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Scuba Trip
On May 22, 1994 it was my ninth birthday. My mom and dad decided to go on a cruise to the Bahamas. We went on one of the Carnival cruise ships. This boat was the biggest boats I ever saw. When we rushed to get on the cruise ship I saw that there were so many rooms and shops. My favorite room was the Game room, when I entered the game room there were so
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Sea Wall
The Sea Wall A singular love of walls is mine. Perhaps because of childish association with mountain-climbing roads narrow in the bright shadows of grey stone, hiding olive trees whereof the topmost leaves prick above into the blue; or perhaps because of subsequent living in London, with its too many windows and too few walls, the city which of all capitals takes least visible hold upon the ground; or for the sake of some other
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Seal on the Dollar Bill
Topic: The seal on the dollar bill. General Purpose: To inform/persuade Specific Purpose: At the end of my speech the audience should be aware of the origin of the seal in the back of the United States dollar bill. Central Idea: Knowing what the Latin phrases are on the seal and where they came from and also what the pyramid and eye represents. Introduction: One day as I was sitting around I took out a
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Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio
"Seasonal energy efficiency ratio" (SEER), what does it mean and how does it apply to residential air conditioners. The rising cost of energy and the pollution created by production, has caused air conditioner efficiency to become an issue. Currently, the debate concerning appliance efficiency standards has revolved around the Bush Administration's proposal to weaken the standard for air conditioners from the SEER 13 standard set by the Clinton Administration to a SEER 12. The efficiency
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Seat Belt Laws
Seat Belt Laws While reading this paper it is important that you learn about seat belts and the new seat belt laws that plague our country today. It is crucial that you see why seat belt laws need abolished for adults. George Cayley first invented the seat belt in 1840. The first American patent was given in 1885 to Edward J. Claghorn. Nils Bohlin of Sweden created our modern day three-point seat belts in 1959.
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Seatbelt Safety
Wearing a seat belt, it is such an easy task. However, every day people choose not to wear it. When you think about it, it is absolutely amazing that a piece of fabric can be the difference between life and death. In the Oklahoma State University safety training website, research states that 40, 000 people die each year in car accidents. Yet, only 60% of people who drive actually wear there seat belt. It is
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Sebi Overview
INTRODUCTION In 1988 the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) was established by the Government of India through an executive resolution, and was subsequently upgraded as a fully autonomous body (a statutory Board) in the year 1992 with the passing of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act (SEBI Act) on 30th January 1992. In place of Government Control, a statutory and autonomous regulatory board with defined responsibilities, to cover both development &
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Second Cup Research
Second Cup Smart Options Campaign Our approach to this assignment was to visit Second Cup vendors and their competition, Starbucks. Upon speaking to the management at the Second Cup at York University, we were able to obtain promotional material, including a poster from a recent campaign for orange-flavoured beverages. We decided to investigate their “Smart Options” campaign to determine the types of market research they had used in order to arrive at their final positioning
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Second Hand Smoke
Second Hand Smoke Second Hand Smoke In the 1950's and 60's scientists gave the people a lot of evidence on the deadly effects of smoking where the tobacco companies on the other hand tried to put the doubt in people's minds through the campaigns to show that it is not all true. By the time people actually decided to take care of their health and finally saw how life-threatening smoking could be by real life
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Second Hand Smoke
The American anti-smoking crusade has been very successful especially over the last decade. With many people trying to live healthy with diet and exercise many smokers have kicked the habit to live a healthier lifestyle. There are now about as many ex-smokers in America as there are smokers. But, even after thirty years of consistent urging to quit because of the studies of the dangers of smoking about one fourth of the population still chooses
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Second Hand Smoking
Many of us would do just about anything to keep our family members from harms way. You or someone you know could be doing it without knowing it or because you choose to Ignore it. Im talking about secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke is defined by The American Heart Association as a mixture of the smoke given off by the burning end of a cigarette, pipe or cigar and the smoke exhaled from the lungs of
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Secret of Lock Picking
Contents Introduction Tools Lock Identification Pin Tumbler Locks Wafer Tumbler Locks Double Wafer Locks Pin and Wafer Tumbler Padlocks Tubular Cylinder Locks Mushroom and Spool Pin Tumbler Locks Magnetic Locks Disk Tumbler Locks Tips for Success INTRODUCTION The ancient Egyptians were the first to come up with a complicated security device. This was the pin tumbler lock. We use the same security principle today on millions of applications. The most commonly used lock today is
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Secret Service
The United States Secret Service began on July 5, 1865 in Washington D.C. to suppress counterfeit currency. Chief William Wood was sworn in by secretary of the Treasury Hugh McCulloch. Chief Wood was widely known for his heroism in the Civil War and was very successful in his first year, solving more than two hundred cases. Because he was so successful it helped prove the value of the Secret Service and in 1866 the National
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Secret Sorrow Sorrowful Woman
There are many differences between "A Secret Sorrow" and "A Sorrowful Woman". One difference is the problems that the two women face. In "A Secret Sorrow" Faye deals with a physical problem, the inability to produce children. In "A Sorrowful Woman" on the other hand the unnamed wife deals with a psychological problem, making it more complex and difficult to fix. Another difference is the role the men play in the stories. Kai, from "A
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Secretary
2. Skill in communicating effectively, both orally and in written communications to provide information, referring phone calls, visitors, and distributing mail. In my current position I communicated with representative from a wide range of private companies and departmental managers regarding the status of various correspondence or requests. I communicate with executives and department heads to respond to their request for information and clarify matters of questions via email or telephone. Communication is a very important
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Secrets of the Mind
If I were to tell of one event that someone would ask me to share, you know for the good of mankind thing, I would say, "Have you ever met a Dragon before?" Quite possibly you have, maybe in a past life, which is your queue to say, "yeah, right Sarah nobody believes in reincarnation any more, at least normal people don't." It's funny because neither did I: that was before I went off to
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Section 1
Hoke Pittman World History Homework 10/31/06 Section 1 1) The dates of the Italian Renaissance were between 1350 to around 1550. 2) Renaissance means rebirth 3) The Renaissance began in Tuscany, Italy and was started because they believed that they had witnessed a rebirth of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. 4) Three characteristics of the Renaissance are that it was largely an urban society, the Renaissance was an age of recovery from the disasters
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Securing My Inheritence
Securing My Inheritance The advertisement I have chosen to analyze for this assignment was found in The Robb Report Collection, Special Issue: Sports, Luxury and Classic Cars. I sought out this magazine specifically because I knew it would offer a high number of ads promising “the good life.” The advertisement I chose exemplifies this. On page 115 of The Robb Report Collection we find an advertisement for Harrison Security Dogs. The ad consists of a
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Securities Market
SECURITIES A security is a fungible, negotiable interest representing financial value. Securities are broadly categorized into debt and equity securities. The company or other entity issuing the security is called the issuer. Securities may be represented by a certificate or, more typically, by an electronic book entry interest. Certificates may be bearer, meaning they entitle the holder to rights under the security merely by holding the security, or registered, meaning they entitle the holder to
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Security
The OMNI Tower Hotel will have a medium security system. The fact that the hotel will be located in midtown Manhattan poses a risk due to the threat of terrorism but at the same time the OMNI is a hotel and guests should be made to feel safe and comfortable at the same time. The possible threats that the security system will be designed to overcome are disorderly contact, robbery, internal theft, and assaults. The
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Security and Accountability
Security and accountability is vary important especially in an arms room. Without security the world would be a lot more dangers place. There would be a lot more theft and even more killings. With out security there would be no protection from kidnappings and anyone could get a gun since there is not security to make sure that they are allowed to have it. The army has many Regulations and Pamphlets that cover this topic.
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Security Intel
Introduction For the requirements of the criminal justice practicum course this summer of the year 2007, I did my interning at Hickory Hollow Mall in the security department. I started at the beginning of June and am still working there. I have experienced many happenings while on the job. I have also learned many things in the field of criminal justice through my experiences on the job, and studying books, notes, and codes used by
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Security on the Internet
Security on the Internet How do you secure something that is changing faster than you can fix it? The Internet has had security problems since its earliest days as a pure research project. Today, after several years and orders of magnitude of growth, is still has security problems. It is being used for a purpose for which it was never intended: commerce. It is somewhat ironic that the early Internet was design as a prototype
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Seeing Is Believing
Seeing is Believing It was a hectic day in the office and you have just lain down for the night. The bed feels as if it has sucked every ounce of energy out of you as soon as you lay down. Seconds after your head hits the pillow you are in a deep sleep. You are suddenly awakened by sounds coming from your kitchen. You quietly slip into your bedroom shoes and tiptoe towards the
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Sega of America
Sega of America Sega Corporation (Sega) is software and was hardware manufacture of video game consoles. Sega is also a producer of arcade video game with some of the most popular franchises such zaxxon, space harrier, and sonic the hedgehog. They produced several home video consoles such as Master System, Genesis, Saturn, and Dreamcast. Sega started their operations in 1940 as primary a "coin operated amusements for American Servicemen." (Sega, 2007) In the mid 1980s
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Segregation
There has always been racial tension and prejudice between the African-Americans and the White-Americans. The 1930's contributed to much of this tension in many ways. Some are political, social, and economic. As you read, you will begin to understand the struggles that African-Americans have had to go through during the 1930's and longer. First, Afro-Americans have been affected by the 1930's politically for a few reasons. Blacks were never allowed to vote. They did not
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Segregation Paper
Segregation is a part of each and every day. It's just something that will remain in our society and never go away. People segregate every day without knowing it, it has become that prevalent. It happens all over the place, and can happen to you. Segregation will always be a part of society even though we may not want it to be. Segregation is the dividing of people due to a certain interest, skin color,
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Seinfeld: The Untold Story
SEINFELD: THE UNTOLD STORY Throughout Seinfeld's eight-season stint on network television the show and its creator's have stereotyped everything from young Puerto Rican boys to Jewish Priests. The main stereotype of this sit-com is the very florid portrayal of the generational age groups of the characters. The main characters represent the beginning of the Generation X culture. The parents and relatives of Jerry Seinfeld and that of George Costanza present the presence of the members
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Self Care
As we continue to take more difficult classes in pursuit of becoming nurses, it is easy to forget about self-care. In an effort to prevent burn out, our group has integrated the practices of exercise and meditation into our daily schedules. In the following, we discuss how both mediation and exercise worked and didn’t work for us, what we learned while on this journey, and how we applied our learning to teach someone the skills
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Self Concept
Self-Concept My name is Paul Buchanan. I am a nineteen year old male who currently lives in Hillsboro Oregon. I was born in Puyallup Washington and lived there up until the first day of sixth grade. I then moved down to Hillsboro Oregon due to my father taking up a job offer with Intel. I enjoy to go bowling, playing video games and hanging out whenever I can with my friends. Throughout this essay I
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