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    Columnar Transportation

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    Columnar Transposition Disadvantages The strength of stream cipher * Speed * Error propagation * Slowness of encryption * Sensitive to lost or increased characters What impact does it have on the cryptographic models of today Why it is important Example How to construct a columnar transpose

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    Marijuana vs. Alcohol Is marijuana safer than alcohol‚ many people will say that marijuana is a dangerous and addictive drug that has destroyed many lives of teens and adults. It can lead to lung disease‚ heart disease and more importantly can influence the use of harder drugs such as cocaine‚ heroin and PCP. Alcohol on the other hand may not cause lung cancer‚ it’s simply a social indulgent. In my opinion‚ I believe that both marijuana and alcohol are equals. Use of both carry health risks

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    The Road

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    Why do you think McCarthy has chosen not to give his characters names? How do the generic labels of “the man” and “the boy” affect the way you /readers relate to them? While reading The Road‚ a novel written by Cormac McCarthy‚ I was jerked from the warmth‚ comfort‚ and safety of my home and thrown into a cold‚ dark‚ and desolate world‚ walking alongside “the man” and “the boy”. McCarthy composes his work so graphically that readers are drawn right into the story. I believe Cormac McCarthy

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    traditional transportation includes: increasing car accidents‚ worsening of the environment. Los Angeles is also one of the most polluted cities in the U.S. The air pollution not only brings health problem to residents but also comes with financial consequences. These problems are all caused by the traditional transportation system‚ which only focused on improving mobility‚ especially for motor vehicles‚ ignoring other aspects of society and the wider consequences. The public transportation system

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    Liberalising Sa Air Routes

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    reported that in a meeting held in Cape Town‚ “IATA‚ the international airlines’ group‚ opened its annual meeting with a call for African governments to liberalise air routes and cut their often onerous taxes on fuel and tickets‚ to make the most of air travel’s ability to boost growth. “Nowhere is the potential for aviation greater than on the African continent‚” said Tony Tyler‚ IATA’s chief.”1 As a company which is a relatively new low cost entrant in to the Southern African airline industry‚ we certainly

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    CRC MoI MoH MPWT HIB Cambodia Road Traffic Accident and Victim Information System Annual Report 2004 Executive summary Photo: Jean Van Wetter @ HIB Developed with the support of: French Cooperation Belgian Cooperation World Health Organization Notice: This report may be freely reviewed‚ abstracted‚ reproduced or translated in part or in whole‚ but not for the purposes of sale. Any reproduction or use of the information in this report should be attributed to Handicap International

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    Why Dogs Are Better Than Cats I think dogs are better than cats for many reasons. I’m sure it is not without reason that dogs are called “man’s best friend.” They are loyal‚ obedient‚ and also protective. Even if their attempts at protection are sometimes unnecessary‚ at least they try. On one occasion while our family was setting off various fireworks on the Fourth of July‚ we set off a ground bloom. A ground bloom is basically a firework that spins around on the ground spewing fire

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    Tqm Silk Quality Analysis

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    quality analysis f or silk reeling by using Total Quality Management ( TQM ) tools David Raja ‚ Srinivasa and Raj Mohan * Central Silk Board‚ Ministry of Textiles‚ Govt of India‚ BTM Lay out‚ Madivala‚ Bangalore – 560 068‚ India. *Chief Mentor‚ Man2succeed- (International Management Consultants)‚ Maruthi Residency‚ Hosur – 635 109‚ India. ABSTRACT The quality of the raw material is a paramount importance for any industry to have a final quality product. As far as the silk Industry is concerned

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    Since the invention of air planes few decades ago‚ air travelling has become famous among travellers. When the air transportation was first introduced in 1903 by the Wright Brothers‚ many people could not travel using it because it was expensive. But after few decades‚ technology has improved and air transportation is being widely used all around the world. Most of the countries has built airports and has their own airline companies. Today‚ due to rivalry among airline companies air travelling has

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    Book Review - Simply Jesus

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    more important is that we‚ as Christians‚ need to understand what was going through the mind of Jesus‚ what did he think he was doing and what was it all about. Why did a “king” come to serve‚ to be tortured‚ died and eventually resurrected? Very odd indeed. One of the greatest things God has given to us is the power to “choose”. We can go about Sunday after Sunday worshipping the Lord Jesus and praying out to him in our own ways but at the end of the day‚ are we ready to deal with the challenges

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