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as of the census of 2010 there were 8 554 people 3 433 households and 2 450 families residing in the township the population density was 170 4 people per square mile 65 8 km2 there were 7 347 housing units at an average density of 146 4 sq mi 57 2 km2 the racial makeup of the township was 81 8 white 10 african american 0 5 native american 1 4 asian 0 1 pacific islander 4 1 from other races and 2 2 from two or more races hispanic or latino of any race were 11 8 of the population |
shortly following the tiananmen square massacre the hong kong alliance in support of patriotic democratic movements of china erected a replica of the goddess of democracy statue in sha tin central park on a temporary basis with the approval of the council over 4 000 people attended its unveiling on 3 july 1989 with many laying wreathes at the foot of the statue in 1997 the pro beijing camp within the council voted down another application by the alliance to temporarily exhibit the pillar of shame statue in the park on the anniversary of the massacre |
by 1850 leeds had grown through industrialisation to the north south and west however there was a particular lack of development to the east of the city the existing villages did not seem to stimulate any suburban growth in this area the mining activity to the east of the city also failed to stimulate growth at this time there was open countryside only a mile from briggate the building of the leeds tramway along york road and roundhay road began to stimulate some growth and by the time of the production on the 1906 ordnance survey map harehills was an established community at this time harehills was home to a purpose built reservoir owned by the leeds corporation water works there were also by this time two large textile factories on hudson road as well as two large brick works the harehills brickworks and the gipton brickworks the latter being on darfield road in harehills and not in gipton as the name would suggest there was the york road iron works as well as a few farms which were quickly redeveloped |
by the 1960s the mining and textile industry in harehills was dwindling and the area was particularly run down this led to the development of new housing particularly around the hospital such as the building of the shakespeare high rise flats most of harehills stayed the same and even now most of the victorian terraces and back to backs still stand most of the council development around east leeds was in new communities such as gipton seacroft halton moor swarcliffe and whinmoor throughout the latter decades of the twentieth century harehills industrial areas generally declined and have been converted into car garages light warehouses self storage centres and such |
jews for the preservation of firearms ownership jpfo is a 501 c 3 nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation of gun rights in the united states and to encourage americans to understand uphold and defend all of the bill of rights for all citizens the group was founded by u s navy veteran former ffl dealer and author aaron s zelman in 1989 jews for the preservation of firearms ownership recognizes the second amendment as protecting a pre existing natural law right of individuals to keep and bear arms it is based in bellevue washington |
jews for the preservation of firearms ownership takes the position that an armed citizenry is the population s last line of defense against tyranny by their own government the organization is noted for producing materials bumper stickers posters billboards booklets videos etc with messages that equate gun control with totalitarianism the most famous of these are the all in favor of gun control raise your right hand materials which features a drawing of adolf hitler giving a nazi salute the organization also attempts to prove that genocide is linked to gun control by showing that most countries where a genocide has taken place had gun control first |
jews for the preservation of firearms ownership claims that parts of the text of the gun control act of 1968 were translated from nazi legislation the german weapons law which existed before the nazis came to power in 1933 was altered on 18 march 1938 by the nazi government the jpfo s claim is based in part on the fact that the 1968 gca introduces the sporting purpose test to distinguish different types of weapons similar to the sporting purpose test that existed in the german law in question senator thomas dodd was a prosecutor at the nuremberg trials and had reviewed copies of the nazi germany firearms laws and in 1968 requested translations of these from the library of congress |
bernard harcourt professor at the university of chicago law school in discussing this fundamental proposition advanced by the jpfo notes january 13th 1919 the reichstag enacted legislation requiring surrender of all guns to the government this law as well as the august 7 1920 law on the disarmament of the people passed in light of the versailles treaty remained in effect until 1928 when the german parliament enacted the law on firearms and ammunition april 12 1928 a law which relaxed gun restrictions and put into effect a strict firearm licensing scheme harcourt continued to be sure the nazis were intent on killing jewish persons and used the gun laws and regulations to further the genocide but he concluded that the firearms laws were not central to implementing the holocaust |
attorney and author stephen halbrook in his law article nazi firearms law and the disarming of the german jews asserts that german arms laws were extremely lax and even under the 1920 law on the disarmament of the people only items such as grenades and machineguns were banned and small arms such as rifles and pistols remained in common use valery polozov a former advisor to the committee on national security in the russian duma claims in his book firearms in civil society that germany did not in fact have comprehensive gun control legislation up until 1928 which created the legal framework later built upon by the nazis halbrook did clarify in the first sentences of his article that gun control laws are depicted as benign and historically progressive however german firearm laws and hysteria created against jewish firearm owners played a major role in laying the groundwork for the eradication of german jewry in the holocaust |
there were 1 182 households of which 49 5 had children under the age of 18 living with them 53 4 were married couples living together 20 7 had a female householder with no husband present 5 2 had a male householder with no wife present and 20 7 were non families 16 3 of all households were made up of individuals and 5 6 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older the average household size was 3 03 and the average family size was 3 33 |
as of the census of 2000 there were 3 003 people 961 households and 803 families living in the city the population density was 3 792 5 people per square mile 1 467 7 km2 there were 1 024 housing units at an average density of 1 293 2 per square mile 500 5 km2 the racial makeup of the city was 86 75 white 1 83 native american 0 47 asian 0 30 african american 0 17 pacific islander 6 06 from other races and 4 43 from two or more races hispanic or latino of any race were 11 39 of the population |
penrose s idea is a type of objective collapse theory for these theories the wavefunction is a physical wave which experiences wave function collapse as a physical process with observers not having any special role penrose theorises that the wave function cannot be sustained in superposition beyond a certain energy difference between the quantum states he gives an approximate value for this difference a planck mass worth of matter which he calls the one graviton level he then hypothesizes that this energy difference causes the wave function to collapse to a single state with a probability based on its amplitude in the original wave function a procedure derived from standard quantum mechanics penrose s one graviton level criterion forms the basis of his prediction providing an objective criterion for wave function collapse despite the difficulties of specifying this in a rigorous way he proposes that the basis states into which the collapse takes place are mathematically described by the stationary solutions of the schr dinger newton equation |
in einstein s theory any object that has mass causes a warp in the structure of space and time around it this warping produces the effect we experience as gravity penrose points out that tiny objects such as dust specks atoms and electrons produce space time warps as well ignoring these warps is where most physicists go awry if a dust speck is in two locations at the same time each one should create its own distortions in space time yielding two superposed gravitational fields according to penrose s theory it takes energy to sustain these dual fields the stability of a system depends on the amount of energy involved the higher the energy required to sustain a system the less stable it is over time an unstable system tends to settle back to its simplest lowest energy state in this case one object in one location producing one gravitational field if penrose is right gravity yanks objects back into a single location without any need to invoke observers or parallel universes |
penrose speculates that the transition between macroscopic and quantum states begins at the scale of dust particles the mass of which is close to a planck mass he has proposed an experiment to test this theory called felix free orbit experiment with laser interferometry x rays in which an x ray laser in space is directed toward a tiny mirror and fissioned by a beam splitter from tens of thousands of miles away with which the photons are directed toward other mirrors and reflected back one photon will strike the tiny mirror while moving to another mirror and move the tiny mirror back as it returns and according to conventional quantum theories the tiny mirror can exist in superposition for a significant period of time this would prevent any photons from reaching the detector if penrose s hypothesis is correct the mirror s superposition will collapse to one location in about a second allowing half the photons to reach the detector |
the red bellied black snake pseudechis porphyriacus is a species of venomous snake in the family elapidae the species is indigenous to australia originally described by george shaw in 1794 as a species new to science it is one of eastern australia s most commonly encountered snakes averaging around in length it has glossy black upperparts bright red or orange flanks and a pink or dull red belly it is not an aggressive species and generally retreats from encounters with people but can attack if provoked although its venom is capable of causing significant illness no deaths have been recorded from its bite which is less venomous than other australian elapid snakes the venom contains neurotoxins myotoxins and coagulants and has haemolytic properties victims can also lose their sense of smell |
common in woodlands forests and swamplands the red bellied black snake often ventures into nearby urban areas it forages in bodies of shallow water commonly with tangles of water plants and logs where it hunts its main prey item frogs as well as fish reptiles and small mammals the snake is considered to be a least concern species according to the international union for conservation of nature but its numbers are thought to be declining due to habitat fragmentation and decline of frog populations |
the red bellied black snake was first described and named by english naturalist george shaw in zoology of new holland 1794 as coluber porphyriacus incorrectly assuming it was harmless he wrote this beautiful snake which appears to be unprovided with tubular teeth or fangs and consequently not of a venomous nature is three sometimes four feet in nature the species name is derived from the ancient greek porphyreus which can mean dark purple red purple or beauteous it was the first australian elapid snake described the syntype is presumed lost french naturalist bernard germain de lac p de described it under the name trimeresurus leptocephalus in 1804 his countryman ren lesson described it as acanthophis tortor in 1826 german biologist hermann schlegel felt it was allied with cobras and called it naja porphyrica in 1837 |
the genus pseudechis was created for it by german biologist johann georg wagler in 1830 to which several more species have been added subsequently the name is derived from the ancient greek words pseud s false and echis viper snake expert eric worrell in 1961 analysed the skulls of the genus and found that of the red bellied black snake to be the most divergent its position as an early offshoot from the rest of the genus has been confirmed genetically in 2017 |
snake handler raymond hoser described two extra subspecies in 2003 p p eipperi from the atherton tableland and surrounds in north east queensland which he noted was smaller rarely attaining 2 m 7 ft and had a white or pale pink rather than red belly and p p rentoni from southeastern south australia which has a variably coloured often orange or even blueish tinged belly he added that both were disjunct from the main red bellied black snake population and as the distinguishing traits of p p rentoni were not consistent then location was the most reliable way of identifying it these subspecies have not been recognized by other authors and hoser has been strongly criticized for identifying some taxa on location alone and omitting misinterpreting or inventing evidence of distinctness |
the red bellied black snake is native to the east coast of australia where it is one of the most commonly encountered snakes it can be found in the urban forest woodland plains and bushland areas of the blue mountains canberra sydney brisbane melbourne cairns and adelaide the macquarie marshes mark a western border to its distribution in new south wales and gladstone in central queensland marks the northern limit to the main population to the south it occurs across eastern and central victoria and extends along the murray river into south australia disjunct populations occur in the southern mount lofty ranges in south australia and in north queensland |
red bellied black snakes can hide in many places in their habitat including logs old mammal burrows and grass tussocks they can flee into water and hide there one was reported as staying submerged for 23 minutes when swimming they may hold their full head or the nostrils above the water s surface at times they may float without moving on the water surface thus looking like a stick within their habitat red bellied black snakes appear to have ranges or territories with which they are familiar and generally remain within a 1987 field study in three new south wales localities found that these areas vary widely from in size within their territory they may have some preferred places to reside |
the red bellied black snake is generally not an aggressive species typically withdrawing when approached if provoked it recoils into a striking stance as a threat holding its head and front part of its body horizontally above the ground and widening and flattening its neck it may bite as a last resort it is generally active by day though nighttime activity has occasionally been recorded when not hunting or basking it may be found beneath timber rocks and rubbish or down holes and burrows |
snakes are active when their body temperatures are between they also thermoregulate by basking in warm sunny spots in the cool early morning and rest in shade in the middle of hot days and may reduce their activity in hot dry weather in late summer and autumn rather than entering true hibernation red bellied black snakes become relatively inactive over winter retreating to cover and at times emerging on warm sunny days their dark colour allows them to absorb heat from sunshine more quickly in july 1949 six large individuals were found hibernating under a concrete slab in marshland in woy woy new south wales groups of up to six hibernating red bellied black snakes have been recorded from under concrete slabs around mount druitt and rooty hill in western sydney males are more active in the southern hemisphere spring early october to november as they roam looking for mates one reportedly travelled in a day in summer both sexes are less active generally |
early settlers feared the red bellied black snake though it turned out to be much less dangerous than many other species the murine median lethal dose ld50 is 2 52 mg kg when administered subcutaneously a red bellied black snake yields an average of 37 mg of venom when milked with the maximum recorded being 94 mg it accounted for 16 of identified snakebite victims in australia between 2005 and 2015 with no deaths recorded its venom contains neurotoxins myotoxins and coagulants and also has haemolytic properties |
bites from red bellied black snakes can be very painful needing analgesia and result in local swelling prolonged bleeding and even local necrosis particularly if the bite is on a finger severe local reactions may require surgical debridement or even amputation symptoms of systemic envenomation including nausea vomiting headache abdominal pain diarrhoea or excessive sweating were thought to be rare but a 2010 review found they occurred in most bite victims most people also go on to develop an anticoagulant coagulopathy in a few hours this is characterised by a raised activated partial thromboplastin time aptt and subsides over 24 hours it resolves quickly with antivenom a few people go on to develop a myotoxicity and associated generalised muscle pain and occasionally weakness which may last up to 7 days patients may suffer a loss of sense of smell anosmia this is unrelated to the severity of the envenoming and can be temporary or permanent although the venom contains the three finger toxin elapitoxin ppr1 which acts as a neurotoxin in laboratory experiments neurotoxic symptoms are generally absent in clinical cases |
a biologically active agent pseudexin was isolated from red bellied black snake venom in 1981 making up 25 of the venom it is a single polypeptide chain with a molecular weight around 16 5 kilodaltons in 1989 it was found to be composed of three phospholipase a2 isoenzymes if antivenom is indicated red bellied black snake bites are generally treated with tiger snake antivenom while black snake antivenom can be used tiger snake antivenom can be used at a lower volume and is a cheaper treatment |
the vessel remained at kerama retto during the next two months as a member of service squadron servron 10 she performed battle damage and voyage repairs to various ships of the fleet on 2 july the ship moved her base of operations to buckner bay okinawa where she provided routine repair services on 13 august she was ordered to assist in repairing the torpedoed battleship many of pennsylvania s compartments were flooded and she had settled heavily by the stern aristaeus repair efforts however enabled the man of war to get underway for pearl harbor on 24 august nine days after the japanese capitulation ended hostilities |
the mumbai heritage conservation committee of the municipal corporation of mumbai has categorized the heritage buildings of mumbai under the guidelines prepared for the purpose according to these guidelines the municipal corporation building bombay has been categorized by the mumbai municipal corporation as grade ii a the list of heritage buildings as categorized on 24 april 2005 under grade i grade ii grade iia grade iii and precincts are 591 for the bombay municipal corporation building the details are elaborated below |
the building is known for its tall tower the chief architectural feature is the central dome that rises to a height of the gable has a huge winged allegorical figure representing the urbs prima in indis the first city of india as it was to be known then the richly molded and paneled council chamber has a ceiling of unpolished teak records also support that at these environs phansi talao or gallows tank where public hangings took place was located |
in the period from 1100 to 1500 ad the architecture of churches constructed with ornamental arches with ribs supported by buttresses resulted in the subsequent idea of the framed structural design with grandeur and monumentality during the renaissance period of 1500 1700 ad as the distinct style the mumbai municipal corporation building chhatrapati shivaji maharaj terminus the rajabai tower and the university of mumbai are some examples of this style the old style of dome construction was also revived and became popular 1750 onwards was considered to be the period of modern architecture |
some attempts were also made to strengthen the executive branch of government to prevent the unstable situation that had existed before the war but the instability remained and the fourth republic saw frequent changes in government there were 21 administrations in its 12 year history moreover the government proved unable to make effective decisions regarding decolonization of the numerous remaining french colonies after a series of crises most importantly the algerian crisis of 1958 the fourth republic collapsed wartime leader charles de gaulle returned from retirement to preside over a transitional administration that was empowered to design a new french constitution the fourth republic was dissolved by a public referendum on 5 october 1958 which established the modern day fifth republic with a strengthened presidency |
charles de gaulle led the gprf from 1944 to 1946 meanwhile negotiations took place over the proposed new constitution which was to be put to a referendum degaulle advocated a presidential system of government and criticized the reinstatement of what he pejoratively called the parties system he resigned in january 1946 and was replaced by felix gouin of the french section of the workers international sfio ultimately only the french communist party pcf and the socialist sfio supported the draft constitution which envisaged a form of government based on unicameralism but this was rejected in the referendum of 5 may 1946 |
a new draft of the constitution was written which this time proposed the establishment of a bicameral form of government leon blum of the sfio headed the gprf from 1946 to 1947 after a new legislative election in june 1946 the christian democrat georges bidault assumed leadership of the cabinet despite degaulle s so called discourse of bayeux of 16 june 1946 in which he denounced the new institutions the new draft was approved by 53 of voters voting in favor with an abstention rate of 31 in the referendum held on 13 october 1946 and the constitution of 27 october 1946 came into force two weeks later as the fourth republic in an arrangement in which executive power essentially resided in the hands of the president of the council the prime minister the president of the republic was given a largely symbolic role although he remained chief of the french army and as a last resort could be called upon to resolve conflicts |
after the expulsion of the communists from the governing coalition france joined the cold war against stalin as expressed by becoming a founding member of nato in april 1949 france now took a leadership position in unifying western europe working closely with konrad adenauer of west germany robert schuman who was twice prime minister and at other times minister of finance and foreign minister was instrumental in building post war european and trans atlantic institutions a devout catholic and anti communist he led france to be a member of the european communities the council of europe and nato |
the wartime damage was extensive and expectations of large reparations from defeated germany did not happen the united states helped revive the french economy with the marshall plan 1948 1951 whereby it gave france 2 3 billion with no repayment france was the second largest recipient after britain the total of all american grants and credits to france from 1946 to 1953 amounted to 4 9 billion it provided urgently needed funding for modernizing the transport systems electricity generation and basic industries especially cement coal and steel it required a modernization of french industrial and managerial systems free trade and friendly economic relations with west germany |
the french economy grew rapidly like economies of other developed countries within the framework of the marshall plan such as west germany italy and japan these decades of economic prosperity combined high productivity with high average wages and high consumption and were also characterised by a highly developed system of social benefits according to various studies the real purchasing power of the average french worker s salary went up by 170 between 1950 and 1975 while overall private consumption increased by 174 in the period 1950 74 the french standard of living which had been damaged by both world wars became one of the world s highest the population also became far more urbanized many rural d partements experienced a population decline while the larger metropolitan areas grew considerably especially that of paris ownership of various household goods and amenities increased considerably while the wages of the french working class rose significantly as the economy became more prosperous as noted by the historians jean blondel and donald geoffrey charlton in 1974 |
the worldwide 1973 oil crisis slowed down its explosive growth thus the mid 1970s marked the end of the period thomas piketty describes the trente glorieuses as an exceptional catch up period following the world wars he cites statistics showing that normal growth in wealthy countries is about 1 5 2 whereas in europe growth dropped to 0 5 between 1913 and 1950 and then caught up with a growth rate of 4 between 1950 and 1970 until settling back to 1 5 2 from 1970 onward |
for instance under the new constitution the president of the council was the leader of the executive branch prime minister of france the president of the french republic elected by the parliament the national assembly and the council of the republic played a symbolic role his main power was to propose a prime minister who was subject to election by the national assembly before forming a cabinet only the prime minister could invoke a parliamentary vote on legitimacy of the cabinet the prime minister was also the only member of the executive able to demand a vote of confidence from the national assembly in the third republic any minister could call for a vote of confidence the cabinet could be dismissed if an absolute majority of the national assembly s members voted against the cabinet finally the national assembly could be dissolved after two ministerial crises in the legislature |
however these constitutional measures did not work in january 1947 after his election by the national assembly and the nomination of his ministers prime minister paul ramadier called for a vote of confidence in order to verify that the assembly approved the composition of his cabinet this initiated a custom of double election a vote for the prime minister followed by a vote of confidence in the chosen cabinet that weakened the prime minister s authority over the cabinet cabinets were dismissed with only a plurality not the absolute majority of the national assembly voting against the cabinet consequently these ministerial crises did not result in the dissolution of parliament thus as in the third republic this regime was characterized by ministerial instability |
the trigger for the collapse of the fourth republic was the algiers crisis of 1958 france was still a colonial power although conflict and revolt had begun the process of decolonization french west africa french indochina and french algeria still sent representatives to the french parliament under systems of limited suffrage in the french union algeria in particular despite being the colony with the largest french population saw rising pressure for separation from the the situation was complicated by those in algeria such as the pieds noirs who wanted to stay part of france so the algerian war became not just a separatist movement but had elements of a civil war |
further complications came when a section of the french army rebelled and openly backed the movement to defeat separation revolts and riots broke out in 1958 against the french government in algiers but there were no adequate and competent political initiatives by the french government in support of military efforts to end the rebellion owing to party politics the feeling was widespread that another debacle like that of indochina in 1954 was in the offing and that the government would order another precipitous pullout and sacrifice french honor to political expediency this prompted general jacques massu to create a french settlers committee to demand the formation of a new national government under general degaulle who was a national hero and had advocated a strong military policy nationalism and the retention of french control over algeria general massu who had gained prominence and authority when he ruthlessly suppressed algerian militants famously declared that unless general degaulle was returned to power the french army would openly revolt general massu and other senior generals covertly planned the takeover of paris with 1 500 paratroopers preparing to take over airports with the support of french air force units armored units from rambouillet prepared to roll into paris |
degaulle who had announced his retirement from politics a decade before placed himself in the midst of the crisis calling on the nation to suspend the government and create a new constitutional system on 29 may 1958 french politicians agreed upon calling on degaulle to take over the government as prime minister the french army s willingness to support an overthrow of the constitutional government was a significant development in french politics with army support degaulle s government terminated the fourth republic the last parliament of the fourth republic voted for its dissolution and drew up a new constitution proclaiming the french fifth republic in 1958 |
r coronae borealis is the prototype of the r coronae borealis class of variable stars it is one of only two r coronae borealis variables bright enough to be seen with the naked eye along with ry sagittarii much of the time it shows variations of around a tenth of a magnitude with poorly defined periods that have been reported as 40 and 51 days these correspond to the first overtone and fundamental radial pulsation modes for an extreme helium star slightly under |
at irregular intervals a few years or decades apart r coronae borealis fades from its normal brightness near 6th magnitude for a period of months or sometimes years there is no fixed minimum but the star can become fainter than 15th magnitude in the visual range the fading is less pronounced at longer wavelengths typically the star starts to return to maximum brightness almost immediately from its minimum although occasionally this is interrupted by another fade the cause of this behaviour is believed to be a regular build up of carbon dust in the star s atmosphere the sudden drop in brightness may be caused by a rapid condensation of carbon rich dust similar to soot resulting in much of the star s light being blocked the gradual restoration to normal brightness results from the dust being dispersed by radiation pressure |
in august 2007 r coronae borealis began a fade to an unprecedented minimum it fell to 14th magnitude in 33 days then continued to fade slowly dropping below 15th magnitude in june 2009 it then began an equally slow rise not reaching 12th magnitude until late 2011 this was an unusually deep and exceptional long minimum longer even than a deep five year minimum which had occurred in 1962 7 it then faded again to near 15th magnitude and by august 2014 it had been below 10th magnitude for 7 years in late 2014 it brightened quickly to 7th magnitude but then began to fade again by mid 2017 it had been below its normal brightness for ten years it also reached a new record faintest at magnitude 15 2 |
the distance of r coronae borealis is not known exactly but is estimated at 1 4 kiloparsecs from assumptions about its intrinsic brightness the absolute magnitude of 5 is calculated by comparison with r crb variables in the large magellanic cloud whose distances are known quite accurately the luminosity is estimated from helium star models to be and the star has a radius around the gaia data release 1 parallax also gives a distance of 1 4 kpc although with a considerable margin of error |
washington parish is the most northeasterly of what are called the florida parishes great britain took over control of this french territory east of the mississippi river in 1763 after defeating france in the seven years war but france had also ceded some territory to spain this area was under contention and english and american settlers tried to set up an independent state here in 1810 the united states annexed the territory later settling with spain in a treaty through much of this period the french influence remained strong in the region especially in its former colonial cities |
this area was rural and forested with virgin longleaf pine pinus palustris l in the early 20th century entrepreneurial brothers frank and charles w goodyear already successful businessmen from buffalo new york purchased hundreds of thousands of acres of forest in this area and in southwestern mississippi they established the great southern lumber company constructed a huge sawmill the largest in the world at the time in the middle of the forest and developed bogalusa louisiana as a company mill town in the early 20th century there were numerous confrontations as workers attempted to unionize and companies hired private militia to suppress such activities |
the company housing for workers was divided by jim crow custom and state laws on racial segregation into sections for americans and another for colored and foreign workers it also built housing for supervisors and supporting facilities such as several hotels churches a ymca and ywca schools and other services within a year opening facilities in 1907 to access the timber and transport processed lumber from the mill to markets the company built the new orleans great northern railroad connecting bogalusa to the port of new orleans |
as of the census of 2000 there were 43 926 people 16 467 households and 11 642 families residing in the parish the population density was 66 people per square mile 25 km2 there were 19 106 housing units at an average density of 28 per square mile 11 km2 the racial makeup of the parish was 67 42 white 31 53 black or african american 0 23 native american 0 17 asian 0 11 from other races and 0 54 from two or more races 0 76 of the population were hispanic or latino of any race |
the median income for a household in the parish was 24 264 and the median income for a family was 29 480 males had a median income of 27 964 versus 17 709 for females the per capita income for the parish was 12 915 about 19 40 of families and 24 70 of the population were below the poverty line including 32 20 of those under age 18 and 20 40 of those age 65 or over washington parish has the second highest level of poverty in the state after orleans parish |
zoueva retired from ice dancing at the end of the 1970s to become a choreographer her final assignment toward receiving her choreography degree at the national theatre institute in moscow in 1982 was the creation of a routine for ekaterina gordeeva and sergei grinkov throughout the 1980s she continued to choreograph for this elite pair creating their programs to moonlight sonata vocalise and romeo and juliet in 1993 gordeeva and grinkov hired zoueva to work with them again on their 1994 olympics routines and their collaboration continued until grinkov s death in late 1995 zueva then choreographed most of gordeeva s solo programs through 2000 |
herodotus 1 23 says arion was second to none of the lyre players in his time and was also the first man we know of to compose and name the dithyramb and teach it in corinth however j h sleeman observes of the dithyramb or circular chorus it is first mentioned by archilochus c 665 bc arion flourished at least 50 years later probably gave it a more artistic form adding a chorus of 50 people personating satyrs who danced around an altar of dionysus he was doubtless the first to introduce the dithyramb into corinth armand d angour notes that arion s contribution to the reform of the dithyramb which was eventually performed in a circle and called kuklios choros was recognised by ancient sources by the fact that they named his father kukleus circle man |
according to herodotus account of the lydian empire under the mermnads arion attended a musical competition in sicily which he won on his return trip from tarentum whose onomastic founder has a similar story avaricious sailors plotted to kill arion and steal the rich prizes he carried home arion was given the choice of suicide with a proper burial on land or being thrown in the sea to perish neither prospect appealed to arion as robin lane fox observes no greek would swim out into the deep from a boat for pleasure he asked for permission to sing a last song to win time |
playing his kithara arion sang a praise to apollo the god of poetry and his song attracted a number of dolphins around the ship some argue that the dolphins were sent by apollo to rescue arion at the end of the song arion threw himself into the sea rather than be killed but one of the dolphins saved his life and carried him to safety at the sanctuary of poseidon at cape tainaron when he reached land being eager for his journey he failed to return the dolphin to the sea and it perished there he told his misfortunes to periander the tyrant of corinth who ordered the dolphin to be buried and monument raised to it shortly after word came to periander that the ship on which arion had sailed had been brought to corinth by a storm he ordered the crew to be led before him and inquired about arion but they replied that he had died and that they had buried him the tyrant replied tomorrow you will swear to that at the dolphin s monument because of this he ordered them to be kept under guard and instructed arion to hide in the monument of the dolphin the next morning attired as he was when he threw himself into the sea when the tyrant had brought them there and ordered them to swear by the departed spirit of the dolphin that arion was dead arion came out of the monument in amazement wondering by what divinity he had been saved they were silent the tyrant ordered them to be crucified at the monument of the dolphin apollo because of arion s skill with the kithara placed him and the dolphin among the stars this dolphin was catasterised as the constellation delphinus by the blessing of apollo |
augustine of hippo asserted that pagans believed in what they read in their own books and took arion to be a historical individual there is no historicity in this tale also according to eunice burr stebbins and arion and the dolphins are given as an example of a folkloristic motif especially associated with apollo by irad malkin erasmus instanced arion as one of the traditional poet s topics that sound like historia rather than fabulae though he misremembered that augustine had taken the arion story to be historical |
a similar story of told of the founding of taras in megale hellas magna graecia modern taranto apulia italy when a son of poseidon called taras was shipwrecked his father rescued him by sending a dolphin which he rode to traverse the sea from the promontory of taenarum to the south of italy brought ashore taras founded the city of the same name according to pausanias he was worshiped as a hero who named both the city and the river taras after himself |
sea scouts may be organised as sea scout groups where there is a nautical focus for all sections offered by the group or as individual sea scout troops within a larger group that may not share the same nautical focus younger members of a sea scout group in the beaver scout 6 8 years of age and cub scout 8 10 years of age sections follow the same programme and wear the same uniform as those in land scouts however members in sea scout troops 10 14 years of age and sea explorer units 14 18 years of age wear a different uniform and follow a more nautical focus within the current scout programme with the exception of air scouts they are the only part of the movement that wears hats as part of their official uniform |
similar to their land based counterparts the start date of sea scouts is difficult to define and has during the history of the branch been defined either as the first sea scout camp in august 1909 or the date when they were first officially recognised as a branch of the scouts in october 1910 by the mid 20th century this latter date was considered the anniversary of the section with the 50th anniversary being celebrated in 1960 however in the 21st century the earlier date has been used to match the similar earlier date of the land branch which considers itself founded in 1907 at the brownsea island camp with the centenary of the sea scout branch celebrated in 2009 |
regardless of this initial date water based activities had been a part of the movement from the earliest years scouting s founder robert baden powell wrote in scouting for boys published 1908 that a scout should be able to manage a boat to bring it properly alongside a ship or pier in february 1909 the scout reported on the foundation of a new branch of scouts around glasgow who were referring to themselves as sea scouts stating they will be just the same as land scouts but trained on a naval basis learning naval drills and visiting his majesty s ships whenever possible in june of 1909 a seamanship badge was introduced that allowed those who achieved it to be recognised as a sea scout in rank |
the first camp took place in july to august 1909 on the ship ts mercury moored at buckler s hard with 50 spent sleeping on the ship and another 50 spent camping on the shore before swapping after a week the 100 places were allocated through a competition in the scout magazine henry warrington smyth baden powell older brother of robert founded the branch and in 1912 would write the comprehensive manual sea scouting and seamanship for boys a follow up to the short booklet sea scouting for boys published the previous year by his younger brother |
very early on in the history of sea scouts the branch was hit by two accidents which resulted in the loss of life of several sea scouts the most prominent was the leysdown disaster of 4th august 1912 when an ex naval cutter carrying 23 sea scouts from walworth london off the coast of leysdown on sea isle of sheppey capsized in a sudden storm despite the efforts of five coastguards and two civilians nine of the scouts drowned a mass funeral was held on 10 august attended by thousands including scouts from several countries |
just five years to the month after the start of the sea scout branch world war i broke out and scouts across the country found themselves becoming involved on the home front with non militarised service while scouts in general took on roles guarding bridges telegraph lines or culverts from damage and acting as messengers sea scouts in particular took up a role across the country supporting the coast guard with the royal navy on a war footing baden powell thought that getting scouts to watch estuaries ports and from coastguard stations this could free up men needed for military service the scouts were supervised by the coastguard but were under the orders of the patrol leaders and many were already trained for the roles a coast watcher badge having been introduced in 1911 to admiralty standards the call was a success with 1 300 scouts on coast watching duty within two months of the war s outbreak and 23 000 scouts having been coast watchers during the course of the war specific duties included patrolling the beaches salvaging wreckage watching for fishing boats working unauthorised at night examine boats coming into shore checking permits answering naval calls on the telephone and report vessels passing up and down the coast following the efforts of the scouts and sea scouts in world war i in 1919 sea scout groups were able to gain royal navy recognition for the first time |
just 20 years after being recognised for their work in the first world war the scouts found themselves once again helping in the war effort for the second sea scouts proved able telephone operators signallers stretcher bearers to the thames river emergency service and once again did coast watching and acted as signallers for the coastguard and royal navy notably the 1st mortlake sea scouts took their motor picket boat minotaur to france as part of the dunkirk evacuation in 1940 with bombing of towns and cities across britain as part of the blitz scouts also took on roles helping during the air raid george collins a patrol leader with the 12th shoreditch sea scouts was awarded a silver cross for bravery when he rescued three children from a house in barnet during bombing on 8 october 1940 |
in 1947 viscount mountbatten of burma was made commodore for sea scouts the sea scouts were very prominent immediately after the war taking part in a number of events almost 400 sea scouts attended the 6th world scout jamboree in france with a number maintaining a flag on sea scout island and camping there to ensure its integrity sea scouts were also involved in the 1948 summer olympics with 200 helping to ferry competitors between boats and jetties near the sailing events in torbay |
in august 1950 the sea scouts faced another tragedy when the wangle iii a whaler owned by the 1st mortlake sea scouts was lost and all ten sea scouts on board drowned the post war period also saw the retiring of a number of training vessels used by the scouts the rrs discovery was transferred back to royal navy ownership in 1954 when the scouts could no longer afford the upkeep and is now in the ownership of a maritime trust and can be found in dundee and in 1968 the ts mercury was retired and is currently at chatham historic dockyard and is being restored as its previous persona of hms gannet to compensate in 1956 marlow buckinghamshire on the river thames became home to longridge scout boating centre to train in seamanship and other water sports with training equipment transferred from rrs discovery |
further provision came following the permanent relocation of the rrs discovery to dundee in 1979 when the dockland scout project was formed as a new london base for sea scout training compared to the previous base on the victoria embankment this was based in west india docks in the developing london docklands this has developed from a wooden pavilion derelict warehouse and a small fleet of dinghy boats in the area now occupied by canary wharf to a metal cutter the lord amory and a new boathouse complex acquired in 1981 and 1994 respectively these are used as a base for water activity weekends for scouts sea scouts guides sea cadets air cadets and sea rangers among others and has received support over time from the port of london authority the london docklands development corporation british waterways and the canal and river trust |
the uniform for sea scouts consists of a light blue long sleeve shirt or blouse or dark blue jersey smart navy blue trousers or skirt a leather scout belt and buckle scout group scarf and a seaman s class 2 round cap with sea scout on the tallyband groups may optionally also choose to adopt navy blue shorts activity trousers or outer jacket grey fleece or white lanyard with bosun s call as part of their official uniform a navy blue sweatshirt and baseball cap are optionally available for activity wear |
santa nella began as the site of rancho de centinela sentinel ranch first established by pioneering stockmen from san juan bautista and monterey as place to raise horses in 1810 the former centinela adobe a one story adobe built as living quarters for the ranch was located on the el camino viejo a los ngeles about 3 miles downstream from the site of the later san luis adobe now under the san luis reservoir at the east end of the pacheco pass road situated on the south bank of arroyo de san luis gonzaga the escape of many of the horses into the valley and subsequent indian hostilities made the enterprise a failure |
the land and adobe of this old spanish ranch was included in the rancho san luis gonzaga in 1843 from the time of the california gold rush the stage road from hill s ferry crossed the san luis creek at centinella on the way to connect with the pacheco pass road at rancho san luis the old centinela ranch became a stopping place for stages and travelers on el camino viejo later a two story adobe house was constructed near the old adobe by basque sheepmen in the 1860s and a wooden barn in the 1870s the two story adobe was subsequently torn down in the 1890s and replaced by a frame house built by miller and lux this house and barn were for a long time local landmarks however by 1966 the wooden house and barn had been removed and a roadside stop built on the site along state route 33 the name of the place had been corrupted into santa nella |
there were 409 households out of which 209 51 1 had children under the age of 18 living in them 233 57 0 were opposite sex married couples living together 52 12 7 had a female householder with no husband present 34 8 3 had a male householder with no wife present there were 20 4 9 unmarried opposite sex partnerships and 3 0 7 same sex married couples or partnerships 70 households 17 1 were made up of individuals and 17 4 2 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older the average household size was 3 37 there were 319 families 78 0 of all households the average family size was 3 84 |
a betaine in chemistry is any neutral chemical compound with a positively charged cationic functional group such as a quaternary ammonium or phosphonium cation generally onium ions that bears no hydrogen atom and with a negatively charged functional group such as a carboxylate group that may not be adjacent to the cationic site a betaine is a specific type of zwitterion historically the term was reserved for tmg trimethylglycine only biologically tmg is involved in methylation reactions and detoxification of homocysteine |
wine has a long history of use as an early form of medication being recommended variously as a safe alternative to drinking water an antiseptic for treating wounds a digestive aid and as a cure for a wide range of ailments including lethargy diarrhea and pain from child birth ancient egyptian papyri and sumerian tablets dating back to 2200 bc detail the medicinal role of wine making it the world s oldest documented human made medicine wine continued to play a major role in medicine until the late 19th and early 20th century when changing opinions and medical research on alcohol and alcoholism cast doubt on its role as part of a healthy lifestyle |
in 2008 researchers from kingston university in london discovered red wine to contain high levels of toxic metals relative to other beverages in the sample although the metal ions which included chromium copper iron manganese nickel vanadium and zinc were also present in other plant based beverages the sample wine tested significantly higher for all metal ions especially vanadium risk assessment was calculated using target hazard quotients thq a method of quantifying health concerns associated with lifetime exposure to chemical pollutants developed by the environmental protection agency in the us and used mainly to examine seafood a thq of less than 1 represents no concern while for example mercury levels in fish calculated to have thqs of between 1 and 5 would represent cause for concern |
the researchers stressed that a single glass of wine would not lead to metal poisoning pointing out that their thq calculations were based on the average person drinking one third of a bottle of wine 250 ml every day between the ages of 18 and 80 however the combined thq values for metal ions in the red wine they analyzed were reported to be as high as 125 a subsequent study by the same university using a meta analysis of data based on wine samples from a selection of mostly european countries found equally high levels of vanadium in many red wines showing combined thq values in the range of 50 to 200 with some as high as 350 |
the findings sparked immediate controversy due to several issues the study s reliance on secondary data the assumption that all wines contributing to that data were representative of the countries stated and the grouping together of poorly understood high concentration ions such as vanadium with relatively low level common ions such as copper and manganese some publications pointed out that the lack of identifiable wines and grape varieties specific producers or even wine regions provided only misleading generalizations that should not be relied upon in choosing wines |
in a news bulletin following the widespread reporting of the findings the uk s national health service nhs were also concerned that the way the researchers added together hazards from different metals to produce a final score for individual wines may not be particularly meaningful commentators in the us questioned the relevance of seafood based thq assessments to agricultural produce with the ttb responsible for testing imports for metal ion contamination have not detected an increased risk george solas quality assessor for the canadian liquor control board of ontario lcbo claimed that the levels of heavy metal contamination reported were within the permitted levels for drinking water in tested reservoirs |
the production and concentration of resveratrol is not equal among all the varieties of wine grapes differences in clones rootstock vitis species as well as climate conditions can affect the production of resveratrol also because resveratrol is part of the defence mechanism in grapevines against attack by fungi or grape disease the degree of exposure to fungal infection and grape diseases also appear to play a role the muscadinia family of vines which has adapted over time through exposure to north american grape diseases such as phylloxera has some of the highest concentrations of resveratrol among wine grapes among the european vitis vinifera grapes derived from the burgundian pinot family tend to have substantially higher amounts of resveratrol than grapes derived from the cabernet family of bordeaux wine regions with cooler wetter climates that are more prone to grape disease and fungal attacks such as oregon and new york tend to produce grapes with higher concentrations of resveratrol than warmer dry climates like california and australia |
although red wine and white vine varieties produce similar amounts of resveratrol red wine contains more than white since red wines are produced by maceration soaking the grape skins in the mash other winemaking techniques such as the use of certain strains of yeast during fermentation or lactic acid bacteria during malolactic fermentation can have an influence on the amount of resveratrol left in the resulting wines similarly the use of certain fining agents during the clarification and stabilization of wine can strip the wine of some resveratrol molecules |
the prominence of resveratrol in the news and its association with positive health benefits has encouraged some wineries to highlight it in their marketing in the early 21st century the oregon producer willamette valley vineyards sought approval from the alcohol and tobacco tax and trade bureau ttb to state on their wine labels the resveratrol levels of their wines which ranged from 19 to 71 micromoles per liter higher than the average 10 micromoles per liter in most red wines the ttb gave preliminary approval to the winery making it the first to use such information on its labels while resveratrol is the most widely publicized there are other phenolic components in wine that have been the focus of medical research for potential health benefits including the compounds catechin and quercetin none of which has been proven to have any health value in humans |
the medical practices of the romans involved the use of wine in a similar manner in his 1st century work de medicina the roman encyclopedist aulus cornelius celsus detailed a long list of greek and roman wines used for medicinal purposes while treating gladiators in asia minor the roman physician galen would use wine as a disinfectant for all types of wounds and even soaked exposed bowels before returning them to the body during his four years with the gladiators only five deaths occurred compared to sixty deaths under the watch of the physician before him |
religion still played a significant role in promoting wine s use for health the jewish talmud noted wine to be the foremost of all medicines wherever wine is lacking medicines become necessary in his first epistle to timothy paul the apostle recommended that his young colleague drink a little wine every now and then for the benefit of his stomach and digestion while the islamic koran contained restrictions on all alcohol islamic doctors such as the persian avicenna in the 11th century ad noted that wine was an efficient digestive aid but because of the laws were limited to use as a disinfectant while dressing wounds catholic monasteries during the middle ages also regularly used wine for medical treatments so closely tied was the role of wine and medicine that the first printed book on wine was written in the 14th century by a physician arnaldus de villa nova with lengthy essays on wine s suitability for treatment of a variety of medical ailments such dementia and sinus problems |
silmido became historically significant when it was used as the training ground january 21 1968 to august 23 1971 for unit 684 a south korean military detachment created to assassinate north korean leader kim il sung in response to the blue house raid assassination attempt against president park chung hee traces of the training facilities can still be seen under circumstances which remain unclear the members of the group mutinied and went to seoul in 1971 where they were killed or committed suicide |
there were 425 households of which 31 5 had children under the age of 18 living with them 44 7 were married couples living together 14 6 had a female householder with no husband present 5 4 had a male householder with no wife present and 35 3 were non families 31 5 of all households were made up of individuals and 16 4 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older the average household size was 2 30 and the average family size was 2 86 |
as of the census of 2000 there were 1 024 people 426 households and 287 families living in the village the population density was 1 332 9 people per square mile 513 5 km2 there were 452 housing units at an average density of 588 4 per square mile 226 6 km2 the racial makeup of the village was 98 54 white 0 29 african american 0 10 asian 0 10 from other races and 0 98 from two or more races hispanic or latino people of any race were 0 10 of the population |
as of the census of 2000 there were 2 651 people 672 households and 376 families living in the village the population density was 1 771 0 people per square mile 682 4 km2 there were 709 housing units at an average density of 473 6 per square mile 182 5 km2 the racial makeup of the village was 96 15 white 1 43 african american 0 11 native american 1 66 asian 0 08 from other races and 0 57 from two or more races hispanic or latino of any race were 0 91 of the population |
there were 670 households of which 25 7 had children under the age of 18 living with them 38 8 were married couples living together 10 1 had a female householder with no husband present 5 7 had a male householder with no wife present and 45 4 were non families 33 7 of all households were made up of individuals and 14 2 had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older the average household size was 2 27 and the average family size was 2 78 |
david knox at tv tonight commented on the subject of death and the way it is depicted in children s television citing the pilot of babar as an example this week abc replayed the pilot episode of the animated series in which the baby elephant loses his mother to a hunter after being shot by a rifle produced by a canadian company in 1989 it doesn t shy away from the separation of mother and child as written in the original babar the elephant stories an abc spokesperson told tv tonight that abc had carefully considered the content which aired at 3 30 p m est on abc2 for a g rated audience abc in australia 2 july 1990 3 june 2012 at no point in the sequence was there any depiction of blood or wounds and the depiction of the rifle being used was very careful and discreet the simple animation style reduced the level of detail of the rifle and the action while there was a sense of threat and menace associated with the hunter and his use of violence having regard to the animation style the level of visual detail and the stylized manner in which the action was depicted audience and consumer affairs considers that this sense of threat and menace was very low the violence in the sequence was very discreetly implied and was not gratuitous as it was a pivotal dramatic moment of great significance to the story |
charles solomon of los angeles times gave a review of babar s first few episodes the designs for the characters and the simple animation capture the essence of jean de brunhoff s understated watercolor illustrations the artists occasionally seem to lose their sense of the characters size and weight the young babar jumps and climbs in ways that seem very unelephantlike but very few elephants wear uniforms and crowns as the adult babar does as the voice of babar gordon pinsent gives the elephant king a reassuring presence and keeps the mildly didactic stories from bogging down in moralizing child actors provide the voices for the young babar and his friends which makes the show sound a lot like a peanuts special at times created by the canadian nelvana studio the producers of the entertaining my pet monster babar manages to be endearing without sliding into the saccharine cutesiness of hello kitty parents with children in the 4 to 10 year old range should plan on setting their vcrs the kids will probably want to watch babar more than once |
common sense media finds the series suitable for viewers aged 4 and up and has given the series 4 stars out of 5 adding babar is a good role model who promotes sharing and getting along with others they continued to say that parents need to know that although the show is an ideal pick for preschoolers most kids will probably outgrow it by the time they re 7 the review ended by saying many shows adapted from books tend to move at a slow pace but babar provides enough adventure and silliness to keep even the most active preschooler engaged as an extra plus the music is beautifully orchestrated babar exemplifies the lesson that all of us are the same on the inside these elephants hold their trunks high but they also know that money doesn t conquer all many kids shows depict well off characters as villainous and or gluttonous babar shows kids that wealth doesn t necessarily equate to greed |
descent 3 stylized as descent is a first person shooter video game developed by outrage entertainment and published by interplay entertainment it was originally released for microsoft windows in north america on june 17 1999 descent 3 is the third game in the descent video game series and a sequel to descent ii the game takes place in a science fiction setting of the solar system where the player is cast as material defender a mercenary who must help an organization known as the red acropolis research team to stop robots infected by an alien virus |
unlike in standard first person shooters the player must control a flying ship that has a six degrees of freedom movement scheme allowing the player to move and rotate in any 3d direction in addition to a single player campaign mode descent 3 features an online multiplayer mode where numerous players can compete against each other in eight different game types the game features both indoor and outdoor environments made possible with the use of a hybrid engine that combines the capabilities of a portal rendering engine with those of a flight simulator like terrain engine |
descent 3 received positive reviews from critics holding a score of 89 out of 100 at review aggregate website metacritic the most praised aspects of the game were its graphics artificial intelligence of enemies and outdoor environments an official expansion pack descent 3 mercenary was released on december 3 1999 the expansion pack includes a new series of missions multiplayer maps and a level editor after its release on microsoft windows the game was subsequently ported to mac os and linux platforms |
like its predecessors descent and descent ii descent 3 is a six degrees of freedom shooter where the player controls a flying ship from a first person perspective in zero gravity it is differentiated from standard first person shooters in that it allows the player to move and rotate in any 3d direction specifically the player is free to move forward backward up down left right and rotate in three perpendicular axes often termed pitch yaw and roll aboard the ship the player can shoot enemies turn on the ship s afterburners to temporarily increase its acceleration and speed and fire flares or turn on the ship s headlight to explore darkened areas |
in the game s single player mode the player must complete a series of levels where multiple enemies controlled by the game s artificial intelligence will try to hinder the player s progress the game primarily takes place inside labyrinthine underground facilities but the player can occasionally travel over the surface of the planets where the facilities are buried to reach other nearby areas the underground facilities are composed of a set of tunnels and rooms separated by doors most of them can be opened by either firing weapons at them or bumping into them but others require special actions to be performed first before entry is allowed for instance some doors require special keys that must be collected to finish a level and proceed to the next one the player must complete a set of objectives that range from collecting items to activating switches defeating enemies and destroying objects |
as the player progresses throughout the game two additional ships become available for use each of the game s three ships offers a different balance of speed weapons and maneuverability within the levels the player may collect power ups that enhance the ship s weaponry weapons are categorized into three different types primary weapons secondary weapons and countermeasures primary weapons range from a variety of laser plasma cannon and the napalm cannon which projects a stream of burning fuel secondary weapons include different types of missiles while countermeasures range from proximity mines to portable turrets most primary weapons consume energy in different rate but some such as the napalm cannon use their own type of ammunition in contrast all secondary weapons and countermeasures require their own ammunition suppliers |
the player s ship is protected by a shield which decreases when attacked by enemies if the shield is fully depleted the player dies and must start the game again from a previous section of the fight without any collected power ups nevertheless the player can reclaim the missing power ups from the ruins of the destroyed ship shield energy and ammunition suppliers are dispersed among the levels to help players increase their resources the player can also collect equipment items which grant special powers for example the quad laser modifies the laser weapons to fire four shots at once instead of the standard two while the cloaking device renders the player invisible to enemies for 30 seconds during the game the player may also deploy the guide bot an assistant that keeps track of the next objective and shows the player the way to a specific target |
descent 3 takes place in a science fiction setting of the solar system where the player is cast as material defender md1032 a mercenary working for a corporation called the post terran mining corporation ptmc the game begins moments after the events of descent ii with the material defender escaping the destruction of a planetoid where he was clearing ptmc s robots infected by an alien virus he was about to return to earth to collect his reward but a malfunction occurred with the prototype warp drive in the ship he was piloting making it drift towards the sun s atmosphere at the very last moment the material defender is rescued via a tractor beam by an organization known as the red acropolis research team |
while the material defender recovers in the red acropolis station on mars the director of the team informs him that they have been investigating ptmc and have uncovered a conspiracy one of her acquaintances in the ptmc was killed by a robot and when she contacted ptmc about it they denied having ever employed such acquaintance even though he had worked with them for years the red acropolis had tried to notify the collective earth defense ced a large police group of the ptmc s actions but they took no action not daring to interfere with such a powerful corporation the director also tells the material defender that while he was clearing the mines during the events of descent ii ptmc executive samuel dravis was actually testing and modifying the virus and deliberately tried to kill him by overloading the warp drive on his ship after some persuasion and offers from the director including a new ship and an ai assistant known as the guide bot the material defender accepts to help the red acropolis stop the virus |
the material defender is first sent to deimos to obtain information about the location of a scientist named dr sweitzer who has evidence of the ptmc s actions he is then rescued in the novak corporate prison on phobos after recovering the evidence the material defender delivers it to ptmc president suzuki in seoul before leaving with his reward when the material defender arrives at the red acropolis research station the director tells him that the ptmc president has been killed and that the red acropolis research team are now accused of being terrorists resulting in the destruction of the then abandoned station after a series of missions the material defender and the red acropolis research team manage to develop an antivirus and convince the ced that they are not terrorists the ced suggest to broadcast the antivirus through their strategic platform orbiting earth but the results are unsuccessful the material defender is then sent to venus where dravis has been tracked by the red acropolis in the ensuing confrontation in his stronghold dravis is mortally wounded by the guide bot s flares and the material defender deactivates the virus which disables all of the ptmc s robots the game ends with the ced destroying the ptmc s orbital headquarters while the material defender returns to earth |