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Hippos are also very aggressive towards humans , whom they commonly attack whether in boats or on land with no apparent provocation . | Hippos are very aggressive towards humans , whom they commonly attack whether in boats or on land with no apparent provocation . |
Zambia ( 40,000 ) and Tanzania ( 20,000-30 ,000 ) possess the largest populations . | Zambia ( 40,000 ) and Tanzania ( 20,000 - 30,000 ) have the most hippos . |
The hippopotamus ( Hippopotamus amphibius ) , or hippo , from the ancient Greek for `` river horse '' ( ἱπποπόταμος ) , is a large , mostly herbivorous mammal in sub-Saharan Africa , and one of only two extant species in the family Hippopotamidae ( the other is the pygmy hippopotamus ) . | The hippopotamus ( Hippopotamus amphibius ) , or hippo , ancient Greek for `` river horse '' ( Ιπποπόταμος ) , is a large mammal in Africa that usually eats plants . |
Nevertheless , they are still threatened by habitat loss and poaching for their meat and ivory canine teeth . | They are threatened because they are losing their habitats and being poached for their meat and ivory teeth . |
They emerge at dusk to graze on grasses . | At dusk , they come out to graze on grass . |
The word `` hippopotamus '' is derived from the ancient Greek ἱπποπόταμος , hippopotamos , from ἵππος , hippos , `` horse '' , and ποταμός , potamos , `` river '' , meaning `` horse of the river '' . | So , `` hippopotamus '' means `` horse of the river '' . |
Hippopotamuses have long been popular zoo animals . | Hippopotamuses are herbivores . |
The hippopotamus is one of the most aggressive creatures in the world and , as such , ranks among the most dangerous animals in Africa . | It is often called one of the most dangerous animals in Africa . |
They are the third-largest type of land mammal by weight ( between 1 1\/2 and 3 tonnes ) : the only heavier species on average are the white and Indian rhinoceroses , typically 1 1\/2 to 3 1\/2 tonnes , and the elephants , typically weighing 3 to 9 tonnes . | The white rhinoceros weighs 1 1\/2 to 3 1\/2 tonnes , and the three species of elephant weigh 3 to 9 tonnes . |
Hippos have been clocked at 30 km\/h ( 19 mph ) over short distances . | Some hippos have run at 30 km\/h ( 19 mph ) for short distances . |
Set 's consort Tawaret was also seen as part hippo and was a goddess of protection in pregnancy and childbirth , because ancient Egyptians recognized the protective nature of a female hippopotamus toward her young . | In Egyptian mythology , Tawaret , a goddess of protection in pregnancy and childbirth , had the head of a hippo . |
Hippos are recognizable by their barrel-shaped torsos , enormous mouths and teeth , nearly hairless bodies , stubby legs and tremendous size . | The hippopotamus has a torso that is shaped like a barrel , a very big mouth and teeth , an almost hairless body , short legs and great size . |
In English , the plural is hippopotamuses , but `` hippopotami '' is also used ; `` hippos '' can be used as a short plural . | The hippopotamus is semi-aquatic . |
Hippopotamuses are gregarious , living in groups of up to 30 animals . | Sometimes 30 hippopotamuses will live in the same place . |
Jon Meade Huntsman , Jr. ( born March 26 , 1960 ) is an American politician , businessman , and diplomat who served as the 16th Governor of Utah from 2005 to 2009 , and as United States Ambassador to Singapore from 1992 to 1993 , and China from 2009 to 2011 . | Jon Meade Huntsman , Jr. ( born March 26 , 1960 ) is an American businessman , diplomat and politician . |
Huntsman maintained high approval ratings as Governor of Utah , reaching 90 % approval at times . | Huntsman ran on his strong record of job creation in Utah , which had the highest job creation rate in America while he was governor . |
Huntsman was born March 26 , 1960 in Redwood City , California . | Huntsman has seven kids . |
ABA uses environmental events . | ABA is used to change a person 's behavior . |
The term `` Applied Behavior Analysis '' ( ABA ) first came to widespread use after the 1968 introduction of The Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis which publishes research examining the application of behavior analysis to socially-relevant behavior . | Applied behavior analysis ( ABA ) is a way to help some people change their behavior . |
The response component of the reflex is called respondent behavior . | He studied respondent behavior . |
It is one of the three fields of behavior analysis . | He is often believed to be one of the founders of Applied Behavior Analysis . |
ABA must be analytic , which means that the behavior analyst can control the behavior that is being changed by changing the control behavior . | For behavior to be analytic a behavior analyst has to have control over it . |
ABA must be effective , which means that the application of these techniques changes the behavior it seeks to change . | Using principles that are already known makes ABA more effective . |
In 1994 , as an example of the linguistic issues she found objectionable , Maher pointed out that Britain 's National Health Service published a definition of the term bed that used 229 words . | As an example of the language issues Maher found objectionable : in 1994 , she pointed out that Britain 's National Health Service published a definition of the term `` bed '' that used 229 words . |
In 1971 Maher founded the UK 's first community newspaper , the Tuebrook Bugle , which gave her the chance to write articles demanding that organizations start using plain English . | Her campaign began in 1971 when she founded the United Kingdom 's first community newspaper , the Tuebrook Bugle . |
In 1974 Maher started The Liverpool News , the UK 's first newspaper for adults with reading difficulties . | In 1974 , Maher went on to start The Liverpool News . |
Maher officially launched Plain English Campaign at a demonstration in London in 1979 . | Later , she founded the Plain English Campaign at a demonstration in London in 1979 . |
In his last two years ( 1760-1761 ) at the college his scientific interests were aroused , and he studied chemistry , botany , astronomy , and mathematics . | So he also studied chemistry , botany , astronomy , and mathematics . |
He is widely considered to be the `` Father of Modern Chemistry . '' | He is often called the `` Father of Modern Chemistry '' . |
Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier ( also Antoine Lavoisier after the French Revolution ; 26 August 1743 - 8 May 1794 ; French pronunciation : ( ɑ̃twan lɔʁɑ̃ də lavwazje ) ) was a French nobleman and chemist central to the 18th-century Chemical Revolution and a large influence on both the histories of chemistry and biology . | Antoine-Laurent de Lavoisier ( 26 August 1743 - 8 May 1794 ) was a French nobleman , chemist and biologist . |
Lavoisier began his schooling at the Collège des Quatre-Nations ( known as the Collège Mazarin ) in Paris in 1754 at the age of 11 . | Antoine de Lavoisier began studying at the Collège Mazarin in Paris in 1754 , when he was 11 years old . |
Robert Reiner ( born March 6 , 1947 ) is an American actor , director , producer , and activist . | Rob Reiner ( born March 6 , 1947 ) is an American actor , director , producer , and activist . |
He also directed Misery , The Princess Bride and This Is Spinal Tap . | He directed films , such as This Is Spinal Tap , The Princess Bride , When Harry Met Sally and The Bucket List . |
Reiner was born to a Jewish family in The Bronx , New York , and is the son of Estelle Reiner ( née Lebost ) , an actress , and Carl Reiner , a comedian , actor , writer , producer , and director . | Reiner was born to a Jewish family . |
Before the development of the electric guitar and the use of synthetic materials , a guitar was defined as being an instrument having `` a long , fretted neck , flat wooden soundboard , ribs , and a flat back , most often with incurved sides '' . | A guitar was described by Dr. Michael Kasha as an instrument that had `` a long , fretted neck , flat wooden soundboard , ribs , and a flat back , most often with incurved sides '' . |
A 3,300-year-old stone carving of a Hittite bard playing a stringed instrument is the oldest iconographic representation of a chordophone . | The oldest known picture of a guitar-like instrument is a 3300 year old stone carving of a Hittite bard . |
Rather than having only six strings , the 12-string guitar has six courses made up of two strings each , like a mandolin or lute . | Most guitars have six strings , but there are also guitars with four , seven , eight , ten , or twelve strings . |
There are three main types of modern acoustic guitar : the classical guitar ( nylon-string guitar ) , the steel-string acoustic guitar , and the archtop guitar . | There are many other different types of acoustic guitars from different parts of the world . |
The 12-string guitar is also made in electric forms . | Guitar-like plucked string instruments have been used for many years . |
Classical guitars also known as Spanish guitars are typically strung with nylon strings , plucked with the fingers , played in a seated position and are used to play a diversity of musical styles including classical music . | The classical guitar is used for classical music . |
The guitarra Latina had a single sound hole and a narrower neck . | By 1200 AD , there were two types of the four string `` guitar '' : the guitarra morisca ( Moorish guitar ) from Spain which had a rounded back , wide fingerboard and several soundholes , and the guitarra latina ( Latin guitar ) which was more like the modern guitar with one sound hole and a narrower neck . |
He was the youngest son of the writer and editor Leonard Huxley by his second wife Rosalind Bruce , and hence half-brother of the writer Aldous Huxley and fellow biologist Julian Huxley , and grandson of the biologist T. H. Huxley . | He was the half-brother of writer Aldous Huxley and fellow biologist Julian Huxley , and grandson of biologist T H. Huxley . |
He graduated and won a scholarship to Trinity College , Cambridge , to read natural sciences . | He studied Natural Sciences at Trinity College , Cambridge . |
He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II on 12 November 1974 . | He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II on 12 November 1974 , and appointed to the Order of Merit on 11 November 1983 . |
Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley , OM , PRS ( 22 November 1917 - 30 May 2012 ) was a Nobel Prize-winning English physiologist and biophysicist . | Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley OM FRS ( 22 November 1917 - 30 May 2012 ) was an English physiologist and biophysicist . |
Huxley was born in Hampstead , London , England , on 22 November 1917 . | Huxley was born in Hampstead , London . |
Huxley was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 17 March 1955 , and was awarded the Copley Medal in 1973 `` in recognition of his outstanding studies on the mechanisms of the nerve impulse and of activation of muscular contraction . '' | Huxley was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society on 17 March 1955 . |
Huxley , Alan Hodgkin and John Eccles jointly won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine `` for their discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane '' . | Huxley won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his experimental and mathematical work with Alan Hodgkin on the basis of nerve action potentials . |
Modems are generally classified by the amount of data they can send in a given unit of time , usually expressed in bits per second ( bit\/s or bps ) , or bytes per second ( B\/s ) . | Modems are classified by the amount of data they can send in a given time , normally measured in bits per second ( bit\/s , or bps ) . |
The 300 bit\/s modems used audio frequency-shift keying to send data . | Dial-up modems were the usual kind in the 20th century , and DSL modems and Cable TV modems are now more used . |
Vasiľ Biľak ( 11 August 1917 - 6 February 2014 ) was a Czechoslovak Communist leader of Rusyn origin . | Vasiľ Biľak ( 11 August 1917 - 6 February 2014 ) was a Slovak communist leader . |
From November 1968 until December 1988 he was a secretary of ÚV KSČ with significant influence on the foreign policy and the ideology of the party . | Biľak was , from November 1968 until December 1988 , a secretary of ÚV KSČ with important impact on the foreign policy of the party . |
In the years 1955-1968 and 1969-1971 he was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Slovakia ( ÚV KSS ) ; in 1962-1968 he was the secretary and from January until August 1968 General secretary of ÚV KSS ; from April 1968 until December 1988 a member of the Presidium of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia ( ÚV KSČ ) . | First , from 1955 until 1971 , he was a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Slovakia ( ÚV KSS ) . |
In 1960-1989 he was a member of National Assembly , later Federal Assembly . | From 1960 until 1989 , he was a part of the National Assembly , later the Federal Assembly . |
Vasiľ Biľak was born in Krajná Bystrá ( Hungarian : Bátorhegy ) , and was originally a tailor . | He was born in Krajná Bystrá , Austria-Hungary . |
Ashbourne is known for its annual two-day Royal Shrovetide Football Match , in which one half of the town plays the other at football , using the town as the pitch and with the goals three miles apart . | Ashbourne is known for a football match where one half of the town plays the other at football , using the whole of the town with the goals three miles apart . |
Ashbourne is a market town in the Derbyshire Dales , England . | Ashbourne is a small town in the county of Derbyshire in England . |
On January 1 , 2014 , Bill de Blasio succeeded Bloomberg as mayor of New York City . | On January 1 , 2014 , Bill de Blasio succeeded him as Mayor of New York City . |
He was frequently mentioned as a possible candidate for the U.S. presidential elections in 2008 and 2012 , and for New York Governor in 2010 . | He was oftenly mentioned as a possible candidate for the U.S. presidential elections in 2008 and 2012 , and for New York Governor in 2010 . |
He defeated opponent Mark Green in a close election held just weeks after the September 11 terrorist attacks . | He defeated opponent Mark Green in a close election held just weeks after the September 11 attacks . |
He declined to seek either office , instead opting to continue serving as Mayor of New York . | He declined to seek either office , instead wanting to continue serving as Mayor of New York . |
Bloomberg began his career at the securities brokerage Salomon Brothers before forming his company in 1981 and spending the next twenty years as its chairman and CEO . | Bloomberg began his career at Salomon Brothers before forming his company in 1981 and became its Chairman and CEO . |
He is the founder and 88 % owner of Bloomberg L.P. , the global financial data and media company notable for its Bloomberg Terminal . | He is the founder and 88 % owner of Bloomberg L.P. . |
A Democrat before seeking elective office , Bloomberg switched his party registration in 2001 to run for mayor as a Republican . | He switched his party registration in 2001 to run for mayor as a Republican . |
With a net worth of $ 33 billion , he is the eleventh-richest person in the United States and the sixteenth-wealthiest in the world . | He is the tenth-richest person in the United States . |
He served as the 108th Mayor of New York City , holding office for three consecutive terms beginning with his first election in 2001 . | He served as the 108th Mayor of New York City for three terms from 2002 to 2013 . |
Following the Act of Mediation the city of St. Gallen became the capital of the Protestant Canton of St. Gallen . | St. Gallen is the capital of th canton of St. Gallen . |
In 1311 St. Gallen became a Free imperial city . | St. Gallen is a city in the eastern part of Switzerland . |
People with circadian rhythm sleep disorders are unable to sleep and wake at the times required for normal work , school , and social needs . | There are four circadian rhythm sleep disorders of the intrinsic type . |
Circadian rhythm sleep disorders ( CRSD ) are a family of sleep disorders affecting , among other things , the timing of sleep . | Cause The delayed sleep phase type of circadian rhythm sleep disorder is marked by a delay of the sleep-wake cycle as it relates to the demands of society . |
In the late 1980s , Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev introduced glasnost and perestroika , reforms to liberalise communism . | In the late 1980s Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev introduced glasnost and perestroika , reforms to liberalize communism . |
In September 1987 , he became the first East German head of state to visit West Germany , where he was received with full state honors by West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl in an act that seemed to confirm West Germany 's acceptance of East Germany 's existence . | In September 1987 , he became the first East German head of state to visit West Germany . |
During his time in office around 125 East German citizens were killed while trying to reach the West . | About 125 East German citizens were killed during this period while trying to cross the border into West Berlin . |
As the reform movement spread throughout Central and Eastern Europe , mass demonstrations against the East German government erupted , most prominently in Leipzig-the first of several demonstrations which took place on Monday night across the country . | As the reform movement spread across Central and Eastern Europe there were demonstrations against the East German government . |
For more than twenty years , Margot Honecker served as the East German Minister for People 's Education . | Margot Honecker was the Minister for National Education in East Germany . |
After returning to East Germany in 1958 Honecker became a fully-fledged member of the Politburo , taking over responsibility for military and security issues . | Honecker became a candidate member of the secretariat of the Central Committee in 1950 and full member in 1958 . |
Erich Honecker ( German : ( ˈeːʁɪç ˈhɔnɛkɐ ) ; 25 August 1912 - 29 May 1994 ) was a German communist politician who , as the General Secretary of the Socialist Unity Party , led East Germany from 1971 until the weeks preceding the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 . | Erich Honecker ( 25 August 1912 - 29 May 1994 ) was an East German Communist politician who led the German Democratic Republic from 1971 until 1989 . |
Dame Nellie Melba GBE ( 19 May 1861 - 23 February 1931 ) , born Helen `` Nellie '' Porter Mitchell , was an Australian operatic soprano . | Dame Nellie Melba GBE ( 19 May 1861-23 February 1931 ) , born Helen Porter Mitchell , was an Australian opera soprano . |
Melba was born in Richmond , Victoria , the eldest of seven children of the builder David Mitchell and his wife Isabella Ann née Dow . | Melba was born in Richmond , Victoria . |
It has come to be used for a range of light tints chosen for their neutral or pale warm appearance . | It then came to be used for a range of light tints of yellow chosen for their neutral or pale warm colored appearance . |
Beginning in the 1920s , the meaning of the term beige expanded to the point where it is now also used not only for pale yellowish-brown colors , but also for a wide range of pale brown and light brown shades as well . | In the 1920s , the meaning of the term beige expanded to the point where it is now also used for not only for pale yellows but also for a wide range of pale brown shades . |
Beige is a very pale brown color , variously described as a pale sandy fawn color , a grayish tan , a light-grayish yellowish brown , or a pale to grayish yellow . | Beige is a very pale yellowish-cream color . |
Today it is best known as the anthem `` Jerusalem '' , with music written by Sir Hubert Parry in 1916 . | Today it is best known as the hymn Jerusalem , sung to music written by C. Hubert H. Parry in 1916 , more than a century after Blake had written the poem . |
`` And did those feet in ancient time '' is a short poem by William Blake from the preface to his epic Milton a Poem , one of a collection of writings known as the Prophetic Books . | `` And did those feet in ancient time '' is a short poem by William Blake . |
The legend is linked to an idea in the Book of Revelation ( 3:12 and 21:2 ) describing a Second Coming , wherein Jesus establishes a new Jerusalem . | The poem connects this legend to an idea in the Book of Revelation ( 3:12 and 21:2 ) describing a Second Coming in which Jesus builds a new Jerusalem . |
England has no official anthem and uses the British national anthem `` God Save the Queen '' , also unofficial , for some national occasions , such as before English international football matches . | England ( as distinct from Britain ) does not have an official anthem and so the British National Anthem `` God Save the Queen '' is used for national occasions , for example before English international football matches or at the Last Night of the Proms . |
Upon hearing the orchestral version for the first time , King George V said that he preferred `` Jerusalem '' over `` God Save the King '' ( the national anthem ) , and `` Jerusalem '' is considered to be England 's most popular patriotic song ; The New York Times said it was `` Fast becoming an alternative national anthem , '' and there have even been calls to give it official status . | When King George V heard it for the first time he said that he preferred `` Jerusalem '' to `` God Save the King '' , the National Anthem . |
The poem was inspired by the apocryphal story that a young Jesus , accompanied by Joseph of Arimathea , a tin merchant , traveled to what is now England and visited Glastonbury during the unknown years of Jesus . | There is a legend that the young Jesus went to England with his uncle , Joseph of Arimathea , to England and visited Glastonbury . |
Essentially a tour of the then-new Walt Disney Studios facility in Burbank , California , the film stars radio comedian Robert Benchley and many Disney staffers such as Ward Kimball , Fred Moore , Norman Ferguson , Clarence Nash , and Walt Disney , all as themselves . | The movie stars radio comedian Robert Benchley and many Disney staffers such as Ward Kimball , Fred Moore , Norman Ferguson , Clarence Nash , and Walt Disney , all as themselves . |
The first twenty minutes of the film are in black-and-white , the remainder is in Technicolor . | The last two-thirds are in Technicolor . |
The Reluctant Dragon is a 1941 American live action and animated film produced by Walt Disney , directed by Alfred Werker , and released by RKO Radio Pictures on June 20 , 1941 . | The Reluctant Dragon is a 1941 American combined live action and animated movie . |
Most of the film is live-action , with four short animated segments inserted into the running time : a black-and-white segment featuring Casey Junior from Dumbo ; and three Technicolor cartoons : Baby Weems , Goofy 's How to Ride a Horse , and the extended-length short The Reluctant Dragon , based upon Kenneth Grahame 's book of the same name . | There are three Technicolor cartoons : Baby Weems , Goofy 's How to Ride a Horse , and The Reluctant Dragon . |
The total length of all animated parts is 40 minutes . | There are four short animated parts . |
The basic building-block of a line-commutated HVDC converter is the six-pulse bridge . | Types of HVDC converters : The transformer at the converter station ensures that the station is isolated from the AC system connected to the HVDC system . |
DC filters are only required for HVDC transmission systems involving overhead lines . | A back-to-back HVDC station is a HVDC station in which both converters are located within the same building area where the length of the DC line is being kept as short as possible . |
The National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus ( Belarusian : Нацыянальны сход Рэспублікі Беларусь , Russian : Национальное собрание Республики Беларусь ) is the bicameral parliament that governs the Eastern European country of Belarus . | The National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus is the parliament of Belarus . |
The chambers of the National Assembly are convened to two regular sessions every year : the first session opens October 2 and its duration can not be more than 80 days ; the second session opens April 2 and does not last more than 90 days . | It can not be more than 80 days . |
This is Your Life is a British biographical television documentary , based on the 1952 American show of the same name . | This is Your Life is a British biographical television documentary . |
It was hosted by Eamonn Andrews from 1955 until 1964 , and then from 1969 until his death in 1987 aged 64 . | It was hosted by Eamonn Andrews from 1955 until 1964 . |
The show was originally broadcast live , and over its run it has alternated between being broadcast on the BBC and on ITV . | Over its run it has changed between being broadcast on the BBC and on ITV . |
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