interesting sightseeings in Kakheti
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Blackfriars, Gloucester J850341 BLACKFRIARS, Ladybellegate Street, Gloucester, Gloucestershire. Exterior view.
Cherubs Quarrel AA54_05502 MELBOURNE HALL, Derbyshire. Lead garden figures on a plinth entitled "Cherubs - the Quarrel". Photographed in 1954 by G B Mason for the National Buildings Record.
Stonehenge ahead FL01500_102_003 STONEHENGE, Amesbury, Wiltshire. A car drives past an AA box towards Stonehenge. Photograph 1930, from the Ministry of Works Blue Album.
Palace of Westminster FF98_00120 PALACE OF WESTMINSTER, London. The clock tower of the Houses of Parliament viewed from Parliament Square. The huge bell housed in the clock tower and known as Big Ben came into operation in 1859. A red London bus is passing. Photographed by Eric de Mare between 1945 and 1980.
Ice pail depicting a Highlander with Spanish militia N081111 APSLEY HOUSE, London. Ice pail from the Duke of Wellington's Prussian Service, made in Berlin 1817-19. This was a gift to the Duke from the King of Prussia, and here depicts scenes from the Peninsular War. Here shown are a British Highlander (42nd Foot - Black Watch) and Spanish Miquelet (militia from Catalonia or Valencia). WM1057_1948.
Tip of the Week: MetaPhOrs, orthology & paralogy prediction
A tip of the week on MetaPhOrs, a orthology and paralogy prediction database. For more information see the write up at: http://blog.openhelix.eu/?p=7707
Dalliance, a New Dynamic Genomic Browser
Dalliance is a dynamic javascript genomic browser that uses DAS. Talk given by Thomas Down at the DAS workshop 2011 at Hinxton, Cambridge, UK
Identité et communautarisme - Guillaume Dupont
Une conférence de l'UTLS au Lycée
Identité et communautarisme par Guillaume Dupont (philosophe)
Lycée Eugène Ionesco (92130 Issy les Moulineaux)
Recognizing Trees as Providers and Inspiration for Our Lives
Sponsored by the School of Forest Resources, the College of the Environment, and the Lockwood Endowment for Program Enhancement, the lecture addressed one of the greatest challenges of our new century—how to ensure that forests, which sustain human, animal, and plant communities worldwide, thrive and nourish both the livelihoods and spirits of future generations. Nalini Nadkarni , Faculty Member, The Evergreen State College shared her vision of how fostering deeper human relationships with tre
De Goede Week Bundeltje met invulteksten en vraagjes over de Goede Week en Pasen.
JSR 185: Java Technology for the Wireless Industry
This Web site is the homepage of an initiative to create a new Java specification for wireless devices. Several documents are available for public viewing, including the Proposed Final Draft of the specification, which was released on June 4, 2003.
Global Climate Change Student Information Guide
The Global Climate Change Student Information Guide, available through Manchester Metropolitan University, presents "a comprehensive work for geology, geography, and environmental science students studying climate change." This online text offers detailed chapters covering the causes of climate change, the empirical study of climate, climate modeling, paleoclimatic change, and contemporary climate change. While topics covered lean necessarily toward the earth sciences rather than life sciences,
Microbes.info: The Microbiology Information Portal
Microbiologist Al Chan has scoured cyberspace for reliable microbiology resources, and has come up with this extensive and frequently updated library of Web links -- a welcome alternative to tedious Internet searches. Visitors will find links to related news and feature articles, FAQs geared toward the non-microbiologist, and other resources organized by topic. A selection of interesting Web links are featured on the main page, which should keep the casual visitor entertained. Those seeking spec
Institute for Systems Biology: T1DBase
T1DBase was created jointly by the Institute for Systems Biology, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation/Wellcome Trust Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory to support the work of Type 1 diabetes (T1D) researchers. T1DBase currently "includes annotated genomic sequences for suspected T1D susceptibility regions; microarray data; functional annotation of genes active in beta cells; and 'global' datasets, generally from the literature,
Space Technology Hall of Fame
The Space Technology Hall of Fame is a fascinating Web site that honors "the innovators who have transformed technology originally developed for space into commercial products." Selection criteria for the induction process are given in the Hall of Famers section. It is interesting to note the weights of each criterion, with the most points given for public awareness and social benefit. The Hall of Fame was started in 1988, and descriptions of all the technologies inducted since then can be brows
Causes of Color
One of the latest from Webexhibits.org (last mentioned in the March 21, 2000 Scout Report for Social Sciences is the Causes of Color site. The activity attempts to answer the question, "Why are things colored?" by covering things such as the eye, made light such as lightbulbs, lost light as in water, moved light as in a rainbow, and other light related topics such as colorblindness and animal sight. A very unique collection that includes material for students from introductory to advanced levels
Deepwater Gulf of Mexico 2002: America's Expanding Frontier
A recent release from the US Government's Minerals Management Service is entitled Deepwater Gulf of Mexico 2002: America's Expanding Frontier. The report "details the extraordinary growth of oil and gas industry activity in the deepwater (1,000 feet of water or more) Gulf over the past seven years and its anticipated continued growth." The near 150-page downloadable Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) file contains information on leasing, drilling and development, reserves and production, summaries and conclus
Philips: What if You Could Carry Your TV Around?
Philips Research demonstrated "the world's first matrix display that keeps functioning while being bent," and it has great expectations for the technology. Although it will probably not be commercially available for some time, it is intriguing to envision being able to unroll an e-book to read. A broad introduction to flexible displays is given on this Web site. Several potential technologies that could be used to manufacture the devices are discussed, including organic light-emitting diodes and
Palm Power
Military equipment often requires significant amounts of electrical power, and it is important for power supplies to be portable and to have large capacities. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency realizes this need for efficient power sources, so it is investigating alternatives to conventional batteries. High energy fuels are the primary focus of the Palm Power project. This Web site discusses the details and goals of the project in introductory sections. More specific information can
