X-Nico

4 unusual facts about RAMP


Christopher Kippenberger

In the early 2000′s, Kippenberger moved to Germany where he continued working in the industry at RSA Films, Vice Germany, and Ramp.

RAMP

The group were a vehicle for the songwriting talents of Roy Ayers and Edwin Birdsong.

RAMP performed June 30, 2007, with Washington, DC, jazz pianist Will Rast at Central Park SummerStage in New York City.

S-RAMP

The repository manages artifacts like schemas (e.g. XML Schema or RELAX NG), service descriptions (e.g. WSDL), business process definitions (e.g. BPEL) and policies (e.g. WS-Policy).


1974 Safari Rally

The Safari often saw unheralded cars on the winners ramp and this year was no exception - the Mitsubishi Colt Lancer scored no more points throughout the rest of the season.

American Ramp Company

Additionally, in August 2008, it was announced that American Ramp Company had purchased Solo Ramps from Nicolet, Quebec, Canada for an undisclosed amount and would move production of the precast concrete operation to their facility in Joplin, MO.

Anti-submarine warfare

Once the US was able to ramp up construction of destroyers and destroyer escorts, as well as bringing over highly effective anti-submarine techniques learned from the British from experiences in the Battle of the Atlantic, they would take a significant toll on Japanese submarines, which tended to be slower and could not dive as deep as their German counterparts.

Arado Ar 232

Typical designs of the era would use a side-mounted door for access, but the Ar 232 used hydraulically powered clamshell-doors on the rear of the bay with a ramp to allow cargo to be rolled into the hold.

Bromborough Rake railway station

Access to both platforms is by ramp, allowing easy access for passengers with wheelchairs or prams.

Cawayan, Masbate

The P42.95-million Cawayan Port Improvement Project in Barangay Mahayahay included the construction of rock causeway, back-up area, RC platform, RoRo ramp and breasting dolphin, as well as port lighting system, and mooring and fendering system.

Chevrolet Greenbrier

These were used by the Bell Telephone Company, because loading and unloading of cable drums was eased by the side ramp.

Chongqing Qinghua Middle School

Chongqing Qinghua Middle School (重庆 清华 中学 chóng-qìng qīng-huá zhōng-xué) is located on the south ramp way of Lijiatuo Bridge in Lijiatuo Town, Banan District, Chongqing City, People's Republic of China, beside the Huaxi River.

Deepa Chari

She has also performed various ramp shows with designers like Manish Malhotra, Vikram Phadnis, Hemanth Trivedi, Krishna Mehta and many more.

Georgia State Route 10 Loop

At this point the highway right-of-way abuts the University of Georgia campus; immediately north of the College Station Road interchange is an on-ramp from a campus parking lot that is normally closed, but is used on Georgia Bulldogs football home game days to allow departing spectators access onto inner 10 Loop directly from the campus.

Grand Lake, Colorado

Grand Lake Yacht Club serves the people of Grand Lake as a private club hosting sailing races on the Lake, and there are also publicly and privately operated marinas, a public boat ramp, and public boat docks on the lake.

Hollywood Freeway chickens

The Hollywood Freeway chickens are a colony of feral chickens that live under the Vineland Avenue off-ramp of the Hollywood Freeway (U.S. Route 101) in Los Angeles, California.

Humpback bridge

A humpback bridge (or hump bridge) is a name for a type of bridge, specifically an arch bridge, where the span is higher than the ramps on either side, forming a hump-like arrangement.

Jacques Cartier Bridge

Originally, the bridge was constructed with only one ramp to Saint Helen's Island, located on the western side of the bridge.

Jeff Alm

Alm had been speeding and lost control of his 1993 Cadillac Eldorado on a curved exit ramp.

Joe Lopes

Both professional and amateur skaters from around the world skated the ramp in Lopes' backyard, including a young Tony Hawk.

Johnsonville Branch

The line was terminated in Johnsonville, about 100 m beyond the end of the current line: the State Highway 1 motorway on-ramp follows the route of the old line.

KPCC

KPCC currently air three original programs: Take Two with Alex Cohen & A Martínez, AirTalk with Larry Mantle, and Off-Ramp with John Rabe.

Lafayette Regional Airport

The relocation of the cargo ramp will give cargo carriers such as UPS and FedEx direct access to U.S. Highway 90 (future I-49 corridor).

Landing Craft Utility

In addition they were fitted with a strengthened bow ramp, and they can now accommodate the Royal Netherlands Army Leopard 2A6 main battle tank.

Lovewell Pond

There is a state-owned boat ramp located at the southeastern corner of the pond, off of Route 113 across from the Eastern Slopes Regional Airport.

Minnamurra railway station

Minnamurra station has a side platform with near street level access, connected by a ramp to the streetside entrance.

Monash University, Berwick campus

The campus is situated next to the Clyde Road exit ramp on the Princes Freeway.

Mosswood Park

However, that amphitheater was demolished in the 1960s when Interstate 580 was built and an on-ramp was constructed through that part of the park.

New Jersey Route 187

The route's southern terminus is at the Atlantic City – Brigantine Connector (NJ 446X) off-ramp to U.S. Route 30 and terminates at its parent, New Jersey Route 87 (Huron Boulevard) nearby.

Oklahoma State Highway spurs from U.S. Highways

It travels south a little over 5 miles to a junction with Oklahoma State Highway 10 on the east side of Miami, Oklahoma At this junction is also an entrance/exit ramp for Interstate 44/The Will Rogers Turnpike.

Patrick Muzingo

Looking back Muzingo experienced the 1st wave of Pool skating, was one of the original Eagle Rock ramp (featured in Thrasher, Trans World skate mag and others) crew, witnessed many genres of music in its infancy including the 1st wave of Punk rock and the late 80's signing spree of rock bands in Los Angeles.

Pennsylvania Route 199

Before entering the state of New York, the eastbound entrance/exit ramp for NY 17 (future Interstate 86) intersects at the route.

Pennsylvania Route 380

In the neighborhood of Polish Hill, PA 380 intersects the Bloomfield Bridge via eastbound ramp and westbound at-grade intersection; the bridge connects to Liberty Avenue and the Bloomfield neighborhood.

Perrine Bridge

To the east, along the south rim of the canyon, lies the dirt ramp used by Evel Knievel when he unsuccessfully attempted to jump the canyon on his steam-powered "skycycle" in 1974.

Prussian T 16.1

In addition to heavy shunting and line duties the locomotives were also employed on steep lines such as the Friedbergbahn (SuhlSchleusingen), Scheldetalbahn (Dillenburg-Gönnern), Rennsteigbahn (IlmenauSchleusingen), the Erkrath–Hochdahl ramp and the Murgtalbahn (RastattFreudenstadt).

Prussian T 20

Their areas of operations included the SonnebergProbstzella line, the Spessart ramp, the Franconian Forest Railway, the Geislingen ramp (Geislinger Steige), the Schiefe Ebene and the Rübeland Railway, where they earned their nickname Bergkönigin ('mountain queen').

RAF Falcons

The Big Six were the first to jump from large military aircraft such as the Beverley - a feat previously thought impossible on the premise that anybody trying to exit from the ramp would be sucked back by the air turbulence.

RAGBRAI

On May 31, 2013, a large sinkhole, at least 20 feet wide by 5 feet deep, occurred along Iowa Highway 384 (160th Road in Guthrie County ) under the asphalt at the entrance of Springbrook State Park, which is near the boat ramp at the base of Mockingbird Hill.

Rien Long

Just before midnight on January 21, 2008, Long crashed his 2005 Ford Mustang into a rock wall while driving too fast on an I-40 on-ramp near downtown Nashville.

Samaipata, Bolivia

There are several interesting features including a sloping ramp, pronounced by flying saucer enthusiast Erich von Däniken in his book "Chariots of the Gods" to be a launch platform for spaceships.

Saxon XI HT

The last area of operations for these locomotives in the Deutsche Reichsbahn was on the ramp from Eibenstock upper station to Eibenstock lower station which was closed in autumn 1975.

Shieldmuir railway station

The station is unstaffed and has ramp access to comply with the Disability Discrimination Act.

Spessart Ramp

In 1914 the legendary 0-8-8-0 Mallet locomotives, the Bavarian Gt 2x4/4s (later DRG Class 96) arrived as banking engines for the Spessart Ramp.

Stephen G. Jennings

The vehicle crossed the center line, drove on the median between the expressway and the U.S. Route 41 ramp, and nearly struck several barrels in a construction zone.

Tauern Railway

The southern ramp down to Spittal an der Drau was erected from 1906 under the supervision of the Viennese engineer and entrepreneur Wilhelm Carl Gustav von Doderer, father of the writer Heimito von Doderer.

The Montague Brothers

Having prepared and rehearsed carefully, on stage a Darracq full of passengers was driven up a ramp and onto a bridge, where the ramp and supports were removed leaving Saldo supporting the entire weight of the vehicle and its contents on a section of the bridge.

U.S. Route 29 in the District of Columbia

Architect Arthur Cotton Moore has proposed replacing the off-ramp from northbound Key Bridge to eastbound Whitehurst Freeway with a spiral ramp that would loop under and descend beneath Key Bridge before connecting to eastbound K Street NW.

Upton railway station

Wheelchair and pram access to each of the two platforms is possible, and relatively easy, via the ramp-staircases.

Waterfront Development Corporation

Early in 2006 Metro Mayor Jerry Abramson asked The Waterfront Development Corporation to lead the proposed redevelopment of the Riverview Park (known to locals as “The Greenwood Boat Ramp” is southwest Jefferson County.

Winter Island

The main attractions of the park are the historic Fort Pickering, the Fort Pickering Lighthouse, Salem Harbor, a boat launching ramp, and the former Coast Guard seaplane hangar and barracks.


see also