Unreferenced date June 2009 Other uses Echelon disambiguation File Os2u planes in echelonformation 1943.jpg thumbnail Four OS2U Kingfisher airplanes flying in right echelonformation. An echelonformation is a tactical formation military formation in which members are arranged diagonally. Each member is stationed behind and to the right a right echelon , or behind and to the left left echelon , of the member ahead. The name of the formation comes from the French word chelle, meaning ladder, which describes the staircase effect that this formation has when viewed from above or below. Use of the formation dates back to ancient infantry and cavalry warfare when attempting to flanking maneuver flank an enemy or to break one wing with overwhelming numbers. One of the earliest uses was at the Battle of Leuctra when the Thebes, Greece Thebans attacked the Spartan right with a column 48 men deep while their weaker center and right were refused. The echelonformation was also used by Hannibal ... symmetric formation is more strictly defined as a V formation . In geology an echelonformation is a set ..., where it is regularly employed by all branches of the modern armed forces. Tactically, echelon formations are used because of the excellent range of vision offered to each participant in the formation ... of fire that it gives to each tank in the formation, and by combat aircraft, where the close, streamlined flight formation can allow the planes to dramatically reduce fuel consumption by surfing the updraft ... position. The tactic is similar to Leapfrogging infantry leapfrogging . Echelon formations are also ... of the individual features. Echelon faults and en echelon veins are examples. In mathematics, it refers to a kind of matrix where the non zero elements are shaped in an echelon like manner. In road racing , an echelonformation is a diagonal line of racers, which allows cooperative Drafting aerodynamics drafting . In sheet material response to shear stress it is typical for a series of echelon ... more details
Wiktionary echelon TOC right Echelon IPAc en icon l n may refer to A level or rank disambiguation rank in an organization, profession, or society. Echelonformation , a military hierarchical formation, also used to describe the migratory patterns of birds Echelon signals intelligence ECHELON signals intelligence , a worldwide intelligence gathering operation Echelon parking , a way of arranging parked cars Science En echelon veins , geological feature Row echelon form , in mathematics, a kind of matrix Arts The Echelon 30 Seconds to Mars The Echelon , the street publicity team of the band 30 Seconds to Mars , and also the name of a song on their debut album Echelon , a song by 30 Seconds to Mars from their 30 Seconds to Mars album self titled album Echelon band Games Echelon card game Echelon card game , a card game by Echelon Games Computer and video games Echelon flight simulator Echelon flight simulator , a flight simulator series developed by MADIA Echelon warez , a game console warez organization Businesses Echelon Place , the Boyd Gaming resort supposedly going to be built on the site of the former Stardust Resort & Casino Voorhees Town Center , formerly Echelon Mall Echelon Corporation , a United States corporation, self identified as a pioneer in control networks, creators of the LonWorks distributed control platform Other Riding in an echelon, a road bicycle racing technique to make maximum use of another rider s slipstream in a crosswind Third Echelon , a fictional sub agency within the National Security Agency featured in the Splinter Cell series of games and novels created by Tom Clancy See also lookfrom echelon intitle echelonEchelon Conspiracy , 2009 action thriller film about the ECHELON signals intelligence operation disambig da Echelon fr Echelon homonymie nl Echelon pl Echelon ujednoznacznienie ru Echelon sv Echelon ... more details
Other uses Echelon disambiguation Image Echelon NFO.png right thumb 320px Echelon ASCII art logo designed by Rotox of ART Echelon is a warez group which specializes in the illegal release and distribution of copyrighted console games, such as Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 ISO image s. They also created Demo computer programming demos on both platforms. Between September 4, 2000 to April 30, 2002, Echelon s Dreamcast division released 188 game titles and 34 other various fixes, tutorials, trainer games trainers , and loaders. ref cite web url http www.theisonews.com release.php?releaseid 48757 title Evil Twin Cypriens Chronicles DC ECHELON accessdate 2009 09 17 date 2002 04 30 publisher The iSONEWS archiveurl http web.archive.org web 20070927121255 http www.theisonews.com release.php?releaseid 48757 archivedate 2007 09 27 See also http ludibria.com nfo.php?sys sdc&sysid 300 . ref On December 19, 2001, Echelon released Final Fantasy X as their first of several hundred PlayStation 2 titles. ref cite web url http orlydb.com 6?q PS2 ECHELON title Echelon pre database search query accessdate 2010 02 02 publisher OrlyDB Site name is based on the O RLY? Internet phenomenon. ref As of 2007, Echelon ...?menu quicknav&item search&search true&group ECHELON title NFOHump Echelon releases accessdate 2009 ... index.php?switchto nfos&menu quicknav&item search&search true&group ECHELON archivedate 2007 12 21 See also http ludibria.com index.php?sys sdc&srg echelon . ref In 2004, Echelon was named ..., D.C. ref On November 15th, 2005, Echelon s Dragon Quest VIII Journey of the Cursed King Dragon Quest VIII USA PS2 .nfo nfo file stated that Echelon was indeed Kalisto We errr Kalisto released ... nfo.php?sys ps2&sysid 932 title Dragon Quest VIII USA PS2 ECHELON date 2005 11 16 publisher LUDiBRiA ... id 1232657 Echelon article on Everything2 . http www.pouet.net groups.php?which 1611 Echelon demos on Pouet . DEFAULTSORT Echelon Warez Category Warez groups ru Echelon ... more details
Infobox company company name Echelon Corporation company type Public company Public NASDAQ ELON foundation 1988 location San Jose, California , United States key people Ron Sege, President, CEO br Mike Markkula Armas Clifford Mike Markkula Jr. , Founder, Vice Chairman, Director industry Building Automation br Home Automation br Industrial Automation br Transportation Automation br Automatic meter reading br Remote Product Service Solutions products LonWorks Networking Platform br Pyxos Platform br Networked Energy Services br i.LON 100 SmartServer br LonMaker 3.1 Integration Tool br LonScanner homepage http www.echelon.com www.echelon.com Echelon Corporation NASDAQ ELON is an American company which designs control networks to connect machines and other electronic devices , for the purposes of sensing , monitoring and control. History Echelon s LonWorks platform for control networking was released in 1990 for use in the building , Industry industrial , transportation , and home automation markets . Launched in 2003, Echelon s Networked Energy Services system is an open metering infrastructure . Echelon provides the underlying network technology for the world s largest Advanced Metering Infrastructure AMI in Italy with over 27 million connected electricity meters and more recently it won Request for tender tenders to provide the NES System to several hundred thousand customers of utilities in Sweden and The Netherlands . Echelon is based in San Jose, California , with international offices in China , France , Germany , Italy , Hong Kong , Japan , Korea , The Netherlands , and the United Kingdom . External links http www.echelon.com company About Echelon Corporation http www.lonmark.org LonMark International Category Networking companies of the United States Category Companies listed on NASDAQ de Echelon Corporation it Echelon Corporation zh ... more details
Infobox Casino casino Echelon Place logo EchelonLasVegas.svg logo size 250px image Echelon Las Vegas 2009.jpg image size 250px image caption location Las Vegas Strip coordinates address date opened planned 2013 2015 names pre date closed casino type Land based theme owner Boyd Gaming Corporation Echelon Place is a partially built hotel, casino, shopping, and convention complex on the Las Vegas Strip , owned by Boyd Gaming Corporation . Construction of the project has been suspended since August 1 ... swings to Q1 profit sees growth in H2 publisher Reuters date 4 May 2010 ref Echelon replaced the Stardust ... url http www.lvrj.com news 26182389.html title Boyd Gaming suspends construction work on Echelon project ... cite web url http www.marketwatch.com story boyd profit falls echelon project still on hold 2009 10 27 title Boyd profit falls with Vegas Echelon project still on hold last Spain first William publisher MarketWatch date Oct. 27, 2009 accessdate 2009 11 19 ref Echelon will be a multi use project on convert ... restaurants and bars, and the convert 650000 sqft m2 abbr on Las Vegas ExpoCenter . The Echelon Resort ... La Hotel , a Delano Hotel , a Mondrian Hotel , and the Echelon Tower. ref cite news url http ... in exchange for the Barbary Coast Casino . Boyd Gaming announced the Echelon project ... 1, 2008, Boyd Gaming announced a 3 to 4 quarter construction delay of Echelon. ref cite news url .... ref name marketwatch Proposed facilities Mondrian at Echelon A 50 joint venture with Morgans Hotel Group 860 room hotel. ref name kvbc1 cite news first last authorlink coauthors title Echelon casino ... authorlink coauthors title Echelon off to smashing start url http www.inbusinesslasvegas.com 2007 ... Echelon Resort Tower will be main tower. It is also known as Hotel Echelon. Echelon Suite Tower All ... Category Unfinished buildings and structures in the United States es Echelon Place fr Echelon Place id Echelon Place ja pl Echelon Place ... more details
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename High Echelon image caption sire Native Charger grandsire Native Dancer dam Luquillo damsire Princequillo sex Stallion horse Stallion foaled 1967 country United States colour roan horse roan breeder Bieber Jacobs Stable owner Ethel D. Jacobs trainer Hirsch Jacobs 1969 br John W. Jacobs 1970 record 32 4 5 4 earnings United States dollar US 383,895 race Belmont Futurity Stakes 1969 br Laurel Futurity Stakes Pimlico Laurel Futurity 1969 American Classic Races American Classic Race wins br Belmont Stakes 1970 awards honours updated High Echelon 1967 1991 was an American Thoroughbred Horse racing racehorse best known for winning the 1970 Belmont Stakes . Bred by the partnership of Isidor Bieber and owner trainer Hirsch Jacobs , his sire was the 1965 Florida Derby winner Native Charger , who was a son of National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee Native Dancer . High Echelon raced in the salmon pink and green silks of Hirsch Jacobs wife, Ethel D. Jacobs Ethel . In 1969, the colt won the Belmont Futurity Stakes and the Laurel Futurity Stakes Pimlico Laurel Futurity and was second in the voting to Silent Screen for American Champion Two Year Old Colt honors. However, the Hall of Fame trainer died on February 23, 1970 ... conditioning of High Echelon and three year old stablemate Personality horse Personality . Going ... of High Echelon and Personality was made the second choice by parimutuel betting bettors for the Kentucky Derby . High Echelon ran third to winner Dust Commander , then finished fourth to winner Personality ... in the Belmont Stakes . High Echelon did run, and under jockey John L. Rotz John Rotz won that American Classic Races American Classic . For the remainder of 1970, High Echelon did not win another graded ... www.pedigreequery.com high echelon High Echelon s pedigree and partial racing stats http select.nytimes.com ... titled High Echelon Takes Belmont Stakes for Jacobses Belmont Stakes Winners Category 1967 racehorse ... more details
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Infobox Military Structure name Echelon Barracks location Colombo image File PM visits the 1st Bn CLI.jpg 300px caption First Prime Minister of Independent Sri Lanka Hon. Don Stephen Senanayake D.S.Senanayaka visiting the 1st battalion of the CLI at the Echelon Square and watching volunteers being trained to handle light machine gun s. type Headquarters building built 1880s materials used 1880s 1970s controlledby garrison Ceylon Artillery commanders battles Echelon Barracks was a former military barracks situated in Colombo fort , Colombo . Build during the late nineteenth century as headquarters of the British Army Garrison of Ceylon, it was occupied by the newly formed Ceylon Army , following independence. It was made up of a two storey barrack blocks, with wide verandahs, formed a square around a Military parade parade ground large enough for several football and hockey pitches. This parade ground gained the name Echelon Square adjoining the then Old Parliament Building, Colombo old Parliament present Presidential Secretariat . Till 1963 it was the regimental headquarters of the Ceylon Artillery and house the Ministry of Defence Sri Lanka Ministry of Defence until the building were demolished to make way for commercial buildings in fort during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The Sri Lanka Armoured Corps 1st Reconnaissance Squadron was form here. At present the World Trade Centre, Colombo stands in the Echelon Square, along with the head office of the Bank of Ceylon , Colombo Hilton and Hotel Galadari. External links http www.bbc.co.uk ww2peopleswar stories 38 a4428038.shtml 1941 1945 Eastern Travels Part 4 by cjcallis, BBC coord missing Sri Lanka Category Sri Lankan Army bases Category British Army bases Category Buildings and structures in Colombo Category Military of British Ceylon Category Government buildings in Colombo Category Barracks in Sri Lanka ... more details
About the classified multinational data analysis network Echelon signals intelligence Infobox film name Echelon Conspiracy image Echelon conspiracy poster.jpg alt see WP ALT caption Promotional film poster director Greg Marcks producer Alexander Leyviman br Steve Richards br Roee Sharon br Jonathan Tzachor writer Kevin Elders br Michael Nitsberg starring Shane West br Edward Burns br Ving Rhames br Jonathan Pryce br Martin Sheen music Bobby Tahouri cinematography Lorenzo Senatore editing Joseph Gutowski br James Herbert studio Dark Castle Entertainment distributor After Dark Films released Film ... web title Echelon Conspiracy 2009 url http www.boxofficemojo.com movies ?id echelonconspiracy.htm publisher Box Office Mojo accessdate November 28, 2009 ref Echelon Conspiracy formerly titled The Gift ... as Echelon signals intelligence Echelon . These messages have been responsible for the deaths of several ... lost a battle to pass a bill in Congress that would allow Echelon to be upgraded by being uploaded ... Echelon, as he has now also begun to receive threatening texts. Max then receives another text, instructing ... years earlier. The property is revealed to belong to another victim of Echelon s messages, the same ... and is instructed via text to fire up the servers and connect them to the network. Echelon then begins ... to let the Echelon replicate itself worldwide, in the interests of US national security. Grant and Reed ..., Max is failing to stop Echelon s replication countdown, until he takes an idea from the 1972s ... attempts to secure Congressional approval to upgrade Echelon, which is characterized as a grave threat to personal freedoms. At the point when the download is complete, Echelon learns that it is itself ... General Steven Elder as Charles Reception Echelon Conspiracy received overwhelmingly negative ... http www.rottentomatoes.com m echelon conspiracy ref . References Reflist External links official http ... de Die Echelon Verschw rung es Echelon Conspiracy id Echelon Conspiracy ru ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Infobox musical artist See Wikipedia WikiProject Musicians name Echelon image caption image size 200 background group or band alias origin South Woodham Ferrers , United Kingdom UK genre Indie music Indie , Alternative rock , years active 2001&ndash 2006 label Poptones associated acts Magistrates band Magistrates website current members Paul Usher br Vocals Keys br Mark Brandon br Guitar br Owain North br Bass br Andrew Grant br Drums past members notable instruments Echelon were a four piece band hailing from Essex , England . Biography Guitarist Mark Brandon and vocalist Paul Usher met at an early age and played together in various lineups, however became serious about a career as a band following the recruitment of drummer Andrew Grant. Following a series of local gigs, the band caught the ear of rock legend Alan McGee in early 2004 who would subsequently sign the band to his Poptones label later that year. The band gained momentum, supporting bands such as The Others band The Others and The Boxer Rebellion and doing their own headline tour surrounding the release of their first single Plus . The single received airplay from renowned DJs such as Steve Lamacq and Tom Robinson , who made it single of the week on his BBC 6 Music evening show. The single also received airplay from XFM where the band did a live session. The debut single Plus was released on the 8th November to positive reviews, and charted at Number 57 in the Official Charts, a great accomplishment for a relatively unknown band. Cited as the kid brothers of Radiohead Echelon moved into 2005 touring consistently and recording the follow up to Plus and filming the corresponding video ... Chart . Echelon finished in 2006, briefly reforming as Mixed Business ref http www.myspace.com echelongroove Echelon are now Mixed Business . mySpace Music. Retrieved on 2009 05 04. ref before becoming ... echelongroove http www.poptones.co.uk References reflist DEFAULTSORT Echelon Category English rock ... more details
Wikify date April 2012 Refimprove date March 2012 The Children Echelon is a 26 p. unpublished story by J. D. Salinger from 1944. It can be located in the Firestone Library in Princeton University. ref http deadcaulfields.com Unpublished.htm dead link date March 2012 ref Summary The story is in the form of eleven diary entries by Bernice Herndon with the first entry on January 12, her 18th birthday, and the last on March 25 of the same but unspecified year. With the war escalating in the background, Bernice changes her opinion about almost everything she mentions her friends, family, and the war. In one entry, Bernice, like Holden Caulfield, mentions that she loved to watch children at the merry go round. Bernice recalls the time at the carousel when one darling little boy in a navy blue suit and beanie...nearly fell off the horse once and I nearly screamed. In many ways, this story is a strange mix of The Long Debut of Lois Taggett and Heart of a Broken Story, with Bernice looking for her dead father through her romance with Army Private Royce Dittenhauer. Dittenhauer himself sneaks into Bernice s affections, replacing her attachment for a wooley pig with red rubber ears named Fatso. Donald Fiene notes that this story was sold to Stag magazine in 1942, but that it is no longer in the files. Fiene, however, incorrectly confuses several stories with this year. This appears to be one of them and is certainly Salinger s 1944 piece Total War Diary. Salinger struggled with this piece, trying at first to avoid both the first person narrative and the diary format that the story eventually adopted. References Reflist Category Short stories by J. D. Salinger ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Echelon is a turn based game turn based , customizable World War II strategy card game from Echelon Games http www.echeloncards.com . Category Dedicated deck card games card game stub ... more details
wiktionary formation TOC right Formation may refer to Formation flying , aerobatics performed with several aircraft Formation military , a high level military organization Tactical formation , the physical deployment of military forces Sports Formation football , tactical formation in association football Formation American football , a set up before the snap in American football Formation dance , dance routines performed in a group Mathematics and science Class formation , an axiomatization of class field theory in mathematics Formation group theory , a class of groups Formation stratigraphy , a formally named rock stratum or geological unit Rock formation, a mass of bedrock displaying a curious or interesting shape see List of rock formations Cave formation, a speleothem Oxide formation, anodization of a metal during manufacturing of electrolytic capacitors In the study of ecosystem s, a community formed by groups of plants which have adapted themselves to similar climatic conditions Music Formation , a music album by Kirk Fogg Formation Records , a record label Linguistics Derivation linguistics , the process of creating new lexemes from other lexemes Back formation , a word formed from an erroneous reconstruction an original linguistic form from a form mistakenly thought to be derived from it Other Offer and acceptance , an analysis of contract formation in law Forming a coalition government , as performed by a formateur Track formation , the earthworks supporting a railway track comprising the blanket and subgrade Sa kh ra , the Buddhist concept of formations Jesuit formation , spiritual and academic training to prepare candidates for ministries See also lookfrom intitle Form disambiguation disambiguation da Formation de Formation eo Formacio fr Formation ja ru sk Form cia ... more details
Other uses Echelon disambiguation Infobox VG title Echelon image developer MADia Entertainment publisher vgrelease new CIS Buka Entertainment INT Bethesda Softworks distributor designer engine version 1.16.19 released March 2001 genre Action game Action Simulation modes Single player , Multiplayer game Multiplayer ratings vgratings ESRB Teen platforms Microsoft Windows Windows Personal computer PC media CD ROM requirements 300 Hertz MHz Central processing unit CPU , 64 Megabyte MB Random access memory RAM , 8 MB video card, 650 MB HDD space input Echelon is a 3D computer graphics 3 D science fiction flight simulator designed by Russian developers MADIA . It involves flying futuristic fighter aircraft fighter s in combat scenarios. The game can be played locally or on a local area network with up to 32 players. The Russian version of the game is called Storm . The plot of the first person shooter game Operation Matriarchy also developed by MADIA takes place in the same general universe as Echelon . Echelon was nominated as Sci Fi Simulation Game of the Year by GameSpot , 2001. ref http www.gamespot.com gamespot features pc bestof 2001 rc p9 01.html GameSpot Readers Choice The Best and Worst of 2001 ref In 2002 a sequel, Echelon WindWarriors, was released. References Reflist External links official website http www.madia.ru echelon.html moby game id echelon name Echelon Category 2001 video games Category Bethesda Softworks Category Combat flight simulators Category Windows games Category Video games developed in Russia Category Military science fiction Category Multiplayer online games Category Science fiction video games flightsim videogame stub ru ... more details
Refimprove date July 2010 In linear algebra a matrix mathematics matrix is in row echelon form if All nonzero rows rows with at least one nonzero element are above any rows of all zeroes All zero rows, if any, belong at the bottom of the matrix The Leading coefficient Linear algebra leading coefficient the first nonzero number from the left, also called the pivot element pivot of a nonzero row is always ... This is an example of 3 4 matrix in row echelon form math left begin array ccc c 1 & a 1 & a 2 & a 3 0 & 2 & a 4 & a 5 0 & 0 & 1 & a 6 end array right math A matrix is in reduced row echelon form also ... matrix is also in reduced row echelon form math left begin array cccc c 1 & 0 & 1 2 & 0 & b 1 0 & 1 & 1 3 & 0 & b 2 0 & 0 & 0 & 1 & b 3 end array right math Transformation to row echelon form ... echelon form. Since elementary row operations preserve the row space of the matrix, the row space of the row echelon form is the same as that of the original matrix. The resulting echelon form is not unique for example, any multiple of a matrix in echelon form is also in echelon form. However, it has been proven that any matrix can be transformed to exactly one matrix in reduced row echelon form Citation needed date April 2012 . This means that the nonzero rows of the reduced row echelon form are the unique reduced row echelon generating set for the row space of the original matrix. Systems of linear equations A system of linear equations is said to be in row echelon form if its augmented matrix is in row echelon form . Similarly, a system of equations is said to be in reduced row echelon form or canonical form if its augmented matrix is in reduced row echelon form . Pseudocode Original ... echelon form Citation needed date September 2011 function ToRowEchelonForm Matrix M is nr number of rows ... RREF.html Interactive Row Echelon Form with rational output wikibooks 1 Linear Algebra 2 Row Reduction and Echelon Forms 3 Numerical linear algebra Category Numerical linear algebra de Lineares ... more details
Other uses Echelon disambiguation File Menwith hill radome.jpg thumb right 250px thumbnail A radome at RAF Menwith Hill , a site with satellite downlink capabilities believed to be used by ECHELON. File ... Misawa Air Base Security Operations Center MSOC ECHELON is a name used in global media and in popular ... r&cad 0 Echelon by John O Neill ref ref Cite web url http www.auscannzukus.net title AUSCANNZUKUS ... 0 385 49908 6 2002 ref ECHELON was reportedly Citation needed date March 2012 created to monitor the military ... public reports of ECHELON was a 1988 New Statesman article entitled Someone s Listening ... ECHELON interception system , 2001 2098 INI last Schmid first Gerhard date 2001 07 11 format pdf 194 pages publisher European Parliament Temporary Committee on the ECHELON Interception System accessdate ... ECHELON is used in a number of contexts, but that the evidence presented indicates that it was the name ... presented, ECHELON was capable of interception and content inspection of telephone calls ... that ECHELON is a method of sorting captured signal traffic, rather than a comprehensive analysis .... ref name EP Most reports on ECHELON focus on satellite interception testimony before the European ... url http cryptome.org echelon nh.htm title Nicky Hager Appearance before the European Parliament ECHELON ... States was exploiting ECHELON traffic for industrial espionage, rather than military and diplomatic ... met Echelon L&H kapot accessdate 2008 03 28 work daanspeak.com http translate.google.com translate ... Echelon Big brother without a cause accessdate 2006 08 27 date 2000 07 06 work BBC News ref ref ... 2000 accessdate 2006 08 27 ref In 2001 the Temporary Committee on the ECHELON Interception ... in their communications to protect their privacy, because economic espionage with ECHELON has ... on the ECHELON Interception System stated It seems likely, in view of the evidence and the consistent ... American sources, that its name is in fact ECHELON, although this is a relatively minor detail. ref ... more details
In American football , the A formation was a variation of the single wing formation used with great success by the New York Giants of the 1930s and early 1940s. This formation was masterminded by Giants coach Steve Owen football Steve Owen and relied heavily upon Pro Football Hall of Fame Hall of Fame Center American football center Mel Hein for its success. The A formation differed from the traditional single wing in that the quarterback played further back from the line and closer to the center. It also place the backfield opposite the strong side of the unbalanced line, providing more flexibility in the running game though less power . The wingback is on the opposite side compared to the single wing and the quarterback is the primary passer, rather than the Halfback American football tailback . The name of the formation was arbitrary, not from its slight resemblance to the letter A , unlike formations named I , T , V , and Y for the shapes formed by the backs positioning Owen labeled the standard single wing his team s B formation. ref cite book last Owen first Steve title My Kind of Football publisher David McKay Company, Inc. year 1952 location New York City pages 131 167 ref One major advantage of the A is the center could snap the ball to any of three players typically to the fullback or blocking back for runs and the quarterback for passes. The fourth back, the wingback ... asset, albeit not essential, in running the A formation however only the Giants used this set up with any ... the Giants a title, however, as George Halas modern T formation began to dominate professional football ... and their A formation were beaten for the NFL championship by the Chicago Bears and the T in 1941 and 1946. Owen finally installed the T formation as an additional offense in 1948, although the Giants continued to run the A through his retirement in 1954. No other team used the A formation in the NFL ... T formation Notre Dame Box Category American football formations ... more details
Unreferenced date January 2007 Image T Formation.svg thumb right 300px A common T formation the Power T In American football , a T formation is a Formation American football formation used by the offensive ... the shape of a T . Numerous variations of the T formation have been developed, including the Power ... was about fourteen yards. Obsolescence The T formation is often said to be the oldest offensive formation in American football and is claimed to have been invented by Walter Camp in 1882. However ... of the hand to hand snap football snap in the 1930s, led to the T s revival. The original T formation ... to a faster paced, higher scoring game. The T formation was made famous by the University of Minnesota ... Bears to defeat the Washington Redskins , 73 0, in the 1940 NFL Championship Game . The formation is still ... in the Midwest, still use the T. It is also still used on some levels as a goal line formation ... popular as a youth football formation. Modern uses The key innovations of the T, however ... to predict the play called based on formation alone. Second, the T allowed running backs to receive ... of the T Formation in Canada is slightly different because it is used in 12 man football. Evolution ... formation , first used by the San Francisco 49ers in 1959 1960, popularized by the Kansas City Chiefs .... Most professional teams still utilize the shotgun formation but it is generally limited to passing downs. The I formation I formation, first popularized in the AFL by the Kansas City Chiefs , circa 1968 ... teams. The I is a strong running formation, with the fullback positioned forward with a tailback behind ... the quarterback, making it a very powerful running formation but difficult to pass from. The Chiefs of the late 1960s often sent one of the three backs in motion. The Wishbone formation , once dominant ... formation with the famous triple option where the quarterback could handoff to the fullback, run it himself ..., 1960s, and 1970s. Obviously, this formation required a talented, running quarterback. It fell ... more details
Image en echelon1.jpg thumb right Two parallel sets of en echelon veins in sandstone. Rock hammer for scale. Taken near Lehigh Gap , PA. In structural geology structural geology , en echelon veins are structures within rock caused by noncoaxial Shear geology shear . ref Davis, G. H., and Reynolds, S. J., Structural Geology of Rocks and Regions. 2nd Ed. 1996 ISBN 0471526215 ref They appear as sets of short, parallel, lenses on the surface of a rock. They are planar structures within the rock. They originate as tension fractures and are subsequently filled by Precipitation chemistry precipitation of a mineral, typically quartz or calcite . References reflist geology stub Category Structural geology ... more details
Infobox Album See Wikipedia WikiProject Albums Name In Formation Type studio Artist Kronos Quartet Cover Kronos formation.jpg Released start date 1982 Recorded 1982 Genre Contemporary classical Length Label Reference Recordings small 9 small Producer Reviews Last album This album In Formation br 1982 Next album Monk Suite Kronos Quartet Plays Music of Thelonious Monk br 1989 In Formation is the first studio album by the Kronos Quartet . It contains compositions by Ken Benshof, Hunt Beyer, Alan Dorsey, John Geist, David Kechley, and others. The album was re issued on CD on 17 December 1993 Reference RR 9CD . Track listing tracklist writing credits yes title1 The Funky Chicken writer1 David Kechley length1 3 17 title2 Remember writer2 Ken Benshoof length2 3 23 title3 Blues writer3 Derek Thunes length3 3 42 title4 When writer4 Benshoof length4 2 24 title5 Enantiodromia High writer5 Hunt Beyer length5 3 24 title6 Joan s Blue writer6 Alan Dorsey length6 3 32 title7 Wind on My Back writer7 Thunes length7 5 09 title8 The Junk Food Blues writer8 John Whitney length8 2 32 title9 Dark Razz writer9 John Geist length9 3 38 title10 Whatever Happened to the Hoodoo Meat Bucket? writer10 Dorsey length10 2 29 Critical reception In Fanfare magazine , the albums was praised highly In imaging, transient accuracy and timbre, one of the finest string quartet discs ever issued. ref cite journal last Flegler first Joel authorlink coauthors title Rev. of Kronos Quartet, In Formation journal Fanfare Magazine volume 7 issue 3 4 page 77 publisher location date 1984 url http books.google.com ?id U5A6AAAAMAAJ issn 0148 9364 doi id accessdate 2009 01 25 ref Credits Musicians David Harrington violin John Sherba violin Hank Dutt viola Joan Jeanrenaud cello Production Recorded at Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption St. Mary s Cathedral , San Francisco See also Kronos Quartet discography References reflist classical album stub Category 1982 albums Category Kronos Quartet albums ... more details
Infobox settlement official name Echelon, New Jersey settlement type Census designated place CDP nickname motto Images image skyline imagesize image caption image flag image seal Maps image map Camden County New Jersey Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Echelon Highlighted.svg mapsize 250x200px map caption Map of Echelon CDP in Camden County image map1 mapsize1 map caption1 Location subdivision type List of countries Country subdivision name United States subdivision type1 Political divisions of the United States State subdivision name1 New Jersey subdivision type2 List of counties in New Jersey County subdivision name2 Camden County, New Jersey Camden government footnotes government type leader title leader name leader title1 leader name1 established title established date Area area footnotes area magnitude area total km2 7.4 area land km2 7.3 area water km2 0.0 area total sq mi 2.8 area land sq mi 2.8 area water sq mi 0.0 Population population as of United States Census, 2000 2000 population footnotes population total 10440 population density km2 1421.5 population density sq mi 3681.6 General information timezone North American Eastern Time Zone Eastern EST utc offset 5 timezone DST EDT utc offset DST 4 elevation footnotes elevation m 26 elevation ft 85 coordinates display inline,title coordinates type region US type city latd 39 latm 50 lats 53 latNS N longd 74 longm 59 longs 58 longEW W Area postal codes & others postal code type ZIP code postal code 08043 area code Area ... Echelon is a census designated place and unincorporated area New Jersey unincorporated area ... Town Center formerly known as Echelon Mall is located here. Geography Echelon is located at Coord ... is water. Osage, New Jersey Osage is the name of a community within Echelon. Demographics As of the census ..., New Jersey Category Census designated places in New Jersey ca Echelon Nova Jersey es Echelon Nueva Jersey nl Echelon New Jersey pt Echelon Nova J rsei vo Echelon ... more details
About military tactics Formation disambiguation Formation Refimprove date August 2008 Image USN Amphibious assault ships.jpg thumb right 250px United States Navy amphibious assault ship s sailing in formation for a photo opportunity. The ships would not sail this close together during combat operations. A tactical formation or order is the arrangement or deployment of moving military forces such as Infantry tactics infantry , cavalry tactics cavalry , armoured fighting vehicle AFVs , military aircraft , or navy naval vessels. Formations were found in tribal societies such as the pua rere of the M ori people M ori , ref 20 32 27 57, Journal of the Polynesian Society ref and ancient or medieval formations which include shield wall s skjaldborg in Old Norse , phalanx formation phalanxes lines of battle in Close order formation close order , Testudo formation and light infantry skirmishers . Tactical formations include column formation Column line formation Line Infantry square Square Flying wedge Wedge EchelonformationEchelon v formation Vee Staggered column Coil formation Coil Herringbone formation Herringbone A Avant garde vanguard , also known as Avant garde in French, is the forward element of a column formation, and the rear guard is the rear most element of the column formation. In naval use only van and rear are applied to a formation of ships sailing in column. Examples of military aircraft tactical formations are the vee formation , echelonformationechelon , the combat box , and the finger four also known as the fluid four. A tactical formation is not to be confused with military organization or the Table of Organization and Equipment table of organization and equipment TOE . See also Laager Close order formation Category Tactical formations Wikipedia Tactical Formations Category References reflist Sources Journal of the Polynesian Society , Vols. 1 19, 1892 1910 DEFAULTSORT Tactical Formation Category Military doctrines Category Tactical formations mil stub ... more details
is why V formations and the asymmetric echelonformation s are also commonly adopted by flights of military aircraft engaged on a common mission. The basic flight formation for military aircraft in many air forces during World War II was a V formation. In the U.S. Army Air Forces , the most basic formation ...File V formation.jpg thumb Canada Goose Canada Geese in a V formation. A V formation sometimes called a skein is the symmetric V shaped flight formation of flights of goose geese , duck s, and other bird migration migratory birds . V formations also improve the fuel efficiency of aircraft and are used on military flight missions. Aerodynamics The V formation greatly boosts the efficiency and range of flying birds, particularly over long Bird migration migratory routes. All the birds except the first fly in the upwash from the wingtip vortices of the bird ahead. The upwash assists each bird in supporting its own weight in flight, in the same way a Glider aircraft glider can climb or maintain height indefinitely in rising air. In a V formation of 25 members, each bird can achieve a reduction of induced drag by up to 65 and as a result increase their range by 71 . ref http arxiv.org abs 0804.3879 Effects of Leader s Position and Shape on Aerodynamic Performances of V Flight Formation ref The birds ... to form a defensive bombing formation called the combat box . The standard fighter unit, early in World ... planes. After many complaints from the British pilots of the vics not being the optimal flying formation, the RAF Fighter Command changed the squadron formation so the fourth vic would weave back ... of the squadron could leave formation and be ready for a counterattack. The Germans called these vics ... in favor of the Finger four formation that the German Air Force Luftwaffe used. ref Holmes, Spitfire vs Bf 109 Battle of Britain, pages 61 63 ref The V formation is also common in ceremonial flyovers ... Category Tactical formations de V Formation fr Formation en V pl Klucz ornitologia ru ... more details
The Berivotra Formation is an Upper Cretaceous Maastrichtian sedimentary rock marine formation found in Madagascar, that is contemporary to the terrestrial Maevarano Formation . Category Natural history of Madagascar Category Cretaceous paleontological sites ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Image Voile contact.JPG thumb 250px Figure of canopy formation. A canopy formation is a formation built by parachutists by flying their parachute s in proximity to each other and then taking grips docking on other jumpers parachutes. The practice of building such formations is known by several names canopy formations CF , canopy formation skydiving CFS or canopy relative work CRW or CReW . See also Formation skydiving DEFAULTSORT Canopy Formation Category Parachuting ... more details
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