Large geomagnetic storms are most common during the peak of the eleven year sunspot cycle or during the three years after the peak.

The peak number of troops deployed during the reporting period increased to 48,988 compared with 34,901 during the period 2002 03, whereas the peak number of civilian police deployed during the reporting period decreased slightly to 5,251 compared to 6,181 during the period 2002 03.

The popularity of fox hunting in Britain reached a peak during the 18th century.

Prior to 1980, manufacturing employment increased during every expansion and always exceeded the previous peak level.

During the Vietnam War this reached a peak with much discussion about the ethics of this process.

They were not permitted to enter the garage during the peak hours of 9 to 10 a.m.

But January 1980 was arguably a freak peak during a period of heightened geo political instability.

Tactical nuclear weapons were a large part of the peak nuclear weapons stockpile levels during the Cold War.

During this period, credit expanded rapidly as a share of GDP, reaching more than 300 at the peak.

Peak time The peak time is the time required for the response to reach the first peak of the overshoot.

Usually, the goal of demand side management is to encourage the consumer to use less energy during peak hours, or to move the time of energy use to off peak times such as nighttime and weekends.

The US spent 14 of its GDP on the military during the Korean War (1950 1953, the Cold War s peak), 9 during the Vietnam War and only 4 nowadays.

This was in the 90s during the peak of the HIV epidemic, before there were any ARVs in Sub Saharan Africa.

Off peak Peak demand is considered to be the opposite to off peak hours when power demand is usually low.

The peak to peak voltage, being twice this, is about 340 volts.

The Islamic Golden Age reached its peak in the 10th and 11th centuries, during which Persia was the main theatre of scientific activity.

Its highest peak, Ras Dashan (4550 m), is the highest peak in Ethiopia.

In an even more radical stance against consumerism, the company placed a Don't Buy This Jacket advertisement during the peak of shopping season.

Not only will battery powered vehicles draw power from the electricity grid during recharging, but, when parked, they can also feed additional power back into the grid during periods of peak demand.

In the case of high sewage flows into the well (for example during peak flow periods and wet weather) additional pumps will be used.

Some athletes have used colostrum in an attempt to improve their performance decrease recovery time, and prevent sickness during peak performance levels.

In Colombia, people don't celebrate Valentine's day on February 14th, but instead, celebrate the whole month of September with the peak during the third weekend.

A similar calculation indicates that the peak to peak mains voltage in Europe is about 650 volts.

It is the second highest peak in the Alaska Range, and the third highest peak in the United States.

And so, 25 years ago, there was a peak oil just like, in the 1920s, there was a peak coal and a hundred years before that, there was a peak wood.

Peak load Peak demand, peak load or on peak are terms used in energy demand management describing a period in which electrical power is expected to be provided for a sustained period at a significantly higher than average supply level.

A rush hour or peak hour is a part of the day during which traffic congestion on roads and crowding on public transport is at its highest.

The highest peak is the Peak of Speleologists () but the dominant summit is a typical pyramidal horn of the Arabika Mount ().

Well, I think out ahead of us a few decades is peak gas, and beyond that, peak renewables.

Despite this, unemployment will peak at around 10 , rather than at 24 , as it did in the US during the Great Depression, while nonfarm unemployment will peak at 10.5 , rather than at 30 . Nor will we have a lost decade of economic stagnation, as Japan did in the 1990 s.

The plan s proposed congestion charge on automobile use during peak times in certain parts of the city would reduce traffic and generate revenue that would go toward improving public transportation.

Rewa remained at its peak intensity for 12 hours before the system started to weaken during 3 January, as strengthening upper level north westerlies increased vertical wind shear over the system.

because the real peak is hidden around the corner.

The average reduction was 40 since the national peak.

This is about 1990 peak of the crack epidemic.

But by reducing your energy use, pretty much at the peak times usually when you have you air conditioning on, or other times like that this generates the peak power at the peak usage time, so it's very complementary in that sense.

And increasing rewards for those at the increasingly sharp peak of the income distribution have not called forth enough enterprising market competition to erode that peak.

In Singapore, regulators are developing an innovative Electricity Vending System to give 1.2 million consumers real time price signals so that they can learn to conserve electricity during peak periods.

We are now entering the peak of the lean season .

But when he reached the mountain peak, he found the peak covered with countless flags of world conquerors before him, each one claiming 'I was here first' ...

Some who believe in the imminence of peak oil consider these barriers essentially irrelevant, arguing that their removal would merely delay the peak for a few years.

So about seven years, eight years to reach your peak, and then gradually you fall off your peak, until you go back to the starting point.

They show their peak activity just before the winter season.

At Napoli, Maradona reached the peak of his professional career.

Under Emperor Diocletian, the persecution of Christians reached its peak.