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Disability discrimination act In the late 20th and early 21st centuries, a number of countries have passed laws aimed at reducing unfair discrimination against people with disabilities. These laws have begun to appear as the notion of civil rights has become more influential globally, and follow other forms of anti-discrimination and equal opportunity legislation aimed at preventing racial discrimination and sexism which began to emerge in the second half of the 20th century.
Disability Determination Services Disability Determination Services, commonly called DDS, are state agencies, funded by the United States Federal Government.Their purpose is to make disability findings for the [[Social Security Administration].
Disability Discrimination Act 1992 The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (DDA) was an act passed by the Parliament of Australia in 1992 to promote the rights of people with disabillities in certain areas such as housing, education and provision of goods and services. It shares a common philosophy with other disability discrimination acts around the world that have emerged in the late 20th and early 21st century, as well as earlier civil rights legislation designed to prevent racial discrimination and sex discrimination.
Disability Discrimination Act 1995 The Disability Discrimination Act is a UK parliamentary act of 1995, which makes it unlawful to discriminate against people in respect of their disabilities in relation to employment, the provision of goods and services, education and transport. It is a civil rights law.
Disability etiquette The term “etiquette” refers to a set of rules - written and unwritten - governing what constitutes socially acceptable behavior under a variety of circumstances. Typically, these rules, based upon social norms, are not codified in criminal or civil law; but rather are enforced on an individual level by fear of community disapproval.
Disability insurance Disability insurance,offers payments to employees who are no longer able to work because of accidents or illnesses. Insurance companies will typically not pay disability claims unless the injured employee is unable to perform any work for the company.
Disability Management Program A Disability Management Program, or DMP, is used by employers to assist employees who are unable to work due to injury or illness. The DMP consists of several components, however not all DMPs have all possible components.
Disability Rights Commission The Disability Rights Commission (DRC) is an independent non-departmental public body set up by the British Parliament to end discrimination against disabled people. The Equality Bill would replace the DRC with a new Commission for Equality and Human Rights with powers across all equality law (race, sex, disability, religion and belief, sexual orientation and age).
Disability studies Disability studies is an interdisciplinary field of study, which is focused on the contributions, experiences, history, and culture of people with disabilities. The field of teaching and research in the area of disability studies is growing worldwide.
Disability Studies Quarterly The Society for Disability Studies (SDS) was founded in 1982 as the Section for the Study of Chronic Illness, Impairment, and Disability (SSCIID) within the Western Social Science Association. Representing the new interdisciplinary field of study, Disability studies, it became a national organization and was renamed the Society for Disability Studies in 1986.
Disability-adjusted life years Disability-adjusted life years (DALY) is a measure for the overall "burden of disease." Originally developed by the World Health Organization, it is becoming increasingly common in the field of public health.
Disabled Alpine Skiing World Championships The Disabled Alpine Skiing World Championships, along with the Winter Paralympic Games, are the most prestigious level of international competition in disabled ski racing. First held in 1974, the World Championships have been held every four years (even-numbered non-Paralympic years) from 198?
Disabled list In Major League Baseball, the disabled list (DL) is a means for teams to remove their injured players from the roster in order to summon healthy players to temporarily replace them. There are two types of DL: the 15 day and the 60 day (previously there was also a 21 day DL).
Disabled Living Foundation Disabled Living Foundation (DLF) is a non-profit organisation based in the United Kingdom that provides advice on disability issues for older and disabled people. The organisation maintains one of the UK's disability product databases.
Disabled Peoples' International Disabled Peoples' International (DPI) is a network of national organizations or assemblies of disabled people, established to promote human rights of disabled people through full participation, equalization of opportunity and development.
Disabled skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics Disabled skiing was an Olympic demonstration sport for the first time at the 1984 Winter Olympics. There was alpine giant slalom held for men only, with medals awarded in four different standing disability classes.
Disabled sports Disabled sports are sports played by persons with a disability, including physical and intellectual disabilities. As many of these based on existing sports modified to meet the needs of persons with a disability, they are sometimes referred to as adapted sports.
Disablism Disablism is discriminatory, oppressive, or abusive behaviour arising from the belief that people with disabilities are inferior to others. Unlike racism or sexism, it is not defined in most dictionaries, but is commonly used by people to describe the discrimination (both intentional and unintentional) that a disabled individual faces.
Disaggregated sovereignty Disaggregated sovereignty refers to the need for broad strategic cooperation on critical issues requiring the ceding of sovereignty from several sovereign entities to new institutions without creating a centralized authority or "government."
Disallowance and reservation In Canadian constitutional law, disallowance and reservation are constitutional powers to reject any bill passed by Parliament or any legislature in Canada on the authority of the "Imperial Parliament". They were also used by the federal government to veto provincial laws.
Disappearing Acts Disappearing Acts is a 2000 romantic drama, directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood, and stars Sanaa Lathan, Wesley Snipes, and Regina Hall. This films is an adaptation of the New York Times best-selling novel Disappearing Acts, by Terry McMillan.
Disappearing blonde gene Disappearing blonde gene was a hoax that started circulating in the media in 2002. According to this hoax, the World Health Organization, or other experts, published a report that people with blond hair "will become extinct by 2202""Natural blondes are likely to be extinct within 200 years" from Bit of News.
Disappearing Britain Disappearing Britain was a mini-series broadcasted on Channel Five in Britain. The series contained rare archive film of Thatcher-era Britain, with a retrospective commentary, and interviews with the general public.
Disappearing gun A disappearing gun was a type of (mainly coastal) artillery, which could be retracted (or recoiled after firing) into a protected housing or bunker. The advantages of this were concealment and cover from enemy fire, especially during the reloading stage.
Disappearing quorum The disappearing quorum was a practice used by the minority party to prevent voting in the US House of Representatives. By refusing to vote and be recorded as present while in fact physically present, a quorum was not achieved and the vote did not count.
Disappearing rocket A disappearing rocket is a rocket, usually a sounding rocket, which is designed so that parts of the rocket body which usually fall back to the ground first explode into small pieces, in order to avoid harm to persons and objects on the ground. Such a rocket can thus be launched outside restricted areas.
Disappointed "Disappointed" was the fourth single by the English band Electronic, and like their first single Getting Away With It featured Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys as well as founding members Johnny Marr and Bernard Sumner. It was released in June 1992 on Parlophone soon after the demise of Factory Records (it was even assigned the Factory catalogue number FAC 348 while the logo of the label remained on the artwork).
Disappointment Reference Area Disappointment Reference Area is a large state forest in Central Highlands of the Australian state of Victoria, adjoining Kinglake National Park. The name originates from the disappointment of explorers Hamilton Hume and William Hovell when they could not see, as they had hoped, Port Phillip Bay and the southern Ocean's Bass strait from the peak of this long-extinct volcano.
Disapproval voting Disapproval voting is any voting system that allows many voters to express formal disapproval simultaneously, in a system where they all share some power. Unlike most voting systems, it requires that only negative measures or choices be presented to the voter or representative.
Disarm bush Disarm Bush T-Shirts is a for-profit political activism campaign created in 2004 in the run-up to the American Presidential election, in which the incumbent George W. Bush ultimately defeated challenger John Kerry.
Disarmament in Somalia After the Fall of Mogadishu and Kismayo to the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia, in late 2006, the country took steps to disarm the militias of the country after two decades of violence and civil war which began in 1986. According to the UN/World Bank's Joint Needs Assessment (JNA) coordination secretariat, "the total estimated number of militias [militia members] to be demobilized is 53,000.
Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration ("DDR") is an applied strategy for executing successful peacekeeping operations, and is generally the strategy employed by all UN Peacekeeping Operations. Disarmament entails the physical removal of the means of combat from ex-belligerents (weapons, ammunition, etc.
Disarmonia Mundi Disarmonia Mundi is a christian melodeath band/project from Italy that started out as a Progressive death metal band, and now features Soilwork's vocalist Bjorn "Speed" Strid, a new entry that brought a lot of melody, groove and alternative influences frome the last Soilwork's albums.
Disassembler A disassembler is a computer program which translates machine language into assembly language, performing the inverse operation to that of an assembler. A disassembler differs from a decompiler, which targets a high level language rather than assembly language.
Disassociated Press Disassociated Press, or The Disassociated Press, is a common spoof on The Associated Press used by satirists to depict a fictitious news organization. It has been used throughout the years in entertainment and literature in a variety of vehicles, ranging from Looney Tunes cartoons from the 1950's through to modern internet satiric web pages and web sites using that title.
Disassortative mating Disassortative sexual selection is a form of sexual selection in which one sex chooses the other, in such a way that the offspring benefits from the diversity of the parental genotypes. Two examples of this form of selection are self-incompatibility in plants and MHC class III genes.
Disaster A disaster (from Middle French désastre, from Old Italian disastro, from Latin pejorative prefix dis- bad + astrum star) is the impact of a natural or human-made hazard that negatively affects society or environment. Disasters occur when hazards strike in vulnerable areas.
Disaster (TNG episode) Disaster is a season 5 episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. It recounts events following a collision with a quantum filament that disrupts all of the systems on board the ship (including the communications systems), setting up the conditions for a warp core breach that will destroy the ship.
Disaster area A disaster area is a region or a locale heavily damaged by either natural hazards, such as hurricanes, tsunamis, floods, earthquakes, or technological hazards like nuclear and radiation accidents, sociological hazards like riots, terrorism or war. The population living there often experiences a loss of energy supply, food, services, and an increasing risk of disease.
Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team The Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) is an elite team within the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), formed in 1990 to handle complex rescue and fire fighting incidents, such as urban search and rescue; prolonged fire fighting; height and confined space operations; and water rescue.
Disaster informatics Disaster Informatics is the study of the use of information and technology in the preparation, mitigation, response and recovery phases of disasters and other emergencies. It began to emerge as a field after the successful use of a variety of technologies in recent disasters, including the Asian Tsunami, September 11th and Hurricane Katrina.
Disaster myopia The concept of Disaster myopia, applied mostly in financial economics, connotes the differences between objective and subjective probabilities of unwanted events, particularly when cyclical recurrence would suggest such unwanted events may be approaching.
Disaster Medical Assistance Team A Disaster Medical Assistance Team (DMAT) is a group of professional and para-professional medical personnel organized to provide rapid-response medical care or casualty decontamination during a terrorist attack, natural disaster, or other incident in the United States. DMATs are part of the National Disaster Medical System and operate under the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).
Disaster Monitoring Constellation The Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) consists of five remote-sensing satellites constructed by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) and operated for the Algerian, Nigerian, Turkish, British and Chinese governments by DMC International Imaging. The DMC provides emergency Earth imaging for disaster relief under the International Charter for Space and Major Disasters, which the DMC formally joined in November 2005.
Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team A Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team or DMORT is a team of experts in the fields of victim identification and mortuary services. DMORTs are activated in response to large scale disasters in the United States to assist in the identification of deceased individuals and storage of the bodies pending the bodies being claimed.
Disaster of Annual The "Disaster of Annual" was a major military defeat suffered by the Spanish army on July 22, 1921 at Annual in northeastern Morocco during the Rif War. The defeat led to major political crises and a redefinition of Spanish colonial policy toward the Rif.
Disaster of Curalaba The Disaster of Curalaba is the name given to a battle (or surprise attack) between Spanish conquerors led by Martín García Óñez de Loyola and Mapuche people led by Pelantaru on a place called Curalaba (witch means broken stone in Mapudungun), in southern Chile. This event led to the end of the "Conquista" period in Chile's history.
Disaster Preparedness and Response Team The Disaster Preparedness and Response Team DPART was established in Pakistan in November 2005. However it was not registered as a voluntary agency until 2006 and is comprised of civilian volunteers who give some of their time to train and in major emergencies act as volunteer disaster workers.
Disaster recovery A Disaster recovery plan covers the data, hardware and software critical for a business to restart operations in the event of a natural or human-caused disaster. It should also include plans for coping with the unexpected or sudden loss of key personnel, although this is not covered in this article, the focus of which is data protection.
Disaster recovery and business continuity auditing Disaster recovery and business continuity refers to an organization’s ability to recover from a disaster and/or unexpected event and resume and continue operations. Organizations should have a plan in place (usually referred to as a "Disaster Recovery Plan", or "Business Continuity Plan") that outlines how this will be accomplished.
Disaster research Disaster research deals with conducting field and survey research on group, organizational and community preparation for, response to, and recovery from natural and technological disasters and other community-wide crises. The purpose behind this field of research is to attempt to advance and communicate knowledge on mitigation techniques and procedures and disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.
Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act of 2006 The Disaster Recovery Personal Protection Act of 2006 was a bill introduced in the United States Congress intended to prohibit the confiscation of legally-possessed firearms during a disaster. Its provisions became law in the form of the Vitter Amendment to the Department Of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2007.
Disaster Relief & Rehabilitation Operations Ribbon This is awarded to military personnel of the AFP by the Chief of Staff, AFP, Commanders of Major Services and other units authorized to grant awards, for participation in the rescue, relief and rehabilitation operations connected with typhoons, floods, earthquakes, conflagrations and disaster/calamities for any period during and after said calamities.
Disaster Relief Act of 1974 The Disaster Relief Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-288) is a United States federal law that established the process of presidential disaster declarations. At one point, more than one hundred federal agencies were involved in handling disasters and emergencies.
Disaster Report Disaster Report (known as SOS The Final Escape in Europe, 絶体絶命都市 (Zettai Zetsumei Toshi) in Japan and 절체절명도시 in Korea) is a survival action adventure video game created by Irem in Japan. It was released for PlayStation 2 in 2002 in Japan and then in 2003 made it to the USA market.
Disaster Resource Network The Disaster Resource Network (DRN), an initiative of the World Economic Forum, was the first non-governmental organization to donate to the United Nations' CERF, a fund created to aid regions threatened by starvation and disasters, particularly African nations. DRN organizes and mobilizes business sector resources to provide assistance in response to disasters around the world.
Disasterpieces Disasterpieces is a live DVD featuring the band Slipknot. The DVD was quite successful, due to the popularity of the band and the quality of performances, which used intricately placed cameras on the headstock of a guitar and a "first person" point of view of the bands lead singer Corey Taylor.
Disasters of Partisan Prohibitions The Disasters of Partisan Prohibitions (黨錮之禍) refers to two incidents in which a number of Confucian scholars who served as officials in the Han imperial government and opposed to powerful eunuchs, and the university students in the capital Luoyang who supported them (collectively referred to by the eunuchs as "partisans" (黨人, dangren), were imprisoned. Some were executed; some were released but lost their civil rights.
Disasters of the century Disasters of the Century is a regular show on the television channel The History Channel (History Television), which broadcasts in Canada and the United States. It shows at 6:30AM, 10:30AM and 3:00PM, every day except Friday.
Disasterstan Disasterstan, officially the Republic of Disasterstan (Uzbek: O‘zbekiston Respublikasi or O‘zbekiston Jumhuriyati, or Ўзбекистон Республикаси in cyrillic characters or Russian:'Республика Узбекистан' ), is a country in Central Asia, formerly of the Soviet Union. It shares borders with Kazakhstan to the west and to the north, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan to the east, and Afghanistan and Turkmenistan to the south.
Disattenuation In measurement and statistics, disattenuation of a correlation between two sets of parameters or measures is the estimation of the correlation in a manner that accounts for measurement error contained within the estimates of those parameters.
Disaudio Disaudio is Wales' first licensed digital music download website. Based in Cardiff, Wales and specialising in independent Welsh music, Disaudio sells mp3s with no Digital Rights Management via e-commerce or SMS.
Disc dog Disc dog is the more generic name for what is commonly called frisbee dog. In disc dog competitions, dogs and their human disc throwers compete in events such as distance catching and somewhat choreographed freestyle catching.
Disc Decompression Traction Procedure Disc Decompression Traction Procedures are used by healthcare professionals specializing in therapeutic procedures that facilitate healing of biomechanical abnormalites of the musculoskelatal system of the human body. Intervertebral discs are commonly treated for abnormal function due to displacement of the nucleus pulposus, the gelatinous center that acts as a ball-bearing joint and shock absorber.
Disc Filing System The Disc Filing System (DFS) is a computer file system developed by Acorn Computers Ltd, and introduced in 1982 for the Acorn BBC Microcomputer. It shipped as an EPROM to be inserted onto the BBC Micro's motherboard.
Disc golf Disc Golf (D-Golf, Frisbee Golf, or Frolf) is a sport in which individual players or teams throw a flying disc into a basket or other target. According to the Professional Disc Golf Association, "The object of the game is to traverse a course from beginning to end in the fewest number of throws of the disc.
Disc mill A disc mill, is a type of crusher that can be used to grind, cut, shear, shred, fiberize, pulverize, granulate, crack, rub, curl, fluff, twist, hull, blend, or refine. It works in a similar manner to the ancient Buhrstone mill in that the feedstock is fed between opposing discs or plates.
Disc Northwest Disc Northwest (also DiscNW or Northwest Ultimate Association) is a Seattle-based Ultimate organization with the aim of increasing participation in the sport of Ultimate at all levels. DiscNW is the largest and most active Ultimate organization in the United States, supporting many teams at the club, local, high school and middle school levels.
Disc permeameter The disc permeameter is a field instrument used for measuring water infiltration in the soil, which characteried in situ saturated and unsaturated soil hydraulic properties. It is mainly used to provide estimates of soil near saturation hydraulic conductivity.
Disc tumbler lock A Disc tumbler lock is a lock composed of slotted rotating detainer discs. A specially cut key rotates these discs like the tumblers of a safe to align the slots, allowing the sidebar to drop into the slots, thus opening the lock.
Discalced Discalced is a term applied to those religious congregations of men and women, the members of which go entirely barefoot or wear sandals, with or without other covering for the feet. These congregations are often distinguished of this account from other branches of the same order.
Discan Both a scale and a method in clinical psychology. As a scale, it is a type of ordered-metric scaling that yields a scale with internal reliability, and scale-points in excess of the number of initial anchors, more than would be the case with the Likert scale, though not as many as are achieved by the Analog scale.
Discbox Slider (DBS) The Discbox Slider (also called DBS) is a 100% carton board Optical disc packaging concept developed by the international paper and board company Stora Enso. The case is comparable with plastic jewel or amaray cases when it comes to size but it holds more of the features of the LP style cases in terms of light weight and printability.
Discectomy A discectomy is a surgical procedure in which an extravasated segment of the intervertebral disc, which is causing pain by stressing the spinal cord or radiating nerves, is dissected. A laminectomy is often involved to permit access to the intervertebral disc.
Discernment Discernment is a term used in Christian tradition to describe the process of discerning God's will for one's life. In large part, it describes the interior search for an answer to the question of one's vocation, namely, determining whether or not God is calling one to the married life, single life, religious life; ordained ministry or priesthood (Roman Catholic or Episcopal/Anglican) or any other ministerial calling by virtue of Baptism.
Disciple (album) Disciple is the sixth album released by Christian rock group Disciple, on June 7, 2005. When the single The Wait is Over was released, it broke several records in Christian music, including the longest spot at No.
Disciple whom Jesus loved The phrase the disciple whom Jesus loved or Beloved Disciple is used several times in the Gospel of John, but in none of the other accounts of Jesus. In John's gospel, it is the Beloved Disciple who asks Jesus during the Last Supper who it is that will betray him.
Disciples II: Dark Prophecy Disciples II: Dark Prophecy is a PC game by Strategy First that was released on January 24 2002. The game is the sequel to the 1999 game Disciples: Sacred Lands, and has become significantly more successful in terms of both sales and popularity than its predecessor.
Disciples of Apocalypse The Disciples of Apocalypse (DOA) was a professional wrestling stable formed after Crush was "fired" from the Nation of Domination, so he formed the biker-like "gang" to fight the teams of the Nation and Savio Vega's Los Boricuas.
Disciples' Generous Response Disciples' Generous Response or A Disciple's Generous Response was announced in April 2002 as the name given by the Community of Christ to a major rethinking of its stewardship theology and practicesA Disciple’s Generous Response, webpage, retrieved June 24, 2006. Based in part on teachings by writers such as Walter Brueggemann and Leonard Sweet, A Disciple's Generous Response can be traced to a theology or liturgy of abundance, as well as the principle of receiving God's abundance.
Disciples: Sacred Lands Disciples: Sacred Lands is a turn-based PC strategy game published by Strategy First in 1999. Set in a fantasy world known as the Sacred Lands, it was a battle for dominance between four races of the world of Nevendaar: The Empire (of the humans), the Mountain Clans (of the dwarves), the Legions of the Damned (of the demons), and the Undead Hordes (of the undead).
Disciplina kičme Disciplina Kičme, currently working under the slightly altered name of Disciplin A Kitschme, was one of two spin-offs of the seminal Belgrade post-punk/new-wave band Šarlo Akrobata, the other being Ekatarina Velika. Founded in 1982 by Dušan Kojić - Koja (bass and vocals), Disciplina Kičme was characterized by changing and uncoventional line-ups: bass + one or two drummers, sometimes with and without a brass line.
Disciplinary council A disciplinary council in the context of Mormonism is a trial during which members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints may be excommunicated, or expelled, from the church for a number of different sins or misdeeds. Mormons may be excommunicated for actions ranging from adultery through apostasy.
Discipline (World of Darkness) Disciplines are supernatural powers used by Vampires in White Wolf's World of Darkness setting. While some disciplines are known by many clans and are easily accessible, others remain almost exclusive to a certain clan or even bloodline.
Discipline and Punish Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison is a book written by the philosopher Michel Foucault. Originally published in 1975 in France under the title Surveiller et punir: Naissance de la prison, it was translated into English in 1977.
Discipline Inspection Commission of the Communist Party of China The Discipline Inspection Commission of the Communist Party of China or CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (中共中央纪律检查委员会; often abbreviated to 纪委) is the government body within the People's Republic of China charged with rooting out corruption and malfeasance among Communist Party of China cadres.
Discipline question The discipline question is an open-ended question that appears on many American college applications. In addition to transcripts, recommendations, and college entrance exams, students are expected, on applications that present this "question" to submit descriptions of any disciplinary incidents throughout their high school career.
Disciplined Breakdown Disciplined Breakdown is the third studio album by Collective Soul, first released on March 11 1997. The album was recorded during a difficult time in the band's career, when they were going through a long lawsuit with their former management, and they also recorded the album in Cabin-like studio due to lack of money.
DiscJuggler DiscJuggler is a professional CD/DVD recording software program, able to duplicate multiple CDs at once with its ability to simultaneously drive multiple CD recorders, and accurately and reliably replicate virtually any existing standard CD. It is widely used for burning Dreamcast disc images.
Disclaimer (patent) In patent law, a disclaimer is an amendment consisting in limiting a claim of a patent or patent application by introducing a negative technical feature. It typically consists in excluding from a general feature specific embodiments or areas.
Disclaimer of interest Disclaimer of interest (also called a renunciation), in the law of inheritance, wills and trusts, is a term that describes an attempt by a person to renounce their legal right to benefit from an inheritance (either under a will or through intestacy) or through a trust.
Disclosure Disclosure means the giving out of information, either voluntarily or to be in compliance with legal regulations or workplace rules. Some disclosures could be contrary to law, custom, or even morality, such as the disclosure of a secret.
Disclosurepunx The punk band Disclosure was started by Keith Stewart(Vocals, Guitar) and Michael Roach(Drums, Backing Vocals) in September of 2005. The band has gone through many line-up changes, with Keith originally playing bass, and Jonathan Seager on guitar.
Discman Discman was the nickname given to Sony's first portable CD player, the D-50, which was the first on the market in 1984, and adopted for Sony's entire portable CD player line. In Japan, all Discman products are referred to as "CD Walkman" and the name was adopted worldwide in 2000 along with a redesigned "Walkman" logo.
Disco 2000 Disco 2000 were a British pop band, notable as a side project of The KLF. Vocal duties were handled by Cressida Cauty (wife of KLF co-founder Jimmy Cauty) and June Montana aka Mo (former vocalist of Jimmy Cauty's previous band Brilliant).
Disco ball A disco ball, mirror ball, or ball mirror is a roughly spherical object that reflects light directed at it in many directions, producing a complex display. Its surface consists of hundreds or thousands of facets, nearly all of approximately the same shape and size, and each having a mirrored outer surface.
Disco D David Shayman, better known as Disco D, (1980 – January 23, 2007) was an American music producer from Ann Arbor, Michigan who helped popularize a style of Detroit music called "Ghettotech". He later relocated to New York and branched out as a producer of hip hop, R&B, and dancehall tracks for mainstream artists such as 50 Cent, Nina Sky, Chamillionaire and more notoriously, the much-maligned Kevin Federline single, "Popozão".
Disco Demolition Night Disco Demolition Night was a promotional event that took place on July 12, 1979, at Comiskey Park in Chicago. It was held during a scheduled twilight-night American League doubleheader between the Chicago White Sox and the Detroit Tigers.
Disco Duck "Disco Duck" was a satirical disco novelty song performed by Memphis disc jockey Rick Dees and His Cast of Idiots and released in 1976, where it became a number-one hit (and ranked as the ninety-ninth most popular song of the year according to Billboard Magazine). Combining orchestral disco styles with a Donald Duck-esque character as the main plot point, the song's story goes as follows:
Disco Godfather Disco Godfather (also known as The Avenging Disco Godfather) is a 1980 Action film starring Rudy Ray Moore and Carol Speed. Commonly considered a blaxploitation film, the plot centers on Moore's character, a retired cop, who owns and operates a Disco and tries to shut down the local Angel dust dealer after his nephew gets "whacked out" on the drug.

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