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  natural stone faq - buffalostone stone planking
Stone Planking is natural stone quarried from locations throughout the world and cut to a dimension of 6 inches wide by 1 to 4 feet in length and 3/4 inch thick.
A unit of Stone Planking is comprised of 4 stone planks: a 1 foot Stone Plank, a 2 foot Stone Plank, a 3 foot Stone Plank, and a 4 foot Stone Plank.
Stone Planking ships in sturdy wooden crates that contain exactly 42 "units" of Stone Planking (i.e., there are 42 of each of the four lengths of Stone Planks).
www.buffalostone.com /faq/faq.html   (235 words)

  
  Stone ship - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ale's Stones is a stone ship in southernmost Sweden.
Anund's Mound Image The double stone ship at Anund's mound has a total length of 100 metres and one of the ships is 25 metres wide.
Stones of Blomsholm The stone ship at Blomsholm near Strömstad in Bohuslän measures more than 40 m in length and consists of 49 large menhirs.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stone_ship   (395 words)

  
 Stone (Commodore) - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki
Commodore Stone was a Human officer of the Federation Starfleet in the mid-23rd century.
That disruption to his starbase's routine was quickly eclipsed after Stone found a discrepancy between Captain James T. Kirk's deposition regarding the death of Lieutenant Commander Benjamin Finney, and a significantly different computer record of the incident.
Stone convened and served as the President of the Court in the first general court martial of a Starfleet captain in the history of the service.
memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/Stone_(Commodore)   (429 words)

  
 Picture Stone - The Tjängvide Stone   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The ship is depicted on the Viking stones mainly as a symbol for the ship that takes the spirits to the other world after death.
Even though the regular person couldn’t bury their relatives with the family ship, they let them have a symbolic ship in form of a picture stone, or a ship shaped stone formation, to take them to where they needed to go.
All the older stones are picture based and the runic writing didn’t appear until the turning of the century when the runic stones also became popular on main land.
www.vikingart.com /VArt/PS_TjangI.htm   (474 words)

  
 "My Ship!" The U.S.S. Intrepid
The ship, with her crew of 3,000 men, returned to mainland U.S. twice for repairs of damage caused by kamikaze attacks.
Ray Stone served aboard the Intrepid as a radarman from August 1943, the month of her commissioning, to June 1945, after the ship returned to the mainland for the second time to get repairs for kamikaze-inflicted damage.
First, although Stone presents some helpful general background information about radar and its use in detecting and intercepting planes, it would be more interesting to read actual battle incidents experienced by the author with details on radar's use.
wgordon.web.wesleyan.edu /kamikaze/books/ships/stone/index.htm   (918 words)

  
 ((( Stone Design ))) --> Over 17 years of History
Stone Design Corp is located in beautiful Albuquerque, New Mexico, and was founded in 1984.
Stone Design was the first independent software house to ship a shrinkwrap product for the NeXT Computer with "TextArt™" in October, 1989.
Stone Works - 16 applications, a screen saver and a widget - all for one low price.
www.stone.com /Stone_Design.html   (671 words)

  
 Journal of San Diego History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
USSB managers stated their objective to be 1,200 ships of 6 million tons in 1918 and 9 million tons during 1919 by negotiation, contract, and angary.
The ship would not move as blocking was removed, because dog shores and launch keys (release devices) were placed at intervals from bow to stern.
In order to meet the outcry of ship owners and shipbuilders, a condition of sale of the few concrete vessels slated for bid was that their machinery be removed and not replaced by future owners.
www.sandiegohistory.org /journal/95spring/shipbuilding.htm   (7289 words)

  
 The “third ship in-between”
I do not think the ship was steaming very much, because after I saw the masthead lights, she must have still been steaming, but by the time I saw her red light with my naked eye she was not steaming very much.
Before we look at the ship observed by Stone and Gibson, let’s review once again, the bedrock of the third ship theory: that Boxhall on the Titanic and Stone and Gibson on the Californian were observing the same ship on the same line of sight, but from opposite sides.
Put simply, Stone’s and Gibson’s combined story is that their mystery ship did not turn around (quite different from Boxhall’s mystery ship), but steamed backwards into the icefield, in the dead of night.
home.earthlink.net /~dnitzer/Updates/Thirdship.html   (2360 words)

  
 Fear Itself: Val Lewton's The Ghost Ship
However, Captain Stone’s codification — its emphasis on life and death prerogative — gives a darker overtone to his ad hoc parable: a moth fluttering near a brilliant light, an apparent beckoning haven by which, without intervention, the moth’s life may be exacted.
Lewton’s surpassing achievement in Stone is to realise the humanity, the vulnerability of this implicitly terrifying figure; with no perceptible contradiction between the humanity and the horror.
Captain Stone, true to the principles of decorum, declines to raise and redeposit the chain, for fear of marring the paint.
www.rouge.com.au /8/lewton.html   (2969 words)

  
 Columbia Gorge Stoneworks
Stone switchplates are made to fit most fixtures with metal mounting tabs.
If you are preparing to ship stone for an order please leave the stone in the largest sizes that are easily shipped.
The best way to ship tiles is in a box of peanuts with peanuts between the tiles, pack it as tight as possible with extra peanuts so there is no movement.
www.stonewallplates.com /ordering.html   (823 words)

  
 Page 5
Stone and Gibson noticed additional rockets being fired low down on the southern horizon.
Chief Officer George Stewart came on duty and pointed out to Second Officer Stone that a ship was now clearly visible half a dozen miles south-southeast of the Californian - a ship that Stone never saw arrive there.
The new arrival was situated in pretty much the same location where the rocket-firing ship had been before she vanished at 2:20 a.m.
ourworld.compuserve.com /homepages/Carpathia/page5.htm   (965 words)

  
 South Beach Stone Crab
We ship stone crabs that are not cracked, so that they stay fresh longer.
The stone crab claws should be kept in the refrigerator on ice.
The stone crab claws are ready to eat and are cooked before shipping.
www.southbeachstonecrab.com /questions.html   (335 words)

  
 Margin: Exploring Modern Magical Realism/THE STONE RAFT ~ A REVIEW
Saramago's stone ship is not the raft of the title but a rock formation (or is it?) on a beach in Portugal.
The stone ship is seen both in moonlight, as a complete ship with prow and mast, and in the light of day, with a larger audience, when it seems to be just a pile of stones.
The original ship Orce first saw, that combination of his imagination and something else, something that may be the supernatural or just a moonlit night, is not fully gone but is preserved in his and the reader's memory despite the evidence.
www.angelfire.com /wa2/margin/revStoneRaft.html   (926 words)

  
 Denmark Today - Jelling monument
Initially it was formed as a 170 meters long stone ship expanding from a mount from the bronze age (which is now the center of the big north mount) to south of where the other mount is today.
The smallest of the two runic stones was at that time probably a part of the stone ship.
According to the inscriptions on the stone the stone ship was built by King Gorm as a monument in memory of Queen Thyre.
www.europe-today.com /denmark/viking13.html   (356 words)

  
 Stone Pages Archaeo News: Iron Age skeleton found under medieval ship
When the ship was first found, thousands of people flocked to Newport to see it as it lay in the banks of the River Usk.
The number and volume of the ship's timbers means that a new approach to archaeological timber recording was necessary.
The ship's team has spent the last year developing a digitised three dimensional recording system, the first time this system has been used in the UK for an archaeological project.
www.stonepages.com /news/archives/001624.html   (763 words)

  
 Tour Of The Caribbean - No Flint Grey and the Stone Ship
It was in February 1794 that the trouble began, and, of course, the British were at the bottom of it.
At last his Majesty's ship "Diamond Rock" had to haul down her flag for the very good reason that the powder was exhausted and the water-tanks dry.
The commandant of the stone ship, when he handed his sword to the French captain, may well have apologised for all the trouble he had given.
www.oldandsold.com /articles25/caribbean-27.shtml   (1666 words)

  
 Building Stone Magazine
Architects routinely specify artificial stone, but now many homeowners are demanding real stone to give their residences a sense of solidity and permanence.
In situations where there is a vein in the stone and the break may be unpredictable, a 4 1/2 inch grinder with a diamond blade is used to score through the stone prior to breaking it.
These effects can be done very economically with thin stone veneer and frame walls without needing the support of concrete footings or CMU walls." The whole idea is that you can use the thin stone in applications to create the architectural elements that were once limited to very expensive buildings.
www.buildingstonemagazine.com /jas-05/thin.html   (2867 words)

  
 Stone Source
In addition to our substantial inventory of stone tiles and slabs, porcelain tiles, glass tiles and engineered stone, we have instituted purchases with participating overseas suppliers and are now storing material at these factory's warehouses.
However, in the case of natural stone, the Quick Ship program can eliminate the time consuming process of selecting the best quality blocks that meet our demanding appearance criteria, as well as the time to transport and cut the stone blocks to slabs.
Another advantage to the Quick Ship program for natural stone orders is that since the material is already produced, it is possible to send digital images and samples of actual stock, therefore reducing the uncertainty of the appearance of material that hasn't yet been selected or produced.
www.stonesource.com /quickship.html   (492 words)

  
 Viking Ship Home Page
His tomb was a large wooden ship 27 m long and 4.5 m wide at its widest spot (about 85 feet by 15 feet).
The ship had been sailed upriver and then dragged overland and then into a pit dug at the burial spot.
Also included is the account of the 1980-1985 expedition made with this ship from Gotland in the Baltic Sea by river and overland to the Black Sea and thence by way of the Bosphorus to Istanbul, the ancient Miklagård of the Scandinavians.
www.pitt.edu /~dash/ships.html   (1131 words)

  
 Frequently Asked Questions
Stone surfaces should be resealed when water no longer beads on the surface.
Sealing stone is strongly suggested, as it will create a barrier between the stone and dirt and stains.
Imported slate, and other stones, such as quartzite and sandstone, are usually produced with a size variation that will only allow joints from 1/8" to 3/8", depending on the stone and factory.
www.carvedstonecreations.com /faq.php   (1345 words)

  
 Mound, Ale's Stones, stoneship
Those stones were in the usable shape and size for using everywhere in buildings such as in the foundation.
The ships are of V-shape in two directions and it is possible that some of them have been used as a Vi and ritual place.
Ship graves were made from Bronze age to the Christianity and they are normally of sizes from 10 to 3 metres.
www.catshaman.com /262mon/0monu23.htm   (4807 words)

  
 Gulf Islands National Seashore-Ship Island People
On arrival at Ship Island, Phillips and her maid were kept for several days in what was described as a railroad car.
Ship Island served as a supply and repair facility for the fleet under Farragut’s command.
Ship Island’s harbor and its location, roughly one hundred miles from New Orleans, served also as the assembly area when Farragut ordered his ships to capture New Orleans and eventually gain control of the Mississippi River.
www.nps.gov /guis/extended/MIS/MHistory/People.htm   (4306 words)

  
 LSU Science & Technology | Barrier Island Breakdown
Greg Stone's research team is using various types of instrumentation to take measurements and collect data on and near Ship Shoal.
Stone, who is the James P. Morgan Distinguished Professor and faculty member in the Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences and director of LSU's Coastal Studies Institute, is working with two other LSU researchers to study the feasibility of mining sand from Ship Shoal and pumping it onto existing barrier islands to stabilize them.
Stone said he is hopeful that current wetland restoration projects will help the coast's situation, but he believes the barrier islands need immediate attention.
www.lsu.edu /highlights/051/barrier.html   (899 words)

  
 Building Stone Magazine
Feldspar was responsible for a deep blue color of the stone quarried in Veteran, NY, as early as 1832; for that reason in the mid-nineteenth century the stone became known as Bluestone, and the name remains.
A strong, stable stone that resists cracking and won't discolor, one outstanding monument to the strength and durability of Bluestone is the Starrucca Viaduct in Lanesboro, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania.
Cubes of the stone, which weigh five to ten tons, are taken to saws to be fabricated into slabs in the same way that granite is fabricated.
www.buildingstonemagazine.com /jas-05/bluestone.html   (1988 words)

  
 Denmark - Jelling Runic Stone
The shape of the stone ship is reflected in the stamp's pointed oval motif.
Harald Bluetooth erected this stone around the year 965 in memory of his parents, King Gorm and Queen Thyra, and in particular to commemorate the fact that he had converted the Danes to Christianity.
The stone is Denmark's finest runic stone, and the oldest monument to the introduction of Christianity to Denmark.
worldheritage.heindorffhus.dk /frame-DenmarkJelling.htm   (741 words)

  
 "Dan Snow: In the Company of Stone" - Gallery Walk Guide, August 2003
He follows in the footsteps of generations of stone wall builders -- from the Italian stone masons who came to Vermont to chisel tombstones and build house foundations, retaining walls and entire buildings -- to the sheep farmers of the 1800s marking boundaries with ledge and stone, enclosing their flocks of sheep with stone walls.
The presence of the stone structures transforms the room into sacred space, the stupa and wall informing the viewer of the nature of stone held within the silent power of its mass.
Snow notes, "I detect weakness in the stone's structure with the first hammer blow, then exploit it with subsequent hits until a seam opens and the stone pops apart." With this act of unleashing new stones into the world, he bridges the gap between the present and centuries of the Earth's mountain-making.
www.gallerywalk.org /DSnow.html   (854 words)

  
 Skies of Arcadia Legends Boss FAQ - IGN FAQs
The Blackbeard (Ship battle) HP:10,000 Special Attacks: N/A Items Won: Captain's Stripe, Bomb Description Blackbeard is a fl pirate that steals from merchants and is evil while you're a blue rogue and steal from armed ships and your heroes.
The Big hint with ship battles is to fire when you it's the critical square and guard where it's red squares.
By this point ship battles should be in your blood and the delphius is a fine ship and can easily handle this brut.
faqs.ign.com /articles/660/660181p1.html   (3905 words)

  
 Carvings inside Newgrange
This is my drawing of the symbol carved into a stone in the chamber of Newgrange which has been called by some the 'ship'.
It is engraved onto the lower portion of stone C4, which is located on the northern side of the western recess of Newgrange.
From a comparison of the forms I argued that the most probable explanation of the latter was that it was a rude representation of a ship.
www.mythicalireland.com /ancientsites/newgrange/artinside.html   (318 words)

  
 Minimizing Shipping Costs on Tile and Stone Products: Marble Master
Typically the least expensive way to ship stone products throughout the continental United States is by common carrier truck.
Tile is shipped on pallets 40 inches by 40 inches up to 450 square feet per pallet except for slate which is 532 sq ft per pallet.
For example a single pallet of tile shipped from Houston to San Diego would run about $350....but six pallets of that same tile can be shipped for just $620 or just a little more than $100 per pallet.
www.marblemaster.com /shipping/index.html   (632 words)

  
 The Ghost Ship (1943)
Captain Stone displays a reckless disregard for the safety of his crew when he refuses to allow Merriam to order the tying down of one of the ship’s big cargo hooks, despite indications that the Altair is headed for stormy weather.
Although he would never admit it to his men, Stone knows that his behavior is in some important sense out of line, and he fears that his inability to control himself without undermining the commanding demeanor he believes is essential to his role means that he is going slowly insane.
But what raises The Ghost Ship up in the direction of Cat People and The Seventh Victim and away from such RKO rabble as I Walked with a Zombie, The Leopard Man, and Isle of the Dead is a screenplay that knows when to stop hinting and get down to business.
www.1000misspenthours.com /reviews/reviewse-g/ghostship1943.htm   (1840 words)

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