Oct 30

Poniard

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A poniard is a form of dagger with a slim square or triangular blade. It was primarily used for stabbing in close quarters or in conjunction with a rapier. The poniard is almost identical to the dirk. Shorter than a short sword and longer than a dagger, this blade is used more as a decorative weapon than for practical use.


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  • “Eloisa to Abelard”

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Oct 28

The First Generation of Postwar Writers

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The First Generation of Postwar Writers is a classification in Modern Japanese literature used to group writers who appeared on the postwar literary scene between 1946 and 1947.


List of First Generation writers

  • Noma Hiroshi (野間宏)
  • Shiina Rinzo (椎名麟三)
  • Umezaki Haruo (梅崎春生)
  • Takeda Taijun (武田泰淳)
  • Nakamura Shin’ichirō (中村真一郎)


See also

  • Japanese literature
  • The Second Generation of Postwar Writers
  • The Third Generation of Postwar Writers

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Oct 24

Neon Museum at the Fremont Street Experience

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Neon Museum at the Fremont Street Experience in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, features signs from old casinos and other businesses displayed outdoors.

For many years, the Young Electric Sign Company stored many of these old signs in their “boneyard.” The signs were slowly being destroyed by exposure to the elements. The museum is slowly restoring the signs and placing them around the Fremont Street Experience.


History

November, 1996: The Neon Museum at the Fremont Street Experience opens with the Hacienda Horse & Rider sign being lit at the intersection of Las Vegas Boulevard and Fremont Street.

On January 24, 2006, the original 80 foot tall Sahara sign was donated to the museum.


Boneyard

This is the site where old signs owned by the Museum are stored. For the safety of the collection, the location of the Boneyard is not disclosed unless someone books an appointment to stop by. Tours of the Boneyard can be booked directly through the Museum’s website (link below).


External links

  • Neon Museum

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Oct 23

West Digges

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West Digges (1720-1786) was an English actor who made his first stage appearance in Dublin in 1749 as Jaffier in Venice Preserv’d; and both there and in Edinburgh until 1764 he acted in many tragic roles with success. He was the original “young Norval” in John Home’s Douglas (1756). His first London appearance was as Cato at the Haymarket Theatre in 1777, and he afterwards played King Lear, Macbeth, Shylock and Wolsey. In 1781 he returned to Dublin and retired in 1784.


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Oct 18

Velvet Chain Custom Album

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The Velvet Chain Custom Album is a unique album first offered by Velvet Chain in June 2001. It is a fully customisable album, with the buyer able to pick the songs, cover art, CD title. Velvet Chain’s full library of tracks is available for inclusion, and many tracks are only available on the Custom Album.


Predefined versions

A number of predefined albums are also available.


Velvet Chains Greatest Hits

This tracks on this album were chosen by a popular vote of the Velvet Chain street gang, Viva La Diva members and the buyers of Custom Albums/


Track listing

  1. Come To Me
  2. Don’t Leave A Diva
  3. Medicine Man
  4. Little Sugar
  5. Warm
  6. You Got Me
  7. Watching You
  8. Walk On Water
  9. I Don’t Care
  10. Emily
  11. Fall Away
  12. Treason
  13. Strong (Original Version)
  14. Lovin’ Ain’t So Easy
  15. Can’t Stay Away
  16. Oui Je L’Adore


Jeff Stacy’s Custom Album

A copy of Velvet Chain member Jeff Stacy’s Custom Album.


Track listing

  1. Watching You
  2. Walk On Water
  3. My One Desire
  4. Sour Times
  5. You Got Me (Instrumental Version)
  6. Warm
  7. Come To Me
  8. Wait For Me
  9. Diva (Live)
  10. Little Sugar (Lounge Version)
  11. I Don’t Care
  12. Lovin’ Ain’t So Easy
  13. Fall Away
  14. Treason
  15. Can’t Stay Away
  16. Strong (Live)
  17. You Got Me (Lounge Version)


Velvet Chain Soft Sounds

A collection of the more laid back Velvet Chain songs


Track listing

  1. Emily
  2. Treason
  3. Medicine Man
  4. Fall Away
  5. Lovin’ Aint So Easy
  6. I Don’t Care
  7. Strong (Original Version)
  8. Walk On Water
  9. Why Can’t You Behave
  10. Can’t Stay Away
  11. Sun Setting Sun
  12. All Your Cash
  13. Strong (Live)
  14. Wait For Me
  15. Fall Away (Instrumental)
  16. Watching You


Instrumentals Only

A collection of instrumental versions of 17 Velvet Chain songs


Track listing

  1. Walk On Water
  2. Fall Away
  3. Beyond Time
  4. Watching You
  5. Treason
  6. Oui Je L’Adore
  7. My One Desire
  8. You Got Me
  9. Little Sugar
  10. Don’t Leave A Diva
  11. Medicine Man
  12. Wait For Me
  13. Why Can’t You Behave
  14. Can’t Stay Away
  15. Angel Theme
  16. Warm (Turbo Mix)
  17. Sour Times


Erika’s Mix

A Custom Album put together by Velvet Chain lead singer Erika Amato. It is only available to members of Viva La Diva, the Erika Amato fan club.


Track listing

  1. Can’t Stay Away
  2. Watching You
  3. Medicine Man
  4. Strong (Original Version)
  5. Emily
  6. I Don’t Care
  7. Frenchie (Extended Club Mix)
  8. You Got Me
  9. Come To Me
  10. Walk On Water
  11. Wait For Me
  12. Don’t Leave a Dive (Live)
  13. My One Desire
  14. Treason (Live)
  15. Fall Away
  16. Oui Je L’Adore


External links

  • The Official Velvet Chain Website

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Oct 16

Neutron-induced swelling

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Neutron-induced swelling is the increase of volume and decrease of density of materials subjected to intense neutron radiation. Neutrons impacting the material’s lattice rearrange its atoms, causing buildup of dislocations, voids, and Wigner energy. Together with the resulting strength reduction and embrittlement, it is a major concern for materials for nuclear reactors.

Materials show significant differences in their swelling resistance.

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  • Radiation hardening

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Oct 14

Yamahachi Dental

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Yamahachi Dental, is a Japanese company that manufactures dental products such as artificial resin teeth, acrylics, dental waxes and gutta percha points. The main products are artificial resin teeth (both composite resin and acrylic). They also import dental products from other countries into Japan, and export their own products to over 45 countries. The company was established in 1963.


External links

  • Official website (English version)
  • Official website (Japanese version)

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Oct 12

Khmu people

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The Khmu or Khammu is one of the largest ethnic groups based in northern Laos. They can also be found in Myanmar, southwest China (especially around the province of Guizhou), Thailand, and Vietnam, where they are an officially recognized ethnic group. In the People’s Republic of China, however, they are not given official recognition as a separate ethnic group, and are instead placed under the broad category undistinguished nationalities.

Their language, in the Mon-Khmer family, is also called Khmu.

Most villages are isolated, and only slowly receiving electricity.

In many areas the Khmu live alongside the Hmong and other ethnic groups.

Most of the agricultural work in Khmu villages is done communally, so as to combine the strength and finish the work quickly.

A large number of Khmu live in Richmond, California, having come as refugees from the Vietnam War.


Cuisine

Most Khmu eat thum-som.


Notable Khmu

  • Pheng Normpraseuth (American rapper), first official signee of scro records founded by his cousin Jimmy Jones.


See also

  • Khmu language
  • Khmuic languages

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Oct 12

Lady crab

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The lady crab, Ovalipes ocellatus, is a crab that is usually found on sandy shallow water. Normally, a very difficult habitat to live in because of wave action and shifting sands. This animal escapes these dangers by burrowing just beneath the sand surface. As waves toss the sand around, it quickly shifts position and digs back underground. The lady crab looks different from other crabs. The claws are not large but sharp. Its legs are flat and paddle shaped. The crab grows 4 in (10 cm) wide. The lady crab is found from Cape Cod to Texas.

The lady crab has teeth known as frontal teeth on its shell found between the eyes. The teeth behind the eyes are called marginal teeth. The lady crab has three frontal teeth and five marginal teeth. (Each side; thus the lady crab has ten total teeth)

The lady crab will eat on live or decaying organisms such as fish, crabs, or clams which makes it a carnivore and scavenger. When fish or worms pass it, it comes out of the sand, and grabs the animal with its claw.

Like other swimming crabs, the lady crab has less protection than other crabs that have hard shells. The lady crab has an exoskeleton. For the lack of protection, it makes up for this by its speed and camouflage.

The lady crab has compound eyes set at the tips of the pair of stalks. Being that the eyes are at the tip of the stalks, it allows it to see more clearly. The eyes are stalked which allows them to be aware of predators.

Males and females are told apart by looking at the abdominal flap beneath their bodies. The female has a wide body to carry the eggs while the males have a thin flap. Once the eggs hatch, they’re planktonic. When they are born, they do not resemble their parents until they have molted several times over the next few weeks. As they grow, they pass through two main stages called zoea and megalopa before being an adult.

The lady crab molts, like most animals with an exoskeleton, as it grows. They appear to stop molting when they reach 4 in wide. Adults that stop molting are often covered in barnacles or seaweed.

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Oct 10

Strip map and sample

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Strip map and sample is a method of archaeological excavation applied in the United Kingdom to preserve archaeological remains by record in the face of development threat. It involves machine stripping of an area, plotting observed features onto a site plan and then partially excavating those features (sampling).

Strip map and sample is undertaken when a site is to be destroyed by development and no satisfactory method of preserving archaeological remains in situ can be devised or adequate funding and time has not be factored into development project planning to allow for a full archaeological investigation.


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  • Excavation

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