Special purpose hydrogen-alpha narrow bandpass filters as well as aluminum coated glass attenuation filters ( which have the appearance of mirrors due to their extremely high optical density ) on the front of a telescope provide safe observation through the eyepiece.

Special purpose wire is however made from other metals ( e. g. tungsten wire for light bulb and vacuum tube filaments, because of its high melting temperature ).

The Shiraz Special Economic Zone or the SEEZ was established in 2000 with the purpose of boosting manufacture in electronic and communications.

Special purpose districts include cemetery, fire, hospital, library, school, and water and sewer districts.

Special purpose devices, such as steering wheels for driving games and light guns for shooting games, are also game controllers.

Instead, according to an FBI memorandum in 1947: " T-10 advised Special Agent deleted that he has been made a member of a committee headed by Mayer, the purpose of which is allegedly is to ' purge ' the motion-picture industry of Communist party members, which committee was an outgrowth of the Thomas committee hearings in Washington and subsequent meetings.

Early Saturday morning, 26 October, forces from Russia's Spetsnaz ( Special Forces, literally " special purpose ") from the FSB ( Alpha Group and Vympel ), with the assistance of the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs ( MVD ) SOBR unit, surrounded and stormed the theater, first through the gay club Central Station that had opened a month prior in the underground level of the building ; all were heavily armed and masked.

#* Special committee: A committee established for a particular purpose, be it the examination of a bill or a particular issue.

Special sets of duelling pistols were crafted for the wealthiest of noblemen for this purpose.

Special purpose acquisition companies ( SPACs ) or blank check corporations have been created from this industry.

Special purpose control registers for on-chip hardware resources are also mapped into the data space.

This purpose is primarily achieved by the support of the HAC Regiment and a detachment of Special Constabulary to the City of London Police.

Special saws have been developed for this purpose.

Special purpose subfloors like floating floors, raised floors or sprung floors may be laid upon another underlying subfloor which provides the structural strength.

Special bailiffs are officers appointed by the sheriff at the request of a plaintiff for the purpose of executing a particular process.

* 4th Air Army VGK ( Special purpose )

* 24th Air Army VGK ( Special purpose ) ( South-Western Strategic Direction ) At the dissolution of the Soviet Union this Army had forces in Belarus and Ukraine.

Special purpose, high-energy triggerable spark gaps can be used to rapidly switch high voltages and very high currents for certain pulsed power applications, such as pulsed lasers, railguns, fusion, ultrastrong pulsed magnetic field research, and in the triggering of nuclear bombs.

* Courtesy visa issued to representatives of foreign governments or international organizations who do not qualify for diplomatic status but do merit expedited, courteous treatment-an example of this is Australia's Special purpose visa.

* Inorganic vapors ( various volatile fluorides, AWS type 8 ): Special purpose.

Special glazed earthenware dishes with a lattice top are used for this purpose.

Before the attack on Pearl Harbor and America's entry into the war, Camp X opened for the purpose of training Allied agents from the Special Operations Executive, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and American Office of Strategic Services ( OSS ) intended to be dropped behind enemy lines as saboteurs and spies.

Category: Special purpose file systems

The 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment ( Airborne ) is a special operations unit of the United States Army that provides helicopter aviation support for general purpose forces and special operations forces.

Cartridges such as 357 Magnum and 44 Magnum are just longer versions of their parent rounds of. 38 Special and. 44 Special, and the shorter rounds will fire in the longer chambers with no problems.

* 1968 – Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire and is later awarded the Medal of Honor.

* November 26 – Vietnam War: United States Air Force First Lieutenant and Bell UH-1F helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire, earning a Medal of Honor for his bravery.

U. S. Navy Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen ( SWCC ) fire a shield-equipped Minigun

A gunman wearing the uniform of the new Afghan National Army opened fire, wounding Gul Agha Sherzai ( former governor of Kandahar ) and an American Special Operations officer.

A gunman wearing the uniform of the new Afghan Army opened fire, wounding the Governor of Kandahar and an American Special Operations officer.

The fire department was created in 1964 and petitioned the State of Florida for Special District classification in 1976 ( Florida State Statute 76-408 ).

: Provides base support and services activities to ensure mission readiness of the 27th Special Operations Wing, including housing, facility construction and maintenance, food service, law enforcement, fire protection, communications, personnel support, lodging, recreation, environmental management, contracting, supply, transportation, logistics plans and other base services.

Special districts perform many functions including airports, water ports, highways, mass transit, parking facilities, fire protection, libraries, parks, cemeteries, hospitals, irrigation, conservation, sewerage, solid waste, stadiums, water supply, electric power, and gas utility.

Special electronic flash units for focal-plane shutters fire several times as the slit moves across the film.

The hijackers soon murder one passenger ; after power aboard the aircraft later shuts down, the hijackers open fire on the passengers and crew, prompting Pakistani Army Special Services Group commandos to storm the plane immediately as the hostages evacuate the aircraft via emergency exits.

President Obama came under fire for a remark made about the Special Olympics, which he made in reference to Leno's congratulations to Obama's low bowling score.

CBS Sony released Paris-Dakar Rally Special, an imaginative racing game with platformer and action-adventure elements, featuring Dakar Rally cars that could fire bullets, the driver able to exit the car and go exploring to lower a bridge or bypass other obstacles, underwater driving sections, and at times having avoid a fleet of tanks and fighter jets.

In October 1973, after Richardson had served just five months as Attorney General, President Nixon ordered him to fire the top lawyer investigating the Watergate scandal, Special Prosecutor Archibald Cox.

The two French troops were still under command and just for this operation No. 4 Commando took command of a section from the Dutch Troop, No. 10 ( Inter-Allied ) Commando, and groups from the Special Boat Section ( SBS ), Royal Engineers and the Royal Artillery to call for artillery fire support.

By October 6, 170 practice sessions of all or partial phases of the mission were performed on the mockup by the Special Forces troopers, many with live fire.

One of those weapons was a. 38 Colt automatic pistol that had been modified to fire fully automatic ( Nelson used this same gun to murder Special Agent W. Carter Baum at Little Bohemia Lodge several months later ).

This occurred when its Special Forces commander and a patrol failed to return and the camp received what appeared to be preparatory fire for a full scale ground attack by PAVN.

In the late 1970s, SD went head-to-head with its arch-rival Dennis, and began manufacturing fire engines through its newly-established Special Purpose Vehicles ( SPV ) division.

Revolvers in. 357 Magnum caliber have the significant advantage of also being able to fire. 38 Special ammunition, with its lower cost, recoil, noise, and muzzle flash.