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Ierse toverij

DianeDuane — Tue, 25 May 2010 12:48:52 GMT

Summary: Protected "[[Ierse toverij]]" [edit=sysop:move=sysop] [cascading]

[[Image:Iersetoverij.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The cover of the mass-market paperback of Ierse toverij]]The Dutch-language version of [[A Wizard Abroad]]. The publisher is [http://www.luitingh-sijthoff.nl/ Luitingh-Sijthoff.]

Publication history:
*Trade paperback, 2005: ISBN 90-245-4739-3.

Back-cover blurb:

"Om verlost te zijn van magie, sturen Nita's ouders haar voor de zomer naar haar tante in Ierland. Maar in de Oude Wereld blijkt toverij nog gewoner dan thuis!

Nita maakt kennis met Ierse tovenaars en vech met hen tegen nachtmerriewezens -- afkomstig uit een dimensie waar mensen een legende zijn enuit de Ierse verhalen een dodelijke realiteit..."

(See also: [[Dus_jij_wilt_Tovenaar_worden | Dus jij wilt tovenaar worden]]: [[Diepe_toverij | Diepe toverij]]: [[Hoge_toverij | Hoge toverij]].)

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Excursus

DianeDuane — Tue, 25 May 2010 12:12:12 GMT

Summary: Protected "[[Excursus]]" [edit=sysop:move=sysop] [cascading]

(Also "sponsored noninterventional excursus") A wizardly cultural outreach program that involves young wizards visiting other planets for short stays, usually to visit other wizardly groups, family units or facilities. Normally the outreach also involves wizards from other cultures or planets visiting the home or facility of the ones who have gone elsewhere: so the program somewhat resembles the "student exchange" programs of various countries on [[Earth]]. Since the transits to other planets can be costly in terms of energy, the [[worldgating]] and other transportation requirements are subsidized by the [[Powers That Be | Powers that Be]].

[[Callahan, Dairine | Dairine]] covertly signs herself and [[Nita]] up for an excursus before the beginning of [[WH]]. However, because she does so without first asking their father for permission, [[Tom]] grounds Dairine, and she's required to sit the excursus out. However, Nita does go, and [[Kit]] goes with her, filling the other available slot; they spend the spring break period on the planet [[Alaalu]], visiting with that world's only wizard, [[Quelt]], and her family. Dairine and her dad, meanwhile, end up acting act as hosts for the "incoming" wizards on the exchange -- [[Sker'ret]], [[Filif]] and [[Ke Nelaid, Roshaun | Roshaun.]] ([[WH]])

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Superegg

DianeDuane — Sun, 09 May 2010 10:04:55 GMT

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[[Image:Wireframe superegg.jpg|thumb|286px|right|A wireframe representation of a superegg]]The geometrical solid produced by rotating a [[superellipse]] around its longest axis. (Also sometimes called a superellipsoid.) The superegg is a member of the class of so-called "Lamé solids", named after the French mathematician who first described them.

The superegg's characteristic shape is described by this equation:

[[Image:Superegg_equation.png]]

In the superegg to the right, the values for the variables are p=2.5, r=3 and h=4. This is the classic pop-culture [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superegg superegg] promulgated by the Danish mathematician, designer and poet [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piet_Hein_%28Denmark%29 Piet Hein] in the late 1950's and early '60's. Versions of this superegg are still sold as [http://www.thegamespeopleplaycambridge.com/categories/17-why_were_special/products/1351 toys] and even [http://www.unicahome.com/p14015/piet-hein/super-egg-shaped-pepper-and-salt-grinder-by-piet-hein.html housewares].

The messaging artifact discovered on Mars by the wizardly survey team is in the shape of a superegg. ([[AWOM]])

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Gili Motang

DianeDuane — Sun, 09 May 2010 10:03:28 GMT

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[[Image:Komodo map.png|right|thumb|400px|Gili Motang: the circled island on the lower right]]A small island of the Flores island chain in central Indonesia. Gili Motang is part of the [http://www.komodonationalpark.org/ Komodo National Park], and the smallest of the few remaining habitats of the Komodo dragon.

[[Mamvish]] stops by Gili Motang to try to convince the local Komodo dragons to relocate to a safer environment, and while there meets with quite a few wizards who're interested in meeting the [[Powers That Be | Powers']] Species Archivist. [[Nita]], [[Kit]], [[Darryl]] and [[Ronan]] are among these. ([[AWOM]])

Mladen, Irina

DianeDuane — Sun, 09 May 2010 10:01:55 GMT

Summary: Protected "[[Mladen, Irina]]" [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

Corowa, Jarrah

DianeDuane — Sat, 08 May 2010 14:05:15 GMT

Summary: Protected "[[Corowa, Jarrah]]" [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

Aboriginal Australian wizard who (in company with many other wizards from around the planet) drops by to visit [[Mamvish]] on [[Gili Motang]] before Mamvish, [[Mladen, Irina | Irina]] and others head up to [[Mars]] to investigate the newly discovered [[superegg]].

[[McAllister, Darryl | Darryl]] tells [[Nita]] with some excitement that Jarrah Corowa gave him her autograph. ([[AWoM]])

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DianeDuane — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:14:04 GMT

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Rodriguez, Marina C. (née Bellario)

DianeDuane — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:17:11 GMT

Summary: Protected "[[Rodriguez, Marina C. (née Bellario)]]" [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

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<div style="background:#efefef;margin:20px 10px 20px 10px;padding:10px;border:1px solid #cccccc;"><div style="float:right;">[[Image:45px-Information_icon.svg.png]]</div><div class="clear:both;"></div>'''Vital statistics:'''

''Full name / formal name:'' Marina Carolina Rodriguez<br />
''Nickname:'' ?<br />
''Height:'' cm / x' x"<br />
''Weight:'' kg / lb<br />
''Ethnicity:'' Hispanic / Italian<br />
''Age:'' +/-? {{age warning}}<br />
''Education:'' (primary) <br />(secondary) <br />(university / college) <br />

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Rirhath

DianeDuane — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:22:56 GMT

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[[Image:Rirhath B And Star.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The star Rirhath and its sixth planet [[Rirhath B]]]]A giant type O2 star of the [[Sagittarius Arm]] of the [[Milky Way]] galaxy. View of this star is occluded from [[Earth]] due to intragalactic dust; if it was visible it would appear close to phi Sagittarii.

This large, hot blue-white star is something of a standout in its neighborhood due to ''not'' being a variable. It lies within an open cluster that contains nearly two hundred very short-period variable stars of the delta Scuti, delta Cephei, Be, and LL Lyrae types, with the LLs predominating. Some of the stars have periods as short as hours or even minutes. Though stars of this sort cannot usually support worlds where life can arise, they do make for an astonishingly beautiful view from this system; so that this region of space would be a draw for intragalactic tourists even if Rirhath was not also the primary of [[Rirhath B]], ''q.v.''

Rirhath itself is stable: the [[Rirhait]] species originated on the sixth planet, and still maintains its relationship with its homeworld, although the species has undergone several [[diaspora]] phases in recent millennia. Presently there are many more Rirhait domiciled on other planets than presently live on Rirhath B. ([[HW]] ''et al.'')

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[[Category:History of wizardry]]

Grand Central Station

DianeDuane — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 11:26:01 GMT

Summary: Protected "[[Grand Central Station]]" [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

The branch of the [http://www.usps.gov United States Post Office] serving / closest to [[Grand Central Terminal]], and situated between Vanderbilt Avenue and Lexington Avenue at 45th Street. Its Zip code is 10017.

For the train station / [[worldgating facility]], see [[Grand Central Terminal]].

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Steganographic gift

DianeDuane — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:49:11 GMT

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The ability to deduce or intuit content and sometimes even context from written or drawn linguistic "raw material" without having previously experienced or studied the language in question. The ability is normally [[perimagia | perimagial]] in origin.

The gift's name is derived from the cryptographic term [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steganography steganography], which normally involves embedding encrypted material in other content in such a way that the presence of the encrypted material is not revealed. Steganography in the wizardly sense, however, involves the derivation of the language "payload" itself from the written material, sometimes even when the samples involved are relatively fragmentary.

When [[Rodriguez, Carmela E. | Carmela]] finds that she is able to extract some information from written material in the [[Cave of Writings]] underneath [[Arsia Mons]] on [[Mars]], [[Mamvish]] suggests that she may be starting to manifest some form of the steganographic gift, possibly due to her relatively intensive studies of the [[Speech, the | Speech]] and (recently) her interaction with various alien cultures that use it as a [[Discourse, language of | language of discourse]]. ([[AWOM]])

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Perimagia

DianeDuane — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:27:55 GMT

Summary: Protected "[[Perimagia]]" [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

(Not to be confused with [[Paramagia | paramagia]], ''q.v.'') A talent which when it appears or is exercised is doing so as a manifestation of a being's frequent contact with wizards or wizardry.

One possible example of perimagia is [[Rodriguez, Carmela E. | Carmela Rodriguez's]] slowly developing manifestation of the [[steganographic gift]], first identified as such by [[Mamvish]] in [[AWOM]]. One possible explanation for Carmela's development of this linguistic talent would be her exposure to the [[Speech, the | Speech]] since [[Rodriguez, Christopher K. | Kit]] became a wizard -- as the Speech contains enough power in and of itself to produce unusual effects in people predisposed to such, and Carmela was already involved in studying other languages when the talent began to manifest.

(See also [[Wizardly leakage | wizardly leakage]].)

[[Category:Theory of wizardry]]
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Persistence manifestation

DianeDuane — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:35:15 GMT

Summary: Protected "[[Persistence manifestation]]" [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

Disturbances in local spacetime secondary to physically traumatic events taking place in a volume of space. The causative events can happen either in the past or the future, but the vast majority of persistence manifestations have to do with events in the past.

The causative event can be simply physical -- like an explosion or other physical force being applied to matter -- or both physical and emotional, as in traumatic injury to or death of a living being. The physical or physical/emotional damage sets up long-lasting resonances through the local [[string structure]], so that nonphysical echoes of the original event continue to resonate through local space for some time. These echoes often manifest as apparent repetitions in present time of events long past.

"Hauntings" involving the apparition of beings long dead or past events often have this kind of persistence manifestation at their core.* [[Nita]] experiences one of these while visiting her [[Aunt Annie]] in [[Ireland]], when she hears voices talking in the middle of the night outside the caravan where she's sleeping during her visit. Inquiry reveals that Nita has been hearing echoes of the voices of soldiers of [[Oliver Cromwell]], who were posted on the farm's grounds hundreds of years previously. (This perception on Nita's part is possibly a pointer toward her growing talent as a visionary; wizards with visionary tendencies are usually sensitive to such persistence manifestations, and often attempt to access them as an investigatory tool.) The [[poltergeist]] phenomenon is routinely also a form of persistence manifestation. ([[AWAB]])

*The "haunting" concept naturally also includes the apparition of beings who, having died in traumatic circumstances, continue to linger near the physical location, declining to move on to [[Timeheart]] or similar senior liminal states until unresolved issues are handled. Wizardly usage distinguishes these by a different word in the Speech (the ''lephairet-'' root) from the one used when describing straightforward non-volitional persistence effects (''emetalit-'').

[[Category:Theory of wizardry]]

Meadowbrook Parkway

DianeDuane — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:47:46 GMT

Summary: Protected "[[Meadowbrook Parkway]]" [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

<div style="float:left;margin:4px;">[[Image:70px-Meadowbrook Pkwy.png|thumbnail|left|70px|Parkway signage]]</div><div class="clear:both;"></div><div style="float:right;margin:8px;padding:6px;border:1px solid #cccccc;"><googlemap version="0.9" lat="40.675418" lon="-73.571093" type="map" zoom="11" width="550" height="300"></googlemap></div><div class="clear:both;"></div>(Also known as "the Meadowbrook" or "Meadowbrook State Parkway") A north-south [[Long Island]] highway originally built starting in the 1930's to facilitate access to [[Jones Beach]] and take some of the pressure off the Wantagh Parkway just to the west.

The Meadowbrook Parkway runs close to [[Nita]]'s and [[Kit]]'s homes in [[Hempstead]], passing about an eighth of a mile away from the eastern boundary of their high school's grounds. A wooded spot inside the northeastern lobe of the Meadowbrook's exit M6W-E cloverleaf exchange with the [[Southern State Parkway]] is where Kit was constructing a spell when the local trees tipped Nita off to his presence there. ([[SYWTBAW]])

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Southern State Parkway

DianeDuane — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:55:22 GMT

Summary: Protected "[[Southern State Parkway]]" [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

<div style="float:left;margin:4px;">[[Image:70px-Southern Pkwy.png|thumbnail|left|70px|Parkway signage]]</div><div class="clear:both;"></div><div style="float:right;margin:8px;padding:6px;border:1px solid #cccccc;"><googlemap version="0.9" lat="40.722283" lon="-73.473816" type="map" zoom="10" width="550" height="300"></googlemap></div><div class="clear:both;"></div>(Also sometimes called "the Southern Parkway") One of [[Long Island]]'s two major east-west highways, the other being the [[Long Island Expressway]]. Its western end is at an interchange with the Belt Parkway and Cross Island Parkway in Elmont, just on the [[Nassau County]] side of the boundary with the [[New York, City of | New York City]] borough of [[Queens]]; its eastern end is at the Heckscher State Parkway in East Islip.

The Southern State is the highway that runs closest to [[Nita]]'s and [[Kit]]'s [[Hempstead]] homes, passing about a mile north of them. Their town's main street, Nassau Road, crosses/joins the Southern State at its exit 21. A wooded spot inside one lobe of the Southern State's cloverleaf exchange with the [[Meadowbrook Parkway]] (exit 22 S/N) is where Nita first meets Kit. Their joint work on the spell Kit has been constructing produces [[Fred]] shortly thereafter. ([[SYWTBAW]])

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Long Island Expressway

DianeDuane — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:31:54 GMT

Summary: Protected "[[Long Island Expressway]]" [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

<div style="float:right;margin:8px;padding:6px;border:1px solid #cccccc;"><googlemap version="0.9" lat="40.813809" lon="-73.232117" type="map" zoom="9" width="550" height="300"></googlemap></div><div class="clear:both;"></div>Also known as Interstate 495 (New York): one of the two major east-west highways of Long Island, the other being the [[Southern State Parkway]]. The Long Island Expressway runs more or less down the center of the Island, from its western end at the Queens Midtown Tunnel to its eastern end where it meets County Road 58 in Riverhead, [[Suffolk County]].

The Long Island Expressway is known colloquially to many Long Islanders as "the L.I.E", but also sometimes as "the Long Island Distressway" (for its rush-hour traffic jams which can sometimes go on for miles and miles). ([[SYWTBAW]] et seq.)

South Shore

DianeDuane — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:12:42 GMT

Summary: Protected "[[South Shore]]" [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

<div style="float:right;margin:8px;padding:6px;border:1px solid #cccccc;"><googlemap version="0.9" lat="40.849138" lon="-72.982178" type="map" zoom="8" width="500" height="300"></googlemap></div><div class="clear:both;"></div>Not necessarily the southern coastal region of [[Long Island]] (though the phrase includes this), but that part of the Island south of the [[Long Island Expressway]], from the [[Nassau County]] border to [[Montauk Point]].

The southern parts of the [[New York, City of | New York City]] boroughs of [[Brooklyn]] and [[Queens]] are not normally included when speaking of the South Shore. ([[SYWTBAW]], et seq.)

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Orion Arm

DianeDuane — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:25:27 GMT

Summary:

[[Image:Galactic_arm_map.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Map of the major galactic arms, showing the Orion or Local Spur Arm]]A secondary or branch arm of the [[Sagittarius Arm]] of the [[Milky Way | Milky Way galaxy]], sometimes also called the Local Spur Arm.

This is the arm of the Galaxy that contains [[Earth | Earth's]] [[Sun, the | Sun.]] ([[SYWTBAW]] et seq.)

Sagittarius Arm

DianeDuane — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:21:29 GMT

Summary: Protected "[[Sagittarius Arm]]" [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

Scutum Arm

DianeDuane — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:08:55 GMT

Summary: Protected "[[Scutum Arm]]" [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

[[Image:Galactic_arm_map.jpg|thumb|right|500px|Map of the major galactic arms, showing the Scutum Arm]]A neighboring arm of the [[Milky Way]] to the [[Sagittarius Arm]] which contains [[Sun, the | Earth's Sun]]. (Also sometimes called the Scutum-Crux Arm or the Centaurus Arm.)

The furthest reach of the Scutum Arm, blocked from view from [[Earth]] by the galactic core, contains the star which is the primary of the planet [[Alaalu]]. ([[WH]])

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Otherspace pocket

DianeDuane — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 15:12:57 GMT

Summary: Protected "[[Otherspace pocket]]" [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

A commonly used casual name for a small personal-use [[Claudication | claudication]]. (Sometimes otherspace pockets are referred to (out of habit) as [[Temporospatial claudication | temporospatial claudications]], but most wizards building them omit the temporal component in a personal claudication due to power issues unless there are specific special requirements involved.)

Generally a wizard using an otherspace pocket will link the spell which constructs and operates it to their physical presence in a given volume of space. This way it "follows them around" and is always at a specified distance from them and in a specified location. The standard personal-claudication spell defaults to a "closed" status and only opens on command, to keep it from accidentally enclosing objects as the wizard moves.

The "ïnternal" size of an otherspace pocket is limited only by the amount of energy a wizard is prepared to spend on it each day. Most pockets used by human wizards for casual day-to-day purposes seem to average out in the 5-10 cubic foot range, as maintaining much more interior volume than that quickly becomes draining. However, in emergencies a claudication can contain much, much more, though the energy price for this is considerable.

(See also [[Temporospatial claudication]].)

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