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    Bioterrorism Bioterrorism is a type of terrorism that deals with the intentional release of biological agents. It is also known as germ warfare (Medicine Net). Some common‚well known biological agents are bacillus anthracis‚ variola major‚ and ricinus communis. These agents are better known as anthrax‚ smallpox‚ and ricin (Medicine Net). These are just three of the biological agents. Bioterrorism has been around since the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries (Pbs.org). People back then would load

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    | Does technology change culture or culture change technology?« Diane Rehm radio show on Social Networks on the WebWhat ever happened to KQML? »Does technology change culture or culture change technology?Tim Finin‚ 1:00pm 10 July 2006 TweetI attended the CRA’s Snowbird Conference last month. The most interesting talk was a keynote from Genevieve Bell (also see here) who is an anthropologist who works at Intel Research. One of her messages was that while we tend to think that technology changes culture

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    Germ Theory The germ theory began in the late 1880s and began as the understanding that organisms beyond the view of man could exist. Bacteria were the first found microscopic items‚ and took a decade to prove. Job Lewis Smith‚ a pediatric doctor in the late nineteenth century began studying outbreaks of cholera. No other doctors were able to explain why the children were getting ill. He worked in the slums of New York and blamed the unsanitary conditions for many diseases. This was during a

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    BENT STEEL My assignment is to choose a medical diagnosis on a standard medical term. Then‚ write a four page essay written in layman’s terms about the diagnosis. I chose ALS. I can give you a definition. ALS is a neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord. I can tell you what the acronym ALS stands for. It stands for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. I can break the word down‚ in medical terminlogy. (A-/without‚ Myo/muscle‚ -trophic/nourishment lateral/side

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    Abstract     A  problem  of  poverty  of  farmer  in  North  and  Northeast  region  has  been   discussed  since  the  old  time.  The  direction  of  government  to  rice  producer  is   unclear.  Since  that‚  the  poverty  problem  could  not  be  solved.  Therefore‚  the   discussion  of  the  paper  would  focus  the  idea  on  the  direction

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    Memo To: Jack Clark Cc: Mozaffar Khan‚ Derek Johnson From: Mauricio Sadi Andrade Date: March 15‚ 2010 Subject: Lehigh ’s 1993 product mix EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The objective of this memo is to recommend you a product mix for Lehigh in the year of 1993 based on profit calculations and other business considerations. Recommendation: 1993 product mix should include only High Speed Based on an approach resultant from the combination of ABC plus Theory of Constraints (TOC)‚ I recommend

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    Sergio Galazia Mr. Flick College Writing II-8:00 23 September 2012 The Rise‚ The Fall‚ and the Rebirth of Youngstown’s Steel Industry Youngstown Ohio was once a booming steel production city located in Mahoning County just west of the Pennsylvania border. Many young adults who were raised in or around Youngstown can remember hearing about “the good old days” or back when “the mills were up and running.” It was a much different town then. Basically every family from Youngstown had at

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    STEEL BEAM DESIGN Laterally Unrestrained Beam Dr. A Aziz Saim 2010 EC3 Unrestrained Beam 1 Non-dimensional slenderness Beam behaviour analogous to yielding/buckling of columns. M Wyfy Material yielding (in-plane bending) MEd MEd Elastic member buckling Mcr Lcr 1.0 Dr. A Aziz Saim 2010 EC3 Non-dimensional slenderness Unrestrained Beam  LT 2 Lateral torsional buckling Lateral torsional buckling Lateral torsional buckling is the member buckling mode

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    BIS CODE : INDIAN STANDARD for Structural Engineering IS: 800-1984 Code for practice for general construction in steel. SP6 (1) Handbook for structural steel sections. SP:6(5)-1980 Hand book for Cold formed‚ Light Gauge steel structures. SP:6(6)-1972 Handbook for application of plastic theory in design of steel structures. SP:6(4)-1969 Project & Construction Management for Large Industrial Projects. IS: 206 -1992 (4th Rev) Tee & strap hinges - Specification. IS: 459 -1992

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    Scrivener: A Story of Wall-Street‚ by Herman Melville the lawyer’s closing exclamation is The last distressful speech of the lawyer or the narrator’s has a significant meaning in this text. It reveals the goal of this story which is focuses on human condition. At the beginning of this text the lawyer considers himself as . According to his profession as a lawyer‚ he emotionally separates and disconnects himself from everybody including Bartleby. Then when his practical contact increases with Bartleby

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