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The 8mm video format refers informally to three related videocassette formats. These are the original Video8 format ( analog video and analog audio but with provision for digital audio ), its improved variant Hi8 , as well as a more recent digital recording format Digital8 .
A boomkicker [1] [2] is a modern mechanical device on boats that pushes the boom up by one or more glassfiber rods. If the boom is sheeted in, the rods will bend and produce a force upwards.
Hydraulic piston vangs are used on larger sailboats and controlled by manual or electric hydraulic pumps. [2] By controlling leech tension, the boom vang is one way of controlling sail twist. [3] The boom vang may also be used to flatten the mainsail on dinghies. [4] On small sailboats and some cruising sailboats a vang may be omitted.
User manuals and user guides for most non-trivial PC and browser software applications are book-like documents with contents similar to the above list. They may be distributed either in print or electronically. Some documents have a more fluid structure with many internal links. The Google Earth User Guide [4] is an example of this format.
A kicker, also called a side card, is a card in a poker hand that does not itself take part in determining the rank of the hand, but that may be used to break ties between hands of the same rank. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] For example, the hand Q-Q-10-5-2 is ranked as a pair of queens.
San Francisco 49ers kicker Joe Nedney prepares to kick an extra point with punter Andy Lee as the holder, 2008. In today's NFL, most teams use their punter as a holder. New England Patriots' head coach Bill Belichick explained that punters are generally holders for the reason that punters and kickers usually have more time together to game plan, watch film, and are able to have more reps ...
Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron Eight (HSC-8) "Eightballers" is a United States Navy helicopter squadron based at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California.HSC-8 is attached to Carrier Air Wing 11 [1] and deploys aboard USS Theodore Roosevelt.
Kick is an action video game where the player controls a clown on a unicycle catching falling balloons and Pac-Man characters on the clown's hat. It was released in arcades by Midway in 1981. The game was later renamed Kick Man (sometimes written as Kick-Man ).