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A Stochastic process is a mathematical description of random events that occur one after another. It is possible to order these events according to the time at which they occur. This can be used to model such things as daily weather data, or exchange rate changes, or medical information like a patient's EKG, EEG, blood pressure or temperature. Stochastic processes used in various disciplines, including physics, biology, finance, telecommunications, and operations research. They provide a powerful framework for analyzing and predicting the behavior of systems under uncertain conditions.
Jabberwocky is a 'nonsense poem' written by Lewis Carroll in his 1871 novel "Through the Looking-Glass". All the same, it does strangely make a kind of sense. In an early scene of Alice in Wonderland, Alice finds the verse "Jabberwocky". She says (p24) "Somehow it seems to fill my head with ideasonly I don't exactly know what they are.” This is now thought to be one of the greatest nonsense poems written in English. Its playful, whimsical language has given us nonsense words, portmanteau words and neologisms such as "galumphing" and "chortle". Origin and publication. The concept of nonsense verse was not original to Carroll. Nonsense existed in Shakespeare's work and was well known in the Brothers Grimm's fairytales, some of which are called lying tales or "lügenmärchen".  John Tenniel reluctantly agreed to illustrate the book in 1871, and his illustrations are still the defining images of the poem. The illustration of the Jabberwock may reflect the Victorian obsession with natural history and the fast-evolving sciences of palaeontology and geology. The works of Darwin and the models of dinosaurs at the Crystal Palace Exhibition helped feed the interest. Perhaps it is not so surprising that Tenniel gave the Jabberwock "the leathery wings of a pterodactyl and the long rough neck and tail of a sauropod". The poem. Jabberwocky 'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. "Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!" He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the Manxome foe he sought— So rested he by the Tumtum tree, And stood awhile in thought. And as in uffish thought he stood
A Ship of the line was a kind of warship. Most ships of the line were built between the 17th and 19th century. At that time, battles were fought by many such ships, which sailed in a line. At first, such ships were sailing boats, but from about the 1840s, steam-driven ships of the line were built. The steam-powered ships of the line were still made of wood. From about 1859, the Ironclad warship replaced them.  At that time, ships had cannons. Larger ships had room for more cannons, and were therefore more likely to hit the enemy. Today, ship designs are noticeably different, as cannons are no longer used.
The University of Salamanca () is a Spanish higher education institution. It is in the town of Salamanca, west of Madrid, in the autonomous community of Castile and León. It was established in 1134 and given the Royal charter of establishment by King Alfonso IX in 1218. The University of Salamanca was one of 100 finalists for the 12 Treasures of Spain in 2007.
Many batteries are thrown away in regular waste after they have been used. Battery recycling is a name of the process of separately collecting such batteries so that they can be disposed of properly. Batteries contain metals such as lead, copper or zinc. In the form that is used in the batteries, these metals are very harmful to the environment - most are toxic. Collecting the batteries allows the extraction of some of the metals, which can then be re-used, not thrown away. The parts that cannot be extracted or re-used are disposed of in a way that is less harmful to the environment. For this reason, many countries have rules that say that a given percentage of all batteries must be re-cycled.  Battery composition by type. "Italics" designates button cell types.&lt;br&gt; Bold designates secondary types.&lt;br&gt; All figures are percentages; due to rounding they may not add up to exactly 100.
The King's shilling (or the Queen's shilling if the monarch is female) was the name given to a shilling that was given to soldiers who joined the British Army and the Royal Navy as a reward for enlisting. The word is often used when talking about the 17th and 18th centuries, but the word has been used since the English Civil War and is still used today. Someone who said they would join the army was given the coin, but could give it back before they made a promise to a judge. Once the promise was made, they were given more money. The amount of money they were given changed over the years. In 1812, a new soldier was given £23, 17 shillings and six pence. This money was a lot, which persuaded many people to join the army, but the money was spent very quickly on uniform. Because this money was a lot, some people joined and deserted lots of times to get the money each time. One man was hanged in 1787 for doing this 47 times.
5 Seconds of Summer (abbreviated 5SOS) is a pop-rock band from Quakers Hill, a Western suburb of Sydney, Australia. The band has 4 members: Calum Hood (bass guitar, vocals), Michael Clifford (guitar, vocals), Luke Hemmings (lead vocals, guitar), and Ashton Irwin (drums, vocals). Luke, Calum, and Michael all attended Norwest Christian College in Riverstone, NSW. Ashton, however, attended Richmond High School in Richmond, NSW. Michael came up with the name '5 Seconds of Summer'. Calum writes most of their music and they often sing about love or according to Ashton, life. The band have talked about being heavily influenced by famous rock bands such as Green Day, All Time Low, Blink-182, and Nirvana. In an interview, they stated that their music was "Basically the love child of all their favorite bands". They have also said that their hero is Billie Joe Armstrong, the lead singer of Green Day. They supported Hot Chelle Rae on their 2012 "Whatever" tour. They toured with One Direction for their TMH and WWA tours and gained international fame. They now have their own tour "Rock Out With Your Socks Out" (ROWYSO). Their second headline tour started in February 2016, "Sounds Live Feels Live" (SLFL). The band has released four albums, 5 Seconds of Summer, Sounds Good Feel Good, Youngblood and Calm, in that order. Career. 5 Seconds of Summer started out with Luke Hemming making covers on YouTube and, then he invited Calum and Michael to the band as well, where they were quickly getting recognition. Later on, they were in need of a drummer which led them to Ashton Irwin on Facebook from a mutual friend, and they officially became a band on December 3 ,2011. Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan from One Direction later directed their attention toward them. Over the years 5SOS released EP's like "Somewhere New (2012), Unplugged (2012), Don't Stop (2014), Good Girls (2014
The grandfather paradox is an unexplainable situation regarding time travel. It is one type of temporal paradox (paradox involving time). It is a proposed physical paradox of time travel first described by the science fiction writer Nathaniel Schachner in his short story "Ancestral Voices", and by René Barjavel in his 1943 book "Le Voyageur Imprudent" ("Future Times Three").  The paradox asks what happens if you were to travel back in time and kill your grandfather. Your grandfather would be dead, meaning you would never have been born, which means you could not have been alive to go back in time and kill your grandfather, but that means your grandfather would be alive and you would be born and so on with seemingly no answer.  Since, as far as we know, time travel of this kind is not possible, the paradox is not one we will face in practice.
Samuelsons was a country and gospel group from Sweden, between the 1960s and 80's. It consisted of the brothers Rolf (1939–1981), Kjell (born 1942), Olle (born 1950) and Jard Samuelson (born 1952). In December 1966 the first album was released in the USA, and was awarded three stars by Billboard. They soon became popular throughout Europe, Canada and the USA.
Ertharin Cousin (born 1957) was, from 2012 to 2017, the twelfth Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Programme. On June 9, 2009, Cousin was nominated by President Barack Obama to become United States Ambassador to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture. In November 2013 she was in "Time" magazine's list of "The 13 Gods of Food". She was born in Chicago.
Allen Neal Jones (born June 2, 1977) better known by his ring name AJ Styles or A.J. Styles, and even by his nickname The Phenomenal (One), is an American professional wrestler. He is currently wrestling for WWE on the SmackDown brand. He is a former two-time WWE Champion and was the leader of the stable The O.C. / The Club.  He is also known for working for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) where he along with James Storm and Jeff Jarrett were the only wrestlers to have worked continuously for the promotion since its first broadcast on June 19, 2002. He was the first wrestler to complete the TNA Triple Crown Championship when he won the TNA X Division, NWA World Tag Team, and NWA World Heavyweight Championships. He is also the first wrestler to complete it more than once when he completed it five more times. Between WWE, TNA, and NJPW, he is a nine-time world champion. On December 8, 2013, it was announced by TNA that Styles' contract negotiations had failed. He was later released from the company and became a free agent on December 17. New Japan Pro Wrestling. On March 27, 2014, Styles signed a contract with New Japan Pro Wrestling. He debuted at Invasion Attack 2014 on April 6 where he attacked the IWGP Heavyweight Champion Kazuchika Okada and hit his finishing move, the "Styles Clash" on him. Styles then said that he was the new leader of Bullet Club. This came after Prince Devitt, the former leader of Bullet Club, had to leave the company after losing a Loser Leaves Town match against his rival Ryusuke Taguchi.
The King David Hotel is the official hotel for visiting heads of state, diplomats and other guests of the Israeli government. It is located in Jerusalem. The hotel was founded in 1931 by Egyptian Jew Ezra Mosseri. The hotel is famous for having been subject to a bombing attack in 1946 by the Zionist militant group Irgun in which 91 people died.
Berserkers (or berserks) were a special kind of Norse warrior who were widely feared. Old Norse literature said they fought in a wild, trance-like fury. This later gave us the English word "berserk".  Many Old Norse sources say that berserkers were real. Most historians believe that berserkers worked themselves into a rage before the battle. Others think they might have eaten drugged foods. The Ynglinga saga said they charged their enemy without any armour. Also that they were as mad as wolves. They could kill the enemy with a single blow of their sword while neither fire nor iron could hurt them.
is a Japanese franchise of different media. It was originally published as a manga series, written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow. It told the story of a fictional counter-cyberterrorist organisation. It has been made into a series of anime television series and movies, and a series of video games.
The Division of Kingsford Smith is an Australian Electoral Division in the state of New South Wales. The division is named after Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, the first pilot to fly across the Pacific Ocean. The Kingsford Smith International Airport (Sydney International), and the suburb of Kingsford, which are both in the division, are also named after him. The division was set up in 1949. The division covers the southern end of the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney, on the north shore of Botany Bay, and the coast of the Tasman Sea. It includes Coogee, Randwick, Maroubra, Mascot, Botany, Malabar and Kensington. Members. Lionel Bowen was a minister in the Whitlam government and the Deputy Prime Minister under Bob Hawke. Laurie Brereton was a minister in the Keating government. Peter Garrett was the lead singer of the Australian band Midnight Oil, and a former President of the Australian Conservation Foundation. He served as the Minister for the Environment and Minister for Education. Garrett retired at the 2013 election. He was replaced by Matt Thistlethwaite who had been a member of the Senate.
No Way Out (2008) was a professional wrestling pay-per-view show made by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). It took place on February 17, 2008 at the Thomas &amp; Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was the tenth No Way Out event held by WWE.
Mars Incorporated is an American food company. They are mostly known as a chocolate manufacturer but they make many other foods. They also make food for pets. Brands include Uncle Ben's rice, Wrigley's, 3 Musketeers and M&amp;M's. They employ 70,000 people worldwide.
Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503–1542) was an English poet and diplomat. He gets credit for bringing the into the English language. A sonnet is a special type of poem with 14 lines. He was "the Renaissance ideal—soldier, statesman, courtier, lover, scholar, and poet.” Early life. Wyatt was born at Allington near Maidstone, Kent, England in 1503. His father was Henry Wyatt and his mother was named Ann Skinner. Henry Wyatt was loyal to King Henry VII of England. This allowed Henry to have many high-ranking positions in the King's court. Thomas Wyatt went to St John's College, Cambridge, from 1515 to 1522. He was twelve when he first entered the college. At age 17 in 1520, Wyatt married Elizabeth Brooke. His wife was the daughter of Lord Cobham. They had two children, Thomas and Bess. However, the marriage was unhappy. Wyatt once wrote a letter to his son that put blame in both parents for the bad marriage, "but chiefly [mostly] in her." Both Thomas Wyatt and his wife Elizabeth cheated on each other. After his wife had two children, the couple was separated. Political career. Wyatt got his first position at court in 1516. In this year he was "sewer extraordinary," an attendant or page at the christening of Princess Mary. He was probably able to get this position so young because his father Henry had such a good reputation with the King. In 1524, Wyatt was named keeper of the King's jewels. In these early years at court, Wyatt met Anne Boleyn. Many thought they were lovers at this time, but there is no proof. In 1526, Wyatt began his career as a diplomat. Wyatt was sent to Paris, France with Sir Thomas Cheney. Cheney was one of the many people who liked Wyatt. In a letter, Cheney said Wyatt had "as much wit...as any young man hath in England." A year later, Wyatt was sent to the Vatican in Rome and Venice, Italy with Sir John Russell. It was probably during these trips that Wyatt became interested in French and Italian poetry. While Wyatt
Chatham House, also known as the Royal Institute of International Affairs, is a London think tank. It is a non-profit, non-governmental organization. It analyses and promote the understanding of major international issues and current affairs.  Chatham House is one of the world's leading organizations in this area. It takes its name from its premises, a Grade I listed 18th-century house in St. James's Square, once occupied by three British prime ministers, including William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham. In a recent report, Chatham House is ranked the second most influential think tank in the world after the Brookings Institution, and the world's most influential non-US think tank. In 2009, Chatham House was also named the top non-US think tank by "Foreign Policy" magazine. Chatham House has had distinguished presidents from each of the three main political parties at Westminster: Sir John Major, former UK Prime Minister, Lord Ashdown (1941-2018), former EU Special Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina and former leader of the Liberal Democrats, and Baroness Scotland, the former Attorney General. History. The think tank was founded in 1920 as the British Institute of International Affairs. The first chairman was Robert Cecil, a leading conservative politician. Historian Arnold Toynbee later became director. The Council on Foreign Relations, its American sister institute, was established the following year.  Chatham House's headquarters at 10 St. James's Square, London, was donated to the institute in 1923. It had been the house of three British Prime Ministers - Pitt the Elder, Edward Stanley and William Ewart Gladstone. In 1926, now with its royal charter, the name was changed to the Royal Institute of International Affairs. However, it is usually referred to as "Chatham House". It is just a few metres from the former Libyan embassy building where the 1984 Libyan Embassy Siege took place. The BBC Today/Chatham House lecture series promotes debate and discussion on key international issues of the day. At the inaugural lecture in 2006, Condoleezza Rice defended the U.S. decision to go to war with Iraq. In April
The Sri Lankan Civil War was a war fought in the island of Sri Lanka. It started on 23 July 1983. There was a revolt against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (also called the Tamil Tigers-தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள்.). They fought to create an independent state for Tamil people called Tamil Eelam in the north and the east of the island. The war lasted for 26 years. A ceasefire in the early 2000s broke down and the fighting began again. The Sri Lankan military defeated the Tamil Tigers in May 2009. The civil war caused a terrible setback to the social, cultural, and economic life of the country. Tens of thousands of people were killed.
Calaisa is a quartet from the town of Malmö in Sweden. It consists of the systers, Caisa and Lisa Troedsson and the sisters Malin and Anna Törnquist. The band participated at Melodifestivalen 2008 with the song "If I Could", which was knocked out during the Karlskrona competition on 1 March 2008. Calaisa has released several albums.
The Wurzels (originally Adge Cutler and the Wurzels but renamed after Cutler's death) are a British Scrumpy and Western band.  The Somerset-based band is best known for their 1976 number one hit "Combine Harvester", and number three hit "I Am A Cider Drinker" based on the song "Una Paloma Blanca". They have lasted over 40 years, and still perform to this day. Name. The name of the band was dreamt up by the band's founder Adge Cutler. It appears to be short for mangelwurzel, a type of beetroot grown to feed livestock. The Wurzels' particular genre of music was called Scrumpy and Western after the group's first EP of the same name, issued early in 1967. Scrumpy is slang for the potent cider made in southwest England, popular amongst The Wurzels and their fans, and often referred to in their songs. History. Adge Cutler and The Wurzels. The Wurzels were formed in 1966 as a backing group for singer/songwriter Adge Cutler. With a thick Somerset accent, Adge played on his West Country roots, singing many folk songs with local themes such as cider making (and drinking), farming, dung-spreading, local villages and industrial work songs, often with a comic slant. During the latter half of the 1960s, the band became immensely popular regionally, and the release of the single "Drink Up Thy Zider" in 1966 led to national fame and it reaching number 45 in the UK chart. The B-side "Twice Daily" was banned by the BBC for being too raunchy. A number of live albums were recorded at local pubs and clubs. Adge Cutler died after falling asleep at the wheel of his MG sports car which overturned on a roundabout approaching the Severn Bridge. He was returning alone from a Wurzels show in Hereford in May 1974. He is buried in Nailsea. The Wurzels. Adge's death marked a turning point in the history
Scott is a municipality in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is the second largest municipality in the state. The population was over 8,000 according to the 2020 census results. Scott is a suburb of Lafayette and is part of the Lafayette Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Derry is an unincorporated community in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is on Louisiana Highway 1. It is the closest town to Magnolia Plantation, a National Historic Landmark. There is an abandoned school next to the St. Matthew Baptist Church off Louisiana Highway 119 near Derry.
The Adour (, ) is a river in southwestern France. It flows through the Occitanie and Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions. It starts in the Pyrenees, at the Arbizon mountain. It flows into the Atlantic Ocean (Bay of Biscay) near Bayonne. Geography. The Adour river has a length of . Its drainage basin has an area of approximately . Course. The Adour river starts, as Adour de Payolle, at the north side of the Arbizon mountain. This river combines with the Adour de Gripp and the Adour de Lesponne to form the Adour river at Campan. The Adour flows north for almost through the Hautes-Pyrénées to Gers. There, it turns to the west and gets into the Landes department. In Port-de-Lanne, the Adour is joined by the Gaves réunis river. Finally, it flows into the Bay of Biscay, in the Atlantic Ocean, between Anglet (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) and Tarnos (Landes). Boats can travel on the river beginning about from its mouth. Tributaries of the Adour. Some of the important tributaries (longer than ) of the Adour are: Towns along the river. "Départements" and towns found along the Adour river are: Hydrology. The average yearly discharge for the Adour river is at Saint-Vincent-de-Paul in the Landes department. The Adour shows typical seasonal changes. The highest levels of the river are in winter and spring, from December to May inclusive, with the highest level in February. They are followed by a rapid fall in the flow during the low water period that goes from July to October.
The National Library of Indonesia is in Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia. It is the country's national library. It was started on 17 May 1980. By law, a copy of all printed works published in Indonesia must be given to the National Library.
Busted are an English pop rock band from Southend-on-Sea, Essex. They started in 2002. The original members were James Bourne, Matt Willis and Charlie Simpson. All of them did singing. Simpson played keyboard, piano, harmonica, and drums. Bourne played guitar. Willis played drums. They released their first single "What I Go to School For" in the UK in September 2002 and it reached No.3. That month they released their first album, "Busted". It reached No.2 in the UK Albums Chart. On 17 November 2003 they released their second studio album, "A Present for Everyone". It went straight to No.2. In December 2004 Simpson left to focus on his band Fightstar. On January 14 the band broke up. The band had five UK No.1s between 2002 and 2004. One of the No.1s was as part of Band Aid 20's 2004 "Do They Know It's Christmas?" single. In February 2004 the band got Best British Breakthrough Act and Best Pop Act at that year's BRIT Awards. From 19 to 22 September 2013 Willis and Bourne performed with McFly at McFly's four 10th anniversary concerts at the Royal Albert Hall as "McBusted". In 2014 McBusted toured the UK.
A kafir, pronounced as, "kaafir", is someone who does not believe in God according to Islam. It is the most common description used in the Qur'an for non-believers or non-Muslims. They are also mentioned especially in the Quran in the Sura (chapter) Kafirun. In the Ottoman Empire, Jews and Christians were required to pay the "jizya."
A sink is a place for washing. In homes, sinks are in kitchens and bathrooms. A sink has a bowl or basin, one or two taps, and a drain. Water comes out of the taps; the bowl holds the water. The drain lets the water flow out. Some sinks may have sprays to clean things faster. Some sinks have a soap dispenser. Water filters can be put on a sink. Related pages. Plumbing