prairie chicken
prairie chicken Chicken-sized, pale brown
grouse of
w USA. It has brown and black, pointed tail feathers and white neck feathers. During courtship displays, the male erects his neck feathers by inflating orange neck air sacs. Species Tympanuchus cupido.
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Usurping emperor.(History as it Happens)(Carausius)(Brief article)
Magazine article from: History Today; 3/1/2008; 488 words
; ...two rare gold coins from the 3rd-century AD, depicting Carausius, a self-styled emperor of Britain. The objects were handed...Scheme; the exact location of the find has not been revealed. Carausius revolted against Diocletian in 287 and ruled Britain before...
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Ancient Lance Pierces Hole in King Arthur Legend.
PR Newswire; 7/15/2009; 700+ words
; ...may have been Marcus Aurelius Mausaeus Carausius, a 3rd century Belgic sailor from humble...Celtic war/sword god Mars Camulos and Carausius, who undoubtedly identified himself...origin of Medieval writers' Camelot. Carausius strove to become a people's hero of...
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Researchers from University of Cologne report recent findings in neurophysiology.
Newspaper article from: Pain & Central Nervous System Week; 11/2/2009; 700+ words
; ...stepping velocity in the stick insect Carausius morosus. J Neurophysiol 102: 1180...and intact animals of the stick insect Carausius morosus to understand mechanisms underlying...Stepping Velocity in the Stick Insect Carausius morosus. Journal of Neurophysiology...
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The date of Pevensey and the defense of an 'Imperium Britanniarum.'
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 12/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...Portchester has recently been dated by the find of a coin of Carausius in the construction levels to after 286 (Cunliffe 1975...1961), that the forts were attributable to the usurpers Carausius and Allectus intent on defending Britain from recapture by...
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New research on physiology from University of Bielefeld summarized.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 7/1/2009; 700+ words
; ...733, 2008; J Comp Physiol 194:735-750, 2008) asked the question that how the nervous system of a stick insect, Carausius morosus, chooses a solution from an abundance of possibilities to solve the task of distributing its body weight onto its...
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Research findings from University of Bielefeld, Faculty of Biology update understanding of life sciences.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 4/8/2009; 700+ words
; Research findings, 'Tight turns in stick insects,' are discussed in a new report. "We investigated insects Carausius morosus walking whilst hanging upside down along a narrow 3 mm horizontal beam. At the end of the beam, the animal takes...
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Britain's biggest-ever Roman villa 'discovered'.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 8/19/2008; 558 words
; ...Tritons, or sea deities, carrying reclining nymphs on their backs. It may have belonged to Allectus who murdered in AD 293 Carausius who was a Roman Army Commander and had proclaimed himself as Emperor of Britain. Although the Victorians explored this part...
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Chipinque, el "pulmón" de Monterrey.(Parque Ecológico Chipinque)
Magazine article from: Contenido; 12/15/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...y el carpintero ala bronceada. En cuanto a mariposas revolotean por ah 174 especies como la Corola pilumnus, la Metlica carausius y la famosa monarca, que hace escala en Chipinque en sus migraciones entre Canad y Mxico. De acuerdo con la directora del...
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Research from University of Cologne provides new data about neuroscience.
Newspaper article from: Health & Medicine Week; 5/4/2009; 700+ words
; ...influence of stepping in one leg on the activities of neigh boring-leg thorax-coxa (TC) joint CPGs in the stick insect (Carausius morosus). We used a new approach combining single-leg stepping with pharmacological activation of segmental CPGs, sensory...
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Autumn books. (recently published history titles) (Bibliography)
Magazine article from: History Today; 10/1/1994; 700+ words
; ...logistical and tactical solutions they may have pursued. Further examples of conflicts, successful or otherwise, are explored in Carausius and Allectus: The British Usurpers by John Casey (Batsford, [pound]35) which tells of the little-known episode under...
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Carausius
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
Carausius Roman imperial usurper, AD 286–93. In 286 Carausius revolted in advance of disciplinary action by the...Appointed to command patrols of the English Channel, Carausius had acquired too much booty for Maximian's liking...
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Allectus
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...administered by Maximian and his junior Constantius Chlorus , and the usurper Carausius was operating in Britain and northern Gaul. In 293 Constantius took Boulogne, and Carausius was assassinated by his finance minister Allectus. Allectus himself...
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Constantius I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...subemperor) under Maximian in 293 and gained prestige when his forces defeated the rebel Carausius . He went to Britain in 296, where he put down a rebellion of Carausius' successor, Allectus. Returning to Gaul, he defeated the Alemanni in 298. His...
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Maximian
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...the empire in the West but failed to put down the revolt of Carausius. Two new caesars, Galerius and Constantius I , were created in 293, and Constantius was successful against Carausius. Maximian abdicated with Diocletian in 305, but the death...
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Hampshire
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...area, the best known is probably Brading on the Isle of Wight. Portchester, near Fareham, was a Roman fort, erected by Carausius in the 3rd cent. Saxon settlement was relatively easy and Winchester became the capital of Wessex , though Silchester was...
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