Wednesday, December 19, 2012

 

Squoval



Squoval is a portmanteau of the terms and shapes "square" and "oval." The word can refer to the not quite oval, not quite square shape of a fingernail or toenail.  "Essentially a conservative square with the length of a square nail but the softer edges of an oval" the term was coined to refer to fingernail shape in 1984 by Paula Gilmore, a prominent stylist and educator, according to Peters.  This style was popular in the 1990s, and is still a popular natural nail shape. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License

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Saturday, December 08, 2012

 

Water Retention on Mathematical Surfaces


This article concerns the mathematical problem of finding the maximum retention of water on various surfaces. Imagine a surface of cells of various heights on a regular array such as a square lattice, and water is rained down on every cell in the system. The boundaries of the system are open and allow water to flow out. Water will be trapped in ponds, and eventually all ponds will fill to their maximum height, with any additional water flowing over spillways and out the boundaries of the system. The problem is to find the amount of water trapped or retained for a given surface.

This has been studied extensively for two mathematical surfaces: (1) Magic Square and (2) Random Surfaces (discussed in this entry). In 2010, water retention on magic squares was used as a challenge in Al Zimmermann contest: find the L x L magic square with the maximum water retention. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Water retention on mathematical surfaces". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Monday, August 15, 2011

 

Ashkenazi Intelligence


The intelligence of Ashkenazi Jews has been the subject of study and speculation within the fields of psychometry and evolutionary biology. Psychometric studies have reported a higher than average intelligence quotient among Ashkenazi Jews than among the general population. There has been a broad range of speculation about the possible causes of these findings, as well as a measure of controversy, as they touch upon several sensitive subjects such as the possible relationship between race and intelligence, as well as issues of racialism, philo-semitism and anti-semitism. One highly publicised proposal by Gregory Cochran, Jason Hardy and Henry Harpending, suggests that the Ashkenazi had jobs in which increased IQ strongly favoured economic success, in contrast with other populations, who were mostly peasant farmers. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Ashkenazi Intelligence". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Saturday, October 02, 2010

 

Soft Salad


Soft salad (sofuto sarada) is a salty, dry Japanese rice cracker snack food trademarked by Kameda Seika. The name derives from the fact that it is softer than traditional senbei, and that salad-yu (sarada-yu, Japanese for vegetable oil) is used in the manufacturing process. The company decided to use the term "salad-flavored" rather than "salt-flavored (shio-aji)" in order to have a more fashionable, western-sounding name. However, since the name is confusing, the name is often unofficially appended as soft salad senbei. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Soft Salad". Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Thursday, June 10, 2010

 

Jana Cova


Jana Cova (born April 13, 1980), is a Czech pornographic actress and nude model of Polish descent. Born in Prague, Cova grew up in the countryside in the Czech Republic where she "had a great childhood". She initially started working as a bikini model, then started doing nude and eventually softcore modeling. She has stated that part of her slow transition into movies was because "I wasn't ready for movies for about a year. I felt stupid in front of the camera." This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Jana Cova". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.


Monday, April 12, 2010

 

Spider Cord

The Spider Chord is a guitar technique popularized during the 80s thrash metal scene. Although its origins are unknown, it is widely regarded as being invented by Dave Mustaine of Megadeth, although Kerry King has also claimed he was the first to use it. It is used to reduce string noise when playing (mostly chromatic) riffs which require chords across several strings.The Spider Chord requires the player to use all four fingers. Two fingers will be fret 5th while the other fret another 5th. This technique then allows you to run down the neck playing either of the two chords. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Spider Cord". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

 

UFOs and the Bible


The advent of the phenomenon of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) in the middle of the 20th Century has led to a wide range of religious speculation, especially in regard to the Bible, in western culture. There have been four major theories put forward to connect UFOs and the Bible: the ancient astronaut, the angelic, the demonic, and the fallen angel theory. These theories all seek to reconcile the concept of extraterrestrial visitation with the biblical material. There is also a wider sense in which UFOs have influenced religious imagination, and in this regard the Bible is seen as a resource but not as an authority to be interpreted. There are three other major ways in which the issue of religious imagination has related to the UFO experience: UFOs as a modern religious mythology, UFOs as hope for a New Age spirituality, and the emergence of religious cults rooted in UFO mythology.

All of this discussion has taken place against a back drop in which the governments of the world deny that we are being visited by an extraterrestrial reality, while UFO researchers claim that the evidence of a cover-up is overwhelming. The United States Air Force study of UFOs stated there was “no factual basis whatever” of a government UFO cover-up.

But authors such as Donald Keyhoe, Timothy Good, Richard M. Dolan, Terry Hansen, Lawrence Fawcett and Barry J. Greenwood believe there is a cover-up. Because of the lack of clarity about UFO truth, a truly scientific and academic appraisal of the religious implications of UFOs can only be tentative at this time. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "UFOs and the Bible". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.


Tuesday, November 03, 2009

 

Instant Rice


Instant rice, also known as minute rice, is rice that has been precooked and dehydrated so that it cooks more rapidly. Regular rice requires approximately 20 minutes to cook while instant rice needs anywhere between five and 10 minutes. Because it has already been cooked, all that is necessary to prepare instant rice is to simply re-hydrate it with hot water. nstant rice is made by using several methods. The most common method is similar to the home cooking process. The rice is blanched in hot water, steamed and rinsed. It is then placed in large ovens for dehydration until the moisture content reaches approximately twelve percent or less.

The basic principle involves increasing moisture of the milled white rice by using steam or water to form cracks or holes in the kernels. The fast cooking properties come from the fact that, when recooked, water can penetrate into the cracked grain much more quickly.
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009

 

Blaxy Girls


Blaxy Girls are a Romanian teenagers pop rock girl-band.
The group's first single, "If You Feel My Love" became quickly very popular in Romania.The second great hit is called Dear Mama. The clip was launched in the beginning of March like a present for the women and mothers all around the world being sung with english lyrics. The first album of the group will be launched at the end of 2009. They appeared in the semifinals of the 2008 Golden Stag Festival and were among the finalists for the 2009 Romanian Eurovision Song Contest finishing in a tie for second place.
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Sunday, August 23, 2009

 

Polypropylene stacking chair


The polypropylene stacking chair is a chair manufactured in an injection moulding process using polypropylene. It was designed by Robin Day in 1963 for S.Hille & Co.

This is one of the very few chairs that after over 40 years is still in production and has been been made in forty countries around the world, for schools, hospitals, airports, canteens, restaurants, arenas, hotels, as well as homes.[1] It is the best-selling chair in the world.[2]

The chair first appeared on the market in a choice of charcoal or flame red colours at a little under £3 in price. The side chair won a Council of Industrial Design (now the Design Council) award in 1965.

The brief from Hille was for a low cost mass-produced stacking chair, affordable by all and to meet virtually every seating requirement. Over time it became available in a wide variety of colours and with different forms of base and upholstery. These variations have included Series E for children, made in five sizes with lifting holes, and Polo with rows of graduated circular holes making it suitable for outdoor use.

The one-piece seat and back was injection moulded from polypropylene, a lightweight thermoplastic with a high impact resistance. It was invented by an Italian scientist, Guilio Natta, in 1954. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Polypropylene stacking chair". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

 

Pip's Three-Handed Chess


Pip's Three-Handed Chess is a chess variant for three players played using a standard square chess board. It is played as a series of at least two games, in which the winner is the first player to mate each opponent in a game.

Standard chess rules apply, with the following exceptions or clarifications:

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Thursday, June 11, 2009

 

Bacon, Egg and Cheese Sandwich


A bacon egg and cheese sandwich is a Breakfast sandwich made with bacon, eggs (typically fried or scrambled), cheese and some type of bread — a hard roll, typically — which is usually buttered and toasted. Similar sandwiches substitute sausage or ham for the bacon.
Sonic Drive-In offers a bacon egg and cheese “toaster”. Arby’s offers a “Sourdough Bacon, Egg & Swiss” with 500 calories and 29 grams of fat. Burger King serves up a “Croissan’wich with Bacon, Egg & Cheese” (360 calories and 22 grams of fat) as well as a “Double Croissan’wich with Sausage, Bacon, Egg & Cheese” (610 calories and 46 grams of fat).In New Zealand and some parts of Australia a "Massive McMuffin" is offered with ketchup, bacon, egg, American cheese and two sausage patties.

The sandwich is often served as a breakfast item with coffee. “BEC” is sometimes used as an acronym for the sandwich as is “BE&C”.
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Sunday, May 24, 2009

 

Slow Sex Movement


Slow Sex Movement (as a social movement) has emerged in early 2009 and borrows from a long tradition spanning many centuries, several cultures and many belief systems, including Tantra, Yoga, Buddhism, Buddhist meditation, Taoism, qigong, and integrates Eastern medicine and Western medicine going back to Hippocrates, theories of Wilhelm Reich, orgasm, biology, sociobiology, biological psychiatry and evolutionary theory.
Orgasmic Meditation and mindful sexuality generally are referred to as a practices of the "slow sex" movement and have been compared with the "slow food" movement as popularized by chef Alice Waters (founded by Carlo Petrini in Italy), in that comparison both strip away the trappings and conventions that have developed around a fundamental human activity in order to rediscover their raw biological essence while observing Safer Sex practices and to increase both pleasure and healthfulness.
The Slow Sex Movement is said to diverge from the consumerism and productivity nature of sexuality and relationships of the 20th Century and brings awareness to the intimacy and connections needs of all humans. Orgasmic Meditation as languaged by William Safire in the New York Times[2], referencing the earlier Times article on mindful sexuality[1]. Proponents reference reawakening through mindful sexuality and training one’s senses through a practice of Orgasmic Meditation partners rediscover the joys of sensation and learn to stay present through intense sensations in their daily life. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Slow Sex Movement". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Sunday, April 26, 2009

 

Megan Elizabeth


Megan Elizabeth is an American model. She was Cyber Girl of the Week for Playboy in the fourth week of January 2006, when she was quoted as saying: "why you should get to know me: I would wilt and die without a good cup of joe every morning, noon and night."[1] and was the Cyber Girl of the Month for May 2006: "I feel very fortunate to have been voted May's Cyber Girl of the Month; the Cyber Club members had five weeks of gorgeous girls to choose from. I'm truly flattered." This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Megan Elizabeth". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

 

Zuckerman number


A Zuckerman number is an integer that is divisible by the product of its digits in a given number base. All integers between 1 and the base number are Zuckerman numbers. No integer with a zero as one or more of its digits in base b can be a Zuckerman number in that base. In base 10, the first few Zuckerman numbers with more than one digit are 11, 12, 15, 24, 36, 111, 112, 115, 128, 132, 135, 144, 175, 212, 216, 224, 312, 315, 384. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Zuckerman number". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

 

4-D (The X-Files)


"4-D" was the fourth episode of the ninth season of The X-Files science-fiction television series created by Chris Carter. At the beginning of the episode, FBI Agent Monica Reyes is monitoring Erwin Lukesh, who is suspected of being a psychotic killer who cuts out his victims' tongues. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "4-D (The X-Files)". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Saturday, January 17, 2009

 

Americanophobia


Anti-Americanism, often anti-American sentiment, is a controversial term used to describe opposition or hostility to the people, culture or policies of the United States. In practice, a broad range of attitudes and actions critical of or opposed to the United States have been labeled anti-Americanism. Thus, the nature and applicability of the term is often disputed. Contemporary examples typically focus on opposition to United States policy, although historically the term has been applied to a variety of concepts. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Americanophobia". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

 

Maja Einstein


Maja Einstein is the younger sister of great scientist Albert Einstein. Maja was the only friend of Albert during his childhood. When little Albert saw his sister for the first time he thought she was a kind of toy and asked: “Yes, but where does it have its small wheels?”

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Monday, November 10, 2008

 

Sideways Bike


The sideways bike is an invention by Michael Killian, a software engineer from Dublin. He was inspired by the way that snowboarding is preferred to skiing due to the greater artistic potential, and decided to design a snowboard equivalent for the conventional bicycle. The result: a bike ridden sideways with the rider operating both wheels. The bike, unlike a conventional bike, uses front-to-back balance like a snowboard. Conventional bikes use left-to-right balance, like skis. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Sideways bike". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Friday, October 03, 2008

 

Sudokube


The Sudoko Cube is a variation on a Rubik's Cube in which the faces have numbers one to nine on the sides instead of colours. The aim is to solve Sudoku puzzles on one ore more of the sides. The toy was created in 2006 by Jay Horowitz. The Sudoku Cube is more complicated than the Rubik's Cube. In a standard Rubik's Cube, the player must match up colours on each side of the cube. In the Sudoku cube, the player must place the numbers one to nine on each side with no repetition. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Sudokube". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Friday, September 12, 2008

 

Extraterrestrial Exposure Law


The Extra-Terrestrial Exposure Law (14 C.F.R. §1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations) was the popular name for a United States administrative regulation promulgated in 1969 to prevent the spread of biological contamination from space. Implemented before the Apollo 11 mission, it provided the legal authority for a quarantine period for the returning astronauts. The regulation included a definition of exposure as "the state of condition of any person, property, animal or other form of life or matter whatever, who or which has touched directly or come within the atmospheric envelope or any other celestial body or touched directly or been in close proximity (or exposed indirectly to) any person, property, animal or other form of life or matter who or which has been extraterrestrially exposed by virtue of paragraph (b)(1) of this section." This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Extra-Terrestrial Exposure Law". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Friday, August 15, 2008

 

Most Phallic Building Contest


The World's Most Phallic Building contest was a contest held in 2003 by Cabinet magazine to find the building which most resembled a human phallus.The contest originated when writer Jonathan Ames drew the ire of Slate readers by claiming, in a diary later published in his book I Love You More Than You Know, that the Williamsburg Bank Building in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, was the world's most phallic, leading Cabinet magazine to initiate a search of its own to find which building was truly the "world's most phallic." Cities and readers subsequently poured in their views and staked their claims to the magazine's editors. After months of entries and discussion, the Ypsilanti Water Tower was announced as the winner, although the winner of a readers' poll was the Florida State Capitol building in Tallahassee. Another notable nominee was the Torre Agbar (Agbar Tower) in Barcelona. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Most Phallic Building Contest". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Monday, July 14, 2008

 

Historical Christian Hairstyles


The paintings in the catacombs permit the belief that the early Christians simply followed the fashion of their time. The short hair of the men and the waved tresses of the women were, towards the end of the second century, curled, frizzed with irons, and arranged in tiers, while for women the hair twined about the head forming a high diadem over the brow. Particular locks were reserved to fall over the forehead and upon the temples. Christian iconography still proceeds in accordance with types created in the beginning of Christianity. Images of Christ retain the long hair parted in the middle and flowing to the shoulders. Those of the Blessed Virgin still wear the veil which conceals a portion of the brow and confines the neck. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Historical Christian Hairstyles". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Monday, June 16, 2008

 

Elliptic Curve DSA


Elliptic Curve DSA (ECDSA) is a variant of the Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) which operates on elliptic curve groups. As with elliptic curve cryptography in general, the bit size of the public key believed to be needed for ECDSA is about twice the size of the security level, in bits. By comparison, at a security level of 80 bits, meaning an attacker requires about the equivalent of about 280 signature generations to find the private key, the size of a DSA public key is at least 1024 bits, whereas the size of an ECDSA public key would be 160 bits. On the other hand, the signature size is the same for both DSA and ECDSA: 4t bits, where t is the security level measured in bits, that is, about 320 bits for a security level of 80 bits.
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Friday, May 16, 2008

 

Hypomenorrhea


Hypomenorrhea also known as or related to hypomenorrhoea, scanty periods, and spotting at periods is menstrual blood flow that is extremely light. It is the opposite of Hypermenorrhea which is more properly called Menorrhagia. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Hypomenorrhea". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Wednesday, April 09, 2008

 

Pine Cone Golf


Pine cone golf (PCG) refers to the practice of hitting a pine cone with a golf club (or surrogate), usually for amusement but sometimes for training. Forms of pine cone golf have been documented as taking place across the U.S. and in the UK (see references). PCG is considered an attractive entertainment by some due to the simple fact that it costs nothing and offers a chance to experience a similar open air experience to that of a golf course. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Pine Cone Golf". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Friday, March 07, 2008

 

Sub-Planck


Sub-Planck refers to hypothetical, speculative, and conjectural physics beyond or smaller than the Planck scale. The Planck length and Planck time are the smallest units in accepted models of physics. It is possible that the Planck scale represents the ultimate smallest scale conception of space and time; indeed this is what current Quantum Gravity research is based Common knowledge in physics is that the sub-Planck scale may not an aspect of physical reality at all; however, even a successful theory of Quantum Gravity does not mean that there is a further sub-Planck development someday to be discovered. Indeed classical gravity breaks down at precisely the Planck scale energy levels. It is possible that no conceptual or mathematical description of sub-Planck physics can be made without "breaking the unity of a single quantum" in physics. However, even if not done, common knowledge of physicists does not mean that various averages over various broken quantum pieces may not make sense in their total sum and even if the individual pieces are not physically identifiable or relatable to particles or fields in the Universe.

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Wednesday, February 06, 2008

 

Technosexual


Technosexual is a neologism used to describe an individual in one of two ways:

1) A person (usually a male) with a strong aesthetic sense and a love of gadgets. In this sense, it is a portmanteau word combining "technophile" and "metrosexual", which was first promoted by creative professional Ricky Montalvo to describe "a dandyish narcissist in love with not only himself, but also his urban lifestyle and gadgets; a straight man who is in touch with his feminine side but has fondness for electronics such as cell phones, PDAs, computers, software, and the web."

2) A person with a sexual attraction to machinery, as in the case of robot fetishism. When used thusly, it is a portmanteau word combining "technophile" and "sexual". As per this definition of the term, fictional android Gigolo Joe, played by Jude Law in the 2001 science-fiction film A.I. has become the iconic "technosex symbol". Occasionally, this term is used as an insult, implying in a derogatory way that a person would prefer a sex toy to an actual sexual partner.

As with the metrosexual, companies have tried to promote the concept of the technosexual in order to sell products. Calvin Klein went as far as trademarking the term technosexual in 2005. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Technosexual". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Sunday, January 06, 2008

 

100 Greatest Villains (Wizard magazine)

The July 2006 (issue 177) of Wizard included a ranking of the "100 Greatest Villains Ever." This list included fictional characters. Top 10 listing:

The Joker (DC Comics)
Pazuzu (The Exorcist)
Palpatine (Star Wars)
Dr. Doom (Marvel Comics)
Zombies (Dawn of the Dead)
Hannibal Lecter (Thomas Harris books)
The Borg (Star Trek: The Next Generation)
Lex Luthor (DC Comics)
Pinhead (Hellraiser)
The Shark (Jaws)

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Sunday, December 09, 2007

 

Astrosociobiology


Astrosociobiology (also referred to as exosociobiology, extraterrestrial intelligence (eti), and xenosociology) is the speculative scientific study of extraterrestrial civilizations and their possible social characteristics and developmental tendencies. The field involves the convergence of astrobiology, sociobiology and evolutionary biology. Hypothesized comparisons between human civilizations and those of extraterrestrials are frequently posited, placing the human situation in the same context as other extraterrestrial intelligences. Whenever possible, astrosociobiologists describe only those social characteristics that are thought to be common (or highly probable) to all civilizations. Since no extraterrestrial civilizations have ever been studied, the subject is entirely hypothetical and necessarily self-referential. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Astrosociobiology". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Sunday, November 11, 2007

 

Satanic ritual abuse and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

In the 1980s and 1990s, some members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints complained to church leaders that they have been subjected to Satanic ritual abuse by family members and other members of the church. While the church and the state of Utah investigated these claims in the 1990s, no reliable evidence has been produced that suggests that these allegations are true. In 1991, the Utah State Legislature appropriated $250,000 for the Attorney General's office to investigate the allegations. The investigators interviewed hundreds of alleged victims, but they were unable "to substantiate with physical evidence the incidents reported". The 1995 report added that the specific accusations against church leaders were "absurd", and the head of psychiatry at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City said he "has never been able to independently verify memories of satanic ritual abuse". This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Reinhard_Hetze ". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Saturday, November 03, 2007

 

Elizabeth Kucinich


Elizabeth Jane Harper Kucinich (born October 22, 1977) is the wife of American politician Dennis Kucinich. They married on August 21, 2005. Elizabeth is a native of North Ockendon, a settlement in the London Borough of Havering in London, United Kingdom. In 1996 she went to Agra, India to volunteer at one of Mother Teresa's homes for India's poorest children.[1] Upon earning her bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Kent, she spent 16 months in a rural Tanzanian village and worked as an advocate for regional development. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Elizabeth Kucinich". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Sunday, October 28, 2007

 

"In Event of Moon Disaster"

"In Event of Moon Disaster" was a proposed speech drafted by presidential speechwriter William Safire. It was intended to be read by President Richard Nixon during the Apollo 11 lunar landing in July 1969 had a catastrophe occurred that would have prevented Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin from leaving the surface of the Moon. It is considered a haunting glimpse of the worst-case scenario that could have made the historic landing a much more somber one. As the mission was successful and the astronauts returned safely, the speech was never used. It also never had to be adapted for any of the subsequent landings. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "In Event of Moon Disaster". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Sunday, October 21, 2007

 

Quantum Fiction

Quantum Fiction is a new literary genre that blurs the lines separating science fiction, fantasy, and quantum mechanics. This genre is characterized by The use of quantum mechanics to explain, or make plausible, the supernatural, paranormal, or fantastic. The genre quantum fiction was coined by American novelist Vanna Bonta to define stories in which consciousness affects physics and determines reality; in her words, "the genre is broad and includes life." Bonta further explains her development of this new genre: "I don't write science fiction. Science fiction is a niche genre, defined by Ray Bradbury as depiction of the real. 'Quantum fiction' is the realm of all possibilities, and that is a core passion of my work. The genre is broad, and includes life because fiction is an inextricable part of reality in its various stages, and vice versa." This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Quantum Fiction". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

 

Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria

The Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria (OJB) coordinates the different Jewish communities in Bulgaria, a country where about 8000 Jews live. This organization encloses all categories of the Jewish life by organizing many programs and projects. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Organization of the Jews in Bulgaria". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Thursday, October 04, 2007

 

Penguins in popular culture

Penguins are popular around the world primarily for their unusually upright, waddling pace, their magnificent swimming ability, and (compared to other birds) lack of fear toward humans.Their striking black and white plumage is often likened to a tuxedo suit and generates humorous remarks about the bird being "well dressed".The bird is typically depicted as a friendly and comical figure, with considerable personal dignity despite its physical limitations. Perhaps in reaction to this cutesy stereotype, fictional penguins are occasionally presented as grouchy or even sinister. The popular Sanrio character Badtz Maru is an example, being cute yet somewhat surly. The 1960s television cartoon character Tennessee Tuxedo would often escape the confines of his zoo with his partner, Chumley the walrus. In the children's movie Madagascar, the penguins are cast as soldiers. In the animated series Wallace and Gromit a penguin called Feathers McGraw disguises himself as a chicken with a red rubber glove. Penguins are often portrayed as friendly and smart as well. Another example is in the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion, which features a warm-water penguin named Pen Pen.
Penguins experienced a resurgence in the mid-2000s thanks to films like March of the Penguins,Madagascar, Happy Feet, and Surf's Up. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Penguins in popular culture". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

 

Gargoyles in fiction


In contemporary fiction, gargoyles are commonly depicted as a distinct race, not just as a structural ornament. The typical fantasy Gargoyle is a (generally) winged humanoid race with demonic features (generally horns, a tail, talons, and may or may not have a beak). Gargoyles can generally use their wings to fly or glide, and, as a reference to their origins, are often depicted as having a rocky hide, or being capable of turning into stone in one way or another.

Gargoyles have featured in several works of fantasy fiction, such as Terry Pratchett's Discworld series (Discworld gargoyles) and the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D gargoyles) and Rifts role-playing games. Gargoyles are also the main characters in a Disney animated series and comic book, Gargoyles, and played a role in that company's adaptation of Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Actress Adrienne Barbeau played a violent gargoyle in the TV series Monsters. Actress Rae Dawn Chong played a gargoyle in human form in Tales from the Darkside: The Movie. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Gargoyles in fiction". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.


Monday, September 17, 2007

 

Hebrew Bible views on women


Women in the Tanakh are not the social or economic equals of men. At the time it was written, married women were largely subject to the wishes of their husbands, and unmarried women to the wishes of their fathers. For example, a woman needed consent from her father before she could take religious vows (Book of Numbers 30:3-5). This situation was roughly similar to that of women in the surrounding countries of the time.

Women were not considered mere possessions, however. The killing of a woman was considered murder, not theft. A wife could not be disposed of at her husband's whim, or divorced without reason. Women could own property, and a daughter could inherit her father's property (if there were no sons). They could engage in business and trade (Book of Proverbs chapter 31). Although there are frequent references in the Tanakh to a wife being traded in exchange for money or goods, this was not a simple commercial transaction. Rather, it was a gift to compensate the bride's family. Such gifts, called a dowry, are common in the Near East today. Arranged marriage was the norm for both sons and daughters (Genesis 21:21; Genesis 38:6; Book of Judges 1:12,13) although the bride was sometimes asked for her consent (Genesis 24:58) and sometimes the son chose a wife for himself (Genesis 34:4). This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Hebrew Bible views on women". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.


Tuesday, September 11, 2007

 

Lorna Morgan


Lorna Morgan (born February 13, 1976) is an adult model from Cardiff, Wales. Modelling is not her primary employment, but it provides her with a substantial income. She left school with A levels and then studied acting for 2 more years for an OND which she achieved with distinction. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Lorna Morgan". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Thursday, September 06, 2007

 

Richard C. Hoagland

Richard C. Hoagland (born April 25, 1945) is a proponent of fringe theories on astronomical topics, as well as a number of conspiracy theories connected to the space program. His major focus is on previous advanced civilizations in the solar system, in particular on Mars and the Moon. His theories are not supported by the scientific community. He believes that the Face on Mars is an artificial construct. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Richard C. Hoagland". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Saturday, September 01, 2007

 

Pope Joan in popular culture


Pope Joan is the name of a female pope who may have reigned from 853 to 855, based on a legend that circulated in the Middle Ages. Pope Joan is regarded by most historians as fictitious, possibly originating as an anti-papal satire.


References in popular culture: The Greek writer Emmanouel Rhoides wrote in the 1860's a book called Papissa Ioanna (The Popess Joane. A film Pope Joan was released in 1972 with Liv Ullmann as Joan. A new German film is scheduled for a 2008 release. Diane Sawyer of ABC News conducted an interview for Primetime Live with Donna Woolfolk Cross, author of the book Pope Joan, to discuss the evidence for and against Joan's existence. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Pope Joan in popular culture". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Monday, August 27, 2007

 

God's Warriors

God’s Warriors is a three-part CNN documentary produced by Christiane Amanpour in which she compares the rise of religious fundamentalism as a political force in the world.[1] The documentary was filmed in the United States, Europe and Middle East. It focuses on the three major monotheistic religions of the world, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
The three chapters have been titled God’s Jewish Warriors, God’s Muslim Warriors, and God’s Christian Warriors. The first describes the Jews who have forcefully pushed settlements into Israeli-occupied Palestine and the fund-raising in the United States that supports them, while the second presents issues of women’s rights under radical Islam and Sharia law. The final segment offers a view of the United States and its electoral system and the political influence of Christian religious leaders. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "God's Warriors". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

 

Star Trek versus Star Wars

Star Trek versus Star Wars typically refers to an ongoing polemic between fans of the Star Trek and Star Wars franchises, considered "a rivalry more fevered than any other in the universe." Primarily an online phenomenon, the debate emerged from its roots in the Usenet culture to spawn numerous websites and online communities. A post on a newsgroup or Web board might pose a question such as:

"Which would win? The Enterprise-D or a Star Destroyer?"

In July 1997, the alt.startrek.vs.starwars newsgroup was created to try to shift these (often heated) debates off the more "mainstream" Star Trek and Star Wars groups. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Star Trek versus Star Wars". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Friday, August 17, 2007

 

Why 10 dimensions?

Although the human mind comprehends the universe with three spatial dimensions, some theories in physics, including string theory, include the idea that there are additional spatial dimensions. Such theories suggest that there may be a specific number of spatial dimensions such as 10. The question, "Why 10 dimensions?" arises from these theories.
This is one of the questions discussed by Michio Kaku in his book Hyperspace, which attempts to translate the mathematics of hyperspace theory into readily understandable language. This article is devoted to the same goal, leaving the details of the mathematics to the hyperspace theory article. Kaku traces the number of dimensions to Srinivasa Ramanujan's modular functions, but this article will start with some fundamentals and work its way into the mathematics. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Why 10 dimensions?. This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Sunday, August 12, 2007

 

Sephardic Pizmonim Project


The Sephardic Pizmonim Project is a foundation dedicated to the scholarship and the preservation of music called Pizmonim. The Sephardic-Syrian Jewish community has used this style of musich for generations. The project's goal is to restore and preserve the ancient Jewish songs of the Middle Eastern Jewish communities. (Sephardic Pizmonim Project, Official website.) This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Sephardic Pizmonim Project". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

 

Screaming Mechanical Brain

Screaming Mechanical Brain is a metal/electropunk band based out of the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. Their signature style combines elements of the heavy-metal, electropunk and at times even "circus music." Band website: http://www.smbband.com/. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Screaming Mechanical Brain". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Saturday, August 04, 2007

 

Jewish Networking

A Jewish social network is a social structure made of nodes (which are generally individuals or organizations) that are tied by the Jewish religion and culture. Numerous Jewish-themed social networking groups are now on the Internet, allowing users to create prayer groups such as Please Daven, secure business leads, discuss movies and find potential partners. Creators and users say the Jewish sites are family-friendly alternatives to networking sites like MySpace and, in the field of dating, are considered a next generation development stemming from the classic Jewish dating sites, such as Jdate, JMatch, JewishSoulSearch or Blind-Date. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Jewish Networking". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Monday, July 30, 2007

 

Morgan the Escapist


Morgan the Escapist is a magician specialising in escapology. She is one of a small number of women carving a name for herself as a performer in her own right in the male-dominated world of magic, where a large proportion of the female performers are only credited in assistant roles, and she is especially unusual as a woman working in escapology. She is based in South Plainfield, New Jersey, and often works with magician John Bundy. Her web site is here. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Morgan the Escapist". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Thursday, July 26, 2007

 

Half-Your-Age-Plus-Seven Rule


The half-your-age-plus-seven rule is a mathematical guide to judge whether the age difference in an intimate relationship is socially acceptable. Mathematically speaking, the rule is (Minimum Age) = (Age of the Older Individual) / 2 + 7.

For example, if Shane is 30 and wants to date Kristen, who is 20, he would be in violation of the rule, since the minimum age being 22. Notice, however, that the age difference matters less as the potential partners grow older. In this case, Shane would have four years to wait before the age difference in the relationship was "socially acceptable".

Note that what is implied by "socially acceptable" is largely a cultural construct, and has varied over time. Anna Nicole Smith and J. Howard Marshall were 26 and 89 at the time of their relationship. This violation of the rule (she was 25.5 years too young), and the rule itself, were discussed on CNN in 2006. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Half-Your-Age-Plus-Seven Rule". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.


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