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Acupuncture | Acupressure
The intent of acupuncture therapy is to promote health and alleviate pain and suffering. The method by which this is accomplished, though it may seem strange and mysterious to many, has been time tested over thousands of years and continues to be validated today.
Alphorn | Alpenhorn
The Alphorn, a wind instrument, consisting of a natural wooden horn of conical bore, having a cup-shaped mouthpiece, used by mountain dwellers in Switzerland and elsewhere. The Swiss alpenhorn varies in shape according to the locality, being curved near the bell in the Bernese Oberland. Michael Praetorius mentions the alpenhorn under the name of holzerni trummet in Syntagma Musicum.
Astronomy | Astrophysics
Astronomy is one of the oldest sciences, with a scientific methodology existing at the time of Ancient Greece and advanced observation techniques possibly much earlier (see archaeoastronomy). Historically, amateurs have contributed to many important astronomical discoveries, and astronomy is one of the few sciences where amateurs can still play an active role, especially in the discovery and observation of transient phenomena.
Aurora Borealis | Aurora Australis
An aurora is an optical phenomenon characterised by colourful displays of light in the night sky, caused by the interaction of charged particles from the solar wind with the upper atmosphere of a planet. The most powerful aurorae tend to occur after coronal mass ejections. On Earth, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, aurorae are caused by the interaction of solar wind particles with the planet's magnetic field, and are therefore most prominent in higher latitudes near the magnetic poles.
Bamboo | Bambus
Bamboos are a group of woody perennial evergreen plants in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae. Some of its members are giants, forming by far the largest members of the grass family.
The bark of bamboo has been used to make paper in China since early times. A high quality hand-made paper is still produced in small quantities. Coarse bamboo paper is still used to make spirit money in many Chinese communities.
Blackjack | Twenty-One
Blackjack, also known as twenty-one and pontoon in British English, is one of the most popular casino card games in the world. Much of blackjack's popularity is due to the mix of chance with elements of skill and decision making, and the publicity that surrounds the practice of card counting, a skill with which players can turn the odds of the game in their favor by making betting decisions based on the values of the cards known to remain in the deck.
Cannabis | Hemp
Cannabis is a genus of flowering plant that includes one or more species. It is also known as hemp, although this term usually refers to Cannabis cultivated for non-drug use. As a drug it usually comes in the form of dried flowers (marijuana), resin (hashish), or various extracts collectively referred to as hash oil.
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel | Stonehills
Most people are first attracted to the Cavalier by its sweet, gentle face and constantly wagging tail. They can fit into the bustling lifestyle of a young family yet they can be just as happy brightening up the lives of those who might otherwise be lonely in their retirement. The Cavalier is a little dog that thinks it´s a big dog.
Cellulitis | Tissue Inflammation
Cellulitis is an inflammation of the connective tissue underlying the skin, that can be caused by a bacterial infection. Cellulitis can be caused by normal skin flora or by exogenous bacteria, and often occurs where the skin has previously been broken: cracks in the skin, cuts, burns, insect bites, surgical wounds, or sites of intravenous catheter insertion. The mainstay of therapy remains treatment with appropriate antibiotics. It is unrelated to "cellulite," a cosmetic condition featuring dimpling of the skin.
Cocktails | Mixed Drinks
The earliest known printed use of the word cocktail was in the May 13, 1806 edition of the Balance and Columbian Repository, where the paper provided the following answer to what a cocktail was: Cocktail is a stimulating liquor composed of spirits of any kind, sugar, water, and bitters, it is vulgarly called a bittered sling and is supposed to be an excellent electioneering potion, inasmuch as it renders the heart stout and bold, at the same time that it fuddles the head.
Didgeridoo | Didjeridu | Yidaki
There are no reliable sources stating the didgeridoo's exact age, though it is commonly claimed to be the world's oldest wind instrument. Archaeological studies of rock art in northern Australia suggests that the Aboriginal people of the Kakadu region of the Northern Territory have been using the didgeridoo since about 1500 years ago, based on dating of paintings on cave walls and shelters from this period.
Earthquakes | Seismology
Seismology is the scientific study of earthquakes and the movement of waves through the Earth. The field also includes studies of variants such as seaquakes, causes such as volcanoes and tectonic plates. Earthquakes (and other earth movements) produce different types of seismic waves. These waves travel through rock, and provide an effective way to see events and structures deep in the Earth. One of the earliest important discoveries was that the outer core of the Earth is liquid. Pressure waves pass through the core. Transverse or shear waves that shake side-to-side require rigid material so they do not pass through the core.
Forex | Foreign Currency Exchange
Trading on the international FX market is a risky but yet very profitable investment (at least for some people). Some of the participants in this market are simply seeking to exchange a foreign currency for their own, like multinational corporations which must pay wages and other expenses in different nations than they sell products in. However, a large part of the market is made up of currency traders, who speculate on movements in exchange rates, much like others would speculate on movements of stock prices. Currency traders try to take advantage of even small fluctuations in exchange rates. Sometimes they are able to profit from arbitrage.
Genealogy | Ancestry
Genealogy the study and tracing of family pedigrees. This involves collecting the names of relatives, both living and deceased, and establishing the relationships between them based on primary, secondary and/or circumstantial evidence or documentation, thus building up a cohesive family tree. One way to find the family lineage is with the use of the genealogical method. It a well-established ethnographic technique. The early ethnographers developed symbols that covered the issue of kinship, descent, and marriage.
Guatemala | Central America
Guatemala is a country of contrast, excitement and adventure, where you will have endless fun sorrunded by the millenary Maya Spirit. We invite you to visit our Protected Areas, the most relevant archaeological sites of the Mayan Civilization, the colonial city of La Antigua Guatemala, a classic and modern Historic Center, and Lake Atitlan. Visit our unique natural and cultural environment, enjoy our delicious local dishes and participate in our mystical religious and cultural traditions.
Holidays | Holydays
The word holiday has related but different meanings in English-speaking countries. Based on the English words holy and day, holidays originally represented special days of the Christian Church calendar. The word has evolved in general usage to mean any special day. In Canada and the United States, a holiday is a day set aside by a nation or culture typically for celebration but sometimes for some other kind of special culture-wide (or national) observation or activity.
Isotopes | Atomic Masses
Isotopes are forms of an element whose nuclei have the same atomic number–-the number of protons in the nucleus--but different atomic masses because they contain different numbers of neutrons. The word isotope, meaning at the same place, comes from the fact that all isotopes of an element are located at the same place on the periodic table.
Jamaica | Greater Antilles
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, 240 kilometers in length and as much as 80 kilometers in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. It is 630 kilometers from the Central American mainland, 150 kilometers from Cuba on the north, and 180 kilometers from the island of Hispaniola, on which Haiti and the Dominican Republic are situated, on the east. Its indigenous Arawakan-speaking Taíno inhabitants named the island Xaymaca, meaning either the land of springs, or the Land of wood and water.
Mezcal | Tequila
Mezcal is a Mexican distilled spirit made from the agave plant. There are many different types of agaves, and each produces a slightly different mezcal. Agave is part of the Agavaceae family, also called maguey. While Tequila is a mezcal made only from the blue agave plant in the region around Tequila, Jalisco, spirits labeled Mezcal are made from other agave plants and are not part of the Tequila family. Mezcal is made from the heart of the agave plant.
Paragliding | Parapenting
Modern paragliders began as rectangular skydiving parachutes flown from hills. They have evolved dramatically in the last twenty years to be extremely high tech aircraft in both design and materials. Paragliders are optimized for glide performance, turning behavior, and safety. Since they are not opened from freefall at terminal velocity, but rather are launched from a hillside or by towing from flat ground, they do not have to be as strong as skydiving parachutes. They are lighter and larger, giving them much better performance gliding and climbing in thermals.
Penicillin | Penicillium Chrysogenum
The antibacterial effect of penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1929. He noted that a fungal colony had grown as a contaminant on an agar plate streaked with the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus, and that the bacterial colonies around the fungus were transparent, because their cells were lysing. Fleming had devoted much of his career to finding methods for treating wound infections, and immediately recognised the importance of a fungal metabolite that might be used to control bacteria.
Sphinx | The great Sphinx of Giza
The Egyptian sphinx is an ancient iconic mythical creature usually comprised of a recumbent lion, an animal with sacred solar associations, with a human head, usually that of a pharaoh. The largest and most famous is the Great Sphinx of Giza , sited on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile River, facing due east, with a small temple between its paws. The face of the Great Sphinx is believed to be the head of the pharaoh Khafra (Chephren), which would date its construction to the Fourth Dynasty.
Swiss Cheese | Emmentaler
The quintessential image of Swiss cheese, Emmental, with its huge marble-sized holes, is now an instantly familiar cheese around the world. First made in the Emme valley near Bern, it has since been adopted by many countries. Embedded in most people's minds as the source of all the mayhem in cartoons such as Tom and Jerry, it has been known to generations of children as "mouse cheese".
Swooping | Canopy Piloting
Canopy Piloting, also known as "Swooping", is a growing activity in the skydiving world. Many think the reason for this is that it is one of the few skydiving related events that are spectator friendly. Canopy Piloting entails the canopy pilot deploy their canopy at 5000 ft, piloting their canopy to an "execution" point over the swoop course, then turn, from 270 to 180 degrees or more, into a rotating dive dramatically increasing the canopy's speed. The canopy pilot stops the canopy's rotation on the proper course heading, while at the correct altitude allowing their body to pendulum back beneath and level with the canopy before entering the course, all while going at speeds approaching 50 mph.
Traffic Exchanges | Hit Exchanges
Traffic exchange is a popular concept on the Internet, referring to the exchange of web traffic on the World Wide Web. Usually, a central exchange site receives submissions from website operators. They sign up for traffic exchange networks. These people then browse other member sites on the exchange program to earn credits, which enable their sites to be viewed by other members. This increases the number of visitors to all the sites involved, but does so in a way that seems to have little benefit for the participants.
Ukulele | Uke
The Hawaiian exhibit was touted as one of the most popular at the exposition and the music was a tremendous success, launching the interest in Hawaiian music in the United States that lasted through World War 11. Hawaiian records were so popular in 1916, that they outsold all other forms of music on the mainland. The Roaring Twenties brought such a demand for the ukulele that manufacturers couldn't keep up. Because it was inexpensive, small and easier to play than its other stringed counter-parts, it became very popular with people who wanted to play the music and songs of the day, but didn't want to spend the time it takes to learn to play other stringed instruments.
Wakeboarding | Wakesurfing
Wakeboarding is a relatively new boardsport, it was created from a combination of water skiing, snow boarding and surfing techniques. Before we called it wakeboarding, it was first called skurfing. As in water skiing, the rider is towed behind a boat, or a cable skiing setup, but typically at slower speeds. Instead of using skis, the rider wears a single board with stationary non-release bindings for each foot, standing sideways as on a snowboard or skateboard.
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