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Description Spotted gar

gar larva @ 22 days, stained cartilage (blue) , bone (red) the spotted gar part of gar family (lepisosteidae). notable being 1 of few extant fish species ganoid scales. have been known hybridize (and similar to) florida gar. occurs in quiet, clear pools , backwaters of lowland creeks, small large rivers, oxbow lakes, swamps, , sloughs. enters brackish waters. the fish voracious predator, feeding on various kinds of fishes , crustaceans. lifespan l. oculatus varies between males , females. maximum lifespan gar 18 years. males mature @ age of 2 or three, whereas females mature @ 3 or 4 years old. females on average known larger , live longer males. females have less annual mortality rates.

Dauphine Maria Josepha of Saxony, Dauphine of France

portrait jean marc nattier, 1751 prior marriage, tradition demanded bride wear bracelet had picture of father on it; queen seeing dauphine asked see bracelet. witty maria josepha revealing bracelet queen showed portrait of queen s father. dauphine said portrait represented fact duke of lorraine maria josepha s grandfather marriage. queen , court impressed tact of girl of 15 years. dauphine close father-in-law louis xv. at time of marriage, dauphin still grieving spanish wife. grief public on part of dauphin maria josepha praised conquering heart of dauphin bit bit . despite maria josepha being patient wife, dauphin s grief worsened in april 1748 when child infanta died @ age of two. dauphin affected child s death. maria josepha later commissioned painting (now lost) of stepdaughter left on cradle. the new dauphine grateful madame de pompadour helping arrange marriage, , maintained relationship royal mistress. like husband, maria josepha devout. mother-in-law, formed counterbalance lib...

Geography Lembata

teluk waienga - protected bay of lembata island the capital city lewoleba (also known labala) found on western part of island alongside huge bay facing ilê ape volcano in north. ships connect coastal towns , surrounding islands, bigger harbour exists @ lewoleba in north of island. lewoleba there daily connections larantuka, flores, , waiwerang on neighbouring island of adonara. like other lesser sunda islands, , indeed of indonesia, lembata volcanically active. has 3 volcanoes, ililabalekan, iliwerung, , lewotolo.

History Saint-Louis-du-Louvre

1 history 1.1 saint-thomas-du-louvre 1.2 saint-louis-du-louvre 1.3 protestant church history saint-thomas-du-louvre saint-thomas-du-louvre on turgot map of paris (1736) on 8 october 1164, thomas à becket, archbishop of canterbury, after intensifying conflict henry ii on efforts reduce power of church through constitutions of clarendon, put on trial , convicted of various offenses henry in northampton castle. becket proceeded flee france welcomed , hosted 6 years louis vii. shortly after return england in 1170, becket famously murdered in canterbury cathedral , subsequently canonized in 1173. in 1179, louis vii travelled canterbury pay respects saint, making donation of gold chalice , annual donation of 100 muids (~3,400 gallons) of wine celebration of annual feast. inspired brother s devotion, robert of dreux founded new collegiate church, saint-thomas-du-louvre, in 1187, endowment 4 canons. after robert s death, wife, agnès de baudemont, obtained confirmation of foundation of church p...

Instrumental music Chevalier de Saint-Georges

saint-georges:14 violin concertos violin concertos saint-georges composed 14 violin concertos. before copyrights, several publishers issued concertos both opus numbers , numbering them according order in composed. thematic incipits on right, should clear resulting confusion. op. ii, no. 1 in g , no. 2 in d, published bailleux, 1773 op. iii, no. 1 in d , no. 2 in c, bailleux, 1774 op. iv, no. 1 in d , no. 2 in d, bailleux, 1774 (no. 1 published op. post. while no 2 known op 4 ) op. v, no.1 in c , no. 2 in a, bailleux, 1775 op. vii, no. 1 in , no. 2 in b flat, bailleux, 1777 op. viii, no. 1 in d , no. 2 in g, bailleux n/d (no. 2 issued sieber, leduc , henry no. 9. no 1 known op 8 ) op. xii, no. 1 in d , no. 2 in g, bailleux 1777 (both issued sieber no. 10 , no. 11) saint-georges: 8 symphonies concertantes unlike concertos, publishers issued symphonie-concertantes following bailleux s original opus numbers, shown incipits on right. symphonies concertantes there 8 symphonies concertant...

The "bull against the comet" Pope Callixtus III

halley s comet - may 29, 1910 according 1 story first appeared in 1475 posthumous biography , subsequently embellished , popularized pierre-simon laplace, callixtus iii excommunicated 1456 appearance of halley s comet, believing ill omen christian defenders of belgrade besieging armies of ottoman empire. no known primary source supports authenticity of account. 29 june 1456 papal bull of callixtus iii calling public prayer success of crusade makes no mention of comet. 6 august, when turkish siege broken comet had not been visible in either europe or turkey several weeks.

Expulsion of civilians Planned destruction of Warsaw

warsaw uprising, august 1944 most of warsaw destroyed german forces during war. shown old town market place, dated january 1945. in december 1939, first mass shootings of civilians took place in kampinos forest near warsaw, thousands killed 1943. in 1940, round-ups (łapanki) of civilians on streets , in homes became norm. did not manage escape sent concentration camps @ auschwitz , majdanek or forced slave labour in germany. nazis divided warsaw jewish sector, polish sector , german sector. programme of annihilation , ethnic cleansing systematically carried out starting polish jews , jews other areas shipped warsaw ghetto. in 1940, germans turned northern part of mid-town warsaw, 1 square mile in size, jewish ghetto surrounded ten foot high walls , watch-towers. population swelled 500,000 estimates. between july 22 , october 3, 1942 ghetto evacuated. more 300,000 inhabitants perished in nazi camps; 70,000 remaining in ghetto employed slave labourers supplying german army. in april 19...