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whaling: Encyclopedia - August 2003

August 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December August 2003 - Events. See also: Afghanistan timeline August 2003 California recall Dodgy Dossier Columbia investigation EU enlargement Hong Kong Basic Law Hutton Inquiry Liberian crisis North Korea crisis Occupation of Iraq: Including:

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whaling: Encyclopedia - Bayonne

2 Population sans doubles comptes, i.e. not counting those people already counted in another commune (such as students and military personal). Bayonne (Basque: Baiona; Spanish: Bayona) is a city and commune of southwest France at the confluence of the Nive and Adour rivers, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques département, of which it is a sous-préfecture. Bayonne has a population of 42,000. It is, together with nearby Anglet and Biarritz, part of "BAB", an urban ar ...

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whaling: Encyclopedia - Albert Hoffman

Albert Hoffman (1915 - 1993) was an American painter and wood carver. Never progressing beyond a sixth-grade education, Hoffman earned his living operating a junkyard near Atlantic City, New Jersey. A self-taught artist, he found inspiration in narratives from the Torah; over his lifetime he produced over 250 carvings whose subjects were drawn from the Bible or from his Jewish background. His works are also a mirror of his personal interests: whaling, horse racing, and Native Americans all found places in ...

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whaling: Encyclopedia - Basque people

  Araba/Álava: 279,000   Bizkaia/Vizcaya: 1,160,000   Gipuzkoa/Guipúzcoa: 684,000   Nafarroa/Navarra: 560,000 France: 730,000 (1993) United States: 47,956 (1990) Argentina: 3,600,000 have Basque origin (2004, est.) Uruguay: 35,000 have Basque origin (2004, est.) Spanish monoglots: 1,525,000 (est.) French monoglots: 654,000 (est.) Basque + Spanish: 600,000 (est.) Basque + French: 76,200 (1991) other: ? The Basques are ...

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whaling: Encyclopedia - 1982

1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. 1982 - Events. 1982 - January. January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the "freeway killer". January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself into twenty-two subdivisions. January 10 - The lowest ever UK temperature of -27.2°C is recorded at Braemar, in Aberdeenshire. This equals the record set in the same place in 1895. January 11 - Mark Thatcher, son of ...

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whaling: Encyclopedia - Hawaii

Daniel Akaka (D) Hawaii (Hawaiian/Hawaiian English: Hawaiʻi, with the ʻokina; also, historically, the Sandwich Islands) is the archipelago of the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Admitted on August 21, 1959, Hawaii constitutes the 50th state of the United States and is situated 2500 miles from the mainland. It is the southernmost part of that country. As of the 2000 U.S. Census it had a population of 1,211,537 people. Honolu ...

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whaling: Encyclopedia - Beluga whale

The Beluga Whale or White Whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is an Arctic and sub-arctic species of cetacean. This marine mammal is commonly referred to simply as the Beluga - the word derives from the Russian beloye meaning white. Beluga whale - Taxonomy and evolution. The Beluga was first described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1776. It is a member of the Monodontidae taxonomic family alongside the Narwhal. The Irrawaddy Dolphin was also once considered to be in the same family th ...

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whaling: Encyclopedia - Japan

Japan (Japanese: 日本, Nihon or Nippon) is an East Asian country surrounded by the Pacific Ocean, the Sea of Japan, the Philippine Sea, the East China Sea, and the Sea of Okhotsk. To the west is Korea (North and South), to the north Russia, and to the southwest China mainland and Taiwan. One of the world's leading industrialized countries, the "Land of the Rising Sun" is composed of over 3,000 islands. The largest and main islands are, from north to south, Hokkaidō, Honshū, Shikoku, and Kyūshū. The Ryukyu Is ...

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whaling: Encyclopedia - Ahab

Ahab or Ach'av (אַחְאָב "Brother of the father", Standard Hebrew Aḥʼav, Tiberian Hebrew ʼAḥăʼāḇ, ʼAḫʼāḇ) was King of the Kingdom of Israel and the province of Samaria, and the son and successor of Omri (1 Kings 16:29-34). William F. Albright has dated his reign to 869 BC-850 BC, while E. R. Thiele offers the dates 874 BC-853 BC. He married Jezebel, the daughter of king Ithobaal I of Tyre, and the alliance was doubtless the means of procuring him great riches, wh ...

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whaling: Encyclopedia - CSS Shenandoah

The CSS Shenandoah, formerly Sea King, was an iron-framed, teak-planked, full-rigged vessel with auxiliary steam power, under Captain James Waddell, CSN, a North Carolinian with twenty years' service in the Federal navy. The Shenandoah fired the last shot of the American Civil War, in waters off the Aleutian Islands. She was designed as a British transport for troops to the East, and was built on the River Clyde, Scotland, but the Confederate Government purchased her in 1864 for use as an armed cruis ...

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whaling: Encyclopedia - Lunalilo

Lunalilo — born as William Charles Lunalilo (January 31, 1835 - February 3, 1874) — was king of the Kingdom of Hawai‘i from January 8, 1873 until February 3, 1874. Lunalilo - Early life. Lunalilo - 1872 Election. King Kamehameha V, the last monarch of the House of Kamehameha, died on December 11, 1872 without naming a successor to the throne. Under the Kingdom's constitution, if the King did not appoint a successor, a new king would be appointed by the legislature.< ...

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whaling: Encyclopedia - Whaleboat

A whaleboat is a type of open boat that is relatively narrow and pointed at both ends, enabling it to move either forwards or backwards equally well. It was originally developed for whaling, and later became popular for work along beaches, since it does not need to be turned around for beaching or refloating. Whaleboats are traditionally oar-powered, although in whaling use often had a dismountable mast and sails, too. After 1850 most were fitted with a centerboard for sailing. When sailing, steering was with a rudder; when row ...

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whaling: Encyclopedia - Ulsan

Ulsan, a metropolitan city in the south-east of South Korea, lies on the Sea of Japan (East Sea), 70 kilometres north of Busan at the geographical location 35°33′N 129°19′E. In the past the city operated as a major center of Korean whaling, which led to its selection as the site of the June 2005 International Whaling Commission meeting. The city hosts the K-League soccer club Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i and the University of Ulsan. Ulsan - Administrative divisions. Ulsan includes 4 wards ("Gu") and ...

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whaling: Encyclopedia - Wrangel Island

Wrangel Island (Russian: Остров Врангеля Ostrov Vrangelya) is an island in the Arctic Ocean, between the Chukchi and East Siberian Seas, and belonging to the Russian Federation. Wrangel Island lies across the 180° meridian. The International date line is displaced eastwards at this latitude to avoid the island as well as Chukotka on the Russian mainland. The island is about 125 kilometers (78 miles) wide and 7300 square kilometers (2800 square miles) in area. The highest point on the islan ...

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whaling: Encyclopedia - Sea turtle

Caretta Lepidochelys Chelonia Eretmochelys Natator Dermochelys Sea turtles are large, ocean-dwelling turtles. There are seven species of sea turtle, all endangered: Family Cheloniidae Subfamily Carettinae Genus Caretta Caretta caretta (Loggerhead Sea Turtle) Genus Lepidochelys Lepidochelys olivacea (Olive Ridley) Lepidochel ...

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whaling: Encyclopedia - Bridgeport Connecticut

Bridgeport (41n10, 73w12 EST) is the largest city by population in Connecticut, and is located in southeastern Fairfield County, Connecticut. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 139,529. The city is considered to be part of the greater New York metropolitan area. Its nickname within Connecticut is The Park City. Bridgeport Connecticut - History. Bridgeport's early years were marked by a reliance on fishing and farming, much like other towns in New Eng ...

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whaling: Encyclopedia - Drought

A drought or an extreme dry periodic climate is an extended period where water availability falls below the statistical requirements for a region. Drought is not a purely physical phenomenon, but instead is an interplay between natural water availability and human demands for water supply. Drought - Meanings. The precise definition of drought is made complex due to political considerations, but there are generally three types of conditions that are referred to as drought. Meteorologic ...

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whaling: Encyclopedia - Blubber

Blubber is a thick layer of vascularized fat found under the skin of all cetaceans, pinnipeds and sirenians. It covers the whole body, except for the appendages, loosely attached to the musculature. It can comprise up to 50% of the body mass of some marine mammals during some points in their lives. Blubber serves several different functions, it is the primary area of fat on marine mammals, and essential for storing energy. It is particularly important f ...

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whaling: Encyclopedia - Rainbow Warrior

Rainbow Warrior is the name of a series of ships operated by Greenpeace. The first ship was sunk by the French secret service (DGSE) in Auckland harbour, New Zealand, on 10 July 1985. The current ship using the name was launched in 1989. Rainbow Warrior - The first Rainbow Warrior. The first Rainbow Warrior, a craft of 40 metres and 418 tonnes, was originally the MAFF trawler Sir William Hardy, launched in 1955. She was acquired for £40,000 and was renovated over four months, th ...

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whaling: Encyclopedia - Maui

Maui is the second-largest of the Hawaiian Islands at 727 square miles (1883 km²). Native Hawaiian tradition gives the origin of the island's name in the legend of Hawaiʻiloa, the Polynesian navigator attributed with discovery of the Hawaiian Islands. The story relates how he named the island of Maui after his son who in turn was named for the demi-god Maui. According to legend, the demi-god Maui raised all the Hawaiian Islands from the sea. The Island of Maui is also called the "Valley Isle" for the large ...

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