Before the live scan system was used‚ we used the good old paper and ink method. Contrary to popular belief the ink and paper is used more often than you think. On one of my deployments‚ in Afghanistan we used ink and paper for clearances‚ watch list suspects‚ visas‚ and suspects in an actual attempted murder. We did not have any new technology over there. So we brought almost 100 people to be finger printed by ink and paper. I assure you with that experience I have a new found affection towards
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Concrete solidifies and hardens after mixing with water and placement due to a chemical process known as hydration. The water reacts with the cement‚ which bonds the other components together‚ eventually creating a robust stone-like material. Concrete is used to make pavements‚ pipe‚ architectural structures‚ foundations‚ motorways/roads‚bridges/overpasses‚parking
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Throughout the story of The Once and Future King‚ a variety of themes and ideas have displayed‚ some including leadership and diverse political theories. For those who have never read The Once and Future King‚ the story follows the storyline of Wart who is being trained by a “wizard” named Merlyn‚ to be king. Merlyn is teaching Wart the best way he can‚ by giving Wart hands on experience‚ turning him into different animals and creatures‚ putting Wart into situations where he must think to solve or
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Flies in Cobwebs The short stories collection in Alice Munro’s Lives of Girls and Women (1971) centers around‚ and is narrated by‚ Del Jordan‚ a clever and attentive adolescent girl from the fictional town of Jubilee‚ Ontario. The 1940s -set novel begins with a first-person perspective intertwined with an omniscient point of view‚ which deviates into a retrospective narrator as she becomes a young adult. This provides the reader with an understanding of Del’s realities as her body
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Andrew Carmona Mr. Carlson History 1700 30 January 2013 We Were Soldiers Once… And Young Almost everyone you ask will tell you that the Vietnam War was one of the most gruesome and hectic of the wars that the United States has fought. We Were Soldiers was a movie about the battle of Ia Drang in Vietnam‚ also known as the “Valley of Death” to US soldiers. Lt. Colonel Hal Moore (played by Mel Gibson) is a hardened veteran from Korea who is given command of the 1st Battalion/ 7th Calvary regiment
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2. What technologies are used in UPS? Technology has played a large role in UPS’s ability to expand and grow to serve globally in more than 200 countries and territories. UPS relies on several technologies to gain a competitive advantage against rival companies. The company streamlines processes by utilization of bar- code scanning systems‚ wireless networks‚ a mainframe computer‚ a portable computing device‚ software products and the internets. The technologies uses in UPS are: 1. UPSnet
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The Methodology Methodology Used American Express follows a standard development methodology called Method/1. This methodology was originally developed by Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) to address the needs of their own consulting practice. After several internal versions‚ Andersen decided to make their systems development methodology available to clients. American Express Technologies has licensed and adopted Method/1 as its standard methodology for all Technologies software development projects
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subject is coldly called live export. I stand here today‚ on behalf of the sane humans‚ standing for justice on how Australian animals are treated‚ on how Australian animals are murdered‚ on how Australian animals are being sawn at with knives for the ’Halal’ religion in which is not being followed‚ on how people are grateful to live in a country in which they send innocent animals to be tortured and beaten to death‚ that humans are proud to call themselves ‘Australian’. I stand here today‚ a 14
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What It Means To Live Can the presence or absence of love determine whether a person is truly living or is not living at all? James Joyce’s “The Dead” is a work of the Modern era. In keeping with the time‚ this short story focuses on self-reflection and isolation. Throughout the story‚ the main character Gabriel is desperately searching for where his position is in the world. Gretta‚ his wife‚ also seems to live as merely a shadow of her former her. Although the story is predominately centered
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The language used in “A & P” has a very laid back conversational tone to it that helps give insight into Sammy’s character. Updike rids of the verbosity many writers rely on and in result presents a more cohesive piece of work that holds readers’ attention for a longer duration of time. It is realistic and is an accurate representation of how someone thinks and communicates a story. Sammy’s language reflects that of a typical young man—a teenager. What I picked up on is that he may be sort of a floater
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