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  Racetrack
Racetrack is a pencil and paper game, nominally for two players.
On a sheet of "quad pad" (e.g., 8 1/2" x 11" preprinted 1/4" 2-D grid) paper, draw a freehand outline of a racetrack.
This is the outer boundary of the racetrack.
www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ra/Racetrack.html   (494 words)

  
 Margaret Edmondson - Battlestar Wiki
Racetrack aids the escape of President Laura Roslin from the brig by falsely claiming that her Raptor was having technical problems, enabling the furloughed Lee Adama to report to the hangar bay instead of the brig per his arrest.
Racetrack was probably created as a replacement for Crashdown, the ECO of whichever Raptor a given episode focuses on; Crashdown himself was created as a replacement for Helo after he was stranded.
Racetrack was introduced in the first season finale, simultaneous with the seeds of Crashdown's demise: signs of his incompetence for command while stranded on Kobol.
en.battlestarwiki.org /wiki/Margaret_Edmondson   (1160 words)

  
 Racetrack bridge - Patent 6920658
The bridge of claim 5, wherein the bridge structure includes at least one of the stairways on one side of the cross-track width of the racetrack and at least one of the stairways on an opposing side of the cross-track width of the racetrack.
The racetrack bridge 10 generally includes a bridge structure 14 supported at each of its ends, a first end 16 and a second end 18, over the cross-track width 20 of the racetrack at a height 22 sufficient to provide clearance for use of the racetrack surface 12.
Optionally, the racetrack bridge may be constructed of lightweight materials and may be capable of being disassembled such that the bridge may be erected and disassembled at any desired location on the racetrack or removed entirely when use is not desired.
www.freepatentsonline.com /6920658.html   (2658 words)

  
 Elevated wood and concrete racetrack for go-karts and associated methods - Patent 6991548
A concrete racetrack surface is overlayed on the wooden support surface, and a racetrack support frame has a plurality of vertical support posts anchored on suitable land and a plurality of support members connected thereto for supporting the wooden support surface above ground.
The racetrack of claim 1, wherein said suitable land is selected from land having thereon a stormwater retention basin, a pond, a lake, and a wetland.
The method also includes constructing the racetrack with a generally non-circular portion of the racetrack extending away from the concentric circles and into a second parcel of land adjacent the first parcel, and installing customer ingress and egress facilities in the second parcel.
www.freepatentsonline.com /6991548.html   (4719 words)

  
 Aqueduct Racetrack. Horse Racing. Betmaker.com
Observers have said that Aqueduct Racetrack's physical layout and size evokes memories of a glorious past, an era when horse racing was considered a sport of royalty, and a day at the races is a day when members of high society come out in their Sunday best.
Aqueduct Racetrack got its name from the southwestern Queens neighborhood of South Woodhaven where a conduit for the Brooklyn Water Works was built in the 1850s.
Aqueduct Racetrack originally opened in the nearby South Ozone Park on September 27, 1894 on land leased from descendants of the area's original Dutch settlers.
www.betmaker.com /horse-racing/racetracks/AQU.asp   (485 words)

  
 Hialead Park Racetrack, Determined Eligible for Designation: National Historic Landmarks Program (NHL)
The Hialeah Park Racetrack is one of the oldest existing recreational facilities in southern Florida.
The Hialeah Racetrack that opened on January 15, 1925 consisted of a clubhouse, an administrative building, a paddock area, and twenty-one stables.
The racetrack was purchased in 1930 by Joseph E. Widener, who undertook a major renovation, hiring architect Lester W. Geisler to design a master plan for the sporting facility.
www.cr.nps.gov /nhl/DOE_dedesignations/hialeah.htm   (736 words)

  
 Racetrack Playa   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Racetrack Playa is home to one of the world's rarest and most unusual phenomena.
Paramilitary groups have used the Racetrack, and other parts of Death Valley, for their exercises.
Researcher Paula Messina had to obtain a permit just to walk around the Racetrack with her global positioning satellite equipment.
journalism.berkeley.edu /multimedia/rocks/playa   (734 words)

  
 Jackpot Palace Internet Casino - Racetrack Roulette Guide
Racetrack Roulette is a single zero roulette that consists of 36 numbers plus 0.
The differences between Racetrack Roulette and other roulette types are the game table layout, the locations of the numbers and the odds.
By selecting a chip value and clicking on the fields on the racetrack, chips are placed on the ordinary bet area on the table.
www.jackpotpalace.com /help/multiplayer/racetrackroulette.php   (630 words)

  
 Prairie Meadows Racetrack and Casino
Chute - A straightaway extension to the oval section of a racetrack.
Homestretch - The front straightaway on the racetrack between the last turn and the finish line.
Winner's Circle - The enclosure next to the racetrack where the horse is brought for the ceremonial win photo with his/her connections.
www.prairiemeadows.com /racing/wannabet/glossary.php   (1135 words)

  
 Geology of Death Valley National Park
The level surface of this parched basin provides the backdrop for one of Death Valley's most intriguing geological puzzles, the mysterious sliding rocks of Racetrack Playa.
Scattered across the extraordinarily flat surface of Racetrack Playa, far from the edges of the surrounding mountains are boulders, some up to 320 kg (705 lb), and smaller pieces of rock.
Racetrack Playa is an almost perfectly flat dry lake bed nestled between the Cottonwood Mountains to the east and the Last Chance Range to the west.
wrgis.wr.usgs.gov /docs/usgsnps/deva/ftrac1.html   (234 words)

  
 Race track - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A race track (or 'racetrack', or 'racing track'), is a purpose-built facility for the conducting of races.
There is some evidence of racetracks being developed in several ancient civilizations, but the most impressive ancient racetracks were certainly the hippodrome of the Ancient Greeks and the circus of the Roman Empire.
Major horse racetracks in the US were built at Saratoga Springs, New York in 1863 and at Churchill Downs, Louisville, Ky., opened in 1875.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Racetrack   (589 words)

  
 Racetrack Playa - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Racetrack Playa is a seasonally dry lake (a playa) located in the northern part of the Panamint Mountains in Death Valley National Park, California, U.S.A. that is famous for rocks that mysteriously move across its surface.
Racetrack is dry for almost the entire year and has no vegetation on it.
Most of the so-called 'sailing stones' are from an 850 foot (260 m) high hillside made of dark dolomite on the south end of the playa, but some are intrusive igneous rock from adjacent slopes (most of those being tan-colored feldspar-rich syenite).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Racetrack_Playa   (1684 words)

  
 Woodbine Racetrack
Woodbine Racetrack is a thoroughbred and harness racing facility in Rexdale, Ontario, Canada that has three tracks.
The first thoroughbred race was held at Woodbine Racetrack on June 12, 1956 while the first harness race was held on January 1, 1994.
Woodbine Racetrack has a total seating capacity of 13,000 and a stabling capacity of 1,860 stalls.
www.racebook.com /tips/racebook/horseracing/woodbine-racetrack.html   (244 words)

  
 The Patriot Resource: Battlestar Galactica Characters - Racetrack
Racetrack first appeared as Galactica Boomer's third ECO after Crashdown was assigned to the Kobol scouting party while Boomer was recovering.
Racetrack was barely holding it together as they flew into the basestar, then had to land when the warhead wouldn't launch.
In the chaos following Commander Adama's shooting, Racetrack informed the acting command staff that Galactica Boomer had been outside the Raptor for some time while they were in the basestar and thus had ample opportunity to inform the Cylons of Galactica's location.
www.patriotresource.com /bg/characters/racetrack.html   (238 words)

  
 Pimlico Racetrack
Pimlico Racetrack is a historic horse racetrack in Baltimore, Maryland that features thoroughbred racing.
Other big events hosted by the racetrack are the Pimlico Racetrack Special, the Federico Tesio Stakes, the Jim McKay Breeders Cup Handicap and the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes.
Governor Oden Bowie of Maryland, a horseman and racing entrepreneur, pledged to build a new racetrack for a proposed stake race to be run in the fall of 1870 for three-year old colts and fillies at two miles.
www.racebook.com /tips/racebook/horseracing/pimlico-racetrack.html   (384 words)

  
 RaceTrack - Home
Probably the most difficult kind of programming error to debug in a multithreaded program is a data race in which the effect of the bug is not reproducible because it depends on a subtle timing relation between threads.
The RaceTrack research project addresses the problem of detecting races by instrumenting the execution of the program in order to detect suspicious access patterns to shared variables.
RaceTrack: Efficient Detection of Data Race Conditions via Adaptive Tracking.
research.microsoft.com /research/sv/racetrack   (389 words)

  
 Racetrack Manager Assistant   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
A Racetrack Manager Assistant helps to organize all events that take place on the grounds of the racetrack involving the horses, people associated with the race horses, owners, and trainers.
The racetrack manager assistant also oversees such activities as early closing nominations, purchasing, and contracts.
The qualifications for a Racetrack Manager Assistant vary based on the place of employment, and much of the training is on-the-job.
www.siu.edu /departments/coagr/animal/equine/carreer/racetrackmanager_old.htm   (186 words)

  
 Zipporah Films Racetrack
RACETRACK is about the Belmont Race Track, one of the world's leading race tracks for thoroughbred racing.
Wiseman wanders around Belmont finding ripe, illustrative material, most of which fits into the abiding themes of his films, the melancholia peculiar to industrial societies, the emotional wages of materialism.
In RACETRACK, the industry Wiseman reveals is a peculiar one, pervaded by both a romantic respect for the magnificent animals at its center and an almost corporate atmosphere.
www.zipporah.com /films/18   (271 words)

  
 The Racetrack in Death Valley
Actively studied for 50 years, the rocks that mysteriously move around the dried lake bed playa in Death Valley, called the Racetrack, are yet to have an unquestionable explanation for their movement.
In 1955 George M. Stanley first proposed the theory that the rocks move with the assistance of ice sheets forming after the playa surface is flooded.
In 1976 they stated, "It is concluded that wind moves the stones when conditions are just right, that this normally happens at least every one to three years on Racetrack Playa, and that ice sheets are not necessary." (Sharp and Carey, 1976).
sophia.smith.edu /~lfletche/deathvalley.html   (760 words)

  
 High Rock International Raceway:  Race Track Watch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Racetrack developers temporarily withdraw permit request, by William Keesler, The Dispatch, Lexington, NC, October 6, 2006
Development of High Rock International Raceway would build parking lots and a racetrack on 200 acres of the heart of the Yadkin River Bridge Civil War battlefield.
This project also could block access to the 1818 Ithiel Town Bridge and the Ferry crossed by Jefferson Davis at the close of the Civil War, as well as disturb a stream along which Revolutionary War armies camped in the fall of 1780.
www.tradingford.com /racetrack_watch.html   (310 words)

  
 Evaluating the Greyhound Racetrack: Greyhound Biomechanics
The racetrack is where the Greyhounds perform their activity.
The racetrack design and surface content should be determined by the local weather conditions, ie humidity, precipitation, temperature, and the other climatic factors.
In a survey reported by Bloomberg and Dugger, there were 761 injuries reported for a total of 47,323 races ran at sixteen racetracks between the years of 1984-1990.
www.sportsvet.com /greyhound/GHTrack.htm   (3002 words)

  
 Devils Racetrack Trail
The Devils Racetrack is an awesome ATV track in the San Rafael Swell.
The trail flirts with the edge of the Devils Racetrack, a sheer 300-foot chasm formed by cliffs of Wingate sandstone.
The "racetrack" are the two bands of red in the Chinle skirts.
www.utahmountainbiking.com /trails/devils.htm   (841 words)

  
 The Racetrack Playa of Death Valley National Park - DesertUSA
The Racetrack is a unique attraction of Death Valley National Park that not many park visitors get to see.
The Racetrack is located beyond Ubehebe Crater, which is southwest of Scotty's Castle of Scotty's Castle.
The Racetrack is not an illusion It is well worth the washboard ride, or the hours of 4-wheeling it takes to reach the lake from the south.
www.desertusa.com /mag99/july/stories/race1.html   (597 words)

  
 Racetrack - Moviefone
Synopsis: The Belmont is one of the world's leading racetracks for thoroughbred racing, and this 114-minute Frederick Wiseman documentary depicts racing as a...
IMDb user comments for Boots Malone (1952) Second, the racetrack, Dellington, is on the East Coast, north of Baltimore according to the train destination board.
Racetrack - Cast & Crew, movie showtimes, plot, synopsis, exclusive features, trailers, clips, theater listings, reviews, message boards, dvd, videos, rentals and more on Moviefone.
movies.aol.com /movie/racetrack/1091350/main   (126 words)

  
 Terms of Use for The Woodlands Racetrack Online Site
The Woodlands Racetrack also assumes no responsibility, and shall not be liable for, any damages to, or viruses that may infect, your computer equipment or other property on account of your access to, use of, or browsing in the Site or your downloading of any materials, data, text, images, video, or audio from the Site.
You are also advised that The Woodlands Racetrack will aggressively enforce its intellectual property rights to the fullest extent of the law, including the seeking of criminal prosecution.
The Woodlands Racetrack reserves the right, at its own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, and in such case, you agree to cooperate with The Woodlands Racetrack's defense of such claim.
www.woodlandskc.com /terms.htm   (1146 words)

  
 Audubon South Carolina
Despite a victory before the DHEC Board in September of 2003, which sent the issue of the racetrack back to their staff for further review, Audubon South Carolina and its conservation partners returned to Court on November 7, 2005 following an appeal by the developers of Interstate Speedway.
There will be no dirt moved for a racetrack without Berkeley County first granting the developers a return to their original zoning category.
The DHEC Board twice upheld that their staff did not appropriately review the stormwater permit for the racetrack before granting it, a stance taken by Audubon South Carolina.There is a movement afoot to enact laws at the state level that would eliminate the DHEC Board from their role in such appeals.
www.audubon.org /local/sanctuary/beidler/racetrack.html   (536 words)

  
 Racetrack Valley, Death Valley National Park   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The tan colored area in the center of the photo is Racetrack Playa.
Geologists hypothesize that high wind shear in this area is responsible for moving rocks when the playa is wet.
The racetrack rock from the previous photo is slightly below and to the right of center.
www.neiu.edu /~kbartels/Photos/DeathValley/Racetrack.htm   (178 words)

  
 Meadowlands Racetrack - FAQ's
Thoroughbred racing debuted at the Meadowlands Racetrack before a crowd of 25,158 on September 6, 1977.
Admission to the Paddock Level and Grandstand is $1, the Clubhouse is $3 and the Pegasus Level is $5.
The Meadowlands Racetrack record for attendance is 52,975 set on June 11, 1982 on the night of a closed ciruit broadcast of the Cooney-Holmes heavyweight championship fight.
www.thebigm.com /faq.asp   (700 words)

  
 RaceTrack: Efficient Detection of Data Race Conditions via Adaptive Tracking
This paper describes RaceTrack, a dynamic race detection tool that tracks the actions of a program and reports a warning whenever a suspicious pattern of activity has been observed.
RaceTrack uses a novel hybrid detection algorithm and employs an adaptive approach that automatically directs more effort to areas that are more suspicious, thus providing more accurate warnings for much less overhead.
We implemented RaceTrack inside the virtual machine of Microsoft's Common Language Runtime (product version v1.1.4322) and monitored several major, real-world applications directly out-of-the-box, without any modification.
research.microsoft.com /research/pubs/view.aspx?tr_id=907   (193 words)

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