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Big Red" is the original mascot, also nicknamed "the Fighting Razorback." Big Red made his debut during the early 1970s and was also commonly referred to as "the Dancing Razorback" throughout the 1980s. [3] [4] A female Razorback mascot, "Sue E. Pig," performs at all women's events, and is known for her dancing skills and costume changes.
Dentistry. Tooth discoloration is abnormal tooth color, hue or translucency. [ 1] External discoloration is accumulation of stains on the tooth surface. Internal discoloration is due to absorption of pigment particles into tooth structure. [ 2][ 3] Sometimes there are several different co-existent factors responsible for discoloration.
The top portion of the image shows the central portion of the pattern formed when a red laser illuminates a slit and, if one looks carefully, two faint side bands. More bands can be seen with a more highly refined apparatus. Diffraction explains the pattern as being the result of the interference of light waves from the slit.
Here's the history of why Western Kentucky is called the Hilltoppers and why its mascot is called Big Red: What is a Hilltopper? You guessed it — it has to do with a hill.
In New Zealand, where they drive on the left, when a road is given a green light from an all direction stop, a red arrow can continue to display to turning traffic, holding traffic back while the pedestrian crossing on the side road is given a green signal (for left turns) or while oncoming traffic goes straight ahead and there is no permissive right turn allowed (for right turns).
Small arms and light weapons. Small arms and light weapons ( SALW) refers in arms control protocols to two main classes of man-portable weapons. [1] " Small arms ", broadly speaking, are individual-service (i.e. for carry and operation by individual infantrymen) kinetic projectile firearms. These include: handguns ( revolvers, pistols ...
Bar (heraldry) In heraldry, a bar is an ordinary consisting of a horizontal band across the shield. If only one bar appears across the middle of the shield, it is termed a fess; if two or more appear, they can only be called bars. Calling the bar a diminutive of the fess is inaccurate, however, because two bars may each be no smaller than a ...
The visible spectrum is the band of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye. Electromagnetic radiation in this range of wavelengths is called visible light (or simply light). The optical spectrum is sometimes considered to be the same as the visible spectrum, but some authors define the term more broadly, to include the ...