| Met Operations |
Met Operations, also known as Met Ops, is one of the four business groups which forms the Metropolitan Police Service. It was created during the 2018-19 restructuring of the service, amalgamating many of its functions from the Operations side of the Specialist Crime & Operations Directorate formed in 2012, with the Specialist Crime side of that Directorate placed under the new Frontline Policing Directorate. |
| Independent Commission Against Corruption (New South Wales) |
The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), an independent agency of the Government of New South Wales, is responsible for eliminating and investigating corrupt activities and enhancing the integrity of the public administration in the state of New South Wales, Australia. The Commission was established in 1989, pursuant to the Independent Commission Against Corruption Act, 1988 (NSW), modeled after the ICAC in Hong Kong.It is led by a Chief Commissioner appointed for a fixed five-year term; and two part-time Commissioners. |
| Law of obligations |
The law of obligations is one branch of private law under the civil law legal system and so-called "mixed" legal systems. It is the body of rules that organizes and regulates the rights and duties arising between individuals. |
| Federal funds rate |
In the United States, the federal funds rate is the interest rate at which depository institutions (banks and credit unions) lend reserve balances to other depository institutions overnight on an uncollateralized basis. Reserve balances are amounts held at the Federal Reserve to maintain depository institutions' reserve requirements. |
| Loan |
A man is an adult male human. Prior to adulthood, a male human is referred to as a boy (a male child or adolescent). |
| The Pokémon Company |
The Pokémon Company (株式会社ポケモン, Kabushiki gaisha Pokémon) is a Japanese company responsible for brand management, production, publishing, marketing and licensing of the Pokémon franchise, which consists of video game software, a trading card game, anime television series, films, manga, home entertainment products, merchandise, and other ventures. It was established through a joint investment by the three businesses holding the copyright of Pokémon: Nintendo, Game Freak, and Creatures. |
| Interest-only loan |
An interest-only loan is a loan in which the borrower pays only the interest for some or all of the term, with the principal balance unchanged during the interest-only period. At the end of the interest-only term the borrower must renegotiate another interest-only mortgage, pay the principal, or, if previously agreed, convert the loan to a principal-and-interest payment (amortized) loan at the borrower's option. |
| Orthographic projection |
Orthographic projection (sometimes referred to as orthogonal projection, used to be called analemma) is a means of representing three-dimensional objects in two dimensions. It is a form of parallel projection, in which all the projection lines are orthogonal to the projection plane, resulting in every plane of the scene appearing in affine transformation on the viewing surface. |
| Diamond Shamrock |
Diamond Shamrock Corp. or Diamond Shamrock Refining and Marketing was an oil refinery and gas station company in the United States, headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. |
| Greek government-debt crisis |
Greece faced a sovereign debt crisis in the aftermath of the financial crisis of 2007–2008. Widely known in the country as The Crisis (Greek: Η Κρίση), it reached the populace as a series of sudden reforms and austerity measures that led to impoverishment and loss of income and property, as well as a small-scale humanitarian crisis. |
| 2019–present Sri Lankan economic crisis |
The Sri Lankan Economic Crisis is an ongoing crisis in the island-state of Sri Lanka that started in 2019. It is the country's worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948. |
| Unsecured debt |
In finance, unsecured debt refers to any type of debt or general obligation that is not protected by a guarantor, or collateralized by a lien on specific assets of the borrower in the case of a bankruptcy or liquidation or failure to meet the terms for repayment. Unsecured debts are sometimes called signature debt or personal loans. |
| Farm cat |
The farm cat, also known as a barn cat, is a domestic cat, usually of mixed breed, that lives primarily outdoors, in a feral or semi-feral condition on agricultural properties, usually sheltering in outbuildings. They eat assorted vermin such as rodents and other small animals that live in or around outbuildings and farm fields. |
| David Lovering |
David Lovering (born December 6, 1961) is an American musician and magician. He is best known as the drummer for the alternative rock band Pixies, which he joined in 1986. |
| 2011 military intervention in Libya |
On 19 March 2011, a multi-state NATO-led coalition began a military intervention in Libya, to implement United Nations Security Council Resolution 1973, in response to events during the First Libyan Civil War. With ten votes in favour and five abstentions, the UN Security Council's intent was to have "an immediate ceasefire in Libya, including an end to the current attacks against civilians, which it said might constitute "crimes against humanity" ... |
| December 26 |
December 15 is the 349th day of the year (350th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 16 days remain until the end of the year.\n\n\n== Events ==\n\n\n=== Pre-1600 ===\n533 – Vandalic War: Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Tricamarum. |
| Amortization (business) |
In business, amortization refers to spreading payments over multiple periods. The term is used for two separate processes: amortization of loans and amortization of assets. |
| International business |
International business refers to the trade of goods, services, technology, capital and/or knowledge across national borders and at a global or transnational scale. \nIt involves cross-border transactions of goods and services between two or more countries. |
| Network18 Group |
Network18 Media & Investments Limited, (formerly SGA Finance and Management Service and Network18 Fincap Limited) commonly referred to as the Network18 Group and sometimes as the Network18–Eenadu Group, is an Indian media conglomerate owned by the energy giant Reliance Industries, headed by billionaire Mukesh Ambani. Rahul Joshi is the managing director, chief executive officer and group editor-in-chief of Network18, and Adil Zainulbhai is the chairman of its board of directors. |
| Basell Polyolefins |
Basell Polyolefins was a joint venture between BASF and Royal Dutch Shell. Leonard Blavatnik's Access Industries acquired it from the venturers for $5.7 billion in August 2005. |
| Uruguay River |
The Uruguay River (Spanish: Río Uruguay, pronounced ['rio uɾuˈɣwaj]; Portuguese: Rio Uruguai, Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁiu uɾuˈɡwaj]) is a major river in South America. It flows from north to south and forms parts of the boundaries of Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay, separating some of the Argentine provinces of La Mesopotamia from the other two countries. |
| Quicksort |
Quicksort is an in-place sorting algorithm. Developed by British computer scientist Tony Hoare in 1959 and published in 1961, it is still a commonly used algorithm for sorting. |
| List of United States state and local law enforcement agencies |
This is a list of U.S. state and local law enforcement agencies — local, regional, special and statewide government agencies (state police) of the U.S. states, of the federal district, and of the territories that provide law enforcement duties, including investigations, prevention and patrol functions. In addition, the Attorney General's office of each state may have their own investigators. |
| Law of New York (state) |
The law of New York consists of several levels, including constitutional, statutory, regulatory and case law, and also includes local laws, ordinances, and regulations. The Consolidated Laws form the general statutory law. |
| Regulation of therapeutic goods |
The regulation of therapeutic goods, defined as drugs and therapeutic devices, varies by jurisdiction. In some countries, such as the United States, they are regulated at the national level by a single agency. |
| Liability (financial accounting) |
In financial accounting, a liability is defined as the future sacrifices of economic benefits that the entity is\nobliged to make to other entities as a result of past transactions or other past events, the settlement of which may result in the transfer or use of assets, provision of services or other yielding of economic benefits in the future.\n\n\n== Characteristics ==\nA liability is defined by the following characteristics:\n\nAny type of borrowing from persons or banks for improving a business or personal income that is payable during short or long time;\nA duty or responsibility to others that entails settlement by future transfer or use of assets, provision of services, or other transaction yielding an economic benefit, at a specified or determinable date, on occurrence of a specified event, or on demand;\nA duty or responsibility that obligates the entity to another, leaving it little or no discretion to avoid settlement; and,\nA transaction or event obligating the entity that has already occurredLiabilities in financial accounting need not be legally enforceable; but can be based on equitable obligations or constructive obligations. |
| Buffalo, New York |
Buffalo is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of New York and the seat of Erie County. It is at the eastern end of Lake Erie, at the head of the Niagara River, and is across the Canadian border from Southern Ontario. |
| Personal injury lawyer |
A personal injury lawyer is a lawyer who provides legal services to those who claim to have been injured, physically or psychologically, as a result of the negligence of another person, company, government agency or any entity. Personal injury lawyers primarily practice in the area of law known as tort law. |
| Hansberry v. Lee |
Hansberry v. Lee, 311 U.S. 32 (1940), is a famous case now usually known in civil procedure for teaching that res judicata may not bind a subsequent litigant who had no opportunity to be represented in the earlier civil action. |
| Regulation Q |
Regulation Q (12 CFR 217) is a Federal Reserve regulation which sets out capital requirements for banks in the United States. The version of Regulation Q current as of 2021 was enacted in 2013. |
| Magnetic storage |
Magnetic storage or magnetic recording is the storage of data on a magnetized medium. Magnetic storage uses different patterns of magnetisation in a magnetizable material to store data and is a form of non-volatile memory. |
| Pumped-storage hydroelectricity |
Pumped-storage hydroelectricity (PSH), or pumped hydroelectric energy storage (PHES), is a type of hydroelectric energy storage used by electric power systems for load balancing. The method stores energy in the form of gravitational potential energy of water, pumped from a lower elevation reservoir to a higher elevation. |
| Failure to obey a police order |
Failure to obey a police officer, failure to obey a police order, or failure to obey a lawful order is a crime in certain jurisdictions.\n\n\n== Canada ==\nIn Canada, the Criminal Code makes it illegal for a motor vehicle driver to disobey an order to stop for a police officer. |
| Experimental Oculina Research Reserve |
The Experimental Oculina Research Reserve preserves the Oculina Banks, a reef of ivory bush coral (Oculina varicosa) off the coast of Fort Pierce, Florida. Oculina varicosa is a U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service species of concern. |
| SpaceX facilities |
As of 2020, SpaceX operates four launch facilities: Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40), Vandenberg Space Force Base Space Launch Complex 4E (SLC-4E), Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A (LC-39A), and Brownsville South Texas Launch Site. Space Launch Complex 40 was damaged in the Amos-6 accident in September 2016 and repair work was completed by December 2017. |
| Highway Properties Ltd v Kelly, Douglas and Co Ltd |
Highway Properties Ltd v Kelly, Douglas and Co Ltd is a leading Canadian property law case concerning commercial landlord-tenant relationships decided by the Supreme Court of Canada.\nThe decision imported the contract law concept of repudiation and recovery for prospective damages into property law. |
| List of female fitness and figure competitors |
This is a list of female fitness and figure competitors.\n\n\n== A ==\nJelena Abbou\n\n\n== B ==\nLauren Beckham\nAlexandra Béres\nSharon Bruneau\n\n\n== C ==\nNatalie Montgomery-Carroll\nJen Cassetty\nKim Chizevsky\nSusie Curry\n\n\n== D ==\nDebbie Dobbins\nNicole Duncan\n\n\n== E ==\nJamie Eason\nAlexis Ellis\n\n\n== F ==\nAmy Fadhli\nJaime Franklin\n\n\n== G ==\nAdela García \nConnie Garner\nElaine Goodlad\nTracey Greenwood\nOksana Grishina\n\n\n== H ==\nMallory Haldeman\nVanda Hădărean\nJen Hendershott\nSoleivi Hernandez\nApril Hunter\n\n\n== I ==\n\n\n== J ==\nTsianina Joelson\n\n\n== K ==\nAdria Montgomery-Klein\nAshley Kaltwasser\n\n\n== L ==\nLauren Lillo\nMary Elizabeth Lado\nTammie Leady\nJennifer Nicole Lee\nAmber Littlejohn\nJulie Lohre\nJenny Lynn\n\n\n== M ==\nTimea Majorová\nLinda Maxwell\nDavana Medina\nJodi Leigh Miller\nChisato Mishima\n\n\n== N ==\nKim Nielsen\n\n\n== O ==\n\n\n== P ==\nVicky Pratt\nElena Panova\nChristine Pomponio-Pate\nCathy Priest\n\n\n== Q ==\n\n\n== R ==\nMaite Richert\nCharlene Rink\nKelly Ryan\n\n\n== S ==\nErin Stern\nCarol Semple-Marzetta\nKrisztina Sereny\nTrish Stratus (Patricia Anne Stratigias)\n\n\n== T ==\nKristi Tauti\nJennifer Thomas\n\n\n== U ==\n\n\n== V ==\nLisa Marie Varon\n\n\n== W ==\nLatisha Wilder\nTorrie Wilson\nLyen Wong\nJenny Worth\nNicole Wilkins\n\n\n== Y ==\n\n\n== Z ==\nMarietta Žigalová\nMalika Zitouni\n\n\n== See also ==\nList of female bodybuilders\n\n\n== References ==\nThere has been a rise in the number of women wanting to compete as fitness models. |
| Board of education |
A board of education, school committee or school board is the board of directors or board of trustees of a school, local school district or an equivalent institution.\nThe elected council determines the educational policy in a small regional area, such as a city, county, state, or province. |