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  2. C-stand - Wikipedia

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    An Avenger brand 2-riser C-stand with a Rocky Mountain leg, 2.5" grip head and 40" grip arm. This stand extends to 10'. In film production, a C-stand (or Century stand) [1] [2] is primarily used to position light modifiers, such as silks, nets, or flags, in front of light sources. [3]

  3. Cosmetic Surgery: Are the Payoffs Worth the Price? - AOL

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    Plastic surgery gallery Another procedure growing in popularity is a "stem-cell facelift", which also done entirely with injections of a person's own body fat, which can cost between an estimated ...

  4. Meet 'the Human Ken Doll,' who has had 780 procedures in his ...

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    The hundreds of procedures have cost him around $800,000 and have landed him quite the status in the plastic surgery circuit. "There was a business to be had here," he explained.

  5. Drilling riser - Wikipedia

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    Drilling riser joints with buoyancy modules. A drilling riser is a conduit that provides a temporary extension of a subsea oil well to a surface drilling facility. Drilling risers are categorised into two types: marine drilling risers used with subsea blowout preventer (BOP) and generally used by floating drilling vessels; and tie-back drilling risers used with a surface BOP and generally ...

  6. Marine riser tensioner - Wikipedia

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    The marine riser is connected to the wellhead on the sea bed and therefore the tensioner must manage the differential movements between the riser and the rig. If there were no tensioner and the rig moves downward, the riser would buckle; if the rig rises then high forces would be transmitted to the riser and it would stretch and be damaged.

  7. Plastic surgery - Wikipedia

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    Plastic surgery is a surgical specialty ... The American Society of Plastic Surgeons estimates that more than 333,000 cosmetic procedures were performed on patients ...

  8. Robinson's Disengaging Gear - Wikipedia

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    The British Royal Navy adopted and standardized on the Robinson's Disengaging Gear in 1881, [3] and this system was still in use in the late 20th century. The Robinson's Disengaging Gear consists of three mechanisms. There are two disengaging hooks, one at each end of the seaboat, holding the boat to the falls.

  9. Film perforations - Wikipedia

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    For 35 mm film these are 0.1866" and 0.1870" (4.740 mm and 4.750 mm); for 16 mm film they are 0.2994" and 0.3000" (7.605 mm and 7.620 mm). This distinction arose because early nitrocellulose film base naturally shrank about 0.3% in processing due to heat, so film printing equipment was designed to account for a size difference between its ...