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Decima (game Engine) Games
Decima can refer to: * Decima gallery, a London-based arts organisation * Decima (game engine), a proprietary game engine by Guerrilla Games * Decima (mythology), a goddess in Roman mythology and one of the Parcae (Fates) * Decima Research, a Canadian polling company * Décima, a type of poetry with ten stanzas, rooted in Spanish literature * Décima, the one-tenth tithe in Spain that is traditionally donated to a religious institution, the tithe itself called ''diezmo'' in Spanish * Dejima, a foreign trading post off the coast of Nagasaki, Japan, during the 16th to 19th century * SB Decima, a Thames barge built in 1899 * The Decimas, a race of fictional creatures in the British science-fiction television series ''Blake's 7'' *Decima Flottiglia MAS The ''Decima Flottiglia MAS'' (''Decima Flottiglia Motoscafi Armati Siluranti'', also known as ''La Decima'' or Xª MAS) (Italian for "10th Assault Vehicle Flotilla") was an Italian flotilla, with commando frogman unit, of the ''Regia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decima Gallery
Decima Gallery (also Decima Projects, Decima International Arts or Decima) is a London-based arts projects organisation with a reputation for irreverent projects. It is owned and managed by David West, Alex Chappel, Larry McGinity and Mark Reeves. Decima have occupied various physical spaces since 1997 and have also staged a number of projects hosted by other venues, in London and around the world, including major London spaces such as the Tate Modern, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Whitechapel Gallery. Decima have also staged many conceptual, event-based and media-based projects. Ralph Rugoff in a 1998 edition of ''Frieze'' called them "Neo-Publicists", describing them as not just seeking press coverage, but using mass media as an artistic medium. As well as staging art projects, events, and club nights, Decima deals in limited edition books and prints, specialising in Gilbert & George and Stephen Gill. A 2008 article in ''The London Paper'' described the gallery as " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decima (game Engine)
Decima is a proprietary game engine made by Guerrilla Games and released in November 2013, that includes tools and features like artificial intelligence and game physics. It is compatible with 4K resolution and high-dynamic-range imaging, used for games on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Microsoft Windows. History The first game the engine was used for was '' Killzone: Shadow Fall''. In June 2015, Guerrilla Games announced that '' Horizon: Zero Dawn'' was using the engine for development. In August 2015, ''Until Dawn'' was announced to be using the engine along with Havok physics. In December 2015, '' Until Dawn: Rush of Blood'' used the engine along with PlayStation VR. In June 2016, Hideo Kojima announced preparation for Kojima Productions' independent game ''Death Stranding'', inspecting two engine candidates, of which the latter had been used to create the first teaser that was unveiled at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2016 conference. After receiving the Industry Ico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decima (mythology)
In Roman mythology, Decima was one of the three Parcae, or often known in English as the Fates. Nona and Decima were responsible for birth, while Morta was charged with overseeing death. They distributed to mankind all the good and bad things in life, and even Jupiter had to bend to their will. She measured the thread of life with her rod, like her Greek equivalent Lachesis Lachesis ( ; grc, Λάχεσις, Lákhesis, disposer of lots; from , 'to obtain by lot, by fate, or by the will of the gods'), in ancient Greek religion, was the second of the Three Fates, or Moirai; the others were her sisters, Clotho and .... Her mother is the goddess of night and her father is the god of darkness. References * * Parcae Roman goddesses Time and fate goddesses Textiles in folklore {{AncientRome-myth-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decima Research
Decima Research is a public opinion and market research company in Canada. It was founded in 1979 by Allan Gregg, a strategist for the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada. In 2007, it became a subsidiary of Harris Insights & Analytics. The Roper Center at Cornell University recognizes it as a "Historically Contributing Data Provider". History Gregg left Decima in 1994 and went into semi-retirement following the electoral disaster for the Progressive Conservatives in the 1993 election, in which he was the key communications strategist for the party. Decima floundered for several years but rebounded and is now an important polling firm on voting intentions in Canada. Along with Ipsos-Reid Ipsos Reid was the name of a Canada-based research company, still existing under the name Ipsos as the Canadian arm of the global Ipsos Group. Founded in Winnipeg in 1979 as the Angus Reid Group, the company expanded across the country and was pur ..., Decima conducts polling of the federal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Décima
A décima is a ten-line stanza of poetry. The most popular form is called décima espinela after Vicente Espinel (1550–1624), a Spanish writer, poet, and musician from the Siglo de Oro who used it extensively throughout his compositions. The décima deals with a wide range of subject matters, including themes that are philosophical, religious, lyrical, and political. Humorous décimas would typically satirize an individual's weakness or foolish act. A decimero would frequently challenge the target of the satire or his/her defender to respond in kind with a décima, thereby setting up a duel that tests the originality and wit of contending composers. Latin America and Spain The ''décima'' in all Latin America and in Spain is a style of poetry that is octosyllabic and has 10 lines to the stanza. The espinela rhyming scheme (ABBAACCDDC) is the de facto scheme in use. It is spoken, sung and written throughout Latin America with variations in different countries. It is often improv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diezmo
The ''diezmo'' was a compulsory ecclesiastical tithe collected in Spain and its empire from the Middle Ages until the reign of Isabel II in the mid-19th century. History The obligatory tithe was introduced to the Iberian peninsula in Aragón and Catalonia when they were frontier regions of the Carolingian Empire.Enrique Ossorio CrespoAsí Era... Los Diezmos de la Iglesia, ''La Ventana de la Agencia'' (Agencia Tributaria, the Spanish tax agency), Issue 29, 2004-08-26, p. 16. Retrieved 2010-03-03. It later spread to the rest of Spain in the course of the ''Reconquista'' and later to the Spanish colonies. It was a compulsory payment to the Catholic Church of one tenth of the fruits of agriculture or animal husbandry. There were two categories of tithes, one category for general products such as cereals, wine, oil, cattle, sheep, etc. and another category that included more specific assets such as poultry, vegetables, honey. The taxes were paid to a "collector" and distributed among ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dejima
, in the 17th century also called Tsukishima ( 築島, "built island"), was an artificial island off Nagasaki, Japan that served as a trading post for the Portuguese (1570–1639) and subsequently the Dutch (1641–1854). For 220 years, it was the central conduit for foreign trade and cultural exchange with Japan during the isolationist Edo period (1600–1869), and the only Japanese territory open to Westerners. Spanning or , Dejima was created in 1636 by digging a canal through a small peninsula and linking it to the mainland with a small bridge. The island was constructed by the Tokugawa shogunate, whose isolationist policies sought to preserve the existing sociopolitical order by forbidding outsiders from entering Japan while prohibiting most Japanese from leaving. Dejima would house Portuguese merchants and separate them from Japanese society while still facilitating lucrative trade with the West. Following a rebellion by mostly Catholic converts, all Portuguese w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SB Decima
SB ''Decima'' is a steel Thames sailing barge constructed in Southampton in 1899 by J.G. Fay and Co, Southampton for E. J. Goldsmith of Grays, Essex. She is back under sail and resident on the River Darent in Dartford, Kent. She is a notable "Historic Ship". __TOC__ History The ubiquitous Thames sailing barge had evolved over a century from the small swim-headed wooden river lighter, to the efficient river and estuary vessel with a rounded bow and stem post, that would take cargoes of up to 200 tons and regularly race to test design changes. The farmer sailed vessel used on short runs on the upper reaches of the London River had been eclipsed by the hoy companies running mixed cargoes from Margate and Ipswich to the west of London, and indeed doing occasional coastal work as far as the Tyne and the Lizard. These companies owned not one but many of the wooden barges and were commissioning barges made of iron and steel. One of the largest of these companies was Goldsmiths of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blake's 7
''Blake's 7'' (sometimes styled ''Blakes7'') is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. Four 13-episode series were broadcast on BBC1 between 1978 and 1981. It was created by Terry Nation, who also wrote the first series, produced by David Maloney (series 1–3) and Vere Lorrimer (series 4), and the script editor throughout its run was Chris Boucher, who wrote nine of its episodes. The main character for the first two series was Roj Blake, played by Gareth Thomas. ''Blake's 7'', which was broadcast in 25 other countries, had a low budget but featured many tropes of space opera, such as spaceships, robots, galactic empires and aliens. Critical responses have been varied; some reviewers praised the programme for its dystopian themes, strong characterisation, ambiguous morality and pessimistic tone, as well as displaying an "enormous sense of fun", but others have criticised its production values, dialogue, and accused it of lacking originality. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
