Valparaiso University is a private university in Valparaiso, Indiana. The university has about 4,061 students. It was founded in 1859. The current president of the university is Mark A. Heckler.
The athletics teams of the university are called the Crusaders. They have 19 varsity teams, 15 of which compete in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC). The other four teams play sports that the MVC does not sponsor, and compete in other leagues. The football team plays in the Pioneer Football League; the men's swimming and tennis teams play in The Summit League; and the women's bowling team is a member of the Southland Bowling League.
Geotechnical engineering
Geotechnical engineering is an important subset of civil engineering dealing with engineering performance of earth materials. Geotechnical engineering uses principles of soil and rock mechanics to determine:
to design:
and to monitor:
Foundations built for above-ground structures include shallow and deep foundations. Retaining structures include earth-filled dams and retaining walls.
Wright State University
Wright State University is a public university in Dayton, Ohio. The university has about 19,793 students. It was founded in 1967. The current president of the university is David R. Hopkins, P.E.D. . The University is named after the Wright brothers.
The athletics teams of the university are called the Raiders. They have 17 varsity teams and they compete in the Horizon League.
Youngstown State University
Youngstown State University is a public university in Youngstown, Ohio. The university has about 15,194 students. It was founded in 1908. The current president of the university is Jim Tressel, better known as a former football coach both at Youngstown State and Ohio State University.
The athletics teams of the university are called the Penguins. They have 16 varsity teams and they compete in the Horizon League and the Missouri Valley Football Conference for football.
Texas Southern University
Texas Southern University is a public university in Houston, Texas. The university has about 11,550 students. It was founded in 1927. The current president of the university is John Rudley. The university is a historically black university.
The athletics teams of the university are called the Tigers. They have 11 varsity teams and they compete in the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
St. Bonaventure University
St. Bonaventure University is a private, Roman Catholic university in Allegany, New York. The university has about 2,500 students. It was founded in 1858. The current president of the university is Sr. Margaret Carney, OSF STD.
The athletics teams of the university are called the Bonnies. They have 14 varsity teams and they compete in the Atlantic 10 Conference.
Sacred Heart University
Sacred Heart University is a private, Roman Catholic university in Fairfield, Connecticut. The university has about 6,023 students. It was founded in 1963. The current president of the university is John J. Petillo.
The athletics teams of the university are called the Pioneers. They have 31 varsity teams, most of which compete in the Northeast Conference. The men's ice hockey team competes in Atlantic Hockey.
Denis Leary
Denis Colin Leary (born August 18, 1957 in Worcester, Massachusetts) is an American actor, comedian, producer, singer and writer. He is the star and co-creator of the television show "Rescue Me". His career as a comedian has been controversial because he allegedly stole not only material but his entire act from the dead comedian Bill Hicks.
Ice Age (movie)
Ice Age is a 2002 American computer animated comedy drama movie. It was produced by John C. Donkin and Lori Forte and was directed by Chris Wedge. The movie was released on March 15, 2002.
The movie was positively welcomed from both audiences and film critics which praised its story, humor, characters, emotional weight, voice cast performance (especially those of Leguizamo and Leary), David Newman's musical score and the ending.
The movie currently had four sequels, "" in 2006, "" in 2009, "" in 2012, and "" in 2016. There has also been a and a series of short movies revolving around the comic relief character in the movies.
The characters are all prehistoric animals. The animals can talk to and understand each other.
Ice Age: The Meltdown
Ice Age: The Meltdown (also called Ice Age 2: The Meltdown or simply known as Ice Age 2) is an American 2006 animated comedy drama epic movie and is the second film in the "Ice Age" series. It was produced by Lori Forte and Chris Wedge. It was directed by Carlos Saldanha.
The movie was released on March 31, 2006. Despite receiving mixed reviews from film critics, the film was positively welcomed from audience who praised its animation, humor, characters, emotional weight, soundtrack, action scenes, character development, and the visuals.
This movie is the first sequel to the 2002 movie, "Ice Age". The other three sequels are: "" (2009), "" (2012), and "" (2016). The first sequel to this movie was even more positively welcomed from audience who often calls it the best "Ice Age" movie, the second one is called good, but not like the previous films while the fifth is hated by both film critics and audience.
The characters are all prehistoric animals. The animals can talk to and understand each other.
Ovarian cancer
Ovarian cancer is cancer that involves different regions of the ovary. Recent evidence suggests the Fallopian tube may be related to the cancer. Other types of this condition involve egg cells. The risk increases with age and decreases with pregnancy. Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer death for females, and the survival rates for this condition vary.
Rio (movie)
Rio, originally called Rio: The Movie, is a 2011 computer-animated comedy movie that was produced by Chris Jenkins and Bruce Anderson and was directed by Carlos Saldanha. "Rio" was released on April 8, 2011, in Brazil and on April 15, 2011, in North America. A sequel, titled "Rio 2", was released on April 11, 2014.
"Rio" tells about the life of a blue macaw named Blu. He is trapped in a jungle near Rio de Janeiro when he was just a baby, and brought to the United States. Then Linda, an American, always takes care of him, until one day Tulio advises Blu that he is the last of his species, and he has to return to Brazil to meet Jewel, a female of his kind. The two macaws and several friends try to have Blu and Jewel fall in love so their species will survive, while they overcome some obstacles such as bird smugglers and the fact that Blu can not fly until the end of the movie. However, in the end, Blu can fly and rescues Jewel from falling from a plane.
Hollerado
Hollerado is a Canadian indie rock band from Manotick, Ontario. Hollerado has four members in the band; the current band members are Dean Baxter, Jake Boyd, Nixon Boyd and Menno Versteeg. Their name is a parody of the United States state, Colorado.
So far as of 2011, Hollerado has released 7 albums:
American University
American University is a private, Methodist university in Washington, D.C.. The university has about 9,940 students. It was founded in 1893. The current president of the university is former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell since June 2017.
The athletics teams of the university are called the Eagles. They have 9 varsity teams and they compete in the Patriot League.
Alborz Mountains
Alborz (also written Alburz, Elburz or Elborz), is a mountain range in northern Iran. Its borders start at Azerbaijan and Armenia in the northwest of Iran and reach to the southern end of the Caspian Sea. The mountain range ends in the east at the borders of Turkmenistan and Afghanistan.
Tehran, the capital of Iran is at the foot of the Alborz mountain range.
Mount Damavand, the tallest mountain in the Middle East, is located in this mountain range.
American Gangster (movie)