This article is about the demographic features of the population of Burundi , including population density , ethnicity , education level , health of the populace , economic status , religious affiliations and other aspects of the population .


It rose to become the largest supplier of PC systems during the 1990 s before being overtaken by HP in 2001 .


Furthermore , Microsoft had kept the right to license the operating system to other computer manufacturers .


Furthermore , there are also some airports in Burundi .


Bujumbura International Airport is the country 's primary airport and the country 's only airport with a paved runway .


Kigali is the city with the most daily departures .


On November 16 , 2006 , Randy Falco succeeded Jonathan Miller as CEO .


Service centers based in India and the Philippines continue to this day to provide customer support and technical assistance to subscribers .


The strategy was designed to help them compete with Google and ad networks .


On April 24 , the company launched the AOL On network , a single website for its video output .


The Burundian Civil War lasted from 1993 to 2005 , and an estimated 300,000 people were killed .


On February 1 , 2007 Burundi committed to the mission , pledging up to 1,000 troops .


There is no year zero in this scheme , so the year AD " 1 immediately follows the year 1 " BC .


The abbreviation is also widely used after the number of a century or millennium , as in " fourth century AD " or " second millennium AD " ( although conservative usage formerly rejected such expressions ) .


Other major guitar influences were Django Reinhardt , George Barnes , Les Paul , and , later , Jerry Reed .


Despite the support of executive Si Siman , however , he soon was fired for not sounding " country enough " .


He had brought Waylon Jennings , Willie Nelson , Connie Smith , Bobby Bare , Dolly Parton , Jerry Reed , and John Hartford to the label in the 1960 s and inspired and helped countless others .


Similarly , he was a big influence on Doyle Dykes .


Control of marriage and the meanings of legitimacy were hotly contested in the Middle Ages .


Most of the shores of the strait , except for those in the north , are heavily settled , straddled by the city of Istanbul 's metropolitan population of 17 " million inhabitants extending inland from both coasts .


This was supported by findings of undersea explorer Robert Ballard , who discovered settlements along the old shoreline ; scientists dated the flood to 7500 BP or 5500 BC from fresh-salt water microflora .


A complete map was published in 2009 using these previous results with high quality mapping obtained in 2006 ( by researchers at Memorial University of Newfoundland who are project partners in this study ) .


It is a major sea access route for numerous countries , including Russia and Ukraine .


During the early 21st century , the Turkish Straits have become particularly important for the oil industry .


Famously , the stretch between Kandilli Point and Aşiyan requires a 45-degree course alteration in a location where the currents can reach .


Sovereignty over the straits is also an important issue for the riparian countries besides Turkey .


Private ferries operate between Üsküdar and Beşiktaş or Kabataş in the city .


This state of matter was first predicted by Satyendra Nath Bose and Albert Einstein in 1924 – 25 .


Pierre-Simon Laplace and Antoine Lavoisier , in their 1780 treatise on heat , arrived at values ranging from 1,500 to 3,000 below the freezing point of water , and thought that in any case it must be at least 600 below .


By 1845 , Michael Faraday had managed to liquefy most gases then known to exist , and reached a new record for lowest temperatures by reaching .


For example , according to Laplace , when sound travels in a gas , there is no time for heat conduction in the medium , and so the propagation of sound is adiabatic .


In such plays , a tree decorated with apples ( to represent the forbidden fruit ) and wafers ( to represent the Eucharist and redemption ) was used as a setting for the play .


In Poland , there is a folk tradition dating back to an old pre-Christian pagan custom of suspending a branch of fir , spruce or pine from the ceiling , called " podłaźniczka " , during the time of the Koliada winter festival .


Most often the branches were hung above the " wigilia " dinner table on Christmas Eve from the rafters .


In 1584 , the pastor and chronicler Balthasar Russow in his ( 1584 ) wrote of an established tradition of setting up a decorated spruce at the market square , where the young men " went with a flock of maidens and women , first sang and danced there and then set the tree aflame " .


By the early 18th century , the custom had become common in towns of the upper Rhineland , but it had not yet spread to rural areas .


Some households do not put up the tree until the second week of December , and leave it up until 6January ( Epiphany ) .


Glass baubles were first made in Lauscha , Germany , and also garlands of glass beads and tin figures that could be hung on trees .


Live trees are typically grown as a crop and replanted in rotation after cutting , often providing suitable habitat for wildlife .


A 2004 study found that while in general artificial trees pose little health risk from lead contamination , there do exist " worst-case scenarios " where major health risks to young children exist .


According to a story not mentioned in his biographies ( " vitae " ) , he stumbled upon a pagan gathering where a group of people dancing under a decorated oak tree were about to sacrifice a baby in the name of Thor .


This formulation was little different from that proposed by Auguste Comte as " fetishism , " but the terms now have distinct meanings .


According to anthropologist Tim Ingold , animism shares similarities to totemism but differs in its focus on individual spirit beings which help to perpetuate life , whereas totemism more typically holds that there is a primary source , such as the land itself or the ancestors , who provide the basis to life .


From his studies into child development , Jean Piaget suggested that children were born with an innate animist worldview in which they anthropomorphized inanimate objects , and that it was only later that they grew out of this belief .


Conversely , from her ethnographic research , Margaret Mead argued the opposite , believing that children were not born with an animist worldview but that they became acculturated to such beliefs as they were educated by their society .


Cultural ecologist and philosopher David Abram articulates an intensely ethical and ecological understanding of animism grounded in the phenomenology of sensory experience .


According to Mircea Eliade , shamanism encompasses the premise that shamans are intermediaries or messengers between the human world and the spirit worlds .


Animist worldviews have also been identified in the animated films of Hayao Miyazaki .


The Indian Navy has been operating carrier battle groups since 1961 , with its first carrier battle group formed around the now decommissioned .


It is also part of a large conurbation extending towards Ghent , Antwerp , Leuven and Walloon Brabant , home to over 5 " million people .


The Grand Place was destroyed , along with 4,000 buildings - a third of all the buildings in the city .


It became a financial centre , thanks to the dozens of companies launched by the " Société Générale de Belgique " .


The Senne had become a serious health hazard , and from 1867 to 1871 , under the tenure of the city 's then-mayor , Jules Anspach , its entire course through the urban area was completely covered over .


Its average elevation is above sea level , varying from a low point in the valley of the almost completely covered Senne , which cuts the region from east to west , up to high points in the Sonian Forest , on its southeastern side .


The highest point lies at a height of about , near the / , in Forest .


Proximity to coastal areas influences the area 's climate by sending marine air masses from the Atlantic Ocean .


The smallest in area is Saint-Josse-ten-Noode , which is only , but still has the highest population density in the region , with .


Watermael-Boitsfort has the lowest population density in the region , with .


The current municipalities could be transformed into districts with limited responsibilities , similar to the current structure of Antwerp or to structures of other capitals like the boroughs in London or " arrondissements " in Paris , to keep politics close enough to the citizen .


This is clear from the large number of historical churches in the region , particularly in the City of Brussels .


The architect A. Waterkeyn devoted the building to science .


The Festival of Europe , an open day and activities in and around the institutions of the European Union , is held on 9 May .


Many of his compositions were written for the all-female music ensemble of the " Ospedale della Pietà " , a home for abandoned children .


The prince sponsored many musicians including Alessandro Scarlatti and George Frideric Handel .


He moved there for three years and produced several operas , among them " Tito Manlio " ( RV 738 ) .


His funeral took place at St. Stephen 's Cathedral .


Contrary to popular legend , the young Joseph Haydn had nothing to do with his burial , since no music was performed on that occasion .


With headquarters located in Murray Hill , New Jersey , the company operates several laboratories in the United States and around the world .


Ownership was evenly split between Western Electric and AT&T .


During the 1920 s , the one-time pad cipher was invented by Gilbert Vernam and Joseph Mauborgne at the laboratories .


He discovered that radio waves were being emitted from the center of the galaxy .


In 1931 and 1932 , experimental high fidelity , long playing , and even stereophonic recordings were made by the labs of the Philadelphia Orchestra , conducted by Leopold Stokowski .


In the early 1940 s , the photovoltaic cell was developed by Russell Ohl .


In 1970 , A. Michael Noll invented a tactile , force-feedback system , coupled with interactive stereoscopic computer display .


In 1971 , an improved task priority system for computerized telephone exchange switching systems for telephone traffic was invented by Erna Schneider Hoover , who received one of the first software patents for it .


the programming language C ++ had its first commercial release .


Also in 1994 , Peter Shor devised his quantum factorization algorithm .


On 1 December 2006 , the merged company , Alcatel-Lucent , began operations .


He is a visiting professor at Columbia University , and works at Morgan Stanley as a Managing Director in New York .


In 1979 , he received a PhD in computer science from the University of Cambridge , where he was supervised by David Wheeler .


Less than later the river carves through a limestone ridge in the Aare Gorge ( ) .


Development of the area started in 1961 , and was financed by a consortium of companies led by Prince Karim Aga Khan .


It was formerly the residence of historical novelist and poet , Sir Walter Scott .


A " brain " is an organ that serves as the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals .


The brain is small and simple in some species , such as nematode worms ; in other species , including vertebrates , it is the most complex organ in the body .


During an epileptic seizure , the brain 's inhibitory control mechanisms fail to function and electrical activity rises to pathological levels , producing EEG traces that show large wave and spike patterns not seen in a healthy brain .


Already in the late 19th century theorists like Santiago Ramón y Cajal argued that the most plausible explanation is that learning and memory are expressed as changes in the synaptic connections between neurons .


Another approach to brain function is to examine the consequences of damage to specific brain areas .


The first real progress toward a modern understanding of nervous function , though , came from the investigations of Luigi Galvani ( 1737 – 1798 ) , who discovered that a shock of static electricity applied to an exposed nerve of a dead frog could cause its leg to contract .


Animal brains are used as food in numerous cuisines .


In funerary rituals , those close to the dead would eat the brain of the deceased to create a sense of immortality .


In the early and middle 20th century , leading archaeologists such as William F. Albright and biblical scholars such as Albrecht Alt believed that the patriarchs and matriarchs were either real individuals or believable composites of people who lived in the " patriarchal age " , the 2nd millennium BCE .


To this day it remains the largest and most populous city in Turkey , although Ankara is now the national capital .


Cities in the Roman Empire often continued to issue their own coinage .


He moved at an early age along with the transfer of the capital to Jerusalem , where he spent most of his life .


After four years he declared himself king , raised a revolt at Hebron , the former capital , and slept with his father 's concubines .


A vase of Menes with purple hieroglyphs inlaid into a green glaze and tiles with relief figures are the most important pieces found .


Soon after , Mentuhotep II entirely rebuilt the temple , laying a stone pavement over the area , about square .


Except for the list of pharaohs and a panegyric on Ramesses II , the subjects are not historical , but religious in nature , dedicated to the transformation of the king after his death .


Many hundreds of funeral steles were removed by Auguste Mariette 's workmen , without any details of the burials being noted .


While some graffiti artists were chased off the outer strip , others , such as Keith Haring , were seemingly tolerated .


The last person to be shot and killed while trying to cross the border was Chris Gueffroy on 6 February 1989 , while the final person to die in an escape attempt was Winfried Freudenberg who was killed when his homemade natural gas-filled balloon crashed on 8 March 1989 .


The species name " nilotica " was given by Linnaeus from this tree 's best-known range along the Nile river .


" Acacia arabica " ) is the gum arabic tree of India , but yields a gum inferior to the true gum arabic .


It was also used medicinally to treat cattle suffering poisoning by " Moraea " species .


Roots and resin from acacia are combined with rhododendron , acorus , cytisus , salvia , and some other components of incense .


Black wattle is grown in plantations in South Africa and South America .


" A. koa " from the Hawaiian Islands and " A. heterophylla " from Réunion are both excellent timber trees .


In Indonesia ( mainly in Sumatra ) and in Malaysia ( mainly in Sabah ) , plantations of " A. mangium " are being established to supply pulpwood to the paper industry .


One of the most globally significant invasive acacias is black wattle " A. mearnsii " , which is taking over grasslands and abandoned agricultural areas worldwide , especially in moderate coastal and island regions where mild climate promotes its spread .


This sometimes results in the poisoning death of livestock .


A " burning glass " or " burning lens " is a large convex lens that can concentrate the sun 's rays onto a small area , heating up the area and thus resulting in ignition of the exposed surface .


In March 2012 a manned solo descent was made by film director James Cameron in the deep-submergence vehicle " Deepsea Challenger " .


Many marine biologists are now skeptical of this supposed sighting , and it is suggested that the creature may instead have been a sea cucumber .


Sailfish are so plentiful that boat captains have been known to bet with a potential customer that if he does not catch anything , the trip is free .


Perhaps the most unusual thing about the privately operated buses is the fact that they are all highly decorated and personalized , with decals and home-made interior designs that range from comic book scenes , to pornography , and even to " Hello Kitty " themes .


A pioneering folk singer that was instrumental in bhangra 's demise was Jazzy B , who debuted in 1992 .


In particular , many bhangra tracks have been written about Udham Singh and Bhagat Singh .


He was promoted to lieutenant on 21 April 1905 and then spent the next two years in Tibet and Sikkim before moving to Benares in 1907 where he caught diphtheria .


She was one of the activists in the People 's Park reoccupation during the summer of 1972 .


In 1968 , he met Seymour Papert and learned of the programming language Logo , a dialect of Lisp optimized for educational purposes .


This led him to learn of the work of Jean Piaget , Jerome Bruner , Lev Vygotsky , and of constructionist learning , further influencing his professional orientation .


In the field of developmental psychology , the work of Erica Burman has been influential .


Their second album , " Paul 's Boutique " ( 1989 ) , was a commercial failure , but later received critical acclaim .


" Check Your Head " ( 1992 ) and " Ill Communication " ( 1994 ) found mainstream success , followed by " Hello Nasty " ( 1998 ) , " To the 5 Boroughs " ( 2004 ) , " The Mix-Up " ( 2007 ) , and " Hot Sauce Committee Part Two " ( 2011 ) .


They hired a DJ for their live shows , New York University student Rick Rubin , who began producing records soon thereafter .


The band recorded " Licensed to Ill " in 1986 and released it on November 15 , 1986 .


The album displayed a substantial shift in musical feel , with the addition of Mix Master Mike .


Crew-finding websites exist to help match-up people looking for a crossing with yachts with a berth available or looking for a temporary crewmember , Find a Crew for example .


Its use in commercial applications was hindered by the absence of standard input / output facilities in its description and the lack of interest in the language by large computer vendors other than Burroughs Corporation .


Perhaps the most elegant formulation of the language is due to John C. Reynolds , and it best exhibits its syntactic and semantic purity .


The most numerous species are wren , robin , house sparrow , woodpigeon , chaffinch and blackbird .


Farmland birds are declining in number , except for those kept for game such as pheasant , red-legged partridge , and red grouse .


Fish are abundant in the rivers and lakes , in particular salmon , trout , perch and pike .


The first exact classical solution should perhaps be credited to the well-known solution by Hermann von Helmholtz in 1868 .


In industry , cavitation is often used to homogenize , or mix and break down , suspended particles in a colloidal liquid compound such as paint mixtures or milk .


Cavitation may limit the maximum swimming speed of powerful swimming animals like dolphins and tuna .


The mantis shrimp ( of the " smasher " variety ) uses cavitation as well in order to stun , smash open , or kill the shellfish that it feasts upon .


In Sabino Arana 's ( 1865 – 1903 ) alphabet , digraphs and were replaced with " serif " and " fractions " , respectively .


" Cyprinodontiformes " is an order of ray-finned fish , comprising mostly small , freshwater fish .


Many popular aquarium fish , such as killifish and live-bearers , are included .


They are closely related to the Atheriniformes and are occasionally included with them .


A colloquial term for the order as a whole is " toothcarps " , though they are not actually close relatives of the true carps & ndash ; the latter belong to the superorder Ostariophysi , while the toothcarps are Acanthopterygii .


The largest species is the " cuatro ojos " ( " Anableps dowei " ) , which measures in length , while the smallest , the least killifish ( " Heterandria formosa " ) , is just long as an adult .


In 1951 , he moved with his family to Västervik , Kalmar County .


Each of the four members of the group appeared briefly in cameo roles , as did others such as Cher and Rik Mayall .


Taa , the last vibrant language in the latter family , has 45 to 115 click phonemes , depending on analysis ( clusters vs. contours ) , and over 70 % of words in the dictionary of this language begin with a click .


The SIG is headquartered in Kirkland , Washington .


In 2004 he was replaced by Michael W. Foley ( Mike ) .


In the United States , an assault can be charged as either a misdemeanor or a felony .


Canada also has a three-tier system : assault , assault causing bodily harm and aggravated assault .


An assault which is aggravated by the scale of the injuries inflicted may be charged as offences causing " actual bodily harm " ( ABH ) or , in the severest cases , " grievous bodily harm " ( GBH ) .


Rush Rehm simplifies this definition to the contemporary concept of " insolence , contempt , and excessive violence " .


Many live in extremely dry environments , even being found in the Atacama Desert , one of the driest places on earth .


These vary from small " bumps " to prominent , nipple-like shapes in the genus " Mammillaria " and outgrowths almost like leaves in " Ariocarpus " species .


In " Pereskia " , a genus close to the ancestor of cacti , areoles remain active for much longer ; this is also the case in " Opuntia " and " Neoraimondia " .


All the species of " Pereskia " are superficially like normal trees or shrubs and have numerous leaves .


The small genus " Maihuenia " also relies on leaves for photosynthesis .


Some cacti , such as all " Ariocarpus " and " Discocactus " species , are included in the more restrictive Appendix I , used for the " most endangered " species .


For a mixed collection , a minimum temperature of between and is often suggested , except for cold-sensitive genera such as " Melocactus " and " Discocactus " .


Some cacti , particularly those from the high Andes , are fully frost-hardy when kept dry ( e.g. " Rebutia minuscula " survives temperatures down to in cultivation ) and may flower better when exposed to a period of cold .


Originally based in West Germany , the four original members of the group 's official line-up were Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett from Jamaica , Maizie Williams from Montserrat and Bobby Farrell , a performing artist from Aruba .


Its length as measured by the United States Geological Survey is , and by steamboat measurement , .


William Green , head of the American Federation of Labor , was taken to the first camp to demonstrate that there would be no job training involved beyond simple manual labor .


Director Martin Scorsese was interested in filming the novel , but never optioned it .


" The narration monologs were written by an uncredited Roland Kibbee .


Douglas Trumbull and Richard Yuricich supervised the special effects for the film , and Mark Stetson served as chief model maker .


He also made use of various chimes and the vocals of collaborator Demis Roussos .


On Rotten Tomatoes , the film holds a 90 % approval rating based on 116 reviews , with an average rating of 8.53 / 10 .


Coca-Cola and Cuisinart recovered , and Tsingtao beer was also featured in the film and was more successful after the film than before .


The double-muscling phenotype is a heritable condition resulting in an increased number of muscle fibers ( hyperplasia ) , instead of the ( normal ) enlargement of " individual " muscle fibers ( hypertrophy ) .


It runs along the coasts of Mexico , Belize , Guatemala , and Honduras .


The larger islands in the northern part of the sea Cuba , Hispaniola , Jamaica and Puerto Rico lie on an older island arc .


Clay minerals likely having been deposited by the mainland river Orinoco and the Magdalena River .


This record as the world 's youngest professor endured until March 2008 , when the record was officially given to Alia Sabur .


He was admitted a member of the Royal Society .


He is buried at Greyfriars Kirkyard , Edinburgh .


The state branches were also successful , except in Victoria , where the strength of Deakinite liberalism inhibited the party 's growth .


The commitment to nationalisation was dropped by Gough Whitlam , and Bob Hawke 's government carried out many free market reforms including the floating of the dollar and privatisation of state enterprises such as Qantas airways and the Commonwealth Bank .


The party 's opposition to non-European immigration did not change until after the retirement of Arthur Calwell as leader in 1967 .


Anthony Albanese was elected as leader unopposed .


Union affiliation is direct and not through the Australian Council of Trade Unions .


However , ACT Labor directly elects its president .


The character is voiced by Michael Gough in his final feature film role before his death in 2011 .


The largest known boron deposits are in Turkey , the largest producer of boron minerals .


It is formed in minor amounts in cosmic ray spallation nucleosynthesis and may be found uncombined in cosmic dust and meteoroid materials .


Rio Tinto Group increased the capacity of its boron plant from 260,000 tonnes per year in 2003 to 310,000 tonnes per year by May 2005 , with plans to grow this to 366,000 tonnes per year in 2006 .


Boron is an essential plant nutrient , required primarily for maintaining the integrity of cell walls .


The four-day conference " in Karlsruhe is with more than 1500 participants the second largest annual event .


As a result of his role in the expulsion , board member Andy Müller-Maguhn was not reelected for another term .


And at the end of the war , recovered Havelberg , which had been lost since 983 .


He died on 13 November 1170 , possibly in Stendal , and was buried at Ballenstedt .


Quine , Davidson , and David Lewis published influential writings on the subject .


Large amounts of bromide salts are toxic from the action of soluble bromide ion , causing bromism .


Other bromine isotopes are all radioactive , with half-lives too short to occur in nature .


Salt lakes and brine wells may have higher bromine concentrations : for example , the Dead Sea contains 0.4 % bromide ions .


The main sources of bromine are in the United States and Israel .


Bromism is caused by a neurotoxic effect on the brain which results in somnolence , psychosis , seizures and delirium .


Robert Bunsen and Augustus Matthiessen obtained pure barium by electrolysis of a molten mixture of barium chloride and ammonium chloride .


He grew up in a troubled family in Indiana with relatives who owned a funeral home , and said that he became comfortable with sleeping in caskets in the storeroom .


He appeared in two of Ed Wood 's films .


He predicted mass cannibalism and the end of planet Earth , which he set as happening on August 18 , 1999 .


He promoted culture and arts , patronising the works of Erasmus Reinhold and Caspar Hennenberger .


In 1918 , Walther Nernst proposed that the photochemical reaction between hydrogen and chlorine is a chain reaction in order to explain what 's known as the " quantum yield " phenomena .


It decays with a half-life of 330 " days to californium-249 , which is a strong emitter of ionizing alpha particles .


The location has been inhabited by humans since the Neolithic era , about 5,000 years ago , attracted to its warm mineral springs .


After the destruction of most of the city in 1656 , the rebuilding was mostly in the Baroque style .


The raids also destroyed Aachen-Eilendorf and Aachen-Burtscheid .


A significant portion of foreign residents are students at the RWTH Aachen University .


" Turritella agate " ( " Elimia tenera ) " is formed from the shells of fossilized freshwater Turritellas , gastropods with elongated spiral shells .


Similarly , coral , petrified wood , porous rocks and other organic remains can also form agate .


Idar-Oberstein was one of the centers which made use of agate on an industrial scale .


For example , FK Comae Berenices is the prototype for the FK Com class of variable star .


The wave heating theory , proposed in 1949 by Évry Schatzman , proposes that waves carry energy from the solar interior to the solar chromosphere and corona .


The idea that nanoflares might heat the corona was proposed by Eugene Parker in the 1980 s but is still controversial .


Rabbi Moses Basola records visiting the tomb in 1522 .


He was defeated near Augsburg in 743 but continued to rule until his death in 748 .


This event marks the founding of Austria .


In May 1808 a first constitution was passed by Maximilian I , being modernized in 1818 .


Because all of these countries are part of the Schengen Area , the border is completely open .


He was removed from his post and replaced by Damat Halil Pasha .


He died at Topkapı Palace in Constantinople and is buried in a mausoleum right outside the walls of the famous mosque .


He moved the royal residence to Potsdam .


The largest institution is the University of Potsdam , located southwest of Berlin .


The wet soil of the Spreewald makes the region ideal for growing cucumbers .


This difficulty was notably written about by economists Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich Hayek , who referred to subtly distinct aspects of the problem as the economic calculation problem and local knowledge problem , respectively .


According to Tibor Machan , " [ w ] ithout a market in which allocations can be made in obedience to the law of supply and demand , it is difficult or impossible to funnel resources with respect to actual human preferences and goals " .


Leon Trotsky believed that those at the top of the chain of command , regardless of their intellectual capacity , operated without the input and participation of the millions of people who participate in the economy and who understand / respond to local conditions and changes in the economy .


Economist Pat Devine has created a model of decentralized economic planning called " negotiated coordination " which is based upon social ownership of the means of production by those affected by the use of the assets involved , with the allocation of consumer and capital goods made through a participatory form of decision-making by those at the most localized level of production .


It was designed by Karl Schwanzer and was completed in 1972 .


The plant , to be built near Debrecen , will have a production capacity of 150,000 cars a year .


The DNA sequence differences between humans and chimpanzees consist of about 35 million single-nucleotide changes , five million insertion / deletion events , and various chromosomal rearrangements .


Males in captivity can be overweight , reaching weights up to .


It lives in a variety of habitats , including dry savanna , evergreen rainforest , montane forest , swamp forest and dry woodland-savanna mosaic .


In Gombe , the chimpanzee mostly uses semideciduous and evergreen forest as well as open woodland .


At Bossou , the chimpanzee inhabits multistage secondary deciduous forest , which have grown after shifting cultivation , as well as primary forest and grassland .


Jane Goodall documented many occasions within Gombe Stream National Park of chimpanzees and western red colobus monkeys ignoring each other within close proximity .


An eastern chimpanzee has been observed using a modified branch as a tool to capture a squirrel .


Debate is ongoing among scientists such as David Premack about chimpanzees ' ability to learn language .


Some of these attacks may be due to the chimpanzees being intoxicated ( from alcohol obtained from rural brewing operations ) and mistaking human children for the western red colobus , one of their favourite meals .


HIV-1 has evolved from a simian immunodeficiency virus ( SIVcpz ) found in the subspecies " P. t .


HIV-2 crossed species from a different strain of HIV , found in the sooty mangabey monkeys in Guinea-Bissau .


Instead of using furniture , they sat on the floor , which was covered with two layers of mats , one of rush , the other of a water plant with long sword shaped leaves ( " Iris pseudacorus " ) ; and for beds they spread planks , hanging mats around them on poles , and employing skins for coverlets .


They obtained the poison , called " surku " , from the roots and stalks of aconites .


Kotan were located in river basins and seashores where food was readily available , particularly in the basins of rivers through which salmon went upstream .


Before a baby was breast-fed , they were given a decoction of the endodermis of alder and the roots of butterburs to discharge impurities .


The island 's topography consists of dramatic rock formations in the north ( unlike the rest of Denmark , which is mostly gentle rolling hills ) sloping down towards pine and deciduous forests ( greatly affected by storms in the 1950 s ) , farmland in the middle and sandy beaches in the south .


In 1250 , the archbishop constructed his own fortress , Hammershus .


The island hosts examples of 19th - and early-20 th-century architecture , and about 300 wooden houses in Rønne and Nexø , donated by Sweden after World War II , when the island was repairing damage caused by the war .


The ancient site of Rispebjerg has remains of sun temples from the Neolithic and earthworks from the Iron Age .


The DMI estimated the weight of snow to be 100 million ton .


This disease is the most commonly inherited neurological disorder affecting about one in 2,500 people .


CMT was previously classified as a subtype of muscular dystrophy .


Usually , the initial symptom is foot drop early in the course of the disease .


High-arched feet ( pes cavus ) or flat-arched feet ( pes planus ) are classically associated with the disorder .


Involuntary grinding of teeth and squinting are prevalent , and often go unnoticed by the person affected .


Scoliosis is common , causing hunching and loss of height .


These are also seen in chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy .


It is predominately iatrogenic ( treatment-induced ) , and is characterized by acute paralysis , dysphagia ( difficulty swallowing ) , dysarthria ( difficulty speaking ) , and other neurological symptoms .


The disease was described as a disease of alcoholics and malnutrition .


Central pontine myelinolysis , and osmotic demyelination syndrome , present most commonly as a complication of treatment of patients with profound hyponatremia ( low sodium ) , which can result from a varied spectrum of conditions , based on different mechanisms .


The classical clinical presentation is the progressive development of spastic quadriparesis , pseudobulbar palsy , and emotional lability ( pseudobulbar affect ) , with other more variable neurological features associated with brainstem damage .


In these cases symptoms of Parkinson 's disease may be generated .


In schizophrenic patients with psychogenic polydipsia , inadequate thirst reception leads to excessive water intake , severely diluting serum sodium .


With this excessive thirst combined with psychotic symptoms , brain damage such as CPM may result from hyperosmolarity caused by excess intake of fluids , ( primary polydipsia ) although this is difficult to determine because such patients are often institutionalised and have a long history of mental health conditions .


The currently accepted theory states that the brain cells adjust their osmolarities by changing levels of certain osmolytes like inositol , betaine , and glutamine in response to varying serum osmolality .


Animal studies suggest that inositol reduces the severity of osmotic demyelination syndrome if given before attempting to correct chronic hyponatraemia .


Permanent disabilities range from minor tremors and ataxia to signs of severe brain damage , such as spastic quadriparesis and locked-in syndrome .


Commenting on this meta-analysis , both Edzard Ernst and David Colquhoun said the results were of negligible clinical significance .


Another 2017 clinical practice guideline , this one produced by the Danish Health Authority , recommended against acupuncture for both recent-onset low back pain and lumbar radiculopathy .


A 2014 systematic review found that although manual acupuncture was effective at relieving short-term pain when used to treat tennis elbow , its long-term effect in relieving pain was " unremarkable " .


A 2014 overview of systematic reviews found insufficient evidence to suggest that acupuncture is an effective treatment for postoperative nausea and vomiting ( PONV ) in a clinical setting .


A 2014 systematic review found that while the evidence suggested acupuncture could be an effective treatment for postoperative gastroparesis , a firm conclusion could not be reached because the trials examined were of low quality .


Stephen Barrett states that there is a " risk that an acupuncturist whose approach to diagnosis is not based on scientific concepts will fail to diagnose a dangerous condition " .


Academics Massimo Pigliucci and Maarten Boudry describe it as a " borderlands science " lying between science and pseudoscience .


Dance has played an important role in forging a collective identity among the many cultural and ethnic groups of Latin America .


Google has estimated that in 2010 , approximately 130,000,000 titles had been published .


They were used as a writing medium , especially for writing in cuneiform , throughout the Bronze Age and well into the Iron Age .


Tree bark such as lime and other materials were also used .


During the later Middle Ages , when public libraries appeared , up to the 18th century , books were often chained to a bookshelf or a desk to prevent theft .


This paved the way for huge leaps in the rate of literacy in industrialised nations , and enabled the spread of information during the Second Industrial Revolution .


He had a large political influence in the state , especially in Mumbai .


Narayan Rane also quit around that time .


It was the first public funeral in the city since that of Bal Gangadhar Tilak in 1920 .


His yearly address at Shivaji Park was popular among his followers .


Members of this genus share many characteristics and uses with members of the closely related genus " Celosia " .


Cooked amaranth leaves are a rich source of vitamin A , vitamin C , calcium , and manganese , with moderate levels of folate , iron , magnesium , and potassium .


Another important use of amaranth throughout Mesoamerica was in ritual drinks and foods .


Ancient amaranth grains still used include the three species , " Amaranthus caudatus " , " Amaranthus cruentus " , and " Amaranthus hypochondriacus " .


A new herbicide-resistant strain of " Amaranthus palmeri " has appeared ; it is glyphosate-resistant and so cannot be killed by herbicides using the chemical .


Her godfather is director Steven Spielberg .


She was a regular at the racy Studio 54 as a young girl , and her nightlife and constant partying became a popular subject with the media .


She was placed in rehab at the age of 13 , A suicide attempt at 14 put her back in rehab , followed by a three-month stay with singer David Crosby and his wife .


The film was set to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2020 , but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .


Later , she was named the new face for the Gucci jewelry line .


Her star is located at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard .


It was introduced to Europe at the close of the 17th century .


Misfortunes , including a plague and a lack of wind , prevented the army from sailing .


According to Lillian Gish , the company thought that " a movie that long would hurt [ the audience 's ] eyes " .


Starring Clark Gable , Jeanette MacDonald and Spencer Tracy , it was the top-grossing film of the year .


The congress was held at the house of Fehim Zavalani .


Its most impressive feature is the arc above the imperial quarters with modeled figures of Jesus and the apostles .


The frescoes originate from two periods : the end of the 19th century , and the end of World War I to the present .


Also FK Rabotnik play their home games at the stadium .


In the last few years there have been artists from Russia , Slovakia , Poland , and many other countries .


Ammophila Arenaria , known as European beachgrass , has a similar story , though it has no horticulture benefits .


Typically these are heather , heaths and gorses .


He attended Eton and the University of Cambridge .


Fragments in A Nauck , " Tragicorum graecorum fragmenta " ( 1887 ) .


He studied theology and canon law , and after acting as parish priest in his native diocese for twelve years was sent by the pope to Canada as a bishop 's chaplain .


In 1899 he was made Cardinal Bishop of Albano .


He died in Rome and was buried in Bergamo .


In October 2009 a team of researchers , who had performed geological surveys and archaeological digs in the area from 2003 , suggested a location southwest of Ambion Hill .


The king 's trusted advisor Richard Ratcliffe was also slain .


It was through the works and efforts of Francis Bacon and his successors that the public started to believe the battle had decided their futures by bringing about " the fall of a tyrant " .


Stanley Kubrick said it was one of his all-time favorite films .


They pitched the series to ABC , which agreed to finance the pilot and eventually commissioned a season comprising seven episodes .


" Idem Paris " , a short documentary film about the lithographic process , was released online in February 2013 .


He frequently works with Angelo Badalamenti to compose music for his productions , former wife Mary Sweeney as a film editor , casting director Johanna Ray , and cast members Harry Dean Stanton , Jack Nance , Kyle MacLachlan , Naomi Watts , Isabella Rossellini , Grace Zabriskie , and Laura Dern .


His favorite photographers include William Eggleston ( " The Red Ceiling " ) , Joel-Peter Witkin , and Diane Arbus .


Most notably he produced and wrote lyrics for Julee Cruise 's first two albums , " Floating into the Night " ( 1989 ) and " The Voice of Love " ( 1993 ) , in collaboration with Angelo Badalamenti who composed the music and also produced .


The singles were followed by an album , " Crazy Clown Time " , which was released in November 2011 and described as an " electronic blues album " .


They had one child , Jennifer Lynch , born in 1968 , who is a film director .


It is probable that he was to rule until the emperor 's nephew , Marcus Claudius Marcellus , came of age .


Many of her friends and associates were subsequently accused of " maiestas " ( " treason " ) by the growing number of accusers .


The largest genera are " Draba " ( 440 species ) , " Erysimum " ( 261 species ) , " Lepidium " ( 234 species ) , " Cardamine " ( 233 species ) , and " Alyssum " ( 207 species ) .


, " Raphanus sativus " ( common radish ) , " Armoracia rusticana " ( horseradish ) , but also a cut-flower " Matthiola " ( stock ) and the model organism " Arabidopsis thaliana " ( thale cress ) .


Some non-native mustards , such as garlic mustard , " Alliaria petiolata " , an extremely invasive species in the United States , can be toxic to their larvae .


It has long been clear that the " Aethionema " are sister of the remainder of the family .


Stems carry leaves or the stems may be leafless ( in " Caulanthus " ) , and some species lack stems altogether .


These are called silique if at least three times longer than wide , or silicle if the length is less than three times the width .


A moth that feeds on a range of Brassicaceae is the diamondback moth ( " Plutella xylostella " ) .


Garlic mustard , " Alliaria petiolata " , is one of the most aggressive and damaging invasive species in North America .


Invasive aggressive mustard species are known for being self-fertile , seeding very heavily with small seeds that have a lengthy lifespan coupled with a very high rate of viability and germination , and for being completely unpalatable to both herbivores and insects in areas they are not native to .


The practice of keeping records of player achievements was started in the 19th century by Henry Chadwick .


His mother was Antonia Minor and his father was the general Nero Claudius Drusus .


Her great-uncle Tiberius had already become emperor and the head of the family after the death of Augustus in 14 .


This child would grow up to become the Emperor Nero .


She quickly eliminated her rival Lollia Paulina .


She replied , " Let him kill me , provided he becomes emperor , " according to Tacitus .


Tacitus considered her vicious and had a strong disposition against her .


The single season record is held by Jimmy Rollins , who had 716 at bats in 2007 ; Willie Wilson , Ichiro Suzuki and Juan Samuel also had more than 700 at bats in a season .


Brown rice is often offered as an alternative to white rice .


Chop suey is not widely available in San Francisco , and the area 's chow mein is different from Midwestern chow mein .


Chinese cuisine in Boston reflects a mélange of multiple influential factors .


Eight drivers have since joined this exclusive club : Rusty Wallace ( 1984 , 1989 ) , Alan Kulwicki ( 1986 , 1992 ) , Jeff Gordon ( 1993 , 1995 ) , Tony Stewart ( 1999 , 2002 ) , Matt Kenseth ( 2000 , 2003 ) , Kevin Harvick ( 2001 , 2014 ) , Kyle Busch ( 2005 , 2015 ) and Joey Logano ( 2009 , 2018 ) .


Although he won at Darlington , he failed to finish 15 races and completed the season 12th in points , the worst of his career .


This season , he scored four wins and won the championship by 195 points over Ricky Rudd .


Halfway through the race , however , it seemed that Jeff Gordon had the upper hand .


In the August race at Michigan , he led laps late in the race and nearly pulled off his first win on a non-restrictor-plate track since 1996 .


He collided with Ken Schrader after making small contact with Sterling Marlin and hit the outside wall head-on .


Seconds later , his driver Michael Waltrip won the race , with his teammate and son Dale Earnhardt Jr. finishing second .


Only the former International Race of Champions actually retired the No. 3 , which they did in a rule change effective in 2004 .


The all-time record for a player being hit by a pitch is held by Hughie Jennings , who was hit by 287 pitches between 1891 and 1903 .


The modern-era record is held by Craig Biggio of the Houston Astros , who had 285 as of the end of the 2007 season when he retired .


Ron Hunt of the 1971 Montreal Expos was hit 50 times during that year , the modern-era record .


The all-time record for pitchers is held by Gus Weyhing with 277 ( 1887 – 1901 ) .


The modern-era career pitching record for most hit batsmen is 205 by Hall-of-Famer Walter Johnson .


Hooks Wiltse and Max Scherzer hold this rare feat .


Postseason career records are held by Greg Maddux and Tim Wakefield - each of whom hit 9 batters - and Shane Victorino , who was hit by pitch 11 times .


One major league player died as a result of being struck by a pitch : Ray Chapman of the Cleveland Indians was hit in the head by Carl Mays on August 16 , 1920 , and died the next morning .


Ron Santo was the first player to wear a helmet with an improvised ear-flap , in 1966 .


On September 28 , 1995 , Kirby Puckett , of the Minnesota Twins , was struck in the cheek by a Dennis Martínez fastball , breaking his jaw and loosening two teeth .


Most recently , Mike Piazza , then of the New York Mets , was hit in the head by a pitch from Julián Tavárez of the St. Louis Cardinals on September 10 , 2005 .


Hence he " assumed the insignia of royalty " as the " sovereign ruler of Afghanistan " .


He conquered Herat in 1750 and Kashmir in 1752 .


When Nader Shah came to know about it , he " purportedly clipped " his ears with his dagger and made the remark " When you become a king , this will remind you of me " .


Their brother Charles was adopted by their famous aunt and brought up as their cousin .


He was one of the founders of the Geological Society of London in 1807 and was its honorary secretary in 1812 – 1817 .


421 average , if walks are included , but Sam Thompson would be the champion at .


It was much in vogue during the Middle Ages , but its historical value is now regarded as slight .


The highest single-season mark for a right-handed hitter was 1.2449 by Rogers Hornsby in , 13th on the all-time list .


Since 1935 , the highest single-season OPS for a right-hander is 1.2224 by Mark McGwire in , which was 16th all-time .


It was centered in the city of Akkad and its surrounding region .


The empire 's breadbasket was the rain-fed agricultural system of Assyria and a chain of fortresses was built to control the imperial wheat production .


others like Wayne Horowitz identify it with Aleppo .


Excavation at Tell Leilan suggests that this site was abandoned soon after the city 's massive walls were constructed , its temple rebuilt and its grain production reorganized .


For this privilege , they would have to pay a tax in wool , meat , milk , and cheese to the temples , who would distribute these products to the bureaucracy and priesthood .


Base stealing was popular in the game 's early decades , with speedsters such as Ty Cobb and Clyde Milan stealing nearly 100 bases in a season .


The stolen base remained a popular tactic through the 1980 s , perhaps best exemplified by Vince Coleman and the St. Louis Cardinals , but began to decline again in the 1990 s as the frequency of home runs reached record heights and the steal-friendly artificial turf ballparks began to disappear .


The Los Angeles Dodgers of the 1960 s , led by pitcher Sandy Koufax and speedy shortstop Maury Wills , were a successful example of this style .


The antithesis of this is reliance on power hitting , exemplified by the Baltimore Orioles of the 1970 s , which aspired to score most of its runs via home runs .


The Kansas City Royals have embodied this style recently , leading the league in stolen bases but finishing last in home runs in 2013 and 2014 .


The first delayed steal on record was performed by Miller Huggins in 1903 .


Noted statistician Bill James has argued that unless a player has a high success rate ( 67 - 70 % or better ) , the stolen base may be detrimental to a team .


Ty Cobb , for example , was known as a great base-stealer , with 892 steals and a success rate of over 83 % .


Carlos Beltrán , with 286 steals , has the highest career success rate of all players with over 300 stolen base attempts , at 88.3 % .


The first mention of the stolen base as a statistic was in the 1877 scoring rules adopted by the National League , which noted credit toward a player 's total bases when a base is stolen .


In baseball 's earlier decades , a runner on second base could " steal " first base , perhaps with the intention of drawing a throw that might allow a runner on third to score ( a tactic famously employed by Germany Schaefer ) .


Later in the inning , he attempted to steal second for the second time , but was thrown out by catcher Welington Castillo .


A third notation , first used by Isaac Newton , is sometimes seen in physics .


In 1931 , Stefan Banach proved that the set of functions that have a derivative at some point is a meager set in the space of all continuous functions .


But he escaped with some of his men , managing to cling onto a rock through the assistance of Poseidon .


In a real-life example , in 2012 , Melky Cabrera , then of the San Francisco Giants , finished the season with a league-high .


All proceeds from this effort went to the National Urban League .


Some implementations , for example IBM mainframe systems , support " zoned decimal " numeric representations .


In less than one century , his khaganate expanded to comprise most of Central Asia .


It is also thought probable that his mother 's stories of events during the severe cholera outbreak in Sligo in 1832 were influential , particularly themes of being buried while alive .


An entire group of working architects , including Erich Mendelsohn , Bruno Taut and Hans Poelzig , turned away from fanciful experimentation , and turned toward rational , functional , sometimes standardized building .


The acceptance of modernist design into everyday life was the subject of publicity campaigns , well-attended public exhibitions like the Weissenhof Estate , films , and sometimes fierce public debate .


He halted the school 's manufacture of goods so that the school could focus on teaching , and appointed no new faculty other than his close confidant Lilly Reich .


Pavia offered stiff resistance however , and was taken only after a siege lasting three years .


His health improved somewhat , but in 1731 he was afflicted with a ravenous appetite and palpitations of the heart .


He sold the house to James Boswell in 1766 .


Simon Blackburn calls this a quasi-realist reading , saying that " Someone talking of cause is voicing a distinct mental set : he is by no means in the same state as someone merely describing regular sequences .


However , P. F. Strawson argued that the issue of whether we hold one another morally responsible does not ultimately depend on the truth or falsity of a metaphysical thesis such as determinism .


His family moved to Grand Junction in 1908 .


It starred Bryan Cranston as the screenwriter and was directed by Jay Roach .


The story is set in Scandinavia in the 6th century .


Albert Lord felt strongly that the manuscript represents the transcription of a performance , though likely taken at more than one sitting .


Malay sailors were recruited to guide them through Java , the Lesser Sunda Islands and the Ambon Island to Banda Islands , where they arrived in early 1512 .


He attempted to reach Jeddah , but the winds were unfavourable and so he sheltered at Kamaran island in May , until sickness among the men and lack of fresh water forced him to retreat .


He was a contemporary and an alleged lover of Sappho , with whom he may have exchanged poems .


The rest of fr. 350 was paraphrased in prose by the historian / geographer Strabo .


An abscess in the cerebellum , for instance , may cause additional complaints as a result of brain stem compression and hydrocephalus .


Anaerobic and microaerophilic cocci and gram-negative and gram-positive anaerobic bacilli are the predominate bacterial isolates .


The location of the primary lesion may be suggested by the location of the abscess : infections of the middle ear result in lesions in the middle and posterior cranial fossae ; congenital heart disease with right-to-left shunts often result in abscesses in the distribution of the middle cerebral artery ; and infection of the frontal and ethmoid sinuses usually results in collection in the subdural sinuses .


Tuberculosis can produce brain abscesses that look identical to conventional bacterial abscesses on CT imaging .


It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland , north by Pennsylvania , and east by New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean .


From north to south , they are New Castle County , Kent County , and Sussex County .


Moderated by the Atlantic Ocean and Delaware Bay , the southern portion of the state has a milder climate and a longer growing season than the northern portion of the state .


By the 1860 census on the verge of the Civil War , 91.7 % of the black population were free ; 1,798 were slaves , as compared to 19,829 " free colored persons " .


The lieutenant governor is Bethany Hall-Long .


In the early 1920 s , Pierre S. du Pont served as president of the state board of education .


She is best known as the mother of Heracles , whose father was the god Zeus .


" Glossographia " by Thomas Blount , published in 1656 , contains more than 10,000 words along with their etymologies or histories .


John Wilkins ' 1668 essay on philosophical language contains a list of 11,500 words with careful distinctions , compiled by William Lloyd .


He was the pupil and successor of Gorgias and taught at Athens at the same time as Isocrates , to whom he was a rival and opponent .


John Dalton 's original atomic hypothesis assumed that all elements were monatomic and that the atoms in compounds would normally have the simplest atomic ratios with respect to one another .


She received media attention when she attended the Cannes Film Festival in April 1953 .


After appearing in more than forty motion pictures and recording several music albums , most notably with Serge Gainsbourg , she used her fame to promote animal rights .


She has donated more than $ 140,000 over two years for a mass sterilization and adoption program for Bucharest 's stray dogs , estimated to number 300,000 .


She recovered within weeks and began an affair with actor Jacques Charrier .


This pose has been emulated numerous times by models and celebrities such as Lindsay Lohan , Elle Macpherson and Monica Bellucci .


The instruments became ornately decorated in the 1920 s to be visually dynamic to a theater audience .


Joe Raposo had used it variably in the imaginative seven-piece orchestration for the long-running TV show " Sesame Street " , and has sometimes had it overdubbed with itself or an electric guitar .


Today , musicians as diverse as Keith Urban , Rod Stewart , Taj Mahal , Joe Satriani , David Hidalgo , Larry Lalonde and Doc Watson play the six-string guitar banjo .


It was the largest revision of the " D&D " rules to date , and served as the basis for a multi-genre role-playing system designed around 20-sided dice , called the d20 System .


The game was blamed for some of the actions of Chris Pritchard , who was convicted in 1990 of murdering his stepfather .


He also engaged in piratical raids on Attica .


He was the fourth son of Casimir IV Jagiellon .


On 30 July 2008 , South Australia also introduced legislation to scrap parts of its double jeopardy law , legalising retrials for serious offences with " fresh and compelling " evidence , or if the acquittal was tainted .


In Western Australia , on 8 September 2011 amendments were introduced that would allow also retrial if " new and compelling " evidence was found .


In Tasmania , on 19 August 2008 , amendments were introduced to allow retrial in serious cases , if there is " fresh and compelling " evidence .


In Victoria on 21 December 2011 , legislation was passed allowing new trials where there is " fresh and compelling DNA evidence , where the person acquitted subsequently admits to the crime , or where it becomes clear that key witnesses have given false evidence " .


In Queensland on 18 October 2007 , the double jeopardy laws were modified to allow a retrial where fresh and compelling evidence becomes available after an acquittal for murder or a " tainted acquittal " for a crime carrying a 25-year or more sentence .


Both Jack Straw ( then Home Secretary ) and William Hague ( then Leader of the Opposition ) favoured this measure .


He was highly reactionary and reversed some of the liberal reforms of his father , Alexander II .


Under the influence of Konstantin Pobedonostsev ( 1827 – 1907 ) , he opposed any reform that limited his autocratic rule .


A sebaceous cyst on the left side of his nose caused him to be mocked by some of his contemporaries , and he sat for photographs and portraits with the right side of his face most prominent .


Mikhail Katkov and other journalists supported the emperor in his autocracy .


Another memorial is located in the city of Irkutsk at the Angara embankment .


The more formally structured National League was founded in 1876 .


The World Series , pitting the two major league champions against each other , was inaugurated that fall .


For part of the 1920 s , it was joined by the Eastern Colored League .


The rise of the legendary player Babe Ruth , the first great power hitter of the new era , helped permanently alter the nature of the game .


In 2001 , Barry Bonds established the current record of 73 home runs in a single season .


A team that plays in a park with a relatively short right field , such as the New York Yankees , will tend to stock its roster with left-handed pull hitters , who can best exploit it .


Six decades later , " Time " named it the best comedy routine of the 20th century .


The 1970 publication of major league pitcher Jim Bouton 's tell-all chronicle " Ball Four " is considered a turning point in the reporting of professional sports .


He was imprisoned at Roxburgh for many years afterwards , perhaps until his death some time after 1157 .


During the American Civil War from 1861 – 1865 , some soldiers pinned paper notes with their name and home address to the backs of their coats .


The British Army introduced identity discs in place of identity cards in 1907 , in the form of aluminium discs , typically made at regimental depots using machines similar to those common at fun fairs , the details being pressed into the thin metal one letter at a time .


However , in 2010 , the Government decided that the dog tags were not needed anymore .


By the time of the Vietnam War , some IDs spelled out the broad religious choices such as PROTESTANT and CATHOLIC , rather than using initials , and also began to show individual denominations such as " METHODIST " or " BAPTIST .


He died there in 1249 and was buried at Melrose Abbey .


Mahogany raises the frequency of low pitches and keeps higher frequencies at about the same speed .


Similarly , during the English Civil War rope-tension drums would be carried by junior officers as a means to relay commands from senior officers over the noise of battle .


The company was co-founded by Ken Olsen and Harlan Anderson in 1957 .


Several stores refused to stock their recordings , provoking debate about censorship in rock music ; in the mid-1980 s , vocalist and primary lyricist Jello Biafra became an active campaigner against the Parents Music Resource Center .


The band followed with a poorly attended East Coast tour , being a new and fairly unknown band at the time , without a full album release .


In 1982 , they released their second studio album , " Plastic Surgery Disasters " .


While they continued to play live shows during 1983 and 1984 , they took a break from releasing new records to concentrate on the Alternative Tentacles record label , which would become synonymous with DIY alternative culture .


The release of the album " Frankenchrist " in 1985 showed the band had grown in musical proficiency and lyrical maturity .


During the summer they recorded these songs for their final album , " Bedtime for Democracy " , which was released in November .


On October 9 , 2007 , a best of album titled " Milking the Sacred Cow " was released .


In the late 1990 s , former band members discovered problems with the payment of royalties they had received from Alternative Tentacles .


He was also the second-youngest ever sole legal Roman Emperor during the existence of the united empire , the youngest being Gordian III .


Further losses were incurred by the retreating northern army in the inclement cold of Armenia as it retired into winter quarters , due to an incompetent failure to establish adequate supply lines .


Following catastrophic damage in 1845 , this vase ( 1 - 25BC ) has been reconstructed three times and resides in the British Museum .


A son of John Hyrcanus , he inherited the throne from his brother Aristobulus I , and married his brother 's widow , Queen Salome Alexandra .


Here he captured Asochis on the Sabbath , taking ten thousand people as prisoners .


These negotiations took place at Scythopolis .


The end result of his efforts was the formation a much more " ethical " league , which was named the National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs .


The most successful of these was the American Association of 1882 – 1891 , sometimes called the " beer and whiskey league " for its tolerance of the sale of alcoholic beverages to spectators .


Prior to the 1900 season , the league changed its name to the American League and moved several franchises to larger , strategic locations .


During the late 1960 s , the Baseball Players Union became much stronger and conflicts between owners and the players ' union led to major work stoppages in 1972 , 1981 , and 1994 .


At this time the games tended to be low scoring , dominated by such pitchers as Walter Johnson , Cy Young , Christy Mathewson , and Grover Cleveland Alexander to the extent that the period 1900 – 1919 is commonly called the " Dead-ball era " .


Hal Chase was particularly notorious for throwing games , but played for a decade after gaining this reputation ; he even managed to parlay these accusations into a promotion to manager .


Even baseball stars such as Ty Cobb and Tris Speaker have been credibly alleged to have fixed game outcomes .


This rule change was enforced all the more stringently following the death of Ray Chapman , who was struck in the temple by a pitched ball from Carl Mays in a game on August 16 , 1920 ( he died the next day ) .


The interwar peak average attendance was 8,211 in 1930 , but baseball was hit hard by the Great Depression and in 1933 the average fell below five thousand for the only time between the wars .


During the same season Joe DiMaggio hit successfully in 56 consecutive games , an accomplishment both unprecedented and unequaled .


Eleven weeks later , on July 5 , 1947 , the American League was integrated by the signing of Larry Doby to the Cleveland Indians .


The Boston Red Sox became the last major league team to integrate its roster with the addition of Pumpsie Green on July 21 , 1959 .


That same year , Detroit Tigers pitcher Denny McLain won 31 games – making him the last pitcher to win 30 games in a season .


St. Louis Cardinals starting pitcher Bob Gibson achieved an equally remarkable feat by allowing an ERA of just 1.12 .


The strained relationships between teammates , who included Catfish Hunter , Vida Blue and Reggie Jackson , gave the lie to the need for " chemistry " between players .


On April 8 , 1974 , Hank Aaron of the Atlanta Braves hit his 715th career home run , surpassing Babe Ruth 's all-time record .


There was great pitching too : between 1973 and 1975 , Nolan Ryan threw 4 " no-hit " games .


In 1998 , St. Louis Cardinals first baseman Mark McGwire and Chicago Cubs outfielder Sammy Sosa engaged in a home run race for the ages .


With both rapidly approaching Roger Maris 's record of 61 home runs ( set in 1961 ) , the entire nation watched as the two power hitters raced to be the first to break into uncharted territory .


The late 1990 s were dominated by the New York Yankees , who won four out of five World Series championships from 1996 – 2000 .


These include Barry Bonds , Jason Giambi , and Mark McGwire .


Since the 1990 s , the changeup has made a resurgence , being thrown masterfully by pitchers such as Tim Lincecum , Pedro Martínez , Trevor Hoffman , Greg Maddux , Matt Cain , Tom Glavine , Johan Santana , Marco Estrada , Justin Verlander , and Cole Hamels .


DNA was first isolated by Friedrich Miescher in 1869 .


In the same journal , James Watson and Francis Crick presented their molecular modeling analysis of the DNA X-ray diffraction patterns to suggest that the structure was a double-helix .


Nevertheless , due to their ability to inhibit DNA transcription and replication , other similar toxins are also used in chemotherapy to inhibit rapidly growing cancer cells .


In 1878 , Albrecht Kossel isolated the non-protein component of " nuclein " , nucleic acid , and later isolated its five primary nucleobases .


In 1927 , Nikolai Koltsov proposed that inherited traits would be inherited via a " giant hereditary molecule " made up of " two mirror strands that would replicate in a semi-conservative fashion using each strand as a template " .


In 1937 , William Astbury produced the first X-ray diffraction patterns that showed that DNA had a regular structure .


Late in 1951 , Francis Crick started working with James Watson at the Cavendish Laboratory within the University of Cambridge .


In May 1952 , Raymond Gosling a graduate student working under the supervision of Rosalind Franklin took an X-ray diffraction image , labeled as " Photo 51 " , at high hydration levels of DNA .


MVP voting takes place before the postseason , but the results are not announced until after the World Series .


After Bob Gibson won in 1968 , no pitcher in that league was named MVP until Clayton Kershaw in 2014 .


He appears to have been rather addicted to the pleasures of the table , according to Athenaeus .


Sam Jethroe is the oldest player to have won the award , at age 32 , 33 " days older than 2000 winner Kazuhiro Sasaki ( also 32 ) .


Edinson Vólquez received three second-place votes in 2008 balloting despite no longer being a rookie under the award 's definition .


He then took refuge in the church of Hagia Sophia and from there appealed to the populace .


In July , the crusaders , led by the aged Doge Enrico Dandolo , scaled the walls and took control of a major section of the city .


According to Nate Silver , the advent of this playoff series , and especially of the wild card , has caused teams to focus more on " getting to the playoffs " rather than " winning the pennant " as the primary goal of the regular season .


He was born in Moscow , the son of Tsar Peter I and his first wife , Eudoxia Lopukhina .


In 1704 , he was present at the capture of Narva .


Another influence was Alexander Kikin , a high-placed official who had fallen out with the Tsar and had been deprived of his estates .


During the offseason , team manager Buck Showalter was fired , and replaced by sportscaster Bob Brenly .


355 and drove in 101 runs , player-manager Fred Clarke , who hit .


BTV also infects goats , cattle and other domestic animals as well as wild ruminants ( for example , blesbuck , white-tailed deer , elk , and pronghorn antelope ) .


Torsion of the neck ( opisthotonos or torticollis ) is observed in severely affected animals .


The incubation period is 5 – 20 days , and all signs usually develop within a month .


In cattle , goats and wild ruminants infection is usually asymptomatic despite high virus levels in blood .


Red deer are an exception , and in them the disease may be as acute as in sheep .


The " Culicoides " midges that carry the virus usually breed on animal dung and moist soils , either bare or covered in short grass .


Although bluetongue disease was already recognized in South Africa in the early 19th century , a comprehensive description of the disease was not published until the first decade of the 20th century .


In 1906 Arnold Theiler showed that bluetongue was caused by a filterable agent .


Karl Popper defined democracy in contrast to dictatorship or tyranny , thus focusing on opportunities for the people to control their leaders and to oust them without the need for a revolution .


Roger Scruton argues that democracy alone cannot provide personal and political freedom unless the institutions of civil society are also present .


In the United States , separation of powers is often cited as a central attribute .


Many democracies are constitutional monarchies , such as the United Kingdom .


The votes of the powerful were given more weight through a system of gerrymandering , so most high officials , including members of the Senate , came from a few wealthy and noble families .


This was followed by nations in East and South Asia by the mid-to-late 1980 s .


According to Freedom House , in 2007 there were 123 electoral democracies ( up from 40 in 1972 ) .


Contemporary proponents of minimalism include William H. Riker , Adam Przeworski , Richard Posner .


Anthony Downs suggests that ideological political parties are necessary to act as a mediating broker between individual and governments .


For example , most Vermont towns hold annual town meetings in March in which town officers are elected , budgets for the town and schools are voted on , and citizens have the opportunity to speak and be heard on political matters .


Henry David Thoreau , who did not self-identify as an anarchist but argued for " a better government " and is cited as an inspiration by some anarchists , argued that people should not be in the position of ruling others or being ruled when there is no consent .


Amitai Etzioni has postulated a system that fuses elements of democracy with sharia law , termed " islamocracy " .


On the other hand , Socrates believed that democracy without educated masses ( educated in the more broader sense of being knowledgeable and responsible ) would only lead to populism being the criteria to become an elected leader and not competence .


As Louis Brandeis once professed , " We may have democracy , or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few , but we ca n't have both .


In a related theory , Ronald Inglehart suggests that improved living-standards in modern developed countries can convince people that they can take their basic survival for granted , leading to increased emphasis on self-expression values , which correlates closely with democracy .


He was born with cerebral palsy , which caused him to have slurred speech as a child , a condition that led to a misdiagnosis of him as developmentally disabled in school and led the school to fail to teach him to read .


He developed an interest in technology at an early age : besides his interest in amateur radio , he ran a pirate radio station in the town of Lido Beach and briefly engaged in phone phreaking .


Aristotle had it that an object 's essential attributes form its " essential nature " , and that a definition of the object must include these essential attributes .


Russell described essence as " a hopelessly muddle-headed notion " .


Norman Swartz classifies a definition as " stipulative " if it is intended to guide a specific discussion .


More recently Bertrand Russell sought to develop a formal language based on logical atoms .


Other philosophers , notably Wittgenstein , rejected the need for any undefined simples .


He led troops during the Creek War of 1813 – 1814 , winning the Battle of Horseshoe Bend .


The family probably landed in Philadelphia .


He pronounced himself " disgusted with the administration " of President John Adams and resigned the following year without explanation .


The resulting conflict became known as the Creek War .


On March 27 , enjoying an advantage of more than 2 " to 1 , he engaged them at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend .


He was defended by Secretary of State John Quincy Adams .


Another faction , led by John Ross , unsuccessfully petitioned to protest the proposed removal .


Written by Treasury Secretary Louis McLane , the bill lowered duties from 45 % to 27 % .


The last scientific federally funded expeditions took place from 1817 to 1823 , led by Stephen H. Harriman on the Red River of the North .


George M. Dallas was selected for vice president .


" He died immediately after at the age of 78 of chronic dropsy and heart failure .


He was taken prisoner at Mersa Matruh on 7 November 1942 .


There he attacked the doctrines of Epicurus , Thomas Hobbes and Baruch Spinoza .


In 1722 , he began to suffer from an extreme case of gout , recovering the next year .


In 1714 , when he was appointed rector of the university , he succeeded Govert Bidloo in the chair of practical medicine , and in this capacity he introduced the modern system of clinical instruction .


Voltaire travelled to see him , as did Carl Linnaeus , who became a close friend .


He assumed the presidency as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln .


In 1827 , at the age of 18 , he married 16-year - old Eliza McCardle , the daughter of a local shoemaker .


He won a second term in 1845 against William G. Brownlow , presenting himself as the defender of the poor against the aristocracy .


" Disco " is a genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the 1970 s from the United States ' urban nightlife scene .


Early records were the " standard " three-minute version until Tom Moulton came up with a way to make songs longer so that he could take a crowd of dancers at a club to another level and keep them dancing longer .


Some women would wear sheer , flowing dresses , such as Halston dresses or loose , flared pants .


Men often wore Pierre Cardin suits , three piece suits with a vest and double-knit polyester shirt jackets with matching trousers known as the leisure suit .


Partly through the success of Jimi Hendrix , psychedelic elements that were popular in rock music of the late 1960 s found their way into soul and early funk music and formed the subgenre psychedelic soul .


The genre was also shaped by Tom Moulton , who wanted to extend the enjoyment of dance songs - thus creating the extended mix or " remix " , going from a three-minute 45 rpm single to the much longer 12 " record .


Comedian Bill Cosby devoted his entire 1977 album " Disco Bill " to disco parodies .


Examples of early-1980 s ' dance sound performers include D. Train , Kashif , and Patrice Rushen .


This trend can be seen in singer Billy Ocean 's recordings between 1979 and 1981 .


In addition to her disco-influenced attire to award shows and interviews , her Confessions Tour also incorporated various elements of the 1970 s , such as disco balls , a mirrored stage design , and the roller derby .


The development of DJing was also influenced by new turntablism techniques , such as beatmatching and scratching , a process facilitated by the introduction of new turntable technologies such as the Technics SL-1200 MK 2 , first sold in 1978 , which had a precise variable pitch control and a direct drive motor .


His earliest years coincided with the Russian Civil War .


In 1954 , he was permitted to be treated in a hospital in Tashkent , where his tumor went into remission .


One , Ignat , is a pianist and conductor .


" Dessert " ( ) is a course that concludes a meal .


In some parts of the world , such as much of central and western Africa , and most parts of China , there is no tradition of a dessert course to conclude a meal .


Fruit is also commonly found in dessert courses because of its naturally occurring sweetness .


Common flavorings include dried , candied or fresh fruit , nuts , cocoa or extracts .


Cake is often served as a celebratory dish on ceremonial occasions , for example weddings , anniversaries , and birthdays .


Chocolate is a typically sweet , usually brown , food preparation of " Theobroma cacao " seeds , roasted , ground , and often flavored .


In many countries , a doughnut is a flour-based batter that has been deep-fried .


Dessert foods often contain relatively high amounts of sugar and fats and , as a result , higher calorie counts per gram than other foods .


The alternation of substitution from the S-boxes , and permutation of bits from the P-box and E-expansion provides so-called " confusion and diffusion " respectively , a concept identified by Claude Shannon in the 1940 s as a necessary condition for a secure yet practical cipher .


Since 2007 , SciEngines GmbH , a spin-off company of the two project partners of COPACOBANA has enhanced and developed successors of COPACOBANA .


From May 2003 until May 2007 the council was run by a Liberal Democrat and Conservative Party coalition .


Textile production ended in 2004 when Richards of Aberdeen closed .


By the time oil was coming on stream , much of the trawling fleet had relocated to Peterhead .


A £ 190 million retail development , Union Square , reached completion in late September / early October 2009 .


The Aberdeen Roughnecks American football club are a new team which started in 2012 .


Water supplies are provided by Scottish Water .


He became involved with the financier J. D. Powles , who was prominent among those encouraging the mining boom .


Dill is grown widely in Eurasia where its leaves and seeds are used as a herb or spice for flavouring food .


The ultimate leaf divisions are broad , slightly broader than the similar leaves of fennel , which are threadlike , less than broad , but harder in texture .


Dill is the eponymous ingredient in dill pickles .


Fresh , finely cut dill leaves are used as a topping in soups , especially the hot red borsht and the cold borsht mixed with curds , kefir , yogurt , or sour cream , which is served during hot summer weather and is called okroshka .


It is especially popular to use this kind of sauce with freshly cut cucumbers , which practically are wholly immersed in the sauce , making a salad called mizeria .


In the Czech Republic , white dill sauce made of cream ( or milk ) , butter , flour , vinegar , and dill is called " koprová omáčka " ( also " koprovka " or " kopračka " ) and is served either with boiled eggs and potatoes , or with dumplings and boiled beef .


In Bulgaria dill is widely used in traditional vegetable salads , and most notably the yogurt-based cold soup Tarator .


In Romania dill ( " mărar " ) is widely used as an ingredient for soups such as " borş " ( pronounced " borsh " ) , pickles , and other dishes , especially those based on peas , beans , and cabbage .


In Greece , dill is known as ' άνηθος ' ( anithos ) .


In Sweden , dill is a common spice or herb. The top of fully grown dill is called " krondill " ( English : Crown dill ) ; this is used when cooking crayfish .


In salads it is used together with , or instead , of other green herbs , such as parsley , chives , and basil .


Dill seeds may be used in breads or akvavit .


In Iran , dill is known as " shevid " and sometimes , is used with rice and called " shevid-polo " .


It is a common filling in baozi and xianbing and may be used as vegetarian with rice vermicelli , or combined with either meat or eggs .


In Vietnam , the use of dill in cooking is regional .


In Egypt , dillweed is commonly used to flavor cabbage dishes , including " mahshi koronb " ( stuffed cabbage leaves ) .


The plants are somewhat monocarpic and quickly die after " bolting " ( producing seeds ) .


This method is called the rule of succession , which was introduced in the 18th century by Pierre-Simon Laplace .


The American Psychological Association passed a resolution in 1950 calling " attention to the fact that these claims are not supported by empirical evidence of the sort required for the establishment of scientific generalizations .


Professor Richard J. Ofshe , a leading expert on false memories , suggests that the feeling of well-being reported by pre-Clear at the end of an auditing session may be induced by post-hypnotic suggestion .


Gregor Mendel started the genetics studies investigating genetics segregation patterns in families of peas and used statistics to explain the collected data .


As an example of a database directed towards just one organism , but that contains much data about it , is the " Arabidopsis thaliana " genetic and molecular database – TAIR .


Worldwide , the most important fish species used in fish farming are , in order , carp , salmon , tilapia , and catfish .


Southern bluefin tuna are also caught in the wild and fattened in grow-out sea cages in southern Spencer Gulf , South Australia .


Commercial shrimp farming began in the 1970 s , and production grew steeply thereafter .


Aquacultured shellfish include various oyster , mussel , and clam species .


Most of these farms are abandoned within a decade because of the toxin build-up and nutrient loss .


Following the initiation of an experimental rainbow trout cage farm in a small boreal lake , dramatic reductions in mysis concentrations associated with a decrease in dissolved oxygen were observed .


The aquaculture or farming of piscivorous fish , like salmon , does not help the problem because they need to eat products from other fish , such as fish meal and fish oil .


Studies have shown that salmon farming has major negative impacts on wild salmon , as well as the forage fish that need to be caught to feed them .


In April 2016 , it was announced that the side would again be captained again by Sam Warburton .


In addition , they toured pre-independence Namibia ( then South West Africa ) , in 1955 , 1962 , 1968 and 1974 .


It is named after Andrey Kolmogorov , who first published on the subject in 1963 .


Free-sporing vascular plants began to spread across dry land , forming extensive forests which covered the continents .


Some of the early land plants such as " Drepanophycus " likely spread by vegetative growth and spores .


In the 1950 s , Leo Fender and George Fullerton developed the first mass-produced electric bass guitar .


The bass guitar was intended to appeal to guitarists as well as upright bass players , and many early pioneers of the instrument , such as Carol Kaye , Joe Osborn , and Paul McCartney were originally guitarists .


In 1957 , Rickenbacker introduced the model 4000 , the first bass to feature a neck-through-body design in which the neck is part of the body wood .


In 1971 , Alembic established what became known as " boutique " or " high-end " electric bass guitars .


These expensive , custom-tailored instruments , as used by Phil Lesh , Jack Casady , and Stanley Clarke , featured unique designs , premium hand-finished wood bodies , and innovative construction techniques such as multi-laminate neck-through-body construction and graphite necks .


In the late 1980 s , " MTV Unplugged " , which featured bands performing with acoustic instruments , helped to popularize hollow-bodied acoustic bass guitars amplified with piezoelectric pickups built into the bridge of the instrument .


Reissued versions of vintage instruments such as the Fender Precision Bass and Fender Jazz Bass remained popular among new instrument buyers up to the 2010 s .


In 1792 he completed his first significant survey , mapping a route to Lake Athabasca ( where today 's Alberta / Saskatchewan border is located ) .


The flowers are actinomorphic , and may be bisexual or dioecious , while the flowers or inflorescence bear glandular hairs .


The tepals persist in the development of the fruit , which is a dry capsule or berry .


Although primarily associated with teeth among the general public , the field of dentistry or dental medicine is not limited to teeth but includes other aspects of the craniofacial complex including the temporomandibular joint and other supporting , muscular , lymphatic , nervous , vascular , and anatomical structures .


Skeletal remains from Mehgarh dated to that time show evidence of teeth having been drilled with flint tools to remove decay , a method found to be " surprisingly effective " .


The Philadelphia College of Dental Surgery followed in 1852 .


In 1907 , Temple University accepted a bid to incorporate the school .


The British Dental Association , formed in 1880 with Sir John Tomes as president , played a major role in prosecuting dentists practising illegally .


within the European Union the education has to be at least five years .


He asserted that sugar derivate acids like tartaric acid were responsible for dental decay , and also suggested that tumors surrounding the teeth and in the gums could appear in the later stages of tooth decay .


Long term occupational noise exposure can contribute to permanent hearing loss , which is referred to as noise-induced hearing loss ( NIHL ) and tinnitus .


He sought a vigorous indoor game to keep his students occupied and at proper levels of fitness during the long New England winters .


The event was organized by Amos Alonzo Stagg and sent invitations to state champion teams .


The last tournaments were held at Alabama State College from 1964 to 1967 .


It is thought that he had either Crohn 's disease or haemorrhoids .


His grandson King Eadred seems to have suffered from a similar illness .


Four years after his death , he was moved to the New Minster ( perhaps built especially to receive his body ) .


The centerpiece of Alfred University 's quad is a bronze statue of the king , created in 1990 by then-professor William Underhill .


A rolling object appeals not only to a human baby , but to a kitten and a puppy .


From a baroque standpoint it is a moment of divine intervention in the affairs of man .


In temperament , his style was more akin to the classicized and restrained baroque of Duquesnoy than to the emotive works of other baroque artists .


An " abnormal " liver with conditions such as hepatitis , cirrhosis , gall bladder disease , and cancer is likely to result in a slower rate of metabolism .


As drinking increases , people become sleepy , or fall into a stupor .


Comatose patients may aspirate their vomit ( resulting in vomitus in the lungs , which may cause " drowning " and later pneumonia if survived ) .


Hypoglycaemia occurs due to ethanol 's inhibition of gluconeogenesis , especially in children , and may cause lactic acidosis , ketoacidosis , and acute kidney injury .


For determining whether someone is intoxicated by alcohol by some means other than a blood-alcohol test , it is necessary to rule out other conditions such as hypoglycemia , stroke , usage of other intoxicants , mental health issues , and so on .


Acute alcohol poisoning is a medical emergency due to the risk of death from respiratory depression or aspiration of vomit if vomiting occurs while the person is unresponsive .


Additional medication may be indicated for treatment of nausea , tremor , and anxiety .


An abnormal liver will take longer but still succeeds , provided the alcohol does not cause liver failure .


It is a regular practice to give small amounts of beer to race horses in Ireland .


Born in Basra , he spent most of his productive period in the Fatimid capital of Cairo and earned his living authoring various treatises and tutoring members of the nobilities .


This work enjoyed a great reputation during the Middle Ages .


The first theory , the emission theory , was supported by such thinkers as Euclid and Ptolemy , who believed that sight worked by the eye emitting rays of light .


The second theory , the intromission theory supported by Aristotle and his followers , had physical forms entering the eye from an object .


He followed Galen in believing that the lens was the receptive organ of sight , although some of his work hints that he thought the retina was also involved .


Cleomedes ( 2nd century ) gave this account ( in addition to refraction ) , and he credited it to Posidonius ( 135 – 50 BC ) .


He was voiced by Alfred Molina in the episode .


Among his collaborators was Giovanni Maria Butteri and his main pupil was Giovanni Bizzelli .


He was the father of the painter Cristofano Allori ( 1577 – 1621 ) .


Discovered in the 1990 s , the earliest human remains in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been dated to approximately 90,000 years ago .


Notable advances were made in treating diseases such as African trypanosomiasis .


The Force Publique , the colonial army , was called into service and suppressed the revolt with considerable brutality .


Nikita Khrushchev agreed to help , offering advanced weaponry and technical advisors .


As details of the reforms were delayed , soldiers in September 1991 began looting Kinshasa to protest their unpaid wages .


That was the origin of a fight between the two parties from 20 – 22 August 2006 in the streets of the capital , Kinshasa .


The campaign for the reinstatement of the festival had been underway for nearly a decade , sponsored by the notable politician Léon Gambetta and scholar Henri Baudrillant .


The market takes place on Kampa Island , it is usually between 11 and 14 July .


Following colonial rule , France annexed a large portion of what is now French Polynesia .


New Orleans , Louisiana has multiple celebrations , the largest in the historic French Quarter .


The climate is hot and humid in the river basin and cool and dry in the southern highlands , with a cold , alpine climate in the Rwenzori Mountains .


This is a list of the extreme points of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , the points that are farther north , south , east or west than any other location .


He was prevented from following up his victory by trouble in Africa , which he chose to settle in person .


In 1146 he was killed in a fall from a precipice while attempting to escape after a defeat near Oran .


This article is about the demographic features of the population of the Democratic Republic of the Congo , including ethnicity , education level , health of the populace , economic status , religious affiliations and other aspects of the population .


The most widely known species is " Aloe vera " , or " true aloe " , so called because it is cultivated as the standard source of so-called " aloe vera " for assorted pharmaceutical purposes .


Other species , such as " Aloe ferox " , are also cultivated or harvested from the wild for similar applications .


The genus is native to tropical and southern Africa , Madagascar , Jordan , the Arabian Peninsula , and various islands in the Indian Ocean ( Mauritius , Réunion , Comoros , etc . ) .


According to Cancer Research UK , a potentially deadly product called T-UP is made of concentrated aloe , and promoted as a cancer cure .


" Aloe socotrina " is said to be used in yellow Chartreuse .


The economy of the second largest country in Africa relies heavily on mining .


Main cash crops include coffee , palm oil , rubber , cotton , sugar , tea , and cocoa .


Food crops include cassava , plantains , maize , groundnuts , and rice .


The more extensive forest regions of the central cuvette and of the Ubangi River valley have increasingly been tapped .


The terrain and climate of the Congo Basin present serious barriers to road and rail construction , and the distances are enormous across this vast country .


In Spain , it was set in 1822 at " puberty age " , and changed to twelve in 1870 , which was kept until 1999 , when it became 13 ; and in 2015 it was raised to 16 .


In the 21st century , concerns about child sex tourism and commercial sexual exploitation of children gained international prominence , and have resulted in legislative changes in several jurisdictions , as well as in the adoption of several international instruments .


In 2008 , ECPAT reported that 44 countries had extraterritorial child sex legislation .


In New Zealand , before 2005 , there were no age of consent laws dealing with women having sex with underage boys .


Alissa Nutting argues that women are not acknowledged as perpetrators of sex crimes because society does not accept that women have an autonomous sexuality of their own .


The age of exposure has an influence upon if the immune system can fend off infections in general , and this is also true in the case of some sexually transmitted diseases .


Used to endorse clothing line H&M , a music video accompanied the track and aired as a television commercial .


This was seen several times in France , a country that shares the semi-presidential model .


The BBC broadcasts on FM in Kinshasa ( 92.7 ) , Lubumbashi ( 92.0 ) , Kisangani ( 92.0 ) , Goma ( 93.3 ) and Bukavu ( 102.2 ) .


Consequently , outside of Kinshasa , Matadi and Lubumbashi , private and commercial road transport is almost non-existent and traffic is scarce even where roads are in good condition .


A drawback of the synthetic bag is the potential for fungal spores to colonise the bag because of a reduction in necessary cleaning , with the associated danger of lung infection .


George Buchanan ( 1506 – 82 ) claimed that they had replaced the trumpet on the battlefield .


In 1254 , in the city of Leiria , he held the first session of the " Cortes " , a general assembly comprising the nobility , the middle class and representatives of all municipalities .


These may have led to his excommunication by the holy see and possibly precipitated his death , and his son Denis 's premature rise to the throne at only 18 years old .


In his reign the Algarve became part of the kingdom , following the capture of Faro .


The best-known disaccharide is sucrose or ordinary sugar , which consists of a glucose molecule and a fructose molecule joined together .


Lactose may be hydrolysed by lactase , and deficiency in this enzyme results in lactose intolerance .


The alpha chain of hemoglobin contains 146 amino acid residues ; substitution of the glutamate residue at position 6 with a valine residue changes the behavior of hemoglobin so much that it results in sickle-cell disease .


At the end of 1874 , Brigadier Martínez Campos , who had long been working more or less openly for the king , led some battalions of the central army to Sagunto , rallied to his own flag the troops sent against him , and entered Valencia in the king 's name .


Thereupon the President resigned , and his power was transferred to the king 's plenipotentiary and adviser , Antonio Cánovas .


Benevolent and sympathetic in disposition , he won the affection of his people by fearlessly visiting districts ravaged by cholera or devastated by earthquake in 1885 .


Its principal tasks are to provide security in key areas , such as the South Kivu and North Kivu in the east , and to assist the government in reconstruction .


The island of Bornholm is located east of the rest of the country , in the Baltic Sea .


The country 's natural resources include petroleum , natural gas , fish , salt , limestone , chalk , stone , gravel and sand .


Neither of the two daughters born to the King and Queen were haemophilia carriers , but another of their sons , Gonzalo ( 1914 – 1934 ) , had the condition .


This law would later be repealed by a new law dated 15 December 1938 , signed by Francisco Franco .


This article is about the demographic features of the population of Denmark , including population density , ethnicity , education level , health of the populace , economic status , religious affiliations and other aspects of the population .


He won his greatest military successes in the middle Ebro , where he conquered Zaragoza in 1118 and took Ejea , Tudela , Calatayud , Borja , Tarazona , Daroca , and Monreal del Campo .


He was succeeded by Peter IV , his 16-year - old son from his first marriage .


According to the World Bank , gross national income per capita was the tenth-highest in the world at $ 55,220 in 2017 .


This was the sense of the word as used in 1855 by the leading art historian Jacob Burckhardt , who wrote that baroque artists " despised and abused detail " because they lacked " respect for tradition " .


Their works include the buildings on the city 's main square , the Plaza Mayor of Salamanca ( 1729 ) .


It was designed by the brothers J. B. and Dominikus Zimmermann .


The palatial residence style was exemplified by the Wilanów Palace , constructed between 1677 and 1696 .


The gardens were designed by André Le Nôtre specifically to complement and amplify the architecture .


Arriva operates some routes in Jutland , and several other smaller operators provide local services .


The bank 's current governor is Ignazio Visco , who took the office on 1 November 2011 .