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Packaging engineering Packaging engineering, also "package engineering", is a broad topic ranging from design conceptualization to product placement. All steps along the manufacturing process, and more, must be taken into account in the design of the package for any given product.
Packanack Lake, New Jersey Packanack Lake is an affluent lake community in Wayne, New Jersey, located 30 minutes northwest of Manhattan. The median income in Packanack Lake is $100,887 and the average income of households with children is $140,869.
Packard Packard was a United States based brand of luxury automobile built by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, and later by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana. The first Packard automobiles were produced in 1899 and the brand went off the market in 1958.
Packard 200 The Packard 200 was an automobile model produced by the Packard Motors Corporation of Detroit, Michigan during model years 1951 and 1952. Models in the 200 designation represented the least expensive Packard model range, on the firm's shortest wheelbase, and least powerful 288 cubic-inch 8-cylinder in-line engine.
Packard 300 The Packard 300 was an automobile built and sold by the Packard Motors Corporation of Detroit, Michigan for model years 1951 and 1952. The 300 represented the upper mid-range Packard model, providing better appointments than the Packard 200 or the Packard 250 series.
Packard Bell Packard Bell (PB) was an American radio manufacturer, founded in 1926Source: Computerhope, in Los Angeles], that later became a defense contractor and manufacturer of other consumer electronics, such as [[television sets. The company was acquired in 1968 by Teledyne.
Packard Caribbean The Packard Caribbean was a halo vehicle produced by the Packard Motors Corporation of Detroit, Michigan during model years 1953 through 1956. Some of the Caribbean's styling was derived from the Pan American Packard show car of the previous year.
Packard Cavalier The Packard Cavalier was an automobile produced by the Packard Motors Corporation of Detroit, Michigan during 1953 and 1954. Produced only as a sedan, the Cavalier took the place of the Packard 300 model which was fielded in 1951 and 1952 as Packard’s mid-range priced vehicle.
Packard Clipper The Packard Clipper was a model of the Packard Motors Company from 1941 to 1954, and the Studebaker-Packard Corporation for 1955 and 1957. Clippers built for model year 1956 are considered a stand alone make, not a model of Packard.
Packard Executive The Packard Executive was an automobile produced by the Packard-Clipper Division of the Studebaker-Packard Corporation in 1956. Introduced in April, 1956, Executive's were intended to fill a price gap between the Clipper (automobile) models, which were sold not as Packards, but under the Clipper brand name in 1956, and the senior Packard line of automobiles.
Packard Hawk The Packard Hawk was one of a range of four models of automobile produced in the final year of Packard production, 1958. Packard's plant in Utica, Michigan had been leased to Curtiss-Wright (and would be soon sold to them), and Packard models in this dying-gasp year were rebadged and retrimmed Studebaker products.
Packard Humanities Institute The Packard Humanities Institute is a non-profit foundation located in Los Altos, California, which funds projects in a wide range of conservation concerns in the fields of archaeology, music, film preservation, and historic conservation. PHI is also concerned with early education of children.
Packard One-Ten The Packard One-Ten (also One Ten and 110) was a range of six-cylinder automobiles produced by the Packard Corporation of Detroit, Michigan during the 1940 and 1941 model years. The One-Ten model designation replaced the Packard Six model name.
Packard One-Twenty The Packard One-Twenty (also One Twenty and 120) was an automobile produced by the Packard Motors Corporation of Detroit, Michigan from 1935 to 1937 and from 1939 through the 1941 model years. The One-Twenty model designation was replaced the Packard Eight model name during model years 1938 and 1942.
Packard Patrician The Packard Patrician was an automobile built by the Packard Motors Corporation of Detroit, Michigan from model years 1951 through the 1954, and by the Studebaker-Packard Corporation of South Bend, Indiana during model years 1955 and 1956. During its four years in production, the Patrician was built in Packard's Detroit facilities.
Packard Station Sedan The Packard Station Sedan was a pseudo station wagon model produced by the Packard Motors Corporation of Detroit, Michigan between 1948 and 1950. By offering the Station Sedan, Packard could market a vehicle with station wagon attributes, but without the full investment costs associated with a full-blown station wagon program development.
Packard's Corner Packard's Corner is located in Boston, Massachusetts at the intersection of Commonwealth Avenue and Brighton Avenue. Packard's Corner is also the name of a stop on the B Line of the MBTA'sGreen Line, a light-rail line that runs mostly above ground.
Packardbaker Packardbaker is a derisive slang term applied to 1957 and 1958 model year Packard automobiles. The word's origin came from detractors of Studebaker Packard Corporation's attempt to continue the Packard brand with models that were derived from the Studebaker President body shell and running gear.
PackBot PackBot is a series of robots by iRobot. PackBot EOD (Explosive ordinance disposal) can be controlled by radio or wired control to handle situations involving potential explosives, thereby reducing the risk of personal injury.
Packer Collegiate Institute Packer Collegiate Institute is an independent, private, college preparatory school for students from prekindergarten through grade 12. Formerly the Brooklyn Female Academy, Packer has been located at 170 Joralemon Street in the historic district of Brooklyn Heights since its founding in 1845.
Packerland Conference The Packerland Conference is an athletic conference comprised of high schools located in northeast Wisconsin. These schools are located primarily within Door County and Kewaunee County, which are between Green Bay and Lake Michigan.
Packet In information technology, a packet is a formatted block of information carried by a computer network. Computer communications links that do not support packets, such as traditional point-to-point telecommunications links, simply transmit data as a series of bytes, characters, or bits alone.
Packet loss Packet loss occurs when one or more packets of data traveling across a computer network fail to reach their destination. Packet loss can be caused by a number of factors, including signal degradation over the network medium, oversaturated network links, corrupted packets rejected in-transit or faulty networking hardware.
Packet over SONET/SDH Packet over SONET/SDH, abbreviated POS, is a communications protocol for transmitting packets in the form of the Point to Point Protocol over SDH or SONET, which are both standard protocols for communicating digital information using lasers or light emitting diodes (LEDs) over optical fibre at high line rates. POS is defined by rfc 2615 as PPP over SONET/SDH.
Packet scheduler A packet scheduler is a piece of software that determines how to prioritise which packets are sent across a network from a client computer. One important example of a packet scheduler is the QoS Packet Scheduler that comes with Microsoft operating systems such as Windows 2000 and Windows XP.
Packet sniffer A packet sniffer (also known as a network analyzer or protocol analyzer or, for particular types of networks, an Ethernet sniffer or wireless sniffer) is computer software or computer hardware that can intercept and log traffic passing over a digital network or part of a network. As data streams travel back and forth over the network, the sniffer captures each packet and eventually decodes and analyzes its content according to the appropriate RFC or other specifications.
Packet switching Packet switching, in computer networking and telecommunications, is the now-dominant communications paradigm in which packets (units of information carriage) are routed between nodes over data links shared with other traffic. This contrasts with the other principal paradigm, circuit switching, which sets up a dedicated connection between the two nodes for their exclusive use for the duration of the communication.
Packet Storm Packet Storm is a non-profit organization comprising computer security professionals that are dedicated to providing the information necessary to secure the networks world-wide. It publishes new security information on a global network of websites.
Packet trade Packet trade generally refers to any regularly scheduled passenger and cargo trade conducted by ship. In the United States, the term is used most often to refer to the Atlantic (or Western) Ocean packets which traded with Europe and Africa (most notably Cape Verde).
Packet writing Packet writing is an optical disc recording technology used to allow writeable CD and DVD media to be used in a similar manner to a floppy disk. Packet writing allows the user to access the contents of a CD-R or CD-RW disc directly through a mounted filesystem (Unix, Linux, Mac OS X) or drive letter (Windows).
PacketFront PacketFront Sweden AB is a telecommunications equipment and network provisioning system company. It is a provider of IP networking solutions, consisting of routers, Customer-premises equipment and control systems.
Packetized Elementary Stream Packetized Elementary Stream (PES) is defined by MPEG communication protocol which is an Elementary stream that is packetized by adding a packet header to every x number of bytes. The output of a video encoder is an elementary stream which is then packetized.
Packhorse A packhorse, pack horse or pack pony is a horse or pony used for carrying goods in sidebags or panniers. Typically packhorses are used to cross difficult terrain, where the absence of good roads would not permit the use of wheeled vehicles.
Packhorse bridge A packhorse bridge is a bridge intended to carry packhorses (horses loaded with sidebags or panniers) across a river or stream. Typically a packhorse bridge consists of one or more narrow (one horse wide) masonry arches, and has low parapets so as not to interfere with the horse's panniers.
Packie Bonner Patrick Joseph ("Packie") Bonner (born May 24, 1960 in Donegal, Republic of Ireland) is a former football goalkeeper for the Republic of Ireland, who earned 80 caps after making his debut on his 21st birthday. Many remember Bonner for his famous penalty save from Daniel Timofte of Romania in the 1990 FIFA World Cup finals.
Packing (transman) Packing refers to the use of a small flexible phallic shaped object, which is placed in the front of a transman's pants to give the appearance of male genitals. The packer may take the form of only a penis shape or may also incorporate a false scrotum containing testicles.
PackIt PackIt is a software data compression utility for archiving and compressing files on the Apple Macintosh platform. It was the first such program to see widespread use on the Mac, and most Mac software archives accepted uploads only in PackIt format for some time.
Packrat midden A packrat midden is the nest of a pack rat, a small rodent found in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Due to a number of factors, pack rat middens may preserve the materials incorporated into it up to 40,000 years.
Packrat parser A packrat parserFord, Bryan, Packrat Parsing: a Practical Linear-Time Algorithm with Backtracking, Master’s thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, September, 2002. is a form of parser similar to a recursive descent parser in construction, except that during the parsing process it
Packt Packt, pronounced Packed, is a publishing company based in Birmingham, UK. Founded in 2004 as an independent company, they are unique and modern in their approach to publishing, focusing on supporting and promoting Open Source.
Pacman frog A Pacman frog is any member of the family Neobatrachia with a characteristically large mouth and abdomen, thus resembling the video game character Pac-Man. Pacman frogs are considered Horned Frogs and the majority are endemic to South America.
Paco (drug) Paco (Spanish, PAsta de Cocaina) is a smokable, cheap, and highly addictive street drug. It is a chemical byproduct left over when Andean coca leaves are turned into a paste and then formulated into cocaine bound for US and European markets.
Paco Herrera Paco Herrera (Francisco Herrera, born 2 December 1953) joined Liverpool FC when Rafa Benitez was announced as the club's new coach in 2004. He was the head scout until the summer of 2006 when he went back to Spain to join RCD Espanyol, where he will take up the post of sporting director.
Paco Ignacio Taibo II Paco Ignacio Taibo II (born 11 January, 1949 in GijĂłn, Asturias), birth name Francisco Ignacio Taibo Mahojo, is a Spanish/Mexican writer, politician and academic. He has received the international Dashiell Hammett award for best detective story three times.
Paco Jamandreu Paco Jamandreu (October 17, 1925 – March 9, 1995) was a well known Argentine fashion designer and actor. He was a personal friend of Eva Perón and participated as costume designer in multiple Argentine films.
Paco Lala's Paco Lala's (Born Francisco René Anaya on July 22 1973 in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico) is a Mexican TV host who is remembered because of his participation on the famous Mexican TV show "Cada Mañana" from 2000 to 2005.
Paco Larrañaga Francisco Juan "Paco” Larrañaga (born 1977) is a Spanish-Filipino convicted of murder and sentenced to death on February 3, 2004. He along with six others were sentenced to death by lethal injection for the kidnapping and murder of Marijoy and Jacqueline Chiong on July 16, 1997 in Cebu City, Cebu.
Paco LeĂłn Paco LeĂłn is a Spanish comic actor (born in Seville October 4, 1974). As for its experience in television, works in the childlike comedy "Mariquilla rĂ­e perlas" and "Castillos en el Aire", of Canal Sur.
Paco Rabanne Paco Rabanne, (born Francisco Rabaneda Cuervo on February 18 1934 in Saint Sebastian in the Spanish Basque Country), is a fashion designer. He fled Spain for France with his mother when the Spanish Civil War broke out.
Paco Stanley ±Francisco "Paco" Stanley Albaitero (July 3 1942 - June 7, 1999) was a Mexican television entertainer and a politician member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He studied Law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).
Pacolet River The Pacolet River is a tributary of the Broad River, about 50 miles (80 km) long, in northwestern South Carolina in the United States Columbia Gazetteer of North America entry . One of its principal headwaters tributaries also drains a small portion of western North Carolina.
Pacorus II of Parthia Pacorus II of Parthia ruled the Parthian Empire from about 78 to 105. A son of Vonones II and brother of Vologases I, he was given the kingdom of Media Atropatene by the latter after his succession to the throne.
Pact of Biak-na-Bato The Pact of Biak na Bato, signed in December 1897, created a truce between rival rebel groups in the Philippine Revolution: Magdiwang, led by Mariano Alvarez and Magdalo, led by Emilio Aguinaldo. Aguinaldo and his fellow revolutionaries were given amnesty and a monetary indemnity by the Spanish government in return for which the rebel Government would go into voluntary exile in Hong Kong.
Pact of Madrid The Pact of Madrid, signed in 1953 by Spain and the United States, ended a period of virtual isolation for Spain, although the other victorious allies of World War II and much of the rest of the world remained hostile to what they regarded as a fascist regime sympathetic to the Nazi cause and established with Axis assistance. The 1953 accord took the form of three separate executive agreements that pledged the United States to furnish economic and military aid to Spain.
Pact of San Sebastián The Pact of San Sebastián was a meeting promoted by Niceto Alcalá Zamora and Miguel Maura, which took place in San Sebastián, Spain August 17, 1930. The meeting included representatives from practically all republican movements in Spain at the time.
Pact of Steel The Pact of Steel, known formally as the Pact of Friendship and Alliance between Germany and Italy, was an agreement between Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany signed on May 22, 1939, by the foreign ministers of each country, Count Galeazzo Ciano for Italy and Joachim von Ribbentrop for Germany.
Pact with the Devil A Pact with the Devil or Faustian Pact is a widespread cultural meme, most familiar in the legend of Faust and the figure of Mephistopheles but an element in many folktales. In the Aarne-Thompson typological catalogue, it lies in category AT 756B – "The devil's contract".
Pacte civil de solidarité In France, a pacte civil de solidarité (English: "civil pact of solidarity") commonly known as a PACS /paks/ (or PaCS), is a form of civil union between two adults (same-sex or opposite-sex) for organising their joint life. It brings rights and responsibilities, but less so than marriage.
Pacte de Famille The Pacte de Famille (Family Compact in English) is one of two separate, but similar alliances between the Bourbon kings of France and Spain. The first of these was made in 1733 by King Philip V of Spain and King Louis XV of France.
Pacto de Olivos The Olivos Pact (Spanish: Pacto de Olivos) refers to a series of documents signed between the governing president of Argentina Carlos Menem and former president and leader of the opposition RaĂşl AlfonsĂ­n, that formed the basis of the constitution reform of 1994.
Pacto Federal The Federal Pact (Spanish Pacto Federal) was a treaty first signed by the Argentine provinces of Buenos Aires, Entre RĂ­os and Santa Fe in 1831, for which a Federal military alliance was created to confront the Unitarian Liga Unitaria. Other provinces would later join the treaty.
Pactola Lake Pactola Lake is the largest reservoir in the Black Hills of South Dakota. At the bottom of Pactola Lake is the submerged town of Pactola, an old mining camp and site of several military bivouacs during the original settlement of the Black Hills in the mid-1870s.
Pacu Pacu is a common name used to refer to several species of South American freshwater fish that are closely related to the piranha. They are mainly herbivores, but will also eat small fish, insects, and meat on fishing lures (see omnivorous).
Pacuare River The Pacuare River, or the RĂ­o Pacuare, in Costa Rica has its source in the Cordillera de Talamanca and flows approximately 108 km to the Caribbean. It is a popular location for white water rafting and has been named one of the top 10 river trips in the world by National Geographic.
Paculla Annia Paculla Ania was a priestess from the southern Italian region of Campania. According to Livy, she largely changed the rules of Bacchanalias so that regarding nothing as impious or forbidden became the very sum of Bacchus' cult.
Paczki Paczki (Polish PÄ…czki) (pronounced: ]) are traditional Polish doughnuts. PÄ…czki is the plural form of the word pÄ…czek (pronounced: ) in Polish, but many English speakers use paczki as singular and paczkis as plural.
Pad see ew Pad see ew (sometimes pad see iew, Thai ผัดซีอิ๊ว) is a sweet noodle entree frequently served in Thai restaurants. It is made with sweet soy sauce, garlic, broad rice noodles, broccoli, egg, and some form of meat.
Pad site A pad site is a small parcel of land, typically within a larger shopping center site. Pad site sizes vary according to use, but the sites generally range from around 20,000 square feet to 75,000 square feet or more.
Pada (Hindu mythology) According to Hindu tradition and Hindu mythology, pada (that is, the foot) and padamudra (that is, the footprint), are considered very significant in several contexts. In Buddhist tradition, Buddha’s footprints symbolized his presence, and his image and iconography developed several centuries after he had passed away.
Padamudrakal Film Festival `Padamudrakal' is a documentary film festival organised by the Kerala Information and Public Relations Department, in association with Vaduthala Don Bosco Yuvajanakendram. Kochi, Kerala, India on March 20, 2006.
Padan plain The Padan Plain (Pianura Padana in Italian) is a major geographical feature of Italy. Stretching some 600 km in an east-west direction, considering also its Venetic extension not actually related to the Po river, it runs from the Western Alps to the Adriatic Sea, covering a large part of the Po basin and the flatlands of Veneto and Friuli, often considered apart since they do not drain into the Po, but effectively creating an unbroken path of plain terrain.
Padan-aram Padan-aram, Paddan-aram, Padan, or Paddan, in the Hebrew Bible, refers to the plain or field of Aram-Naharaim, or the plain of the highlands, that part of Aram that lay in the Euphrates River valley. The name thus may correspond to the Hebrew “sedeh Aram,” or “field of Aram.
Padania Padania is an alternative name for Northern Italy, which was sparingly used until the beginning of the 1990s, when the Northern League political party (in Italian, Lega Nord) proposed it as the denomination of a common homeland for northern Italians dissatisfied with the Italian state government. Therefore, since the 1990s the term carries strong political implications in the Italian context.
Padauk Padauk (or padouk) is a name for any of a group of timbers from the pantropical genus Pterocarpus. Not all wood from Pterocarpus-species qualifies as a padauk, some species don't yield timber at all, some yield a non-padauk wood.
Padayani Padayani or padeni colloquial speech, is one of the most colourful and spectacular ritual art associated with the festivals of certain temples in southern Kerala, south India. It is usually seen in Alappuzha, Kollam, Pathanamthitta and Kottayam districts.
Padayatchi Padayatchi derived from the Tamil word Padai, meaning army or members of an army is a title or suffix given to various Tamil Nadu related castes such as Vanniar, Maravar, Agamudaiyar and Kallar. It is also used by a section of Mukkuvar caste in Sri Lanka.
Padú del Caribe Padú del Caribe (Father of the Caribbean, né Juan Chabaya Lampe) is an Aruban musician and songwriter who has been recording and composing for several decades. He wrote "Aruba Dushi Tera", a waltz that is now the national anthem for Aruba and was long a rallying cry for separation from the Netherlands Antilles, which was achieved in 1986.
Padé approximant Padé approximant is the "best" approximation of a function by a rational function of given order. A Padé approximant often gives better approximation of the function than truncating its Taylor series, and it may still work where the Taylor series does not converge.
Padded cell A padded cell is a cell in a mental hospital with cushions lining the walls; this is done for the patients who want to commit suicide. The pads prevent the patients from hurting themselves by hitting their heads on the hard cement walls.
Paddi Edwards Paddi Edwards (December 9, 1931 – October 18, 1999), was an American actress. She worked steadily in film and television between the years of 1960 and 1999, up until the time of her death in Encino, California on October 18, 1999.
Paddick Paddick is a surname of English origin although substantial groups of Paddicks can be found across the world today. There are several theories as to the origin of the surnameThe Paddick One-Name Study: all may be true as there are distinct groupings of Paddicks across England.
Paddington Alcohol Test The Paddington Alcohol Test (PAT) was first published in the Journal of Accident and Emergency Medicine in 1996. It was designed to screen for alcohol related problems amongst those attending Accident and Emergency departments.
Paddington Bear Paddington Bear is a fictional character in children's literature. He first appeared in 1958 and was subsequently featured in some 14 books written by Michael Bond and illustrated by Peggy Fortnum and has evolved into a franchise.
Paddington Green Police Station Paddington Green Police Station in Paddington in west central London, England is operated by the Metropolitan Police Service. It is a conventional police station, and is open to the public 24 hours a day, but it also the most important high security police station in the United Kingdom.
Paddington North (UK Parliament constituency) Paddington North was a Parliamentary constituency in the Metropolitan Borough of Paddington in London which returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post voting system. It was created in 1885, and abolished for the February 1974 general election.
Paddington station London Paddington railway station is a major National Rail and London Underground station complex in the Paddington area of London, England. The site is a historic one, having served as the London terminus of the Great Western Railway and its successors since 1838.
Paddington South (UK Parliament constituency) Paddington South was a Parliamentary constituency in London which returned one Member of Parliament. It was a compact urban area, but predominantly wealthy, and was most famously represented by Lord Randolph Churchill during the latter part of his career.
Paddington Waterside Paddington Waterside is a a mixed residential and business development, situated adjacent to Paddington station and the Paddington branch of the Grand Union Canal in London, England. It is being developed on the site of the Great Western Railway's original London passenger terminus, to the west of Bishop's Bridge Road and between the current railway line and the canal.
Paddington, New South Wales Paddington is an inner-city, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is located 3km east of the Sydney central business district and lies across the local government areas of the City of Sydney and the Municipality of Woollahra.
Paddle (game controller) A paddle is a game controller with a round wheel and one or more fire buttons, where the wheel is typically used to control movement of the player object along one axis of the video screen. A paddle controller rotates through a fixed arc (usually about 330 degrees), it has a stop at each end and rotating it further can break it.
Paddle (spanking) A spanking paddle is a usually wooden instrument with a long, flat face and narrow neck, so called because it is roughly shaped like the homonymous piece of sports equipment, but existing in more varied sizes and dimensions, used to administer a spanking to the buttocks; it would be too hard and heavy to use safely on the back.
Paddle steamer A paddle steamer, paddleboat, or paddlewheeler is a ship or boat propelled by one or more paddle wheels driven by a steam engine. Boats with paddle wheels on the sides are also called sidewheelers, while those with a single wheel on the stern are known as sternwheelers.
Paddle Steamer Curlip The paddle steamer Curlip was built in 1989 in a Tabbara sawmill by Samuel Richardson and his sons, and operated along the Snowy River between 1890 and 1919, she was then washed out to sea, and her back broken on Marlo beach, by a flash flood.
Paddle tennis Paddle tennis is a racquet sport invented in 1898 by Frank Beal. Rules and scoring are similar to tennis, but there are a number of key differences: smaller court, smaller hard-surfaced paddles, spongy solid ball, only one served allowed.
Paddock Arcade The Paddock Arcade, located in Watertown, New York, is the oldest continuously operating covered mall in the United States. Although there are older arcades in the country, the Paddock has been used continuously since it was first built in 1850.
Paddy Atkinson Patrick Darren Atkinson (born May 22, 1970 in Singapore) is an English former professional footballer. He is currently player-assistant manager to Paul Baker at Northern League Division One side Newcastle Benfield.
Paddy Carty Paddy Carty was a three-time all-ireland champion Irish flute player from Loughrea, County Galway. He was well-known for his flowing rhythm and his virtuoso skill on his Radcliffe System flute, on which he could play freely in key signatures usually considered to be difficult on the Irish flute.
Paddy Casey Paddy Casey is an Irish singer-songwriter from Dublin. He busked in Dublin and Galway from an early age until he was discovered by legendary producer Muff Winwood and signed by Sony, under Principle Management.
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (1993) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle which won the Booker Prize in 1993. The story is about a young boy, aged 10, and the events that happen within that age group, but also having to cope with his parents' downhill relationship.
Paddy Crean International Stage Combat Conferences The Paddy Crean International Stage Combat Conferences are international symposia at which prominent stage combat and martial arts instructors as well as theatre, film, and television fight directors gather to teach seminars on a wide range of subjects related to their professional interests.

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