Kiki Strike Kiki Strike is written by Kirsten Miller and is about independence‚ trust‚ friendship and adventure. It was published May 30‚ 2006 and is classified as Fantasy Fiction. The main character in this book is Ananka Fishbein who tells the story in first person. This book is about a 14 year old girl‚ Ananka‚ who meets the strange Kiki Strike. Together they form a group‚ The Irregulars‚ consisting of 6 girls‚ each with a significant talent. They try to find the secret of the underground
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Crisis with Fossil Fuels Have you ever thought about where your electricity comes from? What the petroleum your car runs on is made of? What produces all the energy you see? Coal‚ oil‚ and natural gas make up the list of major fossil fuels. Almost all energy produced in the United States comes from burning these highly important fuels. That energy powers almost all of our electricity and all of our transportation. We as the people of this very planet are currently in a crisis because fossil fuels
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[International Energy Agency‚ 2013]. The issue with this is‚ “fossil fuels” which took millions of years to form are running out at an unprecedented rate‚ and there is no consensual view as to what will replace them. There are many reasons why the general population should be concerned about such an event affecting them. Firstly‚ through global development and population growth society has become overly dependent on energy from exogenous sources like fossil fuels. Secondly‚ the easier fuels to obtain have been
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The Ethical Implications of the Current Government Drone Strike Polices 8/1/12 Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) first made their appearance in 1919 when Elmer Sperry‚ who also invented the gyroscope and autopilot‚ attacked a captured German ship with the first UAV loaded down to with explosives(("U.s. army unmanned‚" 2010). At the time this was a revolutionary weapon‚ but if we fast forward 80 years from the time of that experiment‚ UAVs became a common and prolific part of the modern battlefield
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Decreasing Fossil Fuels Over the past century America has continuously used its own fossil fuel resources and paid handsomely for additional supplies‚ in the race to stay current with modern technology and life .The possession of this resource has made the United States a very prosperous and powerful nation. The same fossil fuels that’s has made America such a powerhouse are the same that are damaging the environment and economy they have enabled. It is imperative that we decrease our dependency
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The 1997 Teamster strike against UPS was not simply a victory‚ but a smashing victory for the US working class and therefore offers many valuable lessons for today’s labor militants‚ both with respect to the strategic orientation and the day-to-day tactics. UPS is a “Fortune 500” company‚ meaning it is one of the most profitable in the nation‚ boasting of a $1.15 billion profit margin prior to the strike. In 1992‚ the workforce was evenly divided between full-time and part-time workers‚ but by 1996
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http://www.eoearth.org/article/Fossil_fuel_power_plant Fossil fuel power plant[pic] KohlekraftwerkScholven‚ a fossil fuel power plant in Germany. (By Sebastian Schlüter - Basan1980‚ via Wikimedia Commons) [pic] A coal-fired power plant. Photo: DOE A fossil fuel power plant is a system of devices for the conversion of fossil fuel energy to mechanical work or electric energy. The main systems are the steam cycle and the gas turbine cycle. The steam cycle relies on the Rankine cycle in which
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based on fossil fuels that is destined to burst. The creation of fossil fuels has taken place over many millions of years and is said to still be affecting the world around us. As we know‚ the sun is the source of most of the energy on our planet. Photosynthesis occurs all around us and is essentially the building block of life. The weight of the earth above the decaying material has provided the environment with the means to convert that material into fossil fuels. The burning of fossil fuels
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In 1997‚ a group of college kids gave birth to something that would become a world renowned phenomenon‚ Counter-Strike. Counter-Strike is an online‚ team based‚ first person shooter. In this game‚ the two teams (terrorists and counter-terrorists) face off against one another using various team-specific weapons and attempt to gain victory by completing team specific objectives. The counter-terrorists must rescue hostages‚ protect V.I.P.’s‚ and protect bomb sites from the terrorists. While the
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PATCO Strike Andrea Leak Webster University Abstract This research paper will inspect one of the most important events in the late twentieth century within the United States labor history. It has transformed the labor relations development to altitudes. President Ronald Reagan‚ in 1981 dismissed of approximately eleven thousand employees of the Professional Air Traffic Controller Organization (PATCO). It stood out as an event of unmatched worth during the labor decline era. The PATCO strike
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