title: "Rochelle Ballard" content: Magazine, Sports Illustrated Women, People, National Geographic" as well as some international magazines. She received multiple awards over the years by the surfing community and in surfer magazine polls for best female performance, best tube ride, most influential women surfer and most popular women surfer. Ballard served as a stunt double in Universal Pictures motion picture titled "Blue Crush" in 2002. She also starred in A Girls Surf Addiction, a surf film that O'Neill released in 2004. She also helped produce a "yoga for surfers" video series. In 2001, she starred in the surfing documentary 7 Girls. She co-founded International


title: "Rochelle Ballard" content: cooking and music. 2012 Women's Division ISA World Masters Surfing Champion 2004 3rd Rip Curl Pro, Malibu 2nd Billabong Pro, Teahupoo, Tahiti 2nd Roxy Pro, Fiji 2nd Roxy Pro, Australia 2003 2nd Billabong Pro, Teahupoo, Tahiti 3rd Magnolia Girls Pro. Portugal 9th Roxy Pro, Australia 9th Roxy Pro, France 2002 3rd Roxy Pro, Tavarua, Fiji 3rd Roxy Pro, France 7th Billabong Pro, Honolua 2001 2nd Billabong Pro, Teahupoo, Tahiti 5th Roxy Surf Jam, Fiji 9th Billabong Pro, Maui, Hawaii 2000 1st OP Boat Challenge 1999 1st Gotcha Girl Star Pro, USA 1st Hossegor Rip Curl Pro, France 1997 1st Billabong


title: "Organization of the United States Marine Corps" content: Marine forces assigned to Unified Combatant Commands, Marine Corps Security Forces guarding naval installations, and Marine Security Guard detachments at American embassies. Under the "Forces for Unified Commands" memo, Marine forces are assigned to each of the regional unified combatant commands at the discretion of the Secretary of Defense and with the approval of the President. Since 1991, the Marine Corps has maintained component headquarters at each of the regional unified combatant commands. Marine Corps Forces are further divided into Marine Forces Command (consisting of II Marine Expeditionary Force) and Marine Forces Pacific (I Marine Expeditionary Force and III Marine


title: "Organization of the United States Marine Corps" content: Expeditionary Force). The commander of the former also serves as commanding general for Fleet Marine Force, Atlantic, Marine Corps Forces, Europe, Marine Corps Forces, South, Marine Corps Forces, Strategic, and Marine Corps Installations East; while the latter serves as commander of Fleet Marine Force, Pacific, Marine Forces Central Command, and Marine Corps Installations West. The Supporting Establishment includes Combat Development Command, Recruit Depots, Marine Corps Logistics Command, Marine Bases & Air Stations, Marine Corps Recruiting Command, and the United States Marine Band. Since the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Army both believe that their combat capabilities overlap each other,


title: "Music Man StingRay 5" content: July 2018. As of 2015 the StingRay 5 is also offered with a through-neck construction. Specifications StingRay 5 Model : StingRay 5 Size : 13-3/8" wide, 1-3/4" thick, 45-3/4" long (34.0 cm wide, 4.5 cm thick, 116.2 cm long) Weight : 10 lbs, 0 oz (4.54 kg) - varies slightly Body Wood : Ash Body Finish : High gloss polyester Bridge : Standard - Music Man® chrome plated, hardened steel bridge plate with stainless steel saddles Scale Length : 34" (86.4 cm) Neck Radius : 11" (27.9 cm) Headstock Size : Only 9" (22.9 cm) long Frets : 22 -


title: "Music Man StingRay 5" content: aluminum lined pickguard Controls : Single Pickup, 3-band active preamp; vol, treble, mid, bass; Dual Pickup, 3-band active preamp; vol, treble, mid, bass Switching : Single Pickup - 3-way lever pickup selector; Dual Pickup - 5-way lever pickup selector Pickups : Standard - Music Man® humbucking with Alnico pole pieces; Optional - Dual Humbucking with Alnico pole pieces; Optional - Humbucking/Single coil with Alnico pole pieces Left Handed : Yes Strings : 45w-65w-80w-100w-130w (Regular Slinky Bass #2836) Music Man StingRay 5 Introduced in 1987, the StingRay 5 (SR5) was the first all-new Music Man bass designed and built in San


title: "Peta Hewitt" content: in 1966 to James and Marjory Little, she is one of 7 brothers (2) and sisters (5). Peta attended Norlane High School and graduated in 1984. She married Wayne Hewitt in September 1992 and they have 3 children. Peta Attained a Bachelors of Nursing in 1989 From the Geelong Hospital School of Nursing. Peta is currently employed as a nurse for Barwon Health. Peta Hewitt Peta Hewitt (born 1966) is the Australian artist best known for her YouTube channel (in 2015) and her long running science-fantasy series "Terinu" (both in print and on-line) (in 1996) for which she is both


title: "Cattle judging" content: Cattle judging Cattle judging is the process of judging a series of cattle and pronouncing a first-, second- and third-place animal based on each animal's individual traits compared to that of the others. Most cattle judging occurs in show rings at agricultural shows. Judgments on cattle are ultimately based on which animal is worth the most profit. There are many fine points to cattle judging. In a beef animal, for example, it is desirable to have a large animal with muscle development. In a dairy cow, however, the judge would look for characteristics that would help to produce the best


title: "Cattle judging" content: possible milk. When judging cattle, there is an overjudge, who looks at all of the cattle and puts them in order of ‘best’ animal to ‘worst’ animal. Assessment of cattle quality is a practice that has existed for many thousands of years. Although in modern times the judging of cattle usually occurs in a show ring, in both the past and present judging is also a guide to purchasing animals. When purchasing an animal, a buyer judges the animal/s just as a judge would in a show. Every judge has their own system, though there is now a push for


title: "Cattle judging" content: a standardized points system. Usually, this system starts at the head and goes all the way through to the tail, looking at finer points along the way. Sometimes at agricultural shows there are junior judging competitions. These competitions are created solely for the purpose of giving youth a chance to judge in a competition. The competitors then can go on to talk to the overjudge of the event about why they placed these cows in the order they did. When the competitors are judging, the overjudge is judging them, and the competitors get points on the systems they use in


title: "Cattle judging" content: the ring. These systems are usually the system an overjudge uses when they are judging beef cattle. When judging beef cattle, the judge looks for On cows, the judge usually cannot check their teeth without using a head bail, as cattle are sensitive around the mouth area. When checking their teeth, the teeth must sit evenly – if the cow has overshot or undershot teeth (much like an overbite or an underbite) then this could cause problems for the cow later. These may include soreness in the mouth, and the cow will not be able to eat as well, and


title: "Cattle judging" content: will therefore not be as muscled. Since the teeth in a cow can't be checked, the judge must look for other symptoms in the jaw. The judge usually goes through the following system: When looking at the head of a cow, most judges believe that it is not necessary to look at the ears. Some breeds may have big ears, some may have small ears, but that will have no effect on the meat produced by the cow. When looking at the head, there are a few key things that the judges are looking for. One of the main things


title: "Cattle judging" content: the judge looks for when judging any animal is the structure. In most animals, if one joint is set incorrectly, there is a good chance that others are also set incorrectly. The judges must check that the head is in proportion to the rest of the body. It should also be held naturally high- if the head is set naturally below the shoulders of the cow, there is a likely chance that there is something structurally incorrect there, and also there may be some other structure faults throughout the rest of the body. However, the head shouldn't be held too


title: "Cattle judging" content: high- this can suggest some aggressive and bold nature in the cow. However, this will also have no effect on the quality of meat produced, and in most competitions it would not matter if a cow was more active than other cows, provided that it wasn't causing harm to other people and their livestock. If the cow is causing excessive damage, the judge will have to ask for that cow to leave the ring, and the cow would be promptly disqualified from the event. The term 'topline' refers to the back of the cow being judged in the showring. On


title: "Cattle judging" content: a cow, it should be straight, however, the cow is not a board, and should therefore have a slight bend in the back, as well as having a relaxed back. As a bull gets older, he develops a hump on his neck. This is a normal characteristic of bulls from all breeds, and it is only worrying to the judge if the hump, or crest, is "not" there. When the bull is young, the crest will not be as noticeable, but as he gets older, it will become a lot more obvious. With some breeds, such as the Brahman, the


title: "Cattle judging" content: hump will be above the shoulder. Once again, breed characteristics are important aspects of judging, and the judge hired for the event will have a lot of knowledge on the breed characteristics of that breed he or she is judging, and usually the judges specialize in only a few breeds because of this reason. The shoulder blades on a cow should be neat- they should be the same on either side of the back, and they shouldn't stick out too much- on a beef cow, this area should have some muscle. The shoulder blades should also be set in line


title: "Cattle judging" content: with the spine- if they are not, the cow could be structurally incorrect. As with the shoulder blades, all joints in the back should be level with the spine, from the shoulder blades to the hip and the pins of the cow. However, some cows' pins do sit slightly lower than the spine. This is acceptable, but it is undesirable for any of the joints to drop off from the spine too much. If joints are set too low from the spine, this will affect the angle of the spine, as well as the angle of the ribs and pelvis,


title: "Cattle judging" content: and may cause the animal to walk with a slight waddle. This is not desirable in a beef cow. This can also cause problems with the legs, which means that the hooves do not wear evenly on the ground. This can cause permanent lameness and other conditions at some point in the animal's life. When looking at the legs in an animal, the judge is looking mainly at the structure, and for some muscle. As mentioned before, when one joint is set incorrectly on an animal, there is a high chance that the other joints will be set incorrectly as


title: "Flannel panel" content: Flannel panel Flannel panel is a humorous term for a magazine masthead panel that lists publisher and staff details. The origin of the term is unknown, but according to the "Oxford English Dictionary", one definition of "flannel" is: "Nonsense, ‘hot air’; flattery, unnecessary ostentation." Thus, the origin of the term likely comes from the perception that journalists are full of hot air and nonsense. Short-lived UK computing magazine "Amiga Power" points out: "It [flannel panel] is, of course, merely the list of credits at the beginning of a magazine, but, like all jargon, given a stupid elevating name so people


title: "Flannel panel" content: who work in a particular industry can feel superior to people who don't." Flannel panel Flannel panel is a humorous term for a magazine masthead panel that lists publisher and staff details. The origin of the term is unknown, but according to the "Oxford English Dictionary", one definition of "flannel" is: "Nonsense, ‘hot air’; flattery, unnecessary ostentation." Thus, the origin of the term likely comes from the perception that journalists are full of hot air and nonsense. Short-lived UK computing magazine "Amiga Power" points out: "It [flannel panel] is, of course, merely the list of credits at the beginning of


title: "Quimper Cathedral" content: pilgrimage. See also Église Saint-Patern de Vannes Dol Cathedral Saint-Brieuc Cathedral Tréguier Cathedral Saint-Pol-de-Léon's Cathedral of Saint Paul Aurélien, the Notre-Dame du Kreisker Chapel and the Chapelle Saint-Pierre and cemetery Saint-Malo Cathedral Quimper Cathedral Quimper Cathedral, properly the Cathedral of Saint Corentin of Quimper (), is a Roman Catholic cathedral and national monument of Brittany in France. It is located in the town of Quimper and is the seat of the Diocese of Quimper and Léon. St. Corentin was its first bishop. The cathedral is notable in that, unlike other Gothic cathedrals, it slightly bends in the middle to match


title: "East Coast Rugby Football Union" content: East Coast Rugby Football Union The East Coast Rugby Football Union is a constituent union in the New Zealand Rugby Union. It is located on the East Coast of the North Island, based in Ruatoria. It is the smallest Union in New Zealand in the sense of player numbers and population base. Due to the high number of players from the Ngati Porou iwi, the team is often referred to as Ngati Porou East Coast. The Ngati Porou East Coast team home ground is Whakarua Park, Ruatoria. Ngati Porou East Coast were recently holders of the Meads Cup, defeating Wanganui


title: "Spalding, South Australia" content: From this date, the Spalding area was made available to farmers and a farming-centred community grew. On 30 July 1885, the District Council of Spalding was proclaimed; it remained until 1997, when it merged into the Northern Areas Council. In 1925 a post office was built in Spalding. Spalding was serviced by a broad gauge railway line through the Clare Valley from Adelaide from its construction in 1922 until the last train in 1978. The historic Spalding Railway Bridge over the Broughton River and Bundaleer Reservoir site are both listed on the South Australian Heritage Register. Spalding, South Australia Spalding


title: "... Not!" content: ... Not! ... Not! is a grammatical construction in the English language that became a sardonic catchphrase in North America and elsewhere in the 1990s. A declarative statement is made, followed by a pause, and then an emphatic "not!" adverb is postfixed. The result is a negation of the original declarative statement. According to the above, the phrase, "He is a nice guy... not!" is synonymous to "He is not a nice guy". Whereas the latter structure is a neutral observation, the former expresses rather an annoyance, and is most often used jocularly. Popularized in North America in the 1990s


title: "... Not!" content: by a "Saturday Night Live" skit and subsequent movie "Wayne's World", it can be found earlier in print in an 1893 "Princeton Tiger" (March 30) 103: "An Historical Parallel-- Not." A 1905 usage is in "Dream of the Rarebit Fiend" by Winsor McCay. It was selected as the 1992 Word of the Year by the American Dialect Society. The "Not!" catchphrase was the basis of a scene in the 2006 movie "Borat" where a lecturer in humour attempted to explain the grammatical construction to Borat with limited success. The comedic utility of the word became apparent, again, in February 2011


title: "... Not!" content: in Canada, when a minister of the Crown, Bev Oda, was implicated in a scandal that saw her deny knowledge of the insertion of the word "not" on a legal document denying funding to a respected non-profit organization and offer no explanation as to how her signature appeared on the document. Normal procedure would have been not to sign the approval document. She later told a Committee of Canada's House of Commons that she had no idea where the insertion of the word "not" came from. Weeks later, she claimed that she ordered its insertion. The minister underwent considerable fire,


title: "... Not!" content: with opposition parties demanding her resignation. She resigned on July 3, 2012. ... Not! ... Not! is a grammatical construction in the English language that became a sardonic catchphrase in North America and elsewhere in the 1990s. A declarative statement is made, followed by a pause, and then an emphatic "not!" adverb is postfixed. The result is a negation of the original declarative statement. According to the above, the phrase, "He is a nice guy... not!" is synonymous to "He is not a nice guy". Whereas the latter structure is a neutral observation, the former expresses rather an annoyance, and


title: "Informal wear" content: Informal wear Informal wear, also called business/corporate/office wear, tenue de ville and (colloquially) dress clothes, is a Western dress code for clothing typified by a suit with necktie for men, and cocktail dress or pant suit for women. On the scale of formality, it is considered less formal than semi-formal but more formal than casual wear, yet retaining availability for more personal expression than semi-formal dress. Thus, informal should not be confused with casual wear such as business casual or smart casual despite that in loose common usage, some people may refer to informal dress as "formal" in contrast with


title: "Informal wear" content: either in an office situation or in a resort." Informal wear Informal wear, also called business/corporate/office wear, tenue de ville and (colloquially) dress clothes, is a Western dress code for clothing typified by a suit with necktie for men, and cocktail dress or pant suit for women. On the scale of formality, it is considered less formal than semi-formal but more formal than casual wear, yet retaining availability for more personal expression than semi-formal dress. Thus, informal should not be confused with casual wear such as business casual or smart casual despite that in loose common usage, some people may


title: "Star Motor Company" content: G.G.Cathie; the winner was sold to New Zealand, where it proved dominant in local racing, while a different 11.9 swept the Australian 1000 Mile Alpine Test. This car developed into the 1945 cc (119ci) 12/25 in 1924, followed by a pushrod overhead valve 12/40 with four-wheel brakes (then a rarity) and four-speed gearbox, capable of 80 mph (129 km/h). It was joined by an 18/40 six, as well as lorries of 25cwt, 34-40cwt, and 50-60cwt, all powered by the 12/25 engine. Star avoided any major damage as the Briton Motor Company name and facilities were sold off, allowing production levels


title: "Smith & Wesson Model 3" content: dubbed "Spanish Webleys" by troops even though they were copies of the S&W Model 3. Orbea Hermanos y Cia., Garate, Anitua y Cia., and Trocaola, Aranzabal y Cia. were contracted to make 30,000 revolvers among them. Orbea Hermanos was the major contractor and the other two were sub-contractors. Rexach & Urgoite was later contracted in 1916 to make 500 pistols but all failed proofing and the lot was refused. Finish and quality control was varied throughout the run of production. The fact that they were making service pistols and revolvers for France and Italy at the same time was definitely


title: "Play, The Videogames World" content: Play, The Videogames World Play, The Videogame World was the first European exhibition on videogames. It was held at Palazzo delle Esposizioni, one of the main contemporary art museums in Rome - Italy, from 24 April to 10 July 2002. The exhibition was visited by over 50,000 people. Displayed on 1300 square meters, it showed over 300 videogames starting from the 1961 Space War to the latest hits for PC, PlayStation 2, Xbox and GameCube. There were also more than 40 different consoles, including the Magnavox Odyssey, the Vectrex, the TurboGrafx-16, and over 50 handheld consoles from the 1970s to


title: "Play, The Videogames World" content: Francesco Fondi, Diego Malara, Sergio Pennacchini. The exhibition design was done by Studio Ma0. Play couldn’t have been done without Luisa Ammaniti, marketing manager at Palazzo delle Esposizioni. Play, The Videogames World Play, The Videogame World was the first European exhibition on videogames. It was held at Palazzo delle Esposizioni, one of the main contemporary art museums in Rome - Italy, from 24 April to 10 July 2002. The exhibition was visited by over 50,000 people. Displayed on 1300 square meters, it showed over 300 videogames starting from the 1961 Space War to the latest hits for PC, PlayStation 2,


title: HeadBlade content: the Museum of Modern Art. As the company began to grow, HeadBlade expanded into a variety of hair care products, including HeadSlick, a specially designed shaving cream, HeadShed Scrub, an exfoliating solution and HeadLube, a scalp moisturizing lotion. Greene also continued improving on the design of his original product. In 2006, seven years after first introducing the Classic, HeadBlade released the HeadBlade Sport. The Sport kept the same general shape and function as the classic, but added an improved rubber grip to the finger ring and upper pad. Inspired by sport car design, it also added hardened rubber wheels and


title: "Sidi Khaled" content: Sidi Khaled Sidi Khaled is a town in Algeria. It is located in the province of Biskra, famous for its oasis and palms. The name of Sidi Khaled is related to the Islamic personality Khaled Ibn Sounan Elabsi. Sidi Khaled is located in Biskra Province, 100km south-east of the city of Biskra. It covers 212.60 km² and has 43315 inhabitants (1998 census) with a density of 203.74 inhabitants per km². The French name of the city is Sidi Khaled. Nearby cities are: It is the place of origin of Foughal beni Sidi Khaled is the son of Abd Elghelil came


title: "Transparent Life" content: Transparent Life Transparent Life is a fumetti or photo-comic scripted, designed, and shot by Charlie Beck. "Transparent Life" began in May 2004 as a series of independent comics (through Milwaukee-based CHIMP Comics) with a website. The series folded after months of poor sales and feedback. In August 2005, "Transparent Life" relaunched with Undertoad Comics, an artistic conglomerate led by Beck himself. The series published five monthly issues before moving entirely to the web at UndertoadComics.com. December 2005 marked the release of "The Collected Transparent Life Volume 1", a compendium of the first five issues and previously unreleased material. The book


title: "Transparent Life" content: The website resumed normal weekly updates of shorter material in November of the same year. Transparent Life Transparent Life is a fumetti or photo-comic scripted, designed, and shot by Charlie Beck. "Transparent Life" began in May 2004 as a series of independent comics (through Milwaukee-based CHIMP Comics) with a website. The series folded after months of poor sales and feedback. In August 2005, "Transparent Life" relaunched with Undertoad Comics, an artistic conglomerate led by Beck himself. The series published five monthly issues before moving entirely to the web at UndertoadComics.com. December 2005 marked the release of "The Collected Transparent Life


title: "Quincy Taylor" content: 2001, Taylor retired from boxing. In 2010, he works at Fed-ex for the City of Lufkin. He coaches amateur boxers at the Boys and Girls Club and trains along with them. Quincy Taylor Jr. has one son Quincy Lee Taylor III, who is a retired Marine officer and now lives in Baton Rouge, LA. Quincy Taylor Jr. has three grandchildren Elijah Johnson of Beaumont, TX and Ariyana and Lee Lani Taylor, both of Baton Rouge, LA.His son has a wife named Aricka Taylor Quincy Taylor Quincy Taylor (born July 18, 1963 in Dallas, Texas), is a former professional boxer in


title: Metepec content: centre, called plaza, where merchants go to sell fruit, vegetables and even a few electronic items. In recent years, the municipality has increased its economic importance with the construction of shopping malls, commercial plazas and automobile agencies etc. The following are some of the recognized establishments, restaurants and plazas to be found in this municipality: Walmart, Sam's Club, Costco, Mega, Sears, Liverpool (store), Chedraui, Soriana, Radio Shack, McDonald's, Burger King, Mercedes Benz, SEAT, Volkswagen, Cinemex and Cinepolis among others. According to INEGI 2005 census figures, the city had a population of 164,182, while the municipality had a population of 206,005


title: "Univox Hi-Flier" content: Univox and later Westbury. They would often take a standard "house" model they made, and apply a variety of brand names to the same guitar, depending on the market the guitar was headed for. Contemporary models identical to the Hi-Flier have been seen under various brands, including Modern copies include Univox Hi-Flier The Univox Hi-Flier was an electric guitar manufactured by Univox (later Unicord) from 1968 to 1978. It had a similar appearance to the Mosrite "Ventures" guitar, though was somewhat different (and much cheaper). The name is often misspelled (e.g. High Flyer). The Hi-Flier went through many changes, generally


title: "August Busch III" content: August Busch III August Anheuser Busch III (born June 16, 1937) is a great-grandson of Anheuser-Busch founder Adolphus Busch and was the company's Chairman until November 30, 2006. August Busch III is informally known as "Auggie" and as "The Third" or "Three Sticks" by subordinates and employees at Anheuser-Busch. He is the father of August Busch IV. August Anheuser Busch III was born in St. Louis, Missouri on June 16, 1937. He attended the University of Arizona, but dropped out after failing. His father then gave him an ultimatum, and he began working in an entry-level position in Anheuser Busch.


title: "August Busch III" content: of Democratic Party politics, just like his grandfather Gussie. All four of his children are involved in the business functions of Anheuser-Busch to varying degrees: August IV was the president and CEO of the Anheuser-Busch Companies, Inc.; Susie Busch-Transou and her husband, Tripp, own Tri-Eagle Sales, a distributorship near Tallahassee, Florida; Steven Busch was his father's executive assistant and now owns Krey Distributing Company in St. Peters, Missouri; and Ginny Busch is employed by Busch Entertainment Company (BEC), working closely with A-B's SeaWorld and Busch Gardens family theme park businesses. Both August A. Busch III and August A. Busch Jr.


title: "August Busch III" content: were inducted into the Junior Achievement U.S. Business Hall of fame in 2005. August Anheuser Busch III was responsible for the donation of Mike IV, the live Bengal Tiger mascot of Louisiana State University in 1974. Mike IV, originally Jerry, was born at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida. August Busch III August Anheuser Busch III (born June 16, 1937) is a great-grandson of Anheuser-Busch founder Adolphus Busch and was the company's Chairman until November 30, 2006. August Busch III is informally known as "Auggie" and as "The Third" or "Three Sticks" by subordinates and employees at Anheuser-Busch. He is the


title: "East Coast Seafood Centre" content: provided below. The Seafood Centre can be reached by car from the East Coast Park Service Road. A big carpark is located just in front of the Seafood Centre. East Coast Seafood Centre The East Coast Seafood Centre (Chinese: 东海岸海鲜中心) is a tri-block food centre in East Coast Park, Singapore, best known for co-locating several major local seafood restaurants, including Jumbo Seafood and Long Beach Seafood Restaurant. Jumbo Seafood established its first and flagship oulet at the Centre in 1987, with the ability to seat up to 1,200 diners at a go. Some signature local dishes are served there amongst


title: "Gävle goat" content: the Gävle Goat by the Southern Merchants and the Yule Goat built by the Natural Science Club of the School of Vasa. Until 1985 the Southern Merchants held the world record for the largest Yule Goat, but over the years the Natural Science Club's goat increased in size, and in 1985 their Yule Goat made it into the "Guinness Book of Records" with an official height of . The creator of the original 1966 goat, Stig Gavlén, thought that the Natural Science Club's goat had unfairly won the title of the largest Yule Goat because the goat was not as


title: "Hoy Wong" content: Wong had served them anyway and they came to give him thanks. When asked about his longevity and how he still manages to keep so busy and healthy he remarked, "Not many secrets. Eat right, take a nap and every day get exercise working. Don't worry about money. I don't plan to retire. I love my job. I love to meet people. President Bush needs money, he needs income taxes, so I will help." Hoy Wong retired in 2009. Hoy Wong Hoy Wong (born August 22, 1916) is a former American bartender. He is a notable media personality in New


title: "Dirt Devil" content: AccuCharge is the first cordless vacuum line that is Energy Star approved and reduces 70% in energy consumption compared to most cordless vacuums. The cordless hand vac & stick vac are the first in the AccuCharge lineup. The Dirt Devil AccuCharge Cordless Hand Vac and Cordless Stick Vac use 15.6 Volt Nickel Cadmium batteries. Charging time for both units is 6 hours. The Hand Vac has a unique flip-down crevice tool built into the nozzle and it weighs 3.25 lbs. The Stick Vac weighs 5.85 lbs and has a motorized brushbar that can be turned on or off. Dirt Devil


title: "Long dice" content: Design advantages of long dice include being relatively easy to create fair dice with an odd number of faces, and (for four-faced dice) being easier to roll than tetrahedral d4 dice (as found in many role-playing games). Both cubic dice and four-faced long dice are found as early as the mid third millennium BCE at Indus Valley Civilisation sites; these are marked variously with dot-and-ring figures, linear devices, and Indus Valley signs. Dot-and-ring figures are used to this day on long dice in India, and predominate in the central European long dice shown above. In India, long dice ("pasa") are


title: "Crash B-Daman" content: in the world are .5 of an inch. "Biidama" is the Japanese word for "marble." A change on the official marble for B-Daman. They are .67 of an inch, but have different properties. Like being clear, plastic, metal, or being able to split. The official marble for .98 Caliber Crash Weapons. They are .98 of an inch, and have holes in them like a wiffleball. Some have Strike Shots inside them. The item used in battle, has six pillars that can fill up with two marbles each. Has three guard rails on top, connected to a Guard Pillar, that if


title: "Corybas (plant)" content: few sometimes grow as epiphytes on the fibrous bark of tree ferns or on the mossy branches of trees.) They have an underground tuber which is more or less spherical and fleshy. New tubers form at the end of root-like stolons. There is a single, heart-shaped, kidney-shaped or almost round leaf, usually at ground level and a short erect stem with a single flower at the top. The flower has a short stalk with a small, leaf-like bract at its base. The flower is resupinate, dull-coloured and resembles the fruiting body of a fungus. The dorsal sepal is much larger


title: "Survivors' Staircase" content: World Trade Center Memorial museum with a display explaining their significance. On March 9, 2008, the Staircase was moved by crane about 200 feet on Vesey Street. In 2010, as construction throughout the World Trade complex reached peak activity level, the staircase – as well as two "tridents" of Twin Tower facade, and other oversize artifacts – was placed into the National September 11 Memorial & Museum space before the Memorial Plaza and museum entrance pavilion were built above it. The staircase is now a major feature of the museum. Survivors' Staircase The Survivors' Staircase was the last visible remaining


title: "Lombo Pocket Watch" content: his 3yo season Pocket Watch broke the all-time stakes winners for 3yo pacers. Lombo Pocket Watch currently sits at 19th on the all-time stakes winners list, and Australasia's youngest millionaire pacer. Lombo Pocket Watch was retired to stud after winning a 12 Group One races including the time honoured, prestigious Victoria Derby, as well as the $285,000 two-year-old colts and geldings Australian Pacing Gold and the $284,000 two-year-old Pacing Colts & Geldings Australasian Breeders Crown. Lombo Pocket Watch was sired by the United States horse Jet Laag who was sired by Laag, out of the Windshield Wiper Australian bred mare


title: "Lombo Pocket Watch" content: failing to complete the course at his second start when driver Chris Lewis pulled him out of a race at Perth's Gloucester Park, Lombo Pocket Watch was transferred to New South Wales for some major races. Driven in his first start at Harold Park Racetrack by Gavin Fitzpatrick, Lombo Pocket Watch was sent out at long odds of $27.80 on local totes in the NSW Sapling Stakes. He won a 5 m victory in a mile rate of 2.01.1. Lombo Pocket Watch was then transferred to the care of Paul Fitzpatrick at Cawdor to continue his racing. For his first


title: "Lombo Pocket Watch" content: in the final and freelance driver Greg Bennett picked up the drive on Lombo Pocket Watch. Lombo Pocket Watch won in a photo finish by a neck, giving him his first Group One race. With Fitzpatrick back in the sulky, Lombo Pocket Watch won a $20,000 heat of the Australian Pacing Gold Series for two-year-old colts and geldings at Harold Park. The $285,000 Group One final was conducted at Albion Park, the home of Queensland harness racing on 13 May 2006. Lombo Pocket Watch collected the $150,000 winners cheque in a mile rate of 1.56.9, beating Twelve Paces by a


title: "Lombo Pocket Watch" content: half head. Lombo Pocket Watch next contested the Kevin Seymour Nursery. In another heat and final series Lombo Pocket Watch won his heat in 1.59.5 and the final in 1.59.2. Pocket Watch then contested the Vicbred Super Series. He won his heat at Shepparton and his semi-final at Moonee Valley on 7 July 2006 in 2.03.3 despite a slow early pace. On 14 July 2006 Lombo Pocket Watch competed in the Group One, $100,000 final. Starting in barrier 2 outside stablemate Lombo Mandingo, Pocket Watch began well and Fitzpatrick pushed for the lead which was surrendered by Lombo Mandingo and


title: "Lombo Pocket Watch" content: his defeat, he qualified for the $150,000 Group One Final, which he won in time of 1.59.2 with a last 800 m of the 2575 m event in 57.2. Lombo Pocket Watch was then sent to New Zealand to contest the Great Northern Derby at Alexandra Park in Auckland. He ran poorly in the qualifiers, finishing fourth. In the Group One $200,000NZD final he finished second to Changeover. On his return from New Zealand, Pocket Watch contested the Tasmanian Derby, held at Elwick Racecourse in Hobart on 1 April 2007. He dominated the competition, winning in 1.59.7. Pocket Watch remained


title: "Lombo Pocket Watch" content: in Tasmania to contest the Australian Derby at the Launceston circuit a week later. Facing stronger opposition, including Lively Exit, Pocket Watch produced another dominant performance to win with a final quarter of 27.5 seconds. On his return to the Australian mainland, Pocket Watch contested the New South Wales Derby. Although the race organisers had granted Pocket Watch a place in the final, his owner elected to run the horse in the qualifiers. He finished third in the qualifier, being apparently unsuited by the slow early pace. s respectively. This saw him suffer only his fifth defeat in finishing third


title: "Lombo Pocket Watch" content: barrier and therefore the youngest ever Australasian millionaire standardbred horse. Pocket Watch won the Newcastle Guineas and then attempted his fourth Derby victory in the Queensland Derby. In an even run race at Albion Park Pocket Watch was beaten by Queenslander Arkamigo after being caught three wide early. In the Australasian Breeders Crown series for three-year-old colts and geldings Pocket Watch won his heat at Harold Park and the semi final, at Ballarat Victoria. On 19 August, Pocket Watch again clashed with Changeover in the much anticipated final, but finished fourth, after being unable to recover from a poor barrier


title: "Lombo Pocket Watch" content: draw. Lombo Pocket Watch was awarded the 2007 Australian 3yo Colt/Gelding of the Year, as well as the Australian 3yo Pacer of the Year, for a season that included 19 starts in Australia and New Zealand, for 12 Australian wins and a total of $452,478. Pocket Watch also received the 2007 Victorian 3yo Pacing Colt/Gelding of the Year, based only on his Victorian results which included 3 Group One races. Pocket Watch started out his four-year-old season on a winning note, taking out a prelude of the Golden Nugget, a group one race for four-year-olds, at Gloucester Park in Perth


title: "Lombo Pocket Watch" content: and in doing so qualified for the final. The following week Pocket Watch backed up in the McInerney Ford Classic, a lead up to the Golden Nugget, worth $100,000 and carrying Group One status for the first time. He won in a time of 1.57.9. Pocket Watch started favourite for the Group One Golden Nugget at Gloucester Park in Perth on 14 December 2007. Despite being badly paced in the early stages, moved around the field and cleared out by 11 m by the winning post. In late December 2007, speculation was rife that Lombo Pocket Watch may be headed


title: "Soy molasses" content: Soy molasses Soy molasses is brown viscous syrup with a typical bittersweet flavor. A by-product of aqueous alcohol soy protein concentrate production, soy molasses is a concentrated, desolventized, aqueous alcohol extract of defatted soybean flakes. The term "soy molasses" was coined by Daniel Chajuss, the founder of Hayes Ashdod Ltd., which first commercially produced and marketed soy molasses in the early 1960s. The name was intended to distinguish the product from “soybean whey” or “condensed soybean solubles”, the by-products available at the time from soy protein isolate and acid washed soy protein concentrate production. The alcohols are removed from the


title: "Soy molasses" content: source of phytochemicals and soy sugars. Soy molasses Soy molasses is brown viscous syrup with a typical bittersweet flavor. A by-product of aqueous alcohol soy protein concentrate production, soy molasses is a concentrated, desolventized, aqueous alcohol extract of defatted soybean flakes. The term "soy molasses" was coined by Daniel Chajuss, the founder of Hayes Ashdod Ltd., which first commercially produced and marketed soy molasses in the early 1960s. The name was intended to distinguish the product from “soybean whey” or “condensed soybean solubles”, the by-products available at the time from soy protein isolate and acid washed soy protein concentrate production.


title: "Kilcooly Abbey" content: Kilcooly Abbey Kilcooley Abbey is a Cistercian abbey close to the village of Gortnahoe in Tipperary, Ireland. The abbey is located within the grounds of the Kilcooley Estate. This abbey dates from 1182 when Donal Mor O’Brien granted lands to the Cistercians, to build an abbey here. The abbey which is a sister house to both Jerpoint Abbey and Holy Cross Abbey, is considered to be a hidden gem, tucked away in this remote corner of Co. Tipperary. The Abbey is found inside a private walled estate. After the Reformation, Kilcooley passed into the possession of the Earl of Ormond.


title: "Kilcooly Abbey" content: King Arthur and the knights of the round table. There is a pyramid structure on the grounds of the abbey. Kilcooly Abbey Kilcooley Abbey is a Cistercian abbey close to the village of Gortnahoe in Tipperary, Ireland. The abbey is located within the grounds of the Kilcooley Estate. This abbey dates from 1182 when Donal Mor O’Brien granted lands to the Cistercians, to build an abbey here. The abbey which is a sister house to both Jerpoint Abbey and Holy Cross Abbey, is considered to be a hidden gem, tucked away in this remote corner of Co. Tipperary. The Abbey


title: "Clan MacLaren" content: Balquhidder until the amnesty of 1757. McLarens in the Atholl Brigade during the Jacobite rising of 1745 "Lieutenants" Alexander McLaren, younger of East Haugh, Pitlochry, Strath Tay; Duncan McLaren, Brewer, Wester Invernentie, Balquhidder; Donald McLaren. Invernentie, Balquhidder,; Orrott McLaren, Uncle to Younger of East Haugh, Pitlochry, Strath Tay "Other Ranks" Donald McLaren, Tenant, Dowally, Strath Tay; Duncan McLaren, Perthshire 3rd Battalion; James McLaren, Servant to Haugh of Killmorich, Strath Tay; John McLaren, Cottar, Rotmell, Strath Tay; Robert McLaren, (Whitefield's) McLarens in the Appin Regiment during the Jacobite rising of 1745. All McLarens in the Appin Regiment were from Appin, Twenty-seven


title: "Barkley Marathons" content: for the full race and for the "fun run". The Barkley starts any time from midnight to noon on race day, with one hour till race start signaled by blowing a conch. The race officially begins when the race director lights a cigarette. In addition to running, competitors must find between nine and 11 books along the course (the exact number varies each year) and remove the page corresponding to the runner's race number from each book as proof of completion. Competitors get a new race number, and thus a new page requirement, at the start of each lap. The


title: "Simonds Brewery" content: Simonds Brewery H & G Simonds Ltd was a brewery founded in Reading, Berkshire, England in 1785 by William Blackall Simonds. The company amalgamated with Courage & Barclay in 1960 and dropped the Simonds name after ten years. Eventually the firm became part of Scottish & Newcastle who sold the brands to Wells & Young's Brewery in 2007 and closed the Reading brewery three years later. The Simonds brewery was founded in Broad Street in Reading by William Blackall Simonds in 1785 (although his father had a brewing arm of his malting business as early as 1760).) The company moved


title: "Simonds Brewery" content: well known for their 'hopleaf' branding and Hopleaf pale ale is still available from the Simonds Farsons Cisk Brewery in Malta. Simonds branded an "India Pale Ale" as "Tavern", the name originating as "Taverner's" in a competition for employees. Simonds Brewery H & G Simonds Ltd was a brewery founded in Reading, Berkshire, England in 1785 by William Blackall Simonds. The company amalgamated with Courage & Barclay in 1960 and dropped the Simonds name after ten years. Eventually the firm became part of Scottish & Newcastle who sold the brands to Wells & Young's Brewery in 2007 and closed the


title: "Light rail in North America" content: Angeles with the fifth highest. In general, ridership on light rail systems in Mexico and Canada tends to be higher than the corresponding ridership on light rail systems in the United States, especially on a boardings per mile basis where the Mexican systems (Guadalajara light rail system and Xochimilco Light Rail) rank first and second, and three Canadian systems (Calgary's CTrain, Edmonton Light Rail Transit and Toronto's streetcars) rank third, fifth and seventh. On a boardings per mile basis, the most ridden light rail systems in the United States are again Boston's MBTA ranked fourth, followed by San Francisco's Muni


title: "Light rail in North America" content: second-generation light rail (and streetcar) systems, with the oldest being San Diego's which was opened in 1981. In the 1980s, this system was followed by new light rail installations in Buffalo, Portland, Sacramento, and San Jose, and by a heritage streetcar line in Dallas. Many new systems followed in the 1990s, and approximately 20 more new light rail and streetcar systems have followed since 2000. Light rail in North America Light rail is a commonly used mode of public transit in North America. The term "light rail" was coined in 1972 by the Urban Mass Transportation Administration (UMTA; the precursor


title: "Kentucky State Police" content: General Assembly and state property, including the Kentucky State Capitol Complex. On July 14, 2008, the Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement department, which is responsible for commercial vehicle enforcement, became an operational division of the KSP. The department also operates Trooper Island Camp, a juvenile crime prevention program at Dale Hollow Lake State Park. On February 15, 2017, Commissioner Rick Sanders announced the formation of the Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT). Experienced KSP detectives from throughout the Commonwealth were chosen to investigate Officer Involved Shootings (OIS) as well as Critical Incidents that involved Police or Corrections agencies. Since the establishment of the


title: "History of chocolate" content: powder, a major indicator of cacao. This cacao was dated to sometime between 460 and 480 AD Cacao powder was also found in beautifully decorated bowls and jars, known as tecomates, in the city of Puerto Escondido. Once thought to have been a very rare commodity, cacao was found in many more tecomates than once thought possible. However, since this powder was only found in bowls of higher quality, it led archaeologists to believe that only wealthier people could afford such bowls, and therefore the cacao. The cacao tecomates are thought to have been a center piece to social gatherings


title: "National Chimney Sweep Guild" content: National Chimney Sweep Guild The National Chimney Sweep Guild (NCSG) is a non-profit trade association for chimney sweeps and chimney and venting manufacturers in the United States and Canada. Based in Plainfield, Indiana, it has approximately 1,100 member companies. Member companies range in size from the owner-operator sole proprietor chimney sweep companies to those with 15+ vehicle crews and manufacturers with hundreds of employees. NCSG was founded in 1977 as a result of increased woodstove use due to the oil embargo crisis of the early to mid-1970s. It is the only national trade association representing chimney professionals in North America.


title: "National Chimney Sweep Guild" content: practices ever written. The NCSG supports regional and state chimney sweep guilds and associations and is a member of the European Federation of Chimney Sweeps (ESCHFOE) and regularly participates in international technical and business meetings. Eleven times each year, the National Chimney Sweep Guild publishes its trade journal, "Sweeping: The Journal of Chimney and Venting Technology". National Chimney Sweep Guild The National Chimney Sweep Guild (NCSG) is a non-profit trade association for chimney sweeps and chimney and venting manufacturers in the United States and Canada. Based in Plainfield, Indiana, it has approximately 1,100 member companies. Member companies range in size


title: "Tonto Trail" content: South Bass Trail, Boucher Trail, Hermit Trail, Bright Angel Trail, South Kaibab Trail and the New Hance Trail. The Grandview Trail is also accessible via its eastern and western spurs. All of the connecting trails provide access to and from the Grand Canyon south rim, while the Bright Angel Trail and South Kaibab Trail both provide access to the Colorado River, and the north rim via the North Kaibab Trail. At Garnet Canyon, the Tonto Trail officially ends, but a trail continues along the Colorado River to Elves Chasm. There is also a junction with the Royal Arch Route, which


title: "America's Worst Driver" content: who is the most improved, with each driver winning a new car, other than the loser. In the finale of season one, Matt Conn of San Francisco was named America's Worst Driver and had a car representing him torn apart by Robosaurus. "Source:" <br> America's Worst Driver America's Worst Driver is an American 2010 reality television program on Travel Channel, based on the television series "Britain's Worst Driver" and "Canada's Worst Driver", part of the Worst Driver television franchise. Hosted are Alonzo Bodden and Jill Simonian, contestants from 8 cities compete to "not" be named the worst driver in their


title: "Castiglione Chiavarese" content: Castiglione Chiavarese Castiglione Chiavarese ( ) is a "comune" (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Genoa in the Italian region Liguria, located about southeast of Genoa. Castiglione Chiavarese borders the following municipalities: Carro, Casarza Ligure, Deiva Marina, Maissana, Moneglia. In ancient times the area of Castiglione probably marked the border between the Ligurian and the Etruscan cultures. the modern "frazione" of Velva was a Roman "municipium" during Trajans reign. The Val Petronio was colonized by Benedictine monks after the fall of the Western Roman Empire; later it became a possession of the Fieschi family who, in 1276, sold Castiglione to


title: "Bangkok Bank F.C." content: Bangkok Bank F.C. Bangkok Bank Football Club () was a defunct semi-professional Thai football club based in Bangkok from Bangkok Bank. Bangkok Bank FC was founded 1955 and played in the top Thai football division, the Thai Premier League. Their home stadium was Bangkok Bank Ground. With 12 Championship Trophies, Bangkok Bank FC was one of the most successful clubs in Thailand. The club dropped out of the Thai football system in 2008 after being relegated from the Thai Premier League. Bangkok Bank were certainly one of the biggest clubs in the Thai football scene, winning 11 Khor Royal Cup


title: "Bangkok Bank F.C." content: and 7 Kor Royal Cup titles before the Thai Premier League rose as we know it today. Bangkok Bank, were the first winners of the Premier League title in 1996/97 and represented Thailand in Asian club competitions. "Coaches by Years (1990–2008)" Bangkok Bank F.C. Bangkok Bank Football Club () was a defunct semi-professional Thai football club based in Bangkok from Bangkok Bank. Bangkok Bank FC was founded 1955 and played in the top Thai football division, the Thai Premier League. Their home stadium was Bangkok Bank Ground. With 12 Championship Trophies, Bangkok Bank FC was one of the most successful


title: "Planning horizon" content: Planning horizon The planning horizon is the amount of time an organization will look into the future when preparing a strategic plan. Many commercial companies use a five-year planning horizon, however a general Planning horizon is around one year. Other organizations such as the Forestry Commission in the UK have to use a much longer planning horizon to form effective plans. In manufacturing, a planning horizon is a future time period during which departments that support production will plan production work and determine material requirements. In Economics, a planning horizon is the length of time an individual plans ahead. It's


title: "Singapore Turf Club" content: Singapore Turf Club The Singapore Turf Club was founded in 1842 as the Singapore Sporting Club to operate the Serangoon Road Race Course at Farrer Park Field. It is today the only horse-racing club in Singapore and is part of the Malayan Racing Association (MRA), which also regulates the three Turf Clubs in Malaysia, the Selangor Turf Club, Penang Turf Club and Perak Turf Club. The Singapore Turf Club is the only authorised operator of horse racing, and totalisator (horse betting) services in Singapore. It is the agent and proprietary club of the Tote Board, Singapore, who manages and directs


title: "Singapore Turf Club" content: another CSR initiative launched by the Singapore Turf Club. With the opening of the centre, the public can now take up horse riding as a sport that is affordable and accessible. Singapore Turf Club The Singapore Turf Club was founded in 1842 as the Singapore Sporting Club to operate the Serangoon Road Race Course at Farrer Park Field. It is today the only horse-racing club in Singapore and is part of the Malayan Racing Association (MRA), which also regulates the three Turf Clubs in Malaysia, the Selangor Turf Club, Penang Turf Club and Perak Turf Club. The Singapore Turf Club


title: "Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals" content: cf Art 2(3) "shall"] "the need to take action to avoid any migratory species becoming endangered". Article 2(3) of the Convention states that the Parties: (a) Should promote, cooperate in and support research relating to migratory species;
 (b) Shall endeavour to provide immediate protection for migratory species included in Appendix I; and
 (c) Shall endeavour to conclude AGREEMENTS covering the conservation and management of migratory species included in Appendix II. The Parties acknowledge the importance of conserving migratory species and agree that Range States – those countries through which migratory species pass or spend part of their lives - should


title: "Vermont Marble Museum" content: added to the exhibit. The grounds around the exhibit hold large chunks of quarried, unfinished marble. The Preservation Trust of Vermont acquired the Vermont Marble Company in 2014. Also, the town of Proctor has many sidewalks made of marble, and the high school and Catholic church are both faced in local stone. Most of the buildings of the former Vermont Marble Company still stand, and many are constructed of Vermont marble. Vermont Marble Museum The Vermont Marble Museum or Vermont Marble Exhibit is a museum commemorating the contributions of Vermont marble and the Vermont Marble Company, located in Proctor, Vermont,


title: "Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal" content: 62, 63 (covering the east part of West Island) "Engine" "Ladder" "Special Units" District 3 "Engine" "Ladder" "Articulating Platform" "Special Units" District 4 "Engine" "Ladder" "Special Units" District 5 "Engine" "Ladder" "Special Units" District 6 "Engine" "Ladder" "Special Units" District 7 "Engine" "Ladder" "Special Units" District 8 "Engine" "Ladder" "Special Units" District 9 "Engine" "Ladder" "Articulating Platform" "Special Unit" District 10 "Engine" "Ladder" "Articulating Platform" "Command" "Special Unit" District 11 "Engine" "Ladder" "Special Unit" District 12 "Engine" "Ladder" "Articulating Platform" "Special Unit" SIM's Sauvetage nautique provides marine rescue and ice rescue operations around the city. SIM does not have a


title: "Imperial City, Beijing" content: Thousand Steps" outside Chengtianmen Gate, to either side of which are the offices of the various government ministries. There are seven gates in the walls of the Imperial City. To the south is the Great Ming Gate (later renamed the Great Qing Gate, Gate of China). Behind the Great Ming Gate was the Chengtianmen Gate, (later renamed the Tian'anmen, "Gate of Heavenly Peace"). To either side of the Chengtianmen were the Left Chang'an Gate and the Right Chang'an Gate. To the east was Dong'anmen Gate ("Gate of Eastern Peace"); to the west was the Xi'anmen Gate ("Gate of Western Peace").


title: "South Carolina in the American Civil War" content: batteries and trained their guns on the island. Sumter was the key position for preventing a naval attack upon Charleston, so secessionists were determined not to allow U.S. forces to remain there indefinitely. More importantly, South Carolina's claim of independence would look empty if U.S. forces controlled its largest harbor. On January 9, 1861, the U.S. ship "Star of the West" approached to resupply the fort. Cadets from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina fired upon the "Star of the West", striking the ship three times and causing it to retreat back to New York. Mississippi declared its


title: "Let's Just Play Go Healthy Challenge" content: Let's Just Play Go Healthy Challenge The Let's Just Play Go Healthy Challenge was a reality television series, which aired on Nickelodeon. Each season followed kids over a six-month period in the quest to make their lives healthier. The Let's Just Play Go Healthy Challenge is mostly supported by the network and "The Alliance for a Healthier Generation", an initiative between the Clinton Foundation and the American Heart Association. Additionally, Nickelodeon and The Alliance for a Healthier Generations have formed the "Go Healthy Challenge Champions Network", a group of organizations that are also supporting the show. They include the American


title: "Northeast China Plain" content: Northeast China Plain The Northeast China Plain (), also known as the Manchurian Plain, is located in Northeast China. It lies between the Greater and Lesser Khingan and Changbai mountains. Covering 350,000 km, it is China's largest plain, with an elevation of lower than 200 meters. The Songhua, Nen, and Liao rivers run through its vast and fertile land. The Manchurian plain of Asia is the other name of Amur valley. This plain includes Songnan Plain in north, Liaohe Plain in the south and Shanjiang Plain in the northeast. It is suitable for mechanized farming, and huge areas are planted


title: "Desha Breckinridge" content: Desha Breckinridge Desha Breckinridge (August 5, 1867 – February 18, 1935) was the editor and publisher of the "Lexington Herald" from 1897 to 1935. In 1898 he married Madeline McDowell, who became nationally known as Madeline McDowell Breckinridge. He was a brother of Sophonisba Breckinridge and the son of William Campbell Preston Breckinridge, a member of Congress from Kentucky and a lawyer. His grandfather was the abolitionist minister Robert Jefferson Breckinridge, and his great-grandfather was John Breckinridge. Desha Breckinridge was the son of Issa Desha and William Campbell Preston Breckinridge. His siblings who lived past infancy were Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge


title: "Africa Stand Alone" content: Africa Stand Alone Africa Stand Alone is a 1978 album by Jamaican roots reggae band Culture (see 1978 in music). It was recorded with engineer Sylvan Morris at Harry J's Studios, Kingston, Jamaica, in the interim between the band's sessions with producers Joe Gibbs and Sonia Pottinger, and produced by Jamie Hatcher and Seymour Cummings. The album was never fully completed, and the extant version was released without the band's permission or involvement by U.S. label April Records in 1978, making it effectively a bootleg. As such, most of its tracks were re-recorded with Sonia Pottinger for release on the


title: "Africa Stand Alone" content: "Harder Than the Rest" album shortly afterwards. It remains the only Culture release to feature the track "Dog Ago Nyam Dog" in its original form, though a dub version appeared as "Dog Eat Dub" on the "Culture in Dub" album later the same year. Neither the backing group (christened the Sons of Jah by Culture's lead singer Joseph Hill) nor the producers of "Africa Stand Alone" had appeared on record before. Perhaps for this reason, the versions here of the tracks that also appear on "Harder Than the Rest" are renowned for being rawer and less disciplined. The musical backing


title: "Africa Stand Alone" content: tracks are also known for being more minimal, thus allowing the vocals to take a more central rôle. The import of copies of "Africa Stand Alone" from the U.S. at roughly the same time as "Harder Than the Rest" was released had the ultimate effect of stimulating interest in the latter, and for a while each record boosted the other's sales. "Africa Stand Alone" was voted the 5th best album of 1978 in NME's annual Top 50 albums poll. Africa Stand Alone Africa Stand Alone is a 1978 album by Jamaican roots reggae band Culture (see 1978 in music). It


title: "Salvia pratensis" content: clean teeth . It has also been used as a flavouring for beers and wines. Salvia pratensis Salvia pratensis (meadow clary or meadow sage) is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae, native to Europe, western Asia and northern Africa. The specific epithet "pratensis" refers to its tendency to grow in meadows. It also grows in scrub edges and woodland borders. "Salvia pratensis" is an herbaceous perennial forming a basal clump tall, with rich green rugose leaves that are slightly ruffled and toothed on the edges. The stems have four edges and are clad in glandular and soft


title: "San Diego State University College of Engineering" content: San Diego State University College of Engineering San Diego State University College of Engineering provides San Diego State University students with undergraduate and graduate engineering education. The College of Engineering has seven programs which are ABET accredited: Aerospace Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Construction Engineering. The degrees available through the College of Engineering are Bachelor of Sciences (BS), MA, Master of Engineering, MS, Ed.D, Ph.D. The College of Engineering includes eight academic departments: Aerospace Engineering, Bioengineering, Civil Engineering, Construction Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering. The aerospace engineering program


title: "Coca-Cola Park (Allentown)" content: city's largest. That distinction belongs to J. Birney Crum Stadium, which has a seating capacity in excess of 15,000, and is the second largest outdoor high school stadium in Pennsylvania. The layout of Coca-Cola Park is slightly different from most ballparks, as the main entrance is located on the right field line rather than the common location behind home plate. Fans with club seating tickets, however, do have a designated entrance behind home plate. A surprising moment of the park's opening season came on July 2, 2008, when musician John Mayer attended a Lehigh Valley IronPigs game and caught a


title: "TrønderBilene" content: efficient and easier to coordinate traffic if the bus routes in the county were merged into a single entity that was controlled by a political body. He also wanted to introduce cross subsidies, where profitable routes on main roads would pay the losses suffered on marginal routes in less populated areas. Negotiations with the four incumbent operators started in 1920, and agreements were made whereby the county would purchase them for . The money was borrowed as county-guaranteed bonds. The purchase gave Fylkesbilene 18 cars. Fylkesbilene i Nord-Trøndelag was established as a county agency, with County Governor Halvor Bachke Guldahl


title: Ceterone content: with constructional features similar to a viol or modern guitar. Some early 17th century illustrations of citterns have body shapes resembling this instrument, while the Swiss halszither - a traditional regional cittern that survived until the present, has also been constructed with a similar body. Plate 5 of the "Sciagraphia" illustrates a "Gross Sechs Chörichte Cither"; (large six course cittern) - depicted with eight pegs inserted into the sides of the pegbox and six strings. Like the cittern, the ceterone was also built with a flat-backed body in teardrop shape, with a single large 'rose', and had fixed, metal frets


title: "Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris" content: Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris The Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris is a Group 1 steeplechase in France which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Auteuil over a distance of 6,000 metres, and during its running there are twenty-three fences to be jumped. It is the richest and most prestigious jumps race in France, and it is scheduled to take place each year in late May. The event was first run on May 25, 1874, and it was initially known as the Grand National de France. It was intended to be the French equivalent of


title: "Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris" content: of 6 kg was incurred on the previous winners of either this race or the Grand National. The basic weights were subsequently modified several times, and the penalty was gradually reduced until it was eventually discontinued. The Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris was abandoned throughout World War I, with no running from 1915 to 1918. Its length was increased to 6,900 metres in 1924, and then restored to 6,500 metres in 1926. During World War II it was cancelled only once, in 1940. The minimum age of participating horses was raised to five in 1941. The race's distance was reduced to


title: "Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris" content: finish in second place was the Irish-trained Captain Christy in 1975. Leading jockey (5 wins): Leading trainer (6 wins): Leading owner (6 wins): Double Car finished first in 2002, but he was subsequently disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance. Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris The Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris is a Group 1 steeplechase in France which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run at Auteuil over a distance of 6,000 metres, and during its running there are twenty-three fences to be jumped. It is the richest and most prestigious jumps race in France,


title: "Don't Walk Away (Electric Light Orchestra song)" content: Don't Walk Away (Electric Light Orchestra song) "Don't Walk Away" is a song by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). It is featured in the 1980 feature film "Xanadu" in an animated sequence by Don Bluth. The song also appears on the soundtrack album "Xanadu". It was the last single released from the album. The song is being performed as part of the 2007 Broadway musical "Xanadu". The song is written in a standard key signature of C Major and was number 21 hit in the UK. "Across the Border" is a song written by Jeff Lynne and performed by Electric


title: "Don't Walk Away (Electric Light Orchestra song)" content: slip cover for their 1982 double A-side single "Here Is the News/Ticket to the Moon" instead. The EP version of the song made its debut on the 1997 compilation album "Light Years". A successful foreign version was the Italian "Mi mancherai" ("I will miss you"), recorded in 1981 by Sicilian singer Marcella Bella as a theme for a popular TV show, on air on Sunday afternoons for "Rete Uno" (today's RaiUno). The Italian text was written by Giorgio Calabrese. Don't Walk Away (Electric Light Orchestra song) "Don't Walk Away" is a song by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). It is


title: "1936 North American heat wave" content: 1936 North American heat wave The 1936 North American heat wave was one of the most severe heat waves in the modern history of North America. It took place in the middle of the Great Depression and Dust Bowl of the 1930s and caused catastrophic human suffering and an enormous economic toll. The death toll exceeded 5,000, and huge numbers of crops were destroyed by the heat and lack of moisture. Many state and city record high temperatures set during the 1936 heat wave stood until the summer 2012 North American heat wave. The 1936 heat wave followed one of


title: "1936 North American heat wave" content: in centuries. 1936 North American heat wave The 1936 North American heat wave was one of the most severe heat waves in the modern history of North America. It took place in the middle of the Great Depression and Dust Bowl of the 1930s and caused catastrophic human suffering and an enormous economic toll. The death toll exceeded 5,000, and huge numbers of crops were destroyed by the heat and lack of moisture. Many state and city record high temperatures set during the 1936 heat wave stood until the summer 2012 North American heat wave. The 1936 heat wave followed


title: "Wiper (occupation)" content: Wiper (occupation) A wiper is the most junior rate in the engine room of a ship. The role of a wiper consists of cleaning the engine spaces and machinery, and assisting the engineers as directed. The position is an apprenticeship to become an oiler. In modern times, a wiper is required to work on a ship for a specific amount of time, gaining what is referred to as "sea time." In the United States Merchant Marine, in order to be occupied as a wiper a person has to have a Merchant Mariner's Document and STCW certificate issued by the United


title: "Wiper (occupation)" content: States Coast Guard. Because of international conventions and agreements, all wipers who sail internationally are similarly documented by their respective countries. Railroad workers who performed similar jobs were also known as wipers, or in the UK as "cleaners". Wiper (occupation) A wiper is the most junior rate in the engine room of a ship. The role of a wiper consists of cleaning the engine spaces and machinery, and assisting the engineers as directed. The position is an apprenticeship to become an oiler. In modern times, a wiper is required to work on a ship for a specific amount of time,


title: "Trash Gordon" content: Trash Gordon Trash Gordon is the name of a fictitious character on the long-running PBS children's television show "Sesame Street". Played by Roscoe Orman, who also plays the character of Gordon on the show, Trash Gordon is a parody version of the science fiction hero Flash Gordon. Trash Gordon also lends his name to a recurring segment on "Sesame Street", "The Adventures of Trash Gordon." Within the context of "Sesame Street", Trash Gordon is a character in a science fiction adventure book which Oscar the Grouch reads to his pet worm Slimey to help him fall sleep at the end


title: "Unsinkable aircraft carrier" content: Unsinkable aircraft carrier An unsinkable aircraft carrier is a term sometimes used to refer to a geographical or political island that is used to extend the power projection of a military force. Because such an entity is capable of acting as an airbase and is a physical landmass not easily destroyed, it is, in effect, an immobile aircraft carrier that cannot be sunk. The term "unsinkable aircraft carrier" first arose during World War II, to describe the islands and atolls in the Pacific Ocean that became strategically important as potential airstrips for American bombers in their transoceanic war against Japan.


title: "Blue Snowman" content: of precipitation that freezes everything it touches. This invention was intended to "serve humanity," although precisely how seems rather vague. Thinking to put her father's work to more profitable use, Byrna creates the masculine identity of the Snow Man and unleashes the petrifying power of blue snow upon the farming community of Fair Weather Valley, demanding each farmer's "life savings" in return for the chemical antidote that will free crops, livestock, and people from the snow's effects. The Blue Snow Man is discovered in "his" mountain sanctuary by Wonder Woman, who forces "him" to defrost the valley. Like many of


title: "Blue Snowman" content: Snowman was set to appear in the second volume to "The Legend of Wonder Woman", a retelling of Wonder Woman's origins by Renae de Liz and Ray Dillon. However, DC cancelled the project under unknown circumstances. De Liz later posted preliminary artwork featuring Blue Snowman on Twitter. Blue Snowman Blue Snowman (also known as The Snowman, real name Byrna Brilyant) is a supervillain in the who appears primarily as an enemy of Wonder Woman. Blue Snowman is a woman disguised as a man who uses the invention of "blue snow," a special form of precipitation that freezes everything it touches.


title: "Albino Squirrel Preservation Society" content: Albino Squirrel Preservation Society The Albino Squirrel Preservation Society (ASPS) is an international collegiate organization dedicated to "fostering compassion and goodwill" toward albino squirrels. The ASPS has approximately 700 members in eight chapters across the United States, Canada and England. Founded in April 2001 at the University of Texas at Austin, the first ASPS chapter was created to celebrate a longstanding legend on campus, which states that seeing an albino squirrel before a test is good luck (although none of the white squirrels on campus were technically albino). In less than a year, the UT Austin chapter became one of


title: "Albino Squirrel Preservation Society" content: rallies, campouts and t-shirt sales. Albino Squirrel Preservation Society The Albino Squirrel Preservation Society (ASPS) is an international collegiate organization dedicated to "fostering compassion and goodwill" toward albino squirrels. The ASPS has approximately 700 members in eight chapters across the United States, Canada and England. Founded in April 2001 at the University of Texas at Austin, the first ASPS chapter was created to celebrate a longstanding legend on campus, which states that seeing an albino squirrel before a test is good luck (although none of the white squirrels on campus were technically albino). In less than a year, the UT


title: "Built-up area (Highway Code)" content: Built-up area (Highway Code) In the UK Highway Code, a built-up area is a settled area in which the speed limit of a road is automatically 30 mph (48 km/h). These roads are known as 'restricted roads' and are identified by the presence of street lights. In August 2006, the Department for Transport issued new guidance relating to speed limits. It states that: "Street lighting" is further defined as follows: To avoid confusion that could arise if some 30 mph zones were 'street-lit' and some were not, DfT guidance goes onto say: This has led to the conclusion that: However,


title: "The Fir-Tree" content: The Fir-Tree "The Fir-Tree" (Danish: "Grantræet") is a literary fairy tale by the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875). The tale is about a fir tree so anxious to grow up, so anxious for greater things, that he cannot appreciate living in the moment. The tale was first published 21 December 1844 with "The Snow Queen", in Copenhagen, Denmark, by C.A. Reitzel. One scholar (Andersen biographer Jackie Wullschlager) indicates that "The Fir-Tree" was the first of Andersen's fairy tales to express a deep pessimism. In the woods stands a little fir-tree. He is preoccupied with growing up and


title: "The Fir-Tree" content: is thoroughly embarrassed when a hare hops over him, an act which emphasizes his diminutiveness. The women call him the baby of the forest and again he is embarrassed and frustrated. A stork tells him of seeing older trees chopped down and used as ship masts, and the little tree envies them. In the fall, nearby trees are felled and the sparrows tell the little fir-tree of seeing them decorated in houses. One day while still in his youth, the fir-tree is cut down for a Christmas decoration. He is bought, carried into a house, decorated, and, on Christmas Eve,


title: "The Fir-Tree" content: him into the attic. The tree is lonely and disappointed, but the mice gather to hear the tree recite the tale of "Klumpe-Dumpe". Rats arrive and, when they belittle the simple tale, the mice leave and do not return. In the spring, the fir-tree – now withered and discolored – is carried into the yard. A boy takes the star from its topmost branch. The fir-tree is then cut into pieces and burned. "The Fir-Tree" was published with "The Snow Queen" on 21 December 1844 by C.A. Reitzel, in Copenhagen, Denmark, in "New Fairy Tales. First Volume. Second Collection. (Nye


title: "The Fir-Tree" content: Eventyr. Første Bind. Anden Samling. 1845.)". The tale was republished 18 December 1849 as a part of "Fairy Tales 1850" and again on 15 December 1862 as a part of "Fairy Tales and Stories 1862." The tale has since been translated into various languages and printed around the world. Andersen promoted the tale by reading it aloud at social gatherings. In December 1845, he read "The Fir-Tree" and "The Ugly Duckling" to the Princess of Prussia, and then read "The Fir-Tree" at Count Bismarck-Bohlen's Christmas party. Folklorist Wilhelm Grimm was present at the party and liked the tale, according to


title: "The Fir-Tree" content: we hear the tree's first-person account (in Danish) of being chopped down and attending its first Christmas party, which ends badly for all involved. The Fir-Tree "The Fir-Tree" (Danish: "Grantræet") is a literary fairy tale by the Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875). The tale is about a fir tree so anxious to grow up, so anxious for greater things, that he cannot appreciate living in the moment. The tale was first published 21 December 1844 with "The Snow Queen", in Copenhagen, Denmark, by C.A. Reitzel. One scholar (Andersen biographer Jackie Wullschlager) indicates that "The Fir-Tree" was the


title: "Taxicabs of the United States" content: Cab, Golden Cab, Executive Cab, Starcab, Alamo Cab, Taxi Dallas, and Ambassador Cab. Of the eight, Dallas Yellow Cab is the largest with approximately 1,000 taxicabs. Dallas Yellow Cab taxis are easily identified by their uniform yellow color. The other taxi companies’ vehicles are painted a variety of colors including blue (Alamo Cab), black/silver (Executive Cab), grey/white (Cowboy Cab) and burgundy (Starcab). Taxi transportation in Dallas is regulated by the City of Dallas Public Works and Transportation (PWT) office. PWT regulations govern a host of features of a taxicab as well as the permitting of drivers. Specifically, PWT rules determine


title: "Taxicabs of the United States" content: Sacramento: Sta, Capital Cab Association, Yellow Cab, Sacramento Taxi Yellow Cab and Americab. Davis, Davis is a city west of Sacramento, in California, is estimated to have 50 taxis and a meter-based fare system. Most taxi companies charge a $4.00 flag drop, $3.00 for each additional mile, and $28.00 per hour waiting time. There are 6 taxi services in Davis: dan's cab, friendly cab, village cab, college cab, a & b taxi, and Yellow Cab. Taxicabs in Washington, D.C. are regulated by the Department of For-Hire Vehicles (DFHV), formerly the D.C. Taxicab Commission (DCTC). In 2008, D.C. taxicabs changed from


title: "Strands of Sunlight" content: envy and loathe her. After she realizes the falsity of his convictions and tries to distance herself from him, he attacks her, slashing her hands with a knife. Fighting for her life, she sprays him in the face with oven cleaner, blinding him. In another narrative thread, T.K. has just recently returned from Desert Storm missing a leg. A Vietnam veteran and a black man, he has been marginalized his entire life and is now working at the same security firm that once employed George Morrison, who is now the elf Hadden. Living in Denver's projects, he sees a crack


title: "Israel lobby in the United States" content: to refer to the lobby: "pro-Israel lobby" being used by those with the mildest opposition, followed by "Israel lobby", with the term "Jewish lobby" being employed by those with the most extreme anti-Israel opinions. According to Walt and Mearsheimer, "Using the term 'Israel lobby' is itself somewhat misleading ... One might more accurately dub this the 'pro-Israel community' ..." since this is not the lobby of a foreign country, rather, it is composed of Americans. However, justifying their usage of the term, they write "because many of the key [pro-Israel] groups do lobby, and because the term 'Israel lobby' is


title: "Mayo High School" content: Mayo High School Mayo High School (Mayo) is an American high school in Rochester, Minnesota. It is named after the brothers William James Mayo and Charles Horace Mayo, physicians and founders of the Mayo Clinic. It is a public school and part of the Rochester Independent School District #535. The current principal of Mayo High School is Tom Olson. Mayo High School was built in 1966 in the southeastern section of Rochester, Minnesota. It has a capacity to hold approximately 1800 students and was the largest high school in the city until Century High School was built, and was named


title: "Mayo High School" content: and girls track and field, boys and girls tennis, boys wrestling, and girls volleyball. The boys tennis team won a State Championship in 2007 and 2011. Mayo High School Mayo High School (Mayo) is an American high school in Rochester, Minnesota. It is named after the brothers William James Mayo and Charles Horace Mayo, physicians and founders of the Mayo Clinic. It is a public school and part of the Rochester Independent School District #535. The current principal of Mayo High School is Tom Olson. Mayo High School was built in 1966 in the southeastern section of Rochester, Minnesota. It


title: "Bacchus Marsh Football Club" content: Bacchus Marsh Football Club Bacchus Marsh Football and Netball Club, is located in Bacchus Marsh in Victoria, Australia and competes in the Ballarat Football League, which is part of the Victorian Country Football League. The home ground of Bacchus Marsh is Maddingley Park, located to the south of Bacchus Marsh. The club was originally two clubs: the Bacchus Marsh Tigers who wore a black guernsey with a yellow strip going diagonally from top left to bottom right, and the Maddingley Spiders who wore a black guernsey with a red strip going diagonally from top left to bottom right. In 1978


title: "Volkswagen Group A0 platform" content: Volkswagen Group A0 platform The Volkswagen Group A0 platform is a series of automobile platforms shared among superminis of various marques of the Volkswagen Group. Under Volkswagen's revised platform naming system, the "A04" platform is now known as the PQ24 platform, and what may have been called the A05 platform is officially the PQ25 platform. The new nomenclature is derived as follows: A01 ("Typ" 86) platform cars: A02 ("Typ" 86C) platform cars: A03 platform cars: A04 platform cars, now officially referred to as the PQ24 platform: PQ25 is a development of the PQ24 platform with the possibility of all-wheel drive,


title: "Volkswagen Group A0 platform" content: informally known as A05 . "New A05+" Volkswagen Group A0 platform The Volkswagen Group A0 platform is a series of automobile platforms shared among superminis of various marques of the Volkswagen Group. Under Volkswagen's revised platform naming system, the "A04" platform is now known as the PQ24 platform, and what may have been called the A05 platform is officially the PQ25 platform. The new nomenclature is derived as follows: A01 ("Typ" 86) platform cars: A02 ("Typ" 86C) platform cars: A03 platform cars: A04 platform cars, now officially referred to as the PQ24 platform: PQ25 is a development of the PQ24


title: KT88 content: 6550 tubes by end users seeking a guitar amplifier tone with less distortion. Some of the amplifiers which shipped with the KT88 power tube include the Hiwatt Custom 200 and 400 Bass Heads, Sound City L/B 200, 200 watt Marshall Major, Mesa-Boogie Bass Strategy Eight:88 (465 Watt) and Bass Prodigy Four:88 (250 Watt), Orange Thunderverb, Reeves Custom 225 bass, Fryette (formerly VHT) Two/Ninety/Two power amp, Pittbull Ultra-Lead, Sig:X & Deliverance, McIntosh MC2102, Splawn Nitro, Pro Mod, Competition & Superstock, Blackstar Series One 200, Carlsbro 200 TC and Marshall 2203KK Kerry King Signature JCM800. KT88 The KT88 is a beam tetrode/kinkless


title: "Tactile paving" content: strength), weathering resistance and UV stability, wear resistance and general adhesion/bond strength, particularly when immersed in water. In general, tactile indicators in New Zealand are required to: Warning tactile indicators in New Zealand are mandatory at pedestrian cross-walks (also called pram ramps or kerb crossings in New Zealand), at the approaches to stairways, ramps, escalators and moving walkways, the approach to railway level crossings, bus hoarding areas, median cut-throughs, along the entire length of railway platform edges and before any abrupt changes in grade to the walking surface (1:8 change with a kerb height of more than 70mm). Warning tactile


title: "Harry Perry (musician)" content: guitar compositions on the Venice Beach Boardwalk in 1973. In addition to being considered the most famous musician who performs at the Venice Beach Boardwalk, he is considered one of the area's most famous skaters, first on traditional roller skates, then on inline skates when they were invented, and currently on Landroller skates. Over the course of nearly four decades, the Venice Beach Boardwalk became a world-famous tourist attraction where a variety of artists performed and sold various wares associated with their creative arts, such as CDs and T-shirts. Then, during the early 1990s, at a time when real estate


title: "Harry Perry (musician)" content: Venice Beach the social mecca for which it is famous. He met Andrea Tenaglia and they became the new "Couple of musician" in Venice Beach. "Skate Town Ball" and "Harry Perry's Greatest Hits of the Millennium". He typically uses distortion effects and plays in a style reminiscent of Jimi Hendrix or Eddie Van Halen. He began playing on Venice Beach in 1973. He is dedicated to health and fitness, running twenty miles daily and practicing Kundalini yoga. He is a non-smoking vegetarian. Harry Perry has primarily played himself, bringing life to his Venice Beach persona in various films, and has


title: "Jared Zabransky" content: the Oklahoma Sooners in overtime in the Tostitos Fiesta Bowl on January 1, 2007 by a score of 43–42. Zabransky helped his team into overtime by executing a last-minute hook and lateral for the game-tying touchdown. In overtime, Zabransky executed a Statue of Liberty on the game-winning two-point conversion on a handoff to Ian Johnson, who took it in for two points and the win. Zabransky was named 2007 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Offensive Player of the Game. Zabransky was not selected in the 2007 NFL Draft. However, on April 30, 2007, he signed a free agent contract with the Houston


title: "Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation" content: Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Limited (TNSTC) is a public transport bus operator in Tamil Nadu, India. It operates Intercity bus services to cities within Tamil Nadu, and from Tamil Nadu to its neighbouring states with a combined fleet strength of 22203 buses as of 2016-17. It also operates Public transport bus service in many cities of Tamil Nadu, with the exception of Chennai, where the public bus service is operated by MTC, a subsidiary of TNSTC. TNSTC is fully owned and operated by the Government of Tamil Nadu. TNSTC has started online booking facilities


title: "Baked ziti" content: Baked ziti Baked ziti is a casserole dish made with ziti pasta and sauce characteristic of Italian-American cuisine. It is a form of "pasta al forno". In many recipes, the ziti are first cooked separately while a tomato and cheese sauce is prepared, which may include meat, sausage, mushrooms, peppers, onions, and more. The cooked and drained ziti are then combined with the cooked sauce, which may be layered with additional varieties of cheeses, baked in the oven, and served hot. Baked ziti has been characterized as a dish that "has remained a standby for generations" in Italian-American homes and


title: "Baked ziti" content: restaurants. Baked ziti Baked ziti is a casserole dish made with ziti pasta and sauce characteristic of Italian-American cuisine. It is a form of "pasta al forno". In many recipes, the ziti are first cooked separately while a tomato and cheese sauce is prepared, which may include meat, sausage, mushrooms, peppers, onions, and more. The cooked and drained ziti are then combined with the cooked sauce, which may be layered with additional varieties of cheeses, baked in the oven, and served hot. Baked ziti has been characterized as a dish that "has remained a standby for generations" in Italian-American homes


title: "Ceramic glaze" content: the piece. Colorants, such as iron oxide, copper carbonate, or cobalt carbonate, and sometimes opacifiers like tin oxide or zirconium oxide, are used to modify the visual appearance of the fired glaze. Glaze may be applied by dry-dusting a dry mixture over the surface of the clay body or by inserting salt or soda into the kiln at high temperatures to create an atmosphere rich in sodium vapor that interacts with the aluminium and silica oxides in the body to form and deposit glass, producing what is known as salt glaze pottery. Most commonly, glazes in aqueous suspension of various


title: "Haemorrhagic disease of the newborn" content: vitamin K stores at birth, vitamin K passes the placenta poorly, the levels of vitamin K in breast milk are low and the gut flora has not yet been developed (vitamin K is normally produced by intestinal bacteria). Precise diagnosis by measuring proteins induced by vitamin k absence (PIVKA). But this is usually not required. Treatment consists of vitamin K supplementation. This is often given prophylactically to newborns shortly after birth. Haemorrhagic disease of the newborn Haemorrhagic disease of the newborn, also known as vitamin K deficiency bleeding (VKDB), is a coagulation disturbance in newborn infants due to vitamin K


title: "Krasnodar International Airport" content: Il-12 aircraft. In 1960, construction of the first concrete runway was completed. Flights performed by Il-18 aircraft commenced in Krasnodar airport. Construction of a two-story passenger terminal was also completed later. Scheduled passenger and cargo flights to domestic destinations performed using Аn-10, Il-18, and Аn-12 aircraft. In 1962, scheduled passenger service with Тu-124 aircraft was launched. In 1964, Krasnodar United Air Group within the structure of the North Caucasian Civil Aviation Authority was formed. Later that year, the Group acquired its own fleet of Аn-24 aircraft. In 1981, Yak-42 aircraft was put into operation. In 1984, the second concrete runway


title: "Magnetic developer" content: of the data tracks, and observe any possible magnetic damage that has occurred on the magnetic stripe. Magnetic developer Magnetic developer is a fluid which makes the magnetic information written on magnetic tape or the magnetic stripe of a credit card or ATM card visible to the naked eye. Magnetic developer can be found in liquid or aerosol form. When applied to a magnetic stripe, suspended metal particles will be attracted to the magnetically charged regions of the stripe as the liquid evaporates. Magnetic developer can be used to troubleshoot problems with magnetic stripes and the equipment that encodes and


title: Wakesurfing content: Wakesurfing Wakesurfing is a water sport in which a rider trails behind a boat, riding the boat's wake without being directly pulled by the boat. After getting up on the wake, typically by use of a tow rope, the wakesurfers will drop the rope, and ride the steep face below the wave's peak in a fashion reminiscent of surfing. Wakesurfers generally use special boards, designed specifically for wakes. The origins of wakesurfing are somewhat disputed with multiple people and companies claiming to be at the genesis of the sport. Some claims have set the dates for the origins of boat-surfing


title: Wakesurfing content: or wake-surfing as far back as the 1920s. However, no credible evidence of this is available. Footage and print media from the 1950s and 1960s show ocean surfers actively riding surfboards behind motor boats. By the mid 60's numerous surfboard manufactures laid claims to building wake specific boards. The practice of riding surfboards behind boats continued through the 70s and 80s with the boards being ridden evolving to shorter forms right along the shortboard revolution in Surfing. As boards progressively shortened in length, taking a page from windsurfing or sailboarding many practitioners started using devices mounted to the board to


title: Wakesurfing content: strap and secure their feet in place. Aided with a tow rope, hard carving and launching off wakes lead to sports like skurfing, skiboarding, and eventually wakeboarding. Wakeboarding's growth and mass appeal led the watercraft industry to advance technology to increase the size of wakes. This, in turn, provided an opportunity for wakesurfing to emerge from the shadows. Several sport pioneers, including, but not limited to Tim Lopes, Jerry Price, Jeff Page, Rick Lee, Mark Sher, and others are noted with being at the forefront of modern wakesurfing. The first US design patent for a wakesurf was granted to Alfonso


title: Wakesurfing content: Corona in 1997. Inboard ski/wakeboard boats are the most popular choice for this sport as the propeller is under the boat, and are less likely to make contact with the rider. Owners of inboard boats place ballast, such as water, lead weights, concrete, or other heavy objects in different sections of the boat in order to weight the boat down and create a larger wake. The best weight configuration for wakesurfing is to place the majority of the weight near the back corner side on the side you're surfing on. The deeper the boat is in the water, the bigger


title: Wakesurfing content: the wake will be overall. In addition, you will want to place a larger amount at the stern of the boat on the side which the rider is riding. This will ramp the wake up on the side the rider is riding and washout the opposite side. A rope length of 8 to 10 feet is recommended. Wakesurf intended ropes are generally 20 feet long, making it ideal for boats that have a tower set up. Long ski and wakeboard ropes can become hazardous for wakesurfing, because it usually involves winding up the rope or tying unnecessary knots. Many riders


title: Wakesurfing content: perform a wide array of maneuvers or specifically-named 'tricks' while wakesurfing, with most owing their origins to surfing, skating (both vert and street) and snowboarding, Some of the most well-known tricks are: Pumping – Turning up and down the face of the wake to gain speed. Stalling – Applying pressure to your back foot to slow down or “stall”. Floater – When a rider and board “floats” on top of the wake. Lip slide – Just like a floater, but the board is sideways. Spray – Gouging into the face of the wake to create the water under you to


title: Wakesurfing content: explode and spray. Fire Hydrant – Placing one hand on the board and taking your front foot off. Posing – Doing hand and body positions while riding for cool style points. Hang 5 – Rider extends front foot (toes) over front of board. Rail Grabs – Grabbing the board’s rail while the board is on the wake – one or both hands. Cutbacks – Bashing off the lip of the wake with the board – the more extreme and risky the better. Paddle back in – Going to the extreme rear of the wake, throwing down on the board and


title: Wakesurfing content: paddling back into the power zone. This can also be done by pulling the outside rail of the board to bring it back to the power zone. Tubing It – Throwing down on the board and sliding back into the tube until covered up – the deeper the better, and then popping out and standing back up on the board. Switch Stance – Riding with the opposite foot forward. 180 spin – Spinning 180 on the wake – Board and rider spin. Airs – Launching off the lip with board into the air and landing back on the wake (toeside


title: Wakesurfing content: or heelside). One Hand Grab Air – Grabbing one rail of the board while the board is airborne above the wake. Double Grab Air – Grabbing both rails of the board while the board is airborne above the wake. Hang 10 – Rider extends both feet (toes) over end of board. 360 spin – Spinning 360 on the face of the wake – Board and rider spin. 540 spin – Rider spins continuously 1 1/2 times until he is riding switch stance forward. 720 spin – Rider spins continuously 2 complete 360′s. Air 180 – Doing an air while spinning


title: Wakesurfing content: 180 at the same time the board does a 360. In 2013, Canadian musician Chris Hau recorded a video in which he played a song on an acoustic guitar while wakesurfing. In February 2015, Hunter Sims, a professional wakesurfer, received a world record for doing 106 shove its. Wakesurfing Wakesurfing is a water sport in which a rider trails behind a boat, riding the boat's wake without being directly pulled by the boat. After getting up on the wake, typically by use of a tow rope, the wakesurfers will drop the rope, and ride the steep face below the wave's


title: "Villanova sull'Arda" content: town include the "Cherry Festival", held in the second week of June, and the "Festival of the Frog and Catfish", which takes place on the last Sunday of May in the village of Soarza. Villanova is home to a basketball team (Villanova Basketball Pro), participating in the First Division of FIP. Villanova sull'Arda has a railway station on the Cremona–Fidenza line. Direct connections are available from Cremona, while some trains run directly from Parma to both Busseto and Villanova sull'Arda without changing. <br> Villanova sull'Arda Villanova sull'Arda (, ) is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Piacenza in the


title: "One sheet" content: One sheet In the entertainment industry, a one-sheet or one sheet is a single document that summarizes a product for publicity and sales. A one sheet is a specific size (typically before 1985; after 1985) of film poster advertising. Multiple one-sheets are used to assemble larger advertisements, which are referred to by their sheet count, including 24-sheet billboards, and 30-sheet billboards. The term is also used as synonym for the poster artwork and the film poster itself. Since a one-sheet is used in the official advertising for films, they are prized by both collectors of memorabilia for specific films and


title: "Squeak Piggy Squeak" content: Squeak Piggy Squeak Squeak Piggy Squeak is a parlour game that is sometimes called Grunt Piggy Grunt, Oink Piggy Oink. It is a variation of Blind Man's Bluff and was popular in the Victorian era. To play the game, one player is chosen to be the "farmer"; the others are the piggies. The farmer is blindfolded and holds a pillow. All other players then sit in a circle surrounding the farmer. The farmer is spun around three times and then has to make his or her way to the piggies, place the pillow on the lap of the chosen piggy


title: "Squeak Piggy Squeak" content: only one farmer and one piggy remain. At this time there's no need for the farmer to guess who the piggy is since only one player is left. The two remaining players are the winners. The title of the game is used in the media, often to establish a satiric tone in political pieces. Squeak Piggy Squeak Squeak Piggy Squeak is a parlour game that is sometimes called Grunt Piggy Grunt, Oink Piggy Oink. It is a variation of Blind Man's Bluff and was popular in the Victorian era. To play the game, one player is chosen to be the


title: "Black-eyed Pea (restaurant)" content: down by that time. In December 2008, former corporate employees Stephen Shaw and Alan Laughlin, along with Steve's brother Jim Shaw, purchased all the rights to the Colorado locations of Black-eyed Pea. The three have begun changing menu items and pushing more advertising. Black-eyed Pea's menu features home-style Southern U.S. cuisine such as fried catfish, chicken fried steak (including a "Texas Sized" version that takes up an entire plate), pot roast, mashed potatoes, fried okra, broccoli and rice casserole, corn bread, and rolls. Main entrees are usually ordered with a choice of two vegetables. The signature dish is the namesake