Archive for July, 2008
G.H. Frost is the fifth author in the Able Team series, for which he wrote 11 books between 1983-1985.
Able Team
#7: Justice by Fire
#8: Army of Devils
#9: Kill School
#13: Scorched Earth
#14: Into The Maze
#15: They Came To Kill
#16: Rain of Doom
#17: Fire and Maneuver
#18: Tech […]
Sweere-arse or Sweere-tree were, according to John Jamieson, the name of a game amongst Scottish school children, in which two of them are seated on the ground, and holding a stick between them, endeavour each of them to draw the other up from the sitting posture. The heaviest in the posterior wins.
References
MacKay, Charles – […]
A TrackerPod® is a small robotic tripod for webcams. It connects to a computer via a USB port, and allows movement of a webcam (that is, pan and tilt), both by the person using the computer, and also by another person somewhere else in the world who is viewing the webcam over the Internet. This […]
In Safe-Life design products are designed to survive a specific design life with a chosen reserve.
The Safe-life design technique is employed in critical systems which are either very difficult to repair or may cause severe damage to life and property. These systems are designed to work for years without requirement of any repairs.
The drawback is […]
Caia (pronounced ) is the collaborative effort of music producers Maiku Takahashi and Andy Cato (Groove Armada, Weekend Players). The music of Caia can be described as a combination of ambience, downtempo, and lounge music.
Caia’s debut album, The Magic Dragon, was released in April of 2003.
Boris Gaquere is a classical guitarist.
He was born in Brussels in 1977. He has also performed in guitar-duo formation with Denis Sung-Hô and now often collaborates with the Brazilian percussionist Renato Martins.
Recordings
Obrigado (Gaquere / Sung-Hô) (CH207, Chamber)
Xeque-Mate (VG1004, VGo Recordings)
Carpe Diem (VG1010, VGo Recordings)
Tempo Feliz (Gaquere / Renato Martins), (f010, mognomusic)
External links
Official Homepage
Myspace: Boris Gaquere
Myspace: […]
is a Japanese pop singer and actress best known as a former member of Morning Musume. She joined the group in August of 2001 along with fellow fifth generation members Ai Takahashi, Risa Niigaki, and Asami Konno.
Biography
Before joining Morning Musume, Makoto Ogawa was enrolled at an entertainment school Apple Little Performers (ALP) in […]
A public speaker is a person who makes speeches in public settings. A speaker may address a large assembly of people or small gatherings. For large assemblies, the speaker will usually speak with the aid of a public address system or microphone and speaker.
Sometimes, professional speakers are paid a speaking fee, but many speak for […]
The US brands, Gibson and Fender dominated the electric guitar market in the 1970s, building expensive guitars. The only way for a poverty-struck beginner to acquire one of these expensive originals, was to first purchase a “copy”. Antoria is the UK brand associated with guitars made in the Fuji-Gen factory in Japan in […]
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CosmoBot is a child-friendly, interactive remote controlled telerehabilitation robot designed by AnthroTronix, Inc.[1]. CosmoBot is part of an overall assistive technology system that includes the CosmoBot robot, Mission Control input device, and accompanying software. With the accompanying software, CosmoBot can be used as part of a play therapy program that promotes rehabilitation and […]
Listen to Bob Dylan: A Tribute is a tribute album, dedicated to Bob Dylan. The two disc set was released on August 16 2005 by Drive-Thru Records. Despite the record label’s reputation for its emo/pop punk roster, the compilation album contained cover versions kept close to the originals, instead of pop punk renditions of the […]
Any projection from the cell body of a neuron can be referred to as a neurite. This projection can be either an axon or a dendrite. The term is frequently used when speaking of immature or developing neurons, especially of cells in culture, because it can be difficult to tell axons from dendrites in that […]
Digital film festivals emerged in the mid to late 1990s, to showcase artists and filmmakers utilizing the nascent tools of desktop digital filmmaking.
Digital films and animation are now commonly found in mainstream film festivals, but these events laid the groundwork for pioneering works in the area as useful nexus points for digital artists and debates […]
A day spa is a business establishment which people visit for personal care treatments such as massages and facials. It is similar to a beauty salon in that it is only visited for the duration of the treatment. In contrast, a destination spa offers the same services in a hotel setting where people […]
Geodashing is an outdoor sport in which players use GPS receivers on a playing field that covers the entire planet. The waypoints, or dashpoints, to be reached are randomly selected. The win goes to the team that reaches the most dashpoints in a given time.
The game started in early June 2001.
The first game spanned two […]
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Erotic massage is the use of massage techniques for erotic. Widely practiced by couples as part of lovemaking. For example, instead of draping the subject’s body with towels, an erotic massage is usually conducted with the subject naked and undraped. Areas of the body such as the areas around the groin and intimate parts of […]
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 […]
Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat is a nursery rhyme.
Rhyme
Pussy cat, pussy cat,
Where have you been?
I’ve been to London to visit the Queen.
Pussy cat, pussy cat,
What did you do there?
I chased a little mouse right under the chair.
The last line sometimes sung as:
I frightened a little mouse, under her chair.
Glastonbury chair is a 19th century term for an earlier wooden folding chair, usually of oak, possibly based on a chair made for the last Abbot of Glastonbury, England. The Glastonbury chair was known to exist since the Early Middle Ages, but seems to have disappeared from use in part of the Later Middle Ages;Folding […]
Pernink (German: Bärringen) is a village in Karlovy Vary District in the Czech Republic. It is situated in the valley of Bílá Bystřice at 840 m above the sea level. It has approximately 650 residents.
At the beginning of the 16th century, mining pioneers settled in the area dominated by dense forest. According to a legend, a […]
A wind controller, sometimes referred to as a “wind synth” or “wind synthesizer”, can loosely be defined as an electronic wind instrument. Wind controllers are most commonly played and fingered like a saxophone though models have been produced that play and finger like other acoustic instruments such as the trumpet, recorder, tin whistle, and others. […]
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 […]
Irish crochet is a type of lace, which has its origin in the famine years of the 19th century in Ireland. Charity groups sought to revive the economy by teaching crochet lace technique at no charge to anyone willing to learn. This type of lace is characterized by separately crocheted motifs which were later […]
The Deal Casino is a recreational area located on the Atlantic Ocean shore of Deal, New Jersey.
Although the facility is called a “casino,” there is no gambling on the premises.
It features swimming pools, beach and snack bar.
Behind the main gate, the complex opens on a large saltwater swimming pool. The 50 m pool is one […]
The ZF S6-650 is a 6-speed manual transmission manufactured by ZF Friedrichshafen AG. It is designed for longitudinal engine applications and can handle up to 520 ft·lbf (705 N·m) of torque.
General Motors used the S6 as RPO ML6.
Gear ratios:
1
2
3
4
5
6
R
5.79
3.31
2.10
1.31
1.00
0.72
5.23
Applications:
2001–Present Ford Super Duty F-250 to F-550
2004–2005 Chevrolet Silverado 2500HD and 3500
2004–2005 GMC Sierra 2500HD and […]
Liggett Select is a brand of cigarettes manufactured by Liggett Group, Inc., based in Mebane, North Carolina. Liggett Select is the company’s top seller in the United States.
References, external links
Liggett Vector Brands, Inc. products - [1]
List of digital camera brands past and present, updated to 2005, but may miss some. With some of the brands, the name used was of an older or bigger company. Not all makers of devices that can take digital images are listed here, such as many industrial digital camera makers, some webcam brands, and possibly […]
GammaSight Technologies is a leader in the newly established Homeland Security Sector.
Observing vulnerability in existing homeland defense capabilities, GammaSight’s physicists began work on a revolutionary approach for detecting dangerous materials in a fast, safe, secure and accurate manner. The resulting product is a detection and inspection system named NIRIDS (Non Intrusive Rapid Inspection and Detection […]
Dr. Gerald Deskin, Ph.D. (January 10 1929 - March 9 2004) was a clinical child psychologist, marriage and family therapist. He was credited with the founding of The Learning Center Foundation, a non-profit foundation dedicated to research and the diffusion of knowledge for assisting those with learning disabilities, especially dyslexia, in children. The Learning […]
Vermont Route 11 (abbreviated VT 11) is an east-west state highway in Vermont. The western end of the highway is at Vermont Route 7A in Manchester. The eastern end is at the New Hampshire border at the Cheshire Bridge over the Connecticut River, connecting Springfield, Vermont and Charlestown, New Hampshire. The route […]
In BEAM robotics, a walker is a walking machine that has a driven mode of locomotion by intermittent ground-contacting legs. They usually possess 1 to 12 motors. (ed. motors numbering above 3 are uncommon) “Muscle wired” walkers ultilizes Nitinol (nickel - titanium alloy) for its actuators.
BEAM walking robots are creating using something called NV […]
Smaller Chairs for the Early 1900s is the first release by the rock band Moneen.
Track listing
“How Many Other Girls Are There In The World Anyway?” – 4:03
“Wrath of the Donkey Remix” – 5:24
“The Passing of America”(Demo) – 4:37
“This Year I’ve Had Enough” – 5:57
The ZERO candy bar, introduced in 1920, is a candy bar composed of a combination of caramel, peanut and almond nougat covered with a layer of white fudge. Its outwardly white color, an unusual color for a candy bar, has become its trademark.
History
ZERO was first launched by the Hollywood Brands candy company […]
Hot Stone Massage can be a dual purpose massage. Due to the heat of the stones, it is always a highly relaxing, stress reduction massage. The hardness of the stones allows the therapist to address specific problem areas with more detailed work or deeper pressure.
Basalt stones of various sizes, shapes and weights […]
See the following pages for lists of integrals:
List of integrals of rational functions
List of integrals of irrational functions
List of integrals of trigonometric functions
List of integrals of inverse trigonometric functions
List of integrals of hyperbolic functions
List of integrals of arc hyperbolic functions
List of integrals of exponential functions
List of integrals […]
Gudauri is a ski resort located on the southern slopes of The Greater Caucasus Mountain Range in Georgia. The resort is situated in the Stepantsminda District, along the Georgian Military Highway near the Cross Pass, at an elevation of 2,196 meters (7,200ft.) above sea level. Gudauri lies 120km (75 miles) to the north of the […]
PVP can mean:
Petit Véhicule Protégé, a French military jeep.
Player versus player combat in multiplayer computer role-playing games.
The PvP webcomic.
Portable Video Player, a type of Portable media player
Post-Vasectomy Pain Syndrome
A German-speaking Swiss hip hop crew/rapper/DJ/producer.
PVP-OPM (Protected Video Path - Output Protection Management) is a form of DRM
Polyvinylpyrrolidone, a […]
The Lighted Program Function Keyboard (LPFK) is a computer input device manufactured by IBM that presents an array of buttons associated with lights.
Each button is associated to a function in supporting software, and according to the availability of that function in current context of the application, the light is switched on or off, giving the […]
Lock is a function that locks part of a keyboard keys depending on the lock settings selected.
Most keyboards have three different types of lock functions:
Number Lock – Num Lock
Capital Lock – Caps Lock
Scrolling Lock – Scroll Lock
The lock keys are scattered around the keyboard. Most styles of keyboards have three LEDs indicating which locks […]
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 […]
The Association for Reformational Philosophy, formerly the Association for Calvinistic Philosophy, was incorporated in the Netherlands where the majority of its members are still located along with the Foundation (Stichting in Dutch) and the Centre for Reformational Philosophy. The Dutch title of the Association was changed from Vereniging voor Calvinistische Wijsbegeerte to Vereniging voor Reformatorische […]
Andréas Voutsinas is a Greek actor. In the English speaking world, he is best known for his roles in three Mel Brooks films:- 1968’s The Producers, 1970’s The Twelve Chairs and 1981’s History of the World, Part I.
Biography
Andréas Voutsinas became the original Carmen Ghia after befriending Mel’s girlfriend of the time Anne Bancroft. She recommended […]
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 […]
Prostate massage and prostate milking are terms used to describe the massage or stimulation of the prostate gland in males, either for medical or sexual purposes. The two terms are interchangeable, although “massage” is more frequently used when the purpose is relief of symptoms of chronic prostatitis, and “milking” when the purpose is the reduction […]
Turf may refer to:
Lawn, an area of grass maintained for decorative or recreational use
Sod, the surface layer of ground consisting of a matt of grass and grass roots, sometimes used as a construction material
AstroTurf, or any variety of artificial turf made to resemble grass
A colloquialism for the world of horse-racing
Slang […]
Lakewood Assembly was a General Motors automobile factory near Atlanta, Georgia. Opened in 1927, the plant was the first that the UAW staged a strike against in 1936.
Intially, Lakewood was referred to as ‘Atlanta’ and coded as ‘8′ on vehicle VIN plates, changing to ‘A’ when GM reshuffled their codes for 1953. For 1972, […]
Keith Thompson is a professor at Dalhousie University with a joint appointment in the Department of Oceanography and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Thompson was trained in the UK and obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool. His research interests are ocean and shelf circulation, 4D data assimilation, extremal analysis and applied time series […]
The London Aquarium is located on the ground floor of County Hall on the South Bank of the River Thames in central London, near the London Eye. It first opened in 1997. The aquarium claims that a million visitors a year view its displays.
It is a collection of water tanks showing around 350 species of […]
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