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2005 taxonomy Facelinidae

^ bouchet p.; rocroi j.-p.; frýda j.; hausdorf b.; ponder w.; valdés Á. & warén a. (2005). classification , nomenclator of gastropod families . malacologia: international journal of malacology. hackenheim, germany: conchbooks. 47 (1-2): 1–397. isbn 3-925919-72-4. issn 0076-2997.  ^ cite error: named reference bergh1889 invoked never defined (see page). ^ roller r. a. (1 july 1973). veliger 16(1): 118. ^ roller r. a. (1 april) 1972. veliger, 14(4): 416. ^ bergh r. 1889. in: carus j. v. crateninae on page 209. ^ bergh r. 1889. in: carus j. v. favorininae on page 212. ^ marcus e. g. g. (august) 1958. american museum novitates, 1906: 59-60. ^ burn. (31 december) 1967. malacologia, 6(1-2): 228. ^ risbec. 1953. faune de l union française, 15: 161.

Back-counting Card counting

1 back-counting 1.1 advantages 1.2 disadvantages 1.3 group counting back-counting back-counting, known wonging, consists of standing behind blackjack table other players playing on, , counting cards dealt. stanford wong first proposed idea of back-counting, , term wong comes name. the player enter or wong in game when count reaches point @ player has advantage. player may raise his/her bets advantage increases, or lower bets advantage goes down. back-counters prefer flat-bet, , bet same amount once have entered game. players stay @ table until game shuffled, or may wong out or leave when count reaches level @ no longer have advantage. back-counting done on shoe games, of 4, 6, or 8 decks, although can done on pitch games of 1 or 2 decks. reason count more stable in shoe game, player less sit down 1 or 2 hands , have up. in addition, many casinos not allow mid-shoe entry in single or double deck games makes wonging impossible. reason many casinos exhibit more effort thwart car...

CONCACAF Champions League 2010 Major League Soccer season

the columbus crew continued concacaf champions league 2009-10 campaign began during previous season. defeated mexican club toluca in quarterfinals, 5–4 on aggregate. seattle sounders fc became first team qualify 2010–11 concacaf champions league winning 2009 lamar hunt u.s. open cup. columbus crew qualified next winning 2009 mls supporters shield. los angeles galaxy , real salt lake qualified being 2 2009 mls cup finalists, while toronto fc took canadian berth virtue of canadian championship win. los angeles, seattle, , toronto entered competition in preliminary round, while rsl , columbus seeded directly group stage. seattle , toronto won preliminary round ties, beating isidro metapán of el salvador , motagua of honduras, respectively. los angeles crashed out of preliminary round after losing home match 4–1 puerto rico islanders of ussf d-2 pro league , failing make deficit in away leg. the group stage held august 17 – oct 21. real salt lake won group 13 points on cruz azul, toronto,...

July 2007 Plame affair timeline

^ george w. bush, grant of executive clemency: proclamation president of united states of america , white house, july 2, 2007 ^ edwin chen, bush commutes libby s prison term in cia leak case (update 2) , bloomberg.com, july 2, 2007, accessed july 2, 2007. ^ jeralyn merritt, sides agree libby should serve supervised release , talkleft (accredited press blog), july 9, 2007; accessed july 10, 2007 (provides links pdf versions of various legal briefs.) ^ neil a. lewis, issue of supervised release libby cleared , new york times, july 10, 2007.

Heir apparent versus heir presumptive Heir apparent

throngs before imperial palace in japan awaiting appearance of crown prince hirohito recent proclamation of official recognition heir apparent japanese imperial throne – new york times, 1916. in hereditary system governed form of primogeniture, heir apparent identifiable person position first in line of succession title or office secure, regardless of future births. heir presumptive, contrast, can bumped down in succession birth of more closely related in legal sense (according form of primogeniture) current title-holder. the clearest example occurs in case of holder of hereditary title, 1 can inherited single person, no children. if @ time or produce children, (the offspring of title-holder) rank ahead of whatever more distant relative (the title-holder s sibling, perhaps, or nephew or cousin) had been heir presumptive. many legal systems assume childbirth possible regardless of age or health. in such circumstances person may be, in practical sense, heir apparent still, legally sp...

Inner Complex Pinson Mounds

the view across top of mound 10 field below sauls mound (mound 9), @ center of complex. mound named after john sauls, owner of property before purchase state. sauls mound second-highest prehistoric mound in united states. mound rectangular in formation, each corner aligned 1 of 4 cardinal directions. mound s function believed ceremonial. viewing platform has been constructed atop mound park visitors. dimensions: base— 112 x 91 meters, height— 22 meters. mound 10, few meters east of sauls mound. mound 10 believed have been platform mound ceremonial function. dimensions: base— 61 x 40 meters, height— 1.3 meters. mound 11 sector, few meters north of sauls mound, behind museum. mound 11 natural rise believed have been habitation area during middle woodland period. mound 12, several meters southwest of sauls mound. mound 12 burial mound built upon woodland habitation area. dimensions: base— 23 x 17 meters, height— 1.3 meters. mound 14 sector, several meters southwest of sauls mound. m...

Origins and early development of silver coins Silver coin

silver drachma island of aegina, after 404 bc the earliest coins of western world minted in kingdom of lydia in asia minor around 600 bc. coins of lydia made of electrum, naturally occurring alloy of gold , silver, available within territory of lydia. concept of coinage, i.e. stamped lumps of metal of specified weight, spread adjacent regions, such aegina. in these neighbouring regions, inhabited greeks, coins made of silver. greek merchants traded greek communities (colonies) throughout mediterranean sea, greek coinage concept spread through trade entire mediterranean region. these greek silver coins denominated in staters or drachmas , fractions (obols). more or less simultaneously development of lydian , greek coinages, coinage system developed independently in china. chinese coins, however, different concept , made of bronze. in mediterranean region, silver , other precious metal coins later supplemented local bronze coinages, served small change, useful transactions small sums inv...