Can coal be a clean fuel? Yes‚ if you attach an accelerator to the smokestack. Burning coal produces flue gases like nitrogen and sulfur oxides: NO2‚ NO3‚ SO2‚ and SO3. When these gases react with atmospheric water‚ they turn into sulfuric and nitric acids such as H2SO4
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Do clean lakes really exist? By Yujia‚ Luo (Group 1) September‚ 2014 Introduction A main purpose of wastewater and sludge treatment is to remove phosphorus (P). It seems to be reasonable because excess phosphorus entering the aquatic systems can result in algal blooms. People have been taking much effort to explore simple‚ economic and high effective methods to remove phosphorus. Concentration of nitrogen (N) is another important element to assess the quality of freshwater. As the same with phosphorus
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Straight edge‚ also known as sXe‚ is a movement that emerged on the East Coast of the U.S. from punk subculture in the early 1980s. At that time‚ straight edge held appeal to young people who opposed the traditional lifestyle of young adults. Those who became members of sXe swore to abstain from drugs‚ smoking‚ alcohol‚ and maintain a healthy sexual lifestyle – only having sex while in committed relationships. If a member broke their oath‚ they would lose any right to call themselves a member of
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Close to the Edge: The Representational Tactics of Eminem a comprehensive essay written by Marcia Alesan Dawkins‚ provides a concrete‚ insightful examination of the strategy and tactics used by a Caucasian artist to integrate himself into the predominantly African-American and Latino dominated sub culture of hip-hop. The purpose of this document is to illuminate the methods utilized by what Dawkins calls the Other to seamlessly sneak into a racially charged social group and gain acceptance amongst
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One of the most common problems with literature on the history of how America came to be is that it is limited to an American point of view. An Empire on the Edge‚ written by Nick Bunker delivers a new perspective‚ a British perspective‚ on how Britain came to fight America. His work is ambitious in that it seeks to explain a well known story in a completely unheard of way‚ yet he does it remarkably and with intense examination. In reviewing this book‚ Bunker goes into great detail about how The
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Is A Clean Energy Future Within Reach? What does the future hold for America’s energy needs? Will we survive our precarious dependence on foreign oil and how will it affect the planet? According to the Obama administration‚ “We need to deploy American assets‚ innovation‚ and technology so that we can safely and responsibly develop more energy here at home and be a leader in the global energy economy.” Is the Administration up to the task of elevating America to be the global leader in innovation
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On June 23‚ 2016‚ anti-European and anti-immigration rhetoric fueled by the populist UK Independence Party led Conservatives to call the EU Brexit referendum with 51.9% of voters voting in favor of leaving the EU. It would mark a divorce between the United Kingdom and the European union and has had profound consequences both at home and abroad. What exactly is populism? Cas Mudde‚ a Dutch political scientist who focuses on political extremism in Europe‚ defines populism as consisting of three core
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Table of Contents Executive Summary ………………………………………………………………………………………………..Page 3 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE………………………………………………………………………………………..Page 4 DESCRPTION OF THE EVALUATION STUDY……………………………………………………………….Page 4 - 8 RESULTS…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Page 9-10 SMMARY AND COCLUSIONS…………………………………………………………………………………….Page 11 REFERENCES ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………Page 12 Executive Summary As our True Faith Alliance Church has been growing
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An old‚ deaf man sits in a cafe‚ drinking late in to the night. All the other customers have left‚ and he is the sole patron remaining. Two waiters‚ one young and one older‚ sit at a table and watch him‚ sharing what they know of him through hearsay. One waiter says the old man tried to kill himself the week before. When asked why‚ the waiter says the old man was despairing over nothing‚ since he "has plenty of money." (The subject and a level of confusion in the phrasing of dialogue has been a contentious
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HARYANA STAFF SELECTION COMMISSION BAYS NO. 67-70‚ SECTOR-2‚ PANCHKULA-134151 Advt. No. 2 / 2011 Date of publication: 06.12.2011 Closing date for receipt of applications in the Commission’s office: 07.01.2012 Applications are invited through registered post for the under mentioned posts on the prescribed application form‚ the format of which is given at the end. The candidates are advised to strictly use this format of the application form only otherwise their application will be rejected. The format
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