title: "USS Narwhal (SSN-671)" content: in Bremerton, Washington. USS Narwhal (SSN-671) USS "Narwhal" (SSN-671), a unique submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the narwhal, a gray and white arctic whale with a unicorn-like, ivory tusk. Her keel was laid down on 17 January 1966 by the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation, in Groton, Connecticut. She was launched on 9 September 1967 sponsored by Glynn R. Donaho, and commissioned on 12 July 1969 with Commander W. A. Matson in command. Very little of the "Narwhal"s design was based on the submarine. Being a unique design she


title: "Soviet submarine B-427" content: by a group of Australian businessmen on a three-year lease purchase contract, and was towed from Vladivostok on 25 July 1995. En route to Sydney, the tow company claimed that the deal for the Russian Navy to cover the cost of the tow was invalid, and claimed that A$150,000 in towing expenses was required. The submarine arrived in Sydney on 31 August, and after some modifications, was loaned to the Australian National Maritime Museum for display as a museum vessel under the designation "Foxtrot-540" (the submarine's last pennant number while in service). As the submarine was still the property of


title: 4-8-2 content: 4-8-2 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels, eight powered and coupled driving wheels and two trailing wheels. This type of steam locomotive is commonly known as the Mountain type. The tank and tender locomotive versions of the Mountain wheel arrangement both originated in the Colony of Natal in South Africa. In 1888, the Natal Government Railways (NGR) placed the first five of its eventual one hundred Class D tank locomotives in service. The locomotive was designed by William Milne, the Locomotive Superintendent of the NGR from 1877 to


title: 4-8-2 content: 1896, and was built by Dübs and Company. This was the first known use of the wheel arrangement in the world. In 1906, six NGR Class B Mastodon locomotives, designed by D.A. Hendrie, NGR Locomotive Superintendent from 1903 to 1910, were modified to a wheel arrangement by having trailing bissel trucks added below their cabs to improve their stability when hauling fast passenger trains. These altered Class B locomotives were the first tender locomotives in the world. The first locomotive to be designed and built as a tender locomotive was New Zealand’s X class, designed by A. L. Beattie and


title: 4-8-2 content: built by the New Zealand Railways Department's Addington Workshops in Christchurch in 1908. It was designed to haul heavy freight trains on the mountainous central section of the North Island Main Trunk Railway and it is believed that this was the source of the "Mountain" name of the type, although it is also possible that the name was originated by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway in the United States of America, who named the type after the Allegheny Mountains. The X class was, however, not considered to be a true Mountain type, since its trailing truck served to spread the


title: 4-8-2 content: axle load rather than to allow a larger and wider firebox. The trailing wheels were positioned well behind a narrow firebox, which itself sat above the coupled wheels, necessitating the same design compromise between coupled wheel diameter and grate size as on a Consolidation or Mastodon. A true design was a progression of the classic 4-6-2 Pacific layout, which featured a wide firebox positioned above the trailing truck and behind the coupled wheels, allowing for a wide and deep firebox as well as large coupled wheels. In 1909, the NGR placed the world’s first true Mountain type locomotive in service


title: 4-8-2 content: when five Class Hendrie D tender locomotives were commissioned. It was designed by Hendrie to handle coal traffic on the upper Natal mainline and, while it was based on the Class Hendrie B , it had the firebox positioned to the rear of the coupled wheels to make a larger grate and ashpan possible. To accomplish this, the plate frame was equipped with a cast bridle at the rear to accommodate the improved firebox design, which also necessitated the addition of a trailing truck. Five locomotives were built by the North British Locomotive Company and delivered in 1909. The type


title: 4-8-2 content: went on to become the most widely used steam locomotive wheel arrangement in South Africa, with altogether thirty classes of both tank and tender versions eventually seeing service on the South African Railways. In 1951, six locomotives were built by North British Locomotive Company to the design of the South African Class 19D for the Angolan "Caminho de Ferro de Benguela" (CFB or Benguela railway) as their 11th Class. Unlike some other countries which utilised the design for heavy passenger duties, the Australian was more typically used as a heavy goods locomotive with small coupled wheels and a very large


title: "American yellow warbler" content: two out of three mangrove and golden warbler nests are affected. Snakes, including the blue racer ("Coluber constrictor foxii") and common garter snake ("Thamnophis sirtalis"), are significant nest predators, taking nestlings and fledglings as well as sick or distracted adults. Likewise corvids such as the American crow ("Corvus brachyrhynchos") and blue jay ("Cyanocitta cristata"), and large climbing rodents, notably the American red squirrel ("Tamiasciurus hudsonicus"). Carnivores, in particular members of the Musteloidea, including the striped skunk ("Mephitis mephitis"), long-tailed weasel ("Mustela frenata") and common raccoon ("Procyon lotor"); the red fox ("Vulpes vulpes"); and domestic or feral cats, are similarly opportunistic


title: "Harry Osborn" content: run from S.H.I.E.L.D. and is pursued by the Hand ninjas, Wolverine, and Shadowcat before fully transforming into the Lizard. Figuring out that there is a connection with their powers and a mysterious substance given to her by Matt Murdock, Gwen manages to get the Lizard serum out of Harry's blood and combines it with the substance, which forms the Venom symbiote. During Infinity Wars, when the universe was folded, Harry's father, Norman is fused with Jack Russel and became Goblin by Night. Harry is best friend with Peter Spector and they work together in their company. Harry is also Peter's


title: "Flag of Argentina" content: flag as a war flag. It was the Congress of Tucumán which finally designated it as the national flag, in 1816. A yellow Sun of May was added to the center in 1818. The full flag featuring the sun is called the Official Ceremonial Flag (). The flag without the sun is considered the Ornamental Flag (). While both versions are equally considered the national flag, the ornamental version must always be hoisted below the Official Ceremony Flag. In vexillological terms, the Official Ceremonial Flag is the civil, state and war flag and ensign, while the Ornamental Flag is an


title: World3 content: minor tweaks to get to the World3/91 model used in the book "Beyond the Limits", later improved to get the World3/2000 model distributed by the Institute for Policy and Social Science Research and finally the World3/2004 model used in the book "Limits to Growth: the 30 year update". World3 is one of several global models that have been generated throughout the world (Mesarovic/Pestel Model, Bariloche Model, MOIRA Model, SARU Model, FUGI Model) and is probably the model that generated the spark for all later models. The model consisted of several interacting parts. Each of these dealt with a different system


title: "Polish cuisine" content: Kresy, Podlachia, Masovia (including Warsaw), Masuria, Pomerania, Silesia, Lesser Poland, the Tatra mountains and Greater Poland (see List of Polish cuisine dishes). Sweet pierogi may be filled with, sweet (vanilla flavored) curd cheese, with blueberries, plums, or cherries etc. Bread ("Chleb") and bread rolls ("Bułka") makes the Polish cuisine and tradition complete. It has been an essential part of them both for centuries. Today bread remains one of the most important foods in the Polish cuisine. The main ingredient for Polish bread is rye or wheat, Traditional bread has a crunchy crust, is soft but not too soft inside, and


title: "Old Navy" content: Old Navy Old Navy is an American clothing and accessories retailing company owned by American multinational corporation Gap Inc. It has corporate operations in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco. The largest of the Old Navy stores are its flagship stores, located in New York City, Seattle, Chicago, San Francisco, and Mexico City. In the early 1990s, Gap, Inc looked to establish a new division, branded as a less expensive version of Gap called Everyday Hero; Millard Drexler responded by opening Gap Warehouse in existing Gap outlet locations in 1993. In March 1994, Gap Warehouse was renamed Old Navy


title: "Old Navy" content: Clothing Co. in order to establish a separate image from its parent. It was named after a bar in Paris. The new stores were about , compared less than for Gap Warehouse stores. On March 11, 1994, the first Old Navy locations opened in the northern California towns of Colma, San Leandro and Pittsburg According to Kevin Lonergan, Gap's director of stores, Old Navy stores were intentionally designed like grocery stores, with flowing aisles, shopping carts, and small impulse items near the checkout counters. The cement floor, metal shelving, and checkout counters built from polished pressed board and galvanized metal


title: "Old Navy" content: gave the stores an industrial warehouse feel, while the colorful arrangements and large number of employees working set it apart from other discount clothing stores. Later that year, 42 other Old Navy stores opened, and most of the 45 Gap Warehouse stores were renamed Old Navy. Old Navy had campy television ads featuring Morgan Fairchild and its mascot, Magic the dog. The Old Navy division grew quickly; in 1997, it became the first retailer to pass $1 billion in its first four years in business, and opened 500 stores by 2000. In 2001, Old Navy began its international expansion with


title: "Old Navy" content: the opening of 12 stores in Ontario, Canada. The brand also experimented, opening a coffee shop inside one location in San Francisco in December 1995, and opening an Old Navy Kids location in Littleton, Colorado, in April 1997. This in turn did not work out for the company, and was terminated the following September. In 2005, Old Navy's then-president Dawn Robertson looked to address the competition she saw in Hollister Co. and American Eagle Outfitters by rebranding the division with a "high fashion feel". In addition to a new logo, several locations were built or remodeled to reflect the "New


title: "Old Navy" content: Old Navy."; one such location in St. Petersburg, Florida cost roughly $5 million to develop. Unlike the traditional industrial warehouse style most Old Navy locations possess, the new stores were boutique in nature, featuring green building materials, rock gardens, large murals, and posters, as well as many mirrored and silver accents. Also, advertisements began to be created in-house, and substituted the original kitschy and humorous feel for a high fashion and feminine directive. These stores proved to be a disappointing investment and Robertson was asked to leave the company. In 2011, Old Navy began a second rebranding to emphasize a


title: "Old Navy" content: family-oriented environment, known as Project ONE. It targets Old Navy's target customer (the fictional "Jenny", a married mother of at least one child) and features better lighting, vibrant colors, layouts that make shopping easier, quick-change stations, and a more efficient cash wrap design. By July 12, 2011, one third of the company's North American locations had adopted the redesign. In 2012, after several years of Old Navy losing sales to rival retailer H&M, Gap Inc. hired H&M executive Stefan Larsson to run its Old Navy division. Larsson instituted a number of changes, including hiring designers away from Coach, Nike, Reebok,


title: "Old Navy" content: and North Face to design exclusive Old Navy clothing. By 2015, Old Navy's yearly sales had reached $6 billion per year in the United States, almost equaling those of Gap Inc.'s Gap and Banana Republic divisions combined. In September 2017, Old Navy joined Orlando Vineland Premium Outlet. Larsson left the company to join Ralph Lauren in 2015 and was replaced by current President and CEO, Sonia Syngal. On October 26, 2017, Old Navy opened a brand new flagship store in Times Square, alongside a brand new Gap flagship store which opened on the same day. The store is significant in


title: "Old Navy" content: that it caters to New York City crowds with extended store hours and a much larger store than the average Old Navy location. Old Navy is known for their signature denim wall of styles that never change. The styles are super skinny, skinny, original, and boot-cut, and are available in four different washes. Most stores are separated into seven different divisions: women's, men's, girls, toddler girl, boys, toddler boy, and baby. Old Navy Old Navy is an American clothing and accessories retailing company owned by American multinational corporation Gap Inc. It has corporate operations in the Mission Bay neighborhood of


title: Headlamp content: reduce driver fatigue from discomfort glare. The requirement initially applied to vehicles registered for road use after April 1937, but was intended to extend to all vehicles through retrofitting of selective yellow lights on older vehicles, from the start of 1939. Later stages of the implementation were disrupted in September 1939 by the outbreak of war. The French yellow-light mandate was based on observations by the French Academy of Sciences in 1934, when the Academy recorded that the selective yellow light was less dazzling than white light and that the light diffused less in fog than green or blue lights.


title: "Cracked (magazine)" content: Cracked (magazine) Cracked is a defunct American humor magazine. Founded in 1958, "Cracked" proved to be the most durable of the many publications to be launched in the wake of "Mad" magazine. In print, "Cracked" conspicuously copied "Mad"s layouts and style, and even featured a simpleminded, wide-cheeked mascot named Sylvester P. Smythe on its covers (see Alfred E. Neuman). The Smythe character was referred to as "Cracked"s janitor. Unlike Neuman, who appears primarily on covers, Smythe sometimes spoke and was frequently seen inside the magazine, interacting with parody subjects and other regular characters. A 1998 reader contest led to Smythe


title: "Cracked (magazine)" content: the second, as the true situation was visually revealed. "Hudd & Dini" by Vic Martin, a gag strip about two convicts' failed schemes to escape prison, also ran frequently, as did John Severin's Western strip "Sagebrush." Other recurring features included "Ye Hang-Ups", "The Talking Blob", "Spies vs. Sabs" (originally "Saboteurs & Investigators") and, in the 1980s, "the Uggly Family" by Daniel Clowes. Ace Books published four "Cracked" collections, "The Cracked Reader" (K-111 NA, 1960), "More Cracked", "Completely Cracked" and "Cracked Again" (M-146, 1965). Sproul was listed as editor of the 1960 book. Dell Publishing produced six collections; "Get Me Cracked",


title: "Cracked (magazine)" content: "Half-Cracked", "Cracked Up", "Your Cracked", "Cracked in the Saddle" and "It's a Cracked World". In the mid-1970s, "Cracked" moved into foreign markets. In Great Britain, they produced "Cracked British Edition", which consisted entirely of reprinted material from the American magazine edited to localize spelling and pop-culture references. In Germany, there were three publications that included "Cracked" reprints. First was "Kaputt", which ran from 1974 to 1983; it was followed by "Stupid", which ran from 1983 to 1984, and, finally, "Panic". All magazines used original material in addition to the translated "Cracked" reprints. Articles were often colorized, particularly in "Stupid", or


title: "Cracked (magazine)" content: the 1990s to launch the magazine in Australia. In 1985, Mort Todd became editor of "Cracked" magazine at age 23. In 1987, "Cracked" made waves in the comic industry by seemingly raiding cartoonist Don Martin from rival "Mad", after Martin's 32-year career there. Martin had already left "Mad" due to a business dispute months earlier. Martin worked for "Cracked" for about six years, and the magazine, in a tweak at its rival, billed him as ""Cracked"s Crackedest Artist". "Cracked"s concurrent attempt to sign "Mad"s caricaturist Mort Drucker was unsuccessful, but the magazine did acquire longtime "Mad" contributor Lou Silverstone as


title: "Cracked (magazine)" content: editor and writer. Former "Mad" associate editor Jerry DeFuccio also worked at "Cracked" for a short period. Though sales of "Cracked" always lagged far behind those of "Mad", "Cracked" endured for more than four decades through low pay rates and overhead, and by being part of large publishing groups that could bundle "Cracked" in with its other magazines as a package arrangement for distributors. "Cracked" also appeared monthly during the period when "Mad" was being published just 8 times a year, thus picking up readership from "Mad" fans that couldn't wait out the six weeks for their next "comedy fix."


title: "Cracked (magazine)" content: supporting the magazine, which was only selling in the high five figures, compared with AMI's multi-million-selling line of tabloids. "Cracked"s distribution under American Media grew increasingly sporadic. In 2000, American Media sold "Cracked" to one of its former "Weekly World News" employees, Dick Kulpa, who became both Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of "Cracked". Under Kulpa, "Cracked" suffered from a lack of financing. Combined with "Cracked"s weakened distribution, circulation continued to drop precipitously, and Kulpa was forced to turn the magazine into a bi-monthly. Dark Horse "Star Wars" comic editor Peet Janes briefly joined the staff, but financial difficulties at the magazine


title: "Monopoly profit" content: than the Marginal (Economic) cost of producing the product, thereby indicating the price paid by the consumer, which is equal to the marginal benefit for the consumer, is above the firm's marginal cost. In the chart below the shaded area represents the profits of the monopolist, such that MR = MC for the case of monopoly. The lower half represents the normal profits that would go to a competitive firm (ignoring output losses). The upper half represent the additional economic profit going to the monopolist. In the "absence of" barriers to entry and collusion in a market, the existence of


title: "Stargate Atlantis" content: episodes concentrate mainly on Michael's efforts against both humans and the other Wraith. In the fifth season, Richard Woolsey replaces Carter as the leader of the expedition. Teyla, who was held captive by Michael, gives birth to Torren John and escapes with her team, before they are able to cripple Michael. Eventually, he invades Atlantis with a commandeered Puddle Jumper to take Torren and destroy Atlantis but, thanks to the efforts of Sheppard, Teyla, and McKay, Michael is finally killed. The season also introduces a group of rogue Asgard, who unlike their Ida counterparts, actually experiment on humans to prolong


title: "Parathyroid hormone" content: is its stimulation of the conversion of 25-hydroxy vitamin D into 1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D (calcitriol), which is released into the circulation. This latter form of vitamin D is the active hormone which stimulates calcium uptake from the intestine. Via the kidney, PTH enhances the absorption of calcium in the intestine by increasing the production of activated vitamin D. Vitamin D activation occurs in the kidney. PTH up-regulates 25-hydroxyvitamin D 1-alpha-hydroxylase, the enzyme responsible for 1-alpha hydroxylation of 25-hydroxy vitamin D, converting vitamin D to its active form (1,25-dihydroxy vitamin D). This activated form of vitamin D increases the absorption of


title: Shalstone content: Shalstone Shalstone is a village and also a civil parish within Aylesbury Vale district in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the north of the county, about four miles north west of Buckingham. The village name is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'farm by a shallow stream'. In the Domesday Book of 1086 the village was recorded as "Celdestone". Shalstone Church dedicated to St Edward the Confessor was almost entirely reconstructed in 1862 by the architect Sir George Gilbert Scott. Some memorial tablets in the church survived the rebuilding and these are dedicated to members of the Purefoy family


title: "Cadillac Eldorado" content: early-mid-1960s. The standard equipment list was pared down to match those of other Eldorados, plus Cruise Control, Autronic Eye, air conditioning and E-Z Eye glass. The Brougham build-quality was not nearly to the standard of the Detroit hand-built 1957–1958 models, and thus the 1959–1960 Broughams did not sell as well as their forebears. However, collector interest and values for these cars remain high. The Eldorado Brougham was moved to its own unique Series 6900 for its remaining two years. The 1960 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz 6467E is featured as Maurice Minnifield's vehicle in the 1990s television series "Northern Exposure". Cadillac was


title: "Box wine" content: Box wine Box wine (cask wine or boxed wine) is wine packaged in a bag-in-box. Wine is contained in a plastic bladder typically with an air-tight valve emerging from a protective corrugated fiberboard box. It serves as an alternative to traditional wine bottling in glass with a cork or synthetic seal. It is sometimes called goon , goon bag or "Chateau Cardboard" in Australia. The process for packaging 'cask wine' (box wine) was invented by Thomas Angove, a winemaker from Renmark, South Australia, and patented by his company on April 20, 1965. Polyethylene bladders of 1 gallon (4.5 litres) were


title: "Jerry Rawlings" content: the tribes his family belonged to, the Nzema and the Ewe, were sub-groups of minimal importance, and he was the only child born to his mother. It is in fact this lack of a prominent lineage that became a political advantage for Rawlings, as it signaled freedom from family or tribal pressures. Rawlings is married to Nana Konadu Agyeman, who he met in Achimota College, and they have three daughters: Ezanetor Rawlings, Yaa Asantewaa Rawlings, Amina Rawlings; and one son, Kimathi Rawlings. Rawlings finished his secondary education in Achimota College in 1967 and had no education outside of Ghana. He


title: "United States Army Rangers" content: Ranger Association's "Ranger Hall of Fame" they "must have served in a Ranger unit in combat or be a successful graduate of the U.S. Army Ranger School." The Ranger Association further clarifies the type of unit: "A Ranger unit is defined as those Army units recognized in Ranger lineage or history." Acceptance into the U.S. Army Ranger Association is limited to "Rangers that have earned the U.S. Army Ranger tab, WWII Rangers, Korean War Rangers, Vietnam War Rangers, all Rangers that participated in Operations Urgent Fury, Just Cause, Desert Storm, Restore Hope, Enduring Freedom, and all Rangers who have served


title: "International Mobile Equipment Identity" content: are encouraged to take measures such as immediate suspension of service and replacement of SIM cards in case of loss or theft. The existence of a formally allocated IMEI number range for a GSM terminal does not mean that the terminal is approved or complies with regulatory requirements. The linkage between regulatory approval and IMEI allocation was removed in April 2000, with the introduction of the European R&TTE Directive. Since that date, IMEIs have been allocated by BABT (or one of several other regional administrators acting on behalf of the GSM Association) to legitimate GSM terminal manufacturers without the need


title: Ugadi content: is eaten with fresh ghee in Andhra Pradesh Telangana State. These are eaten along with the Ugadi Pachchadi mentioned earlier. In Karnataka a special dish called obbattu, or Holige (ಹೋಳಿಗೆ / ಒಬ್ಬಟ್ಟು), is prepared. It consists of a filling (gram and jaggery/sugar boiled and made into a paste) stuffed in a flat roti-like bread. It is usually eaten hot or cold with ghee or milk topping or coconut milk at some places of Karnataka. In Kannada, the greeting is "Yugadi Habbada Shubhaashayagalu" - ಯುಗಾದಿ ಹಬ್ಬದ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು ("Greetings for the festival of Yugadi") or "Hosa varshada shubhashayagalu" - ಹೊಸ ವರ್ಷದ ಶುಭಾಶಯಗಳು


title: Facet content: Facet Facets are flat faces on geometric shapes. The organization of naturally occurring facets was key to early developments in crystallography, since they reflect the underlying symmetry of the crystal structure. Gemstones commonly have facets cut into them in order to improve their appearance by allowing them to reflect light. Of the hundreds of facet arrangements that have been used, the most famous is probably the round brilliant cut, used for diamond and many colored gemstones. This first early version of what would become the modern Brilliant Cut is said to have been devised by an Italian named Peruzzi, sometime


title: Facet content: (e.g. humidity), and the pressure. Facet Facets are flat faces on geometric shapes. The organization of naturally occurring facets was key to early developments in crystallography, since they reflect the underlying symmetry of the crystal structure. Gemstones commonly have facets cut into them in order to improve their appearance by allowing them to reflect light. Of the hundreds of facet arrangements that have been used, the most famous is probably the round brilliant cut, used for diamond and many colored gemstones. This first early version of what would become the modern Brilliant Cut is said to have been devised by


title: Birdo content: figurines, plush toys, and other collectibles such as a chess set. A mother Birdo was featured in the episode "The Bird! The Bird!" of "The Super Mario Bros. Super Show!", kidnapping Toad due to being nearsighted, and believing Toad to be her lost son Cheepy. "Birdo", the first track of Horse the Band's album The Mechanical Hand, heavily references the character. Birdo has received mostly positive reception. 1UP.com editor Jeremy Parish described her as a favourite among fans. "Official Nintendo Magazine" listed her as one of the "unsung heroes" amongst the "Mario" series, stating that while "Birdo does get more


title: "Roger Wicker" content: and is a deputy Republican whip. Wicker won re-election in the 2018, defeating Democrat David Baria. Wicker was born on July 5, 1951, in Pontotoc, Mississippi, the son of Wordna Glen (née Threadgill) and Thomas Frederick Wicker. In 1967, the 16-year-old Wicker worked as a United States House of Representatives Page for Democratic Congressman Jamie L. Whitten of . He earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and political science and a law degree from the University of Mississippi where he was a member of the Sigma Nu fraternity. Wicker was the student body president at Ole Miss. After graduation, Wicker


title: "John Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover" content: in 1980 for services to the food retailing industry, and was made a life peer on 31 January 1989 with the title Baron Sainsbury of Preston Candover, of Preston Candover in the County of Hampshire. He became a Knight of the Garter in 1992. Lord Sainsbury joined Sainsbury's in 1950 (the year the first self-service store opened in Croydon), working in the grocery department. The next year he became a buyer. He later became in charge of many other aspects of the business, including bacon buying in 1956. He became a director of the Company, then known as J. Sainsbury


title: "Alan Sugar" content: as a German national she should not have been telling British people what to do. On 31 March 2018, after complaints from Labour politicians, Sugar deleted a tweet showing a photo-shopped image of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn in a car with Adolf Hitler. The incident occurred after Corbyn said the party "must do better" in resolving the party's problems with antisemitism. Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell had urged him to "delete and disown" the tweet. Lord Sugar responded that he was "not the originator" and that "There is no smoke without fire in Labour". On 5 April 2018, Lord Sugar published


title: "Avianca El Salvador" content: a strategic alliance with Colombian airline Avianca, in which case each will maintain its own trademark and operations. Avianca and TACA Airlines operated a combined fleet of 129 aircraft, serving over 100 destinations in several countries in America and Europe. In December 2009 approval for the merger was given by the Colombian Civil Aeronautical Agency. The merger of Colombia's Avianca and El Salvador-based TACA is the latest sign that consolidation in the Latin American airline sector is picking up. In November 2009, the airline's Chief Executive Fabio Villegas announced that the airline was looking to replace its Fokker 50 and


title: Ophioglossaceae content: areas will often turn brownish or reddish during colder months. In addition to having mycoheterotrophic gametophytes, there are a few members of "Botrychium" that are unique among ferns in having the sporophytes also mycoheterotrophic, producing only small, ephemeral sporophylls that do not photosynthesize. Adder's tongue ("Ophioglossum reticulatum"), a member of this family is notable for having as many as 1260 chromosomes (n = 620). Other measurements have indicated a chromosome number up to 1440 (n = 720). For comparison, humans have 46 chromosomes, consisting of n = 23 pairs. "Ophioglossum malviae" from the Western Ghats in India has been characterised


title: "Lap desk" content: material, that flip up to reveal storage space for papers. Individual compartments were designed to hold inkwells, pens, sealing wax, and other contemporary writing materials. Some desks also had concealed storage compartments. As a modern form the lap desk is meant primarily for use in bed and other similar circumstances, it is also known as a bed desk. There are a wide variety of forms available, but as a rule it is much smaller and simpler than the antique lap desk, having at the most a small drawer or holding area for a ballpoint pen and a pencil. It is


title: Tsymbaly content: Tsymbaly The tsymbaly () is the Ukrainian version of the hammer dulcimer. It is a chordophone made up of a trapezoidal box with metal (steel or bronze) strings strung across it. The tsymbaly is played by striking two beaters against the strings. The strings are strung in groups of 3-5, which are tuned in unison. The bass strings may have 1 or 2 wrapped strings tuned in union. The beaters were quite short in comparison to those used by the Cymbalom although not as short as those of the Belarus variety. Traditionally they had leather wrappings rather than the cotton


title: Tsymbaly content: Instruments were also made by the Chernihiv Musical Instrument Factory. These instruments were designed by Ivan Skliar aided by O. Nezovybat'ko. They were made in 3 sizes: prima, alto and bass. Some notable Ukrainian "tsymbaly" players are: Tsymbaly The tsymbaly () is the Ukrainian version of the hammer dulcimer. It is a chordophone made up of a trapezoidal box with metal (steel or bronze) strings strung across it. The tsymbaly is played by striking two beaters against the strings. The strings are strung in groups of 3-5, which are tuned in unison. The bass strings may have 1 or 2


title: "McLaren F1" content: the exhaust cam at low revs, which reduces the valve overlap and provides for increased idle stability and increased low-speed torque. At higher rpm the valve overlap is increased by computer control to 42 degrees (compare 25 degrees on the M3) for increased airflow into the cylinders and thus increased performance. To allow the fuel to atomise fully, the engine uses two Lucas injectors per cylinder, with the first injector located close to the inlet valve – operating at low engine rpm – while the second is located higher up the inlet tract – operating at higher rpm. The dynamic


title: "McLaren F1" content: GTR, but without race-mandated restrictors, to produce . It had a top speed of , which is less than the standard version because of added aerodynamic drag, despite identical gear ratios. In the place of the small dynamic rear wing there is a considerably larger, fixed CFRP rear wing mounted on the back of the vehicle. The LM has the following specifications: While McLaren has never claimed specific acceleration figures for the LM, "Motor Trend" recorded traction-limited times of 0–60 mph in 3.9s and 0–100 mph in 6.7s. The LM was once the holder of the 0–100–0 mph record, which


title: "Daniel Lambert" content: match that of someone suffering from cardiac insufficiency; witnesses agree that on the morning of his death he appeared well, before he became short of breath and collapsed. Bondeson (2006) speculates that the most consistent explanation of his death, given his symptoms and medical history, is that he had a sudden pulmonary embolism. Lambert's corpse rapidly began to putrefy. There was no question of his body being returned to Leicester, and so on 22 June, it was placed inside an elm coffin, 6 feet 4 inches long, 4 feet 4 inches wide and 2 feet 4 inches deep (193 cm


title: "You Don't Know Jack (franchise)" content: You Don't Know Jack (franchise) You Don't Know Jack (commonly abbreviated YDKJ, and stylized as YOU DON'T KNOW JACK) is a series of computer games developed by Jackbox Games (formerly known as Jellyvision Games) and Berkeley Systems, as well as the title of the first "You Don't Know Jack" game in the series. "You Don't Know Jack", framed as a game show "where high culture and pop culture collide", combines trivia with comedy. While it is primarily a PC and Mac-based franchise with over two dozen releases and compilations for those platforms, there have been a few entries released for


title: "You Don't Know Jack (franchise)" content: "The Ride" features a CD of a selection of these commercials from the previous games in the series. The disk was titled "You Don't Hear Jack" and has since been released as a separate product on CD. A second disk titled "You Don't Hear Jack 2" was released too featuring commercials from newer versions of "You Don't Know Jack". Both are available for digital download. There have been many different hosts of "You Don't Know Jack" over the years. The following is a list of hosts and the games they appear in. This is a list of the "You Don't


title: "Brian Faulkner" content: Brian Faulkner Arthur Brian Deane Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Downpatrick, (18 February 1921 – 3 March 1977) was the sixth and last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, from March 1971 until his resignation in March 1972. He was also the chief executive of the short-lived Northern Ireland Executive during the first half of 1974. Faulkner was born in Helen's Bay, County Down, the elder of two sons of James and Nora Faulkner. His younger brother was Colonel Sir Dennis Faulkner, . James Faulkner owned the Belfast Collar Company which traded under the name Faulat. At that time, Faulat was the


title: "Brian Faulkner" content: have been shorter still. Brian Faulkner Arthur Brian Deane Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Downpatrick, (18 February 1921 – 3 March 1977) was the sixth and last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, from March 1971 until his resignation in March 1972. He was also the chief executive of the short-lived Northern Ireland Executive during the first half of 1974. Faulkner was born in Helen's Bay, County Down, the elder of two sons of James and Nora Faulkner. His younger brother was Colonel Sir Dennis Faulkner, . James Faulkner owned the Belfast Collar Company which traded under the name Faulat. At that


title: "Steeple Claydon" content: the public library. Steeple Claydon is now one of the largest villages in the Aylesbury Vale. It has two public houses, a Co-op supermarket, a bakery, a post office, a hairdresser, a fish & chips shop, a Chinese Takeaway, a dentist, a doctor's surgery and two garages. The village also has a successful football side, Steeple Claydon Football Club. The village has had some notable residents, including Florence Nightingale and Sam Baldock. The current Steeple Claydon School is a mixed, community primary school, which has roughly 166 pupils ranging in age from four to eleven. Steeple Claydon Steeple Claydon is


title: Monk content: monastery's main church); (b) hard manual labour; and (c) private prayer, spiritual study, and rest when necessary. Meals are usually taken in common in a sizable dining hall known as a trapeza (refectory), at elongated refectory tables. Food is usually simple and is eaten in silence while one of the brethren reads aloud from the spiritual writings of the Holy Fathers. The monastic lifestyle takes a great deal of serious commitment. Within the cenobitic community, all monks conform to a common way of living based on the traditions of that particular monastery. In struggling to attain this conformity, the monastic


title: Monk content: a prayer rope and instructed in the use of the Jesus Prayer. If a novice chooses to leave during the period of the novitiate, no penalty is incurred. He may also be asked to leave at any time if his behaviour does not conform to the monastic life, or if the superior discerns that he is not called to monasticism. When the abbot or abbess deems the novice ready, he is asked if he wishes to join the monastery. Some, out of humility, will choose to remain novices all their lives. Every stage of the monastic life must be entered


title: Monk content: vegetarian diet without root vegetables. Shvetambara monks do not cook food but solicit alms from householders. Digambara monks have only a single meal a day. Neither group will beg for food, but a Jain ascetic may accept a meal from a householder, provided that the latter is pure of mind and body and offers the food of his own volition and in the prescribed manner. During such an encounter, the monk remains standing and eats only a measured amount. Fasting (i.e., abstinence from food and sometimes water) is a routine feature of Jain asceticism. Fasts last for a day or


title: "Monk (TV series)" content: his father tells him in season five. He later meets Jack Jr. in the episode "Mr. Monk's Other Brother" during season seven. Much like novels in a series about a starring detective, all but one of the episodes have titles in the form of "Mr. Monk and (a person or thing)", e.g. "Mr. Monk and the Bad Girlfriend", "Mr. Monk (does something)", e.g. "Mr. Monk Goes to the Circus", "Mr. Monk (is something)", e.g. "Mr. Monk Is on the Run", or "Mr. Monk Gets (something)", e.g. "Mr. Monk Gets Hypnotized". The one exception is the season eight episode "Happy Birthday,


title: "Monk (TV series)" content: Monk and the Kid"), being chanted during a ritual at a monastery ("Mr. Monk and the Miracle"), in a dream ("Mr. Monk vs. the Cobra" and "Mr. Monk's Favorite Show"), being told by someone other than Monk (by Sharona in "Mr. Monk Goes To Jail", by Natalie in "Mr. Monk and the Birds and the Bees", and by Disher in "Mr. Monk Visits a Farm"), being rapped out by a rapper (guest star Snoop Dogg in "Mr. Monk and the Rapper"), and being told in another language ("Mr. Monk Falls in Love"). Harold Krenshaw gives a fictitious summation about Monk


title: "Monk (TV series)" content: in "Mr. Monk Goes to Group Therapy." Monk states a summation twice, in flashback and in present, in "Mr. Monk and Little Monk" as himself and as young Monk. In at least three episodes ("Mr. Monk and the Garbage Strike," "Mr. Monk Gets Hypnotized," and "Mr. Monk and the Lady Next Door"), Monk gives several versions of the same summation, but all except for the last one are false as a result of his being unable to concentrate. In "Mr. Monk Gets Cabin Fever," Monk and Disher give simultaneous summations of different crimes. There are only a few episodes that


title: "Craig Biggio" content: special emphasis on instruction, the amateur draft and scouting, and Major and minor league talent evaluation. Craig was involved in the selection of new Astros Manager Bo Porter in 2012. Additionally, Craig participates in the club's community development program. Houston Astros Executives Webpage Over his career, Biggio gained a reputation for being hit by pitches; some observers criticized him due to the fact that many of the pitches hit him on his sizable elbow pad. Some have even gone so far as to proclaim him the "king of hit batsmen." On June 29, 2005, Biggio broke the modern-era career hit-by-pitch


title: "Anterior cingulate cortex" content: Participants performed a version of the Eriksen flanker task using a set of letters assigned to each response button instead of arrows. Targets were flanked by either a congruent or an incongruent set of letters. Using an image of a thumb (up, down, or neutral), participants received feedback on how much money they gained or lost. The researchers found greater rostral ACC activation when participants lost money during the trials. The participants reported being frustrated when making mistakes. Because the ACC is intricately involved with error detection and affective responses, it may very well be that this area forms the


title: "The Hidden Staircase" content: staircase. The tunnel leads to another staircase. But at the top of the stairs is a man who stops Nancy and Helen. Nancy discovers a missing property owner, hidden staircases and passages inside Twin Elms, and that her father is a prisoner in the tunnel. Nathan Gomber is found out and arrested. By 2000, 1.8 million copies of "The Hidden Staircase" had been sold in the US market. The Hidden Staircase The Hidden Staircase is the second volume in the Nancy Drew Mystery Stories series written under the pseudonym Carolyn Keene, published in 1930 and revised in 1959. The original


title: "New Zealand pea crab" content: reduce the risks associated with the location of females. Pea crabs are edible and were once a delicacy in the United States. George Washington used to love having pea crabs floating in his oyster soup. Mussels infected by pea crabs are also edible. New Zealand pea crab The New Zealand pea crab, "Pinnotheres novaezelandiae", is a small, parasitic crab that lives most commonly inside New Zealand green-lipped mussels. Adult females are about the size and shape of a pea, while adult males are smaller and flatter. Adult New Zealand pea crabs are completely reliant on their host mussel for shelter


title: "False killer whale" content: similar to other dolphins. The false killer whale is probably polygynous, with males mating with multiple females. Generally, the false killer whale targets a wide array of squid and fish of various sizes during daylight hours. They typically target large species of fish, such as mahi-mahi and tuna. In captivity, it eats 3.4 to 4.3% of its body weight per day. A video taken in 2016 near Sydney shows a group hunting a juvenile shark. It sometimes discards the tail, gills, and stomach of captured fish, and pod members have been known to share food. In the Eastern Pacific, the


title: "Education in Greece" content: Greek (2 hour/week) The students can choose 1 of the 2 Orientation Groups: Ancient Greek Language and Literature (3 hours/week) Physics (3 hours/week) 3. Τρίτη Γενικού Λυκείου/3rd Grade of General Lyceum (The curriculum is based on the 2015 curriculum, for the school season 2015-2016): Religion (1 hour/week) 2nd Foreign Language The students can choose 1 of the 3 Orientation Groups: Ancient Greek Language (5 hours/week) Mathematics (5 hours/week) Mathematics (5 hours/week) As mentioned above, the students must take the Panhellenic national Examinations in order to proceed to the Higher Tertiary education. These exams are held after the students have received


title: "Education in Greece" content: Modern Greek Language (4 hours/week) Project (2 hours/week) Health Education 2. Δευτέρα Επαγγελματικού Λυκείου/2nd Grade of Vocational Lyceum (The curriculum is based on the 2016 curriculum, for the school season 2016-2017): Modern Greek Language (3 hours/week) The students can choose 1 of the 9 Sectors: Principles of Rural Development (2 hours Theory/week) Principles of Accounting (3 hours Theory+3 hours Laboratory/week) Building Plan (4 hours Design/week) Free Drawing (4 hours Design/week) Special Laboratory Subject (Students can select 1 Laboratory Subject): Electrotechnics (2 hours Theory+2 hours laboratory/week) Technical Thermodynamic Data-Applications (3 hours Theory+3 hours Laboratory/week) Principles of Computer Programming (1 hour Theory+3


title: "Education in Greece" content: hours Laboratory/week) Anatomy-Physiology (3 hours Theory/week) Special Subjects (Students can Select 2 Subjects): Navigation-Nautical Meteorology (3 hours Theory+3 hours Laboratory/week) 3. Τρίτη Επαγγελματικού Λυκείου/3rd Grade of Vocational Lyceum (The curriculum is based on the 2016 curriculum, for the school season 2016-2017): Modern Greek Language (3 hours/week) According to the Sector that the students selected in the 2nd grade, the students can choose 1 specialty accordingly with the number of the Sector that the students selected in the 2nd grade: * Plant Production Technician * Administrator and Financial Officer * Structural Engineer and Geoinformatics * Graphic Arts * Technician of Electronics


title: "Bob Simmons (surfer)" content: Bob Simmons (surfer) Robert Wilson "Bob" Simmons (March 29, 1919 – September 26, 1954) was an American surfer and surfboard shaper, considered to be the father of the modern surfboard. Simmons was born in Los Angeles, California. During his early teens, he developed a tumor on his left ankle which nearly caused his leg to be amputated. After beating the cancer, Bob was involved in a serious bicycle collision. While staying in the hospital he was advised to try surfing. He first rode a surfboard at age 20 at Newport Beach, California. In 1954, Simmons drowned while surfing at Windansea


title: "Bob Simmons (surfer)" content: Beach in San Diego, California. Bob Simmons (surfer) Robert Wilson "Bob" Simmons (March 29, 1919 – September 26, 1954) was an American surfer and surfboard shaper, considered to be the father of the modern surfboard. Simmons was born in Los Angeles, California. During his early teens, he developed a tumor on his left ankle which nearly caused his leg to be amputated. After beating the cancer, Bob was involved in a serious bicycle collision. While staying in the hospital he was advised to try surfing. He first rode a surfboard at age 20 at Newport Beach, California. In 1954, Simmons


title: "Tin pest" content: Tin pest Tin pest is an autocatalytic, allotropic transformation of the element tin, which causes deterioration of tin objects at low temperatures. Tin pest has also been called "tin disease", "tin blight" or "tin leprosy" ("lèpre d'étain"). It was observed in medieval Europe that the pipes of pipe organs were affected in cool climates. As soon as the tin began decomposing, the process accelerated. With the adoption of the Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS) regulations in Europe, and similar regulations elsewhere, traditional lead/tin solder alloys in electronic devices have been replaced by nearly pure tin, introducing tin pest and


title: "Frederic Remington" content: ranchers thought of him as lazy. In 1884, he sold his land. Remington continued sketching but at this point his results were still cartoonish and amateur. After less than a year, he sold his ranch and went home. After acquiring more capital from his mother, he returned to Kansas City to start a hardware business, but due to an alleged swindle, it failed, and he reinvested his remaining money as a silent, half-owner of a saloon. He went home to marry Eva Caten in 1884 and they returned to Kansas City immediately. She was unhappy with his saloon life and


title: "New York Athletic Club" content: Abend Mercury Cup #4: Mykhaylo Mokretsov Mercury Cup #5: Alexander Abend Mercury Cup #6: Alex Tsinis 2006–2007 Épée series Mercury Cup #1: Alexander Abend Mercury Cup #2: Alexander Abend Mercury Cup #3: Soren Thompson Mercury Cup #4: Alexander Abend Mercury Cup #5: Brendan Baby Mercury Cup #6: Tommi Hurme 2007–2008 Épée series Mercury Cup #1: Alexander Abend Mercury Cup #2: Bas Verwijlen Mercury Cup #3: Tommi Hurme Mercury Cup #4: Jon Normile Mercury Cup #5: Jon Normile 2008–2009 Épée series Mercury Cup #1: Alex Tsinis Mercury Cup #2: Jon Normile Mercury Cup #3: Jon Normile 2007–2008 Sabre series Mercury Cup


title: "Surfboard wax" content: Surfboard wax Surfboard wax (also known as surfwax) is a formulation of natural and/or synthetic wax for application to the deck of a surfboard, bodyboard, or skimboard, to keep the surfer from slipping off the board when paddling out or riding a wave. It is also used to increase grip on the paddle of a surf kayak or dragon boat. Surfboard wax is generally composed of a mixture of paraffin, beeswax or other hard waxes; petroleum jelly can also be added to create a softer wax. Often exotic scents like coconut or bubblegum are added to give the wax an


title: "Surfboard wax" content: difference in the end result, the application a surfer uses simply depends on preference. When re-applying surfboard wax it is always crucial to remove all prior layers of wax in order to ensure the best results. Surfboard wax Surfboard wax (also known as surfwax) is a formulation of natural and/or synthetic wax for application to the deck of a surfboard, bodyboard, or skimboard, to keep the surfer from slipping off the board when paddling out or riding a wave. It is also used to increase grip on the paddle of a surf kayak or dragon boat. Surfboard wax is generally


title: "Continental Navy" content: 12 war vessels to slow down the British fleet that was invading New York from Canada. The British fleet destroyed Arnold's fleet, but the US fleet managed to slow down the British after a two-day battle, known as the Battle of Valcour Island, and managed to slow the progression of the British Army. By December 13, 1775, Congress had authorized the construction of 13 new frigates, rather than refitting merchantmen to increase the fleet. Five ships ("Hancock", "Raleigh", "Randolph", "Warren", and "Washington") were to be rated 32 guns, five ("Effingham", "Montgomery", "Providence", "Trumble", and "Virginia") 28 guns, and three ("Boston",


title: "Kneeboarding (surfsport)" content: Kneeboarding (surfsport) Kneeboarding is a discipline of surfing where the rider paddles on his or her belly into a wave on a "kneeboard", then rides the wave face typically on both knees. The typical kneeboard is between five and six and a half feet in length, with a wide round nose and constructed of Glassfibre over a polyurethane foam core. Kneeboard designers however are known for their wild experimental excess and so most modern materials including various aerospace elements such as Titanium alloys (for fins), carbon fibre and kevlar in epoxy matrices are not unusual. Modern kneeboards may have a


title: "Kneeboarding (surfsport)" content: rubber pad for the rider's knees, preventing undue wear of the knees, also preventing slipping to help the rider maintain control. Kneeboarders also typically use swimfins and an ankle surfleash. Kneeboarding popularity increased markedly with the release of the surf movie "Crystal Voyager" by the most prominent of kneeboard riders, Californian, George Greenough. The music of Pink Floyd's "Meddle" combined with spectacular slow-motion images by Mr. Greenough, filming inside the tube whilst surfing a "spoon" kneeboard, changed surfing's direction, influenced board and fin design and earned him a Palme d'Or for short film at the Cannes film festival in the


title: Preschool content: Preschool A preschool, also known as nursery school, pre-primary school, playschool or kindergarten, is an educational establishment or learning space offering early childhood education to children before they begin compulsory education at primary school. It may be publicly or privately operated, and may be subsidized from public funds. Terminology varies by country. In some European countries the term "kindergarten" refers to formal education of children classified as "ISCED level 0" - with one or several years of such education being compulsory - before children start primary school at "ISCED level 1". The following terms may be used for educational establishments


title: Preschool content: for this age group: In an age when school was restricted to children who had already learned to read and write at home, there were many attempts to make school accessible to orphans or to the children of women who worked in factories. In 1779, Johann Friedrich Oberlin and Louise Scheppler founded in Strassbourg an early establishment for caring for and educating pre-school children whose parents were absent during the day. At about the same time, in 1780, similar infant establishments were established in Bavaria In 1802, Pauline zur Lippe established a preschool center in Detmold. In 1816, Robert Owen,


title: Preschool content: a philosopher and pedagogue, opened the first British and probably globally the first infant school in New Lanark, Scotland. In conjunction with his venture for cooperative mills Owen wanted the children to be given a good moral education so that they would be fit for work. His system was successful in producing obedient children with basic literacy and numeracy. Samuel Wilderspin opened his first infant school in London in 1819, and went on to establish hundreds more. He published many works on the subject, and his work became the model for infant schools throughout England and further afield. Play was


title: Preschool content: an important part of Wilderspin's system of education. He is credited with inventing the playground. In 1823, Wilderspin published "On the Importance of Educating the Infant Poor", based on the school. He began working for the Infant School Society the next year, informing others about his views. He also wrote "The Infant System, for developing the physical, intellectual, and moral powers off all children from 1 to seven years of age". Countess Theresa Brunszvik (1775–1861), who had known and been influenced by Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi, was influenced by this example to open an "Angyalkert" ('angel garden' in Hungarian) on 27


title: Preschool content: May 1828 in her residence in Buda, the first of eleven care centers that she founded for young children. In 1836 she established an institute for the foundation of preschool centers. The idea became popular among the nobility and the middle class and was copied throughout the Hungarian kingdom. Friedrich Fröbel (1782–1852) opened a "Play and Activity" institute in 1837 in the village of Bad Blankenburg in the principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Thuringia, which he renamed Kindergarten on 28 June 1840. Women trained by Fröbel opened Kindergartens throughout Europe and around the World. The first kindergarten in the United States was


title: Preschool content: founded in Watertown, Wisconsin in 1856 and was conducted in German. Elizabeth Peabody founded America's first English-language kindergarten in 1860 and the first free kindergarten in America was founded in 1870 by Conrad Poppenhusen, a German industrialist and philanthropist, who also established the Poppenhusen Institute and the first publicly financed kindergarten in the United States was established in St. Louis in 1873 by Susan Blow. Canada's first private kindergarten was opened by the Wesleyan Methodist Church in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island in 1870 and by the end of the decade, they were common in large Canadian towns and cities. The


title: Preschool content: country's first public-school kindergartens were established in Berlin, Ontario in 1882 at Central School. In 1885, the Toronto Normal School (teacher training) opened a department for Kindergarten teaching. Elizabeth Harrison wrote extensively on the theory of early childhood education and worked to enhance educational standards for kindergarten teachers by establishing what became the National College of Education in 1886. Head Start was the first publicly funded preschool program in the US, created in 1965 by President Johnson for low-income families—only 10% of children were then enrolled in preschool. Due to large demand, various states subsidized preschool for low-income families in


title: Preschool content: the 1980s. The most important years of learning begin at birth. During these early years, humans are capable of absorbing more information than later on. The brain grows most rapidly in the early years. High quality teachers and preschools can have a long-term effect on improving outcomes for disadvantaged students. The areas of development that preschool education covers varies. However, the following main themes are typically offered. Preschool systems observe standards for structure (administration, class size, student–teacher ratio, services), process (quality of classroom environments, teacher-child interactions, etc.) and alignment (standards, curriculum, assessments) components. Curriculum is designed for differing ages. For


title: "Foot-pound (energy)" content: used to specify, for example, the tightness of a bolt or the output of an engine. Although they are dimensionally equivalent, energy (a scalar) and torque (a vector) are distinct physical quantities. Both energy and torque can be expressed as a product of a force vector with a displacement vector (hence pounds and feet); energy is the scalar product of the two, and torque is the vector product. 1 foot pound-force is equivalent to: 1 foot pound-force per second is equivalent to: Related conversions: Foot-pound (energy) The foot pound-force (symbol: ft⋅lbf or ft⋅lb) is a unit of work or energy


title: "John Kitzhaber" content: jeans during speaking engagements. When he wore jeans to his inauguration in 1995, he created a minor stir. During his 2010 campaign for a third term as governor, Kitzhaber frequently avoided the necktie as well, preferring a button-down shirt and suit jacket with no tie. Kitzhaber lives and works in Portland, and did not use the official gubernatorial residence of Mahonia Hall in Salem during his service as governor. John Kitzhaber John Albert Kitzhaber (born March 5, 1947) is an American physician and former politician. He is the longest-serving governor in Oregon's history, as well as the only Oregon governor


title: "Filiberto Ojeda Ríos" content: it was the FBI agents who initiated the shooting at 3:00 pm. The Office of the Inspector General's report stated that an FBI agent detonated a non-lethal "flash bang" grenade outside the house as a diversionary tactic when the FBI approached the house, before any gunfire began, and that Rosado may have thought this explosion was gunfire initiated by the FBI. The FBI press release, however, claims that "as the FBI agents approached the front of the farm house at approximately 4:28 p.m., Ojeda Ríos opened the front door to the residence and opened fire on the FBI agents. In


title: "Gavin Newsom" content: Before the program in 2002, there was an 8,640 generally homeless and 4,535 street homeless population in San Francisco. After the program was initiated, the homeless population dropped 28% by 2005, with a generally homeless population of 6,248 and a 2,655 street homeless population. However, after 2005, the homeless population has stayed approximately the same. In fact, the San Francisco population of homeless rose 3 percent between 2005 and 2013. The percentage of the homeless population in jail was cut in half between 2005 and 2013, which is an indicator that some of the homeless population who would have ended


title: "Zap Comix" content: limited edition six-volume hardcover box set containing the complete "Zap Comix" () was published by Fantagraphics in November 2014. Besides including an oral history, portfolio, and previously unseen material, the set also included the never-before published "Zap Comix" #16 — the final issue in the series. "Zap" #16 would later be released by Fantagraphics as a stand-alone, 80-page comic in February 2016, with a few changes and additions. The first issue of "Zap" was sold on the streets of Haight-Ashbury out of a baby stroller pushed by Crumb's wife Dana on the first day. In years to come, the comic's


title: "Adipose tissue" content: as leptin, estrogen, resistin, and the cytokine TNFα. The two types of adipose tissue are white adipose tissue (WAT), which stores energy, and brown adipose tissue (BAT), which generates body heat. The formation of adipose tissue appears to be controlled in part by the adipose gene. Adipose tissue – more specifically brown adipose tissue – was first identified by the Swiss naturalist Conrad Gessner in 1551. In humans, adipose tissue is located: beneath the skin (subcutaneous fat), around internal organs (visceral fat), in bone marrow (yellow bone marrow), intermuscular (Muscular system) and in the breast tissue. Adipose tissue is found


title: "Adipose tissue" content: surgery is one method of treatment. Visceral fat or abdominal fat (also known as organ fat or intra-abdominal fat) is located inside the abdominal cavity, packed between the organs (stomach, liver, intestines, kidneys, etc.). Visceral fat is different from subcutaneous fat underneath the skin, and intramuscular fat interspersed in skeletal muscles. Fat in the lower body, as in thighs and buttocks, is subcutaneous and is not consistently spaced tissue, whereas fat in the abdomen is mostly visceral and semi-fluid. Visceral fat is composed of several adipose depots, including mesenteric, epididymal white adipose tissue (EWAT), and perirenal depots. Visceral fat is


title: "Norman Mayer" content: wearing a black motorcycle helmet, a bright blue snowsuit and carrying a remote control. Mayer claimed that he would destroy the Monument with of TNT loaded in his van unless a national dialogue on the threat of nuclear weapons was seriously undertaken. Mayer also claimed that he had a hidden accomplice who could also detonate the explosives. The U.S. Park Police evacuated nearby buildings and closed down streets for several blocks. Eight tourists were initially trapped inside the Monument, but were released after AP reporter Steven Komarow began negotiating with Mayer. Ten hours into the negotiation, Mayer jumped into his


title: "John Trudell" content: musical artist and activist Jackson Browne and became more interested in the musical world (and recording albums and performing his own compositions in live venues). Trudell recorded an album "A.K.A Grafitti Man" ("graffiti" was misspelled in the title) with Kiowa guitarist Jesse Ed Davis that was originally available on cassette tape format only. This comports with the practice common to American indigenous and other so-called minorities of distributing music mixtapes captured live at group events and copied and distributed through non-commercial channels, like those of the San Francisco-based rock group Grateful Dead, Native American powwow music performances in general, and


title: "John Trudell" content: African American gatherings whence came the expression Each One Teach One, common also to an emerging grassroots movement that was arguably itself a "response" to the reactionary madness of slavery and/or military-industrial/imperialist hegemony flourishing in the 1980s. In 1990 John Trudell took part in Tony Hymas's "Oyaté" project. In 1992 Trudell remade and re-released "A.K.A Grafitti Man" as an audio CD to substantial critical and popular acclaim. Arguably his greatest musical success came with the 1994 album "Johnny Damas & Me" that was described as "a culmination of years of poetic work, and an example of a process of fusing


title: "John Trudell" content: traditional sounds, values, and sensibilities with thought-provoking lyrics, this time with urgent rock and roll." Other musical releases (many with his band Bad Dog) include "A.K.A Grafitti Man" (1986), "Heart Jump Bouquet" (1987), "Blue Indians" (1999), "Descendant Now Ancestor" (2001), "Bone Days" (2001), "Live A Fip" (2003), "Madness and The Moremes" (2007), "Crazier Than Hell" (2010), "Wazi's Dream" (2015). Popular Music critic Neal Ullestad said of Trudell's live performances, "This isn't simply pop rock with Indian drums and chants added. It's integrated rock and roll by an American Indian with a multicultural band directed to anyone who will listen." The


title: "Davey Allison" content: victory. Davey scored back-to-back victories at Rockingham and Phoenix and entered the final race at Atlanta second in the Winston Cup standings. But a dead battery in that race relegated him to a 17th-place finish, dropping him to third in the final standings, only four points behind Ricky Rudd. Dale Earnhardt won the championship. The final tally of the 1991 season for Davey Allison; five wins, 12 top-five and 16 top-ten finishes, and three pole positions. It was also during the 1991 season that Davey and Liz welcomed their second child, a son, Robert Grey Allison. With Larry McReynolds at


title: "Survival analysis" content: This example uses the Acute Myelogenous Leukemia survival data set "aml" from the "survival" package in R. The data set is from Miller (1997) and the question is whether the standard course of chemotherapy should be extended ('maintained') for additional cycles. The aml data set sorted by survival time is shown in the box. The last observation (11), at 161 weeks, is censored. Censoring indicates that the patient did not have an event (no recurrence of aml cancer). Another subject, observation 3, was censored at 13 weeks (indicated by status=0). This subject was only in the study for 13 weeks,


title: "Survival analysis" content: and the aml cancer did not recur during those 13 weeks. It is possible that this patient was enrolled near the end of the study, so that they could only be observed for 13 weeks. It is also possible that the patient was enrolled early in the study, but was lost to follow up or withdrew from the study. The table shows that other subjects were censored at 16, 28, and 45 weeks (observations 17, 6, and 9 with status=0). The remaining subjects all experienced events (recurrence of aml cancer) while in the study. The question of interest is whether


title: "Finkleman's 45s" content: Finkleman's 45s Finkleman's 45s was a Canadian radio show, which aired Saturday evenings from 8:00 to 10:00 p.m. (half an hour later in Newfoundland) on CBC Radio One starting on October 5, 1985 and running until June 25, 2005. In the show Danny Finkleman played popular songs from the 1950s, 1960s and early 1970s, and talked about anything he felt like. For example, a regular component of the show was his advocation of a new business idea of his that he had observed a need for. Finkleman provided over 1,000 of his own unique business product and service ideas that


title: "Finkleman's 45s" content: he would rationalise and encourage listeners to adopt and develop as their own. Also, from 1985 to 1994, a regular guest on his show was musician and music expert Jack Schechtman. Danny called him, "The Dean of the Obscure". He and Danny would engage in friendly banter about the state of the Music Business (see below) with Jack defending the quality of music writing "Post Beatles and Motown". He would also play obscure songs from his personal 45's collection, from Doo Wop to Singer Songwriters, for Danny to either praise or pan. The show was noted for Finkleman's rants about


title: "Finkleman's 45s" content: the modern world, including topics such as modern music and computers. Finkleman was generally opposed to both. In general the show was quite informal. The show's playlist was noted for its fairly wide selection of music from the period. Danny often played less popular songs than commercial "oldies" shows were able to. Favourite groups included the Shirelles, the Diamonds, Patti Labelle, the Four Preps, the Box Tops, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Georgie Fame and the True Blues, The Crew-Cuts, Paul Anka, Otis Redding and Dusty Springfield. Finkleman disliked the Rolling Stones and partly blamed them for the decline of


title: "Colorblind James Experience" content: Colorblind James Experience Colorblind James Experience were an alternative roots/pop/rock band founded in 1980 in San Francisco, California. Bandleader and singer/songwriter/guitarist "Colorblind" James Charles Cuminale was originally from Rochester, New York but assembled early versions of what would become the Experience in Oswego, New York before relocating to San Francisco. After a couple years of mixed results there, the band regrouped and moved again, this time back to Rochester which remained its home base until Cuminale's premature death in 2001. The band enjoyed brief fame in the UK and Europe after BBC DJ John Peel gave the Experience some exposure,


title: "Colorblind James Experience" content: The Band during their Basement Tapes period, but other prominent influences included Ray Charles, Randy Newman, and Van Morrison. Their line-up changed repeatedly over the years, and their third album was released under the name of Colorblind James and the Death Valley Boys. The Colorblind James Experience began life as Colorblind James & The White Caps. While primarily based around the original songs of Chuck Cuminale, a.k.a. Colorblind James, the band also featured original songs by lead guitarist G. Elwyn Meixner. Rounding out the line-up were Rush Tattered, née Russell Tarby, on lead vocals, Kevin McDevitt on drums and Terry


title: "Colorblind James Experience" content: band, as well as Chuck’s son Mark on guitar. The performance was recorded for WXXI's OnStage. Rush Tattered: vocals (1978–1980) Phil Marshall: vocals/guitar (1980–1993) Jimmy McAvaney: drums (1985–2001) Bernie Heveron: upright bass (1985–1987) Rita Coulter: vocals (1991–2001) Brother Jaffe: keyboards (1993–2001) Mark Cuminale: guitar Colorblind James Experience Colorblind James Experience were an alternative roots/pop/rock band founded in 1980 in San Francisco, California. Bandleader and singer/songwriter/guitarist "Colorblind" James Charles Cuminale was originally from Rochester, New York but assembled early versions of what would become the Experience in Oswego, New York before relocating to San Francisco. After a couple years of mixed


title: "Tiki Wiki CMS Groupware" content: and is one of the largest open-source teams in the world. Project members have donated the resources and bandwidth required to host the tiki.org website and various subdomains. The project members refer to this dependence on their own product as "eating their own dogfood", which they have been doing since the early days of the project. Tiki community members also participate to various related events such as WikiSym and the Libre Software Meeting. Tiki has been hosted on SourceForge.net since its initial release (Release 0.9, named Spica) in October 2002. It was primarily the development of Luis Argerich (Buenos Aires,


title: "130 (number)" content: 130 (number) 130 (one hundred [and] thirty) is the natural number following 129 and preceding 131. 130 is a sphenic number. It is a noncototient since there is no answer to the equation "x" - φ("x") = 130. 130 is the only integer that is the sum of the squares of its first four divisors, including 1: 1 + 2 + 5 + 10 = 130. 130 is the largest number that cannot be written as the sum of four hexagonal numbers. The Second Book of Chronicles says that Jehoiada died at the age of 130. One hundred [and] thirty


title: "130 (number)" content: is also: 130 (number) 130 (one hundred [and] thirty) is the natural number following 129 and preceding 131. 130 is a sphenic number. It is a noncototient since there is no answer to the equation "x" - φ("x") = 130. 130 is the only integer that is the sum of the squares of its first four divisors, including 1: 1 + 2 + 5 + 10 = 130. 130 is the largest number that cannot be written as the sum of four hexagonal numbers. The Second Book of Chronicles says that Jehoiada died at the age of 130. One hundred


title: "140 (number)" content: 140 (number) 140 (one hundred [and] forty) is the natural number following 139 and preceding 141. 140 is an abundant number and a harmonic divisor number. It is the sum of the squares of the first seven integers, which makes it a square pyramidal number, and in base 10 it is divisible by the sum of its digits, which makes it a Harshad number. 140 is an odious number because it has an odd number of ones in its binary representation. The sum of Euler's totient function φ("x") over the first twenty-one integers is 140. 140 is a repdigit in


title: "Curb extension" content: 1.8 m (6 ft) from the curb. Some curb extensions are built with the bike lane passing through (making the extension an island, separated from the main sidewalk by a narrow bike lane). One study has found that pedestrians crossing at curb extensions have to wait for fewer vehicles to pass before a motorist yields to allow them to cross. The study was too small to determine whether other measures of effectiveness, such as percent of pedestrians crossing after a motorist yields, were significant. Poorly designed curb extensions can pose a hazard to cyclists, as they force cyclists from their


title: "Curb extension" content: or bioswale in the curb extension. To facilitate street sweeping, the internal and external curvatures of the extended curb section are moderately graduated. Retroactively adding curb extensions to older, established communities has been controversial in some instances, due to the installation of the extensions reducing the availability of on-street parking for some properties, particularly in cases where the curb extension has been installed on its own and not in conjunction with a crosswalk. Curb extension A curb extension (or also neckdown, kerb extension, bulb-out, bump-out, kerb build-out, nib, elephant ear, curb bulge, curb bulb, or blister) is a traffic calming


title: "Doctor of Social Work" content: with some of the earliest DSW degrees having been offered at University of Pennsylvania and Smith College. Some institutions that originally offered PhD programs in Social Work later converted to the DSW professional doctorate degree due to growing and improving trends in social work and in academia. By the 1960's and 1970's, doctoral degrees for social work increased significantly. By the early 1970's, many universities began only offering the DSW professional doctorate, surpassing that of the PhD degree in social work that was originally offered at many competing institutions. Over the years, great confusion lied between the PhD and the


title: Wii content: CEO Satoru Iwata revealed a prototype of the controller at the September 2005 Tokyo Game Show. At E3 2006, the console won the first of several awards. By December 8, 2006, it had completed its launch in the four key markets. In late 2011, Nintendo released a reconfigured model, the "Wii Family Edition", which lacks Nintendo GameCube compatibility; this model was not released in Japan. The Wii Mini, Nintendo's first major console redesign since the compact SNES, succeeded the standard Wii model and was released first in Canada on December 7, 2012. The Wii Mini can only play Wii optical


title: Wii content: in Japan on November 11, 2010, commemorating the 25th anniversary of "Super Mario Bros." The European version of the limited-edition red Wii bundle was released on October 29, 2010, which includes the original "Donkey Kong" game preloaded onto the console, "New Super Mario Bros. Wii" and "Wii Sports". The bundle also features the Wii Remote Plus, with integrated Wii Motion Plus technology. The red Wii bundle was released in North America on November 7, 2010 with "New Super Mario Bros. Wii", Wii Sports and the Wii Remote Plus. On July 11, 2007, Nintendo unveiled the Wii Balance Board at E3


title: Wii content: gaming. The Wii Mini is styled in matte black with a red border, and includes a red Wii Remote Plus and Nunchuk. A composite video/audio cable, wired sensor bar and power adapter are also included. Nintendo announced the successor to the Wii, Wii U, at the Electronic Entertainment Expo 2011. The Wii U features a controller with an embedded touch screen and output 1080p high-definition graphics; it is fully backward-compatible with Wii games and peripherals for the Wii. The Wii remote, Nunchuk controller and balance board are compatible with Wii U games which include support for them. The Wii U


title: "Hank Aaron Award" content: have won the award five times, the most of any team. The Hank Aaron Award has a maritaca granite base and an antique bat and banner combination on the top. It weighs 12 pounds and sits on a base of cherry wood. Hank Aaron Award The Hank Aaron Award is given annually to the Major League Baseball (MLB) players selected as the top hitter in each league, as voted on by baseball fans and members of the media. It was introduced in 1999 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Hank Aaron's surpassing of Babe Ruth's career home run mark of


title: Wegmans content: Wegmans Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. is a privately held American supermarket chain; it is headquartered in Gates, New York. As of September 2018, Wegmans has 98 stores in the mid-Atlantic and New England regions, in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Virginia. Founded in 1916 in Rochester, Wegmans has appeared on "Fortune"s annual "100 Best Companies to Work For" list since the list first appeared in 1998. In 2018, the company was ranked No. 2, behind Salesforce.com. Wegmans is a privately owned company, founded in 1916 by John and Walter Wegman as the Rochester Fruit and Vegetable Company.


title: Wegmans content: Rochester. Wegmans, having long planned to expand into New England, opened their first store in that region in Northborough, Massachusetts, on October 16, 2011. 2014 saw Wegmans opening two more Massachusetts stores, in Newton on April 27, and in Burlington on October 26. Its fourth Massachusetts store opened in Westwood on October 11, 2015. The eighth Maryland store opened in Owings Mills, Maryland in September 2016. In late 2016, Wegmans opened Virginia stores in Short Pump (August), Midlothian, and Charlottesville (November). The Hanover Township, New Jersey location opened in July 2017. The Montvale, New Jersey location opened in September 2017.


title: Wegmans content: of 2006, it was the 66th largest privately held company, as determined by "Forbes". On Forbes's 2005 list, Wegmans ranked 54th. Most of Wegmans' newer stores are of the superstore or megamarket type, with a large area, a variety of foods aimed at an upscale clientele, and, in many stores, Market Café in-store dining areas. From 2002-2009, Wegmans owned and operated Tastings, a full-service restaurant at its Pittsford, New York store. Tastings was replaced with The Food Bar, a "seafood shack"-styled restaurant in the same space; and later with The Burger Bar, serving hamburgers. Next Door by Wegmans, a stand-alone


title: Wegmans content: New York Wegmans locations, in Buffalo, DeWitt and Johnson City. Ownership of each liquor store is held by a different member of the Wegman family due to New York State regulations prohibiting individuals or corporations from owning multiple liquor stores. After Wegmans updated their logo to a script font, in November 2010, Walgreens filed a trademark infringement lawsuit against Wegmans, claiming the "W" in the Wegman's logo is too similar to Walgreens'. The lawsuit was settled in April 2011, with Wegmans agreeing to discontinue use of its "W" logo by June 2012, although the supermarket retains the right to use


title: Wegmans content: the "Wegmans" name in script. According to Jo Natale, Wegmans director of media relations, "The cost of making relatively minor changes to a limited number of products was much less than the cost of litigating this case to the end." Wegmans offers a pick-up service called "Personal Shopping" at select locations. In June 2017, Wegmans partnered with Instacart to provide home delivery service. On January 30, 2016, Wegmans celebrated its 100th anniversary. Wegmans has received much media attention for customer fan base, organic food, hot food bar, the depth of its food selection and employee happiness. Food Network recognized it


title: Wegmans content: with its award for Best Grocery Store in 2007. "Consumer Reports" subscribers voted Wegmans the top grocery store in 2017; it has held the top spot since 2006. It was also profiled as part of the "Here Are The Jobs" segment on MSNBC's "PoliticsNation" on July 6, 2012. In 2016, Market Force surveyed over 10,000 grocery store shoppers nationwide, and Wegmans was rated "America's favorite grocery store". Wegmans has a loyal fan base of customers who have received recognition for their devotion, who have lined up overnight in the thousands for a new store opening, regularly write "love letters" to


title: Wegmans content: stores closed individually at various points throughout March 2006. In January 2008, Wegmans announced that it would no longer sell tobacco products because of their negative effects on human health and the environment and would offer smoking cessation programs to all employees. The decision drew praise from the American Lung Association of New York State, which presented Wegmans with the "Lung Champion Award". Wegmans began branding some products in 1979, offering basic commodities at a lower price than national brands. The Wegmans brand has gradually expanded. In 1992, it began a line of healthy products, Food You Feel Good About.


title: Wegmans content: The next sub-brand to be launched was Italian Classics, in 1995; it introduced pastas, canned tomatoes, and olive oils imported from Italy. In 2002, Wegmans launched a line of organic products. The Wegmans brand was used extensively in the American sitcom "The Office". The program is set in the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania, which has a Wegmans store, although the series was filmed in suburban Los Angeles. Wegmans Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. is a privately held American supermarket chain; it is headquartered in Gates, New York. As of September 2018, Wegmans has 98 stores in the mid-Atlantic and New England


title: "Dirichlet boundary condition" content: and are given numbers. For a partial differential equation, for example, where denotes the Laplace operator, the Dirichlet boundary conditions on a domain take the form where is a known function defined on the boundary . For example, the following would be considered Dirichlet boundary conditions: Many other boundary conditions are possible, including the Cauchy boundary condition and the mixed boundary condition. The latter is a combination of the Dirichlet and Neumann conditions. Dirichlet boundary condition In mathematics, the Dirichlet (or first-type) boundary condition is a type of boundary condition, named after Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet (1805–1859). When imposed on


title: "Switch hitter" content: Switch hitter In baseball, a switch hitter is a player who bats both right-handed and left-handed, usually right-handed against left-handed pitchers and left-handed against right-handed pitchers. Usually, right-handed batters hit better against left-handed pitchers and "vice versa". Most curveballs break away from batters hitting from the same side as the opposing pitcher, making them harder to hit with the barrel (or "sweet spot") of the bat. Additionally, the pitcher's release is farther from the batter's center of vision. In switch-pitcher Pat Venditte's words, "If I'm pitching right-handed and they're hitting right-handed, it's tougher for them to see. And then, your


title: "Switch hitter" content: J.C. Romero, Kyle Snyder, Wandy Rodriguez, Troy Patton, Tim Dillard, Tyler Johnson, Carlos Zambrano, Dock Ellis, Vida Blue, Anthony Claggett, Kris Medlen, Justin De Fratus, Drew Storen and Kenley Jansen. Joaquín Andújar sometimes hit right-handed against lefties, sometimes left-handed. Tomo Ohka batted left-handed against right-handed pitchers in three games in 2006, but otherwise batted exclusively right-handed. Left-handed reliever Steve Kline was primarily a switch hitter, but batted right-handed against right-handed pitchers several times throughout his career. Management also had a say in the switch-hitting careers of Bob Gibson and Dwight Gooden. Both Gibson and Gooden—each right-handed, and a fine hitting


title: "Switch hitter" content: his left leg stays in front of the right. David Warner, who is normally a left-handed batsman, had practised batting right-handed in his youth, so he is able to switch his batting hand before the bowler's run-up as well, but has never done so since leaving high school. He also bowls with his right arm. Switch hitter In baseball, a switch hitter is a player who bats both right-handed and left-handed, usually right-handed against left-handed pitchers and left-handed against right-handed pitchers. Usually, right-handed batters hit better against left-handed pitchers and "vice versa". Most curveballs break away from batters hitting from


title: Paperboard content: use, as skin colour and food are better reproduced on ‘warm’ (yellow) whites and not blue whites. Grammage: The grammage of the paperboard is assessed in accordance ISO 536. Grammage expresses mass per unit area and is measured in g/m. PH: Surface pH is measured on a water extract and is on a scale of 0–14. 0 is acidic, 7 is neutral and 14 is alkaline. Stiffness: Stiffness is one of the most important properties of paperboard as it affects the ability of cartons to run smoothly through the machine that erects, fills and closes them. Stiffness also gives strength


title: "Jack Black (rat catcher)" content: the National Mouse Club to bring her pet rats to an exhibition at the Aylesbury Town Show on October 24, 1901. Her black and white hooded "Rattus norvegicus" won "Best in Show," and the Rat Fancy was formally launched. The original Rat Fancy lasted until 1931, as part of the National Mouse and Rat Club. The modern Rat Fancy was revived in 1976 with the formation of the National Fancy Rat Society, and the fancy rat spread around the world. Nowadays, fancy rats are widely accepted as pets and exhibition animals. Jack Black (rat catcher) Jack Black was a rat-catcher


title: "CA Technologies" content: for LGBT Equality. CA CEO Mike Gregoire is a signatory of the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion pledge. For four consecutive years, 2015-2018, CA was named by Computerworld as one of the Best Places to Work in IT. In 2017, it was named to the Forbes list of America's Best Employers and recognized with a STAR Award for Leadership and Innovation by the Technology Services Industry Association (TSIA). In 2018, CA was named to the Thomson Reuters World's Top 100 Technology companies and for six consecutive years has been the recipient of the NorthFace ScoreBoard Award from Customer Relationship


title: "Scotty (Star Trek)" content: Scotty (Star Trek) Montgomery "Scotty" Scott is a fictional character in the science fiction franchise "Star Trek". First portrayed by James Doohan in the , Scotty also appears in the , seven "Star Trek" movies, the "" episode "", and in numerous books, comics, and video games. Simon Pegg has assumed the character and appeared in the "Star Trek" reboot (2009) and its sequels, "Star Trek Into Darkness" (2013) and "Star Trek Beyond" (2016). Chris Doohan, son of James Doohan, has taken on the role of Scotty in the popular web series, "Star Trek Continues". Chris has also had roles


title: "Scotty (Star Trek)" content: song "Beaming". Scotty (Star Trek) Montgomery "Scotty" Scott is a fictional character in the science fiction franchise "Star Trek". First portrayed by James Doohan in the , Scotty also appears in the , seven "Star Trek" movies, the "" episode "", and in numerous books, comics, and video games. Simon Pegg has assumed the character and appeared in the "Star Trek" reboot (2009) and its sequels, "Star Trek Into Darkness" (2013) and "Star Trek Beyond" (2016). Chris Doohan, son of James Doohan, has taken on the role of Scotty in the popular web series, "Star Trek Continues". Chris has also


title: "Käthe Kollwitz" content: was the "Peasant War", which, subject to many preliminary drawings and discarded ideas in lithography, occupied her from 1902 to 1908. The German Peasants' War was a violent revolution which took place in Southern Germany in the early years of the Reformation, beginning in 1525; peasants who had been treated as slaves took arms against feudal lords and the church. As was "The Weavers", this subject, too, might have been suggested by a Hauptmann drama, Florian Geyer. However, the initial source of Kollwitz's interest dated to her youth, when she and her brother Konrad playfully imagined themselves as barricade fighters


title: "Käthe Kollwitz" content: pieces was used by the Nazis for propaganda. Working now in a smaller studio, in the mid-1930s she completed her last major cycle of lithographs, "Death", which consisted of eight stones: "Woman Welcoming Death", "Death with Girl in Lap", "Death Reaches for a Group of Children", "Death Struggles with a Woman", "Death on the Highway", "Death as a Friend", "Death in the Water", and "The Call of Death". In July 1936, she and her husband were visited by the Gestapo, who threatened her with arrest and deportation to a Nazi concentration camp; they resolved to commit suicide if such a


title: "Arby's" content: 38.3 microns by 19.2 microns on a sesame seed and was printed at Georgia Tech. The second record, "largest advertising poster", took up approximately 5 acres of land and was placed in Monowi, Nebraska, America's smallest town. Toasted Subs, sandwiches served on a toasted ciabatta roll, were first introduced in September 2007. The initial line-up included the French Dip & Swiss Toasted Sub, Philly Beef Toasted Sub, Classic Italian Toasted Sub, and Turkey Bacon Club. Three months later, the Toasted Subs product line was extended to include the Meatball Toasted Sub and the Chicken Parmesan Toasted Sub. In October 2013,


title: "James's flamingo" content: James's flamingo James's flamingo ("Phoenicoparrus jamesi"), also known as the puna flamingo, is a species of flamingo that populates the high altitudes of Andean plateaus of Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina. It is named for Harry Berkeley James, a British naturalist who studied the bird. James's flamingo is closely related to the Andean flamingo, and the two make up the genus "Phoenicoparrus". The Chilean flamingo, Andean flamingo, and James's flamingo are all sympatric, and all live in colonies (including shared nesting areas). James's flamingo was thought to have been extinct until a remote population was discovered in 1956. James's flamingo


title: "Veterans Committee" content: George Scales – Chino Smith – Clarence Smith – George Stovey – Mule Suttles – Ben Taylor – C. I. Taylor – Candy Jim Taylor – Cristóbal Torriente – Juan Vargas – Moses Walker – Frank Warfield – Chaney White – Sol White – Frank Wickware – Wabishaw Wiley – J. L. Wilkinson – Clarence Williams – George Williams – George Wilson – Jud Wilson – Nip Winters – Bill Wright Using statistics and other historical material from the Hall's earlier study, the screening committee met in November at Dodgertown in Vero Beach, Florida to create two ballots – one


title: "Veterans Committee" content: Autry (E) – Buzzie Bavasi (E) – Samuel Breadon (E) – Charles Bronfman (E) – August Busch, Jr. (E) – George W. Bush (E) – Roger Craig (M) – Harry Dalton (E) – Bing Devine (E) – Bill Dinneen (U) – Charles Dressen (M) – Barney Dreyfuss (E) – Chub Feeney (E) – John Fetzer (E) – Charles O. Finley (E) – Calvin Griffith (E) – Charlie Grimm (M) – Doug Harvey (U) – Garry Herrmann (E) – Whitey Herzog (M) – John Heydler (E) – Ralph Houk (M) – Bob Howsam (E) – Fred Hutchinson (M) – †Davey Johnson


title: "Veterans Committee" content: by a 10-3 margin. Miller himself noted that he was unsurprised by the outcome, given the makeup of the revised committee, saying, "This was done with precision. If you have a set goal in mind, and I think they did, it's not very hard. I'm so able to count votes in advance. Nothing has dimmed with age. No matter how various people involved in the Hall try to put a different gloss on it, it was done primarily to have somebody elected and secondarily to have particular people elected. I don't think this election was about me." He added, "I


title: "Veterans Committee" content: eight voted for the class of 2008. The new voters were Hall of Famers Roberts and Seaver, executive Schuerholz, and sportswriter Pepe. As with the managers/umpires voting committee, this was the final meeting for the executives voting committee because of the voting changes announced in July 2010. Beginning in 2010, an eleven-member BBWAA-appointed Historical Overview Committee identified twelve Expansion Era candidates who were judged to have made their greatest contributions during the Expansion Era (1973–present era). Along with the 1973–present era, these criteria defined the consideration set: Historical Overview Committee members: Dave Van Dyck ("Chicago Tribune"); Bob Elliott ("Toronto Sun");


title: "Landmark Missionary Baptist Association of Quebec" content: Missionnaire Baptiste Landmark". This makes a total of 10 French-speaking Landmark Baptist churches in Quebec with 531 members. "L'Association des Églises Missionnaire Baptiste Landmark" holds a general faith and practice in common with Landmark Missionary Baptists in the United States, and, like the Interstate & Foreign Association, believe pastoral support should be by free will offerings and observe the rite of feet washing. Landmark Missionary Baptist Association of Quebec L'Association des Églises Missionnaire Baptiste Landmark du Québec (or the Landmark Missionary Baptist Association of Quebec) was a local association of French-speaking Landmark Missionary Baptists in Quebec. In 2000, this association


title: "NATS Holdings" content: NATS Holdings NATS Holdings, formerly National Air Traffic Services and commonly referred to as NATS, is the main Air Navigation Service Provider in the United Kingdom. It inherited the traditions of UK air traffic control, which (founded over Croydon Airport) was the world's first air traffic control regime. It provides en-route air traffic control services to flights within the UK Flight Information Regions and the Shanwick Oceanic Control Area, and provides air traffic control services to fourteen UK airports. The workforce of NATS is mainly made up of Air traffic controllers (ATCOs), Air Traffic Control Engineers (ATCEs), Air Traffic Services


title: "Airport terminal" content: Airport, Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ninoy Aquino International Airport, Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Mérida International Airport, Bangkok International Airport, Mazatlan International Airport, Beirut International Airport, Hong Kong International Airport, Allama Iqbal International Airport, Tijuana International Airport, Toronto-Pearson International Airport, Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, Salt Lake City International Airport, Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Miami International Airport. A satellite terminal is a building detached from other airport buildings, so that aircraft can park around its entire circumference. The first airport to use a satellite terminal was London Gatwick Airport.


title: "Merab Kostava" content: Merab Kostava died in a car accident. In 2013, he was posthumously awarded the title and Order of National Hero of Georgia. There are streets named after Merab Kostava in Tbilisi city, Batumi city, and Shindisi village. Merab Kostava Merab Kostava () (May 26, 1939 – October 13, 1989) was a Georgian dissident, musician and poet; one of the leaders of the National-Liberation movement in Georgia. Along with Zviad Gamsakhurdia, he led the dissident movement in Georgia against the Soviet Union, until his death in a car accident in 1989. Kostava was born in 1939 in Tbilisi, of the Georgian


title: "2000s in music" content: the 2000s. Beyoncé, Michelle Williams and Kelly Rowland, better known as Destiny's Child is the most successful female R&B group of all time, selling over 50 million records worldwide during the 2000s. The group has many chart topping singles worldwide, such as "Survivor", "Say My Name", "Bootylicious", "Independent Women Part 1" and "Jumpin' Jumpin'". Usher was named the number-one Hot 100 artist of the 2000s decade and the 2nd most successful artist of the 2000s decade. He released the album "Confessions" which went on to become the best-selling album of 2004 and the second best-selling album of the 2000s. He


title: "KRDK-TV mast" content: hit the area on April 6, 1997, subjecting it to wind gusts of 70 mph and causing at least four inches (100 mm) of ice to accumulate on the structure, resulting in the structure's failure at 6:09 . Cable programming was resumed by 8:34 and broadcasts by 3 the following afternoon through coordination with other affiliates; a 735-foot (224 m) temporary tower was completed and resumed broadcasts by July 10. This tower, known as KXJB-TV Mast 2, still stands next to the full-height mast. Work began on replacement of the full-height mast with a more durably-built structure on April 1,


title: "Water clock" content: and a variation in temperature of one degree Celsius, in this "room temperature" range, produces a change of viscosity of about two percent. Therefore, a water clock with such a nozzle that keeps good time at some given temperature would gain or lose about half an hour per day if it were one degree Celsius warmer or cooler. To make it keep time within one minute per day would require its temperature to be controlled within °C (about ° Fahrenheit). There is no evidence that this was done in antiquity, so ancient water clocks with sufficiently thin and long nozzles


title: Bushel content: Bushel A bushel (abbreviation: bsh. or bu.) is an imperial and US customary unit of weight or mass based upon an earlier measure of dry capacity. The old bushel was equal to 2 kennings (obsolete), 4 pecks or 8 dry gallons and was used mostly for agricultural products such as wheat. In modern usage, the volume is nominal, with bushels denoting a mass defined differently for each commodity. The name "bushel" is also used to translate similar units in other measurement systems. The name comes from the Old French ' and ', meaning "little box". It may further derive from