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  • [[Image:Wheel of the Year.svg|right|400px|thumb|The Wheel of the Year ... of the Ancient Celts. York Beach, ME: Red Wheel/Weiser, 2003. ISBN 1590030559 ...
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  • One popular subject of Thangkas is "The Wheel of Life," which is a visual representation of cycle of suffering (Samsara). ...
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  • The noria, a water wheel with clay pots around the rim powered by ... reduction gearbox mounted behind each wheel. Precision controls, some ...
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  • Realm of the Little People (Boston, MA: Red Wheel/Weiser, 2002, ISBN 1578632676 ... Realm of the Little People. Boston, MA: Red Wheel/Weiser. ISBN 978-1578632671 ...
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  • gruesome methods of executions were used (the wheel, burning at the stake, and so forth). In the case of decapitation, it sometimes took repeated blows ...
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  • at the bottom. In the center, a navy blue wheel with twenty-four spokes, ... quot; in the centre of the white is the wheel of the law of dharma. Truth ...
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  • of a motorcycle that holds the front wheel and allows one to steer. ... referred to as forks), which hold the front wheel axle, and a triple tree, ...
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  • life-size statue of the Buddha turning the wheel of the Law stood. To the ... first five disciples pay respects to the Wheel of the Dharma at the deerpark ...
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  • the book of Ezekiel, the thrones are described as a wheel intersected by another wheel, one to move forward and back, the other to move side to side. ...
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  • ====Case 8: Keichu's Wheel==== : Getsuan said to his students, "Keichu, the first wheel-maker ...
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  • [[Image:Wheel of life col.jpg|200px|thumb|Fresco on a wall of the Bardan Gompa representing a [[Bhavacakra|Wheel of Life]].]] Buddhism regained ...
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  • was severed, and they parted into several wheel-shaped and fire-filled bubbles of air (Diels and Kramz 12A11). Anaximander is said to have written ...
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  • of the Ancient Celts (York Beach, ME: Red Wheel/Weiser, 2003, ISBN 978-1590030554 ... Wheel of the Year [[Image:Wheel of the Year.svg|right|350px|thumb|The ...
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  • comes from the Greek word trochos, meaning "wheel." In North America, the big wheels of wagons were called trucks. When the gasoline-engine ...
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  • planning and a suitable vehicle (usually a four wheel drive.) On remote routes considerable supplies and equipment may be required, this can include prearranged ...
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  • this had changed to either an iron shod stone wheel or a cast iron wheel running on an iron bed. The mix is sometimes dampened with alcohol or water ...
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  • blends are the fuel of choice in open wheel racing circuits like Champcars ... Pure methanol has been used in open wheel racing since the mid-1960s ...
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  • and performance was so immense that from the wheel's release in 1974, the popularity of skateboarding started to rise rapidly again, and companies ...
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  • must not simply "bandage the victims under the wheel, but jam the spoke in the wheel itself." Nevertheless, in September, a national Protestant ...
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  • the Mystical Realm of the Little People. Red Wheel/Weiser. 2002. ISBN 1578632676 * Evans-Wentz, W.Y. The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries. New ...
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  • resulted in variations such as the basin, siphon, wheel, cistern, Fortin, multiple folded, stereometric, and balance barometers. Fitzroy barometers combine ...
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  • of explosive shattering of the massive wheel due to overload. to as "flywheel explosion" since wheel fragments can reach kinetic ...
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  • is designed to plow at one time, there is a wheel or wheels positioned to support ... two different plows, "the araire was wheel-less and had to be dragged ...
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  • innovation. The Suzulight included front-wheel drive, four-wheel independent ... were imported from Japan. Suzuki’s four-wheel-drive SUVs were immediately ...
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  • a tiller, rather than a true steering wheel). This truck is often used in areas with narrow streets that prohibit longer single-vehicle trucks ...
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  • Ward started working with his brother in a wagon wheel shop. At the same time, Ward continued studying, mostly after work and at night. It was probably ...
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  • as he demonstrated once, and via a paddle wheel in the water. It was not ... in 1910-1911), independent suspension, and four-wheel brakes. ...
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  • kamanche, and sarangi. The hurdy gurdy is bowed by a wheel. ... which is played by cranking a rosined wheel with the right hand while ...
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  • a short space of time here like the potter’s wheel which goes on rotating even after the potter has left. Make the best of it by keeping the name of ...
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  • driven ship, Rattler, and a paddle wheel ship, Alecto. Rattler won, towing Alecto astern at 2.8 knots (5kph), but it was not until the early ...
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  • G forces) in three axes, temperature readings, wheel speed, and the displacement of the suspension. In Formula 1, the driver inputs are also recorded ...
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  • by the Buddha in the Pali Canon. (The Wheel No. 7). Kandy, Sri Lanka: ... Cloth & the Discourse on Effacement. (Wheel No. 61). Kandy, Sri Lanka: ...
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  • Friction is the force that opposes the relative motion or tendency of such motion of two surfaces in contact. It is not, however, a fundamental ...
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  • against hard objects such as the steering wheel and dashboard. ... including accelerometers, impact sensors, wheel speed sensors, gyroscopes ...
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  • by windlasses shaped like a ship's wheel. To smooth out irregularities ... The medieval treadwheel was a large wooden wheel turning around a ...
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  • magazine cover, Scout at Ship's Wheel, appeared on the Boys' ... * Scout at Ship's Wheel (1913) [http://www.best-norman-rockwell ...
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  • abacus calculation, a complex theology, and the wheel. Without any draft animals, the wheel was used only as a toy. They used native copper and gold ...
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  • the male arches his abdomen. Then, forming the "wheel position," the female bends her abdomen forward to touch the male accessory genitalia ...
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  • Christopher Penczak. Spirit Allies. (Red Wheel/Weiser Books. ISBN ... * Penczak, Christopher. Spirit Allies. Red Wheel/Weiser Books. ISBN ...
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  • used by Audi as a trademark to indicate that four-wheel drive (4WD) technologies are used on Audi-branded cars. The word "Quattro" was initially ...
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  • be used rather than "trying to reinvent the wheel." However most intermediates are compounds that have never been made before, and these will ...
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  • Buddha facing east, the west Buddha is Turning the Wheel of Dharma, the south Buddha is touching the earth and the north Buddha is lying down in a dying ...
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  • the body). She appears on the Tibetan Wheel of Life as the ogress, a ... serenity; also known as The Wish-fulfilling Wheel, or Cintachakra ...
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  • from the angler at various angles like spokes from a wheel (Neporadny 2008). Anglers who employ the spider rigging method may choose from among many popular ...
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  • ) is a term used in Tantric Buddhism that means "wheel of time ... * Bryant, B. 2003. The Wheel of Time Sand Mandala. Snow Lion. ISBN ...
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  • 21, at the time the largest ferris wheel in the world. The 860 meter ... Cosmo Clock, which was the largest ferris wheel in the world when it was ...
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  • An armored fighting vehicle (AFV) is a military vehicle that is protected by armor and armed with weapons. Most AFVs are equipped for driving ...
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  • with a Buddhist [[Dharmacakra|eight-spoked wheel]]. Obv: Greek legend, ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ... struck a rare bronze series with a Buddhist wheel (coin 3). ...
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  • * The Wheel Of Time: The Shamans Of Mexico (compilation)(2000) ... * The Wheel Of Time: The Shamans Of Mexico (2000) ISBN 0-14-019604-8 ...
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  • quot; ("The Setting in Motion the Wheel of Truth Discourse," ... Sutta: Setting in Motion the Wheel of Truth. Available on-line ...
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