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Whiplash Protection System (WHIPS) is a system to protect against automotive whiplash injuries introduced by Volvo in 1998. [ 1 ] It was launched when the Volvo S80 [ 2 ] was released for the 1999 model year and has since been part of the standard equipment of all new Volvo cars. [ 3 ]
1 Main Circuit (1MC) is the term for the shipboard public address circuits on United States Navy and United States Coast Guard vessels.This provides a means of transmitting general information and orders to all internal ship spaces and topside areas, and is loud enough that all embarked personnel are (normally) able to hear it.
Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, commonly known as RFK Stadium and originally known as District of Columbia Stadium, is a defunct multi-purpose stadium in Washington, D.C. It is located about two miles (3 km) due east of the U.S. Capitol building, near the west bank of the Anacostia River and next to the D.C. Armory.
October 17, 1985. Designated CP. June 25, 2013. Westfield Whip Manufacturing Company is a historic factory at 360 Elm Street in Westfield, Massachusetts. Built about 1887, it is the best preserved of Westfield's extant whip factory buildings. [2] It is also home to the last surviving business of the many whipmakers that once operated in ...
Total sail area. 135.00 sq ft (12.542 m 2) [edit on Wikidata] The MC Scow is an American sailing dinghy that was designed as a one-design racer and first built in 1956. [1][2] The boat is a development of the John O. Johnson -designed J Scow of the mid-1950s, significantly re-designed by Melges. [1]
The featherbed frame was a motorcycle frame invented by the McCandless brothers and offered to the British Norton motorcycle company to improve the performance of their racing motorcycles in 1950. It was considered revolutionary at the time, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ full citation needed ] and the best handling frame that a racer could have.
Main article: Slip gate. L-shaped grooves to slide in the crossbar. Square concavities to receive the horizontal crossbars. Slip gates are a form of gate which permits people and vehicles through an entrance but which blocks the passage of animals. Branches or worked wood crossbars or stangs were used, one field slip gate pier with L-shaped ...
March 4, 2004. (2004-03-04) –. June 9, 2007. (2007-06-09) Pimp My Ride is an American television series produced by MTV and hosted by rapper Xzibit, which ran for six seasons on MTV from 2004 to 2007. In each episode, a car in poor condition is both restored and customized. The work on the show was done by West Coast Customs until season 5 ...