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  OPERATION CASTLE - 1954
Operation Castle was a series of high yield thermonuclear weapon design tests.
The entire Bikini Atoll was contaminated to varying degrees, and many operation Castle personnel were subsequently over-exposed as a result.
After this test the exclusion zone around the Castle tests was increased to 570,000 square miles, a circle 850 miles across (for comparison this is equal to about 1% of the entire Earth's land area).
www.radiochemistry.org /history/nuke_tests/castle/index.html   (2578 words)

  
  Operation Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Operation Castle was the highest-yield nuclear test series ever conducted by the United States.
Operation Castle was a series of high-energy (high-yield) nuclear tests by Joint Task Force SEVEN (JTF-7) at Bikini Atoll beginning in March 1954.
Operation Castle was intended to be a proof of concept for lithium deuteride fuels in fusion weapons.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Operation_Castle   (1633 words)

  
 Castle Romeo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Castle Romeo was the code name given to one of the tests in the Operation Castle series of American nuclear tests.
The so-called "runt" device was a weaponized "dry" fusion bomb, using lithium deuteride fuel for the fusion stage of a "staged" fusion bomb, unlike the cryogenic liquid deuterium of the first-generation Ivy Mike fusion device.
It was detonated on March 27, 1954, after several delays (which played havoc with the planned experimental measurements program) at Bikini atoll of the Marshall Islands, on a barge moored in the middle of the crater from the Castle Bravo test.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Castle_Romeo   (248 words)

  
 Western Land Service of Wyoming
CASTLE GARDEN RANCH is located 5.4 miles south of Hwy 26 at Moneta, 45 miles east Riverton or 75 miles west of Casper.
TYPE OF CASTLE GARDEN RANCH in the past decade has been run as a cow/calf operation, utilizing the pasture for 6 months during the growing season.
This is typically used in the late fall and does not conflict with the Ranch operation.
www.westernland.net /Ranches/Castle/index.htm   (566 words)

  
 St. Catharines Building Supplies - Home Page
Castle Building Centres, a Canadian cooperative, is made up 240 independently owned and operated lumberyards throughout Canada.
Specializing in residential renovation and new construction, Castle stores are the backbone of the retail lumber and building material industry.
Castle managers and owners work the order desk, visit job sites, and manage material flow, always bringing a sincere passion for what they do.
scbs.castle.ca /index.php   (412 words)

  
 Operation Castle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Castle Bravo was detonated on March 1, 1954 at 6:45AM.
The device was detonated about 3000ft from the Charlie Island in the Bikini Atoll.
Castle Romeo was detonated on March 26, 1954 at 6:30AM.
members.tripod.com /~coobird/castle.htm   (316 words)

  
 Bishop's Building Center - Home Page
Consistency of operation comes from the generation transfer of business ownership.
Todays current operators have literally grown up in their family business.
Additionally, Castle stores focus on millwork (windows, mouldings and doors) and always have related hardware products that compliment the sale of basic building materials.
bishops.castle.ca /index.php   (278 words)

  
 News Media Resources: DTRA Fact Sheets
Operation CASTLE was a six-detonation nuclear weapon test series (see table) held at the Atomic Energy Commission's (AEC) Pacific Proving Ground (PPG) in Spring 1954.
The CASTLE series was held to test large-yield thermonuclear, or hydrogen, devices.
The CASTLE operations placed almost all of the Navy support group at Bikini, where its ships provided living space for personnel who were evacuated from the islands for the first test and then could not return to live there because of the potential radiation exposure.
www.dtra.mil /newsservices/fact_sheets/display.cfm?fs=ntpr_castle   (942 words)

  
 Internet Archive: Details: Military Effects Studies on Operation CASTLE
Operation CASTLE was a six-detonation test series held at the Atomic Energy Commission's (AEC) Pacific Proving Ground in the Spring of 1954.
CASTLE represented the end of a drive for a workable thermonuclear weapon and the beginning of the refinement of large-H-bombs into smaller and more efficient weapons.
A scientific miscalculation based on a then-unknown "tritium fusion bonus" of highly enriched lithium-6 contributing the the detonation yield caused the yield to be about two and a half times of that what was expected.
www.archive.org /details/MilitaryEffectsStudiesonOperationCastle1954   (694 words)

  
 PlayStation Pro 2.0 - Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Operation Resurrection Review
I'm not here to give a history lesson, but as you probably know, Wolfenstein 3D is the grandfather of all the FPS titles we love to play to this day.
More than one year ago, the long awaited update to Wolfenstein 3D, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, was finally released on the PC and it instantly became a worthy sequel due to its class-based online gameplay.
As previously stated, Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Operation Resurrection provides a nice and long single-player experience, but the game is ultimately hurt by the missing multiplayer options from the Xbox and PC versions.
www.playstationpro2.com /reviews/2003/wolfenstein.html   (874 words)

  
 Successful second year for Castle. Article - Castle Bank & Trust Company
Entering its third full year of operation, Castle Bank and Trust is poised for continued growth and possible expansion, according to results of the independent bank’s 2001 annual report.
In its second full year of operation, the local bank has gone from a $171,069 net loss to a $350,267 net gain, increased its assets by 6.3 percent and doubled the amount of money it has loaned, from $1.7 million in 2000 to $14.7 million in 2001.
While Castle Bank continues to compete against other independent local banks like Apple Valley Bank and Trust in Cheshire, the recent acquisition of Southington Savings Bank by Banknorth of Maine may give banks more community-bank oriented customers to compete over.
www.castlebankandtrust.com /news/news.asp?RGoto=25   (635 words)

  
 Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Operation Resurrection Review - GamersMark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
One of the aspects of Operation Resurrection that I enjoyed, was the animation of the characters during the cut scenes, granted, outside of the game's cut scenes, players aren't going to see too much of main character BJ out of his first person view, but so what?
While as is, Operation Resurrection may not offer, some new, unheard of graphical capability, or gimmicky slow motion feature, but the title does well to give Wolfenstein backbone by invoking a deep story within the Castles legacy, all while never taking the game out of context from its mainstream brethren.
The title even makes tones of references to the popular Wolfenstein 3D, everything from old methods of healing yourself (there are turkey dinners that you can eat to gain health) to the reappearances of certain key characters of the original.
www.gamersmark.com /reviews/view/342   (2406 words)

  
 Leathertown Lumber INC. - Home Page
Consistency of operation comes from the generation transfer of business ownership.
Todays current operators have literally grown up in their family business.
Additionally, Castle stores focus on millwork (windows, mouldings and doors) and always have related hardware products that compliment the sale of basic building materials.
www.leathertownlumber.ca   (267 words)

  
 Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Operation Resurrection for PlayStation 2 - MobyGames
Operation Resurrection is the PlayStation 2 version of the Return to Castle Wolfenstein with some added extras that make it it's own unique game.
Unlike Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War there is no multiplayer support - internet and multi link.
On November 30, 2004, Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Operation Resurrection was put on the infamous German index by the BPjM.
www.mobygames.com /game/ps2/return-to-castle-wolfenstein-operation-resurrection   (394 words)

  
 Operation Castle
Yesterday, officers in Maidstone arrested a local boy on suspicion of burglary, coinciding with the launch of Operation Castle, a force-wide drive aimed at reducing burglaries that began on Monday, 14 August.
With Operation Castle, Kent Police is currently targeting burglars to help people living in the county keep their homes safe.
Operation Castle is Kent Police’s initiative that runs periodically to catch and deter burglars.
www.digitalmaidstone.co.uk /Default.aspx?page=5010   (638 words)

  
 Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Operation Resurrection for PlayStation 2 Review - PlayStation 2 Return to Castle ...
Return to Castle Wolfenstein has always been a pretty uninteresting single-player game, and without solid multiplayer to cushion the blow, the PlayStation 2 version of the game is a real failure.
When Return to Castle Wolfenstein was released for the PC in 2001, it was lauded for its extraordinary team-based multiplayer component, which featured a number of different maps and objectives and a class system that let players take on different roles in battle.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein later came to the Xbox, bringing the game's multiplayer mode to consoles while making some minor changes to the single-player game.
www.gamespot.com /ps2/action/returntocastlewor/review.html   (1123 words)

  
 Operation Castle tests focus of today's panel discussion: Los Alamos National Laboratory
The panel discussion of the 1954 testing series known as Operation Castle, is scheduled for 1:10 this afternoon in the Administration Building Auditorium at Technical Area 3, and is part of Los Alamos' Classified Heritage Series.
The first thermonuclear weapons were tested at Bikini and Eniwetok atolls between February and May of 1954 in Operation Castle.
Castle followed up on the theoretical concept proven by the success of the Mike test on Nov. 1, 1952.
www.lanl.gov /news/index.php/fuseaction/nb.story/story_id/6451   (332 words)

  
 News: Operation Resurrection ships - GamersHell.com
Developed by Raster Productions, Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Operation Resurrection carries a suggested retail price of $49.99 and is rated "M" for mature by the ESRB.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Operation Resurrection features an all-new campaign, where gamers meet Agent One, the O.S.A.'s most senior operative.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Operation Resurrection is developed by Raster Production and is executive produced by id Software.
www.gamershell.com /news/7618.html   (473 words)

  
 Castle Hill Inn and Resort - Newport, Rhode Island
Information about our customers is an important part of our business, and we are not in the business of selling or reselling email addresses to any third party operation.
Castle Hill Inn and Resort will excluxively use your email address to announce special promotions and news.
Newport Rhode Island Inn and Resort - Castle Hill Inn and Resort, Newport, Rhode Island.
www.castlehillinn.com /Information/Newsletter/index.htm   (161 words)

  
 Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Operation Resurrection /// Eurogamer
Released back in December 2001 on the PC, the PS2 version of Return To Castle Wolfenstein has been a long time coming, but instantly distinguishes itself as the weakest of the three versions currently available, missing all the components that made it worth owning in the first place.
Set in various parts of the world during 1943, Gray Matter has attempted to revive the ancient Wolfenstein franchise with a fantastical tale of an occult obsessed group of Nazis, led by Himmler, who are attempting to create the ultimate killing machine by resurrecting a 1,000-year old dead warrior.
If you've got the choice, go for the infinitely superior Xbox version, or better still, get the PC version - it'll be cheap as chips by now.
www.eurogamer.net /article.php?article_id=52310   (669 words)

  
 IGN: Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Operation Resurrection Review
Though RTCW: Operation Resurrection is a port of the PC game, there is a distinction that needs to be made between the two, as well as from the Xbox version, confusingly titled, Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Tides of War.
While the complete PC game is found in Operation Resurrection, there are additional levels tacked on to the start of the game that further flesh out the Agent One character, as well as detailing how B.J. actually gets captured and thrown into the dungeon of Castle Wolfenstein.
Outside of the introductory levels, the only other significant difference between all three versions is that Operation Resurrection (that's the PS2 version, in case you're already lost) lacks any and all multiplayer modes found in the PC and Xbox versions.
ps2.ign.com /articles/420/420966p1.html   (760 words)

  
 Operation Castle
Following the initial experimental demonstration of the Ulam-Teller design in Operation Ivy (the Sausage device detonated in the Ivy Mike test) both weapon labs rushed to develop a number of deliverable weaponized designs.
The entire Bikini Atoll was contaminated to varying degrees and plans for conducting test operations from the islands, including use of the firing bunker, had to be abandoned.
All further Castle tests were controlled by radio link from the USS Estes.
nuclearweaponarchive.org /Usa/Tests/Castle.html   (2718 words)

  
 Key Issues: Nuclear Weapons: Issues: Testing: Operation Castle
The fourth Castle test, UNION, was detonated on April 26 at 6:05 a.m.
Tawakoni was officially released from Operation Castle on May 11.
An examination of CASTLE dosimetry data indicates that, in general, a crews overall operational exposure was based on a selected number of periiodically badged individuals.
www.nuclearfiles.org /menu/key-issues/nuclear-weapons/issues/testing/test-operation-castle_1954-04-14.htm   (782 words)

  
 Gaming Target - PlayStation 2: Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Operation Resurrection - Preview
What is already known about Return to Castle Wolfenstein is that Activision doesn't have any plans to change the game's design around, other than that the title will retain the original features while being shaped by the PlayStation 2's structure the game will pertain to.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein shouldn't fail to appeal to the audience's ear lobes in the least.
Either way, Return to Castle Wolfenstein is one of the best PC games available right now, and hopefully, will be one of the best console ones as well.
www.gamingtarget.com /article.php?artid=1516   (900 words)

  
 GameSpy: Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Operation Resurrection Preview
So maybe it was out of pity that my assignment to spend an entire day with the console versions of Return to Castle Wolfenstein emerged.
However it came to pass, though, one thing's for sure: In its presence, "port" is a no-no word.
There you're coupled with another operative, Agent One, who pops in every now and then throughout seven brand-new levels to help you blast away Nazi thugs and their even more loathsome zombie forms.
ps2.gamespy.com /playstation-2/return-to-castle-wolfenstein-operation-resurrection/498756p1.html   (822 words)

  
 Rockhouse Operation (Punisher foes)
Castle recognized The General as Buktir Van Tranh of the South Vietnamese Army.
But Castle managed to get onboard the helicopter, overpower Hoyle and drop him from a great height.
Tranh was about to shoot Castle, but Castle managed to overpower Tranh and shot him in the head.
www.marvunapp.com /Appendix/rockhou.htm   (669 words)

  
 GamingWorld X - Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Operation Resurrection Review
Despite the statements made above, Operation Resurrection is still a more than competent single-player shooter; one that outdoes many of the shooters specifically designed for PS2.
Gameplay - Operation Resurrection is pretty much the same game as the Xbox's Tides of War, except of course, it's missing quite a bit of the overall content of the Xbox package, namely, the multi-player component.
In Operation Resurrection, there is no two-player co-op (you're not missing much here), no multiplayer deathmatches, team play, splitscreen, or online capabilities (you're missing a lot here).
www.gamingworldx.com /ps2/ReturntoCastleWolfensteinO.shtml   (870 words)

  
 Welcome to the Castle Air Museum Web Site
When the closure of Castle Air Force Base was announced in 1994, a group of dedicated enthusiasts in the Atwater-Merced area formed a non-profit organization called the Castle Air Museum Foundation, Inc. Their purpose was to assume custody of the collection of aircraft.
The Castle Air Museum has prepared a guide for teacher's and educators that is a comprehensive booklet containing a variety of informative sections from the Castle Museum background, to classroom activities and worksheets for 4th to 6th graders.
Monies to operate the museum, maintain the aircraft and grounds and, hopefully, to add to the collection come from admissions, memberships, fund-raising events and donations.
www.elite.net /castle-air   (455 words)

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