Yy: Young Turk

n.
1. A member of a Turkish reformist and nationalist political party active in the early 20th century.
2. also young Turk
a. A young progressive or insurgent member of an institution, movement, or political party.
b. A young person who rebels against authority or societal expectations.
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Hh: Henotheistic

henotheism

a belief in one suprème or specially venerated god who is not the only god. — henotheist, n.

See also: God and Gods

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For, if she was a witness for Christian agape, or selfless love, Hinduism was bearing witness that it is henotheistic, meaning that while it has its own belief system, it does not deny the truth of others.

CATHOLIC DIED A HERO TO NATION OF HINDUS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

Aa: Anamnesis

1. Psychology A recalling to memory; recollection.

2. Medicine The complete history recalled and recounted by a patient.

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[Greek anamnsis, from anamimnskein, anamn-, to remind : ana-, ana- + mimnskein, to recall; see men-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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anam·nestic (-nstk) adj.

anam·nesti·cal·ly adv.

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I learned from a dream guide in my childhood that the most important knowledge comes to us through anamnesis, which means "remembering" the knowledge that belonged to us, on the level of soul and spirit, before we came into this world.

Dreaming the soul's path: interview with Robert Moss for New Life ... by Hinton, Jennifer / New Life Journal

Pp: Protean Man

Proteus was a minor sea god in the court of Poseidon, who could readily adopt any form or guise he desired, but who found it impossible to maintain any particular identity or commitments. These types will plunge into a variety of faith experiences, but do not root themselves to one faith. (Postmodern Believers).

Ss: Seers

(Seers) view the future state of Art, Science, Relegion, or Politics. They are highly indepenedent and self motivated rejecting many assumptions held by the Acadamies. They are so committed to their craft that they will do it even if they cannot make a living at it. Crafts people do the work of the Seer.

Ii: Imaginative Community

whose ethic and organization incroporates a belief in the inevitability of progress and openess to the future.

Defined by Lee Smolin in the (Trouble with Physics)

Ss: Science

Defined by Richard Fenyman and Lee Smolin in the Trouble with Physics page 307;

Science is the organized skepticism in the reliability of expert opinion.

Cc: Churlishness

adj.
1. Of, like, or befitting a churl; boorish or vulgar.
2. Having a bad disposition; surly: "as valiant as the lion, churlish as the bear" (Shakespeare).
3. Difficult to work with, such as soil; intractable.
churlish·ly adv.
churlish·ness n.

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``Courtesy of tongue,'' said Rowena, ``when it is used to veil churlishness of deed, is but a knight's girdle around the breast of a base clown.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter

Mr Obama’s churlishness is fresh evidence that the US/UK special relationship is a one-way street.

David HughesDaily Telegraph's chief leader writer. He has been covering British politics for 30 years.

Zz: Zionism

Zionism
a worldwide Jewish movement for the establishment in Palestine of a national homeland for Jews. — Zionist, Zionite, n. — Zionist, Zionistic, adj.See also: Judaism
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Pp: Peter's Principle

Peter Principle's:
In an organizational structure, the practical application allows assessment of the potential of an employee for a promotion based on performance in the current job, i.e. members of a hierarchical organization eventually are promoted to their highest level of competence, after which further promotion raises them to incompetence. That level is the employee's "level of incompetence" where the employee has no chance of further promotion, thus reaching his or her career's ceiling in an organization.

Zz: Zapata Mustache

Emiliano 1879?-1919.

Mexican revolutionary who led a revolt (1910-1919) for agrarian reforms, during which he captured Mexico City three times.

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Zapata Mustache:

n.

A mustache that curves downward on each side.

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[After Emiliano Zapata.]

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Gg: Ghost Detainee

Ghost detainee is an official term used by the US George W. Bush administration to designate a person held in a detention center, whose identity has been hidden by keeping them unregistered and therefore anonymous.[1] It was also used in the same manner by the Joint Interrogation and Debriefing Center (JIDC) at the Abu Ghraib prison. According to Swiss senator Dick Marty's memorandum on "alleged detention in Council of Europe states", about a hundred persons have been captured by the CIA on European territory and subsequently rendered to countries where they may have been tortured. This number of a hundred extraordinarily rendered persons is in addition to the hundred U.S. ghost detainees.[2]

Gg: Grange

n.
1. Grange Chiefly Northeastern U.S.
a. An association of farmers founded in the United States in 1867.
b. One of the branch lodges of this association.
2. Chiefly British A farm, especially the residence and outbuildings of a gentleman farmer.
3. Archaic A granary.
[Middle English, granary, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *grnica, from Latin grnum, seed; see g-no- in Indo-European roots.]

Jane Eyre by Bronte, Charlotte
Rivers and Hannah repaired to the parsonage: and so the old grange was abandoned.

Pp: Pirate Bath

Here's the 1st definition by Kyle Mead:
1. pirate bath
The process of washing just the arm pit area and the private area with a wash cloth or handful of water. People will ask you to define a pirate bath, the easy definition is "pits and privates"
Kyle was in a helluva hurry and didn't have time to take a full shower. He instead took a pirate bath and he was on his way.
Urban Dictionary WOrd of the Day for Today September 19th.

Pp: Phonon

n.
The quantum of acoustic or vibrational energy, considered a discrete particle and used especially in mathematical models to calculate thermal and vibrational properties of solids.

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A Band Called Phonon:

Mm: Mennonites

Mennonites are a group of Christian Anabaptist denominations named after Menno Simons (1496-1561), though his teachings were a relatively minor influence on the group. As one of the historic peace churches, Mennonites are committed to nonviolence, nonviolent resistance/reconciliation, and pacifism.

There are about 1.5 million Mennonites worldwide as of 2006[1]. Mennonite congregations worldwide embody the full scope of Mennonite practice from old fashioned 'plain' people to those who are indistinguishable in dress and appearance from the general population. With a few notable exceptions, Mennonite experience in Europe and North America has been, and continues to be, predominantly rural. The largest population of Mennonites is in Africa, but Mennonites can also be found in tight-knit communities in at least 51 countries on six continents or scattered amongst the populace of those countries.

Mennonites have an international distinction among Christian denominations in disaster relief and place a strong theological emphasis on voluntary service. Mennonite Disaster Service,^[1] based in North America, provides both immediate and long-term responses to hurricanes, floods, and other disasters. Mennonite Central Committee provides disaster relief around the world alongside their long-term international development programs. Other programs offer a variety of relief efforts and services throughout the world.

In the last few decades some Mennonite groups have also become more actively involved with peace and social justice issues, helping to found Christian Peacemaker Teams and Mennonite Conciliation Service.^[2]

Tt: Tangent

tangent (tnjnt)

1. A line, curve, or surface touching but not intersecting another.

2. The ratio of the length of the side opposite an acute angle in a right triangle to the side adjacent to the angle. The tangent of an angle is equal to the sine of the angle divided by the cosine of the angle.

3. The ratio of the ordinate to the abscissa of the endpoint of an arc of a unit circle centered at the origin of a Cartesian coordinate system, the arc being of length x and measured counterclockwise from the point (1, 0) if x is positive or clockwise if x is negative.

4. A function of a number x, equal to the tangent of an angle whose measure in radians is equal to x.

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ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	tangent - a straight line or plane that touches a curve or curved surface at a point but does not intersect it at that point straight line - a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature; "the shortest distance between two points is a straight line"
	2.	tangent - ratio of the opposite to the adjacent side of a right-angled triangle tan circular function, trigonometric function - function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle

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Then I tossed him a Yorker which he missed and it went off at a tangent as soon as it had reached the tree.
The Little White Bird by Barrie, James Matthew

Bb: Black Hole Information Paradox

The black hole information paradox results from the combination of quantum mechanics and general relativity. It suggests that physical information could "disappear" in a black hole. It is a contentious subject since it violates a commonly assumed tenet of science—that information cannot be destroyed. _Wikipedia (Black hole Information Paradox)


The scenario John Myers describes "is true, but it's really an issue of information getting scrambled, not lost." In the black hole paradox, the problem is that the information appears to be truly lost, not merely scrambled, yet "the foundations of classical mechanics and statistical mechanics are based on the exact conservation of information." Finally, "a number of the letters express a very common misconception, namely, that because an outside observer sees an infalling observer slow down, that the in falling observer sees the outsider speed up. This is simply not so. The in falling observer looks back and sees nothing unusual."--R. COWEN

Dark secrets by McGinnis, Michael / Science News