Image Nazca booby chick and egg.jpg right thumb A Nazca Booby Sula granti with a chick and egg. When the second egg hatches, any siblings present will almost certainly kill their younger brother or sister. Siblicide attributed by behavioural ecologist Doug Mock to Barbara M. Braun is the killing of an infant individual by its close relatives full or half siblings . It may occur directly between sibling s or be mediated by the parents. The evolutionary drivers may be either indirect benefits for the Genetics genetic viability of a population or direct benefits for the perpetrators. Siblicide has mainly, but not only, been observed in bird s. The word is also used as a unifying term for fratricide and sororicide in the human species unlike these more specific terms, it leaves the sex of the victim unspecified. Examples Cattle Egret s, Bubulcus ibis , exhibit asynchronous hatching and androgen loading in the first two eggs of its 3 egg clutch. This results in the older chicks being more aggressive and having a developmental head start. If food is scarce the third chick often dies or is killed by the larger siblings and so parental effort is distributed between the remaining chicks, which are hence more likely to survive to reproduce. The extra excess egg is possibly laid either due to exploit the possibility of elevated food abundance as seen in the Blue footed Booby Sula nebouxii or due to the chance of infertility sterility in one egg, something suggested by studies into the Common Grackle , Quiscalus quiscula and the Masked Booby , Sula dactylatra . In Spotted Hyena s, Crocuta crocuta , pups of the same sex exhibit siblicide more often than male female twins. Sex ratio s may be manipulated in this way and the dominant status of a female and transmission of genes may be ensured through a son or daughter which inherits this solely, receiving much more parental nursing and decreased ... zoology , a related behaviour Nazca Booby displays obligate siblicide Sibling abuse Sibling rivalry ... more details
Infobox person image David Emge Portrait.png imagesize 250px caption David Emge birth date 1946 birth place Evansville, Indiana death date birth name David Emge othername homepage David Emge is an United States American actor . He is known for his role as Stephen in George A. Romero s classic film Dawn of the Dead . Early life Emge IPA mgi was born in Evansville, Indiana , United States . He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in Drama, while a student at the University of Evansville . Movie career One of Emge s classmates and acting partners while in college was Ron Glass , who later became famous as a starring member of the situation comedy Barney Miller . While working as a chef in a New York City restaurant, Emge met George A. Romero , who cast him in the role for which he would be most remembered, as Stephen in Romero s zombie epic, Dawn of the Dead . ref http www.dreadcentral.com news 35990 motion picture purgatory the booby hatch Motion Picture Purgatory The Booby Hatch ref As of 2007, Emge participates in occasional acting and film conventions. Filmography Hellmaster 1992 , as Robert Basket Case 2 1990 , as Half Moon Dawn of the Dead 1978 , as Stephen Andrews The Booby Hatch 1975 References reflist External links IMDb name id 0256361 name David Emge Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Emge, David ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION American actor DATE OF BIRTH 1946 PLACE OF BIRTH Evansville, Indiana DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Emge, David Category 1946 births Category Actors from Indiana Category American chefs Category American film actors Category Living people Category People from Evansville, Indiana Category People from New York City US film actor 1940s stub de David Emge fr David Emge ja sr fi David Emge sv David Emge tr David Emge ... more details
File Brown boobytern .JPG thumb right alt Brown Booby standing on rock The island is an important breeding site for Brown Boobies Stapleton Island is a small 4 ha island on the northern Great Barrier Reef of Far North Queensland , Australia . It lies about 40 km off Cape Melville on the east coast of the Cape York Peninsula . It is important as a nesting site for booby boobies and tern s. Description The island is an elongated cay , about 500 m long with a maximum width of 100 m. It is constituted of coral sand and reef rubble rising to a central ridge 5 m above sea level. The outer edge has a beach plant community community of herbaceous plant herbs and the sand ridge is dominated by low shrubs and Lepturus grass. The island is a designated Preservation Area within the Howick Group National Park with no general public access. ref name bli Birds The island has been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area IBA because it has supported over 1 of the world populations of Brown Booby Brown Boobies with up to 1000 nests and Lesser Crested Tern s up to 9800 breeding pairs . ref cite web url http www.birdata.com.au iba.vm title IBA Stapleton Island accessdate 2011 10 24 work Birdata first last publisher Birds Australia date ref There have also been counts of up to 10,000 breeding pairs of both Bridled Tern Bridled and Sooty Tern s, as well as breeding records of Black naped Tern Black naped , Crested Tern Crested and Little Tern s, Common Noddy Common Noddies and Australian Pelican s. ref name bli BirdLife International. 2011 . Important Bird Areas factsheet Stapleton Island. Downloaded from http www.birdlife.org on 2011 10 24. ref References reflist coord 14 19 08 S 144 51 04 E display title region AU QLD type isle Category Important Bird Areas of Queensland Category Far North Queensland Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef FarNorthQueensland geo stub Queensland protected area stub ... more details
Taxobox image Abbotts Booby Papasula abbotti .jpg image caption juvenile on Christmas Island name Papasula status EN status system IUCN3.1 status ref ref IUCN2006 assessors BirdLife International year 2006 id 15977 title Papasula abbotti downloaded 19 Jan 2008 Database entry includes a range map and justification for why the species is listed as endangered ref regnum Animal ia phylum Chordate Chordata classis bird Aves ordo Pelecaniformes familia Sulidae genus Papasula genus authority Storrs Olson Olson & Ken Warheit Warheit , 1988 species P. abbotti binomial Papasula abbotti binomial authority Robert Ridgway Ridgway , 1893 synonyms Sula abbotti Robert Ridgway Ridgway , 1893 Papasula is a genus of birds from the family Sulidae . Species The genus knows the following specie ref http www.worldbirdnames.org Gill, F., Wright, M. & Donsker, D. 2010 . IOC World Bird Names version 2.6 . referenced on 4 11 2010 en ref Papasula abbotti Abbott s Booby Reference Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club 108 p.10 references Category Monotypic bird genera category Genera of birds nl Papasula ... more details
orphan date August 2008 A booby trap devised by the Viet Cong and subsequently used against US Armed Forces American and other anti Communist forces supporting South Vietnam during the Vietnam War . It derives its name from the fact that the wounding component of the trap is a small arms Cartridge firearms cartridges . Design It is a very simple trap, made from four main components a bamboo pipe, a piece of wood, a nail and any ammunition from small arms . The device required an ammunition to be stood upright and when a person usually a soldier stepped on the trap, the pressure placed on the bullet would force it down onto a nail, igniting the Percussion cap primer and subsequently causing the round to fire. ref Anti personnel mines & booby traps used by the VC & NVA. Digger History. 4 Jun 2008 http www.diggerhistory.info pages weapons mines05.htm anti p ref Purpose The intent of the trap was to cause the round to travel through an enemy soldier s foot, causing him and probably his entire Section military unit section to cease their actions in order to treat him. This would often create an opportunity for a Vietcong or other North Vietnamese force to engage the stationary section in an ambush . See also Punji stick NLF and PAVN battle tactics Combat Engineers References Reflist Category Guerrilla warfare tactics ... more details
saved book title Star Trek The Next Generation subtitle Season 3 1989 1990 cover image Star Trek TNG logo.svg cover color white Star Trek The Next Generation Season 3 1989 1990 Evolution Star Trek The Next Generation Evolution The Ensigns of Command The Survivors Star Trek The Next Generation The Survivors Who Watches the Watchers The Bonding Booby Trap Star Trek The Next Generation Booby Trap The Enemy Star Trek The Next Generation The Enemy The Price Star Trek The Next Generation The Price The Vengeance Factor The Defector Star Trek The Next Generation The Defector The Hunted Star Trek The Next Generation The Hunted The High Ground Star Trek The Next Generation The High Ground D j Q A Matter of Perspective Yesterday s Enterprise The Offspring Star Trek The Next Generation The Offspring Sins of the Father Star Trek The Next Generation Sins of the Father Allegiance Star Trek The Next Generation Allegiance Captain s Holiday Tin Man Star Trek The Next Generation Tin Man Hollow Pursuits The Most Toys Sarek Star Trek The Next Generation Sarek M nage Troi Transfigurations The Best of Both Worlds Star Trek The Next Generation The Best of Both Worlds, Part I ... more details
pp semi small yes noinclude wiktionary boob Boob or Boobs may refer to The Boob , a film by William Wellman Boobs short story Boobs , a science fiction short story by Suzy McKee Charnas Boobs The Musical , a revue by Ruth Wallis Breast , the upper ventral region of the human torso As a person s name Boob Darling born 1903 , an American football player Boob Fowler 1900 1988 , a Major League Baseball shortstop Boob McNutt , a comic strip by Rube Goldberg which ran from 1915 to September 1934 Jeremy Hilary Boob , a fictional character in the animated movie Yellow Submarine 1968 Musa M Boob , a Gambian musician See also Intitle Boob Booby disambiguation disambig ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Hatutu Nature Reserve is a nature reserve encompassing the whole of the island of Hatutu in the northern Marquesas Islands . The reserve was declared in 1992, and is the primary nesting site of several endangered species , several of which are endemic ecology endemic , including the Long billed Polynesian Warbler Long billed or Hatutaa Polynesian Warbler Acrocephalus caffer mendanae postremus and the Marquesas Ground Dove Gallicolumba rubescens . The Hatutu Nature Reserve is home to one of the most important nesting grounds for the Blue footed Booby Sula nebouxii . See also French Polynesia Marquesan Nature Reserves coord 7.918 140.572 dim 5000 region FR PF display title Category Environment of the Marquesas Islands Category Nature reserves FrenchPolynesia geo stub ... more details
The Tomb is a graphic novel written by Nunzio DeFilippis and Christina Weir and illustrated by Christopher Mitten. It was published in 2004 in literature 2004 by Oni Press . Synopsis Jessica Parrish is a down on her luck archeology archaeologist whose last hope of glory is to lead a team of explorers into a tomb that is buried in the most unlikely place &mdash the basement of a New England mansion. The team discover that the house is booby trap ped like an ancient Egypt Egyptian tomb. It is also seemingly haunted by Ghost ghosts condemned by Tutankhamun King Tut s curse. References Cite book title The Tomb first Nunzio last DeFilippis coauthors Christina Weir others Illustrated by Christopher Mitten year 2004 publisher Oni Press isbn 1 929998 95 3 DEFAULTSORT Tomb, The Category 2004 books Category Oni Press graphic novels comics stub ... more details
Piscator latin fisher usually refers to Erwin Piscator 1893 1966 , German theatre director It is also the surname of Maria Ley Piscator 1898 1999 , Austrian dancer and choreographer Johannes Piscator 1546 1625 , German theologian and instructor It may also refer to a prehistoric bird genus, see Piscator bird leave redlink to prevent ambiguous genus the Bergman s Bear Ursus arctos piscator the Chequered Keelback Xenochrophis piscator the Red footed Booby Sula piscator the Western Plantain eater Crinifer piscator disambig surname Category Occupational surnames Category Latin language surnames de Piscator ... more details
unreferenced date October 2011 The Collection is an upcoming film that follows the 2009 film, The Collector 2009 film The Collector , which stars Josh Stewart as Arkin. Arkin escapes with his life from the vicious grips of The Collector during an entrapment party where he adds beautiful Elena to his Collection. Instead of recovering from the trauma, Arkin is suddenly abducted from the hospital by mercenaries hired by Elena s wealthy father. Arkin is blackmailed to team up with the mercenaries and track down The Collector s booby trapped warehouse and save Elena. External links IMDb title 1748227 The Collection DEFAULTSORT Collection Category Upcoming films Category American action thriller films Category Sequel films movie stub ... more details
by a booby trap bomb attached to a car by the Provisional Irish Republican Army IRA at his workplace ... Ulster Volunteer Force UVF booby trap bomb attached to the door of a house he was renovating in Drum ... Irish Republican Army IRA booby trap bomb attached to his car which exploded while travelling along ... more details
rooms. Tools There are 8 rooms outlined in red. Each one has a booby trap in it. You ll need to use one of the tool cards to disarm a booby trap and uncover the secret tile below it. This table shows which tool disarms which booby trap. class wikitable Boogy trap Tool Poison gas Gas mask Killer ... box Sledgehammer Ring of fire Robot 10 tons Two agents Some tools do not disarm booby traps but have ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Infobox Island of French Polynesia name Hatutu Hatuta a map Image Nwmarqpic.png thumb 250px Image of northwestern Marquesas Islands. Hatutu is the center island. Image courtesy of Johnson Space Center . country France br French Polynesia archipelago Marquesas Islands region South Pacific Ocean area 2.47 sq.mi. br 6.4 coastline peakname peakheight 1404 ft br 428 population 0 date population 2002 density 0 Hatutu also called Hatuta a is a small island approximately 3 km 2 mi. northeast of Eiao in the northern Marquesas Islands . Hatutu is administratively part of the Communes of France commune municipality of Nuku Hiva , itself in the French Polynesia Administrative divisions administrative subdivision of the Marquesas Islands . The island is located at Coord 7.92 S 140.57 W . It consists of a high central ridge, which runs the full 6.5 km 4 mi. length of the island. The ridge rises to heights up to 428 m 1,404 ft. above sea level . In 1992, Hatutu was declared a nature reserve the Hatutu Nature Reserve . The island is an important nesting ground for the Blue footed Booby blue footed booby , and home to the endemic Hatutaa Polynesian Warbler . See also French Polynesia Marquesan Nature Reserves Marquesas Islands Category Islands of the Marquesas Islands Category Uninhabited islands of French Polynesia FrenchPolynesia geo stub bg ca Hatutu de Hatutu es Hatutu fr Hatutu gl Hatutu it Hatutu he nl Hatutu pl Hatutu ru fi Hatutu ... more details
BLP sources date July 2010 Keith Tenniswood is a United Kingdom British DJ , record producer producer , and remixer . Tenniswood is better known as one half of the electronic act Two Lone Swordsmen alongside Andrew Weatherall . ref cite web url Allmusic class artist id p194588 biography pure url yes title Biography Two Lone Swordsmen last Cooper first Sean publisher Allmusic accessdate 3 July 2010 ref Outside of the group he is more frequently known as Radioactive Man musician Radioactive Man , and runs the Control Tower Records Control Tower electro music electro label. ref cite web url Allmusic class artist id p466945 biography pure url yes title Biography Radioactive Man last Birchmeier first Jason publisher Allmusic accessdate 3 July 2010 ref Tenniswood has also worked with artists such as David Holmes musician David Holmes on his album Let s Get Killed , The Aloof and Red Snapper band Red Snapper . Discography Singles Dive And Lie Wrecked Rotters Golf Club RGC 2001 Sector 6 12 Sector 6 Control Tower Records Control Tower 2001 The Uranium EP Rotters Golf Club RGC 2001 Wrecked Remixes Rotters Golf Club RGC 2002 Itisanditisnt Rotters Golf Club RGC 2003 Wrecked Remixes Rotters Golf Club RGC 2002 Ye Olde Skoole Rayve EP Control Tower Records Control Tower 2006 Albums Radioactive Man LP Radioactive Man Rotters Golf Club RGC 2001 Booby Trap LP Booby Trap Rotters Golf Club RGC 2003 Fabric 08 Fabric 2003 Growl album Growl 2008 References Reflist Use dmy dates date August 2010 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Tenniswood, Keith ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Tenniswood, Keith Category British DJs Category British record producers Category Living people Dj stub ... more details
The Troubles in Derrylin recounts incidents during, and the effects of, The Troubles in Derrylin , County Fermanagh , Northern Ireland . 1972 21 September 1972 Thomas Bullock 53 , an off duty member of the Ulster Defence Regiment , and his wife, Emily Bullock 50 , were shot and killed by the Provisional Irish Republican Army at their home at Aghalane , near Derrylin. 16 December 1972 Louis Leonard 26 , a Provisional Irish Republican Army, was found shot at his butcher s shop. 1974 10 April 1974 George Saunderson 58 , an ex member of the Ulster Defence Regiment, was shot at his workplace, by the Provisional Irish Republican Army. 21 April 1974 James Murphy 40 , a civil rights activist was found shot at his garage in Corraveigh, near Derrylin. 02 December 1974 John Maddocks 32 , a member of the British Army, was killed by a booby trap bomb, hidden in milk churn left in field, while on foot patrol, near Derrylin, by the Provisional Irish Republican Army. 1985 01 February 1985 James Graham 39 , an off duty member of the Ulster Defence Regiment, was shot while driving a school bus, by the Provisional Irish Republican Army. 1988 06 April 1988 William Burleigh 51 , an off duty member of the Ulster Defence Regiment, was killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army booby trap bomb attached to his car, Tirraroe, near Derrylin. References http cain.ulst.ac.uk sutton chron NI Conflict Archive on the Internet Category The Troubles in County Fermanagh Derrylin ... more details
orphan date November 2008 Death Makes a Holiday A Cultural History of Halloween is a non fiction book by David J. Skal . Book summary The book talks about the history of Halloween such as exploring its dark Celts Celtic history and talking about why it was evolved . The author travels throughout the United States and reviews people about what they think of Halloween such as people that go to extraordinary lengths, businessmen who see Halloween in terms of money, and practicing witches . The book tries to help us understand what the many rituals and traditions say about people s Psyche psychology psyche . It talks about such things as myths , horror films , and haunted houses . Reception A review from the book The Year s Best Fantasy and Horror says, Death Makes a Holiday A Cultural History of Halloween is an entertaining dissection of the holiday horror aficionados love best by an expert in pop culture . I was hooked from the first chapter, which explores the urban myth of poisoned and booby trap booby trapped candy. ref http books.google.com books?id xkmUgVMGD9IC&pg PR76&dq Death Makes a Holiday A Cultural History of Halloween The Year s Best Fantasy and Horror ref The book was used as a reference in the books Salem Place, Myth, and Memory ref http books.google.com books?id O10rxQeYPIkC&pg PA295&dq Death Makes a Holiday A Cultural History of Halloween Salem Place, Myth, and Memory ref , The Cute and the Cool Wondrous Innocence and Modern American Children s Culture ref http books.google.com books?id JtPGI6JPZsgC&pg PA224&dq Death Makes a Holiday A Cultural History of Halloween The Cute and the Cool Wondrous Innocence and Modern American Children s Culture ref , and From Shaman to Scientist Essays on Humanity s Search for Spirits . ref http books.google.com books?id wxqJDCwS0QUC&pg PA209&dq Death Makes a Holiday A Cultural History of Halloween From Shaman to Scientist Essays on Humanity s Search for Spirits ref References reflist Category Halloween Category American ... more details
Location map Indian Ocean label Bonaparte Archipelago lon dir E lat dir S lat deg 14 lat min 17 lon deg 125 lon min 18 position left width 300 float right mark Cercle rouge 100 .svg marksize 20 caption Location of the Bonaparte Archipelago The Bonaparte Archipelago is a group of islands off the coast of Western Australia in the Kimberley Western Australia Kimberley region. The closest inhabited place is Kalumburu, Western Australia Kalumburu located about convert 100 km mi 0 to the east of the island group. ref cite web url http maps.bonzle.com c a?a p&p 3395&op 486&cmd sp&s Bonaparte 20Archipelago&c 1&x 125 2E27564&y 2D14 2E34634&w 40000 title Bonzle Digital Atlas Map of Bonaparte Archipelago year 2009 accessdate 2009 03 23 ref . The archipelago was named by the Baudin expedition on 16 August 1801 after Napoleon Bonaparte , First Consul of France. The archipelago is made up of the islands and islets lying off a stretch of convert 150 km mi 0 of coastline, roughly between Collier Bay to the SW and Admiralty Gulf to the NE, including islands in Admiralty Gulf itself. ref cite web url http www.oceandots.com indian kimberley bonaparte.php title Ocean Dots The Island Encyclopedia year 2009 accessdate 2009 03 23 ref The islands are mostly small, and many are best described as islets or emergent rocks. They number several hundred in total. Several submerged banks and shoals are also found within the archipelago. The largest island in the group is Augustus Island Western Australia Augustus Island which has an area of convert 190 km2 sqmi 0 . Another significant island is the 3 ha Booby Island Kimberley Booby Island , which is classified as an Important Bird Area . References reflist coord 14 17 S 125 18 E display title region AU type isle source GNS enwiki Category Islands of Western Australia Category Kimberley Western Australia fr Archipel Bonaparte pt Arquip lago Bonaparte ... more details
unreferenced date March 2010 File El Candelabro 20070116.jpg thumb El Candelabro The Ballestas Islands are a group of small island s near the town of Paracas located within the Paracas District of the Pisco Province in the Ica Region , on the south coast of Peru . Composed largely of rock formation s and covering an estimated area of 0.12 km , these islands are an important sanctuary for marine fauna like the guanay guano bird, the Blue footed Booby blue footed booby and the tendril. Other notable species include Humboldt Penguin s and two varieties of Pinniped seals fur seal s and sea lion s , amongst other mammals. These islands are accessible from the resort town of Paracas near Pisco by tour boat which typically lasts 2 hours. During the visits it is not uncommon for the sea lions to approach the tourist boats and make spectacles for the visiting tourist s. The sea lions are also responsible for a unique audio spectacle with their wolf pack cries that echoes around the Ballestas and creates an effect of a 360 degree surrounding choir. On the way to the islands, on the Paracas Peninsula , visitors will notice El Candelabro, a large scale Geoglyph that may have served as a beacon to mariners. The mystery as to the origins of this particular Geoglyph is ongoing with much speculation. The visit to the Ballestas Islands is, from an ecotourism point of view, probably the best known along the Peruvian coast. coord missing Peru DEFAULTSORT Ballestas, Islas Category Uninhabited islands of Peru ca Illes Ballestas es Islas Ballestas fr les Ballestas lt Baljestos salos nl Ballestaseilanden qu Ballestas wat akuna uk ... more details
File Brown booby.jpg thumb right 250px alt Brown Booby standing at the edge of the water The reef is an important nesting site for Brown Boobies Wilson Reef is a small 4.5 ha coral reef within the Great Barrier Reef complex of Queensland , Australia . It lies about 30 km north of Cape Melville on the Cape York Peninsula in the habitat protection zone of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park . It has some unnamed sand cay s which are used by seabird s but no significant islands. ref name bli BirdLife International. 2011 . Important Bird Areas factsheet Wilson Reef Great Barrier Reef . Downloaded from http www.birdlife.org on 2011 11 28. ref Birds The reef has been identified as an Important Bird Area IBA by BirdLife International because it has supported over 1 of the world population of Brown Booby Bown Boobies with up to 1400 nests and about 10,000 pairs of Sooty Tern s. ref cite web url http www.birdata.com.au iba.vm title IBA Wilson Reef Great Barrier Reef accessdate 2011 11 28 work Birdata first last publisher Birds Australia date ref Up to 6000 pairs of Common Noddy Common Noddies have also been recorded nesting on the reef. ref name bli References reflist coord 13 58 42 S 144 28 25 E display title region AU QLD type isle Category Important Bird Areas of Queensland Category Islands on the Great Barrier Reef Category Far North Queensland FarNorthQueensland geo stub ... more details
other uses2 Full stop Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Full Stop Type Album Artist Annabelle Chvostek Cover Annabelle FullStop.jpg Released 2000 Recorded Genre Folk music Folk , jazz Label Producer Annabelle Chvostek Reviews Last album 1am to 5am br 1997 This album Full Stop br 2000 Next album Water Annabelle Chvostek album Water br 2003 Full Stop is an experimental electro folk album released in 2000 by Annabelle Chvostek . It attained a 7 position on college radio charts in Canada after a limited release in 2000 of 150 copies. Track listing Icy blue Messages get through Body Work Gray s Pussycat Edie Chills Blows me away La La La Booby Boo That in itself External links http annabelle.org disco fullstop Album description from http www.annabelle.org annabelle.org DEFAULTSORT Full Stop Annabelle Chvostek Album Category Annabelle Chvostek albums Category 2000 albums ... more details
The Troubles in Cullyhanna recounts incidents during, and the effects of, the The Troubles Troubles in Cullyhanna , County Armagh , Northern Ireland . Incidents in Cullyhanna during the Troubles resulting in two or more fatalities 1972 10 February 1972 Ian Harris 26 and David Champ 23 , both members of the British Army , were killed in a Provisional Irish Republican Army landmine attack on their mobile patrol at Cullyhanna ref name SI cite web title Sutton Index of Deaths, 1972 work Conflict Archive on the Internet CAIN url http cain.ulst.ac.uk sutton chron 1972.html accessdate 5 December 2011 ref . 20 November 1972 William Watson 28 and James Strothers 31 , both members of the British Army , were killed by a Provisional Irish Republican Army booby trap bomb in a derelict house in Cullyhanna ref name SI . See also Provisional IRA South Armagh Brigade References Reflist Category The Troubles in County Armagh Cullyhanna ... more details
The Sinking 5 Chen 5 is a China Chinese naval mine . It is a small bottom mine, like the Chen 4 bottom mine Sinking 4 bottom mine and Piao 2 drifting mine Drifting 2 drifting mine it was designed around the concept of People s War of guerrilla warfare . It can be dismantled for easy transportation and reassembled just prior to being planted. Unlike the Chen 4 bottom mine Sinking 4 Chen 4 bottom mine , this bottom mine cannot be used as part of other Chinese naval mine systems, but it does have the ability to incorporate the contact fuse , a feat that the Sinking Chen 4 bottom mine lacks. Furthermore, Sinking 5 Chen 5 bottom mine is developed by Fengxi Machinery Factory can also be used on land as part of booby trap s. The evaluation of this mine was carried out under combat conditions these mines were deployed in Cambodia and Vietnam during the Vietnam War and the customers were satisfied with the performance, and as a result, the mine was considered an achievement and won a national award in 1978. References Unreferenced date October 2007 Category Naval mines Category Weapons of the People s Republic of China ... more details
Wycliffe and the Pea Green Boat 1975 in literature 1975 is a crime novel by Cornwall Cornish writer W. J. Burley , featuring his recurring protagonist Charles Wycliffe . ref http www.orionbooks.co.uk MP 39998 Wycliffe and the Pea Green Boat.htm ref Synopsis Somebody has booby trap ped a boat in the ownership of Cedric Tremain s father, blowing him apart. Following Cedric s subsequent arrest, his fellow villagers are unanimous in their belief that he isn t a likely murderer. However, circumstantial evidence soon begins piling up and conspiring against the hapless sailor. When Wycliffe arrives on the scene of the crime, he too finds himself believing Cedric s protestations of innocence, and soon establishes a link between the current murder and that of a young woman twenty years ago, supposedly strangle d by a cousin of Cedric s, who served fourteen years of a commuted death sentence . References reflist DEFAULTSORT Wycliffe And The Pea Green Boat Category 1975 novels Category Wycliffe series 1970s novel stub W.J. Burley ... more details
Adolphe Simon Neboux , born 1806 and died 1844, was a French surgeon and naturalist who accompanied the frigate V nus under command of Admiral Abel du Petit Thouars between the years 1836 and 1839, visiting the Pacific coastline of North America and the Gal pagos Islands . Among species he described are the Swallow tailed Gull and the White capped Fruit dove . He is honoured in the scientific name of the Blue footed Booby Sula nebouxii . Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Neboux, Adolphe Simon ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Surgeon and naturalist DATE OF BIRTH 1806 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1844 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Neboux, Adolphe Simon Category 1806 births Category 1844 deaths Category French ornithologists Category French naturalists es Adolphe Simon Neboux fr Adolphe Simon Neboux fi Adolphe Simon Neboux ... more details
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