The best way to determine the correct figure ( in captives ) is by direct observation of pairs isolated from birth, a method that produced surprising results: maturing of a male Indian python in less than two years, his mate in less than three ; ;

Church, Ministry and Sacraments in the New Testament Paternoster Press: 1993, p. 92f </ ref > Moving on to Ignatius of Antioch, Barrett states that here we find a sharp distinction between ' presbyter ' and ' bishop ': the latter now stands out as " an isolated figure " who is to be obeyed and without whom it is not lawful to baptise or hold a love-feast .< Barrett, C. K.

Although no official membership figures are published, the Columbia Encyclopedia gives an estimated figure of 50, 000 Christadelphians, who are spread across approximately 120 countries ; there are established churches ( or ecclesias, as they are often called ) in many of those countries, along with isolated members.

In 1842, Deburau was inadvertently responsible for translating Pierrot into the realm of tragic myth, heralding the isolated and doomed figure — often the fin-de-siècle artist's alter-ego — of Decadent, Symbolist, and early Modernist art and literature.

" Thọ, a lawyer and the NLF's " neutralist " chairman, was an isolated figure among cadres and soldiers.

Inscriptions in the Archilocheion identify Archilochus as a key figure in the Parian cult of Dionysus There is no evidence to back isolated reports that his mother was a slave, named Enipo, that he left Paros to escape poverty, or that he became a mercenary soldier — the slave background is probably inferred from a misreading of his verses ; archaeology indicates that life on Paros, which he associated with " figs and seafaring ", was quite prosperous ; and though he frequently refers to the rough life of a soldier, warfare was a function of the aristocracy in the archaic period and there is no indication that he fought for pay.

Salutat ( 1898 ), a frieze-like composition in which the main figure is isolated, " is one of Eakins ' finest achievements in figure-painting.

He later wrote The Hitler Cult ( 1939 ), a book which firmly revoked his earlier willingness to entertain Hitler, but politically Lewis remained an isolated figure in the 1930s.

" In the 1950s Quatermass stories, Quatermass himself is someone who, while working to protect the nation, remains a curiously isolated figure, bereft of anything resembling a meaningful relationship.

He was an isolated figure, but maintained a very high reputation among his fellow writers in France.

The Northern Coal Skink ( blue in the figure ) occurs in western New York and central Pennsylvania and in isolated colonies in the Appalachians.

An isolated forerunner is the figure of Nescio ( J. H. F.

Rather, like Charles Causley, he seems to be considered more of an isolated figure, working on his poetry outside of the mainstream of poetic trends.

The Canadian Encyclopedia adds of Pratt: " A major poet, he is, nevertheless, an isolated figure, belonging to no school or movement and directly influencing few other poets of his time.

Tryon portrays Lieutenant, junior grade, later Lieutenant and Lieutenant Commander, William " Mack " McConnell, a conventional type of young surface naval officer only a few years removed from the Naval Academy, with a characteristic Navy wife of the period ( played by Paula Prentiss ), who is ever solicitious and faithful, a true family man with an enviable marriage, in stark contrast to Eddington's almost tragic and isolated figure.

This large figure for genetic distance reflects the relatively long isolation of Australia and New Guinea since the end of the last glacial maximum when the continent was further isolated from mainland Asia due to rising sea levels.

The Ace, the most important figure in a suit, is located in an isolated, often heavily-fortified area where the player is dropped off.

Brooks used this romantic image of a figure in heroic isolation several times ; a 1912 portrait of D ' Annunzio, a 1914 self-portrait, and a portrait of Rubinstein completed in 1917 all show their subjects wrapped in dark cloaks and isolated against seascapes.

The rise of mass education and improved travel beginning after the Greek War of Independence meant that fluent Tsakonian speakers were no longer as isolated from the rest of Greece and there began a rapid decline from an estimated figure of some 200, 000 fluent speakers to the present fluent core estimated in the hundreds.

The dauphine was a pathetic figure at the court of France, isolated and unappreciated due to the perception that she was dull, unattractive and sickly.

The Lindisfarne Gospels are not an example of “ isolated genius ... in an otherwise dark age ” ( Backhouse 1981, 62 ).

Cosmologists doubt they make up a majority of dark matter because the black holes are at isolated points of the galaxy.

Since that time, detailed observations of WMAP have isolated a standard Lambda-CDM model which relates the anisotropies in the CMB to features in the universe such as large-scale structure, the detailed nature of Hubble's law, and even bizarre features such as inflation, dark energy, and cold dark matter.

", noting that our neighborhood in the universe is not typical ( 80 % of the universe's mass is dark matter ) and that a concentration of mass such as our solar system is an " isolated, uncommon phenomenon ".

“ The Unreachable Place ( Again )” has a dark mysterious atmosphere punctuated by isolated piano chords.

The coloration of the head ranges from dark green to yellowish, with isolated dark patches.

Eckert is a tiny, isolated lunar impact crater in the northern part of the Mare Crisium ( a circular region of relatively dark, flat material on the surface of the Moon ).

As he grows up, Raju's father is gradually isolated from the family and locked in a dark room of the family home, being labelled as mentally unstable.

The band is then shown, after the chorus, in a dark, isolated room with large windows, much like the room in their video for " Like a Stone ".

Usher isolated in a dark lit room, sat on a chair.

The idea evolved to the present film, in which Johnny ( played by Cunningham ) is an isolated deformed ( possibly hydrocephalic ) teenager kept on a wheelchair and locked in a dark basement with his chihuahua.

Steadily rising sea levels would then have slowly isolated and finally all but submerged Dhu Heartach, which today is a rounded, dark green mass of basaltic rock called augite, which is long and wide, and which rises to above sea level.

* Land of the Damned One: Chaos Lands ( December 2001 ) – Journeys through an isolated and previously unexplored region meant to contain unrepentant servants of the Old Ones, holdouts from a dark age not quite past.

The dwarf American toad ( B. a. charlesmithi ), is a smaller version of the American toad which reaches lengths of about 6 cm ( 2½ inches ) and is generally a dark reddish color ranging to light red in some specimens in isolated populations.

* Zodiac Wall: located at the northernmost end of the Chief, this rock face is dark, isolated, and seldom visited.

There is a difference in the experimental arrangement, in that the U.S. microphones are attached directly to the vehicle skin while the Russian instruments are isolated from the skin.

The former found himself isolated in a hostile country with only 22, 000 men and short of provisions, while on the other side of the

In this broader sense, it sometimes includes injuries, disabilities, disorders, syndromes, infections, isolated symptoms, deviant behaviors, and atypical variations of structure and function, while in other contexts and for other purposes these may be considered distinguishable categories.

With the rise of Islam in the 7th century the power of Aksum declined and the Kingdom became isolated, the Dahlak archipelago, northern and western Eritrea, came under increasing control of Islamic powers based in Yemen and Beja lands in Sudan. The Beja were often in alliance with the Umayyads of Arabia who themselves established footholds along stretches of the Eritrean coastline and the Dahlak archipelago while the Funj of Sudan exacted tribute from the adjacent western lowlands of Eritrea.

Helium was also isolated by the American geochemist William Francis Hillebrand prior to Ramsay's discovery when he noticed unusual spectral lines while testing a sample of the mineral uraninite.

Homeschooling can be an option for families living in isolated rural locations, living temporarily abroad, to allow for more traveling, while many young athletes and actors are taught at home.

Albania was isolated from other states while it was under communist control from 1944 to 1990.

A two-mirror kaleidoscope yields a pattern or patterns isolated against a solid black background, while the three-mirror ( closed triangle ) type yields a pattern that fills the entire field.

Mount Ragang, an active volcano cone reaching 2, 815 meters, is the most isolated, while the greatest height is reached by Mount Kitanglad at 2, 896 meters.

He separated neodymium, as well as the element praseodymium, from a material known as didymium by means of fractional crystallization of the double ammonium nitrate tetrahydrates from nitric acid, while following the separation by spectroscopic analysis ; however, it was not isolated in relatively pure form until 1925.

Those who were considered mentally challenged could be put to work and housed collectively while only criminals of intellect and vicious intent needed to be confined and isolated.

In 1914 Russia entered World War I in response to Austria-Hungary's declaration of war on Russia's ally Serbia, and fought across multiple fronts while isolated from its Triple Entente allies.

It consists of taking a series of day sails to out of the way places and anchoring overnight while enjoying such activities as exploring isolated islands, swimming, fishing, etc.

From then until the 19th century, the Ottomans retained control only of isolated coastal areas, while the highlands generally were ruled by the Zaidi Imams.

This distribution pattern has isolated some species while keeping others in close contact.

Some species or groups of species have been isolated for a long time, while others could stay in close contact.

From their home in the storm sewers of New York City, they battle petty criminals, evil overlords and alien invaders, all while remaining isolated from society-at-large.

Of the latter, upward-growing cumulus mediocris produces only isolated light showers, while downward growing nimbostratus is capable of heavier, more extensive precipitation.

The distribution of species is variable ; while some are found on all continents, others, as for example the white truffle Tuber magnatum, only occur in isolated locations in Italy and Eastern Europe.

Peaceful conversion to Islam occurred in many islands, especially in the centres of trade, while aboriginal animism persisted in the hinterlands and more isolated islands.

A number of psychiatric disorders have often been tentatively linked with microbial pathogens, particularly viruses ; however while there have been some suggestions of links from animal studies, and some inconsistent evidence for infectious and immune mechanisms ( including prenatally ) in some human disorders, infectious disease models in psychiatry are reported to have not yet shown significant promise except in isolated cases.

These diagnoses were used to describe a variety of mild defects in virilization ; as a result, the phenotypes of some men that have been diagnosed as such are better described by PAIS ( e. g. micropenis, hypospadias and undescended testes ), while others are better described by MAIS ( e. g. isolated infertility or gynecomastia ).

Flanking doors in the corners of the courtyard have isolated architraves embedded in the wall above their plain openings, while above oval bull's-eye windows are draped with the swags of husks that became a common feature of the neoclassical manner.

Neisseria is usually isolated on Thayer-Martin agar ( or VPN agar )— an agar plate containing antibiotics ( vancomycin, colistin, nystatin, and TMP-SMX ) and nutrients that facilitate the growth of Neisseria species while inhibiting the growth of contaminating bacteria and fungi.