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bath and body products

2006-08-10T17:35:00.000-07:00

I am a keen internet surfer and I love Talking Scents bath and body products. Their bath bombs not on smell great but they have a fantastic range of competitively priced essential oils.

Estate Agent Finchley

2006-07-26T08:00:00.000-07:00

Lets Go has been an established Estate Agent Finchley since 1994 specializing in Lettings, Management and Sales.Our offices are in the heart of North Finchley enabling us to focus on our main areas where we have unrivalled local knowledge and specialise in property for sale Finchley,North, East, West and Central Finchley, property for sale North Hendon, property for sale North Whetstone, property for sale Golders Green and property for sale Woodford Park. We also cover property for sale Barnet

James Hull Cosmetic cosmetic dentistry

2006-07-18T09:00:00.000-07:00

Having recently moved to Birmingham and being completely passionate about my James Hull Cosmetic dental hygiene I was very pleased to find when searching online that there is a James Hull Dentists in Birmingham
. After booking my appointment my Dental Consultant offer me a range of treatments from Braces, Dental Veneers, cosmetic dentistry to Teeth Whitening. I overlooked the cosmetic dentistry but had the teeth whitening treatment which was has a new laser teeth whitening technology which is apparently the first in Birmingham. James Hull Dentists in Birmingham are centrally located and are without a doubt the best Cosmetic Dentists in Birmingham has to offer.

Braak, Menno Ter

2005-10-16T21:45:00.000-07:00

In 1932 ter Braak founded, with Edgar du Perron, the magazine Forum, which called for a rejection of contemporary aestheticism (with its emphasis on elegance and form) and a return to sincerity and substance

Akkad

2005-07-26T05:55:00.000-07:00

Ancient region in what is now central Iraq. Akkad was the northern (or northwestern) division of ancient Babylonian civilization. The region was located roughly in the area where the Tigris and Euphrates rivers are closest to each other, and its northern limit extended beyond the line of the modern cities of al-Fallujah and Baghdad. The early inhabitants of this region

Buddhism, Ordination

2005-07-23T18:30:00.000-07:00

Admission to the sangha involves two distinct acts: pabbajja, which consists of renunciation of secular life and acceptance of monasticism as a novice, and upasampada, the official consecration as a monk. The evolution of the procedure is not entirely clear; in early times, the two acts probably occurred at the same time. Subsequently, the Vinaya established that upasampad

Agustini, Delmira

2005-07-08T16:05:00.000-07:00

Agustini was the first woman in Latin-American literature to deal boldly with the themes of sensuality and passion, and her poems have a force lacking from most Modernist poetry of the period. Her life ended tragically when she was murdered by her estranged husband. Her chief

Bengali Literature

2005-07-06T20:20:00.000-07:00

The body of writings in the Bengali language of the Indian subcontinent. Its earliest extant work is a pre-12th-century collection of lyrics that reflect the beliefs and practices of the Sahajiya religious sect. The dispersal of the poets of the Muslim invasion of 1199 broke off all poetic activity until the mid-14th century. Thereafter, the literature is divided into medieval

Tibaldi, Pellegrino

2005-06-30T22:25:00.000-07:00

Tibaldi grew up in Bologna in a family of Lombard stonemasons. He was trained as a painter under minor Emilian artists who imitated the style of Raphael; in 1547, however, he went to Rome and worked with Perino del Vaga.

Interior Design, Institutional interiors

2005-06-23T04:30:00.000-07:00

Schools, hospitals, and universities are examples of institutions now extensively using the services of interior designers and architects. Many universities have staff designers dealing with the institution's many design needs, from office spaces to dormitories. Certain institutional needs, such as operating rooms in hospitals, are strictly functional, yet

Bradley, F(rancis) H(erbert)

2005-06-21T10:15:00.000-07:00

Elected to a fellowship at Merton College, Oxford, in 1870, Bradley soon became ill with a kidney disease that made him a semi-invalid

France, History Of, Local institutions

2005-06-16T13:50:00.000-07:00

Except in the north, which was divided into districts called pagi, the Merovingians continued to use the city (the Roman civitas) as the principal administrative division. A count was installed in each pagus and city (urbs) and delegated financial, military, and judicial authority. Groups of counts were occasionally placed under the authority of a duke, whose responsibilities

Dafla

2005-06-13T08:35:00.000-07:00

The Dafla support themselves with a slash-and-burn agriculture and with hunting and fishing. They live at elevations of 3,000 to 6,000 feet (900 to 1,800 m) in houses built on pilings. Descent

Gagern, (wilhelm) Heinrich (august), Freiherr Von (baron Of)

2005-06-01T18:10:00.000-07:00

Wounded at Waterloo at the age of 16, Gagern

Pole Vault

2005-05-18T08:25:00.000-07:00

Sport in track-and-field athletics in which an athlete jumps over an obstacle with the aid of a pole. Originally a practical means of clearing objects, such as ditches, brooks, and fences, pole-vaulting for height became a competitive sport in the mid-19th century. An Olympic event for men since the first modern Games in 1896, a pole-vault event for women was added for the 2000 Olympics

Integument, Variations among vertebrates

2005-05-16T13:45:00.000-07:00

The vertebrates belong to the phylum Chordata and are closely related to a small, fishlike, almost transparent invertebrate called amphioxus. Amphioxus represents chordate integument at its simplest: an epidermis, consisting of one layer of columnar or cuboidal epithelial cells and scattered mucous cells, covered by a thin cuticle, and a thin dermis of soft connective

Earth Sciences, The origin of the Nile

2005-05-14T11:30:00.000-07:00

Speculations on the strange behaviour of the Nile were many, varied, and mostly wrong. Thales suggested that the strong

Sierra Leone

2005-03-15T20:46:00.000-08:00

There are about 18 ethnic groups that exhibit similar cultural features, such as secret societies, chieftaincy, patrilineal descent, and farming methods. The Mende, found in the east and south, and the Temne in the north form the two largest groups. Other major groups include the Limba, Kuranko, Susu, Yalunka, and Loko, in the north; the Kono and Kissi, in the east; and the Sherbro,

Diet

2005-03-14T05:07:00.000-08:00

Does anybody know how I can get rid of my big belly:( It's been haunting me forever and i don't know what to do. It's sad but I've tried swiss ball's, puranol, body pods and god knows what else but I still look like a fat munter.

Really greiving me out. Please don't post here if you are in my predicament as I want to meet those that have successfully slimmed down, not those who are still grimly overweight.

Hanks, Nancy

2005-03-11T21:33:00.000-08:00

Hanks graduated from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, in 1949 and two years later settled in Washington, D.C. In 1953 she became an assistant to Nelson A. Rockefeller, then

Micky the brown Dog - he's a master of disaster.

2005-03-04T13:51:00.000-08:00

After studying law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City, Guzm�n joined the Mexican Revolution and served as a colonel in the revolutionary forces of Pancho Villa. From 1914 to 1934, he lived in exile in Madrid and New York before moving to London and buying a pad in Clapham. It was a nice gaf near the common but soon her grew restless and moved on to Sydney Australia. This was an odd place to go but then....

He nows lives in Vietnam counting his lucky stars with his new vietnamese wife and several children.

Marrano

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

In the late 14th century, Spanish Jewry was threatened with extinction at the hands of mobs of fanatical Christians. Thousands perished in the letting business and I want to catch up with some old friends who may have survived. Micheal John-Winton, Fred, toulouse-winterbottom and Micheal foot... are you still alive? I doubt it very much but whats the point in being down? I had a good time and you all perished.... it was one of those winters alright.

Jesus be prayed to. Long Live the Pope....

Libertarianism, Nonaggression axiom

2005-03-02T07:26:00.000-08:00

According to the principle that libertarians call the nonaggression axiom, all acts of aggression against the rights of others - whether committed by individuals or by governments - are unjust. Indeed, libertarians believe that the primary purpose of government is to protect citizens from the illegitimate use of force. Accordingly, governments may not use force

Lorengau

2005-03-01T23:00:00.000-08:00

Town, northeastern Manus Island, in the Admiralty Islands, Papua New Guinea. It lies on Seeadler Harbour. Captured by the Japanese in 1942, the settlement was retaken by Allied forces in 1944 and eventually became part of a large U.S. naval and air base. As a port, the town handles the local copra production. Pop. (1990 prelim.) 4,547.

Daniel, Samuel

2005-02-28T20:44:00.000-08:00

Daniel entered Oxford in 1581. After publishing a translation in 1585 for his first patron, Sir Edward Dymoke, he secured a post with the English ambassador at Paris; later he travelled in Italy, visiting the poet Battista Guarini in Padua. After 1592 he lived at Lincoln

Arts, Central Asian, Parthia

2005-02-27T02:17:00.000-08:00

The Parthian empire came into being in Khorasan during the reign of Seleucus I, 358 - 281 BC, following the absorption by the Parthians of Parni (Dahae) tribesmen. The caravans traversing their territory brought them wealth and ideas from abroad. The figural art of the Hellenistic world made an especially strong impression on them. The finest Parthian objects come from Old Nisa

Space Exploration, Earth survey satellites

2005-02-26T02:55:00.000-08:00

This broad category of satellites has progressed from relatively simple photography to include many forms of observation of the Earth. Meteorological, or weather, satellites operate globally. From a polar orbit, photographs of the Earth's surface are taken by television scanning and transmitted to Earth receiver stations. In addition, meteorological satellites

Space Exploration, Earth survey satellites

2005-02-25T13:13:00.000-08:00

Scandinavian Literature, Post-classical literature in Iceland

2005-02-23T15:30:00.000-08:00

In the period following the classical age, little was written that attracted attention outside Iceland. Realism and detached objectivity declined, and sentimentality and fantasy gained the upper hand. The decline in literary standards is sometimes attributed to Iceland's loss of independence in 1262 and the changes that followed. Interest in earlier manuscripts

Haddock

2005-02-22T00:28:00.000-08:00

(Melanogrammus aeglefinus), valuable North Atlantic food fish of the cod family, Gadidae, that is often smoked and sold as �finnan haddie.� The haddock is a bottom dweller and a carnivore, feeding on invertebrates and some fishes. It resembles the cod and, like its relative, has a chin barbel and two anal and three dorsal fins. It is identified, however, by a dark, rather than

Bonney, Th�r�se

2005-02-21T00:24:00.000-08:00

Bonney grew up in New York and California. She graduated from the University of California, took a master's degree in Romance languages at Harvard University, and, after a short time at Columbia University

Qanat

2005-02-20T21:57:00.000-08:00

Also spelled �kanat� (Arabic), Persian �karez�, Berber Arabic �foggara� ancient type of water-supply system developed and still used in arid regions of the world. A qanat taps underground mountain water sources trapped in and beneath the upper reaches of alluvial fans and channels the water downhill through a series of tunnels, often several kilometres long, to the places where it is needed for irrigation and domestic use. The development

Line-and-wash Drawing

2005-02-19T16:01:00.000-08:00

Also called �Pen-and-wash Drawing, � in the visual arts, a drawing marked out by pen or some similar instrument and then tinted with diluted ink or watercolour. In 13th-century China, artists used transparent ink washes to create delicate atmospheric effects. The line-and-wash technique was practiced in Europe from the Renaissance, and in the early 15th century Cennino Cennini gave detailed instructions

Bharavi

2005-02-18T01:59:00.000-08:00

Bharavi probably hailed from southern India and flourished during the reigns of

Sundanese

2005-02-16T18:04:00.000-08:00

Historically they were first recorded under the Indo-Javanese Brahmanical states

Elias Of Cortona

2005-02-15T03:36:00.000-08:00

In 1217 Elias headed the new Franciscan mission to the Holy Land as first minister provincial of Syria. He visited holy places in Palestine with Francis, returning with him

Bay Bridge

2005-02-14T19:53:00.000-08:00

In full �San Francisco - Oakland Bay Bridge� complex crossing that spans San Francisco Bay from the city of San Francisco to Oakland via Yerba Buena Island. One of the preeminent engineering feats of the 20th century, it was built during the 1930s under the direction of C.H. Purcell. The double-deck crossing extends 8 miles (13 km) and consists of two end-to-end suspension bridges of 2,310-foot (704-metre) main spans and 1,160-foot (354-metre) side

Aschersleben

2005-02-13T15:15:00.000-08:00

City, Saxony-Anhalt Land (state), Germany. It is situated on the northern edge of the Unter Harz (Lower Harz) Mountains, southwest of Magdeburg. Probably founded in the 11th century, it was chartered in 1266 and was the ancestral seat of the Ascanians, an influential German family who derived their name (Latinized) from the town. It passed to the bishops of Halberstadt in 1315 and Brandenburg

Brie

2005-02-12T09:35:00.000-08:00

Natural region of northern France between the Seine and Marne valleys. It occupies most of Seine-et-Marne d�partement and parts of adjacent d�partements. The region was historically divided between the king of France (the Brie Fran�aise) and the duke of Champagne (the Brie Champenoise) from the 9th to the early 13th century, when the crown took it over. Broken here and there

Schelde River

2005-02-11T09:31:00.000-08:00

Also spelled �Scheldt, �French �Escaut, � river, 270 miles (435 km) long, that rises in northern France and flows across Belgium to its North Sea outlet in Dutch territory. Along with the Lower Rhine and the Meuse rivers, it drains one of the world's most densely populated areas. As a waterway, with its numerous branch canals and navigable tributaries, it serves an area including the agriculturally important Flanders

Mahdi

2005-02-10T06:03:00.000-08:00

(Arabic: �divinely guided one�), in Islamic eschatology, a messianic deliverer who will fill the Earth with justice and equity, restore true religion, and usher in a short golden age lasting seven, eight, or nine years before the end of the world. The Qur'an (Islamic sacred scriptures) does not mention him, and almost no reliable hadith (saying attributed to the Prophet Muhammad) concerning

Asclepiades Of Bithynia

2005-02-09T14:30:00.000-08:00

He opposed the humoral doctrine of Hippocrates and instead taught that disease results from constricted or relaxed conditions of the solid particles, a doctrine derived from the atomic

Togo, Transportation

2005-02-07T08:35:00.000-08:00

The government-owned national railway consists of four lines, all of which emanate from Lom�. One line connects Kpalim� with the capital; other lines run to An�

Beam

2005-02-06T10:54:00.000-08:00

In engineering, originally a solid piece of timber, as a beam of a house, a plow, a loom, or a balance. In building construction, a beam is a horizontal member spanning an opening and carrying a load that may be a brick or stone wall above the opening, in which case the beam is often called a lintel (see post-and-lintel system). The load may be a floor or roof in a building, in which case

Beam

2005-02-05T13:49:00.000-08:00

Adam's Peak

2005-02-04T00:54:00.000-08:00

Mountain in southwestern Sri Lanka (Ceylon), 7,360 feet (2,243 m) high and 11 miles (18 km) northeast of Ratnapura; it is located in the Sri Lanka hill country. Its conical summit terminates in an oblong platform about 74 by 24 feet (22 by 7 m), on which there is a large hollow resembling the print of a human foot, 5 feet 4 inches by 2 feet 6 inches. The depression is venerated alike by Buddhists, Muslims, and Hindus,

Adam's Peak

2005-02-03T10:03:00.000-08:00

Cat

2005-02-02T21:21:00.000-08:00

The history of the cat family can be traced through the fossil record to the Late Eocene Epoch (43.6 to 36.6 million

Carnivore, Form and function

2005-02-01T15:15:00.000-08:00

The smallest living member of the Carnivora is the least weasel (Mustela nivalis), which weighs about two ounces. The largest terrestrial form is the Alaskan grizzly (Ursus arctos), weighing up to 780 kilograms (1700 pounds). The largest aquatic form is the elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), which may weigh 3,640 kilograms (four tons). Most carnivores weigh between four and eight kilograms

Thomism

2005-01-31T01:30:00.000-08:00

Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, Thomism continued to be presented in philosophy and theology courses or manuals, especially in the Dominican Order. Most Thomistic manuals of this period were watered with the opinions of other Schoolmen and remained remote from modern problems. In most Catholic seminaries and universities of the early 19th century, eclecticism

Gnadenh�tten Massacre

2005-01-30T13:43:00.000-08:00

(March 8, 1782), murder of 96 Ohio Indians, mostly Delawares, by an American Revolutionary War officer, Captain David Williamson, and his militia at Gnadenh�tten Village south of what is now New Philadelphia, Ohio. The Indians, who had been converted by Moravian Brethren and were peaceful Christians, were under suspicion because of their neutrality in the war. Williamson and

Insurance, Underwriting cycle

2005-01-29T15:48:00.000-08:00

Profits in property and liability insurance have tended to rise and fall in fairly regular patterns lasting between five and seven years from peak to peak; this phenomenon is termed the underwriting cycle. Stages of the underwriting cycle may be described as follows: initially, when profits are relatively high, some insurers, wishing to expand sales, start to lower

Armenian

2005-01-28T00:21:00.000-08:00

Armenian �Hay, � plural �Hayq �or �Hayk� member of a people with an ancient culture who originally lived in the region known as Armenia, which comprised what is now northeastern Turkey and the Republic of Armenia. Although some remain in Turkey, more than three million Armenians live in the republic; large numbers also live in Azerbaijan, Georgia, and other areas of the Caucasus and the Middle East. Many other

Gun War

2005-01-27T00:08:00.000-08:00

(1880 - 81), southern African war that ended 10 years of rule by the British Cape Colony over Basutoland (Lesotho). Cape magistrates had interfered with the chiefs' authority and with the traditional laws of the Sotho people; part of southern Lesotho was demarcated for white use, and a 1879 Disarmament Act was to be enforced in 1880. The Sotho refused to give up their guns. Fighting from defensive

Extradition

2005-01-26T03:52:00.000-08:00

According

Kwazulu/natal

2005-01-25T05:09:00.000-08:00

Formerly �Natal,� province of the Republic of South Africa, occupying the southeastern portion of the country. It is bounded on the east by the Indian Ocean, on the south by Eastern province, on the west by Lesotho and Free State province, on the northwest by Mpumalanga province, and on the north by Swaziland and Mozambique. Within KwaZulu/Natal is an enclave of Eastern province consisting

K.c.m.g.

2005-01-24T09:07:00.000-08:00

Knight commander of St. Michael and St. George, member of the second highest rank of a British order of knighthood. See Saint Michael and Saint George, The Most Distinguished Order of.

Breast Cancer

2005-01-23T03:26:00.000-08:00

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

Spallanzani, Lazzaro

2005-01-21T16:49:00.000-08:00

Spallanzani was the son of a distinguished

Ramiro Ii

2005-01-20T19:05:00.000-08:00

Byname �Ramiro The Monk, �Spanish �Ramiro El Monje� king of Aragon from 1134 to 1137. He was the third son of Sancho V Ramirez. His elder brother, Alfonso I the Battler, left no issue and bequeathed his kingdom to the military orders. Ramiro, who had entered a monastery and was bishop-elect of Barbastro, renounced his vows, married, and received the crown. His daughter Petronila was betrothed to the son of Count Ram�n Berenguer IV of

Ramiro Ii

2005-01-19T16:33:00.000-08:00

Hol Ha-mo'ed

2005-01-18T16:12:00.000-08:00

Also spelled �hol hamoed�, or �chol hamoed (from Hebrew hol, �weekday,� ha-mo'ed, �[of] the festival�)� in Judaism, the less festive days or semiholidays that occur between the initial and final days of the Passover (Pesah) and Sukkot religious holidays. Because Jews in Israel celebrate Passover for seven days and Sukkot for eight, and Jews outside Israel add an additional day to each festival, the number of hol ha-mo'ed days is regulated by the locale. Israel, moreover, solemnizes

Japanese Baseball Leagues

2005-01-17T13:41:00.000-08:00

The two main leagues in Japan are the Central League and the Pacific League. Each league is composed

Amritsar, Massacre Of

2005-01-15T11:10:00.000-08:00

In 1919 the British government of India enacted the Rowlatt Acts, extending its World War I emergency powers to combat subversive activities.

Ahmad Khan, Sir Sayyid

2005-01-14T23:27:00.000-08:00

Altaf Husan Hali, Hayat-i-Javid (1901), the only comprehensive account of Sayyid Ahmad's life and work; G.F.I. Graham, The Life and Work of Syed Ahmed Khan, rev. ed. (1909); J.M.S. Baljon, The Reforms and Religious Ideas of Sir Sayyid Ahmad Khan (1949); and Hadi Hussain, Syed Ahmed Khan: Pioneer of Muslim Resurgence (1970).

Domestication

2005-01-13T19:11:00.000-08:00

The process of hereditary reorganization of wild animals and plants into domestic and cultivated forms according to the interests of people. In its strictest sense it refers to the initial stage of human mastery of wild animals and plants. The fundamental distinction of domesticated animals and plants from their wild ancestors is that they are created by human

La Valli�re, Louise-fran�oise De La Baume Le Blanc, Duchess (duchesse) De

2005-01-12T15:17:00.000-08:00

La Valli�re, the daughter of a military governor, was appointed maid of honour in 1661 to Louis XIV's sister-in-law Henrietta Anne of England, Duchess d'Orl�ans. Although Louis had been married to the Spanish infanta Marie-Th�r�se for only about a year, he took La Valli�re as his mistress in July 1661. In order

Adamawa Plateau

2005-01-11T06:25:00.000-08:00

Also spelled �Adamaoua Plateau, � volcanic upland in west-central Africa. Though chiefly in north-central Cameroon, part of the plateau, known as the Gotel Mountains, is in southeastern Nigeria. The plateau is the source of the Benue River. Its highest elevations are more than 8,700 feet (2,650 m) above sea level. Many craters and small lakes attest to the region's volcanic origin. Vegetation is chiefly savanna, with

Cone, Fairfax M.

2005-01-10T08:18:00.000-08:00

Cone's father was a prospector and mining engineer, and his mother was a schoolteacher. He studied English at the University of California, working as a summertime copy boy on the San Francisco

Sicani

2005-01-09T01:13:00.000-08:00

English �Sicans� according to ancient Greek writers, the aboriginal inhabitants of western Sicily, as opposed to the Siculi of eastern Sicily. Archaeologically there is no substantial difference between Sicani and Siculi (Sicels) in historical times; but ancient authorities believed the Sicani to be Iberians from Spain who were driven by the invading Siculi into the western

Furniture, Clocks

2005-01-08T20:04:00.000-08:00

Clocks are considered furnishings if the movement is enclosed within a case, which need not necessarily be of wood. Clocks can be divided into table clocks and long-case clocks. There were two creative centres for table clocks, namely England and France. In 17th- and 18th-century France, the table clock became an object of monumental design, the best examples of which are

Furniture, Clocks

2005-01-07T08:57:00.000-08:00

Furniture, France

2005-01-06T16:32:00.000-08:00

The transitional phase in French furniture from Baroque to Rococo is called R�gence. The heavy, monumental style of the earlier part of Louis's reign was gradually replaced by a lighter and more fluent curvilinear style. The leading exponent of the R�gence style was Charles Cressent, �b�niste (�cabinetmaker�) to the regent Philippe II, duc d'Orl�ans. In his work the ormolu

Silao

2005-01-05T07:11:00.000-08:00

City, west-central Guanajuato estado (�state�), north-central Mexico. Founded in 1537, Silao lies along the Silao River at 5,830 feet (1,777 m) above sea level. By virtue of its location in the Baj�o region, known as the granary of Mexico, Silao is an important agricultural centre. A wide variety of crops, including corn (maize), beans, wheat, chick-peas, avocados, peaches, and strawberries, thrive

Ovum

2005-01-04T06:12:00.000-08:00

The outer surface of each ovary is covered by a layer of cells (germinal epithelium); these surround the immature egg cells, which are present in the ovaries from the time of

Indian Philosophy, Vaisnava schools

2005-01-03T11:57:00.000-08:00

The main philosophers of the medieval Vaisnavism have been noted above. Vaisnavism, however, has a long history, traceable to the Vishnu worship of the Rigveda, the Bhakti conception of the epics, and the Vasudeva cult of the pre-Christian era. Of the two main Vaisnava scriptures, or agamas, the Pa�caratra (�Relating to the Period of Five Nights�) and the Vaikhanasa (�Relating to a Hermit

Quich� Language

2005-01-02T09:26:00.000-08:00

An American Indian language of the Mayan family, spoken in the western highlands of Guatemala. It is most closely related to the Cakchiquel, Tzutujil, Sacapultee, and Sipacapa languages of central Guatemala and more distantly related to Uspantec, Pocomam, Pocomch�, Kekch�, and other languages of the Eastern Mayan group (see Maya languages). The name Ach� is sometimes

Qatif, Al-

2005-01-01T01:59:00.000-08:00

Also spelled �Katif, � town and oasis, northeastern Saudi Arabia. It lies along the Persian Gulf, over Al-Qatif petroleum field. Since the development of the oil fields in the late 1940s, Al-Qatif has lost its status as an important port to Ad-Dammam. In addition to several oil wells, Al-Qatif has oil-gas separator plants, pipelines, and large residential quarters for workers. A major irrigation project (completed

Pole, Richard De La

2004-12-31T02:41:00.000-08:00

Pole was the youngest son of John de la Pole, 2nd duke of Suffolk (died 1491/92), and Elizabeth, sister to the Yorkist king Edward IV (ruled 1461 - 70, 1471 - 83). Since Edward IV's brother and successor, Richard III, died childless and since Edward's own sons disappeared in the Tower of London, the de la Poles inherited the Yorkist claim

Mitropoulos, Dimitri

2004-12-30T23:03:00.000-08:00

Mitropoulos studied in Athens, where his opera Soeur B�atrice (after Maeterlinck) was performed in 1919. Later in Berlin he studied piano under the brilliant pianist, composer, and teacher Ferruccio Busoni. An excellent pianist, Mitropoulos sometimes conducted from the keyboard (e.g., in 1930 and

Mosheim, Johann Lorenz Von

2004-12-29T08:46:00.000-08:00

Departing from the established method of writing

African Greek Orthodox Church

2004-12-28T08:03:00.000-08:00

A religious movement in East Africa that represents a prolonged search for a Christianity more African and, its adherents say, more authentic than the denominational mission forms transplanted from overseas. It began when an Anglican in Uganda, Reuben Spartas, heard of the independent, all-black African Orthodox Church in the United States and founded his own

Churchill Falls

2004-12-27T23:04:00.000-08:00

Formerly �Grand Falls, � part of a series of cataracts and rapids on the Churchill River, southwest of Michikamau Lake in west Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada. Lying 250 miles (400 km) from the river's mouth, the falls drop 245 feet (75 m), forming part of the river's 1,100-foot (335-metre) descent within a 16-mile (26-kilometre) stretch. The falls plunge into the McLean Canyon, which is bounded by sheer cliffs several hundred feet high.

Alabama, The Indians

2004-12-26T14:24:00.000-08:00

The earliest and longest established inhabitants of the present-day state of Alabama were Indians. Visible traces of their occupancy, which spanned almost 10,000 years, may be seen in the great mounds that snake across the landscape near the river valleys. Many placenames in the state also indicate an Indian origin. The name Alabama itself derives from an Indian word meaning

White, William Allen

2004-12-24T17:15:00.000-08:00

American journalist known as the �Sage of Emporia,� whose mixture of tolerance, optimism, liberal Republicanism, and provincialism made him the epitome of the thoughtful small-town American. His editorial writing made his own small-town newspaper, the Emporia Gazette, internationally known, and strongly affected at least one U.S. presidential

Cyrus Ii

2004-12-23T01:23:00.000-08:00

Byname �Cyrus The Great� conqueror who founded the Achaemenian empire, centred on Persia and comprising the Near East from the Aegean Sea eastward to the Indus River. He is also remembered in the Cyrus legend - first recorded by Xenophon, Greek soldier and author, in his Cyropaedia - as a tolerant and ideal monarch who was called the father of his people by the

Narmada River

2004-12-22T15:41:00.000-08:00

Also called �Narbada�, or �Nerbudda� river in central India, rising in the Maikala Range in east-central Madhya Pradesh state. Following a tortuous course through the hills of Mandla, it enters the structural trough between the Vindhya and Satpura ranges at Marble Rocks Gorge and then flows westward across Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat states, entering the Gulf of Cambay through an estuary 13 miles (21 km) wide,

Mormon, Book Of

2004-12-21T07:24:00.000-08:00

The Book of Mormon relates

Estonia

2004-12-20T05:01:00.000-08:00

Officially �Republic of Estonia, �Estonian �Eesti, �or �Eesti Vabariik, � country in northeastern Europe, the northernmost of the three Baltic states. It is bounded on the west and north by the Baltic Sea and on the east by Lake Peipus (Peipsi; Russian: Chudskoye Ozero) and the Narva River; it is bordered on the east and southeast by Russia and on the south by Latvia. Estonia has an area of 17,462 square miles (45,227 square kilometres), of which about one-tenth

Abu Al-hasan 'ali

2004-12-19T23:09:00.000-08:00

In 1331 Abu al-Hasan succeeded his father, Abu Sa'id, to the throne. With the goals of expelling the Christians from Spain and uniting all the Islamic lands of North Africa, Abu al-Hasan attacked and captured Algeciras and Gibraltar

Pabbajja

2004-12-18T20:03:00.000-08:00

In some Theravada countries such as Burma, the rite is normally held for every Buddhist boy at the age of puberty. In Tibet and China a probationary period of study is required

Murcia

2004-12-17T13:45:00.000-08:00

Independent Muslim (Moorish) kingdom centred on the city of Murcia (Arabic: Mursiyah), Spain. It came into being on two occasions: first in the 11th century, following the disintegration of the Spanish Umayyad caliphate; and again in the 12th century, as part of the Spanish Muslim reaction against the rule of the North African Almoravids. The kingdom's first ruler, 'Abd ar-Rahman

Business And Industry Review

2004-12-16T09:16:00.000-08:00

The high production and plant-operating rates seen in 1995 continued to mark most of the world's chemical industry in 1996. The high and rising sales levels reflected the generally healthy economies of countries around the globe. The high volume of products sold, however, did not always translate into record profits, particularly for the makers of big-volume petrochemicals.

Beijing, The early empires

2004-12-15T22:24:00.000-08:00

With but few interruptions, Beijing has been the capital of China for some eight centuries, and in number of years as the imperial capital it is exceeded only by Xi'an (Chang'an) in Shaanxi province and Luoyang in Henan province. In prehistoric times the area around Beijing was inhabited by some of the earliest-known human beings. Between 1918 and 1939 the fossil remains of Peking

Catastrophe

2004-12-14T13:08:00.000-08:00

In literature, the final action that completes the unraveling of the plot in a play, especially in a tragedy. Catastrophe is a synonym of denouement. The term is sometimes applied to a similar action in a novel or story.

Wolverhampton

2004-12-13T17:40:00.000-08:00

Metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of West Midlands, historic county of Staffordshire, England. It lies in the northwestern part of the industrial Black Country, near the farmlands of Shropshire and Staffordshire. The early town was mainly an agricultural centre. With the development of the Staffordshire coal and ironstone deposits, Wolverhampton became

Lena River

2004-12-12T05:22:00.000-08:00

Sakha (Yakut) �Ulakhan Iuriakh (�Great River�)� major river of Russia and the 10th longest river in the world. It flows 2,734 miles (4,400 km) from its sources in the mountains along the western shores of Lake Baikal, in southeastern Siberia, to the mouth of its delta on the Arctic Laptev Sea. The area of the river's drainage basin is about 961,000 square miles (2,490,000 square km).

Tibet, Agriculture and forestry

2004-12-11T00:41:00.000-08:00

The staple crops are barley, wheat, and pulses; other important crops include millet, buckwheat, rgya-bra (a grain similar to buckwheat), beans, hemp, and mustard. Butter from the yak (large, long-haired ox) or the mdzo-mo (a crossbreed of the yak and the cow) is the main dairy product. The diet is supplemented by a variety of garden vegetables. Some rice is raised in the southeast.

Boismortier, Joseph Bodin De

2004-12-10T00:07:00.000-08:00

His music, particularly for the voice, was extremely popular, and he became rich without

Chabrias

2004-12-09T04:27:00.000-08:00

Chabrias defeated the Spartans in 388 and again in 378, when Athens joined Thebes against Sparta. On the latter occasion he invented a new defensive technique: he ordered each soldier to receive a charge kneeling on his left knee, with his shield