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Velta is both a surname and a given name.

Cocijo (occasionally spelt Cociyo) is a lightning deity of the pre-Columbian Zapotec civilization of southern Mexico. He has attributes characteristic of similar Mesoamerican deities associated with rain, thunder and lightning, such as Tlaloc of central Mexico, and Chaac (or Chaak) of the Maya civilization. In the Zapotec language, the word cocijo means " lightning", as well as referring to the deity.

Cocijo was the most important deity among the pre-Columbian Zapotecs because of his association with rainfall. He is commonly represented on ceramics from the Zapotec area, from the Middle Preclassic right through to the Terminal Classic. Cocijo was said to be the great lightning god and creator of the world. In Zapotec myth, he made the sun, moon, stars, seasons, land, mountains, rivers, plants and animals, and day and night by exhaling and creating everything from his breath.

Vasili or Vasily is a Slavic male given name of Greek origin and corresponds to Basil. It may refer to:

Given name:

• Vasili I of Moscow Grand Prince from 1389–1425
• Vasili II of Moscow Grand Prince from 1425–1462
• Vasili III of Russia Tsar from 1505–1533
• Vasili IV of Russia Tsar from 1606–1610
• Basil Fool for Christ (1469–1557), also known as Saint Basil, or Vasily Blazhenny
• Vasily Alekseyev (1942–2011), Soviet weightlifter
• Vasili Arkhipov (1926–1998), Soviet Navy officer
• Vasily Chapayev (1887–1919), Russian Army commander
• Vasily Chuikov (1900–1982), Soviet marschal
• Vasily Degtyaryov (1880–1949), Russian weapons designer and Major General
• Vasily Dzhugashvili (1921–1962), Stalin's son
• Vasili Golovachov (born 1948), Russian science fiction author
• Vasily Grossman (1905–1964), Soviet writer and journalist
• Vasyl Ivanchuk (born 1969), Ukrainian chess grandmaster
• Wassily Kandinsky, (1866–1944), Russian painter and art theorist.
• Vasily Karatygin (1802–1880), Russian actor
• Vasily Livanov (born 1935), Russian actor and screenwriter
• Vasily Lobanov (born 1947), Russian composer and pianist
• Vasily Nezabitovsky (1824–1883), Ukrainian jurist
• Vasily Petrenko (born 1976), Russian conductor
• Vasily Seseman (1884–1963), Russian and Lithuanian philosopher
• Vasily Smyslov (1921–2010), Soviet chess player
• Vasily Tsibliyev (born 1954), Russian cosmonaut
• Vasily Zaytsev, Soviet sniper
• Vasily Zhdanov (born 1963), Soviet cyclist

Other:

• Vasili, a village in Cyprus
• Wassily Chair, 1920s furniture, named after Wassily Kandinsky

The surname Vasilyev is derived from the name. The surname Vasin is derived from Vasya, a short form of the name.

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Latitudinarianism, in at least one area of contemporary philosophy, is a position concerning de dicto and de re (propositional) attitudes. Latitudinarians think that de re attitudes are not a category distinct from de dicto attitudes; the former are just a special case of the latter.

The term was introduced into discussions of de dicto and de re attitudes by Roderick Chisholm in his "Knowledge and Belief: 'De Dicto' and 'De Re'" (1976). Latitudinarianism has since also sometimes been called an "unrestricted exportation" view.

''' Gondrin ''' is a commune in the Gers department in southwestern France.

"Papercut" is a song by the American rock band Linkin Park. It was released as the third single from their debut album Hybrid Theory, and appears as the opening track on the record. The "Papercut" single was never officially released in the US. The song reached number 14 in the UK Singles Chart in 2001 and was in the chart for 6 weeks. It also reached number 32 on the Modern Rock Tracks Chart in 2002.

PaperCut is a print and copy output management software product developed and marketed by PaperCut Software based in Melbourne, Australia. PaperCut NG is a printer solution that can be purchased online and PaperCut MF is a print and copier management solution for MFDs that is sold through a reseller network.

"Papercut" is a song by Russian-German DJ and record producer Zedd from his second studio album, True Colors which features vocals from South African-born Australian singer-songwriter Troye Sivan. It was written by Zedd, Julia Michaels, Sam Martin, Lindy Robbins, Jason Evigan and Austin Paul Flores and produced by Zedd. It was released as the third single on July 17, 2015.

Vasilis Nakis, better known by his stage name Papercut, is a Greek musician and songwriter. He is known for his electronic music and his remix of Melina Merkoyri's song "Agapi pou gines dikopo mahairi". Before launching his solo project, he was a member of the Greek bands Winter Watercolours and Monitor.

Tiryancha is the term used for plants, animals and insects in Jain philosophy.

Synaptogenesis is the formation of synapses between neurons in the nervous system. Although it occurs throughout a healthy person's lifespan, an explosion of synapse formation occurs during early brain development, known as exuberant synaptogenesis. Synaptogenesis is particularly important during an individual's critical period, during which there is a certain degree of synaptic pruning due to competition for neural growth factors by neurons and synapses. Processes that are not used, or inhibited during their critical period will fail to develop normally later on in life.

The Hong Kong-based EACA group of companies was established in December 1972 by Eric Chung Kwan-yee (alias Chung Bun), a businessman of humble beginnings from mainland China who stealt into the then British colony from Guangzhou as a young man. 1

EACA International Ltd was a manufacturer active from 1975 to 1983, producing Pong-style television video games, and later producing thousands of computers under the Genie name. These included the Video Genies I, II and III (which were Tandy TRS-80 Model I-compatible) and the Colour Genie. Along with Radio Shack clones they also produced Apple II computer compatible machines.2

Just as distributors were promoting a new 16-bit machine in late 1983, the heavily indebted group went into liquidation at the hands of receivers. Eric Chung was rumoured to have fled Hong Kong for Taiwan, leaving a seaside villa and massive debts in his wake.

TeVecine (styled as T.V. Cine in the early 1990s) is a Colombian programadora created in 1982, though it did not start operations as a programadora until 1987.

Neoguri is the Korean word for Raccoon dog. It may refer to:

• Typhoon Neoguri (disambiguation)
• Neoguri (instant noodle)

Neoguri ( lit. Racoon) is a brand of ramyeon produced by Nongshim in South Korea since 1982. It is exported to over 80 different countries, and is the fourth highest selling brand of noodles in South Korea.

Borom may refer to:

• Red Borom (1915-2011), American baseball player
• Borom-e Pain, a village in Ilam Province, Iran

Lirharan (, also Romanized as Līrhārān; also known as Līrhārun) is a village in Dehdez Rural District, Dehdez District, Izeh County, Khuzestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 65, in 12 families.

In probability and statistics, a probability distribution is a mathematical description of a random phenomenon in terms of the probabilities of events. Examples of random phenomena include the results of an experiment or survey. A probability distribution is defined in terms of an underlying sample space, which is the set of all possible outcomes of the random phenomenon being observed. The sample space may be the set of real numbers or a higher-dimensional vector space, or it may be a list of non-numerical values; for example, the sample space of a coin flip would be {Heads, Tails}. Probability distributions are generally divided into two classes. A discrete probability distribution can be encoded by a list of the probabilities of the outcomes, known as a probability mass function. On the other hand, in a continuous probability distribution, the probability of any individual outcome is 0. Continuous probability distributions can often be described by probability density functions; however, more complex experiments, such as those involving stochastic processes defined in continuous time, may demand the use of more general probability measures.

In applied probability, a probability distribution can be specified in a number of different ways, often chosen for mathematical convenience:

• by supplying a valid probability mass function or probability density function
• by supplying a valid cumulative distribution function or survival function
• by supplying a valid hazard function
• by supplying a valid characteristic function
• by supplying a rule for constructing a new random variable from other random variables whose joint probability distribution is known.

A probability distribution whose sample space is the set of real numbers is called univariate, while a distribution whose sample space is a vector space is called multivariate. A univariate distribution gives the probabilities of a single random variable taking on various alternative values; a multivariate distribution (a joint probability distribution) gives the probabilities of a random vector—a list of two or more random variables—taking on various combinations of values. Important and commonly encountered univariate probability distributions include the binomial distribution, the hypergeometric distribution, and the normal distribution. The multivariate normal distribution is a commonly encountered multivariate distribution.

Candorville is a syndicated newspaper comic strip written and illustrated by Darrin Bell, an editorial cartoonist. Candorville, launched in September 2003 by The Washington Post Writers Group, features young Black and Latino characters living in the inner city. Using the vehicle of humor, Candorville presents social and political commentary as well as the stories of its protagonists.

Hugus is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is three miles (5 km) west of Truro.

Pseudhesperosuchus (meaning "false Hesperosuchus") is a genus of sphenosuchian, a type of basal crocodylomorph, the clade that comprises the crocodilians and their closest kin. It is known from a partial skeleton and skull found in rocks of the Norian-age Upper Triassic Los Colorados Formation, Argentina.

Kulajan is a Village in Dhemaji district, Assam, India.

Custard is a variety of culinary preparations based on a cooked mixture of milk and/or cream and egg yolk. Depending on how much egg or thickener is used, custard may vary in consistency from a thin pouring sauce ( crème anglaise) to a thick pastry cream (crème pâtissière) used to fill éclairs. Most common custards are used as desserts or dessert sauces and typically include sugar and vanilla. Custard bases may also be used for quiches and other savory foods. Sometimes flour, corn starch, or gelatin is added as in pastry cream or crème pâtissière.

Custard is usually cooked in a double boiler ( bain-marie), or heated very gently in a saucepan on a stove, though custard can also be steamed, baked in the oven with or without a water bath, or even cooked in a pressure cooker. Custard preparation is a delicate operation, because a temperature increase of 3–6 °C (5–10 °F) leads to overcooking and curdling. Generally, a fully cooked custard should not exceed 80 °C (176 °F); it begins setting at 70 °C (158 °F). A water bath slows heat transfer and makes it easier to remove the custard from the oven before it curdles.

Custard are an Australian indie rock band formed in 1990 in Brisbane, Australia. The band is colloquially known as "Custaro" due to frequent misreadings of its name.

Custard is the name given to a range of preparations based on milk and eggs, thickened with heat.

Custard can also refer to:

• Bird's Custard (or generically custard powder), a type of eggless "custard" dessert typically based on cornflour (cornstarch), and popular in Britain
• Custard (band), the Australian band
• Custard Records, a record label
• Custard Factory, an arts and media production centre in Birmingham, England
• Custard is the name of the cat in the children's cartoon series Roobarb.
• Custard is the name of Strawberry Shortcake's pet calico cat.

GetConnected or GC for short, is a television and radio show featuring technology for consumers and small businesses, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The GetConnected Television Show is hosted by Mike Agerbo, AJ Vickery and Andy Baryer. It was named after the radio show of the same name. Each episode features segments where hosts offer practical advice and demonstrations on using technology, "Tech Look" segments where hosts review and offer opinions on current technology products, and "Tech Talk" segments where hosts chat with industry experts. Past co-hosts include Canadian tech personalities such as show Writer Graham Williams, Tasia Custode, Supervising Producer Tristan Jutras, Yolande Lougheed, Lindsay Smith and Alyssa Dawson. The current core production team consists of Andy Baryer and Associate Producer Sherry Yu along with Director/Producer Paul Gill and Director of Photography Wes Wetanko. The show has a number of 'Information or Lifestyle Series' Leo Award nominations to its name: in 2011 for ‘Best Program', in 2012 for Best Program, Best Direction, Best Cinematography, and Best Hosts, and in 2013 for ‘Best Screenwriting'.

The GetConnected Radio Show is hosted by Mike Agerbo, and co-hosted and produced by Andy Baryer, with AJ Vickery and Kristina Stoyanova acting as occasional fill-in hosts. The show features technology-related interviews and live call-in segments, and airs every Saturday on the Corus Entertainment Network. Prior to 2005, it was known as The Computer Show, and before that, Chalk Talk (named after the show's founder, Dave Chalk). It was renamed GetConnected to tie into the Dave Chalk Connected TV show that Agerbo co-hosted at the time, and to more accurately reflect the show's broadening scope, which included not just computers, but consumer electronics as well. The radio show was produced and co-hosted by Tristan Jutras from 2005 to 2006. Past regular contributors include tech experts Jason Gibson, formerly of the Geek Squad, Carlos Aparicio of London Drugs and Yolande Lougheed.

From Spring 2008 to Fall 2009, the shows were supported by a magazine, distributed in Canada's The Globe and Mail newspaper and also available in London Drugs computer departments in BC.

Rheodytes is a genus of turtle in the Chelidae family from Australia. It contains the following species:

• Fitzroy River Turtle (Rheodytes leukops)
• † Rheodytes devisi ( Pleistocene)

Menophra is a genus of moth in the family Geometridae.

The name Menophra is composed of the Greek mene (moon) and ophrus (brow) and refers to the moon shapes that are formed by the strong tooths in the rim of the hindwing.

Arduin is a fictional universe and fantasy role-playing system created in the mid-1970s by David A. Hargrave. It was the first published "cross-genre" fantasy RPG, with everything from interstellar wars to horror and historical drama, although it was based primarily in the medieval fantasy genre.

Whang may refer to:

• Huang (disambiguation)
• Wang (disambiguation)

Zerf is a municipality in the Trier-Saarburg district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky. These meteors are caused by streams of cosmic debris called meteoroids entering Earth's atmosphere at extremely high speeds on parallel trajectories. Most meteors are smaller than a grain of sand, so almost all of them disintegrate and never hit the Earth's surface. Intense or unusual meteor showers are known as meteor outbursts and meteor storms, which may produce greater than 1,000 meteors an hour. The Meteor Data Centre lists about 600 suspected meteor showers of which about 100 are well established.

Meteor Shower is a Chinese television series that aired on Hunan TV. Due to the success and popularity of Japanese manga Hana Yori Dango and its franchise ( Meteor Garden, Hana Yori Dango and Boys Over Flowers), Hunan TV decided to create a new series based on the same name. It is an unlicensed live-television drama production not authorized by Japanese publisher Shueisha, according to the producer it is only inspired by the manga.

A'Beckett may refer to:

• A'Becketts Creek, located in western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Ada Mary a'Beckett (1872–1948) Australian academic
• Edward A'Beckett (disambiguation)

:* Edward a'Beckett (cricketer, born 1836) (1836-1922), Australian cricketer

:* Edward a'Beckett (cricketer, born 1940) (1940-2011), Australian cricketer

:* Edward à Beckett (1844–1932), Australian portrait painter, brother of Thomas à Beckett

• Malwyn a'Beckett (1834–1906), English-born Australian cricketer who played for Victoria
• Ted a'Beckett (1907–1989), Australian cricketer who played in four Tests between 1928 and 1931
• Thomas a Beckett (disambiguation) several people

:* Thomas à Beckett (1836–1919) was an Australian solicitor and judge.

:* Thomas Turner à Beckett (1808–1892), lawyer and politician in Victoria, Australia

• William a'Beckett (1806–1869), British barrister and the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria

The Eggental is a valley in South Tyrol, Italy.

Addedomarus (sometimes written Aθθedomarus on coins) was a king of south-eastern Britain in the late 1st century BC. His name is known only from his inscribed coins, the distribution of which seem to indicate that he was the ruler of the Trinovantes.

He was the first king to produce inscribed coins north of the Thames, perhaps as early as 35 BC, although some estimates are as late as 15 BC. He seems to have moved the Trinovantian capital from Braughing in Hertfordshire to Camulodunum ( Colchester, Essex). For a brief period (ca. 15-10 BC) he seems to have been supplanted by Tasciovanus of the Catuvellauni, who issued coins from Camulodunum at that time. Addedomarus then appears to have regained power and reigned until 10-5 BC, when he was succeeded by Dubnovellaunus. The Lexden Tumulus on the outskirts of Colchester has been suggested as his tomb.

Addedomarus appears in later, post-Roman and medieval British Celtic genealogies and legends as Aedd Mawr (Addedo the Great). The Welsh Triads recall Aedd Mawr as one of the founders of Britain.

is a character in Capcom's Street Fighter fighting game series. Gen is introduced in the original Street Fighter and he has returned for Street Fighter Alpha series and Street Fighter IV series. He is a Chinese martial arts master and former assassin who uses legendary fighting techniques. Gen is currently the only character in the Street Fighter series who can switch between fighting styles (having two of them) during a match, and one of the few characters in fighting games with multiple movesets. He also notably taught Chun-Li the art of Tai Chi. Gen is known for his quote in English, spoken to a defeated opponent: "You are a big fool!"

Gen may refer to:

• Gen (film), 2006 Turkish horror film directed by Togan Gökbakar
• Gen language, the language of Togo
• Gen (Street Fighter), a video game character from the Street Fighter series
• Gen Fu, a video game character from the Dead or Alive series
• Chief Gen-san from Sky Girls
• Gen Otori, Ultraman Leo's alter ego from the 1974 namesake tokusatsu
• Gen Nakaoka, the eponymous character from Barefoot Gen, a Japanese anti-war manga first published in 1973 with various adaptations

Gen. or GEN may refer to:

• General officer, a high senior rank in the military
• Global Ecovillage Network
• Global Editors Network

Gen is a 2006 Turkish horror film directed by Togan Gökbakar.

Ebbo or Ebo ( – 20 March 851) was archbishop of Rheims from 816 until 835 and again from 840 to 841. He was born a German serf on the royal demesne of Charlemagne. He was educated at his court and became the librarian and councillor of Louis the Pious, king of Aquitaine, son of Charlemagne. When Louis became emperor, he appointed Ebbo to the see of Rheims, then vacant after the death of Wulfaire.

He was an important figure in the spread of Christianity in the north of Europe. At the insistence of Louis, in 822, he went to Rome and asked Pope Pascal I to become the papal legate to the North. He was licensed to preach to the Danes and he and Halitgar, bishop of Cambrai, and Willerich, bishop of Bremen, went there in 823. He made short subsequent trips, but all with little success. Ansgar was more successful a few years later.

When Louis's sons by his first marriage to Ermengarde of Hesbaye ( Lothair, Louis, and Pepin) rebelled in 830, Ebbo remained loyal. But in 833 he joined the insurrection and on 13 November presided over the synod in the church of Saint Mary in Soissons which deposed Louis and forced him to publicly confess many crimes, none of which he had, in fact, committed. As a reward, Lothair gave Ebbo the Abbey of Saint Vaast.

He then became a loyal follower of Lothair. He remained with him even after Louis's reinstatement in March 834. When Lothair had to flee to Italy, however, Ebbo was too ill with gout to follow and took shelter with a Parisian hermit. He was found by Louis' men and imprisoned in the Abbey of Fulda. Events of the previous year were soon reversed. He was brought to the Synod of Thionville (2 February 835) and made to admit, in front of 43 bishops, that Louis had never committed the crimes of which he had accused him. Ebbo publicly recanted from the pulpit in Mainz on 28 February. The Synod then promptly deposed him. He was again imprisoned in Fulda and later given to Fréculf, bishop of Lisieux, and later to Boso, abbot of Fleury.

Ebbo was restored when Louis died and Lothair succeeded him in December 840. A year later, however, Charles the Bald was in control of France and Ebbo was deposed a second time. Hincmar was appointed to succeed him in 845 and refused to recognise his acts during his reinstatement. They were declared invalid by the Council of Soissons in 853.

Ebbo went to the court of Lothair, but Pope Sergius II ignored his pleas to be reinstated (again). When Lothair had no use for Ebbo, however, he was forced to leave that court and go to that of Louis the German. Louis made him Bishop of Hildesheim (between April 845 and October 847) and it was in this position that he died on 20 March 851, in the seat of his diocese.

He wrote the Apologeticum Ebbonis in defence of his reinstatement. It was probably one of his ordinations from the period of his reinstatement who penned the Pseudo-Isidorean Decretals. He also assembled artists at Hautvillers who transformed Carolingian art into a new thing and founded the so-called Reims School. The beautiful Gospel Book of Ebbo is their most well known product. His influence in the Carolingian Renaissance is enormous in the realm of art and illumination.

QSO may refer to:

• Quasi-stellar object or quasar
• Queen's Service Order, New Zealand honour
• Queensland Symphony Orchestra
• The Quantic Soul Orchestra
• QSO, a Q code used in commercial and amateur radio communication
• The IATA airport code for Sousse, Tunisia

Kok-Makday is a town in southern Kyrgyzstan. It is located in Osh Region to the east of the Alai Mountains and towards the west of the Tian Shan mountain range.

Nearby towns and villages include Chonbulolu (17.8 nm), Uch-Kul' (12.2 nm), Kara-Gonush (12.6 nm), Oytal (8.9 nm), Bura-Chaty (10.3 nm), Kyzyldzhar (10.1 nm), Chakir (17.3 nm), Ikizyak (33.8 nm), Irkeshtam (35.3 nm) and Ulugqat (31.7 nm) .

Raciborowice may refer to the following places:

• Raciborowice, Lesser Poland Voivodeship (south Poland)
• Raciborowice, Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland)
• Raciborowice, Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland)

Badula is a genus of plant in family Primulaceae.

Species include:

• Badula crassa, A.DC.
• Badula platyphylla, ( DC.) Coode
• Badula reticulata, A.DC.
• Badula sieberi, A.DC.

Bon-gwan is the concept of clan in Korea, which is used to distinguish clans that happen to share a same family name (clan name). Since Korea has been traditionally a Buddhist country, this clan system is cognate with Gotra in Sanskrit texts and shares most features.

A Korean clan is a group of people that share the same paternal ancestor and is indicated by the combination of a bon-gwan and a family name (clan name). Subsequently, a bon-gwan is treated as though a part of a Korean person's name. The bon-gwan and the family name are inherited from a father to his children, thus ensuring that persons in the same paternal lineage share the same combination of the bon-gwan and the family name. A bon-gwan does not change by marriage or adoption.

Bon-gwan are used to distinguish different lineages that bear the same family name. For example, the Gyeongju Kim and the Gimhae Kim are considered different clans, even though they happen to share the same family name Kim. In this case, Gyeongju and Gimhae are the respective bon-gwan of these clans.

Different family names sharing the same bon-gwan sometimes trace their origin to a common paternal ancestor, e.g. the Gimhae Kim clan and the Gimhae Heo clan share Suro of Geumgwan Gaya as their common paternal ancestor, though such case is exceptional.

The safety pin is a variation of the regular pin which includes a simple spring mechanism and a clasp. The clasp serves two purposes: to form a closed loop thereby properly fastening the pin to whatever it is applied to, and to cover the end of the pin to protect the user from the sharp point.

Safety pins are commonly used to fasten pieces of fabric or clothing together. Safety pins, or more usually a special version with an extra safe cover, called a nappy pin are widely used to fasten cloth diapers (nappies), as the safety clasp prevents the baby from being jabbed. Similarly, they can be used to patch torn or damaged clothing. Safety pins can also be used as an accessory in jewelry, like earrings, chains, and wristbands. Sometimes they are used to attach an embroidered patch. Size 3 is often used in quilting and may be labelled for purchase as a "quilting pin". Size 4 and larger may be called "blanket pins" and deemed acceptable as kilt pins for informal dress, depending upon design and appearance.

Drawer or Drawers may refer to:

• Drawer (furniture)
• Payor, a person who draws a bill of exchange
• Undergarment
• Drawer test, a test used to detect rupture of the cruciate ligaments in the knee
• The drawer, one of four Jaquet-Droz automata
• Cash drawer
• Drawer, the file system directories in the Workbench component of the Amiga computer operating system
• Someone who engages in drawing

A drawer is a box-shaped container that fits into a piece of furniture in such a way that it can be drawn out horizontally to reach its contents. Drawers are built into numerous types of furniture, including cabinets, chests of drawers (bureaus) and the like.

Plate armour is a historical type of personal body armour made from iron or steel plates, culminating in the iconic suit of armour entirely encasing the wearer. While there are early predecessors such as the Roman-era lorica segmentata, full plate armour developed in Europe during the Late Middle Ages, especially in the context of the Hundred Years' War, from the coat of plates worn over mail suits during the 13th century.

In Europe, plate armour reached its peak in the late 15th and early 16th centuries. The full suit of armour is thus a feature of the very end of the Middle Ages and of the Renaissance period. Its popular association with the " medieval knight" is due to the specialised jousting armour which developed in the 16th century.

Full suits of Gothic plate armour were worn on the battlefields of the Burgundian and Italian Wars. The most heavily armoured troops of the period were heavy cavalry such as the gendarmes and early cuirassiers, but the infantry troops of the Swiss mercenaries and the landsknechts also took to wearing lighter suits of "three quarters" munition armour, leaving the lower legs unprotected.

The use of plate armour declined in the 17th century, but it remained common both among the nobility and for the cuirassiers throughout the European wars of religion. After 1650, plate armour was mostly reduced to the simple breastplate ( cuirass) worn by cuirassiers. This was due to the development of the flintlock musket, which could penetrate armour at a considerable distance. For infantry, the breastplate gained renewed importance with the development of shrapnel in the late Napoleonic wars. The use of steel plates sewn into flak jackets dates to World War II, replaced by more modern materials such as fibre-reinforced plastic since the 1950s.

A stabbing is penetration with a sharp or pointed object at close range. Stab connotes purposeful action, as by an assassin or murderer, but it is also possible to accidentally stab oneself or others. Stabbing differs from slashing or cutting in that the motion of the object used in a stabbing generally moves perpendicular to and directly into the victim's body, rather than being drawn across it.

Stabbings today are common among gangs and in prisons because knives are cheap, easy to acquire (or manufacture), easily concealable and relatively effective. In 2013 about 8 million stabbings occurred.

Ranville is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.

Ranville was the first French village liberated on D-Day. The village was liberated by the British 13th Parachute Battalion, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Luard. The château du Heaume in the village was subsequently used by the headquarters of the British 6th Airborne Division.

The village features heavily in the book "13 - Lucky For Some" which is about the history of the 13th (Lancashire) Parachute Battalion. There are many then and now photographs as well as maps and diagrams of battles that took place in the region.

Beyanlu or Bayanlu or Bianlu or Bayanloo or Biyanlu may refer to:

• Bayanlu, Kurdistan
• Bianlu, West Azerbaijan
• Beyanlu, Zanjan

Drabeši may refer to:

• Drabeši parish, an administrative unit of the Amata municipality, Latvia
• Drabeši Manor, a manor in the historical region of Vidzeme, in northern Latvia

The central nervous system (CNS) is the part of the nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord. The central nervous system is so named because it integrates information it receives from, and coordinates and influences the activity of, all parts of the bodies of bilaterally symmetric animals—that is, all multicellular animals except sponges and radially symmetric animals such as jellyfish—and it contains the majority of the nervous system. Many consider the retina and the optic nerve (2nd cranial nerve), as well as the olfactory nerves (1st) and olfactory epithelium as parts of the CNS, synapsing directly on brain tissue without intermediate ganglia. Following this classification the olfactory epithelium is the only central nervous tissue in direct contact with the environment, which opens up for therapeutic treatments. The CNS is contained within the dorsal body cavity, with the brain housed in the cranial cavity and the spinal cord in the spinal canal. In vertebrates, the brain is protected by the skull, while the spinal cord is protected by the vertebrae, both enclosed in the meninges.

Theodosius ( Latinized from the Greek "Θεοδόσιος", Theodosios, "given by god") is a given name. It may take the form Teodósio, Teodosie, Teodosije etc.

Metropolitan Theodosius (secular name Frank Lazor; 27 October 1933, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania) was the primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) from 1977 until his retirement in 2002. On April 2, 2002, Metropolitan Theodosius (who had suffered a series of strokes) submitted a petition to the Holy Synod of the OCA, requesting his retirement. The Holy Synod granted his request, and announced an election for his replacement to be held on July 22, at the OCA's Thirteenth All-American Council in Orlando He was succeeded by Metropolitan Herman (Swaiko).

Theodosius (; August 4, 583/585 – after November 27, 602) was the eldest son of Byzantine Emperor Maurice (r. 582–602) and was co-emperor from 590 until his deposition and execution during a military revolt in November 602. Along with his father-in-law Germanus, he was briefly proposed as successor to Maurice by the troops, but the army eventually favoured Phocas instead. Sent in an abortive mission to secure aid from Sassanid Persia by his father, Theodosius was captured and executed by Phocas's supporters a few days after Maurice. Nevertheless, rumours spread that he had survived the execution, and became popular to the extent that a man who purported to be Theodosius was entertained by the Persians as a pretext for launching a war against Byzantium.

Theodosius was Patriarch of the Church of the East between 853 and 858.

Theodosius (1927 – 28 May 2016) was the Metropolitan of Omsk and Tara.

Igrok may refer to

• The Gambler (novel) (by Dostoevsky)

or

• The Gambler ( opera by Prokofiev).

Psychopathy , also known as sociopathy , is traditionally defined as a personality disorder characterized by persistent antisocial behavior, impaired empathy and remorse, and bold, disinhibited, egotistical traits. Different conceptions of psychopathy have been used throughout history that are only partly overlapping and sometimes appear contradictory.

Hervey M. Cleckley, an American psychiatrist, influenced the initial diagnostic criteria for antisocial personality reaction/disturbance in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), as did American psychologist George E. Partridge. The DSM and International Classification of Diseases (ICD) subsequently introduced the diagnoses of antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) and dissocial personality disorder respectively, stating that these diagnoses have been referred to (or include what is referred to) as psychopathy or sociopathy. Canadian psychologist Robert D. Hare later repopularized the construct of psychopathy in criminology with his Psychopathy Checklist.

Although no psychiatric or psychological organization has sanctioned a diagnosis titled "psychopathy", assessments of psychopathic characteristics are widely used in criminal justice settings in some nations, and may have important consequences for individuals. The study of psychopathy is an active field of research, and the term is also used by the general public, in popular press, and in fictional portrayals. While the term is often employed in common usage along with the related but distinct "crazy", " insane" and "mentally ill", criminal psychology researcher Robert Hare stresses that a clear distinction is known among clinicians and researchers between psychopathic and psychotic individuals: "Psychopaths are not disoriented or out of touch with reality, nor do they experience the delusions, hallucinations, or intense subjective distress that characterize most other mental disorders. Unlike psychotic individuals, psychopaths are rational and aware of what they are doing and why. Their behavior is the result of choice, freely exercised."

The clarinet is a musical-instrument family belonging to the group known as the woodwind instruments. It has a single-reed mouthpiece, a straight cylindrical tube with an almost cylindrical bore, and a flared bell. A person who plays a clarinet is called a clarinetist (sometimes spelled clarinettist).

The word clarinet may have entered the English language via the French clarinette (the feminine diminutive of Old French clarin or clarion), or from Provençal clarin, "oboe". It would seem however that its real roots are to be found amongst some of the various names for trumpets used around the renaissance and baroque eras. Clarion, clarin and the Italian clarino are all derived from the medieval term claro which referred to an early form of trumpet. This is probably the origin of the Italian clarinetto, itself a diminutive of clarino, and consequently of the European equivalents such as clarinette in French or the German Klarinette. According to Johann Gottfried Walther, writing in 1732, the reason for the name is that "it sounded from far off not unlike a trumpet". The English form clarinet is found as early as 1733, and the now-archaic clarionet appears from 1784 until the early years of the 20th century.

While the similarity in sound between the earliest clarinets and the trumpet may hold a clue to its name, other factors may have been involved. During the late baroque era, composers such as Bach and Handel were making new demands on the skills of their trumpeters, who were often required to play difficult melodic passages in the high, or as it came to be called, clarion register. Since the trumpets of this time had no valves or pistons, melodic passages would often require the use of the highest part of the trumpet's range, where the harmonics were close enough together to produce scales of adjacent notes as opposed to the gapped scales or arpeggios of the lower register. The trumpet parts that required this speciality were known by the term clarino and this in turn came to apply to the musicians themselves. It is probable that the term clarinet may stem from the diminutive version of the 'clarion' or 'clarino' and it has been suggested that clarino players may have helped themselves out by playing particularly difficult passages on these newly developed "mock trumpets".

Johann Christoph Denner is generally believed to have invented the clarinet in Germany around the year 1700 by adding a register key to the earlier chalumeau. Over time, additional keywork and airtight pads were added to improve the tone and playability.

These days the most popular clarinet is the B clarinet. However, the clarinet in A, just a semitone lower, is commonly used in orchestral music. Since the middle of the 19th century the bass clarinet (nowadays invariably in B but with extra keys to extend the register down a few notes) has become an essential addition to the orchestra. The clarinet family ranges from the (extremely rare) BBB octo-contrabass to the A piccolo clarinet. The clarinet has proved to be an exceptionally flexible instrument, equally at home in the classical repertoire as in concert bands, military bands, marching bands, klezmer, and jazz.

Masson may refer to:

Masson is a provincial electoral district in Quebec, Canada that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It includes portions of the city of Mascouche and part of the city of Terrebonne (corresponding to the former city of La Plaine).

It was created for the 1989 election from parts of the Terrebonne and L'Assomption electoral districts.

In the change from the 2001 to the 2011 electoral map, it lost Charlemagne and the part of Repentigny it formerly had to the L'Assomption electoral district.

Masson is a French and Scottish surname, which is an example of convergent etymology in that the French Masson may derive from marsh dweller and the Scottish from MacMhathain (clan of the bear) (variants include Maçon, Mâcon, Mason), and may refer to:

• André Masson (1896–1987), a French artist
• André Masson (economist), a French economist
• Angela Masson (born 1951), an American pilot and artist
• Antoine Masson (1636–1700), a French engraver
• David Masson (1822–1907), a Scottish writer
• David I. Masson (1917–2007), a Scottish science-fiction writer and librarian, grandson of David Orme Masson
• David Orme Masson (1858–1937), an Australian chemist, son of David Masson
• David Parkes Masson (1847-1915), a wealthy banker in India and distinguished philatelist
• Didier Masson (?–1950), a French pilot
• Diego Masson (born 1935), a French conductor, composer and percussionist
• Édouard Masson (1826–1875), a Canadian businessman and political figure
• Forbes Masson (born 1963), a British actor
• Francis Masson (1741–1805), a Scottish botanist and gardener
• Frédéric Masson (1847–1923), a French historian
• Gérard Masson (born 1936), a French composer
• Jean Papire Masson (1544–1611), a French scholar
• Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson (born 1941), a writer on Freudian psychoanalysis
• Joseph Masson (1791–1847), a Canadian businessman
• Laetitia Masson (born 1966), a French film director and screenwriter
• Maxime Masson (priest) (1867-1960), pastor for 52 years at the Catholic parish of Sainte-Thècle, Quebec, Canada
• Paul Masson (1859–1940), a pioneer of California viticulture
• Paul Masson (cyclist) (1874–1945), a French cyclist and 1896 Summer Olympian
• Robert le Masson, a supporter of Joan of Arc
• Rodrigue Masson (1833–1903), a Canadian politician
• Sophie Masson (born 1959), a French-Australian author
• Thomas Masson (born 1866), an American editor and author

Category:French-language surnames

Masson was a French publisher specialised in medical and scientific collections. In 1987, Masson purchased Armand Colin. In turn, it became part of the City Group in 1994. In 2005, Masson merged with Elsevier France, creating Elsevier Masson.

Shibarm (, also Romanized as Shībarm) is a village in Bord Khun Rural District, Bord Khun District, Deyr County, Bushehr Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 31, in 7 families.

Berliște is a commune in Caraș-Severin County, western Romania with a population of 1,358 people. It is composed of five villages: Berliște, Iam (Jám), Milcoveni (Mirkóc), Rusova Nouă (Újruszolc) and Rusova Veche (Óruszolc).

Førde is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative center is the town of Førde which in 2012 had 9,571 inhabitants. Other villages in Førde municipality include Bruland, Holsen, Moskog, and Haukedalen. The Øyrane area in the town of Førde is a large industrial/commercial area for the region. The European Route E39 highway goes through the municipality, and it passes by the lake Holsavatnet.

Førde Airport, Bringeland is the regional airport that is about from the town centre and it has flights that connect Oslo and Bergen with Førde. The airport is actually located in neighboring Gaular municipality, just south of the border. The largest hospital in Sogn og Fjordane county, Førde Central Hospital, and the regional offices of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation are located in the town. The International Førde Folk Music Festival is held each summer. The local newspaper is called Firda.

Førde is the administrative centre of Førde Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. The town is located at the eastern end of the Førdefjorden, at the mouth of the river Jølstra. The town has a population (2013) of 10,099; giving the town a population density of .

The town of Førde is an important commercial, industrial, and government center for the area. The Øyrane area in the center of the town, along the harbor is the regional center for industry. The town also has the local primary and secondary schools, as well as a folk high school. Furthermore, one of the two campuses of Sogn og Fjordane University College is located in Førde. The Department of Engineering and Health Sciences for the college are located here (the other campus is in Sogndalsfjøra). There is a branch of the county library in Førde as well as the Førde Central Hospital, owned by the Førde Health Trust. The regional newspaper, Firda, is based out of the town Førde. Førde Church is the main church for the town.

The town sits at the intersection of the highways Rv.5 and E39. The Rv. 5 highway connects Førde to the nearby town of Florø (via the Naustdal Tunnel) and the E39 highway connects Førde with the cities of Ålesund to the north and Bergen to the south. The old Førde Airport, Øyrane was located in the center of the town at Øyrane, but that airport was only used from 1971 until 1986. The site was not optimal for an airport, and so a new Førde Airport was built about south of the town in Bringeland in neighboring Gaular municipality.

"Belly Dancer (Bananza)" is the fourth single from R&B hip hop singer songwriter Akon's debut studio album, Trouble. The track reached #30 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song received more success in the United Kingdom, reaching #5 on the UK Singles Chart. The track samples "The Lunatics (Have Taken Over The Asylum)" by Fun Boy Three and "Body Rock" by Treacherous Three, and borrows from the chorus of " For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield. It was used in the 2009 teen comedy film Fired Up!. A remix of the track, featuring Kardinal Offshall, was later included as a B-side to "Pot of Gold".

A belly dancer is one who performs belly dance.

The phrase may also refer to:

• "Belly Dancer" (Bananza), a single by R&B singer Akon
• "Belly Dancer" (Kardinal Offishall song), a hip hop song
• The Belly Dancer, a 2001 Turkish drama film

"Belly Dancer" is a hip-hop song by Kardinal Offishall featuring Pharrell Williams. Produced by The Neptunes, the single was released on March 25, 2003. It was originally the first single from his unreleased album, Firestarter Vol. 2: The F-Word Theory.

The Güpfi is a mountain of the Urner Alps, overlooking Lungern in the canton of Obwalden. It lies on the range north of the Chingstuel, between the Lungerersee and the Klein Melchtal.

In mathematics, more specifically in general topology and related branches, a net or Moore–Smith sequence is a generalization of the notion of a sequence. In essence, a sequence is a function with domain the natural numbers, and in the context of topology, the codomain of this function is usually any topological space. However, in the context of topology, sequences do not fully encode all information about a function between topological spaces. In particular, the following two conditions are not equivalent in general for a map f between topological spaces X and Y:

1. The map f is continuous (in the topological sense)
2. Given any point x in X, and any sequence in X converging to x, the composition of f with this sequence converges to f(x) (continuous in the sequential sense)

It is true, however, that condition 1 implies condition 2. The difficulty encountered when attempting to prove that condition 2 implies condition 1 lies in the fact that topological spaces are, in general, not first-countable. If the first-countability axiom were imposed on the topological spaces in question, the two above conditions would be equivalent. In particular, the two conditions are equivalent for metric spaces.

The purpose of the concept of a net, first introduced by E. H. Moore and H. L. Smith in 1922, is to generalize the notion of a sequence so as to confirm the equivalence of the conditions (with "sequence" being replaced by "net" in condition 2). In particular, rather than being defined on a countable linearly ordered set, a net is defined on an arbitrary directed set. In particular, this allows theorems similar to that asserting the equivalence of condition 1 and condition 2, to hold in the context of topological spaces that do not necessarily have a countable or linearly ordered neighbourhood basis around a point. Therefore, while sequences do not encode sufficient information about functions between topological spaces, nets do because collections of open sets in topological spaces are much like directed sets in behaviour. The term "net" was coined by Kelley.

Nets are one of the many tools used in topology to generalize certain concepts that may only be general enough in the context of metric spaces. A related notion, that of the filter, was developed in 1937 by Henri Cartan.

NET may refer to:

net is a monthly print magazine that publishes content on web development and design. Founded in 1994, the magazine is published in the UK by Future plc. It is widely recognized as the premiere print publication for web designers. The magazine can be purchased from most major book retailers, including the American Barnes & Noble.

The magazine was initially aimed at the general Internet user, but has adapted into a title aimed at professional and novice web designers; a significant proportion of its readers are full-time web developers. Its sister publication, the web design-focused Creative Bloq blog, is estimated to receive over 9 million monthly readers according to analytics firm SimilarWeb.

The company, and its parent Future plc, are also known for their annual The Net Awards, which is an awards body recognizing outstanding achievements in the web development industry.

In geometry the net of a polyhedron is an arrangement of edge-joined polygons in the plane which can be folded (along edges) to become the faces of the polyhedron. Polyhedral nets are a useful aid to the study of polyhedra and solid geometry in general, as they allow for physical models of polyhedra to be constructed from material such as thin cardboard.

An early instance of polyhedral nets appears in the works of Albrecht Dürer.

NET is the largest cable television operator in Latin America. The company's Net service (cable TV) had around 5.4 million subscribers as of Q2 2012. Net also operates the broadband internet service Net Vírtua, with 4.9 million subscribers as of Q2 2012 and telephone over cable (under the Net Fone via Embratel name) with more than 2.5 million subscribers.

The Net mansion is one of the Twenty-eight mansions of the Chinese constellations. It is one of the western mansions of the White Tiger.

Net or netting is any textile in which the yarns are fused, looped or knotted at their intersections, resulting in a fabric with open spaces between the yarns. Net has many uses, and come in different varieties. Depending on the type of yarn or filament that is used to make up the textile, its characteristics can vary from durable to not durable.

A net, in its primary meaning, comprises fibers woven in a grid-like structure. It blocks the passage of large items, while letting small items and fluids pass. It requires less material than something sheet-like, and provides a degree of transparency. Examples include cargo nets, fishing nets, butterfly nets, cricket nets, bird netting or nets used in sporting goals in games such as soccer, basketball, Bossaball and ice hockey. A net also separates opponents in various net sports such as volleyball, tennis, badminton, and table tennis, where the ball or shuttlecock must go over the net to remain in play. Nets have been in use since primitive times, and the weaving of nets may be a precedent to basket weaving.

The adjectives reticulated and retiary both mean "net-like". Animal species such as the reticulated giraffe and reticulated python have net-like body markings. When a hole is ripped in a net, there are actually fewer holes in it than before the net was ripped.

Most of the other meanings of the term arise by analogy with the use above, see net.

A net ( British English: nett) value is the resultant amount after accounting for the sum or difference of two or more variables.

In economics, it is frequently used to imply the remaining value after accounting for a specific, commonly understood deduction. In these cases it is contrasted with the term gross, which refers to the pre-deduction value. For example, net income is the total income of a company after deducting its expenses—commonly known as profit—or the total income of an individual after deducting his or her income tax. Profit may be broken down further into pre-taxed or gross profit and profit after taxes or net profit. Similarly, an individual's net worth the difference between their assets (what they own) and their liabilities (what they owe to others).

Similarly, net investment in physical capital such as machinery equals gross (total) investment minus the dollar amount of replacement investment that offsets depreciation of pre-existing machinery, thus giving the change in the amount of machinery available for use. Likewise, net national product equals gross national product minus depreciation.

Nambiar (; , ) may refer to:

The ' Nambiār', also known as Nambiyār, is an Indian caste who were historically the landlord clans in the North Malabar region of Kerala. The Nambiars are in many ways similar to Nair, due to different ethnic origin. In a broader sense, term "Nambiar" is used to cover all those Samanthan Nair clans of North Malabar.

Nambiar and Chakyar in the context of temple art forms like Chakyar koothu, Koodiyattam, Ottanthullal and similar cultural things refers to the Hindu community in the state of Kerala, India, belonging to the Ambalavasi community. Members of this Ambalavasi community undergo Upanayanam (sacred thread ceremony). Nambiars followed the Marumakkathayam (Matrilineal) system of inheritance.

The Sanskrit name of Nambiar is Pānivāda. 'pāni' means hands and 'vāda' comes from the verb 'vādanam' meaning playing; altogether meaning the one who plays with hands, since Nambiars are assigned to play the holy drum " Mizhavu", which they play with their hands only. Nambiars are assigned to play the drum "Mizhavu" in ritualistic temple performances like Koodiyattam and koothu in Koothambalams inside the temples. These highly refined art forms narrating stories from Hindu epics and puranas, combined with prevailing socio-political events, were originally performed in temples in connection with festivals by members of this community along with Chakyar community. The nambiars who play Mizhavu are sometimes called as Chakyar Nambiars or Mizhavu Nambiars. Their ladies are called Nangyarammas. While Nambiars were allowed to play Mizhavu, Nangyarammas performs lady characters in Koodiyattam along with Chakyar. Another ritualistic performance done by Nangyarammas inside the temple is Nangiǎr Kūthu, which is an allied art of Kutiyattam.

There were originally 18 Nambyar families (Madhams) in Kerala. Kochampilly, Kalakkattu, Meledath, Villuvatattu, Kuzhuppully, Trikkariyur and Cherumanattu are some among them.

Nambiars are traditionally Sanskrit scholars and held prominent positions in academics. The famous Malayalam satire poet Kunchan Nambiar who is believed to be the Sanskrit poet Rama Pānivāda belongs to this caste. The chief contribution of Kunchan Nambiar is the invention and popularization of a new performing art known as Thullal.

A service organization named Chakyar-Nambiar Samajam is in operation at Kochi and more information about this class of Nambiars can be obtained from them. Their address is Nambiar Building, Sastha Temple Lane, S.R. M. Road, Kochi-682 018.

There is another group of Ambalavasi Nambiars called Thiyyadi Nambiars. The adjectival word Thiyyadi is used to denote that they are the performers of an art form called Ayyappan Tīyāttu. Their ladies are known as Marumakalammas.

Nambiar is a Tamil science fiction comedy film written and directed by debutante Ganeshaa, who was an associate to S. S. Rajamouli. It stars comedian Santhanam in the title character, alongside Srikanth and Sunaina in the lead roles. Produced by Srikanth's home production Golden Friday Films, the film is named after the veteran actor M. N. Nambiar who was famous for his villainous roles in yester-year Tamil cinema. Vijay Antony scored the soundtrack and original scores for the film.

Asena is the name of a she-wolf associated with a Göktürk ethnogenic myth "full of shamanic symbolism."

Asena is a Turkish name and may refer to:

• Asena, is the name of a she-wolf associated with a Göktürk ethnogenic myth.
• Asena Tuğal, Turkish television journalist
• Duygu Asena, Turkish journalist
• Asena (dancer), stage name of Onur Çakmak, Turkish belly dancer

Category:Turkish-language surnames

Bereyli (, also Romanized as Bereylī) is a village in Pain Velayat Rural District, Razaviyeh District, Mashhad County, Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 75, in 21 families.

Young-shin is a Korean unisex given name.

People with this name include:

• Cho Young-Shin (born 1967), South Korean male handball coach
• Kim Young-Sin (born 1986), South Korean football player

Fictional characters with this name include:

• Lee Young-shin, in 2007 South Korean television series Thank You

Ful or FUL may refer to:

• the Fula people
• Ful medames, the fava bean dish of Sudan and Egypt
• the IATA airport code of Fullerton Municipal Airport in Fullerton, California USA

Hamitköy is an affluent northern suburb of North Nicosia in Cyprus. Hamitköy is under the de facto control of Northern Cyprus, and, since 2008, it has been under the jurisdiction of the Nicosia Turkish Municipality. As of 2011, Hamitköy had a population of 5,338. Prior to its urbanisation, it was better known as Mandres or Hamit Mandres .

Kushkopala is a rural locality (a village) and the administrative center of Kushkopalsky Selsoviet of Pinezhsky District in Arkhangelsk Oblast, Russia, located on the left bank of the Pinega River. As of the 2010 Census, its population was 803.

There is a school and a kindergarten, some shops, a library, a club, a post office, an administrative building, a power-saw bench, and a logging enterprise in the village. Hunting and fishing are common. The majority of residents breed livestock and engage in gardening.

Saires is a commune in the Vienne department in the Poitou-Charentes region in western France.

Verbal may mean:

• Non-finite verb, a verb form that functions both as a verb and as another lexical category.
• A word or group of words that functions as a verb by serving as the head of a verb phrase. (In some languages, adjectives are verbals.)
• Pertaining to language or the use of words in general (be it spoken or written) as opposed to non-verbal expression, or to spoken words in particular (although, this is usually a common misuse where "oral" is the correct term, e.g. "oral" v. "written" contract -- rather than "verbal" v. "written"). Examples:
  • Verbal abuse
  • Verbal aggressiveness
  • Verbal arithmetic

• Roger "Verbal" Kint, a major character in the 1995 film The Usual Suspects.
• Verbal (rapper), a Japanese rapper and music producer, and member of M-Flo, Mic Banditz and Teriyaki Boyz

• Verbal Arts Centre, Northern Ireland; the publisher of Verbal magazine
• Verbal Behavior, a book by B. F. Skinner
• Verbal Remixes & Collaborations, an EP album by Amon Tobin

Verbal (born August 21, 1975) is a Japanese third generation Zainichi Korean hip hop recording artist, music video director and record producer who debuted in 1998 as a member of the Hip hop group m-flo.

m-flo's hits in the early 2000s, such as "How You Like Me Now?" and "Come Again" led to Verbal rapping and producing a wide range of acts in Japan such as Crystal Kay, BoA, Kumi Koda and Namie Amuro. Verbal considers his role in m-flo as a "host" than a rapper or producer, though their success and critical acclaim established them as an iconic and influential hip-hop production team throughout Asia

Verbal is also a member of other hip-hop groups such as Mic Banditz and Teriyaki Boyz and has worked with Kanye West, Pharrell and Kylie Minogue amongst many others.

Verbal is also the chairman of music label Espionage Records (an imprint of Rhythm Zone under Avex Group), production agency Kozm and has a fashion brand called Ambush, co-founded with his wife Yoon.

He launched his solo career in March 2011 with the album "Visionair".

Keefe is both a surname and a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:

Surname:

• Adam Keefe (basketball) (born 1970), American basketball player
• Adam Keefe (ice hockey) (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
• Anne Keefe, American theatre director
• Bobby Keefe (1882–1964), American baseball player
• Brian Keefe, American basketball coach
• Daniel Keefe (1852–1929), American labor leader
• Dave Keefe (1897–1978), American baseball player
• David Keefe (born 1957), English footballer
• Denis Keefe (born 1958), British ambassador to Serbia
• Dylan Keefe (born 1970), American musician
• Emmett Keefe (1893–1965), American football player
• Frank Bateman Keefe (1887–1952), American politician
• George Keefe (1867–1935), American baseball player
• James Keefe (18th century), Irish Roman Catholic bishop
• Jim Keefe (born 1965), American comic strip caroonist
• John Keefe (1867–1937), American baseball player
• John Keefe (actor) (born 1979), American actor
• Michael Edwin Keefe (1844–1933), Canadian politician
• Mike Keefe (born 1946), American editorial cartoonist
• P. J. Keefe, American football coach
• Peter Keefe (1952–2010), American television producer
• Rob Keefe (born 1980), American Arena Football League player and coach
• Sheldon Keefe (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player
• Tim Keefe (1857–1933), American baseball player
• William John Keefe (1873–1955), American judge
• Zena Keefe (1896–1977), American actress

Given name:

• Keefe Brasselle (1923–1981), American actor, television producer and writer
• Keefe Cato (born 1957), American baseball player

Oravais is a former municipality of Finland. It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality had a population of 2,189 (31 October 2010) and covered a land area of . The population density was . The municipality was consolidated with Vörå-Maxmo to form the new municipality of Vörå on 1 January 2011.

The municipality was officially bilingual, with the majority speaking Swedish (81%) and the minority Finnish (10%). Most of the remaining 9% live in Oravais Reception Centre for Refugees, and speak several other languages .

Markéta is a Czech given name, equivalent to English Margaret (name). It may refer to:

• Markéta Hajdu (born 1974), Czech hammer thrower
• Markéta Irglová (born 1988), Czech musician and actress
• Markéta Jánská (born 1981), Czech model

The expression Morumbi may refer to:

• Morumbi, São Paulo, district of the city of São Paulo, SP
• Estádio do Morumbi, stadium in São Paulo, Brazil. Home of São Paulo Futebol Clube.
• Morumbi (Uberlândia), neighborhood of the city of Uberlândia, MG
• São Paulo–Morumbi, a metro station under construction

Delegitimisation (also spelled delegitimation) is literally the withdrawal of legitimacy, usually from some institution such as a state, cultural practice, etc. which may have acquired it explicitly or implicitly, by statute or accepted practice.

A sociopsychological process which undermines or marginalises an entity by presenting facts and/or value judgments which are construed to withdraw legitimacy is generally observed.

A necessary process for the advancement of human culture, it can in some cases be a self-justifying mechanism, with the ultimate goal of justifying harm of an outgroup.

The concept applies to a wide spectrum of social contexts ranging from disputes about political entities to chronic illnesses.

Theodorakis is a Greek surname. Notable people with this surname include:

• Mikis Theodorakis (born 1925), Greek composer and politician
• Maria Theodorakis, Australian actress
• Stavros Theodorakis (born 1963), Greek journalist and politician

In mathematics, in general topology, compactification is the process or result of making a topological space into a compact space. A compact space is a space in which every open cover of the space contains a finite subcover. The methods of compactification are various, but each is a way of controlling points from "going off to infinity" by in some way adding "points at infinity" or preventing such an "escape".

In physics, compactification means changing a theory with respect to one of its space-time dimensions. Instead of having a theory with this dimension being infinite, one changes the theory so that this dimension has a finite length, and may also be periodic.

Compactification plays an important part in thermal field theory where one compactifies time, in string theory where one compactifies the extra dimensions of the theory, and in two- or one-dimensional solid state physics, where one considers a system which is limited in one of the three usual spatial dimensions.

At the limit where the size of the compact dimension goes to zero, no fields depend on this extra dimension, and the theory is dimensionally reduced.

Compactification may refer to:

• Compactification (mathematics), making a topological space compact
• Compactification (physics), the "curling up" of extra dimensions in string theory
• Compaction (disambiguation)

Net national product (NNP) refers to gross national product (GNP), i.e. the total market value of all final goods and services produced by the factors of production of a country or other polity during a given time period, minus depreciation. Similarly, net domestic product (NDP) corresponds to gross domestic product (GDP) minus depreciation. Depreciation describes the devaluation of fixed capital through wear and tear associated with its use in productive activities.

In national accounting, net national product (NNP) and net domestic product (NDP) are given by the two following formulas:

NNP = GNP − Depreciation

NDP = GDP − Depreciation

Cocadas are a traditional coconut candy or confectionery found in many parts of Latin America. They are particularly popular in Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela and Chile. They are oven baked but are served at room temperature to provide their chewy and soft texture. Made with eggs and shredded coconut, cocadas come in a variety of colors due to the modern use of food coloring, however the traditional variations are golden brown. They are often garnished with almonds, either whole or chopped. There are hundreds of cocadas recipes, from the typical hard, very sweet balls to cocadas that are almost the creamy texture of flan. Other fruit, often dried, can be added to the cocadas to create variety, which will also lend to a wide spectrum of cocada colors. Cocadas are mentioned as early as 1878 in Peru.

The Sudan National Petroleum Corporation, also known as Sudapet, is a state-owned oil company based in Sudan. It was founded in 1997 and is 100% owned by the Ministry for Energy and Mining.

As of 2006 Sudapet is not active in oil exploitation, but rather serves to manage revenues the Sudanese government receives from its concessions to foreign operators. At the same time there have been efforts within the government and among the company's principles to develop the resources and know-how to transform Sudapet into a fully self-sufficient enterprise in the oil exploitation space.

Patchett may refer to:

• Alfred Patchett Warbrick (1860–1940), New Zealand boatbuilder, rugby player and tourist guide
• Ann Patchett (born 1963), American author
• Arthur Patchett Martin (1851–1902), Australian writer
• George William Patchett, British motorcycle racer and engineer
• Jean Patchett (1926–2002), American fashion model
• John Patchett (1797–1876), the first person to plant a commercial vineyard and build a commercial wine cellar in the Napa Valley
• Katrina Patchett (born 1986), professional ballroom dancer from Perth, Australia
• Terry Patchett (1940–1996), politician in the United Kingdom
• William Patchett (died 1843), among the Europeans who died in the Wairau Affray

Candidatus theologiæ (male), Candidata theologiæ (female), abbreviated cand. theol. is an academic degree with a long tradition, awarded after a six-year higher education in theology in Iceland, Denmark, and Norway. In Norway, the title has remained after the " Quality Reform". In Denmark the title is described as equivalent to Master of Theology, while in Norway it ranks higher. The title is protected by law in Denmark and Norway. In Norway it can only be issued by three institutions, the University of Oslo, the MF Norwegian School of Theology, Oslo and the School of Mission and Theology, Stavanger. The latter two are private.

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Provoost is a surname, and may refer to:

• Jan Provoost (1465–1529), Flemish painter
• Samuel Provoost (1742–1815), third Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church, USA
• Anne Provoost (born 1964), Belgian author
• William Provoost (aka 'Guilliame Provoost') ( fl. 1556–1607), Protestant in Antwerp who fled religious persecution and his descendants settled in New Amsterdam (now New York) in the early 1600s

Category:Surnames of Belgian origin

Lovćenac ( Serbian Cyrillic: Ловћенац) is a village located in the Mali Iđoš municipality, in the North Bačka District of Vojvodina, Serbia. The village has a Montenegrin ethnic majority and a total population of 3,693 people (2002 census).

Codogno (Cudogn in the Lodi dialect) is a town and comune of 15,462 inhabitants in the province of Lodi, Lombardy, Italy. It is the main center of the plain known as Basso Lodigiano, which has about 90,000 inhabitants. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on June 26, 1955.

Nannestad is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Teigebyen. Nannestad was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt).

WSCC may refer to:

• WSCC-FM, a radio station (94.3 FM) licensed to Goose Creek, South Carolina, United States
• WLTQ (AM), a radio station (730 AM) licensed to Charleston, South Carolina, United States and formerly called WSCC
• Washington State Community College, a two-year college in Marietta, Ohio, United States
• Washington State Convention Center, in Seattle, Washington, United States
• Walters State Community College, a community college in Morristown, Tennessee, United States
• West Somerset Community College, a comprehensive school located in Minehead, Somerset, England
• West Sussex County Council, the authority governing West Sussex, England
• West Shore Community College, a community college with its main campus in Mason County, Michigan, United States
• Wallace State Community College, a community college located in Hanceville, Alabama, United States
• White Shepherd Club of Canada, a club for fanciers of the White Shepherd Dog
• Western Systems Coordinating Council, a North American regional electric reliability council merged in 2002 with the Western Electricity Coordinating Council

In French Gothic architecture, Rayonnant was the period between c. 1240 and 1350, characterized by a shift in focus away from the High Gothic mode of utilizing great scale and spatial rationalism (such as with buildings like Chartres Cathedral or the nave of Amiens Cathedral) towards a greater concern for two dimensional surfaces and the repetition of decorative motifs at different scales. After the mid-14th century, Rayonnant gradually evolved into the Late Gothic Flamboyant style, though as usual with such arbitrary stylistic labels, the point of transition is not clearly defined.

is Japanese pop group Perfume's ninth single. It was released on February 14, 2007.

Fan Service [sweet] was the group's first single for the year 2007. The release date coincided with Valentine's Day, a theme present in the song "Chocolate Disco". It was issued in special packaging containing a DVD with music videos and a 20-page booklet, and only a limited number of pressings were produced. However, both songs were included in the group's album GAME, released the next year.

"Chocolate Disco" has been referred to by young people as a "traditional Valentine's Day song".

, fanservice, or , is material in a work of fiction or in a fictional series which is intentionally added to please the audience. The term originated in anime and manga fandom but has been used in other mediums. It is about "servicing" the fan – giving the fans "exactly what they want." Fan service usually refers to "gratuitous titillation", but can also refer to intertextual references to other series or story and visual elements that audiences tend to desire.

Djinnworks, founded in 2009 and located in Austria, develops and distributes software solutions and games for mobile devices, specialised on the iPhone and Apple Inc App Store. Djinnworks games have been downloaded more than 100 million times and produced many games ranking constantly in the top 100 paid worldwide.

Semilabeo is a genus of cyprinid fishes found in eastern Asia. There are currently two recognized species in this genus.

SAMPL, which stands for "Stochastic AMPL", is an algebraic modeling language resulting by expanding the well-known language AMPL with extended syntax and keywords. It is designed specifically for representing stochastic programming problems and, through recent extensions, problems with chance constraints, integrated chance constraints and robust optimization problems. It can generate the deterministic equivalent version of the instances, using all the solvers AMPL connects to, or generate an SMPS representation and use specialized decomposition based solvers, like FortSP.

In Inuit mythology, Akna ("mother") is a goddess of fertility and childbirth.

Akna may refer to:

• Akna, goddess of fertility and childbirth in Inuit mythology.
• Akna, goddess of motherhood and birthing in Maya mythology.
• AKNA, AT-hook transcription factor which contains AT-hook binding motif.
• Akna, Armenian name of the now ghost town formerly being Agdam, Azerbaijan.
• Lake Akna (Kotayk), a lake in the Geghama mountains, Armenia
• Lake Akna (Armavir), a lake in the Ararat plain, Armenia

AKNA is an AT-hook transcription factor which contains AT-hook binding motif. The protein is expressed as different isoforms. AKNA is known to upregulate expression of CD40 and CD154.

Austrobatrachus is a genus of toadfishes found in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans off the coast of South Africa.