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Dsl Should Be The Standard For Telephone Lines
<view this essay>.... to different people, or someone could be on the internet and talk on the phone at the same time, all with one phone line.
Another advantage of greater bandwidth is faster internet connections. On a normal analog phone line, the fastest internet connection available is 56 kb/s (kilobits per second). With DSL, the normal speed is 384 kb/s with the max at 1.1 Mb/s (megabits per second).
With DSL, one's computer could be online at all times. There would be no busy signals or dial-in hassles. If someone wanted to look something up on the internet real quick or check their mail, all they would have to do is start their internet browser or email client and they .....
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Problems Caused By Air Pollution
<view this essay>.... "For more than a decade, local
residents in the tri-state valley bounded by Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia
have claimed to suffer from health problems, including rashes, respiratory
problems and even cancers" (D4). In 1948, in the industrial town of Donora,
Pennsylvania, which sits in a valley, had twenty deaths, and nearly 6,000
residents, or 40% of the population, suffered respiratory problems (Edelson 25,
26). New York experienced several killer smogs, which in a later analysis
attributed, from the usually severe pollution, 58 deaths (Edelson 26). Not only
in the United States are health problems caused by air pollution showing up, but
they are al .....
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Dioxins
<view this essay>.... de hidrocarburos y son producidas principalmente durante los procesos de combustión. Están compuestas por la liberación de cloro al quemarse, juntándose con moléculas de carbono e Hidrógeno (comúnmente presentes en el aire). Por mucho tiempo se les usó como pesticida, pero ya dejaron de ser efectivas pues algunas clases de insectos, lograron transformarse para que las dioxinas no surgieran un efecto mortífero en ellos y por tanto dejaron de ser efectivas. Esto llevó a que por algún tiempo (y en la actualidad en pocos lugares en donde todavía se usa este tipo de pesticida), las dioxinas llegaron hasta nosotros no solo por el aire sino que directamente por .....
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The Science Of Cloning
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hindered by the general public's fear of the unknown. Whether it is a
single cell to a full human, cloning research is a major next step in
scientific development. It is easy to understand why people fear the
unknown, but it is hard to figure out why they can't take a step back and
realize that cloning is basically an extension of current and accepted prac
tices. Also, the general public's fear shows up in the nation's
congress and even the president. Who knows the real opinions of the
individuals in congress, but as long as the general public is against
cloning, politicians will be too, so they can gain support from voters.
Even with all these set .....
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The Hippopotamus: Endangered Species Report
<view this essay>.... ivory is very brittle compared to the much stronger
elephant ivory.
Elephant ivory is no longer at the biggest risk for poaching; hippo ivory is.
Eastern Zaire once had one of the largest hippo populations in the world, around
23,000 hippos. According to a count done in 1994, this number has now dropped
to 11,000. The 1989 ban on elephant ivory is the main cause attributed to the
exponential rise to hippo ivory trade.
"European and African activists are petitioning advocacy groups, including last
week's annual Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in Florida,
for a ban on hippo poaching. But they say they're a long way from putting an .....
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Intranet
<view this essay>.... communications, and all individual communication, into a place that provides up-to-date, quality, instant information to anyone in the organization. Imagine a user knowing the source of information and company communicating with the producer of a product during any period of time. The provides all the functions listed in the previous statements. Also, the provides an opportunity to define an organization and display it to everyone to see. Furthermore, is not a new product that has just been recently introduced in the market. However, it just has not been widely used until the past few years. People use everyday without knowing that they are using it. , the .....
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Cloning
<view this essay>.... have for the future of mankind, but still recognizes peoples concerns. One aspect of that Nash doesn't necessarily address is the ethical issue.
In his first paragraph, Nash writes of a world where humans can be cured of diseases that are currently life threatening. Where cells can be "cultivated in lab dishes" to help preserve human life. In the following paragraphs, he goes on to write about the "hasty legislation" that could possibly have negative long-term effects on the future of because of the bad wording going into some of the laws. Many are afraid that the rich and famous might take advantage of the opportunity to generate copies of themselves. .....
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Creatine 3
<view this essay>.... from weightlifting. The use of anabolic steroids came with many risks, which people at that time hardly knew of. Many didn't know entirely what kind of effect it might have later in life. But after a while, some professional athletes and high profile people started showing the side effects that are associated with them. For example, Lyle Alzado, a popular star in the NFL, developed a brain tumor and died. Also one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time and famous actor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, had to have an operation to repair an aortic valve in his heart. This scared a lot of people and the recreational uses of steroids decreased. With the dangers of .....
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