MilitaryCord: October 2004

Burnet, Sir Macfarlane

Burnet received his medical degree in 1924 from the University of Melbourne

Gateshead

Town and metropolitan borough, metropolitan county of Tyne and Wear, historic county of Durham, England. It was initially a small settlement that developed at the southern end of a medieval bridge, opposite the fortress (later city) of Newcastle upon Tyne; at that time it was under the jurisdiction of the bishop of Durham. During the Industrial Revolution, locally mined

Wolf

The gray wolf has a larger natural

Computers, Interpreters

HLL coding was attempted right from the start of the stored-program era in the late 1940s. Shortcode, or short-order code, was the first such language actually implemented. Suggested by John Mauchly in 1949, it was implemented by William Schmitt for the BINAC computer in that year and for UNIVAC in 1950. Shortcode went through multiple steps: first it converted the alphabetic statements

Mansehra

Town, northeastern North-West Frontier Province, Pakistan. The town is situated at the southern end of the Pakhli Plain on the Bhut Stream, a tributary to the Siran River, at an elevation of 3,682 feet (1,122 m) above sea level. It is a market town surrounded by pine-covered hills and has a flour mill, a woolen-yarn mill, and an agricultural research centre. The nearby Asokan rock edicts

Gide, Andr�

In full �Andr�-Paul-Guillaume Gide� French writer, humanist, and moralist who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1947.

Bernard, Tristan

Bernard's merit consisted in limiting his literary ambitions to his capabilities. His works were characterized by a tone of light cynicism and a cross fire of

Puerto Cort�

City, northwestern Honduras, situated on the Gulf of Honduras. It is backed by Alvarado Lagoon and extends for 2 miles (3 km) along the southern shore of Caballos Point. Puerto Cort�s serves as the seaport for San Pedro Sula and the Sula Valley. The town was founded in 1524 as Puerto Caballos, just to the south across Cort�s Bay, but was moved and had its name changed to Puerto

Puerto Cort�

Electronic display device that operates by applying a varying electric voltage to a layer of liquid crystal, thereby inducing changes in its optical properties. LCDs are commonly used for portable electronic games, as viewfinders for digital cameras and camcorders, in video projection systems, for electronic billboards, as monitors for computers, and in flat-panel

Pereda, Jos� Mar�a De

Spanish writer, the acknowledged leader of the modern Spanish regional novelists. Born of a family noted for its fervent Catholicism and its traditionalism, Pereda looked an authentic hidalgo. An older brother provided him with an income that allowed him to become a writer. His first literary effort was the Escenas

Sinkiang, Uygur Autonomous Region Of, Climate

Rainfall is not only scanty but it also fluctuates widely from year

Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui

Pachacuti first conquered various peoples in what is now southern Peru and then extended his power

Kernicterus

Severe brain damage caused by an abnormal concentration of the bile pigment bilirubin in brain tissues at or shortly after birth. Kernicterus may occur because of Rh blood-group incompatibility between mother and child, as in erythroblastosis fetalis, where the mother's immune system destroys fetal blood cells, resulting in severe anemia and jaundice in the

John Climacus, Saint

After entering the monastery of St. Catherine on Mt. Sinai c. 600, John withdrew to live as a hermit in a nearby

Lizard, Locomotion and limb adaptations

The majority of lizards are quadrupedal, with powerful limb musculature. They are capable of rapid acceleration and possess great ability to change direction of motion rapidly. The racerunners (Cnemidophorus) can attain speeds of 24 kilometres (15 miles) per hour, which, in terms of their own body length, puts them in a class with fast terrestrial mammals. A tendency toward

Argentina, The rain shadow zone

Argentina is the only place in the Southern Hemisphere with an extensive portion of arid eastern coastline. This is caused by a longitudinal rain shadow zone (created when air masses lose their moisture while passing over high mountains) on the eastern side of the Andes. The zone begins in the Andean Northwest and extends along the eastern slopes of the Andes southward

Argentina, The rain shadow zone

Argentina is the only place in the Southern Hemisphere with an extensive portion of arid eastern coastline. This is caused by a longitudinal rain shadow zone (created when air masses lose their moisture while passing over high mountains) on the eastern side of the Andes. The zone begins in the Andean Northwest and extends along the eastern slopes of the Andes southward

Procuracy

Russian �Prokuratura, � in the former Soviet legal system, a government bureau concerned with ensuring administrative legality. The Soviet constitution invested the procurator general (Russian: generalny prokuror) with the responsibility of supervising the observance of the law by all government ministries and institutions subordinate to them, as well as by individual officials

Gaccha

Among the image-worshipping Shvetambara sect of the Indian religion Jainism, a group of monks and their lay followers who claim descent from eminent monastic teachers. Although some 84 separate gacchas have appeared since the 7th - 8th century, only a few have survived, such as the Kharatara (located mainly in Rajasthan), the Tapa, and the Ancala. While the gacchas do not differ

Yessentuki

Also spelled �Jessentuki�, or �Essentuki� city, Stavropol kray (region), southwestern Russia, in the valley of the Podkumok River. It was founded in 1798, developed as a fortress in the 1830s, and became a city in 1917. It is located at mineral springs at the base of the Caucasus Mountains. The city is composed of an old Cossack village in the southern sector and a newer city in the north. It is a major health resort, with sanatoriums

Baladhuri, Al-

Al-Baladhuri lived most of his life in Baghdad and studied there and in Syria. He was for some time a favoured visitor at the Baghdad court of the 'Abbasid caliphs. His chief extant work, a condensation of a longer history, Futuh al-buldan (The Origins of the Islamic State, 1916, 1924), tells of the wars and

O'brien, Parry

O'Brien began putting the shot in high school in Santa Monica, where he also threw the discus, was a sprinter, and played football. In his freshman year at the University

Fable, Parable, And Allegory, Parable

Like fable, the parable also tells a simple story. But, whereas fables tend to personify animal characters - often giving the same impression as does an animated cartoon - the typical parable uses human agents. Parables generally show less interest in the storytelling and more in the analogy they draw between a particular instance of human behaviour (the true neighbourly

Dragonfish

Also called �sea moth� any of about five species of small marine fishes comprising the family Pegasidae and the order Pegasiformes. Dragonfish are found in warm Indo-Pacific waters. They are small (to about 16 centimetres [6 1/2 inches] long), elongated fish encased in bony rings of armour. The armour is fused on the head and body but not on the tail, which is thus flexible. The pectoral

Haeju

City, southwestern North Korea. Situated on Haeju Bay, facing the Yellow Sea, it is the only port on the west coast of North Korea that does not freeze over in winter. Haeju was the centre for trade with China until the Kyong-Ui rail line, constructed in 1906 from Seoul to Sinuiju, on the border with Manchuria, bypassed it. With the Chaeryong plain (a granary area) nearby and Yonp'yong Island

Thomas, Audrey

Thomas graduated from Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, in 1957 and settled in Canada in 1959. After receiving an M.A. from the University of British Columbia in 1963, she lived in Ghana from 1964 to 1966 and then returned to British Columbia, where she divided

Koguryo

By the reign of King T'aejo (AD 53 - 146), a royal

Sturdza, Dimitrie Alexandru

The scion of a great boyar family, Sturdza participated through 1857 - 58 in the Moldavian organizational commissions that prepared the ground

National Army Museum

The collections of the National Army Museum relate to all aspects of the British army from the Battle of Agincourt (1415) to the present day. They include material from the militia, yeomanry, volunteers,

Jet Stream

Any of several long, narrow high-speed air currents that flow eastward in a generally horizontal zone in the stratosphere or upper troposphere. Jet streams are characterized by wind motions that generate strong vertical shearing action, which is thought to be largely responsible for the clear air turbulence so hazardous to aircraft. They also are associated

MilitaryCord

Sunday, October 31, 2004

Burnet, Sir Macfarlane

Saturday, October 30, 2004

Gateshead

Friday, October 29, 2004

Wolf

Thursday, October 28, 2004

Computers, Interpreters

Wednesday, October 27, 2004

Mansehra

Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Gide, Andr�

Monday, October 25, 2004

Bernard, Tristan

Sunday, October 24, 2004

Puerto Cort�

Saturday, October 23, 2004

Puerto Cort�

Friday, October 22, 2004

Pereda, Jos� Mar�a De

Thursday, October 21, 2004

Sinkiang, Uygur Autonomous Region Of, Climate

Wednesday, October 20, 2004

Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui

Monday, October 18, 2004

Kernicterus

Sunday, October 17, 2004

John Climacus, Saint

Saturday, October 16, 2004

Lizard, Locomotion and limb adaptations

Friday, October 15, 2004

Argentina, The rain shadow zone

Thursday, October 14, 2004

Argentina, The rain shadow zone

Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Procuracy

Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Gaccha

Monday, October 11, 2004

Yessentuki

Sunday, October 10, 2004

Baladhuri, Al-

Saturday, October 09, 2004

O'brien, Parry

Friday, October 08, 2004

Fable, Parable, And Allegory, Parable

Thursday, October 07, 2004

Dragonfish

Wednesday, October 06, 2004

Haeju

Tuesday, October 05, 2004

Thomas, Audrey

Monday, October 04, 2004

Koguryo

Sunday, October 03, 2004

Sturdza, Dimitrie Alexandru

Saturday, October 02, 2004

National Army Museum

Friday, October 01, 2004

Jet Stream

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