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The Hyundai Mighty (hangul:현대 마이티) is a line of light-duty commercial vehicle by Hyundai Motor Company. The range was primarily available in Korea and some other countries.
Manufactured from 1987 with the first cars going to Asia, other European and American countries which saw import or manufacture of the Mighty included Europe, Mid-east, Africa, and South America. Korea was another market until early 1987. In many markets the Mighty was very expensive and was replaced by the Hyundai Truck when that model became available in 1987 to 1997. In North America the Mighty was known as the Bering LD.
The overseas was another important market for the Mighty - to the extent that it was manufactured there from the 1980s using many local components.
In Europe, Mid-East, Africa, South America, its principal competitors are Kia Titan, Kia Trade, Kia Frontier.
Models
Hyundai Mighty 1st Generation:Mitsubishi Fuso design, Platform and Rebadged in Mitsubishi Fuso Canter, Manufacture period: 1987-1994
Hyundai Mighty 2nd Generation:Hyundai & Mitsubishi Fuso design, Manufacture period: 1994-1997
Standard Cab Low Long Cargo (2.5t)
Standard Cab Shot Cargo (2.5t)
Standard Cab Long Cargo (2.5t, 3.5t)
Double Crew Cab Long Cargo (2.5t)
Standard Cab Shot Dump (2.5t, 3.5t)
Hyundai Mighty II (October 1997 - October 2004) The Mighty II, which was launched on October 20, 1997, was developed independently by Hyundai Motors, which is different from the existing Mighty, and pursued ride quality of passenger cars.
Mighty
Rear-wheel-drive vehicles
Vehicles introduced in 1987 | wiki |
Newport Harbor may refer to:
Places
Newport Beach, California
Newport Harbor High School, in Newport Beach, Orange County, California
Newport Harbor Light, in Newport, Rhode Island
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport, Pembrokeshire
Media
Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County, an MTV reality show
See also
Newport Bay (disambiguation) | wiki |
A butter cake is a cake in which one of the main ingredients is butter. Butter cake is baked with basic ingredients: butter, sugar, eggs, flour, and leavening agents such as baking powder or baking soda. It is considered one of the quintessential cakes in American baking. Butter cake originated from the English pound cake, which traditionally used equal amounts of butter, flour, sugar, and eggs to bake a heavy, rich cake.
History
The invention of baking powder and other chemical leavening agents during the 19th century substantially increased the flexibility of this traditional pound cake by introducing the possibility of creating lighter, fluffier cakes using these traditional combinations of ingredients, and it is this transformation that brought about the modern butter cake.
Ingredients and technique
Butter cakes are traditionally made using a creaming method, in which the butter and sugar are first beaten until fluffy to incorporate air into the butter. Eggs are then added gradually, creating an emulsion, followed by alternating portions of wet and dry ingredients. Butter cakes are typically rich and moist when stored at room temperature, but they tend to stiffen, dry out, and lose flavor when refrigerated, making them unsuitable for filling or frosting in advance with ingredients that must be refrigerated, such as cream cheese frosting and pastry cream.
See also
Butterkuchen, a German butter cake
Gooey butter cake, a St. Louis variant on butter cake
Pound cake
References
Foods featuring butter
Butter cakes | wiki |
The Greater Washington Community Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to charity donations in the Washington, D.C. area.
History
In 1973 The Community Foundation was established by Katharine Graham, Robert Linowes, Hank Strong and other Washington leaders.
In 2017 the Foundation created the Resilience Fund in collaboration with the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation and other contributors. The Resilience Fund make grants to organizations supporting people, who are affected by changes in immigration and deportation policies. The Fund also supports organizations, which effort to build community cohesion and combat anti-other sentiment.
In 2018, together with Mayor Muriel Bowser and the Interagency Council on Homelessness, the Foundation helped launch a partnership to end homelessness. It aims to create a platform for grants, policy and investment, which is focused on curbing homelessness by aligning public and private sector resources and strategies to increase supply of affordable housing.
In 2018 the Foundation granted more than $64 million to health and human services, neighborhood revitalization, arts and culture, education, reducing income inequality, workforce development programs and other causes. In the same year the organization reported $96.7 million revenue during its fiscal year (which ended in March 2018).
Till 2019 the Foundation was led by Neal Simon, chairman of the board, and Bruce McNamer, President and CEO. On September 27, 2019, Katharine Weymouth stepped into the role of board chair. Weymouth is the granddaughter of Katharine Graham, who served on the foundation's board. Tonia Wellons was named as Interim President and CEO of the Foundation.
Engagement
In 2008 the Foundation founded the Neighbors in Need Fund. The fund had more than $4.7 million in grants and helped over 100,000 people in need.
In July 2017 The Community Foundation for the National Capital Region changed its name to the Greater Washington Community Foundation. .
In June 2019 the Community Foundation announced a partnership with the District of Columbia in an effort to end homelessness in Washington D.C. To launch an impact investment option, the foundation committed $5 million in a combined investment fund.
References
External links
Official website
Organizations established in 1973
Community foundations based in the United States
Foundations based in Washington, D.C. | wiki |
Social spam is unwanted spam content appearing on social networking services, social bookmarking sites, and any website with user-generated content (comments, chat, etc.). It can be manifested in many ways, including bulk messages, profanity, insults, hate speech, malicious links, fraudulent reviews, fake friends, and personally identifiable information.
History
As email spam filters became more effective, catching over 95% of these messages, spammers have moved to a new target – the social web. Over 90% of social network users have experienced social spam in some form. Those doing the “spamming” can be automated spambots/social bots, fake accounts, or real people. Social spammers often capitalize on breaking news stories to plant malicious links or dominate the comment sections of websites with disruptive or offensive content.
Social spam is on the rise, with analysts reporting over a tripling of social spam activity in six months. It is estimated that up to 40% of all social user accounts are fake, depending on the site. In August, 2012, Facebook admitted through its updated regulatory filing that 8.7% of its 955 million active accounts were fake.
Types
Spam
Commercial spam is a comment that has commercial content irrelevant to the discussion at hand. Many of the old email spam content resurfaced on social networks, from Viagra ads, to work-from-home scams, to counterfeit merchandise. Recent analysis showed social spammers content preferences changing slightly, with apparel and sports accounting for 36% of all posts. Others included: porn and pills (16%), SEO/web development (23%), and mortgage loans (12%).
Social networking spam
Social networking spam is spam directed specifically at users of internet social networking services such as Google+, Facebook, Pinterest, LinkedIn, or MySpace. Experts estimate that as many as 40% of social network accounts are used for spam. These spammers can utilize the social network's search tools to target certain demographic segments, or use common fan pages or groups to send notes from fraudulent accounts. Such notes may include embedded links to pornographic or other product sites designed to sell something. In response to this, many social networks have included a "report spam/abuse" button or address to contact. Spammers, however, frequently change their address from one throw-away account to another, and are thus hard to track.
Facebook pages with pictures and text asking readers to e.g. "show your support" or "vote" are used to gather likes, comments and shares which improve the pages' ranking. The page is then slightly changed and sold for profit.
Bulk
Bulk submissions are a set of comments repeated multiple times with the same or very similar text. These messages, also called as spam-bombs, can come in the form of one spammer sending out duplicate messages to a group of people in a short period of time, or many active spam accounts simultaneously posting duplicate messages. Bulk messages can cause certain topics or hashtags to trend highly. For example, in 2009, a large number of spam accounts began simultaneously posting links to a website, causing ‘ajobwithgoogle’ to trend.
Profanity
User-submitted comments that contain swear words or slurs are classified as profanity. Common techniques to circumvent censorship include “cloaking”, which works by using symbols and numbers in place of letters or inserting punctuation inside the word (for example, "w.o.r.d.s" instead of "words"). The words are still recognizable by the human eye, though are often missed by website monitors due to the misspelling.
Insults
User-submitted insults are comments that contain mildly or strongly insulting language against a specific person or persons. These comments range from mild name-calling to severe bullying. Online bullies often use insults in their interactions, referred to as cyberbullying. Hiding behind a screen name allows users to say mean, insulting comments with anonymity; these bullies rarely have to take responsibility for their comments and actions.
Threats
User-submitted threats of violence are comments that contain mild or strong threats of physical violence against a person or group. In September 2012, Eric Yee was arrested for making threats in an ESPN comment section. He started out discussing the high price of LeBron James shoes, but quickly turned into a stream of racist and insulting comments, and threats against children. This is a more serious example of social spam.
Hate speech
User-submitted hate speech is a comment that contains strongly offensive content directed against people of a specific race, gender, sexual orientation, etc. According to a Council of Europe survey, across the European Union, 78% of respondents had encountered hate speech online; 40% felt personally attacked or threatened; and 1 in 20 have posted hate speech themselves.
Malicious links
User-submitted comments can include malicious links that will inappropriately harm, mislead, or otherwise damage a user or computer. These links are most commonly found on video entertainment sites, such as YouTube. When a user clicks on a malicious link, the result can include downloading malware to the user's device, directing the user to sites designed to steal personal information, drawing unaware users into participating in concealed advertising campaigns, and other harmful consequences. Malware can be very dangerous to the user, and can manifest in several forms: viruses, worms, spyware, Trojan horses, or adware.
Fraudulent reviews
Fraudulent reviews are reviews of a product or service from users that never actually used it, and therefore insincere or misleading. These are often solicited by the proprietor of the product or service, who contracts positive reviews, known as “reviews-for-hire”. Some companies are attempting to tackle this problem by warning users that not all reviews are genuine.
Fake friends
Fake friends occurs when several fake accounts connect or become “friends”. These users or spambots often try to gain credibility by following verified accounts, such as those for popular celebrities and public figures. If that account owner follows the spammer back, it legitimizes the spam account, enabling it to do more damage.
Personally identifiable information
User-submitted comments that inappropriately display full names, physical addresses, email addresses, phone numbers, or credit card numbers are considered leaks of personally identifiable information (PII).
See also
References
External links
Spamming
Internet manipulation and propaganda
Social influence | wiki |
A non-assertion covenant (nonassert for short) is an agreement by a party not to seek to enforce patent or other intellectual property rights it may have against another party or parties. Nonasserts are often used as patent-infringement settlement agreements that are designed and drafted with the purpose of preemptively resolving future infringement disputes.
Nonasserts can take three forms:
an agreement between two parties
an agreement among several parties
a public statement
A non-assert can specify the release of only certain patent rights or fields of use, or it can be broad and specify release for entire patent families, including future inventions in a certain area. Public statements effectively place rights to patents, or elements thereof, into the public domain.
Nonasserts can have wide-ranging implications in terms of enhancing public sector R&D. One application could be with patent rights covering research tools that are critical for accelerating the development of essential biotechnological applications. Specifically targeted non-asserts can also be effective instruments for industry to permit the use of patented inventions anywhere in the world, provided such use is for the express purposes of addressing specific humanitarian needs in developing countries. This could have broad-ranging and significant positive impact, as this approach reduces transaction costs, encourages innovation to help the poor, and accomplishes this without any loss of commercial opportunities."
See also
License#Patent licensing
References
Patent law | wiki |
Epicillin (INN) is a penicillin antibiotic. It is not approved by the FDA for use in the United States.
It is an aminopenicillin.
References
Penicillins
Enantiopure drugs | wiki |
End-of-life (EOL) ou fim de vida é um termo que se refere aos produtos fornecido aos clientes, que indica que o produto está no fim da sua vida útil ou descontinuado. Um fornecedor pode empregar o termo mais específico "End-of-service-life" (EOSL).
Teoria do consumidor
Palavras, frases e expressões em inglês
Liberação de software | wiki |
Team (canção de Lorde) - da cantora e compositora neozelandesa Lorde
Team (canção de Iggy Azalea) - da rapper australiana Iggy Azalea
TEAM Transportes Aéreos - empresa brasileira
Desambiguação | wiki |
Scott Ramsey may refer to:
Scott Ramsey (cinematographer) in Little Red Riding Hood (1997 film)
Scott Ramsey (musician) on With Abandon
See also
Scott Ramsay (disambiguation) | wiki |
Miniplane can refer to:
Per Il Volo Miniplane, an Italian paramotor
Smith Miniplane, an American biplane | wiki |
Betta compuncta is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Osphronemidae. It reaches 6.2 cm (2.4 inches) in standard length.
Betta compuncta is a freshwater fish that occurs in small, slow-flowing streams in swampy areas, although it can also be found in fast-flowing streams. The species is known from East Kalimantan on the island of Borneo in Indonesia.
Betta compuncta reproduces sexually and is a paternal mouthbrooder, with males of the species incubating eggs for about 12 to 18 days, although incubation time can vary with water temperature.
Male individuals of Betta compuncta tend to have broader heads than females. The ovaries of female individuals can be seen under a spotlight.
References
compuncta
Fish described in 2006
Fish of Indonesia
Taxa named by Heok Hui Tan
Freshwater fish of Asia | wiki |
The twelfth season of the American fictional drama television series ER first aired on September 22, 2005, and concluded on May 18, 2006. It consists of 22 episodes.
Plot
Kovač and Abby become the main central characters and their relationship slowly starts to get back on track as they deal with her unexpected pregnancy. A new nurse manager causes friction among the staff, following a successful operation Weaver no longer needs her cane, Pratt journeys to Africa where he joins Carter on a relief mission while a face from Sam's past leaves the lives of Abby and Kovač hanging in the balance. In addition to Darfur, geopolitics of the day get a strong spotlight due to the Iraq War.
Cast
Changes
Following Sherry Stringfield's departure in the season premiere, this season becomes the first to not feature any of the original cast members in a regular capacity (Noah Wyle is featured for four episodes in a guest capacity throughout the season).
Main cast
Goran Visnjic as Dr. Luka Kovač, Attending Physician / Chief of Emergency Medicine
Maura Tierney as Dr. Abby Lockhart, Second Year Resident
Mekhi Phifer as Dr. Greg Pratt, Fourth Year Resident
Sherry Stringfield as Dr. Susan Lewis, Chief of Emergency Medicine (episode 1)
Parminder Nagra as Dr. Neela Rasgotra, Second Year Resident
Linda Cardellini as Nurse Samantha Taggart
Shane West as Dr. Ray Barnett, Second Year Resident
Scott Grimes as Dr. Archie Morris, Chief Resident
Laura Innes as Dr. Kerry Weaver, Chief of Staff
Supporting
Doctors and medical students
John Leguizamo as Dr. Victor Clemente, Attending Physician
Amy Aquino as Dr. Janet Coburn, Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology
John Aylward as Dr. Donald Anspaugh, Surgical Attending Physician and Hospital Board Member
Leland Orser as Dr. Lucien Dubenko, Chief of Surgery
Sara Gilbert as Dr. Jane Figler, ER Intern
Michael Buchman Silver as Dr. Paul Myers, Psychiatrist
Maury Sterling as Dr. Nelson, Psychiatrist
Dahlia Salem as Dr. Jessica Albright, Surgical Chief Resident
Anthony Giangrande as Dr. Jeremy Munson, ER Intern
Michael Spellman as Dr. Jim Babinski, ER Intern
Kim Strauss as Dr. Ari, Anesthesiologist
Britain Spellings as Dr. Sackowitz
Corey Stoll as Dr. Teddy Marsh, Intern
Damali Scott as Dr. Lana Clemons, Intern
Christopher Grove as Dr. Marty Kline
Nurses
Kristen Johnston as Nurse Manager Eve Peyton
Deezer D as Nurse Malik McGrath
Laura Cerón as Nurse Chuny Marquez
Yvette Freeman as Nurse Haleh Adams
Lily Mariye as Nurse Lily Jarvik
Dinah Lenney as Nurse Shirley
April Lee Hernandez as Nurse Inez
Kyle Richards as Nurse Dori Kerns
Nadia Shazana as OR Nurse Jacy
Cynthia Cervini as Nurse Anna Waldron
Staff, Paramedics and Officers
Abraham Benrubi as Desk Clerk Jerry Markovic
Troy Evans as Desk Clerk Frank Martin
Tara Karsian as Social Worker Liz Dade
Jordan Calloway as Hospital Volunteer K.J. Thibeaux
China Shavers as Olivia Evans from Ceasefire
John Stamos as Paramedic Tony Gates
Emily Wagner as Paramedic Doris Pickman
Montae Russell as Paramedic Dwight Zadro
Lyn. A Henderson as Paramedic Pamela Olbes
Brian Lester as Paramedic Brian Dumar
Michelle C. Bonilla as Paramedic Christine Harms
Demetrius Navarro as Paramedic Morales
Louie Liberti as Paramedic Bardelli
Christopher Amitrano as Officer Hollis
Bobby Nish as Officer Danny Yau
Eddie B. Smith as Officer Jones
Mary E. Kennedy as Officer Trudy Lange
Louis Iacoviello as Officer Rovner
Family
Dominic Janes as Alex Taggart
Garret Dillahunt as Steve Curtis
Danny Glover as Charlie Pratt
Sam Jones III as Chaz Pratt
Tina Lifford as Evelyn Pratt
Cecily Lewis as Jocelyn Pratt
Ernie Hudson as Colonel James Gallant
Sheryl Lee Ralph as Gloria Gallant
Hassan Johnson as Darnell Thibeaux
Guest stars
Noah Wyle as Dr. John Carter
Sharif Atkins as Dr. Michael Gallant
Mary McCormack as Debbie (in Darfur)
Eamonn Walker as Dr. Steven Dakarai (in Darfur)
Kat Dennings as Zoe Butler
Serena Williams as Alice Watson
Stana Katic as Blaire Collins
James Woods as Dr. Nate Lennox
Armand Assante as Richard Elliott
Episodes
References
External links
War in Darfur
Iraq War in television
2005 American television seasons
2006 American television seasons
ER (TV series) seasons | wiki |
Tide tables, sometimes called tide charts, are used for tidal prediction and show the daily times and levels of high and low tides, usually for a particular location. Tide heights at intermediate times (between high and low water) can be approximated by using the rule of twelfths or more accurately calculated by using a published tidal curve for the location. Tide levels are typically given relative to a low-water vertical datum, e.g. the mean lower low water (MLLW) datum in the US.
Publication and scope
Tide tables are published in various forms, such as paper-based tables and tables available on the Internet. Most tide tables are calculated and published only for major ports, called "standard ports", and only for one year — standard ports can be relatively close together or hundreds of kilometers apart. The tide times for a minor port are estimated by the tide-table user manually calculating using the published time and height differences between a standard port and the minor port.
Dates and times
The dates of spring tides and neap tides, approximately seven days apart, can be determined by the heights of the tides on the classic tide tables: a small range indicates neaps and large indicates springs. This cycle of tides is linked to the phases of the moon, with the highest tides (spring tides) occurring near full moon and new moon.
However, successive (semidiurnal) tides are linked to the Moon's orbital period, thus they are approximately 24/27.3 hours later each day or about 50 minutes but many other observations and considerations are required to develop accurate tide tables. On the Atlantic coast of northwest Europe, the interval between each low and high tide averages about 6 hours and 10 minutes, giving two high tides and two low tides each day, with the highest tides about 2 days after full moon.
Calculation
Tide prediction was long beset by the problem of laborious calculations. Before the use of digital computers tide tables were often generated by the use of a special-purpose calculating machine, the tide-predicting machine.
See also
Solunar theory
Notes
External links
Canadian tide tables
Dutch tide tables
German Bight tide tables
UK tide tables
US tide tables at NOAA
Tide calculations
Navigational Algorithms: free App: Tide Interpolator
List of Tide Tables available online (Nautical Free)
Tide tables | wiki |
A handlebar is part of the steering mechanism, in lieu of a steering wheel, for vehicles that are ridden on, such as:
Bicycle handlebar
Motorcycle handlebar
Handlebar may also refer to
Handlebar moustache, a type of moustache
Handlebar, a restaurant in the fourth season of the American TV series Kitchen Nightmares
Handlebars (template system), a Javascript library to build semantic templates
"Handlebars" (song), a song by the Flobots | wiki |
A bicycle handlebar is the steering control for bicycles. It is the equivalent of a tiller for vehicles and vessels, as it is most often directly mechanically linked to a pivoting front wheel via a stem which in turn attaches it to the fork. Besides steering, handlebars also often support a portion of the rider's weight, depending on their riding position, and provide a convenient mounting place for brake levers, shift levers, cyclocomputers, bells, etc.
History
The dandy horse, or draisienne, invented by Karl Drais and the first vehicle with two wheels arranged in tandem, was controlled by a bar connected to the front steering mechanism and held by the riders' two hands. The first handlebars were solid bars of steel or wood, depending on the manufacturer. Curved, moustache-shaped, drop handlebars became popular in the 1920s. Whatton bars were developed in attempt to improve the safety of penny-farthings. Handlebars made of wood, instead of steel, were used on safety bicycles to reduce weight in the 1890s. Although aluminum had been used to make bicycles as early as 1935, it was considered unsafe for handlebars until Cinelli produced them in 1963.
Types of handlebar
Handlebars come in a variety of types designed for particular types of riding.
Drop
Typical drop handlebars feature a straight central section attached to the stem, with each end curving first forwards and down, and then back towards the rider at a lower position. These are a very popular type of handlebar, and their exact shape and purpose leads them to be further categorised as follows.
Standard
These classic racing handlebars, as used on road or track bicycles. The bars are designed with three basic parameters; reach, drop and width. They can be further classified into three categories: classic, typically having a long reach and a deep drop, compact, featuring shorter reach and a shallow drop, and ergo or anatomic, described below. Drop bars may have one or two longitudinal indentations so that the brake and shift cables protrude less when they are wrapped under the bar tape. They may also have a flattened top section.
Track
Track drop bars are a variation of bars designed for the typical riding positions of track bicycle racers. Track drops are characterized by large, sweeping ramps, effectively precluding the top and brake hood hand positions, but promoting the rider's use of the ends, or "hooks". Track bars are designed for use without brake levers, but recently experienced a surge in popularity on use with fixed gear bikes, and as such have been adapted to fit levers and hand positions.
Ergo or anatomic
The shape of the drop may be a simple, traditional curve, or it can have a flat spot (straight section) which some riders find to be more comfortable for their hands. These bars may be described as ergo or anatomic.
Some manufacturers have relegated the term anatomic to this curvature shape, while adopting the term ergo to instead describe non-cylindrical tubing cross-sections on the upper flat portion of the bar, intended to be more comfortable when riding in the upright position.
Randonneur
Drop bars that rise slightly from the center in a shallow U, and the drop portion of the bars is set wider than the curve at the top. Designed to be slightly more comfortable than a straight drop bar for bicycles used in Audax riding.
Drop-in
At one time, manufactures and racers experimented with drop-in bars that had an additional extension in toward the head tube at the rear end of the drops. This was intended to offer an even more aerodynamic position, due to low and narrow placement of the hands, than just the drops, while still remaining legal for mass-start races. Their popularity has since waned.
Dirt Drop
Primarily for riding off-road or on dirt, these handlebars are flared out at the ends of the handlebar. This style was used in the 1980s during the early period of mountain biking. Initially the flared portion in these handlebars was bent by hand, but now are available from manufacturers such as Salsa Cycles and SOMA Fabrications.
Bullhorn
Bullhorn (or pursuit) handlebars, curve up and forward. They are often paired with dedicated clip-on triathlon bars when used on the road (see above), and are also popular by themselves on track, single-speed, and fixed-gear bicycles.
This style of handlebar is named after the discipline of track racing where it was originally used, and has the common nickname of "bullhorn bars" for their appearance, especially when the rider's body position is fully extended to lean forward and maintain control of the bicycle.
Improvised bullhorn bars may be constructed simply by cutting the drops off drop bars and then mounting them upside down so that the remaining start of the drop provides a slight upward hook for resting the hands, although this does not provide as much forward extension (reach) or lowering (if desired, normally for time-trial based use) as purpose made bullhorns. These are sometimes called "flopped and chopped" or "flipped and clipped" bars, and if this is to be done, care should be taken to properly remove the sharp edges from the cuts, and to properly tape and plug the bar ends for safety purposes.
Bullmoose
The bullmoose style was common on early mountain bikes. The stem and bars are a single unit and where the single top section of the stem would be, there are instead 2 bars joined at the quill to the rear and connected to the conventional handlebar section in the front, at two off-center locations, forming a triangle. This type of handlebar is usually very large, allowing for an easy breath intake under stress. However, being heavier than contemporary flat or riser bars and being less customizeable in height and distance from the body of the rider, they progressively disappeared.
Flat
Flat bars are the standard handlebars equipped on mountain bikes, hybrids, and recently on fixed-gear bicycles and flat bar road bikes. A flat bar is a nearly-straight tube, in most cases slightly bent toward the rider. Many penny-farthings and early safety bicycles had flat handlebars. The angle between the slightly swept-back ends of the handlebar and the axis of the stem clamp is known as the sweep angle.
Riser
A riser is a variation of the flat bar in which the outer sections of the bars rise from the center clamp area by about 15 to 50 mm. Both flat and riser bars may be appended with bar ends, providing more hand positions.
Triathlon or aero bars
Triathlon bars or aerobars include various styles of aerodynamic handlebars for racing bicycles and particularly time trial bicycles. Included are narrow, bolt-on extensions that draw the body forward into a tucked position, pursuit bars that spread the arms of the rider but drops the torso into a slightly lower position, and integrated units that combine elements of both designs.
Using aero bars may allow a rider to reduce time on a 40 km time trial by 90 seconds.
Triathlon bars are commonly used in triathlons and time trial events on road and track. However, they are illegal in most mass start road races or any other event where drafting is permitted because, while aerodynamically advantageous, they tend to draw the hands away from brakes, make the rider slightly more unstable on the bike, and can be dangerous in the event of an accident. Further, they are not useful in sprints or shorter climbs where power is of greater importance than aerodynamics.
Specialized shift levers (known as bar-end shifters) do exist that can be installed on some triathlon bars so that they can be reached without moving the hands from the aerodynamic position. The complementary brake levers in this handlebar configuration are placed in the ends of the accompanying pursuit bars.
Aero bars are a recent addition to road racing time trials, with Greg LeMond first using them in the 1989 Tour de France. In a controversial time trial on the final day, LeMond used them to beat yellow jersey wearer Laurent Fignon by 58 seconds, changing a 50-second deficit into an 8-second lead. Fignon protested at the use of these bars but was unsuccessful.
BMX
BMX style handlebars, as used on BMX bicycles, have more rise than straight bars and usually have a cross brace to provide rigidity and strength.
Upright or North Road
One of the oldest type of handlebars, and perhaps the most ubiquitous for town bikes, this type of bar was named after the North Road Cycling Club in London and then used on three-speed and single speed Raleighs, Schwinns, and other three-speed bikes well into the 1980s, as well as various European utility bikes and roadsters. They are also known as "townie", or "tourist" bars. North Road bars are more or less swept back toward the rider; in extreme cases each grip ends nearly parallel to the other and the bike's frame. They have recently enjoyed a resurgence in popularity on some hybrid bicycles, city bikes, and comfort models. North Road bars can easily be inverted to give an approximate ~4 inch amount of drop when a more aggressive riding posture or a sporty look is desired.
Porteur
Porteur bars are designed to accommodate front-mounted racks or baskets in order to haul cargo and are usually found on dedicated porteur bicycles. The curve is usually almost flat in the center portion, then sweeps backwards towards the rider with different shapes, and with a slight drop in some cases.
Cruiser
Cruiser handlebars, as used on cruiser bicycles, tend to be long and slope towards the rear of the bicycle so that the rider can sit upright.
Condorino
The condorino bar is bent slightly less than 90° onward, and then 90° outward with a sharp angle. It has no rise and it's much narrower than normal town bikes' bars. It was diffused mostly in Italy from the 1950s onwards, and was marketed to customers wanting a sporty looking bicycle that could still be used for general purpose (going to work, etc.) in years in which a specialized racing bicycle was not affordable by most people. It progressively lost popularity when road racing bikes became common, and by the early 1980s it was out of production.
Whatton
Whatton bars loop behind the legs of penny-farthing riders so that they can still keep their feet on the pedals and also be able to leap feet-first forward off the machine. These are also used on recumbent bicycles for under-seat steering.
Touring or trekking
Sometimes referred to as "butterfly" bars, these are commonly encountered in continental Europe. They typically consist of a broken figure-of-eight arrangement mounted horizontally on the stem. This style of bar allows the rider to remain relatively upright while at the same time providing a wide range of hand positions for comfort on long duration rides. A variation of the Butterfly bar is fitted to 'P-type' Brompton folding bicycles. It differs from other Butterfly bars in that it is fitted vertically rather than horizontally.
Moustache
Moustache handlebars curve forward from the stem and then back towards the rider. This style was designed in the early 90s by Grant Petersen for the Bridgestone XO-1, based on the semi-drop bars used by schoolchildren in Japan.
Ape hangers
Ape hanger handlebars rise in a steep U-shape from the base, so that the rider's hands rest above waist-level. This style of bicycle handlebar became very popular in the 1960s after the introduction of wheelie bikes such as the Schwinn Sting-Ray, Raleigh Chopper, and other highly stylized youth bicycles that imitated the appearance of drag-racing or chopper motorcycles of the day. Regulations adopted in 1978 under the Federal Hazardous Substances Act limited the maximum height of manufacturer-installed handlebars to 16 inches (40.64 cm) above the lowest seat setting; European Union safety regulations use a similar limit of 40cm. Various U.S. states have regulations that vary from 15 to 30 inches above seat height, or shoulder or eye height; some have no restrictions. Ostensibly these regulations are for safety, though some commentators believe these laws are to allow police to have an excuse to pull over motorcyclists suspected to be part of an illegal gang.
The ape hanger style remained common in the US through the mid-1980s, and is still frequently seen on lowrider bicycles.
Recumbent
Recumbent bicycles, due to their wide variety, are often equipped with handlebars seen nowhere else. These include handlebars with a very far reach, similar to ape hangers (see above) but mounted less vertically, and handlebars designed for under-seat steering, called Whatton bars.
Design
Handlebar design is a trade-off between several desirable qualities:
Design goals
The design goals of handlebars varies depending on the intended use of the bicycle. Common to all bicycles:
Providing the necessary leverage to steer the bicycle.
Proper positioning of the rider's hands according to the purpose and style of the bicycle.
Providing a mounting platform for brake and gear levers as well as various accessories.
Racing/touring and triathlon bars have additional goals:
Enabling the rider to assume an aerodynamic position.
Enabling the rider to change hand and body positions during long rides, preventing fatigue.
Enabling aerodynamic routing of brake/gear cables.
Mountain bike handlebar design goals have less focus on aerodynamics, more on negotiating terrain:
Providing enough control to maneuver the front of the bicycle over obstacles.
Being strong enough to withstand the extra forces generated in some activities/crashes.
Optionally: not significantly increasing vehicle weight.
BMX and dirt-jump bike bars have similar needs to mountain bikes, with the added incentive of allowing even finer control, such as specific handling during the time the bike is airborne or during certain maneuvers.
Materials
Handlebars are most commonly made of aluminium alloys, but are also often made from steel, carbon fiber or titanium.
Sizes
There are several size parameters to consider when choosing a handlebar:
Width
Drop bars come in a variety of widths from . Usually a rider will pick a bar that approximately matches their shoulder width so that their arms can be approximately parallel. The width is measured at the end of the drop section but the exact method varies from manufacturer to manufacturer. Some measure from outside edge to outside edge (e.g., Deda, ITM, TTT, Pinarello Most) whereas others measure from center to center (e.g., Cinelli, Profile Design, Ritchey, Salsa). The figure returned by measuring outside to outside tends to be greater than measuring center to center for the same handlebar.
Stem clamp diameter
Care is needed when choosing a handlebar to match a stem, or vice versa, as there are several standards. The ISO standard for the stem clamping area of a handlebar is , which is used on mountain bikes and many Japanese-made road handlebars. However, the Italian unofficial standard is . There are also intermediate sizes such as that try to achieve compatibility with either an ISO or Italian stem, and the old Cinelli-specific size of . In practice, many modern stems with removable faceplates are quite accommodating of slight differences in handlebar clamp size, but the older type of stem with a single pinch bolt must be accurately matched. In the days of quill stems, a road stem was clearly identifiable from its "7" shape, but nowadays it can be hard to tell the difference between a "road" () and "MTB" () stem. Manufacturers frequently omit the clamp size from advertising or packaging.
A new standard is an "oversize" or clamp for both MTB and road bars. This is popular on mountain bikes, especially those with a focus on "all mountain" and "downhill" activities, as the stem and handlebars can be both stiffer and lighter. This clamp diameter is taking over from the previous mix of sizes on road bicycles with drop-bars. On these stems, standard brake levers can be used as it is only the central section that is oversized although other accessories that mount near the stem also need to be oversized to fit (some brackets are adjustable). Shims are available to fit either a or bar to a stem, so many new models of stems are oversize-only.
In 2012 bar manufacturer Easton also launched the size for bars and stems. This is specifically developed for high load applications such as downhilling. Easton are claiming further increases in strength and stiffness while reducing weight.
BMX style handlebars require a clamp diameter of and are therefore incompatible with any non-BMX specific stem.
Lever clamp and grip diameter
In addition to the stem clamp area, the shifter and/or brake lever and grip area on a bar can have several different diameters. For traditional road and mountain handlebars, these diameters are standard and so there has historically been little confusion except when mixing road and mountain components. However, in recent years there have been cross-over bar types that do not fall into one category or the other, and which can conceivably use either type of shifter, brake lever or grip (an example is the upright style bar). For this reason, certain handlebars are now available in multiple sizes related to the shifter or brake lever clamp diameter.
Standard road drop handlebars (including track, cyclocross and touring bars) use a grip/lever diameter, which is matched only to road bike type shifters or brake levers. This diameter is usually not important for grips since these bars most often are wrapped in tape. An exception are one-piece track grips, which are sized to fit the bar diameter (and, therefore, would not fit a mountain bike handlebar). Cyclocross brake levers are sized to fit drop style bars, and would also not fit a mountain bike handlebar.
The other common lever/grip size is used for mountain and city handlebars, including flat bars, riser bars, some porteur bars, etc. On these bars the lever and grip areas have a diameter. Hence, thumb shift levers, grip type shifters, MTB brake levers and Rapidfire type shifters will only fit on this smaller diameter - none could fit on a road or cyclocross bar.
Handlebar coverings
Handlebars usually have tape or grips to provide grip and comfort. In general, handlebars which have one riding position have grips, and handlebars which provide several use tape.
Tape
There are many types of handlebar tape:
Polyurethane tape, introduced in the last few years, provides cushioning.
Composite rubber tape
Cork tape, padded tape, provides cushioning but less durable.
Bike ribbon, plastic padded tape with smooth waterproof surface.
Benotto "Cello-Tape", made from plastic, popular in the 1970s and 1980s. Compared with other types of handlebar tape it is relatively thin and is unpadded; it does not provide any cushioning from road vibrations. However it is long lasting, does not absorb water, was available in a vast range of colors and stays clean. Similar types of "shiny tape" exist.
Cotton tape, unpadded woven cotton tape with adhesive backing, similar to twill tape.
Leather wrap, for example by Brooks England
An inner tube can be cut and wrapped as well
A foam rubber tube has been used on inexpensive bikes.
Tape can be applied in several ways, either wrapped from the ends towards the stem or starting near the stem and wrapped towards the ends. The tape is usually held in place at the ends with the bar-end plugs. The other end of the tape can be held in place with adhesive tape, usually electrical insulation tape or, if started near the stem, by first wrapping a few turns towards the stem before reversing direction to anchor it. A figure-eight can be made around the brake lever clamp to completely cover the bar, or a small, separate piece of tape can be place on the back side to cover the small v-shaped section that might otherwise be left bare. Strips of bar gel may optionally be applied to the handlebars prior to applying the tape in order to reduce vibration transmission and increase comfort.
Grips
Grips are usually made of firm or soft plastic, foam, gel, or sometimes leather, depending on expected use or desired price. They may be simply smooth and round or molded to fit the shape of a human hand better. Foam grips can be applied by submerging them under water and then inflate them with air while massaging them onto the handlebar. A quick way of fitting foam grips is to spray the ends of the bars liberally with hair spray and then slide on the grips and adjust their rotation quickly; leaving them alone, the hair spray will soon fix them in position. Plastic grips can be heated in water and punched onto the handlebar. Finally, a small amount of isopropyl (rubbing) alcohol may be applied to the bar surface during removal or installation of grips in order to provide lubrication, which when allowed to dry, leaves no residue.
Plugs
Handlebars with open ends should have handlebar plugs fitted in the open ends for safety reasons. These can be made of metal, usually steel, or plastic. Without them, the end of the bar can cause serious injury upon hard impact with soft tissue. Plugs are also required by competitive cycling governing bodies.
Bar ends
In cycling, bar ends are extensions typically fitted to the ends of straight handlebars. They extend away from the handlebars and allow the rider to vary the type of grip and posture that they use during a ride. They are especially effective when climbing out of the saddle, because they increase leverage. Bar ends can also improve comfort for the rider due to the neutral position of the hands (palms inward) which places marginally less stress upon the musculature, and by providing more than one place to rest hands on a long journey.
Some handlebars have bar ends welded onto them but most are clamped to the end of the bar. They are available in many shapes and sizes, such as stubby models that are around 100 mm in length to ones that curve around so as to provide even more hand positions. It is also possible to purchase combined ergonomic hand grips with integrated bar-ends.
Bar ends were very popular on mountain bikes from the early 1990s until the late 1990s, when upswept "riser bars" came back into fashion; the combination of riser bars and bar ends is rarely seen.
Bar ends can prove troublesome when negotiating twisty tracks between trees as they may hook around branches and cause a crash. They also afford some protection to a rider's hands in a fall or crash. However, by moving the hands further from the brake levers, they can increase the time it takes to stop a bicycle.
Use of bar ends is forbidden by road racing regulatory bodies. Accidents can easily be caused by hooking other riders' handlebars during tight bunch-riding and additionally bar ends may cause severe injuries during collisions that not infrequently occur in that discipline.
See also
Bicycle fork
Outline of cycling
Motorcycle handlebar
Stem (bike)
References
External links
Handlebar
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A short refinance is a transaction in which a lender agrees to refinance a borrower's home for the current market value, in effect making it more cost effective for the borrower. The lender agrees to replace his own current loan with a new one, and pays off the difference. This new loan typically has a lower balance, and borrowers typically receive a new interest rate, which is often lower than their former one- resulting in a reduced mortgage payment.
Declining markets
A short refinance takes place when the borrower's loan balance is more than the property's worth. This is often attributable to declining markets, such as in the recession of 2008, which stressed the financial system's ability to supply mortgage credit, subsequently limiting the ability of Americans to refinance mortgages and buy homes.
Benefits of a short refinance
The borrower avoids foreclosure and keeps their home. The bank takes a smaller loss than they would with a foreclosure.
Difficulties
The hardest part of getting a short refinance is getting a lender to agree to it, as it is often considered a risky transaction. Because of this, it can take months to get a short refinance, and there are no guarantees the borrower will receive one. If the borrower's bank does agree to a short refinance, his or her credit will not necessarily be negatively affected. In this sense, a short refinance is no better than a short sale. However, this is a much better end result than allowing one's property to be foreclosed upon. A short sale can affect one's credit as little as 50 points as opposed to a foreclosure, which could affect credit by 300+ points. A deed in lieu of foreclosure has a much more devastating effect on one's credit. In addition, a short sale or short refinance will be recorded with credit bureaus as paid in full or settled for less. It is very common for homeowners to be misinformed by real estate professionals not familiar with FHA guidelines that a short sale or short refinance is no different than a foreclosure; this is untrue, according to HUD. In fact, if a borrower follows FHA guidelines, they can qualify for a new FHA purchase the first day after a short sale.
This is, however, not the case with the Making Home Affordable Programs through the federal government. When using the Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives (HAFA) Program, short sales and deeds in lieu may not impact one's credit report as negatively as other programs or options. From the Making Home Affordable website: "Unlike conventional short sales, a HAFA short sale completely releases you from your mortgage debt after selling the property. This means you will no longer be responsible for the amount that falls "short" of the amount you still owe. The deficiency is guaranteed to be waived by the servicer. In a HAFA short sale, your mortgage company works with you to determine an acceptable sale price. HAFA has a less negative effect on your credit score than foreclosure or conventional short sales." Homeowners can utilize specialized negotiators to ensure their rights are protected.
New FHA guidelines
However, new Federal Housing Administration short refinance options implemented earlier this month make it easier for a borrower to short refinance their home. These new guidelines were developed to help borrowers with negative equity. The new guidelines were developed to help borrowers who defaulted on their loans through no fault of their own. The new modifications give more flexibility to mortgage servicers (the person you contact if you have questions about your mortgage loan account) as well as to the originators to help unemployed homeowners. These changes are being funded with $50 billion allocated to housing programs by the Troubled Asset Relief Program. These programs were developed to help responsible homeowners, such as those who continually made their payments on time, to avoid foreclosure. The current mortgage servicers of borrowers' home loans are under no government requirements to entertain a short payoff refinance, which is why most borrowers find it is beneficial to hire a mortgage broker that employs specialized negotiators to take care of the short negotiating for the borrowers. Once an agreement has been reached, a new FHA lender will be required to refinance the loan.
References
External links
http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/press/press_releases_media_advisories/2010/HUDNo.10-05
http://www.zillow.com/blog/mortgage/2010/03/29/fha-short-refinance-does-this-make-it-real/
http://www.governmentrefinanceassistance.com/editorial-predictions-on-how-the-new-short-refinance-program-will-work-in-practice/
http://www.thetruthaboutmortgage.com/what-is-a-short-refinance/
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The thirteenth season of the American fictional drama television series ER first aired on September 21, 2006, and concluded on May 17, 2007. It consists of 23 episodes.
Plot
In the aftermath of the shootout Abby delivers a premature baby while Sam suffers a terrifying ordeal at the hands of her ex-boyfriend. Meanwhile, the show's longest-serving character Kerry Weaver departs when Kovač is forced to make budget cuts which threaten her job. Paramedic Tony Gates returns as the ER's new intern, Kovač is sued for malpractice and is later forced to return to Croatia to care for his father, Abby struggles to adapt to motherhood and Ray is involved in a life-changing accident which turns Neela's world upside down.
Cast
Main cast
Goran Visnjic as Dr. Luka Kovač, Chief of Emergency Medicine
Maura Tierney as Dr. Abby Lockhart, Third Year Resident
Mekhi Phifer as Dr. Greg Pratt, Attending Physician
Parminder Nagra as Dr. Neela Rasgotra, Surgical Intern
John Stamos as Dr. Tony Gates, ER Intern (episodes 2–23)
Linda Cardellini as Nurse Samantha Taggart
Shane West as Dr. Ray Barnett, Third Year Resident
Scott Grimes as Dr. Archie Morris, Attending Physician
Laura Innes as Dr. Kerry Weaver, Attending Physician (episodes 1–13)
Supporting
Doctors and medical students
Stanley Tucci as Dr. Kevin Moretti, Chief of Emergency Medicine (season finale only)
Amy Aquino as Dr. Janet Coburn, Chief of Obstetrics
John Aylward as Dr. Donald Anspaugh, Chief of Staff
Leland Orser as Dr. Lucien Dubenko, Chief of Surgery
J. P. Manoux as Dr. Dustin Crenshaw, Surgical Chief Resident
Gina Ravera as Dr. Bettina DeJesus, Radiologist
Maury Sterling as Dr. Nelson, Psychiatrist
Sara Gilbert as Dr. Jane Figler, Second Year Resident
Busy Philipps as Dr. Hope Bobeck, Intern
Julia Ling as Mae Lee Park, Medical Student
Kim Strauss as Dr. Ari, Anesthesiologist
Malaya Rivera Drew as Katey Alvaro, Medical Student
Marc Jablon as Dr. Larry Weston, Intern
Perry Anzilotti as Dr. Ed, Anesthesiologist
Ethan Hova as Dr. Ken Maser
Aasif Mandvi as Dr. Manish
L. Scott Caldwell as Dr. Megan Rabb, Director of Neo-Natology
Dahlia Salem as Dr. Jessica Albright, Surgical Chief Resident (outgoing)
Nurses
Deezer D as Nurse Malik McGrath
Laura Cerón as Nurse Chuny Marquez
Yvette Freeman as Nurse Haleh Adams
Lily Mariye as Nurse Lily Jarvik
Dinah Lenney as Nurse Shirley
Angel Laketa Moore as Nurse Dawn Archer
Kip Pardue as Nurse Ben Parker
Kyle Richards as Nurse Dori Kerns
Nasim Pedrad as Nurse Suri
Tane Kawasaki as Nurse Claire
Mary Heiss as Nurse Mary
Staff, Paramedics and Officers
Abraham Benrubi as Desk Clerk Jerry Markovic
Troy Evans as Desk Clerk Frank Martin
Glenn Plummer as Desk Clerk Timmy Rawlins
Tara Karsian as Social Worker Liz Dade
Charlayne Woodard as Angela Gilliam (from Staff Services)
Emily Wagner as Paramedic Doris Pickman
Montae Russell as Paramedic Dwight Zadro
Lyn Alicia Henderson as Paramedic Pamela Olbes
Michelle C. Bonilla as Paramedic Christine Harms
Demetrius Navarro as Paramedic Morales
Brian Lester as Paramedic Brian Dumar
Louie Liberti as Paramedic Bardelli
Brendan Patrick Connor as Paramedic Reidy
Vyto Ruginis as Flight Paramedic Wright
Christopher Amitrano as Officer Hollis
Joe Manganiello as Officer Litchman
Chad McKnight as Officer Wilson
Bobby Nish as Officer Danny Yau
Louis Iacoviello as Officer Rovner
Family
Sally Field as Maggie Wyczenski
Fred Ward as Eddie Wyczenski
Sam Jones III as Chaz Pratt, later Paramedic
Dominic Janes as Alex Taggart
Garret Dillahunt as Steve Curtis
Lois Smith as Gracie (Sam's grandmother)
Paula Malcomson as Meg Riley
Chloe Greenfield as Sarah Riley
George Gerdes as Jim Riley
Deka Beaudine as Helen Riley
Stacy Keach as Mike Gates
Rosalee Mayeux as Jacy Barnett
Andrew Gonzales and Aidan Gonzales as Joe Kovač
Guest stars
Armand Assante as Richard Elliott
John Mahoney as Bennett Cray
Forest Whitaker as Curtis Ames
Keith David as Pastor Watkins
Annabella Sciorra as Diana Moore
Hassan Johnson as Darnell Thibeaux
Andy Dick as Tommy Brewer
Production
Crew
Episodes
References
External links
2006 American television seasons
2007 American television seasons
Iraq War in television
ER (TV series) seasons | wiki |
Repossessed may refer to:
Repossessed (film), a 1990 American comedy film
Repossessed (album), a 1986 album by Kris Kristofferson
Repossessed, a novel by A. M. Jenkins
See also
Repossession | wiki |
Like, Share, Die is an American adult animated sketch comedy television series created by Mondo Media and broadcast on Parrot TV, premiering on January 29, 2015. Each 15-minute episode of the series features a number of short Flash cartoons created by Mondo Media, with recurring segments including Deep Space 69, Dick Figures, Chick Figures, Gundarr, Couchmates, and Kung Fu Karl.
Episodes
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External links
2010s American adult animated television series
2010s American anthology television series
2010s American sketch comedy television series
2015 American television series debuts
2015 American television series endings
American adult animation anthology series
American adult animated comedy television series
American flash adult animated television series
English-language television shows
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The fourteenth season of the American fictional drama television series ER first aired on September 27, 2007, and concluded on May 15, 2008. It consists of 19 episodes.
Plot
The series celebrates its 300th episode but due to the writers' strike this season runs three episodes shorter than normal. As a result, certain storylines were altered, including Gates' relationship with hospital chaplain Julia Dupree. With Kovač in Croatia, the focus shifts to Abby as she adapts to life as a single parent. Meanwhile, new ER chief Kevin Morretti continues to make his presence felt until he makes a swift exit, Pratt is angered when locum Dr. Wexler is appointed as Morretti's replacement, Sam and Gates start a relationship and Jeanie Boulet makes a return to the ER when her son is brought in.
Cast
Main cast
Goran Visnjic as Dr. Luka Kovač, Hospice Physician
Maura Tierney as Dr. Abby Lockhart, Fourth Year Resident
Mekhi Phifer as Dr. Greg Pratt, Attending Physician
Parminder Nagra as Dr. Neela Rasgotra, Second Year Surgical Resident
John Stamos as Dr. Tony Gates, Second Year Resident
Linda Cardellini as Nurse Samantha Taggart
Scott Grimes as Dr. Archie Morris, Attending Physician
Supporting
Doctors and medical students
Stanley Tucci as Dr. Kevin Moretti, Chief of Emergency Medicine
Leland Orser as Dr. Lucien Dubenko, Chief of Surgery
Kari Matchett as Dr. Skye Wexler, Acting Chief of Emergency Medicine
David Lyons as Dr. Simon Brenner, ER Attending Physician
Sam Anderson as Dr. Jack Kayson, Chief of Cardiology
Amy Aquino as Dr. Janet Coburn, Chief of Obstetrics
John Aylward as Dr. Donald Anspaugh, Chief of Staff
J. P. Manoux as Dr. Dustin Crenshaw, Surgical Attending Physician
Gina Ravera as Dr. Betina DeJesus, Radiologist
Busy Philipps as Dr. Hope Bobeck, Intern
Malaya Rivera Drew as Katey Alvaro, Medical Student
Charles Esten as Dr. Grossman, Orthopedics
Robert Gossett as Dr. Everett Daniels, Hospital Board Member
Anthony Starke as Dr. Craig, Orthopedics
Michael Buchman Silver as Dr. Paul Meyers, Psychiatrist
Steven Christopher Parker as Dr. Harold Zalinsky, Surgical Intern
Gil McKinney as Dr. Paul Grady, ER Intern
Bresha Webb as Laverne St. John, Medical Student
Julia Jones as Kaya Montoya, Medical Student
Marc Jablon as Dr. Larry Weston, Second Year Resident
Patrick Cassidy as Dr. Ramsey
Nurses
Deezer D as Nurse Malik McGrath
Laura Cerón as Nurse Chuny Marquez
Yvette Freeman as Nurse Haleh Adams
Lily Mariye as Nurse Lily Jarvik
Dinah Lenney as Nurse Shirley
Angel Laketa Moore as Nurse Dawn Archer
Bellina Logan as Nurse Kit
Nadia Shazana as Nurse Jacy
Nasim Pedrad as Nurse Suri
Mónica Guzmán as Nurse Marisol
Staff, Paramedics and Officers
Troy Evans as Desk Clerk Frank Martin
Jesse Borrego as Desk Clerk Javier
Reiko Aylesworth as Julia Dupree, Hospital Chaplain
Emily Wagner as Paramedic Doris Pickman
Montae Russell as Paramedic Dwight Zadro
Lyn Alicia Henderson as Paramedic Pamela Olbes
Brian Lester as Paramedic Brian Dumar
Michelle C. Bonilla as Paramedic Christine Harms
Demetrius Navarro as Paramedic Morales
Louie Liberti as Paramedic Bardelli
Brendan Patrick Connor as Paramedic Reidy
Meg Thalken as Chopper EMT Dee McManus
Christopher Amitrano as Officer Hollis
Demetrius Grosse as Officer Newkirk
Joe Manganiello as Officer Litchman
Family
Chloe Greenfield as Sarah Riley
Bill Bolender as Hank Riley
Frances Conroy as Becky Riley
Sam Jones III as Chaz Pratt, EMT
Rebecca Hazlewood as Jaspreet
Michael Rady as Brian Moretti
Andrew Gonzales and Aidan Gonzales as Joe Kovač
Zoran Radanovich as Niko Kovač
Guest stars
Gloria Reuben as Jeanie Boulet, Physician Assistant
Cress Williams as Officer Reggie Moore
Mae Whitman as Heather
Peter Fonda as Pierce Tanner
Jonathan Banks as Dr Robert Truman
Hal Holbrook as Walter Perkins
Josh Stewart as Daniel
Mariana Klaveno as Rebecca
Steve Buscemi as Art Masterson
Production
The season was executive produced by Christopher Chulack, Michael Crichton, John Wells, David Zabel, Joe Sachs, and Janine Sherman Barrois. Virgil Williams and Lisa Zwerling act as supervising producers. Wendy Spence Rosato serves as a producer. Tommy Burns is the season's unit production manager and the on-set producer of episodes. Dieter Ismagil and David Malloy served as associate producers on the first nine episodes of the season. Zabel, Sachs, Barrois, Williams, and Zwerling all worked as writers as well as producers. Karen Maser and Shannon Gross complete the writing staff.
Wells directed a single episode of the season and did not write any episodes for the first time. Chulack served as a regular director along with his production role and contributed four episodes including the series finale. Regular director Stephen Cragg also directed four episodes of the season including the series premiere. Returning director Andrew Bernstein contributed two episodes. New director Anthony Hemingway directed two episodes. Film director Rob Hardy directed a single episode, marking his debut in television. Long serving series directors Richard Thorpe and Félix Enríquez Alcalá each contribute a single episode this season. Former cast members Laura Innes and Paul McCrane continue to direct for the series, each contributing a single episode this season. Returning director Tawnia McKiernan also contributed a further episode this season.
Episodes
DVD
The DVD of the series includes a half-hour featurette recorded at the celebration event for the 300th episode.
References
External links
2007 American television seasons
2008 American television seasons
ER (TV series) seasons | wiki |
Akurio may refer to:
Akurio people, an ethnic group of Suriname
Akurio language, a Cariban language
See also
Acurio
Language and nationality disambiguation pages | wiki |
"I'll Come Back as Another Woman" is a song written by Kent Robbins and Richard E. Carpenter, and recorded by American country music artist Tanya Tucker. It was released in November 1986 as the third single from the album Girls Like Me. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.
Chart performance
References
External links
1987 singles
1986 songs
Tanya Tucker songs
Songs written by Kent Robbins
Capitol Records Nashville singles
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Type 92 may refer to:
Weapons
Type 92 machine gun
Type 92 Heavy Machine Gun
7.7mm Type 92 machine-gun cartridge
Type 92 Battalion Gun
Type 92 10 cm Cannon
Type 92 torpedo
Type 92 Handgun
Armored cars
Type 92 variant of the WZ551 armored personnel carrier
Type 92 Jyu-Sokosha armored car
Airplanes
Kawasaki Type 92 biplane
Bristol Type 92 biplane
Mitsubishi 2MR8 reconnaissance aircraft
Mitsubishi Ki-20 heavy bomber
Other
The NSB Class 92 diesel railway multiple unit | wiki |
Edible art refers to food created to be art. It is distinguished from Edible Arrangements (which predominantly consist of fruit) because it is usually more elaborate dessert food. A common form of edible art is wedding cakes, but options for artistic confections range far beyond marital celebrations. Cakes made into art include birthday cakes, cakes for baby showers, for graduation celebrations, and many other types of event. Each piece looks unique, even if created for the same event, because each creator has their own idea in mind when creating their food art. Such pieces of art can be created using a cake base onto which the decorations are placed on, or they can be made purely out of fondant or sugar, while edible, is not created with consumption intended, such as Mexican Calavera.
As an art
Each graphic artist has their own set of skills in creating their work, but there are several basic starting points for edible dessert art. Most edible art franchises have sheet cakes, cut-out sheet cakes, layered cakes, sculpted cakes, and tiered cakes to choose from as a foundation. One common technique is to airbrush the piece with sugar to enhance its features. Many artists in this field have a degree in fine arts, and participate in freelance decorating.
In popular culture
Many edible art shops and edible art artists make pieces relating to popular children's movies, books, and television shows.
References
Food and drink preparation
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Mike Bernard may refer to:
Mike Bernard (musician) (1875–1936), American musician
Mike Bernard (painter) (born 1957), English painter
Mike Bernard (footballer) (born 1948), English footballer
Michael Bernard (born 1948), American basketball coach | wiki |
The Székely Land (Szeklerland) is a historic and ethnographic region in Eastern Transylvania, in the center of Romania. The primary goal for the Hungarian political organisations in Romania is to achieve Székely autonomy. The Szeklers make up about half of the Hungarians in Romania and live in a compact ethnic bloc. According to official data from Romania's 2011 census, 609,033 persons in Mureș, Harghita, and Covasna counties consider themselves Hungarian (56.8% of total population of the three counties). The Székelys (Szeklers), a Hungarian sub-group, are mainly concentrated in these three counties.
Political organizations
The most important political organisation of ethnic Hungarians in Romania is the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania, which undertakes to represent all Hungarians in Romania (not only those living in the Székely Land). The demand for Hungarian autonomy has been part of their program since 1993.
In 2014, the Hungarian Civic Party signed a settlement with the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania regarding cooperation and joint support for Hungarian autonomy.
In 2014 September, the Democratic Union of Hungarians presented its draft project (written jointly with the Hungarian Civic Party) for the autonomy of the Székely Land (Ținutul Secuiesc). The Hungarian People's Party of Transylvania also supports this.
Events
A Székely Land-based organization, the Szekler National Council held a peaceful demonstration in Odorheiu Secuiesc on March 15, 2006, in favor of autonomy where 4,000 to 10,000 people took part. Five days before this, President Traian Băsescu met with Jenő Szász (the mayor of Odorheiu Secuiesc and president of the Hungarian Civic Union), who assured the President of the peaceful character of the March 15 ceremonies, and also briefly presented the UCM's vision on autonomy. On March 16, Băsescu visited the town and met with local and county officials. Băsescu declared that the Romanian administrative system should be more decentralized, but only in a symmetrical way, with no more autonomy given to the Székely Land than to any other region in Romania.
On February 12, 2007, Hungarian President László Sólyom visited Romania and met with Băsescu. The discussions included the controversial topics of minority rights and autonomy. Băsescu pointed out that the situation of the Székely in Romania is in full compliance with the standards of the European Union. He also mentioned that a referendum for territorial autonomy would be illegal, and characterized the Székely initiative not as a test of the public opinion, but as a test of Romanian laws. Romania's Interior Ministry has said that organizing an informal poll is not illegal.
On 10 March 2013, thousands gathered to demonstrate for Székely autonomy. László Tőkés also participated on the march. The protest was performed in the Székely Freedom Day (). This holiday had been established earlier on 6 January 2012 by the Szekler National Council.
In Autumn 2013, the "Great Székely's March for Autonomy" was held with thousands of people forming a long human chain in Székely Land.
On 10 March 2014, again on the Székely Freedom Day, thousands demonstrated for Székely autonomy in Târgu Mureș.
On 2015, the Székely Autonomy Day was declared. It started being celebrated every last Sunday of October in 2016.
In December 2019, two deputies of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians submitted a draft legislation favoring the autonomy of Székely Land. It was tacitly adopted by the Chamber of Deputies (the lower house of the Parliament of Romania), where the Social Democratic Party (PSD) held most seats, on 28 April 2020. After the draft bill exceeded the 45-day deadline for debate, it was automatically adopted. However, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis criticized the adoption of the draft on April 29 in a television speech in which he stated "as we ... fight the coronavirus pandemic, ... the PSD ... fights in the secret offices of parliament to give Transylvania to the Hungarians". He also used the Hungarian language in a mocking manner: " ("good day" in Romanian), dear Romanians; ("good day" in Hungarian), PSD". The same day, the Senate rejected the draft bill.
Iohannis' speech caused controversy, with Hungarian and Romanian officials and politicians criticizing him for it. In the end, Iohannis was fined by the National Council for Combating Discrimination, but this was annulled by the High Court of Cassation and Justice.
Constitutional issues
According to one of the arguments against autonomy in Romania, the initiative would be unconstitutional, as Article 1 of the Constitution of Romania states "Romania is a nation state, sovereign and independent, unitary and indivisible" which makes the autonomy of any part of Romania unconstitutional. Such a view point has been adopted by the Romanian Academy, lawyers in Romania and many Romanian politicians, including the Mayor of Cluj-Napoca, Emil Boc.
Others, including the SZNT argue that it is not against the constitution of Romania.
Views of political parties
Territorial autonomy for the Székely Land was supported by the former People's Action party, headed by former president Emil Constantinescu.
In January 2018, Romanian Prime Minister Mihai Tudose threatened the Székely community in a television interview by saying that "If they hang the Székely flag [on institutions in Székely Land], they [the people who fly these flags] will hang alongside it. Autonomy for Székelys is out of the question." He also declared that "As a Romanian and as prime minister, I refuse any dialogue related to the autonomy of a part of Romania. It is a violation of the Constitution of this country, which guarantees, from the first paragraph, the unity and indivisibility of the Romanian state " 7 days later, Tudose was forced to resign from his position, partly due to the comments and infighting and lack of confidence via his party. He was also sanctioned by the National Council for Combating Discrimination in February 2018 for his remark.
The Civic Forum of the Romanians of Covasna, Harghita and Mureș is an organization operating within the territory of Székely Land which opposes Székely autonomy, as it sees the movement as a disguised attempt at oppressing and assimilating the Romanian minority of the region.
References
External links
Szekler National Council
Autonomy | wiki |
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Food
Drink
For the British television series, see Food and Drink.
Main topic articles | wiki |
Loudness compensation, or simply loudness, is a setting found on some hi-fi equipment that increases the level of the high and low frequencies. This is intended to be used while listening at low-volume levels, to compensate for the fact that as the loudness of audio decreases, the ear's lower sensitivity to extreme high and low frequencies may cause these signals to fall below the threshold of hearing. As a result audio material may become thin sounding at low volumes, losing bass and treble. The loudness compensation feature applies equalization and is intended to rectify this situation.
Calibration
Correct loudness compensation requires a calibrated system with known listening level. Audio level at a listener's ears depends on the listening environment, listener position, speaker sensitivity as well as amplifier gain. For loudness compensation to work correctly the playback system must also accurately assume what volume level was used in mastering. For movie soundtracks this reference volume level is an industry standard and can be used by manufacturers to provide a loudness feature that works with a reasonable degree of accuracy. A home theater product that provides a reference level indication on the volume control can be expected to work well with movie soundtracks.
References
Tone, EQ and filter | wiki |
Sheatown is a census-designated place (CDP) in Newport Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is adjacent to the west side of the city of Nanticoke. The population of Sheatown was 671 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Sheatown is located at . It is directly west of the city of Nanticoke.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land.
References
Census-designated places in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Census-designated places in Pennsylvania | wiki |
Edible plants include:
List of culinary fruits
List of culinary herbs and spices
List of culinary nuts
List of edible cacti
List of edible flowers
List of edible seeds
List of forageable plants (edible plants commonly found in the wild)
List of leaf vegetables
List of root vegetables
List of vegetables
See also
Edible seaweed
List of domesticated plants
Medicinal plants
List of plants used in herbalism
Plantas Alimentícias Não Convencionais
Crop
Sources:
https://www.mossyoak.com/edible-plants | wiki |
Nova Corp can refer to:
Nova Corps, a fictional intergalactic military/police force appearing in Marvel Comics
Nova (eikaiwa), a large eikaiwa school (private English teaching company) in Japan | wiki |
The 2004 California wildfires were a series of wildfires that were active in the state of California during the year 2004. In total, 7,898 fires burned .
Fires
Below is a list of all fires that exceeded during the 2004 fire season. The list is taken from CAL FIRE's list of large fires.
References
Wildfires 2004
California, 2004
2004 | wiki |
The table shows a comparison of functional programming languages which compares various features and designs of different functional programming languages.
References
Functional programming languages | wiki |
FIVB World Cup may refer to:
FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup
FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup | wiki |
FIVB World Cup results may refer to
FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup
FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup | wiki |
Whitmore kan syfta på:
Whitmore, Dorset – en ort i Dorset, England
Whitmore, Staffordshire – en ort och civil parish i Staffordshire, England
Terry Whitmore | wiki |
Illegal immigration to China is the process of migrating into China in violation of Chinese immigration laws. The Chinese government has instituted policies against illegal immigration, particularly from North Korean refugees and defectors, workers and refugees from Myanmar, Laos and Africans in Guangzhou.
Policies
The Chinese government actively discourages this type of behavior out of fears that it may cause instability in the region and encourage more illegal immigration.
In 2003, campaigns against illegal immigration were conducted in Guangdong and other Chinese provinces, and around 2008, the police repeatedly conducted so-called "hurricane" campaigns against illegal immigration in Guangdong.
Guangzhou
Since 2004 at the latest, illegal immigration has increasingly come into the focus of the police authorities in Guangzhou, primarily targeted against immigrants from African countries, and later throughout the country. In Guangzhou, a regulation has been in force since 2004 under which citizens are requested to report cases suspected of illegal immigration to the police, which can be rewarded with for information that leads to successful expulsions.
According to Reuters in 2009, there were as many as 100,000 Africans and Arabs in Guangzhou, mostly illegal overstayers.
In 2012, the legal framework on exit-entry administration was amended and the new regulations featured extended power of the local police in immigration issues, higher sanctions against illegal stay and illegal employment as well as revised rules regarding deportation.
North Korean border
Illegal immigrants from North Korea have moved across the China–North Korea border to seek higher wages and escape repression.
The Chinese government transferred responsibility for managing the border to the army from the police in 2003. Chinese authorities began building wire fences "on major defection routes along the Tumen River" in 2003. Beginning in September 2006, China erected a fence on the border near Dandong to prevent defectors and refugees from crossing the border into China.
From Southeast Asia
Significant numbers of Vietnamese, Cambodian and Burmese workers have been smuggled into China illegally to work low-skilled jobs for wages undercutting those of domestic workers and to fill vacancies left by Chinese migrant workers. Thousands of Vietnamese from the poorer northern provinces move to China to work illegally each year.
References
Immigration to China
China
China | wiki |
A lithospheric drip is a geological phenomenon in which a dense and relatively cold mass of lithosphere sinks into the more fluid upper mantle. The regions of descending material have been detected by seismic tomography methods and modeled as near vertically oriented cylindrical masses within the upper mantle. The lithospheric drip discovered below the Great Basin in central Nevada has dimensions of 100 km diameter by 500 km vertical length.
Another area underlain by a descending cylindrical mass of dense lithosphere has been reported in the southwestern Sierra Nevada and portions of the San Joaquin Valley of California. Here a 100 km by 225 km mass of relatively high density (fast p wave velocity) has been discovered below an area of anomalous topography.
References
Geological processes
Lithosphere | wiki |
Brauerei Göller, more commonly known as Göller, is one of the oldest craft breweries in the world. Located in the village of Zeil am Main in Franconia, Germany, Göller is a multi-generational family enterprise tracing its roots to 1514 when a local sanctuary or "Freyung" secured a brewing license. Three brothers, Fritz, Max & Felix Göller run the brewery. Current brewmaster, Felix Göller, was named German Brewer of the year in 2013. His father, Franz-Josef Göller, won the same award in 1976. Göller has won multiple gold medals in Meininger's International Craft Beer Awards, especially for its Rauchbier and its Dunkel. The Euro Beer Star was also awarded several times. Göller recently entered the international market and currently exports to the USA through Ancient Craft Imports, based in Kansas.
References
1514 establishments
Breweries in Germany
Franconian culture | wiki |
The Internal Enemy: Slavery and War in Virginia, 1772-1832 is a Pulitzer Prize-winning non-fiction book about the history of slaves and slavery in Virginia, with an emphasis on the War of 1812. It was written by historian Alan Taylor and published by W. W. Norton & Company in 2013.
Reception
The Internal Enemy was a finalist for the 2013 National Book Award for Nonfiction and won the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for History.
References
Further reading
External links
Book Discussion on The Internal Enemy (C-SPAN, 24 September 2013)
Pulitzer Prize for History-winning works
2013 non-fiction books
21st-century history books
Slavery in the United States
War of 1812 books
History of slavery in Virginia
W. W. Norton & Company books
Books about Virginia | wiki |
Aikidoka (合気道家 aikidōka) is a Japanese term for a master-level practitioner of the martial art Aikido. The term is rarely heard among native speakers of Japanese, in spite of its common use as a loanword in other countries.
Etymology
In the Japanese language, the suffix , when added to the name of certain activities, indicates either a person or a profession. In the martial arts, it is used to indicate one who has seriously dedicated their life to their chosen art, or made it a profession; thus karate-ka, judo-ka, aikido-ka and so on, and therefore is inappropriate to use in reference to the vast majority of practitioners.
See also
List of aikidoka
References | wiki |
Postal addresses in the Philippines are similar in format to those in many other parts of the world. They are especially used to locate areas in the Philippines.
Address elements
Philippine addresses always contain the name of the sender, the building number and thoroughfare, the barangay where the building is located, the city or municipality where the barangay is located and, in most cases, the province where the city or municipality is located. In the case of Metro Manila, however, provinces are omitted and, in the case of Manila, include the district name instead of the barangay. ZIP codes are also part of the typical Philippine address.
Address format
Street, e.g. BLDG 1A5U11 MRH SITE 4 TALA
District, e.g. TALA 1
Barangay, e.g. BARANGAY 188 ZONE 16
Postal Code, then City / Municipality, e.g. 1427 CALOOCAN
Province (or if in the National Capital Region, Metro Manila, as with this example address)
Postal codes' necessity
PhilPost recommends the use of postal codes in the country and correct addressing. However, most residents do not use, let alone know how to use ZIP codes, and thus the codes are usually omitted. According to PhilPost, the proper use of ZIP codes assists in letter sorting and reduces letter misrouting.
See also
Communications in the Philippines
Philippine Postal Corporation
ZIP codes in the Philippines
References
Communications in the Philippines
Postal system of the Philippines
Philippines | wiki |
Oxygen (canal de televisão) - canal de televisão por assinatura estadunidense, que faz parte da NBCUniversal
Oxygen (canção) - do grupo britânico Spice Girls
Oxygen (Doctor Who) - episódio de Doctor Who
Oxygene 7-13 - álbum de Jean Michel Jarre
Oxygene: Live In Your Living Room - nova versão do álbum homônimo, em comemoração ao aniversário de 30 anos de seu lançamento mundial
Oxygene - álbum do instrumentista e compositor francês Jean Michel Jarre
Ver também
Desambiguação | wiki |
Symmetric federalism refers to a federal system of government in which each constituent state to the federation possess equal powers. In a symmetric federalism no distinction is made between constituent states. This is in contrast to asymmetric federalism, where a distinction is made between constituent states.
Examples
Australia
Australia is a symmetric federation, as each of the 6 states are given equal levels of autonomy and representation in the Parliament, aside from differences in their representation in the House of Representatives that are due to their different populations.
United States
The United States is a symmetric federation, as each of the 50 states in the Union has the same standing and powers under the United States Constitution. This was affirmed in Coyle v. Smith when the U. S. Supreme Court declared a provision of the Oklahoma Enabling Act which required the State capital be located in Guthrie, Oklahoma until at least 1913, as being unconstitutional. However, the U.S. has a number of insular areas directly under the control of the U. S. federal government, with various degrees of autonomy. The District of Columbia is not an insular area, but it is also directly controlled by the federal government with limited autonomy.
References
Federalism
Federalism in the United States | wiki |
Williamites may refer to either of two minor Roman Catholic religious orders or congregations:
Benedictine Williamites of Monte Vergine
Hermits of Saint William
Or may refer to:
the "Williamite" followers of King William III of England | wiki |
Quercus myrtifolia, the myrtle oak, is a North American species of oak. It is native to the southeastern United States (Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina). It is often found in coastal areas on sandy soils.
It is an evergreen tree that can reach tall, also appearing as a shrub in drier sites. It has leaves with no teeth or lobes, which are hairless on the upperside and also on the underside except along the veins.
References
External links
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Florida Native Plant Society
Pollen Library
Discover Life
myrtifolia
Trees of the Southeastern United States
Plants described in 1805 | wiki |
Trucker may refer to:
Truck driver, a person employed as the driver of a truck
Trucker (band), a rock and alternative country band from Lawrence, KS
Truckers (2013 TV series), a 2013 drama television series on BBC One
The first novel in The Nome Trilogy, a series of children's novels by Terry Pratchett
Truckers (1992 TV series), the UK television series based on the first book from The Nome Trilogy
Trucker (film), a 2008 US feature film
Truckers, an upcoming DreamWorks Animation film
Other uses
Drive-By Truckers, an alternative country and Southern rock band
Trucker hat, a type of baseball cap
Ice Road Truckers, a reality television series
Space Truckers, a 1996 US feature film | wiki |
A bar review is a series of classes that most law school graduates in the United States attend prior to taking a bar examination, in order to prepare for that exam. A typical bar review course will last for several weeks, beginning a few weeks after law school graduation and running until a few weeks before the next administration of the bar examination. "A full service bar review course prepares a student for both portions of a state's bar examination: multistate and state law. A supplemental bar review course prepares a student for only one portion of a state's bar examination". Classes may be held in person, online, or with prerecorded material delivered to the student.
Bar review courses are heavily marketed to graduating law students, as noted by Judge Diarmuid O'Scannlain of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which examined that practice in an unfair competition case:
Many companies offering bar review courses also offer a component to prepare bar takers for the Multistate Professional Responsibility Examination (MPRE).
References
Legal education in the United States | wiki |
Foreshadowing is a literary technique.
Foreshadowing or The Foreshadowing may also refer to:
Foreshadowing Our Demise, second album of Skinless, a rock band
The Foreshadowing (band), an Italian metal band
The Foreshadowing (novel), by Marcus Sedgwick
See also
Foreshadow (disambiguation) | wiki |
Pavine may refer to:
Pavine (dance), a slow processional dance common in Europe during the 16th century
Pavine (molecule), an alkaloid | wiki |
Ma & Pa are English nicknames for "mother" and "father", respectively.
Ma & Pa might also refer to:
Ma and Pa Kettle, a husband-and-wife pair of characters in Betty MacDonald's novel, The Egg and I, and the associated film franchise.
The Maryland and Pennsylvania Railroad, a defunct US railroad operating in its namesake states.
See also
Ma (disambiguation)
Pa (disambiguation) | wiki |
inetd (internet service daemon) é um daemon super-servidor mais antigo disponível para sistema operacionais UNIX e Linux. Por esse motivo, ele não foi compilado para usar o TCP Wrapper. Logo, deve ser explicitado em seu arquivo de configuração /etc/inetd.conf.
Software para Unix relacionado à rede de computadores | wiki |
Humayd ibn Thawr al-Hilalí o, senzillament, Humayd ibn Thawr (en àrab Ḥumayd ibn Ṯawr al-Hilālī) fou un poeta àrab dels primers temps de l'islam (). Va escriure un cant fúnebre de l'assassinat del califa Uthman. Se'l considerà a posteriori un company del Profeta Mahoma.
Bibliografia
Encyclopaedia of Islam, Brill Publishers, Leiden, s.v. "Ḥumayd ibn awr".
Poetes medievals en àrab | wiki |
Illegal immigration to Canada (also called Irregular immigration to Canada, though this terminology is contested) is the act of a person who is not a Canadian citizen or permanent resident entering or remaining in Canada in a manner contrary to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act and its associated regulations. That includes persons who entered Canada on a travel visa but remained beyond the period of stay specified as well as persons who entered Canada without presenting themselves at a port of entry.
Canada is a signatory of the United Nations' 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 Protocol, which forbids imposition of penalties on refugees who may have entered in contravention to national laws in order to seek protection; but that applies only to claimants while their case is being processed and to persons formally recognized as refugees.
Terminology
The use of the term irregular or illegal is disputed when referring to the act of crossing the Canada–United States border outside of a point of entry (POE) to claim asylum.
Entering Canada outside of a POE is not an offence under the Criminal Code or Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA); regulations under IRPA require only for a person seeking to enter Canada outside a POE to "appear without delay" at the nearest entry point. Entering Canada outside of a port of entry may represent an unlawful act, but section 133 of IRPA requires charges related to any offences associated with entering Canada to be stayed while an entrant's claim is being processed in accordance with the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees. If the Canadian government grants refugee status, any charges are stayed permanently. Claimants may face charges for other unlawful activity, or background checks may determine the claimant has a criminal history or presents a national security risk, which are outside the scope of the section 133 staying of charges and may result in denial of a claim.
The Government of Canada, including the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB), use the term irregular to refer to these border crossings. Refugee organizations, the Liberal Party of Canada, and the New Democratic Party also use that term. The Conservative Party of Canada, in contrast, use the term illegal, with the justification that entering outside of a port of entry is a violation of the Customs Act. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police use neither word, instead using the term interceptions.
Illegal immigration
Canada is signatory to the 1951 UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, and within Canada, the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) is the legislation that governs the flow of people.
The IRPA, established in 2003, outlines the ruling, laws, and procedures associated with immigrants in Canada. It provides officers of the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) with the authority to detain permanent residents and foreign nationals if any of the individuals have violated the rulings of the Act. Roughly 12,600 individuals who were living in Canada including 1,900 criminals who violated the Act and either posed a high risk to Canada or were illegal immigrants who were deported in the year of 2006–07.
Article 31 of the UN Refugee Convention says that receiving countries may not penalize refugees for how they enter a country as long as they present themselves “without delay” to authorities and show “good cause” for their presence. Illegal entry is not an offence in Canada's Criminal Code, but Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations 27 (2) says that anyone who does not enter at a port of entry must check in "without delay" at a border point. As clarified by James Hathaway, founding director of the University of Michigan's program in refugee and asylum law, “If someone a) comes forward voluntarily, and b) explains that the reason they crossed the border illegally was they were looking for protection, it’s clear as a bell: You may not under any circumstance penalize them.” Asylum seekers would be considered in violation of the IRPA if they cross at an unofficial border point, do not promptly go to a port of entry, and do not file a refugee claim. In addition to potential criminal charges, asylum seekers would have their cases rejected.
Illegal immigration in Quebec
Politicians in Quebec have raised complaints. François Legault, then leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ), said in August 2017 that the federal government was being "completely irresponsible" and allowing the border to become a "sieve". Quebec premier Philippe Couillard criticized Legault's calls for tighter border controls as intemperate, saying they demonstrated "a sheer lack of leadership."
Quebec's Official Opposition, the Parti Québécois, had also raised questions about the province's capacity to absorb the refugee influx, but had not gone as far as Legault had in calling for a more restrictive border policy. But in April 2018, as it was reported that the amount of refugees crossing at Roxham had increased by 2,000 over the same period the preceding year, its leader, Jean-François Lisée, told reporters before a party caucus session that a fence should be built at the site. "We have the best known irregular road in the world," he complained. "We have several good fence builders in Quebec, so we're spoiled for choice." He suggested it could be paid for by "the Mexicans", a joking reference to the similar barrier being built by the Trump administration on the U.S.-Mexico border.
All the province's other party heads condemned the suggestion, as well as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, which called it "legally and morally wrong". Lisée later qualified his remarks by suggesting a line of trees or a police presence would be sufficient; after being reminded he had used the word "fence" he said one like those found around schools would be sufficient. His proposal was echoed by Toronto Sun columnist Anthony Furey a month later, who went further, suggesting an actual wall at the site for a few years.
On Canada Day 2017, members of the Quebec far-right groups La Meute and Storm Alliance, who had been discreetly observing the crossings for some time beforehand, staged a small protest at the Canadian side of Roxham Road, arguing that members of terrorist groups and criminals were being allowed into Canada there. A smaller group of pro-migrant protestors counterdemonstrated, with the RCMP and Sûreté du Québec keeping the two groups apart. By May 2018, two more such protests had been held, with the location shifting to the encampment nearer Lacolle and both sides attracting more supporters; Canadian activist Jaggi Singh was arrested and charged with assault on an officer at those protests after he led a group of demonstrators onto the A-15 near the Montée Guay interchange with the intent of blocking traffic, an action which delayed the arrival of the far-right protesters.
For 2018, the IRB reported 20,607 total asylum applications from irregular entrants. Of those, 18,215, or 88 percent, came via Roxham Road. The largest portion that year were the 7,585, or 42 percent, from Nigeria. Haitians dropped to 585, roughly a tenth of their 2017 total; the planned revocation of TPS late in 2017 was stayed pending litigation and almost a year later a U.S. federal judge enjoined the Trump administration from doing so. Over a thousand Colombians entered at Roxham, as well. The IRB accepted 3,307 of the applicants who crossed irregularly, improving its rate to 16 percent of the total.
During the 2022 Quebec general election Conservative Party of Quebec leader Éric Duhaime talked about the possibility of building a wall in Roxham Road to stop Illegal immigration.
Legal immigration
Canada has an immigration program that is established for every migrant wishing to live in Canada. The program seeks individuals who will have the highest chances of providing positive input into the Canadian economy.
As of 2017, Canada has a number of immigration programs through which migrants can legally enter Canada:
Federal Skilled Worker
Canadian Provincial Nominee Program
Canadian Business Immigration
Canadian Experience Class
Family Class Sponsorship
The new Federal Skilled Worker Program (FSWP) measures the capabilities of individuals who are required to meet a passing mark to have their application accepted. Currently, the passing mark is 67 out of 100 in six categories: education, work experience, language, age, arranged employment, and adaptability (such as any previous work or education acquired within Canada).
In addition, migrants may legally enter and apply for temporary resident status under the terms and conditions of the UN Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees of which Canada is a co-writer and signatory. It is this class of entrant that draws the most controversy.
Statistics
From January 2017 to March 2018, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police intercepted 25,645 people crossing the border into Canada illegally. Public Safety Canada estimated that another 2,500 came across in April 2018 for a total of just over 28,000, of which 1,000 had been removed from Canada. Federal government ministers expected that "close to 90 per cent" of asylum claimants would be rejected.
The last audit of the Canadian population was performed in 2004 that indicated approximately 36,000 more individuals over a span of SPX years became illegal residents within Canada. The statistics are considered inaccurate because Canada does not record the information of illegal individuals leaving the country, but it is the last authentic value provided. A federal government draft report from 2001 included an estimate of 100,000 illegal immigrants then residing in Canada.
In the 1980s, large numbers of Brazilian foreign nationals would arrive in Canada claiming refugee statuses. They would then reside until the end of their refugee process, which allowed them to study, work, and collect social benefits. Canada noticed the large trend and imposed a requirement in 1987 of Brazilian foreign nationals needing to attain a visa to arrive in Canada, which made it a little more difficult for many to immigrate. During their stay, the foreign nationals would develop the skills to pass the Canadian immigration tests and become Canadian legal citizens. Those who would not pass the citizenship tests would either leave back to Brazil or continue to live as illegal residents.
In 2008, Auditor General of Canada Sheila Fraser found that the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) had lost track of 41,000 individuals who had been ordered deported. In some cases, individuals can be allowed a temporary access into Canada with a Temporary Resident Permit as long as they do not pose an obvious threat to Canadians. The permit can be issued by the CBSA or a border service officer for a cost of $200 per permit; the CBSA issued 13,412 permits in 2006. Permits allow legal residency for a period ranging from one day to three years. During that time period, the legal documents are gathered for individuals to be deported back to the country from which they emigrated. The procedure at times created challenges such as retrieving the legal documentation for deporting and so Temporary Resident Permits are provided the time for such obstacles to be overcome efficient and effectively.
In 2017, after US President Donald Trump had enforced American laws against illegal immigration in the US immigrants leaving the US and entering Canada increased. Quebec saw 75% of the resulting crossings from the US for Canada, and Programme régional d’accueil et d’intégration des demandeurs d’asile (PRAIDA) helped 1,174 asylum seekers in July 2017 compared to the 180 people during the previous year. Montreal had to repurpose its Olympic Stadium to house the immigrants.
Public opinion
A 2007 poll conducted for Citizenship and Immigration Canada of 1,200 telephone interviews of adult Canadians gathered feedback on positive and negative opinions regarding immigrants settled in Canada. Among residents, most believed that only individuals who migrate legally should be allowed to remain. Two thirds of Canadians wanted any illegal resident of Canada to be deported. In 2007, in Quebec that statistic reached a level of 70% whereby individuals stated that "reasonable accommodations" should be made for illegal immigrants rather than simply deporting them.
In 2018, an Angus Reid Institute poll, found that two thirds (67%) of those polled think that the situation constitutes a "crisis" and that Canada's "ability to handle the situation is at a limit." Fifty-six per cent of respondents who voted Liberal in the 2015 election and 55% of NDP supporters agreed that the matter had reached a crisis level, and 87% of respondents who voted for the Conservatives in the last election called it a crisis. Six in ten respondents also told the firm that Canada is "too generous" toward would-be refugees, a spike of 5% since the question had been asked a year earlier.
References
Immigration to Canada
Canada
Law of Canada | wiki |
Most placeable candidate (MPC) is a term used by the recruiting industry to describe a candidate that the recruiter is willing to represent into a market because the recruiter believes they can place the candidate with a company.
References
Recruitment | wiki |
Pressure drop (often abbreviated as "dP" or "ΔP") is defined as the difference in total pressure between two points of a fluid carrying network. A pressure drop occurs when frictional forces, caused by the resistance to flow, act on a fluid as it flows through a conduit (such as a channel, pipe, or tube). This friction converts some of the fluid’s hydraulic energy to thermal energy (i.e., internal energy). Since the thermal energy cannot be converted back to hydraulic energy, the fluid experiences a drop in pressure, as is required by conservation of energy.
The main determinants of resistance to fluid flow are fluid velocity through the pipe and fluid viscosity. Pressure drop increases proportionally to the frictional shear forces within the piping network. A piping network containing a high relative roughness rating as well as many pipe fittings and joints, tube convergence, divergence, turns, surface roughness, and other physical properties will affect the pressure drop. High flow velocities or high fluid viscosities result in a larger pressure drop across a pipe section, valve, or elbow joint. Low velocity will result in less (or no) pressure drop. The fluid may also be biphasic as in pneumatic conveying with a gas and a solid; in this case, the friction of the solid must also be taken into consideration for calculating the pressure drop.
Applications
Fluid in a system will always flow from a region of higher pressure to a region of lower pressure, assuming it has a path to do so. All things being equal, a higher pressure drop will lead to a higher flow (except in cases of choked flow).
The pressure drop of a given system will determine the amount of energy needed to convey fluid though that system. For example, a larger pump could be required to move a set amount of water through smaller-diameter pipes (with higher velocity and thus higher pressure drop) as compared to a system with larger-diameter pipes (with lower velocity and thus lower pressure drop).
Calculation of pressure drop
Pressure drop is related inversely to pipe diameter to the fifth power. For example, halving a pipe's diameter would increase the pressure drop by a factor of (e.g. from 2 psi to 64 psi), assuming no change in flow.
Pressure drop in piping is directly proportional to the length of the piping—for example, a pipe with twice the length will have twice the pressure drop, given the same flow rate. Piping fittings (such as elbow and tee joints) generally lead to greater pressure drop than straight pipe. As such, a number of correlations have been developed to calculate equivalent length of fittings.
Certain valves are provided with an associated flow coefficient, commonly known as or . The flow coefficient relates pressure drop, flow rate, and specific gravity for a given valve.
Many empirical calculations exist for calculation of pressure drop, including:
Darcy–Weisbach equation, to calculate pressure drop in a pipe
Hagen–Poiseuille equation
See also
ΔP
head loss
References
External links
Mechanics
Fluid dynamics | wiki |
Illegal immigration to Brazil is the entry in Brazil of foreign nationals without government permission, and in violation of the Brazilian immigration laws.
As the country's economy improves it has found itself a magnet for illegal immigration. Many illegal immigrants have arrived particularly from Haiti and Bolivia.
Brazil often creates special legalization procedures for immigrant groups who become too numerous and would not otherwise qualify for immigration. As of 2022, Brazil allows practically unrestricted immigration for nationals of all South American countries, Afghanistan, Haiti, Syria and Ukraine, for nationals of Cuba who participated in a medical training program in Brazil, and for nationals of the Dominican Republic and Senegal who claim refugee status (without analyzing the refugee claim).
See also
Immigration to Brazil
Visa policy of Brazil
References
Immigration to Brazil
Brazil
Brazilian immigration law
Brazil | wiki |
The year 1814 in archaeology involved some significant events.
Explorations
Stamford Raffles becomes the first European to explore Borobudur in Central Java.
Excavations
Colosseum, Rome: The arena substructure is partly excavated during 1810-1814.
Finds
Kritonios Crown is found in Armento, Italy.
Publications
Births
23 January: Alexander Cunningham, father of the Archaeological Survey of India (d. 1893)
2 September: Ernst Curtius, conducted archaeological research in the late 19th century; primarily interested in Greek archaeology (d. 1896)
Deaths
References
See also
Roman Forum - excavations.
Archaeology
Archaeology by year
Archaeology
Archaeology | wiki |
Jiv or JIV may refer to:
JIV, abbreviation for Journal of Interpersonal Violence,
jiv, the ISO 639-3 code for the Shuar language
jīv, the Sanskrit verb-root giving rise to Jiva, a living being, in Hinduism and Jainism | wiki |
Donald Duck is the name of a brand of frozen and refrigerated orange juice by the Florida's Natural Growers agricultural cooperative, which was known as Citrus World from 1969 to 1998, and before that as the Florida Citrus Canners Cooperative. The brand was introduced in 1940 and is the cooperative's oldest brand. Donald Duck, one of Walt Disney's cartoon and comic book characters, is the mascot for the brand. He appears on the packaging and marketing, and in its advertising. For many years Donald Duck also appeared on the juice plant's water storage tank in Lake Wales, until 1998, when the cooperative decided to remove the Donald Duck logo as part of its name change and rebranding.
Legal issues
In 1987 the brand was the subject of a lawsuit between Citrus World and its rival Tropicana Products, which alleged that the Donald Duck "Fresh 'N Natural" brand was being marketed deceptively as fresh squeezed juice when it was actually made from concentrate.
References
External links
Disney-branded juice drinks website
Products introduced in 1940
American brands
Juice brands
Donald Duck
1940 establishments in Florida | wiki |
A photo finish is a photo or video taken at the finish line of a sporting race when multiple competitors cross the finishing line at nearly the same time.
Photo finish may also refer to:
Photo-Finish, the seventh studio album by Irish musician Rory Gallagher
Photo Finish (novel), a detective novel by Ngaio Marsh
Photo Finish (film), a 1965 Australian film
Photo Finish Records, an independent record label located in New York City, United States
Photo Finish (Prison Break episode), an episode of Prison Break, an American serial drama television series
Photo Finish (My Little Pony), a character of the My Little Pony franchise
Photo Finish (play), a play by Peter Ustinov
Photo finishing, the chemical means by which photographic film and paper are treated after photographic exposure to produce a negative or positive image
"Photo Finish", an episode of Dexter's Laboratory | wiki |
WWE 2K14 è un videogioco di wrestling del 2013, sviluppato da Yuke's e Visual Concepts e pubblicato da 2K Sports per PlayStation 3 e Xbox 360. È il primo gioco della WWE ad essere pubblicato da 2K Sports, la quale ha ottenuto la licenza dalla THQ dopo il fallimento di quest'ultima nel gennaio del 2013.
Modalità di gioco
2K ha dichiarato tramite il sito di WWE 2K14 che il gameplay è stato completamente rinnovato. Infatti i match saranno più realistici, saranno aggiunte animazioni durante il match, nuovi OMG! Moments (big boot alla testa dell'avversario contro il paletto all'esterno del ring, DDT sull'apron, la possibilità di eseguire la propria finisher - Attitude Adjustment, Shell Shocked e Chokeslam - su due avversari contemporaneamente); ci saranno le Catapult Finisher che si potranno eseguire conservando una mossa finale, dopo aver lanciato l'avversario contro le corde, lo si prenderà e lo si catapulterà in aria. Dopo aver fatto ciò, sarà possibile eseguire la propria finisher in mid-air, solo se il wrestler selezionato ce l'ha nel move-set. L'intero sistema di movimento (camminare, correre, trascinare l'avversario) è stato revisionato e rianimato per dare al gioco più fluidità, il movimento delle superstar è stato velocizzato. Migliorato anche il sistema di inversione di una mossa che ora permette a chi inverte di fare una mossa automaticamente. Sono anche stati introdotti dei nuovi Comeback e nuove mosse. Ora è anche possibile avere delle mosse speciali e finali con l'avversario appoggiato alle corde, come la Silver Spoon DDT di Randy Orton e lo Springboard European Uppercut di Antonio Cesaro. Adesso l'abilità Determinazione si potrà usare anche durante le sottomissioni Breaking Point, inoltre dopo una signature o una finisher l'avversario rimarrà steso a terra senza muoversi.
30 Years of Wrestlemania Mode
La 2K annuncia il 12 agosto la 30 Years of WrestleMania Mode, che, come l'Attitude Era Mode e sostituendo la stessa, permetterà di rigiocare 46 match mandati in scena nel corso delle 29 Wrestlemania disputate, come il match fra Hulk Hogan e André The Giant in quel di WrestleMania III, quello tra Hollywood Hogan e The Rock a WrestleMania X8, o i più recenti The Rock vs John Cena e Triple H vs Undertaker a WrestleMania XXVIII. Saranno quindi disponibili nel gioco tutte le arene del PPV più importante dell'anno, da WrestleMania I a WrestleMania 29. L'intero Roster della modalità 30 Years of WrestleMania è stato rivelato ai SummerSlam Axxess del PPV SummerSlam 2013. Il Trailer della modalità ha rivelato alcuni dei personaggi e match presenti. Come nell'Attitude Era Mode in WWE '13 anche la 30 Years of WrestleMania Mode è divisa in capitoli: Hulkamania Runs Wild, A New Generation, The Attitude Era, Ruthless Aggression e The Universe Era. La lista completa dei match ufficiali è stata rivelata nella terza settimana di settembre.
Match presenti nella modalità
Hulkamania Runs Wild
La lista dei match di questo capitolo è stata rivelata lunedì 16 settembre.
WrestleMania I : André the Giant vs. Big John Studd
WrestleMania II : Hulk Hogan vs. King Kong Bundy
WrestleMania III : Ricky Steamboat vs. Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan vs. André the Giant
WrestleMania IV : Randy Savage vs. Ted DiBiase
WrestleMania V : Hulk Hogan vs. Macho Man Randy Savage
WrestleMania VI : The Ultimate Warrior vs. Hulk Hogan
WrestleMania VII : Hulk Hogan vs. Sgt. Slaughter
WrestleMania VIII : Macho Man Randy Savage vs. Ric Flair
WrestleMania IX : Yokozuna vs. Bret "Hitman" Hart
A New Generation
La lista dei match di questo capitolo è stata rivelata martedì 17 settembre.
WrestleMania X : Razor Ramon vs. Shawn Michaels, Yokozuna vs. Bret "Hitman" Hart
WrestleMania XI : The Undertaker vs. King Kong Bundy, Diesel vs. Shawn Michaels
WrestleMania XII : The Undertaker vs. Diesel, Shawn Michaels vs. Bret "Hitman" Hart
WrestleMania 13 : Bret "Hitman" Hart vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin
The Attitude Era
La lista dei match di questo capitolo è stata rivelata mercoledì 18 settembre.
WrestleMania XIV : The Undertaker vs. Kane
WrestleMania XV : Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Rock
WrestleMania 2000 : Triple H vs. The Rock vs. Mick Foley vs. The Big Show
WrestleMania X-Seven : Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. The Rock
Ruthless Aggression
La lista dei match di questo capitolo è stata rivelata giovedì 19 settembre.
WrestleMania X8 : The Rock vs. Hollywood Hulk Hogan, Triple H vs. Chris Jericho
WrestleMania XIX : Shawn Michaels vs. Chris Jericho, The Rock vs. Stone Cold Steve Austin
WrestleMania XX : John Cena vs. The Big Show, Goldberg vs. Brock Lesnar
WrestleMania 21 : John Cena vs. John "Bradshaw" Layfield
WrestleMania 22 : Edge vs. Mick Foley
WrestleMania 23 : The Undertaker vs. Batista, John Cena vs. Shawn Michaels
WrestleMania 24: Shawn Michaels vs. Ric Flair, Randy Orton vs. Triple H vs. John Cena
The Universe Era
La lista dei match di questo capitolo è stata rivelata venerdì 20 settembre.
WrestleMania XXV: Edge vs John Cena vs The Big Show; Triple H vs Randy Orton
WrestleMania XXVI: Chris Jericho vs Edge, Batista vs John Cena; The Undertaker vs Shawn Michaels
WrestleMania XXVII: Edge vs Alberto Del Rio; The Miz vs John Cena
WrestleMania XXVIII: The Undertaker vs Triple H; CM Punk vs Chris Jericho; The Rock vs John Cena
WrestleMania 29: CM Punk vs The Undertaker; Brock Lesnar vs Triple H; John Cena vs The Rock;
The Streak Mode
Grazie al WWE Magazine si scopre la presenza della Modalità Streak. Nella quale è possibile scegliere tra due modalità di gioco:
Defend the Streak: si userà Undertaker per difendere la Streak in un Slobber Knocker Match contro varie superstar, per ogni vittoria verrà assegnato un punto e alla fine della partita il punteggio verrà inserito nella classifica;
Defeat the Streak: con una superstar a scelta si dovrà combattere contro Undertaker e cercare di interrompere la Streak.
Modalità Crea
Il gioco presenta ancora una volta la modalità crea, in cui il giocatore può creare la propria superstar o diva, finisher, trama, set di mosse e arena e ricolorare il costume di una superstar (Superstar Threads). La modalità Create-A-Superstar è stata ampliata con l'aggiunta delle Superstar Heads, ovvero i modelli di 14 Superstar (tra cui Paul Heyman e Roddy Piper) personalizzabili a proprio piacimento (eccetto la testa) avendo anche la possibilità di usarli come costume alternativo per la superstar corrispondente. È stato ampliato anche il Superstar Threads che ora permette la modifica delle tenute d'entrata. Il numero di slot per la creazione dei personaggi è stato ampliato arrivando a un totale di 100 slot. È stata reintrodotta anche la modalità Create-A-Championship nella quale il giocatore può modificare una cintura già esistente o crearne una da zero con la possibilità di aggiungere anche loghi creati. La modalità Create-An-Arena è stata ancora ampliata con l'aggiunta delle dimensioni dell'arena e gli effetti dello schermo delle arene attuali e classiche.
Obiettivi e Trofei
Il 13 settembre trapelano delle informazioni riguardanti gli obiettivi e i trofei del gioco.
Marchio della TEEN
WWE 2K14 avrà il simbolo della TEEN, secondo quanto stabilito dalla Entertainment Software Rating Board. A catalogare il gioco in questo rating sono stati il sangue, il linguaggio, l'uso di alcool, la violenza e le tematiche trattate. Tra gli elementi più importanti oltre alla violenza fisica degli scontri tra i wrestler, abbiamo l'uso di oggetti come martelli, sedie e tavoli, il sangue, i vestiti succinti di alcune divas, il comportamento provocante delle stesse in alcune occasioni, l'uso di alcolici da parte di alcuni personaggi, con addirittura l'utilizzo di un camion di birra per irrorare di alcolici altri personaggi. In un video clip è inoltre possibile leggere la parola "shit" in un cartello di un fan e alcuni wrestler che mostrano il dito medio; perciò il videogioco è vietato ai minori di 13 anni.
Roster
Il 24 giugno 2013, tramite il trailer pubblicato, sono stati confermati alcuni personaggi dell'era corrente e del passato. Il 15 luglio viene annunciato ufficialmente da 2K che Ultimate Warrior sarà il pre-order bonus. Nel trailer di Ultimate Warrior sono stati rivelati anche altri dettagli come Howard Finkel come ring announcer, l'arena di WrestleMania VI, la vecchia tenuta da arbitro (camicia azzurra con un fiocco nero), un fan con la maglietta di Roddy Piper e di André The Giant. John "Bradshaw" Layfield tramite il suo account twitter ha annunciato di essere presente nel gioco, dopo aver scalato il Monte Bianco. Inoltre il sito ufficiale del gioco ha ufficializzato la presenza di JBL nella sezione ROSTER. L'intero Roster della modalità 30 Years of WrestleMania è stato rivelato ai SummerSlam Axxess del PPV SummerSlam 2013. Dopo il coming out di Darren Young la compagnia si congratula con lui e lo inserisce ufficialmente nel roster di WWE 2K14. Stephanie McMahon ha confermato in un'intervista di essere presente nel gioco. Nel livestream del gameplay del gioco vengono confermati Daniel Bryan e Rey Mysterio. Nel Trailer della modalità 30 Years of WrestleMania vengono rivelati anche Bobby Heenan, Lita e Miss Elizabeth. Il 22 agosto, al Gamescom, Antonio Cesaro promuove il videogioco e annuncia se stesso come personaggio giocabile, poi il sito ufficiale conferma la sua presenza in WWE 2K14 e pubblica degli screenshots. Quando sono trapelati gli Obbiettivi/Trofei del gioco nelle immagini di alcuni di questi erano presenti Jack Swagger, Dean Ambrose e Kofi Kingston. Il roster completo è stato rivelato nella puntata di Raw del 23 settembre, esclusi i DLC. Paul Bearer viene confermato con l'entrata di Kane (Retro). Mr. Perfect viene confermato come manager grazie all'entrata di Ric Flair. Mr. Fuji viene confermato con l'entrata di Yokozuna. Paul Heyman viene confermato con l'entrata di Brock Lesnar.
Tag team e stable
The Real Americans: Jack Swagger e Antonio Cesaro
The Prime Time Players: Darren Young e Titus O'Neil
3MB: Heath Slater, Jinder Mahal e Drew McIntyre
The Shield: Dean Ambrose, Roman Reigns e Seth Rollins
Tons of Funk: Brodus Clay e Tensai
Team Cobro: Santino Marella e Zack Ryder
Rey Mysterio e Sin Cara
Shawn Michaels e Kevin Nash
The Million Dollar Corporation: André the Giant, Ted DiBiase e King Kong Bundy
Campioni nel gioco
WWE Champion: John Cena
World Heavyweight Champion: Alberto Del Rio
WWE Intercontinental Champion: Wade Barrett
WWE United States Champion: Dean Ambrose
WWE Tag Team Champions: Roman Reigns & Seth Rollins
WWE Divas Champion: AJ Lee
Internet Champion: Zack Ryder
Arene
Raw
SmackDown
Main Event
Superstars
NXT
Elimination Chamber
Extreme Rules
Hell in a Cell
Money in the Bank
Night of Champions
No Way Out
Over the Limit
Royal Rumble
SummerSlam
Survivor Series
TLC: Tables, Ladders & Chairs
WrestleMania I
WrestleMania 2
WrestleMania III
WrestleMania IV
WrestleMania V
WrestleMania VI
WrestleMania VII
WrestleMania VIII
WrestleMania IX
WrestleMania X
WrestleMania XI
WrestleMania XII
WrestleMania 13
WrestleMania XIV
WrestleMania XV
WrestleMania 2000
WrestleMania X-Seven
WrestleMania X8
WrestleMania XIX
WrestleMania XX
WrestleMania 21
WrestleMania 22
WrestleMania 23
WrestleMania XXIV
WrestleMania XXV
WrestleMania XXVI
WrestleMania XXVII
WrestleMania XXVIII
WrestleMania 29
Titoli
WWE Championship
World Heavyweight Championship
WWE Championship '05-'13
WWE Undisputed Championship
WWE Championship '98-'02
WWE Championship '88-'98
World Heavyweight Championship '87
World Heavyweight Championship '86
WCW World Heavyweight Championship '91-'93
ECW World Heavyweight Championship '94-'01
ECW World Television Championship
AWA Classic World Heavyweight Championship
WWE Championship (The Miz)
WWE Championship (Edge)
WWE Championship (Brahma Bull)
WWE Heavyweight Championship (Smoking Skull)
World Heavyweight Championship (NWO)
Intercontinental Championship
United States Championship
WWE Light Heavyweight Championship
WWE Cruiserweight Championship
WWE Intercontinental Championship '87
WWE Intercontinental Championship '90
WWE Intercontinental Championship '94
WWE Intercontinental Championship '98-'11
WWE European Championship
WWE United States Championship (Cena)
WWE Tag Team Championship
Divas Championship
WWE Tag Team Championship '02-'10
World Tag Team Championship '98-'02
World Tag Team Championship '02-'10
ECW World Tag Team Championship
WCW World Tag Team Championship
NXT Tag Team Championship
WWE Intercontinental Championship
Hardcore Championship
Internet Championship
NXT Championship
Million Dollar Championship
Women's Championship
WCW United States Championship
WCW Cruiserweight Championship
WCW Hardcore Championship
ECW Championship '08-'10
World Tag Team Championship '85-'98
Tipi di Match
Commento
Al SummerSlam Axxess sel 17 agosto Jim Ross e Jerry Lawler hanno confermato che saranno al tavolo di commento della modalità 30 Years of Wrestlemania, mentre nei normali match saranno Jerry Lawler e Michael Cole.
Manager giocabile (Glitch)
Non si sa se sia un glitch, ma è possibile utilizzare un manager come superstar giocabile nell'1 vs.1. Per fare questo glitch bisogna eseguire alcuni passi:
Andare in modalità esibizione e mettere il tipo di incontro 1 vs. 1 Normale o Tag Team Normale
Selezionarsi come primo giocatore nella prima casella
Selezionare qualsiasi superstar
Scegliere come avversario The Miz, arrivare alla schermata di selezione tenuta
Annullare tutto premendo B (per Xbox 360) e arrivare ad annullare anche la superstar selezionata prima
Ora cambiare personaggio e mettere The Miz
Accettare tutto
Ora uscirà come avversario Mr. Fuji (manager), ma saranno disponibili anche gli altri manager (Paul Heyman; Bobby Heenan; ecc...)
Questo è se si vuole affrontare un manager, invece se si vuole essere il manager bisogna andare avanti con questo tutorial
Se si vuole lottare come manager bisogna annullare tutto fino ad arrivare a seleziona lato; ora vi mettete nel lato opposto (a destra)
Ecco che siete il manager e potete affrontare tutte le altre superstar (non potete lottare contro altri manager)
Special Edition
La WWE ha annunciato la Special Edition di WWE 2K14 e quest'anno sarà dedicata a Undertaker: la Phenom Edition. Conterrà al suo interno:
Esclusiva confezione metallica a forma di bara
Esclusiva cartolina autografata da Undertaker
Esclusivo personaggio giocabile Undertaker "American Badass"
Esclusivo adesivo per controller personalizzato Undertaker
DVD/Blu-ray WWE Undertaker - The Streak
Accesso all'offerta WWE 2K14: Ultimate Warrior personaggio giocabile
Copia del videogioco WWE 2K14
Note
Collegamenti esterni | wiki |
Enchanted may refer to:
Film
Enchanted (film), a 2007 Disney film
Okouzlená or Enchanted, a 1942 Czech film
Enchanted, a 1998 film featuring David Kaufman
Literature
The Enchanted (play), a 1950 English play by Maurice Valency
Enchanted, a comics series by Serena Valentino
Music
Enchanted (Marc Almond album)
Enchanted (Stevie Nicks album), a boxed set by Stevie Nicks
Enchanted (soundtrack), the soundtrack album from the 2007 Disney film
"Enchanted" (The Platters song) (1959)
"Enchanted" (Taylor Swift song) (2010)
"Enchanted", a 1997 song by Delerium from Karma
"Enchanted", a 2007 song by Patrick Wolf from The Magic Position
Enchanted, a 2013 album by Emma Stevens
Other uses
Enchanted (video game), a 2007 Nintendo DS game based on the Disney film
See also
Ciudad Encantada (Spanish for 'Enchanted City'), a geological site near the city of Cuenca, Castile-La Mancha, Spain
Enchant (disambiguation)
Enchanted forest
Enchanter (disambiguation)
Enchantment (disambiguation)
Enchantress (disambiguation) | wiki |
Bulbophyllum dischidiifolium é uma espécie de orquídea (família Orchidaceae) pertencente ao gênero Bulbophyllum. Foi descrita por Johannes Jacobus Smith em 1909.
Ligações externas
The Bulbophyllum-Checklist
The internet Orchid species Photo Encyclopedia
Plantas descritas em 1909
Bulbophyllum | wiki |
A case presentation is a formal communication between health care professionals such as doctors and nurses regarding a patient's clinical information.
Essential parts of a case presentation include:
Identification
Reason for consultation/admission
Chief complaints (CC) - what made patients seek medical attention.
History of present illness (HPI) - circumstances relating to chief complaints.
Past medical history (PMHx)
Past surgical history
Current medications
Allergies
Family history (FHx)
Social history (SocHx)
Physical examination (PE)
Laboratory results (Lab)
Other investigations (imaging, biopsy etc.)
Case summary and impression
Management plans
follow up in clinic or hospital
Adherence of the patient to treatment
success of the treatment or failure.
causes of success or failure.
References
Medical terminology | wiki |
The 2006 California wildfires were a series of wildfires that were active in the state of California during the year 2006. In total, there were 8,202 fires that burned of land.
Fires
Below is a list of all fires that exceeded during the 2006 fire season. The list is taken from CAL FIRE's list of large fires.
References
California, 2006
Wildfires in California by year | wiki |
Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir is a 1998 memoir written by Lorna Luft, the daughter of singer-actress Judy Garland.
Overview
The book, which recounts her mother's life, Luft's life with Garland and dealing with life after her mother's death, was a New York Times best seller and published by Simon & Schuster.
Adaptation
The book was adapted into an Emmy Award-winning ABC miniseries, Life with Judy Garland: Me and My Shadows, which aired February 25 and 26, 2001 and later released on DVD. It starred Tammy Blanchard as the teenage Judy and Judy Davis as the adult Judy.
External links
Me and My Shadows: A Family Memoir at Simon & Schuster
New York Times article
1998 non-fiction books
American biographies
American memoirs
Memoirs adapted into films
Show business memoirs
Judy Garland | wiki |
Exchange to exchange (sometimes Exchange-to-exchange, abbreviated E2E) is integration, between certain pairs of computer systems. To qualify as E2E, each of the paired systems must have a primary use of acting as an exchange, or gateway, among its own customers.
A common example is a connection between stock brokerage firms' internal systems and systems of a stock market in which the broker trades. These connections are often facilitated by middleware services, such as object request brokers.
Each E2E partner system has a primary function to its own clients of allowing them to transfer information or conduct other transactions, This is a form of the business to business (B2B) commerce model, as each E2E partner is a B2B gateway for its clients, and in turn exchanges information with at least one other B2B gateway. The connection between the two B2B systems (exchanges) is then an exchange to exchange integration.
E2E is an alternative to direct application to application integration (A2A), though some A2A can be classified as E2E.
References
Systems engineering
Systems analysis
Interoperability | wiki |
Miracle Whip is a sauce condiment manufactured by Kraft Heinz and sold throughout the United States and Canada. It is also sold by Mondelēz International (formerly also Kraft Foods) as "Miracel Whip" throughout Germany. It was developed as a less expensive alternative to mayonnaise in 1933.
History
Premiering at the Century of Progress World's Fair in Chicago in 1933, Miracle Whip soon became a success as a condiment for fruits, vegetables, and salads. Its success was bolstered by Kraft's advertising campaign, which included sponsorship of a series of two-hour radio programs. At the end of its introductory period, Miracle Whip was outselling all mayonnaise brands.
According to Kraft archivist Becky Haglund Tousey, Kraft developed the product in-house, using a patented "emulsifying machine", invented by Charles Chapman, to create a product that blended mayonnaise and less expensive salad dressing, sometimes called "boiled dressing" and "salad dressing spread". The machine, dubbed "Miracle Whip" by Chapman, ensured that the ingredients, including more than 20 spices, were thoroughly blended.
Another story claims that Miracle Whip was invented in Salem, Illinois, at Max Crosset's Cafe, where it was called "Max Crossett's X-tra Fine Salad Dressing", and that Crosset sold it to Kraft Foods in 1931 for $300 (). While stating that Kraft did buy many salad dressings, Tousey disputes the claim that X-tra Fine was Miracle Whip.
Since 1972, Miracle Whip has been sold as Miracel Whip in Germany. It was formerly produced by Kraft Foods, and is now made by Mondelēz International, in Bad Fallingbostel.
Ingredients and nutrition
Miracle Whip is made from water, soybean oil, high-fructose corn syrup, vinegar, modified corn starch, eggs, salt, natural flavor, mustard flour, potassium sorbate, spice, and dried garlic. The original Miracle Whip is produced using less oil compared to traditional mayonnaise, thus has around half of the calories. Due to added corn syrup it is also sweeter compared to mayonnaise.
Advertising
Six Flags announced a new partnership with the Miracle Whip brand in 2009.
In the late 2000s and early 2010s, Miracle Whip attempted to appeal to younger audiences, with Miracle Whip advertising featuring prominently in the Electronic Arts video game Skate 3, including a dedicated trick, contest, and an achievement called Don't Be So Mayo.
Kraft paid Lady Gaga to include Miracle Whip in the music video for her song "Telephone". Television adverts described Miracle Whip as an alternative to "real boring" mayonnaise. Criticism by Stephen Colbert led to Miracle Whip buying ad time on his show, The Colbert Report, and attacking Colbert for being a "mayo lover". This also included publishing an open letter stating the attack was "raising hell, man". Eventually, this advertising was dropped.
In 2018, the town of Mayo, Florida, temporarily changed its name to Miracle Whip as a promotional stunt.
See also
Salad cream, a British creamy yellow condiment
References
External links
Kraft Foods brands
Mondelez International brands
Products introduced in 1933
Salad dressings
Brand name condiments
Canadian cuisine
Cuisine of Chicago
Condiments | wiki |
The governor of Cavite is the local chief executive of the Province of Cavite in the Philippines.
List of governors of Cavite
The following is the list of governors of Cavite from the creation of the politico-military province of Cavite in 1614 during the Spanish colonial era to the present Republic of the Philippines:
References
Governors of provinces of the Philippines | wiki |
A geostorm is a geomagnetic storm, a type of weather. Geo storm may also refer to:
Geo Storm, an automobile
Geostorm, a 2017 American disaster film
GunForce II, a 1994 Irem arcade game called Geo Storm in Japan.
See also
Geo (disambiguation)
Magnetic storm (disambiguation)
Storm (disambiguation)
StormGeo, a weather forecasting company | wiki |
Star Wraith 2 (2000–2002) is the second game in the Starwraith 3D Games series. It expanded on Star Wraith in several ways including better graphics, a training course for beginners, and more combat modes.
Star Wraith 2 has been discontinued. It was released as freeware to the public as a publicity stunt for its successor, Star Wraith III. It is now almost impossible to find the game since the release of Star Wraith III, Star Wraith IV and RiftSpace as freeware has made Star Wraith 2 completely obsolete.
2001 video games
Star Wraith
Video games developed in the United States
Windows games
Windows-only games | wiki |
Differently (Neil Young) (2002), lied van Neil Young
Differently (album van Cassie Davis) (2009), muziekalbum van Cassie Davis
Differently (lied van Cassie Davis) (2009), lied van Cassie Davis | wiki |
Hubba, hubba is a North American informal exclamation used to express approval, excitement, or enthusiasm, especially with regard to a person's appearance.
Hubba may also refer to:
Locations
Hubba Hubba Revue, a burlesque and variety show in San Francisco
Pat's Hubba Hubba, a restaurant in Port Chester, NY
Hubba Hideout, a famous skateboarding spot in San Francisco
Hubba are native to Illinois, Wisconsin, and Sir Lanka
Food
Hubba Bubba, a brand of bubble gum
People
Hubba Hubba, one of the characters from The Hoobs
Hubba, also known as Ubba, a ninth-century Viking
Other
A slang term for crack cocaine
A skateboarding term for a large concrete block used to do tricks on (originating with Hubba Hideout)
HubbaBubbas, Singaporean band
Hubba, a genus of spiders | wiki |
Health care license may refer to:
Medical license for physicians
Nurse license for nurses
Any other license for other health care providers, such as optometrists, pharmacists, dentists, clinical laboratory personnel, etc. | wiki |
Roving is a long and narrow bundle of fiber.
It may also refer to:
Roving bridge, also known as changeline bridge or turnover bridge, a bridge over a canal constructed to allow a horse towing a boat to cross the canal when the towpath changes sides
Roving Enterprises, Australian television production company
Roving reference, also called roaming reference, a library service model in which, instead of being positioned at a static reference desk, a librarian moves throughout the library to locate patrons with questions or concerns and offer them help in finding or using library resources
Roving wiretap, a wiretap that follows the surveillance target
See also
Roving Boy (1980–1983), American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse
Roving Crows, English folk fusion band
The Maid of Amsterdam, sea shanty also known as "A-Roving" | wiki |
Schmidt's Sausage Haus und Restaurant is a German restaurant in the German Village neighborhood of Columbus, Ohio. The business, in operation since 1886, is a contributing part of the German Village historic district, on the local and national registers of historic properties.
History
Schmidt's first operated as the J. Fred Schmidt Meat Packing House, opened in 1886.
In 1914, Schmidt's first operated a food stand at the Ohio State Fair, and returns to the fair each year. The business is the oldest concession stand at the state fair.
In 1965, J. Fred Schmidt's grandson George F. Schmidt closed the meatpacking plant. He opened the Schmidt's restaurant two years later nearby the original building, which has since been demolished and replaced with apartments.
In 2014, the restaurant's "Bahama Mama" sausage on a roll was voted as Columbus's official food, in a Columbus Dispatch contest for readers. 2,900 readers voted for the dish, 46 percent of the total. The restaurant's cream puffs are also highly regarded, though they have been served since the 1960s, while Schmidt's has been making sausages since the 1880s.
References
External links
1886 establishments in Ohio
Restaurants established in 1886
Culture of Columbus, Ohio
German restaurants in the United States
German-American culture in Ohio
Restaurants in Columbus, Ohio
German Village
Historic district contributing properties in Columbus, Ohio | wiki |
In mathematics, a topological semigroup is a semigroup that is simultaneously a topological space, and whose semigroup operation is continuous.
Every topological group is a topological semigroup.
See also
References
Topological algebra
Topological groups | wiki |
Factology is an attempt to document the author's life as completely as possible, sometimes in diary form, and sometimes in pictures or photographs. Some are associated with conceptual art.
Noted factologies
Buckminster Fuller: Dymaxion Chronofile
Janina Turek
Tehching Hsieh
Vivian Maier
Angelo Rizzuto
Memoirs | wiki |
An endangered language is a language that it is at risk of falling out of use, generally because it has few surviving speakers. If it loses all of its native speakers, it becomes an extinct language. UNESCO defines four levels of language endangerment between "safe" (not endangered) and "extinct":
Vulnerable
Definitely endangered
Severely endangered
Critically endangered
Languages
References
Brazil | wiki |
Want You Back may refer to:
"Want You Back" (5 Seconds of Summer song), 2018
"Want You Back" (Haim song), 2017
"Want You Back", a 2019 song by Grey featuring Léon
"Want You Back", a song by Tim McGraw on the 2015 album Damn Country Music
Other uses
"(Want You) Back in My Life Again", a 1981 song by the Carpenters
See also
"Want U Back", a 2012 song by Cher Lloyd
I Want You Back (disambiguation) | wiki |
Anita Christensen, (born October 29, 1972, in Randers, Denmark) is a world champion female professional boxer.
She posted a 19–2–0 record as an amateur boxer and was the 1998 Nordic 57-kg Women's Champion before turning professional.
On February 16, 2000, in Give, Denmark, Christensen won her pro debut with a 1st-round TKO over Veronica Szucz.
On January 17, 2004, in Aarhus, Denmark, Anita Christensen won a controversial ten round split (93-97 97-94 96-95) decision over Florida-based Ada Vélez to win the WIBA and WIBF Bantamweight titles. Christensen was knocked down in the eighth round, and Velez was the aggressor for much of the fight.
On June 17, 2005, in Aarhus, Denmark, Christensen returned from an 18-month layoff to win a unanimous six-round decision over Oksana Romanova. Christensen progressed to 16-0-0 (6 KO)
Anita Christensen is promoted and managed by Bettina Palle and trained by Brian Mathiasen.
External links
1972 births
Danish women boxers
Living people
People from Randers
21st-century Danish politicians | wiki |
Sad Day may refer to:
"Sad Day", a 1966 song by The Rolling Stones from "19th Nervous Breakdown"
"Sad Day", a 2019 song by FKA Twigs from Magdalene
"Sad Day", a song by Blancmange | wiki |
Shimao is a Neolithic archaeological site in Shaanxi, China.
Shimao may also refer to
Shimao, Chipwi, a village in northern Burma
Shimao Group, a property development company in Shanghai
Toshio Shimao (1917–1986), a Japanese novelist | wiki |
IWBF is an abbreviation for:
International Wheelchair Basketball Federation, governing body for wheelchair basketball
International Women's Boxing Federation, a sanctioning body for women's professional boxing, one of several including the WIBA, WIBF. | wiki |
The men's artistic gymnastics pommel horse competition at the 2019 European Games was held at the Minsk-Arena on 30 June 2019.
Qualification
The top six gymnasts with one per country advanced to the final.
Final
References
Men's pommel horse | wiki |
Trandolapril/verapamil (Tarka) is an oral antihypertensive medication that combines a slow release formulation of verapamil hydrochloride, a calcium channel blocker, and an immediate release formulation of trandolapril, an ACE inhibitor. The patent, held by Abbott Laboratories, expired on February 24, 2015.
This combination medication contains angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor and calcium channel blocker and is prescribed for high blood pressure.
References
External links
Combination drugs
Antihypertensive agents
AbbVie brands | wiki |
Amerikai Egyesült Államok
Duvall (Ohio)
Duvall (Washington)
Duvall (Wisconsin)
Nevek
Duvall, családnév | wiki |
Jack or Jackson Trengove is the name of two Australian rules footballers:
Jackson Trengove, (born 1990) was drafted in 2008 by Port Adelaide
Jack Trengove (footballer), (born 1991) was drafted in 2009 by Melbourne | wiki |
In the Silence is the second studio album of Icelandic singer-songwriter Ásgeir (known name Ásgeir Trausti, full name Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson) and is his first all-English album.
The album includes the same tracklist as his highly successful debut album Dýrð í dauðaþögn in the Icelandic language, but with translated or new English-language lyrics by John Grant (from original lyrics in Icelandic by Einar Georg Einarsson, Ásgeir's father).
The album has charted in Belgium and the Netherlands and the debut single, "Going Home", has charted in France.
Track listing
Bonus tracks
Charts
Year-end charts
References
2013 albums
Ásgeir Trausti albums | wiki |
The missing dollar riddle is a famous riddle that involves an informal fallacy. It dates to at least the 1930s, although similar puzzles are much older.
Statement
Although the wording and specifics can vary, the puzzle runs along these lines:
Three guests check into a hotel room. The manager says the bill is $30, so each guest pays $10. Later the manager realizes the bill should only have been $25. To rectify this, he gives the bellhop $5 as five one-dollar bills to return to the guests.
On the way to the guests' room to refund the money, the bellhop realizes that he cannot equally divide the five one-dollar bills among the three guests. As the guests are not aware of the total of the revised bill, the bellhop decides to just give each guest $1 back and keep $2 as a tip for himself, and proceeds to do so.
As each guest got $1 back, each guest only paid $9, bringing the total paid to $27. The bellhop kept $2, which when added to the $27, comes to $29. So if the guests originally handed over $30, what happened to the remaining $1?
There seems to be a discrepancy, as there cannot be two answers ($29 and $30) to the math problem. On the one hand it is true that the $25 in the register, the $3 returned to the guests, and the $2 kept by the bellhop add up to $30, but on the other hand, the $27 paid by the guests and the $2 kept by the bellhop add up to only $29.
Solution
The misdirection in this riddle is in the second half of the description, where unrelated amounts are added together and the person to whom the riddle is posed assumes those amounts should add up to 30, and is then surprised when they do not — there is, in fact, no reason why the (10 − 1) × 3 + 2 = 29 sum should add up to 30.
The exact sum mentioned in the riddle is computed as:
SUM = $9 (payment by Guest 1) +
$9 (payment by Guest 2) +
$9 (payment by Guest 3) +
$2 (money in bellhop's pocket)
The trick here is to realize that this is not a sum of the money that the three people paid originally, as that would need to include the money the clerk has ($25). This is instead a sum of a smaller amount the people could have paid ($9 × 3 people = $27), added with the additional money that the clerk would not have needed had they paid that smaller amount ($27 paid - $25 actual cost = $2). Another way to say this is, the $27 already includes the bellhop's tip. To add the $2 to the $27 would be to double-count it. So, the three guests' cost of the room, including the bellhop's tip, is $27. Each of the 3 guests has $1 in his pocket, totaling $3. When added to the $27 revised cost of the room (including tip to the bellhop), the total is $30.
To obtain a sum that totals to the original $30, every dollar must be accounted for, regardless of its location.
Thus, the sensible sum can be expressed in this manner:
$30 = $1 (inside Guest pocket) +
$1 (inside Guest pocket) +
$1 (inside Guest pocket) +
$2 (inside bellhop's pocket) +
$25 (hotel cash register)
This sum does indeed come out to $30.
To further illustrate why the riddle's sum does not relate to the actual sum, the riddle can be altered so that the discount on the room is extremely large. Consider the riddle in this form:
Three people check into a hotel room. The clerk says the bill is $30, so each guest pays $10. Later the clerk realizes the bill should only be $10. To rectify this, he gives the bellhop $20 to return to the guests. On the way to the room, the bellhop realizes that he cannot divide the money equally. As the guests didn't know the total of the revised bill, the bellhop decides to just give each guest $6 and keep $2 as a tip for himself. Each guest got $6 back: so now each guest only paid $4; bringing the total paid to $12. The bellhop has $2. And $12 + $2 = $14 so, if the guests originally handed over $30, what happened to the remaining $16?
Now it is more obvious that the question is quite unreasonable. One cannot simply add a couple of payments together and expect them to total an original amount of circulated cash.
More economically, money is accounted by summing together all paid amounts (liabilities) with all money in one's possession (assets). That abstract formula holds regardless of the relative perspectives of the actors in this exchange.
The guests of the hotel paid $27, but also have $3 among their pockets at the story's end. Their assets are $3, and their liabilities are $27 ($30 = 27 + 3). Thus, the original total is accounted for.
From the perspective of the hotel clerk, the hotel has $25 in assets and lost $5 in liabilities ($30 = 25 + 5).
From the perspective of the bellhop, his assets are $2, and his liabilities are $3 to guests and $25 to the register at the desk ($30 = 2 + 3 + 25).
To illustrate the issue through equations:
1) 10 + 10 + 10 = 30
2) 10 + 10 + 10 = 25 + 2 + 3
3) 10 + 10 + 10 - 3 = 25 + 2 + 3 - 3 (adding -3 to both sides of the equation to cancel out the +3 on the right side)
4) 10 - 1 + 10 - 1 + 10 - 1 = 25 + 2
5) 9 + 9 + 9 = 25 + 2 (obs: tip to bellhop has already been paid)
6) 27 = 27
How the riddle is deceptive comes in line 7:
7) 9 + 9 + 9 = 25 + 2
8) 9 + 9 + 9 + 2 ≠ 25 (pushing +2 to the other side without inverting the sign)
9) 27 + 2 ≠ 25
10) 29 ≠ 25
How it should be:
7) 9 + 9 + 9 = 25 + 2
8) 9 + 9 + 9 -2 = 25 + 2 -2 (adding -2 to both sides of the equation to cancel the +2 on the right side, which means the bellhop returned the tip or gave a discount of $2)
9) 9 + 9 + 9 - 2 = 25
10) 27 - 2 = 25
11) 25 = 25
The puzzle should subtract the bellhop's tip from the $27 rather than add it.
History
There are many variants of the puzzle. Professor David Singmaster's Chronology of Recreational Mathematics suggests these type of mathematical misdirection puzzles descended from a problem in an 18th-century arithmetic book, Francis Walkingame's Tutor's Assistant which was published, and republished, from 1751 to 1860 where it appeared on page 185, prob. 116 in this form, "If 48 taken from 120 leaves 72, and 72 taken from 91 leaves 19, and 7 taken from thence leaves 12, what number is that, out of which, when you have taken 48, 72, 19, and 7, leaves 12?" Singmaster adds, "Though this is not the same as the withdrawal problems below, the mixing of amounts subtracted and remainders makes me think that this kind of problem may have been the basis of the later kind."
An 1880 misdirection is given as "Barthel sees two boxes at a jeweller's, priced at 100 and 200. He buys the cheaper one and takes it home, where he decides he really prefers the other. He returns to the jeweller and gives him the box back and says that the jeweller already has 100 from him, which together with the returned box, makes 200, which is the cost of the other box. The jeweller accepts this and gives Barthel the other box and Barthel goes on his way. Is this correct?"
A model more similar in style to the modern version was given by Cecil B. Read in his 1933 Mathematical Fallacies. His puzzle produces an extra dollar: A man puts $50 in the bank. Then on subsequent days he withdraws $20 leaving $30; then $15 leaving $15; then $9 leaving $6, and finally $6 leaving $0. But $30 + $15 + $6 = $51. Where did the extra dollar come from?
The actual solution to this riddle is to add correctly (correct time, correct person and correct location) from the bank point of view which in this case seems to be the problem:
First day: $30 in the bank + $20 owner already withdrew = $50
Second day: $15 in the bank + ($15 + $20 owner already withdrew) = $50
Third day: $6 in the bank + ($9 + $15 + $20 owner already withdrew) = $50
From the owner point of view the correct solution is this:
First day: $20 owner already withdrew + $30 in the bank = $50
Second day: $20 owner already withdrew + $15 owner already withdrew + $15 in the bank = $50
Third day: ($20 owner already withdrew + $15 owner already withdrew + $9 owner already withdrew) + $6 in the bank = $50
The solution appears very obvious if the owner withdraws every day only $10 from $50. To add up 40 + 30 + 20 + 10 using the same pattern from above would be too obviously wrong (result would be $100).
The answer to the question, "Where did the extra dollar come from?” can be found from consecutively adding the bank rest from three different days. This way is correct only if the money owner withdraws every day exact half of the money. Then it will add up. ($25 + $12.50 + $6.25) + $6.25 = $50
Another entry from 1933, R. M. Abraham's Diversions and Pastimes (still available in a Dover version) poses a slightly different approach with this problem from page 16 (problem 61). "A traveller returning to New York found that he had only a ten-dollar postal money order, and that his train fare was seven dollars. The ticket clerk refused to accept the money order, so the traveller went across the road to a pawn shop and pawned it for seven dollars. On his way back to the station he met a friend, who, to save the traveller the trouble of returning to redeem the money order, bought the pawn ticket from him for seven dollars. The traveller then bought his ticket and still had seven dollars when he got to New York. Who made the loss?" David Darling in his The Universal book of Mathematics, credits this as an earlier version of the three men in a hotel version above.
Even more similar is the English, The Black-Out Book by Evelyn August in 1939; What happened to the shilling?, pp. 82 & 213. Three girls each pay five shillings to share a room. The landlord refunds 5 shillings via the bellboy, who gives them each one and keeps two.
And one more from the same theme appears in an Abbott and Costello routine in which Abbott asks Costello for a fifty-dollar loan. Costello holds out forty dollars and says, "That's all I have." Abbott responds, "Fine, you can owe me the other ten."
The riddle is used by psychotherapist (Chris Langham) with his mathematician client (Paul Whitehouse) in episode 5 of the 2005 BBC comedy series Help.
A variation, also involving shillings and three men in a restaurant who are overcharged, appears in the third volume of Jennifer Worth's Call the Midwife books, Farewell to the East End (2009). There, repairman Fred poses it to the midwives of Nonnatus House.
See also
Missing square puzzle
References
External links
Snopes page: "Missing Dollar Puzzle"
Psychology Today
"Where is the Missing Dollar?"
Recreational mathematics
Logic puzzles
Informal fallacies
Riddles | wiki |
San Diego Hall of Fame may refer to:
Breitbard Hall of Fame, general sports hall of fame in San Diego, California
San Diego Chargers Hall of Fame, American football hall of fame of the local NFL franchise in San Diego, California
San Diego Padres Hall of Fame, baseball hall of fame of the local MLB franchise in San Diego, California
Aztec Hall of Fame, sports hall of fame of San Diego State University | wiki |
A Life Without Pain is a 2005 documentary film by Melody Gilbert about children who can't feel pain.
Plot synopsis
The film explores the daily lives of three children with Congenital insensitivity to pain, a rare genetic disorder shared by just a hundred people in the world. Three-year-old Gabby from Minnesota, 7-year-old Miriam from Norway and 10-year-old Jamilah from Germany have to be carefully guarded by their parents so they don't suffer serious, life-altering injuries.
Reception
The release of the film garnered widespread interest in the topic, and the character Gabby was featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2006.
References
External links
Official Website
2005 films
Documentary films about children with disability
American documentary films
2000s English-language films
2000s American films | wiki |
Jaylon Moore may refer to:
Jaylon Moore (offensive lineman) (born 1998), American football player
Jaylon Moore (wide receiver) (born 1997), American football player | wiki |
Rossair Charter was an air charter company based in Adelaide, Australia. In November 2013, it merged with Air South, another South Australia based charter company. In July 2018, the company was placed into voluntary administration.
History
The company was established in 1963. It was Australia's second oldest continually operating air transport company, the oldest being Qantas. On 1 June 2017 the company ceased operations after one of their aircraft on a training flight crashed in Renmark, South Australia. All 3 on board, including the company's Chief Pilot and a CASA Inspector, were killed. Following this incident the company continued non-flying operations until July 2018 when it was placed into voluntary administration.
Fleet
As of November 2013 the Rossair fleet consists of the following aircraft:
3 Cessna 441 Conquest II
2 Beechcraft 1900D
2 Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia
Incidents and accidents
On 25 January 1972, a Rossair Beechcraft V35A (registered VH-TYA) collided with a radio mast guy wire and subsequently crashed at Compressor Station 13 of the Moomba Natural Gas Pipeline, 65 miles south-east of Leigh Creek, South Australia. All four of the aircraft's occupants were killed.
On 1 February 1976, a Rossair Cessna 172 (registered VH-UGC) collided with a Piper PA-28 Cherokee on final approach to Parafield Airport. All four people on board the Rossair Cessna 172 and the sole occupant of the Piper PA-28 Cherokee were killed.
On 27 March 1976, a Rossair Cessna 180 (registered VH-TCU) suffered an in-flight breakup over the Adelaide suburb of Blackwood, killing the sole occupant.
On 30 May 2017, an accident with a Rossair Cessna 441 (registered VH-XMJ) that took off from Renmark Airport and crashed approximately 4 kilometres away killed all three occupants on board.
See also
List of defunct airlines of Australia
References
External links
Official website
Defunct airlines of Australia
Airlines established in 1963
Airlines disestablished in 2018
Defunct charter airlines
Regional Aviation Association of Australia
Airlines of South Australia
Australian companies established in 1963
Australian companies disestablished in 2018
Insolvent companies | wiki |
A Killer Among Us is a 1990 drama/thriller TV film directed by Peter Levin and starring Jasmine Guy and Anna Maria Horsford.
Plot
Theresa is one of the twelve jurors who have to decide about a case of assassination. She believes very strongly in the innocence of the young man, but cannot convince the others. During the discussions, she realizes that one member of the jury knows details that he could not know from the trial alone. Since no one believes her suspicions, she investigates on her own.
External links
1990 television films
1990 films
1990 drama films
Films directed by Peter Levin | wiki |
Laughter is an audible expression of merriment or amusement.
Laughter may also refer to:
Laughter (Ian Dury & The Blockheads album)
Laughter (The Mighty Lemon Drops album)
"Laughter", a 1994 song by James from the album Wah Wah
Laughter (1930 film), a 1930 film starring Fredric March
Laughter (2020 film), a Canadian film directed by Martin Laroche
Laughter (book), a 1900 collection of three essays by Henri Bergson
Laughter (novel), an Arabic novel by Ghalib Halasa
Laughter EP, a 2017 release by Tiny Vipers
See also
Laughter yoga, a technique that uses laughter exercises
Laughter in literature
Laughter Chilembe (born 1975), Zambian footballer
Laugh (disambiguation) and Laughing (disambiguation)
Giggle (disambiguation) and Snickers (disambiguation)
Chuckles (disambiguation)
Sylvia Laughter, American politician | wiki |
Jeopardy! is an American television quiz show created by Merv Griffin, in which contestants are presented with clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in the form of a question. Throughout its run, the show has regularly offered auditions for potential contestants, taking place in the Los Angeles area and occasionally in other locations throughout the United States. Unlike those of many other game shows, Jeopardy!s audition process involves passing a test of knowledge on a diversity of subjects, approximating the breadth of material encountered by contestants on the show. Since 2006, an online screener test is conducted annually.
Eligibility requirements
As with all television game shows, there are rules in place for who is allowed to appear as a contestant on Jeopardy! Competitors in the regular episodes must be 18 years of age or older; contestants in the College Championship must be full-time undergraduates without any previous bachelor's degree; competitors in the Teen Tournament must be between the ages of 13 and 17 years; and, in the past, contestants in Kids Week were between the ages of 10 and 12 years.
Those ineligible to compete on Jeopardy! include candidates for political offices, employees of Sony Pictures Entertainment and its subsidiaries (including the show's production company, Sony Pictures Television), distributor CBS Media Ventures, and television stations that broadcast Jeopardy! and/or its sister show, Wheel of Fortune, as well as family members, relatives, and acquaintances of such employees. Also excluded are individuals who have appeared as contestants on a different nationally broadcast game show of any format (including dating shows, relationship shows, and reality shows), within the past year, on three such shows within the past ten years, or on any episode of Jeopardy! itself (including Super Jeopardy!) produced since the current version debuted in 1984.
Historical practices
In the original version, prospective contestants could call the Jeopardy! office in New York to make a preliminary determination of eligibility and arrange an appointment to audition. Approximately 10 to 30 individuals would audition at the Jeopardy! office at once, the process lasting about an hour and a half, and usually involving a written test, a briefing, and a mock game. Contestants invited to play on the show were generally invited within six weeks of auditioning.
When the current version of Jeopardy! premiered in 1984, prospective contestants were given a 50-question written test, with 35 being a passing score. The original contestant tests were written by head writer Jules Minton, and were later written by the show's writers. Initially, 2 new contestant tests were compiled each year, and were given alternately; later, the tests were refreshed every six months to accommodate frequent repeat test takers. The makeup of the test was 15 academic questions, 10 lifestyle, 15 pop culture and 10 wordplay. Beginning in 1987, the number of pop culture questions was reduced to 5 and wordplay to 2. Those who passed the test at an audition were invited to play a mock game to evaluate their stage presence and colorfulness. Initially, all auditions took place in Southern California, and anyone could call to make an appointment to take the test; travelling contestant searches did not begin until after the second season of the show. Local affiliates airing the show sponsored regional contestant searches, paying for the travel expenses and accommodations of the contestant coordinators. Invitations to audition were awarded by postcard drawings and other types of contests.
A 10-question pre-test was first devised when contestant coordinators conducted a two-week East Coast search at Merv Griffin's Resorts Atlantic City hotel and casino. In order to test as many people as possible, hopefuls were invited to take the screener pre-test as often as once per day, and those with a passing score of 7 were invited to return to take the 50-question full test. The 2-week Atlantic City auditions were held annually in February while the show was owned by Griffin, and the 10-question screener is still in use at traveling open auditions.
Internet screenings
Periodically a series of screenings for potential contestants are conducted on the Internet through the official Jeopardy! web site.
During the online testing, a 50-question qualifying exam is administered to pre-registered applicants, who have 15 seconds to answer each question. and whatever has been typed into the answer bar at the end of 15 seconds is entered as the answer. Unlike on the show, test takers are instructed not to respond in the form of a question. Test takers do not receive their score.
A random selection of passers (generally understood to be those who get 35 or more questions correct) of this exam are later invited to participate in regional in-person auditions.
In-person audition process (regular play games)
Tryouts for regular play games are administered to groups of people at scheduled dates and times.
The first phase of the group audition process is divided into three parts.
A contestant coordinator gives an introductory talk reviewing the rules and particularities of the game and providing some guidelines regarding energy, volume, and timing for the applicants.
Fifty Jeopardy!-style clues in fifty different categories are displayed on the screen at the front of the room and read aloud, typically live in person by Sarah Whitcomb Foss or Jimmy McGuire, the current members of the show's Clue Crew (previously, Johnny Gilbert, the show's announcer, recorded the clues and they were played as recordings).
The contestant coordinators take the completed response sheets and grade them. Though some sources state that a score of 35 (70%) is passing, the contestant coordinators refuse to confirm or deny any passing score number.
This is followed by a mock Jeopardy! competition. A game board is presented, and potential contestants are placed in groups of three to play the game. The emphasis is not on scoring points, or even having correct responses (though phrasing in the form of a question is required here, like the show); the contestant coordinators know that they possess the knowledge to compete on the show, as they have already passed the test, and are looking for on-the-air-compatible qualities. Prospective contestants are encouraged to display energy and use a loud, confident voice. After playing a few clues, the contestant coordinators give each potential contestant a few minutes to talk about themselves. The coordinators request that they finish by telling what they would do with any money they won on Jeopardy!
After the end of the tryout, all prospective contestants who have taken the online test and the in-person test are placed into the pool and are eligible to be called to compete for the next eighteen months.
Jeopardy! Brain Bus
For Season 15 (1998–99), the show introduced a Winnebago recreational vehicle called the "Jeopardy! Brain Bus", measuring , which travels 12 times per year to conduct regional contestant searches throughout the United States and Canada. Those who impress the Brain Bus staff during the Brain Bus events and have passed the qualifying tests are invited to attend actual Jeopardy! auditions in California. The official Jeopardy! website used to feature a section devoted to the Brain Bus starting during Season 21 (2004–05); by Season 26 (2009–10), this section was taken down.
During the main events of the Brain Bus searches, known as "Pre-Test" events, attendees are given a 10-question version of the qualifying test; the number of attendees at this event may not exceed 1,000. Attendees who pass the test are invited back to attempt the full 50-question qualifier the next day. People who have passed the 50-question test move on to a final interview, during which show producers determine whether the contestant is someone by whom the TV audiences would be impressed. In addition to the "Pre-Test" events conducted there, Brain Bus searches also feature an event where individuals not wishing to compete for a chance to appear on Jeopardy! can play a "mock version" of the quiz show's game hosted by one or more members of the "Clue Crew", the program's team of roving correspondents; instead of cash, the attendees of this event play for various prizes, such as T-shirts, hats, mugs, water bottles, pens, and other merchandise related to the show. During the "mock Jeopardy!" events, the hosting Clue Crew members will occasionally interact with fans in attendance.
Episodes featuring children as contestants
Tryouts for Kids Week, Holiday Kids Week, and Back to School Week were slightly different in that the mock Jeopardy! game is played before the thirty-question test is given. During the mock game, coordinators sometimes opened up triple stumper questions to the other potential contestants. Potential contestants were called or notified by the station on which Jeopardy! airs in that particular market. Fifteen children who were between ten and twelve years old were chosen for each filming, along with one alternate.
Waiting period
The mandatory waiting period after taking the online contestant exam is one year, although this may be adjusted by the show's production team based on the test schedule. Prospective contestants who have completed an in-person test and interview remain in the contestant pool for 18 months, only after the expiration of which may they take the online test again and attend another in-person audition.
Auditions in the Art Fleming era
Tryouts for the original version were conducted somewhat differently. In a classroom-type arrangement, potential contestants wrote their questions to the answers held up by the contestant coordinator, who used cards which had previously actually been used on the show. While the exams were being scored, the staff explained that on any given day, the contestants who actually appear all scored the same number (or very nearly the same number) on this tryout. For the next day, the staff would select two new contestants who had scored a point or two higher than the winner that day, and so on day after day. This typically resulted in a pattern in which almost no contestant was able to win five days in a row (because she or he was subsequently competing with contestants who were probably better) – until the scores escalated to the point at which all three contestants had scored at or near the maximum possible score.
Potential contestants were told that if their score was not in the range that they were seeking that particular day, their names and information would be put into a contestant pool, and that — if they lived near New York — they might be called to come to the studio at any time in the next several months when their "number" came up (although it was made clear that this was unlikely due to the large number of contestants who had tried out).
References
External links
Official Jeopardy! Web site – Contestant FAQ
Audition Process
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