History

The cylindrical lock was invented by Walter Schlage in 1909.

The bored cylindrical lock arose from a need for a more cost-effective method of locking doors. The previous norm, the mortise lock, is a more complex device, and its higher manufacturing cost as well as its more labor intensive installation make the bored cylindrical lock an ideal substitute, both in price and functionality.

Currently

The great majority of locks now in use on residences in North America are a variation of the cylindrical lock and are known as tubular chassis locks. Generally, they are not as strong as a cylindrical lock.

Locks

The following list of locks are provided for the current canal, from upstream (south) to downstream (north):

Note: There is no Lock 4 on the canal.

In typography

• Monospace font, fixed-width typefaces whose glyphs have the same width
• Monospace (font), a computer font which carries said characteristic

Other

• Monospace or one-box car, a style of automobile body, that doesn’t feature clearly distinguishable ‘boxes’ for the engine, passenger and luggage compartments, like a three-box design.

An album:

• Carry On (Chris Cornell album), a 2007 album
• Carry On (Crosby, Stills & Nash album), a 1998 compilation album
• Carry On (Kansas album), a 1992 compilation album
• Carry On (Bobby Caldwell album), a 1982 album by Bobby Caldwell
• Carry On (Pat Green album), a 2000 album by Pat Green

A song:

• “Carry On”, by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young from the 1970 album Déjà Vu
• “Carry On”, by Diana Ross from the 1999 album Every Day Is a New Day
• “Carry On”, by Angra from the 1993 album Angels Cry
• “Carry On”, by Manowar from the 1987 album Fighting the World
• “Carry On”, by Soul Asylum from the 1986 album While You Were Out

Other:

• Carry On films, a series of British comedy films
• Carry On, a book by Coningsby Dawson

Carry on may also be:

• Luggage that is carried into the passenger compartment of various forms of transport

Originally signed in 1929 in Warsaw (hence the name), it was amended in 1955 at The Hague and in 1975 in Montreal. United States courts have held that, at least for some purposes, the Warsaw Convention is a different instrument from the Warsaw Convention as Amended by the Hague Protocol.

In particular, the Warsaw Convention:

• mandates carriers to issue passenger tickets;
• requires carriers to issue baggage checks for checked luggage;
• creates a limitation period of 2 years within which a claim must be brought (Article 29); and
• sets a carrier’s liability to at least:
  • 250,000 Francs or 16,600 Special Drawing Rights (SDR) for personal injury;
  • 17 SDR per kilogram for checked luggage and cargo,
  • 5,000 Francs or 332 SDR for the hand luggage of a traveller.

The sums limiting liability were originally given in Francs (defined in terms of a particular quantity of gold by article 22 paragraph 5 of the convention). These sums were amended by the Montreal Additional Protocol No. 2 to substitute an expression given in terms of SDR’s. These sums are valid in the absence of a differing agreement (on a higher sum) with the carrier. Agreements on lower sums are null and void.

On April 1, 2007, the exchange rate was 1.00 SDR = 1.135 EUR or
1.00 SDR = 1.51 USD.

A court may also award a claiming party’s costs, unless the carrier made an offer within 6 months of the loss (or at least 6 months before the beginning of any legal proceedings) which the claiming party has failed to beat.

The Montreal Convention, signed in 1999, will replace the Warsaw Convention system, once Montreal has been ratified by all states. Until then, however, there will be a patchwork of rules governing international carriage by air, as different states will be parties to different agreements (or no agreement at all).

Locks were often built adjacent to islands and so are often situated in remote locations. Those close to main roads and towns tended to become magnets for spectators, while others are very difficut to find. When the motive power was provided by horses, a towpath was needed on the bank side. This towpath has formed the basis for the Thames Path.

There are 45 locks on the Thames. In upstream to downstream order, from source to sea, they are:

• St John’s Lock — the highest lock on the river
• Buscot Lock
• Grafton Lock
• Radcot Lock
• Rushey Lock
• Shifford Lock
• Northmoor Lock
• Pinkhill Lock
  
• Eynsham Lock
• King’s Lock
• Godstow Lock
  
• Osney Lock
• Iffley Lock
• Sandford Lock
• Abingdon Lock
• Culham Lock
• Clifton Lock
• Day’s Lock
• Benson Lock
• Cleeve Lock
• Goring Lock
• Whitchurch Lock
• Mapledurham Lock
• Caversham Lock
• Sonning Lock
• Shiplake Lock
• Marsh Lock
• Hambleden Lock
• Hurley Lock
• Temple Lock
• Marlow Lock
• Cookham Lock
• Boulter’s Lock
• Bray Lock
• Boveney Lock
• Romney Lock
• Old Windsor Lock
• Bell Weir Lock
• Penton Hook Lock
• Chertsey Lock
• Shepperton Lock
• Sunbury Lock
• Molesey Lock
• Teddington Lock — the last lock before the river becomes tidal
• Richmond Lock — on the tidal Thames. Owned and operated by the Port of London Authority

Additionally, Blake’s Lock is located on a reach of the River Kennet that is administered as part of the River Thames, and is often counted as a Thames Lock.

All the locks on the Thames (including Blake’s Lock) are manned and, except for Richmond Lock, are owned and operated by the Environment Agency. The Environment Agency still has the two responsibilities of managing the flow of water to control flooding, and providing for navigation.

Fobney Lock was built between 1718 and 1723 under the supervision of the engineer John Hore of Newbury, and this stretch of the river is now administered by British Waterways and known as the Kennet Navigation. It has a rise/fall of 7 ft 8 in (2.24 m).

There have been ongoing plans to turn Fobney Island, adjacent to the lock, into a wetlands nature reserve.

History

The village now mainly consists of modern brick built houses, but a number of 17th century buildings still remain in the centre of the village including the George and Dragon public house. The George and Dragon was predated in the village by another pub, a timber framed thatched building that was destroyed by fire in 1938, a replacement The Cross Keys now stands in its place.

On the outskirts of Rowde is the site of the Caen Hill flight of locks of the Kennet and Avon Canal. The canal rises 237 feet by means of 29 locks, 16 of them in a straight line at Caen Hill. The Kennet and Avon Canal was constructed between 1794 and 1810 and served to link Devizes with Bristol and London. The canal fell into disuse after the coming of the railway, but has been restored, and is now used for leisure purposes.

Local government

Rowde is a civil parish with an elected parish council. It falls within the areas of Kennet District Council and Wiltshire County Council. All three councils are responsible for different aspects of local government.

In the 2001 census, the district ward of Bromham & Rowde had a population of 2880.

Location

Position:

Nearby towns and cities: Devizes, Calne, Melksham, Chippenham, Swindon

Nearby villages: Bromham, Seend

As of 2005, the following schedule was in effect for ship transit through the locks. From 06:00 to 15:15, ships travel from the Pacific towards the Atlantic. From 15:45 to 23:00 ships travel from the Atlantic towards the Pacific. At any other time, travel is permitted in both directions,

A modern visitor center allows tourists to have a full view of the Miraflores locks operation. Binoculars are recommended to also see the Pedro Miguel locks, visible in the distance. As of 2005, admittance to the visitors center costs US$5 (observation terrace) or $8 (supporting exhibits and show added). Viewing a transit operation at the center can take more than 30 minutes. A souvernirs shop in the base level sells related merchandise. The center closes at 17:00.

The company was established in 1865 when James Sargent and Halbert Greenleaf became partners. A manufacturing facility was built in Rochester, New York, and the company remained in that city until 1975. Since then, the company has been in Nicholasville, Kentucky.

In 1857 Sargent had designed the Sargent’s Magnetic Bank Lock, said to be the first successful key changeable combination lock.

In 1873 Sargent created the first time lock, using parts from eight-day clocks.

In 1880 Sargent connected one of his combination locks to a delay timer, creating the first time-delay combination lock.

Locks are sold around the world through associated distributors.

It was the only intermediate station between Lostwithiel and Fowey. The line had been built by the Lostwithiel and Fowey Railway but had fallen into disuse until reopened by the Cornwall Minerals Railway which was amalgamated into the Great Western Railway on the same day that Golant was opened.

The station was unstaffed. The instructions to staff stated that “no luggage is to be labelled to Golant. Passengers who may be travelling from Golant to stations on the main line beyond Lostwithiel must re-book at that station, and have their luggage labelled to their destination at Lostwithiel.”

The Great Western Railway was nationalised into British Railways on 1 January 1948. The passenger service was withdrawn on 4 January 1965 and the station subsequently demolished, the space now being used for a small car park.

Next to the canal there is a canal museum.

History

The cylindrical lock was invented by Walter Schlage in 1909.

The bored cylindrical lock arose from a need for a more cost-effective method of locking doors. The previous norm, the mortise lock, is a more complex device, and its higher manufacturing cost as well as its more labor intensive installation make the bored cylindrical lock an ideal substitute, both in price and functionality.

Currently

The great majority of locks now in use on residences in North America are a variation of the cylindrical lock and are known as tubular chassis locks. Generally, they are not as strong as a cylindrical lock.

The network can be thought of as similar to the Internet. It has however an enormous size and data capacity, spanning numerous star systems and capable of carrying massive amounts of data. Numerous computer networks connect to the Kyle Web in order to share information.

Unlike internet, the psiberweb, rather than existing in real physical form, transmits information through Kyle space. Also known as the psiberspace, the Kyle space is an alternate dimension, that exists separately from our conventional concepts of time and space. It is based heavily on quantum theory and Fourier transforms. It can be also described as an “universe of thoughts”, as the only people who can connect to the psiberweb are psions. When a thought is transmitted in the Kyle Web, it exists (is received) simultaneously everywhere across the entire network.

The psiberweb was created and used in Skolian Empire and is crucial in their defence. Access and control of the psiberweb is what gives the Skolian Empire its equal strength to the more powerful and more numerous Trader empire.

To create and maintain a psiberweb in the Kyle space, a Rhon psion is needed, the only known Rhons being the members of Ruby Dynasty, the ruling family of Skolian Empire. Less powerful but still strong psions called telops can also access and use the Kyle Web, but cannot construct it or “enter” Kyle space.

Triad

The Triad is the three person group that powers the psiberweb, both as director of the physical medium and as administrator of the interstellar networks in Kyle space. Originally a Dyad, the members of the Ruby Dynasty eventually discovered that three people can comprise the group and maintain the Kyle Web.

Triad members, so called Keys, have substantial political influence. A person joins the Triad by touching the singularity found in the Locks, gaining so the capability to create the web connections and nodes of the psiberweb. A member of the Triad/Dyad must be a Rhon psion, as those are the only genetically suited humans capable of interfacing with the Locks.

Locks

A Lock is one of three powerful sentient machines created by the ancient Ruby Empire. It is a disruption in normal spacetime, which manifests as a great column of light called a “Kyle singularity”. The Locks’ construction apparently is the result of advanced mathematics, neuroscience and mysticism. The ancient technology which created the Locks has been lost, but people of the Skolian Empire have deduced some of its functioning.

There are three known remaining Locks since the fall of the original Ruby Empire:

• one on the Orbiter space habitat
• one on the planet Raylicon
• one on the Onyx platform

See also

Catherine Asaro

The name comes from Duffel, a town in Belgium where the thick cloth the bag is made of originated. Nowadays a Duffel Bag typically refers to the specific style of bag, though the phrase may also be used to refer to any large generic holdall or a bag made of thick fabric.

It is often used to carry luggage or sports equipment by people who travel in the outdoors. Duffel bags are often used by sailors, and are sometimes called seabags in this capacity.

See also:

• Duffel Coat

Prior to the Act, security screening was largely the responsibility of each airport. Counter agents asked three questions of passengers checking luggage:

• Did you pack your bags yourself?
• Have your bags been in your possession since you packed them?
• Have any unknown persons asked you to carry anything on board?

Visitors had to pass through metal detectors and have their carry-on luggage X-rayed before entering the concourses, but X-raying of personal items was not required. A boarding pass did not have to be presented at the checkpoint, as non-travellers were allowed to enter the concourses.

Description

In effect the 5-rise consists of five locks connected together with (as always with a staircase) no intermediate “pounds”: the lower gate of each chamber forms the upper gate of the chamber below. There are therefore five chambers, and six gates (the top and bottom gates and four intermediate gates). As the Leeds Liverpool canal is a wide canal, the chambers are 14 feet wide, and each “gate” consists of two half-gates, “hinged” from opposite sides of the canal. Each half gate is slightly more than 7 feet wide, so that the two halves close in a “V” shape (pointing “upstream”). Water pressure on the “uphill” side of the gate thus keeps it tightly closed until the water levels on either side are equal, when the gate can be opened and the boat moved to the next chamber (see canal locks for more information on how a lock is constructed and operated).

The 5-rise is the steepest flight of lock in the UK, with a gradient of about 1:5 (a rise of 59ft 2in over a distance of 320ft). The intermediate and bottom gates are the tallest in the country. Because of the complications of working a staircase lock, and because so many boaters (both first-time hirers and new owners) are inexperienced, a full-time lock keeper is employed, and the locks are padlocked “out of hours”. Barry Whitelock, the “locky”, after twenty years based here is now almost infamous on the local canals. Barry was awarded an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2006 New Year Honours List for “Services to Inland Waterways in the North”

History

It opened on March 21 1774 and was a major feat of engineering at the time. When the locks and therefore the canal from Gargrave to Leeds was opened in 1774 a crowd of 30,000 people turned out to celebrate it! The first boat to use the locks took just 28 minutes and the whole first trip is described here as it was in a newspaper of the time - the Leeds Intelligencer. The smaller Three Rise opened at the same time just a few hundred meters further down.

During 2000-2004, famous Leeds Chartered Surveyor, Gerwyn Bryan, lived in the famous cottage looking down on the locks, which appears in many pictures of the locks.

Tourism

The “flight” (it is a moot point whether a staircase is strictly a “flight”, used strictly the term means a group of locks separated by intermediate pounds, so each lock has its own top and bottom gates) is a major tourist attraction in the area. Most boats that pass through attract a lot of attention especially at weekends where they may be a crowd of thirty people or more watching a boat go up or down!

Maintenance

The staircase underwent extensive restorative maintenance in 2004,and again in 2006 when the lock gates and paddles were replaced. As is expected with such a feat of engineering it requires a lot of maintenance and is often on British Waterway’s list of winter stoppages for maintenance.

After the locks were built in 1911, landscape architect Carl English of the United States Army Corps of Engineers transformed the construction site into garden in an English landscape style. All told, he spent 43 years planting and tending the gardens. Today they contain more than 500 species and 1,500 varieties of plants from around the world, including fan palms, oaks, Mexican pines, rhododendrons, and a fine display of roses.

Small joint manipulation refers to twisting, pulling or bending fingers or toes to cause joint locks in the various joints in those appendages. Joint locks on fingers and toes are respectively referred to as finger locks and toe locks.

Explanation

The leverage needed for such joint manipulation is comparatively small, since grabbing a finger or two with one or both hands creates a distinct advantage, and means that a weaker person can possibly control a stronger one. Grabbing only one finger may lead to the opponent being able to pull it free, while grabbing three or more reduces the leverage advantage considerably, and hence it is sometimes advised to grab two fingers for maximum effect.

Small joint manipulation is an illegal technique in most combat sports that feature joint locking such as Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, Judo, Mixed Martial Arts and Sambo, since unlike standard joint locks, there is less of an opportunity to tap out before the small joint breaks. It is however sometimes taught as a self-defense and pain compliance technique, for instance in Kenpo, Jujutsu, and especially in ‘Small Circle JuJitsu’. It is also an important part of koppo-techniques, e.g. in ninjutsu.

References

Originally signed in 1929 in Warsaw (hence the name), it was amended in 1955 at The Hague and in 1975 in Montreal. United States courts have held that, at least for some purposes, the Warsaw Convention is a different instrument from the Warsaw Convention as Amended by the Hague Protocol.

In particular, the Warsaw Convention:

• mandates carriers to issue passenger tickets;
• requires carriers to issue baggage checks for checked luggage;
• creates a limitation period of 2 years within which a claim must be brought (Article 29); and
• sets a carrier’s liability to at least:
  • 250,000 Francs or 16,600 Special Drawing Rights (SDR) for personal injury;
  • 17 SDR per kilogram for checked luggage and cargo,
  • 5,000 Francs or 332 SDR for the hand luggage of a traveller.

The sums limiting liability were originally given in Francs (defined in terms of a particular quantity of gold by article 22 paragraph 5 of the convention). These sums were amended by the Montreal Additional Protocol No. 2 to substitute an expression given in terms of SDR’s. These sums are valid in the absence of a differing agreement (on a higher sum) with the carrier. Agreements on lower sums are null and void.

On April 1, 2007, the exchange rate was 1.00 SDR = 1.135 EUR or
1.00 SDR = 1.51 USD.

A court may also award a claiming party’s costs, unless the carrier made an offer within 6 months of the loss (or at least 6 months before the beginning of any legal proceedings) which the claiming party has failed to beat.

The Montreal Convention, signed in 1999, will replace the Warsaw Convention system, once Montreal has been ratified by all states. Until then, however, there will be a patchwork of rules governing international carriage by air, as different states will be parties to different agreements (or no agreement at all).

Locks

The following list of locks are provided for the current canal, from upstream (south) to downstream (north):

Note: There is no Lock 4 on the canal.

The lock, original weir and footbridge were designed by Humphrey Gainsborough, a local non-conformist minister, inventor and the brother of the artist Thomas Gainsborough.

The weir was reconstructed in 2004 by Mowlem PLC to a design by Halcrow Group.

Access to the lock

Because the lock is unusually situated on the opposite side of the river to the towpath, a long wooden bridge carries the path out to the lock island below the weir, and then back again to the riverbank above the weir. This feature is unique on the River Thames.

Reach above the lock

Soon after the lock is the entrance to the Hannerton Backwater. The river passes between Wargrave and Shiplake and is joined by the River Loddon just below Shiplake Lock. The Wargrave & Shiplake Regatta takes place on the reach. The Thames Path follows the river on the western bank and then takes a diversion through Shiplake.