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  2. Power tower (exercise) - Wikipedia

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    A power tower, also known as a knee raise station, and as a captain's chair, is a piece of exercise equipment that allows one to build upper body and abdominal muscle strength. When only the forearm pads alone are used for performing abdominal exercises, the power tower requires minimal [ clarification needed ] arm strength as it is stable and ...

  3. High striker - Wikipedia

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    A high striker, also known as a strength tester, or strongman game, is an attraction used in funfairs, amusement parks, fundraisers, and carnivals. [1] It operates by utilizing the lever where one end holds a puck attached to the tower and the other end is struck by the person or contestant using a hammer or mallet . [ 2 ]

  4. Transmitter power output - Wikipedia

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    In radio transmission, transmitter power output (TPO) is the actual amount of power (in watts) of radio frequency (RF) energy that a transmitter produces at its output. [1]TPO is a concept related to effective radiated power (ERP), but refers to the power output of a transmitter, without accounting for antenna gain.

  5. Block-stacking problem - Wikipedia

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    The first nine blocks in the solution to the single-wide block-stacking problem with the overhangs indicated. In statics, the block-stacking problem (sometimes known as The Leaning Tower of Lire (Johnson 1955), also the book-stacking problem, or a number of other similar terms) is a puzzle concerning the stacking of blocks at the edge of a table.

  6. Tower of Strength - Wikipedia

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    Tower of Strength may refer to: a phrase taken from the Book of Common Prayer of 1549, and later used in; Richard III (Act V, Scene 3) by William Shakespeare "Tower of Strength" (Skin song), song on 1994 album Skin by band Skin "Tower of Strength" (Gene McDaniels song), 1961 charting single by Gene McDaniels

  7. Hyperboloid structure - Wikipedia

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    By 1918 Shukhov had developed this concept into the design of a nine-section stacked hyperboloid radio broadcasting tower in Moscow. Shukhov designed a 350m tower, which would have surpassed the Eiffel Tower in height by 50m, while using less than a quarter of the amount of material. His design, as well as the full set of supporting ...

  8. Chess piece relative value - Wikipedia

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    Bishops, rooks, and queens gain up to 10 percent more value in open positions and lose up to 20 percent in closed positions. Knights gain up to 50 percent in closed positions and lose up to 30 percent in the corners and edges of the board. The value of a good bishop may be at least 10 percent higher than that of a bad bishop. [49]

  9. Tower of Power (transmitter) - Wikipedia

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    The Tower of Power is a 777 ft (236.8 m), 120,000 watt [1] TPO mast owned by the GMA Network located in Tandang Sora, Barangay Culiat, Quezon City. It serves as a transmitter facility for GMA's flagship stations, including DZBB-TV 7 (digital UHF 15), GTV 's DWDB-TV 27 , and Barangay FM's DWLS 97.1 MHz .