The iPod Touch is a portable media player, personal digital assistant and gaming console with a Wi-Fi capability. “Latissimus” is the Latin for “broadest” and “dorsum” is Latin for “back”. The muscles known as the “lats” are the latissimi dorsi, and are the broadest muscles in the back. 46 Muscle worked in rowing exercises, for short : LAT When Muslims turn to face Mecca during prayers, they are actually turning to the Kaaba. According to the Qur’an, the Kaaba was constructed by Abraham and his son, Ishmael. The Kaaba is a large, cube-shaped structure that resides in a mosque in Mecca, in Saudi Arabia. 42 Leaders at the Kaaba : IMAMSĪn imam is a Muslim leader, and often the person in charge of a mosque and/or perhaps a Muslim community. “Panegyris” is the Greek for “speech fit for a general assembly”. Later, the term came to mean a laudatory verse, such as an ode. : PRAISEĪ panegyric was originally a formal speech made in public, the intent of which was to praise some person of some entity. So, I guess both lord and servant were “bound” to each other. Apparently the term is influenced by the Latin verb “ligare” meaning “to tie, bind”. “Liege” was also the term used for one who owed allegiance or service to a lord. 24 Feudal figure : LIEGEĪ liege was a feudal lord, one to whom service or allegiance was owed under feudal law. Hoth is an ice planet, and home to a secret base belonging to the Rebel Alliance.
The fictional planet known as Hoth is featured in the “Star Wars” movie “The Empire Strikes Back”. This writing material, which became known as papyrus (plural “papyri”), became a competitor for the most popular writing surface of the day known as parchment, which was made from animal skins.
The pith of the plant was used to make a thick paper-like material on which one could write. The papyrus plant was commonly found in the Nile Delta of North Africa. In apolar neurons the nerve impulses radiate in all directions. A neuron that has no definite axon is referred to as “apolar” or “nonpolar”. The long nerve fiber that conducts signals away from the neuron is known as the axon. The branched projections that receive electrochemical signals from other neurons are known as dendrites. 15 Something hitting a nerve? : AXONĪ nerve cell is more correctly called a neuron. An Omega watch was the first portable timepiece to make it to the moon, Perhaps even more impressive is the fact that James Bond has been wearing an Omega watch in the movies since 1995. Omega is a manufacturer of high-end watches based in Switzerland. The first Seiko watches went on sale in 1924, and today the company suggests that the name “Seiko” is Japanese for “exquisite” and “success”. The store was opened by one Kintaro Hattori, who started to produce clocks under the name Seikosha, which can be translated as “House of Exquisite Workmanship”. Watch manufacturer Seiko was founded as a watch and jewelry shop in Tokyo in 1881. Repossession (repo) 14 Omega competitor : SEIKO Today’s Wiki-est Amazonian Googlies Across