The fact that Wills made his professional debut in blackface was commented on by Wills ' daughter, Rosetta: " He had a lot of respect for the musicians and music of his black friends ," Rosetta is quoted as saying on the Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys Web site.

Theodor Seuss Geisel (; March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991 ) was an American writer, poet, and cartoonist most widely known for his children's books written under the pen names Dr. Seuss, Theo LeSieg and, in one case, Rosetta Stone.

On the other hand, the Dendera zodiac is, like the Rosetta stone, claimed by Egypt even though it was acquired in 1821, before the Egyptian Anti-export legislation of 1835.

Originally displayed within a temple, the stele was probably moved during the early Christian or medieval period and eventually used as building material in the construction of Fort Julien near the town of Rashid ( Rosetta ) in the Nile Delta.

The Rosetta Stone is therefore no longer unique, but it was the essential key to modern understanding of Ancient Egyptian literature and civilization.

At some period after its arrival in London, the inscriptions on the stone were coloured in white chalk to make them more legible, and the remaining surface was covered with a layer of carnauba wax designed to protect the Rosetta Stone from visitors ' fingers.

The stele almost certainly did not originate in the town of Rashid ( Rosetta ) where it was found, but more likely came from a temple site farther inland, possibly the royal town of Sais.

Ancient Egyptian temples were later used as quarries for new construction, and the Rosetta Stone probably was re-used in this manner.

The Rosetta Stone was transferred to the sculpture gallery in 1834 shortly after Montagu House was demolished and replaced by the building that now houses the British Museum.

Replica of the Rosetta Stone as it was originally displayed, within the King's Library of the British Museum

The Rosetta Stone was originally displayed at a slight angle from the horizontal, and rested within a metal cradle that was made for it, which involved shaving off very small portions of its sides to ensure that the cradle fitted securely.

Toward the end of the First World War, in 1917, the museum was concerned about heavy bombing in London and moved the Rosetta Stone to safety along with other portable objects of value.

Even when the Rosetta Stone was undergoing conservation measures in 1999, the work was done in the gallery so that it could remain visible to the public.

The French Orientalist Antoine-Isaac Silvestre de Sacy, who had been discussing this work with Åkerblad, received in 1801 from Jean-Antoine Chaptal, French minister of the interior, one of the early lithographic prints of the Rosetta Stone, and realised that the middle text was in this same script.

By November 2005, Hawass was suggesting a three-month loan of the Rosetta Stone, while reiterating the eventual goal of a permanent return ; in December 2009, he proposed to drop his claim for the permanent return of the Rosetta Stone if the British Museum loaned the stone to Egypt for three months, for the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum at Giza in 2013.

Perhaps its most important and prominent usage in scientific literature was Nobel laureate Theodor W. Hänsch's reference in a 1979 Scientific American article on spectroscopy where he says that " the spectrum of the hydrogen atoms has proved to be the Rosetta stone of modern physics: once this pattern of lines had been deciphered much else could also be understood ".

The stone was discovered on July 15, 1799 in the port town of Rosetta Rosetta, Egypt, and has been held in the British Museum since 1802.

" Dr Young, however, showed that neither the alphabet of Akerblad, nor any modification of it which could be proposed, was applicable to any considerable part of the enchorial portion of the Rosetta inscription beyond the proper names.

Champollion published the first translation of the Rosetta Stone hieroglyphs in 1822, showing that the Egyptian writing system was a combination of phonetic and ideographic signs.

Since then, nature and man have closed all but two main outlets: the east branch, Damietta ( also seen as Dumyat ; 240 km long ), and the west branch, Rosetta ( 235 km long ).

Short story in which archaeologists from Earth ( returning to the Mars of their distant ancestors ; see Genesis above, although the stories are not explicitly related save through the author's Paratime stories ), excavating the remains of a humanoid Martian civilization find an entire library they at first cannot read, but then come upon a Rosetta Stone of sorts, giving the story its title.

" Rosetta Stone " by Sam Bellotto Jr., incorporated a Caesar Cipher cryptogram as the theme ; the key to breaking the cipher was the answer to 1 Across.

Professor Baden Powell and was mother of nine, including Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell ( often referred to as " B-P "); while Georgiana Rosetta married Sir William Henry Flower and had seven children ; and Ellen Philedelphia, who married Capt.

The Rosetta Project is a global collaboration of language specialists and native speakers working to develop a contemporary version of the historic Rosetta Stone to last from 2000 to 12, 000 AD ; it is run by the Long Now Foundation.

Texas, as the state of origin, became reinforced by Jelly Roll Morton who said he heard the boogie piano style there early in the 20th century ; so did Leadbelly and so did Bunk Johnson, according to Rosetta Reitz.

The Rosetta probe, launched 2 March 2004, is planned to put a lander on comet 67P / Churyumov-Gerasimenko in 2014 ; due to the extremely low gravity of such bodies, Rosetta's landing system includes a harpoon launcher intended to anchor a cable in the surface and pull it down.

Piper Laurie ( born Rosetta Jacobs ; January 22, 1932 ) is an American actress of stage and screen known for her roles in the television series Twin Peaks and the films The Hustler, Carrie, and Children of a Lesser God, all of which brought her Academy Award nominations.

In the early 1990s, he designed a Government-sponsored monument to the Egyptologist Jean Francois Champollion who deciphered the Rosetta Stone in Figeac ; in Japan, he took on the curatorship of a show celebrating the Tokyo opening of Barneys New York ; and in Frankfurt, Germany, and in Columbus, Ohio, he conceived neon monuments to the German cultural historian Walter Benjamin.

Khorshid at first refused to yield ; but at length, on condition that his troops be paid, he evacuated the Cairo citadel and embarked for Rosetta.

Those troops entered Rosetta without opposition ; but as soon as they had dispersed among the narrow streets, the local garrison opened a deadly fire on them from the latticed windows and the roofs of the houses.

ÇIVA, the camera system, returned some images while the Rosetta instruments were powered down ; ROMAP took measurements of the Martian magnetosphere.

In Egypt, Qaitbay's buildings were to be found throughout Cairo, as well as in Alexandria and Rosetta ; in Syria he sponsored projects in Aleppo and Damascus ; in addition, he was responsible for the construction of madrasas and fountains in Jerusalem and Gaza, which still stand — most notably the Fountain of Qayt Bay and al-Ashrafiyya Madrasa.

Senior secondary colleges in the Glenorchy area include St Virgil's College, on the northern side of the city ; Montrose Bay High School located at Rosetta ; Cosgrove High School, Dominic College and Guilford Young College close to the city center ; and Claremont College slightly to the north at Claremont.

Later gospel artists, such as Roberta Martin and Clara Ward, were heavily influenced by her piano playing ; Dranes ' nasal singing style also had an impact on artists such as Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

The Actors ' Equity Association awarded her the first award for helping contribute to the diversification of theatre casting ; in 1988, the award was named the Rosetta LeNoire Award.

* Rosetta, Robin ; 2004.

It is worth noting that the first pair ( Reno & Rosetta ) bought to pioneer the Lagotto in the UK in 1996 came from the Mandriole kennels on the edge of the Comaccio where the dogs were still worked from the traditional flat-bottomed punts as duck retrievers ; those Lagotto, through subsequent exports from the UK which provided the foundation stock for Canada, USA and Australia, can be found behind many Lagotto world-wide.

" Gardner's biographer Philip Heselton theorised that this group consisted of Edith Woodford-Grimes ( 1887 – 1975 ), Susie Mason, her brother Ernie Mason, and their sister Rosetta Fudge, all of whom had originally come from Southampton before moving to the area around Highcliffe, where they joined the Order.

Historian Philip Heselton has identified some of the members of this group as Edith Woodford-Grimes, Ernie Mason, and his sisters Susie Mason and Rosetta Fudge.

Other forms of agate include Lake Superior agate, carnelian agate ( exhibiting reddish hues ), Botswana agate, blue lace agate, plume agates, moss agate, tube agate ( with visible flow channels or pinhole-sized ' tubes '), fortification agate ( which exhibit little or no banding structure ), fire agate ( which has internal flash or ' fire ', the result of a layer of clear agate over a layer of hydrothermally-deposited hematite ), Mexican crazy-lace agate, which often exhibits a brightly colored, complexly banded pattern ( also called Rodeo Agate and Rosetta Stone depending on who owned the mine at the time ).

He and d ' Hautpoul saw at once that it might be important and informed general Jacques-François Menou, who happened to be at Rosetta.

Cotton Plant was the birthplace of Sister Rosetta Tharpe ( b. 1915 ), who began to perform as a gospel singer in churches in the area from the age of four.

Decca throughout the 1930s and early-to-mid 1940s was a leading label of blues and jump with such best selling artists as Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Louis Jordan ( who was the best selling R & B artist of the 1940s ).

Later, Cesira and Rosetta learn that he has been shot and killed by the same soldiers who took him hostage.

Snow was the fifth child and first son of Oliver Snow ( 18 September 1775 Massachusetts-17 October 1845 Illinois ) and Rosetta L. Pettibone ( 22 October 1778 Connecticut-12 October 1846 Illinois ), residents of Mantua Township, Ohio, who had left New England to settle on a new and fertile farm in the Connecticut Western Reserve.

She was born Rosetta Nubin in Cotton Plant, Arkansas, United States, to parents Katie Bell Nubin and Willis Atkins who were cotton pickers.

Tharpe began performing at the age of four, billed as " Little Rosetta Nubin, the singing and guitar playing miracle ", accompanying her mother who played mandolin and preached at tent revivals throughout the South.

He was influenced by the social and religious community around the local Wesleyan Methodist chapel, to which belonged Rosetta Sobey, who became his stepmother in 1922.

Rosetta joined the ranks of the then-popular female session singers who backed many hit songs.

" He did get the chance to meet two previous Superman actors: Christopher Reeve, when the Reeve appeared in the Season 2 episode " Rosetta ", and Dean Cain, who appeared in the Season 7 episode " Cure ".

One day, he desperately sends a new letter with a picture of his brother to Rosetta, who falls in love instantly with the man in the picture and therefore accepts his marriage proposal.

* From eldest to youngest ( excluding James, who is the eighth child ): Dennis, Rosetta, Billy, David, Helen, Richard, Dotty, Kathy, Judy, Hunter, and Henry: James ' 11 siblings ( Jacqueline " Jack ": Andrew's daughter from a previous marriage )

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