Among the various Hachijō-daiko rhythms, perhaps the most unusual is the intoxicating honbataki rhythm which is most often sung to by one of the two drummers.

Among the more unusual body materials are amorphous silicon, polycrystalline silicon or other amorphous semiconductors in thin-film transistors or organic field effect transistors that are based on organic semiconductors ; often, OFET gate insulators and electrodes are made of organic materials, as well.

Among esoteric programming languages Kvikkalkul is unusual in being neither hopelessly unusable nor very minimal.

Among his most unusual and evocative compositions is the choral Abendzauber ( 1878 ) for tenor, yodelers and four alpine horns.

" Among the more unusual tributes, a Cabernet Sauvignon wine and a variety of winter wheat have been named in Nijinsky's honour.

Among other unusual techniques, bent and fisheye camera perspectives were used to portray the way the film's hippies and hoodlums viewed the city.

Among Western men, the shaving of legs is unusual.

Among the more unusual of his papers are his Experiments and Observations on the Singing of Birds, and his Essay on the Language of Birds.

Among its most remarkable characteristics is its unusually cool central star, which is a spectroscopic binary, and its unusual shape.

Among affricates, are all quite common, and is not unusual ( and is particularly common among the Khoisan languages ), which is surprising since non-ejective is not a common sound.

Among the more unusual recipients are Iraqi President Saddam Hussein ( Detroit, 1980 ), Sam Born, for inventing a machine that mechanically inserted sticks into lollipops ( San Francisco, 1916 ), and " Scarlett's Magic " ( Corona, 2010 ), a cat listed in the 2011 Guinness Book of World Records as World's Tallest Cat.

Among the smaller species, the bottlebrush buckeye Aesculus parviflora also makes a very interesting and unusual flowering shrub.

Among the more unusual imported trees are two examples of the Blue Atlas Cedar, a native of North Africa.

Among the unusual examples is an 18th-century stele depicting a Yangtze River flood control project.

" Among its characteristics are: the use of repeated, homophonic blocks of sound, which prompted the Dutch critic Elmer Schönberger to call her " the lady with the hammer "; unusual combinations of instruments ( such as eight double basses, piano and percussion in her Composition No. 2 ); considerable use of extreme dynamics ( as in her Piano Sonata No. 6 ); employing groups of instruments in order to introduce tone clusters ; and the use of piano or percussion to beat out regular unchanging rhythms ( all of her acknowledged works use either piano or percussion, many use both ).

Among the range's significant features he describes are Mount Stuart, the second highest non-volcanic peak in Washington and one of the largest single granitic mountains in the United States, the Cashmere Crags, the Lost World Plateau, Edward Plateau, and Dragontail Plateau, the Enchantment Lakes Basin (" one of the most marvelous examples of an ice-sculpted wilderness in the Cascade Range ), Icicle Creek and its narrow, U-shaped valley over deep, one of the deepest in the Cascades, and the Wenatchee River's unusual winding Tumwater Canyon gorge.

Among some of the questions brought before the Court was whether the Act violated the 1868 Burlingame Treaty with China, whether hard labor and deportation constituted cruel and unusual punishment and thus violated the Eighth Amendment, whether the Act violated Fifth and Sixth Amendments protections by permitting imprisonment with hard labor without prior indictment or jury trial, whether the act violated the Fourteenth Amendment ’ s prohibition against the taking of property or liberty without due process, among other issues.

Among the standout tracks on Sinatra and Strings are " All or Nothing at All ", an unusual verse-only version of " Stardust " ( in juxtaposition to the many chorus-only versions of the song ), a ballad rendition of " Night and Day " which provided a contrast to Sinatra's more familiar big band version, and a rendition of " Come Rain or Come Shine " which frequently is included " Best of " compilations from Sinatra's Reprise years.

Among the more unusual applications of colza oil is the calming of choppy seas, where the oil modifies the surface tension of the water and rapidly smooths the surface.

Among the unusual properties of Nth metal is the ability to negate gravity, allowing a person wearing an object made of Nth metal, such as a belt, to fly.

Among the more unusual sources, one texture was based on Adrian's snakeskin boots, and a bloody texture for the hell levels was created from a photograph of a wound on Cloud's knee.

Among Jewish religious leaders, Montefiore was unusual for the time and energy he devoted to the study of Christianity.

Among many other more mainstream products they have created two unusual varieties of catadioptric telescopes with an open tube design instead of the full-aperture corrector plate of the Schmidt-Cassegrain and most Maksutov-Cassegrain designs.

Among the dozens of variations are dunk tanks in which the victim is completely enclosed by a fenced enclosure ; dunk tanks in which two or more people can be dunked at the same time ; and dunk tanks where the target mechanism is tripped by unusual ways ( e. g., making a golf hole, shooting a free throw, etc.

" Among Larry's characteristics are his love of playing golf and his annoyance at having to engage in small talk (" stop and chat "), especially with people he deals with in commercial situations, such as waiters and tradesmen.

The critic B. W. Findon wrote, " Among the survivors of the old brigade – of the artists who thoroughly understand the requirements of farcical comedy, who know how to treat its humour with breadth, and grapple successfully with its ludicrous situations – is Mr. Weedon Grossmith.

Among the debt situations that can be worked out in business to business debt mediation are: Lawsuits and Judgments, Delinquent Property, Machinery, Equipment rentals / leases, Business Loans or Mortgage on Business Property, Capital payments due for improvements / construction, Invoices and Statements, Disputed Bills and Problem Debts.

Among the modern body designs is the two-or four-door hardtop that typically " does not have a center pillar " and requires additional reinforcement compared to similar sedan styles for support in rollover situations.

Among its main goals are the strengthening of democratic institutions and counselling on the resolution of political conflicts in two key areas: democratic leadership and governance and response to crisis and post-crisis situations.

Among other situations the text considers harmless are the appearance of dull white spots, white patches of skin without sores, and baldness without sores ; the latter two of these are thought by scholars to most probably refer to vitiligo and alopecia, respectively, and the Bible remarks that the former-the dull white spots-are merely a form of freckles.

This was followed in 1955 by The Lady in the Tower, and, in 1957, by another love story, A Girl Among Poets, which won praise from Sir John Betjeman, who wrote of the author's " gift for describing farcical situations ".

Among some recent imports were seat covers for one series of dining room chairs on which were depicted salad plates overflowing with tomatoes and greens and another set on which a pineapple was worked in naturalistic color.

Among the specific areas of concentration in which the staff is engaged, are such projects as biological and biochemical studies of the effects of microwaves ; ;

Among its most spectacular features are its falls, the highest being Upper Yosemite which drops 2,425 feet.

Among other things, Moseley demonstrated that the lanthanide series ( from lanthanum to lutetium inclusive ) must have 15 members — no fewer and no more — which was far from obvious from the chemistry at that time.

Among these are treatises such as the Shikand-gumanic Vichar by Mardan-Farrux Ohrmazddadan, selections of Denkard, Wizidagīhā-ī Zātspram (" Selections of Zātspram ") as well as older passages of the book Avesta, the Gathas which are attributed to Zarathustra himself and regarded as his " direct teachings ".

Among the many volumes of the holy Rabbi Yitzchak Luria ( known as the " Ari "), most of which come downfrom the pen of his primary disciple, Rabbi Chaim Vital, are profound insights explaining issues related to reincarnation.

Among many roles in his career, Arau has played " Captain Herrera ", a lieutenant of Federal general " Mapache ", in Sam Peckinpah's 1969 western, The Wild Bunch, chief bandit " El Guapo " in Three Amigos ( USA, 1986 ), a comedy with Martin Short, Steve Martin, and Chevy Chase, and the smuggler " Juan " in Romancing the Stone which starred Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner.

Among the economic development institutions established in East Africa were companies such as the Diamond Jubilee Investment Trust ( now Diamond Trust of Kenya ) and the Jubilee Insurance Company, which are quoted on the Nairobi Stock Exchange and have become major players in national development.

Among his epic poems, we possess the titles and some fragments of three pieces: the Fisherman, Kirka or Krika, which, however, is designated by Athenaeus as doubtful, and Helena, Of his elegies, some beautiful fragments are still extant.

Among these was a raid taking place in Kent, an allied country in Southeast England, during the year 885, which was quite possibly the largest raid since the battles with Guthrum.

Among the letters of Julian are two ( 29 and 30 ) addressed to Alypius ; one inviting him to Rome, the other thanking him for a geographical treatise, which no longer exists.

Among Classical Greeks, amazon was given a popular etymology as from a-mazos, " without breast ", connected with an etiological tradition that Amazons had their left breast cut off or burnt out, so they would be able to use a bow more freely and throw spears without the physical limitation and obstruction ; there is no indication of such a practice in works of art, in which the Amazons are always represented with both breasts, although the left is frequently covered ( see photos in article ).

Among the most successful of his 37 operas staged during his lifetime were Armida ( 1771 ), La fiera di Venezia ( 1772 ), La scuola de ' gelosi ( 1778 ), Der Rauchfangkehrer ( 1781 ), Les Danaïdes ( 1784 ), which was first presented as a work of Gluck's, La grotta di Trofonio ( 1785 ), Tarare ( 1787 ) ( Tarare was reworked and revised several times as was Les Danaïdes ), Axur, re d ' Ormus ( 1788 ), La cifra ( 1789 ), Palmira, regina di Persia ( 1795 ), Il mondo alla rovescia ( 1795 ), Falstaff ( 1799 ), and Cesare in Farmacusa ( 1800 ).

Among the doctrines which were specially developed and, so to speak, fixed by Alexander of Hales, are the thesaurus supererogationis perfectorum ( treasury of supererogatory merits ) and the character indelibilis ( sacramental character ) of baptism, confirmation, and ordination.

Among other adventures, Atalanta participated in the hunt for the Calydonian Boar, which Artemis had sent to destroy Calydon because King Oeneus had forgotten her at the harvest sacrifices.

Among the dances described were the solemn basse danse, the livelier branle, pavane, and the galliarde which Shakespeare called the " cinq pace " as it was made of five steps.

Among the vast number of different biomolecules, many are complex and large molecules ( called biopolymers ), which are composed of similar repeating subunits ( called monomers ).

Among the tournaments in this series is the venerable All-England Championships, first held in 1900, which was once considered the unofficial world championships of the sport.

Among the visions which the Völva sees and describes in the prophecy known as the Völuspá is one of the fatal mistletoe, the birth of Váli and the weeping of Frigg ( stanzas 31-33 ).

Among the most successful of these was Batman: Arkham Asylum ( 2009 ), which was released by Rocksteady Studios to critical acclaim ; review aggregator Metacritic reports it as having received 92 % positive reviews.

Among the tracks he recorded was an early version of " That'll Be The Day ", which took its title from a line that John Wayne's character says repeatedly in the 1956 film The Searchers.

Among other genetic information the F-plasmid carries a tra and trb locus, which together are about 33 kb long and consist of about 40 genes.

Among the topics were love, religion, drinking-songs, legends, and early journalism, which included disasters, political events and signs, wonders and prodigies.

Among ancient sources, the poet Simonides, another near-contemporary, says the campaign force numbered 200, 000 ; while a later writer, the Roman Cornelius Nepos estimates 200, 000 infantry and 10, 000 cavalry, of which only 100, 000 fought in the battle, while the rest were loaded into the fleet that was rounding Cape Sounion ; Plutarch and Pausanias both independently give 300, 000, as does the Suda dictionary.