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Using Irradiation To Make Food Safer For Consumers
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... the product and not in all directions, the
electron beam is more efficient. A ten kilowatt
beam generator is as powerful as about one-million
curies from a cobalt- 60 source (Murano 14 - 15).
The electron accelerators produce from five to ten
million electron volts and ten to fifty kilowatts
(Murano 15 - 16). The electron beam efficiency can
be increased by aiming the beam at a metal target,
usually tungsten or tantalum. This produces
Bremsstrahlung x-rays. This type of x-ray can
penetrate a...
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Miles An Hour Mississippi River
1,033 words
Robert Fulton started the very first commercially
successful steamboat service in America. His
steam-powered paddle boat, the Clermont, sailed up
the Hudson River from New York City to Albany in
August of 1807. This trip lasted 32 hours The
first steamboats were demonstrated in 1787. They
were used on the river ways to bring cargo,
cotton, sugar, and people to their destinations.
The steamboat played a major part in the
population growth. The steamboats were usually
made of wood and were all kin...
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Free Of Charge Place To Live
877 words
Secluded in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, is a
place called Sashy, a wonderful, perfect society.
It is always peaceful and nothing bad ever happens
on the island. The island's air is always fresh
and free of any toxins or pollution. Temperature
on the South side of Sashy is always warm with no
humidity present. On the North side of Sashy the
weather is always perfect for winter activities,
the temperature is just cold enough for the snow
to fall. The North side of the island is full of
steep...
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Surgical Abortions Ru 486
810 words
FDA okays RU 486 after years of controversy NEW
YORK, Sep 28 (Reuters Health) - After 4 years of
controversy and negotiation, the US Food and Drug
Administration (FDA) on Thursday approved the
abortion drug mifepristone, more commonly known as
RU- 486. The approval comes with some, but not
all, of the prescribing restrictions originally
discussed as conditions for getting the drug onto
the market. Mifepristone, which will be sold under
the trade name Mifeprex, will be available to
doctors within...
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Competitive Advantage Decision Making
756 words
Describe in detail the ways that
telecommunications technology can provide a firm
with a competitive advantage. A competitive
advantage can be achieved by enhancing the firms
ability to deal with customers, suppliers,
substitute products and services, and new entrance
into its market. A firm may find it difficult to
keep informed of all changes taking place within
its industry, but with the proper
telecommunications system a firm could easily gain
a competitive advantage over their competitors.
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Pollution Prevention Pollution Caused
847 words
There are all of types of pollution. Industrial
pollution is the air, water, and chemical
pollution caused by industries. There has always
been pollution. Industrial pollution began when
our country went through the Industrial
Revolution. Most all parts of the world are
affected in some way by industrial pollution. Big
cities with steel mills, power plants, heating
plants, or railroad stations feel the direct
effects of industrial pollution. The smog, smell,
and contamination of food or water ar...
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Health Care System U S Embargo
1,147 words
... oration about the U. S. government and the
embargo against Cuba. The U. S. is not all to
blame but at the same time cannot be ruled out.
Everyone seems to be blaming the U. S. but Castro
plays a big part as well. This release speaks of
the small details that supporters of the embargo
seem to leave out. As stated earlier, the Cuban
Democracy Act of 1992 does permit companies and
their subsidiaries to sell medicine and medical
equipment to the United States and has approved 36
of 38 license re...
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Shatt Al Arab Iran And Iraq
1,109 words
"Saddam Hussein, the Iraqi dictator is a ruthless
despot who has brought enormous misery on his own
people. It is a pity he remains in power... "
(Finley). The tension between Iran and Iraq had
deep roots. Long-standing major problems included
rivalries between the minority Sunni Muslims who
dominated Iraq and the majority Shiites and
disputes over borders that confined Iraq to its
narrow access to the Persian Gulf by way of the
Shatt al Arab waterway. In 1969, when Britain
announced its intent ...
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Performance Enhancing Drugs Drugs In Sport
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Drugs in Sport Stuart Fox 4 T I am certainly a
great sporting enthusiast. I love nothing more
than to watch a great sporting encounter, no
matter which sport. Unfortunately, it is becoming
increasingly common for sportsmen and women to use
substances to aid their performance. That is not
to say all competitors use illegal substances,
however when competitors start to use illegal
substances, they ridicule the whole ethos of sport
and competition. I cannot see the point of people
competing when th...
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Unemployment Rate Part Time
638 words
Introduction Youth unemployment is a term used for
people between the ages of 15 - 19, that do not
attend school or tertiary level and don't have any
form of paid job. There are reasons causing this
growing problem. These being; employers not
wanting inexperienced workers, the low rate of pay
and the transition period from education to the
work force after the completion of year 12.
Fortunately, there are a vast majority of "youth
friendly industries." This implies that, when
certain companies a...
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Municipal Solid Waste Environmental Protection Agency
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Municipal Solid Waste Municipal Solid Waste (MSW)
is becoming an increased concern for the United
States. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency (MSW
Website n. p. ) defines municipal solid waste as
trash or garbage consisting of everyday items such
as product packaging, grass clippings, furniture,
clothing, bottles, food scraps, newspapers,
appliances, paint, and batteries. In 2003
Americans produced more than 236 million tons of
municipal waste, which is approximately 4. 5
pounds of waste per p...
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Company Research Westjet Airlines Part 2
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... Jet Airlines. The company attempts to position
itself as the most reliable company in the airline
industry on the North American continent. The
WestJet Airlines Ltd on time performance is
currently the best in North America that runs at
86 % on a month-to-date basis. West Jet runs
regularly at 86 % on time performance, whereas
Delta, which is the best airline in the United
States Of America, ran at 79 % in the second
quarter of 2002. The WestJet Airlines Ltd dispatch
reliability runs at 99. ...
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National Missile Defense Threat To The United States
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China-U. S. Relations Matt Jackson GP 101
Commentary on China China, for most of its 3500
years of history, China led the world in
agriculture, crafts, and science. It fell behind
in the 19 th century when the Industrial
Revolution gave the West clear superiority in
military and economic affairs. In the first half
of the 20 th century, China continued to suffer
from major famines, civil unrest, military defeat,
and foreign occupation. After World War II, the
Communists under Mao Tse Tung establi...
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Equal Protection Clause Separate But Equal
314 words
Brown v. Board of Education In 1896 the Supreme
Court had held in Please v. Ferguson that racial
segregation was permissible as long as equal
facilities were provided for both races. Although
that decision involved only passenger
accommodations on a rail road, the principle of
separate but equal was applied thereafter to all
aspects of public life in states with large black
populations. Brown v. Board of Education of
Topeka, Kansas, decided on May 17, 1954, was one
of the most important cases in...
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Ku Klux Klan Martin Luther King Jr
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? I have a dream? . that my four little children
will one day live in a nation where they will not
be judged by the color of their skin? . but by the
content of their character? . I have a dream
today? ? ? Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Martin
Luther King? s? I have a dream? is one of the most
well known speeches in American history. It
emphasizes an ideal America where there is no
prejudice, no hate, where everyone is equal. In
the heat of the moment during that overwhelming
march on Washingto...
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Correctional Officers Correctional Facility
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CAREER RESEARCH REPORT The career I have chosen to
pursue after graduation is a Correctional Officer.
Correctional Officer? s have been around for a
very long time and were designed to keep major
offenders off the street after they have been
arrested by the Police. The offenders are put in a
holding cell at a Pre Trial Centre awaiting their
court date. Correctional Officers are a very
important part of the Justice System because it
keeps high profile criminals off the street and
locked up even b...
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Separate But Equal John Howard
740 words
In this nations history, society has alienated
many groups based on race or color. The most
widely known of these such prejudices has been
those committed against blacks. Ever since the
beginning of this nation, before 1776, blacks have
been regarded as inferior, bs, and somewhat of a
nuisance. John Howard Griffin, in his book Black
Like Me, explores this thought as a white man and
a black man, after he changes the color of his
skin. In the book, alienation is clearly seen in
states of the deep ...
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Persons With Disabilities American States
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INTER-AMERICAN CONVENTION ON THE ELIMINATION OF
ALL FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS WITH
DISABILITIES ARTICLE I For the purposes of this
Convention, the following terms are defined: 1.
Disability The term disability means a physical,
mental, or sensory impairment, whether permanent
or temporary, that limits the capacity to perform
one or more essential activities of daily life,
and which can be caused or aggravated by the
economic and social environment. 2. Discrimination
against persons...
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Firm Foreign Markets
903 words
Indirect Exporting An Indirect Distribution
Distribution Indirect Exporting An Indirect
Exporter is when a firm? s product is sold in
foreign markets with no special activity for this
purpose occurs within the firm. Others carry a
firm? s product overseas. Although exporting this
way can open up new markets quickly a firm will
have limited control over distribution of its
product. A firm likes to have a buyer; thus
products are sold in a domestic market then resold
overseas in different ways. -F...
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Washington D C Bureau Of Justice Statistics
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Drugs and crime over the last ten years have
increased for women, at about twice the rate of
drug use in men. In 1999 a survey of inmates in
state correctional facilities, the percentage of
women in prison for a drug offense exceeded that
of men. (2000, Bureau of Justice statistics) Drug
usage is the grounds for many women going to
prison. Drug use is on the rise among women.
Seventy-five thousand women are serving prison
sentences in the United States; most of them are
in prison for drug law vi...
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