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- 14711: Hawaii Fruit Industry
- ... appearance or quality of taste. An irradiator would also eliminate the need for farmers to spray their crops with nasty chemicals, which inevitably sink into the ground and ruin topsoil. Quality and appearance are Hawaii's competitive advantage as far as fruits are concerned. Hawaii can produce quality fresh fruits all year long. An Irradiator would allow us to share our delicious fruits with the rest of America. There are many ... sugar cane industry on the island within the last few years, supporters of the facility led by Mayor Stephen Yamashiro are aiming to boost the local agriculture industry by making it possible to ship Hawaii's tropical fruit to the mainland United States. At the County Council Finance Committee hearing on April 24, Mayor Yamashiro gave his pitch in favor of Bill 62 and claimed that the County of Hawaii needed ... He was referring to the irradiation industry and described the barrier to entry as the "eco-terrorist" threatening and "extortionist tactics" used by certain consumer groups. Yet the public is being told that the County's involvement in irradiation is about the exotic tropical fruit industry and in that industry the barrier to entry is not "eco-terrorists" but the USDA quarantines which effectively keeps our products out of all ...
- 14712: Hypocrisy In The Church,young
- ... of the misdeeds done in the of Christ as evidence, such as Crusades, the Inquistion, witch trails, and many other horrible acts. Due to this behavior, a majority of them tend to say, "If that's what Christianity is all, then I don't want any part of it." First, it must be admitted that there is hypocrisy in the Church today. For example, there are many leaders and ministers that have been caught in adulterous behavior, acoholism, sexual ... that the Church itself is a contradiction to what God wants from them. Therefore, the people tend to migrate to different place and sense of worship. The migration is a result of the Christian Church's failure to deliver the promises of prayers and miracles made by Jesus Christ. In addition, the church that does give answers, doesn't answer them truthfully. They would only answer half of the question ...
- 14713: International Logistics
- ... phases that are important in the movement of materials: material management and physical distribution. Materials management is the timely movement of raw materials, parts, and supplies. The physical distribution is the movement of the firm’s finished products to the customers. Both phases involve every stage of the process including storage. The ultimate goal of logistics is to coordinate all efforts of the company to maintain a cost effective flow of ... on the ground. All available routes into and out of the country must be determined in order to judge the feasibility of the operation. Ground shipments are excellent for neighboring countries such as the U.S. and Mexico. Normally, shipping across ground borders is fairly uneventful and is usually the best method if time and distance allow it. Ocean shipments are divided by three types of service: liner, bulk, and tramp ... helps control the local-adaptation needs. Dealing with different cultures requires input from the local branch. The managers that deal with the cultural differences on a daily basis normally know what works and what doesn’t. Outsourcing is the final option for logistics management. When this happens, transportation firms concentrate on logistics, and the company can concentrate on it’s production. There are many cost savings using this type of ...
- 14714: Autobiography of Debrina L. Frazier
- ... started dance lessons when I was two years old. I began public school at the age of six which was the biggest mistake of my young life. The children in school, especially the girls, didn’t like me and still don’t like me to this day because of all of the activities that I have been involved in. Through grade school I won state spelling bees and social studies fairs , which brought on even more hatred from my peers. Then I began participating in community theater, and the actors involved became a second supportive family to me. Throughout junior high I wasn’t liked much either because I continued to be active in school and community activities. Only when I began conforming was I accepted. This period of conformity lasted from ninth through eleventh grades. I wasn’ ...
- 14715: Les Miserables 2
- ... worked most of her life and always lived in poverty. Death came upon Fantine while she was in the hospital wishing only to see her child. First, working, for anyone is no easy task. It's especially hard when you have a child. Fantine felt very bad that she couldn't give her baby daughter, Cosette, everything she deserved. One day when Fantine was passing by an Inn she met a woman who had children of her own. Fantine asked if she could leave her child ... them and would pay. With that done, Fantine moved on, leaving Cosette with people she believed would take care of her. This was so hard for her, for any mother, and she knew she wouldn't see her again for a very long time. Secongly, although Fantine didn't get to be with Cosette and raise her, she still had to pay for her staying with the better family (So ...
- 14716: Their Eyes Were Watching God: Summary
- ... Janie was always treated like a white person during her youth, the people Nanny worked for dressed Janie as if she was white, they sent Janie to school with the other white children, and Janie's friends were all white. Janie knew no better than to think she was white. That was her identity. One time when a picture was shown to her of her and all of her friends, Janie ... changed again, now she is Jodys woman. Upon arrival to Eatonville, Jody becomes Mayor of the town, buys land, cleans up, builds a store, and builds a post office. Now Janie is considered the Mayor's wife and Store keeper. Except by Pheoby her friend. Pheoby saw Janie as a exemplary woman beautiful in her ways, and knowledge to back it up. Janie and Jody didn't get along for long, soon Jody was pestering her about the store and how she should be working harder. Jody also had a problem with the way other men were looking at Janie when ...
- 14717: Lord Of The Flies 2
- ... down his nape and low on his forehead, seemed to suit his gloomy face and made what had seemed at first an unsociable remoteness into something forbidding." Roger was an authoritative big'un that didn't seem to care about the consequences of his actions. Not only was his appearance gloomy, but his personality tended to be as well. "Roger, uncommunicative by nature, said nothing." His physical appearance led the reader ... While he threw rocks at Henry, he aimed to miss. "Roger gathered a handful of stones and began to throw them Here, invisible yet strong, was the taboo of the old life." This demonstrated Roger's tendency for evil and his attachment to the civilized world. It also showed that there is the potential for evil in everyone. As the novel progressed the evil that was in Roger seemed to show itself even more prominently. Near the climax of the novel, Roger starts to regress drastically. Two incidents have concluded that Roger would have taken over Jack's role as chief, should the novel have continued. Roger becomes extremely truculent, "Roger sharpened the stick at both ends." as he wanted Ralph's head on a stick, much like the Lord of the ...
- 14718: Lolita
- ... girl than Lolita was! On minor change was that Lolita was twelve in the novel and fourteen in the movie. This was simply done to make the relationship a bit more accepting in the viewer’s eyes. I don’t believe it harshly affected the story at all. In both works, Lolita was just a manipulative girl who had no idea what life was about. She was almost sucked into the porn business by a ... of the story. For example, there is a long drawn out scene where Charlotte is returning from camp and Humbert is panicking in his decision to stay or leave as the car approaches. You didn’t need this because you knew he was going to stay and pursue his Lolita. So in the movie it was simply just Charlotte returning and the next thing you know they are married. That’ ...
- 14719: Gap Between Rich And Poor
- ... of happiness. These rights were designed in part to attain a sense of equality within the individual so that a sense of unity would exist. Because of the structures within society that influence a person’s character such as the educational, corporate and governmental structures there are many differences in the social, economic, and political sense amongst the individuals. There is a select group who are more educated that come from ... have fewer resources such as books and computers, making it more difficult for both the teachers and the students. Because of this the students receive a poor education which reflects in their futures. In Kozol’s article, Savage Inequalities: Children in Americas Schools, he investigated public schools in New York and found that the majority of the schools were overcrowded and the buildings were practically ruins. One of the teachers stated ... remove the plaster from her hair. Kozol asked a principal what he considered helped in making a good school. His reply was, “ The building and teachers are part of it, of course. But it isn’t just the building and the teachers. Our kids come from good families and the neighborhoods are good” (p.98). The public schools located in more affluent communities are reported to be funded at a ...
- 14720: RU-486 The New Abortion Pill: How Safe Is It?
- ... blocks receptors of progesterone, a key hormone in order to start and maintain a human pregnancy. RU-486 is made up of Mifeprisone (a.k.a. RU-486) and also taken with this, is Prostaglandin’s to induce uterine contractions. It acts just like Methrexate and Misoprostal when these two are combined also induce a contraction. Methrexate is used to combat cancer and rheumatoid arthritis. Misprostal is prescribed to prevent ulcers ... promoted as a “morning after pill” to be used after unprotected sex. It was discovered that it was not effective early in the pregnancy before the progesterone levels had reached a critical threshold. The drug’s first large testing has only been under way in France and England. The massive field trail has involved dating more than 100,000 women. The creator of RU-486 is Dr. Etienne-Emile Baulieu. He ... Uclaf. RU-486 is the first of a generation of birth control drugs called “antiprogestins” considered to be a breakthrough in birth control drugs. RU-486 works by binding to progestorone receptors in the women’s uterus and blocking the action of progestorone. Without progestorone the lining of a woman’s uterus breaks down and sheds, so that bleeding will occur. The drug opens the cervix and leads to contraction ...
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