Among the findings were the Enuma Elish, also known as the Epic of Creation, which depicts a traditional Babylonian view of creation, the Epic of Gilgamesh, a large selection of " omen texts " including Enuma Anu Enlil which " contained omens dealing with the moon, its visibility, eclipses, and conjunction with planets and fixed stars, the sun, its corona, spots, and eclipses, the weather, namely lightning, thunder, and clouds, and the planets and their visibility, appearance, and stations ", and astronomic / astrological texts, as well as standard lists used by scribes and scholars such as word lists, bilingual vocabularies, lists of signs and synonyms, and lists of medical diagnoses.

This does not mean that library constructions should conform rigidly to a fixed standard of appearance and arrangement, but it does mean that the exterior should express as nearly as possible the purpose and functions of the interior.

" Z-thumb " or " Z-deformity " consists of hyperextension of the interphalangeal joint, fixed flexion and subluxation of the metacarpophalangeal joint and gives a " Z " appearance to the thumb.

The adjective nitty-gritty and the adverb always are not part of the respective proverb and their appearance does not interrupt the fixed words of the proverb.

* The W-80 which was a 24 passenger short range medium lift helicopter with fixed landing gear and similar to the future Westland Commando in appearance.

It has a fascinating physical consequence for the appearance of the night sky as seen by an observer who is maneuvering at relativistic velocities relative to the " fixed stars ", which is discussed below.

The constellation Draco has the appearance of guarding and encircling the northern pole which is the centre of the movement of the fixed stars.

Marc Van de Mieroop points out the Enuma Anu Enlil was a popular text among them: “ It contained omens dealing with the moon, its visibility, eclipses, and conjunction with planets and fixed stars, the sun, its corona, spots, and eclipses, the weather, namely lightning, thunder, and clouds, and the planets and their visibility, appearance, and stations .”

The Combine's member corps all agreed to demand, starting in the 1971 competitive season, a fixed and predetermined appearance fee from contest sponsors where Combine corps would compete, rather than accept traditional prize money awards dependent on contest placements.

A special type of Reed – Sternberg cells are lacunar histiocytes, whose cytoplasm retracts when fixed in formalin, so the nuclei give the appearance of cells that lie with empty spaces ( called lacunae ) between them.

The turret was fixed in place, the gun was removed and a dummy barrel fitted to give it the same outward appearance of a regular tank.

The most notable styling feature of this generation was the appearance of the fixed opera window, replacing the previous disappearing rear side glass.

They suggest that the appearance of the term is evidence that human sexuality is more flexible ( as in the case of sexual preference ) than it is fixed ( as in the case of sexual orientation ).

Hannan argues in his writings and in the media ( for example, during an appearance on Question Time on BBC television on 28 May 2009 ) for ballot initiatives ( whereby electors can directly enact legislation as happens in Switzerland ), a power of recall ( whereby a sitting Member of Parliament can be forced to submit to re-election if enough of his local electorate support this ), fixed term parliaments, local and national referendums, open primaries and the abolition of party lists.

This station received a minor overhaul in the late 1970s when MTA fixed the station's structure and the overall appearance, and it repaired staircases and platform edges, removed pedestrian ramps, and replaced lighting.

This covering was originally designed to give the appearance of a convertible to models with a fixed roof, but eventually it evolved into a styling statement in its own right.

It lacks a fixed, corporeal form and can alter its shape and external appearance at will via foglet-like nanotechnology.

This system is notable and interesting in that, despite its appearance, it is variable lift only-the duration remains fixed.

Of the seven cosmical bodies which, by their continually varying relative positions and distances apart, have ever since the remotest antiquity been distinguished from the " unwandering orbs " of the heaven of the " fixed stars ", which to all sensible appearance preserve their relative positions and distances unchanged, five only — Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn — wear the appearance of stars —" cinque stellas errantes "— while the Sun and Moon, from the size of their disks, their importance to man, and the place assigned to them in mythological systems, were classed apart.

Brakes and their cables are said to add extra bulk to the simple appearance of a fixed gear bicycle.

Modern " decorator " copies of these may look the same, but are often too lightly constructed to be carried whilst loaded, or may even be simply a single fixed case as per a normal bookcase, but with separate doors to each shelf to give the appearance of a barrister's bookcase.

Mild exterior and interior changes were made to the appearance of the vehicle ( including a larger rear spoiler and fixed headlights without pop up covers ).

The problem was fixed in time for Santana the next band up and their appearance in the film sealed the band's later success.

Such agates, when cut transversely, exhibit a succession of parallel lines, often of extreme tenuity, giving a banded appearance to the section.

The K-corona ( K for kontinuierlich, " continuous " in German ) is created by sunlight scattering off free electrons ; Doppler broadening of the reflected photospheric absorption lines completely obscures them, giving the spectral appearance of a continuum with no absorption lines.

* lines 14. 107-134 – Avarice has the appearance of a virtue, but it leads to cruel deprivation of one ’ s slaves and one ’ s own self.

Anti-aliasing smooths out jagged lines by surrounding the jaggies with transparent pixels to simulate the appearance of fractionally-filled pixels.

The artwork has rough pixelated edges, jagged lines, and few colors ( the hallmarks of Microsoft Paint drawings ), and characters are almost always copied and pasted after their first appearance.

The goddess is bordered by snake lines which give her a vegetable like appearance and also recall the arrangement of snake tubes which have been found in Minoan and Mycenean sunctuaries.

Although almost any low-fire glaze can be used, potters often use specially formulated glaze recipes that " crackle " or craze ( present a cracked appearance ), because the crazing lines take on a dark color from the carbon.

This plot is one type of spectrum, with the peak often referred to as a spectral line, and most spectral lines have a similar appearance.

The 17th century destruction changed forever the appearance of Syracuse, as well as the entire Val di Noto, whose cities were rebuilt along the typical lines of Sicilian Baroque, considered one of the most typical expressions of art of Southern Italy.

The first appearance of the sestina in English print is " Ye wastefull woodes ", comprising lines 151 – 89 of the August Æglogue in Edmund Spenser's Shepherd's Calendar, published in 1579.

Most modern Sifrei Torah are written with forty-two lines of text per column ( Yemenite Jews use fifty ), and very strict rules about the position and appearance of the Hebrew letters are observed.

Because the chain wires are located on the outside of the laid wires, they have a greater influence on the impression in the pulp, hence their bolder appearance than the laid wire lines.

Artist's conception of tuna trolling operation, using outriggers to tow multiple trolling lines and give the appearance of Shoaling and schooling | schooling fish

* 1968 an appearance in a small role, and a few lines of gobbledegook, in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, as the Chancellor of Vulgaria.

If you need to control the points in order of appearance ( for example to print several consecutive dashed lines ) you will have to simplify this code by skipping the 2nd swap:

Their introduction and first appearance was in Terror of the Beagle Boys, in Walt Disney's Comics and Stories # 134, although in this story they only appear in the last frame and have no lines.

Robby made few film appearances after the 1970s, but there is a cameo appearance in Gremlins ( 1984 ), where he can be seen standing in the background and speaking some of his trademark lines ; he was also featured in a 2006 commercial for AT & T.

The computers featured an improved CGA adapter, the NGA, which had a 640 × 400 text mode more suitable for business uses than the original 640x200 mode, with characters drawn using single-pixel-wide lines, giving an appearance similar to that of classic IBM 3270 terminals.

Even then printers had an aversion to ledger lines which caused difficulties in setting type, wasting space on the page and causing a messy appearance.

Problems arise when an appearance on a live TV comedy show, ABC's Fridays, turns into a fiasco when Kaufman refuses to speak his lines.

During the 2004 Senate race in South Dakota, Republican challenger John Thune made Ellsworth a campaign issue, stating in an April 16, 2004 appearance at the base that if he were elected over incumbent Democrat and Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle: “ It puts Ellsworth in a lot stronger position than having someone who's going to be in the minority and someone who doesn't have a relationship with the President of the U. S .” In a debate between the two men broadcast on KSFY-TV and KOTA-TV television on October 17, 2004, Thune said: " I think we have got to have somebody that has a relationship with the President of the United States, can work constructively across party lines in the Congress to get this done if we're going save Ellsworth " and was later quoted in the " Rapid City Journal " newspaper on October 27, 2004 claiming that: " an all-Democratic congressional delegation would have little political influence if President Bush is elected to a second term .”

Baker's first appearance as the Doctor occurred at the final minutes of The Caves of Androzani, where he delivered his first few lines.

The sudden appearance of steam locomotives, and the building of mainline tracks and tap lines to serve logging operations was pivotal to the creation of the music in terms of its sound and rhythm.