Thiago Silva
Thiago Emiliano da Silva (born 22 September 1984), commonly known as Thiago Silva, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a central defender for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the Brazilian national team. He is also the captain of both his club ...
Chani
Chani is a fictional character from Frank Herbert's Dune. Known mainly as the Fremen wife and legal concubine of Paul "Muad'Dib" Atreides, Chani is the daughter of Imperial Planetologist Liet-Kynes, and later the mother of the twins Ghanima ...
Mammoth
Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort is located just outside the town of Mammoth Lakes, California. With over 3,100 vertical feet and 3,500 of skiable acres Mammoth is one of the largest resorts in the United States and enjoys one of the longest ski seasons, ...
Melinda Gates
Melinda Gates has cemented her dominance in philanthropy and global development to the tune of $3.4 billion in giving in 2012 (most recent data available) and more than $26 billion in grant commitments since she founded the Bill & Melinda ...
Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer
(1836-1870) Gustavo Adolfo Domínguez Bastida, better known as Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer, was a Spanish post-romanticist writer of poetry and short stories, now considered one of the most important figures in Spanish literature. He adopted the alias of ...
Depth of field
The distance between the closest and furthest points in an image that are in ‘acceptable focus’. In every picture there is a certain area of your image in front of, and behind the subject that will appear in focus. This zone will vary from ...
Jellyfish Fields
A vast area in which jellyfish reside. Over 4,000,000 jellyfish reside here, as evidenced in the episode Jellyfish Hunter. In the episode Born to Be Wild, it's also revealed that Jellyfish Fields is 50 miles long. It is also a place where SpongeBob ...
act of parliament clock
A British act of parliament passed in 1797 levied a tax of five shillings per annum on all clocks and is said to have caused a decline in their manufacture. Rather than maintain a domestic clock which was liable to tax, people would consult clocks in ...
