President Juscelino Kubitschek ( 1956 – 61 ) , who designed and built the capital Brasília , was another supporter of highways .


The other metro systems are in Rio de Janeiro , Porto Alegre , Recife , Belo Horizonte , Brasília , Teresina and Fortaleza .


According to the IBGE , in 2011 , the literacy rate of the population was 90.4 % , meaning that 13 million ( 9.6 % of population ) people are still illiterate in the country ; functional illiteracy has reached 21.6 % of the population .


The University of São Paulo is the second best university in Latin America , according to recent 2019 QS World University Rankings .


The architect Oscar Niemeyer idealized and built government buildings , churches and civic buildings in the modernist style .


Cachaça is distilled from sugar cane and is the main ingredient in the national cocktail , Caipirinha .


A typical meal consists mostly of rice and beans with beef , salad , french fries and a fried egg .


Often , it is mixed with cassava flour ( farofa ) .


At the end of the 19th century orchestrated dramaturgias became very popular and were accompanied with songs of famous artists like the conductress Chiquinha Gonzaga .


The most prominent authors at this stage were Jorge Andrade and Ariano Suassuna .


The World Nuclear Association calculates that the cost of fuel , including all processing , accounts for less than one cent ( US $ 0.01 ) per kWh .


Its highest peak is the Feldberg with an elevation of above sea level .


They settled and first colonized the valleys , crossing the old settlement boundary , the so-called " red sandstone border " , for example , from the region of Baar .


At the higher elevations spruce also grew .


Stone coal is only found near Berghaupten and Diersburg , but was always only of local importance .


Chronology : Stone Age mining of haematite ( as red pigment ) near Sulzburg .


Since the start of industrialisation there have been numerous firms in Pforzheim that manufacture jewellery and work with precious metals and stones .


In 1932 , the Schluchsee reservoir , with its new dam , became the upper basin of a pumped-storage power plant .


One oft-visited town is Baden-Baden with its thermal baths and festival hall .


Other thermal baths are found in the spa resorts of Badenweiler , Bad Herrenalb , Bad Wildbad , Bad Krozingen , Bad Liebenzell and Bad Bellingen .


Picturesque old towns may be visited in Altensteig , Dornstetten , Freiburg im Breisgau , Gernsbach , Villingen and Zell am Harmersbach .


For example , since 1984 , motorcyclists have been banned from using the mountain-racing route on the Schauinsland during summer weekends .


On " Fasnetmendig " , or the Monday before Ash Wednesday , crowds of people line the streets , wearing wooden , mostly hand-carved masks .


He was unpopular in the group ; his bisexuality and libertine lifestyle had gained him a bad reputation , and he had developed feuds with some of the members , including W. B. Yeats .


As part of the ritual , the couple performed acts of sex magic together , at times being joined by journalist Walter Duranty .


He occasionally travelled to Palermo to visit rent boys and buy supplies , including drugs ; his heroin addiction came to dominate his life , and cocaine began to erode his nasal cavity .


He continued to have affairs with both men and women while in the city , and met with famous people like Aldous Huxley and Alfred Adler .


Accompanying this was a book , published in a limited edition as " The Book of Thoth " by Chiswick Press in 1944 .


He took a young man named Kenneth Grant as his secretary , paying him in magical teaching rather than wages .


It is constrained by the Pontic Mountains to the south , Caucasus Mountains to the east , Crimean Mountains to the north , Strandzha to the southwest , Balkan Mountains to the west , Dobrogea Plateau to the northwest , and features a wide shelf to the northwest .


Important cities along the coast include Odessa , Sevastopol , Samsun , and Istanbul .


It has a positive water balance with an annual net outflow of per year through the Bosporus and the Dardanelles into the Aegean Sea .


Note : In some sources , Armenia is also considered .


The sector is near where Romania has also found gas reserves .


This pattern of productivity is also augmented by an " Emiliania huxleyi " bloom during the late spring and summer months .


Since the 1980 s , the Soviet Union started offshore drilling for petroleum in the sea 's western portion ( adjoining Ukraine 's coast ) .


It also provoked a short-term peaceful territorial dispute with Romania which was resolved in 2011 by an international court redefining the exclusive economic zones between the two countries .


Due to the late 18th century abandonment of mercantilist economic theory and the rise of classical liberalism and laissez-faire economic theory due to a revolution in economics led by Adam Smith and other economists , corporations transitioned from being government or guild affiliated entities to being public and private economic entities free of governmental directions .


The repeal was the beginning of a gradual lifting on restrictions , though business ventures ( such as those chronicled by Charles Dickens in " Martin Chuzzlewit " ) under primitive companies legislation were often scams .


In 1892 , Germany introduced the Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung with a separate legal personality and limited liability even if all the shares of the company were held by only one person .


In the United States , forming a corporation usually required an act of legislation until the late 19th century .


It is found as well in many tribal societies around the world , in places such as Australia , East Asia , Siberia , and South America .


Unity Church and its founder Charles Fillmore teach reincarnation .


If the heart was lighter than the feather , they could pass on , but if it were heavier they would be devoured by the demon Ammit .


He sees the river of forgetfulness , Lethe , which the dead must drink to forget their life and begin anew .


During the Age of Enlightenment , theologians and philosophers presented various philosophies and beliefs .


Martin Buber 's early collection of stories of the Baal Shem Tov 's life includes several that refer to people reincarnating in successive lives .


Here , Krishna says that just as a man discards his old clothes and wears new ones ; similarly the soul discards the old body and takes on a new one .


According to Edgar Cayce , the afterlife consisted of nine realms equated with the nine planets of astrology .


Its earliest members included noted scientists like William Crookes , and philosophers such as Henry Sidgwick and William James .


After 25 years of parapsychological research Susan Blackmore came to the conclusion that , according to her experiences , there is not enough empirical evidence for many of these cases .


There is a view based on the philosophical question of personal identity , termed open individualism by Daniel Kolak .


This position has been supported by notable physicists such as Erwin Schrödinger and Freeman Dyson .


Peter van Inwagen , in his argument regarding resurrection , notes that the materialist must have some sort of physical continuity .


In the panentheistic model of process philosophy and theology the writers Alfred North Whitehead and Charles Hartshorne rejected that the universe was made of substance , instead reality is composed of living experiences ( occasions of experience ) .


However other process philosophers such as David Ray Griffin have written that people may have subjective experience after death .


It is instrumental for keeping time , in that UTC is essentially the atomic time synchronized to Earth 's rotation by means of exact astronomical observations .


Astrometry is an important step in the cosmic distance ladder because it establishes parallax distance estimates for stars in the Milky Way .


Most contain caffeine , which was originally sourced from the kola nut , leading to the drink 's name , though other sources are now also used .


Cola became popular worldwide after pharmacist John Pemberton invented Coca-Cola in 1886 , which was later imitated by other manufacturers .


His non-alcoholic recipe was inspired by the coca wine of pharmacist Angelo Mariani , created in 1863 .


Trace flavorings may include a wide variety of ingredients , such as spices like nutmeg or coriander , but the base flavorings that most people identify with a cola taste remain citrus , vanilla and cinnamon .


In addition , stevia or an artificial sweetener may be used ; " sugar-free " or " diet " colas typically contain artificial sweeteners only .


The drink has also aroused criticism for its use of caffeine , which can cause physical dependence ( caffeine dependence ) .


A link has been shown between long-term regular cola intake and osteoporosis in older women ( but not men ) .


Some nutritionists caution against consumption of corn syrup because it may aggravate obesity and type-2 diabetes more than cane sugar .


Individuals such as Edward Yourdon , Larry Constantine , Gerald Weinberg , Tom DeMarco , and David Parnas began to publish articles and books with research results in an attempt to professionalize the software-development processes .


RDX was used by both sides in World War II .


The symptom complex involved nausea , vomiting , generalized seizures , and prolonged postictal confusion and amnesia ; which indicated toxic encephalopathy .


Her guiding actions reinforce her role as the " protectress of heroes , " or , as mythologian Walter Friedrich Otto dubbed her , the " goddess of nearness , " due to her mentoring and motherly probing .


Only Eris , goddess of discord , was not invited .


Since the Renaissance , however , western paintings have typically portrayed all three goddesses as completely naked .


The province is currently governed by the British Columbia New Democratic Party , led by John Horgan , in a minority government with the confidence and supply of the Green Party of British Columbia .


By land area , Abbotsford is the largest city .


Semi-desert grassland is found in large areas of the Interior Plateau , with land uses ranging from ranching at lower altitudes to forestry at higher ones .


For example , the average daily low in Prince George ( roughly in the middle of the province ) in January is .


Small towns in the southern interior with high elevation such as Princeton are typically colder and snowier than cities in the valleys .


Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra explored the coast in 1775 .


He selected the site and founded the new capital , New Westminster .


These formed the basis of the fractured labour-political spectrum that would generate a host of fringe leftist and rightist parties , including those who would eventually form the Co-operative Commonwealth and the early Social Credit splinter groups .


The advent of prohibition in the United States created new opportunities , and many found employment or at least profit in cross-border liquor smuggling .


He was succeeded on an interim basis by Dan Miller who was in turn followed by Ujjal Dosanjh following a leadership convention .


Though less than 5 % of its vast land is arable , the province is agriculturally rich ( particularly in the Fraser and Okanagan valleys ) , because of milder weather near the coast and in certain sheltered southern valleys .


The government of the day appoints ministers for various portfolios , what are officially part of the Executive Council , of whom the premier is chair .


Rail development expanded greatly in the decades after the Canadian Pacific Railway was completed , in 1885 , and was the chief mode of long-distance surface transportation until the expansion and improvement of the provincial highways system began in the 1950 s .


This annual judgment process begins on Rosh Hashanah and ends with Yom Kippur .


To this end , he declared that all his vicars in Romagna and Marche were deposed .


While he was convalescing in Castel Sant'Angelo , his troops controlled the conclave .


He was then stripped of all his luxurious garments , valuables , and a leather mask covering half his face ( disfigured , possibly by syphilis , during his late years ) .


He is said to have possessed a high intelligence that was recognized early during his time at the University of Pisa , and his brilliance in being a military commander and battle tactician was respected by friend and foe alike .


With his personality , he was able to win the unwavering loyalty of his troops and also with his most trusted friend and " manservant " , Micheletto Corella .


Bronze , an alloy of copper and tin , was the first alloy discovered , during the prehistoric period now known as the Bronze Age .


In ancient Egypt and Mycenae , gold was often alloyed with copper to produce red-gold , or iron to produce a bright burgundy-gold .


The first known smelting of iron began in Anatolia , around 1800 BC .


In 1740 , Benjamin Huntsman began melting blister steel in a crucible to even out the carbon content , creating the first process for the mass production of tool steel .


In 1858 , Henry Bessemer developed a process of steel-making by blowing hot air through liquid pig iron to reduce the carbon content .


However , in 1882 , Robert Hadfield , being a pioneer in steel metallurgy , took an interest and produced a steel alloy containing around 12 % manganese .


A method for extracting aluminium from bauxite was proposed by Humphry Davy in 1807 , using an electric arc .


In 1906 , precipitation hardening alloys were discovered by Alfred Wilm .


She is the favorite musician of Neil deGrasse Tyson .


According to later biographical legends , during the birth celebrations , the hermit seer Asita journeyed from his mountain abode , analyzed the child for the " 32 marks of a great man " and then announced that he would either become a great king ( " chakravartin " ) or a great religious leader .


The first vassana was spent at Varanasi when the sangha was formed .


These may reflect the different traditional views on Buddhist vegetarianism and the precepts for monks and nuns .


The sangha waited until the eminent elder Mahākassapa arrived to pay his respects before cremating the body .


General Kenan Evren took over the government and temporarily banned all the nation 's political parties .


Though she initially hesitated due to the necessary commitment to the show in a negotiable contract , she was swayed by the script and traveled to Los Angeles to audition for the part , which she won .


Notable agrarian socialists include Emiliano Zapata who was a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution .


The right-wing Law and Justice party has also become supportive of agrarian policies in recent years and polls show that most of their support comes from rural areas .


In Romania , older parties from Transylvania , Moldavia , and Wallachia merged to become the National Peasants ' Party in 1926 .


Iuliu Maniu ( 1873 – 1953 ) was a prime minister with an agrarian cabinet from 1928 – 1930 and briefly in 1932 – 1933 , but the Great Depression made proposed reforms impossible .


The New Zealand Liberal Party aggressively promoted agrarianism in its heyday ( 1891 – 1912 ) .


Richard Seddon had proclaimed the goal as early as 1884 : " It is the rich and the poor ; it is the wealthy and the landowners against the middle and labouring classes .


Most likely the earliest bridges were fallen trees and stepping stones , while Neolithic people built boardwalk bridges across marshland .


An example is the Alcántara Bridge , built over the river Tagus , in Spain .


The first book on bridge engineering was written by Hubert Gautier in 1716 .


With the advent of steel , which has a high tensile strength , much larger bridges were built , many using the ideas of Gustave Eiffel .


A set of five bridges cross a sinuous waterway in an important courtyard of the Forbidden City in Beijing , China .


The raw fabric was dyed and printed in bright hues , and calico prints became popular in Europe .


These events occurred under colonial rule , which started after 1757 , and were described by Nehru and also some more recent scholars as " de-industrialization " .


For example , the full moon has an angular diameter of approximately 0.5 ° , when viewed from Earth .


Great Lakes tribes are known for their bandolier bags that might take an entire year to complete .


In Cameroon , women create wooden sculptures entirely covered with beads on their surfaces like skin .


Scottish physician and scientist Joseph Black , who was the first to recognize the distinction between heat and temperature , is said to be the founder of the science of calorimetry .


For a given material , it can have a positive or negative sign or exceptionally it can be zero , and this can depend on the temperature , as it does for water about 4 C. The concept of latent heat with respect to volume was perhaps first recognized by Joseph Black in 1762 .


An early calorimeter was that used by Laplace and Lavoisier , as shown in the figure above .


The idea that heat was a conservative quantity was invented by Lavoisier , and is called the ' caloric theory ' ; by the middle of the nineteenth century it was recognized as mistaken .


The physical understanding of acoustical processes advanced rapidly during and after the Scientific Revolution .


Substantial progress in acoustics , resting on firmer mathematical and physical concepts , was made during the eighteenth century by Euler ( 1707 – 1783 ) , Lagrange ( 1736 – 1813 ) , and d'Alembert ( 1717 – 1783 ) .


The first such application was Sabine 's groundbreaking work in architectural acoustics , and many others followed .


Applications might include : ground vibrations from railways ; vibration isolation to reduce vibration in operating theatres ; studying how vibration can damage health ( vibration white finger ) ; vibration control to protect a building from earthquakes , or measuring how structure-borne sound moves through buildings .


The invention of the periodic system of elements by Mendeleev was another great step forward .


Since the Second World War , both theoretical and experimental fields have advanced at a rapid pace .


A pair of beads made from " Nassarius " sea snail shells , approximately 100,000 years old , are thought to be the earliest known examples of jewellery .


the Central African Republic , Chad , China ( Hong Kong ) , the Democratic Republic of the Congo , Gabon , Jamaica , Kenya , Madagascar , the Philippines , Singapore , and Zimbabwe .


The first systematic writing system for a sign language seems to be that of Roch-Ambroise Auguste Bébian , developed in 1825 .


The fairy shrimp of the order Anostraca are usually long ( exceptionally up to ) .


The group is thought to be monophyletic , with the Anostraca having been the first group to branch off .


He next enrolled in Columbia Law School , where he graduated first in his class in 1884 .


Their youngest child , Elizabeth Hughes Gossett , was one of the first humans injected with insulin , and later served as president of the Supreme Court Historical Society .


He also called for an eight-hour workday on public works projects and favored prohibitions on child labor .


He died at the age of 44 in 1677 from a lung illness , perhaps tuberculosis or silicosis exacerbated by the inhalation of fine glass dust while grinding lenses .


He had also committed the " monstrous deed , " contrary to the regulations of the synagogue and the views of some rabbinical authorities ( including Maimonides ) , of filing suit in a civil court rather than with the synagogue authorities - to renounce his father 's heritage , no less .


His premature death was said to be due to lung illness , possibly silicosis as a result of breathing in glass dust from the lenses that he ground .


He also held that knowledge of true causes of passive emotion can transform it to an active emotion , thus anticipating one of the key ideas of Sigmund Freud 's psychoanalysis .


The first effort to recognize and define the concept came from Parmenides , who famously said of it that " what is-is " .


Parmenides reasoned that if everything is identical to being and being is a category of the same thing then there can be neither differences between things nor any change .


Heraclitus , on the other hand , foreshadowed modern thought by denying existence .


Among the authors included were Hilaire Belloc , André Maurois , and Winston Churchill .


A somewhat similar approach was taken by Robert A. Heinlein in his 1941 novelette " Elsewhen " , in which a professor trains his mind to move his body across timelines .


The physicist David Deutsch , a strong advocate of the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics , has argued along these lines , saying that " By making good choices , doing the right thing , we thicken the stack of universes in which versions of us live reasonable lives .


Several writers have posited points of departure for such a world but then have injected time splitters from the future or paratime travel , for instance James P. Hogan 's " The Proteus Operation " .


Henry Moseley applies this theory to " degauss the effects of cold iron and release the goetic forces .


In the " Civilization " series , the player guides a civilization from prehistory to the present day , creating radically altered versions of history on a long time-scale .


The point of divergence is during World War II , where the Soviet Union develops an atomic bomb first and uses it on Berlin .


Hunter College was crippled for several days by a protest of 2,000 students who had a list of demands focusing on more student representation in college administration .


The administrative offices are in Midtown Manhattan .


With J. J. Thomson 's discovery of the electron in 1897 , it became clear that atoms were not the smallest building blocks of nature , but were rather composite particles .


In 1909 , Ernest Rutherford discovered that the bulk of the atomic mass was tightly condensed into a nucleus , which was also found to be positively charged .


Bohr noted that the existence of any sort of wave packet implies uncertainty in the wave frequency and wavelength , since a spread of frequencies is needed to create the packet itself .


Max Born suggested that the electron 's position needed to be described by a probability distribution which was connected with finding the electron at some point in the wave-function which described its associated wave packet .


Also , in 1927 , Albrecht Unsöld proved that if one sums the electron density of all orbitals of a particular azimuthal quantum number of the same shell ( e.g. all three 2p orbitals , or all five 3d orbitals ) where each orbital is occupied by an electron or each is occupied by an electron pair , then all angular dependence disappears ; that is , the resulting total density of all the atomic orbitals in that subshell ( those with the same ) is spherical .


Niels Bohr was the first to propose ( 1923 ) that the periodicity in the properties of the elements might be explained by the periodic filling of the electron energy levels , resulting in the electronic structure of the atom .


The significance of element 137 , also known as untriseptium , was first pointed out by the physicist Richard Feynman .


The resulting political unrest led to the establishment of a royal authoritarian dictatorship by Tsar Boris III ( 1918 – 1943 ) .


Law enforcement is carried out by organisations mainly subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior .


The loss of COMECON markets in 1990 and the subsequent " shock therapy " of the planned system caused a steep decline in industrial and agricultural production , ultimately followed by an economic collapse in 1997 .


It includes the capital city and the surrounding Sofia Province , which alone generate 42 % of national gross domestic product despite hosting only 22 % of the population .


The Bulgarian National Bank issues the national currency , lev , which is pegged to the euro at a rate of 1.95583 levа per euro .


Despite repeated criticism from the European Commission , of whom 6.8 % are employed in agriculture , 26.6 % in industry and 66.6 % in the services sector .


Two-thirds of food and agricultural exports go to OECD countries .


Maize , barley , oats and rice are also grown .


More than 80 % of all deaths are due to cancer and cardiovascular conditions ; nearly a fifth of those are avoidable .


Yogurt , lukanka , banitsa , shopska salad , lyutenitsa and kozunak are among the best-known local foods .


Most influential among these was the definition of Turing machines by Alan Turing in 1936 , which turned out to be a very robust and flexible simplification of a computer .


In addition , in 1965 Edmonds suggested to consider a " good " algorithm to be one with running time bounded by a polynomial of the input size .


The field began to flourish in 1971 when the Stephen Cook and Leonid Levin proved the existence of practically relevant problems that are NP-complete .


The stories locate it somewhere in Great Britain and sometimes associate it with real cities , though more usually its precise location is not revealed .


The non-protein amino acid mimosine is found in other species of legume , in particular " Leucaena leucocephala " .


The food industry is also a major consumer of amino acids , in particular , glutamic acid , which is used as a flavor enhancer , and aspartame ( aspartylphenylalanine 1-methyl ester ) as a low-calorie artificial sweetener .


In Thailand , many populations of one freshwater species have been wiped out by an introduced species of snail .


Chemicals extracted from a marine bryozoan species have been investigated for treatment of cancer and Alzheimer 's disease , but analyses have not been encouraging .


There are some colonies of freshwater species such as " Cristatella mucedo " that are able to move slowly on a creeping foot .


In general marine echinoderms and molluscs eat masses of zooids by gouging pieces of colonies , breaking their mineralized " houses " , while most arthropod predators on bryozoans eat individual zooids .


In Thailand the introduced species " Pomacea canaliculata " ( golden apple snail ) , which is generally a destructive herbivore , has wiped out phylactolaemate populations wherever it has appeared .


In 2001 pharmaceutical company GPC Biotech licensed bryostatin 1 from Arizona State University for commercial development as a treatment for cancer .


More recent work shows it has positive effects on cognition in sufferers of Alzheimer 's disease with few side effects .


A " biennial plant " is a flowering plant that takes two years to complete its biological life cycle .


During the next spring or summer , the stem of the biennial plant elongates greatly , or " bolts " .


Examples of biennial plants are members of the onion family including leek , some members of the cabbage family , common mullein , parsley , fennel , " Lunaria " , silverbeet , Black-eyed Susan , Sweet William , colic weed , carrot , and some hollyhocks .


Plant breeders have produced annual cultivars of several biennials that will flower the first year from seed , for example , foxglove and stock .


When dried , the fragrance is herbal , slightly floral , and somewhat similar to oregano and thyme .


They are most often used in rice dishes like biryani and as an ingredient in garam masala .


Some members of the laurel family , as well as the unrelated but visually similar mountain laurel and cherry laurel , have leaves that are poisonous to humans and livestock .


He was applauded for his position on this by futurist Ray Kurzweil .


He shared various anecdotes and advice , including stories of his time in Vietnam , as well as mentioning a bout with melanoma on his back , which subsequently resulted in his " giving a pound of flesh " to surgery .


In 1945 , he was invited to set up a counselling center at the University of Chicago .


Cyanide poisoning was established as the cause of death .


Philosophy professor Jack Copeland has questioned various aspects of the coroner 's historical verdict .


The sculptor buried his own old Amstrad computer under the plinth as a tribute to " the godfather of all modern computers " .


Many physicists such as Stephen Hawking , Kip Thorne , and others therefore argue that such effects might make it possible to stabilize a traversable wormhole .


This part of the show was mostly improvised by Mike Judge .


It gained mostly positive reviews from film critics and a " two thumbs up " from Siskel and Ebert .


Swiss scientist Johann Heinrich Lambert in 1761 proved that π , the ratio of a circle 's area to its squared radius , is irrational , meaning it is not equal to the quotient of any two whole numbers .


Fine arts artists such as painters succeeded in the Renaissance in raising their status , formerly similar to these workers , to a decisively higher level .


The practice of using silver bars for currency also seems to have been current in Central Asia from the 6th century BCE .


Coins of this type were also found in the Bhir Mound hoard .


Coins from Athens and Corinth appeared shortly thereafter , known to exist at least since the late 6th century BCE .


Although many of the first coins illustrated the images of various gods , the first portraiture of actual rulers appears with the coinage of Lycia in the 5th century BCE .


Greek-speaking kingdoms were established in Egypt and Syria , and for a time also in Iran and as far east as what is now Afghanistan and northwestern India .


An example of non-metallic composite coins ( sometimes incorrectly called plastic coins ) was introduced into circulation in Transnistria on 22 August 2014 .


Like Achilles in a later generation , he was trained by the centaur Chiron .


50000 Quaoar , for example , has a near-circular orbit close to the ecliptic .


Plutinos , on the other hand , have more eccentric orbits bringing some of them closer to the Sun than Neptune .


Dwarf planet Makemake is such a borderline classical cubewano / scatnear object .


These systems charged for access , typically a flat monthly fee , compared to the per-hour fees charged by " Event Horizons BBS " and most online services .


The ubiquitous Commodore 64 ( introduced in 1982 ) was a common platform in the 1980 s .


The soprano and alto parts were sung by two famous young singers : Henriette Sontag and Caroline Unger .


David Levy , however , criticized this edition , saying that it could create " quite possibly false " traditions .


This featured Gwyneth Jones ( soprano ) , Hanna Schwarz ( mezzo ) , René Kollo ( tenor ) , and Kurt Moll ( bass ) , with the chorus of the Vienna State Opera .


The President is also Commander in Chief of the United States Armed Forces , and as such has broad authority over the armed forces .


Foreign policy themes were expressed considerably in George Washington 's farewell address ; these included , among other things , observing good faith and justice towards all nations and cultivating peace and harmony with all , excluding both " inveterate antipathies against particular nations , and passionate attachments for others " , " steer [ ing ] clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world " , and advocating trade with all nations .


Since 9 / 11 , Pakistan has received approximately $ 11.5 " billion in direct military aid .


In United States history , critics have charged that presidents have used democracy to justify military intervention abroad .


This had the effect of restoring and strengthening the authoritarian monarchical reign of Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi .


Specific examples include El Salvador , Nicaragua , Guatemala and South Africa .


For example , the bloodiest war in recent time , involving eight nations and killing millions of civilians , was the Second Congo War , which was almost completely ignored by the media .


Accordingly , since the mid-1980 s , under President Ronald Reagan , there has been an increase in levels of foreign direct investment going to emerging market democracies relative to countries that have not undertaken political reforms .


97 , by Ludwig van Beethoven is a piano trio completed in 1811 .


The Day of Saint Nicholas on 6 December is the unofficial beginning of the festive season in Poland .


The highlight of the holiday is the most significant day , Christmas Eve on the 24 December .


24 , is a violin sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven .


As Joseph Szigeti noted , the two pieces complement each other in both key and character .


There were two such cases tried at the Old Bailey , one in 1735 and the other in 1741 .


In Texas , barratry is a misdemeanor on the first conviction , but a felony on subsequent convictions .


The first use of bombs dropped from an aircraft occurred in the Italo-Turkish War , with the first major deployments coming in the First World War and Second World War by all major airforces causing devastating damage to cities , towns , and rural areas .


It stars Jessie Mueller , Joshua Henry , Renée Fleming , Lindsay Mendez and Alexander Gemignani .


The production is directed by Jack O'Brien and choreographed by Justin Peck .


A film version of the musical was made in 1956 , starring Gordon MacRae and Shirley Jones .


There was also an abridged ( 100 minute ) 1967 network television version that starred Robert Goulet , with choreography by Edward Villella .


The 1987 version featured a mix of opera and musical stars , including Samuel Ramey , Barbara Cook and Sarah Brightman .


However , this theory of the " via media " was reworked in the ecclesiological writings of Frederick Denison Maurice , in a more dynamic form that became widely influential .


The evangelical revival , influenced by such figures as John Wesley and Charles Simeon , re-emphasised the importance of justification through faith and the consequent importance of personal conversion .


Many provinces of the Anglican Communion ordain both men and women as deacons .


Deacons are not permitted to preside at the Eucharist ( but can lead worship with the distribution of already consecrated communion where this is permitted ) , absolve sins , or pronounce a blessing .


The capital is Nassau on the island of New Providence .


He was praised for his resolution of civil unrest over low wages in Nassau in June 1942 , when there was a " full-scale riot " .


They reasoned that other flowers grown there - such as the bougainvillea , hibiscus and poinciana - had already been chosen as the national flowers of other countries .


The yellow elder , on the other hand , was unclaimed by other countries ( although it is now also the national flower of the United States Virgin Islands ) and also the yellow elder is native to the family islands .


and Grand Bahama , home to the second largest city of Freeport .


Today cricket is still enjoyed by a few locals and immigrants in the country , usually from Jamaica , Guyana , Haiti and Barbados .


By the 6th century BC , widespread social unrest led to the reforms of Solon .


For example , Kifissia and Glyfada serve as inter-municipal centres for northern and southern suburbs respectively .


It runs from Piraeus station to Kifissia station and covers a distance of 25.6 - kilometre ( 15.9 " mi ) .


Most of the university 's workings have been moved to a much larger , modern campus located in the eastern suburb of Zografou .


Nikos Gounaris was probably the most renowned composer and singer of the time .


This idea later lost support from the IOC and these games were discontinued .


The island lies almost halfway between Hawaii and Australia .


Seabird species such as the lesser frigatebird , brown noddy and sooty tern use the island for nesting and roosting .


In January 2009 , that entity was redesignated the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument by President George W. Bush .


Representatives from the agency visit the island on average once every two years , usually coordinating transportation with an NOAA vessel .


He eschewed radical political and economic reforms , promoting instead a small degree of candor in politics and mild economic experiments similar to those that had been associated with the late Premier Alexei Kosygin 's initiatives in the mid-1960 s .


The territory 's capital is The Valley .


As throughout the Caribbean , holidays are a cultural fixture .


Seafood is abundant , including prawns , shrimp , crab , spiny lobster , conch , mahi-mahi , red snapper , marlin and grouper .


The dialect of Ajaccio has been described as in transition .


While drawing up the plans for the West Block , he included a circular staircase leading directly from his office to the outside of the building , which allowed him to escape the patronage-seekers waiting for him in his ante-chamber .


By 1994 , only the operations in Germany and the United Kingdom were still profitable .


Commodore is a rank in the Royal Netherlands Air Force .


This system of equations first appeared in the work of Jean le Rond d'Alembert .


Later , Leonhard Euler connected this system to the analytic functions .


He was a co-founder of the Haifa Theatre .


As a young child , although he wanted to become a commercial artist , his elementary school teacher , the writer Yemima Avidar-Tchernovitz , saw a theatrical side to him , and encouraged him to act in school plays and read stories to the class .


the Jewish National Fund 's tree-planting program " .


Others , such as Romila Thapar , have suggested that the extent and impact of his pacifism have been " grossly exaggerated " .


Dhaka , the capital and largest city , is the nation 's economic , political and cultural hub .


Chittagong , the largest sea port , is the second-largest city .


In comparison , Japan saw its first railway in 1872 .


The main railway companies in the region were the Eastern Bengal Railway and Assam Bengal Railway .


General Yahya Khan assumed power , reintroducing martial law .


Martial law was declared , and the presidency passed to the usurper Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad for four months .


Chief Justice Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem was installed as president by the military on 6 November 1975 .


In 1977 , the army chief Ziaur Rahman became president .


Chief Justice A. F. M. Ahsanuddin Chowdhury was installed as president , but army chief Hussain Muhammad Ershad became the country 's " de facto " leader and assumed the presidency in 1983 .


He governed with four successive prime ministers ( Ataur Rahman Khan , Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury , Moudud Ahmed and Kazi Zafar Ahmed ) and a parliament dominated by his Jatiyo Party .


A 1990 mass uprising forced him to resign , and Chief Justice Shahabuddin Ahmed led the country 's first caretaker government as part of the transition to parliamentary rule .


Pro-democracy leader Dr. Kamal Hossain called for an annulment of the election result and for a new election to be held in a free and fair manner .


The election was also observed by European Union observers .


The northeast and southeast are home to evergreen hill ranges .


The country has never recorded an air temperature below , with a record low of in the north west city of Dinajpur on 3 February 1905 .


St. Martin 's Island is the only coral reef in the country .


The Chital deer are widely seen in southwestern woodlands .


An example is BRAC in Afghanistan , which benefits 12 million people in that country .


The photojournalist Shahidul Alam was jailed and tortured for criticising the government .


Targets have included Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank , secularist bloggers and independent and pro-opposition newspapers and television networks .


According to the World Bank , poor governance , corruption and weak public institutions are also major challenges .


The country is among the top producers of rice ( fourth ) , potatoes ( seventh ) , tropical fruits ( sixth ) , jute ( second ) , and farmed fish ( fifth ) .


Petrobangla is the national energy company .


Muhammad Yunus successfully pioneered microfinance as a sustainable tool for poverty alleviation and others followed suit .


Aviation has grown rapidly , and is dominated by the flag carrier Biman Bangladesh Airlines and other privately owned airlines .


According to then education minister Nurul Islam Nahid , 27,558 madrasas and technical and vocational institutions were enlisted for the facility .


Novera Ahmed and Nitun Kundu were the country 's pioneers of modernist sculpture .


Kazi Nazrul Islam was a revolutionary poet who espoused political rebellion against colonialism and fascism .


Jasimuddin was a renowned pastoral poet .


Zahir Raihan was a prominent documentary-maker who was assassinated in 1971 .


Cable television is mostly available in North America , Europe , Australia , South Asia and East Asia , and less so in South America and the Middle East .


In North America , Australia and Europe , many cable operators have already introduced cable telephone service , which operates just like existing fixed line operators .


The introduction of sugar cane from Dutch Brazil in 1640 completely transformed society , the economy and the physical landscape .


It is flat in comparison to its island neighbours to the west , the Windward Islands .


This subduction means geologically the island is composed of coral roughly thick , where reefs formed above the sediment .


Known as the " wet season " , this period runs from June to December .


By contrast , the " dry season " runs from December to May .


The dominant political parties are the Democratic Labour Party and the incumbent Barbados Labour Party .


The Barbados Defence Force has roughly 800 members .


The smaller buses from the two privately owned systems ( " ZRs " and " minibuses " ) can give change ; the larger blue buses from the government-operated Barbados Transport Board system cannot , but do give receipts .


The ecological effects of the eruption of a large caldera can be seen in the record of the Lake Toba eruption in Indonesia .


There is evidence that human habitation continued in India after the eruption .


For instance , the caldera atop Fernandina Island collapsed in 1968 when parts of the caldera floor dropped .


Through the use of manned and unmanned spacecraft , volcanism has been discovered on Venus , Mars , the Moon , and Io , a satellite of Jupiter .


The Moon has an outer shell of low-density crystalline rock that is a few hundred kilometers thick , which formed due to a rapid creation .


Because there is no plate tectonics on Venus , heat is mainly lost by conduction through the lithosphere .


In honour of her memory , he asked the Senate to deify her as a goddess , and authorised the construction of a temple to be built in the Roman Forum in her name , with priestesses serving in her temple .


He then greatly increased his reputation by his conduct as proconsul of Asia , probably during 134 – 135 .


Under Nicholas I and Alexander III the national cultures were repressed .


The climate features mild to cold winters , with January minimum temperatures ranging from in southwest ( Brest ) to in northeast ( Vitebsk ) , and cool and moist summers with an average temperature of .


The term for each presidency is five years .


The referendum on the extension was denounced as a " fantastic " fake by the chief electoral officer , Viktar Hanchar , who was removed from the office for official matters only during the campaign .


The runner-up opposition leader Andrei Sannikov received less than 3 % of the vote ; independent observers criticized the election as fraudulent .


When opposition protesters took to the streets in Minsk , many people , including most rival presidential candidates , were beaten and arrested by the state militia .


Minsk , the nation 's capital and largest city , was home to 1,937,900 residents .


The national football team has never qualified for a major tournament ; however , BATE Borisov has played in the Champions League .


The 18th century saw the arrival of some notable improvements , first by Poleni with the first fully functional calculating clock and four-operation machine , but these machines were almost always " one of the kind " .


In 1978 a new company , Calculated Industries arose which focused on specialized markets .


The 32-bit Parallax Propeller microcontroller architecture and the first chip were designed by two people in about 10 human years of work time .


The 8-bit 6502 architecture and the first MOS Technology 6502 chip were designed in 13 months by a group of about 9 people .


Examples include the kakapo , a flightless parrot , and the dodo , a columbiform ( the pigeon family ) .


The first was as a node-based clade uniting " Ichthyornis " with modern birds .


The most primitive known bird relative with a keeled breastbone is " Confuciusornis " .


A " cocktail " is an alcoholic mixed drink , which is either a combination of spirits , or one or more spirits mixed with other ingredients such as fruit juice , flavored syrup , or cream .


When a mixed drink contains only a distilled spirit and a mixer , such as soda or fruit juice , it is a highball .


When a mixed drink contains only a distilled spirit and a liqueur , it is a duo , and when it adds a mixer , it is a trio .


Traditionally cocktails were a mixture of spirits , sugar , water , and bitters .


By the 1860 s , however , a cocktail frequently included a liqueur .


The term highball appears during the 1890 s to distinguish a drink composed only of a distilled spirit and a mixer .


During Prohibition in the United States ( 1920 – 1933 ) , when alcoholic beverages were illegal , cocktails were still consumed illegally in establishments known as speakeasies .


There was a shift from whiskey to gin , which does not require aging and is therefore easier to produce illicitly .


Cocktails became less popular in the late 1960 s and through the 1970 s , until resurging in the 1980 s with vodka often substituting the original gin in drinks such as the martini .


Approximately 99 % of the helium produced on Earth is the result of the alpha decay of underground deposits of minerals containing uranium or thorium .


RBE relative biological effectiveness quantifies the ability of radiation to cause certain biological effects , notably either cancer or cell-death , for equivalent radiation exposure .


The death of Marie Curie at age 66 from aplastic anemia was probably caused by prolonged exposure to high doses of ionizing radiation , but it is not clear if this was due to alpha radiation or X-rays .


The recorded history of the middle and southern regions focuses on Caracol , an urban political centre that may have supported over 140,000 people .


North of the Maya Mountains , the most important political centre was Lamanai .


On 8 February 2008 , Dean Barrow was sworn in as prime minister after his UDP won a landslide victory in general elections .


The south contains the low mountain range of the Maya Mountains .


The reserve was founded in 1990 as the first wilderness sanctuary for the jaguar and is regarded by one author as the premier site for jaguar preservation in the world .


In 2006 , the cultivation of newly discovered crude oil in the town of Spanish Lookout has presented new prospects and problems for this developing nation .


In 1842 Charles Darwin described it as " the most remarkable reef in the West Indies " .


They vary , from foods such as rice and beans with or without coconut milk , " panades " s ( fried maize shells with beans or fish ) , escabeche , meat pies , chimole ( onion soup ) , caldo ( soup ) , maize , stewed chicken and garnaches ( fried tortillas with beans , cheese , and sauce ) to various constituted dinners featuring some type of rice and beans , meat and salad or coleslaw .


The president who led the country to independence was Hubert Maga .


It resulted in a runoff between Yayi Boni and Adrien Houngbédji .


In the rest of the country , the savanna is covered with thorny scrub and dotted with huge baobab trees .


In Cotonou , the average maximum temperature is ; the minimum is .


In 2015 , public expenditure on education ( all levels ) amounted to 4.4 % of GDP , according to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics .


The population in the northern provinces use beef and pork meat which is fried in palm or peanut oil or cooked in sauces .


The vast majority of those in extreme poverty reside in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa .


As of 2018 , it is estimated that the country with the most people living in extreme poverty is Nigeria , at 86 million .


In the Sustainable Development Goals , which succeeded the MDGs , the goal is to end extreme poverty in all its forms everywhere .


The code was discovered by modern archaeologists in 1901 , and its translation published in 1902 by Jean-Vincent Scheil .


By comparison the Harvard Mark I could perform the same task in just six seconds .


The " weak cosmic censorship hypothesis " was conceived by Roger Penrose in 1969 and posits that no naked singularities exist in the universe .


The hypothesis was first formulated by Roger Penrose in 1969 , and it is not stated in a completely formal way .


Her parents were friendly with writer Mark Twain .


The group , including Ida Rauh , Inez Milholland , Floyd Dell , and Doris Stevens , also spent summers and weekends in Croton-on-Hudson .


Renamed the Women 's International League for Peace and Freedom in 1921 , it remains the oldest extant women 's peace organization .


The island was one of the centres for illegal alcohol smuggling during the era of Prohibition in the United States ( 1920 - 1933 ) .


on the Outer Banks of North Carolina , United States which is the nearest landmass .


Many nearby reefs are readily accessible from shore by snorkellers , especially at Church Bay .


Only 165 of the island 's current 1,000 vascular plant species are considered native ; fifteen of those , including the eponymous cedar , are endemic .


However , scientists have recently discovered through genetic DNA studies that a species of turtle , the diamondback terrapin , previously thought to have been introduced to the archipelago , actually pre-dated the arrival of humans .


The most recent meeting was on 23 June 2008 , between Premier Ewart Brown and President George W. Bush .


The Bermuda Monetary Authority is the issuing authority for all banknotes and coins , and regulates financial institutions .


For higher education , the Bermuda College offers various associate degrees and other certificate programmes .


Ernest Graham Ingham , an expatriate author , published his books at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries .


The novelist Brian Burland ( 1931 – 2010 ) achieved a degree of success and acclaim internationally .


More recently , Angela Barry has won critical recognition for her published fiction .


In 2008 , the museum opened its new building , constructed within the Botanical Gardens .


He was succeeded as emperor by his adopted son Tiberius ( also stepson and former son-in-law ) .


The other road provides access to the Ice Runway , which is on sea ice .


The road between the Ice Runway and McMurdo Station varies in length from year to year depending on many factors , including ice stability .


However , the Mobile River system has a high incidence of endemism among freshwater mollusks and biodiversity is high .


There is also an abundance of cypress , hickory , oak , populus , and eastern redcedar trees .


In other areas , hemlock growths in the north and southern white cedar in the southwest .


Other native trees include ash , hackberry , and holly .


Among cultivated plants are wisteria and camellia .


Coypu and nine-banded armadillo have been introduced to the state and now also common .


Game birds include bobwhite quail , duck , wild turkey , and goose .


Freshwater fish such as bream , shad , bass , and sucker are common .


The heat of summer is tempered in the south by the winds from the Gulf of Mexico , and in the north by the elevation above the sea .


At extremely rare intervals the thermometer has fallen below zero ( - 18 " °C ) , as was the case in the remarkable cold wave of the 12th - 13 February 1899 , when an absolute minimum of was registered at Valley Head .


The highest temperature ever recorded was in Talladega county in 1902 .


It is bordered to the north and east by Brazil , to the southeast by Paraguay , to the south by Argentina , to the southwest by Chile , and to the northwest by Peru .


Túpac Katari led the indigenous rebellion that laid siege to La Paz in March 1781 , during which 20,000 people died .


In 1980 , General Luis García Meza Tejada carried out a ruthless and violent coup d'état that did not have popular support .


In October 1982 , Hernán Siles Zuazo again became president , 22 years after the end of his first term of office ( 1956 – 60 ) .


In 1993 , Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada was elected president in alliance with the Tupac Katari Revolutionary Liberation Movement , which inspired indigenous-sensitive and multicultural-aware policies .


The indigenous population of the Andean region was not able to benefit from government reforms .


Vice President Jorge Fernando Quiroga Ramírez completed the final year of his term .


In addition , there are more than 3,000 types of butterfly , and more than 60 domestic animals .


Presidents Hernán Siles Zuazo ( 1982 – 85 ) and Víctor Paz Estenssoro ( 1985 – 89 ) began a tradition of ceding power peacefully which has continued , although two presidents have stepped down in the face of popular protests : Gonzalo Sánchez de Lozada in 2003 and Carlos Mesa in 2005 .


However , to mine for it would involve disturbing the country 's salt flats ( called Salar de Uyuni ) , an important natural feature which boosts tourism in the region .


The northern portion of the road , much of it unpaved and without guardrails , was cut into the Cordillera Oriental Mountain in the 1930 s .


Roads in this area were originally built to allow access to mines located near Charazani .


A private airline serving regional destinations is Línea Aérea Amaszonas , with services including some international destinations .


The country 's second largest city , Santa Cruz de la Sierra , manages its own water and sanitation system relatively successfully by way of cooperatives .


The government of Evo Morales intends to strengthen citizen participation within the sector .


The most part of the population ( 70 % ) is concentrated in the departments of La Paz , Santa Cruz and Cochabamba .


Clement and others cited some apocryphal books as " scripture , " " divine scripture , " " inspired , " and the like .


They were referred to as " ecclesiastical " works by Rufinus .


In 1908 he started a new professional baseball league known as the Union Professional League .


He secured financial backing , and in five months he had built and demonstrated in flight his biplane airliner , the 18-passenger Lawson L-2 .


The publicity allowed him to secure an additional $ 1 million to build the 26-passenger Midnight Liner .


In the 1920 s , he promoted health practices , including vegetarianism , and claimed to have found the secret of living to 200 .


Their taxonomy puts them in the family Haliotidae , which contains only one genus , " Haliotis " , which once contained six subgenera .


Abalone vary in size from ( " Haliotis pulcherrima " ) to while " Haliotis rufescens " is the largest of the genus at .


" Haliotis asinina " has a somewhat different shape , as it is more elongated and distended .


These snails cling solidly with their broad , muscular foot to rocky surfaces at sublittoral depths , although some species such as " Haliotis cracherodii " used to be common in the intertidal zone .


Members of the Spionidae of the polychaetes are known as pests of abalone .


The meat of this mollusc is considered a delicacy in certain parts of Latin America ( particularly Chile ) , France , New Zealand , East Asia and Southeast Asia .


In the same way as shark fin soup or bird 's nest soup , abalone is considered a luxury item , and is traditionally reserved for special occasions such as weddings and other celebrations .


This was reduced to 18 abalone per year in 2014 , and as of 2017 the limit has been reduced to 12 , only nine of which may be taken south of Mendocino County .


Taking of abalone is not permitted south of the mouth of the San Francisco Bay .


Only red abalone may be taken , as black , white , pink , flat , green , and pinto abalone are protected by law .


An abbess serves for life , except in Italy and some adjacent islands .


Cetaceans produce a number of vocalizations , notably the clicks and whistles of dolphins and the moaning songs of the humpback whale .


Besides hunting , cetaceans also face threats from accidental trapping and environmental hazards such as marine pollution , noise pollution and ongoing climate change .


Rorqual family ( balaenopterids ) use throat pleats to expand their mouths to take in food and sieve out the water .


A few species , such as the beluga whale , lack them .


The shoulder joint is the only functional joint in all cetaceans except for the Amazon river dolphin .


At least one species , the tucuxi or Guiana dolphin , is able to use electroreception to sense prey .


The southern right whale dolphin and the hourglass dolphin live only in the Southern Ocean .


It appears to be a form of play and is most commonly seen off the coast of Argentina and South Africa .


It was likely a good swimmer , but could probably move only clumsily on land , much like a modern seal .


This activity has gone on since the Stone Age .


In the Middle Ages , reasons for whaling included their meat , oil usable as fuel and the jawbone , which was used in house construction .


In addition , the spermaceti found in the sperm whale was used as a machine lubricant and the ambergris as a material for pharmaceutical and perfume industries .


The blue whale population is estimated to be around 14,000 .


Some particularly endangered species , such as the humpback whale ( which then numbered about 100 animals ) , were placed under international protection and the first protected areas were established .


Dolphins are hunted this way in several places around the world , including the Solomon Islands , the Faroe Islands , Peru and Japan ( the most well-known practitioner ) .


Dolphins are mostly hunted for their meat , though some end up in dolphinaria .


In Aristotle 's time , the 4th century BCE , whales were regarded as fish due to their superficial similarity .


River dolphins are known from the Ganges and – erroneously – the Nile .


Dolphins belong to the domain of Poseidon and led him to his wife Amphitrite .


The study of whale song also produced a popular album , " Songs of the Humpback Whale " .


Also , two common / bottlenose hybrids reside in captivity at Discovery Cove and SeaWorld San Diego .


Diseases affecting the abdominal cavity are dealt with generally under their own names ( e.g. appendicitis ) .


It is situated on the Abens river , a tributary of the Danube .


The town lies on the Abens river , a tributary of the Danube , around eight kilometres from the river 's source .


At the cemetery in what is now the district of Pullach stood a memorial stone which was mentioned as recently as 1967 , but which is no longer at the site .


By the 6th century , Emperor Justinian had reconquered the area for the Byzantine Empire .


This conflict came to an end in 1322 , when Stephen II Kotromanić became " Ban " .


He was succeeded by his ambitious nephew Tvrtko who , following a prolonged struggle with nobility and inter-family strife , gained full control of the country in 1367 .


The same level of unrest or activism did not occur in the Republika Srpska , but hundreds of people also gathered in support of protests in the town of Banja Luka against its separate government .


It has a coastline about long surrounding the city of Neum .


The most important of these levels is the division of the country into two entities : the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and Republika Srpska .


The Brčko District in the north of the country was created in 2000 , out of land from both entities .


These are : Banja Luka , Mostar , Sarajevo , and East Sarajevo .


During the Bosnian War , the economy suffered € 200 " billion in material damages .


In the General Prologue , some 30 pilgrims are introduced .


It was first printed as early as 1561 by John Stow , and several editions for centuries after followed suit .


Another tale features a pelican and a griffin debating church corruption , with the pelican taking a position of protest akin to John Wycliffe 's ideas .


It was also used as the entrance theme for Ricky Steamboat in pro wrestling of the mid-1980 s .


Patronage changed in the late Middle Ages .


She makes special mention of a manuscript illustrator we know only as Anastasia , whom she described as the most talented of her day .


It is bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast , Namibia to the west and north , and Zimbabwe to the northeast .


Around 10 percent of the population lives in the capital and largest city , Gaborone .


The presidency passed to the sitting vice-president , Quett Masire , who was elected in his own right in 1984 and re-elected in 1989 and 1994 .


He was succeeded by Festus Mogae , who was elected in his own right in 1999 and re-elected in 2004 .


It is similar in size to Madagascar or France .


Approximately 71 % of the country 's land is used for communal grazing , which has been a major cause of the desertification and the accelerating soil erosion of the country .


Since independence was declared , the party system has been dominated by the Botswana Democratic Party .


The Bank of Botswana serves as a central bank .


There are many famous abbeys across the Mediterranean Basin and Europe .


However , the cloister garth ( quadrangle ) , as at Chichester , is not rectangular , and thus , all the surrounding buildings are positioned in an awkward fashion .


The belief may have originated in the Byzantine Empire .


In the first significant engagement of the war , the town of Béziers was besieged on 22 July 1209 .


This can reveal the intracranial pressure , as well as indicate diseases including infections of the brain or its surrounding meninges .


At around the third week of development , the embryo is a three-layered disc , covered with ectoderm , mesoderm and endoderm .


When this goes awry , CSF can be toxic , such as in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis , the commonest form of motor neuron disease .


Prominent leaders include co-founders Lucien Febvre ( 1878 – 1956 ) , Henri Hauser ( 1866 - 1946 ) and Marc Bloch ( 1886 – 1944 ) .


The second generation was led by Fernand Braudel ( 1902 – 1985 ) and included Georges Duby ( 1919 – 1996 ) , Pierre Goubert ( 1915 – 2012 ) , Robert Mandrou ( 1921 – 1984 ) , Pierre Chaunu ( 1923 – 2009 ) , Jacques Le Goff ( 1924 – 2014 ) , and Ernest Labrousse ( 1895 – 1988 ) .


In the 1960 s , Robert Mandrou and Georges Duby harmonized the concept of " mentalité " history with Fernand Braudel 's structures of historical time and linked mentalities with changing social conditions .


The " Annales " approach was especially well received in Italy and Poland .


Late in his career , he was known for his stinging criticism of Chomskyan linguistics .


The word " Borneo " is of the same origin .


The campaign was one of many , which also included action in Mindanao and Sulu .


Coal production at Muara was also recommenced , but with little success .


The deepwater port at Muara was also constructed during this period .


Other major towns are the port town of Muara , the oil-producing town of Seria and its neighbouring town , Kuala Belait .


Fourteen kilometres ( 9 " mi ) of this roadway would be crossing the Brunei Bay .


He married his third wife , Alice Joyce , in 1933 and they divorced in 1945 .


The North Atlantic Ocean lies to the east of the islands , and the Caribbean Sea lies to the west. Most of the islands are volcanic in origin and have a hilly , rugged terrain .


Cape Air , and Air Sunshine are among the airlines offering scheduled service .


Using the once popular vortex theory of gravity , the possibility of matter with negative gravity was discussed by William Hicks in the 1880 s .


Between the 1880 s and the 1890 s , Karl Pearson proposed the existence of " squirts " and sinks of the flow of aether .


The modern theory of antimatter began in 1928 , with a paper by Paul Dirac .


These were discovered by Carl D. Anderson in 1932 and named positrons ( a portmanteau of " positive electron " ) .


A complete periodic table of antimatter was envisaged by Charles Janet in 1929 .


They may similarly be produced in regions like the center of the Milky Way and other galaxies , where very energetic celestial events occur ( principally the interaction of relativistic jets with the interstellar medium ) .


Some of the mathematicians who were involved in the selection and presentation of the seven problems were Michael Atiyah , Enrico Bombieri , Alain Connes , Pierre Deligne , Charles Fefferman , John Milnor , David Mumford , Andrew Wiles , and Edward Witten .


It is a stable , developing nation in the Lucayan Archipelago with a population of 391,232 ( 2016 ) .


It was designed by Antoni Gaudí , and is considered one of his masterpieces .


In 1983 , the exterior balconies were restored to their original colour and a year later the exterior façade was illuminated in the ceremony of La Mercè .


The lower ground floor with the main floor and two first-floor galleries are contained in a structure of Montjuïc sandstone with undulating lines .


The central part of the façade evokes the surface of a lake with water lilies , reminiscent of Monet 's " Nymphéas " , with gentle ripples and reflections caused by the glass and ceramic mosaic .


Symptoms due to bleeding include loss of consciousness , sudden and severe headache , nausea , vomiting , incontinence , and blurred vision , amongst others .


AVMs in certain critical locations may stop the circulation of the cerebrospinal fluid , causing accumulation of the fluid within the skull and giving rise to a clinical condition called hydrocephalus .


The main risk is intracranial hemorrhage .


If a rupture or bleeding incident occurs , the blood may penetrate either into the brain tissue ( cerebral hemorrhage ) or into the subarachnoid space , which is located between the sheaths ( meninges ) surrounding the brain ( subarachnoid hemorrhage ) .


The park was originally part of a commercially unsuccessful housing site , the idea of Count Eusebi Güell , after whom the park was named .


Other birds can be seen from the park , with records including short-toed eagle .


This article is about " transport in Belarus " .


and Terry Crowley , who are both authors of introductory texts in historical linguistics .


Those who study contemporary language changes , such as William Labov , acknowledge that even a systematic sound change is applied at first unsystematically , with the percentage of its occurrence in a person 's speech dependent on various social factors .


It was the last private residence designed by architect Antoni Gaudí and was built between 1906 and 1912 .


At the time , it was controversial because of its undulating stone facade , twisting wrought iron balconies and designed by Josep Maria Jujol .


Items of furniture , such as the , were reminiscent of Eero Saarinen 's work .


The repair work has enabled the restoration of the original impact of the overhangs made of stone from Ulldecona with fragments of tiles .


During an address by President Alexander Lukashenko on 18 February 2016 , he announced the allocation of arms and to the territorial forces and the minimum and maximum amount of district troops ranging from one company and a battalion .


It covers the borders with Russia , Ukraine , Poland , Lithuania and Latvia .


According to Joseph McCabe , the council was attended by roughly 29 cardinals , 100 " learned doctors of law and divinity " , 134 abbots , and 183 bishops and archbishops .


The new pope , Martin V , elected November 1417 , soon asserted the absolute authority of the papal office .


The reforms were largely directed against John Wycliffe , mentioned in the opening session and condemned in the eighth on 4 May 1415 , and Jan Hus , along with their followers .


By considering the propagation of the negative energy modes of the electron field backward in time , Ernst Stueckelberg reached a pictorial understanding of the fact that the particle and antiparticle have equal mass " m " and spin " J " but opposite charges " q " .


A White House spokesman described the expulsion as " deeply disappointing " .


There were 4.668 million land telephone lines in use in Belgium in 2007 , a slight decrease on the 4.769 million in use in 1997 .


" Transport in Belgium " is facilitated with well-developed road , air , rail and water networks .


There is also a well-developed urban rail network in Brussels , Antwerp , Ghent and Charleroi .


Between 1993 and 2012 the average age of the passengers cars registered as running in Belgium increased from just over 6 years and 4 months to 8 years and 17 days .


The company was then renamed as Brussels Airlines in 2006 .


The couple were married in 1966 by Allen Ginsberg .


The album featured the talents of Wayne Shorter , Herbie Hancock , and another influential bassist and composer , Jaco Pastorius .


With the help of a grant from the Ford Foundation , the score and instrumental parts were copied , and the piece itself was premiered by a 30-piece orchestra , conducted by Gunther Schuller .


Of all his works , his elegy for Lester Young , " Goodbye Pork Pie Hat " ( from " Mingus Ah Um " ) has probably had the most recordings .


Joni Mitchell sang a version with lyrics that she wrote for it .


The economy of Bhutan , one of the world 's smallest and least developed countries , is based on agriculture and forestry , which provide the main livelihood for more than 60 % of the population .


" The Country of the Blind " , a short story by H. G. Wells , is one of the most well-known stories featuring blind characters .


These people are depicted as self-sufficient , having developed their other senses , but they are ultimately closed-minded and insular to the point of xenophobia .


Most people are familiar with Helen Keller , who was both blind and deaf , but there has been considerable progress since the publication of her work .


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


He was actively involved in efforts to unionize the staff of Leon Schlesinger Studios .


Almost all animators joined , in reaction to salary cuts imposed by Leon Schlesinger .


The cartoon was dedicated to Friz Freleng , who had died in 1995 .


He received an honorary degree from Oglethorpe University in 1993 .


The final version of the bill was signed into law on July 26 , 1990 , by President George H. W. Bush .


It was later amended in 2008 and signed by President George W. Bush with changes effective as of January 1 , 2009 .


The Office of Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity is charged with enforcing this provision .


Among the guests was Alice Wong , a disability rights activist who came via telepresence robot .


It was designed and hand-built by Steve Wozniak .


In Bhutan there is a traditional national dress prescribed for men and women , including the monarchy .


The Costume Designers Guild 's international membership includes motion picture , television , and commercial costume designers , assistant costume designers and costume illustrators , and totals over 750 members .


Even more confusingly , a hybrid cable car / funicular line once existed in the form of the original Wellington Cable Car , in the New Zealand city of Wellington .


In 2018 , Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina made a profit of 8,430,875 " km ( € 4,306,347 ) .


The World Bank estimates that the economy grew by 2.8 % in 2019 .


Investors , apart from those from Slovenia , Croatia and Serbia , now include a number of investment funds from the European Union , Norway , the United States , Japan and China .


It is one of the more basal genera , with only " Amphicoelias " and possibly a new , unnamed genus more primitive .


Only " Brontosaurus " is also in the subfamily , with the other genera being considered synonyms or reclassified as diplodocines .


The first fossil remains that could definitively be ascribed to this genus were described in 1877 by paleontologist Othniel Charles Marsh .


Paleontologist Gregory S. Paul gives a length of for a skull belonging to an individual he estimates at long .


The first described fossil in this history was a bone obtained secondhand by Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden in 1869 .


The locals had identified such bones as " petrified horse hoofs " .


Even at the time , authors such as Samuel Wendell Williston suggested that too many names had been coined .


The most influential early attempt to sort out the convoluted situation was produced by Charles W. Gilmore in 1920 .


Later researchers suggested that the bone was pathologic , showing an injury to the living animal , It is now regarded as an example of " A. fragilis " .


This identification was challenged by Samuel Welles , who thought it more resembled that of an ornithomimid , but the original authors defended their identification .


Allosaurus " was an allosaurid , a member of a family of large theropods within the larger group Carnosauria .


Typical theropods that were thought to be related to " Allosaurus " included " Indosaurus " , " Piatnitzkysaurus " , " Piveteausaurus " , " Yangchuanosaurus " , " Acrocanthosaurus " , " Chilantaisaurus " , " Compsosuchus " , " Stokesosaurus " , and " Szechuanosaurus " .


In October 2019 , researchers reported that Botswana was the birthplace of all modern humans about 200,000 years ago .


The presidency passed to the sitting vice president , Festus Mogae , who was elected in his own right in 1999 and re-elected in 2004 .


In Botswana they are based mainly , although not exclusively , around Francistown .


Botswana occupies an area of , of which are land .


Deviations from this structure include crabs and " Drosophila melanogaster " embryos , with nine doublets , and " Caenorhabditis elegans " sperm cells and early embryos , with nine singlets .


Centrioles can vary the number of microtubules and can be made of 9 doublets of microtubules ( as in " Drosophila melanogaster " ) or 9 singlets of microtubules as in " C. elegans " .


Conceived in 1937 , the machine was built by Iowa State College mathematics and physics professor John Vincent Atanasoff with the help of graduate student Clifford Berry .


$ 5,000 of further funding ( ) to complete the machine came from the nonprofit Research Corporation of New York City .


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


The 1931 census was postponed to 1936 because of the Great Depression .


The Seventh-day Adventist Church has a history of support for creation science .


Yet another result of the dry climate are the salars of Atacama and Uyuni , the first one being the largest source of lithium today and the second the world 's largest reserve of the element .


Locally , the relatives of the camel , the llama , and the alpaca continue to carry out important uses as pack animals , but this use has generally diminished in modern times .


The potato holds a very important role as an internally consumed staple crop .


Currently , tobacco , cotton and coffee are the main export crops .


Coca , despite eradication programmes in some countries , remains an important crop for legal local use in a mildly stimulating herbal tea , and , both controversially and illegally , for the production of cocaine .


In addition it makes cropping in the dry season ( winter ) possible and allows the cultivation of frost resistant vegetable crops like onion and carrot .


The cellular phone providers Orange and MTN cover most of the country .


" Transportation in Botswana " is provided by internal and extensive network of railways , highways , ferry services and air routes that criss-cross the country .


The train is scheduled to depart in Lobatse at 0530hrs and arrive at Gaborone 0649hrs .


This train return to Lobatse in the evening , well departing in Gaborone at 1800hrs .


In the early 2010 s , officials announced plans to begin phasing out the distinctive blue signs in favor of more typical signs in order to be more in line with the neighboring Southern African Development Community member states .


The government-owned Air Botswana operates scheduled flights to Francistown , Gaborone , Maun , and Selebi-Phikwe .


A proposed extension to deliver water from the Zambezi would add another to the total pipeline length .


The earliest anchors were probably rocks , and many rock anchors have been found dating from at least the Bronze Age .


Caliph Harun al-Rashid ( ) stayed at the town in 799 and in 803 .


Initial deliveries began in 1964 ( to the RNZAF ) , remaining in production until 1996 .


It was also the home of the poet Oppian .


In 2017 , archaeologists discovered a limestone statue of the goddess Hygieia and the god Eros .


The rest of the territory is made up primarily of sedimentary basins , the largest of which is drained by the Amazon and its tributaries .


The Paraná system covers 14.5 % of the country .


Until mechanization and the use of chemical and genetic inputs increased during the agricultural intensification period of the 1970 s and 1980 s , coffee planting and farming in general moved constantly onward to new lands in the west and north .


The largest areas of fertile soils , called terra roxa ( red earth ) , are found in the states of Paraná and São Paulo .


The rain forest may contain as many as 3,000 species of flora and fauna within a area .


It also includes the Pantanal wetlands in the west , known for their wildlife , especially aquatic birds and caimans .


The major cities are Curitiba and Porto Alegre .


Agriculture - much of which , such as rice production , is carried out by small farmers - has high levels of productivity .


In urban areas , at least in the largest cities , levels of air pollution and congestion are typical of , or worse than , those found in cities in developed countries .


is attributed to his son William De Morgan , but a family friend John Thomas Graves was prolific , and a manuscript with over 2,800 has been preserved .


The largest parties are MDB ( which accounts for 14.4 % of affiliated voters ) , the PT ( 9.5 % of affiliated voters ) , and PSDB ( 8.7 % of affiliated voters ) .


It is considered a single and indivisible entity , constituted by the seat , Brasília and some of the satellite cities .


In 1930 , a bloodless coup led Getúlio Vargas to power .


Thousands of politicians ( including former president Juscelino Kubitschek ) had their political rights suspended , and military-sanctioned indirect elections were held for most elected positions until political liberalization during the government of João Figueiredo .


The opposition candidate , Tancredo Neves , was elected President , but died of natural causes before he was able to take office .


The elections were marked by unanimous condemnation of José Sarney , with all candidates trying to keep distance from him .


He also took quite revolutionary measures , like reducing the number of ministries to only 12 and naming Zélia Cardoso de Mello Minister of Economy or removing existing barriers to importing of goods .


It is navigable in small boats for about to near Markovo .


At the forefront of grain crops , which produce over 110 million tonnes / year , is the soybean , yielding 50 " million tonnes .


The list , made public yearly since the presidency of Lula Da Silva in 2003 , was intended to persuade companies to settle their fines and conform to labor regulations , in a country where corruption of the political class risked compromising respect for the law .


The major disadvantages of this use are cocaine 's potential for cardiovascular toxicity , glaucoma , and pupil dilation .


Additionally , stimulants like cocaine , methamphetamine , and even caffeine cause dehydration and dry mouth .


Cocaine may also greatly increase the risk of developing rare autoimmune or connective tissue diseases such as lupus , Goodpasture syndrome , vasculitis , glomerulonephritis , Stevens–Johnson syndrome , and other diseases .


ΔFosB increases the expression of AMPA receptor subunit GluR2 Due to its vasoconstrictive and hypertensive effects , they are also at risk for hemorrhagic stroke and myocardial infarction .


In-utero exposure to cocaine is associated with behavioral abnormalities , cognitive impairment , cardiovascular malformations , intrauterine growth restriction , preterm birth , urinary tract malformations , and cleft lip and palate .


Cocaine can often cause reduced food intake , many chronic users lose their appetite and can experience severe malnutrition and significant weight loss .


Street cocaine is often adulterated or " cut " with talc , lactose , sucrose , glucose , mannitol , inositol , caffeine , procaine , phencyclidine , phenytoin , lignocaine , strychnine , amphetamine , or heroin .


The free and legal commercialization of dried coca leaves under the form of filtration bags to be used as " coca tea " has been actively promoted by the governments of Peru and Bolivia for many years as a drink having medicinal powers .


The first synthesis and elucidation of the structure of the cocaine molecule was by Richard Willstätter in 1898 .


In 2005 , researchers proposed the use of cocaine in conjunction with phenylephrine administered in the form of an eye drop as a diagnostic test for Parkinson 's disease .


" Transport infrastructure " in Brazil is characterized by strong regional differences and lack of development of the national rail network .


Most international flights must go to São Paulo–Guarulhos International Airport or Rio de Janeiro–Galeão International Airport .


Despite the up-or-out system , under President José Sarney the army became top-heavy as generals began to occupy many positions that previously had been reserved for colonels .


The CMSE is made up of only one state , São Paulo , and is in charge of protecting the industrial base of the country .


Ammonia and ammonium salts are also found in small quantities in rainwater , whereas ammonium chloride ( sal ammoniac ) , and ammonium sulfate are found in volcanic districts ; crystals of ammonium bicarbonate have been found in Patagonia guano .


Ammine complexes of chromium ( III ) were known in the late 19th century , and formed the basis of Alfred Werner 's revolutionary theory on the structure of coordination compounds .


It was isolated again by Peter Woulfe in 1767 , by Carl Wilhelm Scheele in 1770 and by Joseph Priestley in 1773 and was termed by him " alkaline air " .


following the allied blockade that cut off the supply of nitrates from Chile .


" In one study , anhydrous ammonia destroyed 99.999 % of zoonotic bacteria in 3 types of animal feed , but not silage .


Anhydrous ammonia is currently used commercially to reduce or eliminate microbial contamination of beef .


50 – 70 % fat ) by removing the fat using heat and centrifugation , then treating it with ammonia to kill " E. coli " .


Hyperammonemia contributes to the confusion and coma of hepatic encephalopathy , as well as the neurologic disease common in people with urea cycle defects and organic acidurias .


Ammonia was first detected in interstellar space in 1968 , based on microwave emissions from the direction of the galactic core .


Ammonia has been detected in the Draco Nebula and in one or possibly two molecular clouds , which are associated with the high-latitude galactic infrared cirrus .


This picture is consistent with the picture within our Milky Way galaxy - hot dense molecular cores form around newly forming stars embedded in larger clouds of molecular material on the scale of several hundred pc ( giant molecular clouds ; GMCs ) .


Its long jaws contained , both sides combined , 58 or more banana-shaped teeth ; larger tyrannosaurids possessed fewer teeth ; " Gorgosaurus " had more at 62 .


The low number of abnormalities compares favourably with the health condition of a " Majungasaurus " population of which it in 2007 was established that 19 % of individuals showed bone pathologies .


Dinosaurs dominate the fauna , especially hadrosaurs , which make up half of all dinosaurs known , including the genera " Edmontosaurus " , " Saurolophus " and " Hypacrosaurus " .


It has strong ties to nearby U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico .


There is limited natural fresh water resources ( except for a few seasonal streams and springs on Tortola , most of the islands ' water supply comes from wells and rainwater catchments ) .


In the capital , Road Town , typical daily maxima are around in the summer and in the winter .


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


Nearly 84 % of that public debt was attributable to a new public hospital built in Road Town between 2003 and 2014 .


The process proved politically fraught , and the government 's Minister for Communications and Works , Alvin Christopher , ended up leaving the government and joining the opposition party as a result of the furore .


Both descriptions could be correct , as ambrosia could be a liquid considered a food ( such as honey ) .


The systems of " transport in the British Virgin Islands " include 113 kilometres of highway and a harbour at Road Town .


" Brunei " is a country in Southeast Asia , bordering the South China Sea and East Malaysia .


Most of the country is a flat coastal plain with mountains in the east and hilly lowland in the west. The lowest point is at sea level and the highest is Bukit Pagon ( ) .


These include " Gladiator-At-Law " and " The Space Merchants " .


Mean wages were $ 25.38 per man-hour in 2009 .


Some animal species eat feces as a normal behavior , in particular lagomorphs , which do so to allow tough plant materials to be digested more thoroughly by passing twice through the digestive tract .


Coprophagia has also been observed in some people with schizophrenia and pica .


Thousands of species of coprophagous insects are known , especially among the orders Diptera and Coleoptera .


This process serves the same purpose within these animals as rumination ( cud-chewing ) does in cattle and sheep .


Some carnivorous plants , such as pitcher plants of the genus " Nepenthes " , obtain nourishment from the feces of commensal animals .


Accordingly , a synod composed of thirty-two bishops was held at Aquileia in the year 381 .


She was among the first women to write in the science fiction and fantasy genres , though earlier woman writers in these genres include Clare Winger Harris , Greye La Spina , and Francis Stevens , amongst others .


Her early work included two significant series in " Weird Tales " , then edited by Farnsworth Wright .


Brunei has a number of diplomatic missions abroad and has close relations with Singapore , sharing an interchangeable currency regime as well as close military relations with the latter island-state .


Since 2009 , Brunei and the Philippines signed a memorandum of understanding ( MOU ) that seeks to strengthen the bilateral co-operation of the two countries in the fields of agriculture and farm-related trade and investments .


Amber occurring in coal seams is also called " resinite " , and the term " ambrite " is applied to that found specifically within New Zealand coal seams .


Heated above , amber decomposes , yielding an " oil of amber " , and leaves a black residue which is known as " amber colophony " , or " amber pitch " ; when dissolved in oil of turpentine or in linseed oil this forms " amber varnish " or " amber lac " .


Two pieces of amber may be united by smearing the surfaces with linseed oil , heating them , and then pressing them together while hot .


The preservation of prehistoric organisms in amber forms a key plot point in Michael Crichton 's 1990 novel " Jurassic Park " and the 1993 movie adaptation by Steven Spielberg .


The northern border with Romania is 609 " km .


There are three border crossings near the town of Petrich and at the villages of Logodazh and Gyueshevo .


The easternmost sections near the Black Sea are hilly , but they gradually gain height to the west until the westernmost part of the country is entirely high ground .


The Rose Valley encompasses the valleys of Karlovo and Kazanlak and is renowned for its rose-growing industry , which has been thriving there for centuries , producing 85 % of the world 's rose oil .


The continental zone is predominant , because continental air masses flow easily into the unobstructed Danubian Plain .


There are two catchment basins : the Black Sea ( 57 % of the territory and 42 % of the rivers ) and the Aegean Sea ( 43 % of the territory and 58 % of the rivers ) basins .


Other mines are located near Ustrem and Gyueshevo .


There are important reserves of rock salt near the town of Provadia ( 4,4 " billion tons ) .


which include some of the oldest trees in the world , such as Baikushev 's pine and the Granit oak .


The ichthyofauna of the country has not been fully researched .


The national policy for governing and management of the protected areas is implemented by the Ministry of Environment and Water .


Spanning a territory of 1,161 square kilometres Strandzha Nature Park is the largest protected area in the country .


The older son , Gesalec , was chosen as king but his reign was disastrous .


Similar wooden horns were used for communication in most mountainous regions of Europe , from the Alps to the Carpathians .


Some apologists , such as Francis J. Beckwith , have emphasised a philosophical approach , pointing out logical , epistemological and metaphysical problems within the teachings of a particular group .


In the Gupta age , large armies of longbowmen were recruited to fight off invading horse archer armies .


Elephants , pikemen and cavalry were other featured troops .


In the earliest Middle Ages it was the obligation of every aristocrat to respond to the call to battle with his own equipment , archers , and infantry .


However , this would only become apparent after the French Revolutionary Wars .


Then First American Regiment was established in 1784 .


Similarly , mass protests against conscription to fight the Vietnam War occurred in several countries in the late 1960 s .


" Leidyosuchus " of Alberta is the earliest known genus .


The largest is the near-threatened " Melanosuchus niger " , the " jacaré-açu " or large or black caiman of the Amazon River basin .


The black caiman and American alligator are the only members of the alligator family that pose the same danger to humans as the larger species of the crocodile family .


With a few exceptions , alders are deciduous , and the leaves are alternate , simple , and serrated .


Electric guitars , most notably those manufactured by the Fender Musical Instruments Corporation , have been built with alder bodies since the 1950 s .


Alder bark and wood ( like oak and sweet chestnut ) contain tannin and are traditionally used to tan leather .


Still , economic circumstances were not too severe when compared to the rest of Europe .


In production of steel and steel products per capita the country heads the Balkans .


In 2011 the government announced plans to reboot the space program by producing a new microsatellite and joining the European Space Agency .


" Transport in Bulgaria " is dominated by road transport , despite nearly half of all paved roads belonging to the lowest category of roads .


Air traffic has been growing since the 2000 s , which was facilitated by the opening of a second terminal at Sofia Airport , as well as the implementation of new destinations and routes .


The flag carrier is Bulgaria Air , but a number of private charter companies also exist , operating domestic and international flights .


There are also plans for upgrading for high speed operation and doubling ( where needed ) of the Plovdiv - Burgas railway .


The major and largest ports with international significance are Varna and Burgas .


He hoped to perfect the human spirit and , to that end , advocated a vegan diet before the term was coined .


He was not particularly social and his only close friend was his neighbor and second cousin William Alcott , with whom he shared books and ideas .


They were married at King 's Chapel on May 22 , 1830 ; he was 30 years old and she was 29 .


She later said her years at the home " were the happiest years " of her life ; many of the incidents in her novel " Little Women " ( 1868 ) are based on this period .


He had also stood his ground in a protest against the trial of Anthony Burns .


Writer Harriet Martineau , for example , wrote dubiously that , " the master presupposes his little pupils possessed of all truth ; and that his business is to bring it out into expression " .


People with arachnophobia tend to feel uneasy in any area they believe could harbour spiders or that has visible signs of their presence , such as webs .


If arachnophobes see a spider , they may not enter the general vicinity until they have overcome the panic attack that is often associated with their phobia .


Being relatively small , spiders do not fit the usual criterion for a threat in the animal kingdom where size is a factor , but they can have medically significant venom .


Psychiatrists Isaac Marks and Randolph M. Nesse and evolutionary biologist George C. Williams have noted that people with systematically deficient responses to various adaptive phobias ( e.g. arachnophobia , ophidiophobia , basophobia ) are more temperamentally careless and more likely to end up in potentially fatal accidents and have proposed that such deficient phobia should be classified as " " hypophobia " " due to its selfish genetic consequences .


For some communities such as in Papua New Guinea and Cambodia spiders are included in traditional foods .


He is later appointed Adjunct Professor at Columbia University .


When he is released from the hospital , the two moved into an apartment in Bombay together .


A peace treaty was signed in Bucharest on 19 February 1886 .


Some communist activists managed to begin a guerrilla movement , headed by the underground Bulgarian Communist Party .


In the meantime , during the rule of Todor Zhivkov , a significant military-industrial complex was established , capable of producing armored vehicles , self-propelled artillery , small arms and ammunition , as well as aircraft engines and spare parts .


During the Middle Ages the craft of alabaster was almost completely forgotten .


Comparatively , it is slightly larger than New Zealand and Colorado .


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


In 1972 , Harold Puthoff and Russell Targ initiated a series of human subject studies to determine whether participants ( the " viewers " or " percipients " ) could reliably identify and accurately describe salient features of remote locations or " targets " .


James Randi has written controlled tests by several other researchers , eliminating several sources of cuing and extraneous evidence present in the original tests , produced negative results .


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


The University of Ouagadougou , founded in 1974 , was the country 's first institution of higher education .


The Polytechnic University of Bobo-Dioulasso in Bobo-Dioulasso was opened in 1995 .


Another change according to the amendment would have prevented sitting president Blaise Compaoré from being re-elected .


They are herbivorous , often feeding on ripe fruit that falls from trees .


Mean wages were $ 0.56 per man-hour in 2009 .


The staple crops are pearl millet , sorghum , maize , and rice .


Industry , still in an embryonic stage , is located primarily in Bobo-Dioulasso , Ouagadougou , Banfora , and Koudougou .


Manufacturing is limited to food processing , textiles , and other import substitution heavily protected by tariffs .


A 2007 survey of Alberta chiropractors found that they do not consistently apply research in practice , which may have resulted from a lack of research education and skills .


gastrointestinal disorders , kinetic imbalance due to suboccipital strain ( KISS ) in infants , menstrual cramps , insomnia , postmenopausal symptoms , As there is no evidence of effectiveness or safety for cervical manipulation for baby colic , it is not endorsed .


There is very low evidence supporting a small association between internal carotid artery dissection and chiropractic neck manipulation .


There are international airports at Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso and numerous smaller airfields .


Air Burkina , which began in 1967 , is government-run and has a monopoly on domestic service but also flies to neighboring countries .


The new airport is expected to be completed around 2018 and the government received an $ 85 million loan from the World Bank to help finance the construction .


The manganese deposits near Dori are one source of traffic .


He was relieved on June 30 , 1999 , by General James L. Jones .


In addition , he serves on the advisory council of Hope For The Warriors , a national non-profit dedicated to provide a full cycle of non-medical care to combat wounded service members , their families , and families of the fallen from each military branch .


He was pressed ( conscripted ) into service in the Royal Navy .


Author Gilbert Chase writes that it is " without a doubt the most famous of all the folk hymns " .


Her producer was present and suggested she include a version of it on her 1970 album " Whales & Nightingales " .


Relations with Ghana , in particular , have warmed .