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2568333 | Sokol space suit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sokol%20space%20suit | Sokol space suit
vital that the flight suit fits correctly and the wearer will spend two hours sitting in a launch couch with the suit inflated to make sure of this. Straps on the arms, legs and chest allow the fit to be adjusted slightly.
To don the suit, the two zips that make a 'V' on the chest are opened. Undernea... | 6,136,000 |
2568333 | Sokol space suit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sokol%20space%20suit | Sokol space suit
When worn on the ground, the suit is attached to a portable ventilation unit —a hand-held device that supplies air to the suit, cooling it first with an ice filled heat exchanger. Grey leather outer boots are also worn on the ground; they protect the feet of the suit from damage and are removed before ... | 6,136,001 |
2568333 | Sokol space suit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sokol%20space%20suit | Sokol space suit
so they tend to balloon when inflated. Movement of the wearer becomes restricted, although it is still possible to function inside the capsule.
If more than limited movement is required, the pressure relief valve may be adjusted to a lower setting of 270 hPa (0.26 atm, 3.9 psi). Pure oxygen at this pr... | 6,136,002 |
2568333 | Sokol space suit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sokol%20space%20suit | Sokol space suit
to carry away the cosmonaut's body heat and longer use of the suit risks Heat exhaustion. If the capsule becomes depressurised, either accidentally or deliberately to extinguish a fire, it must land within that time.
# History.
Pressure suits were worn on the Vostok space missions, but when the Soyuz... | 6,136,003 |
2568333 | Sokol space suit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sokol%20space%20suit | Sokol space suit
of the investigating government commission was that pressure suits should be worn by future crews during critical phases of their mission - launch, docking and landing.
NPP Zvezda was given the task of providing the suits. They rejected the use of existing Soviet space suits and chose to base a new su... | 6,136,004 |
2568333 | Sokol space suit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sokol%20space%20suit | Sokol space suit
Sokol variants.
## Sokol-K.
The first version of the suit, it was used on Soyuz 12, launched on September 27, 1973.
## Specifications.
- Name: Sokol-K Rescue Spacesuit
- Derived from: Sokol aviation full pressure suit
- Manufacturer: NPP Zvezda
- Missions: Soyuz 12 (1973) to Soyuz 40 (1981)
- F... | 6,136,005 |
2568333 | Sokol space suit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sokol%20space%20suit | Sokol space suit
the Sokol-K began 1973, immediately after its introduction. The Sokol-KM and KV were intermediate models on which many of the features of the Sokol-KV2 were developed, neither was ever used in space.
To be donned, the Sokol-KM and KV split into upper and lower halves joined by zip fasteners. However, ... | 6,136,006 |
2568333 | Sokol space suit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sokol%20space%20suit | Sokol space suit
a liquid-cooled undergarment that would increase the comfort of the wearer by efficiently removing body-heat; other suits relied on the flow of air to do this.
## Specifications.
- Name: Sokol-KV Rescue Spacesuit
- Manufacturer: NPP Zvezda
- Missions: None
- Function: Intra-vehicular activity (IVA... | 6,136,007 |
2568333 | Sokol space suit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sokol%20space%20suit | Sokol space suit
outer canvas layer were replaced with zippers to make the suit quicker to don and the pressure relief valve was moved from the left abdomen to the centre of the chest so either hand could be used to alter the suit's pressure setting. The improved arms, legs, and gloves of the Sokol-KV were retained alt... | 6,136,008 |
2568333 | Sokol space suit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sokol%20space%20suit | Sokol space suit
by Yang Liwei on "Shenzhou 5", the first manned Chinese space flight, closely resembles a Sokol-KV2 suit, but it is believed to be a Chinese-made version rather than an actual Russian suit. Pictures show that the suits worn by Fei Junlong and Nie Haisheng on "Shenzhou 6" differ in detail from the earli... | 6,136,009 |
2568333 | Sokol space suit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sokol%20space%20suit | Sokol space suit
have protected them from the cold and low pressure of the stratosphere as the balloon ascended to a height of around 40 km (25 miles, 132,000 feet).
Bulgaria developed its own version of the space suit in the mid-1970s.
# U.S. equivalent.
During the flight of Gemini 7, Frank Borman and Jim Lovell wo... | 6,136,010 |
2568333 | Sokol space suit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sokol%20space%20suit | Sokol space suit
caps, and wrist mirrors have frequently come up for sale on eBay; even complete suits have occasionally come up for sale, such as the one that Heritage Auctions sold for US$31,070 in 2009. These are usually worn out items that have been discarded after use during ground training and were never intended... | 6,136,011 |
2568333 | Sokol space suit | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sokol%20space%20suit | Sokol space suit
se items are nominally the property of the Russian government, the legitimacy of their sale has been questioned.
# See also.
- Space suit
- Orlan space suit
- Manned Maneuvering Unit
# References.
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Isaak P. Abramov, A. Ingemar Skoog, (2003). "Russian Space Suits": Sp... | 6,136,012 |
2568407 | The City of Falling Angels | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20City%20of%20Falling%20Angels | The City of Falling Angels
The City of Falling Angels
The City of Falling Angels (2005) is a non-fiction work by John Berendt. The book tells the story of some interesting inhabitants of Venice, Italy, whom the author met while living there in the months following a fire which destroyed the historic La Fenice opera ho... | 6,136,013 |
2568407 | The City of Falling Angels | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20City%20of%20Falling%20Angels | The City of Falling Angels
created glassworks dedicated to the memory of the fire, in his own rendition of how the opera house burned.
The book also tells the story of many American and English expatriates who went to live in Venice, from Daniel Curtis, who owned Palazzo Barbaro where Henry James and John Singer Sarge... | 6,136,014 |
2568407 | The City of Falling Angels | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20City%20of%20Falling%20Angels | The City of Falling Angels
s the story of many American and English expatriates who went to live in Venice, from Daniel Curtis, who owned Palazzo Barbaro where Henry James and John Singer Sargent were guests, to the poet Ezra Pound, who lived the last part of his life in Venice with his long-time mistress Olga Rudge.
... | 6,136,015 |
2568388 | Apagón | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Apagón | Apagón
Apagón
Apagón (in Spanish, literally, "blackout") is a form of protest that was employed several times in some large cities of Argentina, during the economic crisis at the beginning of the 2000s. The justification for a blackout as a form of protest was a rejection of the proposed increase of fees of electricit... | 6,136,016 |
2568388 | Apagón | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Apagón | Apagón
with no loss. A number of these service providers had also secured dollarized fees, contracts that entitled them to ask for increases in their fees subject to the inflation of the United States, and other provisions of the kind.
After the uncontrolled devaluation of the peso in 2002, the profit measured in doll... | 6,136,017 |
2568388 | Apagón | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Apagón | Apagón
accusing the private companies of being greedy and oblivious to the dangerously unstable social environment: half of the population was under the poverty line, unemployment was over 20%, and inflation continued rising. On September 19, 2002, political activists and organizations (Elisa Carrió's "ARI", other left... | 6,136,018 |
2568388 | Apagón | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Apagón | Apagón
lights. In the streets, drivers honked their horns, and there were isolated cacerolazos. The Legislative building of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires turned off the illumination of its facade.
The actual strength of the blackout was relatively minor, and even then it was mostly concentrated in Buenos Aires, ... | 6,136,019 |
2568388 | Apagón | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Apagón | Apagón
entrales nucleares y de carbón" (A-pagón: Don't pay for nuclear and coal-fired power stations) related to the avoiding of the augmentative term "pagón" which could be translated as "big payer". The campaign's idea is "Don't pay for electricity until it is produced by 100%-renewable-and-clean methods".
The activ... | 6,136,020 |
2568359 | Melechesh | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Melechesh | Melechesh
Melechesh
Melechesh is an ethnically Assyrian and Aramaic black metal and Mizrahi metal band that originated in Jerusalem, Israel and is currently based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Ashmedi started the band as a solo project in 1993. In the following year, guitarist Moloch and drummer Lord Curse were added... | 6,136,021 |
2568359 | Melechesh | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Melechesh | Melechesh
and pronunciation.
The name "Melechesh" consists of two words of Hebrew and Aramaic origins: "melech" (meaning "king"; מֶלֶךְ, ܡܲܠܟܵܐ) and "esh" (meaning "fire"; אֵשׁ); hence, "king of fire" or "fiery king". The portmanteau was originated by the band.
The digraph "ch" is pronounced similarly to the Scottish... | 6,136,022 |
2568359 | Melechesh | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Melechesh | Melechesh
live today, and operated from there between 1993–1998; however, they have resided mainly in Amsterdam since 1998 for several personal, professional and demographic reasons.
# History.
The band's release in 1995 of the official demo "As Jerusalem Burns..." and 7" EP "The Siege of Lachish" attracted attention... | 6,136,023 |
2568359 | Melechesh | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Melechesh | Melechesh
then newly recruited bassist Al'Hazred completed the line-up. This marked the band as the first signed non-Israeli band from the Middle East and also the first international signed metal band from Jerusalem and Bethlehem.
Due to various personal, professional, and demographic reasons, the band members had to... | 6,136,024 |
2568359 | Melechesh | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Melechesh | Melechesh
filled the vacant position. From that point on, Melechesh have released two full-length albums: "Djinn" (2001), dealing with Mesopotamian mythology, and "Sphynx" (2003), dealing with Mesopotamian/Sumerian mythology while always keeping the dark and Near Eastern occult themes close to their hearts. The band re... | 6,136,025 |
2568359 | Melechesh | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Melechesh | Melechesh
he did in Jerusalem another director took over and the project is still on track. Ashmedi's biographical articles can be found on several reputable websites and printed magazines around the world, such as the magazines Decibel and Legacy. Meanwhile, since the release of the highly acclaimed "The Epigenesis", ... | 6,136,026 |
2568359 | Melechesh | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Melechesh | Melechesh
ended and the position is open for a guitar player. A new drummer will be announced in the future. It is also understood that Scorpios' position in the band is that of a full-time member.
# Band members.
## Current members.
- Ashmedi - Lead Vocals, Guitars, Sitar, Keyboards, Piano
- Moloch - Guitars, Saz,... | 6,136,027 |
2568359 | Melechesh | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Melechesh | Melechesh
Soul - guitars
- Simon Škrlec - Drums (2016–present)
## Session live musicians.
- Geert Devenster - guitars
- Kawn - bass guitar, vocals (2007-2008)
- Malak Al'Maut - guitars (2008-2009)
- Rahm - bass guitar (2009-2010)
- Aethyris MacKay - guitars (2011)
- Scorpios - bass guitar, backing vocals (2012-... | 6,136,028 |
2568359 | Melechesh | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Melechesh | Melechesh
Rahm - bass guitar (2009-2010)
- Aethyris MacKay - guitars (2011)
- Scorpios - bass guitar, backing vocals (2012-2013)
- Max Power - guitars (2013)
- Ralph Santolla - guitars (2013)
- Kevin Paradis - Drums (2014, 2015)
- Simon Škrlec - Drums (2016–present)
# Discography.
## Studio albums.
- "As Jerus... | 6,136,029 |
2568412 | Black Pullet | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black%20Pullet | Black Pullet
Black Pullet
The Black Pullet (original French: La poule noire) also known in French as “la poule aux œufs d’or” (the hen that lays golden eggs) is a grimoire that proposes to teach the "science of magical talismans and rings", including the art of necromancy and Kabbalah. It is believed to have been writ... | 6,136,030 |
2568412 | Black Pullet | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black%20Pullet | Black Pullet
appears suddenly from the pyramids and takes the French officer into a secret apartment within one of the pyramids. He nurses him back to health whilst sharing with him the magical teachings from ancient manuscripts that escaped the "burning of Ptolemy's library".
The book itself contains information rega... | 6,136,031 |
2568412 | Black Pullet | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black%20Pullet | Black Pullet
that the person who understands and attains the power to instruct the Black Pullet will gain unlimited wealth. The notion of such a lucrative possession has been reflected throughout history in fables, fairy tales and folklore.
This text has often been associated to two other texts, known as the "Red Drag... | 6,136,032 |
2568412 | Black Pullet | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Black%20Pullet | Black Pullet
Grimoire") and the "Black Screech Owl". The latter is also confusingly known as "The Black Pullet" or "Treasure of the Old Man of the Pyramids", and is in fact an alternate printing of the original "Black Pullet" with only slight changes. All three grimoires claim to possess the science of ancient magic.
... | 6,136,033 |
2568452 | Dihai-kutchin | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dihai-kutchin | Dihai-kutchin
Dihai-kutchin
Di'haii Gwich'in (translation: "Gwich'in living the farthest away" or "those living farthest downstream") are a small Gwichʼin tribe of the Athabaskan linguistic stock. Descendants intermarried with the Neets'aii Gwich'in in Arctic Village, Alaska, USA. Historically they occupied the north ... | 6,136,034 |
2568413 | Hernando Urriago Benítez | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hernando%20Urriago%20Benítez | Hernando Urriago Benítez
Hernando Urriago Benítez
Hernando Urriago Benítez is a poet and essay writer who was born in Cali, Colombia in 1974. He studied literature in Universidad del Valle and a Magister in Colombian and Latin American literature.
His grading thesis was about essay writer Baldomero Sanín Cano. Urriag... | 6,136,035 |
2568413 | Hernando Urriago Benítez | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hernando%20Urriago%20Benítez | Hernando Urriago Benítez
nítez won the National Poetry Prize in 1999.
He currently works in Universidad del Valle with other writers like Carlos Patiño Millán, Fabio Martínez and Oscar Perdomo Gamboa.
# Works.
- "Esplendor de la Ceniza (Cinder's splendor)", 2003.
- "Caligrafías del Asombro". 2006, essays
- "Caligr... | 6,136,036 |
2568362 | Antietam National Battlefield | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antietam%20National%20Battlefield | Antietam National Battlefield
Antietam National Battlefield
Antietam National Battlefield is a National Park Service protected area along Antietam Creek in Sharpsburg, Washington County, northwestern Maryland. It commemorates the American Civil War Battle of Antietam that occurred on September 17, 1862.
The area, sit... | 6,136,037 |
2568362 | Antietam National Battlefield | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antietam%20National%20Battlefield | Antietam National Battlefield
was transferred from the War Department August 10, 1933, and redesignated November 10, 1978. Along with all historic areas administered by the National Park Service, the battlefield was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 15, 1966. Additional documentation on the ... | 6,136,038 |
2568362 | Antietam National Battlefield | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antietam%20National%20Battlefield | Antietam National Battlefield
consist of only Union soldiers; Confederate dead were interred in the Washington Confederate Cemetery in Hagerstown, Maryland; Mt. Olivet Cemetery, in Frederick, Maryland; and Elmwood Cemetery in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. The cemetery also contains the graves of veterans and their wive... | 6,136,039 |
2568362 | Antietam National Battlefield | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antietam%20National%20Battlefield | Antietam National Battlefield
to the National Park Service on August 10, 1933. The gatehouse at the cemetery's entrance was the first building designed by Paul J. Pelz, later architect of the Library of Congress.
## Visitor Center.
The Antietam National Battlefield Visitor Center contains museum exhibits about the ba... | 6,136,040 |
2568362 | Antietam National Battlefield | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antietam%20National%20Battlefield | Antietam National Battlefield
the self-guided driving tour of the battlefield with eleven stops. Park Grounds are open daylight hours. There is a park entrance fee of $7.00 per person (age 17 or older; 16 and under FREE) or $10.00 per vehicle. The entrance fee is valid for three days.
## Pry House Field Hospital Museu... | 6,136,041 |
2568362 | Antietam National Battlefield | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antietam%20National%20Battlefield | Antietam National Battlefield
Battlefield Trust) and its federal, state and local partners, including the Save Historic Antietam Foundation, have acquired and preserved of the overall battlefield, including the "epicenter" tract, a 44.4-acre, previously privately owned parcel in the heart of the battlefield park betwee... | 6,136,042 |
2568362 | Antietam National Battlefield | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antietam%20National%20Battlefield | Antietam National Battlefield
Gen. Joseph Hooker began the Union artillery bombardment of the Confederate positions of Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson in the Miller cornfield. Hooker's troops advanced behind the falling shells and drove the Confederates from their positions. Around 7 a.m. Jackson reinforced his... | 6,136,043 |
2568362 | Antietam National Battlefield | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antietam%20National%20Battlefield | Antietam National Battlefield
Road". Fierce fighting continued here for four hours before the Union troops finally took the road.
## Afternoon phase.
On the southeast side of town, Union Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's XI Corps had been trying to cross Antietam Creek since mid-morning, being held up by only 500 Georg... | 6,136,044 |
2568362 | Antietam National Battlefield | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antietam%20National%20Battlefield | Antietam National Battlefield
Conclusion.
The battle was over with the Union sitting on three sides, waiting for the next day. During the night of the 18th, General Lee pulled his troops back across the Potomac River, leaving the battle and the town to General McClellan. It was the bloodiest day in United States histo... | 6,136,045 |
2568362 | Antietam National Battlefield | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Antietam%20National%20Battlefield | Antietam National Battlefield
6. He lived his short life in southern Mississippi until he was 15 when he joined the Confederates. Not only adults, but many young men just like him were lost.
# References.
- "The National Parks: Index 2001–2003". Washington: U.S. Department of the Interior.
# External links.
- Antie... | 6,136,046 |
2568419 | U-Turn Vending | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U-Turn%20Vending | U-Turn Vending
U-Turn Vending
U-Turn Vending Machines, also known as Vend Tech International, formerly known as US Vend Technologies, LLC and Vend-It-All, is an Idaho Falls, Idaho company offering bulk vending business opportunities. The company sells at least four different machines, all of which feature one or more ... | 6,136,047 |
2568419 | U-Turn Vending | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=U-Turn%20Vending | U-Turn Vending
end Tech International, formerly known as US Vend Technologies, LLC and Vend-It-All, is an Idaho Falls, Idaho company offering bulk vending business opportunities. The company sells at least four different machines, all of which feature one or more levels of four canisters for vending four choices of can... | 6,136,048 |
2568355 | Metropolitan Police District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan%20Police%20District | Metropolitan Police District
Metropolitan Police District
The Metropolitan Police District (MPD) is the police area which is policed by the Metropolitan Police Service in London. It currently consists of the Greater London region, excluding the City of London. The Metropolitan Police District was created by the Metrop... | 6,136,049 |
2568355 | Metropolitan Police District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan%20Police%20District | Metropolitan Police District
within the MPD and Middlesex did not have a county force. Similarly, boroughs in the MPD that elsewhere would have been entitled to their own police force did not have them.
The MPD was originally defined in reference to civil parishes and in 1946 was altered to correspond to local governm... | 6,136,050 |
2568355 | Metropolitan Police District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan%20Police%20District | Metropolitan Police District
County of Greater London and the neighbouring county forces then became responsible for those areas outside Greater London. The MPD now consists of the 32 boroughs of the County of Greater London (including the City of Westminster), while the Greater London region's 33rd (and by far smalles... | 6,136,051 |
2568355 | Metropolitan Police District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan%20Police%20District | Metropolitan Police District
been numerous changes to the boundaries of the MPD, and of the divisions therein. The Metropolitan Police Act 1839 recognised that the "boundary is... very irregular" and made it lawful to add any place in the Central Criminal Court District and also "any part of any parish, township, preci... | 6,136,052 |
2568355 | Metropolitan Police District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan%20Police%20District | Metropolitan Police District
under the 1839 Act was carried out by Order in Council issued on 3 January 1840, which listed the following "parishes, townships, precincts, and places" ... "should be added to, and form part of, the metropolitan police district":
## 1946 revision.
In 1946 the Metropolitan Police District... | 6,136,053 |
2568355 | Metropolitan Police District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan%20Police%20District | Metropolitan Police District
the district. The definition, in the Fourth Schedule is as follows:
## 1965 revision.
In 1965 the administrative boundaries of London were extended. After 1965 the newly created Greater London more closely matched the MPD, and the MPD was defined again by section 76 of the London Governme... | 6,136,054 |
2568355 | Metropolitan Police District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan%20Police%20District | Metropolitan Police District
Urban District and parish of Waltham Holy Cross
- Hertfordshire: Broxbourne : former Cheshunt Urban District
- Hertfordshire: Hertsmere
- Hertfordshire: Welwyn Hatfield: parish of Northaw (renamed Northaw and Cuffley in 1982)
- Surrey: Elmbridge: former Esher Urban District
- Surrey: E... | 6,136,055 |
2568355 | Metropolitan Police District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan%20Police%20District | Metropolitan Police District
'Green Paper' on the Greater London Authority proposed to create a police authority for the Metropolitan Police, who had previously been under the control of the Home Secretary. Initially, the government proposed to retain the areas outside the local government boundary, with a representati... | 6,136,056 |
2568355 | Metropolitan Police District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan%20Police%20District | Metropolitan Police District
purposes.
The London Coal and Wine Duties Continuance Act 1861 aligned the coal tax boundary to the MPD and a series of coal-tax posts can be found along the boundary as it existed at that time.
During the 20th century the population of the County of London was in decline and the London p... | 6,136,057 |
2568355 | Metropolitan Police District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan%20Police%20District | Metropolitan Police District
excluding the City of London, the Inner Temple and the Middle Temple." The City of London has its own police force, the City of London Police, which also covers the Inner and Middle Temples. As constables of both forces are empowered throughout England and Wales, mutual assistance is a rout... | 6,136,058 |
2568355 | Metropolitan Police District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan%20Police%20District | Metropolitan Police District
network within the MPD are primarily policed by the British Transport Police but are not excluded from the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Police.
The Royal Parks of London used to be policed by the Royal Parks Constabulary (RPC) whose powers derived from the Parks Regulation Act 1872. Th... | 6,136,059 |
2568355 | Metropolitan Police District | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Metropolitan%20Police%20District | Metropolitan Police District
lice.
The Royal Parks of London used to be policed by the Royal Parks Constabulary (RPC) whose powers derived from the Parks Regulation Act 1872. The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 abolished the RPC in England and Wales and provided for the transfer of personnel within Greater... | 6,136,060 |
2568408 | Polymatroid | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polymatroid | Polymatroid
Polymatroid
In mathematics, a polymatroid is a polytope associated with a submodular function. The notion was introduced by Jack Edmonds in 1970. It is also described as the multiset analogue of the matroid.
# Definition.
Let formula_1 be a finite set and formula_2 a non-decreasing submodular function, t... | 6,136,061 |
2568408 | Polymatroid | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polymatroid | Polymatroid
the "modulus" of formula_13 to be the sum of all of its entries, and denote formula_14 whenever formula_15 for every formula_16 (notice that this gives an order to formula_17). A polymatroid on the ground set formula_1 is a nonempty compact subset formula_19 in formula_20, the set of independent vectors, su... | 6,136,062 |
2568408 | Polymatroid | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polymatroid | Polymatroid
we can associate the set formula_33, where for every formula_34 we have that
formula_35
By taking the convex hull of formula_36 we get a polymatroid, in the sense of the second definition, associated to the rank function of formula_37.
# Relation to generalized permutahedra.
Because generalized permutah... | 6,136,063 |
2568408 | Polymatroid | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polymatroid | Polymatroid
of polymatroids is shared with generalized permutahedra.
# Properties.
formula_38 is nonempty if and only if formula_39 and that formula_9 is nonempty if and only if formula_41.
Given any extended polymatroid formula_42 there is a unique submodular function formula_10 such that formula_44 and formula_45.... | 6,136,064 |
2568408 | Polymatroid | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Polymatroid | Polymatroid
_10 such that formula_44 and formula_45.
# Contrapolymatroids.
For a supermodular "f" one analogously may define the contrapolymatroid
This analogously generalizes the dominant of the "spanning set polytope" of matroids.
# Discrete polymatroids.
When we only focus on the lattice points of our polymatro... | 6,136,065 |
2568483 | Hannoversches Strassenbahn Museum | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hannoversches%20Strassenbahn%20Museum | Hannoversches Strassenbahn Museum
Hannoversches Strassenbahn Museum
The Hannoversches Strassenbahn-Museum or Hanover Tramway Museum comprises a collection of tramcars from all over Germany, and is located on the site of a former potash mine in Sehnde, southeast of the city of Hanover.
# External links.
- Hannoversch... | 6,136,066 |
2568460 | Johnson Boat Works | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Johnson%20Boat%20Works | Johnson Boat Works
Johnson Boat Works
Johnson Boat Works was a builder and developer of racing sailboats of the scow design in White Bear Lake, Minnesota. It was founded in 1896, by John O. Johnson who had emigrated from Norway in 1893. After working with Gus Amundson for three years, Johnson started his own boat buil... | 6,136,067 |
2568460 | Johnson Boat Works | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Johnson%20Boat%20Works | Johnson Boat Works
was converted to the MC. Through the years, the boat builder built Opti's and 420's. In 1994, the builder brought out the Johnson 18. In 1998, two years after JBW turned 100 years old, the family sold the company. The scow molds were sold to their competitor Melges Boat Works (now called Melges Perfo... | 6,136,068 |
2568484 | Geon (physics) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Geon%20(physics) | Geon (physics)
Geon (physics)
In theoretical general relativity, a geon is an electromagnetic or gravitational wave which is held together in a confined region by the gravitational attraction of its own field energy. They were first investigated theoretically in 1955 by J. A. Wheeler, who coined the term as a contract... | 6,136,069 |
2568484 | Geon (physics) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Geon%20(physics) | Geon (physics)
but in the absence of a viable theory of quantum gravity, the accuracy of this speculative idea cannot be tested.
Wheeler did not present explicit geon solutions to the vacuum Einstein field equation, a gap which was partially filled by Brill and Hartle in 1964 by the Brill–Hartle geon. In 1997, Anderso... | 6,136,070 |
2568484 | Geon (physics) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Geon%20(physics) | Geon (physics)
that geon solutions of the vacuum Einstein equation exist, though they are not given in a simple closed form.
A major outstanding question regarding geons is whether they are "stable", or must decay over time as the energy of the wave gradually "leaks" away. This question has not yet been definitively a... | 6,136,071 |
2568481 | Mazagon Fort | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mazagon%20Fort | Mazagon Fort
Mazagon Fort
The Mazagaon Fort was a British fort in Mazagaon, Bombay (present-day Mumbai), in the Indian state of Maharashtra, built around 1680. The fort was razed by the Siddi general, Yakut Khan in June 1690. The fort was located at the present-day Joseph Baptista Gardens, atop Bhandarwada Hill outsid... | 6,136,072 |
2568481 | Mazagon Fort | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mazagon%20Fort | Mazagon Fort
were of African descent and noted for their navies, had allied themselves with the Mughals. The British, through the East India Company, and the Mughals were constantly waging war on each other. As allies of the Mughals, the Siddis also viewed the British as enemies.
Faced with relentless attacks by the S... | 6,136,073 |
2568481 | Mazagon Fort | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mazagon%20Fort | Mazagon Fort
the Siddis laid siege to the British fortification to the south. The British governor Sir John Child appealed to the Mughal Aurangzeb to reign in Sakat for a price. In February 1690, the Mughal emperor agreed, on the conditions that rupees 1.5 lakhs (150,000) (over one billion USD at 2008 conversion rates)... | 6,136,074 |
2568481 | Mazagon Fort | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mazagon%20Fort | Mazagon Fort
tions that rupees 1.5 lakhs (150,000) (over one billion USD at 2008 conversion rates) be paid, and Child be sacked. Child's untimely death in 1690, however, resulted in his escaping the ignominy of being sacked.
Enraged at barter, Sakat withdrew his forces on 8 June 1690, after razing the Mazagaon Fort.
... | 6,136,075 |
2568485 | Cycloconverter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cycloconverter | Cycloconverter
Cycloconverter
A cycloconverter (CCV) or a cycloinverter converts a constant voltage, constant frequency AC waveform to another AC waveform of a lower frequency by synthesizing the output waveform from segments of the AC supply without an intermediate DC link ( and ). There are two main types of CCVs, c... | 6,136,076 |
2568485 | Cycloconverter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cycloconverter | Cycloconverter
The output to input frequency ratio of a three-phase CCV must be less than about one-third for circulating current mode CCVs or one-half for blocking mode CCVs. Output waveform quality improves as the "pulse number" of switching-device bridges in phase-shifted configuration increases in CCV's input. In g... | 6,136,077 |
2568485 | Cycloconverter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cycloconverter | Cycloconverter
ship propulsion systems, slip power recovery wound-rotor induction motors (i.e., Scherbius drives) and aircraft 400 Hz power generation. The variable-frequency output of a cycloconverter can be reduced essentially to zero. This means that very large motors can be started on full load at very slow revolut... | 6,136,078 |
2568485 | Cycloconverter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cycloconverter | Cycloconverter
to processes such as hot-rolling steel mills. Previously, SCR-controlled DC motors were used, needing regular brush/commutator servicing and delivering lower efficiency. Cycloconverter-driven synchronous motors need less maintenance and give greater reliability and efficiency. Single-phase bridge CCVs ha... | 6,136,079 |
2568485 | Cycloconverter | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cycloconverter | Cycloconverter
. Single-phase bridge CCVs have also been used extensively in electric traction applications to for example produce 25 Hz power in the U.S. and 16 2/3 Hz power in Europe.
Whereas phase-controlled converters including CCVs are gradually being replaced by faster PWM self-controlled converters based on IGB... | 6,136,080 |
2568546 | Aubert de Gaspé | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Aubert%20de%20Gaspé | Aubert de Gaspé
Aubert de Gaspé
The Aubert de Gaspé family was a French Canadian family descended from Charles Aubert de La Chesnaye, with several notable members:
- Ignace-Philippe Aubert de Gaspé (1714–1787), army officer
- Pierre-Ignace Aubert de Gaspé (1758–1823), politician, seigneur and son of Ignace-Philippe
... | 6,136,081 |
2568532 | Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philippe-Joseph%20Aubert%20de%20Gaspé | Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé
Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé
Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé (30 October 1786 – 29 January 1871) was a French Canadian writer and seigneur.
# Biography.
He was born in Quebec City in 1786, the son of seigneur Pierre-Ignace Aubert de Gaspé and Catherine Tarieu de Lanaudière, the dau... | 6,136,082 |
2568532 | Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philippe-Joseph%20Aubert%20de%20Gaspé | Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé
the bar in 1811. Aubert de Gaspé served in the local militia, becoming captain. After practising law until 1816, he was appointed sheriff for Quebec district.
He became involved in debt, for which he was imprisoned four years, and when released he retired to his ancestral home at Saint-... | 6,136,083 |
2568532 | Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philippe-Joseph%20Aubert%20de%20Gaspé | Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé
and fall of New France and of the change of regime, the eyewitnesses of which he had known personally. At that time, it was perhaps the most popular book ever published in the province of Quebec.
In 1866, Aubert de Gaspé published his "Mémoires", which continue and amplify the precious ... | 6,136,084 |
2568532 | Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Philippe-Joseph%20Aubert%20de%20Gaspé | Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé
nding and experience, the latter embracing directly or indirectly the space of a century dating from the Conquest, constitute him an authentic chronicler of an obscure yet eventful period of history.
Aubert de Gaspé was the last seigneur of Saint-Jean-Port-Joli. He died at Quebec City i... | 6,136,085 |
2568542 | Bergische Museumsbahnen | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bergische%20Museumsbahnen | Bergische Museumsbahnen
Bergische Museumsbahnen
The Bergische Museumsbahn is a heritage tram museum situated in the German city of Wuppertal. It operates its own tram line south of Wuppertal on original rails with original cars. Therefore, it's one of the smallest running tram systems in the world. Wuppertal operates ... | 6,136,086 |
2568542 | Bergische Museumsbahnen | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bergische%20Museumsbahnen | Bergische Museumsbahnen
of the line is currently at Greuel halt, although it has long been planned to work the section beyond that to Möschenborn.
Near Möschenborn halt the old line turns south again in order to reach Cronenberg.
The route has a height difference of about 150 metres, which means that it has an averag... | 6,136,087 |
2568542 | Bergische Museumsbahnen | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bergische%20Museumsbahnen | Bergische Museumsbahnen
in: Düsseldorf
- Tw 275, DÜWAG, built 1957, formerly used in: Bochum
- Tw 337, DÜWAG, built 1957, formerly used in: Hagen
The following vehicles are also used for maintenance:
- Grinding wagon 610 (Seidlitz & Kuschmierz, built 1950, formerly used in: Bochum)
- Tower railcar 628 (Eigenbau, b... | 6,136,088 |
2568542 | Bergische Museumsbahnen | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bergische%20Museumsbahnen | Bergische Museumsbahnen
used in: Wuppertal)
- Departmental wagon 406 (Rastatt, built 1951, formerly used in: Freiburg)
- Works wagon 683 (Credé, built 1952, formerly used in: Bochum)
Other vehicles are in working order, but stored and can be visited, e. g.
- Tw 106, Westwaggon, built 1960, formerly used in: Remsche... | 6,136,089 |
2568533 | Ian Roberts (DJ) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ian%20Roberts%20(DJ) | Ian Roberts (DJ)
Ian Roberts (DJ)
Ian Roberts is a British DJ. He currently presents weekday breakfast on Magic Radio in North West England.
He grew up in Wythenshawe, Manchester and started playing records at the Sharston Youth club. He made the move into hospital radio at Wythenshawe's FAB Radio.
Roberts then move... | 6,136,090 |
2568533 | Ian Roberts (DJ) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ian%20Roberts%20(DJ) | Ian Roberts (DJ)
hen moved into radio working for several stations before moving back to one of Magic's sister stations Rock FM in Preston where he stayed for a decade working the afternoon shift. He was also the host of Rock FM's Saturday night dance show, which gained large respect in Lancashire and around the North ... | 6,136,091 |
2568492 | Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harriet%20L.%20Wilkes%20Honors%20College | Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
The Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College is an academic, residential college of Florida Atlantic University, at the John D. MacArthur campus of FAU in Jupiter, Florida. The Wilkes Honors College opened in 1999 and offers a liberal arts education through the... | 6,136,092 |
2568492 | Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harriet%20L.%20Wilkes%20Honors%20College | Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
students only take a few honors courses or seminars.
The Honors College shares the Jupiter Campus with the Scripps Research Institute and the Max Planck Florida Institute, where many Wilkes Honors College students have been accepted to participate in internships.
Beginning in 2006, th... | 6,136,093 |
2568492 | Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harriet%20L.%20Wilkes%20Honors%20College | Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Its core curriculum, which makes up about a third of credit requirements for the B.A., focuses on critical thinking and writing skills in a broad range of disciplines. Each student must write a substantial honors thesis under the supervision of two faculty advisors during his or her sen... | 6,136,094 |
2568492 | Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harriet%20L.%20Wilkes%20Honors%20College | Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Studies, Anthropology, Art (Transdisciplinary Visual Arts), Biological Chemistry, Biology, Business, Chemistry, Economics, English Literature, Environmental Studies, History (Interdisciplinary), Interdisciplinary Critical Theory, International Studies, Latin American Studies, Law and So... | 6,136,095 |
2568492 | Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harriet%20L.%20Wilkes%20Honors%20College | Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Honors College, and an M.D. degree from Florida Atlantic University's College of Medicine in seven to eight years. Students accepted into the Wilkes Medical Scholars Program are guaranteed a spot in the Medical School upon successful completion of the Medical Scholars Program requiremen... | 6,136,096 |
2568492 | Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harriet%20L.%20Wilkes%20Honors%20College | Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
of enrolling at the institution. One of the more competitive scholarships, The Henry Morrison Flagler Scholarship, is available to incoming freshman and covers tuition, four summer enrichment programs, and exceeds $72,000 over four years.
## Student Theses.
Each Honors student must co... | 6,136,097 |
2568492 | Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harriet%20L.%20Wilkes%20Honors%20College | Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
biology, marine biology, zoology, chemistry, biochemistry, economics, environmental studies, American history, world history, international studies, law, American literature, English literature, Spanish literature, mathematics, multi-disciplinary studies, philosophy, physics, political ... | 6,136,098 |
2568492 | Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Harriet%20L.%20Wilkes%20Honors%20College | Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Lecture is given by a faculty and staff chosen keynote speaker, and is open to the public. Past presenters have included The Honorable Carole Y. Taylor, a judge on the Florida Fourth District Court of Appeal, and Dr. Michael Ruse, Guggenheim Fellow and editor of the Cambridge Encycloped... | 6,136,099 |
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