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...nal and oldest settlement north of San Diego and south of San Luis Obispo, it is from San Gabriel that the City of Los Angeles and the greater metropolit ...logists until the 1960s. Probably just another anachronism in the world of AtD.

..." in ''The Mouse That Roared'' (1959) or to James Bond's master armorer Q. It could also be an allusion to the character "Q" in Star Trek where the name Ancestor of what Fedex and UPS call "shipping document"; it identifies the article shipped and contains necessary addresses and instruc

Well, I don't think it may sound insulting for the waiter, as Ostend is in the part of Belgium wer ...branch of calculus that deals with vectors and process involving vectors. It is much more easily applied to phsics and other applied sciences than Hamil

One of the overarching themes of the book, it seems. Natural light A real city with a population about 56,000. It is located in the southeastern part of the province of Alberta, Canada.

...y "praise to God", as an exclamation also "Thank God!". Though it is rare, it is a real German name.<br> ...died in 1855, his brain was preserved for research purposes. To this day, it is in the possession of the University of Göttingen. Cf [[ATD_489-524#Page

...eses that Lie at the Foundation of Geometry'', delivered on June 10, 1854. It became a classic of mathematics. In particular, it provided the mathematical concepts used later by Einstein to formulate his

...built in the United States specifically for international railway traffic. It is located at San Francisco Ave downtown El Paso vey close to the US-Mexico ..., the sixth largest city in Texas, is located at the western tip of Texas. It is the second largest city along the Mexican border. And lies across the Ri

...urtis JN-4 Jenny airplane. [http://www.afa.org/magazine/1990/0790jenny.asp It's a famous and valuable stamp.]<br> Great Pynchonian name. Surprising that it's real-- Nether Wallop = whack in the ass, much like the "fundament-seizing

...to Squarcione will be a Mantegna, inaccurately ascribed so that he'll get it cheap. ...act appears to be accurate according to this description: [http://www.doge.it/regata/regata50i.htm#9 caorlina]-<br>

...st assume. I think the "dark future" Nietzshe writes of in that letter, if it is quoted accurately,refers to his fears of his own future--the reception a ...the notion of 'the eternal return'. By this he meant that the universe, if it had no Final End as

...trand''. It derives its name from the Old English "shore" or "river bank". It currently starts at Trafalgar Square and runs east to join Fleet Street at ...e had taken it he knew by the smell that it was very unusual chocolate. '''It was dark and shiny''', and was wrapped in silver paper.<ref>''1984'', Georg

...m Trieste, too (the travel from there took about two weeks). In 1907 alone it was about half a million emigrants. In 1910 the population of Austria-Hunga ...and wants to post it. Winston Churchill: "Macedonia has more history than it can consume".

...pened here. Since this is the non-spoiler section, maybe we can talk about it here: [[Hassan's Dissappearance Discussion|DISCUSSION]] ...edia.org/wiki/Aksu_City Ak-su] (White Water) is a city in Xinjiang, China. It is located in the Southern foothills of Tian Shan. The economy of Ak-su is

...ntries for macaroni was ''rishta'', but the context clearly indicates that it means ''worm'', or specifically, ''Guinea worm''.<br> '''to get in out of it'''<br>

...nal estimated length is not only extremely large but in fact so large that it is best considered infinite."<br> ...is, circling as it does on the inside, almost connects with itself? When it would be "infinite". See Wikipedia.

The north-east or Gregaou (Greek) wind of Nice, which is happily rare, since it brings storms of hail and even snow in winter.<br> ...un in 1104 and was continually extended from the 14th to the 16th century. It is surrounded by high walls with square towers bearing the insignia of the

...might translate as "twit". I guess in American English you would translate it as ''dork''. ...d as the "Home of Cricket" and hosting the world's oldest sporting museum, it is also where "the Ashes" of English cricket reside. The playing field feat

[[ATD 374-396#Page 395|See p.395: Bolsón de Mapimi]] So it seems that at the time Wren Provenance would have been part of a "semi-offi

...rically expensive porcelain. Its name comes from the practice of importing it into Europe through the ports of the Balearic island Majorca from the Mid-e Spanish: It's all right, don't trouble yourself, my dear.

...rom Bulgarian uses the letter ''ǔ.'' The sound resembles the U in "bump"; it's represented by Ъ in the Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet. ...Dimitrov Dam (completed in 1955, so not yet in existence at this point in AtD) may have filled part of the valley with a reservoir. Mild confusion: The [