August 2003 - have debated carbon dioxide's role in global warming for over a decade, with most voices (though notably fewer within the US) calling it the biggest factor, while others call it negligible. [1] Occupation of Iraq: Americann and Iraqi officials are discussing the possibility of forming a large Iraqi militia or paramilitary force to help improve security in the country. [1] Terrorist: Terrorism group Jemaah Islamiyah has schemes, revealed in a 40-page manifesto (the Pupji book or General Guide to the Struggle of Jemaah Islamiyah), for a suicide bombing campaign designed to change Asia and the Pacific region into Islamic provinces. Jemaah Islamiyah is also shown to be a well-formed organization with a constitution, rules of operation, and leadership structure. [1] Afghanistan: Soldiers are killed in a remote region (near the town.
Short-finned eel - pale, often silvery, and the fins greenish. When full grown, they reach about 90cm. They are common throughout the lowlands of New Zealand, including both Chatham and Stewart Island, but tend not to ascend as far inland as longfin eels. In Australia, they are restricted to the area on the seaward side of the Great Dividing Range, from about Mt Gambier in western South Australia to the Richmond River in northern New South Wales. Unable to scale the Great Divide, and not extending as far west as the outlet of the Murray River, they are excluded from the thousands of miles of waterways that drain inland eastern Australia. Like the other anguillids, Short-finned eels are catadromous: when they reach maturity, they stop feeding and migrate downstream to the sea, then anything.
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.
Toussaint Charbonneau - stabbed at the Manitou-a-banc end of the P. l. P. in the act of committing a Rape upon her Daughter by an old Saultier woman with a Canoe Awl—a fate he highly deserved for his brutality—It was with difficulty he could walk back over the portage". ["P. l. P." indicates Portage la Prairie, Manitoba.] It was probably during the period of his employ with the North West Company that he first encountered the established settlement of Mandan and Hidatsa tribes on the upper Missouri River, in what today is North Dakota. He settled amongst these tribes, according to his own report around 1797, and the area would remain his home for the rest of his life. At that point he became a free agent, working on his own and for several.
Kanchanaburi - 14° 2' North, 99° 32' East. Population 52,000. It is located at the river Kwai, where in 1942 the famous Bridge on the River Kwai was built by POW of the Japanese. Kanchanaburi is capital of the province Kanchanaburi. http://www.kanchanaburi-info.com (detailed information about Kanchanaburi).
Industrial archaeology of Dartmoor - significant, yet all three will inevitably leave their own traces on the moor: china clay mining, farming and tourism. A good general guide to the commercial activities on Dartmoor at the end of the 19th century is William Crossing's The Dartmoor Worker. Warrens The significance of the term warren nowadays is not what it once was. In the Middle Ages it was a privileged place, and the creatures of the warren were protected by the king 'for his princely delight and pleasure'. Until early in the 20th century, rabbits were kept on a commercial scale, both for their flesh and their fur. The evidence for this is plentiful as there are still extant a number of warrens which are manifestly man-made, and in place names such as Ditsworthy Warren and Warren.
Indus River Dolphin - Indus River Dolphin Indus River Dolphin Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Subclass: Eutheria Order: Cetacea Suborder: Odontoceti Family: Platanistidae Genus: Platanista Species: gangetica minor Binomial name Platanista gangetica minor The Indus River Dolphin (Platanista gangetica minor) is a freshwater or river dolphin. Its sole habitat is the Indus River in Pakistan. It formerly occurred in the tributaries of the Indus and its ditribution may have extended into India. A comprehensive population census of the Indus Dolphin that was completed in 2001 by WWF-Pakistan concluded that there were approximately 1,100 Indus River Dolphins left. Other names for it are Bhulan, Blind River Dolphin, Delfín del Indo, Indus Dolphin, Indus Susu, Plataniste de l'Indus, Side Swimming Dolphin, and Susu. It was only in the 1970s that.
Hanford Site - the world’s largest environmental cleanup with many challenges to be resolved in the face of overlapping, technical, political, regulatory, and cultural interests. The cleanup effort is focused on three outcomes: restoring the Columbia River corridor for other uses, transitioning the central plateau to long-term waste treatment and storage, and preparing for the future. The Uranium Committee of the federal Office of Scientific Research and Development (OSRD) decided to sponsor an intensive research project on plutonium, the strange new substance that had been isolated in a University of California Laboratory only nine months earlier. The OSRD placed the contract with the University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory (Met Lab). In the same month as the Battle of Midway, the Army Corps of Engineers formed the Manhattan Engineer District (MED) to construct industrial-size plants.
Grand Calumet River - Grand Calumet River The Grand Calumet River, originating in the east end of Gary, Indiana, flows 13 miles (21 km) through the heavily industrialized cities of Gary, East Chicago and Hammond. The majority of the river's flow drains into Lake Michigan via the Indiana Harbor and Ship Canal, sending about one billion gallons of water into the lake per day. Today, 90 percent of the river's flow originates as municipal and industrial effluent, cooling and process water and storm water overflows. Although discharges have been reduced, a number of contaminants continue to impair the area of concern (AOC). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Problems with the urban river 1.1 Nonpoint sources 1.2 Point sources of contaminants 2 Effects of Pollution 3 Progress and Improvements 4 Source Problems with.
Taishan - The city is located southwest of Jiangmen, 140 kilometers west of Hong Kong, in the Pearl River delta, and it is home to 1 million people. It also contains 95 islands and islets, including the largest island in Guangdong, the 98-km² Xiachuan Island (下川岛). Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Administration 3 Demographics 4 External Links History Taishan was founded as Xinning District (新寧縣) in the 12th year of the Hongzhi reign during the Ming Dynasty. In 1914, Xinning was renamed Taishan to avoid confusion with the Xinnings of Hunan and Sichuan. In 1992, it gained city status. In April 17, 1992, Taishan's status was changed from county to city. Administration Taishan is under the juridiction of Jiangmen. In a jurisdiction of 3,286 km², Taishan contains twenty townships (镇), which.
Tomahawk missile - and storage, and to act as a launch tube. The submarine AUR is launched from torpedo or vertical tubes (e.g. the later Los Angeles class submarines). Surface ships employ a vertical launching system (VLS). A solid fuel booster with steering vanes in its exhaust is used for launch and to provide steering during the initial few seconds of flight while the wings and control surfaces are deployed. The Tomahawk is launched on a preset course above the water and, as it crosses over land, switches to an inertial and Terrain Contour Matching (TERCOM) system to guide the missile to its target with terminal guidance from the Digital Scene Matching Area Correlation (DSMAC) sytem, producing an accuracy of around 10m. The Block III TLAMs, entered service in 1993, have an extended range.
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.
Zhaojun Tomb - Tomb (昭君墓), located beside a river in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, the People's Republic of China, is said to be the resting place of Wang Zhaojun, a commoner woman from the Chinese Han Empire who married a Xiongnu Chanyu. The cemetery is 1.3-hectare, with a 33-metre mound containing Zhaojun's coffin, making it a landmark of the region. The first Chinese mention of the cemetery in written record is in the Tang Dynasty, by Du You (杜佑) in A Comprehensive Guide (通典 Tong Dian). It is called by the local Mongols as Temür Urkhu(?) (特木爾烏爾虎), meaning "Iron Wall". The nickname "Green Mound" (青塚 qin1 zhong3) is a legend that in autumn, when all grass and tree wither, those plants on the cemetery mound continue to prosper..
Whale watching - charging customers $1 per trip to view the whales at closer quarters. The spectacle proved popular, attracting 10,000 visitors in its first year and many more in subsequent years. The industry spread throughout the western coast of the United States over the following decade. In 1971 the Montreal Zoological Society commenced the first commercial whale watching activity on the eastern coast of North America, offering trips in the St. Lawrence River to view Fin and Beluga Whales. In the late 1970s the industry mushroomed in size thanks to operations in New England. By 1985 more visitors watched whales from New England than California. The rapid growth in this area has been attributed to the relativly dense population of Humpback Whales, whose acrobatic behaviour such as breaching (jumping out of the water).
Keep River National Park - Keep River National Park Keep River National Park Location Northern Territory, Australia Nearest City Darwin Latitude 15° 48' 59" S Longitude 129° 08' 23" E Area 56,889 ha Date of Establishment 1981 Governing Body Parks and Wildlife Commission of the Northern Territory IUCN category II Keep River National Park is in the Northern Territory of Australia, 418 km southwest of Darwin and 468 km west of Katherine. The nearest town is Kununurra in Western Australia. The park has a number of striking sandstone formations and there is an Aboriginal art site at the end of the walk along the floor of the Keep River Gorge. The park falls within the tribal area of the Mirriwung and Gadjerong people. Like most of the "Top End" parks, access can.
Jardine River National Park - Jardine River National Park Jardine River is a national park in Queensland (Australia), 2137 km northwest of Brisbane. Fact sheet Area: 237,000 ha Latitude: 10° 55' 16" S Longitude: 142° 37' 36" E Date of establishment: ? Managing authorities: Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service IUCN category: II See also: Protected areas of Queensland (Australia).
Hades - Hades Hades (gr. Αδης - ha'-deez or Αἵδης - hay'-deez) ("unseen") means both the ancient Greek abode of the dead and the god of that underworld (the corresponding Roman god was Pluto ("wealth"), Dis Pater or Orcus; the corresponding Etruscan god was Aita). Haidou was the genitive form of the word, meaning "the house of Hades"; its nominative form, Haides, was originally a designation of the abode of the dead. (A related Hebrew word, She'Ol, for the abode of the dead also meant literally "unseen.") Hades the Place There were several sections of Hades, including the Elysian Fields, the equivalent of Heaven, and Tartarus, the equivalent of Hell. According to some later legends, Erebus was part of Hades. It was where the dead had to pass immediately after dying..
Ha'Penny Bridge - Ha'Penny Bridge The Ha'Penny Bridge is a pedestrian bridge over the River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland. Originally called the Wellington Bridge (after the Duke of Wellington), the bridge got its now universal name from both its distinct shape and the original toll of half a penny. The bridge was built in 1816. In 2001 the bridge was closed for repair, re-opening in 2003 restored to its original condition..
Hull River National Park - Hull River National Park Hull River is a national park in Queensland (Australia), 1275 km northwest of Brisbane. Fact sheet Area: 3,070 ha Latitude: 17° 57' 22" S Longitude: 146° 04' 11" E Date of establishment: ? Managing authorities: Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service IUCN category: II See also: Protected areas of Queensland (Australia).
Georges River National Park - Georges River National Park Georges River is a national park in New South Wales (Australia), 18 km southwest of Sydney. Fact sheet Area: 335 ha Latitude: 33° 58' 58" S Longitude: 151° 01' 56" E Date of establishment: April 24, 1992 Managing authorities: New South Wales National Parks and Wildlife Service IUCN category: V See also: Protected areas of New South Wales (Australia).
