Minarets also function as air conditioning mechanisms: as the sun heats the dome, air is drawn in through open windows then up and out of the minaret, thereby providing natural ventilation.

He heats the kiln up to around 800 ° C with all the vents on the sides open to let air in.

On review the Supreme Court, via Mr. Justice Frankfurter, found southern racial problems `` a sensitive area of social policy on which the federal courts ought not to enter unless no alternative to adjudication is open ''.

There are open slots in the side of the tube bottom to admit air into the stream via the venturi effect, and the gas burns at the top of the tube once ignited by a flame or spark.

Many ciphers are based on publicly known algorithms or are open source, and so it is only the difficulty of obtaining the key that determines security of the system, provided that there is no analytic attack ( i. e., a ' structural weakness ' in the algorithms or protocols used ), and assuming that the key is not otherwise available ( such as via theft, extortion, or compromise of computer systems ).

Finally, an alternative way is to receive digital TV signals via the open Internet.

Belle Isle, in the northern section of the river, is entirely used as a Detroit city park, and is open to the public via a bridge connection with the city.

Both churches tower above the townscape and are accessible via huge open stairs called Domstufen.

Possibly a borrowing ( probably via Frankish or Old High German ) of the Medieval Latin word foresta " open wood ", foresta was first used by Carolingian scribes in the Capitularies of Charlemagne to refer specifically to the king's royal hunting grounds.

The Navy had taken some small steps in remedying the landing craft situation with construction of the Pionierlandungsboot 39 ( Engineer Landing Boat 39 ), a self-propelled shallow-draft vessel which could carry 45 infantrymen, two light vehicles or 20 tons of cargo and land on an open beach, unloading via a pair of clamshell doors at the bow.

The question of whether Theophylact and Theodora needed to tie Sergius to them by such means, particularly when Sergius was already deeply indebted to them for his elevation to the papacy, as well as wasting Marozia in a relationship when, as the daughter of an important house, she would have been a valuable tool to link via marriage to another noble house, is open to debate.

The Persian fleet would soon not only be used for peacekeeping purposes along the Shatt al-Arab but would also open the door to trade with India via Persian Gulf.

Britain, however, feared that a canal open to everyone might interfere with its India trade and, therefore, preferred a connection by train from Alexandria via Cairo to Suez, which eventually was built by Stephenson.

Because the Khujand – Dushanbe route is closed in winter, the Anzob Tunnel was built to bypass the mountain crossing and open a route connecting Tashkent ( Uzbekistan ) and points north with Afghanistan and Pakistan to the south, via Tajikistan.

This means that the vagus nerve is responsible for such varied tasks as heart rate, gastrointestinal peristalsis, sweating, and quite a few muscle movements in the mouth, including speech ( via the recurrent laryngeal nerve ) and keeping the larynx open for breathing ( via action of the posterior cricoarytenoid muscle, the only abductor of the vocal folds ).

However, the remaining vast tracts of unsettled land were often used as a commons, or, in the American West, " open range " As degradation of habitat developed due to overgrazing and a tragedy of the commons situation arose, common areas began to either be allocated to individual landowners via mechanisms such as the Homestead Act and Desert Land Act and fenced in, or, if kept in public hands, leased to individual users for limited purposes, with fences built to separate tracts of public and private land.

They share, among other things, an exoskeleton consisting of α-chitin and non-collagenous proteins ; gonads and waste-elimination organs enclosed in true coelom tissue ; an open blood system with a tubular heart situated at the rear ; an abdominal cavity divided into pericardial and perivisceral cavities ; respiration via tracheae ; and similar embryonic development.

These communicate using XML / SOAP via port 80, which is normally left open or filtered through a HTTP proxy inside the organization, for web browsing via HTTP.

To allow customers to use their e-mail addresses at Internet locations other than the company's systems ( such as at school or work ), many mail sites explicitly allowed open relaying so that customers could send e-mail via the ISP from any location.

The lateral line shows a similar arrangement, and is open to the environment via a series of openings called lateral line pores.

The eggs hatch in the open ocean and the larvae drift to sheltered estuaries via ocean currents.

This collaborative development process happens via the company's open, online community, www. ingenuityworking. com.

' Man-traps ' are also used, where a hallway leading into the data centre has a door at each end and both cannot be open simultaneously ; visitors can been seen via CCTV and are manually authorized to enter.

Such reforms were mostly via private member's bills on ' free votes ' in line with established convention, but the large Labour majority after 1966 was undoubtedly more open to such changes than previous parliaments had been.

After a tortuous drive in an open truck and a World War 2, army jeep down soggy trails, the band arrived at a small clearing squeezed between a long, low ridge and a creek-filled gully.

The acoustics of the small hall had been misgauged by the artists, so that for the first half of the program, when the piano was partially open, Mr. Jenni's playing was too loud.

Mostly open two-seater sports cars and mostly bodied by Bert Bertelli's brother Enrico ( Harry ) a small number of long-chassis four-seater tourers, dropheads and saloons were also produced.

The highly successful metal pressure tube anemometer of William Henry Dines in 1892 utilized the same pressure difference between the open mouth of a straight tube facing the wind and a ring of small holes in a vertical tube which is closed at the upper end.

Herbert, worried that they might try to scuttle the steamer, ordered his men to open fire with small arms, killing all in the water.

The area of Berkeley was at this period mostly a mix of open land, farms and ranches, with a small though busy wharf by the bay.

A breaking stress of at least 20 kN ( 20, 000 newtons = approximately 4, 500 pounds of force which is significantly more than the weight of a small car ) with the gate closed and 7 kN with the gate open is the standard for most climbing applications, although requirements vary depending on the activity.

While western Cairo is dominated by wide boulevards, open spaces, and modern architecture of European influence, the eastern half, having grown haphazardly over the centuries, is dominated by small lanes, crowded tenements, and Islamic architecture.

:* Domestic: The individual islands are connected by a combination of satellite earth stations, microwave systems, and VHF and HF radiotelephone ; within the islands, service is provided by small exchanges connected to subscribers by open wire, cable, and fiber-optic cable

" The rebuilt church site consisted of " a court open to the sky, with five small chapels attached to it.

Type I genomes are characterized by a small circular DNA genome ( approximately 2-kb ), with the Rep protein and the major open reading frame ( ORF ) in opposite orientations.

It is encoded in Unicode as U + 025B (" Latin small letter open e ", ) and U + 0190 (" Latin capital letter open e ", ) and is used as an IPA phonetic symbol.

At this time, the girls ' objective was to obtain sufficient education to open a small school of their own.

* SKS: very small open source tool for ECC ( like a simplified PGP )

While noir is often associated with an urban setting, many classic noirs take place in small towns, suburbia, rural areas, or on the open road ; so setting cannot be its genre determinant, as with the Western.

The hippie movement in the 1970s saw a new definition develop, with the use of fart as a personal noun, to describe a ' detestable person, or someone of small stature or limited mental capacity ', gaining wider and more open usage as a result.

These channels are gated so they can open and close, thus regulating the flow of ions or small polar molecules.

As the trigger ( often actually a lever ) was pulled, the match was brought into the open end of a " touch hole " at the base of the gun barrel, which contained a very small quantity of gunpowder, igniting the main charge of gunpowder in the gun barrel.

Grenada has a largely tourism-based, small, open economy.

At the other extreme, an Sc galaxy has open, well-defined arms and a small core region.

The twelve resident halls surround Eisenhower hall in the center, a non-residential building which contains a late night diner called Ike's ( open until 4am ), a large study lounge, a handful of small group study rooms, HDTV lounge with a pool table and vending machines.

Shaw's home, now called Shaw's Corner, in the small village of Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire is a National Trust property, open to the public.

The Lebesgue covering dimension is defined as the minimum number of overlaps that small open balls need to have in order to completely cover the object.