Talking to Americans - diplomatically and said he looked forward to working together with his future counterpart to the north. However, the prime minister's name (back then) was Jean Chrétien; poutine is a French-Canadian fast food dish of french fries and cheese curd, and also was potentially inspired by recent jokes about Russian president Vladimir Putin who has a similar name. Also, Chrétien had not endorsed any candidate at the time and, in any event, it does not behoove the head of a neighboring country's government to take such a stand regarding U.S. presidential races. Bush's opponent, Vice President Al Gore, also fell victim to Mercer, when he was asked about the Canadian capital Toronto (it is actually Ottawa). Read here for more info The special was a co-production between Island Edge Inc and Salter.
Phelsuma - novorum ab ill. Dr. Christ Rutenberg in insula Madagascar collectorum. Zool. Anz. Leipzig 4: 46-48. Boettger, O. (1881 b). Reliquiae Rutenbergiana II: Reptilien und Amphibien. Abl. bremer naturwiss. Ver. Bremen 7: 177-190. Boettger, O. (1881 c) Die Reptilien und Amphibien von Madagaskar. Dritten Nachtrag Abh. senck. naturfors. Gesellschaft 12: 435-558. Boettger, O. (1893). Katalog der Reptilien Sammlung im Museum der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden gesellschaft in Frankfurt am Main. I. Teil Frankfurt a/M.Gesellschaft 12: 435-558. Boettger, O. (1894). Diagnose eines Geckos und Chameleons aus Südmadagascar. Zool. Anzeiger (Leipzig) 17: 137-140. Boettger, O. (1913). Reptilien und Amphibien von Madagaskar, den Inseln und dem Festland Ostafrikas (Sammlung Voeltzkow 1889-1895 und 1903-1905) in: Voeltzkow, A. 1908-1917, Reise in Ostafrika. Stuttgart 3: 269-375. Böhme, W. & Meier, H. (1981) Eine neue form der madagascariensis-Gruppe der Gattung Phelsuma.
Concepts and minor characters from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Concepts and minor characters from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy There are many minor characters in the 5-part fictional "trilogy" The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy, by Douglas Adams. They include: Eddie the Shipboard Computer, Hotblack Desiato, Lintilla, Prosser, various Vogons, Roosta, Trillian, Frankie and Benjy mouse, and Zarquon. Eddie Eddie is the shipboard computer on the Heart of Gold, with an over-excitable, over-enthused, extremely irritating personality. He is only found in the first two books of the series. Frankie Frankie is one of the twin-mice that Arthur (et. al) encounter on Magrathea. Frankie, along with Benji, wish to extract the final readout data from Arthur's brain to get the ultimate question to life, the universe, and everything. (Frankie and Benji are, after all, part of the pan-dimensional.
Algol - Algol Algol is the common name of the star Beta Persei. This star has the unusual property of having regular variations in brightness: its magnitude changes regularly between 2.3 and 3.5 over a period of 2 days, 20 hours and 49 minutes. Algol is a so-called eclipsing binary: it is actually two stars in close orbit about one another, and when (as seen from Earth's line of sight), the second, dimmer star passes in front of its companion once per orbit, the amount of light reaching earth is decreased, followed by an increase as the companion moves out of the way. The variability of Algol was first recorded in 1670 by Montanari, but it is probable that this property was noticed long before this time; the.
Islam as a political movement - not much else. The articles on militant Islamic groups, Islamic parties and modern Islamic philosophy explain their actual views in detail, and avoid one over-arching term to describe them all. Many debates and conflicts have led to the perception of a singular Islamic movement, Islamist movement, or Islamism, and these are dealt with here. The most appropriate neutral way to interpret the term Islamism is as representing a debate on how Islam applies in the modern world as a political philosophy, and not as representing any one particular program. Islam is inherently political There is no separation of church and state responsibilities in any branch of Islam - many civic responsibilities are an inherent part of the religion. Essential elements such as the definition of umma, ijma, zakat, khalifa and Islamic.
Iterative and Incremental development - iteration, design modifications are made along with addition new functional capabilities. The Procedure itself consists of the Initialization step, the Iteration step, and the Project Control List. The initialization step creates a base version of the system. The goal for this initial implementation is to create a product to which the user can react. It should offer a sampling of the key aspects of the problem and provide an solution that is simple enough to understand and implement easily. To guide the iteration process, a project control list is created that contains a record of all tasks that need to be preformed. It includes such items as new features to be implemented and areas of redesign of the exiting solution. The control list is constantly being revised as a result of.
Categorical list of programming languages - David K(orn)sh(ell) from AT&T) REXX Compiled languagess BASIC (some dialects, including the first version of Dartmouth BASIC) C++ (some implementations) Delphi (Borland's Object Pascal development system) Java (originally from Sun Microsystems) Perl (invented by Larry Wall; usually interpreted) Visual Basic (from Microsoft) FORTRAN (the first high level, compiled, language -- from IBM, John Backus, et al) Scheme (some implementations, i.e. Bigloo) Lisp (some implementations) COBOL (designed to be so simple even supervisors could follow it -- a US DoD inspired development) Algol (extremely influential language design. The second high level language compiler.) Curly-brace languagess are languages whose syntax defines statement blocks using curly-brace characters { and }. All are descended from or strongly influenced by C. Examples of curly-brace languages include: C (dev ca 1970 by D Ritchie & K Thompson.
Walthamstow - James Street railway station Walthamstow Central railway station Wood Street railway station =See Also= The History of Walthamstow Statistics and further info about Walthamstow The KnoWhere Guide to Walthamstow The William Morris Gallery.
Shepherd's Beaked Whale - reports of live sightings - one in New Zealand and one from the Seychelles. Behaviour No information is available about group sizes, diving pattern or migatory patterns. The paucity of information may be due to the species having a very shy manner, or its rarity, or both. Conservation There are no reports of this species being hunted or killed accidentally by man. References Shepherd's Beaked Whale in the Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals Thomas A. Jefferson, 1998. ISBN 0125513402 National Audubon Society Guide to Marine Mammals of the World Reeves et al, 2002. ISBN 0375411410. Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises Carwardine, 1995. ISBN 0751327816.
Rally Navigation techniques, tips and tricks - numbers along the north-south axis are called NORTHINGS. When giving a grid refernence, the Eastings are given first, then the Northings. A mnemonic for this is "crawl before you walk", though that may not help some! A six figure standard grid reference provides a resolution to 1/10th of a grid square, which is 100 metres on the ground. The 1:50,000 map can be used down to 25 metres on the ground, which is where the longer references come in. For pinpoint accuracy - always needed for plotting on rallies - a romer is essential. This is a transparent ruler device which matches the scale of the map being used. By aligning the ruler marks accurately over the map, a pencil mark may be made at the exact spot given by the.
Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi - Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi or Jalal al-Din Muhammad Balkhi (also known as Mevlana, meaning our guide, or Mowlavi, meaning my guide) (1207 - December 17, 1273 CE) is a Persian poet and Sufi mystic, who was born in Balkh (present Afghanistan, then within the borders of Genghis Khan's Mogul Empire) and died in Konya (present Turkey, then within Anatolian part of Seljuk Empire). The doctrines of Sufism are expression in his symbolic works and those of Hafiz. His major work is "Masnavi-ye Manavi" (Spiritual Couplets), a six-volume poem regarded by many Sufis as second in importance only to the Koran. Rumi's other major work is the "Diwan-i Shams-i Tabriz-i" (The Works of Shams of Tabriz - named in honor of Rumi's great friend.
Italian proverbs - have said this after being forced by the Church to abjure the heliocentric theory. Fatti maschi, parole femmine. Thoughts are male, words are female. or Manly deeds, womanly words. Motto of Maryland In bocca al lupo. Into the wolf's mouth. Used by students to wish each other good luck before exams. The response is Crepi! (May it die!) L'Italia farà da sè. Italy will take care of itself. A common expression when Italy was in the process of reunification. Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'intrate. Abandon all hope, ye who enter here. Inscribed above the gates of Hell in Dante's Inferno (III, 9) Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita Mi retrovai per una selva oscura Ché la diritta via era smarrita... In the middle of the road of our life/I found.
Gore Vidal - brought up in the Washington, D.C, area, where his grandfather Thomas Gore was a Democratic Senator from Oklahoma. Thomas P. Gore was blind, and young Vidal frequently acted as his guide, thereby gaining unusual access for a child to the corridors of power. (He became the first child to fly across the Atlantic Ocean.) After graduating from Phillips Exeter Academy, Gore joined the US Army Reserve in 1943. At the age of 21, he wrote his first novel, Williwaw, based upon his military experiences in the Alaskan Harbor Detachment. The book was well received. A few years later, his novel The City and the Pillar, which dealt candidly with gay themes, caused a furor, to the extent that the New York Times refused to review a number of his later books..
Financial assistance following the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks - and establish a federal fund for victims. The cost of the mostly open-ended fund may reach about $15 billion. Victims of earlier terrorist attacks, including those linked to al-Qaida, were not included in the fund. AT&T dropped charges on all domestic calls involving the New York City area (212/718/917/646/347) in the days following. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 American Red Cross 2 Other charitable drives 3 Emergency Supplies American Red Cross From the donations to the Emergency Relief Fund, as of 11/19/2001, the American Red Cross granted 3,165 checks to 2,776 families totaling $54.3 million. 172,612 cases were referred to mental health contacts. The 866-GET INFO number received 29,820 calls. As of 3:10 p.m. November 20, there have been 1,592,295 blood donations since September 11. Fire Donations took charitable contributions on.
Dall's Porpoise - (surveying is hampered by the porpoises' propensity for approaching boats) the global population numbers in at least the hundreds of thousands (but see also 'conservation' below). The greatest concentration is perhaps in the Sea of Okhotsk. Behaviour Dall's Porpoises are hugely active creatures. They will often zig-zag around at great speed on or just below the surface of the water creating a spray called a "rooster tail". They may appear and disappear quite suddenly. The fastest of all small cetaceans, and coming close to matching the mighty Killer Whale for speed, Dall's Porpoises can swim at up to 55km/h. The porpoises will approach boats and will bow- and stern-ride but is liable to lose interest unless the boat is travelling quickly. Dall's Porpoises appear in small groups (about 2-10 in number)..
Talking Heads - Combining a taut rhythm section with David Byrne's signature neurotic vocals, '77 was a potent slab of art-punk virtuosity that, despite poor sales, instantly endeared the band to the more experimental elements in New York's burgeoning punk scene. The name 'Talking Heads', came from an issue of TV Guide that listed some words used in the television business. A 'talking head' is a shot of a newscaster from the shoulders up. 'All content, no action' seemed to fit the band's musical style and stage presence so the name stuck. It was with their second album, 1978's More Songs About Buildings and Food that the band began its long-term collaboration with producer Brian Eno--first famous as a member of glam pioneers Roxy Music--who was nearly a fifth member of the band for.
Acadia National Park - places in the United States to see the sunrise. Miles of scenic carriage roads were originally built by John D. Rockefeller, Jr with great sensitivity to the trees and contours of the land. Mercator projection: public domain Online Map Creation Bibliography "Discover Acadia National Park: A Guide to Hiking, Biking, and Paddling" by Jerry Monkman et al., Appalachian Mountain Club; ISBN 1878239929; May 2000 "Acadia Revealed" by Jay Kaiser et al., Papyrus Travel Guides; ISBN 0967890497; July 2000 Links http://www.nps.gov/acad/ National Park Service guide to Acadia http://www.acadia.national-park.com/ Acadia National Park Page.
Alaska Highway - also "Alaskan Highway", "Alaska-Canadian Highway", "Al-Can Highway", runs from Dawson Creek, British Columbia to Fairbanks, Alaska, via Whitehorse, Yukon. It is 2,451 kilometres or 1,523 mile(s) long. The historic ending of the highway is near milepost 1422, where it meets the Richardson Highway in Delta Junction, Alaska, about 100 miles (160km) southeast of Fairbanks. Mileposts on the Richardson Highway are numbered from Valdez, Alaska. The road was originally built as a supply route during World War II. Although it was completed on October 28, 1942 and its completion was celebrated on that November 21, the "highway" was not usable by general vehicles until 1943. It was opened to unrestricted traffic shortly after the end of the war in 1947. The Milepost, an extensive guide book to the Alaska Highway and other.
Baseball - fielders may have some idea of where the pitcher is likely to throw the ball, and therefore where the hitter is likely to hit it (an "outside" pitch will generally be hit to the side of the field that the batter faces, for instance), and may be prepared to field the ball there if the batter hits it well. Good hitters are able to hit the ball wherever they wish, regardless of the location of the pitch. Batting The batter tries to hit the ball in such a way that it cannot be cleanly handled by a fielder; good hitters can place the ball where they want with surprising skill. In the early 1900's, place hitting was a high art, and the home run was considered a freakish spectacle. Place-hitting was.
Baal teshuva - parents were secular Zionists. While some Jews were hostile to traditional Judaism, a spiritual quest in the 1960s and 1970s caused some Israelis to seek answers in Jewish tradition. In Israel, schools for the intensive study of Torah have been flourishing especially designed for the newly religious students who want to devote quality time to intensive study of classical texts with the ancient rabbinic commentaries. These schools opened in the early 1970s, mainly based in Jerusalem. Two significant institutions have been the Aish HaTorah Yeshiva headed by Rabbi Noach Weinberg, and the Ohr Somayach Yeshiva headed by Rabbi Nota Schiller. Both of these rabbis have degrees from American universities and are well able to speak to the modern mind-set. Orthodox Jewish outreach organizations Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, leader of the Chabad.
