Solid concrete blocks, relatively heavy and dense, are used for this shelter.

Solid blocks are recommended because hollow blocks would have to be filled with concrete to give effective protection.

Solid fats from the seeds of the mahua tree, the shea tree, and the coconut palm are used to make candles in tropical countries.

Solid backs and sides can also contribute to a pleasant sound, although laminated sides and backs are acceptable alternatives, commonly found in mid-level guitars ( in the range of US $ 300 –$ 1000 ).

Solid ink printers, also known as phase-change printers, are a type of thermal transfer printer.

Solid ink printers are most commonly used as colour office printers, and are excellent at printing on transparencies and other non-porous media.

Solid heterogeneous catalysts such as in automobile catalytic converter s are plated on structures designed to maximize their surface area.

Solid heterogeneous catalysts are plated on meshes in ceramic catalytic converter s in order to maximize their surface area.

Solid black and solid chocolate dachshunds occur, and even though dogs with such coloration are often considered handsome, the colors are nonstandard, that is, the dogs are frowned upon in the conformation ring in the US and Canada.

Examples are the Matthew Reilly books Temple and Hell Island, the James Rollins books Sandstorm, Map of Bones, The Judas Strain, The Doomsday Key and Black Order, and the video game series Metal Gear Solid, as well as the video games Infamous, Vanquish, and Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction.

Solid body guitars are also used.

* Solid items that can be poured and are measured by their containers ( such as, in many places, berries )

Solid iron and steel tips are seldom used because they store less heat, and rusting can break the heating element.

Short stories by Virginia Woolf are " Kew Gardens " ( 1919 ) and " Solid Objects ," about a politician with mental problems.

While the goal of automated CAD systems is to increase efficiency, they are not necessarily the best way to allow newcomers to understand the geometrical principles of Solid Modeling.

For this, scripting languages such as PLaSM ( Programming Language of Solid Modeling ) are more suitable.

Solid rockets are still used today in model rockets and on larger applications for their simplicity and reliability.

Solid rockets are used as light launch vehicles for low Earth orbit ( LEO ) payloads under 2 tons or escape payloads up to 1100 pounds.

Solid propellant rocket motors can be bought for use in model rocketry ; they are normally small cylinders of black powder fuel with an integral nozzle and sometimes a small charge that is set off when the propellant is exhausted after a time delay.

Solid black spots in place of open rosettes are generally seen along the face, limbs and underbelly.

One notable example is in Metal Gear Solid 4 where a few elevator music themed tracks are accessible on the in-game iPod.

Solid lead bullets, when cast from a soft alloy, will often deform and provide some expansion if they hit the target at a high velocity.

Solid or hollow-point slugs are available but, due to the relatively low velocity, hollow-point slugs often demonstrate relatively low expansion.

Solid core coil design result in a more efficient transfer of electrical energy into a magnetic field, with a substantially reduced amount of energy dissipated as heat, and so can be operated under more aggressive duty cycles often mandated in therapeutic protocols, without treatment interruption due to heat accumulation, or the use of an accessory method of cooling the coil during operation.

Major highlights of each show were the duets she performed with her co-hosts, which often included some of Dionne's hits and her co-hosts ' hits intermingled and arranged by Solid Gold musical director, Michael Miller.

Metal Gear Solid is often recognized as one of the key titles involved in popularizing the stealth game genre.

Solid, metallic sliding conductors are often the preferred form of railgun armature but " plasma " or " hybrid " armatures can also be used.

Solid residue from the pyrolysis of spilled and splattered food creates the brown-black encrustation often seen on cooking vessels, stove tops, and the interior surfaces of ovens.

Solid rod stainless steel is more aerodynamic so is often used in extreme racing yachts but it is difficult to see stress as this requires x raying. Great care must be used when swaging fitttings onto stainless steel rod as this can sart minute cracking. Rod type stays fail suddenly, often were the rod bends around a spreader.

Metal Gear Solid is often recognized as one of the key titles involved in popularizing the stealth game genre with the player starting the game unarmed.

Solid liver and solid black coats also occur, often with a small blaze of ticking or white on the chest.

Since the arrival of 3D computer graphics in games it is often possible for the player to switch between first-and third-person perspectives at will ; this is usually done to improve spatial awareness, but can also improve the accuracy of weapons use in generally third-person games such as the Metal Gear Solid franchise.

Metal Gear Solid 2 is often considered the first example of a postmodern video game, and has often been cited as a primary example of artistic expression in video games.

Kihn often appeared on TV during this period on shows like “ Solid Gold ,” “ American Bandstand ,” and “ Saturday Night Live .”

The group was often referred to as a softer version of the So Solid Crew.

Political experts have often cited a southernization of politics following the fall of the Solid South.

These radio stations were often referred to as " Golden " or " Solid Gold " stations.

Because SDIF-2 is often only found on the expensive DASH recorders, it is also often only found on the highest-end mixing consoles, such as those made by Solid State Logic.

Solid wood products, particularly flooring, are often specified in environments where occupants are known to have allergies to dust or other particulates.

Solid compression allows for much better compression rates when all the files are similar, which is often the case if they are of the same file format.

* Gene therapy is a crucial plot element in the video game Metal Gear Solid, where it has been used to illegally enhance the battle capabilities of soldiers within the US military, and their Next Generation Special Forces units.

The orbiter was lifted up on a sling very similar to the one used at Kennedy Space Center and placed inside the Dynamic Test Stand building, and there mated to the Vertical Mate Ground Vibration Test tank ( VMGVT-ET ), which in turn was attached to a set of inert Solid Rocket Boosters ( SRB ) to form a complete shuttle launch stack, and marked the first time in the program's history that all Space Shuttle elements, an Orbiter, an External Tank ( ET ), and two SRBs, were mated together.

Solid wire is cheaper to manufacture than stranded wire and is used where there is little need for flexibility in the wire.

Solid Teflon ( PTFE ) is also used as an insulator.

* Patriot, a fictional assault pistol with anomalous properties used in the video game Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater

* Hideo Kojima used Alan Smithee as a director's name in the E3 2005-trailer of Metal Gear Solid 4.

Part of the Solid South, the county used to vote overwhelmingly Democratic, giving 100 % of its vote to the party in 1924.

There also exists a mode within Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops for the Sony PSP ( wherein the player is able to find new comrades by searching for wireless access points ) which can be used to wardrive.

Similar series also included Soul Train ( 1970 – 2006, featuring R & B artists ), Club MTV ( 1986 – 92, featuring Dance Music acts ; hosted by Downtown Julie Brown, an alumnus of TOTP as part of the show's last dance troupe Zoo ) and Solid Gold ( 1980 – 88 ; like the early TOTP, it also used dance troupes ).

Solid state controls are used in gas and electric applications at the high range of the performance and cost spectrum.

A French engineer, Dominique Bertrand used a mixing board specially designed in cooperation with Solid State Logic, based on 5000 series and including 6 channels.

A wide variety of feedstocks can be gasified, with wood pellets and chips, waste wood, plastics and aluminium, Municipal Solid Waste ( MSW ), Refuse-derived fuel ( RDF ), agricultural and industrial wastes, sewage sludge, switch grass, discarded seed corn, corn stover and other crop residues all being used.

" Cup of Solid Gold ") was the first official national anthem of China, created during the late Qing Dynasty ; though it was used only for a short time due to the Republic of China overthrowing the Qing Dynasty.

Solid shot may contain a pyrotechnic compound if a tracer or spotting charge is used.