Did Indo-European Languages Spread Before Farming? USA (email; Jonathan@elvis.esd.ornl.gov). event of the Indo-european languages involved thearchaeological record, together with general ecological principles http://www.esd.ornl.gov/ern/qen/Indo2.html
Extractions: In press; Current Anthropology Jonathan Adams, MS 6335, Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA (e-mail; Jonathan@elvis.esd.ornl.gov) and Marcel Otte, Université de Liège, Service de Préhistoire, place du XX Août 7, Bâtiment A1, 4000 Liège, Belgium. (e-mail; prehist@ulg.ac.be) Key words: Archaeology, Palaeoenvironment, Linguistics, Indo-European. Introduction While both the 'Battle-Axe' and the 'Farming Wave' hypotheses have much to merit them, it is important to bear in mind that they may not be the only reasonable explanations in terms of what is known of the pre-history of Europe and western Asia, against a background of emvironmental changes. The possibility that the initial dispersal event of the Indo-European languages involved not neolithic farmers nor bronze-age warriors, but mesolithic hunter-gatherers has been mentioned briefly by several authors (e.g. Renfrew 1987). However, none seems to have given the idea more than a passing thought. Here we aim to discuss this idea in greater depth, examaining what is known of the climate record and the archaeological record, together with general ecological principles of populations, to determine whether this hypothesis stands up to more detailed analysis. How languages may spread due to climate instability As well as acting as a source of genetic shifts in population composition, the 'sampling error' caused by contraction of populations, followed by exponential expansion of populations out from refuge areas, could tend to provide waves of linguistic and cultural uniformity to spread across the region. Just such a wave of population out of the Near East may have carried Indo-European languages across much of Europe and part of the way eastward into central Asia.
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Extractions: NOAA's Geostationary and Polar-Orbiting Weather Satellites Operating the country's system of environmental ( weather ) satellites is one of the major responsibilities of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA's) National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS). NESDIS operates the satellites and manages the processing and distribution of the millions of bits of data and images theses satellites produce daily. The primary customer is NOAA's National Weather Service, which uses satellite data to create forecasts for the public, television, radio, and weather advisory services. Satellite information is also shared with various Federal agencies, such as the Departments of Agriculture, Interior, Defense, and Transportation; with other countries, such as Japan, India, and Russia, and members of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the United Kingdom Meteorological Office; and with the private sector. NOAA's operational weather satellite system is composed of two types of satellites: geostationary operational environmental satellites (GOES) for short-range warning and "now-casting" and polar-orbiting satellites for longer-term forecasting. Both types of satellite are necessary for providing a complete global weather monitoring system. A new series of GOES and polar-orbiting satellites has been developed for NOAA by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The new GOES-I through M series provide higher spatial and temporal resolution images and full-time operational soundings (vertical temperature and moisture profiles of the atmosphere). The newest polar-orbiting meteorological satellites (that began with NOAA-K in 1998) provide improved atmospheric temperature and moisture data in all weather situations. This new technology will help provide the National Weather Service the most advanced weather forecast system in the world.
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GONW - European Regional Development Fund As a general rule, however, the european Union contributes a guide to potential sourcesof match funding on the DTI web site at http//www.dti.gov.uk. http://www.go-nw.gov.uk/europe/erdf.html
Extractions: for the North West The European Regional Development Fund was set up in 1975 to stimulate economic development in the least prosperous regions of the European Union (EU). As EU membership has grown, the ERDF has developed into a major instrument for helping to redress regional imbalances. The Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions manages the ERDF in England. The EU has three other structural instruments (funds to develop different economic sectors and regions). In England, the Department for Education and Skills manages the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food manages both the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund and the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance. The new Structural Funds Regulations, which came into effect from 1 January 2000, have three objectives . Two of these are relevant to ERDF. The regulations also established four Community Initiatives. ERDF supports two:
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Hong Kong And European Commission Sign Re-admission Agreement Hong Kong and european Commission sign readmission agreement The Hong Kong SARGovernment and the european Community signed an agreement on Wednesday http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/brandhk/1127322.htm
Extractions: The Hong Kong SAR Government and the European Community signed an agreement on Wednesday (November 27, Brussels time) covering the readmission of persons residing without authorisation. The agreement was signed jointly by the Financial Secretary, Mr Antony Leung, the European Commissioner responsible for External Relations, Mr Chris Patten, and the European Commissioner for Justice and Home Affairs, Mr Antonio Vitorino. It flows from the EC decision in March 2001, to grant visa-free access to HKSAR passport holders. "It will enable Hong Kong and the European Community to ensure, on a reciprocal basis, the rapid and effective identification and return of people illegally entering or remaining in their respective territories," a government spokesman said. Negotiations were finalised at the end of last year, and the agreement was initialled by the Chief Secretary for Administration, Mr Donald Tsang, during his visit to Brussels a year ago. The conclusion of readmission agreements is part of the European Union's broader strategy for combating illegal immigration.
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The European Commission - Enterprise Directorate-General Trade general Directorate of Standardisation for Foreign Trade Inönü Bulvari Emek - Ankara Mr Saadettin Dogan Head of Unit E-mail dtsabbil@dtm.gov.tr Tel http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/tris/who_ms/index_en.htm
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Extractions: Office of Science and Technology Policy Center for Strategic and International Studies Institute of Medicine HECRTF Report Draft on House Science Committee Science, Math and Engineering Mentors Receive Presidential Honors ... Richard Russell discusses the President's Innovation Agenda in Ask the White House Government Working Group Completes Report American Association for the Advancement of Science "A Renewed Spirit of Discovery" The President's Vision for U.S. Space Exploration Response to Union of Concerned Scientists Document
Ministry Of Foreign Affairs - Home to the european Parliament 2004. The National Security Strategy of the Republicof Hungary. Hungarian Benefit Law and Other Documents. UN general Assembly 58th http://www.mfa.gov.hu/
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STAGIAIRE SCHEMES IN OTHER EUROPEAN UNION The Council of the european Union general Secretariat (Staff TrainingDepartment) Rue de la Loi 175 B1048 Brussels. Fax No. +32 2 2858444. http://www.euro-staff.gov.uk/finding/otherstages.htm
Extractions: govt. recruitment gateway home FAQs help ... contact us EU Staffing Finding Out for Yourself College of Europe "Stage"/In-Service Training Stages in other EU Institutions Career Information ... Vacancies STAGES IN OTHER EU INSTITUTIONS Although the European Commission offers by far the greatest number of in-service training placements for young graduates, other EU institutions also take small numbers of stagiaires. General conditions and eligibility criteria are broadly similar to those for the Commission stage scheme, but if you are interested you should check with the institutions concerned, as there may be slight variations. The European Parliament The European Parliament offers EU nationals aged between 18 and 35 a number of schemes enabling them to spend time working in its Secretariat. The traineeships fall into three categories: unpaid traineeships and study visits: unpaid traineeships are offered for a period of one to four months and study visits for one month; Robert Schuman scholarships awarded to university graduates for a period of four to six months in one of three options (language, journalism or general);
Extractions: Application for Short Term Exchange/Study Funding Scheme - in RTF (15kb) Call for Nominations for the 2004 Health Minister's Award for Excellence in Health and Medical Research Commonwealth Health Minister's Award for Excellence in Health and Medical Research Notice of intention to call for Expressions of Interest for an International Collaborative Indigenous Health Research Partnership Grant Call for Expressions of Interest - PDF format (40kb) Australian Health Ministers' Conference (AHMC) Priority Driven Research (PDR) Program Round 2 - Call for Expressions of Interest Enabling Grants Funding Scheme Collaborative Research Grants International Collaborative Research Grants Scheme - Applications . The International Collaborative Research Grants (ICRG) Scheme is a partnership between the Wellcome Trust, the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia and the Health Research Council (HRC) of New Zealand. The Scheme is designed to foster collaborative research between the developing countries of the region and both Australia and New Zealand.
Extractions: Brussels, Belgium During a meeting between FDA and the Enterprise Directorate General of the European Commission, in Brussels, Belgium, in October 1999, representatives of both agencies gathered in a "breakout" meeting to discuss international activities related to cosmetics. The subjects included the progress of a memorandum of cooperation (MOC), animal testing, ultraviolet (UV) filters, color additives, labeling, future steps, safety issues, priorities at FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN), safety substantiation, and harmonization in Latin America. The MOC had been reviewed by the European Union (EU) and US administrations and comments were received from FDA legal counsel. It was determined some additional work would be needed to finalize the MOC. In light of the development of an MOC encompassing the four administrations (US, EU, Japan, and Canada) of the Cosmetic Harmonization and International Cooperation (CHIC) initiative, it was decided that the current MOC would be developed as a bilateral document that could be expanded after consideration by Canada and Japan. It was agreed that the bilateral MOC should be implemented as soon as possible to ensure accomplishment of specific initiatives identified at the November, 1998 bilateral meeting and at this meeting.
RFE PAGE 0: European John Dory (zs, Zeusfabe) RFE Page 0 Top Page for european John Dory general CFSAN and Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia(RFE) Web Implementations Contact Fred Fry at frf@vm.cfsan.fda.gov. http://vm.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/rfe0zs.html
Extractions: General References This pertains to the use of the RFE and to the use of images and data therein. The Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia (RFE) is a compilation of data in several formats that assists with the accurate identification of fish species. It was developed to help federal, state, and local officials and purchasers of seafood identify species substitution and economic deception in the marketplace. The RFE includes for each of a number of commercially relevant fish species for sale in the U.S. market high-resolution photographs as their scanned digital images (jpeg format) of whole fish and their marketed product forms (such as fillets) which may be used for visual comparison to a whole fish in question (or its marketed product form). The RFE also includes unique taxonomic characteristics (physical properties such as size, shape, color
European Wasps Environment ACT (Australian Capital Territory) european Wasps http//www.environment.act.gov.au/general/yourenvironmenthwp/europeanwasp.html; http://www.amonline.net.au/factsheets/european_wasps.htm
Extractions: Order Hymenoptera The European Wasp is easily distinguished from native wasps by its vivid yellow and black markings. It is a native of Europe, North Africa and Asia Minor. In Australia, the first European Wasps were found in Tasmania in 1959. By 1978 they had also been found in Victoria, South Australia, New South Wales and Western Australia. They are now firmly established in metropolitan Sydney, and are also found in Bowral/Moss Vale, the Blue Mountains, Narrandera, Deniliquin, Albury, Wagga, Coleambally, Griffith, Dareton, Junee, Forbes, Coonabarabran, Orange, Bathurst and West Wyalong. European Wasps are also present in New Zealand. European Wasps are a stout wasp with a bright yellow and black banded abdomen, and a pair of black spots on each yellow band. They have two pairs of clear wings with the first pair larger and the body is about 1.2-1.5 cm long. They have black antennae and fly with their legs held close to the body. European Wasps are found in large communal nests, normally only visible as a small entrance hole. They are normally built either underground or in cavities in walls, ceilings, logs or trees. The nests are made from chewed wood fibre. Worker wasps leave the nest in search of food, and are attracted to meats, sweet food and drink.
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Extractions: Rothenberg, Jeff In: CLIR Reports (Date Created: 15 Jan 1998) Reviewed by: Reality and Chimeras in the Preservation of Electronic Records This report to the Council on Library and Information Resources discusses digital preservation strategies and recommends emulation as the best possible solution to the digital preservation challenge. Rothenberg advocates the development of specifications to build an emulator for a digital document and its associated software, which are stored with the document. The work of building the emulator is not done until the document needs to be accessed.
