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In the News (Sat 18 Feb 12)

  
  Boston Scientific
Wingspan Stents are designed to support the vessel lumen by minimizing vessel recoil following angioplasty and exerting active, controlled, outward radial force.
Engineered for atraumatic deployment, the Wingspan™ Stent is designed to apply minimal pressure – less than 0.1 atm* – to the vessel wall immediately proximal and distal to the treated lesion.
The Wingspan Stent is a self-expanding design with flexible cells to enhance conformability and vessel wall apposition in curved and tapered vessels.
www.bostonscientific.com /med_specialty/deviceDetail.jsp?task=tskBasicDevice.jsp§ionId=4&relId=5,230,231,232&deviceId=14052   (403 words)

  
  Wingspan: University of Utah News Release: March 14, 2001
"Wingspan tours are locally organized, with a guide from the local Utah community." At least one meeting prior to the tour allows participants the opportunity to meet their guide and the rest of the small group.
Wingspan is not about seeing as many sites as possible in a short amount of time; its goal is cultural education.
Wingspan also aims to create projects that working professionals could experience as part of their development or career training, making the excursions possible for tax write-offs.
web.utah.edu /news/releases/01/mar/wingspan.html   (873 words)

  
  Wingspan
Planes with a longer wingspan are generally more efficient because they suffer less induced drag and their wingtip vortices do not affect the wing as much.
The term wingspan, more technically extent, is also used for birds, and other winged animals such as pterosaurs, bats, insects, etc. For example, a Wandering Albatross (Diomedea exulans) caught in 1965 had a wingspan of 3.63 m, the official record for a living bird.
To measure the wingspan of a bird, a live or freshly dead specimen is placed flat on its back, the wings are grasped at the wrist joints, and the distance is measured from the tips of the longest primary feathers on each wing.
www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/w/wi/wingspan.html   (266 words)

  
 Paul McCartney: Wingspan - An Intimate Portrait (2001)
Wingspan, is the inside story of how Paul and Linda McCartney dared to follow The Beatles with their rock band Wings.
Wingspan appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 1.78:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
Wingspan could be an ugly presentation, but I found it to be satisfactory given the project’s origins.
www.dvdmg.com /wingspan.shtml   (3397 words)

  
 PTEROSAURS- Enchanted Learning Software
Pterosaurs could flap their wings and fly with power, but the largest ones (like Quetzalcoatlus, which had a wingspan up to 36 feet or 11 m wide) probably relied on updrafts (rising warm air) and breezes to help in flying.
Genus Eudimorphodon - 2.5 feet (0.75 m) long wingspan, with large eyes, a short neck, many sharp teeth in pointed jaws (for eating fish and insects), and a diamond-shaped flap of skin at the end of the long, pointed tail.
Genus Dimorphodon - 4 feet (1.2 m) long wingspan, with deep, wide jaws resembling the beak of the modern-day puffin, a short neck, and a diamond-shaped flap of skin at the end of the long, pointed tail.
www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/dinosaurs/dinos/Pterosaur.shtml   (1065 words)

  
 News | Gainesville.com | The Gainesville Sun | Gainesville, Fla.   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The wingspan of an aircraft is always measured in a straight line, from wingtip to wingtip, independently of wing shape or sweep.
To measure the wingspan of a bird, a live or freshly dead specimen is placed flat on its back, the wings are grasped at the wrist joints, and the distance is measured between the tips of the longest primary feathers on each wing.
In basketball, a fingertip to fingertip measurement is used to determine what is known as a player's wingspan.
www.gainesville.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=wingspan   (325 words)

  
 Paul McCartney's "Wingspan" Hits and History
WINGSPAN, clocking in with 151 minutes of music on two CDs (disc one is conceptually titled Hits and disc two is History), emerges as the soundtrack of a simple, back-to-basics band's evolution into one of the biggest-selling acts of the rock era.
Wingspan - the TV film that tells for the first time the story of how Paul and Linda dared to follow The Beatles with a new band and bring up a young family at the same time - is fast becoming a must-have show for TV schedulers around the planet.
Wingspan (Capitol Records) is the soundtrack of how Paul McCartney dared to follow The Beatles with Wings in the Seventies; forming with his wife Linda an initially back-to-basics band that rose to become one of the biggest selling acts of the era.
www.cyber-beatles.com /wingspan.htm   (4586 words)

  
 wingspan - Search Results - MSN Encarta
The smallest butterflies are certain blues that have wingspans of a mere 0.7 cm (0.25 in).
The American kestrel is 27 cm (10.5 in) long and has a wingspan of about 61 cm (24 in).
Emperor Moth, common name for a European giant silkworm moth, with a wingspan of about 6 cm (about 2.5 in).
encarta.msn.com /wingspan.html   (140 words)

  
 Wingspan Ministry - St. Paul Reformation Lutheran Church   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Wingspan Logo gives expression to the all-embracing arms of God which welcomes and affirms all people, but especially gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender persons, their families and friends.
Wingspan does not hold separate worship services, though it supports the monthly worship that is celebrated by Lutherans Concerned Twin Cities at St. Paul-Reformation Lutheran Church.
Wingspan is a ministry of pastoral care, education, advocacy and support for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people.
www.stpaulref.org /wingspan.htm   (555 words)

  
 Wingspan Arts
Wingspan is dedicated to providing custom designed programming for every school or organization we work with.
Wingspan’s afterschool programs are developed and operated in partnership with school leadership, parents, students and professional teaching artists.
Wingspan Arts has invited performers and directors from the Broadway community to work with students to prepare selected musical numbers.
www.wingspanarts.org   (354 words)

  
 Science NetLinks: What's Your Wingspan?
They will likely use a bird as an example, defining wingspan as the measurement from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other when the bird is flying, or when the wings are outstretched from the body.
Explain that human wingspan (armspan) can be determined by measuring between the tips of the longest fingers when the arms are outstretched from the body at the shoulder.
To use Class Data: Wingspan and Height, have each student add his or her own data by marking an X in the column describing the difference in his or her wingspan and height.
www.sciencenetlinks.com /lessons.cfm?BenchmarkID=2&DocID=255   (920 words)

  
 Wingspan Horizontal Lifeline Stanchion
Designed with a jaw clamp screw, Wingspan HLL Stanchions are easily installed on steel girders (I-beams), or base plates fitted to bridge rail ties (SHLARE4 Bracket) to provide a strong stable connection point for the approved horizontal lifeline system.
Wingspan HLL Stanchions must be used with an approved MSA horizontal lifeline.
Wingspan HLL Stanchions can be used as the end or intermediate connection points for either a single or multi-span horizontal lifeline system.
www.msanet.com /catalog/product1523.html   (163 words)

  
 Ordina Denkart - ViaNova
Wingspan, a window generation system for character terminals, brings windows, menus, dialogs and other GUI elements to character terminals.
Since Wingspan offers an identical interface on both UNIX systems as well as on regular PCs, a programmer needs to develop only once in order to accomodate users on both platforms.
Wingspan is available as a component of a ViaNova 3000 migration solution, or as a separate product.
www.denkart.com /vianova/wingspan.htm   (317 words)

  
 CD Baby: SARAH PINSKER: Wingspan
Wingspan is not a concept album: it is a patchwork quilt, a story in unrelated parts.
As the story goes, Amira was walking down the street one day when she suddenly flung out her arms and exclaimed "Look at my wingspan!" In the tradition of sisters, Sarah stole the line and adapted it; also in the tradition of sisters, Amira denies the event.
Wingspan was recorded and mixed at Barking Beagle Studios, and mastered at Secret Sound, which has produced records by such fine acts as disappear fear, Carl Filipiak, and O'Malley's March.
cdbaby.com /cd/sarahpinsker   (356 words)

  
 Engine Choice Will Drive Sonic Cruiser's Design
The Sonic Cruiser's wingspan would likely have to grow if an existing engine is modified, because it would be less efficient.
Boeing's early design work indicates the new aircraft's wingspan will be about 117 feet, approximately the same as the 767-400.
For instance, the wingspan and tail have grown, and the canard's upward sweep has been increased.
www.aviationnow.com /shownews/01paris4/hardwr09.htm   (423 words)

  
 OHSU First On West Coast To Use New Brain Artery Stent
The stent, known as the Wingspan Stent System with Gateway PTA Balloon Catheter, was granted a humanitarian device exemption by the FDA earlier this year.
OHSU is one of only 10 medical centers in the country trained to use the Wingspan device and will be one of the first five to deploy it.
The balloon and catheter are removed, and the Wingspan stent is deployed in the "pre-dilated" blockage using a second catheter.
www.ohsu.edu /ohsuedu/newspub/releases/120105stent.cfm   (534 words)

  
 LARGE from "Paper Aircraft Assocation" By Andy Chipling from Netitall.Co.UK
The record is for the flight of the paper aircraft with largest wingspan flown indoors over a distance of 50ft, in a closed air environment, where the general public may view the event.
The scrutineers shall measure the wingspan of the paper aircraft immediately prior to the first launch attempt and within the view of the public.
The scrutineers shall measure the wingspan from wingtip to wingtip.
www.augq07.dsl.pipex.com /paamain/wingspan.html   (677 words)

  
 Wingspan Quarterly - Home
Wingspan Quarterly is a literary magazine devoted to the idea that great writing is intended to be read and enjoyed.
While Wingspan Quarterly is especially interested in receiving submissions dealing with themes of flight, travel, place, and the natural world, it welcomes writing in a nearly unlimited range of subjects and styles.
Wingspan Quarterly's website was designed and created by Ryan C. Baker, the other half of the dynamic and usually over-extended Baker team.
home.rmci.net /rbaker2/WQ/New/masthead.html   (504 words)

  
 1920s 1930s & WW1 Fighters wooden mahogany airplane models
This 1/20 scale mahogany model measures 14" in length with a wingspan of 181/2".
This 1/20 scale mahogany model measures 17" in length with a wingspan of 131/2".
This 1/20 scale mahogany model measures 123/4" in length with a wingspan of 16".
www.johnjohn.co.uk /shop/html/model_wooden_ww1.html   (473 words)

  
 Wingspan Ministries, On the Wings of Hope - Destin, Florida
Wingspan Ministries, Inc. is a Non-Profit Organization founded by Lauren Attaway Veach.
If you are interested in having Lauren share her story and her music with your congregation or audience, please contact Wingspan today for more information or to schedule an appearance.
Wingspan Ministries, Inc is a 501 (c) (3) Tax Exempt organization.
www.wingspanministries.org /index.html   (113 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: )
They will likely use a bird as an example, defining wingspan as the measurement from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other when the bird is flying, or when the wings are outstretched from the body.
Explain that human wingspan (armspan) can be determined by measuring between the tips of the longest fingers when the arms are outstretched from the body at the shoulder.
Class Data: Wingspan and Height, have each student add his or her own data by marking an X in the column describing the difference in his or her wingspan and height.
www.umsl.edu /~harris/SKILL/60405Wingspan.html   (989 words)

  
 Wingspan: Paul McCartney's Band on the Run
Since the photographs are the most important aspect of Wingspan, it is curious that they are not properly captioned, leaving the reader guessing their origin.
Wingspan is a worthy purchase if you can overlook some of it’s literary shortcomings and appreciate the wealth of photographs.
The 'Wingspan' biography will be centered around Linda McCartney's pictures from her ``lost decade,'' the Seventies years during which Linda stopped her career as a photographer in order to play keyboards in her husband's band, Wings.
www.cyber-beatles.com /wingspanbook.htm   (1459 words)

  
 Wingspan Home
Their equipment is capable of cutting almost any material, any shape, up to 8 inches thick to a precision "satin like" finish.
Burton is the originator of the Wingspan concept and “Front Man” for the team.
He is constructing the novel high-velocity piercing spike weapon of Wingspan, and his talent has enabled a custom system of maneuverability previously deemed impossible by other Engineers.
www.goldmann.com /wingspan/team.html   (458 words)

  
 AIDS activist Craig Snow to receive Wingspan honor | www.azstarnet.com ®
Renowned AIDS activist Craig Snow will be honored posthumously with the Godat Award at Wingspan's annual dinner and awards ceremony in September.
Snow was named to receive the award and was told of the honor days before he died in May after battling cancer.
Wingspan is Tucson's gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community resource center.
www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/139122   (427 words)

  
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When we were condensing down and getting ride of cards, we tried to move the amount owed from wingspan to e-card.
Wingspan accepted the e-card check and closed the account.
When I called wingspan to send a personal check to close the account, I wqs given a specific amount.
www.complaints.com /september2001/complaintoftheday.september26.14.htm   (302 words)

  
 WINGSPAN
WINGSPAN is a program written to analyze spectral data from the Burst and Transient Source Experiment (BATSE) on NASA's Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory.
WINGSPAN can be used to view and manipulate event time histories or count spectra, and also has the capability to perform spectral deconvolution via a standard forward folding model fitting technique (Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm).
If you create a WINGSPAN external routine that you think would be useful to other scientists, send the IDL code and a brief explanation of the purpose of the routine to rob.preece@msfc.nasa.gov, and I will make it available from this page.
www.batse.msfc.nasa.gov /tools/wingspan/wgsp.html   (420 words)

  
 Douglas Gerlach: Digital Doug, Online Investing Column
On June 28, Bank One announced that it was closing its expensive e-finance experiment, Wingspan Bank.
Wingspan Bank was launched in 1999, amid much hoopla, as a pure Internet bank by the First USA credit card division of Bank One.
Wingspan's ad budget was slashed, the CEO departed, and then the bank was put up for sale.
www.douglasgerlach.com /digitaldoug/archives/00000015.html   (246 words)

  
 Wingspan - Annual Dinner
Supporters at the dinner also showed their support and appreciation of Wingspan by pulling together a record level of support.
In celebration of the 10th Anniversary of Wingspan's Benefit Dinner, we are recognizing the valuable contributions of Wingspan Award recipients over the past decade.
The Hall Award is given to an individual who makes outstanding volunteer contributions to further Wingspan's mission of promoting the freedom, equality, safety and well-being of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.
www.wingspan.org /content/dinner_info.php   (397 words)

  
 Wingspan Quarterly - Home
Wingspan Quarterly is a literary magazine devoted to seeking out and publishing voices both fresh and seasoned, bringing the exhilaration of quality writing to the online and printed page.
We believe that great writing is intended to be read and is dedicated to bringing writers and readers together.
Wingspan Quarterly seeks a wide range of writing styles and genres — writing that is entertaining, evocative, and captivating.
www.wingspanquarterly.com /2006_Summer/main.html   (255 words)

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