The distinctive endemic race in Sri Lanka, P. s. valida, retains summer plumage, including the shorter tail, all year round, and lacks the supercilium and white in the tail.

Being a Common Law jurisdiction, Gibraltar retains jury trial in a similar manner to that found in England and Wales, the exception being that juries consist of nine lay people, rather than twelve.

z / OS offers the attributes of modern operating systems but also retains much of the functionality originating in the 1960s and each subsequent decade that is still found in daily use ( backward compatibility is one of z / OS's central design philosophies ).

It seems to have received a colony in the time of Augustus, whence we find mention in inscriptions of the Ordo et Populus splendidissimae Coloniae Augustae Himeraeorum Thermitanorum: and there can be very little doubt that the Thermae colonia of Pliny in reality refers to this town, though he evidently understood it to be Thermae Selinuntiae ( modern Sciacca ), as he places it on the south coast between Agrigentum ( modern Agrigento ) and Selinus There are little subsequent account of Thermae ; but, as its name is found in Ptolemy and the Itineraries, it appears to have continued in existence throughout the period of the Roman Empire, and probably never ceased to be inhabited, as the modern town of Termini Imerese retains the ancient site as well as name.

The main features distinguishing Moabite from fellow Canaanite languages such as Hebrew are: a plural in-în rather than-îm ( e. g. mlkn " kings " for Biblical Hebrew məlākîm ), like Aramaic and Arabic ; retention of the feminine ending-at which Biblical Hebrew reduces to-āh ( e. g. qryt " town ", Biblical Hebrew qiryāh ) but retains in the construct state nominal form ( e. g. qiryát yisrael " town of Israel "); and retention of a verb form with infixed-t -, also found in Arabic and Akkadian ( w -’ ltḥm " I began to fight ", from the root lḥm.

Lithuanian still retains many of the original features of the nominal morphology found in some ancient Indo-European languages like Sanskrit and Latin, and has therefore been the focus of much study in the area of Indo-European linguistics.

GameSpot criticized it, saying that not only is it a port of an inferior version, but it retains all of the technical flaws found in this version.

It retains the T-80s high fuel consumption, which the Russian army found unacceptable during the Chechen conflicts.

The ecotonal community retains characteristics of each bordering community and often contains species not found in the adjacent communities.

In wired video connections, composite video retains the integrated subcarrier signal structure found in the transmitted baseband signal, while S-Video places the chrominance and luminance subcarriers on separate wires to eliminate subcarrier crosstalk and enhance the signal bandwidth and strength ( picture sharpness and brightness ).

Morganucodon is regarded as very primitive, for its lower jaw retains some of the bones found in its reptilian ancestors in a very reduced form, rather than being composed solely of the dentary.

The Daur language retains some Khitan substratal features, including a number of lexemes not found in other Mongolic languages.

* Lifeboat Station this can be found beyond the harbour on the road from the promenade ; extended in recent years it retains its slipway and deco architectural style and is open to the public when manned.

The descendant dialects of this branch of Mesopotamian Aramaic ( which still retains a number of Akkadian loan words ) still survive as the spoken and written language of the ethnically Mesopotamian Assyrians to this day, and is found mostly in Iraq, Iran, northeast Syria, southeast Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, southern Russia and Azerbaijan, as well as in diaspora communities in the west, particularly the USA, Canada, Australia, Sweden and Great Britain.

Many of its members went on to help found the Australian League of Rights after World War II, which retains a small membership to this day.

In Brazil, it still retains its religious character and can be found in Minas Gerais State.

: At a time when New Age enthusiasm is persuading numbers of people, disenchanted with traditional religious expression, to seek fresh ways of discovering spiritual meaning in their lives, Conservative Judaism has found in an age-old practice a metaphor for rebirth and renewal that retains its power to uplift, cleanse, and inspire.

Next he found that nylon thread, when woven in loops and heat-treated, retains its shape and is resilient, however the loops had to be cut in just the right spot so that they could be fastened and unfastened many times.

The teen-aged Precious Auntie is the only person who knows the location of a hidden cave where many ancient " dragon bones " can be found, knowledge that she retains even after being burned and coming to live with LuLing's family.

There is little subsequent account of Thermae ; but, as its name is found in Ptolemy and the Itineraries, it appears to have continued in existence throughout the period of the Roman Empire, and probably never ceased to be inhabited, as the modern town of Termini Imerese retains the ancient site as well as name.

Yet it is probable that Neville Chamberlain still retains the confidence of the majority of his fellow country-men and that, if it were possible to obtain an accurate test of the feelings of the electorate, Chamberlain would be found the most popular statesman in the land.

Stölzel supplied numerous festive occasional pieces and arias for court performance ; the archive at Schloss Sondershausen retains many of his manuscripts, found in a box behind the organ in 1870.

The game retains the battle system found in Mother and EarthBound, characterized by non-animated enemy sprites and a distorted, animated background.

The Albanian idiom of the dictionary belongs to the Tosk dialect of south Albanian and retains many archaic elements, found also in the dialect spoken by the Greco-Albanian communities of South Italy and Sicily.

Sometimes referred to as the " gentle giant " of the flute family, the contrabass retains the facility for trills and flautando, as found elsewhere in the flute world.

Back on Chapterhouse, Odrade confronts Duncan and forces him to admit that he is a Mentat, proving that he retains the memories of his many ghola lives.

CD-R retains a high level of compatibility with standard CD readers, unlike CD-RW which can be re-written, but is not capable of playing on many readers.

Chapter 11 retains many of the features present in all, or most, bankruptcy proceedings in the U. S. It provides additional tools for debtors as well.

The city center retains a large number of monumental buildings, whereas in many streets there are canals of which the borders are connected by typical bridges, altogether making this city a notable tourist destination.

However, in many British and American schools and synagogues, this pronunciation retains several elements of its Ashkenazi substrate, especially the distinction between tsere and segol.

The Hawick tongue retains many elements of Old English, together with particular vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation.

British Methodism does not have bishops ; however, it has always been characterized by a strong central organization, the Connexion, which holds an annual Conference ( note that the Church retains the 18th century spelling " connexion " for many purposes ).

However, the fossil record retains evidence of many of these older species.

Faroese retains many similarities but is influenced by Danish, Norwegian, and Gaelic ( Scottish and / or Irish ).

Thyme retains its flavour on drying better than many other herbs.

If made very pure, tungsten retains its hardness ( which exceeds that of many steels ), and becomes malleable enough that it can be worked easily.

Because it retains its strength at high temperatures and has a high melting point, elemental tungsten is used in many high-temperature applications, such as light bulb, cathode-ray tube, and vacuum tube filaments, heating elements, and rocket engine nozzles.

New Zealand retains strong but informal links to Britain, with many young New Zealanders travelling to Britain for their " OE " ( overseas experience ) due to favourable working visa arrangements with Britain.

The City of London ( which is not, and never has been, the seat of government ) has a unique status in British local government ; it is part of Greater London for most administrative purposes, but remains a separate ceremonial county, and retains many independent local government powers and civic identity, most notably its own police force and Lord Mayor.

The main portal has a fan vault with a large octagonal pendant, and the interior of the main building retains many of its original features including ribbed plaster ceilings in the mock-Gothic style.

However, many say that English is probably not a creole because it retains a high number ( 283 ) of irregular verbs.

The western part of the town immediately south of the castle retains this name, and many writers assume it is Saxon in origin, and the suffix-ham occurs in Shropshire.

The musical differed from the book in that the characters included cats with many different coat colors, rather than just bicolor cats, but it retains the repeated assertion that " Jellicle cats are black and white.

In the years since the chestnut blight, many scientists and botanists have worked to create a resistant hybrid chestnut tree that retains the main characteristics of the American chestnut tree.

Carnforth Station still retains many of the period features present at the time of filming and remains a place of pilgrimage for fans of the film.

The organization retains many Whaler connections among its off-ice personnel ; in addition to many members of executive management and the coaching staff, broadcasters Chuck Kaiton, John Forslund and Tripp Tracy ( at the time a minor-league player ), and equipment managers Wally Tatomir, Skip Cunningham and Bob Gorman all made the move to North Carolina with the team.

It also retains many convents and monasteries such as San Antonio el Real, del Parral or San Vicente el Real.

The town retains many medieval buildings, including:

It is located on the former site of Qing Dynasty royal gardens and retains Chinese-style landscaping as well as traditional buildings, but many of its buildings are also in the Western-style, reflecting the American influence in its history.