Infobox mountain name Mount Aspiring Tititea other name photo Mount Aspiring, Otago, New Zealand, 22 July 2005.jpg photo caption elevation m 3,033 elevation ref prominence m 2,475 prominence ref map New Zealand listing Ultra prominent peak Ultra location South Island South Island, New Zealand range Southern Alps lat d 44 lat m 23 lat NS S long d 168 long m 43 long s long EW E topo type age first ascent 1909 easiest route Mount Aspiring Tititea ref LINZ 125829 Mount Aspiring Tititea 23 March 2008 ref is New Zealand s highest mountain outside the Aoraki Mount Cook region. Set within Otago s Mount Aspiring National Park , it has a height of 3,033 metres 9,950 feet . M ori people M ori named it Tititea , which translates as Glistening Peak . Named in December 1857 by the Chief Surveyor for the Otago Province , John Turnbull Thomson . ref name Wises Wises New Zealand Index, 7th Edition, 1979. p. 15. ref It is also often called the Matterhorn of Southern Hemisphere the South , for its pyramidal peak when seen from the Dart River, New Zealand Dart River . The first ascent was on 23 November 1909 by Major Bernard Head and guides Jack Clarke and Alec Graham. ref name NZ Herald 10610972 cite news url http www.nzherald.co.nz history news article.cfm?c id 500832&objectid 10610972 title 100 years since Mt Aspiring triumph author Johnston, Martin date 23 November 2009 work The New Zealand Herald accessdate 26 October 2011 ref Head s party climbed to the summit ridge by the west face from the Bonar Glacier, a route not repeated until 1965. ref Logan, H. 1990 Great peaks of New Zealand , New Zealand Alpine Club, Wellington, and John McIndoe Limited, Dunedin, New Zealand, ISBN 0 86868 125 3. ref Mount Aspiring Tititea sits slightly to the west of the main divide, 30 kilometres west of Lake Wanaka . ref name Wises It lies at the junction of three major glacial systems the Bonar Glacier , which drains into the Waipara River , and the Volta Glacier Volta and Therma Glacier s, which bot ... more details
s Therma subplot is almost identical to the double identity sub plot found in the film. Noir nowiki ... of Therma , given to her by her troll foster parents. Mr Scoplett the first mate on the Milka ... Parrot, blackmailing Therma along with Regin. Samael owner of Caf Ankh and an accomplished ... Mausoleum a huge mausoleum where Therma is said to be buried Temple of Small Gods location of the mad ... more details
Infobox Italian comune name Termini Imerese official name Comune di Termini Imerese native name image skyline Termini Imerese Stadthaus.jpg imagesize image alt image caption image shield Termini Imerese Stemma.png shield alt image map map alt map caption pushpin label position pushpin map alt latd 37 latm 59 lats 14 latNS N longd 13 longm 41 longs 46 longEW E coordinates type coordinates display coordinates footnotes region Sicily province province of Palermo Palermo PA frazioni mayor party mayor Salvatore Burrafato area footnotes area total km2 77.57 population footnotes population total 27435 population as of 2007 pop density footnotes population demonym Termitani elevation footnotes elevation m 77 twin1 twin1 country saint Blessed Agostino Novello day May 19 postal code 90018 area code website official website http www.comune.termini imerese.pa.it footnotes Termini Imerese ref Sicilian language Sicilian T rmini Greek language Greek Thermae Himeraeae lang grc lang grc , Polybius Pol. lang grc , Ptolemy Ptol. lang grc , lang grc , Diodorus Diod. , Latin Thermae Himerenses , literally Himera s hot springs ref is a town and comune in the province of Palermo on the northern coast of Sicily , southern Italy . History Ancient The site where the town now sits has been populated since prehistoric times, as many archeologial excavations have shown through the years. Nevertheless, it might be stated that its recorded history started in 409 BC when its more ancient neighbor, Himera now completely within the comune s borders , was completely destroyed by the Carthage Carthaginian army under Hannibal Mago . Those who survived the devastation promptly repaired to a site then called Thermae the name deriving from the hot springs which is today known as Termini and the ancients considered Thermae as a successor to Himera. The new town of Thermae or Therma, called for the sake of distinction Thermae Himerenses, which thus ... more details
Interventions infobox Name Diathermy Image Caption ICD10 ICD9 ICD9proc 93.34 MeshID D003972 OPS301 OtherCodes HCPCSlevel2 In the natural sciences , the term diathermy means electrically induced heat and is commonly used for muscle relaxation. It is also a method of heating tissue electromagnetically or ultrasonically for therapeutic purposes in medicine. Surgical uses Surgical diathermy is usually better known as electrosurgery . It is also referred to occasionally as Cauterization Electrocautery electrocautery , but see disambiguation below . Electrosurgery and surgical diathermy involve the use of high frequency A.C. electrical current in surgery as either a cutting modality, or else to cauterize small blood vessels to stop bleeding. This technique induces localized tissue burning and damage, the zone of which is controlled by the frequency and power of the device. Some sources ref http www.valleylab.com education poes poes 02.html Valleylab article on Principles of Electrosurgery Electrocautery ref insist that electrosurgery be applied to surgery accomplished by high frequency A.C. cutting, and that Cauterization Electrocautery electrocautery be used only for the practice of cauterization with heated nichrome wires powered by D.C. current, as in the handheld battery operated portable cautery tools. Diathermy di ah ther me the use of high frequency electromagnetic currents as a form of physical therapy and in surgical procedures. The term diathermy is derived from the Greek words dia and therma, and literally means heating through. adj., adj diather mal, diather mic. Diathermy is used in physical therapy to deliver moderate heat directly to pathologic lesions in the deeper tissues of the body. Surgically, the extreme heat that can be produced by diathermy may be used to destroy neoplasms, warts, and infected tissues, and to cauterize blood vessels to prevent excessive bleeding. The technique is particularly valuable in neurosurgery and surgery of the eye. The thre ... more details
File Thessaloniki historical center.svg thumb The historical center of Thessaloniki, with monuments from the city s Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman past. The history of the city of Thessaloniki is a long one, dating back to the Ancient Greeks . Today with the opening of borders in Southeastern Europe, since the collapse of Communism in the early 1990s, it is currently experiencing a strong revival, serving as the prime port for the northern Greek regions of Macedonia Greece Macedonia and Thrace , as well as for the whole of Southeastern Europe . Hellenistic era see Hellenistic Greece Ancient Greece The city was founded around 315 BC by Cassander King Cassander of Macedon , on or near the site of the ancient town of Therma and twenty six other local villages. Cassander King Cassander of Macedon named the new city after his wife Thessalonice of Macedon Thessalonike , a half sister of Alexander the Great . She gained her name victory of Thessalians Gk Nike mythology nik victory from her father, Philip II of Macedon Philip II , to commemorate her birth on the day of his gaining a victory over the Phocians , who were defeated with the help of Thessalian horsemen, the best in Greece at that time. Thessaloniki developed rapidly and as early as the 2nd century BC, it had its first walls built, which enclosed and protected the city. The city also came to be an autonomous part of the Kingdom of Macedon , with its own parliament were a King was represented that could interfere in the city s domestic affairs. Roman era see Roman Greece Image THES Agora East stoa & odeum.jpg thumb The Roman Forum in central Thessaloniki. File THES Arch of Galerius E face.jpg thumb The Arch of Galerius and Rotunda Arch of Galerius . After the fall of the Kingdom of Macedon in 168 BC , Thessalonica as it came to be called in Latin, became a city of the Roman Republic . It grew to be an important trade hub located on the Via Egnatia , the Roman road connecting Byzantium later Constantino ... more details
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