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per the decree of Cyrus the Great. c. 520 BC—Kore, from Chios(?), is made. It is now at Acropolis Museum, Athens. c. 520 BC—Sarcophagus, from Cerveteri is made. It is now at National Etruscan Museum, Rome (approximate date). 520 BC–510 BC—The Priam Painter makes "Women at a Fountain House", black-figure decoration on a... | BC. Events 529 BC—The Chinese state of Zhoulai is conquered by Wu. 528 BC—Gautama Buddha attains Enlightenment, and begins his ministry. 527 BC - Jain Tirthankara Mahavira attains Moksha, according to the Swetambara Tradition. 527 BC—Peisistratos a tyrant of Athens dies: his son Hippias inherits his power. 526 BC—Psamm... |
of Wu in China during the Zhou Dynasty. He established the "Great City of Helu", the ancient name for Suzhou, as his capital. 514 BC—Darius I led his Persian army over the Bosphorus and campaigns unsuccessfully against the Scythians on the Danube. 513 BC—Darius the Great subdues the Getae and east Thrace in his war aga... | Events and trends 519 BC—Zhou Jing Wang becomes King of the Zhou Dynasty of China. c. 518 BC—Darius I began construction of Parsa (Persepolis). 518 BC—Construction of Apadana of Darius and Xerxes, ceremonial complex, at Persepolis, Iran started. 516 BC—Indian subcontinent—Occupation of Punjab is completed by the Persia... |
space. Visual observations from aircraft or the ground provide additional information about cirrus clouds. Based on data taken from the United States using these methods, cirrus cloud cover was found to vary diurnally and seasonally. The researchers found that in the summer, at noon, the cover is the lowest, with an av... | is usually called mare's tails. Of the varieties, Cirrus intortus has an extremely contorted shape, and cirrus radiatus has large, radial bands of cirrus clouds that stretch across the sky. Kelvin–Helmholtz waves are a form of cirrus intortus that has been twisted into loops by vertical wind shear. Cirrus fibratus is t... |
variety of climate change feedbacks that can either amplify or diminish the initial forcing. There are also key thresholds which when exceeded can produce rapid or irreversible change. Some parts of the climate system, such as the oceans and ice caps, respond more slowly in reaction to climate forcings, while others re... | Stream and may have led to Northern Hemisphere ice cover. During the Carboniferous period, about 300 to 360 million years ago, plate tectonics may have triggered large-scale storage of carbon and increased glaciation. Geologic evidence points to a "megamonsoonal" circulation pattern during the time of the supercontinen... |
outgoing long wave (far) infrared electromagnetic. An imbalance results in a change in temperature. Quantitative models vary in complexity: A simple radiant heat transfer model treats the earth as a single point and averages outgoing energy. This can be expanded vertically (radiative-convective models) and/or horizonta... | emissivity. The average emissivity of the earth is readily estimated from available data. The emissivities of terrestrial surfaces are all in the range of 0.96 to 0.99 (except for some small desert areas which may be as low as 0.7). Clouds, however, which cover about half of the earth's surface, have an average emissiv... |
of incoming solar radiation, translating to a high albedo. Thin clouds (such as cirrus) tend to transmit more solar radiation and, therefore, have a low albedo. Changes in cloud albedo caused by variations in cloud properties have a significant effect on global climate. Cloud condensation nuclei and cloud albedo On a m... | cloud radiative forcing, a measure of short-wave and long-wave radiation in relation to cloud cover. The Earth Radiation Budget Experiment demonstrated that small variations in cloud coverage, structure, altitude, droplet size, and phase have significant effects on the climate. A five percent increase in short-wave ref... |
species to show combined varieties at one time, especially if one variety is opacity-based and the other is pattern-based. An example of this would be a layer of altocumulus stratiformis arranged in seemingly converging rows separated by small breaks. The full technical name of a cloud in this configuration would be al... | humilis species of cumulus, and with the genus altostratus. Another variety, duplicatus (closely spaced layers of the same type, one above the other), is sometimes found with cirrus of both the fibratus and uncinus species, and with altocumulus and stratocumulus of the species stratiformis and lenticularis. The variety... |
a summary of the current status of knowledge on the effect of cloud feedback on climate models. The IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (2007) stated: By reflecting solar radiation back to space (the albedo effect of clouds) and by trapping infrared radiation emitted by the surface and the lower troposphere (the greenhouse e... | affect the magnitude of internally generated climate variability or they can affect the magnitude of climate change resulting from external radiative forcings. Global warming is expected to change the distribution and type of clouds. Seen from below, clouds emit infrared radiation back to the surface, and so exert a wa... |
following equation calculates this change in the radiation budget at the top of the atmosphere The net cloud radiative effect can be decomposed into its longwave and shortwave components. This is because net radiation is absorbed solar minus the outgoing longwave radiation shown by the following equations The first ter... | the right is the shortwave cloud effect (Qabs ) and the second is the longwave effect (OLR). The shortwave cloud effect is calculated by the following equation Where So is the solar constant, ∝cloudy is the albedo with clouds and ∝clear is the albedo on a clear day. The longwave effect is calculated by the next followi... |
pH reaction; it makes the water more acidic. The combination of photosynthesis and calcification therefore even out each other regarding pH changes. In addition, these exoskeletons may confer an advantage in energy production, as coccolithogenesis seems highly coupled with photosynthesis. Organic precipitation of calci... | coastal and equatorial upwelling, frontal systems, benthic environments, unique oceanic topography, and pockets of isolated high or low water temperatures. The upper photic zone is low in nutrient concentration, high in light intensity and penetration, and usually higher in temperature. The lower photic zone is high in... |
in a cloud chamber. In this case, ions produced by an incident particle act as nucleation centers for the condensation of the vapor producing the visible "cloud" trails. Commercial applications of condensation, by consumers as well as industry, include power generation, water desalination, thermal management, refrigera... | such as air wells and fog fences. Such systems can often be used to retain soil moisture in areas where active desertification is occurring—so much so that some organizations educate people living in affected areas about water condensers to help them deal effectively with the situation. It is also a crucial process in ... |
dioxide, the combustion products of hydrocarbon fuels. Many other chemical byproducts of incomplete hydrocarbon fuel combustion, including volatile organic compounds, inorganic gases, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, oxygenated organics, alcohols, ozone and particles of soot have been observed at lower concentrations.... | where the aircraft is travelling slowly after takeoff or before landing, and where the ambient humidity is higher. They trail behind the wingtips and wing flaps rather than behind the engines. At high-thrust settings the fan blades at the intake of a turbofan engine reach transonic speeds, causing a sudden drop in air ... |
stress to the subtropical ocean surface with negative curl across the Northern Hemisphere, and the reverse across the Southern Hemisphere. The resulting Sverdrup transport is equatorward. Because of conservation of potential vorticity caused by the poleward-moving winds on the subtropical ridge's western periphery and ... | to that of a convective cell may also be (inaccurately) referred to as a form of convection, e.g. thermo-capilliary convection and Granular convection. Examples and applications Convection occurs on a large scale in atmospheres, oceans, planetary mantles, and it provides the mechanism of heat transfer for a large fract... |
to December 2012. Lake ice and river ice Ice forms on rivers and lakes in response to seasonal cooling. The sizes of the ice bodies involved are too small to exert anything other than localized climatic effects. However, the freeze-up/break-up processes respond to large-scale and local weather factors, such that consid... | 50-to-150 km could be expected, under equilibrium conditions, for a 1 °C warming. Only a fraction of the permafrost zone consists of actual ground ice. The remainder (dry permafrost) is simply soil or rock at subfreezing temperatures. The ice volume is generally greatest in the uppermost permafrost layers and mainly co... |
with cirrus-like, fibrous-edged top. Supplementary features Accessory clouds Arcus (including roll and shelf clouds): low, horizontal cloud formation associated with the leading edge of thunderstorm outflow. Pannus: accompanied by a lower layer of fractus species cloud forming in precipitation. Pileus (species calvus o... | the thunderstorm; it is associated with severe weather. Precipitation-based supplementary features Rain: precipitation that reaches the ground as liquid, often in a precipitation shaft. Virga: precipitation that evaporates before reaching the ground. Effects Cumulonimbus storm cells can produce torrential rain of a con... |
ranging down to around 5 micrometres in diameter. Although smaller droplets may have been present, the measurements were not sensitive enough to detect them. The smallest droplets were found in the lower portions of the clouds, with the percentage of large droplets (around 20 to 30 micrometres) rising dramatically in t... | a positive feedback ensues: since the RH is above 100%, water vapor condenses, releasing latent heat, warming the air and spurring further convection. In this phase, water vapor condenses on various nuclei present in the air, forming the cumulus cloud. This creates the characteristic flat-bottomed puffy shape associate... |
division into five orders; coccolithophores make up the Isochrysidales and Coccolithales. Very small (2-3μm) uncultured pico-prymnesiophytes are ecologically important. Haptophytes was discussed to be closely related to cryptomonads. Haptophytes are closely related to the SAR clade. Subphylum Haptophytina Cavalier-Smit... | 1996 [Haptophyceae s.s.; Prymnesiophycidae Cavalier-Smith 1986; Coccolithophyceae Casper 1972 ex Rothmaler 1951] Family †Eoconusphaeraceae Kristan-Tollmann 1988 [Conusphaeraceae] Family †Goniolithaceae Deflandre 1957 Family †Lapideacassaceae Black, 1971 Family †Microrhabdulaceae Deflandre 1963 Family †Nannoconaceae Def... |
mechanics, the vector space formed by the parameters of a system Electron configuration, the distribution of electrons of an atom or molecule Molecular configuration, the permanent geometry that results from the spatial arrangement of molecular bonds Configuron, a quasiparticle Other uses Configuration (locomotive part... | (polytope), special kind of configuration for regular polytopes Configuration space (mathematics), a space representing assignments of points to non-overlapping positions on a topological space Physics Configuration space (physics), in classical mechanics, the vector space formed by the parameters of a system Electron ... |
no problem with frontiers as they existed before the outbreak of hostilities. If we are talking about national frontiers—in a state of peace—then we will work toward restoring them.' But we all know that could lead to a tangle with the Israelis." Rusk met with Foreign Minister Nikezic on August 30, 1967. However, accor... | of the 1949 armistice lines. Israel did not protest the approach.The Clinton Administration and UN Resolution 242, by Donald Neff, Journal of Palestine Studies, Vol. 23, No. 2 (Winter, 1994), pp. 20–30 Ruth Lapidoth describes the view, adopted by Israel, which holds that the resolution allowed Israel to retain "some te... |
The Initiative. Although appearing to be a well-meaning anti-demon operation, The Initiative's sinister plans are revealed when Adam, a monster secretly built from parts of humans, demons and machinery, escapes and begins to wreak havoc on the town. Adam is destroyed by a magical composite of Buffy and her three friend... | was due to be reshot in September 1996, scouting for Angel began again, and by chance a talent agent spotted David Boreanaz on the sidewalk walking his dog. He immediately contacted casting director Marcia Shulman, saying that he had found Angel. Fillion would later portray Caleb in the show's seventh season, and would... |
ship's firepower and speed to his original state and once all lives are lost, the game is over unless the players insert more credits into the arcade machine to continue playing. The game loops back to the first stage after completing the last stage as with previous titles from Toaplan, with each one increasing the dif... | for the new developers. However, Uemura felt that both stage design and characters were "cobbled together", leading the game's world being "kind of a mess" and he also stated the project turned into a "battle royale", as staff from both Hellfire and Truxton were mixed with the new recruits. Sound also proved to be very... |
above which predation would become 'heavy' (this definition has largely been rejected, including by Errington himself). The important and popular 1953 textbook on ecology by Eugene Odum, Fundamentals of Ecology, popularised the term in its modern meaning as the equilibrium value of the logistic model of population grow... | method for biologists when trying to better understand biological populations and the factors which affect them. When addressing biological populations, carrying capacity can be used as a stable dynamic equilibrium, taking into account extinction and colonization rates. In population biology, logistic growth assumes th... |
Banovina. During World War I it was occupied by Bulgaria as part of the Military Inspection Area of Macedonia. After the war the present-day Strumica and Novo Selo municipalities were broken away from Bulgaria and ceded to Yugoslavia. During the Second World War, Bulgaria established two administrative districts in the... | of South Serbia then became part of Vardar Banovina. During World War I it was occupied by Bulgaria as part of the Military Inspection Area of Macedonia. After the war the present-day Strumica and Novo Selo municipalities were broken away from Bulgaria and ceded to Yugoslavia. During the Second World War, Bulgaria esta... |
the House of Commons on February 12, 1908. A select committee was set up to examine the issue, but Pearce's bill did not become law and several other bills failed in the following years. Willett lobbied for the proposal in the UK until his death in 1915. Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada, was the first city in the world to ... | 31) within the daylight saving time period. In recent history, Australian state jurisdictions not only changed at different local times but sometimes on different dates. For example, in 2008 most states there that observed daylight saving time changed clocks forward on October 5, but Western Australia changed on Octobe... |
they learned about what happened at the World Trade Center and The Pentagon. According to Jefferson, Beamer's last audible words were “Are you ready? Okay. Let's roll.” In a November 8 address from the World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia, President George W. Bush invoked Beamer's words: “Some of our greatest mome... | phrase. In 2004, Ray Stevens offered up the self-penned "Let's Roll" and referenced Todd Beamer in the lyrics. Stevens' recording appeared on his 2004 Thank You! CD. The recording later appeared on his 2005 Box Set project and on his 2010 We the People project. Melissa Etheridge's 2004 song "Tuesday Morning", written i... |
Summer, one of the temperate seasons Daylight saving time or summer time, advancing the clock one hour during the summer British Summer Time Central European Summer Time Arts, entertainment, and media Films Summertime (1955 film), a British/American film starring Katharine Hepburn Summertime (2001 film), a South Korean... | media Films Summertime (1955 film), a British/American film starring Katharine Hepburn Summertime (2001 film), a South Korean film starring Choi Cheol-ho Summer Times, a 2009 Taiwanese film starring Bryant Chang and Shara Lin Summertime (2015 film), a French drama Summertime (2016 film), directed by Gabriele Muccino Su... |
senses. For example, in Portuguese, the expression saber de coração 'to know by heart', with the same meaning as in English, was shortened to 'saber de cor', and, later, to the verb decorar, meaning memorize. In 2015, TED collected 40 examples of bizarre idioms that cannot be translated literally. They include the Swed... | or it is meaningless. When two or three words are conventionally used together in a particular sequence, they form an irreversible binomial. For example, a person may be left "high and dry", but never "dry and high". Not all irreversible binomials are idioms, however: "chips and dip" is irreversible, but its meaning is... |
found in France from the Var to the Hérault, and may also be present in the Aude, drainages. It is absent as a native species from Ireland and Italy but has been introduced to both countries; in Italy S. cephalus is present and acclimatised since decades, but it seems marginally found here and there (mainly in the Po r... | they spawn among submerged vegetation. The females spawn more than once during a season and each female will mate with several males. The males aggregate at spawning sites and will follow the ripe females, often with much splashing, to shallow riffles. Females lay pale yellow sticky eggs which adhere to the gravel, wee... |
1972, the Apollo program's lunar missions sent humans beyond LEO. Since the end of the Apollo program, no human spaceflights have been beyond LEO. Defining characteristics A wide variety of sources define LEO in terms of altitude. The altitude of an object in an elliptic orbit can vary significantly along the orbit. Ev... | reach altitudes below decay fast due to atmospheric drag. Objects in LEO orbit Earth between the denser part of the atmosphere and below the inner Van Allen radiation belt. Equatorial low Earth orbits (ELEO) are a subset of LEO. These orbits, with low inclination to the Equator, allow rapid revisit times of low-latitud... |
malaria. A tortuous coastal road wound between Ostia at the mouth of the Tiber and Neapolis. The Via Latina followed its ancient and scarcely more accessible path along the foothills of Monti Laziali and Monti Lepini, which are visible towering over the former marsh. In the First Samnite War (343–341 BC) the Romans fou... | Italic state. Dense populations of sovereign Samnites remained in the mountains north of Capua, which is just north of the Greek city of Neapolis. Around 343 BC, Rome and Capua attempted to form an alliance. The Samnites reacted with military force. The barrier of the Pontine Marshes Between Capua and Rome lay the Pont... |
venture into larger rivers or estuaries. The pickerels reproduce by scattering spherical, sticky eggs in shallow, heavily vegetated waters. The eggs hatch in 11–15 days; the adult pickerels guard neither the eggs nor the young. Both subspecies are native to the freshwater bodies of North America, and are not to be conf... | ultralight tackle as a sporty if overlooked method to catch these small but voracious pikes. References Weinmand, M.L.; Lauer, T.E., "Diet of grass pickerel Esox americanus vermiculatus in Indiana streams." Journal of Freshwater Ecology 22-3 (2007): 451-460 Midkiff, E.S.; Tarter, D.C., "Diet and growth of larval and ju... |
for several species of fish. It is most commonly applied to certain deep-sea rockfish in | dwelling snappers in the genus Lutjanus. It is also applied to the slimeheads or roughies (family Trachichthyidae), and the alfonsinos (Berycidae). References Fish common names |
the Sea Islands. The novel was adapted for a 1927 play of the same name by Heyward and his wife, playwright Dorothy Heyward. Even before completing the play, Heyward was in discussions with composer George Gershwin for an operatic version of his novel. This was produced in 1935 as Porgy and Bess (renamed to distinguish... | by Heyward and his wife, playwright Dorothy Heyward. Even before completing the play, Heyward was in discussions with composer George Gershwin for an operatic version of his novel. This was produced in 1935 as Porgy and Bess (renamed to distinguish it from the play). References External links Full text of Porgy, plus c... |
seen in lab studies when higher temperatures were used. The weakfish under these conditions showed a 35% decrease in their distance to the other fish in the school. Also the frequency of school formation increased in response to stress" (Gillum). Weakfish school closer together when in situations of high stress in this... | In times of stress, weakfish gather into tighter schools, this was seen in lab studies when higher temperatures were used. The weakfish under these conditions showed a 35% decrease in their distance to the other fish in the school. Also the frequency of school formation increased in response to stress" (Gillum). Weakfi... |
Massachusetts Bay/Cape Cod, Hudson River, and Delaware River. Many of the rivers and tributaries that emptied into the Atlantic, had at one time, bred stock of striped bass. This occurred until the 1860s. One of the largest breeding areas is the Chesapeake Bay, where populations from Chesapeake and Delaware bays have i... | freshwater habitat, they naturally spend their adult lives in saltwater (i.e., they are anadromous). Four important bodies of water with breeding stocks of striped bass are: Chesapeake Bay, Massachusetts Bay/Cape Cod, Hudson River, and Delaware River. Many of the rivers and tributaries that emptied into the Atlantic, h... |
are not native, such as in Maine, anglers are encouraged not to release the fish back into the water because of their alleged negative impact on the populations of trout and other smaller fish species. Habitat Muskellunge are found in oligotrophic and mesotrophic lakes and large rivers from northern Michigan, northern ... | is typical of ambush predators with an elongated body, flat head, and dorsal, pelvic, and anal fins set far back on the body. Muskellunge are typically long and weigh , though some have reached up to and almost . According to past references the muskellunge attains 8 feet (244 cm) in length; this, however, has never be... |
from the older name coalfish). Other names for P. pollachius include the Atlantic pollock, European pollock, lieu jaune, and lythe; while P. virens is also known as Boston blue (distinct from bluefish), silver bill, or saithe. Species The recognized species in this genus are: Pollachius pollachius (Linnaeus, 1758) (pol... | be a whitefish. Traditionally a popular source of food in some countries, such as Norway, in the United Kingdom it has previously been largely consumed as a cheaper and versatile alternative to cod and haddock. However, in recent years, pollock has become more popular due to overfishing of cod and haddock. It can now b... |
Ingram, American blues musician. Kingfish (band), a San Francisco Bay Area rock band Kingfish (1976 album) Kingfish (1985 album) "Kingfish", a 2010 song by Patrice Bart-Williams from One "Kingfish", a 1974 song by Randy Newman from Good Old Boys Sports Kenosha Kingfish, a baseball team in Kenosha, Wisconsin Baton Rouge... | Kenosha, Wisconsin Baton Rouge Kingfish, a defunct minor league ice hockey team in Baton Rouge, Louisiana Television and radio Kingfish: A Story of Huey P. Long, a 1995 TV movie Kingfish, a character in Amos 'n' Andy Other uses KingFish phone tracker, a product line of human-portable cellular telephone identification a... |
frontal ones closely resembling human teeth – which help crush the shells of prey. Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn is named after this fish. Range The sheepshead is found in coastal waters along the western Atlantic, from Nova Scotia to Brazil, but the greatest concentration is around southwest Florida. Although the Sheepsh... | Archosargus probatocephalus, the sheepshead, is a marine fish that grows to , but commonly reaches . It is deep and compressed in body shape, with five or six dark bars on the side of the body over a gray background. It has sharp dorsal spines. Its diet consists of oysters, clams, and other bivalves, and barnacles, fid... |
pectoralis, an esocid fish from Alaska, Siberia and the Bering Sea islands Black ruff, Centrolophus niger Black sea bass, Centropristis striata Sacramento blackfish, Orthodon microlepidotus Tautog, Tautoga onitis Parore, Girella tricuspidata Rudderfish, Centrolophus niger Gadopsis, two Australian freshwater fish Galjoe... | Sea islands Black ruff, Centrolophus niger Black sea bass, Centropristis striata Sacramento blackfish, Orthodon microlepidotus Tautog, Tautoga onitis Parore, Girella tricuspidata Rudderfish, Centrolophus niger Gadopsis, two Australian freshwater fish Galjoen, Dichistius capensis Japanese black porgy, |
fortifications included a river battery of six 32-pound cannons, a cable chain supported by a boom across the Hudson River (see Hudson River Chain), and landward redoubts connected by ramparts, all situated on a cliff promontory rising 100 feet (30 m) above the river. The fort was commanded by General George Clinton, a... | Montgomery was located at the confluence of Popolopen Creek with the Hudson River near Bear Mountain in Orange County, New York. The fortifications included a river battery of six 32-pound cannons, a cable chain supported by a boom across the Hudson River (see Hudson River Chain), and landward redoubts connected by ram... |
physiologically. Physical features, however, were almost inevitably present, and physical diagnostic tests, such as exaggerated knee-jerks, loss of the gag reflex and dermatographia, were used into the 20th century. The meaning of the term was redefined by Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud over the early and middle 20th cent... | simply as a "poor ability to adapt to one's environment, an inability to change one's life patterns, and the inability to develop a richer, more complex, more satisfying personality." There are many different neuroses, including: obsessive–compulsive disorder obsessive–compulsive personality disorder impulse control di... |
BC – 480 BC. | concerns the period 489 |
of Fourier Analysis. Springer US, Aug 31, 2000 Hao He, Jian Li, and Petre Stoica. Waveform design for active sensing systems: a computational approach. Cambridge University Press, 2012. Solomon W. Golomb, and Guang Gong. Signal design for good correlation: for wireless communication, cryptography, and radar. Cambridge ... | Fourier Analysis. Springer US, Aug 31, 2000 Hao He, Jian Li, and Petre Stoica. Waveform design for active sensing systems: a computational approach. Cambridge University Press, 2012. Solomon W. Golomb, and Guang Gong. Signal design for good correlation: for wireless communication, cryptography, and radar. Cambridge Uni... |
name in 1809 in the Nippon Henkai Ryakuzu, and it was from that work that Westerners adopted the name. According to Mark C. Elliott, the term Manshū first appeared as a place name in Katsuragawa Hoshū's 1794 work Hokusa Bunryaku in two maps, "Ashia zenzu" and "Chikyū hankyū sōzu", which were also created by Katsuragawa... | Manchu, Mongols, Koreans, Nanai, Nivkhs, Ulchs, Hui and possibly Turkic peoples and ethnic Han Chinese in southern Manchuria. Various ethnic groups and their respective kingdoms, including the Sushen, Donghu, Xianbei, Wuhuan, Mohe, Khitan and Jurchens, have risen to power in Manchuria. Various Koreanic kingdoms such as... |
to construct two light water reactor nuclear power plants in North Korea to replace North Korea's Magnox type reactors. The original target year for completion was 2003. Since then, other members joined: 1995: Australia, Canada, New Zealand 1996: Argentina, Chile, Indonesia 1997: European Union, Poland 1999: Czech Repu... | the LWR project did not commence until 2000, with "First Concrete" pouring at the construction site on August 7, 2002. Construction of both reactors was well behind the original schedule. In the wake of the breakdown of the Agreed Framework in 2003, KEDO largely lost its function. KEDO ensured that the nuclear power pl... |
attention of the conscious mind as defined by Sigmund Freud and others Unconscious, an altered state of consciousness with limited conscious awareness Not conscious Media Unconscious | altered state of consciousness with limited conscious awareness Not conscious Media Unconscious (2014), UK release title of Amnesiac, an American mystery film See also Inconscientes Consciousness Unconscious communication Subconscious Carl Jung's |
his 1897 textbook. Later Jordan's results on classical groups were generalized to arbitrary finite fields by Leonard Dickson, following the classification of complex simple Lie algebras by Wilhelm Killing. Dickson also constructed exception groups of type G2 and E6 as well, but not of types F4, E7, or E8 . In the 1950s... | simple quotients of the Higman group. Explicit examples, which turn out to be finitely presented, include the infinite Thompson groups T and V. Finitely presented torsion-free infinite simple groups were constructed by Burger and Mozes. Classification There is as yet no known classification for general (infinite) simpl... |
Castile (1162–1214), wife of Alfonso VIII, who brought the name into the Castilian Royal Dynasty Eleanor of Castile (died 1244), queen consort of Aragon, wife of James I of Aragon Eleanor of Castile (1241–1290), queen consort England, wife of Edward I, daughter of Ferdinand III of Castile and Joan, Countess of Ponthieu... | Castile, daughter of Peter IV of Aragon and Eleanor of Sicily Eleanor of Castile, Queen of Navarre (fl. 1363–1416), queen consort of Navarre, wife of Charles III, daughter of Henry II of Castile, mother of Blanche of Navarre Eleanor of Austria (1498–1558), wife of Manuel I of Portugal |
Ferry Bridge in Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire (1889), where the chains are not attached to abutments as is usual, but instead are attached to the main girders, which are thus in compression. Here, the chains are made from flat wrought iron plates, eight inches (203 mm) wide by an inch and a half (38 mm) thick, rivette... | to deck-level supports, and further continue to connections with anchors in the ground. The roadway is supported by vertical suspender cables or rods, called hangers. In some circumstances, the towers may sit on a bluff or canyon edge where the road may proceed directly to the main span, otherwise the bridge will usual... |
link; it opened to rail traffic in 1997 and to road traffic in 1998. At an estimated cost of DKK 21.4 billion (1988 prices), the link is the largest construction project in Danish history. It has reduced travel times significantly; previously taking one hour by ferry, the Great Belt can now be crossed in ten minutes. T... | the span is placed below the road deck. After 15 years, the cables have no rust. They were scheduled for a 15 million DKK paint job, but due to corroding cables on other bridges, the decision was made to instead install a 70 million DKK sealed de-humidifying system in the cables. This was carried out by UK engineering ... |
of humanity's tendency toward historical pessimism, and compared it to other predictions of self-destruction that went unfulfilled. Conservative media often clash against the Bulletin. Keith Payne writes in the National Review that the Clock overestimates the effects of "developments in the areas of nuclear testing and... | The Clock is not set and reset in real time as events occur; rather than respond to each and every crisis as it happens, the Science and Security Board meets twice annually to discuss global events in a deliberative manner. The closest nuclear war threat, the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, reached crisis, climax, and re... |
Hexactinellid sponges are sponges with a skeleton made of four- and/or six-pointed siliceous spicules, often referred to as glass sponges. They are usually classified along with other sponges in the phylum Porifera, but some researchers consider them sufficiently distinct to deserve their own phylum, Symplasma. Some ex... | classified along with other sponges in the phylum Porifera, but some researchers consider them sufficiently distinct to deserve their own phylum, Symplasma. Some experts believe glass sponges are the longest-lived animals on earth; these scientists tentatively estimate a maximum age of up to 15,000 years. Biology Glass... |
and h1, while the black rooks start on a8 and h8. The rook moves horizontally or vertically, through any number of unoccupied squares (see diagram). The rook cannot jump over pieces. As with captures by other pieces apart from en passant, the rook captures by occupying the square on which the enemy piece stands. The ro... | one's rooks on the first by castling and then clearing all pieces except the king and rooks from the first rank. In that position, the rooks support each other and can more easily move to occupy and control the most favorable . A common strategic goal is to a rook on the first rank of an open file (i.e., one unobstruct... |
9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 exd4 11.Qg3 g6 12.Bh6 Game use Good bishop and bad bishop In the middlegame, a player with only one bishop should generally place friendly pawns on squares of the color that the bishop cannot move to. This allows the player to control squares of both colors, allows the bishop to move freely among the ... | cannot. A bishop and knight can force mate, but with far greater difficulty than two bishops. In certain positions a bishop can by itself lose a move (see triangulation and tempo), while a knight can never do so. The bishop is capable of skewering or pinning a piece, while the knight can do neither. A bishop can in som... |
Rook, a close air support aircraft USS Rooks (DD-804), a destroyer launched in 1944 Places Montes Rook, a mountain range on the Moon Rooks County, Kansas Other uses Rook (album), 2008 album by Shearwater Rook (bird) (Corvus frugilegus), a member of the corvid family The Rook (novel), a 2011 supernatural thriller by Dan... | Montes Rook, a mountain range on the Moon Rooks County, Kansas Other uses Rook (album), 2008 album by Shearwater Rook (bird) (Corvus frugilegus), a member of the corvid family The Rook (novel), a 2011 supernatural thriller by Daniel O'Malley The Rook (TV series), a TV series on Starz Rook (piercing), a piercing on the ... |
opponent, nor can a player make a move with another piece if it will leave the king in check. It also has a special move called castling, in which the king moves two squares towards one of its own rooks and in the same move, the rook jumps over the king to land on the square on the king's other side. Castling may only ... | term is usually used to exclude pawns, referring only to a queen, rook, bishop, knight, or king. In this context, the pieces can be broken down into three groups: (queen and rooks), (bishops and knights), and the king. In phrases such as "winning a piece", "losing a piece" or "sacrificing a piece" and other related con... |
of chess and is represented by a horse's head and neck. Each player starts with two knights, which are located between the rooks and bishops in the standard starting position. History The knight, along with the king and the rook, has the oldest defined movement of any chess piece, its movement being unchanged since the... | caballo, Italian cavallo, Russian конь, etc. Some languages refer to it as the "jumper", reflecting the knight's ability to move over pieces in its path: Polish skoczek, Danish/Norwegian springer, Swedish springare, German Springer, Luxembourgish Sprénger, Slovene skakač. In Sicilian it is called sceccu, a slang term f... |
to advance his agenda even over the attempted obstruction of Randolph and others. Madison administration, 1811–1817 Clay and other war hawks demanded that the British revoke the Orders in Council, a series of decrees that had resulted in a de facto commercial war with the United States. Though Clay recognized the dange... | state constitutional convention. Using the pseudonym "Scaevola" (in reference to Gaius Mucius Scaevola), Clay advocated for direct elections for Kentucky elected officials and the gradual emancipation of slavery in Kentucky. The 1799 Kentucky Constitution included the direct election of public officials, but the state ... |
escaped. Suspicions fell on Lancaster, and one of Edward's knights, Edmund Darel, was arrested on charges of having betrayed her location, but the charges were essentially unproven. In 1320, Isabella accompanied Edward to France, to try and convince her brother, Philip V, to provide fresh support to crush the English b... | III. Some believe that Isabella then arranged the murder of Edward II. Isabella and Mortimer's regime began to crumble, partly because of her lavish spending, but also because the Queen successfully, but unpopularly, resolved long-running problems such as the wars with Scotland. In 1330, aged 18, Edward III forcibly as... |
Caernarfonshire. In 1911, David Lloyd George, then Member of Parliament (MP) for Caernarfon boroughs, which included various towns from Llŷn to Conwy, agreed to the British Royal Family's idea of holding the investiture of the Prince of Wales at Caernarfon Castle. The ceremony took place on 13 July, with the royal fami... | Caernarfon, as an example where the rise and fall of different civilizations can be seen from one hilltop, is discussed in John Michael Greer's book The Long Descent. He writes of Caernarfon: Geography Caernarfon is situated on the southern bank of the Menai Strait facing the Isle of Anglesey. It is situated south-west... |
Area of the Americas (FTAA) was a proposed agreement to eliminate or reduce the trade barriers among all countries in the Americas, excluding Cuba. Negotiations to establish the FTAA ended in failure, however, with all parties unable to reach an agreement by the 2005 deadline they had set for themselves. History In the... | last round of negotiations, trade ministers from 34 countries met in Miami, Florida, in the United States, in November 2003 to discuss the proposal. The proposed agreement was an extension of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between Canada, Mexico, and the United States. Opposing the proposal were Cuba, ... |
right (see diagram). The captured enemy piece must be on the square of arrival, except in the case of en passant. An en passant capture can occur after a pawn advances two squares using its initial two-step move option, and the square passed over is attacked by an enemy pawn. The enemy pawn is entitled to capture the m... | g2, h2; the black pawns start on a7, b7, c7, d7, e7, f7, g7, h7.) Individual pawns are referred to by the on which they stand. For example, one speaks of "White's f-pawn" or "Black's b-pawn". Alternatively, they can be referred to by the piece which stood on that file at the beginning of the game, e.g. "White's king bi... |
diurnal effect changes), the seasonal effect will also tend to dominate. In general, the effect is size-dependent, and will affect the semi-major axis of smaller asteroids, while leaving large asteroids practically unaffected. For kilometre-sized asteroids, the Yarkovsky effect is minuscule over short periods: the forc... | the year 1900, Yarkovsky noted that the daily heating of a rotating object in space would cause it to experience a force that, while tiny, could lead to large long-term effects in the orbits of small bodies, especially meteoroids and small asteroids. Yarkovsky's insight would have been forgotten had it not been for the... |
and his men of food, forcing them to seek terms. Treaty of Aberconwy What resulted was the Treaty of Aberconwy, which guaranteed peace in Gwynedd in return for several difficult concessions from Llywelyn, including confining his authority to Gwynedd Uwch Conwy once again. Part of Gwynedd Is Conwy was given to Dafydd ap... | Caradoc ap Thomas ap Rhodri, Lord of Anglesey. The eldest was Owain Goch ap Gruffydd and Llywelyn had two younger brothers, Dafydd ap Gruffydd and Rhodri ap Gruffydd. Llywelyn is thought to have been born around 1222 or 1223. He is first heard of holding lands in the Vale of Clwyd around 1244. Following his grandfather... |
than the speed of sound (often many times faster) in an intense shock wave. Therefore, the pressure wave produced by a high explosive is not significantly increased by confinement as detonation occurs so quickly that the resulting plasma does not expand much before all the explosive material has reacted. This has led t... | no protection, there are four types of blast effects on the human body: overpressure (shock), fragmentation, impact, and heat. Overpressure refers to the sudden and drastic rise in ambient pressure that can damage the internal organs, possibly leading to permanent damage or death. Fragmentation can also include sand, d... |
the Shamanists and other Pagans). Svyatoslav I of Kiev sacked Atil in 968 or 969 CE. Ibn Hawqal and al-Muqaddasi refer to Atil after 969, indicating that it may have been rebuilt. Al-Biruni (mid-11th century) reported that Atil was again in ruins, and did not mention the later city of Saqsin which was built nearby, so ... | century until the end of the 10th century. The word is also a Turkic name for the Volga River. History Atil was located along the Volga delta at the northwestern corner of the Caspian Sea. Following the defeat of the Khazars in the Second Arab-Khazar War, Atil became the capital of Khazaria. The city is referred to as ... |
word that means frying pan, from which the dish gets its name. Valencian speakers use the word paella for all pans, including the traditional shallow pan used for cooking the homonym dish. The pan is made out of polished or coated steel with two side handles. In many regions of Spain and other Spanish-speaking countrie... | union and heritage of two important cultures, the Roman, which gives us the utensil and the Arab which brought us the basic food of humanity for centuries: rice." Naming, etymology and paellera Paella is a Valencian word that means frying pan, from which the dish gets its name. Valencian speakers use the word paella fo... |
River. It was connected to Atil by a pontoon bridge. Khazaran was later inhabited primarily by Muslims and featured numerous mosques, minarets, and madrasas. It was a bustling trade center easily reachable by ship from the Caspian Sea and Volga River, and many of its inhabitants were crafters, fishers, | was later inhabited primarily by Muslims and featured numerous mosques, minarets, and madrasas. It was a bustling trade center easily reachable by ship from the Caspian Sea and Volga River, and many of its inhabitants were |
other craftsmen, all spend months producing elaborate constructions of paper and wax, wood and polystyrene foam tableaux towering up to five stories, composed of fanciful figures, often caricatures, in provocative poses arranged in a gravity-defying manner. Each of them is produced under the direction of one of the man... | noisy event featuring exhibitions of the varied rites and displays from around the world which use fire; it incorporates floats, giant mechanisms, people in costumes, rockets, gunpowder, street performances and music. Traditional Dressing The traditional dress worn by "falleros" (males) has changed from black trousers ... |
modern times. History The Russian scholar Svetlana Pletnyova suggested that the name "Samandar" meant "Farthest Gate" in Middle Persian, and that the town was built by the Sassanid ruler Khosrow I in the 6th century. Other scholars have proposed that the name of the city may derive from the name of a Hunnish tribe "Zab... | of Chorene mentions a town "M-s-n-d-r" in the land of Huns located to the north of Derbent. Samandar became the second capital of the Khazar Khaganate in the 720s, after Balanjar was abandoned as a result of the Umayyad invasion. For the same reason, the capital was moved again further north to Atil, sometime between 7... |
and Flight Surgeon in the 1950s. From 1948 to 1949, Stapp headed research project MX981 at Muroc Army Air Field (later renamed Edwards Air Force Base) for the purpose of testing the human tolerance for g-forces during rapid deceleration. The tests used a rocket sled mounted on a railroad track with a series of hydrauli... | In 1948, humorist Paul Jennings coined the term resistentialism, a jocular play on resistance and existentialism, to describe "seemingly spiteful behavior manifested by inanimate objects", where objects that cause problems (like lost keys or a runaway bouncy ball) are said to exhibit a high degree of malice toward huma... |
to a conventionalized form used by a group of people with regular contact. The use of the term International Sign might also lead to the misconception that it is a standardized form of communication. Deaf people typically know only one sign language. Signers from differing countries may use IS spontaneously with each o... | sign with each other when they lack a common sign language, or it can refer to a conventionalized form used by a group of people with regular contact. The use of the term International Sign might also lead to the misconception that it is a standardized form of communication. Deaf people typically know only one sign lan... |
city was located at the intersection of trade routes between the steppe and Europe. This caused it to grow rapidly. The city's main exports were grain and salted fish; wine-making was also common. Panticapaeum minted its own coins. According to extant documents the Melek-Chesme river (small and shallow nowadays) was na... | the Germans occupied the city again. The Red Army lost over 160,000 men, either killed or taken POW at the Battle of the Kerch Peninsula. On 31 October 1943 another Soviet naval landing operation was launched. Kerch returned to Soviet control on 11 April 1944. The German invaders killed about 15,000 citizens and deport... |
to the study of cultural evolution and evolution of societies, focusing strongly on the role of personal creativity, as opposed to memetic imitation or instruction, in differentiating modern human from prior hominid or modern ape culture. In particular, she seems to follow feminist economists and green economists in ma... | possibility of uncertainty and disorder, resulting in arousal and a process of novelty and originality until the arousal dissipates. This in turn feeds the cultural norm which in turn feeds further creativity resulting in part the evolution of culture. Works Gabora, L. (1997) The origin and evolution of culture and cre... |
gestures, expressions and body language, and describes signs and gestures in use at the time, some of which resemble signs still in use, while Philocopus explores the use of lipreading by deaf people and the possibility of deaf education, and is dedicated to Bulwar's two deaf brothers. Another writer of the same time, ... | a conversation between George Downing and a deaf boy in November 1666:But, above all, there comes in the dumb boy that I knew in Oliver's time, who is mightily acquainted here, and with Downing; and he made strange signs of the fire, and how the King was abroad, and many things they understood, but I could not...Britis... |
that particles influence other particles. At a macroscopic level, electromagnetism allows particles to interact with one another via electric and magnetic fields, and gravitation allows particles with mass to attract one another in accordance with Einstein's theory of general relativity. The Standard Model explains suc... | particles decay with very short half-lives and are observed only in very high-energy environments. Neutrinos of all generations also do not decay, and pervade the universe, but rarely interact with baryonic matter. Gauge bosons In the Standard Model, gauge bosons are defined as force carriers that mediate the strong, w... |
has its roots in the king's leap. There were two forms of the leap: the king would move once like a knight, or the king would move two squares on its first move. The knight move might be used early in the game to get the king to safety or later in the game to escape a threat. This second form was played in Europe as ea... | king. It is sometimes claimed that the same-rank requirement was added in 1974 to remove a loophole that allowed a player to castle vertically using an unmoved promoted rook on the e-file; for example, White might castle with a newly promoted rook on e8 by placing the king on e3 and the rook on e2. Tim Krabbé's 1983 bo... |
work became a significant influence on the anti-psychiatry movement during the 1960s; Foucault took a mixed approach to this, associating with a number of anti-psychiatrists but arguing that most of them misunderstood his work. Foucault's secondary thesis (), written in Hamburg between 1959 and 1960, was a translation ... | de la sexualité was a best-seller in France and gained positive press, but lukewarm intellectual interest, something that upset Foucault, who felt that many misunderstood his hypothesis. He soon became dissatisfied with Gallimard after being offended by senior staff member Pierre Nora. Along with Paul Veyne and Françoi... |
a representation of variation in the perception of a color or color space's brightness Value (computer science), an expression that implies no further mathematical processing; a "normal form" Value (mathematics), a property such as number assigned to or calculated for a variable, constant or expression Value (semiotics... | to them Values (Western philosophy) expands the notion of value beyond that of ethics, but limited to Western sources Social imaginary is the set of values, institutions, laws, and symbols common to a particular social group Value (economics), a measure of the benefit that may be gained from goods or service Theory of ... |
the creation of a counter-society of a socialist character in the midst of the current system, which will be made up of ideal communities of a more or less libertarian social form. The peace symbol was developed in the UK as a logo for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, and was embraced by U.S. anti-war protesters d... | such as gay rights, abortion, gender roles and drugs in contrast to earlier leftist or Marxist movements that had taken a more vanguardist approach to social justice and focused mostly on labor unionization and questions of social class. In April 1969, the building of People's Park in Berkeley, California received inte... |
separated, labelled, and documented. All operations should be fully documented and automated as much as practicable, avoiding manual intervention where feasible. The workflow should be designed as a sequence of smaller steps that are combined so that the intermediate outputs from one step directly feed as inputs into t... | over again, Boyle argued, the certainty of fact will emerge. The air pump, which in the 17th century was a complicated and expensive apparatus to build, also led to one of the first documented disputes over the reproducibility of a particular scientific phenomenon. In the 1660s, the Dutch scientist Christiaan Huygens b... |
time was running. In 1973, LSI chips were not readily or cheaply available, so all the multiplexing and logic were done using chips that consisted of four two-input TTL NAND gates, which resulted in excessive power consumption. Being plugged into the wall is obviously a major drawback, but had one advantage: the timeba... | 1978). This became the linchpin of Fischer's clock patented ten years later. In this way, the players would never be desperately short of time. This timing method is occasionally called "accumulation" but it is usually called "increment", "bonus", or "Fischer". The increment time control was first used in the privately... |
including the TsAGI A-7-3, the only armed autogyro to see (limited) combat action. From 2002 AFK Sistema controlled a 51% stake in the company, with MiG controlling the remaining 49%. Kamov was sold to Oboronprom in 2005. Kamov merged with Mil and Rostvertol to form Russian Helicopters. The Kamov brand name | service and high-speed operations. History Kamov was founded by Nikolai Ilyich Kamov, who started building his first rotary-winged aircraft in 1929, together with N. K. Skrzhinskii. Up to the 1940, the year of Kamov plant establishment, they created many autogyros, including the TsAGI A-7-3, the only armed autogyro to ... |
the firm's North American marketing and sales arm, which had previously operated under the trading name of the French Aerospace Corporation, was officially rebranded as the European Aerospace Corporation, which was intended to better reflect Aérospatiale's increasing focus on collaborative efforts with its European par... | oil crisis in the 1970s, thus; only two airlines purchased Concorde. Aérospatiale's senior management were keen to avoid the mistakes of the Concorde program. Their next major effort was would be an international consortium between British Aerospace and West German's aircraft company Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm (MBB), c... |
a busy café. Size The size can be a single, double, or triple, using a proportional amount of ground coffee, roughly 7, 14, and 21 grams; correspondingly sized filter baskets are used. The Italian multiplier term doppio is often used for a double, with solo and triplo being more rarely used for singles and triples. The... | is the layer of gas bubbles or foam. The dispersion of very small oil droplets is perceived in the mouth as creamy. This characteristic of espresso contributes to what is known as the body of the beverage. These oil droplets preserve some of the aromatic compounds that are lost to the air in other coffee forms. This pr... |
põrgu means hell, in Karelian perkeleh means an evil spirit. Introduction of Christianity As Finland was Christianized, the old Finnish deities were regarded as demons. This led to the use of "Perkele" as a translation for "Devil" in the Finnish translation of the Bible. Later, in | words in other Finnic languages: in Estonian, põrgu means hell, in Karelian perkeleh means an evil spirit. Introduction of Christianity As Finland was Christianized, the old Finnish deities were regarded as demons. This led to the use of "Perkele" as a translation for |
Russia to the An-2-100 upgrade version. In 2014, following the annexation of the Crimea by Russia, Ukraine cancelled contracts with Russia, leading to a significant income reduction in Ukraine's defense and aviation industries. However Ukraine has been slowly recovering the deficit from breaking ties with Russia by ent... | separate Flight Testing and Improvement Base in suburban Hostomel (now the Antonov Airport). In 1965, the Antonov An-22 heavy military transport entered serial production to supplement the An-12 in major military and humanitarian airlifts by the Soviet Union. The model became the first Soviet wide-body aircraft, and it... |
Breguet or Bréguet may refer to: Breguet (watch), watch manufacturer Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747–1823), Swiss watchmaker Louis-François-Clement Breguet (1804–1883), French physicist, watchmaker, electrical | Breguet (1747–1823), Swiss watchmaker Louis-François-Clement Breguet (1804–1883), French physicist, watchmaker, electrical and telegraph work Bréguet Aviation, a defunct French aircraft |
House of Commons Trade and Industry Committee was said to believe that "in spite of a catalogue of complaints, the committee concludes that the sale to BAe may well have been the best solution for the government." In 1991, BAe acquired a 30% interest in Hutchison Telecommunications through a stock swap deal, where Hutc... | 3.5 times subscribed and at the end of the first day's trading, share prices were 14% above the original offer price. The second phase occurred in May 1985, in which 48.4% shares were sold; this sale was 5.4 times subscribed and the first day closing price was 11% above the initial offer price. Despite this privatisati... |
22 December 1998, BAE abandoned the DASA merger in favour of purchasing its British rival. The merger of British Aerospace and MES was announced on 19 January 1999. Evans stated that in 2004 that his fear was that an American defence contractor would acquire MES and challenge both British Aerospace and DASA. The merger... | Evans stated that in 2004 that his fear was that an American defence contractor would acquire MES and challenge both British Aerospace and DASA. The merger created a vertically integrated company which The Scotsman described as "[a combination of British Aerospace's] contracting and platform-building skills with Marcon... |
design were known for their efficiency and low operating cost, gaining fame for world record endurance and distance flights. Lindbergh's first choice for his New York to Paris flight was a Bellanca WB-2. The company's insistence on selecting the crew drove Lindbergh to Ryan. Bellanca remained President and Chairman of ... | the 1920s and 1930s, Bellanca's aircraft of his own design were known for their efficiency and low operating cost, gaining fame for world record endurance and distance flights. Lindbergh's first choice for his New York to Paris flight was a Bellanca WB-2. The company's insistence on selecting the crew drove Lindbergh t... |
name of the church alludes: palmis refers to the soles of Jesus' feet. It is likely that these footprints are actually the draft of an ancient Roman "ex voto", a tribute paid to the gods for the good outcome of a journey. There was an inscription above the front door on the church's façade which used to say: "Stop your... | is located about some 800 m from Porta San Sebastiano, where the Via Ardeatina branches off the Appian Way, on the site where, according to the apocryphal Acts of Peter, Saint Peter met Jesus while the former was fleeing persecution in Rome. According to the tradition, Peter asked Jesus, "Lord, where are you going?" ()... |
During the Mongol period in China (1271−1368 AD), lead pollution due to silver smelting in the Yunnan region exceeded contamination levels from modern mining activities by nearly four times. In the 17th and 18th centuries, people in Devon were afflicted by a condition referred to as Devon colic; this was discovered to ... | diet, and manual handling. Then, they can bind to and interfere with the functioning of vital cellular components. The toxic effects of arsenic, mercury, and lead were known to the ancients, but methodical studies of the toxicity of some heavy metals appear to date from only 1868. In humans, heavy metal poisoning is ge... |
Be-2, seaplane Beriev Be-4, parasol-wing flying boat Beriev Be-6, flying boat used for firefighting duty Beriev Be-8, passenger/liaison amphibian Beriev Be-10, jet-engined flying boat Beriev Be-12 Chayka, Amphibious aircraft, similar in function to the Canadair CL-415, used for anti-submarine warfare, based upon the Be... | wing-in-ground effect (WIG) aircraft Beriev Be-2, seaplane Beriev Be-4, parasol-wing flying boat Beriev Be-6, flying boat used for firefighting duty Beriev Be-8, passenger/liaison amphibian Beriev Be-10, jet-engined flying boat Beriev Be-12 Chayka, Amphibious aircraft, similar in function to the Canadair CL-415, used f... |
– biplane fighter (license-built Nieuport-Delage NiD.29) Macchi M.7bis – Schneider Trophy racing seaplane (1920) Macchi M.15 – reconnaissance, bomber, and trainer aircraft (1922) Macchi M.16 – sports aircraft (1919) Macchi M.17bis – Schneider Trophy racing seaplane (1922) Macchi M.18 – passenger, bombing, and reconnais... | Macchi M.5 – flying boat fighter (1917) Macchi M.6 – flying boat fighter prototype (1917) Macchi M.7 – flying boat fighter (1918) Macchi M.8 – reconnaissance/bomber flying boat (1917) Macchi M.9 – flying boat bomber (1918) Macchi M.12 – flying boat bomber (1918) Macchi M.14 – sesquiplane fighter (1918) Interwar Nieupor... |
Schneider racer. Blackburn Bluebird (1924) – Single-engine, two-seat biplane training/touring aircraft Blackburn T.4 Cubaroo (1924) – Single-engine, four-seat large biplane torpedo bomber. Blackburn T.3 Velos (1925) – Single-engine, two-seat biplane bomber floatplane Blackburn R.2 Airedale (1925) – Single-engine three-... | – Single-engine, two-seat biplane training aircraft. Blackburn B-3 M.1/30 (1932) – Single-engine, two-seat biplane naval torpedo bomber. Blackburn B-5 Baffin (1932) Blackburn R.B.3 Perth (1933) – Three-engine, five-seat biplane flying boat. Blackburn T.9 Shark (1933) – single-engine, three-seat carrier-based biplane to... |
in the film Star Trek: Nemesis, and also Arik Soong, one of Soong's ancestors in three episodes of Star Trek: Enterprise. Spiner said his favourite Data scene takes place in "Descent", when Data plays poker on the holodeck with a re-creation of the famous physicist Stephen Hawking, played by Hawking himself. Spiner rep... | a long life, and to believe she is the true Julianna unaware of the fact she is an android. Faced with the decision, Data chooses not to disclose this to her and allows her to continue on with her normal life. In "All Good Things...", the two-hour series finale of The Next Generation, Captain Picard travels among three... |
Hawker Pacific in 2002. Within the LHT network, Hawker is able to provide an around the world landing gear service. HPA's corporate headquarters are located in Sun Valley, Los Angeles, California, near to Bob Hope Burbank International Airport. History Hawker Pacific Aerospace was formed in 1980. In 1991, Hawker Siddel... | repair and overhaul services for all major aircraft types, including all current Airbus, Boeing, Bombardier and Embraer models, as well as helicopters. Lufthansa Technik (LHT), a subsidiary of Lufthansa German Airlines, acquired Hawker Pacific in 2002. Within the LHT network, Hawker is able to provide an around the wor... |
they defeat the Avars in open battle. Priscus pursues the fleeing Avar tribes and invades their homeland in Pannonia. He devastates the land east of the Tisza River, deciding the war for the Byzantines and ending the Avar and Slavic incursions across the Danube. Autumn – Comentiolus reopens the Gate of Trajan pass, nea... | starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. The denomination 599 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 Byzantine Empire Emperor Maurice refuses to pay r... |
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