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CRUNCH (program)
Crunch may refer to: * Big Crunch, a hypothetical scenario for the ultimate fate of the universe * Credit crunch, a sudden reduction in the general availability of loans or a sudden tightening of the requirement conditions * Crunch (chocolate bar), a chocolate bar made of milk chocolate and crisped rice * Crunch Fitness, a chain of over 300 franchised fitness clubs located in the United States, Canada and Australia * Crunch (video games), a period in which video game developers take on significant, often uncompensated overtime * Crunchiness, the sensation of muffled grinding of a foodstuff * John Draper (born 1943; also "Crunch"), an American computer programmer and legendary former phone phreak Athletics * Le Crunch, the traditional name for the England–France rugby match at the Six Nations Championship * Crunch (exercise), one of the most popular abdominal exercises * Syracuse Crunch, a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League Media * Crunch, a term u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big Crunch
The Big Crunch is a hypothetical scenario for the ultimate fate of the universe, in which the expansion of the universe eventually reverses and the universe recollapses, ultimately causing the cosmic scale factor to reach zero, an event potentially followed by a reformation of the universe starting with another Big Bang. The vast majority of evidence indicates that this hypothesis is not correct. Instead, astronomical observations show that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, rather than being slowed by gravity, suggesting that the universe is far more likely to end in heat death. The theory dates back to 1922, with Russian Physicist Alexander Freidmann creating a set of equations showing that the end of the universe depends on its density. It could either expand, or contract rather than stay stable. With enough matter, gravity could stop the universe's expansion, and eventually reversing it. This reversal would result in collapsing the universe on itself, not too diss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Role-playing Game Terms
Role-playing games (RPGs) have developed specialized terminology. This includes both terminology used within RPGs to describe in-game concepts and terminology used to describe RPGs. Role-playing games also have specialized slang and jargon associated with them. Besides the terms listed here, there are numerous terms used in the context of specific, individual RPGs such as ''Dungeons & Dragons'' (''D&D''), ''Fate'' and '' Vampire: The Masquerade''. For a list of RPGs, see List of role-playing games. Terms used to play role-playing games A *Adventure: A set of game sessions united by characters and by narrative sequence, setting or goal. *Armor Class (or AC): The difficulty to hit a specified target, abstracted from its dodging capacity and armor. "This term was inherited from a naval battle game". Many role-playing games that came after ''Dungeons & Dragons'' have "abandoned the notion of defining defense as armor class". *Area of Effect (or AoE): An effect that affects a zone, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Impellitteri
Impellitteri is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles formed and led by guitarist Chris Impellitteri, vocalist Rob Rock, and bassist James Amelio Pulli. The band has sold millions of albums worldwide. History Chris Impellitteri formed Impellitteri together with vocalist Rob Rock in Los Angeles, California. They first released an EP simply titled ''Impellitteri'' in 1987. The EP features heavy metal with classically influenced shredding guitar solos, screaming vocals, speed metal drumming and aggressive bass. It features songs like "Lost in the Rain" and "Burning" of which quickly gained the attention of heavy metal fans and musicians around the world. During the release of the EP, many major Media outlets began to cover Impellitteri in their magazines including ''Kerrang!'', ''Guitar World'', ''Circus'', and ''Burrn!''. After the release of the EP, Impellitteri regrouped, this time with British vocalist Graham Bonnet as lead singer, and released an album titled '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nightingales
Nightingales (a.k.a. The Nightingales) are a British post-punk/alternative rock band, formed in 1979 in Birmingham, England, by four members of Birmingham's punk group The Prefects. They had been part of The Clash's 'White Riot Tour', recorded a couple of Peel Sessions, released a 45 on Rough Trade and, years after splitting up, had a retrospective CD released by US indie label Acute Records. Described in John Robb's book on 'post punk' ''Death To Trad Rock'' as "The misfits' misfits" and comprising an ever-fluctuating line up, based around lyricist/singer Robert Lloyd, the Nightingales enjoyed cult status in the early 1980s as darlings of the credible music scene and were championed by John Peel, who said of them – "Their performances will serve to confirm their excellence when we are far enough distanced from the 1980s to look at the period rationally and other, infinitely better known, bands stand revealed as charlatans". The original members were Robert Lloyd on voc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Anthony Hewson
Richard Anthony Hewson (born 17 November 1943) is an English producer, arranger, conductor and multi-instrumentalist, who created the studio group RAH Band. Career Hewson began in the late 1960s as an arranger, and has worked with musicians such as the Beatles ("I Me Mine" and "The Long and Winding Road"), the Bee Gees (''Melody''), James Taylor ("Carolina in My Mind"), Herbie Hancock, Clifford T. Ward, Supertramp, Pilot (''Pilot''), Diana Ross, Carly Simon, Art Garfunkel, Leo Sayer, Paul McCartney (''Thrillington''), Mary Hopkin ("Those Were The Days"), Al Stewart, Chris de Burgh, Fleetwood Mac and Chris Rea. He also arranged strings on several Cliff Richard albums, '' I'm Nearly Famous'' (1976),Three songs were arranged by Richard Hewson on the ''I'm Nearly Famous'' album: "Lovers", "Such is the Mystery", "If You Walked Away" - ''Every Face Tells a Story'' (1977) and '' Green Light'' (1978). Hewson also worked with the British band Jigsaw, including arrangements for their h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Crash Bandicoot Characters
''Crash Bandicoot (series), Crash Bandicoot'' is a series of Platform game, platform video games created by Andy Gavin and Jason Rubin. Formerly developed by Naughty Dog from 1996 to 1999, by Traveller's Tales, Eurocom and Vicarious Visions from 2000 to 2004, and by Radical Entertainment from 2005 to 2008, the series is currently published by Activision. The series features a large cast of distinctive characters designed by numerous different artists, which include Charles Zembillas and Joe Pearson. It also features a cast of veteran voice actors. The series centers on the conflicts between a mutated bandicoot named Crash Bandicoot and his creator, Doctor Neo Cortex. Crash acts as the main playable character of the series, though other characters have had occasional player access, such as Coco Bandicoot and Doctor Neo Cortex. Protagonists Crash Bandicoot Crash Bandicoot is the title character and main protagonist of the ''Crash Bandicoot'' series. Crash is a mutant eastern barre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crunch (TV Programming Block)
CRUNCH was a former Saturday morning programming block dedicated to animation on the Canadian television channel YTV. CRUNCH premiered on September 9, 2006, replacing The Zone Summer Weekends hosted by Sugar and Carlos, and "Vortex" hosted by Paula. From its beginning until mid September 2008, it was hosted by Ajay Fry. Starting October 4, 2008, Andy Chapman (not to be confused with Andy from the YTV show, Prank Patrol) became the host. The theme of the new programming block Block programming is the arrangement of programs on radio or television so that those of a particular genre, theme, or target audience are united. Overview Block programming involves scheduling a series of related shows which are likely to attra ... was a new holiday called "day 6", where there is no homework, chores or hobbies, such as music classes which could interrupt a kid's day during the hours of 7:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. (the hours that the CRUNCH programming block aired). YTV promoted the new prog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Crunch (comics)
''The Crunch'' was an A4 British comic that ran from (issue dates) 20 January 1979 to 26 January 1980 after which it merged with ''The Hotspur''. Its strips included: Comic strips published in "The Crunch" * The Kyser Experiment * Clancy and the Man * Arena * The Mantracker * Hitler Lives * The Walking Bombs * Who Killed Cassidy? * Crag * Starhawk * Kill the Hit Man * The Mill Street Mob * Space Wars * Ebony ''The Crunch'' had 32 pages and ran for 54 issues. See also *List of DC Thomson publications This is a list of DC Thomson publications; formerly D. C. Thomson & Co., of Dundee, Scotland. __TOC__ Newspapers, comics and magazines These newspapers, comics and magazines are or were published by D.C. Thomson & Co. *''110% Gaming'' (2014â ... DC Thomson Comics titles Comics magazines published in the United Kingdom Defunct British comics 1979 comics debuts Magazines established in 1979 Magazines disestablished in 1980 {{UK-comics-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crunch (book)
''Crunch: Why Do I Feel So Squeezed? (And Other Unsolved Economic Mysteries)'' () is a book written by Jared Bernstein, Chief Economist and Economic Policy Advisor to Vice President Joe Biden, and published in 2008. In it, Bernstein offers a layman's introduction to how the U.S. economic system works. Using economic inequality as the basis of his argument, Bernstein explains why Americans still feel squeezed during boom times, what he believes is wrong with the economy, and how he believes it could be improved for the greater common good. Reception The book received reviews from publications including ''Publishers Weekly'' and ''Labor Studies Journal ''Labor Studies Journal'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering research in the field of labor studies. Its editors-in-chief are Michelle Kaminski ( Michigan State University) and Robert Bruno (University of Illinois). It was est ...''. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Crunch (Book) 2008 non-fiction books Books ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syracuse Crunch
The Syracuse Crunch are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League (AHL). They play in Syracuse, New York, at the Upstate Medical University Arena. They are the primary development affiliate of the National Hockey League's Tampa Bay Lightning. History Vancouver and Pittsburgh affiliations (1994–2000) The franchise originated in 1992 as the Hamilton Canucks, which was an affiliate of the NHL's Vancouver Canucks. The Canucks played in Hamilton, Ontario, for two seasons, before relocating to upstate New York in 1994. They were then renamed the "Crunch" from a public vote that included five names. The Crunch played their first game in Syracuse on September 30, 1994, against the Albany River Rats to a 7–7 tie with Lonny Bohonos scoring the first Crunch goal. The Crunch finished their first season 29–42–9–0, fifth place in the division, and outside the playoffs. The Crunch made the playoffs in the following season after finishing 31–37–5–7 and made it to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Credit Crunch
A credit crunch (also known as a credit squeeze, credit tightening or credit crisis) is a sudden reduction in the general availability of loans (or credit) or a sudden tightening of the conditions required to obtain a loan from banks. A credit crunch generally involves a reduction in the availability of credit independent of a rise in official interest rates. In such situations, the relationship between credit availability and interest rates changes. Credit becomes less available at any given official interest rate, or there ceases to be a clear relationship between interest rates and credit availability (i.e. credit rationing occurs). Many times, a credit crunch is accompanied by a flight to quality by lenders and investors, as they seek less risky investments (often at the expense of small to medium size enterprises). Causes A credit crunch is often caused by a sustained period of careless and inappropriate lending which results in losses for lending institutions and investor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crunch (exercise)
The crunch is an abdominal exercise that works the rectus abdominis muscle. It enables both building "six-pack" abs and tightening the belly. Crunches use the exerciser's own body weight to tone muscle and are recommended by some experts, despite negative research results, as a low-cost exercise that can be performed at home. According to experts like Canadian biomechanics researcher Stuart McGill, crunches are less effective than other exercises such as planks and carry risk of back injury. Form The biomechanics professor Stuart McGill was quoted in ''The New York Times Health'' blog as stating: An approved crunch begins with you lying down, one knee bent, and hands positioned beneath your lower back for support. "Do not hollow your stomach or press your back against the floor", McGill says. Gently lift your head and shoulders, hold briefly and relax back down. McGill's further research however showed that both sit-ups and crunches are mediocre strength-building exercises and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
