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Nestlé Milk Chocolate was a chocolate bar consisting of milk chocolate, produced by Nestlé. Nestlé Milk Chocolate was sold in many countries around the world. The bar was discontinued in 2016. The original formula was invented by company founder Henri Nestlé in 1875.
Background
Nestlé Milk Chocolate was created as a competitor to the more-established, and North American chocolate bar segment-leader Hershey bar, and was even created in a similar form as their competitor. The closest Nestlé product to them is the Nestlé Crunch, which is very similar to Nestlé Milk Chocolate, the main difference being that Nestlé Crunch has puffed rice, while Nestlé Milk Chocolate does not. A similar product, Yorkie made by Nestlé, is not to be confused with Nestlé Milk Chocolate as it is a completely different product, as the Yorkie bar was originally created by British firm Rowntree of York to compete with Cadbury Dairy Milk.
Nestlé also produces many other brands of chocolate/syrup.
Distribution
Nestlé Milk Chocolate bars were available in 1.45-oz (41.1-g) bars, as well as in boxes of 24.
References
External links
Official website (archived, 14 Feb 2013)
Brand name confectionery
Chocolate bars
Nestlé brands | wiki |
William Dreyer may refer to:
William Dreyer, co-founder of Dreyer's, an American producer of ice cream
William J. Dreyer (1928–2004), molecular immunologist | wiki |
Baggage is any number of bags, cases and containers which hold a traveller's articles during transit.
Baggage may also refer to:
Television
Series
Baggage (American game show), a 2010 dating game show hosted by Jerry Springer
Baggage (British game show), based on the US version
Episodes
"Baggage" (The Americans)
"Baggage" (Everybody Loves Raymond)
"Baggage" (The Handmaid's Tale)
"Baggage" (House)
"Baggage" (Law & Order: Criminal Intent)
Other uses
Baggage (album), a 2000 album by Sirsy
"Baggage", a song by Gryffin from Gravity
Baggage (radio show), a BBC Radio 4 situation comedy
Emotional baggage, a colloquialism referring to unresolved psychological issues | wiki |
"Long Shot" is a song written by Gary Scruggs and Don Schlitz, and recorded by American country music group Baillie & the Boys. It was released in October 1988 as the first single from the album Turn the Tide. The song reached #5 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
Chart performance
References
1988 singles
Baillie & the Boys songs
Songs written by Don Schlitz
Song recordings produced by Kyle Lehning
RCA Records singles
1988 songs | wiki |
Release Me (Hooverphonic-dal)
Release Me (The Like-album)
Release Me (Wilson Phillips-dal) | wiki |
Remedy (Basement Jaxx-album)
Remedy (Alesso-dal)
Remedy (Little_Boots-dal)
Remedy (film) | wiki |
Cannabitriol ((+)-CBT, (S,S)-9,10-Dihydroxy-Δ6a(10a)-THC) is a phytocannabinoid first isolated in 1966, an oxidation product of tetrahydrocannabinol which has been identified both as a trace component of cannabis and as a metabolite in cannabis users. Its pharmacology has been little studied, though it has been found to act as an antiestrogen and aromatase inhibitor.
See also
8,11-Dihydroxy-THC
9-OH-HHC
Cannabicitran (also sometimes called CBT)
Delta-3-THC
References
External links
CBD Oil & Capsules
Cannabinoids
Benzochromenes
Phenols | wiki |
Observatory Circle is a street in Washington, D.C. It runs from Calvert Street to Massachusetts Avenue near 34th Street. Established in 1894, the street follows an incomplete loop, forming an arc rather than a circle. Number One Observatory Circle is the official residence of the Vice President of the United States.
The inside of the arc formed by Observatory was blurred on Google Maps.
See also
List of circles in Washington, D.C.
Observatory Circle, Washington, D.C. - article about the neighborhood
United States Naval Observatory
References
Streets in Washington, D.C.
Squares, plazas, and circles in Washington, D.C.
Embassy Row | wiki |
Eileen McDonough (May 20, 1962 – March 13, 2012) was an American former child actress, best known for appearing on various television series including The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Gunsmoke, The Waltons, and Apple's Way.
She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to parents Joe and Loretta McDonough.
She died on March 13, 2012, in Van Nuys, California, aged 49.
References
External links
1962 births
2012 deaths
Actresses from Philadelphia
American child actresses
American television actresses
21st-century American women | wiki |
The Big Quiz is a British entertainment quiz show hosted by Stephen Mulhern.
It started as an annual quiz between soap operas Coronation Street and Emmerdale.
Episodes
Episode 1 (2011)
The first episode aired on 16 December 2011 with the teams consisting of the casts of Coronation Street: Jennie McAlpine, Malcolm Hebden, Patti Clare and Jack P. Shepherd and Emmerdale: Mark Charnock, Natalie Anderson, Danny Miller and Meg Johnson.
Episode 2 (2012)
The second episode aired on 15 April 2012 with the teams consisting of the cast of the hit comedy Benidorm: Jake Canuso, Crissy Rock, Janine Duvitski and Shelley Longworth and the ITV2 reality show The Only Way is Essex: Joey Essex, Lauren Goodger, James Argent and Gemma Collins.
Episode 3 (2012)
The third episode (The Big Sports Quiz) aired on 26 July 2012 and saw boys and girls battle for who's the best at sport, fronting the teams were 71 Degrees North presenters Charlotte Jackson and Paddy McGuinness and panellists Joe Hart, Kriss Akabusi, Mark Foster, Amy Williams, Karen Pickering and Louise Hazel.
Episode 4 (2016)
A fourth episode of The Big Quiz aired on 1 January 2016. The teams were Coronation Street vs. Emmerdale. Playing for Coronation Street were Michael Le Vell, Brooke Vincent, Sue Cleaver and Jack P. Shepherd. Playing for Emmerdale were Mark Charnock, Charlotte Bellamy, Liam Fox and Samantha Giles were playing. Emmerdale were the victors of the game.
Episode 5 (2017)
A fifth episode of The Big Quiz aired on 6 January 2017. Once again, the teams were Coronation Street vs. Emmerdale and Stephen Mulhern returned to present the episode.
Episode 6 (2018)
A sixth episode of The Big Quiz aired on 5 January 2018. Once again, the teams were Coronation Street vs. Emmerdale and Stephen Mulhern returned to present the episode.
Episode 7 (2018)
A seventh episode of The Big Quiz aired on 21 December 2018. Once again, the teams were Coronation Street vs. Emmerdale and Stephen Mulhern returned to present the episode.
Episode 8 (2019)
An eighth episode of The Big Quiz aired on 19 December 2019. Once again the teams were Coronation Street vs. Emmerdale and Stephen Mulhern returned to present the episode.
Episode 9 (2020)
A ninth episode of The Big Quiz aired on 21 December 2020. Once again, the teams were Coronation Street vs. Emmerdale and Stephen Mulhern returned to present the episode.
Episode 10 (2021)
A tenth episode of The Big Quiz aired on 20 December 2021. Once again, the teams were Coronation Street vs. Emmerdale and Stephen Mulhern returned to present the episode.
Episode 11 (2022)
A eleventh episode of The Big Quiz aired on 9 December 2022. Once again, the teams were Coronation Street vs. Emmerdale and Stephen Mulhern returned to present the episode.
References
External links
2010s British game shows
2020s British game shows
2011 British television series debuts
ITV game shows
Television series by ITV Studios | wiki |
Everybody knows this is nowhere (album van Neil Young) (1969), album van Neil Young
Everybody knows this is nowhere (single van Neil Young) (1969), single van Neil Young
Everybody knows this is nowhere (album van Mother Hips) (2005), album van Mother Hips | wiki |
Substantivul xerox se poate referi la:
Xerox companie IT din SUA
Fotocopiator | wiki |
Salix is a genus of deciduous trees and shrubs.
Salix may also refer to:
Salix, Iowa, United States
Salix, Pennsylvania, United States
Salix Pharmaceuticals, makers of gastroenterology products
8648 Salix, a main-belt asteroid
Salix OS, a Slackware-based Linux distribution
Salix Homes, a housing association based in Salford, England
Salix Finance Ltd., which provides public sector funding for energy efficiency to support the energy policy of the United Kingdom
Salix, a brand name for the medication furosemide
People with the given name
Salix Säydäş (1900–1954), Tatar composer and conductor | wiki |
A money clip is a device typically used to store cash and credit cards in a very compact fashion for those who do not wish to carry a wallet.
Metal
A metal money clip is generally a solid piece of metal folded into half, such that the banknotes and credit cards are securely wedged in between the two pieces of metal. Metal money clips are typically made out of brass, stainless steel, silver, gold, titanium, or platinum. They are typically sold as luxury items. The chief disadvantage of a metal money clip is that, due to the inflexibility of the metal, it cannot typically hold large amounts of cash. Depending on the design, it may also be difficult to push the banknotes into the clip.
Carbon fiber
Carbon fiber money clips are starting to see market acceptance. Using advanced moulding techniques, the high strength and durability of carbon fiber make for ideal qualities. The carbon fiber allows the clamping surfaces to open beyond parallel, without the deformation of normal metal money clips. However, it can be too loose when holding less, so there is a tradeoff. Being non-metallic, they still conduct electrical current (due to the carbon fibers), so they can be picked up by metal detectors (you can test this out with a handheld security metal detector). The softer resin (plastic that bonds the carbon fibers together) means that it get scratched more easily than the tougher surface of metal money clip.
Magnetic
The magnetic money clip is generally made of two strong flat rectangular or round magnets encased in leather, with a small piece of leather separating the two pieces and allowing them to swivel into a closed and open position. There are also clips made of three magnets and two pieces of leather. A magnetic money clip typically has a greater carrying capacity than a metal money clip and the strongest clips are able to hold up to 15 banknotes folded in half. When holding a larger volume of banknotes a magnetic money clip has less clamping force, since the magnets are farther apart compared to when holding just a few banknotes. A metal or carbon fiber clip has inverse properties and the clamping tension gets higher as the clip is stretched open further. Magnetic money clips are not recommended for holding credit cards as the magnets may distort or erase the magnetic strip.
Money clip wallet
A money clip wallet is a clip designed specifically to hold both credit cards and cash. The conventional money clip wallets are a credit card holder with either a swivel magnetic clip attached to the back side or a solid clip that is bent 6-fold; bent that way the conventional clip will feature three compartments instead of one. Money clip wallets are sometimes known as hybrid money clips.
See also
Wallet
References
Fashion accessories
Money containers | wiki |
Passport to Adventure, later retitled Passport, was a Canadian movie television series which aired on CBC Television from 1965 to 1967.
Premise
The series would present American and British films of the 1930s through to the 1960s subdivided for broadcast into serial format during each week. The series can be perceived as a viewer's digest of some of the best films ever to have been produced up to that time. Episodes included interviews with actors and film experts such as Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Elwood Glover, Arthur Treacher and Willard Van Dyke.
Scheduling
This half-hour series was broadcast Mondays to Thursdays at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern) from 18 October 1965 to 30 June 1966. The series was retitled Passport for its second season from 17 October 1966 to 30 June 1967. As Elwy Yost explained at the beginning of the first episode of the second season, the title had been shortened from Passport to Adventure to Passport because Yost wanted to start including movies that were not just from the adventure genre. Taken together, both seasons can be seen as a Master Class in cinema.
A comprehensive list of the movies serialized on Passport to Adventure and its sequel Passport is as follows:
King Kong (1933)
The Sea Hawk (1940)
Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
The Magic Sword (1962)
Jesse James (1939)
The Return of Frank James (1940)
The Invisible Man (1933)
The Phantom of the Opera (1943)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
The Whole Town's Talking (1935)
Lost Horizon (1937)
The Man Who Could Work Miracles (1936)
Saboteur (1942)
Mighty Joe Young (1949)
The Wooden Horse (1950)
They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
Larceny, Inc. (1942)
Union Pacific (1939)
Between Two Worlds (1944)
Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
The Mark of Zorro (1941)
My Darling Clementine (1946) - Director's Cut!
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
The Sea Wolf (1941)
Destroyer (1943)
Captain Blood (1935)
The Three Musketeers (1939)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
Destination Tokyo (1944)
Submarine Seahawk (1958)
Star Spangled Rhythm (1942)
Never Say Die (1939)
Crash Dive (1943)
The Spanish Main (1945)
To Be Or Not To Be (1942)
My Man Godfrey (1936)
Shut My Big Mouth (1942)
Earthworm Tractors (1936)
A Slight Case of Murder (1940)
The Golden Blade (1953)
They Died With Their Boots On (1941)
Man of a Thousand Faces (1957)
I Married a Witch (1942)
It Happened on 5th Avenue (1947)
Elephant Boy (1937)
Double Indemnity (1944)
The Sky's the Limit (1943)
Seven Keys to Baldpate (1947)The Miracle of Morgan's Creek (1944)
His Girl Friday (1940)Virginia City (film) (1940)
She (1935)Fighter Squadron (1948)Dodge City (film) (1939)Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)The Master of Ballantrae (1953 film)Against All Flags (1952)Adventures of Don Juan (1949)The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)The Last Days of Pompeii (1935 film)Springfield Rifle (film) (1952)Montana (1950 film)Destry Rides Again (1939)Scarlet Street (1945)The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)My Favorite Spy (1942 film)Gunga Din (film) (1939)
Callaway Went Thataway (1951)The Prince and the Pauper (1937 film)
The Four Feathers (1939 film)The 39 Steps (1935 film)
The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936 film)Prince of Pirates (1953)
The Corsican Brothers (1941 film)The King's Thief (1955)
See also
Magic Shadows, a similar series hosted by Elwy Yost
References
External links
CBC Television original programming
1965 Canadian television series debuts
1967 Canadian television series endings | wiki |
Yamini Singh may refer to:
Yamini Singh (Bollywood actress) (born 1971)
Yamini Singh (Bhojpuri actress) (born 1996) | wiki |
This list contains all current FCA Italy automobile assembly sites. Including joint-ventures, license production and outsourced production.
Assembly sites
See also
List of Chrysler factories
List of Ford factories
List of former automotive manufacturing plants
List of Honda assembly plants
List of Volkswagen Group factories
References
Lists of motor vehicle assembly plants | wiki |
Corton may refer to:
Places
Corton Formation, a geologic formation in Suffolk and Norfolk, England
Corton, Suffolk, England, a village
Corton, Wiltshire, England, a village
Corton, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
Cuisine
Corton (wine), a French wine
Corton (meat spread), a French-Canadian meat spread
Corton (restaurant), a New York City restaurant
See also
Corton Denham | wiki |
Bicast leather (also spelled as bi-cast leather or bycast leather) is a material made with a split leather backing covered with an embossed layer of polyurethane or vinyl. Bicast leather was originally made for the apparel industry for glossy shoes, and was later adopted by the furniture industry.
Production and features
The hide material used in the making of bicast is usually a portion of the fibrous, lower grade of leather that remains when the higher-grade grain layer is split off.
Bicast leather is produced by building up a layer of plastic (typically polyurethane) on top of an embossed release paper known as casting paper. The embossing is usually giving the appearance of top grain leather, although it may be smooth depending on the desired finish. The plastic layer may optionally include: pigment, foams of various consistencies, and adhesives. Split leather is then applied and pressed onto the plastic, which may have been dried. After the resultant bicast leather has cured, the casting paper is removed, and optionally re-used.
New bicast leather can have a chemical odor, but this typically dissipates about a week after the piece is exposed to air.
The use of terms like "genuine leather" or "100% leather" in relation to bicast treatment is considered a misrepresentation and therefore not permitted in some countries, including the UK, Denmark, and New Zealand.
Furniture manufacturers say that the main benefit of bicast leather is its surface appearance at a low price. With constant use, however, the polyurethane layer may crack and split free of its backing, and abrasion may cause large unsightly marks.
See also
Artificial leather
Bonded leather
References
Leather
Leathermaking | wiki |
Chopin Park is an park located at 3420 North Long in the Portage Park community area of North Side, Chicago, Illinois.
The park stretches from Roscoe Street on the south to Cornelia Avenue to the north between Linder and Long avenues. The historic fieldhouse was designed by Albert A. Schwartz and contains an assembly hall with a stage and seven rooms, where many preschool and music classes take place. The park also offers a Park Kids after-school program that attracts local students.
Chopin Park is named after Frédéric Chopin, Poland's most famous pianist and composer. Portage Park has the largest Polish community in the Chicago Metropolitan Area according to the 2000 census. The area is the center of one of Chicago's "Polish Patches", Władysławowo, and the park is right across the street from St. Ladislaus Roman Catholic Church.
There are/were plans to erect a statue of Frédéric Chopin in Chopin Park for the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth in 2010. There are also plans to erect, along Chicago's lakefront, a full-scale replica of Wacław Szymanowski's Chopin Statue in Warsaw's Royal Baths Park.
See also
Memorials to Frédéric Chopin
References
External links
Chicagoparkdistrict.com: Chopin Park
Parks in Chicago
North Side, Chicago
Polish-American culture in Chicago | wiki |
Harvard Law defines poverty law as, "the legal statutes, regulations and cases that apply particularly to the financially poor in his or her day to day life". In a commonsense understanding and in practice, the goal of poverty law is to protect the disadvantaged poor from unfair treatment by the law. Poverty law often overlaps with federal benefits and welfare policies. Pertinent federal government benefits include Medicaid; cash public assistance (more commonly known as Welfare); and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program, previously known as the food stamps program. Poverty law frequently involves questions of administrative law, civil rights law, constitutional law, employment law, and health law.
See also
Southern Poverty Law Center
References
External links
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
Poverty Law Research Guide, Georgetown Law Library, Georgetown University Law Center | wiki |
α-Vetivone is an organic compound that is classified as a sesquiterpene (derived from three isoprene units). It is a major component of the oil of vetiver, which is used to prepare certain high value perfumes.
α-Vetivone is isolated by steam distillation of the roots of the grass Vetiveria zizanioides. Two other components of this distillate are the sesquiterpenes khusimol and β-vetivone shown below.
References
Perfume ingredients
Ketones
Sesquiterpenes
Bicyclic compounds | wiki |
This is a list of notable Italian soups. Soups are sometimes served as the primo, or first course in Italian cuisine. In some regions of Italy, such as Veneto, soup is eaten more than pasta.
Italian soups
Acquacotta – originally a peasant food, its preparation and consumption dates back to ancient history
Bagnun – based mainly on anchovies
Buridda – a seafood soup or stew from Liguria in Northern Italy
Garmugia – originated in Lucca, Tuscany, central Italy
Ginestrata – originated in Tuscany, Northern Italy, and can be described as a thin, lightly spiced egg-based soup
Macaroni soup – a traditional dish in Italy that is sometimes served with beans, which is known as pasta e fagioli
Maccu – a Sicilian soup and also a foodstuff that is prepared with dried and crushed fava beans (also known as broad beans) and fennel as primary ingredients. It dates back to ancient history.
Minestra di ceci – prepared with chickpeas as a main ingredient, it is a common soup in the Abruzzo region of Italy.
Minestra maritata or Italian wedding soup
Minestrone – a thick soup of Italian origin made with vegetables, often with the addition of pasta or rice. Common ingredients include beans, onions, celery, carrots, stock, and tomatoes.
Panada – In northeastern Italy, it serves as an inexpensive meal in the poor areas of the countryside. It may be enriched with eggs, beef broth, and grated cheese. It was frequently prepared as a meal for elderly or ill people.
Pappa al pomodoro – a thick Tuscan soup typically prepared with fresh tomatoes, bread, olive oil, garlic, basil, and various other fresh ingredients
Ribollita – a famous Tuscan soup, a hearty potage made with bread and vegetables. There are many variations but the main ingredients always include leftover bread, cannellini beans and inexpensive vegetables such as carrot, cabbage, beans, silverbeet, cavolo nero, and onion. Its name literally means "reboiled".
Sciusceddu – prepared using meatballs and eggs as primary ingredients
Soup alla Canavese – made from white stock, tomato puree, butter, carrot, celery, onion, cauliflower, bacon fat, Parmesan cheese, parsley, sage, salt and pepper
Stracciatella – consists of meat broth and small shreds of an egg-based mixture, prepared by drizzling the mixture into boiling broth and stirring
Soup alla modenese – made with stock, spinach, butter, salt, eggs, Parmesan cheese, nutmeg and croutons
Walnut soup – prepared in the region of Piedmont, which has a significant amount of walnut groves
Zuppa toscana – made with Italian sausage, crushed red peppers, diced white onion, bacon, garlic puree, chicken bouillon, heavy cream, and potatoes
See also
List of Italian dishes
List of soups
List of stews
References
External links
Italian Soups. Food & Wine.
Italian Soup Recipes. Country Living.
Italy
Soups | wiki |
Pictures with Woofer, originally titled Patty's Picture House, is a Canadian children's short film television series which aired on CBC Television in 1960.
Premise
Patty (Donna Miller) and her dog Woofer (a puppet) introduced short films produced by the CBC and by The Walt Disney Company.
Scheduling
This half-hour series was broadcast on Fridays at 4:30 p.m. (Eastern) from 8 January to 24 June 1960. Patty's Picture House was retitled Pictures With Woofer effective with the 19 February 1960 episode.
References
External links
CBC Television original programming
1960 Canadian television series debuts
1960 Canadian television series endings | wiki |
Helen Wood may refer to:
Helen Wood (judge), Australian judge
Helen Wood (television personality) (born 1986), Big Brother contestant
Helen Adelaide Wood (died 1927), British botanical artist and scientific illustrator
Helen Wood (actress) (1917–1988), American actress
Helen Wood (actress, 1935) (1935–1998), American dancer, mainstream actress and (as Dolly Sharp) pornographic actress
Helen M. Wood, American computer scientist
See also
Helen Atkinson-Wood (born 1955), English actress and comedian
Helen Woods (disambiguation)
Ellen Wood (disambiguation) | wiki |
Osoby
Marilyn Manson – zespół muzyczny
Marilyn Manson – amerykański piosenkarz, członek lider zespołu Marilyn Manson
Charles Manson (1934-2017) – seryjny morderca
Shirley Manson – wokalistka zespołu Garbage
Dave Manson – kanadyjski zawodowy hokeista na lodzie
Miejsca
Manson – jednostka osadnicza w stanie Waszyngton, w USA
Manson – miasto w stanie Iowa, w USA
Krater Manson – krater uderzeniowy w stanie Iowa | wiki |
Zoe Smith is an English weightlifter.
Zoe Smith may also refer to:
Zoe Smith (badminton), see U.S. National Badminton Championships
Zoe Tuckwell-Smith, Australian actress | wiki |
Inside Story (album Anity Lipnickiej i Johna Portera)
Inside Story (album Grace Jones)
Inside Story (album Lalaine) | wiki |
Frances Dean is the name of:
Frances Drake (1912–2000) née Dean, American actress
FrancEyE (1922–2009) aka Frances Dean Smith, American poet
See also
Frankie Dean (disambiguation)
Frank Dean (disambiguation) | wiki |
"Heart Half Empty" is a song written by Gary Burr and Desmond Child, and recorded by American country music artists Ty Herndon and Stephanie Bentley. It was released in October 1995 as the third single from his debut album What Mattered Most. The song reached number 21 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It later appeared on Bentley's debut album Hopechest, which like What Mattered Most was released on Epic Records.
Content
The song is a ballad about two lovers who, in the emotion following a breakup, ask "Is my heart half full of the love you gave me / Or is my heart half empty, because your love is gone?"
Chart performance
References
1996 singles
1995 songs
Ty Herndon songs
Stephanie Bentley songs
Songs written by Gary Burr
Songs written by Desmond Child
Epic Records singles
Song recordings produced by Doug Johnson (record producer)
Male–female vocal duets | wiki |
Games list (W–Z)
There are currently games across the lists of PlayStation Vita games.
For a chronological list, click the sort button in any of the available region's columns. Games dated December 17, 2011 (JP), February 15, 2012 (NA), and February 22, 2012 (EU) are launch titles of each region respectively.
See also
List of PlayStation Vita games (A-D)
List of PlayStation Vita games (E–H)
List of PlayStation Vita games (I–L)
List of PlayStation Vita games (M–O)
List of PlayStation Vita games (P–R)
List of PlayStation Vita games (S)
List of PlayStation Vita games (T–V)
Notes
References
,W-Z
,W-Z
Vita, W-Z | wiki |
Embryo splitting may refer to:
when spontaneous, the natural way in which identical twins are formed.
when artificially induced, a method of cloning. See Cloning#Methods | wiki |
Rankin Johnson may refer to:
Rankin Johnson, Sr. (1888–1972), major league pitcher
Rankin Johnson, Jr. (1917–2006), major league pitcher | wiki |
Paz Undurraga (June 14, 1930, Santiago – August 28, 2019, Santiago) was a Chilean singer. She began her career as a member of Las Cuatro Brujas, and later became a solo artist. She won the Best Performer Award at the 1989 Viña del Mar International Song Festival. She was married to Luis Urquidi.
References
1930 births
2019 deaths
20th-century Chilean women singers | wiki |
Edelgard, also Adalgard, Edelgart, or Ethelgard, is a female given name of German origin, now rare. In Old High German, it combines the words for "noble" (adal, modern German edel) and "guard" (gard).
Persons of this name include:
People
Edelgard Bulmahn, German politician
Edelgard Huber von Gersdorff, German supercentenarian
Edelgard Gräfer, a member of the German Red Army Faction terrorist group
Edelgard Mahant, Canadian academic
Fictional characters
Edelgard von Hresvelg, from the video games Fire Emblem: Three Houses and Fire Emblem Warriors: Three Hopes
Edelgard, from the light novel series How Not to Summon a Demon Lord
References | wiki |
est une mangaka japonais. Elle est l'auteure de Happy Marriage?! édité en 2009 par Shōgakukan.
Notes et références
Mangaka | wiki |
Stenocereus montanus, known as sahuira, is a species of columnar cactus in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Mexico where it is found from Sonora to Colima.
The species grows up to 7 meters high with a smooth trunk. The flowers are pollinated by bats. Fruits may be orange, red, or white, and are consumed by birds and bats. Their flavor is highly regarded.
References
montanus
Flora of Mexico
Plants described in 1961 | wiki |
Reviving Ophelia may refer to:
Reviving Ophelia (book), written by psychologist Mary Pipher
Reviving Ophelia (film), a 2010 film
See also:
Ophelia (disambiguation) | wiki |
Water Grill is a fine-dining seafood restaurant in the United States. The original location is in Downtown Los Angeles.
Additional locations are in Santa Monica, San Diego, Costa Mesa, Denver, Bellevue and Las Vegas. It is owned by King's Seafood Company.
History
The original location is in Los Angeles. It is in the PacMutual Building. The architecture is Art Deco, including carved ceilings, brass doors, marble walls, and leather seats. Water Grill served "concept" seafood dishes. In 2011, the restaurant closed for one month. While closed, it underwent a $1.5 million renovation. Water Grill has been described as an "institution," in Los Angeles by the Los Angeles Times. Former chefs at the Los Angeles location include David LeFevre and Michael Cimarusti. In 2013, the Los Angeles location was named one of "38 Essential Los Angeles Restaurants," by Eater.
Food
Water Grill serves seafood. The restaurants have raw bars serving fresh seafood. The restaurants serve ten types of oysters and also serve sea urchin and bay scallops. Specific dishes include fritto misto, shrimp and grits, ragout, and squid ink pasta with calamari. Water Grill's crab cakes were named the best in Los Angeles in 2011 by Los Angeles Magazine. Water Grill had earned one Michelin star in 2008 and 2009 however when Michelin updated their reviews in 2019, the restaurant received a reduced rating of a Michelin Plate.
Gallery
See also
List of seafood restaurants
References
External links
Seafood restaurants in the United States
Restaurants in Los Angeles
Companies based in Santa Monica, California
Restaurants in Orange County, California
Companies based in San Diego
Restaurants in San Diego County, California
Restaurants in Las Vegas, Nevada | wiki |
Sad pop is a subgenre of pop music.
See also
Sadcore
References
Pop music genres
2010s in music
2020s in music | wiki |
The 1975 Brazil–West Germany nuclear agreement is a treaty between Brazil and West Germany signed on June 27, 1975.
Negotiations
The first round of negotiations were conducted trilaterally between Brazil, West Germany, and France.
In April 1975, the United States sent a four‐person delegation to the negotiations to lobby for safeguards to prevent Brazil using the technology or plutonium to make nuclear weapons.
The agreement was signed by foreign ministers and Hans-Dietrich Genscher on June 27, 1975 in Bonn, West Germany.
Reactions
During a visit to West Germany in 1977, Vice President of the United States Walter Mondale lobbied the West German government to withdraw from the deal.
Brazil
The Brazilian Physical Society issued a statement that disagreed with the premise that Brazil required a nuclear program of that magnitude, given its vast hydroelectric capacity.
References
Citations
Bibliography
1975 in Brazil
1975 in West Germany
1975 treaties
Nuclear technology in Germany
Nuclear technology in Brazil | wiki |
L. A. Sohnke was a German mathematician who worked on the complex multiplication of elliptic functions.
References
19th-century German mathematicians | wiki |
Thanos is a Marvel Comics supervillain.
Thanos may also refer to:
Thanos (Marvel Cinematic Universe), the Marvel Cinematic Universe version of the character
Thanos (name), a list of people with the given name and surname
Thanos simonattoi, a Brazilian carnivorous dinosaur active during the Cretaceous Period
See also
Thanatos, Greek personification of death | wiki |
Tea for Two may refer to:
"Tea for Two" (song), a 1924 popular song by Vincent Youmans and Irving Caesar
Tea for Two (album) (1950), a Doris Day album
Tea for Two (film) (1950), a movie starring Doris Day
Tea for Two (TV series), Australian television series
Tahiti Trot, Op. 16, Dmitri Shostakovich's 1927 orchestration of "Tea for Two"
See also
Tee for Two (1945), a 1945 Tom and Jerry cartoon | wiki |
Outer space comprises the relatively empty regions of the universe outside the atmospheres of celestial bodies.
Outer space may also refer to:
Music
OuterSpace, a hip hop duo from Philadelphia
Outerspace (album), a 2004 compilation by OuterSpace
Outer Space (EP), a 2009 EP by S-Endz
The Outerspace, a 1995 EP by Transwave
"Outer Space", a 1997 song by the Muffs from Happy Birthday to Me
"Cosmos (Outer Space)", a 2005 song by t.A.T.u. from Dangerous and Moving
Other uses
Outer space (color), a shade of black
Outer space (mathematics), a topological space
Outer Space (video game), a 1978 video game
See also
Outer Space Treaty, a 1967 treaty on international space law
United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs, a part of the UN Secretariat
Inner space (disambiguation)
Space (disambiguation), for the conceptual (abstract) sense of the word | wiki |
Becker:
Boris Becker
Emil Wilhelm Becker
Gary Becker
Kuno Becker
Meret Becker
Oskar Becker, filozof
Richard Becker
Nume de familie germanice
Nume de familie germane
Nume de familie ocupaționale | wiki |
Palisade (Colorado), població dels Estats Units a l'estat de Colorado
Palisade (Minnesota), població dels Estats Units a l'estat de Minnesota
Palisade (Nebraska), població dels Estats Units a l'estat de Nebraska | wiki |
A kickstand is a device on a bicycle or motorcycle that allows the bike to be kept upright without leaning against another object or the aid of a person. A kickstand is usually a piece of metal that flips down from the frame and makes contact with the ground. It is generally located in the middle of the bike or towards the rear. Some touring bicycles have two: one at the rear, and a second in the front.
History
The earliest known kickstand was designed by Albert Berruyer in 1869, and since then kickstands have been independently reinvented many times. It was mounted below the handlebars, so was much longer than more recent designs. A shorter model was patented by Eldon Henderson in 1926. In the 1930s, a "smaller, more convenient" kickstand was developed by Joseph Paul Treen.
In 1891, Pardon W, Tillinghast patented a design for a stand which was mounted on the pedal, but folded up flat under the pedal when not in use.
Kickstands on bicycles fell out of fashion in the 1970s, as the bicycles became lighter, and many riders were concerned about extra weight.
Types
A side stand style kickstand is a single leg that simply flips out to one side, usually the left side, and the bike then leans against it. Side stands can be mounted to the chain stays right behind the bottom bracket or to a chain and seat stay near the rear hub. Side stands mounted right behind the bottom bracket can be bolted on, either clamping the chain stays, or to the bracket between them, or welded into place as an integral part of the frame.
A center stand kickstand is a pair of legs or a bracket that flips straight down and lifts the rear wheel off the ground when in use. Center stands can be mounted to the chain stays right behind the bottom bracket or to the rear dropouts. Many motorcycles feature center stands in addition to side stands. The center stand is advantageous because it takes most of the motorcycle's weight off its tires for long-term parking, and it allows the user to perform maintenance such as chain adjustments without the need for an external stand. Center stands are found on most "standard" and "touring" motorcycles, but are omitted on most high-performance sportbikes to save weight and increase ground clearance.
While not strictly a kickstand, the Flickstand is a small bracket that flips down from the down tube and engages the front tire to prevent the front end from steering and tire from rotating, and thus enabling the bike to be safely leaned against an object without danger of the front end turning and the bike subsequently falling to the ground. These were made by Rhode Gear Company in the 1970s and 1980s. While the Flickstand is no longer made, a Velcro strap can be employed for similar success by strapping a brake lever to lock the brake or strap the front wheel to the down tube.
Construction
Kickstands can be made of steel or cast aluminium. There may be a rubber cap on the end.
Kickstands can lock in place, either up or down, by several means:
A spring that is stretched when the kickstand is partway deployed and less stretched when it is stowed or all the way deployed.
A detent mechanism, which usually also employs its own spring.
Gallery
See also
ISIRI 13262
References
Bicycle parts
fr:Béquille centrale | wiki |
Laurence Marks may refer to:
Laurence Marks (British writer) (born 1948), British TV writer
Laurence Marks (American writer) (1915–1993), American writer for radio and television shows including M*A*S*H
Laurence Marks (journalist) (1928–1996), British journalist for The Observer and The Sunday Times
Laurence D. Marks (born 1954), American professor of materials science and engineering
Lawrence K. Marks, New York judge
See also
Laurence Mark (born 1949), American film producer | wiki |
Cellular memory modules (CMMs) refers to the ability of cells to remember and propagate their gene expression programs throughout the entire development. This basic developmental function has been conserved during evolution, as related mechanisms were identified in other model organisms.
References
Cell biology | wiki |
Sindhi pulao is a type of rice pilaf, prepared with mutton, beef, or chicken. It is prepared by Sindhi people in their marriage ceremonies, condolence meetings, and other occasions.
See also
Sindhi cuisine
Sindhi biryani
References
External links
Sindhi cuisine
Pakistani cuisine
Indian rice dishes
Rice dishes
Pakistani meat dishes
Pakistani rice dishes | wiki |
National Heroes Day () is a holiday in the Philippines dedicated to Filipino heroes. It is a public holiday in the Philippines.
History
The observance of National Heroes Day was already present during the American colonial period. Act No. 3827 by the Philippine Legislature enacted on October 28, 1931, designated every last Sunday of August as National Heroes Day. However, Bonifacio Day established by virtue of Act No. 2946 of 1921 was also dedicated to anonymous Filipino heroes. In practice, National Heroes Day celebrations were observed on the same day as Bonifacio Day. This continued during the Japanese occupation during World War II and some years after the United States granted the Philippines independence in 1946.
President Elpidio Quirino issued Administrative Order No. 190 in 1952 which reverted National Heroes Day back to the last Sunday of August. Administrative Code of 1987 of President Corazon Aquino designated the day as a regular holiday. The date of the holiday was revised again on July 24, 2007, via Republic Act No. 9492 which was signed into law by President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.
Commemoration
The law does not explicitly name any specific individual to be commemorated during National Heroes Day. Commemorations often include key figures in Philippine history who are regarded as national heroes though it could also include "lesser-known" and "ordinary" Filipinos. Examples include Overseas Filipino Workers and frontline workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
References
Public holidays in the Philippines
August observances
Heroes | wiki |
This is a non-exhaustive list of Malta women's international footballers – association football players who have appeared at least once for the senior Malta women's national football team.
Players
See also
Malta women's national football team
References
Association football player non-biographical articles
Malta | wiki |
Sentence-final particles, including modal particles, interactional particles, etc., are minimal lexemes (words) that occur at the end of a sentence and that do not carry referential meaning, but may relate to linguistic modality, register or other pragmatic effects. Sentence-final particles are common in Chinese, including particles such as Mandarin le 了, ne 呢, ba 吧, ou 哦, a 啊, la 啦, ya 呀, and ma 嗎/吗, and Cantonese lo 囉 and ge 嘅. These particles act as qualifiers of the clause or sentence they end. Sentence-final particles are also present in Japanese and many East Asian languages, such as Thai, and especially in languages that have undergone heavy Sino-Tibetan influence, such as the Monguor languages.
Examples
Chinese
Yuen Ren Chao has described sentence-final particles as "phrase suffixes": just as a word suffix is in construction with the word preceding it, a sentence-final particle or phrase suffix is "in construction with a preceding phrase or sentence, though phonetically closely attached to the syllable immediately preceding it". According to Chao, the sentence-final particle is phonetically close to the last word before it, but syntactically it is equidistant from every word in the whole predicate.
While sentence-final particles usually do not carry meaning themselves or denote anything explicit, they may be derived from words that do carry meaning when they occur in other contexts and serve different functions.
All of the sentence-final particles of Standard Chinese are unstressed and, unlike most syllables in the language, do not carry tone.
le (了): Expressing a completed action (could be in the past, present, or future, depending on time markers), or a change in state.
ba (吧): Soliciting approval, softening an imperative or giving an expression, could also express mocking, sarcasm, or passive aggressiveness depending on tone and context.
ou (哦): Adds friendliness or intimacy, used frequently after warnings.
ma (嘛): Expresses that the speaker believes something is obvious or simple, sometimes signifying frustration or impatience. Can also be used to intensify a command or suggestion.
a (啊) or ya (呀): Expresses excitement or emphasis. Can be used in a question. The combination le a may be contracted as la (啦).
ne (呢): Question particle that elicits elaboration on a topic previously discussed. Can also be used to soften a question.
ma (嗎/吗): Forms a tag question.
A major use of sentence-final particles in Mandarin Chinese specifically is thought to be as a signal of the speaker's attitude, the intended force of the statement to which the particle is attached, and "how the utterance is to be taken by the hearer." For example, the addition of a particle may soften the tone of a question that might sound presumptuous or inappropriate without the particle. As such, sentence-final particles in this sense often perform an interpersonal function, rather than a grammatical one. Nevertheless, there are cases in which sentence-final particles do perform grammatical functions, such as Mandarin ma 嗎/吗, the "question particle," which changes the grammatical mood of a sentence to interrogative. Likewise, even though sentence-final particles can usually be omitted from a sentence without making the sentence ungrammatical or changing its meaning, some particles do contain information critical to the interpretation of an utterance's meaning, such as Mandarin le 了.
Japanese
In Japanese, there are many sentence-final particles that are used in formal as well as colloquial speech. Some examples include:
か ka: question. It turns a declarative sentence into a question.
っけ kke: doubt. Used when one is unsure of something. For example, 昨日だったっけ？ (kinō datta kke), "Was it yesterday?". Often used when talking to oneself.
な na: emotion. Used when one wants to express a personal feeling. May be used to state a fact in which one has emotional investment, to express one's admiration or emotional excitement, to soften an imperative, or to encourage agreement, as a mild imperative.
なあ nā: a lengthened version of the above, expresses strong emotion, either to encourage agreement, as above, or to express one's desires, e.g. 寿司を食べたいなぁ (sushi wo tabetai naa), "I want to eat sushi (so badly right now!)".
ね ne: agreement. Used when the speaker wants to verify or otherwise show agreement, reach consensus, or build solidarity with the listener.
の no: emphatic/informal interrogative/indirect imperative. May be used to form informal questions, or to give some sort of emphasis to one's statement. Depending on intonation and context, it may soften a statement (particularly in women's language), or to strongly assert one's belief in something. In this sense, it may also act as an indirect imperative, by indicating what the speaker believes should happen, thus, what the listener is expected to do.
さ sa: casualness, assertiveness. Contrasts with ne in that, where ne helps build solidarity and agreement, sa is often used to assert the speaker's own ideas or opinions. It is often used repeatedly in conversation to retain a listener's attention.
わ wa: soft declarative or emphatic. Used primarily by women, this particle has a meaning similar to yo, but it is less assertive.
よ yo: assertive. It means that you are asserting what preceded the particle as information you are confident in, particularly when supplying information the listener is believed not to know.
ぜ ze: informal hortative/emphatic. Used to push someone to do something, or to remind them of something. In certain contexts, it can carry a threatening overtone.
ぞ zo: assertive, emphatic. Used to strongly assert the speaker's decisions and opinions, and serves to discourage dissent or protest.
English
English also has some words and phrases that act somewhat like sentence final particles, but primarily only in colloquial speech. However, there are others, called tag questions, which are less colloquial and can be used for any situation. All are generally discourse particles rather than modal particles. For example:
"man" in "Don't do it, man."
"right" in "The blue one, right?"
"no" in "You want to go, no?"
"don't you" in "You want to, don't you?"
"are they" in "They're not hurt, are they?"
"aren't they" in "They're here, aren't they?"
"is it" in "The plate isn't broken, is it?"
"isn't it" in "The plane is here, isn't it?"
All but the first are tag questions. Notice how when the main sentence is affirmative, the tag question is negative, and vice versa.
Portuguese
Portuguese uses several sentence-final particles. For example:
"né": mainly used to seek confirmation or agreement. It may also be used to denote sarcasm or to express that a statement is obvious.
"sim": mainly used to emphasize a statement. It's often translated as "do" as in: "eu sei, sim." = "I do know."
"lá": used with some verbs to emphasize a negation as in "sei lá." = "I don't know."
"já": has many different uses, one of them is to express surprise.
"ó": rarely used in writing, but common in speech. Used to draw the listener's attention to something.
"aí": has many different uses, one of them is to soften a request or to make a sentence sound more colloquial.
Spanish
In the same way that certain words and phrases are used as sentence final particles above in the section on English (as discourse particles), some Spanish words and phrases can be used this way as well; once again, these are usually called tag questions. For example:
"verdad" (right) in "Te gustan los libros, ¿verdad?" (You (informal) like books, right?)
"no" (no) in "Le toca pasar la aspiradora, ¿no?" (It's your (formal) turn to vacuum, no?)
"no es verdad" (isn't that right) in "Eres de Perú, ¿no es verdad?" (You're (informal) from Peru, isn't that right?)
Note that in Spanish, the question marks are placed around the tag question, and not around the entire sentence (although English only uses the single final question mark, it is implied that the entire sentence, and not just the tag, is the question).
References
External links
Thai Particles (Large list of Thai particles and exclamations with explanations and example sentences).
The Typological Value of the Chinese Modality Particles (.doc)
Generative syntax
Syntax | wiki |
Beauty and the Beast is a traditional fairy tale.
Beauty and the Beast may also refer to:
Film and stage
Beauty and the Beast (1934 film), a Merrie Melodies animated short film
Beauty and the Beast (1946 film), a French film directed by Jean Cocteau
Beauty and the Beast (1962 film), an American film directed by Edward L. Cahn, featuring Meg Wyllie
Beauty and the Beast (1978 film), a Czechoslovak film directed by Juraj Herz
Beauty and the Beast (1983 film), a Danish film directed by Nils Malmros
Beauty and the Beast (1987 film), an American musical film starring Rebecca De Mornay and John Savage
Beauty and the Beast (franchise), a Disney media franchise
Beauty and the Beast (1991 film), an animated Disney film
"Beauty and the Beast" (Disney song), a 1991 song from the film
Beauty and the Beast (musical), a 1994 Broadway musical based on the film
Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage, a theme park show at Walt Disney World based on the film
Beauty and the Beast (video game), several games based on the film
Beauty and the Beast (2017 film), live-action remake of the Disney feature
Beauty and the Beast, an animated feature film of 1992 produced by Bevanfield Films
Beauty and the Beast, an animated feature film of 1992 produced by Golden Films
Beauty and the Beast (1996 film), an Australian animated television film produced by Burbank Animation Studios
Beauty and the Beast (1997 film), another animated film produced by Golden Films
Beauty and the Beast (2005 film), a film starring Jane March and William Gregory Lee
Beauty and the Beast (2009 film), a film directed by David Lister and starring Estella Warren
Die Schöne und das Biest (2012 film), a film starring Cornelia Gröschel
Beauty and the Beast (2014 film), a Franco-German film directed by Christophe Gans
Soundtracks
Beauty and the Beast (1991 soundtrack), the soundtrack album from the animated film
Beauty and the Beast (2017 soundtrack), the soundtrack album from the live-action film
Television
Beauty and the Beast (1976 TV film), an American Hallmark Hall of Fame TV film, starring George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere
Beauty and the Beast, a 1983 American animated television special produced by Ruby-Spears
Beauty and the Beast (1987 TV series), an American television drama series aired on CBS between 1987 and 1990
Beauty & the Beast (2012 TV series), an American television series that debuted on The CW in 2012, loosely based on the 1987 series
Beauty and the Beast (talk show), an Australian television panel show
"Beauty and the Beast: Part One", an episode of the 2009 British series Merlin
"Beauty and the Beast: Part Two"
"Beauty and the Beast" (Faerie Tale Theatre), a 1984 episode of Faerie Tale Theatre
"Beauty & the Beast" (X-Men), an episode of X-Men
"Beauty and the Beasts", an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Beauty and the Beast (2009 film) or Beauty and the Beasts: A Dark Tale, a TV movie starring Estella Warren
Beauty and the Beast Live!, a musical TV special based on the 1991 film
Literature
Beauty and the Beast (poem), a long poem by Carol Ann Duffy and Adrian Henri
Beauty and the Beast, an 1886 novel by the English writer Henrietta Keddie, under the pseudonym Sarah Tytler
Beauty and the Beast, a 1928 novel by the US writer Kathleen Norris
Beauty and the Beast, a 1982 novel by the US writer Ed McBain
Music
The Beauty and the Beast (Stormwitch album)
Beauty and the Beast (Rapsody EP), 2014
"Beauty and the Beast" (David Bowie song), 1978
"Beauty and the Beast" (Stevie Nicks song), 1983
Beauty and the Beast, an album by Fair Game, a band fronted by Ron Keel
"The Beauty and the Beast", a song by Digital Emotion
"The Beauty and the Beast", a song by Sven Väth
"Beauty and the Beast", a song by Band-Maid from New Beginning
"Beauty and the Beast", a song by Nightwish from Angels Fall First
"Beauty and the Beast", a song by Wayne Shorter, with Milton Nascimento, from Native Dancer
Beauty and the Beast, a duo consisting of K-1 wrestler Choi Hong-man and Korean supermodel Kang Soo Hee
"Les entretiens de la belle et de la bête" ("Conversation of Beauty and the Beast"), a movement from Ma mère l'Oye by Maurice Ravel
Video gaming
Beauty & the Beast (1982 video game), a video game for the Intellivision
Beauty and the Beast (1994 video game), an action platformer for the NES
The Beauty and the Beast Corps, a fictional unit in the video game Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Other uses
Beauty and the Beast (strongman competition)
Beauty and the Beast (ballet), a ballet version of the fairy tale by David Nixon
See also
Beastly, a 2007 novel by Alex Flinn
Beastly (film), a 2011 film adaptation of the novel
La Belle et la Bête (disambiguation)
Beauty and the Beat (disambiguation) | wiki |
Apodosis may refer to:
Apodosis (linguistics), the main clause in a conditional sentence, expressing the logical consequent
In the liturgy of the Eastern Orthodox Church, the final day of an Afterfeast | wiki |
Changing Horses – album dei The Incredible String Band del 1969
Changing Horses – album di Ben Kweller del 2009 | wiki |
Passages is the sixth studio album by guitarist Frank Gambale, released in 1994 by Victor Entertainment and reissued on 24 April 2001 by Samson Records.
Track listing
Personnel
Frank Gambale – vocals, guitar, mixing, production
Otmaro Ruíz – synthesizer, Hammond organ
Walfredo Reyes, Jr. – drums, percussion
Alphonso Johnson – bass
Brandon Fields – saxophone
Robert M. Biles – engineering, mixing
Matt Stephens – engineering assistance
Tim Mariner – engineering assistance
Alan Yoshida – mastering
Akira Taguchi – executive production
References
External links
In Review: Frank Gambale "Passages" at Guitar Nine Records
Frank Gambale albums
1994 albums
Victor Entertainment albums | wiki |
The Walking Dead: Road to Survival is a role-playing video game for Android and iOS, based on the comic book series The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman, as well as the story of The Walking Dead TV series writer Jay Bonansinga. Road to Survival was developed by Scopely and co-created with IUGO Mobile Entertainment.
Initially released in Australia on the Android platform, the game was officially launched in the U.S. on 27 August 2015 on Android and iOS.
On December 10, 2015, Scopely combined with Telltale Games to use some of their characters from The Walking Dead and made adaptations of scenes from episodes in the game as well as additional tie-ins featuring the same characters, in the Scopely release.
Plot
The app contains a story mode, which follows the journey of an unnamed protagonist (controlled by the player) and handful of other survivors in a zombie apocalypse. Player's actions will have an effect on the story, and they are given multiple choices throughout the game.
The player character encounters characters from the comic series, Telltale's video game series and the novel series, as well as completely new original characters unique to the app.
Reception
Gamezebo described the game as a "mature role-playing video game"', in their First Impression Review, comparing the gameplay to Clash of Clans. Modojo stated that it was a 'clone of other resource management sims' that are already available on the mobile platform, describing it also as a "mature [role-playing game]", more so than an "action game".
The game went to number 1 on the iOS App Store upon release.
References
External links
Developer Scopely website
Developer IUGOME website
2015 video games
Android (operating system) games
IOS games
Multiplayer and single-player video games
Scopely games
Video games developed in Canada
Video games set in Georgia (U.S. state)
Road to Survival | wiki |
Elizaveta Kulichkova was the defending champion, but chose not to participate.
Bernarda Pera won the title, defeating Kristýna Plíšková in the final, 7–5, 4–6, 6–3.
Seeds
Draw
Finals
Top half
Bottom half
References
Main Draw
ITS Cup - Singles
ITS Cup | wiki |
NGC 4493-1
NGC 4493-2 | wiki |
Paris–Tours is a French one-day classic road cycling race held every October from the outskirts of Paris to the cathedral city of Tours. It is a predominantly flat course through the Chevreuse and Loire valleys; the highest point is 200 m, at Le Gault-du-Perche. It is known as a "Sprinters' Classic" because it frequently ends in a bunch sprint at the finish, in Tours. For several decades the race arrived on the 2.7 km long Avenue de Grammont, one of cycling's best-known finishing straits, particularly renowned among sprinters. Since 2011 the finish was moved to a different location because a new tram line was built on the Avenue de Grammont.
History
Paris–Tours was first run for amateurs in 1896, making it one of the oldest cycling races in the world. It was organised by the magazine Paris-Vélo, which described that edition won by Eugène Prévost as, "A crazy, unheard of, unhoped for success". It was five years before the race was run again and a further five years (1906) before it became an annual event for professionals, with L'Auto as organiser. L’Auto ran the Tour de France (TDF) and Paris–Tours is still run by the Tour organiser, Amaury Sport Organisation.
The race was part of the UCI Road World Cup from 1989 to 2004, and the UCI ProTour from 2005 to 2007. Since 2008 it is part of the UCI Europe Tour.
The route
Paris–Tours has had many route changes although the distance has remained about 250 km. The start was moved out of Paris in the early days, first to Versailles, then to at Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines. Since 2009, the route has started in the Department of Eure-et-Loir. A loop through Chinon was added between 1919 and 1926 to make the approach to Tours hilly lanes on the south bank of the Loire and the total distance 342 km. Sprinters continued to dominate and in 1959 the organisers added three ascents of the Alouette Hill. It made little difference.
In 1965 dérailleurs were banned and riders were limited to two gears. The race was won by Dutch first-year professional Gerben Karstens who chose 53/16 and 53/15, covering 246 km at a record 45.029 km/h. The experiment was judged a failure when the 1966 race ended the same way as 1964.
The course was reversed and the route constantly changed between 1974 and 1987. It was sometimes known as the Grand Prix d'Automne and sometimes by the names of the start and finish towns. For many the event lost character as the race was run between Tours and Versailles (1974–75) Blois and Chaville (1976–77 and 1979–84), Blois to Autodrome de Montlhéry (1978) and Créteil to Chaville (1985–87). In 1988 the race reverted to its original Paris–Tours route.
The wind can often be hostile; in 1988 Peter Pieters averaged just 34kmh, slowest for 57 years. However, Paris–Tours becomes the fastest classic when the wind is behind the riders, Óscar Freire winning in 2010 at 47.730kmh. It gave him the Ruban Jaune or "Yellow Riband" for the fastest speed in a classic, in fact the Ruban Jaune has been awarded nine times (as of 2016) to riders winning Paris–Tours and posting the fastest time in a professional race.
The route for the 2018 edition of the race was changed radically with the race starting in Chartres and incorporating 12.5 kilometres' of unpaved gravel tracks inside the final 60 kilometres as the race winds it way around vineyards in the Tours area. Seven new punchy climbs were also included in the finale of the race which was reduced to a distance of 211 kilometres to compensate for the additional difficulties.
Classic races and riders
The 1921 edition had blizzards. Half the field abandoned in Chartres. The winner, Francis Pélissier, punctured late in the race; his hands frozen, he tore the tyre off the rim with his teeth. Riding on the rim, he caught Eugène Christophe and soloed to the finish. Rik Van Looy won the 1959 race, the first to feature the Alouette Hill. One of the best sprinters of his day, Van Looy dropped two others on the second ascent and won alone.
The record for the most victories is three, held by Gustave Danneels (1934, 1936, 1937), Paul Maye (1941, 1942, 1945), Guido Reybrouck (1964, 1966, 1968) and Erik Zabel (1994, 2003, 2005).
Eddy Merckx never won Paris–Tours; he could have triumphed in 1968 but handed victory to teammate Guido Reybrouck, pulling out of the sprint, to thank him for help earlier in the season. Later, Noël Vantyghem (winner of the 1972 edition) said "Together with Eddy Merckx, I won all classics races that could be won. I won Paris-Tours, he the rest."
Erik Zabel took his first big victory at Paris–Tours in 1994. He won Paris–Tours again in 2003 and 2005. Jacky Durand, Andrea Tafi, Marc Wauters, Richard Virenque, Erik Dekker and Philippe Gilbert (two times) have all won solo or from a small group, denying sprinters a chance. Virenque had just returned from a drugs ban. He broke away with Durand shortly after the start and stayed away despite Durand's dropping back outside Tours.
The Autumn Double
The Autumn Double refers to Paris–Tours and the Giro di Lombardia, considered cycling's most important classics in Autumn, run within a week of each other in October. The races are different – Lombardia is for climbers – making the double difficult. Only four have achieved it in the same year: Belgians Philippe Thys in 1917 and Rik Van Looy in 1959, Dutchman Jo de Roo twice (1962–1963) and Belgian Philippe Gilbert in 2009.
Results
List of winners
Multiple winners
Riders in italics are still active
Wins per country
Tours–Paris
In 1917 and 1918 a race was held from Tours–Paris as well as Paris–Tours.
The winners of Tours–Paris were:
Notes
References
The Spring Classics: Cycling's Greatest One-Day Races
European Cycling (The Twenty Greatest Races) – Noel Henderson.
A Century of Cycling – William Fotheringham.
External links
UCI ProTour races
Classic cycle races
Cycle races in France
Recurring sporting events established in 1896
1896 establishments in France
UCI Road World Cup races
UCI Europe Tour races
Cycling in Paris
Sport in Tours, France
Challenge Desgrange-Colombo races
Super Prestige Pernod races | wiki |
George Susce may refer to:
George Susce (catcher) (1907–1986), major league catcher from 1929 to 1944
George Susce (pitcher) (1931–2010), major league pitcher from 1955 to 1959 | wiki |
Identity fusion, a psychological construct rooted in social psychology and cognitive anthropology, is a form of alignment with groups in which members experience a visceral sense of oneness with the group. The construct relies on a distinction between the personal self (characteristics that make someone a unique person, such as height, age, or personality) and the social self (characteristics that align the person with various groups, such as common nationalities, interests, or motivations). As the name suggests, identity fusion involves the union of the personal and social selves. When fusion occurs, both the personal and social selves remain salient and influential but the boundaries between them become highly permeable. In addition, the theory proposes that fused persons come to regard other group members as "family" and develop strong relational ties to them as well as ties to the collective. Therefore, fused persons are not just bound to the collective; they are tied to the individual members of the collective.
The potency of the personal self and relational ties distinguish identity fusion from other forms of alignment with groups, such as "group identification", in which allegiance to the collective eclipses the personal self and relational ties to other group members. Because of this, the personal self and relational ties are not as involved in theories of group identification. Identity fusion theorizes that fusion measures should be more predictive of extreme pro-group behavior than previously proposed measures of identification. In fact, there is growing evidence of this. Measures of identity fusion are particularly powerful predictors of personally costly pro-group behaviors, including endorsement of extreme behaviors, such as fighting and dying for the group.
Theoretical foundations
The identity fusion construct builds upon earlier work by emphasizing aspects of the relationship of people to groups that were de-emphasized within the social identity perspective (i.e., social identity theory and self-categorization theory). Like social identity theory, identity fusion theory rests on the distinction between the personal and social identities. However, the social identity approach assumes that there is a hydraulic relationship between personal and social identities. That is, the increases in the salience and influence of one identity diminishes the salience and influence of the other. One important implication of this assumption is that as the group identity becomes salient and apt to guide behavior, the personal identity becomes less salient and less likely to guide behavior. In contrast, the theory of identity fusion theory proposes that both the personal and social identities of a person can be salient and influential simultaneously.
Social identity theory also suggests that group members are only linked to one another through their allegiance to the collective; theoretically, personal relationships between group members do not foster identification with the group (with the exception of one study). In contrast, fused individuals feel deeply connected to other group members as individuals, as well as to the larger group as a whole. This is reflected in measures of identify fusion. For example, the verbal measure of identity fusion taps feelings of reciprocal strength between the individual and the group (e.g., "I am strong because of my group"; "I would do more for my group than any other group members would do") as well as feelings of oneness with the group (e.g., "I am one with my group"; "My group is me").
The four principles
The characteristics of identity fusion theory have been summarized in the form of four principles:
Agentic-personal self principle: When identity-fused individuals become strongly aligned with a group, they are assumed to maintain an active and agentic personal self, even when the social self is activated. Consistent with this idea, activating the personal self by increasing physiological arousal, or encouraging people to think about how they would react if they were personally threatened, may increase the person's endorsement of extreme pro-group sacrifices. In contrast, the social identification perspective assumes that the personal and social selves are hydraulically related to one another. As such, activating the personal self should diminish endorsement of pro-group behavior. However, this was not the case for strongly fused individuals, who actually demonstrated the exact opposite effect.
Identity synergy principle: The fact that the personal and social selves can be activated independently raises the possibility that they may combine synergistically to motivate pro-group behavior. Consistent with this possibility, studies have shown that the activation of either the personal self or social self amplifies the willingness of strongly fused persons to behave in a pro-group fashion. For example, activating the personal self by ostracizing participants from the group based on their personal preferences, or activating the social self by ostracizing participants based on their group membership, resulted in the amplification of endorsement of pro-group action for strongly, but not weakly, fused individuals. Thus, unlike social identity theory which assumes that the personal self does not play a role in pro-group behavior, fusion theory holds that pro-group behaviors are motivated by both the personal and social selves and these two types of self-knowledge may sometimes work together.
Relational ties principle: The fusion approach assumes that strongly fused persons care not only about their collective ties to the group (as an abstract entity), but also their relationships (real or imagined) with other members of the group. Identity Fusion Theory posits that strongly fused individuals feel kin-like bonds with other group members, even ones with whom they may have had little or no contact. Several studies have garnered empirical support for the relational ties principle. Using several interpersonal variations of the classic trolley dilemma, individuals who were strongly fused with their country endorsed saving fellow countrymen by jumping to their deaths in front of a speeding trolley. Moreover, fused participants endorsed pushing aside a fellow countryman who was poised to jump to his death to ultimately benefit the group, and instead jumping themselves. This research suggests that highly fused persons are so strongly aligned with their fellow group members that they would prefer that they themselves die rather than a fellow group member. Additionally, when highly fused individuals learn that other group members might be killed in a hypothetical trolley dilemma, they demonstrate emotional reactions similar to how people react when a family member is in distress. These emotional reactions predicted subsequent endorsements of self-sacrifice for the group. In comparison, the social identity approach assumes that, when the social identity is salient, individuals view their fellow group members as mere interchangeable exemplars of the group (i.e. they evaluate other group members based on their "collective ties" toward the group).
Irrevocability principle: The fusion approach assumes that, once developed, fusion will remain largely stable over time. This stability persists even in varying situations. Identity fusion theory proposes that this is due to the strong emotions, beliefs, and intra-relationships experienced by the strongly fused individuals. That is, although the overall fusion of a group of persons may shift in response to powerful situational forces, the rank orderings of individuals within the group will remain stable. Researchers have tested the "once fused, always fused" hypothesis by comparing the temporal stability of fusion-with-country scores for highly fused individuals with those of moderately or weakly fused individuals. The stability coefficients for highly fused participants were significantly higher than the coefficients associated with weakly or moderately fused participants. Even when ostracized strongly fused individuals will go to serious lengths to reaffirm their steadfastness to the group.
Consequences
Endorsement of extreme pro-group behaviors
Since the experimental study of actual extreme pro-group acts raises large ethical red flags, researchers have largely focused on endorsements of extreme pro-group acts. Several studies have shown that fusion is a robust predictor of willingness to fight and die on behalf of one's group. Other research has examined responses to variations of the trolley dilemma adapted for groups. In scenarios that pitted the desire for self-preservation against self-sacrifice for others, strongly fused persons were especially willing to endorse sacrificing their lives for fellow in-group members (but not for out-group members). Using a different approach, researchers examined group members' reactions to significant group losses and found that highly identified individuals tend to detach themselves from the group following a group failure, whereas strongly fused persons predicted that they would "go down with the ship". For example, in parallel studies of the 2008 presidential elections in Spain and the United States, people who were strongly fused with their political party internalized both victory and defeat, but highly identified persons internalized only victory. Additional field research with terrorist groups like ISIS and rebel groups is also beginning to shed light on the role identity fusion plays in extreme pro-group behaviors.
Engagement in personally costly, pro-group behaviors
In addition to predicting endorsement of extreme pro-group behaviors, research suggests that fusion is a predictor of a variety of personally costly pro-group behaviors in the real world.
Additional research has shown that fusion could also be a strong predictor of group-directed helping behaviors. In some studies, individuals donated money to the group. In others, they provided social and emotional support to fellow group members. Other research has also suggested that strongly fused individuals are especially willing to go out of their way to protect the group and maintain its integrity. For instance, strongly fused employees were more likely to report having "blown the whistle" sometime during their employment. Presumably, such whistle-blowing activity was motivated by a conviction that their actions would ultimately benefit the group. Another study found that students who were strongly fused with their university were willing to whistle-blow against a cheating fellow student despite the cost of time, energy, and the possibility of retaliation from the cheater.
Local versus extended fusion
Since Charles Darwin, the willingness of some humans to sacrifice themselves for genetically unrelated members of the same large, diffuse group (such as a religion or a nation) has raised a theoretical challenge. Social psychological perspectives have contended that such sacrifices are motivated by commitment to the larger collective whereas anthropological perspectives have contended that such sacrifices are triggered by commitment to other members of the group. The distinction between local and extended fusion provides an explanation for these apparently competing explanations. Local fusion is proposed to occur in relatively small, homogeneous groups whose members attach to each other through direct personal contact (e.g., families or work teams). In contrast, extended fusion occurs in relatively large groups whose members do not all have personal relationships (e.g., political parties or nation states). In extended fusion, even though fused individuals may not actually know all of their fellow group members, they still feel like they know them and even think of them as like family.
In short, identity fusion theory posits that fused people project feelings of relational ties they have with known group members onto unknown group members. The projection of relational ties explains why fused individuals are sometimes willing to make sacrifices for members of large heterogeneous groups that most people would make only for small, tight-knit groups. Through the process of projection, they psychologically transform genetically unrelated individuals into kin.
Mechanisms
Shared essence
Although most fusion research to date has focused on the nature and consequences of fusion, recent research has revealed some starting points for understanding the causes of fusion. Perceptions of shared essence, the belief that one shares essential core qualities with the group, appears to be a key building block of identity fusion. Perceptions of shared essence arise in different ways in local and extended fusion. In local fusion, individuals have direct experiences with other group members that foster the conclusion that they share essential qualities with those individuals. In extended fusion, the perception of psychological kinship is fostered by the presence of certain characteristics that are perceived as fundamental to who the person is. For example, people are more likely to fuse with large extended groups when they become convinced that members of the group share with them genes or core values, especially if they hold those values sacred.
Invulnerability
The relational ties principle of fusion suggests that highly fused individuals will feel that they and other group members synergistically strengthen each other. This perception of reciprocal strength should foster the perception that together, members of the group are uniquely invulnerable. These feelings of invulnerability may serve to insulate strongly fused individuals from fully recognizing the risks associated with extreme acts. Perceptions of invulnerability have been shown to mediate the effects of fusion on endorsement of pro-group behavior.
Agency
The identity synergy principle of fusion assumes that the borders between the personal and social selves are highly permeable for strongly fused individuals. These porous borders encourage people to channel their personal agency into group behavior, raising the possibility that strongly fused individuals will channel their feelings of personal agency into pro-group behavior. Perceptions of agency have been shown to mediate the effect of fusion on pro-group behavior.
Shared experience
A study found that groups that share painful or strong negative experiences can cause visceral bonding, and pro-group behavior.
See also
Psychology of self
Self-categorization theory
The True Believer
References
Collective identity
Conceptions of self
Crowd psychology
Moral psychology
Psychological anthropology | wiki |
Alaska Off-Road Warriors was an American reality competition television series on the History Channel. The show followed five teams of two competing in off-road races through the wilderness of Alaska. The series was produced by Original Productions.
Broadcast
The series premiered in the U.S. on The History Channel on November 30, 2014 and continued weekly.
Internationally, the series premiered in Australia on A&E on February 4, 2015, in New Zealand on The Box on August 29, 2015 and in India on History TV18 on August 25, 2015.
Episodes
References
External links
2010s American reality television series
2014 American television series debuts
2015 American television series endings
History (American TV channel) original programming
English-language television shows
Television series by Original Productions | wiki |
Slush pump can mean:
In petroleum engineering, a pump used to circulate the drilling fluid during rotary drilling
Slang for automatic transmission
Slang for trombone, a brass musical instrument
See also
Slush (disambiguation) | wiki |
Mimulus gracilis the slender monkey flower is a species of monkey flower found in Africa and Australia.
References
gracilis
Plants described in 1810
Flora of Australia
Flora of Africa | wiki |
Bob McIntyre (coureur), Schots motorcoureur
Bob McIntyre (voetballer), Schots voetballer | wiki |
In the United States, home rule is an authority of a constituent part of a U.S. state to exercise powers of governance delegated to it by its state government. In some states, known as home rule states, the state's constitution grants municipalities and/or counties the ability to pass laws to govern themselves as they see fit (so long as they obey the state and federal constitutions). In other states, only limited authority has been granted to local governments by passage of statutes in the state legislature. In these states, a city or county must obtain permission from the state legislature if it wishes to pass a law or ordinance which is not specifically permitted under existing state legislation.
Forty of the fifty states apply some form of the principle known as Dillon's Rule, which says that local governments may only exercise powers that the state expressly grants to them, to determine the bounds of a municipal government's legal authority. The National League of Cities identifies 31 Dillon's Rule states, 10 home rule states, 8 states that apply Dillon's Rule only to certain municipalities, and one state (Florida) that applies home rule to everything except taxation. Each state defines for itself what powers it will grant to local governments. Within the local sphere, there are four categories in which the state allows discretionary authority:
Home rule and Dillon's Rule states
The following chart indicates which of the 50 U.S. states are home rule states and which states obey the legal principle of Dillon's Rule for determining local government authority. A state in this chart with "Limited" home rule may grant home rule to particular cities and municipalities individually but has no constitutional amendment guaranteeing home rule. A state which is both a home rule state and a Dillon's Rule state applies Dillon's Rule to matters or governmental units not accounted for in the constitutional amendment or statutes which grant home rule.
The District of Columbia has a limited form of home rule granted by the Federal Government; see District of Columbia home rule for details.
See also
District of Columbia home rule
General-law municipality
Municipal corporation
References
Local government in the United States
Urban planning in the United States
State law in the United States | wiki |
Mühlenbecker Land is a municipality in the Oberhavel district, in Brandenburg, Germany.
History
The municipality shared its borders partly with the former West Berlin, and so during the period 1961-1990 it was separated from it by the Berlin Wall.
Demography
References
Localities in Oberhavel | wiki |
Mary Kay Stein is an American mathematics educator who works as a professor of learning sciences and policy and as the associate director and former director of the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh.
Education and career
Stein graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1975, with a bachelor's degree in rehabilitation education. She stayed at Penn State for another year to earn a master's degree in counseling, and then became a staff member in the university administration. In 1980 she began her doctoral studies at the University of Pittsburgh, and she completed a Ph.D. in educational psychology there in 1986.
She worked as a researcher in the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh from 1986 to 2010, and became a faculty member in the university's Department of Administrative and Policy Studies in 1995, and was promoted to professor of learning sciences and policy in 2005.
Books
Stein is the co-author of:
Improving Instruction in Algebra: Using Cases to Transform Mathematics Teaching and Learning (with Margaret Schwan Smith and Edward A. Silver, Teachers College Press, 2005)
Improving Instruction in Geometry and Measurement: Using Cases to Transform Mathematics Teaching and Learning (with Margaret Schwan Smith and Edward A. Silver, Teachers College Press, 2005)
Improving Instruction in Rational Numbers and Proportionality: Using Cases to Transform Mathematics Teaching and Learning (with Margaret Schwan Smith and Edward A. Silver, Teachers College Press, 2005)
Reform as Learning: School Reform, Organizational Culture, and Community Politics in San Diego (with Lea Hubbard and Hugh Mehan, Routledge, 2006)
Implementing Standards-Based Mathematics Instruction: A Casebook for Professional Development (with Margaret Schwan Smith, Marjorie Henningsen, and Edward A. Silver, Teachers College Press and National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2000; 2nd ed., 2009)
5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions (with Margaret Schwan Smith, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2011)
5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Task-based Discussions in Science (with Jennifer L. Cartier, Margaret Schwan Smith, and Danielle K. Ross, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2013)
Recognition
In 2014, Stein was recognized as a Fellow by the American Educational Research Association.
References
External links
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
20th-century American mathematicians
21st-century American mathematicians
American women mathematicians
Mathematics educators
Pennsylvania State University alumni
20th-century American women
21st-century American women | wiki |
Kimberly Williams (actrice) : Amerikaans actrice
Kimberly Williams (atlete) : Jamaicaans atlete | wiki |
R93 may refer to:
Blaser R93, a German rifle
Blaser R93 Tactical, a sniper rifle
, a destroyer of the Royal Navy | wiki |
Scouts Inc. is a partner of ESPN Inc. that specializes in scouting and evaluating current and future players and teams in professional, college and high school sports. The content is provided on the ESPN television networks, ESPN Radio and ESPN internet sites.
Personalities
Mel Kiper Jr. - NFL and College football
Todd McShay - NFL and College football
Dean Dalton - NFL
Gary Horton - NFL
Doug Kretz - NFL
Ken Moll - NFL
Matt Williamson - NFL
David Thorpe - NBA and College basketball
Tom Luginbill - National high school recruiting and college football
See also
ESPN.com
ESPN
References
External links
ESPN media outlets
S | wiki |
This is a list of Xbox One X enhanced games. These games are Xbox One and backwards compatible Xbox 360 and Xbox games that are enhanced by console-specific updates/patches when played on an Xbox One X.
Xbox One games without an Xbox One X update/patch, including Xbox 360 and Xbox backwards compatible titles, can also take advantage of the Xbox One X's hardware. These improvements can include the following:
Improved framerate stability
Games utilizing a dynamic resolution will hit their max resolution more often, or at all times
16x anisotropic filtering
Forced V-sync to decrease or eliminate screen tearing.
Variable refresh rate compatibility (when used with a compatible display)
Difference between 4K Ultra HD, HDR, and Xbox One X enhanced games
Xbox One X enhanced (declaration) – Games that are said to be Xbox One X Enhanced offer one or more of the following benefits over non-Enhanced editions:
Graphic enhancements
Additional visual effects
Higher framerate
Higher resolution (up to 4K, depending on the user's TV)
4K Ultra HD (declaration) – 4K refers to image resolution, or the number of pixels used for each image. Games described as being 4K offer a resolution of 3840 pixels × 2160 lines, offering substantially higher resolution than 1080p HD. To view 4K games at their native resolution, the user's TV must be 4K-capable.
HDR (High dynamic range) (declaration) – Visual dynamic range refers to the difference between the darkest and brightest information a game can show. As suggested by the term HDR some games offer darker darks and brighter brights than others, depending on the screen you view them on. HDR on Xbox has a 10-bit color range, or wide color gamut, which uses more colors for a richer, more detailed image. On Xbox, this feature also goes by the name Dolby Vision, which is used by some video apps.
Dolby Atmos – The game supports Dolby Atmos surround sound.
List of enhanced titles
There are currently games on this list.
See also
List of Xbox One games
List of backward-compatible games for Xbox One and Series X
External links
Xbox.com - Xbox One X Enhanced Games List
References
Xbox
Ultra-high-definition television | wiki |
Natural observation may refer to:
observational study
Naturalistic observation
self-observation | wiki |
This article contains a list of insect-borne diseases. They can take the form of parasitic worms, bacteria, protozoa, viruses, or the insects directly acting as a parasite.
Insect-borne diseases
Mosquitoes
Mosquitoes are vectors for a large number of diseases, the large majority being viral in nature. Mosquito-borne viruses fall into four major groups: Bunyavirales, Flaviviridae, Togaviridae, and Reoviridae. They can present as either arbovirus encephalitis or viral hemorrhagic fevers.
Other insects
Direct parasites
Insect-borne diseases
See also
Arbovirus
List of diseases spread by invertebrates
Mosquito-borne disease
Robovirus
Tibovirus
Tick-borne disease
References | wiki |
Elijah Schuurmans (3 de febrero de 1995) es un deportista australiano que compite en judo. Ganó una medalla de bronce en el Campeonato de Oceanía de Judo de 2015 en la categoría de –100 kg.
Palmarés internacional
Referencias
Judokas de Australia | wiki |
Norfolk Southern Bridge may refer to:
Norfolk Southern Bridge (Kenova, West Virginia), crossing the Ohio River between South Point, Ohio and Kenova, West Virginia
Norfolk Southern–Gregson Street Overpass, in Durham, North Carolina
Norfolk Southern James River Bridge, in Richmond, Virginia
Norfolk Southern Lake Pontchartrain Bridge, in Louisiana
Norfolk Southern Six Mile Bridge No. 58, crossing the James River near Lynchburg, Virginia
Norfolk Southern Tennessee River Bridge, at Decatur, Alabama | wiki |
European records in the sport of athletics are ratified by the European Athletic Association. Records are kept for all events contested at the Olympic Games and some others. Unofficial records for some other events are kept by track and field statisticians. Records are kept for events in track and field, road running, and racewalking.
Key to tables
Key:
+ = en route to longer distance
h = hand timing
A = affected by altitude
Wo = women only race
# = not recognised by European Athletics or/and World Athletics
X = unratified due to no doping control
OT = oversized track (> 200m in circumference)
a = aided road course according to World Athletics rule 31.21.3 (separation between start and finish
points more than 50% of race distance or the decrease in elevation greater than one in a thousand)
est = estimate
WB = world best
Outdoor
Men
Women
Mixed
Indoor
Men
Women
European best (outdoor) for non-standard events
Men
Women
European best (indoor) for non-standard events
Men
Women
See also
Notes
References
General
European Records 3 March 2023 updated
Specific
External links
EAA web site
World Athletics: European Records
European
athletics
Records | wiki |
Wynyard railway station may refer to:
Wynyard railway station (England), a former station in County Durham, England
Wynyard railway station (Saskatchewan), a former station in Wynyard, Saskatchewan, Canada
Wynyard railway station, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | wiki |
Padstow railway station may refer to:
Padstow railway station (England) in Cornwall, England
Padstow railway station, Sydney in Australia | wiki |
The Marseilles Bridge is a bridge in Marseilles, Illinois.
History
The bridge was completed in December 1997.
Bridges completed in 1997
Bridges in LaSalle County, Illinois
Bridges over the Illinois River
Concrete bridges in the United States
Road bridges in Illinois | wiki |
This article lists the world's longest road routes that are either officially numbered or otherwise known under a single name. Some of the roads may still be partially planned or under construction.
Longest highways overall
Longest expressways
See also
List of countries by road network size
List of longest ring roads
References
Transport-related lists of superlatives
Longest things | wiki |
Prime Minister of Korea may refer to:
Prime Minister of Korean Empire (1895–1948)
Prime Minister of South Korea (1948–present)
Premier of North Korea (1948–present) | wiki |
Legislature of Georgia may refer to
the Parliament of Georgia, the unicameral legislature of the independent country of Georgia
the Senate (Georgia), the prospective upper house of the GGA
the Council of the Republic (Georgia), the prospective lower house of the GGA
the Georgia General Assembly, the bicameral legislature of the U.S. State of Georgia
the Georgia State Senate, the upper house of the GGA
the Georgia House of Representatives, the lower house of the GGA | wiki |
Калијано има више значења:
Калијано (Асти)
Калијано (Тренто) | wiki |
C'est Canteloup (originally called Après le 20H, c'est Canteloup) is a French satirical TV show presented by Nicolas Canteloup and Alessandra Sublet (since 2018), preceded by Nikos Aliagas (until 2018).
French satirical television shows
2011 French television series debuts
French comedy television series
2010s French television series | wiki |
Waiting for Summer is a 2012 Canadian drama film directed by Senthil Vinu and starring Caleb Verzyden and Virginia Leigh. It was produced by Krzysztof Pietroszek. The film was released on March 30, 2012, at the Canadian Film Fest in Toronto, Canada and won the 2012 Film North Best Feature Award at the Film North – Huntsville International Film Festival.
Cast
Caleb Verzyden as Zach
Virginia Leigh as Chantal
References
External links
2012 films
Canadian drama films
English-language Canadian films
Films set in Toronto
Films shot in Toronto
2010s English-language films
2010s Canadian films | wiki |
kwaadaardigheid, een ethisch concept
Maligne, een medische term | wiki |
In geometry, a spherical shell is a generalization of an annulus to three dimensions. It is the region of a ball between two concentric spheres of differing radii.
Volume
The volume of a spherical shell is the difference between the enclosed volume of the outer sphere and the enclosed volume of the inner sphere:
where is the radius of the inner sphere and is the radius of the outer sphere.
Approximation
An approximation for the volume of a thin spherical shell is the surface area of the inner sphere multiplied by the thickness of the shell:
when is very small compared to ().
The total surface area of the spherical shell is .
See also
Spherical pressure vessel
Ball
Solid torus
Bubble
Sphere
References
Elementary geometry
Geometric shapes
Spherical geometry | wiki |
Aguascalientia panamaensis is an extinct species of miniature camels found in Panama first described by Aldo F. Rincon et al. in 2012.
Taxonomy
Aguascalientia was named by Rincon et al. (2012).
References
Prehistoric camelids
Miocene even-toed ungulates
Miocene mammals of North America
Ungulates of Central America | wiki |
Korea – United States relations may refer to:
North Korea–United States relations
South Korea–United States relations | wiki |
Hussein Taher Al-Sabee () (born 14 November 1979 in Qatif) is a Saudi Arabian long jumper. His personal best is 8.35 metres, achieved in May 2004 in Modesto, California.
Achievements
References
External links
1979 births
Living people
Saudi Arabian male long jumpers
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Saudi Arabia
Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Asian Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Asian Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Asian Games
Goodwill Games medalists in athletics
People from Qatif
Asian Games gold medalists for Saudi Arabia
Asian Games bronze medalists for Saudi Arabia
Medalists at the 2002 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games
Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games
21st-century Saudi Arabian people | wiki |
Misclassification of employees as independent contractors is the way in which the United States classifies the problem of false self-employment. It can occur with respect to tax treatment or the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports that the IRS claims to lose millions of dollars in uncollected payroll, social security, Medicare and unemployment insurance taxes because of misclassification of independent contractors by taxpayers.
Taxation
Employers must report the incomes of employees and independent contractors using the IRS forms W-2 and 1099, respectively. Employers pay various taxes (i.e. Social Security and Medicare taxes, unemployment taxes, etc.) on the wages of a worker that is classified as an employee. These taxes are generally not paid by the employer on the compensation of a worker classified as an independent contractor. Instead, the contractor is responsible for their employer's share of the taxes when paying self-employment taxes at the end of the year.
Classification affects whether a worker can receive unemployment benefits. In many states, independent contractors are not eligible for unemployment benefits because nothing has been paid into the unemployment insurance fund on their behalf. Employers who have no employees are not required to make payments to the unemployment insurance fund (since there is no one to claim benefits).
Reclassification
IRS reclassification as an employee occurs where persons claimed as (or claiming to be) independent contractors are recategorized by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), or by state tax authorities, as W-2 employees. The reclassification can result in the imposition of substantial fines, penalties and back-taxes for which the employer is generally liable.
Employee vs. independent contractor
IRS regulations state that a worker is an employee if the employer can control what is to be done and how it is to be done. This was codified in revenue ruling 87–41, and is generally called "the twenty factor test". By contrast, if the worker controls the means and method of achieving the required results, leaving the employer with the right only to define the desired result, they are correctly classified as an independent contractor.
Employees and independent contractors have very different benefits. Employees are entitled to the protection of wage and hour laws and are protected from discrimination and retaliation by employers. Employees may be legally entitled to family medical leave and benefits such as medical insurance and pension plans. Employees are entitled to bargain collectively with their employers. Employees are entitled to workers' compensation for job-related injuries and employers must pay into social security, Medicare, and unemployment insurance for their employees. No benefits or employer tax payments are available to contractors, who must pay for their own benefits and unemployment taxes.
In the United States, a worker is by default recognized as an employee unless otherwise stated and specific criteria are met. It is not enough to only classify a worker as an "independent contractor" in their contract, they also need to actually be treated as an independent contractor.(source)
Service sector employees are more likely than others to be misclassified as independent contractors. Commonly misclassified positions include delivery and taxi drivers, nurses and home health aides, housekeepers and adult entertainment workers.
IRS Form SS-8 can be filed with the IRS to request that the agency determine the classification of a worker.
Fair Labor Standards Act
In July 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor issued new guidelines on worker classification. "A worker who is economically dependent on an employer is suffered or permitted to work by the employer. Thus, applying the economic realities test in view of the expansive definition of "employ" under the Act, most workers are employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act."
Examples of disputes
Several Uber drivers have claimed to be employees, despite their classification as independent contractors. Some of the drivers sued after California passed a law aimed at requiring gig economy companies to classify workers as employees that took effect January 1, 2020. Likewise, many more workers in the gig economy are making similar claims. This goes for, for example, Amazon's "last mile" delivery drivers and FedEx's ground delivery drivers.
See also
California Assembly Bill 5 (2019)
False self-employment
IR35 (UK)
References
External links and resources
"IRS Offers Tips on How to Correct Reporting of Misclassified Employees", irs.gov, March 27, 2006
"Avoiding IRS reclassification of workers as employees.", Tracy A. Freeman, The Tax Adviser, February 1 1996
"FedEx Drivers Fight for ‘Employee’ Status, Rights", Megan Tady, The NewStandard, July 18, 2006
"Sebelius Announces Campaign to Ensure Fairness for Kansas Workers and Businesses", infozine.com, July 11, 2006
"Waxman: Blackwater may have evaded millions in taxes", Justine Redman, CNN, October 23, 2007
"In the Sharing Economy, Workers Find Both Freedom and Uncertainty", Natasha Singer, New York Magazine, August 16, 2014
"I was 1099’d: Employer Liability for Independent Contractors in the Service Sector", Melinda Pilling, Rukin, Hyland, Doria & Tindall, October 8
https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=12156401043773771981&q=abc+test+independent+contractor&hl=en&as_sdt=2006
United States labor law
Tax avoidance
Taxation in the United States | wiki |
This article contains a list of many of the known works by Edward Robert Hughes, who was associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.
List
See also
List of Pre-Raphaelite paintings
References
External links
A British Symbolist In Pre-Raphaelite Circles: Edward Robert Hughes RWS (1851-1914)
Edward Robert Hughes | wiki |
Wohl model may refer to:
Wohl equation of state: an empirical model for a real gas proposed by A. Wohl
an empirical model for the excess Gibbs free energy of mixing which has been formulated for ternary solutions by K. Wohl (1946, 1953)
References
Thermodynamics | wiki |
Infant and toddler safety are those actions and modifications put into place to keep babies and toddlers safe from accidental injury and death. Many accidents, injuries and deaths are preventable.
Infants begin to crawl around six to nine months of age. When they crawl, they are exposed to many dangers. Anticipating the development of the baby and toddler aids caregivers in identifying hazards before they are discovered by the child.
General recommendations
US government agencies recommend that caregivers take the following precautions:
Covering all unused electrical sockets with outlet plugs.
Keeping cords out of baby's reach. Tack up cords to vertical blinds and move furniture, lamps, or electronics to hide cords.
Securing furniture and electronics, such as bookcases and TVs, so they cannot be pulled down on top of the baby.
Using protective padding to cover sharp edges and corners, such as from a coffee table or fireplace hearth.
Installing safety gates at the bottom and top of stairwells or to block entry to unsafe rooms.
Using safety latches on cabinets and doors.
Storing all medicines, cleaning products, and other poisons out of the baby's reach.
Removing rubber tips from doorstops or replace with one-piece doorstops.
Looking for and removing all small objects. Objects that easily can pass through the center of a toilet paper roll might cause choking.
Keeping houseplants out of the baby's reach. Some plants can poison or make your babies sick.
Setting the water heater temperature to no higher than 125 degrees Fahrenheit. Water that is hotter can cause bad burns.
Closely supervising the baby around pets. Even family pets have been known to harm familiar children.
Furniture
Toddlers typically enjoy climbing up things with steps. This includes furniture. Heavy furniture in the home is often not secured to the wall. These pieces of furniture can include bookcases and dressers that can weigh hundreds of pounds. Heavy objects like televisions that are on the furniture can also fall onto the child. If the toddler climbs up the furniture it is likely to fall onto the child. This has resulted in the deaths and injuries of children. Even if the children appears uninjured, it is possible that internal injuries have occurred with serious consequences. Often these injuries are not apparent to caregivers and as a consequence treatment can be delayed. Serious head injuries have also occurred.
Caregivers can prevent accidents related to furniture by securing the furniture to the wall. Placing heavier objects into the lowest drawers. Not placing toys on top of the furniture. Constantly monitoring the activities of the toddler. Putting drawer stops onto the drawers to prevent the toddler from opening the drawer. Mount flat-screen televisions out-of-reach and onto the wall.
Lead poisoning
No safe levels of lead in the body of a child is considered safe and can cause problems for the rest of their life. Children living in low-income families are more likely to have levels of lead in their bodies. Questions regarding the testing procedures have been called into question. Children are at greater risk as they are more likely to put objects in their mouth such as those that contain lead paint and absorb a greater proportion of the lead that they eat. Treatment is available but prevention is better.
Sleep
Bumper pads installed in cribs have been improved so that an infant cannot get caught between the pad and the bars of the crib.
However, new guidelines advise against them since they pose suffocation hazard.
Infant and toddler food safety
Infant food safety is the identification of risky food handling practices and the prevention of illness in infants. The most simple and easiest to implement is handwashing. Food for young children, including formula and baby food can contain pathogens that can make the child very ill and even die.
Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
Sudden infant death syndrome can cause the death of an infant and often no cause is found. There are some preventative measures that can be taken to reduce the risk of SIDS. These are:
Lay the infant on his back for sleeping.
Breastfeeding
Keeping the mattress free of all objects and instead dress the infant warmly.
Immunizations.
Use a pacifier.
Using a 'sleep sack' which prevents the infant from turning over and sleeping on her stomach.
Child abuse
It is important that caregivers recognize the potential of the abuse of their infant or toddler. An infant or toddler is potentially vulnerable to physical abuse, sexual abuse, psychological abuse and neglect and has inability to verbalize the details of the abuse. Child grooming can be a concern and occurs when a perpetrator wins the trust of caregivers for the purpose of creating an opportunity for them to sexually abuse an infant or toddler. Shaken baby syndrome can often result in serious and permanent brain damage to an infant or toddler. There are preventative measures that can be taken to reduce the risk of injuring a child this way. Those who care for infants and toddlers may benefit from stress reduction. Becoming educated on normal child development can help someone understand that crying is a normal thing for babies and toddlers, especially if they hungry or need a diaper change. Caregivers can contact another person who is willing to give them a break. Those who are drinking alcohol are more likely to injure the infant or toddler. Carefully choosing someone else to watch the infant or toddler can also reduce the risk of injury.
Car accidents
Children under the age of 3 were 43% are less likely to be injured in a car crash if their car seat was placed in the center of the car. The center position is the safest but the least used position.
Hyperthermia and hypothermia
Forgetting that an infant or toddler is in the car and leaving them where they are exposed to high temperatures can result in death.
Toddlers can wander off and fall through ice or be left out in cool or cold weather and experience hypothermia. This low body temperature is often fatal but instances of survival after a near drowning occur. Of all drowning deaths in 2013, 82,000 occurred in children less than five years old.
Drowning
Toddlers have wandered off and drowned in ponds. Toddlers can easily drown in small, shallow ornamental ponds.
Animal attacks
An infant or toddler is more likely than other family members to be injured by an animal because they cannot defend themselves and are lower to the ground. Familiar family pets with no prior history of aggression are more likely to attack the child than unfamiliar pets from other households.
Choking
Toddlers and infants who can hold objects can choke when a small object is inhaled and blocks the trachea.
Falls
High chairs can be hazardous due to the risk of falls.
References
External links
Grooming Children for Sexual Molestation, written by Gregory M. Weber, the Assistant Attorney General for the State of Wisconsin who specializes in the prosecution of crimes committed against children.
Baby-Proofing Your Home. Guidelines from the National Safety Council
Human development
Pediatrics
Injuries
Infancy | wiki |
The Emigree is a poem by British author Carol Rumens. The poem is about emigration, which is where the word "Emigree", the French form of "emigrate" comes from.
Context
The poem explores the memory of the speaker and their experiences in a faraway city they spent time in as a child. The narrator reminisces about the place through her childhood eyes, although we see conflict between this and her adult perception of her homeland. The narrator pictures in her mind the country or city where (s)he was born.
An emigree is usually the term for someone who has to leave a country for political or social reasons.
Rumens is English and has no experience of emigration but left the place unspecific so it could apply to many different people’s experiences. The poet bases many of the ideas on modern examples of emigration from countries like Russia or the Middle East where people are fleeing corruption or tyranny, or those countries that change in their absence to some form of dictatorship.
References
British poems
Fiction about emigration | wiki |
The Click List may refer to:
The Click List: Best in Short Film, an anthology series of LGBT-themed short films
The Click List: Top 10 Videos, a music video TV show | wiki |
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