Monday, 24 December 2012
epic splendor, sweeping drama and heart-stopping passion
Turning a beloved play into a movie is a job for either a fool or a daredevil
a visionary with unflinching faith in his own instincts
a boy’s unshakable love for his horse
life-size puppets with real feelings and expressions that moved like Tinker Toys
2.40am, 25.12.12.
sold to lug the cannons through the trenches
whose career is already reaching rocket force
Finder is a four-legged superstar who can do everything but talk, even though he has a way of communicating
What he goes through in War Horse is so rending that never before has the disclaimer “No animals were harmed in the filming of this motion picture” carried so much badly needed reassurance. the best and most beautiful horse on the screen
an elegiac film that clocks in at two hours and 20 minutes, but I treasured every single second
a boy in love with a horse I didn’t miss the puppets at all
result is a personalized experience that inspires the same kind of love audiences used to have for Lassie
The vast and sprawling screenplay by Lee Hall and Richard Curtis respects the story enough to leave it unchanged, without embellishment
The next hour is told from the horse’s point of view
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misc draft
enough already excruciating extreme insufferable insupportable offensive painful unbearable unendurable grueling harrowing intense piercing punishing racking rending searing severe sharpshooting stabbing tearing tormenting torturesome vexing
breaks the back of the rod
crack to make a sudden sharp explosive noise
Moment of force often just moment is the tendency of a force to contort or rotate an object; see the article torque for details. The moment may be thought of as a measure of the tendency of the force to cause rotation about an imaginary axis through a point. Note: Inmechanical and civil engineering, "moment" and "torque" have different meanings, while in physics they are synonyms. See the discussion in the "torque" article
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- M OF = F * sin (θ) * x + F * cos(θ) * 0
Manufacturers produce modern nutcrackers — designed to crack hazel or cob nuts — usually somewhat resembling pliers, but with the pivot point at the end beyond the nut, rather than in the middle. The spring-jointed nutcracker was patented in 1913.These are also used for cracking the shells of crab and lobster to make the meat inside available
A meat grinder or meat mincer is a kitchen appliance for grinding, fine mincing or mixing raw or cooked meat, fish, vegetables or similar . It replaces tools like the mincing knife, for example, which has been used to produce minced meat, filling etc. The producer puts the minced food into a funnel, which is placed on the top of the grinder. From there the material goes on a horizontal screw conveyor. This screw conveyor, that can be powered by a hand wheel or an electric motor, squashes and partially mixes the food. At the end of the screw conveyor there is a knife installed directly in front of the fixed hole plate. At this opening the minced meat comes out of the machine
3.17am, 26.10.12. © Lizarikk
Luciferase is a generic term for the class of oxidative enzymes used in bioluminescence and is distinct from a photoprotein. although recombinant luciferases from several other species are also available. The name is derived from Lucifer, the root of which means 'light-bearer' , lucem ferre
Light is emitted because the reaction forms oxyluciferin in an electronically excited state which tautomerizes between the keto-enol form. During a reaction, luciferase has a conformational charge and goes into a “closed” form with the two domains coming together to enclose the substrate. This ensures that water is excluded from the reaction and does not hydrolyze ATP or the electronically excited product
Scintillation is a flash of light produced in a transparent material by an ionisation event. The wave-function of the electron orbital must satisfied the condition of a plane rotator. A property of scintillators allows for pulse shape discrimination: it is possible to identify which particle was detected by looking at the pulse shape. Of course, the difference in shape is visible in the trailing side of the pulse
Wiki, 14.10, 26.10.12.
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Concussion ... Other symptoms include dizziness, nausea, lack of motor coordination, difficulty balancing, or other problems with movement or sensation. Visual symptoms include light sensitivity,[35] seeing bright lights, blurred vision, and double vision.[ ringing in the ears, is also commonly reported. In one in about seventy concussions, concussive convulsions occur, but these seizures that take place during or immediately after the concussion are not the same as post-traumatic seizures, and they, unlike post-traumatic seizures, are not in themselves predictive of post-traumatic epilepsy, which requires some form of structural brain damage, not just a momentary disruption in normal brain functioning. Concussive convulsions are thought to result from temporary loss or inhibition of motor function, and are not associated either with epilepsy . They are not associated with any particular sequelae and have the same high rate of favorable outcomes as concussions without convulsions
Cognitive symptoms include confusion, disorientation, and difficulty focusing attention. Loss of consciousness may occur but is not necessarily correlated with the severity of the concussion if it is brief. Post-traumatic amnesia, in which the person cannot remember events leading up to the injury or after it, or both, is a hallmark of concussion. Confusion, another concussion hallmark, may be present immediately or may develop over several minutes.[A patient may, for example, repeatedly ask the same questions, be slow to respond to questions or directions, have a vacant stare, or have slurred or incoherent speech. Other MTBI symptoms include changes in sleeping patterns and difficulty with reasoning, concentrating, and performing everyday activities. Affective results of concussion include crankiness, loss of interest in favorite activities or items, tearfulness, and displays of emotion that are inappropriate to the situation.
Forces may cause linear, rotational, or angular movement of the brain, or a combination of these types of motion. In rotational movement, the head turns around its center of gravity, and in angular movement it turns on an axis not through its center of gravity. The amount of rotational force is thought to be the major type of force to cause concussion and the largest component in its severity.
The brain is surrounded by cerebrospinal fluid, one of the functions of which is to protect it from light trauma, but more severe impacts or the forces associated with rapid acceleration may not be absorbed by this cushion. Concussion may be caused by impact forces, in which the head strikes or is struck by something, or impulsive forces, in which the head moves without itself being subject to blunt trauma for example, when the chest hits something and the head snaps forward
20.08. 30.10.12. Wik
A pair of scissors consists of two pivoted blades. it is primarily the shearing action between the two blades that cuts the material. In high quality scissors the blades can be both extremely sharp, and tension sprung - to increase the cutting and shearing tension only at the exact point where the blades meet
Hand movement (pushing with the thumb, pulling with the fingers in right handed use) can add to this tension. An ideal example is in high quality tailors scissors or shears, which need to be able perfectly cut (and not simply tear apart) delicate cloths such as chiffon and silk. For people who do not have the use of their hands, there are specially designed foot operated scissors
The tips of the blades are often blunted or 'rounded' for safety. Mechanically, scissors are a first-class double-lever with the pivot acting as the fulcrum. For cutting thick or heavy material, the mechanical advantage of a lever can be exploited by placing the material to be cut as close to the fulcrum as possible
For example, if the applied force (at the handles) is twice as far away from the fulcrum as the cutting location (i.e., the point of contact between the blades), the force at the cutting location is twice that of the applied force at the handles. Scissors cut material by applying a local shear stress at the cutting location which exceeds the material's shear strength
2.29am, 5.11.12. Wiki
In fluid dynamics, a vortex is a region within a fluid where the flow is mostly a spinning motion about an imaginary axis, straight or curved. That motion pattern is called a vortical flow
Vortices form spontaneously in stirred fluids, including liquids, gases, and plasmas. Some common examples are smoke rings, the whirlpools often seen in the wake of boats and paddles, and the winds surrounding hurricanes, tornadoes and dust devils. Vortices form in the wake of airplanes and are prominent features of Jupiter's atmosphere
Once formed, vortices can move, stretch, twist, and interact in complex ways. A moving vortex carries with it some angular and linear momentum, energy, and mass. In a stationary vortex, the streamlines and pathlines are closed. In a moving or evolving vortex the streamlines and pathlines are usually spirals
Vortices are a major component of turbulent flow. In the absence of external forces, viscous friction within the fluid tends to organize the flow into a collection of so-called irrotational vortices. Within such a vortex, the fluid's velocity is greatest next to the imaginary axis, and decreases in inverse proportion distance from it. The vorticity (the curl of the fluid's velocity) is very high in a core region surrounding the axis, and nearly zero in the rest of the vortex; while the pressure drops sharply as one approaches that region
3.51am , 1.11.12. Wik
A Christmas cake may be rich dark, crumbly-moist to sticky-wet, spongy to heavy, leavened or unleavened, shaped round, square or oblong as whole cakes, fairy cakes, or petit fours, with marzipan, icing, glazing, dusting with icing sugar, or plain. If a Christmas cake is covered in icing, it is quite common for it to be decorated - models of houses, of fir trees or of Santa Claus may be in the array of decorations. Very flavorful. Try icing with almond paste for a festive touch. They used to store it in a butter churn ...
nutmeg ginger cloves spiced rum port lime juice marinaded raisins
Keep the fruit covered in liquor. It is best to allow the fruit to marinate for at least 1 month for best flavour. From time to time, check the fruits to see if more liquor is needed, as the fruits will plump and soak up the liquid
In a mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in the other ingredients with the bread crumbs, flour, spices liquor. Fold in to the batter. You can see if its cooked with a skewer
Wiki 29.10.12. 19.25
Detonation involves a supersonic exothermic front accelerating through a medium that eventually drives a shock front propagating directly in front of it. Detonations are observed in both conventional solid and liquid explosives, as well as in reactive gases. The velocity of detonations in solid and liquid explosives is much higher than that in gaseous ones, which allows the wave system to be absorbed with greater detail and higher resolution
Wiki 26.10.12., 2.05am
"Dress right, DRESS" - Movement in which individuals except those on the extreme right side raise their left arms parallel to the ground and lock their heads to the far right in order to get the proper distance from each other. This is maintained until the command: "Ready, FRONT." At which point, the individuals return to the position of attention
"Parade, REST" - Individuals spread their feet about 12 inches while bringing both of their arms behind their back interlocking their hands. The back of the left hand rests against the back. The back of the right hand rests on the palm of the left, with the left thumb locked over the right hand and the right thumb locked over the left thumb. If armed, individuals put their left hand behind their back, extending their rifle while the butt remains on the ground
"At ease" - Individuals are permitted light movement given their right foot does not leave the ground; they are not allowed to talk, "Forward, MARCH" - Individuals begin marching, from the left foot and a 30-inch step (Army) or 24-inch step (Air Force) at 120 steps per minute, "About, FACE" - A turn 180 degrees facing the opposite direction, executed to the right
"Uncover, TWO" - All persons using the right hand grab their cover on "Recover" and remove the cover on "TWO", "COVER" - Used to align to the person in front of them in formation, when used after the command "Uncover, TWO", all persons replace their cover and remain holding their cap with their right hand , "Route step" - Individuals walk normally without being in step. Often used on long marches or when crossing a bridge to avoid creating harmonic rhythms
"Close Ranks, MARCH" - A movement in which the formation narrows in width, "Mark time, MARCH" - Marching in place, "Half step, MARCH" - Marching at half the distance, often bringing the upper leg parallel to the ground
"Double time, MARCH" - Marching at twice the cadence of "Forward March;" 100 to 180 steps per min, "Right shoulder, ARMS" - The rifle is placed on the right shoulder. The right hand holds the butt of the rifle
Wiki 29.10.12. 12.35pm
misc words echo chamber, basketball
Medieval and Renaissance sacred music relied heavily on the composers' extensive understanding and use of complex natural reverberation and echoes. This acoustical knowledge informed the design of opera houses and concert halls built to create internal echoes in order to enhance and project sound from the stage in the days before electrical amplification. Sometimes echo effects unintentional such as for the Hamilton Mausoleum.
Producing echo and reverberation in this form of echo chamber is remarkably simple. A signal from the studio mixing desk — such as a voice or instrument — is fed to a large high-fidelity loudspeaker located at one end of the echo chamber. One or more microphones pick up both the sound from the speaker and the echoes of it that bounce off the walls of the chamber. The farther away the more echo and reverberation the microphone/s will pick up and the louder the echo becomes in relation to the source. The signal from microphone line is then fed back to the mixing desk, where the echo-enhanced sound can be blended with the original 'dry' input
In the 1950s and 1960s, the development of magnetic audio tape technology made it possible to duplicate physical echo and reverberation effects entirely electronically. The Watkins Copicat, designed and built by renowned British electronics engineer Charlie Watkins in the late 1950s, is typical of this kind of electronic delay device
Medieval and Renaissance sacred music relied heavily on the composers' extensive understanding and use of complex natural reverberation and echoes. This acoustical knowledge informed the design of opera houses and concert halls built to create internal echoes in order to enhance and project sound from the stage in the days before electrical amplification. Sometimes echo effects unintentional such as for the Hamilton Mausoleum.
Producing echo and reverberation in this form of echo chamber is remarkably simple. A signal from the studio mixing desk — such as a voice or instrument — is fed to a large high-fidelity loudspeaker located at one end of the echo chamber. One or more microphones pick up both the sound from the speaker and the echoes of it that bounce off the walls of the chamber. The farther away the more echo and reverberation the microphone/s will pick up and the louder the echo becomes in relation to the source. The signal from microphone line is then fed back to the mixing desk, where the echo-enhanced sound can be blended with the original 'dry' input
In the 1950s and 1960s, the development of magnetic audio tape technology made it possible to duplicate physical echo and reverberation effects entirely electronically. The Watkins Copicat, designed and built by renowned British electronics engineer Charlie Watkins in the late 1950s, is typical of this kind of electronic delay device
Wiki, 24.10.12., 00.00am
In prehistoric times flint and pyrites might be used, and flint and steel from the iron age onward. If necessary any suitably hard rock, such as quartzite, may be substituted for flint. The flint is chipped to provide a sharp edge suitable for striking with the steel. The firesteel is a piece of tempered carbon steel as it is difficult to obtain sparks using this method with ordinary iron or stainless steel, often formed in a "D" shape so it can be looped around two or three fingers for striking
pyrolysis, gives ignition and slow burning characteristics suitable for tinder. The sparks (actually pieces of burning steel broken off by the harder flint) would ignite a fire as they fell, the glow of which could in turn be used to ignite a wood splint. With skill, a fire could be started in a few minutes. In the early 19th century a rotating metal wheel was used to create the sparks with superior results, and the wood splint might have been dipped in sulfur (sort of a primitive nonstriking match) for better results. The sulfur tipped matches were the results of household manufacture and were sold by "match girls"
pyrolysis, gives ignition and slow burning characteristics suitable for tinder. The sparks (actually pieces of burning steel broken off by the harder flint) would ignite a fire as they fell, the glow of which could in turn be used to ignite a wood splint. With skill, a fire could be started in a few minutes. In the early 19th century a rotating metal wheel was used to create the sparks with superior results, and the wood splint might have been dipped in sulfur (sort of a primitive nonstriking match) for better results. The sulfur tipped matches were the results of household manufacture and were sold by "match girls"
despite the advent of "lucifers" (matches), the tinder box would likely continue to be common in the household, but that in fact, by the time of writing, the tinderbox was rare, and seen commonly in museums of antiquities.
In conventional usage, the term "tinderbox" refers to something that it could catch on fire with the slightest provocation, perhaps even spontaneously like a forest fire. It is also used to describe a potentially volatile situation
14.45, 27.10.12. Wiki
ignition
Lighters, such as those for cigarettes or grills, combine ferrocerium "flint" for the spark, and use gas fuels such as butane, or a liquid naphtha/gasoline-impregnated wick as the tinder and fuel. These are simple to light, often implementing a wheel mechanism that when spun with the thumb creates friction on the internal rod of ferrocerium "flint" and throws a shower of hot sparks into the tinder. Other lighters used to light grills, typically require only the push of a button to generate high-voltage piezoelectricity for sparking their butane fuel
1.33am, 18.10.12. Wiki
Glossolalia also sometimes refers to xenoglossy. Glossolalia or speaking in tongues is the fluid vocalizing (or less commonly, the writing) of speech-like syllables which lack any readily comprehended meaning, in some cases as part of religious practice. The significance of glossolalia has varied in context, with some minorities considering it as a part of a sacred language. It is most prominently practiced within charismatic religions
23.55, 17.10.12. Wik
Grappling is a wrestling style that consists of controlling the opponent without using striking and also includes the use of submission holds. It starts from a standing position or on the ground after a throw, and the goal is to make the opponent submit via the use of immobilization techniques such as locks
Wrestling is a form of combat sport involving grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position
Wiki 1.47am, 19.10.12.
A simple Van de Graaff-generator consists of a belt of silk, or a similar flexible dielectric material, running over two metal pulleys, one of which is surrounded by a hollow metal sphere.Two electrodes, 2 and 7, in the form of comb-shaped rows of sharp metal points, are positioned respectively near to the bottom of the lower pulley and inside the sphere, over the upper pulley. Comb 2 is connected to the sphere, and comb 7 to the ground. A high DC potential, with respect to earth is applied
Another method for building Van de Graaff generators is to use the triboelectric effect. The friction between the belt and the rollers, one above and other below the material of the belt, charges the rollers with opposite polarities. The strong e-field from the rollers then induces a corona discharge
The electrodes then "spray" a charge onto the belt which is opposite in polarity to the charge on the rollers. The remaining operation is otherwise the same as the voltage-injecting version
By the 1970s, up to 14 million volts could be achieved at the terminal of a tandem that used a tank of high pressure sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) gas to prevent sparking by trapping electrons. This allowed the generation of heavy ion beams of several tens of megaelectronvolts, sufficient to study light ion direct nuclear reactions. The highest potential sustained by a Van de Graaff accelerator is 25.5 MV
Wiki 1.46am, 26.10.12
Coal tar is among the by-products when coal is carbonized to make
coke or gasified to make coal gas. Coal tars are complex and variable
mixtures of phenols, polycyclic hydrocarbons and heterocyclic compounds
The heating dry distilling of pine wood causes tar and pitch to drip
away from the wood and leave behind charcoal. Birch is used to make
particularly fine tar, known as "Russian oil", suitable for leather
protection. The by-products of wood tar are turpentine and charcoal
coke or gasified to make coal gas. Coal tars are complex and variable
mixtures of phenols, polycyclic hydrocarbons and heterocyclic compounds
The heating dry distilling of pine wood causes tar and pitch to drip
away from the wood and leave behind charcoal. Birch is used to make
particularly fine tar, known as "Russian oil", suitable for leather
protection. The by-products of wood tar are turpentine and charcoal
Tar is modified pitch produced primarily from the wood and
roots of pine by destructive distillation under pyrolysis
Tar-like products can also be produced from other forms of organic
matter such as peat. Coal tar is produced from coal as a byproduct
of coke production. Bitumen is a term used for natural deposits of
oil "tar" Coal tar is a black liquid of extremely high viscosity
Wiki, 21.10.12. 2.02am
Fuzzbox distortion effects create "warm", "dirty", and "fuzzy" sounds by compressing the peaks of a musical instrument's sound wave and adding overtones. Distortion effects are sometimes called "gain" effects, as distorted guitar sounds were first achieved by over-driving tube amplifiers. Distortion has long been integral to the sound of rock music, and is important to other genres such as jazz and electric blues
The first amplifiers built for electric guitar were relatively low-fidelity, and would often produce distortion when their volume (gain) was increased beyond their design limit or if they sustained minor damage. heavily distorted power chords on electric guitar as well a "I'm Gonna Murder My Baby" created "a grittier, nastier, more ferocious electric guitar sound," accomplished by turning the volume knob on his amplifier "all the way to the right until the speaker was screaming
In 1956 a guitarist deliberately dislodged a vacuum tube in his amplifier to record "The Train Kept A-Rollin” after a reviewer raved about the sound Burlison's damaged amplifier produced during a live performance.Guitarist Link Wray began intentionally manipulating his amplifiers' vacuum tubes to create a "noisy" and "dirty” sound for his solos after a similarly accidental discovery. Wray also poked holes in his speaker cones with pencils to further distort his tone
The resultant sound can be heard on his highly influential instrumental "Rumble". In the early 1960s, a surf rock guitarist , who produced hits such as "Let's Go Trippin'" and "Misirlou" , worked closely with Fender to push the limits of electric amplification technology. Distortion gained widespread popularity after guitarist of The Kinks used a razor blade to slash his speaker cones for their 1964 single "You Really Got Me"
Because they are often designed to operate with low voltages, overdrive and distortion pedals typically use transistors to generate distortion. The terms "distortion", "overdrive" and "fuzz" are often used interchangeably, but they have subtle differences in meaning. Overdrive effects are the mildest of the three, producing "warm" overtones at quieter volumes and harsher distortion as gain is increased. A "distortion" effect produces approximately the same amount of distortion at any volume, and its sound alterations are much more pronounced and intense. A fuzz box alters an audio signal until it is nearly a square wave and adds complex overtones by way of a frequency multiplier
Wiki, 20.26, 23.10.12.
Most electric motors operate through the interaction of magnetic fields and current-carrying conductors to generate force. The reverse process, producing electrical energy from mechanical energy, is done by generators such as alternator or a dynamo; some electric motors can also be used as generators, for example, a traction motor on a vehicle may perform both tasks
The reverse conversion of electrical energy into mechanical energy is done by an electric motor, and motors and generators have many similarities. In electricity generation, an electric generator is a device that converts mechanical energy to electrical energy. A generator forces electric charge (usually carried by electrons) to flow through an externalelectrical circuit. The source of mechanical energy may be a reciprocating or turbine steam engine, water falling through a turbine or waterwheel, an internal combustion engine, a wind turbine, a hand crank,compressed air, or any other source of mechanical energy
In 1827, Hungarian Anyos Jedlik started experimenting with the electromagnetic rotating devices which he called electromagnetic self-rotors. In the prototype of the single-pole electric starter (finished between 1852 and 1854) both the stationary and the revolving parts were electromagnetic. He formulated the concept of the dynamo at least 6 years before Siemens and Wheatstone but didn't patent it as he thought he wasn't the first to realize this. In essence the concept is that instead of permanent magnets, two electromagnets opposite to each other induce the magnetic field around the rotor. It was also the discovery of the principle of self-excitation
A dynamo machine consists of a stationary structure, which provides a constant magnetic field, and a set of rotating windings which turn within that field. On small machines the constant magnetic field may be provided by one or more permanent magnets; larger machines have the constant magnetic field provided by one or more electromagnets, which are usually called field coils.Large power generation dynamos are now rarely seen due to the now nearly universal use of alternating current for power distribution and solid state electronic AC to DC power conversion
The field coils are connected in series or parallel with the armature winding. When the generator first starts to turn, the remanent magnetism present in the iron core provides a magnetic field to get it started, generating a current in the armature. This flows through the field coils, creating a larger magnetic field which generates a larger armature current. This "bootstrap" process continues until the magnetic field in the core levels off due to saturation and the generator reaches a steady state power output
Wiki, 2.29am, 20.10.12.
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