In military munitions, a fuze is the part of an explosive device that makes it explode. In some devices (notably torpedoes) a fuze may be identified by function as the "exploder". The term "fuze" is used to indicate an advanced device with mechanical and/or electronic parts.
Time fuzes detonate after a set period of time. Impact, or contact fuzes detonate when they hit something, usually the target. A proximity fuze uses sensors which can be one or more combinations of the following: radar, active sonar, passive acoustic, infrared, magnetic, photoelectric, seismic or even television cameras. Whatever the sensor used, percussion fuzes cause the explosion to occur close to the target. The target will either be destroyed or severely damaged.
Most English-language countries use the "z" spelling to distinguish between simple burning fuses and pyrotechnical or explosive devices.
Emilie Autumn
Emilie Autumn Liddell (born on September 22, 1979) is an American singer and violinist. She started learning to play the violin when she was four years old. She calls her style Victoriandustrial. It is influenced by the Victorian era. She performs with The Bloody Crumpets.
Autumn left school when she was nine or ten. She went to Indiana University for two years. She left because the university would not let her wear corsets.
Autumn released "On a Day: Music for Violin & Continuo" on her label Traitor Records. In 2000 a book of poetry that she wrote was published.
In 2003 Autumn's first studio album "Enchant" was released.
In 2006 "Opheliac" was released by Trisol Music Group GmbH.
In 2007 "A Bit o' This & That" was released to iTunes. In 2010 "The Asylum for Wayward Victorian Girls" was published.
In 2012 Autumn released her third studio album, "Fight Like a Girl".
Autumn has bipolar disorder. She is vegan.
Megan's Law
Megan's Law is an informal name for laws in the United States that require law enforcement authorities to make information available to the public regarding registered . It was created after the murder of Megan Kanka. Individual states decide what information will be made available and how it should be distributed. Most give out the offender's name, picture, address, Prison date, and nature of the crime. The information is often displayed on free public websites, but can be published in newspapers, distributed in pamphlets, or through various other means.
Richard and Maurine Kanka and their three children lived in a small town in New Jersey. On 29 July 1994 their daughter Megan was lured into a neighbor's house to see a non-existent puppy. There she was raped and murdered by her , Jesse Timmendequas. Timmendequas had just recently been released from prison after his second conviction on sexual offenses against children. He had served six of the ten years of his sentence. Searches for the girl turned up nothing. The local police quickly focused on three known sex offenders living across the street from the missing girl. Police released two of the suspects when they verified where they were. Timmendequas became the main suspect. He was released after several hours of . After obtaining a detectives searched Timmendequas's trash and found a piece of Megan Kanka's clothing. Timmendequas was questioned again and after several hours told police "She's in the park." When police then asked if she was still alive Timmendequas said "No, she's dead. I put a over her head."
The Kankas were outraged to find they were living across the street from a convicted child sex offender. Two days after her murder, the parents of Megan Kanka started the "Megan Nichole Kanka Foundation". The mission of the foundation is to identify the location of convicted child sex offenders in every community.
Maurine Kanka began pushing for laws disclosing the need to notify residents of the presence of convicted sex offenders in their communities. New Jersey was the first state to pass a "Megan's law." In 1995 the Supreme Court of New Jersey upheld the State law. The continuing efforts resulted in President Bill Clinton signing the federal version of "Megan's Law." The Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children Law, or "Megan's Law", was signed in May 1996. This was the first part. The second, or notification part of the law, was signed on 13 November 1996. It gave states one year to pass state versions of Megan's law. The District of Columbia and forty-seven states met the deadline and passed their own versions of the law. The notification portion of the law requires states to make public information about all sex offenders. They may each choose how they want to implement that part. Under the law sex offenders are grouped in risk bands based on the nature and details of their offense. The public is not notified of 'low risk' sexual offenders. Information on 'Medium risk' offenders is disclosed to schools and . 'High risk' sexual offenders' information is disclosed to the public.
Megan's law is not without problems.
Martin Hanzal
Martin Hanzal (born February 20, 1987) is a Czech professional ice hockey centre. He currently plays for the HC Samson České Budějovice of the Czech Regional Hockey Championship. He also played for the Arizona Coyotes, Minnesota Wild, and Dallas Stars.
Before playing in the NHL, Hanzal played 19 games in the Czech Extraliga with HC České Budějovice, 19 games in the United States Hockey League (USHL) with the Omaha Lancers and 1 season in the Western Hockey League (WHL) with the Red Deer Rebels. He was drafted by the Phoenix Coyotes with the 17th overall pick in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft.
He debuted with the Coyotes during the 2007–08 NHL season. He scored his first hat-trick in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs on December 4, 2008. The hat trick came in only 20 minutes and 27 seconds of play time which set the record for the fastest hat trick in Coyotes history. He was named an alternate captain on October 8, 2011.
Haikouichthys
Haikouichthys is an extinct early fish-like craniate.
These creatures have backbones and distinct heads, and lived about 530 million years ago, during the Cambrian explosion.
"Haikouichthys" had a defined skull and other characters which suggest it is a true craniate, and perhaps one of the earliest fishes. Cladistic analysis indicates that the animal is probably a basal chordate or a basal craniate. It does not show enough detail to be definitely included in either stem group.
David Giuntoli
David Giuntoli (born June 18, 1980) is an American actor. He is best known for the lead role of Detective Nick Burkhardt in the television series "Grimm".
Leppävirta
Leppävirta is a municipality in Northern Savonia, Finland. It had almost 10,170 living there in January 2014. The municipalities next to it are Heinävesi, Joroinen, Kuopio, Pieksämäki, Suonenjoki, Tuusniemi and Varkaus.
Suonenjoki
Suonenjoki is a city in Northern Savonia, Finland. It had almost 7,500 living there in January 2014. The municipalities next to it are Kuopio, Leppävirta, Pieksämäki, Rautalampi and Tervo.
Tervo
Tervo is a municipality in Northern Savonia, Finland. It had almost 1,670 living there in January 2014. The municipalities next to it are Keitele, Kuopio, Maaninka, Pielavesi, Rautalampi, Suonenjoki and Vesanto.
Tokaji
Tokaji is white wine from the Tokaj wine region in Hungary. The winemaking style is from the 1600s.
Thalia Zedek
Thalia Zedek (born 1961) is an American singer and guitarist. She started Dangerous Birds in 1981. In 1987 Zedek joined Live Skull. The band broke up in 1990. She released her first album, "Been Here and Gone", in 2001. Pitchfork gave the album a score of 8.5 out of 10. In 2002 she released "You're A Big Girl Now". In 2004 "Trust Not Those in Whom Without Some Touch of Madness" was released.
She is a lesbian.
Mário Coluna
Mário Esteves Coluna (; 6 August 1935 – 25 February 2014) was a Portuguese footballer. He played mainly as a central midfielder.