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- 6191: Mind Sports
- ... activity it seems to require is moving the pieces across the board. Recently, though, the Olympic committee voted chess legal for competition in "The Games." This acknowledgment of chess as a sport by such a high council requires us to rethink our view of chess and athletics. Although chess does not appear to require as much activity as most recognizable sports, it does require as much, if not more, preparation and ... in the game. Both Bobby Fischer and Garry Kasparov lifted weights. They used other physical conditioning techniques as well, not necessarily for their health, but because of the amount of stamina the game requires at high levels of competition. It is not uncommon for a professional player to lose 10 to 15 pounds during the course of a match. Matches can last as long as a month, with one game every ...
- 6192: John Dalton
- ... atomic theory of matter and therefore is known as one of the fathers of modern physical science. Dalton was the son of a Quaker weaver. When only 12 he became in charge of a Quaker school in Cumberland. Two years later he taught with his brother at a school in Kendal, where he stayed for 12 years. He then became a teacher of mathematics and natural philosophy at New College in Manchester, a college established by the Presbyterians to give a first-class education ...
- 6193: Computer Viruses
- ... was thought to be secure. There are precautions that can be taken to protect and maintain data security. You can generally avoid a computer virus if you are just careful not to use files from high-risk areas such as off the Internet. If you do need to use a file from a high-risk source then you can use a virus detection program before you run it. A virus detection program will check for viruses and if necessary eliminate the problem. Other ways of protecting data is to ...
- 6194: Clean Coal Technologies
- ... use as a turbine fuel or sold commercially"( "Indirect Coal" 2). The other method Direct Coal Liquefaction converts coal directly to distillate liquids in a single step. "As a result, the process has a relatively high thermal efficiency of between 60 and 70 percent, and a high product yield. Direct liquefaction breaks down the large, complex molecules of coal and converts them to liquid fuels in a single process. Then Hydrogen is added to the coal during the conversion process to improve ...
- 6195: Plants in TKM
- ... relaxing on a hot summer day. Canna, in the cannabis family, is a big plant with showy flowers (Canna 1). The big bright flowers help keep the spirits of the town dwellers and country people high and healthy. In temperate areas, like the south, some forms are planted in the summer for their big flowers and foliage (Canna 1). The use of this plant was natural for people in the south ... family (Camellia 1). This is not the most elegant plant is the south, but it serves a good purpose. It is a great wind block because it can grow up to twelve meters (forty feet) high. "Cammellias are grown in warm, damp regions in the southern and western areas of the United States" (Cammallia 1). To make life better in the South, the people that lived there planted big flowers and ...
- 6196: Mcdonaldization Of Society 2
- ... are not interested in the lives of every stranger who steps foot in the building. Scripting brings employees and customers down to a primitive dehumanizing level of interaction. Turnover rates at ESM are not as high as those in the fast food industry however it is unlikely that the same person will ever serve you. There is little, impersonal contact between people. ESM offers benefits for staying with the company, employee ... out of the woodwork with the idea of bringing New York Citys Little Italy to any city. They became part of the restaurant market and had to adopt Fordism principles in order to reach high profitability with low costs. Post-Fordism arose later on and is characterized by more customized/specialized products, smaller systems for specialization, technologies that will produce a range of products, requiring more workers, which in turn ...
- 6197: Cowboys
- ... chaps, hat, tarp, buffalo robe, and blankets" (The Cowboys). He also had a woolen or cotton shirt, tight woolen pants and handkerchief. All of the clothing accessories were chosen for their usefulness. For example, "A high-crowned, broad-brimmed felt hat, the sombrero, shielded him from the sun and rain. His soft-legged boots had high heels set far under the instep to hold his ankle clear of the heavy stirrup" ("Cowboy"). His handkerchief protected his face by shielding it from the sun and preventing dust from entering his mouth. The ...
- 6198: Alternate Energy Sources
- ... other forms of energy that do not pollute or cause harm to the environment. Here are some: Magnetohydrobynamic Power Magnetohydrobynamic power is where created by plasma. One way is for gases are heated to really high temperature to where the form plasma. They are held together by strong magnets. This creates the energy. The energy is then cooled to a gas and used to turn a turbine (The hot plasma would ... it is not is because it produces so little power. Some industrial factories do use this to produce power for small objects. Another problem with this source is the fact that the frequency is so high that it can be damaging to the enter ear so it must be done in an enclosed area. Sources http://www.nosweat.com 1994 World Book Encyclopedia
- 6199: Satellites
- ... Anik-- serve individual countries. Using receivers, amplifiers, and transmitters and the electronic technique of these communications satellites can relay many telephone and television signals at once. Navigation satellites can pinpoint any location on Earth with high accuracy by use of the Doppler effect. The U.S. Transit system has been in worldwide operation continuously since 1964 and is used by more than a thousand stations NAVSTAR a more advanced system consisting ... of the LANDSAT series have been used for making estimates of wheat production, for mineral and oil exploration, geologic mapping. The Spot-1 satellite launched in 1986 by France's space agency and equipped with high-resolution cameras is performing surveys of Earth resources. The Soviet Union has sold survey photographs. The instruments of SEASAT were radar that measured altitude and wave heights. The satellite detected ocean currents, tides, and storm ...
- 6200: Alcoholism 4
- ... used to get with a lesser amount. If a person is alcohol tolerant he/she can "hold" or "handle," or "not show" the amount of alcohol consumed (Long 57-58). If a person has a high tolerance, the initially pleasant "buzz" or "glow" may wear off quickly leading them to drink more to recapture it (Kestler 7-8). A can of beer can raise a drinkers blood alcohol level just as ... and failing to stop drinking, habitually drinking to the point of drunkenness, experiencing blackouts, or changing beverages to try to control drinking (Kestler 7). Earlier and better treatment for alcoholism has led to an encouragingly high recovery rates. Specialized residential treatment facilities and separate units within general or psychiatric hospitals are rapidly increasingly in number. As the public becomes more aware of the nature of alcoholism, the social disgrace attached to ...
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