This solution uses specialized cartridges that use a removable pin and anvil which hold a percussion cap of the type use in caplock firearms.

The smith in the middle uses a heated metal rod he has removed from a fire and places it on the anvil.

The thrush often uses a favourite stone as an " anvil " on which to break the shell of the snail before extracting the soft body and invariably wiping it on the ground before consumption.

One uses a diamond anvil cell and applied pressure ~ 37 GPa without heating the cell.

Another form uses either a bevel-edged anvil or setting block so that the saw blade rests on a flat portion of the anvil and the tooth held over the bevel, to be struck until bent to the desired angle ( Fig.

Ancient people also associated chickpeas with Venus because they were said to offer medical uses such as increasing sperm and milk, provoking menstruation and urine and helping to treat kidney stones.

He also considers the practical uses of various stones, such as the minerals necessary for the manufacture of glass ; for the production of various pigments of paint such as ochre ; and for the manufacture of plaster.

The site is also known for a construction style which uses rounded river stones and numerous burials.

In Estonian ( mainly East Estonian ) legends, Kalevipoeg carries stones or throws them at enemies, and also uses planks edgewise as weapons, following the advice of a hedgehog.

It uses its bill to turn over stones, algal mats and other objects to get at prey hidden beneath.

The urologist visualizes the stone and uses ultrasonic energy or laser lithotripsy to cause fragmentation of the stones into small pieces which are then flushed out of the bladder.

Furthermore, when Carter uses an opportune moment to escape and is fleeing blindly through the monastery's darkened, labyrinthine passageways, he dares not think of his pursuer and of " the stealthy padding of shapeless paws on the stones behind him, or of the silent wrigglings and crawlings which must be going on back there in lightless corridors.

Zardozi embroidery uses gold and silver thread, and sometimes pearls and precious stones.

The device uses moveable stones on crossing wires as a representation of the physical world ; its use as a fortune-telling device, computer, toy, or mystical implement is vague.

Pura Luhur Poten uses natural black stones from volcanoes nearby, while Balinese temples mostly made from red bricks.

With the three stones united, Clark uses them to form the Fortress of Solitude, where Jor-El informs him that he needs to begin his training in order to fulfill his destiny.

It also has a number of medicinal uses, from ringworm control through treatment of bladder infections and kidney stones.

The stones are quickly delivered to Scott in Engineering ; there, he uses the crystals in the ship's antimatter reactor.

A curling minigame uses monkeys instead of the traditional curling stones.

It uses carefully focused, high-energy shock waves to disintegrate the kidney stones.

He then uses a number of increasingly fine abrasive stones to sharpen and polish the blade until it is perfectly sharp and smooth.

When Ichika faces various dangers during the summer holiday, she at first uses the Djinn's power within the stones to resolve them supernaturally.

One of the most distinctive uses of this paving technique is the image of the Saint Queen Elizabeth of Portugal, in Coimbra, designed with black and white stones of basalt and limestone.

Certain people subscribe to the idea that during the evening these spirits, emit sounds similar to those produced by stones which women uses to crush cereal grains.

Albucasis also uses a " drill " for stones impacted in the urethra, a technique not recorded earlier.

The material on the website speaks of objects such as a vase in lapis lazuli as being examples of " hardstone carving ( pietre dure )" The Victoria & Albert Museum in London uses both versions on its website, but pietra dura (" A method of inlaying coloured marbles or semi-precious stones into a stone base, often in geometric or flower patterns ....") in its " Glossary ", which was evidently not consulted by the author of another page, where the reader is told: " Pietre dure ( from the Italian ' hard stone ') is made from finely sliced coloured stones, precisely matched, to create a pictorial scene or regular design ".

Loki uses the stones to return to Asgard, armed with an army of Frost Giants and Nazi soldiers.

It has batlike ears and a long finger similar to an aye-aye's, which it uses to tap stones, claiming that it can hear the stones speak.

* In the TV series Dark Angel gene therapy is mentioned as one of the practices performed on transgenics and their surrogate mothers at Manticore, and in the episode Prodigy, Dr. Tanaka uses a groundbreaking new form of gene therapy to turn Jude, a premature, vegetative baby of a crack / cocaine addict, into a boy genius.

Christie takes advantage of this end-of-an-era feeling in several ways: while she uses the full range of servants and their testimony, a sense of decline, of breakup is evident ; feudal attitudes exist, but they crack easily.

The wood has many of the characteristics of other oaks, but is very prone to crack and split and hence is relegated to such uses as fencing.

It uses methods of analytical solid mechanics to calculate the driving force on a crack and those of experimental solid mechanics to characterize the material's resistance to fracture.

The army uses flamethrowers and explosives in an attempt to kill the creatures, then it seals the crack with concrete.

He often uses Sam and puts him under pressure to make him crack, this is shown in the pilot episode when the boys refuse to clean until their dad re-hires a maid.

* The physics of failure approach uses an understanding of physical failure mechanisms involved, such as mechanical crack propagation or chemical corrosion degradation or failure ;

One of her former clients from Jorge's even uses her connections to set up a meeting with Cover Girl for Gina's homemade miracle conditioner, affectionately called " hair crack ".

In the series ' finale episode " The Parting of the Ways ", when Rose becomes stranded at home at the Powell Estate, Mickey uses a recovery truck to crack open the TARDIS's console, through which Rose is able to absorb the time vortex and save the universe from an invasion of the hateful mutant alien Daleks.

Mechanical methods or dissection uses the release of stress and its associated strain after doing a cut, hole or crack.

The wood has many of the characteristics of other oaks, but is very prone to crack and split and hence is relegated to such uses as fencing.

Front view of the most common version of the Commodore 1541 disk drive, with open disk slot: this version uses a Newtronics drive mechanism, and the rotating lever is used to hold the disk in place

* Universal Metering Interface ( UMI ) an open standard, originally created by Cambridge Consultants for use in Smart Metering devices / systems and home automation, which uses AES-128 alongside ECC-256 for various security purposes.

# a member of the Unix or the free and open source software programming subcultures or one who uses such a style of software or hardware development.

Socrates uses the parable of the ship to illustrate this point: the unjust city is like a ship in open ocean, crewed by a powerful but drunken captain ( the common people ), a group of untrustworthy advisors who try to manipulate the captain into giving them power over the ship's course ( the politicians ), and a navigator ( the philosopher ) who is the only one who knows how to get the ship to port.

* Button Lock – Found mainly on automatic knives, this type of lock uses a small push-button to open and release the knife. The Benchmade Axis Lock mechanism

Although Torvalds believes " open source is the only right way to do software ", he also has said that he uses the " best tool for the job ", even if that includes proprietary software.

The sea otter uses rocks to break open shellfish to eat.

A leading authority, and the author of an open source MUMPS implementation, Professor Kevin O ' Kane, uses only ' MUMPS '.

* Anusaaraka, a free open source machine translation from English to Hindi based on Panini grammar and uses state of the art NLP tools.

The threshold for open content is simply that the work ' is licensed in a manner that provides users with the right to make more kinds of uses than those normally permitted under the law-at no cost to the user.

According to the current definition of open content on the OpenContent website, any general, royalty-free copyright license would qualify as an open license because it ' provides users with the right to make more kinds of uses than those normally permitted under the law-at no cost to the user.

For elections to the European Parliament, most member states use open lists ; most of the United Kingdom uses closed lists, but Northern Ireland uses the Single transferable vote, as does Ireland.

When Bob receives the box, he uses an identical copy of Alice's key ( which he has somehow obtained previously, maybe by a face-to-face meeting ) to open the box, and reads the message.

The PLC uses a digital output to open the inlet valve to fill the tank.

The telephone system has its centre in Saint-Denis, and the domestic telephone system uses a modern open wire and microwave relay network.

The Doctor uses this to send a signal through the half inside the sky shark to open up the clouds.

* Greenphone, a mobile phone developed by Trolltech that uses mostly free and open source software

Some variable nozzle turbochargers use a rotary electric actuator, which uses a direct stepper motor to open and close the vanes, rather than pneumatic controllers that operate based on air pressure.

The presence of elements inspired by Big Brother and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ?, separated the programme from most previous quiz shows, as it invites open conflict between players, and uses a host who is openly hostile to the competitors, rather than a positive figure.

* The Contra Waltz ( Freeform Waltz ), included in most contra dance evenings, uses both open and closed positions, and incorporates moves from other dances such as swing, modern jive and salsa.

The masonry oven is similar to a smoke pit in that it allows for an open flame, but cooks much faster, and uses convection to cook.

Slalom water skiing uses only one ski with two plates, a front boot and either a toe plate, open binding, or another binding ( similar to the front binding ) behind the main one. Slalom skiing on Lake Ozonia in the Adirondacks The bindings are oriented so that both feet point forward, with one behind the other.