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A ship ( Audio (US) (help·info)) is a large vessel that floats on water. Ships are generally distinguished from boats based on size and cargo or passenger capacity. Ships may be found on lakes, seas, and rivers and they allow for a variety of activities, such as the transport of people or goods, fishing, entertainment, public safety, and warfare. Ships and boats have developed alongside mankind. In major wars, and in day to day life, they have become an integral part of modern commercial and military systems. Fishing boats are used by millions of fishermen throughout the world. Military forces operate highly sophisticated vessels to transport and support forces ashore. Commercial vessels, nearly 35,000 in number, carried 7.4 billion tons of cargo in 2007. These vessels were also key in history's great explorations and scientific and technological development. Navigators such as Zheng He spread such inventions as the compass and gunpowder. Ships have been used for such purposes as colonization and the slave trade, and have served scientific, cultural, and humanitarian needs. New crops that had come from the Americas via the European seafarers in the 16th century significantly contributed to the world's population growth. As Thor Heyerdahl demonstrated with his tiny craft the Kon-Tiki, it is possible to navigate long distances upon a simple log raft. From Mesolithic canoes to today's powerful nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, ships tell the history of human technological development. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License Is it considered cheating to NOT move your ships inbetween games of battleship? Q. Is it considered cheating to not move your ships inbetween games of battleship? And start playing a new game with your ships in the exact same place as they were in the last game? Asked by jessica - Thu Aug 12 08:21:39 2010 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. It's not cheating, it is a perfectly valid strategy. Now you should expect to loose VERY fast when they figure out what you have done, but there is nothing in the rules saying you can't. Also don't expect that to work more than once on the same person. Answered by Thomas S - Thu Aug 12 14:52:11 2010 Where can I find a garden and seed company that ships to Alaska? Q. I love to garden but I am having a hard time finding a seed or seedling company that ships outside the continental US. I live in a town with only one small plant nursery, but the selection is extremely limited. I live in Zone 4, so the area is still warm enough to grow most plants. Asked by eziegelbein - Sat Feb 3 22:38:24 2007 - - 6 Answers - 0 Comments A. Try Vessey's .. they are a company out of Canada. I love to order from them as I live in Minnesota and anything they can grow in Canada I can grow here. They have good quality seeds and great service! Answered by anemonecanadensis - Mon Feb 5 01:30:17 2007 How did raising/lowering sails and other sail adjustments work on old sailing ships?
Q. Working on a bit of writing and need to have at least a basic understanding of how the crew would lower/raise and do other adjustments to the sails of ships. The older type of ship the better. If you know and can type it in, that's cool, but if you can just point me to some websites, that'd be cool too. Asked by Laura - Wed Feb 25 19:01:00 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. On the old windjammers ( square rigged vessels such as the U.S. Constitution ) the sails are opened by untying the Reefing ties which bind the closed sail to the upper yardarm and ropes ( properly called cables but actually wound hemp rope ) pulling down are drawn tight and secured to belays or pins mounted along the rail of the ship. The sails are closed or Reefed by sailors who would actually climb out on the yardarm and pull the sails up by hand and tying them to the yardarm with the Reefing ties - the sails were made of heavy canvas and it would take 6 sailors to Reef each sail - frequently this was done because the wind was becoming too strong and unpredictable due to an approaching storm and it was necessary to reduce the amount of… [cont.] Answered by krazybob613 - Wed Feb 25 20:17:29 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "Ships"  google.com Wed, 11 Aug 2010 15:32:45 GMT+00:00 raid The Associated Press jerusalem more force should have been used to clear a ship's deck before the deadly May raid on a pro-Palestinian flotilla, Israel's army chief said ... Turkish aid ships returns home after release by Israel BBC News Israeli PM: 'Raid On Aid Ships Was Legal' Sky News Israel to Hand Over to Turkey Ships from Gaza Flotilla Today BusinessWeek Atlanta Journal Constitution - Jewish Telegraphic Agency - Ynetnews  travel.usatoday.com Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:44:48 GMT+00:00 USA Today Customers also are praising a greater focus on the destinations the line's two ships visit that has been marked by longer port calls and more overnight ...  theglobeandmail.com Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:01:56 GMT+00:00 Globe and Mail Tracy Cox/San Jose Mercury News The ship carrying 492 Tamils from Sri Lanka sailed through a huge hole in our refugee system that must be plugged before a ... Almost Half of Canadians Would Deport Tamils Angus Reid Global Monitor We need a sea change Toronto Sun Be fair: get in line Hamilton Spectator National Post - North Shore News - TheChronicleHerald.ca From Google News Search: "Ships"  i195.photobucket.com 435px x 703px | 40.10kB [source page] http rapidshare com files 74665962 Interstellar Alliance rar a pic of some ships http i195 photobucket com albums z189 bswan7 Ships jpg Vous devez vous identifier ou From Yahoo Image Search: "Ships"  schoolship.blogspot.com Inland Seas Education Association Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:54:00 GM Inland Seas . Ship's. Blog. Notes from the Great Lakes Schoolship (Click on photos to see enlargements). Friday, September 3, 2010. Inland Seas in Milwaukee. The students disembarked this morning after 4 days aboard. ... From Google Blog Search: "Ships"
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