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  Critical mass - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The realisation that a supercritical assembly is not necessarily prompt critical is attributed to Enrico Fermi, and made the construction of a nuclear reactor using a fission chain reaction possible.
In the case of a bare sphere the critical mass is about 50 kg for uranium-235 and 10 kg for plutonium 239.
The critical mass is inversely proportional to the square of the density: if the density is 1% more and the mass 2% less, then the volume is 3% less and the diameter 1% less.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Critical_mass   (1371 words)

  
 Critical Mass
Critical Mass is an event held regularly in cities around the world, where bicyclists and other non-motorised vehicle-users take to the streets in a large enough numbers that they displace cars from the road, creating an unusual degree of safety and freedom in a car-free environment.
Critics would also argue that the Critical Mass experience also does not reflect the actual day-to-day conditions of bicyclists who do not have the luxury of "corking" to grant them the privilege of ignoring traffic lights and other traffic restrictions.
Critical Mass started in San Francisco in 1992 and has since spread to more than 325 cities around the world.
www.fact-index.com /c/cr/critical_mass.html   (590 words)

  
 AlterNet: WireTap: Critical Mass: Social Change on Two Wheels   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
In August of 2004, the protest aspect of critical mass was brought to a new level when some 5,000 byciclists showed up to a Manhattan version of the event that served to kick off the week of marching and direct action in opposition to the RNC.
Despite some opposition, Critical Mass has gained large-scale, positive notoriety with the distribution of several documentaries such as “We Are Traffic”; and “July 25th: The Secret Is Out.” The Rio de Janeiro contingent is 7,000 strong and even has their own corporate sponsor: Diet Coke.
She says she first joined Critical Mass because, "It's just not safe to ride a bike in the street unless there are a lot of you; plus, it's a lot of fun." She continues riding in Critical Mass gatherings for "environmental reasons" and in an effort to help make America more beautiful.
www.alternet.org /wiretap/20630   (1159 words)

  
 Critical Mass
Critical Mass è uno dei più vivaci fenomeni sociopolitici degli apatici anni Novanta.
Critical Mass è uno dei più vivaci fenomeni sociopolitici degli ultimi anni.
I protagonisti di Critical Mass non hanno soluzioni da offrire; si limitano a stimolare il confronto, rifiutando di trincerarsi dietro a dogmi e ideologie inadeguati a contesti in continua evoluzione.
www.shake.it /critic.html   (3223 words)

  
 Critical Mass Columbus
Critical Mass is a monthly gathering of cycling enthusiasts.
It took until June of 1997, when Critical Mass was almost 5 years old, for the "new" mayor Willie Brown to make any special note of the event.
Many debate whether Critical Mass, with its prominent slogan "One Less Car";, is a cause, a result or merely a highly visible element of this movement.
comacrew.homestead.com /criticalmass.html   (501 words)

  
 How to Make a Critical Mass
Critical Mass got started in September 1992 in San Francisco as a way to bring these various populations together in a festive re-claiming of public space.
Critical Mass has continued and grown in San Francisco, drawing about 700+ from month to month, with an October 1993 high of 1000+, but it has spread to other cities as well.
When Critical Mass is still passing through an intersection after the light has turned red, in rush hour traffic, it is important to justify the long wait for cross traffic by maintaining a steady mass of bicyclists riding through the intersection.
www.scorcher.org /cmhistory/howto.html   (3740 words)

  
 TIME'S UP! :: NYC Critical Mass   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Critical Mass is a monthly celebration of bicycles and other nonpolluting means of transportation, exercising our right to the road.
Critical Mass is a movement, not an organization; no two riders participate for exactly the same reason.
Critical Mass at a fountain in Central Park, 2003.
www.times-up.org /cm.php   (540 words)

  
 Critical Mass: cycling as a political statement
Called Critical Mass, the group bike ride is either a political statement or gridlock guarantee, depending on whether you’re asking a cyclist or a motorist.
The term "Critical Mass" was taken from the movie "Return of the Scorcher," a movie that promotes the use of bicycles a the primary form of transportation.
Critical Mass has spread to other California cities, including Berkeley, then throughout the U.S. to East Coast towns such as Boston, Philadelphia, and New York City.
www.ncbikeclub.org /meetings/critmass.htm   (1064 words)

  
 Critical Mass Times -- Spring 2005
Critical Mass is ALREADY against the law, at least the way it's practiced in Austin, with cyclists taking up every single lane on every single roadway, riding as many abreast as they possibly can, and engaging in confrontational behavior with motorists.
Critical Mass, for those who don't know, is a loose collection of people that gather together to ride about town.
Critical Mass is a show of cycling solidarity, a celebration of the most energy-efficient transportation mode ever invented, which is non-polluting, healthy and fun.
www.well.com /user/kjcole/Bike/cm.html   (6414 words)

  
 - Thermo Electron Corporation - Critical Mass - Life Sciences Mass Spectrometry e-Newsletter
Critical Mass is a monthly eNewsletter with information on a variety of Mass Spectrometry applications, including Proteomics, Drug Discovery, Bioanalysis, Environmental Applications and more.
Critical Mass is now accepting contributions from subscribers.
Critical Mass will accept a range of contributions including but not limited to Your Research Interests in Mass Spectrometry or using Mass Spectrometry, Tips, New Applications, Interesting Stories on using Thermo's Mass Spectrometers, etc. Please read the Terms and Conditions for making contributions.
www.thermo.com /criticalmass   (256 words)

  
 Critical Mass - 4.00pm - 4.30pm Sundays on ABC TV
Sunday 14 November was the last episode of Critical Mass.
The ABC would like to thank all viewers who have contributed to the website and all those regular watchers of Critical Mass over the last two years.
It's topical, it's provocative, it's irreverent, 'Critical Mass' explores what's hip, hot and happening around the country, through fast, furious and feisty discussion.
www.abc.net.au /arts/sundayafternoon/criticalmass   (146 words)

  
 The Critical Mass of Enlightenment
Though the potentials for life are abundant, the critical mass of fulfillment of those potentials is atomically small.
The critical mass of enlightenment can be defined as the smallest number of awakened human beings whose collective influence can initiate a significant shift in global consciousness.
The effect of the awakened ones on the mass of unconscious humanity is in proportion to the influence of an atom in a thermonuclear explosion.
www.deoxy.org /critmass.htm   (2341 words)

  
 Pittsburgh Critical Mass Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Critical Mass is a monthly celebration which brings attention to alternative forms of transportation.
By taking to the streets in a mass of bicycle riders, we hope to remind people that bikes are an efficient means of transport, and that bikers deserve a place on the roads.
Critical Mass means different things to different participants.
www.pghcriticalmass.org   (230 words)

  
 Critical Mass, reports and photos of the monthly protests by cyclists reclaiming the streets all over the UK
Critical Mass, reports and photos of the monthly protests by cyclists reclaiming the streets all over the UK Critical Mass: taking to the streets!
Critical Mass is often described as an 'unorganised coincidence'.
Critical Mass is a celebration of the alternatives to cars, pollution, accidents and the loss of public spaces and freedoms.
www.urban75.com /Action/critical.html   (534 words)

  
 Critical Mass Genève - Geneva Criticalmass
Participer aux cortèges de Critical Mass, c’est donc promouvoir des formes alternatives, non polluantes, peu voraces en espace, sportives, ludiques, au trafic motorisé privé.
Vendredi 28 avril a eu lieu l'habituelle Critical Mass genevoise.
Opinions expressed in articles within this site are those of their owners and may not reflect the opinion of the.
www.criticalmass.ch /index.php?Itemid=1   (319 words)

  
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Critical Mass is a Party for you and your bike.
If it can travel at 10 mph on level ground, it is Critical Mass ready.
You, your friends, people you meet on the way to Critical Mass.
www.madisoncriticalmass.org   (99 words)

  
 Critical Mass scoops science book prize - opinion - 13 May 2005 - New Scientist   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
His winning book Critical Mass considers the use of statistics in the attempt to discover new insights into group behaviour and the functioning of society.
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson, and books like Critical Mass that attempt to extend the frontiers of what is popularised.
He added: "Critical Mass is a wide-ranging and dazzlingly informed book about the science of interactions.
www.newscientist.com /article.ns?id=dn7373   (446 words)

  
 Critical Mass in Bergen, Norway
Critical Mass in Bergen was started in september 1995.
These are some things that have been important in making the critical mass rides a success in Bergen:
But you have to work in the beginning to create a Critical Mass that works on its own.
www.uib.no /People/sspeo/nvh/criticalm.htm   (1213 words)

  
 Critical Mass, Israel
Critical Mass aims to promote cycling and demontrate there is an alternative to contemporary society's dependence on cars, fossil fuels and more roads.
Alienated from mother nature by an ethos of nihilistic consumerism and the all pervading power of multi-national controlled mass media, the people must be shaken out of this octane-induced delirium.
Comrades, we must hit the streets and strike at the very core of this evil that threatens to engulf humanity in a sea of acid rain and asphyxiate the planet in a cloud of CO2.
www.bike.org.il /cm/index_e.html   (380 words)

  
 10th Anniversary of Critical Mass
Critical Mass started on September 25, 1992, in San Francisco.
Talk Fast Ride Slow is a website of the Committee for Full Enjoyment, an affinity group that is active with Critical Mass.
Critical Mass: Bicycling's Defiant Celebration is a book of articles, essays, fliers, and photos from dozens of contributors from Critical Masses around the world.
www.critical-mass.org /10   (542 words)

  
 Critical Mass participants ride in memoriam / 1,500 hit the streets on a day 2 more cyclists die
Critical Mass participants ride in memoriam / 1,500 hit the streets on a day 2 more cyclists die
Just one person was arrested for unspecified reasons during what was the largest Critical Mass to hit the city in more than a year.
Critical Mass always tests the patience of commuters eager to get out of the city, and last night was no exception.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/04/28/MNW151271.DTL   (848 words)

  
 Critical Mass Web Design - St. Louis Web Site Design Company For Home Builders and Real Estate Agents
Critical Mass Web Design is a St. Louis based full service web development company specializing in the design of web sites and web applications for home builders and real estate agents.
Though Critical Mass Web Design specializes in the home building and real estate industries, we are not limited to them.
The services we provide are the same no matter what the industry, and we are capable of designing any type of web site that is needed.
www.criticalmassweb.com   (188 words)

  
 Critical Mass for Kerry (washingtonpost.com)
But he still is a critic of what he and like-minded people consider the Bush administration's obnoxious tendency to tell other nations how to behave.
When Kerry and kindred spirits criticize what they consider the Bush administration's hubris and bad diplomatic manners, they often cite its withdrawal from the 1997 Kyoto Protocol on climate change.
It is understandable that they do not dwell on the fact that the Clinton administration refused to submit it for Senate ratification, or that the Senate voted 95 to 0 for a resolution against proceeding with the protocol as negotiated.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A17041-2004Jun4.html   (835 words)

  
 Critical Mass Bicycle Rides Directory | Bike on
Critical Mass is a monthly bicycle ride to celebrate cycling and to assert cyclists' right to the road.
Critical Mass has a different flavor from city to city -- there's a big variety in size, respect of traffic laws (or lack thereof), interaction with motorists, and intervention by police.
See a trailer for the documentary about the controversial police crackdown on NYC Critical Mass coinciding with the 2004 Republican National Convention.
www.criticalmassrides.info /index.html   (2070 words)

  
 Boston IMC: newswire/25223   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
I was getting up this morning, apathetic, no protest on the old agenda, when a Bl(A)ck Tea SMS alert for a Critical Mass ride popped up on my cell.
Delighted to hear Critical Mass at DNC 2004 was a success.
I participated in the Critical Mass at the DNC 2000 in Los Angeles.
boston.indymedia.org /newswire/display/25223/index.php   (761 words)

  
 Democracy Now! | Critical Mass: Over 260 Arrested in First Major Protest of RNC
So she could record the Critical Mass bike ride as it went through the streets of New York with 5,000 cyclists.
This is her piece from the Critical Mass ride.
In front of me, the cops were arresting a mass group of bike riders.
www.democracynow.org /article.pl?sid=04/08/30/1453256   (1317 words)

  
 Critical Mass Genève - Geneva Criticalmass
Chaque dernier vendredi du mois: critical mass pont des bergues dès 18h00.
Prochain rendez-vous de Critical Mass : vendredi 25 août 2006 au pont des Bergues à 18 h
Exprimez-vous sur le forum de Critical Mass et donnez vos avis afin de dynamiser les Critical Mass pour leur redonner leurs lettres de noblesse.
www.criticalmass.ch   (319 words)

  
 Sean O'Connor's Windows Games - Critical Mass   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Critical Mass is a game set in the future, where you are the commander of a squadron of spaceships.
You will be sent on one of 30 different types of mission, ranging from protecting a convoy, to attacking an enemy starbase, to defending Earth.
Buy all the Windows games (Slay, Conquest, Critical Mass, The General, Mother Of All Battles, Firefight, End Of Atlantis and Football-o-saurus) for $40
www.spto.demon.co.uk /critical.html   (486 words)

  
 critical mass roma homepage - unofficial   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Critical Mass, un evento internazionale che si tiene in più di 200 città del mondo, avviene ogni ultimo venerdì del mese (in Italia, in alcune città, anche di giovedì) quando i ciclisti, spontaneamente, vanno in massa a percorrere le strade delle loro città normalmente occupate dalle sempre inquinanti automobili.
Critical Mass si concentra sul diritto dei ciclisti e dei pedoni di utilizzare le strade.
per tutto questo e tanto altro puoi provare a farlo nelle tre ciclofficine che sono nate a Roma sulla spinta dell'entusiasmo di Critical Mass.
www.tmcrew.org /eco/bike/criticalmassroma/index.html   (554 words)

  
 Berkeley Critical Mass -- an unnoficial homepage
Critical Mass is a rolling free speech stage and playground
Critical Mass rides around the world -- visit one on your next voyage!
which included a Critical Mass ride as part of the protest.
www.berkeleycriticalmass.org   (373 words)

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