Musical Chairs was a game show that aired from June 16 to October 31, 1975 on CBS. Adam Wade hosted, making him the first African-American host of a game show. Also usually appearing were guest singers and musical groups, among them The Tokens, The Spinners, and Sister Sledge, as well as up and coming […]

Lomilomi, (Hawaiian: masseur, masseuse) is the word used today to describe Hawaiian massage, traditionally called lomi (Hawaiian: To rub, press, squeeze, massage; to work in and out, as the claws of a contented cat).

Traditional practice
Lomilomi practitioners use the palms, forearm, fingers, knuckles, elbows, knees, feet, even sticks and stones. Lomilomi practices varied by family, […]

Geolocation refers to identifying the real-world geographic location of an Internet connected computer, mobile device, or website visitor. Geolocation can be used to refer to the practice of assessing the location, or it can be used to refer to the actual assessed location or locational data. Geolocation can be performed by associating a geographic location […]

The Medium is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects is a book co-created by media analyst Marshall McLuhan and graphic designer Quentin Fiore, and coordinated by Jerome Agel. It was published by Bantam books in 1967 and became a bestseller and a cult classic.

The book itself is 160 pages in length and composed […]

Wola in Poland, (in Latin libera villa, libertas ) a name given to agricultural villages, appearing as early as the first half of the 13th century and historically constituting a separate category of settlements in Poland, by comparison to others, in terms of the populace used to settle them and the freedoms they were […]

The Hooded Grosbeak Coccothraustes abeillei is found in Central America, mostly in Mexico. Males resemble male Evening Grosbeaks but have completely black heads. Females resemble that species as well, but have black caps and lores. Hooded Grosbeaks are smaller than their northern counterpart and have very different vocalizations.

A folding chair is a light portable chair that can be stored in a stack or row, be thrown or be swung. They are usually used for parties, card games, and temporary seating, and are also commonly use as a weapon in professional wrestling . They typically weigh between five to ten pounds and are […]

Ten High is a brand of Bourbon whiskey(80 Proof). Unlike other whiskies in its price range, notably Canadian whiskies, Ten High is not blended.
According to the label, it has been in production since 1879.

It is produced by Barton Brands and distilled in Owensboro and Bardstown, Kentucky.

External Links
Official Site of Barton Brands

The NCR 5380 is an early SCSI controller chip developed by NCR Microelectronics. It was popular due to its simplicity and low cost. The 5380 was used in the Macintosh Plus and in numerous SCSI cards for personal computers, including the Amiga. The 5380 was second-sourced by several chip makers, including AMD and Zilog.

The NCR […]

This article is not about Edwin Davis, discoverer in 1846 of the Serpent Mound

Edwin F. Davis was the first ’state electrician’ for the State of New York and finalized many features of the electric chair.
He executed, among other people, both William Kemmler and Martha M. Place.

Davis held a patent on certain features of the electric […]

A primary cell is any kind of electrochemical cell in which the electrochemical reaction of interest is not reversible, so used in disposable batteries. The most common primary cells today are found in alkaline batteries; earlier carbon-zinc cells, with a carbon post as cathode and a zinc shell as anode were prevalent. Unlike a […]

General Dynamics - Itronix is a rugged computer manufacturer based in Spokane, Washington. They market products for Telecommunications, Aerospace, Military, Field Service and other commercial industries. Formerly part of the Itron company, they split in the mid 90s. Itronix is world-renowned for designing and manufacturing rugged laptop, tablet PC and handheld products capable of surpassing […]

Bodywork is a term used in alternative medicine or complementary medicine to describe any therapeutic, healing or personal development work which involves some form of touching, energetic work or the physical manipulation of a rational and practically oriented physical and somatic (see somatics) understanding of the body.

Somatic disciplines of bodywork
Most forms of bodywork are listed […]

Bruno Mathsson (1907-1988) was a Swedish furniture designer and architect with ideas coloured by functionalism/modernism, as well as old Swedish crafts tradition. Being the son of a carpenter in the town of Värnamo in the South of Sweden, it was fairly obvious what work the young Bruno would choose. After a short time of education […]

Academic Challenge is the name of several television game shows:

Academic Challenge (national), an American university-level competition

Academic Challenge (Ohio), a high school program throughout Ohio

Similar are:

The Panasonic Academic Challenge, a non-televised national high school competition

Commissioner’s Academic Challenge, a Florida high school competition

Schizoid (also known as Murder by Mail) is a 1980 horror film directed and written by David Paulsen.

Plot
Julie (Marianna Hill) is an advice columnist for the city newspaper who begins to receive anonymous notes threatening murder and worse. At about the same time, female members of the group therapy session she attends are being stabbed, […]

Dr Robert Woonton (born 1949) was the Prime Minister of the Cook Islands from February 11 2002 until December 11 2004, and is a member of the centrist Democratic Alliance Party. A medical doctor by training, he became a Member of Parliament (MP) for the island of Manihiki. He became prime minister when his predecessor, […]

A bosun’s chair or boatswain’s chair is a device used to suspend a person from a rope in order to perform work aloft. It is distinguished from a climbing harness by the inclusion of a more or less rigid seat, providing more comfort than even the best-padded straps for long-term use. In exchange, the bosun’s […]

Rosewall Creek Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, CanadaRosewall Creek Provincial Park is situated along picturesque Rosewall Creek, south of Fanny Bay on central Vancouver Island. The park features a mixture of coniferous trees interspersed with striking broad leaf maple trees. One of the best times to visit this park is in […]

Khoai in Bengali refers to a geological formation specifically in Birbhum, Bardhaman, and Bankura districts of West Bengal, India and some parts of Jharkhand, India that is made up of laterite soil rich in iron oxide, often in the shapes of tiny hills.

The Khoai can only support certain types of plants. It is a very […]

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 […]

, born is a Japanese kabuki and film actor.

Background
Nakamura made his kabuki debut at the age of eight. 21 years later and despite being a relative latecomer to the silver screen, the 30-year-old Kabuki actor was in his first film 2002 with Ping Pong, in which he portrayed a skin-headed, demonically intense table-tennis […]

The Twelve Chairs, a 1928 novel by Soviet writers Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov, has been adapted for film numerous times, including:

Las doce sillas, 1962 Spanish language Cuban film directed by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. ([1])

The Twelve Chairs, 1970 film directed by Mel Brooks, starring Frank Langella, Ron Moody, and Dom DeLuise.

The Twelve Chairs, 1971 film […]

A typical 1918 Great War division of Kitchener’s Army would have comprised the following units:

Divisional HQ.

Infantry

3 brigades, each comprising 3 battalions, with 36 machine guns each.

3 light trench mortar batteries with 8 x 3 in (76 mm) Stokes

Artillery

H.Q. Divisional Artillery

2 field artillery brigades, 8 batteries - 6 x 18 pounders (8 kg) and 2 4,5 […]

Toss bombing (sometimes known as loft bombing) is a method of bombing where the attacking aircraft pulls upwards and releases its bomb load, giving the bomb additional forward velocity. Although this might seem the direct opposite to dive bombing, where the plane pitches downwards to aim at its target, toss bombing is often performed with […]

Periodicity is the quality of occurring at regular intervals or periods (in time or space) and can occur in different contexts:

A clock marks time at periodic intervals.

A metronome ticks at periodic intervals of time.

A publication published at periodic intervals can be called a “periodical”, for example a magazine.

In mathematics, a function […]

A fish-drum () or pao pei is a traditional Chinese instrument.

It is composed of a long cylinder, often of bamboo, over one end of which is stretched a piece of prepared fish skin or snakeskin. Two items that resemble projecting golf clubs are the ends of long slips of bamboo used as castanets.

Elder Zhang Guo, […]

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 […]

Keep It Like a Secret was the fourth full-length album released by indie rock band Built to Spill, and their second for Warner Bros. The core line-up of the band had not changed since Perfect from Now On: singer/guitarist Doug Martsch, bassist Brett Nelson, and drummer Scott Plouf. The album was recorded at […]

Welfare Cadillac is a political phrase used in the United States for an anecdote intended to illustrate a case of a person or group receiving public benefits where the benefits are not actually needed by the recipient or are obtained by fraud.

The imagery is of a person arriving at a welfare office in a Cadillac […]

Joe Andrew is the former National Chair of the Democratic National Committee. Asked to serve by President Bill Clinton, he chaired the Committee from 1999 to 2001. He was one of the youngest National Chairs in the nearly 200 year history of the DNC and one of the most successful. Joe brought […]

A back office is a part of most corporations where tasks dedicated to running the company itself take place. Examples of back-office tasks include IT departments that keep the phones and computers running, accounting, and human resources. These tasks are often supported by back office systems: secure e-commerce software that processes company information (i.e. a […]

Urząd Ochrony Państwa (UOP) (Office for State Protection) was the intelligence agency of Poland. It was founded on April 6, 1990, as a department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In 1996 it was transformed into a separate government agency under the supervision of the Prime Minister. It was responsible for intelligence, counter-intelligence and government […]

In fencing, a body cord serves as the connection between a fencer and the reel. There are two types: one for epee, and another for foil/saber.

Description
Epee body cords consist of two sets of three prongs each connected by a wire. One set plugs into the fencer’s weapon, with the other connecting to the reel. Foil […]

Watsu, a portmanteau of water and shiatsu, is a form of body massage performed while lying in warm water (around 35 °C or 95 °F). The receiver of Watsu treatment is continuously supported by the therapist while he or she rocks and gently stretches the body. Because it is performed in the water, the body […]

Shurfine International is a distributor of private label and store brands for independent supermarkets and convenience stores throughout the United States. It is a unit of Topco Associates, LLC, was founded in 1948, and is based in Skokie, Illinois.

Shurfine Markets
Shurfine Markets is a collection of independent supermarkets in Pennsylvania and Maryland. These markets […]

A bosun’s chair or boatswain’s chair is a device used to suspend a person from a rope in order to perform work aloft. It is distinguished from a climbing harness by the inclusion of a more or less rigid seat, providing more comfort than even the best-padded straps for long-term use. In exchange, the bosun’s […]

The Oldsmobile Series 70 Dynamic Cruiser was an automobile from General Motors in the 1940s. Two models were produced, the 76 which used a straight-6 engine and the 78 which used a straight-8. The 78 model was retired after the 1949 introduction of the new Oldsmobile 88, which was based on the Series 70 and […]

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 […]