Archive for November, 2008

William Lindsay Everard

Sir William Lindsay Everard

Sir William Lindsay Everard
Born
March 13, 1891(1891-03-13)
Knighton, Leicester, United Kingdom
Died
March 11, 1949
Torquay, Devon, United Kingdom
Occupation
Brewer
Spouse(s)
Cornelia Ione Kathleen Beresford-Armstrong
Sir William Lindsay Everard (March 13, 1891 – March 11, 1949) was a brewer, politician, and philanthropist from Leicestershire, United Kingdom. As the founder and supporter of the Ratcliffe Aerodrome, Sir Lindsay was a pioneer aviator, [...]

Revopak

The Revopak is a type of waste collection vehicle manufactured by the British company Shelvoke and Drewry.
Introduced in 1971, the Revopak was in fact a British-built clone of a French Bennes-Ray Superpac. It was among one of the first vehicles to address the problem of compacting and destroying the high content of packaging materials now [...]

Bicycle culture

Cycling subculture: bicycle as fashion statement, London
Bicycle culture is a phrase most associated with cities and countries that feature a high rate of bicycle usage, sometimes called utility cycling, as part of their cultural identity. Several countries have established bicycle cultures, including Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, China and Japan. It is particularly in the cities [...]

Community Street Review

A Community Street Review is a new survey method where a Community Street Audit is combined with a numerical rating system. The methodology is the result of research commissioned by Land Transport New Zealand for improving Walkability in New Zealand. The methodology involves taking a group of community members to a location and have them [...]

Dynamic packaging

Dynamic Packaging is a method that is becoming increasingly used in package holiday bookings that enables consumers to build their own package of flights, accommodation, and a hire car instead of a pre-defined package. Dynamic packages are primarily sold online, but online travel agencies will also sell by phone owing to the strong margins and [...]

World Electric Vehicle Association

The World Electric Vehicle Association (WEVA) is an organization that promotes electric vehicles.
It is based in Palo Alto, California .
The chairman is Hisashi Ishitani.
Contents

1 Member associations

1.1 EDTA

2 International Electric Vehicle Symposium and Exposition (EVS)
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

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Member associations
It is composed by :

Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA)
Electric Vehicle Association of Asia Pacific (EVAAP) [...]

Metrocable

Metrocable

Info
Type
Aerial tramway
Status
Operational
Locale
Medellín, Colombia
Operation
Opened
2006
Operator(s)
Metro de Medellín
Character
Elevated
Technical
Electrification
Electric motor powering cable bullwheel
Operating speed
10 miles per hour (16 km/h)
Highest elevation
399 m (1,310 ft)
Metrocable is an aerial tramway system implemented by the local government of Medellín, Colombia whose main function is to be a complementary service of Medellín’s Metro. It is intended to reach the least developed suburban areas.
Medellín is a city located in [...]

List of OECD countries by road network size

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries below are listed by the size of their motorway network and public road network. Shown are the total network length, per capita length, and density.

Motorway network
Country
Total network length of
all motorways (km)
Length of motorways
per capita (mm)
Motorway density
(m of motorway per square km)
 Austria
1678
202.61
20.01
 Belgium
1763
167.73
54.17
 Canada
16900
534.59
1.69
 Czech Republic
962
92.47
12.20
 Denmark
1340
236.04
31.09
 Finland
693
131.85
2.05
 France
10843
176.2
19.67
 Germany
12363
149.97
34.63
 Great Britain
3555
60.41
15.46
 Hungary
1013
56.94
6.18
 Iceland
0
0
0
 Ireland
125
29.48
1.76
 Italy
6487
112.06
21.53
 Japan
7383
57.79
19.54
 South Korea
3117
64.27
31.29
 Luxembourg
147
319.57
56.84
 Netherlands
2274
139.01
54.76
 New Zealand
171
41.3
0.64
 Norway
194
41.81
0.6
 Poland
761
17.36
2.05
 Portugal
2647
249.32
28.65
 Slovakia
580
288.56
28.61
 Sweden
1740
192.31
3.87
 Switzerland
1361
182.46
32.97
 USA
75008
253.05
7.79

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Aerial application

Polish M-18 Dromader waterbomber used in Western Australia.
Aerial application, commonly called crop dusting, involves spraying crops with fertilizers, pesticides, and fungicides from an agricultural aircraft. The specific spreading of fertilizer is also known as aerial topdressing.
Agricultural aircraft are often purpose-built, though many have been converted from existing airframes. Helicopters are sometimes used, and some aircraft [...]

Cut and fill

Cut and Fill in earthmoving is the process of constructing a railway, road or canal whereby the amount of material from cuts roughly matches the amount of fill needed to make nearby embankments, so minimizing the amount of construction labor. This technique is widely practiced in mining applications.
Contents

1 Cut section
2 Fill section
3 History
4 Software
5 References

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Time use research

Time use research is a developing interdisciplinary field of study dedicated to knowing how people allocate their time during an average day.
Contents

1 Categories of time

1.1 Contracted time
1.2 Committed time
1.3 Necessary time
1.4 Free time

2 External links

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The comprehensive approach to time use research addresses a wide array of political, economic, social, and cultural issues through the use [...]

User:Nehtefa/E-Mail Letter

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Southeastern Greyhound Lines

Contents

1 Introduction
2 Origin
3 Development
4 Relationship with Greyhound
5 A maverick Greyhound affiliate
6 A sharing arrangement
7 More acquisitions
8 Purchase by The Greyhound Corporation
9 Pool (interline) operations
10 Mergers into Southeastern GL
11 Seeing-eye (or sightseeing) dogs
12 Merger with Atlantic GL
13 Beyond Southeastern GL
14 Conclusion
15 Bibliography
16 Related articles

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Introduction
The Southeastern Greyhound Lines (also called Southeastern, SEG, SEGL, or the SEG [...]

Rocket experiments in the area of Cuxhaven

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Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed. (September 2007)
Between 1933 and 1964 numerous rocket experiments were carried out in the area of Cuxhaven, Germany.
Contents

1 1930s and 1940s
2 1950s
3 1960s
4 See also
5 External links
6 Literature

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1930s and [...]

Maximum tractive effort

The maximum tractive effort is the highest force that a vehicle can exert. The term tractive effort is usually used in connection with trains and rail locomotives. Like all forces, tractive effort is measured in newtons.
For a locomotive to accelerate from a stationary position, it must apply a force to overcome the static friction of [...]

E-Mail Letter

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Space elevator safety

Main article: Space elevator
There are many safety issues associated with the construction and operation of a space elevator. A space elevator would present a considerable navigational hazard, both to aircraft and spacecraft. Aircraft could be dealt with by means of simple air-traffic control restrictions, but impacts by space objects (in particular, by meteoroids and micrometeorites) [...]

Travel writing

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Travel writing is a broad category of writing concerned with various aspects of travel.
Travel writing is often associated with tourism, and includes works of an ephemeral nature such [...]

Slope car

Slope car at Muya Bus Stop, Naruto, Tokushima.

Rakuraku-gō, a slope car at Gifu Prefectural Museum, Seki, Gifu.

Slope car at Wespa Tsubakiyama, Fukaura, Aomori.
A slope car (スロープカー, surōpukā?) is a small automated monorail, or a fusion between monorail, people mover, and rack railway. It is a brand name of Kaho Manufacturing. Since this mode of transportation [...]

Wrecking (shipwreck)

For other uses, see Wrecking (disambiguation).
Wrecking is the practice of taking valuables from a shipwreck which has foundered near or close to shore. Wrecking is no longer economically significant; however, as recently as the 19th century in some parts of the world, it was the mainstay of many otherwise economically marginal coastal communities.
Contents

1 “False lights”
2 [...]