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  Tower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
for spreading sound: church tower with church bells, minaret of a mosque, bell tower.
for mounting thyristors in a HVDC (thyristor tower)
A railroad tower allowed railroad employees to view the tracks and switches near the tower; it now refers to any location housing interlocking equipment.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tower   (373 words)

  
 BREN Tower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
BREN Tower is a guyed steel framework mast, 465 meters (1,527 feet) high, on the Nevada Test Site in Nevada, USA.
A bare (unshielded) nuclear reactor on a hoist car could be moved to different heights on the tower; Japanese-type houses were built near the base of the tower and were bombarded with various intensities of radiation.
The tower is equipped with an outside hoist to lift scientific equipment, and a two-person elevator inside the tower moves at 100 feet per minute.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/BREN_Tower   (288 words)

  
 #Seacruise IRC Chat Channel- Meeting Kallie and Shipmate
Bren as always was in her discount mood and had pre bought midway tickets before hand and off we went, straight for the what I call it the tower from hell, I think it was called the Tower of Fear that works too.
Watching Bren made me think that she was just a little girl at the fair and her eyes were wide open and the excitement in her face was priceless.
Bren called her dad and we went to visit him for a short time then she took us up to the little house on the prairie in Didsbury were Bren works.
www.seacruisechat.com /meetings/meetings23.htm   (1720 words)

  
 C3M4
The first tower you have to attack is the one due west of the interesection where you are.
Climb the tower, check to make sure your submachine gun is fully loaded, and aim at a point just this side of that big metal-roofed building at the far end of the motor pool compound, where those shiny barrels are lined up.
From where you stand in the tower you'll be able to see the running man, but resist the temptation to look at him; if he makes it he makes it, if he doesn't that's too bad, right now you've got a job to do.
www.geocities.com /ginzorninplad/c3m4.html   (4755 words)

  
 Orrin         Orrin leaves his family after large feast and celebration   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
She is an invoker that lives in a tower on the edge of the Try-Mage plateau.
Upon their arrival at the base of the plateau, there is a great explosion from the tower and the three of them are struck down by a magical meteor.
Bren must stay with the priests for some more time to be fit to travel.
members.aol.com /steve004/myhomepage/Information/Chapter01.html   (4163 words)

  
 527 feet, BREN Tower
The BREN Tower 1,527 feet tall, has been a focal point of attention ever since it was erected on the Nevada Test Site in 1962.
The tower was equipped with an outside hoist to lift scientific equipment, and a two-person elevator inside the tower which moved at 100 feet per minute.
These light-frame simulated Japanese houses were used in the BREN test as part of a research project to estimate radiation doses received by survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atom bomb blasts.
www.shundahai.org /bren_tower.htm   (485 words)

  
 Allakhazam.com: Everquest Online Adventures
Talk to Doomseeker Foria upon reaching level 10, she then tells you about their allies to the west that built a fort high atop a hill in case the fl orcs ever decided to invade.
Bren raven isn't there he is on the other side of the hill inside THAT fort, all the way in the back on the second floor of the tower.
Bren Raven tells you that all of his comrades were killed and that if you seek doom to go avenge them.
eqoa.allakhazam.com /quest.html?eqoaquest=330   (407 words)

  
 Waikiki Neighborhood Board, City and County of Honolulu   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Bren moved and Among seconded to approve the Ala Wai Gardens Plaza project in concept as presented to the Board and if changes are made to the plans or any permits are required the contractor must come to the Board for support.
Bren moved and McCulloch seconded that the Board support the completion of the Environmental Impact Statement and that it be available for public review and presented to the Board prior to any construction.
Chair Bren thanked Fishman for his presentation and expressed concern regarding HPD being depicted in the media in riot gear.
www.co.honolulu.hi.us /nco/nb9/01/9aprmin.htm   (2553 words)

  
 Tower -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
for spreading (The sudden occurrence of an audible event) sound: church tower with (A bell in a church tower (usually sounded to summon people to church)) church bells, (Slender tower with balconies) minaret of a ((Islam) a Muslim place of worship) mosque, (A tower that supports or shelters a bell) bell tower
the tower of a high ((geology) the descent of a large mass of earth or rocks or snow etc.) slide, for supporting it and with (A way of access consisting of a set of steps) stairs for reaching the starting point
A railroad tower allowed (A line of track providing a runway for wheels) railroad employees to view the tracks and (additional info and facts about switches) switches near the tower; it now refers to any location housing (The act of interlocking or meshing) interlocking equipment.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/to/tower.htm   (931 words)

  
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"Bren, my friend," he called, a sweating smile on his face, "how are you this morning?" "I am well, Lansing," Bren replied, taking a step back from his inferior opponent.
Bren parried a thrust to push the duke's blade aside then lifted his sword double-handed; Clifton stepped aside quickly, turning as his opponent's balance shifted, but his opportunity was thwarted.
Then, whispered, almost inaudible, Bren's words: "I yield." Lansing relaxed where he stood and watched Bren reach for the duke's sword, twisting the blade until its flat surface was parallel to the ground.
www.textfiles.com /magazines/DARGONZINE/dargon.v13n11   (13718 words)

  
 Bren gun carrier; fast, furious and lots of help
Because of their general usefulness, Bren Gun Carriers were allocated to all types of Australian Army Units.
Bren Gun Carriers were quickly phased out of service as more appropriate vehicles became available.
Bren and Scout Carriers were upgraded during the war to the "universal" standard; many of these Carriers received "in the field" alterations which included the mounting of heavier machine guns like the American.30 in and.50 in Brownings.
www.diggerhistory.info /pages-armour/allied/bren_carrier.htm   (4455 words)

  
 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Hawaii News
WITH ITS NEW $95 million Kalia Tower slated to open next month, the Hilton Hawaiian Village has launched plans for a seventh high-rise on its Waikiki acreage.
The planned 350-foot Waikikian Tower will be built on a narrow 1.9-acre strip formerly occupied by the Waikikian Hotel and Tahitian Lanai restaurant, which closed in 1996.
Besides the new tower entry, plans call for the porte-cochere -- covered entry -- of the Lagoon Tower to be relocated to its Ewa side to make use of the roadway.
starbulletin.com /2001/04/17/news/story4.html   (660 words)

  
 Direct Digital Controls - Toby
Direct Digital Controls, Inc. is pleased to report that the United Health Group Facility in Minnetonka, located at 9900 Bren Road East, was presented with the 2004 TOBY Award for the Midwest Northern Region Renovated Building category.
The building has a 10-story tower connecting two wings, each having three stories of office space above four levels of parking.
The 10-story tower boasts a new first floor pavilion area.
www.directdigital.com /ddc_toby.html   (427 words)

  
 Area
The 465-m (1,527-ft) BREN Tower has been used intermittently by a number of organizations to conduct sonic-boom research, meteorological studies, and free-fall/gravity-drop tests.
The Rock Valley Study Area is located south of Jackass Flats Road on the southern boundary of Area 25.The Rock Valley Study area, was selected in 1960 for studies of radiation on a desert ecosystem.
Three study plots were fenced in the early 1960's, and in 1964 a 137Cs shielded source was intalled on a 50-foot tower in the center of one of the plots.
www.shundahai.org /area_25_nts.htm   (1147 words)

  
 Morrowind Journal: Day 102: Outlaw
This is the autobiographical journal of Arvil Bren, a somewhat reluctant hero who has been placed on an unknown quest by powers that he barely knows exist.
His tower is a strange hybrid of Imperial stonework and the huge living plant materials that are characteristic of Telvanni construction.
I wasn't in the town, such as it is. I was in the main tower, where I clearly did not belong.
timsup2nothing.blogspot.com /2005/04/day-102-outlaw.html   (870 words)

  
 RE: Gamma Attenuation and Build-up   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
In this case, we had a Co-60 source of several thousand curies mounted in an elevator on a 1500 ft tall tower (the BREN Tower, still standing in Area 25 of the NTS).
This source was raised from its shield at six heights on the tower and measurements were made in open air as a function of slant range from the source and as a function of height of the source above the ground as well as the height of measurement above the ground.
measurements were made at distances ranging from 100 ft to 3000 ft from the base of the tower and at heights of 0 ft to 100 ft above the ground.
www.vanderbilt.edu /radsafe/0002/msg00130.html   (312 words)

  
 The Bren LMG Forum   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Mk1 was the original cylinder rod, specified as being made from hickory and in two parts, both about 17” long and similar to a commercial shotgun cleaning rod.
This 2-part rod did not originally fit within the holdall but into the right side of the front wall of the Bren chest where it is secured by the wooden turn-block.
In the 70’s, they thought that the days of the trusty Bren were numbered.
www.network54.com /Forum/post?forumid=73719&messageid=1031261479   (720 words)

  
 GlobalSecurity.org - Reliable WMD News and WMD Information
Captive flight test at the BREN tower of a small, maneuverable, rocket-powered, laser-equipped prototype vehicle designed to detect, track, and intercept ballistic missiles.
Evaluation of ground-based and airborne technologies, including infrared imaging, laser-based optical imagery, and ground-penetrating radar for detection of buried objects such as mines and simulated hazardous waste containers.
Use of the BREN tower for development of technology and measurement techniques for advanced infrared imaging from satellites.
www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/report/enviro/eis-0243/tablea1.html   (184 words)

  
 Orange County Business Journal - Printer Friendly Version
Tower is a go, if he can get it leased.
Tenants at sold buildings are government agencies with long-term leases and were unlikely to move to new tower, his broker says.
Instrumental in deals allowing Bren to buy out minority shareholders, become 100% owner of the company, as well as Bren’s 2002 buyback of apartment unit.
www.ocbj.com /print.asp?aid=85583191.307934.1137838.0700146.9384969.306&aID2=87517   (4951 words)

  
 Nevada Test Site
Some tests were positioned for firing by airdrop, but metal towers were used for many Nevada tests at heights ranging from 100 to 700 feet (30-200 meters) above the ground surface.
The 119 nuclear tests that were conducted at the NTS during the atmospheric testing era (1951-1958) consist of 97 nuclear tests conducted in the atmosphere, of two cratering tests, detonated at depths less than 100 feet (30 meters), and of 20 underground tests.
The Spill Test Facility is a complex of fuel tanks, spill pads, meteorological and camera towers, equipment and control buildings, and a wind tunnel used for releasing hazardous materials and measuring their behavior in outdoor conditions.
www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/facility/nts.htm   (8913 words)

  
 Blogus Erratus
The other month, someone from War on Want asked me to write an informal review of this report, which is about the use of Caterpillar machinery by the Israeli army.
And listen for my nervous laughter when she says "there's a lot of action." Someone kept coming into the studio and giving her articles hot of the wire.
This was occasioned by a combination of my sleeping in - again, though this time until twenty to ten, and also that the cold rain outside just doesn't look like it wants to ease.
erratus.blogspot.com   (4962 words)

  
 Google GlobeTrotting: Nevada Test Site reactor tower   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
As the name indicates, BREN was an unshielded reactor that could be moved up and down the tower.
It was used to determine the amount of radiation received by survivors of an atomic bomb.
Originally erected in "Japan Town" (an area of Japanese-style houses in Yucca Flats erected to simulate Hiroshima and Nagasaki), BREN was moved to its present location in 1966 so it wouldn't interfere with underground testing.
googleglobetrotting.com /info.php/mid/8087   (129 words)

  
 Tower - Wikpedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
for increasing communications distances antenna tower, radio mast
for access to rockets in order to prepare them for launch (launch tower)
for the guidance of unguided rockets at launch (service tower, supply tower)
www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=Tower   (336 words)

  
 The First Annual FSJ Skyline Invasion - Jim Polk   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
First three are shots of all the rigs that made the trip up into the Massanutten mountain range for a trip up to a radio tower at the peak.
Shot #'s 4 & 5 are from the radio tower on the mountain peak overlooking the Shenandoah Valley below.
We picked up around 10 trashbags full of garbage (broken glass, paper, etc.) we found up at the tower in GW Forest.
www.ifsja.org /destinations/skyline.shtml   (368 words)

  
 Important People of Aam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
She mysteriously disappeared and her tower is now sealed by magic.
Noble with lands to the west of Petra's tower on the Tri-Mage plateau.
Psionicist responsible for altering Bren Callow and leading orcs against Citadel at Koss.
members.aol.com /steve004/myhomepage/Information/NPCList.html   (251 words)

  
 bren : blog:
This one is about a recording that was found at the WTC site that verifies that firefighters actually reached the 78th floor of the South Tower.
This one has a lot of interesting facts about the search for the anthrax killer.
Finally, I can hardly breathe when I read stories like this one about babies in trash cans.
bren.pintglass.org /archives/000406.html   (164 words)

  
 Donald Bren School of Environmental Science & Management - Community Relationship - Great Buildings Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Donald Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, designed by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca, at
The fire road around the structure is made of permeable turf-block with a grass overlay, and the bike parking area is made from permeable interlocking pavers."...
"One-hour informational tours of Bren Hall are given by arrangement on the last Thurday of each month at 2:00 p.m.
www.greatbuildings.com /buildings/UCSB_Bren_School/UCSB_Bren_School_com.html   (231 words)

  
 Phred's Tower AD&D Forgotten Realms
I hope that you will enjoy your vist to my tower.
The use of any copyrighted material and/or trademarks in this work should not be viewed as a challenge to those copyrights or trademarks.
So please dont sue me. This work and its creator are in NO WAY affiliated with TSR, Inc. All original work is copyrighted Phred’s Tower, unless otherwise specified.
members.tripod.com /~Phred_Marx   (225 words)

  
 TheCatSite.com Forums - Frogs
tower to see the race and cheer on the contestants.
would be able to reach the top of the tower.
Others were close behind, but he just would not give up the lead.
www.thecatsite.com /forums/showthread.php?t=24975   (397 words)

  
 [No title]
The Cypress Tower building is a 10-level office building consisting of approximately 155,023 net rentable square feet and is located at 1222 N. Main.
The building occupancies were 85% (Corporate Square) and 86% (Cypress Tower) and were loosing occupancy.
Results Corporate Square and Cypress Towers current occupancies are 90% and 98%, respectively.
www.transwestern.net /transnetstorydocs/KollBrenSanAnt.doc   (1105 words)

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