shim
shim A small piece of data inserted into a program or a file in order to achieve a particular effect. See, for example,
PIXEL SHIM: a
PIXEL inserted into a
WEB PAGE in order to achieve a formatting effect. It has its origins in engineering, especially in the engineering of aircraft and mechanical devices.
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Reuniting Long-Lost Family Members
Transcript from: NPR Talk of the Nation; 12/10/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Lost Family Members Host: NEAL CONANTime 15:00-16:00 PM Play Audio NEAL CONAN, host: This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington. Families become separated for all kinds of reasons. A mother gives up her child for adoption, a disagreement...
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President Obama Accepts Peace Prize
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 12/10/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Robert Siegel. MICHELE NORRIS, host: And I'm Michele Norris. In Oslo, Norway, today at the...seek. Pres. OBAMA: Still we are at war. I'm responsible for the deployment of thousands of...
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For Stephanopoulos, It's Officially 'Good Morning'
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 12/10/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...correspondent Judy Muller says, the morning show requires a light touch. Ms. JUDY MULLER (Former ABC News Correspondent): I'm trying to imagine George Stephanopoulos whipping up a souffle — and it's not coming to me. FOLKENFLIK: But the move...
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For December 9, 2009, CBS
Transcript from: CBS The Early Show; 12/9/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Welcome to THE EARLY SHOW, everybody. I`m Maggie Rodriguez, here with Harry Smith...fifteen-foot snowdrifts.MAN #1: I`m like a total ice out here.DAVE PRICE...Iowa. In Des Moines, for CBS News, I`m Alex Murphy.DAVE PRICE: All right. The...
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For December 10, 2009, CBS
Transcript from: CBS Morning News; 12/10/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...sky over Norway.This is the CBS MORNING NEWS for Thursday, December 10, 2009.Good morning and thanks for joining us. I`m Michelle Gielan.President Obama is in Norway this morning to pick up the Nobel Peace Prize, an award the President has said...
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DRINKING WATER:ROBYN PIERCE
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 12/10/2009; 700+ words
; ...s lead levels tested . The EPA continues to testmy water EVERY few months and I get the results but they are confusingand I`m as in the dark now as I was when this started. How did this happen?For 5 years hundreds of truckloads of coal ash were dumped...
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WILDLIFE BILLS:JAMES M. INHOFE
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 12/3/2009; 664 words
; Congressional Testimony 12-03-2009 Opening Statement of James M. Inhofe Ranking Member Senate Environmentand Public Works Committee Committee on Senate Environment and Public WorksSubcommittee...
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FEDERAL TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT:JAMES M. INHOFE
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony; 12/2/2009; 700+ words
; Congressional Testimony 12-02-2009 Statement of James M. Inhofe Ranking Member Senate Environment and PublicWorks Committee Committee on Senate Environment and Public Works December2...
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Pinheads & Patriots: Lindsay Lohan's Critics, Rep. Henry Brown
Transcript from: The O'Reilly Factor (Fox News Network); 12/10/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...please, when writing to "The Factor," do not be -- word of the day -- do not be turgid when writing to "The Factor." I'm not going to tell you what it means. I want you to look it up. You look it up, you'll never forget it. I tell you, an hour...
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Obama Receives Nobel Peace Prize
Transcript from: The O'Reilly Factor (Fox News Network); 12/10/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...REILLY: Thanks for staying with us. I'm Bill O'Reilly.In the "At Your Beck and...know? It's Norway. You know what I'm talking about?BECK: Well now that you...that's a good thing for the country. I'm sorry.BECK: I don't want people to hate...
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SIC 2282 Yarn Texturizing, Throwing, Twisting, and Winding Mills
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...the first organizational meeting, TYAA hosted more than 100 texturizing companies. Most of these were supplying yarn for the double-knit polyester trade. At TYAA's 1993 annual meeting, 10 texturizing companies were represented. By the m
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SIC 2385 Waterproof Outerwear
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...Daily News Record, 5 March 1997. Maxwell, Alison. "Pairing the Right Partners." WWD, 20 October 1999. Pagoda, Dianne M., and Arthur Friedman. "Finally, Some Sunshine for Rainwear." WWD, 16 April 1996. Palmieri, Jean E. "Abboud Signs...
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SIC 3259 Structural Clay Products, Not Elsewhere Classified
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...forming and machine tool cutting operators. The top firm in this industry at the turn of the twenty-first century was A & M Products Inc., of Danbury, Connecticut, with estimated sales of $150 million. Next were KMG Minerals of Kings Mountain...
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SIC 3581 Automatic Vending Machines
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...world with coin-operated machines that sold candy, cigarettes, handkerchiefs, and other small items. In 1884, the first U.S. vending machine patent was issued to W.H. Fruen for a contraption remarkably similar to Hero's holy water m
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SIC 3675 Electronic Capacitors
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...in the mid-1740s by both Ewald Georg von Kleist and Pieter van Musschenbroek. A glass jar acted as the insulating material. M. Bauer developed the mica capacitor in Germany in 1874. Mica had advantages over glass because it could better withstand shocks...
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