Velvet Glove missile - Velvet Glove missile The Velvet Glove was a semi-active radar homing air-to-air missile designed by CADRE (today DRD Valcartier) and produced by Canadair starting in 1953. 131 Velvet Gloves had been completed when the program was terminated in 1956, largely due to the design being overtaken by developments in the United States, as well as concerns about its ability to be launched at supersonic speeds from the Avro Arrow then under design. Small scale work on what would become the Velvet Glove started in 1948 at CADRE, and by 1951 the plans were advanced enough to put forth the design as armament on the Avro CF-100 Canuck fighter that was then entering service with the RCAF. Canadair was selected as the manufacturer, and Westinghouse was commissioned.
Gerald Bull - Canadian Armament and Research Development Establishment (CARDE). In the post-war era CARDE was researching supersonic flight, and Bull suggested the use of a "sabot" type artillery gun to shoot models to supersonic speeds instead of using an expensive supersonic wind tunnel. The system was built and used for research on CARDE's Velvet Glove missile, but when this project was cancelled in 1956 the system fell out of use. Bull then moved on to hypersonics research in the field of ballistic missile defense (ABM's), primarily the study of IR and radar cross-sections for detection. Bull was very outspoken (and tactless) and generally detested by most people at CARDE. However his abilities were obvious, and he was eventually promoted to head of the Aerophysics department of CARDE in 1958. Here he continued to.
DRE Valcartier - Research and Development Establishment, the intent was to keep the research teams built up during the war in Canada. Starting in 1951 CADRE implemented a major missile development program, eventually delivering two combat systems, the Velvet Glove air-to-air missile and the Heller anti-tank rocket. Neither was accepted for production, but the basic research was used with local defense contractors to build up familiarity with the new technologies. Starting in 1955 a lengthy research project into the defense against ballistic missiles started. A serious effort to equip Canada with a useful ABM system was taken, along with research into the problems of detection and tracking, hypersonic flight, and fuels suitable for use in an interceptor missile. As part of this project a lengthy study of the upper atmosphere was undertaken from instrumented.
Eightball - published by Fantagraphics Books in 1989. Alienation is a recurring theme in the series. The first serial was "Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron". This serial featured an extremely surreal storyline. Over time Eightball has featured less short comedic and surreal stories and has moved to longer storylines with more focus on character and relationships. Ghost World, could be considered the culmination of this, as it was adapted into a full-length feature film that had reasonable mainstream success. For the billiard game, see eight ball For the rap artist, see Eightball_(rapper).
Anson Chan - officer in 1970. During this period she helped set up the Association of Female Senior Government Officers to fight for better rights for women civil servants. Appointed Director of Social Welfare in 1980, she was severely criticized by media in 1986 for her handling of a child custody case involving a five-year-old girl taken away by force from her mentally-ill mother. From 1987 to 1993, she took the position as Secretary for Economic Services. She was appointed Chief Secretary in 1993 to oversee the localization of the civil service. "Iron Lady" Chan, deputy under Tung and the last British Governor Chris Patten, is one of Asia's most powerful women and was once described as being like "an iron fist in a velvet glove". From July 1, 1997, with the end of.
Californication - (Flea/Frusciante/Kiedis/Smith) - 5:21 "Easily" (Flea/Frusciante/Kiedis/Smith) - 3:51 "Porcelain" (Flea/Frusciante/Kiedis/Smith) - 2:43 "Emitremmus" (Flea/Friedis/Frusciante/Smith) - 4:00 "I Like Dirt" (Flea/Friedis/Frusciante/Smith) - 2:37 "This Velvet Glove" (Flea/Frusciante/Kiedis/Smith) - 3:45 "Savior" (Flea/Frusciante/Kiedis/Smith) - 4:52 "Purple Stain" (Flea/Frusciante/Kiedis/Smith) - 4:13 "Right on Time" (Flea/Frusciante/Kiedis/Smith) - 1:52 "Road Trippin'" (Flea/Frusciante/Kiedis/Smith) - 3:25 Personnel The Red Hot Chili Peppers - Art Direction Flea - Bass John Frusciante - Guitar Anthony Kiedis - Vocals Greg Kurstin - Keyboards Vladimir Meller - Mastering Rick Rubin - Producer, Engineer David Schiffman - Engineer Jim Scott - Engineer, Mixing Chad Smith - Drums Patrick Warren - Organ Greg Fidelman - Engineer Lawrence Azerrad - Art Direction Tony Woolliscroft - Back Cover John Sorenson - Engineer, Assistant Engineer Eric Greenspan - Advisor Greg Collins - Engineer, Assistant Engineer Lindsay Chase - Production.
Timeline of video games - sues Samsung for promoting software piracy. The suit is settled. Nintendo of America, Inc. v. NTDEC 1994 Aiwa · releases the CSD-GLM Mega Drive multimedia home console in Japan only Apogee · establishes the 3D Realms Entertainment division Bandai Co. Ltd. · releases the Playdia multimedia home console Blizzard Entertainment (division of Vivendi Universal Games) · is renamed from Silicon & Synapse ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board) · is established by the ESA (Entertainment Software Association, formerly IDSA, Interactive Digital Software Association) NEC · releases the PC-FX multimedia home console Nintendo Co. Ltd. · releases the Super Game Boy adapter for the SNES home console · releases the Donkey Kong Country video game · Alpex Computer Corp. vs Nintendo lawsuit: Alpex sues Nintendo over patent infringements. Nintendo loses the case. ·.
War with the Robots - a central theme of robots being able to do things better than humans. The collection includes the short stories, Simulated Trainer The Velvet Glove Arm of the Law The Robot Who Wanted to Know I See You The Repairman Survival Planet War with the Robots.
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Sex Magik (1991) - The Power of Equality, If You Have to Ask, Breaking the Girl, Funky Monks, Suck my Kiss, I Could Have Lied, Mellowship Slunky in B Major, The Righteous & the Wicked, Give it Away, Blood Sugar Sex Magik, Under the Bridge, Naked in the Rain, Apache Rose Peacock, The Greeting Song, My Lovely Man, Sir Psycho Sex, They're Ret Hot (Robert Johnson) What Hits (Greatest hits 1992) Out In L.A (Rarities and B-sides 1994) One Hot Minute (1995) - Warped, Aeroplane, Deep Kick, My Friends, Coffee Shop, Pea, One Big Mob, Walkabout, Tearjerker, One Hot Minute, Falling into Grace, Shallow Be Thy Game, Transcending Californication (1999) - Around the World, Parallel Universe, Scar Tissue, Otherside, Get on Top, Californication, Easily, Porcelain, Emitremmus, I Like Dirt, This Velvet.
One-Year War - and technically ends on January 14th, UC0080, although hostilites end on January 1st of the same year. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Origins of the One-Year War 2 The One-Week War 3 The Battle of Loum 4 The Antarctic Treaty 5 The Earth Attack Drop Operations 6 The White Demon Rises 7 Operation Odessa 8 Operation Rainbow Valley 9 Operation Velvet 10 The Jaburo Drop Operation 11 Operation Rubicon 12 Operation Star One 12.1 Battle of Solomon 12.2 Operation Solar Ray 12.3 Battle of A Bao A Qu 13 The Aftermath Origins of the One-Year War The One-Week War The opening to the One-Year War was originally refered to as the One-Week War. The Zeons launch a surprise attack against the Federation's garrisons at the space colonies located in the Zahn.
November 20 - beat back. 1917 - Ukraine is declared a republic. 1940 - World War II: Hungary, Romania and Slovakia join the Axis Powers. 1943 - World War II: Battle of Tarawa begins - United States Marines land on Tarawa and Makin atolls in the Gilbert Islands and take heavy fire from Japanese shore guns. 1945 - Nuremberg Trials begin: Trials against 24 Nazi war criminals of World War II start at the Nuremberg Palace of Justice. 1947 - Princess Elizabeth marries Philip Mountbatten at Westminster Abbey in London. 1962 - Cuban Missile Crisis ends: In response to the Soviet Union agreeing to remove its missiles from Cuba, US President John F. Kennedy ends the quarantine of the Carribean nation. 1966 - "Cabaret" opens at the Imperial Theatre, New York 1969 - Vietnam.
Velvet worm - Velvet worm Onychophora (velvet worms) are segmented, caterpillar-like, terrestrial animals somewhat resembling both arthropods and annelid worms. They are generally regarded either as a class of arthropods or as a separate phylum. About 110 modern species are known separated into two families, with 10 genera. They live in many tropical and subtropical regions worldwide including Mexico, Central America, South America, Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Modern species are fairly small. At least one species reaches lengths of 20cm (about 8 inches). The best known modern form is 'Peripatus' which was described by Guilding in 1825. Onychophores are apparently descended from some segmented form but have lost their overt segmentation except for the head which is composed of three segments. There are two antennae on the first.
Velvet - Velvet Velvet is a form of textile that is woven on a special loom. It is a tufted fabric in which the cut threads are very evenly distributed, giving it its distinct feel. Velvet can made from any fiber. Two pieces of velvet must be woven at the same time. They are then cut apart and the two lengths of fabric are wound on separate take-up rolls. Looms which weave velvet must have two takeup rolls. Velvet's knitted counterpart is velour. Velvet was very expensive. Corduroy and velveteen, when first produced, were considered the "poor man's velvet"..
Velvet Revolution - Velvet Revolution The "Velvet Revolution" refers to a comparatively bloodless revolution in Czechoslovakia that saw the overthrow of the communist government there. It started on November 17, 1989 when a peaceful student demonstration in Prague was severely beaten back by the communist riot police. That event sparked a popular uprising that prompted people to take to the streets. By November 20 the number of peaceful protestors assembled in Prague swelled from 200,000 the day before to an estimated half-million. Then with other communist regimes falling all around it, and with growing street protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announced on November 28 they would give up their monopoly on political power. Democratic elections held on December 29, 1989 brought the first non-communist government to Czechoslovakia in.
Velvet Acid Christ - Velvet Acid Christ Velvet Acid Christ is a band from the USA producing electronic music of the darkwave genre. The head of the band is Bryan Erickson. VAC is famous in Germany for the song "Futile". It did also become quite popular in the US for the song "Phucking phreak". Discography Dimension 8 (released as MP3 on Twisted Thought Generator) (1994) Fate (Demo CD, unreleased) (1994) Pestilence (Demo CD, unreleased) (1994) Neuralblastoma (1) (1995) Church of Acid (EU) (1996) Church of Acid (US famous track futile not included) (1997) Neuralblastoma (2) (1998) Calling ov the dead (1998) Decypher (1999) Fun with drugs (EU release of Decypher) (1999) The Remix Wars - VAC vs. Funker Vogt (1999) Fun with Knives (1999) Fun with razors (includes Fun with.
Velvet Tone Records - Velvet Tone Records label of a Velvet Tone Record, c. 1928, featuring Rudy Vallee Velvet Tone Records was a United States based record label, active from 1925 through 1932. Audio fidelity is about average for the era, with pressings in below average quality shellac that shows significant surface noise after moderate wear. List of record labels This is a stub article. You can help improve it..
Velvet Scoter - Velvet Scoter Velvet Scoter A drake of the American race Scientific Classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae Genus: Melanitta Species: fusca Binomial name Melanitta fusca The Velvet Scoter, Melanitta fusca, is a large sea duck, which breeds over the far north of Europe, Asia and North America, where it is known as the White-winged Scoter. It winters further south in temperate zones, on the Great Lakes, the coasts of the northern USA and the southern coasts of Canada, Europe as far south as Great Britain, and Asia as far south as China. It forms large flocks on suitable coastal waters. These are tightly packed, and the birds tend to take off together. The lined nest is built on the ground close.
Javelin surface-to-air missile - Javelin surface-to-air missile Javelin is a British man-portable surface-to-air missile, used by the British army. It is currently being repleced in British use by the Starstreak missile. Javelin should not be confused with the American Javelin anti-tank missile..
Javelin anti-tank missile - Javelin anti-tank missile Javelin is an American man-portable anti-tank guided missile. Javelin should not be confused with the British Javelin surface-to-air missile. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 History 2 Notes 3 Inventory 4 Combat Performance 5 Characteristics 6 See also 7.
Jericho missile - Jericho missile Jericho is a general designation given to the Israeli medium-range ballistic missiles (MRBM). The name is taken from the first development contract signed between Israel and Dassault in 1963. Like much connected to the nuclear weapons program of Israel exact details are difficult to find in the public domain. Jericho I was first publically identified as an operational system in late 1971. It was 13.4 m long, 0.8 m in diameter, weighing 6.5 tons. It had a range of 500 km and a CEP of 1,000 m, and it could carry a payload estimated at 400 kg. It was intended to carry a nuclear warhead. Initial development was in conjunction with France, Dassault provided various missile systems from 1963 and a type designated MD-620 was.
