CentralNotice Coriolis effect From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search For the psychophysical perception effect, see Coriolis effect (perception) . In the inertial frame of reference (upper part of the picture), the black ball moves in a straight line. However, the observer (red dot) who is standing in the rotating/non-inertial frame of reference (lower part of the picture) sees the object as following a curved path due to the Coriolis and centrifugal forces present in this frame. In physics , the Coriolis effect is a deflection of moving objects when they are viewed in a rotating reference frame . In a reference frame with clockwise rotation, the deflection is to the left of the motion of the object; in one with counter-clockwise rotation, the deflection is to the right. Although recognized previously by others, the mathematical expression ...

CentralNotice A Serious Man From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search A Serious Man Theatrical release poster Directed by Joel Coen Ethan Coen Produced by Ethan Coen Joel Coen Written by Ethan Coen Joel Coen Starring Michael Stuhlbarg Richard Kind Music by Carter Burwell Cinematography Roger Deakins Edited by Roderick Jaynes Production company Relativity Media StudioCanal Working Title Films Mike Zoss Productions Distributed by Focus Features Release date(s) October 2, 2009 ( 2009-10-02 ) Running time 106 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $7 million Box office $31,312,437 [ 1 ] A Serious Man is a 2009 dark comedy [ 2 ] produced, edited, written and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen . The film stars Michael Stuhlbarg as a Minnesota Jewish man ...

CentralNotice Ximending From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Ximending Ximending at night Ximending ( Chinese : 西門 町 ; pinyin : Xīméndīng ; Wade–Giles : Hsi-men-ting ; Pe̍h-ōe-jī : Se-mn̂g-teng ; Romaji : Seimon-chō; sometimes Ximenting) is a neighborhood and shopping district in the Wanhua District of Taipei , Taiwan . It was the first pedestrian zone in Taiwan. 1 Overview 2 Access 3 History 3.1 Name 3.2 Origin 3.3 Theater street 3.4 Historic sites 4 Popularity 5 Transportation 6 See also 7 External links 8 References Overview [ edit ] Ximending has been called the " Harajuku of Taipei" and the " Shibuya of Taipei". [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Ximending is the source of Taiwan's fashion, subculture, and Japanese culture. Ximending is also the main LGBT district of Taiwan, with a host of many clubs and pubs surro...

CentralNotice Red Hat Enterprise Linux From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Redirected from Rhel ) Jump to: navigation , search Not to be confused with Fedora Linux or Red Hat Linux . Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7's default GNOME 3 desktop Company / developer Red Hat , Inc. OS family Unix-like Working state Current Source model Free and open source software (with exceptions) [ 1 ] Initial release February 22, 2000 ; 14 years ago ( 2000-02-22 ) [ 2 ] Latest release 7.0, 6.5, 5.10 / June 10, 2014 ; 2 months ago ( 2014-06-10 ) , November 21, 2013 ; 8 months ago ( 2013-11-21 ) , September 30, 2013 ; 10 months ago ( 2013-09-30 ) Marketing target Commercial market (including for mainframes , servers , supercomputers ) Available in Multilingual Update method Yum / PackageKit Package manager RPM Platforms...

CentralNotice One-Eyed Doll From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search One-Eyed Doll Kimberly and Junior of One-Eyed Doll in the Summer of 2012 Background information Origin Austin , Texas , USA Genres Goth Punk , Horror punk , Synth punk , Experimental , Heavy metal Years active 2006-present Labels Nebulost Records Website www.oneeyeddoll.com Members Kimberly Freeman Jason Rufuss Sewell a.k.a "Junior" One-Eyed Doll is a goth punk [ 1 ] duo based in Austin, Texas , which was voted the Best Punk Band in 2009, [ 2 ] 2010 [ 3 ] and 2011 at the Austin Music Awards at SXSW . [ 4 ] Lead vocalist Kimberly Freeman has also been featured as Revolver Magazine ' s Hottest Chick in Hard Rock in both 2011 and 2012, Guitar Player Magazine ' s Top 20 Most Extraordinary Guitarists and on America's Got Talent 's 2010 Semi-Fin...

CentralNotice Good Kid, M.A.A.D City From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search good kid, m.A.A.d city Studio album by Kendrick Lamar Released October 22, 2012 ( 2012-10-22 ) Recorded 2011—12; At My Mama's Studio ( Los Angeles ), Encore Studios ( Burbank ), PatchWerk Recording Studios ( Atlanta ), TDE Red Room ( Carson ) Genre West Coast hip hop , [ 1 ] gangsta rap [ 2 ] Length 68 : 16 Label Top Dawg , Aftermath , Interscope Producer Dr. Dre ( exec. ), Anthony "TOPDAWG" Tiffith (exec.), Dawaun Parker , DJ Khalil , DJ Dahi , Hit-Boy , Jack Splash , Just Blaze , Like, Pharrell Williams , Rahki , Scoop DeVille , Skhye Hutch, Sounwave , T-Minus , Tabu, Terrace Martin , Tha Bizness, THC Kendrick Lamar chronology Section.80 (2011) good kid, m.A.A.d city (2012) Deluxe edition cover Singles...

CentralNotice Cicada 3301 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Cicada 3301 logo The original image which started the Cicada 3301 Cicada 3301 is a name given to an enigmatic organization that on three occasions has posted a set of complex puzzles to recruit capable cryptanalysts from the public. [ 1 ] The first Internet puzzle started on January 5, 2012 and ran for approximately one month. A second round began exactly one year later on January 5, 2013, and a third round is ongoing following confirmation of a fresh clue posted on Twitter on 5 January 2014. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The stated intent was to recruit "intelligent individuals" by presenting a series of puzzles which were to be solved, each in order, to find the next. The puzzles focused heavily on data security , cryptography , and steganography . [ 1 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] It has...

CentralNotice MOVE From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search This article is about the organization MOVE. For other uses, see Move (disambiguation) . MOVE or the MOVE Organization is a Philadelphia -based black liberation group founded by John Africa . MOVE was described by CNN as "a loose-knit, mostly black group whose members all adopted the surname Africa, advocated a ' back-to-nature ' lifestyle and preached against technology". [ 1 ] The group lived communally and frequently engaged in public demonstrations related to issues they deemed important. Since their founding in 1972, MOVE has been in frequent conflict with the Philadelphia Police Department . A major incident occurred in 1978, when the police raided their Powelton Village home. This raid resulted in the imprisonment of nine group members, now known as the "MOVE 9." [ 2 ] After thi...

CentralNotice Rigs-to-Reefs From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search This article's lead section may not adequately summarize key points of its contents . Please consider expanding the lead to provide an accessible overview of all important aspects of the article. (August 2010) A diver inspects coral growing on an oil platform leg, Gulf of Mexico (US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management) Fish at an oil platform, Gulf of Mexico (US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management) Rigs-to-reef locations in the Gulf of Mexico (Dauterive, 2000) Rigs-to-Reefs (RTR) is the practice of converting decommissioned offshore oil and petroleum rigs into artificial reefs . Such biotic reefs have been created from oil rigs in the United States, Brunei and Malaysia . [ 1 ] In the United States, where the practice started and is most common, Rigs-to-Reef...

CentralNotice Chutney From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search This article is about the condiment. For the music native to Trinidad and Tobago , see Chutney music . This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page . 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. (May 2012) The examples and perspective in this article may not represent a worldwide view of the subject . Please improve this article and discuss the issue on the talk page . (November 2011) Chutney Alternative names Chatney, Chatni Place of origin India Region or state South Asia ( Nepal , India , Pakistan , Bangladesh , Sri Lanka ) Main ingredie...

CentralNotice Robin Williams From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search For other people named Robin Williams, see Robin Williams (disambiguation) . Robin Williams Williams at the premier of Happy Feet Two in 2011 Birth name Robin McLaurin Williams Born ( 1951-07-21 ) July 21, 1951 Chicago , Illinois , U.S. Died August 11, 2014 ( 2014-08-11 ) (aged 63) [ 1 ] Tiburon, California , U.S. Medium Stand-up, film, television Nationality American Years active 1972–2014 Genres Character comedy, physical comedy, improvisational comedy, satire/political satire, observational comedy, blue comedy Influences Peter Sellers , Richard Pryor , Jonathan Winters , George Carlin , Chuck Jones , Spike Milligan Influenced Conan O'Brien , Frank Caliendo , [ 2 ] Dat Phan , Jo Koy , Gabriel Iglesias , Alexei Sayle , Eddie Murph...

CentralNotice ReGIS From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search ReGIS , short for "Remote Graphic Instruction Set", was a vector graphics markup language developed by Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) for later models of their famous VT series of computer terminals . ReGIS supported rudimentary vector graphics consisting of lines, circular arcs, and text. Initially available for the VK100 "GIGI" and VT125 terminals, ReGIS was also implemented in the "40" versions of follow-on terminal designs, the VT240 /241, VT330 (monochrome) and VT340 (color). 1 Description 2 Sample 3 See also 4 References Description [ edit ] ReGIS consisted of five primary drawing commands and a selection of status and device control commands. ReGIS mode was entered by specifying the escape code sequence <ESC>P0p , and exited with <ESC>\ . The digit in the first ...

CentralNotice Extended Validation Certificate From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search An Extended Validation Certificate in Mozilla Firefox . An example of a multi-domain, UCC (SAN) EV certificate on https://www.ssl.com (note the Subject Alternative Name (SAN) field). Wildcard names are not allowed in EV Certificates so this is a common "workaround". An Extended Validation Certificate (EV) is an X.509 public key certificate issued according to a specific set of identity verification criteria. These criteria require extensive verification of the requesting entity's identity by the certificate authority (CA) before a certificate is issued. Certificates issued by a CA under the EV guidelines are not structurally different from other certificates (and hence provide no stronger cryptography than other, cheaper certificates), but are desig...

CentralNotice Taxation in Argentina From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Taxation An aspect of fiscal policy Policies Government revenue Tax revenue · Non-tax revenue Tax law · Tax bracket · Tax threshold Exemption · Credit · Deduction Tax shift · Tax cut · Tax holiday Tax advantage · Tax incentive Tax reform · Tax harmonization Tax competition · Double taxation Representation · Unions Medical savings account Tax, tariff and trade Economics Price effect · Excess burden Tax incidence Laffer curve · Optimal tax Theory Optimal capital income taxation Collection Revenue service · Revenue stamp Tax assessment · Taxable income Tax lien · Tax refund · Tax shield Tax residence · Tax preparation Tax investigation · Tax shelter Private tax collection · Tax farming Noncompliance Ta...

CentralNotice Killer Be Killed From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Killer Be Killed From left to right: Dave Elitch , Max Cavalera , Greg Puciato , and Troy Sanders . Background information Genres Groove metal , metalcore , thrash metal , alternative metal Years active 2011–present Labels Nuclear Blast Associated acts Nailbomb , Sepultura , Soulfly , Cavalera Conspiracy , The Dillinger Escape Plan , Mastodon , The Mars Volta Website Official website Members Greg Puciato Max Cavalera Dave Elitch Troy Sanders Killer Be Killed is an American supergroup founded by The Dillinger Escape Plan vocalist Greg Puciato and Soulfly / Cavalera Conspiracy /ex- Sepultura / Nailbomb frontman Max Cavalera in early 2011. The lineup also features Mastodon bassist and co-vocalist Troy Sanders and former The Mars Volta ...

CentralNotice J002E3 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search J002E3 discovery images taken by Bill Yeung on September 3, 2002. J002E3 is in the circle. Computer simulation showing J002E3 being captured into orbit around Earth for 6 orbits and then being ejected back into a heliocentric orbit. S-IVB stage of Apollo 17. The one used for Apollo 12 is of identical type. J002E3 is the designation given to a supposed asteroid discovered by amateur astronomer Bill Yeung on September 3, 2002. Further examination revealed that the surface appeared to contain the paint used on the Apollo moon rockets. The object is probably the S-IVB third stage of the Apollo 12 Saturn V rocket ( serial S-IVB-507). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Discovery [ edit ] When it was first discovered, it was quickly found that the object was in an orbit around Earth . Astronomer...

CentralNotice Depressive realism From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Depressive realism is the hypothesis developed by Alloy and Abramson [ 1 ] that depressed individuals make more realistic inferences than non-depressed individuals. Although depressed individuals are thought to have a negative cognitive bias that results in recurrent, negative automatic thoughts, maladaptive behaviors, and dysfunctional world beliefs, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] depressive realism argues not only that this negativity may reflect a more accurate appraisal of the world but also that non-depressed individuals’ appraisals are positively biased. [ 5 ] This theory remains very controversial as it brings into question the mechanism of change that cognitive behavioral therapy for depression purports to target. [ 6 ] While the evidence currently supports the validity of depre...

CentralNotice Taxi wars in South Africa From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Taxi statistics People using Taxi service each day 14 million Officially registered minibus taxis 200,000 Average taxis per owner 7 Avg monthly kilometres driven by a taxi 8,000 Avg number of passengers transported monthly per vehicle 3,161 Avg time spent daily in a taxi by a passenger 65 min Avg number of trips per passenger per day 2.3 Data as of 2006 [ 1 ] The term taxi war is usually used to refer to the turf wars fought between taxi associations and individual minibus taxi drivers in South Africa from the late 1980s onwards. [ 2 ] These taxi wars are still raging to the present day. [ 3 ] The multi-billion rand minibus taxi industry carries over 60% of South Africa's commuters. [ 2 ] Generally speaking, these commuters are ...

CentralNotice Pio of Pietrelcina From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, O.F.M. Cap Priest, Religious, Stigmatic and Confessor Born ( 1887-05-25 ) May 25, 1887 Pietrelcina , Benevento , Italy Died September 23, 1968 ( 1968-09-23 ) (aged 81) San Giovanni Rotondo , Foggia , Italy Honored in Roman Catholic Church Beatified May 2, 1999, Rome , Italy by Pope John Paul II Canonized June 16, 2002, Rome , Italy by Pope John Paul II Major shrine San Giovanni Rotondo , Italy (where he lived and is now buried) Feast September 23 Patronage civil defense volunteers adolescents Don't Worry Be Happy Day (22 January) [ 1 ] Part of a series on Christian mysticism Main articles Mysticism Christian mysticism Catholic spirituality Theology & philosophy Ascetical the...

CentralNotice Ying Yang Twins From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Ying Yang Twins Kaine and D-Roc before their concert in Berlin in May 2007 Background information Also known as The Ying Yangers Origin Atlanta , Georgia , United States Genres Southern hip hop , crunk Years active 1997–present Labels TVT , Universal Records Epic Records (2012-present) Associated acts DJ Laz , Lil Jon , Three 6 Mafia , Mr. Collipark , The HoodRatz, Pitbull , Trick Daddy Members Kaine D-Roc The Ying Yang Twins are an Atlanta -based American hip hop duo consisting of Kaine (born Eric Jackson on December 16, 1978) and D-Roc (born De'Angelo Holmes on February 23, 1979). The group debuted in 2000 and rose to mainstream popularity in 2003 collaborating with Lil Jon in his single " Get Low ". In 2004 and 2005, Ying Yang Tw...

CentralNotice Lese Majesty From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Lese Majesty Studio album by Shabazz Palaces Released July 28, 2014 Recorded 2012–2014 Genre Experimental hip hop Label Sub Pop Producer Shabazz Palaces Shabazz Palaces chronology Black Up (2011) Lese Majesty (2014) Professional ratings Aggregate scores Source Rating Metacritic 79/100 [ 1 ] Review scores Source Rating Drowned in Sound 8/10 [ 2 ] Exclaim! 8/10 [ 3 ] Pitchfork Media 8.2/10.0 [ 4 ] Lese Majesty is the second studio album by American hip hop duo Shabazz Palaces , released on July 28, 2014. The album features contributions from THEESatisfaction ’s Catherine Harris-White, Erik Blood and Thadillac. The album was produced by Shabazz Palaces and mixed by Blood at Protect and Exalt Labs in Seat...

CentralNotice Anatoli Bugorski From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Anatoli Bugorski after the accident, with a red line depicting the path of the proton beam. Anatoli Petrovich Bugorski ( Russian : Анатолий Бугорский ; born 1942) is a Russian scientist who was struck by a particle accelerator beam in 1978. [ 1 ] 1 Accident 2 Aftermath 3 See also 4 References 5 External links Accident [ edit ] As a researcher at the Institute for High Energy Physics in Protvino , Bugorski worked with the largest Soviet particle accelerator , the U-70 synchrotron . [ 2 ] On 13 July 1978, Bugorski was checking a malfunctioning piece of equipment when the safety mechanisms failed. Bugorski was leaning over the equipment when he stuck his head in the path of the proton beam. Reportedly, he saw a flash "brighter than a thousand suns," but di...

CentralNotice Biosafety level From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search This article's factual accuracy may be compromised due to out-of-date information . Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (May 2013) A biosafety level is the level of the biocontainment precautions required to isolate dangerous biological agents in an enclosed facility. The levels of containment range from the lowest biosafety level 1 (BSL-1) to the highest at level 4 (BSL-4). In the United States, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have specified these levels. [ 1 ] In the European Union , the same biosafety levels are defined in a directive . [ 2 ] 1 History 2 Rationale 3 Levels 3.1 Biosafety level 1 3.2 Biosafety level 2 3.3 Biosafety level 3 3.4 Biosafety level 4 4 List of BSL-4 facili...

CentralNotice Parbuckle salvage From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search The capsized battleship USS Oklahoma is rotated upright while under salvage at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 8 March 1943. The ship is in the 130-degree position, with its bow on the left and the starboard deck edge just rising from the water. Parbuckle salvage , or parbuckling , is the righting of a sunken vessel using rotational leverage. A common operation with smaller watercraft , parbuckling is also employed to right large vessels. In 1943 USS Oklahoma was rotated nearly 180 degrees to upright after being sunk in the attack on Pearl Harbor , and the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia was successfully parbuckled off the west coast of Italy in September 2013, the largest salvage operation of that kind to date. 1 Mechanical advantage and difficulties 2 Righting of t...

CentralNotice Allegory of the Cave From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Plato's Allegory of the Cave by Jan Saenredam , according to Cornelis van Haarlem , 1604, Albertina , Vienna Part of a series on Plato Plato from The School of Athens by Raphael , 1509 Early life Works Platonism Epistemology Idealism / Realism Demiurge Theory of Forms Transcendentals Form of the Good Third man argument Euthyphro dilemma Five regimes Philosopher king Allegories and metaphors Atlantis Ring of Gyges The cave The divided line The sun Ship of state Myth of Er The chariot Related articles Commentaries The Academy in Athens Socratic problem Middle Platonism Neoplatonism and Christianity Philosophy portal v t e The Allegory of the Cave (also titled Analogy of the Cave , Plato's Cave or Parable of the Cave ) i...