it by when they get out of the military. This paper will elaborate on what the government does or fails to do for military veterans. Some of these policies may include VA benefits for those who were involved in or with agent orange or other herbicidal chemicals. (VA.Gov) Agent orange was a chemical used to rid Vietnamese jungles of their trees and other plants that had provided cover for the enemy. (VA.Gov)…
a sports agent, it’s a perfect fit for me. As a sports agent you are tasked with the need to know how to get along with people on a personal level, you have to be able to gamble on your money situation, you have to have great sports knowledge and you have to live a lifestyle that fits in…
Flow batteries have been around since the 1970’s this technological advance in the field of energy storage and acts as a fuel cell which can provide a new and efficient energy supply. One of the biggest advantages of flow batteries is that they can practically in an instance recharge just by replacing the electrolyte liquid,while this happens it is recovering the spent materials for recharge. Several different flow batteries have been developed, including Redox, Hybrid and, Membraneless. The…
It is even more rare for that person to battle personal demons, loss, and betrayal, only to return with a vengeance. Leigh Steinberg did just that. Sitting in a quaint office overlooking the water in cushy Newport Beach, Los Angeles-born sports agent Leigh Steinberg spoke candidly on a few topics near and dear to him while providing insight into his many layers. He is a man that reached the pinnacle of success in his field. Furthermore, unlike various other in his cutthroat profession, Leigh…
polymer in cornstarch called amylopectin to a polymer in glue, called polyvinyl (http://www.hometrainingtools.com/a/make-a-colorful-bouncy-ball , 2016). Cornstarch is a corn product primarily used for cooking purposes, also widely used as a thickening agent. This bond gives the ball its elasticity effect, which means that the ball wants to return to its native shape when its shape is change. So when you throw it against a surface, the ball gets compressed, but because of the polymer bond…
Agent Orange Many powerful people throughout time have made immense impacts in the world. People such as Martin Luther King; a man who influenced millions in the Civil Rights Movements and Bill Gates; a multi-billionaire who gives huge amounts to charities. King and Gates will go down in history as vital people who made the world a better place. Can you think of anyone else like these two? I know one person for sure will make that honorary list next to those people. He is loud, proud, has a lot…
The purpose of the experiment is to perform a series of chemical reactions involving copper. The goal is then to perform precipitation, acid-base, decomposition, and redox reactions using the copper cycle. The mass of the copper was then analyzed using the percent recovery formula. Reaction 1: The Formation of Cu(NO3)2: Reaction 1 of the experiment involved performing a redox reaction to create Cu(NO3)2. Immediately after HNO3 was added to the copper wire (Cu), the brown NO2 gas was emitted from…
000 employees and a gross quarterly profit margin of 59.75% (Ycharts.com, 2015). Until the 1990’s, the business previously defined themselves as a chemical company, and was notorious for producing controversial products such as DDT, aspartame and Agent Orange. Currently, Monsanto manufactures herbicides and crop seeds to be sold for use in agriculture. Their largest products are the herbicide, glyphosate, (marketed under the name…
We grow up with people telling us "the sky is the limit", or other clichés that everyone believes in such as "you can do anything that you put your mind to". How can this be true if anything and everything worth trying is restricted? Therefore, the government should not set limits on artificial intelligence because it enforces a lack of creativity and will only be used to maintain a sense of dominance. Over the years artificial intelligence has provided us many different creative outlets to…
In this scholarly thesis by Pamela King, she goes very in-depth about the effects of Agent Orange on people during and after the war. Although she covered pretty much everything on the war in her one hundred plus page thesis, the main part to focus on is the section that talks about the legal actions taken by the U.S. veterans after the war. She goes into detail about the legal cases that were in action after the war. A specific suit that she talks about was filed in the Federal District Court…