Intense concentration on an activity one is involved in, such as running a marathon, may invoke a peak experience.

The city is home to the Corpus Christi IceRays of the North American Hockey League and the Corpus Christi Hooks of the Texas League, and the Corpus Christi Hammerheads of the Intense Football League.

Intense anxiety is associated with rapid heart beat, palpitations, sweating, muscle tension, stomach discomfort, dizziness, and numbness or tingling in certain parts of the body ( hands, forehead, etc.

Intense concern is often shown by not being able to think of anything else.

Intense thermal radiation at the hypocenter forms a fireball and if the burst is low enough, its often associated mushroom cloud.

Intense competition for the media market is among the most important factors behind the emergence of more diverse and autonomous media in China.

Intense heat is generated by the cutting action of the electrode ( or wire ) and the fluid is used to stabilise the temperature of the workpiece, along with flushing any eroded particles from the immediate work area.

The ' noise ' at the end of the track " Get Out ", when reversed, slowed down and the pitch altered, is a low quality demo version of the song " Intense Thing ".

Intense skin itching is eventually relieved, and the progression towards blindness is halted.

Intense pulsed light, commonly abbreviated as IPL, is a technology used by beauty studios and medical practitioners to perform various skin treatments including hair removal and photorejuvenation.

Intense flavor is developed as mustard oil ( glucocapparin ) is released from each caper bud.

Intense prolonged exercise produces metabolic waste heat, and this is removed by sweat-based thermoregulation.

The opening line ' Libraries gave us power ' was inspired by the legend above the entrance to the former Pillgwenlly Library in Newport, near the band's home town of Blackwood in Wales: ' Knowledge is Power ', whilst the phrase ' then work came and made us free ' refers to the German slogan Arbeit macht frei that featured above the gates of most of the Nazi concentration camps and which was earlier referred to by the band on " The Intense Humming of Evil " from The Holy Bible.

He has experience in both the Arena Football League and af2 and is now one of the top wide receivers of the Corpus Christi Hammerheads from the Intense Football League.

Intense debate has also emerged over the ontological status of possible worlds, provoked especially by David Lewis's defense of modal realism, the doctrine that talk about " possible worlds " is best explained in terms of innumerable, really existing worlds beyond the one we live in.

Intense knee pain is usually the presenting symptom that occurs during activities such as running, jumping, squatting, and especially ascending or descending stairs and during kneeling.

Lyles, who is from Eastern Texas, recently lead the Dusters to a Championship in the Intense Football League as an Offensive Coordinator.

The Roughnecks won its first championship in 2006 at Intense Bowl 2 by beating the Corpus Christi Hammerheads 97 – 56, which is an IFL record for most points scored by one team in a game.

Stop the Bleeding is the debut album by the Christian metal band Tourniquet, originally released in 1990 on Intense Records.

On the Metal Blade Records version of this album, there is a bonus track " The Tempter " ( a Trouble cover lifted from Tourniquet's Intense Live Series, Vol.

Steve Rhodes of the Online Film Critics Society praised " Bitter Jester is much funnier and more insightful than a similar documentary, Comedian " while MetroActiv described it as " Intense, disturbing, and voyeuristic, the documentary about standup that's not afraid to jump right into the muck.

The following year, the Dusters became the first team to leave the Intense Football League and join the af2, where they played for four seasons until the af2's folding in 2009.

Intense fighting occurred during 23 October and during the night a successful rescue mission evacuated about 250 Japanese soldiers by submarine to Fergusson Island, where they were taken by cruiser to Rabaul.

Intense radio waves can thermally burn living tissue and can cook food.

* Intense competition for finite natural resources, such as land, water, fuel or food, as newly affluent Asians aspire to higher standards of living.

Intense lobbying by an interest group in the City of Santa Barbara, led by Thomas Storke and Pearl Chase, persuaded the State Legislature, Governor Earl Warren, and the Regents of the University of California to move the State College over to the more research-oriented University of California system in 1944.

Intense debates can build up over which of these terms to use when referring to a specific group.

Intense neutron and gamma radiation came directly from the fireball.

Intense heat focused on a small spot can be used to cut through metal or weld metal components together both by melting metal from the components, and by injecting molten metal from the thermite reaction itself.

' Intense trade with the Roman Empire soon followed, confirmed by the Roman craze for Chinese silk ( supplied through the Parthians ), even though the Romans thought silk was obtained from trees.

Intense opposition from factions of the PDPA was sparked by the repression imposed on them by Daoud's regime and the death of a leading PDPA member, Mir Akbar Khyber.

Intense efforts by citizens ’ groups and planning assistance from state sources finally led to agreements with the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers to hire professionals for the design and construction of a new town.

* Intense criticism, a metaphor derived from intense anti-aircraft gunfire ; e. g. " I'll have to take the flak for my department's mistakes.

Intense solar flares release very-high-energy particles that can cause radiation poisoning to humans ( and mammals in general ) in the same way as low-energy radiation from nuclear blasts.

In 1993 the band recorded the Garage Girl demo tape, which featured " Jack Names the Planets " and " Intense Thing " taken from Shed, as well as some new tracks including " Petrol ".

Intense beta radiation from the fallout particles can cause beta burns to people and animals coming in contact with the fallout shortly after the blast.

Intense pulsed light, a registered trademark, describes the use of intense pulses of non-coherent light distributed over a range of wavelengths from 500nm to 1200nm, for removal of hair and other purposes.

That same year though, the Intense Football League ceased operations and four teams from there joined the league.

Intense fighting continued until 22 April, with the 1st Bedfordshires having lost around 700 men and other battalions from their division suffering similarly high casualty figures.

Intense competition for the limited resources caused these species to evolve the production of highly toxic compounds to improve survivability ; natural products such as Berkeleydione, berkeleytrione and Berkelic acid have been isolated from these organisms which show selective activity against cancer cell lines.

Intense controversy still surrounds Mark Amatya's omission from the Olympic team.

Intense criticism followed the Second Test loss, some of it directed at the players, some of it toward the management of the NZRL, however Kemble also copped severe criticism from some quarters with one commentator suggesting that Kemble " must be sacked at the series-end " and describing him as a " captain of calamity ".

Intense pressure from American leaders ( mainly from US ambassador in Athens Tomas Miller ), Israeli officials on the Greek government and especially the European Jewish Congress, led to Gusinsky's release within five days.

Intense flashing / pulsing light of various frequencies can trigger epileptic seizures in people who suffer from photosensitive epilepsy.

Intense trade followed soon, confirmed by the Roman craze for Chinese silk ( supplied by the Parthians ) from the 1st century BC, to the point that the Senate issued, in vain, several edicts to prohibit the wearing of silk, on economic and moral grounds.