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Bench micrometers are tools for inspection use whose accuracy and precision are around half a micrometre (20 millionths of an inch, "a fifth of a tenth" in machinist jargon) and whose repeatability is around a quarter micrometre ("a tenth of a tenth"). An example is the Pratt & Whitney Supermicrometer brand. Digit mics... | (aka thread mics) have a matching set of thread-shaped tips for measuring the pitch diameter of screw threads. Limit mics have two anvils and two spindles, and are used like a snap gauge. The part being checked must pass through the first gap and must stop at the second gap in order to be within specification. The two ... |
beneficiary, generally of an action performed for oneself. Let's catch ourselves some fish (which might also be phrased Let's catch some fish for ourselves) This construction could also be an extension of a reflexive construction. In addition, certain ditransitive verbs can also act as monotransitive verbs: "David told... | passivization is possible but requires a different auxiliary: "krijgen" instead of "worden". E.g. schenken means "to donate, to give": Active: Jan schonk hem de boeken – John donated the books to him. Passive: De boeken werden door Jan aan hem geschonken. Pseudo-passive: Hij kreeg de boeken door Jan geschonken. Attribu... |
by producing hormones that mimic the host's moulting hormones (ecdysteroids), or by regulating the host's endocrine system. Micropredators A micropredator attacks more than one host, reducing each host's fitness by at least a small amount, and is only in contact with any one host intermittently. This behavior makes mic... | invade another colony without a queen. An extreme example of interspecific social parasitism is found in the ant Tetramorium inquilinum, an obligate parasite which lives exclusively on the backs of other Tetramorium ants. A mechanism for the evolution of social parasitism was first proposed by Carlo Emery in 1909. Now ... |
typically only form on laboratory growth media. Biofilms—the aggregated form of microorganisms most commonly found in nature— are generally more complex and diverse and marked by larger quantities of extracellular structural matrix relative to the cellular biomass. Techniques Bacterial lawns can be produced manually by... | found in nature— are generally more complex and diverse and marked by larger quantities of extracellular structural matrix relative to the cellular biomass. Techniques Bacterial lawns can be produced manually by evenly spreading a high amount of bacteria onto an agar plate using a sterile cotton swab or a Drigalski spa... |
also added lossless FLAC and ALAC formats for ripping and playback. For burning, version 11 shows a graphical bar indicating how much space will be used on the disc and introduced Disc spanning which splits a burn list onto multiple discs in case the content does not fit on one disc. Portable device sync Windows Media ... | correction and ripped audio can be protected with Windows Media DRM. Ripping to MP3 is supported only in Windows Media Player 8 for Windows XP and later if a compatible MP3 encoder is installed. Windows Media Player 10 included the Fraunhofer MP3 Professional encoder. Information on CDs such as album name, artist and t... |
with agar and a container (basically a Petri dish, a circular glass dish of 20 × 5 cm with matching lid) which he called feuchte Kammer ("moist chamber"). A bacterial culture was spread on the glass slide, then placed in the moist chamber with a small wet paper. Bacterial growth was easily visible. Koch publicly demons... | in a Petri dish had killed the bacteria all around it. Features and variants Petri dishes are usually cylindrical, mostly with diameters ranging from , and a height to diameter ratio ranging from 1:10 to 1:4. Squarish versions are also available. Petri dishes were traditionally reusable and made of glass; often of heat... |
on a combination of Indian and Chinese traditions of medicine. Thai massage combines both physical and energetic aspects. It is a deep, full-body massage progressing from the feet up, and focusing on sen or energy lines throughout the body, with the aim of clearing blockages in these lines, and thus stimulating the flo... | shampooing" was advertised in The Times from as early as 1880. Adverts claimed it as a cure for obesity amongst other chronic ailments. Sports, business and organizations Massage developed alongside athletics in both Ancient China and Ancient Greece. Taoist priests developed massage in concert with their Kung Fu gymnas... |
purification in potable water treatment, the underlying sand providing the support medium for this biological treatment layer. As water passes through the hypogeal layer, particles of foreign matter are trapped in the mucilaginous matrix and soluble organic material is adsorbed. The contaminants are metabolised by the ... | imbalance between demineralization and remineralisation leading to net mineral loss within dental hard tissues (enamel and then dentin), the sign and symptom being a carious lesion. By preventing the dental plaque biofilm from maturing or by returning it back to a non-cariogenic state, dental caries can be prevented an... |
the element hydrogen, with one proton, one electron, and no neutrons Protium (plant), a genus of chiefly tropical | Protium may refer to: Protium (isotope) or hydrogen-1, the most common isotope of the element hydrogen, with one proton, one electron, and no neutrons Protium (plant), |
can be a trigger, sending shocked matter into the cloud at very high speeds. (The resulting new stars may themselves soon produce supernovae, producing self-propagating star formation.) Alternatively, galactic collisions can trigger massive starbursts of star formation as the gas clouds in each galaxy are compressed an... | Early stages of a star's life can be seen in infrared light, which penetrates the dust more easily than visible light. Observations from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) have thus been especially important for unveiling numerous galactic protostars and their parent star clusters. Examples of such embedded... |
ketoprofen, and nimesulide, aspirin, and related salicylates such as choline salicylate, magnesium salicylate, and sodium salicylate, Phenazone (antipyrine), available in combination with benzocaine as an ear drop in the US. Nabumetone Paracetamol (acetaminophen) Metamizole, banned in over 30 countries for causing agra... | fever. The use of alcohol baths is not an appropriate cooling method, because there have been reported adverse events associated with systemic absorption of alcohol. Medications Many medications have antipyretic effects and thus are useful for fever, but not in treating illness, including: NSAIDs such as ibuprofen, nap... |
in 2010 and partially opened on September 22, 2018, which was already enough to fill the gap. However, I-70 remains discontinuous in Pennsylvania, because of the lack of a direct interchange with the Pennsylvania Turnpike at the eastern end of the concurrency near Breezewood. Traveling in either direction, I-70 traffic... | the system. I-95 was made a continuous freeway in 2018, and thus I-70 remains the only original Interstate with a discontinuity. I-95 was discontinuous in New Jersey because of the cancellation of the Somerset Freeway. This situation was remedied when the construction of the Pennsylvania Turnpike/Interstate 95 Intercha... |
Officials (AASHTO). The only federal involvement in AASHTO is a nonvoting seat for the United States Department of Transportation. Generally, most north-to-south highways are odd-numbered, with the lowest numbers in the east and the highest in the west, while east-to-west highways are typically even-numbered, with the ... | numbers increase from west-to-east and south-to-north, to keep identically numbered routes geographically apart in order to keep them from being confused with one another, and it omits 50 and 60 which would potentially conflict with US 50 and US 60. In the US Highway system, three-digit numbers are assigned to spurs of... |
are also used in microbiology for the preparation of microbial cultures. Erlenmeyer flasks used in cell culture are sterilized and may feature vented closures to enhance gas exchange during incubation and shaking. The use of minimal liquid volumes, typically no more than one fifth of the total flask volume, and baffles... | or other connector for use with more specialized stoppers or attachment to other apparatus. A Büchner flask is a common design modification for filtration under vacuum. Uses Use in chemistry The slanted sides and narrow neck of this flask allow the contents of the flask to be mixed by swirling, without risk of spillage... |
traceability of the calibration to an NIST standard. Periodically it may be necessary to check the calibration of the laboratory glassware. Dissolved silica Laboratory glassware is composed of silica. Silica is considered insoluble in most substances with a few exceptions such as hydrofluoric acid. Though insoluble a m... | in Germany up until the start of World War I. Before World War I, glass producers in the United States had difficulty competing with German laboratory glassware manufacturers because laboratory glassware was classified as educational material and was not subject to an import tax. During World War I, the supply of labor... |
a laboratory setting Beaker (archaeology), a prehistoric drinking vessel Beaker culture, the archaeological culture often called the Beaker people Other Beaker (musician), Contemporary Christian Music songwriter, musician, and Rich Mullins collaborator Beaker (Muppet), the hapless assistant of Dr. | Bunsen Honeydew on The Muppet Show Beaker (web browser), a peer-to-peer browser with tools to create and host websites. Beaker Street with Clyde Clifford, underground music program 1967–2011 hosted by Clyde Clifford Norman Beaker, British guitarist Tracy Beaker, a fictional character See |
solubility of <0.01% in water (<100 mg/L). Clinical uses Schizophrenia Clozapine is usually used for people diagnosed with schizophrenia who have had an inadequate response to other antipsychotics or who have been unable to tolerate other drugs due to extrapyramidal side effects. It is also used for the treatment of ps... | possibly on account of benign ethnic neutropenia. Benign ethnic neutropenia Benign reductions in neutrophils are observed in individuals of all ethnic backgrounds ethnic neutropenia (BEN), neutropenia without immune dysfunction or increased liability to infection is not due to abnormal neutrophil production; although, ... |
operation was used extensively in mental hospitals. However, psychosurgery fell into disrepute in the 1970s, partly due to its use on children with behavioural problems. Australia and New Zealand In the 1980s there were 10–20 operations a year in Australia and New Zealand. The number had decreased to one or two a year ... | has been the most commonly used psychosurgical procedure in the US. The target site is the anterior cingulate cortex; the operation disconnects the thalamic and posterior frontal regions and damages the anterior cingulate region. Anterior capsulotomy was developed in Sweden, where it became the most frequently used pro... |
(band), Danish musical band Dalton (Chrono Trigger), non-playable main character in Chrono Trigger The Dalton Brothers (band), a satirical country band created by U2 The Daltons (Lucky Luke), fictional outlaws in Lucky Luke comic book series Dalton Academy, a fictional school in the TV series Glee Dalton Russell, chara... | Daltons (2010 TV series), a French animated TV series Places United Kingdom Dalton-in-Furness, Cumbria (historically in Lancashire), England Dalton, Cumbria, near Burton-in-Kendal (historically in Lancashire), England Dalton, Lancashire, near Skelmersdale, England Dalton, Hexhamshire, a location Dalton, Stamfordham, a ... |
jacket. Heat is measured by monitoring the temperature difference between heat transfer fluid and the process fluid. In addition, fill volumes (i.e. wetted area), specific heat, heat transfer coefficient have to be determined to arrive at a correct value. It is possible with this type of calorimeter to do reactions at ... | which led to the creation of the first ice calorimeters. In 1780, Antoine Lavoisier used the heat from the guinea pig's respiration to melt snow surrounding his apparatus, showing that respiratory gas exchange is combustion, similar to a candle burning. Lavoisier dubbed this apparatus the calorimeter, based on both Gre... |
mixtures or liquids. This general property of gases is also true in chemical reactions of gases in biology. For example, the necessary amount of oxygen for human respiration, and the amount that is toxic, is set by the partial pressure of oxygen alone. This is true across a very wide range of different concentrations o... | + {\mathit{b}B} <=> {\mathit{c}C} + {\mathit{d}D} the equilibrium constant of the reaction would be: For reversible reactions, changes in the total pressure, temperature or reactant concentrations will shift the equilibrium so as to favor either the right or left side of the reaction in accordance with Le Chatelier's P... |
largest shipping salvage efforts of its time, München was raised, towed to a dry dock, repaired, and returned to service. Shortly afterwards, the ship's owner renamed her General von Steuben. World War II The ship, now called Steuben, was commissioned in 1939 as a Kriegsmarine accommodation ship. In 1944, she was press... | advance into the Baltic States and East Prussia. Thousands fled to the Baltic seaport at Pillau (now Baltiysk, Russia), hoping to board ships that would carry them to the relative safety of Western Germany. Steuben was part of the fleet sent for the purpose. Final voyage On 9 February 1945, the 14,660-ton Steuben saile... |
Yes in disarray again, Squire turned to Billy Sherwood (by now the band's engineer) for help. Both men had been working on a side project called Conspiracy and reworked existing demos and recordings from there to turn them into Yes songs, and also worked on new material with Anderson and White. (Howe's involvement at t... | refusal to leave his long-serving management created insuperable legal problems. Talk was released in March 1994 and is the band's fourteenth studio release. Its cover was designed by pop artist Peter Max. The record was largely composed and performed by Rabin, with the other band members following Rabin's tracks for t... |
the course of the war. As early as 1940, Polish agents (including Witold Pilecki) penetrated German concentration camps, including Auschwitz, and informed the world about Nazi atrocities. Jan Karski is another important Polish resistance fighter who reported to the Polish government in exile and the Western Allies on t... | Granville") in the United Kingdom's Special Operations Executive. The researchers who produced the first Polish-British in-depth monograph on Home Army intelligence (Intelligence Co-operation Between Poland and Great Britain During World War II: Report of the Anglo-Polish Historical Committee of 2005) and who described... |
privateer who had assumed the name "Baron von Hompesch" plundered the defenceless city and seized the property of the Danish Crown Monopoly. The Admiralty Prize Court, however, refused to condemn it as a lawful prize. In 1856, free trade came to the Faroe Islands. By opening the islands to the world, it transformed the... | two parts: Eystaravág and Vestaravág. The Vikings would thus meet on the flat rocks of Tinganes every summer, as the most central place on the islands, although there was no settlement at Tinganes at that time. The Færeyinga Saga says: "the place of the ting of the Faroese was on Streymoy, and there is the harbour that... |
1895, was located on the south side of Friar Street. It burned down in 1937. Within the town hall is a 700-seat concert hall that houses a Father Willis organ. Reading theatre venues include The Hexagon and South Street Arts Centre. Amateur theatre venues in Reading include Progress Theatre, a self-governing, self-fund... | Royal Berkshire Hospital, founded in 1839 and much enlarged and rebuilt since. A second major NHS general hospital, the Battle Hospital, closed in 2005. Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust runs a NHS hospital, Prospect Park Hospital, which specialises in the provision of care for people with mental health and lea... |
(IPS). Copper tube, CPVC, PeX and other tubing is measured nominally, basically an average diameter. These sizing schemes allow for universal adaptation of transitional fittings. For instance, 1/2" PeX tubing is the same size as 1/2" copper tubing. 1/2" PVC on the other hand is not the same size as 1/2" tubing, and the... | awareness of the dangers of lead poisoning. At this time, copper piping was introduced as a better and safer alternative to lead pipes. Systems The major categories of plumbing systems or subsystems are: potable cold and hot tap water supply plumbing drainage venting sewage systems and septic systems with or without ho... |
two-room apartment on Hamagid Street in Tel Aviv. Early life and education Rabin grew up in Tel Aviv, where the family relocated when he was one year old. He enrolled in the Tel Aviv Beit Hinuch Leyaldei Ovdim (בית חינוך לילדי עובדים, "School House for Workers' Children") in 1928 and completed his studies there in 1935... | Jimmy Carter, Rabin publicly announced that the U.S. supported the Israeli idea of defensible borders; Carter then issued a clarification. A "fallout" in U.S./Israeli relations ensued. It is thought that the fallout contributed to the Israeli Labor Party's defeat in the May 1977 elections. On 15 March 1977, Haaretz jou... |
Schleswig-Holstein. Johann Struensee, now 23 years old, had to set up his own household for the first time. His lifestyle expectations were not matched by his economics. His superior intelligence and elegant manners, however, soon made him fashionable in the better circles, and he entertained his contemporaries with hi... | successful vaccination of the baby crown prince in May still further increased his influence. Struensee was very involved with the upbringing of the Crown Prince Frederick VI along the principles of Enlightenment, such as outlined by Jean-Jacques Rousseau's challenge to return to nature. However he had his own rather s... |
empire", Reagan responded that he no longer did, and that when he used the term it was "another time, another era". Historians such as Yale University's John Lewis Gaddis have grown more favorable towards the use and influence of the phrase "evil empire" in describing the Soviet Union. In The Cold War Gaddis argues tha... | Intermediate- and shorter-range nuclear missiles were eliminated. Global reaction and aftermath In 1987, American conservative Michael Johns compiled a list of Soviet crimes, echoing Reagan by saying "what we face today in Soviet Communism is, indeed, an evil empire". The Soviet Union, for its part, alleged that the Un... |
Greenwich Castle, which stood on the hilltop that the Observatory presently occupies, as a hunting lodge. Greenwich Castle was reportedly a favourite place for Henry VIII to house his mistresses, so that he could easily travel from the Palace to see them. In 1676 the main building of the observatory, now known as Flams... | Zero Meridian (about 2.3m). This old astronomical prime meridian has been replaced by a more precise prime meridian. When Greenwich was an active observatory, geographical coordinates were referred to a local oblate spheroid called a datum known as a geoid, whose surface closely matched local mean sea level. Several da... |
made into a 1987 film starring Anne Bancroft and Anthony Hopkins and also into a play and a BBC radio drama. 84 Charing Cross Road, located just north of Cambridge Circus, has not been a bookshop for many years; at street level it is now a restaurant (entered round the corner in Cambridge Circus), but the upper levels ... | Bridge which was built as central London and the wider estuary's second bridge after more than a century of pressure, in 1750. These pressures therefore congested the north–south axis of the inner West End almost as much as the relieved London Bridge area. Specifically a major increase in traffic occurred around Piccad... |
Willow Rosenberg, Buffy Summers' best friend, on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The show became a success, and Hannigan gained recognition, subsequently appearing in several films aimed at teenaged audiences, including American Pie (1999), Boys and Girls (2000), American Pie 2 (2001), and American Wedd... | the hit comedy How I Met Your Mother, and also playing a recurring guest role on Veronica Mars as Trina Echolls. In February 2006, she starred as Julia Jones in Date Movie, a parody of romantic comedies. She was also a guest star on the ABC animated sitcom The Goode Family in 2009. Hannigan joined forces with Emily Des... |
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is the Joint Staff (JS). Awards and decorations The Defense Distinguished Service Medal (DDSM), the Defense Superior Service Medal (DSSM), the Defense Meritorious Service Medal (DMSM), the Joint Service Commendation Medal (JSCM) and the Joint Service Achievement Medal (JSAM) are awarded, t... | what is generally known as a defense minister in many other countries. The secretary of defense is appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, and is by custom a member of the Cabinet and by law a member of the National Security Council. The secretary of defense is a statutory office, and the ... |
secretary of war was the head of the War Department. At first, he was responsible for all military affairs, including naval affairs. In 1798, the secretary of the Navy was created by statute, and the scope of responsibility for this office was reduced to the affairs of the United States Army. From 1886 onward, the secr... | of war was in the line of succession to the presidency, after the vice president of the United States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate and the secretary of state. In 1947, with the passing of the National Security Act of 1947, the secretary of war was replaced by the... |
organization) within the United States Department of Defense. By law, the secretary of the Navy must be a civilian at least five years removed from active military service. The Secretary is appointed by the President and requires confirmation by the Senate. The secretary of the Navy was, from its creation in 1798, a me... | within their respective services to implement the orders of the Secretary. Navy Regulations The United States Navy Regulations is the principal regulatory document of the Department of the Navy, and all changes to it must be approved by the secretary of the Navy. U.S. Coast Guard Whenever the United States Coast Guard ... |
the secretary of defense, and the attorney general are regarded as the four most important Cabinet officials in the United States because of the size and importance of their respective departments. Attorney General is a LevelI position in the Executive Schedule, thus earning a salary of US$221,400, as of January 2021. ... | been nominated for the office in November 2016 by then-President-elect Donald Trump. List of attorneys general Parties (4) (5) (34) (4) (40) (1) Status Living former U.S. attorneys general As of , there are nine living former U.S. attorneys general, the oldest being Edwin Meese (served 1985–1988, born 1931). The most r... |
than expected may be a type of dysphemism. For example, if a child usually calls their father "dad" or "papa," calling him "father" may be a way of offending or antagonizing him, by implying that he is merely his role, not someone the child is close with. Similarly if a child usually called "Billy" is addressed by a pa... | include malphemism (from the Latin malus "bad"), and cacophemism (from the Greek kakos κακός "bad"). Usage A dysphemism is a marked form (standing out as unusual or divergent) which expresses a speaker's view or attitude towards the listener or group. Types Synecdoche One kind of dysphemism is synecdochic, where a part... |
of the Interior is a Level I position in the Executive Schedule, thus earning a salary of US$221,400, as of January 2021. Following senate confirmation, former U.S. representative Deb Haaland was sworn in as the secretary of the interior, the first Native American woman to hold the position. Line of succession The line... | representative Deb Haaland was sworn in as the secretary of the interior, the first Native American woman to hold the position. Line of succession The line of succession for the secretary of interior is as follows: Deputy Secretary of the Interior Solicitor of the Interior Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and... |
novel. The character is loosely based on László Almásy, a well-known desert explorer in 1930s Egypt, who helped the German side in the Second World War. Almásy did not suffer burns or die in Italy, but survived the war and lived until 1951. Hana Hana is a twenty-year-old Canadian Army nurse torn between her youth and h... | villa as those of a group that disregards nationality. They get together and celebrate Hana's twenty-first birthday, a symbol of their friendship and Kip's acceptance. However, when he learns of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima Kip is thoroughly shocked. He leaves immediately while Caravaggio reflects that Westerners w... |
5.5125 to 11.025 kHz (f/8 to f/4) 11.025 to 22.05 kHz (f/4 to f/2) The four subbands are then MDCT encoded using a fixed-length transform. Unlike nearly all modern formats, the transform length cannot be varied to optimize coding transients. Instead, a simpler transient encoding technique called gain control is used, i... | encoded using a fixed-length transform. Unlike nearly all modern formats, the transform length cannot be varied to optimize coding transients. Instead, a simpler transient encoding technique called gain control is used, in which the gain of different subbands is varied during a transient prior to MDCT and then restored... |
is inaudible regardless. Some original sounds have been known to defeat ATRAC which typically introduces a crackle or whistle onto the data stream. ATRAC was devised for MiniDisc to support the same amount of audio on a CD. ATRAC reduces the 1.4 Mbit/s of a CD to a 292 kbit/s data stream, roughly a 5:1 reduction. ATRAC... | connecting the audio out port of the MD to an available audio in port of the computer. With the release of the Hi-MD format, Sony began to release Macintosh compatible software. However, the Mac compatible software was still not compatible with legacy MD formats (SP, LP2, LP4). This means that using an MD recorded on a... |
predecessors.... His melodic and harmonic style changed little, and it had as much of Schubert in it as of Wagner.... His technique in the development and transformation of themes, learnt from Beethoven, Liszt and Wagner, was unsurpassed, and he was almost the equal of Brahms in the art of melodic variation. Deryck Coo... | size and use of repetition, as well as to Bruckner's propensity for revising many of his works, often with the assistance of colleagues, and his apparent indecision about which versions he preferred. On the other hand, Bruckner was greatly admired by subsequent composers, including his friend Gustav Mahler. Life and ca... |
Roman mythology Julus (myriapod), a genus of millipedes in the family | may refer to: Ascanius, also known as Julus, a |
an English sea explorer and navigator during the early 17th century, best known for his explorations of present-day Canada and parts of the northeastern United States. In 1607 and 1608, Hudson made two attempts on behalf of English merchants to find a rumoured Northeast Passage to Cathay via a route above the Arctic Ci... | men and a boy on the 80-ton Hopewell. They reached the east coast of Greenland on 14 June, coasting it northward until 22 June. Here the party named a headland "Young's Cape", a "very high mount, like a round castle" near it "Mount of God's Mercy" and land at 73° north latitude "Hold with Hope". After turning east, the... |
this purpose in the 20th century and were often combined with an extinguisher. In modern candles, the wick is constructed so that it curves over as it burns. This ensures that the end of the wick gets oxygen and is then consumed by fire—a self-trimming wick. Etymology The word candle comes from Middle English , from Ol... | petroleum refining. Candles can also be made from microcrystalline wax, beeswax (a byproduct of honey collection), gel (a mixture of polymer and mineral oil), or some plant waxes (generally palm, carnauba, bayberry, or soybean wax). The size of the flame and corresponding rate of burning is controlled largely by the ca... |
Cao Cao defeats and kills Yuan Tan, the eldest son of his rival Yuan Shao. Births Cao Rui, Chinese emperor of Cao Wei (d. 239) Gu Tan, Chinese official and politician (d. 246) Plotinus, Greek philosopher and writer (d. 270) Shan Tao, Chinese Taoist scholar and official (d. 283) Sima Wang, Chinese prince and general (d.... | as the Year of the Consulship of Aurelius and Geta (or, less frequently, year 958 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 205 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire Marcus Aurelius Ant... |
Pretoria, a German international school in Pretoria, South Africa Military and police Deputy Superintendent of Police Defense Standardization Program, in the U.S. military Defense Support Program, operators of the U.S. Air Force's early-warning satellites Delaware State Police Disruptive solutions process in the U.S. A... | Digital signal processing, the mathematical manipulation of an information signal Digital signal processor, a microprocessor designed for digital signal processing Yamaha DSP-1, a proprietary digital signal processor Demand-side platform, a system to facilitate the buying of online advertising Education Developmental s... |
and dystopian literatures, because it shares the general preoccupation with ideas of good and bad societies. Of the countries Lemuel Gulliver visits, Brobdingnag and Country of the Houyhnhnms approach a utopia; the others have significant dystopian aspects. Ecotopian fiction In ecotopian fiction, the author posits eith... | that might otherwise be taken for granted or considered natural and inevitable". Some dystopias claim to be utopias. Samuel Butler's Erewhon can be seen as a dystopia because of the way sick people are punished as criminals while thieves are "cured" in hospitals, which the inhabitants of Erewhon see as natural and righ... |
of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Umbrius and Gavius (or, less frequently, year 959 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 206 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when | years. Events By place Roman Empire Hadrian's Wall is retaken for the first time, since the Pictish uprising of 180. Emperor Septimius Severus comes to Britain, with his sons Caracalla and Geta. Births Trebonianus Gallus, Roman emperor (d. 253) Wang Jun (or Shizhi), Chinese general (d. 286) Deaths Gao Gan, Chinese warl... |
207 (CCVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Maximus and Severus (or, less frequently, year 960 Ab urbe condita). The denomination 207 for this year has been used since the early medieval perio... | became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place China Battle of White Wolf Mountain: Warlord Cao Cao defeats the Wuhuan tribes, sending the Wuhuan into decline. Births Liu Shan (or Gongsi), Chinese emperor (d. 271) Deaths Guo Jia, |
along with the Battle of Yamen and Battle of Lake Poyang. This is one of the largest naval battles in China's history. Roman Empire Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Augustus and his brother Publius Septimius Geta Caesar become Roman Consuls. Emperor Septimius Severus leads an expedition (20,000 men) into Britannia, crosses Ha... | is controlled by the legions at Deva Victrix (Chester) and Isca Augusta (Caerleon) with its capital at Londinium (London). Parthia King Vologases VI succeeds his father Vologases V to the throne. His brother Artabanus V begins a rebellion against him in the Parthian Empire. Ardashir I, ruler of Istakhr (Persia), revolt... |
United States Agency for International Development as a permanent member of the Deputies Committee, winning moderate praise, while the White House Chief Strategist was removed. Authority and powers The National Security Council was established by the National Security Act of 1947 (PL 235 – 61 Stat. 496; U.S.C. 402), am... | Chief of Staff, the Director of National Intelligence, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, the Homeland Security Advisor, and the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. The White House Counsel, the Deputy Counsel to the President for National Security Aff... |
with ith entry equal to 1 and all other entries equal to 0), then . For example, with this convention, the matrix associated to the permutation is and the matrix associated to the permutation is . Then the composition of permutations is , and the corresponding matrix product is It is also common in the literature to fi... | the arithmetical series beginning and increasing by unity and continued to the number of places, will be the variations of number with specific figures. In 1677, Fabian Stedman described factorials when explaining the number of permutations of bells in change ringing. Starting from two bells: "first, two must be admitt... |
in a crisis situation. History The National Security Council was created at the start of the Cold War under the National Security Act of 1947 to coordinate defense, foreign affairs, international economic policy, and intelligence; this was part of a large reorganization that saw the creation of the Department of Defens... | the role requires Senate reconfirmation of military rank. The National Security Advisor participates in meetings of the National Security Council (NSC) and usually chairs meetings of the Principals Committee of the NSC with the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense (those meetings not attended by the President). ... |
their salaries since the White House lacked statutory or budgetary authority to create new staff positions. After World War II, in particular during the presidency of Dwight David Eisenhower, the staff was expanded and reorganized. Eisenhower, a former U.S. Army general, had been Supreme Allied Commander during the war... | civil servants in each office or agency to inform new politicians. The civil servants who work in the Executive Office of the President are also regarded as nonpartisan and politically neutral, so that they can give impartial advice. With the increase in technological and global advancement, the size of the White House... |
requests will be sent to Congress as part of the president's budget. They perform in-depth program evaluations with the Program Assessment Rating Tool, review proposed regulations and agency testimony, analyze pending legislation, and oversee the aspects of the president's management agenda including agency management ... | specializes in issues such as federal regulations and procurement policy and law. Other components are OMB-wide support offices, including the Office of General Counsel, the Office of Legislative Affairs, the Budget Review Division (BRD), and the Legislative Reference Division. The BRD performs government-wide budget c... |
graph on even vertices and be distinct nonzero purely imaginary numbers. Then has a perfect matching if and only if there is a real skew-symmetric matrix with graph and eigenvalues . Note that the (simple) graph of a real symmetric or skew-symmetric matrix of order has vertices and edges given by the nonzero off-diagon... | real symmetric or skew-symmetric matrix of order has vertices and edges given by the nonzero off-diagonal entries of . Computation Deciding whether a graph admits a perfect matching can be done in polynomial time, using any algorithm for finding a maximum cardinality matching. However, counting the number of perfect ma... |
board has five members, with Bruce Ramer as the chair. Under the terms of the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, the President cannot appoint persons of the same political party to more than five of the nine CPB board seats. The Board of Directors governs CPB, sets policy, and establishes programming priorities. The Boar... | and help support public broadcasting. The corporation's mission is to ensure universal access to non-commercial, high-quality content and telecommunications services. It does so by distributing more than 70 percent of its funding to more than 1,400 locally owned public radio and television stations. History The Corpora... |
of the French provinces of Alsace and part of Lorraine. And this policy was to some extent successful for Bismarck, the issue of the legitimacy of the French authorities was actively discussed in the European press, and the aggressive position of Prussia with the continuation of the war for the purpose of annexations a... | northern right flank at St. Privat. On 18 August, the battle began when at 08:00 Moltke ordered the First and Second Armies to advance against the French positions. The French were dug in with trenches and rifle pits with their artillery and their mitrailleuses in concealed positions. Backed by artillery fire, Steinmet... |
solvent and solid (or gas or liquid). This means that the change in enthalpy minus the change in entropy (multiplied by the absolute temperature) is a negative value, or that the Gibbs energy of the system decreases. A negative Gibbs energy indicates a spontaneous process but does not provide information about the rate... | units makes the distinction clearer. The typical unit for dissolution rate is mol/s. The units for solubility express a concentration: mass per volume (mg/mL), molarity (mol/L), etc. Solvents and intermolecular interactions Solvation involves different types of intermolecular interactions: hydrogen bonding, ion-dipole ... |
an indigenous community in West Malaysia Rawa, Ravva or Bombay rava, broken rice People Rawa (Mossi), founder of the Mossi kingdom of Yatenga Richard A. Watson (born 1971), programmer and game designer for the Myst series of computer games See also Battle of | the Women of Afghanistan Rawa (tribe), an indigenous community in West Malaysia Rawa, Ravva or Bombay rava, broken rice People Rawa (Mossi), founder of the Mossi kingdom of |
within the ocean and across its boundaries. These diverse topics reflect multiple disciplines that oceanographers utilize to glean further knowledge of the world ocean, including astronomy, biology, chemistry, climatology, geography, geology, hydrology, meteorology and physics. Paleoceanography studies the history of t... | use the Brazil current (southward), or the 29 days Cabral took from Cape Verde up to landing in Monte Pascoal, Brazil. The Danish expedition to Arabia 1761-67 can be said to be the world's first oceanographic expedition, as the ship Grønland had on board a group of scientists, including naturalist Peter Forsskål, who w... |
Uttar Pradesh, India (Hindi: Uttar = North, Pradesh = province/region/state) North Sumatra (Sumatra Utara) - a province in Indonesia North Sulawesi (Sulawesi Utara) - a province in Indonesia North Maluku (Maluku Utara) - a province in Indonesia Province of York, an ecclesiastical province of the Church of England In fi... | North Province, Cameroon, known as Far North Region from 2008 North Kazakhstan Province Northern Province, Rwanda, created January 2006 North Province, Maldives North Province, New Caledonia Northern Province, Papua New Guinea, also known as Oro Province (redirects) Northern Province, Sierra Leone Northern Province, Sr... |
Mimbres River and the Rio Grande up in the Mimbres Mountains and the Cook's Range, hence called Mimbreño / Mimbres Apaches, eastern local group; often the name Mimbreños is used to identify the whole Chihenne people, sometimes it is just thought of simply as an aggregation of some families belonging to the Chihenne peo... | Chiricahua) to refer to the Chiricahua in general, and the word Indé, to refer to the Apache in general. Other sources list these and additional bands (only the Chokonen and Chihuicahui local groups of the Chokonen band were considered by Chiricahua tribal members to be the real Chiricahua people): Chokonen, Chukunende... |
American clergyman and librarian John T. Abbott (1850–1914), United States Ambassador to Colombia, 1889–1893 John Abbot (poet) (1587/8–c. 1650), English Roman Catholic clergyman and poet John Abbot (entomologist) (1751–1840/1), American entomologist and ornithologist John Abbott (The Young and the Restless), a characte... | stage name of John Kefford, British character actor John Abbott (Newfoundland politician) (1874–1947), Newfoundland politician John Abbott (St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador politician), Newfoundland and Labrador provincial politician John Abbott (rugby league) (born 1953), Australian New South Wales rugby league f... |
the spaces: the preimage of any measurable set is measurable. This is in direct analogy to the definition that a continuous function between topological spaces preserves the topological structure: the preimage of any open set is open. In real analysis, measurable functions are used in the definition of the Lebesgue int... | If is a measurable function, we will write to emphasize the dependency on the -algebras and Term usage variations The choice of -algebras in the definition above is sometimes implicit and left up to the context. For example, for or other topological spaces, the Borel algebra (containing all the open sets) is a common c... |
step up from the popular 4-track cassette-based studios, these recorders enjoyed a brief prominence before they were replaced by relatively affordable and far more flexible direct-to-hard drive recording on Windows and Macintosh based computers. The format lacks an affordable computer drive. Some examples of products t... | Zip drive, CD writers, and memory sticks and cards. Overview The technology has 140 MB of data storage, but it is slow and expensive. It is in products such as a still camera, a document scanner, and in late 1990s 4- and 8-track multitrack recording decks. Meant as a step up from the popular 4-track cassette-based stud... |
– the evolution of the Milky Way formation – the formation of the Milky Way fundamental parameters – the fundamental parameters of the Milky Way (mass, size etc.) globular cluster – globular clusters within the Milky Way halo – the large halo around the Milky Way kinematics, and dynamics – the motions of stars and clus... | first time. Subcategories A standard set of subcategories is used by astronomical journals to split up the subject of Galactic Astronomy: abundances – the study of the location of elements heavier than helium bulge – the study of the bulge around the center of the Milky Way center – the study of the central region of t... |
of neutrons into protons). Once it was cool enough, the neutrons quickly bound with an equal number of protons to form first deuterium, then helium-4. Helium-4 is very stable and is nearly the end of this chain if it runs for only a short time, since helium neither decays nor combines easily to form heavier nuclei (sin... | traces of deuterium and helium-3 remained as there was insufficient time and density for them to react and form helium-4. Baryon–photon ratio The baryon–photon ratio, η, is the key parameter determining the abundances of light elements after nucleosynthesis ends. Baryons and light elements can fuse in the following mai... |
it like a movie star; Ford felt his job was to act like a bellboy. His speaking roles continued next with Luv (1967), though he was still uncredited. He was finally credited as "Harrison J. Ford" in the 1967 Western film A Time for Killing, starring Glenn Ford, George Hamilton and Inger Stevens, but the "J" did not sta... | with Liam Hemsworth and Gary Oldman, who he had previously worked with in Air Force One, and he also appeared in Ender's Game, 42 and Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues. His performance as Branch Rickey in 42 was praised by many critics and garnered Ford a nomination as best supporting actor for the Satellite Awards. In... |
Known among Russians in the Middle Ages as the Murman Sea ("Norse Sea"), the current name of the sea is after the historical Dutch navigator Willem Barentsz. This is a rather shallow shelf sea, with an average depth of , and it is an important site for both fishing and hydrocarbon exploration. The Barents Sea is border... | the mainland. On the south: The northern limit of the White Sea [A line joining Svyatoi Nos (Murmansk Coast, 39°47'E) and Cape Kanin]. Other islands in the Barents Sea include Chaichy and Timanets. Geology The Barents Sea was originally formed from two major continental collisions: the Caledonian orogeny, in which the ... |
convulsions are caused by epileptic seizures. Convulsions are also consistent with an electric shock and improper enriched air scuba diving. For non-epileptic convulsions, see non-epileptic seizures. The word fit is sometimes used to mean a convulsion or epileptic seizure. Signs and symptoms When a person is having a c... | rapidly and repeatedly, resulting in uncontrolled shaking. Because epileptic seizures typically include convulsions, the term convulsion is sometimes used as a synonym for seizure. However, not all epileptic seizures lead to convulsions, and not all convulsions are caused by epileptic seizures. Convulsions are also con... |
altitude, since the rocket did not have to move through the lower thicker air layers that would have required much more chemical fuel. The original concept of "rockoons" was developed by Cmdr. Lee Lewis, Cmdr. G. Halvorson, S. F. Singer, and James A. Van Allen during the Aerobee rocket firing cruise of the on March 1, ... | relationship with nearby sources in other constellations. Within the constellations Orion and Eridanus and stretching across them is a soft X-ray "hot spot" known as the Orion-Eridanus Superbubble, the Eridanus Soft X-ray Enhancement, or simply the Eridanus Bubble, a 25° area of interlocking arcs of Hα emitting filamen... |
black hole accretion and the presence of dark matter). It is through extragalactic astronomy that astronomers and physicists are able to study the effects of General Relativity such as gravitational lensing and gravitational waves, that are otherwise impossible (or nearly impossible) to study on a galactic scale. Famou... | nearly the edge of the observable universe. Research into distant galaxies (outside of our local group) is valuable for studying aspects of the universe such as galaxy evolution and Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) which give insight into physical phenomena (e.g. super massive black hole accretion and the presence of dark ... |
that Lescarbault had seen the transit of a previously unknown planet. On 2 January 1860 he announced the discovery of the new planet, for which he proposed the name "Vulcan" after the god Vulcan from Roman mythology, at the meeting of the Académie des Sciences in Paris. Lescarbault, for his part, was awarded the Légion... | and invited to appear before numerous learned societies. Not everyone accepted the veracity of Lescarbault's "discovery", however. An eminent French astronomer, Emmanuel Liais, who was working for the Brazilian government in Rio de Janeiro in 1859, claimed to have been studying the surface of the Sun with a telescope t... |
War in 1982, the Vulcan B.2 was due to be withdrawn from RAF service that year. The Falklands campaign, however, had consumed much of the airframe fatigue life of the RAF's Victor tankers. While Vickers VC10 tanker conversions had been ordered in 1979 and Lockheed TriStar tankers would be ordered after the conflict, as... | enlarged wing of span with increased fuel capacity; additional fuel tanks in a dorsal spine; a new main undercarriage to carry an all-up-weight of ; and reheated Olympus 301s of thrust. An amended proposal of October 1960 inserted a plug into the forward fuselage with capacity for six crew members including a relief pi... |
F-105 Thunderchief with the 421st TFS, fired 200 rounds of 20 mm into a MiG-17 that had just fired a 23 mm shell which entered one side of his cockpit and exited the other. When the NVAF MiG flew in front of him after making his pass, Maj. Tracy opened fire on him. The gun was installed in the Air Force's A-7D version ... | filling and primer the weight is slightly double that at ). In order to avoid using the 600 to 1000 rounds carried by aircraft all at once, a burst controller is generally used to limit the number of rounds fired at each trigger pull. Bursts of from two or three up to 40 or 50 can be selected. The size of the airframe ... |
season at sea. Eventually, the We're Here returns to port and Harvey wires his parents, who immediately hasten to Boston, Massachusetts, and thence to the fishing town of Gloucester to recover him. The Cheynes are amazed by their son's newfound maturity, and reward the seaman Manuel, who initially rescued Harvey. Harve... | "What We Can Expect of the American Boy," praising Kipling for describing "in the liveliest way just what a boy should be and do." The book's title comes from the ballad "Mary Ambree", which starts, "When captains courageous, whom death could not daunt". Kipling had previously used the same title for an article on busi... |
Years' War, Byron commanded a squadron sent to destroy the fortifications at Louisbourg, Quebec, which had been captured by the British two years before. They wanted to ensure it could not be used by the French in Canada. In July of that year he defeated the French flotilla sent to relieve New France at the Battle of R... | Captain Cheap at Wager Island had a party of 19 men after the deserters rejoined the camp. This included the surgeon Elliot and Lieutenant Hamilton who had been cast adrift with him plus midshipmen John Byron and Campbell who had been in the barge. They rowed up the coast but were punished by continuous rain, headwinds... |
early morning artillery fire, took a steamboat from his headquarters at Savannah, Tennessee, to Crump's Landing, where he gave Wallace orders to wait in reserve and be ready to move. Grant proceeded to Pittsburg Landing, where he arrived around 8:30 a.m. Grant's new orders to Wallace, which arrived between 11 and 11:30... | he estimated at 20,000 men, had overwhelmed them. When Grant learned of the defeat, he named Maj. Gen. E. O. C. Ord as Wallace's replacement in command of VIII Corps. On July 28, after officials learned how Wallace's efforts at Monocacy helped save Washington D.C. from capture, he was reinstated as commander of VIII Co... |
(As You Like It) by Shakespeare and Oreste (by Vittorio Alfieri). He joined the Teatro Nazionale with Tommaso Salvini, Massimo Girotti, Arnoldo Foà to create a successful Peer Gynt (by Henrik Ibsen). With Luigi Squarzina in 1952 he co-founded and co-directed the Teatro d'Arte Italiano, producing the first complete vers... | due Orfanelli") / Roberto (segment "Il Sacrificato") / Elisa (segment "La Musa") / The Road Hog (segment "La Strada è di Tutti") / The Friar (segment "Il Testamento di Francesco") / Artemio Altidori (segment "La nobile Arte") Frenesia dell'estate (1964) as Captain Mario Nardoni Se permettete parliamo di donne (Let's Ta... |
the 50 states, the practice of ECT is regulated by law. In the mid-1990s in Texas, ECT was used in about one third of psychiatric facilities and given to about 1,650 people annually. Usage of ECT has since declined slightly; in 2000–01 ECT was given to about 1500 people aged from 16 to 97 (in Texas it is illegal to giv... | an electrostatic machine cured "a woman of hysterical fits." By 1801, James Lind as well as Giovanni Aldini had used galvanism to treat patients suffering from various mental disorders. G.B.C. Duchenne, the mid-19th century "Father of Electrotherapy", said its use was integral to a neurological practice. In the second ... |
sci-fi animated film directed by René Laloux. Law In law, it is a term of art used to identify a legal classification that exists independently of other categorizations, either because of its singularity or due to the specific creation of an entitlement or obligation. For example, a court's contempt powers arise sui ge... | does not fit into standard genre boundaries. Movie critic Richard Schickel identifies Joe Versus the Volcano as a sui generis movie. Film critic Michael Brooke used the term to describe Fantastic Planet, a 1973 Franco-Czech sci-fi animated film directed by René Laloux. Law In law, it is a term of art used to identify a... |
held offices in Danzig (Gdańsk). In order to find a trading partner Bodeck was sent on a diplomatic mission from Elbing throughout Europe. During that time he wrote liber amicorum, which is now studied by musicologists. During his diplomatic tour Bodeck visited the Netherlands, France, Switzerland, and England, where h... | In 1604 Bodeck left for London and met John Dowland, Philip Rosseter, and Thomas Campion. All three composers of lute songs lived in the same district of London. Bodeck befriended them, and Campion wrote a song dedicated to Bodeck. Many people from England and Scotland came to live in Elbling. Later that year Bodeck le... |
Battle, 1666 Orfordness, 1666 Sole Bay, 1672 Marbella, 1705 Aquilon, 1757 Atlantic, 1939−44 Bismarck, 1941 Malta Convoys, 1942 North Africa, 1942−43 Falkland Islands, 1982 See also was a 6-gun West Indian Post Office Packet Service packet ship that was captured in 1781, 1782, and 1794. , a brig of 199 tons (bm), and 12... | and lost in a hurricane later that year. was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1802. She was used as a troopship from 1818, was placed on harbour service from 1824 and was broken up in 1845. HMS Antelope was a 14-gun schooner, the ex-Spanish prize Antelope captured and purchased in 1808 and taken into service as . She w... |
existed since 1691. Although the theocratic Bogd Khanate of Mongolia still nominally continued, with successive series of violent struggles, Soviet influence got ever stronger, and after the death of the Bogd Khaan ("Great Khan", or "Emperor"), the Mongolian People's Republic was proclaimed on November 26, 1924. A nomi... | and Imperial Japan. The Oxford English Dictionary traces the use of the phrase satellite state in English back at least as far as 1916. In times of war or political tension, satellite states sometimes serve as buffers between an enemy country and the nation exerting control over the satellites. Interwar period When the... |
for the National September 11 Memorial & Museum to assume the lease for the MTA property used during this tribute, and to begin transitioning operation of the tribute from the Municipal Art Society to the memorial foundation. The lights are produced by an Italian company named Space Cannon, which sends a team every yea... | it has been repeated every year on September 11. It was announced that 2008 would be its final year, but the tribute was continued in 2009. On December 17, 2009, it was confirmed that the tribute would continue through the tenth anniversary of the attacks in 2011. In 2012, plans were underway for the National September... |
remained relatively unnoticed in the archives until he was able to find time to revise and expand it, which he possibly started in the 1530s. The evidence suggests that Herberstein was an energetic and capable ethnographer. He investigated in depth both by questioning locals and by critically examining the scarce exist... | Barbara von Lueg, members of the prominent German-speaking family which had already resided in Herberstein Castle for nearly 200 years. Little is known of his early life apart from the fact that he became familiar with the Slovene language spoken in the region. This knowledge became significant later in his life. In 14... |
transliterated as Alshehhi; 9 May 1978 – 11 September 2001) was an Emirati al-Qaeda affiliated terrorist who served as the hijacker-pilot of United Airlines Flight 175, crashing the Boeing 767 into the South Tower of the World Trade Center as part of the September 11 attacks. He was one of five hijackers aboard the air... | Florida. They logged hundreds of hours on a Boeing 727 flight simulator. They received their licenses by December 2000. Their expenses were paid for by Ali Abdul Aziz Ali. On either 26 or 27 December, Atta, Jarrah, and al-Shehhi abandoned a Piper Cherokee that had stalled on the runway of Miami International Airport. O... |
and livelier and was sometimes written in or time. Because the tempo of a minuet was not standard, the tempo direction tempo di minuetto was ambiguous unless qualified by another direction, as it sometimes was. Initially, before its adoption in contexts other than social dance, the minuet was usually in binary form, wi... | amener, popular group dances in early 17th-century France. The minuet was traditionally said to have descended from the bransle de Poitou, though there is no evidence making a clear connection between these two dances. The earliest treatise to mention the possible connection of the name to the expression pas menus is G... |
and two atoms of the other. This was merely an assumption, derived from faith in the simplicity of nature. No evidence was then available to scientists to deduce how many atoms of each element combine to form molecules. But this or some other such rule was absolutely necessary to any incipient theory, since one needed ... | obtainable. Sir Humphry Davy described him as "a very coarse experimenter", who "almost always found the results he required, trusting to his head rather than his hands." On the other hand, historians who have replicated some of his crucial experiments have confirmed Dalton's skill and precision. In the preface to the ... |
(1822), Schubert completed only the first two movements; this highly Romantic work is usually called by its nickname "The Unfinished". His last completed symphony, the Ninth (1826) is a massive work in the Classical idiom. Of the early Romantics, Felix Mendelssohn (five symphonies, plus thirteen string symphonies) and ... | use of the four-movement form to orchestral or multi-instrument chamber music such as quartets, though since Beethoven solo sonatas are as often written in four as in three movements. The composition of early symphonies was centred on Milan, Vienna, and Mannheim. The Milanese school centred around Giovanni Battista Sam... |
familiar as soloists. Concertos with concert band: Bryant – 2007–2010 Foss – 2002 Husa – 1982 Jacob – 1974 Jager – 1982 By type Vocal concerto 20th century: Coloratura soprano Concerto: Reinhold Glière Without orchestra Single solo instrument Baroque era: Bach: Italian Concerto Weimar concerto transcriptions Multiple i... | many more concertos are performed nearly as often. Baroque era: Vivaldi's cello concertos RV 398–403, 405–414 and 416–424 Classical era: Haydn wrote two cello concertos (for cello, oboes, horns, and strings), which are the most important works in that genre of the classical era. Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach wrote three ce... |
sonata as an extremely important form of extended musical argument would inspire composers such as Hindemith, Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Tailleferre, Ustvolskaya, and Williams to compose in sonata form, and works with traditional sonata structures continue to be composed and performed. Scholarship and musicology Sonata i... | works, only about 4% are sonatas. The term sonata is also applied to the series of over 500 works for harpsichord solo, or sometimes for other keyboard instruments, by Domenico Scarlatti, originally published under the name Essercizi per il gravicembalo (Exercises for the Harpsichord). Most of these pieces are in one b... |
innovator are so vast that he did not really need to stretch the truth." Gunther Schuller says of Morton's "hyperbolic assertions" that there is "no proof to the contrary" and that Morton's "considerable accomplishments in themselves provide reasonable substantiation". Biography Early life Morton was born Ferdinand Jos... | the suggestive nature of the songs, some of the Library of Congress recordings were not released until 2005. In these interviews, Morton claimed to have been born in 1885. Morton scholars, such as Lawrence Gushee, say that Morton was aware that if he had been born in 1890, he would have been too young to claim to be th... |
really register". Mendes and he argued, but Ball was more accepting after Mendes cut the sequences completely; Ball felt that without the scenes, the film was more optimistic and had evolved into something that "for all its darkness had a really romantic heart". Cinematography Conrad Hall was not the first choice for d... | establish the line of sight early on in the film to make the audience feel a sense of familiarity with the shot. The house interiors were filmed on the backlot, on location, and on soundstages when overhead shots were needed. The inside of the Burnhams' home was shot at a house close to Interstate 405 and Sunset Boulev... |
spinning, unaffected by the Earth's rotation. For example, a bike wheel. Precession A simple case of precession, also known as steady precession, can be described by the following relation to Moment: where represents precession, is represented by spin, is the nutation angle, and represents inertia along its respective ... | three gimbals providing pivoted supports, for allowing the wheel to rotate about a single axis. A set of three gimbals, one mounted on the other with orthogonal pivot axes, may be used to allow a wheel mounted on the innermost gimbal to have an orientation remaining independent of the orientation, in space, of its supp... |
Hitchcock (1899-1980) nickname of writer Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011) Other uses Hitch, a knot used to attach a rope to a fixed object, see list of hitch knots Tow hitch, a construction on a truck or car | hitch, a construction on a truck or car to attach a trailer Hitches, fishes in the genus Lavinia including Lavinia exilicauda Hitch (route), a pattern run by a receiver in American football Hitch (film), a 2005 comedy film starring Will Smith Hitch (album), a 2016 album by The Joy Formidable |
be attributable to a flawed organisational culture. Perhaps the most marked of these is a conservative and traditionalist attitude, where innovative ideas or new technology are discarded or left untested. A tendency to believe that a problem can be solved by applying an earlier (failed) solution "better", be that with ... | and can encourage micromanagement by senior officers. The nature of warfare provides several factors which exacerbate these effects; the fog of war means that information about the enemy forces is often limited or inaccurate, making it easy for the intelligence process to interpret the information to agree with existin... |
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