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8500 | UNESCO
Minister Danny Ayalon declared that the resolution was a ""part of Palestinian escalation"". Zevulun Orlev, chairman of the Knesset Education and Culture Committee, referred to the resolutions as an attempt to undermine the mission of UNESCO as a scientific and cultural organization that promotes cooperation thr... |
8501 | "Stellar 7"
Stellar 7 Stellar 7 is a first-person shoot 'em up tank simulation video game based on the arcade game ""Battlezone"" in which the player assumes the role of a futuristic tank pilot. The game was originally created by Damon Slye for the Apple II and Commodore 64 in 1983. It was followed by three sequels, ""... |
8502 | "Stellar 7"
a time. The tank also has a cloaking device that, when triggered, would render it invisible to enemies for about a minute. Gauges on the right side of the screen indicate the amount of shields and power remaining. The tank starts with enough power to cloak twice, and power slowly trickles away as the time p... |
8503 | "Stellar 7"
as a nearly featureless plane dotted by geometric obstacles—some indestructible and most not—and various enemies. After the player destroys a certain number of enemies, a warp link will appear that provides a gateway to the next level. Special power-ups can be accessed by pressing the tab key to toggle betw... |
8504 | "Stellar 7"
to three times throughout the game, depending on the difficulty setting. ""Softline"" stated in 1983 that ""Combining first-rate graphics and sound effects with fast-paced, arcade-style excitement makes ""Stellar 7"" hard to beat in every sense"". ""Video"" magazine reviewed the Apple II version of the game... |
8505 | "Stellar 7"
of the remake received 5 out of 5 stars in ""Dragon"". Stellar 7 Stellar 7 is a first-person shoot 'em up tank simulation video game based on the arcade game ""Battlezone"" in which the player assumes the role of a futuristic tank pilot. The game was originally created by Damon Slye for the Apple II and Com... |
8506 | "Joss Naylor"
Joss Naylor Joss Naylor, MBE (born 10 February 1936 at Wasdale Head) is an English fell runner, and a sheep farmer, living in the English Lake District. As his achievements increased he became better known as the King of the Fells or simply the Iron Man. His fell running achievements include successive pe... |
8507 | "Joss Naylor"
and charity, and is included as one of Britain’s top 100 sports personalities in the 2007 book ""Best of British: Hendo’s Sporting Heroes"", by sports journalist Jon Henderson. Olympic Gold medal winner and co-founder of the London Marathon Chris Brasher described Joss Naylor as 'The Greatest of Them All'... |
8508 | "Trust AM"
Trust AM Trust AM is the operating name of the hospital radio station serving the Doncaster Royal Infirmary on Armthorpe Road in Doncaster, and the Bassetlaw District General Hospital on Blyth Road in Worksop. There were plans to extend the service to the Montague Hospital in Mexborough, which is part of the... |
8509 | "Trust AM"
December. In the beginning, equipment was limited and programmes consisting of music and requests only went out at the weekend. By Autumn of 1976 the station had its first purpose built facility, known today as Studio A. In the following years membership and programming expanded and soon after the radio had ... |
8510 | "Trust AM"
1980 and within a year was broadcasting over 74 hours a week with over 48 presenters. The station had a varied output even back then. In its first year it was attending events like the Finningley Air Show. The station even had their own amateur dramatic productions. Over the years Radio Danum became more suc... |
8511 | "Warren Unna"
at the age of 93. Warren Unna Warren W. Unna (September 14, 1923 – February 9, 2017) was an American journalist. A 1943 graduate of the University of California (Berkeley) in internationial relations, he joined the ""San Francisco Chronicle"". He joined ""The Washington Post"" in 1952. His work as a repor... |
8512 | "Trust AM"
management team meet in between those times to discuss the day-to-day running of the station. Unlike most radio stations, Trust AM do not have a single station manager. Instead, a team of up to 9 members share the responsibilities and make joint decisions. This has proved to be a very successful formula. Bas... |
8513 | "Trust AM"
in May 2009. The music library holds in excess of 170,000 tracks. Listeners can hear the broadcasts via headsets connected to the internal hospital network, or on a normal radio by tuning to 1278 kHz on the medium wave band, medium Wave is not available at Doncaster. The Trust AM Roadshow van visits several ... |
8514 | UNESCO
dues since Palestine became a full member in 2011. Israel and the US were among only 14 votes against the membership, of 194 member countries. On May 25, 2016, the noted Turkish poet and human rights activist Zülfü Livaneli resigned as Turkey’s only UNESCO goodwill ambassador. He highlighted human rights situati... |
8515 | UNESCO
the fundamental ideals of UNESCO."" UNESCO develops, maintains and disseminates, free of charge, two interrelated software packages for database management (CDS/ISIS [not to be confused with UK police software package ISIS]) and data mining/statistical analysis (IDAMS). UNESCO The United Nations Educational, Sci... |
8516 | Kintsugi
Kintsugi , also known as , is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum, a method similar to the ""maki-e ""technique. As a philosophy, it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise. L... |
8517 | KINC
aired on this station comes from the national Univision network. However, KINC does have a news department which produces the highest rated Spanish newscasts in the Las Vegas Valley. In 2006, KINC has aired both the Nevada Republican and Democratic Gubernatorial Primary debates translated into the Spanish language... |
8518 | Kintsugi
kintsugi can be seen to have similarities to the Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi, an embracing of the flawed or imperfect. Japanese aesthetics values marks of wear by the use of an object. This can be seen as a rationale for keeping an object around even after it has broken and as a justification of kintsugi ... |
8519 | Kintsugi
non-attachment, acceptance of change, and fate as aspects of human life. There are a few major styles or types of kintsugi: Staple repair is a similar technique used to repair broken ceramic pieces, where small holes are drilled on either side of a crack and metal staples are bent to hold the pieces together. ... |
8520 | Kintsugi
or focus on, rather than absence or missing pieces. Modern artists experiment with the ancient technique as a means of analyzing the idea of loss, synthesis, and improvement through destruction and repair or rebirth. While originally ignored as a separate art form, kintsugi and related repair methods have been... |
8521 | Kintsugi
retention. In particular kintsugi implies that the authentic is that which displays and values its true, dynamic relation to history. By highlighting that the authentic object or site is that which, despite the ravages of time, retains cultural value (be that local, national, and/or international), site manage... |
8522 | "Red Eyes"
Red Eyes At the start of the series, the Republic of Regium is engaged in a costly war with the Federation of Dragnov. Dragnov wanted to reunify the two countries, but Regium was bitterly opposed to this and mobilized their army instead. In part due to winter conditions, the Regium forces had the upper hand ... |
8523 | "Red Eyes"
the city, which convinced the Regium politicians to negotiate for a surrender, although the Regium Third Army refused to surrender and continued fighting. The story follows Captain Grahad Mills, commander of the Regium special forces ""Jackal"" unit, that utilizes the most advanced SAA(Special Assault Armor)... |
8524 | "Red Eyes"
Prison, and tracks down the old members of the Jackals, trying to find out why they betrayed him. The story's conflict takes place approximately in Eastern European countries such as Ukraine, Romania, Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, and Bulgaria, who however have drastically changed in theirs names and ter... |
8525 | "Red Eyes"
succeeded in the Strategic Defence Initiative program(SDI), therefore making the US invulnerable to ICBM attacks, as result the Cold War came to an end when the Soviet Union fell in the mid-eighties. However, the US continued their military programs eventually succeeding in the construction of the first lase... |
8526 | "Red Eyes"
As consequence of the DUPE formation, the European Union is transformed into a continental state from the previous European Nato countries but, the EU remain a second-rate power compare to the DUPE. The year 2001 became the new first year of the new era, known as 1 GU (first year of the Great Unification's c... |
8527 | "Red Eyes"
As result of losing its deterrence system, the other countries of the planet launch a full-scale attack against the DUPE forces, beginning the ""20 years war"" (World War III) that ended de facto in 70 GU (2070 AD) with no winner and the death of half the population of the planet, while all main actors of th... |
8528 | "Red Eyes"
Ukraine, Poland, Slovack, Romania and Bulgaria, but in 87 GU (2087 AD) a nationalist revolt result in the fall of the monarchy and the creation of the Regium Republic(former Romania and Bulgaria), while the remaining three states remain independent until 129 GU (2129 AD) when the countries decide to form the... |
8529 | "Red Eyes"
the Republic, when the Federation is able to launch a new type of missile against the Republic which is undetectable from the SDI satellites, that are still carrying on their original mission after 110 years. Although there are eight Jackals in total, including Mills, oddly enough no mention of the missing e... |
8530 | "James M. Gates Jr."
involved in a series of 14 nuclear explosions in Operation Teapot and Operation MET. One explosion blew him out of a trench and he awoke 11 days later in the military hospital finding his arm and leg undergoing surgical reconstruction. He asked then for a medical discharge, but it was denied him. A... |
8531 | "Red Eyes"
defect to Dragnov. After the war, he became Colonel in the Dragnov armed forces as well as remaining as a lieutenant in the Regium forces, effectively drawing pay from two armies. He's later reveal that he's an actual descendant of the Regimu Kingdom royal dynasty and he want to use the war to recreate the R... |
8532 | "Recess: Taking the Fifth Grade"
not meant to be scary. In return, she scares them by wearing a scary mask and screaming ""Take candy and go to the next house"". She then closes the door smiling. When the next group of tweens comes, she gives them tips for being dinosaurs by putting ketchup over their suits and telling... |
8533 | "Red Eyes"
war. He later fight against Mills, but he's clear he has no intention to kill him and once been defeated by Mills, he beg Mills to kill him feeling unworthy, however Mills forgive him of his betrayal and ""order"" him to join Mills' group, he later return to be Mills trusted aide and second command and a val... |
8534 | "Red Eyes"
Lars to betray Mills. His brother died anyway, and Lars quit the army to live in the mountains, swearing never to kill again. He later decided to temporary withdraw his promise to help Mills reach the Regium Third Army, but he died in a sniping operation against a Dragnovian turret that was preventing Mills ... |
8535 | "Red Eyes"
of supply and logistics. Responsible for feeding Krayz information about Mills's activities. Joined the Third Army after the war, but has not been seen since he tried to get Lars to join him in the Third Army. He is later reveal that he actually leave the Army to join Krayz's plan and that he originally want... |
8536 | "Red Eyes"
same derelict building that Mills used as a bait to lure Waldmann. Insisted on staying with Mills afterwards. Her hometown was being evacuated at the end of the war when trigger happy Dragnovian troops blew up a refugee truck that was carrying her family and friends. A hero of Regium, he was the commander of... |
8537 | "Mark Crisson"
Mark Crisson Mark Crisson (born 1949) was born Phillip Mark Stevens Crisson in Boston, Massachusetts in March 1949. He received his undergraduate degree in Applied Science from the United States Naval Academy, and a Masters of Business Administration from Pacific Lutheran University. He is currently the ... |
8538 | "Red Eyes"
the Third Army, with uncharacteristic unkempt hair. Largely responsible for the Third Army's success so far, and partly responsible for the ""Miracle of Lent"", wherein Ridas directed the eight members of the Jackals, commanded by Mills, and held off an entire Dragnovian armored division for 2 days. Most asp... |
8539 | "Red Eyes"
launched by the previous superpower destroy anything that reaches a high-enough altitude. A new missile launched by Dragnov used a new propellant that left no heat signature, preventing satellite detection. SAA (Special Assault Armor) are powered armor suits that protects the wearer against most weapons up t... |
8540 | "Red Eyes"
by the Jackals feature cannons and anti-tank missile launchers. In a pinch, SAA may be operated via remote control. APF-175 ""Bardish"" : The mass production SAA used by the Regium Armored units during the war. ASP-177E ""Swashbuckler"" : The most advanced SAA at the beginning of the series, used by the Jack... |
8541 | "Recess: All Growed Down"
in kindergarten, he was briefly their classmate at Third Street Elementary School. In Gus's story, his parents brought him to Third Street Elementary School back when he was a kindergartener. Gus is a wild child and thinks that the other students he meets will be just like him, but to his surp... |
8542 | "Recess: All Growed Down"
gives anyone ideas, Vince just runs around quietly, the digger twins just play in a sandbox, the Ashleys do not laugh or say ""Scandalous!"", Upside-Down Girl does not hang upside down, and Spinelli is a timid little girl with a doll. Gus then meets one little boy with a red cap whose name is ... |
8543 | "Robert N. Ogden Jr."
Robert N. Ogden Jr. Robert Nash Ogden Jr (May 5, 1839 – April 16, 1905) was an author, confederate Lieutenant colonel, judge, orator, poet, lawyer and Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives. Robert Nash Ogden Jr was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on May 5, 1839, to Robert Nash Ogden and... |
8544 | "Robert N. Ogden Jr."
colonel. When the war was over he returned to Louisiana and entered politics. After having been elected to the State Legislature, he served as Speaker of the House of Representatives (1880–1884). Then he went on to serve on the Louisiana Court of Appeals in New Orleans for two terms. Ogden was kno... |
8545 | "Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG"
Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG The Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG (C197 / R197) is a front mid-engine, 2-seater, limited production sports car developed by the Mercedes-AMG division of German automotive manufacturer, with the assistance of David Coulthard. Mercedes-Benz. The car was the first Mercedes-Benz automo... |
8546 | "Ysgol Bryn Alyn"
Ysgol Bryn Alyn Ysgol Bryn Alyn is a secondary school in the county borough of Wrexham, Wales. Its catchment area includes its local primary schools within Gwersyllt and other nearby villages. Mr Brian Whiteley was headteacher from July 2011. After his resignation, Mrs Kipping took up temporary head p... |
8547 | "Ysgol Bryn Alyn"
need of improvement. At Key Stage 3 (KS3), students at Ysgol Bryn Alyn are taught all the mandatory subjects required by the Welsh National Curriculum. At the end of Key Stage 3 pupils are given Teacher Assessment (TA) levels from 3 to 7 in their core and foundation subjects. A special presentation af... |
8548 | "Gordon Samuels"
retired from this position in 1994, he was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science, honoris causa, by the university. His wife, Mrs Samuels, was awarded the degree of Doctor of the University, honoris causa. On turning 70 in 1993, the age of mandatory judicial retirement, Samuels retired from the bench... |
8549 | "Gordon Samuels"
because of the accompanying announcement by the Premier of New South Wales, Bob Carr. On 16 January 1996 Carr announced that the next Governor would be Samuels, that he would not live or work at Government House, Sydney and that he would retain his appointment as Chairman of the New South Wales Law Ref... |
8550 | "Gordon Samuels"
downgrade the importance of the office of governor. On this announcement, The Sydney Morning Herald, in its Editorial column, noted that: ""There is an inconsistency in saying that the Office of the Governor should be ‘more in tune with the character of the people’ while reviewing, presumably with a vi... |
8551 | "Gordon Samuels"
the people."" In further response to Carr's decision the group Australians for Constitutional Monarchy organised a protest that saw a crowd of 15,000 protested outside Parliament House, Sydney, blocking Macquarie Street. On the day before Samuels' swearing-in, a petition bearing 55,000 signatures was h... |
8552 | "Gordon Samuels"
the Royal Victorian Order (CVO). Before his departure from office, the Opposition Leader, Kerry Chikarovski, noted that while there was controversy over Government House at the start of his term: ""There was a great deal of feeling about the issue and among some people that feeling remains. But it was ... |
8553 | "Lower Swansea valley"
industry and the area is now the home of Premiership football club Swansea City A.F.C. and Welsh Rugby Union region Ospreys. Railway lines which criss-crossed the valley have now been replaced by pleasant walking and cycling paths and the River Tawe now hosts canoeists instead of copper barges. O... |
8554 | "Lower Swansea valley"
in the South Wales coalfield of the South Wales valleys had revealed seams of steam coal and anthracite close to the surface in the Upper Swansea valley and these were easily exploited by shallow drift mining or open cast mining. Smelting metals required more than three parts of coal to every one... |
8555 | "Lower Swansea valley"
take the coal to the ore. In addition, the very high tidal ranges at Swansea allowed deep draught ships to access the river mouth. This allowed large quantities of raw materials to be brought in (allowing further profit through economies of scale) and, more importantly, the finished products, suc... |
8556 | "Lower Swansea valley"
of the industry in the Lower Swansea valley itself caused a great expansion in the population of Swansea and nearby Neath. A number of wealthy entrepreneurs, scientists and engineers of considerable ability were drawn to Swansea during this period, which in turn, promoted great innovation in the ... |
8557 | "Lower Swansea valley"
valley became a mass of industry. In the wake of the copper and coal industry followed pottery-making (another industry which requires large amounts of coal, together with clay and flint, which could be shipped in from the West Country); the alum industry (based on pyrites found with coal); and t... |
8558 | "Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG"
calipers (front) and discs with 4-piston calipers (rear). These brakes provide increased stopping power with a 40% weight reduction compared to the standard brake system. The fuel consumption of the SLS AMG is around combined driving according to (NEDC, provisional figure). The SLS AMG is capabl... |
8559 | "Lower Swansea valley"
copper prices. The extent and scale of the industrialisation that took place at a time when there almost no environmental controls in place created a legacy of chronic contamination of land and water by a great range of toxic and dangerous pollutants. The River Tawe was already being polluted by ... |
8560 | "Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG"
at an extra cost of €11,900 in Germany. Other colors include both metallic and matte colors, such as Designo Magno Kashmir, the matte paint known from the SL63 AMG IWC edition. The SLS AMG has a retractable rear wing which extends at a speed of for stability and handling and acts as an airbrake ... |
8561 | "Lower Swansea valley"
1854. He described the landscape, atmosphere, and the complaints of local farmers. Even in the 1980s when all the industry had long since disappeared the Nant y Fendrod was still very seriously contaminated by copper, iron, nickel, ammonia and many other contaminants. The only remaining working i... |
8562 | "Lower Swansea valley"
to reclaim the land. Over the next twenty years the entire community of the area became involved in restoring the land. Redevelopment of the area provided the South Dock and Maritime Quarter and the Liberty Stadium sports complex together with the Swansea Enterprise Park industrial park which inc... |
8563 | "Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street"
Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street is a second direct-to-video animated film released by Walt Disney Pictures and Paul & Joe Productions, produced by Walt Disney Television Animation, Plus One Animation (Korea) Co., Ltd. and Gr... |
8564 | "Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street"
snowstorm). It was followed by two more direct-to-video ""Recess"" films in 2003: """", and """". Prickly, Grotke and Finster head home during a snowstorm and remember the times with T.J. and the gang. When they get stuck in a snowbank, Prickly blames it on T.J. and the gang,... |
8565 | "Recess Christmas: Miracle on Third Street"
the others aren't so bad, to which Finster agrees, saying that telling the stories about the kids really makes her feel more warm and fuzzy than before. The film ends with T.J. and the gang singing their version of ""Jingle Bells"", describing their classmates and teachers. R... |
8566 | Izmaragd
Izmaragd The Izmaragd (, from ) is a Russian moral compilation work, surviving in a number of manuscript copies. Written in codex form, the earliest written copy is from the 14th century. Depending on the version, it contains from 90 to 250 articles, mostly translated from Greek and adapted to Russian culture ... |
8567 | Izmaragd
to the influence of Domostroy in 15th-16th centuries. Izmaragd The Izmaragd (, from ) is a Russian moral compilation work, surviving in a number of manuscript copies. Written in codex form, the earliest written copy is from the 14th century. Depending on the version, it contains from 90 to 250 articles, mostly... |
8568 | "Resort wear"
Resort wear Resort wear is a clothing style, as well as a year-round fashion ""season"". Sometimes known as ""cruise wear"", it was collections only to very affluent customers who were expected to spend the post-Christmas/New Year's weeks in warm-weather climates. More recently, designers, store buyers, a... |
8569 | "Resort wear"
affluent customers. From the spectacular resort destinations of Dubai, South Africa and Thailand, to the Spanish Coast, Costa Rica and the Greek Islands, resort wear popularity is growing and it is not surprising to see Hawaiian shirts being worn on the Mexican Riviera. It has become a cross-cultural styl... |
8570 | "Resort wear"
silk, denim, microfiber, straw and poplin that are easy to pack, lightweight and breathable. They are easy to clean and look great without ironing or fuss, much like the new hair styles that are casual, yet very fashionable. It is characterized by the ""nautical"" style, inspired by sailor and yachting th... |
8571 | "Resort wear"
of sun-soaked destinations. The style has already been the subject of small runway shows in New York, Paris and Milan. Though designers and design houses as J. Crew, Banana Republic, Lilly Pulitzer, and Tommy Bahama have pioneered the style, other leading designers are now creating resort wear. Chanel, Os... |
8572 | "Immunoglobulin superfamily"
Immunoglobulin superfamily The immunoglobulin superfamily (IgSF) is a large protein superfamily of cell surface and soluble proteins that are involved in the recognition, binding, or adhesion processes of cells. Molecules are categorized as members of this superfamily based on shared struct... |
8573 | "Immunoglobulin superfamily"
in the immune system. Otherwise, the sperm-specific protein IZUMO1, a member of the immunoglobulin superfamily, has also been identified as the only sperm membrane protein essential for sperm-egg fusion. Proteins of the IgSF possess a structural domain known as an immunoglobulin (Ig) domain... |
8574 | "Immunoglobulin superfamily"
bonds formed between cysteine residues in the B and F strands, stabilize the Ig-fold. One end of the Ig domain has a section called the complementarity determining region that is important for the specificity of antibodies for their ligands. It is believed that the structure of variable sub... |
8575 | "Immunoglobulin superfamily"
the human genome with 765 members identified. Members of the family can be found even in the bodies of animals with a simple physiological structure such as poriferan sponges. They have also been found in bacteria, where their presence is thought to be due to horizontal gene transfer. Immun... |
8576 | "Cuban macaw"
Cuban macaw The Cuban macaw or Cuban red macaw (""Ara tricolor"") was a species of macaw native to the main island of Cuba and the nearby Isla de la Juventud that became extinct in the late 19th century. No modern skeletons are known, but a few subfossil remains have been found on Cuba. Its relationship w... |
8577 | "Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe"
– 324 principal members and 324 substitutes – who are appointed or elected by the parliaments of each member state. Delegations must reflect the balance in the national parliament, so contain members of both ruling parties and oppositions. The population of each country... |
8578 | "Cuban macaw"
was mainly reported from the vast Zapata Swamp, where it inhabited open terrain with scattered trees. The Cuban macaw was traded and hunted by Native Americans, and by Europeans after their arrival in the 15th century. Many individuals were brought to Europe as cagebirds, and 19 museum skins exist today. ... |
8579 | "Cuban macaw"
until 1885. Early explorers of Cuba, such as Christopher Columbus and Diego Álvarez Chanca, mentioned macaws there in 15th- and 16th-century writings. Cuban macaws were described and illustrated in several early accounts about the island. In 1811, the German naturalist Johann Matthäus Bechstein scientific... |
8580 | "Irish Wilderness"
Irish Wilderness The Irish Wilderness is a wilderness area in the U.S. State of Missouri. The U.S. Congress designated it a wilderness in 1984. The Irish Wilderness is located within the Eleven Point Ranger District of the Mark Twain National Forest, northeast of Alton, Missouri. The Irish Wilderness... |
8581 | "Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG"
so slight 1/10 of a second decrease in 0–60 mph (97 km/h) time (3.5 seconds to 3.4 seconds) over the prior year model, reduced transmission reaction time in the manual ""M"" transmission mode, AMG RIDE CONTROL Performance suspension, selection of suspension modes via AMG DRIVE UNIT, 3 additional... |
8582 | "Cuban macaw"
by extrapolating from the size of Cuban macaw skins and bones of extant macaws (reported in 1928), a rostrum from a Quaternary cave deposit in Caimito (reported in 1984), and a worn skull from Sagua La Grande, which was deposited in a waterfilled sinkhole possibly during the Quaternary and associated with... |
8583 | "Cuban macaw"
species are known from physical remains: the Cuban macaw, the Saint Croix macaw (""Ara autochthones""), which is known only from subfossils, and the Lesser Antillean macaw (""Ara guadeloupensis""), which is known from subfossils and reports. Macaws are known to have been transported between the Caribbean ... |
8584 | "Michelle Ruff"
Michelle Ruff Michelle Suzanne Ruff is an American voice actress known for her work in anime and video games. In her early voice acting career, she used her mother's name, Georgette Rose, as a pseudonym. Some of her notable roles include Chi in ""Chobits"", Rukia Kuchiki in ""Bleach"", Aoi Sakuraba in "... |
8585 | "Cuban macaw"
stylised 1765 painting of a macaw by the British Lieutenant L. J. Robins, published in a volume called ""The Natural History of Jamaica"", matches the Cuban macaw, and may show a specimen that had been imported there; however, it has also been claimed that the painting shows the Jamaican red macaw. Rothsc... |
8586 | "Cuban macaw"
may actually be of one of the largely unknown species of macaw, such as a species from Haiti. The reviewer's objection has not been accepted. The name ""Ara tricolor haitius"" was coined for a supposed Hispaniolan subspecies by the German ornithologist Dieter Hoppe in 1983, but is now considered to have b... |
8587 | "Cuban macaw"
Hispaniolan species, as he believed Cuba had no bird collectors prior to 1822, and that the illustration and description published by Le Vaillant were based on a specimen collected during a 1798 expedition to Hispaniola. As the Cuban species was thereby in need of a new specific name, Wetherbee coined ""A... |
8588 | "Cuban macaw"
tinctorius""). The idea that the name ""Ara tricolor"" applied to a Hispaniolan species had gained acceptance by 1989, but in 1995, the British ornithologist Michael Walters pointed out that birds had indeed been described from Cuba prior to 1822, that the supposed differences in colouration were of no im... |
8589 | "Cuban macaw"
of the Cuban macaw is the scarlet macaw (""Ara macao""), due to the similar distribution of red and blue in their plumage, and the presence of a white patch around the eyes, naked except for lines of small red feathers. Furthermore, the range of the scarlet macaw extends to the margins of the Caribbean Se... |
8590 | "Cuban macaw"
A 2018 DNA study by the Swedish biologist Ulf S. Johansson and colleagues analysed the mitochondrial genome of two Cuban macaw specimens in the Swedish Museum of Natural History (sampled from their toe-pads). Though it was expected the Cuban species would form a clade with the likewise predominantly red s... |
8591 | "Bessie Brown"
Clarence Holiday (banjo); and Porter Grainger, Clarence Williams and Fletcher Henderson (piano). She left the music industry in 1932 and married Clarence Shaw in the early 1930s. She had one child, Helen Smith Mcreynolds, from her first marriage. She died of a heart attack in 1955. The bulk of her known ... |
8592 | "Cuban macaw"
the Antilles over open water. Therefore, the Cuban macaw was not a recent offshoot of the scarlet macaw, having a long independent history on Cuba. Johansson and colleagues therefore noted that though many of the extinct species of Caribbean macaws that had been described in the past are probably dubious,... |
8593 | "Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG"
belts, black floor mats edged in silver leather, high gloss carbon fiber trim, ""AMG FINAL EDITION – 1 of 350"" badge on the carbon fibre centre console, 3D seam (a fine strip of Alcantara) set into the leather-covered upper dashboard, contrasting topstitching in silver at 3D seam, AMG Performan... |
8594 | "Cuban macaw"
was physically distinct from the scarlet macaw in its lack of a yellow shoulder patch, its all-black beak, and its smaller size. About long, the Cuban macaw was a third smaller than its largest relatives. The wing was long, the tail was , the culmen , and the tarsus . The subfossil cranium shows that the ... |
8595 | "Cuban macaw"
Hobart Clark reported that juvenile Cuban macaws were green, though he did not provide any source for this claim. It is unclear whether green birds spotted on the island were in fact juvenile Cuban macaws or if they were instead feral military macaws. Little is known about the behaviour of the Cuban macaw... |
8596 | "Cuban macaw"
one reported nest was a hollow in a palm. The skull roof of the subfossil cranium was flattened, indicating the Cuban macaw fed on hard seeds, especially from palms. This is consistent with the habits of their large relatives on mainland South America and distinct from those of smaller, mainly frugivorous... |
8597 | "Cuban macaw"
macaw. The pulp surrounding the seeds of the chinaberry tree were probably the part consumed by the Cuban macaw. In 2005, a new species of chewing louse, ""Psittacobrosus bechsteini"", was described based on a dead specimen discovered on a museum skin of the Cuban macaw. It is thought to have been unique ... |
8598 | "Cuban macaw"
island of Cuba is unclear, but the species was reportedly becoming rare by the mid-19th century. It may have been restricted to the central and western part of Cuba. Most accounts from the 19th century are based on Gundlach's reports from the immense Zapata Swamp, where the species was somewhat common nea... |
8599 | "Cuban macaw"
but the surrounding region is possibly a former swamp. The Cuban macaw had also inhabited Isla de la Juventud (previously called ""Isla de Pinos""/the Isle of Pines) off Cuba, but the American ornithologists Outram Bangs and Walter R. Zappey reported that the last pair was shot near La Vega in 1864. Early... |
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