(Encyclopedia) Conkling, Roscoe, 1829–88, American politician, b. Albany, N.Y. On his admission to the bar in 1850, he was immediately appointed district attorney of Albany. The son of Alfred…
(Encyclopedia) Rulers of the Byzantine Empire
Emperor (or Empress)
Dates of Reign
Constantine I (the Great)
330–37
Constantius
337–61
Julian (the Apostate)
361–63
Jovian
363–64
Valens
364–…
Hamsters How to Care for Hamsters Hamsters were living in relative obscurity until just 70 years ago, when a zoologist discovered a family of these rodents in the Syrian desert. Today,…
Mayor: Alvin Brown (to June 2015)2010 census population (rank): 821,784 (11); Male: 398,294 (48.5%); Female: 423,490 (51.5%); White: 488,473 (59.4%); Black: 252,421 (30.7%); American Indian and…
Judaism is the oldest of the monotheistic faiths. Monotheism is the belief that there is only one god. Judaism affirms the existence of the one God, Yahweh, who entered into a covenant, or…
—Hope O'KeeffeSource: The National Endowment for the Arts “The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible…
Forecasting from the BeginningWeatherWhat Should I Wear?Playing the OddsGetting Down to BasicsForecasting from the Beginning Our brief exploration into forecasting pretty much follows the techniques…
(Encyclopedia) GuggenheimGuggenheimg&oobreve;gˈənhīm [key], family of American industrialists and philanthropists. Meyer Guggenheim, 1828–1905, b. Aargau canton, Switzerland, emigrated (1847) to…
