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Q1296	what is a contingent fee with an attorney	Contingent fee	However, if the case is won, the lawyer will be entitled to the normal fee based on hourly billing, plus a success fee.	00
Q1296	what is a contingent fee with an attorney	Contingent fee	The success fee in England must be as a percentage no greater than 100% of the normal fee.	00
Q1296	what is a contingent fee with an attorney	Contingent fee	This contrasts with the contingency fee in the US, which gives the successful attorney a percentage of the damages awarded in favor of his client.	00
Q1296	what is a contingent fee with an attorney	Contingent fee	This makes it easier for the poor to pursue their civil rights since otherwise, to sue someone for a tort , one must first be wealthy enough to pursue such litigation in the first place.	00
Q1296	what is a contingent fee with an attorney	Contingent fee	However, because of the high risk, few attorneys will take cases on a contingency basis unless they feel the case has good merit.	00
Q1296	what is a contingent fee with an attorney	Contingent fee	According to a 2004 book by law professor Herbert Kritzer, contingent fees were allowed as of that year in the following countries: Australia , Brazil , Canada , the Dominican Republic , France , Greece , Ireland , Japan , New Zealand , the United Kingdom and the United States .	00
Q1296	what is a contingent fee with an attorney	Contingent fee	They are also allowed in personal injury actions in Lithuania .	00
Q1296	what is a contingent fee with an attorney	Contingent fee	Recently, they have been allowed in Belgium as well.	00
Q1298	what is a college convocation	Convocation	A Convocation ( Latin 'calling together', translating the Greek ecclesia ) is a group of people formally assembled for a special purpose.	00
Q1299	when does sons of anarchy return 2011	Sons of Anarchy	Sons of Anarchy is a television drama series created by Kurt Sutter about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming , a fictional town in California's Central Valley .	00
Q1299	when does sons of anarchy return 2011	Sons of Anarchy	The show centers on protagonist Jackson "Jax" Teller ( Charlie Hunnam ), the then-vice president of the club, who begins questioning the club and himself.	00
Q1299	when does sons of anarchy return 2011	Sons of Anarchy	Sons of Anarchy premiered on September 3, 2008, on cable network FX .	00
Q1299	when does sons of anarchy return 2011	Sons of Anarchy	The third season of the series attracted an average of 4.9 million viewers per week, making it FX's highest rated series ever, surpassing FX's other hits The Shield , Nip/Tuck , and Rescue Me .	00
Q1299	when does sons of anarchy return 2011	Sons of Anarchy	On February 3, 2012, Sons of Anarchy was renewed for two additional seasons, a fifth and a sixth.	00
Q1299	when does sons of anarchy return 2011	Sons of Anarchy	Those involved in the production of the series imply that a seventh and final season is creator Kurt Sutter's plan.	00
Q1300	what type of volcano is grimsvotn	GrÃmsvÃ¶tn	The Grímsvötn sub-glacial lakes (; vötn = "waters", singular: ) and the volcano of the same name are in South-East Iceland .	00
Q1300	what type of volcano is grimsvotn	GrÃmsvÃ¶tn	They are in the highlands of Iceland at the northwestern side of the Vatnajökull ice-cap.	00
Q1300	what type of volcano is grimsvotn	GrÃmsvÃ¶tn	The lakes are at , at an elevation of .	00
Q1300	what type of volcano is grimsvotn	GrÃmsvÃ¶tn	Beneath the lakes is the magma chamber of the Grímsvötn volcano.	00
Q1300	what type of volcano is grimsvotn	GrÃmsvÃ¶tn	Grímsvötn is a basaltic volcano which has the highest eruption frequency of all the volcanoes in Iceland and has a southwest-northeast-trending fissure system.	00
Q1300	what type of volcano is grimsvotn	GrÃmsvÃ¶tn	The massive climate-impacting Laki fissure eruption of 1783–1784 was a part of the same fissure system.	00
Q1300	what type of volcano is grimsvotn	GrÃmsvÃ¶tn	Grímsvötn was erupting at the same time as Laki during 1783, but continued to erupt until 1785.	00
Q1300	what type of volcano is grimsvotn	GrÃmsvÃ¶tn	Because most of the volcano lies underneath Vatnajökull, most of its eruptions have been subglacial and the interaction of magma and meltwater from the ice causes phreatomagmatic explosive activity.	00
Q1300	what type of volcano is grimsvotn	GrÃmsvÃ¶tn	On 21 May 2011 at 19:25 UTC , an eruption began, with high plumes accompanied by multiple earthquakes , resulting in cancellation of 900 flights in Iceland, and in the United Kingdom, Greenland, Germany, Ireland and Norway on 22–25 May.	00
Q1300	what type of volcano is grimsvotn	GrÃmsvÃ¶tn	Until 25 May the eruption scale had been larger than that of the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull .	00
Q1300	what type of volcano is grimsvotn	GrÃmsvÃ¶tn	The eruption stopped at 02:40 UTC on 25 May 2011, although there was some explosive activity from the tephra vents affecting only the area around the crater.	00
Q1301	what is a vetting process	Vetting	Vetting is the process of performing a background check on someone before offering them employment, conferring an award, etc.	11
Q1301	what is a vetting process	Vetting	A prospective person or project may be vetted before making a hiring decision.	00
Q1301	what is a vetting process	Vetting	In addition, in intelligence gathering , assets are vetted to determine their usefulness.	00
Q1304	what states are harrah's properties in	Caesars Entertainment Corporation	Former headquarters and current corporate offices	00
Q1304	what states are harrah's properties in	Caesars Entertainment Corporation	Caesars Entertainment Corporation (formerly Harrah's Entertainment from 1995 to 2010) is an American public gaming corporation that owns and operates over 50 casinos , hotels, and seven golf courses under several brands .	00
Q1304	what states are harrah's properties in	Caesars Entertainment Corporation	The company, based in Paradise , Nevada , is the largest gaming company in the world, with annual revenues of $8.9 billion (2010).	00
Q1304	what states are harrah's properties in	Caesars Entertainment Corporation	Caesars is a public company, with a joint venture of Apollo Global Management and Texas Pacific Group ownig a large portion of the stack and Blackstone Group also holding a significant stake.	00
Q1304	what states are harrah's properties in	Caesars Entertainment Corporation	The name change from "Harrah's Entertainment Inc." to "Caesars Entertainment Corporation" was made official on November 23, 2010.	00
Q1304	what states are harrah's properties in	Caesars Entertainment Corporation	Harrah's remains a key brand in the company.	00
Q1304	what states are harrah's properties in	Caesars Entertainment Corporation	On November 5, 2010, Harrah's announced an initial public offering of 31,250,000 shares but retracted this offering on November 19.	00
Q1305	what is a landed immigrant in canada	Permanent resident (Canada)	A Permanent Resident in Canada is a person who is not a Canadian citizen but who has been granted permission to live and work in Canada without any time limit on his or her stay.	00
Q1305	what is a landed immigrant in canada	Permanent resident (Canada)	A permanent resident must live in Canada for two years out of every five or risk losing that status.	00
Q1305	what is a landed immigrant in canada	Permanent resident (Canada)	A Permanent Resident holds many of the same rights and responsibilities as a Canadian citizen, among others the right to work for any enterprise as well as for the federal or provincial government (under restriction of access rights to certain regulated professions).	00
Q1305	what is a landed immigrant in canada	Permanent resident (Canada)	The main differences are that residents cannot:	00
Q1305	what is a landed immigrant in canada	Permanent resident (Canada)	vote in elections in Canada ;	00
Q1305	what is a landed immigrant in canada	Permanent resident (Canada)	run for elected office;	00
Q1305	what is a landed immigrant in canada	Permanent resident (Canada)	hold Canadian passports;	00
Q1305	what is a landed immigrant in canada	Permanent resident (Canada)	In addition, they may be allowed to join Canada's armed forces if the national interest would not be prejudiced.	00
Q1305	what is a landed immigrant in canada	Permanent resident (Canada)	Permanent residents also risk deportation for serious crimes committed while resident in Canada.	00
Q1305	what is a landed immigrant in canada	Permanent resident (Canada)	Permanent residents may apply for Canadian citizenship after three years in Canada; however this is not mandatory.	00
Q1306	who killed erica cain	Erica Kane	Erica Kane is a fictional character from the American ABC Daytime soap opera All My Children .	00
Q1306	who killed erica cain	Erica Kane	The character was portrayed by actress Susan Lucci from her debut on January 16, 1970 until the last broadcast television episode aired on September 23, 2011.	00
Q1306	who killed erica cain	Erica Kane	On February 11, 2013, it was announced that Lucci will guest-star on the Prospect Park 's continuation of All My Children.	00
Q1306	who killed erica cain	Erica Kane	In the U.S., Erica is considered to be the most popular character in soap opera history.	00
Q1306	who killed erica cain	Erica Kane	Regarding the North-American market, TV Guide calls her "unequivocally the most famous soap opera character in the history of daytime TV", and included her in their 2013 list of The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time.	00
Q1307	who reports the consumer price index	Consumer Price Index	A graph of the US CPI from 1913 to 2006 (in blue), and its percent annual change (in red)	00
Q1307	who reports the consumer price index	Consumer Price Index	A consumer price index (CPI) measures changes in the price level of a market basket of consumer goods and services purchased by households.	00
Q1307	who reports the consumer price index	Consumer Price Index	The CPI in the United States is defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as "a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services."	11
Q1307	who reports the consumer price index	Consumer Price Index	The CPI is a statistical estimate constructed using the prices of a sample of representative items whose prices are collected periodically.	00
Q1307	who reports the consumer price index	Consumer Price Index	Sub-indexes and sub-sub-indexes are computed for different categories and sub-categories of goods and services, being combined to produce the overall index with weights reflecting their shares in the total of the consumer expenditures covered by the index.	00
Q1307	who reports the consumer price index	Consumer Price Index	It is one of several price indices calculated by most national statistical agencies.	00
Q1307	who reports the consumer price index	Consumer Price Index	The annual percentage change in a CPI is used as a measure of inflation .	00
Q1307	who reports the consumer price index	Consumer Price Index	A CPI can be used to index (i.e., adjust for the effect of inflation) the real value of wages, salaries, pensions , for regulating prices and for deflating monetary magnitudes to show changes in real values.	00
Q1307	who reports the consumer price index	Consumer Price Index	In most countries, the CPI is, along with the population census and the USA National Income and Product Accounts , one of the most closely watched national economic statistics.	00
Q1308	where does the expression "knocking on wood" come from	Knocking on wood	Knocking on wood, or to touch wood, refers to the apotropaic tradition in western folklore of literally touching/knocking on wood, or merely stating that you are doing or intend same, in order to avoid " tempting fate " after making a favourable observation, a boast, or declaration concerning one's own death.	11
Q1309	what are rocker arms?	Rocker arm	Rocker arm	00
Q1309	what are rocker arms?	Rocker arm	Generally referred to within the context of the internal combustion engine of automotive, marine, motorcycle and reciprocating aviation engines, the rocker arm is an oscillating lever that conveys radial movement from the cam lobe into linear movement at the poppet valve to open it.	11
Q1309	what are rocker arms?	Rocker arm	One end is raised and lowered by a rotating lobe of the camshaft (either directly or via a tappet (lifter) and pushrod ) while the other end acts on the valve stem .	00
Q1309	what are rocker arms?	Rocker arm	When the camshaft lobe raises the outside of the arm, the inside presses down on the valve stem, opening the valve.	00
Q1309	what are rocker arms?	Rocker arm	When the outside of the arm is permitted to return due to the camshafts rotation, the inside rises, allowing the valve spring to close the valve.	00
Q1309	what are rocker arms?	Rocker arm	The drive cam is driven by the camshaft .	00
Q1309	what are rocker arms?	Rocker arm	This pushes the rocker arm up and down about the trunnion pin or rocker shaft.	00
Q1309	what are rocker arms?	Rocker arm	Friction may be reduced at the point of contact with the valve stem by a roller cam follower .	00
Q1309	what are rocker arms?	Rocker arm	A similar arrangement transfers the motion via another roller cam follower to a second rocker arm.	00
Q1309	what are rocker arms?	Rocker arm	This rotates about the rocker shaft, and transfers the motion via a tappet to the poppet valve .	00
Q1309	what are rocker arms?	Rocker arm	In this case this opens the intake valve to the cylinder head .	00
Q1309	what are rocker arms?	Rocker arm	The effective leverage of the arm (and thus the force it can exert on the valve stem) is determined by the rocker arm ratio, the ratio of the distance from the rocker arm's center of rotation to the tip divided by the distance from the center of rotation to the point acted on by the camshaft or pushrod.	00
Q1309	what are rocker arms?	Rocker arm	Current automotive design favors rocker arm ratios of about 1.5:1 to 1.8:1.	00
Q1309	what are rocker arms?	Rocker arm	However, in the past smaller positive ratios (the valve lift is greater than the cam lift) and even negative ratios (valve lift smaller than the cam lift) have been used.	00
Q1309	what are rocker arms?	Rocker arm	Many pre-WW2 engines use 1:1 (neutral) ratios.	00
Q1309	what are rocker arms?	Rocker arm	For car engines the rocker arms are generally steel stampings , providing a reasonable balance of strength, weight and economical cost.	00
Q1309	what are rocker arms?	Rocker arm	Because the rocker arms are, in part, reciprocating weight , excessive mass especially at the lever ends limits the engine's ability to reach high operating speeds.	00
Q1310	who sang the nights the lights went out	The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia	"The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" is a Southern Gothic song written by songwriter Bobby Russell and performed in 1972 by his then-wife Vicki Lawrence .	11
Q1310	who sang the nights the lights went out	The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia	Reba McEntire later covered it in 1991.	11
Q1310	who sang the nights the lights went out	The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia	Recorded in late October 1972 in United/Western Studios on Sunset in Hollywood and released less than two weeks later in November 1972, the song centers around the older brother of the narrator, falsely convicted of and executed for a murder, which the narrator herself has committed.	00
Q1313	where does the return address go on mail	Return address	In postal mail , a return address is an explicit inclusion of the address of the person sending the message.	00
Q1313	where does the return address go on mail	Return address	It provides the recipient (and sometimes authorized intermediaries) with a means to determine how to respond to the sender of the message if needed.	00
Q1313	where does the return address go on mail	Return address	The return address need not include a sender's name, but should include address or P.O. box details in the same way as the delivery address should.	00
Q1313	where does the return address go on mail	Return address	In some countries, the return address is conventionally located in the upper left hand corner of the envelope , card, or label.	11
Q1313	where does the return address go on mail	Return address	In the United Kingdom , the return address is usually placed on the reverse of the envelope, near the top.	11
Q1313	where does the return address go on mail	Return address	Businesses often use envelopes preprinted with a return address.	00
Q1313	where does the return address go on mail	Return address	Many individuals have sheets of adhesive labels preprinted with their home address to affix to their correspondence.	00
Q1313	where does the return address go on mail	Return address	Charities sometimes include such sheets in mailshots.	00
Q1313	where does the return address go on mail	Return address	Rolls of Return Address Labels can be purchased from companies that sell personalized labels to provide individuals an easy way to peel and stick return address labels to their envelopes.	00
Q1313	where does the return address go on mail	Return address	The return address is not required on postal mail.	00
Q1313	where does the return address go on mail	Return address	However, lack of a return address prevents the postal service from being able to return the item if it proves undeliverable; such as from damage, postage due , or invalid destination.	00
Q1313	where does the return address go on mail	Return address	Such mail may thus become dead letter mail .	00
Q1313	where does the return address go on mail	Return address	Should the return address be of a different state or country, the mail may be routed through that location for ease of return.	00
Q1315	what is a synthetic conduit	Nerve guidance conduit	A nerve guidance conduit (also referred to as an artificial nerve conduit or artificial nerve graft, as opposed to an autograft ) is an artificial means of guiding axonal regrowth to facilitate nerve regeneration and is one of several clinical treatments for nerve injuries .	11
Q1315	what is a synthetic conduit	Nerve guidance conduit	When direct suturing of the two stumps of a severed nerve cannot be accomplished without tension, the standard clinical treatment for peripheral nerve injuries is autologous nerve grafting .	00
Q1315	what is a synthetic conduit	Nerve guidance conduit	Due to the limited availability of donor tissue and functional recovery in autologous nerve grafting, neural tissue engineering research has focused on the development of bioartificial nerve guidance conduits as an alternative treatment, especially for large defects.	00
Q1315	what is a synthetic conduit	Nerve guidance conduit	Similar techniques are also being explored for nerve repair in the spinal cord but nerve regeneration in the central nervous system poses a greater challenge because its axons do not regenerate appreciably in their native environment.	00
Q1315	what is a synthetic conduit	Nerve guidance conduit	The creation of artificial conduits is also known as entubulation because the nerve ends and intervening gap are enclosed within a tube composed of biological or synthetic materials.	00
Q1315	what is a synthetic conduit	Nerve guidance conduit	Whether the conduit is in the form of a biologic tube, synthetic tube or tissue-engineered conduit, it should facilitate neurotropic and neurotrophic communication between the proximal and distal ends of the nerve gap, block external inhibitory factors, and provide a physical guidance for axonal regrowth.	00

Q1296

what is a contingent fee with an attorney

Contingent fee

However, if the case is won, the lawyer will be entitled to the normal fee based on hourly billing, plus a success fee.

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Q1296

what is a contingent fee with an attorney

Contingent fee

The success fee in England must be as a percentage no greater than 100% of the normal fee.

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Q1296

what is a contingent fee with an attorney

Contingent fee

This contrasts with the contingency fee in the US, which gives the successful attorney a percentage of the damages awarded in favor of his client.

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Q1296

what is a contingent fee with an attorney

Contingent fee

This makes it easier for the poor to pursue their civil rights since otherwise, to sue someone for a tort , one must first be wealthy enough to pursue such litigation in the first place.

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Q1296

what is a contingent fee with an attorney

Contingent fee

However, because of the high risk, few attorneys will take cases on a contingency basis unless they feel the case has good merit.

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Q1296

what is a contingent fee with an attorney

Contingent fee

According to a 2004 book by law professor Herbert Kritzer, contingent fees were allowed as of that year in the following countries: Australia , Brazil , Canada , the Dominican Republic , France , Greece , Ireland , Japan , New Zealand , the United Kingdom and the United States .

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Q1296

what is a contingent fee with an attorney

Contingent fee

They are also allowed in personal injury actions in Lithuania .

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Q1296

what is a contingent fee with an attorney

Contingent fee

Recently, they have been allowed in Belgium as well.

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Q1298

what is a college convocation

Convocation

A Convocation ( Latin 'calling together', translating the Greek ecclesia ) is a group of people formally assembled for a special purpose.

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Q1299

when does sons of anarchy return 2011

Sons of Anarchy

Sons of Anarchy is a television drama series created by Kurt Sutter about the lives of a close-knit outlaw motorcycle club operating in Charming , a fictional town in California's Central Valley .

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Q1299

when does sons of anarchy return 2011

Sons of Anarchy

The show centers on protagonist Jackson "Jax" Teller ( Charlie Hunnam ), the then-vice president of the club, who begins questioning the club and himself.

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Q1299

when does sons of anarchy return 2011

Sons of Anarchy

Sons of Anarchy premiered on September 3, 2008, on cable network FX .

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Q1299

when does sons of anarchy return 2011

Sons of Anarchy

The third season of the series attracted an average of 4.9 million viewers per week, making it FX's highest rated series ever, surpassing FX's other hits The Shield , Nip/Tuck , and Rescue Me .

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Q1299

when does sons of anarchy return 2011

Sons of Anarchy

On February 3, 2012, Sons of Anarchy was renewed for two additional seasons, a fifth and a sixth.

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Q1299

when does sons of anarchy return 2011

Sons of Anarchy

Those involved in the production of the series imply that a seventh and final season is creator Kurt Sutter's plan.

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Q1300

what type of volcano is grimsvotn

GrÃmsvÃ¶tn

The Grímsvötn sub-glacial lakes (; vötn = "waters", singular: ) and the volcano of the same name are in South-East Iceland .

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what type of volcano is grimsvotn

GrÃmsvÃ¶tn

They are in the highlands of Iceland at the northwestern side of the Vatnajökull ice-cap.

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Q1300

what type of volcano is grimsvotn

GrÃmsvÃ¶tn

The lakes are at , at an elevation of .

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Q1300

what type of volcano is grimsvotn

GrÃmsvÃ¶tn

Beneath the lakes is the magma chamber of the Grímsvötn volcano.

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Q1300

what type of volcano is grimsvotn

GrÃmsvÃ¶tn

Grímsvötn is a basaltic volcano which has the highest eruption frequency of all the volcanoes in Iceland and has a southwest-northeast-trending fissure system.

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Q1300

what type of volcano is grimsvotn

GrÃmsvÃ¶tn

The massive climate-impacting Laki fissure eruption of 1783–1784 was a part of the same fissure system.

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Q1300

what type of volcano is grimsvotn

GrÃmsvÃ¶tn

Grímsvötn was erupting at the same time as Laki during 1783, but continued to erupt until 1785.

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Q1300

what type of volcano is grimsvotn

GrÃmsvÃ¶tn

Because most of the volcano lies underneath Vatnajökull, most of its eruptions have been subglacial and the interaction of magma and meltwater from the ice causes phreatomagmatic explosive activity.

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Q1300

what type of volcano is grimsvotn

GrÃmsvÃ¶tn

On 21 May 2011 at 19:25 UTC , an eruption began, with high plumes accompanied by multiple earthquakes , resulting in cancellation of 900 flights in Iceland, and in the United Kingdom, Greenland, Germany, Ireland and Norway on 22–25 May.

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Q1300

what type of volcano is grimsvotn

GrÃmsvÃ¶tn

Until 25 May the eruption scale had been larger than that of the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull .

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Q1300

what type of volcano is grimsvotn

GrÃmsvÃ¶tn

The eruption stopped at 02:40 UTC on 25 May 2011, although there was some explosive activity from the tephra vents affecting only the area around the crater.

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Q1301

what is a vetting process

Vetting

Vetting is the process of performing a background check on someone before offering them employment, conferring an award, etc.

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Q1301

what is a vetting process

Vetting

A prospective person or project may be vetted before making a hiring decision.

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Q1301

what is a vetting process

Vetting

In addition, in intelligence gathering , assets are vetted to determine their usefulness.

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Q1304

what states are harrah's properties in

Caesars Entertainment Corporation

Former headquarters and current corporate offices

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Q1304

what states are harrah's properties in

Caesars Entertainment Corporation

Caesars Entertainment Corporation (formerly Harrah's Entertainment from 1995 to 2010) is an American public gaming corporation that owns and operates over 50 casinos , hotels, and seven golf courses under several brands .

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Q1304

what states are harrah's properties in

Caesars Entertainment Corporation

The company, based in Paradise , Nevada , is the largest gaming company in the world, with annual revenues of $8.9 billion (2010).

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Q1304

what states are harrah's properties in

Caesars Entertainment Corporation

Caesars is a public company, with a joint venture of Apollo Global Management and Texas Pacific Group ownig a large portion of the stack and Blackstone Group also holding a significant stake.

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Q1304

what states are harrah's properties in

Caesars Entertainment Corporation

The name change from "Harrah's Entertainment Inc." to "Caesars Entertainment Corporation" was made official on November 23, 2010.

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Q1304

what states are harrah's properties in

Caesars Entertainment Corporation

Harrah's remains a key brand in the company.

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Q1304

what states are harrah's properties in

Caesars Entertainment Corporation

On November 5, 2010, Harrah's announced an initial public offering of 31,250,000 shares but retracted this offering on November 19.

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Q1305

what is a landed immigrant in canada

Permanent resident (Canada)

A Permanent Resident in Canada is a person who is not a Canadian citizen but who has been granted permission to live and work in Canada without any time limit on his or her stay.

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Q1305

what is a landed immigrant in canada

Permanent resident (Canada)

A permanent resident must live in Canada for two years out of every five or risk losing that status.

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Q1305

what is a landed immigrant in canada

Permanent resident (Canada)

A Permanent Resident holds many of the same rights and responsibilities as a Canadian citizen, among others the right to work for any enterprise as well as for the federal or provincial government (under restriction of access rights to certain regulated professions).

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Q1305

what is a landed immigrant in canada

Permanent resident (Canada)

The main differences are that residents cannot:

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Q1305

what is a landed immigrant in canada

Permanent resident (Canada)

vote in elections in Canada ;

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Q1305

what is a landed immigrant in canada

Permanent resident (Canada)

run for elected office;

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Q1305

what is a landed immigrant in canada

Permanent resident (Canada)

hold Canadian passports;

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Q1305

what is a landed immigrant in canada

Permanent resident (Canada)

In addition, they may be allowed to join Canada's armed forces if the national interest would not be prejudiced.

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Q1305

what is a landed immigrant in canada

Permanent resident (Canada)

Permanent residents also risk deportation for serious crimes committed while resident in Canada.

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Q1305

what is a landed immigrant in canada

Permanent resident (Canada)

Permanent residents may apply for Canadian citizenship after three years in Canada; however this is not mandatory.

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Q1306

who killed erica cain

Erica Kane

Erica Kane is a fictional character from the American ABC Daytime soap opera All My Children .

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who killed erica cain

Erica Kane

The character was portrayed by actress Susan Lucci from her debut on January 16, 1970 until the last broadcast television episode aired on September 23, 2011.

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Q1306

who killed erica cain

Erica Kane

On February 11, 2013, it was announced that Lucci will guest-star on the Prospect Park 's continuation of All My Children.

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Q1306

who killed erica cain

Erica Kane

In the U.S., Erica is considered to be the most popular character in soap opera history.

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who killed erica cain

Erica Kane

Regarding the North-American market, TV Guide calls her "unequivocally the most famous soap opera character in the history of daytime TV", and included her in their 2013 list of The 60 Nastiest Villains of All Time.

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Q1307

who reports the consumer price index

Consumer Price Index

A graph of the US CPI from 1913 to 2006 (in blue), and its percent annual change (in red)

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Q1307

who reports the consumer price index

Consumer Price Index

A consumer price index (CPI) measures changes in the price level of a market basket of consumer goods and services purchased by households.

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Q1307

who reports the consumer price index

Consumer Price Index

The CPI in the United States is defined by the Bureau of Labor Statistics as "a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services."

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Q1307

who reports the consumer price index

Consumer Price Index

The CPI is a statistical estimate constructed using the prices of a sample of representative items whose prices are collected periodically.

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Q1307

who reports the consumer price index

Consumer Price Index

Sub-indexes and sub-sub-indexes are computed for different categories and sub-categories of goods and services, being combined to produce the overall index with weights reflecting their shares in the total of the consumer expenditures covered by the index.

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Q1307

who reports the consumer price index

Consumer Price Index

It is one of several price indices calculated by most national statistical agencies.

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Q1307

who reports the consumer price index

Consumer Price Index

The annual percentage change in a CPI is used as a measure of inflation .

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Q1307

who reports the consumer price index

Consumer Price Index

A CPI can be used to index (i.e., adjust for the effect of inflation) the real value of wages, salaries, pensions , for regulating prices and for deflating monetary magnitudes to show changes in real values.

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Q1307

who reports the consumer price index

Consumer Price Index

In most countries, the CPI is, along with the population census and the USA National Income and Product Accounts , one of the most closely watched national economic statistics.

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where does the expression "knocking on wood" come from

Knocking on wood

Knocking on wood, or to touch wood, refers to the apotropaic tradition in western folklore of literally touching/knocking on wood, or merely stating that you are doing or intend same, in order to avoid " tempting fate " after making a favourable observation, a boast, or declaration concerning one's own death.

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Q1309

what are rocker arms?

Rocker arm

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what are rocker arms?

Rocker arm

Generally referred to within the context of the internal combustion engine of automotive, marine, motorcycle and reciprocating aviation engines, the rocker arm is an oscillating lever that conveys radial movement from the cam lobe into linear movement at the poppet valve to open it.

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Q1309

what are rocker arms?

Rocker arm

One end is raised and lowered by a rotating lobe of the camshaft (either directly or via a tappet (lifter) and pushrod ) while the other end acts on the valve stem .

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Q1309

what are rocker arms?

Rocker arm

When the camshaft lobe raises the outside of the arm, the inside presses down on the valve stem, opening the valve.

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Q1309

what are rocker arms?

Rocker arm

When the outside of the arm is permitted to return due to the camshafts rotation, the inside rises, allowing the valve spring to close the valve.

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Q1309

what are rocker arms?

Rocker arm

The drive cam is driven by the camshaft .

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Q1309

what are rocker arms?

Rocker arm

This pushes the rocker arm up and down about the trunnion pin or rocker shaft.

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what are rocker arms?

Rocker arm

Friction may be reduced at the point of contact with the valve stem by a roller cam follower .

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what are rocker arms?

Rocker arm

A similar arrangement transfers the motion via another roller cam follower to a second rocker arm.

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what are rocker arms?

Rocker arm

This rotates about the rocker shaft, and transfers the motion via a tappet to the poppet valve .

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Q1309

what are rocker arms?

Rocker arm

In this case this opens the intake valve to the cylinder head .

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what are rocker arms?

Rocker arm

The effective leverage of the arm (and thus the force it can exert on the valve stem) is determined by the rocker arm ratio, the ratio of the distance from the rocker arm's center of rotation to the tip divided by the distance from the center of rotation to the point acted on by the camshaft or pushrod.

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Q1309

what are rocker arms?

Rocker arm

Current automotive design favors rocker arm ratios of about 1.5:1 to 1.8:1.

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Q1309

what are rocker arms?

Rocker arm

However, in the past smaller positive ratios (the valve lift is greater than the cam lift) and even negative ratios (valve lift smaller than the cam lift) have been used.

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Q1309

what are rocker arms?

Rocker arm

Many pre-WW2 engines use 1:1 (neutral) ratios.

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Q1309

what are rocker arms?

Rocker arm

For car engines the rocker arms are generally steel stampings , providing a reasonable balance of strength, weight and economical cost.

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what are rocker arms?

Rocker arm

Because the rocker arms are, in part, reciprocating weight , excessive mass especially at the lever ends limits the engine's ability to reach high operating speeds.

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Q1310

who sang the nights the lights went out

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia

"The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" is a Southern Gothic song written by songwriter Bobby Russell and performed in 1972 by his then-wife Vicki Lawrence .

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Q1310

who sang the nights the lights went out

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia

Reba McEntire later covered it in 1991.

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who sang the nights the lights went out

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia

Recorded in late October 1972 in United/Western Studios on Sunset in Hollywood and released less than two weeks later in November 1972, the song centers around the older brother of the narrator, falsely convicted of and executed for a murder, which the narrator herself has committed.

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