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  Icebreaker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Essential to an icebreaking vessel is the ability to propel itself onto the ice, breaking it, and then successfully clearing the ice debris from its path.
Icebreakers are expensive to build and very expensive to run, whether the icebreaker is powered by gas turbines, diesel-electric powerplant or nuclear energy.
A modern icebreaker typically has shielded propellers both at the bow and at the stern, as well as side thrusters; pumps to move water ballast from side to side; and holes on the hull below the waterline to eject water bubbles, all designed to allow an icebreaker stuck amidst thick ice to break free.
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 Icebreaker   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Icebreakers are needed to keep trade routes open where there are either seasonal or permanent ice conditions.
Icebreakers are expensive to build and very expensive to run, whether the icebreaker is powered by gas turbines, or is a nuclear powered icebreaker.
Icebreakers with the round; sled-like bow used to ride up on the ice; tend to slam into waves and can be a risk in high seas.
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 Shiraz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It is believed that the name of the grape Shiraz was taken from that of the city of Shiraz, Iran, where the process of winemaking is believed to have originated 7000 years ago.
Shiraz University, formerly known as Pahlavi University, placed in city of Shiraz is one of major universities in Iran.
The initial nucleus of Shiraz University was formed in 1946 with the establishment of a junior college which aimed at training specialists in the medical sciences with a four year program.
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 Icebreaker -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
An icebreaker is a special purpose (A vessel that carries passengers or freight) ship designed to move and navigate through (Water frozen in the solid state) ice covered marine environments.
Many icebreakers also carry aircraft (formerly (An airplane that can land on or take off from water) seaplanes and now (An aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades) helicopters) to assist in reconnaissance and liaison.
Icebreakers have a round sled-like bow, however; they tend to slam into waves, which can be a risk in high seas.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/i/ic/icebreaker.htm   (1580 words)

  
 Shiraz Party - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Shiraz Party   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Shiraz Party - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Shiraz Party.
The Arab has nothing to do with Arab Shiraz Party, it is Afro-Shirazy Pary and Shiraz is in the middle of Persia, when the Zanzibar was ruled by Barzanji trib (951 AD till 1500 AD) of Shiraz there where no Arab in the history of area yet.
The orginal Shiraz Party article can be editet
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 Encyclopedia: Shiraze (icebreaker)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The Shiraze is a large icebreaker from Japan.
US Coast Guard icebreakers near McMurdo Station, February 2002 An icebreaker is a special purpose ship designed to move and navigate through ice covered marine environments.
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