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Chinook Indian Tribe Of Oregon
Chinook may refer to: Chinook peoples The name derives from a settlement of Indigenous people in Oregon and Washington State. * Chinookan peoples, several groups of Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest ** Chinook Indian Nation, an organization representing the western tribes of Chinookan peoples * Chinookan languages, small family of languages spoken in Oregon and Washington along the Columbia River by Chinook peoples ** Chinook Jargon, a language originating as a pidgin trade language in the Pacific Northwest ** Lower Chinook, a Chinookan language spoken at the mouth of the Columbia River ** Upper Chinook language, a recently extinct language of the US Pacific Northwest Places * Chinook, a Martian crater at 22.7°N 55.5°W * Chinook (provincial electoral district), a provincial electoral district in Alberta * Chinook, Alberta, a hamlet in Canada * Peregrino (previously Chinook), an oil field located offshore of Brazil, east of Rio de Janeiro United States * Chinook, Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinookan Peoples
Chinookan peoples include several groups of Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest in the United States who speak the Chinookan languages. Since at least 11,500 BCE, Chinookan peoples and their ancestors have resided along the upper and Middle Columbia River (Wimahl) ("Great River") from the river's gorge (near the present town of The Dalles, Oregon) downstream (west) to the river's mouth, and along adjacent portions of the coasts, from Tillamook Head of present-day Oregon in the south, north to Willapa Bay in southwest Washington. In 1805 the Lewis and Clark Expedition encountered the Chinook Tribe on the lower Columbia. The term "Chinook" also has a wider meaning in reference to the Chinook Jargon, which is based on Chinookan languages, in part, and so the term "Chinookan" was coined by linguists to distinguish the older language from its offspring, Chinuk Wawa. There are several theories about where the name "Chinook" came from. Some say it is a Chehalis word ''Tsi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinook Cherry
Chinook is a cross between 'Bing' and 'Gil Peck' and was introduced in 1960 by Harold Fogle. 'Chinook' is similar to Bing but is sweeter and ripens 4 to 10 days sooner. 'Chinook' is a cross-pollinizer with 'Bing' and 'Van A van is a type of road vehicle used for transporting goods or people. There is some variation in the scope of the word across the different English-speaking countries. The smallest vans, microvans, are used for transporting either goods or ...'. 'Chinook' was introduced as a black-fruited pollinizer for 'Bing' that could be shipped fresh. It has been removed from orchards because of its relatively soft flesh and serious rain cracking. References Cherry cultivars {{prunus-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinook Sciences
Chinook Sciences is a US and UK based technology company that specializes in waste to energy and metal recovery. Patents Chinook Sciences holds many patents for its non-incineration " synthetic gas" technology, which is specifically designed for energy or liquid-fuel generation. They call this technology "Active Pyro". This is used in their proprietary and patented system, which has gone through nine design generations since the year 2000. History Foundation Chinook Sciences formed in 1998. The company began as a research group led by experts in nuclear, thermal and gas processing and was supporting those industries. The company soon moved its focus on becoming a technology and equipment provider to metal, industries gasses and environmental industries. Formation of Chinook Energy In October 2008 Chinook Sciences announced the formation of Chinook Energy, a division that would exclusively handle their waste to energy technology application. Announcement of Innovative Enviro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinook (newspaper)
''Chinook'' was a counterculture underground newspaper published weekly in Denver, Colorado, from August 21, 1969, to January 21, 1972. It was a member of the Underground Press Syndicate. A total of 117 issues were printed. In 1972 it merged with ''Boulder'' magazine to become ''The Straight Creek Journal'',About this newspaper: ''Chinook'' Chronicling America, , retrieved March 25, 2010. which considered itself an rather than an underground press publication, publishing weekly from February 10, 1972, to August 7, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chinook (computer Program)
Chinook is a computer program that plays checkers (also known as draughts). It was developed between the years 1989 to 2007 at the University of Alberta, by a team led by Jonathan Schaeffer and consisting of Rob Lake, Paul Lu, Martin Bryant, and Norman Treloar. The program's algorithms include an opening book which is a library of opening moves from games played by checkers grandmasters; a deep search algorithm; a good move evaluation function; and an end-game database for all positions with eight pieces or fewer. All of Chinook's knowledge was programmed by its creators, rather than learned using an artificial intelligence system. Man vs. Machine World Champion In 1990 Chinook won the right to play in the human World Championship by being second to Marion Tinsley in the US Nationals. At first, the American Checkers Federation and English Draughts Association were against the participation of a computer in a human championship. When Tinsley resigned his title in protest, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Matheson Murray
George Matheson Murray (27 July 1889 – 19 August 1961), known publicly as George Murray, was a publisher and politician in British Columbia in the first half of the 20th century. He played a role in the founding of the Boy Scouts of Canada. Murray is best known as the husband of Margaret Lally "Ma" Murray. Early life and career Murray was originally a reporter for the ''Ottawa Citizen''. He was schooled informally in politics by Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier, with whom he rode the streetcar to work every morning. After moving to British Columbia he started a weekly newspaper, ''The Chinook'', from an office in South Vancouver. Murray was active in Liberal Party politics and local society. It was during this period that he hired (and later married) Margaret Lally. Unable to enlist during World War I due to health problems, he folded ''The Chinook'' for financial reasons and moved to Anmore (near Port Moody) and worked as a reporter and editor with the ''Vancouver News ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geographic Beanie Babies
Geographic Beanie Babies refers to Beanie Baby dolls that were made exclusively for retail sale in the country they represented. The collection consists of approximately 50 named dolls representing 10 countries on 4 continents. The dolls can now be found on the secondary market outside their original country. North America Canada Maple Maple the Bear was the first Beanie Baby bear that was made in honor of Canada, and was sold exclusively in Canada. Introduced on January 1, 1997, Maple was the first beanie baby to be exclusive to a country other than the United States. The original intention of Ty was to name Maple "Pride," but due to confusion involving "Pride of America", the name was changed, though not before the first 10,000 (originally thought to be 3000) Maples have tush tags with Pride on the label. Maple was retired in the summer of 1999, and soon after, a Beanie Buddy version was produced. In the spring of 1999, a Teenie Beanie version of Maple was offered in a promot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wings Of Change Chinhook Bi
The Wings of Change Chinhook Bi () is an Austrian two-place paraglider that was designed by Markus Gründhammer and produced by Wings of Change of Fulpmes. It is now out of production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-04'', page 36. Pagefast Ltd, Lancaster OK, 2003. Design and development The aircraft was designed as a tandem glider for flight training and as such was referred to as the Chinhook Bi, indicating "bi-place" or two seater. The aircraft's span wing has 44 cells, a wing area of and an aspect ratio The aspect ratio of a geometry, geometric shape is the ratio of its sizes in different dimensions. For example, the aspect ratio of a rectangle is the ratio of its longer side to its shorter side—the ratio of width to height, when the rectangl ... of 5.44:1. The take-off weight range is . The glider is DHV 1-2 and EN/LTF A certified. Specifications (Chinhook Bi) References External links * {{Wings of Change aircraf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meadowcroft Chinook
The Meadowcroft Chinook is a two-seat mid-winged American homebuilt aircraft design first flown in 1958. Development The Chinook was designed for maximum stability on the ground and the air with a roomy cockpit. Design The wing was patterned from the Ace Baby Ace homebuilt. The aircraft is a tricycle geared side-by-side seat mid-winged aircraft with a steeply raked windscreen. Each wing is braced with two small wing struts attached to the lower fuselage. The low rudder is capped with a strut braced horizontal stabilizer in a T-tail arrangement. The main gear is sourced from a Cessna 140 The Cessna 120, 140, and 140A, are single-engine, two-seat, conventional landing gear (tailwheel), light general aviation aircraft that were first produced in 1946, immediately following the end of World War II. Production ended in 1951, and .... The aircraft can be reconfigured to be towed on its main gear by a vehicle. Specifications (Meadowcroft Chinook) References {{reflist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermanspann Chinook
The Hermanspann Chinook is an American mid-wing, two-seat, experimental research glider that was designed and constructed by Fred Hermanspann and Art Penz. Design and development The Chinook and its improved variant, the Chinook S, have been used to study the effect of rain on airfoils and also stall dynamics. The aircraft is predominantly made from aluminium with the cockpit area made from fiberglass. Its high aspect ratio wing has a span and employs a Wortmann FX67-K-170/17 airfoil. Glidepath control is via hydraulically operated trailing edge flaps that deflect 80°. The landing gear consists of hydraulically retractable nose and main gear. The vertical stabilizer is highly swept. The improved Chinook S features an improved wing tip design, system and structure refinements, and a BRS-1200 ballistic parachute. Only one Chinook was constructed and it was registered with the US Federal Aviation Administration The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is a Federal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boeing CH-47 Chinook
The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a tandem-rotor helicopter originally developed by American rotorcraft company Piasecki Helicopter, Vertol and now manufactured by Boeing Defense, Space & Security. The Chinook is a Military transport helicopter, heavy-lift helicopter that is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. Its name, Chinook, is from the Native Americans in the United States, Native American Chinook people of Oregon and Washington (state), Washington state. The Chinook was originally designed by Vertol, which had begun work in 1957 on a new tandem-rotor helicopter, designated as the Vertol Model 107 or V-107. Around the same time, the United States Department of the Army announced its intention to replace the Radial engine, piston-engine–powered Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave with a new, gas turbine–powered helicopter. During June 1958, the U.S. Army ordered a small number of V-107s from Vertol under the ''YHC-1A'' designation; following testing, some Army officials consider ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birdman Chinook
The Birdman Chinook is a family of single and two-place, pusher configuration, high-wing ultralight aircraft that was first flown on 12 December 1982 and produced by Birdman Enterprises of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, starting in 1983.Jones, Terry: ''Birdman WT-11 Chinook - A Cabin-Class "Ultra" Lightplane''. Birdman Enterprises, 1984.Cliche, Andre: ''Ultralight Aircraft Shopper's Guide'' 8th Edition, pages B-72 & E-9. Cybair Limited Publishing, 2001. Jones, Terry: ''Birdman WT-11 Chinook - It's A Perfect Aviation Package''. Birdman Enterprises, 1984.Taylor, John RW: ''Janes All the Worlds Aircraft 1986-87'' page 544, Janes Publishing Company, 1986. Taylor, John WR, ''Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1987-88'' page 544, Janes Publishing Limited. The Chinook design has evolved through several models over time, and has been produced by two companies. Over 850 in total have been completed and flown, and kits remain in production in the 21st century.Downey, Julia: ''2008 Kit Air ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
