Archive for February, 2008



Euthymia is a word used for indicating a normal non-depressed, reasonably positive mood. It is distinguished from euphoria, which refers to an extreme of happiness, and dysthymia, which refers to a depressed mood.

The term is also sometimes used referring to the neutral mood (absence of a depressive or manic cycle) that some people with bipolar […]

The twenty pence coin, which features the horse (an Irish hunter) that was on the half-crown coin that was produced for the Irish Free State in 1928, was introduced on October 30 1986. This is first Irish decimal coin that was of a different size to the corresponding decimal British coinage which had until this […]

Coins are made from one or more coinage metals.

Many coinage metals are from Group 11 of the Periodic table, but not all of them. Precious metals are used in bullion coins and some collectable coins.

External links

List of metals and their alloys which have been used in coins

I need an appraisal on a coin, I […]

The name Phalanges is commonly given to the bones that form fingers and toes. In primates such as humans and monkeys, the thumb and big toe have two phalanges, while the other fingers and toes consist of three. Phalanges are classified as long bones.

The phalanx do not really have individual names but are named after […]

Discipline (BDSM) || caused by

Discipline is the use of rules and punishment to control overt behavior in BDSM.

Punishment can be pain caused physically (such as caning), humiliation caused psychologically (such as a public flagellation) or loss of freedom caused physically (such as chaining the controlee to the foot of a bed, for some misbehavior). Note the issue of […]

Andorran euro coins have not yet been designed.

Monaco, San Marino, and the Vatican City State are the only non-European Union member states to issue their own euro coins (which are minted by France and Italy). These three countries obtained the right to do this because they had had monetary agreements with France and Italy on […]

Quarter dollar may refer to ¼ unit of currencies that are named dollar. Normally 1 dollar is divided into 100 cents, making quarter dollar equal to 25 cents. But most of the time, coins or banknotes of that amount are denominated in one of the two expressions.

See also

Quarter (Canadian coin)

Quarter (United States coin)

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Dead wood || brockage refers to

In forestry Coarse woody debris is an important part of the ecosystem

In gardening dead wood refers to dead branches, sometimes previous years growths, which can often be removed.

In organizations dead wood refers to non-contributing members, usually of longer standing, by analogy with plants.

In comedy terms, dead wood means a […]

Retention of Vision is a conjuring term referring to the perceived image of an object during a vanish (usually associated with vanishing coins). In a Retention of Vision vanish the spectator sees a coin placed on a palm and as the fingers are closed around the coin it is secretly removed, but, due to the […]

Ian McCallum || fingers to

Ian McCallum (born September 1965 in Kenton, Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) is a Los Angeles based English Guitarist. He started writing and touring in the early 1980’s. He plays guitar for Stiff Little Fingers, and is also a recording artist in his own right.

He is a fan of Lindisfarne, and in fact played guitar for […]

Neugroschen || Coin

The neugroschen is a coin that was introduced in 1841 in Saxony. It was equivalent to the Prussian silbergroschen but was divided into 10 pfennig, not 12 as in Prussia.

See
also

Grosch

Silbergroschen

Groschen

British Coin Collecting, and all collecting accessories. - Specialist in the sale and purchase of British coins and most other world coins. I also have […]

Rich Karlgaard is publisher of Forbes magazine since July 1, 1998. Before that, he was editor of Forbes ASAP.

A native of Bismarck, North Dakota, he graduated from Stanford University, with a B.A. in Political Science.

He attended Stanford after transferring from Bismarck State College, where he had earned a track and field scholarship.

Karlgaard was a co-founder […]

The half-crown coin was a pre-decimal coin worth 1/8 of an Irish pound. The coin featured the Irish hunter, a breed of horse; the original minting of the coin from 1928 until 1943 contained 75% silver, a higher content than the equivalent British coin. It is believed that this was done so that the new […]

NSR || normal image

NSR can refer to several different things:

Normal Sinus Rhythm, the normal regular rhythm of the heart

Naval Service Reserve

Nova Scotia Railway

Airbus NSR

Northampton Steam Railway - former name of Northampton & Lamport Railway

North Staffordshire Railway

National student rodeo

The National Schools Regatta

Norwegian Sami Association (Norgga Sámiid Riikasearvi (NSR))

Semuncia || Coin

The semuncia (Latin half-ounce) was an ancient Roman bronze coin valued at one-twenty-fourth of an as produced during the Roman Republic. It was made during the beginning of Roman cast bronze coinage as the lowest valued denomination. The most common obverse types were a bust of Mercury or an acorn (occasionally marked with Σ), and […]

Informational cascade is a situation in which every subsequent actor, based on the observations of others, makes the same choice independent of his/her private signal. In an informational cascade, everyone is individually acting rationally. Still, even if all participants as a collective have overwhelming information in favor of the correct action, each and every […]

This article is about the Time Requiem album. See optical illusion for information about visually perceived images.

Optical Illusion is the title of the third studio album by the Swedish neoclassical band Time Requiem. Richard Andersson started writing for this album in September 2005. Notably, this is Göran Edman’s first album with Time Requiem.

Track listing

Sin […]

The florin coin (more commonly known as the two-shilling coin) was a pre-decimal coin and worth 1/10 of an Irish pound. The coin featured the salmon and the original minting of the coin from 1928 until 1943 contained 75% silver, a higher content than the equivalent British coin. It is believed that this was done […]

Service-orientation is a design paradigm that specifies the creation of automation logic in the form of services. It is applied as a strategic goal in developing a service-oriented architecture (SOA). Like other design paradigms, service-orientation provides a means of achieving a separation of concerns.

History of Service-Orientation Principles and Tenets
Service-orientation has been defined differently by different […]

X-amounts || large amounts of

x-amounts is the second release and first full-length album from Canadian indie rock band controller.controller. It was released on October 11, 2005 in Canada by Paper Bag Records and in the United States on March 7, 2006.

Track listing
All songs written by controller.controller.

“Tigers not Daughters” – 3:16

“PF” – 3:23

“Poison/Safe” – 4:43

“Rooms” – 4:04

“Future Turtles” – 1:36

“Straight […]

Merry Rainbow || Coin

Merry Rainbow is a popular coin-throwing game in penny arcades and video arcades in Hong Kong. Usually a token coin is thrown instead of an actual piece of currency, and the thrower can win a prize if he/she is able to make the coin fall onto the designated areas of rainbow-shaped color plates.

Coin Price Catalogs […]

The West Side (An Taobh Siar in Scottish Gaelic) is the name used for the townships which lie on the Isle of Lewis between Dell in Ness and Shawbost in the south.

One road, the A858 serves nearly all of the communities, which are predominantly Gaelic-speaking.

The villages on the West Side are as follows: (From […]

A bullion coin is a coin struck from precious metal and kept as a store of value or an investment, rather than used in day-to-day commerce. Examples include Krugerrands, British sovereigns, the American Eagle series and the Canadian Maple Leaf series.

See also

Gold coin

Silver coin

Platinum coin

Palladium coin

Probability Problems File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - View as […]

Trick box || trick

A trick box or fun box is a feature common to many skateparks. It is a raised feature designed to allow a skateboarder to ollie up onto one of its edges and rail grind off the far end of it. In its simplest form, it is a small concrete slab sitting between 12 and 18 […]

This list of newspapers in London is divided into papers sold throughout the region and local publications. It is further divided into paid for and free titles.

Many national newspapers are based in London.

Regional

Paid for

The Evening Standard (Daily Mail and General Trust)

Free

Metro (Daily Mail and General Trust) - Morning

thelondonpaper (News International) - Evening

London Lite (Associated Newspapers) […]