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Put something into practice [1] Baked in Something which has been "baked in" is implied to be impossible to remove. Alternatively, "baked in" can refer to a desirable, although non-essential, property of a product being incorporated for the user's convenience. Boil the ocean Undertake an impossible or impractical task [1] Buck the trend
Surface supplied commercial diving equipment on display at a trade show. Commercial diving may be considered an application of professional diving where the diver engages in underwater work for industrial, construction, engineering, maintenance or other commercial purposes which are similar to work done out of the water, and where the diving is usually secondary to the work.
A diving operation is a professional dive and the activity in preparation for, and in support of, the specific dive. The diving operation is controlled by the diving supervisor, is expected to follow the dive plan, is conducted by the diving team, and is recorded in the diving operations record (though the terms may have regional variations).
Larry Connor was one of the co-founders of a property business after his own name which launched in 1992. At the time it had $400,000 in seed funding to buy three apartment complexes in Dayton, Ohio.
This is a glossary of technical terms, jargon, diver slang and acronyms used in underwater diving.The definitions listed are in the context of underwater diving.
The term dive was first used in the press in the U.S. in 1880s to describe disreputable places that were often in basements into which one "dives below". [3]: 1 A dive bar may also be known as "brown bars" or "brown pubs" in parts of Western Europe and Northern Europe, for example brun bar or brun pub in Norway. [4] [5] [6]
Jim Morrison was an early performer known for having jumped into the crowd at several concerts. Iggy Pop is often credited with popularising stage diving in popular rock music . [ 3 ] Initially seen as confrontational and extreme, stage diving has become common at hardcore punk and thrash metal performances.
Recreational diving may be considered to be any underwater diving that is not occupational, professional, or commercial, in that the dive is fundamentally at the discretion of the diver, who dives either to their own plan, or to a plan developed in consensus with the other divers in the group, though dives led by a professional dive leader or ...