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  1. Northern Hemisphere

    coord 45 0 0 N 0 0 0 E display title Image Hemisferio Norte.png thumb right Northern hemisphere highlighted in yellow. Image Northern Hemisphere Azimuthal projections.svg thumb right Northern hemisphere from above the North Pole. The northern hemisphere ref http www.m w.com dictionary northern 20hemisphere Merriam Webster s Online Dictionary based on Collegiate vol., 11th ed. 2006. Springfield, MA Merriam Webster, Inc. ref is the half of a planet that is north of equator the word sphere hemisphere ... equator . Earth s northern hemisphere contains most of its land area and most of its world population ... months. In the northern hemisphere, objects moving across or above the surface of the Earth tend to turn ... in the northern hemisphere. Conversely, air rising from the northern surface of the Earth creating a region ... in the northern hemisphere by contrast, they spin clockwise in the southern hemisphere . The shadow of a sun dial moves clockwise in the northern hemisphere opposite of the southern hemisphere ... far fewer and less bright visible stars in the northern hemisphere compared to the southern Hemisphere southern hemisphere , making the northern hemisphere more suitable for deep space observation, as it is not blinded by the Milky Way. List of continents and countries Continents found in the Northern Hemisphere entirety of Europe entirety of North America entirety of Central America the vast ... Hemisfera veriore si simple Northern Hemisphere sk Severn pologu a ckb ... Pole itself. Between the Arctic Circle and the Tropic of Cancer lies the Temperateness Northern Temperate ... Oceans. Southern Hemisphere South of the equator , the directions are reversed. For the same reason, flows of air down toward the northern surface of the Earth tend to spread across the surface in a clockwise ... hemisphere it raises to a maximum that is northerly in position as it tends towards the direction ... appears upside down compared to a view from the southern hemisphere and the view of the stars is much ...   more details



  1. 2010 Northern Hemisphere summer

    http english.peopledaily.com.cn 90001 90780 91345 7061886.html title Heat waves sizzling Northern Hemisphere ... in 2010 Northern Hemisphere summer heat wave7.JPG rock pigeons.. File Rock Pigeons in 2010 Northern Hemisphere summer heat wave9.JPG in summer heat 2010. gallery Asia Burma Myanmar Myanmar s hottest ... tongue connecting northern Greenland , the Nares Strait and the Arctic Ocean broke off, the biggest ... on the 11th was attributed to the regional hot air currents that departed from the Sahara in Northern ... , Northern Ireland and parts of the Swiss Alps . The heat wave ended in the British Isles and Northwest .... ref name spiegel.de More than 1,200 fire fighters fought 25 forest fires in northern Portugal on July ... news.net Northern Eurasia Commonwealth of Independent States infobox winter storm name Summer 2010 ... autonomous region , on July 3. ref name english.sina.com As the hot weather swept most of northern ...   more details



  1. 2009 Northern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season

    The 2009 Northern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season may refer to 2009 Atlantic hurricane season 2009 Pacific hurricane season 2009 Pacific typhoon season 2009 North Indian Ocean cyclone season dab Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. de Hurrikansaison 2009 ...   more details



  1. 2010 Northern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season

    The 2010 Northern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season may refer to 2010 Atlantic hurricane season 2010 Pacific hurricane season 2010 Pacific typhoon season 2010 North Indian Ocean cyclone season dab Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. de Hurrikansaison 2010 ...   more details



  1. 2011 Northern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season

    New unreviewed article date January 2011 The 2011 Northern Hemisphere tropical cyclone season may refer to 2011 Atlantic hurricane season 2011 Pacific hurricane season 2011 Pacific typhoon season 2011 North Indian Ocean cyclone season Short pages monitor This long comment was added to the page to prevent it being listed on Special Shortpages. It and the accompanying monitoring template were generated via Template Longcomment. Please do not remove the monitor template without removing the comment as well. disambig ...   more details



  1. File:Northern Hemisphere snow cover.svg

    Summary Self created image from public domain data found at http climate.rutgers.edu snowcover files wkcov.nhland.txt Plot was generated by first calculating a simple average A for each week over the period 1980 2000. Then the weekly values where converted to anomalies by subtracting A. The plot was then generated by gnuplot pre set terminal svg set font Helvetica set output plot.svg set multiplot set xzeroaxis set xlabel Year set ylabel Snow cover n5 10 6 set title Northern Hemisphere snow cover plot plot2 using 1 2 5e6 with lines title Anomalies lt 1, plot2 using 1 2 5e6 with lines smooth bezier title Bezier smooth lt 3 pre Licensing self cc by 3.0 ...   more details



  1. Hemisphere

    wiktionary Hemisphere from Ancient Greek h misphairion half of a sphere may refer to Half of a sphere As half of the Earth Any half of the Earth Eastern Hemisphere Western Hemisphere Northern Hemisphere Southern Hemisphere Land hemisphere Water hemisphere Any half of the Earth centered celestial sphere cultural hemisphere Western world Eastern world New World Old World As half of the brain Cerebral hemisphere , a division of the cerebrum Half of the cerebellum , a smaller part of the brain In music Hemispheres Rush album Hemispheres Rush album , by Rush Hemispheres Anthony Davis album Hemispheres Anthony Davis album , by Anthony Davis composer Anthony Davis Hemispheres Dan Siegel album Hemispheres Dan Siegel album , by Dan Siegel Hemispheres Doseone album Hemispheres Doseone album , by Doseone Hemisphere song Hemisphere song , by Maaya Sakamoto Other Hemispheres magazine Hemispheres magazine , an inflight publication Hemispheres TV series Hemispheres TV series , Canadian and Australian news program L Hemisf ric at the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ci ncies , Valencia, Spain. disambig Category Greek loanwords da Hemisf re de Hemisph re eo Hemisfero fa fr H misph re ga Leathsf ar lv Puslode ja pl P kula pt Hemisf rio ro Emisfer dezambiguizare ru sk Hemisf ra sv Hemisf r zh ...   more details



  1. Eastern Hemisphere

    its geographical pole poles which divides the Northern Hemisphere northern and Southern Hemisphere ...Image Hemisferio Leste.png thumb right 250px The eastern hemisphere of Earth, highlighted in yellow. Image Eastern Hemisphere LamAz.png thumb right 250px Eastern hemisphere The Eastern Hemisphere , also Eastern hemisphere ref Oxford Dictionary of English , 2nd ed., rev. 2006. London, UK Oxford University Press, p. 548. ref or eastern hemisphere , ref http www.m w.com dictionary western 20hemisphere Merriam Webster s Online Dictionary based olpln Collegiate vol., 11th ed. 2006. Springfield, MA Merriam Webster, Inc. ref is a geography geographical term for the half of the Earth that is east of the Prime Meridian which crosses Greenwich , England , United Kingdom and west of 180th meridian 180 longitude . ref http www.britannica.com oscar print?articleId 275388&fullArticle true&tocId 203675 Latitude and Longitude at britannica.com, accessed 2008 05 24 ref It is also used to refer to Europe , Asia , Africa , and Australasia , wikt vis a vis vis vis the Western Hemisphere , which includes the Americas . In addition, it may be used in a cultural geography cultural or geopolitics geopolitical sense as a synonym for Old World . The line demarcating the eastern and western hemispheres is an arbitrary ... in the western hemisphere, thereby diluting its usefulness for cartography, as well as for geopolitical constructs, since all of Eurasia and Africa are typically included in the eastern hemisphere. Consequently ... the hemisphere , ch. 4 from http www.gis.psu.edu projection Matching the map projection to the need ... Society, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping. ref ref Eastern Hemisphere . Merriam Webster ... a single hemisphere East Antarctica is named after the Eastern Hemisphere. The mainland of the Eastern Hemisphere is larger than that of the Western Hemisphere Americas and has a wide variety of habitat ... halvkule pl P kula wschodnia pt Hemisf rio oriental ru simple Eastern Hemisphere ...   more details



  1. Southern Hemisphere

    20 or 21 is the autumnal equinox. Geography Climate s in the Southern Hemisphere overall tend to be slightly milder than those in the Northern Hemisphere except in the Antarctica Antarctic which is colder than the Arctic . This is because the Southern Hemisphere has significantly more ocean and less land. Water heats up and cools down more slowly than land. The Southern Hemisphere is also significantly less polluted than the Northern Hemisphere because of lower overall population densities a total ... the left right motion of the Sun when seen from the Northern Hemisphere as it passes through the southern ... Hemisphere as opposed to anticlockwise in the Northern Hemisphere due to the Coriolis effect . The southern temperateness temperate zone , a subsection of the Southern Hemisphere, is nearly all ... with clearer skies, makes for excellent viewing of the night sky from the Southern Hemisphere with brighter and more numerous stars. Forests in the Southern Hemisphere have special features which set them aside from the Northern Hemisphere. Both Chile and New Zealand share, for example, unique ... Australia the entire mainland is in the Southern Hemisphere, although the very northern part of Raja Ampat Islands in New Guinea are in the Northern Hemisphere South America mostly, south of the Amazon ...coord 45 0 0 S 0 0 0 E display title Image Hemisferio Sur.png thumb right The Southern Hemisphere highlighted in yellow Antarctica not depicted . Image Southern Hemisphere LamAz.png thumb right Southern Hemisphere from above the South Pole . The Southern Hemisphere ref http www.m w.com dictionary southern ... sphere hemisphere from the Greek language Greek word sphere half literally means half ball ... Hemisphere contains all or parts of four continent s Antarctica , Australia continent Australia ... of Oceania . Several islands off the Asian continental mainland are also in the Southern Hemisphere ... Hemisphere the sun passes from east to west through the north , although north of the Tropic ...   more details



  1. Land hemisphere

    Image Land hemisphere.png 180px right Land hemisphere The land hemisphere , sometimes capitalized as the Land Hemisphere , is the hemisphere on the Earth containing the largest possible area of land. It is centered on Coord 47 13 N 1 32 W in the city of Nantes , France . ref name Boggs cite journal last Boggs first Samuel Whittemore year 1945 month December title This Hemisphere journal Journal of Geography volume 44 issue 9 pages 345 355 doi 10.1080 00221344508986498 ref ref cite web url http www.gis.psu.edu projection chapter4.html title Projecting the Hemisphere accessdate 2007 12 14 author Judy M. Olson year 1997 work Matching the Map Projection to the Need publisher American Congress on Surveying and Mapping especially http www.gis.psu.edu projection chap4figs.html 3 Figure 4.3 ref The other half of the Earth is the water hemisphere . The land hemisphere has seven eighths 87.5 of the landform land on the Earth, ref name Boggs including Europe , Africa , North America , nearly all of Asia and most of South America . Europe is at the center of the land hemisphere. However, even in the land hemisphere, the ocean area still exceeds the land area albeit, only slightly . While there is currently no hemisphere of Earth where the land area is larger than the ocean area, this has probably not been the case at times earlier in Earth s geological history when the Earth contained a single supercontinent such as Pangaea . Citation needed date March 2010 References reflist Hemispheres Category Physical geography Category Hemispheres Category Landforms cartography stub ar de Landhemisph re fr H misph re continental fy L nhealr n ko id Belahan daratan ku N vkada parzem n lv Sauszemes puslode ms Hemisfera darat nl Landhalfrond ja pl P kula l dowa pt Hemisf rio continental ru simple Land hemisphere fi Mannerten pallonpuolisko sv Landhalvklotet zh ...   more details



  1. Water hemisphere

    Image Water hemisphere.png 180px right Water hemisphere The water hemisphere , sometimes capitalised as the Water Hemisphere , is the Sphere hemisphere on the Earth containing the largest area of water. It is centered on coord 47 13 S 178 28 E , near New Zealand s Bounty Islands . ref name Boggs cite journal last Boggs first Samuel Whittemore year 1945 month December title This Hemisphere journal Journal of Geography volume 44 issue 9 pages 345 355 doi 10.1080 00221344508986498 ref ref cite web url http www.gis.psu.edu projection chapter4.html title Projecting the Hemisphere accessdate 2007 12 14 author Judy M. Olson date 1997 work Matching the Map Projection to the Need publisher American Congress on Surveying and Mapping ref The other half of the earth is the land hemisphere , which is centered in Nantes , France . The water hemisphere has only one eighth of the world s land, ref name Boggs including Australia , New Zealand , Antarctica , the Malay Archipelago , and the southern part of South America . Most of the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean are on the water hemisphere. The area of the ocean s of the water hemisphere is much larger than its land area, but the area of the oceans of the land hemisphere is still larger than its land area. References reflist Hemispheres cartography stub Category Physical geography Category Hemispheres Category Oceans ar de Wasserhemisph re et Ookeanipoolkera fr H misph re maritime fy Wetterhealr n ko id Belahan lautan ku N vkada deryay lv dens puslode ms Hemisfera air nl Waterhalfrond ja pl P kula wodna pt Hemisf rio de gua ru simple Water hemisphere fi Merten pallonpuolisko sv Vattenhalvklotet zh ...   more details



  1. Cerberus Hemisphere

    Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 Image Cerberus Hemisphere.jpg thumb right 250px Mosaic of the Cerberus hemisphere of Mars Cerberus Hemisphere is a part of Geography of Mars Mars geography and refers to the area approximately of Latitude 20 South to 55 North and Longitude 150 to 230 . Prominent features of the Cerberus Hemisphere include Amazonis Planitia Cerberus Martian Albedo Feature Cerberus Mangala Valles Utopia Planitia . Mars Category Surface features of Mars Crater stub Mars stub bg fr H misph re Cerberus pt Hemisf rio Cerberus sv Cerberus hemisf ren ...   more details



  1. Hemisphere GPS

    orphan date August 2009 Infobox company name Hemisphere GPS logo File Hemisphere GPS logo wiki.jpg type Public Company Public TSX HEM foundation Start date 1990 location city Calgary, Alberta Calgary location country Canada area served International key people Steven Koles, President & CEO industry Technology Manufacturer services GPS Positioning, Guidance, and Machine control revenue 72.7 million USD num employees 250 divisions Agriculture Products, Precision Products, Air Products Hemisphere GPS designs and manufactures precision GPS products for positioning, guidance, and machine control applications. ref http www.gim international.com issues articles id1302 Precision GPS Products.html GIM International Magazine Company Views Article ref The company s products are most notably used in agriculture, under the trade name Outback Guidance. However, Hemisphere GPS also holds significant market share in marine, surveying , GIS mapping and machine control markets. ref http www.insidegnss.com node 1388 Baseband Technologies Inc Inside GNSS Feature Article ref Hemisphere GPS is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta with product development, sales and marketing facilities in Winnipeg, Manitoba Scottsdale, Arizona Hiawatha, Kansas and Brisbane, Australia . Hemisphere GPS is a publicly traded company on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol HEM. Former trade names and business acquisitions include ref http www.amerisurv.com content view 6362 153 American Surveyor Magazine Visits Hemisphere GPS ref 1990 Canadian Systems International Inc. 1992 Communication Systems International Inc. 1999 Satloc Inc. 2000 CSI Wireless 2005 RHS Inc. Outback Guidance 2006 Del Norte 2007 BEELINE Technologies External links http www.hemispheregps.com Hemisphere GPS Home Page http www.outbackguidance.com Outback Guidance Home Page References references DEFAULTSORT Hemisphere Gps Category Manufacturing companies of Canada Category Technology companies of Canada ...   more details



  1. Cerebellar hemisphere

    Infobox Brain Name Cerebellar hemisphere Latin hemispherium cerebelli GraySubject 187 GrayPage 788 Image CerebellumDiv.png Caption Schematic representation of the major anatomical subdivisions of the cerebellum. Superior view of an unrolled cerebellum, placing the vermis in one plane. Image2 Human cerebellum anterior view description.JPG Caption2 Human cerebellum anterior view description Cerebellar hemisphere is 8 IsPartOf Components Artery Vein BrainInfoType ancil BrainInfoNumber 214 MeshName MeshNumber NeuroLex Cerebellar Hemisphere NeuroLexID birnlex 1575 DorlandsPre DorlandsSuf The cerebellum consists of three parts, a median and two lateral, which are continuous with each other, and are substantially the same in structure. The median portion is constricted, and is called the vermis, from its annulated appearance which it owes to the transverse ridges and furrows upon it the lateral expanded portions are named the hemispheres . Portions The intermediate hemisphere is also known as the spinocerebellum . The lateral hemisphere is also known as the pontocerebellum . The lateral hemisphere is considered the portion of the cerebellum to develop most recently. ref name urlSect. 8, Ch. 6 Functional Subdivisions of the Cerebellum cite web url http www.lib.mcg.edu edu eshuphysio program section8 8ch6 s8ch6 28.htm title Sect. 8, Ch. 6 Functional Subdivisions of the Cerebellum format work accessdate ref References reflist External links UMichAtlas n2a3p2 http www.neuinfo.org nif nifgwt.html?query 22Cerebellar 20Hemisphere 22 NIF Search Cerebellar Hemisphere via the Neuroscience Information Framework Gray s Cerebellum Neural tracts neuroanatomy stub Category Cerebellum ...   more details



  1. Masters of the Hemisphere

    Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians Name Masters of the Hemisphere Img Img capt Above Finch, Griggs, Rawls, Mead Img size 265 Landscape Background group or band Alias Origin Athens, Georgia , U.S.A. Genre Indie pop Years active 1996 2002 Label Kindercore Records Associated acts URL Current members Past members Sean Rawls br Bren Mead br Adrian Finch br Ryan Lewis 1996 br Jeff Griggs 1996 2002 Notable instruments Masters of the Hemisphere are an United States American indie pop group, founded by Bren Mead and Sean Rawls. The two moved to Athens, Georgia, to attend college in 1996. There they met Ryan Lewis, co founder of Kindercore Records, who played drums at the first Masters of the Hemisphere show. Jeff Griggs also of The Mendoza Line band The Mendoza Line soon replaced Lewis. In 1997 Kindercore releasd their debut seven inch ep, Going on a Trek to Iceland . The group then recorded their first full length album, the eponymous Masters of the Hemisphere album Masters of the Hemisphere , which was released on Kindercore Records in 1998. The band soon expanded to a four piece, adding multi instrumentalist Adrian Finch. Several singles and compilation appearances followed, including a release on the Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records singles club, before the band released their second full length, the concept album , I Am Not a Freemdoom , also on Kindercore. The record garnered mixed reviews, which in part was likely due to the album s rather complicated concept, regarding an island of reservoir dwelling creatures being enslaved by an evil dog. The Permanent ... bands. In 2006 the Masters of the Hemisphere briefly reunited to play shows in Athens, Georgia ... of the Hemisphere recorded a new album in 2010 release plans have not been finalized. Discography Albums Masters of the Hemisphere album Masters of the Hemisphere Kindercore Records , 1999 I Am Not A Freemdoom ... of the hemisphere caledonia 5110 Recording of May 2010 reunion show Category American pop music ...   more details



  1. Western Hemisphere

    Image Hemisferio Oeste.png thumb right 250px The geographical western hemisphere of Earth, highlighted in yellow. Image Western Hemisphere LamAz.png thumb right 250px Western hemisphere The Western Hemisphere , also Western hemisphere ref Oxford Dictionary of English , 2nd ed., rev. 2006. London, UK Oxford University Press, p. 2001. ref or western hemisphere , ref http www.m w.com dictionary western 20hemisphere Merriam Webster s Online Dictionary based on Collegiate vol., 11th ed. 2006. Springfield, MA Merriam Webster, Inc. ref is a geography geographical term for the half of the Earth that lies west of the Prime Meridian which crosses Greenwich , London , United Kingdom , the other half being the Eastern Hemisphere eastern hemisphere . ref http www.britannica.com oscar print?articleId 275388&fullArticle true&tocId 203675 Latitude and longitude Encyclop dia Britannica . 2006. Chicago Encyclop dia Britannica, Inc. ref It is also used, mainly in North America, to specifically refer to the Americas ... in Western Hemisphere parts of Africa , Europe , Antarctica , and Asia thus, it is sometimes referred to as the American hemisphere . ref name Olson Olson, Judy M. http www.gis.psu.edu projection chapter4.html Projecting the hemisphere , ch. 4 from http www.gis.psu.edu projection Matching the map ... geographic sense, the western hemisphere includes not only the Americas, but the western portions ... east 160   E are used, ref name Olson ref Western Hemisphere . Merriam Webster s Geographical ... after their positions mainly within a single hemisphere West Antarctica is named for the Western Hemisphere. Countries common to both hemispheres Below is a list of the countries which are in both ... Hemisphere but not in the Americas The following countries lie outside the Americas or New World yet are in part or entirely within the Western Hemisphere. flagicon Algeria Algeria flagicon American ... simple Western Hemisphere sk Z padn hemisf ra fi L ntinen pallonpuolisko sv V stra halvklotet ...   more details



  1. Hemisphere Dancer

    Infobox Aircraft Begin name Hemisphere Dancer image Image HemisphereDancerinOrlando.jpg caption The Hemisphere Dancer parked at Jimmy Buffett s Margaritaville in Orlando, Florida , where it currently resides Infobox Aircraft Career type Grumman HU 16 Albatross HU 16C Albatross other names construction number construction date 1955 civil registration N928J military serial radio code first flight owners Jimmy Buffett in service flights total hours total distance fate Retired preservation Jimmy Buffett s Margaritaville Hemisphere Dancer is the name of singer songwriter Jimmy Buffett s personal seaplane . A Grumman HU 16 Albatross flying boat, serial number 137928 and civil registration number N928J, the aircraft is central to the action in Buffett s best selling autobiography A Pirate Looks at 50 . It is considered to be one of the finest examples of an Albatross, By whom date March 2009 due to the restoration and continual maintenance completed by Buffett. History This aircraft began life on August 22, 1955, as a long range search and rescue platform for the U.S. Navy ref http www.hu 16.com current.htm The Grumman Albatross Web Site ref . The largest member of the storied Grumman waterfowl series of amphibious airplanes, the Albatross remained in service with US forces until the mid 1970s. After remaining inactive for a number of years, Buffett purchased the aircraft in the 1990s and restored it. Jamaica Mistaica This is the plane Buffett was flying during the incident recounted ... s plane was shot at by Jamaican police. The Hemisphere Dancer had been carrying Buffett, U2 s Bono ... The Hemisphere Dancer ref . A Pirate Looks at 50 After making a number of other trips around the Caribbean ..., the Hemisphere Dancer was only allowed to make a water landing once during the month long ... thumb right Cartoon of the Hemisphere Dancer on the wall at a Margaritaville restaurant Since publication of A Pirate Looks at 50 , the Hemisphere Dancer has become an icon of Parrothead ...   more details



  1. Cerebral hemisphere

    . Hemisphere lateralization main lateralization of brain function Hand preference which hand someone prefers to use has to do with hemisphere lateralization. Broad generalizations are often made in popular ... s area and Wernicke s area , are in the left hemisphere. Perception Perceptual information from the eyes, ears, and rest of the body is sent to the opposite hemisphere, and motor information sent out to the body also comes from the opposite hemisphere see also primary sensory areas . neuroscience Neuropsychologists ... information to one hemisphere or the other. Scientists have also studied people born without a corpus ... system sends more information to the right hemisphere, while the parvocellular pathway sends more information to the left hemisphere. There are higher levels of the neurotransmitter norepinephrine on the right ... such as grammar and word production are often lateralized to the left hemisphere of the brain ... lateralized to the right hemisphere of the brain. Other integrative functions such as intuitive or heuristic ... hemisphere functions Right hemisphere functions numerical computation exact calculation, numerical comparison, estimation br left hemisphere only direct fact retrieval ref name Dehaene 1 ref name Dehaene2003 ... Elkhonon Goldberg References Reflist Telencephalon DEFAULTSORT Cerebral Hemisphere Category Cerebrum ...   more details



  1. EMI Hemisphere

    Refimprove date January 2011 EMI Hemisphere is a world music record label imprint of EMI . Founded by Gerald Seligman in 1993, it drew on music from the international catalogues of EMI Records, supplemented by its own signings and some outside licensing. It was one of the first, international labels to extensively compile music of the world. Seligman ran it until 2000 out of London, UK. From there it lasted a few more releases and has since ceased activity. Seligman produced or executive produced seventy six releases for the label, and is now General Director of WOMEX , the world music expo, based in Berlin. Circa 2000 it initiated the best selling The Story of Series, including titles focusing on Tango music tango , fado , flamenco , bossa nova , Arab, France French , Cuba n and Greece Greek popular song performances. Aside from anthologies, it has re issued performances by individual artists. ref liner insert for The Story of Arabic Song EMI Hemisphere 7243 5 24341 2 1, 2000 ref See also World music List of record labels WOMEX References Reflist Category British record labels Category World music record labels UK record label stub ...   more details



  1. Western Hemisphere Warm Pool

    Hemisphere Warm Pool WHWP . During a normal Northern Hemisphere winter, diabatic heating over ...The Western Hemisphere Warm Pool WHWP is a region of sea surface temperature s SST warmer than 28.5 C that develops west of Central America in the spring, then expands to the Tropics tropical waters to the east. Image Western Hemisphere Warm Pool.JPG thumb 350px Annual cycle of the WHWP The WHWP includes the tropical Atlantic Ocean TNA east of the Lesser Antilles , Caribbean Sea , Gulf of Mexico , and eastern north Pacific Ocean ENP . A WHWP heating cycle begins with warmth in the eastern North Pacific in the spring. A dipole pattern off Central America appears due to surges of cooler, drier air through the gap at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec . During spring, the warm pools grow and merge. Their warmth and moisture feed the Mexican monsoon. By summer, the warmth spreads across the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean areas. Relationship with Atlantic Hurricanes Recent studies have shown that the Atlantic portion of the WHWP AWP is significantly correlated with Atlantic hurricane activity. A large or small AWP reduces or increases the tropospheric vertical wind shear in the main development region ... of the western hemisphere . Journal of Climate, Vol. 20, No. 20, 5021 5040. Lee, S. K., D.B. Enfield and C. Wang, 2007 What drives seasonal onset and decay of the Western Hemisphere Warm Pool?. Journal ... Influences of Atlantic Warm Pool on western hemisphere summer rainfall and Atlantic Hurricanes. Journal ... Hemisphere Warm Pool. Journal of Climate, Vol. 18, No. 14, 2662 2681. Enfield, D.B., S. K. Lee, and C. Wang, 2005 How are large Western Hemisphere Warm Pools formed?. Progress in Oceanography ... experiments on the annual cycle of Western Hemisphere Warm Pool. Journal of Geophysical Research ... A Further Study of the Tropical Western Hemisphere Warm Pool. Journal of Climate 16 16 1476 1493. Wang, C. and D.B. Enfield, 2001 The tropical Western Hemisphere warm pool. Geophys. Res. Lett. 28 1635 ...   more details



  1. Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative

    The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative WHTI is a law of the United States that requires all travelers to show a valid passport or other approved secure document when traveling to the U.S. from areas within the Western Hemisphere . ref http travel.state.gov travel cbpmc cbpmc 2223.html U.S. Department of State Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative ref ref http www.cbsa asfc.gc.ca whti ivho tourist touriste eng.html Canada Border Services Agency Documents for entry into the United States Tourism Toolkit Fact Sheet U.S. Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative ref The purpose, according to the United States Department of State U.S. Department of State and United States Department of Homeland Security U.S. Department of Homeland Security , is to strengthen border security and facilitate entry into the United States for both legitimate U.S. citizens and foreign visitors. The initiative is an outcome of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act . The Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative was also implemented to prevent false documents. Implementation Since January 23, 2007, all persons including U.S. citizens traveling by air to the United States from all foreign countries including Canada , Mexico , Central America Central and South America , the Caribbean , and Bermuda have been required to present a valid passport , NEXUS frequent traveller program NEXUS card, or U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner Document. On January 31, 2008, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers stopped taking verbal declarations of citizenship from U.S., Canadian, or Bermudian travelers as proof ... and Northern Affairs Canada , if approved by DHS. ref http www.ainc inac.gc.ca pr pub ywtk ifk eng.asp quas14 Secure Certificate of Indian Status Information Kit Indian and Northern Affairs Canada ... The following jurisdictions in the Western Hemisphere are not specifically named by the Department ... External links http www.dhs.gov xtrvlsec crossingborders index.shtm DHS Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative ...   more details



  1. Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs

    Image Shannon thomas 140.jpg thumb 150px Assistant Secretary Thomas A. Shannon, Jr. In the United States Government, the Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs is a part of the U.S. Department of State , charged with implementing U.S. foreign policy and promoting U.S. interests in the Western Hemisphere , as well as advising the Under Secretary for Political Affairs . It is headed by the Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs , who is currently Arturo Valenzuela . External links http www.state.gov p wha Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs US gov stub USDOS agencies Category United States Department of State agencies ja ...   more details



  1. Adams hemisphere-in-a-square projection

    The Adams hemisphere in a square Who s Adams? is a conformal map conformal map projection for a hemisphere except for four points where the conformality fails . It is a transverse version of the Peirce quincuncial projection . When it is used to represent the entire sphere it is known as the Adams doubly periodic projection . See also Doubly periodic function Category Cartographic projections Category Conformal mapping geometry stub unref date December 2007 ...   more details



  1. File:Eastern hemisphere dredg.jpg

    Summary album cover fur Article Extended Play for the Eastern Hemisphere EP Use Infobox Name Extended Play for the Eastern Hemisphere Artist Dredg Label Universal Music Group Source Derived from a digital capture of the album cover creator of this digital version is irrelevant as the copyright in all equivalent images is still held by the same party . Copyright held by the record company or the artist. Claimed as fair use regardless. Licensing Non free album cover ...   more details



  1. File:Hemisphere m.jpg

    Summary Cover of Maaya Sakamoto s single List of RahXephon albums Hemisphere . Copyright 2002 Victor Entertainment Licensing Non free album cover Non free use rationale Article List of RahXephon albums Description Cover of Maaya Sakamoto s single List of RahXephon albums Hemisphere . Source Scan of album cover, Copyright 2002 Victor Entertainment Portion Whole front of single cover Low resolution Yes Purpose To identify a comment on this specific music single cover. Replaceability Cannot be replaced with a free alternative, as subject of article is this specific copyrighted work other information Category RahXephon images ...   more details




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