Hurricane Sandy (unofficially known as "Superstorm Sandy") was the deadliest and most destructive hurricane of the 2012 Atlantic hurricane season, as well as the second-costliest hurricane in United States history. Classified as the eighteenth named storm, tenth hurricane and second major hurricane of the year, Sandy was a Category 3 storm at its peak intensity when it made landfall in Cuba. While it was a Category 2 storm off the coast of the Northeastern United States, the storm became the largest Atlantic hurricane on record (as measured by diameter, with winds spanning 1,100 miles (1,800 km...

A potentiometer /pɵˌtɛnʃiˈɒmɨtər/, informally a pot, is a three-terminal resistor with a sliding or rotating contact that forms an adjustable voltage divider. If only two terminals are used, one end and the wiper, it acts as a variable resistor or rheostat. A potentiometer measuring instrument is essentially a voltage divider used for measuring electric potential (voltage); the component is an implementation of the same principle, hence its name. Potentiometers are commonly used to control electrical devices such as volume controls on audio equipment. Potentiometers operated by a mechanism can...

Ein Kompott (frz. compote „Gemisch“) ist eine Süßspeise, meist aus gekochtem oder eingemachtem Obst. Des Weiteren kann auch aus Gemüse, wie zum Beispiel Rhabarber, Kompott hergestellt werden. Kompott wird aus ganzem oder geteiltem Obst wie beispielsweise Birnen oder Zwetschgen hergestellt. Das Obst wird in einer Flüssigkeit, zum Beispiel Wasser, Sirup, Fruchtsaft oder Wein, sanft gegart. Häufig werden Gewürze wie Zimt und Gewürznelken hinzugegeben. Das Kompott kann frisch kalt oder warm serviert werden, oder es wird in Weckgläsern eingekocht. In einigen Gegenden des deutschen Sprachraumes werden…