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Ison
Ison, ISON or variant, may refer to: Geography * Isön, a small island in lake Storsjön, Jämtland, Sweden People First name / given name * Ison (rapper), stage name of Ison Glasgow, a Swedish rapper of American origin Last name / family name * David Ison, Anglican clergyman * Hobart Ison, American businessman * Paul E. Ison (1916–2001), American Marine during World War II * Sheila Ison (1944–2002), American political activist *Tara Ison, American novelist * Wayne Ison (1924–2014), American aircraft designer Ison aircraft * ISON Airbike * Ison miniMAX * Ison Hi-MAX Music * Ison (music), a drone note of Byzantine chant * ''ISON'' (album), 2017 debut album by Iranian-Dutch singer Sevdaliza * Mega Ison, a method of religious chant composition Other * Ison, a muscadine (''Vitis rotundifolia'') cultivar * , an IRC command to see whether a nick is currently online Acronyms * International Scientific Optical Network or ''ISON'' * Comet ISON Comet ISON, formally known as C/20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isön
Isön is a small island in lake Storsjön, Jämtland, Sweden. The island is very sparsely populated and is a part of Andersön's nature reserve. In the winter, an ice road connects Isön to the nearby larger island of Norderön. The route is also served by a ferry A ferry is a boat or ship that transports passengers, and occasionally vehicles and cargo, across a body of water. A small passenger ferry with multiple stops, like those in Venice, Italy, is sometimes referred to as a water taxi or water bus ... year round. On the other side (south east) the island is connected with a short bridge to another small island, Skansholmen, which connects further to the mainland. Islands of Jämtland County Östersund Municipality {{Jämtland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ison Hi-MAX
The Team Mini-Max Hi-MAX is a single-seat, high wing, strut-braced, single engine aircraft available in kit form for homebuilt aircraft, amateur construction. It first flew in 1987 and is a high wing development of the Mini-MAX, hence its model name.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', page 269 & 271. BAI Communications. Downey, Julia: ''2008 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 24, Number 12, December 2007, page 58. Primedia Publications. Downey, Julia: ''2002 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 18, Number 12, December 2001, pages 46-47. Primedia Publications. Kitplanes Staff: ''1999 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 15, Number 12, December 1998, page 70-71. Primedia Publications. IPM 0462012Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, page B-29 Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. Vandermeullen, Richard: ''2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide'', Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 58. Belvoir Publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Scientific Optical Network
The International Scientific Optical Network or ISON () is an international project, currently consisting of about 30 telescopes at about 20 observatories in about ten countries (Russia, Ukraine (Andrushivka), Georgia (Abastumani), Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Moldova, Spain ( Teide), Switzerland (Zimmerwald), Bolivia (Tarija), USA (Mayhill), Italy (Collepardo)) which have organized to detect, monitor and track objects in space. Other observatories include the "ISON-Kislovodsk Observatory", located near Kislovodsk, North Caucasus, Russia, with the observatory code D00. ISON is managed by the Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics, part of the Russian Academy of Sciences. It was credited for the discovery of comets C/2010 X1 (Elenin), , and C/2012 S1 (ISON), the latter popularly known as Comet ISON. The minor planet 365756 ISON is named for the network. See also * List of astronomical societies A list of notable groups devoted to promoting astronomy research and education. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Relay Chat
IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a text-based chat system for instant messaging. IRC is designed for Many-to-many, group communication in discussion forums, called ''#Channels, channels'', but also allows one-on-one communication via instant messaging, private messages as well as Direct Client-to-Client, chat and data transfer, including file sharing. Internet Relay Chat is implemented as an application layer protocol to facilitate communication in the form of text. The chat process works on a Client–server model, client–server networking model. Users connect, using a clientwhich may be a Web application, web app, a Computer program, standalone desktop program, or embedded into part of a larger programto an IRC server, which may be part of a larger IRC network. Examples of ways used to connect include the programs Mibbit, KiwiIRC, mIRC and the paid service IRCCloud. IRC usage has been declining steadily since 2003, losing 60 percent of its users by 2012. In April 2011, the t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muscadine
''Vitis rotundifolia'', or muscadine, is a grapevine species native to the southern United States, southeastern and south-central United States. The growth range extends from Florida to New Jersey coast, and west to eastern Texas and Oklahoma. It has been extensively cultivated since the 16th century. The plants are well-adapted to their native warm and humid climate; they need fewer chilling requirement, chilling hours than better known varieties, and thrive in summer heat. Muscadine berries may be bronze or dark purple or black when ripe (wine), ripe. Wild varieties may stay green through maturity. Muscadines are typically used in making artisan wines, juice, Grape hull pie, hull pie and jelly. They are rich sources of polyphenols. In a natural setting, muscadine provides Wildlife management, wildlife habitat as shelter, browse, and food for many birds and animals. It is also a larval host for the Nessus Sphinx Moth (''Amphion floridensis'') and the Mournful Sphinx Moth (''Eny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papadic Octoechos
Oktōēchos (here transcribed "Octoechos"; Greek language, Greek: , pronounced in Byzantine Greek, Constantinopolitan: ; from wikt:ὀκτώ, ὀκτώ "eight" and wikt:ἦχος, ἦχος "sound, mode" called echos; Church Slavonic, Slavonic: Осмогласие, ''Osmoglasie'' from wikt:осмь, о́смь "eight" and wikt:гласъ, гласъ "voice, sound") is the name of the eight musical mode, mode system used for the composition of religious chant in Byzantine, Syriac, Armenian, Georgian, Latin and Slavic churches since the Middle Ages. In a modified form the octoechos is still regarded as the foundation of the tradition of monodic Orthodox chant today. Until 1204 neither the Hagia Sophia nor any other cathedral of the Byzantine Empire did abandon its habits, and the Hagiopolitan Octoechos, Hagiopolitan eight mode system came into use not earlier than in the mixed rite of Constantinople, after the patriarchate and the court had returned from their exile in Nikaia in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ISON (album)
''ISON'' is the debut studio album by Iranian-Dutch singer Sevdaliza. It was released on 26 April 2017 by Twisted Elegance. The album is named after Comet ISON, a sungrazing comet. It includes two songs from Sevdaliza's second extended play, ''Children of Silk'' (2015), "Amandine Insensible" and "Marilyn Monroe", the latter of which was released as the album's fourth single on 14 April 2017. "Human" was released as the lead single on 17 November 2016, which was followed by "Hero" as the second single on 4 April 2017 and "Hubris" as the third single on 12 April. According to Sarah Sitkin, who designed the cover art, the cover depicts Sevdaliza as the mother to herself, to her past lives, and to the album's 16 songs. On 21 November 2017, ''ISON'' was reissued digitally with the bonus track "Hear My Pain Heal", for which an accompanying music video premiered on the same day. Composition ''PopMatters'' viewed the album as "a headfirst dive into the downtempo", noting elements of tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ison (music)
Ison is a drone note, or a slow-moving lower vocal part, used in Byzantine chant and some related musical traditions to accompany the melody, thus enriching the singing. It was not considered to transform it into a harmonized or polyphonic piece. History It is widely believed that ison was first introduced in Byzantine practice in the 16th century.History of Byzantine chant at the Divine Music Project of St. Anthony Monastery It stresses or supports the melody. at the Divine Music Project of St. Anthony Monastery Before that Greek church chanting was purely (a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ison MiniMAX
The Team Mini-MAX is a large family of single-seat, mid-wing, strut-braced, single engine aircraft, available in kit form for homebuilt aircraft, amateur construction. The first Mini-MAX had its first flight in 1984. Its name indicates its original design goals: a minimum-cost aircraft that requires a minimum of building space, time and skill, but which provides a maximum of enjoyment and performance.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', page 268-271. BAI Communications. Downey, Julia: ''2008 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 24, Number 12, December 2007, page 57-58. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851Downey, Julia: ''2002 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 18, Number 12, December 2001, pages 46-47. Primedia Publications. ISSN 0891-1851Kitplanes Staff: ''1999 Kit Aircraft Directory'', Kitplanes, Volume 15, Number 12, December 1998, page 70-71. Primedia Publications. IPM 0462012Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ison (rapper)
Ison and Fille more commonly Ison & Fille is a Swedish hip hop duo consisting of Ison Glasgow ("Ison") and Felipe Leiva Wenger ("Fille"). The two met in 1994 in JKS basketball club in Bredäng, Sweden. Their initial songs were included in a 2000 compilation album ''Den svenska underjorden'' (meaning the Swedish underground). Media attention on the duo came with ZTV, a Swedish television channel putting out Ison & Fille 2006 release "När vi glider". The duo have cooperated with various artists like Swedish rapper Petter, Dekan Ahmed and the rap crew Highwon. Members *Ison Glasgow ("Ison"), born , is a US-born rapper, but grew up in Bredäng. He immigrated to Sweden in 1986. His father died when he was just 13. *Felipe Leiva Wenger ("Fille), born , comes from Chile and grew up in Vårberg. He immigrated to Sweden in 1985 with his parents and two other siblings. Soon after the father left to Barbados where he died. In popular culture The duo also took part in the Swedish TV s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ISON Airbike
The ISON Airbike and Tandem Airbike are a family of American high-wing, tractor configuration ultralight aircraft, that were available in kit form. The single-seat Airbike was introduced in 1994 and the two-seat Tandem Airbike was unveiled in 1996.Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, pages B-3 & B-68. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. Originally produced by TEAM Aircraft of Bradyville, Tennessee, manufacturing passed to ISON Aircraft, also of Bradyville, before the end of kit production. Starting circa 2009 kits became available, once again, this time from Jordan Lake Aero. Development The single seat Airbike was designed to meet the requirements of the United States FAR 103 ''Ultralight Vehicles'', including the maximum empty weight. The tandem-seat model was intended to be licensed as an ultralight trainer or an amateur-built aircraft. The single-seater can achieve an empty weight as low as with the use of a light-weight engine, such as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne Ison
Wayne Ison (June 28, 1924 – August 9, 2014) was an aircraft designer whose designs include the Airbike, Mini-MAX, Hi-MAX and PDQ-2. He first worked for the Ford Motor Company, then received a draft notice following the U.S. entry into the Second World War. He served as a Douglas C-47 Skytrain radio operator during World War II. He, along with others, formed the Tennessee Engineering And Manufacturing incorporated, known as TEAM Incorporated, to market his Mini-MAX design. Following a lawsuit, TEAM was dissolved with the transfer of the Mini-MAX and Airbike designs to ISON Aircraft. Ison was inducted into the Experimental Aircraft Association Ultralight Ultralight aviation (called microlight aviation in some countries) is the flying of lightweight, 1- or 2-seat fixed-wing aircraft. Some countries differentiate between weight-shift control and conventional three-axis control aircraft with aile ... Hall of Fame in 2000. The Mini-MAX line, with the exception of the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
