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Chia Wai Hon
Chia may refer to: Plants * '' Salvia hispanica'', flowering plant in the sage family ** Chia seed, edible seeds of ''Salvia hispanica'' * '' Salvia columbariae'', an annual plant that is commonly called chia, chia sage, golden chia or desert chia * ''Salvia polystachya'', a herbaceous perennial plant native to Mexico, Guatemala and Panama Places * Chía, Aragon, a municipality in Spain * Chía, Cundinamarca, a town and municipality in Colombia * Chia (Sardinia), a coastal area and village in Sardinia, Italy * , a frazione in Soriano nel Cimino, central Italy Personal names * Chia (surname), a surname in various cultures ** Xie (surname), a Chinese surname often spelled Chia in Singapore and Malaysia ** Jia (surname), a Chinese surname often spelled Chia in Taiwan or in the early 20th century * A Spanish variant of the name Lucia Lucia may refer to: Arts and culture * ''Lucía'', a 1968 Cuban film by Humberto Solás * ''Lucia'' (film), a 2013 Kannada-language fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salvia Hispanica
''Salvia hispanica'', commonly known as chia (), is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, native to central and southern Mexico and Guatemala. It is considered a pseudocereal, cultivated for its edible, hydrophilic chia seed, grown and commonly used as food in several countries of western South America, western Mexico, and the southwestern United States. Etymology The word "chia" is derived from the Nahuatl word ''chian'', meaning oily. ''S. hispanica'' is one of two plants known as "chia", the other being ''Salvia columbariae'', which is sometimes called "golden chia". Description Chia is an annual herb growing up to tall, with opposite leaves that are long and wide. Its flowers are purple or white and are produced in numerous clusters in a spike at the end of each stem.Anderson, A.J.O. and Dibble, C.E. "An Ethnobiography of the Nahuatl", The Florentine Codex, (translation of the work by Fr.Bernardino de Sahagún), Books 10–11, from the Period 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jia (surname)
Jiǎ () is a surname. Chia is the corresponding Wade-Giles romanization, which is commonly used in Taiwan. Ka is the corresponding Cantonese-based romanization, which is used in Hong Kong and other Cantonese-speaking regions. Notable people with Jia as a surname Historical figures * Jia Yi (賈誼; 200–169 BCE), official of the Han dynasty * Jia Kui (scholar) (賈逵; 30–101), scholar and astronomer of the Eastern Han dynasty * Jia Xu (賈詡; 147–223), official of the Cao Wei state * Jia Kui (general) (賈逵; 174–228), general of Cao Wei state * Jia Chong (賈充; 217–282), general of the Jin dynasty * Jia Nanfeng (賈南風; 257–300), empress of the Jin dynasty * Huiyuan (慧遠; 334–416), Buddhist teacher of the Jin dynasty * Jia Dan (賈耽; 730–805), official of the Tang dynasty * Jia Dao (賈島; 779–843), poet of the Tang dynasty * Jia Su (賈餗; died 835), official of the Tang dynasty * Jia Xian (贾宪; 1010–1070), mathematician of the Song dynast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rounds (album)
''Rounds'' is the third solo album by British electronic musician Kieran Hebden, released under his alias Four Tet on 5 May 2003 by Domino Recording Company. Wanting to make a more personal record, Hebden recorded and produced the album in his North London flat over ten months using a desktop computer and a home hi-fi system. Its ten tracks feature elements of hip hop, jazz and folk; apart from a guitar part recorded for "Slow Jam", the music is composed from between 200 and 300 samples, many processed beyond recognition. ''Rounds'' produced two singles and one EP. Critics praised its unique fusion of electronic and organic styles, and Metacritic lists it as the fourth best-reviewed album of 2003. Several publications included ''Rounds'' on "best albums of the decade" lists. In May 2013, on the tenth anniversary of its release, Domino reissued ''Rounds'' with a bonus disc including a 2004 live performance. Background and recording After being a member of Fridge since 1995, K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ChIA-PET
Chromatin Interaction Analysis by Paired-End Tag Sequencing (ChIA-PET or ChIA-PETS) is a technique that incorporates chromatin immunoprecipitation (ChIP)-based enrichment, chromatin proximity ligation, Paired-End Tags, and High-throughput sequencing to determine ''de novo'' long-range chromatin interactions genome-wide. Genes can be regulated by regions far from the promoter such as regulatory elements, insulators and boundary elements, and transcription-factor binding sites (TFBS). Uncovering the interplay between regulatory regions and gene coding regions is essential for understanding the mechanisms governing gene regulation in health and disease (Maston et al., 2006). ChIA-PET can be used to identify unique, functional chromatin interactions between distal and proximal regulatory transcription-factor binding sites and the promoters of the genes they interact with. ChIA-PET can also be used to unravel the mechanisms of genome control during processes such as cell differe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chia Pet
Chia Pets are American styled terracotta figurines used to sprout chia, where the chia sprouts grow within a couple of weeks to resemble the animal's fur or hair. Moistened chia seeds (''Salvia hispanica'') are applied to a grooved terracotta figurine. The Chia Pet is marketed by Joe Pedott and produced by San Francisco, California-based company Joseph Enterprises, Inc. He originally developed the idea for Chia Pets after visiting Mexico and seeing Oaxacan artisans using sprouted chia seeds in their artwork. The first Chia Pet was created on September 8, 1977. A trademark registration was filed on Monday, October 17, 1977. Pedott first learned about "something called the Chia Pet" being imported from Mexico when he attended a housewares show in Chicago in 1977. Negotiating the rights, Pedott began marketing Chia Pets in the US. They achieved popularity in the 1980s following the 1982 release of a ram, the first widely distributed Chia Pet. The catchphrase sung in the TV comme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chía (goddess)
The goddess Chía (from the Chibcha language "the one who is like the moon"), is a triple lunar deity associated with gold, described as a beautiful young woman with white skin and black hair, in the religion of the Muisca who inhabited the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in pre-Columbian times.Ocampo López, Javier. Leyendas populares colombianas. Editorial Plaza y Janes Editores Colombia s.a., 1996. , 9789581402670 Of central importance to the pantheon, she was worshipped across various Muisca lands. In one of her many functions, Chía was considered to be the patron deity of the Zipa ruler, who governed the territory encompassing what is now Bogotá. Her ceremonial center was located in or around the city of Chía, Cundinamarca, which was aptly named after the goddess. The ''chyquys''; priests of the sacred calendar, were in charge of the ceremonies dedicated to the goddess, which included offerings of gold and ceramic artwork. Súe Chía and Sué were the first generation of d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chia (cryptocurrency)
Chia is a cryptocurrency where mining (or in chiasphere, farming) is based on the amount of hard disk storage space devoted to it rather than processing power as with Proof of work cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. The platform was created by a California based company called Chia Network Inc. The Chia Network was founded in 2017 by American computer programmer Bram Cohen, the author of the BitTorrent protocol. In May 2021, Chia Network raised a $61 million investment, valuing the company at about $500 million. The same month, the company announced plans to conduct an IPO before the end of 2021, however as of March 2022, the IPO has not yet occurred. Computer data storage shortages In China, stockpiling ahead of the May 2021 launch led to shortages and an increase in the price of hard disk drives (HDD) and solid-state drives (SSD). Shortages were also reported in Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group=" ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucia (name)
Lucia is both a feminine given name and a surname. It comes from the Latin word ''Lux'' meaning 'light'. It is the feminine form of the Roman praenomen Lucius and can be alternatively spelled as Lucy. It is used in Romanian, Italian, Spanish (Lucía), Portuguese (Lúcia), English, and Slavic languages. Given name * Sister Lúcia (1907–2005), one of three children who claimed to have seen and heard the Virgin Mary * Lucia H. Faxon Additon (1847–1919), American writer, teacher, social reformer *Lucia Albano (born 1965), Italian politician *Lucia Aniello (born 1983), Italian-born American director, writer, and producer *Lucia Berlin (1936–2004), American short story writer *Lucia Bosè (1931–2020), Italian actress *Lucia Bosetti (b. 1989), Italian volleyball player * Lucia Bronze, better known as Lucy Bronze (b. 1991), English footballer, played as Lucia Bronze at some youth level * Lucia Cifarelli (b. 1970), member of industrial band KMFDM * Lucía Etxebarria de Asteinza (b. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xie (surname)
Xie (; ) is a Chinese-language surname. lt is usually romanized as "Hsieh" in Taiwan. It is estimated that there are more than ten million people with this surname, the majority of whom live in Taiwan, Southern China, South East Asia, America, Europe and Africa. It is particularly common in Taiwan where it is the 13th most common surname in 2016. It is also very common in the east Asian diaspora which historically tended to have disproportionately emigrated out of southern China. A 2013 study found that Xie was the 23rd most common surname in China, with 0.79% of the population having this surname.Tanghe County and Taikang County of Henan Province: the origin of surname Xie , en.hnta.cn. In 2019 it was again the 23rd most common surname in Mainland China ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chia Seed
Chia seeds are the edible seeds of ''Salvia hispanica'', a flowering plant in the mint family ( Lamiaceae) native to central and southern Mexico, or of the related ''Salvia columbariae'' of the southwestern United States and Mexico. Chia seeds are oval and gray with black and white spots, having a diameter around . The seeds are hygroscopic, absorbing up to 12 times their weight in liquid when soaked and developing a mucilaginous coating that gives chia-based foods and beverages a distinctive gel texture. There is evidence that the crop was widely cultivated by the Aztecs in pre-Columbian times and was a staple food for Mesoamerican cultures. Chia seeds are cultivated on a small scale in their ancestral homeland of central Mexico and Guatemala and commercially throughout Central and South America. Description Typically, chia seeds are small flattened ovoids measuring on average , with an average weight of per seed. They are mottle-colored with brown, gray, black, and w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chia (surname)
Chia is a surname. It is a Latin-alphabet spelling of various Chinese surnames, as well as an Italian surname. Statistics Chia was the 20th-most common Chinese surname in Singapore as of 1997 (ranked by English spelling, rather than by Chinese characters). Roughly 22,600 people, or 0.9% of the Chinese Singaporean population at the time, bore the surname Chia. Among respondents to the 2000 United States Census, Chia was the 856th-most common surname among Asian Pacific Americans, and 17,530th-most common overall, with 1,481 bearers (72.78% of whom identified as Asian/Pacific Islander). In Italy, 72 families bore the surname Chia, with more than half located in Sardinia. Origins Chia may be a spelling of a number of Chinese surnames, based on different varieties of Chinese, listed below by their romanisation in Mandarin pinyin: * Jia (various characters and tones), all spelled Chia in the Wade–Giles romanisation of Mandarin used before the development of pinyin, and still wide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soriano Nel Cimino
Soriano nel Cimino is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Viterbo, Lazio, central Italy. The town is overlooked by Monte Cimino, the highest peak in the Monti Cimini. Main sights *The Orsini Castle, built by Orso Orsini in the 13th century. It was the summer residence of Pope Nicholas III, uncle of Orso. It was a high security castle until the 1990s and is now managed by the Tuscia University. *The ''Palazzo Chigi-Albani ''(16th century), designed by Ottaviano Schiratti. The interior houses the Papacqua Fountain. *The small Romanesque church of ''San Giorgio'' (11th century). *Cathedral (''Duomo''), of ''San Nicola di Bari ''from 1794. *Church of ''Sant'Eutizio''. *''Fontana Vecchia'' ("Old Fountain"), built in the 15th century. *''Porta Romana '' ("Roman Gate"), a copy of the Porta Pia Porta Pia is a gate in the Aurelian Walls of Rome, Italy. One of Pope Pius IV's civic improvements to the city, it is named after him. Situated at the end of a new street, the Via P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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