Based on the assumption that Kentucky neutrality would act as a shield against a direct invasion from the north, Tennessee initially had sent men to Virginia and concentrated defenses in the Mississippi Valley, circumstances that no longer applied in September 1861.

Ajax would wield his magnificent shield, as Teucer stood behind picking off enemy Trojans.

Before leaving, he buried his sandals, shield, and sword under a huge rock and told her that, when their son grew up, he should move the rock and bring the weapons to his father, who would acknowledge him.

When so used it would generally be fastened on the right shoulder, and would partially envelop the chest as it passed obliquely round in front and behind to be attached to the shield under the left arm.

Hence, by metonymy, it would be employed to denote at times the shield which it supported, and at other times a cuirass, or chlamys, the purpose of which it in part served.

On April 3, 2012, it was revealed that the Panthers would not be adopting Nike's " Elite 51 " uniform technology, and that aside from the aforementioned logo change and the league-wide revision of the NFL shield on the uniform ( replacing the NFL Equipment logo ), the uniforms will essentially remain unchanged.

" He also asked his readers if the smallpox epidemic may have been given to them by God as " punishment for sin ," and warned that attempting to shield themselves from God's fury ( via inoculation ), would only serve to " provoke him more.

It would be impossible to discriminate these events from the background of neutrinos, since the dimensions of the required neutrino shield would ensure collapse into a black hole.

If a hoplite escaped, he would sometimes be forced to drop his cumbersome aspis, thereby disgracing himself to his friends and family ( becoming a " ripsaspis ", one who threw his shield ).

It also meant that, in battle, a phalanx would tend to drift to the right ( as hoplites sought to remain behind the shield of their neighbour ).

It should also be said that an overarm motion would allow more effective combination of the aspis and doru if the shield wall had broken down, while the underarm motion would be more effective when the shield had to be interlocked with those of one's neighbours in the battle-line.

For example, a shield divided azure and gules would be perfectly acceptable.

The fully armoured Viking raider would wear an iron helmet and a maille hauberk, and fight with a combination of axe, sword, shield, spear or great " Danish " two-handed axe, although the typical raider would be unarmoured, carrying only a shield and spear ; swords and axes were much less common.

For the Canadian government to copy the American model of railway financing whilst insisting on an all Canadian route, it was implied that the railway's backers would be expected to build hundreds of miles of track across rugged shield terrain ( which had little economic value ) at considerable expense before they could expect to access lucrative farmland in Manitoba and newly-created Northwest Territories.

Spearmen would deploy themselves in tightly packed rows to form a shield wall with their spears pointing forwards.

The station was the same diameter as a Titan II upper stage, and would be launched with the crew riding atop in a modified Gemini capsule with a hatch cut into the heat shield on the bottom of the capsule.

These arms were also indicative of a Viking's social status: a wealthy Viking would have a complete ensemble of a helmet, shield, chainmail shirt, and sword.

13 ) Zeus is said to have used the skin of the goat deity Amalthea ( aigis " goat-skin ") which suckled him in Crete, as a shield when he went forth to do battle against the Titans.

Another version describes it to have been really the goat's skin used as a belt to support the shield.

The transition to the meaning " shield " may have come by folk-etymology among a people familiar with draping an animal skin over the left arm as a shield.

More than 80 of these large shield volcanoes have summit calderas averaging 60 km across.

The shield appears to have been used as the basis of the shield of Dartmouth Medical School, and it has been reproduced in sizes as small as 20 micrometers across.

All teams now have an NHL shield panel on the front of the jersey near the collar, and a rounded hemline at the bottom of the jersey which goes up at the hips, providing more mobility.

On the most basic level, electronegativity is determined by factors like the nuclear charge ( the more protons an atom has, the more " pull " it will have on negative electrons ) and the number / location of other electrons present in the atomic shells ( the more electrons an atom has, the farther from the nucleus the valence electrons will be, and as a result the less positive charge they will experience — both because of their increased distance from the nucleus, and because the other electrons in the lower energy core orbitals will act to shield the valence electrons from the positively charged nucleus ).

An additional factor in her use of a pen name may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attending her relationship with the married George Henry Lewes, with whom she lived for over 20 years.

MacLeod designs an energy shield to protect the Earth after its ozone layer began to disintegrate, but the Shield's heavy red clouds and blocking of natural sunlight have plunged mankind into despair.

He is also said to have introduced a larger, heavier cowhide shield ( isihlangu ), and trained his forces to thus close with the enemy in more effective hand-to-hand combat.

" Some left-wing theorists have tried to shield Marxism from any connection to the Soviet regime.

Logan is believed to have the largest base circumference of any non-volcanic mountain on Earth ( a large number of shield volcanoes are much larger in size and mass ), with the massif containing eleven peaks over.

If this helps keep them safe from harm this is considered to be a good thing, but there have been cases where hostages have tried to shield the captors during an assault or refused to co-operate with the authorities in bringing prosecutions.

Shaka is also supposed to have introduced a larger, heavier shield made of cowhide and to have taught each warrior how to use the shield's left side to hook the enemy's shield to the right, exposing his ribs for a fatal spear stab.

There have been stylistic changes, the main one being the Coat of Arm's mantling, the shape of the escutcheon ( shield ), the removal of the motto scroll, and also others more subtle within the Arms itself such as the mane and fur of the lion, the number of lines in the open book, and the colouration.

In fact, the formal close-quarters style of Viking combat ( either in shield walls or aboard " ship islands ") would have made horned helmets cumbersome and hazardous to the warrior's own side.

This shield continues to have a place on The Colbert Report set.

The name has been extended to many other entities, and the concept of a protective shield is found in other mythologies, while its form varies across sources.

The shield and eagle of Dalhousie's seal has been used as the logo of the university since 1987, with the present incarnation in use since 2003, which includes the tagline, " inspiring minds ".

The Sampo has been interpreted in many ways: a world pillar or world tree, a compass or astrolabe, a chest containing a treasure, a Byzantine coin die, a decorated Vendel period shield, a Christian relic, etc.

The shield has been the family's coat-of-arms since the 12th century when a family member was knighted by the German-based Holy Roman Empire.

The Liverpool badge is based on the city's liver bird, which in the past had been placed inside a shield.

One defender in particular amused the king greatly — a man standing on the walls, crossbow in one hand, the other clutching a frying pan which he had been using all day as a shield to beat off missiles.

It has been present on their crest and shield since 1901.

The Sampo has been interpreted in many ways: a world pillar or world tree, a compass or astrolabe, a chest containing a treasure, a Byzantine coin die, a decorated Vendel period shield, a Christian relic, etc.

Thorium is a very effective radiation shield, although it has not been used for this purpose as much as lead or depleted uranium.

In MS lesions, the myelin shield around the axons has been destroyed by inflammation.

The free speech protections of the First Amendment have long been used to shield whistleblowers from retaliation by whistleblower attorneys.

Like many weapons from feudal times, maces have been used in heraldic military blazons as either a charge on the shield or as external ornamentation.

C. S. Unnikrishan, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, India, showed that if the effect had been caused by gravitational shielding, the shape of the shielded region would be similar to a shadow from the gravitational shield.

The Flag of Sussex is based on the coat of arms of Sussex | heraldic shield of Sussex which has been used to represent the county since at least as far back as 1622: Azure, six martlet s or

A 206 km² ( 80 miles² ) section of the mountain range is protected by Lamington National Park and has been listed as a World Heritage area in recognition of its " outstanding geological features displayed around shield volcanic craters and the high number of rare and threatened rainforest species.

Adult male California sea lions play no role in raising pups, but they do take more interest in them than adult males of other otariid species ; they have even been observed to help shield swimming pups from predators.