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This web site is just about protests. For replacement utilizes understand Demonstration (disambiguation) General demonstrations
The demonstration is the public display of the most common opinion of an activist group, often economically, political, or even even socially, by gathering within the crowd, normally at the emblematic place or date, associated thereupon opinion. the purpose of the demonstration is to show that the important total of humans come for even or against a certain issue, individual, law, etc.

a demonstration is unremarkably considered further successful the other humans participate. a growing trend in the United States has been the implementation of "free speech zones," a fenced-around metropolitan area which is typically far-flushed from either a event which is existence protested; critics of absolutely free!-speech zones argue that it is unconstitutional by their super nature and that it lessen a impact the demonstration can develop otherwise experienced.

A few demonstrations & riots turn, at least partially, into violence against things (prefer cars & shops), bystanders & a police. These acts of destruction against personal property -- which are then non thought to exist as acts of "violence" by a bit of, since it don't pain population -- come targeted toward major corporations & chain places, & seldom affect independently-owned businesses. Constabulary typically apply "less than lethal" weapons, like Tasers, rubber bullets & pepper spray against a crowd; these are believed by a few that it have agents provocateurs to rile a crowd, thereby justifying the have of violence against demonstrators.

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Physics Demonstrations - Introduction
Physics demonstrations, descriptions, discussions of the physics, and hazards to avoid. Groupings are light, magnetism, electricity, sound, heat, and motion.

Electrostatic Machines
Construction details and history of the classic electrostatic generators. Very detailed and descriptive site, with pictures and directions for a wide variety of generators.

Static Generator, Electrical Demonstration
How to make and use a frictional static electricity generator which makes HUGE sparks. Also, links to other electricity demos on the internet.

University of Oregon Physics Demonstration Catalog
A large collection of online demonstrations that illustrate a variety of physical concepts.

HowStuffWorks: How Hydraulic Cranes Work
Animations and photos show how these cranes are able to lift thousands of pounds using hydraulics, and how these machines are operated.

PIRA 200, the Top 200 Most Popular Physics Demonstrations
Contains a descriptive list of the 200 most common and most used physics demonstrations, as determined by a large committee of physics instructors and lab managers.

PIRT
Arizona State University physics and astronomy demonstrations.

1999 AAPT Apparatus Competition Entries and Winners
See who entered what and who won in the annual contest.

PIRA Physics Demonstration Bibliography
This demonstration bibliography contains about 7500 entries including all of Sutton, Freier & Anderson, Meiners, Hilton, AJP, The Video Encyclopedia of Physics Demonstrations, the Minnesota Demonstration Handbook, a few articles from the Physics Teacher, and listings of the PIRA 200, PIRA 500, and PIRA 1000 demonstrations.

Physics Demonstrations and Science Exhibits
Part of Bill Beaty's amateur scientist pages. Includes many links to his and other demonstration sources.


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