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SAG
SAG, SAg, or sag may refer to: Land formations * Sag (geology), or ''trough'', a depressed, persistent, low area * Sag pond, a body of water collected in the lowest parts of a depression People * Ivan Sag (1949–2013), American linguist Places * Šag, a village near Osijek in Croatia * Sâg, a commune located in Sălaj County, Romania * Șag, a commune in Timiș County, Romania * Sag Harbor, New York, a village in Suffolk County, New York, USA * The Sag, a colloquialism for the Sagtikos State Parkway on Long Island, New York Science * Short for Sagittarius, a zodiac sign * SAg, short for superantigen * ''SAG'' (gene), encodes the protein S-Arrestin in humans * Sagitta (optics), a measure of lens surface shape * Smoothened agonist, a small bioactive molecule * Lens sag, distortion of astronomical lenses and mirrors * Voltage sag or voltage dip, brief drop in voltage * SAG or single amplified genome, used to describe genomes recovered from a single cell Organi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Screen Actors Guild
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) was an American labor union which represented over 100,000 film and television principal and background performers worldwide. On March 30, 2012, the union leadership announced that the SAG membership voted to merge with the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) to create SAG-AFTRA. According to SAG's Mission Statement, the Guild sought to: negotiate and enforce collective bargaining agreements that establish equitable levels of compensation, benefits, and working conditions for its performers; collect compensation for exploitation of recorded performances by its members, and provide protection against unauthorized use of those performances; and preserve and expand work opportunities for its members. The Guild was founded in 1933 in an effort to eliminate what was described as exploitation of Hollywood actors who were being forced into oppressive multi-year contracts with the major movie studios. Opposition to these cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
