Age Wave

Centre for alternative technology: sustainable living at Europe's leading eco-center and a healthy whiff of hippydom.(50 HIDDEN GEMS: ON ONGOING SERIES)
British Heritage; 1/1/2010; 1696 words; ...were concerned about the destructive effects of the industrial age; they set out to test different, environmentally friendly technologies...gets truly elemental with solar panels, photovoltaics and a wave machine--Britain's coastline offers superb potential for...

LeMay's dream bomber: for North American's XB-70 Valkyrie, the road to Valhalla was paved with great innovations.(EXTREMES)
Aviation History; 1/1/2010; 1900 words; ...Today the legacy of the space age---from Sputnik to the International...study, sometimes called the "wave-rider" effect. The study...the fuselage created a shock wave that generated pressure which...improve the position of the shock wave relative to the wings. Despite...

Weighing Anchor for a round Britain cruise: cruising in the UK is booming; the perfect getaway is a treasure on our doorstep.
British Heritage; 1/1/2010; 2683 words; ...taking to the azure sea to laze on deck chairs, watching the waves on the Ionian Sea lap dreamlike Greek Islands in the distance...the visit, and on the Orkney Islands you can see ancient Stone Age remains." While there has always been small-scale cruising...

Secret weapon hidden cities.(the Manhattan Project)
Military History; 1/1/2010; 1296 words; ...energy equivalent to 20 kilotons of TNT and sending a mushroom cloud 7.5 miles high. The shock wave is felt 100 miles away. Mankind enters the Atomic Age. GROUND ZERO Within weeks of the test, and after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Oppenheimer...

Findings from State University of New York in cardiovascular reported.(Report)
Heart Disease Weekly; 12/13/2009; 840 words; ...On multivariate analysis, age, weight, gender, mean arterial...16%, p = .43) and pulse-wave velocity (8.9 +/- 1.9...s, p = .92) were similar. Age-based normative values were...Americans and African Caribbeans. Age, weight, female gender, mean...