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tape was used to transmit data for manufacture of read-only memory chips. History Perforated paper tapes were first used by Basile Bouchon in 1725 to control looms. However, the paper tapes were expensive to create, fragile, and difficult to repair. By 1801, Joseph Marie Jacquard had developed machines to create paper ... | Regnecentralen introduced a paper tape reader called RC 2000 that could read 2,000 characters per second; later they increased the speed further, up to 2,500 cps. As early as World War II, the Heath Robinson tape reader, used by Allied codebreakers, was capable of 2,000 cps while Colossus could run at 5,000 cps using a... |
these rumours on 30 March 1485 during an assembly of Lords he had summoned at the Hospital of St. John. Addressing them "in a loud and distinct voice", he "showed his grief and displeasure aforesaid and said it never came into his thought or mind to marry in such manner wise, nor willing nor glad of the death of his qu... | impediment of affinity created when Anne married Edward of Lancaster, who was Richard's blood cousin. The couple made their marital home in the familiar surroundings of Middleham Castle, Yorkshire, after Richard was appointed Governor of the North on the king's behalf. Upon her marriage, Anne was styled Duchess of Glou... |
EULAs in an effort to circumvent limitations the applicable copyright law places on their copyrights (such as the limitations in sections 107–122 of the United States Copyright Act), or to expand the scope of control over the work into areas for which copyright protection is denied by law (such as attempting to charge ... | to website based contract formation (see iLan Systems, Inc. v. Netscout Service Level Corp.). A common example of this occurs where a user must affirmatively assent to license terms of a website, by clicking "yes" on a pop-up, in order to access website features. This is therefore analogous to shrink-wrap licenses, whe... |
sheet.' If the page is small, like the size of a postcard, or smaller, it's called a 'cram.' Friendship books that have a musical theme, where you have to add lyrics to your entry, are called "lyrix" or "lyrics sheets". Slams Slams are friendship books that include a theme of questions, either "Sign if you did/like the... | one page as a "sign in", several pages of questions, and then a "sign out" or "shout out" page at the end. Slams can be themed or regular. Typically they are small like a standard friendship book. Often they have a "sign-in" page where you put your label or name, then each page will often contain a question which you a... |
the principal amount of high-yield debt issued by U.S. companies went toward corporate purposes rather than acquisitions or buyouts. In emerging markets, such as China and Vietnam, bonds have become increasingly important as term financing options, since access to traditional bank credits has always been proved to be l... | assets in September 2008 to prevent a systemic crisis of the banks. Such assets represent a serious problem for purchasers because of their complexity. Having been repackaged perhaps several times, it is difficult and time-consuming for auditors and accountants to determine their true value. As the recession of 2008–09... |
seat of Wise County Decatur, Washington, an unincorporated community Decatur, Wisconsin, a town Decatur County (disambiguation) Decatur Township (disambiguation) Decatur Island, one of the San Juan Islands in Washington state Transportation Decatur Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada, a north–south thoroughfare Decatur Highwa... | several ships of the U.S. Navy Decatur (1813 ship), an American privateer of the War of 1812 Fort Decatur, a fort in New York during the War of 1812 Other uses Decatur (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name 34351 Decatur, an asteroid Decatur High School (disambiguation) Arizona Charlie's Decatur... |
the British Peerage Places Australia Amherst, Victoria Burma Kyaikkami, Myanmar, formerly known as Amherst Canada Amherst Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador Middle Amherst Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador Upper Amherst Cove, Newfoundland and Labrador Amherst, Nova Scotia Amherst Head, Nova Scotia Amherst Internment Camp, N... | Amherst, Colorado Amherst, Maine Amherst, Massachusetts Amherst Center, Massachusetts Amherst Township, Fillmore County, Minnesota Amherst, Nebraska Amherst, New Hampshire, a New England town Amherst (CDP), New Hampshire, the main village in the town Amherst, New York, the largest suburb of the city of Buffalo Amherst,... |
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an Anglicised name of the highest point in the Verno mountains, Greece Transportation stations Mount Vernon station (Light RailLink), Baltimore, Maryland Mount Vernon East station, Mount Vernon, New York along the New Haven Line Mount Vernon North railway station, Glasgow, Scotland Mount Vernon railway station, Glasgow... | Vernon Township (disambiguation) Geographic features Mount Vernon, Singapore, a small hill in central Singapore Mount Vernon, an Anglicised name of the highest point in the Verno mountains, Greece Transportation stations Mount Vernon station (Light RailLink), Baltimore, Maryland Mount Vernon East station, Mount Vernon,... |
2007 by rock band Ozma "Pasadena" (song), a 1972 single by Australian singer John Paul Young Pasadena (TV series), a 2001 American primetime soap opera "Pasadena", or "Home in Pasadena", a 1923 song by Harry Warren "Pasadena", a 1981 single by Maywood (duo) "Pasadena", a 2021 single by Tinashe featuring Buddy Pasadena ... | rock band Ozma "Pasadena" (song), a 1972 single by Australian singer John Paul Young Pasadena (TV series), a 2001 American primetime soap opera "Pasadena", or "Home in Pasadena", a 1923 song by Harry Warren "Pasadena", a 1981 single by Maywood (duo) "Pasadena", a 2021 single by Tinashe featuring Buddy Pasadena O'Possum... |
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of the areas being less than from each other. In oceanic stable terms it is like traveling from the summers in the north of England to the south of Spain in a fraction of the distance. San Francisco is a city with microclimates and submicroclimates. Due to the city's varied topography and influence from the prevailing ... | region for crops that cannot thrive in the broader area; this concept is often used in permaculture practiced in northern temperate climates. Microclimates can be used to the advantage of gardeners who carefully choose and position their plants. Cities often raise the average temperature by zoning, and a sheltered posi... |
The same year, he married Claire Margaret Poynting (1918–2000), one of his former pupils. Together they had four daughters who included Margaret, Lucy, and Frances. While in Japan in the summer of 1925, he met Aki Hayashi, and he began a relationship. When Blunden returned to England in 1927, Aki accompanied him and wo... | the University of Oxford. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature six times. Early years Born in London, Blunden was the eldest of the nine children of Charles Edmund Blunden (1871–1951) and his wife, Georgina Margaret née Tyler, who were joint-headteachers of Yalding school. Blunden was educated at Christ's... |
fundamentally different from the other men, more given to intellectual pursuits than unending physical labour that left him little time to write. Their sporadic meetings were emotionally wrenching and the couple could make no plans for their future together. He encouraged H.D. to return to America where she could make ... | cutting parts of his novel, he replaced objectionable words with asterisks. Although they looked awkward on the page, Aldington, among others, wanted to call attention to censoring by publishers. In 1930 Aldington published a translation of The Decameron and then the romance All Men are Enemies (1933). In 1942, having ... |
practice known as dowsing Fishing rod, a tool used to catch fish, like a long pole with a hook on the end Lightning rod, a conductor on top of a building to protect the building in the event of lightning by taking the charge harmlessly to earth Measuring rod, a kind of ruler Switch (corporal punishment), a piece of woo... | musical Avenue Q Rod Flanders, a character in the TV series The Simpsons "R.O.D.", a 2013 song by Korean rapper G-Dragon featured on his second studio album Coup d'Etat People Rod (given name) Rod (surname) Rød (surname) Places Ród, a village in Tilişca Commune, Sibiu County, Romania Rød (disambiguation), several popul... |
drainage point for Brighton". Behind the estuary was a stagnant pond called the Pool or Poole, so named since the medieval era. This was built over with houses and shops from 1793, when the Wellesbourne was culverted to prevent flooding, and only the name of the road (Pool Valley, originally Pool Lane) marks its site. ... | on the evening of 15 October 1651 in the "Surprise" from Brighthelmstone to his exile in Fécamp, France. Over the next few decades, though, events severely affected its local and national standing, such that by 1730 "it was a forlorn town decidedly down on its luck". More foreign attacks, storms (especially the devasta... |
Berlin. In 1889, he gained entrance into the School of Applied Arts in Karlsruhe. He was a drawing instructor at the school of the Museum of Industrial and Applied Arts (Industrie- und Gewerbemuseum; today the Textilmuseum, or Textile Museum) in St. Gallen, Switzerland, from 1892 to 1898. He eventually left this job to... | small, religious community near the German-Danish border, was left with lasting impressions of Judeo-Christian stories after reading the Bible in its entirety. In his early religious works (1900–1904), he was unable to solidify his own style and distinguish himself from several role models, Jean-François Millet and Hon... |
time that a police officer patrols Beat reporting, a subject of coverage by a journalist Forest beat, in forestry administration, a divisional sub unit of a Forest range Gay beat, an area frequented by men who have sex with men for the purpose of casual sex Hitting or physical violence Assault, when distinguished from ... | film), a film about writer William Seward Burroughs Beat (TV Series), a 2018 German TV thriller series Beats (2019 Scottish film), a 2019 Scottish film directed by Brian Welsh Beats (2019 American film), a 2019 American film directed by Chris Robinson Music Groups Beat (band), a Finnish band, who formed in 1979 The Bea... |
communicate with other churches; most likely, this is a reference to Clement I. A large congregation existed in Rome c. 58, when Paul wrote his Epistle to the Romans. Paul arrived in Rome c. 60 (Acts). Paul and Peter were said to have been martyred there. Nero persecuted Roman Christians after Rome burned in 64, and th... | mentions a Clement whose office it was to communicate with other churches; most likely, this is a reference to Clement I. A large congregation existed in Rome c. 58, when Paul wrote his Epistle to the Romans. Paul arrived in Rome c. 60 (Acts). Paul and Peter were said to have been martyred there. Nero persecuted Roman ... |
statues of the temple come to life and attack the intruders. West, Powell, and his remaining men flee with the clock, leaving Lara to defeat an enormous six-armed guardian statue. She escapes with the first piece; recovering at a Buddhist monastery, she arranges a meeting with Powell. In Venice, Powell proposes a partn... | Lara Croft, but we didn't go to any extremes. And Lara doesn't apologize for herself, and for having that, you know, recognizable shape. So I'm not going to apologize for her either." The film marked the feature film debut of television actor Chris Barrie, known for his role of Arnold Rimmer in the BBC science fiction ... |
by Amy Rose Spiegel Action (newspaper), a newspaper of Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists People Action Bronson (born 1983), American rapper, reality television star, author, and talk show host Television and radio Action (Canadian TV channel) Action (French TV channel) The Action Channel (US TV channel), a subs... | (2009–2018), now known as CBS Justice Sky Sports Action, a TV channel Theatre Action (theatre), a principle in Western theatre practice Action (play), a 1975 play by Sam Shepard Organizations Businesses Action (store), a Dutch discount store chain with branches in many European countries Action (supermarkets), an Austr... |
of which were Marcion, Praxeas, Valentine and the Montanists. Eusebius insists that Zephyrinus fought vigorously against the blasphemies of the two Theodotuses, who in response treated him with contempt, but later called him the greatest defender of the divinity of Christ. Although he was not physically martyred for th... | He was born in Rome, and succeeded Victor I. Upon his death on 20 December 217, he was succeeded by his principal advisor, Callixtus I. He is known for combating heresies and defending the divinity of Christ. Papacy During the 18-year pontificate of Zephyrinus, the young Church endured persecution under the Emperor Sep... |
or hardware-compatible with the IBM PC. Tandy described the Tandy 2000, for example, as having a "'next generation' true 16-bit CPU", and with "More speed. More disk storage. More expansion" than the IBM PC or "other MS-DOS computers". While admitting in 1984 that many MS-DOS programs did not support the computer, the ... | making system calls. Turbo Pascal used this technique from its earliest versions. Graphics capability was not taken seriously in the original IBM design brief; graphics were considered only from the perspective of generating static business graphics such as charts and graphs. MS-DOS did not have an API for graphics, an... |
Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1972. Becker was a member, and later the president of, the Mont Pelerin Society. Becker received the Nobel Prize in 1992 "for having extended the domain of microeconomic analysis to a wide range of human behavior and interaction, including nonmarket behavior". Becker also received the Na... | the National Medal of Science in 2000. Becker received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement in 2001, presented by Awards Council member and Nobel Prize laureate Leon M. Lederman. A political conservative, he wrote a monthly column for Business Week from 1985 to 2004, alternating with liberal Pr... |
is its market value – the price it fetches when bought or sold. The actual usefulness of a product (its use-value) is not measured – assuming the use-value to be any different from its market value. Three strategies have been used to obtain the market values of all the goods and services produced: the product (or outpu... | or service is its market value – the price it fetches when bought or sold. The actual usefulness of a product (its use-value) is not measured – assuming the use-value to be any different from its market value. Three strategies have been used to obtain the market values of all the goods and services produced: the produc... |
where Oregon contributed to the destruction of the Spanish squadron in Cuba. After the war, Oregon was deployed to the Asiatic Squadron, serving during the Philippine–American War and the Boxer Rebellion in Qing China. The ship returned to the United States in 1906, when she was decommissioned and placed in reserve for... | Santiago de Cuba on 3 July, where Oregon contributed to the destruction of the Spanish squadron in Cuba. After the war, Oregon was deployed to the Asiatic Squadron, serving during the Philippine–American War and the Boxer Rebellion in Qing China. The ship returned to the United States in 1906, when she was decommission... |
and used the Avro name for trading purposes. Amalgamation When the company was absorbed into Hawker Siddeley Aviation in July 1963 following the 1957 Defence White Paper, the Avro name ceased to be used. The brand still had a strong heritage appeal, and as mentioned above the marketing name "Avro RJ" (regional jet) was... | used by British Aerospace from 1994 to 2001 for production of the RJ70, RJ85 and RJ100 models which were respectively based on the BAe 146-100, BAe 146-200 and BAe 146-300. This four engine jet aircraft type is sometimes also loosely called the "Avro 146". The BAe ATP (Advanced Turbo Prop) design evolved from the Avro ... |
of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. Lying north of the city of Springfield, Amherst is considered the northernmost town in the Hartford-Springfield Metropolitan Region, "The Knowledge Corridor". Amherst is also located in the Pioneer Valley, which encompasses Hampshire, Hampden and Franklin... | 65 or over. Of residents 25 years old or older, 41.7% have a graduate or professional degree, and only 4.9% did not graduate from high school. The largest industry is education, health, and social services, in which 51.9% of employed persons work. These statistics given above include some but not all of the large stude... |
of the Provisional State of Deseret, the Utah Territory, and the 45th state. See Salt Lake City, Utah. The first was a heavy cruiser commissioned in 1929, and saw much action in World War II before | commissioned in 1929, and saw much action in World War II before being used in atomic bomb tests in 1946. The second was a attack submarine, decommissioned |
in Wessex. A Viking pirate army under Hastein (a son of Ragnar Lodbrok) ravages the Welsh kingdoms of Brycheiniog and Gwent (approximate date). Arabian Empire Kharijite Rebellion: The Kharijite uprising against the Abbasid Caliphate in Jazira is ended. Caliph Al-Mu'tadid reunifies the entire province under central gove... | Prince of Jin. He becomes the first ruler of Jin (see 907) following the collapse of the Tang Dynasty. By topic Religion April 4 – Pope Formosus dies at Rome, after a four-year reign. He is succeeded by Boniface VI, as the 112th pope of the Catholic Church. April – Boniface VI dies (probably murdered), after a pontific... |
the world. Because imports and exports balance exactly when considering the whole world, this also equals the total global gross domestic product (GDP). According to the World Bank, the 2013 nominal GWP was approximately US$75.59 trillion. In 2017, according to the CIA's World Factbook, the GWP was around US $80.27 tri... | exports balance exactly when considering the whole world, this also equals the total global gross domestic product (GDP). According to the World Bank, the 2013 nominal GWP was approximately US$75.59 trillion. In 2017, according to the CIA's World Factbook, the GWP was around US $80.27 trillion in nominal terms and tota... |
Summer – King Louis IV (the Child) invites Kurszán, a Hungarian leader (gyula) of the Magyar tribal confederation, and his entourage to negotiate at the Fischa River, but they are killed in an ambush. In Portugal, for the third time in less than 30 years, the Christians take control of Coimbra, this time for almost a c... | Christopher (both of whom are murdered or exiled) as the 119th pope of the Catholic Church. The ascension of Sergius marks the beginning of the Pornocracy ('rule of the whores'), which will last for 150 years. During this time, the clergy will be sidelined and rule over Rome is dominated by the Roman nobility. Sergius ... |
by . Further properties Expectation of a quadratic form One can take the expectation of a quadratic form in the random vector as follows: where is the covariance matrix of and refers to the trace of a matrix — that is, to the sum of the elements on its main diagonal (from upper left to lower right). Since the quadratic... | vector) whose components are scalar-valued random variables on the same probability space as each other, , where is the sample space, is the sigma-algebra (the collection of all events), and is the probability measure (a function returning each event's probability). Probability distribution Every random vector gives ri... |
are predominantly based on European languages such as English and French due to the European Age of Discovery and the Atlantic slave trade that arose at that time. With the improvements in ship-building and navigation, traders had to learn to communicate with people around the world, and the quickest way to do this was... | extensive borrowing, is typologically closer to French than to other Germanic languages. Thus the claimed similarities between creoles may be mere consequences of similar parentage, rather than characteristic features of all creoles. Creole genesis There are a variety of theories on the origin of creole languages, all ... |
higher land to its east. It was fed by rivers flowing from east to west from the borders of the Shandong massif. Huitong Canal North of the Jizhou Canal summit section, the Huitong Canal ran downhill, fed principally by the River Wen, to join the Wei River in the city of Linqing. In 1289, a geological survey preceded i... | institution of the Grand Canal by the Qin dynasty and the Sui dynasty, mostly the Sui, also obviated the need for the army to become self-sufficient farmers while posted at the northern frontier, as food supplies could now easily be shipped from south to north over the pass. By the year 600, there were major buildups o... |
(1969), watching customers play and helping to maintain the machinery, while learning the game business. The early mainframe game Spacewar! (1962) inspired the first commercial arcade video game, Computer Space (1971), created by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney and released by Nutting Associates. It was demonstrated at t... | by the mid-1990s, though arcade systems such as the Sega Model 3 remained considerably more advanced than home systems in the late 1990s. Until about 1996, arcade video games had remained the largest segment of the global video game industry. Arcades declined in the late 1990s, surpassed by the console market for the f... |
began studying law and philosophy at the Leipzig University. However, in 1620 his studies were disrupted by his father's death. He briefly returned home before continuing his studies at the Academia Julia in Helmstedt and the universities of Jena and Leiden. It was at Leiden that he first attended courses on mathematic... | the void and his views commanded near-universal endorsement by philosophers and scientists up to the 17th century. Guericke showed that substances were not pulled by a vacuum, but were pushed by the pressure of the surrounding fluids. All of von Guericke's work on the vacuum and air pressure is described in Book III of... |
in picoseconds per (nanometre·kilometre). For many optical fiber materials, M(λ) approaches zero at a specific wavelength λ0 between 1.3 and 1.5 μm. At wavelengths shorter than λ0, M(λ) is negative and increases with wavelength; at wavelengths longer than λ0, M(λ) is positive and decreases with wavelength. Pulse | unit of spectral width. It is usually expressed in picoseconds per (nanometre·kilometre). For many optical fiber materials, M(λ) approaches zero at a specific wavelength λ0 between 1.3 and 1.5 |
but its ability to be used with LCDs was unclear (though Toshiba and Hitachi displayed a similar idea at the "Display 2006" show in Japan). A light pen detects changes in brightness of nearby screen pixels when scanned by cathode-ray tube electron beam and communicates the timing of this event to the computer. Since a ... | beam and infer the pen's position from the latest timestamp. History The first light pen, at this time still called "light gun", was created around 1945–1955 as part of the Whirlwind I project at MIT, where it was used to select discrete symbols on the screen, and later at the SAGE project, where it was used for tactic... |
the specific number of significant conditions, i.e., quantization states, in the code. For example, an 8-ary code has eight significant conditions and can convey three bits per code symbol. A prefix that indicates an integer, e.g., "bin", "tern," or "quatern", may be used in lieu of a numeral, | in the code. For example, an 8-ary code has eight significant conditions and can convey three bits per code symbol. A prefix that indicates an integer, e.g., "bin", "tern," or "quatern", may be used in lieu of a numeral, to produce "binary", "ternary", or |
character in the Discworld series of books Ogg, a multimedia container file format, in computing Ogg Vorbis, the Vorbis free software/open source audio codec, commonly used with the Ogg container Kahului Airport's IATA code Ogg (Cro character), in the Children's Television Workshop animated television | or ogg may refer to: Ogg (surname) Ogg, Texas Nanny Ogg, a character in the Discworld series of books Ogg, a multimedia container file format, in computing Ogg Vorbis, the Vorbis free software/open source audio codec, commonly used with the Ogg container Kahului Airport's IATA code Ogg (Cro character), in the |
proprietary multimedia container format created by RealNetworks. Its filename extension is . It is typically used in conjunction with RealVideo and RealAudio and is used for streaming content over the Internet. Typically these streams are in CBR (constant bitrate), but a container for VBR (variable bitrate) streams, na... | A RealMedia file consists of a series of chunks that can be of several different types: .RMF: RealMedia file header PROP: File properties header MDPR: Media properties header CONT: Content description header DATA: Data header INDX: Index header Supported audio formats RealAudio 1.0 (VSELP), RealAudio 2.0 (LD-CELP), 28_... |
produced. Categories of keyboard instruments include the following families (of which this is only a partial list): aerophones (pipe organ, harmonium, accordion); idiophones (celesta, carillon); chordophones: plucked string instruments (harpsichord, spinet); bowed string instruments (bowed clavier); struck string instr... | the third century BC. The keys were likely balanced and could be played with a light touch, as is clear from the reference in a Latin poem by Claudian (late 4th century), who says magna levi detrudens murmura tactu . . . intent, that is “let him thunder forth as he presses out mighty roarings (shifa) with a light touch... |
is called a local toll call. A local exchange carrier normally sells package deals that include local and local toll calls. Local calls are customarily billed in by the call, or in blocks of calls. Residential local exchange carrier services typically charges , where is the monthly minimum and covers the first calls, i... | long-distance (interexchange carrier, or IXCs) and local (local exchange carrier, or LECs). This structure is a result of 1984 divestiture of then-regulated monopoly carrier American Telephone & Telegraph. Local telephone companies at the time of the divestiture are also known as Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILEC... |
Australia Art, entertainment, and media Lilliput and Blefuscu, two island nations in Jonathan Swift's novel Gulliver's Travels (1726, amended 1735) Publications Lilliput (magazine), a British art and literature magazine Lilliput (play), 1756 play by David Garrick Brands and enterprises Lilliput Lane, British company mi... | by David Garrick Brands and enterprises Lilliput Lane, British company miniature models of English cottages and scenes Lilliput Kidswear, Indian clothing company Other uses Lilliput (actor), actor and writer in Indian TV and film Operation Lilliput, part of the Allied offensive in Papua in World War II Lilliput, is a t... |
attendant upon conversion to Islam. During the Umayyad period, the majority of people living within the caliphate were not Muslim, but Christian, Jewish, Zoroastrian, or members of other small groups. These religious communities were not forced to convert to Islam but were subject to a tax (jizyah) which was not impose... | The Syrians withdrew upon news of Yazid's death in 683, after which Ibn al-Zubayr declared himself caliph and soon after gained recognition in most provinces of the Caliphate, including Iraq and Egypt. In Syria Ibn Bahdal secured the succession of Yazid's son and appointed successor Mu'awiya II, whose authority was lik... |
battle, he was nonetheless defeated in 1135 and assassinated. The Caliph al-Muqtafi was the first Abbasid Caliph to regain the full military independence of the Caliphate, with the help of his vizier Ibn Hubayra. After nearly 250 years of subjection to foreign dynasties, he successfully defended Baghdad against the Sel... | every province throughout the Islamic world had mills in operation, from al-Andalus and North Africa to the Middle East and Central Asia. These mills performed a variety of agricultural and industrial tasks. Abbasid engineers also developed machines (such as pumps) incorporating crankshafts, employed gears in mills and... |
brown rat. Forty-six marine mammals from the order Cetacea are found in Australian coastal waters. Since the majority of these species have global distribution, some authors do not consider them to be Australian species. There are eleven species of baleen whale present; humpback whales, southern right whales, dwarf min... | family Muridae. There are only two endemic genera of bats, although 7% of the world's bat species live in Australia. Rodents first arrived in Australia 5–10 MYA, undergoing a wide radiation to produce the species collectively known as the "old endemic" rodents. The old endemics are represented by 14 extant genera. A mi... |
Albert, Prince Consort. Alix was baptized on 1 July 1872 (her parents' tenth wedding anniversary) in the Protestant Lutheran Church and given the names of her mother and each of her mother's four sisters, some of which were transliterated into German. Her mother wrote to Queen Victoria, "‘Alix’ we gave for ‘Alice’ as t... | that Alexandra was hiding her brother Ernie in Russia. In 1916, Alexandra's lady-in-waiting wrote that she was asked "in all seriousness whether the Grand Duke of Hesse was not hidden in the cellars of the palace." Alexandra worked as a nurse to wounded soldiers, but her efforts went unappreciated. In St. Petersburg, t... |
kingdom, showing the limit of its range. The position of the island, and the realm below, is some five days' journey south-south-east of Gulliver's last known position, 46° N, 183° E (i.e. east of Japan, south of the Aleutian Islands) down a chain of small rocky islands. Description The island of Laputa is described as... | of an educated elite, who are fond of mathematics, astronomy, music and technology, but fail to make practical use of their knowledge. Servants make up the rest of the population. The Laputans have mastered magnetic levitation. They also are very fond of astronomy, and discovered two moons of Mars. (This is 151 years e... |
al-Qasim died in 1042 he had created a state, which, though weak in itself, appeared strong as compared to its neighbours. He had made his family the recognized leaders of the Andalusian Muslims against the neo-Berber element arrayed under the king of Granada. Abbad II al-Mu'tadid (ruled 1042–1069) Abbad II al-Mu'tadid... | was needed to defeat the growing Berber threat; however it was also apparent that he would not be accepted as the head of this coalition of caliphates. Abu al-Qasim was able to procure an imposter that resembled the caliph Hisham II. This man, who was a mat-maker by trade had previously been involved in an unsuccessful... |
Andalusian branch of the Almohads refused to accept this turn of events. Al-Adil's brother, then in Seville, proclaimed himself the new Almohad caliph Abd al-Ala Idris I 'al-Ma'mun'. He promptly purchased a truce from Ferdinand III in return for 300,000 maravedis, allowing him to organize and dispatch the greater part ... | schemes focused on primarily using gold, white, and blue, with accentuating elements in red or pink. During the Almohad dynasty, the act of bookbinding itself took on great importance, with a notable instance of the Almohad caliph Abd al-Mu'min bringing in artisans for a celebration of the binding of a Qur'an imported ... |
branches that often reach almost to the ground. E. platypus is an example of a marlock. Eucalyptus trees, including mallets and marlocks, are single-stemmed and include Eucalyptus regnans, the tallest known flowering plant on Earth. Tree sizes follow the convention of: Small: to in height Medium-sized: Tall: Very tall:... | with increased charcoal levels. Though this occurs at different rates throughout Australia, it is compelling evidence for a relationship between the artificial increase of fire frequency with the arrival of Aboriginals and increased prevalence of this exceptionally fire-tolerant genus. Tall timber Several eucalypt spec... |
use. Other effects can include altered blood sugar levels, which may in turn increase the risk of developing type 2 diabetes." Use of areca nut has been associated with deterioration of psychosis in people with preexisting psychiatric disorders . Areca nut consumption is also tied to chronic kidney disease in men as we... | idealized married couple. In the Indian subcontinent, the chewing of betel and areca nut dates back to the pre-Vedic period Indus Valley Civilization. Formerly, in both India and Sri Lanka, it was a custom of the royalty to chew areca nut with betel leaf. Kings had special attendants whose duty it was to carry a box wi... |
obeyed the ideal gas equation at a pressure of 1 bar For a gaseous or solid solute present in a diluted ideal solution: the hypothetical state of concentration of the solute of exactly one mole per liter (1 M) at a pressure of 1 bar extrapolated from infinite dilution For a pure substance or a solvent in a condensed st... | temperature (usually 25 °C or 298.15 K). Standard states are as follows: For a gas: the hypothetical state it would have assuming it obeyed the ideal gas equation at a pressure of 1 bar For a gaseous or solid solute present in a diluted ideal solution: the hypothetical state of concentration of the solute of exactly on... |
Herrings, along with Atlantic cod and sprat, are the most important commercial species to humans in the Baltic Sea. The analysis of the stomach contents of these fish indicate Atlantic cod is the top predator, preying on the herring and sprat. Sprat are competitive with herring for the same food resources. This is evid... | source since at least 3000 BC. The fish is served numerous ways, and many regional recipes are used: eaten raw, fermented, pickled, or cured by other techniques, such as being smoked as kippers. Herring are very high in the long-chain omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA. They are a source of vitamin D. Water pollution infl... |
discussions with his fellow Athenians after his friend from youth, Chaerephon, visited the Oracle of Delphi, which asserted that no man in Greece was wiser than Socrates. Socrates saw this as a paradox, and began using the Socratic method to answer his conundrum. Diogenes Laërtius, however, wrote that Protagoras invent... | (e.g. photographs, sculptures, and maps); and Subject area, which can draw from print or non-print artifacts. As examples, language arts can be approached through poems, history through written or oral historical speeches, science through policies on environmental issues, math through mathematical proofs, health throug... |
1946 to 1949 Arrow spent his time partly as a graduate student at Columbia and partly as a research associate at the Cowles Commission for Research in Economics at the University of Chicago. During that time he also held the rank of Assistant Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago and worked at the RAND Co... | of the Royal Society (ForMemRS) in 2006. He was elected to the 2002 class of Fellows of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences. Personal life and death Arrow was a brother to the economist Anita Summers, uncle to economist and former Treasury Secretary and Harvard President Larry Summers, and... |
nourished by his fatherly care, that he is the Author of their every good, that they should seek nothing beyond him—they will never yield him willing service." (Institutes, I.ii.1) Bishop Pierre Whalon says that "Piety, therefore, is the pursuit of an ever-greater sense of being in the presence of God." The Gift of Pie... | as children of God. Pope John Paul II defined piety as "the gift of reverence for what comes from God," and related it to his earlier lectures on the Theology of the Body. In a General Audience in June 2014, Pope Francis said, "When the Holy Spirit helps us sense the presence of the Lord and all of his love for us, it ... |
with matter to nourish and employ it". Along with courage nourishing and employing, Hume also wrote that courage defends humans in the Treatise: "We easily gain from the liberality of others, but are always in danger of losing by their avarice: Courage defends us, but cowardice lays us open to every attack". Hume wrote... | justice, integrity; all these are the cause of pride; and their opposites of humility". Hume also related courage and joy to have positive effects on the soul: "(...) since the soul, when elevated with joy and courage, in a manner seeks opposition, and throws itself with alacrity into any scene of thought or action, wh... |
or aṟam (the Tamil term for virtue) as a divine virtue, Valluvar describes it as a way of life rather than any spiritual observance, a way of harmonious living that leads to universal happiness. For this reason, Valluvar keeps aṟam as the cornerstone throughout the writing of the Kural literature. Valluvar considered j... | is the lack of wisdom that results in the making of a bad choice instead of a prudent one. In this way, wisdom is the central part of virtue. Plato realized that because virtue was synonymous with wisdom it could be taught, a possibility he had earlier discounted. He then added "correct belief" as an alternative to kno... |
included della Genga. While della Genga did not receive a single vote in the first and second ballots, he received seven in the third and then four in the fifth. While it seemed that Cardinal Antonio Gabriele Severoli would prevail on 21 September since he had just below the needed amount, Cardinal Giuseppe Albani inte... | conclave of 1823, della Genga was the candidate of the zelanti faction and in spite of the active opposition of France, he was elected as the new pope by the cardinals on 28 September 1823, taking the name of Leo XII. His election had been facilitated because he was thought to be close to death, but he unexpectedly ral... |
10th century, first attested in AD 920, viewing the Picts as speaking a Gaelic tongue. The growing influence of the English and Scots languages from the 12th century with the introduction of Anglo-French knights and southerly expansion of Scotland's borders by David I saw the terms Scot, Scottish and Scotland also begi... | the Provinces), which dates to about AD 312. This is a short list of the names and provinces of the Roman Empire. At the end of this list is a brief list of tribes deemed to be a growing threat to the Empire, which included the Scoti, as a new term for the Irish. There is also a reference to the word in St Prosper's ch... |
it borders with France (department of Haut-Rhin). On the south, it borders on the canton of Solothurn, with a few exclaves of that canton within its western area. In the extreme southwest, it borders on the canton of Jura. The Jura mountain chain traverses the canton. The rivers Ergolz and Birs drain the lands of the c... | most of the canton's land belonged to the city of Basel. After Napoleon's visit in 1798, the country achieved equality with the city. The country was economically dependent on the city, most probably because of the cost and difficulty in transporting agricultural goods to further markets, the financing of land transact... |
for an Academy Award. It was in 1956 that the popular singer Ella Fitzgerald finally joined Norman Granz's label. Granz had been her manager for some time, and unified his activities under the common label of Verve Records. Granz became Fitzgerald's manager, and remained so until the end of her career. Fitzgerald's mem... | posted to the Morale branch, the department charged with troops' entertainment. He then emerged into the public view when he organised desegregated jam sessions at the Trouville Club in Los Angeles, which he later expanded when he staged a memorable concert at the Philharmonic Auditorium in Los Angeles on Sunday, July ... |
similar to one discovered at the Iseum et Serapeum, were also found in the area around the Quirinal Hill. Constitutio Antoniniana The Constitutio Antoniniana (lit. "Constitution of Antoninus", also called "Edict of Caracalla" or "Antonine Constitution") was an edict issued in 212 by Caracalla declaring that all free me... | disliked him, his popularity with the military prevented Macrinus and the Senate from openly declaring him to be a hostis. Macrinus, in an effort to placate the Senate, instead ordered the secret removal of statues of Caracalla from public view. After his death, the public made comparisons between him and other condemn... |
of the Southern Baptist Convention in 1961. In 1960, Robertson established the Christian Broadcasting Network in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He started it by buying the license of a defunct UHF station in nearby Portsmouth. The station first went on the air as WYAH-TV on October 1, 1961. Later in 1977 he purchased a loca... | Association. Shortly thereafter he underwent a religious conversion, and decided against pursuing a career in law. Instead, Robertson attended The Biblical Seminary in New York, where he received a Master of Divinity degree in 1959. Christian broadcasting and higher education career In 1956, Robertson met Dutch mission... |
Scotland. Alba or ALBA may also refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Fictional characters Alba (Darkstalkers), a character in the Japanese video game Alba (The Time Traveler's Wife), a character in the novel by Audrey Niffenegger Alba Meira, a character in the Japanese video game series King of Fighters Alba Trueba,... | an ancient town in the Province of L'Aquila, Abruzzo Alba Longa, an ancient city in the Province of Rome, Lazio Baldissero d'Alba, a comune in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont Diano d'Alba, a comune in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont Morro d'Alba, comune in the Province of Ancona, Marche Republic of Alba, a French revol... |
mother has died), and the party reaches Dover en route to France. In France, Adrian discovers that the earlier emigrants have divided into factions, amongst them a fanatical religious sect led by a false messiah who claims that his followers will be saved from disease. Adrian unites most of the factions, but this latte... | within by flaws of human nature. As literary scholar Kari Lokke writes, "in its refusal to place humanity at the center of the universe, its questioning of our privileged position in relation to nature, then, The Last Man constitutes a profound and prophetic challenge to Western humanism." Specifically, Mary Shelley, i... |
1960s and 1970s, the story describes the efforts of Episcopal Bishop Timothy Archer, who must cope with the theological and philosophical implications of the newly discovered Gnostic Zadokite scroll fragments. The character of Bishop Archer is loosely based on the controversial, iconoclastic Episcopal Bishop James Pike... | West Bank. As the novel opens, it is 1980. On the day that John Lennon is shot and killed, Angel Archer visits the houseboat of Edgar Barefoot, (a guru based on Alan Watts), and reflects on the lives of her deceased relatives. During the sixties, she was married to Jeff Archer, son of the Episcopal Bishop of California... |
Unit, part of the Cabinet Office). It replaced the earlier single online government website, the Government Information Service (GIS) hosted at open.gov.uk, which had been established in November 1994. The need for an updated single government website had been identified in a 1999 Portal Feasibility Study prepared by P... | prepared by PA Consulting for the Central IT Unit (CITU) in the Cabinet Office. The site featured news, links, and search facilities connecting together much of the government's web presence, though later this pan-government search facility was removed. Visitors to the site were able to search for information on a vari... |
which was a revelation. It brought a new dimension to her religious belief and inspired her imagination. Regarded as traditionalist rather than an innovator, Jennings is known for her lyric poetry and mastery of form. Her work displays a simplicity of metre and rhyme shared with Philip Larkin, Kingsley Amis and Thom Gu... | poets she cited as having influenced her were Hopkins, Auden, Graves and Muir. Her second book, A Way of Looking, won the Somerset Maugham award and marked a turning point, as the prize money allowed her to spend nearly three months in Rome, which was a revelation. It brought a new dimension to her religious belief and... |
after an unsuccessful attempt to break the newly installed dictatorship of Gomes da Costa with a general strike in 1927 that led to nearly 100 deaths. It survived underground with 15,–20,000 members until January 1934, when it called a general revolutionary strike against plans to replace trade unions with fascist corp... | Durruti. Against the will of the mainly Catalan CNT National Committee, the Regional Defence Council of Aragon was created. Following Largo Caballero's assumption of the position of Prime Minister of the government, he invited the CNT to join in the coalition of groups making up the national government. The CNT propose... |
God commanded Moses to raise his rod over the Red Sea when it was to be parted (Exodus 14:16) and in prayer over Israel in battle (Exodus 17:9); Moses brings forth water from a stone using his rod (Exodus 17:2–6). Aaron's rod, however, is cited twice as exhibiting miraculous power on its own, when not physically in the... | he does so, the Pharaoh's sorcerers counter by similarly casting down their own rods, which also become serpents, but Aaron's rod swallows them all. "The Pharaoh's heart is stubborn" and he chooses to ignore this bit of symbolic warning, and so the Plagues of Egypt ensue. Notably, this chapter begins with God telling M... |
and world soul, leading finally to Physis (), Nature. Plotinus urged contemplations for those who wished to perform theurgy, the goal of which was to reunite with the Divine (called henosis). Therefore, his school resembles a school of meditation or contemplation. Iamblichus Iamblichus, a student of Anatolius and Porph... | recorded use of the term is found in the mid-second-century neoplatonist work the Chaldean Oracles (Fragment 153 des Places (Paris, 1971): 'For the theourgoí do not fall under the fate-governed herd'). The source of Western theurgy can be found in the philosophy of late neoplatonists, especially Iamblichus. Although th... |
seminal paper, Vickrey derived several auction equilibria, and provided an early revenue-equivalence result. The revenue equivalence theorem remains the centrepiece of modern auction theory. The Vickrey auction is named after him. Vickrey worked on congestion pricing, the notion that roads and other services should be ... | Economic Sciences with James Mirrlees for their research into the economic theory of incentives under asymmetric information, becoming the only Nobel laureate born in British Columbia. The announcement of his Nobel Prize was made just three days prior to his death. Vickrey died while traveling to a conference of Georgi... |
and became known as Bernicia. The Angles continued to press north. In around 600 the Gododdin raised a force of about 300 men to assault the Angle stronghold of Catraeth, perhaps Catterick, North Yorkshire. The battle, which ended disastrously for the Britons, was memorialised in the poem Y Gododdin. In 638, Eidyn, mod... | both Traprain Law and Din Eidyn (Edinburgh, whose English name is ultimately a calque, with the Old English corresponding to the Welsh ; in Scottish Gaelic it is still known as ), and probably also at (Dunbar, Scottish Gaelic ). Gododdin included districts such as Manaw Gododdin and Eidyn south of the Firth of Forth. C... |
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takes into account the supernatural good. For instance, the decision of persecuted Christians to be martyred rather than deny their faith is considered prudent. According to Thomas Aquinas, judgments using reasons for evil ends or using evil means are considered to be made through "cunning" and "false prudence" and not... | judge between virtuous and vicious actions, not only in a general sense, but with regard to appropriate actions at a given time and place. Distinguishing when acts are courageous, as opposed to reckless or cowardly, is an act of prudence, so for this reason it is classified as a cardinal (pivotal) virtue. In modern Eng... |
decided in June to cancel this suspension; although the members of the party were to hold a vote to accept or reject a whole series of measures aiming at changing the National Front's status, including Le Pen's Honorary Presidency, on 10 July, another French court ruled to suspend the vote two days beforehand and urged... | In 1992 and 1998 he was elected to the regional council of Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur. Le Pen ran in the French presidential elections in 1974, 1988, 1995, 2002, and 2007. As noted above, he was not able to run for office in 1981, having failed to gather the necessary 500 signatures of elected officials. In the preside... |
group of nine states of Malaysia (all located in West Malaysia) which have hereditary rulers Malaysia, the modern country that encompasses most of the ancient Malay ethnic group states Historical Kingdoms Melayu Kingdom, a 7th-century classical Southeast Asian kingdom in Sumatra, Indonesia Animals Malay chicken, a bree... | language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore History of the Malay language#Old Malay, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century Indonesian language, the official form of the Malay language in Indonesia Malaysian language, the official form of the... |
breed Balinese Gamelan, local music Balinese Room, a famous illegal casino in Galveston, Texas "Balinese", a song by ZZ Top from their 1975 album, Fandango! Language and | an Indonesian island Balinese art Balinese dance Balinese people Balinese language Balinese script Balinese (Unicode block) Balinese mythology Balinese cat, a cat breed Balinese Gamelan, |
killed in the summer of 1985 when he crashed heavily at the fearsome Turn 2 at Mosport Park of Bowmanville near Toronto, Ontario, Canada, during the Budweiser 1000 km World Endurance Championship event, driving a Porsche 962C for Kremer Racing with co-driver Marc Surer. The crash was Sunday, Aug. 11, and he succumbed t... | 1951, Manfred Winkelhock was the older brother of Joachim Winkelhock. He began racing in Formula Two in 1978 and survived a major crash at Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit, when he flipped his March at the very steep rise-and-fall Flugplatz corner. Winkelhock along with Hervé Poulain and Marcel Mignot drove a BMW M1 Gr... |
of governing Costa Rica, but ran aground off the coast of Panama. He made his way north overland, against resistance from the native population. The combination of guerrilla warfare and tropical disease killed half his expedition before he gave up. In 1508, Diego de Nicuesa received a land grant at Veragua from Ferdina... | combination of guerrilla warfare and tropical disease killed half his expedition before he gave up. In 1508, Diego de Nicuesa received a land grant at Veragua from Ferdinand II of Aragon, the Spanish monarch. He became founder and governor of Castilla de Oro, in what is now Panama, one of the first two Spanish settleme... |
of the St. Peter and St. Paul's Church in Danzig (Gdańsk), Royal Prussia (now Poland). He might be related to Wilhelm Nigrinus (1588, in Kaaden - 1638, in Wittenberg) (de), a German philosopher. The famous poet Martin Opitz, a friend, | and Nigrinus had worked in nearby Elbing (Elbląg) on a Bohemian Pansophy. After the poet Opitz died, pastor Nigrinus with two of his associates edited the Opitz poems published by Huenefeld. See also Peter Georg Niger (Latinized from Schwartz) (1434 in Kaaden - |
risk bankruptcy. Unions were unable to resist the changes. People with low incomes, such as retirees and state workers, suffered under tax increases while their wages remained frozen. Some provinces, such as Santiago del Estero, Jujuy, and San Juan, endured violent riots as well. To compensate for these issues, the gov... | airlines. These privatizations were beneficial to foreign creditors, who replaced their bonds with company shares. Despite increased tax revenue and the money gained from privatizations, the economy was still unstable. The Bunge and Born businessmen left the government in late 1989, amid a second round of hyperinflatio... |
In the Janowska concentration camp, the Nazis conducted torture and executions to music. The Lviv National Opera members, who were prisoners, played one and the same tune, Tango of Death. On the eve of Lviv's liberation, German Nazis ordered 40 orchestra musicians to form a circle. The security ringed the musicians tig... | Ukrainian quarters of the city, killing approximately 340 civilians (see: Lwów pogrom). The retreating Ukrainian forces besieged the city. The Sich riflemen reformed into the Ukrainian Galician Army (UHA). The Polish forces aided from central Poland, including General Haller's Blue Army, equipped by the French, relieve... |
USA; an unincorporated community Leópolis, Parana, Brazil; a municipality See also Siṃhapura, the Sanskrit origin of Singapore, also means lion city | town Leopolis, Wisconsin, USA; an unincorporated community Leópolis, Parana, Brazil; a municipality See |
the foundation of the Grand Lodge in 1717. Comenius was in England during 1641. The Gold und Rosenkreuzer (Golden and Rosy Cross) was founded by the alchemist Samuel Richter who in 1710 published Die warhhaffte und vollkommene Bereitung des Philosophischen Steins der Brüderschaft aus dem Orden des Gülden-und Rosen-Creu... | a true and invisible Rosicrucian Order. Note that there are other Rosicrucian groups not listed here. Some do not use the name "Rosicrucian" to name themselves. Some groups listed have been dissolved or are no longer operating. Order of the Golden and Rosy Cross, 1750s Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, 1776 Fraternit... |
color in daylight (relatively blue illumination of high color temperature), changing to a red to purplish-red color in incandescent light (relatively yellow illumination). However, fine-color material is extremely rare. Less-desirable stones may have daylight colors of yellowish-green and incandescent colors of brownis... | red-to-green) are rare and sought-after, but stones that show less distinct colors (e.g. yellowish green changing to brownish yellow) may also be considered "alexandrite" by gem labs such as the Gemological Institute of America. According to a popular but controversial story, alexandrite was discovered by the Finnish m... |
in 1982. It became the longest-running Broadway show in history until it was overtaken by another musical by Lloyd Webber, The Phantom of the Opera. As well as the characters found in the book, Cats introduces several additional characters from Eliot's unpublished drafts, most notably Grizabella. The musical was adapte... | overtaken by another musical by Lloyd Webber, The Phantom of the Opera. As well as the characters found in the book, Cats introduces several additional characters from Eliot's unpublished drafts, most notably Grizabella. The musical was adapted into a direct-to-video film in 1998. A feature film adaptation of Cats was ... |
magnificent art collection of the French kings, which can still be seen at the Louvre, was begun. Francis patronized many great artists of his time, including Andrea del Sarto and Leonardo da Vinci; the latter of whom was persuaded to make France his home during his last years. While da Vinci painted very little during... | Lettres (the 'Father and Restorer of Letters'). He was also known as François au Grand Nez ('Francis of the Large Nose'), the Grand Colas, and the Roi-Chevalier (the 'Knight-King') for his personal involvement in the wars against his great rival Emperor Charles V, who was also King of Spain. Following the policy of his... |
join it at various points: Yosemite Falls Upper Yosemite Fall , the middle cascades , and Lower Yosemite Fall . (Yosemite Creek) Snow Creek Falls Sentinel Falls Ribbon Fall Royal Arch Cascade Lehamite Falls Staircase Falls Bridalveil Fall . (Bridalveil Creek) Nevada Fall Silver Strand Falls Vernal Fall Natural Yosemite... | Park. The valley is the main attraction in the park for the majority of visitors and a bustling hub of activity during tourist season in the summer months. Most visitors enter the valley from roads to the west and pass through the Tunnel View entrance. Visitor facilities are in the center of the valley. There are both ... |
she could not be married as expected but was devoting herself to religious studies and taking care of the sick and poor. Despite the opposition of her parents Protmann moved out on her own and with two other women lived in an abandoned house. The group made a living in taking care of and nursing the sick and also doing... | Protmann founded schools for girls as well. Protmann died in 1613 after a painful illness she contracted that winter while on a travel trip. World War II and after The Saint Catherine of Alexandria church in Braunsberg (Braniewo) was ruined in 1945 during its capture by the Soviet forces during World War II and assigne... |
troubles. Starting in the late 1960s, other unissued Bruce material was released by Alan Douglas, Frank Zappa and Phil Spector, as well as Fantasy. Bruce developed the complexity and tone of his material in Enrico Banducci's North Beach nightclub, the "hungry i", where Mort Sahl had earlier made a name for himself. Bra... | Brooklyn. He was later a guest—and was introduced by his mother, who called herself "Sally Bruce"—on the Arthur Godfrey's Talent Scouts radio program. Lenny did a piece inspired by Sid Caesar, "The Bavarian Mimic", featuring impressions of American movie stars (e.g., Humphrey Bogart, James Cagney, and Edward G. Robinso... |
(mixtape), a 2012 mixtape by rapper T-Pain The Stoic, a 1947 novel by Theodore Dreiser , an S class submarine of the Royal Navy in World War II Stoic Studio, | II Stoic Studio, an American indie video game studio See also Stoick the Vast, a fictional Viking character (chieftain and Haddock's father) in How To Train Your Dragon books and |
experiences and observations of those similar to them suggest that escaping poverty is nearly impossible. Thus, upward mobility by the poor in developing countries might be stalled due to internal constraints such as low aspirations, low self-esteem and low self-efficacy. Debraj Ray builds upon this view of the individ... | Approaching life in a goal-oriented way. Pathways – Finding different ways to achieve your goals. Agency – Believing that you can instigate change and achieve these goals. In other words, hope was defined as the perceived capability to derive pathways to desired goals and motivate oneself via agency thinking to use tho... |
such as birthdays and holidays. Presentation In many cultures gifts are traditionally packaged in some way. For example, in Western cultures, gifts are often wrapped in wrapping paper and accompanied by a gift note which may note the occasion, the recipient's name and the giver's name. In Chinese culture, red wrapping ... | makes the other happier or less sad, especially as a favor, including forgiveness and kindness. Gifts are also first and foremost presented on occasions such as birthdays and holidays. Presentation In many cultures gifts are traditionally packaged in some way. For example, in Western cultures, gifts are often wrapped i... |
a weeklong fair and the last (88th) county fair in Ohio each year, always in the second week of October. It features a variety of attractions, including truck, tractor, and horse pulls, demolition derbies, concerts, bands, and horse races. The Fairfield County Fair also includes lots of food, animals, exhibits, games, ... | him a contract to blaze a trail through Ohio, from Wheeling, West Virginia, to Limestone, Kentucky (near modern Maysville, Kentucky), a distance of . As part of the deal, Zane was awarded square-mile tracts of land at the points where his trace crossed the Hocking, Muskingum, and Scioto rivers. Zane's Trace, as it is n... |
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