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1600498 | Matilde Hidalgo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matilde%20Hidalgo | Matilde Hidalgo
to study Pediatrics, Neurology, and Dietetics in Argentina.
# Awards/recognitions.
- First woman to receive a Bachelor's Degree in Loja and the country.
- First woman licensed in Medicine Universidad del Azuay (today Universidad de Cuenca)
- First Doctorate in Medicine Universidad de Quito
- First ... | 25,700 |
1600498 | Matilde Hidalgo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matilde%20Hidalgo | Matilde Hidalgo
Merit Award, from the Department of Public Health, granted by the Public Health Minister of Ecuador (1971).
# Poems.
Literary critic Cecilia Ansaldo Briones offers a compilation of twenty poems by Matilde Hidalgo in the book by Jenny Estrada, "Matilde Hidalgo of Prócel, Biography and Poetry Book". Fro... | 25,701 |
1600498 | Matilde Hidalgo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matilde%20Hidalgo | Matilde Hidalgo
the apotheosis of Don Bernardo Valdivieso."
- "The constant woman's plea."
- "Forget me by God."
- "To María."
- "The Tenth of August."
- "Proscription."
- "My ideal."
- "To Cuenca Jonah."
- "Celicano patriotic hymn."
- "Sacrifice."
- "The poet."
- "The drop of dew."
- "By leaving we do not ... | 25,702 |
1600498 | Matilde Hidalgo | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Matilde%20Hidalgo | Matilde Hidalgo
gony of the evening."
# Memberships.
- Medical Federation of Ecuador (founding member)
- Surgical Association of Quito (founding member)
- Press circle of Quito
- Machala Feminine Institute of Culture
- Committee of Women of the Red Cross in the Gold Province.
- House of the Ecuadorian Culture, c... | 25,703 |
1600459 | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jefferson%20County%20Public%20Schools%20(Kentucky) | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky)
Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky)
Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) is a public school district located in Jefferson County, Kentucky and operating all but one of the public schools in the county. It is governed by an elected seven-member Board of Education whic... | 25,704 |
1600459 | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jefferson%20County%20Public%20Schools%20(Kentucky) | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky)
population stands at approx. 760,000—by far the largest in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
# Board of education.
The seven members of the Jefferson County Board of Education (JCBE) are elected by general election to four-year terms. Each board member is responsible for an area... | 25,705 |
1600459 | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jefferson%20County%20Public%20Schools%20(Kentucky) | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky)
and work on a much needed strategic plan. The results of the audit were published in January 2012. The board reviewed the report and with board support Hargens followed through on the recommendations. The Strategic Plan-Vision 2015 was approved by the board on May 29, 2012. Th... | 25,706 |
1600459 | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jefferson%20County%20Public%20Schools%20(Kentucky) | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky)
court order.
## Louisville Public School District (1829–1975).
On April 24, 1829, the City of Louisville established the first public schools for children under sixteen years of age. A board of trustees was selected, and Edward Mann Butler was selected as the first head. The... | 25,707 |
1600459 | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jefferson%20County%20Public%20Schools%20(Kentucky) | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky)
the school established at Fifth and Walnut charged primary grades $1.00 per quarter of instruction and all other grades $1.50. Tuition was waived if the trustees felt a child was unable to pay. Instruction was given using the Lancastrian system of teaching, wherein higher-leve... | 25,708 |
1600459 | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jefferson%20County%20Public%20Schools%20(Kentucky) | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky)
opened their doors. From 1851 until 1871, 17 schools were erected on 20 lots. School enrollment grew from 4,303 at the beginning of that time period to 13,503 at the end. In 1870, the first public schools in the city for African Americans were established in the Center Street ... | 25,709 |
1600459 | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jefferson%20County%20Public%20Schools%20(Kentucky) | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky)
in Jefferson County which had already been annexed by city government, bringing enrollment to 45,841 (33,831 white, 12,010 black) by the 1956 school year, the last year of segregated education in the public schools. In its final year as a separate school district, enrollment w... | 25,710 |
1600459 | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jefferson%20County%20Public%20Schools%20(Kentucky) | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky)
figured at 36,310, with 5,843 of ages 5 to 15 and 3,744 from 7 to 17.
626 was reported as the number of students "at school." In 1850, 561 children were listed as attending six-month schools and 130 were listed as attending three-month schools. In the 1876-7 school year, 58 s... | 25,711 |
1600459 | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jefferson%20County%20Public%20Schools%20(Kentucky) | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky)
year of segregation) was 36,308 (34,911 white, 1,397 black). In the last year separate from Louisville Schools, enrollment was 89,405 (84,666 white, 4,739 black).
## Merger and desegregation.
In 1971, several civil rights organizations filed a lawsuit in court asking that th... | 25,712 |
1600459 | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jefferson%20County%20Public%20Schools%20(Kentucky) | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky)
up by the state Board of Education, which on February 28, 1975, made the merger effective on April 1 of that year. A merger and desegregation plan was created, which included mandatory bussing and racial guidelines for school assignments. The initial plan was for black student... | 25,713 |
1600459 | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jefferson%20County%20Public%20Schools%20(Kentucky) | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky)
achieved desegregation by allowing parents some choice in school placement. A mandatory 15–50% African-American population in all schools was established in 1996. Two years later, six parents sued to remove the upper limit from Central High School, a traditionally African-Amer... | 25,714 |
1600459 | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jefferson%20County%20Public%20Schools%20(Kentucky) | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky)
system being required to redesign its admission procedures by the 2002–03 school year.
The desegregation order was lifted in 2000, but JCPS maintained the 15–50% guideline in most schools. In 2002, Crystal Meredith filed a lawsuit on behalf of her son, whom she claims was den... | 25,715 |
1600459 | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jefferson%20County%20Public%20Schools%20(Kentucky) | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky)
2008. In October 2005, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Meredith. In June 2006, the United States Supreme Court agreed to hear the case, the first time the high court has elected to rule on a school district's use of a voluntary desegregation plan. The case ... | 25,716 |
1600459 | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jefferson%20County%20Public%20Schools%20(Kentucky) | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky)
amended the plan in 2008 to consider the income, education and minority status of parents in two geographic areas of the county which was later amended to apply to census tracts, based upon the 2010 census.
## Recent superintendents.
The most recent superintendent was Donna ... | 25,717 |
1600459 | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jefferson%20County%20Public%20Schools%20(Kentucky) | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky)
governance was changed with no more elections for the post.
Previously, Sheldon Berman was hired in 2007. Upon his termination, he accepted a position as superintendent of the Eugene (Oregon) School District. Before Berman, Dr. Stephen Daeschner had been superintendent since ... | 25,718 |
1600459 | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jefferson%20County%20Public%20Schools%20(Kentucky) | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky)
was able to drop "acting" from the title.
# Initiatives.
The school district is engaged in a number of initiatives, some of which have been considered more successful than others.
## Every 1 Reads.
Every 1 Reads is a community-wide literacy program that was started in the ... | 25,719 |
1600459 | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jefferson%20County%20Public%20Schools%20(Kentucky) | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky)
that children who cannot read "at grade level" are instead doing so. As of fall 2007, Every 1 Reads reports that 87.1% of all JCPS students are "reading at grade level," while the state system reports (at the end of the 2005–2006 school year) only 54.25% are at least proficien... | 25,720 |
1600459 | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jefferson%20County%20Public%20Schools%20(Kentucky) | Jefferson County Public Schools (Kentucky)
) only 54.25% are at least proficient at reading.
## GE "College Bound" program.
In late 2005, the GE Foundation announced that it was providing the school district with a four-year $25-million grant, the largest non-governmental grant received by the district. This was part... | 25,721 |
1600494 | Windward Islands (Society Islands) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Windward%20Islands%20(Society%20Islands) | Windward Islands (Society Islands)
Windward Islands (Society Islands)
The Windward Islands () are the eastern group of the Society Islands in French Polynesia, an overseas collectivity of France in the southern Pacific Ocean. These islands were also previously named the Georgian Islands in honor of King George III of ... | 25,722 |
1600494 | Windward Islands (Society Islands) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Windward%20Islands%20(Society%20Islands) | Windward Islands (Society Islands)
coral atolls.
# Culture.
The majority of the population speaks French and Tahitian (co-official with French throughout French Polynesia).
# Administrative.
Administratively, the Windward Islands form the administrative subdivision of the Windward Islands ("subdivision administrati... | 25,723 |
1600443 | Visual culture | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Visual%20culture | Visual culture
Visual culture
Visual culture is the aspect of culture expressed in visual images. Many academic fields study this subject, including cultural studies, art history, critical theory, philosophy, media studies, Deaf Studies and anthropology.
# Overview.
Among theorists working within contemporary cultur... | 25,724 |
1600443 | Visual culture | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Visual%20culture | Visual culture
which aggregates "visual events in which information, meaning or pleasure is sought by the consumer in an interface with visual technology". The term "visual technology" refers any media designed for purposes of perception or with the potential to augment our visual capability.
Because of the changing t... | 25,725 |
1600443 | Visual culture | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Visual%20culture | Visual culture
the rise of this tie between the visual and the technological: "Insofar as we live in a culture whose technological advances abet the production and dissemination of such images at a hitherto unimagined level, it is necessary to focus on how they work and what they do, rather than move past them too quic... | 25,726 |
1600443 | Visual culture | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Visual%20culture | Visual culture
points to an under theorised approach to the use of visual representation which leads to a corpuscular theory of knowledge and information which leads to their atomisation.
# Relationship with other areas of study.
It also may overlap with another emerging field, that of performance studies. As "the tu... | 25,727 |
1600443 | Visual culture | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Visual%20culture | Visual culture
method with computational media. For example, in 2008, Yukihiko Yoshida did a study called "Leni Riefenstahl and German expressionism: research in Visual Cultural Studies using the trans-disciplinary semantic spaces of specialized dictionaries." The study took databases of images tagged with connotative ... | 25,728 |
1600443 | Visual culture | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Visual%20culture | Visual culture
of the unconscious gaze. Twentieth-century pioneers such as György Kepes and William Ivins, Jr. as well as iconic phenomenologists like Maurice Merleau-Ponty also played important roles in creating a foundation for the discipline. For the history of art, Svetlana Alpers published a pioneering study on "T... | 25,729 |
1600443 | Visual culture | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Visual%20culture | Visual culture
include those by W. J. T. Mitchell, Griselda Pollock, Giuliana Bruno, Stuart Hall, Roland Barthes, Jean-François Lyotard, Rosalind Krauss, Paul Crowther and Slavoj Žižek. Continuing work has been done by Lisa Cartwright, Margaret Dikovitskaya, Nicholas Mirzoeff, and Jackie Stacey. The first book titled V... | 25,730 |
1600443 | Visual culture | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Visual%20culture | Visual culture
and Horst Bredekamp. In the French-speaking world, the visual culture and the visual studies have been recently discussed, a.o., by Maxime Boidy, André Gunthert, Gil Bartholeyns.
Visual culture studies have been increasingly important in religious studies through the work of David Morgan, Sally Promey, ... | 25,731 |
1600443 | Visual culture | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Visual%20culture | Visual culture
the growth of visual culture as a field has allowed them to be examined more in their own terms as complex figural artifacts or the stimulants to visual experiences."
Likewise, W. J. T. Mitchell explicitly distinguishes the two fields in his claim that visual culture studies "helps us to see that even s... | 25,732 |
1600443 | Visual culture | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Visual%20culture | Visual culture
literacy
- Visual rhetoric
- Visual sociology
# Further reading.
- Bartholeyns, Gil (ed.) (2016), "Politiques visuelles", Dijon: Presses du réel, with a French translation of the Visual Culture Questionnaire ("October" 1996) by Isabelle Decobecq. .
- Oliver Grau: "Virtual Art. From Illusion to Immer... | 25,733 |
1600443 | Visual culture | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Visual%20culture | Visual culture
(ed.), 'The State of Visual Culture Studies', themed issue of "Journal of Visual Culture", vol.4, no.2, August 2005, London: Sage. . e
- Plate, S. Brent, "Religion, Art, and Visual Culture". (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002)
- Smith, Marquard, 'Visual Culture Studies: Questions of History, Theory, a... | 25,734 |
1600443 | Visual culture | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Visual%20culture | Visual culture
"Journal of Visual Culture" | "Publisher's Website"
- "Visual Studies" journal
- "Culture Visuelle" social media
- viz.: Rhetoric, Visual Culture, Pedagogy
- William Blake and Visual Culture: A Special Issue of the Journal "Imagetext"
- Material collection from "Introduction to Media Theory and Visu... | 25,735 |
1600443 | Visual culture | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Visual%20culture | Visual culture
"Introduction to Media Theory and Visual Culture", by Professor Martin Irvine
- Visual Culture Collective
- Duke University Visual Studies Initiative
- Visual Studies @ University of Houston
- International Visual Sociology Association
- Visual Studies @ University of California, Irvine
- Centre fo... | 25,736 |
1600521 | Mercedes Negrón Muñoz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mercedes%20Negrón%20Muñoz | Mercedes Negrón Muñoz
Mercedes Negrón Muñoz
Mercedes Negrón Muñoz a.k.a. "Clara Lair" (March 8, 1895 – August 26, 1973), was a Puerto Rican poet and essayist who was considered one of the preeminent feminist and postmodernist female Hispanic writers of the 20th century.
# Early life and education.
Negrón Muñoz was b... | 25,737 |
1600521 | Mercedes Negrón Muñoz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mercedes%20Negrón%20Muñoz | Mercedes Negrón Muñoz
University of Puerto Rico.
# Career and major works.
In 1937, Negrón Muñoz published the poem ""Arras de Cristal"" (Cracked Glass) under the name "Clara Lair", her assumed pseudonym.
# Legacy.
Isabel Cuchí Coll published a book about Negrón Muñoz titled "Dos Poetisas de América: Clara Lair y J... | 25,738 |
1600521 | Mercedes Negrón Muñoz | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mercedes%20Negrón%20Muñoz | Mercedes Negrón Muñoz
under the name "Clara Lair", her assumed pseudonym.
# Legacy.
Isabel Cuchí Coll published a book about Negrón Muñoz titled "Dos Poetisas de América: Clara Lair y Julia de Burgos". A docudrama about the life of Negrón Muñoz titled ""A Passion Named Clara Lair"" was produced and directed by Ivonne... | 25,739 |
1600536 | National Incident Management System | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Incident%20Management%20System | National Incident Management System
National Incident Management System
Most emergency management in the United States is done at the local and state level. The Department of Homeland Security has attempted to standardize equipment, organizational structures, and terminology to create better response and preparedness ... | 25,740 |
1600536 | National Incident Management System | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Incident%20Management%20System | National Incident Management System
cooperation among diverse entities and agencies. Large-scale disasters in the past in the U.S. suffered from a lack of solid coordination and authority, as well as different entities utilizing different lingo when communication which led to confusion. NIMS attempts to solve these iss... | 25,741 |
1600536 | National Incident Management System | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Incident%20Management%20System | National Incident Management System
described in the National Preparedness System. NIMS is:
- A comprehensive, nationwide, systematic approach to incident management, including the command and coordination of incidents, resource management, and information management
- A set of concepts and principles for all threats... | 25,742 |
1600536 | National Incident Management System | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Incident%20Management%20System | National Incident Management System
including the Incident Command System (ICS), Emergency Operations Center (EOC) structures, Multiagency Coordination Groups (MAC Groups), and Joint Information Systems (JIS) that guide how personnel works together during incidents. NIMS applies to all incidents, from traffic accidents... | 25,743 |
1600536 | National Incident Management System | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Incident%20Management%20System | National Incident Management System
(ICS) and provides the foundation for higher level ICS training. The course describes the history, features and principles, and organizational structure of the Incident Command System. It also explains the relationship between ICS and the National Incident Management System (NIMS).
... | 25,744 |
1600536 | National Incident Management System | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Incident%20Management%20System | National Incident Management System
amlessly to prevent, protect against, mitigate, respond to, and recover from the effects of incidents. The course provides learners with a basic understanding of NIMS concepts, principles, and components.
More information on the NIMS training curriculum can be found in the NIMS Trai... | 25,745 |
1600513 | Star Ray TV | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Star%20Ray%20TV | Star Ray TV
Star Ray TV
Star Ray TV is an independent pirate community television station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The station, which broadcasts in digital on channel 22 in Toronto's Beaches neighbourhood, was launched in 1997 when Jan Pachul, an amateur radio operator, applied to the Canadian Radio-television and... | 25,746 |
1600513 | Star Ray TV | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Star%20Ray%20TV | Star Ray TV
broadcasting (LPTV) policy, but Pachul alleged that the CRTC was simply protecting established corporate broadcasters who had already failed in their responsibility to provide programming of community interest. On September 9, the station began broadcasting illegally as a pirate station.
Pachul appeared be... | 25,747 |
1600513 | Star Ray TV | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Star%20Ray%20TV | Star Ray TV
recently, Star Ray has faced allegations that its operations interfere with VHF channel 13, home to CTV's CKCO-DT in Kitchener.
In recent years, the station has broadcast over the Internet. Pachul applied for another broadcasting licence on June 3, 2004, but as of 2008 the CRTC has not published a decision... | 25,748 |
1600513 | Star Ray TV | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Star%20Ray%20TV | Star Ray TV
, the station has broadcast over the Internet. Pachul applied for another broadcasting licence on June 3, 2004, but as of 2008 the CRTC has not published a decision either approving or denying the 2004 licence application.
Since its inception, Star Ray broadcast on UHF channel 15. However, since CHCH-DT mo... | 25,749 |
1600474 | Momentum exchange tether | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Momentum%20exchange%20tether | Momentum exchange tether
Momentum exchange tether
A momentum exchange tether is a kind of space tether that could theoretically be used as a launch system, or to change spacecraft orbits. Momentum exchange tethers create a controlled force on the end-masses of the system due to the pseudo-force known as centrifugal fo... | 25,750 |
1600474 | Momentum exchange tether | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Momentum%20exchange%20tether | Momentum exchange tether
altitude. However, using electrodynamic tether thrusting, or ion propulsion the system can then re-boost itself with little or no expenditure of consumable reaction mass.
A non-rotating tether is a rotating tether that rotates exactly once per orbit so that it always has a vertical orientation... | 25,751 |
1600474 | Momentum exchange tether | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Momentum%20exchange%20tether | Momentum exchange tether
or payload is exchanged with one leaving with the same speed and mass, and then no net change in momentum or angular momentum occurs.
# Tether systems.
## Tidal stabilization.
Gravity-gradient stabilization, also called "gravity stabilization" and "tidal stabilization", is a simple and relia... | 25,752 |
1600474 | Momentum exchange tether | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Momentum%20exchange%20tether | Momentum exchange tether
for its altitude, so centrifugal force makes it want to move further away from the planet it is orbiting. At the same time, the lower end mass of the system is moving at less than orbital speed for its altitude, so it wants to move closer to the planet. The end result is that the tether is unde... | 25,753 |
1600474 | Momentum exchange tether | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Momentum%20exchange%20tether | Momentum exchange tether
to damp the pendulum vibrations via the viscous friction of the fluid.
### Sky-hook.
A sky-hook is a theoretical class of orbiting tether propulsion intended to lift payloads to high altitudes and speeds. Proposals for sky-hooks include designs that employ tethers spinning at hyper-sonic spee... | 25,754 |
1600474 | Momentum exchange tether | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Momentum%20exchange%20tether | Momentum exchange tether
velocity of the satellite by putting power into the tether from the satellite's power system. Thus the tether can be used to either accelerate or to slow an orbiting spacecraft without using any rocket propellant.
When using this techniques with a rotating tether, the current through the tethe... | 25,755 |
1600474 | Momentum exchange tether | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Momentum%20exchange%20tether | Momentum exchange tether
more than once per orbit and whose endpoints have a significant tip speed (~ 1 – 3 km/s). The maximum speed of the endpoints is limited by the strength of the cable material and the safety factor it is designed for.
The purpose of the Bolo is to either speed up, or slow down, a spacecraft that... | 25,756 |
1600474 | Momentum exchange tether | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Momentum%20exchange%20tether | Momentum exchange tether
momentum is also changed, and this costs energy that must be replaced. The idea is that the replacement energy would come from a more efficient and lower cost source than a chemical rocket motor. Two possible lower cost sources for this replacement energy are an ion propulsion system, or an ele... | 25,757 |
1600474 | Momentum exchange tether | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Momentum%20exchange%20tether | Momentum exchange tether
that the lower endpoint of the tether is moving slower than the orbital velocity of the tether and the upper endpoint is moving faster. The word is a portmanteau derived from the words "rotor" and "elevator".
If the tether is long enough and the rotation rate high enough, it is possible for th... | 25,758 |
1600474 | Momentum exchange tether | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Momentum%20exchange%20tether | Momentum exchange tether
is "grabbed" by a capture mechanism on the rotating tether during the moment when it is stationary would be picked up and lifted into orbit; and potentially could be released at the top of the rotation, at which point it is moving with a speed significantly greater than the escape velocity and ... | 25,759 |
1600474 | Momentum exchange tether | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Momentum%20exchange%20tether | Momentum exchange tether
speed (such as the Moon and possibly Mars), a rotovator in low orbit can potentially touch the ground, thereby providing cheap surface transport as well as launching materials into cislunar space. In January 2000, The Boeing Company completed a study of tether launch systems including two-stage... | 25,760 |
1600474 | Momentum exchange tether | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Momentum%20exchange%20tether | Momentum exchange tether
acceleration stresses.
Therefore, another trick to achieve lower stresses is that rather than picking up a cargo from the ground at zero velocity, a rotovator could pick up a moving vehicle and sling it into orbit. For example, a rotovator could pick up a Mach 12 aircraft from the upper atmosp... | 25,761 |
1600474 | Momentum exchange tether | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Momentum%20exchange%20tether | Momentum exchange tether
flight, and would permit for both a simpler vehicle and more cargo.
The company Tethers Unlimited, Inc. (founded by Robert Forward and Robert P. Hoyt) has called this approach "Tether Launch Assist". It has also been referred to as a space bolas.
## Space elevator.
A space elevator is a spac... | 25,762 |
1600474 | Momentum exchange tether | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Momentum%20exchange%20tether | Momentum exchange tether
A space elevator on Earth would require material strengths outside current technological limits (2014). Martian and lunar space elevators could be built with modern-day materials however. A space elevator on Phobos has also been proposed.
Space elevators also have larger amounts of potential e... | 25,763 |
1600474 | Momentum exchange tether | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Momentum%20exchange%20tether | Momentum exchange tether
to be energetically favorable to lift cargo off the surface of the Moon and drop it into a lower Earth orbit, and thus it can be achieved without any significant use of propellant, since the Moon's surface is in a comparatively higher potential energy state. Also, this system could be built wit... | 25,764 |
1600474 | Momentum exchange tether | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Momentum%20exchange%20tether | Momentum exchange tether
gives more specific energy, and ultimately more speed than the energy lost picking up the payload at a higher gravitational potential, even if the rotation rate is the same. For example, it is possible to use a system of two or three rotovators to implement trade between the Moon and Earth. The... | 25,765 |
1600474 | Momentum exchange tether | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Momentum%20exchange%20tether | Momentum exchange tether
pensive transportation throughout the solar system.
## Tether cable catapult system.
A tether cable catapult system is a system where two or more long conducting tethers are held rigidly in a straight line, attached to a heavy mass. Power is applied to the tethers and is picked up by a vehicl... | 25,766 |
1600537 | North Dome | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=North%20Dome | North Dome
North Dome
North Dome is a granite dome in Yosemite National Park, California. It is the southernmost summit of Indian Ridge, north of Washington Column and the Royal Arches on the northeastern wall of Yosemite Valley. It can be reached by trail from the Tioga Pass Road, or by going up the Yosemite Falls tr... | 25,767 |
1600476 | De Leon Springs State Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=De%20Leon%20Springs%20State%20Park | De Leon Springs State Park
De Leon Springs State Park
De Leon Springs State Park is a Florida State Park in Volusia County, Florida. It is located in DeLeon Springs, off CR 3.
# Geology.
The park covers 625 acres in Volusia County, built around a natural spring, flowing at a rate of about 20 million gallons a day (S... | 25,768 |
1600476 | De Leon Springs State Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=De%20Leon%20Springs%20State%20Park | De Leon Springs State Park
sightings may include Florida black bears (the park is connected to Lake George State Forest and Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge), manatees seeking relief from the cold during winter and migratory birds such as a variety of duck species.
# History.
People have been living near the sp... | 25,769 |
1600476 | De Leon Springs State Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=De%20Leon%20Springs%20State%20Park | De Leon Springs State Park
in 1886. Spanish missions, however, were established in the late 1500s. The native people encountered here were referred to as the Mayaca, differing from the Timucuans in that they were fisher-hunter-gatherers, while the Timucuans were sedentary agriculturalists. The Spanish would return in 1... | 25,770 |
1600476 | De Leon Springs State Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=De%20Leon%20Springs%20State%20Park | De Leon Springs State Park
Orlando Rees, who built the only water-powered sugar mill in Florida. John James Audubon visited Spring Garden in January, 1836, where he first painted the limpkin. The plantation was destroyed by the Seminole Indians in December, 1835, at the beginning of the Second Seminole War and again in... | 25,771 |
1600476 | De Leon Springs State Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=De%20Leon%20Springs%20State%20Park | De Leon Springs State Park
which has operated continuously since then.
The area attracted tourists in the 1880s after the railroad arrived, when it was advertised as a winter resort for the springs' alleged healing powers; it was called the Fountain of Youth. A hotel was built near the spring, and a small steamboat br... | 25,772 |
1600476 | De Leon Springs State Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=De%20Leon%20Springs%20State%20Park | De Leon Springs State Park
School and Museum, and two waterskiing elephants—Sunshine Sally and Queenie! The attraction closed in the mid-1960s, the termite-infested hotel torn down, and the property was operated as a private recreational park. In 1980, a local Save Our Spring group was formed, convincing the State of F... | 25,773 |
1600476 | De Leon Springs State Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=De%20Leon%20Springs%20State%20Park | De Leon Springs State Park
cypress swamp and old agricultural fields. Hikers may see white-tailed deer, turkeys, wild hogs and the Florida black bear. The one-half mile paved nature trail is wheelchair accessible; it has interpretive signs and a boardwalk to a 600-year-old bald cypress tree. Amenities include a swimmin... | 25,774 |
1600476 | De Leon Springs State Park | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=De%20Leon%20Springs%20State%20Park | De Leon Springs State Park
ional Wildlife Refuge. A visitor center providing historical and natural history information is open daily. The Old Spanish Sugar Mill restaurant specializes in pancakes, which guests prepare on individual griddles at their tables.
Recreational SCUBA diving is not permitted, only instruction... | 25,775 |
1600508 | Gmunden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gmunden | Gmunden
Gmunden
Gmunden () is a town in Upper Austria, Austria in the district of Gmunden. It has 13,204 inhabitants (estimates 2016 ). It is much frequented as a health and summer resort, and has a variety of lake, brine, vegetable and pine-cone baths, a hydropathic establishment, inhalation chambers, whey cure, etc.... | 25,776 |
1600508 | Gmunden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gmunden | Gmunden
into the following boroughs: Gmunden, Gmunden-Ort, Schlagen, Traundorf, Unterm Stein.
# Population.
As of 2001, Gmunden had a population of 13,336. Of that, 88.4% were Austrian in nationality, 1.5% are from other European Union states, and 10.2% are other foreigners. Citizens of Bosnia-Herzegovina (3.6%) and ... | 25,777 |
1600508 | Gmunden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gmunden | Gmunden
salt here. A settlement was already in existence in the fifth century CE. By 1186 Gmunden was a fortified place surrounded by walls, although it did not receive a church until about 1300. In 1278 Gmunden became a town. On November 14, 1626 an army of rebellious peasants was completely defeated at Gmunden by Gen... | 25,778 |
1600508 | Gmunden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gmunden | Gmunden
World War II, an SS maternity home was located here, "to insure racial purity" in accordance with Nazi racial theories.
# Politics.
The local council consists of 37 members. In the last municipal election in September 2015, the following are seats won by the political parties:
- ÖVP: 20 seats (49.75%)
- FPÖ... | 25,779 |
1600508 | Gmunden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gmunden | Gmunden
of Gmunden since 2014 replacing Heinz Köppl. The city council which includes of the mayor, consists of nine members; 5 from ÖVP, 2 from SPÖ, and 1 each from FPÖ and the Greens.
# Main sights.
There are a great number of excursions and points of interest round Gmunden, specially worth mentioning being the Trau... | 25,780 |
1600508 | Gmunden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gmunden | Gmunden
Duftschmid, born in Gmunden
- Heinrich Schiff, cellist and conductor, born in Gmunden
- Duchess Maria Amalia of Württemberg, born in Gmunden; see Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg and Georg, Crown Prince of Saxony
- Johannes von Gmunden
- Andreas Berger, born in Gmunden
- Princess Marie Louise of Hanover, born... | 25,781 |
1600508 | Gmunden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gmunden | Gmunden
Famous residents.
- Conchita Wurst, drag queen and winner of Eurovision Song Contest 2014
- Thomas Bernhard, playwright and novelist
- George V of Hanover, exiled here
- Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, exiled and died in Gmunden
- Princess Thyra of Denmark, lived and died in Gmunden
- Princess M... | 25,782 |
1600508 | Gmunden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gmunden | Gmunden
lived in Gmunden
- Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg, married in Gmunden
- Christoph Ransmayr, grew up near in Gmunden
- Carl Rahl, lived here
- Christian Griepenkerl, lived here
- John Haswell, worked here
- Horaz Krasnopolski, died here
- Matthias von Schönerer, worked here
- Prince Chri... | 25,783 |
1600508 | Gmunden | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gmunden | Gmunden
w up near in Gmunden
- Carl Rahl, lived here
- Christian Griepenkerl, lived here
- John Haswell, worked here
- Horaz Krasnopolski, died here
- Matthias von Schönerer, worked here
- Prince Christian of Hanover (1885–1901), died here
- Count Richard Belcredi, died here
- Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Au... | 25,784 |
1055345 | Villers-le-Sec, Meuse | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Villers-le-Sec,%20Meuse | Villers-le-Sec, Meuse
Villers-le-Sec, Meuse
Villers-le-Sec is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Its epithet "Sec" (dry) comes from the fact that no rivers pass through Villers-le-Sec, which is located on the plateau between the rivers Ornain and Saulx. However, the village is not ... | 25,785 |
1055345 | Villers-le-Sec, Meuse | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Villers-le-Sec,%20Meuse | Villers-le-Sec, Meuse
a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France. Its epithet "Sec" (dry) comes from the fact that no rivers pass through Villers-le-Sec, which is located on the plateau between the rivers Ornain and Saulx. However, the village is not completely deprived of water since it is ... | 25,786 |
1055327 | Yehiam convoy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yehiam%20convoy | Yehiam convoy
Yehiam convoy
The Yehi'am convoy was a Haganah convoy was sent from Haifa during the 1947–48 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine to reinforce and re-supply kibbutz Yehi'am which had been holding out against constant Arab attacks. On March 27, 1948, the convoy was attacked and destroyed by an Arab ambush.
#... | 25,787 |
1055327 | Yehiam convoy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yehiam%20convoy | Yehiam convoy
that many enemy troops were deployed along the route. On 27 March 1948, seven trucks, loaded with supplies and personnel, set off.
Obstacles in the way forced the convoy to proceed slowly. As the convoy neared al-Kabri, the convoy's seven trucks were ambushed. From both sides of the road, the bushes expl... | 25,788 |
1055327 | Yehiam convoy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yehiam%20convoy | Yehiam convoy
occurred at Kabri, near Naharia, seven miles north of Acre. Here the bodies of 42 Jews were found near five burnt out lorries. It is stated that in this action a column of six Jewish lorries were ambushed by 250 Arabs who were armed with rifles, two inch mortars, and light machine guns. The column, escort... | 25,789 |
1055327 | Yehiam convoy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yehiam%20convoy | Yehiam convoy
commander that he had not rushed to the aid of the Yehi'am convoy.
# Reprisal operation.
During the second phase of Operation Ben Ami, the Arab siege of Yehi'am was lifted and the first retaliatory attack was carried out against al-Kabri, Umm al-Faraj and al-Nahr, where the commander gave orders “To att... | 25,790 |
1055327 | Yehiam convoy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yehiam%20convoy | Yehiam convoy
ieving that some of the inhabitants had taken part in the attack on the Yehi'am convoy. The barrage was particularly heavy. The handful of Kuweikat villagers (mostly elderly) who had stayed put when the village fell were subsequently expelled to the neighbouring Druze village of Abu Sinan. The Druze villa... | 25,791 |
1055361 | Villers-Canivet | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Villers-Canivet | Villers-Canivet
Villers-Canivet
Villers-Canivet is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region in northwestern France.
# See also.
- Communes of the Calvados department
# References.
- INSEE | 25,792 |
1055334 | Equatorial mount | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Equatorial%20mount | Equatorial mount
Equatorial mount
An equatorial mount is a mount for instruments that compensates for Earth's rotation by having one rotational axis parallel to the Earth's axis of rotation. This type of mount is used for astronomical telescopes and cameras. The advantage of an equatorial mount lies in its ability to ... | 25,793 |
1055334 | Equatorial mount | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Equatorial%20mount | Equatorial mount
axis of the mount is often equipped with a motorized ""clock drive"", that rotates that axis one revolution every 23 hours and 56 minutes in exact sync with the apparent diurnal motion of the sky. They may also be equipped with setting circles to allow for the location of objects by their celestial coo... | 25,794 |
1055334 | Equatorial mount | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Equatorial%20mount | Equatorial mount
telescope mounts come in many designs. In the last twenty years motorized tracking has increasingly been supplemented with computerized object location. There are two main types. Digital setting circles take a small computer with an object database that is attached to encoders. The computer monitors th... | 25,795 |
1055334 | Equatorial mount | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Equatorial%20mount | Equatorial mount
camera. The electronics of modern telescope systems often include a port for autoguiding. A special instrument tracks a star and makes adjustment in the telescope's position while photographing the sky. To do so the autoguider must be able to issue commands through the telescope's control system. These... | 25,796 |
1055334 | Equatorial mount | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Equatorial%20mount | Equatorial mount
tracking and field-derotation are not difficult to implement at the professional level. At the amateur level, however, equatorial mounts remain popular, particularly for astrophotography.
## German equatorial mount.
In the German equatorial mount, (sometimes called a "GEM" for short) the primary stru... | 25,797 |
1055334 | Equatorial mount | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Equatorial%20mount | Equatorial mount
other end of it (bottom right). The right ascension axis has bearings below the T-joint, that is, it is not supported above the declination axis.
## Open fork mount.
The Open Fork mount has a "Fork" attached to a right ascension axis at its base. The telescope is attached to two pivot points at the o... | 25,798 |
1055334 | Equatorial mount | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Equatorial%20mount | Equatorial mount
these are usually in range of 0.5-2.0 meter diameter.
## English or Yoke mount.
The English mount or Yoke mount has a frame or ""yoke"" with "right ascension" axis bearings at the top and the bottom ends, and a telescope attached inside the midpoint of the yoke allowing it to swing on the "declinatio... | 25,799 |
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