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Mayo | **Mayo** often refers to:
* Mayonnaise, a sauce
* Mayo Clinic, a medical center in Rochester, Minnesota, United States
**Mayo** may also refer to: |
Overhand | **Overhand** may refer to:
* Overhand (boxing), a looping punch
* Overhand knot
* Overhand throwing motion
* Overhand grip |
Delaware County | **Delaware County** is the name of six counties in the United States:
* Delaware County, Indiana
* Delaware County, Iowa
* Delaware County, New York
* Delaware County, Ohio
* Delaware County, Oklahoma
* Delaware County, Pennsylvania |
590s BC | This article concerns the period **599 BC – 590 BC**.
by Lawrence Alma\-Tadema (1881\). |
Orleans County, New York | **Orleans County** is a county in the western part of the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 40,343\. The county seat is Albion. The county received its name at the insistence of Nehemiah Ingersoll though historians are unsure how the name was selected. The two competing theories are that it was named to honor the French Royal House of Orleans or that it was to honor Andrew Jackson's victory in New Orleans. The county is part of the Finger Lakes region of the state.
Located on the south shore of Lake Ontario, Orleans County since the late 20th century has been considered part of the Rochester, NY Metropolitan Statistical Area. |
Thornton Wilder | **Thornton Niven Wilder** (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975\) was an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes, for the novel *The Bridge of San Luis Rey* and for the plays *Our Town* and *The Skin of Our Teeth*, and a U.S. National Book Award for the novel *The Eighth Day*. |
Saint Casimir | **Casimir Jagiellon** (; ; ; 3 October 1458 – 4 March 1484\) was a prince of the Kingdom of Poland and of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. The second son of King Casimir IV Jagiellon, he was tutored by Johannes Longinus, a Polish chronicler and diplomat. After his elder brother Vladislaus was elected as King of Bohemia in 1471, Casimir became the heir apparent. At the age of 13, Casimir participated in the failed military campaign to install him as King of Hungary. He became known for his piety, devotion to God, and generosity towards the sick and poor. He became ill (most likely with tuberculosis) and died at the age of 25\. He was buried in Vilnius Cathedral. His canonization was initiated by his brother King Sigismund I the Old in 1514 and the tradition holds that he was canonized in 1521\.
Veneration of Casimir saw a resurgence in the 17th century when his feast day was confirmed by the pope in 1602 and the dedicated Chapel of Saint Casimir was completed in 1636\. Casimir became a patron saint of Lithuania and Lithuanian youth. In Vilnius, his feast day is marked annually with Kaziuko mugė (a trade fair) held on the Sunday nearest to 4 March, the anniversary of his death. There are more than 50 churches named after Casimir in Lithuania and Poland, including Church of St. Casimir, Vilnius and St. Kazimierz Church, Warsaw, and more than 50 churches in Lithuanian and Polish diaspora communities in America. Women's congregation Sisters of Saint Casimir was established in 1908 and remains active in the United States. |
Namespace | In computing, a **namespace** is a set of signs (*names*) that are used to identify and refer to objects of various kinds. A namespace ensures that all of a given set of objects have unique names so that they can be easily identified.
Namespaces are commonly structured as hierarchies to allow reuse of names in different contexts. As an analogy, consider a system of naming of people where each person has a given name, as well as a family name shared with their relatives. If the first names of family members are unique only within each family, then each person can be uniquely identified by the combination of first name and family name; there is only one Jane Doe, though there may be many Janes. Within the namespace of the Doe family, just "Jane" suffices to unambiguously designate this person, while within the "global" namespace of all people, the full name must be used.
Prominent examples for namespaces include file systems, which assign names to files.
Some programming languages organize their variables and subroutines in namespaces.
Computer networks and distributed systems assign names to resources, such as computers, printers, websites, and remote files. Operating systems can partition kernel resources by isolated namespaces to support virtualization containers.
Similarly, hierarchical file systems organize files in directories. Each directory is a separate namespace, so that the directories "letters" and "invoices" may both contain a file "to\_jane".
In computer programming, namespaces are typically employed for the purpose of grouping symbols and identifiers around a particular functionality and to avoid name collisions between multiple identifiers that share the same name.
In networking, the Domain Name System organizes websites (and other resources) into hierarchical namespaces. |
Gallipoli | in Gallipoli
The **Gallipoli** peninsula (; ; ) is located in the southern part of East Thrace, the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles strait to the east.
Gallipoli is the Italian form of the Greek name (), meaning 'beautiful city', the original name of the modern town of Gelibolu. In antiquity, the peninsula was known as the **Thracian Chersonese** (; ).
The peninsula runs in a south\-westerly direction into the Aegean Sea, between the Dardanelles (formerly known as the Hellespont), and the Gulf of Saros (formerly the bay of Melas). In antiquity, it was protected by the Long Wall, a defensive structure built across the narrowest part of the peninsula near the ancient city of Agora. The isthmus traversed by the wall was only 36 stadia in breadthHerodotus, *The Histories*, vi. 36; Xenophon, ibid.; Pseudo\-Scylax, *Periplus of Pseudo\-Scylax*, 67 (PDF ) or about , but the length of the peninsula from this wall to its southern extremity, Cape Mastusia, was 420 stadia or about . |
Vaporware | computer (pictured) nearly two years early to hurt sales of its competitor's computer.
In the computer industry, **vaporware** (or **vapourware**) is a product, typically computer hardware or software, that is announced to the general public but is late, never actually manufactured, or officially cancelled. Use of the word has broadened to include products such as automobiles.
Vaporware is often announced months or years before its purported release, with few details about its development being released. Developers have been accused of intentionally promoting vaporware to keep customers from switching to competing products that offer more features.Vapour\-ware definition of Vapour\-ware in the Free Online Encyclopedia. Encyclopedia2\.thefreedictionary.com. *Network World* magazine called vaporware an "epidemic" in 1989 and blamed the press for not investigating if developers' claims were true. Seven major companies issued a report in 1990 saying that they felt vaporware had hurt the industry's credibility. The United States accused several companies of announcing vaporware early enough to violate antitrust laws, but few have been found guilty.
"Vaporware" was coined by a Microsoft engineer in 1982 to describe the company's Xenix operating system and appeared in print at least as early as the May 1983 issue of Sinclair User magazine (spelled as 'Vapourware' in UK English). It became popular among writers in the industry as a way to describe products they felt took too long to be released. *InfoWorld* magazine editor Stewart Alsop helped popularize it by lampooning Bill Gates with a *Golden Vaporware* award for the late release of his company's first version of Windows in 1985\. |
Benton County, Iowa | **Benton County** is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,575\.
Its county seat and largest city is Vinton. The county is named for Thomas Hart Benton, a U.S. Senator from Missouri.
Benton County is part of the Cedar Rapids, IA Metropolitan Statistical Area. |
Sigel Township, Brown County, Minnesota | **Sigel Township** is a township in Brown County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 432 as of the 2000 census. The township was first settled in 1856 and organized during the American Civil War in 1862, and was named in honor of German immigrant and Union Army general Franz Sigel. |
East Bradford Township, Pennsylvania | **East Bradford Township** is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 10,308 at the 2020 census. |
Rendering (computer graphics) | 3\.6
**Rendering** or **image synthesis** is the process of generating a photorealistic or non\-photorealistic image from a 2D or 3D model by means of a computer program. The resulting image is referred to as a **rendering**. Multiple models can be defined in a *scene file* containing objects in a strictly defined language or data structure. The scene file contains geometry, viewpoint, textures, lighting, and shading information describing the virtual scene. The data contained in the scene file is then passed to a rendering program to be processed and output to a digital image or raster graphics image file. The term "rendering" is analogous to the concept of an artist's impression of a scene. The term "rendering" is also used to describe the process of calculating effects in a video editing program to produce the final video output.
A software application or component that performs rendering is called a **rendering engine**, **render engine**, **rendering system**, **graphics engine**, or simply a **renderer**.
Rendering is one of the major sub\-topics of 3D computer graphics, and in practice it is always connected to the others. It is the last major step in the graphics pipeline, giving models and animation their final appearance. With the increasing sophistication of computer graphics since the 1970s, it has become a more distinct subject.
Rendering has uses in architecture, video games, simulators, movie and TV visual effects, and design visualization, each employing a different balance of features and techniques. A wide variety of renderers are available for use. Some are integrated into larger modeling and animation packages, some are stand\-alone, and some are free open\-source projects. On the inside, a renderer is a carefully engineered program based on multiple disciplines, including light physics, visual perception, mathematics, and software development.
Though the technical details of rendering methods vary, the general challenges to overcome in producing a 2D image on a screen from a 3D representation stored in a scene file are handled by the graphics pipeline in a rendering device such as a GPU. A GPU is a purpose\-built device that assists a CPU in performing complex rendering calculations. If a scene is to look relatively realistic and predictable under virtual lighting, the rendering software must solve the rendering equation. The rendering equation does not account for all lighting phenomena, but instead acts as a general lighting model for computer\-generated imagery.
In the case of 3D graphics, scenes can be pre\-rendered or generated in realtime. Pre\-rendering is a slow, computationally intensive process that is typically used for movie creation, where scenes can be generated ahead of time, while real\-time rendering is often done for 3D video games and other applications that must dynamically create scenes. 3D hardware accelerators can improve realtime rendering performance. |
Trainer, Pennsylvania | **Trainer** is a borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,828 at the 2010 census, down from 1,901 at the 2000 census. The borough was named after David Trainer, a wealthy textile manufacturer. |
Ariane 5 | **Ariane 5** is a retired European heavy\-lift space launch vehicle developed and operated by Arianespace for the European Space Agency (ESA). It was launched from the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) in French Guiana. It was used to deliver payloads into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO), low Earth orbit (LEO) or further into space. The launch vehicle had a streak of 82 consecutive successful launches between 9 April 2003 and 12 December 2017\. Since 2014, Ariane 6, a direct successor system, first launched in 2024\.
The system was designed as an expendable launch system by the *Centre national d'études spatiales* (CNES), the French government's space agency, in cooperation with various European partners. Despite not being a direct derivative of its predecessor launch vehicle program, it was classified as part of the Ariane rocket family. ArianeGroup was the prime contractor for the manufacturing of the vehicles, leading a multi\-country consortium of other European contractors. Ariane 5 was originally intended to launch the Hermes spacecraft, and thus it was rated for human space launches.
Since its first launch, Ariane 5 was refined in successive versions: "G", "G\+", "GS", "ECA", and finally, "ES". The system had a commonly used dual\-launch capability, where up to two large geostationary belt communication satellites can be mounted using a **SYLDA** (*Système de Lancement Double Ariane*, meaning "Ariane Double\-Launch System") carrier system. Up to three, somewhat smaller, main satellites are possible depending on size using a **SPELTRA** (*Structure Porteuse Externe Lancement Triple Ariane*, which translates to "Ariane Triple\-Launch External Carrier Structure"). Up to eight secondary payloads, usually small experiment packages or minisatellites, could be carried with an **ASAP** (Ariane Structure for Auxiliary Payloads) platform.
Following the launch of 15 August 2020, Arianespace signed the contracts for the last eight Ariane 5 launches, before it was succeeded by the new Ariane 6 launcher, according to Daniel Neuenschwander, director of space transportation at the ESA. Ariane 5 flew its final mission on 5 July 2023\. |
Moosic, Pennsylvania | **Moosic** ( ) is a borough in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, United States, south of downtown Scranton and northeast of downtown Wilkes\-Barre, on the Lackawanna River.
Moosic is in a former coal\-mining region. A few older industries existed at one time, including the manufacturing of canvas gloves and silk products. The population was 5,972 at the 2020 census. |
Alkali metal | *Legend*
The **alkali metals** consist of the chemical elements lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K),The symbols **Na** and **K** for sodium and potassium are derived from their Latin names, *natrium* and *kalium*; these are still the origins of the names for the elements in some languages, such as German and Russian. rubidium (Rb), caesium (Cs), and francium (Fr). Together with hydrogen they constitute group 1, which lies in the s\-block of the periodic table. All alkali metals have their outermost electron in an s\-orbital: this shared electron configuration results in their having very similar characteristic properties. Indeed, the alkali metals provide the best example of group trends in properties in the periodic table, with elements exhibiting well\-characterised homologous behaviour. This family of elements is also known as the **lithium family** after its leading element.
The alkali metals are all shiny, soft, highly reactive metals at standard temperature and pressure and readily lose their outermost electron to form cations with charge \+1\. They can all be cut easily with a knife due to their softness, exposing a shiny surface that tarnishes rapidly in air due to oxidation by atmospheric moisture and oxygen (and in the case of lithium, nitrogen). Because of their high reactivity, they must be stored under oil to prevent reaction with air, and are found naturally only in salts and never as the free elements. Caesium, the fifth alkali metal, is the most reactive of all the metals. All the alkali metals react with water, with the heavier alkali metals reacting more vigorously than the lighter ones.
All of the discovered alkali metals occur in nature as their compounds: in order of abundance, sodium is the most abundant, followed by potassium, lithium, rubidium, caesium, and finally francium, which is very rare due to its extremely high radioactivity; francium occurs only in minute traces in nature as an intermediate step in some obscure side branches of the natural decay chains. Experiments have been conducted to attempt the synthesis of element 119, which is likely to be the next member of the group; none were successful. However, ununennium may not be an alkali metal due to relativistic effects, which are predicted to have a large influence on the chemical properties of superheavy elements; even if it does turn out to be an alkali metal, it is predicted to have some differences in physical and chemical properties from its lighter homologues.
Most alkali metals have many different applications. One of the best\-known applications of the pure elements is the use of rubidium and caesium in atomic clocks, of which caesium atomic clocks form the basis of the second. A common application of the compounds of sodium is the sodium\-vapour lamp, which emits light very efficiently. Table salt, or sodium chloride, has been used since antiquity. Lithium finds use as a psychiatric medication and as an anode in lithium batteries. Sodium, potassium and possibly lithium are essential elements, having major biological roles as electrolytes, and although the other alkali metals are not essential, they also have various effects on the body, both beneficial and harmful. |
Logan Township, Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania | **Logan Township** is a township that is located in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 614 at the time of the 2020 census.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 22\.8 square miles (59\.2 km2), of which 22\.7 square miles (58\.8 km2) is land and 0\.2 square mile (0\.4 km2) (0\.66%) is water. |
Petal | **Petals** are modified leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers. They are often brightly coloured or unusually shaped to attract pollinators. All of the petals of a flower are collectively known as the ***corolla***. Petals are usually accompanied by another set of modified leaves called sepals, that collectively form the *calyx* and lie just beneath the corolla. The calyx and the corolla together make up the perianth, the non\-reproductive portion of a flower. When the petals and sepals of a flower are difficult to distinguish, they are collectively called tepals. Examples of plants in which the term *tepal* is appropriate include genera such as *Aloe* and *Tulipa*. Conversely, genera such as *Rosa* and *Phaseolus* have well\-distinguished sepals and petals. When the undifferentiated tepals resemble petals, they are referred to as "petaloid", as in petaloid monocots, orders of monocots with brightly coloured tepals. Since they include Liliales, an alternative name is lilioid monocots.
Although petals are usually the most conspicuous parts of animal\-pollinated flowers, wind\-pollinated species, such as the grasses, either have very small petals or lack them entirely (apetalous). |
Kusunda people | The **Kusunda** () or Ban Raja ("people of the forest"), known to themselves as the *Mihaq* or *Myahq* (\< \**Myahak*),B. K. Rana (Linguistic Society of Nepal), "New Materials on Kusunda Language" (Presented to the Fourth Round Table International Conference on Ethnogenesis of South and Central Asia, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, USA. May 11–13, 2002\) are a tribe of former hunter\-gatherers of the forests of western Nepal, who are now intermarried with neighboring peoples and settled in villages.
In 1968 American anthropologist Johan Reinhard located a few of the last surviving Kusunda near Gorkha in Central Nepal, and in 1969 and 1975 he found further members in Dang and Surkhet valleys in western Nepal, collecting basic linguistic and ethnographic data (see references below). Shortly earlier, in about 1956, René Nebesky\-Wojokowitz wrote a report after he was told by villagers of Kusundas conducting silent trade with Nepali farmers. The Kusunda were said to have brought a deer hunted recently and left it for a farm household with the unspoken expectation that the farmers would give the Kusunda farm goods.Nebesky\-Wojkowitz, René. 1959\. Kusunda and Chepang: Notes on Two Little\-Known Tribes of Nepal. Bulletin of the International Committee on Urgent Anthropological and Ethnological Research 2: 77\-84\.
The Kusunda mainly hunted birds resting in trees at night with bows and exceptionally long (ca. 160 cm) unfeathered arrows, which were poorly suited for the hunting of land animals. Their custom of eating only the meat of wild animals extended until recent times. The Kusunda are followers of animism, though Hindu overtones may be seen in their religious rituals. According to the 2011 Nepal census, there are a total of 273 ethnic Kusunda. In 2001 Census, there were 164 Kusunda of whom 160 were Hindus and 4 were Buddhists. The Nepali word *Kusunda* originally meant "savage", as the neighboring Chepang and other groups traditionally thought of them as savages. |
XDM (display manager) | The **X Display Manager (XDM)** is the default display manager for the X Window System. It is a bare\-bones X display manager. It was introduced with X11 Release 3 in October 1988, to support the standalone X terminals that were just coming onto the market. It was written by Keith Packard. |
Photographic processing | **Photographic processing** or **photographic development** is the chemical means by which photographic film or paper is treated after photographic exposure to produce a negative or positive image. Photographic processing transforms the latent image into a visible image, makes this permanent and renders it insensitive to light.Karlheinz Keller et al. "Photography" in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, 2005, Wiley\-VCH, Weinheim.
All processes based upon the gelatin silver process are similar, regardless of the film or paper's manufacturer. Exceptional variations include instant films such as those made by Polaroid and thermally developed films. Kodachrome required Kodak's proprietary K\-14 process. Kodachrome film production ceased in 2009, and K\-14 processing is no longer available as of December 30, 2010\. Ilfochrome materials use the dye destruction process. Deliberately using the wrong process for a film is known as cross processing. |
Akebono | **Akebono** is a Japanese word meaning *dawn* or the color of the sky at dawn. It may refer to: |
Iora | The **ioras** are a small family, **Aegithinidae**, of four passerine bird species found in south and southeast Asia. The family is composed of a single genus, ***Aegithina***. They were formerly grouped with the leafbirds and fairy\-bluebirds, in the family Irenidae. |
Customary law | A **legal custom** is the established pattern of behavior within a particular social setting. A claim can be carried out in defense of "what has always been done and accepted by law".
**Customary law** (also, **consuetudinary** or **unofficial law**) exists where:
1. a certain legal practice is observed and
2. the relevant actors consider it to be an opinion of law or necessity (*opinio juris*).
Most customary laws deal with *standards of the community* that have been long\-established in a given locale. However, the term can also apply to areas of international law where certain standards have been nearly universal in their acceptance as correct bases of action – for example, laws against piracy or slavery (see *hostis humani generis*). In many, though not all instances, customary laws will have supportive court rulings and case law that have evolved over time to give additional weight to their rule as law and also to demonstrate the trajectory of evolution (if any) in the interpretation of such law by relevant courts. |
Pelecaniformes | The **Pelecaniformes** are an order of medium\-sized and large waterbirds found worldwide. As traditionally—but erroneously—defined, they encompass all birds that have feet with all four toes webbed. Hence, they were formerly also known by such names as **totipalmates** or **steganopodes**. Most have a bare throat patch (gular patch), and the nostrils have evolved into dysfunctional slits, forcing them to breathe through their mouths. They also have a pectinate nail on their longest toe. This is shaped like a comb and is used to brush out and separate their feathers. They feed on fish, squid, or similar marine life. Nesting is colonial, but individual birds are monogamous. The young are altricial, hatching from the egg helpless and naked in most. They lack a brood patch.
The pelicans, shoebill and hamerkop form a clade within the order (suborder Pelecani). The relationships between Pelecani, herons (Ardeidae) and ibises and spoonbills (Threskiornithidae) are unclear. The Fregatidae (frigatebirds), Sulidae (gannets and boobies), Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants and shags), Anhingidae (darters), and Phaethontidae (tropicbirds) were traditionally placed in the Pelecaniformes, but molecular and morphological studies indicate they are not such close relatives. They have been placed in their own orders, Suliformes and Phaethontiformes, respectively. |
Ralph Vaughan Williams | **Ralph Vaughan Williams** ( ;Collins English Dictionary 12 October 1872– 26 August 1958\) was an English composer. His works include operas, ballets, chamber music, secular and religious vocal pieces and orchestral compositions including nine symphonies, written over sixty years. Strongly influenced by Tudor music and English folk\-song, his output marked a decisive break in British music from its German\-dominated style of the 19th century.
Vaughan Williams was born to a well\-to\-do family with strong moral views and a progressive social outlook. Throughout his life he sought to be of service to his fellow citizens, and believed in making music as available as possible to everybody. He wrote many works for amateur and student performance. He was musically a late developer, not finding his true voice until his late thirties; his studies in 1907–1908 with the French composer Maurice Ravel helped him clarify the textures of his music and free it from Teutonic influences.
Vaughan Williams is among the best\-known British symphonists, noted for his very wide range of moods, from stormy and impassioned to tranquil, from mysterious to exuberant. Among the most familiar of his other concert works are *Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis* (1910\) and *The Lark Ascending* (1914\). His vocal works include hymns, folk\-song arrangements and large\-scale choral pieces. He wrote eight works for stage performance between 1919 and 1951\. Although none of his operas became popular repertoire pieces, his ballet *Job: A Masque for Dancing* (1930\) was successful and has been frequently staged.
Two episodes made notably deep impressions in Vaughan Williams's personal life. The First World War, in which he served in the army, had a lasting emotional effect. Twenty years later, though in his sixties and devotedly married, he was reinvigorated by a love affair with a much younger woman, who later became his second wife. He went on composing through his seventies and eighties, producing his last symphony months before his death at the age of eighty\-five. His works have continued to be a staple of the British concert repertoire, and all his major compositions and many of the minor ones have been recorded. |
Barbour's day gecko | **Barbour's day gecko** (***Phelsuma barbouri***) is a species of lizard in the family Gekkonidae. The species is endemic to central Madagascar. It is diurnal and typically dwells on rocks. Barbour's day gecko feeds on insects and nectar. |
Tristan | by Rogelio de Egusquiza (1912\)
**Tristan** (Latin/Brythonic: *Drustanus*; ), also known as **Tristram**, **Tristyn** or **Tristain** and similar names, is the folk hero of the legend of Tristan and Iseult. In the legend, his objective is escorting the Irish princess Iseult to wed Tristan's uncle, King Mark of Cornwall. Tristan and Iseult accidentally drink a love potion during the journey and fall in love, beginning an adulterous relationship that eventually leads to Tristan's banishment and death. The character's first recorded appearance is in retellings of British mythology from the 12th century by Thomas of Britain and Gottfried von Strassburg, and later in the Prose *Tristan*. He is featured in Arthurian legends, including the seminal text *Le Morte d'Arthur*, as a skilled knight and a friend of Lancelot. He is also a Knight of the Round Table.
The historical roots of Tristan are unclear; his association with Cornwall may originate from the Tristan Stone, a 6th\-century granite pillar in Cornwall inscribed with the name *Drustanus* (a variant of *Tristan*). He has been depicted in numerous historical and modern works of literature, music, and cinema. |
Southern Dobruja | is highlighted in orange.
**Southern Dobruja**, **South Dobruja**, or **Quadrilateral** ( or simply , ; , or ) is an area of north\-eastern Bulgaria comprising Dobrich and Silistra provinces, part of the historical region of Dobruja. It has an area of 7,412 square kmKeith Hitchins, Clarendon Press, 1994, *Rumania, 1866\-1947*, p. 448 and a population of 358,000\.
It is historically noteworthy as a point of contention in Bulgarian\-Romanian relations. Part of Bulgaria between 1878 and 1913, the region was annexed by Romania in the Treaty of Bucharest (1913\), targeted by Bulgaria during World War I (1914–18\), and subsequently remained Romanian until 1940, when Bulgaria regained control in the Treaty of Craiova, which went along with a compulsory population exchange. Southern Dobruja has been part of Bulgaria since 1940\. |
St. Michael's College School | **St. Michael's College School** (also known as **St. Michael's**, **St. Mike's**, and **SMCS**), is an independent, Catholic school for young men in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Administered by the Basilian Fathers, it is the largest school of its kind in Canada, with an enrolment of approximately 750 students from grades 7 to 12\. It is known for its high standard of academics and athletics, notably its ice hockey, football and basketball programs. The hockey program has graduated numerous future National Hockey League ice hockey players. The basketball and football programs have graduated multiple NBA, NFL, and CFL players. St. Michael's College School is the affiliate school of Holy Name of Mary College School, an independent, Catholic all\-girls school in Mississauga. St. Michael's was part of the Metropolitan Separate School Board from 1967 to 1985, but has subsequently operated within the Conference of Independent Schools of Ontario Athletic Association. |
Gonatodes | ***Gonatodes*** is a genus of New World **dwarf geckos** of the family Sphaerodactylidae.Gamble T, Simons AM, Colli GR, Vitt LJ (2008\). "Tertiary climate change and the diversification of the Amazonian gecko genus *Gonatodes* (Sphaerodactylidae, Squamata)". *Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution* **46**: 269–277\.Gamble T, Bauer AM, Greenbaum E, Jackman TR (2008\). "Evidence for Gondwanan vicariance in an ancient clade of gecko lizards". *Journal of Biogeography* **35**: 88–104\. |
Khujut Rabu | **Khujut Rabu'** () is a local area to the South\-East of Baghdad, Iraq, near the town of the present\-day Salman Pak. Also Khujut Rabua. Until 637 AD, this was the location of Ctesiphon and Seleucia on the Tigris. This area was the capital city of Iran, also known as Persia, and by the Romans as Ariana; during the Selucid, Parthian and Sasanian dynasties. Modern excavations of these two ancient cities have provided many artifacts from ancient times, including the alleged Baghdad Battery. Modern tourists can still visit Taq Kasra (the Arch of Ctesiphon). |
Maclean's | ***Maclean's***, founded in 1905, is a Canadian news magazine reporting on Canadian issues such as politics, pop culture, and current events. Its founder, publisher John Bayne Maclean, established the magazine to provide a uniquely Canadian perspective on current affairs and to "entertain but also inspire its readers". Rogers Media, the magazine's publisher since 1994 (after the company acquired Maclean\-Hunter Publishing), announced in September 2016 that *Maclean's* would become a monthly beginning January 2017, while continuing to produce a weekly issue on the Texture app. In 2019, the magazine was bought by its current publisher, St. Joseph Communications."Toronto Life owner St. Joseph Communications to buy Rogers magazines". *The Globe and Mail*, March 20, 2019\. |
Linda Perham | **Linda Perham** (born 29 June 1947\) is a Labour politician in the United Kingdom. |
Gósol | **Gósol** is a village and municipality located in the northwest of the comarca of Berguedà in Catalonia, Spain. It is within the confines of Cadí\-Moixeró Natural Park in the Pyrenees, to the west of Pedraforca.
Gósol is the only municipality in Berguedà which is in the province of Lleida rather than that of Barcelona. It is also a party to the Judicial district of La Seu d'Urgell. |
DIN connector | MF2 keyboard by Cherry
The **DIN connector** is an electrical connector that was standardized by the (DIN), the German Institute for Standards, in the mid 1950s, initially with 3 pins for mono, but when stereo connections and gear appeared in late 1950s (1959 or so), versions with 5 pins or more were launched. The male DIN connectors (plugs) feature a 13\.2 mm diameter metal shield with a notch that limits the orientation in which plug and socket can mate. The range of DIN connectors, different only in the configuration of the pins, have been standardized as DIN 41524 / IEC/DIN EN 60130\-9 (3\-pin at 90° and 5\-pin at 45°); DIN 45322 (5\-pin and 6\-pin at 60°); DIN 45329 / IEC/DIN EN 60130–9 (7\-pin at 45°); and DIN 45326 / IEC/DIN EN 60130\-9 (8\-pin at 45°).
In consumer electronics, the term "DIN connector" identifies types of cylindrical connectors that the German Institute for Standards (DIN) had initially standardised for analog audio signals. Some DIN connectors have been used in analog video applications, for power connections, and for digital interfaces, such as the MIDI (DIN 41524\), the IBM PC keyboard and the IBM AT keyboard connectors (DIN 41524\). The original, technical standards for these models of DIN connector are unavailable, and were replaced with equivalent connectors, such as the international standard IEC 60130\-9\.IEC 60130\-9: "Connectors for frequencies below 3 MHz — Part 9: Circular connectors for radio and associated sound equipment." International Electrotechnical Commission, Geneva, 2011\. |
August von Wassermann | **August Paul von Wassermann** (21 February 1866 – 16 March 1925\) was a German bacteriologist and hygienist.
Born in Bamberg, with Jewish origins, he studied at several universities throughout Germany, receiving his medical doctorate in 1888 from the University of Strassburg. In 1890 he began work under Robert Koch at the Institute for Infectious Diseases in Berlin. In 1906 he became director of the division for experimental therapy and serum research at the institute, followed by a directorship of the department of experimental therapy at the Kaiser\-Wilhelm\-Gesellschaft for the Advancement of Science in Berlin\-Dahlem (1913\).August Paul von Wassermann @ Who Named It
Wassermann developed a complement fixation test for the diagnosis of syphilis in 1906, just one year after the causative organism, *Spirochaeta pallida*, had been identified by Fritz Schaudinn and Erich Hoffmann.Wassermann's reaction @ Who Named It The so\-called "Wassermann test" allowed for early detection of the disease (despite its nonspecific symptoms), and thus prevention of transmission. He attributed the development of the test to earlier findings of Jules Bordet and Octave Gengou (complement fixation reaction) and to a hypothesis introduced by Paul Ehrlich in his interpretation of antibody formation.
The Wassermann test remains a staple of syphilis detection and prevention in some areas, although it has often been replaced by more modern alternatives. With Wilhelm Kolle, he published the six\-volume *Handbuch der Pathogenen Mikroorganismen* (Handbook of Pathogenic Microorganisms).
He was the first recipient of the Aronson Prize in 1921\. |
Lingdingyang Bridge | construction, from May 2018 till June 2021
The **Lingdingyang Bridge** () is one of the bridges in the Shenzhen\-Zhongshan link. The bridge was proposed by former Zhuhai prefecture mayor in the late 1980s to link Zhuhai and Hong Kong at Qi'ao and Tuen Mun, across the Lingdingyang, Pearl River estuary.
Preliminary works had been finished to link mainland Zhuhai with Qi'ao island. Nonetheless the proposal was dropped to give way to a later proposal of Hong Kong\-Zhuhai\-Macau Bridge, which links Hong Kong at Lantau, and connects Macau as well.
In November 2019, Zhuhai government announced plans for a Shenzhen\-Zhuhai bridge, officially named the Lingdingyang Bridge, as the bridge cross the Lingding Channel will be built to connect the two cities. The bridge will start in Qianhai, Shenzhen and go towards Qi'ao Island, Zhuhai, and will be long. The cross\-sea section of the bridge is planned to be both an expressway and a railway. A two\-way eight\-lane expressway and a four\-lane railway with a designed speed of have been planned. |
List of animal names | with sleeping pup, Morro Bay, California
In the English language, many animals have different names depending on whether they are male, female, young, domesticated, or in groups.
The best\-known source of many English words used for collective groupings of animals is *The Book of Saint Albans*, an essay on hunting published in 1486 and attributed to Juliana Berners. Most terms used here may be found in common dictionaries and general information web sites. |
Mildenhall, Suffolk | **Mildenhall** is a market town in the civil parish of Mildenhall High, in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England. The town is near the A11, and is north\-west of Ipswich.Ordnance Survey (2006\). *OS Explorer Map 226 \- Ely \& Newmarket*. . The large Royal Air Force station, RAF Mildenhall, as well as RAF Lakenheath, are located north of the town. Both are used by the United States Air Force and Mildenhall is the headquarters of its 100th Air Refueling Wing and 352nd Special Operations Group. Mildenhall is often seen as the start of The Fens on the south/east. |
Paillier cryptosystem | The **Paillier cryptosystem**, invented by and named after Pascal Paillier in 1999, is a probabilistic asymmetric algorithm for public key cryptography. The problem of computing *n*\-th residue classes is believed to be computationally difficult. The decisional composite residuosity assumption is the intractability hypothesis upon which this cryptosystem is based.
The scheme is an additive homomorphic cryptosystem; this means that, given only the public key and the
encryption of m\_1 and m\_2, one can compute the encryption of m\_1\+m\_2. |
Irish Bulletin | The ***Irish Bulletin*** was the official gazette of the government of the Irish Republic. It was produced by the Department of Propaganda during the Irish War of Independence. and its offices were originally located at No. 6 Harcourt Street, Dublin. The paper's first editor was Desmond FitzGerald, until his arrest and replacement by Erskine Childers. *The Bulletin* appeared in weekly editions from 11 November 1919 to 11 July 1921\. |
WSB-FM | **WSB\-FM** (98\.5 MHz) is a commercial radio station in Atlanta, Georgia. It carries an adult contemporary radio format and is owned by the Cox Media Group, serving as the group's flagship FM station. WSB\-FM is the oldest FM radio station in Atlanta. The studios and offices are on Peachtree Street NE in Atlanta, in the WSB\-TV and Radio Group Building.
WSB\-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts.FCC.gov/WSB\-FM The transmitter is at the end of New Street NE in the Edgewood neighborhood of Atlanta. It shares the tower with WABE\-TV, WSTR\-FM and WVEE\-FM. It broadcasts in the HD Radio hybrid format; the HD2 subchannel airs a soft adult contemporary format, and the HD3 subchannel carries the Regional Mexican format heard on WLKQ\-FM, and also feeds FM translator W296BB (107\.1\) in Jonesboro.http://hdradio.com/station\_guides/widget.php?id\=76 HD Radio Guide for Atlanta |
USS Washington (BB-56) | * + - * + - * + - * + - * + **USS *Washington* (BB\-56\)** was the second and final member of the of fast battleships, the first vessel of the type built for the United States Navy. Built under the Washington Treaty system, *North Carolina*s design was limited in displacement and armament, though the United States used a clause in the Second London Naval Treaty to increase the main battery from the original armament of nine guns to nine guns. The ship was laid down in 1938 and completed in May 1941, while the United States was still neutral during World War II. Her initial career was spent training along the East Coast of the United States until Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, bringing the United States into the war.
*Washington* was initially deployed to Britain to reinforce the Home Fleet, which was tasked with protecting convoys carrying supplies to the Soviet Union. She saw no action during this period, as the German fleet remained in port, and *Washington* was recalled to the US in July 1942 to be refitted and transferred to the Pacific. Immediately sent to the south Pacific to reinforce Allied units fighting the Guadalcanal campaign, the ship became the flagship of Rear Admiral Willis Lee. She saw action at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on the night of 14–15 November in company with the battleship and four destroyers. After *South Dakota* inadvertently drew heavy Japanese fire by sailing too closely to Admiral Nobutake Kondō's squadron, *Washington* took advantage of the Japanese preoccupation with *South Dakota* to inflict fatal damage on the Japanese battleship and the destroyer , while avoiding damage herself. *Washington*s attack disrupted Kondō's planned bombardment of U.S. Marine positions on Guadalcanal and forced the remaining Japanese ships to withdraw.
From 1943 onward, she was primarily occupied with screening the fast carrier task force, though she also occasionally shelled Japanese positions in support of the various amphibious assaults. During this period, *Washington* participated in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign in late 1943 and early 1944, the Mariana and Palau Islands campaign in mid\-1944, and the Philippines campaign in late 1944 and early 1945\. Operations to capture Iwo Jima and Okinawa followed in 1945, and during the later stages of the Battle of Okinawa, *Washington* was detached to undergo an overhaul, though by the time it was completed, Japan had surrendered, ending the war. *Washington* then moved to the east coast of the US, where she was refitted to serve as a troop transport as part of Operation Magic Carpet, carrying a group of over 1,600 soldiers home from Britain. She was thereafter decommissioned in 1947 and assigned to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, where she remained until 1960 when she was stricken from the naval register and sold for scrap the next year. |
Cernay, Calvados | **Cernay** () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France. |
Hypersurface | In geometry, a **hypersurface** is a generalization of the concepts of hyperplane, plane curve, and surface. A hypersurface is a manifold or an algebraic variety of dimension , which is embedded in an ambient space of dimension , generally a Euclidean space, an affine space or a projective space.
Hypersurfaces share, with surfaces in a three\-dimensional space, the property of being defined by a single implicit equation, at least locally (near every point), and sometimes globally.
A hypersurface in a (Euclidean, affine, or projective) space of dimension two is a plane curve. In a space of dimension three, it is a surface.
For example, the equation
x\_1^2\+x\_2^2\+\\cdots\+x\_n^2\-1\=0
defines an algebraic hypersurface of dimension in the Euclidean space of dimension . This hypersurface is also a smooth manifold, and is called a hypersphere or an \-sphere. |
Vampire (disambiguation) | A **vampire** is a being from folklore who subsists by feeding on the life essence of the living.
(**The**) **vampire**(**s**) or **vampyre** may also refer to: |
New York School (art) | The **New York School** was an informal group of American poets, painters, dancers, and musicians active in the 1950s and 1960s in New York City. They often drew inspiration from surrealism and the contemporary avant\-garde art movements, in particular action painting, abstract expressionism, jazz, improvisational theater, experimental music, and the interaction of friends in the New York City art world's vanguard circle. |
Uranium-238 | **Uranium\-238** (**238U** or **U\-238**) is the most common isotope of uranium found in nature, with a relative abundance of 99%. Unlike uranium\-235, it is non\-fissile, which means it cannot sustain a chain reaction in a thermal\-neutron reactor. However, it is fissionable by fast neutrons, and is *fertile*, meaning it can be transmuted to fissile plutonium\-239\. 238U cannot support a chain reaction because inelastic scattering reduces neutron energy below the range where fast fission of one or more next\-generation nuclei is probable. Doppler broadening of 238U's neutron absorption resonances, increasing absorption as fuel temperature increases, is also an essential negative feedback mechanism for reactor control.
Around 99\.284% of natural uranium's mass is uranium\-238, which has a half\-life of 1\.41 seconds (4\.468 years, or 4\.468 billion years).
Due to its natural abundance and half\-life relative to other radioactive elements, 238U produces \~40% of the radioactive heat produced within the Earth. The 238U decay chain contributes six electron anti\-neutrinos per 238U nucleus (one per beta decay), resulting in a large detectable geoneutrino signal when decays occur within the Earth. The decay of 238U to daughter isotopes is extensively used in radiometric dating, particularly for material older than approximately 1 million years.
Depleted uranium has an even higher concentration of the 238U isotope, and even low\-enriched uranium (LEU), while having a higher proportion of the uranium\-235 isotope (in comparison to depleted uranium), is still mostly 238U. Reprocessed uranium is also mainly 238U, with about as much uranium\-235 as natural uranium, a comparable proportion of uranium\-236, and much smaller amounts of other isotopes of uranium such as uranium\-234, uranium\-233, and uranium\-232\. |
BENlabs | **BENlabs**, formerly **BEN Group Inc,** is a Los Angeles–based product placement, influencer marketing and licensing company. The company offers AI\-driven product placement, influencer marketing services, music partnerships, rights clearance, and personality rights management services for the entertainment industry.
The company was founded in Seattle by Bill Gates in 1989 as **Interactive Home Systems**, and later renamed **Corbis**. The company's original goal was to license and digitize artwork and other historic images for the prospective concept of digital frames. In 1997, Corbis changed its business model to focus on licensing the imagery and footage in its collection.
The Corbis collection included contemporary creative, editorial, entertainment, and historical photography as well as art and illustrations. Among its acquisitions were the 11 million piece Bettmann Archive, acquired in 1995; the Sygma collection in France (1999\); and the German stock image company ZEFA (2005\). Corbis also had the rights to digital reproduction for art from the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the National Gallery in London.
Corbis later expanded into providing services for the entertainment industry, including brand integration and rights clearance services. In January 2016, Corbis announced that it had sold its image licensing businesses to Unity Glory International, an affiliate of Visual China Group. VCG licensed the images to Corbis's historic rival, Getty Images, outside China. Corbis retained its entertainment businesses under the name Branded Entertainment Network, which has since evolved to BENlabs. |
Baretta | ***Baretta*** is an American detective television series which ran on ABC from 1975 to 1978\.
The show was a revised and milder version of a 1973–1974 ABC series, *Toma*, starring Tony Musante as chameleon\-like, real\-life New Jersey police officer David Toma. When Musante left the series after a single season, the concept was retooled as *Baretta*, with Robert Blake in the title role.
"Keep Your Eye on the Sparrow," the show's theme music, was composed by Dave Grusin and Morgan Ames and sung by Sammy Davis Jr., in addition to being a chart hit for two other artists. |
Oliver Reed | * + **Robert Oliver Reed** (13 February 1938 – 2 May 1999\) was an English actor, known for his upper\-middle class, macho image and his heavy\-drinking, "hellraiser" lifestyle. His screen career spanned over 40 years, between 1955 and 1999\. At the peak of his career, in 1971, British exhibitors voted Reed fifth\-most\-popular star at the box office.Waymark, Peter (30 December 1971\). "Richard Burton top draw in British cinemas," *The Times*, London, p. 2\.
After making his first significant screen appearances in Hammer Horror films in the early 1960s, his notable film roles included La Bete in *The Trap* (1966\), Bill Sikes in *Oliver!* (a film directed by his uncle Carol Reed that won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Picture), Gerald in *Women in Love* (1969\), the title role in *Hannibal Brooks* (1969\), Urbain Grandier in *The Devils* (1971\), Athos in *The Three Musketeers* (1973\) and *The Four Musketeers* (1974\), Uncle Frank in *Tommy* (1975\), Dr. Hal Raglan in *The Brood* (1979\), Dolly Hopkins in *Funny Bones* (1995\) and Antonius Proximo in *Gladiator* (2000\).
For playing the old, gruff gladiator trainer in Ridley Scott's *Gladiator*, in what was his final film, Reed was posthumously nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture in 2000\.
The British Film Institute (BFI) stated that "partnerships with Michael Winner and Ken Russell in the mid\-\[19]60s saw Reed become an emblematic Brit\-flick icon", but from the mid\-1970s his alcoholism began affecting his career, with the BFI adding: "Reed had assumed Robert Newton's mantle as Britain's thirstiest thespian". |
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque | **Constantine Samuel Rafinesque\-Schmaltz** (; 22 October 178318 September 1840\) was a French early 19th\-century polymath born near Constantinople in the Ottoman Empire and self\-educated in France. He traveled as a young man in the United States, ultimately settling in Ohio in 1815, where he made notable contributions to botany, zoology, and the study of prehistoric earthworks in North America. He also contributed to the study of ancient Mesoamerican linguistics, in addition to work he had already completed in Europe.
Rafinesque was an eccentric and erratic genius. He was an autodidact, who excelled in various fields of knowledge, as a zoologist, botanist, writer and polyglot. He wrote prolifically on such diverse topics as anthropology, biology, geology, and linguistics, but was honored in none of these fields during his lifetime. Indeed, he was an outcast in the American scientific community and his submissions were automatically rejected by leading journals. Among his theories were that ancestors of Native Americans had migrated by the Bering Sea from Asia to North America, and that the Americas were populated by black indigenous peoples at the time of European contact. |
Sośnica Gliwice | **Sośnica Gliwice** is a Polish women's handball team, based in Gliwice. |
Long-beaked echidna | The **long\-beaked echidnas** (genus ***Zaglossus***) make up one of the two extant genera of echidnas: there are three extant species, all living in New Guinea. They are medium\-sized, solitary mammals covered with coarse hair and spines made of keratin. They have short, strong limbs with large claws, and are powerful diggers. They forage in leaf litter on the forest floor, eating earthworms and insects.
The extant species are:
* Western long\-beaked echidna (*Z. bruijni*), of the highland forests;
* Attenborough's long\-beaked echidna (*Z. attenboroughi*), discovered by Western science in 1961 (described in 1998\) and preferring a still higher habitat;
* Eastern long\-beaked echidna (*Z. bartoni*), of which four distinct subspecies have been identified.
The Eastern species is listed as vulnerable, while the Attenborough's and western long\-beaked echidna species are listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN.
A number of extinct species were known in the genus, but they are currently treated as members of their own genera, such as *Murrayglossus* and *Megalibgwilia*. |
Cardiac arrest | **Cardiac arrest**, also known as **sudden cardiac arrest**, is when the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating. When the heart stops beating, blood cannot properly circulate around the body and the blood flow to the brain and other organs is decreased. When the brain does not receive enough blood, this can cause a person to lose consciousness and brain cells can start to die due to lack of oxygen. Coma and persistent vegetative state may result from cardiac arrest. Cardiac arrest is also identified by a lack of central pulses and abnormal or absent breathing.
Cardiac arrest and resultant hemodynamic collapse often occur due to arrhythmias (irregular heart rhythms). Ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia are most commonly recorded. However, as many incidents of cardiac arrest occur out\-of\-hospital or when a person is not having their cardiac activity monitored, it is difficult to identify the specific mechanism in each case.
Structural heart disease, such as coronary artery disease, is a common underlying condition in people who experience cardiac arrest. The most common risk factors include age and cardiovascular disease. Additional underlying cardiac conditions include heart failure and inherited arrhythmias. Additional factors that may contribute to cardiac arrest include major blood loss, lack of oxygen, electrolyte disturbance (such as very low potassium), electrical injury, and intense physical exercise.
Cardiac arrest is diagnosed by the inability to find a pulse in an unresponsive patient. The goal of treatment for cardiac arrest is to rapidly achieve return of spontaneous circulation using a variety of interventions including CPR, defibrillation, and/or cardiac pacing. Two protocols have been established for CPR: basic life support (BLS) and advanced cardiac life support (ACLS).
If return of spontaneous circulation is achieved with these interventions, then sudden cardiac arrest has occurred. By contrast, if the person does not survive the event, this is referred to as sudden cardiac death. Among those whose pulses are re\-established, the care team may initiate measures to protect the person from brain injury and preserve neurological function. Some methods may include airway management and mechanical ventilation, maintenance of blood pressure and end\-organ perfusion via fluid resuscitation and vasopressor support, correction of electrolyte imbalance, EKG monitoring and management of reversible causes, and temperature management. Targeted temperature management may improve outcomes. In post\-resuscitation care, an implantable cardiac defibrillator may be considered to reduce the chance of death from recurrence.
Per the 2015 American Heart Association Guidelines, there were approximately 535,000 incidents of cardiac arrest annually in the United States (about 13 per 10,000 people). Of these, 326,000 (61%) experience cardiac arrest outside of a hospital setting, while 209,000 (39%) occur within a hospital.
Cardiac arrest becomes more common with age and affects males more often than females. Black people are twice as likely to die from cardiac arrest as white people. Asian and Hispanic people are not as frequently affected as white people. |
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission | The **San Francisco Public Utilities Commission** (**SFPUC**) is a public agency of the City and County of San Francisco that provides water, wastewater, and electric power services to the city and an additional 1\.9 million customers within three San Francisco Bay Area counties. |
RAF Silverstone | **Royal Air Force Silverstone** or more simply **RAF Silverstone** is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) station, built during the Second World War, and used by the RAF from 1943 until 1947\. It straddles the Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire border south west of Northampton, and is named after the nearby village of Silverstone.
In 1948 the Royal Automobile Club hosted the first British Grand Prix at this location, and the site is now a racing circuit known simply as 'Silverstone'. |
Weihenstephan | **Weihenstephan** is a part of Freising north of Munich, Germany. It is located on the Weihenstephan Hill, named after the Weihenstephan Abbey, in the west of the city.
Weihenstephan is known for:
* the Benedictine Weihenstephan Abbey, founded 725, which established the oldest still\-operating brewery in the world in 1040 (see History of beer).Giebel, Wieland, ed (1992\). *The New Germany*. Singapore: Höfer Press Pte. Ltd. The brewery is now a company called *Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan* (Bavarian State Brewery Weihenstephan, i.e. it is owned by the State of Bavaria) and closely related to the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and its graduate studies program for brewing and beverage manufacturing.Bavarian State Brewery Weihenstephan
* the site of one of the four campuses of the Technical University of Munich, namely the School of Life Sciences
* the Hochschule Weihenstephan\-Triesdorf
* the , a formerly state\-operated dairy that also closely cooperated with the TUM and its agricultural studies programme, but which has now been sold to the Müller dairy group.
* the Sichtungsgarten Weihenstephan, a notable horticultural garden |
Jason Robinson (rugby) | **Jason Thorpe Robinson** (born 30 July 1974\) is an English former dual\-code international rugby league and rugby union footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. Playing as a wing or fullback, he won 51 rugby union international caps for England and is the first black man to captain the England team. He was part of the 2003 World Cup winning rugby union England team.
In rugby league he won 12 caps for Great Britain and seven for England. Throughout his career Robinson was noted for his speed and acceleration, side\-step and ability to beat defenders. |
Olympic Museum | The **Olympic Museum** () in Lausanne, Switzerland houses permanent and temporary exhibits relating to sport and the Olympic movement. With more than 10,000 artifacts, the museum is the largest archive of Olympic Games memorabilia in the world and one of Lausanne's prime tourist site draws attracting more than 250,000 visitors each year.
The Olympic Museum and the Olympic Park (sculpture garden between the museum and Lake Léman) are located at Ouchy, south of Lausanne. The headquarters of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) are located at Vidy, to the west of Ouchy. |
Standing Royal Navy deployments | **Standing Royal Navy deployments** is a list of operations and commitments undertaken by the United Kingdom's Royal Navy on a worldwide basis. The following list details these commitments and deployments sorted by region and in alphabetical order. Routine deployments made by the Navy's nuclear\-powered submarines and their location of operations is classified.
Previously, before the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union in 2020 ("Brexit,") the Royal Navy sent vessels to Operation Atalanta, a European Union multinational task force charged to combat Somali piracy off the Horn of Africa. For a period, the operation's headquarters was located in the United Kingdom at Northwood Headquarters, London.Spanish Ambassador Visits Operational Headquarters in the United Kingdom, eunavfor.eu, 28 May 2014 In November 2017 Major General Charles Stickland Royal Marines was appointed as Operation Commander of Operation Atlanta. |
John P. Buchanan | **John Price Buchanan** (October 24, 1847May 14, 1930\) was an American politician and farmers' advocate. He served as the 25th governor of Tennessee from 1891 to 1893, and was president of the Tennessee Farmers' Alliance and Laborers' Union in the late 1880s. Buchanan's lone term as governor was largely marred by the Coal Creek War, an armed uprising by coal miners aimed at ending the state's convict lease system.Connie Lester, "John Price Buchanan," *Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture*, 2009\. Retrieved: November 13, 2012\. |
Arnulf Rainer | **Arnulf Rainer** (born 8 December 1929\) is an Austrian painter noted for his abstract informal art.
Rainer was born in Baden, Austria. During his early years, Rainer was influenced by Surrealism. In 1950, he founded the *Hundsgruppe* (*dog group*) together with Ernst Fuchs, Arik Brauer, and Josef Mikl. After 1954, Rainer's style evolved towards *Destruction of Forms*, with blackenings, overpaintings, and maskings of illustrations and photographs dominating his later work. He was close to the *Vienna Actionism*, featuring body art and painting under the influence of drugs. He painted extensively on the subject of Hiroshima such as it relates to the nuclear bombing of the Japanese city and the inherent political and physical fallout.
In 1978, he received the Grand Austrian State Prize. In the same year, and in 1980, he became the Austrian representative at the Venice Biennale. From 1981 to 1995, Rainer held a professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna \- the same place where he aborted his own studies after three days, unsatisfied.
His works are shown in the Museum of Modern Art, the Arnulf Rainer Museum in Baden Austria and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. As the culmination of the appraisal of his work, the Arnulf Rainer Museum opened in New York City in 1993\. His works have also continuously been shown at the European Cultural Centre's palazzos in Venice during the Biennale since 2011\. In the same year, he published the work *Unfinished into Death* () with the same organisation. |
Mstislav I of Kiev | **Mstislav I Vladimirovich Monomakh** (; Christian name: *Fedor*; February 1076 – 14 April 1132\), also known as **Mstislav the Great**, was Grand Prince of Kiev from 1125 until his death in 1132\. After his death, the state began to quickly disintegrate into rival principalities.
He was the eldest son of Vladimir II Monomakh by Gytha of Wessex.Philip Line, *Kingship and State Formation in Sweden 1130\-1290*, (Brill, 2007\), 597\. He is figured prominently in the Norse Sagas under the name **Harald**, to allude to his grandfather, Harold II of England. |
University of Oviedo | The **University of Oviedo** (, Asturian: *Universidá d'Uviéu*) is a public university in Asturias (Spain). It is the only university in the region. It has three campus and research centres, located in Oviedo, Gijón and Mieres. |
Daniel Michael Tellep | **Daniel Michael Tellep** (20 November 1931 – 26 November 2020\) was an American aerospace businessman. He died on November 26, 2020\. He served as CEO and chairman of the board of the Lockheed Corporation from 1989 to 1995 and CEO of Lockheed Martin Corporation in 1996\.
Mr. Tellep joined Lockheed in 1955 and served as President of Lockheed Missiles \& Space Company Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed, from 1984 to 1988\. He served as group president\-missiles and space systems from 1986 to 1988\. Mr. Tellep served as chairman of the board of Lockheed Martin Corporation (Aerospace Industry) until 1996\. Mr. Tellep served as Director of Wells Fargo Bank National Association of WFC Holdings Corporation and has been its Director since 1996\. He served as Director of First Interstate Bancorp since 1991\. He served as a Director of Edison International, Scecorp and Southern California Edison Company, a subsidiary of Edison International since 1992\. Mr. Tellep held two degrees from the University of California, Berkeley (B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1954 and M.S. in 1955\) and has completed studies at Harvard Business School.
In 1979, Tellep was elected to the National Academy of Engineering for his "Pioneering theoretical, experimental, and design contributions in the development of re\-entry systems for U.S. Fleet Ballistic Missiles."
It was Tellep who, in 1994, proposed the merger which resulted in the formation of Lockheed Martin. |
Paul Bocuse | **Paul François Pierre Bocuse** (; 11 February 1926 – 20 January 2018\) was a French chef based in Lyon known for the high quality of his restaurants and his innovative approaches to cuisine. Dubbed "the pope of gastronomy", he was affectionately nicknamed **Monsieur Paul** (Mister Paul). The Bocuse d'Or, a biennial world chef championship, bears his name.
A student of Eugénie Brazier, he was one of the most prominent chefs associated with the *nouvelle cuisine*, which is less opulent and calorific than the traditional *cuisine classique*, as well as stresses the importance of fresh ingredients of the highest quality. Bocuse claimed that Henri Gault first used the term, *nouvelle cuisine*, to describe food prepared by Bocuse and other top chefs for the maiden flight of the Concorde airliner in 1969\.*France on a Plate*, BBC Four TV programme, 1 December 2008\.
In popular culture, Bocuse inspired the character of chef Auguste Gusteau in the 2007 animated film *Ratatouille*, directed by Brad Bird, the plot line of which was also influenced by fellow chef Bernard Loiseau's life story.
After completing his formal education, Bocuse enrolled in a culinary apprenticeship in Lyon, a city renowned for its culinary traditions. Under the guidance of some of the most skilled and experienced chefs in France, he honed his skills and gained a deep understanding of the art and science of French cuisine. |
Everyman's Feast | ***Everyman's Feast***, also known as ***Jedermanns Fest***, is a 2002 Austrian drama film written and directed by . It was entered into the 24th Moscow International Film Festival. |
Paul Shenar | **Albert Paul Shenar** (February 12, 1936 − October 11, 1989\) was an American actor and theater director, known for portraying the evil rat Jenner in Don Bluth's film, *The Secret of NIMH* (1982\) and Bolivian drug lord Alejandro Sosa in *Scarface* (1983\).
A veteran Broadway and Shakespearean actor, he was one of the twenty\-seven founding members of the American Conservatory Theater. |
Space Patrol (1962 TV series) | * + - * + - * + - * + - * ***Space Patrol*** is a British science\-fiction television series featuring marionettes that was produced in 1962 and broadcast from the beginning of April 1963\. It was written and produced by Roberta Leigh in association with ABC Weekend TV. |
Unit 100 | was an Imperial Japanese Army facility called the Kwantung Army **Warhorse Disease Prevention Shop** that focused on the development of biological weapons during World War II. It was operated by the Kempeitai, the Japanese military police. Its headquarters was located in Mokotan, Manchukuo, a village just south of the city of Changchun. It had branches in Dairen and Hailar. The Hailar branch was later transferred to Foshan. Between 600 and 800 people worked at Unit 100\.
The Unit focused on plant and animal biological warfare, producing and deploying livestock and crop viruses in China. The Unit was led by Wakamatsu Yujiro. Unit 100 would cooperate with Unit 731 when necessary. |
Hadlock Field | **Hadlock Field** (officially, **Delta Dental Park at Hadlock Field**) is a minor league baseball stadium in Portland, Maine. The stadium is primarily home to the Portland Sea Dogs of the Eastern League but also the Portland High School Bulldogs and Deering High School Rams baseball teams. The stadium is owned by the city and leased to the Sea Dogs, a Boston Red Sox affiliate owned by Diamond Baseball Holdings.
The stadium is named for Edson B. Hadlock Jr., a long\-time Portland High School baseball coach and physics teacher and member of the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame. |
Nicolai (crater) | **Nicolai** is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southern hemisphere of the Moon, in a region that is less disturbed by significant impacts than most of the highlands. The nearest craters of note are Spallanzani to the south, and the much larger Maurolycus and Barocius to the east.Moore, Patrick (2001\). *On the Moon*. Sterling Publishing Co.. . The crater is named after the 19th\-century German astronomer Friedrich Bernhard Gottfried Nicolai. It is 42 kilometers in diameter and reaches a depth of 1\.8 kilometers.
The outer wall of this crater is worn, with a number of tiny craterlets lying along the rim. The most notable of these is a tiny crater located across the northern rim. The satellite crater Nicolai B is attached to the exterior of the southwest rim. The inner walls slope down relatively smoothly to the flat interior floor filled with lava. The only marking on the inner surface is a tiny craterlet in the northern part of the crater. Nicolai is from the Nectarian period, which lasted from 3\.92 billion to 3\.85 billion years ago.*Autostar Suite Astronomer Edition*. CD\-ROM. Meade, April 2006\. |
Montreal Crystals | * , where the team played from 1885 to 1889\.
The **Montreal Crystals** (*Crystal Hockey Club*"Hockey." *Montreal Gazette*. Jan. 3, 1884 (pg. 8\).) were an ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada that existed from 1884 to 1895\. One of the first established ice hockey teams, the Crystals played various challenges against other clubs in the early days of ice hockey competition. They won the Canadian championship in 1886, defeating Quebec, which withdrew due to numerous injuries in the final game. Later that year the Crystals helped to found the Amateur Hockey Association of Canada where they played the first five seasons. The club won the championship in 1887, defeating the Montreal Victorias in the last challenge of the season. The team played further challenges for the championship from 1888 to 1891\.
For the 1890 season, the club became known as the **Montreal Dominions**"Hockey. The Canadian Hockey Convention." *Montreal Gazette*. Nov. 23, 1889 (pg. 8\). (*Dominion Hockey Club*). In 1891 they became known as the **Montreal Crescents**"The Crescents Elect Officers" *Montreal Gazette*. Dec. 15, 1890 (pg. 8\). (*Crescent Hockey Club*). The team sat out the 1892 season. In 1893 they returned to the league and returned to their original name of **Montreal Crystals**."QUEBEC BOYS NOT IN IT – The Crystals Defeat the Hockey Men Eight to Three" *Montreal Gazette*. Jan. 14, 1893 (pg. 8\).
In February 1895, the Crystals were purchased by the *Shamrocks Amateur Athletic Association*, and were merged into the dormant Montreal Shamrocks Hockey Club,"The Crystal Club" *Montreal Gazette*. Feb. 7, 1895 (pg. 8\). who were then revived replacing the Crystals in the AHAC.
The club took their various names from the rinks they played in. The Crystal Palace Skating Rink from 1884–1889\. *The Dominion Rink* in 1890, and the *Crescent Skating Rink* in 1891\. When the team moved to the Victoria Skating Rink in 1893, they reverted to their original name of Montreal Crystals, since they were unable to use the Victoria name because of the Montreal Victorias. |
Primordial fluctuations | **Primordial fluctuations** are density variations in the early universe which are considered the seeds of all structure in the universe. Currently, the most widely accepted explanation for their origin is in the context of cosmic inflation. According to the inflationary paradigm, the exponential growth of the scale factor during inflation caused quantum fluctuations of the inflaton field to be stretched to macroscopic scales, and, upon leaving the horizon, to "freeze in".
At the later stages of radiation\- and matter\-domination, these fluctuations re\-entered the horizon, and thus set the initial conditions for structure formation.
The statistical properties of the primordial fluctuations can be inferred from observations of anisotropies in the cosmic microwave background and from measurements of the distribution of matter, e.g., galaxy redshift surveys. Since the fluctuations are believed to arise from inflation, such measurements can also set constraints on parameters within inflationary theory. |
HMS Argus | Nine ships of the Royal Navy and one of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have been named ***Argus***, after Argus, the hundred\-eyed giant of mythology:
* was a 10\-gun sloop, originally a French privateer, captured in 1799 and broken up in 1811\.
* HMS *Argus* was to have been a 36\-gun fifth rate. She was ordered in 1812, but cancelled that same year.
* was an 18\-gun launched in 1813 and sold in 1827\. The sale was subsequently cancelled and she was resold in 1828\.
* HMS *Argus* was to have been an 18\-gun sloop. She was laid down in 1831, but cancelled later that year.
* was a wooden\-hulled paddle sloop launched in 1849 and broken up in 1881\.
* was a coastguard vessel launched in 1851, renamed HMS *Amelia* in 1872, and HMS *Fanny* in 1889\. She was hulked in 1899, used as a boom defence vessel from 1902 and was sold in 1907\.
* HMS *Argus* was a coastguard vessel launched in 1864 as . She was renamed HMS *Argus* in 1884 and was sold in 1903\.
* was a coastguard vessel launched in 1904, renamed HMS *Argon* in 1918 and sold in 1920\. Renamed *Peninnis* and operated by the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company from 1920 to 1926\. Renamed *Riduna* and sold to the Alderney Steam Packet Company in 1926\. Sent for break\-up at Plymouth in 1931\.
* was an aircraft carrier, originally laid down as the Italian liner *Conte Rosso*. She was purchased in 1916 and launched in 1917\. She was on harbour service from 1944 and was sold for breaking up in 1946
* is a Royal Fleet Auxiliary aviation training and primary casualty receiving ship, previously the container ship MV *Contender Bezant*, launched in 1981\. She was purchased in 1984 and renamed RFA *Argus* in 1987\. She is currently in service. |
USS Pintado | Two vessels of the United States Navy have borne the name **USS *Pintado***, named in honor of the pintado.
* was a commissioned in 1944 and struck in 1967\.
* was a commissioned in 1971 and struck in 1998\.
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1941 Odessa massacre | The **Odessa massacre** was the mass murder of the Jewish population of Odessa and surrounding towns in the Transnistria Governorate during the autumn of 1941 and the winter of 1942 while it was under Romanian control. It was one of the worst massacres in Ukrainian territory.Ugo Poletti. The Forgotten Holocaust: The Massacre of Odesa’s Jews *Kyiv Post*. Retrieved 18 December 2022
Depending on the accepted terms of reference and scope, the Odessa massacre refers either to the events of October 22–24, 1941 in which some 25,000 to 34,000 Jews were shot or burned, or to the murder of well over 100,000 Jews in the town and the areas between the Dniester and Bug rivers, during the Romanian and German occupation which took place following the massacre. As of 2018, it was estimated that up to 30,000 people, mostly Ukrainian Jews, were murdered in the actual massacre, which occurred October 22–23, 1941\. The primary perpetrators were Romanian soldiers, Einsatzgruppe SS and local ethnic Germans. |
Rosen aus dem Süden | "**Rosen aus dem Süden**" ("Roses from the South"), Op. 388, is a waltz medley composed by Johann Strauss II in 1880 with its themes drawn from the operetta *Das Spitzentuch der Königin* (*The Queen's Lace Handkerchief*). Strauss dedicated the waltz to King Umberto I of Italy. |
Daihatsu Charmant | The is a subcompact car built by Daihatsu of Japan, based on the Toyota Corolla. It was succeeded by the Daihatsu Applause two years after Charmant production ended. The Charmant was heavily based on the E20 Toyota Corolla; model changes paralleled those of the Corolla. All Charmants were fitted with Toyota inline\-four engines, ranging from 1\.2 to 1\.6 litres. The word *charmant* is French for "charming."
When it was introduced, it was the largest Daihatsu sold in Japan, with the Charade/Consorte supermini, and the Fellow Max *kei* class car as the smallest. |
Clopas | **Clopas** (, *Klōpas*; Hebrew: possibly , *Ḥalfi*; Aramaic: חילפאי, *Ḥilfài*) is a figure of early Christianity. The name appears in the New Testament, specifically in John :
He is often identified with another figure of a similar name, Cleophas (), one of the two disciples who met Christ during the road to Emmaus appearance ().
There is some variation of the Greek manuscripts of both John 19:25 and Luke 24 as to the spelling , and the John "Clopas" is rendered "Cleophas" in the KJV. |
IAYC | **IAYC** may refer to:
* **I am your child**, parents group (now called Parents for Children)
* I Am Your Conscience, band
* "I Am Your Conscience", song by Leæther Strip, a Danish musical project
* "I Am Your Conscience", song by Cherryholmes, an American bluegrass band
* International Association of Yiddish Clubs
* International Astronomical Youth Camp, an annual summer camp for young people |
June Brown | **June Muriel Brown** (16 February 1927 – 3 April 2022\) was an English actress and author. She was best known for her role as Dot Cotton on the BBC soap opera *EastEnders* (1985–1993; 1997–2020\). In 2005, she won Best Actress at the *Inside Soap* Awards and received the Lifetime Achievement award at the 2005 British Soap Awards. Brown was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2008 Birthday Honours for services to drama and to charity, and promoted to an OBE in the 2022 New Year Honours. In 2009, she was nominated for the BAFTA TV Award for Best Actress, making her the second performer to receive a BAFTA nomination for their work in a soap opera, after Jean Alexander. In February 2020, at the age of 93, she announced that she had left *EastEnders* permanently. |
Khaled Mouelhi | **Khaled "Kiko" Mouelhi** (born 13 February 1981 in Tunis) is a retired Tunisian footballer and current manager. |
Real Radio | **Real Radio** was a network of five regional radio stations broadcasting to North East England, North West England, Scotland, Wales and Yorkshire. Each station broadcasts a mix of local and networked programming. On Tuesday 6 May 2014, the stations were merged with the Heart network. |
Minus the Bear | **Minus the Bear** was an American indie rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, in 2001, and comprising members of Botch, Kill Sadie, and Sharks Keep Moving. Their sound was described as "Pele\-esque guitar\-taps and electronics with sophisticated time signature composition."
Minus the Bear released six albums and four EPs. The band's final line\-up consisted of Jake Snider (vocals, guitar), Dave Knudson (guitar), Cory Murchy (bass guitar), and Alex Rose (synthesizers, vocals). On July 17, 2018, the band announced their retirement and accompanying farewell tour. Their final live performance was December 16, 2018, at The Showbox in Seattle. |
Miki Mizuno | is a Japanese actress. She played the role of villain in the horror film *Carved* as the Kuchisake\-Onna a malevolent vengeful spirit who killed many children. |
The Mark of Gideon | "**The Mark of Gideon**" is the sixteenth episode of the third season of the American science fiction television series *Star Trek*. Written by George F. Slavin and Stanley Adams and directed by Jud Taylor, it was first broadcast on January 17, 1969\.
In the episode, a race of aliens from an overpopulated planet abduct Captain Kirk to solve their problem.
The episode was co\-written by actor Stanley Adams who portrayed Cyrano Jones in the *Star Trek* episode "The Trouble with Tribbles". |
Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico | * + - * The **Nationalist Party of Puerto Rico** (, PNPR) is a Puerto Rican political party founded on September 17, 1922, in San Juan, Puerto Rico.Reinaldo E. Gonzalez Blanco. *El Turismo Cultural en Ponce durante el Plan Ponce en Marcha, 1900–2000\.* Neysa Rodriguez Deynes, Editor. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Professional Editions. 2018\. p.15\. Its primary goal is to work for Puerto Rico's independence. The Party's selection in 1930 of Pedro Albizu Campos as its president brought a radical change to the organization and its tactics.
In the 1930s, intimidation, repression and persecution of Party members by the government, then headed by a U.S. president\-appointed governor, led to the assassination of two government officials, the attempted assassination of a federal judge in Puerto Rico, and the Rio Piedras and Ponce massacres. Under the leadership of Albizu Campos, the party abandoned the electoral process in favor of direct armed conflict as means to gain independence from the United States.
By the late 1940s, a more US\-friendly party, the *Partido Popular Democrático* (PPD), had gained an overwhelming number of seats in the legislature and, in 1948, it passed *Ley de la Mordaza* (Gag Law), which attempted to suppress the Nationalist Party and similar opposition. The Puerto Rican police arrested many Nationalist Party members under this law, some of whom were sentenced to lengthy prison terms. With a new political status pending for Puerto Rico as a Commonwealth, Albizu Campos ordered armed uprisings in several Puerto Rican towns to occur on October 30, 1950\. In a related effort, two Nationalists also attempted to assassinate US President Harry S. Truman on November 1, 1950, in an effort to call international attention to issues related to Puerto Rico's political status, but the attempt failed. The last major armed event by the Nationalists occurred in 1954 at the US House of Representatives when four party members shot and wounded five Congressmen.
After Albizu Campos's death in 1965, the party dissolved into factions and members joined other parties, but some continue to follow the party's ideals in one form or another, often informally or ad hoc, to this day.*Protesta interrumpe mensaje del gobernador.* Antonio R. Gómez. El Nuevo Dia. Guaynabo, Puerto Rico. 25 July 2013\. Retrieved 25 July 2013\. |
Buzzy Drootin | **Benjamin "Buzzy" Drootin** (April 22, 1920 – May 21, 2000\) was an American jazz drummer. |
Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny | ***Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny*** is a 1999 book by Robert Wright, in which the author argues that biological evolution and cultural evolution are shaped and directed first and foremost by "non\-zero\-sumness" i.e., the prospect of creating new interactions that are not zero\-sum. |
Augustin Robespierre | **Augustin Bon Joseph de Robespierre** (21 January 1763 – 28 July 1794\), known as **Robespierre the Younger**, was a French lawyer, politician and the younger brother of French Revolutionary leader Maximilien Robespierre. His political views were similar to his brother's. When his brother was arrested on 9 Thermidor, Robespierre volunteered to be arrested as well, and he was executed by the guillotine along with Maximilien and 20 of his supporters. |
Brampton, Lincolnshire | **Brampton** is a hamlet and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is situated approximately north\-west from the city and county town of Lincoln and less than north\-east from Torksey and Torksey Castle. |
Motorola DynaTAC | of Motorola made the first publicized handheld mobile phone call on a prototype DynaTAC model on April 3, 1973\. This is a reenactment in 2007\.
The **DynaTAC** is a series of cellular telephones manufactured by Motorola from 1983 to 1994\. The Motorola DynaTAC 8000X received approval from the U.S. FCC on September 21, 1983\. A full charge took roughly 10 hours, and it offered 30 minutes of talk time."The History of Mobile Phone Technology". RedOrbit. It also offered an LED display for dialing or recall of one of 30 phone numbers. It was priced at $3,995 in 1984, its commercial release year, equivalent to $ in . DynaTAC was an abbreviation of "Dynamic Adaptive Total Area Coverage".
Several models followed, starting in 1985 with the 8000s and continuing with periodic updates of increasing frequency until 1993's Classic II. The DynaTAC was replaced in most roles by the much smaller Motorola MicroTAC when it was first introduced in 1989, and by the time of the Motorola StarTAC's release in 1996, it was obsolete. |
Voltage regulator module | 7000 M10 server running an Intel Xeon processor
A **voltage regulator module** (**VRM**), sometimes called **processor power module** (**PPM**), is a buck converter that provides the microprocessor and chipset the appropriate supply voltage, converting , or to lower voltages required by the devices, allowing devices with different supply voltages be mounted on the same motherboard. On personal computer (PC) systems, the VRM is typically made up of power MOSFET devices. |
Goran (Slavic name) | **Goran** (; ) is a Slavic male first name, mostly used in south Slavic countries such as Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Goran is a Slavic, Pre\-Christian name, meaning "highlander" or a mountain\-man, someone who lives in the mountains. Hence, Goran in Slavic tradition would mean someone who enjoys and values life in the mountains.
In former Yugoslavia, Mladi Gorani was a Yugoslav Youth Organization tasked with re\-foresting Yugoslav highlands. |
Darboux's theorem | In differential geometry, a field in mathematics, **Darboux's theorem** is a theorem providing a normal form for special classes of differential 1\-forms, partially generalizing the Frobenius integration theorem. It is named after Jean Gaston Darboux who established it as the solution of the Pfaff problem.
It is a foundational result in several fields, the chief among them being symplectic geometry. Indeed, one of its many consequences is that any two symplectic manifolds of the same dimension are locally symplectomorphic to one another. That is, every 2n \-dimensional symplectic manifold can be made to look locally like the linear symplectic space \\mathbb{C}^n with its canonical symplectic form.
There is also an analogous consequence of the theorem applied to contact geometry. |