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** A pyramid scheme typically collapses much faster because it requires exponential increases in participants to sustain it.
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** A Ponzi scheme claims to rely on some esoteric investment approach and often attracts well-to-do investors ; whereas pyramid schemes explicitly claim that new money will be the source of payout for the initial investments.
** Unfinished pyramid
** Another variation to the top lighter, log cabin, or pyre is known by several names, most notably the pyramid, self-feeding, and upside-down.
** Rooftop: truncated square pyramid
** Rooftop: pyramid
** MyPyramid, the USDA's 2005 version of the food guide pyramid.
** Freytag's pyramid
** and scheme
** Frequency-hopping spread spectrum ( FHSS ) applies a special scheme for channel release
** GSSAPI authentication methods which provide an extensible scheme to perform SSH authentication using external mechanisms such as Kerberos 5 or NTLM, providing single sign on capability to SSH sessions.
** Cycling Centre of Excellence, which promotes cycling in London and manages the contract with Serco for the Barclays Cycle Hire scheme
** A non maskable interrupt ( NMI ) which can be used to respond to power down situations and / or other high priority events ( and allowing a minimalistic Z80 system to easily implement a two-level interrupt scheme in mode 1 ).
** Oral arguments begin in the landmark U. S. Supreme Court case Loving v. Virginia, 388 U. S. 1 ( 1967 ), challenging the State of Virginia's statutory scheme to prevent marriages between persons solely on the basis of racial classifications.
** feed URI scheme, a non-standard URI scheme designed to facilitate subscription to web feeds
** Diversity gain, the increase in signal-to-interference ratio due to a diversity scheme
** In a Ponzi scheme, the schemer acts as a " hub " for the victims, interacting with all of them directly.
** Boreal climate, the climate found in a region of boreal forests, and designated Dfc, Dwc or Dsc in the Köppen climate classification scheme.
** Great Britain road numbering scheme
** Administering the Blue Plaques scheme in London since 1986.
** The type of occupational pension scheme ( if any ) to which the employee and / or employer make contributions
There are three types: ** Pioneers ** Close followers ** Late followers * Growth strategies — In this scheme we ask the question, “ How should the firm grow ?”.
** Pass Plus, a United Kingdom scheme to improve driving skills among young drivers
** DIN 31635, an Arabic transliteration scheme.
** House Energy Rating scheme in Australia
** During the 2010 All-Star race at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Dale Earnhardt, Jr. will run a special paint scheme featuring the JR Foundation Logo on the hood, to commemorate this occasion.
** Dale Jarrett raced a " reverse " paint scheme in 1999 where his entire car's colour scheme was reversed for breast cancer research.
** For the 1994 Hooters 500, his final race, the car was based on a 1981 paint scheme with Burt Reynolds and Hal Needham.
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** mortars: typically short-barreled, high-trajectory weapons designed primarily for an indirect-fire role.
** Ultrahigh vacuum CVD ( UHVCVD ) – CVD process at very low pressure, typically below 10 < sup >− 6 </ sup > Pa (~ 10 < sup >− 8 </ sup > torr ).
** Hobby – regular activity or interest that is undertaken for pleasure, typically done during one's leisure time.
** Wordfilter, a script typically used on Internet forums or chat rooms that automatically scans users ' posts or comments as they are submitted and automatically changes or censors particular words or phrases
** For some verbs in some languages, the difference between perfective and imperfective conveys an additional meaning difference ; in such cases, the two aspects are typically translated using separate verbs in English.
** ROM cartridges, typically 2 KB, 4 KB, or 8 KB in size.
** Airmail stamps – stamps may be required for airmail, which is typically more expensive and has special postage rates.
** Comedy of errors – a work that is light and often humorous or satirical in tone, in which the action usually features a series of comic instances of mistaken identity, and which typically culminates in a happy resolution of the thematic conflict.
** → this diphthong typically starts in the area of the London,.
** Lightning Electromagnetic Pulse ( LEMP ), although typically a short series of pulses.
** An HMI is typically local to one machine or piece of equipment, and is the interface method between the human and the equipment / machine.
** CISC — It becomes either a single instruction: add a, b, c, or more typically: move a, reg1 ; add reg1, b, c as most machines are limited to two memory operands.
** Pole weapon, combat weapon in which the main fighting part of the weapon is placed on the end of a long shaft, typically of wood
** Sheep – are quadrupedal, ruminant mammals typically kept as livestock.
** Internal fan-cooled electric motor, an electric motor that is self-cooled by a fan, typically used for motors with a high energy density
** In reality, tier 1 networks usually have only a small number of peers ( typically only other tier 1 networks and very large tier 2 networks ), while tier 2 networks are motivated to peer with many other tier 2 and end-user networks.
** Dote-nabe: Oyster and other ingredients ( typically Chinese cabbage, tofu and shungiku stewed in a pot with its inner lining coated in miso.
**: Anapurna and: Jeti printer families: typically used to produce posters, banners and displays.
** finger tip conductivity ; where conductive yarns or a conductive patch is found only on the tips of the fingers ( typically the index finger and thumb ) thus allowing for basic touch response
** Organic sedimentary rocks are important deposits formed from the accumulation of biological detritus, and form coal and oil shale deposits, and are typically found within basins of clastic sedimentary rocks
** Printing speed ( typically given in pages per minute or ppm )
** Bánh trôi: made from glutinous rice mixed with a small portion of ordinary rice flour ( the ratio of glutinous rice flour to ordinary rice flour is typically 9: 1 or 8: 2 ) filled with sugarcane rock candy.
** Motor Driven: Use motors to move their legs ( typically 3 motors or less ).
** contractual provision ( when the defendant's liability for causing the plaintiff's injuries had been waived in the contract ; however, these provisions are typically unconscionable in many situations.
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