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Turtles are reptiles of the order Testudines,characterized by a special shell developed mainly from their ribs. Modern turtles are divided into two major groups,the Pleurodira and Cryptodira,which differ in the way the head retracts. There are 360 living and recently extinct species of turtles,including land-dwelling tortoises and freshwater terrapins. They are found on most continents,some islands and,in the case of sea turtles,much of the ocean. Like other amniotes they breathe air and do not lay eggs underwater,although many species live in or around water.
Inanna is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love,war,and fertility. She is also associated with sensuality,procreation,divine law,and political power. Originally worshipped in Sumer,she was known by the Akkadian Empire,Babylonians,and Assyrians as Ishtar. Her primary title is "the Queen of Heaven".
In Sumerian religion,Gugalanna is the first husband of Ereshkigal,the queen of the underworld. His name probably originally meant "canal inspector of An" and he may be merely an alternative name for Ennugi. The son of Ereshkigal and Gugalanna is Ninazu. In Inanna's Descent into the Underworld,Inanna,the goddess of love,beauty,sex,and war,tells the gatekeeper Neti that she is descending to the Underworld to attend the funeral of "Gugalanna,the husband of my elder sister Ereshkigal". Some scholars consider Gugalanna to be the same figure as the Bull of Heaven,slain by Gilgamesh and Enkidu in the Epic of Gilgamesh.
Paula Shane Pryke is a British florist and author.
The Pryke Baronetcy,of Wanstead in the County of Essex,is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 3 November 1926 for William Robert Pryke. He was Chairman of Pryke &Palmer Ltd,iron and hardware merchants,and served as Lord Mayor of London from 1925 to 1926.
Euplectes is a genus of passerine bird in the weaver family,Ploceidae,that contains the bishops and widowbirds. They are all native to Africa south of the Sahara. It is believed that all birds in the genus are probably polygynous.
The red-collared widowbird is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. Red-collared widowbirds are found in grasslands and bush clearings in western and southern Africa. They are known for their long tails and brilliant red badges,both of which act as sexual ornaments. They are often associated with other widowbird and bishop species. They are polygynous,where males acquisition of territory is an important determinant in their access to mates. Red-collared widowbirds have a wide range and there is little concern in terms of conservation status.
Dumuzid or Dumuzi or Tammuz,known to the Sumerians as Dumuzid the Shepherd and to the Canaanites as Adon,is an ancient Mesopotamian and Levantine deity associated with agriculture and shepherds,who was also the first and primary consort of the goddess Inanna. In Sumerian mythology,Dumuzid's sister was Geshtinanna,the goddess of agriculture,fertility,and dream interpretation. In the Sumerian King List,Dumuzid is listed as an antediluvian king of the city of Bad-tibira and also an early king of the city of Uruk.
Beamish Murdoch was a lawyer,historian,and political figure in Nova Scotia. He represented Halifax township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1826 to 1830. He was born in Halifax,Nova Scotia,the son of Andrew Murdoch and Elizabeth Beamish. His family had come to Nova Scotia from the North of Ireland. His grandfather,a Presbyterian minister,Rev. James Murdoch served several parishes in the Province for 23 years. Murdoch was admitted to the Nova Scotia bar in 1822. In 1824 he was elected Vice - President of the Charitable Irish Society in Halifax. He also contributed articles to the Acadian Recorder and the Acadian Magazine or Literary Mirror. Murdoch was defeated by Stephen Wastie Deblois when he ran for reelection in 1830;he was an unsuccessful candidate again in 1836 and 1840. He served as president of the Halifax Temperance Society. In 1841,Murdoch became clerk for the Central Board of Education and,in 1852,was named record for the city of Halifax. Between 1865 and 1867,he published A History of Nova-Scotia,Or Acadie. He died in Lunenburg at the age of 75. He is buried with a gravestone at the Hillcrest Cemetery.
Resul Pookutty is an Indian film sound designer,sound editor and audio mixer. He won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing,along with Richard Pryke and Ian Tapp,for Slumdog Millionaire. Pookutty has worked in Hindi,Tamil,Telugu,Marathi and Malayalam languages in addition to British films. And now he is a member of the Executive committee of Academy of Motion Picture Arts &Sciences,Motion Picture Sound Editors Guild (MPSE) and CAS of America. Recently Mr. Pookutty was awarded the title Distinguished Engineer by Rocheston,New York. (Distinguished Engineer is an honor awarded to Engineers of repute,selected from across the world in recognition of caliber,technical excellence and accomplishments that are an inspiration to people. In 2010,the Government of India honored him with the Padma Shri,the fourth highest civilian award in the Republic of India,in recognition of his outstanding contributions to cinema. In the same year,he was also conferred an honorary Doctorate by the Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit,located in Kerala,India.
Richard Pryke is a British sound engineer. He won an Academy Award for Best Sound for the film Slumdog Millionaire. He has worked on over 80 films since 1993.
Anne Pryke is a Jersey politician who was first elected as a Deputy for Trinity in the Jersey general election of 2005.
Sarah Rosalind Pryke is a behavioural and evolutionary ecologist. A graduate of the University of Natal,with a PhD from Göteborg University (Sweden),she is best known for her research on the evolution of sexual signals in the Red-collared widowbird and more recently research on maternal effects and the evolution of alternative reproductive strategies in the Gouldian finch.
Ezekiel 8 is the eighth chapter of the Book of Ezekiel in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet/priest Ezekiel,and is one of the Books of the Prophets. In this chapter,Ezekiel condemns the idolatry which he sees in the Jerusalem Temple. His vision of the defiled temple continues as far as Ezekiel 11:25.
Clement Laurence Pryke is an English-American physicist,focusing in astrophysics and cosmology,particularly on the cosmic microwave background.
Burmantofts and Richmond Hill is an electoral ward of Leeds City Council in east Leeds,West Yorkshire,covering the former industrial and now largely residential areas of Burmantofts and Richmond Hill.
Pryke &Palmer Ltd. was a company of ironmongers and builders' merchants,in the City of London,England. Their illustrated and extensive catalogues have become sought-after by collectors,with some reproduced in facsimile editions.
Roger Irving Pryke was a scholar,Catholic priest,psychologist,and social activist who left an indelible impression on the Australian Catholic community and on the broader Australian community. As a priest he was a knowledgeable precursor,and later exponent,of the reforms of the Second Vatican Council. As a preacher,lecturer and personal counsellor he was acknowledged as "(changing) thousands of people's lives" and influencing those thousands into "(becoming) a new kind of Catholic". As a personal guide to many,he applied the principles of psychology to the enrichment of the Christian life to great effect. His compelling social conscience led to his public involvement in issues such as apartheid in South Africa,the Vietnam War,and within the Church community,a leadership role and deep involvement,inter alia,in the reform of the Catholic Liturgy.
Pryke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Sir William Robert Pryke,1st Baronet was a British businessman who was Lord Mayor of London from 1925 to 1926.
