Being relatively heavy and positively charged, alpha particles tend to have a very short mean free path, and quickly lose kinetic energy within a short distance of their source.

The Swiss Psychologist Carl Jung wrote a short Gnostic treatise in 1916 called The Seven Sermons to the Dead, which called Abraxas a God higher than the Christian God and Devil, that combines all opposites into one Being.

For a short period of time during the French Revolution the Cult of the Supreme Being was the state religion of France.

Being good: A short introduction to ethics.

Being that ' Heart of Darkeness ' is such a relatively short story, it has perhaps generated proportionately more pure text of discussion-in the manner of interpretations of meaning, analysis, commentary, reviews, essays, and even provisions of historical context-than any other work in English literature.

Being short on anti-tank guns, they improvised incendiary devices to use against them.

Junior men race over 500 m. Being such a short, high-intensity event, the kilo is popular with riders who specialise in the sprint.

Being the city where the Habsburg Emperor Friedrich III spent his last years, it was, for a short period of time, the most important city in the empire.

Following a short break, the group released " Being Nobody ", a mash-up of Chaka Khan's " Ain't Nobody " and The Human League's " Being Boiled ".

Being close to the coast and bordered by the Altamaha River, Wayne County's history includes occupation by Spanish missionaries at the time of the settlement of Saint Augustine as well as short lived French occupation.

Being one of the earliest toy fads and a " national craze for a short time ," Twister was a game that was able to bring all age groups together, whether children or adults.

Being short of writing materials and fearing confiscation, he wrote it in tiny writing on a continuous, twelve-metre long roll of paper.

Being both a short film and of an avant-garde nature, Roman Candles would never receive widespread distribution, instead holding its premier at the annual Mt.

He appears in several works of Alexandre Dumas, including The Last Cavalier: Being the Adventures of Count Sainte-hermine in the Age of Napoleon, not published until 2007 and in Washington Irving's short story " The Inn at Terracina ".

Being short, light waves can be focused or collimated with a small lens / antenna and to a much higher degree than radio waves.

Being a short river, the Thames only has three crossings:

Being only a short drive from both Amersham to the east, and High Wycombe to the south-west, the village is suitably located for commuting into London by fast mainline railway on the Chiltern line which takes about 40 minutes, or on the Metropolitan line which is slower.

Being overly polite, Fraser's probably best known short quotes were: " thank you kindly "; when he found himself in trouble, an understated " oh dear "; and, when faced with contradictory circumstances from other characters, an all-knowing and eloquently stated " understood ".

( in which he also made a cameo, as himself during production of Being John Malkovich ) and Where the Wild Things Are, Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation, Marie-Antoinette and her short film Lick the Star, as well as Peter Care ’ s The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys.

Being some 126 river miles short of Ft. Benton, steamboats had to offload their cargo at the Cow Island landing for it to be freighted the rest of the way up the Cow Island trail.

* Being an agricultural college as well, the school has both a working ( and award winning ) Dairy of Distinction dairy farm located a short distance from campus and an extensive complex of equine science-related facilities, including a horse-racing track, located a few miles away on a side road.

Being short of natural resources, the opening up of Spain to mass tourism provided the country with a large source of foreign exchange that was used to pay for the capital imports ( machinery, etc.

Being the state capital, many state government workers reside in the area.

Being the capital of the German state of Saxony, Dresden had not only garrisons but a whole military borough, the Albertstadt.

Being able to move from one area to the next is an ability and a benefit of having human capital.

Being both a regional and provincial capital, Turku is an important administrative centre, hosting the seat of the Archbishop of Finland and a Court of Appeal.

Being the state capital, a large number of Helenans work for the state government.

Being at an elevation of 1, 023 metres ( 3, 356 ft ), it is the highest capital city in Europe and a popular ski resort.

Being the capital of the region of Flemish-Brabant means that there are many governmental institutions located in Leuven as well as the regional headquarters of transport corporations such as De Lijn.

Being on the outskirts at this time, many expensive and large houses were built to house London's expanding population of nouveau riche whose journey to the commercial heart of the capital was made possible by the birth of the railways and the first omnibuses.

Being called Buto by the Greeks during Ptolemaic Egypt, a Greek dynasty ruling from 305 to 30 BC, it was the capital town, or according to Herodian, merely the principal village of the Nile Delta, which Herodotus ( l. c .) calls the Chemmite nome ; Ptolemy, the Phthenothite nome (, iv.

Being able to secure financing is critical to any business, whether it ’ s a startup seeking venture capital or a mid-sized firm that needs more cash to grow.

" Critical distance ", the assumption that culture can be positioned outside " the massive Being of capital " upon which left-wing theories of cultural politics are dependent, has become outmoded.

The documentary How To Kill A Human Being, in the Horizon series, featured Portillo carrying out a survey of capital punishment methods ( including undertaking some near death experiences himself ) in an attempt to find an ' acceptable ' form.

Being a man of company law, Robert Lowe saw unions as a threat to the order, which as he drafted, allowed only for social participation through investment of capital, not investment of labour.

Being in close proximity to the federal capital territory, Abuja International Airport serves as the national and international gateway for air travellers from and to the state.

Being the capital of a mineral rich state, Ranchi has the Head Quarters of multiple industrial and mining giants in India.

Being the capital city of Sabah, Kota Kinabalu plays an important role in the political and economic welfare of the population in the entire state.

Being located in North-central Piauí 366 km from the coast, it is the only capital in the Brazilian Northeast that is not located on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean.

* Makepeace, Walter ; Brooke, Gilbert Edward, One Hundred Years of Singapore: Being Some Account of the capital of the Straits Settlements from its foundation by Sir Stamford Raffles on the 6th February 1819 to the 6th February 1919, published by J. Murray, 1921

Being situated close to the city, Leichhardt is an area for great capital growth as it very central and has a lot to offer, so housing is not very cheap and is a much sought after.

Being an elite police force, the Medjay were often used to protect valuable areas, especially areas of pharaonic interest like capital cities, royal cemeteries, and the borders of Egypt.

Being a government of India enterprise besides capital cost Canteen Stores Department is also provided with the running capital from the Consolidated Funds of India.

Being a Darkfriend is considered a crime throughout the Westlands and presumably also in the Seanchan Empire, and in many places is a capital offence.