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In the News (Thu 16 Feb 12)

  
  Neglected Arts
This was the forerunner of a precision effect where special hoops were rolled and spun and wobbled along the stage with a dozen different angles and methods of English, giving them a life of their own.
A girlish hoop dropped a hanky and a courting hoop, with the aid of a pin embedded in the rim, raced along to pick it up and follow her behind some stage scenery.
Although the gyroscopic forces of the spinning hoop aided the juggler, the least bit of wobble was fatal.
www.juggling.org /jw/87/2/hoops.html   (894 words)

  
 Residual Stress Measurement in Steel Mill Rolls Using Magnetic Barkhausen Noise Analysis
As the residual stresses in a steel mill roll build up continuously during a campaign it is important to know their level before the installation of a roll in its cage and after a rolling campaign.
Roll 11 was used as the upper-, while roll 19 was used as the lower roll.
Roll No 37, from the first supplier rolled 40607 tons of steel whereas rolls 11 and 19, from the second supplier worked both in the same cage and rolled 33688 tons of steel.
www.ndt.net /article/v04n08/wojtas/wojtas.htm   (2544 words)

  
 Hoop Dance
The hula hooping fad of the 20th century was due to the re-invention of the hoop by Wham-o.
What use to be a small, light plastic hoop or vine has now developed into large diameter, heavy-weight tubing; and what in the 50's was a kids play toy, today has become an art form, a way of expression for adults that combines ecstatic and urban style of dance, yoga, meditation and performance.
Seeing that this new style of hoop dance has been around for less than ten years and is only recently gaining popularity in the main stream, most of the resources listed here are electronic.
www.unc.edu /~mmuscare/hooping2.html   (311 words)

  
 Article: Hooping It Up   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The standard version three-pound Heavy Hoop — it’s available in different sizes — a patented steel ring covered with a high-density foam that moves easily when in use, is the end result of many years of trial and error on Iverson’s part.
Rolling hoop on floor to left, push out with right hand on hoop.
Rolling forward and back for triceps, lunge out with left leg and punch side with left arm.
ladyusafitness.fitdv.com /new/articles/article.html?artid=437&print_art=1   (394 words)

  
 TRUNDLE - Definition
A motion as of something moving upon little wheels or rollers ; a rolling motion.
To roll ( a thing) on little wheels ; as, to trundle a bed or a gun carriage.
To cause to roll or revolve ; to roll along ; as, to trundle a hoop or a ball.
www.hyperdictionary.com /dictionary/trundle   (115 words)

  
 Barrel Hoops   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Now, set the hoop to rolling, and use the stick and crosspiece to keep it rooling and to steer it.
Several kids would get their hoops rolling and would then try to knock each other's hoops over.
Like a lot of the other things we did as kids, barrel hoop rolling sticks in my memory mostly as something we did on summer evenings, when the sun had set and daytime slid into that magical world of twilight.
www.ruskfamily.com /jimrusk/BarrelHoops.html   (263 words)

  
 Objects Race 500
The beef broth will beat the metal hoop because the liquid inside is sliding down the incline.
Illustrate this by rolling the bottle of blue water down the ramp.
The hoops have their center of gravity distributed closer to the rim illustrated by the other yardstick with the clamps attached at the end.
www.iit.edu /%7esmile/ph9607.html   (763 words)

  
 Biographical Information
Began performing a hoop rolling and juggling act after the first World War.Created many new tricks and props.
Originator of the hoop rolling act, which he first performed around the turn of the century.
Was the first juggler to combine hoop rolling with high-technical balancing and juggling tricks, in the 1930's.
www.juggling.org /books/artists/bios.html   (3718 words)

  
 Hoop Coiler: A description for the hoop coiler job
Hoop Coiler - Hoop-rolls operator Feeds flat strips of hoop steel, in which rivet holes have been punched, into rolls of machine to form barrel hoops.
Women in hoop skirts bustled about while soldiers set up small white tents and lay in the grass to find some relief from the heat.
The camp was founded by the late Paul Ward, and his hoop teachings are now being carried on by his son.
www.job-descriptions.org /hoop-coiler.html   (1118 words)

  
 Crab Creek Review/Poems/Hoopin
The hoop sat in my bedroom closet by the stuff I have that used to be cool.
Anyway, she told me that it was really, really heavy getting into hula hoop, like atoms have rings around them like a hula hoop around a person's waist.
She should mind her own business, get a hoop of her own and shed a few chunks of that unwanted fat.
www.crabcreekreview.org /volume12/hoopin.htm   (1741 words)

  
 make sure that little red light is off.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The winner of Hoop rolling is supposedly fated to be the first person in the senior class to fulfill her manifest destiny, or find eternal happiness or some corny shit like that.
I had sacrificed several small dining hall chicken breasts to the whatever deity there is in charge of Hoop rolling in exchange for good luck on race day.
So later that morning, I asked my friend Serena to take a picture of me rolling my hoop and pretending to be in the race, so that I'd have at least some memory of Hoop Rolling my senior year.
theunderweardrawer.homestead.com /01_02_28.html   (1006 words)

  
 Printer friendly version   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The hoop is made of wood or plastic, it has a diameter of 80 - 90cm, and weighs at least 300g.
The gymnasts’ technical skills are judged by the body twirls, the rolls, tossing of the hoop (figure eights and handling of the hoop), in combination with body exercises, twists and turns, the jumps, pivots, and general balance and flexibility.
They include technical elements such as throws and catches, bouncing and rolling over the body or on the floor.
www.athens2004.com /en/RhythmicGymnasticsEquipment?print=1&channel=RhythmicGymnasticsEquipment&lang=en   (340 words)

  
 hooping.org: Dream Hoops   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
After recurrent dreams of hooping and waking up swiveling my hips in the bed, I did some research into the symbolism of hoop dreams.
The good in the dreams is caught in the web and held in the hoop, while the bad escapes through the hole in the center.
Founded in 2003, hooping.org is gathering space for people who like to dance, meditate, play, perform and do tricks with large customized hula hoops — and for those who want to learn about hoops.
www.hooping.org /archives/000151.html   (391 words)

  
 Re: Reference frames   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
It is harder to imagine the wheel rolling along continuosly on a flat and level plane (a flywheel with no friction maybe).
The hoop is set at the bottom of the incline and a weight is attached to the inside of the hoop at the two o'clock position.
The hoop isn't defying gravity, the weight is doing work on it while seeking its lowest possible balance point.
www.besslerwheel.com /wwwboard/messages/1745.html   (540 words)

  
 My Valley - Page 13   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Whenever I picked up my hoop to go rolling off down the road, my little dog Pilot would grab an old barrel hoop in his teeth and throwing it back over his shoulders until it rested on his rump or tail, would run along with me. Nobody taught Pilot this, he just learned it himself.
If my hoop struck a stone and fell flat, Pilot would drop his I hoop to the ground and standing within the circle wait for me to pick up, then would grab his hoop and off we would go together again.
Pilot had the ability to roll back his upper lip and show his teeth when he was pleased and once after a bloody bout with his brother dog, came to the house limping and wagging his tail and "laughing" in quite a human manner.
www.townofbethel.com /myvalley13.htm   (592 words)

  
 Tower HIll School   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Field Day, held in the spring, is the annual competition between the Greens and the Whites.
First through eighth graders compete in contests such as hoop rolling, obstacle courses, and sprints.
The two most traditional contests -- Carry the Colors for the eighth grade girls and the Tower Tug for the eighth grade boys -- are the culmination of Field Day.
www.towerhill.org /about/traditions   (200 words)

  
 free green hoop house plan
The hoop house, on the other hand, was an...
a hoop that would be eliminated under the new plan.
Describes the use of earthbags or sandbags made of polypropylene or burlap, filled with various types of soils or...
www.greenhouse-supplies.com /greenhouse/free-green-hoop-house-plan.html   (2124 words)

  
 Paper Making   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Next place the frame or hoop in the middle on the cotton material.
Continue to sponge excess water till no more water seems to be coming out of the pureed pulp.
Place a dry piece of cotton material on top of the pureed pulp and lightly roll over this with a rolling pin.
www.expage.com /papermaking   (269 words)

  
 Traditions and Events   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Ever hear of the Harvard man who showed up in drag for Hoop Rolling, won the race, and was promptly dumped into the Lake, creating the tradition of taking the winner for a dip?
From the infamous Harvard man's impersonation of a Wellesley senior in 1939, now all Hoop Rolling victors take a swim in the Lake and many men try to be the "male winner" of the race.
Since 1877, a complex affair that included dancing barefoot on the green and the election of a Tree Day Mistress and her Court.
www.wellesley.edu /Activities/homepage/legenda/gallery/events.html   (297 words)

  
 JS Online: A reason to smile
The favorable spotlight is a welcome change from the unsavory publicity the prestigious school has received in recent years.
There was the Rolling Stone magazine article two years ago titled "The Highly Charged Erotic Life of the Wellesley Girl," which garnered criticism for its portrayal of sexually obsessed Wellesley students.
Debby Dowlin was among the extras who helped showcase Wellesley traditions such as the convocation ceremony and "hoop rolling." Years ago, the winner of the hoop contest was said to be the first woman who would get married.
www.jsonline.com /onwisconsin/movies/jan04/196945.asp   (857 words)

  
 Fortean Times Message Board :: View topic - The hoop snake   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
She was at Langtry, which is upstream from Del Rio on the Rio Grande, and she saw this hoop snake rolling across what she calls the desert.
A reptile of this kind puts its tail in its mouth, arranges itself in a circle, and travels by rolling like a hoop at impressive speeds.
A few days after the last time I mentioned these interesting reptiles, I received a report about a hoop snake 12 feet long that had a luminous stinger on the end of its tail and it went around stinging cattle and trees and killing them.
www.forteantimes.com /forum/viewtopic.php?t=20327   (468 words)

  
 Unexplained Mysteries :: Hoop-snake sightings are still rolling in   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
She was at Langtry, which is upstream from Del Rio on the Rio Grande, and she saw this hoop snake rolling across what she calls the desert.Nothing especially exciting in the report.
Just that snake, making a circle of itself and rolling along, not bothering anybody.I've been getting hoop-snake stories for I guess 50 years.
A reptile of this kind puts its tail in its mouth, arranges itself in a circle, and travels by rolling like a hoop at impressive speeds.All the snake books I ever read, written by experts, say no such creature exists.
www.unexplained-mysteries.com /viewnews.php?id=33228   (281 words)

  
 ballskills   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
If can catch 5 (5 in a row for 2nd grade with one clap before each catch), repeat trying to clap twice between each catch.
All with partner (one hoop and one ball).
Students (that are standing on purple lines) try to toss ball through rolling hoop.
www.fm.cnyric.org /mott_road/ballskills.htm   (320 words)

  
 PIONEER CHILDREN - fun, games, toys
Rolling the hoop - Children would run along beside a hoop, rolling it by using a stick.
Sometimes races were held to see who could be the fastest.
There were also contests to see who could roll the hoop the farthest or who could keep it rolling for the longest time.
www.saskschools.ca /~gregory/fun.html   (853 words)

  
 Hu-la Hoop Santa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Now we finally know why he’s called “Jolly St. Nick!” Hu-la Hoop Santa is rocking and rolling at the North Pole and in your room every night from now until Christmas!
Clap your hands or shout, and that’s the cue for the music to begin and for Santa to start swiveling his chest, waist and hips to keep the hu-la hoop going and going and going (on 3 “AA” batteries-included).
He bops his neck, head and arms up and down to the beat as he swings.
www.shoplifestyleonline.com /tt519.html   (143 words)

  
 AMERICAN MATHEMATICAL MONTHLY - AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1999
An asymmetrically weighted hoop rolling along a flat surface under the influence of gravity can be observed, at a certain point, to lose contact with the surface and hop into the air.
In the best-known version of the problem, described in Littlewood's Miscellany, the supporting surface is sufficiently rough that the hoop initially rolls entirely without slipping.
We analyze the motion of the hoop and prove that some slippage at the point of contact is necessary prior to takeoff if the hoop is to become airborne.
www.maa.org /pubs/monthly_aug_sep_toc.html   (729 words)

  
 Nondestructive Evaluation of Hoop Stress in Rolling Stock Wheels
For the prevention of a wheel break, resulting in derailment, the hoop stress in a wheel which might be heated due to braking trouble should be measured nondestructively and a wheel that is found with a large tensile hoop stress should not be used.
A measuring site where the hoop stress can be evaluated well is sought and the most suitable site is located inside the rim near the standard groove.
After measurements of many wheel, the referenced method is confirmed to be able to evaluate the hoop stress in wheels.
www.rtri.or.jp /infoce/qr/1997/v38_2/paper3.html   (195 words)

  
 Roll Forming and Stamping Needs
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Multiple modern plant facilities and the latest equipment give Sun the capacity for quality production to meet any requirement.
To find out more about the advantages Sun wheels, rims and metal forming can bring to your products, contact the specialists at Sun today.
www.sunmetal.com /roll_forming.htm   (144 words)

  
 ESPN.com - Page2 - NBA vs. NCAA is men against boys
But if the Knicks blow the draft (they're sure to) you can let 'em have it, and claim to be a better GM than Scotty Layden, and not really be all the way wrong.
had me rolling on the floor, hurling my breakfast, and laughing like a loon, all at the same time.
NCAA also appeals to the antebellum faction out there among people who don't give a hoot about hoop otherwise; NBA appeals to people who love artful skill applied to hoop and don't particularly care why the Civil War was lost, and who don't bide their time watching the skies for fl helicopters
espn.go.com /page2/s/wiley/020329.html   (2421 words)

  
 boy rolling hoop   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
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www.collectible-gallery.com /lang-and-wise/boy-rolling-hoop.shtml   (139 words)

  
 Boy Rolling Hoop Collectible Gift from Lang Companies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Boy Rolling Hoop is a gift that will leave a lasting impression on the receiver, or a great addition to your own Lang Companies collection.
If you are looking for a great gift idea for someone special, order Boy Rolling Hoop today.
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www.click4collectibles.com /lang-companies/boy-rolling-hoop.html   (184 words)

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