* Terry Pratchett intended his 1981 novel Strata to be a " pisstake / homage / satire " of Ringworld.

Strata is a comic science fiction novel by Terry Pratchett.

According to Don D ' Ammassa, both this and Pratchett's 1981 sci-fi novel Strata are spoofing parts of Larry Niven's Ringworld.

* Terry Pratchett's novel Strata

Before creating the Discworld, Terry Pratchett wrote about two different flat worlds, first in this novel, and then in the novel Strata.

Pratchett first explored the idea of a disc-shaped world in the novel Strata ( 1981 ).

The Strata Diocletiana, which ran from the Euphrates to Palmyra and northeast Arabia, is the classic Diocletianic frontier system, consisting of an outer road followed by tightly spaced forts followed by further fortifications in the rear.

Retaliation by Henry IV on the Strata Florida Abbey followed, but eventually led to Henry's retreat.

In another of his books Strata Identified by Organized Fossils ( London 1816-1819 ) he recognised that strata contained distinct fossil assemblages which could be used to match rocks across regions.

After the region around St. David's was firmly occupied by the Norman Marcher lordship of Pembroke by the early 12th century, with St. David's firmly under Norman influence thereafter, the princely Dinefwr family of Deheubarth transferred their patronage to Strata Florida, interring many of their family members there.

In 1184, a further charter was issued by Lord Rhys re-affirming Strata Florida as a monastery under the patronage of Deheubarth.

Strata Florida was not excused from the wrath of Henry VIII, and the monastery was dissolved in the 1540s by the church commissioners.

* The Practice of System and Network Administration ( Addison-Wesley ), 2nd Edition ( July 5, 2007 ), by Thomas A. Limoncelli, Christine Hogan and Strata R. Chalup

* Barnsley Central Offices transformed in 2009 into a large scale artwork ' Strata ' part of Barnsleys City of Culture bid 2010 by local artist Patrick Murphy.

In February 1811 Keir forwarded to the Geological Society " An Account of the Strata in sinking a Pit in Tividale Colliery ", accompanied by a number of specimens.

Vril Dox, Garryn Bek, Strata, Lyrissa Mallor, and the Durlan appeared as prisoners of the Alien Alliance who helped stage a breakout from the Starlag, a prison spacecraft overseen by the alien race known as the Citadel.

is usurped by Vril Dox's son Lyrl, Dox and those members who remain loyal to him ( Lobo, Phase, Strata, Stealth, and Borb ) are forced to flee in a mysterious new ship in order to regroup and regain control of L. E. G. I. O. N.

Garv, Strata's husband, unbalanced by not understanding recent events, becomes involved in a desire to get Strata back.

The 4 and a half meter high metalwork featuring the silhouettes of three footballers dribbling and shooting was commissioned by the builders Spirita and Strata and designed by artist Denis O ' Connor.

The 2008 Terra miniseries had intended to explain that Tara was driven insane by an element called " quixium " harvested from Strata, which had been used by Markovian scientists to grant her earth-based superpowers.

She had been born in an underground world called Strata and sent away by its members to establish relations with the surface world.

The Terra miniseries revealed that she is a member of an alien race called Stratans who live below the Earth's surface in a massive subterranean cave called Strata which is actually the empty spacesuit of a long dead cosmic extraterrestrial, and possesses a rare mutation granted by a unique ore called " quixium " that grants her the earth powers she wields.

Social Strata was named one of the 35 " Best Places to Work " in Washington State by Seattle Magazine.

* LiveCloud-Launched in 2006 and originally called Groupee ( when the company was still Groupee, Inc .), LiveCloud is a social network run by Social Strata.

* UBB. threads ( formerly WWWThreads )-A PHP / MySQL based internet forum system acquired by Social Strata in 2001.

While the history of the real " Earth " in Strata clearly is not the one we are familiar with, the history of the flat Earth is consistent with our own, up to the point where the expedition arrives.

In this occasion, Atlee expresses no desire to stay in Strata, asking Power Girl to bring her back to the surface world, to which she has grown a liking, as soon as possible.

Through Strata Limited, in which KI holds 15, 4 % the company holds shares in two exploration and production companies listed on the AIM in London, Zanaga Iron Ore Company Ltd. ( ZIOC ) which deals with the management and development of a world class iron ore located in the South Western part of the Congo ( Brazzaville ); and Ncondezi Coal Company Ltd which is currently exploring and developing coal exploration licences in the Tete Provinde of Mozambique with the resource potential of 1. 8 billion tons of coal.

* 1958 " Some Notes on the Early and Middle Bronze Age Strata of Megiddo ", Eretz Israel 5 ( 1958 ), pp. 51 – 60.

* 1969 " Middle and Late Bronze Age Strata at Megiddo ", Levant 1 ( 1969 ), pp. 25 – 60.

In 1994, composer Mark Applebaum composed Narcissus: Strata / Panacea for marimba solo.

He became the patron of the abbeys of Whitland and Strata Florida and made large grants to both houses.

Several of Rhys's children, including Gruffydd and Maelgwn, were buried at Strata Florida Abbey.

* The Strata Florida Abbey is rebuilt ; it had been destroyed some years earlier in King Edward I of England's conquest of Wales.

The Strata Diocletiana is built and lined with a series of forts ( quadriburgia ), it runs from the Gulf of Aqaba ( Arabia ) to the Euphrates.

Strata Florida Abbey was the site of the council of 1238.

In 1238 Llywelyn held a council at Strata Florida Abbey where the other Welsh princes swore fealty to Dafydd.

It is also extensively used in the Access and Non-Access Strata of UMTS.

William ' Strata ' Smith ( 23 March 1769 – 28 August 1839 ) was an English geologist, credited with creating the first nationwide geological map.

He also published his Delineation of the Strata of England in the same year.

* John L Morton, Strata ( New Edition, 2004 ), Horsham: Brocken Spectre Publishing.

* Biography of William " Strata " Smith.

* William " Strata " Smith and his achievements in Scarborough.

Large amounts of regeneration and gentrification are occurring in Walworth, including the proposed demolition of the Elephant and Castle Shopping Centre, the newly built Strata tower, the proposed demolition of the Heygate and Aylesbury Estates and re-jigging St Mary's Churchyard as a new park.

Strata Florida Abbey () ( is a former Cistercian abbey situated just outside Pontrhydfendigaid, near Tregaron in the county of Ceredigion, Wales.

Ystrad corrupts into " Strata ", while Fflur (" Flowers ") is also the name of the nearby river.