Icons and animal pictographs, such as falcons, thunder-birds, bird men, and monstrous snakes were common motifs of the Cahokia culture.

Cartman ranked 10th on TV Guide's 2002 list of the " Top 50 Greatest Cartoon Characters ", 24th on TV Guide ’ s " 25 Greatest TV Villains ", 198th on VH1's " 200 Greatest Pop Culture Icons ", and 19th on Bravo's " 100 Greatest TV Characters " television special in 2004.

The Aflac Duck is enshrined on Madison Avenue's Walk of Fame as one of America ’ s Favorite Advertising Icons.

Kevin Padian and Alan D. Gishlick wrote a review in Quarterly Review of Biology which said: " In our view, regardless of Wells ’ s religious or philosophical background, his Icons of Evolution can scarcely be considered a work of scholarly integrity.

She named one of VH1 ’ s 200 Top Icons of All-Time and one of Barbara Walters ’ s Ten Most Fascinating People.

A prime example of his work with Hubbard can be seen on the Mosaic Records / Jazz Icons DVD released in fall 2011 featuring Carvin with Hubbard ’ s very first touring group.

Among the company ’ s top programs are: Emmy-winning Cars. TV, Emmy-nominated America's Court with Judge Ross and We the People With Gloria Allred, Comics Unleashed, Comedy. TV, Beautiful Homes & Great Estates, Pets. TV, Recipe. TV, Career Day and The Young Icons.

Other appearances and listings include: Entertainment Weekly < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s Top 100 TV Icons in 2007, Entertainment Weekly < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s Top 12 Entertainers of the Year in 1998 ( ranked # 3 ) and Glamour < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s 50 Best Dressed Women in the World 2004 and 2005 ( ranked at No. 17 and # 24 ).

Other permanent exhibits include " Salmon Stakes " ( covering a sweeping history of the salmon fishery ); " Icons and Eye Candy " with exhibits such as a Boeing B-1 seaplane, the Lincoln Towing Co .' s original Pink Toe Truck, and the once famous and now taxidermically stuffed Bobo the gorilla ; numerous ship's figureheads ; and several works of art from now-demolished or remodeled Seattle buildings, including Jean Cory Beall's 1958 mosaic from the old Seattle City Light building ; and numerous large panels by Kenneth Callahan, formerly in the Marine Hospital ( now Pacific Medical Center ).

" In The Superhero Book: The Ultimate Encyclopedia Of Comic-Book Icons And Hollywood Heroes ( 2004 ), author Gina Renée Misiroglu observes that while disabled characters in comic book are typically utilized as gimmicks, or — as with Charles Xavier and Daredevil — are introduced with a pre-existing condition as part of their origin myth, " s Oracle ... Gordon stands tall as the most empowering disabled superhero.

From the mid-1940s the country was subject to Soviet economic control and saw considerable Russification of its peoples, but Latvian culture and infrastructures survived such that, during the period of Soviet liberalisation under Mikhail Gorbachev, Latvia once again took a path towards independence which eventually succeeded in August 1991 and was recognised by Russia the following month.

Though born in Rīga in 1937, she settled in Canada during the years of the Soviet occupation, becoming a well-respected academic in the subject of Latvian culture.

In Finnish and Latvian sauna culture, a beer afterwards is thought to be refreshing and relaxing.

In ancient Latvian culture, Zvaigznes (" stars ") referred to several different ideas.

Cēsis was one of the candidate cites for the title of European Capital of culture 2014, ( however Riga was the Latvian city to win the 2014 title ).

The central figure, the woman, was nicknamed " Māra " after the ancient Latvian goddess of motherhood, fertility, and the earth ( see: Māra ), while the cross in her outstretched arm symbolizes the deep importance of Catholicism to Latgalian culture and complements the pagan symbol " Māra ".

Jāņi has been a strong aspect of Latvian culture throughout history, originating in pre-Christian Latvia as an ancient fertility cult.

It combined beer, commercium songs, and academic fencing traditions of German corporations with Latvian nationalism and a strong emphasis on Latvian culture.

In the late 18th century, a small but vibrant Herrnhutist movement played a significant part in the development of Latvian literary culture, before it was absorbed in to the mainstream Lutheran denomination.

Several factors made sure that in this area, known as Līvõd rānda, the Livonian Coast, Latvian culture was too weak to assimilate the Livonians.

The Livonian language and culture experienced a revival during the term of Latvian President Kārlis Ulmanis.

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Boriss Cilevičs, former chair of PACE sub-commission on minorities, notes that all minority schools ( except the Russian and Polish ones ) offer education in either Latvian or Russian, with corresponding minority language and culture taught as subjects.

" Even Baltic German intellectuals devoted to the study of the Latvian culture and language, like August Johann Gottfried Bielenstein ( the editor of Latviešu Avīzes ), opposed the Young Latvians -- whilst the editor of Die Zeitung für Stadt und Land declared that " to be educated and Latvian is impossible -- an educated Latvian is a nothing " (" sei ein Unding ").

In 1931, Latvian archeologist Eduards Šturms was the first to note that artifacts found near Zebrus Lake in Latvia were different and possibly belonged to a separate archaeological culture.

Jāņi ( pronounced ) is a Latvian festival held in the night from 23 June to 24 June to celebrate the summer solstice ( Midsummer ), the shortest night and longest day of the year.

In Latvia, Midsummer is called Jāņi ( Jānis being Latvian for John ) or Līgo svētki ( svētki = festival ).

The tribe ’ s name is preserved in the river Windau ( Latvian Venta ), with the town of Windau ( Latvian Ventspils ) at its mouth, and in Wenden, the old name of the town of Cēsis in Livonia.

The red-white-red Latvian flag was first mentioned in the chapters of Ditleb von Alnpeke ’ s Rhymed Chronicle of Livonia ( Livländische Reimchronik ).

The party remained part of the coalition government along with the People ’ s Party, Latvian First Party / Latvian Way, and the Fatherland and Freedom Party.

In 1941 the synagogue became a trap when all of Kuldigas ’ Jews were imprisoned in the synagogue and held there for several days by Nazis and Latvian sympathizers, before being divided into smaller groups and shot in the nearby forests.

In Riga, Latvia, on December 26, 1986, in the early morning hours after a rock concert, some 300 working-class Latvian youths gathered in Riga ’ s Cathedral Square and marched down Lenin Avenue toward the Freedom Monument shouting, " Soviet Russia out!

Lattelecom in turn owns 23 % of the Latvian mobile operator ’ s Latvijas mobilais telefons shares.

Cable and Wireless later sold its shares to TeliaSonera, as a result of which 51 % of the company ’ s shares are presently owned by the Latvian government, but 49 %-by TeliaSonera.

In the 1998 season he scored 19 goals in 26 games for Skonto, and his progress was attracting attention from bigger clubs ; he had trials with Salernitana ( Italy ), Werder Bremen ( Germany ), and Casino Salzburg ( Austria ), but he was recommended to Southampton ’ s manager Dave Jones by Gary Johnson, the manager of the Latvian national team.

In a response, William Hague demanded apology to TB / LNNK and Latvian government from Miliband, describing his remarks as recycling " false Soviet propaganda " and noting that " the majority of parties forming Latvia ’ s current Government including the Prime Minister ’ s party, have attended the commemoration of Latvians who fought in the Second World War ".

About her ethnicity, Yulia Tymoshenko herself has said: " On my father ’ s side – everyone is Latvian for ten generations, and on my mother's side – everyone is Ukrainian for ten generations.

In a response, Shadow Foreign Secretary William Hague demanded an apology to TB / LNNK and the Latvian government from Miliband, describing his remarks as recycling " false Soviet propaganda " and noting that " the majority of parties forming Latvia ’ s current Government including the Prime Minister ’ s party, have attended the commemoration of Latvians who fought in the Second World War ".

Their popularity and public ’ s recognition are one of the tremendous success stories in Latvian music industry.

From that point forward, the First Secretaries of the Latvian SSR were servile party functionaries, as first embodied by Pelše, whom Latvians regarded as symbols of submissiveness to the Soviets .< ref > Dreifelds, Juris, < u > Latvia in Transition </ u >, Cambridge University Press, 1996 .</ ref >< ref > Bogdan, Henry, < u > Histoire des peuples de l ’ ex-URSS </ u > of the Peoples of the former USSR, Perrin, Paris, 1993 .</ ref >

In the same year, SGS was founded in Rouen, France, by a young Latvian immigrant who, having seen the opportunities at one of the country ’ s largest ports, began to inspect French grain shipments.

The Latvian special police didn ’ t like us because we were speaking Russian, and decided to throw us in gaol.

Gratnik does not know anything about the murder, but his opponent recognizes the ambassador ’ s words as " Šis nav mans mētelis ," which in English translates as “ This is not my coat ,” in an obscure Latvian dialect ( more specifically, the Courland dialect around Ventspils ).

Rees ’ book on ecological footprint analysis, Our Ecological Footprint ( co-authored with then PhD student Dr Mathis Wackernagel ), was published in 1996 and is now available in English, Chinese, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Latvian, and Spanish.