A common theory about the building is that the rounded feature to the left of centre, terminating at the top in a turret and cross, represents the lance of Saint George ( patron saint of Catalonia, Gaudi's home ), which has been plunged into the back of the dragon.

The rough terrain has historically put the costs of building highways and railroads that cross the Andes out of reach of most neighboring countries, even with modern civil engineering practices.

On an anemometer with four cups it is easy to see that since the cups are arranged symmetrically on the end of the arms, the wind always has the hollow of one cup presented to it and is blowing on the back of the cup on the opposite end of the cross.

He it is Who has destroyed death and freely graced us all with incorruption through the promise of the resurrection, having raised His own body as its first-fruits, and displayed it by the sign of the cross as the monument to His victory over death and its corruption ".

Beryllium has a large scattering cross section for high-energy neutrons, about 6 barns for energies above ~ 0. 01 MeV.

The technique described in this paragraph has been replaced by the use of a cross compiler executed by a pre-existing computer.

The flag has a white field, with a red Latin cross inside a blue canton.

The conflict in the border region of Darfur has become an increasingly bi-national affair as increasing numbers of Sudanese flee to refugee camps in Chad, and Sudanese government troops and militias cross the borders to strike at both these camps and specific ethnic groups.

A company has less incentive to sell cross owned shares if taxes are high because of the immediate reduction in the value of the assets.

Caltech has athletic teams in baseball, men's and women's basketball, cross country, fencing, men's soccer, swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis, track and field, women's volleyball, and men's and women's water polo.

Most Protestants reject the doctrine of Purgatory on the basis that, according to the Protestant interpretation of Scripture, Christ has already made full atonement for our sins on the cross, thereby removing all obstacles which prevent us from coming directly into the presence of God after death.

The notation ∇ × F has its origins in the similarities to the 3 dimensional cross product, and it is useful as a mnemonic in Cartesian coordinates if we take ∇ as a vector differential operator del.

Today the cross, which is a replacement, is about 3 feet 4 inches ( 1 m ) tall and 1 foot 8 inches ( 0. 5 m ) across at the crosspiece, and it has its base in a socket stone which rests on a pedestal of granite blocks that raises the total height of the cross to 7 ft ( 2. 1 m ).

The back has tawny-colored underfur and long, black-tipped guard hairs that form a black dorsal stripe and a dark cross on the shoulder area.

If the desired user's code has nothing in common with the signal the correlation should be as close to zero as possible ( thus eliminating the signal ); this is referred to as cross correlation.

The cross examiner will assume the witness has been told that and begin asking supporting questions about where the witness was, what time it was, what the witness saw, what they said, and sooner or later upon asking again the witness may use a different word that will give the cross-examiner a chance to ask the question again doubtfully and pointedly implying contradiction.

The term " Charing Cross " for example ( a place in London ) has been used to mean " horse " since the mid-19th century but does not rhyme unless " cross " is pronounced to rhyme with " course ".

which, by properties of the vector cross product, has magnitude rdθ and is in the direction tangent to the circular path.

The Faculty of Agriculture also has club teams in cross country, equestrian and golf, as well as a number of intramural leagues.

This image has been used to acknowledge a previously disputed theory that the cross found in Valdemar Atterdag's coats of arms located in his Danælog seal ( Rettertingsseglet ) from 1356 is indeed the cross from the Danish flag.

The cross quartering the shields has also been identified as a Dannebrog cross, but this claim is disputed.

Yasna 19 ( which has only survived in a Sassanid era ( 226 – 650 CE ) Zend commentary on the Ahuna Vairya invocation ), prescribes a Path to Judgement known as the Chinvat Peretum or Chinvat bridge ( cf: As-Sirāt in Islam ), which all souls had to cross, and judgement ( over thoughts, words, deeds performed during a lifetime ) was passed as they were doing so.

Those, however, who with a view of going to Jerusalem or to Spain ( that is, against the Moors ) are known to have attached the cross to their garments and afterward removed it, we command in virtue of our Apostolic authority to replace it and begin the journey within a year from the coming Easter.

The person executed may have been attached to the cross by rope, though nails are mentioned in a passage by the Judean historian Josephus, where he states that at the Siege of Jerusalem ( 70 ), " the soldiers out of rage and hatred, nailed those they caught, one after one way, and another after another, to the crosses, by way of jest.

A foot-rest ( suppedaneum ) attached to the cross, perhaps for the purpose of taking the person's weight off the wrists, is sometimes included in representations of the crucifixion of Jesus, but is not discussed in ancient sources.

Ancient sources also mention the sedile, a small seat attached to the front of the cross, about halfway down, which could have served a similar purpose.

Sometimes a standalone cable is used, all-dielectric self-supporting ( ADSS ) cable, attached to the transmission line cross arms.

200v ), showing a free-hanging man clutching a cross bar frame attached to a conical canopy.

A similar story to that attached to Guinnion also appears in the Annales Cambriae ; here, Arthur is described as carrying " the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ on his shoulders for three days and three nights …," though here the battle is said to be Badon rather than Guinnon.

A single line is threaded several times between the points of the cross and the points of attachment to the kite line and the rig is attached to the cross.

French 4th Corps ( with attached Polish division under general Valance ) had to cross the bridge over the Guadiana River which was defended by the Spanish corps of Count Urbino Cartaojal.

These ' mini lights ' can then be attached to cross pieces simulating different lighting positions.

At one point, when we reach the first Gospel which speaks of the Crucifixion, there is a custom for the priest to bring out a large cross with an icon the crucified Christ attached to it, and places it in the center of the nave for all the faithful to venerate.

On each lance is attached a forked hanging flag azure, charged with a Scandinavian cross Or.

They were attached in two locations by short cross bars, making the head look somewhat like a fleur-de-lis.

He is a devoted Roman Catholic, frequently crossing himself before every match and bearing numerous religious tattoos on his body, most notably a cross on his chest attached to rosaries as well as other crosses and allusions to God.

Of the boundaries marked on a map attached to the memorandum he wrote :" By excluding Hebron and the East of the Jordan there is less to discuss with the Moslems, as the Mosque of Omar then becomes the only matter of vital importance to discuss with them and further does away with any contact with the bedouins, who never cross the river except on business.

In March 1813, the king added an additional distinction, a spray of gilt oak leaves attached above the cross.

Use of the white cross as a military ensign ( attached to the cantonal flags in the form of strips of linen ) has been used in the Old Swiss Confederacy since the 14th century, but the modern design of a white cross suspended in a square red field was introduced only during the Napoleonic period, first used in 1800 during the Hundred Days by general Niklaus Franz von Bachmann, and was introduced as official national flag in 1889.

Each flag has the confederate cross attached.

The white cross was thus in origin a field mark attached to combatants for identification, and later also to cantonal flags.

The symbol of the confederation as it developed during 1450-1520 was thus the white cross itself, not necessarily in a red field, but attached to existing flags, so that it appeared before a red background in those cantonal flags that contained red, notably the solid-red flag of Schwyz.

Babesia parasites reproduce in red blood cells, where they can be seen as cross-shaped inclusions ( four merozoites asexually budding, but attached together forming a structure looking like a " Maltese cross ") and cause hemolytic anemia, quite similar to malaria.

The large cross on the main dome ( which has a metal bird attached to it, perhaps symbolic of the Holy Spirit in the form of a dove ) had fallen during one of the shellings of the city while it housed the headquarters of the División Azul during World War II.