CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search For other uses, see Grouse (disambiguation) . Grouse Temporal range: Early Pliocene to recent Male sage grouse Centrocercus urophasianus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Subclass: Neornithes Infraclass: Galloanserae Order: Galliformes Family: Phasianidae Subfamily: Tetraoninae Vigors , 1825 Genera Bonasa Falcipennis Centrocercus Dendragapus Lagopus Tetrao Tetrastes Tympanuchus and see text Synonyms Tetraonidae Vigors, 1825 Grouse / ˈ ɡ r aʊ s / are a group of birds from the order Galliformes , in the family Phasianidae . Grouse are frequently assigned to the subfamily Tetraoninae (sometimes Tetraonidae), a classification supported by mitochondrial DNA sequence studies, [1] an...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Praline Belgian pralines Type Confectionery Place of origin Belgium Main ingredients Chocolate, nuts , syrup Cookbook: Praline Media: Praline Pralin (crushed praline ) American pralines cooling on a marble slab. Unlike European pralines, American pralines are made with cream. Praline ( US / ˈ p r eɪ l iː n / ; UK / ˈ p r ɑː l iː n / ) is a form of confection containing at a minimum nuts and sugar ; cream is a common third ingredient. There are two main types: French pralines, a firm combination of almonds and caramelized sugar . American pralines, a softer, creamier combination of syrup and pecans , hazelnuts or almonds with milk or cream , resembling fudge . Belgian pralines consist of a chocolate shell with a softer, sometimes liquid, filling, tr...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Ducking stool at Leominster . Last used in 1809 Punishing a common scold in the ducking stool Illustration from a Pearson Scott Foresman text book Ducking or cucking stool, a historical punishment for the common scold, 1896 Cucking stools or ducking stools were chairs formerly used for punishment of disorderly women, scolds , and dishonest tradesmen in England, Scotland, [1] and elsewhere. [2] The cucking-stool was a form of wyuen pine ("women's punishment") as referred to in Langland's Piers Plowman (1378). They were both instruments of public humiliation and censure primarily for the offense of scolding or back biting and less often for sexual offenses like bearing an illegitimate child or prostitution . The stools were technical devices which formed part of the wi...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search For mass concentration in chemistry, see Mass concentration (chemistry) . Topography (top) and corresponding gravity (bottom) signal of lunar Mare Smythii containing a significant mascon. In astronomy and astrophysics , a mass concentration (or mascon ) is a region of a planet or moon's crust that contains a large positive gravitational anomaly . In general, the word "mascon" can be used as a noun to describe an excess distribution of mass on or beneath the surface of an astronomical body (with respect to some suitable average), such as is found around Hawaii on Earth. [1] However, this term is most often used to describe a geologic structure that has a positive gravitational anomaly associated with a feature (e.g. depressed basin) that might otherwise have been expected to have a n...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Bubble tea Bubble tea Alternative names Pearl milk tea Boba milk tea Tapioca tea Course Drink Place of origin Taiwan Main ingredients Tapioca , milk/creamer, brewed tea, sugar, water Cookbook: Bubble Tea Media: Bubble tea Bubble tea (also known as pearl milk tea , boba milk tea , boba juice or simply boba ) ( Chinese : 珍珠奶茶 ; pinyin : zhēnzhū nǎichá , also 波霸奶茶 ; bōbà nǎichá ) is a Taiwanese tea-based drink invented in Taichung in the 1980s. [1] Most bubble tea recipes contain a tea base mixed/shaken with fruit or milk, to which chewy tapioca balls or fruit jellies are often added. Ice-blended versions are usually mixed with fruit or syrup, resulting in a slushy consistency. [2] There are many varieties of the drink with a wide range of ingredients. The two most...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search 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. (July 2007) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) Esbit brand Hexamine tablets A hexamine fuel tablet is a form of solid fuel in tablet form. The tablets burn smokelessly, have a high energy density , do not liquefy while burning and leave no ashes . Invented in Murrhardt, Germany , in 1936, the main component is hexamine , which was discovered by Aleksandr Butlerov in 1859. Some fuel tablets use 1,3,5-trioxane as another ingredient. A number of alternative names are in use, including heat tablet and Esbit . Esbit is a genericized trademark as it is used to refer to similar pro...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Beltway sniper attacks Locations of the fifteen sniper attacks in the D.C. area numbered chronologically. Location Maryland , Virginia , and Washington, D.C. Date February 16, 2002-September 26, 2002 (Preliminary Shootings) October 2, 2002-October 24, 2002 (sniper attacks) ( Eastern Time Zone ) Target Civilians Attack type Spree killing Weapons Bushmaster XM-15 rifle Deaths 17 total: 10 in the Beltway sniper attacks 7 in preliminary shootings Non-fatal injuries 10 total: 3 in the Beltway sniper attacks 7 in preliminary shootings Assailants John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo The Beltway sniper attacks were a series of coordinated shootings that took place over three weeks in October 2002 in Maryland , Virginia , and Washington, D.C. Ten...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search 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. (February 2011) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) Caber toss Presence Country or region Scotland Olympic No Paralympic No The caber toss is a traditional Scottish athletic event in which competitors toss a large tapered pole called a "caber". It is normally practised at the Scottish Highland Games . In Scotland the caber is usually made from a Larch tree and is typically 19 feet 6 inches (5.94 m) tall and weighs 175 pounds (79 kg). The term "caber" derives from the Gaelic word "cabar" or "kaber" which refers to a wooden beam. The person tossing the caber is c...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search February 30 occurs on some calendars but not the Gregorian calendar , where the month of February contains only 28 days, or 29 days in a leap year . February 30 is usually used as a sarcastic date for referring to something that will never happen or will never be done. [1] 1 Swedish calendar 2 Soviet calendar 3 Early Julian calendar 4 March 0 5 Other calendars 5.1 Reform 5.2 Artificial 5.3 Fictional 6 See also 7 References 8 External links Swedish calendar [ edit ] Swedish calendar for February 1712 February 30 was a real date in Sweden in 1712. [2] Instead of changing from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar by omitting a block of consecutive days, as had been done in other countries, the Swedish Empire planned to change gradually by omitting all leap...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Crush syndrome Classification and external resources Specialty emergency medicine ICD - 10 T79.5 ICD - 9-CM 958.5 DiseasesDB 13135 MeSH D003444 [ edit on Wikidata ] Crush syndrome (also traumatic rhabdomyolysis or Bywaters' syndrome ) is a medical condition characterized by major shock and renal failure after a crushing injury to skeletal muscle . Crush injury is compression of extremities or other parts of the body that causes muscle swelling and/or neurological disturbances in the affected areas of the body, while crush syndrome is localized crush injury with systemic manifestations. [1] Cases occur commonly in catastrophes such as earthquakes , to victims that have been trapped under fallen or moving masonry. Victims of crushing damage present some of th...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search 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 . (December 2009) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message ) Chistorra A tapa of fried chistorra . Alternative names Birika, Berika, Txistorra Place of origin Spain Region or state Aragon , Basque country , Navarre Main ingredients minced pork Cookbook: Chistorra Media: Chistorra Chistorra ( Basque : txistorra , pronounced [tʃis̺ˈtora] ) is a type of fast- cure sausage from Aragon , the Basque Country , and Navarre , Spain . It is made of minced pork , or a mixture of minced pork and beef , is encased in either lamb tripe or plastic , and has a fat content that varies betwee...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Sirikit Queen Sirikit in Russia , 2007 Queen consort of Thailand Tenure 28 April 1950 – present Coronation 5 May 1950 Born ( 1932-08-12 ) 12 August 1932 (age 83) Bangkok , Siam Spouse Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX) Issue Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn Princess Sirindhorn Princess Chulabhorn Walailak House House of Kitiyakara Chakri Dynasty Father Nakkhatra Mangala, Prince of Chanthaburi Mother Bua Snidvongs Religion Buddhism Signature Sirikit ( Thai : สิริกิติ์ ; Thai pronunciation: [sìrìkìt] ; listen ( help · info ) ), born Mom Rajawongse Sirikit Kitiyakara ( Thai : สิริกิติ์ กิติยากร ; rtgs : Sirikit Kitiyakon ) on 12 August 1932, is the queen consort of Bhumibol Adulyadej , King ( Rama IX) of Thail...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search The Knights of the Lambda Calculus' recursive emblem celebrates LISP's theoretical foundation, the lambda calculus . Y in the emblem refers to the fixed-point combinator and the reappearance of the picture in itself refers to recursion . The Knights of the Lambda Calculus is a semi-fictional organization of expert LISP and Scheme hackers . The name refers to the lambda calculus , a mathematical formalism invented by Alonzo Church , with which LISP is intimately connected, and references the Knights Templar . There is no actual organization that goes by the name Knights of the Lambda Calculus ; it mostly only exists as a hacker culture in-joke. The concept most likely originated at MIT . For example, in the Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs video lectures , one of the...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Suicide Social aspects Altruistic suicide Benevolent suicide Copycat Epidemic Euthanasia Legislation Philosophy Religious views Right to die Suicide crisis Assessment of risk Crisis hotline ( list ) Intervention Prevention Suicide watch Suicide types Assisted Bullying and suicide Copycat Familicide Forced Honor Internet Mass Murder–suicide Parasuicide Prisoner suicide Pact Suicide attack Suicide methods Asphyxiation Hanging Train Cop Seppuku Epidemiology Among LGBT youth Gender differences Suicide rates Youth suicide History List of suicides Suicide in antiquity List of suicides in the 21st century In warfare Banzai charge Kamikaze Suicide attack Suicide mission Related phenomena Suicide attempt Locations Ideat...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search This article is about plastics made from renewable biomass. For the information on plastics that are biodegradable, see biodegradable plastic . Bioplastics are plastics derived from renewable biomass sources, such as vegetable fats and oils , corn starch , or microbiota . [1] Bioplastic can be made from agricultural byproducts and also from used plastic bottles and other containers using microorganisms. Common plastics, such as fossil-fuel plastics (also called petrobased polymers), are derived from petroleum or natural gas . Production of such plastics tends to require more fossil fuels and to produce more greenhouse gases than the production of biobased polymers (bioplastics). Some, but not all, bioplastics are designed to biodegrade . Biodegradable bioplastics can break down in either an...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search For the North Carolina politician, see Reginald L. Harris . For the baseball player, see Reggie Harris . Reg Harris Harris at the 1948 Olympic Games Personal information Full name Reginald Hargreaves Harris [1] Born ( 1920-03-01 ) 1 March 1920 Birtle , Bury , Lancashire , England Died 22 June 1992 ( 1992-06-22 ) (aged 72) Macclesfield , Cheshire , England Team information Discipline Track Role Rider Amateur team(s) 1934 Cyclists' Touring Club – Lancashire Road Club – Manchester Wheelers' Club Professional team(s) 1952–1955 Raleigh Cycles -Dunlop 1957 Raleigh Cycles-Dunlop 1971 TI- Carlton 1972 Falcon-Tighe 1975 Draka Foam Medal record Representing Great Britain Track cycling Olympic Games 1948 London ...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search A multiplication algorithm is an algorithm (or method) to multiply two numbers. Depending on the size of the numbers, different algorithms are in use. Efficient multiplication algorithms have existed since the advent of the decimal system. 1 Grid method 2 Long multiplication 2.1 Example 2.2 Space complexity 2.3 Electronic usage 3 Lattice multiplication 3.1 Example 4 Peasant or binary multiplication 4.1 Examples 5 Shift and add 6 Quarter square multiplication 7 Algorithm for multiplying numbers close to a round number 8 Fast multiplication algorithms for large inputs 8.1 Gauss's complex multiplication algorithm 8.2 Karatsuba multiplication 8.3 Toom–Cook 8.4 Fourier transform methods 9 Lower bounds 10 Polynomial multiplication 11 See also 12 References 13 Ex...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Fürer's algorithm is an integer multiplication algorithm for very large numbers possessing a very low asymptotic complexity . It was created in 2007 by Swiss mathematician Martin Fürer of Pennsylvania State University [1] as an asymptotically faster (when analysed on a multitape Turing machine ) algorithm than its predecessor, the Schönhage–Strassen algorithm published in 1971. [2] The predecessor to the Fürer algorithm, the Schönhage–Strassen algorithm, used fast Fourier transforms to compute integer products in time (in big O notation ) and its authors, Arnold Schönhage and Volker Strassen , also conjectured a lower bound for the problem of . Here, denotes the total number of bits in the two input numbers. Fürer's algorithm reduces the gap between these two bounds: it can be used to multi...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Combat side stroke or CSS is a variation of the side stroke that was developed by and taught to the United States Navy SEALs . The combat side stroke is a relaxing and very efficient swim stroke that is an updated version of the traditional sidestroke. The CSS is a mix of sidestroke, freestyle and breaststroke. The combat side stroke allows the swimmer to swim more efficiently and reduce the body's profile in the water in order to be less likely to be seen during combat operations if surface swimming is required. The concept of CSS has been that it can be used with or without wearing swim fins (flippers) , the only difference being that when wearing swim fins the swimmer's legs will always be kicking in the regular flutter kick motion without the scissor kick. This stroke is one of the stro...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Guevara in the Congo . His plan was to use the communist zone on the western shores of Lake Tanganyika as a training ground for the Congolese and fighters from other revolutionary communist movements. The foco theory of revolution by way of guerrilla warfare , also known as focalism (Spanish: foquismo [foˈkizmo] ), was formulated by French intellectual and government official Régis Debray , whose main source of inspiration was Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara 's experiences surrounding his rebel army's victory in the 1959 Cuban Revolution . Its central principle is that vanguardism by cadres of small, fast-moving paramilitary groups can provide a focus (in Spanish, foco ) for popular discontent against a sitting regime, and thereby lead a general insurrection . Although th...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search A Vermont or witch window. In American vernacular architecture , a witch window (also known as a Vermont window , among other names) is a window (usually a double-hung sash window , occasionally a single-sided casement window ) placed in the gable-end wall of a house [1] and rotated approximately 1/8 of a turn (45 degrees) from the vertical, leaving it diagonal, with its long edge parallel to the roof slope. [1] [2] This technique allows a builder to fit a full-sized window into the long, narrow wall space between two adjacent roof lines. Witch windows are found almost exclusively in or near the U.S. state of Vermont , generally in the central and northern parts of the state, [3] and principally in farmhouses from the 19th century. [1] [2] 1 Etymology 2 Construction 3 See als...

CentralNotice Pokkén Tournament From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Pokkén Tournament Developer(s) Bandai Namco Studios Publisher(s) The Pokémon Company Distributor(s) Arcade JP Bandai Namco Entertainment Wii U WW Nintendo Director(s) Haruki Suzaki Producer(s) Masaaki Hoshino Katsuhiro Harada Designer(s) Yasuhito Kobayashi Programmer(s) Sei Nakatani Artist(s) Hiromi Watanabe Composer(s) Hiroki Hashimoto Hiroyuki Kawada Rio Hamamoto Taku Inoue Eriko Sakurai Yoshinori Hirai Takafumi Sato Mitsuhiro Kitadani Yu Sugimoto Shota Kageyama Series Pokémon Platform(s) Arcade , Wii U Release date(s) Arcade JP July 16, 2015 [1] Wii U WW March 18, 2016 [2] Genre(s) Fighting Mode(s) Single-player , multiplayer Pokkén Tournament ( ポッ拳 , Pokken ? ) is an arcade fighting game d...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search The Mohawk Valley formula is a plan for strikebreaking purportedly written by the president of the Remington Rand company James Rand, Jr. around the time of the Remington Rand strike at Ilion, New York in 1936/37. The plan includes discrediting union leaders, frightening the public with the threat of violence, using local police and vigilantes to intimidate strikers, forming puppet associations of "loyal employees" to influence public debate, fortifying workplaces, employing large numbers of replacement workers, and threatening to close the plant if work is not resumed. [1] [2] The authenticity of the written plan has never been clearly established. Although it was allegedly published in the National Association of Manufacturers Labor Relations Bulletin , no original copy has been found, ...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Stevens on his penny-farthing bicycle Thomas Stevens (born 24 December 1854, Berkhamsted , Hertfordshire, England, [1] died London, [2] 24 January 1935, aged 80) was the first person to circle the globe by bicycle. He rode a large-wheeled Ordinary, also known as a penny-farthing , from April 1884 to December 1886. [3] He later searched for Henry Morton Stanley in Africa, investigated the claims of Indian ascetics and became manager of the Garrick Theatre in London. Stevens's bicycle journey around the world (22 April 1884 – 17 December 1886) 1 Origins 2 Around the World 2.1 America 2.2 Europe 2.3 Asia 3 The search for Stanley 4 Return to England 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Origins [ edit ] Stevens, known as Tom, [2] was born in Castle Street, B...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by expanding it with reliably sourced entries. This is a list of articles that are themselves lists of articles that are also lists on the English Wikipedia . In other words, each of the articles linked here is an index to multiple lists on a topic. Some of the linked articles are themselves lists of lists of lists. 1 General reference 2 Culture and the arts 2.1 Literature 2.2 Art and the arts 2.2.1 Performing arts 2.2.2 Visual arts 2.3 Entertainment and recreation 2.3.1 Games 2.3.2 Sports 2.4 Food and drink 2.5 Mass media 3 Geography and places 3.1 Natural geographical features 3.2 Countries and regions 3.3 Places 3.3.1 Settlements 4 Mathematics a...