The use of exotic hardwoods is not unusual when constructing more expensive bokken.

Scientific double-blind tests are often used to disprove certain audio components ( such as expensive, exotic cables ) have any perceivable effect on sound quality.

In the 1970s, bicycle magazines, such as Bike World, sometimes referred to exotic lightweight bicycle parts as being made of unobtanium, although while expensive they were commercially obtainable.

However, according to an article by former Space Shuttle program Director Wayne Hale on his official NASA blog, the space shuttle program, in preparation for the 2010 shutdown, has already terminated many specialty parts and materials contracts, many with small businesses whose only customer may have been the shuttle program and who closed shop and retired upon receiving their termination letters ; as a result, it would be difficult and expensive at this point to extend the shuttle program, and there would be a lag of at least a year ( without flights ) before exhausted exotic parts and supplies could be replaced.

Such lenses tend to be optically exotic and very expensive ; at launch, in September 2008, the Leica Noctilux retailed for $ 11, 000.

) Finally, LOX tanks are relatively lightweight and fairly cheap, while the deep cryogenic nature and extreme physical properties of LH2 mandate that LH2 tanks and plumbing must be large and use heavy, expensive, exotic materials and insulation.

The opening was rejected as too expensive to film ; Flinn mentioned the exotic locales would have pushed the budget to $ 50 million.

SCBA designed for fire fighting tend to be expensive because of the exotic materials used to provide the flame resistance and to a lesser extent, to reduce the weight penalty on the fire fighter.

Some use non-traditional, exotic, or expensive materials, ranging from paper to carbon fiber to refined alloys.

Kopi Luwak is Indonesian exotic and expensive coffee beverage made from the beans of coffee berries which have been eaten by the Asian Palm Civet ( Paradoxurus hermaphroditus ) and other related civets.

Mata mata turtles are readily available in the exotic pet trade and are quite expensive to obtain.

It is sometimes used for weddings in exotic locations, such as Cancun and the Riviera Maya, Hawaii or the Caribbean, for which it is very expensive or difficult for people to travel to see the wedding in person.

However, the uppers of more expensive designs may be made of leather obtained from somewhat exotic creatures, including alligator, ostrich and snakeskin.

In 1959 Lime Rock Park held a famous Formula Libre race, where Rodger Ward shocked the expensive and exotic sports cars by beating them on the road course in an Offenhauser powered midget car, usually used on oval tracks.

Many overclockers simply buy more efficient, and often, more expensive fan and heat sink combinations, while others resort to more exotic ways of computer cooling, such as liquid cooling, Peltier effect heatpumps, heat pipe or phase change cooling.

Using exotic materials, race-grade wheelsets are very expensive.

These aristocrats wanted to illustrate their power and wealth, because exotic animals, alive and active, were less common, more difficult to acquire, and more expensive to maintain.

These were cabinets in the sense of pieces of furniture, made from all imaginable exotic and expensive materials and filled with contents and ornamental details intended to reflect the entire cosmos on a miniature scale.

In 1959 Lime Rock Park held a famous Formula Libre race, where Rodger Ward shocked the expensive and exotic sports car contingent by beating them on the road course in an Offenhauser powered midget car, which was normally considered competitive for oval tracks only.

Indoor plumbing with gold fixtures, exotic woods and expensive marbles highlighted his home.

These DPSS laser wavelengths are usually more exotic, more expensive, and generally manufactured with higher quality components, including filters, unless they are put into laser pointer style pocket-pen packages.

Because the care of these types of animals is difficult and expensive, these are most often carried only in stores that specialize in exotic animals.

However exchange-traded funds ( ETFs ) have gained rapidly in popularity, being seen as a less expensive way to trade all futures markets as well as some more exotic markets not otherwise available to retail day traders.

Both enable the builder to pick and choose between various available parts, on matters of price as well as quality, allow for extensive experimentation, and offer the chance to use exotic or highly labor-intensive solutions, which would be expensive for a manufacturer to implement, but only require personal labor by the DIYer, which is a source of satisfaction to them.

It lasted a number of days, and a host of exotic animals were killed, including elephants, giraffes, tigers, rhinoceroses, crocodiles and hippopotami.

In pre-Qin dynasty times, leather armour was made out of various animals, with more exotic ones such as the rhinoceros.

The study found that there was ' no verifiable evidence ' of exotic felines loose in Britain, and that the mauled farm animals could have been attacked by common indigenous species.

For many Chinese Buddhists beef and the consumption of large animals and exotic species is avoided.

Once Selig had taken up production in California, they used the ( fairly ) wild animals from the zoo that Colonel Selig had set up there in a series of exotic adventures, with the actors being menaced or saved by the animals.

The panel includes many imagined and exotic Africa n animals.

In addition to the library, the Museum included rooms for the study of astronomy, anatomy, and even a zoo of exotic animals.

These may be categorised as: misidentifications of common animals ; misidentifications of inanimate objects or effects ; reinterpretations of traditional Scottish folklore ; hoaxes ; and exotic species of large animals.

These stories feature Virginia gentleman John Carter mysteriously transported to a Mars ( called Barsoom by the natives ) distinguished by humanoid princesses, fierce warriors of several species, exotic animals, and mixtures of antique with advanced technology.

Rudolf kept a menagerie of exotic animals, botanical gardens, and Europe's most extensive " cabinet of curiosities " ( Kunstkammer ) incorporating " the three kingdoms of nature and the works of man ".

It might include tanks of piranhas or cages with unusual animals, stuffed freak animals or other exotic items like the weapons or cars allegedly used by famous murderers.

His control over the demons, spirits, and animals augmented his splendor, the demons bringing him precious stones, besides water from distant countries to irrigate his exotic plants.

Hippopotamus was one of the many exotic animals brought to fight gladiators in Rome by the emperor Philip I the Arab to commemorate Rome's 1000 years anniversary in 248 AD.

Like many exotic animals, the sugar glider can suffer from calcium deficiencies if it is not fed an adequate diet.

In the U. S., cattalo are regulated as " exotic animals ", along with pure bison, elk, and deer.

Kaiju are typically modeled after conventional animals, insects or mythological creatures ; however, there are more exotic examples.

* Introduction of exotic animals

In the central area of the county, a private tract of land known as White Oak Plantation was once owned by a wealthy family who ran the area as a private zoo, complete with exotic animals such as giraffes and large albino cats.

She actively sought out flora and fauna along with rare and exotic animals from around the world.

* It is of historic interest that the Dutch East India Company, a major force in the colonization of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, amassed a large portion of its vast fortune via trading shell money of the species Cypraea moneta and Cypraea annulus, in exchange for commodities such as spices, exotic animals, and gemstones, all of which were considered valuable in Europe at the time.

Using exotic animals as theme, the content and the text are simple and easily understood by a child.

Other characters include Falco's mother, his sisters, their husbands and their never-ending crowd of offspring ; his father Geminus ( the shady antiques dealer ); his two children and their British nursemaid Albia, whom Marcus and Helena have adopted ; Helena's mother and two brothers Aulus Camillus Aelianus and Quintus Camillus Justinianus ; Falco's one-time landlord Smaractus ; the laundry proprietor Lenia, Smaractus ' wife and Falco's former neighbour ; Falco's personal trainer Glaucus ; and various murderers, criminals, exotic dancers, and mangy animals, all of whom spend a great deal of time making Falco's life a little harder than it would be otherwise.