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U S Economy U S Department
1,645 wordsThe million (or should we say 'billion' now) dollar question is whether or not the United States' economy will stay in it's record 107 month expansion (according to the index of leading indicators) or come out of the boom and take a downturn into a recession. Nobody, including the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, Alan Greenspan has a crystal ball to provide insight as to what will happen if interest rates are raised, lowered, or left alone. However, Economists have developed a set of indicators ...
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Soil Erosion Soil Particles
1,127 words... d and water management, including sediment transport and storage in lowlands, reservoirs, estuaries, and irrigation and hydropower systems. In the USA, soil has recently been eroded at about 17 times the rate at which it forms: about 90 % of US cropland is currently losing soil above the sustainable rate. Soil erosion rates in Asia, Africa and South America are estimated to be about twice as high as in the USA. FAO estimates that 140 million ha of high quality soil, mostly in Africa and Asia...
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Book Encyclopedia Volume World Book Encyclopedia Volume Map
856 wordsCartography is described by Webster's as the art of making maps, but how is it done? A cartographer doesn't just sit down and draw a map free hand. He has to have techniques and equipment to do the job right and accurately. Maps can be made in three different ways: cylindrical projection, conic projection, and azimuthal projection. These different ways vary the quality and the accuracy of the map. No matter how a map is made it is going to have geographic grids, which help us find and describe l...
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Number Of People Crime And Violence
1,753 wordsPoverty: The condition of having insufficient resources or income. In its most extreme form, poverty is the lack of basic human needs (nutritious food, clothing, housing, clean water, and health services). Poverty can cause terrible suffering and possibly even death. Depending somewhat on where you live, depends on how severe the poverty you face may be. In many developing areas such as Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Eastern Europe, they suffer from severe malnutrition, disease outbreaks, fami...
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Time The Empire Katana Fleet Ships
557 wordsI read Star Wars: Dark Force Rising. Its by Timothy Zahn and published by Bantam Books in June 1992. This book is the sequel to Heir to the Empire. Only one month separates these two books in time. After the battle at Sluis Van, a shipyard, the Rebellion's ships are moderately damaged. Most of their ships are either destroyed or are in need of major repairs. Han and Lando are stuck with Luke at Sluis Van spaceport, their ships are near the bottom of the repair lists and no one is likely to loan ...
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Equipment And Devices Consisted First Part Of The Experiment Projectile
450 wordsOn Tuesday the 1 st of February in the year two thousand the Physics 37 class performed an experiment on projectile motion. First the class divided its self in to groups of three or more members. The class was then thought how to us the equipment and the devices. The equipment and devices consisted of a ballistic pendulum apparatus, plain white and carbon paper, spirit level, short support rod, one and two meter sticks, large cardboard and a metric ruler. Other equipment and devices consisted of...
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Center Of The Universe Tycho Brahe
1,164 wordsIn modern day astronomy and the study of the universe, individuals usually come up with predictions and then gather information and data in order to prove or disprove their hypothesis. Other astronomers in the history of astronomy did the same and came up with their own conclusions based on the data they collected. Some of their predictions were correct, and some were way off, but for the most part they progressed the study of the universe to the point where society is today. Astronomers such as...
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Graduated Cylinder Decimal Places
849 wordsClosing the ports changed the color of the flame. Depending on the color of the flame is the combustion. When the flame was orange is had incomplete combustion, when the ports were closed and the flame turned blue, it had complete combustion which is wanted. Turning the needle valve at the bottom of the burner adjusted its height. A lower flame was needed more because it was more controlled and easier to work with, and using the needle valve accomplished this. When burning the evaporation dish, ...
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Magnetic Field Opposite Direction
1,217 wordsThe phenomenon called electromagnetic induction was first noticed and investigated by Michael Faraday, in 1831. Electromagnetic induction is the production of an electromotive force (emf) in a conductor as a result of a changing magnetic field about the conductor and is a very important concept. Faraday discovered that, whenever the magnetic field about an electromagnet was made to grow and collapse by closing and opening the electric circuit of which it was a part, an electric current could be ...
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Sheet Of Paper Focal Length
1,152 wordsAim: To examine characteristics of a converging lens and the images they create. Also to examine the focal length and how the focus point may be found and developing rules for locating an image via ray drawings and the intersection of rays. Chromatic aberration will also be explored and why it happens. Theory: Both lenses and mirrors have a principle axis, yet a lens has two focal points as opposed to a mirror that has only one. When considering converging lenses, the primary focal point (PF) ca...
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Concentration And Reaction Rate
1,776 wordster> How concentration affects reaction rate. The aim of this investigation is to see how the concentration of a reactant in ratio to the reactor affects the rate of a reaction. When hydrochloric acid and Thiosulphate react together sulphur is liberated this means that as the reaction goes on the solution will become yellow and will change from being transparent to translucent to opaque. The sulphur is formed as a solid but not in the usual precipitation way. Na 2 + S 2 + 2 HCL 2 NaCl+...
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Methamphetamine Abuse Linked To Brain Cell Damage
477 wordsBETHESDA, MD -- March 28, 2000 -- New research shows that those who use methamphetamine, often called "meth" or "speed, " risk long-term damage to their brain cells similar to that caused by strokes or Alzheimer's disease. In an article published in the March 28 issue of Neurology, scientists at the Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, California, used magnetic resonance spectroscopy to take measurements of three parts of the brains of 26 participants who had used methamphetamine and then com...
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Deceptively Simple In Design Four To Nine Ratio Parthenon
737 wordsParthenon Those who have seen Parthenon with their own eyes claim that every picture or slide of the building is nothing compared to the real site, and they are definitely right. Parthenon in Athens, which is probably the most famous and most studied building on earth has had an incredible influence on modern and ancient architecture. Buildings even now continue to borrow parts of the Doric order of which it is built. The Parthenon while deceptively simple in design is in fact an intricate and c...
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Wig Maker Replied Della And Jim Della's
1,339 wordsThe Gift of The Magi: A Continuation (Creative Writing) It was one week from Della's 30 th birthday and Jim didnt have enough money to buy her a present. Well, Jim thought, ? if I dont have a watch then why should I have a chain for one? ? So, he sold his watch chain in order to have money for Della's present. ? Now, what do I buy Della? ? he asked himself. ? I think Ill go to the flea market and look for something, because one little rusty old chain wont buy me very much, ? Jim stated as he sta...
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Heart Failure Blood Pressure
815 wordsThe goal Critique Critical Inquiry 10 / 31 / 00 The goal of the article, (Lack of Effect of Increased Inspired Oxygen Concentrations on Maximal Exercise Capacity or Ventilation in Stable Heart Failure. The American Journal of Cardiology, 84 (12), Dec. 15, 99. pp 1412 - 1416. ) is to further study the effects of administration of increased inspired oxygen concentrations on maximal exercise capacity and exercise ventilation in heart failure. Recent uncontrolled studies have suggested improvement o...
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M P H Ground Level
1,191 wordsField Study Report In the field study report the class was broken down into four groups, parking lot, grass, forest, and shrub areas. In this study students were asked to take 20 minutes out of every lab period and make a one meter plot that all measurements will be taken from. This one meter area represents our entire sub-plot. Then students were asked to take readings in their perspective sub-plots. The students were asked to record four temperature readings, (2 meters, above the ground, 15 cm...
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5 Th Grade 10 Ml
868 wordsHow Sun Light Effects Growth of Morning Glories Description of Morning Glory s (background) The Morning Glory (Ipomoea purpurea) family is Convolvulaceae, it contains 1200 species of herbaceous plants. Morning Glories are an outdoor plant. They received their name by their growth. They bloom for only one single average morning. I chose the Heavenly Blue species. They were discovered in the 1920 s by a home gardener. They are 4 - 5 across with creamy white throats contrasting with a heart shaped ...
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Powers Of Ten Metric System Prefixes
219 wordsThe Metric System Metric System The Metric System, also known as the System Internationale (SI) was developed in France in 1799. The Metric System was created because the French and English were not in agreement politically, therefore the French did not want anything to do with the English including their system of measurements. The Metric System was developed to perform measurements. The Metric System missed being nationalized in the United States by one vote in the Continental Congress in the ...
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Computers In Chemistry Large Companies Data
793 wordsThe Role of Computers in Chemistry Over the last few decades, the technology of computers has improved in leaps and bounds. Computers have become faster and easier to use, taking milliseconds to do the calculations which once had to be done by hand. There are several areas of chemistry where computers have played a significant role, a few of them I will discuss. In synthetic chemistry it is very important to know what compounds you have created. Chemists rely on spectroscopic techniques to analy...
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Degrees Celsius Kinetic Theory
806 wordsSquash Ball Experiment Input Variables: Pressure Of Air in Ball Type Of Surface Height Of Drop Temperature of Ball Material of Ball Acceleration Due To Gravity Mass Angle Of Surface Air Resistance Diameter of Ball Outcome: Height Of Bounce Prediction The squash ball will bounce higher as the temperature gets warmer. This is because as it gets warmer the atoms in the ball vibrate more. This means that when it hits the ground the atoms push each other way forcing the ball to bounce higher. When th...
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