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TGT (Tight) - A New Kind Of Wallet. Brave (2012 film) Rival clans arrive with their firstborn sons to compete in the Highland Games for Merida's hand in marriage. Merida, twisting the rules, announces she is eligible to compete for her own hand as the first-born of Clan Dunbroch and defeats each of her suitors in an archery contest, shaming the other clans. After getting into an argument with Elinor, Merida leaves. In the forest, Merida follows the wisps to the hut of an elderly witch posing as a wood carver.

Merida bargains with the witch, who agrees to give Merida an enchanted cake to change her mother's mind. Merida returns to the castle and gives Elinor the cake, which magically transforms her into a black bear. At the castle, the clans are on the verge of war, but Merida interrupts their fighting, stating that the children should be allowed to get married in their own time to whomever they choose. At the second sunrise, Merida realizes the true meaning of the witch's riddle, and reconciles with her mother. Cottage. A cottage is, typically, a small house.

Cottage

The word comes from England where it originally was a house that has a ground floor, with a first, lower storey of bedrooms which fit within the roofspace. In many places the word cottage is used to mean a small old-fashioned house. In modern usage, a cottage is usually a modest, often cosy dwelling, typically in a rural or semi-rural location. In the United Kingdom the term cottage denotes a small dwelling of traditional build, although it can also be applied to dwellings of modern construction which are designed to resemble traditional ones ("mock cottages").

History[edit] Originally in the Middle Ages, cottages housed agricultural workers and their friends and families. Ranch. A ranch is an area of landscape, including various structures, given primarily to the practice of ranching, the practice of raising grazing livestock such as cattle or sheep for meat or wool. The word most often applies to livestock-raising operations in Mexico, the western United States and Canada, though there are ranches in other areas.

People who own or operate a ranch are called ranchers, or stockgrowers. Ranching is also a method used to raise less common livestock such as elk, American bison or even ostrich, emu, and alpacas. Ranches generally consist of large areas, but may be of nearly any size. Oub3U.png (5146×2631) Yerba Mate (Ilex paraguariensis) Vault. Piemont - Purist (Andhim Remix) HQ. I was telling a girl in the pub about my ability to guess what day a woman was born just by feeling her boobs... : Jokes. The Michigan right-to-work battle, explained. The latest front in the battle between Republicans and organized labor is Michigan, where activists in Lansing recently began protests against a measure that would make the state the 24th in the nation to adopt a right-to-work law. The protests are expected to grow in size later this week, as the measure approaches final passage. Below is what you need to know about what is going on in Michigan, and why it matters.

Scariest Donald Duck Scene In Film History EVER!! Sh*t Roleplayers Say. Gulfstream IV. The Gulfstream IV (or G-IV or GIV) and derivatives are a family of twin-jet aircraft, mainly for private or business use.

Gulfstream IV

The aircraft was designed and built by Gulfstream Aerospace, a General Dynamics company based in Savannah, Georgia, United States from 1985 until 2003. Design and development[edit] Gulfstream, in collaboration with Grumman, began work on the Gulfstream IV in March 1983 as a re-engined, stretched fuselage derivative of the Gulfstream III. A decision to redesign the wing structure for weight reduction presented an opportunity for an aerodynamic redesign of the wing to reduce cruise drag and increase range. Wing contour modifications had to be restricted to the forward 65% of wing chord so that no redesign of the control surfaces would be necessary. Boeing KC-46. The Boeing KC-46 Pegasus[2] is a military aerial refueling and strategic transport aircraft developed by Boeing from its 767 jet airliner.

Boeing KC-46

KC-X. KC-X is the United States Air Force (USAF) program to procure its next-generation aerial refueling tanker aircraft to replace some of the older Boeing KC-135 Stratotankers.

KC-X

The contest was for a production contract for 179 new tankers with estimated value of US$35 billion. McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender. The McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender is the military version of the three-engined DC-10 airliner operated by the United States Air Force (USAF).

McDonnell Douglas KC-10 Extender

[N 1] The KC-10 incorporates military-specific equipment for its primary roles of transport and aerial refueling. It was developed to supplement the KC-135 Stratotanker following experiences in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. The KC-10 was the second McDonnell Douglas transport aircraft to be selected by the Air Force following the C-9. Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker. Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. Lt.

Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.

Joseph Patrick "Joe" Kennedy, Jr. (July 25, 1915 – August 12, 1944) was a junior officer in the United States Navy, a Naval Aviator, and a land-based patrol bomber pilot during World War II. He was the eldest of nine children born to Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. (1888–1969) and Rose Fitzgerald (1890–1995). He was the elder brother of future U.S. Operation Aphrodite. Aphrodite and Anvil were the World War II code names of United States Army Air Forces and United States Navy operations to use B-17 and PB4Y bombers as precision-guided munitions against bunkers and other hardened/reinforced enemy facilities such as those targeted during Operation Crossbow.[2] The plan called for B-17 aircraft which had been taken out of operational service – various nicknames existed such as "robot", "baby", "drone" or "weary Willy"[3] – to be loaded to capacity with explosives, and flown by radio control into bomb-resistant fortifications such as German U-boat pens and V-weapon sites.

Operation Aphrodite

It was hoped that this would match the British success with Tallboy and Grand Slam supersonic ground penetration bombs but the project was dangerous, expensive and unsuccessful. Proposal[edit] After completing 80 323rd BS missions, Aphrodite B-17F (The Careful Virgin) was used against Mimoyecques, but impacted short of target due to controller error Mission theory[edit] Precision-guided munition. "Smart Weapon" redirects here.

Precision-guided munition

For the weapon systems customized to a single person, see personalized gun. A precision-guided munition (PGM, smart weapon, smart munition) is a guided munition intended to precisely hit a specific target, and to minimize collateral damage.[1] Because the damage effects of explosive weapons decrease with distance due to an inverse cube law, even modest improvements in accuracy (hence reduction in miss distance) enable a target to be attacked with fewer or smaller bombs. Thus, even if some bombs miss, fewer air crews are put at risk and the harm to civilians and the amount of collateral damage may be reduced. AGM-114 Hellfire. The AGM-114 Hellfire is an air-to-surface missile (ASM) developed primarily for anti-armor use.

AGM-114 Hellfire

It was originally developed under the name Helicopter Launched, Fire and Forget Missile, which led to the acronym 'Hellfire' that became the missile's formal name.[2] It has multi-mission, multi-target precision-strike capability, and can be launched from multiple air, sea, and ground platforms. The Hellfire missile is the primary 100-pound (45 kg) class air-to-ground precision weapon for the armed forces of the United States and many other nations. Description[edit] Zeppelin NT. View from cockpit of a Zeppelin NT Instrument Panel of Zeppelin NT D–LZZR (2003)

Zeppelin NT

Zeppelin. A Zeppelin is a type of rigid airship named after the German Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin who pioneered rigid airship development at the beginning of the 20th century. Zeppelin's ideas were first formulated in 1874[1] and developed in detail in 1893.[2] They were patented in Germany in 1895 and in the United States in 1899.[3] After the outstanding success of the Zeppelin design, the word zeppelin came to be commonly used to refer to all rigid airships.

Zeppelins were first flown commercially in 1910 by Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-AG (DELAG), the world's first airline in revenue service. By mid-1914, DELAG had carried over 10,000 fare-paying passengers on over 1,500 flights. During World War I the German military made extensive use of Zeppelins as bombers and scouts, killing over 500 people in bombing raids in Britain.[4] Werner Heisenberg. LZ 129 Hindenburg. Empire State Building. The Empire State Building is generally thought of as an American cultural icon. RAE Larynx (unmanned aircraft) "RAE Larynx on cordite fired catapult of destroyer HMS Stronghold, July 1927. Mistel. Parasite aircraft. A parasite aircraft is a component of a composite aircraft which is carried aloft and air launched by a carrier aircraft or mother ship to help or protect the carrier. The carrier craft may or may not be able to later recover the parasite during flight. McDonnell LBD Gargoyle. Tricycle gear. Tricycle gear is a type of aircraft undercarriage, or landing gear, arranged in a tricycle fashion.

Junkers Ju 352. Design and development[edit] Junkers Ju 252. Design and development[edit] The original Ju 252 came about after talks between Junkers and Deutsche Lufthansa in December 1938. Lufthansa requested a new design that would replace the Ju 52, but offer much greater loads, seating, range and performance. Junkers responded with the EF.77 design with a pressurized fuselage with seating for up to 35, making it one of the larger airliners in the world at that time. Airbus A400M Atlas. Airlift. KOOL A.D. (FEAT. HIMANSHU) - GWYNETH PALTROW (PROD. SCOOP DEVILLE) Rail gun. Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System. CATOBAR. Armstrong Whitworth AW.681. Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey. VTOL. STOVL. Ryan XV-5 Vertifan.

Hawker Siddeley P.1127. Contra-rotating propellers. McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II. F-35B Day One Trials aboard USS WASP. F-35B Completes Initial Shipboard Vertical Landing Aboard USS Wasp. Hardpoint. Douglas A-4 Skyhawk. Lockheed S-3 Viking. Grumman A-6 Intruder. Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet. Douglas A-3 Skywarrior. Leading edge slats. Thermobaric weapon. Douglas A-1 Skyraider. Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II. Soft target. Unmanned aerial vehicle. Submarine aircraft carrier. America-class amphibious assault ship. SC-21 (United States) The Adjustment Bureau. The Secret Of Kells - Promotional Trailer. Cube (film) Tali Sharot: The optimism bias. Prometheus (film) Premium Rush. Media (communication) The City of Lost Children. Wenckehof - Ontwerp container. W2bat.png (2200×2600) Do we know the general lifespan for dinosaurs? : askscience. Strunk, William, Jr. 1918. The Elements of Style.

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