coord 45 0 0 N 0 0 0 E display title File Hemisferio Norte.png thumb right Northernhemisphere highlighted in yellow File NorthernHemisphere Azimuthal projections.svg thumb right Northernhemisphere from above the North Pole The NorthernHemisphere ref http www.m w.com dictionary northern 20hemisphere ... equator . Earth s northernhemisphere contains most of the planet s land, and roughly 90 of its human ... months. In the NorthernHemisphere, objects moving across or above the surface of the Earth tend ... in the northernhemisphere. Conversely, air rising from the northern surface of the Earth creating ... clockwise in the NorthernHemisphere by contrast, they spin clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere . The shadow of a sun dial moves clockwise in the NorthernHemisphere opposite of the Southern Hemisphere ... in there being far fewer and less bright visible stars in the northernhemisphere compared to the Southern Hemisphere , making the NorthernHemisphere more suitable for deep space observation, as it is not blinded by the Milky Way. List of continents and countries Continents found in the NorthernHemisphere entirety of Europe entirety of North America , Central America and Caribbean the vast majority of Asia , except East Timor and Indonesia mainly in Southern Hemisphere about 2 3 of Africa ... ru sq Hemisfera veriore si simple NorthernHemisphere sk Severn ... Webster, Inc. ref is the half of a planet that is north of its equator the word sphere hemisphere ... Pole itself. Between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer lies the Temperateness Northern ... Oceans. Southern Hemisphere South of the equator , the directions are reversed. For the same reason, flows of air down toward the northern surface of the Earth tend to spread across the surface ... Hemisphere it raises to a maximum that is northerly in position as it tends towards the direction ..., the Moon appears upside down compared to a view from the Southern Hemisphere and the view of the stars ... more details
90001 90780 91345 7061886.html title Heat waves sizzling NorthernHemisphere People s Daily Online ... northern Greenland , the Nares Strait and the Arctic Ocean broke off, the biggest ice shelf in the Arctic ... from the Sahara in Northern Africa at about 1,000 meters in altitude , which facilitated a movement ... Midlands , Oxfordshire , Ireland , Northern Ireland and parts of the Swiss Alps . The heat ... fighters fought 25 forest fires in northern Portugal on July 24 ref http www.terradaily.com reports ... swimming and bathing in various lakes. ref name focus news.net Northern Eurasia Commonwealth of Independent ... more details
The 2009 NorthernHemisphere tropical cyclone season may refer to 2009 Atlantic hurricane season 2009 Pacific hurricane season 2009 Pacific typhoon season 2009 North Indian Ocean cyclone season dab Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. de Hurrikansaison 2009 ... more details
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wiktionary hemisphere hemispheres Hemisphere from Ancient Greek lang grc h misphairion half of a sphere may refer to Half of a sphere As half of the Earth a hemisphere of the Earth Any half of the Earth centered , celestial sphere cultural hemisphere As half of the brain Cerebral hemisphere , a division of the cerebrum Half of the cerebellum , a smaller part of the brain Music Hemispheres Doseone album Hemispheres Doseone album Hemispheres Lily Afshar album Hemispheres Lily Afshar album Hemispheres Rush album Hemispheres Rush album Hemispheres , an album by Anthony Davis composer Anthony Davis Hemispheres , an album by Dan Siegel Hemisphere song Hemisphere song , by Maaya Sakamoto Other Hemispheres magazine Hemispheres magazine , an inflight publication Hemispheres TV series Hemispheres TV series , Canadian and Australian news program L Hemisf ric at the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ci ncies , Valencia, Spain disambiguation Category Greek loanwords da Hemisf re de Hemisph re eo Hemisfero fa fr H misph re ga Leathsf ar la Hemisphaerium lv Puslode ja pl P kula pt Hemisf rio ro Emisfer dezambiguizare ru sk Hemisf ra sv Hemisf r tr Yar mk re zh ... more details
Image Hemisferio Leste.png thumb right 250px The Eastern hemisphere of Earth, highlighted in yellow. Image Eastern Hemisphere LamAz.png thumb right 250px Eastern hemisphere The Eastern Hemisphere is a geography geographical term for the half of the Earth that is east of the Prime Meridian which crosses Greenwich , England , United Kingdom and west of 180th meridian 180 longitude . ref http www.britannica.com oscar print?articleId 275388&fullArticle true&tocId 203675 Latitude and Longitude at britannica.com, accessed 2008 05 24 ref It is also used to refer to Europe , Asia , Africa , and Australasia , wikt vis a vis vis vis the Western Hemisphere , which includes the Americas . In addition, it may be used in a cultural geography cultural or geopolitics geopolitical sense as a synonym for Old World . The line demarcating the eastern and western hemispheres is an arbitrary convention, unlike the equator an imaginary line encircling the Earth , equidistant from its geographical pole poles which divides the NorthernHemispherenorthern and Southern Hemisphere southern hemispheres . The Prime Meridian at 0 longitude and the International Date Line, around 180 longitude are the conventionally accepted boundaries, since they divide eastern longitudes from western longitudes. This convention ... puts portions of western Europe , Africa and eastern Russia in the western hemisphere ... of Eurasia and Africa are typically included in the eastern hemisphere. Consequently, the meridians ... Olson, Judy M. http www.gis.psu.edu projection chapter4.html Projecting the hemisphere , ch. 4 from ... on Surveying and Mapping. ref ref Eastern Hemisphere . Merriam Webster s Geographical Dictionary ... where time was defined by local noon thereby, local meridian . The land mass of the Eastern Hemisphere is larger than that of the Western Hemisphere Americas and has a wide variety of habitat s. References ... simple Eastern Hemisphere sk V chodn hemisf ra fi It inen pallonpuolisko sv stra ... more details
Island of New Zealand. The Southern Hemisphere is also significantly less polluted than the NorthernHemisphere because of lower overall population densities a total of 10 to 12 of the human ... of the Sun when seen from the NorthernHemisphere as it passes through the southern sky. Sun cast shadows .... Forests in the Southern Hemisphere have special features which set them aside from the Northern ... Hemisphere, although the very northern part of Raja Ampat Islands in West Papua province West Papua are in the NorthernHemisphere South America mostly, south of the Amazon River mouth in the east and Quito ... Sur.png thumb right The Southern Hemisphere highlighted in yellow Antarctica not depicted . Image Southern Hemisphere LamAz.png thumb right Southern Hemisphere from above the South Pole . The Southern Hemisphere is the part of Earth that lies south of the equator . The word sphere hemisphere ... that half of the celestial sphere south of the celestial equator. The Southern Hemisphere ... islands off the Asia n continental mainland are also in the Southern Hemisphere. Due to the tilt of Earth ... equinox. Geography Climate s in the Southern Hemisphere overall tend to be slightly milder than those in the NorthernHemisphere at similar latitudes except in the Antarctica Antarctic which is colder than the Arctic . This is because the Southern Hemisphere has significantly more ocean and much ... west east, so pollution does not easily spread north or south. The Hemisphere is also remarkably less diverse linguistically compared to the North, as the majority of the hemisphere s population can speak ... language Spanish , French language French , or Indonesian language Indonesian . In the Southern Hemisphere ... direction. Cyclones and tropical storms spin clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as opposed to anticlockwise in the NorthernHemisphere due to the Coriolis effect . The southern temperateness temperate zone , a subsection of the Southern Hemisphere, is nearly all oceanic. This zone includes all of Uruguay ... more details
File Water hemisphere.png 180px right Water hemisphere The water hemisphere , sometimes capitalised as the Water Hemisphere , is the Sphere hemisphere on the Earth containing the largest area of water possible for an exact part of the Earth s surface. It is centered on coord 47 13 S 178 28 E , near New Zealand s Bounty Islands . ref name Boggs cite journal last Boggs first Samuel Whittemore year 1945 month December title This Hemisphere journal Journal of Geography volume 44 issue 9 pages 345 355 doi 10.1080 00221344508986498 ref The other half of the earth is the land hemisphere , which is centered in Nantes , France . The water hemisphere has only one eighth of the world s land, ref name Boggs including Australia , New Zealand , Antarctica , the Malay Archipelago , and the southern part of South America . Most of the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean are on the water hemisphere. The area of the ocean s of the water hemisphere is much larger than its land area, but the area of the oceans of the land hemisphere is still larger than its land area. References reflist Hemispheres of the Earth cartography stub Category Physical geography Category Hemispheres of the Earth Category Oceans ar be cv de Wasserhemisph re et Ookeanipoolkera fr H misph re maritime fy Wetterhealr n ko id Belahan lautan ku N vkada deryay lv dens puslode ms Hemisfera air nl Waterhalfrond ja pl P kula wodna pt Hemisf rio de gua ru simple Water hemisphere fi Merten pallonpuolisko sv Vattenhalvklotet zh ... more details
Infobox Brain Name Cerebellar hemisphere Latin hemispherium cerebelli GraySubject 187 GrayPage 788 Image CerebellumDiv.png Caption Schematic representation of the major anatomical subdivisions of the cerebellum. Superior view of an unrolled cerebellum, placing the vermis in one plane. Image2 Human cerebellum anterior view description.JPG Caption2 Human cerebellum anterior view description Cerebellar hemisphere is 8 IsPartOf Components Artery Vein BrainInfoType ancil BrainInfoNumber 214 MeshName MeshNumber NeuroLex Cerebellar Hemisphere NeuroLexID birnlex 1575 DorlandsPre DorlandsSuf The cerebellum consists of three parts, a median and two lateral, which are continuous with each other, and are substantially the same in structure. The median portion is constricted, and is called the vermis, from its annulated appearance which it owes to the transverse ridges and furrows upon it the lateral expanded portions are named the hemispheres . Portions The intermediate hemisphere is also known as the spinocerebellum . The lateral hemisphere is also known as the pontocerebellum . The lateral hemisphere is considered the portion of the cerebellum to develop most recently. ref name urlSect. 8, Ch. 6 Functional Subdivisions of the Cerebellum cite web url http www.lib.mcg.edu edu eshuphysio program section8 8ch6 s8ch6 28.htm title Sect. 8, Ch. 6 Functional Subdivisions of the Cerebellum format work accessdate ref References reflist External links UMichAtlas n2a3p2 http www.neuinfo.org nif nifgwt.html?query 22Cerebellar 20Hemisphere 22 NIF Search Cerebellar Hemisphere via the Neuroscience Information Framework Gray s Cerebellum Neural tracts neuroanatomy stub Category Cerebellum ... more details
orphan date August 2009 Infobox company name Hemisphere GPS logo File Hemisphere GPS logo wiki.jpg type Public Company Public traded as TSX HEM foundation Start date 1990 location city Calgary, Alberta Calgary location country Canada area served International key people Steven Koles, President & CEO industry Technology Manufacturer services GPS Positioning, Guidance, and Machine control revenue 72.7 million USD num employees 250 divisions Agriculture Products, Precision Products, Air Products Hemisphere GPS designs and manufactures precision GPS products for positioning, guidance, and machine control applications. ref http www.gim international.com issues articles id1302 Precision GPS Products.html GIM International Magazine Company Views Article ref The company s products are most notably used in agriculture, under the trade name Outback Guidance. However, Hemisphere GPS also holds significant market share in marine, surveying , GIS mapping and machine control markets. ref http www.insidegnss.com node 1388 Baseband Technologies Inc Inside GNSS Feature Article ref Hemisphere GPS is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta with product development, sales and marketing facilities in Winnipeg, Manitoba Scottsdale, Arizona Hiawatha, Kansas and Brisbane, Australia . Hemisphere GPS is a publicly traded company on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol HEM. Former trade names and business acquisitions include ref http www.amerisurv.com content view 6362 153 American Surveyor Magazine Visits Hemisphere GPS ref 1990 Canadian Systems International Inc. 1992 Communication Systems International Inc. 1999 Satloc Inc. 2000 CSI Wireless 2005 RHS Inc. Outback Guidance 2006 Del Norte 2007 BEELINE Technologies External links http www.hemispheregps.com Hemisphere GPS Home Page http www.outbackguidance.com Outback Guidance Home Page References references DEFAULTSORT Hemisphere Gps Category Manufacturing companies of Canada Category Technology companies of Canada ... more details
File Land hemisphere.png 180px right Land hemisphere The land hemisphere , sometimes capitalised as the Land Hemisphere , is the hemisphere on the Earth containing the largest possible area of land. It is centered on coord 47.411667 2.620833 type city region FR scale 10000 format dec display inline in le Dumet near Saint Nazaire , France ref cite journal first Alphonse last Berget title R partition g ographique des Oc ans d termination du p le continental publisher Annales de l Institut oc anographique language french year 1913 volume V series 10 url http www.archive.org stream annalesdelinstit05instuoft page n587 mode 2up ref ref fr http www.france secret.com dumet art.htm L le Dumet le nombril du monde ref or on Coord 47 13 N 1 32 W in the city of Nantes , France . ref name Boggs cite journal last Boggs first Samuel Whittemore year 1945 month December title This Hemisphere journal Journal of Geography volume 44 issue 9 pages 345 355 doi 10.1080 00221344508986498 ref The other half of the Earth is the water hemisphere . The land hemisphere has just under seven eighths of the landform land on the Earth, including Europe , Africa , North America , nearly all of Asia and most of South America . Europe is at the center of the land hemisphere. However, even in the land hemisphere, the ocean area still exceeds the land area albeit, only slightly . Thus, there is currently no hemisphere of Earth where the land area is larger than the ocean area. 29.2 of the Earth s surface is currently dry land, ref name Pidwirny Pidwirny, Michael 2006 The Greenhouse Effect . Fundamentals of Physical Geography, 2nd Edition ref so should more than 85.6 of that land be covered by a single hemisphere, that hemisphere would be predominantly land. Previous supercontinents , such as Rodinia , likely ... Panorama of the centre of the land hemisphere, according to the measurement which places it within ... Land hemisphere fi Mannerten pallonpuolisko sv Landhalvklotet zh ... more details
Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 Image Cerberus Hemisphere.jpg thumb right 250px Mosaic of the Cerberus hemisphere of Mars Cerberus Hemisphere is a part of Geography of Mars Mars geography and refers to the area approximately of Latitude 20 South to 55 North and Longitude 150 to 230 . Prominent features of the Cerberus Hemisphere include Amazonis Planitia Cerberus Martian Albedo Feature Cerberus Mangala Valles Utopia Planitia . Mars Category Surface features of Mars Crater stub Mars stub bg fr H misph re Cerberus pt Hemisf rio Cerberus sv Cerberus hemisf ren ... more details
of the Hemisphere briefly reunited to play shows in Athens, Georgia Lexington, Kentucky and San ... in an environmental PSA that debuted on Mtv on August 31, 2006. The Masters of the Hemisphere recorded ... . Discography Albums Masters of the Hemisphere album Masters of the Hemisphere Kindercore ... 2010 05 masters of the hemisphere caledonia 5110 Recording of May 2010 reunion show DEFAULTSORT Masters Of The Hemisphere Category American pop music groups US pop band stub ... more details
Infobox Aircraft Begin name Hemisphere Dancer image Image HemisphereDancerinOrlando.jpg caption The Hemisphere Dancer parked at Jimmy Buffett s Margaritaville in Orlando, Florida , where it currently resides Infobox Aircraft Career type Grumman HU 16 Albatross HU 16C Albatross other names construction number construction date 1955 civil registration N928J military serial radio code first flight owners Jimmy Buffett in service flights total hours total distance fate Retired, On Static Display preservation Jimmy Buffett s Margaritaville Hemisphere Dancer is the name of singer songwriter Jimmy Buffett s personal seaplane . A Grumman HU 16 Albatross flying boat, serial number 137928 and civil registration number N928J, the aircraft is central to the action in Buffett s best selling autobiography A Pirate Looks at 50 . It is considered to be one of the finest examples of an Albatross, By whom date March 2009 due to the restoration and continual maintenance completed by Buffett. History This aircraft began life on August 22, 1955, as a long range search and rescue platform for the U.S. Navy ref http www.hu 16.com current.htm The Grumman Albatross Web Site ref . The largest member of the storied Grumman waterfowl series of amphibious airplanes, the Albatross remained in service with US forces until the mid 1970s. After it remained inactive for a number of years, Buffett purchased the aircraft in the 1990s and restored it. Jamaica Mistaica This is the plane Buffett was flying during the incident ... 16, 1996, Buffett s plane was shot at by Jamaican police. The Hemisphere Dancer had been carrying ... HU 16C Albatross The Hemisphere Dancer ref . A Pirate Looks at 50 After making a number of other ... clearances and permissions, the Hemisphere Dancer was only allowed to make a water landing once ... status Image HemisphereDancerPoster.jpg thumb right Cartoon of the Hemisphere Dancer on the wall at a Margaritaville restaurant Since publication of A Pirate Looks at 50 , the Hemisphere Dancer ... more details
Image Hemisferio Oeste.png thumb right 250px The Western Hemisphere shown in yellow. File Western Hemisphere LamAz.png thumb right 250px The Western hemisphere. The Western Hemisphere ref citation title Oxford Dictionary of English edition 2nd year 2006 place London, UK publisher Oxford University Press page 2001 . ref or western hemisphere ref citation contribution Western Hemisphere url http www.m w.com dictionary western 20hemisphere title Merriam Webster s Online Dictionary edition based on Collegiate vol., 11th year 2006 place Springfield, MA publisher Merriam Webster ref is mainly used as a geography geographical term Citation needed date March 2012 for the half of the Earth that lies west ... the International Date Line , the other half being called the Eastern Hemisphere . ref ... In this sense, the Western Hemisphere consists of the western portions of Europe and Africa , the Americas ... waters, while excluding all other territories in the geographical western hemisphere thus, it is sometimes also referred to as the American hemisphere . ref name Olson citation last Olson first Judy M url http www.gis.psu.edu projection chapter4.html contribution Projecting the hemisphere ... Dead link date September 2011 In an effort to define the Western Hemisphere as the parts of the world ... and the diametrically opposed 160th meridian east to define the hemisphere. ref name Olson Dead link date September 2011 ref citation contribution Western Hemisphere title Merriam Webster s Geographical ... Western Hemisphere exceeds 1 billion. Countries in both hemispheres Below is a list of the countries ... lies entirely on the eastern hemisphere. flagicon France France flagicon Spain Spain flagicon ... in the Western Hemisphere but not in America The following nations lie outside America yet are in part or entirely within the Western Hemisphere. flagicon Algeria Algeria flagicon American Samoa ... pt Hemisf rio ocidental ru simple Western Hemisphere sk Z padn hemisf ra ... more details
Infobox Brain Name Cerebral hemisphere Latin Hemisphaerium cerebri GraySubject GrayPage Image hemispheres.png Caption The human brain as viewed from above, showing the cerebral hemis. The anterior aspect front of the brain is to the right. Image2 Caption2 IsPartOf Components Artery Vein BrainInfoType BrainInfoNumber MeshName MeshNumber Code TerminologiaAnatomica 14 1.09.002 A cerebral hemisphere is one of the two regions of the vertebrate brain that are delineated by the Anatomical position Median and sagittal plane median plane , medial longitudinal fissure . The brain can thus be described as being divided into left and right cerebral hemispheres . Each of these hemispheres has an outer layer ... ventricle. The choroid plexus is formed from ependymal cells and vascular mesenchyme . Hemisphere ... skills, Broca s area and Wernicke s area , are in the left hemisphere. Perception Perceptual ... of the body is sent to the opposite hemisphere visual information is partitioned somewhat differently ... also come from the hemisphere on the opposite side. Thus, handedness Hand preference which hand someone prefers to use is also related to hemisphere lateralization. neuroscience Neuropsychologists e.g. ... hemisphere or the other. Scientists have also studied people born without a corpus callosum to determine ... information to the right hemisphere, while the parvocellular pathway sends more information to the left hemisphere. In some respects, the hemispheres are asymmetrical. There are higher levels of the neurotransmitter ... to the left hemisphere of the brain. In contrast, holistic reason ing functions of language such as intonation and emphasis are often lateralized to the right hemisphere of the brain. Other integrative ... ref class wikitable Left hemisphere functions Right hemisphere functions numerical computation exact calculation, numerical comparison, estimation br left hemisphere only direct fact retrieval ... DEFAULTSORT Cerebral Hemisphere Category Cerebrum Category Hemispheres ar ca Hemisferi ... more details
Refimprove date January 2011 EMI Hemisphere is a world music record label imprint of EMI . Founded by Gerald Seligman in 1993, it drew on music from the international catalogues of EMI Records, supplemented by its own signings and some outside licensing. It was one of the first, international labels to extensively compile music of the world. Seligman ran it until 2000 out of London, UK. From there it lasted a few more releases and has since ceased activity. Seligman produced or executive produced seventy six releases for the label, and is now General Director of WOMEX , the world music expo, based in Berlin. Circa 2000 it initiated the best selling The Story of Series, including titles focusing on Tango music tango , fado , flamenco , bossa nova , Arab, France French , Cuba n and Greece Greek popular song performances. Aside from anthologies, it has re issued performances by individual artists. ref liner insert for The Story of Arabic Song EMI Hemisphere 7243 5 24341 2 1, 2000 ref See also World music List of record labels WOMEX References Reflist Category British record labels Category World music record labels UK record label stub ... more details
Hemisphere Warm Pool WHWP . During a normal NorthernHemisphere winter, diabatic heating over ...The Western Hemisphere Warm Pool WHWP is a region of sea surface temperature s SST warmer than 28.5 C that develops west of Central America in the spring, then expands to the Tropics tropical waters to the east. Image Western Hemisphere Warm Pool.JPG thumb 350px Annual cycle of the WHWP The WHWP includes the tropical Atlantic Ocean TNA east of the Lesser Antilles , Caribbean Sea , Gulf of Mexico , and eastern north Pacific Ocean ENP . A WHWP heating cycle begins with warmth in the eastern North Pacific in the spring. A dipole pattern off Central America appears due to surges of cooler, drier air through the gap at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec . During spring, the warm pools grow and merge. Their warmth and moisture feed the Mexican monsoon. By summer, the warmth spreads across the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean areas. Relationship with Atlantic Hurricanes Recent studies have shown that the Atlantic portion of the WHWP AWP is significantly correlated with Atlantic hurricane activity. A large or small AWP reduces or increases the tropospheric vertical wind shear in the main development region ... of the western hemisphere . Journal of Climate, Vol. 20, No. 20, 5021 5040. Lee, S. K., D.B. Enfield and C. Wang, 2007 What drives seasonal onset and decay of the Western Hemisphere Warm Pool?. Journal ... Influences of Atlantic Warm Pool on western hemisphere summer rainfall and Atlantic Hurricanes. Journal ... Hemisphere Warm Pool. Journal of Climate, Vol. 18, No. 14, 2662 2681. Enfield, D.B., S. K. Lee, and C. Wang, 2005 How are large Western Hemisphere Warm Pools formed?. Progress in Oceanography ... experiments on the annual cycle of Western Hemisphere Warm Pool. Journal of Geophysical Research ... A Further Study of the Tropical Western Hemisphere Warm Pool. Journal of Climate 16 16 1476 1493. Wang, C. and D.B. Enfield, 2001 The tropical Western Hemisphere warm pool. Geophys. Res. Lett. 28 1635 ... more details
The Adams hemisphere in a square Who s Adams? is a conformal map conformal map projection for a hemisphere except for four points where the conformality fails . It is a transverse version of the Peirce quincuncial projection . When it is used to represent the entire sphere it is known as the Adams doubly periodic projection . See also Guyou hemisphere in a square projection Doubly periodic function Category Cartographic projections Category Conformal mapping geometry stub unref date December 2007 ... more details
Image Shannon thomas 140.jpg thumb 150px Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon, Jr. In the United States Government, the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs is a part of the U.S. Department of State , charged with implementing U.S. foreign policy and promoting U.S. interests in the Western Hemisphere , as well as advising the Under Secretary for Political Affairs . It is headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs , who is currently Arturo Valenzuela . External links http www.state.gov p wha Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs US gov stub USDOS agencies Category United States Department of State agencies ja ... more details
The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative WHTI is a law of the United States that requires all travelers to show a valid passport or other approved secure document when traveling to the U.S. from areas within the Western Hemisphere . ref http travel.state.gov travel cbpmc cbpmc 2223.html U.S. Department of State Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative ref ref http www.cbsa asfc.gc.ca whti ivho tourist touriste eng.html Canada Border Services Agency &ndash Documents for entry into the United States Tourism Toolkit Fact Sheet U.S. Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative ref The purpose, according to the United States Department of State U.S. Department of State and United States Department of Homeland Security U.S. Department of Homeland Security , is to strengthen border security and facilitate entry into the United States for both legitimate U.S. citizens and foreign visitors. The initiative is an outcome of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act . The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative was also implemented to prevent false documents. Implementation Since January 23, 2007, all persons including U.S. citizens traveling by air to the United States from all foreign countries including Canada , Mexico , Central America Central and South America , the Caribbean , and Bermuda have been required to present a valid passport , NEXUS frequent traveller program NEXUS card, or U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Document. On January 31, 2008, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped taking verbal declarations of citizenship from U.S., Canadian, or Bermudian travelers as proof ... and approved by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada , waiting for DHS approval. ref http www.ainc inac.gc.ca ... and Northern Affairs Canada Bot generated title ref In addition to the other documents designated under ... Hemisphere are not specifically named by the Department of State ref name state land ref name state ... http www.dhs.gov xtrvlsec crossingborders index.shtm DHS Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative The Basics ... more details
orphan date January 2010 Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Masters of the Hemisphere Type Album Artist Masters of the Hemisphere Cover Mastersalbum.jpg Released October 5, 1999 Recorded 1999 Genre Indie pop Length Label Kindercore Records Producer Reviews Allmusic Rating 4 5 Allmusic class album id r432090 pure url yes link Pitchfork Media Rating 7 10 http www.pitchforkmedia.com article record review 19747 Masters of the Hemisphere Masters of the Hemisphere link Last album This album Masters of the Hemisphere br 1999 Next album I Am Not a Freemdoom br 2000 Masters of the Hemisphere is the first full album by the Athens, Georgia based indie pop band of the same name. Though it lacks the elaborateness of their followup, the heavily concept based I Am Not A Freemdoom , it still maintains the essential element of the band s indie pop songcraft, drawing comparisons to R.E.M. band R.E.M. , among others. Track listing West Essex Billy Mitchell Saucy Foreign Lass Meteor Everybody Knows Canada Map She Plays Guitar Your Ship Looks Like A Captain Additional information The Japanese release of the album contained two bonus tracks Going on a Freak to Iceland also known as Bat , which appears on the Going on a Trek to Iceland 7 , and My Crowd also known as My Cloud , which appears on the Seven Summers compilation . Category 1999 albums ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Extended Play for the Eastern Hemisphere Type ep Artist Dredg Cover Eastern hemisphere dredg.jpg Released 2001 Recorded Genre Alternative rock br Progressive rock br Experimental rock br Art rock Length 14 15 Label Universal Music Group Producer Reviews Last album Leitmotif album Leitmotif br 1998 This album Extended Play for the Eastern Hemisphere br 2002 Next album El Cielo album El Cielo br 2002 Extended Play for the Eastern Hemisphere is a 5 song Extended Play EP that was released by the band Dredg and Universal Music Group EU, in 2001. About the album The EP contains the exclusive 2001 mix of Of the Room , as well as tracks from Leitmotif album Leitmotif & an enhanced CD section with a video gallery. This was released only in Europe. Track listing Tracklist all writing Dredg title1 Of the Room note1 2001 version length1 3 44 title2 Symbol Song length2 4 22 title3 Movement I 45 N, 180 W length3 1 03 title4 Yatahaze length4 3 44 title5 Movement V 90 Hour Sleep length5 2 11 Dredg DEFAULTSORT Extended Play For The Eastern Hemisphere Ep Category Dredg albums Category 2002 EPs ... more details
Infobox film name The Grain That Built a Hemisphere image caption director Bill Justice , Bill Roberts animator Bill Roberts producer The Walt Disney Company Walt Disney writer narrator starring music Edward H. Plumb distributor The Walt Disney Company Walt Disney released film date 1943 01 04 df yes runtime 11 minutes country Film US language English budget preceded by followed by The Grain That Built a Hemisphere is a 1943 short animated propaganda film about Maize corn produced by The Walt Disney Company Walt Disney for the Coordinator of Inter American Affairs U.S. Coordinator of Inter American Affairs . ref name ref Shale82 Shale, Richard. 1982 . Donald Duck joins up The Walt Disney Studio during World War II Studies in cinema . Ann Arbor UMI Research Press. ref It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary in 1943. ref name ref 1943 http www.imdb.com event ev0000003 1943 Awards for 1943 ref Bibliography cite book last Shale first Richard year 1982 title Donald Duck joins up the Walt Disney Studio during World War II, Pages 80 3424 Volume 16 of Studies in cinema publisher UMI Research Press location Ann Arbor isbn 978 0 8357 1310 8 ref Shale82 References Reflist See also List of Allied propaganda films of World War II World War II and American animation External links IMDb title id 0034806 title The Grain That Built a Hemisphere Internet Archive short film id TheGrainThatBuiltAHemisphere name The Grain That Built A Hemisphere DEFAULTSORT Grain That Built a Hemisphere Category 1943 films Category 1940s war films Category American World War II propaganda shorts Category Disney animated short films, 1940s war film stub ... more details
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