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Encyclopedia > Sentinel
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Sentinel may refer to: Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 151 languages. ...


Guards

East German guards wait for the official opening of the Brandenburg Gate George W. Bush in a border patrol dune buggy Border Guard, Border Patrol, Border police, or Frontier police is a state security agency that performs border control, i. ... A Kremlin Regiment honor guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow An honor guard, or ceremonial guard, is a ceremonial escort, often military in nature. ...

Places

  • Sentinel (building), an apartment tower in North Shore City, New Zealand

Sentinel is a town located in Washita County, Oklahoma. ... The Sentinel Islands are part of the Andaman Islands chain. ... The Sentinel Range is a major mountain range situated northward of Minnesota Glacier and forming the northern half of the Ellsworth Mountains in Antarctica. ... Sentinel Secondary School is a 20-year secondary school located in West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ... Picture of the A on Sentinel Peak A photograph of the Tucson Valley as seen from A Mountain Sentinel Peak, or more commonly known as A Mountain, is a prominent ridge in the Tucson Mountains west of Tucson, Arizona. ...

Publications

Local newspapers

The Sentinel is a daily newspaper printed in the city of Gauhati, in the state of Assam, India. ... The Carlisle Sentinel is a daily newspaper based in Carlisle, Pennsylvania serving the Harrisburg metropolitan area. ... The Sentinel logo The Sentinel is a local newspaper published in Stoke-on-Trent, England. ... The Daily Sentinel is an award-winning daily newspaper based in Nacogdoches, Texas, USA. It is owned by Cox Newspapers and has a daily circulation of over 9,000. ... The Los Angeles Sentinel is a weekly African American-owned newspaper published in Los Angeles, California. ... The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is a daily morning broadsheet printed in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ... The News-Sentinel is one of two major newspapers based out of Fort Wayne, Indiana. ... The Orlando Sentinel is the primary newspaper of the Orlando, Florida region. ... St. ... The Santa Cruz Sentinel is a daily newspaper published in Santa Cruz, California, covering Santa Cruz County, California, and owned by MediaNews Group Inc. ... The Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel is the main daily newspaper of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and all of Broward County. ...

Student publications

The Sentinel is the official student newspaper of the Kennesaw State University in Kennesaw, Georgia. ... The Sentinel is the name of North Idaho Colleges student newspaper. ...

Lorries and locomotives

This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The official photograph of No. ... London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) Sentinel No. ... Official photograph of No. ... 47191 at Radstock, c. ...

Military

  • Sentinel tank, an Australian-built World War II Cruiser Tank
  • MPQ-64 Sentinel, a radar used by the United States military
  • Raytheon Sentinel, an aircraft used by the Royal Air Force and British Army

The Sentinel tank was designed in Australia in World War II in response to a possible Japanese invasion. ... The MPQ-64 Sentinel is a three-dimensional radar used to alert and queue Short Range Air Defense (SHORAD) weapons to the locations of hostile targets approaching their front line forces. ... The Raytheon Sentinel is under development as the RAFs ASTOR (Airborne STand-Off Radar) aircraft. ...

Media and entertainment

Film and television

The Sentinel is a 1977 horror film starring Chris Sarandon & Cristina Raines. ... The Sentinel is a 2006 thriller film starring Michael Douglas, Kiefer Sutherland, Eva Longoria, and Kim Basinger. ... This biography does not cite any references or sources. ... For other people bearing this name, see Michael Douglas (disambiguation) Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and producer, primarily in movies and television. ... The Sentinel was a television series that aired on UPN in the United States from 1996 to 1999. ... The Sentinel is an episode of the science fiction television series Stargate SG-1. ... Sentinel is the name of a computer defense grid from the Transformers television series Beast Wars. ... List of artificial characters in The Matrix series of films. ...

Music

  • The Sentinel (Pallas album)
  • Sentinel (Nigel Mazlyn Jones album)
  • "Sentinel" (song), by Mike Oldfield
  • A song by Judas Priest on their album Defenders of the Faith
  • A song by Alice Cooper on his album Dragontown
  • A song by Hilltop Hoods on their album The Calling
  • A song by At The Throne of Judgment on their album " The Arcanum Order"
  • Sentinel Sound, a reggae and dancehall sound system from Stuttgart, Germany

Sentinel is a single by musician Mike Oldfield, released in 1992. ... Defenders of the Faith is the 10th album by British heavy metal band Judas Priest. ... Dragontown is an album released by Alice Cooper in 2001. ... The Calling is an album by Australian hip-hop group Hilltop Hoods, released on 22 September 2003 through Obese Records. ...

Literature

For other works called The Sentinel, see Sentinel. ... Written by Jeffrey Konvitz. ...

Comics

The Sentinels are fictional robots in the Marvel Comics Universe. ... For the mutant-hunting robots, see Sentinel (comics) Sentinel is a comic book series published by Marvel Comics as part of the Tsunami imprint. ... For other uses, see Allan Scott. ... The cover of Gundam Wars III. In the fall of 1987 the Japanese modeling magazine Model Graphix began to serialize an original monthly Gundam novel named Gundam Sentinel. ...

Gaming

ZX Spectrum version The Sentinel is a computer game created by Geoff Crammond, published by Firebird in 1986 for the BBC Micro and converted to Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum (converted by Mike Follin), Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Amiga and PC. It was among the first games, if not the first... Geoff Crammond signing copies of Grand Prix 2 Geoff Crammond is a computer game designer who specialises in motor racing games. ... Bryan Brandenburg (born in Châteauroux, France) is an American author, technology entrepreneur and former game programmer. ... Detalion Detalion was a Polish developer of computer software games, before going dormant in March of 2005. ... This is a list of vehicles used by the Imperial Guard in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. ... Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic (KotOR) is an RPG video game originally for the Microsoft Xbox and later for PCs running Microsoft Windows. ... This article is about the video game. ... One of the Forerunners Halo ringworlds, in orbit over the gas giant Threshold. ...

Other meanings

A sentinel in computer science refers to a special type of object that represents the end of a data structure. ... Sentinel, by Tim Tolkien Sentinel (grid reference SP13789065) is a 16m high sculpture by Tim Tolkien, installed upon a traffic island at the intersection of the Chester Road and the A47 Fort Parkway at the entrance to the Castle Vale estate in Birmingham, England. ... This article is about the European Space Agency. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...

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Medi-Vet - Sentinel Flea and Heartworm Protection Product Information (1583 words)
SENTINEL Flavor Tabs are indicated for use in dogs and puppies, four weeks of age and older, and two pounds body weight or greater.
SENTINEL Flavor Tabs are also indicated for the prevention of heartworm disease caused by Dirofilaria immitis, for the prevention and control of flea populations, the control of adult Ancylostoma caninum (hookworm), and the removal and control of adult Toxocara canis and Toxascaris leonina (round-worm) and Trichuris vulpis (whipworm) infections.
SENTINEL Flavor Tabs are given orally, once a month, at the recommended minimum dosage of 0.23 mg/lb (0.5 mg/kg) milbemycin oxime and 4.55 mg/lb (10 mg/kg) lufenuron.
Sentinel: Information from Answers.com (3266 words)
Several types of Sentinels have appeared through the years, manufactured by various private and paramilitary groups, but the typical Sentinel is three-stories tall, possesses the ability to fly, project energy blasts and detect mutants.
Sentinels are designed to hunt down mutants, especially the X-Men, and so typically function as supervillains or as the tools of other villains.
Sentinels have a wide array of abilities: they can fly, shoot various weapons (primarily energy blasts and restraining devices) from different parts of their bodies, and detect mutants at long range; some of them can even change form and re-assemble after being destroyed.
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