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Desert Saints Magazine The Desert Saints Magazine is a monthly publication for the members and friends of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Though not officially affiliated with the Church, the magazine adheres to the principles and values espoused by the Church.
Desert Sands Unified School District The Desert Sands Unified School District is a public school district located in La Quinta, California. The district was founded in 1964 after the state of California department of education consolidated all of Indio public schools at the time.
Desert Solitaire (album) [Solitaire (1989) is a collaborative album by American ambient] musicians [[Steve Roach, Kevin Braheny and Michael Stearns. This album was conceived as a follow up to Roach and Braheny’s 1987 collaboration Western Spaces.
Desert Sparrow The Desert Sparrow (Passer simplex) is found in desert and sandy areas of north/central Africa (Passer simplex saharae), and also in areas of Iran and Russia as the Asian Desert Sparrow (Passer simplex zarudnyi).
Desert Studies Center The Desert Studies Center is a field station of the California State University located in Zzyzx, California in the Mojave Desert. The purpose of the Center is to provide opportunities to conduct research, receive instruction and experience the Mojave Desert environment.
Desert Tortoise The desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii) is a species of tortoise native to the Mojave desert and Sonoran desert of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. The epithet agassizii is in honor of Swiss-American zoologist Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz.
Desert Tree Frog The Desert Tree Frog or Little Red Tree Frog (Litoria rubella) is a tree frog native to Australia and southern New Guinea. It is one of Australia's most widely distributed frogs, inhabiting northern Australia, including desert regions and much of temperate eastern Australia.
Desert View Watchtower Desert View Watchtower is a 70 foot high stone building located on the South Rim of the Grand Canyon within Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, United States. The 4 story structure, completed in 1932, was designed by American architect Mary Colter, an employee of Fred Harvey who also created and designed many other buildings in the Grand Canyon vicinity including Hermit's Rest and the Lookout Studio.
Desert Wheatear The Desert Wheatear (Oenanthe deserti) is a wheatear, a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a member of the Thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher, Muscicapidae.
Desert Wind Desert Wind was a passenger train route operated by Amtrak from 1981 to May 10, 1997. When it first entered service, it ran from Los Angeles, California to Ogden, Utah, though it was later rerouted to Salt Lake City.
Desert Woodrat The Desert Woodrat (Neotoma lepida) is a small species of pack rat native to desert regions of western North America, ranging from southeastern Oregon and southwestern Idaho (USA), south to Baja California and extreme northwestern Sonora, Mexico.
Desertas Islands The Desertas Islands (Portuguese: Ilhas Desertas, pron. ; literally Desert Islands), are a small Portuguese archipelago that stands to the south east of the island of Madeira, the whole chain located roughly between the Azores and the Canary Islands.
Deserted medieval village Deserted medieval village (DMV) sites are former settlements which have been abandoned for one reason or another over the years, usually leaving little but the remains of earthworks or ghostly cropmarks. If, at a DMV, there are fewer than three inhabited houses the convention is to regard the site as deserted; if there are more than three houses, it is regarded as a shrunken medieval village.
Desertification Desertification is the degradation of land in arid, semi arid and dry sub-humid areas resulting from various factors including climatic variations, but primarily human activities. Modern desertification usually arises from the demands of increased populations that settle on the land in order to grow crops and graze animals.
Deserts and xeric shrublands Deserts and xeric shrublands is a biome characterized by a dry climate. Deserts and xeric shrublands receive an annual average rainfall of ten inches or less, and have an arid or hyperarid climate, characterized by a strong moisture deficit, where annual potential loss of moisture from evapotranspiration well exceeds the moisture received as rainfall.
Desflurane Desflurane (2-(difluoromethoxy)-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoro-ethane) is a highly fluorinated methyl ethyl ether used for maintenance of general anaesthesia. Together with sevoflurane, it is gradually replacing isoflurane for human use, except in the third world where its high cost precludes its use.
Desfontainia spinosa Desfontainia spinosa (or Taique) is an medicinal and ornamental evergreen shrub which is native to South America. It grows to two metres in height and width and has glossy dark green leaves that are holly-like in appearance and glossy red tubular flowers with yellow tips.
Deshastha Brahmin Deshastha Brahmins (Marathi: देशस्थ ब्राह्मण) are a Hindu Brahmin sub-caste primarily from the Indian state of Maharashtra and Northern Karnataka. Deshastha, in Sanskrit, means inland and thus, Deshastha Brahmins are Brahmins living in the interiors (away from the coasts).
Desheret Desheret is a project dedicated to ancient Egypt's treasures. The purpose of this project is to display and catalogue all museums world wide containing egyptological collections or objects concerning or relating to Egypt's archaeological and philological history.
Deshiwal The Deshiwals are a tribe of the Swati origin residing on the eastern slopes of the Black Mountain of Hazara, had a fighting strength of over 1000 armed men at the end of the 19th century, who saw action against the British. Deshi or Deeshan is the name given to the country to north of Agror, and lying to the west of Nandhiar.
Deshka River The Deshka River is river in southern-central Alaska.The Deshka River is one of Southcentral Alaska's premier sport fishing streams, with significant runs of Chinook and Coho salmon, along with resident Grayling, Burbot, and Rainbow Trout.
Deshmukh Subhash Sureshchandra Deshmukh Subhash Sureshchandra (born 12 March, 1957) is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Sholapur constituency of Maharashtra and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) political party.
Deshna Deshna is a type of religious speech in the Ardha Magadhi language. According to Jainism, after a Tirthankar gains infinite knowledge, he delivers a speech called samavasarana, where all creatures are welcomed (including non-human creatures, humans, and angels).
Deshun Jackson Deshun Jackson, aka "Father Time", is an American streetball player from Bakersfield, California. He was prominently featured on season 2 of the AND1 Mixtape Tour television show on ESPN, and later on the show City Slam on the same network.
Deschambault Lake Deschambault Lake, located in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, is a small community located approximately 90 miles west of Flin Flon, Manitoba on highway 911. The population is 896 as of the Canada 2001 Census and it is part of the Peter Ballantyne Cree nation.
Deschampsia antarctica Deschampsia antarctica (Antarctic hair grass) is one of two flowering plants native to Antarctica, the other being Colobanthus quitensis (Antarctic pearlwort). Due to a recent warming trend, more seeds are germinating, creating a large number of seedlings and plants.
Deschapelles coup The Deschapelles Coup, named after a 19th century French chess and whist player Alexandre Deschapelles"Kudos for a Coup and an Inventor", Alan Truscott, New York Times, June 7 1987, is the lead of an unsupported honor to create an entry in partner's hand. It should not be, but often is, confused with the Merrimac coup, the lead of an unsupported honor to kill an entry in an opponent's hand.
DeschĂŞnes Commission The Commission of Inquiry on War Criminals in Canada, often referred to as the DeschĂŞnes Commission was established by the government of Canada in February 1985 to investigate claims that Canada had become a haven for Nazi war criminals. Headed by retired Quebec Superior Court judge Jules DeschĂŞnes, the commission delivered its report in December 1986 after almost two years of hearings.
Deschooling Deschooling is a term used by both education philosophers and proponents of alternative education and/or homeschooling, which refers to different things in each context. It was popularized by Ivan Illich in his 1971 book Deschooling Society (ISBN 0-06-012139-4).
Desi Desi (pronounced // or //, Devanagari: देसी, Nastaliq: دیسی and alternatively spelled Deshi), literally means local or indigenous, as opposed to videshi (or videsi) meaning foreign. The term is used to refer to people or things of South Asian origin.
Desi Maal Desi Maal is a South Asian slang phrase, most commonly used in India, that literally means "Country Goods". It is used to denote commercial products that are manufactured indigenously, as opposed to imported (denoted by the slang phrase "phoren maal" where "phoren" is an Indic appelation of the English word "Foreign").
Desi Reijers Dirkje Johanna ("Desi") Reijers (born June 4, 1964 in Doetinchem, Gelderland) is a former freestyle swimmer from The Netherlands, who competed for her native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
Desi Relaford Desmond Lamont Relaford (born September 16, 1973 in Valdosta, Georgia) is an American professional baseball shortstop who currently plays for the Memphis Redbirds. He has previously played for the Colorado Rockies, Kansas City Royals, Seattle Mariners, New York Mets, San Diego Padres, Philadelphia Phillies, and Baltimore Orioles.
Desi Williams Desi Williams is a rugby league player born in London, England. He started his career at London Skolars before being signed by Wigan Warriors and playing in the successful Youth Academy at Wigan in which he was a regular player, normally starting on the Wing.
Desiccated thyroid extract Desiccated thyroid or thyroid extract, refers to porcine (or mixed beef and pork) thyroid glands, dried and powdered for therapeutic use. Pork, or mixed beef and pork, thyroid preparations were developed in the late 1800s, and are still used today to treat hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid gland).
Desiccator Desiccators are sealable enclosures containing desiccants used for preserving moisture-sensitive items. A common use for desiccators are to protect hygroscopic chemicals such as rubidium chloride from humidity.
Desiderata Software Desiderata Software has been producing software solutions since 1995. They have produced such products as Blazix, an application server, Winductor, a scripting automation language for Windows, EZ JCom, a Java-to-COM bridge builder and FixNews, a freeware Netscape navigator add-on that provides one-touch newsreader filtering.
Desideria e L'Anello Del Drago Desideria e L'Anello Del Drago (also known as Desideria and The Dragon Ring) is an Italian fantasy mini-series directed by Lamberto Bava and starring Anna Falchi. The story is similar in style and direction as Lamberto Bava's more successful Fantaghiro series.
Desiderius Desiderius (also known as Daufer or Dauferius; Didier in French and Desiderio in Italian), the last king of the Lombards, is chiefly known for his connection to Charlemagne, who married his daughter and conquered his realm.
Desideros With a tongue-twisting moniker like the Desideros, these Chicago natives had little chance for success. The association of Joe Manuel (lead), Robert Goley (lead), Albert "Eddie" Sullivan (tenor), Marshall Thompson (baritone), Del Brown (tenor), and Creadel "Red" Jones (bass) had one record release on Renee Records in 1960 that went nowhere.
Desierto de los Leones National Park Desierto de los Leones ("Desert of the Lions") is a Mexican National Park (created November 27, 1917), located in Mexico City, Distrito Federal, between the delegaciones (borroughs) of Cuajimalpa and Álvaro Obregón. Within the park there is a visitor's center and the ex-convent of Carmelite friars that can be visited.
Design Design, usually considered in the context of the applied arts, engineering, architecture, and other such creative endeavours, is used as both a noun and a verb. As a verb, "to design" refers to the process of originating and developing a plan for a product, structure, or component.
Design and construction of the World Trade Center The design and construction of the World Trade Center was a process that began soon after World War II. The plans for building the World Trade Center, which involved uprooting the Radio Row neighborhood in Lower Manhattan, faced extensive controversy.
Design and Technology Academy The Design and Technology Academy, nicknamed "DATA", is located on the campus of Theodore Roosevelt High School in the North East Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas. It opened in the fall semester of 1999 for the 1999-2000 school year.
Design brief Design brief – A comprehensive written document for a design project developed in concert by a person representing the business need for design and the designer. The document is focused on the desired results of design – not aesthetics.
Design by committee Design by committee is a wry, pejorative term referring to a style of design and its resultant output when a group of entities comes together to produce something (often the design of technological systems or standards), particularly in the presence of poor and incompetent leadership. The defining characteristics of "design by committee" are needless complexity, internal inconsistency, logical flaws, banality, and the lack of a unifying vision.
Design by contract Design by contract, DBC or Programming by contract is a methodology for designing computer software. It prescribes that software designers should define precise checkable interface specifications for software components based upon the theory of abstract data types and the conceptual metaphor of a business contract.
Design code Described succinctly, a design code is a document that sets rules for the design of a new development. It is a tool that can be used in the design and planning process, but goes further and is more regulatory than other forms of guidance commonly used in the English planning system over recent decades.
Design computing Design Computing refers to an area of Design Studies that deals with furthering the understanding and the practice of design activities through the application and development of novel concepts and techniques in computing.
Design Compiler Design Compiler is a product of Synopsys that compiles and optimises (in terms of silicon area and maximum clock frequency) high-level electronic circuit descriptions specified by restricted sub-languages of either Verilog or VHDL, into a gate-level netlist representation of a circuit. This procedure is an example of logic synthesis.
Design Council The Design Council is a British organisation incorporated by Royal Charter and registered as an independent charity, but effectively a government agency (or, in the jargon of the UK government, a "non-departmental public body").
Design document A design document is a description of a software product that a software designer writes in order to give a software development team an overall guidance of the architecture of the software project. It usually accompanies an architecture diagram and has pointers to the detailed feature specifications of smaller pieces of the design.
Design Document Listing A design document is stable reference, and outling all parts of a software system, their individual operation as well as their interaction. The document should give a fairly complete description while maintaining a high-level view of the software.
Design education Design education is the teaching of theory and application in the design of products, services and environments. It encompasses various disciplines of design, such as Graphic design, User interface design, Web design, Packaging design, Industrial design, Fashion design, Information design, Interior design, Sustainable design, and Universal design.
Design elements and principles Design elements and principles are the basic visual toolbox of design tactics in every visual design discipline. The elements form the basic vocabulary of visual design, while the principles constitute the broader structural aspects of the composition.
Design flow (EDA) Design flows are the explicit combination of electronic design automation tools to accomplish the design of an integrated circuit. Moore's law has driven the entire IC implementation RTL to GDSII design flows from one which uses primarily
Design for Dreaming Design for Dreaming is a 1956 musical ephemeral film about a woman (played by Tad Tadlock) who dreams about a masked man taking her to the the 1956 General Motors Motorama and Frigidaire's "Kitchen of the Future". It starts off with her in her bedroom, with the masked man suddenly appearing.
Design for Environment Design for Environment is a concept trying to avoid environmental burdens of products, processes and services already in an early stage of the product development. Often the environmental Life cycle assessment (LCA) is employed to forecast the impacts of different (production) alternatives of the product in question, thus being able to choose the most environmentally friendly.
Design for logistics Design for logistics is a series of concepts in the field of supply chain management involving product and design approaches that help to control logistics costs and increase customer service levels. These concepts were introduced by Professor Hau Lee of Stanford University, and have the three key components: Economic packaging and transportation, Concurrent and parallel processing, and Standardization.
Design for manufacturability Design for manufacturability (DFM) refers to the general engineering art of designing products in such a way that they are easy to manufacture. The basic idea exists in almost all engineering disciplines, but of course the details differ wildly depending on the manufacturing technology.
Design for X "Design for X" is a generic name for the members of a family of methodologies adopted to improve the project and conception of a product for a determined objective (as cost, assembly facility, repairing or other), of which Design for Manufacture is the oldest. The need for such "Design for ...
Design For Industry (DFI) Design for Industry is a design firm that specializes in interpreting some of the world’s best known and most respected brands in three dimensions. The firm’s clients include both one of the world’s best known toy brands and the world’s largest bank.
Design For Test Design for Test (aka "Design for Testability" or "DFT") is a name for design techniques that add certain testability features to a microelectronic hardware product design. The premise of the added features is that they make it easier to develop and apply manufacturing tests for the designed hardware.
Design History Society The Design History Society was founded in 1977, and works nationally and internationally to promote and support the study and understanding of design history. Its activities are focused on consolidating the teaching of the subject in universities and colleges, and demonstrating the widespread cultural and economic significance of design history.
Design language A design language is an overarching scheme or style that guides the design of a complement of products or architectural settings. Designers wishing to give their suite of products a unique but consistent look and feel define a design language for it, which can describe choices for design aspects such as materials, colour schemes, shapes, patterns, textures, or layouts.
Design leadership The term design leadership is raising attention in the recent years in combination with design management. Sometimes design manager are operating in the field of design leadership and design leaders in the field of design management, however design leadership can not be compared to design management, the terms are not interchangeable.
Design load In a general sense, the design load is the maximum amount of something a system is designed to handle or the maximum amount of something that the system can produce, which are very different meanings. For example, a crane with a design load of 20 tons is designed to be able to lift loads that weigh 20 tons or less.
Design Laboratory The Design Laboratory is (as some define it) 'a creative intelligence and multidisciplinary design consultancy. It draws expertise from recent bright graduates' based at the Innovation Centre of Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design.
Design management Design management refers to an approach whereby organizations make design-relevant decisions in a market and customer-oriented way as well as optimizing design-relevant (enterprise-)processes. It is a long-continuous comprehensive activity on all levels of business performance.
Design marker In software engineering, a design marker is a technique of documenting design choices in source code using the Marker Interface pattern. Marker interfaces have traditionally been limited to those interfaces intended for explicit, runtime verification (normally via instanceof).
Design Museum The Design Museum is a museum by the River Thames near Tower Bridge in central London. It is a small museum, with exhibitions over two floors, and a "Design Museum Tank" exhibition space out by the water front.
Design objective Design objective (DO): In communications systems, a desired performance characteristic for communications circuits and equipment that is based on engineering analyses, but (a) is not considered feasible to mandate in a standard, or (b) has not been tested.
Design paradigm Design paradigms are models, archetypes, or quintessential examples of designed solutions to problems. The term "Design paradigm" is used within the design professions, including architecture, industrial design and engineering design, to indicate an archetypal solution.
Design pattern (computer science) , "Ward cautioned against requiring too much programming at, what he termed, 'the high level of wizards.' He pointed out that a written 'pattern language' can significantly improve the selection and application of abstractions.
Design predicates Design predicates are a method, invented by Thomas McCabe, to quantify the complexity of the integration of two units of software. Each of the four types of design predicates have an associated integration complexity rating.
Design Patterns Often referred to as the GoF, or Gang-Of-Four (because of the four authors who wrote it), Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software (ISBN 0-201-63361-2) is a software engineering book describing recurring solutions to common problems in software design. The book's authors are Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson and John Vlissides, known as the "Gang of Four" or simply "GoF".
Design research Design research emerged as a recognisable discipline in the 1960s, initially marked by a conference on Design methods at Imperial College, London, in 1963. It built a network of practitioners and academics, and led to the founding of the Design Research Society (DRS) in 1967.
Design rule for Camera File system Design rule for Camera File system (DCF) is an JEITA specification, (Number CP-3461) which defines a File format and file system for digital cameras, including the directory structure, file naming method, character set, file format, and metadata format. It is currently the de facto industry standard for digital still cameras.
Design rule checking Design Rule Checking or Check(s) (DRC) is the area of Electronic Design Automation that determines whether a particular chip design satisfies a series of recommended parameters called Design Rules. Design rule checking is a major step during Physical verification of the design, which also involves LVS(Layout versus schematic) Check, XOR Checks, ERC (Electrical Rule Check) and Antenna Checks.
Design Review Based on Failure Mode Design Review Based on Failure Mode (DRBFM) is a tool originally developed by the Toyota Motor Corporation. This tool was developed based on the philosophy that design problems occur when changes are made to existing engineering designs that have already been proven successful.
Design science revolution The conceptual framework for a Design Science Revolution was probably first articulated by R. Buckminster Fuller as a panacea for problems caused by natural resource depletion, overpopulation and many other 20th century problems anticipated by Thomas Malthus and others.
Design specification Design specifications are the measurements and characteristics of a structure or object which provide for a workable, sustainable, or pleasing creation or construct. This can apply to a wide variety of manufactured or fabricated objects, such as buildings, automobiles, and clothes and also utility, computing, and distribution systems.
Design statement A Design statement is a report required under English and Welsh planning law that sets out, illustrates and justifies the process that has led to the development proposals. It is required to be submitted to accompany a Planning application.
Design Science Research Design Science Research (DSR) is based on the work of Professor Joan Ernst van Aken (Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, The Netherlands). The core mission of DSR is to develop general knowledge which can be used by professionals in the field in question to design solutions to their specific problems.
Design thinking Design thinking is, then, always linked to an improved future. Unlike critical thinking, which is a process of analysis and is associated with the 'breaking down' of ideas, design thinking is a creative process based around the 'building up' of ideas.
Design Technology Design and Technology (also D&T, DT, or Craft and Design in Scotland) is a National Curriculum academic subject of the UK educational system that can be taken at all levels from primary school upwards. It is also offered in several other countries such as Brunei, Bermuda, and Botswana.
Design week Design Week magazine is published by Centaur media PLC (listed on the London Stock Exchange, and is a UK-based magazine for the design industry. Launched in 1986, its readers come from all disciplines of commercial design, ranging from retail, products and packaging to graphics, interiors, exhibitions and digital.
Design Web Format Design Web Format (DWF) is an open, secure file format developed by Autodesk for the efficient distribution and communication of rich design data to anyone who needs to view, review, or print design files. Because DWF files are highly compressed, they are smaller and faster to transmit than design files, without the overhead associated with complex CAD drawings (or the management of external links and dependencies).
Design Worldwide Partnership dwp - Design Worldwide Partnership provides Architectural and Interior Design services across the Middle East and Asia Pacific region. The consortium operated from 2001 as partnership of established design businesses operated in the following countries:
Design-build development Design and Build is the principle of combining the design and construction phases of a construction project, so that the construction is occurring while the design is still being worked on. Real estate developers use this process to commence development without having architectural design completed.
Design-driven development Design Driven Development (D3) is an agile-based process for creating innovative requirements to build better solutions. It works closely with SCRUM and Extreme Programming (XP) for managing and implementing those requirements.
Design, Build and Sell Scheme Design, Build and Sell Scheme (Abbreviation: DBSS) is a first pilot project build by Sim Lian private developer but maintained under the Housing and Development Board belt after construction. It would be build towards condominium unique design and with good location such as mature estate at Tampines, Ang Mo Kio & Bishan.
Designated agent Title II of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of the United States, known as the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act (OCILLA), creates the potential role of designated agent for any ISP (Internet service provider) who files a designated agent registration with the United States Copyright Office in Washington D.C.
Designated driver A designated driver is an individual within a group of people drinking alcoholic beverages at an event/establishment who promises to remain sober to drive the others home afterwards. In order to encourage these arrangements, some proprietors will offer free non-alcoholic drinks to designated drivers.
Designated hitter A designated hitter (often shortened to "DH"), is an official position adopted by Major League Baseball's American League in 1973 that allowed teams to boost sagging offensive performances by designating a player to bat in place of the pitcher. Since then, most amateur and minor leagues have adopted the same or similar rule, but the National League has not.
Designated patient In social psychology, the designated patient is a person socially constructed as "mentally ill", regardless of the existence of real and measurable symptoms. Most social units, such as the family, have a designated patient: i.
Designated Player Rule The Designated Player Rule, also known as the Beckham Rule, is the name used for a rule change in the salary cap regulations of Major League Soccer (MLS) in North America, implemented for the 2007 season. The rule allows each of the MLS franchises to sign one player that would be considered outside of the teams' salary cap, allowing U.
Designated survivor A designated survivor is a member of the United States Cabinet who stays at a physically distant, secure, undisclosed location when the country's top leaders, including the President are gathered at a single location such as during State of the Union Addresses and presidential inaugurations, in order to maintain continuity of government with regard to presidential succession in the remote possibility of a catastrophic event which could wipe out large portions of the United States' federal government. The practice originated in the darkest days of the Cold War amid fears of a nuclear attack.
Designated Special Character schools The New Zealand Education Act of 1989 allows the Minister to establish special character schools - Section 155 for kura kaupapa Mäori where the principal language of instruction is te reo Mäori, and Section 156 Designated Special Character schools.
Designation Scheme In England, under the Designation Scheme, a number of important collections in non-national museums have been chosen to be "designated collections". This designated status gives access to the Designation Challenge Fund (DCF).

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