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Paul I, Saint

2005-11-18T06:20:00.000-08:00

Consecrated deacon by Pope St. Zacharias, he became a key member of the Curia under his brother Pope Stephen II (or III), whom he was elected on April 26, 757, to succeed. He secured the support of the Frankish king Pippin III the Short against the animosity of the Lombard king Desiderius and the Byzantine emperor Constantine V

Anthony Of Novgorod

2005-10-16T02:35:00.000-07:00

Anthony's importance derives mainly from his Pilgrim's

West Lafayette

2005-07-27T05:50:00.000-07:00

City, Tippecanoe county, west-central Indiana, U.S. It lies along the Wabash River (bridged) opposite Lafayette. Founded in 1845 as Kingston, it was later called Chauncey (1866) before being renamed West Lafayette in 1888. Primarily residential, it is the seat of Purdue University (1869). Nearby are the Tippecanoe Battlefield State Memorial and the site of Fort Ouiatanon (1719), the first white settlement

Bedford

2005-07-24T18:40:00.000-07:00

Borough (town), seat (1771) of Bedford county, southern Pennsylvania, U.S., on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and the Raystown Branch Juniata River, in the Allegheny Mountains, 38 miles (61 km) south of Altoona. A settlement made on the site about 1750 by John Wray (or Ray), a Scottish trader, was known as Raystown. Fort Bedford (built 1758 and apparently named for John Russell, 4th duke of Bedford) was a frontier

Juantorena, Alberto

2005-07-07T21:20:00.000-07:00

A member of the Cuban national basketball team, Juantorena switched to track at age 20. Standing 1.88 metres (6 feet 2 inches) tall with a powerful 2.75-metre (9-foot) stride, Juantorena became known as “El

Venice Palace, Museum Of The

2005-07-06T01:30:00.000-07:00

Italian Museo Di Palazzo Venezia, in Rome, museum occupying part of the papal apartment of the first great Renaissance palace of Rome. Dating from the middle of the 15th century, the Palazzo Venezia was built for Cardinal Pietro Barbo, later Pope Paul II. Displayed are fine medieval and Renaissance sculptures and a series of 15th-century carved and inlayed cassoni, or chests. Paintings include works attributed

Anti-saloon League

2005-06-29T01:55:00.000-07:00

The leading organization lobbying for prohibition in the United States in the early 20th century. It was founded as a state society in Ohio in 1893, but its influence spread rapidly, and in 1895 it became a national organization. It drew most of its support from Protestant evangelical churches, and it lobbied at all levels of government for legislation to prohibit the manufacture

Asgard

2005-06-15T19:05:00.000-07:00

Each important god had his own palace in Asgard, and many Germanic peoples believed that

Smith, Amanda

2005-06-03T03:50:00.000-07:00

Born a slave, Berry grew up in York county, Pa., after her father bought his own freedom and that of most of the family. She was educated mainly at home and at an early age began working as a domestic. An unhappy first marriage ended with the disappearance

Abbado, Claudio

2005-05-31T22:20:00.000-07:00

One of a long line of Milanese musicians—his father, Michelangelo Abbado, was a violinist—Claudio Abbado at first studied privately. He entered the Giuseppe

Koto

2005-05-17T13:25:00.000-07:00

The paulownia-wood instrument is placed horizontally on the ground or on a low table and is played by plucking the strings with the thumb and first

Schaepman, Hermanus Johannes Aloysius Maria

2005-05-15T19:10:00.000-07:00

Ordained a priest in 1867, Schaepman received a doctorate in church history (1869) and taught at a seminary for many years.

Rimsky-korsakov, Nikolay

2005-05-13T16:20:00.000-07:00

In full Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov Russian composer, teacher, and editor who was at his best in descriptive orchestrations suggesting a mood or a place.

This never ending quest

2005-05-07T12:53:00.000-07:00

hi guys,

Just had a great weekend in Paris. I was out there collecting some artwork to hang on my walls. Paris has the greatest quantity of stock ing 20c artists work. I'm into Litho's (budget allowing) and have picked up a few this last week. I also left a great many behind that i am sure that i will soon regret. But hey, such is life!

Anyway, back in London and I am now lookiong for a new office. We're currently based in Oxford circus but the lease is up. We're going to move next month. I expect we'll take a short trundle down the road to deepest mayfair. We've been searching on Need Offices for some locations and think we may have found something. After calling these guys and realising they're based round the corner we allowed them to take an advanced roll in sorting us out.

Planning another trip to paris soon to pick up more works. Once the office is sorted then I'm off. Francis Bacon will soon be hanging on my wall!!

parlez anon

You have entered a DOFFING Zone!

2005-04-05T06:59:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the zone of great hats. I recently bought a new hat and a new house in a fine part of London called Clerkenwell. I used to live in Pimlico but that turned into a nightmare. All that gas! Anyway i live near Russell Square and have turned the square into a DOFFING ZONE! Yes please I say I say, yes please.

Please reply if you have enetered my blog or my DOFFING ZONE. By the way, it is a wide brimmed brown TRILBY. YUM YUM.

Paragenesis

2005-03-15T01:27:00.000-08:00

The sequence in which the minerals are formed in an ore deposit. Variations in the pressure and temperature and in the chemical constituents of a hydrothermal solution will result in the precipitation of various minerals at different times within the same ore deposit. The general sequence of deposition is gangue minerals (silicates and carbonates) first; oxide

Fu Shen

2005-03-14T20:44:00.000-08:00

Yang Ch'eng (or Yang Hsi-chi), who served the Liang Wu Ti emperor (reigned AD 502 - 549) as a criminal judge in Hunan Province, was deeply disturbed that the ruler was destroying the normal family life of dwarfs by pressing them into

Blind bloke in Pub --- eeeeeeck it's another Blunket

2005-03-11T10:17:00.002-08:00

Sing once again with me, my strange duet, your power over me is soggy and wet. The power of your voice and ciggies & wine... the phantom of the london property market is here... inside my mind.

It's another cucumba classic..... WHOOOOOOOOOOOOSH.... oooooh, mammma!

Can anybody help me? Yerus yerus yerus......

Can't stand david Blunket..... he's a fool!

And a great big massive eraging TOOOOOOOL!!

Waterberg Wonkworth Series

2005-03-11T10:17:00.001-08:00

Also called �Waterberg System, � major division of rocks in southern Africa. The age of the Waterberg is in doubt; it is possible that the Waterberg is late Precambrian or Early Paleozoic (older or younger than 540 million years, respectively). Waterberg rocks consist of several thousand feet of brown, red, and purple sandstones and some rather minor shales. Sedimentary structures such as ripple marks, wonkworth rocks have been around for centuries. They'll all start to crumble eventually though, mark my words. I used to be a policeman and am very au fait with having Wonkworth rocks thrown at me. Especially at certin London addresses that have come to haunt me over the years. Whatever can one do in this situation?

Can anybody offer any advice ? I think I am losing the plot... they're taking me.... they're coming... all the way to wonkyworth's.... gawd 'elp me.

Waterberg Series

2005-03-11T10:17:00.000-08:00

Silius Italicus

2005-03-07T10:12:00.000-08:00

Silius was a distinguished advocate in his earlier years. He later took to public service and was a consul in 68, the year of Nero's death. His association with the emperor Nero was a stain on his reputation that he later expunged through his successful governorship

Marquis, Don

2005-03-06T22:40:00.000-08:00

Educated at Knox College, Galesburg, Ill., Marquis worked as a reporter on The Atlanta Journal. When in 1907 Joel Chandler Harris established the Uncle Remus's Magazine, Marquis became

Alamogordo

2005-03-05T02:44:00.000-08:00

City, seat (1899) of Otero county, southern New Mexico, U.S. It lies at the western base of the Sacramento Mountains and east of the Tularosa Basin. Founded by John A. and Charles B. Eddy in 1898 and named for its large cottonwood trees (Spanish: alamo �cottonwood,� gordo �fat�), it became a division point on the Southern Pacific Railroad and developed as a lumber town and agricultural-market

Germany, Insurance and services

2005-03-04T08:51:00.000-08:00

Health and retirement insurance are compulsory for all hourly workers and salaried employees earning below a certain level of income. Differing rules and rates apply to each group. Employees above a certain salary level or self-employed persons are generally exempt from most obligatory payment systems; however, although the former usually participate in a

Japan, The Yamato polity

2005-03-03T22:55:00.000-08:00

The pattern of administrative control established is called the uji-kabane system. Uji is usually translated as �clan� in English. The uji are thought to be extensions of original agricultural communities, perhaps what early Chinese records referred to as �states.� Essentially, farming communities were associated into lineal groups, united by the belief that harvests

Fabricius, Johannes, Folk and tribal myths

2005-03-02T23:39:00.000-08:00

Dutch astronomer who may have been the first observer of sunspots (1610/1611) and was the first to publish information on such observations. He did so in his Narratio de maculis in sole observatis et apparente earum cum sole conversione (1611; �Account of Spots Observed on the Sun and of Their Apparent Rotation with the Sun�). The son of the astronomer David Fabricius,

Kahanamoku, Duke Paoa

2005-03-02T04:53:00.000-08:00

Kahanamoku set

Armoury Museum

2005-03-01T14:31:00.000-08:00

Russian �Oruzheinaya Palata, � in Moscow, oldest museum in Russia. It is housed in a building between the Great Kremlin Palace and the Kremlin wall, was designed by Konstantin A. Thon, and was built between 1844 and 1851. The museum was originally founded to house the treasures accumulated over the centuries by Russia and is Russo-Byzantine in style. The treasures of the Kremlin cathedrals and the Synodal Treasury

Fabricius Ab Aquapendente, Hieronymus, Folk and tribal myths

2005-03-01T04:34:00.000-08:00

He spent most of his life at the University of Padua, where he studied under the eminent anatomist Gabriel Fallopius. As Fallopius' successor to the chair of surgery and anatomy (1562 - 1613), Fabricius built a reputation that attracted students from

Fabricius Luscinus, Gaius, Folk and tribal myths

2005-02-28T18:42:00.000-08:00

Originally from Aletrium in Latium, Fabricius settled in Rome and c. 285 negotiated a dispute for the Romans with the people of Tarentum. He was consul in 282 and 278 and censor in 275. During the first consulship he rescued Thurii from defeat

Bonaparte Family

2005-02-28T05:02:00.000-08:00

Italian �Buonaparte, � a family made famous by Napoleon I (q.v.), emperor of the French (1804 - 1814/15). The French form Bonaparte was not commonly used, even by Napoleon, until after the spring of 1796. The original name was Buonaparte, which was borne in the early Middle Ages by several distinct families in Italy. One of these, which settled at Florence before the year 1100, was divided in the 13th century into the two branches

Girl Groups

2005-02-27T03:10:00.000-08:00

Primarily American female vocal groups popular from the early to the mid-1960s, the period between the heyday of early rock and roll and the British Invasion. The girl group era produced a clearly identifiable hybrid of gospel, rhythm and blues, doo-wop, and quirky pop. The high-pitched, husky, teen-girl sound of acts such as the Ronettes and the Supremes epitomized the ebullient

Fabritius, Barent, Folk and tribal myths

2005-02-27T01:49:00.000-08:00

He was the son of a schoolmaster and at first became a carpenter, whence his Latinized name Fabritius (from Latin faber, �carpenter�). His early works, dating from the 1650s, are based on Rembrandt's style of the 1640s, with deepened use of colour and of light and shade. He

Paleogeography

2005-02-26T20:19:00.000-08:00

Also spelled �Palaeogeography, � the geography of selected portions of the Earth's surface at specific times in the geologic past. This geography consists of interpreted reconstructions, produced in map form, which represent visual summaries of a wide variety of complex geologic information. The maps provide a series of relatively instantaneous views of the Earth through geologic time. Paleogeographic

Fabritius, Carel, Folk and tribal myths

2005-02-26T04:42:00.000-08:00

He was the son of a schoolmaster, who is said to have been a part-time painter, and both Carel and his brother Barent became painters; both

Peter Lombard

2005-02-25T21:33:00.000-08:00

After early schooling at Bologna, he went to France to study at Reims and then at Paris. From 1136 to 1150 he taught theology in the school of Notre Dame, Paris, where in 1144 - 45 he became a canon - i.e., staff clergyman. Lombard was present at the

Fabrizi, Nicola, Folk and tribal myths

2005-02-25T10:53:00.000-08:00

As a young man, Fabrizi helped plan and execute the 1831 Milan rising against the Austrians. Unsuccessful in his attempt to revive the revolution in Modena, he was forced to flee but was captured by the Austrians and

Celestina, La

2005-02-24T07:42:00.000-08:00

Originally published in 16 acts as the Comedia de Calisto y Melibea (1499; �Comedy of Calisto and Melibea�) and shortly thereafter in an expanded version with 21 acts as the Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea (1502), the work

Triassic Period, Marine deposits

2005-02-23T23:43:00.000-08:00

Major linear depositional troughs developed around Panthalassa, the ancestor of the Pacific Ocean, during the Early and Middle Triassic. Great quantities of marine sediments collected in these troughs, as indicated by deposits - now mainly sandstones, shales, and graywackes - located in the western Pacific basinal belt (New Zealand and Japan) and the eastern basinal

Roosevelt, Franklin D., Supreme Court fight

2005-02-22T22:23:00.000-08:00

Declaring in his Second Inaugural Address (see original text) that �I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished,� Roosevelt was determined to push forward with further New Deal reforms. With large Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress, there remained only one obstacle to his objectives: the Supreme Court. During Roosevelt's first term, the court, which consisted entirely of pre-Roosevelt appointees, had invalidated several key New Deal measures, and cases challenging the Social Security Act and the Wagner Act were pending. To make the court more supportive of reform legislation, Roosevelt proposed a reorganization plan that would have allowed him to appoint one new justice for every sitting justice aged 70 years or older. Widely viewed as a court-packing scheme (even by Roosevelt's supporters), the reorganization bill provoked heated debate in Congress and eventually was voted down, which handed Roosevelt his first major legislative defeat. Meanwhile, the fight over court packing seemed to alter the Supreme Court's attitude toward the New Deal, and both the Social Security Act and the Wagner Act were upheld.

Wright, Judith

2005-02-21T13:21:00.000-08:00

After completing her education at the University of Sydney, Wright worked in an advertising agency and as a secretary at the University of Queensland, where she helped publish Meanjin, a literary

Cond�, Maryse

2005-02-20T10:01:00.000-08:00

Cond� wrote her first novel at the age of 11. In the politically turbulent years between 1960 and 1968, she taught in Guinea, Ghana, and Senegal. She studied at the Sorbonne in Paris (M.A., Ph.D., 1975). Her own peripatetic life provided the background for her novel H�r�

Sch�uffelein, Hans Leonhard

2005-02-19T22:53:00.000-08:00

In 1509 Sch�uffelein worked in the Tirol and later in Bavaria. There he painted the altarpiece for the Benedictine abbey

Feng-shan

2005-02-17T20:57:00.000-08:00

Formerly �Kao-hsiung Hsien, � shih (municipality) and seat of Kao-hsiung hsien (county), southwestern Taiwan, situated about 5 miles (8 km) east of Kao-hsiung shih in Taiwan's western coastal plain. Developed during a politically unsettled period of the 17th century in an interregnum dominated by the pirate Cheng Chih-lung (1604 - 61), the city has many Buddhist and Confucian relics. The major industries are rice and

Puerto Berr�

2005-02-16T19:37:00.000-08:00

City, eastern Antioquia department, northwestern Colombia, situated on the Magdalena River. It has been an important transportation hub almost since its founding in 1875 and a commercial and manufacturing centre for the agricultural and forest products of its hinterland. A cement factory and marble quarries are located nearby. Puerto Berr�o is the major river port

Har Rai

2005-02-15T19:26:00.000-08:00

The contemplative Har Rai spent more time in spiritual exercises than in administrative or military duties, and he knew

Shimodate

2005-02-14T01:30:00.000-08:00

City, Ibaraki ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, situated on a tributary of the Kokai River. Shimodate was a cotton textile centre during the Tokugawa era (1603 - 1867). The construction of railways during the Meiji era (1868 - 1912) connected the city with Mito (east) and Utsunomiya (northwest). It is now a major commercial and transport centre producing electrical appliances. Pop. (1990) 66,030.

Robert Of Molesme, Saint

2005-02-13T07:53:00.000-08:00

The son of noble parents, Robert entered the Benedictine monastery of Moutier-la-Celle near Troyes as a youth and soon became prior. He later became abbot of Saint-Michel-de-Tonnerre,

Saarland

2005-02-12T06:40:00.000-08:00

The coal seams stretch for a distance of about

Szolnok

2005-02-11T01:38:00.000-08:00

Town and seat of J�sz-Nagykun-Szolnok megye (county), east-central Hungary, at the confluence of the Zagyva and Tisza rivers. Under the �rp�d kings (c. 890 - 1301) Szolnok was a market town and distributing centre for rock salt from the Maramures Mountains (now in Romania). Later in the European Middle Ages it was a strategic settlement fiercely contested by Magyars and Turks. In modern

Aragats, Mount

2005-02-10T14:53:00.000-08:00

Russian �Gora Aragats, �also spelled �Gora Aragac, � mountain in Armenia, northwest of Yerevan and north of the Ararat Plain. The highest point in both Armenia and the Lesser Caucasus range (13,418 feet [4,090 m]), Aragats is a circular, shieldlike mountain composed of both lavas and tufas. A volcanic cone of recent geologic age lies atop far older rocks. The crater of the volcano has become the steep-walled basin, or cirque, of a glacier,

Van Allen, James Alfred

2005-02-09T05:11:00.000-08:00

Van Allen was a naval officer during World War II and helped develop the radio proximity fuse for naval artillery shells. In 1946 he was placed in

Aquifer

2005-02-08T01:50:00.000-08:00

A confined aquifer is a water-bearing stratum that is confined or overlain by a rock

Powell, Michael (latham)

2005-02-07T15:17:00.000-08:00

Powell attended Dulwich College, London (1918 - 21). He directed his first film, Two Crowded Hours, in 1931. During the 1930s he directed over 20 low-budget, quickly made films before producer Alexander Korda teamed him with Hungarian-born screenwriter Emeric

House

2005-02-06T17:30:00.000-08:00

Style of high-tempo, electronic dance music that originated in Chicago in the early 1980s and spread internationally. Born in Chicago clubs that catered to gay, predominantly black and Latino patrons, house fused the symphonic sweep and soul diva vocals of 1970s disco with the cold futurism of synthesizer-driven Eurodisco. Invented by deejay-producers such as Frankie Knuckles

Jouve, Pierre-jean

2005-02-05T03:22:00.000-08:00

Prevented by ill health from serving in World War

Karaikal

2005-02-03T20:40:00.000-08:00

The area was part of the Cola empire in the 10th century,

Epirus

2005-02-02T22:16:00.000-08:00

Modern Greek ��piros, � coastal region of northwestern Greece and southern Albania. It extends from Valona Bay (Gji i Vlor�s) in Albania (northwest) to the Gulf of Arta (southeast); its hinterland extends eastward to the watershed of the Pindus Mountains. The nomoi (departments) of �rta, Io�nnina, Pr�veza (qq.v.), and Thesprot�a make up the Greek part of Epirus. The Pindus Mountains separate Epirus

Sucksdorff, Arne

2005-02-01T06:30:00.000-08:00

Swedish motion-picture director important in the post-World War II revival of the Swedish cinema because of his internationally acclaimed sensitivity in photographing nature. His patiently photographed flowers, insects, birds, and animals are composed into films in which the rhythm of nature is dominant and man is only

Papermaking

2005-01-31T08:36:00.000-08:00

The word paper

Affenkapelle Ware

2005-01-30T16:33:00.000-08:00

(German: �Monkey Orchestra�), a series of figures created by the Meissen porcelain factory in Saxony (now in Germany) about 1747 and imitated later. Believed to be a parody of the Dresden Court Orchestra, the set was modeled by the German sculptors Johann Joachim K�ndler and Peter Reinicke after fanciful singerie (monkeys in human costume) engravings by the French artists

Marvin, Lee

2005-01-29T05:36:00.000-08:00

Marvin took up acting after a stint in marine service during World War II and appeared in Broadway and Off-Broadway shows until his film debut in 1951. For the better part of 14 years, he appeared in smaller roles; his tall, lean, brutal, stone-faced

Cullen, Paul

2005-01-28T06:05:00.000-08:00

Educated at the Quaker School, Carlow, Cullen joined the Urban College of Propaganda, Rome, and was ordained priest in 1829. He became rector of the Irish National College in Rome. During the Mazzini revolution of 1848 he was rector of the Urban College. In 1850 he became successor

Emotion, Experiential relation to increased creativity

2005-01-27T21:02:00.000-08:00

Several studies have demonstrated that positive emotion facilitates creative problem solving. One of these studies showed that positive emotion enabled subjects to name more uses for common objects. Another showed that positive emotion enhanced creative problem solving by enabling subjects to see relations among objects that would otherwise go unnoticed.

Jaca

2005-01-26T00:13:00.000-08:00

City, Huesca provincia, in the communidad aut�noma (�autonomous community�) of Aragon, northeastern Spain, on the plateau on the southern bank of the Arag�n River, just south of the French border. Of ancient origin, the city was captured by the Romans in 194 BC and surrounded by walls, which, with medieval additions, still partly stand. In 716 it was taken by the Moors and, under the name

Caucasian Languages, Phonology

2005-01-25T04:24:00.000-08:00

The sound systems of the Nakho-Dagestanian languages are diverse. There are up to five vowels (a, e, i, o, u); in some languages o is only now becoming an independent distinctive unit. Along with these cardinal vowels, in a number of languages there are also long and nasalized vowels (the Andi languages), pharyngealized vowels (in Udi), and labialized vowels (in Dido). In the Nakh

Girdle-tailed Lizard

2005-01-24T06:09:00.000-08:00

Their name is derived from the rings of spiny scales that encircle the tail, and sometimes the body, in a series of whorls. In some species the armoured girdles serve effectively as protection

Spanish Literature, The Romantic movement

2005-01-23T21:11:00.000-08:00

Literature in Spain in the first third of the 19th century was still affected by the Napoleonic Wars and their long aftermath. Many liberals driven into exile by Ferdinand VII after 1823 sought refuge in France; and, when they returned to Spain after his death in 1833, they had been so influenced by French Romanticism that this date has been taken as the beginning of the Romantic

Biblical Literature, Other Pentateuchal theories

2005-01-22T05:27:00.000-08:00

This documentary theory of the composition of the Pentateuch has been challenged by eminent 20th-century scholars who have offered alternative or additional methods of analysis and interpretation. Form criticism, for example, has stressed particular literary forms and the historical setting out of which they arose: the sagas, laws, legends, and other forms and

Asbestos

2005-01-21T20:04:00.000-08:00

Any of several minerals that readily separate into long, flexible fibres. Chrysotile, the fibrous form of the mineral serpentine, is the best-known type and accounts for about 95 percent of all asbestos in commercial use. It is a hydrous magnesium silicate with the chemical composition of Mg3Si2O5(OH)4. The other types all belong to the amphibole group of minerals and include

'ayn Jalut, Battle Of

2005-01-20T22:15:00.000-08:00

Baghdad, the capital city of the 'Abbasid caliphate, had fallen to the Mongols under the Il-Khan H�leg� in 1258, and the last 'Abbasid caliph had been put to death. In 1259 the Mongol army, led by the Christian Turk Kitbuga, moved into

'ayn Jalut, Battle Of

2005-01-19T04:13:00.000-08:00

By the early 1980s the NBA was plagued by money-losing franchises, low attendance, declining

Fracture - dislocation

2005-01-18T06:32:00.000-08:00

A severe injury in which both fracture and dislocation take place simultaneously. Frequently, a loose piece of bone remains jammed between the ends of the dislocated bones and may have to be removed surgically before the dislocation can be reduced. Immobilization must be longer than in a simple dislocation to permit healing of the fracture; chances for permanent

Yenisey River

2005-01-17T16:31:00.000-08:00

The peoples of the Yenisey valley are diverse. Around the western headwaters (Great and Little Yenisey) Tuvans predominate in the rural areas, but they are joined by significant numbers of Russians in Kyzyl, the capital of Tuva. To the north of Tuva the Krasnoyarsk kray (territory) of Russia extends down the entire valley northward to the Kara Sea; its population comprises

Norwegian Language

2005-01-16T10:24:00.000-08:00

Norwegian �Norsk, � North Germanic language of the West Scandinavian branch, existing in two distinct and rival norms - Dano-Norwegian (Bokm�l, or Riksm�l) and New Norwegian (Nynorsk). Dano-Norwegian stems from the written Danish introduced during the union of Denmark and Norway (1380 - 1814). New Norwegian was created by the language scholar Ivar Aasen during the mid-19th century, primarily from the

France, History Of, The Second Republic, 1848 - 52

2005-01-15T23:49:00.000-08:00

The succession to the throne was not to be decided so easily, however. The Chamber of Deputies, invaded by a mob that demanded a republic, set up a provisional government whose members ranged from constitutional monarchists to one radical deputy, Alexandre-Auguste Ledru-Rollin. Led by the poet-deputy Alphonse de Lamartine, the members of the government proceeded

Wyat, Sir Thomas, The Younger

2005-01-14T00:15:00.000-08:00

Wyat's father was the renowned poet and diplomat Sir Thomas Wyat. As a young man he acquired a reputation for recklessness, and in 1543 he was briefly imprisoned for taking part in a London street riot.

Alaca H�

2005-01-13T18:10:00.000-08:00

Ancient Anatolian site northeast of the old Hittite capital of Hattusa at Bogazk�y, north-central Turkey. Its excavation was begun by Makridi Bey in 1907 and resumed in 1935 by the Turkish Historical Society. Inside a sphinx gate, traces of a large Hittite building were discovered. Below the Hittite remains was a royal necropolis of 13 tombs dating from about 2500 BC. Although material

Alcaeus

2005-01-12T10:08:00.000-08:00

Only fragments and quotations from Alcaeus' work survive, but they are enough to show the extent

Loyola University Chicago

2005-01-11T02:06:00.000-08:00

Private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Chicago, Ill., U.S. It is affiliated with the Jesuit order of the Roman Catholic church. Comprising nine schools and colleges across six campuses, it offers bachelor's and master's degrees in more than 40 fields, doctoral degrees in more than 30 programs, and several professional degrees. One of the two Chicago campuses,

Rock Wren

2005-01-10T09:53:00.000-08:00

New Zealand bird belonging to the family Xenicidae (q.v.); also, a true wren of North America (Salpinctes obsoletus; see wren).

Peruzzi, Baldassarre (tommaso)

2005-01-09T15:53:00.000-08:00

A contemporary of Raphael and Donato Bramante, Peruzzi began his career as a painter of frescoes in the Cappella San Giovanni in Siena Cathedral.

Monboddo, James Burnett, Lord

2005-01-08T01:29:00.000-08:00

Monboddo's main work, Of the Origin and Progress of Language (6 vol., 1773 - 92), contains a vast body of curious lore on the manners and customs of primitive peoples, relates

Fari�a, Richard; And Fari�a, Mimi

2005-01-07T20:45:00.000-08:00

Mimi Fari�a's original name �Margarita Mimi Baez� American husband-and-wife folksinging duo who were significant figures in the folk music revival of the 1960s. Richard, also a novelist, was killed in a motorcycle accident just after the publication of his first novel, Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (1966; filmed

Ballina

2005-01-06T19:12:00.000-08:00

Irish �B�al An �tha� urban district, County Mayo, Ireland, on the River Moy. The town, the largest in Mayo, has a modern Roman Catholic cathedral and the remains of an Augustinian friary founded about 1375. Salmon and trout fishing nearby are notable. Hand tools, drills, and medical products are manufactured there. Pop. (1981) 6,856.

Hippodrome

2005-01-05T07:07:00.000-08:00

Ancient Greek stadium designed for horse racing and especially chariot racing. Its Roman counterpart was called a circus and is best represented by the Circus Maximus (q.v.). The typical hippodrome was dug into a hillside and the excavated material used to construct an embankment for supporting seats on the opposite side. In shape the hippodrome was oblong, with one

Paddle Tennis

2005-01-04T23:58:00.000-08:00

Small-scale form of tennis similar to a British shipboard game of the 1890s. Frank P. Beal, a New York City official, introduced paddle tennis on New York playgrounds in the early 1920s. He had invented it as a child in Albion, Mich. It became popular, and national championship tournaments are still held in the United States. Platform tennis, a later development, is sometimes called

Blood Cell Formation

2005-01-03T22:54:00.000-08:00

Blood cells do not

Asam, Cosmas Damian; And Asam, Egid Quirin

2005-01-02T03:30:00.000-08:00

Principal late Baroque exponents of illusionist decoration in religious architecture. The Asam brothers were part of a generation of Germans educated in Rome in the Italian Baroque tradition. Their works, primarily produced in collaboration, are notable

Aratus Of Sicyon

2005-01-01T07:45:00.000-08:00

After liberating Sicyon in 251, he established a democracy there and united it with the Achaean League for defense against Macedonia. As general of the league (a post he normally held each alternate year after 245), he captured

Ender, Kornelia

2004-12-31T08:38:00.000-08:00

Ender's natural ability was spotted when she was a child playing on family vacations, and she was trained from a young age by demanding East German coaches who included weight lifting in her training. She was 13 years old when she won two silver

Alderfly

2004-12-30T17:14:00.000-08:00

Any insect of the megalopteran family Sialidae, characterized by long, filamentous antennae and two pairs of large wings (anterior wing length 20 to 50 mm [ 3/4 inch to 2 inches]), membranous and well-developed, with part of the hind wing folding like a fan. The adult alderfly is dark-coloured, 15 to 30 mm ( 3/5 inch to 1 1/5 inches) long, sluggish, and a weak flier. It usually inhabits shore vegetation,

Hupeh, Industry

2004-12-29T07:33:00.000-08:00

Hupeh's mineral wealth consists chiefly of iron, copper, and phosphorus ores; coal; and gypsum. Some of China's richest and best iron ore is found at Ta-yeh in southeastern Hupeh. The exploitation of this ore and of coking coal from P'ing-hsiang in Kiangsi was the basis for the founding of an ironworks at Han-yang at the end of the 19th century. Ore from Ta-yeh and other mines was

Vai

2004-12-28T15:11:00.000-08:00

Vai behaviour in all aspects of life is strongly influenced by secret societies

Arnim, Harry, Graf (count) Von

2004-12-27T19:01:00.000-08:00

After studying

Art, African, Igbo

2004-12-26T22:54:00.000-08:00

On both sides of the Niger, but mainly to the east, live the Igbo. Traditionally they have lived in small and often isolated settlements scattered through the forest. Only on the northern and western edges of the area, under influence from Igala and Benin, are hereditary rulers found. In Igbo society there is strong social pressure toward individual distinction, and

West Lothian

2004-12-25T17:39:00.000-08:00

Council area and historic county, southeastern Scotland, on the southern shore of the River Forth estuary and the Firth of Forth just west of Edinburgh. The council area and historic county occupy somewhat different areas. The historic county borders the Forth from Bo'ness to the mouth of the River Almond just west of Cramont. It extends southwest across a lowland

Lupemban Industry

2004-12-24T22:21:00.000-08:00

Also called �Lupembian Industry, � a sub-Saharan African stone tool industry dating from the late Pleistocene, beginning about 40,000 years ago. The Lupemban industry was derived from and replaced the Sangoan industry, which is found in forested areas of sub-Saharan Africa. The Lupemban industry is characterized by fairly small, well-shaped tools: chisels, adzes, planes (probably demonstrating intensive

Rach Gia

2004-12-23T13:08:00.000-08:00

Port city, northern Ca Mau Peninsula, southern Vietnam. It lies at the head of Rach Gia Bay on the Gulf of Thailand, at the north bank of the Cai Lon estuary, 120 miles (195 km) southwest of Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon). Formerly Cambodian territory, in 1715 the flat, forest-covered swamp was placed under the protection of the Nguyen lords of Hue; its Cambodian name is Kramuon-Sa. It became

Fucino Basin

2004-12-22T20:32:00.000-08:00

Italian �Conca Del Fucino, �formerly �Lago Fucino, or Lago Di Celano, �Latin �Lacus Fucinus, � former lake bed in L'Aquila province, Abruzzi region, central Italy, just east of Avezzano. The lake was once 37 mi (59 km) in circumference and about 100 ft (30 m) deep, although its level was subject to great variations because of the lack of an outlet. As early as AD 52 the emperor Claudius had a tunnel constructed, 3 1/2 mi (5 1/2 km) long, as an outlet to the Liri (Liris) River. The tunnel, still evident but no