... verysimilar. Although the Constellation did not herself see action in theWarof 1812, she is a good example of the heavily armed American frigate of that day and the only one of them still to be seen ... formidablethan the Constitution, was added to the list ofthe Royal Navy.[Illustration: A FRIGATE OF1812 UNDER SAIL The Constellation, of which this is a photograph, is somewhat smaller than the Constitution, ... spirits.Such conditions, however, had not destroyed the vigor of those hardy seamen ofthe Constitution when, on the 29th of December and within sight ofthe Brazilian coast, the lookout at the masthead...
... approved of this blithe approach to production. Whilst thewar continued, many films'content was seen to be trivial, avoiding confronting the important issues ofthe day. A rareexception to ... in the documentaries ofthe early 1940s. Nonetheless, the film made cinema audiences sit up once again and pay attention to the fact that they needed toremain united in order to win the war. The ... during thewar period, not least becausethey now made up the vast part of cinema audiences as the men had been conscripted, but mainlybecause their contribution was vital to thewar effort. They...
... relationship of dependency with the recipient, or simply to influence the government and direction ofthe country. A further reason why many countries help poorer ones is for economic reasons. The donors ... artists. First of all, artists should have to follow the same rules as the rest ofthe market. If there is a demand for their music or sculpture, then they will be rich. Secondly, politicians ... do not have good taste. They will waste public money on popular art or on their own preferences. But the main reason why governments should minimize spending onthe art world is that there are...
... applying the optical principle of the persistence ofthe image onthe retina, as also the continuous progress of the syntheses of movement as compared with the state of photographic techniques. The fact ... enough back into the childhood ofthe seventh art. The real primitives ofthe cinema, existing only in the imaginations of a few men ofthe nineteenth century, are in complete imitation of nature. ... alike was dominated by the imagination ofthe century.Undoubtedly there are other examples in the history of techniques and inventions of the convergence of research, but one must distinguish...
... thousand ofthe freemen of Pennsylvania, under the terms of the proclamation ofthe previous day, to repel the rebel invasion.Immediately after the publication ofthe proclamation of Wednesday, ... celerity of the enemy's movements suggested the necessity for prompt action onthe part ofthe State authorities. On the 10th of September, the Governor, acting under the direction ofthe President ... comparison of our accoutrements. The majority ofthe company were unarmed,and the only insignia of a regular military organization were the swords and sashes ofthe officers. The newsby the morning...
... segment of the AM proponents in the US. Perhaps one ofthe most detrimental results is the insularity of those who have conducted research in this field. This insularity is another hindrance to the ... ofthe 1st sub-project ofthe National '9.5' Research Program "Research onthe Development Strategy ofthe Modernization of Chinese Materia Medica." By the Department of ... "Research onthe Development Strategy ofthe Modernization of Chinese Materia Medica." By the Department of Life Science ofthe National Committee of Natural Science Foundation (September...
... Churchill proposes also in the future to control, with the help ofthe strong navies ofthe Dominions, the trade and naval movements of all the Powers onthe face ofthe earth that is to say, ... combination of power and perfidy, and merited, on the highest grounds of policy the help so often promised by the King of Spain. They showed him not only bytheir valour onthe field but by their ... to the captive Queen of Madagascar for an opinion on the authenticity of French democracy we may confine the question to the elected representatives ofthe twopeoples.In both cases the war...
... direction, a fifth one came towards us. Their metal bodies shone in the sun as they moved forwards to the guns. One onthe left, the furthest away, held a large case high in the air, and the ... light ofthe dawn. Destruction had never been so total in the history of war. And, shining in the morning light, three ofthe tripods stood onthe common, their tops turning as they examined the ... passed through the station, moving towards Kingston. Soon after that the police arrived and began to move the crowd out ofthe station, and my brother went out into the street again. On Waterloo...
... value of unity to those countries where we expected a large reaction to monetary policy shocks onthe basis of this criterion. We then constructed an index ofthe expected effectsof monetary ... effectsof monetary policy onthe economy and on residential property prices (CGFS 2006). Onthe other hand, Tsatsaronis and Zhu (2004) conjecture that the prevalence of securitisation should ... information. Since a number of authors have asserted that the transmission mechanism of monetary policy depends onthe institutional characteristics ofthe financial system, we go on to split the...
... less than the level of HLA-DR in the cell lysates (5ul of a 1 in 10 dilution, from 2 x 106 PBMC). The shed HLA-DR therefore seemed to represent a small fraction ofthe total HLA-DR ofthe cell, ... express HLA-DR on their surface [3]. To assess the relative contribution of shed to total HLA-DR, the sHLA-DR in the plasma was compared to the total HLA-DR present in cell. The level in the plasma ... identification of DNA contamination. The sequence ofthe amplified primer product revealed homology to the primer target sequence. The primers were designed using Primer Select software (DNA Star)....
... implications. The limitations ofthe study and some recommendations suggested for further research will be discussed in the second section. The last one will be the conclusion to the whole ... made onthe agreement of all those involved. Another review should be taken at the end ofthe program for evaluation of its effect and suggestions for the future one. V.2 Limitations ofthe ... information of informants 24 characteristic made up the external validity ofthe study which helps to increase the validity of the later generalization ofthe result to the population. Involving the...
... completely resolved and the contribution ofthe second term of (2.47) depends on relative difference in the multipath phases and the value ofthe autocorrelation function at = (1 – 0), ... Section 2.2.2.3. 2.2.2.2 Refraction Refraction is defined as the bending ofthe normal to the wavefront of a propagating wave upon passing from one medium to another where the propagation velocity ... receiver w(t) is the convolution ofthe channel impulse response and the probing pulse s(t) given by (2.33) where ⊗ denotes convolution and is the variable of convolution. The channel...
... TABLE OF CONTENTSTABLE OF CONTENTS 22 Nguyen Thi Thu Hien: ã Introductionã Interview Questionã First half ofthe result part: from background to the sources of information and how ... this kind of travel very much. There are many reasons to explain for the result that why they choose travelling alone.Some of independent travelers are students, they travel alone to get the real ... because they have not much money, and are calledbackpackers.Others independent tourists were interviewed said that: they travel alonebecause they want to discover by themselves, although they have...