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    water in her home was sample and lead was found in her water at a concentration of 104 μg/L. Marc Edwards, a professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, analyzed 120 samples from Flint homes; he found that 20% of the samples had lead levels that exceeded the 15 μg/L action level. He also concluded that the 90th percentile was 30 μg/L…

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    Have you ever wondered, which dog breed best suits your personality? I bet you sure did. Do you think, even dogs would like to have their way of choosing a human based on its personality? Dogs have an inbuilt ability of reading human’s facial expressions. They have a great gift to interpret human’s emotions, moods, feelings and they act accordingly. BBC research says that since most of the domestic dogs are accustomed to spending time amongst people, they tend to develop an instinct of…

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    Instead of looking at the history of witchcraft as Kittredge did, Boyer and Nissenbaum focused on the social and economical factors at play within seventeenth-century Salem among the male population. Boyer and Nissenbaum state that the more we have come to know these men for something like what they really were, the more we have also come to realize how profoundly they were shaped by the times in which they lived. For if they were unlike any other men, so was their world unlike any other…

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    Without morality, the market would destroy itself. Critics believe market economy and globalization have developed habits, beliefs, and institutions that hinder social and ethical agendas. In its efforts to reduce child labor, poverty in poor countries, the promotion of gender equality and environmental protection, market economy and globalization is everywhere. However, over the past century, theologians, scholars, and economists continue to debate the effect markets have on society and…

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    into the relationship between overcrowding and student learning has been limited, there is some evidence to suggest that overcrowding can have an adverse impact upon learning, (Hines, 1996). Many of these studies have been conducted in the United States of America and such studies include an investigation into overcrowded government primary schools in New York…

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    Run………………………HIDE…………………………….FIGHT Assessing an active shooter policy/procedure for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Miami Regional Operations Center Prepared by: Ronya Walters-Cash Crime Intelligence Analyst II Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) Miami Regional Operations Center (MROC) FLEAA Class XXIV June 9th, 2015 Executive Summary page The purpose of this assessment was to create and promote an active shooter policy and an active shooter procedure/drill for the…

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    Table of Contents Conclusions using Graphs: 2 Forecasting of Specified Business Information: 3 Project Plan and Critical Path 4 Company Ownership 4 Start-up Summary 4 Start-up Requirements: 5 Total Expenses: 5 Company Location: 5 Facilities: 5 Product Description and Menu Cards: 6 Competitive Comparison: 6 Future Endeavors: 6 Conclusion: 6 References: 7 Task 2: 3.1 produce graphs using spreadsheets and draw valid conclusions based on the information derived Conclusions using Graphs:…

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    reach a hundred thousand. The 1980s would be a time of tremendous growth. Much of that growth resulted from several distinct efforts to create computer networks linking universities together. BITNET provided e-mail and file transfers among several universities in the Northeast. CSNET (computer science network) was formed to link university researchers who did not have access to ARPAnet. In 1986, NSFNET was created to provide access to NSF-sponsored supercomputing centers. Starting with an…

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