* Crank ( mechanism ), in mechanical engineering, a bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it

The song " Crank It ", which features Lopes's sister Reigndrop, was released as a promotional single.

In 2009, the actioner Crank: High Voltage was released, which saw Haim sporting a blond mullet in a cameo alongside Jason Statham, Amy Smart and Dwight Yoakam.

In 2007, 17 year old entertainer Soulja Boy made the massive superhit called " Crank That " which enjoyed number one position in Billboard Hot 100 for 7 weeks, was nominated for a Grammy and became one of the main hits of the year.

He leaves it to his assistant Seymour to decide how to fill that space, and Seymour begins to reach for the paper's " Crank File ," which contains the journal.

the most popular being, Soulja's " Crank Dat " move, which gained popularity throughout 2007 and 2008.

In March 2006, WPGC launched a HD2 subchannel, which featured a format geared to local Hip-Hop and R & B artists under the billing " Crank.

There are three smaller villages which are near to Rainford-King's Moss to the east, Crawford to the north-east and Crank to the south-east.

Note however, that for non-smooth final conditions ( which happen for most financial instruments ), the Crank – Nicolson method is not satisfactory as numerical oscillations are not damped.

He released the follow-up album the same year titled MTA2: Baptized in Dirty Water which yielded the hit, " Crank It Up ", featuring Static Major.

Not interested in being pigeon holed Graham was influenced by the Electro sound of the moment and had another strong release with " Crank " which went # 1 on Beatport.

", to which the audience replied " Crank him / her up!

* In Crank 2 ( 2009 ) there is a fight scene which is an homage to the final battle scene in The War of the Gargantuas-it takes place in a transformer plant and utilizes many of the cinematic cues from the Gargantuas film.

* J. Arthur Crank ( Jim Boyd ): A plaid-wearing character who often interrupted sketches to complain when spellings or pronunciations confused him.

The AbioCor heart is featured in the 2009 film Crank: High Voltage, when it is transplanted into the main character Chev Chelios's ( Jason Statham ) chest after he had been abducted by Chinese mobsters in the very beginning of the movie.

Example 3. 3. 2 shows that Crank – Nicolson is unconditionally stable when applied to .</ ref > However, the approximate solutions can still contain ( decaying ) spurious oscillations if the ratio of time step Δ times the thermal diffusivity to the square of space step, Δ, is large ( typically larger than 1 / 2 ).

With this in mind, Monroe, Spence, Bicknell, Crank, and Falvey combined their land under the business name of the Monrovia Land and Water Company in 1886.

The following year a second 12 episode series, Eat Man ' 98 was released, once again animated by Studio DEEN and with Ebara reprising his role as Bolt Crank, but under new direction by Toshifumi Kawase.

European action actors such as Belgian-born Jean-Claude Van Damme ( Bloodsport, Hard Target, Timecop ), Moroccan-born Jean Reno ( Ronin ), Swedish-born Dolph Lundgren ( Showdown in Little Tokyo, Universal Soldier, The Expendables ) and English-born Jason Statham ( The Transporter, The Expendables, Crank ), appeared in a number of 1990s and 2000s-era action films.

* Crank ( person ), a pejorative term used for a person who unshakably holds a belief that most of his or her contemporaries consider to be false.

* 1916 – John Crank, British mathematician ( d. 2006 )

In June 2008, on DJ Cisco's Urban Legend mixtape, Ice-T criticized DeAndre Cortez " Soulja Boy Tell ' Em " Way for " killing hip hop " and his song " Crank That " for being " garbage " compared to the works of other hip-hop artists such as Rakim, Das EFX, Big Daddy Kane and Ice Cube.

1 – Piston 2 – Piston rod 3 – Crosshead bearing 4 – Connecting rod 5 – Crank 6 – Eccentric valve motion 7 – Flywheel 8 – Sliding valve 9 – Centrifugal governor.

A Han-dynasty pottery model of two men operating a winnowing machine with a Crank ( mechanism ) | crank handle and a Trip hammer | tilt hammer used to pound grain.

Jim Boyd, who was strictly an off-camera voice actor and puppeteer during season one, began appearing on-camera in season two, mostly in the role of J. Arthur Crank.

This closure was also used as a 30-second promo for PBS stations with Jim Boyd ( as J. Arthur Crank ) doing the voice-over.

*" Crank " ( 1993 ) Fontana No. 66 UK, No. 5 U. S. Modern Rock

The 3rd century mill is the earliest known machine to incorporate a Crank ( mechanism ) | crank and connecting rod mechanism.

In 1913 he moved to Hopkin's Crank at Ditchling Common, two miles north of the village.

* Marion H. Crank, a former state representative who was the Democratic gubernatorial nominee in 1968, having been narrowly defeated by incumbent Republican Winthrop Rockefeller.

Additional parcels of Rancho Santa Anita were sold to Edward F. Spence, John D. Bicknell, James F. Crank, and J. F.

On 15 June they met the two English ships, which Schrobop allowed to remain, on condition they gave half their catch to the Dutch.

His progress was slow ; the poor condition of some of the West Indies ships ( contrary to claims by Admiral Hood that his fleet was fit for a month of service ) necessitated repairs en route.

In the British fleet, and, two ships of the West Indies squadron that were among the most heavily engaged, were in quite poor condition.

Graves ordered the Terrible to be scuttled on 11 September due to her leaky condition, and was notified on 13 September that the French fleet was back in the Chesapeake ; he still did not learn that de Grasse's line had not included the fleet of de Barras, because the frigate captain making the report had not counted the ships.

In this case, the buyer, who may have a repaired piece, or a slightly defective one, buys a mint condition piece from the edition via auction and ships the defective one to the seller, demanding a refund on the auction.

The term also includes a large number of non-urgent ambulances which are for transport of patients without an urgent acute condition ( see functional types, below ) and a wide range of urgent and non-urgent vehicles including trucks, vans, bicycles, motorbikes, station wagons, buses, helicopters, fixed-wing aircraft, boats, and even hospital ships ( see vehicle types, also below ).

Only Siælland and Holsteen were in good condition, also note the age of the ships.

The Ottoman fleet suffered the loss of about 210 ships — of which 117 galleys, 10 galliots and three fustas were captured and in good enough condition for the Christians to keep.

The conclusion reached by the examiners was that the letters contained codetext conveying information on the US Navy's ships and their location, condition, repair and status, with emphasis on ships damaged at Pearl Harbor.

Under the terms of the convention Burgoyne's army was to march to Boston, where British ships would transport it back to England, on condition that its members not participate in the conflict until they were formally exchanged.

No French capital ships and few others were taken in reparable condition.

During the 1866 Cretan revolt, the ships of the Royal Hellenic Navy were in no condition to support it.

In the end, however, the rehabilitation of the vessels became a saga in itself because of the exceedingly poor condition of many of these war-weary ships.

On one expedition, he plundered thirty ships in St. John's and held Sir Richard Whitbourne prisoner, releasing him on the condition that Whitbourne go to England and obtain a pardon for Easton.

:( b ) All ships shall proceed at a safe speed for the condition of visibility ( see Rule 6 ).

However, the Ottoman fleet had not been maintained, perhaps due to the Sultan ’ s fear of a strong navy becoming a power base for plots against the government, and in 1897 when called into action most of the ships were in poor condition and could not contest control of the sea beyond the Dardanelles.

None of these ships was ever in sufficient condition for service in open waters: the damage suffered at Camperdown proved too severe for them to be fully repaired.

The very poor mechanical condition of these ships hampered the enterprise.

The Star of India and eight other ships and boats on San Diego Bay are the floating collection of the San Diego Maritime Museum ; they are open to the public for a fee, and many are in sailing condition.

While being held in the reserve fleet, ships typically have a minimal crew ( known informally as a skeleton crew ) to ensure that they stay in somewhat usable condition — if for nothing else, their bilge pumps need to be run regularly to reduce corrosion of their steel and to prevent the ships from foundering at their moorings.

The latter usage is used in modern times and can refer to a specific set of procedures used by the US Navy to preserve ships in good condition.

The trade may also matter, since some ships experience more head wind and waves in ballast conditions, while other ships may experience more head wind and waves in cargo condition, thereby vibrating less overall.