Unreferenced date December 2007 Image rutan.long EZ.g wily.arp.jpg thumb Rutan Long EZ pusherconfiguration home built aircraft . An aircraft constructed with a pusherconfiguration has the engine s mounted .... Most pusher aircraft were, like the Supermarine Walrus , seaplane s with a single engine. The push pull configuration , combining the tractor and pusherconfiguration that is with one or more propellers ... 3,800 hp Pratt & Whitney Wasp Major radial engine s in a pusherconfiguration, augmented in the B 36D by four General Electric J47 Jet engine turbojet s. The Saab 21 was also initially built as a pusher ... of modern light aircraft with a pusherconfiguration. There is a revival of pusher configurations ... By whom date September 2010 that the pusherconfiguration might endanger the aircraft s occupants ... benefit to an engine mounted in the pusherconfiguration. Some aviation engines experience cooling ... Reflist Commons category DEFAULTSORT PusherConfiguration Category Aircraft configurations Category ... edge. History Image QuadCityChallengerIIC IBUY08.jpg thumb Quad City Challenger a typical pusher ... cite book title Pusher Aces of World War 1 pages 6 7 ref Single engine pushers usually had the engine ... adoption of interrupter gears in 1916 17, the tractor configuration became universally favoured, especially ... effects of a single engine failing. Large multi engine aircraft with this configuration, such as the Short ... Image PUsher Biplanes.jpg thumb An early diagram of Wilbur Wright s pusher bi plane Efficiency ... in flight than with a tractor configuration. This has the potential to make an aircraft more maneuverable. Citation needed date August 2010 Especially in a single engined pusher aircraft, the pilot ... more practical. Consequently, this configuration was widely used for early combat aircraft .... The cockpit is generally quieter in a pusher aircraft because both the engine and propeller are behind ... date September 2010 Early pusher aircraft were structurally more complicated than equivalent tractor ... more details
Wiktionary Pusher may refer to A dealer in the illegal drug trade Pusher film , a 1996 Danish film by Nicolas Winding Refn Pusher II , a 2004 film sequel Pusher III , a 2005 film sequel Pusherconfiguration , an aircraft configurationPusher The X Files , an episode of the X Files Pusher tennis , a playing strategy used in the sport of tennis The Pusher , a rock song by Hoyt Axton Oshiya , Japanese subway pushers A bank engine , a steam locomotive that temporarily assists a train that requires more power or traction to climb an incline A layer in a nuclear weapon design implosion nuclear weapon Also may refer to a person within a moshpit Disambig de Pusher it Pusher ... more details
Infobox Single Name The Pusher Cover Artist Steppenwolf band Steppenwolf from Album Steppenwolf Steppenwolf album Steppenwolf Written Released 1968 Format Recorded Genre Length Label Writer Hoyt Axton Producer Certification Last single This single Next single The Pusher is a rock music rock song written by Hoyt Axton , made popular by the 1969 movie Easy Rider which used Steppenwolf band Steppenwolf s version to accompany the opening scenes of drug trafficking. The lyrics of the song distinguish between a dealer in drugs such as marijuana who will sell you lots of sweet dreams and a pusher of hard drugs such as heroin a monster who doesn t care if you live or if you die . Steppenwolf version The song was made popular when rock n roll band Steppenwolf band Steppenwolf released a cover version of the song on their 1968 album Steppenwolf Steppenwolf album Steppenwolf . When performing the song publicly in the late 1960s, the repeated lyric God Damn was often controversial, most notoriously in Winston Salem, North Carolina , where City officials attempted to force the band to use a euphemism such as Gosh darn rather than the actual lyric. Though the band promised not to sing the line, at John Kay musician John Kay s urging, the audience obliged by loudly filling in the offensive words ... of the Pusher. John and Jerry s flight was late one night at the Avalon Ballroom, so we started ... ref Other versions Songwriter Hoyt Axton apparently did not record The Pusher himself until he ... charged version of The Pusher with a completely different opening verse, in which the chorus lyrics were changed from God damn the pusher man to God damn that bible pushing man . It can be found ... a cover of The Pusher on their 1998 CD half ALIVE . Cultural references This song appeared in the movie ... a character known as The Pusher who is voiced by Jack Black. References reflist External links http www.steppenwolf.com lyr thpshrr.html Lyrics from www.steppenwolf.com Steppenwolf DEFAULTSORT Pusher ... more details
Wiktionary configure configuration The term configuration has several meanings. In computing it may refer to Computer configuration or system configuration Configure computing is the output of Autotools and used to detect system configuration. This is referred to as . configure in Unix Configuration file is a software file used to configure the initial settings for a computer program Other usages include Electron configurationConfiguration geometry Configuration space Molecular configurationConfiguration management is a management discipline Configuration locomotive parts In Historical Behaviour Studies , configuration is a pattern of historical behaviour See also CONFIG.SYS , the primary configuration file for the MS DOS and OS 2 operating systems. Knowledge based Configuration , intelligent techniques for complex products and services. disambig de Konfiguration es Configuraci n fr Configuration lt Konfig racija nl Configuratie ja pt Configura o ru ... more details
to develop an electrically controlled variable pitch fiberglass pusher propeller. ref name Cavin cite journal magazine Sport Aviation author Dick Cavin title Tom Prescott s Pusher date March 1986 ref The pusher was designed to FAR Part 23 certification standards of the time. It uses aluminum ... with a 12 inch propeller extension. ref name Cavin The Prescott Pusher was first displayed at the EAA ... s Prescott Pusher author Jack Cox date September 1991 ref Operational history Variants Units using ... more details
The Pusher trilogy is a series of films by Danish film director Nicolas Winding Refn . They illustrate and explore the criminal underworld of Copenhagen . The trilogy is composed of Pusher film Pusher 1996 , Pusher II 2004 and Pusher III 2005 . Pusher main Pusher film The first part of the trilogy follows Frank, a mid level drug dealer, for a week. It depicts his depravity, how his actions forces him further and further out on thin ice and the bittersweet relationship he has with his girlfriend, Vic. The movie was a blockbuster, not only in Denmark, but internationally. It was also the movie that launched both Refn s and Mads Mikkelsen s careers. Pusher II With Blood on my Hands main Pusher II The second part of Refn s trilogy, which was made to save his company, Jango Star, from bankruptcy , follows Frank s low level criminal sidekick, Tonny. It illustrates how Tonny is rooted in an evil spiral of crime and drugs, his relationship towards his notorious, cynical father and how he adapts to the consequence of being a father himself. Pusher 3 I Am the Angel of Death main Pusher 3 The third and last part of the trilogy, depicts a day in the life of Serbian drug lord Milo. Milo, who was a feared and respected man in the first two movies, has since aged. He does not have the same grip on the underworld that he used to and is now slowly losing the battle against a younger generation of immigrants, who now want a piece of the action. The film shows Milo s downfall and his desperate attempt to reclaim the throne. Reviews Nathan Lee of The New York Times said of the trilogy quote From the mean streets of Copenhagen they evidently exist comes the Pusher trilogy, a pungent dose of Denmark rot. Written and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, this tough trio of underworld thrillers sticks so close to its rogues gallery of gangsters, suckers and murderous megalomaniacs that you can almost ... Film in Review The Pusher Trilogy in The New York Times August 18, 2006 ref References ... more details
about Pedal Pusher , a play by Roland Smith Infobox Play name Pedal Pusher image PedalPusher.jpg image size 160px caption writer Roland Smith characters Lance Armstrong , Jan Ullrich , Marco Pantani genre Sport , Drama , Bioplay subject A Story of the Tour de France setting a hotel room, road races premiere July 2009 place Cavendish Gate br London orig lang English Pedal Pusher is a play theatre play written by the England English director and playwright, Roland Smith. Pedal Pusher revolves around the Tour de France in the late 1990s and early 2000s decade 2000s . It was developed from dialogue gleamed from interviews, biographies and archive footage. ref cite news author Tamara Gausi authorlink http www.freelancedirectory.org user.php?user 2155 title Pedal Pusher format Magazine publisher TimeOut London location London id 2031 page 117 date 23 July 2009 accessdate 22 July 2009 quote A show about three world famous cyclists performed on a couple of plastic chairs may not sound like everyone s idea of a good time, but you needn t be a cycling nerd to enjoy Pedal Pusher . ref It premiered at London s Cavendish Gate Theatre in July 2009, starring Tom Daplyn , Josh Cass , Alexander Guiney and Graham O Mara , directed by Roland Smith and produced by Theatre Delicatessen . Plot Pedal Pusher begins with Marco Pantani lying Marco Pantani Death dead in a hotel room . The play goes on to describe a detailed account ref http road.cc content review 5704 theatre delicatessen pedal pusher Road.cc review of Pedal Pusher which describes the attention to detail from a cycling perspective ref of the great rivalry, and achievements, of the three cycling legends Lance Armstrong Armstrong , Jan Ullrich Ullrich and Marco Pantani Pantani and each of their individual struggles Pantani s horrific ... cycling legends in the Tour de France, Pedal Pusher is a play about the people. What drives people ... pedal pusher Pedal Pusher on the theatre delicatessen website Category 2009 plays Category English ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 A stick pusher is a device installed in some fixed wing aircraft to prevent the aircraft from entering an aerodynamic stall flight stall . Some large fixed wing aircraft display poor post stall handling characteristics or are vulnerable to Stall flight Deep stall deep stall . To prevent such an aircraft approaching the stall the aircraft designer may install a hydraulic or electro mechanical device that pushes forward on the elevator aircraft elevator control system whenever the aircraft s angle of attack reaches the pre determined value, and then ceases to push when the angle of attack falls sufficiently. A system for this purpose is known as a stick pusher . The safety requirements applicable to fixed wing aircraft in the transport category , and also to many military aircraft, are very demanding in the area of pre stall handling qualities and stall recovery. Some of these aircraft are unable to comply with these safety requirements relying solely on the natural aerodynamic qualities of the aircraft. In order to comply with the requirements aircraft designers may install a system that will constantly monitor the critical parameters and will automatically activate to reduce the angle of attack when necessary to avoid a stall. The critical parameters include the angle of attack, airspeed , wing flap setting and Load factor aeronautics load factor . Action by the pilot is not required to recognise the problem or react to it. Aircraft designers who install stick pushers recognise that there is the risk that a stick pusher may activate ... with unwanted activation of a stick pusher. In some aircraft equipped with stick pushers, the stick pusher can be overpowered by the pilot. In other aircraft, the stick pusher system can be manually ... is a stall warning device whereas a stick pusher is a stall avoidance device. See also British European ... Stick Pusher Category Aircraft components Aviation stub ... more details
Image EV Album pusher cart 304.jpg right Pusher trailer example Photo courtesy of Mr. Sharkey Pusher trailers are gasoline or diesel fueled trailers with a traditional internal combustion engine petroleum engine s and transmission which can be hitch ed up to battery electric vehicle s and run from the cockpit to give the vehicle increased range. The trailer provides ground traction through the wheels to push the trailer forward, and by default, the electric vehicle as well. In this way, a trip beyond the normal range of the EV can be undertaken without stopping for Rechargeable battery recharging . See also Genset trailer External links http www.mrsharkey.com pusher.htm http www.jstraubel.com EVpusher EVpusher2.htm http www.austinev.org evalbum pushers.html Category Electric vehicles vehicle stub ... more details
Expert subject Tennis date November 2008 In tennis , a pusher is a defensive player who pushes back any ... or backspin , placing their shots at a disadvantageous locations for their opponents. The pusher ... Tennis Junkyard Tennis How to Play the Pusher url http www.tennisserver.com turbo turbo 98 7.html accessdate ... down a shot. The pusher s strategy can sometimes be effective even at the upper levels of the pro game. Brad Gilbert is often referred to as the greatest pusher of all time, reaching the top 10 ranks ... Wozniacki is also a very successful player who is called a pusher by some critics. Counter strategies ... zones. ref name usta http www.usta.com Improve Your Game Instrcution Strategy Playing Against a Pusher USTA Playing against a Pusher ref Use drop shots or chip and charge tactics to accomplish this. Tennis ... when to be aggressive Players should never let the pusher see them being frustrated. It s a lot more ... gotten. ref name about A pusher s mental game is key to his or her success, ref name tennis server ... is also effective as it could be the only short ball the pusher will hit during the whole rally. ref name usta Because many of the pusher s balls float deep, have backspin, or very little pace, it is important to move to the ball quickly as the pusher wants you to be lazy when approaching their shots ... the ball harder to return. ref name tennis server 1 Pusher s weaknesses Hitting a Tennis terminology M moonball to a pusher s backhand side will often force them to hit a lob tennis lob , allowing a relatively leisurely overhead to end the point. In some cases, players may be able to outlast the pusher by hitting several cross court strokes and waiting for the pusher to hit a ball that can be volleyed ... on their shots, it is a good idea to try and control the center court. This will force the pusher ... have a pusher style are criticized. Andy Murray , a previously No.2 ranked tennis player has gotten ... a pusher and that s not going to win you Slams. Coach Nick Bollettieri , one of Andy s biggest fans ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 A tar pusher is a laborer who works in road mending, roofing , or some other field that consists of placing asphalt or tar on a horizontal surface. Qualifications A tar pusher is a physically and mentally taxing occupation. Thus, there are a some criteria that must be met in order to be considered even a novice tar pusher, and to be safe Medium to heavy build This is rather important because the worker is, indeed, pushing tar. Tar is a very density dense material and its viscosity is very high, making it difficult to push or move. Stamina to withstand the long hours of repetitious and tedious tasks that are associated with tar pushing. Sufficient knowledge of the materials being used, considering tar is a very dangerous substance. Different techniques should also be learned in order to work at one s best. Hazards There are many hazards associated with this profession Burns It is very easy to get a burn from tar because it needs to be extremely hot in order to be worked. Heat stroke This job is frequently done outside, and in warm weather. Not only is the tar pusher working with a hot substance, but he she is also wearing protective gear , and working in the sun. This frequently results in heat stroke . Muscle aches and back problems Being a tar pusher means exerting one s body day in and day out. The tar pusher pushes his her body to the limit. This often results in muscle ache s, back problems, broken bone s, head trauma and other things. Toxic effects Caused by volatile organic compound s given off by tar, which smells strangely like skunk funk and can cause dizziness. See also Construction worker References http www.elcosh.org docs d0600 d000666 14.html Electronic Library of Construction Occupational Safety and Health http www.wtopnews.com ?nid 104&sid 1272047 WTOP Radio Category Construction trades workers ... more details
Infobox Film name Pusher II image Pusher II DVD.jpg caption DVD cover for the film director Nicolas Winding Refn producer Nicolas Winding Refn br Johnny Andersen br Henrik Danstrup writer Nicolas Winding Refn starring Mads Mikkelsen br Jesper Salomonsen br Leif Sylvester music Peter Peter br Keli Hlodversson cinematography Morten S borg editing Janus Billeskov Jansen br Anne sterud distributor Nordisk Film br Magnolia Pictures released December 25, 2004 runtime 100 minutes country Cinema of Denmark Denmark br Cinema of United Kingdom United Kingdom language Danish budget gross preceded by Pusher film Pusher followed by Pusher III Pusher II also known as Pusher II With Blood on My Hands is a 2004 Danish crime film written and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn . The film is the second film in the Pusher ... Maya Ababadjani as Luder 1 Production Development The original Pusher film Pusher was a smash success ... to date, Refn decided to make two sequels and form a Pusher trilogy . While the character of Tonny ... that Refn met while attending a Narcotic s Anonymous meeting to do research for Pusher 3 . While ... . Trilogy main Pusher trilogy This movie is the second film in a trilogy of Pusher films written ... Pusher movie Pusher follows Tonny s original partner Frank Kim Bodnia , and his desperate attempt to raise money after a drug deal gone wrong. Pusher II references the events of this film several ... of Pusher . This comment reveals that Frank disappeared after the events of that film. The third film in the trilogy is Pusher 3 , which follows the Serbian drug lord Milo as he struggles with his drug addiction, several bad drug deals, and his daughter s birthday celebration. See also Pusher film PusherPusher 3 External links imdb title id 0396184 title Pusher II amg movie 318461 Pusher II rotten tomatoes id 10005910 pusher 2 title Pusher 2 Nicolas Winding Refn DEFAULTSORT Pusher Ii Category ... Films set in Copenhagen Category Gangster films da Pusher II de Pusher II fr Pusher II, du sang ... more details
Refimprove date July 2010 Image Pusher Pic action.JPG thumb A loader Sno Pusher in action Snow pushers also known as box plows, containment plows, or box style plows are designed to move snow by pushing it straight ahead. They do this by being constructed with a curved moldboard that lies perpendicular to the direction of travel and a sidewall at either end that keeps the snow contained. For parking lots, runways, etc. this is an improvement on the traditional windrow plowing, which uses an angled plow to move snow to the side. Snow pushers allow the snow to be moved en masse and completely off site to be piled someplace out of the way. Snow Pusher History Although snow pushers did not become widely used until the 1980s, they have been around since the 1970s. Initially, they were not produced by manufacturers, but they were recognized as a good idea by snow removal professionals who either welded their own or contracted to have them fabricated. For a long time, the most common snow pusher design was to take a septic tank or other large steel cylinder and cut it in half, then build a mounting system on the back to attach it to a machine. This type of bare bones construction lasted until the 1990s when various manufacturers began producing them commercially. Snow Pusher Design Image Pusher Pic attatch2.JPG thumb Universal Loader Mounting Snow pusher designs vary across the industry ... to the snow pusher and the bucket and tightened using a chain binder. This system allows ... the snow pusher might seem like a simple product, there are many variations across the industry in areas ... passing under the pusher getting a cleaner push then otherwise. Rubber edges are able to flex and pass over obstructions under most conditions. Image Pusher Pic Loader2.JPG thumb A pusher mounted on a loader ... the edge to flip back and under the pusher and to pass over the obstruction. Composite material ... under the pusher and then snap back into place. See also Snowplow Snow blower Metromelt Rotary ... more details
Infobox Film name Pusher III image Pusher III DVD.jpg caption DVD cover director Nicolas Winding Refn producer Johnny Andersen br Henrik Danstrup br Mikkel Berg br Kim Magnusson br Kenneth D. Plummer br Rupert Preston writer Nicolas Winding Refn starring Zlatko Buri br Marinela Deki br Slavko Labovi br Ilyas Agac music Peter Peter cinematography Morten S borg editing Miriam N rgaard br Anne sterud distributor Nordisk Film br Magnolia Pictures released December 25, 2004 runtime 90 minutes country Cinema of Denmark Denmark language Danish language Danish br Serbian language Serbian budget gross preceded by Pusher II Pusher III also known as Pusher III I m the Angel of Death is a 2005 Danish crime film written and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn . It is the final film of the Pusher trilogy and released in August 2005. Plot Milo, an aging Serbian drug lord, attends a meeting for Narcotics Anonymous . The five days sober Milo admits that he is worried that the stress of cooking for his daughter s 25th birthday celebration will cause him to relapse into using. Milo departs the meeting to pick up a drug shipment with his henchman Branko. Though he requested heroin , the shipment turns out to be 10,000 MDMA ecstasy pills. Seeking an explanation, Milo meets with his Albanians Albanian ... Little Mohammed s partner. Trilogy main Pusher trilogy This film is the final film in Pusher trilogy ..., Pusher movie Pusher followed Frank Kim Bodnia , a mid level drug dealer who becomes indebted to Milo ... also appears as one of Milo s other henchmen. The second film, Pusher II , follows Frank s estranged ... role as Tonny s untrustworthy friend. See also Pusher film PusherPusher II Drug dealer External links imdb title id 0425379 title Pusher III amg movie 337507 Pusher III rotten tomatoes id 10005881 pusher 3 title Pusher 3 Nicolas Winding Refn Category 2000s crime films Category 2005 films Category ... films da Pusher III de Pusher 3 fr Pusher III, car je suis un ange de la mort ... more details
Infobox Magazine title Pen Pusher Magazine image file logo pp.png image size 100px paid circulation unpaid circulation total circulation frequency three times a year language English category reviews , short fiction , poetry editor Anna Goodall and Felicity Cloake editor title Editors firstdate April 2006 country London , England website http www.penpushermagazine.co.uk Pen Pusher Magazine issn 1755 4888 Pen Pusher is a London based literary magazine, published three times a year, that features original short fiction, poetry, reviews, columns, literary facts and curiosities. Founded in January 2006 by Anna Goodall, Felicity Cloake and Hape Mueller, the first issue was published in April 2006. The magazine can currently be obtained at selected retailers in London and via the magazine s website. The magazine s office is in the Newington Green Mildmay area of London. The Kaiser Chiefs front man, Ricky Wilson British musician Ricky Wilson , designed the magazine s emblem ref name Logo and was rewarded for his pains with the gift of an antique whistle as Pen Pusher s usual gift of thanks a wheel of cheese was unsuitable due to his dairy aversion. Fact date December 2010 Pen Pusher provides a platform for new writing talent and welcomes submissions of reviews, features, short fiction and poetry. As well as championing new writing, the magazine features more well known literary names. Recent contributors to the magazine include Simon Callow , Hugo Williams , Simon Munnery , Josie Long and John Hegley . See also List of literary magazines References Reflist refs ref name Logo Citation last Sharp first Rob title Notes From the Underground A Fresh Breed of Literary Magazines work The Independent publisher Independent Print Limited date 5 July 2010 url http www.independent.co.uk arts entertainment books features notes from the underground a fresh breed of literary magazines 2018295.html?action Gallery&ino 4 accessdate 8 December 2010 ref External links Official http www.penpushermagazine.co.uk ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name Tennessee Pusher Type Album Artist Old Crow Medicine Show Cover Tennesseepusher.jpg Released September 23, 2008 Recorded Hollywood , California CA Genre Folk music Folk Country music Country Length Label Nettwerk Nettwerk Records Producer Don Was Reviews AllMusic Rating 3.5 5 Allmusic class album id r1419846 pure url yes ChartAttack Rating 4 5 http www.chartattack.com reviews 61977 old crow medicine show link The Guardian Rating 4 5 http www.guardian.co.uk music 2008 sep 12 folkmusicreview.oldcrowmedicineshow Last album Big Iron World br 2006 This album Tennessee Pusher 2008 Next album Tennessee Pusher is an album by folk music folk country music country old time music old time band Old Crow Medicine Show . Released on September 23, 2008, the album was produced by Don Was . The album reached 1 on the Billboard charts Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums Chart. Track listing Alabama High Test Secor Highway Halo Secor The Greatest Hustler of All Secor Watson Methamphetamine Secor Rawlings Next Go Round Secor Watson Humdinger Hayes Motel in Memphis Secor Evening Sun Secor Watson Mary s Kitchen Landry Crazy Eyes Secor Watson Tennessee Pusher Secor Lift Him Up Blind Alfred Reed Willie Watson Caroline Secor Chart performance class wikitable Chart 2008 Peak br position U.S. Billboard Top Bluegrass Albums align center 1 U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums align center 7 U.S. Billboard 200 align center 50 External links http www.crowmedicine.com Old Crow Medicine Show official site Category 2008 albums Category Old Crow Medicine Show albums sv Tennessee Pusher ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 A tool pusher sometimes toolpusher is an occupation within the oil drilling industry. On a land drilling rig the tool pusher may be rig manager and responsible for all operations, but on drillship s and offshore Semi submersible Platform oil rigs , toolpushers are department heads in charge of the drilling department and reporting to the Captain nautical Master or Offshore Installation Manager OIM offshore installation manager OIM depending on the company who in turn report to a shore based rig manager. Other department heads include the Chief Mate and Chief Engineer . Tool pushers are in charge of keeping the rig in all necessary tools, equipment, and supplies. They work closely in conjunction with the representative of the operating exploration company i.e., company man in regard to the actual drilling of the well. In recent times, toolpushers also have taken on somewhat of an administrative role, as they frequently do paperwork related to the rig crew regarding payroll, benefits, and related matters. Toolpushers are also responsible for coordinating services with third party companies related to the drilling of the well. Tool pushers usually start at an entry level position i.e., a roustabout or roughneck and work their way up over many years. DEFAULTSORT Tool Pusher Category Resource extraction occupations Category Petroleum production Job stub ... more details
refimprove date January 2011 Infobox Film name Pusher image Pusherdvdcover.jpg caption Pusher DVD cover director Nicolas Winding Refn producer Martin Abildgaard br Henrik Danstrup br Teddy Gerberg br Peter Aalb k Jensen writer Jens Dahl br Nicolas Winding Refn starring Kim Bodnia br Zlatko Buri br Laura Drasb k br Slavko Labovi br Mads Mikkelsen br Vanja Baji i br Peter Andersson br Lisbeth Rasmussen br Levino Jensen br Thomas Bo Larsen music Povl Kristian br Peter Peter cinematography Morten S borg editing Anne sterud distributor Balboa Entertainment br Magnolia Pictures released Denmark br August 30, 1996 br United States br August 18, 2006 runtime 105 minutes country Film Denmark language Danish language Danish br Swedish language Swedish budget 6.000.000 DKK gross followed by Pusher II Pusher is a 1996 Danish crime film directed by Nicolas Winding Refn . The film was not only a huge success in Denmark, but also in many other European countries. It was the film that launched Winding ... to get accepted, Refn decided to turn Pusher into a feature length independent film funded purely ... to make Pusher despite his inexperience and lack of filmmaking education. Refn claims to be the only ... for his performance as Milo. Trilogy main Pusher trilogy The film inspired two sequels focusing on different characters in the same underworld of Copenhagen. Pusher II follows Frank s former partner Tonny ... himself. Pusher 3 follows the drug lord Milo through a hectic day as he struggles with his drug ... exists, directed by Assad Raja in 2007, in Hindi language. See also Pusher II Pusher III External links imdb title id 0117407 title Pusher Amg movie 154801 Pusher rotten tomatoes id Pusher title Pusher imdb title id 1082075 title Pusher 2007 remake Nicolas Winding Refn Category 1990s crime films Category ... Refn Category Films shot in Denmark Category Films set in Copenhagen Category Gangster films da Pusher de Pusher Film fr Pusher sv Pusher ... more details
Norske Veritas DNV 1A1 R280 Pusher Tug ECO ICE 1B Infobox ship characteristics Hide header yes Ship ... was a towboat pusher vessel owned by Finland Finnish towing and marine salvage company Alfons H kans Alfons H kans Oy Ab . The ship, originally built as salvage tug Into in 1967, was converted to a pusher ... as the third pusher vessel for Finnpusku , a Finnish integrated tug barge system . ref name Vapalahti2003 ... the third pusher for the Finnish integrated tug barge system Finnpusku that is used to transport ... major accident involving the vessels of the Finnpusku system. In 1990 pusher Steel pusher Finn capsizing ... with pusher Rautaruukki pusher Rautaruukki coming from Lule , Sweden, switch to an empty barge ... pipes connecting the pusher to the barge were unplugged to prevent them from being damaged or damaging the ship as the pusher pitched violently within the notch. At 15 30 the operational management ... due to the pusher s low engine power and poor performance in heavy weather. The shipping company also had its own instructions regarding the safe operation of the pusher barge combination. The wind limit ... after the engine upgrade in 1995. According to him and the rest of the crew the pusher had successfully ... devices failed and Herakles separated from Bulk . The pusher, found lying on its starboard side ... to pusher In 1991 Herakles was converted to a pusher vessel by Oy Laivateollisuus Ab, Turku ref name ... till pusher. Svensk Sj farts Tidning 36 1991. ref . The conversion increased her gross tonnage gross and net tonnage from 600 GT and 180 NT to 621 GT and 187 NT, respectively. The refitted pusher was classified by Det Norske Veritas with class notation 1A1 R280 Pusher Tug ECO ICE 1B, meaning ... as a pusher. ref name navamec However, it appears that they were later removed completely as the towing ... fleet, making her purely a pusher vessel. ref name AHHerakles Engine upgrade In 1995 Herakles ... more details
orphan date October 2009 The term Cookie Pusher has been applied as a reference to diplomat s in general and members of the United States Foreign Service specifically. Origin The Listserv of the American Dialect Society documents cookie pusher as being coined by US diplomat Hugh S. Gibson in 1924. ref No Cookie Pushers For Diplomatic Corps The Washington Post 1877 1954 , Washington, D.C. Jan 18, 1924 pg. 1, 1 pgs POST SCRIPTS By GEORGE ROTHWELL BROWN Hugh Gibson, our minister to Finland, advocates chasing the tea hounds and cookie pushers out of the diplomatic service, but who, then would compete in the matrimonial market with foreign noblemen for our heiresses? http listserv.linguistlist.org cgi bin wa?A2 ind0305b&L ads l&P 2109 Listserv of the American Dialect Society ref Usage mid century The term was used a number of times throughout the 20th century, sometimes in derogatory form but at other times in the spirit of a pseudonym for American Foreign Service Officer s. A series of excellent articles in the Christian Science Monitor that ran in February, 1950 were subtitled Alias Cookie Pushers . The articles were very laudatory towards the US Foreign Service, talking about the conditions encountered at the time vice stereotypes of diplomats being striped pants Cookie Pushers from Harvard . ref http pqasb.pqarchiver.com csmonitor historic results.html?st advanced&QryTxt 22Cookie Pushers 22&sortby REVERSE CHRON&datetype 6&frommonth 02&fromday 13&fromyear 1950&tomonth 03&today 02&toyear 1950&By &Title &restrict articles Christian Science Monitor, February 1950 ref Modern usage Ivor Evans in Brewer s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable uses the term denoting a junior diplomat who ... t really want them. ref http books.google.com books?id OqIe3YFwsFkC&pg PA76&dq 22cookie pusher 22 ... a Cookie Pusher . And the fellow himself never has a chance to say anything. small ref Christian Science ... Show. His listeners often tell me that I m a pin striped cookie pusher. So we have got to find a way ... more details
unreferenced date December 2007 image aerotechnik.ev97a.eurostar.g ccmp.arp.jpg thumb right Evektor Aerotechnik Aerotechnik EV97A Eurostar , a tractor configuration aircraft, being pulled into position by its pilot for refuelling. Image TrislanderImage comp.jpg thumb right A Trislander aircraft with a 3rd tractor engine on the tail at Guernsey Airport , Channel Islands. An aircraft constructed with a tractor configuration has the engine mounted with the Propeller aircraft propeller facing forward, so that the aircraft is pulled through the air, as opposed to the pusher configuration , in which the propeller faces backward and pushes the aircraft through the air. In the early years of powered aviation both tractor and pusher designs were common. However, by the mid point of the World War I First World War , interest in pushers declined and the tractor configuration dominated. Today, propeller driven aircraft are assumed to be tractors unless it is stated otherwise. From a military perspective, the problem with single engine tractor aircraft was that it was not originally possible to fire a gun through the propeller arc without striking the propeller blades with bullets. Early solutions included mounting guns rifle s or machine gun s to fire around the propeller arc, either at an angle to the side &mdash which made aiming difficult &mdash or on the top wing of a biplane so that the bullets passed over the top of the propeller. The first system to fire through the propeller was developed by French engineer Eugene Gilbert for Morane Saulnier and involved fitting metal deflector wedges to the propeller blades of a Morane Saulnier L monoplane . It was employed with immediate success by French aviator Roland Garros aviator Roland Garros and was also used on at least one Sopwith Tabloid of the Royal Naval Air Service . The final solution was the interrupter gear , also known as synchronization gear , developed by Fokker and fitted to the Fokker E.I monoplane in 1915 in avia ... more details
The term configuration item or CI refers to the fundamental structural unit of a configuration management .... The Configuration management system oversees the life of the CIs through a combination of process ... related to lack of testing as well as incompatibilities with other CIs. Role in configuration management The term configuration item can be applied to anything designated for the application of the elements of configuration management and treated as a single entity in the configuration management ... configuration items. From the perspective of the implementer of a change request change , the CI is the what of the change. Altering a specific baseline configuration management baseline version of a configuration item creates a new version of the same configuration item, itself a baseline. In examining the effect of a change, two of the questions that must be asked are What configuration items are affected? How have the configuration items been affected? Its use within a product can be traced in a robust .... A Software release release itself a versioned entity may consist of several configuration items. The set of changes to each configuration item will appear in the release notes , and the notes may contain specific headings for each configuration item. A complex hardware configuration item may have many levels of configuration items beneath its top level each configuration item level must meet the same fundamental elements of the configuration management system. In addition to its purpose in the implementation and management of a change, each configuration item s listing and definition ... of implementation can agree to a common definition when they use the name of the configuration item. Selection and identification of configuration items for a particular project can be seen as the first .... Configuration items, their versions, and their changes form the basis of any configuration audit . References http www.cmcommunity.com Configuration Management Community http cs.wwc.edu aabyan 435 Configuration.html ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Auto configuration is the automatic computer configurationconfiguration of devices without manual intervention, without any need for software configuration programs or jumper computing jumper s. Ideally, auto configuring devices should just plug and play . Autoconfiguration has been made common because of the low cost of microprocessor s and other embedded controller devices. Configurations may be stored in NVRAM , loaded by a host processor, or negotiated at system initialization time. In some cases, hot swap hot pluggable devices may be able to renegotiate their configuration. Example of auto configuring devices Universal Serial Bus USB Example of auto configuring devices and protocols Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol DHCP Zeroconf See also Universal Plug and Play FPGA AutoConfig Amiga DEFAULTSORT Auto Configuration Category Computer peripherals Category Computer configuration ru tr Otomatik yap land rma ... more details
In information systems communications or computer system s, a configuration is an arrangement of functional unit s according to their nature, number, and chief characteristics. Often, configuration pertains to the choice of hardware, software, firmware, and documentation. The configuration affects system function and performance. See also Autoconfiguration Configuration file In software, a data resource used for program initialization Configuration management In multiple disciplines, a practice for managing change configure script computing References Federal Standard 1037C External links http alumnit.ca wiki index.php?page UniConf UniConf Category Computer configuration computer stub de Konfiguration Computer fa fr Configuration informatique it Configurazione lt Konfig racija informatika ms Tatarajah komputer ru ... more details
The configuration of a molecule is the permanent geometry that results from the space spatial arrangement of its chemical bond bonds . The ability of the same set of atoms to form two or more molecules with different configurations is stereoisomerism . Configuration is distinct from chemical conformation , a shape attainable by bond rotation s. See also Chemical conformation Absolute configuration External links http www.iupac.org goldbook C01249.pdf The IUPAC definition of configuration chem stub Category Molecules Category Stereochemistry de Konfiguration Chemie he nl Configuratie scheikunde ru sv Konfiguration ... more details
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