While the Ural – Altaic hypothesis can still be found in encyclopedias, atlases, and similar general references, it has not had any adherents in the linguistics community for decades.

The following derivation is based on a similar argument made in Berg 1977 ( see references ).

Geocaching is similar to the 150-year-old game letterboxing, which uses clues and references to landmarks embedded in stories.

The quality is “ proven ” by references to famous brand, sporting figure, racing team, some professional endorsement or some similar subjective claim.

The physician, puzzled by a patient's reactions, strikes the trail established in studying an earlier similar case, and runs rapidly through analogous case histories, with side references to the classics for the pertinent anatomy and histology.

The Alcubierre theory, or anything similar, did not exist when the series was conceived, but Alcubierre stated in an email to William Shatner that his theory was directly inspired by the term used in the show, and references it in his 1994 paper.

Pollock shortened the film dramatically, altered its inter-titles and removed all references to the character of Hel ( as the name sounded too similar to the English word Hell ), thereby removing Rotwang's original motivation for creating his robot.

Beyond simply counting the letters, the Masorah parva consists of word-use statistics, similar documentation for expressions or certain phraseology, observations on full or defective writing, references to the Kethiv-Qere readings and more.

Enemy of the State also has other references to The Conversation, including a scene which is highly similar to the The Conversations opening surveillance scene in San Francisco's Union Square.

Regarding the accusations that Loki makes to Sif in Lokasenna, Carolyne Larrington says that Sif is not elsewhere attested as unfaithful, though notes that Odin makes a similar accusation in Hárbarðsljóð, and theorizes a potential connection between the story of Loki cutting off Sif's hair with these references.

Reimaginings and renovations often contain tongue in cheek references to the original, with characters of the same name and similar concepts, while remaining significantly different from the original.

* The original 1960s episodes are distinguished by 1960s design motifs, music, and references ( similar to The Flintstones and other Hanna-Barbera shows of that period ).

Netscape Navigator supported a feature called " JavaScript entities " or " script macros " by which script code could be included in HTML attribute values, using a syntax similar to that of character entity references.

This Apollodorus has been mistakenly identified with Apollodorus of Athens ( born c. 180 BC ), a student of Aristarchus of Samothrace, mainly as it is known — from references in the minor scholia on Homer — that Apollodorus of Athens did leave a similar comprehensive repertory on mythology, in the form of a verse chronicle.

The first references to suggest effective treatments for similar viruses could be effective for canine distemper arose when studies found canine distemper was a disease comparable to measles, and infected animals could be used to develop new technologies for treatment of measles.

Teeter also proposes and experimentally tests a mechanism for the reported uses and ceremonies associated with these rituals, as well as accounting for the mechanism of the Holy grail and similar bountiful religious artifacts mentioned in historical references.

The play is based on an actual trial Wiesel participated in that was conducted by inmates of the Auschwitz concentration camp during the Nazi holocaust, but it also references a number of other incidents in Jewish history including a similar trial conducted by the Hasidic Rabbi Levi Yosef Yitzhak of Berdichev:

Moore uses a recurring series of billboards, fictional celebrity references, and other advertisements and / or news similar to his seminal 1980s miniseries, Watchmen.

Belgian Francophone literature is characterized by authors who achieved a nationwide success in Belgium while being little known in France, and shares traits that are perceived as typically Belgian: use of black humour, self-derision, surrealism and absurdism ( in a similar vein as Belgian painters such as René Magritte ), and references to Belgian history and society ( such as Belgian royalty, language conflicts, former colony of Congo, Belgian beers and gastronomy, and whatever is typically Belgian ) and they are often active in Belgian medias as columnists or entertainers.

The next references to Alan's children are made in I'm Alan Partridge, in which Fernando hangs up on one of Alan's rambling go-nowhere telephone conversations, and in which a staff member at the Travel Tavern mentions that Denise has an oddly similar appearance to Alan.

While Star Trek in general features few overt references to religion, there is a clear recognition that a laying aside of past hurts is necessary for peace, similar to the concept of shalom in Judaism.

* Megalithia, a similar website with grid references for over 1, 400 sites

The South German Ordnung of approximately the same date is similar to that of the Schleitheim Confession but contain many more Biblical references supporting the confession.,

It has been noted that the theme music and incidental music seemed remarkably similar to those of The Prisoner, with alternative notes removed, and the film itself contains visual elements that could be references to, or homage to, The Prisoner.

Those samples mostly contain references to drugs, parapsychology, extraterrestrial life, existentialism, OBEs, dreams, science, spirituality and similar mysterious and unconventional topics.

He will show and comment photos of primitive forms of life which he gathered to serve as references for the observations to be made by the ESA ExoMars mission ( to be launched in 2018 ).

Most references to the islands from occasional visitors comment on the lack of law and order and the lack of religiosity of the inhabitants.

Ebert has been known to comment on films using his own Roman Catholic upbringing as a point of reference, and has been critical of films he believes are grossly ignorant of or insulting to Catholicism, such as Stigmata and Priest, though he has given favorable reviews of controversial films with themes or references to Jesus and Catholicism, including The Passion of the Christ, The Last Temptation of Christ, and to Kevin Smith's religious satire Dogma.

* There are two references in the episode " Wayne the Zebra ": A Chicken Run-style chicken is rejected during the auditions ( with Bad Bob making a comment regarding the recent popularity of chickens, referring to the film's success ), and Bad Bob consults the Aardman book Cracking Animation ( ISBN 0-500-28168-8, published in the US as Creating 3-D Animation ).

" The Underdog comment likely references Cox's later role as the voice of the title character in the Underdog cartoon.

At the time of its publication, De revolutionibus passed with relatively little comment: little more than a mathematical convenience that simplified astronomical references for a more accurate calendar.

Although it is not known whether this, and other early references, refer to precisely the bread that came to be known as pumpernickel, there has long been something different about Westphalian rye bread that elicited comment.

An exhaustive survey was made of the literature, and a primary reference file of approximately 600 references was catalogued.

Claudius made references to her in his speeches: " my daughter and foster child, born and bred, in my lap, so to speak ".

There is scattered evidence to suggest that the oldest known astrological references are copies of texts made during this period.

Sole usage of the tropical zodiac is inconsistent with references made, by the same astrologers, to the Age of Aquarius which is dependent on when the vernal point enters the constellation of Aquarius.

His father and brother, Abdul Rahman al-Haznawi, reportedly last heard from him in late 2000, after he made references to training in Afghanistan.

As for the non-canonical writings, the majority of references to biblical texts were made by argumentum ad verecundiam.

Although Ireland left the Commonwealth in 1949, it is often treated as if it were a member, with references being made in legal documents to ' the Commonwealth and the Republic of Ireland ', and its citizens are not classified as foreign nationals, particularly in the United Kingdom.

In the 2001 feature film Ocean's Eleven Don Cheadle uses the term " barney " and the claim is made that this rhyme is derived from Barney Rubble, (" trouble ") with references to a character from the Flintstones cartoon show.

Einhard made numerous references to himself as a " sinner ", a description of himself that shows his Augustinian influenced world view.

The flute has also always been an essential part of Indian culture and mythology, and the cross flute believed by several accounts to originate in India as Indian literature from 1500 BCE has made vague references to the cross flute.

Regarding a Freyja-Frigg origin hypothesis, scholar Stephan Grundy comments that " the problem of whether Frigg or Freyja may have been a single goddess originally is a difficult one, made more so by the scantiness of pre-Viking Age references to Germanic goddesses, and the diverse quality of the sources.

He is the most experienced journalist on the team: a few references are made to him winning a Walkley Award.

Until that time, Pliny's work Historia Naturalis was the main source of information on metals and mining techniques, and Agricola made numerous references to the Roman encyclopedia.

Valiente's identification was based on references Gardner made to a woman he called " Old Dorothy " which Valiente remembered.

( Throughout the Homeric poems, several references are made to dogs, vultures, and other creatures that devour the dead.

Wes Craven's Scream ( written by Kevin Williamson ) movies, starting in 1996, featured teenagers who were fully aware of, and often made reference to, the history of horror movies, and mixed ironic humour with the shocks ( despite Scream 2 and 3 utilising less use of the humour of the original, until Scream 4 in 2011, and rather more references to horror film conventions ).

No clear evidence exists that Shakespeare made any direct references to Saxo's version.

The earliest written references that have survived relating to the islands were made by Pliny the Elder in his Natural History, where he states that there are 30 " Hebudes ", and makes a separate reference to " Dumna ", which Watson ( 1926 ) concludes is unequivocally the Outer Hebrides.

The drafters played on fears of “ drug-crazed, sex-mad negroes ” and made references to Negroes under the influence of drugs murdering whites, degenerate Mexicans smoking marijuana, and “ Chinamen ” seducing white women with drugs.

* Trysting Tree – several references are made to these trees as agreed gathering places.

In the 3rd century, Origen of Alexandria was the first ancient writer to have a comprehensive reference to Josephus, although some other authors had made smaller, general references to Josephus before then, e. g. Justin Martyr and Irenaeus in the second century, followed by Clement.

In the Five Books of Moses, references are made in Deuteronomy 28-31, that the Jews will not be able to keep the Laws of Moses in the Land of Israel and will be subsequently exiled and ultimately redeemed.

Although references are made referring to Slavs in Macedonia being identified as Bulgarians, some scholars suggest that ethnicity in Medieval times was more fluid than what we see it to be today, an understanding derived from nineteenth century nationalistic ideals of a homogeneous nation-state.

All that remains of his description of Moses are two references made by Diodorus Siculus, wherein, writes historian Arthur Droge, " he describes Moses as a wise and courageous leader who left Egypt and colonized Judaea.