query: who owns the world 's largest rubber duck

pos: Rubber Duck (sculpture) Rubber Duck (sculpture) Rubber Duck refers to any of several giant floating sculptures designed by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, which have appeared in many cities around the world, including Hong Kong, Pittsburgh, Toronto, Baku, and Sydney. Each "Rubber Duck" is recreated anew locally, as his public art is intended to be temporary. "Rubber Duck" was created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman. In a 2013 interview, Hofman stated that his initial inspiration came from a 2001 museum visit combined with a popular yoghurt advertisement in the Netherlands in 2000 or 2001. He searched to find what he considered the perfect toy

pos: Rubber Duck (sculpture) June 2013, Sina Weibo, China's most popular microblog, blocked the terms "Today", "Tonight", "June 4", and "Big Yellow Duck", because Chinese activists were photoshopping the "Rubber Duck" sculpture into the Tank Man photo of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. If the term "Big Yellow Duck" was searched, a message would say that according to relevant laws, statutes, and policies, the results of the search could not be shown. The "Rubber Duck" has made appearances in the following locations: Rubber Duck (sculpture) Rubber Duck refers to any of several giant floating sculptures designed by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman, which have

pos: Pittsburgh Cultural Trust (2013); and Ryoji Ikeda (2013). The PCT has seven public art projects on display year-round in Pittsburgh's Cultural District. They include the following: In 2013, the PCT invited Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman to bring his "Rubber Duck" sculpture to Pittsburgh. It sold rubber duck-sized versions of "Rubber Duck" for $10, with proceeds going to the trust. Pittsburgh Cultural Trust The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust (PCT) is a nonprofit arts organization formed in 1984 to promote economic and cultural development in Downtown Pittsburgh. The "Trust" has focused its work on a 14-square block section called the Cultural District, which comprises numerous entertainment

pos: Rubber duck was created by Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman in 2007, measuring and weighing about . Since 2007, several ducks of various sizes created by Hofman have been on display in countries and territories such as Amsterdam, Netherlands; Lommel, Belgium; Osaka, Japan; Sydney, Australia; São Paulo, Brazil; Hong Kong, China; Kaohsiung, Taiwan; and Seoul, Korea; until 14 November 2014, and went on display in the United States after 20 October 2013. In 2013, China's "Great Firewall" blocks searches for "big yellow duck" because Chinese activists were photoshopping the "Rubber Duck" sculpture into the Tank Man photo of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. If

neg: Rubber duck that Queen Elizabeth II has a rubber duck in her bathroom that wears an inflatable crown. The duck was spotted by a workman who was repainting her bathroom. The story prompted sales of rubber ducks in the United Kingdom to increase by 80% for a short period. Rubber ducks are collected by enthusiasts. The 2007 Guinness World Record for World's Largest Rubber Duck Collection stood at 1,439 different rubber ducks, and was awarded to Charlotte Lee. In 2013, the rubber duck was inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame, a museum in Rochester, New York, along with the game of

neg: Rubber Duck (sculpture) reported to have visited the duck in Pittsburgh. Its second United States appearance was in Norfolk, Virginia, from 17–26 May 2014, floating in The Hague inlet in front of the Chrysler Museum of Art. In October 2014, South Korea's Lotte group asked for the giant rubber duck to celebrate the opening of the new Lotte World Mall, the country's largest shopping mall that also has a skyscraper, Lotte World Tower. The tower is located between the Han River and Seokchon Lake, where the giant rubber duck was placed. However, the duck deflated during the exhibition. In 2009, while it was

neg: Rubber duck chess. Toys are selected based on factors like icon-status, longevity, and innovation. Ernie, a popular Muppet from the television series "Sesame Street", performed the song "Rubber Duckie". Ernie frequently spoke to his duck and carried it with him in other segments of the show. On a special occasion, Little Richard performed the song. C.W. McCall's hit song "Convoy" (and the movie and novel it inspired) are narrated from the viewpoint of a character who replaced the bulldog hood ornament on his Mack truck with a bathtub toy and used the on-air handle of "Rubber Duck". The world's largest rubber duck

neg: Rubber Duck (sculpture) duck and settled on a design by a Hong Kong company called Tolo Toys. The yoghurt company "Yogho!Yogho!" financed the work. The size of the rubber duck varies. His largest rubber duck, in Saint-Nazaire, France, measured, width, length, height of . The rubber duck in Beijing was , and the rubber duck in Seokchon lake was with a weight of . The rubber duck was constructed with more than 200 pieces of PVC. All the pieces of PVC are connected by hand with sewing machines. In order to enhance the duck's durability, they added another piece on top of one

neg: Rubber duck internationally. The largest race in the United States is the annual Freestore Foodbank Rubber Duck Regatta in Cincinnati, Ohio. First run in 1995, the Rubber Duck Regatta now features over 150,000 ducks raced to raise money for the organization. Since its beginning in 1995 the Rubber Duck Regatta in Cincinnati Ohio has raised over $9 million, and over $1 million has been raised for each year's race since 2014. The annual Aspen Ducky Derby was first run by the Rotary Club of Aspen, Colorado, in 1991. The derby now features 30,000 ducks and takes place each August in Aspen's Rio

neg: 'Round the World with the Rubber Duck 'Round the World with the Rubber Duck "Round the World with the Rubber Duck" is the 1976 novelty song performed by C.W. McCall (pseudonym of Bill Fries) that was the sequel to the similar truck-driving country hit, "Convoy". "'Round the World with the Rubber Duck" The song continues the story about the fictitious truck convoy from the song "Convoy". The truckers cross to Europe ("there ain't no way out 'cept for that one Atlantic Ocean") and travel through several countries including Great Britain, Germany, Russia, and Japan. At the end of the song there is also a reference to Australia

neg: Rubber Duck Races a raffle in Germany. The first rubber duck race took place in Ottawa. In the 1990s rubber duck races spread across the industrialised world. Nowadays, they are regarded as a more inventive kind of fundraising and the rubber duck is a symbol of the generosity of the organiser. In comparison to other types of raffles, a duck race involves a considerable amount of preparation. To some extent organisers are already afraid of potential risks, seeing as duck races apparently take place too often. The races are further controversial in terms of environmental protection, given that thousands of plastic objects are

neg: Rubber Duck (album) Rubber Duck (album) Rubber Duck is an album by country musician C. W. McCall, released on Polydor Records in 1976 (see 1976 in music). It is his fourth album, released the same year as "Wilderness", but concentrating on the themes the McCall character was popular for – trucking, as opposed to the various depictions of nature that could be found in "Wilderness". Among others, the album contains the song "'Round the World with the Rubber Duck", a sequel to McCall's earlier wildly popular hit "Convoy", with many humorous and absurd elements added. "Audubon" is a quasi-autobiographical song, while "Ratchetjaw" is

neg: 'Round the World with the Rubber Duck ("Ah, ten-four, Pig Pen, what's your twenty? Australia? Mercy sakes, ain't nothin' down there but Tasmanian devils and them cue-walla bears."). The lyrics consist of different types of interspersed dialog including simulated CB conversations with CB slang and the chorus sung with a pirate accent and self-mocking background vocals ("Dumb, Dumb, Dumb, This is,"). The song's CB dialog includes parodied British, German, Russian, and Japanese accents, with stereotypical mispronounced words. 'Round the World with the Rubber Duck "Round the World with the Rubber Duck" is the 1976 novelty song performed by C.W. McCall (pseudonym of Bill Fries) that was the

neg: Rubber duck Rubber duck A rubber duck is a toy shaped like a stylized duck, generally yellow with a flat base. It may be made of rubber or rubber-like material such as vinyl plastic. The yellow rubber duck has achieved an iconic status in Western pop culture and is often symbolically linked to bathing. The history of the rubber duck is linked to the emergence of rubber manufacturing in the late 19th century. The earliest rubber ducks were made from harder rubber when manufacturers began using Charles Goodyear's invention, vulcanized rubber. Consequently, these solid rubber ducks were not capable of floating and

neg: Rubber duck debugging Rubber duck debugging In software engineering, rubber duck debugging is a method of debugging code. The name is a reference to a story in the book "The Pragmatic Programmer" in which a programmer would carry around a rubber duck and debug their code by forcing themselves to explain it, line-by-line, to the duck. Many other terms exist for this technique, often involving different inanimate objects. Many programmers have had the experience of explaining a problem to someone else, possibly even to someone who knows nothing about programming, and then hitting upon the solution in the process of explaining the problem.

neg: Rubber Duck (album) a take on trucker slang, with a multitude of CB-related terminology included in the lyrics. Album – Billboard (North America) Singles – Billboard (North America) Rubber Duck (album) Rubber Duck is an album by country musician C. W. McCall, released on Polydor Records in 1976 (see 1976 in music). It is his fourth album, released the same year as "Wilderness", but concentrating on the themes the McCall character was popular for – trucking, as opposed to the various depictions of nature that could be found in "Wilderness". Among others, the album contains the song "'Round the World with the Rubber

neg: Rubber Duck Races Rubber Duck Races A rubber duck race is a type of festival where thousands of rubber ducks race on a river, usually within the city. Normally they are fundraising events and the ducks are given numbers which enables the participants to "adopt" a rubber duck for a small amount of money. If the rubber duck wins or places well, the participants will win money or a prize of some sort. The proceeds of "adopting" a rubber duck go to the nonprofit organization that is in charge of the event. In legal terms, a rubber duck race would be classified as

neg: Rubber Duck Races the "Great British Duck Race" have used blue ducks instead of the traditional yellow ones, because some people bring their own rubber ducks and set them in the water near the finish line. Rubber Duck Races A rubber duck race is a type of festival where thousands of rubber ducks race on a river, usually within the city. Normally they are fundraising events and the ducks are given numbers which enables the participants to "adopt" a rubber duck for a small amount of money. If the rubber duck wins or places well, the participants will win money or a prize

neg: Rubber duck debugging problem and responding with a solution. However, the duck merely produced a quack sound after apparently thinking and typing. It referenced "rubber ducking" as a powerful method for solving problems. Some confused visitors seeing the duck for the first time thought that a malware program had been installed in their computer before realizing it was an April Fools' Day joke. Rubber duck debugging In software engineering, rubber duck debugging is a method of debugging code. The name is a reference to a story in the book "The Pragmatic Programmer" in which a programmer would carry around a rubber duck and

neg: Rubber duck and "reward", along with an email address to contact if found, were also put into the moulins and it was hoped that the ducks would eventually exit and be found by hunters or fishermen around Baffin Bay. As of 2012, none of the ducks were found or returned, possibly due to being trapped in large aquifers later discovered inside the ice. Rubber duck A rubber duck is a toy shaped like a stylized duck, generally yellow with a flat base. It may be made of rubber or rubber-like material such as vinyl plastic. The yellow rubber duck has achieved an

neg: Rubber Duck (sculpture) layer. On the rubber duck, there is an opening at the back of the body so that architects and staff can perform a body check of the rubber duck. In addition, there is an electric propeller fan in its body so that it can be inflated at any time, in either good or bad weather. The loops that are in the pontoon edges of the rubber duck are connected to the fence of the lake by 16 ropes that are designed to hold the rubber duck still without it floating away by the waves of the lake water. On the

neg: Rubber duck Grande Park. Through its past 20 years, the Aspen Ducky Derby has raised more than $2.3 million to benefit 65 nonprofit groups. One of the more famous rubber duck races is the Great Knoxville Rubber Duck Race. This race received attention when the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that it was a lottery, which stopped the race for a few years. After the state amended its constitution to allow lotteries with special exceptions, the race was reinstituted. The Derby Duck race sees over 40,000 ducks race to benefit the Boys and Girls Club of Tennessee Valley. A famous rubber duck race

neg: Rubber Duck Races put into the water and there is no guarantee of them all being completely taken out of the water after the end of the race. The amount of rubber ducks used in such races differs considerably, however, organisers state an average of 3,000 ducks used. The biggest duck race so far has taken place on London's River Thames on the 31st August 2008. It was called the "Great British Duck Race", with 250,000 blue rubber ducks in usage. Thereby the organisers broke their own record of the previous year, where 165,000 yellow rubber ducks were used. Germany's biggest rubber duck

neg: Rubber Duck (sculpture) bottom of the rubber duck, there is a waterproof cable that gets the energy from a power distribution board near the lake to make the electric propeller fan work. The electric propeller fan also keeps the air circulating inside of the rubber duck, so that the air always keeps the shape of the rubber duck sculpture. Since 2007, the ducks have been on display in Amsterdam, Baku, Lommel (Belgium), Osaka, Sydney Harbour, Sao Paulo, and Hong Kong. It was on display in Pittsburgh as its first U.S. destination, from 27 September 2013 through 20 October 2013. Over 1,000,000 people are

neg: Shoreham, Kent in the village. It is held each year, on the May Day bank holiday. Entrants pay a small fee (usually £1) to enter their 'duck' into the race. The duck has to travel along the river Darent from the war memorial in the village, to the bridge before the old Mill. A 'duck' can be anything from a shop-bought rubber duck to a model made by the entrant(s). Actual ducks are forbidden. It is a large event in the village and several hundred people turn out each year to line the riverbanks and watch. Anyone can enter and there is

neg: Mimi le Duck and lyrics) is utterly generic and forgettable, failing to bring any life to the insipid scenario." Larry Worth of "The Hollywood Reporter" wrote: "Accordingly, in the spirit of a show where bad puns and hoary platitudes rule, maybe it is fitting that "Mimi le Duck" brings new meaning to foul play." "Variety"'s was similarly unimpressed stating: "How do you say 'vanity production' in French?" "Mimi le Duck" has inspired a small cult following at colleges and universities around America, with some students reporting little rubber duckies with "mimi" written on them left on their seats in classes. Mimi le Duck

neg: Rubber duck (military) that resemble M16 rifles, including most internal parts, but that lack the ability to fire. The replicas allow soldiers to learn disassembly and reassembly of their rifles much earlier in their training. Rubber duck (military) In the United States military, a rubber duck, or "rubber ducky," or "Blue Gun," or "Red Gun" refers to a fake training weapon, usually an M16 rifle, used in basic training. Trainees are issued rubber ducks before they have been properly trained to use actual rifles, in order to become familiar with the care, responsible handling, and added weight of an M16 during various activities,

neg: Rubber duck (military) Rubber duck (military) In the United States military, a rubber duck, or "rubber ducky," or "Blue Gun," or "Red Gun" refers to a fake training weapon, usually an M16 rifle, used in basic training. Trainees are issued rubber ducks before they have been properly trained to use actual rifles, in order to become familiar with the care, responsible handling, and added weight of an M16 during various activities, such as bayonet drills, water survival and marches. They are also used to train soldiers in various ceremonial practices that differ when soldiers are armed. For example, standing at attention requires a

neg: Veterans Memorial Bridge (Chattanooga) the Girls Preparatory School’s 100th year celebration. The Great Chattanooga Rubber Duck Race is very similar to the Great Knoxville Rubber Duck Race. Both races are fundraisers for children’s clubs in the Tennessee area. The club that Chattanooga’s duck race is fundraising for is the Boys’ Club of Chattanooga, INC. During the Great Chattanooga Rubber Duck Race, portions of the Veterans Memorial Bridge are closed down to allow people to view the duck race from above. When the race is over, the sponsors are responsible for the area on the bridge that was closed; they must replace traffic control devices

neg: Convoy (1978 film) motion. Additional independent truckers join them to form a mile-long convoy in support of the Rubber Duck's vendetta against the abusive Wallace. The truckers communicate with each other via CB radio, and much CB jargon is sprinkled throughout the film. As the rebellious truckers evade and confront the police, Rubber Duck becomes a reluctant anti hero. It becomes apparent the truckers have a great deal of political support and the Governor of New Mexico, Jerry Haskins, meets Rubber Duck. At about the same time, Wallace and a brutal Alvarez, Texas, sheriff, arrest Spider Mike, who left the convoy to be

neg: Convoy (1978 film) for the border of Mexico. On the way, Rubber Duck gets separated from the rest of the convoy when the others get stopped by a traffic accident. The film culminates with a showdown near the United States-Mexico border where Rubber Duck is forced to face Wallace and a National Guard unit stationed on a bridge. Firing a machine gun, Wallace and the Guardsmen cause the truck's tanker trailer to explode, while Rubber Duck deliberately steers the tractor unit over the side of the bridge, plummeting into the churning river below, sending Duck presumably to his death. A public funeral is

neg: Duck call began to be production of duck calls made out of materials other than wood such as rubber and acrylic. Phillip Sanford Olt from Pekin, IL was one of the most widely distributed duck calls in the 1900s. He began his duck call company in 1904 with his Arkansas Style duck call which has a straight reed and curved tone board. Most made today still use this same technique. Olt received a patent in 1905 for the first adjustable tone duck call. It was made of a strong hard rubber-plastic that allowed hunters to change the volume and tone of the

neg: Harvey S. Firestone in Liberia, home to Firestone's rubber plantation, the largest in the world, is named after Firestone and his wife Isabelle. Harvey S. Firestone Harvey Samuel Firestone (December 20, 1868 – February 7, 1938) was an American businessman, and the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, one of the first global makers of automobile tires. Firestone was born on the Columbiana, Ohio farm built by his paternal grandfather. He was the second of Benjamin and Catherine (née Flickinger) Firestone's three sons; Benjamin had a son and a daughter by his first wife. The original farm was disassembled and moved

neg: Space Milkshake Space Milkshake Space Milkshake is a 2012 Canadian science fiction comedy film directed and written by Armen Evrensel. Its cast features Billy Boyd, Robin Dunne, Kristin Kreuk and Amanda Tapping. A mutant rubber ducky terrorizes four workers who are stranded on a sanitation space station. Meanwhile, Earth is inexplicably devoid of life. The crew must now work together to defeat the mutant rubber duck and figure out the strange device that has also appeared on the ship. Filming was conducted between 14 November – 3 December 2011 at Canada Saskatchewan Production Studios in Regina. The world premiere was held at

neg: Economy of Liberia the encouragement of foreign investment. In 1926, the Liberian government gave the Firestone Tire company the right to lease up to 1 million acres of land for 99 years at a cost of 6 cents per acre. Firestone then set about establishing rubber tree plantations of the non-native South American rubber tree, "Hevea brasiliensis" in the country. By the 1950's, the company was Liberia's largest private employer and also its largest exporter. Today, Firestone's rubber plantation in Liberia is the world's largest contiguous rubber plantation, operated by the Firestone (now Bridgestone) subsidiary, the Firestone Natural Rubber Company. The Liberian economy

neg: Turku Student Village universities, the price of which is included in the rent. The Student Village was constructed between the years 1969 and 1979, and has been renovated in the late 1990s to the early 2000s. It is managed by the Turku Student Village Foundation (TYS) founded in 1966 by the Student Union of the University of Turku. TYS also owns and manages student housing in other parts of Turku, and in Rauma. The Student Village is also home to a statue called Posankka which represents a hybrid between a marzipan-pig and a rubber duck. Turku Student Village Turku Student Village (, abbreviated

neg: Vildanden (airline) The airline is named after the play "The Wild Duck" () written by Henrik Ibsen, who was born in Skien. The slogan "The shortest path between Ibsen and Grieg" is a pun on the Bergen composer Edvard Grieg's and Ibsen's names. The largest owner is Magne Forland, who owns 70%. The following list shows all current and former destinations, including the city served, the country, the airport (with IATA airport codes and ICAO airport codes), and the begin and end year of the service. Vildanden was founded on 23 November 2004 by 18 local investors who wanted to start commercial

neg: Rubber duck (military) different stance and set of movements when the soldier has a rifle in-hand. Some rubber ducks are made by filling and coating an actual decommissioned M16 rifle with rubber or plastic. Some are also made using decommissioned rifle parts, with rubber or plastic used for the other parts. Still others are made entirely of rubber or plastic that has been molded to resemble both the exact shape and weight of a rifle. Rubber duck use is being phased out in some areas of the Armed Forces, namely in Air Force Basic Training. They were replaced with M16 replicas: metal models

neg: Rubber duck the term "Big Yellow Duck" was searched, a message would say that according to relevant laws, statutes, and policies, the results of the search could not be shown. Rubber duck races, also known as derby duck races, have been used as a method of fundraising for organizations worldwide. People donate money to the organization by sponsoring a duck. At the end of the fundraising drive, all of the ducks are dumped into a waterway, with the first to float past the finish line winning a prize for its sponsor. There are hundreds of races held in the United States and

neg: Just Disgusting! just for him. He is hanged by the neck until he is dead and then the story ends. The last sentence of all of the bad endings are "You die." As a comic strip format, Andy is in the bathtub with his rubber duck and suddenly two brown blobs appear (speculatively poo), Andy tries to avoid them dodging them but over time they multiply. The rubber duck tells Andy a plan - to open the drain to empty the tub of the brown blobs. Once Andy has filled tub up again he asks to his rubber duck if he farted.

neg: Rubber duck is the Halifax Duck Derby. This race has 10,000 rubber ducks in the Halifax Harbour along Bishops Landing. There is a grand prize of $1 million Canadian dollars; other prizes include a trip to anywhere in Canada, large-screen TVs, and more. This race has been very successful in raising money and awareness for its organizations. The Lumsden Duck Derby is a Labour Day tradition in the town of Lumsden, Saskatchewan, northwest of Regina. Founded in 1988 to help the town raise funds for a new ice rink, nowadays the Derby races 25,000 rubber ducks down a stretch of the Qu'Appelle

neg: Lim Wee-Chai Oklahoma City University in the United States in 2016. In August 2018, Lim was also conferred an Honorary Doctorate in Entrepreneurship by Management & Science University, Shah Alam, Malaysia In 1991, Lim founded Top Glove, a rubber glove manufacturing and trading business which started with only 1 factory and 1 production line. Under Lim's visionary stewardship, Top Glove has since emerged as the world’s largest manufacturer of gloves, capturing about 25% of the world market share. Today, the company owns and operates 40 manufacturing facilities with a total of 648 production lines in Malaysia, Thailand and China. These factories have

neg: Top Glove Top Glove Top Glove Corporation Berhad () is a rubber glove manufacturer. The company owns and operates 40 manufacturing facilities in Malaysia, Thailand, China and marketing offices in Malaysia, United States and Germany. The company was founded in Malaysia in 1991 by Tan Sri Dr Lim Wee Chai, as a business venture of 1 factory, 1 glove production line and 100 staff. Top Glove has since emerged as the world's largest manufacturer of gloves, commanding 25% of the world market share. Top Glove aspires to increase its global market share to 30% by 2020. It is also aggressively expanding its

neg: Berkshire Hathaway traded companies, but more recently he has more frequently bought whole companies. Berkshire now owns a diverse range of businesses including confectionery, retail, railroads, home furnishings, encyclopedias, manufacturers of vacuum cleaners, jewelry sales, newspaper publishing, manufacture and distribution of uniforms, and several regional electric and gas utilities. According to the Forbes Global 2000 list and formula, Berkshire Hathaway is the third largest public company in the world, the ninth largest conglomerate by revenue and the largest financial services company by revenue in the world. Berkshire is currently the seventh largest company in the S&P 500 Index by market capitalization, and

neg: Bzots Bzots Bzots are a band of three eight-foot-tall assembly line robots that perform music for young children. The group is popular in its home town of Chicago, Illinois. As of June 2006, an international television series is being developed with Rubber Duck Entertainment, producers of Peppa Pig. In January 2008, ten Bzots music videos were acquired for broadcast by Nicktoons Network. Bzots is a series about three assembly line robots who escaped from the oppressive factories of Globocrud, the world's largest corporation, to follow their dreams of becoming a band. There are three members in Bzots: Skree (guitar), Bdonk (bass

neg: Pueblo Viejo mine Pueblo Viejo mine The Pueblo Viejo mine is a gold mine located in the north-central region of the Dominican Republic in the Sánchez Ramírez Province. It is the largest gold mine in the Americas and second largest in the world. It is also the first exploited mine by the Spaniards in America. The mine has estimated reserves of 25.3 million oz of gold and 120 million oz of silver. Barrick Gold Corporation owns 60% of the mine and Goldcorp Inc. owns 40%. It was formerly operated by the Dominican mining group Rosario Dominicana, S. A., which had exploited Pueblo Viejo

neg: The Old Mill "Frozen". The miniature windmills were put into storage by Walt Disney Imagineering. "The Old Mill" is represented at Fantasyland at Disneyland Paris by a building resembling a Dutch windmill, which serves drinks and snacks. "The Old Mill" was parodied in "The Simpsons" episode "Bart Has Two Mommies", where Homer tries to win a rubber duck race by making his rubber duck cross the finish line first. The duck however floats to an abandoned windmill very similar to the one in the classic Disney short, with a sign declaring: "The Old Mill." The scene where the duck is nearly squashed by

neg: What Makes Daffy Duck mallet, knocking him out. A little later, Daffy is admiring himself in a mirror. Elmer puts on a semi-realistic female duck disguise and rubber fishing boots and calls to Daffy from a pond. Daffy begins flirting with the duck, but dives underwater, sees Elmer's boots, and sees through his game. Still, Daffy plays along, and offers to bring some art collectibles for "her" to see. He slips away and awakens the fox (who was still unconscious until now) with a duck call. The fox sees the "female duck", grabs it, and runs away, until he notices the neck stretching. Curiously,

neg: Live-action animated film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (1988) by Disney and Amblin Entertainment broke new ground with its advanced special effects and "realistic" portrayal of the interaction of animated characters and live actors. Memorable moments include the piano duel between Donald Duck and his "Looney Tunes" rival Daffy Duck, Jessica Rabbit's entrance, Bugs Bunny and Mickey Mouse in the same scene, and Bob Hoskins handcuffed to the title character. Filmmaker and animator Ralph Bakshi combined live action and traditional animation in 1973's "Heavy Traffic", 1975's "Coonskin," known in some places as "Streetfight" and 1992's "Cool World," with "Cool World" being poorly received for

neg: Bicycle brake of bicycle brake, the spoon brake is sensitive to road conditions and increases tyre wear dramatically. Though made obsolete by the introduction of the duck brake, coaster brake, and rod brake, spoon brakes continued to be used in the West supplementally on adult bicycles until the 1930s, and on children's bicycles until the 1950s. In the developing world, they were manufactured until much more recently. Invented in 1897, the duck brake or duck roller brake used a rod operated by a lever on the handlebar to pull twin friction rollers (usually made of wood or rubber) against the front tyre.

neg: Duct tape tape is generally silvery gray, but also available in other colors and even printed designs. During World War II, Revolite (then a division of Johnson & Johnson) developed an adhesive tape made from a rubber-based adhesive applied to a durable duck cloth backing. This tape resisted water and was used as sealing tape on some ammunition cases during that period. The first material called "duck tape" was long strips of plain cotton duck cloth used in making shoes stronger, for decoration on clothing, and for wrapping steel cables or electrical conductors to protect them from corrosion or wear. For instance,

neg: Inflatable Rescue Boat Inflatable Rescue Boat Inflatable Rescue Boats (IRBs) are rubber boats with an outboard motor used in surf lifesaving. IRBs have been used for all forms of surf rescue, retrieval, and service by Surf Lifesaving in New Zealand, Australia, and Del Mar, California since the late 1980s. IRBs are made of rubber and consist of four inflatable tubes - two side tubes, a bow tube and a keelson tube. This specific feature coupled with the obvious fact that they are used in the water, has coined the term "rubber duck" or simply "duck" to describe an IRB. Typically the rubber is

neg: Rubber industry in Malaysia Rubber industry in Malaysia The rubber industry in Malaysia manufactures and exports natural rubber and its products.As of 2017, Malaysia is the fifth largest producer and exporter of natural rubber (NR). They are the leader in the production and export of rubber products. They are also the largest consumer of natural rubber. Malaysia contributes to 46 percent of total rubber production in the world and produces about 1-5 million tons of rubber annually. The production of rubber has declined from the 1990s which used to be 615222 tonnes. Rubber manufacturers in Malaysia include local smallholders, plantations, multinationals and joint ventures

neg: Convoy (1978 film) held for Rubber Duck, in which Haskins promises to work for the truckers by taking their case to Washington, D.C. Disgusted with the politics of the situation, Pig Pen abruptly leaves the funeral. A distraught Melissa is led to a school bus with several "long-haired friends of Jesus" inside. There she finds Rubber Duck in disguise sitting in the back. He asks, "You ever seen a duck that couldn't swim?" The convoy takes to the road with the coffin in tow, abruptly ending the politicians' speeches. As the bus passes Wallace, he spies the Duck and bursts into laughter. "Convoy"

neg: Rubber duck Duck Race Challenge where groups are invited to raise funds and participate in either the motorised or non-motorised Team Duck Race with a large tall rubber duck that teams can decorate, brand, and modify. One other race was conducted in Australia in January 1988. It was run from the "High-level bridge" to the "Low-level bridge" near Katherine, Northern Territory on the Australia Day long weekend. Acting on behalf of the town's Bicentennial Committee, Royal Australian Air Force officers Andrew Cairns and Jock MacGowan constructed the release cage from PVC pipe, purchased and numbered the ducks, printed tickets, and even arranged

neg: Rubber Duck (sculpture) on display in Belgium, vandals stabbed "Rubber Duck" 42 times. While on display in Hong Kong in 2013, it deflated on 15 May. It was re-inflated and was again on exhibition on 20 May. It was damaged and deflated again in Taiwan on 2 November after an earthquake, before bursting at Keelung, Taiwan, on 31 December 2013. The duck was reported as having been swept away in recent floods in China. On 30 September 2017, during its exhibition in Santiago, the duck accidentally crashed with a sign, tearing a hole on its structure and causing it to deflate. On 4

neg: Rubber Duckie "Do De Rubber Duck" and "D-U-C-K-I-E" and was the centerpiece of 1988's "Put Down the Duckie", performed by Hoots the Owl but also featuring Ernie. In 1971, one of The Irish Rovers sings the song in one sketch as part of one of the episodes of "The Irish Rovers Show". Little Richard performed a rock-and-roll version of the song as a guest on a 1995 episode of "Sesame Street". The song made a brief appearance in a scene in "Three Men and a Little Lady", and during an episode of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" Daveed Diggs, in costume as

neg: Duck family (Disney) in her house is a late 19th century telephone. Grandma Duck also owns furniture and home accessories that are very valuable as antiques but she always refuses to sell them because of the sentimental value they have to her. In some stories this causes some people to try to steal them but thereafter they are often apprehended because of Grandma's superior intellect or her reliance on her life's experiences. Grandma made her animated debut in the 1960 "Wonderful World of Color" episode "This is Your Life, Donald Duck", where she was voiced by June Foray. The episode depicted her great

neg: C. S. Magaoay year. In 2011, Magaoay changed the name of Rubber Duck Media to Magaoay Consulting LLC, and began operations in his home state of Hawaii. His debut novel "Love in the Time of Crystal Meth" will be released on March 1, 2014. After returning to the United States from Canada, Magaoay lived in New York for a brief period until his eventual return to Hawaii in 2011. He now lives on the island of Maui. C. S. Magaoay Christopher Scott Magaoay (born September 21, 1984), best known by his activist alias C. S. Magaoay, is an American researcher and activist best

neg: Rubber duck a helicopter flypast. In Stockbridge, Edinburgh since 1988, the Stockbridge Community Festival has held the annual Stockbridge Duck Race to raise money for local charities. 1000 rubber ducks are released into the Water of Leith at the Stockbridge to float downstream to the finishing post at the Falshaw Bridge. The 2010 race was memorable for a sudden rain shower at the finish line. The 2011 race was held on 3 July with proceeds going to local charities Stockbridge House & St. Columba's Hospice. For over 25 years, Bibury in Gloucestershire has hosted an annual Duck Race on Boxing Day. The

neg: Rubber duck debugging In describing what the code is supposed to do and observing what it actually does, any incongruity between these two becomes apparent. More generally, teaching a subject forces its evaluation from different perspectives and can provide a deeper understanding. By using an inanimate object, the programmer can try to accomplish this without having to interrupt anyone else. On April 1, 2018, Stack Exchange introduced a rubber duck avatar on their websites as a new feature called "Quack Overflow". The duck appeared at the bottom right corner of the browser viewport, and attempted to help the visitor by listening to their

neg: Rubber duck were instead intended as chew toys. Sculptor Peter Ganine created a sculpture of a duck in the 1940s. He then patented it and reproduced it as a floating toy, of which over 50 million were sold. Besides the ubiquitous yellow rubber duck with which most people are familiar, there have been numerous novelty variations on the basic theme, including character ducks representing professions, politicians, or celebrities. There are also ducks that glow in the dark, quack, change color, have interior LED illumination, or include a wind-up engine that enables them to "swim". In 2001, "The Sun", a British tabloid reported

neg: Devonport Management Limited Babcock international announced that the DML Group would then become part of Babcock Marine Services, a new sector (of which Rosyth Dockyard is also a part) within its organization. The deal was rubber stamped by the United Kingdom Ministry of Defence at the end of June 2007, following this move the company was rebranded as Babcock Marine, part of Babcock International Group. Devonport Management Limited DML was the company which owns and manages Devonport Royal Dockyard, the largest dockyard in Western Europe. DML was owned by Babcock International Group who purchased it from previous owners; KBR (51%), Balfour Beatty (24.5%)

neg: Convoy (song) of working through log books). The song also refers to toll roads: "We just ain't a-gonna pay no toll." Also the "hammer" is the accelerator pedal; putting it down fed more diesel fuel to the engine, therefore breaking the speed limit. (An album compilation of "trucking songs" was entitled "Put the Hammer Down.") The conversation is between "Rubber Duck," "Pig Pen," and "Sodbuster," primarily through Rubber Duck's side of the conversation. The narration and CB chatter are by Fries. At the beginning of the song, a "Kenworth pulling logs", driven by Rubber Duck, is the "front door" (the leader) of

neg: Rubber duck River and features a grand prize of CAD$1 million. The town makes a day out of it, with a pancake breakfast, bands and other entertainments, kids' activities, and a "parade to the post." The Estes Park Rotary Duck Race raises money for sixty-eight different charities. Contestants must choose which charity to donate their money to when they buy their ticket. The Great Brisbane Duck Race is held on the Brisbane River each year to raise funds for the PA Research Foundation. The race saw 30,000 rubber ducks enter the race in 2011. The PA Research Foundation also holds a Team

neg: Duck call call. In 1950, Olt developed the Model D-2 Keyhole, which became incredibly popular. Many hunters would modify it to change the sounds and eventually this led to the production of the Model D-2 Cutdown (also nicknamed “Black Stick of Death”). Olt's calls were mostly made of rubber and wood, but he did produce some acrylic models. Through 1920-1930s several new duck calls were produced using different styles or techniques to produce different kinds of sounds. Mid-1920s a man named Charles Ditto produced a duck call called the Eureka Model. It was made of two parts and contained a hard rubber

neg: Nazi–Soviet economic relations (1934–41) lines. Meanwhile, the Soviet Union was the world's largest source of manganese, the second largest for chrome and platinum and the third largest supplier of crude oil, iron ore and nickel. Rubber was particularly troublesome, with Germany requiring 80% of its rubber from imports. Hitler required Soviet help to procure rubber from the Far East, the shortage of which had caused Germany problems in World War I. Rubber production in Malaya and the East Indies was dominated by the British and the Dutch. Cutting off these sources would leave Germany with stockpiles for only two months. Although German synthetic materials

neg: John D. Rockerduck Second Richest Duck in the World". Since those titles belong to Scrooge and Flintheart respectively, it can be inferred that he owns the title of "The Third Richest Duck in the World", but this has not been explicitly stated in any major story. He is an influential member of the Billionaires' Club of Duckburg, of which Scrooge and Flintheart are also members. Only four stories feature him and Flintheart both, though: "Zio Paperone e il bisbilione" ('Uncle Scrooge and the bil-billion', 1967), written by Osvaldo Pavese and drawn by Giuseppe Perego; "Whatever Happened to Scrooge McDuck?" (2006), written by Lars

neg: Duck call Duck call A duck call may be either the sound-imitation process by which a hunter lures waterfowl, or the actual tool which the person uses to do so. Early duck call tools were basic woodwind instruments, while later innovations are constructed of rubber and plastic, and allow the hunter to adjust the volume and tone of the calls with reeds. Today's duck calls usually fall into three main categories: a single, double, or triple reed call with many variations. The goal of a duck call is to sound like a realistic live duck. As a tool, a duck call is

neg: Chain transfer were usually lower than predicted by rate considerations alone. The first widespread use of chain transfer agents came during World War II in the US Rubber Reserve Company. The "Mutual" recipe for styrene-butadiene rubber was based on the Buna-S recipe, developed by I. G. Farben in the 1930s. The Buna-S recipe, however, produced a very tough, high molecular weight rubber that required heat processing to break it down and make it processable on standard rubber mills. Researchers at Standard Oil Development Company and the U. S. Rubber Company discovered that addition of a mercaptan "modifier" to the recipe not only

neg: Rubber duck charity event, which attracts thousands of spectators, is split into two races; one featuring the iconic yellow ducks, the other featuring the more realistic "decoy" ducks, both held on the River Coln. On 31 August 2008, the Great British Duck Race was held near Hampton Court Palace in London. The race broke the world record for the number of ducks used together, with a total of 250,000. The ducks used in the race were a bright blue color, after stewards in the previous year faced problems from spectators throwing their own ducks into the water. Each year, on Easter Monday,

neg: Donald's Tire Trouble on four flats. The cartoon pokes fun at the difficulties involved in America's rubber rationing, a consequence of World War II. Donald's Tire Trouble Donald's Tire Trouble is a cartoon by Walt Disney Productions, featuring their character Donald Duck. It was directed by Dick Lundy, and released in 1943. While speeding on the road, Donald Duck runs over a nail on a horseshoe causing it to pop his tire, necessitating its replacement with the car's spare. He encounters difficulty lifting the car with his jack, removing the damaged tire, and repairing it with a patch. Unfortunately for him, all four

neg: Liberia–United States relations Government revenues for the next 14 years, until 1926. American administration of the border police also stabilized the frontier with Sierra Leone and checked French ambitions to annex more Liberian territory. The American navy also established a coaling station in Liberia, cementing its presence. When World War I started, Liberia declared war on Germany and expelled its resident German merchants, who constituted the country's largest investors and trading partners – Liberia suffered economically as a result. In 1926, the Liberian government gave a concession to the American rubber company Firestone to start the world’s largest rubber plantation at Harbel, Liberia.

neg: Sesame Street characters to demonstrate differing opinions". Oscar and Big Bird were specifically created for the reshooting of the "Street" scenes with the idea that they would be able to interact with the human characters. For his part, Oscar has several friends of his own despite his pessimism; these include the Grouch's pet worm, Slimey, and his girlfriend Grundgetta. Two other Muppets who have appeared on the show since its beginning are Ernie and Bert, a pair of best friends with contrasting personalities; Ernie is portrayed as a free-spirited trickster who loves his rubber duck, while Bert is the world-weary foil to his

neg: Toilet Duck Toilet Duck Toilet Duck is a brand name toilet cleaner noted for the duck-shape of its bottle, so shaped to assist in dispensing the cleaner under the rim. The design was patented in the 1980s by Walter Düring from Dällikon, Switzerland. It is now produced by S. C. Johnson & Son. The Toilet Duck brand can be found in the United States, United Kingdom and other countries around the world. In Germany, it is known as "WC-Ente", previously produced by Henkel, and now by S. C. Johnson (Germany), in the Netherlands and Flanders as "Wc-eend", in France as "Canard-WC", in

neg: Hard Luck Duck "Mr. Spim's Cartoon Theatre". Hard Luck Duck Hard Luck Duck is a "What a Cartoon!" animated cartoon directed by William Hanna, produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, and broadcast as a part of "World Premiere Toons" on Cartoon Network on April 16, 1995. The cartoon involves Hard Luck Duck (Russi Taylor), after venturing away from Crocodile Harley (Brad Garrett)'s watch, is a hungry fox (Jim Cummings)'s target to be cooked. Although he was a producer on many Hanna-Barbera titles until his death in 2001, "Hard Luck Duck" is notable for being, with fellow "What a Cartoon!" short "Wind-Up Wolf", the last cartoons

neg: Hard Luck Duck Hard Luck Duck Hard Luck Duck is a "What a Cartoon!" animated cartoon directed by William Hanna, produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons, and broadcast as a part of "World Premiere Toons" on Cartoon Network on April 16, 1995. The cartoon involves Hard Luck Duck (Russi Taylor), after venturing away from Crocodile Harley (Brad Garrett)'s watch, is a hungry fox (Jim Cummings)'s target to be cooked. Although he was a producer on many Hanna-Barbera titles until his death in 2001, "Hard Luck Duck" is notable for being, with fellow "What a Cartoon!" short "Wind-Up Wolf", the last cartoons written and directed by

neg: Lake duck Lake duck The lake duck also known as the Knowland Duck ("Oxyura vittata") is a small, South American stiff-tailed duck. It is also called the Argentine blue-bill, Argentine lake duck, or Argentine ruddy duck. The lake duck lives in central Chile, Argentina and southern Uruguay. Its winter range extends north to Paraguay and Rio Grande do Sul. In addition to holding the Guinness World Record for largest avian reproductive organ, it is notable for possessing, in relation to body length, the longest penis of all vertebrates; the penis, which is typically coiled up in flaccid state, can reach about the

neg: Lake duck retain control—most forced copulations do not result in successful fertilization. Lake duck The lake duck also known as the Knowland Duck ("Oxyura vittata") is a small, South American stiff-tailed duck. It is also called the Argentine blue-bill, Argentine lake duck, or Argentine ruddy duck. The lake duck lives in central Chile, Argentina and southern Uruguay. Its winter range extends north to Paraguay and Rio Grande do Sul. In addition to holding the Guinness World Record for largest avian reproductive organ, it is notable for possessing, in relation to body length, the longest penis of all vertebrates; the penis, which is

neg: Benoni Urey group. Lonestar is one of the largest taxpayers in Liberia. Urey has served as the Chairman of the Board since the establishment of the corporation. Urey established an agricultural farm and resort in Careysburg City, Wulki Farms I and Farmers Paradise Resort, developed on land owned by his father, Daniel Webster Urey IV. Benoni’s wife, Mai Urey, is the Managing Director of Wulki Farms and Farmers Paradise. The property includes commercial production of poultry and eggs, fish and fresh produce and guest accommodation. Urey owns the sixth largest rubber plantation, Wulki Farms II, located in Konola, Margibi County. Owned solely

neg: Motorola International 3200 first commercially available in 1983. Because of the 3200's GSM technology, existing units should still operate on any current 900 MHz GSM networks operating to this day (not with 3G SIM's). Like other mobile phones that preceded it, the 3200's shape (and size) resembled an elongated brick, with the numeric buttons on the narrow side, along with the earphone and microphone. In Germany, it was called "knochen", due to the resemblance in shape between it and a bone. Designed to work solely in the GSM 900 MHz band, the flexible "rubber duck" antenna was two-thirds as long as the phone's

neg: MRF (company) MRF (company) Madras Rubber Factory Limited, commonly known by the abbreviation MRF, is an Indian multinational and the largest manufacturer of tyres in India and the fourteenth largest manufacturer in the world. It is headquartered in Chennai, India. The company manufactures rubber products including tyres, treads, tubes and conveyor belts, paints and toys. MRF also runs the MRF Pace Foundation, Chennai and MRF Challenge in motorsport. Madras Rubber Factory was started by K. M. Mammen Mappillai as a toy balloon manufacturing unit in 1946 at Tiruvottiyur, Madras (now Chennai). In 1952, the company ventured into the manufacture of tread rubber.

neg: Enrique K. Razon Razon, who built the business through World War II. In 1987, Razon inherited International Container Terminal Services, Inc, which grew to become the largest corporation providing container-port terminal services in Manila, Subic, Batangas, General Santos City, Poland and Brazil. In 2010, Henry Sy, Jr.’s OneTaipan acquired 100 percent of Monte Oro Resources Grid for USD350 million. The company soon became a partnership between Razon and Walter Brown’s A. Brown Company and owns 30 percent of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines. That same year, Razon invested an additional USD200 million in Bloomberry Investments Holdings, Inc. Bloomberry is just one

neg: Rubber band the desired size is achieved. The ball is usually made from 100% rubber bands, but some instructions call for using a marble or a ping-pong ball as a starting point. The world's largest rubber band ball as of November 19, 2008 was created by Joel Waul of Lauderhill, Florida. He is the current World Record Holder according to the Guinness World Records. The ball, which previously sat under a tarp in Waul's driveway, weighs 9,032 pounds (4,097 kg), is more than tall (which implies about a circumference), and consists of more than 700,000 rubber bands. It set the world record

neg: Donald Duck universe not eat. Duckburg is also the home of the Billionaires Club of some of which Scrooge McDuck, John D. Rockerduck and, according to some stories, Flintheart Glomgold are influential members. Duckburg also has a Ritz Hotel, first mentioned in Carl Barks' story "Turkey with All the Schemings" (Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #148, 1953) at which Scrooge McDuck had a business meeting with Donald Duck; who was disguised as the Duke of Baloni, the World's Second-Richest Duck at that time. In the same story Scrooge later buys the Ritz Hotel and he still owns it in Don Rosa's story "Attaaaaaack!"

neg: History of the oil tanker 204 vessels, many of them tankers, was the largest shipping company in the world with a tonnage of 20.5 million, but in the five years after that he sold some 140 vessels to manage the crisis. In 1980, Daniel K. Ludwig had the largest fleet after Y. K. Pao and C. Y. Tung and was regarded the richest man of the United States. John Fredriksen owns the largest tanker operator in the world, Frontline. He also owns almost ten percent of the largest shipping company in the world, Overseas Shipholding Group. In 1976, the "Intervention Convention" was used for the

neg: Rubber ducky antenna compromises are necessary. Some rubber ducky antennas are designed quite differently than the original design. One type uses a spring only for support. The spring is electrically shorted out. The antenna is therefore electrically a linear element antenna. Some other rubber ducky antennas use a spring of non-conducting material for support and comprise a collinear array antenna. Such antennas are still called rubber ducky antennas even though they function quite differently (and often better) than the original spring antenna. Rubber ducky antenna The rubber ducky antenna (or rubber duck aerial) is an electrically short monopole antenna that functions somewhat like

neg: Rubber ducky antenna Rubber ducky antenna The rubber ducky antenna (or rubber duck aerial) is an electrically short monopole antenna that functions somewhat like a base-loaded whip antenna. It consists of a springy wire in the shape of a narrow helix, sealed in a rubber or plastic jacket to protect the antenna. Rubber ducky antenna is a form of normal-mode helical antenna. Electrically short antennas like the rubber ducky are used in portable handheld radio equipment at VHF and UHF frequencies in place of a quarter wavelength whip antenna, which is inconveniently long and cumbersome at these frequencies. Many years after its invention

neg: Barbara Cox Anthony the United States and the richest resident of Hawaii. She served as a Director of Cox Enterprises, one of the largest diversified media companies in the United States. It owns one of the nation's largest cable television businesses, which provides internet and telephone, publishes newspapers including the "Atlanta Journal-Constitution" and "The Palm Beach Post", owns and operates broadcast television and radio stations and owns Manheim, an automobile auction firm. It also owns stakes in a variety of internet businesses, including AutoTrader.com, the largest retail automotive shopping site in the world. Her son James Kennedy is chairman of Cox Enterprises. In

neg: Hook-a-duck Hook-a-duck Hook-a-duck is a traditional fairground stall game. A number of rubber ducks are floated in a water trough. The ducks have metal rings fastened to their heads. Although the ducks appear identical, a chosen few bear a hidden mark on their base. Ducks with hidden marks are considered winning ducks, and those without are considered losing ducks. The contestant is required to capture ducks using a pole with a hook at one end. Each captured duck is examined to reveal whether it is a winning duck or a losing duck. The contestant is typically given three attempts per game.

neg: Sergey Lebedev (chemist) Soviets lacked reliable access to natural rubber, making the manufacture of synthetic rubber important. The first three synthetic rubber plants were launched in 1932-33. For butadiene production they used grain or potato ethanol as a feedstock. It caused a number of jokes about "Russian method of making tires from potatoes". By 1940, the Soviet Union had the largest synthetic rubber industry in the world, producing more than 50,000 tons per year. During World War II, Lebedev's process of obtaining butadiene from ethyl alcohol was also used by the German rubber industry. Another important contribution of Lebedev's was the study of

neg: Firestone Natural Rubber Company Firestone Natural Rubber Company Firestone Natural Rubber Company, LLC is a subsidiary of the Bridgestone Americas, Inc. Headquartered in Nashville, TN, the company operates the largest contiguous rubber plantation in the world in Liberia, which first opened in 1926. During the 1920s, the United States access to rubber was restricted by the European colonial powers (Britain and the Netherlands), which held a monopoly in rubber production. Herbert Hoover, then Secretary of Commerce, considered rubber a vital resource due to its usage for car tires and began working with American rubber companies in order to find a rubber source that was

neg: Convoy (1978 film) with his wife after giving birth to their son. Wallace's plan is to use Mike as "bait" to trap Rubber Duck. A janitor at the jail, aware of the plan, messages by CB radio that Spider Mike has been arrested and beaten. Various truckers relay the message to New Mexico. Rubber Duck ends the meeting with Haskins and leaves to rescue Spider Mike. Several other truckers join him and head east to Texas. The truckers eventually destroy half of the town and the jail and rescue Spider Mike. Knowing they will now be hunted by the authorities, the truckers head

neg: Convoy (song) 'Illi-noise' (Illinois) National Guard". The convoy crashes another road block when crossing a toll bridge into New Jersey, and by this time they have "a thousand screamin' trucks" in all. The song's running gag has Rubber Duck complaining about the smell of the hogs that Pig Pen is hauling. He repeatedly asks the offending driver to "back off" (slow down). By the end, Pig Pen has fallen so far back, when Rubber Duck is in New Jersey, Pig Pen has only reached Omaha (a reference to the headquarters of American Gramaphone, which released the song, and also a reference to

neg: Convoy (1978 film) original remaining tank trailer are on display at the Museum of Transportation outside St. Louis, Missouri. A paperback novelization of the film by screenwriter B.W.L. Norton () was published in 1978. A more serious edge and less humor was given to the film's story and there are some changes and additions, such as no mention of Spider Mike being African-American, a definite hatred between Rubber Duck and Wallace, a fight between Rubber Duck and Wallace after Spider Mike is broken out of jail, Widow Woman getting married (for the fifth time) and a background story given to Melissa. Features "Convoy"

neg: Koovappally nearby regions, who colonized the areas in and around Koovapally. They set up farmlands of coconut, paddy and spices, which were later turned into rubber plantations. More people - Hindus, Muslims and Christians migrated to the area, whose livelihoods were directly and indirectly linked with agriculture. The Cathedral Church at Kanjirapally owns hundreds of acres of rubber plantation around Koovapally, including the 'Koovapally Kurissumala'. St.Joseph's Church,Koovappally St.Joseph's CMS Anglican Church,Pallyppadi,Koovappally Koovappally Koovappally is a small village under Kanjirappally Taluk in the Kottayam district of Kerala, India. It is best known for its rubber industry. There are four educational institutions including

neg: Auburn Rubber Company Auburn Rubber Company The Auburn Rubber Company was a rubber products manufacturer best known for its line of children's toys (Leopard 2003). It was probably the largest producer of rubber and vinyl toys in the world, though Norway's Tomte Laerdal, Finland's Plasto, and Sweden's Galanite were major European producers. The Double Fabric Tire Company was started in Auburn, Indiana, in 1913. At the outset, Double Fabric made tires for the Auburn Automobile Company. In the 1920s, the name was changed to the Auburn Rubber Company. It phased out its production of tires and introduced new products such as rubber sheets

neg: Rocklands Reservoir areas. During the duck hunting season, duck shooting is allowed, it is also a popular fishing spot with Murray cod, Redfin, Trout and Carp taken regularly at all times of the year, Rocklands had a reputation as one of the premier carp fishing destinations in the late 90's and early 2000's with 10 kg+ carp taken regularly. Rocklands Reservoir The Rocklands Reservoir, a water reservoir, is created by a major ungated concretewalled gravity dam with embankment sections across the Glenelg River in the Wimmera region of Victoria, Australia. The reservoir is the largest reservoir within Grampians-Wimmera-Mallee Water's (GWMWater) supply system.

neg: Galesburg, Illinois continued to provide tours of the yards since then. In 2010, the Galesburg Railroad Museum started offering a VIP tour of the yards, in which a select group of riders would be allowed in the Hump Towers and Diesel Shop and see the BNSF at work. During the festival, One of the largest model railroad train shows and layouts in the U.S. Midwest happens during Railroad Days at the new Galesburg High School Fieldhouse. During Labor Day weekend in September, Galesburg hosts the Stearman Fly in. Also in September are the Great Cardboard Boat Regatta and the Annual Rubber Duck

neg: Depot Town Park and Depot Town. Established to replace the previous Ypsilanti-based music festival, the Bob Marley Festival, ElvisFest has grown to be the largest Elvis festival in North America, attended by approximately 10,000 fans each year. In addition to Elvis impersonators, ElvisFest also often includes performances by Tom Jones and Roy Orbison impersonators. Held each year on the last weekend of August, the Ypsilanti Heritage Festival sprawls across Frog Island Park, Riverside Park, Depot Town, and downtown Ypsilanti. The festival includes events such as vintage base ball, a bed race, a hot dog eating contest, a rubber duck race, and the