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- Helicopter -- Air
Hovering is the most challenging part of flying a helicopter. This is because a helicopter generates its own gusty air while in a hover, which acts against the fuselage and flight control surfaces. The end result is constant control inputs and corrections by the pilot to keep the helicopter where it is required to be. Despite the complexity of the task, the control inputs in a hover are simple. The cyclic is used to eliminate drift in the horizontal plane, that is to control forward and back, right and left. The collective is used to maintain altitude. - Xena -- Miscellaneous
Gabrielle hurled herself onto Xena's free arm and pinned it out flat to the stone surface, hauling on the strap at the same time to draw it taut under the slab. Xena's left arm was dragged hard against the table as Gabrielle raced to wrap the leather around the other wrist. Taken by surprise, Xena's attempt to jerk free came too late; by the time she realised what had happened the knot was secure. - Toyota Tundra -- Models
Toyota Tundra styling is bolder, with a front end that resembles the 1993-99 Dodge Ram. Inside, a "command and control" center provides an unobstructed view of the instrument panel and puts knobs, switches and buttons within close reach of the driver. The interior has four inches more shoulder and hip room up front, with more storage compartments, second row seats (in two-row models) that double as work surfaces, and a larger center console. - Ty the Tasmanian Tiger -- Ty 2
Ty 2 implements a strange monetary system based on fire opals, which can be used to purchase new boomerangs and vehicle licenses throughout the game. There is a slight problem with this, though. Since levels can be replayed, and fire opals reappear each time you replay a level, you could conceivably play through an easy level time and time again and become rich in fire opals. This certainly makes for an easy time purchasing anything that a player could ever want within the game. - The Colony -- North America
The Colony Recreation Center, located at 5151 North Colony Boulevard, offers a number of activities for youth and adults. Fitness minded residents can work out in the weight room or join one of the many classes available. The center ... offers racquetball, basketball, volleyball and table tennis. Outside activities at the facility include: outdoor basketball court, a skate park, and the Kids Colony playground. - Lexus Gx 470 -- Drivers
New Lexus GX470 Introduction The Lexus GX 470 gives its driver impressive off-road capability while providing a smooth ride on the pavement. Based on the newly redesigned Toyota 4Runner, the GX 470 can go just about anywhere. Yet its cabin is comfortable and luxurious. The Lexus GX 470 gets a boost in performance for 2005 with a more powerful V8 engine. The 4.7-liter V8 offers a substantial increase in horsepower yet offers slightly better fuel economy and cleaner emissions. Now rated at 270 horsepower and 330 pound-feet of torque, it's teamed with a five-speed automatic and together they deliver smooth, quiet, responsive performance. - National Treasure -- Ben Gates
National Treasure whips enough conspiracy theory into history to transform academic minutiae into keys to a centuries-long treasure hunt, while making sure the signs (the Liberty Bell, the dollar bill) are familiar. It pits a son against a father, and lets youthful idealism trump the cynicism and practicality of the old. The good are good, if fallible and reluctantly heroic, while the bad are irredeemably bad, but never brutal. The only dead bodies are skeletal, mummified or falling out of coffins. These ingredients produce a genuinely, if superficially, appealing family film. But the film's benign surface barely conceals some rather less appealing ideas, namely, a relentlessly WASPy view of American history and some very gung-ho nationalism. - George Stephenson
After ten months' labor, George Stephenson's locomotive "Blucher" was completed and tested on the Cillingwood Railway on July 25, 1814. The track was an uphill trek of four hundred and fifty feet. George Stephenson's engine hauled eight loaded coal wagons weighing thirty tons, at about four miles an hour. This was the first steam engined powered locomotive to run on a railroad and it was the most successful working steam engine that had ever been constructed up to this period, this encouraged the inventor make further experiments. In all, Stephenson built sixteen different engines. - Oil Pollution -- Sea
Pollution occurs at all stages of oil and gas production. Liquid, solid, noise, gaseous and aerosol discharges and emissions are released during seismic testing, exploratory drilling, extraction and transportation phases. As a result, more than 800 pollutants could enter into the ocean. The contribution of oil pollution alone is tremendously significant – over 30 percent of the total oil input into the North Sea is from the offshore oil industry. - Dodge Dakota -- Trucks
When it comes to providing the perfect combination of car like ride and handling and of light-duty hauling capability, the Dodge Dakota half-breed is the best answer. The Dakota is considered the first midsize truck in the automotive market. With the V8 engine that comes with it, solidifies Dodge’s reputation as one of the successful players in the American truck arena.