Californium-252, with a half-life of about 2. 64 years, is the most common isotope used and is produced at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the United States and the Research Institute of Atomic Reactors in Russia.

* Nara-Scrub Oak, used by Kawada Taiko to make their " Hi-Tech Taikos " which are constructed from staves, also used for Bachi.

The Pedunculate or English Oak Quercus robur does not grow in Palestine ; and the wood of other species is not sufficiently airtight to be used in wine casks,

They held a synod in 403 ( the Synod of the Oak ) to charge John, in which his connection to Origen was used against him.

Specific sites linked to Robin Hood include the Major Oak tree, claimed to have been used by him as a hideout, Robin Hood's Well, located near Newstead Abbey ( within the boundaries of Sherwood Forest ), and the Church of St. Mary in the village of Edwinstowe, where Robin and Maid Marian are historically thought to have wed. To reinforce this belief, the University of Nottingham in 2010 has begun the Nottingham Caves Survey with the goal " to increase the tourist potential of these sites ".

One high-tech use of silver was for conductors at Oak Ridge National Laboratory used in calutrons to isolate uranium as part of the Manhattan project.

At Oak Ridge and at the University of California, Berkeley, Ernest O. Lawrence developed electromagnetic separation for much of the uranium used in the first United States atomic bomb ( see Manhattan Project ).

Giant calutron plants developed at Lawrence's laboratory were used at Oak Ridge National Laboratory | Site X during World War II to Enriched_uranium # Enrichment_methods | purify uranium for use in the first atomic bomb.

Oak wood, from Quercus robur and Quercus petraea, was used in Europe for the construction of ships, especially naval men of war, until the 19th century, and was the principal timber used in the construction of European timber-framed buildings.

Oak wood chips are used for smoking fish, meat, cheeses and other foods.

White Oak is often used to make wine barrels.

The bark of the White Oak is dried and used in medical preparations.

Oak bark is also rich in tannin, and is used by tanners for tanning leather.

Oak galls were used for centuries as the main ingredient in manuscript ink, harvested at a specific time of year.

The uses of these islands vary: Davids ' Island, the former location of the U. S. Army ’ s Fort Slocum, is currently unoccupied but is slated for use as passive parkland ; Glen Island is a County park for passive and active recreation ; Huckleberry Island is largely undeveloped and has one of the largest rookeries for some shore bird species in western Long Island Sound ; Columbia Island was the former site of CBS television broadcast antennas and is currently unoccupied ; Echo Island is used by a private yacht club ; Execution Rocks is the site of a 19th century lighthouse listed on the National Register of Historic Places ; Pea Island is owned by Huguenot Yacht Club but remains undeveloped ; Goose Island is undeveloped ; Clifford, Harrison and Tank Islands are part of a nature preserve and city park ; and Oak and Pine Islands are used as private residences.

The most notable location used was that of the Ministry Field where Liz and Simon discover the Time Barrier – this was in fact the Burnt Farm Army Camp near Goff's Oak, Hertfordshire.

The laboratory developed the Calutron s used at Y-12 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee to create enriched uranium for the first atomic bombs.

* USS Oak Ridge ( ARDM-1 ), a World War II U. S. naval vessel used as a floating dry dock

The Cork Oak is unrelated to the " cork trees " ( Phellodendron ), which have corky bark but are not used for cork production.

Lilacs are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Copper Underwing, Scalloped Oak and Svensson's Copper Underwing and Saras.

" Some also hold to the theory that Kidd conspired with Henry Every and Oak Island was used as a pseudo community bank between the two.

Pike died in Washington, D. C., aged 81, and was buried at Oak Hill Cemetery ( against his wishes — he had left instructions for his body to be cremated ).

A 22 milligram batch of berkelium-249 was prepared during a 250-day irradiation period and then purified for a further 90 days at Oak Ridge in 2009.

In The Oak and the Calf, Alexander Solzhenitsyn sharply criticized Pasternak, both for declining the Nobel Prize and for sending such a letter to Khrushchev.

The Voluntary Content Rating ( VCR ) system was devised by Solid Oak Software for their CYBERsitter filtering software, as an alternative to the PICS system, which some critics deemed too complex.

However, there is also a ditheistic theme within traditional Wicca, as the Horned God has dual aspects of bright and dark-relating to day / night, summer / winter-expressed as the Oak King and the Holly King, who in Wiccan myth and ritual are said to engage in battle twice a year for the hand of the Goddess, resulting in the changing seasons.

The original work by Sagan and others was criticized as a " myth " and " discredited theory " in the 1987 book Nuclear War Survival Skills, a civil defense manual by Cresson Kearny for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

Several German military orders in both world wars had grades adorned with crossed swords, e. g. Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords ( mit Eichenlaub und Schwertern ), and so was the British Order of Merit when awarded for military achievements.

The Naval Air Station in Oak Harbor has a limited service hospital for military personnel, veteran retirees and their dependents only.

* c. 2049 BC: Oak trees for Seahenge felled.

In just one of these 108 larger designations, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, there were for example at least " 167 known contaminant release sites " in one of the three subdivisions of the site.

There is also a nine-hole walking course ( no electric carts allowed ) called Oak Trail, designed for young golfers.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory ( ORNL ) is a multiprogram science and technology national laboratory managed for the United States Department of Energy ( DOE ) by UT-Battelle.

The laboratory occupies about of the Oak Ridge Reservation ( ORR ), which it shares with the East Tennessee Technology Park, the Y-12 National Security Complex, the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, and the developing Oak Ridge Science and Technology Park.

The facility that later became Oak Ridge National Laboratory was established as part of the Clinton Engineer Works for the Manhattan Project in 1943 during World War II, when American scientists feared that Nazi Germany was rapidly developing an atomic bomb.

The goal of the Manhattan Project activities in Oak Ridge was to separate and produce uranium and plutonium for use in developing a nuclear weapon.

* Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education

Almost all of the of the U. S. federal government / NASA owned property that makes up the JPL campus is today located in the city of La Cañada Flintridge, California, on the northwest border of Pasadena, with a La Cañada Flintridge address ( 4800 Oak Grove Drive, La Cañada Flintridge, CA 91011 ).

The standard for the lumber of the white oak group – all of which is marketed as white oak – is the White Oak.

* Janka Hardness Scale for Oak – The Janka Hardness Scale for all Exotic and Domestic species

He had been assigned to work with General Electric at Schenectady, New York State, to develop a nuclear propulsion plant for destroyers, but in May 1946, through the efforts of his wartime boss, Rear Admiral Earle Mills, who became the head of the Navy's Bureau of Ships that same year, Rickover was finally sent to Oak Ridge as the deputy manager of the entire project, granting him access to all facilities, projects and reports.

In all, Streeter claimed to own of land between the mouth of the Chicago River and Oak Street.

Other popular attractions include the annual Grand Illumination ( see also here ) in Oak Bluffs ; the Martha's Vineyard Film Society which screens independent and world cinema all year long ; the Martha's Vineyard Film Festival which runs its Summer Film Series and Cinema Circus every Wednesday in July and August, the second week in August, The Run & Shoot Filmworks Martha's Vineyard African-American Film Festival < http :// www. mvaaff. com > which showcases the works of independent and established African-American filmmakers and its winter festival in March ; Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival in September, Katama Farm in Edgartown ; and the Flying Horses Carousel in Oak Bluffs, the oldest carousel in the United States.

There is a story that, like most others regarding the island, lacks adequate archival sources, or any quoted sources at all, which places the priceless jewels of Marie Antoinette ( which are historically missing, save for some specimens in the collections of museums worldwide ) on Oak Island.

Vasona Park, a county park, and neighboring Oak Meadow Park, which belongs to the town, are located in what is roughly the geographic middle of the town, bordered on the south by Blossom Hill Road, on the east by Highway 17, on the west by University Avenue, and reaching at the north end not quite all the way to Lark Avenue.

While the north ( Oak Harbor ) is conservative-George W. Bush received almost 65 percent of the 2004 vote and carried all precincts-all southern and central precincts voted for John Kerry.

More than 50 % of all the population of Livingston County is located in the southeastern communities of Brighton Township, Genoa Township, Hamburg Township, Green Oak Township, the Village of Pinckney, Putnam Township and the City of Brighton.

The Arcade Meadow of Oak Trees was used as a staging area to load by rail transport all horses out to Kentucky, and beyond, from about 1880 to 1905.

The area is still referred to as the community of Lone Oak, but all government jobs, including the mayor, city council, and police, were eliminated when the city was dissolved.

On the state level, Oak Bluffs is represented in the Massachusetts House of Representatives as a part of the Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket district, which includes all of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket, as well as a portion of Falmouth.

Oak Bluffs is also home to Martha's Vineyard Hospital, just northeast of the Lagoon, which serves all of the island, as does the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles branch near the center of town.

The island's first and primary ferry line is the Steamship Authority, which runs to and from Woods Hole, New Bedford, and Nantucket Island ( in the summer months from the Oak Bluffs terminal ), all in Massachusetts.

The Berkley School District operates in almost all of Berkley, most of Huntington Woods, and the north section of Oak Park.

According to the United States Census Bureau, Oak Valley has a total area of 1. 8 km² ( 0. 7 mi² ), all land.

Monmouth Battlefield State Park, Turkey Swamp Park, and Michael J. Tighe Park ( formerly known as Liberty Oak Park ) are all located within the township and provide assorted recreational opportunities.

Oak Leaf is nearly all residential.

Virtually all proceeds from the sale and remains of Nelson's $ 6 million personal fortune were donated to create the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art on the site of Nelson's home, Oak Hall.

Membership of each House comes from all parts of the school so that within each class there are members of six Houses, namely, Banyan, Ginkgo, Oak, Pine, Rosewood and Yew.

The unincorporated communities of White Oak, Groesbeck, Northbrook, and Northgate are all within the township.

A story incorporating the names of all of the pubs once open in Oswestry can be found hanging on the walls of the Oak on Church Street.