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Slough (other)
Slough is a town in Berkshire, England. Slough or sluff (alternate spelling) may also refer to: People * Alan Slough (1947–2021), English footballer * John P. Slough (1829–1867), American politician and general Places * Borough of Slough, a unitary district of Berkshire, England * Slough railway station, Berkshire, England * Slough (UK Parliament constituency), House of Commons constituency for the Borough of Slough * Slough Stadium, Berkshire, England * Slough, Powys, a location in Wales Games and sports * Slough, a term in water polo * Slough/sluff, a term in the card game Spades (card game) * Slough, a term in card game Ruff Other uses * Slough (hydrology), a wetland, often a backwater to a larger body of water * "Slough" (poem), a 1937 poem by Sir John Betjeman * Slough, the result of sloughing, shedding or casting off dead tissue * Sluff, a nickname of the 166th Air Refueling Squadron * Sluff, a minor avalanche, sometimes triggered in snow sports such as skiing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slough
Slough () is a town and unparished area in the unitary authority of the same name in Berkshire, England, bordering west London. It lies in the Thames Valley, west of central London and north-east of Reading, at the intersection of the M4, M40 and M25 motorways. It is part of the historic county of Buckinghamshire. In 2020, the built-up area subdivision had an estimated population of 164,793. In 2011, the district had a population of 140,713. Slough's population is one of the most ethnically diverse in the United Kingdom, attracting people from across the country and the world for labour since the 1920s, which has helped shape it into a major trading centre. In 2017, unemployment stood at 1.4%, one-third the UK average of 4.5%. Slough has the highest concentration of UK HQs of global companies outside London. Slough Trading Estate is the largest industrial estate in single private ownership in Europe, with over 17,000 jobs in 400 businesses. Blackberry, McAfee, Burg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruff (cards)
In trick-taking games, to ruff means to play a trump card to a trick (other than when trumps were led). According to the rules of most games, a player must have no cards left in the suit led in order to ruff. Since the other players are constrained to follow suit if they can, even a low trump can win a trick. In some games, like Pinochle and Preferans, the player who cannot follow suit is required to ruff. In others, like Bridge and Whist, he may instead discard (play any card in any other suit). Normally, ruffing will win a trick. But it is also possible that a subsequent player will overruff (play a higher trump). Historically, ruff meant to "rob" i.e. exchange a card with the stock. Usage of the word "ruff" vs. "trump" "Ruff" is normally a verb, meaning "to play a trump card when a non-trump suit was led". "To trump" can be used as a synonym of "to ruff", but "ruff" is normally preferred, for clarity. As a noun, "ruff" and "trump" are completely different – "a ruff" means onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sloughi
The Sloughi , or Arabian Greyhound (Arabic: سلوقي), is an ancient breed of domesticated dog, specifically a member of the sighthound family. It originates from North Africa and is found in Algeria, Tunisia, Morocco and Libya. History The Sloughi has existed for centuries in North Africa, primarily in Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, but also into parts of Western Sahara, Mali, Libya and Egypt. The word ''sloughi'' is likely a Berber pronunciation of the Arabic ''saluki'', the similarly-looking and -behaving Arabian sighthound; the two breeds likely share a common ancestor. Algerian Neolithic rock paintings, plus tomb paintings and hieroglyphics in Egypt, have been discovered portraying distinctly slender dogs with drooped ears, hinting at the breed's earlier origins. Sloughis are still used for hunting in North African countries, as well as being a reliable familial guard dog. The Sloughi was accepted into the FCI in 1998, receiving recognition by the American Kennel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naked Giants
Naked Giants are an American rock music group founded in 2014 in Seattle, Washington. The band comprises vocalist and guitarist Grant Mullen, bassist and vocalist Gianni Aiello, and drummer Henry LaVallee. After releasing their lo-fi EP ''R.I.P.'' in 2016, they were signed by New West Records. The band released their debut studio album ''SLUFF'' on March 30, 2018, to positive critical reviews. Naked Giants toured through 2018 and 2019 with indie rock band Car Seat Headrest. They released their second studio album ''The Shadow'' on 21 August 2020. History 2014–2017: Formation and ''R.I.P.'' Grant Mullen and Henry LaVallee met in pre-school. In their teenage years they took up practicing music together and discovered they had musical chemistry. At 17 or 18, the duo decided to pursue music together and create the band. Naked Giants had their first practice in August, 2014. Gianni was part of a synthpop band called ''Laser Fox'' at the time, playing bass for the group. LaVall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avalanche
An avalanche is a rapid flow of snow down a slope, such as a hill or mountain. Avalanches can be set off spontaneously, by such factors as increased precipitation or snowpack weakening, or by external means such as humans, animals, and earthquakes. Primarily composed of flowing snow and air, large avalanches have the capability to capture and move ice, rocks, and trees. Avalanches occur in two general forms, or combinations thereof: slab avalanches made of tightly packed snow, triggered by a collapse of an underlying weak snow layer, and loose snow avalanches made of looser snow. After being set off, avalanches usually accelerate rapidly and grow in mass and volume as they capture more snow. If an avalanche moves fast enough, some of the snow may mix with the air, forming a powder snow avalanche. Though they appear to share similarities, avalanches are distinct from slush flows, Mudflow, mudslides, Landslide#Debris landslide, rock slides, and serac collapses. They are also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
166th Air Refueling Squadron
The 166th Air Refueling Squadron (166 ARS) is a unit of the Ohio Air National Guard 121st Air Refueling Wing located at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Columbus, Ohio. The 166th is equipped with the KC-135R Stratotanker. History World War II The 364th Fighter Squadron was established at Hamilton Field, California in December 1942 and was part of the 357th Fighter Group. Became part of the United States Air Forces in Europe army of occupation in Germany during 1945. Inactivated in Germany during August 1946. Ohio Air National Guard The wartime 364th Fighter Squadron was re-designated as the 166th Fighter Squadron, and was allotted to the Ohio Air National Guard, on 24 May 1946. It was organized at Lockbourne Army Airfield, Columbus, Ohio, and was extended federal recognition on 10 November 1947 by the National Guard Bureau. The 166th Fighter Squadron was bestowed the lineage, history, honors, and colors of the 364th Fighter Squadron. The squadron was equipped with F-51D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sloughing
In biology, moulting (British English), or molting (American English), also known as sloughing, shedding, or in many invertebrates, ecdysis, is the manner in which an animal routinely casts off a part of its body (often, but not always, an outer layer or covering), either at specific times of the year, or at specific points in its life cycle. In medieval times it was also known as "mewing" (from the French verb "muer", to moult), a term that lives on in the name of Britain's Royal Mews where the King's hawks used to be kept during moulting time before becoming horse stables after Tudor times. Moulting can involve shedding the epidermis (skin), pelage ( hair, feathers, fur, wool), or other external layer. In some groups, other body parts may be shed, for example, the entire exoskeleton in arthropods, including the wings in some insects. Examples In birds In birds, moulting is the periodic replacement of feathers by shedding old feathers while producing new ones. Feathers a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slough (poem)
"Slough" is a ten-stanza poem by Sir John Betjeman, first published in his 1937 collection '' Continual Dew''. The British town of Slough was used as a dump for war surplus materials in the interwar years, and then abruptly became the home of 850 new factories just before World War II. The sudden appearance of this " Trading Estate", which was quickly widely reproduced throughout Britain, prompted the poem. Seeing the new appearance of the town, Betjeman was struck by the "menace of things to come". He later regretted the poem's harshness. The poem is not about Slough specifically, but about the desecration caused by industrialization and modernity in general, with the transformation of Slough being the epitome of these evils. Nevertheless, successive mayors of Slough have objected to the poem. The poem was published two years before the outbreak of World War II, during which Britain (including Slough itself) experienced actual air raids. Much later, in a guide to English chur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slough (hydrology)
A slough ( or ) is a wetland, usually a swamp or shallow lake, often a backwater to a larger body of water. Water tends to be stagnant or may flow slowly on a seasonal basis. In North America, "slough" may refer to a side-channel from or feeding a river, or an inlet or natural channel only sporadically filled with water. An example of this is Finn Slough on the Fraser River, whose lower reaches have dozens of notable sloughs. Some sloughs, like Elkhorn Slough, used to be mouths of rivers, but have become stagnant because tectonic activity cut off the river's source. In the Sacramento River, Steamboat Slough was an alternate branch of the river, a preferred shortcut route for steamboats passing between Sacramento and San Francisco. Georgiana Slough was a steamboat route through the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta, from the Sacramento River to the San Joaquin River and Stockton. Plants and animals A slough, also called a tidal channel, is a channel in a wetland. Typic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spades (card Game)
Spades is a trick-taking card game devised in the United States in the 1930s. It can be played as either a partnership or solo/"cutthroat" game. The object is to take the number of tricks (also known as "books") that were bid before play of the hand began. Spades is a descendant of the Whist family of card games, which also includes Bridge, Hearts, and Oh Hell. Its major difference as compared to other Whist variants is that, instead of trump being decided by the highest bidder or at random, the Spade suit always trumps, hence the name. History Spades was devised in the Mid-West of the United States in the late 1930s. at pagat.com. Retrieved 11 September 2018. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alan Slough
Alan Peter Slough (24 September 1947 – 22 March 2021) was an English professional footballer who played as a midfielder in the Football League from the 1960s to 1980s, notably with Luton Town. Career Slough signed for the local team Luton Town in 1965 and went on to make 275 league appearances for the club over eight years before moving on to Fulham. After 154 league matches for Fulham, he joined Peterborough United for a transfer fee of £25,000, making 128 appearances in all competitions over four years. After a short spell at Millwall, he ended his career with a period with non-League Weymouth. (subscription required; site no longer active) Death Slough died on 22 March 2021, aged 73, following a battle with Parkinson's disease. Honours Fulham *FA Cup The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Glossary Of Water Polo
The following terms are used in water polo. Rules below reflect the latest #F, FINA Water Polo Rules. 0–9 ;2 meter defense :See #H, hole D. ;2 meter line :The line at each end of the pool crossing 2 meters in front of the goal, designated by a red mark on the edge of the pool. The edge of the playing area from the 2 meter mark to the goal line is a red line. ;2 meter offense :See #C, center forward. ;2 meter zone or area :The area between the 2 meter line and the goal line. No attacking player may be in this area without the ball. ;3-3 offense :A basic positional offense composed of two lines containing 3 players each: #P, point and two #D, drivers along the #0-9, 5 meter line, and #W, wings and #C, center forward along the #0-9, 2 meter line. ;4 meter line (obsolete) :Prior to #F, FINA rule changes in 2005, this was the position for #P, penalty throws, replaced by the present 5 meter line. ;4-2 offense :Team on offense positions four players on the 2 meter line, and two player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
