ASTRAL PROJECTION: Out-of-Body-Experience (OOBE); transferring the consciousness from the physical body to the Astral Body. The act of separating the consciousness from the physical body and moving it about at will.

(See also: ASTRAL PROJECTION, Witchcraft, Wicca, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary)

Projective linear maps between two projective spaces over the same field, say, P(V) and P(W), have the form where T is an element of L(V,W), the space of linear maps between V and W, v is an element of V, and we consider the equivalence classes under the defining identification of the respective projective spaces. Since members of the equivalence class differ by a scalar factor, and linear maps preserve scalar factors, this induced ...

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Projective space, Projective space - Morphisms

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During his first year as a graduate student at Harvard, Nelson began implementing the system which contained the basic outline of what would become Project Xanadu: a word processor capable of storing multiple versions, and displaying the differences between these versions. Though he did not complete this implementation, a mock up of the system proved sufficient to inspire interest in others. On top of this basic idea, Nelson wished to facilitate "nonsequential writing", where the user could choose their own path through an electronic ...

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Project Xanadu, Project Xanadu - History, Project Xanadu - The influence of Xanadu, Project Xanadu - The web versus Xanadu, Project Xanadu - Project Xanadu related projects under development

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There are several approaches that can be taken to managing project activities including agile, iterative, incremental, and phased approaches. A traditional phased approach identifies a sequence of steps to be completed. This contrasts with the agile software development or flexible product development approach at the other end of the spectrum, in which the project is seen as a series of relatively small tasks conceived and executed as the situation demands in an adaptive manner, ...

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Project management, Project management - Project management activities, Project management - Project control variables, Project management - History of project management, Project management - Approaches, Project management - The traditional approach, Project management - Process-based management, Project management - Project management standards and professional certification, Project management - Case Studies

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The Orion nuclear pulse rocket design has extremely high performance. Orion nuclear pulse rockets using nuclear fission type pulse units were originally intended for use on interplanetary space flights. Orion rockets using nuclear fusion pulse units were intended for use on interstellar space flights. The top cruise velocity that can be achieved by a thermonuclear Orion starship is about 8% to 10% of light velocity. An atomic (fission) Orion can achieve perhaps 3%-5% of the speed of light. A nuclear pulse drive starship powered by matter-antimatter pulse units would be theoretically capable of obtaining a velo ...

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Project Orion, Project Orion - Nuclear power, Project Orion - Background, Project Orion - Performance, Project Orion - Sizes of Orion vehicles, Project Orion - Applications, Project Orion - Economics, Project Orion - Vehicle Architecture, Project Orion - Potential Problems, Project Orion - The Plumbbob Test, Project Orion - Appearance in Fiction, Project Orion - Reference

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Three-dimensional transformations can be defined synthetically as follows: point X on a "subjective" 3-space must be transformed to a point T also on the subjective space. The transformations uses these elements: a pair of "observation points" P and Q, and an "objective" 3-space. The subjective and objective spaces and the two points all lie in four-dimensional space, and the two 3-spaces can intersect at some plane. Draw line l1 through points X and P. This line intersects t ...

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Projective transformation, Projective transformation - Transformations on the projective line, Projective transformation - Analysis, Projective transformation - Inverse transformation, Projective transformation - Identity transformation, Projective transformation - Composition of transformations, Projective transformation - The cross-ratio defined by means of a projection, Projective transformation - Conservation of cross-ratio, Projective transformation - Transformations on the projective plane, Projective transformation - Analysis, Projective transformation - Trilinear transformations, Projective transformation - Composition of trilinear transformations, Projective transformation - Planar transformations of lines, Projective transformation - Planar transformations of conic sections, Projective transformation - Planar projectivities and cross-ratio, Projective transformation - Example, Projective transformation - Transformations in projective 3-space, Projective transformation - Analysis, Projective transformation - Quadrilinear transformations, Projective transformation - Properties of quadrilinear transformations, Projective transformation - Spatial transformations of planes, Projective transformation - Reference

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The first Americans to venture into space were drawn from a group of 110 military pilots chosen for their flight test experience and because they met certain physical requirements. Seven of those 110 became astronauts in April 1959. Six of the seven flew Mercury missions (Deke Slayton was removed from flight status due to a heart condition). Beginning with Alan Shepard's Freedom 7 flight, the astronauts named their own spacecraft, and all added 7 to the name to ackno ...

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Project Mercury, Project Mercury - Spacecraft, Project Mercury - Boosters, Project Mercury - Astronauts, Project Mercury - Flights, Project Mercury - Robotic, Project Mercury - Piloted, Project Mercury - Piloted Mercury launches, Project Mercury - Mercury Flight insignias, Project Mercury - Follow-on programs, Project Mercury - Miscellaneous

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The expense of the fissionables was thought high, until Ted Taylor proved that with the right designs for explosives, the amount of fissionables used on launch was close to constant for every size of Orion from 2,000 tons to 8,000,000 tons. Smaller ships actually use more fissionables, because they cannot use fusion bombs. The launch cost for the largest of Orions was 5 cents per pound (11 cent/kg) to Earth orbit in 1958 dollars. In 2005 dollars, the cost would be 32 cents/lb or 70 cents/kg. The larger bombs used more explosives to super-compress the fissionables, reducing fallout. The extra expl ...

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Project Orion, Project Orion - Nuclear power, Project Orion - Background, Project Orion - Performance, Project Orion - Sizes of Orion vehicles, Project Orion - Applications, Project Orion - Economics, Project Orion - Vehicle Architecture, Project Orion - Potential Problems, Project Orion - The Plumbbob Test, Project Orion - Appearance in Fiction, Project Orion - Reference

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Due to their distance from the Sun, spacecraft exploring the outer planets are severely limited in that they cannot use solar power as a source of electrical energy for onboard instrumentation or for ion propulsion systems. Previous missions to the outer planets such as Voyager and Magellan probe have relied on radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTG's) as their primary power source. Unlike RTG's which rely on heat produced by the natural decay of radioactive isotopes, Project Prometheus calls for the use of a ...

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Project Prometheus, Project Prometheus - Namesake, Project Prometheus - Motivations, Project Prometheus - Missions, Project Prometheus - Technology, Project Prometheus - Collaboration

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Astral Projection:

The ability to separate the "astral body" from the physical body, allowing it to transcend time and space, to travel great distances or in time.

(See also: Astral Projection, Psychic, Psychic Dictionary, Parapsychology, Parapsychology Dictionary)

There have been several attempts to develop project management standards, such as: ISO 10006:1997, Quality management - Guidelines to quality in project management A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide) PRINCE2 (Projects IN a Controlled Environment) V-Modell (German project management method) ISEB Project Management Syllabus See also: An exhaustive list of standards (maturity models) So far, there is no known attempt to develop a project management standard avai ...

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Project management, Project management - Project management activities, Project management - Project control variables, Project management - History of project management, Project management - Approaches, Project management - The traditional approach, Project management - Process-based management, Project management - Project management standards and professional certification, Project management - Case Studies

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The Orion nuclear pulse rocket design has extremely high performance. Orion nuclear pulse rockets using nuclear fission type pulse units were originally intended for use on interplanetary space flights. Orion rockets using nuclear fusion type pulse units were intended for use on interstellar space flights. Some Orion nuclear pulse rockets using megaton range nuclear fusion type pulse units are capable of accelerating a spacecraft with a mass of millions of metric tons to velocities as high ...

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Project Orion, Project Orion - Nuclear power, Project Orion - Background, Project Orion - Performance, Project Orion - Sizes of Orion vehicles, Project Orion - Applications, Project Orion - Economics, Project Orion - Vehicle Architecture, Project Orion - Potential Problems, Project Orion - The Plumbbob Test, Project Orion - Appearance in Fiction, Project Orion - Reference

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The Orion nuclear pulse drive combines a very high exhaust velocity of from 20,000 to 30,000,000 m/s, with meganewtons of thrust. Many spacecraft propulsion drives can achieve one of these or the other. Nuclear pulse rockets are the only system that can be built with existing technology and that simultaneously delivers both high thrust, and high specific impulse. (see spacecraft propulsion for more speculative systems) Specific impulse measures how much thrust can be derived from a given mass of fuel, and ...

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Project Orion, Project Orion - Nuclear power, Project Orion - Background, Project Orion - Performance, Project Orion - Sizes of Orion vehicles, Project Orion - Applications, Project Orion - Economics, Project Orion - Vehicle Architecture, Project Orion - Potential Problems, Project Orion - The Plumbbob Test, Project Orion - Appearance in Fiction, Project Orion - Reference

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Like all map projections, attempting to fit a curved surface onto a flat sheet, the shape of the map is a distortion of the true layout of the Earth's surface. The Mercator projection exaggerates the size (and to a lesser extent, the shape) of areas far from the equator. For example, Greenland is presented as being roughly as large as Africa, when in fact Africa's area is approximately 13 times that of Greenland as shown by Tissot's indicatrix. Although the Mercator projection is still in common use for navigation, critics argue that ...

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Mercator projection, Mercator projection - Controversy, Mercator projection - Derivation of the projection

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PROJECTIVE HAND: The hand thought to be the point through which personal power is sent from the body. Normally the hand used for manual activities such as writing, dialing the phone, etc. It is also the hand in which tools such as the athame and wand are held.

(See also: PROJECTIVE HAND, Paganism, Pagan, Pagan Dictionary)

Map projection - Conformal. Conformal map projections preserve angles locally: Mercator Stereographic Lambert conformal conic Map projection - Equal-area. These projections preserve area: Gall orthographic (also known as Peters projection) Albers conic Lambert azimuthal equal-area Mollweide Briesemeister Sinusoidal Werner Bonne Bottomley Goode's homolosineSee also:

Map projection, Map projection - Metric properties of maps, Map projection - Construction of a map projection, Map projection - Choosing a projection surface, Map projection - Orientation of the projection, Map projection - Scale, Map projection - Choosing a model for the shape of the Earth, Map projection - Classification, Map projection - Projections by surface, Map projection - Cylindrical, Map projection - Pseudocylindrical, Map projection - Conical, Map projection - Pseudoconical, Map projection - Azimuthal projections onto a plane, Map projection - Projections by preservation of a metric property, Map projection - Conformal, Map projection - Equal-area, Map projection - Equidistant, Map projection - Gnomonic, Map projection - Retroazimuthal, Map projection - Compromise projections, Map projection - Other noteworthy projections

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Project Nike began in 1944 when the US military demanded a new defense system to combat the potential new jet aircraft, as existing gun-based systems proved completely incapable of dealing with the speeds and altitudes at which such planes operated. Two proposals were accepted. Bell Labs developed the WWII German Wasserfall missile for line-of-sight interceptions as Project Nike. A much longer-ranged collision-course system was developed by General Electric as Project Thumper, e ...

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Project Nike, Project Nike - History, Project Nike - Nike Ajax, Project Nike - Nike Hercules, Project Nike - Nike Zeus, Project Nike - Specifications, Project Nike - Project Legacy, Project Nike - Nike as sounding rocket

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Projective Hand (giving hand): A term often used to describe your most powerful hand, generally the one you write with.

(See also: Projective Hand, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

Map projection - Conformal. Conformal map projections preserve angles locally: Mercator Stereographic Lambert conformal conic Map projection - Equal-area. These projections preserve area: Gall orthographic (also known as Peters projection) Albers conic Lambert azimuthal equal-area Mollweide Briesemeister Sinusoidal Werner Bonne Bottomley Goode's homolosineSee also:

Map projection, Map projection - Metric properties of maps, Map projection - Construction of a map projection, Map projection - Choosing a projection surface, Map projection - Orientation of the projection, Map projection - Scale, Map projection - Choosing a model for the shape of the Earth, Map projection - Classification, Map projection - Projections by surface, Map projection - Cylindrical, Map projection - Pseudocylindrical, Map projection - Conical, Map projection - Pseudoconical, Map projection - Azimuthal projections onto a plane, Map projection - Projections by preservation of a metric property, Map projection - Conformal, Map projection - Equal-area, Map projection - Equidistant, Map projection - Gnomonic, Map projection - Retroazimuthal, Map projection - Compromise projections, Map projection - Other noteworthy projections

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In 1998, Project 86 released its self-titled debut on BEC Recordings, a sublabel of Tooth & Nail Records. Immediately the band was labeled "rapcore". Though Schwab's vocals could barely be called rapping, it was a convenient label due to the popularity of that genre of music at the time. After putting out their second album Drawing Black Lines (2000), the band was taken on by Atlantic Records. However, the promised re-release of Drawing Black Lines went from being a full-fledged reissue with new artwork and three new songs to nothing more than a bare bones re ...

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Project 86, Project 86 - Bio, Project 86 - Members, Project 86 - Discography, Project 86 - Videography

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A Transverse Mercator projection is an adaptation of the Mercator projection. Both projections are cylindrical and conformal . However, in a Transverse Mercator projection, the cylinder is rotated 90° (transverse) relative to the equator so that projected surface is aligned with a meridian (or line of longitude) rather than the equator, as is the case with the regular Mercator projection. In both the regular and transverse form of the Mercator projection, there is very little distortion of scale in the narrow region near where ...

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Transverse Mercator projection, Transverse Mercator projection - Transverse Mercator Projection, Transverse Mercator projection - Forms of the Transverse Mercator Projection

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Let X be a point on the x-axis. A projective transformation can be defined geometrically for this line by picking a pair of points P, Q, and a line m, all within the same x-y plane which contains the x-axis upon which the transformation will be performed. Draw line l through points P and X. Line l crosses line m at point R. Then draw line n through points Q and R: line n will cross the xSee also:

Projective transformation, Projective transformation - Transformations on the projective line, Projective transformation - Analysis, Projective transformation - Inverse transformation, Projective transformation - Identity transformation, Projective transformation - Composition of transformations, Projective transformation - The cross-ratio defined by means of a projection, Projective transformation - Conservation of cross-ratio, Projective transformation - Transformations on the projective plane, Projective transformation - Analysis, Projective transformation - Trilinear transformations, Projective transformation - Composition of trilinear transformations, Projective transformation - Planar transformations of lines, Projective transformation - Planar transformations of conic sections, Projective transformation - Planar projectivities and cross-ratio, Projective transformation - Example, Projective transformation - Transformations in projective 3-space, Projective transformation - Analysis, Projective transformation - Quadrilinear transformations, Projective transformation - Properties of quadrilinear transformations, Projective transformation - Spatial transformations of planes, Projective transformation - Reference

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