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Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (New Zealand) The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet of New Zealand (often known by its acronym, DPMC) is the department charged with supporting the Prime Minister of New Zealand and their Cabinet. The department is one of three agencies responsible managing the public service in New Zealand, the others being the State Services Commission and the New Zealand Treasury.
Department of the Susquehanna The Department of the Susquehanna was a military department created by the United States War Department during the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War. Its goal was to protect the state capital and the southern portions of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and to deny the Confederate army passage across the vital Susquehanna River.
Department of the Taoiseach The Department of the Taoiseach (Irish: Roinn an Taoisigh) is the government department of the prime minister of the Republic of Ireland, An Taoiseach (in the Irish language, the leader). It is based in Government Buildings, the headquarters of the Irish government, on Merrion Street in Dublin.
Department of the West The Department of the West, later known as the Western Department, was a major command (Department) of the United States Army during the 19th century. It oversaw the military affairs in the country west of the Mississippi River to the borders of California and Oregon.
Department of Tourism (Philippines) The Philippines' Department of Tourism (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Turismo), abbreviated as DOT, is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the regulation of the Philippine tourism industry and the promotion of the Philippines as a prime tourist destination.
Department of Tourism, Fair Trading and Wine Industry Development The Department of Tourism, Fair Trading and Wine Industry Development is a department of the Queensland Government. The department is concerned with, among other things, liquor licensing, encouraging investors in the tourism industry (through such projects as Tourism Queensland), and dispute resolution.
Department of Trade and Industry (Philippines) The Philippines' Department of Trade and Industry (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Kalakalan at Industriya), abbreviated as DTI is the executive department of the Philippine Government tasked to expand Philippine trade and industry as the means to generate jobs and raise incomes for Filipinos.
Department of Transport (Ireland) The Department of Transport (An Roinn Iompair) is the Irish government Department that is responsible for transport policy and overseeing transport services and infrastructure in Ireland. The Department is led by the Minister for Transport who is assisted by one Minister of State.
Department of Transport and Regional Services (Australia) The Department of Transport and Regional Services (DOTARS) is an Australian Government department. It's role is to conduct research, analysis and safety investigations, provide safety information and advice based upon these investigations and perform regulatory functions.
Department of Transportation The Department of Transportation (DOT) is the most common name for a government agency in North America devoted to transportation. The largest is the United States Department of Transportation, which oversees interstate travel.
Department of Transportation and Communications (Philippines) The Philippines' Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Transportasyon at Komunikasyon) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the maintenance and expansion of viable, efficient, and dependable transportation and communications systems as effective instruments for national recovery and economic progress.
Department of Transportation Distinguished Service Medal The Department of Transportation Distinguished Service Medal is the highest decoration which may be bestowed by the United States Secretary of Transportation for exceptional service to the United States government in a position of great responsibility within the U.S.
Department of Treasury and Finance The Department of Treasury and Finance provides policy advice to the Government of Victoria on economic, financial and resource management, supporting the delivery of its financially responsible and socially progressive policy platform.
Department of Veterans Affairs Act The Department of Veterans Affairs Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-527) changed the former Veterans Administration, an independent government agency established in 1930, primarily at that time to see to needs of World War I, into a Cabinet-level Department of Veterans Affairs. It was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on October 25, 1988 but actually came into effect under the term of his successor, George H.
Department of Veterans' Affairs (Australia) The Australian Department of Veterans' Affairs exists to serve members of Australia's veteran and defence force communities, war widows and widowers, widows and dependants, through programs of care, compensation, commemoration and defence support services.
Department of Wellness, Culture and Sport (New Brunswick) The Department of Wellness, Culture and Sport is a part of the Government of New Brunswick. It is charged with the promotion of "wellness" through healthy living and physical activity and with adminstration of government programs for community arts development, heritage, and sport and recreation.
Department of Wildlife and National Parks In Malaysia, Department of Wildlife and National Parks, commonly known as PERHILITAN (Jabatan Perlindungan Hidupan Liar dan Taman Negara in Malay) is a governmental organization that is responsible for the protection, management and preservation of wildlife and national parks in Peninsular Malaysia.
Department store A department store is a retail establishment which specializes in selling a wide range of products without a single predominant merchandise line. Department stores usually sell products including apparel, furniture, appliances, electronics, and additionally select other lines of products such as paint, hardware, toiletries, cosmetics, photographic equipment, jewellery, toys, and sporting goods.
Departmental boot image A departmental boot image is a boot image for any computer that has been enhanced by adding some applications and passwords specific to a task or group or department in an organization. This has many of the advantages of a thin client strategy, but can be done on any operating system base as long as the boot device is large enough to accommodate the boot and applications together.
Departmental collectivity Departmental collectivity (French: collectivité départementale) is a legal designation for the French overseas collectivity of Mayotte. The term is used to indicate that Mayotte is similar to a French Department but is not yet an overseas department.
Departments of Argentina Departments (Spanish: departamentos) form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. There are no departments in the city of Buenos Aires, which has barrios as its administrative divisions, and in Buenos Aires Province they are called partidos.
Departments of France Departments (French: départements) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. The 100 French departments are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas regions.
Departure function In thermodynamics, a departure function is defined for any thermodynamic property as the difference between the property as computed for an ideal gas and the property of the species as it exists in the real world, for a specified temperature T and pressure P. Common departure functions include those for enthalpy, entropy, and internal energy.
Dependable Systems and Networks The International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (or DSN) is an annual conference on topics related to dependable computer systems and reliable networks. It typically features a number of coordinated tracks, including the Dependable Computing and Communications Symposium (DCCS), the Performance and Dependability Symposium (PDS), several workshops, tutorials, a student forum, and fast abstracts.
Dependency (UML) A dependency in the Unified Modeling Language exists between two defined elements if a change to the definition of one would result in a change to the other. In UML this is indicated by a dashed line pointing from the dependent to the independent element.
Dependency graph A dependency graph is a (usually automatically generated) directed graph of dependencies. These are often useful to automated installers, which walk the graph looking for uninstalled but needed software packages.
Dependency injection Dependency injection (DI) is a programming design pattern and architectural model, sometimes also referred to as inversion of control or IOC, although technically speaking, dependency injection specifically refers to an implementation of a particular form of IOC.
Dependency need A Dependency need is characterized by two components: (1) It is a real need of the organism, something that must be present for the human being to thrive. (2) It is something that individuals cannot provide for themselves.
Dependency ratio In economics, the dependency ratio is the ratio of the economically dependent part of the population, to the productive part. The economically dependent part is recognised to be children who are too young to work, and individuals that are too old, that is, generally, individuals under the age of 15 and over the age of 65.
Dependency Structure Matrix A Dependency Structure Matrix, or DSM (also referred to as Dependency Structure Method, Design Structure Matrix, Problem Solving Matrix (PSM), incidence matrix, N-square matrix or Design Precedence Matrix), is a compact, matrix representation of a system or project. The approach can be used to model complex systems in systems engineering or systems analysis, and in project planning and project management.
Dependency theory Dependency theory is discredited body of social science theories, both from developed and developing nations, that create a worldview which suggests that poor underdeveloped states of the periphery are exploited by wealthy developed nations of the centre, in order to sustain economic growth and remain wealthy.
Dependent ML Dependent ML is an experimental functional programming language proposed by Frank Pfenning and Hongwei Xi. Dependent ML extends ML by a restricted notion of dependent types: types may dependent on static indices of type Nat.
Dependent Records Dependent Records is a German independent record label that mainly focuses on aggrotech, electro-industrial and futurepop music. The label was founded in January of 1999 after the demise of the Off Beat label by former Off Beat A&R manager Stefan Herwig along with Eskil Simonsson (Covenant), Johan Van Roy (Suicide Commando), Bryan Erickson (Velvet Acid Christ) and Ronan Harris (VNV Nation).
Dependent type In computer science and logic, a dependent type is a type which depends on a value. Dependent types play a central role in Intuitionistic Type Theory and in the design of experimental functional programming languages like DML or Epigram.
Dependent variable In experimental design, a dependent variable (also known as response variable or regressand) is a factor whose values in different treatment conditions are compared. That is, the experimenter is interested in determining if the value of the dependent variable varies when the values of another variable – the independent variable – are varied, and by how much.
Dependent write Dependent Write: A dependent write is a data update that is not to be physically written or committed until a previous update has been successfully completed. This is a principle means of providing data consistency for computer write I/O operations.
Dependent-marking language A dependent-marking language is one where the grammatical marks showing relations between different constituents of a phrase tend to be placed on the dependents or modifiers, rather than the heads or nuclei, of the phrase in question. In a noun phrase, the head is the main noun and the dependents are the article, the adjectives, the possessives, etc.
Dependeq Dependeq Industrial Plant Engineering GmbH was an Austrian company, headquartered inside Palais Fanto at Schwarzenbergplatz, Vienna with activities in the fields of process engineering and industrial plant supply for the chemical and metallurgical industry. Dependeq products and technologies included hydrochloric acid regeneration plants, pickling lines for carbon and stainless steel as well as environmental technology and process automation.
Depersonalization In psychology (and also psychiatry), depersonalization (or derealization) is the experience of feelings of loss of a sense of reality. A sufferer feels that he or she has changed and the world has become less real — it is vague, dreamlike, or lacking in significance.
Depersonalization disorder Depersonalization Disorder (DD) is a dissociative disorder in which sufferers are affected by persistent feelings of depersonalization. The symptoms include a sense of automation, feeling a disconnection from one's body, and difficulty relating oneself to reality.
Depiction Depiction, in analytic philosophy, is representation by means of a picture. There is an important debate in analytic philosophy over whether or not depictive representation is mediated by resemblance, as common sense would suggest, or whether an alternative theory of depictive representation is required.
Depictions of Muhammad Depictions of Muhammad, drawings of Muhammad are often contentious. Oral and written descriptions are readily accepted by all traditions of Islam, while Muslims differ as to whether or not visual depictions of Muhammad are permissible: Some Muslims believe that to prevent idolatry and polytheism, visual depictions of Muhammad and other prophets of Islam should be prohibited.
Depictions of nudity Depictions of nudity refers to nudity in all the artistic disciplines including vernacular and historical depictions. Nudity in art has generally conformed — with some variation — to social standards for public nudity; in cultures where nudity was accepted, nude figures in painting and sculpture were as well.
Depigmentation Depigmentation of the skin is commonly linked to people who suffer with vitiligo who then apply a topical cream containing the organic compound monobenzone to remove the remaining pigment. The brand drug incorporating 20% monobenzone is Benoquin, made by ICN.
Depinning of a domain wall In magnetic materials, a region of homogenous magnetic orientation is called a "domain" and the interface between two such regions is called a "domain wall". A domain wall is said to be "pinned" if it is fixed by an external magnetic field (often created by nearby, strongly magnetized domain).
Depleted Uranium Is a War Crime "Depleted Uranium is a War Crime" (4:07) is the thirteenth track off of For Blood and Empire (2006) by Anti-Flag. The song describes the effects of munitions tipped with depleted uranium, and includes commentary by United States Representative Jim McDermott describing the effects it has had on a newborn child in Southern Iraq.
Depletion region In semiconductor physics, the depletion region, also called depletion layer or depletion zone, as well as the junction region or the space charge region is an insulating region within a conductive, doped semiconductor material where the charge carriers have been swept away through recombination. Understanding the depletion region is key to explaining modern semiconductor electronics: the operation of diodes, bipolar junction transistors, field effect transistors, and variable capacitance diodes rely on depletion region phenomena.
Deployment diagram In the Unified Modeling Language, a deployment diagram serves to model the hardware used in system implementations, the components deployed on the hardware, and the associations between those components. The elements used in deployment diagrams are nodes (shown as a cube), components (shown as a rectangular box, with two rectangles protruding from the left side) and associations.
Deployment Descriptor A Deployment Descriptor (DD) is a component in Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition applications that describes how a web application should be deployed. It directs a deployment tool to deploy a module or application with specific container options and describes specific configuration requirements that a deployer must resolve.
Deployment of solar power to energy grids Deployment of solar power depends largely upon local conditions and requirements. But as all industrialised nations share a need for electricity, it is clear that solar power will increasingly be used to supply a cheap, reliable electricity supply.
Deployments of the French military The military of France has several deployments throughout the world. Currently, France has about 36,000 troops deployed abroad: 23,000 of these troops act as sovereign forces while the other 13,000 are part of peacekeeping operations under international or defense agreements.
Deployments of the United States Military The Military of the United States is deployed in many countries across the world. This is due to many factors: the Cold War, in which the US government in the aftermath of World War II thought it needed troops around the globe to counter the threat of the Soviet Union; and more recently, the US has deployed troops to locations considered strategic in the War on Terror.
Depo (band) DEPO are a Norwich based alternative/experimental rock band who shortened their name from DEPOPROVERA in June 2005. They have released material with Wilde Club Records and have played with the likes of Bearsuit, Magoo and Martin Grech.
Depolarization In biology, depolarization is a decrease in the absolute value of a cell's membrane potential. Thus, changes in membrane voltage in which the membrane potential becomes less positive or less negative are both depolarizations.
Depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition Depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition (DSI) is the classical and original electrophysiological example of endocannabinoid function in the central nervous system. Prior to the demonstration that DSI was dependent on the cannabinoid CB1 receptor function, there was no way of producing an in vitro endocannabinoid mediated effect.
Depopulation of Diego Garcia The Diego Garcia depopulation controversy pertains to the evacuation of the established inhabitants of the island of Diego Garcia during the 1960s and 70s. The displaced inhabitants and their advocates have claimed that their right of occupation was violated by the British Foreign Office, accused of orchestrating the depopulation so that the island could be used as a U.
Deportation Deportation, not to be confused with extradition, generally means the expulsion of someone from a country. In general it refers to the expulsion of foreigners (the expulsion of natives is usually called banishment, exile, or transportation).
Deportation of Koreans in the Soviet Union The total deportation of Koreans in the Soviet Union, over 172,000 persons, in September-October 1937 from the border regions of the Russian Far East was part of the systematic Stalin's policy of population transfer in the Soviet Union. Its legal base was the joint Decree #1428-326ŃŃ of the USSR Sovnarkom and VKP(b) Central Committee of August 21, 1937, About Deportation of the Korean Population from the Border Regions of the Far Eastern Krai (""), undersigned by Vyacheslav Molotov and Joseph Stalin.
Deportation of Romanians in the Soviet Union The Deportation of Romanians in the USSR was part of Stalin's policy to cleanse the borders of the USSR of "foreign nationals" ("инонациональноŃтей")Polyan, Pavel, Not by Their Own Will, Section "Пограничные зачиŃтки и Đ´Ń€Ńгие принŃдительные миграции в 1934–1939 гг." (Border cleansing ad other forced migrations of 1934-1939) .
Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) "Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)" is a protest song with lyrics by Woody Guthrie detailing with the crash of a plane near Los Gatos Canyon The wreck occurred in Los Gatos Canyon, not in the town of Los Gatos (which is in Santa Clara County, approximately 150 miles away). in Fresno County, California on January 29, 1948 and the racist mistreatment of the passengers before and after the accident.
Deportes QuindĂo Deportes QuindĂo, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Armenia. The club was founded August 14, 1938 and play their home games at the Centenario de Armenia stadium, which has a capacity of approximately 29,000.
Deportes Tolima Deportes Tolima, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Ibagué. The club was founded December 18, 1954 and play their home games at the Manuel Murillo Toro stadium, which has a capacity of approximately 31,000.
Deportivo Galicia Deportivo Galicia (currently Galicia de Aragua) is a traditional football club from Venezuela. Founded in Caracas, the club moved, in 2005, to Maracay, in the state of Aragua, when its name changed to Galicia de Aragua.
Deportivo Independiente MedellĂn Giraldo Zuluaga Deportivo Independiente MedellĂn Giraldo Zuluaga (born 1950) is a Colombian who legally changed his name in 2005 in a decision of the Constitutional Court of Colombia to show his support for his favorite soccer club the Deportivo Independiente MedellĂn (DIM). His first name was Julián Gustavo Giraldo Zuluaga.
Deportivo Laferrere Club Deportivo Laferrere are a football club from Matanza in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They currently play in Primera C Metropolitana, which is the regionalised fourth tier of the Argentine Football Association league system.
Deportivo Madryn Deportivo Madryn are an Argentina Football club, their home town is Puerto Madryn, in the Province of Chubut in Argentina. They currently play in Zone A of the regionalised 4th level of Argentinian football, Torneo Argentino B.
Deportivo MaipĂş Deportivo MaipĂş are an Argentina Football club, their home town is MaipĂş, in the Mendoza Province of Argentina. They currently play in Zone C of the regionalised 4th level of Argentinian football Torneo Argentino B.
Deportivo Marquense Club Deportivo Marquense, also known as Marquense, are a Guatemalan professional football club based in San Marcos, Department of San Marcos. They currently compete in the Liga Nacional, the nation's top footballing division.
Deportivo Municipal (Peru) Club Centro Deportivo Municipal is a Peruvian football (soccer) team. It won the Segunda DivisiĂłn Peruana (Peruvian Second Division) during the 2006 season, and will play in the Primera DivisiĂłn Peruana (First Division) in 2007.
Deportivo Pasto Asociación Deportivo Pasto is a Colombian soccer club from Pasto city at Nariño department. It was founded in 1949, and plays in the first division of Colombian professional soccer Fútbol Profesional Colombiano
Deportivo Roca Deportivo Roca are an Argentina Football club, their home town is General Roca, in the Province of RĂo Negro in Argentina. They currently play in Zone A of the regionalised 4th level of Argentinian football Torneo Argentino B.
Deportivo Saprissa Deportivo Saprissa is a Costa Rican football club, currently playing in the Primera DivisiĂłn. It holds the record of most international titles by a Costa Rican soccer squad, and is tied with LD Alajuelense in national championships with a total of 24.
Deportivo Wanka Deportivo Wanka is a Peruvian football club, based in the city of Huancayo in the Peruvian Andes. It was founded in 1996 and is named after the Wanka people who formerly inhabited the area and after whom the city of Huancayo is named.
Deposit account A deposit account is an account at a banking institution that allows money to be held on behalf of the account holder. Some banks charge a fee for this service, while others may pay the client interest on the funds deposited.
Deposit feeder Deposit feeders are organisms that feed on the particles of matter in the soil, usually the top sediment where it is filled with organic matter. This can happen by either ingesting the soil or by trapping the falling particles.
Deposit insurance Explicit Deposit insurance is a measure introduced by policy makers in many countries to protect deposits, in full or in part, in the event of a "run" on a bank or banks. The failure of a bank has the potential to trigger a much broader spectrum of harmful events.
Deposit Insurance Corporation of Ontario The Deposit Insurance Corporation of Ontario insures all deposits made to a credit union or trust company under the jurisdiction of the province of Ontario. Deposits are insured for more than those insured by the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Deposit Insurance Fund The Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) is a fund maintained by the United States Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to insure accounts at member banks and other depository institutions. The FDIC merged the Bank Insurance Fund (BIF) and the Savings Association Insurance Fund (SAIF) to form the DIF on March 31, 2006 in accordance with the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005.
Deposit Interest Retention Tax Deposit Interest Retention Tax (DIRT) is a form of tax on interest earned on bank accounts in Republic of Ireland that was first introduced in the 1980s. In Ireland, income from any source is reckonable for taxation purposes.
Deposit model In the field of archaeology a deposit model is a method of identifying the character and degree of survival of buried archaeological remains over a specified area without necessarily excavating the whole area.
Deposit premium A deposit premium is a type of insurance premium where the insured deposits money with the insurer to obtain perpetual insurance against the risk of a loss. Deposit premiums are unique from regular insurance premiums, because they are refundable should either the insured or the insurer chose to terminate the perpetual insurance.
Deposit-taking co-operative Deposit-taking co-operatives are a form of industry in Malaysia key to the economic and political interests of Chinese Malaysians. Their crash in 1986 caused a major political crisis when the Malay-dominated government was requested to bail out Chinese investors.
Deposition (Aerosol physics) In Aerosol physics, Deposition is the process by which aerosol particles collect or deposit themselves on solid surfaces, decreasing the concentration of the particles in the air. It can be divided into two sub-processes: dry and wet deposition.
Deposition (chemistry) In chemistry, deposition is the settling of particles (atoms or molecules) or sediment from a solution or suspension mixture, or the production of a solid on a pre-existing surface. It is also known by the particle model of matter as the process of gas changing form directly to a solid.
Deposition (law) In law, a deposition is evidence given under oath and recorded for use in court at a later date. In many countries depositions are given in courtrooms, but in the United States they are given outside a courtroom in certain well-defined circumstances.
Deposition (Raphael) The Deposition, also known as The Entombment or Pala Baglioni or Deposizione Borghese, is an oil painting by the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael, signed and dated 1508. It is in the Galleria Borghese in Rome.
Deposition (sediment) Deposition, also known as sedimentation, is the geological process where by material is added to a landform. This is the process by which wind, water or ice create a sediment deposit, through the laying down of granular material that has been eroded and transported from another geographical location.
Deposition (university) The deposition (from Latin depositio cornuum, "taking off the horns") was a semi-official initiation ritual which was common at universities throughout Europe from the Middle Ages until the 18th century. The ritual was introduced at German universities in the late 15th century, probably from the influential University of Paris.
Depository Bank of Zurich The Depository Bank of Zurich is a fictional Geldschrankbank (secure depository facility) appearing in the 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. The address of its Paris branch is 24 Rue Haxo, and according to the book, it also has branches in Kuala Lumpur, New York, and Zurich.
Depository institution A depository institution is a financial institution in United States, such as a savings bank, that is legally allowed to accept monetary deposits from consumers. Federal depository institutions are regulated by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act The Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act, a United States federal financial statute law passed in 1980, gave the Federal Reserve greater control over non-member banks. Its main purpose was to force all banks to abide by the Fed's rules.
Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is a financial services company, based primarily in 55 Water Street in New York City, that clears and settles securities trades and provides custody of securities. Its depository custodies well over $25 trillion in stocks and bonds, more than any other depository in the world, and DTCC processes most of the securities transactions in the United States, over $1 quadrillion worth every year.
Depot Depot (děpō or dēpō) is from the French dépôt which means a deposit (as in geology or banking) or a storehouse. In English, depot can mean any one of a number of things, with minor variances between the different English speaking countries:
Depot ship A depot ship is a ship which acts as a mobile or fixed base for other ships and submarines or supports a naval base. Depot ships may be specifically designed for their purpose or be converted from another purpose.
Depraved heart murder Depraved heart murder is an American legal term for when an action that demonstrates a "callous disregard for human life" results in death. In most states, depraved heart killings constitute either second-degree murder or first-degree manslaughter.
Depreciation Depreciation is a term used in accounting, economics and finance with reference to the fact that assets with finite lives lose value over time. (There is also a separate use in international finance to refer to a reduction in the exchange rate of a currency - see devaluation).
Depreciation (currency) Currency depreciation is the loss of value of a country's currency with respect to one or more foreign reference currencies, typically in a floating exchange rate system. It is most often used for the unofficial increase of the exchange rate due to market forces, though sometimes it appears interchangeably with devaluation.
Depression (mood) Depression, or a depressed mood, may in everyday English refer to a state of melancholia, unhappiness or sadness, or to a relatively minor downturn in mood that may last only a few hours or days. This is generally seen as quite distinct from the diagnosis of clinical depression.
Depression cake Depression cake was a type of cake that was commonly made during the Great Depression. The ingredients of depression cake have relatively little or no milk, sugar, and eggs because they were either expensive or hard to get at that time.
Depression party Depression Party is a rock n' roll four piece band from Orange County, California, bringing sounds of early goth to the contemporary (2005) alternative scene (Franz Ferdinand, Killers). Dorian Coss (Vocals) Shane Kelley (Drums) Jeff James (Guitars) Ryan Reno (Bass).
Department of the Susquehanna The Department of the Susquehanna was a military department created by the United States War Department during the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War. Its goal was to protect the state capital and the southern portions of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and to deny the Confederate army passage across the vital Susquehanna River.
Department of the Taoiseach The Department of the Taoiseach (Irish: Roinn an Taoisigh) is the government department of the prime minister of the Republic of Ireland, An Taoiseach (in the Irish language, the leader). It is based in Government Buildings, the headquarters of the Irish government, on Merrion Street in Dublin.
Department of the West The Department of the West, later known as the Western Department, was a major command (Department) of the United States Army during the 19th century. It oversaw the military affairs in the country west of the Mississippi River to the borders of California and Oregon.
Department of Tourism (Philippines) The Philippines' Department of Tourism (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Turismo), abbreviated as DOT, is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the regulation of the Philippine tourism industry and the promotion of the Philippines as a prime tourist destination.
Department of Tourism, Fair Trading and Wine Industry Development The Department of Tourism, Fair Trading and Wine Industry Development is a department of the Queensland Government. The department is concerned with, among other things, liquor licensing, encouraging investors in the tourism industry (through such projects as Tourism Queensland), and dispute resolution.
Department of Trade and Industry (Philippines) The Philippines' Department of Trade and Industry (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Kalakalan at Industriya), abbreviated as DTI is the executive department of the Philippine Government tasked to expand Philippine trade and industry as the means to generate jobs and raise incomes for Filipinos.
Department of Transport (Ireland) The Department of Transport (An Roinn Iompair) is the Irish government Department that is responsible for transport policy and overseeing transport services and infrastructure in Ireland. The Department is led by the Minister for Transport who is assisted by one Minister of State.
Department of Transport and Regional Services (Australia) The Department of Transport and Regional Services (DOTARS) is an Australian Government department. It's role is to conduct research, analysis and safety investigations, provide safety information and advice based upon these investigations and perform regulatory functions.
Department of Transportation The Department of Transportation (DOT) is the most common name for a government agency in North America devoted to transportation. The largest is the United States Department of Transportation, which oversees interstate travel.
Department of Transportation and Communications (Philippines) The Philippines' Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC) (Filipino: Kagawaran ng Transportasyon at Komunikasyon) is the executive department of the Philippine government responsible for the maintenance and expansion of viable, efficient, and dependable transportation and communications systems as effective instruments for national recovery and economic progress.
Department of Transportation Distinguished Service Medal The Department of Transportation Distinguished Service Medal is the highest decoration which may be bestowed by the United States Secretary of Transportation for exceptional service to the United States government in a position of great responsibility within the U.S.
Department of Treasury and Finance The Department of Treasury and Finance provides policy advice to the Government of Victoria on economic, financial and resource management, supporting the delivery of its financially responsible and socially progressive policy platform.
Department of Veterans Affairs Act The Department of Veterans Affairs Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-527) changed the former Veterans Administration, an independent government agency established in 1930, primarily at that time to see to needs of World War I, into a Cabinet-level Department of Veterans Affairs. It was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on October 25, 1988 but actually came into effect under the term of his successor, George H.
Department of Veterans' Affairs (Australia) The Australian Department of Veterans' Affairs exists to serve members of Australia's veteran and defence force communities, war widows and widowers, widows and dependants, through programs of care, compensation, commemoration and defence support services.
Department of Wellness, Culture and Sport (New Brunswick) The Department of Wellness, Culture and Sport is a part of the Government of New Brunswick. It is charged with the promotion of "wellness" through healthy living and physical activity and with adminstration of government programs for community arts development, heritage, and sport and recreation.
Department of Wildlife and National Parks In Malaysia, Department of Wildlife and National Parks, commonly known as PERHILITAN (Jabatan Perlindungan Hidupan Liar dan Taman Negara in Malay) is a governmental organization that is responsible for the protection, management and preservation of wildlife and national parks in Peninsular Malaysia.
Department store A department store is a retail establishment which specializes in selling a wide range of products without a single predominant merchandise line. Department stores usually sell products including apparel, furniture, appliances, electronics, and additionally select other lines of products such as paint, hardware, toiletries, cosmetics, photographic equipment, jewellery, toys, and sporting goods.
Departmental boot image A departmental boot image is a boot image for any computer that has been enhanced by adding some applications and passwords specific to a task or group or department in an organization. This has many of the advantages of a thin client strategy, but can be done on any operating system base as long as the boot device is large enough to accommodate the boot and applications together.
Departmental collectivity Departmental collectivity (French: collectivité départementale) is a legal designation for the French overseas collectivity of Mayotte. The term is used to indicate that Mayotte is similar to a French Department but is not yet an overseas department.
Departments of Argentina Departments (Spanish: departamentos) form the second level of administrative division in the provinces of Argentina. There are no departments in the city of Buenos Aires, which has barrios as its administrative divisions, and in Buenos Aires Province they are called partidos.
Departments of France Departments (French: départements) are administrative units of France and many former French colonies, roughly analogous to English counties. The 100 French departments are now grouped into 22 metropolitan and four overseas regions.
Departure function In thermodynamics, a departure function is defined for any thermodynamic property as the difference between the property as computed for an ideal gas and the property of the species as it exists in the real world, for a specified temperature T and pressure P. Common departure functions include those for enthalpy, entropy, and internal energy.
Dependable Systems and Networks The International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (or DSN) is an annual conference on topics related to dependable computer systems and reliable networks. It typically features a number of coordinated tracks, including the Dependable Computing and Communications Symposium (DCCS), the Performance and Dependability Symposium (PDS), several workshops, tutorials, a student forum, and fast abstracts.
Dependency (UML) A dependency in the Unified Modeling Language exists between two defined elements if a change to the definition of one would result in a change to the other. In UML this is indicated by a dashed line pointing from the dependent to the independent element.
Dependency graph A dependency graph is a (usually automatically generated) directed graph of dependencies. These are often useful to automated installers, which walk the graph looking for uninstalled but needed software packages.
Dependency injection Dependency injection (DI) is a programming design pattern and architectural model, sometimes also referred to as inversion of control or IOC, although technically speaking, dependency injection specifically refers to an implementation of a particular form of IOC.
Dependency need A Dependency need is characterized by two components: (1) It is a real need of the organism, something that must be present for the human being to thrive. (2) It is something that individuals cannot provide for themselves.
Dependency ratio In economics, the dependency ratio is the ratio of the economically dependent part of the population, to the productive part. The economically dependent part is recognised to be children who are too young to work, and individuals that are too old, that is, generally, individuals under the age of 15 and over the age of 65.
Dependency Structure Matrix A Dependency Structure Matrix, or DSM (also referred to as Dependency Structure Method, Design Structure Matrix, Problem Solving Matrix (PSM), incidence matrix, N-square matrix or Design Precedence Matrix), is a compact, matrix representation of a system or project. The approach can be used to model complex systems in systems engineering or systems analysis, and in project planning and project management.
Dependency theory Dependency theory is discredited body of social science theories, both from developed and developing nations, that create a worldview which suggests that poor underdeveloped states of the periphery are exploited by wealthy developed nations of the centre, in order to sustain economic growth and remain wealthy.
Dependent ML Dependent ML is an experimental functional programming language proposed by Frank Pfenning and Hongwei Xi. Dependent ML extends ML by a restricted notion of dependent types: types may dependent on static indices of type Nat.
Dependent Records Dependent Records is a German independent record label that mainly focuses on aggrotech, electro-industrial and futurepop music. The label was founded in January of 1999 after the demise of the Off Beat label by former Off Beat A&R manager Stefan Herwig along with Eskil Simonsson (Covenant), Johan Van Roy (Suicide Commando), Bryan Erickson (Velvet Acid Christ) and Ronan Harris (VNV Nation).
Dependent type In computer science and logic, a dependent type is a type which depends on a value. Dependent types play a central role in Intuitionistic Type Theory and in the design of experimental functional programming languages like DML or Epigram.
Dependent variable In experimental design, a dependent variable (also known as response variable or regressand) is a factor whose values in different treatment conditions are compared. That is, the experimenter is interested in determining if the value of the dependent variable varies when the values of another variable – the independent variable – are varied, and by how much.
Dependent write Dependent Write: A dependent write is a data update that is not to be physically written or committed until a previous update has been successfully completed. This is a principle means of providing data consistency for computer write I/O operations.
Dependent-marking language A dependent-marking language is one where the grammatical marks showing relations between different constituents of a phrase tend to be placed on the dependents or modifiers, rather than the heads or nuclei, of the phrase in question. In a noun phrase, the head is the main noun and the dependents are the article, the adjectives, the possessives, etc.
Dependeq Dependeq Industrial Plant Engineering GmbH was an Austrian company, headquartered inside Palais Fanto at Schwarzenbergplatz, Vienna with activities in the fields of process engineering and industrial plant supply for the chemical and metallurgical industry. Dependeq products and technologies included hydrochloric acid regeneration plants, pickling lines for carbon and stainless steel as well as environmental technology and process automation.
Depersonalization In psychology (and also psychiatry), depersonalization (or derealization) is the experience of feelings of loss of a sense of reality. A sufferer feels that he or she has changed and the world has become less real — it is vague, dreamlike, or lacking in significance.
Depersonalization disorder Depersonalization Disorder (DD) is a dissociative disorder in which sufferers are affected by persistent feelings of depersonalization. The symptoms include a sense of automation, feeling a disconnection from one's body, and difficulty relating oneself to reality.
Depiction Depiction, in analytic philosophy, is representation by means of a picture. There is an important debate in analytic philosophy over whether or not depictive representation is mediated by resemblance, as common sense would suggest, or whether an alternative theory of depictive representation is required.
Depictions of Muhammad Depictions of Muhammad, drawings of Muhammad are often contentious. Oral and written descriptions are readily accepted by all traditions of Islam, while Muslims differ as to whether or not visual depictions of Muhammad are permissible: Some Muslims believe that to prevent idolatry and polytheism, visual depictions of Muhammad and other prophets of Islam should be prohibited.
Depictions of nudity Depictions of nudity refers to nudity in all the artistic disciplines including vernacular and historical depictions. Nudity in art has generally conformed — with some variation — to social standards for public nudity; in cultures where nudity was accepted, nude figures in painting and sculpture were as well.
Depigmentation Depigmentation of the skin is commonly linked to people who suffer with vitiligo who then apply a topical cream containing the organic compound monobenzone to remove the remaining pigment. The brand drug incorporating 20% monobenzone is Benoquin, made by ICN.
Depinning of a domain wall In magnetic materials, a region of homogenous magnetic orientation is called a "domain" and the interface between two such regions is called a "domain wall". A domain wall is said to be "pinned" if it is fixed by an external magnetic field (often created by nearby, strongly magnetized domain).
Depleted Uranium Is a War Crime "Depleted Uranium is a War Crime" (4:07) is the thirteenth track off of For Blood and Empire (2006) by Anti-Flag. The song describes the effects of munitions tipped with depleted uranium, and includes commentary by United States Representative Jim McDermott describing the effects it has had on a newborn child in Southern Iraq.
Depletion region In semiconductor physics, the depletion region, also called depletion layer or depletion zone, as well as the junction region or the space charge region is an insulating region within a conductive, doped semiconductor material where the charge carriers have been swept away through recombination. Understanding the depletion region is key to explaining modern semiconductor electronics: the operation of diodes, bipolar junction transistors, field effect transistors, and variable capacitance diodes rely on depletion region phenomena.
Deployment diagram In the Unified Modeling Language, a deployment diagram serves to model the hardware used in system implementations, the components deployed on the hardware, and the associations between those components. The elements used in deployment diagrams are nodes (shown as a cube), components (shown as a rectangular box, with two rectangles protruding from the left side) and associations.
Deployment Descriptor A Deployment Descriptor (DD) is a component in Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition applications that describes how a web application should be deployed. It directs a deployment tool to deploy a module or application with specific container options and describes specific configuration requirements that a deployer must resolve.
Deployment of solar power to energy grids Deployment of solar power depends largely upon local conditions and requirements. But as all industrialised nations share a need for electricity, it is clear that solar power will increasingly be used to supply a cheap, reliable electricity supply.
Deployments of the French military The military of France has several deployments throughout the world. Currently, France has about 36,000 troops deployed abroad: 23,000 of these troops act as sovereign forces while the other 13,000 are part of peacekeeping operations under international or defense agreements.
Deployments of the United States Military The Military of the United States is deployed in many countries across the world. This is due to many factors: the Cold War, in which the US government in the aftermath of World War II thought it needed troops around the globe to counter the threat of the Soviet Union; and more recently, the US has deployed troops to locations considered strategic in the War on Terror.
Depo (band) DEPO are a Norwich based alternative/experimental rock band who shortened their name from DEPOPROVERA in June 2005. They have released material with Wilde Club Records and have played with the likes of Bearsuit, Magoo and Martin Grech.
Depolarization In biology, depolarization is a decrease in the absolute value of a cell's membrane potential. Thus, changes in membrane voltage in which the membrane potential becomes less positive or less negative are both depolarizations.
Depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition Depolarization-induced suppression of inhibition (DSI) is the classical and original electrophysiological example of endocannabinoid function in the central nervous system. Prior to the demonstration that DSI was dependent on the cannabinoid CB1 receptor function, there was no way of producing an in vitro endocannabinoid mediated effect.
Depopulation of Diego Garcia The Diego Garcia depopulation controversy pertains to the evacuation of the established inhabitants of the island of Diego Garcia during the 1960s and 70s. The displaced inhabitants and their advocates have claimed that their right of occupation was violated by the British Foreign Office, accused of orchestrating the depopulation so that the island could be used as a U.
Deportation Deportation, not to be confused with extradition, generally means the expulsion of someone from a country. In general it refers to the expulsion of foreigners (the expulsion of natives is usually called banishment, exile, or transportation).
Deportation of Koreans in the Soviet Union The total deportation of Koreans in the Soviet Union, over 172,000 persons, in September-October 1937 from the border regions of the Russian Far East was part of the systematic Stalin's policy of population transfer in the Soviet Union. Its legal base was the joint Decree #1428-326ŃŃ of the USSR Sovnarkom and VKP(b) Central Committee of August 21, 1937, About Deportation of the Korean Population from the Border Regions of the Far Eastern Krai (""), undersigned by Vyacheslav Molotov and Joseph Stalin.
Deportation of Romanians in the Soviet Union The Deportation of Romanians in the USSR was part of Stalin's policy to cleanse the borders of the USSR of "foreign nationals" ("инонациональноŃтей")Polyan, Pavel, Not by Their Own Will, Section "Пограничные зачиŃтки и Đ´Ń€Ńгие принŃдительные миграции в 1934–1939 гг." (Border cleansing ad other forced migrations of 1934-1939) .
Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos) "Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)" is a protest song with lyrics by Woody Guthrie detailing with the crash of a plane near Los Gatos Canyon The wreck occurred in Los Gatos Canyon, not in the town of Los Gatos (which is in Santa Clara County, approximately 150 miles away). in Fresno County, California on January 29, 1948 and the racist mistreatment of the passengers before and after the accident.
Deportes QuindĂo Deportes QuindĂo, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Armenia. The club was founded August 14, 1938 and play their home games at the Centenario de Armenia stadium, which has a capacity of approximately 29,000.
Deportes Tolima Deportes Tolima, is a Colombian football club based in the city of Ibagué. The club was founded December 18, 1954 and play their home games at the Manuel Murillo Toro stadium, which has a capacity of approximately 31,000.
Deportivo Galicia Deportivo Galicia (currently Galicia de Aragua) is a traditional football club from Venezuela. Founded in Caracas, the club moved, in 2005, to Maracay, in the state of Aragua, when its name changed to Galicia de Aragua.
Deportivo Independiente MedellĂn Giraldo Zuluaga Deportivo Independiente MedellĂn Giraldo Zuluaga (born 1950) is a Colombian who legally changed his name in 2005 in a decision of the Constitutional Court of Colombia to show his support for his favorite soccer club the Deportivo Independiente MedellĂn (DIM). His first name was Julián Gustavo Giraldo Zuluaga.
Deportivo Laferrere Club Deportivo Laferrere are a football club from Matanza in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They currently play in Primera C Metropolitana, which is the regionalised fourth tier of the Argentine Football Association league system.
Deportivo Madryn Deportivo Madryn are an Argentina Football club, their home town is Puerto Madryn, in the Province of Chubut in Argentina. They currently play in Zone A of the regionalised 4th level of Argentinian football, Torneo Argentino B.
Deportivo MaipĂş Deportivo MaipĂş are an Argentina Football club, their home town is MaipĂş, in the Mendoza Province of Argentina. They currently play in Zone C of the regionalised 4th level of Argentinian football Torneo Argentino B.
Deportivo Marquense Club Deportivo Marquense, also known as Marquense, are a Guatemalan professional football club based in San Marcos, Department of San Marcos. They currently compete in the Liga Nacional, the nation's top footballing division.
Deportivo Municipal (Peru) Club Centro Deportivo Municipal is a Peruvian football (soccer) team. It won the Segunda DivisiĂłn Peruana (Peruvian Second Division) during the 2006 season, and will play in the Primera DivisiĂłn Peruana (First Division) in 2007.
Deportivo Pasto Asociación Deportivo Pasto is a Colombian soccer club from Pasto city at Nariño department. It was founded in 1949, and plays in the first division of Colombian professional soccer Fútbol Profesional Colombiano
Deportivo Roca Deportivo Roca are an Argentina Football club, their home town is General Roca, in the Province of RĂo Negro in Argentina. They currently play in Zone A of the regionalised 4th level of Argentinian football Torneo Argentino B.
Deportivo Saprissa Deportivo Saprissa is a Costa Rican football club, currently playing in the Primera DivisiĂłn. It holds the record of most international titles by a Costa Rican soccer squad, and is tied with LD Alajuelense in national championships with a total of 24.
Deportivo Wanka Deportivo Wanka is a Peruvian football club, based in the city of Huancayo in the Peruvian Andes. It was founded in 1996 and is named after the Wanka people who formerly inhabited the area and after whom the city of Huancayo is named.
Deposit account A deposit account is an account at a banking institution that allows money to be held on behalf of the account holder. Some banks charge a fee for this service, while others may pay the client interest on the funds deposited.
Deposit feeder Deposit feeders are organisms that feed on the particles of matter in the soil, usually the top sediment where it is filled with organic matter. This can happen by either ingesting the soil or by trapping the falling particles.
Deposit insurance Explicit Deposit insurance is a measure introduced by policy makers in many countries to protect deposits, in full or in part, in the event of a "run" on a bank or banks. The failure of a bank has the potential to trigger a much broader spectrum of harmful events.
Deposit Insurance Corporation of Ontario The Deposit Insurance Corporation of Ontario insures all deposits made to a credit union or trust company under the jurisdiction of the province of Ontario. Deposits are insured for more than those insured by the Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation.
Deposit Insurance Fund The Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) is a fund maintained by the United States Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) to insure accounts at member banks and other depository institutions. The FDIC merged the Bank Insurance Fund (BIF) and the Savings Association Insurance Fund (SAIF) to form the DIF on March 31, 2006 in accordance with the Federal Deposit Insurance Reform Act of 2005.
Deposit Interest Retention Tax Deposit Interest Retention Tax (DIRT) is a form of tax on interest earned on bank accounts in Republic of Ireland that was first introduced in the 1980s. In Ireland, income from any source is reckonable for taxation purposes.
Deposit model In the field of archaeology a deposit model is a method of identifying the character and degree of survival of buried archaeological remains over a specified area without necessarily excavating the whole area.
Deposit premium A deposit premium is a type of insurance premium where the insured deposits money with the insurer to obtain perpetual insurance against the risk of a loss. Deposit premiums are unique from regular insurance premiums, because they are refundable should either the insured or the insurer chose to terminate the perpetual insurance.
Deposit-taking co-operative Deposit-taking co-operatives are a form of industry in Malaysia key to the economic and political interests of Chinese Malaysians. Their crash in 1986 caused a major political crisis when the Malay-dominated government was requested to bail out Chinese investors.
Deposition (Aerosol physics) In Aerosol physics, Deposition is the process by which aerosol particles collect or deposit themselves on solid surfaces, decreasing the concentration of the particles in the air. It can be divided into two sub-processes: dry and wet deposition.
Deposition (chemistry) In chemistry, deposition is the settling of particles (atoms or molecules) or sediment from a solution or suspension mixture, or the production of a solid on a pre-existing surface. It is also known by the particle model of matter as the process of gas changing form directly to a solid.
Deposition (law) In law, a deposition is evidence given under oath and recorded for use in court at a later date. In many countries depositions are given in courtrooms, but in the United States they are given outside a courtroom in certain well-defined circumstances.
Deposition (Raphael) The Deposition, also known as The Entombment or Pala Baglioni or Deposizione Borghese, is an oil painting by the Italian High Renaissance painter Raphael, signed and dated 1508. It is in the Galleria Borghese in Rome.
Deposition (sediment) Deposition, also known as sedimentation, is the geological process where by material is added to a landform. This is the process by which wind, water or ice create a sediment deposit, through the laying down of granular material that has been eroded and transported from another geographical location.
Deposition (university) The deposition (from Latin depositio cornuum, "taking off the horns") was a semi-official initiation ritual which was common at universities throughout Europe from the Middle Ages until the 18th century. The ritual was introduced at German universities in the late 15th century, probably from the influential University of Paris.
Depository Bank of Zurich The Depository Bank of Zurich is a fictional Geldschrankbank (secure depository facility) appearing in the 2003 novel The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown. The address of its Paris branch is 24 Rue Haxo, and according to the book, it also has branches in Kuala Lumpur, New York, and Zurich.
Depository institution A depository institution is a financial institution in United States, such as a savings bank, that is legally allowed to accept monetary deposits from consumers. Federal depository institutions are regulated by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC).
Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act The Depository Institutions Deregulation and Monetary Control Act, a United States federal financial statute law passed in 1980, gave the Federal Reserve greater control over non-member banks. Its main purpose was to force all banks to abide by the Fed's rules.
Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is a financial services company, based primarily in 55 Water Street in New York City, that clears and settles securities trades and provides custody of securities. Its depository custodies well over $25 trillion in stocks and bonds, more than any other depository in the world, and DTCC processes most of the securities transactions in the United States, over $1 quadrillion worth every year.
Depot Depot (děpō or dēpō) is from the French dépôt which means a deposit (as in geology or banking) or a storehouse. In English, depot can mean any one of a number of things, with minor variances between the different English speaking countries:
Depot ship A depot ship is a ship which acts as a mobile or fixed base for other ships and submarines or supports a naval base. Depot ships may be specifically designed for their purpose or be converted from another purpose.
Depraved heart murder Depraved heart murder is an American legal term for when an action that demonstrates a "callous disregard for human life" results in death. In most states, depraved heart killings constitute either second-degree murder or first-degree manslaughter.
Depreciation Depreciation is a term used in accounting, economics and finance with reference to the fact that assets with finite lives lose value over time. (There is also a separate use in international finance to refer to a reduction in the exchange rate of a currency - see devaluation).
Depreciation (currency) Currency depreciation is the loss of value of a country's currency with respect to one or more foreign reference currencies, typically in a floating exchange rate system. It is most often used for the unofficial increase of the exchange rate due to market forces, though sometimes it appears interchangeably with devaluation.
Depression (mood) Depression, or a depressed mood, may in everyday English refer to a state of melancholia, unhappiness or sadness, or to a relatively minor downturn in mood that may last only a few hours or days. This is generally seen as quite distinct from the diagnosis of clinical depression.
Depression cake Depression cake was a type of cake that was commonly made during the Great Depression. The ingredients of depression cake have relatively little or no milk, sugar, and eggs because they were either expensive or hard to get at that time.
Depression party Depression Party is a rock n' roll four piece band from Orange County, California, bringing sounds of early goth to the contemporary (2005) alternative scene (Franz Ferdinand, Killers). Dorian Coss (Vocals) Shane Kelley (Drums) Jeff James (Guitars) Ryan Reno (Bass).
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