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Dulong-Petit law The Dulong-Petit law is a chemical law proposed in 1819 by French chemists Pierre Louis Dulong and Alexis Thérèse Petit, states the classical expression for the specific heat capacity of a crystal due to its lattice vibrations.
Dulse Dulse (Palmaria palmata (L.) Kuntze), also called dillisk, dilsk, dulse or creathnach, is a red alga that grows on the northern coasts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, in the Irish provinces of Connacht and Ulster it is a well-known snack food.
Duluth (NFL) Duluth, Minnesota fielded a professional American football team called the Kelleys (officially the Kelley Duluths after the Kelley-Duluth Hardware Store) from 1923-1925 and the Eskimos (officially Ernie Nevers' Eskimos after their star player) from 1926-1927 in the National Football League. The Eskimos were then sold to the Orange Tornadoes.
Duluth Heights Duluth Heights is one of the largest neighborhoods (in terms of area) in the city of Duluth, Minnesota. As late as forty years ago, the area was primarily undeveloped and rural, but the arrival of the Miller Hill Mall brought a large number of businesses both in the building and outside, some migrating from the city's old Downtown district, forming the Highway 53 or Miller Trunk corridor.
Duluth News Tribune The Duluth News Tribune (or known locally as The Tribune) is a newspaper in Duluth, Minnesota. It is published by Forum Communications, which bought it in 2006 after The McClatchy Company acquired the News Tribune's previous owner, Knight Ridder.
Duluth pack A Duluth pack, or portage pack, is a traditional piece of luggage used in canoe travel, particularly in the Boundary Waters region of northern Minnesota and Ontario. A specialized type of backpack, Duluth packs are made of either heavy canvas or nylon, and are approximately square in order to fit easily in the bottom of a canoe.
Duluth, Georgia Duluth is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, and a suburb of Atlanta located in the Metro Atlanta area. Unincorporated portions of northeast Fulton County and Forsyth County also have Duluth as a mailing address, though this area is technically outside city limits.
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (DM&IR) was a railroad operating in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin to haul iron ore and later taconite to the Great Lakes port of Duluth, Minnesota and Two Harbors, Minnesota. The railway was acquired on May 10, 2004, by Canadian National Railway (CN) when it purchased the assets of Great Lakes Transportation.
Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway The Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway (DW&P) (AAR reporting marks DWP, DWC) is a subsidiary railroad of Canadian National Railway (CN) operating in northern Minnesota. A CN system-wide rebranding beginning in 1995 has seen the DWP logo and name largely replaced by its parent company.
Dulux Dulux is a brand of paint available and widely used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, produced by Imperial Chemical Industries. Adverts for the product have made heavy use of the Old English Sheepdog as a logo, to the point where "Dulux dog" has become a common nickname for the breed.
Dulwich College Dulwich College is an independent, fee-paying public school in Dulwich, a suburb of south-east London, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1619 by Edward Alleyn, a successful Elizabethan actor, with the original purpose of educating 12 poor scholars as the foundation of "God's Gift".
Dulwich College Preparatory School Dulwich College Preparatory School (DCPS) is a private school in South London, UK for children aged 3-13 years. The current Headmaster is Mr George Marsh, who is also the Chair of the Incorporated Association of Prep Schools.
Dulwich Hamlet F.C. Dulwich Hamlet Football Club is an English football club who play at Champion Hill stadium in Dulwich, in south London. Formed in 1893, they joined the Isthmian League a few years later and wear a famous pink and blue strip.
Dulwich Hill, New South Wales Dulwich Hill is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Dulwich Hill is located 9 km south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Marrickville Council.
Dulwich paragon The Dulwich Paragon cycling club is based in Dulwich in London, this historical club has ties with Herne Hill Velodrome and is responsible for organising the "Ride of the falling leaves" through Kent, Surrey and London.
Dulwich Park Dulwich Park is an 29 hectare (72 acre) park in Dulwich in the London Borough of Southwark. The Park was created from former farmland and meadows, designed by Charles Barry (junior) and was opened in 1890 by Lord Rosebery.
Dulwich Picture Gallery Dulwich Picture Gallery is an art gallery in Dulwich, London. It was built by Sir John Soane as the world's first purpose-built art gallery (the Foundling Hospital, which contained a permanent art exhibition, being primarily for another purpose) and opened in 1817.
Dulwich, South Australia Dulwich is a suburb in the City of Burnside, Adelaide, South Australia with a census area population of 2,663 people. The suburb is directly opposite to the Adelaide Parklands's east, and forms part of the western boundaries of the City of Burnside.
Dušan Bajević Dušan Bajević (Serbian: Đ”ŃŃĐ°Đ˝ Đ‘Đ°Ńевић, Greek: ΝτούĎαν Μπάγεβιτς, DoĂşsan Báyevits; born 10 December 1948, in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian Serb football manager and former football player.
Dušan Bogdanović Dušan Bogdanović (Serbian: Đ”ŃŃĐ°Đ˝ Богдановић) (born 1955) is a Serbian-born American composer and classical guitarist. He has explored musical languages which are reflected in his style today: a unique synthesis of classical, jazz and ethnic music.
Dušan Jocić Dušan Jocić (Serbian: Đ”ŃŃĐ°Đ˝ Đоцић) (August 29, 19?? - unknown), widely known as Drago is a Serbian militia leader who acquired the status of a folk hero, but was also known as a war profiteer and organized crime leader.
Dušan KovaÄŤević Dušan KovaÄŤević (Serbian Cyrillic: Đ”ŃŃĐ°Đ˝ Ковачевић; born July 12, 1948 in MrÄ‘enovac, Vojvodina, Yugoslavia, now Serbia) is a Serbian playwright and director best known for his theater plays and movie scripts. As of 2005 he was appointed as ambassador of Serbia in Lisbon, Portugal.
Dušan Makavejev Dušan Makavejev (Đ”ŃŃĐ°Đ˝ Макавеев in Cyrillic) (born 1932 in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is a Serbian film director, famous for his groundbreaking films of Yugoslav cinema in the late 1960s and early 1970s. His first three feature films Man Is Not a Bird (1965), Love Affair (1967), and Innocence Unprotected (1968) won Dušan Makavejev international acclaim, but his next movie WR: Mysteries of the Organism (1971), due to sexual-political content, was banned in Yugoslavia and resulted in Makavejev's exile, which ended only in 1988.
Dušan Milošević Dušan Milošević (born June 1, 1894 in Stragari, Kingdom of Serbia – died May 19, 1967 in Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) was an exceptional track and field athlete and swimmer from the Kingdom of Serbia, and one of the founders and the first football players of “BSK”. He competed as one of two athletes from Serbia at the 1912 Summer Olympics, the other one being Dragutin Tomašević.
Dušan Vukajlović Dušan Vukajlović a well known Serbian poet who was a member of the Founding Committee of the Democratic Party in Serbia, Yugoslavia in December 1989. The Democratic Party was the first non-communist opposition party in Serbia since 1945.
Duško Sikirica Duško Sikirica (born March 23 1964, Cirkin Polje Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian Serb who was charged with genocide, crimes against humanity and violations of the customs of war by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for his actions as the commander of the Keraterm camp.
Duško Tadić Duško Tadić (born October 1, 1955 in Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian Serb who was charged with crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the customs of war by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for his actions in the Prijedor region, including the Omarska, Trnopolje and Keraterm detention camps.
Dum Diversas Dum Diversas is a papal bull issued on 18 June 1452 by Pope Nicholas V. It authorised Alfonso V of Portugal to reduce any "Saracens (Muslims) and pagans and any other unbelievers" to perpetual slavery.
Dum Dum Dumdum (Bengali দমদম) is a city and a municipality in North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is a neighbourhood in North-west Kolkata and the location of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, formerly Dum Dum Airport.
Dum Dum (Ekatarina Velika album) Dum Dum is the sixth studio album by the Serbian rock band Ekatarina Velika, released in 1991. Srdjan "Zika" Todorovic was here replaced by Marko Milivojevic (ex Morbidi, U Skripcu), who remained the bands drummer till the end.
Dum Maro Dum Dum Maro Dum ("Take another toke!") is an Indian Hindi language song from the 1971 Bollywood movie Hare Rama Hare Krishna. It was sung by Asha Bhosle along with Usha Iyer and chorus. The song was picturized on Zeenat Aman. It was written by Anand Bakshi and composed by Rahul Dev Burman. It has been remixed and sampled by many other artists.
Dum spiro spero Dum spiro spero (Latin "While I breathe, I hope") is one of the state mottos of South Carolina, adopted in 1776. On March 26, 1776, the Provincial Congress of South Carolina set up an independent government, and the motto formed a part of official great seal, created by W.
Duma (epic) A Duma () (dumy - plural) is a sung epic poem which originated in Ukraine during the Hetmanate Era around the sixteenth century, possibly based on earlier Kievan epic forms. Historically, dumy were performed by itinerant Cossack bards called kobzari, who accompanied themselves with a kobza or a torban, but after the abolition of Hetmanate by the Empress Katherine of Russia it became the domain of blind itinerant musicians who retained the kobzar apellation and accompanied their singing by playing a bandura (rarely a kobza) or a relya/lira (a Ukrainian variety of hurdy-gurdy).
Dumas Brothel The Dumas Brothel (formerly the Dumas Hotel) was a famous bordello in Butte, Montana in the United States. Located in the heart of uptown Butte, The Dumas Brothel has been infamously proclaimed America’s longest running house of prostitution.
Dumas House Dumas House is a fourteen storey office building constructed in Perth, Western Australia during the 1960s. Named after Sir Russell Dumas, who was the Director of Works and Buildings for the Public Works Department between 1941 and 1953.
Dumas Malone Dumas Malone (1892-1986), an American author, was born at Coldwater, Mississippi, USA on January 10, 1892. He received his bachelor's degree in 1910 from Emory College (Emory University) and in 1916 he received his divinity degree from Yale University.
Dumat Al-Jandal Dumat al-Jundal (Arabic: ŘŻŮŮ…Ř© الجندل), is a ruined ancient city located in North Western Saudi Arabia in Al Jawf province, the name Dumat al-Jandal means literally "Dumah of the Stone", since this was the territory of Dumah one of the twelve sons of Ishmael. This city has a history dates back to the 10th century BC and we can find it in Assyrian records dating from 845 BC in which it was called 'Adumatu' described as the capital an Arab kingdom, and we now know the names of five poweful Queens that ruled this city, one Queen, Te'elhunu, is mentioned as the high priestess of Ishtar (or Atarsamain as she was known locally), the Sumerian goddess of fertility, love and war.
Dumb & Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd Dumb & Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd is a comedy film that is the prequel to 1994's hit comedy Dumb & Dumber. It stars Eric Christian Olsen, Derek Richardson, Rachel Nichols, Bob Saget, Luis Guzman, Eugene Levy and Mimi Rogers.
Dumb blonde The dumb blonde is a popular-culture stereotype typically applied to people with blonde hair color, most frequently women. The archetypical "dumb blonde", while attractive and popular, lacks both common street-sense and academic intelligence, often to a comedic level.
Dumb Britain Dumb Britain is a regular item in the fortnightly British satirical magazine, Private Eye, which depends upon material sent in by readers (see also Colemanballs). It documents the worst (and funniest) answers given by quiz-show contestants.
Dumb Patrol Dumb Patrol is a Warner Bros cartoon short released in 1964 starring Bugs Bunny , Yosemite Sam, and Porky Pig. This cartoon short was directed by Gerry Chiniquy who is not one of the usual directors of Bugs Bunny cartoons.
Dumb terminal A dumb terminal in computing refers to a computer terminal that has limited functionality relative to other types of "smart" computer terminals. The specific meaning of the term can vary a bit depending on the context in which it is used.
Dumb Witness Dumb Witness (published in 1937) is an Agatha Christie mystery novel featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It is the last Poirot novel (other than Curtain: Poirot's Last Case) to be published that features Hastings as narrator.
Dumbarton (UK Parliament constituency) Dumbarton was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. It was largely absorbed into the new constituency of Dunbartonshire West, with Helensburgh joining Argyll and Bute.
Dumbarton Academy Former Pupils F.C. Dumbarton Academy Former Pupils Amateur Football Club are a football (soccer) club from Dumbarton in Scotland. They were formed by former pupils of Dumbarton Academy, the local non-denominational secondary school for the town.
Dumbarton East railway station Dumbarton East railway station is a railway station serving the town of Dumbarton in the West Dunbartonshire region of Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line.
Dumbarton Express The Dumbarton Express is a California bus service operating between Union City BART station and Palo Alto Caltrain station via the Dumbarton Bridge. It is operated by a group of operators including BART, VTA, Union City Transit and AC Transit.
Dumbarton Harp F.C. Dumbarton Harp Football Club were a football (soccer) club based in the town of Dumbarton in the west of Scotland. They were formed in 1894 by Irish catholic immigrants to the area in a similar way to the formation of Celtic in Glasgow and Hibernian in Edinburgh.
Dumbarton Oaks Conference The Dumbarton Oaks Conference (or Washington Conversations on International Peace and Security Organization), held beginning in August 1944 in a Washington, DC mansion (Dumbarton Oaks), was where the United Nations was formulated and negotiated. Discussions on the make-up of the UN included which states would be invited as members.
Dumbo Dumbo is a 1941 animated feature film produced by Walt Disney and first released on October 23, 1941 by RKO Radio Pictures. The fourth film in the Disney animated features canon, Dumbo is based upon a children's book of the same name by Helen Aberson and illustrated by Harold Perl.
Dumbrella Dumbrella is an alliance of webcomic artists who promote one another's sites, travel to conventions, and sell merchandise together. It is also the name of the website of that alliance, which serves as a shared weblog and an active forum community with more than 89,000 messages and over 3,100 registered users as of March 2006.
Dumbwaiters (band) The Dumbwaiters are an American independent Art rock band, currently consisting of Brian C. Repetto (Vocals, Guitar, Noises), Jeremy King (bass), Mat Bowman (Guitars, Noises), Kevin Pytlak (Drums, Percussion), and James Bess (Keys, Synths, Noises).
DumDum Boys DumDum Boys is a Norwegian rock band from Trondheim. They started up in the late 1970s as a punk band under the name "Wannskrækk", and released a few singles under that name before they reinvented themselves with a new name and a somewhat new sound in 1985.
Dumfries Dumfries (() pronounced dum-freece, not dum-fries) (DĂąn Phris in Scottish Gaelic) is a Royal Burgh and town with a population of around 31,146 (37,846 including the Locharbriggs and Cargenbridge areas). It sits close to the Solway Firth near the mouth of the River Nith in the south west of Scotland, and was the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire.
Dumfries (HM Prison) Dumfries Prison services the courts of Dumfries and Galloway. The establishment serves as a local community prison that holds adult and under 21 male and female prisoners (segregated) who are remanded in custody for trial and those convicted but remanded for reports.
Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway (DĂąn Phris agus an Gall-Ghaidhealaibh in Gaelic) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. To the north it borders onto South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire; in the east the Borders; and to the south the county of Cumbria in England.
Dumfries F.C. Dumfries Football Club are a football (soccer) club from Glencaple in the Dumfries and Galloway area of Scotland. They were formed in 2000 by an amalgamation of Dumfries Amateur Football Club and Dumfries High School Former Pupils Football Club, who were both members of the South of Scotland League, the competition that the present club continues to participate in.
Dumfries railway station Dumfries railway station serves the town of Dumfries in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located on the Glasgow South Western Line and is managed by First ScotRail who provide all passenger train services.
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (UK Parliament constituency) Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale was created as a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the general election of 2005. It replaced parts of Clydesdale, Dumfriesshire and Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale.
Dumisani Maraire Abraham Dumisani Maraire (1944-1999), known to friends as "Dumi," was a master performer of the mbira, a traditional instrument of the Shona ethnic group of Zimbabwe. He specialized in the form of mbira called nyunga nyunga, as well as the Zimbabwean marimba.
Dumitru Cipere Dumitru Cipere (born October 22, 1957) is a retired boxer from Romania, who competed in the bantamweight (< 54 kg) division at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he won the bronze medal, after being defeated by Venezuela's eventual runner-up Bernardo Piñango in the semifinals.
Dumitru Copil Dumitru Copil {born 14 March 1990) is a Romanian footballer, currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Hearts' under-19 side. Celtic had also shown a keen interest, but Hearts won the race to land the Atletico Arad player.
Dumitru GhiaĹŁÄ Dumitru GhiaĹŁÄ (22 September 1888 - 3 July 1972) was a Romanian landscape painter. He painted still lives with flowers, compositions, in a simple, direct, sober coloured style, in a synthetic drawing recalling folk traditions ("Peasants at the Fair", "Winter at TârgoviĹźte", "Autumn in the Woods").
Dumitru Rusu Dumitru Rusu (born November 6, 1938) is a Romanian painter whose artistic activity draws inspiration from the rural charm and folklore of Bukovina, where he resides. Born in Suceava on November 6, 1938, he graduated from the Institute of Art in Cluj-Napoca and has had numerous exhibitions both in Romania and in other parts of the world.
Dumitru StÄniloae Dumitru StÄniloae ( VlÄdeni, BraĹźov County - 5 October 1993) was a Romanian Eastern Orthodox priest, theologian, academic and professor. Father StÄniloae worked for over 45 years on a comprehensive Romanian translation of the Philokalia, a collection of writings by the Church Fathers.
Dummer Dummer is a parish and village in Hampshire, United Kingdom located 6 miles south west of Basingstoke, close to the M3 motorway. In the 2001 census it had a population of 643, and the village currently has 127 dwellings.
Dummy (football) A Dummy is a football (soccer) terminology used to refer to a particular player deceiving the opposition into believing he is going to pass, shoot or receive the ball and instead doing something entirely different, thus gaining an advantage.
Dummy code In computer programming, dummy code is inserted in a program skeleton to simulate processing and avoid compilation error messages. It may involve empty function declarations, or functions that return correct result only for a simple test case where the expected response of the code is known.
Dummy corporation A dummy corporation or dummy company is an entity created to serve as a front or cover for one or more legitimate companies. It can have the appearance of being real (logo, website, public relations) but lacks the capacity to function independently.
Dummy head recording In acoustics, dummy head recording (also known as artificial head or Kunstkopf) is a method used to make binaural recordings, that allow a listener wearing headphones to perceive the directionality and the room acoustics of single or multiple sources.
Dummy Hoy William Ellsworth "Dummy" Hoy (May 23 1862 – December 15 1961) was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for several teams from 1888 to 1902, most notably the Cincinnati Reds and two Washington, D.C.
Dummy variable In regression analysis, a dummy variable (also known as indicator or bound variables) is one that takes the values 0 or 1 to indicate the absence or presence of some categorical effect that may be expected to shift the outcome. For example, in econometric time series analysis, dummy variables may be used to indicate the occurrence of wars, or major strikes.
Dumnagual I of Alt Clut Dumnagual I of Alt Clut or simply Dumnagual Hen ("the Old") was the ruler of Alt Clut (modern Dumbarton Rock), probably sometime in the early sixth century. According to the Harleian genealogies, he was the son of a Cinuit, the son of King Ceretic of Alt Clut.
Dumnagual III of Alt Clut Dumnagual III of Alt Clut was the ruler of Alt Clut (the area around modern Dumbarton Rock), for some time in the mid eighth century (probably 754-60). According to the Harleian genealogies, he was the son of Teudebur, one of his predecessors as king.
Dumnagual IV of Alt Clut Dumnagual IV of Alt Clut was, according to the Harleian genealogies, the son of Riderch, the grandson of Eugein, and the great-grandson of King Dumnagual III of Alt Clut.Harleian genealogy of the Kings of Alt Clut, here He is known only from this source, and there is no direct evidence he was king of Alt Clut (the region around Dumbarton Rock), although he is usually regarded as such by scholars.
Dumnocoveros Dumnocoveros was a king of the Coritani, based in the English East Midlands, around the time of the Roman conquest of Britain. From coin inscriptions he appears to have been a subordinate king to Volisios, the overall ruler of the territory.
Dumnonia Dumnonia was a Brythonic kingdom of sub-Roman Britain, located in the south-west peninsula of modern England and covering Devon, most of Somerset and possibly part of Dorset, its eastern boundary being uncertain. Cornwall may or may not have been part of Dumnonia.
Dumoine River The Dumoine River is a river in western Quebec with its source in Machin Lake near La VĂ©rendrye Wildlife Reserve. From Dumoine Lake, the river flows almost due south off the Canadian Shield and empties into the Ottawa River, just west of Rapides-des-Joachims, Quebec, or Rolphton, Ontario.
Dumont d'Urville Station The Dumont d'Urville Station (French: Base Dumont d'Urville) is a French scientific station located in Antarctica on Île des Pétrels, archipelago of Pointe Géologie () in Adélie Land. It is named after explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville.
Dump analyzer Dump analyzer is a tool which is used for understanding the machine readable core dump file into a more structured format which can be used for understanding the contents of Memory space. However it is not very efficient to evaluate the details you would like to get , but it can surely help you understand the crux of matter.
Dump charging Dump Charging is a particular method of charging a battery electric vehicles battery pack at higher rates than are possible with standard grid connections and battery chargers. High capacity grid connections such as those commonly found at businesses and industry buildings with high demands can also approach these power levels.
Dump Johnson movement The Dump Johnson movement was a movement within the United States Democratic Party to oppose the candidacy of President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson to become the party's nominee in the 1968 presidential election.
Dump tackle The dump tackle is a tackling technique favoured mainly by rugby union players. The tackler wraps his arms around the ball carrier's thighs and lifts him a short distance in the air before forcibly driving him to the ground.
Dump truck A dump truck or production truck is a truck used for transporting loose material (such as sand, gravel, or dirt) for construction. A typical dump truck is equipped with a hydraulically operated bed] [at the rear, the front of which can be [[wikt:lifted up|lifted up] to allow the contents to be deposited on the ground behind the truck at the site of delivery.
Dump valve Dump valves are fitted to the engines of (usually older) turbo charged cars and sit between the turbo outlet and the throttle body. When transitioning from a boosted state to a closed throttle state (as in between shifts), due to inertia, the turbo continues to pressurize air, but the closed throttle prevents the compressed air from entering the engine.
Dumper In British usage, a dumper is a small one-man diesel-powered vehicle often used to carry loads and material around, often on building sites. It has a towing eye on its back end, to tow such things as an air compressor to run pneumatic drills.
Dumping (pricing policy) In economics, "dumping" can refer to any kind of predatory pricing, and is by most definitions a form of price discrimination. However, the word is now generally used only in the context of international trade law, where dumping is defined as the act of a manufacturer in one country exporting a product to another country at what some perceive as an unreasonably low price, usually meaning below the costs of production.
Dumpling Dumplings may be any of a wide variety of dishes, both sweet and savoury, in several different cuisines. They are either made from balls of dough or are small parcels of food encased in pastry, dough, batter, or leaves.
Dumpster diving Dumpster diving, also called dumpstering, skip-raiding, binning, trashing, garbing, garbage picking or garbage gleaning is a North American term to describe the practice of rummaging through commercial or residential trash to find useful free items that have been discarded. In the United Kingdom, the practice is referred to as "binning" or "skipping", and the person doing it, a "binner" or "skipper".
Dumpster Mummies Dumpster Mummies is a 7-track EP released, on cassette only, by glam rock band Maniac Spider Trash, released in 1994 on Dead Hell Records. This would turn out to be the only actual record ever put out by the band, as the follow-up full-length album, "Murder Happy Fairytales", was never actually released.
Dumpville San Francisco's Dumpville was a permanent village along the shores of Mission Bay that existed from the 1860's until 1895. Dumpville was an early refuse site on Southern Pacific Railroad land, a loosely structured community of mostly men, not unlike dump sites across the planet.
Dumpy's Rusty Nuts Dumpy's Rusty Nuts are a British rock band founded in 1981 by the irrepressible Dumpy. Though unsuccessful as recording artists, the band attracted a cult following for their outstanding live performances in small rock venues.
Dun & Bradstreet The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (), headquartered in Short Hills, New Jersey, USA, is among the leading providers of business information. Often called just D&B, it is perhaps best known for its D-U-N-S (Dun & Bradstreet Universal Numbering System) identifiers assigned to over 100 million global companies.
Dun (color) Dun is a brownish-gray color, sometimes seen in the hair coats of horses, characterized by a body color ranging from sandy yellow to reddish-brown. Dun horses always have a dark stripe down the middle of their back, which may continue into the tail and mane, and may have darker faces and legs.
Dun Carloway Dun Carloway (in Scottish Gaelic DĂşn ChĂ rlabhaigh) is a broch some 2 km to the south-west of Carloway, on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. It is a remarkably well preserved broch - on the east side parts of the old wall still reaches to 9 metres tall.
Dun gene The dun gene is one of the dilution genes that affects both red and black pigments in a horse's coat color. Unlike the silver dapple gene (which works only on black-based coats) or the creme gene (which works on red-based coats), it has the ability to affect the appearance of all black, bay, or chestnut (red) based horses to some degree.
Dun Karm Psaila Dun Karm (Żebbuġ, 18 October 1871 — 13 October 1961) was a Maltese writer and poet. [was educated at the Seminary between the years 1885 and 1894 and then proceeded to study philosophy in 1888 and theology in 1890 the University of Malta].
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Dun Laoghaire–Rathdown1 (Irish: Dún Laoghaire–Ráth an Dúin) is an administrative county in the Republic of Ireland formed from part of the traditional county of Dublin. Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown is located to the south-east of the City of Dublin, and has its administrative centre in the town of Dún Laoghaire.
Dunam A dunam or dönüm, dunum, donum is a unit of area used in the Ottoman Empire and still used, in various standardized versions, in many countries formerly part of the Ottoman Empire. It was defined as "forty standard paces in length and breadth",V.
Dunash ben Labrat Dunash ben Labrat (920-990) (Hebrew: ×“×•Öą× Ö¸×© בֵּן לָבְרָ×; Arabic: دناش بن لبراط) was a medieval Jewish commentator, poet, and grammarian of the Golden age of Jewish culture in Spain and a student of Rabbi Saadia Gaon. He was born in the city of Fes, Morocco.
Dulse Dulse (Palmaria palmata (L.) Kuntze), also called dillisk, dilsk, dulse or creathnach, is a red alga that grows on the northern coasts of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, in the Irish provinces of Connacht and Ulster it is a well-known snack food.
Duluth (NFL) Duluth, Minnesota fielded a professional American football team called the Kelleys (officially the Kelley Duluths after the Kelley-Duluth Hardware Store) from 1923-1925 and the Eskimos (officially Ernie Nevers' Eskimos after their star player) from 1926-1927 in the National Football League. The Eskimos were then sold to the Orange Tornadoes.
Duluth Heights Duluth Heights is one of the largest neighborhoods (in terms of area) in the city of Duluth, Minnesota. As late as forty years ago, the area was primarily undeveloped and rural, but the arrival of the Miller Hill Mall brought a large number of businesses both in the building and outside, some migrating from the city's old Downtown district, forming the Highway 53 or Miller Trunk corridor.
Duluth News Tribune The Duluth News Tribune (or known locally as The Tribune) is a newspaper in Duluth, Minnesota. It is published by Forum Communications, which bought it in 2006 after The McClatchy Company acquired the News Tribune's previous owner, Knight Ridder.
Duluth pack A Duluth pack, or portage pack, is a traditional piece of luggage used in canoe travel, particularly in the Boundary Waters region of northern Minnesota and Ontario. A specialized type of backpack, Duluth packs are made of either heavy canvas or nylon, and are approximately square in order to fit easily in the bottom of a canoe.
Duluth, Georgia Duluth is a city in Gwinnett County, Georgia, and a suburb of Atlanta located in the Metro Atlanta area. Unincorporated portions of northeast Fulton County and Forsyth County also have Duluth as a mailing address, though this area is technically outside city limits.
Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (DM&IR) was a railroad operating in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin to haul iron ore and later taconite to the Great Lakes port of Duluth, Minnesota and Two Harbors, Minnesota. The railway was acquired on May 10, 2004, by Canadian National Railway (CN) when it purchased the assets of Great Lakes Transportation.
Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway The Duluth, Winnipeg and Pacific Railway (DW&P) (AAR reporting marks DWP, DWC) is a subsidiary railroad of Canadian National Railway (CN) operating in northern Minnesota. A CN system-wide rebranding beginning in 1995 has seen the DWP logo and name largely replaced by its parent company.
Dulux Dulux is a brand of paint available and widely used in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, produced by Imperial Chemical Industries. Adverts for the product have made heavy use of the Old English Sheepdog as a logo, to the point where "Dulux dog" has become a common nickname for the breed.
Dulwich College Dulwich College is an independent, fee-paying public school in Dulwich, a suburb of south-east London, United Kingdom. It was founded in 1619 by Edward Alleyn, a successful Elizabethan actor, with the original purpose of educating 12 poor scholars as the foundation of "God's Gift".
Dulwich College Preparatory School Dulwich College Preparatory School (DCPS) is a private school in South London, UK for children aged 3-13 years. The current Headmaster is Mr George Marsh, who is also the Chair of the Incorporated Association of Prep Schools.
Dulwich Hamlet F.C. Dulwich Hamlet Football Club is an English football club who play at Champion Hill stadium in Dulwich, in south London. Formed in 1893, they joined the Isthmian League a few years later and wear a famous pink and blue strip.
Dulwich Hill, New South Wales Dulwich Hill is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Dulwich Hill is located 9 km south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Marrickville Council.
Dulwich paragon The Dulwich Paragon cycling club is based in Dulwich in London, this historical club has ties with Herne Hill Velodrome and is responsible for organising the "Ride of the falling leaves" through Kent, Surrey and London.
Dulwich Park Dulwich Park is an 29 hectare (72 acre) park in Dulwich in the London Borough of Southwark. The Park was created from former farmland and meadows, designed by Charles Barry (junior) and was opened in 1890 by Lord Rosebery.
Dulwich Picture Gallery Dulwich Picture Gallery is an art gallery in Dulwich, London. It was built by Sir John Soane as the world's first purpose-built art gallery (the Foundling Hospital, which contained a permanent art exhibition, being primarily for another purpose) and opened in 1817.
Dulwich, South Australia Dulwich is a suburb in the City of Burnside, Adelaide, South Australia with a census area population of 2,663 people. The suburb is directly opposite to the Adelaide Parklands's east, and forms part of the western boundaries of the City of Burnside.
Dušan Bajević Dušan Bajević (Serbian: Đ”ŃŃĐ°Đ˝ Đ‘Đ°Ńевић, Greek: ΝτούĎαν Μπάγεβιτς, DoĂşsan Báyevits; born 10 December 1948, in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian Serb football manager and former football player.
Dušan Bogdanović Dušan Bogdanović (Serbian: Đ”ŃŃĐ°Đ˝ Богдановић) (born 1955) is a Serbian-born American composer and classical guitarist. He has explored musical languages which are reflected in his style today: a unique synthesis of classical, jazz and ethnic music.
Dušan Jocić Dušan Jocić (Serbian: Đ”ŃŃĐ°Đ˝ Đоцић) (August 29, 19?? - unknown), widely known as Drago is a Serbian militia leader who acquired the status of a folk hero, but was also known as a war profiteer and organized crime leader.
Dušan KovaÄŤević Dušan KovaÄŤević (Serbian Cyrillic: Đ”ŃŃĐ°Đ˝ Ковачевић; born July 12, 1948 in MrÄ‘enovac, Vojvodina, Yugoslavia, now Serbia) is a Serbian playwright and director best known for his theater plays and movie scripts. As of 2005 he was appointed as ambassador of Serbia in Lisbon, Portugal.
Dušan Makavejev Dušan Makavejev (Đ”ŃŃĐ°Đ˝ Макавеев in Cyrillic) (born 1932 in Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) is a Serbian film director, famous for his groundbreaking films of Yugoslav cinema in the late 1960s and early 1970s. His first three feature films Man Is Not a Bird (1965), Love Affair (1967), and Innocence Unprotected (1968) won Dušan Makavejev international acclaim, but his next movie WR: Mysteries of the Organism (1971), due to sexual-political content, was banned in Yugoslavia and resulted in Makavejev's exile, which ended only in 1988.
Dušan Milošević Dušan Milošević (born June 1, 1894 in Stragari, Kingdom of Serbia – died May 19, 1967 in Belgrade, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia) was an exceptional track and field athlete and swimmer from the Kingdom of Serbia, and one of the founders and the first football players of “BSK”. He competed as one of two athletes from Serbia at the 1912 Summer Olympics, the other one being Dragutin Tomašević.
Dušan Vukajlović Dušan Vukajlović a well known Serbian poet who was a member of the Founding Committee of the Democratic Party in Serbia, Yugoslavia in December 1989. The Democratic Party was the first non-communist opposition party in Serbia since 1945.
Duško Sikirica Duško Sikirica (born March 23 1964, Cirkin Polje Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian Serb who was charged with genocide, crimes against humanity and violations of the customs of war by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for his actions as the commander of the Keraterm camp.
Duško Tadić Duško Tadić (born October 1, 1955 in Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Bosnian Serb who was charged with crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and violations of the customs of war by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for his actions in the Prijedor region, including the Omarska, Trnopolje and Keraterm detention camps.
Dum Diversas Dum Diversas is a papal bull issued on 18 June 1452 by Pope Nicholas V. It authorised Alfonso V of Portugal to reduce any "Saracens (Muslims) and pagans and any other unbelievers" to perpetual slavery.
Dum Dum Dumdum (Bengali দমদম) is a city and a municipality in North 24 Parganas district in the state of West Bengal, India. It is a neighbourhood in North-west Kolkata and the location of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, formerly Dum Dum Airport.
Dum Dum (Ekatarina Velika album) Dum Dum is the sixth studio album by the Serbian rock band Ekatarina Velika, released in 1991. Srdjan "Zika" Todorovic was here replaced by Marko Milivojevic (ex Morbidi, U Skripcu), who remained the bands drummer till the end.
Dum Maro Dum Dum Maro Dum ("Take another toke!") is an Indian Hindi language song from the 1971 Bollywood movie Hare Rama Hare Krishna. It was sung by Asha Bhosle along with Usha Iyer and chorus. The song was picturized on Zeenat Aman. It was written by Anand Bakshi and composed by Rahul Dev Burman. It has been remixed and sampled by many other artists.
Dum spiro spero Dum spiro spero (Latin "While I breathe, I hope") is one of the state mottos of South Carolina, adopted in 1776. On March 26, 1776, the Provincial Congress of South Carolina set up an independent government, and the motto formed a part of official great seal, created by W.
Duma (epic) A Duma () (dumy - plural) is a sung epic poem which originated in Ukraine during the Hetmanate Era around the sixteenth century, possibly based on earlier Kievan epic forms. Historically, dumy were performed by itinerant Cossack bards called kobzari, who accompanied themselves with a kobza or a torban, but after the abolition of Hetmanate by the Empress Katherine of Russia it became the domain of blind itinerant musicians who retained the kobzar apellation and accompanied their singing by playing a bandura (rarely a kobza) or a relya/lira (a Ukrainian variety of hurdy-gurdy).
Dumas Brothel The Dumas Brothel (formerly the Dumas Hotel) was a famous bordello in Butte, Montana in the United States. Located in the heart of uptown Butte, The Dumas Brothel has been infamously proclaimed America’s longest running house of prostitution.
Dumas House Dumas House is a fourteen storey office building constructed in Perth, Western Australia during the 1960s. Named after Sir Russell Dumas, who was the Director of Works and Buildings for the Public Works Department between 1941 and 1953.
Dumas Malone Dumas Malone (1892-1986), an American author, was born at Coldwater, Mississippi, USA on January 10, 1892. He received his bachelor's degree in 1910 from Emory College (Emory University) and in 1916 he received his divinity degree from Yale University.
Dumat Al-Jandal Dumat al-Jundal (Arabic: ŘŻŮŮ…Ř© الجندل), is a ruined ancient city located in North Western Saudi Arabia in Al Jawf province, the name Dumat al-Jandal means literally "Dumah of the Stone", since this was the territory of Dumah one of the twelve sons of Ishmael. This city has a history dates back to the 10th century BC and we can find it in Assyrian records dating from 845 BC in which it was called 'Adumatu' described as the capital an Arab kingdom, and we now know the names of five poweful Queens that ruled this city, one Queen, Te'elhunu, is mentioned as the high priestess of Ishtar (or Atarsamain as she was known locally), the Sumerian goddess of fertility, love and war.
Dumb & Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd Dumb & Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd is a comedy film that is the prequel to 1994's hit comedy Dumb & Dumber. It stars Eric Christian Olsen, Derek Richardson, Rachel Nichols, Bob Saget, Luis Guzman, Eugene Levy and Mimi Rogers.
Dumb blonde The dumb blonde is a popular-culture stereotype typically applied to people with blonde hair color, most frequently women. The archetypical "dumb blonde", while attractive and popular, lacks both common street-sense and academic intelligence, often to a comedic level.
Dumb Britain Dumb Britain is a regular item in the fortnightly British satirical magazine, Private Eye, which depends upon material sent in by readers (see also Colemanballs). It documents the worst (and funniest) answers given by quiz-show contestants.
Dumb Patrol Dumb Patrol is a Warner Bros cartoon short released in 1964 starring Bugs Bunny , Yosemite Sam, and Porky Pig. This cartoon short was directed by Gerry Chiniquy who is not one of the usual directors of Bugs Bunny cartoons.
Dumb terminal A dumb terminal in computing refers to a computer terminal that has limited functionality relative to other types of "smart" computer terminals. The specific meaning of the term can vary a bit depending on the context in which it is used.
Dumb Witness Dumb Witness (published in 1937) is an Agatha Christie mystery novel featuring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. It is the last Poirot novel (other than Curtain: Poirot's Last Case) to be published that features Hastings as narrator.
Dumbarton (UK Parliament constituency) Dumbarton was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 2005. It was largely absorbed into the new constituency of Dunbartonshire West, with Helensburgh joining Argyll and Bute.
Dumbarton Academy Former Pupils F.C. Dumbarton Academy Former Pupils Amateur Football Club are a football (soccer) club from Dumbarton in Scotland. They were formed by former pupils of Dumbarton Academy, the local non-denominational secondary school for the town.
Dumbarton East railway station Dumbarton East railway station is a railway station serving the town of Dumbarton in the West Dunbartonshire region of Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is served by trains on the North Clyde Line.
Dumbarton Express The Dumbarton Express is a California bus service operating between Union City BART station and Palo Alto Caltrain station via the Dumbarton Bridge. It is operated by a group of operators including BART, VTA, Union City Transit and AC Transit.
Dumbarton Harp F.C. Dumbarton Harp Football Club were a football (soccer) club based in the town of Dumbarton in the west of Scotland. They were formed in 1894 by Irish catholic immigrants to the area in a similar way to the formation of Celtic in Glasgow and Hibernian in Edinburgh.
Dumbarton Oaks Conference The Dumbarton Oaks Conference (or Washington Conversations on International Peace and Security Organization), held beginning in August 1944 in a Washington, DC mansion (Dumbarton Oaks), was where the United Nations was formulated and negotiated. Discussions on the make-up of the UN included which states would be invited as members.
Dumbo Dumbo is a 1941 animated feature film produced by Walt Disney and first released on October 23, 1941 by RKO Radio Pictures. The fourth film in the Disney animated features canon, Dumbo is based upon a children's book of the same name by Helen Aberson and illustrated by Harold Perl.
Dumbrella Dumbrella is an alliance of webcomic artists who promote one another's sites, travel to conventions, and sell merchandise together. It is also the name of the website of that alliance, which serves as a shared weblog and an active forum community with more than 89,000 messages and over 3,100 registered users as of March 2006.
Dumbwaiters (band) The Dumbwaiters are an American independent Art rock band, currently consisting of Brian C. Repetto (Vocals, Guitar, Noises), Jeremy King (bass), Mat Bowman (Guitars, Noises), Kevin Pytlak (Drums, Percussion), and James Bess (Keys, Synths, Noises).
DumDum Boys DumDum Boys is a Norwegian rock band from Trondheim. They started up in the late 1970s as a punk band under the name "Wannskrækk", and released a few singles under that name before they reinvented themselves with a new name and a somewhat new sound in 1985.
Dumfries Dumfries (() pronounced dum-freece, not dum-fries) (DĂąn Phris in Scottish Gaelic) is a Royal Burgh and town with a population of around 31,146 (37,846 including the Locharbriggs and Cargenbridge areas). It sits close to the Solway Firth near the mouth of the River Nith in the south west of Scotland, and was the county town of the former county of Dumfriesshire.
Dumfries (HM Prison) Dumfries Prison services the courts of Dumfries and Galloway. The establishment serves as a local community prison that holds adult and under 21 male and female prisoners (segregated) who are remanded in custody for trial and those convicted but remanded for reports.
Dumfries and Galloway Dumfries and Galloway (DĂąn Phris agus an Gall-Ghaidhealaibh in Gaelic) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. To the north it borders onto South Ayrshire, East Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire; in the east the Borders; and to the south the county of Cumbria in England.
Dumfries F.C. Dumfries Football Club are a football (soccer) club from Glencaple in the Dumfries and Galloway area of Scotland. They were formed in 2000 by an amalgamation of Dumfries Amateur Football Club and Dumfries High School Former Pupils Football Club, who were both members of the South of Scotland League, the competition that the present club continues to participate in.
Dumfries railway station Dumfries railway station serves the town of Dumfries in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland. It is located on the Glasgow South Western Line and is managed by First ScotRail who provide all passenger train services.
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale (UK Parliament constituency) Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale was created as a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the general election of 2005. It replaced parts of Clydesdale, Dumfriesshire and Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale.
Dumisani Maraire Abraham Dumisani Maraire (1944-1999), known to friends as "Dumi," was a master performer of the mbira, a traditional instrument of the Shona ethnic group of Zimbabwe. He specialized in the form of mbira called nyunga nyunga, as well as the Zimbabwean marimba.
Dumitru Cipere Dumitru Cipere (born October 22, 1957) is a retired boxer from Romania, who competed in the bantamweight (< 54 kg) division at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. There he won the bronze medal, after being defeated by Venezuela's eventual runner-up Bernardo Piñango in the semifinals.
Dumitru Copil Dumitru Copil {born 14 March 1990) is a Romanian footballer, currently playing for Scottish Premier League club Hearts' under-19 side. Celtic had also shown a keen interest, but Hearts won the race to land the Atletico Arad player.
Dumitru GhiaĹŁÄ Dumitru GhiaĹŁÄ (22 September 1888 - 3 July 1972) was a Romanian landscape painter. He painted still lives with flowers, compositions, in a simple, direct, sober coloured style, in a synthetic drawing recalling folk traditions ("Peasants at the Fair", "Winter at TârgoviĹźte", "Autumn in the Woods").
Dumitru Rusu Dumitru Rusu (born November 6, 1938) is a Romanian painter whose artistic activity draws inspiration from the rural charm and folklore of Bukovina, where he resides. Born in Suceava on November 6, 1938, he graduated from the Institute of Art in Cluj-Napoca and has had numerous exhibitions both in Romania and in other parts of the world.
Dumitru StÄniloae Dumitru StÄniloae ( VlÄdeni, BraĹźov County - 5 October 1993) was a Romanian Eastern Orthodox priest, theologian, academic and professor. Father StÄniloae worked for over 45 years on a comprehensive Romanian translation of the Philokalia, a collection of writings by the Church Fathers.
Dummer Dummer is a parish and village in Hampshire, United Kingdom located 6 miles south west of Basingstoke, close to the M3 motorway. In the 2001 census it had a population of 643, and the village currently has 127 dwellings.
Dummy (football) A Dummy is a football (soccer) terminology used to refer to a particular player deceiving the opposition into believing he is going to pass, shoot or receive the ball and instead doing something entirely different, thus gaining an advantage.
Dummy code In computer programming, dummy code is inserted in a program skeleton to simulate processing and avoid compilation error messages. It may involve empty function declarations, or functions that return correct result only for a simple test case where the expected response of the code is known.
Dummy corporation A dummy corporation or dummy company is an entity created to serve as a front or cover for one or more legitimate companies. It can have the appearance of being real (logo, website, public relations) but lacks the capacity to function independently.
Dummy head recording In acoustics, dummy head recording (also known as artificial head or Kunstkopf) is a method used to make binaural recordings, that allow a listener wearing headphones to perceive the directionality and the room acoustics of single or multiple sources.
Dummy Hoy William Ellsworth "Dummy" Hoy (May 23 1862 – December 15 1961) was an American center fielder in Major League Baseball who played for several teams from 1888 to 1902, most notably the Cincinnati Reds and two Washington, D.C.
Dummy variable In regression analysis, a dummy variable (also known as indicator or bound variables) is one that takes the values 0 or 1 to indicate the absence or presence of some categorical effect that may be expected to shift the outcome. For example, in econometric time series analysis, dummy variables may be used to indicate the occurrence of wars, or major strikes.
Dumnagual I of Alt Clut Dumnagual I of Alt Clut or simply Dumnagual Hen ("the Old") was the ruler of Alt Clut (modern Dumbarton Rock), probably sometime in the early sixth century. According to the Harleian genealogies, he was the son of a Cinuit, the son of King Ceretic of Alt Clut.
Dumnagual III of Alt Clut Dumnagual III of Alt Clut was the ruler of Alt Clut (the area around modern Dumbarton Rock), for some time in the mid eighth century (probably 754-60). According to the Harleian genealogies, he was the son of Teudebur, one of his predecessors as king.
Dumnagual IV of Alt Clut Dumnagual IV of Alt Clut was, according to the Harleian genealogies, the son of Riderch, the grandson of Eugein, and the great-grandson of King Dumnagual III of Alt Clut.Harleian genealogy of the Kings of Alt Clut, here He is known only from this source, and there is no direct evidence he was king of Alt Clut (the region around Dumbarton Rock), although he is usually regarded as such by scholars.
Dumnocoveros Dumnocoveros was a king of the Coritani, based in the English East Midlands, around the time of the Roman conquest of Britain. From coin inscriptions he appears to have been a subordinate king to Volisios, the overall ruler of the territory.
Dumnonia Dumnonia was a Brythonic kingdom of sub-Roman Britain, located in the south-west peninsula of modern England and covering Devon, most of Somerset and possibly part of Dorset, its eastern boundary being uncertain. Cornwall may or may not have been part of Dumnonia.
Dumoine River The Dumoine River is a river in western Quebec with its source in Machin Lake near La VĂ©rendrye Wildlife Reserve. From Dumoine Lake, the river flows almost due south off the Canadian Shield and empties into the Ottawa River, just west of Rapides-des-Joachims, Quebec, or Rolphton, Ontario.
Dumont d'Urville Station The Dumont d'Urville Station (French: Base Dumont d'Urville) is a French scientific station located in Antarctica on Île des Pétrels, archipelago of Pointe Géologie () in Adélie Land. It is named after explorer Jules Dumont d'Urville.
Dump analyzer Dump analyzer is a tool which is used for understanding the machine readable core dump file into a more structured format which can be used for understanding the contents of Memory space. However it is not very efficient to evaluate the details you would like to get , but it can surely help you understand the crux of matter.
Dump charging Dump Charging is a particular method of charging a battery electric vehicles battery pack at higher rates than are possible with standard grid connections and battery chargers. High capacity grid connections such as those commonly found at businesses and industry buildings with high demands can also approach these power levels.
Dump Johnson movement The Dump Johnson movement was a movement within the United States Democratic Party to oppose the candidacy of President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson to become the party's nominee in the 1968 presidential election.
Dump tackle The dump tackle is a tackling technique favoured mainly by rugby union players. The tackler wraps his arms around the ball carrier's thighs and lifts him a short distance in the air before forcibly driving him to the ground.
Dump truck A dump truck or production truck is a truck used for transporting loose material (such as sand, gravel, or dirt) for construction. A typical dump truck is equipped with a hydraulically operated bed] [at the rear, the front of which can be [[wikt:lifted up|lifted up] to allow the contents to be deposited on the ground behind the truck at the site of delivery.
Dump valve Dump valves are fitted to the engines of (usually older) turbo charged cars and sit between the turbo outlet and the throttle body. When transitioning from a boosted state to a closed throttle state (as in between shifts), due to inertia, the turbo continues to pressurize air, but the closed throttle prevents the compressed air from entering the engine.
Dumper In British usage, a dumper is a small one-man diesel-powered vehicle often used to carry loads and material around, often on building sites. It has a towing eye on its back end, to tow such things as an air compressor to run pneumatic drills.
Dumping (pricing policy) In economics, "dumping" can refer to any kind of predatory pricing, and is by most definitions a form of price discrimination. However, the word is now generally used only in the context of international trade law, where dumping is defined as the act of a manufacturer in one country exporting a product to another country at what some perceive as an unreasonably low price, usually meaning below the costs of production.
Dumpling Dumplings may be any of a wide variety of dishes, both sweet and savoury, in several different cuisines. They are either made from balls of dough or are small parcels of food encased in pastry, dough, batter, or leaves.
Dumpster diving Dumpster diving, also called dumpstering, skip-raiding, binning, trashing, garbing, garbage picking or garbage gleaning is a North American term to describe the practice of rummaging through commercial or residential trash to find useful free items that have been discarded. In the United Kingdom, the practice is referred to as "binning" or "skipping", and the person doing it, a "binner" or "skipper".
Dumpster Mummies Dumpster Mummies is a 7-track EP released, on cassette only, by glam rock band Maniac Spider Trash, released in 1994 on Dead Hell Records. This would turn out to be the only actual record ever put out by the band, as the follow-up full-length album, "Murder Happy Fairytales", was never actually released.
Dumpville San Francisco's Dumpville was a permanent village along the shores of Mission Bay that existed from the 1860's until 1895. Dumpville was an early refuse site on Southern Pacific Railroad land, a loosely structured community of mostly men, not unlike dump sites across the planet.
Dumpy's Rusty Nuts Dumpy's Rusty Nuts are a British rock band founded in 1981 by the irrepressible Dumpy. Though unsuccessful as recording artists, the band attracted a cult following for their outstanding live performances in small rock venues.
Dun & Bradstreet The Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (), headquartered in Short Hills, New Jersey, USA, is among the leading providers of business information. Often called just D&B, it is perhaps best known for its D-U-N-S (Dun & Bradstreet Universal Numbering System) identifiers assigned to over 100 million global companies.
Dun (color) Dun is a brownish-gray color, sometimes seen in the hair coats of horses, characterized by a body color ranging from sandy yellow to reddish-brown. Dun horses always have a dark stripe down the middle of their back, which may continue into the tail and mane, and may have darker faces and legs.
Dun Carloway Dun Carloway (in Scottish Gaelic DĂşn ChĂ rlabhaigh) is a broch some 2 km to the south-west of Carloway, on the west coast of the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. It is a remarkably well preserved broch - on the east side parts of the old wall still reaches to 9 metres tall.
Dun gene The dun gene is one of the dilution genes that affects both red and black pigments in a horse's coat color. Unlike the silver dapple gene (which works only on black-based coats) or the creme gene (which works on red-based coats), it has the ability to affect the appearance of all black, bay, or chestnut (red) based horses to some degree.
Dun Karm Psaila Dun Karm (Żebbuġ, 18 October 1871 — 13 October 1961) was a Maltese writer and poet. [was educated at the Seminary between the years 1885 and 1894 and then proceeded to study philosophy in 1888 and theology in 1890 the University of Malta].
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Dun Laoghaire–Rathdown1 (Irish: Dún Laoghaire–Ráth an Dúin) is an administrative county in the Republic of Ireland formed from part of the traditional county of Dublin. Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown is located to the south-east of the City of Dublin, and has its administrative centre in the town of Dún Laoghaire.
Dunam A dunam or dönüm, dunum, donum is a unit of area used in the Ottoman Empire and still used, in various standardized versions, in many countries formerly part of the Ottoman Empire. It was defined as "forty standard paces in length and breadth",V.
Dunash ben Labrat Dunash ben Labrat (920-990) (Hebrew: ×“×•Öą× Ö¸×© בֵּן לָבְרָ×; Arabic: دناش بن لبراط) was a medieval Jewish commentator, poet, and grammarian of the Golden age of Jewish culture in Spain and a student of Rabbi Saadia Gaon. He was born in the city of Fes, Morocco.
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