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- 3411: Acid Rain
- ... the wind to other areas, sometimes hundreds of miles away, where they eventually fall to the Earth as acid rain or snow. This is called transboundary pollution. For awhile some people believed that by building high smoke stacks they would be sending the chemicals out of harms way. But all this did was push the emissions higher into the air, where they remain longer and travel further. How Acid Rain Forms ... produced by erupting volcanoes, swamps, forest fires, and animal and plant decay. The rest of the SO2 pollution is human- made. In some industrial regions, the human-made S02 in the air can be as high as 90%. Mexican Trade On the border between Mexico and the United States, winds create a trade in pollution. At night, they blow south, carrying chemicals from the United States into Mexico. Then during the ... pace during the mid- 1980s by the end of the decade more than half of the trees in Germany were showing signs of acid rain damage. Forest floors that are affected by acid have high concentrations of metals like aluminum and lead. When animals drink from acidic lakes and dew that has been affected, the metals can build up in their kidneys and livers, and gradually poison them. Acid ...
- 3412: Kamicaze Pilots 2
- ... were in their late teens, or early twenties. As the battle in Okinawa [April to June 1945] worsened, the average age of the pilots got younger. Some had only completed the equivalent of an elementary school and middle school combined. Some had been to college. There was a tendency for them not to be first sons. The eldest sons usually took over the family business. Most were therefore the younger sons who did not ... in military schools, and also were more aware of the world outside of Japan. All the pilots involved in the "Okinawa Tokko" had been trained in/as one of the following: The Youth Pilot Training School, Candidates for Second Lieutenant, The Imperial Army Air Corps Academy, Pilot Trainee, Flight Officer Candidates, Special Flight Officer Probationary Cadet, Pilot Training Schools, or Special Flight Officer Candidate (Ikuta 134). Since the Kamikaze attacks ...
- 3413: Nuclear / Particle Physics Effects of the Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
- ... at the other end of the barrel. A conventional explosive is packed behind the second subcritical mass. When the fuse is triggered, a conventional explosion causes the second subcritical mass to be propelled at a high velocity into the first subcritical mass. The resulting combination causes the two subcritical masses to become a supercritical mass. When this supercritical mass is obtained, a rapid self-sustained chain reaction is caused (World Book ... one of two different types of fires, which are created when flammable materials are ignited by the thermal radiation. The first type is called firestorms. A firestorm is violent, has raging winds, and has extremely high temperatures; but fortunately it does not spread very rapidly. The second type is called a conflagration. A conflagration is when the fire spreads in a front (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, 1982 ... rays are electromagnetic radiation originating in the atomic nuclei, physically identical to x-rays. They can enter into living tissue extremely easily. Beta particles are negatively charged particles, identical to an electron moving at a high velocity (International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, 1982). These forms of nuclear radiation are measured in rads (radiation-absorbed-dose), which is defined as teh absorption of five ten millionths joule per ...
- 3414: Federal Express
- ... company. For example, FedEx believes that customers will choose the more reliable of available shipping companies, even if that company is more expensive than the competition. Their success is evidence of this. There is a high barrier to entry in this industry. The tremendous infrastructure necessary to compete with the likes of FedEx keeps out potential new entrants. In the market segment where packages can be picked-up as late as ... freight would only work in a system designed specifically for it, not as an add on to passenger service. Smith felt that there was a huge market out there for an efficient service for moving high priority, time sensitive, small shipments like medicines, computer parts, and electronics. The American public was not being well served. He described the current air freight system inefficient as packages were hippety-hopping around the country ... the logistics arm of a whole new society that is building up in our economy a society that isnt built around automobile and steel production, but is built up instead around service industries and high-technology endeavors in electronics and optics and medical science. It is about the movement of these support items that Federal Express is all about. Currently Federal Express is the industry leader in express distribution. ...
- 3415: Hard Times 2
- ... that had a tendency to destroy the balance, and should therefore, be eliminated by every possible means. The chief means for such elimination he believed, was education. On these principles, Mr. Gradgrind set up a school where just like with members of his own family, the principles of his "hard and fast system" were rigidly instilled in the minds of his students. Such pupils of the Gradgrind school were continually crammed with facts from day to day until they 'spilled over 'with them. Such facts were to remain in the mind, pressed down in all forms of memory until all finer sensibilities were ... especially apparent with Mr. Gradgrind's two older children, Louisa and Tom. Tom became morose and discontented, while Louisa stayed somber and hopeless and neither of them like their home, which in actuality, the Gradgrind school was based on and it's teachings were very similar. The rigorous program taught by Mr. Gradgrind was not concurrent with many of the more common teaching theories and practices of today. It is ...
- 3416: The Life of Aristotle
- ... the Macedonian capital, where he became the tutor of the king's young son Alexander, later known as Alexander the Great. In 335, when Alexander became king, Aristotle returned to Athens and established his own school, the Lyceum. Because much of the discussion in his school took place while teachers and students were walking about the Lyceum grounds, Aristotle's school came to be known as the Peripatetic ("walking" or "strolling") school. Upon the death of Alexander in 323 bc, strong anti-Macedonian feeling developed in Athens, and Aristotle retired to a family estate in ...
- 3417: Native American Literature
- ... different tribes. After reading their many folk tales, one not only finds that each reinforce tribal customs, but show a close relationship between humans and nature, and all present a deep respect for the land. High Horses Courting displays a small amount of nature and its attributes, but gives an account about a Native American man finding love. This creation displays the beliefs they have. All four stories have interesting aspects ... are a requirement for nature to live. Both poems illustrate the attachment nature and humans have for one another. Each captures the way of life and tribal beliefs. In contrast to the other three tales, High Horses Courting not only has an amount of nature throughout it, but also a love theme. From this story, one can understand that Native American Literature is not all about nature and environment, but also about seeking a loved one. It displays how tribes believe in evil beings and bad spirits. For example, High Horse, the man seeking a lovely tribal woman, paints himself white and black, so if he gets caught stalking her the village people will think he is a bad spirit. In this fable the ...
- 3418: Telecommuting
- ... with me. The reasons for and against telecommuting can be complex or simple depending on which view point you take. From a manager's view point telecommuting is a very dangerous undertaking that requires a high readiness level on the employee's part. Allowing an employee with a low (R1, or R2) readiness level to telecommute is not likely to result in a positive manner. When an employee has a high readiness level and a definite desire to attempt working in the home, for some reason or another, many factors should be considered. What kind of schedule does the employee feel constitutes telecommuting? Generally speaking, telecommuting ... jobs, obviously, can't be accomplished using a telecommuting format. Does the employee have a good track record for working unsupervised? This relates back to readiness levels. An employee who isn't performing at a high readiness level should not even be considered as a candidate for telecommuting. All of these questions and many more must be answered on a case by case basis. This particular venture into creative scheduling ...
- 3419: Catch 22: Satire on WWII
- ... wrote about the catch saying this " Catch-22 is the principle that informs the military-economic machine, giving it power and making war possible in the first place . . . the illogical must be done because the high command [Catch-22] says it is logical" (229). The title of Good as Gold is also ironic. It is because Good as Gold is the name of the contemporary Jewish novel that Professor Gold writes ... a certain element of irony although it is less apparent. The characters of the White House seem to take their job lightly and do the improper things. The offering of a White House job as high-level as the Secretary of State to Professor Gold by Ralph Newsome, the presidential aide, simply because the president liked Gold's book on him is ironic and a excellent example of satire. In Catch-22 Heller also portrays characters that hold high level positions in the military as being incompetent and irresponsible. Merrill believes that almost all of the characters in the novel are portrayed incompetent which is according to satiric fashions. He sites the numerous ...
- 3420: Child Abuse
- Child Abuse It was a typical day at work, or so I thought. I was the opening shift at the before-after school program that I work at. We were expecting a new child to start this morning, a kindergartner, Sean. Around 7:45 Sean and his mother walk in and introduce themselves. I notice that Sean has ... means. The woman left for work acting as if nothing major had occurred and I was left with a little boy with a huge bruise on his face for his first day at a new school. I immediately reported the incident to my chain of command, wrote up my observations, then had to wait patiently to see what would happen. The result - nothing. Child Protective Services said the report was not ... are abused as children are more likely to marry or be involved with a man who is an abuser. Boys that were victims of abuse are more prone to be violent in their, homes, in school, and on the streets. (Morales) Abused children are arrested by the police four times more often than non-abused children are. (Gelles & Straus) The most important thing we can do to prevent child abuse ...
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