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The wave (also Mexican wave outside North America) is a type of metachronal rhythm achieved in a packed stadium or other large seated venue, when successive groups of spectators briefly stand and raise their arms. Immediately upon stretching to full height, the spectator returns to the usual seated position.
La Onda (The Wave) was a multidisciplinary artistic movement created in Mexico by artists and intellectuals as part of the worldwide waves of the counterculture of the 1960s and the avant-garde. Pejoratively called as Literatura de la Onda by Margo Glantz in the beginning, the movement quickly grew and included other art forms with its ...
George is the inventor of the wave. [20] The first documented use of the wave was during his cheerleading routine on October 15, 1981, while at a nationally televised Oakland Athletics American League Championship Series game against the New York Yankees.
An untrained architect, Gesner was nonetheless responsible for residences known for their ebullient forms and their connection to the earth.
A metachronal rhythm or metachronal wave refers to wavy movements produced by the sequential action (as opposed to synchronized) of structures such as cilia, segments of worms, or legs. These movements produce the appearance of a travelling wave. A Mexican wave is a large scale example of a metachronal wave
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The video for "Mexican Radio" was featured regularly on MTV in the weeks following its release. [3] [11] It was the first music video created by filmmaker and former the Bruthers frontman Frank Delia, who had been a long-time friend of Wall of Voodoo band members. [12] The video impressed the Ramones, who hired Delia to direct videos for them ...
Continuous-flow intersections were first invented by Mexican engineer Francisco Mier. [24] Breakwater (structure): engineer Mauricio Porras developed a way to build docks and wave breakers using bags filled with sand or concrete and arranging them in 6' by 19' configurations in 1996. Thus creating a cheaper more material effective way of ...