as either floatingcurrencyfloating currencies or fixed currency fixed currencies based on their exchange ... are the two most common forms of currency. Pictured are several Denomination currency denominations of the euro . Numismatics In economics , currency refers to a generally accepted medium of exchange ... card s, or other forms of money transfer. Deposit money and currency are money in the sense that both ... on fiat money . Usually, a government declares its currency including notes and coins issued by the central ... economies such as those of the United States or the Euro Zone, most money is electronic, but the currency ... is linked from Shekel Early currency File A print from 1845 shows cowry shells being used as money ... section date October 2011 Currency evolved from two basic innovations, both of which had occurred ... in Sumer in ancient Mesopotamia , then Ancient Egypt . This first stage of currency, where metals were .... Although it is not known what functioned as a currency to facilitate these exchanges, it is thought that ox hide shaped ingots of copper, produced in Cyprus may have functioned as a currency ..., ingots, ivory , various forms of weapons, livestock, the manilla currency , ochre and other earth oxides ... onwards to buy and sell slaves. African currency is still notable for its variety, and in many ... the government finally took over these shops to produce state issued currency. Yet the banknotes ... and uniform government issue of paper money was made into an acceptable nationwide currency. The already ... 12th centuries on the basis of the expanding levels of circulation of a stable high value currency ... had to be made. The advantages of paper currency were numerous it reduced transport of gold ... and it allowed for a division of currency into credit and specie backed forms. It enabled the sale of stock ... currency was held in suspicion and hostility in Europe and America. It was also addictive, since ... standard where both gold and silver backed currency remained in circulation occupied the efforts of inflation ... more details
about exchange rates currency packaging device currency strap Foreign Exchange Unreferenced date May 2009 The currency band is a system of exchange rate s by which a floatingcurrency is backed by hard money . A country selects a range, or band , of values at which to set their currency, and returns to a Fixed exchange rate system fixed exchange rate if the value of their currency shifts outside this band. This allows for some revaluation, but tends to stabilize the currency s value within the band. In this sense, it is a compromise between a fixed or pegged exchange rate and a floating exchange rate. For example, the exchange rate of the renminbi of the mainland China mainland of the People s Republic of China has recently been based upon a currency band the European Economic Community s snake in the tunnel was a similar concept that failed, but ultimately led to the establishment of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism ERM and ultimately the Euro . Category Currency Band Category Foreign exchange market econ stub he ru ... more details
unreferenced date November 2006 Floating capital denotes currency in circulation and asset s which are movable and storable. It represents working capital assets which are in circulation or transportable rather than those that are fixed asset fixed , such as buildings, installations, etc. It comprises the materials and components, constantly supplied in the effecting of all manufacture s currency used for the purpose of transactions, wage s and salaries products in transportation , or in the process of being stored in the prospect of being eventually utilized for this purpose and the working, circulating capital rather than that which is fixed as permanently stationary value. Types of capital Category Financial accounting Category Capital finance stub ja ... more details
market economies, there is evidence showing that countries who claim they are floating their currency ... exchange rate with low volatility and be reluctant to float the currency? A free floating exchange ... Bank ref Contractionary depreciation The cases of fear of floating mainly focus on the case of currency ... of floating might make the idea of common currency area more alluring to the would be entrants of the euro ...Orphan date April 2012 Fear of floating refers to situations where a country prefers a smoother exchange rate to a floating exchange rate regime. This is more relevant in emerging economies , especially ... of floating as the title of one of their papers in 2000. ref cite web title Fear of floating url ... called fear of floating . Most of the studies on fear of floating are closely related to literature on costs and benefits of different exchange rate regimes. Floating vs. Fixed exchange rate To understand the benefits and costs of floating a currency, we need to make a simple comparison between a floating exchange rate and a fixed or pegged exchange rate. A floating exchange rate refers to the situation when the currency s value is allowed to fluctuate according to the foreign exchange market. The value of this currency is determined by the supply and demand shocks in the market of the currency foreign exchange market . Most of the countries adopting the free, floating exchange rate regimes ... en.wikipedia.org wiki List of countries with floating currencies title Countries with floating currencies accessdate March 4, 2012 ref The basic debate between fixed and floating exchange rate regimes ... Some economists believe, in most circumstances, floating exchange rates are preferable to fixed .... Secondly, as floating exchange rates automatically adjust, they enable a country to dampen the impact ... a low inflation while also avoiding large currency movements. ref cite journal last Ostry first ... will usually intervene to stabilize the currency when there is too much fluctuation in a short time ... more details
for the accounting term Depreciation Foreign Exchange Currency depreciation is the loss of value of a country s currency with respect to one or more foreign reference currencies, typically in a floating exchange rate system. It is most often used for the unofficial increase of the exchange rate due to market forces, though sometimes it appears interchangeably with devaluation . Its opposite is called appreciation currency appreciation . The depreciation of a country s currency refers to a decrease in the value of that country s currency. For instance, if the Canadian dollar depreciates relative to the euro, the exchange rate the Canadian dollar price of euros rises it takes more Canadian dollars to purchase 1 euro 1 EUR 1.5CAD 1 EUR 1.7CAD . When the Canadian dollar depreciates relative to the Euro, the Canadian dollar becomes more competitive because the price of Canadian goods when exchanged to Euro will be cheaper leading to a larger Canadian export. On the other hand, European countries that denominates its goods and services in Euros will have lost competitiveness to the Canadian dollar. The price of European products denominated in Euros will thus become more expensive in Canada. The appreciation of a country s currency refers to an increase in the value of that country s currency. Continuing with the CAD EUR example, if the Canadian dollar appreciates relative to the euro, the exchange rate falls it takes fewer Canadian dollars to purchase 1 euro 1 EUR 1.5CAD 1 EUR 1.4CAD . When the Canadian dollar appreciates relative to the Euro, the Canadian dollar becomes less competitive. This will lead to larger imports of European goods and services, and lower exports of Canadian goods and services. See also Appreciation accounting Floating exchange rate Inflation Marshall Lerner condition References http www.google.com search?q define 3A 22currency depreciation 22 Google Define Currency depreciation Category Currency money stub cs Depreciace mk nl Depreciatie ... more details
Floating bladderwort may be a common name for Utricularia gibba , floating bladderwort Utricularia inflata , large floating bladderwort Utricularia radiata , little floating bladderwort disambig Category Utricularia species by common name ... more details
Floating World may refer to Ukiyo , the urban lifestyle, especially the pleasure seeking aspects, of Edo period Japan 1600 1867 Floating World Anathallo album Floating World Anathallo album , 2006 Floating World Jade Warrior album Floating World Jade Warrior album , 1974 disambiguation ... more details
Ven is a global virtual currency used by members of a social network service , Hub Culture , to buy, share and trade knowledge, goods and services. It is the first virtual currency to be used in the financial markets and the first used in commodity and carbon credit trading. Ven can be spent at Hub Culture Pavilions or used for micropayments on the Internet at large. ref name Wall Street Journal Economics blog cite web accessdate 2012 02 04 url http blogs.wsj.com economics 2009 09 09 the currency revolution title The Currency Revolution work Wall Street Journal Economics blog date 2009 09 09 ref ... futures. It trades against other major currencies at floating exchange rate s. History Ven first appeared as an application in Facebook on 4 July 2007. In late 2008, the currency became tradeable to anyone with an email address, making it the first global digital currency to move from an online ... www.dgcmagazine.com blog index.php 2009 07 14 ven is hubcultures cool social currency title Hub Culture Ven is Hub Culture s cool social currency work DGC Magazine date 2009 07 14 ref . It is the only virtual currency available in the financial markets via a partnership with Thomson Reuters Indices ... of Ven. The introduction of carbon to the calculation price of the currency made Ven the first and only currency that is linked to the environment. ref http www.hubculture.com groups 237 news 486 Hub Ven Global Digital Currency News Bot generated title ref An open API for Ven arrived in January 2011, providing new forms of distribution and access to the currency for the web at large via a developer ... 04 url http www.finextra.com news fullstory.aspx?newsitemid 22475 title Virtual currency used for commodity ... claims to have completed the first commodity trading deal priced in a virtual currency. The network ... http www.finextra.com news fullstory.aspx?newsitemid 22985 title Ven digital currency to be displayed ... Ven Currency Category Currency Category Electronic currencies ... more details
Merge from cross currency swap discuss Talk currency swap Merger proposal date February 2012 Foreign Exchange A currency swap is a foreign exchange agreement between two parties to exchange aspects namely the Loan principal and or interest payments of a loan in one currency for equivalent aspects of an equal in net present value loan in another currency see foreign exchange derivative . Currency swaps ... ref A currency swap should be distinguished from a central bank liquidity swap . Structure Currency ... , and are closely related to interest rate swap s. However, unlike interest rate swaps, currency swaps ... in which currency swaps can exchange loans The simplest currency swap structure is to exchange only ... years, where bid offer spread spreads are wider for alternative derivatives, principal only currency swaps are often used as a cost effective way to fix forward rates. This type of currency swap is also ... year 2008 origyear 2007 isbn 978 1 84152 569 3 ref Another currency swap structure is to combine the exchange ... on loans of the same size and term. Again, as this is a currency swap, the exchanged cash flows are in different ... interest fixed rate US dollar interest payments for floating interest rate floating rate interest payments in Euro. This type of swap is also known as a cross currency interest rate swap, or cross currency swap . ref http www.isda.org educat faqs.html 22 ref Uses Currency swaps have two main uses To secure cheaper debt by borrowing at the best available rate regardless of currency and then swapping for debt in desired currency using a back to back loan . ref name ICAEW To hedge finance hedge against ... cost is in that company s domestic currency. Alternatively, the companies could borrow in their own ... in the currency they desire with a principal only swap . Abuses In May 2011, Charles Munger ... funding in 2002 through a currency swap, allowing the government to hide debt. ref http www.bloomberg.com ... fudging euro entry , BBC ref History Currency swaps were originally conceived in the 1970s to circumvent ... more details
wiktionarypar currencyCurrency refers to a generally accepted medium of exchange, usually the coins and banknotes of a particular government. Currency may also refer to Currency album Currency album , an album by the rapper Lil Keke Currency film Currency film , a 2009 Malayalam film by Swathy Bhaskar Currency magazine Currency Magazine , a monthly magazine covering hip hop music, fashion, and culture Currency typography , character used to denote a currency Currensy born 1981 , American rapper See also lookfrom Currency disambig ... more details
A currency crisis , which is also called a balance of payments crisis , is a sudden devaluation of a currency ... exchange market. It occurs when the value of a currency changes quickly, undermining its ability to serve as a medium of exchange or a store of value . Currency crises usually affect fixed exchange rate regimes, rather than floating exchange rate floating regimes. A currency crisis is a type of financial crisis , and is often associated with a real economic crisis . Currency crises can ... for a given currency using the country s own currency reserves or its foreign reserves usually in the United States dollar , Euro or Pound sterling . Recessions attributed to currency crises include ... , and the Argentine economic crisis 1999 2002 . Theories The currency crises and sovereign default ... of currency crises. ref Craig Burnside, Martin Eichenbaum, and Sergio Rebelo 2008 , http www.kellogg.northwestern.edu faculty rebelo htm currency 20crisis 20models 20Ed.pdf Currency crisis models ... of currency crises began with Paul Krugman s http web.mit.edu krugman www crises.html adaptation of Stephen ... foreign currency which it can sell to support its currency at the fixed rate. Investors are willing to continue holding the currency as long as they expect the exchange rate to remain fixed, but they flee the currency en masse when they anticipate that the peg is about to end. Second generation The second generation of models of currency crises starts with the paper of Obstfeld 1986 . ref ... prophecy self fulfilling prophecies may be possible, in which the reason investors attack the currency is that they expect other investors to attack the currency. Third generation Third generation models of currency crises have explored how problems in the banking and financial system interact with currency crises, and how crises can have real effects on the rest of the economy. ref R. Chang and A. Velasco 2001 , A model of currency crises in emerging markets . Quarterly Journal of Economics ... more details
Floating city may refer to Floating city science fiction , settlements that use buoyancy to remain in the atmosphere of a planet Ocean colonization , the theory and practice of building structures to allow humans to live permanently in areas of Earth covered in water Very large floating structure , the theory and practice of building floating structures on the sea Mythical cities Asgard Shamballah , as conceived by Theosophy, as floating above the Gobi Desert on the etheric plane and being the home of the governing deity of Earth, Sanat Kumara Others Freedom Ship , a concept for a floating city ship proposed by Norman Nixon of Freedom Ship International Floating City song Floating City song , by Tori Amos 1980s synthpop band Traction City Raft Cities Raft Cities from the Mortal Engines Quartet of books Floating Cities book a book by Stephen Wiltshire See also Stilt house Mobile offshore base MOB Walking city disambig ... more details
infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name The Floating Island author Elizabeth Haydon The Floating Island is a fantasy novel by Elizabeth Haydon . Released in 2006, the book is the first installment in The Lost Journals of Ven Polypheme series. External links http www.venpolypheme.com Ven Polypheme Curriculum Site http www.fantasticfiction.co.uk h elizabeth haydon floating island.htm Fantastic fiction Elizabeth Haydon DEFAULTSORT Floating Island, The Category 2006 novels pl P ywaj ca wyspa. Zaginione dzienniki Vena Polypheme a ... more details
Unreferenced date March 2007 File Floating Concrete Floor.PNG thumb Detail of floating floor over concrete. File Floating Timber Floor.PNG thumb Detail of floating floor over joists. A floating floor is a floor that does not need to be nailed or glued to the subfloor. The term floating floor refers to the installation method, but is often used synonymously with laminate flooring in a domestic context. A sprung floor is a special type of floating floor designed to enhance sports or dance performance. In general though the term refers to a floor used to reduce noise or vibration . A domestic floating floor might be constructed over a subfloor or even over an existing floor. It can consist of a glass fibre , felt or Cork material cork layer for sound insulation with neoprene pads holding up a laminate floor. There is a gap between the floating floor and the walls to decouple them and allow for expansion this gap is covered with skirting board s or Molding decorative mouldings . Floating floors as used in sound studios can be either just larger versions of the domestic variety, or much larger constructions with slabs of concrete to keep the resonance frequency down. The manufacture of integrated circuits uses massive floating floors with hundreds of tons in weight of concrete to avoid vibration affecting mask alignment. Floating floors are one of the requirements for the THX high fidelity sound reproduction standard for movie theaters, screening rooms, home theaters, computer speakers, gaming consoles, and car audio systems. While floating floors add to the appeal of a home, they are not recommended for areas that may get wet, i.e. bathrooms and near exterior doors. See also Floor vibration Vibration isolation References http www.flooring4.me hardwood flooring basics what is a floating floor Flooring4.me What is a floating floor? DEFAULTSORT Floating Floor Category Building materials Category Floors element arch stub cs Plovouc podlaha fr Parquet flottant nl Zwevende vloer ... more details
TOCright The term floating bridge can to refer to the following Bridges that float on water Temporary floating crossings Military pontoon bridge Permanent floating crossings These are usually a pontoon bridge Bergs ysund Bridge Berg ysund Floating Bridge Demerara Harbour Bridge Dongjin Bridge Eastbank Esplanade Evergreen Point Floating Bridge Governor Albert D. Rosellini Bridge Evergreen Point also known as the Evergreen Point Floating Bridge Floating Bridge, Dubai Galata Bridge Hobart Bridge Hood Canal Bridge Howrah Bridge Interstate 90 floating bridge disambiguation Interstate 90 floating bridge which consists of two bridges Lacey V. Murrow Memorial Bridge , which carries Interstate 90 s eastbound traffic. Homer M. Hadley Memorial Bridge , which carries Interstate 90 s westbound traffic and the carpool lanes. Nordhordland Bridge Queen Emma Bridge Sozh Floating Bridge Sunset Lake Floating Bridge Sunset Lake Floating Bridge, Vermont William R. Bennett Bridge replaced Okanagan Lake Bridge Ferries A cable ferry , especially one designed by British civil engineer James Meadows Rendel engineer James Meadows Rendel , including Cowes Floating Bridge Torpoint Ferry Woolston Floating Bridge Card games Floating bridge card game Musical instruments A type of bridge instrument the Fender Jaguar and Jazzmaster guitars have one, see tremolo arm Fender floating bridge . See also List of bridges in the United States disambig ... more details
Floating University may refer to Flying University , Uniwersytet Lataj cy , sometimes also translated Floating University Oceanic II ship Oceanic II ship , an ocean liner being refitted for use as ocean going educational vessel disambig ... more details
January 2011. ref See also Commodity currency Exorbitant privilege Floatingcurrency Foreign exchange ... up over 45 of total world foreign exchange holdings A reserve currency , or anchor currency , is a currency ... exchange reserves . It also tends to be the international pricing currency for products traded .... It also permits the government issuing the currency to borrow money at a better rate, as there will always be a larger market for that currency than others. History As emphasised by the economist ... Before 1944, the world reference currency was the Pound Sterling. After World War II , the international ... problem with any fiat currency under a fixed exchange regime, as the dollar was in the Bretton Woods system. Citation needed date August 2010 Global currency reserves A 2011 study about the current dominant reserve currency in central banks shows that dollar may not be the obvious dominant currency ... ref Thus the following table is only a limited view about the global currency reserves because it only ... currency will always dominate the global economy. ref cite web url http papers.ssrn.com sol3 papers.cfm?abstract id 723305 title Sterling s Past, Dollar s Future Historical Perspectives on Reserve Currency ... month May year 2005 format PDF ref Many have recently argued that one currency will almost always dominate ... the marketplace. The argument is that, in the absence of sufficiently large shocks, a currency ... reserves because the network externalities are not strong. As long as the currency s market is sufficiently ... did share the status as primary reserve currencies. Although the British Sterling was the largest currency ... rivals, Germany and Japan. The top reserve currency is generally selected by the banking community for the strength and stability of the economy in which it is used. Thus, as a currency becomes less stable, or its economy becomes less dominant, bankers may over time abandon it for a currency ... in determining a reserve currency. For example, it took many years after the United States ... more details
Floating is the name of a stage production created and performed by emerging Welsh performance artist Hoipolloi Hugh Hughes Hugh Hughes , in collaboration with British touring theatre company Hoipolloi . It tells the story which Hughes insists is true of the Isle of Anglesey floating away from the mainland of Wales and voyaging around the world. Hughes performs alongside actor Sioned Rowlands. Hughes introduces the story to the audience and re enacts the story, playing himself, with Rowlands playing all the other parts. Floating won a Total Theatre Award at the 2006 Edinburgh Festival Fringe . ref http www.totaltheatre.org.uk awards pastwinners.html Past Winners of Total Theatre Award . Total Theatre website ref Following its run in Edinburgh, the show has continued to tour to venues and festivals across the World including Sydney Opera House , Barbican Centre , Barrow Street Theatre in New York and PuSh International Performing Arts Festival in Vancouver . ref http www.hughhughes.me floating the places ive visited with floating List of Floating perfs . Hugh Hughes website ref Since Floating, Hugh Hughes has created two new stage shows, Story of a Rabbit and 360 ref http www.hughhughes.me projects show 360 360 Hugh Hughes website ref . In September 2011, BBC Radio 4 will broadcast a new version of Floating as an Afternoon Play . ref http www.hughhughes.me floatingfloating bbc radio 4 ref References references External links http www.hughhughes.me projects floatingFloating on Hugh Hughes website http www.guardian.co.uk culture 2006 aug 15 edinburgh2006.edinburghfestival1 The Guardian s review of Floating Category 2005 plays 2000s play stub ... more details
used currencies in terms of reserve currency global reserves . In the foreign exchange market and international finance , a world currency , supranational currency , or global currency refers to a currency in which the vast majority of international transactions take place and which serves as the world s primary reserve currency . In March 2009, as a result of the Global financial crisis of 2008 2009 global economic crisis , China pressed for urgent consideration of a global currency. A UN ... hostednews afp article ALeqM5hPdAL1QnNnYKQE69vdeq63KqSTng UN panel touts new global currency ... of a currency are strongly influenced by the type proposed. Consider, for example, the properties of a complementary currency . Dominant global reserve currencies Recent history pound sterling Before 1944, the world reference currency was the United Kingdom s pound sterling. The transition between .... ref http cneh09.dal.ca Schenk CNEH.pdf The Retirement of Sterling as a Reserve Currency after 1945 ... to the euro, Russian ruble and U.S. dollar in a currency basket. In the period following the Bretton ... the dominance of the US dollar as a global currency. Since the collapse of the fixed exchange rate regime and the gold standard and the institution of floating exchange rate s following the Smithsonian ... remained the de facto world currency. Only two serious challengers to the status of the United States dollar as a world currency have arisen. During the 1980s, the Japanese yen became increasingly used as an international currency, Citation needed date July 2008 but that usage diminished with the Japanese ... dollar in international finance. Since the mid 20th century, the de facto world currency has been ... currency in 1996, the dollar accounted for approximately two thirds of the world s foreign exchange ..., El Salvador, and Panama, have gone even further and eliminated their own currency see ... currency reserves, with 63.9 held in dollars, as compared to 26.5 held in euros see Reserve Currency ... more details
Wikify date April 2010 Orphan date September 2008 A floating shelf is a form of shelf designed so as to avoid showing any unsightly brackets, appearing as though it is floating on the wall. Design and Use Image Floating shelf diagram.jpg thumb right 300px Diagram of floating shelf installation and design. A floating shelf is designed to fit within a minimalist decor by hiding the supporting brackets within the shelf. The shelf has at least two symmetrical channels into which slide brackets attached to the wall. Screws are inserted through the bottom of the shelf to hold it on the brackets. Though usually constructed of light weight material such as Medium density fibreboard MDF and laminated, these shelves can often hold considerable weight. References Reflist Category Furniture furniture stub ... more details
unreferenced date February 2010 File Damoen Saduk Floating Market.jpg thumb upright Damnoen Saduak Floating Market in Ratchaburi, Thailand, is a famous tourist attraction. A floating market is a market where goods is sold from boats. Originating in times and places where water transport played an important role in daily life, most floating markets operating today mainly serve as tourist attractions, and are chiefly found in Thailand , Indonesia and Vietnam . Damnoen Saduak Floating Market in Ratchaburi Province Ratchaburi , Thailand, is one of the most famously known floating markets, and a major tourist destination. Floating market at Damnoen Saduak is the old traditional way of selling vegetables, fruits,etc. from a small boat. The excellent quality soil beside the canal is very fertile and suitable for growing many kinds of fruits and vegetables.The area is famous for Malacca grape, Chinese grapefruit, mangoes, bananas, and coconut. Thai style canoes laden with colourful, succulent fruits, vegetables, sweets and meats, gently ply their way through the canal. The floating markets are also widely used for the modelling profession, such as the episode of America s Next Top Model where the contestants were told to pose in a mermaid outfit, while the market still took place. Category Retail markets Category Visitor attractions tourism stub fr March flottant id Pasar terapung jv Pasar kumambang vi Ch n i ... more details
unreferenced date March 2008 Image Vaal River Floating Restaurant 001.jpg thumb A floating restaurant on the Vaal River Image Ravintolalaivoja Aurajoessa.jpg thumb Restaurant ships on the Aura River . File River Cafe Bklyn NYWw jeh.jpg thumb Barge restaurant in Brooklyn, New York A floating restaurant is a vessel, usually a large steel barge , used as a restaurant on water. The Jumbo Kingdom at Aberdeen Harbour Aberdeen in Hong Kong is an example. Sometimes retired ships are given a second lease on life as floating restaurants. The former car ferry New York , built 1941, serves as DiMillo s Floating Restaurant DiMillo s in Portland, Maine . Another example was the Train ferry SS Lansdowne Lansdowne which served as a restaurant in Detroit. Plans for the Lansdowne to continue in this capacity on the Buffalo, New York waterfront came to naught and she was scrapped in the summer of 2008. A third example of a ship s hull converted for this purpose is Captain John s in Toronto, a former Eastern European ship. The Normac , the first Captain John s restaurant, was moved to Port Dahousie as the floating cocktail lounge Big Kahuna . See also Revolving restaurant Houseboat Kettuvallam a houseboat type in Kerala, India many of which serve as hotels for tourists with cooking on board Examples Binghamton ferryboat Captain John s Harbour Boat Restaurant Jumbo Kingdom ship PS Lincoln Castle ship TS Queen Mary Moshulu MS Normac MS Normac Rustar dhow USAT General Frank M. Coxe Sherman Star Seafood Floating Restaurant ship MV Sydney 2000 ship PS Tattershall Castle SS SS South Steyne South Steyne Commons category Floating restaurants External links http www.rivieraonvaal.co.za petit verdot floating restaurant.asp The Petit Verdot , Vaal River , South Africa Category Ship types Category Theme restaurants restaurant stub fi Ravintolalaiva ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2007 Image Mohonk Mountain House 2011 Boat Dock Against Reflection of Cliff FRD 3029.jpg thumb 240px Floating dock at Mohonk Mountain House Image Floating dock at North Haven.jpg thumb 240px A floating dock at a private marina . The large vertical pole in the foreground is used to keep the dock in position. Rollers around the base of the pole allow the dock to freely rise and fall with the tide. A floating dock is a platform or ramp supported by Pontoon boat pontoon s. It is usually joined to the shore with a ramp that rests upon the dock on rollers, to adjust for the vertical movement of the dock maritime dock . The dock is usually held in place by vertical poles embedded in the soil under the water or by anchored cable s. Frequently used in marina s for small boat s, this type of dock maintains a fixed vertical relationship to watercraft secured to it, independent of tide tidal , river or lake elevation. It is less suited for larger craft as the docks cannot support large structures or crane machine cranes . In some regions of the world, a floating dock is called a pontoon. See also Floating dry dock Category Coastal construction da Flydedok de Schwimmsteg id Dermaga apung kk nn Bryggje pl Dok p ywaj cy ru ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Floating Type ep Artist Smog band Smog Cover Smog floating.gif Released August 23, 1991 small 7 on Drag City record label Drag City small Recorded Length Label Drag City record label Drag City Producer Last album Sewn to the Sky br 1990 This album Floating br 1991 Next album Forgotten Foundation br 1992 Floating is Smog band Smog s first Extended play EP , released on Drag City record label Drag City in 1991. Red Apple Falls Red Apples is an early version of the better known Red Apple Falls Track of the same name from 1997. Floating and Hole in the Heart later appeared on Smog s rarities compilation Accumulation None . Track listing Mice Turb Floating Red Apples Hole in the Heart Cursed Bill Callahan DEFAULTSORT Floating Ep Category 1991 EPs Category Debut EPs Category Smog EPs Category Drag City EPs ... more details
No footnotes date November 2011 Infobox book italic title see above name image File Floating Opera Cover.jpeg thumb The Floating Opera image caption author John Barth title orig translator illustrator cover artist country United States American language English language English series subject genre publisher pub date 1956 english pub date media type pages isbn oclc dewey congress preceded by followed by The End of the Road The Floating Opera is a 1956 novel by the United States American writer John Barth . It chronicles one day in the life of Todd Andrews , a day on which he makes a very important decision. It was Barth s first novel. References reflist cite book title The Floating Opera last Barth first John authorlink year 1956 publisher Doubleday & Company location Garden City, New York Cite web title LA Times article url http latimesblogs.latimes.com jacketcopy 2009 06 in praise of john barths floating opera.html accessdate 2009 06 30 postscript None John Barth navbox DEFAULTSORT Floating Opera, The Category 1956 novels Category 20th century American novels Category Novels by John Barth Category Novels set in Maryland ... more details
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