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2. Winner takes all: reconstructing the decapitation of a warrior in Bronze Age China from osteological evidence.
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Zhou, Yawei, Lin, Shuang, Qin, Rangping, Yeh, Hui-Yuan, and Zhang, Qun
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Decapitation is an ancient practice in Asia with inadequate research. The present study reports on the osteological examination of a headless skeleton excavated from a high-status tomb in Chu State style dating back to the late Warring States Period (ca. 3th century BC) in Lu’an, Anhui, China. The individual is identified as a victim of decapitation with five peri-mortem sharp force cut marks on the posterior parts of the cervical vertebrae, and another one on the right second metacarpal. Microscopic observation of the kerfs, the historical records and archaeological evidence support the speculation that the individual could be a warrior of Chu State, who is decapitated after being wounded during the war against the Qin State. The hacking implement and the sequences of the cut marks are further discussed to reconstruct the process of execution. This multidisciplinary reconstruction is the first scientific osteological analysis of the decapitation on the human remains from the Chinese Bronze Age. Moreover, it will enrich our knowledge of the decapitation phenomenon in terms of war and execution in ancient China. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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3. The British Naval Boarding Axe.
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Lee, David
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AXES , *TOOLS , *TOOL manufacturing , *MERCHANT ships , *HISTORY - Abstract
This article presents the current state of knowledge of British boarding axes. It examines the two models of boarding axe used by the Royal Navy as well as British made axes privately purchased for use in merchant ships. It gives an overview of their use, identifies the main types and records the known manufacturers. It also uncovers an axe that may have been used by the Royal Navy in between the two types already recognized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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4. Moving forward on the sampling efficiency of neotropical small mammals: insights from pitfall and camera trapping over traditional live trapping.
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Palmeirim, Ana Filipa, Benchimol, Maíra, Peres, Carlos A., and Vieira, Marcus Vinícius
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The Neotropical region hosts one of the highest levels of small non-volant mammal species diversity worldwide, but sampling therein is often intractable due to high logistic and labour costs. While most common sampling methods include live trapping (LT) and pitfall trapping (PT), camera trapping (CT) is potentially a useful technique. Studies assessing data acquisition efficiency for neotropical small mammals are mostly limited to LT and PT, and no small mammal study to date included CT. We provide a comparative assessment of the efficiency of LT (Sherman and wire-mesh traps), PT and CT in surveying small mammal species across 25 sites in an Amazonian archipelagic landscape. Based on 26,184 trap nights, we obtained 782 small mammal records representing at least 18 species. Most species were detected by both LT (72.2%) and PT (83.3%), but each of these methods exclusively recorded additional species, whereas CT detected only nearly one-fourth (N = 4) of all species recorded. Nevertheless, for nearly all species detected by CT, the probability of detecting individual species was similar or higher than that of LT. Species detected by CT represented the largest-bodied rodents and marsupials (> 200 g). Pitfall traps are an important complement to LT, and CT comprises an efficient technique to sample large-bodied small mammals. Improvements in the efficiency of camera traps in recording and identifying small-bodied species are both needed and possible, but we recommend the combination of LT and PT methods to enhance the completeness of community-wide small mammal sampling in neotropical forests. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2019
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5. Approaches to capturing the Black and White Tegu Salvator merianae (Squamata: Teiidae)
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Renata C. Vieira, Arthur S. de Oliveira, Nelson J.R. Fagundes, and Laura Verrastro
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Capture ,ecology ,traps ,Tomahawk ,Zoology ,QL1-991 - Abstract
ABSTRACT The use of traps is extremely important in several types of ecological studies, and may assist in the capture of individuals in areas that are difficult to access. In the present study, we compared the effectiveness of wooden (Schramm) versus "Tomahawk" traps to capture Salvator merianae (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) lizards. The study was conducted in Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Field data were collected from August 2013 to March 2015, during the reproductive period of the species. The study involved two types of baited traps: i) "Tomahawk", made of galvanized steel; and ii) Schramm, a wooden trap. The capture rate of the Schramm wooden traps was 1.63 individuals/day, and of the "Tomahawk" was 0.36 individuals/day. These results are important for researchers working with large lizards and may help to increase sampling efficiency for these organisms.
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- 2015
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6. The New Pictures.
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- TICKET to Tomahawk (Film), NO Sad Songs for Me (Film), D.O.A. (Film : 1950), SALE, Richard, DAILEY, Dan, BAXTER, Anne, 1923-1985, O'BRIEN, Edmond, SULLAVAN, Margaret, COREY, Wendell
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The article reviews several motion pictures including "A Ticket to Tomahawk," directed by Richard Sale, starring Dan Dailey and Anne Baxter, "D.O.A.," starring Edmond O'Brien, and "No Sad Songs for Me," starring Margaret Sullavan and Wendell Corey.
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- 1950
7. Poe the Critic: The Aesthetics of the “Tomahawk” Review
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Hurh, Paul, Kennedy, J. Gerald, book editor, and Peeples, Scott, book editor
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- 2019
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8. Innovative Solution for Maximizing the Service Life of Pressure Pipelines.
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Behbahani, Seyed Saleh, Iseley, Tom, and Cooper, Randall
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PIPELINE corrosion ,SERVICE life ,PLUMBING ,WATER-pipes ,COATING processes - Abstract
The cost of corrosion (both internal and external) in water distribution pipes and home plumbing in the U.S. has been estimated at about $700 million per year (EPA, 1984). More recent data compilations show about 240,000 water main breaks in the U.S. each year and approximately 4,000-5,000 miles of water mains replaced annually, and indicate that urgent investments in water infrastructure will remain huge - an estimated $1 trillion over the next 25 years (ASCE, 2013). These investment needs are largely caused by corrosion. The Tomahawk System is intended for pressure pipe renewal, mainly water distribution pipes (4 to 12 inches). It has been used to clean corroded water pipe for four years, and have now branched out into coating water pipes with the patented airborne coating process. It has been provided a bonded, economical corrosion polymeric barrier that improves C Factor and water quality (AWWA class I). The Tomahawk System has used for the City of Waterloo, Ontario (2015) and are now planning to use it to rehabilitate buried, corroded fire protection systems at DuPont plants in the US. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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9. Approaches to capturing the Black and White Tegu Salvator merianae (Squamata: Teiidae).
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Vieira, Renata C., de Oliveira, Arthur S., Fagundes, Nelson J. R., and Verrastro, Laura
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INSECT traps , *ECOLOGICAL research , *INSECT reproduction , *INSECT baits & repellents - Abstract
The use of traps is extremely important in several types of ecological studies, and may assist in the capture of individuals in areas that are difficult to access. In the present study, we compared the effectiveness of wooden (Schramm) versus "Tomahawk" traps to capture Salvator merianae (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) lizards. The study was conducted in Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Field data were collected from August 2013 to March 2015, during the reproductive period of the species. The study involved two types of baited traps: i) "Tomahawk", made of galvanized steel; and ii) Schramm, a wooden trap. The capture rate of the Schramm wooden traps was 1.63 individuals/ day, and of the "Tomahawk" was 0.36 individuals/day. These results are important for researchers working with large lizards and may help to increase sampling efficiency for these organisms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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10. Tomahawk: Parallelism and Heterogeneity in Communications Signal Processing MPSoCs.
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ARNOLD, OLIVER, MATUS, EMIL, NOETHEN, BENEDIKT, WINTER, MARKUS, LIMBERG, TORSTEN, and FETTWEIS, GERHARD
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SIGNAL processing ,PARALLEL computers ,PERFORMANCE evaluation ,REQUIREMENTS engineering ,ELECTRONIC data processing ,COMPUTER software - Abstract
Heterogeneity and parallelism in MPSoCs for 4G (and beyond) communications signal processing are inevitable in order to meet stringent power constraints and performance requirements. The question arises on how to cope with the problem of system programmability and runtime management incurred by the statically or even dynamically varying number and type of processing elements. This work addresses this challenge by proposing the concept of a heterogeneous many-core platform called Tomahawk. Apart from the definition of the system architecture, in this approach a unified framework including a model of computation, a programming interface and a dedicated runtime management unit called CoreManager is proposed. The increase of system complexity in terms of application parallelism and number of resources may lead to a dramatic increase of the management costs, hence causing performance degradation. For this reason, the efficient implementation of the CoreManager becomes a major issue in system design. This work compares the performance and capabilities of various CoreManager HW/SW solutions, based on ASIC, RISC and ASIP paradigms. The results demonstrate that the proposed ASIP-based solution approaches the performance of the ASIC realization, while preserving the full flexibility of the software (RISC-based) implementation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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11. The Perpetuation of Myth: Ideology in Bone Tomahawk
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Matthew Carter
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050101 languages & linguistics ,Linguistics and Language ,White (horse) ,History ,Literature and Literary Theory ,media_common.quotation_subject ,05 social sciences ,Tomahawk ,Context (language use) ,06 humanities and the arts ,Mythology ,060202 literary studies ,CONTEST ,Language and Linguistics ,Aesthetics ,0602 languages and literature ,Literary criticism ,0501 psychology and cognitive sciences ,Narrative ,Ideology ,media_common - Abstract
The contemporary Western Bone Tomahawk is in the tradition of the settler-versus-Indian stories from the genre’s ‘classical’ period. Its story is informed by one of white America’s oldest and most paranoiac of racist-psychosexual myths: the captivity narrative. This article reads Bone Tomahawk’s figuration of the racial anxieties that inhere within nineteenth-century settler-colonial culture in the context of post-9/11 America. It also considers that the film’s imbrication of Horror film conventions into its essential Western framework amplifies its allegorical representation of contemporary America’s cultural and political-ideological mindset. As well, the use of Horror conventions amplifies the racial anxieties generated by its use of a mythic binary construct of an adversarial relationship between whites and ‘Indians.’ To a lesser extent, the article suggests that the film also embodies certain uncontained ideological contradictions that, though undeveloped, could be said to contest its ideological coherence.
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- 2020
12. ‘The Epitheatrical Cartoonist’: Matthew Somerville Morgan and the World of Theatre, Art and Journalism in Victorian London.
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Scully, Richard
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CARTOONISTS , *SOCIAL networks , *JOURNALISM , *VICTORIAN Period, Great Britain, 1837-1901 , *POLITICAL cartoons -- History , *HISTORY , *NINETEENTH century ,BRITISH theater history - Abstract
This article examines the vibrant cultural milieu inhabited by one of Victorian Britain's most famous cartoonists, Matthew Somerville Morgan. Morgan is well-known as the cartoonist who attacked Queen Victoria's withdrawal from public life (and her associations with John Brown), and the lifestyle of Albert, Prince of Wales, in the short-lived rival to Punch: the Tomahawk. Likewise, his post-1870 career in New York as cartoonist of the ‘Caricature War’ over the 1872 Presidential elections, and involvement with ‘Buffalo’ Bill Cody have been well-studied. However, his involvement with the world of the 1860s Victorian stage – and the social circles in which he moved – have not been given close attention. This broader social, cultural, and economic context is essential to understanding Morgan's role as a cartoonist-critic of politics, class, gender and art in Victorian Britain. Special attention is given to the ways in which Morgan's work as a theatrical scene-painter informed his other pursuits, including his political cartoons for Fun, the Comic News and the Tomahawk. So central was the theatre to Morgan's life story that he may be appropriately described as an ‘epitheatrical’ figure. Indeed he is one of the most spectacular exemplars of the interconnected worlds of journalism, high art and theatre in Victorian London. The theatre provided him with the artistic and journalistic connections needed to raise himself above his lower-class origins; to move in ‘clubland’ and fashionable bohemian society; and to win an influential place in the key political and cultural debates of his age. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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- 2011
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13. Optimizing assignment of Tomahawk cruise missile missions to firing units.
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Newman, Alexandra M., Rosenthal, Richard E., Salmerón, Javier, Brown, Gerald G., Price, Wilson, Rowe, Anton, Fennemore, Charles F., and Taft, Robert L.
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CRUISE missiles ,GUIDED missiles ,SEA control ,NAVAL research ,OBSOLESCENCE of books, periodicals, etc. - Abstract
The Tomahawk land-attack cruise missile can be launched from a ship or submarine, and can deliver its warhead precisely to a target at long range. There are several variants of the Tomahawk missile, each with specialized capabilities. For each Tomahawk Missile Sequence Number (MSN) task (i.e., mission), the Tomahawk missile variants can be ranked with respect to their ability and cost effectiveness to perform that task. A given land attack strike order may involve a large number of Tomahawk missiles and numerous Tomahawk launch platforms. Operational planners select, in real time, feasible launch platforms to execute Tomahawk taskings. The Tomahawk tasking in a strike order includes not only primary assignments but also backup assignments. On board each launch platform, the precise allocation of specific Tomahawk missiles to the Tomahawk MSN task assigned is optimized with a model described here. We help naval operational planners select, in real time, appropriate feasible launch platforms to fulfill the Tomahawk tasking in a strike order. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 58: 281-294, 2011 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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14. Russian Reactions to Reagan's ‘Maritime Strategy’.
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Kuzin, Vladimir and Chernyavskii, Sergei
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NAVAL strategy , *NAVIES , *CRUISE missiles , *TOMAHAWK (Guided missile) , *SUBMARINES (Ships) - Abstract
The US Navy's audacious Maritime Strategy of the 1980s is often credited with acting as a key catalyst to the demise of the USSR. In assessing the role of strategic missile submarine “bastions” in the country's overall military strategy, the authors are skeptical of the above thesis, explaining that Moscow actually viewed deployments of Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles on to US submarines (versus direct threats against the Soviet Navy itself) as the most alarming threat. The authors concede that the arms race played a role in the collapse of the USSR, but deny a direct connection with Soviet naval development citing the relatively minor naval proportion of overall defense spending. For the difficulties facing the fleet at the end of the Cold War, they instead blame deep systemic problems internal to the Soviet Navy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2005
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15. Approaches to capturing the Black and White Tegu Salvator merianae (Squamata: Teiidae)
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Arthur Schramm de Oliveira, Laura Verrastro, Renata Cardoso Vieira, and Nelson J. R. Fagundes
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Squamata ,White (horse) ,biology ,Sampling efficiency ,Ecology ,Tomahawk ,Capture ,Tegu ,biology.organism_classification ,Teiidae ,Fishery ,Geography ,Salvator merianae ,Reproductive period ,lcsh:Zoology ,Animal Science and Zoology ,lcsh:QL1-991 ,ecology ,traps - Abstract
The use of traps is extremely important in several types of ecological studies, and may assist in the capture of individuals in areas that are difficult to access. In the present study, we compared the effectiveness of wooden (Schramm) versus "Tomahawk" traps to capture Salvator merianae (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) lizards. The study was conducted in Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Field data were collected from August 2013 to March 2015, during the reproductive period of the species. The study involved two types of baited traps: i) "Tomahawk", made of galvanized steel; and ii) Schramm, a wooden trap. The capture rate of the Schramm wooden traps was 1.63 individuals/day, and of the "Tomahawk" was 0.36 individuals/day. These results are important for researchers working with large lizards and may help to increase sampling efficiency for these organisms.
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- 2015
16. Approaches to capturing the black and white Tegu Salvator merianae (Squamata: Teiidae)
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Vieira, Renata Cardoso, Oliveira, Arthur Schramm de, Fagundes, Nelson Jurandi Rosa, and Verrastro Viñas, Laura
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Captura ,Ecology ,Armadilhas ,Capture ,Tomahawk ,Traps ,Ecologia - Abstract
The use of traps is extremely important in several types of ecological studies, and may assist in the capture of individuals in areas that are difficult to access. In the present study, we compared the effectiveness of wooden (Schramm) versus “Tomahawk” traps to capture Salvator merianae (Duméril & Bibron, 1839) lizards. The study was conducted in Eldorado do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. Field data were collected from August 2013 to March 2015, during the reproductive period of the species. The study involved two types of baited traps: i) “Tomahawk”, made of galvanized steel; and ii) Schramm, a wooden trap. The capture rate of the Schramm wooden traps was 1.63 individuals/ day, and of the “Tomahawk” was 0.36 individuals/day. These results are important for researchers working with large lizards and may help to increase sampling efficiency for these organisms.
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- 2015
17. Digital Photogrammetry for Documentation of Maritime Heritage
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C. Pensa, Massimo Martorelli, Domenico Speranza, Martorelli, Massimo, Pensa, Claudio, and Speranza, D.
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Reverse engineering ,Archeology ,Engineering drawing ,Digital Photogrammetry ,Laser scanning ,Computer science ,3D CAD Model ,Laser Scanning ,Tomahawk ,3d model ,computer.software_genre ,Archaeology ,Digital photogrammetry ,Philological Reconstruction ,Documentation ,Photogrammetry ,Maritime Heritage Documentation ,Reverse Engineering ,3D CAD Models ,computer - Abstract
Documentation of maritime heritage is essential for its protection, and for reference in restoration and renovation processes. These functions become problematic in the case of historical ships and boats that lack lines drawings. The purpose of this paper is to describe a procedure for creation of lines drawings based on the shape analysis of surviving historical boats or their small-scale models with the help of reverse engineering (RE) techniques. The paper describes how digital photogrammetry and the iterative method were used to analyze the shape of three historical boats: Tomahawk, Refola and Nada. The application of the proposed procedure produced the lines drawings of the boats as its result. The accuracy of the 3D CAD model obtained with the photogrammetric technique was verified by comparing it against a more accurate 3D model produced with the help of a RE laser scanner. The examination of the resulting lines drawings proves that the digital photogrammetry process and the proposed iterative method are adequate tools for developing lines plans of boat models. The research offers the methodological basis for the creation of an archive of lines drawings of historical boats. Such an archive would provide reference for philologically correct restorations, and permit definition and classification of distinctive elements of various types of historical boats, particularly those produced in the Campania Region.
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- 2014
18. Materials and Methods
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Leite, Yuri. L. R., author
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- 2003
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19. Marquee Appeal.
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MOTION pictures - Abstract
The article reports on the decision of 20th Century-Fox to change the title of the film "U.S.S. Teakettle" to "You're in the Navy Now" to improve its box-office performance in the U.S. in 1951.
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- 1951
20. Better Titles?
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- ALL the King's Men (Film), ANNIE Get Your Gun (Film)
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- 1950
21. CURRENT & CHOICE.
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- ASPHALT Jungle, The (Film), FATHER of the Bride (Film), THIRD Man, The (Film), HUSTON, John, 1906-1987, TRACY, Spencer, 1900-1967, REED, Carol, COTTEN, Joseph, 1905-1994, WELLES, Orson, 1915-1985
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The article presents information on several films including "The Asphalt Jungle" directed by John Huston, "Father of the Bride" starring Spencer Tracy, and "The Third Man" directed by Carol Reed and starring Joseph Cotten and Orson Welles.
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- 1950
22. Miscellany.
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- YETTER, John, JEFFERSON, Arthur K.
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- 1947
23. Optimizing Tomahawk Strikes
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Richard E. Rosenthal, Alexandra M. Newman, Anton A. Rowe, Gerald G. Brown, and Operations Research (OR)
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Cruise missile ,Engineering ,Firepower ,business.industry ,Tomahawk ,Naval Surface Warfare Center ,business ,Naval research ,GeneralLiterature_REFERENCE(e.g.,dictionaries,encyclopedias,glossaries) ,Marine engineering - Abstract
This report was prepared for and funded by Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren, Virginia, and the Office of Naval Research.
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- 2005
24. Networking requirements analysis for Engineering 2000
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Page, Christopher J., Reese, Jean D., McCaffrey, Martin J., Schneidewind, Norman F., and Information Technology Management
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Systems Design ,Technical Architecture for Information Management ,ComputerSystemsOrganization_COMPUTER-COMMUNICATIONNETWORKS ,Tomahawk ,GeneralLiterature_REFERENCE(e.g.,dictionaries,encyclopedias,glossaries) ,Networking Requirements Analysis - Abstract
The Cruise Weapons community wants to evaluate its baseline network and define the characteristics of its Engineering 2000 target network. In this thesis, we develop and execute a methodology for completing these actions. By following this methodology, we compare the community's current requirements with its current capabilities to produce our baseline evaluation. Then, we predict the future requirements and capabilities. From this, we produce our target definition. In our baseline evaluation, we find that the current network does not provide sufficient reach, range, responsiveness, user support, or workgroup support. In addition, we find that it is too complex to maintain or manage effectively. In our target definition, we determine that the future network should be a simple, centrally managed and maintained system that supports all users, including afloat customers and mobile employees. Furthermore, we determine that the network should handle simple messages, multi-version documents, and engineering drawings. In order to provide these capabilities, we recommend that the community streamline its applications suite, discard unnecessary computing assets, produce formal maintenance and management policies, and establish a network operations center. In addition, we recommend that the community implement peer-to-peer networking systems within workgroups, take advantage upgrading LAN technology at the local level, and continue working with DoD service providers for wide area communications http://archive.org/details/networkingrequir109458731 Captain,United States Marine Corps Lieutenant, United States Navy Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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- 1996
25. Trump’s Next Syria Challenge.
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Board, The Editorial
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MILITARY policy , *SYRIAN Civil War, 2011- , *MILITARY strategy , *CHEMICAL weapons , *INTERNATIONAL cooperation - Published
- 2018
26. India Successfully Tests Its First Nuclear-Capable Cruise Missile.
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Iyengar, Rishi
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- 2014
27. U.S. Strikes Rebel-Held Sites in Yemen Used in Attacks on U.S. Navy Ships.
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Lubold, Gordon
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WARSHIPS , *CRUISE missiles , *TOMAHAWK (Guided missile) - Published
- 2016
28. CURRENT & CHOICE.
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FILM reviewing - Abstract
The article reviews several films including "Father of the Bride," starring Spencer Tracy, "A Ticket to Tomahawk," starring Dan Dailey and Anne Baxter, and "The Big Lift," starring Montgomery Clift and Paul Douglas.
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- 1950
29. CURRENT & CHOICE.
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FILM reviewing - Abstract
The article reviews the films "Father of the Bride," starring Spencer Tracy, Elizabeth Taylor and Joan Bennett, "A Ticket to Tomahawk," starring Dan Dailey and Anne Baxter, and "The Big Lift," starring Montgomery Clift, Paul Douglas and Cornell Borchers, directed by George Seaton.
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- 1950
30. CURRENT & CHOICE.
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FILM reviewing - Abstract
The article reviews several films, including "A Ticket to Tomahawk," starring Dan Dailey and Anne Baxter, "The Big Lift," starring Montgomery Lift and Paul Douglas and "Riding High," starring Bing Crosby.
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- 1950
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