Multiple issues cleanup November 2008 refimprove May 2011 Image Rubberbandball.jpg thumb right A rubberbandball made of 250 rubber bands. A rubberbandball is a bouncy ball made by wrapping rubber bands around a core until the desired size is achieved. ref http www.recordball.com pages faq ref Notable rubberband balls The world s largest rubberbandball was created by Joel Waul. He is the current World Record Holder according to the Guinness World Records . The ball, which previously sat under a tarp in Waul s driveway, is 9400 pounds, more than eight feet tall, and consisting of more than 700,000 rubber bands. It set the world record on November 13, 2008 in Lauderhill, Florida . ref Damien Cave, http www.nytimes.com 2009 10 30 us 30rubberband.html In Florida, Fond Farewell for a 5 Ton Ball of Rubber Bands , New York Times October 29, 2009 . ref The ball is now owned by Ripley s Believe it or Not Steve Milton previously held the record for the biggest rubberbandball. During the construction of his rubberbandball, he was sponsored by OfficeMax , and was sent rubber bands by OfficeMax to use for his ball. ref http www.didntyouhear.com 2006 11 25 steve milton has one large rubberbandball Steve Milton has one large rubberbandball? at Didnt You Hear Bot generated title ref Before Steve Milton, the record was held by John Bain of Delaware. His ball is 3,500 pounds, consisting of over 850,000 rubber bands. The bands were donated by two companies Alliance Rubber and Textrip Stretchwell Inc. ref http www.recordball.com pages faq ref References reflist Commons category Rubberband balls DEFAULTSORT RubberBandBall Category Hobbies he nl Elastiekbal ... more details
For balls made of rubber bouncy ball distinguish Red RubberBall Infobox single See Wikipedia WikiProject Songs Name RubberBall Cover just the file name Border Alt Caption Artist Bobby Vee Album A side B side Everyday Buddy Holly song Everyday Released Late 1960 in music 1960 Format Recorded August 12, 1960 Genre Length Duration m 2 s 17 Label Liberty Records F 55287 Writer A. Orlowski Aaron Schroeder Producer Snuff Garrett Certification Chronology Last single Devil or Angel br 1960 This single RubberBall br 1960 Next single Stayin In br 1961 Misc RubberBall was an early 1961 hit for Bobby Vee on Liberty Records. It was the record which made Vee an international star. The song was recorded on August 12, 1960 in a four song, three hour session at United in Hollywood. It was produced by a 19 year old Texan, Snuff Garrett Thomas Snuff Garrett , and was co written at the Brill Building in New York by Gene Pitney , using his mother s maiden name, Orlowski and by Aaron Schroeder . The song was Vee s fifth single release in the US, where it made 6 on the Billboard charts it was a breakthrough hit for him in the UK, where it reached 4. ref http www.allmusic.com artist bobby vee p5750 charts awards billboard singles Bobby Vee charting singles Retrieved 09 17 11. ref In Australia, it was Vee s only 1 record, where it stayed for three weeks in early 1961. The record also marked Vee s first use of overdubbing his second vocal. The song was covered as a single by British singer Marty Wilde , who also had chart success when it went to 9 in 1961. Gary Lewis and the Playboys released a cover version that can be found on their Complete Hits album. ref http www.allmusic.com album complete hits r986975 Gary Lewis & the Playboys, Complete Hits Retrieved 09 17 11. ref References reflist Category 1961 singles Category Songs written by Gene Pitney Category Songs written by Aaron Schroeder ... Category Songs produced by Snuff Garrett 1960s single stub no RubberBall sv RubberBall ... more details
infobox Book See Wikipedia WikiProject Novels or Wikipedia WikiProject Books name The RubberBand title orig translator image Image Stout TRBd 1.jpg 260px prefer 1st edition FAIR USE of Stout TRBd 1.jpg see image description page at http en.wikipedia.org wiki Image Stout TRBd 1.jpg for rationale image caption author Rex Stout cover artist Winifred E. Lefferts country United States language English language English series Nero Wolfe genre Detective fiction publisher Farrar & Rinehart release date April 9, 1936 in literature 1936 media type Print Hardcover pages 308 pp. first edition isbn NA preceded by The League of Frightened Men followed by The Red Box The RubberBand is the third Nero Wolfe detective novel by Rex Stout . Prior to its publication in 1936 by Farrar & Rinehart , Inc., the novel was serialized in six issues of Saturday Evening Post The Saturday Evening Post February 29 April 4, 1936 . Appearing in one 1960 paperback edition titled To Kill Again, The RubberBand was also collected in the omnibus volume Five of a Kind Viking 1961 . Plot introduction quotation You know, Mr. Goodwin, this house represents the most insolent denial of female rights the mind of man has ever ... sei Radiotelevisione Italiana The RubberBand was adapted for a series of Nero Wolfe films produced ... thumb 260px The RubberBand was published as a br Hillman Periodicals Hillman Mystery , titled ... s Nero Wolfe Part I , Otto Penzler describes the Edition book first edition of The RubberBand Turquoise ... estimated that the first edition of The RubberBand had a value of between 15,000 and 30,000. ref ... links wikiquote Nero Wolfe The RubberBand The RubberBand imdb title id 0359742 title Nero Wolfe Il patto dei sei Nero Wolfe DEFAULTSORT RubberBand, The Category 1936 novels Category Nero Wolfe ... Archie s after dinner coffee in the dining room while wearing his yellow dressing gown in The RubberBand , chapter 12 Archie books two new clients on the same day, and before the day is over Wolfe ... more details
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Infobox Single Name Red RubberBall Type Single Artist The Cyrkle from Album Red RubberBall B side Cover Released April 4, 1966 Genre Pop music Pop Length 2 22 Label Writer Paul Simon Bruce Woodley Producer Last single This single Next single Red RubberBall is a pop music pop song which became a chart topper hit going to 2 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and hitting 1 in Canadian RPM magazine RPM 100 national singles chart ref Library and Archives Canada. http www.collectionscanada.gc.ca rpm 028020 119.01 e.php?brws s 1&file num nlc008388.5705&type 1&interval 24&PHPSESSID 88ru65f4le76rt65315tfocub6 ref in the 1966 version recorded by The Cyrkle . It was songwriter co written by Paul Simon of Simon and Garfunkel and Bruce Woodley of The Seekers . ref http www.ckk.chalmers.se guitar sg faq 4.html Guitar Dead link date May 2009 ref , and originally written by Simon during their Tom And Jerry phase. The source cited does not support this claim. According to Cyrkle guitarist Tom Dawes, Simon offered it to The Cyrkle when they were opening for Simon and Garfunkel on tour. ref http www.songfacts.com detail.php?id 5489 Song Facts ref ref http www.classicbands.com cyrkle.html Classic Bands The Cyrkle ref The song s tracks were recorded in stereophonic sound stereo , with the bass, lead guitar, and percussion on the right track, acoustic guitar and electric organ on left, and the vocals on both. The Seekers also sound recording and reproduction recorded Red RubberBall for their 1966 album Come the Day US title Georgy Girl &mdash and the Seekers recording of Red RubberBall can also be heard ... , the sheet music for Red RubberBall , for the album Simon and Garfunkel Old Friends , also credits ...?ppn sc0028110 Music Notes ref In an interview on The Colbert Report , Paul Simon said he wrote Red RubberBall while living in England to get a 100 advance from The Seekers . This came in response to Colbert ... 1977 . According to the liner notes of the 1998 Diodes anthology, Tired of Waking Up Tired , the band ... more details
wiktionary rubberband A rubberband is a length of rubber and latex formed in a loop. Rubberband or rubberband may also refer to RubberBand , Cantopop bandRubberBand song RubberBand song , a 1966 single by David Bowie Rubberbandman song , a 1991 song by Yello The RubberBand , 1936 Nero Wolfe novel by Rex Stout RubberBand , a 1970s disco hit by The Trammps Bootsy s RubberBand, a P Funk spinoff group formed in 1976 and led by Bootsy Collins disambig ... more details
Orphan date February 2012 Infobox television show name RubberBand image caption show name 2 genre Comedy , Rockumentary , Youth , College Life format Teen Sitcom creator developer writer Vasay Chaudhary director Ahmed Ali Butt creative director presenter starring The RubberBand judges voices narrated theme music composer opentheme RubberBand performed by The RubberBand endtheme composer country Flag Pakistan language Urdu,English num seasons num episodes list episodes executive producer producer editor location National College of Arts , Lahore , Punjab, Pakistan Punjab , Pakistan cinematography camera runtime 20 minutes Approx. company distributor channel ARY Digital and ARY Musik picture format audio format first run first aired 2005 last aired status Re runs preceded by followed by related Jutt and Bond website production website RubberBand is a popular sitcom that aired on ARY Digital .Due to the show s popularity re runs continue to air on ARY Musik .The show stars the popular music group The RubberBand .The show s main target audience are Teenagers Cast Ahmed Ali Butt Saad Muzzafar Ismail Tara Tariq Amin Boby Saad Azhar Maheen Fiza Anwar Muhammad Ali Jaan See Also ARY Digital Teen Sitcom External Links http www.thepakistani.tv t rubber band.htm Category Pakistani drama television series Category ARY Digital television series Category Urdu language television series Category Teen sitcoms ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2009 Interventions infobox Name Rubberband ligation Image Caption ICD10 ICD9 ICD9proc 49.45 MeshID OPS301 OtherCodes HCPCSlevel2 Rubberbanding directs here, for the Video Game AI Technique, see Game Artificial Intelligence Rubberband ligation is an outpatient treatment for second degree internal hemorrhoid s. In this procedure, a small Rubberbandband is applied to the base of the hemorrhoid, stopping the blood supply to the hemorrhoidal mass. The hemorrhoid will then shrivel and die within 2 to 7 days. The shriveled hemorrhoid and band will fall off during normal bowel movement s. Rubberband ligation is a popular procedure, as it involves less pain than surgical treatments of hemorrhoids, as well as a shorter recovery period. Its success rate is between 60 and 80 . History Ligature medicine Ligation of hemorrhoids was first recorded by Hippocrates in 460 BC, who wrote about using thread to tie off hemorrhoids. In modern history, ligation using rubberband was introduced in 1958 by Blaisdell and refined in 1963 by James Batton medicine Barron , who introduced a mechanical device called the Barron ligator . Procedure Rubberband ligation procedure is as follows Pre treatment diagnosis and prescribed medications After diagnosis of the second degree hemorrhoid, antibiotic s are often prescribed, especially to patients with immune deficiency or other medical conditions. Sometimes, a couple weeks of Mesalamine is prescribed prior to the rubberband ligation procedure. Positioning The patient is laid down on the left side, with knees drawn up and buttocks projecting over the operating table. Application of the band A proctoscope is inserted into the anal opening. The hemorrhoid is grasped by forceps and maneuvered into the cylindrical opening of the ligator. The ligator is then pushed up against the base of the hemorrhoid, and the rubberband is applied. Complications Possible complications from rubberband ligation include Pain Bleeding Band slippage ... more details
File Royal Mail band.jpg thumb A few Royal Mail rubber bands, on top of letter size guide A Royal Mail rubberband is a small red elastic loop used by the state owned postal delivery service in the United Kingdom . In the course of its work, the Royal Mail consumes nearly 1 billion rubberband s per ... Red rubberband litter costing Royal Mail 2840 a day.html title Red rubberband litter costing Royal ... news uk 12518196 title Royal Mail s red rubberband use revealed date 20 February 2011 publisher BBC News accessdate 2011 02 21 ref In 2009 2010, the numbers used equate to one rubberband being used ... for butterfingers , and rubberband tanks. ref name times2006 http www.timesonline.co.uk tol ... NewsArchive December05February06 RubberBannedForRoyalMail.htm RubberBand for Royal Mail , Lewisham ... of a duck observed with a rubberband wrapped around its head. ref http news.bbc.co.uk 1 hi england norfolk 4710758.stm Hunt for duck in rubberband trap , BBC News, 13 February 2006 Accessed 29 06 2009 ... band littering and that contemporary red rubber bands are designed to be more biodegradable than ... for a red rubberband , BBC News magazine, 6 April 2009 Accessed 29 06 2009 ref the BBC Radio 4 s PM ... if the case goes to court. ref http www.guardian.co.uk news blog 2009 apr 06 post rubberband litter ... , 6 April 2009 Accessed 29 06 2009 ref Gallery gallery File Royal Mail rubberband Alnmouth.jpg Royal Mail rubberband discarded in Alnmouth , Northumberland , 2009 File Fragment of Royal Mail rubberband Lesbury.jpg Fragment of a Royal Mail rubberband discarded in Lesbury , Northumberland , 2009 File Fragment of Royal Mail rubberband Bilton.jpg Fragment of a Royal Mail rubberband ... about Royal Mail rubber bands littering the streets of Britain have given rise to ongoing ..., the company disclosed that it used the following numbers of rubber bands in each of the three years ... for rubber bands in the 2007 8 period were 982,677. ref name record http www.dailyrecord.co.uk news ... more details
A rubberband gun , often abbreviated to RBG , is a toy gun used to fire one or more rubberband s or elastic .... Rubberband guns have been popular toys at least as far back as the early twentieth century, as evidenced by US patents having been granted for various designs of rubberband gun, beginning before World War II. Types of rubberband gun Clothespin pistol Image RBGPooma1.jpg thumb A simple rubberband pistol using a clothespin as its firing mechanism This is the simplest form of rubberband gun. Its ... many rubber bands around the handle of the gun, in the firing position. One rubberband is staged in the firing ... rubberband pistol The repeater or revolver RBG is capable of firing 10 or more rubber bands, semi ... by one notch, releasing a rubberband every time the trigger is pulled. nowiki nowiki Gatling gun Deleted ... 2008 August 26 A rubberband Gatling gun consists of between 3 and 12 repeater RBGs arranged on a cylindrical ... wikt locus locus . The original, patented by Surefire Products , tripod mounted rubberband Gatling ... barrels, similar to the Minigun , are among the latest developments in the world of the rubberband gun. In November 2007, Anthony Smith completed the Disintegrator, a 288 shot motorised rubberband ... wound up around the barrel. The string is wound around one barrel, then a rubberband placed on that barrel ... to rear, sequentially prying each loaded rubberband out of its respective rear retaining notch ... rate of rubberband discharge. Slide mechanism designs have been adapted to be motor driven. Manually ... Barrel II Machine Gun Fully automatic mechanisms Fully automatic mechanims for rubberband guns ... of fully automatic rubberband guns, the mechanism driving energy is the elastic potential energy stored in the streched rubberband amunition loaded onto the gun. Fully automatic designs pose ... Rubberband guns can be created in many different ways. Ice cream stick Popsicle Stick RBGs Image Bayonet ... uses only ice cream sticks and rubber bands, length about 19 . Rubberband guns can be made from ... more details
Infobox single See Wikipedia WikiProject Songs Name RubberBand Cover Bowie RubberBand.jpg Caption Artist David Bowie from Album David Bowie album David Bowie A side B side The London Boys Released 2 December 1966 Format Single music 7 single Recorded R G Jones Studios, London , 18 October 1966 Genre Pop music Pop Length 2 05 Label Deram Records Deram br small DM 107 small Writer David Bowie Producer Mike Vernon producer Mike Vernon Certification Chart position Last single I Dig Everything br 1966 This single RubberBand br 1966 Next single The Laughing Gnome br 1967 Misc This article deals with the David Bowie song. For the eponymous disco hit, see The Trammps . RubberBand was a single by David Bowie . The single was released in 1966, and marked the start of Bowie s recording contract with Deram Records Deram which would include his first album, 1967 s David Bowie album David Bowie . It was part of the three track audition tape Bowie s new manager Kenneth Pitt used to persuade the label to sign him. The track itself shows Bowie s infatuation at the time with Anthony Newley . Despite some good notices in the music press, the single was a flop, once more failing to break into the UK charts. The track was later re recorded for Bowie s debut album. The B side, The London Boys , was belatedly issued as a single in 1975. Track listing All songs written by David Bowie. RubberBand 2 05 The London Boys 3 20 The US release had There is a Happy Land as the B side. Production credits Record producer Producer s Mike Vernon producer Mike Vernon Musician s David Bowie Singing Vocals , Guitar Derek Boyes Organ music Organ Dek Fearnley Bass guitar Bass John Eager drummer John Eager Drum s Other releases In 1969 Bowie performed it in his promo film Love You Till Tuesday . It was also released as the B side of the Spanish reissue of The Laughing Gnome in 1973. It also appeared on the following ... producer cs RubberBand it RubberBand nn RubberBand pt RubberBand ... more details
Infobox album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Stretchin Out in Bootsy s RubberBand Type studio Artist Bootsy s RubberBand Cover Bootsyfirst.jpg Released August 6, 1976 Recorded 1975 1976 br United Sound Systems, Detroit , Michigan Genre Funk , soul music soul Length 39 51 Label Warner Bros. Records Warner Bros. Producer Bootsy Collins br George Clinton funk musician George Clinton Reviews Last album This album Stretchin Out in Bootsy s RubberBand br 1976 Next album Ahh... The Name Is Bootsy, Baby br 1977 Stretchin Out in Bootsy s RubberBand is the first album by American funk and soul music soul band Bootsy s RubberBand , an offshoot act of Parliament Funkadelic led by bass guitar bassist and vocalist William Bootsy Collins . It was released on August 6, 1976, on Warner Bros. Records ... with Clinton and other band members and did the arrangement s horn arrangements in collaboration with Fred Wesley . ref name linernotes cite album notes title Stretchin Out in Bootsy s RubberBand albumlink Stretchin Out in Bootsy s RubberBand artist Bootsy s RubberBand year 2007 notestitle ... Out in Bootsy s RubberBand has been reissued and remastered several times. In 2007, the album ... all music writing credits yes lyrics credits music credits title1 Stretchin Out In a RubberBand ... awards billboard albums pure url yes title Bootsy s RubberBand US albums chart history publisher allmusic.com ... R&B Hip Hop Albums US br R&B rowspan 1 1976 align left Stretchin Out in Bootsy s RubberBand 59 10 ... singles pure url yes title Bootsy s RubberBand US singles chart history publisher allmusic.com accessdate ... &mdash 25 &mdash align left Stretchin Out In A RubberBand &mdash 18 &mdash rowspan 1 1977 ... Bootsys RubberBand Stretchin Out In Bootsys RubberBand master 14671 Bootsy s RubberBand Stretchin Out in Bootsy s RubberBand at Discogs P Funk DEFAULTSORT Stretchin Out In Bootsy s RubberBand ... review pure url yes ref The album was recorded around the same time as Parliament band Parliament ... more details
About the German band the sadomasochistic practice Cock and ball torture disambiguation Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name Cock and Ball Torture image caption image size background group or band alias origin Germany genre Pornogrind ref name zerotolerance Grind Prix 2005 . Zero Tolerance Magazine Zero Tolerance 004, p. 46. ref br Grindcore ref name musicmight http www.musicmight.com artist germany cock and ball torture Cock and Ball Torture biography MusicMight ref years active 1997 present label Shredded br Bizarre Leprous br Stuhlgang br Noweakshit br Lofty Storm Records Lofty Storm br Unmatched Brutality Records Unmatched Brutality br Ablated br Morbid br Obliteration associated acts Bradyphagia br Carnal Tomb website http www.cockandball.de current members Sascha Pahlke br Timo Pahlke br Tobias Augustin past members notable instruments Cock and Ball Torture also known as CBT is a Germany German pornogrind band, formed in 1997. The group is known for its groove heavy riffing and pitchshifted vocals. Members Sascha Pahlke drum kit drum s, recording studio studio singing vocals Timo Pahlke bass guitar bass , concert live vocals Tobias Augustin Electric guitar guitar , live vocals Discography EPs and split albums 1998 Cocktales Shredded Records 1999 Veni, Vidi, Spunky split with Squash Bowels Squash Bowels POL Bizarre Leprous Productions 2000 Zoophilia ... Germany band stub de Cock and Ball Torture Band es Cock and Ball Torture it Cock and Ball Torture nl Cock and Ball Torture ja pl Cock and Ball Torture ru Cock and Ball Torture fi Cock and Ball Torture ... 2001 Barefoot and Hungry split with Disgorge Mexican band Disgorge Lofty Storm Records 2001 Big ... Australian band Filth , Negligent Collateral Collapse Negligent Collateral Collapse CZE , and Downthroat ... cock and ball torture.htm Interview with Cock and Ball Torture at Diabolical Conquest Webzine Category ... more details
wiktionary rubber Natural rubber is a latex material, originally from the Para rubber tree. Rubber may also refer to tocright Science and industry Synthetic rubber , general term for many types of man made rubbers Latex , the sap from various plants, including the rubber tree, that is a major component in the production of natural rubber Latex polymer , a stable dispersion emulsion of polymer microparticles in an aqueous medium Elastomer , frequently used interchangeably with rubber to describe elastic polymeric rubbery materials, particularly man made rubbers Entertainment Rubber 1936 film Rubber 1936 film , a Dutch film Rubber 2010 film Rubber 2010 film , a French film Rubber soundtrack Rubber soundtrack Rubber Gilby Clarke album Rubber Gilby Clarke album , 1998 Rubber, a name adopted by the band Harem Scarem from 1999 2001 Rubber Harem Scarem album Rubber Harem Scarem album , 1999 Recreation and sports Rubber, two 100 point games in contract bridge In baseball , the rubber is the thin white slab on the pitcher s mound from which the pitcher throws, or at times, the pitcher s mound in general In cricket , an individual game in a series of matches In tennis , an individual game in a series of matches Language In American and British English, a slang term for condoms In British and Canadian English, an eraser used to remove pencil markings from paper In British English, a slang term for galoshes rubber boots Literature Rubber 1990 novel Rubber 1990 novel , an Indian Tamil novel See also Rubber Soul , a 1965 album by The Beatles disambiguation ca Goma cy Rwber gwahaniaethu da Gummi de Rubber es Goma desambiguaci n it Rubber he ml pt Goma tl Goma zh yue Rubber ... more details
Rubber banding may refer to the rubberband effect in dynamic game difficulty balancing an effect of lag and synchronization in online game s sometimes called warping in 2D computer graphics , anchoring a line segment at one end and moving the other end Disambig ... more details
multiple issues orphan February 2009 original research September 2007 refimprove August 2007 br Rubber Inc. is a pioneer of intelligent dance music IDM in the Philippines . Rubber has introduced many different kinds of music to the Philippines, including IDM and drum and bass . The band is composed of Malek Lopez and Noel Debrackinghe . Lopez is a Filipino people Filipino , whereas Debrackinghe is a citizen of the world , having grown up in Europe and Asia , and primarily in Hong Kong . Rubber Inc. has been playing live electronic music since the 1990s. Lopez and Debrackinghe are the owners of Sweet Spot Studios and have won distinguished awards in their capacities as sound designers, and as composer arranger producers for film and independent contemporary Philippine music. Noel Debrackinghe performs individually under the identity, DJ Salamanjero and Malek Lopez is credited with group projects such as Drip band Drip and HUMANFOLK Humanfolk . External links http www.soundclick.com rubberinc Samples DEFAULTSORT Rubber Inc. Category Intelligent dance music musicians Philippines band stub electronic band stub ... more details
Cleanup date June 2009 reason Second person and other non encyclopedic writing. Half rubber is a bat and ball game similar to stick ball or baseball . The game was developed in the American South at some time around the beginning of the 20th Century. The cities of Savannah, GA and Charleston, SC both claim to be the birthplace of the game. Records of the game being played date back to the mid 1910s. Half Rubber has been played for several generations in the south, and had a large regional popularity in the 1970s. Recently, however, interest in the game has waned. Equipment A traditional half rubber bat is either a broom handle, or a slim bat made specifically for half rubber or stickball . The ball is either a hollow rubberball that has been folded into itself to resemble half of a ball or a ball made specifically for half rubber, which resembles a solid rubberball that has been cut in half. Rules of play At any time there will be a pitcher, a catcher, and a batter. The goal for the batter is to hit the pitched ball at least a bat s length in front of himself. When he does this, he ... until he swings at a pitch and misses the ball and the catcher successfully catches the ball. When that happens ... when he swings at a pitched ball that is successfully caught by the catcher. The advantage to the team ... combination of speed on the ball, accuracy over the strike even though there are no strikes , and manipulation of the up and down flight of the sailing ball making it difficult for the batter to hit ..., in that order, are the most important skills. Good pitchers can make the ball curve right ... rotate to hit first when their side is up to bat . 4 If the batter tips the ball and the catcher catches it then the remaining players on that team are out in addition to the batter. 5 A fly ball caught ... the batted balls. 7 Playing on grass leads to less ball bounce than playing on concrete. 8 ... 31 Half What.pdf Category Baseball genres Category Ball games ... more details
football Football Soccer ball A ball is a round, usually sphere spherical but sometimes ovoid , object with various uses. It is used in ball game s, where the play of the game follows the state of the ball ... applications to provide very low friction bearings, known as ball bearings . Black powder weapons use stone and metal balls as projectile s. Although many types of balls are today made from rubber , this form ... . The Spanish were the first Europeans to see bouncing rubber balls albeit solid and not inflated which ..., the word ball is used to refer to, or to describe, anything spherical or near spherical. Etymology The first known use of the word ball in English in the sense of a globular body that is played with was in 1205 ... balles wide eond a feldes. The word came from the Middle English bal inflected as ball e, es , in turn ... Proto Germanic ballu z, whence probably Middle High German bal, ball es, Middle Dutch bal , a cognate ... have been beallu, a, e compare bealluc, ballock . If ball was native in Germanic, it may have been ... spelling balle the word coincided graphically with the French balle ball and bale which has hence ... , 12 13 century. A ball, as the essential feature in many forms of gameplay requiring physical ... but to a kitten and a puppy . Some form of game with a ball is found portrayed on Ancient Egypt Egyptian ... at ball with her maidens when Odysseus first saw her in the land of the Phaeacia ns Od. vi. 100 . And Halios and Laodamas performed before Alcinous and Odysseus with ball play, accompanied with dancing Od. viii. 370 . The Jew Hebrew s have no mention of the ball in their scriptures. ref name eb1911 Cite EB1911 wstitle Ball ref Ancient Greeks Among the Ancient Greece Greeks games with balls ... rules for the playing of ball games, little trace remains, if there were any such. The names in Greek ... , imply little or nothing of such thus, only means the putting of the ball on the ground with the open hand, , the flinging of the ball in the air to be caught by two or more ... more details
who first discovered rubber sometime dating back to 1600BC. They had first used rubber as a ball in a game they called Tlachtlic. Thus, it was in the Amazon rainforest that rubber extraction developed, using the rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis , a member of the Euphorbiaceae family. A white liquid called latex is extracted from the stem of the rubber tree, which contains on average 35 hydrocarbon s, in particular ... enjoyed the rubber boom. It includes part of Brazil and Bolivia, along the rivers Madeira, Mamor and Guapor , near which the Madeira Mamor Railroad was built. The rubber boom 1879 to 1912 was an important ..., being related with the extraction and commercialization of rubber . This boom was centered ... department of Loreto, for example. The rubber boom occurred largely between 1879 to 1912 ... Image Latex production.jpg thumb 200px Extraction of latex from a rubber tree. Natural rubber is an elastomer , also known as tree gum, India rubber, and caoutchouc, which comes from the rubber ... around 1736, a French astronomer recalled how Indians used rubber to waterproof shoes and cloaks. He then brought several samples of rubber back to France. Rubber was then used as an eraser by Joseph Priestly in England. It wasn t until the 1800s that practical uses of rubber were known and the demand for rubber began. The first factory for rubber products suspenders US or braces UK was in Paris ... at room temperature, it was sticky. At higher temperatures, the rubber became softer and stickier ... of rubber. Latex is a practically neutral substance, with a pH of 7.0 to 7.2. However, when ... the polymer rubber, represented by C sub 5 sub H sub 8 sub sub n sub , where n is of the order of 10,000 and gives a molecular mass of 600,000 to 950,000 g mol. Rubber produced in this fashion ..., the impurities are removed and the rubber is exposed to a process of vulcanization , eliminating ... population The rubber boom and the associated need for a large workforce had a significant negative ... more details
. When threatened, Rubber Boas will curl into a ball, bury their head inside, and expose ...Taxobox name Coastal Rubber Boa image Charina bottae.jpg status LC status system iucn3.1 regnum Animalia ... Cope , 1883 Charina bott George Albert Boulenger Boulenger , 1893 The Rubber Boa is a snake in the family Boidae that is native to the Western United States . Taxonomy The Rubber Boa Charina bottae ... Rubber Boa or the Northern Rubber Boa and is not to be confused with the Southern Rubber Boa Charina umbratica . There is debate on whether the Southern Rubber Boa should be a separate species ... Boa Lichanura trivirgata . Identification Rubber Boas are one of the smaller boa species, adults ... of small scales that are smooth and shiny, these characteristics give the snakes a rubber like look .... Rubber boas have small eyes with vertically elliptical pupils and short blunt heads that are no wider than the body. One of the most identifiable characteristics of Rubber Boas is their short blunt tails that closely resemble the shape of their head. Rubber Boas appear quite different visually than any other species that share the same range except maybe for the Southern Rubber Boa and thus are usually easy to identify. Distribution Rubber Boas are the most northerly of boa species. The distribution of Rubber Boas covers a large portion of the western United States , stretching from the Pacific ... , Idaho , and British Columbia . Habitat Rubber Boas have been known to inhabit a wide variety ... hot and dry, but can live in areas that are surprisingly cold, especially for a snake. Rubber .... It is also thought that Rubber Boas maintain a relatively small home range as many individuals are often ... to competition, lack of prey, or other pressures. Behavior Characteristics of Rubber Boas behavior also set them apart from other snakes. Rubber Boas are considered one of the most docile of the boa ... Content about.html title All About The Rubber Boa Charina bottae, Natural History and other ... more details
Butyl rubber is a synthetic rubber , a copolymer of isobutylene with isoprene . The abbreviation IIR stands for Isobutylene Isoprene Rubber. Polyisobutylene , also known as PIB or polyisobutene, C sub ... rubber is based. Butyl rubber is produced by polymerization of about 98 of isobutylene with about .... Butyl rubber has excellent impermeability, and the long polyisobutylene segments of its polymer chains ... sub The formula for IIR is Image Butyl rubber formula.png left br style clear both It can be made from ... . A synthetic rubber, or elastomer , butyl rubber is impermeable to air and used in many applications requiring an airtight rubber. Polyisobutylene and butyl rubber are used in the manufacture of adhesives , agricultural chemicals, fiber optic compounds, ball bladders, caulk s and sealants ..., pigment concentrates, for rubber and polymer modification, for protecting and sealing certain ... additive , and even in chewing gum . The first major application of butyl rubber was tire inner tube ... developed into butyl rubber in 1937, by researchers William J. Sparks and Robert M. Thomas , at Standard ... supply of butyl rubber is produced by just two companies, ExxonMobil , the successor to Standard Oil, and LANXESS , a spinoff from Bayer . ref cite journal author title Butyl Rubber A Techno commercial ..., halogen ated butyl rubber halobutyl was developed, in its chlorinated chlorobutyl and brominated ... rubbers such as natural rubber and styrene butadiene rubber. Halobutyl is today the most important ... as a thickening agent . Sporting equipment Butyl rubber is used for the bladders in basketballs .... Roof Repair Butyl rubber sealant is used for rubber roof repair and for maintenance of roof membranes ... i.e., air conditioner vents, plumbing and other pipes, etc. can considerably loosen it. Rubber roofing ... and petroleum based solvents for their maintenance. Polyester fabric laminated to butyl rubber ... rubber is one of the most robust elastomers when subjected to chemical warfare agents and decontamination ... more details
Rubber Lover may refer to Rubber Lover Deee Lite song Rubber Lover Deee Lite song Rubber Lover Marmaduke Duke song Rubber Lover Marmaduke Duke song See also Rubber s Lover , 1996 film Latex and PVC fetishism Disambiguation ... more details
Brace, 1999 , a rubber game is The last and deciding game of a series when the previous games have been split e.g., the seventh game of the World Series. This tie breaking sense of rubber apparently ..., the object being to get your ball as close as possible to but not to hit a little white ball at the other end of the green. Rubber in its tie breaking sense first appeared in the context of bowls ... of bridge is still generally referred to as a rubber. Unfortunately, no one knows where rubber in this sense came from. It appears to be unrelated to the elastic sort of rubber. Incidentally, our modern elastic rubber is short for India rubber, from its original source in the East Indies. Rubber .... Or it might be a metaphorical use of rubber something that expunges referring to the sudden death ... round draw in his rubber match with Sam McVea , a considerably shorter fight than their second meeting which lasted 49 rounds. McVea went on to lose his 1912 rubber match with Sam Langford . Future ... , would win his 1923 rubber match against his then most significant rival, future Middleweight ... notable rubber match of the 1930s was arguably Barney Ross Barney Ross decision victory over ... LaMotta , would avenge the loss only three weeks later by a unanimous decision in their rubber ... out by Zale with a left hook in the third round of their rubber match losing his title and their great ... Me . In the 1950s Sandy Saddler won his rubber match and regained the Featherweight titlte against ... Gavilan would win a controversial rubber match against rival Billy Graham boxer Billy Graham in Madison ... Moore won a decision against rival Harold Johnson boxer Harold Johnson in a non title rubber match ... Welterweight fight. One infamous rubber match took place in the 1960s between Emile Griffith and Cuba ... a rubber match against another Cuba n world champion, Luis Manuel Rodriguez , but losing his rubber ... in the decade Heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson had won his rubber match with Swedish people ... more details
Infobox single Name Rubber Bullets Cover Rubber Bullets.jpg Caption Artist 10cc Album 10cc album 10cc A side B side Waterfall Released June 1973 Format 7 Recorded Genre Rock music Rock , Pop music Pop Length 5 19 Label UK Records Writer Kevin Godley , Lol Creme and Graham Gouldman Producer Kevin Godley, Lol Creme and Graham Gouldman Certification Last single Johnny Don t Do It br 1972 This single Rubber Bullets br 1973 Next single The Dean and I br 1974 Misc Extra musicsample Type single filename Rubber Bullets 10cc.ogg title Rubber Bullets Rubber Bullets is a song by 10cc from their 10cc album debut self titled album . Written and sung by Kevin Godley , Lol Creme and Graham Gouldman and produced by 10cc, Rubber Bullets was the band s first number one single in the United Kingdom, spending a single week at the top in June 1973. It fared worse in the USA where it peaked at 73. A tongue in cheek homage to Jailhouse Rock 1957 film Jailhouse Rock with a Beach Boys influence, it attracted some controversy at the time because of the British Army s use of rubber bullet s to quell riot ing in Northern Ireland. Recording and impact In a BBC Radio Wales interview ref http www.the10ccfanclub.com htm esiwts.htm Eric Stewart BBC Radio Wales interview ref , guitarist Eric Stewart explained cquote That s a double track solo on that. It s, it s very, very high, of course, going through a Marshall stack, then I slowed the tape to half speed &ndash seven and a half inches per second &ndash and recorded it, you know, going plays singles picked notes slowly and when you speed it back up you ve ... own studio , we didn t have a clock in there so we weren t restricted. Band member Eric Stewart recalled ... by Jon Kutner and Spencer Leigh Popular culture Rubber Bullets was used as the theme song to the pilot episode of American animated TV series Superjail , which aired in May 2007. Rubber Bullets can be heard ... stub ar da Rubber Bullets fr Rubber Bullets ... more details
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