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UK Karting Championship

2006-07-20T09:35:00.000-07:00

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

K.c.b.

2006-01-26T16:25:00.000-08:00

Knight commander of the Bath, member of the second highest rank of knightly class in a British order of knighthood. See Bath, The Most Honourable Order of the.

Melatonin

2005-11-17T19:10:00.000-08:00

In humans, melatonin seems

Alexis

2005-10-15T15:05:00.000-07:00

Alexis came from Thurii but apparently lived most of his long life in Athens; he was said to have been Menander's uncle. According to Plutarch, he lived to the age of 106 and died on the stage while being crowned. Alexis is

Substitution

2005-07-28T00:55:00.000-07:00

In Greek or Latin prosody, the replacement of a prosodic element that is required or expected at a given place in a given metre by another which is more or less equivalent in temporal quantity. In modern prosody, substitution refers to the use within a metrical series of a foot other than the prevailing foot of the series. A silence may also replace expected sound and

Islamic World, The emergent Islamic civilization

2005-07-26T18:30:00.000-07:00

During the caliphate of 'Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan (ruled 685–705), which followed the end of the second fitnah, and under his successors during the next four decades, the problematic consequences of the conquests became much more visible. Like their Byzantine and late Sasanian predecessors, the Marwanid caliphs nominally ruled the various religious communities but allowed the

Anauxite

2005-07-07T08:50:00.000-07:00

Mineral, an interstratified mixture of kaolinite and free silica. See kaolinite.

Tephroite

2005-07-05T14:25:00.000-07:00

Olivine mineral found only in iron-manganese ore deposits and skarns and in metamorphosed manganese-rich sediments, such as those of Cornwall, Eng., and Franklin, N.J., in the United States. Tephroite (manganese silicate; Mn2SiO4) forms a solid solution series with the olivine fayalite in which iron completely replaces manganese in the molecular structure. Minerals intermediate

Facsimile

2005-06-28T14:45:00.000-07:00

In addition to the conventional office use of fax as described above, there are several other applications worth noting. The first is in point-to-point transmission of newspapers for remote printing. A number of newspapers are available simultaneously in several editions nationwide or even worldwide. Although the paper is usually composed at only one location,

Comte, Auguste

2005-06-17T02:25:00.000-07:00

In full Isidore-auguste-marie-françois-xavier Comte French philosopher known as the founder of sociology and of positivism. Comte gave the science of sociology its name and established the new subject in a systematic fashion.

Albert

2005-06-13T21:10:00.000-07:00

Albert's love of the sea developed at an early age, and as a young

Anheuser-busch Companies, Inc.

2005-06-02T16:30:00.000-07:00

The company had its origins in a small brewery opened in St. Louis by George Schneider in 1852. This faltering enterprise was bought by the soap manufacturer Eberhard Anheuser in 1860, and the following year Anheuser's daughter married Adolphus Busch (q.v.), a brewery

Capital

2005-05-31T11:15:00.000-07:00

Capital may be so broadly defined as to include all possible material, nonmaterial, and human inputs into a productive system, but it is usually more useful to confine the

Augury

2005-05-17T02:20:00.000-07:00

Prophetic divining of the future by observation of natural phenomena—particularly the behaviour of birds and animals and the examination of their entrails and other parts, but also by scrutiny of man-made objects and situations. The term derives from the official Roman augurs, whose constitutional function was not to foretell the future but to discover whether

Ariadne

2005-05-14T23:55:00.000-07:00

In Greek mythology, daughter of Pasiphae and the Cretan king Minos. She fell in love with the Athenian hero Theseus and, with a thread or glittering jewels, helped him escape the Labyrinth after he slew the Minotaur, a beast half bull and half man that Minos kept in the Labyrinth. Here the legends diverge: she was abandoned by Theseus and hanged herself; Theseus carried

Sesshu

2005-03-15T13:21:00.000-08:00

Original surname �Oda�, also called �Toyo, �Unkoku�, or �Bikeisai� artist of the Muromachi period, one of the greatest masters of the Japanese art of sumi-e, or monochrome ink painting. Sesshu adapted Chinese models to Japanese artistic ideals and aesthetic sensibilities. He painted landscapes, Zen Buddhist pictures, and screens decorated with birds, flowers, and animals.

Eakins, Thomas

2005-03-14T16:53:00.000-08:00

From his earliest student days, Eakins had been primarily interested in studying and portraying the human figure. His early sculling scenes displayed the musculature of athletic men, and �The Gross Clinic� dealt directly with the subject of human anatomy. But Eakins found few subjects in contemporary Philadelphia that afforded opportunities for portraying

Biblical Literature, Late-2nd-century canons

2005-03-07T20:57:00.000-08:00

By the end of the 2nd century, Irenaeus used the four canonical Gospels, 13 letters of Paul, I Peter, I and II John, Revelation, Shepherd of Hermas (a work later excluded from the canon), and Acts. Justin Martyr (died c. 165), a Christian apologist, wrote of the reading of the Gospels, �the memoirs of the Apostles,� in the services, in which they were the basis for sermons. In his writings he quoted

New Forest

2005-03-06T02:51:00.000-08:00

District, administrative and historic county of Hampshire, England, comprising the New Forest and its urbanized coastal fringe flanking Southampton Water and The Solent, together with rural areas around Ringwood and Fordingbridge in the west of the county. The old harbour of Hythe and the modern oil terminal of Fawley on Southampton Water are economically linked

Giorgi, Giovanni

2005-03-05T00:20:00.000-08:00

Giorgi studied civil engineering at the Institute of Technology in Rome and from 1906 to 1923 directed the Technology Office of Rome. He taught (1913 - 39) at the University of Rome and also held appointments

Klamath Mountains

2005-03-04T09:37:00.000-08:00

Segment of the Pacific mountain system (q.v.) of western North America. The range extends southward for about 250 miles (400 km) from the foothills south of the Willamette Valley in southwestern Oregon, U.S., to the northwestern side of the Central Valley of California. The mountains rise to Mount Eddy (9,038 feet [2,755 m]) west of Mount Shasta in California and include numerous subranges. They

Baby Yar

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

Also spelled �Babiy Yar� or �Babi Yar� large ravine on the northern edge of the city of Kiev in Ukraine, the site of a mass grave of victims, mostly Jews, whom Nazi German SS squads killed between 1941 and 1943. After the initial massacre of Jews, Baby Yar remained in use as an execution site for Soviet prisoners of war and for Roma (Gypsies) as well as for Jews. Soviet accounts after the war speak of 100,000 dead. The true number may

Mystery Religion

2005-03-02T17:08:00.000-08:00

Any of various secret cults of the Greco-Roman world that offered to individuals religious experiences not provided by the official public religions. They originated in tribal ceremonies that were performed by primitive peoples in many parts of the world. Whereas in these tribal communities almost every member of the clan or the village was initiated, initiation

Axolotl

2005-03-01T11:18:00.000-08:00

(Ambystoma, or Siredon, mexicanum), salamander of the family Ambystomatidae (order Caudata), notable for its permanent retention of larval features, such as external gills. It is found in lakes near Mexico City, where it is considered edible. The name axolotl is also applied to any full-grown larva of the genus Ambystoma that has not yet lost its external gills. A. mexicanum

P�ros

2005-02-28T21:23:00.000-08:00

Island of the Saronic group, lying close to the Argolis peninsula of the Peloponnese, part of the nom�s (department) of Attik�, Greece. It actually comprises two islands totaling 9 square miles (23 square km), the larger of which is the wooded, limestone island of Kal�vria, separated from the village of Galat�s on the mainland by a narrow channel, or poros, whence the collective

Seton, George Seton, 5th Lord

2005-02-27T16:57:00.000-08:00

He was the eldest son of the 4th Lord Seton (d. 1549) and was educated in France. He was present at Mary's marriage with the dauphin (afterward Francis II of France) in 1557, and three years later he was again in France because of his adherence to Roman Catholicism. When Mary returned to Scotland (1561), he became privy councillor

Li Dazhao

2005-02-26T03:28:00.000-08:00

After studying at Tientsin and at Waseda University in Tokyo, Li became an editor for Hsin ch'ing-nien (�New Youth�), the principal journal of the new Western-oriented literary and cultural movements. In 1918 he was appointed chief librarian of Peking University, and

Ambikapur

2005-02-25T23:50:00.000-08:00

The surrounding region once consisted of the princely states of Surguja, Changbhakar,

Zamboanga City

2005-02-24T13:47:00.000-08:00

City and port, western Mindanao, Philippines. It is a busy port strategically located on the southwestern tip of the Zamboanga Peninsula, on Basilan Strait and sheltered by Basilan Island. The immediate coastal lowlands are narrow, with low, rugged hills located a short distance inland. Zamboanga's Spanish-style architecture, fine beaches, and mountainous backdrop

Nagaon

2005-02-23T23:01:00.000-08:00

The surrounding area encompasses a stretch of the Brahmaputra River valley and contains many

Jackdaw

2005-02-22T01:23:00.000-08:00

Also called �Daw� (species Corvus monedula), crowlike black bird with gray nape and pearly eyes of the family Corvidae (q.v.; order Passeriformes). Jackdaws, which are 33 cm (13 inches) long, breed in colonies in tree holes, cliffs, and tall buildings: their flocks fly in formation around the site. They lay four to six light, greenish blue eggs that are spotted and blotched. The bird's

Race

2005-02-21T18:03:00.000-08:00

The modern meaning of the term race with reference to humans began to emerge in the 17th century. Since then it has had a variety of meanings in the languages of the Western world. What most definitions have in common is an attempt to categorize peoples primarily by their physical differences. In the United States, for example, the term race generally refers to a group

Babirusa

2005-02-20T21:06:00.000-08:00

The stout-bodied, short-tailed babirusa stands 65 - 80 cm (25 - 30 inches) at the shoulder. It has a rough, grayish hide and is almost hairless. Its most notable feature is the exaggerated development of the upper and lower canine teeth, or tusks, of

Carnivore, Natural history

2005-02-18T15:55:00.000-08:00

Almost all cats are strictly carnivorous and feed on small mammals and birds or on the larger herbivorous artiodactyls like deer and various types of antelope. The fishing cat (Felis viverrina) feeds largely on fishes and clams or snails and thus fits into a slightly different niche from that of most cats. The flatheaded cat (Felis planiceps) is the only felid known

Manuel I

2005-02-17T04:38:00.000-08:00

Manuel was fortunate to have reigned at all;

Mondego River

2005-02-16T17:07:00.000-08:00

Portuguese �Rio Mondego, � largest of the exclusively Portuguese rivers, rising at 4,675 feet (1,425 m) on the northern slopes of Mount Estrela and flowing southwestward for 137 miles (220 km) to the Atlantic Ocean. It has a drainage basin of 2,615 square miles (6,772 square km). A sandbar prohibits navigation above Figueira da Foz, though small craft can sail 52 miles (84 km) upstream to Foz D�o; the river is tidal to Montemor-o-Velho (12 miles

Warfare In The 21st Century

2005-02-15T20:51:00.000-08:00

The war that began in Afghanistan on Oct. 7, 2001, demonstrated both the capabilities and the limitations of modern military technology. It should have come as no surprise that the U.S.-led 17-member coalition toppled the Taliban regime in only a few weeks. In conventional terms, the Taliban were a pushover; they possessed no air force, had very limited air defenses, and were an unpopular

Itsuku Island

2005-02-14T11:36:00.000-08:00

Also called �Miya Island�, English �Shrine Island� offshore island, Hiroshima ken (prefecture), Japan, in the Inland Sea. The small island, one of Japan's most scenic spots, is 19 miles (31 km) in circumference and occupies an area of 12 square miles (31 square km). It is best known for its 6th-century Itsuku island-shrine, which was built on tidal land and has the appearance of floating on the sea during high tide. It was named after one of the

Boxing, Amateur boxing

2005-02-13T23:44:00.000-08:00

The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) of the United States was formed in 1888 and instituted its annual championships

Offaly

2005-02-12T11:06:00.000-08:00

Irish �Uibh Fhaila� county in the province of Leinster, Ireland. With an area of 771 square miles (1,998 square km), it is bounded by Counties Westmeath and Meath (north), Kildare (east), Laoighis and Tipperary (south), and Galway and Roscommon (west). The River Shannon forms its western boundary. Offaly consists mainly of a large section of the central lowland, though its southwestern boundary runs along

Houston, Edwin James

2005-02-11T01:55:00.000-08:00

A Philadelphia high school teacher, Houston collaborated with Elihu Thomson in experimenting on induction coils, dynamos, wireless transmission, and the design of an arc lighting system (patented in 1881) that was widely successful

Waldteufel, Emil

2005-02-10T18:27:00.000-08:00

In 1865 he became court pianist to Empress Eug�nie and the following

Sa'adia Ben Joseph

2005-02-09T10:00:00.000-08:00

Little is known of Sa'adia's early years. When he departed from Egypt, at the age of about 23, he left behind, besides his wife and two sons, a distinguished group of devoted students. By that time he had already composed a Hebrew-Arabic dictionary, later expanded and issued under the name ha-Egron. For unknown reasons he migrated to Palestine. There he found a growing community

Zaccaria, Saint Antonio Maria

2005-02-08T02:50:00.000-08:00

Receiving his doctorate in medicine from the University of Padua in 1524, he practiced at Cremona for three years. He then studied theology

Kolbe, Hermann

2005-02-07T14:48:00.000-08:00

After studying chemistry with Friedrich W�hler, Kolbe became an assistant to Robert Bunsen at the University of Marburg in 1842. Subsequently he assisted Lyon Playfair at the

Eisleben

2005-02-06T04:01:00.000-08:00

City, Saxony-Anhalt Land (state), central Germany, in the eastern foothills of the Harz Mountains. First mentioned in 994 as a market, called Islebia, and in 1180 as a town, it belonged to the counts of Mansfeld until it passed to Saxony in 1780 and was assigned to Prussia in 1815. It is divided into the old and new towns (Altstadt and Neustadt), the latter having originated as a residential district

Jibril

2005-02-05T08:36:00.000-08:00

Muhammad himself could not at first identify the spirit that possessed him, and the Qur'an mentions him by name only three times. Jibril, however, became Muhammad's constant helper.

Central League

2005-02-04T23:37:00.000-08:00

Japanese �Sentoraru Rigu, � one of the two associations of professional baseball teams in Japan. Both the Central League and the Pacific League were founded in 1950. The Central League comprises six teams, each of which is owned and sponsored by a major corporation. The league consists of the Chunichi Dragons, Hanshin Tigers, Hiroshima Toyo Carp, Yakult Swallows, Yokohama Bay Stars, and Yomiuri

Argentina, Health and welfare

2005-02-03T01:24:00.000-08:00

An extensive system of hospitals and clinics in Argentina is run by national, provincial, and local authorities as well as by private organizations. The cost of medical care is covered by a comprehensive array of occupational insurance plans. Public health and sanitation standards are particularly high in developed areas but can drop off considerably in some

Boeotia

2005-02-02T21:20:00.000-08:00

Modern Greek �Voiot�a� district of ancient Greece with a distinctive military, artistic, and political history. It corresponds somewhat to the modern nom�s (department) of Boeotia, the administrative centre of which is Lev�dhia. The nom�s extends farther to the northwest, however, to include part of ancient Phocis (Fok�s). It is bounded by Attica (Attik�; southeast), the Gulf of Corinth (south),

Mesol�ngion

2005-02-01T23:11:00.000-08:00

Also called �Missolonghi� town and capital of the nom�s (department) of Aetolia and Acarnania, Greece. It lies along the Patra�k�s Gulf on the shore of a large, shallow lagoon, which is partly given over to fish hatcheries. Seat of a metropolitan bishop of the Greek Orthodox church, the town is notable for two heroic actions in the War of Greek Independence (1821 - 29) and for its association with the English

Kara�sk�kis, Ge�rgios

2005-01-30T10:07:00.000-08:00

A native of the district of �grafa in Epirus, a region known for its bandits and rebels, Kara�sk�kis served in the armatoli, or militia, and participated in the struggles

D�rpfeld, Friedrich Wilhelm

2005-01-29T11:55:00.000-08:00

After attending the M�rs teachers' seminary, D�rpfeld joined the faculty of a school in Barmen. He remained there for

Gabon, History Of

2005-01-28T02:53:00.000-08:00

Early history is presented in David E. Gardinier, �The Beginnings of French Catholic Evangelization in Gabon and African Responses, 1844 - 1883,� French Colonial Studies, no. 2 (1978), pp. 49 - 74, on the planting of Catholicism in Gabon, and �Les Fr�res de Saint-Gabriel au Gabon, 1900 - 1918, et la naissance d'une nouvelle �lite africaine,� Mondes et Cultures, 46(3):593 - 606 (1986), on the education of the anticolonialist elite prominent in Gabon's political life since 1944. K. David Patterson, The Northern Gabon Coast to 1875 (1975), examines the economic and political evolution of northern Gabon. Brian Weinstein, Gabon: Nation-building on the Ogooue (1966), describes political development, especially from the 1940s to the early '60s. Charles F. Darlington and Alice B. Darlington, African Betrayal (1968), is an account by the American ambassador to Libreville who witnessed the coup of 1964 and the French intervention. Fran�ois Gaulme, Le Gabon et son ombre (1988), traces the political, economic, and social evolution since 1960. Michael C. Reed, �Gabon: A Neo-Colonial Enclave of Enduring French Interest,� The Journal of Modern African Studies, 25(2):283 - 320 (June 1987), focuses on the recent modern period. David E. Gardinier, Historical Dictionary of Gabon (1981), concentrates on the political evolution in the 20th century, with a large bibliography.

Gabon, History Of

2005-01-27T14:55:00.000-08:00

Byname �European Liberal Democrats�, formerly (1976 - 86) �Federation of Liberal and Democratic Parties in the European Community�, (1986 - 93) �Federation of Liberal Democrat and Reform Parties� transnational parliamentary group representing the interests of allied liberal and centrist parties in the European Parliament of the European Union (EU). The ELDR was formed in Stuttgart, Germany, in 1976 and coordinates the interests of its member parties. It is now composed of some 40 parties from EU countries, countries that have applied for EU membership, and other

Safaqis

2005-01-26T06:52:00.000-08:00

Also spelled �Sfax, � major port town, east-central Tunisia on the northern shore of the Gulf of Gabes. Built on the site of two small settlements of antiquity, Taparura and Thaenae, the town grew as an early Islamic trading centre for nomads. Temporarily occupied in the 12th century by Sicilian Normans and in the 16th century by the Spanish, it later served as a stronghold of the Barbary pirates.

Nitrocellulose

2005-01-25T03:48:00.000-08:00

Also called �Cellulose Nitrate, � a mixture of nitric esters of cellulose, and a highly flammable compound that is the main ingredient of modern gunpowder. Nitrocellulose is a fluffy white substance that retains some of the fibrous structure of untreated cellulose. It is not stable to heat, and even carefully prepared samples will ignite on brief heating to more than about 150� C (300� F). When nitrocellulose

Chandela

2005-01-23T15:29:00.000-08:00

Also spelled �Candella, � Rajput clan of Gond origin that for some centuries ruled Bundelkhand in north-central India and fought against the early Muslim invaders. The first Chandela is thought to have ruled early in the 9th century AD. Chandela dominion extended from the River Jumna in the north to the region of Saugor (Sagar) and from the Dhasan River to the west to the Vindhya Hills. Their strongholds

Kilimanjaro

2005-01-22T14:03:00.000-08:00

Dorris, Michael Anthony

2005-01-21T13:30:00.000-08:00

American writer whose best-known book, the 1989 National Book Award-winning The Broken Cord, chronicled the struggle his adopted son faced as a result of fetal alcohol syndrome; suffering from chronic depression, separated from his wife, writer Louise Erdrich, and facing legal difficulties, Dorris took his own life (b. Jan 30, 1945--found dead April 11, 1997).

Holarctic Region

2005-01-20T00:52:00.000-08:00

One of the six major land areas of the world defined on the basis of its characteristic animal life. It is part of the Megagaean realm; it encompasses all the nontropical parts of Europe and Asia, Africa north of the Sahara, and North America south to the Mexican desert region. This vast region is often subdivided into the Palaearctic (Old World) and Nearctic (New World)

Pharmaceutical Industry, Vaccines

2005-01-19T13:13:00.000-08:00

Vaccines, viral or bacterial preparations used to induce active immunity, may be divided into three groups: toxoids, bacterial vaccines, and virus vaccines. Toxoids, such as diphtheria and tetanus toxoid, can be prepared only from toxin-producing bacteria. To produce diphtheria toxoid, for example, diphtheria bacilli are cultured under artificial conditions in

Breast Cancer

2005-01-18T22:35:00.000-08:00

Disease characterized by the growth of malignant cells in the mammary glands. Breast cancer can strike males and females, although women are about 100 times more likely to develop the disease than men. Most cancers in female breasts form shortly before, during, or after menopause, with three-quarters of all cases being diagnosed after age 50. Generally, the older a woman

Kerner, Justinus Andreas Christian

2005-01-17T20:05:00.000-08:00

After the death of his father (1799), Kerner worked in a cloth factory until he was able to study medicine at T�bingen. There he met Uhland and spent most of his time reading and writing poetry. He became

Hindenburg, Paul Von

2005-01-16T20:56:00.000-08:00

Hindenburg was the son of a Prussian officer of old Junker (aristocratic)

Hanafuda

2005-01-15T06:54:00.000-08:00

Hanafuda evolved after the Portuguese had brought Western cards to Japan in the 17th century. Hanafuda bear no numbers

Asyndeton

2005-01-14T07:51:00.000-08:00

The omission of the conjunctions that ordinarily join coordinate words or clauses, as in the phrase �I came, I saw, I conquered� or in Matthew Arnold's poem The Scholar Gipsy:Thou hast not lived, why should'st thou perish, so?Thou hadst one aim, one business, one desire; Else wert thou long since numbered with the dead!

Oratorio

2005-01-13T16:04:00.000-08:00

A large-scale musical composition on a sacred or semisacred subject, for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra. An oratorio's text is usually based on scripture, and the narration necessary to move from scene to scene is supplied by recitatives sung by various voices to prepare the way for airs and choruses. A basically dramatic method is used in all successful oratorios,

Dagens Nyheter

2005-01-12T19:46:00.000-08:00

Morning daily newspaper published in Stockholm. It is one of the largest and most influential newspapers in Sweden. It was founded in 1864 by Rudolf Wall. Dagens Nyheter has long been noted for its thorough coverage of the arts, foreign news, and domestic political news. The paper has generally followed a liberal policy politically. For a time in the 1960s, its circulation was

Rabab

2005-01-11T03:49:00.000-08:00

The rabab has a membrane belly and, commonly, two or three strings. There is normally no fingerboard,

Nahua

2005-01-10T07:47:00.000-08:00

The modern Nahua are an agricultural people; their staple crops are corn (maize), beans, chili peppers, tomatoes, and squash. Also common

Almaty

2005-01-09T05:28:00.000-08:00

Russian �Alma-Ata, �formerly (1855 - 1921) �Verny, � city, southeastern Kazakstan. It was formerly the capital of the Kazakh S.S.R. (1929 - 91) and of independent Kazakstan (1991 - 97). Almaty lies in the northern foothills of the Trans-Ili Alatau at an elevation of 2,300 - 3,000 feet (700 - 900 m), where the Bolshaya and Malaya Almaatinka rivers emerge into the plain. The modern city was founded in 1854 when the Russians established the military fortification of Zailiyskoye

Hayes, Helen

2005-01-08T16:01:00.000-08:00

(HELEN HAYES BROWN), U.S. actress (b. Oct. 10, 1900, Washington, D.C.--d. March 17, 1993, Nyack, N.Y.), as the luminous first lady of the American theatre, enraptured audiences with her twinkling eyes and elfin smile and, though diminutive in stature (1.5 m [5 ft]), she exuded a majestic stage presence that made her regal performances in Maxwell Anderson's Mary of Scotland (1933) and Laurence Housman's Victoria

Ottonian Art

2005-01-07T03:43:00.000-08:00

Painting, sculpture, and other visual arts produced during the reigns of the German Ottonian emperors and their first successors from the Salic house (950 - 1050). As inheritors of the Carolingian tradition of the Holy Roman Empire, the German emperors also assumed the Carolingian artistic heritage, the conscientious revival of late antique and Early Christian art forms

Monck (of Ballytrammon), Sir Charles Stanley, 4th Viscount, 1st Baron Monck Of Ballytrammon

2005-01-06T21:46:00.000-08:00

Monck was educated at Trinity College in Dublin and was called to practice in the Irish bar in 1841. On the death of his father he succeeded to the peerage of Ireland in 1849 and was elected to the House of Commons as a Liberal member from Portsmouth.

Xenophanes

2005-01-05T02:50:00.000-08:00

Xenophanes was probably exiled from Greece by the Persians who conquered Colophon about 546. After living in Sicily

Saye And Sele, William Fiennes, 1st Viscount, 8th Lord Saye And Sele

2005-01-04T06:50:00.000-08:00

The only son of Richard Fiennes, 7th Lord Saye and Sele, he was educated at New College, Oxford, and succeeded to his father's lordship (barony) in 1613. He opposed

Lippe

2005-01-03T14:55:00.000-08:00

One of the smallest of the former German states, forming, since 1946 - 47, the northeastern corner of the Land (state) of North Rhine-Westphalia; the rather smaller Schaumburg-Lippe, now in the southern part of the Land of Lower Saxony, was founded in the 1640s under a separate branch of the House of Lippe. Both were until 1990 in West Germany. The Lippe lands lie north and south of the east - west

Anthony Lagoon

2005-01-02T15:43:00.000-08:00

Settlement, east-central Northern Territory, Australia, on the Barkly Tableland. Named for a permanent water hole in the course of Creswell Creek, sighted in 1878 by Ernest Favenc, it became an important watering point on a cattle route from Western Australia to Queensland. Anthony Lagoon has an airfield and is an important station on the �beef road,� which carries linked

Saimaa, Lake

2005-01-01T00:11:00.000-08:00

Lake in southeastern Finland. It lies just northwest of the Russian border and is northeast of Helsinki. Covering parts of the l��nit (provinces) of Mikkeli and Kymi, it has an area of 443 square miles (1,147 square km) and is the primary lake in the Great Saimaa lake system, which, at 1,690 square miles (4,377 square km), is the largest system in Finland. The lake's two branches extend northward about

Annaberg-buchholz

2004-12-31T19:54:00.000-08:00

Town, east-central Germany, high in the Ore Mountains (Erzgebirge), near the Czech border. It was formed in 1945 by the union of Annaberg (chartered 1497) and Buchholz (chartered 1501), both of which were founded as silver-mining settlements. With the decline of mining and smelting in the 16th century, the pillow-lace industry was introduced in 1561 and became, with related manufactures, the principal

Arupa-dhatu

2004-12-30T11:11:00.000-08:00

In Buddhist thought, the realm of formlessness. See arupa-loka.

Asthenia

2004-12-29T13:03:00.000-08:00

A condition in which the body lacks or has lost strength either as a whole or in any of its parts. General asthenia occurs in many chronic wasting diseases, such as anemia and cancer, and is probably most marked in diseases of the adrenal gland. Asthenia may be limited to certain organs or systems of organs, as in asthenopia, characterized by ready fatigability of vision,

Harappa

2004-12-28T02:04:00.000-08:00

Village on the left bank of a now dry course of the Ravi River, west-southwest of the town of Sahiwal, in the Punjab, in eastern Pakistan. The village stands on an extensive series of mounds in which excavations since 1921 have disclosed the remains of a large city of the Indus civilization (q.v.), in size second only to Mohenjo-daro, which lies about 400 miles (644 km) to the southwest. The English

North American Indian Languages

2004-12-27T02:21:00.000-08:00

The first comprehensive classification into families of the North American Indian languages was made in 1891 by the American John Wesley Powell, who based his study on impressionistic resemblances in vocabulary. A principle of nomenclature adopted by Powell has been widely used ever since: families are named by adding -an to the name of one prominent member; e.g., Caddoan

Tea And Coffee Service

2004-12-26T04:49:00.000-08:00

Set of vessels and implements for making and serving tea and coffee, the items often of matched design. Elaborate 18th-century examples had tea and coffee pots, a milk or cream jug, a pair of tea caddies, a sugar bowl and pair of tongs, teaspoons and a small tray for them, a tea strainer, and cups and saucers. All of these were normally placed on a tray, while an urn or kettle on a separate

Abu

2004-12-25T04:40:00.000-08:00

Also called �Mount Abu, � city, southwestern Rajasthan state, northwestern India. It is situated on the slopes of Mount Abu, an isolated feature of the Aravali Range. The city is a noted hill resort, and the Jaina temples at nearby Dilwara, built of white marble, are famous. Tejpal temple, built about AD 1200, is known for the delicacy and richness of its carving, especially for that on the underside of its dome.

Mahadeo Hills

2004-12-23T10:50:00.000-08:00

Sandstone hills located in the northern part of the Satpura Range, in southern Madhya Pradesh state, central India. The hills have small plateaus and steep scarps that were formed during the Carboniferous Period (360 to 286 million years ago). The hills have a gentle northern slope but are steep to the south, where they drop abruptly from 3,600 feet (1,100 m) to less than 900 feet (275 m). The general

Canterbury Plains

2004-12-22T14:33:00.000-08:00

Organized settlement

Turenne, Henri De La Tour D'auvergne, Vicomte De

2004-12-21T13:57:00.000-08:00

French military leader, marshal of France (from 1643), one of the greatest military commanders during the reign of Louis XIV. Beginning his military career in the Thirty Years' War (from 1625), he subsequently commanded the royal armies in the civil war of the Fronde (1648 - 53), in the French invasion of the Spanish Netherlands (1667), and in the third

Savora

2004-12-20T21:01:00.000-08:00

Also spelled �sabora (Aramaic: �reasoner,� or �one who reflects�)�, plural �savoraim�, or �saboraim� any of a group of 6th-century-AD Jewish scholars who determined the final internal form of the Babylonian Talmud (Talmud Bavli), a collection of authoritative interpretations and explanations of Jewish oral laws and religious customs. Some experts feel that certain (perhaps many) of the critical textual remarks now found in the Talmud represent the work of savoraim,

Ghata-pallava

2004-12-19T14:32:00.000-08:00

In Indian art, important decorative motif consisting of a pot filled with flowers and leaves. In Vedic literature it is the symbol of life, the source of vegetation, a meaning that is still retained. The motif occurred in Indian art almost from its inception and has been used prominently in all periods. From the 5th century the ghata-pallava began to be used

Husted, Marjorie Child

2004-12-18T02:43:00.000-08:00

Husted attended public schools and graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1913. She remained at the university to take a degree in education the next year. After a

Peter Iii

2004-12-17T05:50:00.000-08:00

King consort of Portugal from 1777, with Queen Maria I. The younger son of John V of Portugal, he was married in July 1760 to the daughter of his elder brother, King Joseph. When she became queen as Maria I (February 1777), Peter became nominally king. He devoted himself entirely to religious practices.

Romania

2004-12-16T22:38:00.000-08:00

Also spelled �Rumania�, Romanian �Rom�nia� country lying in the eastern half of the Balkan Peninsula. It is the largest country of the peninsula, having an area of 91,699 square miles (237,500 square kilometres). Its boundaries total 1,959 miles (3,153 kilometres), with Ukraine on the north, Moldova on the northeast, the Black Sea on the east, Bulgaria on the south, Serbia on the southwest, and Hungary on the west. The capital is Bucharest

Romania

2004-12-15T20:05:00.000-08:00

Organization formed in the United States in 1916 at the instigation of Rodman Wanamaker, a Philadelphia businessman, with the stated purpose of promoting interest in professional golf, elevating the standards of the game, and advancing the welfare of its members. By the late 1980s the PGA had a membership of about 8,500 playing and teaching professionals. Its annual PGA national

Ammeter

2004-12-14T16:04:00.000-08:00

Ammeters vary in their operating principles and accuracies. The

Papaverales

2004-12-13T03:43:00.000-08:00

The poppy order of flowering plants, belonging to the class known as Magnoliopsida (dicotyledons; characterized by the presence of two seed leaves). The order is composed of about 600 species in two families, Papaveraceae and Fumariaceae. Its most familiar flowers are the poppy (q.v.) of the Papaveraceae and the bleeding heart (q.v.) of the Fumariaceae. This order mostly is herbaceous

Port Essington

2004-12-12T17:55:00.000-08:00

Inlet of the Arafura Sea, indenting the north shore of the Cobourg Peninsula, at the extreme north of the Northern Territory, Australia. About 11 miles (30 km) long and 7 miles (11 km) wide, it was surveyed in 1818 by Captain Phillip Parker King of the Royal Navy, who named it for Admiral Sir William Essington. In 1824 it was the site of Britain's third attempt to settle the north coast of Australia.

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UK Karting Championship

K.c.b.

Melatonin

Alexis

Substitution

Islamic World, The emergent Islamic civilization

Anauxite

Tephroite

Facsimile

Comte, Auguste

Albert

Anheuser-busch Companies, Inc.

Capital

Augury

Ariadne

Sesshu

Eakins, Thomas

Meta

Biblical Literature, Late-2nd-century canons

New Forest

Giorgi, Giovanni

Klamath Mountains

Baby Yar

Mystery Religion

Axolotl

P�ros

Seton, George Seton, 5th Lord

Li Dazhao

Ambikapur

Zamboanga City

Nagaon

Jackdaw

Race

Babirusa

Carnivore, Natural history

Manuel I

Mondego River

Warfare In The 21st Century

Itsuku Island

Boxing, Amateur boxing

Offaly

Houston, Edwin James

Waldteufel, Emil

Sa'adia Ben Joseph

Zaccaria, Saint Antonio Maria

Kolbe, Hermann

Eisleben

Jibril

Central League

Argentina, Health and welfare

Boeotia

Mesol�ngion

Kara�sk�kis, Ge�rgios

D�rpfeld, Friedrich Wilhelm

Gabon, History Of

Gabon, History Of

Safaqis

Nitrocellulose

Chandela

Kilimanjaro

Dorris, Michael Anthony

Holarctic Region

Pharmaceutical Industry, Vaccines

Breast Cancer

Kerner, Justinus Andreas Christian

Hindenburg, Paul Von

Hanafuda

Asyndeton

Oratorio

Dagens Nyheter

Rabab

Nahua

Almaty

Hayes, Helen

Ottonian Art

Monck (of Ballytrammon), Sir Charles Stanley, 4th Viscount, 1st Baron Monck Of Ballytrammon

Xenophanes

Saye And Sele, William Fiennes, 1st Viscount, 8th Lord Saye And Sele

Lippe