Alfred Edward Durrant VC ISM ( 4 November 1864 – 29 March 1933 ) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

In September, 2012, NASA scientists reported that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ( PAHs ), subjected to interstellar medium ( ISM ) conditions, are transformed, through hydrogenation, oxygenation and hydroxylation, to more complex organics-" a step along the path toward amino acids and nucleotides, the raw materials of proteins and DNA, respectively ".

In September 2012, NASA scientists reported that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ( PAHs ), subjected to interstellar medium ( ISM ) conditions, are transformed, through hydrogenation, oxygenation and hydroxylation, to more complex organics-" a step along the path toward amino acids and nucleotides, the raw materials of proteins and DNA, respectively ".

In September 2012, NASA scientists reported that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons ( PAHs ), subjected to interstellar medium ( ISM ) conditions, are transformed, through hydrogenation, oxygenation and hydroxylation, to more complex organics-" a step along the path toward amino acids and nucleotides, the raw materials of proteins and DNA, respectively ".

The ISM bands do have licensed operations ; however, due to the high likelihood of harmful interference, licensed use of the bands is typically low.

ZigBee operates in the industrial, scientific and medical ( ISM ) radio bands ; 868 MHz in Europe, 915 MHz in the USA and Australia, and 2. 4 GHz in most jurisdictions worldwide.

Five of the Trustees come from the parent body ; five are representatives of the School's Sustaining Members -- the twenty two organizations, companies and institutions with long-term and significant involvement in ISM.

The recommendation was accepted and a delegation left India in October 1944 ; Saha was a member of the ISM.

On return to India the ISM prepared an official report and submitted it to the Government ; the report was drafted by Saha.

* Tooru Watanabe as " Daiten ISM " ( blue ), after a department store named IMS ; ( English: Daiten Macy's )

Depending upon the model, Detroit Diesel 40 or 50 series ; Cummins ISM, C-series, or ISL ; or CAT C-9 engines could be had.

For Earth-bound observers, extinction arises both from the interstellar medium ( ISM ) and the Earth's atmosphere ; it may also arise from circumstellar dust around an observed object.

; Chapter IX – Management for the Safe Operation of Ships: Requires every shipowner and any person or company that has assumed responsibility for a ship to comply with the International Safety Management Code ( ISM ).

The ISM is normally observed by looking at background sources such as hot stars or quasars ; interstellar material absorbs some of the light from the background source and so its composition and velocity can be studied.

The negative return loss for a pair of representative commercial patch antennas is shown below ; both antennas are nominally designed to operate in the US Industrial, Scientific, and Medical ( ISM ) band from 902-928 MHz.

Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances ( using short-wavelength radio transmissions in the ISM band from 2400 – 2480 MHz ) from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks ( PANs ) with high levels of security.

The most significant were Digital Equipment Corporation with DSM ( Digital Standard MUMPS ), InterSystems with ISM ( InterSystems M ) on VMS and UNIX, and M / 11 + on the PDP-11 platform.

This was based on their ISM product, but with influences from the other implementations.

Vertically, the molecular gas inhabits the narrow midplane of the Galactic disc with a characteristic scale height, Z, of approximately 50 – 75 parsec, much thinner than the warm atomic ( Z = 130 – 400 pc ) and warm ionized ( Z = 1000 pc ) gaseous components of the ISM.

BI has roughly 1500 students in China through its close relationship with Fudan University in Shanghai, and is also the majority shareholder of the ISM University of Management and Economics ( previously known as International School of Management ) with around 2000 students located in Vilnius and Kaunas in Lithuania.

When high RF emission levels from other sources became a potential problem ( such as with the advent of microwave ovens ), certain frequency bands were designated for Industrial, Scientific and Medical ( ISM ) use, allowing unlimited emissions.

The largest such formations, called giant molecular clouds, have typical densities of 100 particles per cm < sup > 3 </ sup >, diameters of, masses of up to 6 million solar masses, and an average interior temperature of 10 K. About half the total mass of the galactic ISM is found in molecular clouds < ref > and in the Milky Way there are an estimated 6, 000 molecular clouds, each with more than 100, 000 solar masses.

During their lives and deaths, stars interact physically with the ISM.

ISM is a not-for-profit educational association that serves professionals and organizations with an interest in supply management in more than 80 countries.

Bové joined with members of the then newly-established International Solidarity Movement ( ISM ), who were at the time maintaining an ongoing presence at the Palestinian Presidential Compound as " human shields " to deter the army from breaking in.

These ISM bands – open frequencies with a higher unlicensed power permitted for use originally by Industrial, Scientific, Medical apparatus – are now becoming some of the most crowded in the spectrum because they are open to everyone.

The ISM does not associate, support, or have anything to do with armed or violent resistance to the occupation.

The ISM does not assist or engage in any kind of armed resistance, no matter what form it may take .</ br > This right to resist occupation applies not only to the Palestinian people, but to all peoples who are faced with a military occupation.

The ISM regards all people as equals with equal rights under international law.

* On Aug. 8, 2006, ISM activist Adam Shapiro announced that a group of ISM activists was traveling to southern Lebanon to attempt to deliver aid and show solidarity with suffering residents.

The next day, ISM posted a video showing an IDF officer hitting a Danish protester in the face with his assault rifle.

NGO Monitor said that ISM " has a long record of encouraging activists to take ‘ direct action ’ that often places them in danger and in direct confrontations with the IDF.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry reported that two terrorists involved in the Mike's Place suicide bombing forged " links with foreign left wing activists and members of the International Solidarity Movement ( ISM ).

The Israeli government asserted ISM activist Susan Barclay had " ties with Palestinian terrorist groups ".

Due to the enormous quantity of 802. 11 " Wi-Fi " equipment and software, coupled with the fact that spectrum licenses are not required in the ISM and U-NII bands, the industry has moved well ahead of the regulators and the standards bodies.

The majority of ISM members broke with the CWI while a minority stayed part of the CWI and created the International Socialists ( Scotland ).

ISM was the first international school in the world to be recognized and accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges in 1975 and presently enjoys joint accreditation with WASC and the Council of International Schools.

About 700 BC it became the eighth month when January and February were added to the year before March by King Numa Pompilius, who also gave it 29 days.

At extremely rare intervals the thermometer has fallen below zero (- 18 ° C ), as was the case in the remarkable cold wave of the 12th-13 February 1899, when an absolute minimum of-17 ° F (- 29 ° C ) was registered at Valley Head.

Jackson's father died in an accident in February 1767, at the age of 29, three weeks before his son Andrew was born in the Waxhaws area.

Her resignation was effective 29 February 2008.

On the evening of 29 February, Baratieri met with his brigadiers Matteo Albertone, Giuseppe Arimondi, Vittorio Dabormida, and Giuseppe Ellena, concerning their next steps.

On the night of 29 February and the early morning of 1 March three Italian brigades advanced separately towards Adwa over narrow mountain tracks, while a fourth remained camped.

The uprising finally subsided on 29 February.

Mao Zedong meets with President Nixon, February 29, 1972

At the 23rd Congress ( 29 March – 8 April 1966 ) the survival ratio was 79. 4 percent, it decreased to 76. 5 percent at the 24th Congress ( 30 March – 9 April 1971 ), increased to 83. 4 percent at the 25th Congress ( 24 February – 5 March 1976 ) and at its peak, at the 26th Congress ( 23 February – 3 March 1981 ), it reached 89 percent.

# Don't Stand Where the Comet is Assumed to Strike Oil — May 26, 2003 to February 29, 2004

She eventually married Eugene Janssen ( February 18, 1918 – March 30, 1996 ) on September 29, 1940 in Los Angeles.

The issue sold out in three weeks, but as of February 17, 2009 the DVD was made available for members of the Disney movie club for $ 29. 95.

David Thomas " Davy " Jones ( 30 December 1945 – 29 February 2012 ) was an English recording artist, actor, and businessman, best known as a member of the musical group The Monkees and star of the TV series of the same name.

On the morning of 29 February 2012, Jones went to tend his 14 horses at a farm in Indiantown, Florida.

The days of February 29 of the years AD 100, AD 200, AD 300, and the day created by the irregular application of leap years between the assassination of Caesar and the decree of Augustus re-arranging the calendar in AD 8, remained in effect.

* Leap Day: February 29 ( Every four years, with some exceptions )

* February 29

February 29, also known as a leap day in the Gregorian calendar, is a date that occurs in most years that are divisible by 4, such as 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020.

February 29 is the 60th day of the Gregorian calendar in such a year, with 306 days remaining until the end of the year.

Over this period, February 29 falls on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday 13 times each ; 14 times each on Friday and Saturday ; and 15 times each on Monday and Wednesday.

February 29 came to be regarded as the leap day when the Roman system of numbering days was replaced by sequential numbering in the late Middle Ages.

* 1712 – February 29 is followed by February 30 in Sweden, in a move to abolish the Swedish calendar for a return to the Old style.

A person who is born on February 29 may be called a " leapling " or a " leap year baby ".