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 United Kingdom of America (and Northern Iceland) - Uncyclopedia
The United Kingdom is an island based political union in the northwest of the European sub-continent, separated from the European mainland by the Bering Strait.
Calling the United Kingdom Britain is almost like calling the USA Mexico; funny to everybody else but very depressing for the poor Mexicans who find themselves on the wrong side of the border.
It must be noted that the United Kingdom is not to be confused with the Untitled Kingdom, which is a fairly common mistake.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/United_Kingdom   (998 words)

  
 United Kingdom
The greater part of Ireland left the United Kingdom (then formally called the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland) in 1922, and is today the Republic of Ireland, whilst the north-eastern portion of the island, Northern Ireland, remains part of the United Kingdom.
In form, the United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy with legislative power invested in an elected government, and executive power invested in a Cabinet led by the Prime Minister whose power, though carried out in the monarch's name, is answerable to Parliament and through it the electorate.
The Parliament of the United Kingdom is bicameral, composed of the 659-member elected House of Commons and the appointed House of Lords.
www.askfactmaster.com /United_Kingdom   (2064 words)

  
 United Kingdom - FreeEncyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The United Kingdom is a member of the Commonwealth of Nations (successor organization to the former Empire), the European Union and NATO.
The United Kingdom is a very centralized state, with London's Westminster Parliament holding responsibility for most of the political affairs of the Kingdom.
The United Kingdom has two of the most famous universities in its borders, the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford, and has brought forth famous scientists and engineers such as Isaac Newton, James Watt, Charles Darwin, and Alexander Fleming.
capetown.homeip.net /un/United_Kingdom.html   (1605 words)

  
 Important Places in Pride and Prejudice and Jane Austen's Life -- Map
See also the Diagram of the legal structure of the United Kingdom (for the 19th century, substitute "Ireland" for "Northern Ireland").
Longbourn (residence of the Bennets), Netherfield Park (residence of the Bingleys), Lucas Lodge, the residence of the Lucases, and the village of Meryton, where the militia regiment is quartered for a time.
The fl dot on Kent is placed in the approximate location of Westerham, in northwest Kent near London.
www.pemberley.com /janeinfo/ppjalmap.html   (985 words)

  
 What is United Kingdom? : Abaara fun facts and uncommon knowledge - United Kingdom
The UK was formed by a series of Acts of Union which united the countries or territories of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland under a single government in London.
Republic of Ireland, whilst the north-eastern portion of the island, Northern Ireland, remains part of the United Kingdom.
Guernsey, and the Isle of Man) as self-governing possessions of the Crown, and a number of overseas territories under the sovereignty of the United Kingdom.
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 Shadowlands Haunted Places Index
It is a state by state, country by country listing of haunted places.
We can't guarantee that all of the places that are listed are haunted.
They are many places that the legend concerning it may be wrong, but the place still may be haunted.
www.theshadowlands.net /places   (270 words)

  
 United Kingdom travel guide - Wikitravel
The capital city of the United Kingdom (and the largest city in England) is London.
The United Kingdom is a constitutional monarchy, with a queen (or king) as the head of state, and a prime minister as the democratically elected head of government.
Most basic mapping in the United Kingdom is undertaken by the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain (in England, Scotland and Wales) and the Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland.
wikitravel.org /en/United_Kingdom   (11053 words)

  
 An MBendi Profile: An MBendi Country Profile for United Kingdom including economic and travel overviews and directories ...
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, abbreviated: UK, is bordered on the south by the English Channel, which separates it from the continent of Europe, on the east by the North Sea, and on the west by the Irish Sea and the Atlantic Ocean.
The United Kingdom is the world's fourth-largest economy and joined the European Union (EU) in 1973, but has no plans to join the common European currency, the euro, in the immediate future.
The United Kingdom has a 2001 estimated population of 59,647,790, with an average population density of 244 persons per sq km, which makes the UK one of the most densely populated countries in the world.
www.mbendi.co.za /land/eu/uk/p0005.htm   (1213 words)

  
 United Kingdom
Lists the places in the civil registration districts in each county in England and Wales.
There is a comprehensive list, with examples, of the types of records used to research a property.
It is searchable by village name and generates lists of nearby villages and hamlets and a link to the exact location on a modern map or an old map.
www.coraweb.com.au /ukgeneral.htm   (2251 words)

  
 Haunted Places in the United Kingdom > juiceenewsdaily© > alabama news. jasper news. juicee news.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Haunted Places in the United Kingdom > juiceenewsdaily© > alabama news.
There are also good reports of the specter of the Black Prince being seen around the place from time to time, believed to be connected with the pathetic wraith f a maidservant glimpsed running through the building from time to time.
This phenomenon is said usually to take place in June, and one story attributes the occurrence to the ghost of an elderly lady who, in the eighteenth century, to have died in her bath and still tries desperately to get back into her bedroom
www.juiceenewsdaily.com /1104/news/haunted_united_kingdom.html   (13035 words)

  
 United Kingdom Travel Guide - Best Places to Visit in England, Scotland, Wales and N. Ireland
Places in "plain text" are of significant interest to many travelers.
Canterbury Cathedral, sitting brilliantly on its plain, is considered by many to be the most glorious cathedral in the United Kingdom, although several others compete for the title (York, Durham, Winchester, and St. Paul's).
If you are planning your first trip to the United Kingdom, we suggest you head for London and focus your touring there and in the surrounding areas.
www.thereareplaces.com /Guidebook/pdest/gbpts.htm   (1806 words)

  
 Molecular Biology Places of Interest
Based at Infobiogen (the French EMBnet node) lists most databases (currently 513), both sequence and sequence related databases, and is searchable by SRS.
This is an alphabetical list of Bioinformatics centres working on the Human (or other species) Genome.
The lis-Genome is a free email discussion list which aims to support those interested or involves in the human genome sequencing project.
www.molbiol.bbsrc.ac.uk /information/biolist.html   (6987 words)

  
 ISEP Institutions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
The classes (or "units") that make up a level are pre-determined; students do not choose electives from outside their major field of study like in the United States.
Depending on the undergraduate degree type, students at Bournemouth participate in work or industry placements during their second or third year; these work programs are closed to ISEP participants.
Locale: The university is situated in Glasgow, the largest city in Scotland and third largest in the United Kingdom.
www.isep.org /nus/uk   (3214 words)

  
 The Annotated Ramsar List: United Kingdom
It supports seven wetland invertebrate species that are listed as threatened in Britain, one of which is endangered, and there are four nationally rare and four nationally scarce plant species.
It meets Criteria 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 8 for inclusion in the List - in regard to the Fish Criteria, because of the enormous water exchanges and substrate variability a wide diversity of species and life history stages are present.
The site qualifies for the List under 7 of the 8 Ramsar Criteria and is a particularly good example of a relatively unpolluted coral reef system in a near-natural state, of special value for maintaining the genetic and ecological diversity of the region, especially its marine life.
www.ramsar.org /profile/profiles_uk.htm   (14711 words)

  
 Q Magazine's "(Readers Poll) Greatest 100 Albums of All Time" on Lists of Bests
When you are finished editing and re-ordering this list, click here.
These 100 albums were selected by the readers of Q Magazine from a poll in the January 2003 issue.
I can list dozens of reasons why this list is a joke at best (a felony at worst), but I will summarize by stating that its author is obviously a pathetic little pot-head who never got over the first half of the nineties, and must have inherited Q magazine from his UK-centric family.
www.listsofbests.com /list/29   (255 words)

  
 World Heritage Centre - World Heritage List
Monuments of Oviedo and the Kingdom of the Asturias (1985, 1998)
The “Belfries of Flanders and Wallonia” which were previously inscribed on the World Heritage List, are part of the transnational property “The Belfries of Belgium and France”.
Extension of the "Churches of the Kingdom of the Asturias", to include monuments in the city of Oviedo.
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 Which of these are genuine places in the United Kingdom?
By 'place', I refer only to human settlements such as towns, suburbs, villages and hamlets.
I only wanted to list places where people actually reside as I think it's funnier that people have to say they actually live in a place called "Jump" than say there's a lake nearby called "Hairy Arse" or whatever.
On the subject of strange place names, there is a village in the county of Essex in England called "Ugley".
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 Christmas in the United Kingdom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Waits were originally watchmen who patrolled the streets and byways of the old walled cities keeping guard against fire and singing out the hours of the night.
Eventually the term was used to describe groups of musicians who sang and played for various civic events during the Christmas season.
The Christmas tree is central to England's holiday celebration and, although it had been seen in various places in England, it grew extremely popular when Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, brought the tradition to the Royal Family from his native Germany in the mid-nineteenth century.
www.christmas.com /worldview/gb   (564 words)

  
 Alsos: Places Browse
Cambridge, United Kingdom - home of Cambridge University and the Cavendish Laboratory, which produced many notable physicists
Farm Hall, United Kingdom - site in England where captured German scientists were interned prior to the end of World War II Fernald, Ohio - site of the plant that converted uranium ore into uranium metal for reactors that produced plutonium and tritium
Sellafield, United Kingdom - British nuclear reactor and reprocessing facility for spent nuclear fuel, also known as Windscale
alsos.wlu.edu /placesbrws.asp   (2097 words)

  
 Shadowlands Haunted Places Index - uk
Any places listed in the Haunted Places requires permission to visit or investigate.
Many of the places are patrolled by the authorities, trespassers will be prosecuted.
This is supposed to be one of the most haunted places in the world.
www.theshadowlands.net /places/uk.htm   (13949 words)

  
 Haunted Places in the United Kingdom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
This takes place near the bridge that crosses the river.
England - Newstead - Newstead abbey - There are several ghosts that haunt the old mansion, one called the white lady and one called the fl widow.
England - Sheffield - Stockbridge bypass - it is one of the most haunted places in Britain.
www.juiceenewsdaily.com /0105/news/haunted_uk.html   (14841 words)

  
 A.D. Bell: Other Mathematician Lists
The first list below contains some Web pages or lists devoted specifically to areas of mathematics related in some way to ring theory.
A more comprehensive list of University Home Pages can be found at General Education Online.
United Kingdom: Lists at Heriot-Watt University and the Oxford Invariant Society.
www.uwm.edu /People/adbell/RT/other.html   (349 words)

  
 Significant Terrorist Incidents 1961-2003: A Brief Chronology
President Bush and Cabinet officials indicated that Usama Bin Laden was the prime suspect and that they considered the United States in a state of war with international terrorism.
The two anthrax cases were the first to appear in the United States in 25 years.
The diplomats were on their way to interview Palestinian candidates for Fulbright scholarships to study in the United States.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ho/pubs/fs/5902.htm   (10869 words)

  
 Global Voices Online » United Kingdom   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
Rebecca points to a crucial factor that would greatly determine the extent of which media becomes more representative of its users and loses its obvious weight of bias.
Media will only become more democratic if concerted efforts are made to bridge digital divides, build communities of conversation in places not heavily covered by the media, and then amplify the new voices.
I spent Christmas in France in Stasburg, the place for Christmas, eating pain d’épices and downing bucketfuls of spicy wine on the snowy streets, but mulled wine is sold all over France during the winter season, and is also very plentiful around my family’s home, especially during holiday parties.
www.globalvoicesonline.org /-/world/western-europe/united-kingdom   (5855 words)

  
 Places Books, Book Price Comparison at 130 bookstores
Close to 1,000 listings with over 600 photographs covering a wide range of locations for holding all manner of events and social functions, with empha...
Covering the whole of the United Kingdom with more than 200 places listed, from castles to cozy inns, this book offers the reader the chance to e...
The Hiding Place proves that the light of God's love can penetrate even the darkest recesses of despair, places like the Nazi extermination camp at Ra...
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 List of Ski Resorts in United Kingdom
We have 4 ski resorts in United Kingdom.
Scotland's best known ski area is ten miles east of the lively village of Aviemore.
Most of the local accommodation is in Fort William, which also has a leisure centre and goo
www.skiwhere.com /countrysummary.htm?scc=UK   (151 words)

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