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1215482 | K. B. McFarlane | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=K.%20B.%20McFarlane | K. B. McFarlane
of late medieval feudal relationships, known as "bastard feudalism". The old consensus, promoted primarily by Bishop Stubbs, was that payment for service in feudal relationships had promoted greed and civil strife. McFarlane, however, pointed out the adhesive effect of such a system, and other forms of ... | 46,900 |
1215482 | K. B. McFarlane | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=K.%20B.%20McFarlane | K. B. McFarlane
a very neglected century; nearly all the political historians of fourteenth and fifteenth century England today, including the present writer, are, academically speaking, the children or grandchildren, even great grandchildren, of McFarlane" She also described him as being responsible for a "paradigm sh... | 46,901 |
1215482 | K. B. McFarlane | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=K.%20B.%20McFarlane | K. B. McFarlane
Later Medieval England", and the essays and shorter articles published by his student G. L. Harriss in 1981 under the title "England in the Fifteenth Century". Much of his influence on historiography is the result of his DPhil students, who held posts in many British universities.
"Letters to Friends, ... | 46,902 |
1215482 | K. B. McFarlane | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=K.%20B.%20McFarlane | K. B. McFarlane
correspondence deposited with Magdalen College and published privately through the college in 1997. The great bulk of McFarlane's correspondence remains unpublished.
# Sources.
- "The McFarlane legacy: studies in late medieval politics and society" edited by R.H. Britnell and A.J. Pollard. (1995).
- ... | 46,903 |
1215517 | Blue Range | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue%20Range | Blue Range
Blue Range
The Blue Range () is a mountain range of the Canadian Rockies, located on the Continental Divide in Banff National Park, Canada. The range was so named on account of its blueish colour when viewed from afar. Mount Byng is the highest point in the range.
This range includes the following mountain... | 46,904 |
1215494 | S phase | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S%20phase | S phase
S phase
S phase (Synthesis Phase) is the phase of the cell cycle in which DNA is replicated, occurring between G phase and G phase. Since accurate duplication of the genome is critical to successful cell division, the processes that occur during S-phase are tightly regulated and widely conserved.
# Regulation... | 46,905 |
1215494 | S phase | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S%20phase | S phase
by molecular pathways that facilitate a rapid, unidirectional shift in cell state. In yeast, for instance, cell growth induces accumulation of Cln3 cyclin, which complexes with the cyclin dependent kinase CDK2. The Cln3-CDK2 complex promotes transcription of S-phase genes by inactivating the transcriptional rep... | 46,906 |
1215494 | S phase | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S%20phase | S phase
complex induces release of E2F transcription factor, which in turn initiates expression of S-phase genes. Several E2F target genes promote further release of E2F, creating a positive feedback loop similar to the one found in yeast.
# DNA replication.
Throughout M phase and G1 phase, cells assemble inactive pr... | 46,907 |
1215494 | S phase | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S%20phase | S phase
process. After Cdc7 and S-phase CDKs phosphorylate their respective substrates, a second set of replicative factors associate with the pre-RC. Stable association encourages MCM helicase to unwind a small stretch of parental DNA into two strands of ssDNA, which in turn recruits replication protein A (RPA), an ss... | 46,908 |
1215494 | S phase | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S%20phase | S phase
than strictly needed during one cycle of DNA replication. Redundant origins may increase the flexibility of DNA replication, allowing cells to control the rate of DNA synthesis and respond to replication stress.
# Histone synthesis.
Since new DNA must be packaged into nucleosomes to function properly, synthes... | 46,909 |
1215494 | S phase | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S%20phase | S phase
a three to ten-fold increase in transcription rate.
In addition to increasing transcription of histone genes, S-phase entry also regulates histone production at the RNA level. Instead of polyadenylated tails, canonical histone transcripts possess a conserved 3` stem loop motif that selective binds to Stem Loop... | 46,910 |
1215494 | S phase | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S%20phase | S phase
immediately halts histone production and prevents a toxic buildup of free histones.
# Nucleosome replication.
Free histones produced by the cell during S-phase are rapidly incorporated into new nucleosomes. This process is closely tied to the replication fork, occurring immediately in “front” and “behind” the... | 46,911 |
1215494 | S phase | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S%20phase | S phase
to utilize the semi-conservative scheme seen in DNA replication. Labeling experiments indicate that nucleosome duplication is predominantly conservative. The paternal H3-H4 core nucleosome remains completely segregated from newly synthesized H3-H4, resulting in the formation of nucleosomes that either contain e... | 46,912 |
1215494 | S phase | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S%20phase | S phase
set of instructions to re-establish functional chromatin domains before entering mitosis.
For large genomic regions, inheritance of old H3-H4 nucleosomes is sufficient for accurate re-establishment of chromatin domains. Polycomb Repressive Complex 2 (PRC2) and several other histone-modifying complexes can "cop... | 46,913 |
1215494 | S phase | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S%20phase | S phase
of histone variants during nucleosome reassembly. The close correlation seen between H3.3/H2A.Z and transcriptionally active regions lends support to this proposed mechanism. Unfortunately, a causal relationship has yet to be proven.
# DNA damage checkpoints.
During S-phase, the cell continuously scrutinizes ... | 46,914 |
1215494 | S phase | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S%20phase | S phase
biosynthesis and blocks replication initiation from unfired origins. Both of these processes contribute to rescue of stalled forks by increasing the availability of dNTPs.
- 2. The "S-M Checkpoint" blocks mitosis until the entire genome has been successfully duplicated. This pathway induces arrest by inhibitin... | 46,915 |
1215494 | S phase | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S%20phase | S phase
phosphate residues from CDKs. Homologous recombination, an accurate process for repairing DNA double-strand breaks, is most active in S phase, declines in G2/M and is nearly absent in G1 phase.
In addition to these canonical checkpoints, recent evidence suggests that abnormalities in histone supply and nucleos... | 46,916 |
1215494 | S phase | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=S%20phase | S phase
and breaks, is most active in S phase, declines in G2/M and is nearly absent in G1 phase.
In addition to these canonical checkpoints, recent evidence suggests that abnormalities in histone supply and nucleosome assembly can also alter S-phase progression. Depletion of free histones in "Drosophila" cells dramat... | 46,917 |
1215526 | Hartford City | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hartford%20City | Hartford City
Hartford City
Hartford City can refer to some places in the United States:
- Hartford City, Indiana
- Hartford City, West Virginia
- Hartford, Connecticut
- Hartford City FC, an arena soccer team based in Hartford, Connecticut
# See also.
- Hartford (disambiguation) | 46,918 |
1215532 | Wilson College | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wilson%20College | Wilson College
Wilson College
Wilson College may refer to:
- Wilson College (Pennsylvania), Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, United States
- Warren Wilson College, Asheville, North Carolina, United States
- Lindsey Wilson College, Columbia, Kentucky, United States
- Wilson College, Princeton University, Princeton, New ... | 46,919 |
1215537 | Hartsville | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hartsville | Hartsville
Hartsville
Hartsville and Hartville can refer to some places in the United States:
- Hartsville, Indiana
- Hartsville, New York
- Hartsville, Pennsylvania
- Hartsville, Prince Edward Island
- Hartsville, South Carolina
- North Hartsville, South Carolina
- Hartsville, Tennessee
- Hartville, Missouri
... | 46,920 |
1215518 | Reach the Beach | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reach%20the%20Beach | Reach the Beach
Reach the Beach
Reach the Beach is the second studio album by British new wave band The Fixx, released on 15 May 1983. It was the group's most successful album, reaching #8 on the "Billboard" album chart and eventually selling two million copies in the United States alone. The album was certified Plati... | 46,921 |
1215518 | Reach the Beach | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Reach%20the%20Beach | Reach the Beach
- Adam Woods – percussion, drums
- Alfie Agius – bass on "One Thing Leads to Another", "Saved by Zero" and "Liner"
- Dan K. Brown – bass on "The Sign of Fire"
Note
- Agius left the Fixx partway through the recording sessions, and is not listed as an official group member in the album credits. Brown ... | 46,922 |
1215530 | Hayden Schlossberg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hayden%20Schlossberg | Hayden Schlossberg
Hayden Schlossberg
Hayden Schlossberg is an American screenwriter/director/producer from Randolph, New Jersey known for his work on the feature films "Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle" and "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay", both with Jon Hurwitz.
# Early life.
Hayden Schlossberg is a 20... | 46,923 |
1215530 | Hayden Schlossberg | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hayden%20Schlossberg | Hayden Schlossberg
mar Go to White Castle" and "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay", both with Jon Hurwitz.
# Early life.
Hayden Schlossberg is a 2000 honors graduate of the University of Chicago as well as a graduate of Randolph High School.
# Film.
- 2002/3: "Filthy" (re-write)
- 2003: "Scary Movie 3" (re... | 46,924 |
1215420 | Trajan's Bridge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trajan's%20Bridge | Trajan's Bridge
Trajan's Bridge
Trajan's Bridge (; / "Trajanov most"), also called Bridge of Apollodorus over the Danube, was a Roman segmental arch bridge, the first bridge to be built over the lower Danube and one of the greatest achievements in Roman architecture. Though it was only functional for a few decades, fo... | 46,925 |
1215420 | Trajan's Bridge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trajan's%20Bridge | Trajan's Bridge
and Kladovo in Serbia. Its construction was ordered by the Emperor Trajan as a supply route for the Roman legions fighting in Dacia.
The structure was long (the Danube is now wide in that area), wide, and high, measured from the surface of the river. At each end was a Roman "castrum", each built around... | 46,926 |
1215420 | Trajan's Bridge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trajan's%20Bridge | Trajan's Bridge
still visible today. Fragments of ceramics, bricks with Roman markings and coins have been excavated. A bronze head of Emperor Trajan has also been discovered in Pontes. It was part of a statue which was erected at the bridge entrance and is today kept in the National Museum in Belgrade. On the left ban... | 46,927 |
1215420 | Trajan's Bridge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trajan's%20Bridge | Trajan's Bridge
the technique of river flow relocation, using the principles set by Thales of Miletus some six centuries beforehand. Engineers waited for a low water level to dig a canal, west of the modern downtown of Kladovo. The water was redirected downstream from the construction site, through the lowland of , to ... | 46,928 |
1215420 | Trajan's Bridge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trajan's%20Bridge | Trajan's Bridge
retaining the same physical properties that they had 2 millennia ago. The piers were tall, wide and apart. It is considered today that the bridge construction was assembled on the land and then installed on the pillars. A mitigating circumstance was that the year the relocating canals were dig was very ... | 46,929 |
1215420 | Trajan's Bridge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trajan's%20Bridge | Trajan's Bridge
the bridge carved the names of their units into the bricks. Thus, it is known that work was done by the legions of IV Flavia Felix, VII Claudia, V Macedonica and XIII Gemina and the cohorts of I Cretum, II Hispanorum, III Brittonum and I Antiochensium.
Construction of the bridge was part of a wider pro... | 46,930 |
1215420 | Trajan's Bridge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trajan's%20Bridge | Trajan's Bridge
block the passage of ships on the entire width of the Danube. As the heavy equipment necessary for lifting major boulders from the river bed and dragging them onto the bank wasn't available at the time, the Roman engineers decided to cut the canal through the stone slopes on the west bank. It began from... | 46,931 |
1215420 | Trajan's Bridge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trajan's%20Bridge | Trajan's Bridge
regularly found in the ground.
All these works, especially the bridge, served the purpose of preparing for the Roman invasion of Dacia, which ended with Roman victory in 106 AD. The effect of finally defeating the Dacians and acquiring their ore-rich land was so great that Roman theatrical shows celebr... | 46,932 |
1215420 | Trajan's Bridge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trajan's%20Bridge | Trajan's Bridge
Power Station was built (causing the water level to rise by about 35m), the plaque was moved from its original location, and lifted to the present place. It reads:
The text was interpreted by Otto Benndorf to mean:
The Tabula Traiana was declared a "Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance" in 19... | 46,933 |
1215420 | Trajan's Bridge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trajan's%20Bridge | Trajan's Bridge
accepted the motion. The enterprise entrusted with the task of relocation was the mining company "Venčac" as its experts previously participated in the relocation of the Abu Simbel temple in Egypt.
First idea was to leave the plaque at its position and to build the caisson around it but the calculation... | 46,934 |
1215420 | Trajan's Bridge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trajan's%20Bridge | Trajan's Bridge
the end it was decided to dig in a new bed into the rock above the plaque's original location. The plaque was then cut in one piece with the parts of the surrounding rock and road. After being cut with the cable saws, the 350 tons heavy chunk was lifted to the new bed. Works began in September 1967 and ... | 46,935 |
1215420 | Trajan's Bridge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trajan's%20Bridge | Trajan's Bridge
pillars were still visible.
In 1906, the Commission of the Danube decided to destroy two of the pillars that were obstructing navigation.
In 1932, there were 16 pillars remaining underwater, but in 1982 only 12 were mapped by archaeologists; the other four had probably been swept away by water. Only t... | 46,936 |
1215420 | Trajan's Bridge | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Trajan's%20Bridge | Trajan's Bridge
water. Only the entrance pillars are now visible on either bank of the Danube, one in Romania and one in Serbia.
In 1979, Trajan's Bridge was added to the "Monument of Culture of Exceptional Importance", and in 1983 on "Archaeological Sites of Exceptional Importance" list, and by that it is protected b... | 46,937 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
The Death Gate Cycle
The Death Gate Cycle is a seven-part series (heptalogy) of fantasy novels written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. The main conflict is between two powerful races, the Sartan and the Patryns, which branched off from humans following a nuclear/anti-matter holocaust. Centurie... | 46,938 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
to the Labyrinth to rescue others. He learned how to access the other worlds and dreamed of freeing all his people from the Labyrinth and conquering the other worlds. The books follow the fiercely independent Haplo, a Patryn agent sent to scout the elemental worlds and throw them into chaos in prep... | 46,939 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
The Hand of Chaos (April 1993)
- Into the Labyrinth (December 1993)
- The Seventh Gate (September 1994)
# Behind the series.
Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman had finished their Dragonlance and Darksword series prior to "The Death Gate Cycle", which may be considered their most ambitious work yet... | 46,940 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
of a god or gods in "The Death Gate Cycle" is unknown; a universal balance is the closest thing to divinity. Along a similar line, the authors continued to explore the theme of men becoming gods—in this case with the entire Patryn and Sartan races clamoring for that throne. Finally, as in both "Dra... | 46,941 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
of the events revolving around Death's Gate, authored after the fact by its primary characters. Even more than that, it is a "scholarly" document, with footnotes containing definitions of terms, references to past adventures and authorial asides. Each novel contains appendices giving further detail... | 46,942 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
series, life on Earth was nearly wiped out. Humans unleashed a nuclear war that killed millions, leaving the survivors struggling in the Age of Dust. Elves and dwarves, who had gone into hiding during the Renaissance, also suffered from what the humans had wrought with their science. In this chaos,... | 46,943 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
them responsibility and stewardship over the lesser races, whom they called "mensch". The Sartan believed in community, unity, and family, the basis of Order. However, in their conceit, they forgot about the Wave's tendency to balance everything. As the Sartan became too powerful, the Wave shifted ... | 46,944 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
the Sartan believed themselves to be the "good guys".
Eventually the Sartan, led by Samah and his Council of Seven, and driven by their own fear, undertook drastic measures. They broke the planet Earth into four separate worlds, each one focusing on a separate element (air, earth, fire, and water)... | 46,945 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
the Sundering itself and where the captured Patryns were eventually placed. The books later reveal that certain members of the Sartan population had objected to The Sundering; these too were consigned to the Vortex and the Labyrinth. In the center of the Labyrinth was the Nexus, a paradise city for... | 46,946 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
harmony. The Plan of the Council of Seven was the grand construction of interconnected worlds, each with a specific function that fed into the whole. Almost immediately, however, things began to go wrong.
## Chelestra, the world of water.
Chelestra was to be the primary world where the mensch and... | 46,947 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
habitat-beasts called "durnai" serving as biological recycling stations for the detritus from the other worlds. However, strange serpents, creatures of great power and corruption - that the Sartan had not created - began to appear. The Sartan could not account for their existence, but their danger ... | 46,948 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
Gate, cutting communication between the worlds. The Sartan then placed themselves into a stasis sleep, expecting it to only last long enough for the other worlds to finish their parts of the grand plan and come help. This contributed to the disappearance of the Sartan from the mensch worlds, settin... | 46,949 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
hibernation, hoping for help from the other worlds. The Kicksey-winsey, a grand machine intended to align the floating continents and provide them with water (water being a direct byproduct of its production cycle), as well as manufacture all the processed goods desired by the other worlds, never b... | 46,950 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
monopoly on water, whilst constantly waging war with the humans.
## Pryan, the world of fire.
Pryan was created as a great inverted globe with four small suns at its center. It was to be the power plant and center for all four worlds, but it too fell into chaos. Great Citadels collected the energ... | 46,951 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
worlds, the Sartan mysteriously began to die. In fear, some citadels banished the mensch to the jungle. The Tytans, great blind giants of immense power created by the Sartan to manage the power systems of the citadels, were also banished because of fear they could no longer be controlled by the rem... | 46,952 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
volcanic fumes. The mensch were wiped out swiftly—the dwarves hung on the longest—and the poisons taxed the magic of the remaining Sartan to create breathable air. Huge columns called Colossi had been created by the Sartan to provide light and keep the world warm in the long run, but they began to ... | 46,953 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
mistake of the whole Sartan race, as the dead eventually escaped from Sartan control. But the use of necromancy had an even worse result, one far more disastrous for the Sartan: For every life brought back, every soul prevented from passing on, another life ends untimely. For each dead body resurre... | 46,954 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
should have been monitoring the prison realm either died or left. And without its caretakers, the Labyrinth slowly evolved from a temporary correctional facility into a sadistic and sentient prison. Instead of forcing a hard existence upon the Patryns and teaching them to care for others through re... | 46,955 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
Patryns did eventually escape, they did so only by climbing on the corpses of those who had come before.
### Plans of conquest.
In the end the plan was a total collapse. All of the Sartan on Pryan and Arianus mysteriously died, save one. With no one left to go to their aid, the Sartan on Chelestr... | 46,956 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
uncounted generations of struggle, Lord Xar became the first Patryn to escape from the Labyrinth. (He was not the first to escape, however. The books later reveal that Zifnab, a Sartan who had been cast into the Labyrinth for challenging the Sundering, apparently reached the Nexus well before him.)... | 46,957 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
so that Lord Xar can come and "save" them. It is Xar's intention to rule all the four worlds, and Haplo is his willing servant.
# Races in the series.
Drawing on these inspirations, Weis and Hickman set up the Patryns and Sartan as opposing pairs in many respects including the magical, and they p... | 46,958 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
are represented as having the same height and build as humans, but the current generations of the series are all in excellent physical shape due to the hardships of the Labyrinth. They are born with brown hair that turns white from the tips up. They are all possessed of excellent magical ability to... | 46,959 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
such as their tattoos, the use of voice, and drawing the runes in air or on a surface. Patryn runes complement Sartan runes, and can sometimes be used to accomplish the same tasks. Patryns also tend to be loners, but are intensely passionate due to the hardships of the Labyrinth. They will aid one ... | 46,960 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
are born with white hair that turns brown from the tips up. All Sartan are capable of using rune magic. The Sartan use of runes is portrayed as more elegant than the Patryn, involving singing and dancing in prescribed tones and movements to affect the Wave. In some instances, Sartan inscribe runes,... | 46,961 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
fractured due to their hardships. They are presented in contrast to other Sartan as having less magical talent, using much of their strength to survive.
## Mensch races.
### Humans.
The humans of the series are standard "Homo sapiens" and are not presented as distinct parallels to existing moder... | 46,962 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
magical talent can perform a variety of feats, including the manipulation of the elements, creating illusions, healing, compelling other life-forms, transforming shape and size, translocation and overcoming physical limitations such as gravity. While some magicians can mentally construct their magi... | 46,963 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
this deficit.
### Elves.
Elves are generally taller and more slender than humans and have a greatly extended lifespan. Their longer lives tend to breed a lack of urgency in their outlook, sometimes problematic in dealings with the comparatively impatient humans. Elven magic is considered part of ... | 46,964 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
elven deficiencies in mechanical, physical, and technical fields. They can also weave magical messages into songs. Elves must both speak and gesture to cast their magic, and the magic contained in songs can be triggered by anyone capable of singing it since the magic is not dependent on a wizard, t... | 46,965 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
allows them to communicate with the souls of others, living or dead and on one occasion have been shown to change their forms into their order's symbol; the butterfly, which is a glaring exception to the mechanical focus. However, this can possibly be explained by their use of song in these communi... | 46,966 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
prefer to live in dark, underground areas, and they also possess an innate sense of direction superior to that of humans or elves. Dwarves have no magical abilities of their own, although certain dwarves of Pryan make very rudimentary use of Sartan magic through triggering its representations in so... | 46,967 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
with a similar appearance. He makes references to the Pern series of books, "The Lord of the Rings", Dragonlance, Star Wars, Star Trek, James Bond, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Arthurian legend, the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster, and soul music; within the context of the books, these are histori... | 46,968 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
owned by Margaret and I. Incidentally, neither Fizban nor Zifnab have any relationship whatsoever to Zanfib—a crazed wizard from our Starshield series. I hope I have cleared this up once and for all."
As to the actual nature of Zifnab within the world of the Death Gate Cycle, Hickman wrote: "Zifna... | 46,969 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
well read." And so, as far as we know, that is all there is to it: the crazy old wizard was a fan of Dragonlance, as well as, apparently, Tolkien and James Bond. The rest is purely speculation.
Hickman has said that the Zifnab/Fizban/Zanfib character is like him in that they are similarly misunder... | 46,970 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
and "haplo-" is a Greek root word with the same meaning. Haplo and Marit's daughter is named "Rue", which in English is a verb meaning regret.
The term "mensch" is used by both Sartan and Patryns to refer to humans, elves, and dwarves, both collectively (all three races) and individually (one part... | 46,971 |
1215463 | The Death Gate Cycle | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Death%20Gate%20Cycle | The Death Gate Cycle
to Darkness" respectively.
A footnote suggests that the Lord of the Nexus took the name "Xar" from the Russian word "tsar", which itself is a corruption of "Caesar".
The Patryn city of Abri takes its name from the French word for "shelter".
# Game adaptations.
Legend Entertainment released a co... | 46,972 |
1215475 | Sherry Lansing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sherry%20Lansing | Sherry Lansing
Sherry Lansing
Sherry Lansing (born July 31, 1944) is an American former actress and film studio executive. She is a former CEO of Paramount Pictures, and when she was the president of production at 20th Century Fox, she was the first woman to head a Hollywood movie studio. In 1996, she became the first... | 46,973 |
1215475 | Sherry Lansing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sherry%20Lansing | Sherry Lansing
and "The Hollywood Reporter" named her fourth on its Power 100 list in 2003.
# Personal life.
Lansing was born Sherry Lee Duhl in Chicago, Illinois on July 31, 1944. Her mother, Margaret "Margot" Heimann, fled from Nazi Germany in 1937 at the age of 17. Her father, David Duhl, was a real-estate investo... | 46,974 |
1215475 | Sherry Lansing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sherry%20Lansing | Sherry Lansing
Friedkin on July 6, 1991; he had previously been married to French film star Jeanne Moreau. By this marriage, Lansing has two stepsons, Jack and Cedric.
# Career.
Lansing was a former mathematics teacher, model, and now pursued an acting career (appearing in two films made in 1970," Loving" and "Rio Lo... | 46,975 |
1215475 | Sherry Lansing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sherry%20Lansing | Sherry Lansing
female president of 20th Century Fox. She was also a partner in Jaffe/Lansing Productions with Stanley R. Jaffe. The company released a consistent string of minor hits through Paramount before achieving success with the box-office smash "Fatal Attraction" in 1987, for which Jaffe and Lansing received Aca... | 46,976 |
1215475 | Sherry Lansing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sherry%20Lansing | Sherry Lansing
well as receiving critical praise with Foster scoring the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1992, she was offered the chairmanship of Paramount Pictures' Motion Picture Group. During her tenure at Paramount, the studio enjoyed its longest and most successful string of releases since the '30s. Under Lans... | 46,977 |
1215475 | Sherry Lansing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sherry%20Lansing | Sherry Lansing
by any other long term studio management leader.
As studio chief, she focused on bottom-line cost rather than market share, preferring to take fewer risks and make lower-budget films than other studios. Viacom (which purchased Paramount in 1994) decided to split the company into two parts in 2004 and La... | 46,978 |
1215475 | Sherry Lansing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sherry%20Lansing | Sherry Lansing
2005, she created The Sherry Lansing Foundation which is dedicated to raising awareness and funds for cancer research. She is a recipient of UCLA Anderson School of Management's highest honor-the Exemplary Leadership in Management (ELM) Award.
In 2007, she received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award f... | 46,979 |
1215475 | Sherry Lansing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sherry%20Lansing | Sherry Lansing
also served as a member of the board of directors for the W. M. Keck Foundation.
In May 2018, Lansing joined the board of directors at The Scripps Research Institute.
# Filmography.
## Producer.
- "Indecent Proposal" (1993)
- "School Ties" (1992)
- "Black Rain" (1989)
- "The Accused" (1988)
- "Fa... | 46,980 |
1215475 | Sherry Lansing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sherry%20Lansing | Sherry Lansing
"" (2006)
- "" (2006)
- "" (2006)
- "" (2006)
- "" (2006)
- "Sunday Morning Shootout" (2004) (TV)
- "The Directors" (1999) (TV)
- "Frasier" (1996) (TV)
- "Hollywood Women" (1993) (TV)
- "Ironside" (1971) (TV)
- "Dan August" (1971) (TV)
- "Rio Lobo" (1970)
- "Loving" (1970)
- "The Good Guys" ... | 46,981 |
1215475 | Sherry Lansing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sherry%20Lansing | Sherry Lansing
hero, The My Hero Project
- 2005, Big Brothers Big Sisters (L.A.) Legacy Award
- 2005, Exemplary Leadership in Management Award presented by UCLA Anderson School of Management
- 2005, hand and foot prints at Grauman's Chinese Theater
- 2004, Horatio Alger Humanitarian Award
- 2003, Woodrow Wilson Aw... | 46,982 |
1215475 | Sherry Lansing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sherry%20Lansing | Sherry Lansing
1996, Pioneer of the Year by the Foundation of the Motion Picture Pioneers
- 1996, Star on the walk of fame, presented by Hollywood Walk of Fame
- 1994, Outstanding Alumna Award presented by Sigma Delta Tau (ΣΔΤ) Sorority
- 1994, Razzie for "Indecent Proposal, presented by Razzie Awards
- 1992, Simon... | 46,983 |
1215475 | Sherry Lansing | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sherry%20Lansing | Sherry Lansing
Oscar nomination for "Fatal Attraction", presented by Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
- 1982, Distinguished Community Service Award from Brandeis University
- 1981, Crystal Award, presented by Women in Film for outstanding women who, through their endurance and the excellence of their work,... | 46,984 |
1215550 | Hecker | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hecker | Hecker
Hecker
Hecker may refer to:
- Hecker (surname)
- Hecker, Illinois, United States, a small village
- Hecker (motorcycle), a former motorcycle manufacturer in Nürnberg, Germany | 46,985 |
1215552 | Harwich Port | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harwich%20Port | Harwich Port
Harwich Port
Harwich Port may refer to:
- Harwich Port, Massachusetts, a beach resort in the U.S. state of Massachusetts
- Harwich International Port, a North Sea seaport in Essex, England | 46,986 |
1215558 | Harwood | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harwood | Harwood
Harwood
Harwood may refer to:
# Places.
- Australia
- Harwood, New South Wales
- Canada
- Harwood, Ontario
- Harwood Island (British Columbia)
- New Zealand
- Harwood, New Zealand
- Harwood Hole
- United Kingdom
- Harwood, County Durham
- Harwood, Greater Manchester
- Harwood Dale, North Yorkshire... | 46,987 |
1215558 | Harwood | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harwood | Harwood
ashire
- United States
- Harwood, Indiana
- Harwood, Maryland
- Harwood, Missouri
- Harwood, North Dakota
- Harwood Center, Dallas
- Harwood Creek, California
- Harwood Heights, Illinois
- Harwood Township, Champaign County, Illinois
- Harwood, Texas
- Harewood, West Virginia
- Mount Harwood in Cali... | 46,988 |
1215559 | Hedrick | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hedrick | Hedrick
Hedrick
Hedrick is the name of several places in the United States, including:
- Hedrick, Indiana
- Hedrick, Iowa
- Hedrick, Missouri
# See also.
- Hedrick (surname) | 46,989 |
1215557 | Timothy Detudamo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timothy%20Detudamo | Timothy Detudamo
Timothy Detudamo
Timothy Detudamo (died 11 April 1953) was a Nauruan politician and linguist. He served as Head Chief of Nauru from 1930 until his death in 1953.
# Biography.
Detudamo was born in Uaboe District. He was a layman of the Protestant Church of Nauru during his youth, and became assistant... | 46,990 |
1215557 | Timothy Detudamo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timothy%20Detudamo | Timothy Detudamo
1921. In 1938, he tried to reform the Nauruan language by making it more understandable for Europeans and Americans. However, his reforms were not widely adopted and today the old orthography continues to be more common.
In November 1930 Detudamo was appointed Head Chief of Nauru by Administrator Will... | 46,991 |
1215557 | Timothy Detudamo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Timothy%20Detudamo | Timothy Detudamo
tion to Chuuk in Micronesia. On 31 January 1946 he returned to Nauru and was duly re-elected to the position of Head Chief. Following the introduction of a Nauru Local Government Council in 1951 Detudamo was elected as a councillor for the Districts of Denigomodu, Nibok, Uaboe, and Baitsi. He was also ... | 46,992 |
1215484 | Four Hills Tournament | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Four%20Hills%20Tournament | Four Hills Tournament
Four Hills Tournament
The Four Hills Tournament () or the German-Austrian Ski Jumping Week () is a ski jumping event composed of four World Cup events and has taken place in Germany and Austria each year since 1953. With a few exceptions the ski jumping events are held chronologically at Oberstdo... | 46,993 |
1215484 | Four Hills Tournament | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Four%20Hills%20Tournament | Four Hills Tournament
and Jakub Janda shared the overall victory after finishing with exactly the same points total after the four competitions. In 2001–02, the anniversary 50th edition, Sven Hannawald became the first to win all the four events in the same edition. In 2017-18 season Kamil Stoch became just the second ... | 46,994 |
1215484 | Four Hills Tournament | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Four%20Hills%20Tournament | Four Hills Tournament
competitions has been: Oberstdorf, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Innsbruck, Bischofshofen – with the following exceptions:
# Knock-out system.
One of the tournament's peculiarities is its qualifying system. Unlike other ski jumping events where the best 30 competitors in the first round qualify for th... | 46,995 |
1215484 | Four Hills Tournament | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Four%20Hills%20Tournament | Four Hills Tournament
and winners of their duels have better results) while the one with the 49th first series result may still qualify (if his "rival" has the worst result). On the other hand, jumpers are less likely to be disadvantaged by a possible significant change in weather conditions between the start and end o... | 46,996 |
1215484 | Four Hills Tournament | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Four%20Hills%20Tournament | Four Hills Tournament
format the qualifying series are valued as well, since jumpers with a better qualification result will have the opportunity to compete against jumpers with worse result. Therefore, it is not enough for a jumper to be among 50 best jumpers in qualifications (with whatever result), but it is better ... | 46,997 |
1215484 | Four Hills Tournament | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Four%20Hills%20Tournament | Four Hills Tournament
not used, and competition follows regular world cup rules. Because of that in the 2007/08 tournament, the knock-out system was used only in Oberstdorf.
# List of winners.
- Notes
# Records.
Janne Ahonen is the only ski jumper to have won the tournament five times, with wins in 1998–99, 2002–03... | 46,998 |
1215484 | Four Hills Tournament | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Four%20Hills%20Tournament | Four Hills Tournament
victory was shared, with Jakub Janda, who claimed his first 4 Hills Tournament crown.
Jens Weißflog and Bjørn Wirkola have both won ten Four Hills Tournament events. Janne Ahonen and Gregor Schlierenzauer are next with 9 victories, followed by Matti Nykänen who has seven.
In 2000–01, the 49th ed... | 46,999 |
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