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Karting UK

2006-07-27T06:35:00.000-07:00

Formula Nuts is a grass roots Karting Competition which will provide enthusiasts with an opportunity to be a Motor Racing driver at Silverstone. The winner will race with team nuts at the BTCC. Team Nuts and Virgin have a team for the last 5 races of the BTCCwith Dave Pinkney. KartingQualifying heats will be in the following areas: Karting Edinburgh, Karting Newcastle, Karting Manchester, Karting Liverpool, Karting Birmingham, Karting Bristol, Karting Cardiff and Karting London.

UK Karting Championship

2006-07-20T09:05:00.000-07:00

Formula Nuts brought to you by Drive Sport will be putting together a UK Karting event where the winner will get to race at Silverstone. Karting time trials will be held at the following locations; Karting London, Karting Manchester, Karting Liverpool, Karting Birmingham, Karting Nottingham, Karting Leeds, Karting Newcastle, Karting Sunderland, Karting Bristol, Karting Cardiff, Karting Devon, Karting Midlands, Karting Edinburgh,Karting Glasgowand Karting in Wales

Pendant

2006-01-26T15:10:00.000-08:00

The pharaohs of ancient Egypt wore pendants that were sometimes of huge dimensions,

Gylippus

2005-10-15T13:55:00.000-07:00

Spartan general who in 414–413, during the Peloponnesian War, broke the Athenian siege of Syracuse, Sicily. Urged by the Athenian exile Alcibiades to send a general to take charge of the defense of Syracuse, the Spartans appointed Gylippus, and his arrival in 414 kept Syracuse from surrendering. Gylippus broke the Athenian blockade by land, organized resistance from

Christophe, Henry

2005-07-28T11:45:00.000-07:00

The facts of Christophe's early life are questionable and confused. An official document issued on his own order gives the birth date and birthplace

Habitual Offender

2005-07-26T17:20:00.000-07:00

A classic account of habitual offenders is Norval Morris, The Habitual Criminal (1951, reprinted 1973). Works examining habitual-offender laws include David Shichor and Dale K. Sechrest (eds.), Three Strikes and You're Out: Vengeance as Public Policy (1996); and John Clark, James Austin, and D. Alan Henry, “Three Strikes and You're Out”: A Review of State Legislation (1997). John E. Hodge, Mary McMurran, and Clive R. Hollin (eds.), Addicted to Crime? (1997), discusses persistent criminals in terms of addiction.

Furniture, Japan

2005-07-24T06:15:00.000-07:00

Thin

Mitford, Nancy

2005-07-07T07:40:00.000-07:00

Nancy Mitford was one of six daughters (and one son) of the 2nd Baron Redesdale; the family name was actually Freeman-Mitford. The children were educated at home and were all highly original. Nancy's sister Unity (d. 1948) was notorious in Great Britain for her admiration of Adolf

Paper Chromatography

2005-07-05T13:15:00.000-07:00

The method consists of applying the test solution or sample as a spot near one corner of a sheet of

Smendes

2005-06-28T13:30:00.000-07:00

Smendes, a native of the delta, probably secured his right to rule though his queen, Tentamon, who was possibly related to the previous dynasty. Though the high priests of Amon held

Davidson, Thomas

2005-06-17T01:15:00.000-07:00

Davidson studied at the University of Edinburgh (1835–36) and on the Continent, where he participated in several geologic tours. Soon

Vrije Volk, Het

2005-06-13T20:00:00.000-07:00

(Dutch: “The Free People”), Socialist evening daily newspaper published in 30 regional editions in Rotterdam and outlying locations, one of the largest and most influential dailies in The Netherlands. It was established in 1900 as Het Volk (“The People”), the official organ of the Socialist Democratic Labour Party. During the German occupation of The Netherlands in World War

Frame Harp

2005-06-02T15:15:00.000-07:00

Frame harps are known to have existed in Europe by the 9th century AD and in Ireland by

China, Nan (Southern) Sung (11271279)

2005-05-31T10:05:00.000-07:00

The Juchen could not extend their conquest beyond the Yangtze River. The Huai River valley, with its winding streams and crisscrossed marshlands, made cavalry operations difficult. Though the invaders penetrated this region and raided several areas below the Yangtze, they found the weather there too warm and humid for them. Moreover, the farther they went, the stronger

Nord-trøndelag

2005-05-17T01:05:00.000-07:00

Fylke (county), central Norway. It extends from the Norwegian Sea (west) to the Swedish border (east), with the southern boundary running in a general northwest-southeast direction south of Trondheims Fjord. The fylke has an area of 8,673 square miles (22,463 square km); the county seat is at Steinkjer (q.v.). The major road and rail links between Trondheim and northern Norway pass through

Gadara

2005-05-14T22:45:00.000-07:00

Modern Umm Qays ancient city of Palestine, a member of the Decapolis, located just southeast of the Sea of Galilee in Jordan. Gadara first appeared in history when it fell to the Seleucid Antiochus the Great (218 BC); the Jewish king Alexander Jannaeus took it after 10 months' siege (c. 100 BC). It was restored by the Roman general Pompey, and Augustus gave it to Herod the Great (30 BC). Archaeological remains include

Sakaida Family

2005-03-15T02:37:00.000-08:00

Also called �Kakiemon Family, � celebrated family of Japanese potters whose founder, Sakaida Kizaemon (1596 - 1666), was awarded the name Kakiemon in recognition of his capturing the delicate red colour and texture of the persimmon (kaki) in porcelain. See Kakiemon ware.

Wicca

2005-03-14T15:59:00.000-08:00

A predominantly Western movement whose followers practice witchcraft and nature worship and who see it as a religion based on pre-Christian traditions of northern and western Europe. It spread through England in the 1950s and subsequently attracted followers in Europe and the United States.

Arecidae

2005-03-07T21:17:00.000-08:00

Subclass of flowering plants belonging to the class Liliopsida.

Welfare Economics

2005-03-06T23:04:00.000-08:00

Earlier writers conceived of welfare as simply the sum of the satisfactions accruing to all individuals within an economic system. Later theorists became

Agostino Di Duccio

2005-03-05T22:22:00.000-08:00

Agostino's name is associated mainly with the wealth of sculptured decoration for the Tempio Malatestiano at Rimini, a building

Oak Moss

2005-03-04T15:56:00.000-08:00

(Evernia prunastri), species of fruticose (branched, bushy) lichen valued in perfumery for its heavy, oriental fragrance and as a fixative base. It grows in mountainous areas throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere. The pale greenish gray thallus, 3 to 8 cm (1.2 to 3 inches) long, is palmately branched, ending in pointed tips. The upper surface is green and warty with pale gray

Orangeburg

2005-03-03T10:08:00.000-08:00

Dalai Lama

2005-03-02T00:48:00.000-08:00

The first of the line was Dge-'dun-grub-pa (1391 - 1475), founder and abbot of Tashilhunpo monastery (central Tibet). In accordance with the belief in reincarnate lamas, which began to develop in the 14th century, his successors were conceived as his rebirths and

Interior Design, Spain

2005-03-01T21:11:00.000-08:00

In Spain, Moorish influence mingled with subsequent Western classical styles to produce a unique flavour in decorative design. The style known as Mud�jar (c. 12th - 17th century) was the early outcome of these blended Christian and Arab ideas and consists in essence of tiled floors and skirtings in polychrome, plain white walls, carved stucco friezes, and intricately decorated

Sabha

2005-02-28T16:32:00.000-08:00

The sabha differs from the panchayat (caste or subcaste council) in that its scope is much larger; rather than

Carnivore, Natural history

2005-02-27T15:09:00.000-08:00

Members of the Ursidae, except for the carnivorous polar bear (Ursus maritimus), are omnivorous, consuming many items that seem small for an animal the size of a bear. Ants, bees, seeds of trees, roots of the skunk cabbage, nuts, berries, insect larvae such as grubs, and even the dainty dog-toothed violet are eaten. Many bears relish honey, and the sun bear (Helarctos

Ibrahim M�teferrika

2005-02-26T21:18:00.000-08:00

A Hungarian by origin, Ibrahim converted to Islam and entered the Ottoman diplomatic service. He took

Wycherley, William

2005-02-25T04:49:00.000-08:00

English dramatist who attempted to reconcile in his plays a personal conflict between deep-seated puritanism and an ardent physical nature. He perhaps succeeded best in The Country-Wife (1675), in which satiric comment on excessive jealousy and complacency was blended with a richly comic presentation, the characters

Ryukyu Islands

2005-02-24T20:51:00.000-08:00

Also called �Nansei Islands�, Japanese �Ryukyu-Shoto�, or �Nansei-Shoto�, Ryukyuan �Okinawa� archipelago, extending almost 400 miles (650 km) southwest from Kyushu, southern Japan, to the northern tip of Taiwan bordering the Philippine Sea (east) and the East China Sea (west). Since 1972 the islands have comprised Okinawa ken (prefecture), Japan. With a total land area of 870 square miles (2,254 square km), they consist of 55 islands and islets divided into three major groups: the Amami island

Anodizing

2005-02-23T07:29:00.000-08:00

Method of plating metal for such purposes as corrosion resistance, electrical insulation, thermal control, abrasion resistance, sealing, improving paint adhesion, and decorative finishing. Anodizing consists of electrically depositing an oxide film from aqueous solution onto the surface of a metal, often aluminum, which serves as the anode in an electrolytic

Ghent-bruges School

2005-02-22T00:49:00.000-08:00

Group of manuscript illuminators and scribes active during the last quarter of the 15th and first part of the 16th centuries, principally in the Flemish cities of Ghent and Bruges. Credit for founding the tradition that included such masters as Nicolas Spierinc, Li�vin van Lathem, Alexander and Simon Bening, and Gerard Horenbout was formerly given to the Master of Mary

Stoicism, Renascence of Stoicism in modern times

2005-02-21T09:10:00.000-08:00

If the influence of Stoic doctrines during the Middle Ages was largely restricted to the resolution of problems of social and political significance, it remained for the Renaissance, in its passion for the rediscovery of Greek and Roman antiquity, to provide a basis for the rebirth of Stoic views in logic, epistemology, and metaphysics, as well as the documentation

Cosmic Ray

2005-02-20T06:55:00.000-08:00

A high-speed particle - either an atomic nucleus or an electron - that travels throughout the Milky Way Galaxy, including the solar system. Some of these particles originate from the Sun, but most come from sources outside the solar system and are known as galactic cosmic rays (GCRs). Cosmic-ray particles that arrive at the top of the Earth's atmosphere are termed primaries;

Vedic Religion

2005-02-19T16:49:00.000-08:00

The only extant Vedic materials are the texts known as the Vedas, which were written down over a period of about 10 centuries, from about the 15th to the 5th century BC, this being the period when Vedism was a living force. The Vedic corpus is written in an archaic Sanskrit. The most important texts are also the oldest ones. They are the four collections (Samhita) that we call the Veda,

Molecular Sieve

2005-02-18T06:10:00.000-08:00

A porous solid, usually a synthetic or a natural zeolite, that separates particles of molecular dimension. Zeolites are hydrated metal aluminosilicate compounds with well-defined crystalline structures. The silicate and aluminate groupings form three-dimensional crystal lattices surrounding cavities in which the metal ions and the water molecules are

C�o, Diogo

2005-02-17T00:38:00.000-08:00

C�o was the first European to discover the mouth of the Congo River (August 1482). There he set up a stone pillar to mark Portuguese overlordship of the area. Sailing a short way upstream, he found that the inhabitants along the banks appeared willing to trade. He then traveled southward along the present Angola coast and erected a second

Arniches (y Barrera), Carlos

2005-02-16T14:14:00.000-08:00

Popular Spanish dramatist of the early 20th century, best known for works in the g�nero chico (�lesser genre�): the one-act zarzuela (musical comedy) and the one-act sainete (sketch). These plays were based upon direct observation of the customs and speech of the lower class people of Madrid. He wrote some 270 of them and was considered a master

Affix

2005-02-15T13:17:00.000-08:00

A grammatical element that is combined with a word, stem, or phrase to produce derived and inflected forms. There are three types of affixes: prefixes, infixes, and suffixes. A prefix occurs at the beginning of a word or stem (sub-mit, pre-determine, un-willing); a suffix at the end (wonder-ful, depend-ent, act-ion); and an infix occurs in the middle. English has no infixes, but they are

Leguminosae

2005-02-14T14:37:00.000-08:00

Plant family comprising the order Fabales (q.v.).

Cabal

2005-02-13T02:08:00.000-08:00

A private organization or party engaged in secret intrigues; also, the intrigues themselves. In England the word was used during the 17th century to describe the mystical interpretation of the Hebrew scripture (the Cabala, or Kabbala), as well as to describe any secret or extralegal council of the king, especially the foreign committee of the Privy Council. The term took

Ibn Al-farid

2005-02-11T05:32:00.000-08:00

Son of a Syrian-born inheritance-law functionary, Ibn al-Farid studied for a legal career but abandoned law for a solitary religious life in the Muqattam hills near Cairo. He spent some years in or near Mecca, where he met the renowned Sufi as-Suhrawardi of

Arts, Islamic, Early Islamic literature

2005-02-10T09:56:00.000-08:00

With the coming of Islam the attitude of the Arabs toward poetry seems to have changed. The new Muslims, despite their long-standing admiration for powerful language, often shunned poetry as reminiscent of pagan ideals now overthrown. For the Qur'an, in surah 26:225 ff., condemned the poets �who err in every valley, and say what they do not do. Only the perverse follow them!� The Qur'an,

Sz�chenyi, Istv�n, Count

2005-02-09T03:04:00.000-08:00

Born into an old, aristocratic Hungarian family, Sz�chenyi fought against Napoleon I and thereafter traveled extensively in Europe.

Nilus Of Ancyra, Saint

2005-02-08T04:20:00.000-08:00

A prot�g� of the staunchly orthodox and reform patriarch of Constantinople,

Aleksandrovsk-sakhalinsky

2005-02-07T11:45:00.000-08:00

City, Sakhalin oblast (province), far-eastern Russia, on the western coast of Sakhalin Island. It was founded in 1881 as a centre for penal settlements. In 1890 the writer Anton Chekhov lived there while gathering material about convict life for his book Ostrov Sakhalin (�Sakhalin Island�). It became a city in 1926 and from 1932 to 1947 was the centre of an oblast. Pop. (1991 est.) 19,600.

Burbot

2005-02-06T01:26:00.000-08:00

(Lota lota), elongated fish of the cod family, Gadidae, and the only member of the family found in freshwater. The burbot lives in cold rivers and lakes of Europe, Asia, and North America. A bottom dweller, it descends as deep as 210 metres (700 feet). A mottled, greenish or brown fish, it may grow about 1.1 metres long. It has very small, embedded scales; a chin barbel; a long anal fin; and two dorsal

Sesto San Giovanni

2005-02-05T06:21:00.000-08:00

Town, Milano province, Lombardia (Lombardy) region, northern Italy. A northeastern industrial suburb of Milan, it has blast furnaces, foundries, glassworks, and aircraft assembly plants and manufactures railway and electrical equipment. With one of the largest concentrations of organized labour in Italy, Sesto San Giovanni has long been a bastion of Italian Communism.

John I

2005-02-04T05:40:00.000-08:00

In the beginning of his reign John had to contend with the hostility of John of Gaunt, who claimed the crown by right of his wife Constance, daughter of Peter I the Cruel. The king of Castile finally bought off the claim of his English competitor by arranging

Tasmania, Climate

2005-02-03T13:34:00.000-08:00

Tasmania, located in the mid-latitude westerly wind belt and dominated by southern maritime air masses, enjoys a moist, equable climate, with mild to warm summers, mild winters in most settled areas, and rain during all seasons. Yet the occasional incursion, in summer, of tropical continental air masses and, in spring and autumn, of tropical Tasman air masses along the

Venezuela, Gulf Of

2005-02-02T00:52:00.000-08:00

Spanish �Golfo De Venezuela, � inlet of the Caribbean Sea in Venezuela and Colombia, extending 75 miles (120 km) north-south and reaching a maximum east-west width of 150 miles (240 km). It is bounded by the Guajira Peninsula on the west and by the Paraguan� Peninsula on the east and is connected with Lake Maracaibo to the south through Tablazo Bay and a channel 35 feet (11 m) deep near the city of Maracaibo. The gulf is surrounded

Platt, Orville Hitchcock

2005-02-01T09:22:00.000-08:00

Platt began the practice of law in Meriden, Conn., in 1850 and was active in Connecticut politics, serving as secretary of state (1857), state senator (1861 - 62), and member of the

Roman

2005-01-31T19:24:00.000-08:00

When the art of printing from movable metal type was perfected midway through the 15th century, letter cutters attempted to make their letter forms

Gabelentz, Hans Conon Von Der

2005-01-30T06:09:00.000-08:00

After completing his university studies, Gabelentz did research on the Chinese

Gabelentz, Hans Conon Von Der

2005-01-29T04:31:00.000-08:00

Organization set up by a convention signed in Paris in April 1948 to coordinate efforts to restore Europe's economy under the European Recovery Program (Marshall Plan). Among its many functions, the OEEC helped abolish quantitative trade restrictions between its member countries, allocated scarce resources among them, and devised a system for regular consultation

'umar Ibn Abi Rabi'ah

2005-01-28T03:03:00.000-08:00

'Umar belonged to the wealthy merchant family of Makhzum, a member of the Meccan tribe of Quraysh (of which the Prophet Muhammad was also a member). He spent most of his life in Mecca, also traveling to southern Arabia, Syria, and Mesopotamia.

Sordone

2005-01-27T02:33:00.000-08:00

Rare double-reed wind instrument of the 16th and 17th centuries, an early precursor of the bassoon. It differs from the curtal, the bassoon's direct predecessor, in having a cylindrical bore (a bassoon bore is conical). The bore, cut into a single piece of wood, doubled in a narrow U-shape and emerged in a lateral hole. Finger holes were cut in the instrument wall. The sordone produced

Alaska, Gulf Of

2005-01-26T21:09:00.000-08:00

Broad inlet of the North Pacific on the south coast of Alaska, U.S. Bounded by the Alaska Peninsula and Kodiak Island (west) and Cape Spencer (east), it has a surface area of 592,000 sq mi (1,533,000 sq km). The coast is deeply indented by fjords and other inlets, including Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound (on either side of the Kenai Peninsula). The gulf receives the Susitna and Copper rivers. Large

Alveolar Proteinosis

2005-01-25T21:11:00.000-08:00

Respiratory disorder caused by the filling of large groups of alveoli with protein and lipid (fat) particles. The alveoli are air sacs, minute structures in the lungs in which the exchange of respiratory gases occurs. The gas molecules must pass through a cellular wall, the surface of which is generally covered by a thin film of fatty material secreted from the alveolar

Carnivore, Form and function

2005-01-24T11:47:00.000-08:00

The possession of a long face or muzzle

Religious Experience, Revelational and mystical immediacy

2005-01-23T18:40:00.000-08:00

Among defenders of the validity and cognitive import of religious experience, it is necessary to distinguish those who take such experience to be an immediate and self-authenticating encounter with the divine and those who claim that apprehension of the divine is the result of inference from, or interpretation of, religious experience. Two forms of immediacy

Puebla, Battle Of

2005-01-22T05:44:00.000-08:00

The route taken by the French toward the capital

Nilo-saharan Languages

2005-01-21T02:08:00.000-08:00

The considerable typological diversity that characterizes the Nilo-Saharan languages corresponds to their wide geographic spread. Structural properties - for example, with respect to sound systems and word order - often are shared with unrelated neighbouring language groups. Thus, rich and complex consonant systems with universally rare distinctions - such

Table Bay

2005-01-20T23:29:00.000-08:00

Bay of the Atlantic Ocean near the southern tip of Africa forming the harbour of Cape Town. Extending north from Cape Town to Melkbosstrand, the bay is 12 mi (19 km) long and 8 mi wide; it contains Robben Island (q.v.) and is overlooked by Table Mountain. Portuguese navigators were the first Europeans to see the bay (c. 1500). Although it was less well sheltered than other bays along the coast,

Panama Canal, The canal

2005-01-19T21:46:00.000-08:00

The Panama Canal lies at a latitude of 9� N. The canal does not, as is generally supposed, cross the isthmus from east to west. It runs due south from its entrance at Col�n on the Atlantic side through the Gat�n (Gatun) Locks to a point in the widest portion of Gat�n Lake; it then turns sharply toward the east and follows a course generally to the southeast until it reaches the

Hugh Capet

2005-01-18T00:32:00.000-08:00

Hugh was the eldest son of Hugh the Great, duke of the Franks. On his father's death in 956, Hugh Capet inherited vast estates in the regions of Paris and Orl�ans, extending in some places south of the

Sundman, Per Olof

2005-01-17T18:09:00.000-08:00

Per Olof Sundman spent much of his life in the northern province of J�mtland and used that isolated area as a locale for his first book, J�garna (1957; �The Hunters�), a collection of short stories. It is not incidents or human relationships

Biblical Literature, Hungarian versions

2005-01-16T15:34:00.000-08:00

The spread of Lutheranism in the Reformation period gave rise to several vernacular versions. J�nos Sylvester (Erdosi) produced the first New Testament made from the Greek (S�rv�r, 1541). The Turkish occupation of much of Hungary and the measures of the Counter-Reformation arrested further printing of the vernacular Bible, except in the semi-independent principality

Calcitonin

2005-01-15T05:24:00.000-08:00

Also called �Thyrocalcitonin, � a protein hormone secreted in humans and other mammals by parafollicular cells in the thyroid gland, and in birds, fishes, and other nonmammalian vertebrates by cells of the ultimobranchial bodies, which are discrete calcitonin-secreting glands. Calcitonin lowers the concentration of calcium in the blood when it rises above the normal value. It has the opposite

Fisher, Clara

2005-01-14T13:44:00.000-08:00

Fisher made her stage debut in 1817, at the age of six, in a children's adaptation of David Garrick's Lilliput at the Drury Lane Theatre. Her performance in that and in an afterpiece of excerpts from Richard III captivated

Henrietta Maria

2005-01-13T04:31:00.000-08:00

Henrietta

Lead Processing

2005-01-11T21:34:00.000-08:00

Lead (Pb) is one of the oldest metals known, being one of seven metals used in the ancient world (the others are gold, silver, copper, iron, tin, and mercury). Its low melting point of 327� C (621� F), coupled with its easy castability and softness and malleability, make lead and lead alloys especially suitable for a wide range of cast products,

Trifid Nebula

2005-01-10T15:59:00.000-08:00

(catalog numbers NGC 6514 and M 20), bright, diffuse nebula in the constellation Sagittarius, lying several thousand light-years from the Earth. It was discovered by the French astronomer Legentil de La Galaisi�re before 1750 and named by the English astronomer Sir John Herschel for the three dark rifts that seem to divide the nebula and join at its centre. Of about the ninth magnitude

Mauretania

2005-01-09T08:01:00.000-08:00

Its native inhabitants, seminomadic pastoralists of Berber stock, were known to the Romans as the Mauri (i.e., Moors) and the Massaesyli. From the 6th century BC the Phoenicians and Carthaginians also settled at points along the coast.

Abu Dhabi

2005-01-08T03:58:00.000-08:00

Arabic �Abu Zaby, � town, capital of Abu Dhabi emirate, one of the United Arab Emirates (formerly Trucial States, or Trucial Oman), and the national capital of that federation. The town occupies most of a small triangular island of the same name, just off the Persian Gulf coast and connected to the mainland by a short bridge. Abu Dhabi was formerly an undeveloped town of only local importance,

Akwa Ibom

2005-01-07T00:50:00.000-08:00

The state's population consists

Abbotsford

2005-01-06T13:26:00.000-08:00

Former home of the 19th-century novelist Sir Walter Scott, situated on the right bank of the River Tweed, Scottish Borders council area, historic county of Roxburghshire, Scotland. Scott purchased the original farm, then known as Carley Hole, in 1811 and transformed it (1817 - 25) into a Gothic-style baronial mansion now known as Abbotsford House. Still the home of Scott's direct descendants,

Interior Design, Natural elements

2005-01-05T15:55:00.000-08:00

No man-made object can equal the beauty found in nature, and it is not surprising that the introduction of natural elements into interiors has always been considered desirable. In spite of their beauty, one cannot arbitrarily introduce a plant, a tree, or rocks, or water into an interior. The foremost considerations must be the location of the space, its climate, and its

Terence

2005-01-04T00:36:00.000-08:00

Terence was taken to Rome as a slave by Terentius Lucanus, an otherwise unknown Roman senator who was impressed by

Holding Company

2005-01-03T07:13:00.000-08:00

A corporation that owns enough voting stock in one or more other companies to exercise control over them. A corporation that exists solely for this purpose is called a pure holding company, while one that also engages in a business of its own is called a holding-operating company. A holding company typically owns a majority of stock in a subsidiary, but if ownership

Albany

2005-01-02T13:44:00.000-08:00

City, seat (1851) of Linn county, western Oregon, U.S., in the Willamette Valley, at the juncture of the Willamette and Calapooia rivers, 26 miles (42 km) south of Salem. Established in 1848 by Walter and Thomas Monteith and named for the New York state capital, it became a shipping point for wool, grain, and cascara bark (which is used medicinally). The Oregon and California (now Southern Pacific)

Aldridge, Ira Frederick

2005-01-01T22:01:00.000-08:00

Accounts of his life in the United States are conflicting. The great British-American actor James William Wallack is believed to have engaged him as a personal attendant while on a passage from the United States to England, where Aldridge established himself

Fides

2004-12-31T05:14:00.000-08:00

Roman goddess, the deification of good faith and honesty. Many of the oldest Roman deities were embodiments of high ideals (e.g., Honos, Libertas); it was the function of Fides to oversee the moral integrity of the Romans. Closely associated with Jupiter, Fides was honoured with a temple built near his on the Capitoline Hill in 254 BC. In symbolic recognition of the secret, inviolable

Ramadier, Paul

2004-12-30T21:14:00.000-08:00

After receiving his doctorate in law from the University of Paris, Ramadier became an advocate at the Paris Court of Appeals. He became mayor of Decazeville in 1919 and represented Villefranche-de-Rouergue in the Chamber of Deputies from 1928 to 1940. In 1936 - 37 Ramadier served in the public

Bryennius, Nicephorus

2004-12-29T11:03:00.000-08:00

A favourite of the emperor Alexius I Comnenus, who gave him the title of caesar, Bryennius assisted Alexius in dealing with Godfrey of Bouillon, the leader of the First Crusade, by successfully

Poznan Riots

2004-12-28T16:36:00.000-08:00

After the death of the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin (March 1953), the rigidly authoritarian Communist regime in Poland relaxed some of its policies. It abolished

Lowry, Laurence Stephen

2004-12-27T18:47:00.000-08:00

Lowry studied intermittently at art schools in Manchester and Salford from 1905 to 1925, and he rose from rent collector to become chief cashier at a Manchester real estate company in his long employment there from

Middle America Trench

2004-12-26T09:57:00.000-08:00

Submarine depression in the Pacific Ocean off the western coast of Central America. Extending northwest-southeast for more than 1,700 miles (2,750 km) from central Mexico to Costa Rica, the trench reaches a maximum depth of 21,880 feet (6,669 m) and covers a total area of 37,000 square miles (96,000 square km). The shallower northern section of the trench tends to curve along the coast of Mexico, paralleling

Ma'amadot

2004-12-25T00:02:00.000-08:00

(Hebrew: �stands,� or �posts�), 24 groups of Jewish laymen that witnessed, by turns of one week each, the daily sacrifice in the Second Temple of Jerusalem as representatives of the common people. Gradually ma'amadot were organized in areas outside Jerusalem, so that the people could hold special services in their villages while their representatives were present in the Temple.

Hitchcock, Sir Alfred

2004-12-24T18:26:00.000-08:00

The son of a London poultry dealer, Hitchcock attended St. Ignatius College, London, and the University of London, where he studied engineering. In 1920 he began to work in the motion-picture industry, designing title cards for the Famous Players-Lasky

Shadrafa

2004-12-23T03:38:00.000-08:00

Ancient West Semitic benevolent deity. His name may possibly be translated as �Spirit of Healing.� He was often represented as a youthful, beardless male, standing on a lion above mountains, wearing a long, trailing garment and a pointed headdress, and holding a small lion in one hand and, perhaps, a whip in the other. In representations from Palmyra, Shadrafa is shown with

France, History Of, Gaul under the High Empire (c. 50 BC - c. AD 250)

2004-12-22T00:51:00.000-08:00

The first centuries of Roman rule were remarkable for the speedy assimilation of Gaul into the Greco-Roman world. This was a consequence of both the light hand of the Roman imperial administration and the highly receptive nature of Gallic-Celtic society. Celtic culture had originated on the upper Danube around 1200 BC. Its expansion westward and southward, through diffusion

Astley, Thea

2004-12-21T00:51:00.000-08:00

Astley graduated from the University of Queensland in 1947 and taught English in Queensland (1944 - 48) and New South Wales (1948 - 67) and at Macquarie University in Sydney (1968 - 80). Drawing

Zamakhshari, Abu Al-qasim Mahmud Ibn 'umar Az-

2004-12-20T14:48:00.000-08:00

As a theologian, he was one of the Mu'tazilite school. As a philologist, he considered Arabic the queen of languages, in spite of the fact that his own mother tongue was Persian. His commentary on the Qur'an, al-Kashshaf 'an Haq

Judaism, Ceremonies marking the individual life cycles

2004-12-19T22:41:00.000-08:00

There are within Jewish life two cycles corresponding to the individual and the synagogal focuses, although they necessarily intermingle. The life of the individual is marked by observances that single out the notable events of personal existence. A male child is circumcised on the eighth day following birth, as a covenantal sign (Gen. 17); the rite of circumcision

Berenice Iv

2004-12-18T10:00:00.000-08:00

Ptolemy, driven from Egypt by the threat of popular insurrection in 58, went to Rome. When his queen died shortly after his departure, Berenice was proclaimed queen. In 57 Ptolemy, employing bribery and

Gonorrhea

2004-12-17T17:08:00.000-08:00

Venereal disease characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes of the genital tract and urethra. It is caused by the gonococcus, Neisseria gonorrhoeae - a bacterium with a predilection for the type of mucous membranes found in the genito-urinary tract and adjacent areas. All gonococcal infections except eye infections in newborn infants (ophthalmia

Carissimi, Giacomo

2004-12-16T02:30:00.000-08:00

Following brief appointments at Tivoli and Assisi, Carissimi settled in Rome in the late 1620s as director of music at the Church of Sant'Apollinare and retained this post until he died. Although not an operatic composer,

Bridle

2004-12-15T03:23:00.000-08:00

The reins, lines

Brie

2004-12-14T17:56:00.000-08:00

The preliminary soft curd of Brie is molded in flat, pancakelike rounds 9 - 15 inches (23 - 38 cm) in diameter and 1 - 1.5 inches (2.5 - 3.8 cm) in thickness. After the curd becomes firm, the cheese is sprayed with spores of penicillium candidum, a mold that forms a thin, downy white crust. The cheese ripens within

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Karting UK

UK Karting Championship

Pendant

Gylippus

Christophe, Henry

Habitual Offender

Furniture, Japan

Mitford, Nancy

Paper Chromatography

Smendes

Davidson, Thomas

Vrije Volk, Het

Frame Harp

China, Nan (Southern) Sung (11271279)

Nord-trøndelag

Gadara

Sakaida Family

Wicca

Arecidae

Welfare Economics

Agostino Di Duccio

Oak Moss

Orangeburg

Dalai Lama

Interior Design, Spain

Sabha

Carnivore, Natural history

Ibrahim M�teferrika

Wycherley, William

Ryukyu Islands

Anodizing

Ghent-bruges School

Stoicism, Renascence of Stoicism in modern times

Cosmic Ray

Vedic Religion

Molecular Sieve

C�o, Diogo

Arniches (y Barrera), Carlos

Affix

Leguminosae

Cabal

Ibn Al-farid

Arts, Islamic, Early Islamic literature

Sz�chenyi, Istv�n, Count

Nilus Of Ancyra, Saint

Aleksandrovsk-sakhalinsky

Burbot

Sesto San Giovanni

John I

Tasmania, Climate

Venezuela, Gulf Of

Platt, Orville Hitchcock

Roman

Gabelentz, Hans Conon Von Der

Gabelentz, Hans Conon Von Der

'umar Ibn Abi Rabi'ah

Sordone

Alaska, Gulf Of

Alveolar Proteinosis

Carnivore, Form and function

Religious Experience, Revelational and mystical immediacy

Puebla, Battle Of

Nilo-saharan Languages

Table Bay

Panama Canal, The canal

Hugh Capet

Sundman, Per Olof

Biblical Literature, Hungarian versions

Calcitonin

Fisher, Clara

Henrietta Maria

Lead Processing

Trifid Nebula

Mauretania

Abu Dhabi

Akwa Ibom

Abbotsford

Interior Design, Natural elements

Terence

China, Nan (Southern) Sung (11271279)