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Musical Box Movements, Click Here To View We offer a range of traditional musical movements (the playing mechanism fitted in to music boxes). The clockwork musical movement is normally wound via a " T " key, this is usually on the underside of the mechanism. The music box movement combs (this is the part which makes the sound) are made from a specially hardened steel to give the correct tone. www.shop4musicboxes.co.uk /index.asp?function=DISPLAYCAT&catid=11   (267 words)

The Moving Planet Blog With clockwork military precision, the American people have become the unwitting victims of their own information warriors. Unexpectedly, it came upon the vernal equinox, and it was a strategic masterstroke. The Planetary Movement is a not for profit organisation that supports the growth and expansion of democracy, justice and environmental preservation. www.planetarymovement.org   (3544 words)

Clockwork Wonders: The Clockwork Armor The clockwork armor is a powerful mechanical aid to physical prowess that also provides protection against attack and a movement bump, but it has a few engineering issues that have prevented its adoption outside a few of the most enthusiastic practitioners of artifice. When the clockwork armor is worn, the wearer gains an effective +4 circumstance bonus to both Strength and Dexterity, as the armor enhances speed, precision, and raw power of its wearer's movements. The bad news is that the clockwork armor is made from a deeply flawed design; it is dependent on hydraulics and servos that the metals and materials can't quite sustain. www.wizards.com /default.asp?x=dnd/cw/20070212a   (822 words)

Aioe.org Dictionary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) The act of moving in space; change of place or posture; motion; as, the movement of an army in marching or maneuvering; the movement of a wheel or a machine. Movement of the bowels, an evacuation or stool; a passage or discharge. Motion expresses a general idea of not being at rest; movement is oftener used to express a definite, regulated motion, esp. a progress. dict.aioe.org /cgi-bin/adict.pl?Query=Movement&Method=All&Languages=All   (531 words)

Clockwork: A new movement in autonomic systems The paper describes a prototype network-attached storage system that was built using Clockwork, demonstrating the feasibility of the method, and presents key performance measurements of the prototype, demonstrating the practicality of the methods. Using statistical modeling, tracking, and forecasting techniques borrowed from econometrics, systems employing the Clockwork method detect and forecast cyclic variations in their load, estimate the impact of the variations on future performance, and use these data to reconfigure themselves, in anticipation of need. Clockwork is a general method, analogous to those already in wide industrial use by electric power utilities and retail chains, for example. www.research.ibm.com /journal/sj/421/russell.html   (3045 words)

Clockwork Prayer: Introduction, Elizabeth King In the Smithsonian Institution is a sixteenth-century automaton of a monk, made of wood and iron, 15 inches in height. In the history of European clock technology, the monk is an early and very rare example of a self-acting automaton, one whose mechanism is wholly contained and hidden within its body. Driven as much by the physical presence of the monk as by the legend of the bedside promise, this work is ultimately an artist's homage to the human attempt to model an act of the spirit. www.blackbird.vcu.edu /v1n1/nonfiction/king_e/prayer_introduction.htm   (572 words)

A Clockwork Orange   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) Due to the treatment, Alex becomes "a clockwork orange," someone who looks normal on the outside but in reality is mechanical and cannot control their actions. From that example (as well as that of many classical composers) he realizes that violence is pointless and unproductive and that the true way to find happiness is to settle down, marry and start a family. Burgess thought of "A Clockwork Orange" as one of his lesser works - "a simple morality play." However, it is what he will be remembered for (mostly thanks to the film). www.personal.psu.edu /users/s/m/sms540/clockwork.htm   (3312 words)

Clockwork Orange excerpted from the book Cry of the People The struggle for human rights in Latin America and the ... Although the causes of the violence in Argentina were complex, they could be traced to the tensions between, on the one hand, the military institution and its allies in the wealthy upper classes and, on the other, the labor movement and its allies in the middle class. By building a base in the labor movement, thus outside the traditional alliance between the military and the wealthy, he changed the balance of power in Argentina. While protecting his power base in the labor movement by encouraging the enactment of advanced labor legislation and upholding the workers' share of the national income, Peron also repressed strikes and dissident union leaders and generally supported the suppression of the center-Left by paramilitary groups. www.thirdworldtraveler.com /Latin_America/ClockworkOrange_COTP.html   (5863 words)

Class Schedule for Class 968 HOROLOGY Constructions for connecting the ends of the mainsprings with the barrel or the arbor (mainsprings and bridles therefor subclass 10; clamping the hairspring on the regulator subclass 121; clamping the hairspring on the arbor subclass 135) [G04B 1/18] By oscillating weights the movement of which is limited (setting the time indicating means with the aid of a rocking bar subclass 248) [G04B 5/04] Supports, suspensions, or guide arrangements, for oscillating weights (transmission of the movement of the winding up weight to the mainspring subclasses 45 and 48; support of the driving weight by protecting means which prevent overwinding, e.g., by interposing of a glide clutch, etc. subclass 66; bearings in general subclass 284) [G04B 5/18] www.uspto.gov /go/classification/uspc968/sched968.htm   (2383 words)

A Clockwork Orange (1971) A Clockwork Orange (1971) is producer-director-screenwriter Stanley Kubrick's randomly ultra-violent, over-indulgent, graphically-stylized film of the near future. Originally rated X, A Clockwork Orange was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Film Editing and Best Screenplay, but was defeated in each category by William Friedkin's The French Connection (1971). To the synthesized sounds of the fourth movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, the stylishly-dressed Alex is filmed in an elaborate, 360 degree tracking shot as he struts through the record store [the soundtrack of Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey is on display at one of the counters] and scrutinizes young females. www.filmsite.org /cloc.html   (3754 words)

Clockwork movement patent invention The clockwork movement comprises a crown (12) connected with at least one element of the movement through a connecting organ. [0001] The present invention relates to a clockwork movement with a rotary organ for an external manual control that is connected by at least one connecting organ to at least one element of the movement and able to be rotated in two opposite directions. [0005] One thus obtains a movement having a twofold control function with the crown in the same axial position making it possible for instance to control a time zone function when the crown is rotated in the first direction, and a date setting function when the crown is rotated in the other direction. www.freshpatents.com /Clockwork-movement-dt20060817ptan20060184159.php   (946 words)

A Magical Clockwork Believing a wrench is still useful in a digital age, it simply looks at the mechanics of the poet's art and the many ways the parts of a poem fit together. A Magical Clockwork is a clear analysis of the structure of a poem. Ioannou has written this book as a gift to those of us who appreciate good poetry, are curious about what makes it good, and would like to write some ourselves and perhaps help others with their writing. www3.sympatico.ca /susanio/magic.html   (1220 words)

Boulder Weekly | NewsandViews | CoverStory   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) While the movement has attracted the support of several notable figures, it also faces the risk of being associated with fringe theories of the Twilight Zone variety and has received the cold shoulder from most of the progressive press and the peace movement. Some 9/11 Truth Movement members say the media flout on their activities is caused by the corporate control of the media, or maybe even by shadowy CIA control of left-wing pundits. She says most of the people in the 9/11 Truth Movement don’t claim to know what actually happened on Sept. 11; they just believe there are enough disturbing questions remaining about the event to warrant a much more thorough investigation of America’s new day of infamy. www.boulderweekly.com /archive/102104/coverstory.html   (3880 words)

Machines that make birdsong run like clockwork Archytas of Tarentum (420-411 B.C.) is said to have built a mechanical bird that was propelled by a jet of steam and in Hans Christian Andersen's fairytale, the Chinese emperor had a mechanical nightingale made of gold and diamonds that could both fly and sing. True mechanical and musical automatons, in which movement and sound are produced by clockwork, first appeared in the 15th century. Not surprisingly, German clockmakers were the finest exponents of the art, many of whom utilised the tiny moving figures to strike bells or chimes in clock movements. www.news-antique.com /?id=782136&keys=automaton-automata-clockwork   (288 words)

Tentative Review by The Christopher Currie: A Clockwork Orange (Soundtrack) A Clockwork Orange is a novel/film which focuses on the power of music to guide the lives and mindsets of individuals, causing them to bypass rationality in their drive towards spontaneous action. A Clockwork Orange, the theme of music being divorced from a "purely artistic context" to a "greater cultural/behavioural context" is explored in great detail. A Clockwork Orange isn't so much a vital work for progressive fans as it is a lesson into the somewhat unfair manner in which "prog" has been marginalized over the years. www.tranglos.com /marek/yes/tr_95.html   (1509 words)

Antique Barograph It results from this arrangement that the movement of the wheelwork revolves the toothed pinion which performs the role of a planet wheel and brings about a general rotary motion of the drum containing the motor. It results also that the drum and its clockwork movement may be easily separated from the rest of the system, it being only necessary for this purpose to unscrew a nut so as to disengage the drum. The movements of the top of the column of chambers are made to move the extremity of the short arm of a lever, whose longer arm forms the registering style. www.americanartifacts.com /smma/meteor/richbaro.htm   (846 words)

Movement (clockwork) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia It receives from the escapement the impulses required to make it run for 24 hours, with a safety-margin of normally 10-12 hours. Each specific watch movement is called a caliber. Basically, the movement parts are separated into two main categories: those belonging to the ébauches and those belonging to the assortments. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Movement_(clockwork)   (717 words)

SparkNotes: A Clockwork Orange: Score and Soundtrack Carlos had already begun composing a score to the novel when a friend sent her a clipping from a London newspaper saying that Kubrick had begun adapting it for film. Her adaptation of the choral movement from Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony was the first electronic “vocal” piece ever produced. In the film, works by these composers accompany Alex’s violent rampages as well as his violent fantasies, lending them an ecstatic and surreal quality that might well match the way Alex feels during them. www.sparknotes.com /film/clockworkorange/section3.rhtml   (338 words)

Musical Carousels and Musical Figurines from the music box Shop   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) The clockwork musical movement is fitted into the ornate top and when wound, gently rotates and carries the horses around. The clockwork musical movement is fitted into the ornate top and when wound, gently rotates. She is fitted with a clockwork wound musical movement, which is fitted into the base. www.themusicboxshop.co.uk /mc-page1.htm   (867 words)

Periods and Movements :: Art History : RSS Directory : Gourt Movement (clockwork), all the main parts of a watch Nastic movements, rapid, reversible responses to non-directional stimuli Movement (music), a large division of a larger composition or musical form arts.gourt.com /Art-History/Periods-and-Movements.html   (882 words)

Horology - PatentStorm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31) By means of turning discs (disc-shaped indicating devices with a reference mark or a window subclass 145; discs driven by clockwork and producing optical special effects subclass 382; with inscriptions or drawings driven by a clockwork subclass 384; with The indicating devices are continuously driven by the clockwork movement [G04B 19/24B7C] Driving, e.g., by springs or common drive with the clockwork, etc.; gears; escapements (escapements in general subclass 95; regulating means for clockworks in general subclass 103) [G04B 23/02D] www.patentstorm.us /class/968-Horology.html   (4916 words)

Horology > Patents - Class: 968 Driving, e.g., by springs or common drive with the clockwork, etc.; gears; escapements (escapements in general subclass 95; regulating means for clockworks in general subclass 103) [g04b 23/02d] With arrangements affording protection of the clockwork against damage as a consequence of a rupture of the mainspring (protection devices against the rupture of the mainspring or its over-tension, placed in the spring-drum or fixed on it against rupture if the mainspring is wound too far subclass 16) [g04b 33/16] Mounting relative to pocket and wrist watches allowing a rocking movement about a hinge or any other movement (covers and protective cases which may be removed completely either by direct removal or by sliding or turning subclass 300; ornamentation and interchangeable parts of cases, modifying the external appearance of the clockwork subclass 373) [g04b 37/04d] www.patentgenius.com /class/968.html   (4707 words)

movement - OneLook Dictionary Search Movement, movement : UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info] Movement : eyefortransport e-commerce transportation glossary [home, info] Words similar to movement: cause, bm, campaign, crusade, drive, effort, front, motion, move, apparent motion, apparent movement, bowel movement, more... www.onelook.com /?w=movement&ls=a   (514 words)

Richard Mille Club: Richard Mille collectors site The sophisticated movement, the dial, fantastic functionality and elegant case were integrated in the cutting edge design concept of the watch. In addition to that, he also creates a sophisticated tourbillon that can be thrown to the ground and survive the shock. Glamour is absent, there is no embellishment, no extravagance, but rather the confirmed determination to define a new vision of extreme luxury, of top-of-the- range watches. www.kronosclub.com /RMC   (766 words)

'Programming the Universe,' by Seth Lloyd - The New York Times Book Review - New York Times At the time, the prevailing scientific philosophy held that the universe operates like a clockwork: the movement of each piece determines the movement of every other piece, and plugging the right numbers into the right equations could in principle predict the future of the cosmos with unlimited precision. Ordinary desktop computers are a flawed model of the physical world, Lloyd argues, because they handle everything as clear "yes" or "no" commands, while the universe operates according to the rules of quantum physics, which inherently produce fuzzy results. The universe is a quantum computer whose computations are the movements of information that define the world we experience. www.nytimes.com /2006/04/02/books/review/02powell.html?ei=5090&en=98c744549ae8fdfb&ex=1301634000&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print   (1223 words)

EastSide Catalog - A Clockwork Orange Complete Score - Wendy Carlos This is the first-ever CD release of Wendy Carlos's memorable score to Stanley Kubrick's Clockwork Orange. "You'd think that an electronic recording from 1972 would sound dated and trite, but this is definitely not the case with the Clockwork soundtrack. March from A Clockwork Orange (Beethoven: Ninth Symphony: Fourth Movement, Abridged) www.noside.com /Catalog/CatalogAlbum_01.asp?Album_ID=14   (223 words)

MachineShop In the 14th and 15th centuries the most advanced mechanical process was the clockwork movement and it is no surprise that it was used to great effect in automating the moment of figures. In the 18th century as the crude clock movements gave way to the delicate craft of the watchmaker it was only a matter of time before the movements which powered automata would take advantage of the smaller size and subtlety this new technology provided. To aid in these reactions, the mechanisms responsible for the movement of the figures was usually hidden from sight and viewers were left to speculate about how such events could be taking place. l3d.cs.colorado.edu /~zathras/research/prospectus.html   (2195 words)

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