Archive for December, 2007

Dec
27

Don’t Make Me Think is a book by Steve Krug about human computer interaction and web usability. The book’s premise is that a good program or web site should let users accomplish their intended tasks as easily and directly as possible. Krug points out that people are good at satisficing, or taking the first available […]

Dec
27

Keith York

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Keith York is a session drummer who has toured and sessioned throughout the world and worked with a range of bands, from PitchShifter to Ladytron and Esoteric to Bentley Rhythm Ace and Broadcast. He was a founding member of the early 1990s Liverpool UK based, psychedelic rock band Dr Phibes & the House of […]

Dec
27

Pennsylvania Grade Crude Oil is a type of sweet crude oil. It is found primarily in the
Appalachian basin in the states of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia, and takes its name for the state of Pennsylvania, where it was first extracted.
Pennsylvania grade crude oil can be broken down into gasoline, kerosene, fuel […]

Dec
27

Sauce Robert (”Brown Mustard Sauce” for the English kitchen) is based on the classic long-simmered French brown sauce that coats sliced beef roasts, or leftovers, with a nappe. It is too dark and rich for sliced turkey breast, but would suit pheasant.

Sauce Robert was specified by Charles Perrault as the sauce with which the kind-hearted […]

Dec
26

Baron Milverton, of Lagos and of Clifton in the City of Bristol, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1947 for the colonial administrator Sir Arthur Richards. He had previously served as Governor of Nigeria. As of 2007 the title is held by his eldest son, the second […]

Dec
26

The art and science of food photography is a specialisation in general commercial photography. Food and Drink Photography is one of the most challenging aspects of still life work.

The main areas of food photography are: Editorial for Magazine and Books on food including but not limited to cook books, advertising and packaging design1.

The near perfection, […]

Dec
26

Food Giant

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Food Giant may refer to one of several unrelated food retailers:

United Kingdom

Food Giant (UK retailer), a defunct supermarket chain owned by Somerfield. Its stores were rebranded as Kwik Save after Somerfield purchased the retailer of that name.

United States

Food Giant (Missouri retailer), a chain operating stores under both Food Giant and Piggly Wiggly names, […]

Dec
26

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Country of origin

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Industry

1838 Bond-Debenture Trading Fund

21st Century Insurance Group

3M Company

4 Kids Entertainment, Inc.

40/86 Strategic Income Fund

99 Cents Only Stores

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Dec
26

Nambu Food

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Nambu Food (hangul:남부식품) is a food company. headquartered in Sacheon Gyeongsangnam-do, Hanam Gyeonggi-do, Seoul, Korea. established in 1975. It is a manufactures many varieties of fishcake and other formed fish products, as well as retort food products.

History

1975:Established Namhae Development Corporation

1983:Completed Fish Meat Plant

1987:Established Nambu Food

1993:Completed Retort Food Plant

1997:Acquired ISO 9002 System Certification

2000:Excellent Helper Placed Samsung […]

Dec
26

Ie-kei

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noodle bar chain originates from a noodle bar called “Yoshimura-ya” located in Yokohama, Japan. The name Ie-kei literally means “house-type” and has its roots in the word “ya”, meaning “house”.

The chain uses pork and soy sauce as the base for their soup, and thick, flat noodles. The bowl usually comes with slices of roast pork, […]

Dec
26

Periniţa

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Periniţa is a wedding party folk dance, typical of and deriving from Romania and Moldova.

The dancers are arranged in a circle and dance, e.g., Joc. A person with a handkerchief dances inside a circle, then chooses a person of an opposite sex by placing the handkerchief around his/her neck. They kiss on the cheek, the […]

Dec
26

Sampling

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Sampling may refer to:

Sampling (signal processing), converting a continuous signal into a discrete signal

Sampling (music), re-using portions of sound recordings in a piece

Sampler (musical instrument), closely related to a synthesizer

Sampling (statistics), selection of observations to acquire some knowledge of a statistical population

Sampling (case studies), selection of cases for single or multiple case studies; information-oriented sampling

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Dec
26

Soki

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This article is about the Japanese dish. For the main character of Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams, see Soki. For Balinese artist, see I Ketut Soki

is a specialty of the cuisine of Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Sōki are (usually boneless) stewed pork spare ribs, with the cartilage still attached. They are often served with Okinawa soba.

Dishes

Sōki soba
Okinawa […]

Dec
26

Philadelphia Freeway was the debut album from Philadelphia rapper Freeway. It was released under Roc-A-Fella and Def Jam. The most successful single was “What We Do” which featured Jay-Z and Beanie Sigel. Another single that was released was “Flipside” which featured Peedi Crakk. Most of the songs were produced by Just Blaze while some were […]

Dec
26

Soybean wax

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Soybean wax, often referred to simply as “soy wax,” is produced with hydrogenated soybean oil. It was created by inventor Michael Richards in 1993, who was looking for a cheaper alternative to beeswax, thus becoming the first wax innovation in the candle industry for over a hundred years.

Its main disadvantage is lower melting point, […]

Dec
26

Standard Oil of Colorado was chartered in Denver, CO in 1922. It was eventually rechartered under the name Standard Oil Company of Colorado in 1927. Standard Oil of Colorado was simply a scam to cash in on the Standard Oil name, and owned no wells, refineries, or gasoline stations. It was sued in 1931 by […]

Dec
26

In sociology, the word labeling is used more as a metaphor, than a concrete concept. The general function of labels are widely known and recognized as a method of distinction that helps people recognize one product from another. In social terms, labels represent a way of differentiating and identifying people that is considered by many […]

Dec
26

Sudan Black B (C26H24N4O) is a lysochrome (fat-soluble dye) diazo dye used for staining of neutral triglycerides and lipids on frozen sections and some lipoproteins on paraffin sections. It has the appearance of a dark brown to black powder with maximum absorption at 596-605 nm and melting point 120-124 °C. It stains blue-black.

Sudan Black B […]

Dec
26

Ie-kei

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noodle bar chain originates from a noodle bar called “Yoshimura-ya” located in Yokohama, Japan. The name Ie-kei literally means “house-type” and has its roots in the word “ya”, meaning “house”.

The chain uses pork and soy sauce as the base for their soup, and thick, flat noodles. The bowl usually comes with slices of roast pork, […]

Dec
26

Candle Records is an independent record label based in Melbourne, Australia. The label was founded in September 1994 by The Simpletons and Chris Crouch to release records.

The label was unique in that it concentrated only on local bands with an “emphasis on strong lyrics and a wistful, often humorous Australian feel” and was run more […]

Dec
26

The Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) is one of six main centers for the Food and Drug Administration, which is in the United States Department of Health and Human Services. CBER is responsible for assuring the safety, purity, potency, and effectiveness of biological and related products, including:

Blood for transfusion and as a raw […]

Dec
26

Behold

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Behold is a brand of Furniture Polish produced by the Sara Lee Corporation. Behold furniture polish and Endust dusting aid were previously produced by Drackett. When Drackett was sold to S. C. Johnson & Son in 1992, these two products were sold off to avoid anti-trust concerns. S.C.Johnson produces Pledge, a similar product to […]

Dec
26

Beekeeper

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A beekeeper is a person who keeps honey bees for the purposes of securing commodities such as honey, beeswax, pollen; pollinating fruits and vegetables; raising queens and bees for sale to other farmers; and/or for purposes satisfying natural scientific curiosity. Persons who keep bees are usually classified as hobby beekeepers, sideliners, or […]

Dec
26

Conformism

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Conformism is a term used to describe the suspension of an individual’s self-determined actions or opinions in favor of obedience to the mandates or conventions of one’s peer-group, or deference to the imposed norms of a supervening authority.

One manifestation of conformism emerges in the practice of “going along and getting along” with people who […]

Dec
26

Special sauce is the sauce used in the McDonald’s Big Mac hamburger. The name derives from a 1975 advertising campaign featuring a list of the Big Mac’s ingredients: Two all beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun.

Although the precise recipe for what McDonald’s itself now terms Big Mac […]

Dec
25

The Nebraska-Iowa Athletic Conference (NIAC) was a NAIA-affiliated college athletics conference. It was founded in 1969 as the Nebraska Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

The six charter members were Concordia University, Dana College, Doane College, Hastings College, Midland Lutheran College, and Nebraska Wesleyan University.

With the addition of Northwestern College in 1992, the NIAC was renamed the Nebraska-Iowa Athletic […]

Dec
25

The Glacial till plains are in the Northwest of Ohio. This region is fertile and has gently rolling moraine hills created by the movement of glaciers. Glaciers created the Ohio River.

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Dec
25

No Name

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As a proper name, ‘No Name’ can refer to:

The town of No Name, Colorado

No Name, a 19th-century sensation novel by Wilkie Collins

A boyband from Montenegro (see No Name (band))

A rock band from Slovakia (see No Name (Slovak band))

A private label brand of the Canadian food retailer Loblaw Companies Limited (see […]

Dec
25

JSB

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JSB is a TLA that can stand for:

John Seely Brown, an US researcher in organizations and computing

JumpShot Basketball, an online text-based game

Johann Sebastian Bach, a German composer

The Jimmy Swift Band, a Halifax-based jam band

A Japanese pay-TV operator

Java Server Beans - component for Java Software

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Dec
25

Public Safety involves the protection of the general population from all manner of significant danger, injury, damage or harm, such as may occur in a natural disaster, and the prevention of the same. This protection is typically provided by emergency service organizations such as police, fire and EMS.

Additional organizations and job titles may include […]

Dec
25

Tauhu goreng is a dish of fried tofu commonly found in Singapore.

When preparing the dish, cakes of hard tofu are deep fried until golden brown. The bean curds are then cut diagonally in half and arranged on a plate garnished with bean sprouts, cucumber and spring onion. A thick sauce is prepared with shallots, garlic, […]

Dec
25

Hithane

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Hithane is a mixture of hydrogen and methane usable as an alternative fuel. Burning hithane produces about a third less carbon dioxide than burning gasoline (petrol), so it is proposed as an intermediate step in the transition to hydrogen-powered vehicles.

External links

BBC News article on potential hithane production in Wales

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Dec
25

Plicatic acid is a carboxylic acid from the resin acid group. It is naturally found in thuja and cypress resin. It is the main irritant and contact allergen present in thuja wood. (Cf. pine, where the primary irritant is abietic acid.)

The highest concentration of plicatic acid can be found in Thuja plicata (Western Redcedar), but […]

Dec
25

Out & Equal

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Out & Equal Workplace Advocates (commonly known as “Out & Equal”) is a United States non-profit organization headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Out & Equal educates and empowers organizations, human resources professionals, employee resource groups, and individual employees through programs and services that result in equal policies, opportunities, practices, and benefits in the workplace regardless of […]

Dec
25

“A Little Less Sixteen Candles, a Little More ‘Touch Me’” (just “Sixteen Candles” in the UK) released in 2006, is a single by Fall Out Boy, the third taken from their 2005 album, From Under the Cork Tree. Though the song never reached the popularity that previous singles “Sugar We’re Goin’ Down” and “Dance, Dance” […]

Dec
25

Food policy

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Food policy is a plan or course of action intended to influence and determine decisions, actions, behavior, and perceptions to enable people access enough food for an active, healthy life. It consists of the setting of goals for food production, processing, marketing, availability, access, utilization and consumption, as well as the processes for achieving these […]

Dec
25

The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following:

A person who resides in and holds citizenship of the People’s Republic of China (including Hong Kong and Macau) or the Republic of China (Taiwan). This definition stems from a legal perspective. The Chinese term for citizen(s) (singular and plural) is huaren (华人; pinyin: huárén).

The […]

Dec
25

Storm moon

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A storm moon is, according to weather folklore, the moon which occurs in March during shifting weather patterns in the northern hemisphere. It is also called seed moon, moon of winds, crow moon, moon of the snowblind.

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Dec
25

Neurosis & Jarboe was a collaboration effort between the metal/post-hardcore group Neurosis, and the former Swans keyboardist/vocalist Jarboe. They released their self-titled debut album in 2003 on Neurot Recordings. The album’s artwork was designed by Jarboe-collaborator / Cedric Victor-DeSouza. There are currently no plans for a follow-up album.

The collaboration was fully realized in several live […]

Dec
25

Safe list

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A safe list is an agreement between people involved in an open relationship or a polyamorous (often called poly) relationship outlining not only who the individual partners are able to be intimate with without seeking prior permission, but also what activities are acceptable.

The decision to have an open or poly relationship requires a lot of […]

Dec
25

The year 1771 in science and technology involved some significant events.

Awards

Copley Medal: Matthew Raper

Births

April 13 - Richard Trevithick (d. 1833), engineer and inventor.

November 6 - Alois Senefelder (d. 1834), inventor of lithography.

Deaths

Are soy candles really better than wax candles? According to Wicks Works, a candle retailer that sells beeswax, soy, and gel […]

Dec
25

Finadene

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Finadene (also fina dene) is a salty, spicy, sour all-purpose condiment used in Guamanian cuisine. It is comprised of soy sauce, vinegar, chopped white onion and fresh chilies. Adding oil and/or water to finadene makes it suitable as an all-purpose marinade.

Recipe
The basic finadene recipe is:

1 part soy sauce

1 part vinegar

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Dec
25

Agedashi tofu (or agedashi dofu, 揚げ出し豆腐 Agedashi dōfu, often shortened to age tofu or age dofu) is a Japanese way to serve hot tofu. Silken (kinugoshi) firm tofu, cut into cubes, is lightly dusted with potato starch or cornstarch and then deep fried until golden brown. It’s then served in a hot tentsuyu broth […]

Dec
24

The Sign of the Twisted Candles is the ninth book in the Nancy Drew mystery series by Carolyn Keene.

Plot summary
While solving the mystery of an old man’s disappearing fortune, Nancy ends a family feud and reveals the identity of an orphan of unknown parentage. The second of three novels by ghostwriter Walter Karig, this focuses […]

Dec
24

House of Wax may refer to:

a wax museum

House of Wax (1953 film), a 1953 3D horror film starring Vincent Price

House of Wax (2005 film), a 2005 remake starring Elisha Cuthbert and Chad Michael Murray

House of Wax (soundtrack), the soundtrack album to the 2005 film

“House of Wax”, a song by Paul McCartney on his album Memory […]

Dec
24

Online lenders make loans to consumers via computer websites, online. Online lenders generally provide loan information, application forms, email or instant message assistance right on their website.

The online applications are generally transmitted over an encrypted web page for security.

Ideally an online lender will provide a telephone number prominently offering offline assistance to consumers also.

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Dec
24

Patty Pony

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Patty Pony is a fictional character created by The Walt Disney Company. She was created for a line of merchandise called Minnie ‘n Me where she appeared as one of Minnie Mouse’s Childhood friends.

How this series was created | Philadelphia Inquirer | 12/12/2007 Special News Reports from the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Dec
24

Infiniti G

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Infiniti G refers to entry-level automobiles in Nissan’s Infiniti marque, which use the letter “G” as a model identifier:

Infiniti G20, produced 1991–1996 and 1999–2002; North American rename of Nissan Primera

Infiniti G35, produced 2003–present; North American rename of Nissan Skyline

Infiniti G37, produced 2008–; North American rename of Nissan Skyline coupe

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Dec
24

Scoopula

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A scoopula is a utensil used primarily in chemistry lab settings to transfer solids: to a weigh paper for weighing, to a cover slip to measure melting point, or to a watch glass from a flask or beaker through scraping. Usually made of metal.

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Dec
23

Asiaq

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In Inuit mythology, Asiaq is a weather goddess (or, more rarely a god) and was quite frequently invoked by the angakoq for good weather.

References

The tale means: “Asiaq, the mistress of wind and and weather”, the book title means: “Eskimo tales”, the series means: “The tales of world literature”.

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Dec
23

Tauhu goreng is a dish of fried tofu commonly found in Singapore.

When preparing the dish, cakes of hard tofu are deep fried until golden brown. The bean curds are then cut diagonally in half and arranged on a plate garnished with bean sprouts, cucumber and spring onion. A thick sauce is prepared with shallots, garlic, […]

Dec
23

Trinitrotriazine, or 2,4,6-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine, is a potential explosive. It can be made by reacting triazine with nitric acid and a sulfuric acid catalyst:

C3H3N3 + 3 HNO3 → C3N3(NO2)3 + 3 H2O

It may explode without the addition of oxygen or any other reactant:

C3N3(NO2)3 → 3 CO2 + 3 N2

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Dec
23

Professor Price was a pricing game on the American television game show, The Price Is Right. Played on November 14, 1977 and November 21, 1977, it was played for a car.

Gameplay
Professor Price involved up to five questions asked of the contestant. In order to win the car, the contestant had to correctly answer three of […]

Dec
23

SACLOS

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SACLOS (short for Semi-Automatic Command to Line of Sight) is a second-generation method of missile guidance. In SACLOS, the operator has to continually point a sighting device at the target while the missile is in flight. Electronics in the sighting device and/or the missile then guide it to the target.

There are two common ways SACLOS […]

Dec
23

Fairmont Hot Springs Airport, , is located adjacent to Fairmont Hot Springs, British Columbia, Canada.

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Dec
23

Final good

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In economics final goods are goods that are ultimately consumed rather than used in the production of another good. For example, a car sold to a consumer is a final good; the components such as tires sold to the car manufacturer are not; they are intermediate goods used to make the final good.

When used in […]

Dec
23

Emitter

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An emitter is a device used to emit any signal, beacon, light, odor, liquid, fragrance, or any other type of signal. It is also called a dripper and is a device used in drip irrigation.

Drip irrigation
An emitter is also called a dripper and is a device used in drip irrigation. It is […]

Dec
23

Göinge Eastern Hundred, or Östra Göinge härad, was a hundred of Skåne in Sweden.

See also

Göinge Western Hundred

Östra Göinge Municipality

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Dec
23

TVC

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TVC may mean:

TVC, the Traditional Values Coalition

TVC, a Catalonian public broadcasting network

TVC, a Mexican cable broadcasting network

TVC (computer), was a home computer made by the Hungarian company Videoton around 1986

TVC, the IATA airport code for Cherry Capital Airport

TVC, the BBC Television Centre

Total Viable Count

television commercial

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Dec
23

CHOICE Magazine is a publication of the Australian Consumers’ Association (ACA), a non-profit organization founded in 1959 to research and advocate on behalf of Australian consumers, similar to Consumer Reports in the United States. The ACA has its headquarters in Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia.

The ACA tests and compares different consumer products and services […]

Dec
23

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 […]

Dec
23

Powdered sugar (= icing sugar in Britain, Australia, Canada, and most of the Commonwealth) is a very finely ground form of sugar that is synonymous with confectioner’s sugar.

In industrial food production it is used where a quick dissolving sugar is required or as in domestic use principally to make icing or frosting, and other cake […]

Dec
23

A term used in stock market investing. Defined as information that would cause any reasonable investor to make a buy or sell decision.

When a public company insider fails to publicly disclose material, market moving information, that is called selective disclosure, an act that is prohibited by the SEC’s Regulation FD.

Thousands of events can be […]

Dec
22

Cocoa butter, also called theobroma oil, is the pale-yellow, edible natural vegetable fat of the cacao bean. Cocoa butter is extracted from the cacao beans and can be used to make chocolate, cocoa powder, pharmaceuticals, ointments, and toiletries.<ref></ref> Cocoa butter has a mild chocolate flavor and aroma.

During processing of the cacao bean, cocoa powder and […]

Dec
22

Corn oil

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Corn oil is oil extracted from the germ of corn (maize). Its main use is in cooking, where its high smoke point makes it a valuable frying oil. It is also a key ingredient in some margarines. Corn oil has a milder taste and is less expensive than most other types of vegetable oils.

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Dec
22

“Sub Rosa” is an episode from the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. It originally aired on 31 January 1994.

Quick overview: Dr. Crusher attends her grandmother’s funeral, and spends time in her haunted house.

The Enterprise visits a planet which has been terraformed to look like Scotland. There Dr. Crusher’s grandmother is buried and several […]

Dec
22

ChapStick

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ChapStick is the brand name adopted in the United States, Australia, Canada, and United Kingdom by Wyeth Consumer Healthcare for its range of lip balms produced to be used on chapped lips. Due to ChapStick’s popularity, the term has become a genericized trademark, used to refer to any lip balm contained in a lipstick-style tube […]

Dec
22

Coronation chicken is a combination of precooked cold chicken meat, herbs and spices, and a creamy mayonnaise-based sauce,<ref name=”times”></ref> generally used to fill sandwiches and rolls in the United Kingdom. Normally a bright yellow colour, coronation chicken is traditionally flavoured with curry powder or sauce, although today more sophisticated versions of the recipe are often […]

Dec
22

“Something About the Way You Look Tonight” was the first single from Elton John’s The Big Picture. The single was released as a double A-side single with “Candle in the Wind 1997″.

The video for the song featured actors and actresses from the UK Television programme This Life and is regarded as one of Elton John’s […]

Dec
22

Recessive alleles (any one of a number of viable DNA codings of the same gene) typically produce little or no product. One instance of the wild-type allele produces sufficient product to result in a dominant phenotype. This is called haplo-sufficiency.

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Dec
22

Anemophily

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Anemophily or wind pollination is a form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by wind. Unlike entomophilous and zoophilous species, whose pollen is spread by insects and vertebrates respectively, anemophilous species do not develop scented flowers, nor do they produce nectar.

Male and female reproductive organs are generally found in separate flowers, the male flowers having […]

Dec
22

Vincent (”Vinnie”) Richards (30 March 1903 — 28 September 1959) was a top American tennis player in the early decades of the 20th Century, particularly known as being a superlative volleyer.

Born in Yonkers, New York, he attended the Jesuit Fordham Preparatory School, attended Fordham University and studied at the Columbia University School of Journalism in […]

Dec
22

Lekvar

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Lekvar or prune butter is a very thick puree of pure fruit, usually prunes or apricots used in filled Kipfels, pastries, cookies, and pierogies. It is jam-like so that it will not ooze out of the item it is used in. Lekvar is of East European origin; the first use of the term in […]

Dec
22

In web design, an internal link is a hyperlink that points to another page in the same website.

Links are considered either “external” or “internal” by having a defined parameter of what portion of the internet counts as “us” and which as “them.” Most commonly, a link to a page outside the same domain is […]

Dec
22

Tofu skin

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Tofu skin also known as dried beancurd is a Chinese and Japanese food product made from soybeans. During the boiling of soy milk, in an open shallow pan, a film or skin composed primarily of a soy protein-lipid complex forms on the liquid surface. The films are collected and dried into yellowish sheets known as […]