Home Random Nearby Log in Settings Donate About Wikipedia Disclaimers Search Hipster PDA Article Talk Language Watch Edit version 1.0.2 (change every time you update a partial) The Hipster PDA is a paper-based personal organizer , popularized by Merlin Mann in 2004. [1] Originally a tongue-in-cheek reaction to the increasing expense and complexity of personal digital assistants (PDA), the Hipster PDA (said to stand for " Parietal Disgorgement Aid" and often abbreviated to "hPDA") comprises a sheaf of index cards held together with a binder clip . Following widespread coverage in the media [2] [3] and blogs , the hPDA became a popular personal management tool, particularly with followers of David Allen 's Getting Things Done methodology. [4] [5] A Hipster PDA Although it ...

Home Random Nearby Log in Settings Donate About Wikipedia Disclaimers Search Axis of evil Article Talk Language Watch Edit version 1.0.2 (change every time you update a partial) This article is about the term that refers to state sponsors of terrorism. For the multi-nation alliance during World War II, see Axis powers . For other uses, see Axis of evil (disambiguation) . This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Axis of evil" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( January 2012 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) The phrase " axis of evil " was first used by U.S. President Ge...

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Open main menu Home Random Nearby Log in Settings Donate About Wikipedia Disclaimers Search Huarache (food) Article Talk Language Watch Edit version 1.0.2 (change every time you update a partial) For other uses, see Huarache . Huarache (sometimes spelled guarache ; [waˈɾatʃe] ( listen ) ) is a popular Mexican dish consisting of masa dough with smashed pinto beans placed in the center before it is given an oblong shape, fried, topped with green or red salsa , onions, potato, cilantro and any manner of protein such as ground beef or tongue, then finished with queso fresco . [1] Huaraches are also often paired with fried cactus leaves, or nopales . This dish is most popular in its hometown of Mexico City and is also sold in cities with large Mexican-American populations such as Los Angeles, San...

Open main menu Home Random Nearby Log in Settings Donate About Wikipedia Disclaimers Search Spinalonga Article Talk Language Watch Edit version 1.0.2 (change every time you update a partial) Spinalonga ( Greek : Σπιναλόγκα ) is an island located in the Gulf of Elounda in north-eastern Crete , in the municipality of Agios Nikolaos , Lasithi , next to the town of Plaka. The island is further assigned to the area of Kalydon . It is near the Spinalonga peninsula ("large Spinalonga") – which often causes confusion as the same name is used for both. Spinalonga (Kalydon) Native name: Σπιναλόγκα (Καλυδών) Panoramic view from the mountain Geography Coordinates 35°17′51″N 25°44′17″E  /  35.29750°N 25.73806°E  / 35.29750; 25.73806 Archipelago Cretan Islands Area 0.085 km 2 (0.033 sq mi) Administrat...

Open main menu Home Random Nearby Log in Settings Donate About Wikipedia Disclaimers Search Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress Article Talk Language Watch Edit version 1.0.2 (change every time you update a partial) Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress ( Japanese : 甲鉄城のカバネリ , Hepburn : Kōtetsujō no Kabaneri ) is a Japanese anime television series by Wit Studio . It was broadcast for 12 episodes on Fuji TV 's Noitamina programming block from April to June 2016. The series was streamed on Amazon Prime Instant Video service. Two compilation films premiered in Japanese theaters in December 2016 and January 2017. Crunchyroll and Funimation co-released the anime on Blu-ray and DVD in the United States; Crunchyroll also acquired the merchandise rights. Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress 甲鉄城のカバネリ ( Kōtetsujō no Kaban...

Open main menu Home Random Nearby Log in Settings Donate About Wikipedia Disclaimers Search The White Goddess Article Talk Language Watch Edit version 1.0.2 (change every time you update a partial) For the Greek sea goddess, see Leucothea . For the film, see Ramar of the Jungle . The White Goddess: a Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth is a book-length essay on the nature of poetic myth-making by the English writer Robert Graves . First published in 1948, the book is based on earlier articles published in Wales magazine; corrected, revised and enlarged editions appeared in 1948, 1952 and 1961. The White Goddess represents an approach to the study of mythology from a decidedly creative and idiosyncratic perspective. Graves proposes the existence of a European deity , the "White Goddess of Birt...

Open main menu Home Random Nearby Log in Settings Donate About Wikipedia Disclaimers Search The Vulture and the Little Girl Article Talk Language Watch Edit version 1.0.2 (change every time you update a partial) Coordinates : 8°07′53″N 31°24′41″E  /  8.131315°N 31.411341°E  / 8.131315; 31.411341 The Vulture and the Little Girl , also known as The Struggling Girl , is a photograph by Kevin Carter which first appeared in The New York Times on 26 March 1993. It is a photograph of a frail famine-stricken boy, initially believed to be a girl, [1] who had collapsed in the foreground with a hooded vulture eyeing him from nearby. The child was reported to be attempting to reach a United Nations feeding centre about a half mile away in Ayod , Sudan (now South Sudan ), in March 1993, and to have ...

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Open main menu Home Random Nearby Log in Settings Donate About Wikipedia Disclaimers Search Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church (Centralia) Article Talk Language Watch Edit version 1.0.2 (change every time you update a partial) The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church is a Ukrainian Catholic ( Greek Catholic ) church in the town of Centralia, Pennsylvania . The church is the last remaining church in Centralia, which was largely abandoned after a mine fire rendered much of the town unsafe. [1] [2] The church in 2013 History Edit The church was built in 1911, at which time Centralia was a thriving coal mining community. [3] Many of the miners and miners' families who formed the congregation of the church were immigrants from Eastern Europe...

Open main menu Home Random Nearby Log in Settings Donate About Wikipedia Disclaimers Search 1980 Damascus Titan missile explosion Article Talk Language Watch Edit version 1.0.2 (change every time you update a partial) The Damascus Titan missile explosion (also called the Damascus accident [1] ) was a 1980 U.S. nuclear weapons incident involving a Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM). The incident occurred on September 18–19, 1980, at Missile Complex 374-7 in rural Arkansas when a U.S. Air Force LGM-25C Titan II ICBM loaded with a 9-megaton W-53 nuclear warhead experienced a liquid fuel explosion inside its silo . [2] 374-7 class=notpageimage| Location in the United States 374-7 class=notpageimage| Location in Arkansas The incident began with a fuel leak at 6:30 p.m. on Sep...

Open main menu Home Random Nearby Log in Settings Donate About Wikipedia Disclaimers Search Red Hook Society for the Apprehension and Detention of Horse Thieves Article Talk Language Watch Edit version 1.0.2 (change every time you update a partial) The Red Hook Society for the Apprehension and Detention of Horse Thieves is the oldest horse thief apprehension society in the United States. The society was formed at the Upper Red Hook Inn of Stephen Holmes on October 10, 1796. [1] On October 28, 1796, the first notices were posted in the area of Red Hook, New York , warning would-be horse thieves that the society had been formed to stop them. [2] Members are known as "riders" and must pay a $5 annual membership fee. [2] Prior to 1956, only men were allowed as members. [1] The annual meeting of th...

Open main menu Home Random Nearby Log in Settings Donate About Wikipedia Disclaimers Search Utopia bootdisk Article Talk Language Watch Edit version 1.0.2 (change every time you update a partial) This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Utopia bootdisk" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( June 2019 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) Utopia bootdisk is a booting program released on June 22, 2000 and created by the warez group Utopia, designed for playing pirated Sega Dreamcast games on standard CD-R discs. [1] The bootdisk also allows the play of imported official Dreamcast GD-ROMs , bypassing th...

Open main menu Home Random Nearby Log in Settings Donate About Wikipedia Disclaimers Search Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick Article Talk Language Watch Edit version 1.0.2 (change every time you update a partial) This article does not cite any sources . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . Find sources: "Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( December 2009 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) Hakugei: Legend of the Moby Dick ( 白鯨伝説 , Hakugei Densetsu ) is an animated Japanese television series , based on Herman Melville 's 1851 novel Moby-Dick . However, this adaptation used futuristic outer space as the setting, with "whales" being l...

Open main menu Home Random Nearby Log in Settings Donate About Wikipedia Disclaimers Search Waffle House Index Article Talk Language Watch Edit version 1.0.2 (change every time you update a partial) The Waffle House Index is an informal metric named after the ubiquitous Southern US restaurant chain Waffle House known for its 24-hour, 365-day service. This restaurant's drive to always remain open has given rise to an informal but useful metric to determine the severity of a storm and the likely scale of assistance required for disaster recovery. [1] [2] It was coined by former administrator Craig Fugate of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). [3] The metric is unofficially [1] [4] used by FEMA to inform disaster response . [5] [6] The remains of a Waffle House in Biloxi, Mississi...

Open main menu Home Random Nearby Log in Settings Donate About Wikipedia Disclaimers Search Powell's dog leg method Article Talk Language Watch Edit version 1.0.2 (change every time you update a partial) Powell's dog leg method is an iterative optimisation algorithm for the solution of non-linear least squares problems, introduced in 1970 by Michael J. D. Powell . [1] Similarly to the Levenberg–Marquardt algorithm , it combines the Gauss–Newton algorithm with gradient descent , but it uses an explicit trust region . At each iteration, if the step from the Gauss–Newton algorithm is within the trust region, it is used to update the current solution. If not, the algorithm searches for the minimum of the objective function along the steepest descent direction, known as Cauchy point. If the Cauchy ...

Open main menu Home Random Nearby Log in Settings Donate About Wikipedia Disclaimers Search Lost literary work Article Talk Language Watch Edit version 1.0.2 (change every time you update a partial) "Lost works" redirects here. For lost art works, see lost artworks . This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Lost literary work" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( August 2019 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) A lost work is a document, literary work, or piece of multimedia produced some time in the past, of which no surviving copies are known to exist. It can only be known through reference. Thi...

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