The Kansas City Mule and St. Louis Mule were a pair of 283-mile ( 455 km ) passenger trains operated by Amtrak running between St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri as part of the Missouri Service train network.

Mule Deer at Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge outside of Denver Colorado.

One of the central tenets of Psychohistory was the belief in standard human reaction to outside stimuli, which the Mule negated, and the practice of dealing with masses of people, not individuals ; an individual capable of altering the Seldon Plan could not be calculated.

( This group is dubbed the " Anti-Mules " by Shandess, as they seem to possess powers similar to the Mule but to be using them not to destroy the Seldon Plan, as the Mule did, but to preserve it.

The Mule, a single individual with remarkable mental powers, topples the Foundation and nearly destroys the Seldon plan with his special, unforeseen abilities.

Their function is to ensure that the Seldon plan comes to pass, both by refining the plan's contingencies to allow for even the most unlikely events, and to guard against unexpected developments, such as the Mule.

The Foundation is incapable of fighting back and as the Mule advances, leadership in the Foundation assumes that Hari Seldon predicted this attack, and that the scheduled hologram crisis message appearance of Hari Seldon would tell them how to win, just like with Bel Riose.

To their surprise, they see the tape run and discover Seldon never predicted the existence of the Mule.

The Era of Deviations, at the rise of the Mule, produced deviations in the Seldon Plan in excess of. 5 through 10 sigmas, and the resolution of this period required a full century of labour on the part of the Second Foundation to return the Galaxy to the Plan.

The fact that Seldon established a Second Foundation of mental-science adepts to oversee his Seldon Plan might suggest that even Seldon himself had doubts about the ultimate ability of a purely mathematical approach to predicting historical processes, and that he recognized that the development of psychic skills, such as those used by the Mule, had the ability to invalidate the assumptions underlying his models, though he did not ( and could not ) predict the appearance of the Mule himself.

Ultimately, however, the Second Foundation succeeds in defeating the Mule, transforming him into a relatively harmless individual, lacking ambition, and no threat to the Seldon Plan.

With the arrival of the Mule, it was theorized that the Seldon Plan had been ruined and, if a Second Empire were to still arise, it would not be as predicted.

Fortunately for the Plan, the Second Foundation, which had been formed to correct any damage the Plan sustained, managed to defeat the Mule and was able to reconstruct the Seldon Plan.

In the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Lee felt compelled to lead the defense of the " Mule Shoe " on May 12 personally because of Ewell's indecision and inaction.

This is actually because the Mule fears the mysterious Second Foundation, which is rumoured to be capable of defeating a mentalic individual like himself.

The plan came close to failure in Foundation and Empire because of the mutant called The Mule.

Mule Haas, a scout for the Dodgers, said that he wanted to sign McDermott, but because of his age it was illegal.

" Celebrated for over a quarter of a century, Mule Day has grown into a major event not only for the City of Winfield but also for the State of Alabama.

The only two towns to be established within the boundaries of NTS prior to 1947, BJ Wye and Mule Lick, are located in Yucca Flats, in Area 6.

The concept of the show was similar to Francis the Talking Mule, with the equine normally talking only to one person ( Wilbur ), and thus both helping and frustrating its owner.

The only one still remembered is the Risorgimento negli studi, nelle, Arti e ne ' Cosfumi dopo di Mule ( 1775-1786 ), a sketch of the progress of literature, science, the fine arts, industry, etc., in Italy.

In addition, an external threat arises in the form of a mysterious man who is known only as the Mule.

Now that the Mule has conquered the Foundation he stands as the most powerful force in the galaxy, and the Second Foundation is the only threat to his eventual rule over the entire galaxy.

Mule deer females usually give birth to two fawns, although if it is their first time having a baby they often only have one fawn.

In summer, Mule Deer chiefly forage on not only herbaceous plants, but also various berries ( including blackberry, blueberry, salal, and thimbleberry ).

Mule foal, 7-days-old, in the last stage of hemolytic disease ; symptoms appeared only on Day 6

The Independent Traders were going to revolt as predicted, but stopped when the galactic conqueror known only as " The Mule " began his invasion of all Foundation territories.

He formed part of the radical Mule Team faction within the convention that initially gained control of the convention only to be thwarted by more moderate and conservative delegates led by Harrison Reed and Ossian Bingley Hart.

His virtual menagerie of former bands includes Laughing Hyenas, Mule, and The Jesus Lizard, as well as the Denison Kimball Trio ( which contains only Kimball and fellow ex-Jesus Lizard Duane Denison ).

* 2004: Rock n Roll Pain Train Tour ( with Puddle of Mudd, Gov't Mule, Jerry Cantrell )

The performance — featuring Spider Stacy repeatedly smashing himself over the head with a beer tray ( in the manner of Bob Blackman's infamous " Mule Train / Mule Tray ")— became a favourite with the viewers, but Stiff Records refused to release it as a single, feeling it was too late for it to help Red Roses for Me ( in fact Stiff Records was by then in deep financial trouble ).

With it, Waits broke onto Billboards Top 100 Albums chart for the first time in his career ( a feat Waits would not repeat until 1999 with the release of Mule Variations ).

Mule deer move with bounding leaps ( all 4 hooves hit the ground at once, also called " stotting ") to escape predators.

The Angeles chapter of the Sierra Club has a Mule Pack Section that organizes hiking trips with supplies carried by mules.

* The Build-Up ( 1952 )-Completes the " Stecher trilogy " begun with White Mule.

Using this power to great advantage, the Mule conquers planets simply by visiting them in force, with his own army, instilling the inhabitants with great fear, then again with great loyalty to himself.

Magnifico reveals that Bayta's suspicions are correct and that he is the Mule and has been laboring to find the Second Foundation and conquer it along with the original Foundation.

* The Mule Day Parade takes place in September on Labor Day and coincides with the Mule Day festivities.

He has also performed with Gov't Mule.

Dr. Wayne T. Robinson has claimed to be the original painter of the Liberty Mule: " In early October 1906, I climbed up the face of the Allen Bluff to a ledge and with some coal tar made a flat picture of a character from a famous comic strip of that day.

The town is notable for being the self-proclaimed " Mule capital of the world " and honors this with Mule Day, a large celebration held annually in April.

* 20 Mule Team ( 1940 ) with Anne Baxter and Noah Beery, Jr.

Warren Haynes began appearing with the Allmans again in 2000 and rejoined full-time in 2001, while also maintaining his active schedule with Gov't Mule.

The Allmans, Gov't Mule and The Derek Trucks Band perform on different stages along with younger roots artists including the North Mississippi Allstars, Robert Randolph and The Family Band, Medeski, Martin and Wood, Devon Allman's Honeytribe, Nickel Creek, Mofro and others.