Is it lying that is subject, or is truth subjective?
Mercury is used in thermometers, barometers, manometers, sphygmomanometers, float valves, mercury switches, mercury relays, fluorescent lamps and other devices, though concerns about the element's toxicity have led to mercury thermometers and sphygmomanometers being largely phased out in clinical environments in favour of alternatives such as alcohol- or galinstan-filled glass thermometers and thermistor- or infrared-based electronic instruments. Likewise, mechanical pressure gauges and electronic strain gauge sensors have replaced mercury sphygmomanometers. Mercury remains in use in scientific research applications and in amalgam material for dental restoration in some locales. It is used in lighting: electricity passed through mercury vapor in a fluorescent lamp produces short-wave ultraviolet light which then causes the phosphor in the tube to fluoresce, making visible light.
When he was a teenager, Anthony Edwards studied ballet with his childhood friend Eric Stoltz in Santa Barbara, California, so that "they could meet girls."A friend of mine did this in college.
Did it work?
Did it work?When he was a teenager, Anthony Edwards studied ballet with his childhood friend Eric Stoltz in Santa Barbara, California, so that "they could meet girls."A friend of mine did this in college.
Indeed it did.
Indeed it did.Did it work?When he was a teenager, Anthony Edwards studied ballet with his childhood friend Eric Stoltz in Santa Barbara, California, so that "they could meet girls."A friend of mine did this in college.
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USS Colorado (BB-45) survived two kamikaze hits during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
The Yokosuka "Ohka" MXY7 was a specially designed flying bomb developed expressly for kamikaze attacks. "The Cockpit" an anime directed by Leiji Matsomoto actually features a section dedicated to one of these pilots.
The Japanese dubbed it the Ohka after the cherry blossom, a usual symbol for the ephemeral nature of a samurai's life.
The Americans dubbed it the Baka-bomb, from the Japanese word for "fool," believing that the pilots were poor dumb idiots tricked into operating the suicide devices by their Japanese superiors.
Danny DeVito is hella short.
Indeed it did.Did it work?When he was a teenager, Anthony Edwards studied ballet with his childhood friend Eric Stoltz in Santa Barbara, California, so that "they could meet girls."A friend of mine did this in college.
Taking French was less strenuous.
Danny DeVito is hella short.
As is Joe Pesci. And Glenn Danzig. All three are Italian-American and hilarious.
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... one of these is not like the other.Danny DeVito is hella short.As is Joe Pesci. And Glenn Danzig. All three are Italian-American and hilarious.
Yeah, you're right, you don't hear much about Joe Pesci these days.
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In Psych (2006), Timothy Omundson plays Carlton Lassiter, a detective who hates the local psychic. Coincidently, he appears in the "Are you psychic?" commercial in Starship Troopers (1997) only this time, he is the psychic.
AWESOME!
On this day, 57 years ago, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Now where's my jetpack?!?! These commutes are murder.
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Originally, Lola by the Kinks received backlash for its controversial lyrics. Talks of censorship began to arise, with some radio stations fading the track out before Lola's true gender was revealed. On 18 November 1970, the song was even banned in Australia because of "controversial subject matter." In a then-current Record Mirror article entitled "Sex Change Record: Kink Speaks", Ray Davies refused to tell Lola's true gender, saying, "It really doesn't matter what sex Lola is, I think she's alright."
Despite its subject matter, the BBC banned the track for a different reason. The original song recorded in stereo had the words Coca-Cola in the lyrics, but because of BBC Radio's policy against product placement, Ray Davies was forced to make a round-trip flight from New York to London and back—interrupting the band's American tour—to change those words to the generic "cherry cola" for the single release.
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Locomotive U-127 is a 4-6-0 steam locomotive of class U, preserved at the Museum of the Moscow Railway next to Paveletsky Rail Terminal in Moscow. Built in 1910, the locomotive was badly damaged during the Russian Civil War but restored in May 1923. The following year it hauled head of state Vladimir Lenin's funeral train from Gerasimovskaya to Paveletsky station. For the next 13 years it continued in passenger service, until it was withdrawn in 1937, restored, and preserved.
A fishwife, fish-f@g, or fishlass is a woman who sells fish. In this context, the word wife means woman rather than married woman. This usage stems from Old English wif (woman) and is similar to the German Weib, also meaning "woman" (nowadays rarely used and usually in a pejorative sense).
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On Christmas morning, 2001, Francesca Eastwood and her mother, Frances Fisher, narrowly escaped a house fire that consumed their house. Francesca climbed out her bedroom window and leapt into the arms of her mother and a neighbor, and was treated at a hospital for smoke inhalation. Frances was also treated for burns on her hands. Francesca's father, Clint Eastwood, flew in to visit his daughter in the hospital and personally thanked her rescuers.
Kevlar was used by scientists at Georgia Institute of Technology as a base textile for an experiment in electricity-producing clothing. This was done by weaving zinc oxide nanowires into the fabric. If successful, the new fabric will generate about 80 milliwatts per square meter.
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...and they run away from the surf when the waves crash on the beach. My wife thinks its cute, I think its hilarious.
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The mean effective pressure is a quantity relating to the operation of a reciprocating engine and is a valuable measure of an engine's capacity to do work that is independent of engine displacement. When quoted as an indicated mean effective pressure or IMEP, it may be thought of as the average pressure acting on a piston during a different portions of its cycle.
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Heat Exchangers are equipment that facilitate heat transfer between fluids. The simplest type of heat exchanger is the Double Pipe Heat Exchanger, which consists of two concentric pipes. One of the fluids flows through the inner pipe and the other flows in the annular region between the inner and outer pipes.
A dead plate is a piece of non conductive material placed over an ac outlet so it cannot be used.