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.
Project Nike - US Army project, proposed in May 1945 by Bell Labs, to develop a line-of-sight anti-aircraft missile system. The project delivered the world's first operational anti-aircraft missile system in 1953, the Nike Ajax. A huge number of the technologies and rocket systems used to develop the Nike Ajax were re-used in a number of roles, many of which gained the "Nike" name. The missile's first-stage solid rocket booster became the basis for everything from the Nike Hercules missile to NASA's Nike Smoke rocket, used for upper-atmosphere research. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Nike Ajax 2..1 Specifications (Nike Ajax) 3 Nike Hercules 4 Nike Zeus 5 See also History Project Nike began in 1944 when the US military demanded a new defense system to combat the potential new jet aircraft, as.
Korean Buddhism - Gyeyul (Skt. Vinaya) school, which focused on study and implementation of moral discipline (śīla), also initially popular in Baekje; and the Yeolban (Skt. Nirvāna) school, which was based in the themes of the Mahāparinirvāna-sūtra, and initially popular in Silla. Toward the end of the three kingdoms period, the Weonyung (Ch. Yuanrong;) school, which focused on the actualization of the metaphysics of interpenetration as found in the Huayan jing, would outstrip most of the other schools as a field of academic study, becoming especially popular with the educated aristocracy. This school, later known in Korea as Hwaeom (Ch. Huayan), would end up becoming the most long-lived of the Chinese imported schools, having strong affinities with the indigenous Korean school of Buddhist thought, called Beopseong (discussed below). During the latter Three Kingdoms Period,.
Jess programming language - a superset of CLIPS programming language, developed by Ernest Friedman-Hill of Sandia National Labs. It was first written in late 1995. It provides rule-based programming suitable for automating an expert system, and is often referred to as an expert system shell. In recent years, intelligent agent systems have also developed, which depend on a similar capability. Rather than a procedural paradigm, where a single program has a loop that is activated only one time, the declarative paradigm used by Jess matches a rule with a single fact specified as its input and processes that fact as its output. When the program is run, the rules engine will activate one for each matching fact. Jess can be used to build Java applets as well as full applications that use knowledge in the.
Jules Simon - the works of Nicolas Malebranche (2 vols, 1842), of Rene Descartes (1842), Bossuet (1842) and of Antoine Arnauld (1843), and in 1844-1845 appeared the two volumes of his Histoire de l'école d'Alexandrie. He became a regular contributor to the Revue des deux mondes, and in 1847, with Amédée Jacques and Émile Saisset, founded the Liberti de penser, with the intention of throwing off the yoke of Cousin, but he retired when Jacques allowed the insertion of an article advocating the principles of collectivism, with which he was at no time in sympathy. In 1848 he represented the Côtes-du-Nord in the National Assembly, and next year entered the Council of State, but was retired on account of his republican opinions. His refusal to take the oath of allegiance to the government of.
Victor Cousin - Germany with a view to further philosophical study. While at Berlin in 1824-1825 he was thrown into prison, either on some ill-defined political charge at the instance of the French police, or as a result of an indiscreet conversation. Freed after six months, he remained under the suspicion of the French government for three years. It was during this period that he developed what is distinctive in his philosophical doctrine. His eclecticism, his ontology and his philosophy of history were declared in principle and in most of their salient details in the Fragmens philosophiques (Paris, 1826). The preface to the second edition (1833) and the third (1838) aimed at a vindication of his principles against contemporary criticism. Even the best of his later books, the Philosophie écossaise, the Du vrai, du.
Hydrogeology - possible to determine the concentration of gasoline in the water through sampling by drilling a hole and pumping out water; it may even be possible to determine roughly which direction the gasoline is flowing. However, to determine where that plume may be headed, and where it will be in the future, requires extensive modeling and large amounts of computer time in conjunction with as much field sampling as possible. Hydrogeology has particular importance as regards to issues such as burial of hazardous waste as well as finding out where that waste went when it escapes from such facilities as the Hanford Nuclear Waste Dump and other Department of Energy facilities, such as Los Alamos National Lab and Sandia National Labs. An understanding of the hydrogeology surrounding the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.
Government of the United States - Government of the United States This article is about the national government of the United States. For information about the state and local governments, see: Politics of the United States and the individual state entries. The government of the United States, established by the Constitution, is a federal republic of 50 states. The national government consists of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. The head of the executive branch is the President of the United States of America. The legislative branch consists of the United States Congress, while the Supreme Court of the United States is the head of the judicial branch. The legal system of the United States is based on English common law; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide").
Environmental Protection Agency - normally given cabinet rank. Mike Leavitt is its current Administrator. The EPA comprises 18,000 people in Headquarters program offices, 10 regional offices, and 17 labs across the country, EPA employs a highly educated, technically trained staff, more than half of whom are engineers, scientists, and environmental protection specialists. A large number of employees are legal, public affairs, financial, and computer specialists. EPA is led by the Administrator who is appointed by the President of the United States. EPA provides leadership in the nation's environmental science, research, education and assessment efforts. EPA works closely with other federal agencies, state and local governments, and Indian tribes to develop and enforce regulations under existing environmental laws. EPA is responsible for researching and setting national standards for a variety of environmental programs and delegates to.
Dorset - land value in the world, but was worthless a century ago. Blandford St Mary is home to the Badger brewery of Hall and Woodhouse, whilst Weymouth is acknowledged as the first ever holiday resort, used by King George III, and is still a popular seaside resort. Jutting out into the English Channel is the Isle of Portland. Dorset is famed in literature for being the native county of author and poet Thomas Hardy. Many of the places he describes in his novels in the fictional Wessex are in Dorset. The National Trust own Thomas Hardy's Cottage, in woods east of Dorchester, and Max Gate, his house in Dorchester. Stalbridge was home of Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Poet William Barnes, authors Theodore Francis Powys, John le.
Talking to Americans - about Canada. The intent was to satirize American ignorance of its neighbour. Examples included Americans persuaded to congratulate Canada on legalizing insulin or adopting the twenty-four-hour day; to exhort the Canadian government to install an air conditioner to preserve the National Igloo; or to agree that the U.S. should bomb Saskatchewan or send ground troops into Gilles Duceppe. In fact, some of the Americans interviewed seemed just to be playing along, although professors at distinguished American universities seemed always to be taken in by absurdities like the Saskatchewan seal hunt. The most famous segment featured Mr. Mercer in 2000 asking then-presidential candidate George W. Bush – who had previously stated that "you can't stump me on world leaders" – for his reaction to an endorsement by Canadian Prime Minister "Jean Poutine"..
Short-finned eel - years for females. They are carnivorous, eating crustaceans, fish, frogs and even small birds. Like other angullids, Short-finned eels are remarkably hardy: they can tolerate high water temperatures and low oxygen concentrations, endure long periods without food, and bury themselves in mud or sand and enter an energy-saving torpor when the water temperature drops below 10 degrees. They are one of the few Australian freshwater fish to have coped well with the wholesale introduction of European and American species. Short-finned eels make excellent eating. Prior to European settlement at least two Aboriginal Australian civilisations farmed eels on a large scale, trading smoked eel with distant communities in return for other goods. For the Maori people of New Zealand, starved of protein after the extinction of New Zealand megafauna, the Short-finned eel.
Rally Navigation techniques, tips and tricks - road book or pacenotes. For road rallying, standard published maps are generally used, and in the UK these are the Ordnance Survey (OS) 1:50,000 "Landranger" series, or possibly the more modern 1:25,000 "Explorer" series. Both of these series use the same national grid, and the information here can be used with either type. Before attempting an event, it is worthwhile becoming very familiar with the maps you will be using, and understanding how features are represented. Route Plotting To describe the course of a rally and the correct route that the competitor should take, the organisers will provide route information which will relate to the maps you are expected to use. These come in many forms, as listed below. Grid References "Tulips" Gridline sequences Others Route information may be marked with.
William Shockley - his Bachelor of Science degree from the California Institute of Technology in 1932 and his doctorate from MIT in 1936. After receiving his doctorate, he immediately joined a research group headed by Dr. C.J. Davisson at Bell Labs in New Jersey, and began moving up the management ladder. In the mid 1940's, Shockley's group, consisting of Bardeen and Brattain, sought a solid-state alternative to fragile glass vacuum tube amplifiers. Shockley insisted on working alone, leaving his two researchers by themselves, and he would occasionally drop by to check on their work. December of 1947 was Bell Lab's "Miracle Month", when Bardeen and Brattain succeeded in creating a point-contact transistor -- without Shockley's help (Shockley's name did not appear on the ensuing patent). Shockley followed with concepts for a sandwich transistor weeks.
List of WOSM members - sex (United States) or race (Israel). World Organization of the Scout Movement Members Country Membership (from 2000 or most recent available info) Name of Member Organization Year Current Scouting Organization joined WOSM Year Member Organization was founded Albania 1,730 Besa Skaut Albania 1999 1922 Algeria 11,120 Scouts Musulmans Algériens 1963 1939 Angola 13,777 Associação de Escuteros de Angola 1998 1998 Argentina 44,981 Scouts de Argentina 1922 1912 Armenia 2,256 Hayastani Azgayin Scautakan Sharjum Kazmakerputiun 1997 1912 Australia 98,084 Scouts Australia 1953 1908 Austria 13,785 Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs 1922 1912 Azerbaijan 1,414 Azerbaican Skaut Assosiasiyasi 2000 1997 the Bahamas 729 The Scout Association of the Bahamas 1974 1913 Bahrain 1,820 Boy Scouts of Bahrain 1970 1953 Bangladesh 908,435 Bangladesh Scouts 1974 19 Barbados 3,032 Barbados Boy Scouts Association 1969 1972 Belarus.
Boeremag - democratic majority rule in South Africa and a return to the days of apartheid. Boeremag sympathizers claim that the African National Congress has seized power in South Africa illegally. They allege that organized black gangs are secretly trained by the ANC, and rewarded via a bounty system for killing white farmers. They claim that the Boeremag exists to protect white farmers from attack and to reverse the ANC seizure of power. Opponents of the Boeremag, including the South African government, claim that the Boeremag is a terrorist organization. South African law enforcement officials believe that the Boeremag was responsible for the string of bombings in Soweto in 2002. South African police arrested 26 alleged members of the Boeremag in November and December of 2002, and seized over 1,000 kg of explosives..
List of poets - Noyes, poet Naomi Shihab Nye, poet O Frank O'Hara (NY School) Sharon Olds, poet Anton Oliban, (1824-1860), poet Dave Oliphant, poet Mary Oliver, poet Charles Olson (Black Mountain School founder) Terry A. O'Neal, poet France Onic, (1901-1975) Saishu Onoe, Japanese poet George Oppen Peter Orlovsky (beat) Vinko Oslak, (born 1947) Iztok Osojnik, (born 1951) Josip Osti, (born 1945) Publius Ovidius Naso, (43 BC-17 AD), (more commonly known as Ovid) Wilfred Owen, (1893-1918) P Robert Pack, poet Ruth Padel, poet Pavlina Pajk, (1854-1901), poet Grace Paley, poet F.T. Palgrave, poet Rado Palir, poet Palladas, poet Dorothy Parker, (1893-1967), poet Thomas Parnell, (1670-1718), poet Nicanor Parra, Chile Giovanni Pascoli, Italian poet Linda Pastan, poet Boris Pasternak, (1890-1960), novelist Kenneth Patchen, (1911-1972), poet Andrea Paterson, poet Andrew Barton Paterson (banjo) Don Paterson, poet Vida.
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Iraq disarmament crisis timeline 1990-1996 - of all chemical and biological weapons, all stocks of agents and components, all research, development, support and manufacturing facilities for ballistic missiles with a range greater than 150km and related repair and production facilities, recognize Kuwait, account for missing Kuwaitis, return Kuwaiti property and end its support for international terrorism. This resolution created a special commission, UNSCOM, to inspect Iraq's chemical, biological and nuclear facilities. Iraq was required to turn over all biological and chemical weapons to Unscom for destruction, and ordered to respect the 1968 Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Treaty. April 4, 1991 According to UNSCOM, Iraqi nuclear scientists are ordered to hide nuclear weapons from UN inspectors, collect and hide computer data, and formulate a "legal" justification for the existence of Iraqi nuclear labs. April 5, 1991 The UN.
Union of International Associations (UIA) - International Organizations. A French edition was produced with the assistance of the Agence pour la coopération culturelle et technique (ACCT) in 1980; a new version is being produced on CD-ROM in 1996. Contact is maintained with over 25,000 international non-governmental organizations eligible for inclusion in the Yearbook of International Organizations. Special links exist with UIA Corresponding Organizations, with the Federation of International Associations established in Belgium (FAIB), Union of International Nongovernmental Organizations established in France (UOIF), Federation of Semi-Official and Private International Institutions established in Geneva (FIIG) and the Conferences of NGOs in consultative status with ECOSOC and UNESCO. Work on the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential was initially undertaken in collaboration with Mankind 2000; the web versions of the associated databases were updated with support of the European.
