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Catapult: Encyclopedia - Catapult
Catapults are siege engines using an arm to hurl a projectile a great distance. Any machine that hurls an object can be considered a cata...
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Catapult: Encyclopedia Ii - Catapult - History
In Europe, the first catapults appeared in later Greek times (400 BC-300 BC), early adopters being Dionysius of Syracuse and Onomarchus o...
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Catapult: Encyclopedia Ii - Catapult - Types
Catapults can be classified according to the physical concept used to store and release the energy required to propel the projectile.
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Nataraja: Nataraja Reveals Cosmic Secrets
Ever since historian Ananda Coomaraswamy extolled the Nataraja bronze (dancing Shiva) from Tamil Nadu as ''poetry but nonetheless scie...
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Aircraft Carrier: Encyclopedia - Aircraft Carrier
An aircraft carrier is a warship whose main role is to deploy and recover aircraft—in effect acting as a sea-going airbase. Aircraft ca...
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Cam Ship: Encyclopedia - Cam Ship
A CAM ship was a World War II-era British merchant ship used in convoys as a quick emergency solution to the shortage of escort carriers....
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Poonam Dhillon: Encyclopedia - Poonam Dhillon
Poonam Dhillon is an Indian movie actress who started her career with Trishul and subsequently Noorie, which catapulted her to the ranks ...
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Cam: Encyclopedia - Cam
CAM is an abbreviation for all of the following:
Cartoon Art Museum
Catapult aircraft merchantman, a type of merchant ship which could l...
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Anti-personnel Weapon: Encyclopedia - Anti-personnel Weapon
An anti-personnel weapon is one primarily used to injure or kill people.
While the distinction is very old—a spear is anti-personnel, w...
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400 Bc: Encyclopedia - 400 Bc
Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC
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Coffy: Encyclopedia - Coffy
Coffy, Jack Hill's 1973 film about an African American woman vigilante, catapulted Pam Grier to stardom as one of blaxploitation's bigges...
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Vivian Malone Jones: Encyclopedia - Vivian Malone Jones
Vivian Malone Jones (born Vivian Juanita Malone on July 15, 1942, in Mobile, Alabama) is an African-American woman, one of the first two ...
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Assisted Take Off: Encyclopedia Ii - Assisted Take Off - Catapults
A well-known type of assisted take off is the aircraft catapult. In modern systems fitted on aircraft carriers, a piston, known as a shut...
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Force H: Encyclopedia Ii - Force H - Operation Catapult
One of the first operations that Force H took part in was connected with the reason for its formation. French naval power still existed i...
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Force H: Encyclopedia Ii - Force H - Britain At Rock Bottom
The end of 1941 saw the nadir of British naval fortunes in the Mediterranean. The Mediterranean Fleet lost its aircraft carrier to bomb d...
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Force H: Encyclopedia Ii - Force H - Sink The Bismarck!
The most famous incident involving Force H in 1941 did not occur in the Mediterranean, but in the Atlantic Ocean. The German battleship B...
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Launched Roller Coaster: Encyclopedia Ii - Launched Roller Coaster - Fluid Pressure
Launched roller coaster - Hydraulic.
Hydraulic-launched roller coasters give the riders high acceleration, yet with improved smoothness...
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Launched Roller Coaster: Encyclopedia Ii - Launched Roller Coaster - Electromagnetic
Launched roller coaster - LIM / LSM.
LIM and LSM coasters use propulsion via electromagnets, which utilize large amounts of electricity...
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Aircraft Carrier: Encyclopedia Ii - Aircraft Carrier - Flight Deck Configuration
Modern aircraft carriers have a flat-top deck, the flight deck that serves as a take-off and landing area for aircraft. Aircraft take off...
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Aircraft Carrier: Encyclopedia Ii - Aircraft Carrier - History And Milestones
Aircraft carrier - Genesis.
As heavier-than-air aircraft developed in the early 20th century various navies began to take an interest i...
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Aircraft Carrier: Encyclopedia Ii - Aircraft Carrier - Common Types
Over the course of the last century there have been several types of aircraft carrier, some of which are now obsolete. They can be genera...
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Aircraft Carrier: Encyclopedia Ii - Aircraft Carrier - Wartime Innovations
Combat experience proved that the British invention of the sealed "hurricane bow" which protected against storms was superior to any othe...
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Sling Weapon: Encyclopedia Ii - Sling Weapon - Variants
Sling weapon - Staff sling.
The staff sling, also known as the stave sling, consists of a stave (a length of wood) with a short sling a...
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Sling Weapon: Encyclopedia Ii - Sling Weapon - Variants
Sling weapon - Staff sling.
The staff sling, also known as the stave sling, consists of a stave (a length of wood) with a short sling a...
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Backbreaker: Encyclopedia Ii - Backbreaker - Variations
Backbreaker - Argentine backbreaker rack.
Also known as human torture rack. This backbreaker submission sees the attacker places his or...
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Aircraft Carrier: Encyclopedia Ii - Aircraft Carrier - Aircraft Carriers Today
Aircraft carriers are generally the largest ships operated by navies; a Nimitz-class carrier powered by two nuclear reactors and four ste...
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Aircraft Carrier: Encyclopedia Ii - Aircraft Carrier - Aircraft Carriers Today
Aircraft carriers are generally the largest ships operated by navies; a Nimitz-class carrier powered by two nuclear reactors and four ste...
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Aircraft Carrier: Encyclopedia Ii - Aircraft Carrier - Future Aircraft Carriers
Several nations which currently possess aircraft carriers are in the process of planning new classes, to replace current ones.
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Mangonel: Encyclopedia Ii - Mangonel - Origins
The mangonel as described here is a medieval version of an Ancient Roman catapult nicknamed the onager. This was a single-arm torsion cat...
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Aircraft Carrier: Encyclopedia Ii - Aircraft Carrier - Future Aircraft Carriers
Several nations which currently possess aircraft carriers are in the process of planning new classes, to replace current ones.
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Sling Weapon: Encyclopedia Ii - Sling Weapon - The Sling In Medieval Period
Sling weapon - Europe.
By the middle ages the shepherd's sling was militarily extinct. The Staff sling continued to be used in sieges a...
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Sling Weapon: Encyclopedia Ii - Sling Weapon - Slings Today
The sling is used today as a weapon primarily by violent protestors, launching either stones or incendiary devices, such as Molotov cockt...
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Sling Weapon: Encyclopedia Ii - Sling Weapon - How To Sling
For a conventional throw, one does not make multiple rotations of the sling, a proper slinging action requires just one rapid rotation. T...
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Siege Engine: Encyclopedia Ii - Siege Engine - Medieval Siege Engines
Medieval designs include the catapult, the ballista and the trebuchet. These machines used mechanical energy to fling large projectiles t...
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Jon Heidenreich: Encyclopedia Ii - Jon Heidenreich - In Wrestling
Jon Heidenreich - Finishing and signature moves.
Spinning Side Slam
Modified Shoulderbreaker
Electric Chair Drop
Catapult Backbreaker
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Military Engineer: Encyclopedia Ii - Military Engineer - Image Gallery
The design, construction, and demolition of the works and devices shown would be the task of a military engineer in the appropriate era.
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Matthew Bloom: Encyclopedia Ii - Matthew Bloom - Wrestling Facts
Matthew Bloom - Finishing and signature moves.
Derailer / Baldo Bomb / Albert Bomb (Two-handed chokebomb)
Train Wreck (Over-the-should...
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List Of Star Wars Creatures: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Star Wars Creatures - F
List of Star Wars creatures - Fabools.
These are green furred baboon-like creatures with four rear limbs and four front limbs. They liv...
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Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers - Event Omega
Also known as Falling Fate. While the opponent is lying on the mat, both wrestlers climb on opposite turnbuckles and come down simultaneo...
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Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers - Powerbomb / Diving Somersault Leg Drop Combination
One of the attackers climbs to the top turnbuckle as the other sets up his opponent for a standing powerbomb. As the powerbomb reaches it...
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Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers - Rocket Launcher
One wrestler ascends the top turnbuckle. Their partner then stands below them and reaches up, taking hold of them. The wrestler on the to...
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Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers - Stack-superplex
A variation of the superplex (a vertical suplex off the top turnbuckle) in which the wrestler delivering the suplex sits upon the shoulde...
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Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers - Con-chair-to
This is a double steel folding chair shot to the head of an opponent, one from the front and one from behind.
Made popular by the team of...
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Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers - Double Bulldog
When two wrestlers both hit a bulldog on a single opponent.
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Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers - Double Clothesline
When two wrestlers both hit a clothesline on a single opponent by joining hands. A variation has both attackers charging from opposite si...
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Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers - Double Ddt
When two wrestlers both hit a DDT on a single opponent.
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List Of Star Wars Creatures: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Star Wars Creatures - F
List of Star Wars creatures - Fabools.
These are green furred baboon-like creatures with four rear limbs and four front limbs. They liv...
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List Of Star Wars Creatures: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Star Wars Creatures - F
List of Star Wars creatures - Fabools.
These are green furred baboon-like creatures with four rear limbs and four front limbs. They liv...
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Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers - Superkick-plex
This combination move sees one wrestler hit a superkick to the chin of an opponent who is being held in a belly-to-back position by the s...
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Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers - Double Hip Toss
When two wrestlers both hit a hip toss on a single opponent by both attackers underhooking the closest arm and then quickly lifting the v...
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Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers - Double Superkick
A tandem attack where two wrestlers stand in front of an opponent and hit him/her in the face/head with a high, side thrust kick, known a...
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Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers - Double Team Sto
This move can either be a Double STO when two wrestlers both hit a STO on a single opponent at the sametime, or an Aided STO where one wr...
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Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers - Elevated Jawbreaker
A victim is kept in an elevated position by another wrestler, this wrestler has the opponent's legs on his shoulder and is facing another...
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Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers - Poetry In Motion
This move is performed when one wrestler throws his opponent into one of the corner turnbuckles, while another wrestler follows him, and ...
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Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers - Spanish Fly
This variation of the moonsault side slam is performed while all three wrestlers are on the top turnbuckle. The attackers stand either si...
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Armed Merchantmen: Encyclopedia Ii - Armed Merchantmen - Others
The CAM Ship (from catapult armed merchantman) (see article) was a British merchantman fitted with a catapult that could launch a single ...
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Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers - Double Dropkick
When two wrestlers simultaneously hit a dropkick on a single opponent. This is the finisher of the Rock 'N Roll Express. The wrestlers ma...
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Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers - Double Leg Drop
This is a tag team manuver which involves two wrestlers hitting a varitions of a leg drop (standing, or flying) on one person at the same...
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Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers - Double Submission
This is when two wrestlers will put the opponent in a submission move at the same time, most commonly this is done when one wrestler plac...
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Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers - Double Suplex
A throw in which two wrestlers will both suplex one opponent at the same time. The most common suplexs used for this double team move are...
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Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers - Dudley Death Drop
Widely known as a 3-D, this elevated cutter is a combination of a Flapjack and cutter. Created and named by the Dudley Boyz this maneuver...
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Collision: Encyclopedia Ii - Collision - Attacks By Means Of A Deliberate Collision
Attacks by means of a deliberate collision can be:
with the body: unarmed striking, punching, kicking, martial arts, pugilism
striking d...
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Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers - Elevated Ddt
An elevated DDT is any double team move that sees one wrestler keep an opponent suspended in an elevated position so that another wrestle...
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Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers - Elevated Splash
This is where one wrestler (usually a larger wrestler) backs up to the corner turnbuckles and allows another wrestler to climb the turnbu...
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Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers - Hart Attack
The Hart Attack was the traditional finishing move of The Hart Foundation (Bret Hart and Jim Neidhart). Neidhart would lift up the oppone...
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Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers - High And Low
A "high and low" double team maneuver is a type of takedown that sees two wrestlers hit a combination of attacks on a standing opponent; ...
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Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers - Prone Low Blow
This is a double team move in which one wrestler will set up an opponent so this his partner can perform a low blow.
Professional wrestl...
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Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers - Aided Powerbomb
Any double-team move in which one wrestler help another to perform a Powerbomb, either by aiding the wrestler to get the victim up on to ...
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Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers - Aided Neckbreaker
Any double-team move in which one wrestler help another to perform a Neckbreaker, either by aiding the wrestler to get the victim up to a...
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Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers: Encyclopedia Ii - Professional Wrestling Double-team Maneuvers - Double Chokeslam
When two wrestlers both hit a chokeslam on a single opponent at the sametime. The finishing move of Brothers of Destruction, KroniK, and ...
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Gaelic Storm: Encyclopedia Ii - Gaelic Storm - History
Gaelic Storm's origins can be traced back to 1996, when Patrick Murphy and Steve Wehmeyer joined with Steve Twigger to perform at O'Brien...
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Quidditch: Encyclopedia Ii - Quidditch - Professional Teams
Main article: British and Irish quidditch teams
Appleby Arrows
Ballycastle Bats
Caerphilly Catapults
Chudley Cannons
Falmouth Falcons
Ho...
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Military Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Military Revolution - Background
Gunpowder was developed in China, certainly by the 11th century and perhaps considerably earlier. It was quickly turned to military uses,...
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Military Revolution: Encyclopedia Ii - Military Revolution - Background
Gunpowder was developed in China, certainly by the 11th century and perhaps considerably earlier. It was quickly turned to military uses,...
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Fire Nation: Encyclopedia Ii - Fire Nation - Military Assets
Fire Nation - Technology.
The Fire Nation is the most technologically advanced of the nations, boasting industrial technologies like me...
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Siege Engine: Encyclopedia Ii - Siege Engine - Ancient Siege Engines
The earliest siege engine in Europe was the battering ram, followed by the catapult in ancient Greece. The Spartans used battering rams i...
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Aim High First: Encyclopedia Ii - Aim High First - Robots
It is expected that many robots will launch the foam ball with a baseball pitcher mechanism or other shooting mechanism. These will consi...
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Trebuchet: Encyclopedia Ii - Trebuchet - Uses
Trebuchets were first used in Italy at the end of the 12th century, and were introduced to England in 1216 during the Siege of Dover.
Due...
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Bull-leaping: Encyclopedia Ii - Bull-leaping - The Art Of The Bull-leaper
The techniques of the bull-leapers are perhaps the most controversial. They may have approached the bull from the front and dived betwee...
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Andreas Schnaas: Encyclopedia Ii - Andreas Schnaas - Filmmaking
Shot with his friends over four extremely long weekends, Schnaas' gory tale of "Karl the Butcher", entitled Violent Shit, went on to beco...
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Ticonderoga Class Aircraft Carrier: Encyclopedia Ii - Ticonderoga Class Aircraft Carrier - Overview
Throughout the very large program to build Essex class aircraft carriers, modifications were constantly made. The number of 40 mm and 20 ...
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Bungee Jumping: Encyclopedia Ii - Bungee Jumping - Variations
In "Catapult" (Reverse Bungee or Bungee Rocket) the 'jumper' starts on the ground. The jumper is secured and the cord stretched, then the...
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Submarine Aircraft Carrier: Encyclopedia Ii - Submarine Aircraft Carrier - Hms M2
Main article: HMS M2
After the loss of the heavy gun carrying HMS M1, the remaining M-Class submarines were converted to other uses. By 1...
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Battle Of Bun'ei: Encyclopedia Ii - Battle Of Bun'ei - The Battle
After landing in the bay, the Mongol force quickly overtook the town of Hakata (now a ward of Fukuoka), but were engaged by a number of s...
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Combat Engineering: Encyclopedia Ii - Combat Engineering - History
In ancient times, combat engineers were responsible for siege warfare and building field fortifications, temporary camps and roads. The m...
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Tektite: Encyclopedia Ii - Tektite - Tektite Origin: Two Theories
The terrestrial-impact theory states that an impact melts material from the Earth's surface and catapults it up to several hundred kilome...
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Artillery: Encyclopedia Ii - Artillery - History
The word as used in the current context originated in the Middle Ages. It comes from the Old French atellier meaning "to arrange", and at...
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Fire And Water Album: Encyclopedia Ii - Fire And Water Album - Reception
The album and single were a massive successes, catapulting the band to near-supergroup status. Fees for live shows rose to £1000 (a cons...
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Black & White 2: Encyclopedia Ii - Black & White 2 - Game Engine
One interesting aspect of the game is the physics system of the game engine. In an interview, Molyneux expressed his dismay at the physic...
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Tom Mix: Encyclopedia Ii - Tom Mix - Fatal Accident
He died October 12, 1940, in an auto accident in Florence, Arizona in which he was killed by a suitcase. Mix was driving his 1937 Cord 81...
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Seaplane: Encyclopedia Ii - Seaplane - History Of Seaplanes
Early development was carried out at Hammondsport, New York by Glenn Curtiss who had beaten Alexander Graham Bell and others in the Aeria...
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Ov-10 Bronco: Encyclopedia Ii - Ov-10 Bronco - Technical Data
Visually, it has a central nacelle containing pilots and cargo, and twin booms containing twin turboprop engines. The visually-distinctiv...
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Nevermind: Encyclopedia Ii - Nevermind - Significance
Nevermind catapulted Nirvana from relative obscurity to the heights of commercial and critical success virtually overnight. It radically ...
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Behind The Laughter: Encyclopedia Ii - Behind The Laughter - Synopsis
The episode begins with Homer's vision of getting the Simpsons onto TV. It started as a very short episode filmed with a handheld camcord...
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Railguns In Science Fiction: Encyclopedia Ii - Railguns In Science Fiction - Books
In Robert A. Heinlein's classic novel The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress, rebelling Lunar colonists convert a kilometers-long mass driver syste...
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Wendy And Lisa: Encyclopedia Ii - Wendy And Lisa - The Revolution
In 1980, Lisa Coleman replaced Gayle Chapman in Prince's touring band. Coleman was well-liked by Prince and was asked to contribute vocal...
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Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation: Encyclopedia Ii - Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation - History
February 1, 1975 saw the beginning of Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation (IBC) when the Benedicto Group of Companies purchased the...
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Italian Aircraft Carrier Aquila: Encyclopedia Ii - Italian Aircraft Carrier Aquila - Aquila Design
Aquila was obtained through the conversion of the kneel of the ocean liner Roma; since a Roma battleship was already under construction, ...
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Intamin Ag: Encyclopedia Ii - Intamin Ag - Products And Technologies
Intamin is well known for being innovative and creative with their rides. They were some of the first to create a magnetic propulsion sys...
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Crossover Suv: Encyclopedia Ii - Crossover Suv - History
The first of this class of vehicles was the 1957 Moskvitch 410, but a more known exmple is the AMC Eagle which debuted in 1980 that marri...
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