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Mahuika crater Mahuika crater is a disputed submarine bolide impact crater, 20 ± 2 kilometers wide and over 153 meters deep, on the New Zealand continental shelf at , named for the Māori god of fire. It was discovered by Dallas Abbott and her colleagues from the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of the Columbia University.
Mahumodo Mahumodo were a metal/hardcore/post-hardcore band from the UK. They unfortunately only lasted five years (1998-2003) and at the point of splitting they were getting a lot of attention from larger labels and getting an ever-growing audience.
Mahurangi River The Mahurangi River is a tidal estuary in northern New Zealand that widens into the Mahurangi Harbour before opening into the outer Hauraki Gulf. The Mahurangi Harbour is accessible by all craft and is a sheltered anchorage in all weathers with many small bays and islands.
Mahuza Mahuza (in Hebrew and Aramaic sources, particularly Jewish ones, Maḥuza) is the name given to the metropolis formed by Ctesiphon and Seleucia on opposite sides of the Tigris River. It was one of the cites of an early Babylonian Talmudic yeshiva as well as the original seat of the Exilarch.
Mahwah High School Mahwah High School (MHS) is the four-year comprehensive public high school serving students from Mahwah, Bergen County, New Jersey, as the only high school of the Mahwah Township Public Schools. Approximately 850 students attend Mahwah High School.
Mach (kernel) Mach is an operating system microkernel developed at Carnegie Mellon University to support operating system research, primarily distributed and parallel computation. It is one of the earliest examples of a microkernel, and still the standard by which similar projects are measured.
Mach Song Mach Song ("Life Stream") is a national monthly bilingual Vietnamese–English newspaper published in Houston, Texas. The paper has a readership of approximately 75,000 in 20 cities across the United States and is published by Boat People SOS—a national Vietnamese American 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.
Mach tuck Mach tuck is an aerodynamic effect, whereby the nose of an aircraft tends to pitch downwards as the airflow around the wing reaches speeds close to Mach 1. Note that the aircraft itself can be travelling significantly below Mach 1, and still experience this effect.
Mach wave In fluid dynamics, a Mach wave is a pressure wave travelling with the speed of sound caused by a slight change of pressure added to a compressible flow. These weak waves can combine in supersonic flow to become a shock wave if sufficient Mach waves are present at any location.
Mach's principle In theoretical physics, particularly in discussions of gravitation theories, Mach's principle is the name given by Einstein to a vague hypothesis first supported by the physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach. The broad notion is that "mass there influences inertia here".
Mach-O Mach-O (pronounced as "mac O"), short for Mach object file format, is a file format for executables, object code, shared libraries, dynamically-loaded code, and core dumps. An executable file format specifies the order in which code and data is loaded into memory, as ordering of code and data in the file.
Mach-Zehnder interferometer The Mach-Zehnder interferometer (named after physicists Ernst Mach and Ludwig Zehnder) is used to determine the phase shift caused by a small sample which is to be placed into one of the two collimated beams (thus having plane wavefronts) (then called sample beam (SB) as opposed to the reference beam (RB)) from a coherent light source.
Macha van der Vaart Macha Alexandra van der Vaart (born April 17, 1972 in Alkmaar, Noord-Holland) is a former field hockey midfielder from the Netherlands, who played 151 international matches for the Dutch National Women's Team, in which she scored seventeen goals. She made her debut on December 9, 1998 against Australia (1-1), and was a member of the team, that won bronze at the 2000 Summer Olympics and silver at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Machaca Machaca or machacado is a Mexican dish of carne seca (dried beef), and cooked with eggs, onions and chile peppers (with some regional and economic variations). It is also served as the meat in a taquito, burrito, torta, or a plate with beans and rice.
Machaca (insect) Machaca is a term used in the Amazon region for the lantern fly Fulgora lanternaria. It is as long as 3 inches, has a protuberance at its head that resembles that of a lizard or a serpent, and which was falsely believed to be luminescent.
Machado Family Related to the Gracie family, of Gracie Jiu - Jitsu fame, by blood, they practice and teach their family's style of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu across North America. They have proved the merit and validity of their system through tournaments and other venues.
Machadodorp Machadodorp is a small town situated above the escarpment in Mpumalanga Province, South Africa with the Elands River running through the town. There is a natural radioactive spring here and is reputed to have powerful healing qualities.
Machaerus Machaerus is a fortress fifteen miles southeast of the mouth of the Jordan river, in the wild and desolate hills that overlook the Dead Sea from the east. The fortress was originally built by the Hasmonean king Alexander Jannaeus (104 BC-78 BC) in about the year 90 BC (Josephus, Wars 7.
Machair (TV series) Machair was a Scottish Gaelic television soap opera made by SMG Productions (Scottish Television) between August 1992 and September 1996 and broadcast in Scotland by the British television company ITV. A total of ninety-nine half-hour episodes, all shot on location on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, were made.
Machairas Monastery Machairas (Greek: Μαχαιράς) is a historic monastery dedicated to the Virgin Mary located about 40 km from the capital of Cyprus, Nicosia. It lies at an altitude of about 900 m and was founded at the end of the 12th century close to the current village of Lazanias.
Machairodontinae The Machairodontinae form a subfamily of the Felidae (true cats). It contains some of the extinct cats commonly known as "saber-toothed cats", including the famed genus Smilodon as well as other cats with only minor increases in the size and length of their canine teeth.
Machakel Machakel is one of the 105 woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Misraq Gojjam Zone, Machakel is bordered on the south by the Abay River which separates it from the Oromia Region, on the west by the Mirab Gojjam Zone, on the north by Bibugn, and on the east by Guzamn.
Machakheli Machakheli (მაჭახელი, Mach'akheli in Georgian, Macaheli or Macahel in Turkish), is a historical geographical area and long valley along the river Machakhlistskal(i) between Turkey and Georgia. There are 18 settled villages in this valley.
Machal Machal, is a Hebrew acronym which means "volunteers from outside Israel" (מתנדבי חוץ לארץ - מח"ל, Mitnadvei CHutz Laaretz). It is used to describe both Jewish and non-Jewish volunteers who fought in the Israeli armed forces but retain the citizenship of their nation of origin.
Machanovka (Hasidic dynasty) The chasidic dynasty of Machnovka (various spellings) is a part of the Chernobyl dynastic group of families. It takes its name from the village in the Ukraine where it originated: Komsomolske (Makhnovka) Village, Kremenchug Reservoir, Vinnytsia Oblast', Ukraine.
Machapunga The Machapunga were a very small Native American tribe of Algonquian descent, now disappeared, who once occupied a coastal area of northeastern North Carolina, living in a village called Mattamuskeet on the shore of Lake Mattamuskeet. The tribe was described by Europeans in 1701 as containing roughly 100 members.
Machbet The Machbet (Hebrew: מחבט, meaning "racquet") is an Israeli upgrade of the M163 self-propelled automatic anti-aircraft gun, based in turn on the M113 armored personnel carrier. In addition to the 20 mm M61 Vulcan rotary cannon it is armed with 4-tubes FIM-92 Stinger surface-to-air missile launcher.
Machen Machen is a small village 4½ miles east of Caerphilly, south Wales, situated in the Caerphilly borough and traditional county of Monmouthshire. It neighbours Bedwas and Trethomas, and forms a council ward in conjunction with those communities.
Machhiwara Machhiwara () is a town and a nagar panchayat in Ludhiana district in the Indian state of Punjab. Machhiwara is famous for Gurudwara Sri Charan Kanwal Sahib named after the Guru's feet that are compared to the lotus flower.
Machi (video game) Machi (Translated from Japanese as "city or "town") is an adventure game developed and published by Chunsoft and released exclusively in Japan for the Sega Saturn in 1998. Focusing mostly on storytelling, the game is described by its creators as a "sound novel" that focuses on 8 protagonists and their adventures and conflicts in the major metropolitan area of Shibuya.
Machi Kuragi Machi Kuragi (倉伎 真知 Kuragi Machi) is a fictional character and the school treasurer of Kaibara High School in the manga entitled Fruits Basket. Machi is a quiet and shy character, and appears to be sensitive and rather isolated.
Machiara National Park Machiara National Park in Pakistan is one of three globally significant national parks selected for a Global Environment Facility sponsored project. The overall goal is to set up management models demonstrating effective natural resource conservation and make a significant contribution to the development of Pakistan's capacity.
Machias Seal Island Machias Seal Island is an island located in the Gulf of Maine, approximately 16 kilometres (10 miles) southeast from Cutler, Maine and approximately 19 kilometres (12 miles) southwest of Southwest Head, New Brunswick on Grand Manan Island. Machias Seal Island is located at and measures approximately 80,000 m² (20 acres) in area.
Machiavellian intelligence In cognitive science and evolutionary psychology, Machiavellian intelligence (also known as political intelligence or social intelligence) is the capacity of an entity to be in a successful political engagement with social groups.
Machiavellianism Machiavellianism is primarily the term some social and personality psychologists use to describe a person's tendency to deceive and manipulate others for personal gain. The concept is named after Renaissance diplomat and writer Niccolò Machiavelli, who wrote Il Principe (The Prince).
Machicolation A machicolation is a floor opening between the supporting corbels of a battlement, through which stones could be dropped on attackers at the base of a defensive wall. The design was developed in the middle ages when the Norman crusaders returned (see Normans).
Machig Labdrön Machig Labdrön () (1055 - 1149Norbu (1986)) was the founder of the Tibetan Buddhist practice of Chöd. She came from a Bönpo family and, according to Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, developed Chöd by combining native Tibetan Bönpo shamanism with the Dzogchen teachings.
Machilipatnam Machilipatnam , also known as Masulipatnam or Bandar or Masula (for short among Finnish mission workers Helsingin Sanomat - Mother Hyny - Finnish mission worker), is a city and a special grade municipality in Krishna district in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The town existed since 3rd century BC (Satavahana period) when it was known as 'Maisolos' (Ptolemy) and as 'Masalia' (Periplus)Flourishing sea trade was carried out from Masula port.
Machin series The Machin series of postage stamps are the common definitive stamps of the United Kingdom. Designed by Arnold Machin, they consist of simply a profile of Queen Elizabeth II and a denomination, almost always in a single colour.
Machinae Supremacy Machinae Supremacy (pronounced "muh-sheen suh-prem-uh-see", IPA: ) is a band from LuleĂĄ, Sweden, that plays a cross between power metal and bitpop. Self-defined as SID Metal, they usually use a SidStation that features the SID chip of the Commodore 64.
Machinations: An Anthology of Ingenious Designs Machinations: An Anthology of Ingenious Designs (ISBN 0-9581390-0-8) is the second short story collection published by the Canberra Speculative Fiction Guild. Printed in 2002 and edited by Chris Andrews, it contains stories from several Australian speculative fiction authors.
Machine (Japanese band) machine is the side project of Kiyoshi (known from hide with Spread Beaver and others) and Hakuei (Penicillin). Hakuei and Kiyoshi had initially known each other for many years prior because Kiyoshi was once Penicillin's producer.
Machine and Tractor Station Machine and Tractor Station (MTS) (Машинно-тракторная станция (МТС), Mashinno-traktornaya stantsiya) was a state enterprise for ownership and maintenance of agricultural machinery that was used in kolkhozes. MTS were introduced in 1928 as a shared resource of scarce agricultural machinery and technical personnel.
Machine code monitor A machine code monitor (aka machine language monitor) is software built-into or separately available for various computers, allowing the user to enter commands to view and change memory locations on the machine, with options to load and save memory contents from/to secondary storage.
Machine coordinate system In the manufacturing industry, with regard to numerically controlled machine tools, the phrase machine coordinate system refers to the physical limits of the motion of the machine in each of its axes, and to the numerical coordinate which is assigned (by the machine tool builder) to each of these limits.
Machine de Marly The Machine de Marly, also widely known as La Machine de Marly and The Machine of Marly, was a French engineering marvel completed in 1684. King Louis XIV needed a large water supply for his fountains at Versailles.
Machine elf Machine Elves (also known as fractal elves and self-transforming machine elves) is a term coined by the writer and philosopher Terence McKenna to describe the entities that he claims one becomes aware of after having taken tryptamine based psychedelic drugs, especially DMT. According to McKenna, their constant dance creates the reality as we perceive it.
Machine embroidery Machine embroidery is a term that can be used to describe two different actions. The first is using a sewing machine to "manually" create (either freehand or with built-in stitches) a design on a piece of fabric or other similar item.
Machine epsilon In computer science, the machine epsilon (also called macheps, machine precision or unit roundoff) is, for a particular machine, the smallest number that, when added to 1, gives a number greater than 1. The existence of a machine epsilon is a consequence of finite-precision floating point arithmetic.
Machine Empire The Machine Empire is a group of fictional robotic villains in the Power Rangers universe, who first appeared in the television show Power Rangers: Zeo and were later mentioned in Power Rangers in Space and Power Rangers: Wild Force.
Machine guidance The term Machine Guidance is used to describe a wide range of techniques which improve the productivity of agricultural, mining and construction equipment. It is most commonly used to describe systems which incorporate GPS, Motion Measuring Units (MMU) and other devices to provide on-board systems with information about the movement of the machine in either 3, 5 or 7 axis of rotation.
Machine gun A machine gun is a fully-automatic mounted or portable firearm, usually designed to fire rifle cartridges in quick succession from an ammunition belt or large-capacity magazine, typically at a rate of several hundred bullets per minute. Earlier machine guns were manually operated, for example, by turning a hand crank.
Machine God The Machine God (also known as the Omnissiah or Deus Mechanicus) is a theological entity in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. It is worshipped by the Imperial scientists and engineers (known collectively as the Cult of the Machine, or Adeptus Mechanicus) as the bestower of all technology and scientific wisdom.
Machine Gun (band) Machine Gun was an improvising band formed in New York City in 1986. Its members were: Robert Musso: guitars, Thomas Chapin: reeds and flute, John Richey: vocals, cut-ups,tapes, tv, Bil Bryant: drums, Jair-Rohm Parker Wells: basses.
Machine Gun (song) "Machine Gun" is a song performed by Jimi Hendrix in 1970. Although a studio recording was never officially released there are several live recordings appearing on (among other live albums) Jimi Hendrix: Live at Berkeley, Blue Wild Angel: Live at the Isle of Wight, and most notably the Band of Gypsys LP, the latter often lauded as one of Hendrix’s finest performances, and has even been considered among the finest performances ever with an electric guitar
Machine Gun Corps The Machine Gun Corps (MGC) was a corps of the British Army, formed in October 1915 in response to the need for more effective use of machine guns on the Western Front in World War I. The Heavy Branch of the MGC was the first to use tanks in combat, and the branch was subsequently turned into the Tank Corps, later called the Royal Tank Regiment.
Machine head A machine head, also called a tuner, tuning peg, or tuning machine, is part of a guitar or similar instrument, an apparatus for tensioning and thereby tuning a string, usually located at the headstock. A headstock has several machine heads, one per string.
Machine learning As a broad subfield of artificial intelligence, machine learning is concerned with the development of algorithms and techniques that allow computers to "learn". At a general level, there are two types of learning: inductive, and deductive.
Machine Man Machine Man (X-51) is a fictional character created by writer/artist Jack Kirby for Marvel Comics. The character, an android, was created in 2001: A Space Odyssey #8 (July 1977), a comic written and drawn by Kirby featuring concepts based on the eponymous Stanley Kubrick film and Arthur C.
Machine postmark A machine postmark or machine cancellation is a postmark or cancellation on mail that is applied by a mechanical device rather than with the use of a handstamp. Nearly all machine-cancellation devices apply both postmark and cancellation simultaneously.
Machine Punch Through Machine Punch Through: The Singles Collection was a greatest hits CD by the Canadian alternative rock band Moist, released in 2001. The album featured one new song, "Sunday Comes," previously issued on the "Breathe" remix single.
Machine Robo Machine Robo is a Japanese transforming robot toyline first released in 1982 by Popy, a division of Bandai, then later by Bandai proper. The franchise was marketed as Robo Machine in Europe, and Machine Men (or Robot Machine Men) in Australia.
Machine Shop Mixtape: Volume 1 Machine Shop Mixtape: Volume 1 is the official Mixtape for Machine Shop Recordings, which was started by the band Linkin Park. The Mixtape gives you a taste of different bands' music, in the hopes that you will like it, and buy their albums.
Machine Shop Mixtape: Volume 2 Machine Shop Mixtape: Volume 2 is the second official Mixtape for Machine Shop Recordings, which was started by the band Linkin Park. The Mixtape gives you a taste of different bands' music, in the hopes that you will like it, and buy their albums.
Machine Spirit In the fictional universe of Warhammer 40,000, a Machine Spirit is a spirit believed by the Adeptus Mechanicus (and, from that source, by most other humans from the Imperium of Man) to inhabit and control a piece of machinery. The functioning, or lack thereof, of any machine is believed to be the result of its spirit's disposition.
Machine taper Machine tool operators must be able to install or remove cutting bits or other accessories quickly and easily from the machine tool's powered rotating spindle. A lathe, for example, has a rotating spindle in its headstock, to which one may want to mount a spur drive or work in a collet.
Machine to Machine M2M refers to data communications between machines. M2M is most commonly translated as Machine-to-Machine but has sometimes been translated as Man-to-Machine, Machine-to-Man, Machine-to-Mobile and Mobile-to-Machine.
Machine tool A machine tool is a powered mechanical device, typically used to fabricate metal components of machines by the selective removal of metal. The term machine tool is usually reserved for tools that used a power source other than human movement, but they can be powered by people if appropriately set up.
Machine translation Machine translation, sometimes referred to by the acronym MT, is a sub-field of computational linguistics that investigates the use of computer software to translate text or speech from one natural language to another. At its basic level, MT performs simple substitution of atomic words in one natural language for words in another.
Machine Teen Machine Teen was a comic book published by Marvel Comics, loosely based on Machine Man and created by Marc Sumerak and Mike Hawthorne. It was published as a five issue mini-series and carried the Marvel Next logo.
Machine Translations Machine Translations is the recording and touring name of J Walker, an Australian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. J Walker started out recording all instruments himself in a home studio, but has now branched out to include a band in his recent works.
Machine vision Machine vision (MV) is the application of computer vision to industry and manufacturing. Whereas computer vision is mainly focused on machine-based image processing, machine vision most often requires also digital input/output devices and computer networks to control other manufacturing equipment such as robotic arms.
Machine Wars Machine Wars was a short-lived toy series in the Transformers toyline, introduced in 1996. The series was initially exclusive to KB Toys and its subsidiaries, although overstock/unsold surplus eventually appeared at other retailers.
Machine-dependent Machine-dependent is a term for application software that runs only on a particular type of computer. Conversely, applications that run on a variety of different types of computers are called machine-independent.
Machine-readable passport A machine readable passport (MRP) is a passport where the data on the identity page is encoded in optical character recognition format. Many countries began to issue MRPs in the 1980s although the roll-out of the technology to smaller overseas missions was slow in many instances.
Machinery of government The Machinery of Government (sometimes MOG) means the interconnected structures and processes of government, such as the functions and accountability of departments in the executive branch of government. The term is used particularly in the context of changes to established systems of public administration where different elements of machineryFor example, a Number 10 Press Notice on May 5, 2006 was entitled Machinery of Government changes in announcing the creation of a new department of the British Government, accessed at June 12, 2006 are created.
Machinery's Handbook Machinery's Handbook for machine shop and drafting-room; a reference book on machine design and shop practice for the mechanical engineer, draftsman, toolmaker, and machinist (the full title of the 1st edition) is a classic reference work in mechanical engineering and practical workshop mechanics in one volume published by Industrial Press, New York, since 1914. The first edition was created by Erik Oberg (1881–1951) and Franklin D.
Machinima Machinima (pronounced or ), a portmanteau of machine cinema or machine animation, is both a collection of associated production techniques and a film genre defined by those techniques. As a production technique, the term concerns the rendering of computer-generated imagery (CGI) using real-time, interactive (game) 3D engines, as opposed to high-end and complex 3D animation software used by professionals.
Machining Machining is an occupation or hobby or a class of material-working processes that involves using a power-driven machine tool, such as a lathe, milling machine or drill, to shape metal. Machining is a part of the manufacture of almost all metal products.
Machinist calculator A Machinist Calculator is a hand-held calculator programmed with built-in formulas making it easy and quick for machinists to establish speeds, feeds and time without guesswork or conversion charts. Formulas may include revolutions per minute (RPM), surface feet per minute (SFM), inches per minute (IPM), feed per tooth (FPT).
Machiya Machiya are traditional wooden townhouses found throughout Japan and typified in the historical capital of Kyoto. Machiya (townhouses) and nouka (farm dwellings) constitute the two categories of Japanese vernacular architecture known as minka (folk dwellings).
Macho Dancer Macho Dancer is a provocative film that explores the lives of teenage hustlers fighting to survive in Manila`s seamy red-light district. Based on a true story and directed by internationally acclaimed Lino Brocka, Macho Dancer depicts a world of bars and brothels, drag queens and crooked cops, porno movie-making and sexual slavery, and drugs and violence.
Macho Man (song) "Macho Man" is a 1978 disco song performed by the Village People. It extols the virtues of working out and jogging: Every man ought to be a macho macho man / to live a life of freedom, machos make a stand.
Macho Women with Guns Macho Women with Guns (MWWG) is a comedy role-playing game created by Greg Porter and published by Blacksburg Tactical Research Center (BTRC). (A D20 System version of the game is also available from Mongoose Publishing.
Machocore Machocore (meaning hardcore of straight men) -machokore, machoxcore- is a musical genre very popular in South America consisting of a mix between metalcore, rapcore, and old school hardcore, that is similar to Tribial Thrash. There is a lot types of machocore, many of which are fused with punk rock, crossover or nu metal.
Machon L'Madrichei Chutz La'Aretz The Machon L'Madrichei Chutz La'Aretz or Institute for Leaders from Abroad is a program that is the largest MASA funded program, a program were young adults from all over the world can come away to Israel on a long-term program and study.
Machon Meir Machon Meir (Hebrew :מכון מאיר) is a religious Zionist outreach organization and yeshiva situated in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Kiryat Moshe, close to Givat Shaul. With branches throughout the country, Machon Meir is one of the larger outreach organization in Israel and the only Zionist institution of Torah learning in English for Jews with a limited background in Jewish studies.
Machon Shlomo Machon Shlomo is a Haredi yeshiva for men located in Har Nof, Jerusalem, Israel. Its faculty and student body are mostly American, and the yeshiva is targeted to American baalei teshuva (Jews who "rediscover" Orthodox Judaism later in life).
Machrihanish golf course Machrihanish golf course is a classic Scottish links course situated at the southern tip of the Mull of Kintyre. The course is often voted in the top 100 in the world, but is further enhanced by the views of the western seaboard including the Paps of Jura and Ireland.
Machsom Watch Machsom Watch, or Checkpoint Watch (also Women for Human Rights), is a group of Israeli women who monitor Palestinian human-rights at Israeli checkpoints. The self described "politically pluralistic" human rights] organization is composed of [[Israeli women to the exclusion of men, with a "bias towards mature, professional women" who tend to have a "liberal or leftist background" Machsom Watch claims to have 400 members, notably including Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert]'s daughter [[Dana Olmert|Dana.
Machu Picchu Machu Picchu (Quechua: Old Peak; sometimes called the "Lost City of the Incas") is a well-preserved pre-Columbian Inca ruin located at 2,430 m (7,970 ft) on a mountain ridge. Machu Picchu is located above the Urubamba Valley in Peru, about 70 km (44 mi) northwest of Cusco.
Machuca Machuca (2004) is a Chilean film written and directed by Andrés Wood. Set in 1973 in Santiago during Salvador Allende's socialist government and shortly before General Augusto Pinochet's military coup, the film tells the story of two friends, one of them the very poor Pedro Machuca who is integrated into the elite school of his friend Gonzalo Infante.
Machus Red Fox Machus Red Fox was a restaurant, famed as the place from which former Teamster leader Jimmy Hoffa disappeared on July 30, 1975, was the crown jewel among Machus Enterprises' chain of restaurants and bakeries. Harris Machus, already a successful restaurateur, opened Machus Red Fox in 1965 on Telegraph Road near the affluent Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills.
Machy Machy, Le Sieur de (Demachy) (fl second half the 17th century) was a French viol player, composer, and teacher remembered principally for his "Pièces de Violle en Musique et en Tablature" (1685), a valuable source of information on the performance practices of his time.
Machynlleth Machynlleth (pronounced ; sometimes abbreviated to Mach) is a market town in the traditional county of Montgomeryshire (Sir Drefaldwyn), north Powys in Wales. It is in the Dyfi Valley, and is at the intersection of the A487 and the A489.
Machynlleth railway station Machynlleth railway station is a railway station on the Cambrian Line in mid-Wales, serving the historic town of Machynlleth. It was built by the Newtown & Machynlleth Railway, and subsequently passed into the ownership of the Cambrian Railways, the Great Western Railway, British Railways (Western Region) and British Railways (London Midland Region).
Machynys Machynys, or Machynys Peninsula is a coastal area in south Llanelli that has been transformed beyond recognition since 1960. BBC News 'Llanelli’s Lost Villages' It is now home to the Machynys Peninsula Golf & Country Club which hosts the Ladies Championship of Europe Welsh Open.
MacHeist MacHeist was a six week long event which ran at the end of 2006 and raised US$200,000 for charity. The event was coordinated by Phillip Ryu, John Casasanta, Scott Meinzer, Adam Betts, and Chiraag Mundhe and followed on from a previous endeavour, My Dream App.
Mai Dantsig Mai Volfovich Dantsig (; born April 27 1930 in Minsk ) is a Belarusian artist active during the Soviet era and independence of Belarus. He is considered to be one of the founders of the contemporary Belarusian art.
Mai Cheng Mai Cheng is a Norwegian painter living in Menton, France, who was born in 1955 in Beijing, China. Belonging to the first class that was admitted to the Central Academy of Fine Arts and Design when this institution was reopened after the cultural revolution in 1977, she continued her education at the State Academy of Arts in Oslo, Norway, where she is now a citizen.

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