checking every article a writer begins to work on. The process of fact checking is questioned when an online hacker publication called Forbes Digital could not find any reliable information on the sources that are used in an article called‚ “Hack Heaven” by Stephen Glass. Stephen Glass then proceeds to try and invent the sources in this
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IT’S NOT A JOKE TO CHOKE ON SMOKE “Come on mate just one‚ we all are. You scared or something? What is one going to do anyway?” The problem is if this teenage boy accepts that cigarette he would be a part of the 6‚000 people below the age of 18 in America to start smoking in that day. 2‚000 of those teens will keep smoking. That’s 800‚000 new teen smokers every year that are inhaling 4‚000 chemical compounds into their body‚ 40 of them are cancer causing agents and it’s all passed through just
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Leader reported that “Ranger” Jones and his men were attacked at his ranch on July 30 on the Platte River‚ near Casper‚ Wyoming. The Indians had driven Jones and his men into a make shift dugout for two days and on August 1‚ Jones and his men made their way to John Iliff’s ranch which was about forty miles farther up the Platte River‚ were they were able to get rest‚ fresh horses and needed supplies before heading back. What is so ironic about the meeting of these to is that such a large and powerful
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The Signal and the Noise Introduction Summary "The Signal and the Noise" is a non-fiction book written by Nate Silver that talks about predictions based on probability; particularly focusing on the outcomes of real-world predictions and why they did or did not fail. Published in 2012‚ this book is a commentary on the world of probability made by an ex-statistician. Silver begins this work by effectively emphasizing the relevance of his points by supporting his argument with data applicable
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National Security Agency (NSA) coordinates‚ directs‚ and performs highly specialized activities to produce foreign intelligence information and protect United States information systems through two main missions‚ Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and Information Assurance (IA). The Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) mission uses cryptologic machines to break foreign codes to find out what they know and what they are doing. The biggest accomplishment publicly known was when they broke the Japanese military
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CBS broadcast the television movie Walker‚ Texas Ranger: Trial by Fire‚ produced by Paramount Network Television (now CBS Television Studios)‚ on October 16‚ 2005. Chuck Norris‚ Sheree J. Wilson and Judson Mills reprised their roles‚ and Clarence Gilyard shot a cameo for the movie but was not featured due to the filming’s conflict with a long-planned family vacation. To fill the void‚ Judson Mills‚ who was not in the original script‚ returned to reprise the role of Francis Gage. Nia Peeples‚ who
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tired eyes I gaze at the sky and see the stars above me. I lived a life of happiness. I had hoped for nothing more. Time slipped away but I found what I was looking for. Now the life I once knew is gone. Nothing is as it seems. I dreamed of heaven. I knew this day would come. Now as I lay here‚ dying. I hear the angels sing. Oh‚ Lola....you told me of this place. With streets of gold and eternity. My skin is resilient and my hair is no longer Grey. I feel the sun and its beauty glistening
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Signals Intelligence in World War II: The Ancestor of Modern SIGINT Signals Intelligence in World War II began as a defunct system that appeared to be doomed and offered little to no valuable intelligence to commanders at all echelons. The United States Army formed the Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) in 1930 in an effort to consolidate all Army cryptologic functions underneath the Signal Corps. The Army identified the need for the SIS following the dissolution of the War Departments Military
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communications and digital signal processing. Introduction to mobile radio communications. Spread spectrum. Modulation techniques. Introduction. Mobile communication has seen an unprecedented increase in the number of users over the past years. Its success in part is due to the various technologies that have been developed. It is not unlike other stationary communication systems in many respects however it does differ in others‚ one obvious one being the environment the signal and data propagate
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conducted during the past several decades clearly documents that exposure to secondhand smoke causes death and disease in nonsmokers. Some research indicates that secondhand smoke is more toxic and potentially more dangerous than the smoke that is directly inhaled by the smoker.14‚15 Nationally‚ the US Environmental Protection Agency has found secondhand smoke to be a risk to public health and has classified secondhand smoke as a group A carcinogen‚ the most dangerous class of carcinogen.16 A recent report
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