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  Automobile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Both safety modifications of the roadway are thought to be too expensive by most funding authorities, although these modifications could dramatically increase the number of vehicles that could safely use a high-speed highway.
Early safety research focused on increasing the reliability of brakes and reducing the flammability of fuel systems.
A current invention is ESP by Bosch that is claimed to reduce deaths by about 30% and is recommended by many lawmakers and carmakers to be a standard feature in all cars sold in the EU.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Automobile   (4614 words)

  
 Child Passenger Safety Technical Encyclopedia
It is therefore not necessary to move children out of their CR the moment they exceed either the weight specified or the recommended head or shoulder height.
Function (3) is intended to improve ride-down and pre-crash stability by keeping the CR from sliding relative to the belt, but this lock-off usage does not fix the lap belt length or maintain belt tension.
These features are for pre-crash positioning and are not needed to hold the belt in a sudden stop or crash.
www.new.carseat.org /Technical/tech_update.htm   (13468 words)

  
 Ecological Engineering Group
In addition to this rhizosphere effect, plants themselves are able to passively take up a wide range of organic wastes from soil through their roots.
Constructed of 'natural' and low-polluting materials, the buildings feature organic design lines, indoor and outdoor gardens, passive solar elements, heat recovery, water features, and natural lighting and ventilation.
Designing a permaculture landscape begins with assessing a site's native features (from soil structure, microclimates, cycles of decay, existing flora and fauna) in order to take advantage of existing resources and to select and adapt technologies (methods of composting, gardening, irrigation, generating electricity) to the site.
www.ecological-engineering.com /defs.html   (5940 words)

  
 Traveller - Library Data: A
The Ancients were responsible for several major features within the region now occupied by the Imperium.
Major contacts with the Aslan in the Spinward Marches are the result of trading missions which gather rare or valuable goods for shipment to the Aslan Hierate.
The Aslan have been Imperial allies (although rather passive) in the wars against the Solomani.
gateway.pocketempires.com /a.htm   (9150 words)

  
 Islam Undressed
A remarkable feature was the urbanity and consideration with which Mahomet treated even the most insignificant of his followers.
His fine poetical genius exhausted the imagery of nature in the illustration of spiritual truths; and a vivid imagination enabled him to bring before his auditory the Resurrection and the Day of Judgment, the joys of believers in Paradise, and the agonies of lost spirits in hell, as close and impending realities.
In the mean time, until we see effective action and hear convincingly from this supposed vast silent majority of peace-loving Muslims, it is expedient for the rest of the world to take off the blinders and begin to live with both eyes wide open.
www.islamundressed.com   (15564 words)

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