title: Jesus content: Paul II and Benedict XVI. Jesus Jesus (), also referred to as Jesus of Nazareth and Jesus Christ, was a first-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the central figure of Christianity. Most Christians believe he is the incarnation of God the Son and the awaited Messiah (Christ) in the Old Testament. Virtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically, although the quest for the historical Jesus has produced little agreement on the historical reliability of the Gospels and on how closely the Jesus portrayed in the Bible reflects the historical Jesus. Jesus was a Galilean


title: "Earthworks (engineering)" content: cuts match those of the fills, while minimizing the distance of movement. In the past, these calculations were done by hand using a slide rule and with methods such as Simpson's rule. Earthworks cost is a function of hauled amount x hauled distance. The goal of mass haul planning is to determine these amounts and the goal of mass haul optimization is to minimize either or both. Now they can be performed with a computer and specialized software, including optimisation on haul cost and not haul distance (as haul cost is not proportional to haul distance). Earthworks (engineering) Earthworks are


title: "Wally Amos" content: age, and it was from his aunt, who would bake cookies for him, that Amos would develop his chocolate chip cookie recipe. Amos improved on his aunt's recipe, which was already uncommon because it included several ingredients not generally associated with chocolate chip cookies. Shortly before graduation, Amos dropped out of high school to join the United States Air Force. He earned his high school equivalency diploma before being honorably discharged from the military, where he had a distinguished career. Returning to New York City, Amos went to college to become a secretary, and following graduation, took a clerical job


title: "Volkseigener Betrieb" content: Volkseigener Betrieb The Publicly Owned Enterprise (; abbreviated VEB) was the main legal form of industrial enterprise in East Germany. They were all publicly owned and were formed after mass nationalisation between 1945 and the early 1960s, and the handing back in 1954 of some 33 enterprises previously taken by the Soviet Union as reparations. The managing director of a VEB was called a plant or works manager (German: "Werkleiter", "Werkdirektor" or "Betriebsdirektor"). He or she was assisted by the first secretary of the factory party organisation ("Betriebsparteiorganisation") of the SED, and the chairman of the factory trade union ("Betriebsgewerkschaftsleitung").


title: "Volkseigener Betrieb" content: a form of mild protest against the nationalization of private businesses, nicknamed the VEBs "Vati's ehemaliger Betrieb", which translates to "Daddy's old business". Volkseigener Betrieb The Publicly Owned Enterprise (; abbreviated VEB) was the main legal form of industrial enterprise in East Germany. They were all publicly owned and were formed after mass nationalisation between 1945 and the early 1960s, and the handing back in 1954 of some 33 enterprises previously taken by the Soviet Union as reparations. The managing director of a VEB was called a plant or works manager (German: "Werkleiter", "Werkdirektor" or "Betriebsdirektor"). He or she was


title: "Ted Henter" content: using MS-DOS, and later Microsoft Windows. After becoming blinded, Henter rediscovered waterskiing, and started competing in waterskiing events. He won six times out of seven competitions in the United States and twice in international competition. He retired in 1991 after winning the overall Gold medal in the United States and World Championship for Disabled Skiers. Henter-Joyce merged with Arkenstone and Blazie Engineering in 2000 to form Freedom Scientific. Henter currently remains on the board of directors of Freedom Scientific, and in 2002 he founded Henter Math, to produce software that helps the "pencil-impaired" with mathematics. Ted Henter Ted Henter is


title: "Red light camera" content: yellow time for an intersection that has a red light camera must be based on the speed at which 85% of the road's traffic moves rather than be based on the road's actual speed limit. Red light camera usage is widespread in a number of countries worldwide. Netherlands-based Gatso presented red light cameras to the market in 1965, and red light cameras were used for traffic enforcement in Israel as early as 1969. In the early 1970s, red light cameras were used for traffic enforcement in at least one jurisdiction in Europe. Australia began to use them on a wide


title: "Red light camera" content: scale in the 1980s. , expansion of red light camera usage in Australia is ongoing. In some areas of Australia, where the red light cameras are used, there is an online system to check the photograph taken of your vehicle if you receive a ticket. Singapore also began use of red light cameras in the 1980s, and installed the first camera systems during five years, starting in August 1986. In Canada, by 1998, red light cameras were in use in British Columbia and due to be implemented in Manitoba. In Alberta, red light cameras were installed in 1999 in Edmonton


title: "Red light camera" content: red-light cameras showing that at these intersections drivers tended to react quicker to a yellow light change when stopping. The consequence of this change could be the slight decline in the intersection capacity. In terms of location-specific studies, in Singapore a study from 2003 found that there was "a substantial drop" in red light violations at intersections with red light cameras. In particular the study found that drivers were encouraged to stop more readily in areas with red light cameras in use. A report from civic administrators in Saskatchewan in 2001, when considering red light camera use, referred to studies


title: "Marginated tortoise" content: Marginated tortoise The marginated tortoise (Testudo marginata) is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. The species is endemic to Greece, Italy, and the Balkans in Southern Europe. It is the largest European tortoise. The marginated tortoise is herbivorous, and hibernates for the winter. The marginated tortoise was formally described by German naturalist Johann David Schoepff in 1789; its specific epithet "marginata" is a straightforward derivation from the Latin term for 'marginated'. The nominate subspecies is the Greek marginated tortoise, "Testudo marginata marginata". Three additional subspecies of marginated tortoises have been named: The Sardinian marginated tortoise ("T. m. sarda")


title: "Kinesthetic learning" content: inside the skull. The neural circuits in this area of the brain expand with practice of an activity, just like the synaptic plasticity grows with practice. Clarification of some of the mechanisms of learning by neuro science has been advanced, in part, by the advent of non-invasive imaging technologies, such as positron emission tomography (PET) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI). These technologies have allowed researchers to observe human learning processes directly. Through these types of technologies, we are now able to see and study what happens in the process of learning. In different tests performed the brain being imaged


title: "Rope splicing" content: removed, leaves a distortion of the rope. Most types of splices are used on 3-strand rope, but some can be done on 12-strand or greater single-braided rope, as well as most double braids. While a spliced 3-strand rope's strands are interwoven to create the splice, a braided rope's splice is constructed by simply pulling the rope into its jacket. Splices are often tapered to make the thicker splice blend into the rest of the line. There are two main types of tapering, the standard and the "West Coast Taper". A fid is a hand tool made from wood, plastic, or


title: "Patricia Tallman" content: the Darkside", and the science-fiction shows "", "", and "". As an actress and stunt performer, she worked on 50 episodes across the Star Trek franchise. Tallman played Lyta Alexander in the "Babylon 5" series pilot, recurring in seasons two and three, and starring in seasons four and five. Tallman collaborated with fellow Carnegie Mellon alumnus George A. Romero on several films, including "Knightriders", "Monkey Shines", and "Creepshow 2" (in which Tallman performed stunts). In 1990, Tallman starred as Barbara in the Tom Savini-directed remake of the 1968 film "Night of the Living Dead". In 1992, she played the Possessed


title: "Red Funnel" content: "Sea Coach Island Enterprise", a motor cruiser capable of carrying 11 passengers at 20 knots. She was built by the British Power Boat Company in Hythe, and operated from 1933 to 1938. In 1968 the company ran trials with an HM2 sidewall hovercraft, number 002, in order to compete with the Seaspeed service which used an SRN6 between Southampton and Cowes. Due to the unreliability of the craft it never entered passenger service. In 1981 Red Funnel acquired a pair of HM2 MkIIIs, GH2019 & GH2024, which were primarily used on the charter service for Vosper Thorneycroft transporting workers from


title: "Orbital eccentricity" content: inverse sine to find the projection angle of 11.86 degrees. Next, tilt any circular object (such as a coffee mug viewed from the top) by that angle and the apparent ellipse projected to your eye will be of that same eccentricity. The word "eccentricity" comes from Medieval Latin "eccentricus", derived from Greek "ekkentros" "out of the center", from "ek-", "out of" + "kentron" "center". "Eccentric" first appeared in English in 1551, with the definition "a circle in which the earth, sun. etc. deviates from its center". By five years later, in 1556, an adjectival form of the word had developed.


title: Ohaguro content: the Heian period, at the time when aristocratic men and woman reached puberty and celebrated their "genpuku" or "mogi", the Taira clan and other samurai, and pages working at large temples, dyed their teeth. In particular, the imperial family and other high-ranking aristocrats who had finished their "hakamaza" (ceremony where a child is fitted with a "hakama") blackened their teeth and painted their eyebrows (). This was done in the imperial household until the end of the Edo era. In the Muromachi period, "ohaguro" was generally seen among adults, though when the Sengoku period arrived, so as to prepare for


title: Ohaguro content: political marriages of convenience, when the daughters of military commanders were around 8 to 10 years old, they would blacken their teeth as a marking of their coming of age. Relatives and guardians of the bride who blackened their teeth were called "kaneoya" (鉄漿親). It is said that military commanders who were struck in the head on the battlefield and who did not want to be ugly would wear average women's makeup and would blacken their teeth. These faces imitated the Noh masks of women and young boys. After the Edo period, only men of the Imperial House of Japan


title: "Guitar Center" content: Guitar Center Guitar Center is an American music retailer chain. It is the largest company of its kind in the United States, with 269 locations. Its headquarters is in Westlake Village, California. Guitar Center oversees various subsidiaries including Music & Arts, GuitarCenter.com, LMI, Giardinelli, Musician.com, Private Reserve Guitars, Woodwind and Brasswind, Music 123, and used to own Harmony Central until its April 2015 sale to Gibson. Founded in Hollywood by Wayne Mitchell in 1959 as The Organ Center, a retailer of electronic organs for home and church use, it became a major seller of Vox electric guitars and guitar amplifiers,


title: "Guitar Center" content: changing its name to The Vox Center in 1964. Toward the end of the 1960s, Vox—whose sales derived largely from its association with The Beatles, who made extensive use of its amplifiers—fell in popularity as Marshall amplifier users Eric Clapton and others captured musicians' imaginations. Accordingly, Mitchell once again changed the name, this time to Guitar Center. The popularity of rock and roll in the 1970s allowed Mitchell to open stores in San Francisco and San Diego, as well as several suburbs of Los Angeles. Ray Scherr, previously the general manager of the San Francisco store, purchased the company from


title: "Guitar Center" content: Mitchell in the late 1970s. Scherr owned and operated it until 1996 from its Westlake Village headquarters. Although synthesizer-driven disco and new wave pop sapped rock's audience in the late 1970s, the 1980s "guitar rock" revival led by Van Halen and a concurrent influx of Japanese-produced instruments brought guitar sales to unprecedented levels. Guitar Center took full advantage of this sales bonanza, and by the end of the decade began an ambitious program of expansion across the entire United States. Using its size as leverage over the musical instrument business, it developed into the largest musical instrument retailer in the


title: "Guitar Center" content: country, and made an initial public offering of stock in 1997. In 2005, Guitar Center, Inc., started The Fender Music Foundation, a nonprofit organization that supports music education. Activision partnered with Guitar Center in 2006; all purchases made during game play of "Guitar Hero", beginning with the second installment, are made in a virtual Guitar Center store. On June 27, 2007, Guitar Center agreed to a $1.9 billion buyout from Bain Capital, totaling $2.1 billion including debt. The deal was led by Goldman Sachs and amounted to a per-share price of $63, or a 26% premium on the June 26


title: "Guitar Center" content: closing price. The deal was approved by shareholders on September 18, 2007, and closed October 9, 2007. In mid-2009 Guitar Center opened the first of its rehearsal and lessons studio facility in Woodland Hills, California. The eight studios with full backline range in size from 350-550 square feet. Guitar Center also hosts annual events such as the Drum Off, King of the Blues, contests, and artist appearances throughout the nation. In 2011, Guitar Center added equipment rentals to the store in San Diego, California. Since, Guitar Center has opened rental departments in ten other existing locations and plans to offer


title: "Guitar Center" content: rental services in various other stores across the country. In May 2013, Standard & Poor's cut its debt rating on Bain Capital-owned Guitar Center Holdings Inc to "junk bond" status, citing struggles with "weak operating trends." The corporate credit rating on the company dropped from 'B-' to 'CCC+'. In April 2014, Ares Management took a controlling stake in Guitar Center. Bain Capital, Guitar Center's former owner, retained partial ownership of the company, along with representation on the board. According to Mike Pratt, the retailer's previous chief executive, the deal will reduce Guitar Center's total debt and provide it with the


title: "Guitar Center" content: resources to expand its footprint and invest in its business. In August 2014, Guitar Center opened a new 28,000 square foot flagship location in the heart of Times Square in New York City. The grand opening included a celebratory concert featuring the band The Roots. The Guitar Center Times Square location is now the permanent home of Eric Clapton's Blackie Fender Stratocaster, which Guitar Center purchased at a Christie's Crossroads Centre auction in 2004 for $959,000. In April, 2017, Moody's Investors Services revised the outlook on Guitar Center's B2 rating to negative, meaning it could downgrade the rating further into


title: "Guitar Center" content: junk territory in the medium tern. The concern is that Guitar Center may be overwhelmed by its $1 billion debt in the face of flat sales in the musical instrument industry as a whole. First debuting in 2010, each episode of "Guitar Center Sessions" showcases exclusive live performances by noteworthy artists captured in hi-definition at Guitar Center's iconic Hollywood, CA location. Some past guests have included Linkin Park, Saint Motel, Wiz Khalifa, Billy Idol, The 1975, Sum 41, Weezer, Smashing Pumpkins, Peter Gabriel, Alanis Morissette, 311, Megadeth, Snoop Dogg, Soundgarden, Seether, The Cult, CAKE, Jakob Dylan, Blondie, Rodrigo y Gabriela,


title: "Guitar Center" content: Bush, Ben Folds Five, Korn, Joan Jett, Cheap Trick, Skylar Grey, Peter Frampton, Frank Turner, Coheed and Cambria, and Jane’s Addiction. "Guitar Center Sessions" is hosted by Nic Harcourt, and was created, developed and produced by Guitar Center exclusively on DirecTV. "Guitar Center Sessions" has won several awards, including a Lumiere Award from the International 3D Society for the episodes featuring Jane's Addiction and Peter Gabriel. To celebrate their 50th anniversary, Guitar Center asked Linkin Park to play a show on October 24, 2014; the performance first aired on DirecTV on December 5, 2014. The "At: Guitar Center" web series


title: "Guitar Center" content: (formerly "At: Guitar Center" podcast) features interviews and intimate performances with some of the biggest names in music. Some past guests have included Travis Barker, Sevendust, T-Pain, Joe Bonamassa, The Crystal Method, Buddy Guy, Daughtry, Jimmy Cliff, Meiko, Rza, Steve Vai, Joe Satriani, Brandi Carlile, and Minus the Bear, The podcasts are available on the iTunes, Zune and BlackBerry networks and on the Guitar Center website. The show is hosted by Nic Harcourt. "Connections Made by Guitar Center", a collaboration between 88.5 KCSN Los Angeles and Guitar Center, was a weekly one-hour radio program featuring fresh, new music from across


title: "Major and minor" content: as the relative major. For example, in the "A minor natural scale", the notes are A-B-C-D-E-F-G. In a harmonic minor scale, the 7th note is raised a semitone, both ascending and descending (A-B-C-D-E-F-G). In a melodic minor scale, the 6th and 7th notes ascending are raised a semitone (A-B-C-D-E-F-G), and descending, the 6th and 7th notes are natural (A-B-C-D-E-F-G). Underlying perceived musical tuning of intervals is the frequency relationship expressed as a fraction. Simple fractions can sound more harmonious than complex fractions; for instance an octave is a simple 2:1 ratio and a fifth, also concordant is the relatively simple


title: "Outrigger canoe" content: twelve paddlers using a double-hull outrigger canoe, two six-person canoes rigged together like a catamaran). Outriggers without a rudder are referred to as V1, V2, etc. (where V refers to "vaʻa"). Six-person outrigger canoes (or OC6) are among the most commonly used for sport use; single-person outrigger canoes (or OC1) are also very common. Two and four-person outrigger canoes are also sometimes used, and two six-person outrigger canoes are sometimes rigged together like a catamaran to form a twelve-person double canoe. Modern OC6 hulls and amas are commonly made from glass-reinforced plastic. However, some canoes are made of more traditional


title: "False Creek" content: ownership opportunities, recreational activities, and modes of transportation, which allows for easier mobility within the community and a more picturesque landscape to be enjoyed by residents and visitors alike. Bike paths, parks, unique three-story homes, a public market, and the intentional preservation of mountain-views, and other characteristics, distinguish the area of South False Creek as one of the earliest conscious attempts to create a more "livable" environment for Vancouverites rather than focusing on efficiency and profitability as modernists are often criticized for doing. The north shore of False Creek, on the downtown peninsula, has undergone multiple stages of development since


title: "Coca-Cola Amatil" content: is the bottler of Coca-Cola products in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and Samoa. Coca-Cola Amatil is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, however The Coca-Cola Company has a 29.37% shareholding in Coca-Cola Amatil, as it does with each of its primary or "anchor" bottlers in the worldwide Coca-Cola system. At the same time, Coca-Cola Amatil is joint owner with The Coca-Cola Company of Coca-Cola Bottling Indonesia (CCBI). The company's Australian origins date back to 1904 as the tobacco company British Tobacco (Australia). Its first foray into soft drinks came in 1964 with the purchase of Coca-Cola


title: "Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley (born 1894)" content: Edward Stanley, Lord Stanley (born 1894) Edward Montagu Cavendish Stanley, Lord Stanley, (9 July 1894 – 16 October 1938) was a British Conservative politician. The eldest son of the 17th Earl of Derby, he held minor political office before being appointed Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs in 1938, sitting in the cabinet alongside his brother Oliver Stanley. However, Stanley died only a few months after this appointment, aged 44, with his oldest son, Edward John Stanley, succeeding to the earldom in his stead. Stanley was born in Marylebone, London, the eldest son and heir apparent of Edward Stanley, 17th


title: "Wee Kim Wee" content: Wee Kim Wee Wee Kim Wee (; 4 November 1915 – 2 May 2005) was a Singaporean politician who served as the fourth President of Singapore from 1985 to 1993. Born in Singapore on November 4, 1915, Wee Kim Wee was the son of Wee Choong Lay, and his wife Chua Hay Luan. Wee Choong Lay was a ship purser but was blind when Wee Kim Wee was six years old. Wee Kim Wee lost his father when he was eight and his mother when he was nineteen. Wee received his primary education at Pearl's Hill School before enrolling in


title: "Wee Kim Wee" content: Hock Kee, six daughters, 13 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren. In 2006, Nanyang Technological University renamed its School of Communication Studies after Wee to the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information. The Centre for Cross-Cultural Studies at Singapore Management University, renamed after Wee as the Wee Kim Wee Centre. Wee Kim Wee Legacy Fund at Nanyang Technological University is named after him. Wee Kim Wee Wee Kim Wee (; 4 November 1915 – 2 May 2005) was a Singaporean politician who served as the fourth President of Singapore from 1985 to 1993. Born in Singapore on November 4, 1915,


title: "La Serena, Chile" content: Enduro Mountainbike spot are Cerro Grande just behind La Serena with several trails only for advanced to expert riders. La Serena relies on diverse means of transport to connect the downtown with the peripheral neighborhoods and Coquimbo, such as collective taxis, taxis and tourbus. In the past the city was the principal railway center for passengers' transport to travel to the interior zone of Vicuña and Ovalle Today the only railroad that even passes along some sectors of the city is the one from the mine of Iron "El Romeral", which takes the ore to Guayacán's port in Coquimbo. Also


title: "La Serena, Chile" content: of February 2007. The city of La Serena holds a wide variety of schools, lyceums and universities, concentrating great part of the academical offer in the region. Among primary and secondary education, La Serena hosts public, subsidized (owned by the State, managed by privates), and privates schools (La Serena currently holds the entirety of private schools within the Greater La Serena area). Among the universities present in La Serena are the University of La Serena, traditional university with its headquarters and four other campuses in the city; other institutions include the Universidad Central ("Central University"), Universidad Santo Tomás ("Saint Thomas


title: "Various Positions" content: Various Positions Various Positions is the seventh studio album by Leonard Cohen, released in December 1984 (and February 1985). It marked not only his turn to the modern sound and use of synthesizers (particularly on the opening track), but also, after the harmonies and backing vocals from Jennifer Warnes on the previous "Recent Songs" (1979), an even greater contribution from Warnes, who is credited equally to Cohen as vocalist on all of the tracks. After recording "Recent Songs", Cohen did not record again for five years and published no new writing until "Book of Mercy" in 1984. Asked by "Mojo"s


title: "Various Positions" content: Sylvie Simmons about this period of inactivity in 2001, the singer replied, "My children were living in the South of France and I spent a lot of time visiting them. The pieces in "Book of Mercy" were coming and I was, slowly, writing the album that ended up as "Various Positions"." Cohen did write and star in the 1983 made-for-TV musical "I Am a Hotel", which featured several of his songs in the narration. "Various Positions" was produced by John Lissauer, who had been at the helm of Cohen's 1974 album "New Skin for the Old Ceremony". The pair had


title: "Various Positions" content: not worked together or even spoken since a project called "Songs For Rebecca" had been scuttled by Cohen's manager Marty Machat to clear the way for the singer to work with Phil Spector on 1977's "Death of a Ladies' Man". In the interim, Lissauer had worked with Barbara Streisand, Manhattan Transfer, and had scored films. According to Anthony Reynolds 2010 memoir "Leonard Cohen: A Remarkable Life", the pair met at the Royalton on 44th Street in New York City so Cohen could play Lissauer his songs, and the producer was surprised: Another alteration that Lissauer noticed was the remarkable change


title: "Various Positions" content: in Cohen's singing, with his voice having dropped about a minor third. Cohen later remarked to author Paul Zollo in the book "Songwriters on Songwriting": The use of synthesisers and Cohen's "new voice" would mark the beginning of a new era in Cohen's composing style and sound. The album was recorded at Quadrasonic Sound in New York in the summer of 1983 with Leanne Ungar engineering. A small core of musicians from a group called Slow Train backed Cohen on the album. Speaking with Judith Fitzgerald of "The Globe and Mail" in 2000, Cohen cited "Various Positions" as a breakthrough


title: "Various Positions" content: of sorts: It was the first time I could really see and intuitively feel what it was I was doing, making or creating in that enterprise. After a long period of barrenness, it all just seemed to click. Suddenly, I knew these weren't discrete songs I was writing...I could see – I could sense a unity. "Various Positions" had its own life, its own narrative. It was all laid out and all of a sudden it all made sense. It was almost painfully joyful, if that makes some sense. The pulling and the putting of the pieces together coherently, the


title: Refractometry content: reference temperature of 20 degrees Celsius, which is equal to 68 degrees Fahrenheit, and considered to be room temperature. A reference wavelength of 589.3 nm (the sodium D line) is most often used. Though RI is a dimensionless quantity, it is typically reported as nD20 (or n), where the "n" represents refractive index, the "D" denotes the wavelength, and the 20 denotes the reference temperature. Therefore, the refractive index of water at 20 degrees Celsius, taken at the Sodium D Line, would be reported as 1.3330 nD20. Refractometers are frequently used by grape growers and kiwifruit growers for Brix testing


title: "Protei-5 Russian diver propulsion vehicle" content: rather than for complicated maneuvering. The Russian for "diver-carrying vehicle" is буксировщик "buksirovshchik" = "tugger". The rod sticking out of the front end was meant to carry a lamp.
 The lever on the left bow is the motor's on/off switch. There is no speed control.
 The frogman steers with the diving fins on his feet.
 Overall size: 66 centimetres (2 feet 2 inches) wide, 69 centimetres (2 feet 3 inches) high, 1.75 (5 feet 9 inches) long.
 Size of hull: 66 centimetres (2 feet 2 inches) wide, 38 centimetres (1 feet 3 inches) high, 1.45 m (4 feet 9 inches)


title: "Super Soaker" content: Super Soaker Super Soaker is a brand of recreational water gun that utilizes manually-pressurized air to shoot water with greater power, range, and accuracy than conventional squirt pistols. The Super Soaker was invented in 1982 by engineer Lonnie Johnson. The prototype combined PVC pipe, acrylic glass, and an empty plastic soda bottle. Originally sold by Larami and now produced by Hasbro under the Nerf brand, Super Soaker has generated more than $1 billion in total sales. The first Super Soaker went on sale in 1990 and was originally called the Power Drencher, or the "Shaw" because of its ability to


title: "Super Soaker" content: potentially create enough funding for his own research goals. The revenue that Lonnie received from the Super Soaker licensing provided enough money for Lonnie to create Johnson Research & Development Co., Inc. Johnson then went home and built an improved prototype and made a trip to their headquarters in Philadelphia where he made a successful sales pitch. Refinements made with Larami employee Bruce D'Andrade made its mass production feasible, and the first commercial version of the water gun appeared in stores the following year as the Power Drencher. In 1991 it achieved commercial success under its new name, Super Soaker.


title: "Super Soaker" content: other water guns. Super Soaker has made a few spring-powered water guns. They first made the Quick Blast in 2008. The Quick Blast was a triggerless gun which functioned similarly to piston pumpers, but had a spring-loaded piston inside. The Quick Blast had a firing valve, which automatically opened once a certain pressure was reached. The spring would then push the water out the nozzle. The Super Soaker Shot Blast, released in 2010, used a system near identical to the Quick Blast. However, it had different styling. In 2013, Super Soaker produced the Flash Blast. While this blaster was spring-powered,


title: "Super Soaker" content: 'Hydro Cannon', while the largest post-takeover pressure chamber (at 900ml) is found in the 2007 'HydroBlitz' blaster. The following are the original models of Super Soaker guns: The "Super Soaker CPS 2000" is a Constant Pressure System (CPS) class water gun released in 1996 by Larami. It was the first model in the CPS line, which initially included only a single blaster. Today, it is a sought-after and revered soaker by enthusiasts and members of the online community. It remains the most powerful stock water blaster sold in stores in terms of range and soakage, a title it took from


title: "Super Soaker" content: Hasbro over underpaid royalties from 2007 to 2012. Super Soaker Super Soaker is a brand of recreational water gun that utilizes manually-pressurized air to shoot water with greater power, range, and accuracy than conventional squirt pistols. The Super Soaker was invented in 1982 by engineer Lonnie Johnson. The prototype combined PVC pipe, acrylic glass, and an empty plastic soda bottle. Originally sold by Larami and now produced by Hasbro under the Nerf brand, Super Soaker has generated more than $1 billion in total sales. The first Super Soaker went on sale in 1990 and was originally called the Power Drencher,


title: "Joop Zoetemelk" content: behind sponsorship of the team, said: In 18 years as a professional (1969–1987), Zoetemelk won the Tour de France in 1980, and the Vuelta a España in 1979. While he did not win a Grand Tour until the ‘79 Vuelta, Zoetemelk was such a powerful rider that other Tour winners such as Merckx in the early 70's, Van Impe and Thevenet in the mid 70's and Hinault in the late 70's had to push themselves to such extremes to defeat Zoetemelk that on more than one occasion as many as half the riders in the Main Field would finish outside


title: "Rudi Altig" content: three lengths appeared between the two partners. There followed one of the most sensational things I have ever seen in any form of cycle racing during my 35 years' association with the sport - something which I consider as great a physical performance as a world hour record or a classic road race win. Altig was riding at 30mph at the front - and had been doing so for 15 minutes. When Anquetil lost contact, he had to ease the pace, wait for his partner to go by, push him powerfully in the back, sprint to the front again after


title: "Angel (coin)" content: cross save us, Christ Redeemer." The angel varied in value from 6 shillings 8 pence to 11 shillings between Edward's reign and the time of James I. Under Charles I, it was last coined in 1642. In 1663, Charles II replaced the existing coinage with entirely new designs struck by machine ("milled"). The standard gold coin then became the Guinea. 2016 coin value at action for US$13,000. The angel was such an iconic coin that many English pubs were named after it. The Angel Inn in Islington (after which the Angel tube station is named) was one of these. The


title: "Jacob Zuma" content: photos and parody pieces. The media outlets that came under fire were "The Star" for R 20 million, Rapport for R 10 million, Highveld Stereo for R 6 million, "The Citizen" for R 5 million, "Sunday Sun" for R 5 million, "Sunday Independent" for R 5 million, and "Sunday World" for R 5 million. Zuma appointed Former Conservative Party MP advocate Jurg Prinsloo, as well as Wycliffe Mothuloe to tackle his so-called "crucifixion by the media". Zuma said: For a period of five years my person has been subjected to all types of allegations and innuendo, paraded through the media


title: "Finch Avenue" content: Yonge Street. It is the northern terminus of the line's eastern branch and is a major regional transit hub. The Finch Bus Terminal, a hub for GO Transit, York Region Transit and Viva buses, is next to the station. Finch Avenue is served by buses of the Toronto Transit Commission 24 hours a day through regular routes (36 Finch West and 39 Finch East) and Blue Night Network routes (336 Finch West and 339 Finch East). One express route, 939 Finch Express, provide faster transit along Finch Avenue and connects to Scarborough Centre station on Line 3 Scarborough in the


title: "Barnards Green" content: direct services to Worcester, Hereford, Birmingham, Oxford and London. Several local bus services connect Barnards Green with the surrounding area including the 42, S42 operated by Astons coaches stopping in Barnards Green bus shelter. Serving areas further afield are: the Malvern to Worcester route 44, 44A, 44B operated by First Diamond serving stops at the Barnards Green bus shelter and Pound Bank; The Worcester – Upton-upon-Severn – Malvern route 362/363 operated by Diamond serves that stops at the Barnards Green bus shelter and the Malvern – Gloucester – Cheltenham route 377 (Saturdays only) operated by Diamond, stopping at the Court


title: "Common tortoise" content: Common tortoise The common tortoise ("Testudo graeca"), also known commonly as the Greek tortoise, or the spur-thighed tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. "Testudo graeca" is one of five species of Mediterranean tortoises (genera "Testudo" and "Agrionemys"). The other four species are Hermann's tortoise ("Testudo hermanni" ), the Egyptian tortoise ("Testudo kleinmanni" ), the marginated tortoise ("Testudo marginata"), and the Russian tortoise ("Agrionemys horsfieldii" ). The common tortoise is a very long-lived animal, achieving a lifespan of upwards of 125 years, with some unverified reports of up to 200 years. The common tortoise's geographic range includes


title: "Common tortoise" content: having a lack of nutrients that the tortoise needs to survive. Common tortoise The common tortoise ("Testudo graeca"), also known commonly as the Greek tortoise, or the spur-thighed tortoise, is a species of tortoise in the family Testudinidae. "Testudo graeca" is one of five species of Mediterranean tortoises (genera "Testudo" and "Agrionemys"). The other four species are Hermann's tortoise ("Testudo hermanni" ), the Egyptian tortoise ("Testudo kleinmanni" ), the marginated tortoise ("Testudo marginata"), and the Russian tortoise ("Agrionemys horsfieldii" ). The common tortoise is a very long-lived animal, achieving a lifespan of upwards of 125 years, with some unverified reports


title: "Rotary snowplow" content: Rotary snowplow A rotary snowplow is a piece of railroad snow removal equipment with a large circular set of blades on its front end that rotate to cut through the snow on the track ahead of it. The precursor to the rotary snowplow was the wedge snowplow. The rotary was invented in Toronto, Canada, by dentist J.W. Elliot in 1869. He never built a working model or prototype, although he wanted to. Orange Jull of Orangeville, Ontario, expanded on Elliot's design, building working models he tested with sand. During the winter of 1883–1884, Jull contracted with the Leslie Brothers of


title: "Rotary snowplow" content: Innovations" category with "National" significance. Southern Pacific rotary snowplow MW208 is preserved in operational condition at the Western Pacific Railroad Museum at Portola, California. This rotary was involved in the rescue of the "City of San Francisco" train in 1952. The Lake Superior Railroad Museum in Duluth, Minnesota and the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri each have one on display. The Rotary Snowplow Park in Breckenridge, Colorado has a 1901 snowplow used originally for the White Pass and Yukon Route in Alaska. The Northern Pacific Rotary 10 steam snowplow built in November, 1907 is owned by the Northwest


title: "Rotary snowplow" content: Railway Museum and is on display in Snoqualmie, Washington. Rhaetian Railway still have one of their rotary snowplows in operating condition. It is mainly used on show runs for photographers, but when there is heavy snow it is still used to clear the Bernina line. Union Pacific Railroad's UP 900860 rotary snowplow rests at Union Station in Ogden, Utah. The snowplow is not in working condition. Unit number 900081 is displayed at the Museum of Transportation in St. Louis, Missouri. Unit # 900075 is displayed at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. Unit # 900076 and Unit # 900083


title: "Rotary snowplow" content: are on display at Maxwell Siding In Hermiston, Oregon. Unit # 900083 is one of four steam powered rotary Snow Plows Built after World War II 900083 is the only one left in existence. The Henschel rotary steam snowplow ÖBB 986.101 is preserved nonoperational at the Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin in Germany. It was built in 1943. Long Island Railroad steam rotary #193 {Cooke Locomotive and Machine Works, 1898}, purported to be the last surviving steam rotary plow ever used East of the Mississippi River, is displayed at Steamtown National Historic Site in Scranton, PA. Alaska Railroad rotary snowplow #4, built


title: "Rotary snowplow" content: by Alco, is displayed at the Potter Section House State Historic Site south of Anchorage. Rotary snowplow A rotary snowplow is a piece of railroad snow removal equipment with a large circular set of blades on its front end that rotate to cut through the snow on the track ahead of it. The precursor to the rotary snowplow was the wedge snowplow. The rotary was invented in Toronto, Canada, by dentist J.W. Elliot in 1869. He never built a working model or prototype, although he wanted to. Orange Jull of Orangeville, Ontario, expanded on Elliot's design, building working models he


title: Rivethead content: as Lupus Yonderboy of the Panther Moderns and Razorgirl from the cyberpunk literature (characters from the Sprawl trilogy by William Gibson). Below some basic characteristics of the rivethead dress style. As a divergence from the extravagance of youth cultures such as New Romantic, goth, cyber, and steampunk, the idea is to make a statement with as few fashion components as possible. The rivethead look commonly is unadorned and epitomizes a direct reflection of the social environment ("street survival wear"). Rivetgirls may dress along with the "femme fatale" look: sexuality as power. Common are fetish wear, such as black PVC and


title: "Hermann's tortoise" content: Hermann's tortoise Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni ) is one of five tortoise species traditionally placed in the genus "Testudo", the others being the marginated tortoise ("T. marginata"), Greek tortoise ("T. graeca", or common tortoise), Russian tortoise ("T. horsfieldii" ), and Kleinmann's tortoise ("T. kleinmanni", or Egyptian tortoise). Two subspecies are known: the western Hermann's tortoise ("T. h. hermanni" ) and the eastern Hermann's tortoise ("T. h. boettgeri" ). Sometimes mentioned as a subspecies, "T. h. peleponnesica" is not yet confirmed to be genetically different from "T. h. boettgeri". The specific epithet, "hermanni", honors French naturalist Johann Hermann. The subspecific name,


title: "Hermann's tortoise" content: may sleep four to five months at a time. Hermann's tortoises can mate at any time of the year. Females dig flask-shaped holes to lay their eggs in, and eggs take 90–120 days to hatch. The sex of the hatchlings is determined by the incubation temperature. Hermann's tortoise Hermann's tortoise (Testudo hermanni ) is one of five tortoise species traditionally placed in the genus "Testudo", the others being the marginated tortoise ("T. marginata"), Greek tortoise ("T. graeca", or common tortoise), Russian tortoise ("T. horsfieldii" ), and Kleinmann's tortoise ("T. kleinmanni", or Egyptian tortoise). Two subspecies are known: the western Hermann's


title: "Media Watch (TV program)" content: Media Watch (TV program) Media Watch is an Australian media analysis television program currently presented by Paul Barry for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The program focuses on critiquing the Australian media. It played a key role in revealing the unethical behaviour of radio talkback hosts, which became known as the "cash for comment affair" and was the subject of an investigation by the Australian Broadcasting Authority. "Media Watch" is a 15-minute program which identifies, investigates and examines instances of what the program determines to be failings in news coverage by Australian media outlets. The series features a single host speaking


title: "Media Watch (TV program)" content: own web forum for a "few minutes" until removed. The ABC later launched an internal inquiry into "Media Watch"'s reliance on IslamicSydney, "an Islamic website that peddle[s] anti-Semitic and jihadi messages", for this story. Media Watch (TV program) Media Watch is an Australian media analysis television program currently presented by Paul Barry for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. The program focuses on critiquing the Australian media. It played a key role in revealing the unethical behaviour of radio talkback hosts, which became known as the "cash for comment affair" and was the subject of an investigation by the Australian Broadcasting Authority.


title: "Foggy Nelson" content: helps him study. When Matt begins dating Elektra Natchios, Foggy disapproves, because he thinks she is dangerous. After Elektra leaves the university, Matt and Foggy transfer to Harvard Law School. After graduating, Matt and Foggy open up a private law practice. They hire a secretary, Karen Page, with whom both Matt and Foggy fall in love. Foggy soon realizes that Karen is in love with Matt, and sees him as only a friend, dealing a heavy wound to his ego. He's approached by Abner Jonas to be a third-party candidate for district attorney, and in a party given by Jonas,


title: "Foggy Nelson" content: investigate, each on his own side. Foggy is made a prisoner by the Exterminator and Daredevil comes to the rescue. A fight ensues and there's an explosion, after which Foggy finds some rags of the DD uniform: it is then assumed that "Mike Murdock" has died. Debbie returns from the Time Continuum and she and Foggy resume their happy relationship. There's a schism between Matt and Foggy, as due to Matt's troubled relationship with Karen, and his own troubles as Daredevil, he doesn't help Foggy in his campaign. Foggy feels abandoned and Matt isn't able to explain without revealing his


title: "Foggy Nelson" content: Tower (and a slurring campaign against him by Jester, who had earlier failed to coerce Foggy into ending his campaign for district attorney), Foggy resumes his career as counselor, again with Matt, in a free clinic called "The Storefront". Becky Blake, a law student, is later hired to work as the firm's secretary. Foggy proposes to Debbie, and they are married. Elektra is hired by the Kingpin to assassinate Foggy. However, upon confronting Foggy, he recognizes her as "Matt's girl". Unable to kill Foggy after this, Elektra abandons her assignment, which leads to her death at the hands of Bullseye.


title: "Foggy Nelson" content: affair (which Foggy can't remember clearly as he was drugged by Mysterio). Liz visits Foggy in prison, where he Foggy confesses to cheating on her, and she leaves him. After the machinations by Mysterio are disclosed, Foggy is set free, but he feels bad about having failed Liz, and doesn't attempt to resume the relationship. Sharpe fires Foggy, as she doesn't want the murder affair to bring bad publicity to the firm. When Matt Murdock starts preparing Foggy's defense, she orders him to stand down, resulting in Matt quitting the firm out of disgust. Foggy personally counsels superheroes on diverse


title: "Kraft Singles" content: in 1992 that ordered Kraft to stop making false claims in its advertising. In Australia, the Kraft branding was retired in 2017. Kraft's successor company in Australia, Mondelez, sold their cheese products line to Bega Cheese, but retained rights to the Kraft name. Bega switched the name of their sliced cheese product from "Kraft Singles" to "Dairylea Slices", as Bega acquired the rights to the Dairylea brand in Australia in the deal. The "Kraft Singles" name could return in the future, as Kraft Heinz will assume the trademark from Mondelez at the beginning of 2018. Kraft Singles Kraft Singles is


title: "Chicago and North Western Transportation Company" content: the "Ashland Limited", "Duluth-Superior Limited", and the "North Western Limited" CNW eventually renamed the first "400" to the "Twin Cities 400" as the CNW labeled almost all of its passenger trains with variations of the "400" moniker, including the "Flambeau 400", "Rochester 400", "Valley "400"", "Shoreland "400"", "Dakota 400" and the "Kate Shelley 400". CNW ceased running the "Twin Cities 400" in 1963, and all intercity passenger service on CNW ended with the formation of Amtrak in 1971. Amtrak bought a dozen of C&NW's bilevel railcars and painted them into Phase III paint. They are not in use today. In


title: "Piriformis syndrome" content: and whether or not occupational groups or general population are surveyed. This causes a lack of group harmony about the diagnosis and treatment of PS, affecting its epidemiology. In a study, 0.33% of 1293 patients with low back pain cited an incident for PS. A separate study showed 6% of 750 patients with the same incidence. About 6% - 8% of low back pain occurrences were attributed to PS, though other reports concluded about 5% - 36%. In a survey conducted on the general population, 12.2% - 27% included a lifetime occurrence of PS, while 2.2% - 19.5% showed an


title: "Tuluá" content: a major center of salsa dancing. The Tuluá River runs through Tuluá's urban area. The city is located 269 miles from Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, 63 miles northeast of Cali and 108 miles from the important harbor city of Buenaventura, which lies on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. Although it has a relatively small urban area, Tuluá's metropolitan area is comparatively big. The city lies between the two westernmost cordilleras of Colombia, about 50 miles east of Buenaventura. Located just three degrees north of the equator, the weather in Tuluá is very tropical, with hot, sunny days punctuated


title: "Tuluá" content: by intense storms. Temperatures average 28 degrees Celsius and above. However, the nights are cool. Thanks to the diverse climate, a lot of different vegetables and fruit can be grown in Tuluá. Crime is a big problem in Tuluá. According to press reports there have been several massacres in the city in 2010 and 2011, with gunmen using automatic rifles to fire indiscriminately at crowds of people. The surge in murders is allegedly due to rivaling paramilitary gangs Los Urabeños and Los Rastrojos fighting for control of the city's lucrative drug trade. The University of Valle has a branch campus


title: "Sill (geology)" content: Sill (geology) In geology, a sill is a tabular sheet intrusion that has intruded between older layers of sedimentary rock, beds of volcanic lava or tuff, or along the direction of foliation in metamorphic rock. A "sill" is a "concordant intrusive sheet", meaning that a sill does not cut across preexisting rock beds. Stacking of sills builds a sill complex and a large magma chamber at high magma flux. In contrast, a dike is a discordant intrusive sheet, which does cut across older rocks. Sills are fed by dikes, except in unusual locations where they form in nearly vertical beds


title: "Sill (geology)" content: part transgressive. Sill (geology) In geology, a sill is a tabular sheet intrusion that has intruded between older layers of sedimentary rock, beds of volcanic lava or tuff, or along the direction of foliation in metamorphic rock. A "sill" is a "concordant intrusive sheet", meaning that a sill does not cut across preexisting rock beds. Stacking of sills builds a sill complex and a large magma chamber at high magma flux. In contrast, a dike is a discordant intrusive sheet, which does cut across older rocks. Sills are fed by dikes, except in unusual locations where they form in nearly


title: Longfield content: Dartford Rural District. The Local Government Act 1972 made the village part of the Sevenoaks district of Kent in 1974. It was transferred to the borough of Dartford in 1987. Dr Howard Stoate (Labour), who had been the MP since 1997, decided not to stand again as a candidate at the 2010 general election. His successor candidate was defeated by Gareth Johnson (Conservative) at that election. The village has a shopping area consisting of a local baker and butcher, two local supermarkets, a post office, chemist, estate agents, hair-dressers, an antiques shop, various restaurants and take-aways, a pet supply store,


title: "Serene Highness" content: literally, as "His/Her "Most" Serene Highness". In the Republic of Venice, also called "the Serene Republic", the Doge was known as "Serenissimus" ("Most Serene") as was the Duke of Mantua. Children of the Savoy kings and crown princes of Italy were entitled to the treatment of "Royal Highness", but more remote male-line descendants were "Serene Highnesses" by right (although often the style of "Royal Highness" was granted to them "ad personam", e.g., the Dukes of Aosta or the Dukes of Genoa). The mediatised House of Thurn and Taxis, entitled to the "Serene Highness" treatment in the German Empire, has a


title: "Serene Highness" content: non-dynastic cadet branch, the Dukes di Castel Duino, which obtained naturalization in Italy in 1923. When incorporated into the Italian nobility, their use of the "Serene Highness" style was authorised by the Crown. San Marino is styled as the Most Serene Republic. In the First Republic of Poland (1569-1795), also called "the Most Serene Republic of Poland" ("Najjaśniejsza Rzeczpospolita Polska"), His/Her "Serene Reigning Majesty" (SRM) was a style used by the reigning monarchs. After 1886, great-grandchildren of Russian emperors in the male-line, and their descendants, were princes or princesses, and accorded the treatment of "Serene Highness". The exception was the


title: "Serene Highness" content: treatment of "Serene Highness" until 1640, when they mounted the Portuguese throne, thereby becoming entitled to the style of "Royal Highness", however the infantes not in direct line for the throne of Portugal were titled as "His/Her Highness, the Serene Infante(a)". From 1853 to 1855 the president of Mexico, Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, enjoyed the official style of "Most Serene Highness", a treatment unique in that country. Agustin I de Mexico gave that title to several members of his family. In 1807 Manuel de Godoy, Prince de la Paz, was accorded the style of "Most Serene Highness", a treatment


title: "Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton" content: his time between London and Cedar Rapids in Iowa. The couple remained married until his death. Lord Acton was succeeded by his son from his first marriage and only child John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 5th Baron Acton. Richard Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton Richard Gerald Lyon-Dalberg-Acton, 4th Baron Acton, Baron Acton of Bridgnorth (30 July 1941 – 10 October 2010) was a British Labour Party politician and aristocrat. The oldest son of John Lyon-Dalberg-Acton and Daphne Strutt, daughter of Robert Strutt, 4th Baron Rayleigh, he was educated at St George's College in Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) and at Trinity College, Oxford,


title: "Pedigree collapse" content: half-siblings procreate, their children have three grandparents instead of four (25%). If a child and parent were to procreate, their offspring would have four grandparents; so, procreation between parents and children would result in less pedigree collapse than procreation between full siblings – although one of the grandparents would also be a parent and therefore introduce no additional genes. If a person procreates with a full sibling of one of their parents (as with the uncle-niece marriages mentioned above), the offspring have four different persons as grandparents, and eight great-grandparents, but again some of these contribute no additional genes (see


title: "Personal foul (basketball)" content: contact, referees often do not feel a foul is justified but resolve the situation by simply awarding possession of the ball to the other team. The "reach-in foul" is a misnomer. Reaching toward a player is not a foul, though physical contact may be a foul. The official scorer records the foul in two counts of fouls on the scoresheet: On a foul committed by the defense (and on a loose-ball foul when neither team is in possession of the ball), if the team committing the foul is in the penalty situation or the fouled player was in the act


title: Orangery content: Orangery An orangery or orangerie was a room or a dedicated building on the grounds of fashionable residences from the 17th to the 19th centuries where orange and other fruit trees were protected during the winter, as a very large form of greenhouse or conservatory. The orangery provided a luxurious extension of the normal range and season of woody plants, extending the protection which had long been afforded by the warmth offered from a masonry fruit wall. A century after the use for orange and lime trees had been established, other varieties of tender plants, shrubs and exotic plants also


title: "Strata title" content: must be separate from the body corporate general operating fund. However, a body corporate can elect not to have a Long Term Maintenance Fund. Disputes under the Unit Titles Act are heard in the Tenancy Tribunal. [3. http://www.theOCguide.com.au Australia] The difference between Strata Title, a Strata Scheme & a Strata Plan Strata title Strata title is a form of ownership devised for multi-level apartment blocks and horizontal subdivisions with shared areas. The 'strata' part of the term refers to apartments being on different levels, or "strata". Strata title was first introduced in 1961 in the state of New South Wales,


title: Checkwriter content: drawer. §3-103(a)(3) specifies that A check writer (also known as a "ribbon writer", "check signer", "check protector" or "check embosser"), is a physical device for protecting a check from unauthorized alteration of either the amount or the authorizing signature. Devices of this type that use various technologies are also known as check protectors, check punches, and check perforators. A check punch punches holes in the shapes of numerals. A check perforator punches small round holes that form numerals. A check writer, or ribbon writer, leaves a numerical or written value impression in the payment amount field of a check that


title: "Afro-Cuban jazz" content: are not many classic Afro-Cuban jazz albums, this is regarded by Tony Wilds of Allmusic as "essential". Other important albums: Afro-Cuban jazz Afro-Cuban jazz is the earliest form of Latin jazz. It mixes Afro-Cuban clave-based rhythms with jazz harmonies and techniques of improvisation. Afro-Cuban jazz first emerged in the early 1940s with the Cuban musicians Mario Bauzá and Frank Grillo "Machito" in the band Machito and his Afro-Cubans, based in New York City. In 1947, the collaborations of bebop innovator Dizzy Gillespie with Cuban percussionist Chano Pozo brought Afro-Cuban rhythms and instruments, most notably the tumbadora and the bongo, into


title: "Vladimir Bekhterev" content: short, dry hand’. The day after, Bekhterev suddenly died, causing speculation that he was poisoned by Stalin as revenge for the diagnosis. Moreover, after Bekhterev's death, Stalin had Bekhterev's name and all of his works removed from Soviet textbooks. Vladimir Bekhterev contributions to science and specifically psychology were impressive. Bekhterev was a huge force in the science of neurology; greatly enhancing our knowledge on how the brain works as well as the parts of the brain. For instance, his research on the hippocampus allowed for the understanding of one of the most central portions of the brain vital to our


title: Acrocanthosaurus content: third digit would twist inwards. The first digit of the hand bore the largest claw, which was permanently flexed so that it curved back towards the underside of the hand. Likewise, the middle claw may have been permanently flexed, while the third claw, also the smallest, was able to both flex and extend. After determining the ranges of motion in the joints of the forelimb, the study went on to hypothesize about the predatory habits of "Acrocanthosaurus". The forelimbs could not swing forward very far, unable even to scratch the animal's own neck. Therefore, they were not likely to have


title: "Star Trek expanded universe" content: of "Star Trek" canon. Then, from the end of the first season of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" on May 16, 1988 (when all licenses for "Star Trek" spin-off fiction were renegotiated) up to June 27, 2007, "TAS" was "decanonized". However, on June 27, 2007, "Star Trek"s official website incorporated information from "TAS" into its library, recanonizing it. Star Trek expanded universe The "Star Trek" expanded universe is an unofficial, fan-created term to describe an extrapolation of events which occur in the "Star Trek" Universe outside the scope of the television series and feature films. Information from the "Star Trek"


title: "Ford Model T engine" content: Ford Model T engine The Ford Model T used a inline 4-cylinder engine. It was primarily a gasoline engine. It produced for a top speed of . It was built in-unit with the Model T's novel transmission (a planetary design), sharing the same lubricating oil. The T engine was known for its simplicity, reliability, and economy. The engine remained in production for many years, and millions of units were produced. The engine design's lifespan exceeded that of the Model T vehicle itself, with industrial, marine, and military applications extending its production run. The T engine is on the Ward's 10


title: "Ford Model T engine" content: September 27, 1908, through August 4, 1941, exactly 12,000 days. This makes it one of the longest engines in series production, especially considering that the specifications remained mostly unchanged for this entire duration. Its production run for the U.S. consumer market for passenger cars and pickups was shorter, being the 19 years' production run of the Model T itself for that market (1908 to 1927). But the engine continued to be produced and sold to various consumer, industrial, military, and marine markets throughout the world until 1941. Ford Model T engine The Ford Model T used a inline 4-cylinder engine.


title: "Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma" content: Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation is a Japanese pharmaceuticals company, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corporation. was formed in 2001 from the merger of Mitsubishi-Tokyo Pharmaceuticals and Welfide Corporation. On October 1, 2007 Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd. merged with Mitsubishi Pharma to form Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma. Mitsubishi Tanaba Pharma is a member of the Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFJ) keiretsu. Takeda Kasei Co., Ltd. was established in 1940 by Chobei Takeda & Co., Ltd. (present-day Takeda Pharmaceutical Company) and Nippon Kasei Chemical Co. Ltd. (present-day Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation) and built its first plant in Higashi-Yoshitomi-mura, Fukuoka Prefecture.


title: "Boer goat" content: more Boer. Common crosses are Boer x Spanish goat, Boer x Angora goat, Boer x Kiko goat, Boer x Nubian goat, Boer x Sirohi, Boer x Osmanabadi, and Boer x Jamnapari goat. An effort to crossbreed with the Malabari goat has been controversial. Percentage Boer goats are very common in commercial meat herds, and with those just starting out in the Boer goat business due to ease of acquisition and affordability. Over time, percentage animals can be bred up to American purebred status. An American purebred is a Boer goat of 15/16ths Boer blood (F4) for does and 31/32nds blood


title: "Police Academy 2: Their First Assignment" content: with Kirkland, where they stay out late dancing. They profess their love for each other and they make love (after removing their numerous concealed weapons first before). Captain Lassard goes to see his brother Eric at a Japanese steakhouse and Eric comes up with an idea to hold a fair. On the night of the fair though, Zed's men trash the place. Lassard is out of a job the next day, while Mauser is promoted to captain. His first act is to remove Mahoney and Schtulman, who is quick to object to Mahoney's dismissal. Mahoney, Schtulman, and Lassard get together


title: "Paroo River" content: only reaches the Darling River in the wettest of years, otherwise spilling into the Paroo River Wetlands. The river is joined by forty-three minor tributaries; as it descends over its course. The Paroo River is the last remaining free-flowing river in the northern part of the Murray-Darling basin; and is impounded by the natural formation of the Buckenby Waterhole, Humeburn Waterhole, Corni Paroo Waterhole, Caiwarro Waterhole, Thoulcanna Dam, Talyealye Billabong and Budtha Waterhole. The Paroo River wetlands in north-western New South Wales are important for threatened species such as the freckled duck and the Australian painted snipe. They lie within


title: "Beijing This Month" content: Beijing This Month Beijing This Month (BTM) is a free monthly English language magazine, published in Beijing by the Beijing Foreign Cultural Exchanges Centre in association with the Beijing City Government. The magazine's first issue appeared in 1994. Non-audited, self-reported circulation of 70,000 copies per month, the magazine can be found at Beijing hotels, office buildings, and cultural sites, indeed anywhere with large numbers of tourists, including Beijing Capital International Airport. Advertising is primarily of hotels, shows, and restaurants in central Beijing. BTM primarily focuses on tourism and the promotion of Beijing. Being an arm of the Beijing Government, unusual


title: "Nice. (Puffy AmiYumi album)" content: cover art for the American version of the album is a homage to John Lennon and Yoko Ono's "bed-In" peace protests held in 1969. The songs "Planet Tokyo" and "K2G (Kimi Ni Go!)" are featured in the "Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi World Tour Game" and "Teen Titans". Puffy AmiYumi Additional personnel Nice. (Puffy AmiYumi album) Nice. is an album by Japanese pop group PUFFY, released in 2003 it is their third North American album. The US release featured a few track changes: "Atarashii hibi" and "Tomodachi" were replaced with "Urei", "Teen Titans Theme" and "Planet Tokyo", an English song with


title: "Thermal cycler" content: of water from the reaction mixtures on the insides of the lids. Traditionally, a layer of mineral oil was used for this purpose. Some thermal cyclers are equipped with a fully adjustable heated lid to allow for nonstandard or diverse types of PCR plasticware. Some thermal cyclers are equipped with multiple blocks allowing several different PCR reactions to be carried out simultaneously. Some models also have a "gradient" function to allow for different temperatures in different parts of the block. This is particularly useful when testing suitable annealing temperatures for PCR primers. Thermal cycler The thermal cycler (also known as


title: "Blue Nun" content: number of running jokes in the series. Jeremy Clarkson offered samples of Blue Nun to Germans on his mini series "" (series 1, episode 3.) Clarkson pressed them, demanded answers as to why Germany would produce this terrible wine only for export, and subject the rest of the world to it. All but one of the people interviewed were repulsed by the taste. Blue Nun is mentioned in the film While You Were Sleeping, when a character asks his father if he "give that bottle of Blue Nun you got" to his probation officer. Blue Nun Blue Nun is a


title: "Trump Entertainment Resorts" content: Mark Grossinger Etess, the president and chief operating officer of the Taj Mahal, and Trump Plaza executive vice president Jonathan Benanav. In 1995, Trump established Trump Hotels and Casino Resorts (THCR) as a publicly traded company, granting it ownership of the Trump Plaza and the under-development Trump Casino in Gary, Indiana. The following year, THCR bought the Trump Taj Mahal at a valuation of $890 million, and bought the Trump Castle from Trump for $486 million (including $355 million in assumed debt). In 1996, the company opened Trump World's Fair, a casino adjunct to the Trump Plaza. The World's Fair


title: Monogram content: own right and instantly recognizable to many, such as J.R.R. Tolkien's monogram. Some companies and organizations adopt a monogram for a logo, usually with the letters of their acronym. For example, as well as having an official seal, and the Texas Longhorns logo, the University of Texas at Austin uses a "UT" monogram (in the same color as the Longhorns logo, burnt orange). The New York Yankees baseball team also uses a monogram on their ball cap insignia. The Consolidated Edison logo, with a rounded "E" nested inside a "C," has been described as a "classic emblem." Many fashion companies


title: "Math League" content: Math League Math League is a Math competition for elementary, middle, and high school students in the United States, Canada, and other countries. The Math League was founded in 1977 by two high school mathematics teachers, Steven R. Conrad and Daniel Flegler. Math Leagues, Inc. publishes old contests through a series of books entitled "Math League Press". The purpose of the Math League Contests is to provide students "an enriching opportunity to participate in an academically-oriented activity" and to let students "gain recognition for mathematical achievement". Math League runs three contest formats: Only plain paper, pencil or pen, and a


title: "Greyhound adoption" content: However, most Greyhounds are quick learners. They tend to be out-going, happy and sociable with people and seem to relish human contact, even following owners from room to room at home (known colloquially as being a "Velcro dog"). Some Greyhounds are more timid and can for a time have difficulty coping with new people or situations. A period of rehabilitation and a dedicated owner usually helps nervous "Retired Racers" become more confident. A few people also report that they have known "Greys" who at first fear other dog breeds until sufficiently exposed. As the lure used to train greyhounds for


title: "Turkish Naval Forces" content: on 15 August 1949 led to the foundation of the Turkish Naval Forces Command ("Deniz Kuvvetleri Komutanlığı".) After Turkey joined NATO on 18 February 1952, the Turkish Naval Forces were integrated into the organizational branches of the alliance. In 1961, the Turkish Naval Forces Command was organized into four main subordinate commands: The "Turkish Fleet Command", the "Turkish Northern Sea Area Command", the "Turkish Southern Sea Area Command" and the "Turkish Naval Training Command". In 1995, the "Turkish Naval Training Command" was renamed as the "Turkish Naval Training and Education Command." The Turkish Navy maintains several marine and special operations


title: "Dump truck" content: Dump truck A dump truck, known also as a dumper truck or tipper truck is used for transporting loose material (such as sand, gravel, or demolition waste) for construction. A typical dump truck is equipped with an open-box bed, which is hinged at the rear and equipped with hydraulic rams to lift the front, allowing the material in the bed to be deposited ("dumped") on the ground behind the truck at the site of delivery. In the UK, Australia and India the term applies to off-road construction plant only, and the road vehicle is known as a tipper lorry (UK,


title: "Dump truck" content: India), tip-truck, tip-trailer, tipper truck, or tipper (Australia and New Zealand). The dump truck is thought to have been first conceived in the farms of late 19th century western Europe. Thornycroft developed a steam dust-cart in 1896 with a tipper mechanism. The first motorized dump trucks in the United States were developed by small equipment companies such as The Fruehauf Trailer Corporation, Galion Buggy Co. and Lauth-Juergens among many others around 1910. Hydraulic dump beds were introduced by Wood Hoist Co. shortly after. Such companies flourished during World War I due to massive wartime demand. August Fruehauf had obtained military


title: "Dump truck" content: contracts for his semi-trailer, invented in 1914 and later created the partner vehicle, the semi-truck for use in World War I. After the war, Fruehauf introduced hydraulics in his trailers. They offered hydraulic lift gates, hydraulic winches and a dump trailer for sales in the early 1920s. Fruehauf became the premier supplier of dump trailers and their famed "bathtub dump" was considered to be the best by heavy haulers, road and mining construction firms. Companies like Galion Buggy Co. continued to grow after the war by manufacturing a number of express bodies and some smaller dump bodies that could be


title: "Dump truck" content: easily installed on either stock or converted (heavy-duty suspension and drivetrain) Model T chassis prior to 1920. Galion and Wood Mfg. Co. built all of the dump bodies offered by Ford on their heavy-duty AA and BB chassis during the 1930s. Galion (now Galion Godwin Truck Body Co.) is the oldest known truck body manufacturer still in operation today. The first known Canadian dump truck was developed in Saint John, New Brunswick when Robert T. Mawhinney attached a dump box to a flat bed truck in 1920. The lifting device was a winch attached to a cable that fed over


title: "Dump truck" content: sheave (pulley) mounted on a mast behind the cab. The cable was connected to the lower front end of the wooden dump box which was attached by a pivot at the back of the truck frame. The operator turned a crank to raise and lower the box. The first dump bed apparatus on a wheeled vehicle patented in Canada Today, virtually all dump trucks operate by hydraulics and they come in a variety of configurations each designed to accomplish a specific task in the construction material supply chain. A "standard dump truck" is a truck chassis with a dump body


title: "Dump truck" content: mounted to the frame. The bed is raised by a vertical hydraulic ram mounted under the front of the body, or a horizontal hydraulic ram and lever arrangement between the frame rails, and the back of the bed is hinged at the back of the truck. The tailgate can be configured to swing up on top hinges (and sometimes also to fold down on lower hinges) or it can be configured in the "High Lift Tailgate" format wherein pneumatic rams lift the gate open and up above the dump body. In the United States most standard dump trucks have one


title: "Dump truck" content: front steering axle and one (4x2 "4-wheeler")) or two (6x4 "6-wheeler") rear axles which typically have dual wheels on each side. Tandem rear axles are almost always powered, front steering axles are also sometimes powered (4x4, 6x6). Unpowered axles are sometimes used to support extra weight. Most unpowered rear axles can be raised off the ground to minimize wear when the truck is empty or lightly loaded, and are commonly called "lift axles". European Union heavy trucks often have two steering axles. Dump truck configurations are 2, 3 and 4 axles. The 4-axle "eight wheeler" has two steering axles at


title: "Dump truck" content: the front and two powered axles at the rear and is limited to gross weight in most EU countries. The largest of the standard European dump trucks is commonly called a "centipede" and has seven axles. The front axle is the steering axle, the rear two axles are powered, and the remaining four are lift axles. The shorter wheelbase of a standard dump truck often makes it more maneuverable than the higher capacity semi-trailer dump trucks. A "semi end dump" is a tractor-trailer combination wherein the trailer itself contains the hydraulic hoist. In the US a typical semi end dump


title: "Dump truck" content: has a 3-axle tractor pulling a 2-axle trailer with dual tires, in the EU trailers often have 3 axles and single tires. The key advantage of a semi end dump is a large payload. A key disadvantage is that they are very unstable when raised in the dumping position limiting their use in many applications where the dumping location is uneven or off level. A "transfer dump" is a standard dump truck pulling a separate trailer with a movable cargo container, which can also be loaded with construction aggregate — gravel, sand, asphalt, klinkers, snow, wood chips, triple mix, etc.


title: "Dump truck" content: axle toggles up off the road surface on two hydraulic arms to clear the rear of the vehicle. Truck owners call their trailing axle-equipped trucks Superdumps because they far exceed the payload, productivity, and return on investment of a conventional dump truck. The Superdump and trailing axle concept was developed by Strong Industries of Houston, Texas. A semi bottom dump or belly dump is a 3-axle tractor pulling a 2-axle trailer with a clam shell type dump gate in the belly of the trailer. The key advantage of a semi bottom dump is its ability to lay material in a


title: "Dump truck" content: slide, or even to tip over. The live bottom trailer is an approach to eliminate this danger. Because of their size and the difficulty of maintaining visual contact with on-foot workers, dump trucks can be a threat, especially when backing up. Mirrors and back-up alarms provide some level of protection, and having a spotter working with the driver also decreases back-up injuries and fatalities. Dump truck A dump truck, known also as a dumper truck or tipper truck is used for transporting loose material (such as sand, gravel, or demolition waste) for construction. A typical dump truck is equipped with


title: "June Brown" content: 2013. In May 2015, Brown revealed that her eyesight is failing due to macular degeneration but claims she cannot afford to retire, adding that she has prayed that her eyesight will return. Later, in 2016, a storyline for Dot where her eyesight was deteriorating was introduced. On 30 January 2016, it was reported that Brown had signed a £300,000 contract to stay on "EastEnders" until she is 90 years old in 2017. Brown renewed her contract in April 2018 to stay in "EastEnders" until 2019. Brown has also been active in British theatre. In 1959, she played the role of


title: "Spruce beer" content: as "bière d'épinette", spruce beer may refer to either an artificially flavored non-alcoholic carbonated soft drink, or to genuine spruce beer. The latter is now made only by a few microbreweries. Spruce beer Spruce beer is a beverage flavored with the buds, needles, or essence of spruce trees. "Spruce beer" can refer to either alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages. A number of flavors are associated with spruce-flavored beverages, ranging from floral, citrusy, and fruity, to cola-like flavors to resinous and piney. This diversity in flavor likely comes from the choice of spruce species, the season in which the needles are harvested,


title: "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" content: for the line "You don't tug on Superman's cape/You don't spit into the wind/You don't pull the mask off that ol' Lone Ranger/And you don't mess around with Jim." However, after the song ends with Jim being thoroughly thrashed by his victim ("he'd been cut 'n 'bout a hundred places/ and he'd been shot in a couple more"), the chorus now sings about how "You don't mess around with Slim." The song "You Don't Mess Around with Jim" has been covered by Ty Herndon on "What Mattered Most", Josh Turner on "Long Black Train", and Donna Fargo on "My Second


title: "Tony La Russa" content: in the Outfield". The La Russas also made an appearance in an episode of "Housecat Housecall", a reality show on Animal Planet presented by Purina Cat Chow, during the show's third season, which began on June 5, 2010. In 1980, La Russa appeared as a contestant on the game show "To Tell The Truth", and helped fool the celebrity panel. In June 2010, La Russa was asked about a tea party protest taking place during his game against the Arizona Diamondbacks that criticized the Diamondbacks' position against the controversial new Arizona immigration statute. La Russa expressed support for the Tea


title: "Chuck Meriwether" content: umpired in the 2003 National League Championship Series and 2006 American League Championship Series, and in eight Division Series (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, and 2009). He was the third base umpire for the single-game playoff to decide the National League's 2007 wild card team. He was also the third base umpire for David Cone's perfect game on July 18, 1999. Most recently he was the second base umpire for Mark Buehrle's perfect game on July 23, 2009. On joining the league's staff, he became only the fifth African American umpire in major league history, and the first


title: "Smudge (band)" content: Smudge (band) Smudge are an Australian rock and indie pop trio formed in 1991 by Paul Duncan on bass guitar, Alison Galloway on drums and Tom Morgan on lead guitar and lead vocals. Morgan is known outside Australia as a song writing collaborator of Evan Dando and his band, the Lemonheads. In 1994 Duncan was replaced on bass guitar by Adam Yee and in 1997 Pete Kelly joined on guitar. Smudge signed with Half a Cow to issue four studio albums, "Manilow" (1994), "Hot Smoke and Sassafras" (1994), "You Me Carpark . . . Now" (1996) and "Real McCoy Wrong


title: "Muscle contraction" content: Muscle contraction Muscle contraction is the activation of tension-generating sites within muscle fibers. In physiology, muscle contraction does not necessarily mean muscle shortening because muscle tension can be produced without changes in muscle length such as holding a heavy book or a dumbbell at the same position. The termination of muscle contraction is followed by muscle relaxation, which is a return of the muscle fibers to their low tension-generating state. Muscle contractions can be described based on two variables: length and tension. A muscle contraction is described as isometric if the muscle tension changes but the muscle length remains the


title: "Muscle contraction" content: Andrew F. Huxley and Rolf Niedergerke and by Hugh Huxley and Jean Hanson. Their findings were published as two consecutive papers published in the 22 May 1954 issue of "Nature" under the common theme "Structural Changes in Muscle During Contraction". Muscle contraction Muscle contraction is the activation of tension-generating sites within muscle fibers. In physiology, muscle contraction does not necessarily mean muscle shortening because muscle tension can be produced without changes in muscle length such as holding a heavy book or a dumbbell at the same position. The termination of muscle contraction is followed by muscle relaxation, which is a


title: "Sirikwa people" content: some of the dry stone walling could still be seen though they were mostly in deteriorated state. From the remains it is apparent that houses were not built inside the actual Sirikwa holes but were attached however and were constructed on the outer side of the fence, being approached through the stock-pen and entered through a connecting door. These hollows are mostly covered over by grass and bush today. In the Kerio Valley of Kenya, among other neighboring areas, there are vestiges of elaborate irrigation systems which the Marakwet who maintain them today aver were the work of a northern


title: "Terence the Tractor" content: Terence the Tractor Terence the Tractor is a fictional anthropomorphic crawler tractor from the children's book series "The Railway Series" by the Rev. W. Awdry, and the spin-off TV series "Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends". Terence first appeared in the "Railway Series" story 'Thomas, Terence and the Snow' from the book "Tank Engine Thomas Again" (1949). In this story, he is portrayed with a widow's peak – the guise that would be used as the basis for the TV series character. Terence was teased about his caterpillar tracks by Thomas the Tank Engine when they both met each other


title: "Tick paralysis" content: Tick paralysis Tick paralysis is the only tick-borne disease that is not caused by an infectious organism. The illness is caused by a neurotoxin produced in the tick's salivary gland. After prolonged attachment, the engorged tick transmits the toxin to its host. The incidence of tick paralysis is unknown. Patients can experience severe respiratory distress (similar to anaphylaxis). Tick paralysis results from injection of a toxin from tick salivary glands during a blood meal. The toxin causes symptoms within 2–7 days, beginning with weakness in both legs that progresses to paralysis. The paralysis ascends to the trunk, arms, and head


title: "Tick paralysis" content: Episode 16, second season, Dr House diagnoses a patient (played by Michelle Trachtenberg) with tick paralysis. In the TV show, "Remedy", Season 1 Episode 7, "Tomorrow, the Green Grass", Rebecca is diagnosed with tick paralysis. In the TV show, "Royal Pains", Season 1 Episode 3, "Strategic Planning", a US Senator's teenage son is diagnosed with and overcomes tick paralysis. In the TV show, "Chicago Med", Season 3, Episode 5, "Mountains and Molehills", a young girl returning from Australia with increasing paralysis is diagnosed with tick paralysis. Tick paralysis Tick paralysis is the only tick-borne disease that is not caused by


title: CN-105-57 content: CN-105-57 The CN-105-57, also known as the D1504, is a French 105 mm tank gun of 44 calibre length. The CN-105-57 was fitted to some variants of the French AMX-13 light tank and the widely used Austrian SK-105 Kurassier tank destroyer/light tank produced by Steyr-Daimler-Puch. Some of these vehicles were deployed by Qatar during the first Gulf War, and this is the only known combat use of this vehicle. The CN-105-57 was fitted to the Israeli M51 "Super Sherman" tank and known locally as the CN-105 D1. Under this configuration, the gun saw extensive combat use in the 1967 Six


title: CN-105-57 content: old. CN-105-57 The CN-105-57, also known as the D1504, is a French 105 mm tank gun of 44 calibre length. The CN-105-57 was fitted to some variants of the French AMX-13 light tank and the widely used Austrian SK-105 Kurassier tank destroyer/light tank produced by Steyr-Daimler-Puch. Some of these vehicles were deployed by Qatar during the first Gulf War, and this is the only known combat use of this vehicle. The CN-105-57 was fitted to the Israeli M51 "Super Sherman" tank and known locally as the CN-105 D1. Under this configuration, the gun saw extensive combat use in the 1967


title: "Hristo Botev" content: died for the freedom of Bulgaria. People everywhere stand still for 2 to 3 minutes until the sirens are stopped. The following are named after Hristo Botev: Hristo Botev Hristo Botev (, also transliterated as Hristo Botyov) (), born Hristo Botyov Petkov (), was a Bulgarian poet and national revolutionary. Botev is widely considered by Bulgarians to be a symbolic historical figure and national hero. Botev was born in Kalofer (some historians suggested that he was born in Karlovo and after several days was brought to Kalofer). His father, Botyo Petkov (1815–1869), was a teacher and one of the most


title: "Tommy Cannon" content: Tommy Cannon Thomas Derbyshire, known professionally as Tommy Cannon (born 27 June 1938), is an English comedian and singer. He is best known as the straight man of comedy double act Cannon and Ball, along with Bobby Ball. He is most well known for the show "The Cannon and Ball Show". Cannon was chairman of Rochdale Football Club until 1988. Cannon is one half of comedy duo Cannon and Ball opposite his friend and colleague Bobby Ball (real name Robert Harper). The duo's primetime Saturday night television series "The Cannon and Ball Show", was one of LWT's most successful series,


title: "African philosophy" content: African philosophy African philosophy is philosophy produced by African people, philosophy that presents African worldviews, or philosophy that uses distinct African philosophical methods. African philosophers may be found in the various academic fields of philosophy, such as metaphysics, epistemology, moral philosophy, and political philosophy. African philosophy can also be defined as any epistemic endeavor that attempts to understand the world from an African perspective. It is therefore not just about Africa but about the world even if the location of the subject is Africa. Much of modern African philosophy has been concerned with defining the ethnophilosophical parameters of African philosophy


title: .post content: .post .post is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) available exclusively for the postal sector. .post is the first gTLD to be 100% secured by DNSSEC. post aims to integrate the physical, financial and electronic dimensions of postal services to enable and facilitate e-post, e-finance, e-commerce and e-government services. The domain was approved by ICANN on April 8, 2005 as a sponsored TLD in the second group of new TLD applications evaluated in 2004. Having delegated authority for .post, the Universal Postal Union (UPU) develops, implements and monitors governance rules for it. It is also responsible for attributing domain names for


title: .post content: postal-sector stakeholders who meet the eligibility criteria. The UPU, based in Bern, Switzerland, became the first United Nations organization to be granted the right to operate a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) by ICANN in 2004, in the first group of new TLD applications evaluated in 2004. The UPU was the only organization to pass all criteria by ICANN as a truly representative organization to sponsor a top-level domain. In 2009, ICANN and the UPU signed an historic agreement giving the UPU managing authority over .post as a top-level domain. The agreement came about after long negotiations, public review through ICANN's


title: .post content: public comment process, reviews within the UPU governing Councils and consideration by ICANN's Board of Directors. The sTLD was added to the IANA TLD registry August 8, 2012 when .post entered the root of the internet. .post was designed to serve the needs of the global postal community in cyberspace. The idea behind .post was to identify legitimate postal services and avoid confusion for individuals, business and stakeholders. As of October 2014, out of 192 UPU member countries, 38 are full members of the Dot Post Group (DPG), which is appointed to oversee the development of this platform. A few


title: .post content: of those already launched their .post web site. Most of them offer a web interface to traditional post office services, such as printed letters and parcels delivery. One of them also features Postal Registered electronic Mail (PReM) among its services. To register a .post domain, the UPU asks entities to submit a Community ID request Registrants must be approved as being members of the .post Sponsored Community before registering domains. Prior to registering a .post domain, the UPU verifies the registrant's eligibility to register a domain name and issues a .post Community ID. Each applicant is required to provide legal


title: .post content: proof of ownership of the string, as well as falling into 1 of 11 Registrant Groups set out in paragraph 3.3 of the .post Domain Management Policy .post .post is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) available exclusively for the postal sector. .post is the first gTLD to be 100% secured by DNSSEC. post aims to integrate the physical, financial and electronic dimensions of postal services to enable and facilitate e-post, e-finance, e-commerce and e-government services. The domain was approved by ICANN on April 8, 2005 as a sponsored TLD in the second group of new TLD applications evaluated in 2004.


title: .pro content: .pro The domain name pro is a generic top-level domain in the Domain Name System of the Internet. Its name is derived from "professional", indicating its intended use by certified professionals. In October 2000 Jason Drummond came up with the concept for a new top level domain name (TLD) and established RegistryPro to jointly bid with Register.com for .pro. In May 2002 RegistryPro signed its contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) the organisation that administers global domain names; under which it will operate the registry for the new top level domain (TLD) .pro. The domain


title: .pro content: was originally launched in June 2004 with registrations restricted to four professions: accountants, engineers, lawyers and medical professionals in Canada, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States. In March 2005, the registrar EnCirca introduced its controversial ProForwarding service which enabled unverified people and businesses to register domains. Registrants then had thirty days to provide verified credentials prior to their domain being activated. Total registrations reached 6,899 by January 2008. Following consultation with ICANN, the domain was relaunched in September 2008 with a wider remit to include government certified professionals in all countries. Registrants are required to self-certify their professional


title: .pro content: status and agree to terms of use before registration, then subsequently provide detailed license information. In 2012, RegistryPro was acquired by Afilias Limited. The official domain website describes the eligibility criteria as follows: The domain registry allows registration of third-level domains in the following domains: As of April 2011, the domains may be registered through 44 accredited domain registrars. In January 2011, the number of registered domains surpassed 100,000. As reported in April 2010, the majority of domains are registered in the United States (42%), followed by France (24%) and Russian Federation (5%). A regulatory change made the .pro domain


title: .pro content: name unrestricted to all registrants starting November 16, 2015. .pro The domain name pro is a generic top-level domain in the Domain Name System of the Internet. Its name is derived from "professional", indicating its intended use by certified professionals. In October 2000 Jason Drummond came up with the concept for a new top level domain name (TLD) and established RegistryPro to jointly bid with Register.com for .pro. In May 2002 RegistryPro signed its contract with the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) the organisation that administers global domain names; under which it will operate the registry for


title: DMS-100 content: CPU on a cycle by cycle basis. Any discrepancy between the two CPUs results in maintenance circuitry determining which CPU is at fault and activity to change to the same CPU. A Program Store is dedicated to each CPU and is a memory for the program instructions required by that CPU for processing calls, maintenance and for administrative tasks. The PS associated with the other CPU contains identical program instructions. A Data Store is dedicated with each CPU and contains dynamic information on a per-call basis, as well as customer data and office-specific settings. The other CPU is also associated


title: "Political handicapping" content: Political handicapping The terms horse race and handicapping the horse race, have been used to describe media coverage of elections. The terms refer to any news story or article whose main focus is describing how a particular candidate or candidates is faring during the election, in other words, trying to predict the outcome. This category includes polls. There is a thin line between a horse race news story and a non horse race news story. For example, an article simply describing a candidate's economic policy is a non horse race article, but an article which is about how certain groups


title: "Political handicapping" content: of voters are angry at a candidate's economic policy is a horse race article. Critics of the news media say that the vast majority of all articles during a political election are horse race style. Different criticisms have been raised as to why this is bad: Political handicapping The terms horse race and handicapping the horse race, have been used to describe media coverage of elections. The terms refer to any news story or article whose main focus is describing how a particular candidate or candidates is faring during the election, in other words, trying to predict the outcome. This


title: Vla content: Vla Vla () is a Dutch dairy product made from fresh milk. The word 'vla' was first documented in the 13th century and originally referred to any custard-like substance covering cakes or other baked goods. The word vlaai is related and has since come to refer a type of pie. Traditionally vla is made with eggs, sugar and fresh milk, although some industrial producers use cornstarch rather than eggs today. Vla is available in many different flavors of which vanilla is most popular. Other flavors include chocolate, caramel, banana, orange and apple. Vla was originally sold in glass bottles and


title: "Pave Knife" content: more difficult. Pave Knife was used by F-4 Phantom II and A-6 Intruder aircraft in the attack role. It was used operationally in the Vietnam War; while it had its limitations, it validated the combat utility of laser-guided bombs. The Pave Knife was superseded by the later Pave Spike and Pave Tack systems, and is no longer in service. A dozen USAF F-4Ds of the 433d Tactical Fighter Squadron, all from Block 31, were wired for Pave Knife, a dozen of which pods were built and six deployed to Southeast Asia. Three were held in reserve and three were diverted


title: "Wright R-1820 Cyclone" content: boost systems. The Hispano-Suiza 9V is a licence-built version of the R-1820. Preserved Wright R-1820 engines are on display at the following museums: Wright R-1820 Cyclone The Wright R-1820 Cyclone 9 was an American radial engine developed by Curtiss-Wright, widely used on aircraft in the 1930s through 1950s. It was produced under license in Spain as the Hispano-Suiza 9V or Hispano-Wright 9V, and in the Soviet Union as the Shvetsov M-25. The R-1820 Cyclone 9 represented a further development of the Wright P-2 engine dating back to 1925. Featuring a greater displacement and a host of improvements, the R-1820 entered


title: "Ray Hadley" content: Hadley hung up on Seven News reporter Lee Jeloscek during a phone interview. Hadley took offence that Jeloscek wanted to correct something he asserted was suggested on-air before the interview began, and Hadley cut off Jeloscek mid-sentence telling his listeners: No hang on. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Listen! Listen! Listen! Listen to me! Listen to me! Listen to me! Goodbye Lee. You seem to forget, Lee, it's the Ray Hadley morning program... Hadley has been named the best Radio Sports Broadcaster at the "Rawards" for 8 out of the past 11 years, and was awarded an Medal of the


title: "Bintan Island" content: of Bintan. He was a famous Malayan king and had his palace ("istana") on the island Penyengat, off Tanjung Pinang. This monument is being considered to be put on the World Heritage list of sites which have "outstanding universal value" to the world. Banyan Tree Temple, a temple about 100 years old, is visited by the local Chinese community and Singaporeans. It is located in Senggarang town. Apart from this temple, there are several Chinese Pagodas in Singgarang near the jetty. One temple is in ruins and the other three temples, each about 100 years old, are located within a


title: Hyperpigmentation content: countries and discouraged in general by WHO. For the US only 2% is at present sold over-the-counter, and 4% needs prescription. In the EU hydroquinone was banned from cosmetic applications. Oral medication with procyanidin plus vitamins A, C, and E also shows promise as safe and effective for epidermal melasma. In an 8-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in 56 Filipino women, treatment was associated with significant improvements in the left and right malar regions, and was safe and well tolerated. Procyanidin plus vitamins A, C, and E are used to make Pynocare, a product of Mega We Care or Mega


title: "Chest tube" content: an open or closed technique. Open chest tube clearing involves breaking the sterile environment separating the chest tube from the drainage canister tubing. The internal lumen may then be flushed with saline, or a second catheter may be inserted inside the chest tube and suction used to clear the obstructions. In December 2018 the European Respiratory Journal published correspondences that raise the possibility of improving mobility as well as patient outcomes by placing a chest tube more optimally. Chest tube A chest tube (chest drain, thoracic catheter, tube thoracostomy, or intercostal drain) is a flexible plastic tube that is inserted