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unusual facts about FITS


Card image

Many data formats, such as the FITS image file format, still use card images as basic building blocks -- even though punched cards are now mostly obsolete.


Alexander Awdijan

In hindsight the right decision, because the Franconian metropolis was in need of a "Lokalmatador", a role into which Awdijan fits perfectly.

Bill Daily

Daily was witness to multiple Hagman tantrums on the set, but he and Barbara Eden stood behind Hagman, citing a substance problem and the progressively poorer scripts on Jeannie as the source of Hagman's fits.

Blemyah

Greek folklore tells of a spirit Phonos (a Greek spirit whose name means 'Murder') who fits this same description as well as the terror he caused.

Bronco All Terrain Tracked Carrier

Once delivered to the UK, contractor Thales fits the vehicles according to MoD specifications with communications systems, specialist counter-measure equipment and extra protective armour at their facility in the former MoD depot at Llangennech near Llanelli, South Wales.

Carl Yastrzemski

A record album of the Red Sox's 1967 season, aptly titled "The Impossible Dream", featured a song by DJ Jess Cain of praise for "The man they call Yaz", which included the line "Although 'Yastrzemski' is a lengthy name / It fits quite nicely in our Hall of Fame." (A link to the song appears below.) The song can be heard, and the album cover can be seen, in the apartment of Ben Wrightman (played by Jimmy Fallon) in the 2005 film Fever Pitch.

Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe

After many fits and starts, in 1988 His Excellency Josè E. Jiménez Robles, eighth bishop of Zamora, was able to plan for restarting construction and in 1989, it was decided to dedicate the building to Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Cerinthus

His use of the term demiurge (literally, craftsman) for the creator fits Platonic, Neopythagorean, Middle Platonic, and Neoplatonic schools of philosophy, which dominated the learned environment of the eastern Mediterranean, see also Hellenistic Judaism.

Cowboy's Sweetheart

The title Cowboy's Sweetheart fits Anderson's own personal profile since she used to be a professional equestrian and horse racer during her time spent away from the music business.

Dan Humphrey

Dan joins Blair, Vanessa and Georgina at New York University and instantly fits in among its many aspiring writers.

Dental prosthetist

Denturist or clinical dental technician, a person who makes dentures and fits them to patients

Ecovision

The Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) scheme was introduced on 1 April 2010, under powers in the Energy Act 2008.

FEL lamp

The calibration lamps are generally modified to use a larger bi-post base that fits into special kinematic mount sockets for precise optical alignment.

Feminist pornography

Other films that Royalle directed were, “The Gift”, starring McCullough and Mark Davis, “Bridal Shower”, which featured Nina Hartley, “One Size Fits All: A Sex Comedy In Five Acts”, starring Nina Hartley, Missy, Shanna McCullough and Mark Davis and Tom Byron in “Eyes of Desire”, parts one and two.

Fits and Starts

Fits and Starts is an art work by Brooklyn, New York City artist Marc Swanson,

GreenWheel

Developed by William J. Mitchell and other team members at the Smart Cities project at the MIT Media Lab, the GreenWheel puts the motor and its batteries inside a housing that fits into the bicycle's wheel hub.

Hitman in the City

Other sponsors included Acer, Institute Estetica De Beaute, Seksun Precision Engineering, Great World City, Fits Clothing, National Apparel and the now-defunct Singapore branch of Au Bon Pain.

Infiniti Essence

A three-piece Louis Vuitton luggage set fits in the trunk, and the floor slides out when the trunk is open to access the luggage.

Jackie Daly

Another influential partnership has been with Kevin Burke, on whose 1978 recording If the Cap Fits he made a guest appearance, and with whom he made another highly regarded fiddle-accordion duet album, Eavesdropper (1981).

John Robert Powers

The Los Angeles Better Business Bureau believes that Powers fits the definitions of a "talent agency" and an "advance-fee talent agent" as per California law.

Joseph Edward Kurtz

The Rev. Thomas J. Reese, a frequent critic of the church hierarchy, indicates that he fits the mold of a “smiling conservative” in the vein of New York’s Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan, who is “very gracious but still holds the same positions” as a more pugnacious cleric like Philadelphia's Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, who has not hesitated to call out Catholic politicians who dissent from church teachings on abortion.

Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie

Librarian John Alfred Avant states that many of Angelou's poems could be set to music like that of jazz singer and musician Nina Simone, especially the first poem in this section, "They Went Home," which he says "fits into the torchy unrequited love bag".

Love Interruption

" Dolan also acclaimed Ruby Amanfu's backing vocals, stating "Ruby Amanfu’s harried backing warble fits a song that adds an awkwardly personal wrinkle to the White Stripes errant primitivism.

Man Made Machine

Jennifer Beaudoin of WQBK-FM stated that "The band fits in very well with today’s popular rock bands, as they have similar sound and style, while showing the world what they have “become” since luckily being signed, recorded, released and on tour".

Maror

However, Wilde or Prickly Lettuce (Lactuca serriola), found in Israel, is a bitter vegetable that fits all descriptions of Chazeret in the Talmud.

Metal-induced gap states

Tersoff showed that the experimentally measured phi bp fits his theoretical model for Au in contact with 10 common semiconductors, including Si, Ge, GaP, and GaAs.

Monkey Businessmen

Mallard then assigns two nurses to train the Stooges, which sends the boys head over heels into fits of love — until the nurses turn out to be men (Cy Schindell and Rocky Woods).

Monte Tesoro

The weather station amateur Sopracornola (village of Calow ) has a webcam that fits the Monte Treasury with captured images every five minutes.

No Size Fits All: From Mass Marketing to Mass Handselling

No Size Fits All: From Mass Marketing to Mass Handselling is a book written by Tom Hayes and Michael S. Malone.

OpenImageIO

As of today library support the following formats: OpenEXR, HDR/RGBE, TIFF, JPEG/JFIF, PNG, Truevision TGA, BMP, ICO, FITS.

Organizational patterns

The pattern aspect of Kroeber's view fits very well the systems-thinking pattern view of Christopher Alexander in the field of architecture.

Pteryx UAV

Maximum takeoff weight 5.0 kg (fits RC model plane regulations in most countries)

R/C Stockcars

The most common R/C donor chassis used is the Tamiya TT-01 as they are cheap and tough, but any R/C chassis can be used if it fits within the rules.

Richardis

By 887, Charles appears to have succumbed to fits of madness.

Skatebård

Skatebård is well known for being a part of the hip-hop act Side Brok formed together with Sjef R and Thorstein Hyl III, but he is also a notable electronic artist who generally fits into the italo-disco genre.

Socket 479

Although physically similar, the Socket 479 has a different electrical pin-arrangement from Socket 478, making it impossible to use a Pentium M processor in a normal 478 board even though it fits in a Socket 478.

Stenhousemuir

This building fits the description of the "rotunda tabulata" described by Wace in his Roman de Brut of 1155, which may by mistranslation have given rise to the legend of the round table.

The Cafe Irreal

Online since 1998, it has published a number of notable authors whose work sometimes fits into this non-realist genre, such as Charles Simic, Ignacio Padilla, and Pavel Řezníček.

The End of Twerk

In New York, Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) rehearses "You Are Woman, I Am Man" from Funny Girl with her co-star, Paolo San Pablo (Ioan Gruffud), and surprises the director, Rupert Campion (Peter Facinelli), by wearing a wig during the performance, which he agrees fits the character.

The Fits

The Fits were a punk rock band from Blackpool, Lancashire, England, who were active between 1979 and 1985, having several hits on the UK Indie Chart.

Uma Música

Second single from the album "Redenção", was recorded in São Paulo between April 29 and May 1 premiered on Domínio MTV and beyond the participation of the band, the video includes the participation of the Capilé (lead singer Sugar Kane and friend Fresno) that is paired with the romantic protagonist of the clip, which is a girl in search of a song that fits with it, the video was a promo for the Nokia phone.

Up Marden

A more recent feature for such an ancient church is the Victorian stone pulpit with ogee-panelled sides which, in Pevsner's opinion, fits in perfectly.

Welcome to the Machine

Despite being pulled at by the bloody masses, it survives and, synchronising with the sound effects at the end of the track, flies up and away, high above the clouds to where it fits snugly into a hole inside a gargantuan floating ovoid structure.


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