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2. Legcuffs - Wikipedia

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   Legcuffs. Legcuffs are physical restraints used on the ankles of a person to allow walking only with a restricted stride and to prevent running and effective physical resistance. [1] Frequently used alternative terms are leg cuffs, (leg/ankle) shackles, footcuffs, fetters[2] or leg irons. The term "fetter" shares a root with the word "foot".

3. Endurance (1912 ship) - Wikipedia

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   Endurance was the three-masted barquentine in which Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men sailed for the Antarctic on the 1914–1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. The ship, originally named Polaris, was built at Framnæs shipyard and launched in 1912 from Sandefjord in Norway. When one of her commissioners, the Belgian Adrien de ...

4. Use of restraints on pregnant women - Wikipedia

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   The use of shackles or restraints on pregnant women is a common practice in prisons and jails in the United States. [1] Shackling is defined as "using any physical restraint or mechanical device to control the movement of a prisoner's body or limbs, including handcuffs, leg shackles, and belly chains". [2] For females, shackles or handcuffs are ...

5. Rescue and salvage ship - Wikipedia

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   The United States Navy operated Diver -class rescue and salvage ships (ARS) from October 1943 until the last example was decommissioned in July 1979. Several ships of this class were converted to other uses, and USS Shackle remained in service as the 213' United States Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Acushnet until March 2011. [7] USS Diver (ARS-5)

6. Beach gear (ship salvage) - Wikipedia

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   A common form of beach gear is to embed ship anchors on land or in water and attach them by cables, chains or ropes to other boats or ships. These can be attached to tugboats to increase their pulling power or to the stranded ship for pulling using its own winches. [1] [2] US Navy standard beach gear is a ground tackle system consisting of ...

7. Kansas City Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt’s Daughter Ava ... - AOL

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   Kansas City Chiefs CEO Clark Hunt’s daughter, Ava Hunt, had a nasty accident that led to emergency surgery. “This little thang fell down the mountain today on a hike [and] went to the ER for ...