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In the earliest Indian astronomy texts, the year was believed to be 360 days long, similar to that of Babylonian astrology, but the rest of the early astrological system bears little resemblance.
Neither are all extremophiles unicellular ; protostome animals found in similar environments include the Pompeii worm, the psychrophilic Grylloblattodea ( insects ), Antarctic krill ( a crustacean ) and Tardigrades ( water bears ).
Leocadia was probably similar in features to Goya's first wife Josefa Bayeu, to the extent that one of his well known portraits bears the cautious title of Josefa Bayeu ( or Leocadia Weiss ).
Though relatively little of this has survived, it bears resemblance to the similar endeavours of other Germanic tribes of northern and central Europe from the same era.
Lugh instituted an event similar to the Olympic games called the Assembly of Talti which finished on Lughnasadh ( 1 August ) in memory of his foster-mother, Tailtiu, at the town that bears her name ( now Teltown, County Meath ).
Polar bears can breed with brown bears to produce fertile grizzly – polar bear hybrids, rather than indicating that they have only recently diverged, the new evidence suggests more frequent mating has continued over a longer period of time, and thus the two bears remain genetically similar.
Unlike most vertebrates, which walk on their toes with ankles held off the ground ( digitigrade ), fossil footprints show that pterosaurs stood with the entire foot in contact with the ground ( plantigrade ), in a manner similar to humans and bears.
The Úlfhednar were fighters similar to the berserkers, though they dressed in wolf hides rather than those of bears and were reputed to channel the spirits of these animals to enhance effectiveness in battle.
The trunk bears one or two pairs of lateral fins incorporating structures superficially similar to the fin rays of fish.
The Korean samgyetang bears a similar resemblance to Taiwanese soup, but it is lighter in color and contains glutinous rice.
Of its length, are the straight blade which bears a cusped or flare-clipped tip similar to the much later kilij of Turkey.
The class Heterotardigrada includes tardigrades ( water bears ) that have cephalic appendages and legs with four separate but similar digits or claws on each.
Rohirric bears a similar relationship to Westron, the Common Speech of Middle-earth, as that of Old English to modern English, and so Tolkien rendered Rohirric names and phrases into Old English ( English of the Anglo-Saxon period ), just as the Common Speech is translated into English.
The Taylor-Fleming expedition also discovered similar yeti-like footprints ( hominoid appearing with both a hallux and bipedal gait ), intriguing large nests in trees, and vivid reports from local villagers of two bears, rukh balu (' tree bear ', small, reclusive, weighing about 150 pounds ) and bhui balu (' ground bear ,' aggressive, weighing up to 400 pounds ).
Bats otherwise undergo a state of hibernation similar to rodents in relation to body temperature and other traits, but bears have a different type of hibernation that some have not considered " true hibernation ".
The German state of Hesse also incorporates a somewhat similar design on its coat of arms, which is in turn featured on the state flag, though the civil flag bears no resemblance.
The contemporary hit single in France " Bongo Bong ", takes its lyrics from the earlier Mano Negra hit " King of the Bongo ", which bears a similar style to that of The Clash.
The Red Faction series bears remarkable similarity to the Mars trilogy, with a similar overarching storyline ( the martian revolution ) and many of the same techniques were used to change the surface.
Unlike centipedes and other similar animals, each segment bears two pairs of legs, rather than just one.
It bears a large modern silver crucifix inspired by the memory of a similar silver crucifix in the medieval church and was commissioned and paid for by Norwegian American emigrants in the early twentieth century.
Genji's nephew, Kashiwagi, later forces himself on the " Third Princess " and she bears Kaoru ( who, in a similar situation to that of Reizei, is legally known as the son of Genji ).
Samson bears many similar traits to the Greek Herakles ( and the Roman Hercules adaptation ), inspired himself partially from the mesopotamian Enkidu tale: Herakles and Samson both battled a Lion bare handed ( Lion of Nemea feat ), Herakles and Samson both had a favorite primitive blunt weapon ( a club for the first, an ass's jaw for the latter ), they were both betrayed by a woman which led them to their ultimate fate ( Herakles by Dejanira, while Samson by Delilah ).

bears and cultural
Teochew cuisine bears more similarities to that of Fujian cuisine, to which it shares same dishes, which may be due to Chaoshan and Fujian's cultural and language similarities and geographic proximity.
According to theologian John Barclay, the Moses of Artapanus " clearly bears the destiny of the Jews, and in his personal, cultural and military splendor, brings credit to the whole Jewish people.
For thousands of years, the polar bear has been a key figure in the material, spiritual, and cultural life of Arctic indigenous peoples, and polar bears remain important in their cultures.
Philosophy of language also bears a stronger connection to linguistics, while semiotics is closer to some of the humanities ( including literary theory ) and to cultural anthropology.
Barren County, like most of south central Kentucky, was settled by the Scots-Irish, and still bears many cultural aspects that trace back to that heritage.
Filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, it bears little geographic or cultural resemblance to the real place.
The widely scattered archeological remains at different places in Arunachal bears testimony to its rich cultural heritage.
Today, Avery Fisher is best known for the auditorium in the Lincoln Center cultural complex in upper Manhattan that bears his name.
To ' map ' a culture, one often has to identify an actual ' cultural region ', and when we do this we find that it bears little relationship to the legal borders drawn up by custom, treaties, charters or wars.
Like the related Codework of jodi, Netochka Nezvanova, Ted Warnell, Alan Sondheim and lo_y, it bears some resemblance to hacker cultural 1337 / leet speak and Perl poetry.
It became the cultural centre of the nation and developed its own regional cuisine ; as such, Viennese Cuisine bears the unique distinction of being the only kind of cooking named after a city.
The Shahi Mosque in Kushtia bears the sign of rich cultural heritage of the region from Mughal period.
The most important Georgian cultural magazine in Turkey also bears the name Çveneburi.
To show their origins, many Gundam designs are based on ethnic / cultural stereotypes ( America's Gundam resembles a football player and a boxer, Mexico's Gundam bears a giant turbine in the shape of a sombrero on its head, Germany's bears in its head a Stahlhelm, etc .).

bears and significance
However, there is no scientific evidence that ORAC bears any biological significance in the human body.
It bears no significance with regard to precedence or importance of the particular building or clerics associated with it.
The historical whodunnit is a sub-genre of historical fiction which bears elements of the classical mystery novel, in which the central plot involves a crime ( almost always a murder ) and the setting has some historical significance.
The city bears great historical significance as the site of a crucial Allied landing during World War II.
It is not known whether or not this bears any significance on the Meteor Mobile network, a mobile broadband supplier recently acquired by Eircom.
Black Moon is a reference to witchcraft which bears no significance to astronomy.
For this reason, the boundary between Auckland and its southern neighbours bears great significance.
Hua ( 花 ) means flower, but it also shares the same pronunciation with Hua ( 華 ) meaning Chinese, this new adopted name bears the significance of connecting worldwide Chinese through literature.
Lifebonding is a rare occurrence in the Haighlei Empire, and one that bears tremendous significance to the whole of their culture, and those who are Lifebonded are what the Haighlei call loriganalea, a word which means “ soulbonded .” It is believed that Lifebonded pairs are united within a sacred bond – a marriage made not for lust, power or convenience, but rather one made by the gods, themselves.
( Jerome, Commentary on Micah, 7 ) This bears great significance because higher criticism argues that the canonical Gospel of Matthew is not a literal reproduction of Matthew's original autograph, but was rather the production of an unknown redactor, composed in Greek posthumous to Matthew.
Bi disks are consistently found with heaven and earth-like imagery, suggesting that the disk's circular shape also bears symbolic significance as this description explains:
This mechanism bears a particular significance for modern web applications that extensively depend on HTTP cookies to maintain authenticated user sessions, as servers act based on the HTTP cookie information to reveal sensitive information or take state-changing actions.
This bears a great significance to the political and educational front in South Africa as it records Lord Milner's concession that his policy was wrong and that private schools had a place in society.
She bears him a son, named Kon, whose parentage takes on much significance over the course of the story.

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