Tuesday, March 15, 2005

Dominance Hierarchy

In most cases

Monday, March 14, 2005

Biblical Literature, Pseudepigrapha connected with the Dead Sea Scrolls

There are three Pseudepigrapha that are closely connected with the writings of the Dead Sea sect: the Book of Jubilees, the Ethiopic Book of Enoch, and the Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs. It is not accidental that fragments of the two first books and of two sources of the third were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Friday, March 11, 2005

Janssen, Pierre (-jules-c�sar)

Janssen was permanently lamed by an accident in early childhood. He studied at the University of Paris, and in 1865 he became professor

Friday, March 04, 2005

Muhly

Most muhlys are perennials, and all species have only one floret on each branch,

Thursday, March 03, 2005

Aquitaine

In Julius Caesar's description of Gaul, �Aquitania� was an area extending from the Pyrenees to the Garonne River. The Roman

Wednesday, March 02, 2005

Mercury Processing, Secondary mercury

Significant quantities of mercury have been reclaimed from dental amalgams, oxide and acetate sludges, and battery scrap. Virtually all the metal can be recovered from scrapped mercury cells, mercury boilers, electrical apparatuses, and control instruments.

Tuesday, March 01, 2005

Pack Ice

Floating mass of ice formed from seawater in the Earth's polar regions. Pack ice expands during winter to cover about 5 percent of the northern oceans and 8 percent of the southern oceans. When melting occurs in spring and summer, the margins of the pack ice retreat.