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S&P Europe 350
The S&P Europe 350 index is a stock index of European stocks. It is a part of the S&P Global 1200. The intent of the index is to track at least 70% of European equity market capitalization. [link] The constituent shares are selected for relevance to the broad market, including industry..
S.P.E.C.T.R.E.
S.P.E.C.T.R.E.'s leader, Ernst Stavro Blofeld The SPecial Executive for Counter-intelligence, Terrorism, Revenge and Extortion (S.P.E.C.T.R.E.) is a fictional terrorist organisation led by Ernst Stavro Blofeld. Its first appearance was in Ian Fleming's James Bond novel, Thunderball, and subse..
S.P.E.W.
SPEW can also stand for Socialist Party (England and Wales). Spew is also a slang term for vomit. SPEWS is short for the Spam Prevention Early Warning System. Harry Potter Association Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare Headquarters None Current Head Hermione Granger Intention..
SPE
The acronym SPE may stand for: Society of Professional Engineers UKSociété de Prospection Electrique – now Schlumberger LtdSociety of Petroleum EngineersSociety of Plastics EngineersSolar Proton EventSolid Phase ExtractionSony Pictures Entertainment, a division of media corporation SonyThe ..
Spea
Spea is a genus of North American amphibian commonly referred to as the western spadefoot toad. They differ greatly from true toads (those of the family Bufonidae) by having eyes with vertical pupils, no parotid gland, and relatively smooth skin. Their most distinctive feature is a spade-like proj..
Speak
Speak can mean: SpeechSpeak (album), the first album by the actress Lindsay LohanSpeak (song), a song by the band GodsmackSpeak (novel)Speak (movie)Speak (Christian student campaigning network)SPEAK (animal rights campaign) This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles..
SPEAK!!!
SPEAK!!! is the 3rd album from The Mad Capsule Markets. The Album was recorded in England, two songs were featured from the original Berrie recording it showed an experimental and 'Darker' side to their music, such as the closing song Kachiku. It was also the first album to have a full English so..
Speakable items
The Speakable Items window, executing the "Tell Me a Joke" command. Speakable items' are a feature of Mac OS X which allow the user to use natural speech to execute commands. The commands must be present in the Speakable items folder though and can be created with something as simple as a sho..
Speakeasy
This article is about Prohibition-era liquor establishments. For other uses, see Speakeasy (disambiguation). This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. ..
SpeakEasy
This article is about a US Government project. For other uses, see Speakeasy (disambiguation). SpeakEasy was a United States military project to use software defined radio technology to make it possible to communicate with over 10 different types of military radios from a single system. ..
Speakeasy (album)
Speakeasy is the third full length album by Christian rock band Stavesacre. It was their last studio album to be released on Tooth & Nail Records. Track Listing "Minutemen""Sundown Motel""Keep Waiting""You Know How It Is""Rivers Underneath""Gold And Silver""Freefall (From Hand To Hand)""St. Erik..
Speakeasy (disambiguation)
Speakeasy may mean: The original meaning*A speakeasy saloon, common during Prohibition.**Speakeasy Ales and Lagers, a microbrewery in San Francisco, CA.**Speakeasy Theaters, a theater that sells beer and wine in Oakland, CA.Computers and electronics*SpeakEasy, a software defined radio project of th..
Speakeasy (film)
Speakeasy is a film about two men who become unlikely friends after a minor traffic accident. Written and directed by Brendan Murphy, Speakeasy was a runner-up to become the first movie produced for Project Greenlight, a documentary series about the making of an independent film. After Pete Jones'..
Speakeasy (ISP)
Speakeasy, Inc. is a broadband internet service provider and Voice over IP carrier based in Seattle, Washington. They are well-known for their liberal usage policies for home users. Subscribers are explicitly permitted to run any number of serversSpeakeasy, Inc. Moderations of Use. http://www.sp..
Speakeasy Ales and Lagers
Speakeasy Ales and Lagers is a microbrewery located in San Francisco, CA, created in 1997. Its most popular beers are Prohibition Ale, Big Daddy IPA, Double Daddy Imperial IPA, and Untouchable Pale Ale, which are available at stores and bars in the San Francisco Bay Area. Other specialities includ..
Speakeasy Club
The Speakeasy Club is a central London late-night haunt for the music industry during the late 1960s and 1970s. Known in the business as "The Speak", it included a restaurant and music room. Since the club was a regular drinking hole for record industry and artist agency executives, it attracted m..
Speakeasy Comics
Speakeasy Comics was a Canadian publishing company of comic books and graphic novels. It was founded in August 2004 by Adam Fortier, and ceased operations on February 27, 2006. Contents 1 History1.1 Controversies2 Publications2.1 Circulation3 References4 External lin..
Speaker
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The word speaker has a number of uses: As a person: A speaker can be anyone who speaks, especially when giving a speech, or lecture, especially a skilled orator (see also public speaking).Speaker (politics), in politics, the presid..
Speaker-to-Animals
Speaker-to-Animals (or later Chmee) is a lead character in the Ringworld series of books, written by Larry Niven. Speaker is a Kzin and a diplomat. His name is a polite manner for Kzin to refer to non-Kzin races. He is recruited in 2850 by Nessus to be part of an exploratory party to the Ringworld...
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below is a double album by the hip hop group OutKast, released on September 23 2003 on Arista Records. The release includes a solo album from each of the group's two members. Speakerboxxx/The Love Below won Album of the Year at the Grammy Awards of 2004. Speakerboxxx has Big ..
Speakerphone
A Speakerphone is a telephone with a microphone and loudspeaker provided separately from those in the handset. In this way, it is possible for more than one person to participate in a conversation using this device. The loudspeaker broadcasts the voice or voices of those on the other end of the tele..
Speakers' Corner
For the Canadian television series, see Speakers' Corner (television series). A Socialist Party of Great Britain member arguing against capitalism, October 31, 2004 Speakers' Corner is an area where public speaking is allowed, and is located in the north-east corner of Hyde Park, City of West..
Speakers' Corner, Singapore
Singapore Speakers' Corner is a local version of London's Speakers' Corner, where members of the public can give speeches and engage public debates. Launched on September 1, 2000, the Singapore Speakers' Corner was created as critics claimed Singapore's strict censorship laws were not giving enough ..
Speakers' Corner (TV series)
Speakers' Corner is a television series which airs weekly on Citytv and A-Channel stations in Canada, featuring numerous unscripted short segments on a variety of topics as recorded by members of the general public such as rants, shoutouts, jokes, music performance, etc. After the video is complete,..
Speakers' World
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Speakers Bank
Speakers Bank is a large coral atoll structure in the Northwestern part of the Chagos Archipelago. It is the northernmost feature of the archipelago, located at 4°55'S, 072°20E, 22 km Northwest of Blenheim Reef and is 44 km Northeast-Southwest, and 24 km wide. The total area exceeds 800 km 2, most..
Speakers of 2004 Democratic National Convention
The 2004 Democratic National Convention featured a variety of speakers, ranging from former presidents to rising newcomers. Contents 1 Monday, July 26th1.1 Principal speakers1.2 Featured speakers1.3 Quotes2 Tuesday, July 27th2.1 Principal speakers2.2 Featured sp..
Speakers of the House
Speakers of the House are the presiding officers of several nations' and smaller governmental units' legislative branches (or parts of those branches). These are collections of speakers of various houses around the world: Federal / National level List of Speakers of the British House of CommonsSpea..
Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives
Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives 1858-1859 George Bradley, R1859-1861 Amos Coggswell, R/D1861-1863 Jared Benson, R1863-1864 Charles Sherwood, R1864-1865 Jared Benson, R1865-1866 Thomas H. Armstrong, R1866-1867 James B. Wakefield,R1867-1869 John Q. Farmer, R1869-1870 Ch..
Speakers of the Parliament of Finland
The Speaker of the Parliament of Finland (Finnish Eduskunnan puhemies, Swedish Riksdagens talman), along with two Deputy Speakers, is elected by Parliament during the first plenary session each year. Speakers are chosen for a year at a time. In addition to their preparing the work in plenary session..
Speaker (politics)
The term speaker is usually the title given to the presiding officer of a state's lower house (under various names, e.g. House of Commons, House of Representatives) in a bicameral parliament or congress. As a parliamentary title it is typically Anglo-Saxon, first recorded in the English parliament..
Speaker Building
Speaker Building is an area of DIY Audio(Do-It-Yourself). A reasonably capable handy-person can create very high quality loudspeakers on a minimal budget. Speakers are basically composed of an enclosure, one or more speaker drivers (the components that turn electrical signals into sound), cross-ove..
Speaker Denison's rule
Speaker Denison's rule is an explanation given by a 19th century Speaker of the British House of Commons, John Evelyn Denison, as to why the Speaker casts his or her vote in most cases in favour of, rather than against, a government, where they have the casting vote. The principle is simple. No ch..
Speaker for the Dead
Speaker for the Dead (1986) is a science fiction novel by Orson Scott Card and a sequel to the novel Ender's Game. This book takes place 3,000 years after the events in Ender's Game, although due to relativistic space travel Ender himself (who now goes by his real name Andrew Wiggin) is only abo..
Speaker identification
In computer science, speaker identification (also, speaker verification) is the problem of identifying a person solely by their speech. It can be used for purposes such as police investigations and intelligence and security applications that use a voice print to replace typed passwords and PIN num..
Speaker of Lok Sabha
The Speaker of the Lok Sabha is the presiding officer of the lower house of Parliament of India. His role is similar to that of Speakers elsewhere in other countries that use the Westminster System of government. The speaker is elected in the very first meeting of the Lok Sabha after the General e..
Speaker of National Assembly
These are the names of Speakers and Presidents of the National Assembly of Pakistan. List S. No. Name, Designation, Duration 1. Quaid-e-Azam M.A Jinnah, President, 11-08-1947 to 11-09-1948 2. Moulvi Tamizuddin Khan, President, 14-12-1948 to 24-10-1954 3. Mr. Abdul Wahab Khan, Speaker, 12 –08-..
Speaker of the Alberta Legislative Assembly
The Speaker of the Alberta Legislative Assembly, is the presiding officer in the Legislative Assembly of Alberta. The Speaker is selected by secret ballot in the first session of a new legislative assembly. List of Speakers Affiliation Name Years served |- |bgcolor="lightcoral"|   ..
Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives
The Speaker's chair in the House of Representatives The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the House of Representatives, the lower house of the Parliament of Australia. The other presiding officer is the President of the Senate. The office of Speaker is creat..
Speaker of the British House of Commons
In the United Kingdom, the Speaker of the House of Commons is the presiding officer of the House of Commons, and is seen historically as the First Commoner of the Land. The current Speaker is The Right Honourable Michael Martin MP, who took office in 2000 and was re-elected on 5 May 2005 following ..
Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons
The Speaker (centre) addressing the House. redirect [[template:Politics of Canada]]In Canada the Speaker of the House of Commons (French: Président de la Chambre des communes) is the presiding officer of the lower house and is elected at the beginning of each new parliament by fellow MPs. The..
Speaker of the Canadian Senate
redirect [[template:Politics of Canada]] The Speaker of the Senate of Canada (French: Président du Sénat du Canada) is the presiding officer of the Senate of Canada. He or she represents the Senate at official functions, rules on questions of parliamentary procedure and parliamentary privilege, a..
Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat
The Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat (Malay: Yang di-Pertua Dewan Rakyat) is the presiding officer of the Dewan Rakyat, the lower house of the Parliament of Malaysia. He is responsible for convening sessions of the Dewan Rakyat, organising debates, and examining the admissibility of petitions, bills and ..
Speaker of the Duma
The 'Speaker of the Duma of the Russian Federation was a post created in 1994 to conduct the activities in the Duma during a discussion and voting of a certain legeslation. The Speaker of the Duma may intervene and express his views but his or her interventions should not be biased (ie. blocking th..
Speaker of the House of Commons
Speaker of the House of Commons can refer to: Speaker of the British House of CommonsSpeaker of the Canadian House of Commons This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link..
Speaker of the House of Keys
SHK may also mean SHK Zawisza, a Polish Catholic Scout association. The Speaker of the House of Keys is the principal officer of the House of Keys, the Manx lower house. The Speaker is elected from the membership of the house at its first sitting after an election. He is responsible for controlli..
Speaker of the House of Representatives (Fiji)
The Speaker is the presiding officer of the Fijian House of Representatives. At its first session following a general election, the House of Representatives elects a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker. With a view to ensuring impartiality, the Speaker is not allowed to be a member of the House, though he..
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is the presiding officer of the British Columbia legislature. Contents 1 The office of Speaker in British Columbia1.1 Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia2 See also3 External links4 Notes The..
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba is the presiding officer of the provincial legislature. List of Speakers of the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="CCCCCC" |  ! width="2%"|# ! width="25%"|Name ! width="30%"|Party ! width="20%"|Took Office ! w..
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Nunavut is the presiding officer of the territorial legislature. Since 1999 the position has been elected by MLAs using a secret ballot. List of speakers Speaker of the Legislative Assembly District Member Years as Speaker Quttiktuq Levi Barnabas1 1999..
Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario is the presiding officer of the provincial legislature. Since 1990 the position has been elected by MPPs using a secret ballot. Previously, the Speaker had been appointed by the Premier of Ontario after consultation with the Leader of the Opposition..
Speaker of the New York State Assembly
The Speaker of the New York State Assembly is the highest official in the New York State Assembly, customarily elected from the ranks of the majority party. As in most Anglo-Saxon countries and provinces, the speaker presides over the lower house of the legislature. Although the position exists in ..
Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives
In New Zealand The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the individual who chairs the country's legislative body, the New Zealand House of Representatives (often incorrectly referred to as 'Parliament'). The Speaker fulfills a number of important functions in relation to the operation the Ho..
Speaker of the New Zealand Legislative Council
The Speaker of the Legislative Council was the chair of New Zealand's upper house, the Legislative Council. The position corresponded roughly to that of Speaker of the House of Representatives. It was abolished in 1951, along with the Legislative Council itself, and the information here is purely ..
Speaker of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly
The Speaker of the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer in the Legislative Assembly. Though the office had existed since the creation of the Assembly in 1974, it was given greater legislative force when the roles and functions of the office were included in the federal Ac..
Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council
The Speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council is the chairman of the Palestinian Legislative Council. As Chairman, the Speaker replaces the Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority if the latter is unable to perform their role. The current speaker is legislator Abdel Aziz Duwaik ..
Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia
The Speaker of the Georgian Parliament is the Speaker of the House in the parliament of the Republic of Georgia. ..
Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore
The speaker of the Parliament in Singapore is the head officer in the Parliament of Singapore. The role of speaker is similar to most Commonwealth bodies. The speaker presides over the Parliament and enforces the rules in the Standing Orders of Parliament to allow for the orderly conduct of parliam..
Speaker of the Riksdag
The Speaker, or Talman, of the Riksdag is the chairman of the national parliament in Sweden. The new Riksdag was created in 1867, when the old Riksdag of the Estates institution was abolished and included two chambers, each with its own speaker. Since the intoduction of parliamentarism in the 1920..
Speaker of the Senate
Speaker of the Senate is a title given to the presiding officer of the Senate in a minority of jurisdictions and mainly amongst English speaking countries. The Speaker of the Canadian Senate presides over that body, i.e., the Senate of Canada.Tennessee also has a Speaker of the Senate preside over..
Speaker of the Senate of Northern Ireland
The Speaker of the Senate of Northern Ireland was the Speaker in the Senate of Northern Ireland. List of Speakers 1921-1930: Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 3rd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava1930-1950: Maxwell Ward, 6th Viscount Bangor1950-1961: Sir Roland Thomas Nugent1961-1964: Alexander Robe..
Speaker of the South African National Assembly
The Speaker of the South African National Assembly presides over the National Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of South Africa. The Speaker is chosen from among the Members of the Assembly at its first sitting following a general election and whenever the office is vacant . The Speaker ..
Speaker of the Stars
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Speaker of the Sun
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Speaker of the Sun and Stars
The Speaker of the Sun and Stars is the title attributed the new leader of the combined elven nations in the fictional series of Dragonlance novels. This new elven nations is currently living in exile in Khur, a nation on the continent of Ansalon. The nation is composed of combined Silvanesti, Qua..
Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives
The Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the Texas House. The Speaker's main duties are to conduct meetings of the House, create and select committees, and enforce the rules of the house.Specified by the [House rules]. The current speaker is Tom Cradd..
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
Dennis Hastert, the current Speaker, presiding from a chair in the front of the chamber. The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the lower house of Congress, the House of Representatives. The current Speaker is Dennis Hastert, a Republican Congress..
Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly
The Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly is the presiding officer of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, the lower House of the Parliament of Victoria. The other presiding officer is the President of the Victorian Legislative Council. Speakers of the Victorian Legislative Assembly Memb..
Speaker recognition
Speaker recognition or voice recognition is the task of recognizing people from their voices. Such systems extract features from speech, model them and use them to recognize the person from his/her voice. Note that there is difference between voice recognition (recognizing who is speaking) and spe..
Speaker terminal
There is a lot of speaker terminal kind, the basic used of a speaker terminal is to connect a simple + and - speaker wire to an other cable or on an amplifier. Grip connector Speaker grip connector terminal, are the most popular kind of speaker terminal, because they can be unconnected simply by ..
Speaker Township, Michigan
Speaker Township is a township in Sanilac County, Michigan, United States. The population was 1,408 at the 2000 census. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 89.6 km² (34.6 mi²), all land. Demographics As of the census2 of 2000, there were 1,408..
Speaker wire
Speaker wire is used to make the electrical connection between loudspeakers and audio amplifiers. Modern speaker wire consists of two electrical conductors individually insulated by plastic. Both a positive and a negative conductor are provided. Certain older designs also featured another pair o..
Speaking Canaries
The Speaking Canaries (sometimes "Thee Speaking Canaries" or "The(e) Speaking Canaries") are an indie rock group from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They are probably best known for being Don Caballero drummer Damon Che's "other band", and for their unabashed love of the kind of 1970s and '80s hard rock..
Speaking clock
A speaking clock service is used for people who wish to know the correct and accurate time. Speaking clock services are most commonly accessed by telephone. The format of the service is somewhat similar to those in radio time signal services. Every ten seconds or so, a voice announces "At the third..
Speaking for Trees
Speaking for Trees is a DVD/CD package released by the American singer/songwriter Cat Power (a.k.a. Chan Marshall) in October 2003. The DVD contains footage of Cat Power singing and playing electric guitar in the countryside, filmed by Mark Borthwick in essentially a single, nearly 2-hour static sho..
Speaking Freely
Speaking Freely is a show by the First Amendment Center hosted by Ken Paulsen. Recent guest have included Jim Bouton of Ball Four fame and Lewis Black of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. [First Amendment Center official website] ..
Speaking in Tongues (album)
Speaking in Tongues is a 1983 album by the band Talking Heads. The album was a commercial breakthrough that produced the band's first American Top 10 hit, "Burning Down the House". A striking video was inescapable during the song's run. The following tour was documented in Jonathan Demme's Stop M..
Speaking in Tongues (Bizzy Bone album)
Speaking in Tongues is an album by Bizzy Bone, released on September 27, 2005 by 845Ent. Track listing What U SeeT.T.Bald Head Horse ManSeeing ThingsBB Da ThugBeauty (You Just A Rose)Carry My BabyHold Me Down (w/ Bambino)He Told Me (w/ Kahnma)Represent Da OneLess FameShake Ya StickAll Good ..
Speaking In Tongues (Bizzy Bone album)
Bizzy Bone (rap vocals); Bambino , Kahnma (rap vocals). Bizzy Bone's set of expletive-laced, high-octane rapping finds the former Bone Thugs-N-Harmony member still preoccupied with drugs, sex, and surprisingly, God, though to say he's got religion in any conventional sense would be a stretch. His ..
Speaking in Tongues (disambiguation)
The term speaking in tongues refers to glossolalia. Speaking in Tongues may also mean: Speaking in Tongues (album), a 1983 album by Talking HeadsSpeaking in Tongues (Bizzy Bone album), a 2005 album by Bizzy BoneSpeaking in Tongues (TV series), an Australian television program hosted by John Safran ..
Speaking in Tongues (TV series)
Speaking in Tongues is an Australian television program broadcast on SBS Television. The first episode was broadcast on 7 November 2005. The series ran for twelve episodes, with the final episode airing on 23 January 2006. The program is hosted by John Safran and Father Bob Maguire, who discuss c..
Speaking of Dreams
Speaking of Dreams was a 1989 album by Joan Baez that mixed personal compositions like the title song with political statements like "China", which was inspired by the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. (She also dedicated the album to the students of Tiananmen Square who "nonviolently, and at an e..
Speaking of Now
Speaking of Now is an album by the Pat Metheny Group, released in 2002 by Warner Bros.. Track listing "As It Is" (Mays/Metheny) - 7:40"Proof" (Mays/Metheny) - 10:13"Another Life" (Metheny) - 7:08"The Gathering Sky" (Mays/Metheny) - 9:22"You" (Metheny) - 8:24"On Her Way" (Mays/Metheny) - 6:04"A Pla..
Speaking tube
A speaking tube or voicepipe is a device based around two cones connected by an air pipe through which speech can be transmitted over an extended distance. While its most common use was in intra-ship communications, the principle was also used in fine homes and offices of the 19th century, as well a..
Speaking with the Angel
Speaking with the Angel (ISBN 1573228583) is a collection of short stories edited by Nick Hornby and published by Riverhead Trade in 2001. Featuring stories from twelve established writers, the book acted as a fundraising effort for TreeHouse, a charity school for severely autistic children where Ho..
Speakon connector
The Neutrik Speakon is a type of cable connector commonly used in pro audio systems for connecting loudspeakers to amplifiers. A similar connector is available for mains power called the PowerCon. It features a quick-locking system with options for soldered or screw-type solderless for easy repair ..
SpeakOut
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Speak & Math
The Speak & Math was a popular and revolutionary electronic toy created by Texas Instruments in 1980. Speak & Math was one of a three-part talking educational toy series that also included Speak & Spell and Speak & Read. The Speak & Math was sold in both the United States and in Europe; it was origi..
Speak & Read
Speak and Read was an electronic learning aid made in the early 1980s, by Texas Instruments. Speak and Read was part of a family of learning toys aimed at different subjects, i.e. "Speak and Math" and "Speak and Spell". ..
Speak & Spell
Speak & Spell can refer to several things: Speak & Spell (album) - Depeche Mode's 1981 albumSpeak & Spell (toy) - an educational toy from 1978 made by Texas Instruments This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you t..
Speak & Spell (album)
Speak and Spell is Depeche Mode's debut studio album. It was released on October 5 1981. This is the only album with Vince Clarke as a member of the band (having written most of the songs), before he left to work with other bands such as Yazoo and later Erasure. The album features a much lighter..
Speak & Spell (toy)
For the Depeche Mode album of the same name see Speak & Spell (album). A later Speak & Spell model with membrane keyboard The Speak & Spell was a popular and revolutionary electronic toy consisting of a speech synthesizer and a keyboard. Contents 1 Background2 Electronics3 G..
Speak (album)
Speak is the debut album by actress Lindsay Lohan, released in the United States by Casablanca Records on December 7 2004 (see 2004 in music). Although this was Lohan's first album, she had previously recorded tracks for the Freaky Friday soundtrack and the Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen soun..
SPEAK (animals)
SPEAK, the Voice for the Animals is a British animal rights campaign that aims to end animal experimentation and vivisection in the UK. Its current focus is opposition to a new animal testing center being built by Oxford University. Contents 1 History2 Activists3 SPEAK and the law4..
Speak (film)
Speak (2004) is a film based on the novel Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. Contents 1 Primary cast2 Plot synopsis3 Film background information4 Trivia5 External links Primary cast Kristen Stewart : Melinda SordinoHallee Hirsh : Rachel BruinEric Lively : Andy EvansSteve ..
Speak (novel)
Speak is a 1999 novel by Laurie Halse Anderson about a teenager named Melinda Sordino. It was made into a film in 2004, see Speak (film). Synopsis [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. In the summer before her freshman year of high school, Melinda Sordino is..
Speak (song)
"Speak" is the lead single by the American hard rock group Godsmack. It was released on their fourth album IV. It's already a #1 hit after only 5 weeks spent on charts. It only has four lines except for the chorus. Music Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqrnbtlHX1w ..
Speak (The Tick)
Speak is the Tick's pet on the animated version of "The Tick". The Tick found him in the jungles of Mexico after he bumped his head, which made him hallucinate the animal speaking. He thought it was a dog until he took it to the veterinarian, who told him it was in actuality a Capybara. The Tick w..
Speak and Destroy (Escanaba Firing Line album)
Speak and Destroy is an extended-play by the American rock band Escanaba Firing Line, released on June 24, 2003 Track listing "Broken Beat" - -:--"Terra Incognito" - -:--"Awkward Child" - -:--"Moderate Rock Tempo" - -:--"pinot noir" - -:--"Instrumental" - -:--"a little island" - -:--"Talking to ..
Speak English or Die
Speak English or Die is a Crossover thrash album by Stormtroopers of Death (S.O.D.). It was released in 1985 and again on the Megaforce label in August 1995. A platinum edition of the album was released in February 2000. Track listing The March of the S.O.DSargent D & the S.O.DKill YourselfMilan..
Speak for Yourself
Speak For Yourself is the second solo album by British singer Imogen Heap, following her collaborative effort with Guy Sigsworth as Frou Frou. It was released on July 18 2005 in the UK, on November 1 2005 in the USA, Canada and Mexico, and re-released through White Rabbit/Sony BMG in the UK on Apr..
Speak Good English Movement
The Speak Good English Movement is a program launched by the government of Singapore. Singaporeans usually speak a variant or dialect of English known as Singlish, which has heavy influences from Chinese and Malay in pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary, and can be incomprehensible to non-Singapor..
Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department
Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department is an album released by Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard in 1999. For the album, Gillard recorded instrumental tracks for songs Bob had written (along with contributing four instrumentals of his own), to which Bob later added vocals. The two would ..
Speak Love
Speak Love is a 1983 (see 1983 in music) studio album by the American jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald, accompanied by the jazz guitarist Joe Pass. It is the third of Ella's series of duets with Pass, the two earlier albums being Take Love Easy (1973), Fitzgerald and Pass... Again (1976) and a later a..
Speak Mandarin Campaign
The Speak Mandarin Campaign (SMC; Simplified Chinese: }}}; pinyin: ) is an initiative by the government of Singapore to encourage Singapore's Singaporean Chinese population to speak Mandarin, one of the four official languages of Singapore. The campaign is organised by the Promote Mandarin Council. ..
Speak network
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Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece (Psych episode)
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece is Episode 3 of Season 1 of the USA network television dramedy Psych. Plot Synopsis Psych Episode List | [Official Website'''] Current Main Characters Shawn Spencer | Burton Guster | Henry Spencer Police Officers Head Detective Carlton Lass..
Speak No Evil
Speak No Evil Album by Wayne Shorter Released 1965 Recorded 24 December 1964 Genre Jazz Length 42:11 Label Blue Note '''Producer Alfred Lion Professional reviews All Music Guide [link] Wayne Shorter chronology ''JuJu(1964) Speak No Evil(1965) The Soothsayer(1965) Speak No..
Speak of the Abyss
Speak of the Abyss is a term coined in Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda. It means almost the exact same thing as "speak of the Devil"; said when a person someone is talking about enters the room. In episode 413 - "The Warmth Of An Invisible Light " [TV-PG], Dylan goes to an alternate universe w..
Speak of the Devil
Speak of the Devil can refer to several things: Speak of the Devil, a 1982 live album by Ozzy OsbourneSpeak of the Devil, a 1993 album by jazzist John AbercrombieSpeak of the Devil, a 1998 album by Chris IsaakSpeak of the Devil, a 1995 documentary about the Church of Satan and its founder, Anton La..
Speak of the devil
"Speak of the Devil" is a phrase or idiom used in both written and spoken English. It is used when a topic (normally a person) is under discussion and then that topic appears. The phrase is an abbreviation of the Italian proverb which runs, "Speak of the devil and he shall appear." For example if ..
Speak of the Devil (album)
Speak of the Devil is a live album by Ozzy Osbourne. It was released in November 27, 1982. This release was named Talk of the Devil in the UK. This live concert featuring only Black Sabbath covers was recorded at The Ritz in New York on the 26th and 27th of September 1982 & featured Night Ranger g..
Speak of the Devil (Chris Isaak album)
Speak of the Devil is an album by Chris Isaak. It was released in 1998 on the Warner Brothers record label. Track listing "Please""Flying""Walk Slow""Breaking Apart""This Time""Speak of the Devil""Like the Way She Moves""Wanderin'""Don't Get So Down on Yourself""Black Flowers""I'm Not Sleepy""Lone..
Speak of the Devil (John Abercrombie album)
redirect [[Template:Context]] Tracks "Angel Food""Now and Again""Mahat""Chorale""Farewell""BT-U""Early to Bed""Dreamland""Hell's Gate" ..
Speak to Me
Song From Dark Side of the Moon Album by Pink Floyd ReleasedMarch 2, 1973 RecordedAbbey RoadJune 1972-January 1973 GenreProgressive rock Length43:00 LabelHarvest (UK)Capitol (US) Producer(s)Pink Floyd Professional reviews All Music Guide [link] Rolling Stone [link] ..
Speak to Me of Love
Speak to Me of Love (Parlez-moi d'amour) is a 2002 French motion picture. It is the first feature-length motion picture that actress Sophie Marceau directed. A story of the breakup of a long-term relationship, it is said to mirror her own life. Primary cast: Judith Godrèche - JustineNiels Arestr..
Speak White
Speak White was a common insult used by anglophones against francophones in Canada, before the Quiet Revolution, when francophones were speaking French in public. For example, in Québec a fracophone customer could get the reply "Speak White" simply for saying "Bonjour" while entering an Anglo owne..
Spean Bridge railway station
Spean Bridge railway station is a railway station serving the village of Spean Bridge in the Highland region of Scotland. This station is on the West Highland Line. External links [Train times] and [station information] for from National Rail[Map] and [aerial pho..
Spean Thma
Spean Thma at Angkor, Cambodia is known as the bridge of stone west of Ta Keo. It is one of the few Khmer empire era bridge to have survived to the modern day. It was built on the former path of the Siem Reap river between Angkor Thom and the eastern baray and probably rebuilt after the khmer peri..
Spear
For other uses see Spear (disambiguation) and Spears (disambiguation). Hunting spear and knife, from Mesa Verde National Park. A spear is an ancient weapon used for hunting and war, consisting of a shaft, usually of wood, with a sharpened head. The head may be simply the sharpened end of the..
SPEAR
This is an article about a collider. For uses of spear, see spear or spear (disambiguation). SPEAR (Stanford Positron Electron Asymmetric Ring) is a collider at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. It began running in 1972, colliding electrons and positrons with an energy of 3 GeV. During the..
Spear, Leeds & Kellogg
Spear, Leeds & Kellogg is one of the ten biggest market maker in NYSE, stock brocker. Website links [SLK Specialist LLC] ..
Spearchucker Jones
M*A*S*H character Timothy Brown as "Spearchucker" Jones. Spearchucker Jones Rank Captain Gender Male Hair color Black Eye color Brown Home city Unknown Film portrayer Fred Williamson Television portrayer Timothy Brown First appearance M*A*S*H: A Novel About Three Army Do..
Spearfish
Spearfish can mean: The Marlin also known as the "Spearfish" In military use: GEC-Marconi Spearfish - a modern torpedoFairey Spearfish - a prototype dive bomber of the immediate post WW2 periodHMS Spearfish - a British S-class submarine lost in WW2USS Spearfish - a US submarine of WW2 A location i..
Spearfish, South Dakota
Spearfish is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, USA. The population was 8,606 at the 2000 census. Contents 1 Geography2 Demographics3 History4 Chinook Wind5 External links6 References Geography Spearfish is located at [44°29′23″N, 103°51′9″W�..
Spearfishing
Dutch fishermen using tridents in the 17th century Spearfishing is a form of fishing that has been popular throughout the world for centuries. Early civilizations are familiar with the custom of spearing fish out of rivers and streams using sharpened sticks as a means of catching food. Spearf..
Spearfish torpedo
--> The Spearfish torpedo is the heavy acoustic homing torpedo used by the submarines of the Royal Navy. It is a dual-purpose wired-guided weapon and provides both anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and anti-surface ship warfare (ASuW) capability, replacing the Tigerfish torpedo which was withdrawn in 20..
Spearhafoc
Spearhafoc, Abbot of Abingdon and Bishop-Elect of London. Spearhafoc was a monk at Bury and a skilled goldsmith who King Edward imposed as Abbot of Abingdon following death of Æthelstan; in 1051 King Edward tried to promote him to Bishop of London but Robert of Jumièges refused to consecrate him,..
Spearhead
A spearhead is the head of a spear. Early spearheads were made of rock or bone; more effective spearheads are fashioned of metal. Spearhead can be used as a verb to describe aggressive leadership of an effort, such as the ratification of a law, the advancement of a belief, or the creation of an ins..
Spearhead (album)
Spearhead is a mini-album by Bolt Thrower. It is recorded at Sawmill studios, produced by Colin Richardson and Bolt Thrower, engineered by John Cornfield. Mixed at Fon studios September 1992, engineered by Alan Fisch and Steve Harris. It is released on Earache Records: Mosh 73 In februari 1993, an..
Spearhead (band)
Spearhead is a band with Michael Franti and Radio Active. It's also the name of a band associated with Rock Against Communism, who are unrelated. External links [Spearhead Vibrations][Michael Franti & Spearhead][Official Myspace Page] ..
Spearhead (magazine)
Spearhead was a British far right-wing magazine edited by John Tyndall until his death in July 2005. Founded in 1964 by Tyndall, it was used to voice his grievances against the state of the United Kingdom. It is not yet known whether or not the magazine will continue under new editorship. From 196..
Spearhead (TV series)
Spearhead was a British television series. Produced by Southern Television and broadcast on the ITV network, it ran for a total of three series and 19 episodes from 1978 to 1981. It featured the daily lives of a group of soldiers in 'B' Company, 1st Battalion Royal Wessex Rangers, a fictional Brit..
Spearhead from Space
Spearhead from Space is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from January 3 to January 24, 1970. The serial opened Season 7 of the show and was the first to be produced in colour. The serial introduced Jon Pertwee as th..
Spearman
Spearman could refer to any of the following: An ancient combat unit, armed with a spear, and in some cases, a shield.Spearman is a city in Texas.Charles Spearman was an English psychologist who invented the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient technique for testing the correlation between data...
Spearman's hypothesis
The English psychologist Charles Spearman, in his 1904 book, General Intelligence - Objectively Determined and Measured, described his two-factor theory of intelligence, using his strong background in statistics. According to his theory, the performance of any intellectual act requires a general in..
Spearman's rank correlation coefficient
In statistics, Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, named for Charles Spearman and often denoted by the Greek letter ρ (rho), is a non-parametric measure of correlation – that is, it assesses how well an arbitrary monotonic function could describe the relationship between two variables..
Spearman, Texas
Spearman is a city in Hansford County, Texas, in the United States. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 3,021. It is the county seat of Hansford County[Geographic references#6GR6]. Geography Spearman is located at [36°11′40″N, 101°11′39″W] (36.194450, -101...
Spearman-Brown prediction formula
The Spearman-Brown prediction formula (also known as the Spearman-Brown prophecy formula) is a formula relating psychometric reliability to test length: [^*_=\frac_}_}] where [^*_] is the predicted reliability; N is the number of "tests" combined (see below); and [_]..
Spearman-Brown prophecy formula
In statistics, the Spearman-Brown prophecy formula or Spearman-Brown prediction formula relates reliability to test length. The formula is derived from criterion validity calculations, but it can also be used to estimate what the reliability would be if the number of items in a test would be differ..
Spearmint
For the band, see Spearmint (band). Spearmint (Mentha spicata, syn M. viridis) is a species of mint native to central and southern Europe, where it grows in wet soils. It is not a type of fern. Spearmint is a herbaceous perennial plant growing to 30-100 cm tall. It takes its name from its crinkl..
Spearmint (band)
Spearmint is a London-based indie pop band, founded in 1995. Their founding members were Shirley Lee (lead vocals, guitar), Simon Calnan (vocals, keyboards), Martin Talbot (bass) and Ronan Larvor (drums). Talbot left soon afterward, to be replaced by James Parsons. Dickon Edwards later ended up join..
Spearmint (chewing gum)
Spearmint chewing gum is a flavour of chewing gum that is either naturally or artificially flavored to taste like spearmint. Wrigley Company and Cadbury Adams are among the companies in the United States that manufacture and sell this type of product as Wrigley's Spearmint. As well, Excel also make..
Spearmint (horse)
Spearmint was an English thoroughbred racehorse, sired by the Carbine. He is known for winning the 1906 Epsom Derby ..
Spearmint Rhino
Spearmint Rhino is a chain of strip clubs that operates throughout the United States, United Kingdom, Central Europe, Russia, and Australia. The company was started by John Gray. In Britain, they have clubs in London, Birmingham (two clubs each city), Harrogate, Bournemouth, Sheffield and Heathrow..
Spearow
is a fictional character from the Pokémon franchise, listed as #21 in the National Pokédex. The name "Spearow" is a combination of spear due to its sharp beak, and sparrow, a type of bird. The name "Onisuzume" is a combination of oni, which means demon or devil, and the word suzume, which means ..
Spearsville, Louisiana
Spearsville is a village in Union Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 155 at the 2000 census. Geography Spearsville is located at [32°56′5″N, 92°36′17″W] (32.934637, -92.604776)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bure..
Spears (disambiguation)
Spears is the surname of Aries Spears (b.1975), US actor and comedianBritney Spears (b.1981), US pop singerJamie Lynn Spears (b.1991), US actress and singer (younger sister of Britney Spears)Ken Spears, co-founder of Ruby-Spears ProductionsLouis Spears (1886-1974), British army officerMarcus Spear..
Spearthrower
Spearthrower may refer to: The American atlatl.The Australian woomera.redirect[[Template:Disambig]]..
Spearthrower Owl
Spearthrower Owl or Atlatl Cauac was the emperor of Teotihuacan at the start of height of its influence across Mesoamerica in the 4th and 5th century. He ascended to the throne on 4 May, 374 (already an adult at the time), and the long lived ruler died on 9 June, 439. As no surviving Teotihuacan hi..
Spearville
Spearville is a city and a township in Ford County, Kansas: SpearvilleSpearville Township This article consisting of geographical locations is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page, a list of pages that otherwise might share the same title. If an referred you here, you might want to go b..
Spearville, Kansas
Spearville is a city in Ford County, Kansas, United States. The population was 813 at the 2000 census. Geography Spearville is located at [37°50′56″N, 99°45′19″W] (37.848750, -99.755318)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the ..
Spearwood, Western Australia
Spearwood is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Cockburn. Its postcode is 6163. Suburbs of the City of Cockburn Atwell | Aubin Grove | Banjup | Beeliar | Bibra Lake | Coogee | Coolbellup | Hamilton Hill | Hammond Park | Henderson | Jandakot | Leeming | Munster | ..
Spear (disambiguation)
Spear may refer to Spear, a weapon People, Burning Spear (b.1948), Jamaican roots rock reggae artistEric Spear (1908-1966), English composer of film musicHarry Spear (1921-1969), US child actorMonica Spear (b.1984), Miss Venezuela 2004Ruskin Spear (1911-1990), British artistSpear Lancaster, 2002 c..
Spear carrier
A spear carrier is a nickname for a minor acting part. It generally pertains to a character that appears in several scenes, but mostly in the background. The term has its roots in Greek Tragedy; as plays such as Antigone and Oedipus the King concerned the tragic fate of nobles, several nondescript s..
Spear Lancaster
Spear Lancaster was a Libertarian candidate for governor of Maryland in 2002; he received .67% of the total vote. Before entering politics, he attended the University of Maryland, College Park and was a vacuum cleaner salesman. ..
Spear of Destiny
redirect [[Template:Not verified]]This article is about legends surrounding the artifact known as "the Spear of Destiny" (or "of Longinus"). The history of the relic of the Holy Lance itself is separately treated. For other uses see Spear of Destiny (disambiguation). --> According to Christian t..
Spear of Destiny (band)
Spear of Destiny is a British rock band, established in 1983 by singer and songwriter Kirk Brandon (born on 3 August, 1956, in Westminster, London). It had an ever-changing line-up through the years. Brandon had previously been in The Pack, and from 1980 to 1982 in the post-punk Theatre of Hate w..
Spear of Destiny (computer game)
Spear of Destiny, often also called Spear, Wolfenstein: Spear of Destiny or just SoD, is the prequel to id Software's first person shooter Wolfenstein 3D, which was first published on September 18 1992 by FormGen Corporation. In this game, like in Wolfenstein 3D, the player assumes the role of alli..
Spear of Destiny (disambiguation)
The "Spear of Destiny" (or "Spear of Longinus") is the Christian relic known as the Holy Lance, separately treated. Spear of Destiny may also refer to Spear of Destiny, the title of a computer game that is a prequel to Wolfenstein 3Dan item from DC Comics storiesthe name of a band, Spear of Destin..
Spear of Destiny in popular culture
The Spear of Destiny features prominently in contemporary market-driven popular culture, for it enjoys a broad-based recognition factor, based on the legend of the Spear of Longinus, employed at the Crucifixion, and on the medieval legends that accrued around the relic, refigured as the "Spear of D..
Spear of Longinus
Spear of Longinus is a Nazi Occult Black Metal band from Brisbane, Australia formed in 1995. Contents 1 Members2 Former Members3 Discography4 External links Members Camazotz - vocals&guitar, 1992- Paraplethon - drums, 2000- Bestial Vomit - bass 2003- Former Members Gri..
Spear of Lugh
In Irish mythology, the Spear Lúin (originally Luisne, meaning 'flaming' or 'glaring') or Spear of Lugh is one of the Four Treasures of Ireland (the others being the Claíomh Solais, the Dagda's Cauldron and the Stone of Fál). The Spear Luin was originally forged by the god Lugh for use against ..
Spear of Vix
The Spear of Vix is a magical item in the fictional universe of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. It is essentially a +3 spear, with the once-a-day ability to blind the next person it strikes. When used as a thrown weapon, it magically returns to the user's hand. ..
Spear phishing
Spear phishing describes any highly targeted phishing attack. Spear phishers will send e-mail that appears genuine to all the employees or members within a certain company, government agency, organization, or group. The message might look like it comes from your employer, or from a colleague who m..
SPEAR System
The SPEAR system is a form of modern Martial Art used by military and law enforcement in North America. SPEAR (an acronym for Spontaneous Protection Enabling Accelerated Response) was developed by a Canadian, Tony Blauer and started life in 1988 through Blauer's Blauer Tactical Systems company. SP..
Spear tackle
A spear tackle is a dangerous tackle in rugby union, rugby league and Australian rules football whereby a player is picked up by an opponent on their side, and turned so that they are upside down. The opponent then drops the player on the ground often head or neck first. It is highly dangerous and c..
Spea bombifrons
The Plains Spadefoot Toad (Spea bombifrons) is a species of spadefoot toad which ranges from southwestern Canada, throughout the Great Plains of the western United States, and into northern Mexico. Like other species of spadefoot toad, they get their name from a spade-like projection on their hind..
Spea hammondii
The Western spadefoot toad (Spea hammondii) is a relatively smooth-skinned species of toad. Its eyes are pale gold with vertical pupils. It has a green or grey dorsum often with skin tubercles tipped in orange, and it is a whitish color on the venter. It has a wedge-shaped black spade on each hind..
Spea multiplicata
The New Mexico Spadefoot Toad or Mexican Spadefoot Toad (Spea multiplicata) is a species of American spadefoot toad found in the southwestern United States and Mexico. Like other species of spadefoot toad, they get their name from a distinctive spade-like projections on their hind legs which enabl..
SPEC
Possible uses of the term SPEC Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation SPEC Centre - A Catholic Residential Youth Centre in London, Colney, Hertfordshire, England ..
Spec
Spec may refer to one of several things: specification, a term used in engineering and manufacturingStandard Performance Evaluation Corporation, an organization that produces benchmarksColumbia Daily Spectator, a student newspaper that is nicknamed the Specspectrum of a ring, often written as Spec(..
SPECfp
SPECfp (aka CFP2000) is a computer benchmark designed to test the floating point performance of a computer. It is managed by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation. SPECfp, along with SPECint, make up the two components of the more general CPU2000 benchmark, designed to fully test CPU per..
Specfs
On Unix-like computer systems, specfs is short for special filesystem. This is not a physical or network file system by any means and it does not have a mount point either. This simply a FS layer to access device special files, which are hosted in any of the regular filesystems. ..
Specht v. Netscape Communications Corp.
Specht v. Netscape Communications Corp. United States District Court for the Southern District of New York Argued 2001 Decided July 3, 2001 Full case name: ''Specht v. Netscape Communications Corporation Citations: Prior history: Holding The court ruled that the license agree..
Special
In Wikipedia, [Special pagesspecial pages] are pages which are automatically generated by Wikipedia's software. Special may refer to: Special needs, a diagnosis used to classify children as needing more services than those children without special needsSpecial teams, units in American foo..
Special! Best Mini ～2.5 Maime no Kare～
Special! Best Mini ~2.5 Maime no Kare~ (Kanji: スッペシャル!ベストミニ ～2.5枚目の彼～) is an extended play CD released by pre-teen Japanese pop band Berryz Koubou. It is the third of three releases issued by the band in the space of four weeks, along with their second album Dai 2..
Special-interest group
''This is not a neutral term and should not be an article title. See advocacy, advocacy group and slogan 'special interest'. ..
Special-purpose district
A special-purpose district, also known as a special district, is a type of district differing from general-purpose districts like municipalities, counties, etc., in that they only serve one or a few special purposes and do not provide a broad array of services. They are common in the United States ..
Special-purpose local-option sales tax
In the U.S. state of Georgia, a special-purpose local-option sales tax (SPLOST) can be levied by any county, for the purpose of funding the building and maintenance of parks, schools, roads, and other public facilities. Georgia's state sales tax is currently 4% (groceries and prescription drugs exe..
Specialised Container Transport
Specialised Container Transport is an interstate transport company, with intermodal terminals in Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth. Its trains use Freight Australia locomotives for haulage. However, it also has some ex-Westrail locomotives at its terminals for shunting [(1)]. It is building..
Specialised lexicography
Specialised lexicography (also spelled specialized lexicography) is an academic discipline that is concerned with the design, compilation, use and evaluation of specialized dictionaries. A specialized dictionary is a dictionary that covers a relatively restricted set of phenomena, usually within one..
Specialist
For other uses of the term, please see "Specialist (disambiguation)" ''For the military rank, see Specialist (rank) A specialist is a person who is able to solve some predefined class of problems. Usually, specialists are officially recognized by different authorities composed of recognized experts..
Specialist's Hospital
Specialist's Hospital is a super speciality hospital located at Kochi in Kerala, India. ..
Specialist (disambiguation)
Specialist is a term that can refer to one of the following: A specialist in a trade of professionA market maker in a stock exchangeThe military rank of specialistLo Sconosciuto, an Italian comics character with this nameGeneralist and specialist speciesSpecialist is a song by the band Interpol.Thi..
Specialist (rank)
Please see "Specialist" for other uses of this term Specialist (abbreviated "SPC") is one section of the fourth enlisted rank in the U.S. Army, just above Private First Class and below Corporal. It shares the same enlisted pay grade as the Corporal, which is a rank for non-commissioned officers (N..
Specialist Cally
Specialist Cally (also known as Deckhand Cally or Crewman Cally) is a character from the Sci Fi Channel's "reimagined" Battlestar Galactica miniseries and TV series. Played by Nicki Clyne, Cally is a regularly-appearing guest character. Cally is the only prominent recurring character who has yet ..
Specialist clinic
Specialist clinic is a clinic for community having in depth diagnosis or treatment on diseases of specific parts of body without overnight stay. It is opposed to general out-patient clinic, which is for general diseases. Hong Kong The Specialist clinic (專科診所) in Hong Kong, is run by the Ho..
Specialist Crime Directorate
The Specialist Crime Directorate (SCD) is one of the main branches of the London Metropolitan Police Service. It deals with a wide range of criminality from murder to organised crime. Assistant Commissioner Tarique Ghaffur is currently the head of the directorate. It encompasses several units: Hom..
Specialist degree
For other degrees, see Academic degree The Specialist degree in the English-speaking world The specialist degree is most often found in programs in specialized education and is awarded for study beyond the masters degree but below the doctorate. An Ed.S. program typically requires about 60-70 seme..
Specialist Firearms Command
The Specialist Firearms Command (CO19) (better known by its former Specialist Operations designation SO19) is the department of London's Metropolitan Police which provides firearms-related support to the generally unarmed force. It could be considered London's equivalent to the SWAT units in the Un..
SPECIALIST lexicon
The SPECIALIST lexicon is one of three UMLS Knowledge Sources under development by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) as part of the Unified Medical Language System project. The SPECIALIST lexicon has been developed to provide the lexical information needed for the SPECIALIST Natural Language P..
Specialist Operations
Specialist Operations was a group of twenty specialist Metropolitan Police units which were set up in 1986 as part of Sir Kenneth Newman's restructuring of the Metropolitan Police Service. Most of the units designated SO units were already in existence, many of them as departments of C Division and ..
Specialist registrar
NHS Medical Career Grades Old System New System (Modernising Medical Careers) Stage 1: Pre-registration House Officer (PRHO) Foundation trainee (F1 and F2) Stage 2: Senior House Officer (SHO) Specialist Trainee (combining Basic and Higher) Stage 3: Specialist Registrar or GP Reg..
Specialist school
The specialist schools programme is a UK government initiative which encourages secondary schools in England to specialise in certain areas of the curriculum to boost achievement. The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust is responsible for the delivery of the programme. Currently there are over 2,..
Specialist Schools and Academies Trust
The Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT) is a national body for secondary education in England, with responsibility for overseeing the Specialist schools and Academies programmes. The Trust is a non-departmental public body part funded by the Department for Education and Skills with the ..
Specialities of France
In France all types of Food have a certain area where they are cinsidered a speciality. Here is a list of some of them: NB: This list is not compleate since the author is rechearching information Cheeses NB1: Under the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union, certain well-established chee..
Speciality clinic
Speciality clinic is a clinic that focuses on the treatment of only one type of illnesses or disorders. Sometimes, several speciality clinics are incorporated to form what is called speciality hospital. Speciality clinic types DentalOrthopedics ..
Specialix
Up to 1999 Specialix designed, developed, manufactured, and marketed a broad range of multi-user network connectivity and remote access solutions that provided connectivity between PCs/servers and peripheral devices. Perle Systems acquired Specialix in 1999. ..
Specialization
Specialization is an important way to generate propositional knowledge, by applying general knowledge, such as the theory of gravity, to specific instances, such as "when I release this apple, it will fall to the floor". Specialization is the opposite of generalization. Concept B is a specializatio..
Specialization (functional)
Specialization is the separation of tasks within a system. In a multicellular creature, cells are specialized for functions such as bone construction or oxygen transport. In capitalist societies, individual workers specialize for functions such as building construction or gasoline transport. In b..
Specialization (pre)order
In the branch of mathematics known as topology, the specialization (or canonical) preorder defines a preorder on the set of the points of a topological space. For most spaces that are considered in practice, namely for all those that satisfy the T0 separation axiom, this preorder is even a partial o..
Specialized Bicycle Components
Specialized Bicycle Components is a major manufacturer of bicycles and bicycle equipment, based in Morgan Hill, California, USA. Specialized was founded in 1974 by Mike Sinyard, and initially produced the Allez racing and Sequoia touring bicycle bicycles. In 1981, the company introduced the first ..
Specialized dictionary
A specialized dictionary is a dictionary that covers a relatively restricted set of phenomena. The typical type of specialized dictionary is that which in English is often referred to as a technical dictionary and in German as a Fachwörterbuch. Specialized dictionaries can be classified in varoius..
Specialized High Schools Admissions Test
The Specialized (Science) High Schools Admissions Test (SHSAT or SSHSAT) is an examination administered to eighth and ninth grade students residing in New York City. Admission to seven of the city's eight Specialized High Schools is based on the score attained on this competitive exam. Contents 1..
Specialized High Schools of New York City
The Specialized High Schools of New York City are the city's most selective public high schools. The Specialized High Schools Admissions Test examination is required for admission to all the schools except LaGuardia, which requires an audition. The nine specialized high schools as of 2006-2007 are: ..
Specialized Systems Consultants
Specialized System Consultants (SSC), is a private media company that publishes magazines and reference manuals. SSC properties include [LinuxGazette.com], [ITgarage.com], [TuxMagazine.com], [LinuxJournal.com], the monthly international print magazine Linux Jo..
Specialized Technical Committees of the African Union
The Specialized Technical Committees are bodies in the African Union responsible to the Executive Council. They include: The Specialized Technical Committee on Rural Economy and Agricultural Matters.The Specialized Technical Committee on Monetary and Financial Affairs.The Specialized Technical Comm..
Specially Designated Nationals
The Specially Designated Nationals list is a publication of the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control ("OFAC"), which lists individuals and organizations whose properties are blocked by various sanctions programs administered by OFAC.http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/enforcemen..
Specially designed academic instruction in English
Specially designed academic instruction in English (SDAIE) is a teaching style intended for teaching non-English students various non-language subjects using the English language. SDAIE requires the student possess intermediate fluency in English as well as mastery of their native language. The inst..
Specially Meritorious Service Medal
The Specially Meritorious Service Medal was a military decoration of the United States Navy which was created in 1898 by order of the United States Congress. The medal was intended to recognize acts of non-combat meritorious service accomplished during the Spanish-American War. Awarded to any me..
Specialmoves
Specialmoves is a company located in London that specializes in making advergames for various companies. Clients include Ship of Fools, MTV, and Volkswagen. They are perhaps best known for the experimental Church of Fools project they designed for Ship of Fools in 2004. ..
Specialna Enota Policije
For other meanings of SEP, please see Sep. Specialna Enota Policije (Special Police Unit, SEP) is a detachment of the Slovenian national police forces that is utilised for Counter-Terrorism and other high-risk tasks that are too dangerous or too difficult for regular police units. The number of its..
Speciālo uzdevumu vienība
Speciālo uzdevumu vienība (Special Purpose Unit, SUV) is a special operations unit of the Latvian Armed Forces. Probably the best trained military unit of Latvia, it consists of combat divers, airborne forces and snipers. It was founded shortly after the country got back its independence and th..
Specials (album)
Specials is the debut album by British ska revival band, The Specials. Released in 1979 on Jerry Dammers' 2Tone label, the album is seen by some as the defining moment in the UK ska scene. Produced by Elvis Costello, the album captures the disaffection and anger felt by the youth of the UK's "c..
Specialty
This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Specialty can be a reference to: a Specialty contractSpecialty showsin medici..
Specialty catalogs
Specialty catalogs are a promotion and distribution technique commonly employed by direct marketers. They describe, graphically and verbally, a limited range of products. Specialty catalogs are a good promotion/distribution choice for new products. They are also most effective when using a niche s..
Specialty channel
A specialty channel is a television channel, generally not available through conventional broadcast television, which consists of programming focused on a single type or targeted at a specific demographic. Types of specialty services may include, but by no means are limited to: news channelssport..
Specialty chemical
A Specialty chemical is a chemical produced for a specialized use. They are produced in lower volume than bulk chemicals, of which petrochemicals, made from oil feedstocks, are the most common. However, both are produced in a chemical plant. Some examples of specialty chemicals are adhesives, add..
Specialty Coffee Association of America
The Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) is a trade organization for the specialty coffees industry. The SCAA seeks to set standards for growing, roasting, and brewing premium coffees. Members of the SCAA include coffee retailers, roasters, producers, exporters and importers, as well as ..
Specialty engineering
In Systems Engineering, Specialty Engineering includes the engineering domains that are not typical of the main engineering effort. Hardware engineering, software engineering, and human factors engineering may be used as major elements in a majority of systems engineering efforts and therefore are ..
Specialty medical peer review
Specialty medical peer review is the evaluation of matters that deal with quality of treatment, appropriateness of care, utilization and irregular billing rendered by a physician in a narrow specialty to a patient. The specialty peer review committee can act at the request of a patient, a physic..
Specialty Records
Specialty Records was an American record label. It was originally launched as Juke Box Records in 1946, but later renamed by its owner Art Rupe. Specialty is noted for the rhythm & blues, blues, and early rock & roll music recorded by the label. Specialty also had two music publishing companies, ..
Specialty Restaurant Group
Specialty Restaurant Group, LLC. (SRG) is a privately owned restaurant company, headquarted in Maryville, Tennessee, USA, that owns three casual dining restaurant chains, The American Café, Silver Spoon Café and L & N Seafood Grill. SRG controls a total of 39 such restaurants, primarily located in..
Specialty shows
Specialty shows are generally hosted by more senior members of a college radio station. An application to host a specialty show is put in as an attachment with the regular application at the beginning of a semester. If granted, instead of playing a variety of music out of the new bin, the host pla..
Specialty Sports Venture
Specialty Sports Venture (or SSV) is a sporting goods company based out of Denver, Colorado. Specialty Sports Venture operates as a conglomeration of small specialty stores of different names. Therefore, there are no stores named 'Specialty Sports Venture', rather their 120-plus retail and inter..
Specialty store
Specialty stores are small stores which specialise in a specific range of merchandise and related items. Most stores have an extensive width and depth of stock in the item that they specify in and provide high levels of service and expertise. The pricing policy is generally in the medium to high ran..
Special (film)
Les Franken (Michael Rapaport) leads a painfully unremarkable life as a metermaid until he enrolls in a drug study for an experimental anti-depressant. An unexpected side effect of the drug convinces Les he is developing special powers and must quit his job to answer his new calling in life... Sup..
Special (Garbage song)
"Special" was the third single from Garbage's 1998 sophomore album Version 2.0. Although not the biggest worldwide hit from the album, it became the biggest hit from the album in the US, the band's home territory. Contents 1 Song profile2 Single release3 Music video4 Awards5..
Special (lighting)
In stage lighting, a special refers to a lighting instrument that is used only for a very specific purpose. It is typically used alone, or at a higher level than the other instruments. This contrasts with an area light, which is used as a part of a system of lights to wash the entire stage with li..
Special (Lost)
"Special" is the fourteenth episode of the first season of Lost. The episode focus on Michael's background, and was directed by Greg Yataines and written by David Fury. It first aired on January 19, 2005 on ABC. [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Plot ..
Special access program
Special access programs (SAP) and special access budgets (SAB) are the Pentagon's terminology when used to refer to black programs and black budgets, respectively. The terms were devised and put into circulation in the late 1980s during Ronald Reagan's presidency when Californian Democratic Represen..
Special Achievement Genie
The Special Achievement Genie is a special award given irregularly by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television at the Genie Awards. It is mainly a Lifetime Achievement Award but can also mark a career milestone. List of past recipients (1981) Micheline Lanctôt For displaying her award-winnin..
Special actions committee on Okinawa
The Special Actions Committee on Okinawa is a formal agreement made between the United States Government and the Government of Japan. The U.S. and the Japanese government established the SACO agreement on November 1995. About 75% of U.S. military installations in Japan exist on the island of Okinaw..
Special Action Force
The Special Action Force is the primary Special Operations unit of the Philippine National Police. Members or Police trainees who undergo SAF training undergo several special military combat related training such as airborne forces training, military diving (UDT), and K-9 handling. Some of th..
Special Activities Division
The Special Activities Division (SAD) is a division of the Central Intelligence Agency's former Directorate of Operations, now the National Clandestine Service, responsible for covert paramilitary actions effected when the U.S. government does not wish to be associated with an operation. As such, m..
Special administrative region
Special administrative region may be: People's Republic of China Special administrative regions, present-day administrative divisions (as of 2006) set up by the People's Republic of China to administer Hong Kong (since 1997) and Macau (since 1999)Republic of China Special adminsitrative regions, al..
Special administrative region (People's Republic of China)
Administrative divisions of the People's Republic of ChinaThis article is partof the series:Political divisions of China Province level Provinces Autonomous regions Municipalities Special administrative regions Prefecture level Prefectures Autonomous prefectures Prefecture-level cities (i..
Special administrative region (Republic of China)
This article deals with special administrative regions set up by the Republic of China when it administered mainland China. For the present special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China, namely Hong Kong and Macau, view special administrative region (People's Republic of China). ..
Special Administrative Zone (California)
In the latter two books of John Birmingham's Axis of Time trilogy, the Special Administrative Zone (California), or less formally The Zone, is an enclave in the American State of California, setup to allow companies to "expliot patents they would have on future technologies'. It was established in ..
Special agent
Special Agent may refer to: Contents 1 In the United States Government1.1 Jurisdictional issues2 US railroads3 See also In the United States Government Any civilian (i.e. non-military rank) federal criminal or non-criminal investigator or detective in the 1811, 0081, or simi..
Special Airworthiness Certificate
The special airworthiness certificate is a Federal Aviation Administration authorization to operate an aircraft in United States airspace in one or more categories. Category Purpose(s) Title 14 CFR Section Primary Aircraft flown for pleasure and personal use 21.24, 21.184 Restricted..
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Special Alternative Incarceration
Special Alternative Incarceration (S.A.I.) is a boot camp in Chelsea, Michigan. It is a minimum security boot camp for male and female probationers. ..
Special appearance
A special appearance is a term used in the United States law of civil procedure to describe a civil defendant's appearance in the court of another state solely to dispute the personal jurisdiction of the court over that defendant. Prior to the advent of this procedure, defendants had to either appea..
Special Areas of Conservation in Northern Ireland
Special Areas of Conservation in Northern Ireland are part of the European Natura 2000 network of sites with special flora or fauna. Northern Ireland has 43 SACs: Ballynahone BogBanagher GlenBann EstuaryBinevenaghBlack BogBreen WoodCarn/Glenshane PassCladagh (Swanlinbar) RiverCuilcagh MountainsGarr..
Special Area of Conservation
A Special Area of Conservation (SAC) is defined in the European Commission Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), also known as the Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora. They are to protect the 220 habitats and approximately 1000 species listed in annex I and II of..
Special Assault Team
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Special Assistance Plan
The Special Assistance Plan (SAP) is a programme in Singapore which caters to academically strong students who excel in both their mother tongue as well as English. It is only available in selected secondary schools. In a SAP school, several subjects may be taught in the mother tongue, alongside oth..
Special Atomic Demolition Munition
H-912 transport container for Mk-54 SADM The Special Atomic Demolition Munition (SADM) was a United States Navy and Marines project that was demonstrated as feasible in the mid-to-late 1960s, but was never used. The project, which involved a small nuclear weapon, was designed to allow one indi..
Special attack
A special attack (known also by other names, such as superpowers, hidden skills, secret techniques and the like) is a literary device of fiction, particularly comic books, manga and anime, though this is not universal; videogames, primarily those in the fighting genre, feature these attacks as well...
Special Beat Service
Special Beat Service was the third and final album by the UK's The Beat. It reached #39 on the Billboard 200 album chart in 1983. The Song "Rotating Head" from the album was remixed for the film Ferris Bueller's Day Off Contents 1 Track Listing2 Credits2.1 Performance Credits2...
Special Blend
Special Blend is a morning radio show airing weekdays from 7 AM to 10 AM on the community-based campus radio station CKCU-FM in Ottawa, Canada. The show is entirely produced by volunteers; each of the 15 weekly programming hours is hosted by a different volunteer, with contributions from others duri..
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Special Book Services
Special Book Services (SBS) is the leading distributor of language teaching materials in Brazil with its warehouse facilities in São Paulo and a chain of over 24 SBS bookshops located in key cities and state capitals. External link [SBS homepage] ..
Special Branch
For the television series Special Branch, see Special Branch (TV series). Special Branch is the arm of the British, Irish and many Commonwealth police forces that deals with national security matters. They acquire and develop intelligence to help protect the public (and the state) from national sec..
Special Branch (TV series)
For the actual police division, see Special Branch. Special Branch is a British television series made by Thames Television for ITV and shown between 1969 and 1974. Starring George Sewell and Patrick Mower, this police drama is notable for being the first production by Euston Films, later responsi..
Special Broadcasting Service
The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is one of two government funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television networks, the other being the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). The stated purpose of the SBS is "to provide multilingual and multicultural radio and television servic..
Special Bulletin
Ed Flanders as RBS anchor John Woodley Special Bulletin was an American made-for-TV movie first broadcast in 1983. It was an early collaboration between director Edward Zwick and writer Marshall Herskovitz, a team that would later produce such series as thirtysomething and My So-Called Life. ..
Special Bureau for India
The Special Bureau of India was set up by Subhash Chandra Bose under Adam von Trott zu Solz in Berlin in 1941. From here radio broadcasts were made for the Azad Hind Radio. It was also the organisational centre for the Indian National Army in Europe..        &nb..
Special capital district
Special capital district is an administrative country subdivision term used for the capital areas in some countries. In Indonesia it exists as Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta Special Capital District of Jakarta. In Iraq it is proposed for Baghdad. See also Special administrative regionNational capi..
Special case
This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one, or improve this page yourself}} if you can. See [discussion page] for details. In logic, especially as applied in mathematics, concept A is a special case or specialization of concept ..
Special Category Visa
A Special Category Visa is a type of Australian visa granted to most New Zealand citizens on arrival in Australia. The Special Category Visa was introduced on 1 September 1994 by the Migration Regulations 1994. It is known as a subclass 444 visa. Prior to 1 September 1994, New Zealanders were ge..
Special Circumstances
In the science fiction of Iain M. Banks, Special Circumstances (SC) is an organisation that exists within the anarchist civilisation known as the Culture (which forms the basis of several of his novels and shorter works). Special Circumstances is part of a larger Culture organisation called Conta..
Special cities of Japan
Divisions of Japan Regional level Regions (地方 chihō) Prefectural level Prefectures (都道府県 todōfuken) Subprefectural level Subprefectures (支庁 shichō) Designated Cities (政令指定都市 seirei-shitei-toshi) Districts (郡 gun) Municipal level Core Cities (中核市 chū..
Special cities of Korea
In North and South Korea, Special cities, Metropolitan Cities, and Directly Governed Cities are cities that have a status equivalent to that of Provinces (Do). Hence, like the provinces, such cities are under the direct administration of the central government. As of 2004, there are two Directly Go..
Special city
Special city refers to Special cities of KoreaSpecial cities of JapanSpecial cities of China are now known as the municipalities of China This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to cha..
Special Class Railway Apprentice
Special Class Railway Apprentice (SCRA) refers to a handful of candidates that are selected by the Union Public Service Commission India after a very rigorous selection process to the undergraduate program in Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engine..
Special Clerical Court
Special Clerical Court, or Special Court for Clerics (Persian: دادگاه ویژه روحانیت) is an Iranian court for trying Muslim clerics. Some of the early controversial trials included the trials of Mohse..
Special Collections
Special Collections (often abbreviated to Spec. Coll. or S.C.) is the name applied to a repository, sometimes within a public or academic library, that houses rare or old materials including books, theses, incunabula, handwritten manuscripts, archives, photographs, audio-visual materials, and other ..
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Special Constable
A Special Constable may be: A member of the Special Constabulary of the British policeA National Serviceman in the Singapore Police Force This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to ch..
Special Constabulary
The Special Constabulary is a volunteer section of the British police. Every territorial police force (except the Police Service of Northern Ireland, which has a Reserve instead) and the British Transport Police has its own special constabulary. The Isle of Man Constabulary and States of Guernsey Po..
Special Corps of Gendarmes
The Special Corps of Gendarmes (Отдельный корпус жандармов) was the secret military police of the Russian Empire in the 1800s and early 1900s. Its main responsibilities were law enforcement and state security. The responsibilities of the Gendarmes also included execution of ..
Special Council of the NKVD
Special Council of the USSR NKVD (Особое Совещание при НКВД СССР, ОСО) was created by the same decree of Sovnarkom of July 10, 1934 that introduced the NKVD itself. By the decree, the Special Council was endowed with the rights to apply punishments "by administrative mea..
Special Courts
This is an article on the Polish special courts during WWII. For information on the infamous German special courts during the same period see: Sondergerichte This article is partof the series:Polish Secret State History of Poland Special Courts (Polish Sądy Specjalne) were the underground cour..
Special Court for Clerics
Special Court for Clerics is a special court in Iran which judges crimes related to Muslim clerics. ..
Special Court for Sierra Leone
The Special Court for Sierra Leone is an independent judicial body set up to "try those who bear greatest responsibility" for the war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Sierra Leone after 30 November 1996 during the Sierra Leone Civil War. The court is located in Freetown. Sierra Leo..
Special Criminal Court
redirect [[Template:Politics of the Republic of Ireland]]The Special Criminal Court (Irish Cúirt Choiriúil Speisialta) is a juryless criminal court in the Republic of Ireland which tries terrorist and organized crime cases. Article 38 of the Constitution of Ireland empowers the Dáil to establish ..
Special D
Special D. (real name Dennis Horstmann) is a German DJ and dance music artist who is particularly popular in The Netherlands, where he won the "Best Dance International" award at the 2004 TML NL Awards. He is also popular among the Euro-Trance scene in North America. His best known track, "Come Wit..
Special Delivery
Special Delivery can refer to: Albums Special Delivery (album), an album by .38 SpecialSpecial Delivery (Milly y los Vecinos album) Films Special Delivery (1927 film)Special Delivery (1955 film)Special Delivery (1976 film), a film with Cybill Shepherd and Sorrell Booke.Special Delivery (1999 film),..
Special Delivery (album)
Special Delivery is the second studio album by southern rock band .38 Special, released in 1978. (see 1978 in music). Track listing "I'm a Fool for You""Turnin' to You""Travelin' Man""I Been a Mover""What Can I Do?""Who's Been Messin'""Can't Keep a Good Man Down""Take Me Back" (Barnes, Van Zant) P..
Special divisor
In mathematics, in the theory of algebraic curves, certain divisors on a curve C are particular, in the sense of determining more compatible functions than would be predicted. These are the special divisors. In classical language, they move on the curve in a larger linear system of divisors. The co..
Special Drawing Rights
Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) is a potential claim on the freely usable currencies of International Monetary Fund members. It is neither a currency, nor a claim on the IMF. SDRs are defined in terms of a basket of major currencies used in international trade and finance. At present, the currencies..
Special Duties
The Special Duties are a British punk rock band. History of the band The Special duties was created in October 1977 by schoolfellows Steve Green (Aka Arrogant), Steve Norris (Aka Duty) and Nigel Baker. They were punks at school, but the idea of forming their own band came when they saw The Adve..
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Special Duty Combat Unit Shinesman
|} Special Duty Combat Unit Shinesman (Tokumu Sentai Shainsuman), or simply Shinesman, is a Japanese anime OVA. It was released in Japan on February 21, 1996. It was written, based on the manga by Kaimu Tachibana, by Hideki Sonoda, and directed by Shinya Sadamitsu. The character designer was Akih..
Special Economic Zone
A Special Economic Zone (SEZ) is a geographical region that has economic laws different from a country's typical economic laws. Usually the goal is an increase in foreign investment. Special Economic Zones have been established in several countries, including the People's Republic of China, India, J..
Special Economic Zone of the People's Republic of China
Contents 1 In the People's Republic of China2 List of PRC's SEZs3 History of PRC's SEZs4 See also In the People's Republic of China The word "special" mainly means special economic systems and policies. In the People's Republic of China, the central government gives SEZs spe..
Special ed
Special ed may refer to: Special education, a form of alternative educationSpecial Ed, a New York based rapper from the late 1980s and early 1990sThe Sausage Factory, a Canadian TV show (known as "Special Ed" in certain U.S. markets)..
Special Ed
For the topic in education, see special education. Special Ed was also an alternate title for the television series The Sausage Factory. Special Ed is the performing name of Edward Archer (born ca. 1973), an American hip hop musician. Hailing from Brooklyn in New York City, he is identified with E..
Special edition
Reefer Madness was issued in a Special "Addiction" as a reference to the cult film's ironic appeal. The term "special edition" ("deluxe edition" and "collector's edition" are also used) implies a kind of an extraordinary, rare quality. Generally used as a marketing phrase, it is intended to gi..
Special Edition (P.A.L album)
Special Edition, is a bonus album by German industrial music artist P.A.L. It was released in Europe by Ant-Zen records as a 3" CD; a bonus in special versions of Release. Track listing "Re-launcher""Trapezo-ID""Distortion of Passion""Nervous Breakdown" ..
Special Edna
"Special Edna", also titled "Love and Marking", is the seventh episode of The Simpsons' fourteenth season. The episode aired on January 5, 2003. Synopsis [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Mrs. Krabappel tells the class to write a paper on World War I..
Special education
redirect [[Template:Not verified]] "Special Needs" redirects here. For , see . Special education, describes an educational alternative that focuses on the teaching of students with academic, behavioral, health, or physical needs that cannot sufficiently be met using traditional educational programs ..
Special Education in the United States
Special education programs in the United States were made mandatory in 1973 when Congress passed the Education of the Handicapped Act (EHA) in response to discriminatory treatment by public educational agencies against students with disabilities. The EHA was later modified to strengthen protections ..
Special effect
Lasers were used in the 2005 Classical Spectacular concert Special effects (abbreviated SPFX or SFX) are used in the film, television, and entertainment industry to visualize scenes that cannot be achieved by normal means, such as space travel. They are also used when creating the effect by no..
Special elections to the United States House of Representatives
This is an incomplete list of special elections to the United States House of Representatives. Such elections are called by state governors to fill the vacancies that occur when a member of the House of Representatives dies or resigns before the biennial general election. Winners of these electio..
Special election musical chairs
"Special Election Musical Chairs" is a term used by editorialists to describe a series of special elections triggered by the mid-term resignation or death of an officeholder, with elections being won by other officeholders, triggering further special elections until either the next election required..
Special Emergency Force
The Special Emergency Force (قوة الطوارئ الخاصة) is a special operations counter-terrorism unit of the Saudi Arabian Defence Forces. Similar units inlclude F.B.I.Hostage Rescue Team and the French GIGN.The SEFC was established in 1972 its main job was to control riots and demonstrati..
Special Emergency Response Team
For the Australian unit see Special Emergency Response Team (Queensland). The Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) was the RCMP counter-terrorism unit which existed until 1993. Its duties were then taken over by the Canadian Armed Forces in the form of JTF-2. SERT was disbanded, reportedly, due t..
Special Emergency Response Team (Queensland)
For the Canadian unit see Special Emergency Response Team. Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) is the special operations division of the Australian Queensland Police. SERT is part of the Specialist Services Branch which incorporates units such as the Dog Squad, Explosive Ordnance Response Team ..
Special Engineering Detachment
Special Engineering Detachment (SED) An Army program that identified enlisted personnel with technical skills, such as machining, or who had some science education beyond high school. Those identified were organized into the Special Engineer Detachment, or SED. SED personnel began arriving at Los Al..
Special English
Special English is a simplified version of the English language used by the United States broadcasting service Voice of America in daily broadcasts. The news is read slowly, using a limited vocabulary and simplified grammar. There is a short pause between adjacent words so that word boundaries are e..
Special Envoy (horse)
Special Envoy was a horse ridden by Rodrigo Pessoa. He won many Top International Competitions in the sport of Show Jumping. Color: ChestnutMarkings: Star, Near Hind SockHeight: 16.3 hh (170cm)Sex: GeldingBreed: Irish BredBreeding: By King of Diamonds (Irish Draught)Riders: Rodrigo Pessoa & Nelso..
Special Escort Group
Special Escort Group may be a reference to: the Special Escort Group of the Metropolitan Police, responsible for the escort of important persons or valuable or hazardous cargoes in London, Englandthe Special Escort Group of the Ministry of Defence Police, responsible for the protection of nuclear ma..
Special Escort Group (Metropolitan Police)
The Special Escort Group (SEG) is a unit of the London Metropolitan Police Service. Now part of the Royalty and Diplomatic Protection Department, it provides motorcycle outriders for royal and other motorcades. It also assists with the transport of hazardous or valuable convoys. ..
Special Escort Group (Ministry of Defence Police)
The Special Escort Group of the Ministry of Defence Police is responsible for the protection of nuclear materials in transit between military establishments throughout the United Kingdom. ..
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Special Events (Metro Rail)
Formerly called Arena, the station the last and most southerly station on Buffalo Metro Rail. This station is located next to the HSBC Arena, the current home of the Buffalo Sabres hockey team. Station Type: Street level/at gradePlatform: LowFare Control: No - No payment required The Metro Rail st..
Special Executive
The Special Executive are a fictional group of time-travelling mercenaries, appearing in Marvel Comics. They come from various other dimensional worlds. The Special Executive appeared in the pages of Doctor Who Monthly and Captain Britain. They have close ties to the Technet. Contents 1 Hi..
Special figures
Special figures were a component of figure skating in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Like compulsory figures, special figures involved tracing patterns on the ice with the blade of one ice skate. This required the skater to display significant balance and control while skating on one foo..
Special Folders
On Microsoft Windows operating systems, Special Folders are folders which are presented to the user through an interface as an abstract concept, instead of an absolute folder path. This makes it possible for an application to ask the operating system where an appropriate location for certain kinds o..
Special Force
For other uses, see Special forces (disambiguation) Special Force is a first-person shooter military video game, published by the militant Islamic organisation Hezbollah, created using the Genesis 3D engine. Special Force allows the player to take the part of an armed member of the Islamic Resist..
Special forces
For other uses of the term, see Special forces (disambiguation). Special forces (colloquially, sometimes incorrectly) or special operations forces (general term) are military units which are formed and trained to conduct missions involving unconventional warfare, Counter-Terrorism, reconnaissance, ..
Special Forces (.38 Special album)
Special Forces is the fifth studio album by southern rock band .38 Special, released in 1982. (see 1982 in music). Contents 1 Track listing2 Personnel3 Production4 Charts Track listing "Caught Up in You" (Barnes, Carlisi, Jim Peterik) – 4:37"Back Door Stranger" (Carlisi, ..
Special Forces (Alice Cooper album)
Special Forces is an album by Alice Cooper, released in 1981 (see 1981 in music). Track listing [Special Forces] "Who Do You Think We Are" - 4:21"Seven & Seven Is" - 2:41"Prettiest Cop on the Block" - 3:13"Don't Talk Old to Me" - 2:54"Generation Landslide '80 (live)" - 3:50"Skeletons i..
Special forces (disambiguation)
Special forces can refer to: Special forces, elite military units trained for unconventional warfare and covert operations.* United States Army Special Forces (also known as the "Green Berets"), the US Army division of the Special Operations Forces.* Special Air Service, a famed British special forc..
Special Forces (game)
Special Forces is a computer game released in 1991 by MicroProse. The game is a military simulation game in which a team of special operatives are to infiltrate enemy territory to complete various objectives. Gameplay The game lets the player select a team of four from a squad of eight operatives..
Special Forces (Mortal Kombat)
Special Forces Major Jackson Briggs Place of origin Earthrealm Foundation 48 BMK Founder Aaron Bank Current status Active Known members Formerly:JaxSonya Blade Alignment Good Goals Defense of the US Allies None Enemies the Black Dragon The Special Forces is a faction within the Mo..
Special forces assessment and selection
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Special Forces Knife Techniques
Silent Killing It is a common myth that cutting somebody's throat with a knife is a stealthy alternative to using unsilenced firearms. The opponent is more likely to gurgle and thrash around for a short period of time until the brain's oxygen supply runs out, usually creating noise in the process. ..
Special Forces of India
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Special Forces Tab
Special Forces Tab The Special Forces Tab is a decoration of the United States Army which is awarded to any service member who completes the Special Forces Qualification Course, or the Special Forces Officer Course, at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center located at Fort Bragg, North Ca..
Special Frontier Force
The Special Frontier Force are a special forces unit of the Indian military. It has about 100 personnel including a small number of Tibetans. It was formed by the CIA and India's intelligence agencies for the sole purpose of sabotage and espionage beyond enemy lines. References [Special Fro..
Special functions
In mathematics, there is a theory or theories of special functions, particular functions such as the trigonometric functions that have useful or attractive properties, and which occur in different applications often enough to warrant a name and attention of their own. There is no theory of general f..
Special Generation
''This article is about the R&B vocal group. For the 2005 single by Berryz Koubou, please see the article for the album on which it is featured, Dai 2 Seichouki. Special Generation were an American new jack swing/urban R&B quintet that was the brainchild of M.C. Hammer. They sang back-up on several ..
Special Handling Unit
Canadian Prisons Special Handling Unit Location: Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec Status: Operational Classification: Super Maximum Capacity: about 100 Opened: 1984 Closed: Managed by: Corrections Canada The Special Handling Unit is Canada's highest-security super-maximum security pris..
Special Herbs and Spices Vol. 1
Special Herbs + Spices LP by MF Doom & MF Grimm Released May 11, 2004 Recorded Circa 1999 - 2004 Genre Hip hop Length 50 min 48 sec Label Day By Day Entertainment Special Herbs + Spices is a hip hop album realeased in May 2004. The album is a selection of MF Doom produced beats from var..
Special Herbs and Spices Volume 1
Special Herbs + Spices Vol. 1 LP by MF Grimm & MF DOOM Released May 11, 2004 Genre Hip hop Length 50 min 48 sec Label Day By Day Entertainment Producer MF DOOM Special Herbs + Spices Vol. 1 is the third collaboration album released between MF Grimm and MF DOOM. However, unlike their pre..
Special Herbs The Box Set Vol. 0-9
Special Herbs The Box Set Vol 0-9 LP by Metal Fingers Released January 24, 2006 Genre Hip-hop Length ~ 3 hr 17 min Label Nature Sounds Producer Metal Fingers Executive Producers Metal FingersThe Prof. This limited edition box set of Metal Fingers's Special Herbs is made up of 3 CDs. Th..
Special Herbs Vol. 7&8
Special Herbs Vol. 7&8 is an instrumental album released by Daniel Dumile under the moniker Metal Fingers. As with all volumes of Special Herbs released by Metal Fingers, each track is named after a herb or similar flora. Although being an instrumental album, some tracks contain sampled speech. T..
Special Herbs Vol. 9&0
Special Herbs Vol. 9&0 is an instrumental album released by Daniel Dumile under the moniker Metal Fingers. As with all volumes of Special Herbs released by Metal Fingers, each track is named after a herb or similar flora (with the exception of "Untitled (Meditation)"). Track #3, "Vervain", is an i..
Special Immigration Appeals Commission
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Special information tone
In telephony, the special information tone is actually a series of three audio tones, which indicate that a telephone call cannot be completed. This series, consisting of a low, medium, and high tone, is used nearly everywhere in the North American Numbering Plan, and is an important type of call p..
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction
On November 6, 2003 the United States Congress created the appointed position Inspector General of the Coalition Provisional Authority. Stuart Bowen was appointed to this position on January 20, 2004. The term of the Inspector General's office was to extend six months beyond the term of authority ..
Special Intelligence Service
:For a number of other organisations with similar names see SIS. Special Intelligence Service is usually the name for a branch of a government's intelligence apparatus that is organized for a specific purpose. For example, the British MI6 overseas espionage agency was previously known as the Specia..
Special Interest Autos
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Special Interest Group
This article belongs in one or more [Categorycategories]. Please [Categorizationcategorize] this article to list it with similar topics. In the computer field, a Special Interest Group is a community with a particular interest in a specific technical area. It is usually abbrevi..
Special Interrogation Group
The Special Interrogation Group (SIG) (some sources interpret this acronym as Special Identification Group or Special Intelligence Group) was a British Army unit organized from German-speaking Jewish volunteers from the British Mandate of Palestine. The SIG performed commando and sabotage operations..
Special Investigations Unit
The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) of Ontario, Canada is a civilian agency responsible for investigating incidents between police and civilians, especially if there is an injury or fatality. The goal of the SIU is to promoting and maintaining the community's confidence in Ontario’s police serv..
Special Investigation Branch
The Special Investigation Branch (SIB) is the name given to the detective branches of all four British military police arms: the Royal Navy Regulating Branch, Royal Marines Police, Royal Military Police and Royal Air Force Police. It is most closely associated with the Royal Military Police, which h..
Special Jurisdiction
Special Jurisdiction is also known as limited jurisdiction. Courts of special jurisdiction, as opposed to general jurisdiction, are courts whose power derives from an issuing authority (e.g. Statute, Constitution). Special jurisdiction courts always must demonstrate that they are authorized to exert..
Special K
This article is about the food; for other uses, see Special K (disambiguation). Special K is a lightly toasted breakfast cereal manufactured by the Kellogg Company. It is made with rice and wheat for the European market, but for the North American market it is made without wheat. Kellogg's claims ..
Special K (disambiguation)
The article Special K describes the breakfast cereal manufactured by Kellogg Company; several additional things have adopted this name, including: Special K, a slang term for the drug ketamine.Special K, a rapper and original member of the Treacherous Three.Special K, a song by rock band Placebo...
Special K (professional wrestling)
Special K was a heel professional wrestling stable in Ring of Honor, the team were billed as "rich boy" ravers who had a spotfest style performing many high flying and high risk moves with no regards to their own bodies. They also made appearances in Jersey All Pro Wrestling. Contents 1 Memb..
Special legislation
Special legislation (also called local legislation) is a legal term of art used in the United States which refers to acts of a state legislature which apply only to a specific municipality (or a group thereof) which is identified by name in the legislation. In some states, such as Pennsylvania, the..
Special Libraries Association
Special Libraries Association (SLA) is a professional association for librarian and information professionals working in organizations, companies, governments, and academic institutions. Examples of special libraries include law libraries, news libraries, corporate libraries, museum libraries, and m..
Special mark
A Special Mark, as defined by the International Association of Lighthouse Authorities, is a sea mark used in maritime pilotage to indicate the boundary of an administrative area such as a speed limit, water skiing or mooring area. It is recognisable by its yellow colour and X top-mark. ..
Special master
A special master, in law, is an authority appointed by a judge to make sure that judicial orders are actually followed. United Kingdom In the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, such an official is usually simply referred to as a Master. United States Cases involving special masters ofte..
Special member state territories and their relations with the European Union
Two parts of the Treaty of Rome deal with special relationships: Article 299 which sets out the territories to which the treaty applies, supplemented by the accession treaties; and Articles 182-188 and Annex II on association with the non-European countries and territories which have special relatio..
Special needs
Special needs is a term used in clinical diagnostic and functional development to describe individuals who require assistance for disabilities such as medical, mental, or psychological. For instance, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or the International Classification of Dis..
Special Needs- (song)
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Special Needs (disambiguation)
Special needs may refer to: Special education, an educational alternativeSpecial Needs (song), a song by PlaceboThe British band The Needs, formerly known as Special Needs..
Special needs trust
A special needs trust is created to ensure that beneficiaries who are developmentally disabled or mentally ill can enjoy the use of property which is intended to be held for their benefit. In additon to personal planning reasons for such a trust (the person may lack the mental capacity to handl..
Special Night Squads
The Special Night Squads (SNS) were a joint British-Jewish force consisting of British soldiers and Jewish Settlement Police, established by Charles Orde Wingate in the British Mandate of Palestine in 1936, during the Great Arab Revolt. Wingate hand-picked his men, among them Yigal Allon and Moshe..
Special nuclear material
Special nuclear material is a term used by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of the United States to classify fissile materials. The NRC divides special nuclear material (SNM) into three main categories, according to the risk and potential for its direct use in a clandestine nuclear weapon or for it..
Special number field sieve
"NFSNET" redirects here. For , see NSFNet. The special number field sieve (SNFS) is a special-purpose integer factorization algorithm. The general number field sieve (GNFS) was derived from it. The special number field sieve is efficient for integers of the form re ± s, where r and s are sm..
Special Olympics
Postage stamp The Special Olympics is an international organization that helps people with intellectual disabilities develop self confidence and social skills through sports training and competition. The athletes can develop social relationships with their teammates and coaches during continu..
Special Olympics Great Britain
The Special Olympics Great Britain take place in Britain every four years. They are part of Special Olympics International. The seventh games took place in 2005 in Glasgow, from 2 July to 9 July. Over 2500 athletes from across Great Britain competed in 23 sports. The Games Village was at the Sco..
Special Olympics Stadium
Special Olympics Stadium is a stadium in Brockport, New York. Located on the campus of State University of New York at Brockport it is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the SUNY-Brockport Golden Eagles. The stadium holds 10,000 people and was built in 1979. It was ori..
Special Olympics USA
The Special Olympics USA National Games were first held in 2006, July 2-6, in Ames, Iowa. 2006 Games The city of Ames and Iowa State University hosted over 3000 athletes from all 50 states to come and compete in 13 competition sports, including gymnastics, basketball, and powerlifting. Over 800..
Special Olympic Games
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Special One
Special One is an album by the band Cheap Trick. It was released in 2003 and features the single Scent of a Woman. It charted for one week, reaching 124 on the album charts. Track listing "Scent of A Woman" (R. Nielsen/R. Zander/T. Petersson) – 4:48"Too Much" (R. Nielsen/R. Zander/T. Petersso..
Special Operations Command
Special Operations Command may refer to the: Special Operations Command of the Australian Defence Force.Special Operations Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines.Special Operations Command of the Singapore Police Force.Special Operations Command of the United States Armed Forces.Special Ope..
Special Operations Command, Europe
SOCEUR (Special Operations Command, Europe) has its headquarters at Patch Barracks in Stuttgart-Vaihingen, Germany. External links [link]..
Special Operations Command (Australia)
SOCOMD Badge Wyvern with "Acies Acuta" Soldiers from Special Operations Command during a demonstration held for the Media in May 2003 The Special Operations Command (SOCOMD) is the newest branch of the Australian Defence Force (ADF). Special Operations Command was established in May 2003..
Special Operations Command (Singapore)
The Special Operations Command (Abbreviation: SOC; Malay: Pasukan Operasi Khas; Chinese: 特别行动指挥处) is a frontline unit of the Singapore Police Force (SPF) grouping together various specialist units into a single strategic reserve of the regular forces to be called upon in any contingenc..
Special Operations Command parachute team
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Special Operations Executive
The Special Operations Executive (SOE), sometimes referred to as "the Baker Street Irregulars" after Sherlock Holmes's fictional group of spies, was a World War II organization initiated by Winston Churchill and Hugh Dalton in July 1940 as a mechanism for conducting warfare by means other than dire..
Special Operations Group
Special Operations Group may refer to the: Special Operations Group of Argentina.Special Operations Group of the Australian Victoria Police.Special Operations Group of Brazil.Special Operations Group of Chile.Special Operations Group of El Salvador.Special Operations Group of Japan.Special Operatio..
Special Operations Group of the Tasmania Police
The Special Operations Group (SOG) is the special operations division of the Australian Tasmania Police. SOG is a highly trained group within the Tasmania Police Service, made up of current serving Tasmania Police members from varied sections and branches. Contents 1 Mission2 History3..
Special Operations Service Ribbon
The Special Operations Service Ribbon is a decoration of the United States Coast Guard which was first created in July 1987 by order of Commandant of the Coast Guard, Admiral Paul A. Yost Jr. The decoration is authorized for certain acts of non-combat meritorious service, performed in the service..
Special Order 191
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. Special Order 191 (also Special Order No. 191, the "Lost Dispatch," and the "Lost Order"), in the American Civil..
Special Organisation (Algeria)
Special Organisation (in French: Organisation Spéciale) was a paramilitary organisation in colonial Algeria, set-up at the convention of MTLD in 1947 to ensure national liberation. OS had around 1500 to 2000 members at its peak. OS was dismantled in 1951. Only the units in Aurès and Kabylia remai..
Special Organization (Ottoman Empire)
"Special Organization" was name given to a three member executive committee established by the Committee of Union and Progress. Its establishment or dismantling time is in question. Its full functions, given the coordination of deportation (emigration) of Armenians are in question. Only source of i..
Special paint scheme
Special paint schemes are one-time or limited time variations on a race car's typical appearance. Their use has been largely confined to stock car racing, partially due to the much larger surface area of a stock car as opposed to other types of race cars. NASCAR's increased media coverage has also..
Special Patrol Group
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. The Special Patrol Group (SPG) was a controversial unit of the London Metropolitan Police. The SPG was formed ..
Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction
The Special Patrol Insertion/Extraction (SPIE) system was developed as a means to rapidly insert and/or extract a reconnaissance patrol from an area that does not permit a helicopter to land. SPIE has application for rough terrain as well as water inserts/extracts. Generally, the SPIE rope is lowe..
Special Period
The Special Period In Time of Peace (Spanish: Período especial en tiempo de paz ) in Cuba was an extended period of economic crisis that began in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union and, by extension, the Comecon. The crisis was augmented by the ongoing United States embargo against Cuba, ..
Special pleading
Special pleading is a form of spurious argumentation where a position in a dispute introduces favorable details or excludes unfavorable details by alleging a need to apply additional considerations without proper criticism of these considerations themselves. The lack of criticism may be a simple ..
Special police
Special police is a term which can mean a number of things in different countries. Contents 1 Australia2 Singapore3 United Kingdom4 United States4.1 Special police in North Carolina5 See also Australia In Australia, a Special Constable is any police officer with li..
Special Police Unit
Special Police Units are SWAT units of Chinese People's Armed Police. There is at least one of such unit in each Chinese province to offer their service when requested by the local police, and other law enforcement authorities such as Chinese Maritime Customs Service. ..
Special Powers Act
The Special Powers Act came into force in 1971 under orders of Northern Ireland Prime Minister Brian Faulkner as a means of controlling spiralling terrorist activity in Northern Ireland. The Act authorised internment of those suspected to be involved in terrorism. This included suspects from both si..
Special principle of relativity
The special principle of relativity is an assumption of Albert Einstein's theory of special relativity that states that the laws of physics must take the same form in all inertial reference frames. This principle is extended in the theory of general relativity. ..
Special Program in Science
The Special Program in Science, or SPS started off as a Talent Development Program in the National University of Singapore. They are a group of undergraduate students that profess interest in science. History Started in 1996? Description Links: [Special Program in Science] webpage. ..
Special prosecutor
A special prosecutor is a lawyer from outside the government appointed by the attorney general or Congress to investigate a federal official for misconduct while in office. The reasoning is that the Department of Justice may have political connections to those it might be asked to investigate. Inh..
Special Protection Area
A Special Protection Area or SPA is a designation under the European Union directive on the Conservation of Wild Birds ([79/409/CEE]). Member States of the European Union have a duty to safeguard the habitats of migratory birds and certain particularly threatened birds. SPAs comprise one ..
Special Protection Group
The Special Protection Group (SPG) is the agency responsible for the protection of India's Prime Minister and his/her immediate family members. The force was raised in 1985 in response to the assassination of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Today, the SPG is one of the elite agencies of its ki..
Special purpose acquisition company
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) are investment vehicles that allow public investors to invest in areas sought by private equity firms. SPACs are shell or blank-check companies that have no operations but that go public with the intention of merging with or acquiring a company with t..
Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator
ISS Canada "hand" (NASA) The Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator (SPDM) is a robotic arm or telemanipulator, or "waldo" which is part of the Mobile Servicing System. It is one of the many segments of Canada's contribution to the International Space Station, scheduled to be transported to t..
Special purpose entity
A special purpose entity (SPE) (formerly "special purpose vehicle") is a firm created by a company to fulfill narrow or temporary objectives, primarily to isolate financial risk. A special purpose entity is typically almost entirely owned by the parent company, but in certain jurisdictions is requi..
Special Purpose Individual Weapon
Early Springfield Armory SPIW prototype (Circa 1964) Final Springfield Armory SPIW prototype (Circa 1966) The Special Purpose Individual Weapon (SPIW) was a long-running US Army program to develop, in part, a workable flechette-based "rifle", though other concepts were also involved. Th..
Special purpose visa
A special purpose visa is a visa given by operation of law to certain non-citizens in Australia to whom standard visa and immigration clearance arrangements do not apply. Australia operates a universal visa regime which insists that every non-Australian citizen present within the migration zone of ..
Special Rapporteur
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Special Rapporteur on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography
On 20 November 1989, the United Nations General Assembly in New York adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This international instrument recognizes "that in all countries in the world, there are children living in exceptionally difficult conditions, and that such children need special c..
Special Reaction Teams
In anticipation of possible terrorist attacks against US Marine Corps, Army and Navy installations, many military bases have formed Special Reaction Teams (SRTs). These are similar in mission and composition to civilian SWAT teams, and respond to situations as varied as hostage rescue, counter-snipe..
Special Reaction Unit
The Special Reaction Unit is a part of the Philippine Army (PA) Special Operations Command (SOCOM) which is now composed of the Scout Rangers, Special Forces, and Psyops. The PA SOCOM takes the place of PA Special Warfare Brigade (SWBde) which was disbanded more than ten (date?) years ago. A new ..
Special Reconnaissance Regiment
Another meaning of "SRR" is "Search and Rescue Region." ..
Special referee
In law, a special referee acts as a judge on matters of fact only. Explanation In many instances, the interpretation of the specific statutes or case law relevant to a dispute is absolutely clear. The uncertainty between the parties lies in the facts. Hence, a special referee is an expert in the fa..
Special register body
An organisation whose name appeared in the special register maintained under section 84 of the Industrial Relations Act 1971 immediately before 16 September 1974, and which is a company registered under the Companies Act 1985 or is incorporated by charter or letters patent. Special register bodies ..
Special Registration
The National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS, INS Special Registration) is a system for registration of certain non-citizens within the United States, initiated in September 2002 as part of the War on Terrorism. This system has two separate portions: port-of-entry registration and d..
Special relationship
Prime Minister Winston Churchill, (left) with President Franklin Roosevelt, at the 1945 Yalta Conference. The special relationship is the phrase used to characterize what advocates view as the warm political, diplomatic, historical, and cultural relations between the United States and member ..
Special relativity
For a non-technical introduction to the topic, please see Introduction to . The special theory of relativity was proposed in 1905 by Albert Einstein in his article "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies." Some three centuries earlier, Galileo's principle of relativity had stated that all uniform..
Special Report
Special Report is a term used by NBC ,CBS, ABC, CNN,and MSNBC when their news divisions break into programming. If breaking news occurs during a regular news broadcast covering part of the country, the anchor stops the newscast. The anchor welcomes all network viewers and introduces the report. Th..
Special Report: Live From the Forest of Death (Naruto episode)
Special Report: Live From the Forest of Death is the 26th episode of the Naruto anime. Synopsis Naruto and his team are gearing up to enter the Forest of Death when they are stopped by Konohamaru and his new friends, Moegi and Udon. They have apparently been sent by Konoha's village newspaper to ..
Special Report on Emissions Scenarios
The Special Report on Emissions Scenarios was a report prepared by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for the Third Assessment Report, on future emission scenarios to be used for driving global circulation models to develop climate change scenarios. It was used to replace the IS92 ..
Special Report with Brit Hume
Special Report with Brit Hume is an American television program appearing on Fox News Channel. It is aired live each Monday through Friday at 6:00 p.m. ET The show is replayed at midnight ET and (until Fox & Friends First launched) 6:00 a.m. ET.. The show is hosted by Brit Hume, Washington managin..
Special Representative for International Trade and Investment
His Royal Highness The Prince Andrew, Duke of York, KG KCVO ADC(P) is Special Representative for International Trade and Investment, of the United Kingdom Trade and Investment (formerly British Trade International, and before that the British Overseas Trade Board) of the Department of Trade and Indu..
Special Reserve (album)
Special Reserve is a 2003 compilation album by Gaelic Storm. Track listing "Courtin' In The Kitchen"*"Johnny Tarr""The Schooner Lake Set"*"The Leaving Of Liverpool""Drink The Night Away""After Hours At McGann's""Swimmin' In The Sea""Nancy Whiskey"*"She Was The Prize""Johnny Jump Up / Morrison's J..
Special revelation
Special revelation is a theological term that states a belief that we can discover the knowledge of God and of spiritual matters through supernatural means, such as miracles or the scriptures, a disclosure of God's truth through means other than through man's reason. Theologians use the term "specia..
Special rights
Special rights is a originally used by libertarians to refer to laws granting rights to one or more groups which are not extended to other groups, such as affirmative action or hate crime legislation with regard to ethnic, religious or sexual minorities. More recently, social conservatives have us..
Special right triangles
Two types of special right triangles appear commonly in geometry, the "45-45-90 triangle" and the "30-60-90 triangle." Knowing the ratios of the sides of these special right triangles allows one to quickly calculate various lengths in geometric problems. More interestingly, using these ratios allo..
Special road
A special road is a classification of road in the United Kingdom. For a road to become a special road, it must have a Statutory Instrument sanctioned under the Highways Act 1980. A road which is not a special road is termed an all-purpose road. The vast majority of the roads in the UK are all-purpos..
Special Rules of Order
A special rule of order is the term used in Robert's Rules of Order or, more correctly, Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised (RONR) for rules relating to procedure or to the duties of officers within the meeting context that the organization itself adopts. Such rules (with a few exceptions) superse..
Special sauce
Special sauce may refer to: Special sauce (McDonald's), used on the restaurant's Big Mac sandwichesG. Love & Special Sauce, a hip-hop band. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to ..
Special sauce (McDonald's)
Special sauce is the informal name given to the variation of Thousand Island dressing used in the McDonald's Big Mac hamburger. Although the precise recipe for what McDonald's itself terms Big Mac Sauce remains a secret, the ingredients are as follows: Soybean oil, pickles, distilled vinegar, water..
Special saving incentive account
A special saving incentive account (SSIA) is a type of interest-bearing account. Available to open in the Republic of Ireland between 2001-05-01 and 2002-04-30, the account featured a state-provided top-up of 25% of the sum deposited. ..
Special school
This article refers to schools that teach Special Education. For the Independent Dutch School system see Special school (Netherlands) This refers to the type of schools who teach students that require a "Special Education", sometimes known as having Special Educational Needs (SEN). Out-of-District ..
Special school (Netherlands)
A special school ("bijzonder onderwijs"), in the education system of The Netherlands, is a separate category from a public or private school. It is not to be confused with "speciaal onderwijs", which refers to schools specialized to deal with severe learning disabilities. It is administered by an i..
Special Secret Song Inside
"Special Secret Song Inside" is a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers from their 1987 album The Uplift Mofo Party Plan. The official name of the song is "Party On Your Pussy" though due to the obscene title the Chili Peppers label EMI forced a name change for the album booklet and back cover. Due to t..
Special senses
In medicine, the special senses are the senses of vision, hearing, taste, and smell. Touch is specifically excluded as a special sense. Instead, the various aspects of touch (pain, heat, pressure) are all categorized as somatic senses. External links [Special senses and somatic senses]&#..
Special Sensor Microwave/Imager
The Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) is a seven-channel, four-frequency, linearly polarized passive microwave radiometric system. The instrument measures surface/atmospheric microwave brightness temperatures (TBs) at 19.35, 22.235, 37.0 and 85.5 GHz. The four frequencies are sampled in..
Special Service Group
Military of Pakistan Pakistan Air Force Pakistan Coast Guard Personnel Military history Military history of Pakistan Related topics Weapons of mass destruction Nishan-E-Haider Special Service Group Inter-Services Intelligence Special Services Group (SSG) ..
Special Service Squadron
The Special Service Squadron was a component of the United States Navy during the 1920s and 1930s. Under the United States Fleet, the squadron patroled the Caribbean Sea as an instrument of gunboat diplomacy. It was headquartered in Balboa, Panama Canal Zone. Commanders C.H. Hockson 1907 (?)??J. H..
Special session
In a legislature, a special session is a period when the body convenes outside of the normal legislative schedule. This most frequently occurs in order to complete unfinished tasks for the year (often delayed by conflict between political parties), such as outlining the government's budget for the ..
Special Squad
Special Squad is an Australian television series made by Crawford Productions for the Ten Network in 1984. The series focused on an elite division of the police force, that included Det. Insp. John Anderson (Alan Cassell), Det. Sgt. Joel Davies (John Diedrich) and Det. Sgt. Greg Smith (Anthony Hawk..
Special stamp
A special stamp is a type of postage stamp typically intended for use on special occasions and holidays that occur repeatedly. Christmas stamps, with a seasonal design, and used in vast numbers to mail Christmas cards, are the most familiar, but in recent years a number of other types have appeared...
Special state-to-state relations
In an interview with the German press in 1996, the president of the Republic of China on Taiwan, Lee Teng-hui, stated that the status between the ROC and People's Republic of China was that of "special state-to-state relations". The announcement, which referred directly to the controversial politic..
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children
The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is a program of the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) for healthcare and nutrition of low-income mothers and children under the age of five. This program is unrelated..
SPECIAL System
The SPECIAL System is a character-creation scheme developed specifically for the Fallout franchise of computer role-playing games. SPECIAL is an acronym, representing the seven attributes used to define Fallout characters: Strength, Perception, Endurance, Charisma, Intelligence, Agility, and Luck. ..
Special Tactics and Rescue (Singapore)
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Special Tactics And Rescue Service
''This article is related to the Resident Evil series. S.T.A.R.S. is not related to S.T.A.R. Labs. The Special Tactics and Rescue Service (S.T.A.R.S.), also referred to non-canonically as the "Special Tactics and Rescue Squad" in the novelizations and movies, is a fictional law-enforcing task force..
Special Tasks
Special Tasks: The Memoirs of an Unwanted Witness -- A Soviet Spymaster is the autobiography of Pavel Sudoplatov, who was a member of the intelligence services of the Soviet Union who rose to the rank of major general; when it was published in 1994, it caused a considerable uproar, for a number of r..
Special Tasks and Rescue
Special Tasks and Rescue (STAR) is the special operations unit of the South Australia Police. Contents 1 History2 Mission3 Principle roles4 Sections5 See also6 External link History Formed on 30 November, 1978 the South Australian Police STAR Group was a rationali..
Special Task Force
The Special Task Force (STF) was formed in 1983 to operate as a Counter-Terrorist force in Sri Lanka, not as a military force but rather a highly-specialised police unit. It heads the Counter-Terrorist mission and – as the most highly trained police organisation – would be the lead unit ..
Special teams
Special teams are units in American football and Canadian football that are on the field during kickoffs, free kicks, punts, and field goal and extra point attempts. Most special teams players are second- and third-string players from other positions. Special teams include a kickoff team, a kick r..
Special Tertiary Admissions Test
The Special Tertiary Admissions Test (STAT) is a scholastic aptitude test, used for entry into undergraduate programs at Australian universities for people without a recent Equivalent National Tertiary Entrance Rank (ENTER). The test is designed by the [Australian Council for Educational Resea..
Special troops battalion
A special troops battalion is a new creation of the U.S. Army. The battalion is created by the amalgamation of a Division or Brigade Headquarters, a combat engineer company, a signal company, a military intelligence company, and a military police platoon. ..
Special Troops Battalion 4th Infantry Division
The 4ID Special Troops Battalion came into existence on 15 December 2004. It was formed out of portions of the former HHC 4ID, 124th Sig Bn, 104th MI Bn, 610th ENG DET, and the 4th ID Band. The Unit deployed in November 2005 to support Operation Iraqi Freedom 5. ..
Special unitary group
In mathematics, the special unitary group of degree n, denoted SU(n), is the group of n×n unitary matrices with unit determinant. The group operation is that of matrix multiplication. The special unitary group is a subgroup of the unitary group U(n), consisting of all n×n unitary matrice..
Special Unit 2
Special Unit 2 was a short-lived, American science-fiction/comedy series shown on UPN for one and a half seasons from 2000-2001. The series focused upon the exploits of a top-secret Chicago police unit known as Special Unit 2. The unit is charged with the task to police the city's "Link" populatio..
Special Vehicle Operations
See also Special Vehicle Team In 1981, Ford formed the Special Vehicle Operations (SVO) group to design and develop performance parts and accessories related to the company's racing programs. The group also built a special model to showcase these parts, the Ford Mustang SVO. The SVO Mustang was..
Special Vehicle Team
See also Special Vehicle Operations SVT, short for Special Vehicle Team, is an arm of Ford Motor Company responsible for the development of the company's highest-performance vehicles, much like Mercedes-AMG, BMW M, Chrysler's SRT division and GM's Performance Division. SVT is the successor to the SV..
Special View
Special View is an album by the power pop group The Only Ones. Released in 1979 in the United States it consists of tracks, selected by the American label Epic, from the bands first two CBS (UK) albums(The Only Ones and Even Serpents Shine). "Another Girl, Another Planet" 3:01"Lovers of Today" ..
Special visual flight rules
Special visual flight rules (SVFR) are a set of aviation regulations under which a pilot may operate an aircraft. A pilot can request an SVFR clearance from air traffic control to operate within a surface area in controlled airspace when the local weather is less than the minimums required for flig..
Special vote
New Zealand special votes are votes by mail, overseas voting, and other methods used to vote in New Zealand elections. ..
Special Warfare Badge
SEAL Badge Obsolete Enlisted SEAL Badge The Special Warfare Badge, also known as the “SEAL Trident”, or its more popular nickname, "The Budweiser," is one of the most recognizable combat badges of the United States Navy. First created in the 1960s, the Special Warfare Badge recogniz..
Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewman Badge
The Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewman Badge (SWCC badge) is a rare military qualification badge of the United States Navy which was first conceived in 1996, though the design wasn't approved for wear until 2005. The badge is authorized for wear by volunteer members of Special Boat Teams..
Special Warfare Group
Overview The Naval Special Warfare Group (NAVSOG: Naval Special Operations Group) or Special Warfare Group (SWAG) is the Fleet's elite forces for unconventional warfare and special operations of the Philippines' Navy. It specialises in sea, air and land (SEAL) operations ranging from reconnaiss..
Special waste
Special waste is composed of any waste which is difficult or dangerous to handle, transport, or treat to an extent that special provisions are needed for its management if there are to be no risks to human life. ..
Special Weapons and Operations Squad
"SWOS" is also a common abbreviation for the computer game Sensible World of Soccer. The Special Weapons and Operations Squad (SWOS) was a tactical police unit similar to SWAT. The acronym SWOS was used by several different Australian States police departments at various times. SWOS was also someti..
Special X
Special X was a channel on XM Satellite Radio Channel 30 that played random music. It is now online on XMRO 154 and on DirecTV XM Satellite Radio Channel 848. Many say the XM online version of Special X is just a shell of the old Special X that was on the satellites from 2001-2004. A descript..
Special Zone
Sonic 3's Special Stage The Special Zone (also called Special Stage) was an important part of the Sega Genesis/Megadrive Sonic the Hedgehog games. It is a location separate from the usual setting of those games (either Earth or Mobius), in which characters can locate Chaos Emeralds. Note that ..
Speciation
Charles Darwin's first sketch of an evolutionary tree from his First Notebook on Transmutation of Species (1837) Speciation is the evolutionary process by which new biological species arise. There are four modes of natural speciation, based on the extent to which speciating populations are ge..
Speciation (genetic algorithm)
Speciation is a process that occurs naturally in evolution and is modeled explicitly in some genetic algorithms. Speciation in nature occurs when two similar reproducing beings evolve to become too dissimilar to share genetic information effectively or correctly. In the case of living organisms, t..
Specie
A commodity metal, historically gold and silver, backing money or currency.Coins, as distinct from paper money banknotes.In specie, meaning “in the actual form.” Often used in the context of a distribution of assets, or a loan repayment. Thus, a company / corporation might distribute securities..
Species
In biology, a species is one of the basic units of biodiversity. In scientific classification, a species is assigned a two-part name, treated as Latin. The genus is listed first (with its leading letter capitalized), followed by a second term. For example, humans belong to the genus Homo, and a..
Species-area curve
In ecology, the Species-Area Curve is a graph recording the cumulative number of species of living things recorded in a defined area of a particular environment (usually by using quadrats) as a size of the area examined. It is related to, but not identical with, the species discovery curve. The ..
Speciesism
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Species (disambiguation)
In English "species" is both singular and plural. The word "specie" is unrelated and is used to refer to coins, or in chemistry as a molecule, ion, atom, or free radical (and in which case "species" means a pair of identical such particles). See species for biological species.See combinatorial spe..
Species (film)
Species is a 1995 science fiction thriller. It stars Natasha Henstridge, Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Forest Whitaker, Alfred Molina and Marg Helgenberger. Plot summary The movie is about a group of scientists who try to track down and trap a killer alien before she successfully mates with a hum..
Species (metaphysics)
Species (used as a noun) in metaphysics are defined by their genus (genos) and differentia (diaphora). For example, a human being as a species can be defined as an animal (genus) that can reason (differentia). The term is derived from the Greek word, eidos, which means form in Plato's dialogues, ..
Species 8472
Species 8472 In the fictional universe of Star Trek, "Species 8472" is the name (designated by the Borg) of an advanced alien race that lives in the realm of fluidic space. Contents 1 Anatomy2 Native Environment3 Technology4 History5 Criticism Anatomy They have a de..
Species Deceases
Species Deceases is an EP by Midnight Oil that was released in 1985 under the CBS record label. Track listing "Progress" (James Moginie, Peter Garrett)"Hercules" (Moginie, Garrett, Robert Hirst)"Blossom and Blood" (Hirst, Moginie)"Pictures" (Midnight Oil) Personnel Jim MoginiePeter GarrettMartin ..
Species discovery curve
In ecology, the species Discovery Curve is a graph recording the cumulative number of species of living things recorded in a particular environment as a function of the cumulative effort expended searching for them (usually measured in person-hours). It is related to, but not identical with, the sp..
Species distribution
Species distribution is the manner in which groups of species are spread out. There are three distinct types: clumped, uniform, and random. A similar concept is the species range, which focuses more on the factors determining a species' distribution. Clumped distribution In clumped distribution, s..
Species evenness
Species evenness is a diversity index, a measure of biodiversity which quantifies how equal the populations are numerically. So if there are 40 foxes, and 1000 dogs, the population is not very even. But if there are 40 foxes and 42 dogs, the population is quite even. The evenness of a population can..
Species first discovered in Hong Kong
This list contains species first discovered in Hong Kong, with the endemic species asterisked. Contents 1 Plants2 Animals2.1 Mammals2.2 Amphibians2.3 Insects2.3.1 Lepidoptera3 References4 See also5 External links Plants Bauhinia (Bauhinia blakeana)Cra..
Species flock
In evolutionary biology, a species flock is a diverse group of closely related species in an isolated area. A species flock may arise when a species penetrates a new geographical area and diversifies to occupy a variety of ecological niches; this process is known as adaptive radiation. The first sp..
Species II
Species II (a.k.a Species 2: Offspring and Species 2: Origins) is a 1998 sequel to the 1995 film Species. It stars Natasha Henstridge, Michael Madsen, and Marg Helgenberger. Contents 1 Plot Summary2 The Species3 Reception4 Sequel5 External link Plot Summary [Spo..
Species III
Species III is a 2004 direct to video follow-up to the 1995 science fiction movie Species, and its 1998 sequel Species II. It was directed by Brad Turner and stars Sunny Mabrey, Robin Dunne, and Amelia Cooke. It's US broadcast premiere was on the Sci-Fi Channel. Plot Summary Being a direct to v..
Species of Psittacosaurus
Over a dozen extinct species have been referred to the ceratopsian dinosaur genus Psittacosaurus, although only seven to nine are considered valid today.Xu X. & Zhao X. 1999. Psittacosaur fossils and their stratigraphical implications. In: Wang Y., Deng T. (Eds.). Proceedings of the Seventh Annua..
Species Plantarum
Cover page The Species Plantarum was first published in 1753, as a two-volume work by Linnaeus. Its prime importance is perhaps that it is the primary starting point of plant nomenclature as it exists today. It achieved this distinction because: it contained all plants then known.it allowed ea..
Species richness
Species richness is the simplest measure of biodiversity and is simply a count of the number of different species in a given area.It is referred to in equations as [S]. Contents 1 Reasons of being Commonly used1.1 Practical Application1.2 Existing Information1.3 Surr..
Species Traitor
Species Traitor is a sporadically published journal of insurrectionary anarcho-primitivism. It is printed as a project of Black and Green Network and is edited by Kevin Tucker. ST was initially labeled as a project of the Coalition Against Civilization (CAC) and the Black and Green Network (BAG). T..
Specie Circular
The Specie Circular (Coinage Act) was an executive order issued by U.S. President Andrew Jackson in 1836 and carried out by President Martin Van Buren. It required payment for public lands be in gold and silver specie. It was an immediate reaction to growing concerns about excessive speculation o..
Specie Payment Resumption Act
The Specie Payment Resumption Act (January 14, 1875, ch. 15, 18 Stat. 296) provided for the redemption of United States paper currency, known colloquially as greenbacks, in gold beginning in 1879. Drafted by Ohio Senator John Sherman, the Resumption Act was drafted in opposition to the Eastern fina..
Specifc surface
Specific surface is a derived scientific value similar reasons to specific gravity. It is defined by surface area divided by mass and has the unit m²/g. Also defined in the particle technology as the surface area divided by the volume [m^2/m^3] ..
Specification
In engineering and manufacturing, the term specification has the following meanings: Technical requirement A specification is a set of requirements. See also requirements analysis. Normally, a specification is the specific set of (high level) requirements agreed to by the sponsor/user and the man..
Specifications and diagrams of the pitch and creases
Appendix B of the Laws of the sport of cricket is entitled Specifications and diagrams of the pitch and creases. The appendix contains a diagram illustrating the measurements of the pitch and the bowling, popping, and return creases. The creases indicate whether a batsman is in his ground, and wheth..
Specifications for World War II infantry weapons
Contents 1 Revolvers2 Semi-automatic pistols3 Bolt-action rifles4 Semi-auto rifles5 Submachine guns6 Light machine guns7 See also Revolvers Name Nation Calibre(mm) Capacity Muzzle velocity(m/s) Barrel length(mm) Overall length(mm) Unloaded weight(kg) Number pro..
Specification and Design Language
Specification and Description Language (SDL) is a specification language targeted at the unambiguous specification and description of the behaviour of reactive and distributed systems. It is defined by the ITU-T (Recommendation Z.100.) Originally focused on telecommunication systems, its current are..
Specification language
A specification language is a formal language used in computer science. Unlike most programming languages, which are directly executable formal languages used to implement a system, specification languages are used during system analysis, requirements analysis and design. Specification languages ar..
Specification patterns for finite-state verification
Contents 1 Motivation for Patterns in Property Specification2 Specification Pattern System2.1 Property Specification Patterns2.2 Pattern Scope2.3 Pattern Hierarchy2.4 Pattern Usability3 See also4 External sources5 External links Motivation for Patterns..
Specification pattern example: Precedence
Specification pattern example: Precedence See also Specification patterns for finite-state verificationLinear temporal logicFormal verificationModel checking External source M. Dwyer, G. Avruin, J. Corbett, Y. Hu, Patterns in Property Specification for Finite-State Verification. In M. Ardis, ed..
Specificity
In binary testing, e.g. a medical diagnostic test for a certain disease, specificity is the proportion of true negatives of all the negative samples tested, that is [=\frac] For a test to determine who has a certain disease, a specificity of 100% means that all healthy people are labeled..
Specificity factor
A specificity factor is a protein that directs another protein to recognize or bind to something. ..
Specific absorption rate
Specific absorption rate (SAR) is a measure of the rate at which radio frequency (RF) energy is absorbed by the body when exposed to radio-frequency electromagnetic field. The most common use is in relation to cellular telephones. In the United States, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has..
Specific activity
This article is about the specific activity of an enzyme. For its use in radiochemistry, see radioactivity. In Chemistry, specific activity is the amount of product formed by an enzyme in a given amount of time under given conditions per milligram of enzyme. Specific activity is equal to the rate o..
Specific Area Message Encoding
Specific Area Message Encoding or SAME is the protocol used to encode the Emergency Alert System in the U.S. for broadcast stations. It was originally created for NOAA Weather Radio by the National Weather Service, and was later adopted by the FCC for regular broadcasters on radio, television, and ..
Specific Carbohydrate Diet
The Specific Carbohydrate Diet is a very basic way of eating. It eliminates sugar (with the exception of those found in ripe fruits and honey), starches, gluten, and lactose. It is often used to treat a variety of disorders including Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, Diverticulitis, Celiac Diseas..
Specific detectivity
For a photodetector, a figure of merit used to characterize performance, equal to the reciprocal of noise equivalent power (NEP), normalized to unit area and unit bandwidth. Specific detectivity, [D^*] (synonym D-Star), is given by [D^*=\frac}], where [A] is the area ..
Specific developmental disorder
Specific developmental disorders categorizes specific learning disabilities and developmental disorders affecting coordination. Contents 1 ICD-10 taxonomy1.1 Specific developmental disorders of speech and language1.2 Specific developmental disorders of scholastic skills (SDDSS)1...
Specific fuel consumption
Specific fuel consumption, often shortened to SFC, is an engineering term that is used to describe the fuel efficiency of an engine design. It measures the amount of fuel needed to provide a given power for a given period. SFC is dependent on engine design, but differences in the SFC between differ..
Specific gas constant
The specific gas constant of a gas is given by the universal gas constant, divided by the molar mass of the gas. Contents 1 Definition2 Examples2.1 Helium2.2 Air Definition Let: [ R \ ]be the universal gas constant, or about [ 8.314472 } \ ] [ r \ ..
Specific heat capacity
Material Properties Specific heat c=\frac\left(\frac\right) Compressibility \beta=-\frac\left(\frac\right) Thermal expansion \alpha=\frac\left(\frac\right) [http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit] Specific heat capacity (Symbol: H)) is the measure of the heat energy required to rai..
Specific immunity
The combination of humoral immunity and cell-mediated immunity. ..
Specific impulse
The specific impulse (commonly abbreviated Isp) of a propulsion system is the impulse (change in momentum) per unit of propellant. Depending on whether the amount of propellant is expressed in mass or by weight (conventionally sea level weight on the Earth) the dimension of specific impulse is that..
Specific interval
In diatonic set theory a specific interval is the shortest possible clockwise distance between pitch classes on the chromatic circle (interval class), in other words the number of half steps between notes. The largest specific interval is one less than the number of "chromatic" pitches. In twelve to..
Specific kinetic energy
Specific kinetic energy is kinetic energy per unit mass (J/kg). It is defined as [ \begin e_k = \frac \end v^2 ]. ..
Specific language impairment
Specific language impairment (SLI) is a developmental language disorder that can affect both expressive and receptive language. SLI is a "pure" language impairment, meaning that is not related to or caused by other developmental disorders. Children with SLI may acquire language in the same sequenc..
Specific mecha in media
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Specific modulus
Specific modulus is equal to a material's elastic modulus (Young's modulus) divided by the material's density. Specific modulus = Y/ρ Examples An aluminum alloy might have an Young's modulus of 2.07×1011 pascals (207 gigapascals) and a density of 7.80 grams per cubic centimeter. It would t..
Specific name
In zoological nomenclature, a specific name is the second part (second name) in the name of a species (a binomen). The first part is the name of the genus. Example: The scientific name for man is Homo sapiens, which is the species name, consisting of two names: Homo is the "generic name" (the name..
Specific orbital energy
In astrodynamics the specific orbital energy [\epsilon\,\!] (or vis-viva energy) of an orbiting body traveling through space under standard assumptions is the sum of its potential energy ([\epsilon_p\,\!]) and kinetic energy ([\epsilon_k\,\!]) per unit mass. According t..
Specific performance
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Specific phobia
A specific phobia is a generic term for any kind of anxiety disorder that amounts to an unreasonable or irrational fear related to exposure to specific objects or situations. As a result, the affected persons tend to actively avoid direct contact with the objects or situations, and in severe cases..
Specific Physical Preparedness
Specific Physical Preparedness (abbreviated SPP), also referred to by Sports-specific Physical Preparedness is the status of being prepared for the movements in a specific activity (usually a sport). Specific training includes movements specific to a sport that can only be learned through repetitio..
Specific power
This does not cite its [[Opentopia:Citing sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. In engineering, specific power (sometimes also power per unit mass or power density) refers to the amount of po..
Specific properties
redirect [[Template:Not verified]]Specific properties Specific properties of a substance are derived from other intrinsic and extrinsic properties (or intensive and extensive properties) of that substance. For example, the density of steel (a specific and intrinsic property) can be derived from me..
Specific relative angular momentum
In astrodynamics, the specific relative angular momentum of an orbiting body with respect to a central body is the relative angular momentum of the first body per unit mass. Specific relative angular momentum plays a pivotal role in definition of orbit equations. Specific relative angular momentu..
Specific replant disease
This article does not cite its [[Opentopia:Cite sources|references or sources]]. You can [[Opentopia:WikiProject Fact and Reference Check|help]] Wikipedia by including appropriate citations. Specific Replant Disease is also known as ‘Sick Soil Syndrome’. This malady manifests itself when susce..
Specific risk
In finance, a specific risk is a risk that affects a very small number of assets. This is sometimes referred to as "unsystematic risk". An example would be news that is specific to either one stock or a small number of stocks, such as a sudden strike by the employees of a company you have shares in..
Specific rotation
The specific rotation of a chemical compound [α]D is defined as the observed angle of optical rotation α when light of 589 nanometer wavelength (the sodium D line) is passed through a sample with a path length of 0.1 meter and a sample concentration of 1 gram per deciliter. The ..
Specific speed
Specific Speed is an index that, in mechanical terms, represents the impeller speed necessary to generate 1 gallon per minute at 1 foot of head. Ns = (n*sqrt(Q)) / H^(3/4) Ns = specific speed (unitless) n = pump rotational speed in rpm Q = flowrate (GPM) H = total head per stage (feet) standard i..
Specific storage
Specific storage, storativity and specific yield (Ss, S and Sy) are aquifer properties; they are measures of the ability of an aquifer to release groundwater from storage, due to a unit decline in hydraulic head. These properties are often determined in hydrogeology using an aquifer test. Specific..
Specific strength
The specific strength is a material strength divided by its density. It is expressed in newton metres per kilogramme, and is used for tensile strength as for compressive strength. Another common expression is the breaking length in km when subjected to the earth gravity, which makes this notion pal..
Specific surface
The surface area of the particles per unit mass.(express how fine the particle is)For cohesionless soils (gravels and sands), the effect of gravity has more influence on the arragement of the particles.For cohesive soils (e.g.clays), the electrical force has more influence.The larger the specific su..
Specific volume
Specific volume is the volume of a unit of mass of a material. It is equal to the inverse of density. Units of measurement of the specific volume include [m^3/kg] and [ft^3/lb]. ..
Specific weight
The specific weight of a structure or material is the weight required to carry out a particular task, e.g.: the weight of a structure designed to carry certain loads while remaining intact and remaining within limits regarding deformation. Specific weight is also force due to gravity (weight) divid..
Specified complexity
Part of the series on Intelligent design Concepts Irreducible complexity Specified complexity Fine-tuned universe Intelligent designer Theistic realism Intelligent design movement Discovery Institute Center for Science and Culture Wedge strategy Critical Analysis of Evolution Teach the..
Specified load
In civil engineering, specified loads are the best estimate of the actual loads a structure is expected to carry. These loads come in many different forms, such as people, equipment, vehicles, wind, rain, snow, earthquakes, the building materials themselves, etc. In general, these loads can be div..
Specified risk materials
Specified risk materials (SRMs) are the parts of ruminant animal most likely to be contaminated with TSE prions. These can include brains, eyes, spinal cord, and other organs. The exact definition varies by jurisdiction. In the EU, SRMs are carefully excluded from the human and animal food chai..
Specifier
In X-bar theory in linguistics, specifiers, head words, and complements together form phrases. Specifiers differ from complements because they precede the head and are not subcategorized for. For example, noun phrases can be preceded by words (sometimes phrases) like the, no, some, every, John's and..
Specimen
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. For the 80's band, see Specimen (band). In biology, specimen is an individual animal or a plant or a microorganism that is used as a representative to study the properties of the whole population of that species. In handwriting re..
Specimen-X
Specimen-X was a Boston-based hard rock band that was one of the first bands to establish an international presence via the Internet. Formed in 1995, Specimen-X was one of the first bands in the world to establish its own web domain (specimenx.com in 1995) and to release albums in the MP3 format (..
Specimen: Unknown (episode)
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Specimens of Beauty
Specimens of Beauty is a documentary about the legendary rock band Phish recording their 2004 album Undermind. Directed by famed photographer Danny Clinch, the film shows the techniques used by the band and album producer Tchad Blak, as Phish records what is to be their final album. Recorded at..
Specimens of Bushman Folklore
Specimens of Bushman Folklore is a book by the linguist Wilhelm H. I. Bleek and Lucy C. Lloyd published in 1911. The book records eighty-seven Bushman legends, myths and other traditional stories. The stories were collected through interviews with five Bushmen, named |a!kungta, ||kabbo, Dia!k..
Specimen (band)
Specimen was an 1980s British band. They have been described as being many different genres of music, including; Glam, Goth, Punk and Deathrock. Contents 1 Biography2 Post-Specimen3 Lineup4 Discography4.1 Compilations4.2 E.P.4.3 Single5 References Biogr..
Specimen Days
Specimen Days is a novel written by Michael Cunningham. It contains three stories that take place in the past, present and future with three consistent personalities shown in each one. Walt Whitman's poetry is also a common thread. ..
SPECint
SPECint is a computer benchmark specification for CPU's integer processing power. It is maintained by the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC). The latest standard of SPECint is CINT2000 (aka SPECint2000), which is the integer performance testing component of the SPEC CPU2000 suite. C..
Specious present
The specious present is the time duration wherein one's perceptions are considered to be in the present. This term was first used by psychologist E. R. Clay and the concept was further developed by Harvard professor of philosophy William James. James defined the specious present to be "the prototy..
Specioza Kazibwe
Specioza Naigaga Wandira Kazibwe (maiden name Specioza Naigaga) (born 1 July 1955) was the elected Vice President of Uganda, serving from 1994 until 2003, being the first woman in Africa to hold that position. She first began serving the administration of Yoweri Museveni in 1989, when she was appoin..
Speck
Speck is a pork product that is used in German and Italian cooking. German speck is basically just fat or lard. Italian speck is meatier and is from the hind leg of a pig. It is usually seasoned and cured for about one month before being eaten. Italian speck is generally served sliced fairly ..
Speckled Bird
Kissers and Killers is the eighth release, and seventh full-length album, from Christian alternative rock band The Choir, released in 1994. Contents 1 Recording history2 Track listing3 Personnel3.1 The Choir3.2 Additional Musicians4 Production5 Trivia Recor..
Speckled Dasyure
The Speckled Dasyure (Neophascogale lorentzi), also known as the Long-clawed Marsupial Mouse, is a member of the Dasyuromorphia order. It is an inhabitant of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. References Australasian Marsupial & Monotreme Specialist Group (1996). [Neophascogale lorentzi]. ..
Speckled day gecko
Speckled day gecko (Phelsuma guttata Kaudern, 1922) is a diurnal species of geckos. It lives in eastern Madagascar and typically inhabits rainforests and dwells on trees. The Speckled day gecko feeds on insects and nectar. Contents 1 Description2 Distribution3 Habitat4 Diet5..
Speckled longfin eel
The speckled longfin eel or Australian longfin eel (Anguilla reinhardtii) is one of 15 species of eel in the family Anguillidae. A native of New Guinea, eastern Australia, including Tasmania, Lord Howe Island, and New Caledonia, specimens have recently been found in New Zealand and this was confir..
Speckled moray
The speckled moray, or Griffin's moray (Gymnothorax obesus ) is a moray eel of the genus Gymnothorax, found in Australia and around the offshore islands off Northland and the Bay of Plenty on the North Island of New Zealand at depths down to 100 metres, in reef areas of broken rock. Their length ..
Speckled Padloper Tortoise
The Speckled padloper tortoise (Homopus signatus), is the world's smallest tortoise. Found in western South Africa, it grows to between 6 and 8 cm, with the male being smaller than the female. The tortoise feeds of off small succulent plants, and they are so small that even birds attack them. Refer..
Speckled Pigeon
The Speckled Pigeon (Columba guinea) is a pigeon which is a resident breeding bird in much of Africa south of the Sahara. It is a common and widespread species in open habitats over a good deal of its range, although there are sizeable gaps in its distribution. This species builds a large stick n..
Speckled Snake
Speckled Snake was a Creek (Muscogee) chief who spoke to the Creek people who were considering the advice of Andrew Jackson to move beyond the Mississippi in 1829. He was against the idea. References Armstrong, Virginia Irving. (1971). I Have Spoken. Sage Books, The Swallow Press Inc. Page 56-57. ..
Speckled Tanager
The Speckled Tanager, Tangara guttata, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder in Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia and the extreme north of Brazil. It occurs in mountain forests and second growth. The small cup nest is built in a tree and the normal c..
Speckled Teal
The Speckled Teal (Anas flavirostris) is a duck species of the genus Anas. References BirdLife International (2004). [Anas flavirostris]. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 09 May 2006. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least..
Speckled Wood
The Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) is a butterfly found in and on the borders of woodlands throughout much of Europe. In Northern and Eastern Europe where subspecies P. a. tircis occurs it is brown with pale yellow or cream spots and darker eyespots. In southwestern Europe the subspecies P. a. ae..
Speckle imaging
Image:Zeta_bootis_short_exposure.png|Typical short-exposure image of a binary star (Zeta Bootis in this case) as seen through atmospheric seeing. Each star should appear as a single point, but the atmosphere causes the images of the two stars to break up into two patterns of speckles (one pattern ab..
Speckle masking
Speckle masking (or bispectral analysis) is a speckle imaging method which involves estimation of the bispectrum or closure phases from each of the short exposures. The "average bispectrum" can then be calculated and then inverted to obtain an image. With a normal telescope aperture, a large number ..
Speckle pattern
Laser speckle on a digital camera image from a green laser pointer. In optical systems, a speckle pattern is a field-intensity pattern produced by the mutual interference of partially coherent beams that are subject to minute temporal and spatial fluctuations. Note: In a multimode fiber,..
Specky
An Australian rules footballer Matthew Clarke leaps high over an opponent to take a spectacular mark on a wet day at Carrara Oval in Queensland. A specky (spekkie or screamer) is a slang term for a type of mark in Australian rules football. Short for "spectacular", a speckie involves a player ..
Specky Magee
Simon 'Specky' Magee is a fictional character in a series of five books by Felice Arena and Garry Lyon. In these books, Magee is a 14-year-old up-and-coming Australian football player. He plays for his beloved Booyong Lions, along with best friends Danny and Robbo. Books Specky Magee (2002), ISBN 0..
Specman
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SpecRX7
SpecRX7 is one of many production-based spec classes, originating in the mid-90's with the Sports Car Club of America. The main fault of the class is a lack of nationwide compatibility, with each division having slightly different rulesets from one another. Some allow for vast modification, some all..
Specs
The term specs can refer to: specifications (of products)spectacles (glasses)SPECS - a type of road speed camera used in the United KingdomSignificantly Prettier and Easier C++ SyntaxSpecs Toporcer, the first recorded player to wear glasses in baseball.This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation�..
SPECS
SPECS is a speed camera system manufactured by the British company Speed Check Services Limited. The cameras operate as two or more sets along a route. The average speed over the distance travelled between two cameras is calculated using automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) technology. See..
Specsavers
Specsavers is a glasses and contact lenses retailer with over 750 stores in the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands. Contents 1 History2 Advertisements3 References4 External links History The group was launched in 1984 by husban..
Specs and Trapper
Specs and Trapper are two of tvillains Static encountered in the T.V show, Static Shock. They are the upperclassmen in the Vanmoor Institude of Science. Whether they work for Edwin Alva or themselves. In that series, Patton Oswalt voices Specs and Michael Rosenbaum voices Trapper. In The New Kid,..
Specs Toporcer
George (Specs) Toporcer (February 9, 1899 - May 17, 1989) was a utility infielder in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1921 through 1928. He batted left handed and threw right handed. Contents 1 Career2 Quotation3 Other well known players to wear gl..
Spectacle
In general spectacle refers to an event that is memorable for the appearance it creates. While some literary critics and philosophers in the 20th century have offered a theory of "the spectacle" as a mode by which capitalism subordinates everyday experience (see Situationist), the term "spectacle" ..
Spectacled Bear
The Spectacled Bear (Tremarctos ornatus), also known as the Andean Bear, has black fur with a distinctive beige-coloured marking across its face and upper chest. Males can weigh up to 130 kg, and females 60 kg. They are located in few areas of South America, including western Venezuela, Colombia, ..
Spectacled Bulbul
The Spectacled Bulbul or Lesser Brown Bulbul Pycnonotus erythropthalmos is a bulbul. It is also known in Malay as Merbah Kecil. It is endemic to southeast Asia. ..
Spectacled Caiman
The Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus) is a crocodilian reptile found in much of Central and South America. It lives in a range of lowland wetland and riverine habitat types and can tolerate salt water as well as fresh; due in part to this adaptabilty it is the most common of all crocodilian sp..
Spectacled Cormorant
The Spectacled Cormorant (Phalacrocorax perspicillatus) is an extinct marine bird of the cormorant family of seabirds that inhabited a few islands at the western end of the Aleutian Islands. The species was first identified by Georg Steller in 1741 on Vitus Bering's Second Kamchatka Expedition. H..
Spectacled Eider
The Spectacled Eider (Somateria fischeri) is a large sea duck, which breeds on the coasts of Alaska and northeastern Siberia. The lined nest is built on tundra close to the sea, and 5-9 eggs are laid. This species dives for crustaceans and molluscs. It winters in often enormous flocks at sea in ..
Spectacled Guillemot
The Spectacled, or Sooty Guillemot, Cepphus carbo is about 15", its wingspan has not been recorded. Description Iris blackish. Bill black. Legs red. Adult Breeding: Distinctive, mostly dull sooty-black except conspicuous white 'spectacles'. Adult Non-Breeding: As of Adult Breeding but underpa..
Spectacled Owl
The Spectacled Owl, Pulsatrix perspicillata, is a large tropical owl. It is a resident breeder from southern Mexico and Trinidad south to southern Brazil, Paraguay and northwestern Argentina. There are six subspecies. This is nocturnal species of mature forests. It nests in an unlined tree cavit..
Spectacled Petrel
The Spectacled Petrel Procellaria conspicillata is a rare seabird that nests only on the high western plateau of Inaccessible Island, Tristan da Cunha. It is one of the largest petrels that nest in burrows, and is threatened by interactions with longline fisheries. The Spectacled Petrel is an all..
Spectacled Porpoise
The Spectacled Porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica) is a rarely seen member of the porpoise family. The species is readily distinguished from other porpoises by a characteristic dark ring around the eyes, which gives the animals their name. This ring is commonly surrounded by a farther lighter ring. Con..
Spectacled triplefin
The spectacled triplefin or longfinned triplefin, Ruanoho decemdigitatus, is a triplefin, the only species in the genus Ruanoho. It is commonly found around New Zealand from depths of a few metres to about 30 metres, most common in reef areas of broken rock. Its length is between 4 to 8 centimetre..
Spectacled Warbler
The Spectacled Warbler, Sylvia conspicillata, is an Old World warbler in the typical warbler genus Sylvia. It breeds in north west Africa, southwest Europe from Iberia to Italy, and then further east on the eastern Mediterranean islands and coastal regions. This species is mainly resident in Afric..
Spectacle Island
Spectacle Island may be a reference to: Spectacle Island in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.Spectacle Island in the Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, Australia.Spectacle Island in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, United States. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a lis..
Spectacle Island, Hawkesbury River
Spectacle Island is located in Australia's Hawkesbury River near its junction with Mooney Mooney Creek, to the north of Sydney, New South Wales. The island was designated a nature reserve in 1972 and is listed on the Register of the National Estate for its scientific importance as a remnant of the..
Spectacle Island, Massachusetts
Spectacle Island ([42.324° N 70.986° W]) is an island in Boston Harbor, Massachusetts, United States. It has a varied history, and today is a public park. History Archaeological evidence suggests Native Americans used the island as a fishing and clamming spot starting around ..
Spectacle Island, New South Wales
Spectacle Island, New South Wales may be a reference to: Spectacle Island in Sydney Harbour, New South Wales, Australia.Spectacle Island in the Hawkesbury River, New South Wales, Australia. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ..
Spectacle Island, Port Jackson
Spectacle Island is an island in Sydney Harbour, Australia. It lies in the main channel of the western section of the harbour, upstream of the Harbour Bridge, adjacent to the Sydney suburb of Drummoyne. The island has been significantly increased in size by the use of waste from the coalmine in ..
Spectacle Lake Provincial Park
Spectacle Lake Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. ..
Spectacle Rock
In the fictional video game series The Legend of Zelda, Spectacle Rock is a famous rock formation recurring in several of the series' games that bears distinct resemblance to a pair of eyeglasses. It takes the form of twin buttes, which may or may not be connected by an isthmian bridge, and is ofte..
Spectacor Management Group
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Spectacular (song)
"Spectacular" is the opening track to the album Happiness in Magazines by British singer-songwriter Graham Coxon. It was also released as the third single from that album in 2004 (see 2004 in British music). Track listings 7" R6643"Spectacular""Billy Hunt" by Paul Weller, originally performed by..
Spectacular Bid
Spectacular Bid (February 17,1976 — June 9, 2003) was an American thoroughbred race horse. His sire was Bold Bidder, stakes winner of 13 races and son of Bold Ruler. His dam was Spectacular by Promised Land, one of the most dominant racers of his time. Spectacular Bid won 26 races of 30 star..
Spectar
Spectar was a 1980 arcade game by Exidy depicting vehicular combat in a future world. It was a sequel to the arcade game Targ. Description Spectar is similar to Targ, but with enhancements. Whereas Targ took place on a completely regular 10x10 grid, Spectar adds blockades so that the grid is no..
Spectator Humor Magazine
Spectator Humor Magazine is the official student-run humor magazine of Saint John's University, New York. Its purpose was to deliver humor to the student body of St. John's in the form of satire, parody, and other funny stuff. Basic Information Location: Spectator Humor Magazine has been located in..
Spectator ion
A spectator ion is an ion that exists as a reactant and a product in a chemical equation. Spectator ions can be observed in the reaction of aqueous solutions of sodium chloride and copper (II) sulfate: 2Na+ + 2Cl- + Cu2+ + SO42- → 2Na+ + SO42- + CuCl2 (solid) The Na+ and SO42- ions are specta..
Spectator shoes
Spectator shoes are a men's and women's dress shoe. They are notable for their 2 tone color, similar to saddle shoes. While spectators are typically wingtips, they can also be classified as cap toe shoes or even loafers. They are predominately seen in black and white but other colors are not unheard..
Spectator sport
A spectator sport is one that is characterized by the presence of spectators, or watchers, at its matches. For instance, basketball is a spectator sport, while hunting or underwater hockey typically are not. Spectator sports may be professional sports or amateur sports. They often are distingui..
Spectemur agendo
Spectemur agendo is a Latin motto meaning Let us be judged by our acts. It was the motto of The Royal Dragoons (1st Dragoons). It is also the motto of the Cap and Skull Senior Honor Society (Rutgers College), Westminster Choir College, Barnsley football club and Clyde House (formerly Clyde School),..
Specters of the Dawn
Specters of the Dawn (1994) is a science fiction novel and the third book in the Moreau series by S. Andrew Swann (aka Steven Swiniarski), published by DAW Books. Set some years after the first book, Specters stars Angelica "Angel" Lopez, a rabbit moreau (animal-human hybrid) introduced in the firs..
Specter (comics)
Specter is a fictional mutant character in the Marvel Universe of comics. The character first appeared in New Mutants #10 vol.2. Contents 1 History2 Powers3 Trivia4 Bibliography5 External links History Dallas Gibson, aka Specter, was once an advisee of Emma Frost, co-..
Specter of the Past
Specter of the Past is the first book in the Hand of Thrawn Duology by Timothy Zahn. Chronologically, it is the sixth book (of eight) in the Thrawn series. Contents 1 Setting2 Characters2.1 New Republic2.2 The Empire2.3 Other3 Plot Summary4 Reference Setting S..
Spectinomycin
Spectinomycin hydrochloride (Trobicin®) is an aminocyclitol antibiotic produced by the bacterium Streptomyces spectabilis. It binds to the 30S ribosomal subunit in invading bacteria and interrupts protein synthesis. It is given by injection to treat gonorrhea. Side effects include itching, c..
Spector
This article refers to the Spector Company. See Arlen Specter for the U.S. Senator. See also Spector, Spektor, Specter. Spector is a company that makes bass guitars. Founded in 1974 by self-taught luthier Stuart Spector, Spectors first few instruments were essentially crude experiments in instrumen..
Spector (disambiguation)
Spector or Spektor is a surname derived from the Russian Spektorski, meaning inspector. (Jews who registered as inspectors with the Russian government received a favored status with respect to travel, although those who collected taxes were generally resented in the shtetls.) People named Spector ..
Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd.
Spector v. Norwegian Cruise Line Ltd., 03-1388, was a United States Supreme Court decision that determined (in a 6-3 majority) that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) applies to foreign cruise ships in American waters. The case was argued February 28, 2005 and decided June 6, 2005. Content..
Spectra
Spectra is the plural of spectrum. Spectra is also a type of synthetic fiber. Spectra: A Book of Poetic Experiments was a small volume of poetry published in 1916 by American writers Witter Bynner, who wrote under the pseudonym "Emanuel Morgan", and Arthur Davison Ficke, who wrote as "Anne Knish."..
Spectracom
Spectracom Corporation is a privately held company and was founded in 1972. It has become nationally recognized as a leading designer and manufacturer of GPS(Global Positioning System) synchronized network time servers and precise transmitter frequency control devices. Over 15,000 businesses and or..
Spectralism
Spectralism is a musical genre originating in France in which waveforms are broken down, and then recreated into musical forms. Main composers include Tristan Murail, Gérard Grisey and Horatiu Radulescu . Influences include Olivier Messiaen and Scelsi. ..
Spectralon
Spectralon is a material with very high diffuse reflection; almost a perfect lambertian surface. It is a common reference surface in remote sensing, and is used to make integrating spheres and laser pump cavities. Contents 1 Characteristics2 Applications3 References4 External ..
Spectral (album)
Spectral is the third album of the Swedish band Skyfire. It features the best production of the three albums and the lyrical themes include armageddon, loneliness, delusion, despair, and mysticism. Track listing "Conjuring the Thoughts" – 6:26"Effusion of Strength" – 3:01"Shivering Sh..
Spectral asymmetry
In mathematics and physics, the spectral asymmetry is the asymmetry in the distribution of the spectrum of eigenvalues of an operator. In mathematics, the spectral asymmetry arises in the study of elliptic operators on compact manifolds, and is given a deep meaning by the Atiyah-Singer index theore..
Spectral bands
Spectral bands are part of optical spectra of polyatomic systems, including condensed materials, large molecules etc. Each line corresponding to one level in atom splits in molecules. When the number of atoms is large, one gets continuum of energy levels, so called "spectral bands". They are often l..
Spectral band replication
Spectral band replication (SBR) is a technology to enhance audio or speech codecs, especially at low bit rates. Contents 0.1 How it works0.2 Psychoacoustical codecs using SBR1 See also2 External links How it works It can be combined with any audio compression codec: the codec..
Spectral Bat
The genus Vampyrum contains only one species, the Spectral Bat (V. spectrum). Some alternate names for this species are Linnaeus's False Vampire Bat, False Vampire Bat and Spectral Vampire Bat. Confusingly, they are not related to the Old World family of large carnivorous bats to be found in the Me..
Spectral class
In astronomy one method of classifying stars is through the analysis of their absorption spectra, by this method stars are assigned a spectral class. Since the absorption spectra is dependent on the surface temperature of the star the spectral class gives an indications of the temperature of the st..
Spectral color
A spectral color is a color that is evoked by the optical spectrum; every wavelength of light yields a different spectral color, in a continuous spectrum. The photons themselves have no color. Color is an effect created by the mind to make us aware of differences in photon wavelength. The spectr..
Spectral density
In applied mathematics and physics, the spectral density, power spectral density, or energy spectral density is a general concept applied to a signal which may have physical dimensions such as power per Hz, or energy per Hz, or none at all. Contents 1 Explanation2 Definition2.1 E..
Spectral efficiency
Spectral efficiency is a measure of the performance of encoding methods that code information as variations in an analog signal. Any such encoding will occupy an amount of bandwidth, and within that bandwidth it is capable of transmitting bits at a certain rate. The number of bits per second that..
Spectral envelope
In remote sensing using a spectrometer, the spectral envelope of a feature is the boundary of its spectral properties, as defined by the range of brightness levels in each of the spectral bands of interest. References http://www.unesco.org/csi/pub/source/rs15.htm ..
Spectral evidence
Spectral evidence includes testimony about dreams and visions, accepted as evidence in court. Spectral evidence was admitted at the Salem witch trials by the appointed chief justice, William Stoughton. See also apparition. Spectral evidence was testimony that the accused witch's spirit (i.e. spec..
Spectral glide
A spectral glide is a "modification of the vowel quality of a tone" (Erickson 1975, p.72). Since the vowel quality of a tone is determined by the overtones, spectrum, or timbre (all three terms being near equal) of that tone, a spectral glide is a move from one spectrum characteristic of a vowel to ..
Spectral graph theory
In mathematics, spectral graph theory is the study of properties of a graph in relationship to the characteristic polynomials, eigenvalues and eigenvectors of its adjacency matrix or Laplace matrix. An undirected graph has a symmetric adjacency matrix and therefore has real eigenvalues and a complet..
Spectral imaging
Spectral imaging is a branch of spectroscopy in which a complete spectrum or some spectral information (such as the Doppler shift or Zeeman splitting of a spectral line) is collected at every location in an image plane. Applications include astronomy, solar physics, analysis of plasmas in nuclear f..
Spectral Induced Polarisation
Spectral Induced Polarisation (SIP) is an extension of Induced Polarisation (IP), being itself an extension of DC-geoelectric. SIP measures the frequency-dependent (i.e. spectral) complex impedance, equivalent to the amount of resistance and phase shift between electrical current and voltage. The us..
Spectral leakage
A common misconception is that spectral leakage is an artifact of the discrete Fourier transform, and the purpose of windowing is to mitigate it. But in fact windowing is the root cause of spectral leakage. And in fact the DFT is actually a way to create the illusion of no leakage. (Also requir..
Spectral line
Absorption lines in the spectrum of the sun. Wavelength decreases as if reading a book: left to right, then top to bottom. The dark areas are the absorption lines. A spectral line is a dark or bright line in an otherwise uniform and continuous spectrum, resulting from an excess or deficiency o..
Spectral linewidth
The spectral linewidth characterises the width of a peak in the spectrum of a system, e.g. of an optical spectrum or of the frequency spectrum in an acoustic or electronic system. For example, the emission of an atom usually has a very thin spectral linewidth, as only transitions between discrete en..
Spectral mask
In telecommunications, a spectral mask is a mathematically-defined set of lines applied to the levels of radio (or optical) transmissions. The spectral mask is generally intended to reduce interference by limiting excessive radiation at frequencies beyond the necessary bandwidth. Attenuation of th..
Spectral masking
Spectral masking is a sound effect that arises from the analysis of two sound-files. The created effect is a third sound-file that is composed of the loudest parts of the analyzed sound-files. A frequency domain version of temporal masking, spectral masking tends to occur in sounds with similar fre..
Spectral method
Spectral methods are a class of techniques used in applied mathematics and scientific computing to numerically solve certain partial differential equations, often involving the use of the Fast Fourier Transform. For well-behaved problems, spectral methods have excellent error properties: The more di..
Spectral Mornings
Spectral Mornings is the third release and the second post-Genesis by guitarist Steve Hackett. This is also the first recording to feature Hackett's first true touring band consisting of his brother John Hackett on Flute, Guitar and bass pedals, long-time collaborator in keboardist Nick Magnus, bas..
Spectral music
Spectral music is music that is concerned with timbral structures, especially when decisions about timbre are informed by a mathematical analysis known as a Fast Fourier Transform. FFTs can be used to provide graphs that illustrate details about the timbral structure of a sound, which might not be i..
Spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction
In ultrafast optics, spectral phase interferometry for direct electric-field reconstruction (SPIDER) is an ultrashort pulse measurement technique. Contents 1 The basics2 Implementation3 References4 Competing techniques5 External link The basics SPIDER is an interferometri..
Spectral radius
In mathematics, the spectral radius of a matrix or a bounded linear operator is the supremum among the moduli of the elements in its spectrum, which is sometimes denoted by ρ(·). Contents 1 Spectral radius of a matrix2 Theorem (Gelfand's formula, 1941)3 Spectral radius o..
Spectral reflectance
Spectral reflectance curves are generated by spectrophotometers. The resulting plots demonstrate reflectance energies every 10 nanometers in the visible (400nm-700nm) wavelength regions of the electromagnetic spectrum . By analyzing the differences in the curves of your color samples you can tel..
Spectral resolution
The spectral resolution or resolving power of a spectrograph is a measure of its power to resolve features in the electromagnetic spectrum. It is usually defined by [R = \frac,] where Δλ is the smallest difference in wavelengths that can be distinguished, at a wavelength of..
Spectral sequence
In homological algebra, especially in algebraic topology or group cohomology, a spectral sequence is a means of computing homology groups by taking successive approximations. Spectral sequences are a generalization of exact sequences, and since their introduction by Jean Leray in 1946, they have be..
Spectral signature
Spectral signatures are the specific combination of reflected and absorbed electromagnetic (EM) radiation at varying wavelengths which can uniquely identify an object. The ""Spectral signature"" of an object is a function of 1) incidental EM wavelength and material interaction with that section of ..
Spectral Sound
Spectral Sound was originally an offshoot of the more cerebral Ghostly International, but has since gained similar notoriety thanks to successful records by Matthew Dear and other techno producers. The label began in 2000 to fulfill the more dancefloor-oriented interests of founder Samuel Valenti I..
Spectral space
In mathematics, a topological space X is said to be spectral if 1) X is compact and T0;2) The set C(X) of all compact open subsets of (X,Ω) is a sublattice of Ω and a base for the topology;3) X is sober, that is any nonempty closed set F which is not a closure of a singleton is a union ..
Spectral splatter
In radio electronics or acoustics, spectral splatter (also called switch noise) refers to spurious emissions that result from an abrupt change in the transmitted signal, usually when transmission is started or stopped. For example, a device transmitting a sine wave produces a single peak in the fre..
Spectral Tarsier
The Spectral tarsier (Tarsius tarsier) is less adapted than the Philippine Tarsier or Horsfield's Tarsier. For example, it lacks adhesive toes. It is the type species for the Tarsius genus. It is found in Indonesia, primarily in the lowlands of Sulawesi and on Selayar Island. References ..
Spectral theorem
In mathematics, particularly linear algebra and functional analysis, the spectral theorem is any of a number of results about linear operators or about matrices. In broad terms the spectral theorem provides conditions under which an operator or a matrix can be diagonalized (that is, represented as ..
Spectral theory
In mathematics, spectral theory is an inclusive term for theories extending the eigenvector and eigenvalue theory of a single square matrix. The name was introduced by David Hilbert in his original formulation of Hilbert space theory, which was cast in terms of quadratic forms in infinitely many var..
Spectral width
In telecommunications, spectral width is the wavelength interval over which the magnitude of all spectral components is equal to or greater than a specified fraction of the magnitude of the component having the maximum value. In optical communications applications, the usual method of specifying ..
SpectraSite Communications Mast
SpectraSite Communications Mast is a 338.1 metre high guyed TV mast at St. Louis, Missouri, USA at 38°34'24.0" N and 90°19'30.0" W. SpectraSite Communications Mast was built at 1986. http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?regKey=122835http://www.skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/..
Spectrasite Communications Tower Frenchburg
Spectrasite Communications Tower Frenchburg is a 407.3 metre high guy-wired aerial mast for the transmission of FM radio and television programs in Frenchburg, Kentucky, USA (Geographical coordinates: 37°54'26.6" N and 83°38'1.1" W). Spectrasite Communications Tower Frenchburg was built in 2000. ..
SpectraSite Communications tower Glenmore
SpectraSite Communications tower Glenmore is a 353.3 metre high guyed TV tower at Glenmore, Wisconsin, USA at 44°20'01.0" N and 87°58'56.0" W. SpectraSite Communications tower Glenmore was built in 1999. http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?regKey=2621784 List of masts ..
SpectraSite Communications Tower Huntsville
This article lacks information on the [Importanceimportance] of the subject matter. If you are familiar with it, please expand the article, or discuss its significance on the talk page. SpectraSite Communications Tower Huntsville is a guyed mast for TV transmission at Huntsville, Alabama,..
Spectrasite Communications Tower Monteville
Spectrasite Communications Tower Montville is a 366.4 metre guyed TV mast at Montville, Connecticut, USA at 41°25'03.0" N and 72°11'53.2" W. Spectrasite Communications Tower Montville was built in 2002. http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?regKey=2635267..
SpectraSite Tower Bandera
SpectraSite Tower Bandera is a 457 metre high guyed mast at Bandera, Texas, at [29°37′12″N, 99°2′56″W]. Cox Radio Tower Eutis was built in 1999 and is used for TV broadcasting. http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?regKey=618507 List of masts ..
SpectraSite Tower Charlotte
SpectraSite Tower Charlotte is a 424.6 metre high guy-wired aerial mast built in 1992 for the transmission of FM radio and television programs in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA (Geographical coordinates: [35°15′7″N, 80°41′11″W]). http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrReg..
SpectraSite Tower Communications Tower Allgood
SpectraSite Tower Communications Tower Allgood is a guyed mast for TV transmission at Allgood, Alabama, USA at [33°53′27″N, 86°28′13″W]. SpectraSite Tower Communications Tower Allgood was built in 1998 and is 319 metres high. See also List of masts External links [FCC Regis..
SpectraSite Tower Conroe
SpectraSite Tower Conroe is a 367.8 metre high guyed TV-mast at Conroe, Texas, USA (Geographical coordinates: [30°15′46″N, 95°14′48″W]). SpectraSite Tower Conroe was built in 1995. http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?regKey=602965 List of masts ..
SpectraSite Tower Holopaw
The SpectraSite Tower Holopaw is a 472.1 metre high guy-wired aerial mast for the transmission of FM radio and television programs in Holopaw, Florida, USA (Geographical coordinates: [28°5′38″N, 81°7′27″W]). The SpectraSite Tower Holopaw was built in 1997. External link [F..
SpectraSite Tower Knoxville
SpectraSite Tower Knoxville is a 444.2 metre high guy-wired aerial mast for the transmission of FM radio and television programs in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA (Geographical coordinates: [36°0′12.8″N, 83°56′34″W]). SpectraSite Tower Knoxville was built in 2004. This tower hosts W..
SpectraSite Tower Louisburg
SpectraSite Tower Louisburg is a 372.8 metre high guyed TV tower at Louisburg, North Carolina, USA at [36°06′12.0″N, 78°11′28.0″W]. SpectraSite Tower Louisburg was built in 1995. http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?regKey=108724..
SpectraSite Tower Thomasville
The SpectraSite Tower Thomasville is a 609.4 meter high guy-wired aerial mast (or "antenna") for the transmission of FM and TV-programmes in Thomasville, Georgia, USA (geographical coordinates: [30°40′50.3″N, 83°58′20.6″W]). The SpectraSite Tower Thomasville was completed in 2002..
SpectraSite Tower Youngstown
SpectraSite Tower Youngstown is a 436.8-metre tall guide TV tower located at at 41°03'24" N and 80°38'43" W, near Youngstown, Ohio, USA. It was completed in 1976. Until 1983, it was the tallest construction in Ohio. Today, it remains the second tallest. See also List of masts External links http..
Spectravideo
Spectravideo, or SVI, was a U.S. computer company founded in 1981 as "SpectraVision". They originally made video games for Atari 2600 and VIC-20. Some of their computers were MSX-compliant or IBM PC compatible. Their first attempt at a computer was an add-on for the Atari 2600 called the Spectravid..
Spectravision
Spectravision is a video game company that developed and published games for the Atari 2600, Colecovision, and Commodore VIC-20. 'SpectraVision' was also the name for [OnCommand] corporation's Hotel Cable-TV enterprise in the U.S.. It gained notoriety in the early 1990s for showing pay-p..
SPECTRA helmet
The SPECTRA helmet is the ballistic helmet currently in use in the French military as well as in the armies of several other countries. Built by CGE Gallet (the producer of the F1 helmet for firemen), it weights 1.360 kg, is available in two sizes, and made of Dyneema fibers licenced from Allied..
Spectra Inc.
Spectra Inc. is a small company based out of New Hampshire that produces custom inkjet solutions for industrial applications. ..
Spectra Site Communications Tower Orange City
Spectra Site Communications Tower Orange City is a 516.6 metre high guyed TV mast at Orange City, Florida, USA at 28°55'17.0" N and 81°19'8.8" W. Spectra Site Communications Tower Orange City was built in 1984. http://wireless2.fcc.gov/UlsApp/AsrSearch/asrRegistration.jsp?regKey=122831..
Spectra Site Communications Tower Robertsdale
Spectra Site Communications Tower Robertsdale is a guyed mast for TV transmission at Robertsdale, Alabama, USA at [30°36′41″N, 87°36′26.8″W]. Spectra Site Communications Tower Robertsdale was built in 2001 and is 592.6 metres high. See also List of masts External links http://wi..
Spectre
Generally, a spectre is a (usually terrifying) phantom, apparition, or ghost, or an unreal appearance. Wikipedia articles on topics known by variants of this name are listed below. Spectre (creature)The AC-130 gunship, an American warplaneThe F-110A Spectre, a briefly-used US Air Force designation..
Spectreman
Spectreman (スペクトルマン - Supekutoruman) is the title superhero of a tokusatsu sci-fi TV series. Produced by P Productions and created by producer Souji Ushio, this series aired on Fuji TV from April 2 1971 to March 25 1972 with a total of 63 episodes (di..
Spectres (album)
Spectres is a rock album by Blue Öyster Cult, released in November 1977 (see 1977 in music). Although BÖC is usually referred to as a metal band, much of their best known work fell into the "hard rock" or rock ballad category; Spectres is no exception. In fact, the album cover of Spectres invoke..
Spectres of the Spectrum
Filmmaker Craig Baldwin is reinventing cinema by using found footage to create visual collages with political messages. His film, Specters of the Spectrum battles with corporate media control but although he has not explicitly made a series, all his films have reverberating themes which hint at wha..
Spectre (Blake)
The Spectre in the mythology of William Blake is part of a four-fold analysis of humans. In Jerusalem, Blake's prophetic book, it is introduced in this way: I see the Four-fold Man, The Humanity in deadly sleep And its fallen Emanation, the Spectre and its cruel Shadow. Blake defines it this way: ..
Spectre (comics)
The Spectre is a fictional cosmic entity and superhero who has appeared in numerous comic books published by DC Comics. The character first appeared in More Fun Comics #52 (February 1940), and was created by Jerry Siegel and Bernard Baily. Contents 1 Character history1.1 Origins1.2&nb..
Spectre (computer game)
Spectre was a computer game for the Apple Macintosh, released in 1991 by Velocity Development and Peninsula Gameworks. It was a 3D tank battle reminiscent of the arcade game Battlezone, and was one of the first multiplayer network games. Later games in the series were released for the PC and Ninte..
Spectre (creature)
A spectre is a representation of something supernatural or frightening, usually imaginary. In some role-playing or fantasy worlds, a spectre is a particularly powerful type of undead. Compare with "phantom". The term usually refers to a ghost, or sometimes to another kind of spiritual being or ..
Spectre (disambiguation)
Spectre may refer to: Spectre, the mythical creatureSpectre (musician), the musicianSpectre (comics), the DC Comics characterSpectre (His Dark Materials), the character in Philip Pullman's trilogy, His Dark MaterialsSpectre (creature), the creature in role-playing or fantasy worlds.Spectres (album),..
Spectre (Dungeons & Dragons)
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the spectre is an undead creature. A spectre is an incorporeal creature that resembles a ghost, with a hatred for all living things. A specrte drains the life energy from living creatures, turning them into new spectres upon death. A spectre is..
Spectre (film)
Spectre is a 1977 made-for-television movie produced by Gene Roddenberry. It was co-written by Roddenberry and Samuel A. Peeples, and directed by Clive Donner. Spectre was intended as the pilot for a television series, but was rejected. William Sebastian (played by Robert Culp) is a criminologist ..
Spectre (His Dark Materials)
A Spectre is a fictional being invented by the fantasy fiction author Philip Pullman for his trilogy, His Dark Materials. They appear in the second and third volumes, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass. These beings are invisible to pre-adolescents, and cannot harm them. To adults, they appear..
Spectre (musician)
Spectre is Skiz Fernando, head of the Wordsound label, in his record producer, rapper and electronica artist persona. He is known for dark, brooding compositions inspired by illbient, trip hop, industrial music, and horror films. His first album was The Illness (1995), which cemented his reputatio..
Spectre GCR
The Spectre GCR was a hardware add-on to the Atari ST computers that plugged into the cartridge port. Designed by David Small and sold through his company Gadgets by Small, it basically turned the Atari ST into an Apple Macintosh computer (basically a Macintosh Plus). It was the final and best Mac..
Spectre M4
The Spectre is an Italian submachine gun that was produced by the SITES factory in Turin. It was designed by Roberto Teppa in the mid-1980s. Production ceased with the end of SITES in 2001. The Spectre is used by the Swiss armed forces and by Italian special forces, and has been exported elsewhere..
Spectre of the Gun (TOS episode)
"Spectre of the Gun" is an episode from the third season of [[Star Trek: The Original Series]], and was first broadcast on October 25, 1968. It was repeated on April 4, 1969. This show was the last episode to air on NBC at 10 P.M. on Fridays. It is episode #56, and was written by producer Gene Coo..
Spectrin
Spectrin is a cytoskeletal protein that lines the intracellular side of the plasma membrane of many cell types in pentagonal or hexagonal arrangements, forming a scaffolding and playing an important role in maintenance of plasma membrane integrity and cytoskeletal structure (Huh et al., 2001). The ..
Spectrobes
Spectobes, developed by Jupiter Corp., is a game published by Buena Vista Games for the Nintendo DS. The game plays similar to Pokemon, where you have to collect and train monsters to battle them against the forces of evil. Spectrobes is Buena Vista Games's first original property. Spectrobes st..
Spectrochemical series
A spectrochemical series is a list of ligands ordered on ligand strength and a list of metal ions based on oxidation number, group and its identity. In crystal field theory, ligands modify the difference in energy between the d orbitals (Δ - ligand-field splitting parameter, or crystal-field spli..
Spectrofluorometer
The spectrofluorometer is an instrument which takes advantage of fluorescent properties of some compounds in order to provide information regarding their concentration and chemical environment in a sample. A certain excitation wavelength is selected, and the emission spectrum is recorded. See Fluor..
Spectrogram
A spectrogram of [violin playing] with linear frequency on the vertical axis and time on the horizontal axis. The bright lines show how the spectral components change over time. The intensity coloring is logarithmic (black is −120 dBFS). The spectrogram is the result of calc..
Spectroheliograph
The spectroheliograph is an instrument used in astronomy. It captures a photographic image of the Sun at a single wavelength of light, a monochromatic image. The wavelength is usually chosen to coincide with a spectral wavelength of one of the chemical elements present in the Sun. It was developed ..
Spectrohelioscope
A spectrohelioscope is a telescope designed to show the Sun in a particular wavelength of light. The name comes form three latin-based words: Spectro, referring to the optical spectrum, Helio, referring to the Sun and Scope, as in telescope. The basic spectrohelioscope is a complex machine that uses..
Spectrolite
Spectrolite is a hard and rare variety of labradorite feldspar. Spectrolite has a Mohs hardness between 6 and 6.5 and a specific gravity of 2.69 to 2.70. The variety is noted for its intense play of colors showing various irridescences of spectrum colours from blue to red. It is commonly cut as a la..
SpectroMagic
One of the many brightly lit floats in SpectroMagic Contents 1 SpectroMagic1.1 Parade Information1.2 Floats1.3 History2 Soundtrack2.1 Releases2.2 Voice Talents2.3 Production3 External links SpectroMagic Parade Information SpectroMagic is an eve..
SpectroMagic (2001 CD)
SpectroMagic (2001 CD) was released at Walt Disney World for the return of the parade to the Magic Kingdom. In print. Track listing "SpectroMagic Parade" – 14:19Track Notes ENTRANCE*On This Magic Night*Once Upon a Dream*Toccata and Fugue In D Minor*Part of Your WorldSPECTROMAGIC THEME*On This ..
Spectrometer
For Acoustic uses in spectrographs of sound waves, see below. A spectrometer is an optical instrument used to measure properties of light over a specific portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. The variable measured is most often the light's intensity but could also, for instance, be the polarizati..
Spectronic 20
The Spectronic 20 is a spectrophotometer developed by Bausch & Lomb in 1954. While of simple design, requiring manual setting of the wavelength and making readings from a moving-needle analog display, the unit is rugged, accurate, and easy to use. This venerable instrument is still in production u..
Spectrophilia
Spectrophilia is the paraphilia involving sexual attraction to ghosts and spirits or arousal from images in mirrors. ..
Spectrophotometry
A Spectrophotometer In physics, spectrophotometry is the quantitative study of electromagnetic spectra. It is more specific than the general term electromagnetic spectroscopy in that spectrophotometry deals with visible light, near-ultraviolet, and near-infrared. Also, the term does not cove..
Spectroradiometer
Spectroradiometers, (aka - spectraradiometer) which operate almost like the visible region spectrophotometers are designed to measure the spectral power distributions of illuminants in order to evaluate and categorize lighting for sales by the manufacturer or for the customers to confirm the lamp t..
Spectroscopic notation
Before the atom electron states were known, spectroscopists saw distinctive series in atom spectra, and so they assigned letters to characteristic spectra. These letters were later associated with the azimuthal quantum number l. The first four letters were chosen from properties of the spectra. Lett..
Spectroscopy
Extremely high resolution spectrum of the Sun showing thousands of elemental absorption lines (fraunhofer lines) Spectroscopy is the study of spectra, that is, the dependence of physical quantities on frequency. Spectroscopy may also be defined as the study of the interaction between light a..
Spectrum
For other meanings, including a variety of related meanings in the physical, mathematical, and biological sciences, see spectrum (disambiguation). The modern term spectrum (plural: spectra) signifies an entity which can vary widely within a continuum rather than just taking specific limited values...
Spectrum, North York
The Spectrum is a condo development in North York, Ontario and located at the site of the former Maclean Hunter Publishing Printing Plant at Highway 401 and Yonge Street. The north tower is a 23 floor tower and the south tower is 27 floors. Both are designed by architects Page and Steele and comple..
Spectrum-X-Gamma
Spectrum-X-Gamma (SXG) is an international high-energy astrophysics observatory which is being built under the leadership of the Russian Space Research Institute (IKI). Spectrum-X Gamma instrumentation includes 5 telescopes spanning the energy range from the far ultraviolet to the hard X-ray, plus a..
Spectrum (album)
Spectrum is the debut album of fusion drummer, Billy Cobham. Released in 1973, Spectrum is regarded as one of the most important and essential albums within the fields of drummers and the jazz fusion genre, despite its common critical vituperation. The album contains much influence of the music of ..
Spectrum (band)
For the British band of the same name, see Peter Kember Spectrum was an Australian progressive rock band which formed in Melbourne in 1969 and remained in existence until 1973. Its members also performed under the alter-ego Indelible Murtceps. Contents 1 History2 Personnel3 Selec..
Spectrum (disambiguation)
The word spectrum (plural, spectra) has many uses: Contents 1 Common nouns1.1 In the physical sciences1.2 In pure mathematics2 Proper nouns3 See also Common nouns The Spectrum article explains why so many things are called by this nameThe spectrum of activity of a drugTh..
Spectrum (functional analysis)
In functional analysis, the concept of the spectrum of an element of a Banach algebra is a generalisation of the concept of eigenvalues, which is exceedingly useful in the case of operators on infinite-dimensional spaces. For example, the bilateral shift operator on the Hilbert space [\ell^2(\m..
Spectrum (homotopy theory)
In homotopy theory, a branch of mathematics, a spectrum is an object in a category constructed for the purposes of stable homotopy theory, starting with the category of CW complexes and aiming to make the suspension functor S invertible. The objects of the category of spectra are sequences En of..
Spectrum 7
Spectrum 7 was an oil company started by William DeWitt and Mercer Reynolds. In 1984, Spectrum 7 merged with George W. Bush's Arbusto Energy. After the merger, Bush became the Chairman and CEO of Spectrum 7. In 1986, after reporting a net loss of $1.5 million the previous year, Spectrum 7 was pur..
Spectrum analysis
Spectrum Analysis also known as Emission Spectrochemical Analysis is the original scientific method of charting and analyzing the chemical properties of matter and gases by looking at the bands in their optical spectrum. The empirical laws of spectrum analysis are commonly known as: Kirchoff's Three..
Spectrum analyzer
A Rohde&Schwarz FSH3 Spectrum Analyzer A spectrum analyzer is a device used to examine the spectral composition of some electrical, acoustic, or optical waveform. Often, it measures the power spectrum. There are analogue and digital spectrum analyzers: An analogue spectrum analyzer uses eit..
Spectrum auction
A Spectrum auction is a process whereby governments use an auction system to sell the rights to broadcast over specific electromagnetic wavelengths. ..
Spectrum Comics
Spectrum Comics was a short-lived US comic book publisher during the 1980s. They only published three series during their existence. The Survivors title moved to Prelude Graphics, a division of New Sirius Productions. Titles Codename: Strikeforce (2 issues)Guardian (2 issues)Survivors (4 issues) &#..
Spectrum continuation analysis
Spectrum continuation analysis (SCA) is a generalization of the concept of Fourier series to non-periodic functions of which only a fragment has been sampled in the time domain. Recall that a Fourier series is only suitable to the analysis of periodic (or finite-domain) functions f(x) with period 2..
Spectrum Games
General information Spectrum Games is the trading name of a small company that designs role-playing games (RPGs). It was founded in 2000 (as Spectrum Game Studios, which still the company's legal name) by Cynthia Celeste Miller and Sabrina Belle (the latter of whom is no longer involved). In 200..
Spectrum HoloByte
Spectrum HoloByte, Inc. was a developer of computer games originally based in Alameda, California. The company was founded in 1983 and was most famous for its simulation games, notably the Falcon  line. Spectrum Holobyte published games for many platforms, including home computers of the ..
Spectrum management
The spectrum is a conceptual tool used to organize and map the physical phenomena of electromagnetic waves. These waves propagate through space at different frequencies, and the set of all possible frequencies is called the electromagnetic spectrum. The term radio spectrum typically refers to the fu..
Spectrum of activity
The spectrum of activity of a drug is the range of diseases which it can treat. ..
Spectrum of a C*-algebra
The spectrum of a C*-algebra or dual of a C*-algebra A, denoted Â, is the set of unitary equivalence classes of irreducible *-representations of A. A *-representation π of A on a Hilbert space H is irreducible if, and only if, there is no closed subspace K different from H and which is invaria..
Spectrum of a ring
In abstract algebra and algebraic geometry, the spectrum of a commutative ring R, denoted by Spec(R), is defined to be the set of all proper prime ideals of R. It is commonly augmented with the Zariski topology and with a structure sheaf, turning it into a locally ringed space. Contents 1 Za..
Spectrum of a theory
In model theory, a branch of mathematical logic, the spectrum of a theory is given by the number of isomorphism classes of models in various cardinalities. More precisely, for any complete theory T in a countable language we write I(T, α) for the number of models of T (up to isomorphism) of c..
Spectrum of Death
Spectrum of Death is the debut album by Morbid Saint. It was released February 25, 1992 on the Grind Core International label. Track listing Lock up Your Children 03:30Burned at the Stake 02:16Assassin 07:03Damien 02:46Crying for Death 03:47Spectrum of Death 0..
Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle
The Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle, or SPV, is a fictional pursuit and attack vehicle from Gerry Anderson's science fiction TV series Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. It has ten sets of wheels (six sets over the front, middle and rear axles which are double) and an auxiliary traction system of hydrau..
Spectrum Software
Spectrum Software is the creator of the circuit simulator Micro-Cap. It was founded in February of 1980 by Andy Thompson to provide software for personal computers. External links [Spectrum Software Homepage] ..
Spectrum Strategy Consultants
Spectrum Strategy Consultants is a management consulting firm that specialises in the media and telecoms sectors including broadcasting, fixed and mobile telecommunications, music, new media and internet, the public sector, publishing and sports. Spectrum was established in 1994 and has offices i..
Speculaas
Speculaas: Ship, Farmhouse, Elephant, Horse Speculaas (/speky'las/, Spéculoos in French) is a type of shortcrust biscuit (AE: cookie), traditionally baked for consumption on St Nicholas' Eve (December 5). Speculaas are thin, very crunchy, slightly browned and most significantly they have some..
Specularity
Specularity is the quality used in many 3D rendering programs to set the size and the brightness of a texture's reflection to light. Adding specularity into a render allows one to add highlights to an object. Specularity only provides an illusion of reflection to the light. The function of specul..
Specular highlight
Specular highlights on a pair of spheres. A specular highlight is the bright spot of light that appears on shiny objects when illuminated (for example, see image at right). Specular highlights are important in 3D computer graphics, as they provide a strong visual cue for the shape of an object..
Specular reflection
Diagram of specular reflection Reflections on water are an example of specular reflection. Specular reflection is the perfect, mirror-like reflection of light (or sometimes other kinds of wave) from a surface, in which light from a single incoming direction is reflected into a single outg..
Speculation
For the use of the term "speculative" in literature, see speculative fiction. For philosophical usage, see Speculative philosophy and Speculative reason Speculation involves the buying, holding, and selling of stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, collectibles, real estate, derivatives or any val..
Speculations
Speculations is an online resource for writers who wish to break into or increase their presence within the science fiction, fantasy, or other speculative fiction subgenres. Speculations has been a Hugo Award nominee seven times. The website is maintained by Kent Brewster. External link [Spe..
Speculation about the papal conclave, 2005
Pope John Paul I on the papal throne. The surprise of his election is captured in the image: his hair is clumsily brushed back, because unlike papabili cardinals who expect their election, he had not had his hair cut for the conclave. The period leading up to a conclave has always been acc..
Speculative
For economics usage, see Speculation For usage in literature, see Speculative fiction For philosophical usage, see Speculative philosophy and Speculative reason ..
Speculative attack
See also: Speculation A speculative attack involves massive selling of domestic currency assets by both domestic and foreign investors. Countries that utilize a fixed or floating exchange rate are equally susceptible to a speculative attack. Nevertheless, if a government chooses to maintain a fix..
Speculative damages
Speculative damages are claims made by a plaintiff for losses that may occur in the future, but are highly improbable. They can not be used as a basis for recovery in tort or contract cases. Example: A plaintiff claims the tortfeasor's failure to deliver a shipment not only hurt his current sales, b..
Speculative demand
Speculative demand is the demand for financial assets, such as securities, money or foreign currency that is not dictated by real transactions such as trade, or financing. In economic theory, specifically Keynesian economics, speculative demand is one of the determinants of demand for money (and cr..
Speculative execution
In computer science, speculative execution is the execution of code the result of which may not be needed. In the context of functional programming, the term "speculative evaluation" is used instead. Speculative execution is an optimization. It is only useful when early execution consumes less ti..
Speculative fiction
[[Portal:Speculative fiction|Speculative Fiction Portal]] [edit] Alternate history Fantasy Fantastic artFilmsGenresHistoryLegendary creaturesLiteratureQuests & ArtifactsRacesTelevisionThemesWorldsHorror LovecraftianismScience Fiction AnimeHistoryOther Internet Speculative Fiction D..
Speculative Knowledge
A Knowledge level, is the ability to formulate true or accurate hypothesis about an unknown natural phenomenon even without know the true origin/basis in the formulation of these hypothesis ..
Speculative mood
Speculative mood is a grammatical mood found in some languages, which indicates that the utterance is based on speculation of the speaker, and not actually known to be the case. For example, "The butler could have been the killer." ..
Speculative Period
The Speculative Period (1492a.-1840a.) was a term created by Gordon Willey and Sabloff (1993:12-37) to describe the archaeological methods and approaches employed in North America at the time. All the data during this time was based mainly on the notes from accounts from explorers and missionaries...
Speculative poetry
Also variously called science fiction poetry or SF poetry or fantastic poetry, speculative poetry is to poetry roughly what speculative fiction is to fiction. Speculative poetry is often published by the same markets that publish science fiction, fantasy and horror. Speculative poetry is not defin..
Speculative reason
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is." -- Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut Speculative reason is theoretical (or logical, deductive) thought (sometimes called theoretical reason), as opposed to practical (active, willing) thought. The distinction b..
Speculator, New York
Speculator is a village in Hamilton County, New York, USA. The population was 348 at the 2000 census. The village is named after a nearby Speculator Mountain. The postal ZIP code is 12164. The Village of Speculator is the only incorporated village within Hamilton County and is within the Town of L..
Speculatores
Speculatores and Exploratores were the scouts and reconnaissance element of the Roman army. In both the legions and in the praetorian camp, speculatores were initially scouts but became bodyguards, couriers, law-enforcers, and sometimes executioners. Exploratores were tasked to keep watch on enemy m..
Speculum
Meanings of speculum include: A medical tool used for examing body cavities; see Speculum (medical).A small metal mirror used for telescopes.The secondary feathers on the inner part of a duck's wing which are often brightly coloured; see speculum feathers.A journal of medieval studies, published by..
Speculum (journal)
Speculum is a quarterly journal published by the Medieval Academy of America. The four annual issues are published in January, April, July, and October. ISSN information ISSN [0038-7134] External links [Official Site] ..
Speculum (medical)
A vaginal speculum, such as this Ricord-type speculum, is used to hold the vagina open for visual examinations, taking of samples, or surgery. The instrument, closed, is inserted into the vagina, then the blades of the instrument are separated and held open by action on the handle. A speculum i..
Speculum al foderi
Speculum al foderi (sometimes known as "The Mirror of Coitus" or literally "a mirror for fuckers") is a 15th century Catalan text discovered in the 1970s. This text is significant as it is the only known Medieval treatise describing the art of sexual positions. References Michael R. Solomon, editor..
Speculum feathers
A mallard hen. The speculum feathers comprise the patch of white-edged blue. The speculum feathers are the inner (secondary) flight feathers of a duck. They are often brightly coloured, especially in dabbling ducks, and can help to identify a duck in flight. Examples are: Common Teal: green..
Speculum metal
Speculum metal is a very hard white alloy of four parts copper to one part tin, or according to other sources, 67% copper and 33% tin; some compositions contained 1–2% of arsenic. Composition with 45% tin has more resistance to tarnishing. It was used by some early telescope makers. For instance..
Speculum Vitae
Speculum Vitae is a Middle English poem possibly by William of Nassyngton, written in the middle or late 14th century. However, the exact date has not been established and there is also debate about whether Nassyngton was the author or not. The title translates as Mirror of Life. Extract In Englis..
Specwar
SPECWAR is short for Special Warfare (although the "c" is pronounced like a "k"), and is typically associated with Special Forces. A similar term is "specops", short for "special operations." Specwar is used in such terms as "the Specwar Community". Ernest Emerson's custom knives are known as "Eme..
SPEC Centre
SPEC Centre is a Catholic Residential Youth Centre in London Colney, Hertfordshire, England. It is run by the Archdiocese of Westminster and was established in 1995. ..
Spec E30
Spec E30 is a class of racing cars used in National Auto Sport Association (NASA) road racing events. The goal for Spec E30 is to create high levels of competition among similarly prepared BMW E30 3-series cars at a reasonable cost. It is intended to encourage low-cost, entry-level, production ca..
Spec Miata
Spec Miata cars on track Spec Miata is a class of racing car used in Sports Car Club of America (SCCA) road racing events. The Spec Miata (SM) class is intended to provide the opportunity to compete in low-cost cars with limited modifications, suitable for racing competition. It is intended t..
Spec series
A spec series is traditionally a racing series of boats, planes, or automobiles where all the competitors race in nearly identical vehicles. Spec series are also known as "one design class". A spec series or one design class with a common design is considered necessary by some for racing classes, so..
Spec sharp
Spec# is a programming language that extends the capabilities of the C# programming language with object invariants, including preconditions and post-conditions. Like ESC/Java, it includes a static checking tool based on a theorem prover that is able to statically verify many of these invariants. ..
Spec Towns Track
Spec Towns Track is the track and field facility and stadium for the University of Georgia (UGA) in Athens, Georgia. The track was originally built in 1964 and the stadium grandstand was added in 1987 to accommodate 1,000 spectators. The track was officially named after Spec Towns in 1990 during t..
SPEC XPC
The SPEC XPC is the X Performance Characterization project, working, under the SPEC GPC group. It develops new graphical benchmark methods and performance reporting procedures, that have value to both the user and vendor communities. In 1993, the XPC project group developed Xmark93, a standardized..
Sped
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Spede Pasanen
Pertti "Spede" Olavi Pasanen (Kuopio, April 10 1930 – September 7 2001 at Kirkkonummi) was a Finnish film director and producer, comedian, humorist, TV personality and practitioner of gags. During his career he directed, wrote, produced or acted in about 50 movies and participated in numerou..
Speech
Look up [[wiktionary:|}}}]] in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. This page is about the lingual speech; for the rapper see Speech (rapper). Speech can be described as an act of producing voice through the use of the vocal cords and vocal apparatus or other means, such as sign language, to creat..
Speech-Language Pathology
Contents 1 Scope of Practice2 Professional Roles and Activities3 See also4 External links The practice of speech-language pathology includes prevention, diagnosis, habilitation, and rehabilitation of communication, swallowing, or other upper aerodigestive disorders; electi..
Speech-Language Pathology in School Settings
Speech-language pathology is a fast-growing profession that, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, offers about 96,000 jobs in the United States alone. It relates to many educational disciplines such as communication sciences, linguistics, special education, and health care. This article wi..
Speeches of Weber
Max Weber influenced on German society and politics in the late 1910s. Some of his speeches and articles made a big impression on his listeners. This page is a candidate to be [[m:transwiki|copied]] to Wikisource. If the page can be [How to edit a pageedited] into an encyclopedic article,..
SpeechLab
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Speechless
Speechless Speechless is an album released on June 15 1999 by Steven Curtis Chapman. It has been certified Platinum by the RIAA. Tracks DiveSpeechlessThe ChangeGreat ExpectationsNext 5 MinutesFingerprints of GodThe InvitationWhateverI Do BelieveWhat I Really Want to SayWith HopeThe JourneyBe S..
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Speechless (film)
Speechless is a 1994 romantic comedy starring Geena Davis (who also co-produced the film with her then husband director Renny Harlin), Michael Keaton, Christopher Reeve, Bonnie Bedelia and Ernie Hudson. Plot [Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow. Julia Mann ..
SpeechWorks
Nuance Communications has since purchased SpeechWorks. SpeechWorks was a company founded in the late 1990s in Boston that developed and supported speech-related computer software. The company was purchased in mid-2003 by Peabody, Massachusetts-based Nuance Communications, which was then known as Sc..
Speechwriter
A speechwriter is a person who composes speeches that will be delivered by another person. Though speechwriters are utilized in the private sector, generally by company presidents and executive officers, the occupation is more synonomous with the political arena. Nearly all publicly elected officia..
Speechwriters
Speechwriters may refer to: Speechwriter, a speech composerSpeechwriters LLC, band from California redirect [[Template:Disambig]]..
Speechwriters LLC
Speechwriters LLC is an American acoustic pop group from Claremont, California. They began as a two-man coffeehouse act but has expanded to bigger and better venues and a respectable following. The band is known for frequently being on tour. Contents 1 Biography2 Line-up3 Discogr..
Speech (rapper)
Speech's debut album "Speech" Speech (born Todd Thomas on 25 October 1968) is a musician and member of the progressive hip hop group Arrested Development. In addition to his work with Arrested Development, Speech has released a number of solo albums. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but ..
Speech act
The speech act is a concept in linguistics and the philosophy of language. It can be described as "in saying something, we do something", such as when a minister says, "I now pronounce you husband and wife", or an action performed by means of language, such as describing something ("It is snowing"),..
Speech Analytics
Speech Analytics is a process of analyzing recorded human speech in order to collect information about what was said. In contact center environments, Speech Analytics is used to mine recorded phone conversations between agents and their customers. By carefully “listening” to hundreds or even tho..
Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology
The Speech and Hearing Bioscience and Technology PhD program in the Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology is an interdisciplinary training program designed to produce the next generation of pioneers in basic and clinical speech and hearing research. External links [link] ..
Speech Anxiety
Contents 1 Overview2 Symptoms3 Causes4 Management5 Source Overview Speech Anxiety is the name for the condition when one is afraid to speak publicly. Most people suffer from speech anxiety, and the symptoms range from having “butterflies” in one’s stomach to a c..
Speech Application Language Tags
Speech Application Language Tags (SALT) is an XML based markup language that is used in HTML and XHTML pages to add voice recognition capabilities to web based applications. External links [Saltforum.org][Kuansan Wang: SALT: An XML Application for Web-based Multimodal Dialog Manageme..
Speech Application Programming Interface
This is about the Speech API. For other meanings, see the disambiguation page SAPI. The Speech Application Programming Interface or SAPI is an API developed by Microsoft to allow the use of Speech Recognition and Speech Synthesis within Windows applications. To date a number of versions of the AP..
Speech balloon
Four different shapes of speech or thought balloons. Speech balloons (also speech bubbles, dialogue balloons, or word balloons) are a graphic convention used in comic books, strips, and cartoons to allow words (and much less often, pictures) to be understood as representing the speech or thoug..
Speech code
A speech code is any rule or regulation that limits, restricts, or bans speech beyond the strict legal limitations upon freedom of speech or press found in the legal definitions of harassment, slander, libel, and fighting words. Such codes are common in the workplace, in universities, and in privat..
Speech community
Speech community is a concept in sociolinguistics that describes a more or less discrete group of people who use language in a unique and mutually accepted way among themselves. Speech communities can be members of a profession with a specialized jargon, distinct social groups like high school stud..
Speech compression
Speech compression may mean different things: Speech encoding refers to compression for transmission or storage, possibly to an unintelligible state, with decompression used prior to playback. Time-compressed speech refers to voice compression for immediate playback, without any decompression (so t..
Speech delay
Speech delay refers to a delay in the development or use of the mechanisms that produce speech. Speech, as distinct from language, refers to the actual process of making sounds, using such organs and structures as the lungs, vocal cords, mouth, tongue, teeth, etc. Language delay refers to a delay ..
Speech disfluencies
Speech disfluencies are any breaks in otherwise fluent speech: for example, words/sentences/phrases that are cut off, restarts/repetitions/repairs ("The best part of my job is...well...the best part of my job is the responsibility."), and fillers. Fillers are parts of speech which are not generall..
Speech disorder
Speech disorders, or speech impediments as they are also called, are a type of communication disorders where 'normal' speech is disrupted. This can mean stuttering, lisps, vocal dysphonia etc. Someone who is totally unable to speak due to a speech disorder is considered mute. Contents 1 Cl..
Speech encoding
Speech coding is the compression of speech (into a code) for transmission with speech codecs that use audio signal processing and speech processing techniques. The two most important applications using speech coding are mobile phones and internet phones. The techniques used in speech coding are si..
Speech error
A speech error is a speech pattern that differs from some standard pattern. Speech errors are common among children, who have yet to refine their speech, and can frequently continue into adulthood. They sometimes lead to embarrassment and betrayal of the speaker's regional or ethnic origins. However..
Speech from the Throne
Queen Elizabeth II reads Canada's Speech from the Throne in 1977 The Speech from the Throne (or Throne Speech) is an event in certain monarchies in which the monarch (or a representative) reads a prepared speech to a complete session of parliament, outlining the government's agenda for the co..
Speech Level Singing
Speech Level Singing is a vocal method and voice instruction method developed by Seth Riggs, a renowned hollywood vocal coach. The essence of the technique is to discover the natural way the voice works when talking and not to do anything drastically different when singing. A voice is less likely t..
Speech Manager
The Speech Manager, in the classic Mac OS, is a part of the operating system used to convert text into sound data to play through a sound output device such as a speaker. The Speech Manager's interaction with the Sound Manager is transparent to a software application. External link [Apple Dev..
Speech organ
Speech organs produce the many sounds needed for language. Organs used include the lips, teeth, tongue, alveolar ridge, hard palate, velum (soft palate), uvula and glottis. See also: phonetics, vocal loading, human anatomy ..
Speech or Debate Clause
The Speech or Debate Clause (found in Article I, Section 6, Clause 1) is a clause in the United States Constitution which states that members of both Houses of Congress Its intended purpose is to prevent a President or other officials of the Executive branch from having members arrested on a pret..
Speech pathology
Contents 1 Education2 Main Branches of Speech & Language Therapy (UK)3 Methods of assessment4 See also5 References6 External links Speech pathology, also termed speech-language pathology and speech & language therapy (SLT, mainly in the UK) is the study of disord..
Speech perception
Speech perception refers to the processes by which humans are able to interpret and understand the sounds used in language. The study of speech perception is closely linked to the fields of phonetics and phonology in linguistics and cognitive psychology and perception in psychology. Theories of spe..
Speech processing
Speech processing is the study of speech signals and the processing methods of these signals. The signals are usually processed in a digital representation whereby speech processing can be seen as the intersection of digital signal processing and natural language processing. Speech processing can..
Speech recognition
Speech recognition (in many contexts, also known as automatic speech recognition, computer speech recognition or voice recognition) is the process of converting a speech signal to a set of words, by means of an algorithm implemented as a computer program. Speech recognition applications that have em..
Speech Recognition Grammar Specification
Speech Recognition Grammar Specification (SRGS) is an W3C recommendation that defines syntax for representing grammars for use in speech recognition so that developers can specify the words and patterns of words to be listened for by a speech recognizer. There are two main forms of grammars. There..
Speech segmentation
Speech segmentation is the process of identifying the boundaries between words, syllables, or phonemes in spoken natural languages. The term applies both to the mental processes used by humans, and to artificial processes of natural language processing. Speech segmentation is an important subprobl..
Speech signal processing
Speech signal processing refers to the acquisition, manipulation, storage, transfer and output of human utterances by a computer. The main goals are the recognition, synthesis and compression of human speech: Speech recognition (also called voice recognition) focuses on capturing the human voice as..
Speech synthesis
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Speech Synthesis Markup Language
Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) is an XML-based markup language for speech synthesis applications. It is a recommendation of the W3C's voice browser working group. SSML is often embedded in VoiceXML scripts to drive interactive telephony systems. However, it also may be used alone, such as f..
Speech team
Speech team may refer to: Individual events.Debate. This is a [disambiguationdisambiguation] page: a list of articles associated with the same title. If an referred you to this page, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. ..
Speech technology
Speech technology includes several subfields: Speech synthesisSpeech recognitionSpeaker recognitionSpeaker verificationSpeech compression See also Speech processing ..
Speech therapy
Speech therapy is the corrective or rehabilitative treatment of physical and/or cognitive deficits/disorders resulting in difficulty with verbal communication. This includes both speech (articulation, intonation, rate, intensity) and language (phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, b..
Speech to text
Speech-To-Text is a service whereby the spoken word is converted into the written word by a stenographer (a court reporter or verbatim reporter), using a special chorded keyboard for the purpose - either a Stenotype or a Palantype. The stenographer listens to the speaker and types what they are s..
Speech to the Troops at Tilbury
The Speech to the Troops at Tilbury was delivered in the summer of 1588 by Queen Elizabeth I of England to the land forces assembled at Tilbury in Essex in preparation to repel the expected invasion by the Spanish Armada. Following the speech, news came that the Armada had been driven from the chan..
Speech Transmission Index
Speech Transmission Index, short STI is a measure of intelligibility of speech. The understanding of speech, the intelligibility is directly dependent of the background noise level, of the reverberation time, and of the size of the room. For the rating of the understanding of speech, we have differe..
Speech verification
Speech verification is a new speech technology that appeared after the notable advancements in speech recognition with the aim to verify the correctness of the pronounced speech. Speech verification look at the problem from a different prespective than speech recognition as it dosn't try to recogni..
Speed
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Speed (symbol: v) is the rate of motion, or equivalently the rate of change of position, expressed as distance d moved per unit of time t. Speed is a scalar quantity with dimensions distance/time; the equivalent vector quantity to speed is known as velocit..
Speed, Kansas
Speed is a city in Phillips County, Kansas, United States. The population was 44 at the 2000 census. Geography Speed is located at [39°40′37″N, 99°25′13″W] (39.676825, -99.420214)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has..
Speed, North Carolina
Speed is a town in Edgecombe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 70 at the 2000 census. Geography Speed is located at [35°58′12″N, 77°26′39″W] (35.969978, -77.444081)[Geographic references#1GR1]. According to the United States Census Bureau, the..
Speed-ball
The Speed-Ball is a racquet sport invented in Egypt in 1961 by Mohamed Lotfy for the training of the beginners tennismans. Contents 1 Description2 Rules2.1 Super-solo2.2 Single match2.3 Double match3 Federation4 External links Description A hollow ball in latex..
Speed-the-Plow
Speed-the-Plow (1988) is short play by David Mamet which is a satirical dissection of the American movie business, a theme Mamet would revisit in his later films Wag the Dog (1997) and State and Main (2000). Hollywood producers Bobby Gould and Charlie Fox engage in a verbal boxing match trying to ..
Speedball
Speedball can mean: Several team sports, including: Speedball (sport), a combination of European handball and soccer;Speed-ball, a racquet sport came from EgyptSpeedball (American), a form of football invented in the United States in 1912;A form of paintball often played in tournaments.A form of v..
Speedball (American)
Don't confuse this article about speedball with other articles. Here is a list of other Speedball articles. Speedball is a code of football, which was devised by combining elements of American football, soccer, and basketball. Contents 1 History of Speedball2 Field of play3 Rules..
Speedball (comics)
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Speedball (drug)
Speedball is a drug term for the mixing of heroin and cocaine. This is a potentially lethal concoction: the cocaine acts as a stimulant, raising the heartbeat, but its effects wear off more quickly than those of heroin, which in turn slows the heart. As a result, it is possible to experience a delay..
Speedball (sport)
This article deals with one of the various sports known as speedball, in this case a game based on Association football (soccer) and European team handball. For details of other games known as speedball, see: Speedball. Speedball is a quick, fast paced sport that is simple to teach and combines man..
Speedball (video game)
Screenshot of Speedball (1988, Amiga) Speedball is a video game series comprising three games developed by Bitmap Brothers. A futuristic sports game part handball, part ice hockey, played by six players a-side on a court with steel walls and a ball also made of steel, Speedball lacks any rules..
Speedbass
Speedbass was a genre formed by a group of DJs, spinning a wide mix of genres. [Speedbass.net] is most likely the best source for more information on this genre of music, and was created around the same time as the genre was formed. Speedbass is similar to forms of house, gabber and hard..
SpeedBinder
SpeedBinder Logo SpeedBinder, Inc., based in Omaha, Nebraska, USA is a manufacturer of custom looseleaf vinyl binders. SpeedBinder manufacturers full color binders, custom imprinted vinyl binders, custom imprinted poly binders and specialty clearview binders. Dav External links [Official..
Speedbird
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Speedblock
Speedblock, Inc. is a former major construction company. They began in Europe, where they built walls for houses out of concrete instead of wood. After the company's astounding success, they moved across the border to the United States. Basing their headquarters in Ohio, they teamed up with corporat..
SPEEDBridge
BRIDGE was Japanese J-pop girlband, SPEED's latest album to date. This album was released on November 27, 2003. This album was release part of the "Save the Children" charity project in 2003. It contains their new singles Be My Love and Walking In the Rain/Stars to Shine Again. Track listing Be M..
Speedbuggy usa
Speedbuggy USA is a LA based country/cowpunk band known for their powerful yet soulful stage show, and their hard-core approach to life on the road. The bands current line-up is Timbo, Brady Sloan, Greg McMullen and Pat Muzingo (ex-Junkyard). They say: Speedbuggy USA is a road band bent on coalesc..
Speedcore
Speedcore is a form of hardcore techno that is typically identified by its high rate of beats per minute and aggressive them