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Wednesday, November 27, 2013
Beautiful Chess
"Beautiful chess is a chess variant originated by amateur players from Czech Republic in 2013. It is similar to Chess960 and Transcendental chess.
In Beautiful chess the beginning positions of the pieces on the back
row are changed, with an idea to preserve the spirit of the game and
increase variability while retaining symmetry between pieces."Original Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful_chess
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.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squoval
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.
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Blaxy Girls". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.
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.
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Blaxy Girls". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.
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.
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:
- Pawns must go forward in the direction they originally face.
- Castling is not allowed.
- Pawns only move one space at a time.
- Match ends when a player checkmates each of his opponents. Games are reset after each checkmate.
- Checkmate is official on the mated player’s turn, not when it is first made (if there is a player between the player mating and the player being mated, he may choose to "unmate" the player).
- Players alternate the order of turns each game, starting clockwise.
- Players rotate board sides each game clockwise.
- If a player puts an opponent in checkmate, then another opponent puts the same player in checkmate (either a different checkmate or "adding to" the checkmate), then the first player to put the opponent in checkmate gets credit for the win.
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”.
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Bacon, Egg and Cheese Sandwich". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.
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.
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.
