Refimprove date December 2008 Infobox Anatomy Name Aqueoushumour Latin humor aquosus GraySubject GrayPage Image Schematic diagram of the human eye en.svg Caption Schematic diagram of the human eye. Image2 Caption2 Precursor System Artery Vein Nerve Lymph MeshName MeshNumber The aqueoushumour is a clear, gelatinous fluid similar to plasma, but containing low protein concentrations. It is secreted ... and drainage Aqueoushumour is secreted into the posterior chamber by the ciliary body , specifically ... Aqueoushumour is continually produced by the ciliary processes and this rate of production must be balanced by an equal rate of aqueoushumour drainage. Small variations in the production or outflow of aqueoushumour will have a large influence on the intraocular pressure. The drainage route for aqueoushumour flow is first through the posterior chamber , then the narrow space between the posterior ... chamber . From there, the aqueoushumour exits the eye through the trabecular meshwork into Schlemm ... pressure within the eye either through increased production or decreased outflow of aqueoushumour ... Glaucoma Medications Bot generated title ref Increased resistance to outflow of aqueoushumour may ... fr Humeur aqueuse hr O na vodica it Umor acqueo kk nl Kamervocht ja no Aqueoushumour ... anatomy lens and the cornea . It is not to be confused with vitreous humour , which is contained within ... s canal by one of two ways directly, via aqueous vein to the episclera l vein, or indirectly ... chamber before travelling between the lens and iris into the anterior chamber of the eye as aqueoushumour. Diamond Bossert model Active transport occurring in the nonpigmented cilary epithelial cells ... 25 30 collector canals into the episcleral veins. The greatest resistance to aqueous flow is provided by the trabecular meshwork, and this is where most of the aqueous outflow occurs. The internal ... of the intraocular pressure, the aqueous flows through here, but to a lesser extent than through ... more details
Aqueous Cream BP is a light, paraffin based emulsion which is officially registered in the British Pharmacopoeia and categorised by the British National Formulary as a non proprietary emollient preparation . ref citation url http www.bnf.org bnf search.htm?n 6&q 22aqueous cream 2C BP 22 title BNF index ref It is used as a topical, external medicine, emollient moisturiser and general purpose substitute for toiletries such as soap, shower gel, shaving cream and lip salve. File Aqueous cream B.P..JPG thumb Aqueous cream B.P Ingredients The common ingredients are liquid paraffin white soft paraffin purified water emulsifying wax containing sodium lauryl sulphate cetostearyl alcohol chlorocresol Indications It is commonly prescribed in the United Kingdom for conditions such as eczema , aquagenic pruritus or atopic dermatitis ref citation url http www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk articles article.aspx?articleId 612 title Emollients publisher NHS Direct ref . Whilst undergoing radiotherapy , patients are advised to use aqueous cream as part of a skin care regime to remedy the erythema which is caused by such treatment. Contraindications British researchers found evidence that using the cream to moisturise areas affected by eczema may actually aggravate the condition. ref http www.bbc.co.uk news health 11564662 BBC News Aqueous cream aggravates eczema Oct 2010 ref This is thought to be due to skin thinning effects of sodium laurylsulphate . The National Eczema Society recommends alternatives such as white soft paraffin or other types of emollient without such a high sodium laurel sulphate content. Some sources indicate that it is not always suitable for use as an emollient, because the preservatives such as phenoxyethanol used to prolong the cream s shelf life may cause an adverse reaction. ref citation url http www.eczema.org aqueous.htm publisher National Eczema Society ref Some creams ... DEFAULTSORT Aqueous Cream Category Skin care ... more details
wiktionarypar humour humor Humour is the tendency of things to provoke laughter and provide amusement. Humor and Humour may also refer to Humors or fluids of humorism , ancient Greek and Roman theories on the makeup and workings of the human body Aqueoushumour , watery fluid in the eye between the lens and the cornea Vitreous humour , gel like fluid in the eye between the lens and the retina Humor Monastery , a monastery in the Suceava county of Romania Humor, Suceava , a small town in the Suceava county of Romania Humor journal , a journal in humor research Disambig es Humor desambiguaci n pl Humor de Humor Begriffskl rung ... more details
Citations missing date October 2009 Russian humour gains much of its wit from the inflection of the Russian language , allowing for plays on words and unexpected associations. As with any other culture s humour, its vast scope ranges from lewd jokes and wordplay to political satire. Jokes main Russian jokes Russian political jokes The most popular form of Russian humour consists of joke s anekdoty , which are short stories with a punch line . Typical of Russian joke culture is a series of categories with fixed and highly familiar settings and characters. Surprising effects are achieved by an endless variety of plots and plays on words. Toasts Drinking toast honor toasts can take the form of anecdotes or not so short stories, concluded with So here s to... with a witty punchline referring to the initial story. Chastushka main Chastushka A specific form of humour is chastushka s, songs composed of four line rhymes, usually of lewd, humoristic, or satiric content. Black humour Apart from jokes, Russian humour is expressed in word play and short poems including nonsense and Black comedy black humour verses, similar to some of the macabre nursery rhymes of Edward Lear . Often they have recurring characters such as little boy , Vova , a girl , Masha . Most rhymes involve death or a painful experience either for the protagonists or other people. This type of joke is especially popular with children. width 100 width 50 A little boy found a machine gun Now the village population is none. width 50 . width 100 width 50 A boy played in the sandbox with no one to mind him, When quietly a mixing truck pulled up behind ..., . See also KVN most popular humour show in Russia Yeralash Fitil Humorina Comedy Club Russia Nasha Russia British humour German humour External links http ... Category Russian comedy and humour Category Ethnic humor fr Humour russe he fi Ven l inen ... more details
Caustic humour is a type of humour which relies on wit ty insult s. As is implied by the name which literally means humour which is designed to Burn injury burn or to corrode , it involves the clever use of language to convey biting, insulting, or sometimes even cruel remarks. This kind of humour is often attributed to such comedians as Lenny Bruce , Richard Pryor , Don Rickles , George Carlin , Bill Hicks , Bea Arthur , and Andrew Dice Clay . Examples The liberals can understand everything but people who don t understand them. ref http www.brainyquote.com quotes authors l lenny bruce.html Lenny Bruce Quotes Bot generated title ref Lenny Bruce When you jerk off, you re saying Hey, I care about me. Andrew Dice Clay Let me ask you a question... the first time you fucked her, was she any good? Yeah? Now let me ask you another question how do you think she got that way? Andrew Dice Clay References references Category Humour comedy stub ... more details
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Unreferenced date June 2011 Argentine culture Argentine humour is exemplified by a number of humorous television programmes, film productions, comic strips and other types of media. Everyday humour includes jokes related to recurrent themes, such as jokes at the expense of Galicians the inhabitants of Galicia Spain Galicia , Spain called chistes de gallegos where they are commonly portrayed as simpletons , often obscene sex related jokes chistes verdes , literally green jokes , a term equivalent to the English language blue humour , jokes about the English, the Americans, blonde women supposedly clueless , dark humour called humor negro , word and pronunciation games, jokes about Argentines themselves , etc. Television shows File Pol micaenelBar 1973 2 .jpg thumb 190px left Pol mica en el Bar 1973 , where friends gathered to discuss the week s football and usually more. There are and have been many humorous Argentine television shows, of many genres and themes. Many artists focus on political humour . Shows include Cha Cha Cha TV show Cha Cha Cha , Todo por dos pesos , Caiga Quien Caiga commonly referred to as CQC , El Show de Videomatch , etc. Notable television comedians include Juan Verdaguer , Tato Bores , Alberto Olmedo , Jorge Porcel , Antonio Gasalla , Jorge Guinzburg , Alfredo Casero , Juan Carlos Mareco , Gianni Lunadei , Guillermo Francella , and most recently, Diego Capusotto . Many of these and others have also appeared in numerous comedy roles in Argentine cinema , notably Olmedo, Porcel, Francella, Nin Marshall , Luis Sandrini , and Javier Portales . Comic strips ... best known Argentine comic strips and comic book series. Its humour is related ... humourHumour can be found in the works of some of Argentina s best known writers. For example, Jorge Luis Borges was known for his dry, sometimes dark, humour. He begins his story The Dread Redeemer ... Argentina topics Category Argentine comedy and humour ... more details
Islamic humour is the long tradition of humour in Islam , dating as far back as the Prophet Muhammad . Islamic restrictions on humour In accordance with Islam, Muslim s generally abide by some basic rules on making jokes, such as humour being within the limits of Islamic tolerance, and not going beyond the bounds of truth. Muslim comedians There are many Muslim comedians around the world who use comedy as a tool to educate people about their religion. In the USA there is Baba Ali , Omar Regan and the Allah Made Me Funny comedy tour featuring Azhar Usman , Preacher Moss and Mohammed Amer in the UK there is Shazia Mirza and Shaista Aziz in South Africa there is http www.riaadmoosa.co.za Riaad Moosa and in Norway , the controversial Shabana Rehman . ref http windsofchange.net archives cat features sufi wisdom.php Winds of Change.NET FEATURES Sufi Wisdom Archives Bot generated title ref Mullah Nasruddin Jokes about the Mullah Nasruddin are told throughout the muslim world and beyond. On the surface they are short humorous tales. They are told and retold endlessly in the teahouses and caravanserais of Asia and can be heard in homes and on the radio. But it is inherent in a Nasruddin story that it may be understood on many levels. There is the joke, but there is also the structure of the tale that functions as an analogy or metaphor for some aspect of human nature or learning. blockquote One day, Mullah Nasruddin decided to go fishing. He called upon his good friend Rabbi Moishe, got their poles and bait together, rented a small rowboat at the local harbor, and off to sea they went. After an amazing afternoon of fishing, the two men had caught thirty fish. An elated Mullah Nasruddin ... mutmainaa quiz islamic humour.html A collection of Islamic humour from various sources http www.themodernreligion.com ... Use of Humour , outlining the jokes dual function as humour and teaching stories . The Exploits of the Incomparable ... and Errol Le Cain Khalid Qishtayni 1985 Arab Political Humour DEFAULTSORT Islamic Humour Category ... more details
, an inverted urinal signed R. Mutt . We can speak of surreal humour when logic illogic and absurdity ... precursors and early examples of surreal humour at least since the 19th century, such as Lewis Carroll ... and e. e. cummings . Surreal humour is also found frequently in avant garde theatre such as the droll ... 1904 1979 has been the first surrealist humour writer. ref Donald Barthelme 1982 interview in Partisan ... relied on this technique in their work. Surrealist humour has played an important role in popular culture, especially since The Goon Show and The Firesign Theater . In the 1960s, surreal humour was combined ... humour maintains a healthy presence on TV in Britain, spearheaded by the absurdly anarchic deconstructions ... a running joke often splicing several jokes together throughout a two hour show. Surrealist humour ... of California Press 1992 ISBN 0 520 07896 9 ref As with Satire , the humour is intended as an attack ... A Theoretical Synthesis of Incongruity Resolution and Arousal Theories of Humour , and wrote that jokes ... Thing, Humour , Pergamon Press, 1977, pp. 37 40 ref The joke is incompletely resolved in their opinion ... of Illinois Press, 2003. pp. 20 21 ref Oring defined humour as not the resolution of incongruity ... ref References Reflist Comedy footer Category Surrealism Humor Category Comedy genres Category Humour ... more details
Shock humour is a style of comedy intended to shock the audience. This can be achieved through excessively foul toilet humour , mocking of serious themes a.k.a. black comedy , or through tactlessness in the aftermath of a crisis. In radio, shock jock s use this brand of humour. In conservative communities, such risque broadcasting can cause controversy, such as Jim Quinn and Don Jefferson s Stupid Human Tricks segment of their late 80s WBZZ FM show. ref cite journal url http news.google.co.uk newspapers?id QFENAAAAIBAJ&sjid 5G0DAAAAIBAJ&dq shock humor&pg 1710 2C5510817 journal Pittsburgh Post Gazette date 20 Feb 1988 author Ron Weiskind title Radio Humor How Shocking Will It Get? ref Examples of shock humour include the coarseness of Andrew Dice Clay , ref cite book title Comedy writing secrets author Helitzer, Melvin publisher Writer s Digest Books year 1992 page 67 ref the television shows Family Guy ref cite web url http www.houmatoday.com article 20090927 ENTERTAINMENT 909249865 1030 OPINION02?Title 8216 Family Guy 8217 sidekick scores his own cartoon show title Family Guy sidekick scores his own cartoon show work houmatoday.com author Moore, Frazier date September 27, 2009 ref and Da Ali G Show . ref cite web url http www.nypost.com p entertainment movies numero bruno LiQXfEoarRRhCbUnxQjMgP title Baron Cohen s Borat Follow Up is Wunderbar work New York Post author Lumenick, Lou date July 7, 2009 ref See also Shock value Low culture References reflist Comedy footer Category Comedy genres ... more details
Multiple issues refimprove July 2009 cleanup December 2010 disputed December 2010 Latvian humour often includes jokes from different places around the world Citation needed date December 2010 . Latvian humour music is full of great artists and comedians. Some of best examples are Bal de par gulbi by P rkons band , many songs by Labv l gais Tips led by Andris Freidenfelds also known as Fredis , songs by Kaspars Upaciers also known as UFO , Bet Bet managed by Zigfr ds Muktup vels and many more comedic music groups. A good example of a band in this genre is Br i Laivinieki Boatman brothers that played before 1940. They sang mainly about everyday life, love, the rich and the poor, etc. using humorous puns. Latvians find it more funny to play around with words, twist one s words and turn them into an inside or dirty joke on the fly before one finishes speaking, still preserving neutrality double entendre . Examples A Latvian goes to the doctor, and says I m going to work in Estonia and I really want to fit in. Could you remove 25 of my brain? The doctor says Fine, we can do that. Just let me schedule you in. A week or so later the Latvian goes in for the operation. However after the procedure the doctor comes to see him and says Look, I m really sorry but we got things mixed up and instead of removing 25 of your brain, that s all we left you with. The Latvian seems happy about this and responds Lithuanian language Gerai, gerai Great, fine in Lithuanian References reflist 2 Category Latvian comedy and humour latvia stub ... more details
multiple issues examplefarm September 2010 essay like July 2009 British humour is a somewhat general ... britishhumour.htm British Culture, British Customs and British Traditions British Humour Learnenglish.de ... humour include Monty Python , Benny Hill , and Keeping Up Appearances to name a few that have become quite popular outside the United Kingdom. At times, however, such humour can seem puzzling to non ... November 2011 Many UK British sitcom comedy TV shows typical of British humour have been internationally ... audience. A strong theme of sarcasm and self deprecation runs throughout British Humour. ref http www.telegraph.co.uk news uknews 1581251 British humour dictated by genetics.html British humour dictated by genetics By Andy Bloxham , Daily Telegraph, 10 Mar 2008. Accessed August 2011 ref Emotion is often buried under humour in a way that seems insensitive to other cultures. ref http ... The Funny Side of the United Kingdom Analysing British Humour with Special Regard to John Cleese and His ... Themes Some themes with examples that underpinned late twentieth century British humour were ref name ... Black Humour in British Advertisement By Claudia Felsch, Publisher GRIN Verlag, 2007 ISBN 3638796752. Accessed August 2011 ref Smut and innuendo Innuendo in British humour can be followed through history ... era, Burlesque theatre rose in this time, and combines sexuality and humour in its acts. Literature ... based on a sexual innuendo. This sort of humour was common in music halls and the comedy music ... Hill . The Nudge Nudge sketch by Monty Python even mocks this sort of sexual humour. As time progressed, more subtlety in sexual humour became fashionable again, as in Not the Nine O Clock News ... humour , in which topics and events that are usually treated seriously are treated in a humorous or satirical ... 1990s, falling from grace. Bottom TV series Bottom 1991 1995 noted for its chaotic humour and highly ... plot turns and surrealism. Humour inherent in everyday life The humour, not necessarily apparent to the participants ... more details
Multiple issues unreferenced December 2009 primary sources October 2008 notability October 2008 Grim Humour was a UK based fanzine underground magazine edited and published by Richard Johnson Fourth Dimension Records , Splintered band , Lumberton Trading Company , Theme band , etc. between 1983 and 1993. It spanned 18 editions during this period and sometimes included flexidiscs , compilations a Compact Cassette cassette and an LP album LP , respectively or split 7 records which themselves featured artists as diverse as Ausgang, Portion Control, Bushido, Shockheaded Peters, Hotalacio, Rake, Cindytalk and Richard Johnson s own band, Splintered band . The magazine itself covered underground music, films, art and literature reviews and featured Wire, The Fall, Killing Joke, Crass, Coil , Henry Rollins, Lydia Lunch , Front Line Assembly, Big Black, Swans band Swans , The Virgin Prunes, The Cure , Sonic Youth, Whitehouse band Whitehouse , The Butthole Surfers and more besides. Following a gap of several years, it then transmogrified into another publication, Adverse Effect, which lasted for four printed editions between 2000 and 2005 and then became an online magazine which still exists and also houses Johnson s Fourth Dimension Records imprint. At the moment, Johnson is also compiling a book devoted to some of the best features from Grim Humour. It is hoped it will be ready to publish in 2010. Category Fanzines ... more details
at the Th tre Saint Denis Saint Denis Theatre Canadian humour is an integral part of the Canadian culture Canadian Identity . There are several traditions in Canadian humour in both Canadian English .... Examples include La famille Plouffe , with its mix of drama, humour, politics and religion and sitcoms ... is arguably the primary characteristic of Canadian humour, evident in each of these threads, and uniting various genres and regional cultural differences. As is prevalent in other countries, humour at the expense ... nationale de l humour in Montreal offer post secondary programmes in comedy writing and performance .... Literature see also Literature of Canada From the first major work of Canadian humour, Thomas McCulloch ..., has influenced American humour as much as Canadian. ref name Scobie Scobie, Stephen http www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com ... Encyclopedia. Retrieved on March 24, 2008. ref Folk humour and satire were responses to the domination ... Medal for Humour , is named in his memory. ref name Scobie The award is presented to the year s best ... tradition of folk songs and folktales which were the common coin of humour in the 19th century. Only ... New Brunswick La Sagouine, 1974, and P lagie la Charette, 1979 , rely extensively on folk humour and popular culture. Other Quebec writers noted for their humour include Roger Lemelin , G rard Bessette ... is one of many Canadian writers of serious literature who were also renowned for humour in their work ... who have also been acknowledged for using humour and wit in their writing. Many other writers of Canadian humour have been published as newspaper or magazine commentators, including Gary Lautens , Richard J. Needham , Eric Nicol , Joey Slinger , Will Ferguson and Linwood Barclay . Humour is also ... as being strictly novelty bands, but in fact many of their songs use humour to illuminate more serious ... audience as her music is. Hip hop musician Shad rapper Shad is also known for using comedy and humour ... Devin Townsend is known for using humour in his music. Projects such as Punky Bruster and Ziltoid ... more details
German humour refers collectively to the conventions of comedy and its cultural meaning within the country ... that Germans have little understanding or a distorted understanding of humour humorous situations. Barrier ... about German humour among English speakers might derive from the different working principles ... perceived as unusual or rather artificial, while German humour especially is very much rooted in dialects ... humour, Lee himself falls victim to ethnic prejudice and ... incoherent linguistic analyses by basing ... German humour often follows many conventions which, due to similarities in cultural perception of events ... German humorists such as Vicco von B low Loriot use seriousness as means of humour. Another notable example of mock serious humour with satirical content is Jakob Maria Mierscheid Member of Parliament ... and customs in Germany. In other cases the humour derives from mixing different styles of speech ... and anarchical humour, yet due to the deep roots of his humour in the German language and its several ... Britain and the United States , France and Italy . Humour plays a role throughout popular culture ... to films and plays. Political correctness To avoid spilled humour about Germany s Nazi past in the line ... Because having a good sense of humour is an essential part of the British national self image and resentments ... for having no sense of humour at all although it is not the only country where this stereotype ... File Stilbluete Mehrdeutigkeit.jpg thumb German language s finesse offers a sort of unintentional humour ... by the police . German language humour is, for linguistic reasons, constructed differently to English language humour e.g., British humour and American humor American humour . German sentence ... humour relies more on humorous ideas than on wordplay. German grammar is often but not always ... from East German political humour The train announcer at the main station was imprisoned Why? He ... not have a direct English language equivalent. Non German speakers may find understanding German humour ... more details
Jewish arts Jewish humour is the long tradition of humour in Judaism dating back to the Torah and the Midrash ... , crude, and often anecdotal humour originating in Eastern Europe and which took root in the United ... book, and I said, Well, that would be a pamphlet, wouldn t it? ref History Jewish humour is rooted ... ednref1 Dead link date March 2011 Hillel Halkin in his essay about Jewish humour ref http ... self deprecating humour to the medieval influence of Arabic traditions on the Hebrew literature ... a good natured tradition of humour as a levelling device. Rabbi Moshe Waldoks , a scholar of Jewish humour, argued quote You have a lot of shtoch, or jab humor, which is usually meant to deflate ... The newly developing entertainment industry, combined with the Jewish humour tradition, provided ... humour much entwined with that of mainstream humour, as comedies like Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm indicate. Sigmund Freud in his Humour in Freud Jokes and their Relation to the Unconscious , among other things, analyzes the nature of the Jewish jokes. Types of Jewish humour Religious humour As befits a community to which religion was so important, much humour centres on the relationship ..., in the tradition of the legal arguments of the Talmud, one prominent type of Jewish humour involves ... European Jewish humour A number of traditions in Jewish humour date back to stories and anecdotes ... Humour about antisemitism Much Jewish humour takes the form of self deprecating comments on Jewish ... gallows humour quotation During the days of oppression and poverty of the Russian shtetl s , one ..., Wonderful news The murdered girl was Jewish There is also humour originating in the United States ... Jewish humour The role of Yiddish Some Yiddish language Yiddish words may sound comical to an English ... of Jewish comedians. About religion One common strain of Jewish humour examines the role of religion ... did you expect? Of course I m a&ndash vet I m a&ndash freezing cold as vell About Jews Jewish humour ... more details
Culture of Romania Romanian humour , like all of culture of Romania Romanian culture , has many affinities with five other groups the Latins namely the French people French and Italians , the Balkan people Greeks , the Slavs , and Turkish people Turks , the Germanic peoples and the hungarian people Hungarians . Characters The earliest Romanian character found in an anecdote is P cal . Citation needed date April 2011 His name is derived from a se p c li to fool oneself somebody and, since this word cannot be found in any other related language, we can safely assume that he s part of pure Romanian humour. The Ottoman Turks Ottoman influence brought the Balkan spirit and with it other characters and situations. Anton Pann s Nastratin Hogea is a classic example of an urban tradesman. As Jewish people settled in the Romanian regions, two other characters joined Romanian humour I ic and trul , a pair of cunning Jews, mainly seen as ingenious but avaricious shopkeepers. With modernization and urbanization, especially during the Communist regime, Romanians needed a new character, different from the traditional P cal , and he was found in Bul , the tragicomic absolute idiot. In 2006 Bul was voted the 100 greatest Romanians 59th greatest Romanian . With the fall of communism and facing capitalism, a new kind of joke became popular that of Alinu a , a sadistic and stupid 10 year old girl. Example Alinu a Mum, I don t like grandma. Mum Shut up, we eat what we have Other popular characters are Ion and Maria, a pair of young married or engaged innocent peasants, sometimes depicted as gypsies.Almost all jokes including them are sexually oriented. Ethnic jokes Roma Jokes about the igani Gypsy ethnic minority in Romanian. Recurring themes are stealing, refusing to work, having too many ... One feature of Romanian humour is that apart from the ethnic jokes, there are also jokes about ... Bancurile rom nilor The jokes of the Romanians in Romanian Category Romanian comedy and humour ... more details
Image FairviewGoatTower.JPG thumb right Fairview Wine and Cheese Fairview s goats do roam Wine humour is humour associated with wine . As well as ordinary anecdote s, cartoon s and joke s, the whimsical wine label label s and names given to wine are a particular source of amusement. ref name GW citation url http books.google.co.uk books?id AyQ4KR9rj5wC&pg PA34 title Good Wine The New Basics author Richard Paul Hinkle isbn 9781930603783 year 2005 ref Humour is usually rare in the world of wine, ref cite news url http news.google.co.uk newspapers?id X0wNAAAAIBAJ&sjid PG0DAAAAIBAJ&pg 6920,3420447 title Wine Humor Saucy But Understated last Prial first Frank J. date 22 April 1978 work Pittsburgh Post Gazette accessdate 4 September 2010 ref and wine jokes may only be amusing to wine obsessives. ref cite news url http news.google.co.uk newspapers?id TEaAAAAIBAJ&sjid Hw4EAAAAIBAJ&pg 4303,4848725 title There s something for every appetite at the Internet table last Husted first Bill date 14 June 1997 work Toledo Blade accessdate 5 September 2010 ref Label humour Numerous wines have been given names which are deliberately amusing. These form categories ref name Times citation journal The Times author Tim Atkin date 12th August, 2010 number 70024 page 9 title Can I tempt you with a cool glass of Cat s Pee url http www.thetimesonline.co.uk printFriendly 0,,1 152 694632,00.html ref Puns The South African Goats do Roam Wine Company , owned by Charles Back , produces labels with names such as Goats do Roam , Bored Doe and Goat Roti . The Institut National des Appellations d Origine INAO has protested at the similarity of these names to the French appellation C tes du Rh ne but owner Charles Back s defence is that the names are based upon the goats which roam about his Fairview Wine and Cheese Fairview winery and has made counter protests with a herd of goats outside the French embassy ... name GW The artist and wine enthusiast Ronald Searle has produced a book of cartoons and humour ... more details
Merge from Two phase liquid extraction date October 2010 Aqueous biphasic systems ABS or aqueous two phase systems ATPS are clean alternatives for traditional organic compound organic water solvent Liquid liquid extraction extraction systems. ABS are formed when 2 polymer s, one polymer and one kosmotropic salt , or two salts one Chaotropic agent chaotropic salt and the other a kosmotropic salt are mixed together at appropriate concentrations or at a particular temperature. The two phases are mostly composed of water and non volatile components, thus eliminating volatile organic compounds. They have been used for many years in biotechnology biotechnological applications as Denaturation biochemistry non denaturing and benign separation media. Recently, they have been used for metal ion separations, environmental remediation, metallurgical applications and as a reaction media. Introduction In 1896, Beijerinck first noted an incompatibility in solutions of agar , a water soluble polymer, with soluble starch or gelatine . ref cite journal last Beijerinck first M.W. journal Zentralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Parasiten und Infektionskrankenheiten year 1896 volume 2 pages 697 699 ref Upon mixing, they separated into two immiscible phase matter phases . Subsequent investigation has led to the determination of many other aqueous biphasic systems, of which the polyethylene glycol PEG dextran system is the most extensively studied. Other systems that form aqueous biphases are PEG sodium carbonate or PEG and phosphates , citrates or sulfates . Aqueous biphasic systems are used during downstream processing mainly in biotechnological and chemical industries. The two phases It is a common observation ... or layers, because they are immiscible . In general, aqueous or water based solutions, being polar ... & Sons cite book last Zaslavsky first Boris title Aqueous Two Phase Partitioning Physical Chemistry ... Aqueous Two Phase System Category Unit operations Category Separation processes zh ... more details
context date September 2008 Infobox chemical analysis name Aqueous normal phase chromatography image caption acronym classification chromatography analytes manufacturers related Hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography Ion exchange chromatography hyphenated Aqueous normal phase chromatography ANP is a chromatography chromatographic technique which involves the mobile phase region between reversed phase chromatography RP and organic normal phase chromatography ONP . Principle In normal phase chromatography, the Stationary phase chemistry stationary phase is Chemical polarity polar and the mobile phase is chemical polarity nonpolar . In reversed phase we have just the opposite the stationary phase is nonpolar and the mobile phase is polar. Typical stationary phases for normal phase chromatography are silica or organic moieties with Cyanide cyano and amine amino functional groups. For reversed phase, alkyl hydrocarbons are the preferred stationary phase octadecyl C18 is the most common stationary phase, but octyl C8 and butyl C4 are also used in some applications. The designations for the reversed phase materials refer to the length of the hydrocarbon chain. In normal phase chromatography, the least polar compounds elute first and the most polar compounds elute last. The mobile phase consists of a nonpolar solvent such as hexane or heptane mixed with a slightly more polar solvent such as isopropanol , ethyl acetate or chloroform . Retention increases as the amount of nonpolar solvent in the mobile phase increases. In reversed phase chromatography, the most polar compounds ... with a small amount of water thus, the mobile phase is both aqueous water is present and normal ... 100 aqueous to pure organic. ANP retention has been demonstrated for a variety of polar compounds on the hydride ... compounds can be retained over some range of mobile phase composition organic aqueous . The retention ... a high pH mobile phase to analyze polar compounds such as bases. The aqueous component of the mobile ... more details
Aqueous homogeneous reactors AHR are a type of nuclear reactor in which soluble nuclear fuel nuclear salts usually uranium sulfate or uranium nitrate are dissolved in water. The fuel is mixed with the coolant and the neutron moderator moderator , thus the name homogeneous of the same physical state The water can be either heavy water or light water , both which need to be very pure. A heavy water aqueous homogeneous reactor can achieve criticality turn on with natural uranium dissolved as uranium sulfate. Citation needed date February 2007 Thus, no enriched uranium is needed for this reactor. The heavy water versions have the lowest specific fuel requirements least amount of nuclear fuel is required to start them . Even in light water versions less than 1 pound 454 grams of plutonium 239 or uranium 233 is needed for operation. Neutron economy in the heavy water versions is the highest of all reactor designs. Citation needed date February 2007 Their self controlling features and ability to handle very large increases in reactivity make them unique among reactors, and possibly safest. At Santa Susana Field Laboratory Santa Susana , California , Atomics International performed a series ... 1,000,000 watts with no problems observed. Aqueous homogeneous reactors were sometimes called ... reactor experiment The first aqueous homogeneous reactor built at Oak Ridge National Laboratory ... , on the base of the ARGUS reactor an aqueous homogeneous minireactor. This reactor, with 20 ... isotopes directly from in line fuel has sparked renewed interest in aqueous homogeneous reactors based ... of LEU in Aqueous Reactors to Produce Mo 99 ref Babcock and Wilcox has proposed an aqueous homogeneous ... Content PrintFriendly.aspx?CC 193940 Making Molybdenum ref Other research The use of an aqueous homogeneous ... last Parkins first W.E. coauthors et. al. title Aqueous homogeneous type research reactors publisher ... doe lanl pubs 00416628.pdf SUPO Aqueous Homogeneous Reactor References Reflist DEFAULTSORT Aqueous ... more details
A metal ion in aqueous solution is a cation , dissolved in water , of chemical formula M H sub 2 sub O sub n sub sup z sup . The solvation number, n , determined by a variety of experimental methods is 4 for Li sup sup and Be sup 2 sup and 6 for elements in rows 3 and 4 of the periodic table . Lanthanide and actinide aqua ions have solvation number of 8 and 9. The strength of the bonds between the metal ion and water molecules in the primary solvation shell increases with the electrical charge, z , on the metal ion and decreases as its radius, r , increases. Aqua ions are subject to hydrolysis. The logarithm of the first hydrolysis constant is proportional to z sup 2 sup r for most aqua ions. The aqua ion is associated, through hydrogen bond ing with other water molecules in a secondary solvation shell. Water molecules in the first hydration shell exchange with molecules in the second solvation shell and molecules in the bulk liquid. The residence time of a molecule in the first shell varies among the chemical element s from about 100 picosecond ps to more than 200 year y . Aqua ions ... by hydrogen bonds to the molecules in the first shell. In aqueous solution the water molecules directly ... aqueous solvent s, such as liquid ammonia , methanol , dimethyl formamide and dimethyl sulphoxide to mention a few. ref cite book last Chipperfield first John title Non Aqueous Solvents year 1999 ... of ions in aqueous solutions hydration and complex formation date 1988. publisher CRC Press location ... cite journal last Nieson first G.W. coauthors Enderby, J.E. year 1983 title The Structure of an Aqueous ... The Physics and Chemistry of Aqueous Solutions series NATO ASI Series publisher Reidel year 1987 isbn 9027725349 pages 129 145 chapter Diffraction Studies of Aqueous Ionic Solutions p. 138. ref Cation ... state 5 or higher. Rather, the species found in aqueous solution are monomeric and polymeric oxyanions ... last Schweitzer first George K. last2 Pesterfield first2 Lester L. title The Aqueous Chemistry of the Elements ... more details
coord 42 52 47 N 25 19 5 E region BG display title The House of Humour and Satire lang bg Dom na Humora i Satirata in Gabrovo , Bulgaria , is an exposition of traditional local humour art, including cartoons, photographs, paintings, sculptures, and verbal humour. The House combines features of a museum and an art gallery . The city of Gabrovo is also known as an international capital of humour and satire. Its motto is The world lasts because it laughs . Image Humor house Gabrovo.JPG thumb right 250px House of Humour and Satire Image Humor house Gabrovo2.JPG thumb right 250px Image Humor house Gabrovo3.JPG thumb right 250px The following events are held in the House of Humour and Satire International biennal of humour and satire in the arts IBHSA The Blagolazh national meeting of story and joke tellers Carnival of humour and satire World fine arts exhibitions and competitions See also Gabrovo humour External links http www.humorhouse.bg enindex.html Web site of the House of Humour and Satire Category Gabrovo Category Bulgarian comedy and humour Category Buildings and structures in Bulgaria bg de Haus des Humors und der Satire pt Casa do Humor e da S tira ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name The Humour Is on Me Now Type album Artist Ronnie Drew Cover Released 1999 Recorded Genre Length Label Producer Mike Hanrahan Reviews Last album Dirty Rotten Shame br 1995 This album The Humour Is on Me Now br 1999 Next album A Couple More Years br 2000 The Humour Is on Me Now is an album by Ronnie Drew , released in 1999. This album was produced by Mike Hanrahan in 1999 and features a number of traditional musicians, including John Sheahan . Also featured are Ronnie Drew s recordings of two songs by Patrick Kavanagh on Raglan Road and If Ever You Go To Dublin Town . Track listing The Humour Is On Me Now Always Remember Since Maggie Went Away Red Roses for Me Limerick Rake Clearing a Space Raglan Road If Ever You Go to Dublin Town Courtin In the Kitchen Two Island Swans The Dunes The Black Velvet Band The Dingle Puck Goat We Had It All DEFAULTSORT Humour Is on Me Now, The Category 1999 albums Category Ronnie Drew albums 1990s folk album stub ... more details
Unreferenced date February 2009 Form versus content humour is a type of humour in which the way a statement is made contributes to making the statement humorous. Usually this is by the means of having some contradiction between the medium and the message for example, by presenting a message in a form that inherently defeats the ostensible purpose of the message, or in a form that is fundamentally incapable of carrying the important part of the message. Examples A red index card with GREEN written on it is an example for this type of humour, because the literal message contradicts the optical message of the medium on which it is transmitted. Another example would be the image of heavily armed military troops carrying a sign saying We come in peace, or NO GRAFFITI spray painted on a wall. Form versus content humour is very popular in the hacker culture . An example this is the term SIGHEIL . By its form, it appears to be a signal computing signal from a POSIX POSIX OS , yet its message is the German Expression Sieg Heil , which is a symbol for the Third Reich . See also wiktionary context context wiktionary content content Speech communication speech nonverbal communication indirect self reference ceci n est pas une pipe Category Comedy comedy stub ... more details
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