By Walter Geiger. Brian Thomas Thompson, 25, was sentenced to six years in prison followed by nine years on probation by Judge Bill Fears Tuesday in Lamar superior court after pleading guilty to one count of first degree vehicular homicide in connection with a Jan. 31, 2015 crash that killed 21-year-old Kara Holland.
Autarky. Economic self-sufficiency. That is, a country has autarky when it does not need to engage in any sort of international trade. Rather, it produces all of its goods and services within the country. Autarky is rare in the modern world, but some examples include Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge and India prior to 1991.
The asterism of the Big Dipper (shown in this star map in green) lies within the constellation of Ursa Major. The Big Dipper (US) or Plough (UK) is an asterism consisting of the seven brightest stars of the constellation Ursa Major; six of them are of second magnitude and one, Megrez (Î´), of third magnitude. Four define a bowl or body and three define a handle or head.