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Hand Held First Introduced
1,065 wordsEdwin Land and George Wheelwright III founded Polaroid Corporation in 1936. The interlocking rings of Polaroid filters have been the emblems of the Polaroid Corporation for over sixty years. Edwin H. Land first demonstrated one-step photography at a meeting of the Optical Society of America on February 21, 1947. Following that, the first one-step camera with color film was invented in 1963. Since then, the company has come a long way. In 1998, the Polaroid Corporation expanded distribution to ov...
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U S Government Drug Trafficking
1,606 wordsApproaching and addressing international drug issues in 1999 is not a simple task due to numerous contradictions that involve the inherent nature of economics, politics, culture, and individual ideologies. The normal attributes of drugs, as well as the changing characteristics of these mind-altering substances, makes them the center of complex studies that end up producing contradictory and inconclusive reports. Furthermore, confusion results from the study of available literature due to moral p...
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000 Per Year Bureau Of Justice Statistics
1,680 wordsLast year, state prison systems were operating between 14 % and 25 % over their reported capacity; the federal system 26 % over the reported capacity. On average, the incarcerated population has grown 7. 9 % annually since 1985. The question is: what do we do with the increase overflow and what do we do with those awaiting trial when the jails are filled with a lot of non-violent criminal offenders? Tracking devices such as ankle bracelets and implants could let low risk offenders be put safely ...
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Low Income Families Send Their Children
848 wordsWhen we started talking about private vs. public schools in class a lot of feelings were running high I thought. I also thought that not enough of us knew enough to make a knowledgeable judgment. Here is some pro and cons to let you know the truths about private schools and maybe some falsehoods you thought to be true. Some people say private schools offer superior education. To a point this is true, according to studies private schools test scores are significantly higher than public. I would n...
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Civilian Population Security Forces
352 wordsEven so, 15 million individuals of Kurdish origin presently live in the Republic of Turkey. Kurds have for decades been subjected to economic disadvantages and human rights violations which bear the hallmarks of systematic persecution intent on destroying the Kurdish identity by silencing the Kurdish language and other cultural expressions through violence or censorship. Since 1984, the Republic of Turkey has faced insurgency at the hands of the Kurdistan Worker's Party (PKK). It is estimated th...
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Martin Luther King Puerto Rican
1,174 wordsLet me begin this essay by stating that I am a retired English teacher of 34 years experience and believe that I have treated all of my students fairly and equitably. Three times I had been named into Whos Who Among American Teachers and two of those nominations have been by minority students, one black and one Hispanic. Those students realized that my classroom standards were just as tough on them as they were on the majority Caucasian students and that I gave them no favoritism, slack or handi...
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Moral And Ethical Year Of Life
1,331 wordsSince the first vaccine in 1796 for smallpox, made by Edward Jenner, modern science has managed to create vaccines to give us immunity to many deadly diseases. Vaccines have reduced many diseases and have even eradicated others. However, currently there is evidence that not all vaccines are beneficial and that some may actually be harmful. In this essay, I will discuss about what a vaccine is and how they work. I will also discuss the pros and cons of vaccinations, and show some of the advantage...
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Moses And Elijah Heavenly Visitants Cloud
1,145 words... act, that, in quick reaction after the overpowering influence of the strongest emotions, drowsiness would creep over their limbs and senses. 'They were heavy - weighted - with sleep, ' as afterwards at Gethsemane their eyes were weighted. 10 11 Yet they struggled with it, and it is quite consistent with experience, that they should continue in that state of semi-stupor, during what passed between Moses and Elijah and Christ, and also be 'fully awake, ' 12 'to see His Glory, and the two men w...
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Infected With Hiv Alternatives To Animal
1,779 words... C. If humans inhale a small amount of prussic acid fumes it can kill them. However, toads, sheep and hedgehogs can drink it without any harm; Scopolamine can kill humans with a dose of just 5 milligrams. To dogs and cats about 100 milligrams was considered harmless. Information like this can be misleading when scientists try to determine safe damages. Penicillin, the first antibiotic, was experimented first on mice. Its application on guinea pigs would have entailed dangerous consequences, b...
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Armed Forces Baseball Teams
444 wordsPost 108 Oxford, MI The American Legion was chartered on November 11, 1919. It was formed with the purpose of helping out retired war veterans and the communities surrounding their posts. All members, or former members, of the U. S. Armed Forces are eligible to become members of their local American Legion. They are eligible as long as they were honorably discharged after serving on active duty during basically any major war in our history. Presently there are 325 legion members in Oxford, and n...
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Democratic Society Human Beings
1,666 words... dancer. The goal of the dancer is to be able to express freedom and spontaneity. Paradoxically perhaps (at least for the Hobbesian who understands only negative freedom), the dancer's freedom of expression requires years of disciplined practice and study. Again, the dancer becomes ever more free to express his or her ideas, feelings, etc. - the more he or she undertakes the rules of long practice, proper diet, etc. As another example: as drivers of automobiles, we all share the same goal: we...
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Ideas Small Scale
1,777 wordsDNA Computing, The Future or the End? The future of computers is in the hands of the next century. The evolution of the Computer Age has become a part of everyday life, and as time proceeds, people are depending more and more on computer technology. From controlling a small wrist watch to the largest super-computers that can calculated the center of the universe, computers are essential for everyone in modern societies. Even most societies outside of the civilized world are not immune to compute...
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U S Government Pneumonic Plague
3,843 wordsThe United States of America has entered a period in which serious choices need to be made in safeguarding citizens against those who wish to do harm to the nation. Both domestic and international terrorists seek to use biological weapons, chemical weapons, nuclear weapons, conventional weapons (including self-made bombs), and even the internet as means to attack the United States government. The threats posed by these groups necessitates the U. S. government to plan for the detection, neutraliz...
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Organized Crime Gambling Industry
453 wordsPresently, High Stakes High Stakes Presently, America is experiencing a gambling boom. Everywhere you look there s at least one advertisement involving gambling. Whether it s a new Las Vegas hotel or a one-dollar scratcher, it seems to catch people s eyes. Although it may look like a lot of glam and hype, there s a dark side to the gambling industry, one people overlook the harsh consequences of. The gambling industry grasps a hold of everyone s attention. Lotteries appeal to the low economic le...
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One Of The Most Famous Russian Troops
1,310 wordsThe Schlieffen Plan and its revision Dear Helmuth von Moltke, I am writing to you on this date of January 12 th, 1913 for a very valid reason. I have heard of the predicament you may soon find yourself in, dealing with the threat of attacks by two fronts at once, and feel a major concern on your hands. I would like to take a minute to introduce myself to you, as I too am a very predominant war leader. My name is Patrick Frederick Hunter . I have studied under Frederick the Great, who you may kno...
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School Uniforms Uniform Policy
1,417 wordsAnalysis of breaking into the high school uniform business Introduction Uniform Co. has operated in this district for the past ten years established itself only within the blue-collar market. Uniform Co. s uniform producing machines are operating at fifty percent capacity and we have a surplus of employees. To achieve optimum profits the company must ether layoff part of its staff or expand its business into other markets. Uniform Co. has a good reputation of treating its employees well and shou...
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Skinned Blacks Dark Skinned
1,426 wordsMyths about mixed marriages and biracial people have emerged from centuries of socially and politically constructed racism's. Throughout history, such blindness has caused for there to be racial divisions within the Black community. The belief that? mulattoes? and / or ? fair-skinned? Blacks are somewhat better than their? dark-skinned? brethren has created many limitations for our culture. Creating this division has separated the Black race on grounds of socioeconomic status, religion, and educ...
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Holy Land Middle East
566 wordsThroughout history religious groups have always claimed the Holy Land which is presently know as Israel. There are two primary groups who think that they have right tothe land, the Arabs and the Israelis. There are three main claims of land in the dispute between the Arabs and Israelis: historical, and political. However, it appears that the Israelis undoubtedly have more claim to stake to the land than do the Arabs. The first right to the land that both countries make is the religious aspect. J...
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