2012 NFL season kicks off‚ a new study suggests that professional football players are three times more likely to have neurodegenerative diseases than the general population. When researchers specifically looked at Alzheimer’s disease and ALS -- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis‚ also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease -- that risk increased to four times greater than the rest of us. The study‚ published Wednesday in the medical journal Neurology‚ surveyed nearly 3‚500 retired NFL players who were in the league
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1. Compare the characteristics of vending machines and convenience stores as channels A: The main sales channels for soft drinks in japan is Vending machines and convenience store. Vending machines: (1) Japan is known as the country in which vending machines widely spread and it accounts for approximately 40% of sale channels for soft drinks. (2) Each vending machine must be stocked with good balance of product to attract diverse need (3) Secure a prime installation location is difficult unless
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Future Social Security and Medicare Users The deficit in the U.S. federal budget is caused by the higher government expenses than the revenues collected for the year. Every year‚ the deficit in the budget increases the debts greatly as federal government gets loans to meet the deficit in the budget. A form of the loans got by government is the funds‚ got by social security trust funds and received as government account securities. Government deficits are not affected greatly by these loans as
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CHAPTER 31 OCEAN CURRENTS TYPES AND CAUSES OF CURRENTS 3100. Definitions The movement of ocean water is one of the two principal sources of discrepancy between dead reckoned and actual positions of vessels. Water in motion is called a current; the direction toward which it moves is called set‚ and its speed is called drift. Modern shipping speeds have lessened the impact of currents on a typical voyage‚ and since electronic navigation allows continuous adjustment of course‚ there is less need to
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Homeland Security When we pause to think about all that has happened in years past‚ we truly are lucky. The purpose of this paper is to define and give detailed information about Homeland Security in the United States. I hope to inform people as to why we constantly live in fear. I will give detailed information about what the government is doing to solve this problem. Also I will give possible solutions to our current predicament‚ based on extensive research and knowledge. Homeland Security is a
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Introduction The purpose of this security plan is to elicit the potential threats to an organisation physical and electronic information holdings. Organisations in general are starting to take information security more sincerely due to the proliferation of mobile services‚ VPN connections‚ terrorism and natural disasters. We must however acknowledge that this very technology advancement is regarded as efficient but is also leading to a higher level of security risks. These risks must be mitigated
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The importance of Civil liberties over National security Multiple people have different opinions on whether National security is more important than civil liberties or Civil liberties is more important than national security personally Civil liberties is more important an example to show that civil
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The Impact of Weak System Security Task: Explain the following statement: “The impact of weak system security is severe” Weak system security can cause massive problems for an organisation. Holes in security can allow hackers to gain access to an organisations data or its customers’ personal information etc. Once this happens‚ drastic problems can be caused for the organisation; anything from severe loss of earnings‚ loss of customers or even bankruptcy if the problem is not taken under control
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The Leeuwin Current is a tropical current‚ consisting of warm‚ low salinity water that affects Western Australia’s coastal waters and wildlife. Currents are part of a large sub circular current system called a gyre. The currents in the Southern hemisphere gyres circulate in an anti-clockwise direction (Skinner‚ Porter & Botkin‚ 1999‚ p.249). There is a current in each of the major oceans that generally flow northwards along the western coast of continents. However‚ the Leeuwin Current flows southwards
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Sarker-3 Airport Security: Why Safety Is More Important than Privacy Since September 11th‚ people have become concerned about airport security. The millimeter body scanner is one of the outcomes of people’s concerns. The scanner creates a full body image that can reveal any suspicious element that may be concealed on their person. While this type of image can calm some fears‚ the scanner is now a controversial issue. Arguments for each side focus on two main areas: privacy
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