a hypertree network, a fat tree network, a torus, or cube-connected cycles. A grid network is not the same as a grid computer or a computational grid, although the nodes in a grid network are usually computers, and grid ... | n-dimensional grid network is connected circularly in more than one dimension, the resulting network topology is a torus, and the network is called "toroidal". When the number of nodes along each dimension of a toroidal network is 2, the resulting network is called a hypercube. A parallel computing cluster or multi-cor... |
advised the Queen that Sir Colin Hannah, then Governor of Queensland, should have his dormant commission revoked for having made public political statements. Constitutional role and functions The Constitution of Australia, section 2, provides:A Governor-General appointed by the Queen shall be Her Majesty's representati... | of the prime minister, although that is not stated in the constitution. The governor-general has a ceremonial role in swearing in and accepting the resignations of members of Parliament. They appoint a deputy, to whom members make an oath of allegiance before they take their seats. On the day parliament opens, the gove... |
attendance of the press and the public at trials whose verdicts were now to be read aloud. In the mid-1980s, it was popularised by Mikhail Gorbachev as a political slogan for increased government transparency in the Soviet Union. Historical usage Human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeyeva argues that the word glasnost ha... | was taken to mean increased openness and transparency in government institutions and activities in the Soviet Union (USSR). Glasnost reflected a commitment of the Gorbachev administration to allowing Soviet citizens to discuss publicly the problems of their system and potential solutions. Gorbachev encouraged popular s... |
most conveniently described by three cartesian or rectangular coordinates, X, Y and Z. Since the advent of satellite positioning, such coordinate systems are typically geocentric: the Z-axis is aligned with Earth's (conventional or instantaneous) rotation axis. Prior to the era of satellite geodesy, the coordinate syst... | coordinates of a point on land, at sea, or in space with respect to a coordinate system. Point position is solved by computation from measurements linking the known positions of terrestrial or extraterrestrial points with the unknown terrestrial position. This may involve transformations between or among astronomical a... |
by gamers as a hobby, Eurogames are, for the most part, well-suited to social play. In keeping with this social function, various characteristics of the games tend to support that aspect well, and these have become quite common across the genre. In contrast to games such as Risk or Monopoly, in which a close game can e... | or depletion of limited game resources. Playing time varies from a half-hour to a few hours, with one to two hours being typical. Generally Eurogames do not have a fixed number of players like chess or bridge; although there is a sizeable body of German-style games that are designed for exactly two players, most games ... |
Georgi-Jarlskog mass relation). The boson matrix for is found by taking the matrix from the representation of and adding an extra row and column for the right-handed neutrino. The bosons are found by adding a partner to each of the 20 charged bosons (2 right-handed W bosons, 6 massive charged gluons and 12 X/Y type bos... | such as proton decay, electric dipole moments of elementary particles, or the properties of neutrinos. Some GUTs, such as the Pati–Salam model, predict the existence of magnetic monopoles. While GUTs might be expected to offer simplicity over the complications present in the Standard Model, realistic models remain comp... |
1991, it acquired the third largest independent, Continental Telephone (ConTel). It owned Automatic Electric, a telephone equipment supplier similar in many ways to Western Electric, and Sylvania Lighting, the only non-communications-oriented company under GTE ownership. GTE provided local telephone service to many are... | purchase outside the state later in the decade when it bought Belvidere Telephone Company in Illinois. It also acquired two electric utilities in Wisconsin. In 1926, the company bought Associated Telephone Company in Long Beach, California. Later that year, Commonwealth Telephone and Associated Telephone merged as Asso... |
Air Races, Competitions, Rallies etc. General aviation thus includes both commercial and non-commercial activites. IAOPA's definition of Aerial Work includes but is not limited to: Agricultural flights, including crop dusting Banner towing Aerial firefighting Medical evacuation Pilot training Search and Rescue Sight se... | Rallies etc. General aviation thus includes both commercial and non-commercial activites. IAOPA's definition of Aerial Work includes but is not limited to: Agricultural flights, including crop dusting Banner towing Aerial firefighting Medical evacuation Pilot training Search and Rescue Sight seeing flights Skydiving fl... |
by Nelson Goodman to illustrate his new riddle of induction Grue, a linguistic and translation concept (see Blue–green distinction in language) Grue, Norway, a municipality Crane (bird), a gruiform Grue (Freedom City), an alien race in the role-playing game Mutants and Masterminds Isle-aux-Grues, an island in Quebec, C... | by Dean Grennell An early form of Nutraloaf, a food served in prison, known as "grue" to prisoners in the Arkansas penal system as described in the 1978 Hutto v. Finney decision A pen name used by cartoonist Johnny Gruelle Grue/Brian Laborn, a supervillain in the web novel Worm See also GRU (disambiguation) Groo |
people, and argued that a tribune who opposes the will of the people in favour of the rich is not a true tribune. The senators were left with only one constitutional response – to threaten prosecution after Tiberius's term as a tribune ended. This meant Tiberius had to stand for a second term. The senators obstructed h... | in 133 BC. He immediately began pushing for a programme of land reform, partly by invoking the 240-year-old Sextian-Licinian law that limited the amount of land that could be owned by a single individual. Using the powers of Lex Hortensia, Tiberius established a commission to oversee the redistribution of land holdings... |
both economically active and inactive households) was HK$30,000. Politics For the 2019 District Council election, the estate fell within two constituencies. Most of the estate is located in the Tin Shing constituency, which is represented by Hau Man-kin. The remainder falls within the Shing Yan constituency, which is r... | Tin Shing Court () is a Home Ownership Scheme court developed by the Hong Kong Housing Authority in Tin Shui Wai, New Territories, Hong Kong, near Tin Yiu Estate, Light Rail Tin Yiu stop and Tin Shui Wai stop as well as MTR Tin Shui Wai station. It has totally 17 residential buildings completed in 1999. Houses Demograp... |
power can decrease along with their reputation. When a recipient is thought of as being invited into a social circle by being a recipient, the gossiper's referent power can increase, but only to a high point where then the recipient begins to resent the gossiper (Kurland & Pelled). Some negative consequences of workpla... | chum", supported by references from 1361 to 1873). It commonly referred to an informal local sorority or social group, who could enforce socially acceptable behaviour through private censure or through public rituals, such as "rough music", the cucking stool and the skimmington ride. In Thomas Harman’s Caveat for Commo... |
a German World War I heavy bomber Allegiant Air, by IATA airline designator Caudron G.4, a 1915 French biplane Friedrichshafen G.IV, a 1918 German medium bomber Gotha G.IV, a 1916 German heavy bomber Gulfstream IV, a family of private jet aircraft Mitsubishi G4M "Betty", a World War II Japanese fast bomber Soko G-4 Sup... | in the Taichung Metro G4-class freighter, a cargo ship design Biology G4 EA H1N1, a strain of influenza Science and technology Group 4 element, a class of elements on the Periodic Table ATC code G04 Urologicals, a subgroup of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System G4, a type of bi-pin lamp base (sock... |
Garbage collection (computer science), in automatic memory management Garbage collection (SSD), in | collection, is part of municipal waste management. Garbage collection may also |
fret), and guitar slides, usually made of glass or metal. These left- and right-hand techniques may be intermixed in performance. Notable guitarists Rock, metal, jazz, country and blues Several magazines and websites have compiled what they intend as lists of the greatest guitarists—for example The 100 Greatest Guitari... | melodic flatpicking and finger-picking. The guitarist may also employ various methods for selecting notes and chords, including fingering, thumbing, the barre (a finger lying across many or all strings at a particular fret), and guitar slides, usually made of glass or metal. These left- and right-hand techniques may be... |
fiction. Each of his three short-story collections feature a number of stories that fall within the Gothic genre, and many that contain Gothic elements. They include "Saint John's Eve" and "A Terrible Vengeance" from Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka (1831–1832), "The Portrait" from Arabesques (1835), and "Viy" from Mirg... | of the American Gothic. In England, one of the most influential penny dreadfuls is the anonymously authored Varney the Vampire (1847), which introduced the trope of vampires having sharpened teeth. Another notable English author of penny dreadfuls is George W. M. Reynolds, known for The Mysteries of London (1844), Faus... |
English, it was translated as ( "good" + "news"). The Old English term was retained as in Middle English Bible translations and hence remains in use also in Modern English. Canonical gospels Contents The four canonical gospels are the gospel of Matthew, the gospel of Mark, the gospel of Luke and the gospel of John. The... | he begins his public ministry in conjunction with that of John the Baptist, calls disciples, teaches and heals and confronts the Pharisees, dies on the cross, and is raised from the dead. Each has its own distinctive understanding of him and his divine role and scholars recognize that the differences of detail between ... |
tool is an implementation of Simple interactive object extraction (SIOX), a method used to perform the extraction of foreground elements, such as a person or a tree in focus. The Paths Tool allows a user to create vectors (also known as Bézier curves). Users can use paths to create complex selections, including around ... | who have never experienced Photoshop, GIMP is simply a very powerful image manipulation program," and "[i]f you're willing to invest some time learning it, it can be a very good graphics tool." GIMP's fitness for use in professional environments is regularly reviewed; it is often compared to and suggested as a possible... |
in real-time remains difficult. In real-time 3D graphics, the diffuse inter-reflection component of global illumination is sometimes approximated by an "ambient" term in the lighting equation, which is also called "ambient lighting" or "ambient color" in 3D software packages. Though this method of approximation (also k... | Photorealism Achieving accurate computation of global illumination in real-time remains difficult. In real-time 3D graphics, the diffuse inter-reflection component of global illumination is sometimes approximated by an "ambient" term in the lighting equation, which is also called "ambient lighting" or "ambient color" i... |
and converges to 1 / (1 - r) when |r| < 1. However, the number of terms needed to converge approaches infinity as r approaches 1 because a / (1 - r) approaches infinity and each term of the series is less than or equal to one. In contrast, as r approaches −1 the sum of the first several terms of the geometric series st... | written in expanded form. Every coefficient in the geometric series is the same. In contrast, the power series written as a0 + a1r + a2r2 + a3r3 + ... in expanded form has coefficients ai that can vary from term to term. In other words, the geometric series is a special case of the power series. The first term of a geo... |
(), Spetsopoula (uninhabited), Stavronisi Hydras (uninhabited), Trikeri Hydras (uninhabited), Velopoula (Nisída Velopoúla) (uninhabited), Ypsili Diaporion (uninhabited) Ypsili Argolidos (uninhabited) Cretan islands The two lists below show the islands, islets, and rocks that surround the island of Crete that are in the... | (Uninhabited islet), Gaidouronisi (Uninhabited), Gavdopoula, Gavdos (Southernmost point of Greece), Koufonisi (Lefki) (Uninhabited islet), Loutro (Rocky islet), Makroulo (Uninhabited islet), Marmaro (Uninhabited islet), Mavros Volakas (Large rock), Megalonisi (Uninhabited islet), Mikronisi (Islet), Papadoplaka (Reef is... |
by his sodomitic rape of a young Bernini workshop assistant at the construction site of the 'Constantine' memorial in St. Peter's Basilica. Architecture Bernini's architectural works include sacred and secular buildings and sometimes their urban settings and interiors. He made adjustments to existing buildings and desi... | in motion and a technical sophistication rivaled only by the greatest sculptors of classical antiquity." Moreover, Bernini possessed the ability to depict highly dramatic narratives with characters showing intense psychological states, but also to organize large-scale sculptural works that convey a magnificent grandeur... |
is a life of Christ in the style of a heroic epic known as the Heliand. Middle High German Middle High German proper runs from the beginning of the 12th century, and in the second half of the 12th century, there was a sudden intensification of activity, leading to a 60-year "golden age" of medieval German literature re... | the end of the German literary Middle Ages, the Reformation (1517) being the last possible cut-off point. The Old High German period is reckoned to run until about the mid-11th century; the most famous works are the Hildebrandslied and a heroic epic known as the Heliand. Middle High German starts in the 12th century; t... |
During the expansion under the Hasmonean dynasty, much of the Galilee region was conquered and annexed by the first Hasmonean king of Judaea Aristobulus I (104–103 BCE). Galilee in the first century was dotted with small towns and villages. The Jewish historian Josephus claims that there were 204 small towns in Galilee... | who settled there at the time that the book was written, either by their own volition or as a result of being deported there. Borders and geography The borders of Galilee, split into Upper Galilee and Lower Galilee, were described by Josephus in his The Jewish War: Now Phoenicia and Syria encompass about the Galilees, ... |
(or Gautae) as living in southern Scandia. These Gutae are probably the same as the later Gauti mentioned by Procopius. Wolfram suggests that there were close relations between the Gythones and Gutae, and that they might have been of common origin. Movement towards the Black Sea Beginning in the middle of the 2nd centu... | bank of the Danube after a revolt of the Sarmatians' slaves. From 335 to 336, Constantine, continuing his Danube campaign, defeated many Gothic tribes. Having been driven from the Danube by the Romans, the Thervingi invaded the territory of the Sarmatians of the Tisza. In this conflict, the Thervingi were led by Vidigo... |
G6P will shunt carbons into the pentose phosphate pathway. Pyruvate kinase Pyruvate kinase enzyme catalyzes the last step of glycolysis, in which pyruvate and ATP are formed. Pyruvate kinase catalyzes the transfer of a phosphate group from phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) to ADP, yielding one molecule of pyruvate and one mole... | or hypoglycemia, glucagon and epinephrine are released into the blood. This causes liver glycogen to be converted back to G6P, and then converted to glucose by the liver-specific enzyme glucose 6-phosphatase and released into the blood. Glucagon and epinephrine also stimulate gluconeogenesis, which coverts non-carbohyd... |
that there is no religious neutrality, no neutral law, no neutral education, and no neutral civil government. Then they will get busy in constructing a Bible-based social, political and religious order which finally denies the religious liberty of the enemies of God." Adam C. English suggests that this quote implies th... | seeks to provide a free Christian homeschooling curriculum for children from age 3 through grade 12. Ron Paul curriculum In addition, North offered the Ron Paul Curriculum, a home school online curriculum associated with former U.S. Congressman Ron Paul, which is free for grades K–5 and available to paid members from g... |
in the province of Biscay, in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country, Spain. The town of Guernica is one part (along with neighbouring Lumo) of the municipality of Gernika-Lumo (, whose population is 16,224 . Guernica is best known ─ among those residing outside the Basque region ─ both as the scene of the Apri... | from Bilbao to Elantxobe and Lekeitio. The strategic importance of the site was increased by the fact that it lay on a major river estuary, where vessels could dock at the port of Suso. In time, it took on the typical shape of a Basque town, comprising a series of parallel streets (Goienkale, Azokekale, Artekale and Ba... |
and model-making. He afterwards set up in business as a cabinet-maker. Rietveld designed his Red and Blue Chair in 1917 which has become an iconic piece of modern furniture. Hoping that much of his furniture would eventually be mass-produced rather than handcrafted, Rietveld aimed for simplicity in construction. In 191... | 1919, the same year in which he became an architect. The contacts that he made at De Stijl gave him the opportunity to exhibit abroad as well. In 1923, Walter Gropius invited Rietveld to exhibit at the Bauhaus. He built the Rietveld Schröder House, in 1924, in close collaboration with the owner Truus Schröder-Schräder.... |
a list of people and fictional characters with the name Gary, Indiana, the largest city named Gary Places Iran Gary, Iran, Sistan and Baluchestan Province United States Gary (Tampa), Florida Gary, Maryland Gary, Minnesota Gary, South Dakota Gary, West Virginia Gary – New Duluth, a neighborhood in Duluth, Minnesota Gary... | Duluth, Minnesota Gary Air Force Base, San Marcos, Texas Gary City, Texas Ships USS Gary (DE-61), a destroyer escort launched in 1943 USS Gary (CL-147), scheduled to be a light cruiser, but canceled prior to construction in 1945 USS Gary (FFG-51), a frigate, commissioned in 1984 USS Thomas |
Downtown Gary is separated by Broadway into two distinctive communities. Originally, the City of Gary consisted of The East Side, The West Side, The South Side (the area south of the train tracks near 9th Avenue), and Glen Park, located further South along Broadway. The East Side was demarcated by streets named after t... | from Europe and large families. The single-family houses had repeating house designs that alternated from one street to another, with some streets looking very similar. Among the East Side's most notable buildings were Memorial Auditorium (a large red-brick and stone civic auditorium and the site of numerous events, co... |
succeeded him. At some point, Miriam and Gregory separated in order that Gregory might take up a monastic life. Gregory left Cappadocia and went to Armenia in the hope of atoning for his father's crime by evangelizing his homeland. At that time Tiridates III, son of the late King Khosrov II, reigned. Influenced partly ... | daughter of a Christian Armenian prince in Cappadocia. From their union, Miriam bore Gregory two children, their sons Vrtanes and Aristaces. Through Vrtanes, Gregory and Miriam would have further descendants and when Gregory died, Aristaces succeeded him. At some point, Miriam and Gregory separated in order that Gregor... |
accept Leto's offer of spice essence from his body to replenish her. Awakened to Leto's prophecy, which he calls the Golden Path, Siona is convinced of the importance of it. She remains dedicated to Leto's destruction, and an errant rainstorm demonstrates for her his mortal vulnerability to water. When Idaho falls in l... | out to Tuono Village, an outcropping along the Royal Procession road, to keep them safe from Leto's wrath. Leto changes the venue of his wedding from Tabur Village to Tuono Village. Siona and Idaho overcome a searing mutual hatred of each other to plan an assassination. As Leto's wedding procession moves across a high ... |
that centre BT's only earth station. Visitor centre Until Easter 2010 the site had a visitor centre inside which the Connected Earth gallery told the history of satellite communications. There were many other interactive exhibits, a cafe, a shop and one of Britain's fastest cybercafés (a one gigabit pipe and a theoreti... | it was at one time the largest satellite earth station in the world, with more than 30 communication antennas and dishes in use. The site also links into undersea cable lines. History Its first dish, Antenna One (dubbed "Arthur"), was built in 1962 to link with Telstar. It was the first open parabolic design and is 25.... |
became an entry in the third edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. In 2021 Harvard researchers published an article stating the law does not apply in Reddit discussions. Generalization, corollaries, and usage There are many corollaries to Godwin's law, some considered more canonical (by being adopted by Godwin hims... | of inappropriate and hyperbolic comparisons. "Although deliberately framed as if it were a law of nature or of mathematics," Godwin wrote, "its purpose has always been rhetorical and pedagogical: I wanted folks who glibly compared someone else to Hitler to think a bit harder about the Holocaust." In December 2015, Godw... |
a province of the Netherlands of which Groningen is the capital city Lordship of Groningen, the name under which the province was ruled by the Habsburg between 1536 and 1594 Groningen gas field, a natural gas field in province of Groningen Groningen, Suriname, a town in the | in province of Groningen Groningen, Suriname, a town in the Saramacca District, Suriname Groningen, Minnesota, an unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States Gröningen, a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany Grøningen, a Norwegian lake Other uses Groningen (cattle), a breed |
acoustic guitars created by Levin Goya, a line of electric guitars by Hagström Goya MusicMan, a South African music collector and disc jockey. Places Goya, Argentina, a city in Corrientes Province, Argentina Goya Department, Corrientes Province, Argentina Goya (crater), a crater on Mercury Ships Goya (ship), a German s... | television Goya or the Hard Way to Enlightenment, a 1971 East German film Goya (TV series), a 2015 Pakistani television series Goya Awards, a film award in Spain Music Goya (band), a Polish pop group Goya: A Life in Song, a musical by Maury Yeston Goya (opera), an opera by Gian Carlo Menotti Goya guitar, a line of acou... |
become the team of the 1960s, winning five World Championships over a seven-year span, including victories in the first two Super Bowls. During the Lombardi era, the stars of the Packers' offense included Bart Starr, Jim Taylor, Carroll Dale, Paul Hornung (as halfback and placekicker), Forrest Gregg, and Jerry Kramer. ... | Bengtson was a former Packer coach. Each led the Packers to a worse record than his predecessor. Poor personnel decisions were rife, notoriously the 1974 trade by acting general manager Dan Devine which sent five 1975 or 1976 draft picks (two first-rounders, two-second-rounders and a third) to the Los Angeles Rams for ... |
is advantageous for use against targets typically exposed to fire for a limited time span, like aircraft or targets minimizing their exposure by quickly moving from cover to cover. Arguably the finest all-round GPMG ever produced, it was nicknamed "Hitler's buzzsaw" by Allied troops, and alongside the MG 34 it inflicte... | Mauser on the commission of Nazi Germany to circumvent the restrictions on machine guns imposed by the Treaty of Versailles. It was introduced into the Wehrmacht as an entirely new concept in automatic firepower, dubbed the Einheitsmaschinengewehr, meaning "universal machine gun" in German. In itself the MG 34 was an e... |
area called the Tricity (Trójmiasto) with around 1,000,000 inhabitants. Historically and culturally part of Kashubia and Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia for centuries remained a small fishing village. By the 20th-century it attracted visitors as a seaside resort town. In 1926 Gdynia was granted city rights, after which it en... | village as it is sometimes described; it had become a popular tourist spot with several guest houses, restaurants, cafés, several brick houses and a small harbour with a pier for small trading ships. The first Kashubian mayor was Jan Radtke. It is estimated that around 1910 the population of Gdynia was 895 people. Foll... |
are also conjectures about other exotic hadrons in which real gluons (as opposed to virtual ones found in ordinary hadrons) would be primary constituents. Beyond the normal phase of QCD (at extreme temperatures and pressures), quark–gluon plasma forms. In such a plasma there are no hadrons; quarks and gluons become fre... | QED or the three W and Z bosons of the weak interaction, there are eight independent types of gluon in QCD. This may be difficult to understand intuitively. Quarks carry three types of color charge; antiquarks carry three types of anticolor. Gluons may be thought of as carrying both color and anticolor. This gives nine... |
marking individuals—Noah, the "sons of Noah", Shem, etc., down to Jacob. The toledot formula, occurring eleven times in the book of Genesis, delineating its sections and shaping its structure, serves as a heading which marks a transition to a new subject: Genesis 1:1 (narrative) In the beginning Genesis 2:4 (narrative)... | Seters wrote that lacking many historical traditions and none from the distant past, "They had to use myths and legends for earlier periods. In order to make sense out of the variety of different and often conflicting versions of stories, and to relate the stories to each other, they fitted them into a genealogical chr... |
Suit Gundam Gamemaster or game master, a person officiating in a multiplayer role-playing game Grandmaster (chess) Grandmaster (martial arts) G.M. The Independent Fantasy Roleplaying Magazine Science and measurement Geiger–Müller tube or G-M tube, a type of radiation detector Genetic modification or Genetically Modifie... | US automobile manufacturing company which was founded in 1908 Motors Liquidation Company, the US automobile manufacturing company known as General Motors Corporation from 1916 to 2009 General Mills, US food manufacturing company Gunn & Moore, UK sports equipment company Places The Gambia, by ISO 3166 code Germany, by F... |
bijection between the set of subfields and the subgroups Then, is given by the set of invariants of under the action of , so Moreover, if is a normal subgroup then . And conversely, if is a normal field extension, then the associated subgroup in is a normal group. Lattice structure Suppose are Galois extensions of with... | that is an extension of the field (written as and read "E over F "). An automorphism of is defined to be an automorphism of that fixes pointwise. In other words, an automorphism of is an isomorphism such that for each . The set of all automorphisms of forms a group with the operation of function composition. This group... |
links to Britain strengthened further with his marriage to Princess Victoria, eldest child of Queen Victoria. With his ascent to the throne, many hoped that Frederick's reign would lead to a liberalization of the Reich and an increase of parliament's influence on the political process. The dismissal of Robert von Puttk... | no violence, but the Catholics mobilized their support, set up numerous civic organizations, raised money to pay fines, and rallied behind their church and the Centre Party. The "Old Catholic Church", which rejected the First Vatican Council, attracted only a few thousand members. Bismarck, a devout pietistic Protestan... |
September 268) was Roman emperor with his father Valerian from 253 to 260 and alone from 260 to 268. He ruled during the Crisis of the Third Century that nearly caused the collapse of the empire. He won a number of military victories against usurpers and Germanic tribes, but was unable to prevent the secession of impor... | years from 253 to 258. According to Eutropius and Aurelius Victor, he was particularly energetic and successful in preventing invaders from attacking the German provinces and Gaul, despite the weakness caused by Valerian's march on Italy against Aemilianus in 253. According to numismatic evidence, he seems to have won ... |
include mail goussets sewn into the elbows and armpits to protect the wearer in locations not covered by plate. German gothic armor arming doublets were generally shorter than Italian white armor doublets, which could extend to the upper thigh. In late fifteenth century Italy this also became a civilian fashion. Men wh... | a complete armor unto itself and underneath mail and plate in order to cushion the body and prevent chafing. Evidence for its use under armor does not appear until the mid twelfth century. It was very insulating and thus uncomfortable, but its protection was vital for the soldier. Although they are thought to have been... |
the Hari River, the Kabul River and the Helmand River. The country also contains a number of smaller rivers, lakes, and streams. Climate Rainfall in Afghanistan is very scarce, and mainly only affects the northern highlands, arriving in March and April. Rainfall in the more arid lowlands is rare, and can be very unpred... | the Hindu Kush, and the Khyber Pass that connects Afghanistan with Pakistan. The summit of the Khyber Pass at at Landi Kotal, Pakistan is 5 km (3 mi) east of the border town of Torkham. Other key passages through the mountainous Pakistan border include two from Paktika Province into Pakistan's Waziristan region: one at... |
episode of Stargate Universe "The Gauntlet" (Supergirl), an episode of Supergirl "The Gauntlet," an episode of MacGyver "The Gauntlet," the name given to the twelfth season of Mystery Science Theater 3000 Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media Gauntlet (newspaper), published by students at the University of Calga... | video game), a 1984 shoot 'em up game for the Atari 8-bit family Gauntlet (Micro Power video game), a 1984 Defender clone The Gauntlet (module), an adventure module for Dungeons & Dragons Television Series Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Gauntlet (2003–2004), an MTV reality television game show series Real World/R... |
the accused on trial. If the majority of them (and at least 12) thought that the evidence so adduced made out a sufficient case, the words "a true bill" were endorsed on the back of the bill. If they were of the opposite opinion, the phrase "not a true bill", or the single Latin word ignoramus ("we do not know" or "we ... | magistrates have aborted the prosecution. New Zealand New Zealand abolished the grand jury in 1961. Cape Colony Trial by jury was introduced in the Cape Colony by Richard Bourke, Lieutenant Governor and acting Governor of the colony between 1826 and 1828. The acting Governor, who was later influential in the establishm... |
firearms safety course and passing a test, a background check, and reference interviews. The PAL allows purchase of most popular sporting rifles and shotguns. A Restricted-PAL (RPAL) has an additional course for restricted weapons, which have increased storage requirements. The two main reasons for owning firearms are ... | of firearms is only allowed to authorized local dealers. An individual may not privately import his/her own firearms while immigrating from another country. Firearms may temporarily be taken out of the country for sport events or repairs. Firearms are regulated by Article 312 of the Panamanian Constitution of 1972 and ... |
e-mail service. In 2008, the Dnepropetrovsk maniacs posted the graphic murder video "3 Guys 1 Hammer". This was followed years later by Eric Clinton Kirk Newman's (known now as Luka Rocco Magnotta) video "1 Lunatic 1 Icepick" in 2012—a video of Newman murdering Chinese student Jun Lin that contained dismemberment, cann... | by United States v. Richards, which ruled that animal crush videos (videos that involve the killing of animals) can be obscene and therefore, are unprotected by the First Amendment even though they do not clearly appeal to sexual interests. The court ruled animal crush videos to be unprotected obscenity for two reasons... |
climate with frequently very cold winters, and short, mild summers. The lowlands of Albania have mild winters, averaging about . The summer temperatures average , however, humidity is low. In the southern lowlands, specifically the areas on the Ionian sea, temperatures average about in the winter and during the summer.... | is the Lake of Shkodër geographically located in the north, shared with Montenegro. One of the ancientest lakes in the world is the Lake of Ohrid located in the southeast, shared with North Macedonia. The highest positioned lakes in Southern Europe are the Large and Small Lake of Prespa in the southeast, shared with No... |
(sadomasochism), a sexual submissive dressed generally in a bondage suit Embroidery and crafts Gimp (thread), an ornamental trim used in sewing and embroidery Gimp thread (scoubidou), plastic thread used in crafts such as lanyards Arts and entertainment Gimp (album), by Psylons The GIMP Project, a New York dance compan... | submissive dressed generally in a bondage suit Embroidery and crafts Gimp (thread), an ornamental trim used in sewing and embroidery Gimp thread (scoubidou), plastic thread used in crafts such as lanyards Arts and entertainment Gimp (album), by Psylons The GIMP Project, a New York dance company "The Gimp", a leather ma... |
central granule. Genera There are only three genera, each with a single species: Gymnosphaera albida, Hedraiophrys hovassei, and Actinocoryne contractilis. Gymnosphaera albida is free-living, usually benthic in shallow water. The cells are round and naked, around 70-100 μm in diameter, and resemble the unrelated Actino... | of migration. Reproduction is either by budding off the head or fragmentation of the headless form, producing small free-living cells similar to Gymnosphaera, which then attach themselves and regrow the stalk and base. Classification Gymnosphaerids were originally considered centrohelids, which also have microtubules i... |
which the vector space is defined. The most important case is the field of complex numbers. The other important cases are the field of real numbers, finite fields, and fields of p-adic numbers. In general, algebraically closed fields are easier to handle than non-algebraically closed ones. The characteristic of the fie... | is too broad to construct any general representation theory, but specific special cases have been studied, sometimes using ad hoc techniques. The semisimple Lie groups have a deep theory, building on the compact case. The complementary solvable Lie groups cannot be classified in the same way. The general theory for Lie... |
the extent of the examinees' understanding of fundamental principles of physics and their ability to apply them to problem solving. Many graduate schools require applicants to take the exam and base admission decisions in part on the results. The scope of the test is largely that of the first three years of a standard ... | theory 6. Atomic physics (10%) properties of electrons Bohr model energy quantization atomic structure atomic spectra selection rules black-body radiation x-rays atoms in electric and magnetic fields 7. Special relativity (6%) introductory concepts of special relativity time dilation length contraction simultaneity ene... |
long as you harm no one". But they believe a certain law to be important, "You must not use magic for anything which will cause harm to anyone, and if, to prevent a greater wrong being done, you must discommode someone, you must do it only in a way which will abate the harm." Two features stand out about the Rede. The ... | Priestesses, founding further covens and continuing the initiation of more Wiccans into the tradition. In the UK, Europe and most Commonwealth countries someone self-defined as Wiccan is usually understood to be claiming initiatory descent from Gardner, either through Gardnerian Wicca, or through a derived branch such ... |
noon (12:00:00) GMT is rarely the exact moment the Sun crosses the Greenwich Meridian and reaches its highest point in the sky there. This event may occur up to 16 minutes before or after noon GMT, a discrepancy described by the equation of time. Noon GMT is the annual average (i.e. "mean") moment of this event, which ... | moment of this event, which accounts for the word "mean" in "Greenwich Mean Time". Originally, astronomers considered a GMT day to start at noon, while for almost everyone else it started at midnight. To avoid confusion, the name Universal Time was introduced to denote GMT as counted from midnight. Today, Universal Tim... |
fact, the symbol width need not match the palette size: as long as the values decoded are always less than the number of colors in the palette, the symbols can be any width from 2 to 8, and the palette size any power of 2 from 2 to 256. For example, if only the first four colors (values 0 to 3) of the palette are used,... | String found in table WHITE #255 FF FF FF FF | String not found in table | 106h - output code for previous string FF FF FF FF| 107h - add latest string to table FF | - initialize local string WHITE #255 FF FF | String found in table WHITE #255 FF FF FF | String found in table WHITE #255 FF FF FF FF | String found in ta... |
for best novel, but Egan declined the award. Works Novels An Unusual Angle (1983), Quarantine (1992), Permutation City (1994), Distress (1995), Diaspora (1997), Teranesia (1999), Schild's Ladder (2002), Incandescence (2008), Zendegi (2010), Dichronauts (2017), The Book of All Skies (2021), Orthogonal trilogy The Clockw... | Award, Asimov's Readers' Award (1999) Distress: Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis as Best Foreign Fiction (2000) Egan's work has won the Japanese Seiun Award for best translated fiction seven times. Teranesia was named the winner of the 2000 Ditmar Award for best novel, but Egan declined the award. Works Novels An Unusual Angle (1983... |
Elizabeth I, but following his surrender of Deventer to the Spanish in 1587 he, and most of his troops, had switched sides to serve Spain. Fawkes became an alférez or junior officer, fought well at the siege of Calais in 1596, and by 1603 had been recommended for a captaincy. That year, he travelled to Spain to seek su... | Owen, and Sir William Stanley, who said that Catesby would receive no support from Spain. Owen did, however, introduce Wintour to Fawkes, who had by then been away from England for many years, and thus was largely unknown in the country. Wintour and Fawkes were contemporaries; each was militant, and had first-hand expe... |
'experts' on the Internet". History The first recorded email warnings about the Good Times virus showed up on 15 November 1994. The first message was brief, a simple five sentence email with a Christmas greeting, advising recipients not to open email messages with the subject "GOOD TIMES!!", as doing so would "ruin" th... | warnings about the Good Times virus showed up on 15 November 1994. The first message was brief, a simple five sentence email with a Christmas greeting, advising recipients not to open email messages with the subject "GOOD TIMES!!", as doing so would "ruin" their files. Later messages became more intricate. The most com... |
author and editor Stewart Brand once wrote: "Gary Snyder's poetry addresses the life-planet identification with unusual simplicity of style and complexity of effect." According to Jody Norton, this simplicity and complexity derives from Snyder's use of natural imagery (geographical formations, flora, and fauna) in his ... | writer and longtime colleague Jim Harrison, filmed mostly on the Hearst Ranch in San Simeon, California. The film also shows archival photographs and film of Snyder's life. Work Poetics Gary Snyder uses mainly common speech-patterns as the basis for his lines, though his style has been noted for its "flexibility" and t... |
me—would be rotting in prison cells from Rio to Seattle today. Absolute truth is a very rare and dangerous commodity in the context of professional journalism." Etymology The term "gonzo" was first used in connection with Hunter S. Thompson by The Boston Globe magazine editor Bill Cardoso in 1970. He described Thompson... | is disputed. Another speculation is that the word may have been inspired by the 1960 hit song "Gonzo" by New Orleans rhythm and blues pianist James Booker. This possibility is supported by a 2007 oral biography of Thompson, which states that the term is taken from a song by Booker but does not explain why Thompson or C... |
ursine teeth and will eat meat, fish, and eggs when available. In captivity, zoos typically maintain the giant panda's bamboo diet, though some will provide specially formulated biscuits or other dietary supplements. Pandas will travel between different habitats if they need to, so they can get the nutrients that they ... | reproductive rate is considered to be one young every two years. Giant pandas reach sexual maturity between the ages of four and eight, and may be reproductive until age 20. The mating season is between March and May, when a female goes into estrus, which lasts for two or three days and only occurs once a year. When ma... |
trombone and timpani. The latter could thus be thought of as capable of either "glissando" or "portamento", depending on whether the drum was rolled or not. The clarinet gesture that opens Rhapsody in Blue could likewise be thought of either way: it was originally planned as a glissando (Gershwin's score labels each in... | guitar when accompanied with the use of a slide, wind instruments without valves or stops (such as the trombone or slide whistle), timpani (kettledrums), electronic instruments (such as the theremin, the ondes Martenot, synthesizers and keytars), the water organ, and the human voice. Other wind instruments can effect a... |
their offspring, or bachelor herds of unrelated adult males, but are gregarious and may gather in large aggregations. Males establish social hierarchies through "necking,” which are combat bouts where the neck is used as a weapon. Dominant males gain mating access to females, which bear the sole responsibility for rais... | and northern India in response to climate change. From there, the genus Giraffa evolved and, around 7 mya, entered Africa. Further climate changes caused the extinction of the Asian giraffes, while the African giraffes survived and radiated into several new species. Living giraffes appear to have arisen around 1 mya in... |
Neufeld, had discovered the three pneumococcal types (Types I, II, and III) and discovered the quellung reaction to identify them in vitro. Until Griffith's experiment, bacteriologists believed that the types were fixed and unchangeable, from one generation to another. In this experiment, bacteria from the III-S strain... | death in the wake of the post-WWI Spanish influenza pandemic, and Griffith was studying the possibility of creating a vaccine. Griffith used two strains of pneumococcus (Diplococcus pneumoniae) bacteria which infect mice – a type III-S (smooth) which was virulent, and a type II-R (rough) strain which was nonvirulent. T... |
the slaves. The war "ruined the conquered provinces," but the Northern plutocrats pulling the strings achieved their aim: the imposition of a vicious protectionism that led ultimately "to the regime of trusts and produced the billionaires." Molinari supported his liberal views by citing evolutionary concepts, claiming ... | eliminated through moral evolution occurring alongside the economic progress, which was necessary for it. Influence Some anarcho-capitalists consider Molinari to be the first proponent of anarcho-capitalism. In the preface to the 1977 English translation by Murray Rothbard called The Production of Security the "first p... |
traditional military. Although the term "guerrilla warfare" was coined in the context of the Peninsular War in the 19th century, the tactical methods of guerrilla warfare have long been in use. In the 6th century BC, Sun Tzu proposed the use of guerrilla-style tactics in The Art of War. The 3rd century BC Roman general... | the state. History Prehistoric tribal warriors presumably employed guerrilla-style tactics against enemy tribes. Evidence of conventional warfare, on the other hand, did not emerge until 3100 BC in Egypt and Mesopotamia. The Chinese general and strategist Sun Tzu, in his The Art of War (6th century BC), became one of t... |
= (P)Φ, where (P) stands for the prefix of φ and Φ for the matrix (the remaining, quantifier-free part of φ) we form . Since is clearly provable, it is easy to see that is provable. Reducing the theorem to formulas of degree 1 Our generic formula φ now is a sentence, in normal form, and its prefix starts with a univers... | the previous sentence) is proved, it will suffice to prove "φ is either refutable or satisfiable" only for φ's belonging to the class C. If φ is provably equivalent to ψ (i.e., (φ≡ψ) is provable), then it is indeed the case that "ψ is either refutable or satisfiable" → "φ is either refutable or satisfiable" (the soundn... |
an entire chapter of legislation dealing exclusively with corn meal and grits. State law in South Carolina requires grits and rice meal to be enriched, similar to the requirement for flour. Grits may be either yellow or white, depending on the color of the corn used. The most common version in supermarkets is "quick" g... | similar bill was introduced in South Carolina to name it the official state food, but it did not advance. Nevertheless, South Carolina still has an entire chapter of legislation dealing exclusively with corn meal and grits. State law in South Carolina requires grits and rice meal to be enriched, similar to the requirem... |
was part of GE's strategic plan to exit the U.S. banking sector and to free itself from tightening banking regulations. GE also aimed to shed its status as a "systematically important financial institution". In September 2015, GE Capital agreed to sell its transportation-finance unit to Canada's Bank of Montreal. The u... | large electric motors in Schenectady, New York; Bergmann & Company, a manufacturer of electric lighting fixtures, sockets, and other electric lighting devices; and Edison Electric Light Company, the patent-holding company and the financial arm backed by J. P. Morgan and the Vanderbilt family for Edison's lighting exper... |
You", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Here Comes the Sun" and "Something". Harrison's earliest musical influences included George Formby and Django Reinhardt; Carl Perkins, Chet Atkins and Chuck Berry were subsequent influences. By 1965, he had begun to lead the Beatles into folk rock through his interest in Bob Dylan... | Tax troubles and questionable expenses later tied up many of the proceeds, but Harrison commented: "Mainly the concert was to attract attention to the situation ... The money we raised was secondary, and although we had some money problems ... they still got plenty ... even though it was a drop in the ocean. The main t... |
the predominance of the ices (in fluid form) in their interior composition. The alternative term jovian planet refers to the Roman god Jupiter—the genitive form of which is Jovis, hence Jovian—and was intended to indicate that all of these planets were similar to Jupiter. Objects large enough to start deuterium fusion ... | each planet, and is referred to as "metallic" because the very high pressure turns hydrogen into an electrical conductor. The core is thought to consist of heavier elements at such high temperatures (20,000 K) and pressures that their properties are poorly understood. Ice giants Ice giants have distinctly different int... |
(Black Madonna of Częstochowa) and Erzulie Freda (Mater Dolorosa). There is also Buk, an Ethiopian goddess still worshipped in the southern regions. She represents the fertile aspect of women. So when a woman is having her period not only does it signify her submission to nature but also her union with the goddess. Ano... | Horned God. Within many forms of Wicca the Goddess has come to be considered as a universal deity, more in line with her description in the Charge of the Goddess, a key Wiccan text. In this guise she is the "Queen of Heaven", similar to Isis. She also encompasses and conceives all life, much like Gaia. Similarly to Isi... |
von Auersperg Rose Ausländer B Ingeborg Bachmann Hugo Ball Wolfgang Bauer Konrad Bayer Johannes Robert Becher Richard Beer-Hofmann Gottfried Benn Michael Beheim Werner Bergengruen Thomas Bernhard F.W. Bernstein Marcel Beyer Horst Bienek Otto Julius Bierbaum Wolf Biermann Johannes Bobrowski Paul Boldt Wolfgang Borchert ... | Gottfried Benn Michael Beheim Werner Bergengruen Thomas Bernhard F.W. Bernstein Marcel Beyer Horst Bienek Otto Julius Bierbaum Wolf Biermann Johannes Bobrowski Paul Boldt Wolfgang Borchert Nicolas Born Thomas Brasch Volker Braun Bertolt Brecht Helene Brehm Clemens von Brentano Theo Breuer Rolf Dieter Brinkmann Georg Br... |
(burns quickly). This is an advantage in a propellant device, where one does not desire a shock that would shatter the gun and potentially harm the operator; however, it is a drawback when an explosion is desired. In that case, the propellant (and most importantly, gases produced by its burning) must be confined. Since... | weapon makers and bronze-smiths to move to Brunei, Sumatra, Malaysia and the Philippines lead to widespread use, especially in the Makassar Strait. It led to near universal use of the swivel-gun and cannons in the Nusantara archipelago. Saltpeter harvesting was recorded by Dutch and German travelers as being common in ... |
Orcinus Another name for Orcinus orca, the killer whale or orca Another name for the hellbender, a species of salamander Another name for a hellgrammite, the dobsonfly larva Another name for Mastigoproctus giganteus, a species of whip scorpion Ships CSS Grampus, an American river steamer built in 1856 and used by the C... | giganteus, a species of whip scorpion Ships CSS Grampus, an American river steamer built in 1856 and used by the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War , the name of a number of Royal Navy ships and submarines , a fisheries research and fish-culture ship in commission with the United States Commission on... |
Kildall is considered a pioneer of the personal computer revolution. During the 1980s, Kildall also appeared on PBS as co-host (with Stewart Cheifet) of Computer Chronicles, a weekly informational program which covered the latest developments in personal computing. Although Kildall's career in computing spanned more th... | option. One of the operating system options was PC DOS, priced at . PC DOS was seen as a practically necessary option; most software titles required it and without it the IBM PC was limited to its built-in Cassette BASIC. CP/M-86 shipped a few months later six times more expensive at , and sold poorly against DOS and e... |
on the south shore of the Baltic Sea and wars against Slavic peoples (the Northern Crusades), are very valuable for the history of West Slavic tribes (Polabian Slavs, Pomeranians) and Slavic paganism. Book 14 contains a unique description of the temple on the island of Rügen. Overview Book 1 The first book is mostly Sa... | King Canute VI's first years. It is believed that Saxo then wrote Books 11, 12, and 13. Svend Aagesen's history of Denmark, Brevis Historia Regum Dacie (circa 1186), states that Saxo had decided to write about "The king-father and his sons," which would be King Sweyn Estridson, in Books 11, 12, and 13. He would later a... |
her from talking about her time at MPR (she refused and never deposited the check). Settlement and access to archived shows Keillor received a letter from the MPR CEO, Jon McTaggart, dated April 5, 2018, confirming that both sides wanted archives of A Prairie Home Companion and The Writer's Almanac to be publicly avail... | N. Western Avenues in the Cathedral Hill area in the Summit-University neighborhood of Saint Paul, Minnesota. In April 2012, the store moved to a new location on Snelling Avenue across from Macalester College in the Macalester-Groveland neighborhood. In April of 2019, Keillor sold his interest in the bookstore. Voice-o... |
modern Turkey. Galatia was named after the Gauls from Thrace (cf. Tylis), who settled here and became a small transient foreign tribe in the 3rd century BC, following the supposed Gallic invasion of the Balkans in 279 BC. It has been called the "Gallia" of the East; Roman writers calling its inhabitants Galli (Gauls or... | settled in northern Phrygia, a region that eventually came to be known as Galatia. The territory of Celtic Galatia included the cities of Ancyra (present day Ankara), Pessinus, Tavium, and Gordion. Roman Galatia Upon the death of Deiotarus, the Kingdom of Galatia was given to Amyntas, an auxiliary commander in the Roma... |
Gallograeci to refer to either the Galatians or the Gauls in general See also | to the Galatians, a book of the New Testament English translation of the Greek Galatai |
of generalization has broad application in many connected disciplines, and might sometimes have a more specific meaning in a specialized context (e.g. generalization in psychology, generalization in learning). In general, given two related concepts A and B, A is a "generalization" of B (equiv., B is a special case of A... | For more, see Specialisation (biology). Hypernym and hyponym The connection of generalization to specialization (or particularization) is reflected in the contrasting words hypernym and hyponym. A hypernym as a generic stands for a class or group of equally ranked items, such as the term tree which stands for equally r... |
age of 17, where she signed with Wilhelmina Models. Her first major shoot, published in October 1978, was with top fashion photographer Chris von Wangenheim, who had her pose nude behind a chain-link fence with makeup artist Sandy Linter. Carangi immediately became infatuated with Linter and pursued her, though the rel... | her agent, mentor, and friend Wilhelmina Cooper, died of lung cancer in March 1980, a devastated Carangi began using drugs and developed an addiction to heroin. Carangi's addiction soon began to affect her work; she had violent temper tantrums, walked out of photo shoots to buy drugs, and fell asleep in front of the ca... |
Co. music publishers, was sufficiently impressed with Le Villi and its young composer that he commissioned a second opera, which would result in Edgar. Work was begun in 1884 when Fontana began working out the scenario for the libretto. Puccini finished primary composition in 1887 and orchestration in 1888. Edgar premi... | lifestyle as long as he was successful. When Edgar failed, they suggested to Ricordi that he should drop Puccini, but Ricordi said that he would stay with him and continued his allowance until his next opera. Manon Lescaut On commencing his next opera, Manon Lescaut, Puccini announced that he would write his own libret... |
music record label Other uses Gramophone (film), a 2003 Indian film Gramophone (magazine), a British monthly classical music publication Gramophone Classical Music Awards, annual honours for the classical music industry Grammy Award or Gramophone Award, annual awards presented by The Recording Academy Gramophone, a 198... | the mechanical recording and reproduction of sound. Gramophone may also refer to: Businesses Gramophone Company, a British record company Gramophone Company of India or Saregama, an Indian record company Berliner Gramophone, an early American record company Deutsche Grammophon, a |
in Cukor's home in 1939 and married three years later. Over the course of seven years, the trio collaborated on seven films, including A Double Life (1947) starring Ronald Colman, Adam's Rib (1949), Born Yesterday (1950), The Marrying Kind (1952), and It Should Happen to You (1954), all featuring Judy Holliday, another... | senior year, he worked as a supernumerary with the Metropolitan Opera, earning 50¢ per appearance, and $1 if he was required to perform in blackface. Following his graduation in 1917, Cukor was expected to follow in his father's footsteps and pursue a career in law. He halfheartedly enrolled in the City College of New ... |
in this article. The gas mask only protects the user from digesting, inhaling, and contact through the eyes (many agents affect through eye contact). Most combined gas mask filters will last around 8 hours in a biological or chemical situation. Filters against specific chemical agents can last up to 20 hours. Airborne ... | called functional groups) that have different properties. Thus a resin can be tailored to a particular toxic group. When the reactive substance comes in contact with the resin, it will bond to it, removing it from the air stream. It may also exchange with a less harmful substance at this site. Though it was crude, the ... |
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