Archive for March, 2008
The Prime Material Plane (also called the Material Plane or the Prime) is the central plane of existence in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. The Prime is the plane most similar to Earth, with the same basic physical laws and features, and has no direct connection with any other planes except via magic […]
Hi Lo is a pricing game on the American television game show The Price Is Right. Debuting on April 9, 1973, it is played for a prize, worth between $2,500 and $10,000, and uses grocery items.
Gameplay
The contestant is shown six grocery items, and is asked to select what they think are the three highest-priced items, […]
Concert Software and Business Services GmbH is a service provider selling an online product-configurator and product-information management solution.
Headquartered in Erlangen, Germany, with offices in Chicago, USA, Concert originated within Siemens AG, as part of its E-Business strategy. Siemens remains Concert’s largest shareholder
External links
Concert corporate Web Page
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 […]
A sequestrum is a piece of dead bone that has become separated during the process of necrosis from normal/sound bone.
It is a complication (sequelae) of osteomyelitis. The pathological process is as follows:
infection in the bone leads to an increase in intramedullary pressure due to inflammatory exudates
the periosteum becomes stripped from the osteum, leading to vascular […]
Alares, in antiquity, are supposed to by some authors to have been a kind of militia or soldiery among the Romans; so called from ala, a wing, because of their lightness and swiftness in combat.
Others make them a people of Pannonia. Yet others, with more probability, take Alares for an adjective or epithet, and apply […]
A clockwork radio is a radio that is powered by clockwork wind-up mechanism driving an internal electrical generator, rather than batteries, solar cells, thermoelectrics or electricity from the electrical grid.
Like other self-powered equipment, it is intended for camping, emergencies and for use in areas of the world where there is no electrical grid and replacement […]
The Public Records Act 1958 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom forming the main legislation governing public records in the United Kingdom.
It established a cohesive regulatory framework for public records at the Public Record Office and other places of deposit. It also transferred responsibility for public records from the Master of […]
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 […]
Forest Highways or Forest Routes are a category of roads within United States National Forests. They are built to connect the national forests to the existing state highway systems, and to provide improved access to recreational and logging areas.
They are designated by the United States Forest Service and funded by the federal government, but are […]
In certain systems for object-oriented programming such as the Common Lisp Object System and Dylan, a generic function is an entity made up of all methods having the same name.
Generic functions correspond roughly to what Smalltalk calls messages; but when a generic function is called, method dispatch occurs on the basis of all arguments, not […]
Orders of magnitude (specific energy density)
45 Comments Published March 26th, 2008 in UncategorizedThis is a table of specific energy densities by magnitude. Unless otherwise noted, these values assume standard ambient temperature and pressure.
List of orders of magnitude for specific energy density
Order of magnitude J/(kg)
Specific energy density
Storage method
102
2.8
Day Laborer (for that day)
4
Heel-Strike Generator Using Electrostrictive Polymers
103
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Rob Aston, better known as Skinhead Rob, is 1/3 of the rap group, Expensive Taste along with Paul Wall and Travis Barker. He was formerly the vocalist/rapper of the California punk rock/hip hop band the Transplants until their break up.
At first he was a roadie for bands AFI and Rancid. Aston eventually started a […]
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 […]
In software engineering, white box, in contrast to a black box, is a subsystem whose internals are visible to view, but usually cannot be altered. This is useful during white box testing, where a system is examined to make sure that it fulfills its requirements.
Having access to the subsystem internals in general makes the subsystem […]
The Totally Accurate Controller MK2 (TAC-2), manufactured by Suncom Technologies, was - and still is - an Atari 2600 compatible game controller, commonly used with the Commodore C64 and Amiga computers in mid to late 1980s.
The joystick came in two colours, black and white, latter being a more rare collectors’ edition.
Features:
One 8-way stick (4 […]
There are many different massage therapist organizations with many different purposes. Many separate techniques have their own professional association to support their work.
ABMP
Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals (ABMP) is the largest membership organization of Professional Massage Therapists and Bodyworkers in the United States.
The AMTA
The American Massage Therapy Association was founded in 1943. […]
Ashmead College is a system of for-profit colleges located in the United States. The school was founded in 1974 as the Seattle Massage School. In 1999 the school began operating under the Ashmead College name. Campus locations are located in Washington in the cities of Everett, Seattle, Fife, Tacoma, and Vancouver. Ashmead College also operates […]
The Harkonnen Capo Chair is one of H. R. Giger’s furniture designs. It is manufactured by hand chiefly out of aluminium or black fiberglass and made to resemble a human skeleton. The chair was initially designed for an unproduced movie version of the novel Dune that was originally slated to be directed by Alejandro […]
In the occipital bone, the lower division of the cruciate eminence is prominent, and is named the internal occipital crest; it bifurcates near the foramen magnum and gives attachment to the falx cerebelli; in the attached margin of this falx is the occipital sinus, which is sometimes duplicated.
In the upper part of the internal occipital […]
LMT may stand for:
Klamath Falls Airport in Klamath Falls, Oregon, the IATA airport code.
Large Millimeter Telescope, the largest single dish radiotelescope at millimetric and submillimetric wavelenghts.
Latvian Mobile Telephone (Latvian: Latvijas Mobilais Telefons), the largest mobile phone operator in Latvia.
Licensed Massage Therapist
Liquid mirror telescope, a type of telescope that uses a rotating surface of liquid metal […]
Historically considered a masculine habit, the feminization of smoking occurred in tandem with the advent of fashion brands or premium brands of cigarettes specifically marketed toward ladies who see the use of these brands as a way to increase or enhance their sexual appeal. Most often this is focused on young fashion-conscious professional ladies who […]
Goody is a brand of hair-styling products owned by Newell Rubbermaid.
Goody Products, Inc., headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is part of Newell Rubbermaid’s portfolio of personal care brands, and sells brushes, combs and other accessories. It won the American Beauty Association’s gold ABBIE award.
History
Goody was founded in 1907 by Henry Goodman who immigrated to the […]
A facial is a cosmetic treatment of the face, commonly involving a variety of skin treatments, including: steam, exfoliation, extraction, creams, lotions, masks, peels, and massage. Normally performed in a beauty salon but it is also a common spa treatment.
Facials go by different categories of facials, for example:
European Facial
Mini-Facial
Tools used in facial treatments
facial bed […]
Botany Town Centre is one of the largest outdoor shopping complexes in the southern hemisphere. Located in Auckland, New Zealand, it has approximately 150 shops and restaurants, as well as entertainment buildings such as a bowling alley and cinemas.
It is a regular hangout for teenagers and schoolgoers. Many shops are directed at the teenage market […]
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 […]
In cell biology, a biased random walk enables bacteria to search for food and flee from harm. Bacteria propel themselves with the aid of flagella in a process called chemotaxis, and a typical bacteria trajectory has many charactistics of a random walk. They move forward for a certain distance, then the course is abrubtly altered […]
Tear Ceremony is an American electronic and industrial band.
Discopgraphy
An Hourglass of Opals (Machinery Records)
Resin (Simulacra Records)
Film Decay (Simulacra Records)
Emulsion (Simulacra Records)
External link
Official website
A belt sander is a machine used to quickly sand down wood and other materials for finishing purposes. It consists of an electrical motor that turns a pair of drums on which a seamless loop of sandpaper is mounted. Belt sanders can be either hand-held, where the sander is moved over the material, or […]
Perineal massage is the practice of massaging the perineum to make it more flexible in preparation for childbirth. The intention is to attempt to prevent tearing of the perineum during birth, the need for an episiotomy or an instrument (forceps or vacuum extraction) delivery.
Randomized clinical trials of perineal massage have shown its effectiveness in reducing […]
This is a list of all the models photographed for Playboy Special Edition (formerly known as Newsstand Specials or NSS).
Owing to the length of this list, it has been broken up into multiple pages. Entries are sorted by the model’s last name.
List of Playboy NSS models A-F
List of Playboy NSS models G-R
List of Playboy […]
A grace period is a period of time past the deadline for fulfilling an obligation during which a penalty that would be imposed for being late is waived. Grace periods, which can range from a number of minutes to a number of days or longer, depending on the context, can apply in various situations, including […]
MHT, a three letter acronym, may refer to:
Male Hose Thread - a type of pipe thread usually found on garden hoses. Connects to FHT (Female Hose Thread).
MHT, the IATA code for Manchester-Boston Regional Airport.
MHT, the file extension for an MHTML file or the MHTML format itself.
MHT, the SIL International code for Mandahuaca, a Native language […]
Tibetan Bells was a 1971 album by Henry Wolff and Nancy Hennings. It was the first recording to use traditional Tibetan bells and singing bowls, and helped establish some of the fundamentals of New Age music.
Track listing
“Khumbu Ice-Fall” performed by Wolff / Nancy Hennings – 2:23
“Rainbow Light” performed by Wolff / Nancy […]
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 […]
Hitachi-Ōmiya (常陸大宮市 Hitachi-ōmiya-shi) is a city located in the north-west in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the town has an estimated population of 48,108 and a density of 100.74 persons per km². The total area is 348.38 km². The city was founded on October 16, 2004 when the town of Yamagata and the villages of […]
Heartwood Institute is located outside Garberville in Humboldt County, California. It calls itself a “holistic learning community” and provides training in massage therapy, nutrition, Asian Healing Arts, yoga, permaculture and herbalism.
External links
Heartwood Institute
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