See executive information system. (abbreviation for executive information systems)
Software applications that extract information from an organization's computer applications and data files and present the data in a form required by management.

Acronym for Extended Industry Standard Architecture. A bus standard for the connection of add-on cards to a PC motherboard, such as video cards, internal modems, sound cards, drive controllers, and cards that support other peripherals. EISA was introduced in 1988 by a consortium of nine computer industry companies. The companies—AST Research, Compaq, Epson, Hewlett-Packard, NEC, Olivetti, Tandy, Wyse, and Zenith—were referred to collectively as “the Gang of Nine.” EISA maintains compatibility with the earlier Industry Standard Architecture (ISA) but provides for additional features introduced by IBM in its Micro Channel Architecture bus standard. EISA has a 32-bit data path, and it uses connectors that can accept ISA cards. However, EISA cards are compatible only with EISA systems. EISA can operate at much higher frequencies than the ISA bus and provides much faster data throughput than ISA. See also ISA, Micro Channel Architecture.

Or Yosai (1141-1215)
Japanese Buddhist monk who introduced Zen from China to Japan and founded the Rinzai school. He popularized the use of tea in Japan.
Eisai trained as a Tendai monk and visited China twice, receiving the Rinzai transmission on his second visit 1189–91. He also brought back tea seeds, but was not the first to do so. On his return, he founded in Kyushu the first Rinzai temple, and later the Kennin temple in Kyoto 1202.
His works include Kozen gokokuron/Propagation of Zen for the Protection of the Nation 1198 and Kissa yojoki/Drink Tea and Prolong Life 1214.

Personal interpretation of a text (especially of the Bible) using one's own ideas.
Faulty interpretation or explanation of text
Incorrect explanation of text, especially of Bible, by distorting the meaning to fit preconceived ideas.

Sour wine resembling vinegar.

Industrial town (pottery, vehicles, machinery) in the state of Thuringia, Germany; est) 48,800. Martin Luther made the first translation of the Bible into German in Wartburg Castle and the composer J S Bach was born here.

(1876-1965)
US theoretical geometrist who formulated a unifying principle to the theory of the deformation of surfaces. In the 1920s he attempted to develop his own geometry theory from that of German mathematician Georg Riemann.
Eisenhart was born in York, Pennsylvania, and studied at Gettysburg College, Pennsylvania, and Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. His life's work in mathematical research was spent at Princeton University 1900–45.
One of Eisenhart’s major achievements was to relate his theories regarding differential geometry to studies bordering on the topological. At the age of 25 he wrote one of the first characterizations of a sphere as defined in terms of differential geometry (the paper had the somewhat daunting title Surfaces whose first and second forms are respectively the second and first forms of another surface).
The deformation of a surface involves the congruence of lines connecting a point and its image. Eisenhart’s contribution was to realize that, in all known cases, the intersections of these surfaces with the given surface and its image form a set of curves which have special properties. He wrote his account of the theory in 1923, in Transformations of Surface.

(“Ike”) (1890-1969) 34th president of the US 1953–60, a Republican. A general in World War II, he commanded the Allied forces in Italy 1943, then the Allied invasion of Europe, and from Oct 1944 all the Allied armies in the West. As president he promoted business interests at home and conducted the Cold War abroad. His vice president was Richard Nixon.
Eisenhower was born in Texas. A graduate of West Point military academy in 1915, he served in a variety of staff and command posts before World War II. He became commander in chief of the US and British forces for the invasion of North Africa Nov 1942; commanded the Allied invasion of Sicily July 1943; and announced the surrender of Italy 8 Sept 1943. In Dec he became commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force for the invasion of Europe and was promoted to General of the Army Dec 1944. After the war he served as commander of the US Occupation Forces in Germany, then returned to the US to become Chief of Staff. He served as president of Columbia University and chair of the joint Chiefs of Staff between 1949 and 1950. He resigned from the army 1952 to campaign for the presidency; he was elected, and reelected by a wide margin in 1956. A popular politician, Eisenhower held office during a period of domestic and international tension, with the growing civil-rights movement at home and the Cold War dominating int
ernational politics, although the US was experiencing an era of postwar prosperity and growth.
He was well-liked and had a talent for administration.

Mount, Rocky Mountain peak in Alberta, Canada, included in Banff National Park; it is 2,862 m/9,390 ft.

(1932-) US architect. He came to prominence as a member of the New York Five group, along with Richard Meier and Michael Graves. His work draws on mathematics and philosophy, especially Deconstructionism. Early experiments in complexity, such as House X 1978, have led to increasingly scrambled designs, such as Fin d'Ou T Hou S 1983.
A more recent commission, the Wexner Center for the Visual Arts, Ohio, 1985–90, has enabled him to explore his interest in grids and the concept of “non-building” in a large public project.

(1898-1948) Latvian-born Soviet film director. He pioneered film theory and introduced the use of montage (the juxtaposition of shots to create a particular effect) as a means of propaganda, as in The Battleship Potemkin 1925.
The Soviet dictator Stalin banned the second (and last) part of Eisenstein’s projected three-film epic Ivan the Terrible 1944–46. His other films include Strike 1925, October 1928, Que Viva Mexico! 1931–32, and Alexander Nevsky 1938.

ETYM W., session, from eistedd to sit.
Any of several annual Welsh festivals involving artistic competitions (especially in singing).
Traditional Welsh gathering lasting up to a week and dedicated to the encouragement of the bardic arts of music, poetry, and literature; it dates from pre-Christian times.

A sweet German wine made from grapes that have frozen on the vine; also; a similar wine made elsewhere.