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Encirclement is a military term for the situation when a force or target is isolated and surrounded by enemy forces.

This situation is highly dangerous for the encircled force: at the strategic level, because it cannot receive supplies or reinforcements, and on the tactical level, because the units in the force can be subject to an attack from several sides. Lastly, since the force cannot retreat, unless it is relieved or can break out, it must either fight to the death or surrender.

Encirclement has been used throughout the centuries by military leaders, including generals such as Alexander the Great, Khalid bin Waleed, Hannibal, Sun Tzu, Shaka Zulu, Wallenstein, Nader Shah, Napoleon, Moltke, Heinz Guderian, von Rundstedt, von Manstein, Zhukov, and Patton.

People like Sun Tzu suggests that an army should be not completely encircled but should be given some room for escape, or the 'encircled' army's men will lift their morale and fight till the death. It is better to have them consider the possibility of a retreat. Once the enemy retreats, they can be pursued and captured or destroyed with far less risk to the pursuing forces than a fight to the death. Examples of this might be the battles of Dunkirk, in 1940, and the Falaise Gap in 1944.

The main form of encircling, the " double pincer," is executed by attacks on the flanks of a battle whose mobile forces of the era, such as light infantry, cavalry, tanks, or Armoured Personnel Carriers attempt to force a breakthrough to utilize their speed to join behind the back of the enemy force and complete the "ring" while the main enemy force is stalled by probing attacks. The encirclement of the German Sixth Army in the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942 is a typical example.

If there is a natural obstacle, such as ocean or mountains on one side of the battlefield, only one pincer is needed ("single pincer"), because the function of the second arm is taken over by the natural obstacle. The German attack into the lowlands of France in 1940 is a typical example of this.

A third and rarer type of encirclement can ensue from a breakthrough in an area of the enemy front, and exploiting that with mobile forces, diverging in two or more directions behind the enemy line. Full encirclement rarely follows, but the threat of it severely hampers the defender's options. This type of attack pattern is centerpiece to Blitzkrieg operations. Because of the extreme difficulty of this operation, it cannot be executed unless the offensive force has a vast superiority, either in technology, organization, or sheer numbers. The Barbarossa campaign of 1941 saw some examples.

The danger to the encircling force is that it is, itself, cut off from its logistical base; if the encircled force is able to stand firm, or maintain a supply route, the encircling force can be thrown into confusion (for example, Rommel's "Dash to the Wire" in 1941 and the Demyansk Pocket in 1942) or be comprehensively destroyed (as during the Burma campaign, in 1944).

A special kind of encirclement is the siege. In this case, the encircled forces are enveloped in a fortified position in which long-lasting supplies and strong defences are in place, allowing them to withstand attacks. Sieges have taken place in almost all eras of warfare.

Examples of battles of encirclement:

• Battle of Thermopylae (480 BC)
• Battle of Cannae (216 BC)
• Battle of Walaja (633 AD)
• Battle of Fraustadt (1706)
• Battle of Kirkuk (1733)
• Battle of Kars (1745)
• Battle of Isandlwana (1879)
• Battle of Tannenberg (1914)
• Battle of Magdhaba (1916)
• Battle of Rafa (1916)
• First Battle of Gaza (1917)
• Battle of Beersheba (1917)
• Battle of Megiddo (1918)
• Battle of Suomussalmi (1939-1940)
• Battle of Kiev (1941)
• Battle of Smolensk (1941)
• Battle of Białystok–Minsk (1941)
• Battle for Velikiye Luki (1942)

The German term for an encirclement is Kesselschlacht (cauldron battle).

• Battle of Stalingrad (1942-1943)
• Battle of the Korsun-Cherkassy Pocket (1944)
• Kamenets-Podolsky pocket (1944)
• Battle of Misrata (2011)
• Battle of Aleppo (2012–present)
• Second Battle of Tikrit (2015)

Babybird were an indie band from the United Kingdom formed in 1995 and active until early 2013, fronted by Stephen Jones, who has also released records as a solo artist, using his own name, and as Black Reindeer.

Jones started writing and recording songs at home and his first collection of these demos, I Was Born a Man, was released in July 1995 using the name Babybird. He formed a band in order to tour and promote this work. In 1996, Babybird signed to Echo Records and their first single was released in July 1996. Babybird were dropped from their record label in 2000 after their third album, Bugged, had poor sales. The band then split. Jones continued on his own, writing fiction, releasing solo work and created the score for the film Blessed. In October 2005, the band reformed with three members and created another album released in September 2006. They went on tour in November 2009 and then split again in 2013.

Boniva may refer to:

• Boniva, a company acquired by software company SSA Global Technologies in August 2005
• Ibandronic acid (marketed as Boniva), a potent bisphosphonate drug used in the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis

Bolagarh is a Tahasil in Khordha in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the headquarters town for Bolagarh Tahasil. It can be classified as a main-road town. The NH-224 (India) highway passes through it.

Although it is a country town. It has been activating as a Block headquarter from the post independence Era and going to be a Notified Area Council. It inherits a glorious past enriched with its magnificent nature, diversified culture and tradition unified, its unique identity in contribution to language, literature, tradition to Odisha both pre independence and post independence. Moreover, it was a part and parcel (great part/role) with its “Paika” force to the “paika mutiny” in odisha against royal anarchy at per with sepoy mutiny in India against colonial rulers. It was one of the forts of the past khordha kingdom.

Presently it is in the path of a great transitional development in all fields including education,literature,art and culture and the process of development is going on with all the efforts to make it a development area ideally suited for a better living, an ideal habitat with its gifted nature.

Sukhtehi (, also Romanized as Sūkhteh’ī) is a village in Dalfard Rural District, Sarduiyeh District, Jiroft County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its existence was noted, but its population was not reported.

Infectious mononucleosis (IM), also known as mono, or glandular fever, is an infection commonly caused by the Epstein–Barr virus (EBV). Most people are infected by the virus as children, when the disease produces little or no symptoms. In young adults, the disease often results in fever, sore throat, large lymph nodes in the neck, and feeling tired. Most people get better in two to four weeks; however, feeling tired may last for months. The liver or spleen may also become swollen. In less than one percent of cases splenic rupture may occur.

Infectious mononucleosis is usually caused by Epstein–Barr virus (EBV), also known as human herpesvirus 4, which is a member of the herpes virus family. A few other viruses may also cause the disease. It is primarily spread through saliva, but can rarely be spread through semen or blood. Spread may occur by objects such as drinking glasses or toothbrushes. Those who are infected can spread the disease weeks before symptoms develop. Mono is primarily diagnosed based on the symptoms and can be confirmed with blood tests for specific antibodies. Another typical finding is increased blood lymphocytes of which more than 10% are atypical. The monospot test is not very useful.

There is no vaccine for EBV. Prevention is by not sharing personal items or kissing those infected. Mono generally gets better on it own. Recommendations include drinking enough fluids, getting sufficient rest, and taking pain medications such as paracetamol (acetaminophen) and ibuprofen.

Mono most commonly affects those between the ages of 15 to 24 years in the developed world. In the developing world, people are more often infected in early childhood when the symptoms are less. In those between 16 and 20 it is the cause of about about 8% of sore throats. About 45 per 100,000 people develop mono each year in the United States. Nearly 95% of people have been infected by the time they are adults. The disease occurs equally at all times of the year. Mononucleosis was first described in the 1920s and is colloquially known as "the kissing disease".

Out of Tune was a British children's TV sitcom which was shown on CBBC from 1996 to 1998.

It features a group of fictional children that belong to a church choir at a school and their practice sessions. However the choir is humorously bad, hence the name 'Out of Tune', and the practice sessions are often interrupted by one thing or another. The show aired at 4:35 on BBC1 on Tuesday and Wednesday and it had a total of 40 episodes over three series. The first series started on 14 February 1996 and finished on 4 June later that year. The last episode was aired on 9 June 1998.

Out of Tune is a Polish dance-punk and indie rock band. Their music combines elements of rock, pop and electro. The band was formed in Warsaw in 2005 by a bass player and vocalist Eryk Sarniak, guitarist Maciek Sobczyński and drummer Michał Witkowski. After a year, a band joined Mateusz Gągol, who plays keyboards, guitar, laptop and backing vocals.

Out of Tune is the second album by Mojave 3, released on 5 October 1998.

Out of Tune may refer to:

• Out of Tune (album)
• Out of Tune (band)
• Out of Tune (TV series)
• Musical tuning

Taranteconus is a synonym of Conus (Stephanoconus) Mörch, 1852. This was a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies.

Polyarthritis is any type of arthritis that involves 5 or more joints simultaneously. It is usually associated with autoimmune conditions and may be experienced at any age and is not sex specific.

Brin is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Benedetto Brin (1833–1898), Italian naval administrator and politician
  • Italian submarine Brin named after Benedetto Brin, see also Brin class submarine
• David Brin (born 1950), science fiction author
• Sergey Brin (born 1973), co-founder of Google

Brin is a Genoa Metro station. It is situated along Via Benedetto Brin in the neighbourhood of Certosa in Rivarolo Ligure, a suburban area in the north-western outskirts of Genoa, Italy. The station, currently the terminus of the line, is located just west of the outlet of the tunnel from Dinegro station. It is built on a viaduct, designed to extend the line to the north, towards a new station. It is the only station above ground.

Designed by architect Renzo Piano, the station's official opening took place on June 13, 1990, and along with Dinegro became one of the first operational stations.

Grachtenfestival is a 10-day classical music festival on Amsterdam's canals. It includes musical performances from barges, architectural tours, and performances from the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.

Xanthophryne is a small genus of toads in the family Bufonidae. They are endemic to the Western Ghats in Maharashtra, India. Its sister taxon is Duttaphrynus. The name Xanthophryne is derived from two Greek words, xanthos meaning yellow and phryne meaning toad.

CFRE-DT, VHF channel 11, is a Global owned-and-operated television station located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. The station is owned by Corus Entertainment. CFRE's studios are located on Hoffer Drive and McDonald Street on the northeast side of Regina, and its transmitter is located near Louis Riel Trail/ Highway 11, northwest of Regina.

The station has one rebroadcast transmitter, on channel 6 in Fort Qu'Appelle (CFRE-TV-2), operating at 0.01 kW in power. This station can also be seen on Access Communications and Sasktel Max channel 5. On Shaw Direct, the channel is available on 376 (Classic) or 027 (Advanced), and in high definition on channel 021 (Classic) or 521 (Advanced). There is a high definition feed offered on Access Communications digital channel 508 and Sasktel Max channel 305.

Salix viminalis, the basket willow, common osier or osier, is a species of willow native to Europe, Western Asia, and the Himalayas.

Rompo is a mythological beast with the head of a hare, human ears, a skeleton-like body, the front arms of a badger, and the rear legs of a bear. It feeds only on human corpses and it is said to croon softly as it eats. Stories about the Rompo are found in India and Africa. The legend of the Rompo may have been inspired from sightings of any of the Old world porcupines.

'Rigo Pex, better known as MENEO, is a musicologist, performer and presenter from Guatemala. He coined the term "electropical" and is part of the first wave of global producers who mix electronic synths with traditional Latin rhythms like cumbia, merengue and dembow.

1. redirect Masked palm civet

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Started in April 2005, the Radia network is an international informal network of community radio stations that have a common interest in producing and sharing art works for the radio. In 2015, the network gathers 26 radio stations from 24 cities across 17 countries, speaking 11 different languages. It also organizes linked-up events and special broadcasts. Radia intends to be a space of reflection about today's radio and radio art. Its activities try to contribute to intercultural exchange and artworks and artists circulation.

The network's name freely refers to La Radia, Futurist manifesto written by Federico Tomaso Marinetti and Pino Masnata in 1933. The network's founders dropped the La to distance themselves from the Futurists' political views. As it stands alone, "radia" is simply "radio" or "radios" in some languages.

Zaban was the Lombard dux (or duke) of Pavia (Ticinum) during the decade-long interregnum known as the Rule of the Dukes (574 – 584). Pavia had been the capital of the Lombard kingdom, but after the death of King Cleph, it became the centre of a great duchy, one of thirty five into which the Lombard state was then divided. It seems that, as the ruler of the ancient capital, Zaban held a certain superiority of rank over his fellow duces and may have acted as their commander-in-chief.

In 574, Zaban invaded the lands of Guntram, King of Burgundy, in what is today Switzerland, but was repulsed and had to return to Italy.

In 575, Zaban and his fellow dukes Amo and Rodanus invaded the valleys of the Rhône and Saône. Amo passing by Embrun encamped near Manosque, a city of Mummolus, the Gallo-Roman general of Burgundy. Rodanus besieged Grenoble and Zaban passing down the valley of the Durance by Die, laid siege to Valence. Amo successfully subdued the regions of Arles and Marseilles, while Mummolus rescued the city of Grenoble and sent Rodanus and his army of 500 to the protection of Zaban's forces. The two then marched on Embrun, plundered it, and met an army of Mummolus'. Defeated, they retreated back to Susa, in Italy, which was a Byzantine possession of the magister militum, Sisinnius. Mummolus invaded Italy and forced Zaban and Rodanus to return to their own duchies, while Amo had to abandon his booty while crossing the Alps. Guntram's kingdom was extended at the expense of the Lombard to include the cisalpine cities of Aosta and Susa. The Lombards hereafter ceased their Gaulish invasions.

Gatunda is one of the 14 sectors (imirenge) of Nyagatare District, Eastern Province, Rwanda. It is located in the central West of the district, and North East of Rwanda. It is the second smallest sector in Nyagatare District and the third most densely populous with the density of almost twice the district average. This high density of the population is the result of the fertile soil found in the sector. The main economic activity is agriculture. Beans, maize, peanuts, sorghum, pineapples are grown there. The sector contains large banana plantations. As part of the Umutara region, the sector is also known for cattle husbandry. Gatunda Sector is divided into seven cells: Nyangara, Nyarurema, Cyagaju, Rwensheke, Nyamikamba, Nyamirembe and Kabeza. The office of Gatunda Sector is located in Nyamirembe Cell in the extreme North East section of the Sector.

Gatunda is mainly a rural sector. It is however very densely populated with 535 inhabitants per square kilometer, which is the double of Nyagatare District density, and higher than the national population density. Major settlements in the sectors are Muhambo and Ku Muhanda in Nyangara; Nyarurema, Buguma and Shabana in Nyarurema cell; and Kirindimure in Nyamirembe cell. The population of the sector is majority Roman Catholic although Protestantism is on the rise. This sector is part of Catholic Church Parishes of Nyarurema (Western side) and Rukomo (Eastern side). The Nyarurema parish church is built in Nyarurema Cell. The Catholic Church and its missionaries have a broad variety of activities in the sector such as schools, a health center, and local development projects. Nyarurema Health Center and Nyarurema High School (Ecole Technique Paroissiale de Nyarurema) are Roman Catholic Church run institutions. Muhambo Health Center, another health institution in the sector is government run.

WNUQ (branded as "102.1 Nash Icon") is a radio station serving Albany, Georgia and surrounding cities. This station broadcasts on FM frequency 102.1 MHz and is under ownership of Cumulus Media.

From its official launch in March 1999 through most of 2006 WNUQ was on FM frequency 101.7 and was known as Q101. The entire time it was broadcasting as "Q101" it did so under a single program director Jason/J.B. Savage. From 2006-2014, it was Top 40/CHR as "Q102".

On August 15th, 2014, at 3PM, WNUQ flipped to country, becoming one of the first " Nash Icon" affiliates as "102.1 Nash Icon".

Ras-associating and dilute domain-containing protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the RADIL gene.

Yass can refer to a number of things:

Yass (jass) is a Polish music style from late 1980 that mixes jazz, improvised music, techno, punk rock, and folk. This style began in Gdańsk and Bydgoszcz. The term was coined by Tymon Tymański, a double-bass and guitar player from Gdansk, who wanted to stress a novelty of the new style.

Yass is a term coined at the beginning of 1990s by Polish Avant-Garde Jazz musicians Tymon Tymański, Mazzoll and Tomasz Gwinciński who wanted to stress a novelty of the new style, to describe the cross-genre, frequently arrhythmic, improvised music they played with e.g. Miłość, Łoskot and Mazzoll & Arhythmic Perfection. Yass comprises the stylistics and elements of genres ranging from Folk to Punk Rock.

The Yass scene emerged in Tricity (an aggregate of the three neighbouring towns of Gdańsk, Gdynia and Sopot) and Bydgoszcz whose Mózg became the “home venue” for Yass performers (e.g. Koncert w Mózgu) with its own label releasing a number of Yass productions.

A good overview of the Yass scene comes with the compilation album Cały ten Yass! released by Jazz Forum magazine just after the genre’s heyday.

YASS is a free software, pairwise sequence alignment software for nucleotide sequences, that is, it can search for similarities between DNA or RNA sequences. YASS accepts nucleotide sequences in either plain text or the FASTA format and the output format includes the BLAST tabular output. YASS uses several transition-constrained spaced seed sequences, which allow considerably improved sensitivity. YASS can be used locally on a user's machine, or as SaaS on the YASS web server, which produces a browser based dot-plot.

Cefluprenam is a cephalosporin.

Category:Cephalosporin antibiotics Category:Thiadiazoles Category:Quaternary ammonium compounds Category:Acetamides Category:Organofluorides

WDAS may refer to:

• WDAS (AM), a radio station (1480 AM) licensed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• WDAS-FM, a radio station (105.3 FM) licensed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
• Walt Disney Animation Studios, the flagship animation studio of The Walt Disney Company

WDAS (1480 AM) is a radio station licensed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Owned and operated by iHeartMedia, the station airs a smooth jazz format. Its transmitter is located near Fairmount Park, and its studios are located in Bala Cynwyd.

Suçma (also, Suchma) is a village and municipality in the Shaki Rayon of Azerbaijan. It has a population of 1,359.

Yadgarpally is a village in Rangareddy district in Telangana, India. It falls under Keesara mandal. The Outer Ring Road passes through the village. It is 4 kilometres away from Keesara and Shamirpet and close to Ghatkesar it is almost an extension of Financial District and in the vicinity of the ITIR Region.

• Radial Road No. 15, RR 15 Radhika X Road to Yadgarpally outer ring road.

Agoracritus ( Greek , fl. late 5th century BC) was a famous sculptor in ancient Greece.

Fetuin-B is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FETUB gene.

The protein encoded by this gene is a member of the fetuin family, part of the cystatin superfamily of cysteine protease inhibitors. Fetuins have been implicated in several diverse functions, including osteogenesis and bone resorption, regulation of the insulin and hepatocyte growth factor receptors, and response to systemic inflammation. This protein may be secreted by cells.

Tetsutarō, Tetsutaro or Tetsutarou (written: 鉄太郎 or 哲太郎) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:

• , Japanese diver

• , Japanese military theorist and Imperial Japanese Navy admiral

''' Kourouba ''' is a village and rural commune in the Cercle of Kati in the Koulikoro Region of south-western Mali. The commune covers an area of 245 km and includes 5 villages. In the 2009 census the commune had a population of 8,248. The village of Kourouba is on the right bank of the Sankarani River just upstream of where it joins the Niger River.

Feitian may refer to:

• Feitian space suit, a Chinese space suit
• Feitian Technologies Co., Ltd., an information security provider in China
• Feitian, the Chinese word for apsara, a flying deva of Hindu and Buddhist mythology

Golden Hills is a place-name that can refer to:

• Golden Hills, California
• Golden Hills (Russia), a Saltovo-Mayaki archaeological site in southern Russia, near Rostov

Golden Hills (in Russian, Zolotiye Gorki) is an archaeological site in southern Russia. It is located in the region of the lower Don River, on the Aksay River about east of Rostov-on-Don.

Golden Hills was the site of a fortress during the early Middle Ages. It appears to have been part of a chain of fortifications erected or maintained by the Khazar Khaganate. Artifacts from the site conform to those found at other Saltovo-Mayaki settlements from the Khazar period (c. 8th-10th centuries CE)

The site was excavated beginning in June 2002 by a group of Russian, American, and British scholars from the Rostov State University and the Center for the Study of Eurasian Nomads. They carried out a geomagnetic survey and excavated approximately

Galbus (, also Romanized as Galbūs, Golboos, and Golbūs) is a village in Kolah Boz-e Sharqi Rural District, in the Central District of Meyaneh County, East Azerbaijan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 388, in 79 families.

In American football and Canadian football, a lateral pass or lateral (officially backward pass in American football and onside pass in Canadian football) occurs when the ball carrier throws the football to a teammate in a direction parallel to or away from the opponents' goal line. A lateral pass is distinguished from a forward pass, in which the ball is thrown forward, towards the opposition's end zone. In a lateral pass the ball is not advanced, but unlike a forward pass a lateral may be attempted from anywhere on the field by any player to any player at any time.

While the forward pass is an invention of the North American games, the lateral and backward pass is also a part of rugby union and rugby league, where such passes are the norm. Compared to its use in rugby, laterals and backward passes are less common in North American football, due to a much greater focus on ball control in American football strategy; they are most commonly used by the quarterback, after taking the snap, to quickly transfer ("pitch") the ball a short distance to a nearby running back (or, rarely, wide receiver) on a rushing play. Laterals are also often seen as part of a last-minute desperation strategy or as part of a trick play. Examples of plays utilizing the lateral pass are the toss, flea flicker, hook and lateral, and buck-lateral.

Ghohrud , also Romanized as Ghohrud and Qohrūd and Ghohrood and Qahrū and Ghahru and Ghahrood and G also known as Kūhrūd) is a village in Ghohrud Rural District, Qamsar District, Kashan County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 657, in 246 families. Original name writing is Ghohrud correctly.

''' Laheycourt ''' is a commune in the Meuse department in Lorraine in north-eastern France.

Bremang is a town in Kumasi Metropolitan District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana near the regional capital Kumasi

Bremang is a town in the Ashanti Region of Ghana.

TGCC is a new "green infrastructure" for high computing performance, able to host petascale supercomputers.

This supercomputing center has been planned to welcome the first French Petascale machine Curie, funded by GENCI for the PRACE Research Infrastructure, and the next generation of the CCRT Computing Center.

Varennes-sur-Fouzon is a former commune in the Indre department in central France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Val-Fouzon.

Polylopha is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tortricidae.

In computing, iSCSI is an acronym for Internet Small Computer Systems Interface, an Internet Protocol (IP)-based storage networking standard for linking data storage facilities.

By carrying SCSI commands over IP networks, iSCSI is used to facilitate data transfers over intranets and to manage storage over long distances. iSCSI can be used to transmit data over local area networks (LANs), wide area networks (WANs), or the Internet and can enable location-independent data storage and retrieval.

The protocol allows clients (called initiators) to send SCSI commands ( CDBs) to SCSI storage devices (targets) on remote servers. It is a storage area network (SAN) protocol, allowing organizations to consolidate storage into data center storage arrays while providing hosts (such as database and web servers) with the illusion of locally attached disks.

Unlike traditional Fibre Channel, which usually requires dedicated cabling, iSCSI can be run over long distances using existing network infrastructure. iSCSI was pioneered by IBM and Cisco in 1998 and submitted as draft standard in March 2000.

Hard News: The Scandals at The New York Times and Their Meaning for American Media is a 2004 book by journalist Seth Mnookin about the reign of Howell Raines at The New York Times.

Mr. Mnookin's thesis is that The New York Times remains the newspaper at the center of America's self-knowledge, and understanding of the rest of the world, and that accordingly 2003, a year of scandals at that paper that forced the resignation of Mr. Raines as executive editor, did important damage.

The fracturing of news coverage, all the cable and satellite stations and weblogs, have done nothing to diminish the importance of this particular institution, Mr. Mnookin writes. To the contrary, "the number of media options is so overwhelming that there almost needs to be a default standard-bearer....Every morning, the Times front page comes closer than any other single source of information to determining what will count as major news for the next twenty-four hours."

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Puppetry is a form of theatre/performance that involves the manipulation of puppets– inanimate objects, often resembling some type of human or animal figure, that are animated or manipulated by a human called a puppeteer. The puppeteer uses movements of her hands, arms, or control devices such as rods or strings to move the body, head, limbs, and in some cases the mouth and eyes of the puppet. The puppeteer often speaks in the voice of the character of the puppet, and then synchronizes the movements of the puppet's mouth with this spoken part. The actions, gestures and spoken parts acted out by the puppets are typically used in storytelling. There are many different varieties of puppets, and they are made of a wide range of materials, depending on their form and intended use. They can be extremely complex or very simple in their construction.

The simplest puppets are finger puppets, which are tiny puppets that fit onto a single finger, and sock puppets, which are formed from a sock and operated by inserting one's hand inside the sock, with the opening and closing of the hand simulating the movement of the puppet's "mouth". A hand puppet is controlled by one hand which occupies the interior of the puppet and moves the puppet around ( Punch and Judy puppets are familiar examples of hand puppets). A "live-hand puppet" is similar to a hand puppet but is larger and requires two puppeteer for each puppet. Marionettes are suspended and controlled by a number of strings, plus sometimes a central rod attached to a control bar held from above by the puppeteer. Puppetry is a very ancient form of theatre which was first recorded in the 5th century BC in Ancient Greece. Some forms of puppetry may have originated as long ago as 3000 years BC. Puppetry takes many forms, but they all share the process of animating inanimate performing objects to tell a story. Puppetry is used in almost all human societies both as entertainment – in performance – and ceremonially in rituals and celebrations such as carnivals.

Tcl (originally from Tool Command Language, but conventionally spelled "Tcl" rather than "TCL"; pronounced as "tickle" or "tee-see-ell") is a scripting language created by John Ousterhout. Originally "born out of frustration", according to the author, with programmers devising their own languages intended to be embedded into applications, Tcl gained acceptance on its own. It is commonly used for rapid prototyping, scripted applications, GUIs and testing. Tcl is used on embedded systems platforms, both in its full form and in several other small-footprint versions.

The combination of Tcl and the Tk GUI toolkit is referred to as Tcl/Tk.

TCL is a small (~21 kDa) signaling G protein (more specifically a GTPase), and is a member of the Rho family of GTPases.,.

TCL (TC10-like) shares 85% and 78% amino acid similarity to TC10 and Cdc42, respectively. TCL mRNA is 2.5 kb long and is mainly expressed in heart. In vitro, TCL shows rapid GDP/GTP exchange and displays higher GTP dissociation and hydrolysis rates than TC10. Like other Rac/Cdc42/RhoUV members, GTP-bound TCL interacts with CRIB domains, such as those found in PAK and WASP. TCL produces large and dynamic F-actin-rich ruffles on the dorsal cell membrane in REF-52 fibroblasts. TCL activity is blocked by dominant negative Rac1 and Cdc42 mutants, suggesting a cross-talk between these three Rho GTPases.

TCL is unrelated to TCL1A, a proto-oncogene implicated in the development of T-Cell Leukemias.