Welcome to Dailypedia

DEFINITION: (noun) A translucent quartz spangled with bits of mica or other minerals. SYNONYMS: aventurine. USAGE: He loved the red gold of the sunstone, and the moonstone's pearly whiteness, and the broken rainbow of the milky opal.

Edison helped design the kinetoscope, a precursor to the modern motion picture projector. It worked through a phenomenon known as "persistence of vision," in which a sequence of images is blended by the eye to create the illusion of motion. Because the work of so many others had gone into its invention, Edison never bothered to apply for an international copyright on the device, believing that it would not stand up in European courts. What effect did this have on the development of cinema?

Colombian drug trafficker Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia has been on a list of "specially designated narcotics traffickers" compiled by the US Treasury Department since 2000. Though Ramirez Abadia underwent plastic surgery in order to avoid identification, he was arrested in Brazil earlier this month and is currently awaiting extradition to the US. He faces 3 US federal indictments on drug and racketeering charges. Colombian authorities have since seized $400 million worth of property, including a Caribbean island and a hotel, from the drug lord.

The mandala, meaning circle or completion, is a ritualistic diagram that has spiritual significance in Hinduism and Buddhism. Representing a microcosm of the universe and the totality of existence, it serves as a collection point for gods and universal powers. Its symmetric geometric shapes draw the viewer's attention to a central meditative point. A Tibetan sand mandala is created over the course of days or weeks only to be swept away upon completion. What does this represent?