Diversion, Diversions, or The Diversion may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
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''Diversion'' (film), a 1980 British television film adapted into the 1987 movie ''Fatal Attraction''
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''Diversion'' (play), a 1927 work by John Van Druten
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The Diversion'', a 2001 novel by K. A. Applegate
* Diversion Books, an American publisher
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Diversions'', op. 21, for piano left hand and orchestra by
Benjamin Britten
Edward Benjamin Britten, Baron Britten of Aldeburgh (22 November 1913 – 4 December 1976) was an English composer, conductor, and pianist. He was a central figure of 20th-century British music, with a range of works including opera, o ...
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''Diversions'' (album), a 1987 jazz album
* Diversions (album), a 1994 compilation album by
Orbital
* Diversions, former name of the
National Dance Company Wales
* Diversions Entertainment, manufacturer of ''
One Must Fall
''One Must Fall'' (''OMF'') is a fighting game series for the IBM PC compatible, programmed by Diversions Entertainment.
''One Must Fall''
The original ''One Must Fall'' is a game demo created in the wake of the success of ''Street Fighter II'' ...
'' video game
Companies
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Divert (company)
Divert, Inc. is an American impact technology company that works to eliminate wasted food and create sustainable infrastructure to reduce the impact of waste on the environment and society. Divert works to assist the grocery industry in achieving t ...
, an American impact technology company based in
Massachusetts
Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...
Transport
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Diversion airport Diversion airports are airports capable of handling a particular ETOPS
The Extended-range Twin-engine Operations Performance Standards (ETOPS) () are safety standards set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for Twinjet, twin-e ...
, an airport designated for an emergency landing
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Traffic diversion
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A detour or (British English: diversion) is a (normally temporary) route taking traffic around an area of prohibited or reduced access, such as a construction site. Standard operating procedure for many roads departments is to route an ...
, the rerouting of traffic
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Yamaha Diversion
The Yamaha Diversion is a series of all-round touring motorcycles descended from Yamaha's earlier XJ series. Early Diversion models had a four-stroke air-cooled 8-valve inline-four engine. In 2009 the model name was retained for a new range wit ...
, a motorcycle manufactured by Yamaha
Other uses
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Diversion dam
A diversion dam is a dam that diverts all or a portion of the flow of a river from its natural course. Diversion dams do not generally impound water in a reservoir; instead, the water is diverted into an artificial water course or canal, which ...
, the rerouting of water
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Diversion program
A diversion program, also known as a pretrial diversion program or pretrial intervention program, in the criminal justice system is a form of pretrial sentencing that helps remedy the behavior leading to the arrest. Administered by the judicial ...
, criminal justice scheme usually for minor offenses
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Drug diversion
Drug diversion is a medical and legal concept involving the transfer of a legally- prescribed controlled substance from the individual for whom it was prescribed to another person for any illicit use. The definition varies slightly among different ...
, the transfer of legally prescribed controlled pharmaceuticals to other individuals
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Product diversion
A grey market or dark market (sometimes confused with the similar term " parallel market") is the trade of a commodity through distribution channels that are not authorised by the original manufacturer or trademark proprietor. Grey market prod ...
, the sale of products in unintended markets
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Weapons diversion
Weapons diversion is a situation in which weapons and ammunition are taken from their originally intended recipients. This can include equipment originally intended for use by the armed forces of one country being sold to a different country, but t ...
, the loss or theft of weapons and ammunition
See also
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Decoy
A decoy (derived from the Dutch ''de'' ''kooi'', literally "the cage" or possibly ''eenden kooi'', " duck cage") is usually a person, device, or event which resembles what an individual or a group might be looking for, but it is only meant to ...
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Distraction
Distraction is the process of diverting the attention of an individual or group from a desired area of focus and thereby blocking or diminishing the reception of desired information. Distraction is caused by: inability to pay attention; lack of i ...
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Red herring
A red herring is something that misleads or distracts from a relevant or important question. It may be either a logical fallacy or a literary device that leads readers or audiences toward a false conclusion. A red herring may be used intentiona ...
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Military deception
Military deception (MILDEC) is an attempt by a military unit to gain an advantage during warfare by misleading adversary decision makers into taking action or inaction that creates favorable conditions for the deceiving force. This is usually ...
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Feint
Feint, a French term that entered English via the discipline of swordsmanship and fencing, is a maneuver designed to distract or mislead. A feint is achieved by giving the impression that a certain maneuver will take place, while in fact another, ...
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