Wiktionary appearanceAppearance may refer to Visual appearance , the way in which objects reflect and transmit light Human physical appearance , what someone looks like Appearances film Appearances film , a 1921 film directed by Donald Crisp Appearances 1990 film Appearances 1990 film , featuring Ernest Borgnine Appearance, another term for the baseball statistic games pitched Appearance philosophy , or phenomenon Appearance law , the coming into court of either of the parties to a suit, and or the formal act by which a defendant submits himself to the jurisdiction of the court. See also lookfrom intitle Apparition disambiguation any instance of appearing, but usually referring to a supernatural phenomenon Appear , a company Appears , a song released by Ayumi Hamasaki in 1999 disambig ... more details
The appearance of impropriety is a phrase referring to a situation whose ethics are deemed questionable. To a layperson , without knowledge of the specific facts, the comment or action in question appears inappropriate or a violation of a rule or regulation . See also Conflict of interest Resources Morgan, Peter & Reynolds, Glenn The Appearance of Impropriety ISBN 0 7432 4266 1 External links http www.ig.navy.mil Complaints Complaints 20 20 Appearance 20of 20Impropriety .htm Appearance of Impropriety article at the website of the United States Naval Inspector General http www.uscourts.gov guide vol2 ch1.html 2 Code of Conduct for United States Judges subsection on Appearance of Impropriety http www.hofstra.edu PDF law lawrev ideas rotunda vol33no4.pdf Alleged Conflicts of Interest because of the Appearance of Impropriety Hofstra law review article PDF DEFAULTSORT Appearance Of Impropriety Category Legal terms Category Political terms law term stub ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Civil procedure United States A special appearance is a term used in the United States American law of civil procedure to describe a civil defendants defendant s appearance in the court of another U.S. State state solely to dispute the in personum jurisdiction personal jurisdiction of the court over that defendant. Prior to the advent of this procedure, defendants had to either appear in the other state s court to defend the case on the merits, or not show up in court at all, and then mount a collateral attack on any Judgment law judgment rendered against them, when the plaintiff came to the defendant s state to collect on the judgment. In a legal catch 22 , if the defendant appeared solely to contest jurisdiction, the court would then be permitted to assert jurisdiction based on the defendant s presence. In response to the apparent inequity presented by this situation, most states have passed statutes permitting the defendant to make a special appearance in the courts of the state to contest jurisdiction, without further subjecting themselves to the jurisdiction of the court. The equivalent of such an appearance is possible in U.S. federal courts , for the defendant may make a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. Where a special appearance is permitted, the term general appearance is used to denote the normal type of appearance in court. A special appearance is in contrast to a general appearance . See also Federal Rules of Civil Procedure DEFAULTSORT Special Appearance Category Civil procedure ... more details
In law , appearance from Latin apparere , to appear is the coming into court of either of the parties to a lawsuit , and or the formal act by which a defendant submits himself to the jurisdiction of the court . Legal details outdated Update EB date January 2011 The defendant in an action in the High Court of England enters his appearance to the summons writ of summons by delivering, either at the central office of the Supreme Court , or a High Court of Justice district registry , a written memorandum either giving his solicitor s name or stating that he defends in person. He must also give notice to the plaintiff of his appearance, which ought, according to the time limited by the writ, to be within eight days after service a defendant may, however, appear any time before judgment. The Rules of the Supreme Court , orders xii. and xiii., regulate the procedure with respect to the entering of an appearance, the giving of notice, the limit of time , the setting aside and the general effect of default of appearance. In county courts there is no appearance other than the coming into court of the parties to the suit. In criminal cases the accused appears in person. In civil cases infants appear by their guardians ad litem lunatics by their committee companies by a solicitor friendly societies by the trustee or other officer appointed to Lawsuit sue or be sued on behalf thereof. In the United States , a party may make a special appearance to contest the jurisdiction of the court in which a lawsuit has been brought, without thereby conceding the jurisdiction of that court. References 1911 title Appearance Category Legal terms law stub ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Point of appearance is a generic term for any point in a Telecommunication circuit telephone data circuit from which a technician can test or pull stats. Some appearances are virtual, such as a Digital cross connect system computer terminal. Others are physical, like a punch down COSMOS Telecommunications COSMIC Distribution frame frame where a technician can place a Lineman s handset test set , or a heat coil socket. In the outside plant there is an appearance at the cross box, pedestal, and network interface . The ultimate appearance is the telephone or other customer premises equipment CPE . See also Demarcation point Point of presence DEFAULTSORT Point Of Appearance Category Communication circuits Tech stub ... more details
Appearance energy also known as appearance potential is the minimum energy that must be supplied to a gas phase atom or molecule in order to produce an ion . ref GoldBookRef title Appearance energy file A00421 ref In electron ionization , this is the minimum electron energy that produces an ion. ref name Kerwin1960 citation last Kerwin first Larkin year 1960 title Recent Appearance Potential Measurements Using an Electrostatic Electron Selector journal Journal of Applied Physics volume 31 issue 12 pages 2071 doi 10.1063 1.1735504 last2 Marmet first2 Paul ref In photoionization it is the minimum photon energy. See also Ionization energy References Reflist atomic physics stub Category Mass spectrometry it Potenziale di apparizione ... more details
refimprove date January 2010 In pre Mac OS X versions of the Mac OS Macintosh operating system , the Appearance ... several themes . The Appearance Manager was originally developed for Apple Computer Apple s failed ... 9 . However, the Appearance Manager is also available free as part of a downloadable SDK for System 7 . ref ftp ftp.apple.com developer Development Kits Obsolete Unsupported Appearance SDK 1.0.4.sit.hqx ref The current version of the operating system, Mac OS X, no longer directly supports the Appearance Manager. The Appearance Manager is implemented as an abstraction layer between the Control Manager ... such as buttons, scrollbars, window title bars, etc. With the Appearance Manager, these elements are abstracted ... element a button or scroll bar, for example and draws its appearance. Kaleidoscope, a 3rd party ... Appearance Control Panel in Mac OS 8.5, which acted similarly via theme files. Schemes and themes are similar in concept, but they are not internally compatible. The Appearance Manager remains as part of Carbon API Carbon , but switchable themes are no longer supported in Mac OS X. Appearance themes File Copland Platinum theme.png thumb Platinum in Copland The default look and feel of the Appearance .... Apple Platinum is not a theme, however. It is actually embedded into the Appearance Manager. The Appearance Control Panel has the ability to attach a theme to the Appearance Manager. There is an Apple ... and this unique option is not available to real themes. The Appearance Control Panel uses the type code ... code thme to identify if a file should act like an Appearance Theme. An important distinction is that the Appearance Control Panel implements themes into the Appearance Manager. Kaleidoscope is a third party software that implements schemes into the Appearance Manager. Kaleidoscope is not a substitute for the Appearance Manager. It is a substitute for the Appearance Control Panel. Apple widely demonstrated two Appearance Themes which override Apple Platinum, Hi Tech and Gizmo . Hi Tech is based ... more details
Orphan date July 2011 A limited appearance is a term used in the United States law of civil procedure to describe a civil defendant civil defendant s appearance in a quasi in rem action in the court of another state to dispute liability to the limited extent of the value of the property seized by that court. This strategy allows the defendant to dispute only that amount seized, though this amount is less than the total amount in controversy, thus limiting his personal liability. Before the advent of this procedural device, a defendant faced the dilemma of either allowing his property to be seized with no defense and sold at Sheriff s sale sheriff s sale to partially satisfy the claim against him or, on the other hand, to appear in court to dispute the claim but in the process expose himself to the full in personam jurisdiction of the court and therefore the entire amount in controversy. The limited appearance may be coupled with a special appearance , allowing the defendant to first dispute the personal jurisdiction of the court over the defendant, and then only if necessary disputing the limited amount in controversy. See also special appearance References http www.kentlaw.edu perritt courses civpro berger limited special.htm Professor Perritt s Civil Procedure Course Page http www.answers.com topic appearance?cat biz fin answers.com Category Civil procedure law term stub ... more details
citation style date July 2011 Personal Appearance 1934 is a stage comedy by the American playwright and screenwriter Lawrence Riley 1896&ndash 1974 , which was a Broadway theatre Broadway smash and the basis for the classic Mae West film Go West, Young Man 1936 in film 1936 . Personal Appearance was produced by the legendary Brock Pemberton founder of the Tony Awards and staged by Antoinette Perry in whose memory Pemberton named the Tony Awards Tonys . It opened in 1934 at New York s Henry Miller Theatre starring the famed stage and screen actress Gladys George now remembered especially for her role as Miles Archer s spouse in the film The Maltese Falcon 1941 film The Maltese Falcon . Her comic performance contributed to making Personal Appearance a Broadway hit that lasted for 501 performances. It launched Riley s career as a playwright and remains his most famous play. The New York Times characterized Personal Appearance in an October 18, 1934, review s headline as a Satire of the Hollywood Dementia. The play is set in the Pennsylvania backcountry, where Riley was originally from and where he long resided. It is the story of a movie star and diva , Carole Arden, who is on a tour giving personal appearances to promote her latest film, Drifting Lady . Her car breaks down, which leads to her encounter with a young and handsome gas station attendant, Chester Norton, played by Philip Ober . His fiancee s parents put Arden up for the night and Arden falls for Norton. But her down ... s musical theatre musical The Cradle Will Rock 1937 . Personal Appearance s huge success only reinforced ... publisher produced both a hardcover and a softcover edition of Personal Appearance a New Comedy in Three Acts in Los Angeles and New York. Personal Appearance was adapted for the screen by Mae West ... ironical outcome, given Personal Appearance s criticism of Hollywood. References http select.nytimes.com ... Dementia in Personal Appearance by Lawrence Riley ibdb title 11923 http select.nytimes.com gst abstract.html ... more details
unreferenced date January 2008 In baseball statistics , a player is credited with a plate appearance denoted by PA each time he completes a turn batting. A player completes a turn batting when He strikeout strikes out or is declared out baseball out before reaching first base or He reaches first base safe baseball safely or is awarded first base by a base on balls , hit by pitch , or catcher s interference or He hits a fair ball which causes a preceding runner to be put out for the third out before he himself is put out or reaches first base safely see also left on base , fielder s choice , force play Calculating A batter does not have a plate appearance if, while he was at bat, a preceding runner is put out on the basepaths for the third out in a way other than by the batter putting the ball into play i.e., pickoff picked off , caught stealing . In this case, the same batter continues his turn batting in the next inning with no Balls and strikes baseball balls or strike baseball strikes against him. A batter may or may not be charged with a plate appearance and possibly at bat in the rare instance when he is replaced by a pinch hitter after having already started his turn at bat. In this case, the pinch hitter would receive the plate appearance and potential of an at bat unless the original batter is replaced when having 2 strikes against him and the pinch hitter subsequently completes the strikeout. In this case the plate appearance and at bat are charged to the first batter ... team. Other uses In common terminology, the term at bat is sometimes used to mean plate appearance ... as distinguished from a plate appearance . However, terms such as turn at bat or time at bat are synonymous with plate appearance . Scoring Section 10 of the official rules states what an at bat is not Number ... or iv is awarded first base because of interference or obstruction The main use of the plate appearance ... in baseball 2007 . DEFAULTSORT Plate Appearance Category Batting statistics ko ja zh ... more details
history, first appearance refers to the first occurrence to feature a Character arts fictional character . Monetary value of first appearance issues First appearances of popular characters are among ... Another, Marvel Mystery Comics Marvel Comics 1 October 1939 , is the first appearance of the Human Torch ..., many years have passed since his or her first appearance and few copies, and fewer good conditioned ... of Flash Comics 1 January 1940 , the first appearance of Flash comics The Flash , was auction ed ... Comics 1 March 1941 , the first appearance of Captain America sold for 64,400. ref http comics.heritagegalleries.com ... 16 edgar churchmile high flash comics 1 sells for 450000 ref In February 2010 the first appearance of Superman ... the holy grail of comic books as not only was it the first appearance of Superman, it was also one ... a few short days the first appearance of Batman was sold in a Heritage Auctions Heritage auction ... determine the value of a first appearance. Note All values are according to http www.comicspriceguide.com ... Certified Collectibles Group see below The importance of the character s that debuted the first appearance of Spider Man in very fine condition is listed at 45,150 the first appearance of the less popular ... s 1962 first appearance is valued at 45,150 while a copy of The Spectre s 1940 debut, in fine condition ... the first appearance of the eponymous group but also represents a turning point in the history ... appearance of more than one important character. Usually the characters are related Uncanny ... a comic book is the first appearance of two unrelated, important characters. More Fun Comics 73 November ... and Tex Thomson , as well as Superman. Occasionally a first appearance will lack the value ... appearance of Wonder Woman is worth much less because she did not make a flashy debut that lent ... Mackie said that his favorite story featuring the character was his first appearance and origin ... interviews mackie4.htm ref Ambiguity of first appearance While a seemingly a simple concept ... more details
Technical date February 2010 The visual appearance of objects is given by the way in which they reflect and transmit light . The color of objects is determined by the parts of the spectrum of incident white light that are reflected or transmitted without being absorbed. Additional appearance attributes are based on the directional distribution of reflected BRDF or transmitted light BTDF described by attributes like Gloss material appearance glossy , shiny versus dull, matte, clear, turbidity turbid , distinct, etc. Appearance of reflective objects The appearance of reflecting objects is determined by the way the surface reflects incident light . The reflective properties of the surface can be characterized by a closer look at the micro topography of that surface. Structures on the surface and the texture of the surface are determined by typical dimensions between some 10 mm and 0.1 mm the detection limit of the human eye is at 0.07 mm . Smaller structures and features of the surface ... the Gloss material appearance gloss of the surface. Definition br diffusion, scattering process by which ... colspan 2 Appearance of Reflective Objects Image Appearance R.png thumb 400px right align right ... appearance gloss of the surface. Basic types of light reflection class wikitable width 150 valign ... Matte 394 Profile.png thumb 300px right Appearance of transmissive objects class wikitable colspan 2 Appearance of Transmissive Objects Image Appearance T.png thumb 400px center align right Figure ... wikitable colspan 2 Appearance of a Transmissive Object Image Blur by Scattering 1307 E.png 500px left ... decreases. Terminology Reflective objects ref ASTM Standards on Color & Appearance Measurement ... br Transmissive objects ref ASTM Standards on Color & Appearance Measurement ref Transmittance , T Haze ..., R. W. Harold The Measurement of Appearance, 2nd Edition, Wiley IEEE 1987 CIE No 38 1977 Radiometric ... of appearance characteristics is available from http www.bykgardner.com BYK Gardner http ... more details
works are common. A cameo appearance can also include when a crew member of the show or movie plays a minor role. A cameo should not be confused with a guest appearance , being different in that guest ... Line , and Megan Fox in The Dictator 2012 film The Dictator . Jason Robards uncredited appearance ... involve an established character from another work who makes a brief appearance to establish a shared ... Charboneau in The Bastard novel The Bastard by John Jakes . A cameo appearance can be made ... scene at a San Francisco nightclub. Similarly, Arthur C. Clarke makes a brief cameo appearance ... a short appearance at the end of The Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift where he challenges to race ... Margot Kidder made a cameo appearance in the same film as a Robbery robbed villager. Kidder starred ... Holes , Louis Sachar, the author of the Holes book novel , makes a cameo appearance as Mr. Collingwood ... Quinlan respectively . Domino Harvey makes a short appearance in the credits of Domino film Domino . The real Erin Brockovich has a cameo appearance as a waitress named Julia in the Erin Brockovich ... , set in 1950s Appalachia , featured photographer O. Winston Link in a brief appearance portraying ... Brian Greene has a cameo as the Intel scientist. In Dr. Dolittle 2 a cameo appearance was made ... comedian alive at the time, including the Three Stooges , a silent appearance by Buster Keaton and a voice ... TV show crossovers, a small cameo appearance in the episode Took The Wire episode Took from the fifth ... ro Cameo ru sq Cameo simple Cameo appearance sk Cameo rola sr fi Cameo rooli ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 First appearance datum is a term used by geologist s and Paleontology paleontologists to designate the first oldest appearance of a species in the geologic record. In other words, FADs represent the geologically oldest fossil of a particular species that has yet been discovered. FADs are frequently used to designate segments in the Geologic time scale . For example, the beginning of the Tremadocian Stage of the Ordovician Period is marked by the first appearance FAD of the conodont Iapetognathus fluctivagus in the geologic record. This occurs in Stratigraphy bed 23 of the rock formation known as the Green Point section, located in western Newfoundland island Newfoundland , as well as in geologically correlated Stratum strata in many parts of the world. DEFAULTSORT First Appearance Datum Category Historical geology Category Paleontology Paleo stub Geology stub ... more details
File Cytomegalovirus 01.jpg thumb Cytomegalovirus infection of a lung pneumocyte , showing owl s eye appearance of a large cell at center. Owl s eye appearance is a pattern in Radiology medical radiology and histopathology , and may refer to Owl s eye appearance of inclusion bodies , which is highly specific for cytomegalovirus infection . ref cite journal author Mattes FM, McLaughlin JE, Emery VC, Clark DA, Griffiths PD title Histopathological detection of owl s eye inclusions is still specific for cytomegalovirus in the era of human herpesviruses 6 and 7 journal J. Clin. Pathol. volume 53 issue 8 pages 612 4 year 2000 month August pmid 11002765 pmc 1762915 doi 10.1136 jcp.53.8.612 url ref Owl s eye appearance of entire nucleus a finding in Reed Sternberg cell s in individuals with Hodgkin s lymphoma . Owl s eye appearance of the Lentiform nucleus of the basal ganglia on head X ray computed tomography CT scan images in individuals with cerebral hypoxia ref http radiographics.rsna.org content 28 2 417.full ref References reflist Category Histopathology medicine stub ... more details
An active appearance model AAM is a computer vision algorithm for matching a statistical model of object shape and appearance to a new image. They are built during a training phase. A set of images, together with coordinates of landmarks that appear in all of the images, is provided to the training supervisor. The approach is widely used for matching and tracking faces and for medical imaging medical image interpretation . The algorithm uses the difference between the current estimate of appearance and the target image to drive an Optimization mathematics optimization process. By taking advantage of the least squares techniques, it can match to new images very swiftly. It is related to the active shape model ASM . One disadvantage of ASM is that it only uses shape constraints together with some information about the image structure near the Landmark point landmarks , and does not take advantage of all the available information the texture across the target object. This can be modelled using an AAM. External links http www.isbe.man.ac.uk bim software am tools doc index.html Free Tools for experimenting with AAMs from Manchester University. http www.isbe.man.ac.uk bim Models index.html ... fileexchange 26706 active shape model asm and active appearance model aam Original Active Appearance Model Open source Matlab implementation http cvsp.cs.ntua.gr software AAMtools AAMtools An Active Appearance Modeling Toolbox http web.mac.com jsaragih FaceTracker FaceTracker.html FaceTracker ... G, Taylor C, Cootes T. Interpreting face images using active appearance models Proceeding of the International ... algorithm T. F. Cootes, G. J. Edwards, and C. J. Taylor. Active appearance models. IEEE TPAMI, 23 .... P. F. Lelieveldt, R. J. van der Geest, J. H. C. Reiber, and M. Sonka. 3 d active appearance models ... Cootes, G. J. Edwards, and C. J. Taylor. Active appearance models. ECCV, 2 484 498, 1998 http www.cs.cmu.edu ... Active Appearance Model ... more details
Orphan date July 2009 iCAM is a Next Generation Color model Color Appearance Model developed by Mark D. Fairchild and Garrett M. Johnson that was published in 2002 at the IS&T SID 10th Color Imaging Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona Scottsdale . ref name refMunsellWebsite cite web author Munsell Color Science Laboratory Website Content Author title iCAM An Image Appearance Model publisher Munsell Color Science Laboratory year 2009 url http www.cis.rit.edu mcsl iCAM ref It has been recognized that there are significant aspects of color appearance phenomena that are not described well, if at all, by models such as CIECAM97s or CIECAM02 . ref name refMeetICamPaper cite paper author Mark D. Fairchild, Garrett M. Johnson title Meet iCAM A Next Generation Color Appearance Model year 2002 ref The requirements for such a model include ref name refMeetICamPaper Simple implementation for images Spatially localized adaptation and tone mapping for High dynamic range imaging high dynamic range images Other Spatial analysis spatial phenomena Accurate Color color appearance Scales for gamut mapping and other image editing procedures Spatial filtering for visibility of artifacts Color difference metrics for image quality assessment References reflist External links http www.cis.rit.edu mcsl iCAM iCAM An Image Appearance Model at the Munsell Color Science Laboratoryn Website http www.cis.rit.edu mcsl iCAM icam pub JEIiCAM.pdf The iCAM framework for image appearance, image differences, and image quality M.D. Fairchild and G.M. Johnson, Journal of Electronic Imaging 2004 http www.cis.rit.edu mcsl ... Differences, Quality, and Appearance G.M. Johnson and M.D. Fairchild, SPIE IS&T Electronic Imaging Conference 2003 http www.cis.rit.edu mcsl iCAM icam pub EI03.pdf Image appearance modeling M.D. ... icam pub iCAM CIC10.pdf Meet iCAM An Image Color Appearance Model M.D. Fairchild and G.M. Johnson, IS&T SID 10th Color Imaging Conference 2002 Color space Category Color appearance models Category ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Personal Appearance Type album Artist Sonny Stitt Cover Personal Appearance album .jpeg Released 1957 Recorded May 12, 1957 Genre Jazz Length 75 03 Label Verve Records Verve Producer Norman Granz Last album New York Jazz album New York Jazz br 1956 This album Personal Appearance br 1957 Next album Only the Blues br 1957 Album ratings rev1 Allmusic rev1score Rating 4 5 ref Allmusic class album id r148165 pure url yes Allmusic review ref Automatically generated by DASHBot Personal Appearance is a 1957 album by Sonny Stitt . ref Allmusic class album id r148165 label Personal Appearance ref Track listing You d Be So Easy to Love Cole Porter 4 45 Easy Living song Easy Living Ralph Rainger , Leo Robin 4 49 Autumn in New York song Autumn in New York Vernon Duke 2 20 You d Be So Nice to Come Home To Porter 4 52 For Some Friends Sonny Stitt 4 44 I Never Knew Johnny Mercer 4 27 Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea song Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Harold Arlen , Ted Koehler 5 14 East of the Sun and West of the Moon Brooks Bowman 5 30 Original? Stitt 4 33 Avalon Al Jolson song Avalon Buddy DeSylva , Al Jolson , Billy Rose 2 55 Blues Greasy Stitt 3 20 Personnel Performance Sonny Stitt alto saxophone , tenor saxophone Bobby Timmons piano Edgar Willis double bass Kenny Dennis percussion drums References Reflist Category 1957 albums Category Sonny Stitt albums Category Albums produced by Norman Granz Category Verve Records albums ... more details
unreferenced date June 2011 main Human physiology Human physical appearance refers to the outward phenotype or look of human beings. There are infinite variations in human phenotypes, though society reduces the variability to distinct categories. Physical appearance of humans, in particular those attributed which are regarded as important for physical attractiveness , are believed by anthropologist s to significantly affect the development of personality and social relations . Humans are acutely sensitive to their physical appearance, some theorize for reasons of evolution. Some differences in human appearance are genetics genetic , others are the result of senescence age , Lifestyle sociology lifestyle or disease , and many are the result of personal adornment . Some people have traditionally linked some differences in personal appearance such as skeletal shape with Race classification of human beings ethnicity , such as prognathism or elongated stride. Different cultures place different degrees of emphasis on physical appearance and its importance to social status and other phenomena. Factors affecting physical appearance Various factors are considered relevant in relation to the physical appearance of humans. Physiological differences Genetic, racial, ethnic affiliation Human height Height , body weight , human skin tone skin tone , body hair , sexual organ s, mole skin marking moles , birthmark s, freckle s, hair color , hair texture , eye color , eye shape, human nose nose shape, ear s shape, body shape Body deformations, mutilations and other variations such as amputation s, scar s, Burn injury burn s and wound s. Long term physiological changes Senescence Aging Hair loss Short term physiological changes Blushing , crying , fainting , hiccup , stuttering , sexual arousal , reddening of the skin due to increased blood flow due to exertion. Sweating , shivering , nose ... Vanity References reflist Category Human appearance Category Aesthetics Category Physical anthropology ... more details
Appearance Event Ordination or AEO is a scientific method for biochronology through the ordering of the appearance of fossil mammal genera by multivariate analysis , using conjunctional overlapping and disconjunctional nonoverlapping range distributions in large sets of data. ref J. Alroy. Appearance event ordination a new biochronologic method. Paleobiology 20 191 207 1994 . ref Process AEO is based on faunal overlap and stratigraphic superposition to derive a best fit sequence of first and last appearance events. Step 1 The first step is to translate patterns of overlap and law of superposition superposition into pairwise first before last statements. The wolf species Canis edwardii and Canis armbrusteri are used as example taxa for the following patterns. Each statement means that Canis edwardii , for example, must have first appeared before Canis armbusteri last appeared. This is true whenever either 1 Canis edwardii and Canis armbrusteri have been found together in at least one non time averaged fossil collection, or 2 Canis edwardii is found lower in at least one lithostratigraphy lithostratigraphic section than Canis armbrusteri . Step 2 A multivariate ordination algorithm is applied to derive a first pass hypothesized sequence of first and last appearances. The minimal constraint on this sequence is that if there is an observed, real world Canis edwardii before Canis armbrusteri statement for any pair of taxa, the hypothesized event sequence must replicate it. Then the program shuffles the events using a maximum likelihood criterion. The criterion basically seeks to pull apart as many hypothesized age range overlaps as possible, especially if they involve common taxa. Taxa are defined as common if they are known to overlap with a large fraction of the taxa they are implied ... illustrated edition edition February 22, 2005 ref Appearance Event Ordination uses objective, explicit ... small http www.nceas.ucsb.edu alroy pdfs 1994 Paleobiology 20 191.pdf Alroy, John. Appearance event ... more details
orphan date November 2008 In New York City , a desk appearance ticket DAT is an order to appear in county court for an arraignment . When a DAT is issued, you are considered to be under arrest from an administrative standpoint. You report to arraignment on the date shown on the DAT from that point forward, your case is like any other legal case. The only difference is that you avoid actual arrest, booking, and incarceration before your arraignment. Obviously, DATs are only issued for crimes in which there is little chance that the defendant will flee the jurisdiction and the crime is not severe currently, DATs may be issued for infraction violation , misdemeanors , and E felonies . If you do not return to court on the date indicated on the DAT, the prosecution can request and a judge can issue a bench warrant for your arrest. From a legal standpoint, the authority for a DAT is found in New York s C.P.L 150.10, which describes a DAT as a written notice issued and subscribed by a police officer... directing a designated person to appear in a designated local criminal court at a designated future time in connection with his alleged commission of a designated offense. If you receive a Desk Appearance Ticket but fail to appear as instructed, the court may issue a warrant of arrest based upon the crime charged C.P.L 150.60 . When you appear for your arraignment your return date , your lawyer may argue bail, engage in plea negotiation or adjourn the case to file legal motions or for a trial. http NewYorkCriminalLawyerBlog.Com NewYorkCriminalLawyerBlog.Com DEFAULTSORT Desk Appearance Ticket Category New York law Category Law enforcement in New York City US law stub ... more details
Many of the Gnostics believed that Jesus, being not really human, was able to change his appearance ... gallery Jungian Perspective Carl Jung regarded the road to Emmaus appearance as an instance of the mythology ... Jung stated that the road to Emmaus appearance was similar to Krishna and Arjuna in the Bhagavad ... at Emmaus Chronology of Jesus Gospel harmony Resurrection appearance of Jesus Resurrection of Jesus ... more details
Gloss is an optical property descrbing the ability of a surface to reflect light into the specular direction. The factors that affect gloss are the refractive index of the material, the angle of incident light and the surface topography . Gloss is one of the factors that descrbe the visual appearance of an object. Materials with smooth surfaces appear glossy. Very rough surfaces such as chalk reflect no specular light and appear dull. Gloss is also expressed as Lustre mineralogy lustre in mineralogy , or Gloss paint sheen in certain fields of application. The appearance of gloss depends on a number of parameters which include the illumination angle, surface condition and observer characteristics. Primarily light is reflected from a surface in one of two ways. In specular reflection , the angle of the light reflected from the surface is equal and opposite to the angle of the incident light. A diffuse reflection scatters the incident light over a range of directionss. File gloss2.jpg thumb right Specular and diffuse reflection Variations in surface texture influence specular reflectance levels. Objects with a fine surface texture, i.e. highly polished and smooth, allow a high percentage of light to be reflected from their surfaces making them appear shiny to the eye. This is due to a greater amount of incident light striking the surface being reflected directly back to the observer the majority of which being reflected in the specular direction. Conversely objects with rough surfaces cause the light to be deflected at different angles according to the surface profile resulting in a scattering of light away from the angle of reflection. This causes the object to appear dull or matte . The image forming qualities are much lower making any reflection appear blurred. The higher the degree of surface roughness, the greater the scattering of light resulting in a lower gloss level. Equally the type of substrate material has an important effect on the amount of specular refle ... more details
of the appearance of Jesus. Now these documents are mostly considered forgeries. ref name Bible ... includes no description of the physical appearance of Jesus before his death. Its narrative is generally indifferent to people s racial appearance or features. ref name JensenBWell Robin M. Jensen Jesus ... details of Jesus everyday appearance. ref name Barton132 The Cambridge companion to the Gospels by Stephen ... his death, not his appearance during his earthly life. ref Revelation by William C. Pender 1998 ... forward to form conjectures about the appearance of Jesus on theological, rather than historical ... with details of the appearance of Jesus, as described below. Around the 9th century, Epiphanius Monachus ... of God attempted to determine what Jesus s race and appearance may have been. ref Cite web url http ... changed to brown to give him a Middle Eastern appearance. According to designer Miles Teves, who ... more details
has no concept of how his or her physical appearance is perceived by others. ref name tara 434 ... Michael Jackson s Health And Appearance Category Michael Jackson Health and appearance Category ... more details
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