Midas - Midas Midas was a character in Greek mythology, who is most recognized for his ability to turn anything he touched into gold. He was King of Pessinus, a city in Phrygia in Asia Minor. As a child, he was adopted by Gordias and Cybele. He was known for being a hedonist, and an excellent rose gardener. He had one son, Lityerses. Historically it is known that Midas was king of Phrygia in the 8th century BC. He was the son of Gordius, a poor countryman, who was taken by the people and made king, in obedience to the command of the oracle, which had said that their future king should come in a wagon. While the people were deliberating, Gordius with his wife and son came.
John Lyly - two petitions, transcripts of which are extant among the Harleian Manuscripts, are undated, but in the first of them he speaks of having been ten years hanging about the court in hope of preferment, and in the second he extends the period to thirteen years. It may be conjectured with great probability that the ten years date from 1579, when Edmund Tylney was appointed master of the revels with a tacit understanding that Lyly was to have the next reversion of the post. "I was entertained your Majestie's servaunt by your own gratious favor," he says, "strengthened with condicions that I should ayme all my courses at the Revells (I dare not say with a promise, but with a hopeful Item to the Revercion) for which these ten yeres I have.
Gordias - in the mythic period of prehistory were alternatly named Gordias and Midas. Myth gathered round both names: Gordias was a Phrygian farmer. An eagle landed on his plough; a sign he interpreted to mean he would one day become a king. The oracle of Sabazios (identified by Greeks with Zeus) confirmed his future in the following manner: the Phrygians, finding themselves without a king, consulted the oracle and were told to acclaim as king the first man to ride up to the temple in a cart. It was the farmer Gordias who appeared, riding in his ox-cart. Gordias founded the city of Gordium, which became the Phrygian capital. His ox-cart was preserved in the acropolis. Its yoke was secured with an intricate knot called the Gordian Knot. Legend said that he.
Emily Quackfaster - on his payroll but he got used to her very quickly. She first appeared in Uncle Scrooge #36 in the story The Midas Touch (the same story that introduced Magica De Spell), and her last name Quackfaster was first used in Uncle Scrooge #39 in A Spicy Tale. Her name Emily was first used in The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck Part 11. She was also known as Miss Typefast in some stories and on the show Duck Tales she was called Mrs. Featherby..
Dionysus - both agriculture and the theater. He is a life-death-rebirth deity. Within the Olympian tradition, Dionysus was made to be the son of Zeus and Semele; in Eleusis, of Zeus (always an intruder at Eleusis) and Demeter. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Worship 1.1 Bacchanalia 1.2 Appellations 2 Birth 3 Childhood 4 Midas 5 Other Stories Worship Dionysus was a god of mystery religious rites, such as those practiced in honor of Demeter and Persephone at Eleusis near Athens. In the Thracian mysteries, he wore the "bassaris" or fox-skin, symbolizing new life. (See also Maenads) Many scholars believe that Dionysus was a fusion of a local Greek nature deity and a more powerful god from Thrace or Phrygia such as Sabazios. Herodotus, (in Histories 2:146) was aware that the worship of Dionysus.
22nd century - hundreds, which comprises the years 2100 to 2199. Astronomical predictions for the 22nd century September 20, 2129, Asteroid 1981 Midas will come within 0.0485 Astronomical Units distance of Earth. The Earth will experience 239 lunar eclipses. A total solar eclipse exceeding 7 minutes of totality will occur on June 25, 2150. This will be the first time this has happened in 177 years. But eclipse fans will not have to wait nearly so long for it to happen again - on July 5, 2168 an eclipse with 7min 26sec of totality will occur, and on July 16, 2186 an eclipse of 7min 29sec - close to the theoretical maximum - will occur. This is predicted to be the longest eclipse during the 8,000 year period from 3000 BC to 5000 AD..
8th century BC - Nineveh destroyed (789 BC) First recorded Olympic Games held in Greece (776 BC) According to tradition, Rome founded (753 BC) Greeks colonizing mediterranean Significant persons: Midas (King of Phrygia) Inventions, Discoveries, Introductions Olmecs builds pyramids( 800s BC ) Chinese record solar eclipse.
Agena - pod for the Convair B-58 Hustler bomber. Agena was thus known as Hustler early in its development. Agena seems to have come in three versions: ; A : 7,000 kg thrust Bell 8048 engine, 120 second burn time, used on Thor and Atlas. ; B : 7,250 kg thrust Bell 8081 engine, 240 second burn time, used on Thor and Atlas. Launched early SAMOS and MIDAS military satellites and the Ranger lunar probes. ; C : Proposed but never built. ; D : 7,250 kg thrust Bell 8096 engine, 265 second burn time, used on Thor, Atlas, and Titan. Launched early KH-7 GAMBIT spy satellites and the two Mariner Mars probes. Extensive information about Agena is hard to come by; perhaps due to its reconnaissance roots. Agena may have last flown.
Anchor - the anchors of the ancient Greeks, which, according to Apollonius Rhodius and Stephen of Byzantium, were formed of stone; and Athenaeus states that they were sometimes made of wood. Such anchors held the vessel merely by their weight and by the friction along the bottom. Iron was afterwards introduced for the construction of anchors, and an improvement was made by forming them with teeth or ``flukes'' to fasten themselves into the bottom; whence the words odontes and dentes are frequently taken for anchors in the Greek and Latin poets. The invention of the teeth is ascribed by Pliny to the Tuscans; but Pausanias gives the credit to Midas, king of Phrygia. Originally there was only one fluke or tooth, whence anchors were called eterostomoi; but a second was added, according to.
Apollo - and bee-keeping. He was also a culture-hero and taught humanity dairy skills and the use of nets and traps in hunting, as well as how to cultivate olives. Hecuba With Hecuba, wife of King Priam of Troy, Apollo had a son named Troilius. An oracle prophesied that Troy would not be defeated as long as Troilius reached the age of twenty alive. He and his sister, Polyxena were ambushed and killed by Achilles. Cassandra Apollo also fell in love with Cassandra, daughter of Hecuba and Priam, and Troilius' half-sister. He promised Cassandra the gift of prophecy to seduce her, but she rejected him afterwards. Enraged, Apollo cursed her with the ability to know the future but the curse that no one would ever believe her. Coronis Coronis, daughter of Phlegyas, King.
Artdink - few other Artdink titles have seen US and PAL release from various publishers, including Aquanaut's Holiday (Sony), Carnage Heart (Sony), Turnabout (Natsume/Zoo Digital), Tail of the Sun (Sony) and No One Can Stop Mr. Domino (Acclaim/JVC) for the PlayStation, and recently the British publisher Midas Interactive has been picking up the rights to some of Artdink's Playstation 2 games and publishing English translations in PAL countries. Games released or to be released by Midas include Motto Golful Golf (Mr. Golf), The Seed, Buchigire Kongou (Battle Construction Vehicles) and A Ressha de Ikou 6 (A-Train 6)..
Atlantis - were unknown to American Indians. Pausanias called these island "Satyrides," referring to the Atlantes and those who profess to know the measurements of the earth . He states that far west of the Ocean there lies a group of islands whose inhabitants are red-skinned and whose hair is like that of the horse. (Christopher Columbus described the Indians similarly.) A fragmentary work of Theophrastus of Lesbos tells about the colonies of Atlantis in the sea. Hesiod wrote that the garden of the Hesperides was on an island in the sea where the sun sets. Pliny the Elder recorded that this land was 12,000 km distant from Cadiz, and Uba, a Numidian king intended to establish a stock farm of purple Murex there. Diodorus declares that the ancient Phoenicians and Etruscans knew.
Things in Atlas Shrugged - A bill designed by the Looters that proposes to limit the number of businesses any one person can own to one. It is aimed primarily at Hank Rearden who owns Rearden Ore, which he uses to guarantee Rearden Steel with a supply of copper. By passing this Bill, the Looters can seize Rearden's other businesses for themselves, and then deny him the copper he needs to run his steel mills. They claim the Bill is meant to give a chance to the little guy. The Equalization of Opportunity Bill is appears in section 161. Galt's Gulch A secluded refuge in a valley of Colorado where the men of ability have retreated after relinquishing participation in American society. Nicknamed "Galt's Gulch" by its inhabitants, it is in fact the property of "Midas".
Big Wing - suggestion has been put forward that Big Wing was just one element in Dowding and Park's removal. Dowding's apparent inability to get to grips with the night bombing threat has been offered as a primary reason for his dismissal. Big Wing made a last appearance as a defensive formation in paper exercises run by Leigh-Mallory as commander 11 Group in January 1941. The intention was to prove the superiority of large formations using the circumstances of an actual attack on Kenley, Biggin Hill and Hornchurch sectors on 6 September 1940. Leigh-Mallory completely mismanaged the operation, permitting the raid to progress unhindered and resulting in Kenley and Biggin Hill being 'bombed' while their aircraft were still on the ground. One of Park's former controllers explained Leigh-Mallory's mistakes to him. He replied that.
The Six Million Dollar Man - is Missing 10. 1-10 40022 05-Apr-74 The Last of the Fourth of Julys 11. 1-11 40020 12-Apr-74 Burning Bright 12. 1-12 40015 19-Apr-74 The Coward 13. 1-13 40025 26-Apr-74 Run, Steve, Run Season 2 14. 2-1 41201 13-Sep-74 Nuclear Alert 15. 2-2 41204 20-Sep-74 The Pioneers 16. 2-3 41206 27-Sep-74 Pilot Error 17. 2-4 41208 04-Oct-74 The Pal-Mir Escort 18. 2-5 41224 01-Nov-74 The Seven Million Dollar Man 19. 2-6 41214 08-Nov-74 Straight on 'til Morning 20. 2-7 41220 15-Nov-74 The Midas Touch 21. 2-8 41223 22-Nov-74 The Deadly Replay 22. 2-9 41213 29-Nov-74 Act of Piracy 23. 2-10 41227 13-Dec-74 Stranger in Broken Fork 24. 2-11 41228 20-Dec-74 The Peeping Blonde 25. 2-12 41210 10-Jan-75 The Cross-Country Kidnap 26. 2-13 41233 17-Jan-75 Lost Love 27. 2-14 41216 19-Jan-75 The Last.
Carol Ann Duffy - successful children's collections include 'Meeting Midnight' (1999) and 'The Oldest Girl in the World' (2000). 'The World's Wife' (1999) saw her retelling famous stories and fables - Midas, King Kong, Elvis - as wry and exuberant 'feminist' documents from the point of view of real or imagined women. Her most recent book 'Feminine Gospels' (2002) continues this vein, showing an increased interest in long narrative poems, accessible in style and often surreal in their imagery. She is one of the few poets in the UK to combine academic integrity with accessibility and popularity..
Characters in Atlas Shrugged - is so hallowed that a young lady, on hearing that Francisco had studied under him, is shocked. She thought he must have been one of those great names from an earlier century. Hugh Akston is mentioned in section 161. James Taggart is the President of Taggart Transcontinental and a leader of the Looters. Taggart is an expert influence peddler who is incapable of making decisions on his own. He relies on his sister Dagny Taggart to actually run the railroad, but nonetheless opposes her in almost every endeavor. As the novel progresses, the moral philosophy of the Looters is revealed: it is a code of nihilism. The goal of this code is to not exist, to become a zero. Taggart struggles to remain unaware that this is his goal. He maintains.
ZDoom - the most advanced of today's DOOM ports. ZDoom may be used and distributed free of charge. No profit may be made from the sale of it. These are terms set forth by the DOOM Source Code license, the MIDAS Digital Audio System license, and the Prometheus Truecolor license. Advanced features of ZDoom include: Support for all of Hexen's editing features (ACS, hubs, new map format, etc.) Support for most of BOOM's editing features. Removal of most of the original DOOM's limits (including the evil visplane overflow). Free look (look up/down). High screen resolutions (with optimizationss for modern processors). Translucency (regular and additive). A console. More music formatss: MOD, XM, IT, S3M, MIDI, and MP3 as well as MUS. Support for PNG format images. Better mouse support. Limited UDP (Internet or LAN).
W. S. Stratton - died he left the bulk of his estate for the establishment of the Myron Stratton Home, for "the aged poor and dependent children." Myron Stratton was his father. This bequest was not popular in the reactionary climate of the times. After entended litagation from many adverse claimants only 6 million was finally available; but the home was established successfully. Further Reading: Midas of the Rockies, Frank Waters, Swallow Press, 1946 ISBN 0804005915 (Trade Paper). Earlier editions exist from 1937 and 1949 in hardback W. S. Stratton carried this book in his saddlebags when he was prospecting: Plattner's manual of qualitative and quantitative analysis with the blowpipe. From the last German edition, revised and enlarged., Author: Carl Friedrich Plattner, Translated by Henry Bedinger Cornwall, D. Van Nostrand, New York, 1888. Many other.
Sabazios - Early conflict between Sabazios and his followers and the indigenous Mother Goddess of Phrygia (Cybele) is reflected in Homer's brief reference to the youthful feats of Priam, who aided the Phrygians in their battles with Amazons. An aspect of the compromise religious settlement, similar to the other such mythic adjustments throughout Aegean culture, can be read in the later Phrygian King Gordias' adoption 'with Cybele' of Midas. Later Greek mythographers reduced Cybele's role to 'wife,' but initially Gordias will have been ruling in the Goddess's name, as her visible representative. One of the Mother Goddess's creatures was the Lunar Bull. Sabazios' relations with the goddess may be surmised in the way that his horse places a hoof on the head of the bull, in a Roman marble relief at the Boston.
