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The Kerameikos Mouseum is housed there, in a small neoclassical building that houses the most extensive collection of burial-related artifacts in Greece, varying from large-scale marble sculpture to funerary urns, stelae, jewelry, toys etc.
developed in the early 1990s part of the DARPA knowledge Sharing Effort, which was aimed at developing techniques for building large-scale knowledge bases which are
The company also launched WebObjects, a platform for building large-scale dynamic web applications.
There are a number of technical challenges in building a large-scale quantum computer, and thus far quantum computers have yet to solve a problem faster than a classical computer.
Penn's educational innovations include: the nation's first medical school in 1765 ; the first university teaching hospital in 1874 ; the Wharton School, the world's first collegiate school of business, in 1881 ; the first American student union building, Houston Hall, in 1896 ; the country's second school of veterinary medicine ; and the home of ENIAC, the world's first electronic, large-scale, general-purpose digital computer in 1946.
It that led to the building of many large-scale dams and water projects, as well as the expansion of the National Forest System to buy out sub-marginal farms.
Indeed, according to game theory, the side not building large-scale missile defenses would have an incentive to launch a pre-emptive first strike while such a strike could still get through.
The natural growth of the University of Barcelona has given rise to the need to undertake large-scale building work to meet the growing demands made by student numbers that were unthinkable in the nineteenth century.
Completed in 1968 by the firm of Roche-Dinkeloo, the Ford Foundation Building was the first large-scale architectural building in the country to devote a substantial portion of its space to horticultural pursuits.
Whatever the case, this process of building large-scale group identity was particularly evident along the Roman frontier, prompted by the example of Roman provincial life and the threat of Roman attack.
Moses obtained a grant of 7, 153 arpents of land from the Spanish Empire and started large-scale mining operations, building his town to support it.
The basic justification for a separation between the two periods is the revolutionary change in architecture accompanied by the effects on Egyptian society and economy of large-scale building projects.
Specialized software tools used for building large-scale data acquisition systems include EPICS.
At least fourteen large-scale planning initiatives are based on the principles of linking transportation and land-use policies, and using the neighborhood as the fundamental building block of a region.
Post-war Littlehampton saw large-scale house building on the outskirts of the town, eventually absorbing the surrounding villages of Wick, Lyminster and Toddington, while the commercial element of the town became increasingly focused on boat building and water sports.
After the war, an unprecedented boost to the town's population came about as a result of the large-scale building programmes of the fifties and sixties which eventually replaced Balmuildy, Cadder and Woodhill farmlands with private housing, effectively amalgamating the various villages in the area into a single town, centred on the village of Bishopbriggs, increasing the population from 5, 272 in 1951 to 21, 000 in the early 1970s.
The Gallery has been extended twice, the first of which was the building of new temporary exhibition galleries on the eastern side of the building in 1997, to house large-scale temporary exhibitions, which was designed by Andrew Andersons of PTW Architects.
The first large-scale mountain building episode, the Grenville Orogeny, for which extensive evidence still survives happened in this period.
In 2002, a large-scale reconstruction project commenced, which added luxury boxes, a five-story office building, and separate football program offices.
These plans included developing large-scale industries, implementing major infrastructure projects, building a cross-country railroad system, establishing a national public education system, reforming the judiciary, and improving health care.
Eastern Europe, particularly Hungary, has been badly affected by ragweed since the early 1990s, when the dismantling of Communist collective agriculture led to large-scale abandonment of agricultural land, and new building projects also resulted in disturbed, un-landscaped acreage.
During the 1960s a large amount of housing was lost in Fitzrovia and the residential community felt under threat from new large-scale building.

large-scale and wooden
* Golden Madonna of Essen ( the earliest large-scale sculptural example in Western Europe ; made for an Ottonian abbess and a precedent for the polychrome wooden processional sculptures of Romanesque France, a type known as Throne of Wisdom.
These machines are used in large-scale manufacturing of cabinets and other wooden or panel products.
* The Phoenix at Knoebels ' Amusement Resort was the first large-scale wooden roller coaster to be relocated when it was moved from San Antonio, TX to its current location in Elysburg, Pennsylvania.
Pulau Ubin's wooden house villages and wooden jetties, relaxed inhabitants, rich and preserved wildlife, abandoned quarries and plantations, and untouched nature make it the last witness of the old " kampong " Singapore that existed before modern industrial times and large-scale urban development.
The Maya preferred raiding and ambush to large-scale warfare, using spears, arrows and wooden swords with inset obsidian blades ; the Xinca of the southern coastal plain used poison on their arrows.
NorthPark's tradition of showcasing major works by world-renowned artists from Andy Warhol and Frank Stella to Jonathan Borofsky and Jim Dine continues with three recent acquisitions by NorthPark's owners, David J. Haemisegger and Nancy A. Nasher: the monumental Ad Astra, 2005, a-tall, 12-ton, orange steel giant sculpture by New York artist Mark di Suvero ; the enormous ,-tall, large-scale, stainless steel and aluminum sculpture Corridor Pin, Blue ( 1999 ), by Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen ; and 20 elements ( 2005 ), Joel Shapiro's vividly painted sculpture of 20 wooden blocks of varying sizes joined together.

large-scale and ships
Bruce gained his early reputation from the production of large-scale commercial anchors for ships and fixed installations such as oil rigs.
The landings from the sea the next day saw the first large-scale heliborne assault, as 45 Commando, Royal Marines were landed by helicopters in Port Said from ships offshore.
Typically they inhabit and act as the controllers of large-scale Culture hardware such as ships or space-based habitats.
In March 1741, the city endured a large-scale attack by British and American colonial troops led by Admiral Edward Vernon ( 1684 1757 ), who arrived at Cartagena with a massive fleet of 186 ships and 23, 600 men, including 12, 000 infantry, against six Spanish ships and fewer than 6, 000 men, in an action known as the Battle of Cartagena de Indias, part of the War of Jenkin's Ear.
In Star Raiders, this part of the game takes the form of a " Galactic Chart " display dividing the game's large-scale world into a grid of sectors, some of which are occupied by enemy ships or friendly " starbases ".
Halifax grew in importance, particularly as Germany introduced use of submarines for the first time to a large-scale conflict, requiring the Royal Canadian Navy and the Royal Navy to institute the use of convoys for protecting ships.
Those recommendations were, in order of preference: 1 ) build new ships, 2 ) give more time to maintenance, 3 ) accomplish more extensive overhauls, 4 ) provide more money for maintenance, 5 ) institute better training for maintenance personnel, or 6 ) create a large-scale modernization and rehabilitation program to fill the gap until new ships can be built.
The large-scale use of sail ships continued until the 1930s, even while the steampower started to dominate the international seatraffic.
Zelda commands a fleet of large ships that combine into her headquarters on Mars, which are used for large-scale attacks.
These attacks came in various forms ; from large-scale raids by medium bombers, to torpedo attacks on ships, and to strafing runs by fighters.
Goa ' uld ships are equipped with large-scale versions of these weapons.
The shipbuilding also expanded into a large-scale activity, and during a period of time one third of the merchant ships in Vaasa were made in Grönvik.
The massive deployment of ships and aircraft in Operations Formation Star and Combat Fox served to deter further large-scale incursions.

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