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Job production involves producing a one-off product for a specific customer. Job production is most often associated with small firms (making railings for a specific house, building/repairing a computer for a specific customer, making flower arrangements for a specific wedding etc.) but large firms use job production too. Examples include:

• Designing and implementing an advertising campaign
• Auditing the accounts of a large public limited company
• Building a new factory
• Installing machinery in a factory

Benefits and disadvantages

Key benefits of job production include:

• work is generally of a high quality
• a high level of customisation is possible to meet the customer’s exact requirements
• significant flexibility is possible, especially when compared to mass production
• workers can be easily motivated due to the skilled nature of the work they are performing

Disadvantages include:

• higher cost of production
• requires the use of specialist labour (compare with the repetitive, low-skilled jobs in mass production
• slow compared to other methods (batch production and mass production)

Essential features

There are a number of features that should be implemented in a job production environment, they include:

• Clear definitions of objectives should be set.
• Clearly outlined decision making process.

See also

• Manufacturing
• Craft production
• Batch production
• Mass production
• Just In Time
• Lean manufacturing
• Production, costs, and pricing

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An emergency power unit (EPU), also called an emergency power supply unit (EPSU), is a device for energy production in case of failure of the primary systems.

For example, the EPU used in the F-16 aircraft employs a gas turbine powered by the engine bleed air or by hot gases generated by catalytic decomposition of hydrazine, which then drives the emergency electricity generator and the emergency hydraulic pump. On some commercial aircraft, such as the Airbus A330, a ram air turbine is used for emergency power.

Elevators often use battery-based EPUs to facilitate the descent of the elevator cabin to a safe position when the building power supply fails.

Uninterruptible power supply units and generators can be referred to as EPUs.

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Rock and roll is a style of popular American music which has spread across the world, including to the North Atlantic island nation of Iceland. Rock came to the island beginning in the mid-1950s. Rock’s popularity increased steadily over the next few years. This wave peaked with the tour by Tony Crombie & His Rockets in May of 1957. A few bands with their own style did emerge, however, including City, Disco and Lúdó.

From 1930 until the mid 1980s, radio broadcasting in Iceland was a state monopoly controlled by the “cultural” elite and consequently rock music was not played much at all on Icelandic radio. But despite this state of affairs, Icelandic popular culture was not completely isolated from the outside world. Crews of Icelandic fishing boats and commercial aircraft would buy rock records in America, England and Germany and bring them back home to Iceland. Also, the US Navy base in Keflavík, Iceland, operated a radio station for the troops (AFRS 1484 on the radio dial) that mainly played rock music and was very popular with young Icelanders in the Reykjavík area and remained important to Icelandic rock music until at least the mid 1970s. Some of the disc-jockeys from the early 70’s were Tom Wiecks, Jim Roark, Karl Phillips, and Mark Lazar.

The British Invasion and Beatlemania arrived in Iceland in 1964, and the indigenous groups Hljómar from Keflavík and Dátar from Reykjavík arose as Icelandic counterparts to The Beatles, later followed by Flowers, Bendix and other bands. Beginning in about 1969, the English language period of Icelandic rock began, with bands like Trúbrot, Náttúra and Pelikan becoming popular.

From 1973 to 1979, the Reykjavík rock scene was dominated by progressive rock and funk groups such as Eik and Cabaret (these two groups merged under the name Eik in 1977).

The mid to late 1970s saw the rise of Gunnar Þórðarson and Magnús Eiríksson, who revitalized the field of Icelandic rock and created a more distinctive national style. A wave of punk rock based out of Reykjavík occurred in about 1981 and temporarily displaced more traditional rock music, much like rock had displaced jazz in the early 1960s. Notable mid to late 1980s Icelandic rock bands include Grafík and Tobmobile as well as the punkers in The Sugarcubes featuring Björk. Towards the end of the 20th century and continuing to the present (2005), the group Quarashi with its mixture of rock and rap has achieved international attention; the same applies to the hard rock group Mínus and the lethargic Sigur Rós. From the late 1980s continuing to the present (2005) the band “Sálin hans Jóns mins” or just “Sálin” has had a strong presence on the Icelandic rock scene.

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Because polarization cannot follow an electric field in a high-frequency field, permittivity has a dependence on the frequency. This dependence is called dielectric dispersion. It is very important for the application of dielectric materials and the analysis of polarization systems.

When the frequency becomes higher:

1. it becomes impossible for dipolar polarization to follow the electric field in the microwave region around 10¹⁰ Hz;
2. in the infrared or far-infrared region around 10¹³ Hz, ionic polarization loses the response to the electric field;
3. electronic polarization loses its response in the ultraviolet region around 10¹⁵ Hz.

In the wavelength region below ultraviolet, permittivity approaches the constant ε₀ in every substance, where ε₀ is the permittivity of the free space. Because permittivity indicates the strength of the relation between an electric field and polarization, if a polarization process loses its response, permittivity decreases.

See also

• Dielectric relaxation
• Dielectric spectroscopy

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“Hello, Hello, I’m Back Again” is a 1973 hit single performed by Gary Glitter and co-written by Glitter and his producer Mike Leander. The title of the song is only sung once and as a result other more frequent sung lines have become alternative titles, these include “It’s Good To Be Back” and “Did You Miss Me?”, etc. Sometimes the tile is shortened to simply “Hello, Hello”. The song is about a man calling his lover after being away for some time and begins with “Did you miss me (yeah), while I was away?”, with “Hello, Hello, It’s good to be back .. Good to be back” sung repeatedly in the chorus. It reached Number 2 in the United Kingdom, charting in several other countries and remained a popular oldie for decades. The song has been featured on a number of Glitter compilations and live albums since, as well as his 1973 studio album, Touch Me. In 1995 the song returned to the UK charts when Glitter re-recorded it, under the title “Hello, Hello, I’m Back Again (Again!)”.

Cover versions

• Glitter performed lyrics from “Hello, Hello, I’m Back Again” in The KLF’s “Gary In The Tardis”, found on the 1988 single “Doctorin’ the Tardis”.
• The opening track of British rock group Oasis’s 1995 album (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? “Hello” borrows from the song both lyrically and stylistically.
• German techno group Scooter sampled the song in their single “Hello! (Good To Be Back)” from the 2005 album Who’s Got The Last Laugh Now?.
• The American band Shivaree covered the song in their 2007 cover album .

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Flexible mechanisms, also sometimes knows as Flexibility Mechanisms or Kyoto Mechanisms), refers to Emissions Trading, the Clean Development Mechanism and Joint Implementation. These are mechanisms defined under the Kyoto Protocol intended to lower the overall costs of achieving its emissions targets. These mechanisms enable Parties to achieve emission reductions or to remove carbon from the atmosphere cost-effectively in other countries. While the cost of limiting emissions varies considerably from region to region, the benefit for the atmosphere is in principle the same, wherever the action is taken.

Much of the negotiations on the mechanisms has been concerned with ensuring their integrity. There was concern that the mechanisms do not confer a “right to emit” on Annex 1 Parties or lead to exchanges of fictitious credits which would undermine the Protocol’s environmental goals. The negotiators of the Protocol and the Marrakesh Accords therefore sought to design a system that fulfilled the cost-effectiveness promise of the mechanisms, while addressing concerns about environmental integrity and equity.

To participate in the mechanisms, Annex 1 Parties must meet the following eligibility requirements:

1. They must have ratified the Kyoto Protocol.
2. They must have calculated their assigned amount, as referred to in Articles 3.7 and 3.8 and Annex B of the Protocol in terms of tonnes of CO₂-equivalent emissions.
3. They must have in place a national system for estimating emissions and removals of greenhouse gases within their territory.
4. They must have in place a national registry to record and track the creation and movement of ERUs, CERs, AAUs and RMUs and must annually report such information to the secretariat.
5. They must annually report information on emissions and removals to the secretariat.

Emissions trading (ET)

Main article:Carbon emissions trading

The Emissions Trading-mechanism allows parties to the Kyoto-protocol to buy greenhouse gas emission permits from other countries to help meet their domestic emission reduction targets.

Joint Implementation (JI)

Main article:Joint Implementation

Through the Joint Implementation, industrialised countries with a greenhouse gas reduction commitment (so-called Annex 1 countries) may fund emission reducing projects in other industrialised countries as an alternative to emission reductions in their own countries. Typically, these projects occur in countries in the former Eastern Europe.

Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)

Main article:Clean Development Mechanism

Through the CDM, countries can meet their domestic emission reduction targets by buying greenhouse gas reduction units from (projects in) non Annex 1 countries to the Kyoto protocol (mostly third world countries).

See also

• Kyoto Protocol
• Clean Development Mechanism
• Joint Implementation

External links

• Emissions Trading UNFCCC pages on ET
• Joint Implementation UNFCCC pages on JI
• Clean Development Mechanism UNFCCC pages on CDM

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Community Service II is the second collaboration album from The Crystal Method, and features remixes from The Crystal Method and other Nu skool breaks artists. The album has received lukewarm critical acclaim.

Track listing

1. The Crystal Method - Intro
2. PMT - Gyromancer (Elite Force Mix)
3. Elite Force - Ghetto Fabulous
4. Hyper - Come With Me
5. The Doors - The Crystal Method vs. The Doors (Roadhouse Blues Remix)
6. Evil Nine - We Have the Energy
7. Dylan Rhymes featuring Kathrine Ellis - Salty (Meat Katie Mix)
8. The Crystal Method - Keep Hope Alive (J.D.S Mix)
9. Koma + Bones - SpeedFreak
10. The Crystal Method featuring Kevin Beber - Kalifornia
11. Uberzone - Octopus
12. UNKLE - Reign (False Prophet Mix)
13. The Crystal Method - Starting Over (Elite Force Mix)
14. The Crystal Method - Bound Too Long (Hyper Mix)
15. New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle (The Crystal Method CSII Mix)
16. Smashing Pumpkins - 1979 (New Originals 1799 remix)

CSII Exclusives EP

At approximately the same time as the release of the album, the CSII Exclusives EP was released in a digital-only format, exclusively on the iTunes Store. The EP contained an additional track, “Bad Ass”, as well as the full-length, unmixed versions of tracks 8, 10, 13, and 14. However, as of early 2007, the EP is no longer available for purchase on the iTunes Store, and has not been released in any other format.

Track listing

1. “Bad Ass” – 5:23
2. “Bound Too Long (Hyper Mix)” – 7:07
3. “Kalifornia” – 5:39
4. “Keep Hope Alive (JDS Mix)” – 7:46
5. “Starting Over (Elite Force Mix)” – 8:05

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A motion offense is a category of offensive scheme used in basketball. Motion offenses utilize player movement, often as a strategy to exploit quickness of the offensive team or to neutralize a size advantage of the defense. The flex offense and the shuffle offense are motion offenses.

A motion offense, though often free-flowing and unrestricted, follows a few basic tenets.

- Pass and screen away: Players pass to one side of the court and seek to screen for players on the opposite side of the court. The hope is to create spacing and driving lanes to basket.

- Back screen: Players in the key seek to screen players on the wing and open them up for basket cuts.

External links

• http://www.hoopsu.com/manoffense.html
• http://www.coachesclipboard.net/MotionOffense.html
• http://espn.go.com/ncb/2003/0225/1514311.html

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Duracell is a brand of batteries manufactured by Procter and Gamble. Duracell is the leading brand of batteries worldwide.

Additionally, Duracell owns the Procell professional-use brand.

Products

Duracell manufactures alkaline batteries in many common sizes, such as AAA, AA, C, D, and 9V. Lesser used sizes such as AAAA (primarily for pagers, penlights and blood glucose meters) and J size batteries (for hospital devices) are also manufactured along with a range of “button” batteries using Zinc-air chemistry, used in calculators, hearing aids and other small (mostly medical related) devices.

Duracell also manufactures specialty batteries, including NiMH rechargeable batteries and batteries for cameras, watches, hearing aids, etc. Their two main battery brands are “Coppertop”, marketed as longer-lasting, and “Ultra”, directed mainly at users of digital devices and devices that need more power. The Coppertop and Ultra brands of batteries use the alkaline-manganese dioxide chemistry. Duracell also has a line of lithium chemistry batteries and products, now manufactured outside of the U.S.

In recent years, Duracell’s innovations expanded to include new battery designs with their prismatic batteries, which are prismatic in shape rather than cylindrical. Prismatic cells were made available in both alkaline and lithium designs. In 2006, Duracell introduced “Power Pix^TM” batteries with metal hydroxy technology, designed to supply longer life in digital cameras and other high drain devices by up to twice the number of photos typically achievable with alkaline batteries.

Duracell batteries are also bulk packaged for end users under the brand name Procell.

Business

Duracell introduced many battery formats, including AAA (R03) in the 1950s and AA (R6 Penlight) in 1960. It merged with Gillette in 1996, and became part of Procter & Gamble when P&G acquired Gillette in 2005. Duracell’s main competitor is the Energizer battery brand. Duracell continues to have manufacturing facilities in the U.S. (primarily in the southeast) and in Asia and Europe. Duracell’s global headquarters is located in Bethel, Connecticut, about an hour from New York City.

History

Duracell originated via the partnership of scientist Samuel Ruben and businessman Philip Rogers Mallory, who met during the 1920s. The P.R. Mallory Company produced mercury cells for military equipment use, trumping the Zn-air battery technology used then in virtually all applications. During the late 1970s, when the company’s concerns for the now-known effects of mercury began, mercury quickly became an obsolete ingredient in all their manufacturing processes.
It was replaced by alkaline technology.

During the 1950s Kodak introduced cameras with integral flash: the design required a new cell size and thus size AAA was developed.

In 1964 the term “Duracell” was formally introduced as a brand. The name is a portmanteau for “durable cell”. The Mallory battery line was retired in 1978.

In popular culture

• In the video game Pikmin 2 for the Nintendo GameCube, a Duracell battery appears as the very first collectable item. Another smaller Proton AA is found very later on.
• A Duracell battery appears in The Matrix, when Morpheus uses one to explain to Neo that humans are being used as a power supply. The term “copper top” is used as a somewhat derogatory reference to humans plugged into the Matrix, referencing the appearance of the Duracell battery. The trademark bell from Duracell’s TV ads is also played.
• Duracell is sometimes used as derogatory term for a person with red hair, particularly a redhead dressed entirely in black because of the distincitve design and colour of Duracell batteries.
• Weird Al Yankovic makes fun of Duracell in his song I’ll Sue Ya by saying: “I sued Duracell, they never told me not to shove that Double A (AA) right up my nose.”
• In another Weird Al song, Hardware Store, both Duracell and Energizer (Duracell’s strongest competitor) batteries are mentioned as things sold at the hardware store.
• In the United Kingdom, Duracell TV commercials feature a pink toy rabbit, and the very similar Energizer Bunny is not a recognised trade mark there.

References

External links

• Official website

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ArenaBowl XVII was played on June 22, 2003 at the St. Pete Times Forum (formerly the Ice Palace) in Tampa, Florida before a sellout crowd of 20,496. The Tampa Bay Storm earned their AFL record fifth ArenaBowl title, by defeating the Arizona Rattlers, 43-29. The win was just months after the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers won Super Bowl XXXVII making Tampa Bay the first metropolitan area to simutaneously hold both NFL and AFL championships.

The game

Hall of Fame coach Tim Marcum earned his seventh ArenaBowl title as his Tampa Bay Storm took a first quarter lead and never relinquished it, defeating fellow Hall of Fame coach Danny White’s Arizona Rattlers by 14.

The teams traded scores in the first quarter, but early in the second Tampa Bay lineman Kelvin Kinney scooped up a Sherdrick Bonner fumble - one of four lost Rattler fumbles on the day - and ran 26 yards for a rather controversial touchdown. Though it appeared Kinney had thrown the ball in the air in celebration before crossing the goal line, the touchdown stood, and the Storm took a 20-10 lead. Though Arizona answered with a Bo Kelly touchdown run to close within 20-16, the Storm used two second-half touchdown passes from veteran backup quarterback Pat O’Hara to Lawrence Samuels to keep the Rattlers at bay. The 34-year-old O’Hara, who defeated the Storm in ArenaBowl XII as the quarterback for the Orlando Predators, had thrown only 14 passes all year but was pressed into action when starter John Kaleo was injured in the second quarter. He ran for another score with 10 minutes to play, putting Tampa Bay ahead 43-22 and sealing the victory.

Samuels was named both the game’s MVP and Ironman of the Game, as he led all players with five catches for 109 yards and three touchdowns. The game was the first ArenaBowl to be televised by NBC, as ABC had televised the previous five. All participants wore “FP” stickers on their helmets in memory of Orlando Predators head coach Fran Papasedero, who was killed in a one-car accident just days before the game.

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter

• AZ - FG Garner 36
• TB - Samuels 33 pass from Kaleo (Stucker kick failed)
• AZ - Bonner 1 run (Garner kick)
• TB - Proctor 1 run (Saunders pass from Dell)

2nd Quarter

• TB - Kinney 26 fumble return (Stucker kick failed)
• AZ - Kelly 8 run (Garner kick failed)
• TB - FG Stucker 23

3rd Quarter

• TB - Samuels 9 pass from O’Hara (Stucker kick)
• AZ - Bryant 3 pass from Bonner (Garner kick failed)

4th Quarter

• TB - Samuels 43 pass from O’Hara (Stucker kick)
• TB - O’Hara 3 run (Stucker kick failed)
• AZ - Gatewood 3 pass from Bonner (Garner kick)

External links

• ArenaFan Box Score

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