wiktionary proteanProtean is the adjectival form of the Greek sea god name Proteus . Protean may also refer to Protean IDE , an open source integrated development environment Proteans body language , involuntary flirting signals in humans Protean Electric , U.S. in wheel electric motor company disambig ... more details
Use mdy dates date September 2010 Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Protean World Type studio Artist Merzbow Cover Protean World.jpeg Released November 2008 Recorded May 2008 Genre Noise music Noise Length 34 47 Label Noiseville Producer Masami Akita Last album Anicca Merzbow album Anicca br 2008 This album Protean World br 2008 Next album Dead Leaves Merzbow album Dead Leaves br 2008 Protean World is an album made by the noise artist Merzbow , released on November 2008. The album consists of two tracks and only 1000 copies of this album were made, plus 300 reprints on a plum colored gramophone record vinyl in which each track was on a different side. ref cite web url http www.discogs.com Merzbow Protean World release 1570350 title Merzbow Protean World Vinyl, LP at Discogs publisher Discogs.com date accessdate 2012 03 06 ref Merzbow is credited twice on the album, first as Masami Akita , and the second time as M.A . Track listing tracklist title1 Protean World Part.1 length1 18 17 title2 Protean World Part.2 length2 16 30 Credits Masami Akita Music. M.A Noises and Drums. Jenny Akita Photography. References Reflist Merzbow Category Merzbow albums Category 2008 albums 2000s electronic album stub ... more details
Orphan date November 2006 Image Shot newlook2.png right thumb Screenshot of Protean integrated development environment Protean IDE integrated development environment is a highly functional program written by Rob Hutchinson to assist Blitz Basic BlitzBasic programmers. It has full functionality with Blitz Basic BlitzPlus BlitzPlus , Blitz2D and Blitz Basic Blitz3D SDK Blitz3D . It has limited support for Blitz Basic BlitzMax BlitzMax . Although Protean was originally commercial software, Rob Hutchinson released it under one the Creative Commons licenses due to lack of development updates. Both binary release and the source code are publicly released and available for download. Rob Hutchinson left a closing comment when development of Protean IDE terminated blockquote A massive thank you to EVERYONE who bought Protean when it was commercial software, it would never have survived as long as it did without your support Thanks to everyone on the Blitz Dev team for making an excellent product, and lets hope someone can produce something awesome from the source I look forward to seeing what people come up with. blockquote See also Integrated development environment Blitz Basic Game programming External links official website http www.nullcity.com Posts Show ProteanIDE Category Integrated development environments Category Free integrated development environments programming software stub ... more details
Advert date March 2012 Infobox company company name Protean Electric company type Private company Private foundation 2009 headquarters Troy, Michigan Troy , Michigan , United States U.S. key people Bob Purcell br small Chairman and CEO small br Ken Stewart br small Vice President, Business Development small br James Golding br small Director, Operations small br Nick Rich br small Director, Finance and Information Technology small br Andy Watts br small Chief Technology Officer small industry Automotive industry Automotive products Electric in wheel motors for light duty vehicles num employees 90 small December 2011 small homepage http www.proteanelectric.com ProteanElectric.com Protean Electric is a U.S. headquartered technology company that has developed an in wheel motor , electric drive system for hybrid, plug in hybrid and battery electric light duty vehicles. Its patented Protean Drive system can improve vehicle fuel economy, add torque, increase power and enable improved vehicle ... to the vehicle design and components. Protean Electric is a privately held company with approximately ... in wheel motor index.html ref Protean Electric s motors fit into the wheels of a vehicle, so they can ... it more efficient. According to Protean Electric, its in wheel motors can increase fuel economy ... source for traction on a variety of vehicles. Each Protean Drive in wheel motor can deliver ... and internal stator with regenerative braking and power electronics packaged inside the motor. Protean ... percent. Protean s in wheel motors aren t yet on the market commercially in 2012, the company s short ... 2011 12 12 tech innovation in wheel motor index.html ref Company History Protean Electric was founded in 2009 after PML Flightlink was put into administration in 2008. Protean focuses entirely ... Chief Technology Officer Andy Watts Targeted Industries Protean is targeting its marketing toward ..., Protean Electric s product validation manager, received this award for his technical paper, Automated ... more details
multiple issues notability May 2011 plot May 2011 unreferenced May 2011 All plot date May 2011 Infobox Television episode Title Protean Challenge Series Hercules The Legendary Journeys Image Season 2 Episode 220 Airdate 22 April 1996 Production Writer Brian Herskowitz Director Oley Sassone Guests Ashley Laurence Daniella br Jane Cresswell Proteus br John O Leary actor John O Leary Magistrate br Stephen Papps Trilos Prev King for a Day Hercules The Legendary Journeys King for a Day Next The Wedding of Alcmene Protean Challenge is the 20th episode of the second season of the television series Hercules The Legendary Journeys . Overview Thanis, a friend of Hercules and Iolaus, is framed for a crime he did not commit. Hercules and Iolaus help out to prove his innocence. Plot synopsis Hercules and Iolaus are helping their artist friend, Thanis. At the local market Thanis gets into an argument with a shopkeeper. While Iolaus is loading the wagon with Thanis supplies, he sees Thanis attack the shopkeeper and run off with his money. Iolaus goes to help the shopkeeper as Thanis comes back. Thanis protests his innocence, but the villagers want to kill Thanis to set an example for other thieves. Hercules arrives just as one of the crowd throws a rock at Thanis. The man says they want justice, but Hercules says killing a man for stealing is not justice. Hercules says they will let the magistrate handle the trial. Hercules and Iolaus convince the magistrate to give Thanis a fair trial, and will defer punishment if Hercules and Iolaus can find proof that Thanis is innocent he will be freed. Hercules talks to the shopkeeper, Trilos to try to discover the real culprit. Iolaus heads back to the farm to tell Daniella, Thanis daughter about what has happened. While Hercules is walking through the village, Hercules is warned by a Fortune telling soothsayer to leave. She says that tragedy is in the air, disappearing in a puff of smoke. Iolaus and Daniella set off to the village. When the ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Kinematoscope was patented in 1861 United States Patent 31357 , a protean development in the history of cinema . The invention aimed to present the illusion of Motion physics motion . The patent was filed by Coleman Sellers II Coleman Sellers of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as an improvement in exhibiting stereoscopy stereoscopic pictures . Coleman applied stereoscopy to the existing principle of toy phantasmascopes using rotating discs. A series of still stereographic chronophotography images with chronologically successive stages of action were mounted on blades of a spinning paddle and viewed through slits. The slits passed under a stereoscopic viewer. The pictures were visible within a cabinet, and were not projected onto a screen. Category History of film Category Photography by genre Category American inventions Filming stub Tech stub ... more details
named Protean that allows them to transform into bats, wolves, mist and such. Kurt Vonnegut s novel ... HMS Proteus . In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix , the Protean Charm is a complex spell ... Boy kept a Protean as a pet, whom he dubbed Proty . After Proty sacrificed itself to save Saturn Girl and resurrect Lightning Lad , Chameleon Boy obtained a new Protean pet, Proty II . In Rick ... it is morphed. Recently in the Dissension expansion, the creature Protean Hulk allows its controller ... video game Freelancer . In the role playing game Vampire The Masquerade , Protean is a special vampire .... In the game Culdcept Saga , a Protean Ring tool will transform the user s creature into another ... s video game The Immortal video game The Immortal , wearing the Protean Ring allows you ... more details
about proteans in body language other uses of the word Proteus disambiguation Proteans or the Proteus effect are unpredictable, subtle, often subconscious, flirting signals, such as a woman s touching of her hair when first meeting a man. The term was coined by Humphries and Driver in 1970 ref Citation last Humphries first D.A. author link last2 first2 author2 link title Protean defence by prey animals journal Oecologica volume 5 issue pages 285 302 date year 1970 url doi ref for unpredictable behaviour exhibited by prey animals. It was used in the context of human courtship behaviour by Grammer et al. in 2000. ref Citation last Grammer first K author link last2 first2 author2 link title Non verbal behaviour as courtship signals the role of control and choice in selecting partners journal Evolution and Human Behaviour volume 21 issue pages 371 390 date year 2000 pmid 11146304 doi ref The researchers named the ritual for the shape shifting Proteus Greek God because of the ambiguity of the signals. The name also suggests a first impression, or something that precedes actual flirting. Because of the unconscious nature of proteans, they are not overt invitations to proceed, but more akin to Tell poker tells in a poker game. These signals often indicate that the sender is trying to decide whether he she is interested in the receiver . However, some individuals, instead of playing along, will overestimate the sender s interest and do something more obvious, like asking for a phone number. This can be clumsy and confusing to both parties, and understanding the concept of protean signals is useful for avoiding such missteps. This is commonly said to be a problem for more men than women. ref http www.dailytimes.com.pk default.asp?page story 18 3 2003 pg9 17 Daily Times, Pakistan Mar 17 2003 Solved flirting code that baffles the boys ref References references External links http www.newscientist.com article.ns?id dn420 New Scientist Girl talk &ndash Review of an Austria n stu ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Eyes Set Against the Sun Type studio Artist Mira Calix Cover Eyes Set Against the Sun.jpg Released 2007 Recorded Genre Length 62 41 Label Warp Records Producer Last album Skimskitta br 2003 This album Eyes Set Against the Sun br 2007 Next album Album ratings rev1 Pitchfork Media rev1Score 72 http www.pitchforkmedia.com article record review 42353 eyes set against the sun link noprose yes Eyes Set Against the Sun is the third full length album by the electronic artist Mira Calix . It was released by Warp Records in 2007. Track listing Because To Why The Stockholm Syndrome A Cereus Night Eeilo Protean The Way You Are When Tillsammans Umbra Penumbra Belonging No Longer Mix One Line Behind Category 2007 albums Category Mira Calix albums Category Warp record label albums 2000s electronic album stub ... more details
Ramadan class missile boat has been in service with the Egyptian Navy since 1981, commissioned from the UK Number of units 6 ships 670 Ramadan 672 Khybar 674 El Kadesseya 676 El Yarmouk 678 Badr 680 Hetteen Description Displacement 312 tons full load Crew 31 Dimensions 52 x 7.6 x 2.0 meters 170.5 x 25 x 6.5 feet Propulsion 4 diesels, 4 shafts, 16,000 bhp, 35 knots Equipment Radar ST820 Air and Surface Search Radar, Cutlass intercept Fire Control Two ST802 Fire Control Radars Electronic Warfare Cutlass intercept Radar Cygnus Jammer Two Protean Chaff Dispenser Armament Four Otomat Mk2 SSM One 76 mm OTO Melara DP gun One twin 40 mm Breda AA gun References http www.hazegray.org worldnav africa egypt.htm 1 http www.flickr.com photos 67307569 N00 161157094 Category Missile boats of the Egyptian Navy cs T da Ramadan it Classe Ramadan ... more details
chembox ImageFile Proxyfan.svg ImageSize IUPACName 4 3 benzyloxy propyl 1 H imidazole OtherNames 5 3 benzyloxy propyl 1 H imidazole Section1 Chembox Identifiers CASNo 177708 09 7 PubChem 6421522 IUPHAR ligand 1255 ChemSpiderID 4927056 ChEMBL 19173 SMILES C1 CC C C C1 COCCCC2 CN CN2 Section2 Chembox Properties Formula C sub 13 sub H sub 16 sub N sub 2 sub O MolarMass 216.279 g mol Appearance Density MeltingPt BoilingPt Solubility Section3 Chembox Hazards MainHazards FlashPt Autoignition Proxyfan is a histamine H3 receptor ligand which is a protean agonist , producing different effects ranging from full agonist, to antagonist, to inverse agonist in different tissues, depending on the level of constitutive activity of the histamine H3 receptor. This gives it a complex activity profile in vivo which has proven useful for scientific research. ref Morisset S, Rouleau A, Ligneau X, Gbahou F, Tardivel Lacombe J, Stark H, Schunack W, Ganellin CR, Schwartz JC, Arrang JM. High constitutive activity of native H3 receptors regulates histamine neurons in brain. Nature . 2000 Dec 14 408 6814 860 4. PMID 11130725 ref ref Fox GB, Pan JB, Esbenshade TA, Bitner RS, Nikkel AL, Miller T, Kang CH, Bennani YL, Black LA, Faghih R, Hancock AA, Decker MW. Differential in vivo effects of H3 receptor ligands in a new mouse dipsogenia model. Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Behaviour . 2002 Jun 72 3 741 50. PMID 12175472 ref ref Gbahou F, Rouleau A, Morisset S, Parmentier R, Crochet S, Lin JS, Ligneau X, Tardivel Lacombe J, Stark H, Schunack W, Ganellin CR, Schwartz JC, Arrang JM. Protean agonism at histamine H3 receptors in vitro and in vivo. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA . 2003 Sep 16 100 19 11086 91. PMID 12960366 ref ref Baldi E, Bucherelli C, Schunack W, Cenni G, Blandina P, Passani MB. The H3 receptor protean agonist proxyfan enhances the expression of fear memory in the rat. Neuropharmacology . 2005 Feb 48 2 246 51. PMID 15695163 ref ref Krueger KM, Witte DG, Ireland ... more details
Trace amines are an endogenous group of amines structurally and metabolically related to classical monoamine neurotransmitter s, such as dopamine , norepinephrine , and serotonin . Compared to the classical monoamines, they are present in trace concentrations. They are distributed heterogeneously throughout the mammalian brain and peripheral nervous tissues and exhibit high rates of metabolism . Although, they can be synthesized within parent monoamine neurotransmitter systems, there is evidence that suggests that some of them may comprise their own independent neurotransmitter systems. ref Burchett SA, Hicks TP. The mysterious trace amines protean neuromodulators of synaptic transmission in mammalian brain. Prog Neurobiol. 2006 Aug 79 5 6 223 46. ref Trace amines may play very significant roles in the coordination of biogenic monoamine based synaptic physiology. At high concentrations, they have well characterized presynaptic amphetamine like effects on monoamine release, reuptake and biosynthesis at lower concentrations, they possess postsynaptic modulatory effects that potentiate the activity of other neurotransmitters, particularly dopamine and serotonin. ref Burchett SA, Hicks TP. The mysterious trace amines protean neuromodulators of synaptic transmission in mammalian brain. Prog Neurobiol. 2006 Aug 79 5 6 223 46. ref A family of G protein coupled receptors known as TAAR s trace amine associated receptors has been characterized to be responsive to trace amines ref Lindemann L, Ebeling M, Kratochwil NA, Bunzow JR, Grandy DK, Hoener MC. Trace amine associated receptors form structurally and functionally distinct subfamilies of novel G protein coupled receptors. Genomics. 2005 Mar 85 3 372 85. ref and structurally related psychoactive drugs , such as amphetamine , MDMA , LSD , and dimethyltryptamine DMT . ref Bunzow JR, Sonders MS, Arttamangkul S, Harrison LM, Zhang G, Quigley DI, Darland T, Suchland KL, Pasumamula S, Kennedy JL, Olson SB, Magenis RE, Amara SG, G ... more details
Jonathan Bayliss September 7, 1926, Arlington, Massachusetts April 15, 2009, Gloucester, Massachusetts was an American novelist and playwright who lived and wrote in Gloucester, Massachusetts . He was a close friend of poet Charles Olson after Olson s return to Gloucester in the late 1950s. Bayliss s highly innovative and polymathic novels employ a vast vocabulary, contain mathematical and philosophical puzzles, and avoid pop culture references in favor of historical and mythological allusions. Gloucesterman Bayliss s Gloucesterman tetralogy explores the concepts of mythology and ritual throughout history the value of collective human endeavor to society the tension between the mysteries of art and science and the degradation of culture through economic exploitation. Gloucesterbook and its sequel Gloucestertide create a fiction world out of Gloucester similar to the Wessex of Thomas Hardy . The introductory volume Prologos was published in 1999. The final volume of the tetralogy, Gloucestermas, was published by Fontis Press in 2010. Works Gloucesterbook Protean Press, Rockport MA 1992 Gloucestertide Protean Press, Rockport MA 1996 Prologos Basilicum Press, Ashburnham MA 1999 Gloucestermas Fontis Press, Westborough, MA 2010 External links http www.baylisswritings.net Writings of Jonathan Bayliss Bayliss s website featuring all of his novels except Gloucestermas freely available for download. http drawbridgepress.com Drawbridge Press Publication information for Gloucestermas http www.gilgameshplays.net The Gilgamesh Plays Bayliss s other website featuring both of his Gilgamesh plays freely available for download. http www.jonathanbayliss.com The Gloucesterman Website A website dedicated to the analysis and appreciation of Bayliss s Gloucesterman novels. http peteranastas.blogspot.com 2009 04 jonathan bayliss 1926 2009.html Jonathan Bayliss 1926 2009 This is the transcription of a eulogy delivered on April 27, 2009, at a memorial service for Bayliss, at St. John s Epis ... more details
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Wiktionary hap Hap or HAP can mean Hap alternate name for the bull deity Apis Egyptian mythology Hap , a Thomas Hardy sonnet Haplochromine cichlids, especially aquarium species People Hap Arnold , World War II American Air Force General Henry H. Arnold Hap Kliban , American cartoonist B. Kliban Hap Day , National Hockey League NHL player, coach, and general manager and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Clarence H. Day Hap Emms , NHL player, coach, general manager, and team owner Leighton Ems Hap Emms Memorial Trophy , awarded to the outstanding goaltender in the Memorial Cup, the championship of the Canadian Hockey League Hap Holmes , NHL goaltender Harry Holmes Harry Hap Holmes Memorial Award , given annually to the outstanding goaltender in the American Hockey League Hap Moran , National Football League halfback Francis D. Moran Hap Myers , Major League Baseball first baseman Ralph D. Myers Hap Myers ice hockey , NHL ice hockey defenceman Hap Myers Hap Palmer , US children s musician Harlan G. Palmer III Hap Sharp , US race car driver James Sharp Harry Hap Loman, a character in Arthur Miller s play Death of a Salesman HAP acronym Hazardous air pollutant Health Administration Press, the publishing subsidiary of the American College of Healthcare Executives professional association Hetalia Axis Powers , comic series of Hidekaz Himaruya High altitude platform High Assurance Platform , a National Security Agency framework for securing computing platforms Hardware Assisted Paging , a Xen abstract paging layer for both Intel s Extended Page Table and AMD s Nested Page Tables Hospital acquired pneumonia Humanitarian Accountability Partnership , an international self regulatory body for the humanitarian sector Hydroxylapatite , a mineral form of calcium apatite Hyper Accelerated Protean, is a term to describe Werewolves Class 9 HAP Lifeform in the science fiction series Sanctuary TV Series Sanctuary . See Henry Foss Sanctuary Henry Foss . disambig ca HAP de HAP fr HAP it ... more details
Qaum lang ar or Nation may refer to a community of people who share a common language, culture, ethnicity, descent, and or history. In this definition, a nation has no physical borders. However, it can also refer to people who share a common territory and government for example the inhabitants of a sovereign state irrespective of their ethnic make up. ref cite encyclopedia encyclopedia Collins English Dictionary Complete & Unabridged title Nation url http dictionary.reference.com browse Nation accessdate 17 June 2011 edition 10th quote 1. an aggregation of people or peoples of one or more cultures, races, etc, organized into a single state the Australian nation ref ref cite book title International relations in the nuclear age one world, difficult to manage first1 Henry L. last1 Bretton page 5 publisher State University of New York Press location Albany year 1986 isbn 0 88706 040 4 quote It should be stated at the outset that the term nation has two distinctly different uses. In a legal sense it is synonymous with the state as a whole regardless of the number of different ethnic or national groups nationalities contained within it. In that sense, one speaks of nation and means state. url http books.google.ie books?id wCpKUmCpmoEC&lpg PR4&dq 0 88706 040 4&pg PA5 v onepage&q 0 88706 040 4&f false accessdate 17 June 2011 ref The protean word Qawm is of Arabic language Arabic origin, and is used to refer to any form of solidarity. Pakistani people are knows as Pakistani Qaum Urdu . See also Nation Qawm References Reflist Category Ethnicity Category Nationality ... more details
Richard A. Kirk born 1962 in Kingston upon Hull Hull , England is an artist currently residing in Canada . Kirk works as a visual artist and illustrator. His art work is centered on images that explore the liminal space between imagination and reality a pictorial space where a personal iconography manifests in protean forms that challenge conventional notions of the beautiful and the grotesque. Richard is interested in the forms found in nature, the morphology of plants and animals, and the effect of time on materials. Richard works in a number of mediums including pen and ink , silverpoint , watercolor , and oil paint . He also works with found materials such as metal, rust, rubber, fossils, bones and text. In addition to his personal explorations in visual art, Richard has illustrated numerous books for authors such as Clive Barker , China Mi ville , Caitlin R. Kiernan , Poppy Z. Brite and others. In 2007 Kirk created six illustrations for Korn s untitled eighth studio album . Kirk s works can be found in many private collections in the United States, Canada, England and Europe. He is represented by himself. External links http www.richardakirk.com Artist s website http strychnin.com gallery index.html Strychnin Gallery http www.luna7.com Luna 7 Gallery http www.saatchi gallery.co.uk yourgallery artist profile Richard 20A Kirk 17814.html Saatchi Gallery Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Kirk, Richard A ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1962 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Kirk, Richard A Category English artists Category 1962 births Category Living people Category Artists from Kingston upon Hull ru , ... more details
Romantische Oper literally German romantic opera was a genre of early nineteenth century Germany German opera , developed not from the German Singspiel of the eighteenth century but from the op ra comique op ras comiques of the French Revolution . It offered opportunities for an increasingly important role for the orchestra , and greater dramatic possibilities for reminiscence Motif music motif s phrases that are identified with a place, person or idea and which, when re used in a work, remind the listener of the place, person or idea in question. Carl Maria von Weber s Der Freisch tz 1821 inaugurated the genre, which increasingly became associated with a distinctively German national style, as exemplified by composers such as Heinrich Marschner e.g. Der Vampyr and Hans Heiling , Albert Lortzing e.g. Undine Lortzing Undine and Louis Spohr . Themes explored included Nature , the supernatural , the Middle Ages and popular culture, specifically folklore . Musically, German Traditional music folksong also served as an inspiration. Spoken dialogue continued to be used between musical numbers. The genre reached its apogee in the early works of Richard Wagner , specifically Die Feen , The Flying Dutchman opera The Flying Dutchman and Tannh user opera Tannh user , although these differed from their predecessors in not using spoken dialogue. His later operas developed the reminiscence motif into the more protean Leitmotif and gradually abandoned many of the themes of romantische Oper, while still largely focused on myths, legends and Nature. References cite book last Warrack first John, and Ewan West year 1992 title The Oxford Dictionary of Opera publisher Oxford University Press location Oxford id ISBN 0 19 869164 5 See also German opera Category Romantische Opern Opera genres Category Opera genres Category Opera terminology da Tysk romantisk opera ja ... more details
Image Polyrama.JPG thumb A Polyrama Panoptique slide depicting Charing Cross , London, c. 1820 30. The windows and lanterns have been cut out to allow light to pass through The Polyrama Panoptique was an optical toy popular from the 1820s through to the 1850s. It was invented by Pierre Seguin as development of the earlier protean view . ref Erkki Huhtamo s Polyorama Panoptique essay, The Book of Imaginary Media Excavating the Dream of the Ultimate Communication Medium by Eric Kluitenberg, Siegfried Zielinski, Bruce Sterling, and Erkki Huhtamo, NAi Publishers, 2007 ref The device was based on Louis Jacques Mand Daguerre Daguerre s Diorama , of which it was a small scale and simplified version intended for domestic use. It consisted of a portable box camera designed to take printed and painted cards. The box was attached to a concertina device allowing for adjustment. This had an eye sized viewing lens at the end that was not attached to the box. The illustration card would be inserted at the back of the box, which would be held up to the light. It would then be viewed through the lens. Most cards would be designed to include small cut out parts through which the light would pass. Other parts of the cards may be made of thinner material to create a glowing effect. The empty parts would typically represent windows or street lights, so that the card s scene would appear to be illuminated by light from these sources. The device also included separate doors at the back which allowed the user to control the degree and direction of light. Cards were designed to change appearance depending on which door was opened, so that a scene might appear to alter, for example, from a daytime to a nighttime view. ref http www.acmi.net.au aic polyrama panoptique.html Adventures in CyberSound Bot generated title ref References reflist Category Optical devices Polyrama Polyptique Category Landscape art Polyrama Polyptique Category Dioramas ... more details
William Adlington floruit fl. 1566 was one among the host of translators that made the Elizabethan era the Translation History golden age of translations . His Englishing of Apuleius 2nd century CE novel Metamorphoses , better known by its English title The Golden Ass 1566, reprinted 1571, 1582, 1596 ref Under the title The XI Bookes of the Golden Asse, Conteininge the Metamorphosie of Lucius Apuleius London 1566 . this has been carefully proofread and is right ref was its first appearance in English and has been steadily reprinted into the 20th century. ref The Most Pleasant and Delectable Tale of the Marriage of Cupid and Psyche is an excerpt from it. ref His prose is bold and delightful, though he does not stick as close to his source as a modern translator would be expected to do. The book was a favourite source of William Shakespeare Shakespeare s. ref Borrowings even in the tragedies were demonstrated in detail by John J. M. Tobin, in Kenneth Muir, ed. Shakespeare and the Classical World Shakespeare Survey 31 Cambridge University Press, 1978, and, for A Midsummer Night s Dream , by James A. S. McPeek, The Psyche Myth and A Midsummer Night s Dream Shakespeare Quarterly 23 .1 Winter 1972 69 79 . See also Robert H. F. Carver, The Protean Ass The Metamorphoses of Apuleius from Antiquity to the Renaissance Oxford Oxford University Press, 2007 . ref He addressed his dedication to Thomas Radclyffe, 3rd Earl of Sussex Thomas, Earl of Sussex , from University College, Oxford University College in Oxenford , but so little is known of him that he did not rate a Biography vita in the Dictionary of National Biography . A connection with the Adlington family of Cheshire is unproven. Notes reflist External links worldcat id id lccn n85 296831 gutenberg author id William Adlington name William Adlington DEFAULTSORT Adlington, William Category 16th century English people Category English translators ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Natacha Atlas Transglobal Underground Type video Artist Natacha Atlas Cover NatachaAtlasTransglobalUndergroundDVD.jpg Released 24 May 2005 Recorded Genre World music , Electronic music Length Label Mantra Recordings Mantra small MNT 10379 small Director Angela Conway, Joanna Bailey Producer Chronology Last album This album Natacha Atlas Transglobal Underground br 2005 Next album Misc Album reviews rev1 GlobalRhythm.net rev1score positive ref http www.globalrhythm.net DVD NatachaAtlasTransglobalUnderground.cfm DVD Natacha Atlas Transglobal Underground . GlobalRhythm.net. Retrieved 16 August 2009. ref Automatically generated by DASHBot Natacha Atlas Transglobal Underground is a video album by Belgium Belgian singer Natacha Atlas . It was released by Mantra Recordings on 24 May 2005. ref http www.beggarsgroupusa.com releases natacha atlastransglobal underground Releases Natacha Atlas Transglobal Underground by Natacha Atlas . BeggarsGroupUSA.com. Retrieved 26 September 2008. ref The video album is a compilation of Atlas music video s, video filmed with Transglobal Underground , and live performances from Union Chapel, Islington Union Chapel in London , England . Track listing Natacha Atlas videos Mistaneek Yalla Chant Leysh Nat Arak Amulet song Amulet One Brief Moment Mon Amie La Rose Mish Fadilak Mish Fadilak small French version small When I Close My Eyes Transglobal Underground videos Temple Head Taal Zaman Protean Lookee Here Natacha Atlas Live in Concert at Union Chapel When I Close My Eyes Fakrenha Moustahil Eye of the Duck I Put a Spell on You Mon Amie La Rose Interview References Reflist br NatachaAtlas Category Natacha Atlas video albums Category 2005 video albums Category Live video albums Category Music video compilation albums Category 2005 live albums Category 2005 compilation albums ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Anicca Type studio Artist Merzbow Cover Merzbow Anicca.jpeg Released September 4, 2008 Recorded April June 2008 Genre Noise music Noise Length 57 54 Label Cold Spring Producer Masami Akita Last album Eucalypse br 2008 This album Anicca br 2008 Next album Protean World br 2008 Anicca is an album by the noise artist Merzbow , released on September 2008. The album consists on 3 tracks and was recorded on 2 different places, the first track of the album was recorded on Tin Pan Alley Studios in London while the other 2 songs of the album were recorded at Munemi House in Tokyo . Also the album features handmade instruments by Masami Akita . ref cite web url http www.boomkat.com item.cfm?id 142485 title Anicca by MERZBOW CD Boomkat Your independent music specialist publisher Boomkat date accessdate 2012 01 14 ref Track listing Track listing title1 Anicca Part I length1 18 23 title2 Anicca Part II length2 21 41 title3 Anicca Part III length3 17 50 Credits Masami Akita Drums, Performer of Handmade Instruments, Effects, Computer. Jenny Akita Cover photo artwork Abby Helasdottir Graphic design artwork Jo Maxwell Studio photos artwork Steve Kent Engineer only on track 1 ref cite web url http www.discogs.com Merzbow Anicca release 1449770 title Merzbow Anicca CD, Album at Discogs publisher Discogs.com date accessdate 2012 01 14 ref References Reflist Merzbow Use mdy dates date September 2010 DEFAULTSORT Anicca Merzbow Album Category Merzbow albums Category 2008 albums 2000s electronic album stub ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Dead Leaves Type studio Artist Merzbow Cover Dead Leaves.jpeg Released November 11, 2008 Recorded January, 2008 at Munemi House Genre Noise music Noise Length 57 20 Label Punk Kein Rock Producer Masami Akita Reviews Last album Protean World br 2008 This album Dead Leaves br 2008 Next album Tombo album Tombo br 2008 Dead Leaves or also known as Kareha is a studio album by the noise artist Merzbow , released on 2008 in Germany . ref cite web url http www.licht ung.de punkkeinrock.htm title punk kein rock & 93 licht ung publisher Licht ung.de date accessdate 2012 02 13 ref The album was made available as a regular CD but also 100 copies were made and were enclosed into a wooden homemade boxes. ref cite web url http www.discogs.com Merzbow Dead Leaves release 1575703 title Merzbow Dead Leaves CD, Album at Discogs publisher Discogs.com date 2008 11 11 accessdate 2012 02 13 ref Track listing tracklist title1 Dead Leaves Part I length1 19 59 title2 Dead Leaves Part II length2 15 03 title3 Dead Leaves Part III length3 22 18 Credits Masami Akita Music Jenny Akita Artwork References Reflist Merzbow DEFAULTSORT Dead Leaves Merzbow Album Category Merzbow albums Category 2008 albums 2000s electronic album stub ... more details
unreferenced date August 2009 Reed Jones June 30, 1953 Portland, Oregon &ndash June 19, 1989 Sherman Oaks, California was a dancer and choreographer whose credits included Skimbleshanks in the original cast of CATS and Big Deal in the Jerome Robbins revival of WEST SIDE STORY. Originally cast as an understudy, Reed originated the role of Skimbleshanks The Railway Cat in the original Broadway company of Cats . He replaced originally cast Willie Rosario in the pre opening rehearsal period after Rosario suffered a prolonged knee injury. Performed in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum US Tour National Tour, 1987 Protean Jubilee Off Off Broadway Off Off Broadway Concert, 1986 Performer As Is Broadway Original Broadway Production, 1985 Chet Standby Clone Standby Saul Standby The Loves of Anatol Broadway 1985 The Young Gentleman dancer Franz You Can t Take It With You Broadway, 1983 Choreographer Musical Staging Cats Broadway Original Broadway Production, 1982 Skimbleshanks Play Me a Country Song Broadway Unknown, 1982 Norm Dance Captain America Broadway Radio City Music Hall, 1981 Principal West Side Story Broadway Broadway Revival, 1980 Big Deal A Jet Action Understudy Gladhand Understudy Peter Pan Broadway Broadway Revival, 1979 Indian Kangaroo Dance Captain He died due to AIDS related illness on June 19th, 1989, eleven days before his thirty sixth birthday. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Jones, Reed ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1953 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH June 19, 1989 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Jones, Reed Category 1953 births Category 1989 deaths Category American dancers Category American choreographers Category People from Portland, Oregon fr Reed Jones ... more details
unreferenced date June 2010 Constant conjunction is a phrase used in philosophy as a variant or near synonym for causality and inductive reasoning induction . It can be construed to contradict a more common phrase Correlation is not causation . It is often associated with or in constant concomitance with the philosopher David Hume who used the phrase with great regularity in his discussion of the limits of empiricism to provide an explanation for our ideas of causation and inference . In An Enquiry concerning Human Understanding and A Treatise of Human Nature Hume proposed that the origin of our knowledge of necessary connections arises out of observation of constant conjunction of certain impressions across many instances. A more modern conception would argue that Scientific law is distinguishable from a principle that arises merely accidentally because of the constant conjunction of one thing and another, but there is considerable controversy over what this distinguishing feature might be. Although British empiricism and associationist philosophers elaborated on Hume s fundamental idea in many diverse ways, and metaphsyicians like Immanual Kant tried to dissipate the position with vacuities, the force of his arguments have remained remarkably robust, and have found unexpected support in three Protean scientific discoveries in the 20th century Pavlov s laws of conditioning Donald O. Hebb Hebbian neural network s and synaptic time dependent plasticity STDP . In Pavlov s framework, an unconditioned stimulus can follow in constant conjunction a conditioning conditioned stimulus within a timeframe of milliseconds to several seconds, and result in the conditioned stimulus having many of the properties of the unconditioned stimulus. Donald O. Hebb Donald Hebb explained this as an intrinsic property of cell assemblies within the nervous system to form connections within large cliques of cells whenever those cells fire together within a reasonably short period of time. A m ... more details
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