The game has no objective, and no winner - the entertainment comes from comparing the original and final messages. Even if the line is not completed, the last few people to receive the message can compare this with the original, and some messages will be unrecognisable after only a few steps. Besides being a fun game, the meaning created by this activity is the important truth about how easily information can become corrupted by indirect communication. The game has been used in schools to simulate the spread of gossip and its harmful effects, and has implications in many adult topic ...

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Telephone game, Telephone game - How to play, Telephone game - Purpose, Telephone game - Examples, Telephone game - In the Media, Telephone game - Other names, Telephone game - Other uses

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The game has no objective, and no winner - the entertainment comes from comparing the original and final messages. Even if the line is not completed, the last few people to receive the message can compare this with the original, and some messages will be unrecognisable after only a few steps. Besides being a fun game, the meaning created by this activity is the important truth about how easily information can become corrupted by indirect communication. The game has been used in schools to simulate the spread of gossip and its harmful effects, and has implications in many adult topic ...

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Telephone game, Telephone game - How to play, Telephone game - Purpose, Telephone game - Examples, Telephone game - In the Media, Telephone game - Other names

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Humanoid robots are used as a research tool in several scientific areas. Researchers need to understand the human body structure and behaviour (biomechanics) to build and study humanoid robots. On the other side, the attempt to simulate the human body leads to a better understanding of it. Human cognition is a field of study which is focused on how humans learn from sensory information in order to acquire perceptual and motor skills. This knowledge is used to develop computational models of human beha ...

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Humanoid robot, Humanoid robot - Introduction, Humanoid robot - Purpose, Humanoid robot - Timeline of Humanoid Robots, Humanoid robot - Sensors, Humanoid robot - Actuators, Humanoid robot - Planning and Control, Humanoid robot - Ethical Concerns

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The CFR exists because the United States Congress often grants broad authority to executive branch agencies to interpret the statutes in the United States Code which the agencies are entrusted with carrying out. This is either because Congress is too busy or congested to micromanage the jurisdiction of those agencies by writing statutes that cover every possible detail, or Congress feels that the technical specialists at the agency are best equipped to develop detailed applications ...

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Code of Federal Regulations, Code of Federal Regulations - Purpose, Code of Federal Regulations - Organization and printing schedule, Code of Federal Regulations - List of Regulation Titles

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Many people today study martial arts primarily as sport or exercise, for fun or health. Even so, Eagle Claw’s main historical emphasis has been on fighting. In particular, its seizing and locking techniques have genuine value for self-defense in close encounters. However, the antiquated weaponry of ancient China has little to no value for modern military practice and is unlikely to come in handy in a self-defense situation. Instead, weapons training has become more performance-oriented and a way to build strength and coordination. That sai ...

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Eagle Claw, Eagle Claw - History, Eagle Claw - Ngok Fei and Lai Chin, Eagle Claw - The Ching Mo Association, Eagle Claw - Modern masters, Eagle Claw - Training, Eagle Claw - Ranking and class structure, Eagle Claw - Purpose, Eagle Claw - Movies

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The EBS was initiated in 1963 at the height of the civil defense era, to allow the president to address the entire nation in an emergency. EBS replaced the CONELRAD system that was instituted in 1951. The EBS was later further expanded through an interagency effort with the FCC, and the National Weather Service (NWS), to permit the system to be used for state and local emergencies. EBS was replaced by the Emergency Alert System (EAS) in 1997. The system was never used for a nuclear emergency, though it was activated more than 20,000 times between 1976 and 1996 to broadcast civil emer ...

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Emergency Broadcast System, Emergency Broadcast System - Purpose, Emergency Broadcast System - Test procedure, Emergency Broadcast System - Network construction, Emergency Broadcast System - Activation procedure

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James explains in his Bill James Historical Baseball Abstract why runs created is an essential thing to measure: With regard to an offensive player, the first key question is how many runs have resulted from what he has done with the bat and on the basepaths. Willie McCovey hit .270 in his career, with 353 doubles, 46 triples, 521 home runs and 1,345 walks -- but his job was not to hit doubles, nor to hit singles, nor to hit triples, nor to draw walks or even hit home runs, but rather to put runs on the scoreboard. How many runs resulted from all of ...

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Runs created, Runs created - Purpose, Runs created - Formulae, Runs created - Basic runs created, Runs created - Stolen base version of runs created, Runs created - Technical version of runs created, Runs created - 2002 version of runs created, Runs created - Other expressions of runs created, Runs created - Accuracy, Runs created - Problems with runs created, Runs created - Related statistics

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A.L.I.C.E., pronounced like the name "Alice", is an acronym for All-purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment used to describe a package of load bearing equipment utilized by the United States Armed Forces from 1970s through the 1990s. ALICE was replaced by M.O.L.L.E. Other related archives1970s, 1990s, Alice, M.O.L.L.E., United States Armed Forces, acronym

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The book is intended to be read as a daily inspiration, with each of the forty short chapters read on consecutive days. Each chapter contains a personal application section at the end with a "point to ponder," a verse to remember, and a question to consider over the course of that day. Rick Warren described his book as an "anti-self-help book." The first sentence of the book reads, "It's not about you," and the remainder of the chapter goes on to explain how the quest for personal fulfillment, satisfaction, and meaning can only be found in u ...

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The Purpose Driven Life, The Purpose Driven Life - Content, The Purpose Driven Life - Criticisms of The Purpose Driven Life, The Purpose Driven Life - Other Books by Rick Warren

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Modern GP bombs use a thick-walled metal casing with explosive filler (typically TNT, Composition B, or Tritonal in NATO or United States service) comprising about 50% of the bomb's total weight. (The British term for a bomb of this type is medium case, abbreviated MC). The GP bomb is a common weapon of fighter bomber and attack aircraft because it is useful for a variety of tactical applications and relatively cheap. General-purpose bombs are often identified by their weight (e.g., 500 lb, 250 kg). In many cases this is ...

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General-purpose bomb, General-purpose bomb - Characteristics, General-purpose bomb - Types of GP bomb, General-purpose bomb - Modern American GP bombs: the Mark 80 series, General-purpose bomb - Modern British GP bombs, General-purpose bomb - Soviet / Russian GP bombs, General-purpose bomb - French GP bombs, General-purpose bomb - Other nations

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In spite of its widespread use and endorsement, including Reverend Billy Graham calling it a classic devotional, some in the Christian community have been critical of the book for various reasons. Jimmy Swaggart and John MacArthur criticized the book as "pop gospel." Others have expressed concern that Warren's methods do not adequately account for individuality, providing a one-size-fits all approach to spirituality. Many Christians have expressed concerns with The Purpose Driven Life and the teachings of Rick Warren for their 'Walmar ...

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The Purpose Driven Life, The Purpose Driven Life - Content, The Purpose Driven Life - Criticisms of The Purpose Driven Life, The Purpose Driven Life - Other Books by Rick Warren

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Some of the reasons for creating special purpose entities are: They allow companies to avoid commoditizing investments that don't look attractive to investors. This is only possible if the parent company has less than 97% of the initial investment. For example, Electronic Data Systems has been having a lot of problems with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) because of its omission of $500 million of computer equipment from its financial statement that it would be liable for should its customers bail out of the con ...

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Special purpose entity, Special purpose entity - Uses, Special purpose entity - Users, Special purpose entity - Qualified special purpose entity

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The idea of a flechette-based individual weapon started in earnest during the Army's Project SALVO. SALVO had earlier concluded that a small weapon with a high rate of fire would be considerably deadlier than the large "full power" weapons being developed in the 1950s, and followed several lines of investigation to find the best solution. SALVO had a small number of "duplex load" weapons developed, where two bullets were stacked, ...

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Special Purpose Individual Weapon, Special Purpose Individual Weapon - Project SALVO, Special Purpose Individual Weapon - Project NIBLICK, Special Purpose Individual Weapon - The Future Rifle Program, Special Purpose Individual Weapon - Close-Assault Weapon System CAWS, Special Purpose Individual Weapon - Advanced Combat Rifle ACR, Special Purpose Individual Weapon - Modern variants

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Meanwhile the Army's Operations Research Office, ORO, had been working on Project NIBLICK, follow-on to SALVO to develop a modern grenade launcher. Interested in the original shotgun-type shells, they recommended development of a dedicated flechette-firing weapon combined with a grenade launcher, the SPIW. The final requirements resulted in an over-under weapon, firing flechettes from one barrel, and grenades from the other. It was to weigh under 1 ...

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Special Purpose Individual Weapon, Special Purpose Individual Weapon - Project SALVO, Special Purpose Individual Weapon - Project NIBLICK, Special Purpose Individual Weapon - The Future Rifle Program, Special Purpose Individual Weapon - Close-Assault Weapon System CAWS, Special Purpose Individual Weapon - Advanced Combat Rifle ACR, Special Purpose Individual Weapon - Modern variants

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The MAP sensor measures the "absolute pressure" (not manifold vacuum) in the engine's intake manifold. The mass of air entering the engine is directly proportional to its density. Density is directly proportional to the air's absolute pressure, and inversely proportional to the air's absolute temperature. (Engine Mass Airflow Rate) ≈ (Air Density) × RPM For a constant temperature (Engine Mass Airflow Rate) ≈ MAP × RPM Example: An engine that is operating at wide-open throttle ...

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MAP sensor, MAP sensor - Primary purpose, MAP sensor - Barometric purpose

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In the early medieval era there had been a tendency for some Jewish religious rationalists to reinterpret classical Jewish theology in the light of the then modern day philosophy, specifically neo-Aristolenian rationalism. This was the program of Jewish rationalist philosophers such as Saadia Gaon, Maimonides (who was influenced by Ibn Sina), and Gersonides (who was influenced by Ibn Roshd, aka Averroes). In the view of Crescas, this point of view often led to mistaken conclusions, and threatened to blur the distinctness of the Jewish faith. He felt that this program reduced the doctrinal contents of ...

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Or Hashem, Or Hashem - Purpose of the work, Or Hashem - The First Cause, Or Hashem - Six fundamental doctrines, Or Hashem - The Purpose of the World

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Apronyms are created for several purposes. Serious purposes such as the name of an organisation or programme. In such cases usually the apronym and its expanded term are chosen together for their aptness to the thing being named. See the example of SAD in the introduction. As mnemonics for difficult-to-spell words. For example, a recursive acronym for "rhythm" is Rhythm Has Your Two Hips Moving. In marketing and public relations, as a method of influencing public thought. Examples abound i ...

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Apronym, Apronym - Purposes, Apronym - Some apronyms, Apronym - Humorous apronyms, Apronym - Backronyms

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Critics of Kaneko have stated that the main purpose of Winny is to violate copyright law, unlike Freenet, another peer-to-peer system that Winny is often compared to, which claims to protect freedom of speech. These critics also claim that 2ch's Download Software board, where the software was first announced, is a haven for copyright violators, and that Kaneko himself had said that the aim of development of Winny is to push the tide towards a world filled with copy ...

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Winny, Winny - Winny's Anonymity, Winny - Debate of Winny's Purpose, Winny - Notes

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From an Islamic standpoint, the purpose of dawah is to "invite" people to the worship of God as expressed in Tawheed as well as to inform them about their belief about Muhammad who Muslims believe is the last Prophet and Messenger. By doing so, Muslims hope to guide people to the religion of Islam. However, Muslims believe that if people come to Islam the decision is ultimately between them and their Creator. Another purpose of Dawah is to strengthen the Muslim community, or Ummah. For Muslims, it is the encouragement to be more obser ...

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Dawah, Dawah - Purposes of Dawah, Dawah - Approaches to Dawah, Dawah - Notes

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The purpose and meaning of the stones are still unknown, but they probably served as a indicator for clans, lineages, or kindreds. It is possible, though there is no associated interrment, that they honored individuals as a kind of grave stone. The symbols could also have been some kind of pictographic system of writing. The symbols on the symbol stones appear to have a meaning, though no one is sure what it is. There are several groups of Pictish "symbols". All the symbol stones are differentiated by having symbols from one group of ...

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Pictish stones, Pictish stones - Purpose and meaning, Pictish stones - Classification, Pictish stones - Sites

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"The purpose of The Winged Self Symbol is to focus thought in the inner Divine perfection of each individual. The Cross of Light holds us in perfect equilibrium with its inflow and outflow of Cosmic Energies, through the open ends of the arms. The Cross balances us in thought and feeling and word. It is a Rosicrucian symbol used to identify one with another when travelling in "Foreign Countries". In the inner Planes the symbol is an identification, and those marked with it can always be served with protection and guidance. The four arms of t ...

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The Winged Self, The Winged Self - Purpose and Symbology, The Winged Self - Prayer of the Winged Self

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Initiated by order of the Governor of the newly-formed Louisiana Territory James Wilkinson, the Pike expedition had several overt goals, and at least one covert one. The most prosaic purpose was the return to their native soil of 50 Osage Nation prisoners who had been held hostage by rival Potawatomis and liberated by the US Army. More ambitious and vague were orders to negotiate a peace settlement between the Kansas and Pawnee people, and to establish relations with the Comanche. Finally, the expedition was to explore the headwaters of the Arkansas and Red rivers, and e ...

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Pike expedition, Pike expedition - Purpose of the Expedition, Pike expedition - Exploration, Pike expedition - Capture

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