... Types of Mammals 118 Meteorites and theAgeofthe Solar System 142 10 11 Colors, Brightness, and theAgeof Stars 163 Distances, Redshifts, and theAgeofthe Universe 184 12 Parameterizing theAge ... (about one-third of a degree) per century Do any of these rates match the rate observed in the pyramids? Given the best estimates ofthe orientations ofthe pyramids and the timing of their construction, ... indicates the day ofthe month and the sign attached to it is the name ofthe month In this example we have the number 14 attached to the sign for the month Yaxk’in The following day would then be...
... at the mercy ofthe requests of others What’s the best use of your time? What tasks will have the most impact on your life and work, rather than just seeming urgent right now? _ 43 5: the ... front of us is the computer, with email notifications and other notifications of all kinds Then there’s the addicting lure ofthe browser, which contains not only an endless amount of reading material ... can get the full version at focusmanifesto.com focus: table of contents section i step back 1: introduction7 2: theageof distraction 3: the importance of finding focus 15 4: the beauty of disconnection...
... one day write They include the epic ofthe coal in the Pennsylvania hills, the epic ofthe ore, the epic ofthe railroad, the epic ofthe great city; and, in general, the subjugation of a continental ... THE AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION VI AGENTS OF COMMUNICATION VII THE STORY OF RUBBER VIII PIONEERS OFTHE MACHINE SHOP IX THE FATHERS OF ELECTRICITY X THE CONQUEST OFTHE AIR BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE THE ... about one-half of all the profits they derived from its use An equal division, between the owners ofthe invention on the one hand and the cotton growers on the other, of all the super-added...
... each of these industries In their broad outlines they merely repeat the story of steel, of oil, of agricultural machinery; they are the product ofthe same methods, the same initiative There ... throughout the last two years ofthe War So, too, feeding and supplying an army of millions of men laid the foundation of many of our greatest industries The Northern soldiers in the early days ofthe ... product The oil regions regarded these advantages as giving them the right to dominate the growing industry, and they had frequently proclaimed the doctrine that the business belonged to them They...
... upon the Evidence [there was] no contradiction I directed the Jury from the Injustice ofthe Demand upon the State of it to find against the Plaintiff, but they found for the wages, & then named the ... for the City of London, eight courts for the City of Westminster, fourteen courts ‘‘in the part ofthe Metropolis, lying within the County of Middlesex,’’ and eight courts in the Borough of Southwark ... sources held by the libraries of three ofthe Inns of Court in London—Lincoln’s Inn, the Middle Temple, and the Inner Temple I am grateful to the many colleagues who encouraged the idea of this book...
... each of these industries In their broad outlines they merely repeat the story of steel, of oil, of agricultural machinery; they are the product ofthe same methods, the same initiative There ... throughout the last two years ofthe War So, too, feeding and supplying an army of millions of men laid the foundation of many of our greatest industries The Northern soldiers in the early days ofthe ... product The oil regions regarded these advantages as giving them the right to dominate the growing industry, and they had frequently proclaimed the doctrine that the business belonged to them They...
... complaining ofthe practice of usury by priests, ofthe pomp ofthe cardinals and ofthe pope's habit of giving promises of preferment to certain sees and then declaring the places vacant on the plea of ... This was the son of Lorenzo the Magnificent, the Medici Leo X Having taken the tonsure at theageof seven, and received the red hat six years later, he donned the tiara at the early ageof thirty-eight ... themselves to service of their fellows, chiefly in the capacity of teachers of boys The fifteenth century's rising tide of devotion brought forth the most influential ofthe products of all the...
... each of these industries In their broad outlines they merely repeat the story of steel, of oil, of agricultural machinery; they are the product ofthe same methods, the same initiative There ... throughout the last two years ofthe War So, too, feeding and supplying an army of millions of men laid the foundation of many of our greatest industries The Northern soldiers in the early days ofthe ... product The oil regions regarded these advantages as giving them the right to dominate the growing industry, and they had frequently proclaimed the doctrine that the business belonged to them They...
... translated as The Waning ofthe Middle Ages This is a study ofthe forms of life and thought in France and the Netherlands in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the last phase of one ofthe great ... without altogether separating from the world, and the congregation ofthe monastery of Windesheim, ofthe order ofthe regular Augustinian canons Originating in the regions on the banks ofthe Ysel, ... house The Glimes were lords ofthe important town of Bergen-op-Zoom, which, situated between the River Scheldt and the Meuse delta, was one ofthe links between the northern and the southern Netherlands...
... reduce the value ofthe product to the customer 50 The “image” of a brand is therefore an integral part ofthe product, and determines the willingness to pay of consumers Manufacturers of luxury ... that would generally place the burden of proof ofthe efficiency effects of any restraints of internet retailing on the manufacturers (regardless ofthe market share ofthe manufacturer) Such a ... This means the value of a specific purchase will often be related to how others view the product, and a deterioration of image even in the assessment of people who are not consumers ofthe product...
... treatment of it is too often declamatory; he drops the poet in the rhetorician and the wit There is much ofthe false sublime in the poem, and much that reveals the hollow character ofthe writer The ... suggested the lovelier verse of Wordsworth descriptive ofthe cuckoo: 'Breaking the silence ofthe seas Among the farthest Hebrides.' Thomson did not live long after the publication ofThe Castle of ... great scene of business, and the right adjustment of their hair the principal employment of their lives The sorting of a suit of ribands is considered a very good morning's work; and if they make...
... translated as The Waning ofthe Middle Ages This is a study ofthe forms of life and thought in France and the Netherlands in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, the last phase of one ofthe great ... without altogether separating from the world, and the congregation ofthe monastery of Windesheim, ofthe order ofthe regular Augustinian canons Originating in the regions on the banks ofthe Ysel, ... house The Glimes were lords ofthe important town of Bergen-op-Zoom, which, situated between the River Scheldt and the Meuse delta, was one ofthe links between the northern and the southern Netherlands...
... core way in which we navigate the Web, the home page of a site may not be the entry point for 10 MARKETING IN THEAGEOF GOOGLE a visitor Any page can be the entry page, which makes it increasingly ... the order in which the ads appear is based on a number of factors including the amount the advertiser is willing to pay for each click, the relevance ofthe ad to the query, and the quality of ... MARKETING IN THEAGEOF GOOGLE What is the primary goal ofthe Web site? ! To attract potential guests to book rooms What are the secondary goals ofthe Web site? ! To engage with guests so they...
... of delusional satellite from the city where it is all hoodlums (Note the inversion ofthe polis Alex brings the horror ofthe cities into the suburbs Cyberbia) Denied the historical context of ... mastered the post-industrial age As a post-modern pastiche of learnedness and stupidity, he is the inside-out reflection ofthe enlightenment subject His language is the comprised of odd bits of rhyming ... and now Virtual Reality are all about the interpenetrating of human and image with equipment; the trajectory of futurism, the dreamt of metallization ofthe body is completed in our own era where...
... the lessons ofthe limitations of U.S power and the complex mixture of good and evil involved in almost all historical undertakings On the other hand, Rambo and the other Stallone-Norris meathead ... presents the Other, the Enemy, "Them," as the embodiment of evil, and "Us," the good guys, as the incarnation of virtue, heroism, goodness, innocence, etc Rambo appropriates stereotypes ofthe evil ... -precisely the sort of "action" celebrated in Rambo, Top Gun, Iron Eagle and the other militarist epics ofthe Reagan era And so it is that Hollywood film in theAgeof Reagan enacts rites of mythical...
... it is like marriage; I was going to say that it does not last as long, but with the increase in the length ofthe average trial and the decrease in the length ofthe average marriage, we may be ... buildings owe their design to the necessities of parties, witnesses and their lawyers attending court for hearings, and, behind the scenes, the needs ofthe judges and ofthe back offices, which ... May, the recently retired President ofthe Queen’s Bench Division put it recently, the fabric of justice is part ofthe fabric of society.7’ The fabric of justice demands equality before the...
... strongly influenced by the positions ofthe 18 the beginning oftheageof mammals continental plates, the connections among them, the amount and distribution of subaerial exposure, and the marine barriers ... seaway (the Obik Sea to the north and the Turgai Straits at the southern end), which joined the Arctic Ocean to the Tethys Sea This was the paleogeographic setting at the beginning oftheAgeof Mammals ... synopsis of mammalian evolution during the Mesozoic in Chapter 4, as 22 the beginning oftheageof mammals the background to the Early Cenozoic radiation that is the principal focus ofthe book The...
... foothold in the eighteenth century, when a few brave souls, on the basis of their close observations of nature, began to question the wisdom ofthe day about the Earth’s age, which was then strongly ... for the Earth, theirs based on the Old Testament ofthe Bible and exceedingly short compared with that ofthe Hindus The best known is the monumental work (over two thousand pages long) by the ... fell upon the entrance ofthe night preceding the twentythird day of October in the year ofthe Julian calendar 710.” Sometimes “entrance ofthe night” is taken to mean midnight So whether Ussher...
... The Motet in theAgeof Du Fay During the lifetime of Guillaume Du Fay (c 1400–1474) the motet underwent a profound transformation Because ofthe protean nature ofthe motet during ... for: the transition and second theme, the repeat ofthe exposition, the drama ofthe development The genre identification serves an important function, and guides the subsequent experience ofthe ... chanson in the formes fixes and the birth ofthe new genre ofthe Mass Ordinary cycle In the motet – the genre that occupies a middle position between the chanson and the Mass both in terms of size...