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It is conjectured that he was born in around 150.
As most people suffer a mild ( i. e. non-pathological ) epileptic episode regularly ( e. g. a hypnagogic jerk, the sudden " jolt " that frequently, but not always, occurs just prior to falling asleep ), it is conjectured that a similar ( mild ) neurological aberration occurs in the experience of déjà vu, resulting in an erroneous sensation of memory.
It has been conjectured that the name Esther is derived from a reconstructed Median word astra meaning myrtle.
The legend then states that Chūai died soon after and his widow, Jingū, conquered the promised land, which is conjectured to be part of modern day Korea.
His widow, Jingū, then spent three years in conquest of a promised land, which is conjectured to be Korea, but the story is largely dismissed by scholars for lack of evidence.
Within the framework of the approach a theory was proposed in which the physical vacuum is conjectured to be the quantum Bose liquid whose ground-state wavefunction is described by the logarithmic Schrödinger equation.
Although it is often conjectured that the name HAL was based on a one-letter shift from the name IBM, this has been denied by both Clarke and 2001 director Stanley Kubrick.
Most notable is the inclusion of two songs from Thomas Middleton's play The Witch ( 1615 ); Middleton is conjectured to have inserted an extra scene involving the witches and Hecate, for these scenes had proven highly popular with audiences.
* It is also conjectured that omega-3 fatty acids may have a mood stabilizing effect.
Although it has been conjectured that she is the same person as the Mary mother of John Mark, this is generally considered to be unproven.
A Raetic variant is conjectured to be at the origin or parallel evolution of the Elder Futhark ᛟ.
Over a millennium after Euclid, Ibn al-Haytham ( Alhazen ) circa 1000 AD conjectured that every even perfect number is of the form 2 < sup > p − 1 </ sup >( 2 < sup > p </ sup >− 1 ) where 2 < sup > p </ sup >− 1 is prime, but he was not able to prove this result.
Based on the tables by Anton Felkel and Jurij Vega, Adrien-Marie Legendre conjectured in 1797 or 1798 that π ( a ) is approximated by the function a /( A ln ( a ) + B ), where A and B are unspecified constants.
Both Legendre's and Dirichlet's's formulas imply the same conjectured asymptotic equivalence of π ( x ) and x / ln ( x ) stated above, although it turned out that Dirichlet's approximation is considerably better if one considers the differences instead of quotients.
In a handwritten note on a reprint of his 1838 paper " Sur l ' usage des séries infinies dans la théorie des nombres ", which he mailed to Carl Friedrich Gauss, Johann Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet conjectured ( under a slightly different form appealing to a series rather than an integral ) that an even better approximation to π ( x ) is given by the offset logarithmic integral function Li ( x ), defined by
Originally conjectured by Henri Poincaré, the theorem concerns a space that locally looks like ordinary three-dimensional space but is connected, finite in size, and lacks any boundary ( a closed 3-manifold ).
In what is called the second superstring revolution, it was conjectured that both string theory and a unification of general relativity and supersymmetry known as supergravity form part of a hypothesized eleven-dimensional model known as M-theory, which would constitute a uniquely defined and consistent theory of quantum gravity.
He conjectured that it is solvable, relying on the hypothesis that any set of tiles, which can tile the plane can do it periodically ( hence, it would suffice to try to tile bigger and bigger patterns until obtaining one that tiles periodically ).
The round hemisphere is conjectured to be the optimal ( least area ) filling of the Riemannian circle.

is and yew
The ancient Yew tree in the churchyard is believed to be the oldest yew in the country, with a girth of some nine metres.
The yew was associated with the alphabet and the scientific name for yew today, taxus, was probably derived from the Greek word for yew, toxos, which is hauntingly similar to toxon, their word for bow and toxicon, their word for poison.
It is possible that the name is related to the mythological figure, Fer hÍ mac Eogabail, foster-son of Manannan, the forename meaning " man of the yew ".
And " the famous yew of the wood " ( ibar alai fhidbaidha ) is also the name that Lugh's spear is called by in a tract which alleges that it, the Lúin of Celtchar and the spear Crimall that blinded Cormac Mac Airt were the one and the same weapon ( tract in TCD MS 1336 ( olim H 3.
The term " English " or " Welsh " longbow is a modern usage to distinguish these bows from other longbows, though in fact identical bows were used across northern and western Europe ; indeed a very large proportion of yew bowstaves were imported from Spain from the fourteenth century onward, if not earlier.
The wood is hard, similar to yew wood, used for furniture, panelling, etc.
The yew tree is still very important in Asturian folklore, where it stands as a link to the afterlife.
Further north is Norbury Park, which contains the Druids Grove, a forest of ancient yew trees, some of which are more than 1000 years old
* The Serpentine Hedge is a wavy hedged yew corridor that leads from the Ring Pond to the bust of the 6th Duke.
The yew tree is quite famous, although it was quite damaged in storms, when it was hit by lightning.
With its dramatic symmetrical front, flanked by two great yew hedges, it is a fine example of a Jacobean brick-built manor house, and was formerly the home of the young Anne Boleyn, later to become Henry VIII's second wife.
The old river name is probably derived from the Norse word ýr which means " yew " ( Taxus baccata ).
There is also a helicopter landing site at Hammerwood, located at the front of the house and surrounded by yew hedges.
The parterre has 24 square beds with Irish yews at the corners ; the Italian garden has a large ornamental pool enclosed by yew hedges and set about with statues ; beyond, is a wild garden, with lime-tree avenues, shrubs, a stream and pond.
The generic name is derived from the Latin word taxus, meaning " yew ", and the Greek word εἶδος ( eidos ), meaning " similar to.
Mytton Hall is broad in treatment, and a fine rendering of a shady avenue of yew trees leading to an old manor-house in sunlight.
Taxus is a genus of yews, small coniferous trees or shrubs in the yew family Taxaceae.
All of the yews are very closely related to each other, and some botanists treat them all as subspecies or varieties of just one widespread species ; under this treatment, the species name used is Taxus baccata, the first yew described scientifically.
In the wild, deer browsing of yews is often so extensive that wild yew trees are commonly restricted to cliffs and other steep slopes inaccessible to deer.
The yew tree can often be found in church graveyards and is symbolic of sadness.

is and trees
The street that is full now of traffic and parked cars then and for many years drowsed on an August afternoon in the shade of the curbside trees, and silence was a weight, almost palpable, in the air.
When different colors are used, she is just as likely to color trees purple, hair green, etc..
This is a black swamp clay in which about one hundred million years ago cypress-like trees were growing.
But the shelter is as much a part of my landscape as the beech and horse-chestnut trees that grow on the ridge.
The party is to raise money for the Old Town Art center and to plant more crabapple trees along the streets of Old Town.
The order is a cosmopolite ( plants found throughout most of the world including desert and frigid zones ), and includes mostly herbaceous species, although a small number of trees ( such as the giant Lobelia and the giant Senecio ) and shrubs are also present.
Less can be said about the Asterales themselves with certainty, although since several families in Asterales contain trees, the ancestral member is most likely to have been a tree or shrub.
The traditional etymology is from the Latin aperire, " to open ," in allusion to its being the season when trees and flowers begin to " open ," which is supported by comparison with the modern Greek use of ἁνοιξις ( anoixis ) ( opening ) for spring.
The terrain is mostly mountainous and flat, with fast flowing rivers and few forests but with many trees.
Islam teaches that the purpose of Man's entire creation is to worship the Creator of the Heavens and Earth-Allah ( God in Arabic ) alone that includes being kind to other human beings and life including bugs, and to trees, by not oppressing them.
There is also an abundance of cypress, hickory, oak, populus, and Eastern Redcedar trees.
West of Markovo it is in the Anadyr Highlands ( moderate mountains and valleys with a few trees ) and east of Markovo it moves into the Anadyr lowlands ( very flat treeless tundra with lakes and bogs ).
Yellow amber is a hard, translucent, yellow, orange, or brown fossil resin from evergreen trees.
It is thought that, in addition to exuding onto the surface of the tree, amber resin also originally flowed into hollow cavities or cracks within trees, thereby leading to the development of large lumps of amber of irregular form.
In the old part of the city, there is a traditional main square called the Zócalo with shade trees and lined with cafes and shops.
Ailanthus (; derived from ailanto, an Ambonese word probably meaning " tree of the gods " or " tree of heaven ") is a genus of trees belonging to the family Simaroubaceae, in the order Sapindales ( formerly Rutales or Geraniales ).
The more humid regions have a richer vegetation ; dense forest where the rainfall is greatest and variations of temperature least, conditions found chiefly on the tropical coasts, and in the west African equatorial basin with its extension towards the upper Nile ; and savanna interspersed with trees on the greater part of the plateaus, passing as the desert regions are approached into a scrub vegetation consisting of thorny acacias, etc.
Arbor Day ( from the Latin arbor, meaning tree ) is a holiday in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant and care for trees.
Van Mahotsav is an annual pan-Indian tree planting festival, occupying a week in the month of July. During this event millions of trees are planted.
The Jewish holiday Tu Bishvat, the new year for trees, is on the 15th day of the month of Shvat, which usually falls in January or February.
Originally based on the date used to calculate the age of fruit trees for tithing as mandated in Leviticus 19: 23 – 25, the holiday now is most often observed by planting trees, or raising money to plant trees.
Ann Arbor was founded in 1824, with one theory stating that it is named after the spouses of the city's founders and for the stands of trees in the area.

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