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A strut is a structural component designed to resist longitudinal compression. Struts provide outwards-facing support in their lengthwise direction, which can be used to keep two other components separate, performing the opposite function of a tie. They are commonly used in architecture and engineering, for instance as components of an automobile chassis, where they can be passive braces to reinforce the chassis and/or body, or active components of the suspension. In piping, struts restrains movement of a component in one direction while allowing movement or contraction in another direction.
An automotive suspension strut combines the primary function of a shock absorber (as a damper), with the ability to support sideways loads not along its axis of compression, somewhat similar to a sliding pillar suspension, thus eliminating the need for an upper suspension arm. This means that a strut must have a more rugged design, with mounting points near its middle for attachment of such loads.
The most common form of strut in an automobile is the MacPherson strut. MacPherson struts are often purchased by the automakers in sets of four completed sub-assemblies: These can be mounted on the car bodies as part of the manufacturers' own assembly operations. The MacPherson strut combines a shock absorber and a spring in a single unit, by means of which each wheel is attached to the car body.
Robert Clark "Bob" Seger (born May 6, 1945) is an American rock and roll singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist.
As a locally successful Detroit-area artist, he performed and recorded as Bob Seger and the Last Heard and Bob Seger System throughout the 1960s. By the early 1970s, he had dropped the "System" from his recordings, and he continued to strive for broader success with other various bands. In 1973, he put together The Silver Bullet Band, an evolving group of Detroit-area musicians, with whom he became most successful. In 1976, he achieved a national breakout with the album Night Moves. On his studio albums, he also worked extensively with the Alabama-based Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section, which appeared on several of Seger's best-selling singles and albums.
A roots rocker with a classic raspy, shouting voice, Seger wrote and recorded songs that dealt with blue-collar themes and was an exemplar of heartland rock. Seger has recorded many hits, including "Night Moves", "Turn the Page", "We've Got Tonight", "Against the Wind", and "Like a Rock", and also co-wrote the Eagles' number-one hit "Heartache Tonight". His iconic recording of "Old Time Rock and Roll" was named one of the Songs of the Century in 2001.
Adam Mitchel Lambert (born January 29, 1982) is an American singer-songwriter and stage actor. Born in Indianapolis but raised in San Diego, Lambert had dreamed of becoming a performer after appearing in numerous amateur productions in his childhood and adolescence. His passion overtook him when deciding to drop out of college, pursue his career, and perform in various professional theatrical productions across the world.
Lambert came to prominence following his appearance on the eighth season of American Idol. Although he was runner-up, Lambert launched a music career with the release of his debut studio album For Your Entertainment (2009) after signing with 19 in a joint venture with RCA. Debuting at number three on the Billboard 200, selling 198,000 copies in the U.S. in its first week, and reaching the top 10 in several countries worldwide, the album subsequently achieved international success with its singles "For Your Entertainment", "Whataya Want from Me" and "If I Had You". Soon after, he embarked on his first headlining worldwide concert tour, Glam Nation, making him the only American Idol contestant to do so in the year following his Idol season. The tour was followed by two live releases: an extended play entitled Acoustic Live! (2010), and a live CD/DVD Glam Nation Live (2011), which debuted at number one on the SoundScan Music Video chart. Lambert took executive producer credit and was a principal writer on his second studio album, Trespassing, which was released to critical acclaim on May 15, 2012.Trespassing made its debut in the number one spot on the Billboard 200 album chart, also topping the Billboard Digital Albums Chart and Canada's Digital Albums Chart.With this accomplishment, Lambert makes music history as the first openly gay artist to achieve the top charting position.
Actors: Mike Tristano (miscellaneous crew), Amy Lindsay (actress), Pascal (producer), Pascal (editor), Pascal (director), Pascal (writer), Devanny Pinn (actress), Brandon Slagle (actor), Pascal (costume designer), Bill Oberst Jr. (actor), Pascal (actor), Rance Howard (actor), Clay Van Sickle (miscellaneous crew), Leif Gantvoort (actor), Luke Barnett (actor),
Genres: Action,Actors: Samuel Ashton Hall (miscellaneous crew), Rebecca Keatley (actress), Samuel Ashton Hall (producer), Samuel Ashton Hall (writer), Samuel Ashton Hall (writer), Samuel Ashton Hall (director), Samuel Ashton Hall (editor), Tara Godolphin (actress), Melanie Loudonsack (actress), Charlie Kemp (actor), Christian Edwards (composer), Christian Edwards (actor), Stuart Slavicky (actor), Michael Radford (actor), Mylene Parsons (actress),
Plot: Luke, a hitman, and Kate, a graphic designer, are in limbo; two lonely souls drifting aimlessly through their separate lives. But when Luke runs afoul of feared crime boss Frank Mills, both he and Kate are set on a crash course with one another, where neither of them will be the same ever again.
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Plot: Nine young men and women, deemed unmanageable by both anguished parents and a society grown weary of drug users, gang members and thieves, are given one last chance to save their lives. Some make it, some don't.
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Plot: In search of some adventure in their safe and peaceful valley, the five dinosaur friends make a hideaway. From there, they spot two thieves in action, stealing an egg from one of their broods. They chase them down and manage to recover the egg without its parents noticing, but in the process, accidentally create an opening into the valley, allowing two dreaded Sharptooths in. Everyone must fight them off together to preserve their peaceful way of life.
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Plot: In this drama, David Rosen and his wife Becky have lived in the same Coney Island neighborhood for nearly all their married life. But the area is not what it used to be, and a gang leader named Strut has decided to make Coney Island his new turf. Strut begins shaking down the merchants in the area, demanding payment for "protection" and using violence to deal with anyone who gets in his way. David refuses to give Strut protection money for the restaurant he owns, and as a result his diner is soon firebombed, while many of his neighbors are attacked and his synagogue is desecrated.
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Broadway lights and taxi cabs
Everybody's movin' fast
Uptown, Downtown, what's ya thang?!
She can't take what she can't bring
(Pre-Chorus)
She gave me a life, came up through the inner city
She raised me up and taught me to fight, yeah!
She opened my mind, I got to the knitty gritty
The greatest time that you'll eva find
(Chorus)
She is my heart, I love New York City
She's lived and died so many times, yeah
Life is always tough on New York City, hold on!
But she is fine, she always survives, yeah
(Verse 2)
She's a queen that stands her ground
Nobody can take her down
Good times, bad times, she can swang
And did anyone a thang
(Pre-Chorus)
She is a rock as we pull but she is steady
And no one can take her freedom away, yeah
You see, I luv her style whether she is clean or dirt-aey
She's the greatest town that you'll eva find, yeah!
(Chorus)
She is my heart, I love New York City
She's lived and died so many times, yeah
Life is always tough on New York City, hold on!
But she is fine, she always survives, yeah
(Bridge x2)
She is my heart, I love New York City
She's lived and died so many times, yeah
Life is always tough on New York City, hold on!
But she is fine, she always survives, yeah
Let's have it for NY City!
(Chorus)
She is my heart, I love New York City
She's lived and died so many times, yeah
Life is always tough on New York City, hold on!
But she is fine, she always survives, yeah