The story of Ajax was frequently made use of by ancient poets and artists, and the hero who appears on some Locrian coins with the helmet, shield, and sword is probably this Ajax.

Above the heart appears a shield of the coat of arms of George Washington ( a white shield with two red bars and three red stars in chief ) between sprays of green leaves.

The gorytos appears clearly on the left hip of the bare-headed spearman ; his companion has an interesting shield, perhaps representing a plain leather covering over a wooden or wicker base.

At another point, the do-do appears on the Warner Brothers shield logo and slingshots Porky into the ground.

A small shield bearing these arms appears on the Prince of Wales ' heraldic achievement, below the main shield.

A connection between sheaf and shield appears in the 13th century Chronicon de Abingdon which relates a dispute over ownership of a river meadow named Beri between the Abbot of Abingdon and the men of Oxfordshire.

Curiously, a woman who looks exactly like Alis on the Master System versions cover art also appears on the cover art of the Sega Genesis Collection, complete with shield and flaming sword.

Male Green iguanas in these groups often use their own bodies to shield and protect females from predators and it appears to be the only species of reptile which does this.

::" What could be code-breaking evidence of the latter explanation is to be found in the newly-disclosed redesign of the Missile Defense Agency logo .... As Logan helpfully shows, the new MDA shield appears ominously to reflect a morphing of the Islamic crescent and star with the Obama campaign logo.

Euro gold and silver commemorative coins ( Austria ) | Austrian commemorative gold euro | 100-euro coin depicting a sculpture group in Vienna: Janus, with one youthful and one bearded face, appears on the shield of Providentia

The family motto appears below the shield: Concordia, Integritas, Industria ( Harmony, Integrity, Industry ).

The University's motto, " Scientia et Labore ", meaning " Through Knowledge and Work " in Latin, appears just below the shield.

The classical yin yang pattern appears, for the first time, in the Roman Notitia Dignitatum, an ancient collection of shield patterns of the Roman army.

The motto appears in conjunction with the collar of the Order of the Thistle, which is placed around the shield.

The motto appears on a scroll beneath the Escutcheon ( heraldry ) | shield of the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom.

It appears on a scroll beneath the shield of the coat of arms of the United Kingdom.

The motto of the Order of the Garter, Honi soit qui mal y pense (" Spurned be the one who evil thinks "), appears on a representation of a garter behind the shield.

: The shield of arms — which appears on Ontario's flag — consists of three golden maple leaves, representing Canada, on a green background.

A further decorative treatment appears in the elaborate paneling of the merlons and that portion of the parapet walls rising above the cornice, by the introduction of quatrefoils and other conventional forms filled with foliage and shield.

The motto appears on a representation of the Garter ( stockings ) | garter, surrounding the Escutcheon ( heraldry ) | shield of the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom.

The design on the shield is nearly identical to the design of the national flag, the only difference being that the whole of the design is rotated so that the chief of the shield appears as the hoist of the flag.

13 ) Zeus is said to have used the skin of the goat deity Amalthea ( aigis " goat-skin ") which suckled him in Crete, as a shield when he went forth to do battle against the Titans.

Another version describes it to have been really the goat's skin used as a belt to support the shield.

The transition to the meaning " shield " may have come by folk-etymology among a people familiar with draping an animal skin over the left arm as a shield.

" He also asked his readers if the smallpox epidemic may have been given to them by God as " punishment for sin ," and warned that attempting to shield themselves from God's fury ( via inoculation ), would only serve to " provoke him more.

More than 80 of these large shield volcanoes have summit calderas averaging 60 km across.

All teams now have an NHL shield panel on the front of the jersey near the collar, and a rounded hemline at the bottom of the jersey which goes up at the hips, providing more mobility.

On the most basic level, electronegativity is determined by factors like the nuclear charge ( the more protons an atom has, the more " pull " it will have on negative electrons ) and the number / location of other electrons present in the atomic shells ( the more electrons an atom has, the farther from the nucleus the valence electrons will be, and as a result the less positive charge they will experience — both because of their increased distance from the nucleus, and because the other electrons in the lower energy core orbitals will act to shield the valence electrons from the positively charged nucleus ).

An additional factor in her use of a pen name may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attending her relationship with the married George Henry Lewes, with whom she lived for over 20 years.

MacLeod designs an energy shield to protect the Earth after its ozone layer began to disintegrate, but the Shield's heavy red clouds and blocking of natural sunlight have plunged mankind into despair.

He is also said to have introduced a larger, heavier cowhide shield ( isihlangu ), and trained his forces to thus close with the enemy in more effective hand-to-hand combat.

" Some left-wing theorists have tried to shield Marxism from any connection to the Soviet regime.

Logan is believed to have the largest base circumference of any non-volcanic mountain on Earth ( a large number of shield volcanoes are much larger in size and mass ), with the massif containing eleven peaks over.

If this helps keep them safe from harm this is considered to be a good thing, but there have been cases where hostages have tried to shield the captors during an assault or refused to co-operate with the authorities in bringing prosecutions.

Shaka is also supposed to have introduced a larger, heavier shield made of cowhide and to have taught each warrior how to use the shield's left side to hook the enemy's shield to the right, exposing his ribs for a fatal spear stab.

There have been stylistic changes, the main one being the Coat of Arm's mantling, the shape of the escutcheon ( shield ), the removal of the motto scroll, and also others more subtle within the Arms itself such as the mane and fur of the lion, the number of lines in the open book, and the colouration.

These arms were also indicative of a Viking's social status: a wealthy Viking would have a complete ensemble of a helmet, shield, chainmail shirt, and sword.

In fact, the formal close-quarters style of Viking combat ( either in shield walls or aboard " ship islands ") would have made horned helmets cumbersome and hazardous to the warrior's own side.

This shield continues to have a place on The Colbert Report set.

The name has been extended to many other entities, and the concept of a protective shield is found in other mythologies, while its form varies across sources.

The shield and eagle of Dalhousie's seal has been used as the logo of the university since 1987, with the present incarnation in use since 2003, which includes the tagline, " inspiring minds ".

The Sampo has been interpreted in many ways: a world pillar or world tree, a compass or astrolabe, a chest containing a treasure, a Byzantine coin die, a decorated Vendel period shield, a Christian relic, etc.

The shield has been the family's coat-of-arms since the 12th century when a family member was knighted by the German-based Holy Roman Empire.

The Liverpool badge is based on the city's liver bird, which in the past had been placed inside a shield.

One defender in particular amused the king greatly — a man standing on the walls, crossbow in one hand, the other clutching a frying pan which he had been using all day as a shield to beat off missiles.

It has been present on their crest and shield since 1901.

The Sampo has been interpreted in many ways: a world pillar or world tree, a compass or astrolabe, a chest containing a treasure, a Byzantine coin die, a decorated Vendel period shield, a Christian relic, etc.

Thorium is a very effective radiation shield, although it has not been used for this purpose as much as lead or depleted uranium.

In MS lesions, the myelin shield around the axons has been destroyed by inflammation.

The free speech protections of the First Amendment have long been used to shield whistleblowers from retaliation by whistleblower attorneys.

Like many weapons from feudal times, maces have been used in heraldic military blazons as either a charge on the shield or as external ornamentation.

C. S. Unnikrishan, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Bombay, India, showed that if the effect had been caused by gravitational shielding, the shape of the shielded region would be similar to a shadow from the gravitational shield.

The Flag of Sussex is based on the coat of arms of Sussex | heraldic shield of Sussex which has been used to represent the county since at least as far back as 1622: Azure, six martlet s or

A 206 km² ( 80 miles² ) section of the mountain range is protected by Lamington National Park and has been listed as a World Heritage area in recognition of its " outstanding geological features displayed around shield volcanic craters and the high number of rare and threatened rainforest species.

Adult male California sea lions play no role in raising pups, but they do take more interest in them than adult males of other otariid species ; they have even been observed to help shield swimming pups from predators.