Archive for October, 2007



Plastique 33

The Plastique 33 12-inch record was released at the same time as the Plastique Nouveau CD. They both contain the same remixes of songs off of the Bis album Return To Central.

Tracks

“The End Starts Today (Tommie Sunshine’s “Nail Me Down” Glasgow Summer Freestyle Mix)”

“Robotic (ADULT.Almost Instrumental)”

“Protection (Ectomorph Chromium Version)”

“Shack […]

Outbound Laptop

The Outbound Laptop was an Apple Macintosh-compatible laptop computer. It was powered by a 15-MHz Motorola 68000 processor. Later versions increased the clock speed to 20 MHz.

Introduced in 1989, at over 4 kg the Outbound Laptop was significantly lighter and easier to carry than Apple’s own Macintosh Portable, which became available at around the same […]

Anma

Anma (按摩) is the name of those who perform a form of Japanese massage of the same name, which has its origins in China. Anma often practiced in fairly communal business groups in feudal Japan. They were made popular by the famous popular culture character known as Zatoichi, quite possibly the best known and […]

Kimo Wall

William James “Kimo” Wall was born in Hawaii in 1943. (”Kimo” is the Hawaiian equivalent of “Jim”.) At the age of six he began training in Goju-ryu karate under teachers who had studied with Miyagi Chojun during his three-year stay in Hawaii. In 1961 he joined the US Marine Corps and was stationed […]

Shampoo (Massage)

The word ’shampoo’ or ‘champi’ was popularized in England in 1785 by Mr Dean Mahomed who was the first Indian writer to be published in English with his book “The Travels of Dean Mahomet”. He opened a bath in Brighton and also became assistant to Sir Basil Cochrane at his vapour bath in Cochrane Square, […]

Effleurage

Effleurage is a massage stroke used to warm up the muscle before deep tissue work using petrissage.

This is a soothing, stroking movement used at the beginning and the end of the facial massage. It is also used as a linking move between the different strokes and movements.

Effleurage can be firm or light without dragging the […]

Fixed phone

A fixed phone line (that is, a not mobile phone line) can be hard-wired or wireless.

Fixed wireless refers to the operation of wireless devices or systems in fixed locations such as homes and offices. Fixed wireless devices usually derive their electrical power from the utility mains electricity, unlike mobile wireless or portable wireless which tend […]

The Wishing Chair

The Wishing Chair is the major-label debut album by 10,000 Maniacs. The album was released in 1985 by Elektra Records.

Track listing

Can’t Ignore the Train - 2:43

Scorpio Rising - 3:06

Just as the Tide Was A Flowing - 2:25

Lilydale - 3:11

Back o’ the Moon - 3:32

Maddox Table - 3:19

*The […]

C. F. Streit Mfg. Co.

The C. F. Streit Mfg. Co. was a furniture maker located on Kenner St. in Cincinnati, Ohio. Streit manufactured a number of adjustable furniture pieces, most notably the Slumber Chair which had a combination upholstered seat and back element which could be inclined at various angles. Streit also manufactured a Slumber Davenport with a […]

Congenital nasolacrimal duct obstruction (CLDO) is literally a tear duct that has failed to open at the time of birth. Around 6% of infants have CLDO, usually experiencing a persistent watery eye even when not crying. If a secondary infection occurs, purulent (yellow / green) discharge may be present.

Most cases resolve spontaneously, with antibiotics […]

Experiments in Alchemy

Experiments In Alchemy is the name of Dog Fashion Disco’s second album originally released in 1998. It has since been rereleased. The album contains early versions of three songs that would be re-recorded for later albums.

Track listing

“Siddhis” – 3:25

“Primate” – 2:54

“The Satanic Cowboy” – 3:00

“Pogo The Clown” – 2:29

“En La […]

Zaisu

A is a unique form of Japanese chair which has no legs, but has a normal chair back. It is generally used by people who require more back support than the traditional kneeling method that most Japanese people use for sitting. Zaisu are not particularly expensive, but are not commonplace in Japan.

References

Irasshai. [1]. Retrieved […]

The Armwrestling Match of EAP Robotic Arm Against Human (AMERAH) is a challenge posed by Yosef Bar-Cohen of the JPL in 1999. The initial challenge is to create a simple human-like robotic arm which, using electroactive polymers (EAP) as artificial muscles, can beat a human opponent (e.g., a high school student) in an arm wrestling […]

Assistant

An assistant is a person or electronic tool who or that helps another person with his or her work.

A right-hand man is a kind of assistant, male or female, relied upon heavily by another. The term comes from the importance of the right hand in performing tasks (since most people are right-handed). There is […]

Jeremy Broun

Jeremy Broun is a British woodworker, furniture designer maker, speaker, and writer.

Broun’s furniture is innovative in the use of technique and form. His Caterpillar Rocking chair
in 1984 ‘is visually stunning, a good combination of colour, structure and practicality… and has the advantage of being a truly original idea : just as Saarinen and his pedestal chairs […]

PLDI

Programming Language Design and Implementation (PLDI) is the name of the ACM SIGPLAN’s most important conference. The precursor of PLDI was the Symposium on Compiler Optimization, held July 27-28, 1970 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and chaired by Robert S. Northcote. That conference included papers by Frances E. Allen, John Cocke, Alfred V. […]

Palpation

Palpation is used as part of a physical examination in which an object is felt (usually with the hands of a healthcare practitioner) to determine its size, shape, firmness, or location. Palpation should not be confused with palpitation, which is an awareness of the beating of the heart.

Uses
In the assessment of patients with pain conditions, […]

Joseph Betts

Joseph Betts was an English mathematician: He held the Savilian Chair of Geometry at the University of Oxford in 1765.

Li Family Arts

A system of Chinese arts including:

Li style T’ai Chi Ch’uan

Kai Men & Tao Yin (Breathing exercises, usually taugh as part of T’ai Chi Ch’aun or Feng Shou)

Feng Shou (Kung Fu)

Chi Shu (Throwing Art)

Anmo Massage (Taoist massage and healing arts)

Chang Ming (Diet)

As taught by Master Chee Soo & Prof. Li […]

Columbia-Greene Community College is a two-year community college located in the city of Hudson, New York. The college takes its name from the two counties it serves, Columbia County, New York and Greene County, New York.

Degree programs
Columbia-Greene Community College offers associates degrees and certificates in over 30 areas, including:

Accounting - A.A.S./Cert.

[…]

UCI Road World Cup

The UCI Road World Cup was a season-long road bicycle racing competition comprised to ten one-day events. The competition was inaugurated in 1989, and replaced the Super Prestige Pernod International. In the first three years, the competition was sponsored by Perrier. The competition determined a winning individual, and a winning team

The record number of wins […]

Rocking chair

A rocking chair or rocker is a chair with two curved bands of wood (also known as rockers) attached to the bottom of the legs (one on the left two legs and one on the right two legs). This gives the chair contact with the floor at only two points granting the occupant the ability […]

Botryoidal

Being shaped like a bunch of grapes. This is a common form for many minerals particularly haematite where it is the classically recognized shape. Also a very common form of malachite.

Full Body Massage

Full Body Massage (1995) is a softcore made-for-cable movie directed by Nicolas Roeg and starring Mimi Rogers getting a nude full body massage while talking about relationships with the masseur (Bryan Brown).

Plot
Nina, an art dealer, has her weekly massage appointment and is surprised to find out her usual masseur, Douglas, has sent a replacement named […]

Faculty development

Faculty development is a similarly used term to staff development and professional development, in settings that pertain to educators (Lawler and King, 2000).

Professional development for educators may include teacher training, and is usually considered pre-service, or before beginning teaching. However faculty development and professional development may both be used to refer to on-going professional learning […]

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Malay Village

This is a museum in Singapore. For description of Malay villages, see kampong.

The Malay Village (Malay : Kampung Melayu) is a museum in Geylang, Singapore where they showcases the life of the Malays who used to live in the area before redevelopment in the 1960s. The museum is mostly a ghost town but in certain areas […]

The Permanent Representatives’ Committee of the African Union is made up of nominated representatives of member countries by the African Union.

Chair - Nigeria

1st Vice-Chair - Republic of Congo

2nd Vice-Chair - Rwanda

3rd Vice-Chair - Libya

Rapporteur - Botswana

They prepare the work for the Executive Council.