Supernova

A small portion of the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant, 1991. (Source: NatGeo)

According to Brighter Child: 

It is a massive star that ends its life with a huge explosion.  Such explosion occurs when the star begins to run out of fuel – it cannot resist the force of its own gravity and rapidly collapses in on itself.

There were supernova explosions observed in 1054, 1572, 1604 and 1987.  Also 1991, as shown above.

After a supernova explosion, the core of the star shrinks until it becomes a black hole.

Plantation Bay

At Peace

Location:  Cebu, Philippines

Starbucked: A Double Tall Tale of Caffeine, Commerce, Culture

By Taylor Clark, 2007

If you drink coffee and would like to know the journey of the humble coffee bean plus a lot of things that are related to coffee … this is for you.

My personal rating:  *****      out of 5 stars

Here is the amazon link:

http://www.amazon.com/Starbucked-Double-Caffeine-Commerce-Culture/dp/0316014036/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1319437036&sr=8-1

Tmesis

Did you know that TMESIS is said to be the only word starting with the letters T and M?  It is a concept in linguistics where a word is separated into two (2) by placing a word or words in between like “LEGEN-wait for it-DARY” made famous by Barney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother series. 

Here is another one .. Un-freaking-believable! 🙂

Kriegspiel

According to the New Oxford American Dictionary:

It is a noun.

It is a war game in which blocks representing armies or other military units are moved about on maps.

Its origins can be traced to the late 19th century.

It is a combination of German words krieg “war” + spiel “game”

Special usage:  A form of chess in which each player has a separate board and can only infer the position of the opponent’s forces fromm limited information given by an umpire who disallows illegal moves.

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First Things First

Kriegspiel is German for war game.  A game of imperfect information defined by wikipedia where “… each player can see their own pieces, but not those of their opponent. For this reason, it is necessary to have a third person (or computer) act as a referee, with full information about the progress of the game.”  

The choice of site name stems from my love of a brain workout.  Kriegspiel, like chess, fits that criteria.

So, if you wish to beef up your knowledge about anything and everything.  If you need to tone your “brain”.  This is the place.

Check out my subject categories. 🙂

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