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    Electric Motor and Gas Engine Horsepower Equivalency

    750 watts is about equal to one horse power this may be what your looking for. http://www.unitconversion.org/power/watts-to-horsepowers-conversion.html
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    Where to Buy Inexpensive Force Sensors?

    check these links out and see if it what you are looking for. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piezoelectric_sensor http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360060482109&rvr_id=&crlp=1_263602_263622&UA=WVI7&GUID=9e38ef641290a0aad4b53aa5fe433d36&itemid=360060482109&ff4=263602_263622
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    When and why did human body censorship begin?

    This is some interesting information about clothing. http://www.mahmoodgroup.com/functionofclothing/index.html http://www.mahmoodgroup.com/clothing-history/index.html
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    When and why did human body censorship begin?

    Yes Leroylarey I believe you are right. As in tribal / religion
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    When and why did human body censorship begin?

    Yes Leroylarey I think you are right. Clothing started as jewelry (ornamentation). Needles have nothing to do with it. The question was censorship of the human body and when did that start. My first thought is organized religion. I may be wrong but I have been wrong before.
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    Why Do We Appear to Lean Left on a Curved Bus Ride?

    Because the little bubble in your inner ear shifts to the left and it tells your body to shift to the left to keep the bubble centered.
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    When and why did human body censorship begin?

    You must think back before humans needed to keep warm such as in Africa. Humans wore the skins of animals that made them look powerful to others like lion’s skins or other scary beast. They could scare off their enemy’s like many animals do today by making themselves looking larger or like...
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    When and why did human body censorship begin?

    I once read that humans wearing clothing started out as ornamentation for the body.
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    Understanding Wind Power Variability in Crowsnest Pass

    "because with gloabl warming maybe wind will not be as often in the future?" The blades on a windmill have a variable pitch and they can spin with the same speed in light or heavy winds. I would think that wind speed would pick up during changes of climate. Where did you get your information?I...
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    Understanding the Venturi Effect in Fluid Dynamics

    Jeff Reid check this out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venturi_effect Read this close to the bottom under examples on this web page Air flows over the top of an aircraft wing. The stable air around the plane and the foil above the cord line of the wing create a venturi around the wind going...
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    Genetic isolation of Australian Aboriginals?

    Homo sapiens are a species. All humans alive to day are the same species (homo sapiens). Homo sapiens have been around for about two hundred thousand years. A definition for species is is that of a group of organisms capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offspring of both genders. You...
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    Understanding the Venturi Effect in Fluid Dynamics

    Another way of looking at this is the top of an airplane wing. The top of an airplane wing is like one side of a venturi. The air speeds up as it moves over the top of the wing causing a low-pressure area on the surface and if the bottom of the wing is flat the pressure stays the same so the...
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    Wing-in-ground-effect aircraft question

    The space shuttle is a glider that uses ground effects when landing. Most delta wings use ground effects when landing
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    Understand Time Measurements After Big Bang

    Our time is based how long it takes our planet go around the sun Months, days, hours, and seconds. We compare this time to other things we see. It is all a comparison.
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    Which variable(s) are adjusted for artillery targeting?

    It is best to keep the projectile as close to the ground as possible because the enemy has radar that can send there projectile back to the same point yours was fired from. This is called counter battery fire.
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