title: "Back Yard Burgers" content: significant aspect of the purchase was relocation of the company's corporate headquarters from Memphis to Nashville. In October 2012 the company, headed by James Boyd as CEO, filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection. On the same day, Back Yard Burgers declared the closure of multiple company owned stores. Cherokee Advisors owned the "BBAC Merger Sub" used as the acquisition vehicle in the merger. Cherokee's principal investors were reported to be Reid M. Zeising, Pharos Capital Group, LLC and C. Stephen Lynn The bankruptcy filings for Back Yard Burgers listed debt of as much as $50 Million with assets of only


title: "Back Yard Burgers" content: as much as $10 Million. In January 2013, just four months after the bankruptcy filing, Backyard Burger indicated it had received financing from its new owners, Pharos Capital, and was ready to emerge from bankruptcy, albeit with a new CEO. Backyard Burgers appointed a new CEO, David McDougal. Steve Neuroth, CFO of Backyard Burgers and partner of Cherokee Advisors, has moved on to become CFO of Shoney's according to the most recent franchise kit of that organization. Back Yard Burgers Back Yard Burgers, Inc., is an American regional franchise chain of quick serve restaurants. Its headquarters is located in Nashville,


title: "Merom Conference Center" content: Merom Conference Center The Merom Conference Center began as Union Christian College in 1859 and is now used as a camp and conference center for the Indiana-Kentucky Conference of the United Church of Christ (UCC). It is located in Merom, Indiana, on the Wabash River. The Merom Conference Center is a member of the Outdoor Ministry Association, UCC. Four years after the founding of the college, the main building, College Hall, was completed. The college operated until 1924 when financial requirements instituted by the State of Indiana could not be met. In 1935, Author Holt, President of Chicago Theological Seminary,


title: Lineworker content: These tasks may have to be performed with primitive manual tools where accessibility is limited. Such conditions are common in rural or mountainous areas that are inaccessible to trucks. High voltage transmission lines can be worked live with proper setups. The lineman must be isolated from the ground. The lineman wears special conductive clothing that is connected to the live power line, at which point the line and the lineman are at the same potential, allowing the lineman to handle the wire. The lineman may still be electrocuted if he completes an electrical circuit, for example by handling both ends


title: Tomalley content: Tomalley Tomalley (from the Carib word ', meaning a sauce of lobster liver), crab fat, or lobster paste is the soft, green substance found in the body cavity of lobsters, that fulfills the functions of both the liver and the pancreas. Tomalley corresponds to the hepatopancreas in other arthropods. It is considered a delicacy, and may be eaten alone but is often added to sauces for flavour and as a thickening agent. The term lobster paste or lobster pâté can also be used to indicate a mixture of tomalley and lobster roe. Lobster bisque, lobster stock, and lobster consommé are


title: "Mendi & Keith Obadike" content: Mendi & Keith Obadike Mendi Obadike and Keith Obadike are a married Igbo Nigerian American couple who create music and art. They were both born in 1973. Their music, live art and conceptual Internet artworks have been exhibited internationally. Mendi is a poet and Keith is a composer and sound designer. Mendi Lewis Obadike was born in Palo Alto, California while her parents were completing graduate work at Stanford. Mendi grew up writing poems, singing in bands and acting in theater as a child. Early on she experimented making songs with cassette overdubs of her Casio keyboard and computer graphics


title: "Fossil fuel power station" content: Fossil fuel power station A fossil fuel power station is a power station which burns a fossil fuel such as coal, natural gas, or petroleum to produce electricity. Central station fossil fuel power plants are designed on a large scale for continuous operation. In many countries, such plants provide most of the electrical energy used. Fossil fuel power stations have machinery to convert the heat energy of combustion into mechanical energy, which then operates an electrical generator. The prime mover may be a steam turbine, a gas turbine or, in small plants, a reciprocating internal combustion engine. All plants use


title: "Fossil fuel power station" content: the fossil fuel power plants, using discounted cash flows. In general large fossil plants are attractive due to their low initial capital costs—typically around £750–£1000 per kilowatt electrical compared to perhaps £1500 per kilowatt for onshore wind. Fossil fuel power station A fossil fuel power station is a power station which burns a fossil fuel such as coal, natural gas, or petroleum to produce electricity. Central station fossil fuel power plants are designed on a large scale for continuous operation. In many countries, such plants provide most of the electrical energy used. Fossil fuel power stations have machinery to convert


title: "South African Reserve Bank" content: 31 August 2018, owning shares in the South African Reserve Bank. Shareholders are entitled a dividend of not more than 10 South African cents per share per annum (the total maximum dividend is therefore 200,000 South African Rand or a maximum of 1,000 South African Rand for any individual shareholder), with the remaining profits being paid to the South African government. South African Reserve Bank The South African Reserve Bank (SARB) (Afrikaans: "Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank") is the central bank of South Africa. It was established in 1921 after Parliament passed an act, the "Currency and Bank Act of 10 August 1920",


title: "Sky Italia" content: set-top boxes that have been provided since July 2010 are identical to the Sky+ HD boxes used in the UK. Pace, Amstrad (itself owned by Sky) and Thomson, all Digibox licensors, have been producing Sky Italia boxes (Sky Box, Sky HD, My Sky and My Sky HD) identical to their Sky Digital, Sky+ and Sky+ HD offerings, albeit with the potential removal of the second card slot and UHF modulator. Sky Italia was founded in July 2003 by the merger of TELE+ and Stream TV. Since July 2010 Sky Italia has been giving the 'Sky Digital Key' and the My


title: "Sky Italia" content: re-branded News Corporation), and the spin-off company New News Corp, the 100% stake held by News Corporation in Sky Italia was retained by the re-branded 21st Century Fox. Following media speculation, on 12 May 2014 Sky Italia's sister company, BSkyB, confirmed that it was in talks with its largest shareholder, 21st Century Fox, about acquiring 21st Century Fox's 57.4% stake in Sky Deutschland and its 100% stake in Sky Italia. The enlarged company would be likely to be called "Sky Europe" and it will consolidate 21st Century Fox's European digital TV assets into one company. The sale was announced on


title: "Pentium D" content: less heat (65 watt max) than the Pentium D (95 or 130 watt max). They also run at lower clock rates, only have up to 2 MB L2 Cache memory while the Pentium D has up to 2×2 MB, and they lack Hyper-threading. The Pentium Dual-Core has a wider execution unit (four issues wide compared to the Pentium D's three) and its 14 stages-long pipeline is less than half the length of the Pentium D's, allowing it to outperform the Pentium D in most applications despite having lower clock speeds and less L2 cache memory. Pentium D The Pentium D


title: Seisin content: right and all his subjects were merely his tenants under various contracts of feudal tenure. Seisin comes from Middle English "saysen", "seysen", in the legal sense of to put in possession of, or to take possession of, hence, to grasp, to seize. The Old French variations "seisir", "saisir", are from Low Latin "sacire", generally referred to the same source as Gothic "satjan", Old English "settan", to put in place, set. Seisin is believed to have been applicable only to freehold tenures, that is to say a tenure for a term of life, which was heritable, on condition of payment of


title: "Variance swap" content: subtract the mean. For example, suppose that there are n+1 sample points formula_5 Define, for i=1 to n, formula_6 the natural log returns. Then where formula_8 is an annualisation factor normally chosen to be approximately the number of sampling points in a year (commonly 252). It can be seen that subtracting the mean return will decrease the realised variance. If this is done, it is common to use formula_9 as the divisor rather than formula_10, corresponding to an unbiased estimate of the sample variance. It is market practice to determine the number of contract units as follows: where formula_12 is


title: "Frederick Selous" content: (Turkey, Persia, Caucasus in 1894-95, 1897, 1907), North America (Wyoming, Rocky Mountains in 1897 and 1898, Eastern Canada in 1900-1901, 1905, Alaska and Yukon in 1904, 1905) and the "dark continent" in a territory that extends from today’s South Africa and Namibia all the way up into central Sudan where he collected virtually every specimen of all medium and large African mammal species. On 2 May 1902 Selous was elected Associate Member of the Boone and Crockett Club, a wildlife conservation organisation founded by Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell in 1887. In 1909-1910, Selous accompanied American ex-president Roosevelt in


title: Hoodie content: remain on sale. John Prescott welcomed the move, stating that he had felt threatened by the presence of hooded teenagers at a motorway service station. Then-Prime Minister Tony Blair openly supported this stance and vowed to clamp down on the anti-social behaviour with which hoodie-wearers are sometimes associated. London-based rapper Lady Sovereign published a single titled "Hoodie" in protest as part of a "Save the Hoodie" campaign. In 2005, Coombeshead College in the south-west of England allowed the hoodie to become part of the boys' school uniform, but the hood could be put up only when it rained. The principal,


title: Hoodie content: the hoodie became linked to "seedy threatening criminality," thereby further asserting its non-mainstream symbolism. In 2012 Trayvon Martin was shot wearing a hoodie, and protests over his death involved hoodies. Fox News host Geraldo Rivera encouraged young black people to stop wearing hoodies though he later apologized for his comments. Zimmerman's defense team offered what was called "the hoodie defense". They argued that it was reasonable for Zimmerman to regard Martin's hoodie as a threat. According to Carolyn Fluehr-Lobban, author of "Race and Racism", following Zimmerman's trial the garment became emblematic of the Black Lives Matter movement. Facebook CEO Mark


title: Hoodie content: Zuckerberg often wears a plain grey hoodie rather than a business suit, drawing comment during his company's 2012 initial public offering. In 2015, Oklahoma state representative Don Barrington proposed a bill to criminalize wearing a "robe, mask or other disguise" in public that would "intentionally conceal the wearer's identity", a bill which was criticized as an attempt to criminalize the wearing of the hoodie. Hoodie A hoodie (also spelled hoody) is a sweatshirt or a jacket with a hood. Hoodies often include a muff sewn onto the lower front, and (usually) a drawstring to adjust the hood opening. Hooded garments


title: Robertsport content: the best surfing spots; from Luke Leitch's "Times" of London report: "'This here,' he says pointing out to the waves surging down the beach, 'we call this Camp Point. Then, up the beach, is Cutting Point — that’s where they break both ways. The next point is Loco and the one after that is Shipwreck.' ... 'The waves here get fine, playful. When they are high, March to October, they can be 20ft high and you get good barrels, sliding waves. You can ride one wave for a long, long time.'" Nearby towns and villages include Bassa Community (0.6 nm),


title: "Patent misuse" content: Patent misuse In United States patent law, patent misuse is a patent holder's use of a patent to restrain trade beyond enforcing the exclusive rights that a lawfully obtained patent provides. If a court finds that a patent holder committed patent misuse, the court may rule that the patent holder has lost the right to enforce the patent. Patent misuse that restrains economic competition substantially can also violate United States antitrust law. Patent misuse is a patent owner's improper use of patent rights, speaking very generally, to expand the scope or term of the patent. Examples of such patent misuse


title: "Patent misuse" content: by Professor Hovenkamp. Thus, the Nine No-No's controversy informs us more about patent misuse than it does about antitrust policy, for Wilson's assertions that the No-No's likely spell antitrust trouble have proven not supported by events. Patent misuse In United States patent law, patent misuse is a patent holder's use of a patent to restrain trade beyond enforcing the exclusive rights that a lawfully obtained patent provides. If a court finds that a patent holder committed patent misuse, the court may rule that the patent holder has lost the right to enforce the patent. Patent misuse that restrains economic competition


title: Tamluk content: Information & Documentation Centre (TASIDOC) as the host institution. There is a district hospital in the town, named Tamluk District Hospital. There are available many private hospital or Nursing home namely- 1. MAS Clinic and Hospital 2. Vivekananda Nursing Home 3. Capital Clinic and Nursing Home 4. Nightingle Nursing Home 5. Seva Nursing Home 6. Park Clinic and Nursing Home 7. Mother Nursing Home 8. Sarada Nursing Home 9. Mamata Nursing Home 9. Sabitri Nursing Home 10. Saradamoyee Shishu Seva Sadan 11. Victoria Nursing Home 12. Monidipa Nursing Home 13. Tramtalipta Nursing Home 14. Shima Nursing Home 15. Genesis Health


title: "Electromagnetic shielding" content: a specific medium to the permeability of free space "µ": where "µ" = 4"π" × 10 N A. Electromagnetic shielding Electromagnetic shielding is the practice of reducing the electromagnetic field in a space by blocking the field with barriers made of conductive or magnetic materials. Shielding is typically applied to enclosures to isolate electrical devices from their surroundings, and to cables to isolate wires from the environment through which the cable runs. Electromagnetic shielding that blocks radio frequency electromagnetic radiation is also known as RF shielding. The shielding can reduce the coupling of radio waves, electromagnetic fields and electrostatic fields.


title: "Bases Loaded (video game)" content: "Bases Loaded 3" and "Bases Loaded 4". There was also a Game Boy version of "Bases Loaded". The series continued onto the SNES platform with "Super Bases Loaded", "Super Bases Loaded 2", and "Super Bases Loaded 3". The final entry to the series was "", released for the Sega Saturn and PlayStation. Bases Loaded is also the first in a series of eight sports Famicom games known in Japan as "Moero!!". This series is all generic sports games. Three of the games were localized in the Western Markets as "Bases Loaded", "Bases Loaded II: Second Season" and "Bases Loaded 3",


title: "Let's Pretend" content: Let's Pretend "This article is on the US radio series. For the UK TV series see Let's Pretend (TV series). For the Raspberries song see Let's Pretend (Raspberries song)." Let's Pretend, created and directed by Nila Mack, was a CBS radio series for children. Prior to being renamed "Let's Pretend", the program had a variety of titles and formats. In its most famous form, "Let's Pretend", the Peabody Award-winning series ran from 1934 to 1954. The show had several different early formats and titles. Aunt Jymmie and Her Tots in Tottyville began October 27, 1928. Aunt Jymmie was the host


title: "Let's Pretend" content: shows a 1943 award for Outstanding Children's Program.) a Women’s National Radio Committee Award and five "Radio Daily" Awards. In 1970 Telegeneral adapted these stories on vinyl records. Let's Pretend "This article is on the US radio series. For the UK TV series see Let's Pretend (TV series). For the Raspberries song see Let's Pretend (Raspberries song)." Let's Pretend, created and directed by Nila Mack, was a CBS radio series for children. Prior to being renamed "Let's Pretend", the program had a variety of titles and formats. In its most famous form, "Let's Pretend", the Peabody Award-winning series ran from


title: "Hardcore wrestling" content: barbed-wire ropes, barbed-wire barricades, exploding barbed-wire barricades, electrified/exploding barbed-wire ropes, broken glass, or mixtures of any and all these. These matches often included various dangerous weapons such as barbed-wire wrapped chains, flaming barbed-wire baseball bats, and sickles. Most of the wrestlers who competed in these deathmatches, including some non-FMW rosters such as Shinobu Kandori, Lioness Asuka, and Mayumi Ozaki, were sent to the hospital after these matches. ECW's popularity led to the major American promotions of the 90s, World Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Federation, creating divisions devoted exclusively to 'hardcore' wrestling (which mostly amounted to no-disqualification weapons matches). The


title: Oudtshoorn content: South Africa's ostrich meat exports, banned the import of South African ostrich meat. This resulted in financial difficulties for the region's ostrich farms. Farmers were offered financial compensation by the government in the form of R2,000 for each ostrich culled (about 80% of its worth) but this compensation was not enough; they were forced to fire employees, whose UIF (unemployment) benefits were depleted by December, 2011. The shortage of birds would also affect factories which depended on ostrich farming. Some ostrich farms managed to survive by selling ostrich feathers and leather, but the industry was losing R108 million monthly, and


title: Larder content: free circulation of air without allowing flies to enter. Many larders also have tiled or painted walls to simplify cleaning. Older larders, and especially those in larger houses, have hooks in the ceiling to hang joints of meat or game. Others have insulated containers for ice, anticipating the future development of refrigerators. A pantry may contain a , a term used in Derbyshire and Yorkshire, to denote a stone slab or shelf used to keep food cool in the days before refrigeration was domestically available. In the late medieval hall, a thrawl would have been appropriate to a larder. In


title: Sachiel content: Sachiel In kabbalistic and Christian angelology, Sachiel is an archangel of the order of cherubim. The meaning of his name is given as "the covering of God". The name 'Sachiel' originally occurs in the late 1500s grimoire called The Heptameron. In the early mentions of that angel, its name is spelled differently: <br>In the late-1200s grimoire The Oathbound Book of Honorius, its name is spelled 'Satquiel'. That spelling was taken from the early-1200s jewish occult book Sefer Raziel HaMalakh ("book of Raziel the angel"). The Sefer Raziel is highly inconsistent in its spelling of the angel's name, which is therein


title: "Black Forest gateau" content: Black Forest gateau Black Forest gâteau (British English) or Black Forest cake (American English) is a chocolate sponge cake with a rich cherry filling based on the German dessert "Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte" (), literally "Black Forest Cherry-torte". Typically, Black Forest gateau consists of several layers of chocolate sponge cake sandwiched with whipped cream and cherries. It is decorated with additional whipped cream, maraschino cherries, and chocolate shavings. In some European traditions, sour cherries are used both between the layers and for decorating the top. Traditionally, kirschwasser, a clear spirit made from sour cherries, is added to the cake. Other spirits are


title: Tar content: Mineral products resembling tar can be produced from fossil hydrocarbons, such as petroleum. Coal tar is produced from coal as a byproduct of coke production. "Tar" and "pitch" can be used interchangeably; asphalt (naturally occurring pitch) may also be called either "mineral tar" or "mineral pitch". There is a tendency to use "tar" for more liquid substances and "pitch" for more solid (viscoelastic) substances. Both "tar" and "pitch" are applied to viscous forms of asphalt, such as the asphalt found in naturally occurring "tar pits" (e.g., the La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles) . "Rangoon tar", also known as


title: Tar content: one-third each genuine wood tar, balsam turpentine, and boiled or raw linseed oil or Chinese tung oil. In Finland, wood tar was once considered a panacea reputed to heal "even those cut in twain through their midriff". A Finnish proverb states that "if sauna, vodka and tar won't help, the disease is fatal." Wood tar is used in traditional Finnish medicine because of its microbicidal properties. Wood tar is also available diluted as tar water, which has numerous uses: Mixing tar with linseed oil varnish produces tar paint. Tar paint has a translucent brownish hue and can be used to


title: "Airbus A220" content: aircraft, the CSeries provides airlines with the highest overhead bin volume per passenger and a wider aisle that allows for faster boarding and disembarkation of passengers. The CSeries aircraft contain 70% advanced materials comprising 46% composite materials and 24% aluminium-lithium. Bombardier claims an overall 15% lower seat-mile cost, 20% lower fuel burn and a emissions advantage, a 25% reduction in maintenance costs and four-fold reduction in the noise footprint compared to existing production aircraft. Bombardier claims the engine and the wings will save up to 20% fuel compared with the Airbus A320neo and the Boeing 737NG; the CS300 is 6


title: "Bright, Victoria" content: in April 2015. Local attractions include farms, wineries, historic sites, fruit orchards, restaurants, touring the beautiful natural landscape, surrounding mountains and more. There are many events held in the Bright township and surrounding areas. In spring, Bright holds regular markets, as well as the Bright Spring Festival, Bright 6 Hour Mountain Bike Event, Bright High Country Horse Endurance Ride, Art Exhibitions, Bright Grand Fireworks Spectacular and Concert, Bright Alpine Four Peaks Mountain Climb Harrietville Bluegrass and Traditional Country Music Convention and the Alpine Delight (Audax Cycling Event). In summer, one can attend the Christmas Carols at the Bright Art Gallery,


title: "Bright, Victoria" content: Carols by Candlelight at the Bright Sound Shell, the Rotary Waterside at Centenary Park or go for a Tandem Paraglide for an aerial view of Bright, or the Tour of Duty Bright, Military 6x6 vehicle for all the mountain secrets. There are also many markets in Bright and Harrietville, as well as the Alpine Valley's Gourmet Weekend and Drive in Movies at Pioneer Park. SP Ausnet - Tour of Bright - Road Cycling Race Autumn brings the Bright Autumn Festival featuring lush autumn leaf colour, the Alpine Classic Golf Tournament, held in Bright, Myrtleford and Wangaratta. The Bright Easter Market


title: "Froth flotation" content: were forced to do by the courts). This method, known as Pneumatic Flotation, was recognized as an alternative to the Minerals Separation process of flotation concentration. The American Institute of Mining Engineers presented Callow the James Douglas Gold Medal in 1926 for his contributions to the field of flotation. By that time, flotation technology was changing, especially with the discovery of the use of xanthates and other reagents, which made the Callow cell and his process obsolete. Montana Tech professor Antoine Marc Gaudin defined the early period of flotation as the mechanical phase while by the late 1910s it entered


title: "Froth flotation" content: In the 1960s the froth flotation technique was adapted for deinking recycled paper. The success of the process is evinced by the number of claimants as "discoverers" of flotation. In 1961, American engineers celebrated "50 years of flotation" and enshrined James Hyde and his Butte & Superior mill. In 1977, German engineers celebrated the "hundredth anniversary of flotation" based on the brothers Bessel patent of 1877. The historic Glasdir copper mine site advertises its tours in Wales as site of the "discovery of flotation" based upon the Elmore brothers work. Recent writers, because of the interest in celebrating women in


title: "Froth flotation" content: forming a froth. The froth is removed from the cell, producing a concentrate ("con") of the target mineral. Frothing agents, known as "frothers", may be introduced to the pulp to promote the formation of a stable froth on top of the flotation cell. The minerals that do not float into the froth are referred to as the "flotation tailings" or "flotation tails". These tailings may also be subjected to further stages of flotation to recover the valuable particles that did not float the first time. This is known as "scavenging". The final tailings after scavenging are normally pumped for disposal


title: "Froth flotation" content: rate. If a company has a variance of feed grades and rates used (an extremely common occurrence) in their froth flotation process, grade-recovery curves for every pairing of feed grade and recovery rate would have to be constructed in order to provide meaningful information to the plant. Flotation can be performed in rectangular or cylindrical mechanically agitated cells or tanks, flotation columns, Jameson Cells or deinking flotation machines. Classified by the method of air absorption manner, it is fair to state that two distinct groups of flotation equipments have arisen:pneumatic and mechanical machines. Generally pneumatic machines give a low-grade concentrate


title: "Siege of Port Arthur" content: essential for the Japanese to take these hills to complete their encirclement of Port Arthur. After pounding the two hills from 04:30 in the morning until 19:30 at night, General Nogi launched a frontal infantry assault, which was hampered by heavy rain, poor visibility and dense clouds of smoke. The Japanese were able to advance only as far as the forward slopes of both hills, and many soldiers drowned in the Ta River. Even night attacks resulted in unexpectedly high casualties, as the Russians used powerful searchlights to expose the attackers to artillery and machine gun cross-fire. Undeterred, Nogi resumed


title: "Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa" content: Great Britan, Canada and the United States. Rangjung Rigpei Dorjé died on November 5, 1981 in the United States in a hospital in Zion, Illinois. Doctors and nurses at the hospital remarked on his kindness and how he seemed more concerned with their welfare than his own. One doctor was also struck by the Karmapa's refusal of pain medication and the absence of any signs of feeling the profound pain that most patients in his condition report. Upon his death, against hospital procedure but in keeping with Tibetan tradition and with special permission from the State of Illinois, his body


title: "Saab B engine" content: Geoffrey Kershaw, who had apprenticed at Roll-Royce and would go on to found Turbo-Technics Ltd. Saab's emphasis was on torque, rather than maximum power. The turbocharged B engine was distinguished from earlier turbo engines by its use of a small, low-mass impeller able to spin up quickly, and the pioneering use of a wastegate to control boost pressure. A feature unique to the early Turbo engine was Saab's use of the exhaust manifold pressure to modulate the wastegate, allowing boost to decrease slowly at high engine speeds. This resulted in a broad, usable torque curve. Power was up 23% over


title: "Saab H engine" content: available similar to those used in Saabs. Further BAIC offers a smaller 1.8 litre displacement version named B185R. This version was developed to meet requirement for government vehicle with maximum displacement of 1.8 litres. BAIC continued the development of the Saab H engine. In 2016 the B236R was unveiled. This engine design incorporates variable valve timing and an EGR system which allows the engine to comply with Euro 6 emission standards. The H-engine ended production with the 1st Generation Saab 9-5 in 2009 when the intellectual property was transferred to BAIC. Starting in 2003 with the 9-3 Sport Sedan, Saab


title: "Asdrúbal Fontes Bayardo" content: Europe in 1959 to participate in the 1959 French Grand Prix with Scuderia Centro Sud, driving an elderly Maserati 250F, but he recorded no time and failed to qualify. He returned to South America where he continued in Formula Libre and also took part in endurance races. In the 1960s he was a concessionaire for General Motors in Pan de Azúcar, San Carlos and Maldonado, and was a director on the board of a company producing Opel-based pick-up trucks in Pan de Azucar under the name of "Marina". He later worked for a production agency associated with BSE (Banco de


title: "Interstate 225" content: Interstate 225 Interstate 225 (I-225) is a connector spur route of Interstate 25 in Colorado. It is the only auxiliary route of Interstate 25, and one of two auxiliary Interstate highways in the state of Colorado. I-225 traverses Aurora and small portions of Denver and Greenwood Village. It runs north from Interstate 25 to Interstate 70. It intersects with Interstate 70 Business/U.S. Highway 40/U.S. Highway 287, known locally as Colfax Avenue. Construction on the freeway began in 1964 and continued progressively through many years until final completion in 1976. The southern end of I-225 begins at an interchange with Interstate


title: Koliva content: Lent), and in general as food for Christians, who are forbidden to eat food from such sacrifices. However, St. Theodore Tyro appeared in the dream to Archbishop Eudoxius and advised him that the people should not eat food bought at the marketplace that day, but only boiled wheat mixed with honey. As a result, this first Saturday of Great Lent has come to be known as Theodore Saturday. During requiem services (, Slavonic: "Panikhida", Romanian: "parastas"), the family or friends of the departed will often prepare a koliva which is placed in front of the memorial table before which the


title: "Coffee bean" content: Coffee bean A coffee bean is a seed of the coffee plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit. Even though the coffee beans are seeds, they are referred to as "beans" because of their resemblance to true beans. The fruits – coffee cherries or coffee berries – most commonly contain two stones with their flat sides together. A small percentage of cherries contain a single seed, instead of the usual two. This


title: "Coffee bean" content: is between 11.7 and 14 g/100 g. Lipids are present on the surface and in the interior matrix of green coffee beans. On the surface, they include derivatives of carboxylic acid-5-hydroxytryptamides with an amide bond to fatty acids (unsaturated C6 to C24) making up to 3% of total lipid content or 1200 to 1400 microgram/g dried green coffee bean. Such compounds form a wax-like cover on the surface of the coffee bean (200 to 300 mg lipids/100 g dried green coffee bean) protecting the interior matrix against oxidation and insects. Further, such molecules have antioxidative activity due to their chemical


title: "CC Sabathia" content: August 19, he went 5–0 over his last eight starts with a 2.91 ERA in innings, allowing three earned runs or less in all but one of those starts as he helped the Yankees clinch the top Wild Card spot. Sabathia finished the season 14–5 with a 3.69 ERA, 120 strikeouts and a 1.27 WHIP in innings (27 starts), his best numbers in five years. Sabathia was especially dominant in the role of the Yankee's stopper. In games following a Yankee's loss, Sabathia went 9–0 with a 1.71 ERA in 11 starts, by far the best stats in both categories


title: "Livermore Valley AVA" content: Family Cellars, Nottingham Cellars, Murrieta's Well, The Winemakers' Studio, Steven Kent Winery & La Rochelle, Wood Family Vineyards, McGrail Vineyards, Cuda Ridge Winery, Retzlaff Winery, Fenestra Winery, Occasio Winery, Stony Ridge/Crooked Vine Cellars, Longevity Wines, Rodrigue Molyneaux Winery, 3 Steves Winery, Big White House/John Evan, Charles R Vineyards, Garre' Winery, Ehrenberg Cellars, The Singing Winemaker, Chouinard Vineyards, Elliston Vineyards, Las Positas Vineyards, Dante Robere Vineyards, Ruby Hill Winery, Rubino Estates, Bodegas Aguirre, Mitchell Katz Winery, Auburn James Winery and Thomas Coyne Winery, Page Mill Winery, and Nella Terra Cellars. Livermore possesses a predominately gravel based soil and lies on a


title: "Uru people" content: people have domesticated local animals to assist with producing food and other purposes. For example, cormorants, waterbirds who catch fish, are kept tethered with wool tied to their feet, so that they can catch fish for human consumption. Another local bird, the ibis, is domesticated for laying eggs. Ibis are also butchered for meat. To control rats on the reed islands, domestic cats are also kept by the Uru islanders. The Uru do not reject modern technology: some boats have motors, some houses have solar panels to run appliances such as televisions and the main island is home to an


title: "Super Continental" content: 243 passengers were reported as uninjured. An eastbound freight train and the westbound "Super Continental" collided at around 2:30am on September 28, 1974, at a location about north of Kamloops. Initial reports indicated the accident may have been caused by an "automatic switching malfunction" that put the freight train on the same track. The freight train was traveling at while the "Super Continental" was traveling at . The engineer and a trainman on the freight train were both killed; there was at least one report of looting among the passengers, but many of the children aboard the train stayed asleep


title: "Édouard Viénot" content: acte des Diamants de la Couronne" (both at the Paris Salon 1846); "Étude de Femme"; "Portrait de Monsieur S..." and "Portrait de Madame S..." (all at the Paris Salon 1857); "Miss [sic] P. N. J..."; "étude" (Paris Salon 1859); "Portrait de Mademoiselle Jeanne Tordeus, du théâtre impérial de l'Odéon" (Paris Salon 1861); "Portrait de Madame A. Musard" (Paris Salon 1863); "Portrait de Madame ..." (Paris Salon 1864); "Portrait de Mademoiselle Guerra du Théâtre-Italien" and "Portrait de Monsieur Saint-Germain du théâtre du Vaudeville" (both at the Paris Salon 1865); "Portrait de Mademoiselle B. de C..." (Paris Salon 1866); "Portrait de Madame


title: "Untouched by Human Hands" content: Untouched by Human Hands Untouched by Human Hands is a collection of science fiction short stories by American writer Robert Sheckley. It was first published in 1954 by Ballantine Books (catalogue number 73). The collection includes the following stories (magazines in which the stories originally appeared given in parentheses): Critic Groff Conklin reviewed the collection for "Galaxy Science Fiction" in 1954; although generally favorable, the review claimed that Sheckley was "still trying to discover his own particular bent" and that he "hasn't quite found his footing." Sheckley himself, according to a 1980 interview, was aware of the extreme stylistic diversity


title: "Untouched by Human Hands" content: of the collection and the fact that some stories were not science fiction in the usual sense of the word: Writing in "The New York Times", Villiers Gerson wrote that Sheckley was "a writer not quite like any other [whose] forte is his own brand of strange and wonderful humor."Boucher and McComas found it "as brightly individual and entrancing a group of science-fantasies as we've seen in some time." P. Schuyler Miller compared Sheckley to Ray Bradbury, citing his "fresh point of view", his "wry distortions of the familiar", and his "touch of the same poetry." Science fiction historian Michael


title: "Untouched by Human Hands" content: Ashley, in his 2005 volume on the history of science fiction magazines, praised Sheckley's early work, including "Untouched by Human Hands", for the "sheer lack of sophistication—his ability to run circles around the establishment. [...] Sheckley's work highlights the fact that man's worst enemy is himself." The collection was reprinted several times by different publishers. In 1965 the story "Seventh Victim" was adapted into "The 10th Victim", an Italian film starring Marcello Mastroianni and Ursula Andress, also known as "La decima vittima". Sheckley wrote a novelization of the film in 1966 ("The Tenth Victim"), and, in late 1980s, two more


title: "Untouched by Human Hands" content: novels set in the same world. Untouched by Human Hands Untouched by Human Hands is a collection of science fiction short stories by American writer Robert Sheckley. It was first published in 1954 by Ballantine Books (catalogue number 73). The collection includes the following stories (magazines in which the stories originally appeared given in parentheses): Critic Groff Conklin reviewed the collection for "Galaxy Science Fiction" in 1954; although generally favorable, the review claimed that Sheckley was "still trying to discover his own particular bent" and that he "hasn't quite found his footing." Sheckley himself, according to a 1980 interview, was


title: "Mother and Child Scheme" content: Mother and Child Scheme The Mother and Child Scheme was a healthcare programme in Ireland that would later become remembered as a major political crisis involving primarily the Irish Government and Roman Catholic Church in the early 1950s. The scheme was referred to as the Mother and Child Service in legislation. A brochure, "What the new service means to every family", was prepared. It explained the new service but was not issued to the public. The scheme was engulfed in crisis before this could happen. Since the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922 responsibility in the government for


title: "Mother and Child Scheme" content: healthcare had lain with the Minister for Local Government and Public Health. No significant reform of healthcare occurred in this time and the Catholic Church still retained effective control through the ownership of hospitals and schools, while family doctors still largely practised in isolation of other medical professionals. The Fianna Fáil T.D. Seán MacEntee started the process of reform as Minister for Local Government & Public Health in 1943. After the Second World War there was renewed optimism after the depression of the preceding decades. Once the Emergency was over the political agenda started to shift from Irish Civil War


title: "Mother and Child Scheme" content: politics, which had dominated politics, to the domestic agenda and social issues. In particular issues like employment, health and housing came to the fore and this manifested itself in a move away from Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. Regarding healthcare, international trends such as in the National Health Service of the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Europe were noticed by the Irish political system. The office of Minister for Health was created as a separate "Minister of the Government" by the 1946 Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act; this act also created the Minister for Social Welfare. Problems, such as a


title: "Mother and Child Scheme" content: high infant mortality, increased concerns and the Fianna Fáil government published a much delayed White Paper in 1947. This paper was followed by the 1947 Health Act, in which the scheme was provided for in Part III of the act. President O'Kelly convened a meeting of the Council of State to consider whether Part III should be referred to the Supreme Court, but he decided against doing so. However, the 1948 general election resulted in the surprise fall of Fianna Fáil from government and instead the First Inter-Party Government would be left with the responsibility of implementing the scheme. In


title: "High-end audio" content: High-end audio High-end audio is a class of consumer home audio equipment marketed to audiophiles on the basis of high price or quality, and esoteric or novel sound reproduction technologies. The term can refer simply to the price, to the build quality of the components, or to the subjective or objective quality of sound reproduction. The distinction between the terms high-end and high fidelity is not well defined. According to one industry commentator, high-end could be defined as "gear below which’s price and performance one could not go without compromising the music and the sound." Harry Pearson, founder of "The


title: "High-end audio" content: Absolute Sound" magazine, is widely acknowledged to have coined the term "high-end audio". High-end audio equipment can be extremely expensive. It is sometimes referred to as cost-no-object equipment. Audiophile equipment can encompass the full range from budget to high-end in terms of price. Assessing the fidelity of sound reproduction may be done aurally or using dedicated measurement equipment. The human sense of hearing is subjective and difficult to define. Psychoacoustics is a division of acoustics that studies this field. Measurements can be deceiving; high or low figures of certain technical characteristics do not necessarily offer a good representation of how


title: "High-end audio" content: the equipment sounds to each person. For example, some valve (vacuum tube) amplifiers produce greater amounts of total harmonic distortion, but this type of distortion (2nd harmonic) is not as disturbing to the ear as the higher order distortions produced by poorly designed transistor equipment. The terms "high-end audio" and "audiophile" are typically used disparagingly by Audio Engineering Society members, who feel that the term "high end audio" is vague, concerning the widely varying performance of the products sold in this premium price segment, and that an "audiophile" is too often a person who is overly suggestible to the marketing


title: "High-end audio" content: claims from manufacturers and sellers. The validity of certain products are often questioned by those outside the industry include accessories such as speaker wires utilizing exotic materials (such as Oxygen-Free Copper (OFC)) and construction geometries, cable stands for lifting them off the floor (as a way to control mechanically induced vibrations), connectors, sprays and other tweaks. High-end audio High-end audio is a class of consumer home audio equipment marketed to audiophiles on the basis of high price or quality, and esoteric or novel sound reproduction technologies. The term can refer simply to the price, to the build quality of the


title: "Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation" content: York Times"<nowiki>'</nowiki> Vincent Canby to begin his review by proclaiming, "Product merchandising marches on." Another reviewer claimed to have seen almost every collectible within the film's first twenty minutes. The film was produced to serve as the franchise introduction of the Care Bear Cubs and the Care Bear Cousin Cubs, who also had their own line of toys from Kenner. The plushes, measuring 11" in height, consisted of Bedtime Cub, Cheer Cub, Funshine Cub and Share Cub; the line of Care Bear Cousin Cubs included Li'l Bright Heart Raccoon, Li'l Proud Heart Cat and Li'l Swift Heart Rabbit. Kenner announced


title: "Steve Bilko" content: League from 1955–1957. His greatest year came in 1956, when he won the PCL's Triple Crown with a .360 batting average, 55 home runs and 164 runs batted in. He was inducted into the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame in 2003. He also played for several major league teams, including the Los Angeles Angels of the American League in 1961 and 1962, but never enjoyed the success he had had with the PCL Angels in the 1950s. As an original Los Angeles Angel (American League version), he became the first player to play for both Los Angeles MLB teams.


title: "Gross margin" content: for calculating the monetary value of gross margin is: gross margin = sales – cost of goods sold A simple way to keep markup and gross margin factors straight is to remember that: Gross margin (as a percentage of Revenue) Most people find it easier to work with gross margin because it directly tells you how much of the sales revenue, or price, is profit. In reference to the two examples above: The $200 price that includes a 100% markup represents a 50% gross margin. Gross margin is just the percentage of the selling price that is profit. In this


title: "Gross margin" content: ratio, all other things being equal, the better for the retailer. Converting markup to gross margin Converting gross margin to markup Using gross margin to calculate selling price Given the cost of an item, one can compute the selling price required to achieve a specific gross margin. For example, if your product costs $100 and the required gross margin is 40%, then Selling price = $100 / (1 – 40%) = $100 / 0.6 = $166.67 Some of the tools that are useful in retail analysis are GMROII, GMROS and GMROL. GMROII: Gross Margin Return On Inventory Investment GMROS: Gross


title: "Sin Chew Daily" content: Sin Chew Daily Sin Chew Daily (), formerly known as Sin Chew Jit Poh, is a leading Chinese-language newspaper in Malaysia. According to report from the Audit Bureau of Circulation for the period ending 31 December 2011, "Sin Chew Daily" has an average daily circulation of almost 500,000 copies and also the largest-selling Chinese-language newspaper outside Greater China. It is only on Sundays that the circulation of the Malay language (national language of Malaysia) papers exceeds that of "Sin Chew Daily". "Sin Chew Daily" is a member of the Asia News Network. "Sin Chew Daily" is circulated throughout Malaysia and


title: "Fred Daly (golfer)" content: North Carolina in early November. The British again lost heavily in America, 9½–2½, although Daly halved his singles match against Clayton Heafner after being 3 down at lunch. In September 1953, Daly reached the semi-final of the News of the World Match Play, losing to Dai Rees. This, and his play in the trial matches, earned him a place in the 1953 Ryder Cup team at Wentworth. In the foursomes Daly and Harry Bradshaw were three up at lunch against Walter Burkemo and Cary Middlecoff but the Americans reduced the lead and Daly had to hole from 3 yards at


title: "Egg-and-spoon race" content: Egg-and-spoon race An egg-and-spoon race is a sporting event in which participants must balance an egg or similarly shaped item upon a spoon and race with it to the finishing line. At many primary schools an egg-and-spoon race is staged as part of the annual Sports Day, alongside other events such as the sack race and the three-legged race. The earliest recorded usage in the "Oxford English Dictionary" is in an article of 8 September 1894 featured in "The Daily News": "the gentlemen had a turn in the egg-and-spoon race, in which the competitors had to punt with one hand


title: "Egg-and-spoon race" content: and balance an egg on a spoon with the other". Egg-and-spoon races formed part of village celebrations of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1897, alongside the tug of war and blindfold wheelbarrow races. A set of turned and stained wooden eggs and spoons designed for racing and dating to the 1920s forms part of the Good Time Gallery of the Museum of Childhood in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. It reached Canada by at least 1922, the first time it was mentioned in "The Globe". By the 1930s, the phenomenon of the parents' egg-and-spoon race was sufficiently


title: "Egg-and-spoon race" content: well-established to be satirized in "Punch". Races were held among the staff of Trinity College, Cambridge until the 1950s. Egg-and-spoon races were held as part of the celebrations for both the 1977 Silver Jubilee and 2012 Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. In 2012, the British Council promoted the egg-and-spoon race as a suitable event for "English days", alongside the celebration of Charles Dickens and of the Victorian era. Competitors race either individually or in teams in the manner of a relay race. If the egg falls from the spoon then competitors may be required to stop, retrieve, and reposition


title: "Egg-and-spoon race" content: their egg; or to start again; or may even be disqualified. Due to the lesser penalty imposed for dropping the egg, and consequent encouragement of greater risk-taking, the first penalty scenario may result in a race that is faster overall. Common methods of cheating include sticking the egg to the spoon, or holding onto the egg with one finger. For an extra challenge, contestants might carry the spoon with both hands, with their teeth, or have their hands tied behind their backs. A variant of this sport played in India uses a lemon instead of an egg and often has


title: "Egg-and-spoon race" content: the participant hold the spoon in the mouth. In some schools the attendance of parents is prohibited or alternative non-competitive events staged, with the intention of sparing children the embarrassment and stigma of defeat. In others, the use of raw eggs is banned on the grounds of health and safety and fears of allergy or of competitors contracting salmonella through accidental ingestion of the contents of a broken egg. Hard-boiled, wooden, ceramic or synthetic eggs may be used in their stead, or alternative substitutes such as potatoes, small balls, or jelly. Punitive insurance premiums have also resulted in the cancellation


title: "Egg-and-spoon race" content: of some events. The phrase "egg and spoon" features in The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English; its use, along with the idiom with which it is sometimes confused, is frowned upon by the Metropolitan Police Service on the grounds of it being derogatory and rhyming slang for "". A number of world records in egg-and-spoon racing are held by New Yorker and serial record-holder Ashrita Furman; these include, as published by Guinness World Records, fastest 100 m egg-and-spoon race (19.39 seconds); fastest 100 m egg-and-spoon race while holding the spoon in the mouth (25.13 seconds); fastest


title: "Egg-and-spoon race" content: mile egg-and-spoon race (7 minutes, 8 seconds); fastest mile egg-and-spoon race holding the spoon with both hands (8 minutes, 5 seconds); and fastest mile egg-and-spoon race holding the spoon in the mouth (9 minutes, 29 seconds). In 1990 a runner completed the London Marathon in three hours forty-seven minutes while carrying a dessert spoon with an uncooked egg balanced upon it. British Olympic heptathlete and gold-medal winner Denise Lewis cites victory aged six in a thirty-metre egg-and-spoon race as the origin of her sporting ambitions; she advises all young athletes "concentrate, have fun with it and do your best". Egg-and-spoon


title: "Ranks and insignia of the Nazi Party" content: Ranks and insignia of the Nazi Party Ranks and insignia of the Nazi Party were paramilitary titles used by the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) between approximately 1928 and the fall of Nazi Germany in 1945. Such ranks were held within the political leadership corps of the Nazi Party, charged with the overseeing the regular Nazi Party members. The first purpose of the Nazi Party political ranks was to provide election district leadership positions during the years where the Nazis were attempting to come to power in Germany. After 1933, when the Third Reich had been established, Nazi Party


title: "Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival" content: Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival The Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival is a yearly festival, held in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, and organized by a not-for-profit organization, during which hot air balloons of every shape and colour are flown and where 300 shows and performances adding up to over 60 hours’ worth of programming are taking place. More than 200,000 visitors and 1,000 RVs usually participate. It is held over four days in late-August and early September during the Labor Day Weekend. The festival started in 1988 by Jean Boileau and attracted about 50 000 visitors and about 50 balloons. Through


title: "Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival" content: the following years the festival became much larger and was one of the biggest festivals in Canada. Attendance at one point reached over 225,000 people and had over 150 balloons. In 1998, the festival was also hosting the World Hot Air Airship Championship, which was disputed by 16 teams from Europe, China and the United States. On July 14, 2001, Boileau who was the general manager since its beginning was involved in a horrific hot-air balloon accident just east of the Ottawa International Airport on Leitrim Road. The balloon, while trying to land in an open field, struck some hydro


title: "Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival" content: wires after a sudden wind gust. It suddenly engulfed in flames. Boileau sustained multiple burns while trying to rescue his 15-year-old daughter, Julie, who was trapped inside the balloon's basket. Unfortunately, the rescue effort failed as the girl died instantly while two other people also sustained burns. Boileau, despite the fact that a subsequent Transport Canada report which mention that the accident was caused by a pilot error and bad weather conditions, was later honored by then-governor general Adrienne Clarkson for bravery. In 2007 a commemorative plaque was unveiled at the La Baie Park for Boileau's daughter known as the


title: "Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival" content: festival's first volunteer and a tree was also planted on site in her honor in conjunction of the festival's 20th Anniversary which also honored the founder of the festival. After that event, he never piloted a hot-air balloon and left his general manager spot of the Festival afterwards - some speculations were that the new city of Gatineau administration of Yves Ducharme tried to force him out of the job by offering a spot for the new city as chief of communications. He was handled that position for a few months during rehabilitation, but the position was later removed and


title: "Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival" content: changed as the position of director of communications and the City did not appointed him due to health reasons caused by his accident. Some speculated that the Ducharme administration wanted to remove people who were associated with the former city of Gatineau's last mayor, Robert Labine and Ducharme's mayoral rival in the 2001 elections for the new city of Gatineau. However, a settlement between the city and Boileau was made in 2003. The departure of Boileau had also put the Festival's future in doubt as several of his associates also left the Festival's organization. Boileau is currently the communication director


title: "Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival" content: of the City of Gatineau since October 2013 Several well-known artists performed during the Festival over the course of its history since 1988. Among those included: http://www.lapresse.ca/le-droit/actualites/ville-de-gatineau/201308/27/01-4683692-jean-boileau-a-la-tete-des-communications-de-gatineau.php Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival The Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival is a yearly festival, held in Gatineau, Quebec, Canada, and organized by a not-for-profit organization, during which hot air balloons of every shape and colour are flown and where 300 shows and performances adding up to over 60 hours’ worth of programming are taking place. More than 200,000 visitors and 1,000 RVs usually participate. It is held over four days in late-August


title: Hanaper content: Hanaper Hanaper, properly a case or basket to contain a "hanap" (O. Eng. "kneels": cf. Dutch "nap"), a drinking vessel, a goblet with a foot or stem; the term which is still used by antiquaries for medieval stemmed cups. The famous Royal Gold Cup in the British Museum is called a "hanap" in the inventory of Charles VI of France of 1391. The word "hanaper" (Med. Lat. "hanaperium") was used particularly in the English chancery of a wicker basket in which were kept writs and other documents. From "hanaper" is derived the modern "hamper," a wicker or rush basket used


title: "Another Scoop" content: Another Scoop Another Scoop is a compilation album by Pete Townshend, and essentially a sequel to "Scoop". Like "Scoop" released in 1983, "Another Scoop" features a multitude of demos, outtakes and unreleased material, many of which are songs by The Who. It was followed by "Scoop 3" in 2001, the third and last "Scoop" collection. All three albums were 2-disc sets, and in 2002 a pared-down compilation of them all was released as "Scooped". Remastered versions of the original albums were released in 2006, and again in 2017. Pete added liner notes to the release - "This is the second


title: "Another Scoop" content: my next "serious" solo album." PETE TOWNSHEND July, 1986 The album is dedicated to the memory of Cliff Townshend. All songs written and composed by Pete Townshend, except where noted. Another Scoop Another Scoop is a compilation album by Pete Townshend, and essentially a sequel to "Scoop". Like "Scoop" released in 1983, "Another Scoop" features a multitude of demos, outtakes and unreleased material, many of which are songs by The Who. It was followed by "Scoop 3" in 2001, the third and last "Scoop" collection. All three albums were 2-disc sets, and in 2002 a pared-down compilation of them all


title: "Airbus affair" content: 1999, "The Fifth Estate" obtained Swiss Bank Corporation records which revealed that Schreiber had set up a secret bank account in Zurich with the code-name "BRITAN," from which three cash withdrawals totaling $300,000 were made in 1993 and 1994. Two years later, Cameron and "Fifth Estate" producer Harvey Cashore, wrote a book about Schreiber called "The Last Amigo". In 2004, Kaplan clarified his position in a further book, "A Secret Trial", by criticizing Cameron for her role as a confidential RCMP informant on the Airbus matter, and Mulroney for not disclosing the fact that he had received the $300,000 from


title: "Airbus affair" content: Schreiber. On February 8, 2006, Schreiber stated in a "Fifth Estate" interview that the money from the "BRITAN" account came at the request of a Mulroney aide, who told him the former prime minister was short of funds. Schreiber mocked Mulroney's claim that the money was a consulting fee for help given in a pasta business Schreiber had invested in. The programme also reported there was no evidence that Mulroney knew of the source of the funds. The following year, "The Globe and Mail" and "The Fifth Estate" revealed that Brian Mulroney filed a voluntary disclosure with Revenue Canada several


title: "Night Time (album)" content: Night Time (album) Night Time is the fifth studio album by English post-punk band Killing Joke. It was released in February 1985 through E.G.. "Night Time" was released in February 1985 by record label E.G. It was an international hit, reaching number 11 in the United Kingdom, number 8 in New Zealand and number 50 in Sweden. The album was remastered and reissued in 2008, with nine bonus tracks. The bonus tracks include the non-album single "A New Day", three remixes and four tracks from a 1984 Kid Jensen BBC radio session. In his retrospective review, Ned Raggett of AllMusic


title: "Night Time (album)" content: opines that the album finds the band's music "caught between their earlier aggression and a calmer, more immediately accessible approach. The tension between the two sides had a perfect balance, and as a result, "Night Time" is arguably the quartet's freshest album since its debut, with a warm, anthemic quality now supplementing the blasting, driving approach that made the band's name". Adrian Begrand of PopMatters opined that, with the album, the band "perfected" their "balance between antagonism and accessibility" and that "the band are simply on fire on this record". "Kerrang!" magazine claimed that Killing Joke filed suit against Nirvana


title: "Night Time (album)" content: because the latter's "Come as You Are" (1991) was musically similar to "Eighties," primarily the guitar riffs used. When no actual suit could be identified as having been filed, "Kerrang!" claimed the matter had been dropped shortly after Kurt Cobain's death in 1994. According to "Rolling Stone", Killing Joke did not file a copyright infringement lawsuit due to "personal and financial reasons". Night Time (album) Night Time is the fifth studio album by English post-punk band Killing Joke. It was released in February 1985 through E.G.. "Night Time" was released in February 1985 by record label E.G. It was an


title: "Nile blue" content: Nile blue Nile blue (or Nile blue A) is a stain used in biology and histology. It may be used with live or fixed cells, and imparts a blue colour to cell nuclei. It may also be used in conjunction with fluorescence microscopy to stain for the presence of polyhydroxybutyrate granules in prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells. Boiling a solution of Nile blue with sulfuric acid produces Nile red (Nile blue oxazone). Nile blue is a fluorescent dye. The fluorescence shows especially in nonpolar solvents with a high quantum yield. The absorption and emission maxima of Nile blue are strongly dependent


title: "Nile red" content: Since the reaction to generate Nile red does not usually completely exhaust the supply of Nile blue, additional separation steps are required if pure Nile red is needed. Nile red Nile red (also known as Nile blue oxazone) is a lipophilic stain. Nile red stains intracellular lipid droplets yellow. In most polar solvents, Nile red will not fluoresce; however, when in a lipid-rich environment can be intensely fluorescent, with varying colours from deep red (for polar membrane lipid) to strong yellow-gold emission (for neutral lipid in intracellular storages). The dye is highly solvatochromic and its emission and excitation wavelength both


title: "Matt Foley" content: Santa outfit, complete with black snow boots. While he is well mannered and very good-natured, he has a very violent temper, usually yelling at his audience and making a fool of himself. He seems to have somewhat of a sense of self-pity and anger about his own poor life choices. Despite this, he has a passion for his career as a motivational speaker, going as far as to travel to Venezuela to speak to teens, or move in with teenagers to watch over them after they were caught with a bag of pot (although this was partially because he got


title: "Candid photography" content: Candid photography A candid photograph is a photograph captured without creating a posed appearance. This is achieved in many ways, for example: Thus, the candid character of a photo is unrelated to the subject's knowledge about or consent to the fact that photos are being taken, and unrelated to the subject's permission for further usage and distribution. The crucial factor is the actual absence of posing. However, if the subject is absolutely unaware of being photographed and does not even expect it, then such photography is secret photography, which is a special case of candid photography. The person who is


title: "Candid photography" content: size, is preferred for candid photography to avoid disturbing subjects. Black-painted cameras have long been preferred. Candid photography also typically requires use of available light since flash alerts subjects to the camera and may startle them, causing them to react or become self-conscious and stage their photo appearance rather than behaving naturally. For this reason, early candid photography took place outdoors, where the sun provides ample light. Indoor candid photography required the development of more sensitive films with higher film speeds (ISO) and aggressive methods of developing films ("push processing") to increase sensitivity. Therefore, candid photography was historically associated with


title: "Candid photography" content: pictures are often taken at low shutter speeds and show blurring from movement of the subject, or camera shaking. All these faults are usually considered acceptable because of the limitations of candid photography. Candid film photographers have been forced to use black and white, rather than color film because of its greater film speed. This has given candid photos a characteristic appearance. Film provides roughly 3 stops more dynamic range compared to earlier digital cameras. However, improved, smaller digital cameras are providing photographers with increased dynamic range, greater lens speeds and sharpness, enabling them to capture high quality candid images.


title: "Explorer Scouts (The Scout Association)" content: the Assistant County Commissioner (Explorer Scouts) and District Explorer Scout Leaders (DESL). The DESC is also supported by a District Explorer Scout Administrator (DESA), whose primary function is to keep track of Scouts who are nearing the age of admission to Explorer Scouts, and also once they have joined the section. All members and leaders of Explorer Scouting undertake the Scout Promise when joining the unit, and renew it on St George's Day and when other new members come in. Explorer Scouts and Explorer Scout Leaders are expected to observe the Scout Law Young Leaders are Explorer Scouts who choose


title: "Tennis ball" content: Tennis ball A tennis ball is a ball designed for the sport of tennis. Tennis balls are fluorescent yellow at major sporting events, but in recreational play can be virtually any color. Tennis balls are covered in a fibrous felt which modifies their aerodynamic properties, and each has a white curvilinear oval covering it. Modern tennis balls must conform to certain criteria for size, weight, deformation, and bounce criteria to be approved for regulation play. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) defines the official diameter as . Balls must have masses in the range . Yellow and white are the only


title: "Tennis ball" content: colors approved by the ITF, and most balls produced are a fluorescent yellow known as "optic yellow", first introduced in 1972 following research demonstrating they were more visible on television. Tennis balls are filled with air and are surfaced by a uniform felt-covered rubber compound. The felt delays flow separation in the boundary layer which reduces aerodynamic drag and gives the ball better flight properties. Often the balls will have a number on them in addition to the brand name. This helps distinguish one set of balls from another of the same brand on an adjacent court. Tennis balls begin


title: "Tennis ball" content: to lose their bounce as soon as the tennis ball can is opened. They can be tested to determine their bounce. Modern regulation tennis balls are kept under pressure (approximately two atmospheres) until initially used; balls intended for use at high altitudes have a lower initial pressure, and inexpensive practice balls are made without internal pressurization. A ball is tested for bounce by dropping it from a height of onto concrete; a bounce between is acceptable—if taking place at sea-level and with relative humidity of 60%; high-altitude balls have different characteristics when tested at sea-level. The ITF's "Play and Stay"


title: "Tennis ball" content: of Malfi". John Self in Martin Amis's novel, "Money", is struck in the face by a tennis ball. Tennis ball A tennis ball is a ball designed for the sport of tennis. Tennis balls are fluorescent yellow at major sporting events, but in recreational play can be virtually any color. Tennis balls are covered in a fibrous felt which modifies their aerodynamic properties, and each has a white curvilinear oval covering it. Modern tennis balls must conform to certain criteria for size, weight, deformation, and bounce criteria to be approved for regulation play. The International Tennis Federation (ITF) defines the


title: "Javan myna" content: Javan myna The Javan myna ("Acridotheres javanicus"), also known as the white-vented myna, is a species of myna. It is a member of the starling family. The Javan myna is sometimes included in the great myna ("Acridotheres grandis") or the jungle myna ("A. fuscus"). The International Ornithologists' Union recommends not using the name "white-vented myna" to avoid confusion. The Javan myna is mainly black. The wings are brownish-black, and the primaries have white bases. The undertail-coverts are white. There is a crest on the forehead. The beak and feet are yellow. The eyes are lemon-yellow. The immature is browner. Its


title: "Javan myna" content: cages in Malaysia and Indonesia. Javan myna The Javan myna ("Acridotheres javanicus"), also known as the white-vented myna, is a species of myna. It is a member of the starling family. The Javan myna is sometimes included in the great myna ("Acridotheres grandis") or the jungle myna ("A. fuscus"). The International Ornithologists' Union recommends not using the name "white-vented myna" to avoid confusion. The Javan myna is mainly black. The wings are brownish-black, and the primaries have white bases. The undertail-coverts are white. There is a crest on the forehead. The beak and feet are yellow. The eyes are lemon-yellow.


title: "Dassault Mirage 4000" content: Dassault Mirage 4000 The Dassault Mirage 4000 (sometimes named the Super Mirage 4000) was a French prototype jet fighter aircraft developed by Dassault-Breguet from their Mirage 2000. The Mirage 4000 was noticeably larger and heavier than the single-engined Mirage 2000, the 4000 having two SNECMA M53-2 turbofans. It also featured small canards above the engine air intakes and a true bubble canopy, compared to the Mirage 2000 and previous Mirages. Despite the changes, the two aircraft remained similar, sharing the delta wing design, semi-circular air intakes, and general configuration. The Mirage 4000 first flew on 9 March 1979. It was


title: "Dassault Mirage 4000" content: (Paris Air and Space Museum) in 1995. Dassault Mirage 4000 The Dassault Mirage 4000 (sometimes named the Super Mirage 4000) was a French prototype jet fighter aircraft developed by Dassault-Breguet from their Mirage 2000. The Mirage 4000 was noticeably larger and heavier than the single-engined Mirage 2000, the 4000 having two SNECMA M53-2 turbofans. It also featured small canards above the engine air intakes and a true bubble canopy, compared to the Mirage 2000 and previous Mirages. Despite the changes, the two aircraft remained similar, sharing the delta wing design, semi-circular air intakes, and general configuration. The Mirage 4000 first


title: "Nazi Germany paramilitary ranks" content: Nazi Germany paramilitary ranks National Socialist paramilitary ranks were pseudo-military titles which were used by the Nazis, represented by the Nazi Party, the National Socialist German Workers' Party ("Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei"; NSDAP), between the years of 1920 and 1945. Since the Nazi Party was by its very nature a paramilitary organization, by the time of the Second World War, several systems of paramilitary ranks had come into existence for both the Nazi Party itself and the various Nazi paramilitary organizations. The following articles provide information regarding the various paramilitary rank systems used by the Nazi Party: After the Nazi Party


title: "Nazi Germany paramilitary ranks" content: came to power in Germany, a number of Nazi state controlled and/or sponsored organizations developed Nazi style ranks, insignia, and titles. Such various ranks and insignia were: The Nazi use of paramilitary ranks even extended as far as inmates of concentration camps. By 1936, a system of Nazi concentration camp badges had been developed along paramilitary lines. Nazi Germany paramilitary ranks National Socialist paramilitary ranks were pseudo-military titles which were used by the Nazis, represented by the Nazi Party, the National Socialist German Workers' Party ("Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei"; NSDAP), between the years of 1920 and 1945. Since the Nazi Party


title: "Shear modulus" content: with zero shear modulus. In homogeneous and isotropic solids, there are two kinds of waves, pressure waves and shear waves. The velocity of a shear wave, formula_11 is controlled by the shear modulus, where The shear modulus of metals is usually observed to decrease with increasing temperature. At high pressures, the shear modulus also appears to increase with the applied pressure. Correlations between the melting temperature, vacancy formation energy, and the shear modulus have been observed in many metals. Several models exist that attempt to predict the shear modulus of metals (and possibly that of alloys). Shear modulus models that


title: "Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots" content: the game "Best PS3 Game of 2008" and "Best Action/Adventure Game". 1UP.com gave "MGS4" "Game of the Year", "Best PS3 Game", "Best Action Game", and "Best Audiovisual Experience". Fox News Channel awarded the game "Best PS3 Game of 2008" and "Best Game of 2008". GameSpy awarded it "Best PS3 Action Game". From "Gamezine", "MGS4" won "Game of the Year", and "Best PS3 Game". Giant Bomb gave it "Best PS3-Only Game", "Best Graphics", and "Most Satisfying Sequel". In the Golden Joystick 2008 awards, "MGS4" was awarded "Best PS3 Game". At Tokyo Game Show 2009, "Metal Gear Solid 4" received the Grand


title: "Silica fume" content: in the paste. Addition of silica fume also reduces the permeability of concrete to chloride ions, which protects the reinforcing steel of concrete from corrosion, especially in chloride-rich environments such as coastal regions and those of humid continental roadways and runways (because of the use of deicing salts) and saltwater bridges. Prior to the mid-1970s, nearly all silica fume was discharged into the atmosphere. After environmental concerns necessitated the collection and landfilling of silica fume, it became economically viable to use silica fume in various applications, in particular high-performance concrete. Effects of silica fume on different properties of fresh and


title: "History of psychology" content: the functionalist approach in his APA presidential address of 1900, and Angell adopted Titchener's label explicitly in his influential textbook of 1904 and his APA presidential address of 1906. In reality, Structuralism was, more or less, confined to Titchener and his students. (It was Titchener's former student E. G. Boring, writing "A History of Experimental Psychology" [1929–1950, the most influential textbook of the 20th century about the discipline], who launched the common idea that the structuralism/functionalism debate was the primary fault line in American psychology at the turn of the 20th century.) Functionalism, broadly speaking, with its more practical emphasis


title: "Pole lathe" content: position ready for the next down stroke. Modern pole lathes often replace the springy pole with an elastic bungee cord. While the action of the pole lathe and the skills required are similar to those employed on a modern power lathe, a requirement is that the timber used on a pole lathe is freshly felled and unseasoned, "i.e.", green. The angle that the tools are ground is closer to that of a carpenter's chisel than that of a power lathe tool. Using power lathe tools on a pole lathe is safe, but hard work. Using a pole lathe chisel on


title: "Scale (map)" content: Earth's size to the generating globe's size is called the nominal scale (= principal scale = representative fraction). Many maps state the nominal scale and may even display a bar scale (sometimes merely called a 'scale') to represent it. The second distinct concept of scale applies to the variation in scale across a map. It is the ratio of the mapped point's scale to the nominal scale. In this case 'scale' means the scale factor (= point scale = particular scale). If the region of the map is small enough to ignore Earth's curvature—a town plan, for example—then a single


title: "Registered Cossacks" content: was established at Trakhtemyriv (today a village in Kaniv Raion) with its monastery, which was used as the Cossacks' hospital. The Cossacks were given a banner that denoted their relationship to the state army and were promised by Bereg to be paid in Cherkasky on Saint Nicolas Day. The Cossacks evidently were paid only after the Siege of Pskov in 1581. Even though the official register consisted of only 500 names, in reality the contingent of registered Cossacks numbered around 4,000. Batory's military reform, however, was not effective. The Polish government promised to pay the Cossacks' salary, but often did


title: "High-protein diet" content: High-protein diet A high-protein diet is low in fat or carbohydrate consumption, and is not the same as a low-carbohydrate diet which may not be food-energy–controlled and may include fat. Example foods in a high-protein diet include lean beef, chicken or poultry, pork, salmon and tuna, eggs, and soy. A diet is considered "high in protein" if daily protein consumption exceeds 15% of total energy intake. The diet has been described by nutritionists as unhealthy and unbalanced. Extreme protein intake (in excess of 200 g per day), coupled with inadequate intake of other calorie sources (fat or carbohydrates), can cause


title: "High-protein diet" content: a form of metabolic disturbance and death commonly known as rabbit starvation. Even when consuming other calorie sources, consuming more than 285 g of protein per day (for an 80 kg person) may be unsafe. Relatively little evidence has been gathered regarding the effect of more moderate long-term high intake of protein on the development of chronic diseases. Increased load on the kidney is a result of an increase in reabsorption of NaCl. This causes a decrease in the sensitivity of tubuloglomerular feedback, which, in turn, results to an increased glomerular filtration rate. This increases pressure in glomerular capillaries. When


title: "High-protein diet" content: added to any additional renal disease, it may cause permanent kidney damage. A 2017 review paper in "The New England Journal of Medicine" suggests that high protein diet may contribute to life-long risk of kidney damage including chronic kidney disease. Legumes and nuts provide fiber, which meat lacks. As of 2004, it appeared that a high protein diet was not harmful, but had little evidence of any benefit for bodybuilders. High-protein diet A high-protein diet is low in fat or carbohydrate consumption, and is not the same as a low-carbohydrate diet which may not be food-energy–controlled and may include fat.


title: "Sun Dial" content: Sun Dial Sun Dial (occasionally spelled Sundial) is a British psychedelic rock band formed in 1990 by Gary Ramon. The precursor to Sun Dial was Ramon's the Modern Art, formed in the mid-1980s with a loose lineup that never played gigs but did see the release of two studio albums. Ramon disbanded the group out of a desire "to make a more live-sounding group that could go out and play". The band gained prominence after the release of their first album, "Other Way Out", which quickly sold out its initial run through word of mouth alone. The album was near-universally


title: "Sun Dial" content: praised in the independent music press, winning several awards and accolades. However, the album saw little popularity among mainstream critics and radio stations as their authentic 1960s psychedelic sound was out of fashion at the time. "Other Way Out" remains popular to this day in the psychedelic and progressive rock communities, and has gone through eight reissues since its original release. Subsequent albums have explored many branches of psychedelia, including space rock, acid rock, stoner rock, neo-psychedelia, and psych pop. Their music has been compared to, influenced, or praised by prominent artists such as Monster Magnet, Nirvana, Spiritualized, and Spacemen


title: "Sun Dial" content: 3. Sun Dial in turn were influenced by the 1960s and 1970s psychedelia and hard rock of Jimi Hendrix, the Beatles, the Stooges, Pink Floyd, and Led Zeppelin, as well as the drug-influenced "Madchester" sound of the Stone Roses, Inspiral Carpets, and Happy Mondays. After the 1996 live album "Live Drug", Ramon recorded an album called Kahoutek with Russell Barrett (ex-Chapterhouse who would officially join the band in 2003). However, the album remains unreleased to this day (except for a couple of tracks that came out on the 2009 compilation Processed for DNA). With management deeming the album to be


title: "Sun Dial" content: too extreme by the bands management, Ramon took Sun Dial on an extended hiatus and devoted his time to producing records by other bands, including Chemical, and Fantasyy Factoryy. Many of these records were released on Ramon's own Acme label. During this time Ramon also worked with Coil and Current93 and released "Quad", a solo project exploring ambient electronica and kraut rock. Sun Dial reconvened for a live performance in December 2002 and released their next album, "Zen For Sale", a few months thereafter. In 2010, they released a 20th anniversary 2-CD anthology, Processed For DNA, via Shrunken Head, their


title: "Sun Dial" content: own imprint with Cherry Red, before returning with a new eponymous studio album, musically much heavier than before, and more influenced by early 1990s Seattle than late 1960s psychedelia. It was released alongside a major Sun Dial reissue campaign which stopped after the re-release of the Reflector album. As with fellow psych rocker Nick Saloman's The Bevis Frond, Sun Dial has always been an instrument of its frontman Gary Ramon; the band's line up tends to change from album to album. The most stable line ups include the following: Sun Dial are noted for releasing limited-edition albums and singles on


title: "Sun Dial" content: independent labels. The discs (often printed on vinyl only) become highly sought-after by collectors. Sun Dial Sun Dial (occasionally spelled Sundial) is a British psychedelic rock band formed in 1990 by Gary Ramon. The precursor to Sun Dial was Ramon's the Modern Art, formed in the mid-1980s with a loose lineup that never played gigs but did see the release of two studio albums. Ramon disbanded the group out of a desire "to make a more live-sounding group that could go out and play". The band gained prominence after the release of their first album, "Other Way Out", which quickly


title: "Bob Simmons (stunt man)" content: Bob Simmons (stunt man) Bob Simmons (Fulham, London, England, 31 March 1922 – 21 October 1987) was an English actor and stunt man, best known for his work in many British made films, most notably the James Bond series. Simmons was a former Army Physical Training Instructor at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst who had initially planned to be an actor, but thought a career in performing stunts would be more lucrative and interesting. Simmons first worked for Albert R. Broccoli and Irving Allen's Warwick Films on the film "The Red Beret", that included future Bond film regulars director Terence Young,


title: "Bob Simmons (stunt man)" content: screenwriter Richard Maibaum and cameraman, later director of photography Ted Moore. Simmons later worked in many other Warwick Films, and worked for Allen in his "The Long Ships" and "Genghis Khan", where he had his eye injured when kicked by a horse. When Albert R. Broccoli began to produce the James Bond films, Simmons tested as an actor for the Bond role, but until his death in 1987, he became the stunt coordinator for every Bond film except "From Russia with Love", whichthat he joined later in the production, "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" and "The Man with the Golden


title: "Bob Simmons (stunt man)" content: Gun". He appeared in the gun barrel sequence for Sean Connery in three James Bond films: "Dr. No", "From Russia with Love", and "Goldfinger". Simmons is the only person to officially perform the scene, while not starring in the main role as James Bond. Simmons also had a role as SPECTRE agent Jacques Bouvar in the pre-title sequence of the fourth film, "Thunderball". Simmons developed a stunt technique involving trampolines, first used in "You Only Live Twice", whereby stuntmen would bounce off a trampoline in concert with a triggered explosion so as to simulate being blown into the air. This


title: "Bob Simmons (stunt man)" content: was used in many other films, including by Simmons again in "The Wild Geese", where Simmons also doubled for Richard Burton. Upon retirement, Simmons wrote an autobiography entitled "Nobody Does It Better" titled after the theme song for the 1977 Bond film "The Spy Who Loved Me". Bob Simmons (stunt man) Bob Simmons (Fulham, London, England, 31 March 1922 – 21 October 1987) was an English actor and stunt man, best known for his work in many British made films, most notably the James Bond series. Simmons was a former Army Physical Training Instructor at Royal Military Academy Sandhurst who


title: "Buell dryer" content: Buell dryer The Buell dryer is a multiple hearth direct heated industrial dryer (commonly known as a turbo dryer) that has modified for drying china clay. Its design is very similar to the Herreshoff Kiln, which is a type of calciner. The Buell dryer was first developed by English Clays Lovering Pochin & Co. Ltd for their china clay processing plants in Cornwall. The first Buell was installed in the old cooperage in Nanpean, and was the first operating mechanical dryer in the Cornish china clay industry, having started in 1945. The dryer itself is composed of a large upright


title: "Buell dryer" content: manner, and exits the bottom of the dryer with the assistance of fans. Material to be dried usually enters the top of the dryer with a moisture content of around 18%, and exits as a product of around 10 to 8%. Generally these figures all depend on the dewatering processes employed before the material reaches the dryer. Commonly, the Buell dryer handles shredded filter press cakes from standard square plate filter presses. While the Buell dryer is now thought to be a relatively obsolete drying technology, a very similar dryer made by Wyssmont called the TURBO-DRYER is still widely used


title: "Track ballast" content: Track ballast Track ballast forms the trackbed upon which railroad ties (sleepers) are laid. It is packed between, below, and around the ties. It is used to bear the load from the railroad ties, to facilitate drainage of water, and also to keep down vegetation that might interfere with the track structure. This also serves to hold the track in place as the trains roll by. It is typically made of crushed stone, although ballast has sometimes consisted of other, less suitable materials, for example burnt clay. The term "ballast" comes from a nautical term for the stones used to


title: "Track ballast" content: stabilize a ship. The appropriate thickness of a layer of track ballast depends on the size and spacing of the ties, the amount of traffic on the line, and various other factors. Track ballast should never be laid down less than thick; and high-speed railway lines may require ballast up to thick. An insufficient depth of ballast causes overloading of the underlying soil, and in unfavourable conditions overloading the soil causes the track to sink, usually unevenly. Ballast less than thick can lead to vibrations that damage nearby structures. However, increasing the depth beyond adds no extra benefit in reducing


title: "Track ballast" content: vibration. In turn, track ballast typically rests on a layer of small crushed stones: the sub-ballast. The sub-ballast layer gives a solid support for the top ballast, and reduces the seepage of water from the underlying ground. Sometimes an elastic mat is placed on the layer of sub-ballast and beneath the ballast, thereby significantly reducing vibration. It is essential for ballast to be piled as high as the ties, and for a substantial "shoulder" to be placed at their ends; the latter being especially important, since this ballast shoulder is the main restraint of lateral movement of the track. The


title: "Track ballast" content: ballast shoulder always should be at least wide, and may be as wide as . The shape of the ballast is also important. Stones must be irregularly cut, with sharp edges, so that they properly interlock and grip the ties in order to fully secure them against movement; spherical stones cannot do this. In order to let the stones fully settle and interlock, speed limits are often lowered on sections of track for a period of time after new ballast has been laid. If ballast is badly fouled, the clogging will reduce its ability to drain properly; this, in turn,


title: "Track ballast" content: causes more debris to be sucked up from the sub-ballast, causing more fouling. Therefore, keeping the ballast clean is essential. Bioremediation can be used to clean ballast. It is not always necessary to replace the ballast if it is fouled, nor must all the ballast be removed if it is to be cleaned. Removing and cleaning the ballast from the shoulder is often sufficient, if shoulder ballast is removed to the correct depth. While this job was historically done by manual labour, this process is now, like many other railway maintenance tasks, a mechanised one, with a chain of specially-designed


title: "Track ballast" content: railroad cars handling the task. One wagon cuts the ballast and passes it via a conveyor belt to a cleaning machine, then the cleaning wagon washes the ballast, and deposits the dirt and ballast into other wagons for disposal and re-use, respectively. Such machines can clean up to of ballast in an hour. Cleaning, however, can only be done a certain number of times before the ballast is damaged to the point that it cannot be re-used; furthermore, track ballast that is completely fouled can not be corrected by shoulder cleaning. In such cases, it is necessary to replace the


title: "Track ballast" content: ballast altogether. One method of "replacing" ballast, if necessity demands, is to simply dump fresh ballast on the track, jack the whole track on top of it, and then tamp it down; alternatively, the ballast underneath the track can be removed with an undercutter, which does not require removing or lifting the track. The dump and jack method cannot be used through tunnels, under overbridges, and where there are platforms. Where the track is laid over a swamp, such as the Hexham swamp in Australia, the ballast continuously sinks, and needs to be topped up to maintain its line and


title: "Track ballast" content: level. After 150 years of topping up, there appears to be of sunken ballast under the tracks. Chat Moss in the United Kingdom is similar. Regular inspection of the ballast shoulder is important; as noted earlier, the lateral stability of the track depends upon the shoulder. The shoulder acquires some amount of stability over time, being compacted by traffic; maintenance tasks such as replacing ties, tamping, and ballast cleaning can upset this stability. After performing these tasks, it is necessary for either trains to run at reduced speed on the repaired routes, or to employ machinery to compact the shoulder


title: "Track ballast" content: again. If the trackbed becomes uneven, it is necessary to pack ballast underneath sunk ties to level the track out again. This is, in the mechanized age, usually done by a ballast tamping machine. A more recent, and probably better, technique is to lift the rails and ties, and to force stones, smaller than the track ballast particles and all of the same size, into the gap. This has the advantage of not disturbing the well-compacted ballast on the trackbed, as tamping is likely to do. This technique is called pneumatic ballast injection (PBI), or, less formally, "stoneblowing". However, this


title: "Track ballast" content: technique is not as effective with fresh ballast, as the smaller stones tend to move down between the larger pieces of ballast. The quantity of ballast tends to vary with gauge, with the wider gauges tending to have wider formations. The depth of ballast also tends to vary with the density of traffic, as faster and heavier traffic requires greater stability. The quantity of ballast also tends to increase over the years as more and more ballast is piled on. Some figures from an 1897 report are: Track ballast Track ballast forms the trackbed upon which railroad ties (sleepers) are


title: "Saturate (Breaking Benjamin album)" content: plans for a European release of the album containing the song "Lady Bug" and the Depeche Mode cover of "Enjoy the Silence," but this version of "Saturate" was never released in Europe, and as a result, neither track was released for the album. "Lady Bug" later appeared on their "So Cold EP", and on the deluxe edition of their greatest hits compilation album "". "Enjoy the Silence" appeared on the compilation in the same version. The album was eventually released in Europe in 2006, but these tracks still were not included. Saturate (Breaking Benjamin album) Saturate is the debut studio


title: "Scarlet Skier" content: the Skier. The Scarlet Skier is the archenemy of G'nort, a comically incompetent Green Lantern. Later the Scarlet Skier becomes stranded on Earth and becomes a friend of G'nort. The Skier reforms his evil ways and joins the Justice League Antarctica. The Skier is imprisoned in a L.E.G.I.O.N. prison in the planet Cairn, but is granted conditional freedom. Vril Dox thinks that the Scarlet Skier was only being used, and bears little responsibility for his crimes. His days as cosmic locater are ended, but now he must seek revenge on the person who imprisoned him, G'nort. The Scarlet Skier tracks


title: "Scarlet Skier" content: G'nort, who at that moment was in the Justice League of America quarters in New York. The Skier crashlands instead, ruining his mode of transport. G'nort finds the Skier and a fight breaks out. The Skier is smashed through the ground into subway. The Skier wanders the tunnels, wreaking havoc. He considers the idea of committing suicide to save his honor, and goes to the top of one of the Twin Towers in order to jump off. When he jumps, he is saved by G'nort. The Scarlet Skier, completely depressed, says that his life is a sort of "cosmic disaster"


title: "Scarlet Skier" content: Patterson. For transgressions against Mr. Nebula, Skier ends the adventure with a new costume he finds even more unpleasant than before. Scarlet Skier The Scarlet Skier (real name Dren Keeg) is a DC Comics supervillain/superhero. Created by Keith Giffen and J. M. DeMatteis during their comedy Justice League period, he first appeared in "Justice League America" #36 (1990). The Scarlet Skier is the herald for a cosmic being known as Mr. Nebula. He is a parody of the classic Marvel Comics character the Silver Surfer who is a herald for a cosmic being known as Galactus. The Skier doesn't wish


title: "San Francisco Transbay Terminal" content: of the Muni Metro, streetcars were replaced with light rail vehicles and rerouted through the upper level of the Market Street Subway. Rail service to the station was briefly revived by the F Market line, at first during historic streetcar festivals, but for full service by 1995. The line's extension to Fisherman's Wharf in 2000 saw the end of rail traffic to the terminal. The Transbay Terminal hosted a cocktail lounge, a diner, a newsstand, and a state police office until the 1990s, when the tenants were either evicted or unable to meet safety regulations. Because the Terminal straddled First


title: Xgl content: X server to run Xgl on top of. At XDevConf 2006 (the 2006 X development conference), NVIDIA made a presentation arguing that this is the wrong direction to take because the layered server abstracts features of the cards away. This makes driver specific capabilities like support for 3D glasses and dual monitor support much more difficult. However, delegating initialization to an existing X server allows the developers to immediately focus on server functionality rather than dedicating substantial time to specifics of interfacing with numerous video hardware. At the moment, Xglx does not officially support multiple monitors, although it has been


title: "CeeLo Green" content: Lo Bear, and sang "The Night Begins to Shine" and other songs. Green was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from high school at Riverside Military Academy, a boarding school for boys in Gainesville, Georgia. Both of his parents were ordained ministers, and he started his music career in church. His father died when Green was two years old. His mother, Sheila J. Tyler-Callaway, a firefighter, was paralyzed in a car crash and died two years after the accident when Green was 18. Green has also acknowledged being a fan of disgraced British glam rock singer Gary Glitter, but has


title: "Balloon modelling" content: Balloon modelling Balloon modelling or balloon twisting is the shaping of special modelling balloons into almost any given shape, often a balloon animal. People who create balloon animals and other twisted balloon sculptures are called Twisters, Balloon Benders and Balloon Artists. Twisters often perform in restaurants, at birthday parties, fairs and at public and private events or functions. Two of the primary design styles are "single balloon modelling", which restricts itself to the use of one balloon per model, and "multiple balloon modelling", which uses more than one balloon. Each style has its own set of challenges and skills, but


title: "Balloon modelling" content: being the first balloontwister. Val Andrews, in "Manual of Balloon Modeling, Vol. 1, An Encyclopedic Series", credits H.J. Bonnert of Scranton, Pennsylvania as being the "daddy of them all". Jim Church III states, "Frank Zacone from Youngstown, Ohio was doing a balloon act during the 1940s and had been doing the act for some time." Another candidate for first balloon twister is Henry Maar. Two essential items are required for balloon twisting: teddy bear Balloon modelling Balloon modelling or balloon twisting is the shaping of special modelling balloons into almost any given shape, often a balloon animal. People who create


title: "Grandmother hypothesis" content: Grandmother hypothesis The grandmother hypothesis is a hypothesis to explain the existence of menopause in human life history by identifying the adaptive value of extended kin networking. It builds on the previously postulated "mother hypothesis" which states that as mothers age, the costs of reproducing become greater, and energy devoted to those activities would be better spent helping her offspring in their reproductive efforts. It suggests that by redirecting their energy onto those of their offspring, grandmothers can better ensure the survival of their genes through younger generations. By providing sustenance and support to their kin, grandmothers not only ensure