Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Beautiful Chess

"Beautiful chess is a

Original Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful_chess

is a chess variant originated by amateur players from Czech Republic in 2013. It is similar to Chess960 and Transcendental chess . In Beautiful chess the beginning positions of the pieces on the back row are changed, with an idea to preserve the spirit of the game and increase variability while retaining symmetry between pieces."Original Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beautiful_chess

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Squoval





Squoval is a "Essentially a conservative square with the length of a square nail but the softer edges of an oval" the term was coined to refer to fingernail shape in 1984 by Paula Gilmore, a prominent stylist and educator, according to Peters. This style was popular in the 1990s, and is still a popular natural nail shape. This article is licensed under the



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is a portmanteau of the terms and shapes "square" and "oval." The word can refer to the not quite oval , not quite square shape of a fingernail or toenail "Essentially a conservative square with the length of a square nail but the softer edges of an oval" the term was coined to refer to fingernail shape in 1984 by Paula Gilmore, a prominent stylist and educator, according to Peters.This style was popular in the 1990s, and is still a popular natural nail shape. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squoval

Saturday, December 08, 2012

Water Retention on Mathematical Surfaces



This article concerns the mathematical problem of finding the maximum retention of water on various surfaces. Imagine a surface of cells of various heights on a regular array such as a square lattice, and water is rained down on every cell in the system. The boundaries of the system are open and allow water to flow out. Water will be trapped in ponds, and eventually all ponds will fill to their maximum height, with any additional water flowing over spillways and out the boundaries of the system. The problem is to find the amount of water trapped or retained for a given surface.



This has been studied extensively for two mathematical surfaces: (1) Magic Square and (2) Random Surfaces (discussed in this entry). In 2010, water retention on magic squares was used as a challenge in Al Zimmermann contest: find the L x L

This article concerns the mathematical problem of finding the maximum retention of water on various surfaces. Imagine a surface of cells of various heights on a regular array such as a square lattice, and water is rained down on every cell in the system. The boundaries of the system are open and allow water to flow out. Water will be trapped in ponds, and eventually all ponds will fill to their maximum height, with any additional water flowing over spillways and out the boundaries of the system. The problem is to find the amount of water trapped or retained for a given surface.This has been studied extensively for two mathematical surfaces: (1) Magic Square and (2) Random Surfaces (discussed in this entry). In 2010, water retention on magic squares was used as a challenge in Al Zimmermann contest: find the L x L magic square with the maximum water retention. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License . It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Water retention on mathematical surfaces" . This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Ashkenazi Intelligence

Saturday, October 02, 2010

Soft Salad

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Jana Cova



Jana Cova (born April 13, 1980), is a Czech pornographic actress and nude model of Polish descent. Born in Prague, Cova grew up in the countryside in the Czech Republic where she "had a great childhood". She initially started working as a bikini model, then started doing nude and eventually softcore modeling. She has stated that part of her slow transition into movies was because "I wasn't ready for movies for about a year. I felt stupid in front of the camera." This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Jana Cova". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.





Monday, April 12, 2010

Spider Cord

Tuesday, February 16, 2010

UFOs and the Bible



The advent of the phenomenon of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) in the middle of the 20th Century has led to a wide range of religious speculation, especially in regard to the Bible, in western culture. There have been four major theories put forward to connect UFOs and the Bible: the ancient astronaut, the angelic, the demonic, and the fallen angel theory. These theories all seek to reconcile the concept of extraterrestrial visitation with the biblical material. There is also a wider sense in which UFOs have influenced religious imagination, and in this regard the Bible is seen as a resource but not as an authority to be interpreted. There are three other major ways in which the issue of religious imagination has related to the UFO experience: UFOs as a modern religious mythology, UFOs as hope for a New Age spirituality, and the emergence of religious cults rooted in UFO mythology. The advent of the phenomenon of Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) in the middle of the 20th Century has led to a wide range of religious speculation, especially in regard to the Bible, in western culture. There have been four major theories put forward to connect UFOs and the Bible: the ancient astronaut, the angelic, the demonic, and the fallen angel theory. These theories all seek to reconcile the concept of extraterrestrial visitation with the biblical material. There is also a wider sense in which UFOs have influenced religious imagination, and in this regard the Bible is seen as a resource but not as an authority to be interpreted. There are three other major ways in which the issue of religious imagination has related to the UFO experience: UFOs as a modern religious mythology, UFOs as hope for a New Age spirituality, and the emergence of religious cults rooted in UFO mythology. All of this discussion has taken place against a back drop in which the governments of the world deny that we are being visited by an extraterrestrial reality, while UFO researchers claim that the evidence of a cover-up is overwhelming. The United States Air Force study of UFOs stated there was “no factual basis whatever” of a government UFO cover-up. But authors such as Donald Keyhoe, Timothy Good, Richard M. Dolan, Terry Hansen, Lawrence Fawcett and Barry J. Greenwood believe there is a cover-up. Because of the lack of clarity about UFO truth, a truly scientific and academic appraisal of the religious implications of UFOs can only be tentative at this time. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "UFOs and the Bible". This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.





Tuesday, November 03, 2009

Instant Rice



Instant rice, also known as minute rice, is rice that has been precooked and dehydrated so that it cooks more rapidly. Regular rice requires approximately 20 minutes to cook while instant rice needs anywhere between five and 10 minutes. Because it has already been cooked, all that is necessary to prepare instant rice is to simply re-hydrate it with hot water. nstant rice is made by using several methods. The most common method is similar to the home cooking process. The rice is blanched in hot water, steamed and rinsed. It is then placed in large ovens for dehydration until the moisture content reaches approximately twelve percent or less.

The basic principle involves increasing moisture of the milled white rice by using steam or water to form cracks or holes in the kernels. The fast cooking properties come from the fact that, when recooked, water can penetrate into the cracked grain much more quickly.

This article is licensed under the The basic principle involves increasing moisture of the milled white rice by using steam or water to form cracks or holes in the kernels. The fast cooking properties come from the fact that, when recooked, water can penetrate into the cracked grain much more quickly.This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License . It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Instant Rice" . This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.



Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Blaxy Girls

Sunday, August 23, 2009

Polypropylene stacking chair







This is one of the very few chairs that after over 40 years is still in production and has been been made in forty countries around the world, for schools, hospitals, airports, canteens, restaurants, arenas, hotels, as well as homes.[1] It is the best-selling chair in the world.[2]



The chair first appeared on the market in a choice of charcoal or flame red colours at a little under £3 in price. The side chair won a Council of Industrial Design (now the Design Council) award in 1965.



The brief from Hille was for a low cost mass-produced stacking chair, affordable by all and to meet virtually every seating requirement. Over time it became available in a wide variety of colours and with different forms of base and upholstery. These variations have included Series E for children, made in five sizes with lifting holes, and Polo with rows of graduated circular holes making it suitable for outdoor use.



The one-piece seat and back was injection moulded from polypropylene, a lightweight thermoplastic with a high impact resistance. It was invented by an Italian scientist, Guilio Natta, in 1954. This article is licensed under the

The polypropylene stacking chair is a chair manufactured in an injection moulding process using polypropylene. It was designed by Robin Day in 1963 for S.Hille & Co.This is one of the very few chairs that after over 40 years is still in production and has been been made in forty countries around the world, for schools, hospitals, airports, canteens, restaurants, arenas, hotels, as well as homes.[1] It is the best-selling chair in the world.[2]The chair first appeared on the market in a choice of charcoal or flame red colours at a little under £3 in price. The side chair won a Council of Industrial Design (now the Design Council) award in 1965.The brief from Hille was for a low cost mass-produced stacking chair, affordable by all and to meet virtually every seating requirement. Over time it became available in a wide variety of colours and with different forms of base and upholstery. These variations have included Series E for children, made in five sizes with lifting holes, and Polo with rows of graduated circular holes making it suitable for outdoor use.The one-piece seat and back was injection moulded from polypropylene, a lightweight thermoplastic with a high impact resistance. It was invented by an Italian scientist, Guilio Natta, in 1954. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License . It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Polypropylene stacking chair" . This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.



Tuesday, July 21, 2009

Pip's Three-Handed Chess



Pip's Three-Handed Chess is a Pip's Three-Handed Chess is a chess variant for three players played using a standard square chess board. It is played as a series of at least two games, in which the winner is the first player to mate each opponent in a game. Standard chess rules apply, with the following exceptions or clarifications: Pawns must go forward in the direction they originally face.

Castling is not allowed.

Pawns only move one space at a time.

Match ends when a player checkmates each of his opponents. Games are reset after each checkmate.

Checkmate is official on the mated player’s turn, not when it is first made (if there is a player between the player mating and the player being mated, he may choose to "unmate" the player).

Players alternate the order of turns each game, starting clockwise.

Players rotate board sides each game clockwise.

If a player puts an opponent in checkmate, then another opponent puts the same player in checkmate (either a different checkmate or "adding to" the checkmate), then the first player to put the opponent in checkmate gets credit for the win. This article is licensed under the

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License . It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Pip's Three-Handed Chess" . This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Bacon, Egg and Cheese Sandwich

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Slow Sex Movement

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Megan Elizabeth

Thursday, March 19, 2009

Zuckerman number

Saturday, February 21, 2009

4-D (The X-Files)

Saturday, January 17, 2009

Americanophobia



Anti-Americanism, often anti-American sentiment, is a controversial term used to describe opposition or hostility to the people, culture or policies of the United States . In practice, a broad range of attitudes and actions critical of or opposed to the United States have been labeled anti-Americanism. Thus, the nature and applicability of the term is often disputed. Contemporary examples typically focus on opposition to United States policy, although historically the term has been applied to a variety of concepts. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License . It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Americanophobia" . This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.



Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Maja Einstein



Maja Einstein is the younger sister of great scientist Albert Einstein . Maja was the only friend of Albert during his childhood. When little Albert saw his sister for the first time he thought she was a kind of toy and asked: “Yes, but where does it have its small wheels?”

This article is licensed under the

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License . It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Maja Einstein" . This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.

Monday, November 10, 2008

Sideways Bike



The sideways bike is an invention by Michael Killian, a software engineer from Dublin . He was inspired by the way that snowboarding is preferred to skiing due to the greater artistic potential, and decided to design a snowboard equivalent for the conventional bicycle . The result: a bike ridden sideways with the rider operating both wheels. The bike, unlike a conventional bike, uses front-to-back balance like a snowboard. Conventional bikes use left-to-right balance, like skis. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License . It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Sideways bike" . This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.



Friday, October 03, 2008

Sudokube



The Sudoko Cube is a variation on a Rubik's Cube in which the faces have numbers one to nine on the sides instead of colours. The aim is to solve Sudoku puzzles on one ore more of the sides. The toy was created in 2006 by Jay Horowitz. The Sudoku Cube is more complicated than the Rubik's Cube. In a standard Rubik's Cube, the player must match up colours on each side of the cube. In the Sudoku cube, the player must place the numbers one to nine on each side with no repetition. This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License . It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Sudokube" . This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.



Friday, September 12, 2008

Extraterrestrial Exposure Law



The Extra-Terrestrial Exposure Law (14 C.F.R. §1211 of the Code of Federal Regulations) was the popular name for a United States administrative regulation promulgated in 1969 to prevent the spread of biological contamination from space. Implemented before the Apollo 11 mission, it provided the legal authority for a quarantine period for the returning astronauts. The regulation included a definition of exposure as "the state of condition of any person, property, animal or other form of life or matter whatever, who or which has touched directly or come within the atmospheric envelope or any other celestial body or touched directly or been in close proximity (or exposed indirectly to) any person, property, animal or other form of life or matter who or which has been extraterrestrially exposed by virtue of paragraph (b)(1) of this section." This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License . It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Extra-Terrestrial Exposure Law" . This entry is a fragment of a larger work. Link may die if entry is finally removed or merged.



Friday, August 15, 2008

Most Phallic Building Contest

Monday, July 14, 2008

Historical Christian Hairstyles