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London Office Space

2007-12-11T11:12:00.000-08:00

London office space is all the rage these days, it seems that any one who’s any one has some kind of London connection. London office space is plentiful, and with such a large selection it important to check out all the competition – but then why bother, when pearl and Coutts have such a wide and diverse selection of shops, offices, and other commercial property for lease?

Head over to http://www.pearl-coutts.co.uk/ and see what they have to offer you today in the way of London office space.

single fathers take note

2007-12-10T04:28:00.000-08:00

There's a big difference between single men dating and single fathers dating. Single men out to meet people generally meet lots of Stella first, then a kebab, then letch over considerable less drunk girls. Single fathers dating are generally a lot more composed. We've had our time of debauchery and are now quite happy to have a few beers (not a few crates) and then try our luck in a civilized manner without being sick.

Unfortunately, the best looking girls still seem to prefer the bad boys, even when they're throwing up kebab, stink of sweat and beer and have all the class of a rubbish dump.

So now I've turned to Single parent fun, an online community for single parents for tips, and the best tip I've had so far is give it up!! You don't meet nice girls in clubs, you meet them online, at single parent fun! Single fathers dating take note!!

Tooth replacement can dramatically improve smile

2007-11-22T04:10:00.000-08:00

Tooth loss is something no one looks forward to. If you lose one or more teeth, you have a number of options, one of which is tooth replacement. You owe it to yourself to be informed as much as possible along with consultation with your doctor about these options.

Tooth replacement can dramatically improve smile and the shape of the face and hence greatly enhance both dental health and self-esteem. They are also necessary for the health of the gum and jaw tissues and prolonged absence of a tooth will severely limit the possibilities for restorations.

Tooth replacement should be done as soon as teeth are lost. This will retain your oral health by preventing bone loss, reducing movement of surrounding teeth and avoiding excess decay.

Cosmetic contouring is a simple process

2007-11-14T03:42:00.000-08:00

Your smile-line is a combination of the shape and alignment of your teeth and the relationship of your teeth with your gum tissue. An asymmetrical smile-line can be easily corrected with cosmetic contouring through the use of a laser. Front teeth that are worn, pointed, or chipped can be re-shaped converting an untidy smile into a younger looking, shapely one.

Cosmetic contouring is a simple process in which small adjustments are made to your teeth to level uneven smile lines Compared to the traditional method of using a scalpel, the laser simply vaporizes and seals the extra gum tissue with no cutting, bleeding or sutures. There is less chance of infection through laser gum contouring as the laser kills bacteria while sealing the gums. The results are healthy, natural looking gums and a brand new smile.

looking for retail space to let London

2007-11-14T03:10:00.000-08:00

With thousands of shops listed in high streets, shopping centers and retail parks – it is quite difficult at times to zero in on the right retail space to let London. The best way of finding retail premises is not to start looking for shops now but to hire the services of a reliable property agent.

If you would like to refine your search to avoid hassles while looking for retail space to let London, Pearl & Coutts can help you to search for a shop to let or an office to let, please feel free to browse retail space pages. You will find a full and complete list of all the retail space to let London that are currently available for rent or to lease in London and that match your search criteria.

Ain't Nothing better than an exterior blind to cover up the shade!

2007-10-22T01:59:00.000-07:00

It is nice to feel comfortable during all kinds of weather. Sometimes it feels better not to see what it is like outside and simply lowerx the Venetian blinds. With our Nationwide eterior blinds it is a simple matter to feel comfortable and protected inside, no matter whether its stormy, rainy or the sun beats down outside. Not to mention the protection from prying eyes. Create your own atmosphere of comfort.

Attractive and practical, the Nationwide exterior blinds give maximum protection from the sun and come with the option of an automatic sun sensor.

The revolutionary fabric allows light but reflects heat back, making your conservatory usable all year round. The reduction in temperature is remarkable and many
customers have told us what a joy it is to be able to use their conservatory again. The exterior blind come with the option of an automatic sun sensor, too.

Holidaying as a single parent

2007-09-18T04:57:00.000-07:00

can be an absolute nightmare, the kids want to play and have fun when all you want to do is relax by the pool with a cocktail.

Single parent fun offers reduced price single parent holidays abroad specifically tailored for groups for single parents.

There is no need to panic anymore, or look elsewhere for package holiday for single parents!

Commercial Property London

2007-09-10T05:51:00.000-07:00

I was in London, wandering around commercial property when a thought struck me; why does commercial property london cost so much, when there seems to be so much commercial property in London? The answer, of course, is that it is so hard to find vacant commercial property london. Thankfully, Pearl & Coutts have loads of commercial property available at any one time in London. Problem solved!

Estate Agent Finchley

2006-07-26T05:45:00.000-07:00

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

Cosmetic Dentistry

2006-07-18T03:15:00.000-07:00

I am passionate about my cosmetic dentistry and dental hygiene and I have been very impressed with the whole experience I have had with James Hull the Cosmetic Dentists. After booking my appointment my cosmetic dental consultant offered me a range of treatments from Braces, Dental Veneers,

Colbert, Jean-baptiste

2006-01-27T07:00:00.000-08:00

Controller general of finance (from 1665) and secretary of state for the navy (from 1668) under King Louis XIV of France. He carried out the program of economic reconstruction that helped make France the dominant power in Europe.

Categorical Imperative

2005-11-18T08:45:00.000-08:00

In the ethics of the 18th-century German philosopher Immanuel Kant, founder of critical philosophy, a moral law that is unconditional or absolute for all agents, the validity or claim of which does not depend on any ulterior motive or end. “Thou shalt not steal,” for example, is categorical as distinct from the hypothetical imperatives associated with desire, such as “Do

Mahé Island

2005-10-16T05:05:00.000-07:00

Largest island of the Seychelles archipelago, Republic of Seychelles, in the western Indian Ocean. The island is 4 miles (6 km) wide and 16 miles (26 km) long and has an area of 57 square miles (148 square km). The island is granitic in origin and mountainous; the highest peak is Morne Seychellois, which rises to 2,969 feet (905 m) and forms part of a national park of the same name. Port Launay Marine National

Antenor

2005-07-27T08:28:00.000-07:00

Antenor's bronze sculpture of the tyrannicides probably dates from about 510. In 480, when Xerxes I captured Athens,

Hestia

2005-07-27T08:22:00.000-07:00

She was worshipped chiefly as goddess of the family hearth; but, as the

Photometry

2005-07-23T02:15:00.000-07:00

The earliest observations of the apparent brightness of the stars were made by Greek astronomers. The system used by Hipparchus about

Noverre, Jean-georges

2005-07-07T23:45:00.000-07:00

Distinguished French choreographer whose revolutionary treatise, Lettres sur la danse et sur les ballets (1760), still valid, brought about major reforms in ballet production, stressing the importance of dramatic motivation, which he called ballet d'action, and decrying overemphasis on technical virtuosity. His first choreographic

Vitale Da Bologna,

2005-07-06T04:15:00.000-07:00

The first official record of Vitale was in Bologna, where he painted the Odofredi Chapel in the Church of San Francesco. During this period he is credited with painting the “Last Supper” (1340; Pinacoteca, Bologna)

Adams, Louisa

2005-06-15T21:30:00.000-07:00

Following her husband's death in 1848, Louisa continued to live in Washington, where she died in 1852. In an unprecedented mark of respect for a former first lady, Congress adjourned for her funeral so that members could pay their respects. She was buried beside her husband and his parents at the First Church in Quincy, Massachusetts.

Cimbalom

2005-06-03T06:20:00.000-07:00

An elaborate stringed instrument of the dulcimer family used in small music ensembles by central European Roma (Gypsies). The instrument has a trapezoidal body that stands on four legs. It has a chromatic range of four octaves and, unlike other dulcimers, a pedal mechanism for damping the strings. The cimbalom has about 125 metal strings, with 3 to 5 strings

Subgraywacke

2005-05-17T15:55:00.000-07:00

Dark-coloured sedimentary rock that contains from 65 to 95 percent free quartz, in grains 0.06 to 2 mm in diameter, held together by a matrix with a low mud content and often a high carbonate content. Some geologists favour a definition of graywacke (q.v.) that permits no more than 75 percent free quartz in the rock, and they thus would class as subgraywackes those rocks with (1) over 25 percent

Absorption

2005-05-15T21:35:00.000-07:00

In wave motion, the transfer of the energy of a wave to matter as the wave passes through it. The energy of an acoustic, electromagnetic, or other wave is proportional to the square of its amplitude—i.e., the maximum displacement or movement of a point on the wave; and, as the wave passes through a substance, its amplitude steadily decreases. If there is only a small fractional

Bridgend

2005-05-13T19:30:00.000-07:00

Welsh Pen-y-bont Ar Ogwr town, Bridgend county borough, historic county of Glamorgan (Morgannwg), Wales, on the River Ogmore. It has grown up on the site of medieval riverside twin villages (Oldcastle and Newcastle) with a 12th-century castle and 15th-century hospice; a stone bridge was built over the river about 1435. Historically, Bridgend has been the market town for the western Glamorgan lowland and

Gryphaea

2005-03-14T13:12:00.000-08:00

Extinct molluskan genus found as fossils in rocks from the Jurassic period to the Eocene epoch (between 208 million and 36.6 million years ago). Related to the oysters, Gryphaea is characterized by its distinctively convoluted shape. The left valve, or shell, was much larger and more convoluted than the flattish right valve. Fine markings extended across the shell

D�hlie, Bj�

2005-03-11T00:45:00.000-08:00

Norwegian cross-country skiing legend Bj�rn D�hlie rocketed into the record books in 1998 by shattering the previous marks for gold medals and total medals won by an individual in Winter Olympics competition. With victories at the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan, in the 10-km race, 50-km race, and 4 �10-km relay, he established himself as one of the greatest Nordic skiers of all time. "The Rocketman,"

Zadkine, Ossip

2005-03-07T01:16:00.000-08:00

As a boy, Zadkine, son of a professor of Greek and Latin, much preferred clay modeling to his studies.

Costa, L�

2005-03-06T17:42:00.000-08:00

After graduating from the National School of Fine Arts, Rio de Janeiro, in 1924, Costa entered into a partnership with Gregori Warchavchick, a Russian-born architect and early advocate of modern architecture in

Jacobs, W(illiam) W(ymark)

2005-03-05T14:23:00.000-08:00

His early home was a house on a Thames River wharf, where his father was manager. A landsman himself, Jacobs drew on his boyhood memories of seafaring men and dockworkers to create the stories that were to establish him as a writer. His first volume, Many

Greek Mythology, Myths of heroes

2005-03-04T19:11:00.000-08:00

Hero myths included elements from tradition, folktale, and fiction. The saga of the Argonauts, for example, is highly complex and includes elements from folktale and fiction, but the information that the fleet mustered at Colchis may be regarded as genuine legend. Episodes in the Trojan cycle, such as the departure of the Greek fleet from Aulis or Theseus' Cretan expedition

Half Rhyme

2005-03-03T01:28:00.000-08:00

Also called �near rhyme, �slant rhyme, �or �oblique rhyme� in prosody, two words that have only their final consonant sounds and no preceding vowel or consonant sounds in common (such as stopped and wept, or parable and shell). The device was common in Welsh, Irish, and Icelandic verse years before it was first used in English by Henry Vaughan. It was not used regularly in English until Gerard Manley Hopkins and William Butler

Albany River

2005-03-02T06:11:00.000-08:00

River, north central Ontario, Canada, rising in Lake St. Joseph at an elevation of 1,218 ft (371 m) and flowing generally eastward into James Bay. For 250 mi (400 km) of its 610-mi course, the river is navigable, and it served as an important route during the fur-trading days, when boats sailed inland from the Hudson's Bay Company post of Ft. Albany (established 1684) at the mouth. Its largest tributary is the

Louis, Victor

2005-03-01T04:43:00.000-08:00

After at least seven unsuccessful attempts, Louis won the Prix de Rome in 1755. While in Rome (1756 - 59), he offended the director of the Academy there, Charles Joseph Natoire, and this social misstep resulted in his subsequent exclusion from

Orange, House Of

2005-02-28T16:32:00.000-08:00

The counts of Orange became independent upon the disintegration of the feudal kingdom of Arles. They were vassals of the Holy Roman emperors from the 12th

Mahavastu

2005-02-27T16:53:00.000-08:00

(Sanskrit: �Great Story�), important legendary life of the Buddha, produced as a late canonical work by the Mahasanghika school of early Buddhism and presented as a historical introduction to the vinaya, the section of the canon dealing with monastic discipline. Its three sections treat the Buddha's former lives, the events from his entering the womb of Queen Maha Maya to his

Amp�re's Law

2005-02-26T18:30:00.000-08:00

One of the basic relations between electricity and magnetism, stating quantitatively the relation of a magnetic field to the electric current or changing electric field that produces it. The law is named in honour of Andr�-Marie Amp�re, who by 1825 had laid the foundation of electromagnetic theory. An alternative expression of the Biot-Savart law (q.v.), which also relates

Gymnostome

2005-02-25T00:35:00.000-08:00

Any ciliated protozoan of the large holotrichous order Gymnostomatida; included are oval to elongated protozoans with simple, uniformly distributed hairlike processes (cilia) and a mouth opening (cytostome) on the body surface rather than in a groove or pit as in other ciliates. Gymnostomes are found in fresh and salt water and in the

Aretaeus Of Cappadocia

2005-02-24T23:06:00.000-08:00

Greek physician from Cappadocia who practiced in Rome and Alexandria, led a revival of Hippocrates' teachings, and is thought to have ranked second only to the father of medicine himself in the application of keen observation and ethics to the art. In principle he adhered to the pneumatic school of medicine, which believed that health was maintained by

Theatrical Production, The modern repertory company

2005-02-23T02:32:00.000-08:00

During the rise of the stock company and single-show system, there continued to exist highly refined examples of the repertory ensemble. The Com�die Fran�aise, originally an amalgamation of two Parisian troupes, has existed since 1680. In opera the repertory system remains fundamentally unchanged. Toward the end of the 19th century, however, a widespread transformation

John Of Ephesus,

2005-02-22T00:18:00.000-08:00

A Syrian monk, he became a deacon at Amida in 529, but because of the Byzantine persecution of the Monophysites he was forced to lead a nomadic life. Later, at the Eastern imperial court of Constantinople, John was

Switzerland, Crop cultivation at high altitudes

2005-02-21T00:47:00.000-08:00

The Alpine pastures of the Monte Rosa region reach an altitude of 10,800 feet, and until recently the highest Alpine grainfields, which have fallen victim to the decline in Alpine agriculture, lay above Zermatt at an altitude of 6,900 feet. The highest vineyard of central Europe, at an altitude of 3,900 feet, is still located near Visperterminen in the Valais. The largest vineyards are

Amakihi

2005-02-20T16:17:00.000-08:00

(Loxops virens), perhaps the most common native songbird in Hawaii, a member of the Hawaiian honeycreeper family, Drepanididae (order Passeriformes). It is 12 cm (5 inches) long, with yellow body, black eye-mark, and rather short, slightly curved bill. It feeds on insects and small fruits in brushland and forest, and it has mewing and trilling calls.

France, History Of, Trade

2005-02-19T21:58:00.000-08:00

Despite the Islamic conquests, Mediterranean commerce did not decline abruptly. In Gaul, such goods as papyrus, oil, and spices were imported from the East, and there were numerous colonies of Syrians. Currency continued to be based on the gold standard, and imperial units were still used. All signs, moreover, point to the existence of manufacturing for trade (marble from

Deorai, Battle Of

2005-02-18T05:44:00.000-08:00

Dara challenged Aurangzeb, relying on the promised support of Jaswant Singh of Marwar, but Jaswant then deserted him, and Dara was left to face Aurangzeb's superior army alone.

Thompson, Francis

2005-02-17T13:34:00.000-08:00

Thompson was educated in the Roman Catholic faith at Ushaw College, a seminary in the north of England. He studied medicine at Manchester, but not conscientiously, and went to London to seek a

Arr�bida Highway Bridge

2005-02-16T08:00:00.000-08:00

In Porto, Port., bridge (completed in 1963) spanning the gorge of the Douro River. The bridge carries a roadway 82 feet (25 m) wide, supported 170 feet (52 m) above the river; its overall length of 1,617 feet (493 m) includes a reinforced-concrete arch 885 feet (270 m) long, one of the largest in the world.

Soubise, Benjamin De Rohan, Seigneur De

2005-02-15T07:11:00.000-08:00

Soubise apprenticed as a soldier under Prince Maurice of Orange-Nassau in the Low Countries. In the Huguenot rebellions that rocked France in the 1620s, his elder brother chiefly commanded the Huguenots' forces on land and in the south, while Soubise commanded those

R�o De Oro

2005-02-14T05:27:00.000-08:00

Southern region of Western Sahara. It has an area of 71,000 square miles (184,000 square km) and lies between Cape Blanco and latitude 26� N, near Cape Bojador. The climate is very arid, with virtually no rainfall, and there are extreme variations of temperature in the interior, ranging from nearly 32� F (0� C) at night to about 122� F (50� C) in the afternoon. Its principal town, Dakhla (formerly Villa Cisneros),

Zama, Battle Of

2005-02-13T14:44:00.000-08:00

(202 BC), victory of the Romans led by Scipio Africanus over the Carthaginians commanded by Hannibal. It was the last and decisive battle of the Second Punic War. The battle took place at a site identified by the Roman historian Livy as Naraggara (now Saqiyat Sidi Yusuf, Tunisia). The name Zama was given to the site (which modern historians have never precisely identified) by the Roman

Suboscine

2005-02-11T22:45:00.000-08:00

In general, any bird of the suborders Eurylaimi, Tyranni, and Menurae of the order Passeriformes (perching birds, or passerines) as distinguished from an oscine, or songbird (q.v.), a member of the suborder Passeres. The term suboscine implies, perhaps rightly, that birds of this group are more primitive in anatomy and behaviour than the oscines, which are usually considered

Swazi

2005-02-10T07:38:00.000-08:00

Bantu-speaking people inhabiting the tree-studded grasslands of Swaziland, the neighbouring Eastern Transvaal province of South Africa, and Mozambique. The Swazi, who are chiefly agriculturists and pastoralists, numbered about 1,810,000 in the late 20th century. The language of the Swazi, called Swati or Swazi, belongs to the Benue-Congo group of the Niger-Congo languages;

Levita, Elijah Bokher

2005-02-09T23:34:00.000-08:00

Levita went to Italy early in life and in 1504 settled at Padua. There he wrote a manual of Hebrew (1508) that was appropriated by his transcriber,

China, Ming dynasty

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

The last Ming years and the struggles of post-Mingloyalists are dealt with in James B. Parsons, The Peasant Rebellions of the Late Ming Dynasty (1970); Lynn A. Struve, The Southern Ming, 1644 - 1662 (1984); and Jonathan D. Spence and John E. Wills, Jr. (eds.), From Ming to Ch'ing: Conquest, Region, and Continuity in Seventeenth-Century China (1979). Studies in Ming intellectual and religious history are found in Wm. Theodore De Bary et al., Self and Society in Ming Thought (1970), and The Unfolding of Neo-Confucianism (1975).

Quinoline

2005-02-07T22:40:00.000-08:00

Any of a class of organic compounds of the aromatic heterocyclic series characterized by a double-ring structure composed of a benzene and a pyridine ring fused at two adjacent carbon atoms. The benzene ring contains six carbon atoms, while the pyridine ring contains five carbon atoms and a nitrogen atom. The simplest member of the quinoline family is quinoline

Scandinavian Literature, The modern Swedish novel

2005-02-06T18:55:00.000-08:00

The development of the novel was associated with Gustaf Hellstr�m, Ludvig Nordstr�m, Elin W�gner, and Sigfrid Siwertz. Hellstr�m's work as a journalist in Europe, the United States, and England greatly influenced him. Irony and careful detail emerged in his best known novel, Sn�rmakare Lekholm f�r en id� (1927; Lacemaker Lekholm Has an Idea). Siwertz was a more elegant stylist,

Furniture, France and England: 17th and 18th centuries

2005-02-05T15:51:00.000-08:00

The French Rococo chair in its most mature form - that is, as developed in Paris around 1750 - spread over most of Europe and has been imitated or copied into the mid-20th century. The model owes its popularity to a combination of comfort and elegance. The seat conforms to the human body and permits a relaxed sitting position. The back is bow-shaped, the legs curved. Normally the seat

Philodemus

2005-02-04T23:54:00.000-08:00

After studying under the Epicurean Zeno of Sidon at Athens, he moved to Rome c. 75 BC and became the mentor of the Roman aristocrat Lucius Calpurnius Piso, who invited Philodemus to live in his villa at Herculaneum, near Naples. In the ruins of that villa

Franca

2005-02-03T23:29:00.000-08:00

City, in the highlands of northeastern S�o Paulo estado (�state�), Brazil. It lies at 3,314 feet (1,010 m) above sea level. Known variously as Vila Franca del Rei and Vila Franca do Imperador, it was given town status in 1824 and was made the seat of a municipality in 1856. The city has one of the largest sugar refineries in Brazil; coffee, rice, corn (maize), cotton, and feij�o (beans) are also grown locally.

Police Zone

2005-02-02T07:28:00.000-08:00

Southern two-thirds of South West Africa (now Namibia) in which the German and later South African colonial administrations were able to establish effective European-style police control beginning in the early 20th century. The name of the area and its original boundary were adopted in 1919 by the South Africans from a 1911 German map of the territory on which the area was marked

Nagorno-karabakh

2005-01-31T19:47:00.000-08:00

Also spelled �Nagorno-karabach, � region of southwestern Azerbaijan. It occupies an area of 1,700 square miles (4,400 square km) on the northeastern flank of the Karabakh Range of the Lesser Caucasus and extends from the crest line of the range to the margin of the Kura River lowland at its foot. Nagorno-Karabakh's environments vary from steppe on the Kura lowland through dense forest of oak, hornbeam, and beech

Lignite

2005-01-30T05:14:00.000-08:00

Brown to black coal that has been formed from peat under moderate pressure; it is one of the first products of coalification and is intermediate between peat and subbituminous coal. Dry lignite contains about 60 to 75 percent carbon. It has been estimated that about 45 percent of the world's total coal reserves are lignitic, but these reserves have not been exploited to any

Toad Bug

2005-01-29T06:57:00.000-08:00

Toad bugs are found in all zoogeographic regions living along the muddy edges of streams and ponds. Some species spend part

Ryzhkov, Nikolay

2005-01-28T22:21:00.000-08:00

Little is known with certainty of Ryzhkov's early career. He seems to have begun his working career as a miner and then, by 1950, was a shift foreman at the Ordzhonikidze Uralmash plant (for heavy machinery) in the Urals, later rising to positions of shop superintendent and deputy manager. In 1956 he joined the Communist Party, and in 1959 he graduated

World War I, Forces and resources of the combatant nations in 1914

2005-01-27T17:15:00.000-08:00

All the initial belligerents

Wayne, Anthony

2005-01-26T08:27:00.000-08:00

The owner of a tannery and extensive property in Pennsylvania, Wayne was commissioned a colonel in the Continental Army in January 1776. That spring his regiment was sent

Orapa

2005-01-25T10:29:00.000-08:00

Mining town, east-central Botswana. It is located about 240 miles (385 km) north of Gaborone, the national capital. Situated on the eastern edge of the Kalahari (desert), the town was built to accommodate mine workers after the discovery in 1967 of a large diamond field, or pipe (a roughly cylindrical diamond-bearing geological formation), with a surface area of 277 acres (112 hectares); it is one

Habash, George

2005-01-24T21:39:00.000-08:00

Habash was forced to flee Palestine in 1948, after the State of Israel was established there, and earned a medical degree at the American University in Beirut, Lebanon. In the early 1950s he was active in the �Youth of Vengeance� group, which advocated violent

Wagner, Richard

2005-01-23T07:10:00.000-08:00

For the next 15 years Wagner was not to present any further new works. Until 1858 he lived in Z�rich, composing, writing treatises, and conducting (he directed the London Philharmonic concerts in 1855). Having already studied the Siegfried legend and the Norse myths as a possible basis for an opera, and having written an operatic �poem,� Siegfrieds Tod (Siegfried's Death), in which he

Deformation And Flow

2005-01-22T11:09:00.000-08:00

Everyday substances are ordinarily classed as either solids, liquids, or gases, and, under normal circumstances, gases and liquids flow relatively freely and solids deform when they are subjected

Tsuchiura

2005-01-21T02:46:00.000-08:00

City, Ibaraki ken (prefecture), Honshu, Japan, on the western shore of Lake Kasumi. A castle was constructed on the city site during the Muromachi period (1338 - 1573), and Tsuchiura grew to be a flourishing centre of land and sea transportation. Fishing was also highly developed. The Joban Line (railway) was opened through Tsuchiura in 1896, and in 1920 a Japanese naval base and related machinery

Densitometer

2005-01-20T17:30:00.000-08:00

Device that measures the density, or the degree of darkening, of a photographic film or plate by recording photometrically its transparency (fraction of incident light transmitted). In visual methods, two beams of equal intensity are used. One is directed through the plate, while the intensity of the other is adjusted by an optical wedge, by an iris diaphragm, or by moving

Ulan-ude

2005-01-19T14:58:00.000-08:00

The city's development was greatly stimulated when the Trans-Siberian

Rime

2005-01-18T06:52:00.000-08:00

White, opaque, granular deposit of ice crystals formed on objects that are at a temperature below the freezing point. Rime occurs when supercooled water droplets (at a temperature lower than 0� C [32� F]) in fog come in contact with a surface that is also at a temperature below freezing; the droplets are so small that they freeze almost immediately upon contact with the object.

Aum Shinrikyo

2005-01-17T23:56:00.000-08:00

AUM emerged out of Asahara's dissatisfaction

Clarion River

2005-01-16T21:13:00.000-08:00

River formed at Johnsonburg, Elk county, northwestern Pennsylvania, U.S., by the confluence of East Branch and West Branch Clarion rivers. It flows generally southwest for about 110 miles (177 km), past the towns of Ridgway and Clarion, to join the Allegheny River. The Clarion Dam and Reservoir are on the East Branch near Glen Hazel. The river's name is attributed to surveyors who

Potrerillos

2005-01-15T01:33:00.000-08:00

Mining area, Atacama regi�n, northern Chile. The open-pit copper mine lies in the Andean Atacama Desert, 9,440 feet (2,877 m) above sea level and 75 miles (120 km) inland from the port of Cha�aral, to which it is linked by rail. Although the deposits are smaller and the ores of poorer quality than at Chuquicamata, the mine and smelter at Potrerillos contribute a substantial portion of Chile's

Karaganda

2005-01-14T21:38:00.000-08:00

The first settlement appeared in 1856, and small-scale coal mining began in 1857 to supply a nearby copper smelter. Mining ceased in the 1920s

Great Basin

2005-01-13T10:39:00.000-08:00

Also called �Great Basin Desert�

Alcal� De Guadaira

2005-01-12T06:34:00.000-08:00

Town, Sevilla provincia, in the Andalusia comunidad aut�noma (�autonomous community�), southwestern Spain. It is just southeast of Sevilla city, on the Guadaira River. The town is popularly known as Alcal� de los Panaderos (Alcal� of the Bakers) because of its large number of bakeries and flour mills, which supply Sevilla with most of its flour. Olives are also exported,

Welti, (friedrich) Emil

2005-01-11T18:18:00.000-08:00

Political leader and Landammann (chief executive) of his native canton of Aargau in 1858, 1862, and 1866, Welti entered the federal St�nderat (council of cantons) in 1857 and subsequently served as assembly president (1860, 1866). Elected to the federal executive (Bundesrat)

Segovia Aqueduct

2005-01-09T04:04:00.000-08:00

Byname �El Puente (Spanish: �The Bridge�),� water-conveyance structure built under the Roman emperor Trajan (reigned AD 98 - 117) and still in use; it carries water 10 miles (16 km) from the Fr�o River to the city of Segovia, Spain. One of the best-preserved Roman engineering works, it was built of some 24,000 dark-coloured Guadarrama granite blocks without the use of mortar. The aboveground portion is 2,388 feet (728 metres) long and consists of some

Falkland Current

2005-01-08T06:49:00.000-08:00

Branch of the Antarctic Circumpolar Current in the Southern Hemisphere, flowing northward in the South Atlantic Ocean along the east coast of Argentina to about latitude 30� to 40� S, where it is deflected eastward after meeting the southward-flowing Brazil Current. Characterized by cold temperatures varying from 41� to 66� F (5� to 19� C), the current has a relatively low salinity averaging

Finland, Education

2005-01-07T06:10:00.000-08:00

School attendance in Finland is compulsory beginning at the age of seven. The national and local governments support the schools, and tuition is free. The introduction of a new nine-year comprehensive school system, consisting of a six-year primary stage and a three-year secondary stage, was completed during the 1970s. The English language is taught beginning in the third

Indian Removal Act

2005-01-06T18:58:00.000-08:00

(May 28, 1830), first major legislative departure from the U.S. policy of respecting the legal and political rights of the American Indians. The act authorized the president to grant Indian tribes unsettled western prairie land in exchange for their desirable territories within state borders (especially in the Southeast), from which the tribes would be removed. The rapid

Earth Exploration, Radioactive methods

2005-01-05T00:50:00.000-08:00

Radioactive disintegration, or decay, gives rise

World War Ii, Montgomery's Battle of el-Alamein and Rommel's retreat, 1942 - 43

2005-01-04T19:46:00.000-08:00

By mid-October the British 8th Army had 230,000 men

Torelli, Salinguerra

2005-01-03T13:31:00.000-08:00

Torelli was born into a noble family of Bolognese origin whose members were rivals of the Este in Ferrara from the end of the 12th century. He carried on an indecisive struggle with

Ji Pengfei

2005-01-02T19:05:00.000-08:00

Chinese diplomat (b. 1910, Linyi, Shanxi province, China - d. Feb. 10, 2000, Beijing, China), served from 1982 to 1990 as director of Hong Kong and Macau affairs in the State Council, playing a lead role in the negotiations with Britain over the return of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty. He was also chairman of the committee that drafted the Basic Law, the constitution governing the relationship between

Scylax Of Caryanda

2005-01-01T06:07:00.000-08:00

It is known from Herodotus that Scylax was sent by the Persian king Darius I (in about 515 BC) to explore the course of the Indus River and that he returned by sea after two and a half years to the Isthmus of Heroonpolis (Suez). References in ancient authorities

Sabatier, Paul

2004-12-31T06:41:00.000-08:00

A Calvinist from birth, Sabatier began his studies at the Protestant faculty of theology in Paris in 1880 and became pastor of St. Nicholas, Strasbourg, in 1885. He was expelled from Alsace in 1889 because he refused to

Pacific Islands Forum

2004-12-30T04:16:00.000-08:00

Formerly (1971 - 2000) �South Pacific Forum� organization established in 1971 to provide a setting for heads of government to discuss common issues and problems facing the independent and self-governing states of the South Pacific. Headquartered in Suva, Fiji, the Forum includes Australia, the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon

Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, 1st Earl Of, Viscount Royston

2004-12-29T07:23:00.000-08:00

Called to the bar at the Middle Temple in 1715, Hardwicke afterward joined Lincoln's Inn, of which he

Lance Missile

2004-12-28T15:34:00.000-08:00

The Lance is about 20 feet (6 m) long and is launched from a light trailer or a modified personnel carrier. It is propelled by a liquid-fueled rocket engine to ranges of 5 to 75 miles (8 to 120 km), depending on the warhead.

Stazewski, Henryk

2004-12-27T14:22:00.000-08:00

Educated at the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts (1913 - 19), Stazewski was a founding member of three Polish artist groups during the 1920s and a member of the Cercle

Gumilyov, Nikolay Stepanovich

2004-12-26T03:50:00.000-08:00

The son of a naval surgeon, Gumilyov was educated at the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum, where he was influenced by the poet and teacher Innokenty Annensky. Gumilyov's earliest published volumes

Toccoa

2004-12-25T21:23:00.000-08:00

City, seat (1905) of Stephens county, northeastern Georgia, U.S. It lies on the Dahlonega Upland, northwest of Hartwell Dam and Lake near the South Carolina border, about 50 miles (80 km) north of Athens. Toccoa was laid out in 1873 and is at the edge of Chattahoochee National Forest in a prosperous agricultural area. The city has some industry, including the manufacture of textiles, heavy

Nordheim, Sondre

2004-12-24T11:21:00.000-08:00

Nordheim in 1860 was the first to use bindings of willow, cane, and birch root around the heel from each side of the toe strap to fasten the boot to the ski, thus revolutionizing skiing and making ski jumping possible. He himself

Devonshire, Spencer Compton Cavendish, 8th Duke Of, Marquess Of Hartington, Earl Of Devonshire, Baron Cavendish Of Hardwick

2004-12-23T03:04:00.000-08:00

Entering the House of Commons

Boufflers, Louis-fran�ois, Duc De (duke Of)

2004-12-22T01:07:00.000-08:00

Born into an ancient Picard family, he entered the French army in 1662 and distinguished himself as a commander of the royal dragoons during the Dutch War (1672 - 78). Boufflers became a marshal of France in 1693 during the War of the Grand Alliance (1689 - 97) between France and other major European

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

2004-12-21T18:08:00.000-08:00

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

Orange Walk

2004-12-20T01:07:00.000-08:00

Town, northwestern Belize, situated on the left (west) bank of the New River. Established in early colonial times, it was pillaged by hostile Indians in 1872. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, it conducted a thriving trade in mahogany. The town declined after demand for mahogany lessened. Sugarcane and citrus fruit cultivation and rum distilling are the main economic