Standing in the shelter of the tent -- a rejected hospital tent on which the rain now dripped, no longer drumming -- Adam watched his own hands touch the objects on the improvised counter of boards laid across two beer barrels.

On TV shows based in Chicago such as The Bob Newhart Show, Married ... with Children, Family Matters, Still Standing, According to Jim, Early Edition and The Bernie Mac Show, the main characters are all Bears fans, and have worn Bears ' jerseys and t-shirts on some occasions.

* Left hand hinge ( LHH ): Standing outside ( or on the less secure side, or on the public side of the door ), the hinges are on the left and the door opens in ( away from you ).

* Right hand hinge ( RHH ): Standing outside ( or on the less secure side ), the hinges are on the right and the door opens in ( away from you ).

* Left hand reverse ( LHR ): Standing outside the house ( or on the less secure side ), the hinges are on the left, knob on right, on opening the door it swings towards you ( i. e. the door swings open towards the outside, or " outswing ")

* Right hand reverse ( RHR ): Standing outside the house ( i. e. on the less secure side ), the hinges are on the right, knob on left, opening the door by pulling the door towards you ( i. e. open swings to the outside, or " outswing ")

In 1999 the Australian Senate Joint Standing Committee on Treaties was told by Professor Desmond Ball that the Pine Gap facility was used as a ground station for a satellite-based interception network.

In 2010, she appeared on Last Comic Standing and The Tonight Show.

::: The President of the People's Republic of China receives foreign diplomatic representatives on behalf of the People's Republic of China and, in pursuance of decisions of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, appoints and recalls plenipotentiary representatives abroad, and ratifies and abrogates treaties and important agreements concluded with foreign states.

Jan Vermeer's famous painting A Lady Standing at a Virginal shows the characteristic practice of his time, with the instrument mounted on a table and the player standing.

The IEEE P802. 15 Wireless Next Generation Standing Committee ( SCwng ) is chartered to facilitate and stimulate presentations and discussions on new Wireless related Technologies that may be subject for new 802. 15 standardization projects or to address the whole 802. 15 work group with issues or concerns with current techniques or technologies.

After his stint in prison during the late 1980s, Brown returned with the album, Love Overdue, in 1991, which included the single, "( So Tired Of Standing Still We Got To ) Move On ", which peaked at # 48 on the R & B chart.

* Booknotes interview with Quayle on Standing Firm, July 24, 1994.

The basic labour laws are the Labour Law of People's Republic of China ( promulgated on 5 July 1994 ) and the Law of the People's Republic of China on Employment Contracts ( Adopted at the 28th Session of the Standing Committee of the 10th National People's Congress on June 29, 2007, Effective from January 1, 2008 ).

The President is free to appoint any person to the federal bench, yet typically he consults with the American Bar Association, whose Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary rates each nominee " Well Qualified ," " Qualified " or " Not Qualified.

" Standing against all human highhandedness is the New Testament, " which claims that we can in no way free ourselves from our factual fallenness in the world but are freed from it only by an act of God ... the salvation occurrence that is realized in Christ.

Later in the year, he was unexpectedly elected chair of the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans in a free vote of other committee members.

* Standing Working Group on Animal and Plant Health-to help with the resolution of specific animal and plant health matters with the goal of resolving the problems with the least adverse effect on trade as possible.

Standing on the crossroads of main trade routes in Asia Minor, the area was a centre of importance for Greeks, amongst whom also lived a population of Syriac Christians, Jews, Armenians, and Assyrians.

A five-issue limited series set in the MC2 Universe titled Last Hero Standing was printed, with the aim to reprint it in trade paperback form as soon as possible and reprint other titles in the MC2 line as trade paperbacks as well.

: Standing on a platform with an edge where the heels can hang ( e. g. a curb ), lift the body on the balls of the feet.

Standing inside on a small platform, light is repeatedly reflected off the mirrored surfaces to create the illusion of a never-ending space.

He was appointed copresident of the national platform election committee by Prime Minister Paul Martin in January 2004 and was Vice-Chair of the Standing Committee on Finance.

" Standing beside the small platform from which Blamey was to address the troops, I realised that he was in a most aggressive mood.

Standing on the platform of the largest pyramid on the day of the Summer solstice it is possible to experience a double sunset, as first the sun sets behind a mountain top, then it emerges again from behind the mountain and sets a second time behind a neighbouring peak.

Standing as an ILLA candidate on a labour platform, " D. D .", as he was popularly known, defeated the official Irish Parliamentary Party ( IPP ) candidate at a United Irish League Convention for the selection of a parliamentary candidate for Mid-Cork on the death of Dr C. K. D. Tanner ( former Mid-Cork anti-Parnellite Nationalist MP from 1895 ).

Standing on the platform in the middle of the boat, the main singer will lead the vanchipattu.

Standing at the heart of the downtown is Victoria Hall, a building that now serves as the town hall, as well as home of the Art Gallery of Northumberland, the Cobourg Concert Hall, and an Old Bailey-style courtroom that is now used as the Council chamber.

" He currently serves on the city's Environment and Infrastructure Standing Committee, acts as liaison for the Blanshard-Hillside-Quadra and Rocklands neighbourhoods, and represents Victoria on the Provincial Capital Commission and Capital Regional District board.

Standing: Tsar Nicholas II, Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Princess Victoria and Grand Duke Ernest Ludwig, Darmstadt, 1894 After her divorce, Victoria went to live with her mother at Coburg and at her house in the French Riviera.

Standing in Brantridge Forest, it was the seat of the 1st Earl of Athlone, and his wife, Princess Alice of Albany, the last surviving granddaughter of Queen Victoria.

During the Cultural Revolution, following the downfall of Liu Shaoqi, who was Chairman of the People's Republic of China, no successor was named, so the duties of the head of state were transferred collectively to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

On 16 July 2012, North Korean state media reported that the Chief of General Staff of the Korean People's Army Vice Marshal Ri Yong-ho had been relieved of all his Party duties, namely his Politburo Standing Committee membership, Politburo membership, and Party Central Military Commission vice-chairmanship, stating this move was due to unspecified illness.

As the chief administrative organ of government, its main functions are to formulate administrative measures, issue decisions and orders, and monitor their implementation ; draft legislative bills for submission to the NPC or its Standing Committee ; and prepare the economic plan and the state budget for deliberation and approval by the NPC.

The belt symbolizes these Five Nations from west to east in their respective territories across New York state: Seneca ( keepers of the western door ), Cayuga ( People of the Swamp ), Onondaga ( Keepers of the Fire ), Oneida ( People of the Standing Stone ) and Mohawk ( keeper of the eastern door )— by open ‘ squares ’ of white beads with the central figure signifying a tree or heart.

Each member serves as a member of one of the Joint Standing Committees assigned by the state office.

Standing discovers how to withstand the torture by entering a kind of trance state, in which he walks among the stars and experiences portions of past lives.

The term Lord of Parliament may also be used to refer to any member of the House of Lords: in particular, the Standing Orders of the House of Lords state " Bishops to whom a writ of summons has been issued are not Peers but are Lords of Parliament.

* On the basis of a Standing Committee resolution, the President can order a general or partial mobilisation, or can proclaim a state of emergency nationwide or in a particular region.

" Last Man Standing " was a song revealing lead singer Jon Bon Jovi's anger toward the state of the music industry.

It begins in Clay County, North Carolina, near Standing Indian Mountain in the Southern Nantahala Wilderness and flows south into Georgia, crossing the state line into Towns County.

He worked on several committees of the state and central government, including the Parliamentary Standing committee on Finance ; the Patents Committee ; the Planning Board ; the Resources Mobilization Committee ; the Taxation Reforms Committee, and the High Power Committee on Irrigation and Transport.

* " ProtestWarrior, LLC ", formed as a limited liability company in Texas in 2003, is currently listed by the state as " Not In Good Standing ", meaning that Protest Warrior has failed to file its annual paperwork and pay due taxes / fees.

However, the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly found that the monarch referred to in the Oath of Allegiance was already the personification of the Canadian state, and thus it was redundant to offer allegiance to both the Queen and to Canada.

The inaugural meeting of Senate considered the state of readiness for admission of students for academic activities ; the draft University Act ; Senate Standing Orders, among other issues.

Xi Jinping, Chinese Communist Party Politburo Standing Committee member and one of the top candidates to succeed Hu Jintao as party leader and state president, was secretary of the county CCP committee in 1983-85.

She was a member of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage where she contributed to the recommendations that resulted from three major studies: the federal government's role in supporting arts and culture ; the state of the Canadian book publishing industry in an era of big-box retailers and declining independent bookstores ; and, the importance of public and private broadcasting in protecting Canada's cultural sovereignty.

The 1954 state constitution gave the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress the power to appoint and dismiss judicial personnel and to enact legal codes.

As the recently-proclaimed state legislature, the Kampuchean People's Representative Assembly held its first plenary session during April 11 – 13, 1976, Chea was elected President of its Standing Committee.

The central 610 Office is headed by a high-ranking member of the Communist Party ’ s Politburo Standing Committee, and it frequently directs other state and party organs in the anti-Falun Gong campaign.