Colonel William Light, one of Adelaide's founding fathers, designed the city and chose its location close to the River Torrens in the area originally inhabited by the Kaurna people.

Many people who come close to death and have near death experiences report meeting relatives or entering " the Light " in an otherworldly dimension, which share similarities with the religious concept of Heaven.

She was also awarded the 2000 Ig Nobel Prize for Literature for her book Pranic Nourishment — Living on Light, " which explains that although some people do eat food, they don't ever really need to.

In the article “ Tensions in Proverbs: More Light on International Understanding ,” Joseph Raymond comments on what common Russian proverbs from the 18th and 19th centuries portray: Potent antiauthoritarian proverbs reflected tensions between the Russian people and the Czar.

< imagemap > File: 2nd millennium montage. png | From left, clockwise: In 1492, Christopher Columbus ; The American Revolution ; The French Revolution ; The Atomic Bomb from World War II ; An alternate source of light, the Light Bulb ; For the first time, a human being sets foot on the moon in 1969 during the Apollo 11 moon mission ; Aeroplanes become the most-used way of transport though the skies ; Napoleon Bonaparte, in the early 19th century, affects France and Europe on subjects of expansionism and modernization ; Alexander Graham Bell's telephone ; In 1348, the Black Death kills over 100 million people worldwide, and over half of Europe, in two years.

The project was originally going to be named " Towers of Light ", but the victims ' families felt that the name emphasized the buildings destroyed instead of the people killed.

He met many famous people, and survived some of the worst military disasters ( the First Anglo-Afghan War, Charge of the Light Brigade, the Siege of Cawnpore, Battle of the Little Bighorn, Battle of Isandlwana ), always coming out with more heroic laurels.

Visited by over 80, 000 people each year, the Ponce de Leon Inlet Light Station was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1998.

Typically the experience includes such factors as: a sense of being dead ; a feeling of peace and painlessness ; hearing of various non-physical sounds, an out-of-body experience ; a tunnel experience ( the sense of moving up or through a narrow passageway ); encountering people of Light ; God-like figures, helpers, spiritual guides, or similar forces ; being given a " Life review ", and a reluctance to return to life.

Light and heavy manufacturing industries, such as American Car and Foundry Company and Wise Potato Chips, have flourished in Berwick, which consolidated with the borough of West Berwick, where 5, 512 people lived in 1910.

inclined much to talk of liberty ... It is amazing what false and erroneous opinions and ideas these people have entertained ... The religion of the people of this town consists entirely of New Light Baptists.

The essential view which Barclay maintained was that all people can be illuminated by the Inward Light of Christ which is the author of the Scriptures and will lead them into all truth.

* To Light A Candle: An Unofficial Earthsea Companion An ebook which features original fan artwork and an encyclopedia of the relevant places, events, and people of Earthsea.

There may be a period of time allowed for pre-lighting or " pre-cueing ", a practice that is often done with people known as Light Walkers who stand in for performers so the LD can see what the light looks like on bodies.

* White LEDs and a source of renewable energy ( such as solar cells ) are used by the Light Up the World Foundation to provide lighting to poor people in remote areas, and provide significant benefits compared to the kerosene lamps which they replace.

A deacon, or the priest if there is no deacon, carries the Paschal Candle at the head of the entrance procession and, at three points, stops and chants the proclamation " Light of Christ " or " Christ our Light ", to which the people respond " Thanks be to God.

The Agerskovs had been told that the men to whom they sent the book had, before incarnating, promised to contribute to a reformation of the Danish church, based on the knowledge given in " Toward the Light " But they all kept quiet, and even though " Toward the Light " had many followers among the common people, there was not much public interest in the book.

In the same work, Evola argues " the Jewish notion of a Messiah and the Christian notion of God's Kingdom, which many people believe to have greatly influenced the medieval imperial myth, are nothing but an echo of the ancient and pre-Christian Aryo-Iranian concept " of the Saoshyant as " lord of a future, triumphal kingdom of the God of Light " and " slayer of the Ahrimanic dark forces " ( ibid., p. 39 )

: For other similarly named people, see William Light ( disambiguation )

Because the Sutra of Golden Light promised protection of the state, in Japan she became a protector-deity, at first of the state and then of people.

Light sticks of fingers, the tips gummy with dark earth, patted at Watson's throat.

'' Private Jenkins Lloyd Jones of the Wisconsin Light Artillery wrote in his diary: `` I strolled among the Alabamans on the right, found some of the greenest specimens of humanity I think in the universe, their ignorance being little less than the slave they despise with as imperfect a dialect.

Light armored cars, such as the British Ferret are armed with just a machine gun.

Later the British also developed a version of the Mk. VI light tank armed with 4 machine guns that was known as Light Tank AA Mk. I.

A poem of Callimachus to the goddess " who amuses herself on mountains with archery " imagines some charming vignettes: according to Callimachus, at three years old, Artemis, while sitting on the knee of her father, Zeus, asked him to grant her six wishes: to remain always a virgin ; to have many names to set her apart from her brother Apollo ; to be the Phaesporia or Light Bringer ; to have a bow and arrow and a knee-length tunic so that she could hunt ; to have sixty " daughters of Okeanos ", all nine years of age, to be her choir ; and for twenty Amnisides Nymphs as handmaidens to watch her dogs and bow while she rested.

How to design and implement a stripped-down version of an interpreter for the BASIC language was covered in articles by Allison in the first three quarterly issues of the People's Computer Company newsletter published in 1975 and implementations with source code published in Dr. Dobb's Journal of Tiny BASIC Calisthenics & Orthodontia: Running Light without Overbyte.

* Rhodesian singer-songwriter John Edmond recorded the " Ballad of the Green Berets " with reference to the soldiers of the Rhodesian Light Infantry ( RLI ), commando-style fireforce units of Rhodesian Security Forces who wore berets of green color.

He found himself unable to get along with future Texas Governor W. Lee " Pappy " O ' Daniel, the authoritarian host of the Light Crust Doughboy radio show.

* Light roux: The secret to making a good gumbo is pairing the roux with the protein.

* Wave Nature Of Light ( High School Level ) – Lots of graphics and simulations ; double-slit equation with examples

These Light Dragoons were trained in reconnaissance, skirmishing and other work requiring endurance in accordance with contemporary standards of light cavalry performance.

The Electric Light Orchestra Story, Bev Bevan's memoirs from his early days and throughout his career with The Move and ELO, were also published in 1980.

* Light travels at speed c / n when not in a vacuum but travelling through a medium with refractive index = n ( causing refraction ), and in some materials other particles can travel faster than c / n ( but still slower than c ), leading to Cherenkov radiation ( see phase velocity below ).

The legion was seconded by the Battalions of Light Infantry of Africa, formed in 1832, which was a penal military unit made up of men with prison records who still had to do their military service or soldiers with serious disciplinary problems.

XXX Corps was reinforced with 1st Armoured Division ( less 22nd Armoured Brigade ), 4th Light Armoured Brigade, and 69th Infantry Brigade.

In the future, it is expected to be made up of around 10 lines, with some over-capacity expected lines considered to be made Light Metro or Heavy Metro.

* 1 Light Armored Reecon Battalion with:

Cities with a Light rail-Tram network:

Kildall's final business venture, known as Prometheus Light and Sound and based in Austin, Texas, developed a home PBX system which integrated land-line telephones with mobile phones.

The Light Rail possesses many characteristics of a tramway, including running on streets with other traffic ( at grades ) on some of its tracks and providing services for the public in New Territories West, including Tuen Mun and Yuen Long.

Image: Earhart Light. jpg | Earhart Light with post World War II repairs

Along with the more classical sacred music of composers ranging from Mozart to Monteverdi, the Catholic Church continued to produce many popular hymns such as Lead, Kindly Light, Silent Night, O Sacrament Divine and Faith of our Fathers.