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Mezzoldo

Mezzoldo is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Bergamo in the Italian region of Lombardy, located about northeast of Milan and about north of Bergamo. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 225 and an area of .

The municipality of Mezzoldo contains the frazioni (subdivisions, mainly villages and hamlets) Ca' San Marco and Ponte delle Acque.Mezzoldo is also the last village on the south side of San Marco Pass

Mezzoldo borders the following municipalities: Albaredo per San Marco, Averara, Olmo al Brembo, Piazzatorre, Piazzolo, Tartano, Valleve.

Buddhabhadra

There were two Indian Buddhist masters named Buddhabhadra in China, both lived during the 5th century CE:

  • Buddhabhadra (Shaolin abbot)
  • Buddhabhadra (translator)
Buddhabhadra (translator)

Buddhabhadra (359-429 CE) was an Indian Buddhist monk, with the title of śramaṇa. He is most known for his prolific translation efforts of Buddhist texts from Sanskrit into Chinese, and was responsible for the first Chinese translation of the (Flower Ornament Scripture) in the 5th century.

Buddhabhadra and his Chinese disciple Xuangao are known to have advocated the twin principles of samadhi (meditative concentration) and prajñā (wisdom). These were later inherited by the Tiantai school of Buddhism, and its patriarchs Nanyue Huisi and Zhiyi. Buddhabhadra's views in turn stemmed from those of Buddhasena's dhyāna school in Kashmir and their meditation manual was translated by Buddhabhadra at behest of Huiyuan, the founder of the Chinese tradition of Pure Land Buddhism. This Indian meditation manual preserved in Taishō Tripiṭaka 618, and is typically called the Yogācārabhūmi Sūtra or the Dharmatrātadhyāna Sutra. This text was later prized by the Chan Buddhism in China, and parts of its lineage to the Buddha became entangled in sectarian conflicts between factions of Chinese Buddhism.

Silsangsa

Silsangsa Temple is a temple of the Jogye Order located in Namwon, North Jeolla Province, South Korea. The temple is a branch temple of the Geumsan Temple in Iksan. Although the temple is legally situated in Namwon, it is also quite near the Hamyang county of South Gyeongsang Province. It is exceptional since this temple is in a field, as opposed to most Korean temples, which are located in mountainous areas.

It is said that the temple was constructed in the era of Heungdeok of Silla by the great monk Hongcheok (, fl. 830), a student of Zhiyi, after he returned from Tang China. Since the king himself showed deep faith and devoted himself with the Crown Prince in this temple, the place became highly celebrated, eventually becoming the founding location of the Silsang school of Chan Buddhism. Silsangsa is the oldest temple among the Nine mountain schools.

The temple faced a period of decline during the Joseon era when the structures were destroyed by fire. From this point on, the temple was shut down, although it was later restored three times during the eras of Sukjong of Joseon, Sunjo of Joseon and Gojong of Korea. However, the temple never returned to its previous grand scale.

The Korean War harmed parts of the temple, as fighting forces often passed through the area, but most of the cultural relics remained intact.

Signomial

A "signomial" is an algebraic function of one or more independent variables. It is perhaps most easily thought of as an algebraic extension of multi-dimensional polynomials—an extension that permits exponents to be arbitrary real numbers (rather than just non-negative integers) while requiring the independent variables to be strictly positive (so that division by zero and other inappropriate algebraic operations are not encountered).

Formally, let X be a vector of real, positive numbers.


X = (x, x, x, …, x)

Then a signomial function has the form

f(x, x, …, x) = ∑(cx)

where the coefficients c and the exponents a are real numbers. Signomials are closed under addition, subtraction, multiplication, and scaling.

If we restrict all c to be positive, then the function f is a posynomial. Consequently, each signomial is either a posynomial, the negative of a posynomial, or the difference of two posynomials. If, in addition, all exponents a are non-negative integers, then the signomial becomes a polynomial whose domain is the positive orthant.

For example,

f(x, x, x) = 2.7xxx − 2xx

is a signomial.

The term "signomial" was introduced by Richard J. Duffin and Elmor L. Peterson in their seminal joint work on general algebraic optimization—published in the late 1960s and early 1970s. A recent introductory exposition is optimization problems. Although nonlinear optimization problems with constraints and/or objectives defined by signomials are normally harder to solve than those defined by only posynomials (because, unlike posynomials, signomials are not guaranteed to be globally convex), signomial optimization problems often provide a much more accurate mathematical representation of real-world nonlinear optimization problems.

Vātāyanāsana

Vatayanasana is an Asana. It is translated as Horse Pose from Sanskrit.

The name of this pose comes from "vatayana" meaning "horse", and "asana" meaning "posture" or "seat".

Calopadia

Calopadia is a genus of lichens in the family Pilocarpaceae. It was described by Antonín Vězda in 1986.

Yejang-dong

Yejang-dong is a legal dong, or neighbourhood of the Jung-gu district in Seoul, South Korea and governed by its administrative dong, Myeong-dong and Pil-dong.

Senseless

Senseless is a 1998 American comedy film directed by Penelope Spheeris and written by Greg Erb and Craig Mazin. The film stars Marlon Wayans, David Spade, and Matthew Lillard as college students.

Senseless (game show)

Senseless is a British television dating game show hosted by Tom Price which first aired on MTV UK on June 12, 2006. It is aired each weekday at 11pm.

On each episode a male or female contestant chooses a date from six potential candidates, ranging from the handsome to the foul. However s/he can only do this by touching and smelling them inside a dark room; the contestant does not see any of the dates until s/he eliminates the last one at the end of the show. At the end the contestant wins a date with somebody that could either be his/her dream partner or his/her worst nightmare.

Senseless (Law & Order: Criminal Intent)

"Senseless" is a seventh season episode of the television series Law & Order: Criminal Intent.

Senseless (disambiguation)

Senseless may refer to:

Literature
  • Senseless, 2001 novel by Stona Fitch
  • Senseless, 2005 novel by Andrea Jutson
Film
  • Senseless, 1998 American romantic comedy film
  • Senseless (2008 film), 2008 movie based on Stona Fitch's novel
  • Senseless, 1962 short silent film by Ron Rice
Television
  • Senseless (game show), dating game show on MTV UK
  • "Senseless" (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Senseless (2008 film)

Senseless is a 2008 film based on Stona Fitch's 2001 novel of the same name, starring Jason Behr and Emma Catherwood, and directed by Symon Hynd.

Micheldever

Micheldever is a village in Hampshire, England, situated north of Winchester. It lies upon the River Dever . The river, and village, formerly part of Stratton Park, lie on a Hampshire grass downland, underlain with chalk and flint. Parts of the river now disappear in summer through lack of replenishment, evaporation and, more specifically, the porous nature of the bedrock.

Camaçari

Camaçari is a city in Bahia, Brazil. It is located at . It is part of the Salvador Metropolitan Region (Região Metropolitana de Salvador), being the industrial city of the metropolis. Camaçari covers , and has a population of 281,413 (2014 est.) with a population density of 360 inhabitants per square kilometer. The municipality consists of three districts: Camaçari, Abrantes e Monte Gordo.

Koruk

Koruk may refer to:

  • Koruk Chutur, a village in Kalaleh County, Iran
  • Kuruk, a village in Kalaleh County, Iran
Shiki-Tei

Shiki-Tei (四季庭, which translates as "Four Seasons Garden") is a downloadable gardening simulator for the PlayStation 3 .

Covendo

Covendo is a location in Bolivia. In 2001 it had a population of 517.

Mouzalon

Mouzalon or Muzalon (, pl. Μουζάλωνες) was the name of a Byzantine family attested in the 11th through 15th centuries, which produced a number of officials and high dignitaries. The family reached its peak in the 1250s, when it enjoyed the patronage of Emperor Theodore II Laskaris (r. 1254–1258), but was largely purged after his death by the great aristocratic families. The female form of the name is Mouzalonissa .

Doepfer

Doepfer Musikelektronik GmbH is a manufacturer of audio hardware, mostly synthesizer modules ( modular synthesizer), based in Gräfelfing, Germany and founded by Dieter Döpfer. The product range covers analog modular systems, MIDI controllers, MIDI hardware sequencers, MIDI-to- CV/Gate/Sync Interfaces, MIDI master keyboards and special MIDI equipment.

Dieter Döpfer began developing audio hardware with a Voltage Controlled Phaser (VCP) module for the Formant, a do-it-yourself-kit analog synthesizer from Elektor magazine in 1977. Several legendary modular synths followed while Döpfer also focused on the development of MIDI equipment during the 1980s.

In 1992, Doepfer Musikelektronik GmbH released the MIDI analog sequencer MAQ16/3 which was designed in cooperation with Kraftwerk. In the beginning, the company had direct sales and interested musicians would receive a demonstration by visiting other customers since the modular systems were deemed too difficult for typical music shop employees to demonstrate. Facing greater publicity, Doepfer shifted the distribution to specialized points of sales.

Pandarus

Pandarus or Pandar (, Pándaros) is a Trojan aristocrat who appears in stories about the Trojan War. In Homer's Iliad he is portrayed as an energetic and impetuous warrior, but in medieval literature he becomes a witty and licentious figure who facilitates the affair between Troilus and Cressida. In Shakespeare's play Troilus and Cressida he is portrayed as an aged degenerate and coward, who ends the play by telling the audience he will bequeath them his "diseases".

Lintotapaya

Lintotapaya is a small town in Sri Lanka. It is located within Southern Province.

Piasecznia

Piasecznia is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kadzidło, within Ostrołęka County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately west of Kadzidło, north-west of Ostrołęka, and north of Warsaw.

The village has a population of 360.

Amaliendorf-Aalfang

Amaliendorf-Aalfang is a town in the district of Gmünd in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Giphantie

Giphantie is a novel by Tiphaigne de la Roche published in 1760.

A translated excerpt from the novel describes photography:

“You know, that rays of light reflected from different bodies form pictures, paint the image reflected on all polished surfaces, for example, on the retina of the eye, on water, and on glass...coat a piece of canvas with this matter, and place it in front of the object to be taken. The first effect of this cloth is similar to that of a mirror, but by means of its viscous nature the prepared canvas...retains a facsimile of the image...The canvas is then removed and deposited in a dark place. An hour later the impression is dry, and you have a picture”

Moliterno

Moliterno is a town and comune in the province of Potenza, in the southern Italian region of Basilicata. It is bounded by the comuni of Castelsaraceno, Grumento Nova, Lagonegro, Lauria, Montesano sulla Marcellana, Sarconi, Tramutola.

Peeka

Peeka may refer to:

  • PK machine gun, a machine gun from the former Soviet Union
  • Peeka (game), a game similar to Hide-and-seek played between Cheebies and Piplings in the children's TV series Waybuloo
Jōnetsu (Ua song)

is Japanese singer-songwriter Ua's fourth single, released on June 21, 1996. It served as ending theme for the TBS TV program M Navi. "Jōnetsu" is regarded as the song that propelled Ua to stardom as well as being her biggest hit. With 5,700 units sold, it debuted at #60 on the Oricon Weekly Singles Chart and later peaked at #18, becoming Ua's first top 20 entry. In 2005, urban singer-songwriter Miliyah Katō sampled "Jōnetsu" in her song of the same name. The song was also covered in a Mandarin Chinese version (Retitled "WuWuLaLaLa") by C-pop singer Coco Lee on her 1998 album, Sunny Day.

Jōnetsu (Yuki Saito song)

is the fourth single by Japanese pop singer Yuki Saito. It was released November 15, 1985 by Canyon Records together with . It was ranked #3 on the Oricon charts and #6 on The Best Ten chart.

Jōnetsu

is a Japanese word and may refer to:

  • "Jōnetsu" (Kinki Kids song), a 2001 single by Japanese singing duo Kinki Kids
  • "Jōnetsu" (Miliyah Kato song), a 2005 single by Japanese singer Miliyah Kato (and a cover of the Ua song)
  • "Jōnetsu" (Ua song), a 1996 single from Japanese singer Ua
  • "Jōnetsu" (Yuki Saito song), a 1985 single from Japanese singer Yuki Saito
See also
  • " Jōnetsu no Bara", a 1990 single from the Japanese rock band The Blue Hearts
  • " Jōnetsu no Daishō/Escape", a 2008 single by the Japanese band Girl Next Door
  • " Jōnetsu no Kaze", a 2007 single by the Jpop group The Inazuma Sentai
Chrdilo-Chiprani

Chrdilo-Chiprani (, , Tsægat Tsipran) is a settlement in the Dzau district of South Ossetia.

Sapthagiri

Sapthagiri which is also called Tirumala Hill is situated in hill town of Tirumala, near Tirupati in the Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, India. This hill is 853 m above sea level and is about in area. It comprises seven peaks, representing the seven heads of Adisesha, thus earning the name Seshachalam. The seven peaks are called Seshadri, Neeladri, Garudadri, Anjanadri, Vrushabhadri, Narayanadri, and Venkatadri. The hill is famous for the famous and one of the richest Hindu deity Venketeswaraswamy temple. The temple is on Venkatadri (also known as Venkatachala or Venkata Hill), the seventh peak, and is also known as the "Temple of Seven Hills". The presiding deity of the temple is Lord Venkateswara, a form of the Hindu god Vishnu. Venkateswara is known by other names: Balaji, Govinda, and Srinivasa. The temple lies on the southern banks of Sri Swami Pushkarini, a holy water tank. The temple complex comprises a traditional temple building, with a number of modern queue and pilgrim lodging sites.

Jerkin'

Jerkin' or Jerk is a street dance from Los Angeles. Since 2009, jerkin' has gained fans along the West Coast and, , was gaining popularity on the East Coast.

The dance itself consists of moving your legs in and out called the "jerk", and doing other moves such as the "reject", "dip", and "pindrop".

Guiguizo

''' Guiguizo ''' is a village in the commune of Bassila in the Donga Department of western Benin.

Leucothecium

Leucothecium is a genus of fungi within the Onygenaceae family.

Bhungiyai

Bhungiyai is a village in the Bhopal district of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located in the Berasia tehsil.

Bishopbriggs

Bishopbriggs is a town in East Dunbartonshire, Scotland. It lies on the northern fringe of Greater Glasgow, approximately from the City Centre. Historically in Lanarkshire, the area was once part of the historic parish of Cadder - originally lands granted by King William the Lion to the Bishop of Glasgow, Jocelin, in 1180. It was later part of the county of Lanarkshire, and then an independent burgh from 1964 to 1975. Today, Bishopbriggs' close geographic proximity to Glasgow now effectively makes it a suburb and commuter town of the city. The town's Gaelic name Coille Dobhair reflects the name of the old parish of Cadder. It was ranked 2nd in the most desirable postcodes in Scotland to live in following a study by the Centre for Economic and Business Research in 2015.

In July 2016, a person working for google maps hacked Bishopbriggs and changes the main picture as to a resort in Mauritius.

Bishopbriggs grew from a small rural village on the old road from Glasgow to Kirkintilloch and Stirling during the 19th century, eventually growing to incorporate the adjacent villages of Auchinairn, Cadder, Jellyhill and Mavis Valley. It has a population of approximately 23,500 people.

Car chase

A car chase is the vehicular hot pursuit of suspects by law enforcers. The rise of the automotive industry in the 20th century increased car ownership, leading to a growing number of criminals attempting to evade police in their own vehicle or a stolen car. Car chases are rarely captured on film and broadcast due to the low number of video footage recorded by police cars and police and media helicopters participating in the chase. In the US they are a popular subject with media and audiences due to their intensity and drama and the innate danger of high-speed driving.

Ait

An ait (pronounced , like "eight") or eyot (pronounced , , or ) is a small island. It is especially used to refer to river islands found on the River Thames and its tributaries in England.

Aits are typically formed by the deposit of sediment in the water, which accumulates over a period of time. An ait is characteristically long and narrow, and may become a permanent island. However, aits may also be eroded: the resulting sediment is deposited further downstream and could result in another ait. A channel with numerous aits is called a braided channel.

Roanoke

Roanoke may refer to:

  • Roanoke tribe, Carolina Algonquian-speaking tribe in eastern North Carolina
  • Roanoke (ship), an American ship (1892-1905)
  • Roanoke Colony, a former English colony that mysteriously disappeared
  • Roanoke Island, location of the Roanoke colony in present-day North Carolina
  • Roanoke River, flowing through Virginia and North Carolina and emptying into Albemarle Sound near Roanoke Island
  • Roanoke Valley, a part of the Great Appalachian Valley near the headwaters of the Roanoke River in Virginia
  • Roanoke, Alabama
  • Roanoke, Virginia, the largest US city named Roanoke
  • Roanoke County, Virginia
  • Roanoke, North Carolina (see Roanoke Colony)
  • Roanoke, Illinois
  • Roanoke, Indiana
  • Roanoke, Missouri
  • Roanoke, Texas
  • Roanoke, West Virginia
  • Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina
  • Randolph, Virginia, formerly called Roanoke
Fruit tree

A fruit tree is a tree which bears fruit that is consumed or used by humans and some animals — all trees that are flowering plants produce fruit, which are the ripened ovaries of flowers containing one or more seeds. In horticultural usage, the term 'fruit tree' is limited to those that provide fruit for human food. Types of fruits are described and defined elsewhere (see Fruit), but would include "fruit" in a culinary sense, as well as some nut-bearing trees, such as walnuts.

The scientific study and the cultivation of fruits is called pomology, which divides fruits into groups based on plant morphology and anatomy. Some of those groups are: Pome fruits, which include apples and pears, and stone fruits, which include peaches/nectarines, almonds, apricots, plums and cherries.

Fruit Tree (album)

'Fruit Tree ' is a box set by English singer/songwriter Nick Drake. It now exists in several versions, all of which feature his three studio albums, plus additional material.

Linkword

Linkword is a mnemonic system promoted by Michael Gruneberg since at least the early 1980s for learning languages based on the similarity of the sounds of words. The process involves creating an easily visualized scene that will link the words together. One example is the Russian word for cow (корова, pronounced roughly karova): think and visualize "I ran my car over a cow."

It has a long history of software versions in its native United Kingdom being available for the Sinclair, Acorn and BBC Micro computers as well as a variety of audio and book editions over the years.

Usage examples of "linkword".

The hawk bated, wings flapping and thrashing, and Romilly jerked, with a convulsive reflex action, and the strip of raw meat fell into the straw.

The falcon bated again, thrashing furious wings, and Romilly struggled to maintain the sense of herself, not merging into the terror and fury of the angry bird, at the same time trying to send out waves of calm.

At his voice the hawk bated again, and Romilly felt again the dreadful ache, as if her hands and arms would drop off into the straw.

At the words and movement the hawk bated again, more fiercely than before, and Romilly gasped, struggling to keep her sense of self against the fury of thrashing wings, the hunger, the blood-lust, the frenzy to break free, fly free, dash itself to death against the dark enclosing beams .

The hawk bated again in its frenzy and Romilly stepped closer, crooning, murmuring calm.

Though they strained their eyes and spoke with bated breath, never a sight of boat or canoes was obtainable for hours after the latter were swallowed up by the trees which shrouded the creek at the foot of Guanaco Hill.

The idea of the downtown hotel, the crowds that would gather outside the hotel or the studios just to stare at her, and the bodyguards in constant attendance should have been the experience of a lifetime, something to wait for with bated breath.

The commissaries had run low, there was a quiet rivalry as to which outfits should go home, and we all waited with bated breath for the final word.

Clara sat back with bated breath, mentally taking the leap into the abyss, realizing it, and the cold prudence of abstention, and the delirium of the confession.

While a crowd of inebriated Marines stood watching with bated breath, Kindrachuck lifted the schooner to his lips and began to chugalug the vile concoction.

The chums waited with bated breaths, as Perry drummed on the table impatiently.

And if he were ever to be Gunn, he needed to consummate their handfast, an action he looked forward to with bated breath.

Everyone was waiting with bated breath for Lionstone to unleash her hound on them again.

Master Haddil reached out again for the left side of the base, and the unnamed two watched with bated breath.

This fair, smooth-faced young man, whose symmetrically arranged hair gave him the air of a large and neat schoolboy, met the Assistant Commissioner's request with a doubtful look, and spoke with bated breath.