Government of the United States - the law; gathers information for making laws and educating the public; and evaluates executive performance. It applies to cabinet departments, executive agencies, regulatory commissions, and the presidency. Congress's oversight function takes many forms: Committee inquiries and hearings; Formal consultations with and reports from the president; Senate advice and consent for presidential nominations and for treaties; House impeachment proceedings and subsequent Senate trials; House and Senate proceedings under the Twenty-fifth Amendment in the event that the president becomes disabled, or the office of the vice president falls vacant; Informal meetings between legislators and executive officials; Congressional membership on governmental commissions; Studies by congressional committees and support agencies such as the Congressional Budget Office, the General Accounting Office, and the Office of Technology Assessment ? all arms of Congress. Executive branch Article II.
Miami Beach, Florida - the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 48.5 km² (18.7 mi²). 18.2 km² (7.0 mi²) of it is land and 30.2 km² (11.7 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 62.37% water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there are 87,933 people, 46,194 households, and 18,339 families residing in the city. The population density is 4,829.5/km² (12,502.1/mi²). There are 59,723 housing units at an average density of 3,280.1/km² (8,491.2/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 86.74% White, 4.03% African American, 0.23% Native American, 1.37% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 4.05% from other races, and 3.53% from two or more races. 53.45% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 46,194 households out of which 14.0% have children under the.
François Guizot - the ministry of the interior, under the abbé de Montesquiou. Upon the return of Napoleon from Elba he immediately resigned, on March 25 1815, and returned to his literary pursuits. After the Hundred Days, he repaired to Ghent, where he saw Louis XVIII, and in the name of the liberal party pointed out that a frank adoption of a liberal policy could alone secure the duration of the restored monarchy - advice which was ill-received by the king's confidential advisers. This visit to Ghent, at a time when France was prey to a second invasion, was made a subject of bitter reproach to Guizot in after life by his political opponents, as an unpatriotic action. "The Man of Ghent" was one of the terms of insult frequently used against him in.
Key West, Florida - Juan Pablo Salas of Saint Augustine, Florida. After Florida was transferred to the United States, Salas sold the island to US businessman John Simonton for $2,000 in 1821. Simonton divided the island into plots and sold some of them. There was already a town on a part of the island, with the inhabitants recognizing the authority of no nation. Simonton lobbied the U.S. Government to establish a naval base on the island, both to take advantage of the island's strategic location and to bring law and order to the town. In 1823 Commodore David Porter of the United States Navy West Indies Anti-Pirate Squadron took charge of Key West, which he ruled (according to some, exceeding his authority) as military dictator under martial law. Major industries in Key West in the.
Chicago, Illinois - Shows set in Chicago 7 Famous Attractions, Landmarks & Areas of Interest 8 Colleges & Universities 9 Business & Commerce 9.18 Companies based in Chicago & surrounding suburbs 10 Sports Teams 11 Events 12 Health 12.19 Hospitals 12.19..1 : 13 Transportation 13.20 Airports 13.21 Mass Transit 13.22 Street Layout 13.23 See Also 14 External Links History Chicago was first settled by Europeans when Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, an African American from Haiti, settled on the Chicago River. In 1795, the area of Chicago was ceded by the Native Americans in the Treaty of Greenville to the United States for a military post. In 1803, Fort Dearborn was built and remained in use until 1837 except between 1812 and 1816 when it was destroyed in the Fort Dearbon Massacre dring the.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1854. Historic seal of the city of Philadelphia, made by William Penn. Executive The city is headed by an elected mayor who is limited to two, four-year terms. The incumbent is former Philadelphia City Council President John Street (D), who was first elected in 1999. He was re-elected by a larger majority in 2003. Legislative The legislative branch of Philadephia is the Philadelphia City Council. Judicial The Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, also known as the Court of Common Pleas for the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, is the trial court of general jurisdiction for Philadelphia. It is funded and operated largely by City resources and employees. The Philadelphia Municipal Court handles matters of limited jurisdiction as well as landlord-tenant disputes, appeals from traffic court, conducts preliminary examinations for felony-level.
Project Nike - used for upper-atmosphere research. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Nike Ajax 2..1 Specifications (Nike Ajax) 3 Nike Hercules 4 Nike Zeus 5 See also History Project Nike began in 1944 when the US military demanded a new defense system to combat the potential new jet aircraft, as existing gun-based systems proved completely incapable of dealing with the speeds and altitudes that such planes operated at. Two proposals were accepted, Bell Labs' development of the WWII German Wasserfall missile for line-of-sight interceptions became Project Nike, and a much longer ranged collision-course system was developed by General Electric as Project Thumper, eventually delivering the BOMARC missile. Bell's proposal was more complex that the wartime Wasserfall due to the increased speeds of the targets. Unlike Wasserfall's target bombers travelling at about 175mph.
Huntington Beach, California - years. Because the coast curves so strongly eastward at Huntington Beach, the local beach actually faces south, making it one of the most pleasant, sunny beaches of the west coast of the U.S. Bolsa Chica Harbor is suitable for light craft, and includes a dock, launching ramp, basic services and a restaurant. The harbor entrance is sometimes restricted by the US Navy, which loads ships with munitions at the Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station to the north of the main channel. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 81.7 km² (31.6 mi²). 68.3 km² (26.4 mi²) of it is land and 13.4 km² (5.2 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 16.38% water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there.
Abbreviation - particular collocations of letters represented by somewhat arbitrary symbols. The commonest form of abbreviation is the substitution for a word of its initial letter; but, with a view to prevent ambiguity, one or more of the other letters are frequently added. In some languages, letters are often doubled to indicate a plural or a superlative. In modern English there are several conventions in use for abbreviations and it may not be clear which one is best. Publishers sometimes express their preferences in a style guide. Some of the questions which may arise: Upper or lower case letters? If the original word was capitalised, then the first letter of its abbreviation will also be capital, e.g., U.S. for United States. But when abbreviating lower case letters, there is no clear guide. Usage.
San Francisco, California - See also 12 External Links 13 Sources History European visitors to the Bay Area were preceded 10,000 to 20,000 years earlier by native people indigenous to the area. These people, later called the Ohlone (a Miwok Indian word meaning "western people"), lived in the coastal area between Point Sur and the San Francisco Bay. European discovery and exploration of the San Francisco Bay Area began in 1542 and culminated with the mapping of the bay in 1775. A Spanish party led by Juan Bautista de Anza arrived in 1776 and located the sites for the Presidio of San Francisco, a military base on the northern tip of the peninsula, and Mission Dolores, located in what is now the Mission district. San Francisco (named after Saint Francis of Assisi) did not develop.
State of Baden - the north by the kingdom of Bavaria and the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt - to the west and practically throughout its whole length by the river Rhine, which separated it from the Bavarian Palatinate and the Alsace; to the south by Switzerland, and to the east by the kingdom of Württemberg and partly by Bavaria. After WW II, in 1945/46 the French military government created the land Baden with Freiburg im Breisgau as capital out of the southern half of the former Baden. The northern half combined with northern Württemberg was part of the American military zone and formed the land Württemberg-Baden. In 1952 Baden was merged with Württemberg-Baden and Württemberg-Hohenzollern to form Baden-Württemberg. Geography The duchy had an area of 15,081 km² (5823 mi²) and consisted of a considerable portion.
Wheeler Army Airfield - Mainland-Hawai'i flight in 1927; the great Dole Derby air race from California to Hawai'i; the first trans-Pacific flight from the U.S. to Australia in 1928, and the first Hawai'i-to-Mainland solo flight in 1935 by Amelia Earhart. Today, Wheeler Army Airfield is comprised of approximately 1,389 acres of land returned to the Department of the Army on Nov. 1, 1991. As of the 2000 Census, the base had a total population of 2,829 military personnel and families. The U.S. postal code for Wheeler Army Airfield is 96786. Geography Wheeler AFB is located at 21°28'56" North, 158°2'24" West (21.482216, -158.039959)1. The Wheeler Main Gate is located on Kamehameha Highway (State Rte 99) running north to Wahiawā (becoming State Rte. 80) and connecting westward to Wilikina Road (State Rte. 99) and Schofield Barracks. Proceeding.
Prefecture of Elia - thousands of years. There was an island tens of thousands of years ago existed between Elia and Zante. Today the depth is only 5 m under the sea. It is the highest point under the sea, it almost look like an island. There are 3 lagoons covered between the sea. Lighthouses like in Kyllini are scattered throughout its coastlines and there are less than 10 lighthouses in the area. Forests are founded in the east. The other is plain or rocky least-forested hills. Piney trees are mostly founded in places from Neda River up to Peneus River. About half of the area are covered with forest. The other is plain of rocky least-forested hills. There are forest preserves in Pholoe (Φολόη Foloi, Pholoi , modern Greek or Pholoe, ancient and modern.
USSR military aircraft designation systems - USSR military aircraft designation systems Imperial Russia (before 1917) does not seem to have had a system. Aircraft were given names or numerical designations by manufacturers. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Soviet System to 1939 1.1 Type Prefixes 1.2 Fighters 1.3 Bombers 2 Soviet System since 1939 3 Design Office Prefixes 4 See also Soviet System to 1939 Soviet system to 1939 was divided by type, with numbers assigned in order by government ministry. However, designers/manufacturers usually also gave them their own designations. Type Prefixes (incomplete) A - (Autogiro) B - Bombardirovschik (Bomber) BB - Blizhnij Bombardirovschik (Short-range Bomber) DB - Dalnij Bombardirovschik (Long-range Bomber) G - (Paratroop Transport) I - Istrebitel ("Destroyer" = Fighter) M - Morskoj (Seaplane) MDR - Morskoj Dalnij Razwedchik (Long-range Reconnaissance Seaplane).
Guide - Guide The term "guide" refers to an agency for directing or showing the way, specifically a person who leads or directs a stranger over unknown or unmapped country, or conducts travellers and tourists through a town, or over buildings of interest. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Etymology 2 Military Usages 3 Mountaineering 4 Other Usages Etymology The word guide (Middle English gyde, derives from the from the French guide; and ultimately from the earlier French form guie (English “guy”). The /d/ sound originates with the Italian form guida; the word probably ultimately derives from the Teutonic, having connections with the base seen in Old English witan (to know). Military Usages In European wars up to the time of the French Revolution, the absence of large-scale detailed.
Dassault Mirage III - was a "Mirage IIICS", while the Israeli machines were designated "Mirage IIICJ" and the South African machines were designated "Mirage IIICZ". Exports of later variants would also feature such modified designations, though there would be elaborations that could be very confusing. A summary list of exports is provided later in this document. The Israelis were the first to score air to air "kills" in the Mirage, when they shot down two Syrian MiG-17s on 20 August 1963, and followed up with more kills, including some against the more formidable MiG-21. The Israelis put their Mirage IIICJ fighters to particularly good use in the "Six-Day War" of 1967. On the morning of June 5 1967, the Israeli Air Force, the Hey'l Ha'Avir, performed pre-emptive strikes on the Egyptian, Jordanian, and Syrian air.
Vladimir Dzhanibekov - Komarov Higher Military Flying School at Yeisk. Four years later he graduated and became a flying instructor in the Soviet Air Force. In 1970 he was selected as a cosmonaut. This was the same year that he joined the Communist Party. Dzhanibekov made five flights: Soyuz 27, Soyuz 39, Soyuz T-6, Soyuz T-12 and Soyuz T-13. In all he had spent 145 days, 15 hours and 56 minutes in space over these five missions. He had also performed two EVAs with a total time of 8 hours and 35 minutes. After leaving the cosmonaut program in 1986, he became involved in politics. He was the Deputy to the Supreme Soviet of Uzbek SSR from 1985 until 1990. He is also interested painting and his works, predominantly about space have been shown.
Embalming - Crusades, when crusading noblemen wished to have their bodies preserved for burial closer to home. Contemporary embalming methods advanced markedly during the American Civil War, which once again involved many servicemen dying far from home, and their families wishing them returned for local burial. Dr. Thomas N. Holmes received a commission from the Army Medical Corps to embalm the corpses of dead Union servicemen to return to their families. Military authorities also permitted private embalmers to work in military-controlled areas. in 1867, the German chemist August Wilhelm von Hofman discovered formaldehyde, whose preservative properties were soon discovered and which became the foundation for modern methods of embalming. Modern embalming Embalming as practiced in the funeral homes of the United States of America uses several steps. Any clothing on the corpse is.
Alfred Lee Loomis - graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1912. He worked in corporate law after graduation. In 1917, with the United States' entry into World War I, he voluteered for military service. He was commissioned as a captain and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel He worked in ballistics and invented the "Aberdeen Chronograph". In the 1920s, Loomis collaborated with his bother-in-law, Landon K. Thorne, to take Bonbright and Company from the verge of bankruptcy to a preeminent U.S. investment banking-house, specializing in public utilities. In the process, Loomis became very wealthy. During this period, Loomis also established Tuxedo Park Loomis Laboratory. The facility was visited by prominent scientists, including Albert Einstein, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Vannevar Bush and James Franck. In its early years, the laboratory's work focused on.
Ammianus Marcellinus - in the retreat of Jovian as far as Antioch, where he was residing when the conspiracy of Theodorus (371) was discovered and cruelly put down. Eventually he settled in Rome, where, at an advanced age, he wrote (in Latin) a history of the Roman empire from the accession of Nerva to the death of Valens (A.D. 96-378), thus forming a continuation of the work of Tacitus. This history (Rerum Gestarum Libri XXXI) was originally in thirty-one books, but the first thirteen are lost. The surviving eighteen books cover the period from 353 to 378. As a whole it is extremely valuable, being a clear, comprehensive and impartial account of events by a contemporary of soldierly honesty, independent judgment and wide reading. Edward Gibbon judged Ammianus as "an accurate and faithful guide,.
