bindings held the toe of a flexible, leather boot against the ski and allowed the heel to rise off the ski, typically with a form of strap or cable around...
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Cable bindings, also known as Kandahar bindings or bear-trap bindings, are a type of ski bindings widely used through the middle of the 20th century....
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History of skiing (section Bindings)
of the cable binding started a parallel evolution of binding and boot. Boots with the sole extended rearward to produce a flange for the cable to firmly...
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several kilometers if fully extended. By binding the many wires and cables into a cable harness, the wires and cables can be better secured against the adverse...
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cross-country portions. The introduction of the cable binding started a parallel evolution of binding and boot. The binding looped a strap around the back of the...
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recognizably modern alpine ski binding. The Nevada was only the toe portion of the binding, and was used with a conventional cable binding for the heel. An updated...
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refer to: A type of foothold trap meant to catch bears Cable bindings, a type of ski binding Beartrap (hauldown device), a device that allows helicopter...
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together, primarily electrical cables and wires. Because of their low cost, ease of use, and binding strength, cable ties are ubiquitous, finding use...
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split into different disciplines and used the cable binding for all purposes. The "Kandahar" style binding added clips to hold down the foot for downhill...
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testing his ski's cable bindings in his hotel room at Saas-Fee. He decided to attack the binding problem, developing the first bindings that gripped the...
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A submarine communications cable is a cable laid on the seabed between land-based stations to carry telecommunication signals across stretches of ocean...
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One example was the "Kandahar" style cable bindings, which added small metal hooks near the heel. When the cable was passed under the clips it was locked...
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Telemark skiing (section Releasable Telemark bindings)
Norheim also experimented with ski and binding design, introducing side cuts to skis and heel bindings (like a cable). In the 1800s, skiers in Telemark challenged...
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entering. Following the commercial introduction of the Kandahar binding in 1933, cable binding alpine racers were able to fasten the heel of the boot solidly...
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Cross-country skiing (section Boots and bindings)
supportive (back-country skiing). Bindings connect the boot to the ski. There are three primary groups of binding systems used in cross-country skiing...
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"Vince Cable attacks executive pay levels". Telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 19 August 2013. "Vince Cable: shareholders should hold binding votes...
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Electrical connector (redirect from Cable lug)
or cable connectors permanently attached to a cable, so it can be plugged into another terminal (either a stationary instrument or another cable) Chassis...
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RCA connector (redirect from Composite cable)
identical 75 Ω cables, sales of special-purpose cables for each use have proliferated. Varying cable quality means that a cheap line-level audio cable might not...
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Burt bindings are plate-style alpine ski bindings invented in the 1970s by Burton A. Weinstein. Their unique feature was retractable cables that would...
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Gannet were carried out after a midflight failure due to the release cables binding. The accident was the result of an unrelated engine failure, but the...
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The box stitch is suited to one or few cables, and is suited to binding a large cable or a small number of cables to a support. It will make a cylindrical...
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Speaker wire (redirect from High-end audio cable)
twisted in pairs for mechanical reasons. Cables were often soldered in place at one end. Other terminations were binding posts, terminal strips, and spade lugs...
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The GameCube Game Boy Advance cable is a video game accessory manufactured by Nintendo which is used to connect the Game Boy Advance (GBA) handheld console...
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traffic check. While at the police station, the man asked to step out of his bindings and opened fire with a revolver. He was killed in the shootout and police...
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Andrew G. (16 February 2024). "An antibiotic preorganized for ribosomal binding overcomes antimicrobial resistance". Science. 383 (6684): 721–726. Bibcode:2024Sci...
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traction from the anti-slavery moment; the movement to ban female foot binding in China and the movement against female genital mutilation in Kenya. Their...
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the apartment, but that same night, Kayleigh and Jack attack Bethany, binding her and placing her in a bathtub before torturing her and severing her...
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Underwriter's knot (category Cables)
electrical wiring as strain relief to prevent a cable from being pulled from electrical terminals when the cable is yanked. Clifford Ashley listed it as an...
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will. At court, Judge Stevens announces that Jasper's handwritten will is binding, and that an appeal is unjustified. Francesca doesn't pay attention to...
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of the fictional continent of Elibe in the video game, Fire Emblem: The Binding Blade, and its prequel The Blazing Blade. King Hartmut was the founder...
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