Specific detectivity, or D *, for a photodetector is a figure of merit used to characterize performance, equal to the reciprocal of noise-equivalent power ( NEP ), normalized per unit area.

*, a figure skater

Century Sports teams include dance, bowling, football, tennis, wrestling, swimming, cross country running, soccer, softball, baseball, basketball, golf, hockey, volleyball, track and field, Nordic / cross country skiing *, rowing *, and figure skating *,.

Greg seized the opportunity by scoring 101 *, 102 * and 88 for his club, then made his first-class debut against Victoria at Adelaide Oval, aged 18.

Parties: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh, Belgium, Benin, Bhutan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d ' Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Denmark, Djibouti *, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, European Union, Fiji, Finland, France, Gabon, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Islamic Republic of Iran, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Kiribati *, Kuwait, Lao Peoples Democratic Republic *, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Niger, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Republic of Korea, Romania, Rwanda, Saint Lucia, Samoa, São Tomé and Príncipe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United Republic of Tanzania, Uruguay, Venezuela ( Bolivarian Republic of ), Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France *, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hong Kong, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, San Marino, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the Vatican, Antigua and Barbuda, Ascension Island, Australia, Barbados, Bahrain, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Falkland Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia *, Guadeloupe, Jamaica *, Japan, Réunion *, Malta, Martinique *, Mauritius, Mayotte *, Montserrat, New Caledonia *, New Zealand, St. Helena, St. Kitts & Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, United States of America, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna.

During this period winter sports were slowly introduced: in 1882 the first figure skating championship was held in St. Moritz, and downhill skiing became a trendy sport with English visitors early in the 20th century, as the first ski-lift was installed in 1908 above Grindelwald.

Gymnastics, figure skating and synchronized swimming are sports that incorporate dance, while martial arts kata are often compared to dances.

The College also offers 26 club and intramural sports such as rugby, water polo, figure skating, boxing, volleyball, ultimate frisbee, and cricket, leading to a 75 % participation rate in athletics among the undergraduate student body.

The figure skating team won the national championship five straight times from 2004 through 2008.

* 1961 – Sabena Flight 548 crashes in Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team, several coaches and family members.

The International Skating Union ( ISU ) regulates international figure skating judging and competitions.

In languages other than English and Russian, figure skating is usually referred to by a name that translates as " artistic skating ".

Olympic sports in figure skating comprise the following disciplines:

Other disciplines of figure skating include:

* Acrobatic skating, also known as " Acrobatics on ice " or " Extreme Skating ", is a combination of circus arts, technical artistic gymnastics skills, and figure skating.

Jumps are one of the most important elements of figure skating.

There are six jumps in figure skating that count as jump elements.

Spins are a required element in all figure skating competitions, and they exist in all four Olympic disciplines.

There are three basic spin positions in figure skating – the sit spin, the camel spin, and the upright spin.

Category: Olympic medalists in figure skating

* Nordic Figure Skating Championships, an annual invitational elite figure skating competition, open only to skaters from Nordic countries

* Patch, the practice of compulsory figures in figure skating, as each skater is assigned their own " patch " of ice

* Program Component Score, part of the ISU Judging System for figure skating competitions

* 22-Arnold Gerschwiler, figure skating trainer in Britain.

For example, range voting with truncated means is used in figure skating competitions to avoid the results of the third skater affecting the relative positions of two skaters who have already finished their performances ( the independence of irrelevant alternatives ), using truncation to mitigate biases of some judges who have ulterior motives to score some competitors too high or low.

At the 1914 Olympic Congress, the delegates agreed to include ice speed skating in the 1916 Olympics, after figure skating had featured in the 1908 Olympics.

Thompson's last killing came at a country club in Texas in 1932 when he shot a masked figure who was holding him at gunpoint.

Tales depict the Dagda as a figure of immense power, armed with a magic club and associated with a cauldron.

In Etruscan religion and myth, Hercle ( also Heracle or Hercl ) was a form of the Greek Heracles, depicted as a muscular figure often carrying a club and wearing a lionskin.

Harrison ( pictured above ) is still regarded by the club as its father figure.

Neuville signed for Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the 1999 summer, quickly becoming an essential offensive figure for his new club.

The club finally reached a compromise settlement figure with Fifa and the FA.

He was a popular figure in the army and at the club, even though he neither liked alcohol nor gambled very much.

Judging the figure to be unfairly based on the club's relinquished professional status, the club decided they were unable to pay this amount and instead played out of Treforest FC's ground near Pontypridd from January 2005 to May 2006.

Wigan Warriors did not figure in the equation until Dave Whelan bought the rugby club some 12 months later after protracted negotiations with the directors of the rugby club.

Their sections are figure skating, ice stock sport and, as the only club in Germany, bandy.

The application for re-election was again successful, with the club once more polling the lowest figure of the League clubs, the result was secured on the back of an agreement being made amongst the club chairmen to enter into meaningful dialogue over direct promotion and relegation with the Alliance Premier League.

The following season saw the figure drop to just over 3, 000 while in the 2005 – 06 season, despite the club successfully gaining promotion, the figure was 2, 791.

* Sheffield Wednesday – As a Sheffield United supporter and manager of the club for seven-and-a-half years, Warnock was always a hate figure amongst the majority of Wednesday fans.

The " Anything for You " remix became a club favorite and, according to Billboards Elena Oumano, made Snow a figure of respect on the Jamaican music scene.

He is known for his angry rants, surrealism, portly figure, high husky voice and support of St Helens rugby league club.

Dublin was an important figure in Norwich securing safety from relegation to League One and the supporters recognised his contribution by voting him in second place in the Norwich City player of the year award, and on 23 May 2007 he ended speculation about his future by signing a new one-year contract at Norwich, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2007 – 08 season.

His questionable tactics and public fallings-out with players such as Nathan Blake, Robbie Savage and Mark Hughes, coupled with embarrassing defeats to club side Leyton Orient and a 7 – 1 thrashing by the Netherlands in 1996 did not make him a popular figure within Wales.

At the club level, he was a key figure in Olympique de Marseille's dominance of the French league-resulting in 4 league championships and 2 European Champions League finals appearances.

The final, played at Twickenham, set a world record for the highest attendance figure for a club rugby match ( at around 82, 000 ).

Milburn was the central figure in Newcastle's FA Cup campaigns of the 1950s, which saw the club win the Cup three times in five years ; 1951 ( scoring twice in the final ), 1952 and 1955 ( scoring the then quickest goal in FA Cup final history after 45 seconds ).