wiktionary on the spot on the spot On the spot may refer to On the Spot TV series On the Spot TV series , a series which aired during 2003 on the WB Television Network On the Spot Canadian TV series On the Spot Canadian TV series , produced by the National Film Board of Canada from 1953 54 GameSpot On the Spot On the Spot , a weekly webcast hosted by GameSpot On the Spot game show On the Spot game show , a locally produced game show which aired from 1984 to 1987 on KGW TV in Portland, OR On the Spot UK game show On the Spot UK game show , a game show in the United Kingdom, which is also in conjunction with the National Lottery List of The Price Is Right pricing games On the Spot On the Spot , a retired pricing game from The Price Is Right On the Spot 2011 TV series On the Spot 2011 TV series , a reality trivia TV series that debuted in US syndication in 2011 On the Spot organization , student broadcast organization at UC Santa Cruz disambiguation ... more details
wiktionarypar spot The common noun or verb spot has many meanings in English. Otherwise, Spot or SPOT may refer to Advertising Radio spot TV spot Underwriting spot Fiction Spot the Dog , a series of children s books adapted for animation Spot chicken , a character in 101 Dalmatians The Series Spot comics , a Spider Man villain Spot Star Trek , a pet cat in Star Trek The Next Generation A character ... of dog . Localities The Spot, New South Wales , a locality in Sydney, Australia Music Spot album Spot album , by the synthpop band And One Spot music festival , a music festival held in Denmark SPOT producer , the house producer and engineer for the label SST Records Spot rapper producer Singing ... Pistols toured under in the United Kingdom . Biology Spot croaker , a fish Leiostomus xanthurus SpoT Biology , a bacterial protein that hydrolizes p ppGpp Spot disease , several typically spot forming ... rosae Black Spot on roses Pimple , a skin blemish Cherry angioma Campbell de Morgan spots , small ... period. Other meanings Cool Spot , a mascot for 7 Up soft drinks Spot professional wrestling , a pre planned wrestling move or series of moves SPOT satellites , Satellite Pour l Observation de la Terre, Earth observing satellite family SPOT Satellite Messenger Spot date , a financial term Spot Fetcher , a dog owned by U.S. President George W. Bush Spot price , a financial term for price ... as Spot , digital artist and VJ A nickname for a Stage lighting instrument Spotlights spotlight ... dollars Screening passengers by observation techniques SPOT , an Airport security United States airport ... engineering. USS Spot , an American submarine that served during World War II. Spot market is a financial market, in which financial instruments or commodities are traded for immediate delivery on the spot . See also lookfrom Spot Spotz disambiguation disambig da Spot de Spot es Spot fr Spot ko it Spot nl Spot ja pl Spot sr Spot vi V t en ... more details
Refimprove date January 2009 SpoT is a bacterial protein that Hydrolysis hydrolizes alarmone s, p ppGpp , in the bacterial stringent response . Its hydrolase activity is Mn2 dependent with a conserved His Asp HD motif. In E coli, SpoT protein consistent of 693 amino acids. SpoT is belongs to the RSH protein family. It is bifunctional, has both hydrolase and synthase activities. When relA is deleted, E coli still can produce p ppGpp by SpoT. SpoT can sense many sources of nutrient stress other than amino acid starvation and to respond by limiting hydrolase. The acyl carrier protein ACP binds to the TGS domain of SpoT and this binding is probably influenced by the ratio of unacylated ACP to acylated ACP in the cell. Fatty acid starvation lead to a shift in the balance of the two SpoT actvities in favor of synthesis. Phosphate starvation is sensed by SpoT hydrolase to elevate p ppGpp, which induces IraP, a RssB antiadaptor that antagonizes RssB activation of RpoS turnover, thereby inducing RpoS. Category Bacterial proteins protein stub ... more details
Other uses Spot disambiguation Spot Original research date September 2007 The Spot , or thespot.com , was the second episodic online story 1995 1997 , after an earlier experiment by AOL s QuantumLink Serial , and pioneered the underwriting of Bandwidth computing bandwidth and production costs by offering paid advertising banners on the web pages and product placement within the journal entries. The site earned one of the original Webby Awards . Overview The Spot was likened to Melrose Place 1992 TV series Melrose Place on the Web and featured a rotating cast of attractive actors playing trendy and hip twenty somethings who rented rooms in a fabled southern California beach house called The Spot ... basis with the Spotmates and each other, discussing the newsworthy events. The Spot engaged ... & Collins asked their Vice President, Sheri Herman to bring in venture capital as The Spot was not being .... The Spot continued producing original content through the late spring and early summer of 1997, when ... of The Spot . Each of those additional webisodics, like the Spot before them, attracted a significant ... to sustain them financially. The Spot closed its initial production run the night of June 30 July ... live message boards open, for about two years after the last original episode went live. The Spot ... elgonquin.com remains online with archived entries available for view, 12 years after The Spot itself ... early in 2009. Some of The Spot s original creative team are also active today online, including original ... which continue in production and air online through ironsink.com. The Spot was brought back to life ... 2100 1001 3 261680.html The Spot s stain spreads , CNET News, January 14 1997 http news.com.com Death marks The Spot 2100 1023 3 201052.html Death marks The Spot , CNET News, July 1 1997 http sideroad.com ... wired archive 4.06 updata.html Hittin the Spot Wired 3.11, page 68 External links Portalbox Internet http web.archive.org http www.thespot.com TheSpot.com Archive DEFAULTSORT Spot, The Category 1995 ... more details
wiktionary blue spot Blue spot may refer to Blue spot birthmark , a benign, flat, congenital birthmark Blue spot nucleus , a nucleus in the brain stem involved with physiological responses to stress and panic disambig ... more details
Green spot may refer to Green Spot soft drink , a non carbonated soft drink sold in South East Asia Green Spot whiskey , an Irish pot still whiskey disambig ... more details
Spot breasted may refer to Spot breasted Antvireo , a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family Spot breasted Ibis , a species of bird in the Threskiornithidae family Spot breasted Lapwing , a species of bird in the Charadriidae family Spot breasted Laughingthrush , a species of bird in the Timaliidae family Spot breasted Oriole , a species of bird in the Icteridae family Spot breasted Parrotbill , a species of bird in the Timaliidae family Spot breasted Scimitar babbler , a species of bird in the Timaliidae family Spot breasted Thornbird , a species of bird in the Furnariidae family Spot breasted White eye , a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family Spot breasted Woodpecker , a species of bird in the Picidae family Spot breasted Wren , a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family disambig ... more details
Wiktionary blind spot Blind spot may refer to In ophthalmology Scotoma , an obscuration of the visual field Optic disc , also known as the anatomical blind spot, the specific region of the retina where the optic nerve and blood vessels pass through to connect to the back of the eye Blind spot vision , also known as the physiological blind spot, the specific scotoma in the visual field that corresponds to the lack of light detecting photoreceptor cells on the optic disc In culture The Blind Spot 1921 , an early science fiction novel by Homer Eon Flint and Austin Hall Blind Spot Hitler s Secretary , the English title of Im toten Winkel 2002 &mdash an Austrian documentary about Traudl Junge, the last personal secretary of Adolf Hitler Blind Spot 1947 film Blind Spot 1947 film , a 1947 film noir Blind Spot film Blind Spot 1958 film , a 1958 film Blind Spot Hallmark Blind Spot Hallmark , a 1993 presentation in the Hallmark Hall of Fame Blind Spot 2008 film Blind Spot 2008 film , a 2008 documentary on peak oil by Adolfo Doring The effect an unshielded view of hyperspace has on the human optic nerve, in the Known Space universe Blindspot , a fictional character in the Marvel Comics universe Other uses Blind spot vehicle , areas outside of the vehicle that cannot be seen while looking forward or through optical aids. Blind spot psychology , a subject about which one is prejudiced or ignorant, such as a Bias blind spot Antenna blind cone , a blind spot of the antenna Blind Spot Law & Order Criminal Intent Blind Spot Law & Order Criminal Intent , an episode of Law & Order Criminal Intent Blind Spot Homeland Blind Spot Homeland , an episode of the TV series Homeland Can also refer to a location in a place with surveillance cameras that is not in view of any camera. See also Lacuna disambiguation Blindspott , a New Zealand band Johari Window , a Metaphorical Tool disambig de Blinder Fleck it Blind Spot nl Blinde vlek ru zh ... more details
Red spot may refer to Great Red Spot , a persistent anticyclonic vortex on the south border of the South Equatorial belt of Jupiter Red Spot Jr. , a red storm in Jupiter s southern hemisphere similar in form to, though smaller than, the Great Red Spot Red Spot G.I. Joe , a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe The Red Spot , a German Japanese film See also Red spotted disambiguation Port wine stain disambig nl Rode vlek ... more details
Wiktionary black spot Black Spot or black spot may refer to Black Spot disease , a plant disease caused by a fungus Black Spot Treasure Island , a literary device in Treasure Island , a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson A black spot in highway traffic safety administration, is a section of roadway that has been designated as being particularly accident prone, as in Black Spot Program from the Australian Government. An experimental shoe company from Adbusters A short Cinema of Israel Israeli film in the pastiche Yellow Asphalt A pair of Black Spot aircraft attack aircraft tested in Vietnam by the US Air Force in 1968. Another name for diplopstomiasis , a disease affecting fish See also Black hole Blackmark disambiguation disambig fr Point noir homonymie ... more details
In finance , the spot date of a transaction is the normal settlement day when the transaction is done today. This kind of transaction is referred to as a spot transaction or simply spot . The spot date may be different for different types of financial transactions. In the foreign exchange market , spot is normally two banking days forward for the currency pair traded. A transaction which has settlement after the spot date is called a forward or a forward contract . image OptionsTimeline.GIF Other settlement date s are also possible. Standard settlement dates are calculated from the spot date. For example, a one month foreign exchange forward settles one month after the spot date. I.e., if today is 1 February, the spot date is 3 February and the one month date is 3 March assuming these dates are all business days . For a trade with two dates, such as a forex swap foreign exchange swap , the first date is usually taken as the spot date. See also Spot price Settlement date Value date Trade date Foreign exchange spot Foreign exchange date conventions Day count convention Date rolling Business date conventions International Monetary Market International Monetary Market date conventions Category Finance de Kassagesch ft ru Spot ... more details
unreferenced date July 2008 Financial markets The spot market or cash market is a public market public financial market , in which financial instruments or commodities are traded for spot date immediate delivery . It contrasts with a futures market in which delivery is due at a later date. A spot market can be an organized market, an exchange organized market exchange or Over the counter finance Over the counter OTC Spot markets can operate wherever the infrastructure exists to conduct the transaction. The spot market for most instruments exists primarily on the Internet . Exchange Securities i.e. commodities are traded on exchanges using recent market price . OTC In the Over the counter finance over the counter market, trades are based on contracts made directly between two parties, and not subject to the rules of an stock exchange exchange . The contract terms are agreed between the parties and may be non standard. The price will probably not be published. Examples Spot Forex The spot foreign exchange market imposes a two day delivery period, originally due to the time it would take to move cash from one bank to another. Most speculative retail forex trading is done as spot transactions on an online trading platform . Energy Spot The spot energy market allows producers of surplus energy to instantly locate available buyers for this energy, negotiate prices within milliseconds and deliver actual energy to the customer just a few minutes later. Spot markets can be either privately ... speculator s, since spot market prices are known to the public almost as soon as deals are transacted. Examples of energy spot markets for natural gas in Europe are the Title Transfer Facility TTF in the Netherlands ... . See also Spot rate Spot date References Reflist Category foreign exchange market finance stub da Spotmarked de Spotmarkt eu Spot merkatua fr March au comptant lt Neatid liotin sandori rinka mr no Spotmarked pl Rynek kasowy fi Spot markkinat sv Spotmarknad tr Spot piyasa ... more details
Unreferenced date September 2008 In finance , a spot contract , spot transaction , or simply spot , is a contract of buying or selling a commodity , security finance security or currency for Settlement finance settlement payment and delivery on the spot date , which is normally two business days after the trade date . The settlement price or rate is called spot price or spot rate . A spot contract is in contrast with a forward contract or futures contract where contract terms are agreed now but delivery and payment will occur at a future date. Spot prices and future price expectations Depending on the item being traded, spot prices can indicate market expectations of future price movements in different ways. For a security or non perishable commodity e.g. silver , the spot price reflects market expectations of future price movements. In theory, the difference in spot and forward prices should be equal to the finance charges, plus any earnings due to the holder of the security, according to the cost of carry model. For example, on a share finance share the difference in price between the spot ... the expected future price of the commodity. As a result, spot prices will reflect current supply and demand, not future price movements. Spot prices can therefore be quite volatile and move independently ... will equal the expected price change of the commodity over the period. Spot date To be merged from spot date . Examples Bond Spot rates are estimated via the bootstrapping finance bootstrapping ... curve. The result is the spot curve, which exists for each of the various classes of securities. Currency main foreign exchange spot Commodity A simple example dubious date December 2011 even ... a different commodity from January tomatoes contrast contango and backwardation . See also Spot market ... ca Preu spot de Kassazins es Tipo de cambio spot fr Prix spot ko ru fi Spot hinta th tr Spot fiyat zh ... more details
primarysources date August 2011 Infobox software name F Spot logo Image F Spot logo.svg 70px screenshot Image F spot35.png 250px caption Browsing images in F Spot collapsible author Ettore Perazzoli developer ... photo Image organizer organizer license GNU GPL website http f spot.org f spot.org F Spot is an image ... is a play on the words F Stop and G Spot . Features F Spot aims to have an interface that is simple ... formats were not editable with F Spot. However, newer releases of F Spot have the DevelopInUFRaw ... back into F Spot as a new version of the original RAW. Photos can be imported directly from the camera ... detect if a camera or a memory card has been attached, and import images to F Spot automatically ... Export to CD from the main menu. Photos in the F Spot library can be uploaded to a number of online photo storage sites. F Spot supports two major gallery sites, Flickr and Picasa Picasa Web Album , ref http tirania.org blog archive 2006 Sep 02 2.html F Spot with PicasaWeb Export ref and also using ... jimmac.musichall.cz original.php ref F Spot can also generate static web gallery sites and export to Facebook . F Spot automatically downsizes photos before exporting to Flickr, and though the F Spot ... http f spot.org Features F Spot Features ref Technical information F Spot is written in the C Sharp ... Spot, they are written to disk. The folder is username Pictures Photos year month Day . This appears to be undocumented. When the images have been modified in F spot, the program Commonist can be pointed to this folder and the images uploaded to Wikimedia Commons in the normal way. The F Spot project was started by Ettore Perazzoli and is now maintained by Ruben Vermeersch . F Spot is the standard ... system Fedora replaced F Spot with Shotwell software Shotwell in Fedora 13. ref http docs.fedoraproject.org ... 2010 05 see ya f spot shotwell comes to ubuntu.html ref It still remains the default ... official http f spot.org http mail.gnome.org mailman listinfo f spot list F Spot mailing list http ... more details
File Saxon spot black .jpg thumb Saxon Spot Black The Saxon Spot is a breed of fancy pigeon . Saxon Spots, along with other varieties of Domestic pigeon domesticated pigeons , are all descendants from the Rock Pigeon Columba livia . Appearance The Saxon Spot comes in four color varieties. black, blue, red and yellow Origin The Saxon Spot originated in Saxony See also List of pigeon breeds Saxon Shield Saxon Monk External links Saxon Spot Standard http www.azpigeons.org saxonspot.htm Category Domesticated pigeon breeds Category Domesticated pigeon breeds originating in Germany Domesticated pigeon breed stub ... more details
Infobox company name Spot Image logo Image Logo spotimage.gif slogan Ask us for the Earth type Private ... intl Spot Image , a public limited company created in 1982 by the CNES French Space Agency, Centre ... for the SPOT Earth observation satellites. Network and partners Spot Image is a worldwide distributor ... , and partners. The goal is to provide on the spot service with worldwide availability. Spot Image works with a network of more than 30 direct receiving stations handling images acquired by the SPOT satellites. Spot Image collaborates with ESA s GMES programme, shares geographic information with the OGC ... services for precision agriculture. Satellites Image Spot 5.jpg thumb SPOT 5 Satellite The 2 SPOT satellites in orbit Spot 4 and 5 provide images with a large choice of resolutions from 2.5 m to 10 m. Spot Image also distributes multiresolution data from other optical satellites, in particular ..., and from radar satellites TerraSar X, ERS, Envisat, Radarsat . Spot Image will also be the exclusive ... for mid 2012. Spot Image also offers infrastructures for receiving and processing, as well as added value options. Products In addition to images, Spot Image proposes innovative added value products ... 3D products SPOT DEM built from automatic correlation of stereoscopic pairs acquired by SPOT ... offered by Spot Image Programming of SPOT satellites direct access satellite programming and regular ... area of interest. The SPOT archives more than 18 million images of the whole world, collected by SPOT ..., One World, One Year offers the best images from the SPOT satellites whose acquisition data is not more than one year old, for almost the entire planet. Planet Action, an initiative launched by Spot ... Important dates Image Spotimage building.jpg right 1982 Creation of Spot Image in Toulouse, France 1983 Creation of Spot Image Corporation in the United States 1986 Launch of the SPOT 1 satellite 1990 Creation of Spot Imaging Services in Australia 1990 Launch of the SPOT 2 satellite 1991 Creation ... more details
In offset printing , a spot color is any color generated by an ink pure or mixed that is printed using a single run . The widely spread offset printing process is composed of four spot colors Cyan , Magenta ... the use of six spot colors Hexachrome hexachromatic process , which add Orange colour Orange and Green to the process termed CMYKOG . The two additional spot colors are added to compensate for the ineffective ... around the world use the term spot color to mean any color generated by a non standard offset ink such as metallic , fluorescent , spot varnish, or custom hand mixed inks. When making a multi color print with a spot color process, every spot color needs its own lithographic film. All the areas of the same spot color are printed using the same film, hence, using the same lithographic plate . The dot gain , hence the screen angle and line frequency , of a spot color vary according to its intended purpose. Spot lamination and UV coatings are sometimes referred to as spot colors , as they share ... There are various methods to incorporate rather sophisticated patterns of spot colors in the final prepress ... and Scribus may generate spot colors as additional channels. Adobe Photoshop can also be used to generate soft edges widely known as feathered edges of spot colors. The dissolve effect provided by Adobe Photoshop layer patterns can be generated for any spot color. Optimizing usage Generally the cost and potential for problems for a print job increase as one adds more spot colors, due to the increased ... print. However, because of the complicated process, spot colours are effective at preventing forgeries ... formulae of spot colors, some of which can be seen by the naked eye and some that can only be seen by using special lights or applying certain chemicals. Classification Spot color classification ... standards in the classification of spot color systems, such as Pantone , the dominant spot color printing system in the United States and Europe . Toyo Color Toyo , a common spot color system in Japan ... more details
File Spots first walk.jpg thumb right Spot s First Walk book cover, featuring Spot himself, set in Century Schoolbook Infant Bold. Spot the Dog is a series of children s books by Eric Hill , which were later made into a popular children s animation series, known as Spot , for BBC television by David McKee s King Rollo Films . First published in 1980, Where s Spot was inspired by the reaction of Eric ... on the tush tags or the merchandise itself. Characters Spot The star of the series. A yellow puppy with a brown spot on each side of his body and a brown tip on his tail, Spot is full of wonder and mischief ... body, Spot is a beagle puppy. Family Sally Spot s mother. She, too, is yellow and has a brown spot ... body and a brown tip on her tail. Much of the first story, Where s Spot , involves her going around the house looking for Spot. Sam Spot s father. He is also yellow, but has no spots on his body whatsoever, and he does not have a brown tip on his tail. He works at a farm. Susie Spot s little sister. Like the rest of the family, she is yellow, and has a brown spot that goes around her back of her .... Smith Spot s brother. He, too, is yellow, but no spots on his body, and a brown tip on his tail. Grandpa Spot s Grandpa and Sally s father. He is yellow as well. He has fuzzy fur, but no spots on his .... Grandma Spot s Grandma and Sally s mother. She, like everyone else in the family, is yellow ... body, as well as smaller brown spots on each side of her body there were 6 spots on her body in Spot and his Grandparents Go to the Carnival , but somehow it was reduced to 5 in Spot s Musical Adventures Spot helps Grandma . She does not have a brown tip on her tail. She is usually seen wearing glasses ... brighter in the second season. Miss Bear Spot s school teacher. True to her name, she is a brown .... Tina An elephant . Cybil An orange cat . Was very rude towards Spot in Spot s Lost Bone and scared Spot in Spot s First Walk . Only appears in Season 1. Ginger Another cat, very polite. Billy A bear ... more details
Image Spot 5.jpg thumb Spot 5 Satellite Image Athens SPOT 1012.jpg thumb Athens as seen by the Spot 5 ... ref SPOT Syst me Pour l Observation de la Terre literal translation lit. System for Earth Observation ... by Spot Image based in Toulouse , France . It was initiated by the CNES Centre national d ..., and monitoring human activities and natural phenomena. The SPOT system includes a series of satellites .... The satellites were launched with the ESA rocket launcher Ariane 2, 3, and 4. The company SPOT Image is marketing the high resolution images, which SPOT can take from every corner of the Earth. SPOT 1 launched February 22, 1986 with 10 panchromatic and 20 meter multispectral picture resolution capability. Withdrawn December 31, 1990. SPOT 2 launched January 22, 1990 and deorbited in July 2009. SPOT 3 launched September 26, 1993. Stopped functioning November 14, 1997 SPOT 4 launched March 24, 1998 SPOT 5 launched May 4, 2002 with 2.5 m, 5 m and 10 m capability The SPOT orbit The SPOT orbit ... of 98.7 , and completing 14 5 26 revolutions per day. SPOT 1, 2, and 3 Since 1986 the SPOT ... images. SPOT 1 was launched with Ariane 2 on February 22, 1986. Two days later, the 1800 kg SPOT 1 transmitted its first image with a spatial resolution of 10 or 20 meters. SPOT 2 joined SPOT 1 in orbit on January 22, 1990 and SPOT 3 followed on September 26, 1993. The satellite loads were ... sup and a revisit interval of one to four days, depending on the latitude. Because the orbit of SPOT ... of Spot 2 in accordance with IADC Inter Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee commenced in mid July 2009 for a period of two weeks, with a final burn on 29 July 2009. SPOT 3 is not working anymore either, due to problems with its stabilization system. SPOT 5 SPOT 5 was launched on May ... of data and images by anticipating changes in market requirements. SPOT 5 has two high resolution geometrical HRG instruments that were deduced from the HRVIR of SPOT 4. They offer a higher resolution ... more details
file Spot the difference.png thumb 500px Example of a spot the difference puzzle. There are 15 differences between the two pictures. File Globe and high court Spot the difference .jpg thumb 500px Photo version of Spot the Difference puzzle. Spot the difference is a type of puzzle where players must find a set number of differences between two otherwise similar images, whether they are illustrations or photographs that have been altered with photo manipulation . Spot the difference games are also known as photo hunt games, and are commonly found in activity books for children or in newspapers . The solution to the puzzle is often listed nearby or in an accompanying answer page of a puzzle book. See also Visual comparison References reflist Category Puzzles Category Stereoscopy puzzle game stub es B squeda de errores eo Trovu diferencojn fr Jeu des erreurs ja ta ... more details
SPOT , born Glen Lockett in 1951 , was the house record producer producer and recording engineer engineer for the influential independent punk rock punk record label SST Records . He recorded, mixed, produced or co produced for most of SST s pivotal acts between 1979 and 1985. He is credited on albums by such notable bands as Black Flag band Black Flag , Minutemen band Minutemen , Meat Puppets , H sker D , Saint Vitus band Saint Vitus , Descendents , Minor Threat , Misfits band The Misfits , Big Boys and The Dicks . SPOT has also produced several acts outside of SST and started his own label, No Auditions , in 1987. An accomplished musician and multi instrumentalist, SPOT later retired from producing to concentrate on performing, releasing his own material on No Auditions and, in 2000, on Upland Records a label owned by former members of Descendents . He also played Fidola on This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb s Dance Party With... . He currently lives in Austin, Texas . External links http www.spotinator.com SPOT s official website http www.myspace.com spotthespot SPOT s MySpace page Black Flag Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Spot ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1951 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Spot Category 1951 births Category Living people Category American record producers Category Black Flag members Category American audio engineers Category American punk rock bass guitarists record producer stub it Spot produttore no Spot produsent pl Spot producent pt Spot produtor ... more details
about the Mystery Spot in Santa Cruz mystery spots in general gravity hill the Supernatural episode Mystery Spot Supernatural Image Mystery spot entrance.jpg thumb Mystery Spot entrance The Mystery Spot is a tourist attraction located near Santa Cruz, California Santa Cruz , California . It was discovered in 1939 and opened in 1940. The operators of the small site which is about 150 feet in diameter claim that it is a place where the laws of physics and gravity do not apply and provide a number of demonstrations in support of these claims. The official website speculates that extraterrestrials buried unearthly metals or a spacecraft beneath the Spot, or that carbon dioxide seeps out of the earth. Another popular speculation is that gravity is affected here, causing nausea and incorrect instrument readings. Illusion explanation Image Illusion at mystery spot santa cruz california.jpg thumb 300px One of the many optical illusions at the Santa Cruz Mystery Spot. The Mystery Spot is a gravity hill , a tilt induced visual illusion . The illusion experienced by visitors results from the oddly tilted environment as well as standing on a tilted floor. Inside the tilted room of the Mystery Spot, misperceptions of the height and orientation of objects occur. Even when people are standing outside on a level ground, the slant of the building in the background causes misperceptions as we judge ... author Shimamura, A. P. & Prinzmetal, W. title The Mystery Spot Illusion and its Relation to Other ... references External links http www.mysteryspot.com Mystery Spot official website California http www.mysteryspotstignace.com St. Ignace Mystery Spot Michigan http www.youtube.com watch?v FWs6cpABGwg Video Tour of the Mystery Spot California http www.sandlotscience.com MysterySpots Mystery Spots 1.htm Mystery Spot explained SandlotScience.com this site contains explanation about how Mystery ... he nl Mystery Spot sv Mystery Spot ... more details
orphan date August 2009 Cover the spot is the name for an amusement park game that involves covering a spot usually painted on the playing area with five smaller discs. The discs are usually made of a metallic or other stiff material. This game is deceptively difficult, and although this game is not a shell game, it requires a very high level of accuracy to win. The rules of the game are quite simple place one disc at a time on the playing surface the disc must be dropped from a certain height the disc cannot be moved once it is dropped and the discs must completely cover the spot. DEFAULTSORT Cover The Spot Category Games of physical skill ... more details
refimprove date September 2011 cleanup date September 2011 Image Spotrunnerlogo.png thumb Spot Runner logo Headquartered in Los Angeles, Spot Runner develops technology platforms and delivers services for video advertising, namely broadcast, cable and online video. Spot Runner s mission is to leverage ... in order to maximize value, at scale, for media owners, agencies and advertisers. History Spot Runner was founded in 2004 by co founders Nick Grouf and David Waxman. Spot Runner was originally created ... for local businesses in order to level the playing field against larger competitors. Spot .... After more than two years of development, Spot Runner recently launched the Malibu Media Platform ... to benefit media sellers, ad agencies and their clients. Business divisions Spot Runner is divided ... Spot Runner s Malibu Media Platforms Group oversees the Malibu Media Platform, a web based technology ... television advertising. Spot Runner launched the Malibu Media Platform on November 19, 2009. Spot ... planning buying and analytics for mid enterprise companies. Funding Spot Runner has raised more than ..., Spot Runner enacted several rounds of layoffs in late 2008 and early 2009. Lawsuits On April 9, 2009, WPP, a minority shareholder, filed a complaint against Spot Runner in the United States District Court for the Central District of California. WPP alleged that Spot Runner s board members failed to disclose ... of 5 million. And here s the zinger. While Spot Runner was losing all that money, its founders and two ... 3.6 million and investor Bob Pittman 365,000 worth of shares. ref Erick Schonfeld, The Spot ... 2009 04 19 the spot runner saga continues founders accused of a pump and dump scheme ref Spot .... In September, 2009, the court granted Spot Runner s motion and dismissed WPP s complaint with leave .... Despite the dismissal, WPP chose to continue pursuing the case by re filing. Spot Runner filed a motion to dismiss again and is currently awaiting the court s ruling. Audience Spot Runner serves ... more details
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