Derivatives finance be ca Mercat no organitzat cs Over the counter de Au erb rslicher Handel es Over The Counter fa fr De gr gr ko hi Over the counter it Mercato over the counter he lt U bir in rinka nl Over the counter financieel ...refimprove date June 2010 Over the counter OTC or off exchange trading is to trade financial instruments such as stock s, Bond finance bonds , commodity commodities or derivative finance derivatives directly between two parties. It is contrasted with exchange trading , which occurs via facilities constructed for the purpose of trading i.e. exchanges , such as futures exchange s or stock exchange s. Within the Derivative finance derivatives markets, many products are traded through exchanges. An exchange has the benefit of facilitating liquidity and also mitigates all credit risk concerning the default of a member of the exchange. Products traded on the exchange must be well standardised to transparent trading. Non standard products are traded in the so called over the counter OTC derivatives .... ref OTC traded stocks In the U.S., over the counter trading in stock is carried out by market makers that make markets in over the counter securities using inter dealer quotation services such as OTC ... met alternative disclosure guidelines through OTC Market Group Inc. OTC contracts An over the counter ... of global finance. The OTC derivatives markets are large and have grown exponentially over the last ... directly. Forward contract Forwards and Swap finance swaps are prime examples of such contracts. It is mostly done via the computer or the telephone. For derivative finance derivatives , these agreements ... of positions and aggregate global turnover over 1trillion. The OTC market is an informal network ... role in modern finance. ref Garry J. Schinasi. Modern banking and OTC derivatives markets. ISBN 1 55775 999 5. p. 5 7. ref The advantages of OTC derivatives over Exchange traded ones are mainly ... more details
mergeto Rwanda Stock Exchange date February 2011 The Rwanda Over The Counter Market ROTCE , was a stock market in Rwanda . It was founded on January 31, 2008 and operated out of the Rwandan capital of Kigali . The market was run by the Rwandan government, with ambitions to become independent. ref http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi business 7220603.stm BBC NEWS Business Rwanda opens own stock exchange Bot generated title ref Initially the exchange only sold bonds one offered by the country s central bank the National Bank of Rwanda and one by the Commercial Bank of Rwanda . Later in 2009, equities began being listed on the exchange. asof December 2010 the listed equities on the exchange are as summarized in the table below ref http allafrica.com stories 200909100082.html Listings On the ROTCE ref Market listing class wikitable Symbol Company Notes 1. BLRW Bralirwa Brewing , Bottling 2. KCB KCB Group Finance , Banking 3. NMG Nation Media Group ref http www.monitor.co.ug Business Commodities 688610 1027586 bte9hg index.html Nation Media Group To Crosslist Effective 9 November 2010 ref Publishing , Printing , Broadcasting , Television Kenya Commercial Bank Group is crosslisted on the Nairobi Stock Exchange , the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange and on the Rwanda Over The Counter Exchange. ref http newvision.co.ug D 8 220 685151 KCB Group to list on All Four EA Exchanges ref Nation Media Group is crosslisted on the Nairobi Stock Exchange and on the Uganda Securities Exchange . Cessation of activities and replacement On 31 January 2011, the activities of Rwanda Over The Counter Exchange were taken over by the Rwanda Stock Exchange , whose activities are supervised by the Capital Markets Advisory Council CMAC . ref http www.newtimes.co.rw index.php?issue 14523&article 37897 Rwanda Stock Exchange Launched ref See also Rwanda Stock Exchange List of African stock exchanges References reflist Category Stock exchanges in Africa Category Economy of Rwanda Category Stock market Rwanda stub ... more details
Orphan date November 2007 Cleanup date November 2007 Over the counterOver The Counter counseling or OTC Counseling refers to a pharmacist s full working knowledge of Over the counter drug Over the counter OTC drugs as well as initiating an assessment of the patient s self care concerns and drug related needs. A pharmacist can use both open ended questions that start with words who, what, how, why or where as well as close ended questions that start with words will, can, do or did which are to be used only if the former do not get the appropriate response in order to obtain relevant information about a patient s potential needs for treatment or potential drug therapy problems. OTC counceling patients about self care and non prescription drugs does not follow the same format as for prescription drug s. What is also important is that a pharmacist should assess whether the patient has any underlying conditions as to avoid any drug release interactions. Sources Ferreri Stephanie. Out From Behind the Bench Quick and Effective OTC Counseling , 2004 Category Pharmacy ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Over the Counter Culture Type Album Artist The Ordinary Boys Cover OvertheCounterCulture.jpg Released 5 August 2004 Recorded 2003 2004 at Jacobs Studios and The Bunker Genre Indie rock Length 38 34 Label B Unique Records B Unique Warner Music Producer Stephen Street Reviews Allmusic Rating 4 5 Allmusic class album id r704879 pure url yes link BBC Online BBC Favorable http www.bbc.co.uk music release ppvr link Drowned in Sound 2 10 http drownedinsound.com releases 3699 reviews 9664 link entertainment.ie Rating 4 5 http entertainment.ie album review The Ordinary Boys Over the Counter Culture 3384.htm link musicOMH Favorable http www.musicomh.com albums ordinary boys.htm link NME 8 10 http www.nme.com reviews the ordinary boys 7472 link Stylus Magazine D http www.stylusmagazine.com reviews the ordinary boys over the counter culture.htm link Yahoo Music Yahoo Music UK Rating 8 10 http uk.launch.yahoo.com 040714 33 1x0vw.html link Last album This album Over the Counter Culture br 2004 Next album Brassbound br 2005 Over the Counter Culture is the first studio album by Worthing , England band The Ordinary Boys . The album received critical praise and spawned the singles Maybe Someday , Week In Week Out , Talk Talk Talk , and Seaside . On its initial release in the UK, there was an ordinary version and Special Edition of the album issued. The Special Edition of the album included a second disc, a bonus limited edition Live EP of the band recorded live at the Carling Academy in Birmingham on June 4, 2004.The tracks on the Live EP, mixed by Stephen Street , are The List Goes On , Little Bubble , Talk Talk Talk and Maybe Someday . The single Over the Counter Culture was featured on the Burnout 3 Takedown soundtrack. Track listing Over the Counter Culture The List Goes On Week In Week Out Talk Talk Talk Little Bitch Jerry Dammers ... Live Maybe Someday Live The Ordinary Boys DEFAULTSORT Over The Counter Culture Category The Ordinary ... more details
cleanup link rot date August 2011 Orphan date August 2011 Over the Counter is the first CD that was created by Snoop Dogg . This CD was made two years before the production of Snoop Dogg s Doggystyle album. Over the Counter was made when Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg first started to rap together. The tracks were produced by Warren G and Nate Dogg . Creation Before the creation of Over the Counter , Snoop Dogg was a member of a famous gang known as the Crips. ref cite web url http www.hollywood.com news Police Snoop Dogg Is a Crips Member 3591655 title Police Snoop Dogg Is a Crips Member publisher Hollywood.com date 2006 11 30 accessdate 2012 03 04 ref After high school, he was arrested for having cocaine on him. He was sentenced to six months in jail in which during this time he began to past the time by writing rap lyrics. Shortly after he got out of jail Dr. Dre discovered his ability and immediately began the production of Over the Counter . ref http www.realraptalk.com f57 snoop dogg overcounter debut 1991 a 169619 ref Snoop Dogg was originally hoping for Cold 187um to help in producing the record, but due to delays Snoop Dogg had arranged a record deal with Dr. Dre. Dre became interested in his abilities after he heard the song Snooper Dooper Snooper . He was impressed and hastily made the album, without taking into account a way for the album to be distributed. Over the Counter was made before Dr. Dre could get the legal papers required to create the album. Citation needed date March 2012 Track listing The total amounts of tracks in the album is fifteen along with a bonus track ... date 2010 11 09 accessdate 2012 03 04 ref 1 Over the Counter produced by Dr. Dre ... for five thousand dollars over the counter . ref cite web last Jae first Jeremy url http www.flickr.com photos jerjae 5315883262 title Snoop Dogg s Very First Album Over The Counter 1991 & 124 Flickr ... At the time that Over the Counter was made, Dr. Dre s company was Future Shock Entertainment. The album ... more details
from zero to one before it overflows starts over from 0 . This counter will increment once for every ...About the term counter used in electronics and computing In digital logic and computing , a counter is a device ... counter changing state bits are used as clocks to subsequent state flip flops Synchronous counter all state bits change under control of a single clock Decade counter counts through ten states per stage Up down counter counts both up and down, under command of a control input Ring counter formed by a shift register with feedback connection in a ring Johnson counter a twisted ring counter Cascaded counter Each is useful for different applications. Usually, counter circuits are digital in nature, and count in binary numeral system natural binary . Many types of counter circuits are available ... sequence such as the binary coded decimal counter, a linear feedback shift register Uses as counters linear feedback shift register counter, or a Gray Code Gray code counters and arithmetic Gray code counter. Counters are useful for digital clocks and timers, and in oven timers, VCR clocks, etc. ref http www.play hookey.com digital synchronous counter.html ref Asynchronous ripple counter File Asynchronous counter2.svg thumb 200px right Asynchronous counter created from two JK flip flop s An asynchronous ripple counter is a single Flip flop electronics JK flip flop JK type flip flop , with its ... another 1 bit counter that counts half as fast. Putting them together yields a two bit counter class ... the output from the previous flip flop as the clock signal. The result is called a ripple counter, which can count to 2 sup n sup 1 where n is the number of bits flip flop stages in the counter ... is unimportant, but the division ratio overall is to clarify this, a 1 bit counter is exactly equivalent ... styles. Synchronous counter File 4 bit jk flip flop V1.1.svg thumb 400px right A 4 bit synchronous counter using JK flip flops A simple way of implementing the logic for each bit of an ascending ... more details
in 2006, The Counter has opened 11 locations and has sold development rights for over 130 restaurant ...Infobox company company logo Image The Counter.png right The Counter logo 309px company name The Counter parent company type company slogan foundation 2003 location Santa Monica, California , United States U.S. locations key people Jeff Weinstein industry Food num employees revenue operating income net income products Food , alcohol homepage http www.thecounterburger.com www.thecounterburger.com The Counter is a high end fast casual restaurant chain in the United States, Australia and Ireland offering custom topped gourmet burgers. Diners receive a clipboard to Build Your Own Burger . There are over 312,120 possible topping combinations. History The Counter was founded in Santa Monica, California , United States in 2003 by Jeff Weinstein. ref http washington.bizjournals.com washington stories 2007 06 25 story12.html The Counter concept moves into Greater D.C. Washington Business Journal 2007 06 22 ref Accolades The Counter was launched into the public eye when Gayle King mentioned it on The Oprah Winfrey Show on February 28, 2006, ref http 209.85.165.104 search?q cache ol0TpcczcFQJ www.oprah.com tows slide 200602 20060228 slide 20060228 350 101.jhtml oprah best burger in america the counter&hl en&gl us&strip 1 The Oprah Winfrey Show, February 28, 2006 ref ref http boutique.oprah.com product show 5942 The Oprah Winfrey Show, Episode 5942, Transcript ref It has also been listed as number 15 on Alan Richman s The 20 Hamburgers You Must Eat Before You Die in GQ Magazine. ref Alan Richman. http men.style.com gq features full?id content 2526 The 20 hamburgers you must eat before you die . GQ features. ref In the August 25, 2008 issue, Nation s Restaurant News named The Counter as one of 2008 s Six Hottest Concepts. ref http www.franchiseworks.com franchise news story.aspx?nid ... 2003 establishments in the United States Category Hamburger restaurants DEFAULTSORT Counter, The ... more details
and markets. Behavioral finance has grown over the last few decades to become central to finance ...Finance sidebar Finance refers to the management, creation and study of money, banking, credit, investments ... financial systems. Three broad divisions of finance are often made public finance , corporate finance and personal finance . All three contain many sub categories. Areas of finance Personal finance Main Personal finance Questions in personal finance revolve around How can people protect themselves ... increases over time, or inflation . Using net present value calculators, the financial planner ... finance Main Corporate finance Managerial finance Managerial or corporate finance is the task ... finance . Corporate finance generally involves balancing risk and profitability, while attempting ... decisions. In the first, Corporate finance The investment decision the investment decision , management ... options valuation see Financial modeling Accounting Financial modeling . The second, Corporate finance ... capital here is provided by shareholders, in the form of Equity finance equity privately or via an initial public offering , creditor s, often in the form of Bond finance bonds , and the firm s operations ... finance The dividend decision the dividend decision , requires management to determine whether ... concerning finance is investment, or fund management . An investment is an acquisition of an asset in the hope that it will maintain or increase its value. In List of finance topics Investment management investment management ndash in choosing a portfolio finance portfolio ndash one has to decide ... , an element of corporate finance, is the practice of creating and protecting economic value in a business ... finance Volatility , Sector, Liquidity , Inflation risks, etc. It focuses on when and how to Hedge finance .... Finance is used by individuals personal finance , by governments public finance , by businesses corporate finance and by a wide variety of other organizations, including schools and non profit organizations ... more details
those users use. The counter is run by a nonprofit membership organization called the Linux Counter Project. This organization was created on May 1, 1999, taking over the running of the counter ...infobox website name Linux Counter logo image LinuxCounterLogo.png 200px screenshot caption url https linuxcounter.net alexa 152,906 commercial no type language registration owner Linux Counter Project author launch date current status revenue slogan The Linux Counter attempts to measure ultimately via .... Purpose of the Linux Counter The Linux Counter is started as a for fun project to find out how many ... himself at the Linux Counter site http counter.li.org . Thus, the only way to know the number ... Counter http counter.li.org is to deal with statistics on all kinds of numbers related to Linux ... living. A second purpose of the Linux Counter is to make it possible for Linux users to find each other. The Linux Counter is reporting Linux users sorted per almost any place in the world ... live in places near you. Attention paid to the Counter At the time when Linux first burst into the limelight around 1999 , there were quite a few news articles about the Linux Counter, including three ... title Linux Counter Part 2 accessdate 2008 12 18 ref ref cite web url http slashdot.org linux 99 10 23 126218.shtml title Linux Counter Hits 120,000 accessdate 2008 12 18 ref the first two of which brought the counter to its knees . Linux Today reported how Microsoft Austria used the site for spamming ... title Big Brother Award Winner Microsoft accessdate 2008 12 18 ref the counter keeps a http counter.li.org reports articles.php list of press references , occasionally updated. New Linux Counter As of 2011 the original Linux Counter has been superseded by a new and re written version linuxcounter.net ... slashdot.org story 11 09 10 1249257 The Linux Counter Relaunches title The Linux Counter Relaunches ... Linux Counter Homepage http linuxcounter.net New Linux Counter http www.tuxmachines.org ... more details
refimprove date November 2008 File WebCounter.png right a webmaster s counter options thumb A web counter or hit counter is a computer software program that indicates the number of visitors, or hits, a particular webpage has received. Once set up, these counters will be incremented by one every time the web page is accessed in a web browser . The number is usually displayed as an inline digital image or in plain text or on a physical counter such as a mechanical counter . Images may be presented in a variety of fonts , or styles the classic example is the wheels of an odometer . The counter often is accompanied by the date it was set up or last reset, otherwise it becomes impossible to estimate within what time the number of page loads counted occurred. Some websites have been known to offer prizes to the visitor who makes the web counter roll over to a specific number. Such an event is known as a kiriban . Counter schemes One of the more recent Search engine optimization SEO spamming techniques, companies pay to have their site listed in the html code of a free hit counter. Thus when a user puts it on their page, a small link will appear at the bottom and can be a quick way for sites to accumulate inbound links. This is often performed by sites in very competitive web fields like online gambling and even asbestos litigation. Google recently removed a number of high ranking mesothelioma sites that had been using counters from the top results. ref http www.stonetemple.com articles interview matt cutts 061608.shtml Matt Cutts interviewed by Eric Enge June 16, 2008 ref References Reflist External links Portal Internet dmoz Computers Internet Web Design and Development Hosted Components and Services Counters and Trackers Web counter Category Web software ar da Bes gst ller de Besucherz hler es Contador web it Contatore visite ja pl Licznik odwiedzin strony WWW pt Contador de visitas ru uk ... more details
Dead link date December 2010 ref As of August 2011, the Counter Strike franchise Valve has sold over 27 million units. ref name Eddie Makuch cite web url http www.gamespot.com pc action counter strike global offensive news 6328645 counter strike global offensive firing up early 2012 title Counter Strike ... inevitably prefer one variant over the other. Both versions continue to co exist today. Counter Strike ...Other uses Counterstrike disambiguation Counterstrike Infobox video game title Half Life Counter Strike 1.6 image Image Counter Strike Box.jpg 250px Box art for the Windows stand alone release developer ... www.steampowered.com platform update history Counter Strike.html Counter Strike version history. ref ... app 10 title Counter Strike on Steam work Steam software Steam publisher Valve Corporation ... computing mouse Counter Strike IPA en k n.t r stra k , sometimes differentiated as Counter Strike ... its original release, which currently includes Counter Strike Condition Zero , Counter Strike Source , and Counter Strike Global Offensive . Counter Strike pits a team of counter terrorist s against ... CBS Interactive CBS Interactive Inc. accessdate 13 August 2011 ref Gameplay Counter Strike is a first person shooter in which players join either the terrorist team, the counter terrorist team ... Counter Strike Condition Zero added two extra models, bringing the total to ten . Players are generally ... to instruct a hostage to follow, rescuing a hostage or planting Terrorist defusing Counter terrorist ... in the case of Internet cafe s and Voice over IP programs such as TeamSpeak or Ventrilo . This form ... Though Counter Strike is itself a mod, it has developed its own community of script writers and mod ... control over his or her server. Admin plugins , as they are mostly referred as, have become ... mods which mix the first person gameplay of Counter Strike with an experience system, allowing a player ... effects, given the proper tools. Cheating Counter Strike has been a prime target for exploitation ... more details
A counter protest is a protest action which takes place within the proximity of another protest to which the counter protest is in ideological opposition. The purposes of counter protests can range from merely voicing opposition to the objective of the other protest to actively drawing attention from nearby media outlets away from the other protest toward the counter protestors cause to actively seeking to disrupt the other protest by Group conflict conflict of a non violent or violent nature. In many countries where protests by various pressure groups are allowed, the nearby law enforcement installation may make it a priority to keep rival protestors as far from each other as to avoid possible physical contact, and legal contention often arises over whether the rival groups possess permits to gather and rally within short distance of each other. Often, rallies can be infiltrated by rival protestors for purposes ranging from distraction, disruption to merely asking critical questions of the leaders of the rally or providing humorous or mocking diversions the reactions of protestors to counter protestors within close proximity can often be violent and confrontational. In some countries, governments can even sponsor counter protesters who rally against opposition figures and members ... Since World War II, protests by allegedly fascist, racist or counter religious organizations have ... UK Labour Party . Counter protest activity has been ramped up against anti Islamist or anti Muslim organizations since the September 11 attacks in the United States. United States Counter antiwar protests ... with counter protests by pro war and socially conservative groups such as Protest Warrior . Counter ... were met with counter protests by progressive liberal activists and pro labor unionists. Counter protests ... met with various counter protests, including participation from high school and college students when ... DEFAULTSORT Counter Protest Category Protests ... more details
refimprove date December 2010 A people counter is a device used to measure the number and direction of people traversing a certain passage or entrance per unit time. The resolution of the measurement is entirely dependent on the sophistication of the technology employed. The device is often used at the entrance of a building so that the total number of visitors can be recorded. Many different technologies are used in people counter devices, such as infrared beams, computer vision , thermal imaging and pressure sensitive mat s. ref citation title Manual of traffic engineering studies page 17 publisher Institute of Transportation Engineers author Paul C. Box, Joseph C. Oppenlander year 1976 url http books.google.com books?id jzhPAAAAMAAJ accessdate December 21, 2010 ref Reasons for use Retail There are various reasons for counting people. In retail stores, counting is done as a form of intelligence gathering. The use of people counting systems in the retail environment is necessary to calculate ... how a store arrived at sales, e.g., if year over year sales are down, did fewer people visit the store ... visitor counts as evidence when making applications for finance. In cases where tickets are not sold ..., each with its own advantages and disadvantages. The main types are listed below. Tally counter main Tally counter A hand held tally counter, sometimes called a clicker counter , would be used one press per person. To reset the counter, one would have to turn a knob, resetting most counters display to 0000 . Infrared beams The simplest form of counter is a single, horizontal infrared beam ... beams are somewhat more accurate than horizontal, with accuracies of over 90 possible if the beams ... data has to be sent over the Ethernet. Accuracy varies between systems and installations ..., in correct conditions sometimes over 98 Fact date December 2007 Directional information Flexible ... High accuracy, in correct conditions over 98 Very long lifetime MTBF 25 years Highly scalable, fully ... more details
Jones Counter Production was taken over by New York Road Runners Club from 1983 to approximately 1990. Jones Oerth Counter Paul Oerth took up production around 1990 and continued to around 2006. These models .... Models Clain Jones Counter This was the original production version, manufactured by Alan Jones s son ... and the Oerth model went out of production The Jones Oerth Lacroix Counter The JOL counter is a variation ... http www.mts.net llacroix jol.htm Lacroix Counter ref ref http www.usatf.org events courses ... its distinguishing feature is a 27 rotary cable that allows the user to mount the Veeder Root Counter on the handlebars. Jones Counter model JR Development of a new model started in 2007. ref http ... 260 11 counts per wheel revolution is identical to the Jones Oerth model. Use of the counter for measuring road race courses To measure road race courses the counter is fitted to a bicycle between ..., thus providing drive to the Veeder Root counter. In use the bicycle must first be calibrated by riding ... is ridden over the race course to determine its length. Finally the bicycle is recalibrated by riding again over the calibration distance. This is done to check for changes in bicycle wheel diameter ... Jones Counter it Jones Counter ... more details
James Nicholas Nick Counter, III 21 March 1940 6 November 2009 was an United States American lawyer who served as head of the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers from its founding in 1982 until March 2009. ref name latobit Verier, Richard November 7, 2009 . http www.latimes.com news obituaries la me nick counter7 2009nov07,0,6995270.story Nick Counter dies at 69 former chief negotiator for major studios. Los Angeles Times ref Counter was born in Phoenix, Arizona and grew up in the Denver area where he attended Denver East. He majored in electrical engineering at University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado on a Boettcher scholarship. He was a football fullback American football fullback , lettering as a senior. In their 21 20 win over Missouri in 1959, he scored the winning two point conversion the year after the play was instated. ref name pgd1960 The Phi Gamma Delta , Volume 82, Issue 3 1960 , page 196. ref He later earned a law degree at Stanford University in 1966, then became a labor law yer in Los Angeles . He was a key figure in the negotiations during the 1988 Writers Guild of America strike and the 2007 2008 Writers Guild of America strike . ref name varietyobit McNary, Dave November 6, 2009 . http www.variety.com article VR1118010982.html?categoryid 25&cs 1 Nick Counter dies at 69. Variety magazine Variety ref Counter died at the age of 69 in Los Angeles. References reflist External links http www.amptp.org jncbio.html J. Nicholas Counter, III biography via Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers imdb name 2194532 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Counter, Nick ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 21 March 1940 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 6 November 2009 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Counter, Nick Category 1940 births Category 2009 deaths Category American lawyers Category Stanford University alumni Category University of Colorado alumni US law bio stub ... more details
Infobox laboratory equipment name Geiger counter image geiger counter.jpg caption A deflection needle type geiger counter acronym other names Geiger M ller counter uses Particle detector inventor Hans Geiger manufacturer model related Geiger M ller tube File Geiger Mueller Counter with Circuit en.svg thumb 350px Schematic of a Geiger counter using an end window tube A Geiger counter , also called a Geiger M ller counter , is a type of particle detector that measures ionizing radiation . They detect the emission of nuclear radiation alpha particle s, beta particle s or gamma ray s. A Geiger counter ... detected produces a pulse of current, but the Geiger counter cannot distinguish the energy of the source ... over several orders of magnitude. Some Geiger counters can be used to detect gamma radiation ... thumb A modern digital Geiger counter is used with applications ranging from nuclear medicine, mining, contamination monitoring, and national security. File FRISKY08.jpg thumb A Geiger counter and metal ..., a counter using a GM tube can only detect the presence and intensity of radiation number of particles detected in an interval of time, as opposed to energy or wavelength . The Geiger M ller counter ... multi wire proportional counter s or simply MWPCs. History In 1908 Hans Geiger , with Ernest Rutherford ... the University of Manchester , developed a device that would later be called the Geiger counter . ref ... 141 161. ref This counter was only capable of detecting alpha particles. In 1928, Geiger and Walther M ller a PhD student of Geiger improved the counter so that it could detect more types of ionizing ... The Sciences , vol. 16, no. 31, pages 617 618. ref The current version of the Geiger counter is called the halogen counter . It was invented in 1947 by Sidney H. Liebson . ref S. H. Liebson 1947 The discharge ... 602 608. ref It has superseded the earlier Geiger counter because of its much longer life. The devices ... Scintillation counter Civil Defense Geiger Counters Geiger M ller tube Radioactive decay Geiger plateau ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 In the airline and some other transportation industries, a counter to counter package is a quicker and more expensive alternative to standard freight for the shipment of small package delivery parcel s and envelope s. These shipments have size, weight, and content restrictions, and usually may be dropped off and picked up at a ticket counter, luggage service or freight office. Additional security regulations put into place after September 11, 2001 have eliminated anonymous counter to counter shipments. Entities wishing to ship must register to become a Known Shipper Program known shipper according to the specific directives of the Federal Aviation Administration and the Transportation Security Administration. See also Pick and pack Shipping list DEFAULTSORT Counter To Counter Package Category Commercial item transport and distribution Aviation stub ... more details
More footnotes date December 2011 Counter Enlightenment is a term used to refer to a movement that arose ... known use of the term counter enlightenment in English was in 1949. Berlin published widely about the Enlightenment and its enemies and did much to popularise the concept of a Counter Enlightenment ... vitalist and organic, ref Aspects noted by Darrin M. McMahon, The Counter Enlightenment and the Low .... Some scholars reject the use of the term the Counter Enlightenment on the grounds that there was no single Enlightenment for its alleged enemies to oppose. The Counter Enlightenment Movement vs ... prominent altar and throne counter revolutionaries who vehemently opposed Enlightenment ideas Although the term the Counter Enlightenment was first used in English in passing by William Barrett ... The Counter Enlightenment was first published in 1973, and later reprinted in a popular collection ... thumb Isaiah Berlin traces the Counter Enlightenment back to J. G. Hamann . Berlin argues that, while ... the 1770s e.g. Giambattista Vico , Counter Enlightenment thought did not really take off until the Germans ... themselves by launching the great counter attack against the Enlightenment. This reaction ... Wolin The Seduction of Unreason 2004 has traced the modern descendants of the Counter Enlightenment ... McMahon extends the Counter Enlightenment both back to pre Revolutionary France and down to the level ... into the obscure and at times unseemly world of the low Counter Enlightenment that attacked the encyclop distes ... portrait .jpg thumb left Graeme Garrard traces the origin of the Counter Enlightenment to Rousseau ... the origin of the Counter Enlightenment in the religious writings of Jean Jacques Rousseau ... enemies. Graeme Garrard follows Melzer in his Rousseau s Counter Enlightenment 2003 . This contradicts ... of his Enlightenment contemporaries. Also, like McMahon, it traces the beginning of Counter Enlightenment ... s book Counter Enlightenments 2006 broadens the term even further, arguing against Berlin that there was no single ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Under the Counter Type Studio Artist Goldie Lookin Chain Cover Goldie Lookin Chain Under The Counter.jpg Released March 17, 2008 Genre Hip hop music Hip Hop Length 33 52 Label Shellshock Producer P Xain Reviews Rock Sound 8 10 http www.rock sound.net articles 1247 Goldie Lookin Chain Under The Counter.html Last album Safe as Fuck br 2005 This album Under The Counter br 2008 Next album Asbo4Life br 2009 Under the Counter is the third studio album by Welsh rap group Goldie Lookin Chain . It was released on March 17, 2008 under Shellshock Records, after the group were dropped from their previous label, Warner Music Group . Track listing Adam on the Phone The Take Over Hardcore Exchange House Party Eddie the Wrestler Majic Dusty Maggot Chant The Nugget Lloyd Ganja 9t9s Lament Amsterdamage Minimoto Spaceman Song for Kelly Category 2008 albums Category Goldie Lookin Chain albums 2000s hiphop album stub ... more details
A frequency counter is an electronics electronic measuring instrument instrument , or Electronic component component of one, that is used for measuring frequency . Frequency is defined as the number of events of a particular sort occurring in a set period of time. Frequency counters usually measure the number of oscillations or pulses per second in a repetitive electronic Signal circuit theory signal . Such an instrument is sometimes referred to as a cymometer, particularly one of Chinese manufacture. Image NixieFrequencyCounter.jpg thumb right 220px Systron Donner frequency counter from 1973 with Nixie tube display Operating principle Most frequency counters work by using a counter which accumulates the number of events occurring within a specific period of time. After a preset period 1 second, for example , the value in the counter is transferred to a display and the counter is reset to zero. If the event being measured repeats itself with sufficient stability and the frequency is considerably lower than that of the clock oscillator being used, the resolution of the measurement can ... event could be arranged to interrupt a light beam, and the counter made to count the resulting ... of a frequency counter is strongly dependent on the stability of its timebase. Highly accurate ... the user to send information to the frequency counter and receive information from the frequency counter. Commonly used interfaces include RS232 , USB , GPIB and Ethernet . Besides sending measurement results, a counter can notify the user when user defined measurement limits are exceeded. Common ... 7661E.pdf http lea.hamradio.si s53mv counter history.html Counter history http www.hamradio.in circuits fcountlcd.php LCD Frequency Counter http www.ikalogic.com freq meter.php How to build your own Frequency Counter http www.aspisys.com frqm.htm Panel Frequency Counter for RF systems http www.berkeleynucleonics.com products model 1105.html Example of control over Ethernet and GUI Category Digital ... more details
Refimprove date December 2009 A Gamma Counter is a machine to measure gamma radiation emitted by a radionuclide . Up to 300 samples are placed in sealed vials or test tubes, and move along a serpentine track on a horizontal plane. One at a time, they move down inside a shielded detector, set to measure specific energy windows characteristic of the particular isotope. Depending on the half life and concentration of the sample, measurement times vary from 0.02 minute to one minute. Gamma counters are standard tools used in the research and development of new radioactive compounds used for diagnosing and treating disease, as in Positron emission tomography PET scanning . Gamma counters are used in radiobinding assay s ref name perkinelmer http las.perkinelmer.ca content manuals man antidsdnaradiobindingassay.pdf Anti dsDNA & 91 I 125& 93 Radiobinding Assay Kit At PerkinElmer Life Sciences, Inc. Retrieved Jan 2011 ref and in radioimmunoassay s RIA . Units can be programmed to measure many different isotopes and perform over 30 different assay tests. References reflist DEFAULTSORT Gamma Counter Category Particle detectors ... more details
selfref For edit counters on Wikipedia, see Wikipedia WikiProject edit counters . wiktionarypar counter NOTOC Counter may refer to Counterattack , an attack intended to curtail an enemy attack. Countermeasure Countertop , a flat surface or worktop, possibly in a kitchen, shop, or other service Bar establishment Bar counter Bar counter , the countertop at which drinks are served in a bar Compter , a small jail Part of a ship s stern above the waterline that extends beyond the rudder stock see nautical terms counter physics Mathematics and computing Counter , a device or computer program for counting Jeton , a reckoning counter used on reckoning boards for calculations Tally counter , mechanical counting device Web counter , a counter that counts the number of visits to a web page COUNTER Counting Online Usage of Networked Electronic Resources , a standard for reporting usage statistics of online resources Games and sport Counter board wargames , a playing piece used in board wargames Counter run , an offensive play in American football Counter turn , an element in figure skating Counter collectible card games , a small item used to represent certain objects or conditions in a collectible card game Jones Counter , measures distance bicycles travel Linguistics and typography Counter typography , an enclosed space in a letter form Measure word , in grammar and linguistics Japanese counter word Japanese counter , in the Japanese language, a word used with numbers to count objects People Nick Counter 1940&ndash 2009 , American film and television executive See also lookfrom counter intitle counter Opposition politics Count disambiguation root disambig da T ller de Z hler ko ja pl Licznik ... more details
essay date March 2012 Counter mapping refers to efforts to map against dominant power structures, to further ... title Dilemmas of Counter Mapping Community Resources in Tanzania journal Development and Change ... last Peluso first N.L title Whose Woods are These? Counter Mapping Forest Territories in Kalimantan ... counter hegemonic maps had the ability to strengthen forest users resource claims. ref name Peluso There are numerous expressions closely related to counter mapping ethnocartography, alternative cartography, mapping back, counter hegemonic mapping, and public participatory mapping. ref name Rundstrom ... are sometimes used synonymously with counter mapping, but in practice encompass much more. ref name Rundstrom Whilst counter mapping still primarily refers to indigenous cartographic efforts, it is increasingly .... ref name Rundstrom Such counter mapping efforts have been facilitated by processes of neoliberalism ... democratisation . ref name Peluso Examples of counter mapping include attempts to demarcate ... Information Systems , and mapping by a relatively weak state to counter the resource claims of a stronger ... 252 ref The power of counter maps to advocate policy change in a Top down and bottom up design Management and organization bottom up manner led commentators to affirm that counter mapping should be viewed as a tool of governance . ref name Alcorn Despite its emancipatory potential, counter mapping has not gone without criticism. There is a tendency for counter mapping efforts to overlook the knowledge ... 1351 1371 ref From this perspective, counter mapping is only empowering for a small subset of society ... counter mapping in 1995, having examined the implementation of two forest mapping strategies in Kalimantan ... Counter mappers in Kalimantan have acquired GIS technologies, satellite technology, and computerised resource management tools, consequently making the Indonesian state vulnerable to counter maps. ref name Peluso As such, counter mapping strategies in Kalimantan have led to successful community action ... more details
File Watasenia scintillans rotated .jpg thumb 350px The Sparkling Enope Squid uses bioluminescence to counter illumination counter illuminate its underside to match the brighter sea surface above Counter illumination is a method of camouflage in which an animal or possibly a military vehicle produces light to match an illuminated background, such as the ocean surface or sky. Principle Among marine organisms, Counter illumination camouflage occurs where bioluminescent light from an organism s ventral surface ref Young. R.E, Roper. C.F.E. 1977. Intensity Regulation of Bioluminesence during Countershading in Living midwater animals. Science, New Series. Vol 191,4231 1046 1048. ref is matched to the light radiating from the environment. The bioluminescence is used to obscure the organism s silhouette produced by the down welling light. ref name Jones 2004 p.1151 Jones 2004 p.1151 ref Some midwater cephalopod s, Decapoda decapod crustacean s, and fish es utilize this form of camouflage. ref name Jones 2004 Young 1977 Jones 2004 Young 1977, as cited by Jones et al. 2004 ref The bioluminescence used for Counter illumination can be either autogenic produced by the animal itself or bacteriogenic ... nature blueplanet infobursts counter illumination bg.shtml ref Examples of the strategy Many species in the mesopelagic areas of the ocean utilize this alternative to counter shading countershading . For these marine species, counter illumination best serves them when ambient light levels are low ... individuals employing it over those not employing it in the fish species Porichthys notatus . ref ... effectiveness as a predator avoidance mechanism, counter illumination also serves as an essential tool to predators themselves. Some shark species, such as the deepwater Etmopterus spinax , use counter ... example would be the Bobtail squid, which also uses counter illumination as a means of predation ... Jones 2004 p.1154 Jones 2004 p.1154 ref Counter illumination has rarely been used for military purposes ... more details
counter insurgency is the winning over of the occupied territory s population. If that can ... Emergency . Counter insurgency involves action from both military and police authorities. File 6th Marine ... Army Afghan soldiers on patrol during counter insurgency operations in Marjah , Afghanistan , February ... warfare A counter insurgency or counterinsurgency ref See American and British English spelling differences ... authority of the defending authorities in a population they seek to control, and the counter insurgent .... Counter insurgency operations are common during war , Military occupation occupation and armed rebellion s. Counter insurgency may be armed suppression of a rebellion, coupled with tactics ..., counter insurgency operations have often rested on a confused, relativistic, or otherwise ... center qstyle quoted true salign center sstyle Counter insurgency is normally conducted as a combination ... s. Counter insurgency operations include many different facets military , paramilitary , political , economic , psychological , and civic actions taken to defeat insurgency . To understand counter ... gaps counter insurgency addresses closing the gaps. When the gaps are wide, they create a sea of discontent ... 2007 accessdate 16 October 2011 ref Counter insurgency theorists Santa Cruz de Marcenado The third ... in his writings with counter insurgency. In his Reflexiones Militares , published between 1726 ..., and counter them, if they could not be warded off. Strikingly, Santa Cruz recognized that insurgencies ... section date October 2011 The majority of counter insurgency efforts by major powers in the last ... The Indirect Approach , a popular insurgency has an inherent advantage over any occupying force ... nature of the rebel campaigns proved a decisive counter to French superiority on the battlefield. Napoleon .... Counter insurgency efforts may be successful, especially when the insurgents are unpopular. The Philippine .... According to Liddell Hart, there are few effective counter measures to this strategy. So long ... more details
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