Archive for October, 2007

Oct
22

Driskill Mountain is the highest natural summit in Louisiana with an elevation of 535 feet (163 meters) above sea level. It lies about 5.3 miles (8.5 km) southeast of Bryceland, Louisiana. It is located in the northeast corner of Sec. 32, T. 17 N., R. 5 W. at 32° 25′ 29.32″ N 92° 53′ 47.90″ […]

Oct
22

Bone bed

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A bone bed is any geological stratum or deposit which contains bones of whatever kind. Inevitably, such deposits are sedimentary in nature. Not a formal term, it tends to be used more to describe especially dense collections. It is also applied to brecciated and stalagmitic deposits on the floor of caves, which frequently contain osseous […]

Oct
22

Neocomian

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In geology, Neocomian was a name given to the lowest stage of the Cretaceous system. It was introduced by J. Thurmann in 1835 on account of the development of these rocks at Neuchatel (Neocomum), Switzerland. It has been employed in more than one sense. In the type area the rocks have been divided into two […]

Oct
22

A rock or fault is younger than any rock (or fault) through which it cuts. This principle was developed by James Hutton.

Example

In a series of horizontal sedimentary beds, there is an igneous dyke which cuts vertically through them.
The dyke is younger than the sediment beds, as the beds would have had to be around before […]

Oct
22

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Oct
22

Wenlock Group (Wenlockian), in geology, is the middle series of strata in the Silurian (Upper Silurian) of Great Britain. This group in the typical area in the Welsh border counties contains the following formations: Much Wenlock Limestone Formation, 90-300 ft.; Wenlock shale, up to 1900 ft.; Woolhope or Barr limestone and shale, 150 ft.

The Woolhope […]

Oct
22

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Turbulence is a 1997 film directed by Robert Butler which stars Ray Liotta and Lauren Holly.

Plot
Ryan Weaver (Liotta) is a serial killer who is being transported with another prisoner, Stubbs (Gleeson), on a commercial Boeing 747. Stubbs kills the U.S. Marshals assigned to guard them on the flight. Both the pilot and co-pilot […]

Oct
22

Packed bed

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In chemical processing, a packed bed is a hollow tube, pipe, or other vessel that is filled with a packing material. The packing can be randomly filled small objects like Raschig rings or else it can be a specifically designed structured packing.

The purpose of a packed bed is typically to improve contact between […]

Oct
21

Providence Portland Medical Center, located at 4805 NE Glisan St. in the Center neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, is a full service medical center specializing in cancer and cardiac care. The hospital is licensed for 483 beds, and has over 3,000 employees. There are approximately 1000 physicians on staff. The campus is also home to Providence […]

Oct
21

The Royal Victoria Hospital, Edinburgh, Scotland, is a purpose-built 247 bed hospital situated in the north-west of Edinburgh near the Western General Hospital. It is the main geriatric assessment and rehabilitation hospital for the north of Edinburgh and comprises a Medical Assessment/Rehabilitation Unit with 200 beds, and a Psychiatry of Old Age Unit with 47 […]

Oct
21

An adjustable bed (also called a Semi-Fowler bed) can be adjusted to a number of different positions. For individuals with certain types of back problems, sleeping on an adjustable bed that is at a slight incline (”semi-Fowler position“, e.g. 30 to 45 degrees) may be comfortable, with the upper body positioned higher up than the […]

Oct
20

Metal clay

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Metal clay, is a clay-like medium used to make jewelry, beads and small sculpture. It consists of very small particles of precious metals (such as silver, gold or platinum) mixed with an organic binder and water. Metalclay can be shaped just like any soft clay, by hand or using moulds. After drying, it is […]

Oct
20

Toyota Motor Manufacturing de Baja California (TMMBC) is an automobile manufacturing plant in Baja California, Mexico. The plant was established in 2002.

TMMBC builds Tacoma pickup trucks and Tacoma truck beds. The plant has an annual capacity of 180,000 truck beds and 30,000 Tacoma pickup trucks. The truck beds are used in production both at […]

Oct
19

Hillenbrand Industries, Inc., is a holding company. It has two subsidiaries. Hill-Rom makes hospital beds, furniture, and other equipment. Batesville Casket Company makes caskets and cremation urns.

References

Hillenbrand Industries Annual Report 2004

External link

Company website

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Oct
19

Oxford Clay

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Oxford Clay is a Jurassic marine sedimentary rock underlying much of South East England, from as far west as Dorset and as far north as Yorkshire. The Oxford Clay is argillaceous (consists of clay) and is of Callovian to lower Oxfordian age.

Oxford Clay appears at the surface around Oxford, Peterborough and Weymouth and is exposed […]

Oct
19

Chellian

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In geology, Chellian was the name given by the French anthropologist G. de Mortillet to the first epoch of the Quaternary period when the earliest human remains were discovered. The word is derived from the French town Chelles in the department of Seine-et-Marne. The climate of the Chellian epoch was warm and humid as evidenced […]

Oct
18

Packed bed

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In chemical processing, a packed bed is a hollow tube, pipe, or other vessel that is filled with a packing material. The packing can be randomly filled small objects like Raschig rings or else it can be a specifically designed structured packing.

The purpose of a packed bed is typically to improve contact between […]

Oct
18

Stronghold is an unincorporated community in Modoc County, California near the Oregon border.

Its coordinates are at 4,036 feet elevation. Probably named for Captain Jack’s Stronghold at the nearby Lava Beds National Monument.

External links

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Oct
18

William Barton Wright (13 November 1828 - 7 May 1915) was a British mechanical engineer and locomotive superintendent of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway.

His son Edward William Barton-Wright was also a promoter of martial arts: see Bartitsu.

Rachel Barton Pine.com : : the official website for violinist Official site. Biography, critical comments, discography, news and […]

Oct
17

Portland stone is limestone from the Jurassic period quarried on the Isle of Portland, Dorset. The quarries consist of beds of white-grey limestone separated by chert beds. It has been used extensively throughout the UK, notably in major public buildings in London such as St Paul’s Cathedral and Buckingham Palace. It is also exported […]

Oct
17

Plinth

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A plinth is the base of a cabinet in cabinet making.

It is also a word used in the popular internet game word whomp.

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Hoysala temple on plinth

Plinth of the Sign of the Kiwi, Dyers Pass, Port Hills, Christchurch […]

Oct
17

Bunk bed

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A bunk bed is a type of bed in which one bed is stacked on top of another. The nature of bunk beds allows two people to sleep in the same room while maximizing available floor space. This leads to them being used in places with limited floor space, such as on ships and in […]

Oct
17

Lower third

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In the television industry (especially in North America), lower thirds refers to graphics that take up the lower area of the screen, though not necessarily the entire lower third portion of the screen as the name suggests.

Lower thirds are most commonly found in television news production, though they also appear in documentaries and even have […]

Oct
17

The Dubai Healthcare City (DHCC) is one of the numerous specialised ‘cities-within-a-city’ in Dubai targeted at the healthcare and the pharmaceutical industries. Owned and developed by Dubai Holding under its subsidiary Tatweer, this US $ 1.8 billion development consists of a collection of medical teaching institutions, private hospitals and clinics, pharmaceutical offices and research centres, […]

Oct
16

Format

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The article title Format could be linked to any of the following articles:

Physical media

Film format, the size of image captured on sheet- or roll-film.

Medium format (film), medium-sized film format.

Recording format, for statically holding data on a data storage device.

Paper format or paper size, the […]