The Ritz Carlton Pacific Place
Arrive in high style in the heart of Jakarta's most sought-after commercial district. The Ritz-Carlton Jakarta, Pacific Place links you to the city's Stock Exchange, upscale shopping, and most prominent business addresses. Divinely ...
batrachomyomachy
Taken from a mock-epic poem of anonymous authorship, batrachomyomachy literally means "a battle between frogs and mice." In a figurative sense, it refers to a fight over nothing, or a storm in a teacup.
Point Imperial
At 8,803 feet, Point Imperial is the highest and northernmost point on the North Rim, presenting a different panorama than that from the other two popular viewing locations further south, i.e. Cape Royal and Bright Angel Point. It overlooks the ...
ppsh 41
The PPSh-41 was a Soviet submachine gun designed and used during the Second World War. It was a durable and inexpensive gun chambered for the 7.62x25 pistol round, and its main features were very high rates of fire (1.000 rounds per minute), and high ...
full flat grind (FFG)
The term used to describe a style of knife construction where the full flat of the blade tapers into the cutting edge, or secondary bevel, with a flat grind. This gives the advantages of a lighter blade that displaces less material per cut. It does, ...
Non Ferrous Materials
Nonferrous materials and their alloys do not contain iron as a principle ingredient, although they may contain small percentages. These include the radioactive metals uranium,aluminum,nickel, thorium, and plutonium that are used as nuclear fuels.
Gabriel
In Abrahamic religions, Gabriel is an angel who typically serves as a messenger sent from God to certain people. In the Bible, Gabriel is mentioned in both the Old and New Testaments. In the Old Testament, he appeared to the prophet Daniel, ...
Adidas Questra
Questra was the name given to a family of Association Footballs originally produced by Adidas for major international events in the mid-1990s. The name was derived from an ancient word meaning "the quest for the stars." The first ...
