... and various lubricants are manufactured from petroleum as well. Proper lubrication of machine parts increases the life of the equipment. Without proper lubrication machinery and tools simply would not last. Wax, asphalt, and sulfur (or sulfuric acids) are just a few more uses of petroleum and its hydrocarbons. The demand for petrochemicals has driven many countries to pursue and promote oil production and refinement. Currently ... . These advances do not come without cost. Human error and equipment failures are the main factors involved in the loss of well control. One such incident is t...

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... quicker than originally thought possible. The Horizon battery is near production and has been tested in EV's. It is a lead-acid battery, but with space age technology, where pure lead is infused into fiberglass filaments (Sedgwick 1996). This new technology makes the battery lighter and more powerful than anything in the last eighty years (Sedgwick 1996). Ovonic Green is the other company and its battery is ... to be twice as powerful as the Horizon and use less toxic material. In the near future, EV batteries will probably evolve into lithium batteries, which will be ... lighter and mo...

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... about lending money to companies, especially in the beleaguered telecommunications industry, for fear of another blowup. Weak corporate spending has been one of the factors keeping the U.S. economy sluggish." ("Crisis") There is hope on the horizon, "Investors put some $66.8 billion of new cash into stock mutual funds during the first four months of the year, according to the latest figures from the Investment Company Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based group ... that represents the mutual-fund industry. That's more than three times the $20 billion invested in these funds during the sam...

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... a slowdown."" Further evidence that suggests a recession was on the horizon was information released from the National Bureau of Economic Research that states, "A peak marks the end of an expansion and the beginning of a recession.""(The Business Cycle Peak, March 2001.) During an expansion, however the economy is experiencing normalcy, and during this period the economy is between a trough and peak. The National Bureau of Economic Research, however, defines a recession ... underway although an array of influences unique to this business cycle seems likely to moderate the speed.""(Hagen...

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... a slowdown."" Further evidence that suggests a recession was on the horizon was information released from the National Bureau of Economic Research that states, "A peak marks the end of an expansion and the beginning of a recession.""(The Business Cycle Peak, March 2001.) During an expansion, however the economy is experiencing normalcy, and during this period the economy is between a trough and peak. The National Bureau of Economic Research, however, defines a recession ... underway although an array of influences unique to this business cycle seems likely to moderate the speed.""(Hagen...

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... in Southeast Asia, the majority of the Vietnamese were rice farmers. Until the last years of the Vietnam War, more than eighty percent of the Vietnamese people lived on the land. The vast majority lived in villages and hamlets (surrounded by the lush green paddy fields that provided their livelihood) scattered throughout Vietnam. 10. For Vietnamese peasants, the village traditionally formed the horizon of their lives. ... It was there that they were born, lived, and died, often in the ... guerilla struggle, leading eventually to a major military offensive to drive the French out of Vie...

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... for a city that was big, flat, and mostly undamaged, so that the Americans could see the destruction that would occur. Hiroshima was one of the first cities chosen because it had been damaged very little during the war, and was very flat. The committee chose other targets and Nagasaki was put onto the list at the last moment. It was not an ideal target because of its hilly ... air forces were told not to attack the chosen cities, as to keep them undamaged. On the early morning of the 16th of July 1945, the first atomic bomb was tested at Alamogordo in the New Mexican desert. About 425 s...

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... , and many organizations are still trying to catch up. The newest generation entering the workforce is the Millennial. These individuals with more energy than the Ever Ready Bunny are not part of the skeptical generation of X"ers that has turned corporate America upside down over the last decade. There's another generation looming on the horizon. The Millennials are on the move, 76 million strong, and raring to put their ... own stamp on the world of work. This is the population group age toddler to late teens ... , who are emerging into the workplace and will keep going and going and go...

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... of waging war is victory with minimum losses on one's own side and, if possible, on the enemy's side. No one disputes the fact that the Japanese military was prepared to fight to the last man to defend the home islands, and indeed had already demonstrated this determination in previous Pacific island campaigns. A weapon originally developed to contain a Nazi ... and elderly citizens. The thought that atomic weapons are needed to keep the peace is exactly the idea that fueled the cold war. Albert Einstein said in a speech, "The armament race between the U.S.A. and U.S.S.R., originally su...

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... in head races and sprints. Head races consist of rowing in open water for a length of 1500 - 2000 meters during the warm spring months. All of the boats are positioned on floating docks that are lined on a point in the horizon. The head referee skims the water behind the racers in his ski boat and provides assistance when novice boats begin to drift towards each other. At ... too far ahead to later be caught. Her voice is the throttle. The payoff is at the finish line. The coxswain earns her free ride by her skill in expending her crew's last reserves of energy at the proper time to cro...

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... that took place. As NASA reported, it took 4 days for Apollo to reach the moon. There are pictures from NASA of the lunar horizon and pictures of the command module that reinforce the trip to the moon. I think that these pictures may be compared to the pictures of today and see that they are not off of a Hollywood set as some people believe. Another piece of evidence ... that may be used are the footsteps left on the moon in the lunar soil. These impressions will last for millions ... of years and at the ... ...

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... their choice. Breaking Tradition in Academia: Why Shifting to Online Education is Groundbreaking What Breaking Tradition Really Means Breaking tradition sounds drastic, radical, and irrational when referring to innovation in the academic world. So why muddle with a system that we know works and has worked decade after decade? Traditional classrooms are called traditional for a reason and that reason is, it ... revolution. This shift is already causing an uproar and fueling a debate between those who advocate for a traditional education and those who believe change is on the horizon. Lo...

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... teachers. Help we need you! Hence is the cry of school districts all over the country. For the last two decades, a teacher shortage has loomed on the horizon. United States Secretary of Education, Richard Riley, speaking at a recent forum in Chicago called on the educational community to adhere to the three R's as it pertained to teachers for the new century "recruitment, retention and respect- ( ... Branch, 13). The teacher shortage is now in ... to existing teachers waiting longer to retire. Regardless of ideology, most policy makers, educators and citizens agree that many staffing c...

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... to date on current world events. Many teenagers have not even discussed in length the impending war on Iraq. When asked about their stance on "The War" an average teen would assume that the speaker is referring to the War on Terrorism. However, another war is peaking over the horizon, with the leader of the storm being President Bush. From a teen view, many see more ends in this ... speeches how many American soldiers" lives will be lost trying to achieve his goal. Many military serving advisors, Senators, and Congressmen are against this war, because, unlike Bush, they know the hardshi...

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... scientific curiosity and not art. The controversy over the art value of photography became widespread. Stieglitz began to fight for the recognition of his chosen medium. This battle would last his whole life. One of the most famous photographs that Stieglitz took during his lifetime is "The Steerage". In 1907 Stieglitz sailed to Europe on the luxury liner Kaiser Wilhelm II. Below the first-class upper deck, ... he saw passengers crowded into the less costly steerage level below. The steerage is divided into an upper and lower deck ... of tracks beside it snake off toward the horizon and ...

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... that had to move to the U.S., becoming the Phoenix Coyotes. The threat, of being forced to relocate to the United States, is becoming more of a reality especially for the small market northern teams. The cities to the south have bigger markets and obviously the dollar value is not a consideration. The NHL focus has shifted from the development of the Canadian game to the marketing of the game in the major U.S. markets. This is where ... Canada's highest profile players, such as Wayne Gretzky and Mario Lemiex, now taking ownership positions in the U.S. based teams, appears as another dar...

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... mussel, a dime sized crustacean has no natural predators to keep the population under control. They spread wildly from Lake Eire, to the Hudson and Mississippi Rivers, and finally down to the Gulf of Mexico. They clog pipes and cause millions of dollars in damage. Though there are solutions on the horizon, this is a sample of the power and cost of invasive species. Industries need to be ... made aware of the costs of ignoring this problem and the benefits of changing their routine of daily business. Invasive species are introduced when people, cargo ships, and planes travel intercontine...

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... . In 1980, Turner once proclaimed (Lowe, 55): "I can do more today in communication than any conqueror ever could have done. I want to be the hero of my country. I want to get it back to the principles that made us good. Television has led us, in the last 25 years, down the path of destruction. I intend to turn it around before it is too late. And ... went on air. Many people were skeptical on whether or not it would be a success. Eventually, CNN became the largest cable news provider in America. Turner eventually wanted CNN to expand to other areas of the world. Turner acknowledged this...

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... need to follow directives and orders from the central government in Moscow. The reason that Gorbachev's reforms ran away so quickly rested primarily with the unrest of the Soviet people. The Soviet Union needed a foreign enemy or enemies to justify their tyrannical dictatorship at home. Without the threat of a terrible capitalist power looming on the horizon, the Soviet people refused to live under such ... terrible conditions. All that held the Soviet Union together as a nation was its military ... and entente. This attitude of peace required a restructuring of ideology within the Sov...

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... were first publish several years ago there was again criticism over the pressure that was placed on the agencies to suppress the data that was not supportive of the administrations goals to gut the regulatory framework that had been established over the last 30 years. Now after the resignations of the directors of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Interior Department, the Union of Concerned Scientists, Democrats, and even some Republicans has ... than ever before, brought on by our own misguided understanding of what we "know" is true. During the renaissance era, we knew the E...

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... . In 1980, Turner once proclaimed (Lowe, 55): "I can do more today in communication than any conqueror ever could have done. I want to be the hero of my country. I want to get it back to the principles that made us good. Television has led us, in the last 25 years, down the path of destruction. I intend to turn it around before it is too late. And ... went on air. Many people were skeptical on whether or not it would be a success. Eventually, CNN became the largest cable news provider in America. Turner eventually wanted CNN to expand to other areas of the world. Turner acknowledged this...

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