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Special alphabets List of writing systems

1 special alphabets 1.1 tactile alphabets 1.2 manual alphabets 1.3 long-distance signaling special alphabets alphabets may exist in forms other visible symbols on surface. of these are: tactile alphabets braille moon type new york point night writing manual alphabets fingerspelling for example: american sign language american manual alphabet korean manual alphabet cued speech long-distance signaling international maritime signal flags morse code flag semaphore optical telegraphy

1970–1978: Joining Genesis Phil Collins

in august 1975, following lamb lies down on broadway tour, gabriel left genesis. band placed advert replacement in melody maker , received around 400 replies. after lengthy auditioning process, during collins sang backup vocals applicants, collins became band s lead vocalist during recording of genesis s album trick of tail. trick of tail commercial , critical success, reaching number 3 in uk charts , 31 in u.s; rolling stone wrote genesis had managed turn possible catastrophe of gabriel s departure first broad-based american success. album s 1976 tour, collins accepted offer former yes , king crimson drummer bill bruford play drums while collins sang vocals. collins played percussion on album johnny fox thin lizzy. wind & wuthering last album recorded hackett before 1977 departure. bruford replaced chester thompson, has since been mainstay of genesis live lineup, collins s solo backing band. in 1977, collins, banks, , rutherford decided continue genesis trio. decade closed, gene...

May 10.2C 2009 .28Sunday.29 May 2009 in sports

1 may 10, 2009 (sunday) 1.1 auto racing 1.2 badminton 1.3 basketball 1.4 cycling 1.5 field hockey 1.6 football (soccer) 1.7 golf 1.8 ice hockey 1.9 motorcycle racing 1.10 snooker 1.11 tennis may 10, 2009 (sunday) auto racing formula one: spanish grand prix in barcelona, spain (1) jenson button (brawn–mercedes) (2) rubens barrichello (brawn-mercedes) (3) mark webber (red bull–renault) drivers standings (after 5 of 17 races): (1) button 41 points (2) barrichello 27 (3) sebastian vettel (red bull-renault) 23 badminton sudirman cup in guangzhou, china: group 1a: malaysia  2–3  south korea denmark  3–2  hong kong group 1b: indonesia  4–1  japan china  5–0  england basketball nba playoffs: (seeding in parentheses) eastern conference semifinals: game 4 in orlando: (2) boston celtics 95, (3) orlando magic 94. series tied 2–2. glen davis converts open jump shot @ buzzer tie series @ 2 games apiece. western conference semifinals: game 4 in houston: (5) ...

Interoperability and open standards Interoperability

open standards rely on broadly consultative , inclusive group including representatives vendors, academics , others holding stake in development discusses , debates technical , economic merits, demerits , feasibility of proposed common protocol. after doubts , reservations of members addressed, resulting common document endorsed common standard. document subsequently released public, , henceforth becomes open standard. published , available freely or @ nominal cost , comers, no further encumbrances. various vendors , individuals (even not part of original group) can use standards document make products implement common protocol defined in standard, , interoperable design, no specific liability or advantage customer choosing 1 product on on basis of standardised features. vendors products compete on quality of implementation, user interface, ease of use, performance, price, , host of other factors, while keeping customers data intact , transferable if chooses switch competing product b...

Biography Gaspar Correia

hormuz fortress in legends of india (1556) little known of author family origins , birthplace. 1 possible source, antónio banha de andrade places birthyear in 1492. lived in portuguese india, reported have come young, around 1512-14, serve soldier , chosen secretary afonso de albuquerque, of proud. came portugal in 1529 later returned india. work lendas da Índia, though written in rude style, considered important contemporary reference, having profited thirty-five years of correia s work in india, , privileged sources unknown fernão lopes de castanheda or joão de barros. made first european account on asiatic cholera. 1 theory states murdered in portuguese malacca, order of governor estêvão da gama, son of vasco da gama. although authors state there issue of work in 1556 titled legends of india (lendas da Índia), probable manuscript copies of 3,500 pages compendium had circulated among chosen recipients only, after having been brought india portugal miguel da gama shortly after correia...

Courses Russian National Research Medical University

1 courses 1.1 undergraduate 1.2 clinical residency 1.3 postgraduate 1.4 clinical internship training courses undergraduate general medicine: 6 years pediatrics: 6 years medical biochemistry: 6 years medical biophysics: 6 years medical cybernetics: 6 years dentistry: 6 years pharmacy: 5 years clinical psychology: 5 years social work: 5 years clinical residency 2 years each. postgraduate 3 years each. clinical internship training 1 year each.

List of lone wolf terrorist attacks Lone wolf (terrorism)

1 list of lone wolf terrorist attacks 1.1 africa, middle east , asia 1.2 europe 1.3 united states 1.3.1 1990-2009 1.3.2 2010 1.3.3 2011 1.3.4 2012 1.3.5 2013 1.3.6 2014 1.3.7 2015 1.3.8 2016 1.3.9 2017 1.4 canada 1.5 australia list of lone wolf terrorist attacks africa, middle east , asia on 15 november 1988, barend strydom, christian afrikaner, shot , killed 7 people, , wounded 15 more, in , around strijdom square, pretoria, south africa. declared leader of white wolves organisation, proved figment of imagination. on 24 february 1994, israeli baruch goldstein, former member of jewish defence league , follower of kahanist movement, opened fire inside cave of patriarchs in hebron, killing 29 people , injuring @ least 100. on 19 march 2005, egyptian national omar ahmad abdullah ali detonated car bomb outside theatre filled westerners in doha, qatar, killing british director , injuring 12 others. police believe acting alone. on 4 august 2005, israeli eden natan-zada, alleged kahanist, kil...

Musculoskeletal system Brittle star

a field of soft coral callogorgia sp. brittle star symbionts like echinoderms, ophiuroidea possess skeleton of calcium carbonate in form of calcite. in ophiuroids, calcite ossicles fused form armor plates known collectively test. plates covered epidermis, consists of smooth syncytium. in species, joints between ossicles , superficial plates allow arm bend side, not bend upwards. however, in basket stars, arms flexible in directions. both ophiurida , euryalida (the basket stars) have 5 long, slender, flexible, whip-like arms, 60 cm in length. supported internal skeleton of calcium carbonate plates referred vertebral ossicles. these vertebrae articulate means of ball-in-socket joints, , controlled muscles. fused plates correspond parallel ambulacral plates in sea stars , 5 paleozoic families of ophiuroids. in modern forms, vertebrae occur along median of arm. the ossicles surrounded relatively thin ring of soft tissue, , 4 series of jointed plates, 1 each on upper, lower, , lateral...

History Winter Quarters, Utah

prior discovery of coal in 1875, several pioneers had settled in pleasant valley, winter quarters located. in late 1875, pleasant valley coal company began coal mining operations. in winter of 1877, group of fourteen coal miners led peter morgan traveling fairview sanpete county. became trapped in snow several months, led camp s name of winter quarters. winter quarters mine developed, miners began move area. town grew, need railroad increased. in response town s high demand railroad, in 1879, milan packard, merchant springville, financed construction of railroad springville winter quarters , scofield. railroad named utah , pleasant valley railroad until purchased denver , rio grande western railroad in 1883. approximately 1,800 people living in winter quarters 1900, , mine considered safest in state. town s main street on mile long, , had many businesses, of made of stone. on may 1, 1900, explosion occurred in winter quarters number 4 mine. following explosion, miners working in winter...

Exhibitions Graves Art Gallery

1 exhibitions 1.1 2012 1.2 2011 1.3 2010 1.4 2009 1.5 2008 1.6 2007 1.7 2006 exhibitions 2012 11 april - 1 december 2012 andy warhol-late self-portraits 2011 27 august 2011 – 24 march 2012 the blk art group 31 march - 13 august 2011 the triumph of maximillian 2010 21 july 2010 – 19 march 2011 paul nash , fay godwin 17 april – 3 july 2010 writers of influence: shakespeare j k rowling national portrait gallery collection 2009 19 december 2009 – 27 march 2010 robert mapplethorpe - part of artist rooms on tour art fund 21 november 2009 – 20 march 2010 comedians: 1940 - photographs national portrait gallery collection 16 september – 5 december 2009 picture of us? 4 april – 7 november 2009 hogarth: industry , idleness 4 april – 7 november 2009 graves gallery 75th anniversary 20 may – 29 august 2009 moore, hepworth, nicholson: nest of gentle artists 18 february – 2 may 2009 picture of you? 10 january – 21 march 2009 family album 2008 10 november 2008 - 14 march 2009 tate visual d...

Mormon settlement History of Utah

1 mormon settlement 1.1 colonizing desert 1.1.1 displacement of native americans 1.2 state of deseret (proposed) 1.3 utah territory 1.3.1 slavery 1.3.2 utah war 1.3.3 transcontinental telegraph 1.3.4 civil war 1.3.5 polygamy 1.3.6 women s suffrage mormon settlement bonneville salt flats members of church of jesus christ of latter-day saints, known mormon pioneers, first came salt lake valley on july 24, 1847. @ time, u.s. had captured mexican territories of alta california , new mexico in mexican–american war , planned keep them, territories, including future state of utah, officially became united states territory upon signing of treaty of guadalupe hidalgo, february 2, 1848. treaty ratified united states senate on march 10, 1848. upon arrival in salt lake valley, mormon pioneers found no permanent settlement of indians. other areas along wasatch range occupied @ time of settlement northwestern shoshone , adjacent areas other bands of shoshone such gosiute. northwestern shoshone lived...

May 17.2C 2009 .28Sunday.29 May 2009 in sports

1 may 17, 2009 (sunday) 1.1 auto racing 1.2 badminton 1.3 basketball 1.4 cricket 1.5 cycling 1.6 football (soccer) 1.7 golf 1.8 ice hockey 1.9 lacrosse 1.10 motorcycle racing 1.11 shooting 1.12 snooker 1.13 tennis may 17, 2009 (sunday) auto racing world touring car championship: pau grand prix in pau, france race 1: (1) robert huff (chevrolet cruze) (2) augusto farfus (bmw 320si) (3) jörg müller (bmw 320si) race 2: (1) alain menu (chevrolet cruze) (2) farfus (3) huff standings (after 8 of 24 races): (1) yvan muller (seat león 2.0 tdi) 45 points (2) farfus 39 (3) gabriele tarquini (seat león 2.0 tdi) 34 fia gt championship: adria 2 hours in adria, italy (1) michael bartels & andrea bertolini (maserati mc12 gt1) (2) mike hezemans & anthony kumpen (chevrolet corvette c6.r) (3) miguel ramos & alex müller (maserati mc12 gt1) standings (after 2 of 8 races): (1) bartels & bertolini 18 points (2) hezemans & kumpen 13 (3) guillaume moreau & xavier maassen (...

Origins: the first paleoclimate reconstructions Hockey stick graph

paleoclimatology influenced 19th century physicists john tyndall , svante arrhenius found greenhouse gas effect of carbon dioxide (co2) in atmosphere explain how past ice ages had ended. 1919 1923, alfred wegener did pioneering work on reconstructing climate of past eras in collaboration milutin milanković, publishing die klimate der geologischen vorzeit (“the climates of geological past”) wladimir köppen, in 1924. in 1930s guy stewart callendar compiled temperature records changes. wilmot h. bradley showed annual varves in lake beds showed climate cycles, , a. e. douglass found tree rings track past climatic changes these thought show random variations in local region. in 1960s accurate use of tree rings climate proxies reconstructions pioneered harold c. fritts. red line: rescaled ipcc 1990 figure 7.1(c), based on lamb 1965 showing central england temperatures; compared central england temperatures 2007, shown in jones et al. 2009 (green dashed line). shown, mann, bradley & hughe...

Discography Geoff Useless

1 discography 1.1 queers 1.2 nobodys 1.3 jj nobody , regulars 1.4 drunken cholos 1.5 guts 1.6 solo 1.7 connection 1.8 kurt baker 1.9 wimpy , medallions 1.10 new trocaderos discography the queers everything s ok - queers (1998) hopeless records punk rock confidential - queers (1998) hopeless records split 7inch adam age (2009) asian man records the nobodys i ve been everywhere - nobodys (2000) suburban home records jj nobody , regulars rock n roll doesn t end @ 2:00 (2001) hopeless records the drunken cholos livin la vida loca - drunken cholos (2001) doheny records the guts sensitive side of guts (lp) (2001) say goodbye fun (lp) (2003) so if re on dbd? (ep) (2003) sometimes can t win (compilation) (2006) mucho punk rock n roll (ep) (2006) stickin (split w/ prozacs) (ep) (2007) let go (lp) (2008) insubordination fest 2007 (live) (2008) insubordination fest 2007 (w/ wimpy rutherford) (live) (2008) a safe return forest (split w/ jizz kids) (ep) (2009) songs of freedom (lp) (2012) s...

How Expansive Classification call numbers are constructed Cutter Expansive Classification

most call numbers in expansive classification follow conventions offering clues book s subject. first line represents subject, second author (and perhaps title), third , fourth dates of editions, indications of translations, , critical works on particular books or authors. numbers in expansive classification (or should be) shelved if in decimal order. size of volumes indicated points (.), pluses (+), or slashes (/ or //). for subjects numerical geographical subdivision follows classification letters on first line. number 83 stands united states—hence, f83 u.s. history, g83 u.s. travel, ju83 u.s. politics, wp83 u.s. painting. geographical numbers further expanded decimally represent more specific areas, followed capital letter indicating particular city. the second line represents author s name capital letter plus 1 or more numbers arranged decimally. may followed first letter or letters of title in lower-case, and/or letters a, b, c indicating other printings of same title. when approp...

Aznalc.C3.B3llar disaster Doñana National Park

on 25 april 1998, holding dam burst @ los frailes mine operated mining company, boliden-apirsa, near aznalcóllar, seville province, releasing 4–5 million cubic metres of mine tailings. acidic tailings, contained dangerous levels of several heavy metals, reached nearby river agrio, , tributary river guadiamar, travelling 40 kilometres along these waterways before stopped , advancing far prepark. cleanup operation took 3 years, @ estimated cost of €240 million. although spill slowed levees , diverted way of guadalquivir sea, vulnerability of doñana s ecosystems such environmental catastrophes evident. to ensure sustainable development both in countryside , in surrounding provinces, counteract future environmental threats, international commission of experts met in 1992 propose solutions, , produced plan de desarrollo sostenible de doñana y su entorno (plan sustainable development of doñana , surroundings), briefly described as: a plan of action, implemented through doñ...

Publication Shaman King

the chapters of shaman king written , illustrated takei , published in shueisha s weekly shōnen jump june 30, 1998 abruptly , improvised end on august 30, 2004. first 275 chapters collected 31 tankōbon volumes; first of released on december 3, 1998, 31st being released on october 4, 2004. release of volume 32—intended publication on december 3, 2004—was delayed , shueisha reported publish volume 32 if receive evidence of demand approximately 50,000 people. release of last ten chapters in tankōbon format happened on january 5, 2005. spin-off shaman king, funbari poem (ふんばりの詩, funbari no uta), lasted 5 chapters—all of included in volume 32. taking place 7 years after end of manga series, features hana asakura, son of yoh , anna, , journey ryu find 5 elemental warriors reunion before opening of funbari hot springs inn. takei declared not decrease on series profitability reason cancellation, fatigue had been through because no more able follow fans wishes. in author s opinion, shaman ki...

Earthquake characteristics 1855 Wairarapa earthquake

map of north island fault system showing wairarapa fault the earthquake associated rupturing of approximately 150 km (93 mi) of wairarapa fault. horizontal displacement of 18 metres (59 ft) accompanied uplift , tilting of rimutaka range on northwestern side of fault vertical offsets of 6 metres near fault reducing nothing on western coast of wellington peninsula. estimated magnitude of 8.2 unusually large earthquake associated movement on strike-slip fault, , coseismic offset have been largest known such event. has been suggested caused rupture propagating down fault links through top of subducting pacific plate. geomorphological evidence, particularly uplifted beach ridges observed @ turakirae head, appears record 3 previous coseismic uplifts of rimutaka range caused earthquakes similar in magnitude 1855 event, recurrence interval of 2200 years.

Socialist League: 1884–89 William Morris

in december 1884, morris founded socialist league (sl) other sdf defectors. composed sl s manifesto bax, describing position of revolutionary international socialism , advocating proletarian internationalism , world revolution while rejecting concept of socialism in 1 country. in this, committed himself making socialists educating, organising, , agitating establish strong socialist movement; calling on activists boycott elections, hoped socialists take part in proletariat revolution , establish socialist society. bax taught morris more marxism, , introduced him marx s collaborator, friedrich engels; engels thought morris honest lacking in practical skills aid proletariat revolution. morris remained in contact other sectors of london s far left community, being regular @ socialist international club in shoreditch, east london, avoided created fabian society, deeming middle-class. although marxist, befriended prominent anarchist activists stepniak , peter kropotkin, , came influenced ...