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1998 Christmas Single | Christmas

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

1998 Christmas Single is the first Christmas single by the American punk rock/punk pop band MxPx, released in 1998 (see 1998 in music). This single was sent out to all members of the MxPx Fanclub at the time, and being a member was the only way to get one. They have continued the tradition of making a Christmas single every year and sending it out to their fan club members.


Track listing

  1. “Christmas Day” (MxPx) – 3:00


Personnel

  • Mike Herrera - Bass, Vocals
  • Tom Wisniewski - Guitar
  • Yuri Ruley - Drums

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Explosimeter | External

Wednesday, December 26th, 2007

An explosimeter is a device which is used to measure the amount of combustible gases present in a sample. The device operates on the principle of resistance proportional to heat — a wire is heated, and a sample of the gas is introduced to the hot wire. Combustible gases burn in the presence of the hot wire, thus increasing the resistance and disturbing a Wheatstone bridge, which gives the reading.

A flashback arrestor is installed in the device to avoid the explosimeter igniting the sample external to the device.


External links

  • http://www.marineengineering.org.uk/testequipment/explosimeter.htm (select explosimeter from the left frame)

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East Side | the B-Side Ho! Ho!

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

East Side or Eastside may refer to:

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Places


Municipalities

  • East Side Township, Minnesota
  • East Side, Pennsylvania


Neighborhoods

  • Eastside, Birmingham
  • East Side, Chicago
  • Eastside, Flint
  • Eastside, Los Angeles
  • Upper East Side and Lower East Side, Manhattan
  • East Side, Milwaukee
  • Eastside, Oklahoma City
  • Eastside, Paterson
  • East Side, Phoenix
  • East Side, Providence
  • Eastside, Ontario
  • East Side, St. Paul (Minnesota)
  • San Jose East Side or East San Jose, San Jose, California
  • East Side of Stamford, Connecticut, Connecticut
  • Downtown Eastside, Vancouver


Other regions

  • Eastside (King County, Washington), the eastern suburbs of Seattle, Washington. Note that residents of eastern Washington state sometimes refer to their area as the Eastside.
  • The East Coast of the United States


Film, TV and music

  • Eastside (film), a 1999 film by Lorena David starring Mario López
  • East Side/West Side, a 1963 TV show
  • The East Side Boyz, rap music producer Lil Jon’s group


See also

  • Eastside High School, the name of several high schools

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Faulkes Telescope South | website MVMCP

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

The Faulkes Telescope South is a clone of the Liverpool Telescope, and is located at Siding Spring Observatory. It is a 2m reflecting telescope which is used for research as well as for use by school children around the world over the internet.

The Faulkes Telescope website provides data about the telescopes as well as educational materials that teachers can use with students. A number of the activities detailed on the website have example sets of files with them so that teachers and students can try out the activities before deciding if they want to use the telescope themselves.


External links

  • Faulkes Telescope website
  • The RoboNet global network which controls the Faulkes Telescopes over the internet

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Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (Asia) | Twas’ the

Saturday, December 15th, 2007

The Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS) is an international organization. It aims to reduce the ever-growing gap between the developed and developing world through useful applications of science and technology.

The Third World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) initiated the proposal for the formation of COMSATS under the leadership of Nobel Laureate, Dr. Abdus Salam.The foundation-conference of COMSATS was held at Islamabad, Pakistan on 4th and 5th October 1994.

Representatives from thirty-six countries attended. The participants included twenty-two Ministers, members of the diplomatic community of Islamabad and representatives of international organizations, like UNESCO, UNIDO, UNEP and the World Bank.

The conference decided that the Headquarters / Secretariat of the Commission would be based permanently at Islamabad, Pakistan, and the Head of State of Pakistan would act as the first Chairperson of the forum. It was agreed that the host Government, Pakistan, would provide for the operational and administrative expenses of the Secretariat, while the development programs of the Commission would be supported and financed through a Technical Assistance Fund. This fund would be established by contribution from member countries, income from services provided to member countries, grants from international agencies and project funds, if under taken under contract.

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Member Countries of COMSATS

  • Bangladesh
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Egypt
  • Ghana
  • Iran
  • Jamaica
  • Jordan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Korea (DPRK)
  • Nigeria
  • Pakistan
  • Philippines
  • Senegal
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sudan
  • Syria
  • Tanzania
  • Tunisia
  • Uganda
  • Zimbabwe


COMSATS Projects


COMSATS Institute of Information Technology (CIIT)

CIIT is one of the leading institution in Pakistan which is working under the umbrella of COMSATS, with a well-established reputation and a wide range of interests and facilities. Most importantly, it has faculty of international distinctions.


COMSATS Network Training

Today’s organizaions increasingly rely on the Internet and complex internal networks to compete in the new global economy. They need skilled professionals to keep networks working smoothly and expanding seamlessly.
Recognizing this COMSATS has started internetworking training program which is being supported by IT Division Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of Pakistan.
COMSATS will provide Certified Internet Training based on Cisco Certification which is industry recognized multilayer program and offers both in-depth theoretical background and intensive hands on experience.
Currently Comsats Network Training (CST) is offering following short courses:

  • ICND– Interconnecting Cisco Network Devices
  • BSCI– Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks
  • BCMSN-Building Cisco Multilayer Switching Networks
  • BCRAN-Building Cisco Remote Access Network
  • CIT-Cisco Internetwork Troubleshooting
  • ISP Setup
  • C-VOICE / VoIP
  • MCNS – Managing Cisco Network Security
  • NE-Networking Essentials
  • VB.NET
  • Graphic Animation

Apart from all these courses CST is also offering diploma in Telecommunications and wireless Telecommunication. For more details regarding their courses, fee structure or admission requirements visit their weibsite.


COMSATS Internet Services

COMSATS internet services (CIS) is an Internet service provider also administered by COMSATS. It started its services in 1994 and is currently providing its services in the following cities of Pakistan:

  • Lahore
  • Karachi
  • Gujar Khan
  • Sialkot
  • Skardu
  • Swat
  • Multan
  • Attock
  • Wah Cantt
  • Gilgit
  • Peshawar
  • Faisalabad
  • Islamabad


External links

  • COMSATS Headquarters
  • CIIT Islamabad Campus
  • CIIT Lahore Campus
  • CIIT Abbotabad Campus
  • CIIT Wah Campus
  • CIIT Attock Campus
  • COMSATS Network Training
  • COMSATS Internet Services
  • COMSATS Internet Services - Sialkot
  • COMSATS Internet Services - Lahore
  • COMSATS Internet Services - Abbottabad

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A Very Special Christmas 5 | The Best Christmas

Tuesday, December 11th, 2007

A Very Special Christmas 5 is the fifth in a series of Christmas music-themed compilation albums produced to benefit the Special Olympics. The album was released in October 2001, with production supervision by Bobby Shriver, Jon Bon Jovi, and Joel Gallen for A&M Records.


Track listing

  1. “This Christmas (Hang All the Mistletoe)” - Macy Gray
  2. “Little Drummer Boy/Hot Hot Hot” - Wyclef Jean
  3. “Noel! Noel!” - Eve 6
  4. “Blue Christmas” - Jon Bon Jovi
  5. “Merry Christmas Baby” - Stevie Wonder & Wyclef Jean
  6. “O Come All Ye Faithful” - City High
  7. “Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You” - SR-71
  8. “Christmas Day” - Dido
  9. “Run Rudolph Run” - Sheryl Crow
  10. “Back Door Santa” - B.B. King & John Popper
  11. “Little Red Rooster” - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
  12. “Christmas Don’t Be Late (Chipmunk Song)” - Powder
  13. “Silent Night” - Stevie Nicks
  14. “I Love You More” - Stevie Wonder & Kimberly Brewer
  15. “White Christmas” - Darlene Love

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Bethlehem (album) | Christmas

Sunday, December 9th, 2007

Bethlehem is a Christmas album by Brian McKnight released October 20 1998.


Tracks

  1. “Hail Mary” – 2:09
  2. “Bethlehem Tonight” – 3:32
  3. “Let it Snow” – 4:24
  4. “Silent Night (Interlude)” – 1:15
  5. “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” – 3:59
  6. “It’s All About Love” – 5:15
  7. “Christmas Time is Here” – 3:27
  8. “The First Noel” – 3:35
  9. “(There’s No Place Like) Home For The Holidays” – 3:18
  10. “Don’t Let Me Go” – 4:13
  11. “Christmas Eve With You” – 6:20

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The One Where Ross and Rachel Take a Break | Ho! Who’d Be

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

“The One Where Ross and Rachel Take a Break” is the fifteenth episode of season three of the television situation comedy Friends.

First aired: February 13, 1997


Plot

Phoebe decides to give free massages outside of the United Nations building, and meets a foreign diplomat named Sergei. Trouble is, Sergei doesn’t speak English, so his translator Mischa keeps “getting in the way.” Desperate for some alone time with Sergei but still have a translator around, Phoebe convinces Monica to come to dinner with them as Mischa’s date. Mischa and Monica hit it off so well that Mischa keeps forgetting to translate for Sergei, and starts fighting with Sergei. He eventually quits and takes Monica along with him to use his diplomatic coupons at the Rainbow Room. Phoebe then tries to teach Sergei English - with minimal success.

Rachel has to cancel on her and Ross’s one-year anniversary plans since she has to work late hours - as she had to every night for two weeks. Ross cannot understand why Rachel cannot make time for him. He surprises her at the office with a complete picnic set. As Ross starts a small fire on Rachel’s desks, she angrily orders him to wait for her at home. Later at the apartment Ross complains about Rachel working late hours. Also, he is afraid of Rachel having an affair with her co-worker Mark. Rachel, however, is not willing to deal with Ross’s jealousy and to have the same fight over and over again. She suggests taking a break. Ross thinks she wants to stop fighting and suggests getting frozen yogurt. But Rachel tells him she wants to take a break from their relationship, which leads Ross to leave.

Chandler and Joey get invited to a club by Chloe, the hot girl at the Xerox place whom they are both trying to hit upon. She invites them to come see her co-worker Isaac the DJ, and also makes a joke about they all having a three-some. Joey and Chandler then set up some loose “ground rules” in the event that she should agree to a threesome with them. A distraught Ross ends up meeting them at the club. He feels bad about his fight, and calls Rachel to apologize - but assumes the worst when he hears Mark (who’d gone over to comfort her) in the background. Chloe, who has always admired Ross, asks him to dance, and they end up kissing.


Miscellanea

  • The song that Ross and Chloe dance to is With or Without You by U2 - the same song Ross dedicated to Rachel in the episode The One With the List.


Additional cast

  • Sophie - Laura Dean
  • Mark - Steven Eckholdt
  • Chloe - Angela Featherstone
  • Isaac - Maury Ginsberg
  • Mischa - Stephen Kearney
  • Sergei - Jim Pirri
Preceded by:
The One With Phoebe’s Ex-Partner

List of Friends episodes

Followed by:
The One the Morning After

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Pool Forge Covered Bridge | was covered by the

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

Pool Forge Covered Bridge is a covered bridge that spans the Conestoga River in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. The bridge is now on private property where it was once used as a storage barn before the owner added a road to receive vehicle traffic.

The bridge has a single span, wooden, double Burr arch trusses design with the addition of steel hanger rods. It is painted entirely red, the traditional color of Lancaster County covered bridges on the outside. The inside of the bridge is not painted. Both approaches to the bridge are painted in red without any of the traditional white paint.

The bridge’s WGCB Number is 38-36-01. Added in 1980, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places as structure number 80003510<ref name=”register”></ref>. It is located at (40.12967, -75.97683).<ref name=”Travis”></ref>

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History

The bridge was built in 1859 by Levi Fink and Elias McMellen.


Dimensions

  • Length: 99 feet (30.2 m) total length
  • Width: 15 feet (4.6 m) total width


Gallery

A three-quarters view of the bridge

Another three-quarters view showing the same bridge approach.

One of the sides of the bridge

The other side of the bridge

The approach to the bridge closest to the main road

The approach farthest away from the main road entrance

The Burr arch truss design on the inside of the bridge

A closer look at the Burr arch truss

An example of the bridge’s steel hanger rods

The bridge’s underside structure

The underside of the bridge showing where the Burr arch meets the concrete bridge abutment. The concrete bridge in the background bypasses this bridge.

An underside bridge joint showing the Burr arch truss design.


See also

  • Burr arch truss
  • List of Lancaster County covered bridges


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References

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Christmas EP | Christmas

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Mary Margaret O’Hara’s Christmas EP was released in 1991. It collects three covers of classic Christmas standards, as well as an original Christmas-themed song written by O’Hara.


Track listing

  1. “Blue Christmas” (4:59)
  2. “Silent Night” (3:57)
  3. “What Are You Doing New Years’ Eve?” (3:13)
  4. “Christmas Evermore” (4:16)

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First Album | the album Caribou.

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

There are several albums entitled First Album:

  • ZZ Top’s First Album, a 1970 album by ZZ Top
  • The 1st Album, a 1985 album by Modern Talking
  • First Album, a 1992 album by Dive
  • First Album, a 2002 album by The International Playboys
  • 1st Album, a 2003 album by Taiwanese pop group 5566
  • The First Album, a 2004 album by Ella Guru
  • The First Album, a 2006 album by Taiwanese boy band 183 Club

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Christmas creep | christmas party favors

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

Christmas creep is the commercial phenomenon of merchants and retailers exploiting the commercialized status of Christmas (see Christmas season) earlier and earlier every year. It is most often attributed to the desire of many merchants to take advantage of particularly heavy Christmas-related shopping well before Black Friday in the US and before Halloween in Canada and the UK. It can apply for other holidays as well, notably Valentine’s Day, Easter and Mother’s Day. The key for holiday creep is for retailers to lengthen their selling season for seasonal merchandise in order to maximize profit and to give early-bird shoppers a headstart on that holiday.


External links

  • Christmas Creep: The Shopping Season Is Longer, but Is It Better?

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Twisted Christmas | Best Christmas Album In

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

For the similarly named Twisted Sister album, see A Twisted Christmas

Twisted Christmas is a humorous Christmas album recorded by Bob Rivers and his Comedy Corp.


Track listing

  1. The Twelve Pains of Christmas (3:36)

    • Parody of “The Twelve Days of Christmas.”
  2. The Chimney Song (2:06)
    • Original song.
  3. We Wish You Weren’t Living With Us (0:44)
    • Parody of “We Wish You a Merry Christmas.”
  4. Wreck the Malls (2:02)
    • Parody of “Deck the Halls.”
  5. A Visit From St. Nicholson (4:30)
    • Parody of “A Visit from St. Nicholas” (aka “T’was the Night Before Christmas”) by Clement Clark Moore, with actor Jack Nicholson instead of St. Nicholas.
  6. O Come All Ye Grateful Dead-Heads (1:23)
    • Parody of “O Come All Ye Faithful.”
  7. I’m Dressin’ Up Like Santa (When I Get Out On Parole) (3:06)
    • Original song.
  8. The Restroom Door Said, “Gentlemen” (1:33)
    • Parody of “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen.”
  9. Foreigners (2:07)
    • Parody of “Angels We Have Heard on High.”
  10. Joy to the World (1:22)
    • Hard rock version of traditional song.
  11. A Message From the King (2:18)
    • Spoken word piece by Elvis Presley impersonator.

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Radio Disney Holiday Jams 2 | Christmas

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

Radio Disney Holiday Jams 2 is a Christmas album released in 2002.


Track listing

  1. “I Wish It Could Be Christmas Every Day” - A*Teens
  2. “As Long As There’s Christmas’” - Play
  3. “Wonderful Christmas Time” - Jump5
  4. “Here Come’s Santa Claus” - Gene Autry
  5. “It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas” - Johnny Mathis
  6. “Santa Claus Lane” - Hilary Duff
  7. “Feliz Navidad” - Jose Feliciano
  8. “Christmas Time” - Backstreet Boys
  9. “Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer” - Burl Ives
  10. “Go Girlfriend (Have A Merry Christmas)” - No Secrets
  11. “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town” - B2K
  12. “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus” - Jackson 5
  13. “The Chimney Song” - Bob Rivers
  14. “My Christmas List (Radio Disney Edit)” - Simple Plan


See also

  • Radio Disney Jingle Jams
  • Radio Disney Jams Series

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Jorge Espat | Elton John’s Christmas Party

Sunday, November 18th, 2007

Jorge Espat (b. 1959) is a Belizean politician and a member of the People’s United Party.


Political career

He was first elected to parliament (Freetown constituency) in 1993. He was reelected in 1998 and became a member of the cabinet until resigning a few years later after alleging corruption within his own party. Espat is famously known in Belize for admitting with regards to the PUP, ” We are messed up!!”


Education

Espat attended Holy Redeemer Primary School followed by St. John’s College, Belize City, Fordham University, New York City, and Viterbo University, La Crosse, Wisconsin.

He also served as Vice Principal of Excelsior High School from 1993-1995. Mr. Espat now teaches at Saint John’s College Junior College in Belize City.


External links

  • belize.gov.bz biography

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MaxDrive | Other versions It

Saturday, November 17th, 2007

The MAX Drive is a video game accessory by Datel, maker of the Action Replay, which allows the transferring of saved games between a video game console and a PC. It consists of a USB memory stick, a PC CD-ROM with software, and a disc containing the console software. There are both Xbox and PlayStation 2 versions, as well as versions with varying sizes of memory cards. Saved data exported to the computer appears as normal files, so can be transferred to other users and then back to the PlayStation 2 or Xbox. Other user created content such as GameFace data can likewise be easily transferred.

There was also a version of the MAX Drive for the GameCube console, but this has since been discontinued. Unlike the other two versions, the GameCube version was not a USB stick. Instead, it was similar in design to a normal GameCube memory card, but with a port in the back that accepted an included USB cable.


See also

  • DexDrive: An earlier save transferring accessory for the PlayStation and Nintendo 64
  • Action Replay: USB memory stick support is included in some versions


External links

  • Codejunkies The MAX Drive PC software can be found here.

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Elton Dean | Elton John released

Friday, September 7th, 2007

Elton Dean (born October 28 1945, Nottingham, England; died February 8 2006) was a jazz musician who performed on alto saxophone, saxello (a variant of the soprano saxophone) and occasionally keyboard.

From 1966-67, Dean was a member of the band Bluesology, led by Long John Baldry. The band’s pianist, Reginald Dwight, afterward combined Dean’s and Baldry’s first names for his own stage name, Elton John.

Dean established his reputation as a member of the Keith Tippett Sextet from 1968 to 1970, and in the band Soft Machine from 1969 to 1972. Shortly before leaving Soft Machine he started his own group, Just Us. From 1975 to 1978 he led a nine-piece band called Ninesense, performing at the Bracknell Jazz Festival and similar events. His own groups since then, usually quartets or quintets, have most often worked in the free jazz mode, with little or no pre-composed material. At the same time, he has continued to work with other groups that are very composition-based, such as guitarist Phil Miller’s In Cahoots, drummer Pip Pyle’s Equipe Out, and various projects with former Soft Machine bassist Hugh Hopper.

In 2002, Dean and three other former Soft Machine members (Hugh Hopper, drummer John Marshall, and guitarist Allan Holdsworth) toured and recorded under the name Soft Works. With another former Soft Machine member, guitarist John Etheridge, replacing Holdsworth, they subsequently toured and recorded as Soft Machine Legacy, playing some pieces from the original Soft Machine repertoire as well as