" Ever since the time of my ancestor Ali, the first Imam, that is to say over a period of thirteen hundred years, it has always been the tradition of our family that each Imam chooses his successor at his absolute and unfettered discretion from amongst any of his descendants, whether they be sons or remote male issue and in these circumstances and in view of the fundamentally altered conditions in the world in very recent years due to the great changes which have taken place including the discoveries of atomic science, I am convinced that it is in the best interest of the Shia Muslim Ismailia Community that I should be succeeded by a young man who has been brought up and developed during recent years and in the midst of the new age and who brings a new outlook on life to his office as Imam.

Among the most exciting recent archaeological discoveries in Greece is the recognition that the sanctuary site near the modern village of Kalapodi is not only the site of the oracle of Apollon at Abai but that it was in constant use for cult practices from early Mycenaean times to the Roman period.

Trade is vital to the Cypriot economy — the island is not self-sufficient in food and until the recent offshore gas discoveries had few known natural resources — and the trade deficit continues to grow.

Some relatively lightweight exoplanets, only a few times more massive than Earth ( now known by the term Super-Earth ), are known as well ; statistical studies now indicate that they actually outnumber giant planets while recent discoveries have included Earth-sized and smaller planets and a handful that appear to exhibit other Earth-like properties.

Until recently, the Preclassic was regarded as a formative period, consisting of small villages of farmers who lived in huts and few permanent buildings, but this notion has been challenged by recent discoveries of monumental architecture from that period, such as an altar in La Blanca, San Marcos, from 1000 BC ; ceremonial sites at Miraflores and El Naranjo from 801 BC ; the earliest monumental masks ; and the Mirador Basin cities of Nakbé, Xulnal, El Tintal, Wakná and El Mirador.

The history of the petroleum industry in the United States goes back to the early 19th century, although the indigenous peoples, like many ancient societies, have used petroleum seeps since prehistoric times ; where found, these seeps signaled the growth of the industry from the earliest discoveries to the more recent.

Anagnostis Agelarakis based on recent archaeo-anthropological discoveries of the earliest monumental polyandrion ( communal burial of male warriors ) at Paros Island in Greece, unveils a last quarter of the 8th century BC date for a hoplitic phalangeal military organization.

However, thanks to recent discoveries of some inscriptions on Halicarnassus, dated to about that time, we now know that the Ionic dialect was used there even in official documents, so there was no need to assume like the Suda that he must have learned the dialect elsewhere.

All these relatively recent archaeological discoveries are today exhibited in a side room of the small National Museum in Male ' along with other artifacts.

In 1671, Malpighi ’ s Anatomy of Plants was published in London by the Royal Society, and he simultaneously wrote to Mr. Oldenburg, telling him of his recent discoveries regarding the lungs, fibers of the spleen and testicles, and several other discoveries involving the brain and sensory organs.

These substances are generally more recent discoveries that have not yet been recognized as vitamins or as required.

Further development in physical chemistry may be attributed to discoveries in nuclear chemistry, especially in isotope separation ( before and during World War II ), more recent discoveries in astrochemistry, as well as the development of calculation algorithms in field of " additive physicochemical properties " ( practically all of physicochemical properties, as: boiling point, critical point, surface tension, vapor pressure etc.

However, this view has been challenged by recent discoveries.

These factors have changed dramatically in recent decades, both with the decreasing cost of computing power and with new mathematical discoveries.

However, recent historical discoveries now lead scholars to believe that he died of natural causes.

Following recent discoveries and oil fields currently under development, Congo's oil production is expected to continue to rise significantly in the next few years.

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Although whales and dolphins ( Cetacea ) do not possess most of the typical morphological characteristics of ungulates, recent discoveries indicate that they are descended from early artiodactyls, and thus are directly related to other even-toed ungulates such as cattle, with hippopotamuses being their closest living relatives.

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There is also a possibility of oil availability in Zanzibar on the island of Pemba, and efforts have been made by the Tanzanian Government and Zanzibar revolutionary Government to exploit what could be one of the most significant discoveries in recent memory.

Archaeology offers the best chance of sorting out the debate, and indeed recent discoveries on Palatine Hill in Rome have offered good evidence.

Previously chaetognaths in the Early Cambrian were only suspected from these protoconodont elements, but the more recent discoveries of body fossils have confirmed their presence then.

Things have improved in recent years, but the somewhat restricted space available in " old " DIN and ASME-standardized stuffing boxes places limits on the type of seal that can be fitted.

The Orpheos Bakkikos crucifixion, hematite seal reflecting Ancient Greece | ancient Greek themes, considered to be from the third or fourth century CE, although a more recent source concludes that it is from the early Christian era.

More recent research has not been able to verify this claim, with no record of this seal being found.

One recent acquisition was that of Economos, part of Salzer Holding, an Austria-based seal company, Jaeger Industrial and ABBA, Taiwanese manufacturers of linear actuators.

The crabeater seal shares a common recent ancestor with the other Antarctic seals, which are together known as the lobodontine seals.

Preliminary results from recent surveys conducted in the Chukchi Sea in May – June 1999 and 2000 indicate that ringed seal density is higher in nearshore fast and pack ice, and lower in offshore pack ice.

A recent innovation is the silicone seal, which is claimed to be as supple as latex, more flexible, yet far more durable.

In recent years, the number of grey seals has been on the rise in the west and in Canada there have been calls for a seal cull.

In recent years, the number of grey seals has been on the rise in the west and in Canada there have been calls for a seal cull.

In recent years the school has also used a different seal depicting its Tower Hall building.

In recent years, however, these two species, along with the some more typically northerly seal species like the harp seal have been found in the harbor in pursuit of some of the species mentioned above.

Several hundred characters from fragmentary commentaries have been collected during the Qing period, and recent archeological excavations in Anhui, China, have uncovered several hundred more on bamboo strips to show the order of the characters ; unfortunately, the script employed is not the small seal script as the discovery dates from Han times.

It also has nine colleges: Law School of Sorocaba ( FADI ), recommended by OAB the year 2007 the FADI received the seal of quality issued by the institution to law courses that have had the best quality indexes in recent years.

The Law School of Sorocaba ( FADI ), recommended by the Bar Association of Brazil in 2004 and 2007, received the seal of quality issued by the institution to law courses that have had the best quality indexes in recent years.

Following a recent rebirth, Adam Warlock directs the Guardians of the Galaxy in efforts to seal tears in reality itself, caused by recent massive conflicts throughout the universe.

A recent review recommended the retention of seven species, deprecating the New Zealand fur seals to a subspecies of the South American fur seal, while also questioning the status of the Guadelupe fur seal.

Other recent studies have indicated that the genus may be paraphyletic, in which case, all species except for the Cape fur seal may have to be split off into a separate genus.

The first Governors used the seal as their emblem but in recent years the usage of the seal has been limited to being the official emblem used to represent Puerto Rico on its legal documents when they are sealed.

The Weddell seal shares a common recent ancestor with the other Antarctic seals, which are together known as the lobodontine seals.

However, recent research into the UK " corkscrew " seal deaths by the Sea Mammal Research Unit concluded that the UK seal deaths were unlikely to have been caused by predation from the Greenland shark, rather being caused by blunt mechanical trauma " consistent with the seals being drawn through a ducted propeller " that are found on