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Scotch whisky - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org &bull May 25, 2011Scotch whisky is whisky made in Scotland. In Britain, the term whisky is usually taken to mean Scotch unless otherwise specified. In other English-speaking countries, it is often referred to simply as "Scotch". All Scotch whisky must be aged in oak barrels for at least three years.[1][2] Any age statement written on a bottle of Scotch whisky, in the form of a number, must reflect the age of the youngest whisky used to produce that product. The Scotch Whisky Regulations 2009 (SWR) came into force on 23 November 2009 (subject to certain transitional provisions).[1][2] They replaced the Scotch Whisky Act… Full Story »
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Gore-Tex - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org &bull May 16, 2011Gore-Tex is a waterproof/breathable fabric, and a registered trademark of W. L. Gore and Associates. It was co-invented by Wilbert L. Gore (1912-1986), Rowena Taylor, and Gore's son, Robert W. Gore. Robert Gore was granted U.S. Patent 3,953,566 on April 27, 1976, for a porous form of polytetrafluoroethylene (the chemical constituent of Teflon) with a micro-structure characterized by nodes interconnected by fibrils. Robert Gore, Rowena Taylor, and Samuel Allen were granted… Full Story »
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Garmin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org &bull Apr 4, 2011Garmin Ltd. (NASDAQ: GRMN), incorporated in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, is the parent company of a group of companies founded in 1989 by Gary Burrell and Min Kao (hence the name GarMin), that develops consumer, aviation, and marine technologies for the Global Positioning System. Its subsidiary Garmin International, Inc. serves as headquarters for the Garmin Limited companies and is located in Olathe, Kansas, which is located in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area in the United States. The largest operating subsidiary and primary production facility of Garmin Limited is Garmin (Asia) Corporation (Chinese: ), located in Sijhih City, Taiwan, a suburb of Taipei.… Full Story »
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Category:WikiProject Backpacking templates - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org &bull Mar 20, 2011Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional terms may apply. See Terms of Use for details. Wikipedia is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. Full Story »
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Global Positioning System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org &bull Mar 20, 2011The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a space-based global navigation satellite system (GNSS) that provides reliable location and time information in all weather and at all times and anywhere on or near the Earth when and where there is an unobstructed line of sight to four or more GPS satellites. It is maintained by the United States government and is freely accessible by anyone with a GPS receiver. The GPS project was started in 1973 to overcome the limitations of previous navigation systems,[1] integrating ideas from several predecessors, including a number of classified engineering design studies from the 1960s. GPS… Full Story »
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REI Agro Limited - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org &bull Mar 15, 2011REI Agro Limited (BSE: 532106, NSE: REIAGROLTD, LSE: REA) is the largest basmati rice processing and marketing company in the globe . Based in Bawal, Haryana the company has three state of the art rice processing units producing basmati rice… Full Story »
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Lighthouse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org &bull Mar 12, 2011A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid tonavigation for pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Lighthouses are used to mark dangerous coastlines, hazardous shoals and reefs, and safe entries to harbors, and can also assist in aerial navigation. Once widely used, the number of operational lighthouses has declined due to the expense of maintenance and replacement by modern electronic navigational aids. In a lighthouse, the source of light is called the "lamp"… Full Story »
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