Archive for February, 2008



The Regional Chair of Ottawa-Carleton was the head of the regional council which controlled the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton since its formation in 1968.

Originally the Regional Chair was selected by other members of regional council who were themselves posted to the council from the region’s individual municipalities. From 1991 the position of regional chair was […]

Ida (restaurant)

Ida is a restaurant at Ida Aalbergin tie 1, Pohjois-Haaga, Helsinki, Finland.

The restaurant has two floors. The second floor houses the main restaurant, which is open every day at normal opening hours. The restaurant has a separate cabinet area for special situations such as birthday parties or meetings, and there is a scheduled program for […]

PIRCh

pIRCh, otherwise known as pirch98, is an IRC client that hasn’t been maintained since approximately the year 2000.
The main websites for the download page still works, and you can still find a forum dedicated to it.

pIRCh was well liked for its ability to hold simultaneous server connections within the same client instance. It was […]

Type 97

Type 97 may refer:

Japanese weapons

Type 97 grenade

Type 97 Sniper Rifle

Type 97 20mm AT Rifle

Type 97 Light Machine Gun

Type 97 81 mm infantry mortar

Type 97 90mm Infantry Mortar

Type 97 150mm Infantry Mortar

Type 97 Chi-Ha, a medium tank

Type 97 Te-Ke, a light tank

Type 97 torpedo

The Edwards Professor of Egyptian Archaeology and Philology is a university professorial chair held at University College London.

The Chair was founded on the death of Amelia Edwards of the Egyptian Exploration Fund in 1892, who bequeathing her collection of Egyptian antiquities to University College London, together with a sum of £2,500 to found an Edwards […]

Gellért Baths

Gellért Thermal Baths and Swimming Pool, also called Gellért fürdő or Gellért Baths, is one of the most beautiful and elegant baths in Budapest, built between 1912 and 1918 in the (Secession) Art Nouveau style. They were damaged during World War II, but then rebuilt. References to healing waters in this location are […]

American Pie (album)

American Pie is the title of a 1971 music album by Don McLean, best known for its title track about The Day the Music Died. The third track, “Vincent,” is a tribute to the famed artist Vincent Van Gogh.

The album is dedicated to Buddy Holly.Back cover of the 1980, Liberty Records re-issue (LN-10037). […]

Bubbaloo

Bubbaloo is a brand of bubble gum produced by Cadbury Adams. They are small pieces of bubble gum with a liquid center.

External links

Official

Bubbaloo site

The National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) is an independent, private, nonprofit organization formed to set high standards of ethical and professional practice through a recognized, credible credentialing program. NCBTMB also promotes the worth of National Certification to the public and the profession, maintains the quality of the National Certification Program, and […]

Curule chair

In the Roman Republic, and later the empire, the curule chair (Latin, sella curulis, supposedly from currus, “chariot”) was the chair upon which senior magistrates or promagistrates owning imperium were entitled to sit including dictators, masters of the horse, consuls, praetors, censors, and the curule aediles. Additionally, the Flamen of Iuppiter (Flamen Dialis) […]

Nutmeg oil

Nutmeg oil is a volatile oil containing borneol and eugenol.

General uses
The essential oil is obtained by the steam distillation of ground nutmeg and is used heavily in the perfumery and pharmaceutical industries.
The oil is colorless or light yellow and smells and tastes of nutmeg. It contains numerous components of interest to the oleochemical […]

The Chairman of the Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto or Metro Chairman was the leader of Metropolitan Toronto, Canada, and the most senior political figure in the municipality. The Metro Chairman was elected by the members of Metropolitan Toronto Council.

New Level of Government
The position was created in 1954 when Metropolitan Toronto was created by the province […]

Post Office Savings Bank

The Post Office Savings Bank may refer to:

the former UK Post Office Savings Bank headquartered in Glasgow now known as the National Savings and Investments

the former Post Office Savings Bank in Singapore

the Post Office Savings Bank building in Vienna, Austria

the former Post Office Savings Bank of Western Australia, Australia

the former PostBank in New Zealand

Sick role

The Sick Role was a concept invented by Talcott Parsons in 1951. It is a term widely used in medical sociology. The theory outlined two rights of a sick person and two obligations:

Rights:

The sick person is exempt from normal social roles

The sick person is not responsible for their condition

Obligations:

The sick person should […]

Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, the Bancroft School of Massage Therapy was founded in 1950 by Henry LaFleur, proprietor of the Bancroft Health Center, a facility specializing in Swedish Massage and Sports Massage since 1938. He purchased the George School of Massage in Boston, Massachusetts, moved it to Worcester, and renamed it the Bancroft School of […]

Party Chair

Party Chair is the chairman of a political party. His or her position differs from country to country.

Belgium
In Belgium the chairman of a political party is the mightiest person within the party, controlling appointments etc. After the Prime Minister of Belgium the party chairmen are the most important figures in Belgian politics, sometimes characterized as […]

Cameo lighting

Cameo lighting in film is a spotlight that accentuates a single person in a scene. It creates an ‘angelic’ shot, such as one where God is shining down and a light shines down onto this person.

Brookstone

Brookstone is a chain of retail stores in the United States. Its first store was opened in 1973 in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Its headquarters are currently located in Merrimack, New Hampshire.
Brookstone sells many types of products ranging from radar detectors to massage chairs. The company has its own brand and makes many electronic […]

MT

MT or mt may stand for:

Automotive

Honda MT, a motorcycle

Hyundai Mega Truck, a medium-duty truck

Manual transmission, part of a car

Motor Trend, an automotive magazine

Computing and the Internet

.mt, the top-level Internet domain for Malta

Monotype Corporation, a font company

Machine translation, a subfield of computational linguistics

Mauritius Telecom, a a telecommunications and […]

Basis (options)

In option trading, basis is used to evaluate the value differential between a call option and a put option. Also referred to as the reversal/conversion rate, it is calculated by determining the costs and benefits of being long or short the underlying security.

Full metal

Full metal can refer to:

Full metal jacket bullet, a bullet that is encased in a copper-coated steel or gilding metal jacket

Full Metal Jacket, a 1987 film by Stanley Kubrick

Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness, a Capcom mecha fighting game, sequel to Armored Warriors

Full Metal Panic!, a manga/anime series.

Fullmetal Alchemist, a manga/anime series.

Full Metal, the main […]

List of spacecraft

See also

Human spaceflight

Robotic spacecraft

Animals in space

Monkeys in space

Russian space dogs

X-chair

An X-chair is a chair with X-shaped frame. It was known in Ancient Egypt, Rome, and Greece.

History
A type of folding chair with a frame like an X viewed from the front or the side originated in medieval Italy. Also known as a Savonarola or Dante chair in Italy, or a Luther chair in […]

Systematic desensitization

Systematic desensitization is a type of behavioral therapy used in the field of psychology to help effectively overcome phobias and other anxiety disorders. More specifically, it is a type of Pavlovian therapy developed by a South African psychiatrist, Joseph Wolpe. To begin the process of systematic desensitization, one must first be taught relaxation […]

Sitting Bull College

Sitting Bull College is a tribal college in Fort Yates, North Dakota. It was founded in 1973 by the Standing Rock Sioux tribe of the Standing Rock reservation in south-central North Dakota. It is one of 34 tribally controlled colleges nationwide. It is also a member of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium or […]

Massage chair

Massage chairs come in 2 main types.

Traditional massage chairs
Ergonomically designed chairs for positioning a person who will be receiving a massage, similar in function to a massage table. Chairs may be either stationary or portable models.

Massage chairs are easier for the therapist to maneuver than massage tables, and clients do not need to disrobe […]

Nutmeg oil

Nutmeg oil is a volatile oil containing borneol and eugenol.

General uses
The essential oil is obtained by the steam distillation of ground nutmeg and is used heavily in the perfumery and pharmaceutical industries.
The oil is colorless or light yellow and smells and tastes of nutmeg. It contains numerous components of interest to the oleochemical […]

Tour de Trump

The Tour de Trump was a road bicycle race in the United States held in 1989 and 1990 and was sponsored by Donald Trump. The Tour DuPont replaced the Tour de Trump, from 1991 to 1996.

1989 Tour de Trump
On a rainy, windy evening, unknown American cyclist Thomas Craven stole the leader’s jersey […]

Oto (album)

Oto is the fifth album by British electronica group Fluke, first released in 1995 (see 1995 in music).

In terms of style, Oto (Greek for ear) was somewhat darker than Fluke’s previous ‘Six Wheels on my Wagon’, focusing on downbeat ambient effects rather than the uplifting house that characterised their previous work.

Both “Bullet” and “Tosh” were […]

Lonely Planet (play)

Lonely Planet is a two character play written by Steven Dietz. The play tells the story of Jody and Carl, two men who live in a city in America. The Play was written during the midst of the AIDS epidemic, and is the central focus of the story, though ultimately the play sends the […]

Documentary

A documentary is a creative work of non-fiction, including:

Documentary film, including television

Radio documentary

Documentary photography

Related terms include:

Documentary Center

Documentary Channel and DOC: The Documentary Channel

Documentary comedy

Documentary style

Documentary theatre

Conventions in documentary

The word documentary is also an adjective meaning “related to, or based on, documents”. For example:

Documentary evidence

Documentary […]

Brehon’s Chair

Brehon’s Chair (also known as Taylors Grange) is a sacred megalithic site in Rathfarnham, County Dublin, Ireland in the grounds of Glensouthwell. It is a national heritage site. The Grange Road is named after it.

The Brehon Laws were statutes that governed everyday life and politics in Ireland until the Norman invasion of 1171 (the word […]

Burkevale Protestant Separate School is Ontario, Canada’s last remaining Protestant separate school and is the only school in the Penetanguishene Protestant Separate School Board. It is located in Penetanguishene on the corner of Peel and Burke Street. The original two story, red brick building was built in 1882 for a cost of $3500. […]

Upper back pain

Upper back pain, also called middle back pain or thoracic pain, is pain that is felt between the bottom of the neck and top of the lumbar spine. The upper spine is very strong and stable to support the weight of the upper body, as well as to anchor the rib cage which provides […]

Tui na

Tuina redirects here. For the moth genus, see Tuina (moth).

Tui na (推拏 or 推拿, both pronounced tuī ná), is a form of Chinese manipulative therapy often used in conjunction with acupuncture, moxibustion, fire cupping, Chinese herbalism, tai chi and qigong.

Tui na is a hands-on-body treatment using acupressure that is a modality of Chinese medicine whose […]

High chair

A high chair (also spelled highchair) is a piece of furniture used for feeding older babies and younger toddlers. The seat is raised a fair distance from the ground, so that a person of adult height may spoon-feed the child comfortably from a standing position. It often has a wide base to increase […]

Tabaqueira

Tabaqueira is a Portuguese producer of cigarettes, belonging to the Altria group. Its current brands are SG Gigante, SG Filtro, SG Lights, Português, Português Suave and Surf (cigarette). Tabaqueira also produces cigarettes from the Altria brands Marlboro, L&M and Chesterfield.

Model 3107 chair

The Model 3107 chair is one of the most popular chairs in Danish design history. It was designed by Arne Jacobsen, using a new technique in which plywood could be bent in two dimensions. It has been produced exclusively by Fritz Hansen A/S ever since its invention in 1955. It is also the most copied […]

Stephen Peter Rigaud

Stephen Peter Rigaud (1774 - 1839), was an English mathematical historian and astronomer: He was a Fellow of Exeter College from 1794 to 1810, held the Savilian Chair of Geometry at the University of Oxford from 1810 to 1827, the Savilian Professor of Astronomy from 1827 to 1839.

Published works
Historical […]

Secretary hand

Secretary hand is a style of handwriting common in the Elizabethan era. It predominated before the emergence of cursive script. “Secretary” was widely used by scriveners. Pietro Carmeliano, on of Henry VII’s chaplains, used the “Italian” style instead, a cursive script developed from the Roman hand which was easier to read but also easier to […]

The Not Terribly Good Club of Great Britain club was started by Stephen Pile in order to bring together people of notable ineptitude so that they could share common experiences of failure. The club had a handbook, The Book of Heroic Failures, which became a best-seller. The book had a form for readers to fill […]

Option time value

In finance, the value of an option consists of two components, its intrinsic value and its time value. Time value is simply the difference between option value and intrinsic value.

Intrinsic value
Intrinsic value is the difference between the exercise price of the option (strike price, K) and the current value of the underlying instrument (spot […]

Arun Kumar Purwar

Arun Kumar Purwar, also known as A. K. Purwar, became the chairman of the State Bank of India in 2002.

With a masters degree in commerce from Allahabad University, he was previously a lecturer in their Business Administration Department.

He also chairs the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) Diaspora Division.

External links

Bio on the […]

Something Special was George Strait’s fifth album of new material, released on MCA Records in 1985. It is ceritfied platinum by the RIAA.

A music video was made for “The Chair.”

Singles

The Chair

You’re Something Special To Me

Track listing

“You’re Something Special to Me” – 3:20

“Last Time the First Time” – 2:14

“Haven’t You Heard” – 2:56

“In […]

Patricia Fearing

Patricia Fearing is a fictional character in the James Bond novel Thunderball. For the 1965 film of the same name she went by the nickname ‘Pat’ and was portrayed by Molly Peters. Fearing is a shapely, blonde, brown-eyed nurse who looks over James Bond while he is a guest at the Shrublands’ health farm.

Biography
In both […]

Negative equality nostalgia

Negative Equality Nostalgia (or NEN), also known as “Same boat syndrome” is the positive feeling one gets when knowing a peer is in the same level of trouble they are.

As an example, suppose someone does not do their homework; however, a friend also does not do theirs. This helps to make the person in question […]

Sotai

Sotai is a Japanese form of Therapy, which was invented by Keizo Hashimoto a Japanese Medical Doctor (1897 - 1993) who had trained in Martial Arts and Massage. He developed a model of treatment that was based on returning natural body alignment by working with the breath and moving toward comfort rather than adjusting […]

Erotic Massage (album)

Erotic Massage is the title of Dog Fashion Disco’s debut album, released in 1997. Unlike Dog Fashion Disco’s other early albums, it has never been rereleased, and as such, an original copy is worth upwards of $100 on eBay.

Track listing

“The Christian Dance Song” – 4:35

“G. Eye Joe” – 3:20

“Wait” – 5:07

“Lost […]

TechnoMotion

TechnoMotion is a Korean music video game. As in other games that use dance pads, such as Dance Dance Revolution, a player must press panels in response to scrolling arrows on the game’s monitor.

Modes
TechnoMotion has three distinct gameplay modes:

Cross mode: Uses the left, right, up, and down panels (like Dance Dance Revolution).

Diagonal mode: […]

Lonely Planet (play)

Lonely Planet is a two character play written by Steven Dietz. The play tells the story of Jody and Carl, two men who live in a city in America. The Play was written during the midst of the AIDS epidemic, and is the central focus of the story, though ultimately the play sends the […]