In 1930 the Heelises became partners with the National Trust in buying and managing the fell farms included in the large Monk Coniston Estate.

The university has a large network of more than 1, 600 corporate, governmental, and non-profit partners in 28 states and 25 international locations.

Other large trade partners are Russia and the United States.

The author states that it is also practiced by " unchaste women " but mentions widespread traditional concerns about this being a degrading or unclean practice, with known practitioners being evaded as love partners in large parts of the country.

Dahmer got the idea that he could turn his victims into " zombies " — completely submissive, eternally youthful sexual partners – and attempted to do so by drilling holes into their skulls and injecting hydrochloric acid or boiling water into the frontal lobe area of their brains with a large syringe, usually while the victim was still alive.

The Canadian press reported that in interviews, first-year psychology students who took Rushton's classes said that he had conducted a survey of students ' sexual habits in 1988, asking " such questions as how large their penises are, how many sex partners they have had, and how far they can ejaculate.

India has remained one of its biggest trading partners ; in addition India has deep social and historical links with a large portion of the population of Mauritius, India is the country's second largest source of foreign assistance.

After negotiations, the heqin agreement in 198 BCE nominally held the leaders of the Xiongnu and the Han as equal partners in a royal marriage alliance, but the Han were forced to send large amounts of tribute items such as silk clothes, food, and wine to the Xiongnu.

It determined that the " large majority " of them were committed by the homosexual partners of the victims or those who were otherwise in a relationship with them ( e. g., male prostitutes ), with some others being killed due to unpaid debts with gangs involved in drug trafficking.

By 1664, the Dutch lost control of the County to the English and large tracts of Westchester were established as manors ( held by a single proprietor ) or patents ( jointly held by partners ).

Also, the authors of the study acknowledge that a large number of sexual partners may not lead to greater reproductive success, specifically noting there is an " absence of evidence relating the number of sexual partners and actual reproductive success, either in the present or in our evolutionary past.

Early studies found men with homosexual contact were more likely to have a very large number of sexual partners, but a 1989 study found a very high number of partners ( over 100 ) to be present though rare in that demographic.

The authors showed that the specifics of flying behaviour as well as large flocksize and low number of interaction partners were essential to the creation of the variable shape of flocks of starlings.

In 2009, investigators of the Munich Prosecution Department uncovered a corruption affair, in which MAN has been corrupting business partners and governments in over 20 countries during the years 2001 to 2007 to get large orders for buses and trucks.

Between 1880 and the turn of the century, Thomas Humber and his partners were making bicycles and eventually motor-cycles and cars at a large factory at the junction of what is now Queens Road and Humber Road.

Humans need to feel a sense of belonging and acceptance, whether it comes from a large social group, such as clubs, office culture, religious groups, professional organizations, sports teams, gangs, or small social connections ( family members, intimate partners, mentors, close colleagues, confidants ).

At the height of Morgan's career during the early 1900s, he and his partners had financial investments in many large corporations and were accused by critics of controlling the nation's high finance.

However there is a large restructuring plan ongoing and about 10, 000 new jobs are expected to be lost outright and partners will be regrouped into larger entities.

The estate tax issue played a role, though another factor was that Colangelo's partners were upset at the team's large debt.

Many presidents have used a large partners ' desk called the Resolute Desk, so named because it was made from the timbers of the British frigate HMS Resolute.

Some of the Image partners used their studios to also publish works produced outside of their studios, allowing the creators to retain ownership and editorial control over those series, an arrangement which was then uncommon among large publishers.

The Consultative Group to Assist the Poor ( CGAP ) recently commented that " a large proportion of the money they spend is not effective, either because it gets hung up in unsuccessful and often complicated funding mechanisms ( for example, a government apex facility ), or it goes to partners that are not held accountable for performance.

In recent years new contributing factors were considered after reviewing accidents involving solo diving, diving with incapable dive partners, video or photography in caves, complex cave dives and cave diving in large groups.

When Gorbachev had Chernenko's safe opened, it was found to contain a small folder of personal papers and several large bundles of money ; large amounts of money was also found in his desk.

The technology used would have been a combination of electromechanical controls, microfilm cameras and readers, all integrated into a large desk.

A drawing board ( also drawing table, drafting table or architect's table ) is, in its antique form, a kind of multipurpose desk which can be used for any kind of drawing, writing or impromptu sketching on a large sheet of paper or for reading a large format book or other oversized document or for drafting precise technical illustrations.

Other clues turn up: a scarab in Dean's desk, a large pebble in the stairwell, a " catapult " ( slingshot ) belonging to office boy Ginger Joe, who is recruited by " Bredon " to help in the investigation.

The host sat at a desk facing the large performance area in front of the performers.

Among the resulting set's features was a large central desk with video monitors that the production team nicknamed " the pool table "; the prop later became a fixture in USS Enterprise-D's engine room on the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Introduction of the Siemens system 7. 500 hardware family, ranging from desk size models for use in office environment to large models with water cooling.

Depending on the size of the library, there may be more than one desk ; at some smaller libraries all transactions may occur at one desk, while large urban public libraries may employ subject-specialist librarians with the ability to staff multiple reference or information desks to answer queries about particular topics at any time during regular operating hours.

The room features three large south-facing windows behind the president's desk, and a fireplace at the north end.

" He praised the surface of the building, and the detailing of the terra-cotta work, but criticized the practicality of the large number of windows in the building: " tenant can, perhaps, find wall space within for one roll top desk without overlapping the windows, with light close in front of him and close behind him and close on one side of him.

A signal from the studio mixing desk — such as a voice or instrument — is fed to a large high-fidelity loudspeaker located at one end of the echo chamber.

Also seen frequently, and lending a certain continuity to the series, are the minor characters Alf Miscolo ( the clerk in charge of records and coffee ) and desk sergeant Dave Murchison, as well as a large cast of regulars who do not work at the 87th, including Steve's deaf-mute wife Theodora " Teddy " Carella ; the buffoonish and arrogant homicide detectives Monoghan and Monroe, who always appear together ; the crime lab supervisor Sam Grossman ; Medical Examiner Paul Blaney ( and later his twin brother Carl ) from the Coroner's Office ; police informants Danny Gimp and Fats Donner ; Rolly Chabrier and Nellie Brand from the District Attorney's office ; and Detective Ollie Weeks ( a. k. a. " Fat Ollie "), a central character in several 87th Precinct novels even though he is in fact on the squad of the neighboring 88th Precinct.

When Turner brought Imberg to the Culver City, California corporate headquarters of Ashton-Tate to be trained, the offices were so crowded that the only space available for Imberg was a small desk beside a large photocopier, with no phone line ; the offices were so crowded that when Turner needed to conduct a confidential meeting, he would have it standing up in the nearby restroom.

An armoire desk is a writing-table built within a large cabinet, usually 1. 5-2. 0 m ( 5-7 feet ) high.

The sketch of an armoire desk which comes with this article shows a fairly large version with four folding doors, a writing surface which slides out, and a keyboard and mouse pad tray which, in turn, slides out from under the sliding writing surface.

A pedestal desk is usually a large free-standing desk made of a simple rectangular working surface resting on two pedestals or small cabinets of stacked drawers of one or two sizes, with plinths around the bases.

From the mid-18th century onwards, the pedestal desk has often had a top that is inlaid with a large panel of leather ( sometimes with a gold-or blind-stamped border ) or baize for a writing surface, within a cross-banded border.

Like the older carrel desk, a cubicle seeks to give a degree of privacy to the user while taking up minimal space in a large or medium sized room.

There are two survivors of these medieval and renaissance forms: The rather large Bargueno desk or Vargueno, a chest desk from 16th-century Spain, and the relatively small Bible box, which probably had a later origin.