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  Call for help - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The call for help in first aid is only a step of the emergency action principles, typically made after assessing the scene.
Other distress signals are primarily for use in rural or isolated areas, or in the wilderness.
When in mountainous areas the international distress signal is 6 blasts of a whistle or flashes from a torch, followed by a one minute silence, followed by the signals again.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Call_for_help   (1476 words)

  
 Bird call   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
Individually handmade and tuned, this is now the standard bird call throughout the world bird call.
Calls are usually one to three short notes,.
If a bird is making a call sound, it may mean that you or a household pet are.
www.readrecipe.com /bird-call.html   (315 words)

  
 Daedalus Class Starships
The Archon disappeared at Beta III in 2167 when it was pulled from orbit by a sentient computer called Landru.
Over one-hundred years later, the crew of the Enterprise NCC-1701D discovers that this moon is used as a penal colony for the disembodied immortal spirits of criminals belonging to a race of powerful beings.
The distress call took one-hundred years to reach Federation space.
www.drakeih.com /daedalus   (718 words)

  
 Liner "Arapahoe" is 1st ship to use SOS distress call August 11 in History
Liner "Arapahoe" is 1st ship to use SOS distress call August 11 in History
Liner "Arapahoe" is 1st ship to use SOS distress call
It shows how easy it is to do and how credulous people are.
www.brainyhistory.com /events/1909/august_11_1909_73028.html   (59 words)

  
 distress, distressing, distresses, distressed- WordWeb dictionary definition
"a ship in distress"; "she was the classic maiden in distress"
The seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim
"Originally distress was a landlord's remedy against a tenant for unpaid rents or property damage but now the landlord is given a landlord's lien"
www.wordwebonline.com /en/DISTRESS   (93 words)

  
 Maine
Maine's plan: Steal tourists from N.H. ; Travelers from Massachusetts are sought by both states.
Maine hospitality steams into New Orleans ; Maine Maritime Academy's training ship answers a distress call from the federal government.
Evidence for post-Acadian through Alleghanian deformation in eastern Maine: multiple brittle reactivation of the Norumbega fault system.
www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0108221.html   (492 words)

  
 Encyclopedia Smithsonian: The Titanic
she sank, approximately 13.5 miles east-southeast of the position from which her distress call was transmitted.
Lost at sea were 1,522 people, including passengers and crew.
To request an order form and price list, call Smithsonian Photographic Services at (202) 633-1933.
www.si.edu /resource/faq/nmah/titanic.htm   (352 words)

  
 General World History
On January 7, 1904 the distress call 'CQD' was introduced.
In 1909, the liner, "Arapahoe", was the first ship to use the radio distress call, S.O.S. The ship found itself in trouble off Cape Hatteras, NC.
S.O.S. remains the standard international distress signal for ships and airplanes.
www.teacheroz.com /World_History.htm   (2252 words)

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