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It's commonly known as "Detonation or Knock". Engine management systems can overcome pre ignition by the means of a knock or detonation sensor. The sensor will detect pre ignition and retard the engines timing to protect the engine from damage. Undesired engine behavior will occur such as loss of performance or power.
The number of no-knock raids has increased from 3,000 in 1981 to more than 50,000 in 2005, according to Peter Kraska, a criminologist at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond. [19] In 2010, Kraska estimated 60,000–70,000 no-knock or quick-knock raids were conducted by local police annually, the majority of which were looking for marijuana. [1]
In central Ohio, the commission is often 3% of the sales price to each. A seller, for example, would pay a total of $18,000 ($9,000 to agents on each side) on the sale of a $300,000 home.
Locally issued and owner-provided license plates were phased out by 1909 for automobiles, [12] but local plates continued to be used for motorcycles until 1914. [2] One effect of the Ward Law was to eliminate a significant revenue stream for cities like Cincinnati, which took in about $5,000 a year (equivalent to $170,000 today) from auto ...
"King of the Road" is a song written by country singer Roger Miller, who first recorded it in November 1964. [2] The lyrics tell of the day-to-day life of a traveling hobo who, despite having little money (a "man of means by no means"), revels in his freedom, describing himself humorously and cynically as the "king of the road".
An item appearing in the Peninsula Enterprise newspaper about the "School of Hard Knocks" (1918). The School of Hard Knocks (also referred to as the University of Life or University of Hard Knocks) is an idiomatic phrase meaning the (sometimes painful) education one gets from life's usually negative experiences, often contrasted with formal education.
Roof knocking (Hebrew: הקש בגג) [1] or "knock on the roof" [2] is a term used by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to describe its practice of dropping non-explosive or low-yield devices on the roofs of targeted civilian homes [3] in the occupied Palestinian territories as a prior warning of imminent bombing attacks to give the inhabitants time to flee the attack.
A number of stories exist to explain the community's unusual name. [1] One claims that a tremendous brawl broke out when the community was in its infancy. More humorous is the tale of a woman who confronted her preacher during a Sunday morning worship service, informing the clergyman that her husband was cheating on her.