thousands of years. The Oxford Dictionary refers to leather as "material made from the hide or skin of an animal by tanning". Tanning‚ in simple terms‚ refers to the treatment of raw hides and skins with tanning substances to render the material immune to bacterial attack‚ ie to produce leather. Additional changes introduced in the process of tanning are secondary and are related to the tanning and retanning chemicals used. There are hundreds of different leather types and tens of thousands of different
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Cited: Teens Still Texting and Driving. 12-15-12. www.dosomething.org Nick Swartsel. Cities Disagree on Texting-Driving Ban. Oct 27‚ 2012. 12-12-12. www.newyorktimes.com N.A. 12-15-12. www.FCC.gov N.A. 12-14-12. www.csmonitor.com Heidi Watkins. Risky Teen Behavior. 12-15-12. Greenhaven Press
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* Tanning industry is growing‚ potential for more sales * Expanding into new countries Threats * Competitors- over 100 other sun care brands on the market5 * “Sun scare” epidemic * Government regulations on tanning * Poor economy- tanning is a luxury * Tanning lotion is not viewed as a necessity by all tanning bed users Targeting Australian Gold’s target market is those who tan indoors. This market segment is both large and profitable. In 2010 the indoor tanning industry’s
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tone within two days. The Bottom Line: Evidence suggests that tanning greatly increases your risk of developing skin cancer. And‚ contrary to popular belief‚ getting a tan will not protect your skin from sunburn or other skin damage. The extra melanin in tanned skin provides a Sun Protection Factor (SPF) of about 2 to 4; far below the minimum recommended SPF of 15. According to the National Cancer Institute‚ women who use tanning beds more than once a month are 55 percent more likely to develop
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regarding the use of cell phones while driving be standardized?” On December 13th 2011‚ the National Transit Safety Board called for a complete ban on cell phone use while driving‚ arguing that even hands-free phone use was distracting and dangerous. However‚ two weeks later‚ U.S. Secretary of Transportation‚ Ray LaHood‚ said he would not endorse a ban. His justification was simply that hands free cell phone use was “not the big problem in America”‚ which in my point of view is not an acceptable
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encyclopedia The leather manufacturing process is divided into three sub-processes: preparatory stages‚ tanning and crusting. All true leathers will undergo these sub-processes. A further sub-process‚ surface coating may be added into the sequence. The list of operations that leathers undergo vary with the type of leather. Contents [hide] 1 Production management 2 Preparatory stages 3 Tanning 4 Crusting 5 Surface coating 6 Environmental impact 7 References Production management[edit] The
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to inform readers about the claim; the negative effects of tanning. “A Tanifesto” presents a lack of organization‚ an unsupported claim‚ and inappropriate changes in topic and discourse level which show that “A Tanifesto” is ineffective in proving that tanning is bad for ones health. Although an interesting article‚ “A Tanifesto” fails to successfully get it’s point across. This article is written in order to inform society that tanning is bad for ones health and it is primarily aimed at young adults
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for Tanning Industry - R. A. Ramanujam‚ R. Ganesh‚ J. Kandasamy WASTEWATER TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY FOR TANNING INDUSTRY R. A. Ramanujam Department of Environmental Technology‚ Central Leather Research Institute‚ Chennai‚ India R. Ganesh Department of Environmental Technology‚ Central Leather Research Institute‚ Chennai‚ India J. Kandasamy Faculty of Engineering and IT‚ University of Technology‚ Sydney‚ Australia U SA NE M SC PL O E – C EO H AP LS TE S R S Keywords: leather industry‚ tanning process
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cause of accidents * The majority of the population owns a cellphone which they make use of in their daily lives. * Elizabeth Wasserman‚ member of CQ staff‚ in her article “Lawmakers Target a Modern Danger” asserts that although there are many distractions‚ when using a mobile device the odds of an accident become 23 times greater. (Elizabeth Wasserman‚ May 17‚ 2010 “Lawmakers Target a Modern Danger”) * In the beginning‚ bans were set for the teen population but as technological advances
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| Radiation Safety | UML-Radiation and Life Sec 031 | | Ryan M. Burnett | 3/11/2013 | | Radiological protection deals with methods and efforts of safeguarding people and the surroundings from the deadly effects of ionizing radiation that includes electromagnetic radiation and particle radiation. Sometimes radiation cannot be controlled or contained and accidents take place causing radiation leaks. For this reason‚ protocols and radiation safety has become a pre-curser in our
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