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Central London Offices to let

2007-11-30T05:48:00.000-08:00

Whether you are looking for an office to let central London, flat to rent in London, or any other type of London commercial leasehold office, Office Planet is the solution. Our aim is to assist business clients in finding an ideal office environment, to suit all budgets, industries and size of the company. You are likely to be offered a wide range of prices for offices to let central London and throughout UK.

Our business activity is divided into Commercial office agency and serviced office search and acquisition. We are here to fulfill your specific requirements and always try to provide fast and dynamic service that focuses on you and secure the best term on behalf of you. Our experts can provide you the highest quality of advice and information from the day that you make an enquiry with us to find new offices to let central London or at any other place of UK. Contact us and get the best service in the industry.

The Single Mother Dating Portal

2007-11-22T06:15:00.000-08:00

Are you feeling lonely? Becoming a single mum can be a tricky time, but when things have settled down, you may want to take the plunge back into the world of single mum dating. Being a single mum is an experience, which changes life completely. So, Select the best life partner who suits your need and gives complete family.

Singleparentfun is a fast growing dating service provider brings a complete Single parent Holiday package for you. If you are a single mum, don’t miss this opportunity to enjoy your life. To help make single mum dating successful, you submit your complete profile and then browse the single parent fun huge membership database that we will share with you according to your criteria. We are committed to give you a secure single mum dating service.

Porcelain Veneers central london

2007-11-07T08:54:00.000-08:00

If you are unhappy with your smile, the highly qualified team of dentists at thewelbeckclinic can help you out with a veneer treatment. Having fitted over 30,000 veneers these dentists are probably the most experienced cosmetic dentists in the UK. For the last 15 years the clinical team at thewekbeckclinic has been leading the way in cosmetic dental excellence.

Veneers can be helpful to fix the following cases:

Teeth that are discolored – either because of root canal treatment; stains from tetracycline or other drugs, excessive fluoride or other causes; or the presence of large resin fillings that have discolored the tooth

Teeth that are worn down

Teeth that are chipped or broken

Teeth that are misaligned, uneven, or irregularly shaped (for example, have craters or bulges in them)

Teeth with gaps between them

Automatic Garage Doors for everybody!

2007-10-22T01:37:00.000-07:00

Imagine no longer having to stand in the pouring rain struggling with an awkward, heavy, manual garage door. With the Nationwide automatic garage door you are assured a life time of convenience and security. With your high-tech remote control you can open your garage door from the comfort of your car. .

All our automatic garage doors come with a courtesy light facility for those winter evenings or late nights and are rigorously tested to ensure years of use. Additionally in the event of a power cut our automatic garage doors are equipped with a battery back-up facility in order to continue the smooth operation even through a power cut.

Nationwide Automatic Garage Doors come with:

smooth automatic operation
garage door alarm
built-in garage light
back-up battery facility
tough electro-feretically coated finish
no dangerous wires, pulleys
no unstable tracks or finger trapping cross sections

Tips for new Business

2007-09-11T01:20:00.000-07:00

When starting up a business, it's important to find the right office space from which to run the business. You need somewhere good to show clients, somewhere that will keep your staff happy and somewhere that you can be proud of. It helps, when looking for the right offices, to have a range to choose from. Luckily, Pearl & Coutts have a huge range of london commercial property and offices to let. I think you'd be hard pushed to find someone with a wider range of london commercial property and offices to let, so with Pearl & Coutts you have a far greater chance of finding your dream office.

Shops to Rent

2007-08-31T03:14:00.000-07:00

Considering a shop to rent for that next big business venture? Make it a London commercial property to let in London, and get it from Pearl and Coutts, because these guys know their stuff – trust me. They recently sorted me a shop to let London, which has taken me from sales zero to sales hero, my business revenue has tripled. If you looking for a well placed centre London commercial property to let then why waste time, I’ve just told you who can help, check them out now.

Commercial property London?

2007-08-31T03:09:00.000-07:00

It seems wherever you look in London these days, there is someone trying to sell you commercial property space, or an office to let London. As a new enterprise business man myself, I’ve been trying to find a viable London located commercial property to rent that’s well placed, and won’t break the bank. I simply just had to tell someone, that they are out there, commercial property London is available to rent from Pearl and Coutts! The variety of property to let in London that they have is astounding, we are very pleased with the service we received when committing to renting London property we got from Pearl and Coutts.

Commerical London Office Space

2007-07-31T01:52:00.000-07:00

Peter Hemple of Property Investor News argues that commercial investment has grown in popularity but is suffering due to the effect of interest rates. To this end he highlights rising property prices as a key factor.

"Because prices of commercial property have gone up so much, the annual yields are anything from four to five per cent, generally," he said.

With this mind, leasing Commercial Office Space may be the sensible way forward.

Commercial office space

2007-05-22T06:43:00.000-07:00

Even though it sounds like it should be easy enough, it is actually sometimes very difficult to find commercial office space that suits your budget and your business needs.
Consider starting out by checking web sites specialized in commercial office space in london area: there are a huge amount of information on the site just waiting on you to take advantage of it. Their listings include residential property in london and all over uk

London Office Space

2007-05-18T02:46:00.000-07:00

Office Space supply in London is now at a 6 year low according to key industry figures in the financial sectors and demand for west end office space is at its highest since the dot com bubble burst in 2000, according to Jones Lang LaSalle.

Industry leaders believe that in the next few years with more skyscrapers going up the projected demand for London Office Space will also increase.

Meeting rooms london.

2007-04-17T07:30:00.000-07:00

Meeting rooms london, in the heart of central london, are available at affordable rates.
We can assure you with an high level of efficiency and care in each aspects of your business: ideal venues with professional image to your own customers.

Meeting room for hire

2007-04-17T07:23:00.000-07:00

A contemporary meeting room hire with a friendly and welcoming atmosphere: if you are interested to competitive rates and professional services
our meeting room for hire service is available for a variety of uses.

Dry skin care: a positive effect on the skin.

2007-04-17T06:52:00.000-07:00

Protect and moisturize your dry skin: a wide range of products have been formulated using a variety of natural and
organic ingredients. After extensive research and product testing our dry skin care series safely protect with
more beneficial effects.

How to treat your sensitive skin.

2007-04-17T06:48:00.000-07:00

A good sensitive skin products will be able to treat each individual skin type in specific way.
They are designed to help the skin achieve its perfect balance and leave it purified, calm and soothed.

Sunscreen lotion for your skin.

2007-04-17T05:25:00.000-07:00

If you want to protect your skin there is a new sunscreen lotion that is is free of synthetic sunscreens, preservatives, fragrance and colour. Do not allow your skin to burn: apply to your sensitive skin and the protection process will begin immediately.

A new natural deodorants for your body

2007-04-17T05:23:00.000-07:00

An effective natural deodorant will help your body to reduce the odor caused by bacterials without leaving a residue. A wide range of Herbal extracts natural deodorants for sensitive skin is available on our website.
Deodorises naturally your body and try our new Deo Floral (Roll-On) available for all skin conditions.

London commercial offices

2007-04-17T03:10:00.000-07:00

London commercial offices and residential properties London are part of the extensive range of properties available from Pearl and Coutts with the majority being located in the centre of the city.

Pure Decadence Sexy Lingerie Store

2007-02-08T04:38:00.000-08:00

When was the last time you did something really romantic for your partner?
or brought them a present that really got their heart racing like sexy
lingerie ? Valentine's Day can be a really difficult time of the year when
it comes to buying a present or even just how to spend your evening...Last year
what was it? A candle lit dinner? Some flowers and chocolates for her? Or maybe
an aftershave for him? So...how can we spice things up this Valentine's Day?
The love experts a Pure Decadence, who specialise in spicing things up, feel
that there is nothing more exciting or romantic than receiving some sexy lingerie.

Pure Decadence have got a stylish range of lingerie
for him and her - perfect to set the tone of the evening. Whether you are looking
for something saucy or items that leave more to the imagination, there is something
for everyone! Who knows where the evening could take you with the right inspiration....light
some candles? shower the bed with some rose petals or maybe a scented bath.
So, however you choose to spend your Valentine's let our web site
help you turn up the heat and ignite the passion in your relationship with a
gift of sexy lingerie - hopefully creating an ambience that sets a new tone
for 2007? For more sizzling gift ideas please visit our sexy lingerie boutique
at Pure Decadence

Serviced Offices UK

2006-07-03T07:45:00.000-07:00

www.office-planet.net is the one stop shop website for UK serviced offices. Serviced Offices UK provide several advantages over traditional office space. Offices are fully furnished, staffed and equipped with everything your business will require. Business centre support services also cater to all business needs on a fully flexible, immediately available basis.
Serviced Offices are truly flexible and provide any company looking for a serviced office with the perfect solution. We offer any size or combination of fully-furnished offices to match any budget or space requirements and a full range of services and products can suit and exceed your ever-changing business needs.
Serviced offices are also more cost effective and can save your company over 30% as well as providing a range of facilities and services that are all offered at extremely competitive rates, making www.office-planet.net Serviced Offices significantly cheaper than conventional office space.

Serviced Offices

2006-07-03T07:42:00.000-07:00

Office Hound serviced offices provide several advantages over traditional office space. Offices are fully furnished, staffed and equipped with integrated business centres support services cater to all business needs on a fully flexible, immediately available basis.
Serviced Offices are truly flexible and provide any company looking for a serviced office with the perfect solution. We offer any size or combination of fully-furnished offices to match any budget or space requirements. We provide a full range of services and products to suit your ever-changing business needs.
Serviced offices are more cost effective and can save your company over 30%. The range of facilities and services are all offered at extremely competitive rates, making Office Hound's Serviced Offices markedly cheaper than conventional office space.

Abatement

2005-11-18T22:55:00.000-08:00

In law, the interruption of a legal proceeding upon the pleading by a defendant of a matter that prevents the plaintiff from going forward with the suit at that time or in that form. Pleas in abatement raise such matters as objections to the place, mode, or time of the plaintiff's claim. At one time, abatement of proceedings in equity differed from abatement in law in that

Stagecoach

2005-10-16T19:45:00.000-07:00

Any public coach regularly travelling a fixed route between two or more stations (stages). Used in London at least by 1640, and about 20 years later in Paris, stagecoaches reached their greatest importance in England and the United States in the 19th century, where the new macadam roads made travel quicker and more comfortable. In the United States, coaches were the only means

Avalon, Frankie

2005-07-27T22:25:00.000-07:00

A wunderkind trumpet player, Avalon was already an experienced performer when, as a Philadelphia teenager, he joined Rocco and the Saints (whose drummer was future pop star Bobby Rydell). Guided by manager

Gadsden Purchase

2005-07-26T03:55:00.000-07:00

(signed Dec. 30, 1853, Mexico City; revised treaty ratified April 25, 1854), transaction that followed the conquest of much of northern Mexico by the United States in 1848. It assigned to the United States nearly 30,000 additional square miles (78,000 square kilometres) of northern Mexican territory, now southern Arizona and southern New Mexico. Prompted by advocates of a southern transcontinental

Theatre, Western, Great Britain

2005-07-23T16:30:00.000-07:00

World War II had left British theatre in a precarious state. In London's West End, about a fifth of the theatres were destroyed or damaged by bombing. Furthermore, production costs multiplied, an entertainment tax of 10 percent of gross receipts was imposed by the government, and theatre managements—many of them controlled by a monopoly known as The Group—tended to choose

Aureate

2005-07-08T13:55:00.000-07:00

A writing style that is affected, pompous, and heavily ornamental, that uses rhetorical flourishes excessively, and that often employs interlarded foreign words and phrases. The style is usually associated with the 15th-century French, English, and Scottish writers. The word is from the Middle English aureat, “golden” or “splendid,” and was probably coined on the basis

Anderson, Marian

2005-07-06T18:20:00.000-07:00

Anderson displayed vocal talent as a child, but her family could not afford to pay for formal training. From the age of six, she was tutored in the choir of the Union Baptist Church, where she sang parts written for bass, alto, tenor, and soprano voices. Members of the

Myo-o

2005-06-30T20:10:00.000-07:00

In the Buddhist mythology of Japan, fierce protective deities, corresponding to the Sanskrit Vidyaraja (“King of Knowledge”), worshiped mainly by the Shingon sect. They take on a ferocious appearance in order to frighten away evil spirits and to destroy ignorance and ugly passions. They are depicted with angry expressions, with a third eye in the middle of their foreheads,

Lowell, Amy

2005-06-23T02:30:00.000-07:00

Lowell came from a prominent Massachusetts family (her brothers were Abbott Lawrence Lowell, later president of Harvard, and astronomer Percival Lowell). She was educated in private schools and by her mother, and until she was 28 she did little but alternately live

Palau, Flag Of

2005-06-21T08:15:00.000-07:00

As part of the United States-administered Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI), Palau was under the flags of the United Nations, the United States, and the Trust Territory. Local desire for a separate state and government was realized on January 1, 1981, and a Palauan flag was hoisted on that occasion. A competition had been held in 1979 that resulted in more than a thousand

Aversion Therapy

2005-06-16T11:40:00.000-07:00

Psychotherapy designed to cause a patient to reduce or avoid an undesirable behaviour pattern by conditioning him to associate the behaviour with an undesirable stimulus. The chief stimuli used in the therapy are electrical and chemical. In the electrical therapy, the patient is given a lightly painful shock whenever the undesirable behaviour is aroused; this

Rabbula

2005-06-13T06:35:00.000-07:00

Reforming bishop of Edessa and theologian who was a leading figure in the Christian church in Syria. He advocated the orthodox Alexandrian (Egypt) position in the 5th-century controversy with the Antiochian (Syria) school of Nestorianism, a heretical teaching that denied that the person of Christ possessed both a divine and

Libertarianism, Nonaggression axiom

2005-06-01T16:00:00.000-07:00

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

Rowland, F. Sherwood

2005-05-18T06:25:00.000-07:00

In full Frank Sherwood Rowland American chemist who shared the 1995 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with chemists Mario Molina and Paul Crutzen for research on the depletion of the Earth's ozone layer. Working with Molina, Rowland discovered that man-made chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) propellants accelerate the decomposition of the ozonosphere, which protects the Earth from ultraviolet

World War I, Rival strategies and the Dardanelles campaign, 191516

2005-05-16T11:45:00.000-07:00

Erich von Falkenhayn had succeeded the dispirited Moltke as chief of the German general staff in September 1914. By the

Alliance

2005-05-14T09:30:00.000-07:00

In international relations, a formal agreement between two or more states for mutual support in case of war. Contemporary alliances provide for combined action on the part of two or more independent states and are generally defensive in nature, obligating allies to join forces if one or more of them is attacked by another state or coalition. Although alliances

Wyckoff, Ralph Walter Graystone

2005-03-14T08:05:00.000-08:00

Wyckoff was educated at Cornell University and was an instructor in analytical chemistry from 1917 to 1919. He subsequently worked in the Geophysical Laboratory

Music, Opera.

2005-03-11T03:50:00.000-08:00

Germany and The Netherlands provided particularly fertile ground for new operas. Commissioned by Brussels' Th��tre de la Monnaie, Peter Schat's Symposium--based on the death of Tchaikovsky and the controversial theory that he committed suicide to avoid exposure as a homosexual--was premiered by the Netherlands Opera. The Holland Festival also saw the first performances

Rimini

2005-03-04T14:20:00.000-08:00

The Romans called it Ariminum, from Ariminus, the old name of the Marecchia, and, according to the 1st-century-BC Greek historian

Earth Sciences, Understanding of clouds, fog, and dew

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

After Guericke's experiments it was

Adams, Charles Follen

2005-03-02T14:30:00.000-08:00

During the American Civil War he was wounded and taken prisoner. In 1872 he began writing humorous verses for periodicals and newspapers in a Pennsylvania German dialect. Collections of his verse are Leedle Yawcob Strauss, and Other Poems (1877) and

Carney, Arthur William Matthew

2005-02-28T05:41:00.000-08:00

American actor (b. Nov. 4, 1918, Mount Vernon, N.Y. - d. Nov. 9, 2003, Chester, Conn.), had a long and varied career in radio, television, theatre, and film, including an Academy Award-winning dramatic leading role in the movie Harry and Tonto (1974), but it was with one TV character that he would be most identified - sewer worker (or �underground sanitation expert�) Ed Norton, second banana to Jackie Gleason's

San Salvador

2005-02-27T04:46:00.000-08:00

Capital of El Salvador, on the R�o Ace Chaute in the Valle de las Hamacas (Valley of the Hammocks) at an altitude of 2,238 ft (682 m). San Salvador Volcano is 7 mi (11 km) west-northwest. Founded near Suchitoto in 1525 by the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Alvarado, it was moved 20 mi southwest to its present site in 1528 and was declared a city in 1546. San Salvador served as capital of the colonial province of

Biron, Armand-louis De Gontaut, Duc De (duke Of)

2005-02-26T19:51:00.000-08:00

In his youth, as Duke de Lauzun, he dissipated his fortune, traveling about Europe and earning notoriety for his gallantry and success with

Hearing Aid

2005-02-25T10:21:00.000-08:00

Modern hearing aids are electronic. Principal components are a microphone that converts sound

Radiation Pressure

2005-02-24T14:00:00.000-08:00

Although the pressure of solar radiation is exceedingly small, a sufficiently large surface could produce a force that would be technologically

Sibley Provincial Park

2005-02-23T23:06:00.000-08:00

Park, southwestern Ontario, Canada, on Sibley Peninsula on the northern shore of Lake Superior, 20 miles (32 km) east of Thunder Bay. Established in 1950, the park has an area of 94 square miles (243 square km). It is the site of the 19th-century village of Silver Islet (including a restored hotel, store, and church), which was at one time the home of miners and lumbermen. Sibley has varied Canadian

Aegean Sea

2005-02-22T22:19:00.000-08:00

Greek �Aiga�on P�lagos, �Turkish �Ege Deniz, � an arm of the Mediterranean Sea, located between the Greek peninsula on the west and Asia Minor on the east. About 380 miles (611 km) long and 186 miles (299 km) wide, it has a total area of some 83,000 square miles (214,000 square km). The Aegean is connected through the straits of the Dardanelles, the Sea of Marmara, and the Bosporus with the Black Sea, while the island of Crete can be taken as marking its boundary

New Guinea

2005-02-21T19:41:00.000-08:00

Metatarsal

2005-02-20T11:28:00.000-08:00

Any of several tubular bones between the ankle (tarsal) bones and each of the hindlimb digits, in land vertebrates corresponding to the metacarpal bones of the hand (forepaw). In humans the five metatarsal bones help form longitudinal arches along the inner and outer sides of the foot and a transverse arch at the ball of the foot. The first metatarsal (which adjoins the

Vanadinite

2005-02-19T07:33:00.000-08:00

Vanadium mineral in the pyromorphite series of the apatite group of phosphates, lead chloride vanadate, Pb5(VO4)3Cl. It is a source of vanadium and a minor source of lead. The mineral's typical occurrences are as orange, red, or brown hairlike or barrel-shaped crystals in the oxidized zone of lead deposits as in the Urals, Russia; Transvaal, S.Af.; Chihuahua, Mex.; and Arizona, U.S.

China, The Ch'in state

2005-02-18T00:49:00.000-08:00

The history of the Ch'in dynasty may be traced back to the 8th century BC. When the Chou royal house was reestablished at the eastern capital in 770 BC, the Ch'in ruling house, according to the Ch'in historical record, was entrusted with the mission of maintaining order in the previous capital. This may be an exaggeration of the importance of the Ch'in ruling house, and the Ch'in may

Biblical Literature, In Christianity

2005-02-17T05:18:00.000-08:00

The Hebrew Bible is as basic to Christianity as it is to Judaism. Without the Old Testament, the New Testament could not have been written and there could have been no man like Jesus; Christianity could not have been what it became. This has to do with cultural values, basic human values, as much as with religious beliefs. The Genesis stories of prehistoric events and people

Argentina, Settlement patterns

2005-02-16T03:44:00.000-08:00

The varied topography, climate, and natural resources of Argentina shaped the pattern of European settlement. Although modern transportation and industry have partly effaced regional differences, the organization of life in both city and country still follows patterns that were set in early colonial times.

Argentina, Settlement patterns

2005-02-15T02:53:00.000-08:00

Aquaculture

2005-02-14T14:45:00.000-08:00

Fish may be confined in earth ponds, concrete pools, barricaded coastal waters, or cages suspended in open water. In these enclosures, the fish can be supplied

Resende, Garcia De

2005-02-13T09:46:00.000-08:00

Resende began to serve John II as a page at the age of 10, becoming his private secretary in 1491. He continued to enjoy royal favour under King Manuel and later under John III. In 1498 he accompanied Manuel to Castile and in 1514 went to Rome with the admiral Trist�

Gagaku

2005-02-12T09:56:00.000-08:00

(Japanese), Korean �a-ak� ancient court music. The name is a Japanese pronunciation of the Chinese characters for elegant music (ya yueh). Such music first appeared in Japan as an import from Korea in the 5th century and had become an established court tradition by the 8th century. The various forms of North Asian, Chinese, Indian, Southeast Asian, and indigenous Japanese music were organized in

Vienna, Congress Of

2005-02-11T18:22:00.000-08:00

Austria, Prussia

Carlsbad

2005-02-10T16:02:00.000-08:00

City, seat (1889) of Eddy county, southeastern New Mexico, U.S. It lies on the right bank of the Pecos River. Founded in 1887 and first known as Eddy (for its founder Charles B. Eddy), it was renamed in 1899 for the European spa of Carlsbad (now Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic), because of nearby mineral springs that reputedly had the same mineral content as that of their namesake. The centre (since

Mark, J. Carson

2005-02-09T10:06:00.000-08:00

Canadian-born American scientist who, as head of the theoretical division at the Los Alamos (N.M.) Scientific Laboratory, was instrumental in the development of the hydrogen bomb (b. July 6, 1913--d. March 2, 1997).

Resolution

2005-02-08T11:45:00.000-08:00

In chemistry, any process by which a mixture called a racemate (q.v.) is separated into its two constituent enantiomorphs. (Enantiomorphs are pairs of substances that have dissymmetric arrangements of atoms and structures that are nonsuperposable mirror images of one another.) Two important methods of resolution were employed by Louis Pasteur. The first of these,

Ecuador, Domination of Velasco Ibarra (post-World War II)

2005-02-07T05:48:00.000-08:00

Politics and government after World War II presented contradictions. Ecuador enjoyed a long period of constitutional government and relatively free elections following the presidency of the Radical Liberal leader Galo Plaza (1948 - 52). There were also two long interludes of military government (1963 - 66; 1972 - 79), but the period was dominated by one of Latin America's great caudillos,

Offenburg

2005-02-06T20:03:00.000-08:00

City, Baden-W�rttemberg Land (state), southwestern Germany, in the Kinzig River Valley, at the western edge of the Black Forest (Schwarzwald). First mentioned in 1101, it was founded by the Z�hringen margraves on the site of a Roman settlement and was an imperial free city from 1289 to 1802. In 1846 - 49 it was a centre of the revolutionary movement in Baden. Gothic and Baroque buildings and remains

Owambo

2005-02-04T04:20:00.000-08:00

Also called �Ovamboland, � geographic region, northern Namibia. Owambo is bordered by the Kaokoland (Kaokoveld) region on the west and by the Kavango region on the east. The border with Angola lies to the north. Most of semiarid Owambo is an extremely flat plain covered by white sands. It is crossed by a series of low-gradient, often parallel, south-oriented dry watercourses (oshanas), collectively

Ballad Opera

2005-02-03T20:27:00.000-08:00

Characteristic English type of comic opera, originating in the 18th century and featuring farcical or extravaganza plots. The music was mainly confined to songs or interludes interspersed in spoken dialogue. It was based at first on ballads or folk songs to which new words were adapted; later, tunes were borrowed from popular operas, or music was occasionally newly

Hexachloroplatinic Acid

2005-02-02T13:44:00.000-08:00

Also called �Chloroplatinic Acid, � complex compound formed by dissolving platinum metal in aqua regia (a mixture of nitric and hydrochloric acids) or in hydrochloric acid that contains chlorine. It is crystallized from the solution in the form of reddish brown deliquescent (moisture-absorbing) crystals with specific gravity 2.43 and melting point 60� C (140� F). It is the starting material from which most platinum

Talas

2005-02-01T07:59:00.000-08:00

Oblasty (province), northwestern Kyrgyzstan, centred on the Talas River valley that follows an essentially east-west axis through the northern portion of the oblasty. Reconstituted in 1990, the oblasty was formed in 1944 and remained in existence until 1956. It was reestablished in 1980 - 88 and once again re-formed in 1990. The population of Talas includes a large concentration of non-Central

Ghats

2005-01-31T19:20:00.000-08:00

Two mountain ranges forming the eastern and western edges, respectively, of the Deccan (q.v.) plateau of peninsular India. In Hindi ghat means �river landing stairs� or �mountain pass� and has been extended in its Anglicized plural form (formerly �ghauts�) to include the mountains themselves. The word refers as well to riverbanks that have been artificially terraced for bathing

Cranko, John

2005-01-30T14:07:00.000-08:00

His basic dance training was at the Cape Town University Ballet School, where he performed as well as choreographed his first ballet, The Soldier's Tale (1942). In 1946 he joined the Sadler's Wells Ballet (later called the Royal Ballet) and continued to choreograph.

Cranko, John

2005-01-29T22:28:00.000-08:00

The first regionwide Asia-Pacific multilateral forum for official consultations on peace and security issues. An outgrowth of the annual ministerial-level meeting of members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the states serving as ASEAN's �dialogue partners,� the ARF provides a setting for discussion and diplomacy and the development of

Gisborne

2005-01-28T22:06:00.000-08:00

City (�district�) and port on Poverty Bay, Gisborne unitary authority, east coast of North Island, New Zealand. The city is located where the Waimata and Taruheru rivers join to form the Turanganui. It was the first area in New Zealand visited (1769) by Captain James Cook. It received its first permanent European settlers in 1852 and was surveyed in 1870 and given the name Gisborne for then

Great Hall

2005-01-27T03:55:00.000-08:00

Main apartment in a medieval manor house, monastery, or college, in which meals were taken. In large manor houses it also served other purposes: justice was administered there, entertainments given, and often at night the floor was strewn with rushes so that many of the servants could sleep there.

Grand Guignol

2005-01-26T19:04:00.000-08:00

Short plays popular in Parisian cabarets in the 19th century, especially at the Th��tre du Grand Guignol. The plays emphasized violence, horror, and sadism. Although Grand Guignol was introduced into England about 1908, it remained essentially a Parisian theatrical form.

Pendleton, Edmund

2005-01-25T09:11:00.000-08:00

In 1751 Pendleton

Texas, Revolution and the republic

2005-01-24T02:12:00.000-08:00

Unrest throughout Mexico, including Texas, resulted in a coup by Antonio L�pez de Santa Anna, who assumed the presidency in 1833. Texans, hopeful for relief from restrictive governmental measures, supported Santa Anna. Austin expected a friendly hearing about these grievances but instead was imprisoned in Mexico City for encouraging insurrection. He was freed in 1835 and

Rashi

2005-01-23T10:44:00.000-08:00

Acronym �of Rabbi Shlomo Yitzhaqi � renowned medieval French commentator on the Bible and Talmud (the authoritative Jewish compendium of law, lore, and commentary). Rashi combined the two basic methods of interpretation, literal and nonliteral, in his influential Bible commentary. His commentary on the Talmud was a landmark in Talmudic exegesis, and his work still serves

Furrer, Jonas

2005-01-22T10:05:00.000-08:00

A doctor of jurisprudence and lawyer of national renown, Furrer became, after 1839, leader of the Z�rich liberals but only reluctantly aspired to political office. In the cantonal assembly, he rose to the vice presidency (1842) and later the presidency (1846), serving also in 1846 as

Bothnia, Gulf Of

2005-01-21T02:15:00.000-08:00

Swedish �Bottniska Viken, �Finnish �Pohjan Lahti, � northern arm of the Baltic Sea, between Sweden (west) and Finland (east). Covering an area of about 45,200 square miles (117,000 square km), the gulf extends for 450 miles (725 km) from north to south but only 50 to 150 miles (80 to 240 km) from east to west; it is nearly closed off by the �land (Ahvenanmaa) Islands (south). Its maximum depth is 965 feet (295 m) in the west-central portion; its average depth is only about 200 feet (60 m). Because

Ibn Al-'arabi

2005-01-20T10:50:00.000-08:00

Ibn al-'Arabi was born in the southeast of Spain, a man of pure Arab

Monadhliath Mountains

2005-01-19T00:56:00.000-08:00

Also called �Grey Hills � mountain range in the Highland council area, Scotland, between Loch Ness in the northwest and the River Spey in the southeast. The range has several summits with elevations greater than 3,000 feet (900 metres), the highest being Carn Mairg at 3,087 feet (941 metres), the haunt of eagles and wild cats. The River Findhorn rises on the northwestern slopes of Carn Mairg and flows northward to

Gastein, Convention Of

2005-01-18T21:27:00.000-08:00

Also called �Convention Of Badgastein, � agreement between Austria and Prussia reached on Aug. 20, 1865, after their seizure of the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein from Denmark in 1864; it temporarily postponed the final struggle between them for hegemony over Germany. The pact provided that both the emperor of Austria and the king of Prussia were to be sovereign over the duchies, Prussia administering Schleswig

Gastein, Convention Of

2005-01-17T11:37:00.000-08:00

Malanggan Style

2005-01-16T02:01:00.000-08:00

Malanggan carvings take the form of friezes, masks, and sculpture,

Celestina, La

2005-01-15T14:10:00.000-08:00

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

Maxwell, Robert

2005-01-14T01:57:00.000-08:00

Virtually all of the young Hoch's Jewish family living in Czechoslovakia and Budapest died in the Nazi Holocaust, but he was able to make

Waterfall

2005-01-13T14:39:00.000-08:00

Area where flowing river water drops abruptly and nearly vertically (see video). Waterfalls represent major interruptions in river flow. Under most circumstances rivers tend to smooth out irregularities in their flow by processes of erosion and deposition. In time, the long profile of a river (the graph of its gradient) takes the form of a smooth curve, steepest toward

Kadoma

2005-01-12T17:16:00.000-08:00

City, Osaka fu (urban prefecture), Honshu, Japan, bordering Osaka city. The city is located on the left bank of the Yodo River and is known for its cultivation of lotus flowers. After the establishment of a railway connection to Osaka in 1909, industrialization was rapid. The Matsushita Electric Industrial Company moved to Kadoma in 1933 to establish factories producing electrical

Barahona De Soto, Luis

2005-01-11T11:37:00.000-08:00

After completing his education in Antequera and service as a soldier, Barahona began practicing

Augustine, Saint

2005-01-10T07:51:00.000-08:00

Augustine was born in Tagaste, a modest Roman community in a river valley 40 miles (64 km) from the African coast. It lay just a few miles short of the point where the veneer of Roman civilization thinned out in the highlands of Numidia in the way the American West opens before a traveler leaving the Mississippi River valley. Augustine's parents were of the respectable class

Palencia

2005-01-09T23:18:00.000-08:00

Inland provincia, in the Castile-Le�n comunidad aut�noma (�autonomous community�), northern Spain. It is bounded by the autonomous community (and province) of Cantabria (north) and by the provinces of Burgos (east), Valladolid (south), and Valladolid and Le�n (west). It was formed in 1833. The north is traversed by the Cantabrian Mountains, rising to 8,268 feet (2,520 m) at Curavacas peak. The remainder

West Hartford

2005-01-08T00:39:00.000-08:00

Urban town (township), Hartford county, central Connecticut, U.S. Founded in 1679 as an agricultural community, it was known as West Division Parish or West Society. It became a wealthy residential suburb of Hartford, was named West Hartford in 1806, and was separately incorporated in 1854. Industry is restricted to a relatively small zone in the south end. The town is the birthplace

Saavedra Fajardo, Diego De

2005-01-07T00:55:00.000-08:00

After studying law at the University of Salamanca, Saavedra went to Rome, where he served under the

Salem

2005-01-06T15:58:00.000-08:00

City, seat (1694) of Salem county, southwestern New Jersey, U.S. It lies along the Salem River near the latter's confluence with the Delaware River, 34 miles (55 km) southwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was established in 1675 by John Fenwick, an English Quaker. The Friends (Quakers) Burial Ground in Salem has the Salem Oak - a tree 80 feet (25 metres) high that is said to be more than 500 years old - under

Davenant, Sir William

2005-01-05T16:56:00.000-08:00

Shakespeare was apparently Davenant's godfather, and gossip held that the famous playwright

Ukraine

2005-01-04T01:41:00.000-08:00

Ukrainian �Ukrayina� country located in eastern Europe, after Russia the second largest on the continent. It is bordered by Belarus on the north, Russia on the east, the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea on the south, Moldova and Romania on the southwest, and Hungary, Slovakia, and Poland on the west; in the far southeast, Ukraine is separated from Russia by the Kerch Strait, which connects the Sea of

Antarctica, Birds

2005-01-03T09:14:00.000-08:00

About 45 species of birds live south of the Antarctic Convergence, but only three - the emperor penguin (see photograph), Antarctic petrel, and South Polar (McCormick's) skua - breed exclusively on the continent or on nearby islands. An absence of mammalian land predators and the rich offshore food supply make Antarctic coasts a haven for immense seabird

Baranovichi

2005-01-02T09:32:00.000-08:00

Also spelled �Baranovici, � town, Brest oblast (province), Belarus, on the southern edge of the Novogrudok Hills. It developed from a small village in the late 19th century into a major railway junction, with lines to Moscow, Warsaw, and other eastern European centres. It has cotton, food-processing, and machine construction industries. Pop. (1991 est.) 166,700.

Insurance, Ocean marine insurance

2005-01-01T04:28:00.000-08:00

Ocean marine contracts are written to cover four major types of property interest: (1) the vessel or hull, (2) the cargo, (3) the freight revenue to be received by the ship owner, and (4) legal liability for negligence of the shipper or the carrier. Hull insurance covers losses to the vessel itself from specified perils. Usually there is a provision that the marine hull should be covered

Severocesk�

2004-12-31T14:23:00.000-08:00

Also called �Severn� Cechy�, English �Northern Bohemia� kraj (region), northwestern Czech Republic. It is the smallest of the country's regions. Severocesk� is bounded on the north by Germany and Poland, on the east by V�chodocesk� kraj, on the south by Stredocesk� kraj, and on the west by Z�padocesk� kraj. The north of the region is dominated by the Ore (Kru

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