Platanistoidea
Platanistoidea (order Cetacea, suborder Odontoceti) A superfamily that comprises the one family Platinistidae (river dolphins), cetaceans which are believed to be related closely to the squalodonts (
Squalodontoidea) and to forms known from the early
Miocene, and to be more primitive than other Odon-toceti. The temporal opening is unroofed. The beak is long and slender, the teeth peg-like and vary in number according to species. The cervical vertebrae are not fused, and the neck is distinct. The flippers are broad and short, the dorsal fin low, and the tail slightly notched at the mid-line. River dolphins grow to a length of 1.5–2.9 m. There are five species in four genera.
Platanista, which is blind, is found in the Indus, Ganges, and Brahmaputra rivers of India, and there are two species;
Inia inhabits the Amazon and upper Orinoco rivers of S. America;
Pontoporia is found in the estuary of the La Plata river, and along the south-east coast of S. America;
Lipotes is found only in Lake Dongting, on the Changtze Jiang river, in China.
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Logicalis recognised by Iconium as UK's first governance, risk and compliance Policy Enforcement Partner; Logicalis accredited to supply Iconium's Policy Manager Enforcer -- a unique solution that enables Cisco networks to act as corporate policy enforcement points.
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Iconium can be headline act
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GERMANY: Iconium well beaten.(Sports)
Newspaper article from: The Racing Post (London, England); 4/8/2002; 223 words
; Iconium, the first British runner in Germany this year, was backed to 4-1 second favourite for a Listed race at Gelsenkirchen on Saturday...
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In the years after Martin Luther King's murder, few black clergy make social justice a focus
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 4/4/2008; ; 700+ words
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On the road with Paul and Barnabas.
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 8/2/2000; ; 700+ words
; THEY WANTED TO KILL us in Iconium. We had stayed there long enough to...him, and that's what happened in Iconium. Those who believed in his preaching...down!" So they planned to kill us in Iconium. Even the rulers were going to stone...
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King Followers Mourn Loss of Activism
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When They TRY to Destroy You
Magazine article from: The African American Pulpit; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words
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The Merits of peach floats, Scouts': fizzy ritual leads to badge
Newspaper article from: Sunday Gazette-Mail; 9/21/2003; ; 645 words
; ICONIUM, Mo. - A sweet and simple ritual has endured in this lush oasis for about...complicated and uncertain world. Dusk brings Scouts by the score to Scott's Iconium Store, where they line up at the snack bar window to earn a whimsical merit...
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Conservative Black Clergy Make Waves form Pulpit
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 4/6/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Soundbite of church music) Pastor TIMOTHY McDONALD (First Iconium Baptist Church, Atlanta, Georgia): (Singing) Somebody...to imagine anyone from Focus on the Family sitting in First Iconium Baptist Church in Atlanta. Heres Reverend Timothy McDonald...
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Steps toward manhood.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
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Iconium
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
Iconium A Phrygian city, usually under foreign...Galatia became a Roman province. In Acts 13 Iconium and other neighbouring cities are cited...of Jews and Gentiles . They returned to Iconium twice (Acts 14: 21–3; 16...
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Konya
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...cotton, and silk goods. As the ancient Iconium , the city was important in Roman times...establishment (1099) of the sultanate of Iconium or Rum (so called after Rome), a powerful...In the late 13th cent. the Seljuks of Iconium were defeated by the Mongols, and their...
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Amphilochius, St
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
Amphilochius, St ( c. 340–95), Bp. of Iconium from 373. A cousin of Gregory Nazianzus , he was president of the Council of Side (390) which excommunicated the Messalians...
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Lystra
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
Lystra A Roman colony 40 km. (25 miles) SW of Iconium ; it boasted a temple to Zeus (Acts 14: 11–13) and when Paul and Barnabas visited the place they were taken to be the gods Hermes and Zeus after enabling a cripple to walk (Acts 14: 8–12).
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Asia
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
...Asia and partly to Galatia . If Paul's letter to the Galatians was addressed to Churches which he had visited ( Antioch , Iconium , Lystra , and Derbe ), then it was sent to the south of the area, within the province of Galatia; but Colossae , to which...
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