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Annihilation is defined as "total destruction" or "complete obliteration" of a particular object. Annihilation of an atomic or subatomic particle, occurs when such a particle collides with its respective antiparticle. If a particle and its respective antiparticle are both tuned to the appropriate quantum states, then they annihilate each other and their "destruction" yields other particles; usually into particles elementary of other particles. Nothing can ever be "annihilated" physically, as stipulated by its definition, as ...

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The Conservation ethic is an ethic of resource use, allocation, exploitation, and protection. Its primary focus is upon maintaining the health of the natural world: its forests, fisheries, habitats, and biological diversity. Secondary focus is on materials conservation and energy conservation, which are seen as important to protect the natural world. Conservation ethic - Introduction. To conserve habitat in terrestrial ecoregions and stop deforestation is a goal widely shared by many groups with a wide vari ...

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• Conservation ethic - Introduction
• Conservation ethic - Usage of term
• Conservation ethic - History of biological conservation
• Conservation ethic - Romantic-Transcendental
• Conservation ethic - Resource Conservation
• Conservation ethic - Evolutionary-Ecological
• Conservation ethic - External link

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Business action on climate change includes a range of activities relating to combatting global warming, and to influencing political decisions on global-warming-related regulation, such as the Kyoto Protocol. Major corporations have played and to some extent continue to play a significant role in the politics of global warming, especially in the United States, through lobbying of government and funding of global warming skeptics. Business also plays a key role in the mitigation of global warming, through decisions to invest in researc ...

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• Business action on climate change - Overview
• Business action on climate change - Energy industry
• Business action on climate change - ExxonMobil
• Business action on climate change - BP
• Business action on climate change - Others
• Business action on climate change - Insurance industry
• Business action on climate change - Media

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Technological escalation describes the fact that whenever two parties are in competition, each side tends to employ continuing technological improvements to defeat the other. Technology is defined here as a creative invention, be it an object or a method of using an object. This is a natural result of mankind's use of our brains, and the nature of science and technology that understanding and innovations build on each other. Escalation is usually a negative term, meaning to make bigger in a bad way. However, if two companies ar ...

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• Technological escalation - Technological escalation in war
• Technological escalation - Objects and methods
• Technological escalation - Paradigms or worldviews
• Technological escalation - History of technological escalation as indicator of success
• Technological escalation - Motives
• Technological escalation - Effects

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A bicycle, or bike, is a pedal-driven land vehicle with two wheels attached to a frame, one behind the other. First introduced in 19th-century Europe, bicycles evolved quickly into their familiar, current design. Numbering over 1,000,000,000 in the world today, bicycles provide the principal means of transportation in many regions and a popular form of recreational transport in others. To distinguish a bicycle from a mot ...

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• Bicycle - History
• Bicycle - Technical aspects
• Bicycle - Legal requirements
• Bicycle - Construction and parts
• Bicycle - Performance
• Bicycle - Bicycle physics
• Bicycle - Social and historical aspects
• Bicycle - Economic and social implications
• Bicycle - Bicycles at work
• Bicycle - Bicycle recreation
• Bicycle - Bicycles and war
• Bicycle - Bicycle racing
• Bicycle - Modal share: cycle use in modern cities
• Bicycle - Cycling activism
• Bicycle - Types of bicycle
• Bicycle - Standards
• Bicycle - Notes

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Daylight saving time (also called DST) is the North American term for a system intended to "save" daylight (the British observe summer time, and likewise the Europeans). The official time is adjusted forward, (usually) one hour from its official standard time, remaining that way for the duration of the spring and summer months. This is intended to provide a better match between the hours of daylight and the active hours of work and school. DST is most commonly used in temperate regions, due to the considerable variation in the amount of day ...

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• Daylight saving time - Origin
• Daylight saving time - Observation of DST
• Daylight saving time - Usage and history by location
• Daylight saving time - Africa
• Daylight saving time - Asia
• Daylight saving time - Australasia
• Daylight saving time - Europe
• Daylight saving time - North America
• Daylight saving time - South America
• Daylight saving time - Rationales for DST
• Daylight saving time - Criticism of DST
• Daylight saving time - Mnemonic
• Daylight saving time - Associated practices
• Daylight saving time - The name
• Daylight saving time - Notes
• Daylight saving time - Books

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Canonical is an adjective derived from canon. It essentially means "standard", "generally accepted" or "part of the back-story." basic, canonic, canonical: reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality, e.g. "a basic story line"; "a canonical syllable pattern" Canonical - Religion. This word is used by theologians and canon lawyers to refer to the canons of the Eastern Orthodox and Roman Catholic churches, adopted by ecumenical councils.

• Canonical - Religion
• Canonical - Literature and art
• Canonical - Mathematics
• Canonical - Computer science
• Canonical - Physics

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Butter is a dairy product made by churning fresh or fermented cream or milk. It is an everyday food in many parts of the world. Butter consists of butterfat surrounding miniscule droplets consisting mostly of water and milk proteins. Butter from cow's milk is most common, but butter is made from the milk of other mammals as well, including sheep, goats, buffalo, and yaks. Salt, flavorings, or preservatives are sometimes added. Butter is used as a condiment and in cooking applications including baking, sauce making, and frying. Butter can be rendered to produce clarified butter or ...

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• Butter - Butter making
• Butter - Types of butter
• Butter - History
• Butter - Worldwide
• Butter - Storage and cooking
• Butter - Health and nutrition
• Butter - Notes

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The purpose of this act is delineated into five main programs requiring federal funding. Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 - Adult and Youth Programs. Provides for an education for employment program to maintain networks of learning centers offering individualized instruction in convenient locations and preparing students to meet State and local general education diploma and basic education competency requirements. Provides for a pre-employment skills training program for youth ...

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Job Training Partnership Act of 1982, Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 - Purpose, Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 - Provisions, Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 - Adult and Youth Programs, Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 - Federally Administered Programs, Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 - Summer Youth Employment and Training Programs, Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 - Employment and Training Assistance for Dislocated Workers, Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 - Repeal

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The Aurora Expedition will involve an around-the-world voyage in a powerboat which, at 20 ft, will be the smallest vessel of its kind to ever complete such a journey. Due to its limited fuel capacity, the Aurora will rely on advanced fuel-efficient technologies for propulsion. Energy-Quest thus seeks to incorporate highly clean and efficient diesel engines, solar cells, and wind turbines into this design. Aurora will stop at over forty major ports around the world, where she will showcase the cleanest and most efficient ...

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Energy-Quest, Energy-Quest - The Earthrace, Energy-Quest - The Aurora Expedition, Energy-Quest - The Triton Expedition, Energy-Quest - History, Energy-Quest - Staff, Energy-Quest - Endorsements

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According to Brian Czech, "Most modern economics has defined 'efficiency' in terms of output per personhour instead of output per unit of energy input. Using the former calculation, the American farmer is the most productive in the world. Using the latter, he is the least. (Not only is he subsidized through the use of non-renewable fossil fuels, but he also receives financial subsidies from the government, which are paid for by economic activ ...

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Energy economics, Energy economics - Energy efficiency, Energy economics - Industrial ecology, Energy economics - Environment vs. Economy, Energy economics - Energy collapse, Energy economics - Energy costs of problem solving, Energy economics - Issues, Energy economics - Peak Load Pricing

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The Act was intended to establish a comprehensive, long-range energy policy. It provides incentives for traditional energy production as well as newer, more efficient energy technologies, and conservation. More than 1,700 pages long, the Act has hundreds of provisions. Major items include: Provides a tax credit of up to $3,400 for owners of hybrid vehicles; Authorizes loan guarantees for "innovative technologies" that avoid greenhouse gases, which might include advanced nuclear reactor designs (such as PBMR) as well as ...

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Energy Policy Act of 2005, Energy Policy Act of 2005 - Provisions, Energy Policy Act of 2005 - Provisions in the original bill that were not in the Act, Energy Policy Act of 2005 - Text of the Act, Energy Policy Act of 2005 - Tax breaks by subject area, Energy Policy Act of 2005 - Congressional Budget Office CBO Cost Estimate, Energy Policy Act of 2005 - Change to Daylight Saving Time, Energy Policy Act of 2005 - Criticisms, Energy Policy Act of 2005 - Legislative process

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Like the emergy concept, the concept of transformity was first introduced by Dr.D.M.Scienceman in collaboration with the late Howard T. Odum. In 1987 D.M.Scienceman proposed that the phrases, "energy quality", "energy quality factor", and "energy transformation ratio", all used by H.T.Odum, be replaced by the the word "transformity" (p. 261). This approach aims to solve a long standing issue about the relation of qualitative phenomena to quantitative phenomena often analysed in the physical sciences, which in turn is a synthesis of rationalism wi ...

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Emergy, Emergy - Definition in words, Emergy - Mathematical Definition, Emergy - Development, Emergy - Energy memory energy in a body, Emergy - Transformity and the rationalization of quality, Emergy - Empower and maximum empower, Emergy - Emergy accounting and emergy analysis, Emergy - Emergy controversy

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Firm-specific infrastructure - Information technology. Special terminology has evolved to deal with infrastructure that is devoted to information and communication. In this area in particular, public infrastructure may rely on a large number of private operators, e.g. Internet service providers, telcos, computer support and boot image service providers. The management of these assets is usually described in terms like: total cost of ownership and of operations technology lifecycle management ...

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Firm-specific infrastructure, Firm-specific infrastructure - May be critical, Firm-specific infrastructure - Types of infrastructure, Firm-specific infrastructure - Information technology, Firm-specific infrastructure - Accounting treatment

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The relations given above do not uniquely define the tensor. In general relativity, the symmetric form additionally satisfying Tab = Tba acts as the source of spacetime curvature, and is the current density associated with gauge transformations (in this case coordinate transformations). If there is torsion, then the tensor is no longer symmetric. This corresponds to the ...

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Stress-energy tensor, Stress-energy tensor - Definition, Stress-energy tensor - Examples, Stress-energy tensor - As a Noether current, Stress-energy tensor - In general relativity, Stress-energy tensor - The Einstein Field Equations, Stress-energy tensor - Relativistic Stress Tensor for an Idealized Fluid, Stress-energy tensor - The various stress-energy tensors, Stress-energy tensor - Canonical stress-energy tensor, Stress-energy tensor - Hilbert stress-energy tensor, Stress-energy tensor - Belinfante-Rosenfeld stress-energy tensor, Stress-energy tensor - Einstein pseudotensor, Stress-energy tensor - Landau-Lifschitz pseudotensor, Stress-energy tensor - Energy conditions

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Schoolhouse Rock was a commercial advertising venture by David McCall. The first song recorded was Three is a Magic Number, by Bob Dorough. It tested well, so a children's record was compiled and released. When a print workbook version fell through, McCall's company decided to produce their own animated versions of the songs, which they then sold to ABC (based on a demo animation of the original Three is a Magi ...

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Schoolhouse Rock!, Schoolhouse Rock! - Origins, Schoolhouse Rock! - Trivia, Schoolhouse Rock! - Episodes, Schoolhouse Rock! - Multiplication Rock, Schoolhouse Rock! - Grammar Rock, Schoolhouse Rock! - Science Rock, Schoolhouse Rock! - America Rock, Schoolhouse Rock! - Money Rock, Schoolhouse Rock! - Computer Rock, Schoolhouse Rock! - Tribute Album

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Technological escalation has been one of the most often-cited factors for the dominance of one civilization over another: those with flint, all else being equal, will defeat those with softer or duller stone spear heads, those with the bow defeat those with only the sling, those with the gun defeat those with the bow. This view was dominant during the Enlightenment where science and technology began to be seen as the only way to approach natural law, subordinating views of mastery by social, moral, spiritual or other means. It ...

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Technological escalation, Technological escalation - Technological escalation in war, Technological escalation - Objects and methods, Technological escalation - Paradigms or worldviews, Technological escalation - History of technological escalation as indicator of success, Technological escalation - Motives, Technological escalation - Effects

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Schoolhouse Rock was a commercial advertising venture by David McCall. The first song recorded was Three is a Magic Number, by Bob Dorough. It tested well, so a children's record was compiled and released. When a print workbook version fell through, McCall's company decided to produce their own animated versions of the songs, which they then sold to ABC (based on a demo animation of the original Three is a Magi ...

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Schoolhouse Rock!, Schoolhouse Rock! - Origins, Schoolhouse Rock! - Factual Trivia, Schoolhouse Rock! - Episodes, Schoolhouse Rock! - Multiplication Rock, Schoolhouse Rock! - Grammar Rock, Schoolhouse Rock! - Science Rock, Schoolhouse Rock! - America Rock, Schoolhouse Rock! - Money Rock, Schoolhouse Rock! - Computer Rock, Schoolhouse Rock! - Tribute Album

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Citgo refers to its logo as the "trimark." A large, double-faced sign featuring this logo overlooks Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts and has become a landmark, partly because of its appearance in the background in televised baseball games. The current 60 foot by 60 foot incarnation, unveiled in March 2005 after a six-month restoration project, features thousands of light-emitting diodes (LEDs). LEDs were selected for their durability, energy efficiency, intensity, and ease of maintenance. Earlier versions featured neon lighting; the previous sign contained some 5 ...

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Kenmore Square, Kenmore Square - The Boston Citgo sign, Kenmore Square - 2004 Riot

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The company traces its heritage back to the early 1900s and an oil entrepreneur named Henry Latham Doherty. After quickly climbing the ladder of success in the manufactured gas and electric utility world, Doherty in 1910 created his own organization, Cities Service Company, to supply gas and electricity to small public utilities. He began by acquiring gas producing properties in the mid-continent and southwest. The company then developed a pipeline system, tapping dozens of gas pools. To make this gas available to consumers, Doherty m ...

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Citgo, Citgo - History, Citgo - Sponsorships, Citgo - The Boston Citgo sign, Citgo - Jingle

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