Thursday, July 20, 2006

UK Karting Championship

Formula Nuts brought to you by Drive Sport will be putting together a UK Karting event where the winner will get to race at Silverstone. Karting time trials will be held at the following locations; Karting London, Karting Manchester, Karting Liverpool, Karting Birmingham, Karting Nottingham, Karting Leeds, Karting Newcastle, Karting Sunderland, Karting Bristol, Karting Cardiff, Karting Devon, Karting Midlands, Karting Edinburgh,Karting Glasgowand Karting in Wales

Thursday, January 26, 2006

Swimming

In zoology, self-propulsion of an animal through water. See aquatic locomotion.

Thursday, November 17, 2005

Zhou Yang

Zhou joined the Chinese Communist Party soon after the failure of the revolution in 1927. A graduate of Ta-hsia University in Shanghai in 1928, he went to Japan for advanced study in 1929. Upon returning to China in 1931 he became one of the leaders

Saturday, October 15, 2005

John I

Byname  The Prince of Fond Memory, or John of Aviz, John the Great, or John the Bastard,  Portuguese  O Principe de Boa Memória, or João de Aviz, João o Grande, or João o Bastardo   king of Portugal from 1385 to 1433, who preserved his country's independence from Castile and initiated Portugal's overseas expansion. He was the founder of the Aviz, or Joanina (Johannine), dynasty.

Thursday, July 28, 2005

Daily Telegraph, The

Founded in 1855 as the Daily Telegraph and Courier, the paper has consistently combined a high standard of reporting with the selection of interesting feature subjects and editorial presentation. Its appeal is a conservative and middle-class

Tuesday, July 26, 2005

China, From Wu-ti to Yüan-ti

The third emperor of the Hsi Han to be singled out for special praise by traditional Chinese historians was Wu-ti (reigned 141/140–87/86 BC), whose reign was the longest of the whole Han period. His reputation as a vigorous and brave ruler derives from the long series of campaigns fought chiefly against the Hsiung-nu (northern nomads) and in Central Asia. But Wu-ti never took a personal

Sunday, July 24, 2005

Mithan

Cattle species also known as gayal (q.v.).