Archive for August, 2007

Aug
31

Chicken feet are a part of chicken that is eaten in Chinese and South African cuisine. The majority of the edible meat on the feet consist of skin and tendons, without much muscle. This gives the feet a distinct texture different from the rest of chicken’s meat. There are many small bones which […]

Aug
31

Pour point

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The pour point of a liquid is the lowest temperature at which it will pour or flow under prescribed conditions. It is a rough indication of the lowest temperature at which oil is readily pumpable.

Also, the pour point can be defined as the minimum temperature of a liquid, particularly a lubricant, after which, on decreasing […]

Aug
30

Totontepec Villa de Morelos is a small village of approximately 2,000 people in the Mixe region. It is in a mountainous region.

The locals, called Totontepecanos, speak Mexican Spanish and the local dialect of the Mixe language. Each dialect of Mixe is different depending on the village in which it is spoken.

The town’s most notable feature […]

Aug
28

CII

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CII stands for:

Center for Industrial Innovation, a research center at RPI

The Confederation of Indian Industry

Drug Schedule for the Controlled Substances Act.

Chaîne d’Information Internationale

Computer-implemented inventions, see software patent

The Chartered Insurance Institute

Council of Islamic Ideology, Pakistan Government

102 in Roman numerals.

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Aug
28

In game theory, the Diner’s dilemma is an n-player Prisoner’s dilemma. The situation imagined is several individuals go out to eat, prior to ordering they agree to split the check equally between all of them. Each individual must now choose whether to order the expensive or inexpensive dish. It is supposed that […]

Aug
27

Artur Fischer (born on 31. December 1919 in Tumlingen, Black Forest, Germany) is an inventor.

He registered his first patent in 1949 for a Photo Flash Light, with syncronised trigger. From 1957 he concentrated more on fastening elements. His most famous invention is the grey (Split-)Wallplug made from plastic materials (Polyamide) and is available in various […]

Aug
27

The organising vision (OV) is a term developed by E. Burton Swanson and Neil Ramiller form a vision of how to organize structures and processes in regards to an information systems innovation. Images and ideas about an innovation from a wider community are brought together. The vision can often be characterised by buzzwords. While these […]

Aug
26

The Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers is one of the Livery Companies of the City of London. The organisation, which engaged in not only tallow candle making but also in the trade of oils, received a Royal Charter in 1462. The Tallow Chandlers, were traditionally separate from Wax Chandlers; wax candles were customary in […]

Aug
26

April: Oil prices firm on strength of institutional shifting of U.S. investment funds from equity and bond markets to cash and commodities.

April-September: Nigerian production disrupted by oil workers’ strike in response to imprisonment of apparent winner of presidential elections.

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Aug
26

Needham

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Needham is a surname, and may refer to:

Col Needham, co-founder of the Internet Movie Database

Ernest Needham, an English football player, lived 1873 - 1936

Hal Needham, American stuntman

James George Needham, entomologist

John Turberville Needham (1713–1781), English biologist and Roman Catholic priest who believed in the theory of spontaneous generation

Joseph Needham, British […]

Aug
26

Play piercing, needle play, or recreational acupuncture is body piercing done for the purpose of enjoying the experience rather than producing a permanent body decoration. Needles, sharpened bones, or other tools used in play piercing are usually removed from the body when the episode is complete, allowing holes to heal over. Those who engage in […]

Aug
26

Helmbrechts

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Helmbrechts is a town of nearly 10000 inhabitants in the district of Hof, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the Southern edge of the Frankenwald, 20 km southwest of Hof.

The first documented mention of Helmbrechts dates back to 1232. Township was granted to Helmbrechts by Count Friedrich V. of Nürnberg in the year 1422. […]

Aug
25

Japan wax

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Japan wax is a pale-yellow, waxy, water-insoluble solid with a gummy feel, obtained from the berries of certain sumacs native to Japan and China, such as Rhus verniciflua (Japanese sumac tree) and R. succedanea (Japanese wax tree).

Japan wax is a byproduct of lacquer manufacture. It is not a true wax but a fat that contains […]

Aug
24

Bayberry wax is an aromatic green vegetable wax. It is removed from the surface of the fruit of the bayberry (wax-myrtle) shrub by boiling the berries in water and skimming the wax from the surface of the water. It is made up primarily of esters of lauric, myristic, and palmitic acid.

Uses
Bayberry wax is used primarily […]

Aug
23

Ran Zhi

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Ran Zhi (冉智) was a crown prince of the short-lived Chinese state Ran Wei. His father was the state’s only emperor, Ran Min.

Ran Zhi, as Ran Min’s oldest son, was created crown prince when he proclaimed the new state in 350 after overthrowing the Later Zhao emperor Shi Jian and declared himself emperor. […]

Aug
23

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Aug
22

Proof of insurance (POI) is any type of documentation that a person can provide to another individual proving that the person has valid insurance with an insurance company.

The most common form of a POI is a paper card provided by the insurance company listing policy information and effective dates.

Many states require that a person carry […]

Aug
22

Benjamin Lees (born January 8 1924) is a contemporary U.S. composer of classical music, born in Harbin, China, raised in San Francisco and currently residing in Palm Springs, California.

Lees rejects atonalism and Americana in favor of classical structures. He began piano lessons at 5 and started composing as a teenager. In 1954, the NBC Orchestra […]

Aug
21

Wax play

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Wax play is a form of sensual play involving warm or hot wax usually dripped from candles or ladled onto a person’s naked skin. Wax play may be combined with other BDSM or sexual activity.

Pure paraffin wax melts at around 130 to 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Adding stearine makes the wax harder and melt at a […]

Aug
17

Chicken Ranch can refer to:

Chicken Ranch (Texas) - a former brothel in Texas

Chicken Ranch (Nevada) - an operating brothel in Nevada

Chicken Ranch (film) - a 1983 documentary film about the brothel in Nevada

Chicken Ranch (movie set) - Miss Mona’s Chicken Ranch, as featured in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

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Aug
16

Möre Northern Hundred, or Norra Möre härad, was a hundred of Småland in Sweden.

See also

Möre

Möre Southern Hundred

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Aug
14

Transdermal implants are a form of body modification used both in a medical and aesthetic context. In either case, they consist of an object placed partially below and partially above the skin, thus transdermal. The skin around it generally heals as if it were a piercing.

Medically, transdermal implants are used to create “ports”. An example […]

Aug
13

Mint sauce

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This page is about the sauce/condiment, for the cartoon strip of the same name see Mint Sauce (cartoon strip).

Mint sauce is a sauce made from finely chopped mint leaves, soaked in vinegar, and a small amount of sugar. Occasionally the juice from a squeezed lime is added. The sauce should have the consistency of double […]

Aug
13

Tous contre un was a daily quiz show, broadcast live on Télé-Québec, from September 2001 to March 2003.

Contestants had to answer questions based on the day’s current news. Television viewers could also play on the Internet, in sync with the studio game, and win prizes. The “final game” of each program pitted the studio winner […]

Aug
13

In France, a DEA (diplôme d’études approfondies, or “diploma of advanced studies”) is a former postgraduate degree.

The DEA was a 1-2 years degree taken after a maîtrise (4-year French undergraduate program) in a university prior to entering a doctoral program. The DEA was generally the first year of a doctoral program and is […]

Aug
13

The Dixie Chicken, also known as The Chicken, is a bar located in Northgate, College Station, Texas. It claims to serve the most beer per square foot of any bar in the United States.<ref name=”Playboy”></ref>

The Dixie Chicken was named “College Bar of the Month” in Playboy magazine<ref name=”Playboy” /> and one of the “Top 20 […]

Aug
11

The Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act or Ocean Dumping Act was one of several key environmental laws, passed by the US Congress in 1972. It brought under EPA regulation and license the dumping of sewage sludge, industrial waste, biological agents, medical waste, NBC, and radioactive waste, into the territorial waters of the United States.

It […]

Aug
11

Food fight

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A food fight is a spontaneous form of chaotic collective behavior, in which food is thrown around a room, usually a cafeteria, in the manner of projectiles. It is usually started by one person, sometimes by accident. When it is not started by accident, the starter would normally scream “FOOD FIGHT!”, and throw […]

Aug
11

Cocktail sauce in its simplest form is ketchup mixed with prepared horseradish (In the United Kingdom, Iceland, and Belgium, mayonnaise is usually mixed with the ketchup, similar to fry sauce). It is popularly served with steamed shrimp and seafood on the half shell. Many restaurants use chili sauce in place of ketchup.

In most American oyster […]

Aug
09

This is an alphabetical list of the six baseball players from Italy who played in Major League Baseball between 1937 and 2004.

Rugger Ardizoia

Reno Bertoia

Hank Biasatti

Julio Bonetti

Marino Pieretti

Lou Polli

Resource

Baseball Reference

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Aug
07

Heavy Weather may refer to:

Heavy Weather (novel), a novel by P. G. Wodehouse

Heavy Weather (TV), a 1995 adaptation for television of Wodehouse’s novel

Heavy Weather (album), an album by Weather Report

Heavy Weather (song) A song by Jarvis Cocker featured on his debut solo album Jarvis

Heavy Weather (science fiction novel), a 1994 science fiction book by Bruce […]

Aug
05

Ken Jennings is a make-up artist who has worked for both stage and screen productions.

In 1990, Jennings was nominated Best Make Up Artist in the BAFTA Awards for his work on My Left Foot.

In 1998, Jennings was nominated for an Outstanding Make-up for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special Emmy for Oliver Twist. He shared […]

Aug
04

Premelting

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Premelting, also known as surface melting, is the existence of liquid-like thin film coating the surface of a crystalline solid below its melting point. Also can occur in crystal volume and enhance diffusion.

First postulated by prominent British physicist Michael Faraday in 1859, a premelting layer is the reason why ice is slippery. The commonly given […]

Aug
03

Wax play

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Wax play is a form of sensual play involving warm or hot wax usually dripped from candles or ladled onto a person’s naked skin. Wax play may be combined with other BDSM or sexual activity.

Pure paraffin wax melts at around 130 to 135 degrees Fahrenheit. Adding stearine makes the wax harder and melt at a […]

Aug
03

The Food Emporium is a chain of grocery stores originally part of Shopwell Inc. Acquired in 1986 by The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company (A&P), it operates approximately 30 stores in the New York City Metropolitan area, including many stores in Manhattan and stores in New Jersey and Fairfield County, Connecticut. Many of the […]