¨VA town tries to move on 40 years after Kepone disaster. ¨ In Hopewell‚ VA the James River and Chesapeake Bay watersheds were impacted by an environmental catastrophe. This disaster is known as the Kepone disaster or chlordecone‚ it harmed thousands of people some even severely ill. This chemical was a white insecticide that caught national attention‚ aided to urge the passage of legislation to regulate lethal chemicals and fueled potential environmental activism in VA. This chemical outburst
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* * The Bay Bridge Tunnel * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * By: Ryan Goldberg * Class: Drafting 3 * Date: 10-14-12 * * * * The CBBT (Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel) is a 17.6-mile long composite bridge composed of low-level trestles‚ high-level trestles‚ single-tube tunnels‚ and truss bridges. It was commissioned to be built in 1960 and
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1) Location Bandon Bay is a bay in the Gulf of Thailand in the Surat Thani Province‚ extending from the Sui cape in Chaiya district in the northwest to the Kanchanadit district to the east. The total coastline is about 100 km. The bay is dominated by the estuary of the rivers Tapi and Phum Duang. The islands of Ko Samui‚ Ko Phangan and Ko Tao enclose the bay from its eastern side 2) Bandon Bay is under threat because of … Sedimentation due to deforestation Near-shore coral reef systems are
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On August 5th‚ 1864‚ Rear Admiral David Farragut led the Union navy into Mobile Bay‚ Alabama‚ to face a smaller Confederate fleet under the command of Admiral Franklin Buchanan and neutralize three forts surrounding Mobile Bay to complete the Union blockade of the Gulf of Mexico. The battle would prove pivotal in the Union victory‚ as well as President Abraham Lincoln’s re-election three months later. The Union fleet‚ under Farragut‚ used sheer power and numbers to decimate the Confederates. The
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Diane Fenchel is a chiropractic physical therapist at Anchor Bay Spine Center in New Baltimore‚ Michigan. She has a second job for which she is the manager of the physical therapy department in a medical care facility. She spoke unfavorably of her second job‚ however. Diane said she does not like the system in place there‚ “it’s disorganized and has a lot of obstacles everyone has to push through‚ plus I don’t like the traditional medical field anyway.” Unfortunately Diane’s position does not
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du17.3 Million Filipino Adults Are Current Tobacco Smokers Twenty-eight percent or 17.3 million Filipino adults age 15 years and older are current tobacco smokers‚ according to the results of the 2009 Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS). Almost half (48 percent or 14.6 million) of adult males and 9 percent (2.8 million) of adult females are current smokers. Moreover‚ 23 percent of Filipino adults are daily tobacco smokers: 38 percent for males and 7 percent for females. Filipinos mainly smoke
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Safety of lithium-ion batteries June 2013 The European Association for Advanced Rechargeable Batteries Safety of Lithium-ion batteries Foreword This publication is prepared to provide information regarding the subject matter covered. The document has been prepared with the information available at the time of its publication. It is communicated with the understanding that the authors are not engaged in rendering legal or other professional services on issues covered by this report
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1. Introduction Marina Bay Sands (MBS) is one of only two integrate resorts (IRs) in Singapore‚ locating in Marina Bay waterfront in the heart of the city. It developed by Las Vegas Sands (LVS) Corporation has opened officially in 2010. MBS does not only delude tourists by the fascinating design‚ but it also attracts visitors by a rich variety of services such as 2‚560-room lodging property‚ amenities of spa‚ fitness centre‚ bar‚ theme park with infinite swimming pool‚ the state-of-art casino‚ convention
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How Batteries Work TOPIC: Explanation of how batteries work SPECIFIC PURPOSE: To inform the audience how a battery works on a scientific level THESIS STATEMENT: A battery is essentially a can full of chemicals in which chemical reactions take place to allow for the flow of electrons. Introduction I. Batteries are everywhere. They are in our cell phones‚ our flashlights‚ our cars‚ our laptops. (Attention getter) II. Life as we know it is made possible largely by batteries. III
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How scholars criticize the practice of bay’ al-Inah in Malaysia Islamic Banking Bay’ al-Inah is a sale contract with immediate repurchase. It takes place when a person sells an asset in credit and immediately buys back the asset in cash at lower price. This practice has gained some popularity in the South East Asian region‚ despite the fact that it has been rejected outright in almost all other Muslim countries by the Islamic scholars. The classical jurists were in disagreement in assessing the
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