3rd October, 2006
Islands Mechanical lands Guantanomo Bay work
The contract involves labor, supervision, engineering, equipment, parts, supplies and transportation to perform the work, which is expected to be completed by October 2007.
The contract was competitively procured via the Naval Facilities Engineering Command e-solicitation Web site with two proposals received. The Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southeast, Jacksonville, handled ......
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3rd October, 2006
Edmonton to train doctors to use life-saving mechanical heart for children
Edmonton will be the first of two centres in North America specializing in using an artificial heart designed specifically for the young, a hospital announced Tuesday.
Stollery Children's Hospital has been chosen as a training centre for doctors to implant the EXCOR pediatric heart ? a mechanical device that sits outside ......
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25th September, 2006
The Source of Mechanical Muscle Damage
The leading cause of muscle damage related to exercise stems from mechanical factors. Muscle tension and active strain on lengthened fibers during eccentric contractions produce direct trauma to the muscle tissue. This differs greatly from the proposed oxidative stress placed on muscle tissue with pro-longed, intense endurance exercise. As it ......
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25th September, 2006
Nadine Aubry named new head of mechanical engineering
Carnegie Mellon?s mechanical engineering department has a new face.
Nadine Aubry was officially appointed head of the department of mechanical engineering this semester.
?I?m very excited,? Aubry said of her new position. ?It is a very good department with a strong foundation. But we also have to make sure that we ......
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23rd September, 2006
Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum: The CD
Everyone here at RetroBlast is a big fan of Marvin Yagoda's famous "Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum," an amazing collection of vintage coin-op oddities located up in Farmington Hills, MI. Marvin's got a fantastic and eclectic collection of strange games, and his site even hosts the invaluable Online Pinball Repair Guides ......
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23rd September, 2006
Mechanical Cause of Pain September 28
The Mechanical Cause of Pain will be presented by Dr. Robert Crimi, September 28, 7:30 p.m. at the Massapequa Public Library, 40 Harbor Ln., Massapequa Park. Some of the topics covered will be the breakdown and compensation mechanisms of the body, why the pain is rarely where the problem is, ......
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23rd September, 2006
THE NEWSMAGAZINE OF MECHANICAL CONTRACTING
The National Center for Construction Education and Research will release a Careers in Construction Guide that showcases available opportunities to high school students and anyone interested in pursuing a construction career. The guide includes a variety of illustrations as it reviews the pride and excitement of a construction career, while ......
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15th September, 2006
Notebook: Mechanical difficulties spelling disaster for Davies
making a horror-filled face after Matt Diaz misplayed a ball in left field Wednesday that wound up costing the Braves Game 1 of their doubleheader against the Phillies.
But he was in Diaz's corner Thursday.
"He's played pretty good out there," Cox said. "He made a nice play later (Wednesday)."
He started Diaz, ......
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15th September, 2006
Get a firm steer with your own mechanical bull on eBay
I've never been to one of those bars where you drink your own bodyweight in Tequila before clambering onto a mechanised bull and hanging on for dear life, to impress the many foxy women in cowgirl hats who'd gather round. But you can tell I've put some thought into it.
However, ......
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13th September, 2006
Maplesoft(TM) Announces Engineering Toolkits to Enhance Mechanical and Vehicular Simulation Processes
Maplesoft(TM), the leading
provider of high-performance software tools for engineering, science and
mathematics, announced today the release of solution-focused toolkits for the
engineering markets. The Maplesoft Engineering Toolkits are suites of
Maple(TM)-powered analytical design tools that offer a combination of powerful
mathematical solvers with domain specific functions for particular
applications. Containing a combination of Maplesoft products ......
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