The Clash of Civilizations is a thesis that people's cultural and religious identities will be the primary source of conflict in the post–Cold War world. The American political scientist Samuel P. Huntington argued that future wars would be fought not between countries, but between cultures. It was proposed in a 1992 lecture at the American Enterprise Institute, which was then developed in a 1993 Foreign Affairs article titled "The Clash of Civilizations?", in response to his former student Francis Fukuyama's 1992 book, The End of History and the Last Man. Huntington later expanded his thesis in...

Sint Maarten (Dutch pronunciation: [sɪntˈmaːrtə(n)] (listen)) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Caribbean. With a population of 41,486 as of January 2019 on an area of 41.44 km2 (16.00 sq mi), it encompasses the southern 44% of the divided island of Saint Martin, while the northern 56% of the island constitutes the French overseas collectivity of Saint Martin. Sint Maarten's capital is Philipsburg. Collectively, Sint Maarten and the other Dutch islands in the Caribbean are often called the Dutch Caribbean. Before 10 October 2010, Sint Maarten was known as the Island...

Otium, a Latin abstract term, has a variety of meanings, including leisure time in which a person can enjoy eating, playing, relaxing, contemplation and academic endeavors. It sometimes, but not always, relates to a time in a person's retirement after previous service to the public or private sector, opposing "active public life". Otium can be a temporary time of leisure, that is sporadic. It can have intellectual, virtuous or immoral implications. It originally had the idea of withdrawing from one's daily business (neg-otium) or affairs to engage in activities that were considered to be artistically...

Noun: negōtium n (genitive negōtiī or negōtī); second declension

1. business, employment, occupation, affair
2. Synonyms: mūnus, ministerium, officium, cūra, mūnia
3. (figuratively) difficulty, pains, trouble, labor
4. (figuratively) matter, thing (= πρᾶγμα (prâgma))

== French == === Alternative forms === huiptante (Acadian) === Etymology === From Old French oitante, uitante, from Latin octāgintā, variant of octōgintā (“eighty”), from Proto-Indo-European *oktōḱomt, from earlier *oḱto(w)-dḱomt (“eight-ten”). Cognate with Jèrriais huiptante, Valencian Catalan huitanta. Doublet of octante. === Pronunciation === (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɥi.tɑ̃t/ === Numeral === huitante (invariable) (obsolete outside Vaud, Valais and Fribourg in Switzerland and other dialects:, Acadian) eighty Synonyms: (outside Switzerland and in the Swiss cantons of Geneva, Ber...

Eva Saxl (1921–2002) was a self-taught manufacturer of insulin and an advocate for people with diabetes. Saxl was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. == Insulin production == In 1940, during World War II, she and her husband, Victor Saxl, fled to Shanghai, China. In Shanghai, a year later, Saxl was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941 the Japanese occupation of China was tightened, and soon all the pharmacies in Shanghai were closed. Saxl had no legal access to insulin. It was possible to buy insulin on the black market using one-ounce gold bars for payment...

A Frozen Charlotte is a specific form of china or bisque doll made in one solid piece without joints from c. 1850 to c. 1920. They were typically inexpensive, and the name Penny doll is also used, in particular for smallest, most affordable versions. The dolls had substantial popularity during the Victorian era. == History == The name of the doll originates from the American folk ballad Fair Charlotte, based on the poem "A Corpse Going to a Ball" by Seba Smith, which tells of a young girl called Charlotte who refused to wrap up warmly to go on a sleigh ride because she did not want to cover up...

L'Albatros (French for The Albatross), is a poem by decadent French poet Charles Baudelaire.The poem, inspired by an incident on Baudelaire's trip to Bourbon Island in 1841, was begun in 1842 but not completed until 1859 with the addition of the final verse. It was first published in La Revue française in 1859, and was printed as the second poem in the second edition (1861) of Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal.Italian writer, literary critic, and university professor Antonio Prete gave the poem a full treatment in his 1994 book L'albatros di Baudelaire. == Text == The poem is located in the section...

The human brain anatomical regions are ordered following standard neuroanatomy hierarchies. Functional, connective, and developmental regions are listed in parentheses where appropriate. == Hindbrain (rhombencephalon) == === Myelencephalon === Medulla oblongata Medullary pyramids Arcuate nucleus Olivary body Inferior olivary nucleus Rostral ventrolateral medulla Caudal ventrolateral medulla Solitary nucleus (Nucleus of the solitary tract) Respiratory center-Respiratory groups Dorsal respiratory group Ventral respiratory group or Apneustic centre Pre-Bötzinger complex Botzinger complex R...

Noun: faff (plural faffs)

1. (Britain, slang) An overcomplicated task, especially one perceived as a waste of time.
2. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nuisance
3. (typically in the phrase 'in a faff') A state of confused or frantic activity.
4. Synonym: flap
5. faff m (plural faffen)

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Verb: faff (third-person singular simple present faffs, present participle faffing, simple past and past participle faffed)

1. (Britain, slang) To waste time on an unproductive activity.
2. Synonyms: arse around, (American) dick around

A memory box is a box provided by some hospitals in the event of stillbirth, miscarriage, or other problem during or after childbirth. They contain objects belonging to or representing the deceased child to help relatives come to terms with their loss. Memory boxes are usually donated by local charities and organizations. == Items == Memory boxes for miscarriage, stillbirth and infant loss can contain the following items: lock of hair baby blanket special box to keep items in data card that states baby's name and birth information card/ink pad for taking foot/hand prints journal writing pen small...